I was working out at the gym, when I spotted a sweet young blonde walking in.
I asked the trainer standing next to me, “What machine should I use to impress that lady over there?”
The trainer looked me over and said, “I would recommend the ATM in the lobby.”
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OFFIZIER, BITTE HILF MICH
Man Asks German Police for Help Breaking Up With His Girlfriend
By Sallyann Nicholls
Euro News
March 30, 2018
Police officers in Germany received an unusual call for help this week from a man dealing with relationship troubles.
After wandering into a police station in Ludwigshafen on Tuesday afternoon, the desperate 34-year-old asked if they could help him separate from his partner.
The unnamed man felt he did not understand his “lifelong companion” anymore but was nervous about consciously uncoupling, according to a police statement.
"We cannot close the deal"
A policewoman reportedly pulled up a chair and offered him several ways to break the news to his hapless other half, but said he alone would have to do the deed.
"We are willing to advise, but we cannot close the deal," said the force, "We help everyone, and we always have an open ear for citizens' concerns."
It is not known whether or not the anonymous man followed through on their advice, but we offer him our sincere thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
By Sallyann Nicholls
Euro News
March 30, 2018
Police officers in Germany received an unusual call for help this week from a man dealing with relationship troubles.
After wandering into a police station in Ludwigshafen on Tuesday afternoon, the desperate 34-year-old asked if they could help him separate from his partner.
The unnamed man felt he did not understand his “lifelong companion” anymore but was nervous about consciously uncoupling, according to a police statement.
"We cannot close the deal"
A policewoman reportedly pulled up a chair and offered him several ways to break the news to his hapless other half, but said he alone would have to do the deed.
"We are willing to advise, but we cannot close the deal," said the force, "We help everyone, and we always have an open ear for citizens' concerns."
It is not known whether or not the anonymous man followed through on their advice, but we offer him our sincere thoughts and prayers at this difficult time.
NOT JUST DRUNK BUT STINKING DRUNK
by Bob Walsh
Jose Cisneros, 31, probably didn't set a record but is definitely good for an honorable mention. On Thursday night at about 7:20 p.m. he blew past a marked Sheriff's car heading north on I-5 in Stockton doing about 120 mph. The deputy followed the asshole to a Am/PM, lights and sirens. At the AM/PM the driver bailed and attempted to run. The deputy lit him up a little bit and took him into custody. Two children, ages 5 and 8, were in the car. The guy blew a 0.40, which is five times the legal limit. Most people, even serious drinkers, are passed out by then.
The asshole is now in custody facing about a dozen charges plus outstanding warrants. He is being held pending $423,000 bail. Arraignment is scheduled in Lodi on Monday. I hope they give him 50 years for felony stupidity.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I would say the bail was just a wee bit too high. The judge who set it must have been stinking drunk himself.
Jose Cisneros, 31, probably didn't set a record but is definitely good for an honorable mention. On Thursday night at about 7:20 p.m. he blew past a marked Sheriff's car heading north on I-5 in Stockton doing about 120 mph. The deputy followed the asshole to a Am/PM, lights and sirens. At the AM/PM the driver bailed and attempted to run. The deputy lit him up a little bit and took him into custody. Two children, ages 5 and 8, were in the car. The guy blew a 0.40, which is five times the legal limit. Most people, even serious drinkers, are passed out by then.
The asshole is now in custody facing about a dozen charges plus outstanding warrants. He is being held pending $423,000 bail. Arraignment is scheduled in Lodi on Monday. I hope they give him 50 years for felony stupidity.
EDITOR'S NOTE: I would say the bail was just a wee bit too high. The judge who set it must have been stinking drunk himself.
THIS SHIT CAN KILL YOU
by Bob Walsh
The People's Republic of California has some very stringent health warning requirements for carcinogens. If there is ANY AMOUNT of ANYTHING in ANY PRODUCT that MIGHT give you cancer, you have to be warned about it, for your own safety of course. Trouble is, testing has gotten much better since the law was passed over 30 years ago and they can find potential carcinogens damn near everywhere.
Some moron judge has just determined that COFFEE meets the requirements for mandatory safety warning in California so now Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks have to warn you about it.
