Not a survivor:neoplacebo wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:35 pmThe judge and the chief of police are even now pondering this matter and wondering how, or if, they will survive it. Before it's over, one will turn on the other.
Tragic. But these clowns figure they own the road.....hell, I bet half the time you see a cop car blasting down the road with its blue lights and noisemakers blaring it's probably just a young officer racing to meet his girlfriend or his buddies for some juicy gossip. Just the other day I had to slow down for a city cop car that seemed to be going too fast to stop for the stop sign giving me the right of way. I had my window down and went really slow and just shook my head at the guy. But I guess the cop knows it's not his car, his gas, his brakes. In short, a true fan of socialism who likely rails against it, never realizing his ignorance. And so it goes.Vrede too wrote: ↑Sun Jun 06, 2021 6:05 pmNot a survivor:neoplacebo wrote: ↑Wed May 19, 2021 4:35 pmThe judge and the chief of police are even now pondering this matter and wondering how, or if, they will survive it. Before it's over, one will turn on the other.
Deputy fired after he crashed his patrol car, arrested on DWI charge, NC sheriff says
Opps <hic>.
A friend lived on a neighborhood street with kids that people would consistently drive too fast on. He took to yelling, "Slow down," at them, a habit we in his circle adopted. One day a cop car came barrelling through while we were sitting in his yard. I honestly can't recall if it was me or someone else that yelled, but the deed was done. The cop hit his brakes hard and we could tell that he was considering his options. Then, he drove away. Victory.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:52 pmTragic. But these clowns figure they own the road.....hell, I bet half the time you see a cop car blasting down the road with its blue lights and noisemakers blaring it's probably just a young officer racing to meet his girlfriend or his buddies for some juicy gossip. Just the other day I had to slow down for a city cop car that seemed to be going too fast to stop for the stop sign giving me the right of way. I had my window down and went really slow and just shook my head at the guy. But I guess the cop knows it's not his car, his gas, his brakes. In short, a true fan of socialism who likely rails against it, never realizing his ignorance. And so it goes.
Several years ago I was passed on I-26 between the airport road and Fletcher exits by a Hendersonville city cop going well over the speed limit. When he passed me, I knew he was out of his jurisdiction so I sped up and got right behind him and paced him at around 80 for a few seconds. Once he noticed me back there, he began slowing down......we got slower and slower......he finally pulled onto the shoulder. I went on by and then he pulled in behind me. I'm sure he was running my tag but he didn't do anything else as he followed me from the Fletcher off ramp all the way into town. I was smiling the whole time imagining the cop steaming back there behind me. He knew he didn't have dick.Vrede too wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 5:05 pmA friend lived on a neighborhood street with kids that people would consistently drive too fast on. He took to yelling, "Slow down," at them, a habit we in his circle adopted. One day a cop car came barrelling through while we were sitting in his yard. I honestly can't recall if it was me or someone else that yelled, but the deed was done. The cop hit his brakes hard and we could tell that he was considering his options. Then, he drove away. Victory.neoplacebo wrote: ↑Wed Jun 09, 2021 4:52 pmTragic. But these clowns figure they own the road.....hell, I bet half the time you see a cop car blasting down the road with its blue lights and noisemakers blaring it's probably just a young officer racing to meet his girlfriend or his buddies for some juicy gossip. Just the other day I had to slow down for a city cop car that seemed to be going too fast to stop for the stop sign giving me the right of way. I had my window down and went really slow and just shook my head at the guy. But I guess the cop knows it's not his car, his gas, his brakes. In short, a true fan of socialism who likely rails against it, never realizing his ignorance. And so it goes.
We are proud of our exports.Christian Summer Camp Turns Into Nationwide Superspreader Nightmare
For several weeks earlier this summer, teen campers from across the country converged at a rural Christian camp in North Carolina for faith and fun that within weeks had turned into a superspreader nightmare.
Billed as a “funtastic” escape, campers’ families shell out around $350 a week to send their kids onto campgrounds nestled in the Blue Ridge Mountains to hike, swim, zipline, barbecue and huddle together for “a healthy portion of God’s Word,” according to descriptions on the camp’s websites.
But public health officials in Transylvania County told The Daily Beast that campers came home with both memories and cases of COVID-19, after tracking at least 76 cases nationwide back to The Wilds’ campgrounds.
Health officials say 76 cases in 17 states have been linked to The Wilds, which has served up games and Bible verses to teens during its summer sessions for more than five decades....
Photos posted to The Wilds’ Facebook page feature kids crowded around largely mask-free outdoor activities during faith-based sessions between June 28 and July 17.
Health officials declined to comment about whether or not the cluster painted the picture of a camp that had not vigilantly followed safety requirements amid the pandemic. Camp brochures and registration forms on The Wilds’ website don’t mention COVID protocols and a list of “what to bring” to camp doesn’t mention face masks....
