by Bob Walsh
An argument of a freaking parking spot led to two separate shooting events in Miami Beach over the weekend resulting in two dead people.
The first exercise in conspicuous stupidity started late in the evening on Sunday when an asshole in a white BMW tried to squeeze into a parking spot that was too small along Ocean Drive in South Beach. The driver hit a parked Buick, several times, while attempting to park. At that time the Buick owner came over and asked the driver how many more times he intended to smash into his car.
At that time the BMW driver handed a gun to a 19-year old passenger, who opened fire as the BMW pulled away. The Buick owner took a leg shot. other man was hit in the head and killed.
The BMW kept going even after hitting two police cars. That aggravated the local constabulary who shot the dogshit out of the BMW. One suspect in the car died at the scene. A second fled and provided a snack for a K-9 officer. The other two, including the shooter, Jeffery Alexander, 19, of New York, were taken into custody. The wounded Buick owner identified Alexander as the shooter.
Wednesday, May 31, 2017
DRUGGED DRIVING, NOT DRUNK DRIVING BY THE TIGER
Tiger Woods busted for DUI early Monday near his Florida home
BarkGrowlBite
May 31, 2017
The cops in Jupiter, Florida came across a 2015 Mercedes stopped on the side of the road early Monday with its motor running, its brake lights illuminated, its right turn signal flashing, both tire rims on the driver's side showing minor damage and the front and rear tires on that side of the car flat. The driver was crapped out behind the wheel. The cops awakened him and gave him a field sobriety test which he flunked badly. However, blood-alcohol tests proved to be 0.00.
The driver was golfer Tiger Woods. He had crapped out not far from his home.
The Tiger later explained he had suffered a reaction to prescribed medicine and was not driving drunk. Un fortunately for him, what people will remember is his mug shot which showed the Tiger looking at the camera like a deer looking at the headlights of an approaching car, except the deer looks prettier.
And while the Tiger was not drunk, he was still DUI for drugged driving. Grrrr!
BarkGrowlBite
May 31, 2017
The cops in Jupiter, Florida came across a 2015 Mercedes stopped on the side of the road early Monday with its motor running, its brake lights illuminated, its right turn signal flashing, both tire rims on the driver's side showing minor damage and the front and rear tires on that side of the car flat. The driver was crapped out behind the wheel. The cops awakened him and gave him a field sobriety test which he flunked badly. However, blood-alcohol tests proved to be 0.00.
The driver was golfer Tiger Woods. He had crapped out not far from his home.
The Tiger later explained he had suffered a reaction to prescribed medicine and was not driving drunk. Un fortunately for him, what people will remember is his mug shot which showed the Tiger looking at the camera like a deer looking at the headlights of an approaching car, except the deer looks prettier.
And while the Tiger was not drunk, he was still DUI for drugged driving. Grrrr!
Tuesday, May 30, 2017
A HONDA CURSE
Race car driver Fernando Alonzo has a Honda curse hanging over his head
BarkGrowlBite
May 30, 2017
Spanish race car driver Fernando Alonzo is a two-time Formula 1 World Champion.
For the 2010 season, Alonzo joined the famous Scuderia Ferrari team. When the McLaren team switched to Honda power units in 2015, Alonzo left Ferrari to join McLaren. I am sure Fernando now regrets making that move. The McLaren-Honda cars have been an utter failure, usually failing to qualify among the top 10 and often having the engines break down during the races.
Fernando received special permission from McLaren to participate in Sunday’s Indy 500. Fernando acquitted himself well, leading the race for 27 laps. He was running seventh with 21 laps to go when his Andretti Autosport Honda-powered car came to a screeching halt with an engine failure.
Poor old Fernando, he has a Honda curse hanging over his head.
BarkGrowlBite
May 30, 2017
Spanish race car driver Fernando Alonzo is a two-time Formula 1 World Champion.
For the 2010 season, Alonzo joined the famous Scuderia Ferrari team. When the McLaren team switched to Honda power units in 2015, Alonzo left Ferrari to join McLaren. I am sure Fernando now regrets making that move. The McLaren-Honda cars have been an utter failure, usually failing to qualify among the top 10 and often having the engines break down during the races.
