Ridiculous News of the Day

[mountaineer]

Why do you suppose they want everybody with an Alexa to buy a Nest thermostat?  "Near you" will be on the wall just outside your bedroom.

Just another reason not to have Alexa or the other always-listening devices in your home.

[Cyber Liberty]

Just another reason not to have Alexa or the other always-listening devices in your home.

Verizon was selling the thermostats in their store, along with Alexas.  There was a nice rebate from the electric company when you buy the thermostat.  I laughed.  My wife laughed.  The Alexa laughed, so I shot it.

Good times!

[mountaineer]

St. Louis County councilwoman sworn into office using a Dr. Seuss book
Posted 11:20 am, August 20, 2019, by Associated Press

CLAYTON, Mo. (AP) – A newly elected St. Louis County councilwoman has been sworn into office using a Dr. Seuss book.

The St. Louis Post-Dispatch reports that the council doesn’t require members to be sworn in on a Bible, and newly elected 2nd District member Kelli Dunaway chose “Oh, the Places You’ll Go!” Her 5-year-old son and 7-year-old daughter held it for her during last week’s ceremony.  ...

More at KTVI/FOX2

If I had voted for her, I'd be just a smidge annoyed at how flippantly she views her oath of office, but that's just me.

[Applewood]

Verizon was selling the thermostats in their store, along with Alexas.  There was a nice rebate from the electric company when you buy the thermostat.  I laughed.  My wife laughed.  The Alexa laughed, so I shot it.

Good times!

 

[roamer_1]

Verizon was selling the thermostats in their store, along with Alexas.  There was a nice rebate from the electric company when you buy the thermostat.  I laughed.  My wife laughed.  The Alexa laughed, so I shot it.

Good times!

 

[Applewood]

More at KTVI/FOX2

If I had voted for her, I'd be just a smidge annoyed at how flippantly she views her oath of office, but that's just me.

A Democrat, I'll bet. 

[240B]

Just another reason not to have Alexa or the other always-listening devices in your home.

Just got hit with an ad from Amazon as a long term Prime Customer, they said they would give me an Echo/Alexa for free. I respectfully declined their gracious offer. Don't want it. Even for free.

[Bigun]

 

Just got hit with an ad from Amazon as a long term Prime Customer, they said they would give me an Echo/Alexa for free. I respectfully declined their gracious offer. Don't want it. Even for free.

Same here.  Don't want it and won't have it under any circumstances.

[Smokin Joe]

Same here.  Don't want it and won't have it under any circumstances.

I get annoyed enough at my old dumb phone when I bump the button and it cranks out with "Say a Command", among a host of other things, it doesn't seem to recognize "exit", so I just give it the silent treatment or set it next to the radio.

Alexa is out.

[Bigun]

I get annoyed enough at my old dumb phone when I bump the button and it cranks out with "Say a Command", among a host of other things, it doesn't seem to recognize "exit", so I just give it the silent treatment or set it next to the radio.

Alexa is out.

My wife uses the voice command thing on her phone and gets annoyed with me for refusing to. 

[240B]

I predict that for the next generation there will be no way to opt-out of Alexa.
Alexa will be embedded in everything with no way to disable it.
New car - Alexa automatically enabled
New cell phone - Alexa automatically enabled
New computer - Alexa automatically enabled
New television - Alexa automatically enabled
New home/apartment - Alexa automatically enabled
Eventually it will come to Alexa embedded in your refrigerator/new kitchen appliances/alarm clocks/washing machine/well...everything. I believe we will live to see this in our lifetime.

Then that will really be 24hr surveillance of everything you say, everywhere you go, everything you do. By correlating data from various sources associated with you, the NSA will know your wife is cheating and with whom before you do. They will know if you are about to get married or divorced. They will know if you are about to get a bonus or declare bankruptcy. They will know if you are getting a raise or getting fired at work. They will know everything about you life situation. And they will know it before you even have a clue what is about to happen.

[Smokin Joe]

I predict that for the next generation there will be no way to opt-out of Alexa.
Alexa will be embedded in everything with no way to disable it.
New car - Alexa automatically enabled
New cell phone - Alexa automatically enabled
New computer - Alexa automatically enabled
New television - Alexa automatically enabled
New home/apartment - Alexa automatically enabled
Eventually it will come to Alexa embedded in your refrigerator/new kitchen appliances/alarm clocks/washing machine/well...everything. I believe we will live to see this in our lifetime.