One mom, Brooke Taylor Jensen, told The Daily Beast that she had “concerns” after receiving an email from the camp notifying her that her 15-year-old son’s session had been canceled after campers and counselors tested positive for the virus in previous weeks.
“I was surprised that there was an outbreak among counselors,” Jensen said. “I guess I assumed most had been vaccinated as I wouldn’t have considered sending my son if he hadn’t been and from the sounds of it that wasn’t the case.”
... By Thursday afternoon, the tally of positive cases included 47 staff members and 29 campers or chaperones who were not working on campus, (Transylvania Public Health spokesperson Tara) Rybka said.
Cases stemming from the cluster have been detected in Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, West Virginia and Wisconsin, the department confirmed.
Transylvania County abuts my Henderson County.... “As far as specific details, our recommendations for all camps is that they follow North Carolina’s guidance for summer camps,” Rybka said. That guidance recommends that, for camps where not everyone is vaccinated, unvaccinated campers and staff should quarantine for two weeks before arriving and provide proof of a negative test 1–3 days before arrival. It also mandates that camps remind people to socially distance and use face coverings....
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention also updated its summer camp guidance in May, advising that camps should only forgo face masks, social distancing and capacity restrictions if everyone is vaccinated. If not, the CDC encourages unvaccinated campers to wear masks indoors, in crowded outdoor settings and during close-contact activities, especially in counties with high risk of transmission.
The CDC identified Transylvania County as one of those counties grappling with a “high” level of transmission as the more infectious Delta variant tears across the country....
Idiot.“I was surprised that there was an outbreak among counselors,” Jensen said. “I guess I assumed most had been vaccinated as I wouldn’t have considered sending my son if he hadn’t been and from the sounds of it that wasn’t the case.”
Didn't Maddy just got busted for trying to carry a weapon on a plane?
Yes, but not arrested
Hadn't heard that, but not surprised he's getting into fights with people who are really on his side (kind of reminds me of someone here, LOL):billy.pilgrim wrote: ↑Fri Jul 30, 2021 11:16 pmYes, but not arrested
There's also an ethics complaint including a lot of childish behavior trying to get his name off of a bill.
I wonder if there is video of the floor fight, LOL.A heated confrontation between Reps. Madison Cawthorn and David McKinley over cosponsorship of a bill has escalated to a McKinley staffer filing an ethics complaint against Cawthorn, according to two sources familiar with the move.
The spat began Thursday afternoon when the freshman Cawthorn (R-N.C.) went to find McKinley (R-W.Va.) in his office to discuss what Cawthorn said was his mistaken addition to a bill that he didn't want his name attached to. But when Cawthorn found McKinley out of the office, the youngest member of Congress instead got into a back-and-forth with the West Virginian’s staff.
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The exact allegation in the new ethics complaint that resulted is unclear, and it now falls on the House Ethics Committee to decide whether or not to investigate the complaint. The Cawthorn-McKinley dust-up, however, is only the latest evidence of fraught relations in the House that have begun causing intra-party as well as across-the-aisle friction, with one House conservative challenging Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy on Thursday over the chamber's "bulls---" mask mandate.
Cawthorn and McKinley's melee continued beyond the latter Republican's office on Thursday. At one point, the conflict turned into a yelling match on the House floor filled with slights and suggestions of retaliation, according to four sources. One onlooker thought the two men's floor altercation would devolve into a fistfight at one point; it ended Thursday with Cawthorn taking a shot at McKinley as a career politician in an interview. In the office confrontation, McKinley's office had apologized for the miscommunication and informed Cawthorn how to remove himself from the bill in question, which they argued would be a speedier solution, according to one source with direct knowledge of the incident.
https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/pol ... 438592001/... "Criminal rules about guns in airports vary widely around the country per local and state laws, said TSA spokesperson Mark Howell."
"In New York they perp walk you out of the airport in handcuffs," Howell said. "In Georgia, you can open carry anywhere. It's different everywhere."
Bringing criminal charges is left to local law enforcement....
Regardless of reasons people give, in almost all cases those found to be improperly transporting guns face federal civil fines, said Howell, noting an elected official would not be excluded from the potential punishment.
He declined to comment on Cawthorn's case but said the Feb. 13 incident was "still pending." The process can take months, Howell said.
Fines are typically $2,000 for an unloaded firearm and $4,000 for a loaded firearm for the first incident, he said, though Smith said they can be as big as $30,000 in more egregious cases.
If Cawthorn has a pre-check status, an expedited boarding procedure given to those with special security clearance, he will also likely lose that. Howell said anyone found boarding with a gun typically has that status suspended or revoked.
"We can’t deem you a low risk any more if you are bringing weapons in your carry-on bag to the checkpoint," he said.
Very insightful of you.
Victory!