Fernando received special permission from McLaren to participate in Sunday’s Indy 500. Fernando acquitted himself well, leading the race for 27 laps. He was running seventh with 21 laps to go when his Andretti Autosport Honda-powered car came to a screeching halt with an engine failure.
Poor old Fernando, he has a Honda curse hanging over his head.
AUSTRALIAN SENATOR: TRUMP ‘IS A LUNATIC, AN A-GRADE LUNATIC’
By Dorina Lisson
The Australian Greens is a minority political party run by fools, literally.
As a Sicilian born Australian, I am ashamed of the offensive insulting comments made by Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale (a Sicilian/Australian), concerning President Donald Trump and Senator Di Natale's persistent public comments of his dislike/disapproval concerning Australia's close ties with the USA.
I wonder if Di Natale would have the audacity/guts to label a black Muslim American politician an 'A Grade Lunatic' ??? or does he believe it is socially acceptable because President Donald Trump happens to be a white, Christian, heterosexual man ???
Senator Richard Di Natale ... you are a bloody fool !!!
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/international/2017/02/17/payne-holds-talks-with-us-counterpart-mattis.html
The Australian Greens is a minority political party run by fools, literally.
As a Sicilian born Australian, I am ashamed of the offensive insulting comments made by Australian Greens leader Richard Di Natale (a Sicilian/Australian), concerning President Donald Trump and Senator Di Natale's persistent public comments of his dislike/disapproval concerning Australia's close ties with the USA.
I wonder if Di Natale would have the audacity/guts to label a black Muslim American politician an 'A Grade Lunatic' ??? or does he believe it is socially acceptable because President Donald Trump happens to be a white, Christian, heterosexual man ???
Senator Richard Di Natale ... you are a bloody fool !!!
http://www.skynews.com.au/news/politics/international/2017/02/17/payne-holds-talks-with-us-counterpart-mattis.html
"I AIN'T FIT TO LIVE, NOT AFTER WHAT I DONE" ..... COP KILLER GOT THAT RIGHT
by Bob Walsh
Willie Corey Godbolt, 35, is a guest of the people in Brookhaven, Mississippi today after murdering eight people including a sheriff's deputy. He got into a beef with his family, including his estranged wife, over their rugrats, on this past Saturday night. Somebody (not a principle in the mess) called the cops and a deputy responded. Something went sideways and when it was over Godbolt was in custody and two juvenile males, Godbolt's mother-in-law, and five other people were dead at a total of three physical locations. A total of seven hours went by between the shooting at the first residence and Godbolt being taken into custody. During that time he went to two other residences and killed four more people.
When Godbolt was arrested he had been wounded, though it wasn't real obvious how he received the wound.
Personally I am kind of surprised that he survived being arrested.
A reporter walked up to the police car Godbolt was in after he was arrested and obtained the quote in the headline of this post. Personally I think they should throw his ass into a chipper-shredder and be done with him, but that's just me. They probably don't do that any more.
Willie Corey Godbolt, 35, is a guest of the people in Brookhaven, Mississippi today after murdering eight people including a sheriff's deputy. He got into a beef with his family, including his estranged wife, over their rugrats, on this past Saturday night. Somebody (not a principle in the mess) called the cops and a deputy responded. Something went sideways and when it was over Godbolt was in custody and two juvenile males, Godbolt's mother-in-law, and five other people were dead at a total of three physical locations. A total of seven hours went by between the shooting at the first residence and Godbolt being taken into custody. During that time he went to two other residences and killed four more people.
When Godbolt was arrested he had been wounded, though it wasn't real obvious how he received the wound.
Personally I am kind of surprised that he survived being arrested.
A reporter walked up to the police car Godbolt was in after he was arrested and obtained the quote in the headline of this post. Personally I think they should throw his ass into a chipper-shredder and be done with him, but that's just me. They probably don't do that any more.