Then that will really be 24hr surveillance of everything you say, everywhere you go, everything you do. By correlating data from various sources associated with you, the NSA will know your wife is cheating and with whom before you do. They will know if you are about to get married or divorced. They will know if you are about to get a bonus or declare bankruptcy. They will know if you are getting a raise or getting fired at work. They will know everything about you life situation. And they will know it before you even have a clue what is about to happen.

Think about that, and the power it would give people to eff with you at the worst possible times....

The potential for personal and petty abuse is astronomical. How many people could resist the temptation to get back at someone who had just ticked them off? (Too few, I'd wager, but it would only take one.)

[Hoodat]

I predict that for the next generation there will be no way to opt-out of Alexa.
Alexa will be embedded in everything with no way to disable it.
New car - Alexa automatically enabled
New cell phone - Alexa automatically enabled
New computer - Alexa automatically enabled
New television - Alexa automatically enabled
New home/apartment - Alexa automatically enabled
Eventually it will come to Alexa embedded in your refrigerator/new kitchen appliances/alarm clocks/washing machine/well...everything. I believe we will live to see this in our lifetime.

Then that will really be 24hr surveillance of everything you say, everywhere you go, everything you do. By correlating data from various sources associated with you, the NSA will know your wife is cheating and with whom before you do. They will know if you are about to get married or divorced. They will know if you are about to get a bonus or declare bankruptcy. They will know if you are getting a raise or getting fired at work. They will know everything about you life situation. And they will know it before you even have a clue what is about to happen.

Yet President Bush is the bad guy because he listened in on cell phone conversations in Pakistan which violated their Constitutional rights.

[Smokin Joe]

Yet President Bush is the bad guy because he listened in on cell phone conversations in Pakistan which violated their Constitutional rights.

Pakistan has a Constitution? With Rights? Who knew?

[mountaineer]

Pamela Geller agrees with me about the St. Louis County Council member sworn in on a Dr. Seuss book (and confirms the councilwoman is a Democrat):

What is this attention whoring but making a mockery of American governance and elected office? She did this in front of her son and daughter, teaching them the same contempt for America. These know-nothings haven’t the vaguest idea of the singular greatness of America and what it was our founding fathers achieved.

https://gellerreport.com/2019/08/democrat-gets-sworn-in-dr-seuss-book.html

[Smokin Joe]

Pamela Geller agrees with me about the St. Louis County Council member sworn in on a Dr. Seuss book (and confirms the councilwoman is a Democrat):https://gellerreport.com/2019/08/democrat-gets-sworn-in-dr-seuss-book.html

Maybe the Grinch will steal her Christmas if she violates her oath....

[Hoodat]

Just got hit with an ad from Amazon as a long term Prime Customer, they said they would give me an Echo/Alexa for free. I respectfully declined their gracious offer. Don't want it. Even for free.

They should be paying you for the privilege of spying on you in your own home.

[mountaineer]

How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
By Mike Baker
    Aug. 23, 2019
    Updated 6:38 p.m. ET

Summer Worden, a former Air Force intelligence officer living in Kansas, has been in the midst of a bitter separation and parenting dispute for much of the past year. So she was surprised when she noticed that her estranged spouse still seemed to know things about her spending.  ...

Ms. Worden put her intelligence background to work, asking her bank about the locations of computers that had recently accessed her bank account using her login credentials. The bank got back to her with an answer: One was a computer network registered to the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

[Here's the ridiculous news aspect of this]:   Ms. Worden’s spouse, Anne McClain, was a decorated NASA astronaut on a six-month mission aboard the International Space Station. She was about to be part of NASA’s first all-female spacewalk. But the couple’s domestic troubles on Earth, it seemed, had extended into outer space.

Ms. McClain acknowledged that she had accessed the bank account from space, insisting through a lawyer that she was merely shepherding the couple’s still-intertwined finances.   ...

The couple’s dispute revolved largely around Ms. Worden’s son, who was born about a year before the two met.

Ms. Worden, who had previously worked at the National Security Agency, resisted allowing Ms. McClain to adopt the child, even after they were married at the end of 2014.  ...

New York Times

Glad to see we have such stable individuals serving as astronauts.

[Cyber Liberty]

How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
By Mike Baker
    Aug. 23, 2019
    Updated 6:38 p.m. ETNew York Times

Glad to see we have such stable individuals serving as astronauts.

