August 12, 2019

My phone is absolutely CRAWLING today. Suggestions?

I’ve shut it down a couple of times. Still everything is taking forever to open.

IPHONE 6 S
Running Safari
Not on WiFi but it’s not usually this slow.

Any ideas?

August 12, 2019

Pranksters put 60 old TV's on people's lawns near Richmond VA

'The weirdest thing’: Dozens of old TV sets found on lawns

HENRICO, Va. (WWBT) - At least 60 people in Henrico woke up to an odd surprise on their front lawns: old-school television sets.

“It was a guy dressed in a jumpsuit with a TV for a head. It’s the weirdest thing. He squats down, puts the TV there and walks off. It’s really weird,” said Adrian Garner, reviewing the home security footage which caught one of the masked suspects.

“My first reaction was, ‘Did we order this?’ Not in an Amazon box, it was just kind of strange," Garner added.

Police believe it was more than one person involved in the stunt, saying that they rounded up all the TVs within an hour.
They will properly dispose of them with the county’s Solid Waste Division.

https://www.nbc12.com/2019/08/11/police-investigating-after-dozens-old-tv-sets-found-peoples-lawns/

August 11, 2019

America's Obsession With Beef Is Killing Leather - Good short read

Bloomberg reporting. Old reporting on the environmental effect +/-
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2019-08-09/america-s-obsession-with-beef-is-killing-the-leather-industry

The rise of athleisure and “vegan” clothing is also speeding the decline of an iconic U.S. industry



U.S. consumers are eating more beef, more than they have in a decade. But a byproduct of this carnivorous hankering is piling up, unloved and unwanted. Shoppers who once coveted leather jackets and shoes are instead scooping up cheaper, synthetic alternatives, reflecting a growing ambivalence toward this former staple of American closets.

Just five years ago, prices soared after a drought shrank the U.S. herd to a six-decade low. Leather outpriced itself, forcing shoe and clothing designers to cut the material from their products. Combine that with the rise of athleisure and the growing popularity of“ vegan” clothing, and one can see why demand hasn’t come back.




There’s still plenty of demand for high-quality leather—the type used in pricey handbags or high-end sofas—but that’s just one part of the industry. Most animals don’t have perfect hides, and many are branded. Older animals that have weathered the elements on pastures for years have skin marred by imperfections.

According to Hidenet, a leather markets research firm, a hide from a branded cow went for as little as $4 the week of July 15, down from as much as $81 just five years ago. Vera Dordick, chief executive officer and publisher of Hidenet, added that it’s not just the U.S. industry that’s suffering.

August 11, 2019

Q. Why would someone need a handgun to buy bread? 😳

August 11, 2019

HITLER WAS INCOMPETENT AND LAZY--AND HIS NAZI GOVERNMENT WAS AN ABSOLUTE CLOWN SHOW OPINION

Sorry that's the headline from Newsweek

https://www.newsweek.com/hitler-incompetent-lazy-nazi-government-clown-show-opinion-1408136

The below is an excerpt from HUMANS: A Brief History of How We F*cked It All Up by Tom Phillips.

So it's worth remembering that Hitler was actually an incompetent, lazy egomaniac and his government was an absolute clown show.

Why did the elites of Germany so consistently underestimate Hitler? Possibly because they weren't actually wrong in their assessment of his competency—they just failed to realise that this wasn't enough to stand in the way of his ambition. As it would turn out, Hitler was really bad at running a government. As his own press chief Otto Dietrich later wrote in his memoir The Hitler I Knew, "In the twelve years of his rule in Germany Hitler produced the biggest confusion in government that has ever existed in a civilized state."

His government was constantly in chaos, with officials having no idea what he wanted them to do, and nobody was entirely clear who was actually in charge of what. He procrastinated wildly when asked to make difficult decisions, and would often end up relying on gut feeling, leaving even close allies in the dark about his plans. His "unreliability had those who worked with him pulling out their hair," as his confidant Ernst Hanfstaengl later wrote in his memoir Zwischen Weißem und Braunem Haus. This meant that rather than carrying out the duties of state, they spent most of their time in-fighting and back-stabbing each other in an attempt to either win his approval or avoid his attention altogether, depending on what mood he was in that day.

Hitler was incredibly lazy. According to his aide Fritz Wiedemann, even when he was in Berlin he wouldn't get out of bed until after 11 a.m., and wouldn't do much before lunch other than read what the newspapers had to say about him, the press cuttings being dutifully delivered to him by Dietrich.

He was obsessed with the media and celebrity, and often seems to have viewed himself through that lens. He once described himself as "the greatest actor in Europe," and wrote to a friend, "I believe my life is the greatest novel in world history." In many of his personal habits he came across as strange or even childish—he would have regular naps during the day, he would bite his fingernails at the dinner table, and he had a remarkably sweet tooth that led him to eat "prodigious amounts of cake" and "put so many lumps of sugar in his cup that there was hardly any room for the tea."

