A Cadillac pictured in a dynamic photo with a woman dangling an AK-47 out its passenger window was impounded for 'illegal exhibition of speed' on July 11
San Francisco PD tweeted the image alongside an photo of the car being towed
It is unclear whether the woman featured in the photo was arrested, or whether any charges have been filed relating to the illegal gun
Under California vehicle code 23109, an 'exhibition of speed,' it is illegal to 'drives at a rate of speed that is dangerous... in order show off'
It comes amid a surge in gun violence in San Francisco and the wider US
At least 119 shootings took place in the first six months of the year in san Francisco - more than twice the 58 that had taken place by June of last year
Maybe I missed it...
They impounded the CAR, but did not find the AK?
Also noted San Fran Firearm related Crimes dropped every year during the Trump Admin (2016-2019) and remained at 58% during the initial pandemic 2020. But jumped 119% under biden/Junta controls.
[FoxNews] Rhode Island mother of two Nicole Solas on possibly facing a lawsuit for seeking records on critical race theory.
The Rhode Island branch of a major teachers union is suing to block a school district from fulfilling a mother's public records requests, citing the sheer volume of requests and concerns about teacher privacy.
The case revolves around a mom, Nicole Solas, who caught national attention for her quest to address critical race theory (CRT) in her child's district. School board members previously considered suing Solas over her copious records requests – at least 200 – but declined prior to the recent lawsuit.
"We are asking the Court to conduct a balancing test to determine whether our members’ privacy rights outweigh the public interest," said Jennifer Azevedo, who serves as deputy director of the National Education Association Rhode Island (NEARI). "We believe they do, and those records should either not be disclosed or should be redacted accordingly."
In a filing dated Thursday, NEARI requested a temporary restraining order and preliminary injunction from the state's superior court. Both Solas and employees of the school district are named as defendants.
Solas fired back, telling Fox News, "You cannot be employed by the state and also demand immunity from public scrutiny. That's not how open government works in America. Academic transparency is not a collective bargaining negotiation. It's a parental right."
NEARI's verified complaint, which was filed Monday, states: "Given the circumstances of the requests, it is likely that any teachers who are identifiable and have engaged in discussions about things like critical race theory will then be the subject of teacher harassment by national conservative groups opposed to critical race theory."
Cornell law professor William Jacobson also argued that "[t]his lawsuit makes little sense on its face. The unions purport to be protecting their members non-public documents and information, but the public records law only applies to "public records" as defined under the statute."
The filing from Monday, however, seeks for the court to examine certain categories of documents which are "potentially public records" under the Access to Public Records Act.
It adds that if records aren't determined to constitute a "clearly unwarranted invasion of privacy," they should be disclosed with redactions of personally identifiable information or "information which may lead to the identity of such teachers."
The lawsuit reflected an ongoing battle playing out across the country where frustrated parents are demanding answers from education officials.
Both the NEA and American Federation of Teachers (AFT) have opposed efforts to limit CRT and its related ideas in school. NEA previously approved a resolution conveying its desire to fight "anti-CRT rhetoric."
Another prompted Senate Republicans' scrutiny by declaring that the NEA would "research the organizations attacking educators doing anti-racist work and/or use the research already done and put together a list of resources and recommendations for state affiliates, locals, and individual educators to utilize when they are attacked."
#1
Lawfare. Like the AZ obstruction of delivery of the voting machines, obstruct and hide.
Maybe its time to allow taxpayers to sue for return of their earnings when government entities deny open access to see where the money goes and in effect become private entities.
Humm! N.E.A. feels it has a right to teach whatever it wants without the Parent knowing?
Maybe Taxpayers should have a right to withhold School related Taxes unless the taught curriculum meets voter approval by 66%+. An to withdraw their children and use School related tax $$$ to private education.
Also such classes should be Optional and require Parent WRITTEN PRE-Approva. Which includes a detailed outline of what will be taught, how it will be taught and what the goal is and how it promotes a student basic educational needs for Reading, Writing, Math, factual history and Understanding Government.
No doubt this explains why they’ve been getting worse in terms of their “reportage”.
[IsraelTimes] The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... says it now has more than eight million subscribers in a quarterly update showing improving revenues and profits.
Profits doubled to $54 million and revenues rose 23 percent to $498 million, the media group says in its second-quarter earnings report.
The Times has been among the rare legacy newspaper firms to maintain growth as readers turn to digital news, and has been focusing on online subscriptions for its news and related products.
"We now have more than eight million paid subscriptions across our digital and print products — a testament to the success of our strategy, the strength of the market for paid digital journalism, and our unique opportunity to meet that demand," says Meredith Kopit Levien, president and chief executive officer.