Less bizarre that the astronaut lady who drove cross-country wearing diapers to kill her lover's girlfriend.

[Cyber Liberty]

How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
By Mike Baker
    Aug. 23, 2019
    Updated 6:38 p.m. ETNew York Times

Glad to see we have such stable individuals serving as astronauts.

Less bizarre that the astronaut lady who drove cross-country wearing diapers to kill her lover's girlfriend.

[roamer_1]

Less bizarre that the astronaut lady who drove cross-country wearing diapers to kill her lover's girlfriend.

There seems to be a trend... 

[240B]

How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
By Mike Baker
    Aug. 23, 2019
    Updated 6:38 p.m. ETNew York Times

Glad to see we have such stable individuals serving as astronauts.

Not surprised. I once worked at a Top Secret government installation. We all were vetted and had clearances to be there. Never met such a crazy group of weirdos in my life. Furthermore, there were Chinese and other foreigners in the group, which I couldn't believe.

Government vetting is not done by the U.S. Government. They contract it out to contractors who get paid by the unit. These guys will 'clear' just about anybody. After all, that's their job. That's how they get paid.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

There seems to be a trend... 

Yep.

Women are nuts.

[Smokin Joe]

How a Bitter Divorce Battle on Earth Led to Claims of a Crime in Space
By Mike Baker
    Aug. 23, 2019
    Updated 6:38 p.m. ETNew York Times

Glad to see we have such stable individuals serving as astronauts.

Well, doggone it, they just wanted a normal family, like everyone else....

[GtHawk]

Well, doggone it, they just wanted a normal family, like everyone else....

Well it looks like they finally got what they wanted, to be just like married heterosexuals, bitter divorces, custody battles and spying on each other. May they thoroughly enjoy the fruits of marriage they demanded.

[Smokin Joe]

Well it looks like they finally got what they wanted, to be just like married heterosexuals, bitter divorces, custody battles and spying on each other. May they thoroughly enjoy the fruits of marriage they demanded.

Yeah. If they'd just shacked up, splitting the sheets could have been a lot simpler.

A cousin of mine observed in the '70s that this particular preference group seems to be rife with people who are jealous and insecure (a vicious circle). That not only devastates their relationships, but often costs lives through conflict or suicide.

[TomSea]

Oklahoma mother who forced kids to eat dog feces avoids prison

JAY, Okla. – A Delaware County woman who starved her children and made them eat dog feces will avoid jail time after pleading no contest to charges connected to the crime.

According to court documents obtained by News 4, Mary Elizabeth Moore’s 5-year-old and 3-year-old children were hospitalized in the intensive care unit and were “so malnourished that hospital staff had to place them on a special diet and applied nasal feeding tubes to both children.”

Investigators say the 5-year-old weighed just 26 pounds, while the 3-year-old weighed 18 pounds.

https://kfor.com/2019/08/26/oklahoma-mother-who-forced-kids-to-eat-dog-feces-avoids-prison/

It sounds like a joke headline but the kids really suffered and child services apparently did take the children away from her. 

I'd think someone like that should be committed, pictures of the mother look like she is off her rocker.

[mountaineer]

Incredible.  I know the sheriff of this county.  He must have been sickened by this case.

[InHeavenThereIsNoBeer]

I hope they took away her guns so she won't be able to hurt anyone.

[GtHawk]

It sounds like a joke headline but the kids really suffered and child services apparently did take the children away from her. 

I'd think someone like that should be committed, pictures of the mother look like she is off her rocker.

I saw her picture and the only thing I could think was 'How drunk or stoned did someone have to be.....................'

[Wingnut]

Even puns are offensive now

A comedian has been asked to apologise for a vegetable-based joke.

Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel has been asked to apologise for a joke he made at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The joke was as follows: ‘I keep randomly shouting out “broccoli” and “cauliflower” – I think I might have florets.’ TV channel Dave awarded it the ‘Joke of the Fringe’ prize.

But not everyone was amused. Suzanne Dobson, chief executive of Tourette’s charity Tourette’s Action, thought the joke was ‘rubbish’. Fair enough.

But she went further. She also demanded an apology from the comedian: ‘Humour is a great way of educating people – but not only is it not funny to poke fun at people with Tourette’s, it’s not even that funny a joke, is it?’ She also said the joke brought ‘shame on Dave’. (Arguably a funnier statement than the joke itself.)