Friday, May 26, 2017
MEDICAL NON-PSYCHOACTIVE CANNABIDIOL (CBD) – YES. SMOKED AND EDIBLE MARIJUANA - NO, NO, NO!
A study of 120 Dravet syndrome patients across the country has shown that cannabidiol (CBD), an extract of cannabis, can reduce the seizures of children suffering from this most serious form of epilepsy
BarkGrowlBite
May 26, 2017
It’s all over the news. “Marijuana Stops Epileptic Seizures.” That’s misleading, possibly on purpose. It’s not marijuana. It’s an extract of cannabis. And it’s not what the stoners want.
Dravet syndrome is the most serious form of epilepsy. Those that suffer from this form of epilepsy experience life-threatening seizures.
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is an extract from marijuana. CBD does not cause the psychoactive effects sought by people who smoke pot or consume edible marijuana.
A recent study by Dr. Orrin Devinsky, director of the New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, and colleagues around the country found that CBD reduced the number and severity of seizures in children suffering from Dravet syndrome. Of the 120 children studied for 14 weeks, half were treated with CBD and the other half received a placebo.
This type of treatment is a far cry from the ‘medical marijuana’ as practiced in California and other states that have legalized the smoking of pot for medical purposes.
Prior to Dr. Devinsky’s study, The American Epilepsy Society said: "Marijuana itself has major shortcomings as an epilepsy treatment ... evidence for efficacy in treating seizures does not meet the necessary standard to recommend it to patients." Worse, researchers state that "marijuana use or withdrawal could potentially trigger seizures in susceptible [epilepsy] patients."
The pot proponents keep trumpeting phony claims that marijuana provides relief to glaucoma patients, eases pain, nausea and vomiting in in chemotherapy patients, and eases multiple sclerosis (MS) muscle contractions, sleep disorders and Tourette’s symptoms.
The American Glaucoma Society has written: "There is no scientific basis for marijuana's use in treatment," and there is evidence that it could actually do damage.
And a study conducted with 6,500 volunteers by England’s prestigious Bristol University showed that cannabis does not ease pain, nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients, nor does it ease MS muscle contractions, sleep disorders and Tourette’s symptoms.
Furthermore, two DEA chiefs have debunked medical marijuana as a hoax.
In a 2011 letter to organizations petitioning for a reclassification of marijuana, then DEA Director Michele Leonhart declared that marijuana "has a high potential for abuse," "has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States" and "lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision." The letter and 37 pages of supporting documents were published in the Federal Register.
And in 2015, DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg rejected the notion that smoking marijuana is "medicine," calling the premise a "joke." In a briefing to reporters, Rosenberg said:
"What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal -- because it's not. " We can have an intellectually honest debate about whether we should legalize something that is bad and dangerous, but don't call it medicine -- that is a joke. There are pieces of marijuana -- extracts or constituents or component parts -- that have great promise medicinally. But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana -- which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana -- it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
California’s medical marijuana law is a farce. Pot heads can go to almost any doctor licensed to dispense marijuana and obtain a pot prescription for claimed symptoms such as headaches, backaches, hair loss, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, depression, ingrown toenails, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel, hemorrhoids and, of course, anxiety caused when their dealer has been busted by the cops. At the end of the day, this hoax leaves the pot-prescribing doctors laughing all the way to the bank.
I am vehemently opposed to the legalization of smoked or edible marijuana, whether for medical or recreational purposes. I may be tilting at windmills because it looks like the whole nation is headed to legalized pot. Because I am convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that marijuana is a very dangerous drug and not the innocuous substance its advocates claim, I will continue to express my opposition during the short time I have left on this earth. I am sure that after I’ve croaked, those Americans who are not stoners will come to regret the legalization of marijuana.
However, I am not opposed to the medical use of non-psychoactive extracts from the cannabis plant. If Cannabidiol,(CBD) can reduce the seizures of children suffering from Dravet syndrome, then by all means let’s treat them with that derivative from the cannabis plant. And if CBD or any other non-psychoactive extract from cannabis is found to treat other diseases, then I’m all for prescribing those extracts.