#1
The NYT paid 1.1 billion for the Boston Globe back in 1993, then disposed of that investment for about the value of the land at 135 Morrisey Boulevard just a few short years ago, and that land went for $70 million when John Henry (owner of the Red Sox & Liverpool FC) bought the Globe some years earlier. I fail to see anything of worth / value in modern newspapers, regardless of how they package it.
#2
They are allowed to count bundles that they dump at hotels and dorms across the city and suburbs. Creative accounting 101 to sell what advertising rates they do at the price they ask.
REMAINDER
Every time any of us quote, click-on or point to a NYT article absurdity, we are promoting their readership, viewership and AD Click revenues.
BTW: Yes I too have been guilty a few times this years also.
#4
If I happen to see a NYT article or headline, my reaction is "So this is what the regime wants me to think." And I used to really enjoy reading the dead tree NYT Sunday edition.
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#5
Have the "Big 3" cable networks equaled this "tremendous feat" ?
#2
Air National Guard A-10 Tankbuster lands and takes-off from a domestic highway - a historic first - in drill to prepare for possible conflict with China White Supremacists Extremists ...and Mask Deniers
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...Somebody at USAF is thinking for a change. The US Air Forces Europe Hogs used to practice this kind of infrequently during the Cold War, more to assure the pilots it was possible than anything else. But now we're faced with the disturbing likelihood that there will be NO functioning airbases within range of an FEBA if we get into it with those nice Communist Chinese. This is good, solid preparation that should remind the PRC that we can still out-imagination them.
Mike
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#10
Clint Eastwood of the Skies -- love that, Dron, and the poem.
The shark's-teeth thing is great, but maybe we should replace it with "Feel Lucky, Xi?" in Mandarin.
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Dirty Harry of the Skies?
This and the AC-130 Spectre can give someone a very bad day.
Those of us from 60's and 70's still remember when the Cold War was in full swing and the US Interstate systems was being built.
One of the QT selling points long straight runs several mile long of Strong re-enforced concrete foundation.
While many "media sources" call it an urban myth and true a vast majority of the US Interstate WILL NOT support BUF's, B#'s, C-5's, C-17's and AC/C-130s or C141's due to their wingspans and often roadside trees. Interstate roadways will easily support fighter jets. But still LAPES deliveries of supplies, weapons a troops for delivered vehicles are a viable scenario.
ALSO SEE: Youtube "C17 Lands at small commuter airport by accident" for example.
BTW: "some" remote Interstate systems (Southwestern and Mid-Northwest) might be viable having 200++ ft clearing either side of the hwy.
#13
July 4, 1967 - A TWA 707, bound for Columbus, Ohio, mistakenly lands at Don Scott Field at Ohio State University. Had to bring a special team from St Louis to puddle jump to the Port Columbus airport. Strip the plane to the bone, revved it as tight as they could before getting off the brakes. They did it.
Highway landing and takeoffs have been a Swiss SOP for years.
#14
In the early 80's a F14 jock out of Corpus Christi had multiple elec failures, got lost in a gulf coast thunderstorm. He was trying for Ellington. When he finally saw blue runway lights, he'd landed at a small regional field near LaPorte, totally screwing his landing gear, several Cessnas and clipped a hangar.
Had to be removed with a crane.
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Having gone back over a number of California Wild Fire photos from years past. It was always odd to see how a House and owner cars burned up, yet surrounding trees and etc... survive.
Yes I have wondered if a few were the occasional planned Arson assisted Rebuild/Remodeling project?
[NBC] Nearly 1,800 Americans directly affected by the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks are opposing President Joe Biden’s participation in any memorial events this year unless he upholds his pledge to declassify U.S. government evidence that they believe may show a link between Saudi Arabian leaders and the attacks.
The victims’ family members, first responders and survivors will release a statement Friday calling on Biden to skip 20th-anniversary events in New York and Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and at the Pentagon unless he releases the documents, which they believe implicate Saudi officials in supporting the acts of terrorism. The group says that as a candidate Biden pledged to be more transparent and release as much information as possible but that his administration has since then ignored their letters and requests.
#2
Remember when low quality if not cut quality of penicillin in the Philippines created a mutated resistant STD. Can't think that maybe this is intentional.
#6
I remember the days when Apple refused to help crack Jihadi's phones.
Good Times. Good.Times.
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#7
Seeing as Google reads your email - and who knows what it does on an Android.
Have a pic of your kid playing in the swimming pool or taking an innocent bath? You can still get a visit from the Police Swat Team if some hyper-woke apple worker-bee deems its inappropriate.
This will last until people start filing huge lawsuits and criminal complaints against Apple for SWATting.
#8
The FBI lied on affidavits to spy on a US President. This type of surveillance can and will be abused. Just imagine if the scanners do not like you because you have not been vaccinated or attend a political rally or just happen to be running against a preferred political candidate. With all that said my phone is owned by my employer and I make absolutely no assumption of privacy in any activity via my phone
[BBC] A sprawling network of more than 350 fake social media profiles is pushing pro-China narratives and attempting to discredit those seen as opponents of China's government, according to a new study.
