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General Discussion / Re: Hunters encounter blue bellied screeching Karen in the wild
« Last post by DLR Pyro on January 16, 2026, 06:55:07 PM »let me guess, Trump is not her President.....
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General Discussion / Re: Hunters encounter blue bellied screeching Karen in the wild
« Last post by SVPete on January 16, 2026, 05:52:11 PM »So profound....ly stupid.
I wonder if she knows where her food comes from, whether it walks or flies.
I wonder if she knows where her food comes from, whether it walks or flies.
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General Discussion / Hunters encounter blue bellied screeching Karen in the wild
« Last post by SSG Snuggle Bunny on January 16, 2026, 05:11:28 PM »Once found in teeming herds, their numbers need to be hunted to near extinction.
https://x.com/TaraBull/status/2012125177245466820
https://x.com/TaraBull/status/2012125177245466820
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/16
« Last post by SVPete on January 16, 2026, 05:00:28 PM »CA: 12 Month Pilot Approved for Offshore Floating Desalination System
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/01/16/ca-12-month-pilot-approved-for-offshore-floating-desalination-system-n3810947
For the terminally curious, yes, Fort Bragg is named for Braxton Bragg, who served in the Mexica-American War that resulted in California and other SW states becoming US territory.
Take the snark about failure to build dams on nearby waterways with a block of salt. ConservaMedia are often not any more aware of local geography than are MSM. The Noyo River and Pudding Creek (which border Fort Bragg) watersheds are not large, and are somewhat mountainous. IOW, possibly no suitable spaces for water storage and not large supplies of water.
WRT desalination, @#$% well about time! Israel has been doing it successfully for decades.
https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/01/16/ca-12-month-pilot-approved-for-offshore-floating-desalination-system-n3810947
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Fort Bragg and Mendocino County in general have been in a boom-and-bust cycle, from too much rain to severe drought over the past decade or so. Being California, no one in state government has done a thing to alleviate any of that distress by building the reservoirs they need or implementing the plans they've had on the books for decades to capture the runoff they do get in copious amounts when it comes. This system sounded worth pursuing.QuoteFort Bragg Public Works Director John Smith told the gathering, “Obviously, we are here for water. It has been a challenge for us in the 1970s. [Then] 2014 was the first wake-up call for us, pretty much we had no water in the river and only one reservoir. 2021 was also a bad year for us, extreme drought, and if you were living in town, you knew what the consequences of that were.”
So it seems locals are thinking outside the box, and a Canadian company called 'Oneka' (their site here) has been testing its desalination buoys off the coasts of places like Chile and Nova Scotia for almost 10 years now.
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The pilot project was awarded a $1.5M grant from the state to secure the go-ahead. The buoy, which will be stationed a half a mile offshore, requires no fuel or power other than wave action.
For the terminally curious, yes, Fort Bragg is named for Braxton Bragg, who served in the Mexica-American War that resulted in California and other SW states becoming US territory.
Take the snark about failure to build dams on nearby waterways with a block of salt. ConservaMedia are often not any more aware of local geography than are MSM. The Noyo River and Pudding Creek (which border Fort Bragg) watersheds are not large, and are somewhat mountainous. IOW, possibly no suitable spaces for water storage and not large supplies of water.
WRT desalination, @#$% well about time! Israel has been doing it successfully for decades.
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General Discussion / Re: As we approach MLK day
« Last post by enslaved1 on January 16, 2026, 03:23:39 PM »I've not looked into reports of MLK Jr.'s or JFK's womanizing and/or affairs. Libs and Pros wouldn't care, and wrt MLK Jr., if true, it still doesn't undo what he did wrt civil rights.
All heroes have warts, the main difference is where and how large.
True, but look at what happened to Bill Cosby. Decades of a legacy pushing education, especially to the black community, buried under similar depraved acts.
Not saying Cos had the same impact as MLK, but some of the accusations against King are along the lines as Cos's abuses of women, and the modern memory hole has pretty powerful suction. I'm sitting here showing student's "I Have a Dream" and I have black kids are too busy laughing at the bald guy behind Dr. King and thinking he's not saying "negro" to have a clue what he was talking about. It's awful easy to wipe events away when people are too busy with their bread and circuses to notice what disappeared. Sprinkle on a little outrage, and it's even easier.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/16
« Last post by SVPete on January 16, 2026, 03:04:37 PM »Too Good(?) to Check: Minneapolis Police Department Bleeding Officers—Again
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/01/16/too-good-to-check-minneapolis-police-department-bleeding-officers-n3810934
A mayor and goobernor who have shown they would backstab any/every police officer for giggles & grins telling police officers to fight Federal law enforcement isn't playing well with MPD officers? Who'd athunk it?