August 9, 2019

Toxic Fart Halts Debate in Kenyan Assembly

A Kenyan lawmaker let out a fart so pungent that it halted a regional assembly’s debate, the BBC reports. Accusations about the source of the flatulence came after one lawmaker announced: “Honourable Speaker, one of us has polluted the air and I know who it is.” The accused denied the allegation, insisting: “I am not the one... I cannot do such a thing in front of my colleagues.” Eventually, Assembly Speaker Edwin Kakach ordered lawmakers out of the chamber so air fresheners could be brought in to clear the scene. “Get whatever flavor you will find in any office, whether it’s vanilla or strawberry,” he said. “We cannot continue sitting in an environment that smells bad.” The smell reportedly subsided before any sprays were found, allowing the debate on market stalls to continue.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/toxic-fart-halts-debate-in-kenyan-assembly

BBC Report

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-49290641

August 7, 2019

National Electricians Championship now on ESPN The OCHO

ESPN2 has been turned into ESPN OCHO (reference from the movie "Dodgeball&quot .

All day they have obscure "sports events". When I got home that had lawnmower racing. Apparently that really is a thing.

August 7, 2019

The responses to Trump's tweet about Biden's speech 😆

Here is Trump’s tweet
https://twitter.com/realDonaldTrump/status/1159177811573166081


The responses are hilarious
Jeff Tiedrich
@itsJeffTiedrich
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6m
Replying to
@realDonaldTrump
excuse me mister president sir, aren't you supposed to be healing a divided nation today? asking for 65 million friends



Barry McCockiner
@DocMcCockiner
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9m
Replying to
@realDonaldTrump
Donald I just want to say thank you for ending racism and gun violence. You saved this country from the libs and Obama!!

O’s Girl
@terrij68
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9m
Replying to
@realDonaldTrump
This in the middle of visiting massacred Americans YOU ARE GARBAGE

Trent Capelli
@TrentCapelli
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12m
Replying to
@realDonaldTrump
Holy Toledo, the Chinese tariffs paid by American Covfefe growers & hamberder farmers won’t go Scott Free. In the United Kingston, the Prince of Whales wouldn’t allow it. I swear by the hand over the kidney in my heart, we’ll put tariffs on the wheel that is older than the wall.
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Sarah ⚖️
@ScalesOfThemis6
·
10m
I cannot believe you didn’t even give credit to the moon, of which Mars is a part.

August 7, 2019

Don Jr. compares Castro's list to Dayton killers rape/kill lists - Fox & Friends calls BS

I actually got all that in the subject line.
Jr is a scumbag


Don Jr. Says Castro’s List of Trump Donors is the ‘Same Thing’ as Dayton Mass Murderer’s Rape List

Donald Trump Jr. said on Fox & Friends that Rep. Joaquin Castro’s (D-TX) list of Trump donors posted on Twitter is the “same thing” as the “kill” and “rape” lists the Dayton shooter compiled of his classmates. The comment prompted pushback from two hosts of the show.

“I’ve seen, what’s going on with the Joaquin Castro craziness, putting out a list,” Trump Jr. said. “That list screams like the Dayton, Ohio shooter’s list, right? When a radical left-wing politician who’s polling 0% does this for either attention or a call to action, it’s pretty scary.”

“That was the same thing that the Dayton, Ohio shooter did and people should be fed up with this nonsense,” Don Jr. said.

After reading Castro’s tweet, Fox & Friends host Ainsley Earhardt offered some push back: “He’s not necessarily saying ‘go and do something dangerous to these people,’ it’s completely different from that.”

At the end of the segment, Fox News host Steve Doocy emphasized: “To reiterate, the hit list from the guy from Dayton, that was a kill list, the Castro list was a list of donors.”

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/don-jr-says-castros-list-of-trump-donors-is-the-same-thing-as-dayton-mass-murderers-rape-list/

August 5, 2019

It's National UNDERWEAR Day!!!!

August 5, 2019 – NATIONAL UNDERWEAR DAY – NATIONAL WORK LIKE A DOG DAY – NATIONAL OYSTER DAY

https://nationaldaycalendar.com/august-5-2019-national-underwear-day-national-work-like-a-dog-day-national-oyster-day/

NATIONAL UNDERWEAR DAY
On August 5th National Underwear Day provides an opportunity to wear their favorite undergarments. Whether boxers, briefs, panties, tighty-whities, our underthings provide a layer of comfort.
If you’re like many Americans, your mother warned you to always wear clean underwear. You never know when you will be in an accident! Although there are probably better reasons to wear fresh underwear, this is the one that most often comes to mind.
Underwear is the layer of clothing worn closest to the body and under the outer clothing. It protects clothing from sweat and provides the wearer protection from cold and chafing. Another benefit to underwear includes support and body shaping.
While some may see these intimate items of our wardrobe as necessities, others utilize them as accessories. Since fabrics allow underwear to be designed for specific needs, a wide variety are made for sports and specific climates. Depending on preference, select garments for both modesty or feel alluring.