BarkGrowlBite
May 26, 2017
It’s all over the news. “Marijuana Stops Epileptic Seizures.” That’s misleading, possibly on purpose. It’s not marijuana. It’s an extract of cannabis. And it’s not what the stoners want.
Dravet syndrome is the most serious form of epilepsy. Those that suffer from this form of epilepsy experience life-threatening seizures.
Cannabidiol, or CBD, is an extract from marijuana. CBD does not cause the psychoactive effects sought by people who smoke pot or consume edible marijuana.
A recent study by Dr. Orrin Devinsky, director of the New York University Comprehensive Epilepsy Center, and colleagues around the country found that CBD reduced the number and severity of seizures in children suffering from Dravet syndrome. Of the 120 children studied for 14 weeks, half were treated with CBD and the other half received a placebo.
This type of treatment is a far cry from the ‘medical marijuana’ as practiced in California and other states that have legalized the smoking of pot for medical purposes.
Prior to Dr. Devinsky’s study, The American Epilepsy Society said: "Marijuana itself has major shortcomings as an epilepsy treatment ... evidence for efficacy in treating seizures does not meet the necessary standard to recommend it to patients." Worse, researchers state that "marijuana use or withdrawal could potentially trigger seizures in susceptible [epilepsy] patients."
The pot proponents keep trumpeting phony claims that marijuana provides relief to glaucoma patients, eases pain, nausea and vomiting in in chemotherapy patients, and eases multiple sclerosis (MS) muscle contractions, sleep disorders and Tourette’s symptoms.
The American Glaucoma Society has written: "There is no scientific basis for marijuana's use in treatment," and there is evidence that it could actually do damage.
And a study conducted with 6,500 volunteers by England’s prestigious Bristol University showed that cannabis does not ease pain, nausea and vomiting in chemotherapy patients, nor does it ease MS muscle contractions, sleep disorders and Tourette’s symptoms.
Furthermore, two DEA chiefs have debunked medical marijuana as a hoax.
In a 2011 letter to organizations petitioning for a reclassification of marijuana, then DEA Director Michele Leonhart declared that marijuana "has a high potential for abuse," "has no currently accepted medical use in treatment in the United States" and "lacks accepted safety for use under medical supervision." The letter and 37 pages of supporting documents were published in the Federal Register.
And in 2015, DEA chief Chuck Rosenberg rejected the notion that smoking marijuana is "medicine," calling the premise a "joke." In a briefing to reporters, Rosenberg said:
"What really bothers me is the notion that marijuana is also medicinal -- because it's not. " We can have an intellectually honest debate about whether we should legalize something that is bad and dangerous, but don't call it medicine -- that is a joke. There are pieces of marijuana -- extracts or constituents or component parts -- that have great promise medicinally. But if you talk about smoking the leaf of marijuana -- which is what people are talking about when they talk about medicinal marijuana -- it has never been shown to be safe or effective as a medicine."
California’s medical marijuana law is a farce. Pot heads can go to almost any doctor licensed to dispense marijuana and obtain a pot prescription for claimed symptoms such as headaches, backaches, hair loss, erectile dysfunction, premature ejaculation, depression, ingrown toenails, constipation, diarrhea, irritable bowel, hemorrhoids and, of course, anxiety caused when their dealer has been busted by the cops. At the end of the day, this hoax leaves the pot-prescribing doctors laughing all the way to the bank.
I am vehemently opposed to the legalization of smoked or edible marijuana, whether for medical or recreational purposes. I may be tilting at windmills because it looks like the whole nation is headed to legalized pot. Because I am convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that marijuana is a very dangerous drug and not the innocuous substance its advocates claim, I will continue to express my opposition during the short time I have left on this earth. I am sure that after I’ve croaked, those Americans who are not stoners will come to regret the legalization of marijuana.