So, the next time you buy a cup of coffee in the formerly great state of California don't be surprised it there is a warning label on it.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Let's say you go into an ordinary restaurant instead of Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks and order a cup of coffee. Where are they supposed to put the warning ... on the coffee mug?
The People's Republic of California has some very stringent health warning requirements for carcinogens. If there is ANY AMOUNT of ANYTHING in ANY PRODUCT that MIGHT give you cancer, you have to be warned about it, for your own safety of course. Trouble is, testing has gotten much better since the law was passed over 30 years ago and they can find potential carcinogens damn near everywhere.
Some moron judge has just determined that COFFEE meets the requirements for mandatory safety warning in California so now Dunkin Donuts and Starbucks have to warn you about it.
So, the next time you buy a cup of coffee in the formerly great state of California don't be surprised it there is a warning label on it.
EDITOR'S NOTE: Let's say you go into an ordinary restaurant instead of Dunkin Donuts or Starbucks and order a cup of coffee. Where are they supposed to put the warning ... on the coffee mug?
GENERALS SUDDENLY WAKE UP AND FIND NEW SOLDIERS ILL PREPARED FOR FUTURE COMBAT
The Army wants to make basic training tougher to prepare its newest soldiers for a major conflict
By Matthew Cox
Business Insider
March 27, 2018
Senior U.S. Army leaders are pushing a campaign to enhance recruiting, toughen physical fitness training and extend Basic Combat Training to prepare soldiers for a major future conflict.
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper spoke Monday at the Association of the United States Army's Global Force Symposium about his vision for the Army of 2028 that calls for a larger, more physically fit force.
"To meet the challenges of 2028 and beyond, the total Army must grow," Esper said. "A decade from now, we need an active component above 500,000 soldiers with associated growth in the Guard and Reserve."
The Army requested 4,000 soldiers be added to the active force as part of the proposed fiscal 2019 budget. The increase would boost the active-duty ranks from 483,500 to 487,500.
The Army must focus on "recruiting and retaining high-quality, physically fit, mentally tough soldiers who will deploy and fight and win decisively on any future battlefield," he said.
"A decade from now, the soldiers we recruit today will be our company commanders and platoon sergeants. That's why we are considering several initiatives, to a new physical fitness regime to reforming and extending basic training in order to ensure our young men and women are prepared for the rigors of high-intensity combat," he added.
Esper did not give details about extending Basic Combat Training, which currently lasts 10 weeks. But the Army has already begun reforming BCT.
By early summer, recruits will go through a new Army BCT, redesigned to instill strict discipline and esprit de corps by placing enhanced emphasis on drill and ceremony, inspections and pride in military history while increasing the focus on critical training such as physical fitness, marksmanship, communications and battlefield first aid skills.
The new program of instruction is the result of surveys taken from thousands of leaders who have observed a trend of new soldiers fresh out of training displaying a lack of obedience and poor work ethic, as well as being careless with equipment, uniforms and appearance, according to Army Training and Doctrine Command officials.
The Army has also been considering adopting the proposed Army Combat Readiness Test: A six-event fitness test designed to better prepare troops for the rigors of combat than the current three-event Army Physical Fitness Test, or APFT.
The ACRT was developed, at the request of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, to better prepare soldiers for the physical challenges of the service's Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills -- the list of key skills all soldiers are taught to help them survive in combat.
Gen. James McConville, the Army's vice chief of staff, said that the service is also considering improving the screening processes it uses to better prepare recruits coming into the Army.
"We are going to put more screening systems in place to make sure that when young men and women enter the Army, they are ready to meet the standards," McConville said.
Training and Doctrine Command has done a "great job of implementing the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, which is a four-event physical-fitness test to make sure that young men and women get in shape before they go to initial military training," he said.
"Then once they get into initial military training, we are screening them again to meet the physical demands of being in the Army," McConville said.
The Army is also testing a concept that involves assigning fitness experts to two Army divisions, he said.
"We are putting physical therapists, we are putting strength coaches, we are putting dieticians into each of the units so when the [new] soldiers get there, we continue to keep them in shape as they go forward," McConville said.