Of course, there is nothing offensive about this joke and people with Tourette’s are clearly not the target of it. It was a pun, not some covert incitement to hatred.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/08/22/even-puns-are-offensive-now/

[Cyber Liberty]

Puns don't kill people...

[catfish1957]

Even puns are offensive now

A comedian has been asked to apologise for a vegetable-based joke.

Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel has been asked to apologise for a joke he made at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The joke was as follows: ‘I keep randomly shouting out “broccoli” and “cauliflower” – I think I might have florets.’ TV channel Dave awarded it the ‘Joke of the Fringe’ prize.

But not everyone was amused. Suzanne Dobson, chief executive of Tourette’s charity Tourette’s Action, thought the joke was ‘rubbish’. Fair enough.

But she went further. She also demanded an apology from the comedian: ‘Humour is a great way of educating people – but not only is it not funny to poke fun at people with Tourette’s, it’s not even that funny a joke, is it?’ She also said the joke brought ‘shame on Dave’. (Arguably a funnier statement than the joke itself.)

Of course, there is nothing offensive about this joke and people with Tourette’s are clearly not the target of it. It was a pun, not some covert incitement to hatred.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/08/22/even-puns-are-offensive-now/

10 years from now there will be nothing left but white guy jokes.

[Cyber Liberty]

10 years from now there will be nothing left but white guy jokes.

Even those are doomed.  No fun of any kind!

[Smokin Joe]

Puns don't kill people...

Shhhhhhhh!

They'll be picketing for Pun Control next!

[verga]

Even puns are offensive now

A comedian has been asked to apologise for a vegetable-based joke.

Swedish comedian Olaf Falafel has been asked to apologise for a joke he made at the Edinburgh Fringe.

The joke was as follows: ‘I keep randomly shouting out “broccoli” and “cauliflower” – I think I might have florets.’ TV channel Dave awarded it the ‘Joke of the Fringe’ prize.

But not everyone was amused. Suzanne Dobson, chief executive of Tourette’s charity Tourette’s Action, thought the joke was ‘rubbish’. Fair enough.

But she went further. She also demanded an apology from the comedian: ‘Humour is a great way of educating people – but not only is it not funny to poke fun at people with Tourette’s, it’s not even that funny a joke, is it?’ She also said the joke brought ‘shame on Dave’. (Arguably a funnier statement than the joke itself.)

Of course, there is nothing offensive about this joke and people with Tourette’s are clearly not the target of it. It was a pun, not some covert incitement to hatred.

https://www.spiked-online.com/2019/08/22/even-puns-are-offensive-now/

I think Susan Dobson is a vegetable based joke.

[Applewood]

Tennessee man sues Popeyes for running out of chicken sandwiches

The Times Free Press reports that Craig Barr of East Ridge, Tennessee is challenging the company. The newspaper said the lawsuit accuses Popeyes of false advertising, deceptive business practices and causing him to waste "countless time driving" to and from local chains to find the sandwich.

Barr also claimed he was scammed out of money from a person who posted an ad online claiming he could get sandwiches from a location where they had some of them hidden in the back. He paid $25 but claims he received nothing in return.
…
Barr claimed he suffered tire damage and that one of his rims was cracked during his search from the sandwich.
He is seeking $5,000 in damages.
 

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/tennessee-man-sues-popeyes-for-running-out-of-chicken-sandwiches/ar-AAGwIip?ocid=spartandhp

[thackney]

Tennessee man sues Popeyes for running out of chicken sandwiches

https://www.msn.com/en-us/foodanddrink/foodnews/tennessee-man-sues-popeyes-for-running-out-of-chicken-sandwiches/ar-AAGwIip?ocid=spartandhp

They should decide in his favor but only award a coupon for a chicken sandwich.

[Applewood]

They should decide in his favor but only award a coupon for a chicken sandwich.

But that won't pay for all the "damages" he suffered.   
 

[Smokin Joe]

They should decide in his favor but only award a coupon for a chicken sandwich.

And his attorney should be made to scrub the bathrooms with a toothbrush! Sheesh!

[Elderberry]

Man accidentally shoots himself twice in one night in Detroit

WXYZ 8/31/2019

https://www.wxyz.com/news/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-twice-in-one-night-in-detroit?fbclid=IwAR3-3HPpoBGf_RT_p4r5RcYratElmdTc_zOcW4iTFTmodzzzgf1W7zIQdoo

DETROIT (WXYZ) — A man is in stable condition after accidentally shooting himself twice in one night in Detroit.