However, I am not opposed to the medical use of non-psychoactive extracts from the cannabis plant. If Cannabidiol,(CBD) can reduce the seizures of children suffering from Dravet syndrome, then by all means let’s treat them with that derivative from the cannabis plant. And if CBD or any other non-psychoactive extract from cannabis is found to treat other diseases, then I’m all for prescribing those extracts.
Thursday, May 25, 2017
IT'S STILL FUN, BUT NOT AS MUCH FUN AS IT USED TO BE
by Bob Walsh
I used to do almost all of the work on my cars. Partly because I am a cheap bastard. Partly because I used to enjoy doing it. I am, however, now old and creaky (relatively speaking) so it isn't as much fun as it used to be.
I have a 65 Mustang and a 64 VW. I still do a lot of the work on those myself as I understand the cars and it isn't physically demanding. Plus I get a lot of satisfaction out of doing it. Plus I am still a cheap bastard. I also have a Saturn sedan and a Dodge Dakota. I do very little of the work on those as they are modern computerized cars and there isn't all that much I CAN do to them.
I finally decided to change the rear shocks on the Dakota. When I go over railroad tracks at speed (a lot of railroad tracks around here on 55 MPH rural roads) the rear end danced around like the first cut contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Got squirrely to the point of being dangerous.
So I called Rock Auto and ordered up a set of the best, most heavy-duty KYB shocks for this thing and waited for a nice day. (I don't crawl under cars when it is 100 degrees. I may be stupid but I am not crazy.) These days I do a little recon before such jobs as I HATE to get halfway and find out I need something. I did that, and was glad I did. Turns out the rear shock bolts and nuts are 18mm. Most metric fitting sets jump from 17 to 19. So I had to go to Harbor Freight and got two 18 mm sockets and also a couple of 1/2 inch drive extensions for my electric impact wrench which I thought I might need. Glad I did.
In any event it took well over two hours to do the job. I found, for instance, that I could not compress the shocks enough by hand to get them to fit so I had to jack up the truck to fit the shocks in the mounting. I also found that it is MUCH HARDER to manhandle a truck tire and rim than a VW tire and rim.
In any event the job is done. I saved a couple of hundred dollars and did not hurt myself (too much) and ended up with the satisfaction of a job well done. Might not be wonderful, but it doesn't suck either.. . .
I used to do almost all of the work on my cars. Partly because I am a cheap bastard. Partly because I used to enjoy doing it. I am, however, now old and creaky (relatively speaking) so it isn't as much fun as it used to be.
I have a 65 Mustang and a 64 VW. I still do a lot of the work on those myself as I understand the cars and it isn't physically demanding. Plus I get a lot of satisfaction out of doing it. Plus I am still a cheap bastard. I also have a Saturn sedan and a Dodge Dakota. I do very little of the work on those as they are modern computerized cars and there isn't all that much I CAN do to them.
I finally decided to change the rear shocks on the Dakota. When I go over railroad tracks at speed (a lot of railroad tracks around here on 55 MPH rural roads) the rear end danced around like the first cut contestant on Dancing with the Stars. Got squirrely to the point of being dangerous.
So I called Rock Auto and ordered up a set of the best, most heavy-duty KYB shocks for this thing and waited for a nice day. (I don't crawl under cars when it is 100 degrees. I may be stupid but I am not crazy.) These days I do a little recon before such jobs as I HATE to get halfway and find out I need something. I did that, and was glad I did. Turns out the rear shock bolts and nuts are 18mm. Most metric fitting sets jump from 17 to 19. So I had to go to Harbor Freight and got two 18 mm sockets and also a couple of 1/2 inch drive extensions for my electric impact wrench which I thought I might need. Glad I did.
In any event it took well over two hours to do the job. I found, for instance, that I could not compress the shocks enough by hand to get them to fit so I had to jack up the truck to fit the shocks in the mounting. I also found that it is MUCH HARDER to manhandle a truck tire and rim than a VW tire and rim.
In any event the job is done. I saved a couple of hundred dollars and did not hurt myself (too much) and ended up with the satisfaction of a job well done. Might not be wonderful, but it doesn't suck either.. . .
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