The aim is to delegitimise the West and boost China's influence and image overseas, the report by the Centre for Information Resilience (CIR) suggests.
The study, shared with the BBC, found that the network of fake profiles circulated garish cartoons depicting, among others, exiled Chinese tycoon Guo Wengui, an outspoken critic of China.
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#6
I stand corrected. I understand that Westerners hate China because it dares to dismantle the status quo, but its because other nations cannot grow a spine against the forces breaking them.
Mr. Wife’s three favourite countries to work in were — in chronological order — Egypt, Greece, and India. The two he loathed were Saudi Arabia and Belgium. He turned down an offered assignment in China — not only was it much too soon after our last move, but the place was much too unhealthy for a man with asthmatic tendencies.
The ill-effects of our corrupt checks and balances, our European pattern constitutionalism and our faggots in chief, can all be reversed like this [snaps fingers]. With the right motivation. China knows this, and will not give us firm reason to shirk civil control.
There was an article here the other day about populations realizing new systems are needed and the old are irrelevant and tyrannical. That much is true. For different people different solutions geared to their peculiar society and civilization shall work. But these marble edifice fuckups the world over will be replaced one way or another. Most certainly in your lifetime.
The Indian sense of nationalism is stronger than even the Russians or Chinese, and the inherent proclivity to obedience to State is always there. All we need is leaders like they have in Israel, who understand the priorities. And those will not be found among octogenarian slackers in pajamas.
Oh, don't worry, they're doing that to themselves anyway.
As for China, they're cycling through another empire period. The inability of the regime to crush corruption will lead to its downfall as it did to the previous dynasties.
For centuries China was a the major power in the world, but its close mind and insular nature didn't suit it well when the West gained ascendancy after the 1700s. It was interesting in the 19th Century when confronted by the West the Chinese retreated in to addressing the situation by 'purifying' their existing institutions, the Japanese however saw it as adopting Western institutions and practices. The Japanese gave the West a near run thing in the early 40s. The Chinese are seeking to reestablish themselves as the dominate power. Usually this does not end well for all. See - Third Reich
#13
you take Yair Lapid, and give us Aishwarya Rai
This almost love jihaded
queen of lusty hearts,
was known to be the nicest
of bollyshollywood tarts.
She's now prob'ly diabetic
and wears a cummerbund,
and comes with kids in tow
and one real dumb husband.
#14
#9 Same. ^_^
#10 "But these marble edifice...your lifetime." Wut?🙂 There will civil wars, wars and more bad things? [Ha ha ha please say no]
The Indian sense of nationalism is stronger than even the Russians or Chinese, and the inherent proclivity to obedience to State is always there. There's no obedience to State or nationalism within Indians. They immigrate (or flee away) in hordes to better shores. The average Indian rote learns through life, mugging for major examinations(10th & 12th grade) and like an obedient ant starts preparing for the entry to stable occupations like Engineering. The average Indian is extremely patriotic, for them India is a gift to the mankind and actually believes whatever media feeds them including pseudo-science bs. They are ever more ready to get offended if someone points that India is dirty, polluted and rape-infested hellhole. Indians are sheeps; they will mimic whatever their neighbours and relatives do. For us, nationalism and obedience to the country means bashing our poor dumb neighbours or bashing anyone who dares to ill-speak of them. They'll even resort to violence who doesn't agree with them, like when Maria Sharapova was asked about Tendulkar during an interview and she replied, "I've never heard of this guy" these butthurt dumbfucks took to the streets. Back in 2004 they somehow picked up on President Bush's cat named India and the media went into a frenzy. Morons took to the street tying a poor donkey up and splashing paint across its body with the word U.S.A. they burnt even the poor animal later. This is the mentality that these billion dimwits inhabit. Also Indian men hate Indian women. They hate us so much to the point where they'll boil female infants in hot boiling milk, feed us to the dogs or simply perform an abortion. They stalk us, harrass and catcall us while going to school and offices; in worst of the cases they'll brutally rape us. And Indian women are no less, they too are ready to shame their gender. Indians have an inferiority complex like no other-they want to be treated different and acknowledged all the time. I do not see such craziness in Chinese.
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^ Amen, Spanky. Sita's family finances picked up on their own grit, with a little help from the government in 2014, and in 2016 she was given a residence, grant and salary for continuing to represent India (She's still at the tracks), while her father bought a proper eatery and has since expanded into catering.
#19
^^
Thank you Dron66046 for bringing this information to the table, I am touched that such a great achiever Sita and her family have been blessed with good fortune.
May many more Indians find a pathway to prosperity and security within the homeland.
