Ban Hammer

seen on facebook.

just found this Highly powered lasers also set off electrical discharges into the atmosphere, emitting ozone. Hazardous exposure to ozone may result in eye and upper respiratory irritation.

so......wouldn't a laser beam heat up the atmosphere?

i can only guess what the space maintenance bill will be for that fiasco.

given the tents in LA, probably not. it is illegal to camp in san fran if the president of china is dropping in.

well, it's something that's illegal in some parts of canada.......

A person in California tested positive for the plague and local health officials suspect the patient contracted the disease from an infected flea while camping. Health officials urged residents of the Golden State to “take precautions” when outdoors following the infection of a resident from South Lake Tahoe. “Plague is naturally present in many parts of California, including higher elevation areas of El Dorado County,” Kyle Fliflet, El Dorado County’s acting director of public health, said in a statement. more at https://nypost.com/2025/08/20/us-news/california-resident-tests-positive-for-the-plague-after-camping-trip/ stock up on toilet paper now!

Frank Caprio, a compassionate television judge with a particular fondness for the military veterans who appeared in his Rhode Island courtroom, died Wednesday of pancreatic cancer. He was 88. Videos of Caprio’s empathetic traffic court rulings — such as dismissing a $100 ticket for a Vietnam veteran who struggled to find parking near a Veterans Affairs hospital — spread across the internet in recent years like wildfire, garnering billions of views worldwide. X That popularity led to a nationally syndicated television show called “Caught in Providence” broadcast in 186 cities across the United States. Caprio — a first-generation American whose father immigrated from Italy at age 12 — was a veteran himself. He joined the Army Reserve in 1954 at the recommendation of his brother, who was also a soldier. more at https://www.legion.org/information-center/news/security/2025/august/frank-caprio-compassionate-tv-judge-with-soft-spot-for-veterans-dies-at-88?utm_campaign

the doj should run this football straight to the supreme court.

not surprising, given it's the guardian.

good. the intel community needs to get back to doing intel work instead of playing politics.

i can see that being a good idea. otherwise, it's like having to work with that guy that's always complaining about his job. um, if you hate your job, quit and go work somewhere else?

i just find it odd that "omg coal burning is bad, think of the planet" so we must go green (and that results in higher electric bills) - yet we continue to ship coal elsewhere to be burned. NIMBY at work.

MICHIGAN CITY, Ind. (WNDU/Gray News) – A school district in Indiana had to close its schools Tuesday after someone stole the catalytic converters from many of its buses. According to a Facebook post from Michigan City Area Schools, transportation staff discovered early Tuesday morning that the buses had been vandalized. The district said it was forced to switch from in-person learning to online learning due to the thefts. According to WNDU, about 20 buses were vandalized. more at https://www.kctv5.com/2025/08/19/district-cancels-classes-5th-day-school-after-all-its-buses-had-catalytic-converters-stolen/

maybe it's just me, but radioactive shrimp wasn't a thing until fallout became a tv series........

and that phrase shows their disdain for the very industry that grows the food for the coasties.

what i find odd is - apparently shipping coal to other countries is a thing? it just seems strange that we can't have coal fired base load electrical generation in the usa, but we ship tons of it elsewhere to be burned.

yet the founding father's in their infinite wisdom saw the problem with just a majority vote electing the president - the focus for campaigns would be only in major population centers and the rural parts of america (which comprise the majority of the usa) would be ignored. i think the electoral college is a great idea myself.

and another ship has a problem in the same bay, just after it got past the remains of the key bridge BALTIMORE — The Coast Guard and local partners are responding to reports of an explosion aboard the 751-foot merchant vessel W-Sapphire in Baltimore Harbor, Monday 18th Aug 2025. Responders from Coast Guard Sector Maryland – National Capital Region were dispatched to the area to assist. No injuries have been reported at this time and the cause of the explosion is under investigation. The Coast Guard has established a 2,000-yard safety zone around the incident location, spanning from the Key Bridge to Brewerton Angle Channel LB “14”. Reports state the fire has been extinguished and plans for the vessel are being formulated. At approximately 6:30 p.m., Sector Maryland – National Capital Region watchstanders received a call over VHF channel 16 from the W-Sapphire sating their had been an explosion aboard the vessel. The W-Sapphire was outbound from Baltimore Harbor with 23 crewmembers and 2 pilots aboard and was south of Fort Carroll at the time of the explosion. The report stated the vessel was transporting coal. more at https://maritimesutra.com/2025/08/19/bulk-carrier-w-sapphire-explodes-off-baltimore-uscg-responds/

texas democrats can be invited to gerrymander the borders if necessary

and it turns out........this was not the first time he has been in the news. i just saw this on facebook - people are connecting the dots. Published: January 20, 2021 The state of Arkansas has filed suit against a California trucking company and its driver after a major bridge collapse in 2019. Earlier this month, the state of Arkansas along with the Arkansas Game and Fish Commission filed a lawsuit against truck driver Harjinder Singh and Bakersfield, California-based trucking company US Citylink Corp. in the Yell County Circuit Court. The bridge collapse occurred on January 30, 2019, in the Yell County town of Ola, Arkansas. pics and more at https://cdllife.com/2021/trucking-company-and-driver-sued-after-following-gps-onto-6-ton-bridge-causing-collapse/

A daycare worker is facing charges of first-degree aggravated battery and three counts of first-degree child abuse following an incident allegedly involving a one-year-old boy. Yvette Thurston, 54, was arrested last Monday, according to police in Bainbridge, Georgia, KCRG reported. Thurston was identified as an employee at the Little Blessings Child Care, located inside the Bainbridge Church of God. The father of two boys, aged one and three, slammed the daycare in a Facebook post and alleged that the charges related to his one-year-old son. He shared pictures of one child with a large, deep purple bruise over one of his swollen eyes, and several cuts across his face. “This was his FIRST DAY!!! This is every parent’s worst nightmare and WE had to live it and are still living it,” Cory Weeks wrote. more at https://www.the-independent.com/news/world/americas/crime/georgia-daycare-worker-child-abuse-battery-b2809263.html