The unimportant news thread

[Todd]

Margaret Atwood faces backlash for #MeToo op-ed

[Ken B]

Margaret Atwood faces backlash for #MeToo op-ed

Good for her.
I bet she's quaking in her boots.

[bwv 1080]

"There's great demand for treating warfighter injuries with more natural, holistic remedies," said Col. Thomas Sorrenson, commander of the new program. Holistic medics have to not only know their pharmacology, such as which essential oils to use for local anesthesia, but also practical skills, like stopping a sucking chest wound in under 30 seconds through the power of positive thinking."

[Sergeant Rock]

"There's great demand for treating warfighter injuries with more natural, holistic remedies," said Col. Thomas Sorrenson, commander of the new program. Holistic medics have to not only know their pharmacology, such as which essential oils to use for local anesthesia, but also practical skills, like stopping a sucking chest wound in under 30 seconds through the power of positive thinking."

Sarge

[Karl Henning]

Oh, my . . . .

[Todd]

Brazil Joins France in Dangerous Pursuit to Snuff Out Fake News

[Karl Henning]

Oh, lawd:

("Oregon's weather is uniquely adverse"— i.e., it rains there.)

[Todd]

Oh, lawd:

("Oregon's weather is uniquely adverse"— i.e., it rains there.)

Oregon's state government is controlled by Dems, and Dems being Dems, the change mostly affects parts of the state that receive little rain.  Of course, many service stations in low population counties don't have modern pumps that accept point of service payment, so implementation will take years.  All in all, it's about as good a law as one can expect from the Oregon legislature. 

[Ken B]

I was just having a debate on another site. A normally sensible Brit complaining bout those who stand on escalators. Everyone should stand on escalators! At least in crowded condidtions. (The fundamental reason is that laminar flow beats turbulent flow, and the only achievable laminar flow is everyone stands.)

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/04/04/us/escalators-standing-or-walking.html

[Todd]

Comedy News Network HLN's Ashleigh Banfield, doing her part to keep public discourse elevated: "The only sentence a guy like that [Aziz Ansari] deserves is a bad case of blue balls..."

[SurprisedByBeauty]

Daniel Hope gets junior employee of Berlin's Konzerthaus fired out of revenge for a Youtube shred:

Offener Brief an Daniel Hope
VON MORITZ EGGERT

In German; translation coming soon.

[Turner]

Using a biplane for refugee smuggling to Europe

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/police-chase-pilot-after-vintage-biplane-lands-in-hungarian-field-with-migrants-1.3360290?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=twitter

[Todd]

Sexual harassment and assault rife at United Nations, staff claim

Et tu, UN?

[zamyrabyrd]

Welcome to Google where everyday is Halloween!

https://pjmedia.com/trending/damore-suit-google-caters-to-furries-transgenderism-and-a-yellow-scaled-wingless-dragonkin/

[zamyrabyrd]

True about Haiti, but unless Klein thinks the US government controls hurricanes, her speculation is more fantasy than anything else.  And in the interim, those three hundred thousand emigrants are immediately eligible to vote, which means Florida might get much bluer by the November election.

Not unless the Haitians have short memories for how the Clinton Foundation screwed them.

[Baron Scarpia]

Not unless the Haitians have short memories for how the Clinton Foundation screwed them.

? How could the Clinton Foundation have "screwed" them?

[Baron Scarpia]

Wouldn't it be interesting if Trump has to give the state of the union message, but the government is shut down.

"The state of the union is......shut down. Hey, is this microphone working? Did they sent the A/V guy home?"

[Todd]

Wouldn't it be interesting if Trump has to give the state of the union message, but the government is shut down.

He doesn't have to give a speech to Congress.  That's residue from Wilson.  Trump should kill the tradition and revert to sending a report to Congress, but he loves cameras too much.

[Spineur]

Paul Bocuse, the pope of French cuisine died at 91.  His restaurants were in Lyon and the neighborhoods (Abbaye de Collonges).  The meal I had there was a lifetime experience.

[Spineur]

The devil just announced he was ending hell and free his ovens so Paul Bocuse could cook a Poularde demi-deuil for him.