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/01/16/too-good-to-check-minneapolis-police-department-bleeding-officers-n3810934
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After the George Floyd riots, Minneapolis lost hundreds of police officers due to resignations and even disability. The department went from over 900 officers to as few as 560.
According to the city charter and a court order based on it, the absolute minimum staffing level of the department is 731, but the department has been struggling to fill the slots despite a significant increase in pay in order to attract more officers.
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Now, reports indicate that more officers are leaving due to the department's horrific morale. The fact that morale is in the toilet is not in dispute; the number of officers leaving or claiming family leave is only rumored, although the source of the rumors is good. Consider the numbers unverified but realistic.
A mayor and goobernor who have shown they would backstab any/every police officer for giggles & grins telling police officers to fight Federal law enforcement isn't playing well with MPD officers? Who'd athunk it?
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/16
« Last post by SVPete on January 16, 2026, 03:03:37 PM »Involuntary manslaughter conviction in ‘Grandpa Vicha' trial
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/grandpa-vicha-murder-jury-verdict/4013795/
The verdict seems lenient to me. Maybe the prosecutor did not prove the elements needed for a voluntary manslaughter or second degree murder conviction. The maximum for involuntary manslaughter is 4 years, which, IMO, is pathetic. Since, "Watson has spent five years in custody while waiting for the trial," he could be released based on time served.
At the time, 2021, there was a rash of violence in the SF Bay Area targeting Asian people. The MSM and some activist groups represented the perpetrators as population-wide. In reality, most perps were black, some/many also being Sacred Homeless. Because of those two factors and Lib/Prog inclinations, I do wonder whether the SF prosecutor did less than (s)he might to get a more serious conviction and/or if there was a prejudiced juror.
https://www.nbcbayarea.com/news/local/grandpa-vicha-murder-jury-verdict/4013795/
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Jurors in San Francisco delivered a mixed verdict Thursday in the trial of a man accused of killing an elderly man in 2021, finding him guilty of involuntary manslaughter but not guilty of murder.
Defendant Antoine Watson was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the death of 84-year-old Vicha Ratanapakdee. The jury's mixed verdict found Watson not guilty of first- and second-degree murder.
Watson, 24, was also charged with assault and elder abuse. The jury found him guilty of assault but not guilty of elder abuse.
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Monthanus Ratanapakdee, the daughter of the victim, discussed the outcome with reporters after court convened for the day.
"Our family is grieving and even disappointed and painful," she said. "But me, as a daughter, I can speak for my father. And I'm going to commit to working for our community for dignity and for public safety in San Francisco."
The verdict seems lenient to me. Maybe the prosecutor did not prove the elements needed for a voluntary manslaughter or second degree murder conviction. The maximum for involuntary manslaughter is 4 years, which, IMO, is pathetic. Since, "Watson has spent five years in custody while waiting for the trial," he could be released based on time served.
At the time, 2021, there was a rash of violence in the SF Bay Area targeting Asian people. The MSM and some activist groups represented the perpetrators as population-wide. In reality, most perps were black, some/many also being Sacred Homeless. Because of those two factors and Lib/Prog inclinations, I do wonder whether the SF prosecutor did less than (s)he might to get a more serious conviction and/or if there was a prejudiced juror.
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Breaking News / Re: Worth Knowing, Probably Not Quite Threadworthy 1/16
« Last post by enslaved1 on January 16, 2026, 02:59:54 PM »I'm sure the comparative percentages are not knowable, though I'm sure neither is 0%. And there probably are some crazies with no coherent political ideology mixed in. Being crazy is a human, not a partisan phenomenon.
I agree. There are nutjobs who call themselves conservative and/or republican, but are just as crazy as moonbats, only in a different direction. There are also folks who just want to sow chaos for grins and giggles.
And there is no way of knowing this side of Heaven either. Kind of hope part of eternity is the opportunity to watch history somehow and get answers to these and other questions.
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The DUmpster / Re: Sure ya' "effing" media asshats
« Last post by ADsOutburst on January 16, 2026, 02:39:39 PM »Sounds like they're signaling to the media, "Hey you! Better get back in line".
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The DUmpster / Re: So I had a dental appointment cancellation yesterday
« Last post by ADsOutburst on January 16, 2026, 02:38:19 PM »Even if she hadn't injured the ICE agent, he was had reasonable fear for his life and safety because of Good's actions. And unless I'm very mistaken, she was not entitled to "Drive, drive drive!" (to use her wife's words) in this situtation.