Florida man in bubble-like vessel washes up on beach, sheriff says

https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-man-bubble-vessel-washes-ashore-beach

 

He ran into complications.

My guess is that the complication, was the idea being stupid as Kz!

Tens of thousands attend the "Redneck Rave" and only 14 people end up arrested with only a few assaults and no deaths? From a law enforcement perspective, that's not such a bad multi-day event. In fact, that's a good one.

We had a typical rave in the Poconos years back in which there were about a half a dozen bodies as a result. Given a must choose scenario, I'll take the Kentucky version 10 out of 10 times.

2 minutes ago, PoconoDon said:

Tens of thousands attend the "Redneck Rave" and only 14 people end up arrested with only a few assaults and no deaths? From a law enforcement perspective, that's not such a bad multi-day event. In fact, that's a good one.

We had a typical rave in the Poconos years back in which there were about a half a dozen bodies as a result. Given a must choose scenario, I'll take the Kentucky version 10 out of 10 times.

I would tend to agree entirely with you about this.

Same should be said about the protests last summer though. There were certainly plenty who were guilty of assault and worse, but what were there number relative to the whole if those marching? 

Voters reject Trump-endorsed Republican in Texas special election

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jul/28/voters-reject-trump-republican-texas-election-jake-ellzey

 

A sign of hope for the GOP? Naah. Just proof that not all are total toolbags.

Texas Tipline for Violations of New Anti-Abortion Law Gets Expertly Trolled

https://secondnexus.com/texas-heartbeat-act-abortion-form

 

People are trolling the Texas Abortion Tip line - there is no email verification and you can upload photos.

 

Man these people are stupid.

Only in Florida news: Police were in a standoff with a shooter, who had fled to a nearby rooftop. As they were setting up a perimeter around the scene, a drunk woman drove through in a golf cart, in the nude, jeopardizing the situation:

 

10 hours ago, toolg said:

Only in Florida news: Police were in a standoff with a shooter, who had fled to a nearby rooftop. As they were setting up a perimeter around the scene, a drunk woman drove through in a golf cart, in the nude, jeopardizing the situation:

 

A naked woman may just be the right hand to play against a teenage boy.

On 9/1/2021 at 4:00 PM, Toastrel said:

Texas Tipline for Violations of New Anti-Abortion Law Gets Expertly Trolled

https://secondnexus.com/texas-heartbeat-act-abortion-form

 

People are trolling the Texas Abortion Tip line - there is no email verification and you can upload photos.

 

Man these people are stupid.

Holy crap! 😂 directed at tiger woods 

 

In Florida, students exposed to COVID will not be forced to quarantine, because that would be intelligent.

Ron DeSantis, 2024!!

 

Woo.

Hospitals in Alaska are in crisis care mode.  You can add them to the list.

Add Montana to the list.
 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/a-montana-hospital-has-so-many-unvaccinated-covid-19-patients-to-treat-that-it-s-running-out-of-hallways/ar-AAOMxML?ocid=entnewsntp

Texas school administrator told teachers to include Holocaust books with 'opposing' views when explaining new state law

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/15/us/texas-schools-books-holocaust-state-law/index.html

 

Yes, the crapstain is getting smellier.

Quote

"Just try to remember the concepts of (Texas House Bill) 3979," Peddy says, referring to the new law, known as HB 3979. "And make sure that if you have a book on the Holocaust, that you have one that has opposing, that has other perspectives."

 

"How do you oppose the Holocaust?" one teacher could be heard asking.

 

"Believe me," Peddy said in a longer recording obtained by NBC. "That's come up."

 

Jewish Southlake residents on Holocaust remark: 'There are not two sides'

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/southlake-texas-holocaust-jewish-school-books-rcna3264

These people are insane. Trump has poisoned this country.

We may never recover. Tin foil hat nonsense is now reported as news by half the 'news' outlets.

It is treated seriously by elected members of the Senate and House.

We are doomed.

The Southlake story has a lot of layers. 

If you listen to the original video that started this, you could readily interpret the administrator as someone who is not pushing the "two sides" argument about the Holocaust, but rather just preparing the teachers that "it's come up". Which, unfortunately, is true. If you listen to the totality of the conversation in context the administrator is not some bat-ish insane woman, and she doesn't give the impression of pushing any sort of agenda. They're just in a workshop trying to figure out how the hell they're going to deal with the BS law pushed on them, and trying to be prepared for what narratives  parents may be sending their kids to school with.