#20
It's bad enough that China is working to turn the US government into a corrupt puppet but now we have trolls who come along and say "It isn't Conservative Traditional China's Fault" as if they aren't worshipping the dead body of the guy who did the exact same thing to the real Conservative Traditional China.
#21
It is a little troubling that Luke (Wren) found his way here, since it is a sign that the Burg is now of notice and in need of monitoring and propaganda. Conversely, it means our voices seem to be threatening the Long March strategy in media/social netwoking, so maybe its a good thing!
#6
I would expect pharma stocks to be up. They just produced a life-saving if somewhat untested vaccine.
As for the Arkansas hospital, seems to me they are less overwhelmed with Covid patients and more underwhelmed with nurses. Can this shortage of personnel be attributed to the nurses not wanting to get jabbed?
#10
Unless they seriously fucked with the RNA (which I don't think we are knowledgeable enough yet), it should follow the same path even if "modified".
Funny you should mention that. A pandemic - induced or natural - would provide an excellent opportunity for running live bio-weapons tests. "It is just a variant..."
[LegalInsurrection] Life gets more challenging in California daily.
A California law taking effect next year could make pork challenging to find and more expensive to purchase.
Beginning January 1, California will enforce the Farm Animal Confinement Proposition (Prop 12) which was approved by voters in 2018 and requires more space for breeding pigs, egg-laying chickens and veal calves.
Unless the courts intervene or the state temporarily allows non-compliant meat to be sold in the state, California will lose almost all of its pork supply, much of which comes from Iowa, and pork producers will face higher costs to regain a key market.
National veal and egg producers are optimistic they can meet the new standards, but only four percent of hog operations now comply with the new rules.
Experts believe that the price of bacon could soar by up to 60 percent. Shortages are a possibility.
The outlet quoted Matt Sutton, the public policy director for the California Restaurant Association, as saying: "We are very concerned about the potential supply impacts and therefore cost increases."
Should half of California’s pork supply end up lost by the start of next year, the price of bacon could rocket up by 60 percent, which means a $6 pack would increase to $9.60, according to a Hatamiya Group study seen by AP.
While the final regulations are not finished, the rules about the space have been known for years.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture said in response to questions put to them from AP: "It is important to note that the law itself cannot be changed by regulations and the law has been in place since the Farm Animal Confinement Proposition (Prop 12) passed by a wide margin."
California restaurant owners are mounting a challenge.
"Our number one seller is bacon, eggs and hash browns," said Jeannie Kim, who for 15 years has run SAMS American Eatery on San Francisco’s busy Market Street. "It could be devastating for us."
With a reworked menu and long hours, Kim has managed to keep her San Francisco restaurant alive during the coronavirus pandemic. Now, she fears her breakfast-focused diner could be ruined within months by California’s new rules.
The pork industry has filed lawsuits but so far courts have supported the California law. The National Pork Producers Council and a coalition of California restaurants and business groups have asked Gov. Gavin Newsom to delay the new requirements. The council also is holding out hope that meat already in the supply chain could be sold, potentially delaying shortages.
Pigs may not fly, but in California, the pork prices will be sky-high.
Passed by city folk who have absolutely no concept of how food or goods arrive at the shelves they buy from. Some of them are now learning how electricity does or does not arrive at their homes and places of business.
#3
Might have to drive to Yuma or Las Vegas to stock up on ham and bacon.
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Since most of California's pork comes from Iowa, someone else has pointed out that this is exactly the type of law the Interstate Commerce clause was designed to prevent. I think that's right.
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#1
They stacked Ship 20 on top of Booster 4 this morning. The 400' tall rocket -- when finally launched -- will be the most powerful rocket ever built.
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#3
The latest person who wanted to restore Babylon, the people behind the tablet was Saddam Hussein, taken out by the US whose forces set up camp on top of the ruins of the ancient city of Babylon.
#8
I think similar concepts of mathematics must have dawned in similar degrees on men at more or less the same level of civilizational progress, no? On account of them all having ten fingers?
Prob'ly why the Philistines never discovered jack shit...
#11
BLUF: "Everything is old until it is new again."
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#12
During the 1800s and early 1900s, western museums collected clay tablets like mad -- because the countries of origin didn't give a rat's ass. The result was HUGE collections of untranslated tablets that scholars are just now working through.
Over on YouTube there are great videos featuring Irving Finkel, who's working through the British Museum's collection.
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#13
Folks were building some pretty amazing (for the time, anyway) buildings and monuments 4,000+ years ago (we won't discuss any Creationists' beliefs) and somewhere along the line their builders must have figured out the various concepts of Geometry to do so.
Pythagoras might have only been codifying what was already known.
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#14
All of this cries out for a multi-year Gov't funded, multi-million dollar Paythagoras research grant.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[BBC] A sprawling network of more than 350 fake social media profiles is pushing pro-China narratives and attempting to discredit those seen as opponents of China's government, according to a new study.