Around 2:00 a.m. Saturday, scouts were dispatched to a local hospital on a "Shooting/Cutting RPT" call. Officers arrived and spoke to the 31-year-old victim, who said he shot himself at his home and then later at a bar on the 7000 block of W. Warren where he was dee-jaying.

Police say the victim sustained one gunshot wound to the thigh and was privately taken to a nearby hospital.

[Applewood]

Well, I believe his story.   

[Cyber Liberty]

Man accidentally shoots himself twice in one night in Detroit

WXYZ 8/31/2019

https://www.wxyz.com/news/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-twice-in-one-night-in-detroit?fbclid=IwAR3-3HPpoBGf_RT_p4r5RcYratElmdTc_zOcW4iTFTmodzzzgf1W7zIQdoo

So that goes in the statistics as two shootings....

[Sanguine]

Man accidentally shoots himself twice in one night in Detroit

WXYZ 8/31/2019

https://www.wxyz.com/news/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-twice-in-one-night-in-detroit?fbclid=IwAR3-3HPpoBGf_RT_p4r5RcYratElmdTc_zOcW4iTFTmodzzzgf1W7zIQdoo

"Victim"?   Wouldn't that be "31 year old self-shooter"?

[thackney]

Man accidentally shoots himself twice in one night in Detroit

WXYZ 8/31/2019

https://www.wxyz.com/news/man-accidentally-shoots-himself-twice-in-one-night-in-detroit?fbclid=IwAR3-3HPpoBGf_RT_p4r5RcYratElmdTc_zOcW4iTFTmodzzzgf1W7zIQdoo

Did the second shooting happen while he was describing the first?

Here, let me show you how it happened....

[Smokin Joe]

Did the second shooting happen while he was describing the first?

Here, let me show you how it happened....

Article says:

Police say the victim sustained one gunshot wound to the thigh and was privately taken to a nearby hospital.

What, did he miss the first time he shot himself? 

[240B]

Fairly common actually. Punks are constants shooting themselves in their junk, in their butts, in their thighs and feet. This is what happens when they get all their 'weapons training' from TV and movies. These are the guys who will try to shoot a rifle with one hand, and hold their pistols sideways.

Punks with guns typically do not understand what a 'safety' is for, and many of them don't even know what or where it is. And they always grab their weapon by the trigger, as if the trigger is some kind of handle for picking the weapon up. If your finger is on the trigger, you are supposed to be aiming at something and ready to fire. They don't understand this.

[mountaineer]

Woman Found Dead In Port-A-Potty On W&J College Campus
By Amy Wadas
September 3, 2019 at 9:33 am

WASHINGTON, Pa. (KDKA) — Authorities are investigating after a woman’s body was found in a port-a-potty this morning on the campus of Washington & Jefferson College in Washington County.

According to a college spokesperson, the body of a woman was found just before 7 a.m. inside the portable toilet   ...

College officials say one of the contractors tried to get in the port-a-potty, but it was locked and remained that way for quite a while.  ...  Rest of story at KDKA

[mountaineer]

Ridiculous News from the land down under, where women glow and men plunder.

Vegan woman demands neighbour stop using meat on barbecue due to smell
A frustrated vegan woman from Perth has taken her neighbours to court over the meat and smoke smells wafting into her backyard.
by Shireen Khalil

Frustrated vegan Cilla Carden is so fed up with her two neighbours she has taken them to court over the meat and smoke smells coming from their barbecue.

The Perth woman said she couldn’t enjoy her backyard in the suburb of Girrawheen, claiming her neighbours deliberately allow their barbecue meat and fish smells to waft into her yard.

“They’ve put it there so I smell fish, all I can smell is fish … I can’t go out there,” Ms Carden told Nine News.  ...

She told Nine News she believed her neighbours were “absolutely deliberate” in allowing their smells to cross into her yard.

And it’s not just the smell of meat and fish that has made her furious — it’s the smell of cigarettes and the sound of children playing with basketballs.

“It’s been devastating, it’s been turmoil, it’s been unrest, I haven’t been able to sleep,” Ms Carden said.  ...

Rest of story

Twitter response:

Cameron Gray  @Cameron_Gray
Dear @WeberGrills
: Please send this awful woman's neighbors a few of the largest grills you make.

9:31 AM · Sep 3, 2019

[verga]

STFU/STFD (Shut up/ sit down)