This is part of the problem when parents get TOO involved in the curriculum. Having witnessed enough parents in school board meetings going back 20 years, I can safely say that the best thing parents could do is STFU and let the teachers teach. If parents don't like something that is being taught they can discuss it in the home, and let the kid learn to think critically.  Reserve the school board meeting confrontations for situations where there is actual malice at play, rather than making up twisted arguments about how teaching how race has colored our national history is somehow teaching "white guilt". And to be sure, there are instances where school board meetings with parents pushing back are necessary, but the latest CRT trend is a bunch of FUD. my 90% lily white suburban school district is not in danger of being overrun with "CRT" boogeymen, yet at every meeting there are moronic parents (and sometimes kidless members of the community ) arguing against something that literally does not exist outside their brainwashed heads and spinning that into an argument about how vaccines are the work of Satan (this quite literally was argued).

Moderate Republicans need to hold the line and support moderate Democrat candidates against the fascist-adjacent mentality that is far too common now on the right. 

On 9/23/2021 at 4:28 PM, Toastrel said:

In Florida, students exposed to COVID will not be forced to quarantine, because that would be intelligent.

Ron DeSantis, 2024!!

 

Woo.

 

6 minutes ago, Kz! said:

 

 Hate to see it

Florida has about five times as many covid deaths as NY over the past week.

28 minutes ago, Boogyman said:

Florida has about five times as many covid deaths as NY over the past week.

That doesn't matter to the idiots, nor does the temps driving people in NY indoors.

Florida also has a much higher number of elderly residents, and a lower death rate per 100,000 despite this fact. By any metric, they are doing better than New York, but that doesn't matter to the idiots. 

Oh no, I guess that means that both DeSantis and Cuomo are out of the running for 2024!    

Meanwhile in florida...

 

Miami private school makes bogus claims about vaccines while ordering pupils who get a shot to stay home for 30 days

https://www.cnn.com/2021/10/18/us/miami-private-school-students-covid-vaccine/index.html

2 hours ago, JohnSnowsHair said:

The Southlake story has a lot of layers. 

If you listen to the original video that started this, you could readily interpret the administrator as someone who is not pushing the "two sides" argument about the Holocaust, but rather just preparing the teachers that "it's come up". Which, unfortunately, is true. If you listen to the totality of the conversation in context the administrator is not some bat-ish insane woman, and she doesn't give the impression of pushing any sort of agenda. They're just in a workshop trying to figure out how the hell they're going to deal with the BS law pushed on them, and trying to be prepared for what narratives  parents may be sending their kids to school with.

This is part of the problem when parents get TOO involved in the curriculum. Having witnessed enough parents in school board meetings going back 20 years, I can safely say that the best thing parents could do is STFU and let the teachers teach. If parents don't like something that is being taught they can discuss it in the home, and let the kid learn to think critically.  Reserve the school board meeting confrontations for situations where there is actual malice at play, rather than making up twisted arguments about how teaching how race has colored our national history is somehow teaching "white guilt". And to be sure, there are instances where school board meetings with parents pushing back are necessary, but the latest CRT trend is a bunch of FUD. my 90% lily white suburban school district is not in danger of being overrun with "CRT" boogeymen, yet at every meeting there are moronic parents (and sometimes kidless members of the community ) arguing against something that literally does not exist outside their brainwashed heads and spinning that into an argument about how vaccines are the work of Satan (this quite literally was argued).

Moderate Republicans need to hold the line and support moderate Democrat candidates against the fascist-adjacent mentality that is far too common now on the right. 

What? Why in the hell would someone attend a school board meeting if they didn't have children? Even if I had children, and was poor and sent them to public school, I wouldn't bother to attend.

The whole point of not having kids is not having to give a damn about the future beyond your own expiration date. 

10 minutes ago, we_gotta_believe said:

Oh no, I guess that means that both DeSantis and Cuomo are out of the running for 2024!    

Yeah I put those two on the "out of the running for POTUS list" (also known as the "Hunter Biden list") a few months ago.

36 minutes ago, vikas83 said:

What? Why in the hell would someone attend a school board meeting if they didn't have children? Even if I had children, and was poor and sent them to public school, I wouldn't bother to attend.

The whole point of not having kids is not having to give a damn about the future beyond your own expiration date. 

We’ve had very involved people in our district that had no children and stated that if they did they’d send them to private schools. I have found that, in general, their interests are singularly focused on cutting costs to keep taxes down and not on quality of education.