Ninth Stage

The headline proclaims “Phoenix man kills truck theft suspect claiming self-defense.” Sounds like an iffy shooting.
The story says it differently. Homeowner Cody Geneha heard his truck being started around 12:30 a.m. He grabbed his gun and ran outside were he saw a man taking off in his truck. The thief flipped [...]

TSA drone breaks this guy’s laptop and the supervising TSA goon says move on or you’ll be arrested.
I start heading over to my laptop and belongings, and the TSA security guard was pushing my stuff to the end of the line. I approached the end of the line to collect my stuff as the TSA [...]

The South Park Pundit is facing the flames in San Diego County.  Wish him luck.

Seems that reporting what some nutjob said makes nutjobs of a different stripe go all batshit crazy. Brittney at Nashville is Talking was the focus of the crazy nutjobs’ ire and has decided to quit rather than continue putting up with them. I hope that at worst it’s a short hiatus.
Via Uncle who [...]

I’m so glad they didn’t use a gun, otherwise it’d be a tragedy.
CANBERRA, Australia (Reuters) — Two Australian schoolgirls who garroted a friend as an experiment to see what it was like to kill someone were on Thursday sentenced to life in jail for a murder a judge said was “gruesome and merciless in the [...]

Houston TX. An eyewitness says Police officer Leonard Smith shot and killed a handcuffed man.
“I could see everything that happened,” said Yolanda Perry.
From the front porch of the Greater Lighthouse Church, where her husband serves as minister, Perry said she watched in disbelief.
“He got out his handcuffs and he handcuffed him. And after he [...]

Want to destroy respect for the law?  It’s simple, reward illegal behavior.
Congress will approve an immigration bill that will grant citizenship rights to most of the 12 million to 20 million illegal aliens in the U.S. after Democrats take control next month, predict both sides on Capitol Hill.
Think of the value added to our society [...]

A small aircraft crashed into the side of a high-rise apartment building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side, setting fire to at least three apartments and sending smoke wafting over the city.
The FBI quickly said there were no indications of terrorism.
About an hour ago.
Update: Plane registered to N.Y. Yankee Cory Lidle?

Independence, MO has at least three of the most effed up cops in the country including the Chief. The D.A. in Independence, MO is pretty damn effed up too. Radley Balko has a link to a video.

From Say Uncle.

…that they’re better than you and on the ground muthaf**kah. now.

The family of Neftaly Cruz said police had no right to come onto their property and arrest their 21-year-old son simply because he was using his cell phone’s camera.

I can think of no punishment too severe for Cops who do this sort of thing.
Via Coals [...]

Not the worst hailstorm we’ve had up here on the ridge but this time I have photos.

This was taken around the time this happened. I’d like to add these items to that earlier post; two fluorescent lights on one circuit and a GFI outlet.

A lightning strike at our house killed the cable box, cable modem and one of three connected desktop computers. Oh and our Linksys wireless router, both garage door openers and a couple of switched circuits.

Can you say Amero amigo? I knew you could.
Brought to us by those shining beacons of Liberty and Freedom, Paul Martin, George Bush and Vincente (Zorro) Fox.
This is not a theoretical exercise being prepared so it can be submitted for review. Instead, SPP is producing an action agreement to be implemented directly by [...]

A woman on a Virgin Atlantic flight from Africa became ill and later died in London leading to fears that she may have died from the Ebola virus.
The unnamed woman is understood to work at an embassy in the African kingdom of Lesotho.
Before boarding a Virgin Atlantic flight from Johannesburg to Heathrow she visited a [...]

Racism rocks in Seattle. Since, being white, I can’t help but being racist I’ve decided to embrace my racist self. Let me count the ways.
Attribute value and normality to white people and Whiteness. Check. All day dog, that is exactly what I think about all the time.
Devalue, stereotype, and label people [...]

I’m experiencing a DoS attack, a denial of internet service attack by my ISP, Comcast.
All the asswipes at Comcast added together don’t have an executable IQ. Internet connectivity is intermittent and slow at best. I hate Comcast.

Teach your child to dial 911 and die. Countertop posts on an infuriating instance of 911 operator incompetence or indifference. And the worst part, because the 911 operator is in a union, “Officials said the 911 operator will be disciplined, but because of her years of service she will not be fired.”

I did some mods to my truck. I added some fog lights, a towbar and aftermarket windshield wipers. I modified my truck by replacing the wheels and tires with aftermarket versions.
All this time I thought I was a carsmith not an automobile manufacturer. I think I’ll look for a federal bailout but [...]

CBCnews (Canada):

A private party that followed a Seattle “zombie rave” was winding down at the start of a new day Saturday when a gunman opened fire on young party-goers, many of them made up for the earlier bash titled Better Off Undead.
The heavily armed shooter, dressed in black, fired repeatedly as he made his way [...]

Swat team member (violating rule 3. Keep your finger off the trigger unless your sights are on the target) accidently shoots and kills guy he’s about to arrest. Read this and pay close attention to the D.A.’s statement.
A SWAT team member, identified by the Washington Post as Deval V. Bullock, approached Dr. Culosi to [...]