"We are going to have to take what we have, we are going to have to develop that talent and we are going to bring them in and make them better," he added.
Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said the service is also going to have to get better at how it approaches recruiting.
"When 87 percent of the people we recruit have someone in their family that has been in the military, it starts to beg the question, 'Are we expansive enough in our recruiting efforts?' " McCarthy said.
"Are we sophisticated enough in the way we communicate to the entire country and recruit the best quality individuals?," he said.
"So our sophistication has got to get better, from the tools that we have to find the people to the manner in which we communicate."
EDITOR’S NOTE: I have long maintained that, except for our special forces, today’s soldiers are not mentally capable of engaging in the kind of close-in combat our troops experienced in the Pacific during WW2, in the Korean War and in Vietnam.
The problem is that the Army has become too dependent on new technologies to protect our ground forces and that won’t work when fighting the massive armies of North Korea or China.
Furthermore, political correctness has disallowed the type of recruit training depicted in the movie “Full Metal Jacket.” Gunnery Sergeant Hartman has now been relegated from drill sergeant to drill counselor.
By Matthew Cox
Business Insider
March 27, 2018
Senior U.S. Army leaders are pushing a campaign to enhance recruiting, toughen physical fitness training and extend Basic Combat Training to prepare soldiers for a major future conflict.
Secretary of the Army Mark Esper spoke Monday at the Association of the United States Army's Global Force Symposium about his vision for the Army of 2028 that calls for a larger, more physically fit force.
"To meet the challenges of 2028 and beyond, the total Army must grow," Esper said. "A decade from now, we need an active component above 500,000 soldiers with associated growth in the Guard and Reserve."
The Army requested 4,000 soldiers be added to the active force as part of the proposed fiscal 2019 budget. The increase would boost the active-duty ranks from 483,500 to 487,500.
The Army must focus on "recruiting and retaining high-quality, physically fit, mentally tough soldiers who will deploy and fight and win decisively on any future battlefield," he said.
"A decade from now, the soldiers we recruit today will be our company commanders and platoon sergeants. That's why we are considering several initiatives, to a new physical fitness regime to reforming and extending basic training in order to ensure our young men and women are prepared for the rigors of high-intensity combat," he added.
Esper did not give details about extending Basic Combat Training, which currently lasts 10 weeks. But the Army has already begun reforming BCT.
By early summer, recruits will go through a new Army BCT, redesigned to instill strict discipline and esprit de corps by placing enhanced emphasis on drill and ceremony, inspections and pride in military history while increasing the focus on critical training such as physical fitness, marksmanship, communications and battlefield first aid skills.
The new program of instruction is the result of surveys taken from thousands of leaders who have observed a trend of new soldiers fresh out of training displaying a lack of obedience and poor work ethic, as well as being careless with equipment, uniforms and appearance, according to Army Training and Doctrine Command officials.
The Army has also been considering adopting the proposed Army Combat Readiness Test: A six-event fitness test designed to better prepare troops for the rigors of combat than the current three-event Army Physical Fitness Test, or APFT.
The ACRT was developed, at the request of Army Chief of Staff Gen. Mark Milley, to better prepare soldiers for the physical challenges of the service's Warrior Tasks and Battle Drills -- the list of key skills all soldiers are taught to help them survive in combat.
Gen. James McConville, the Army's vice chief of staff, said that the service is also considering improving the screening processes it uses to better prepare recruits coming into the Army.
"We are going to put more screening systems in place to make sure that when young men and women enter the Army, they are ready to meet the standards," McConville said.
Training and Doctrine Command has done a "great job of implementing the Occupational Physical Assessment Test, which is a four-event physical-fitness test to make sure that young men and women get in shape before they go to initial military training," he said.
"Then once they get into initial military training, we are screening them again to meet the physical demands of being in the Army," McConville said.
The Army is also testing a concept that involves assigning fitness experts to two Army divisions, he said.
"We are putting physical therapists, we are putting strength coaches, we are putting dieticians into each of the units so when the [new] soldiers get there, we continue to keep them in shape as they go forward," McConville said.
"We are going to have to take what we have, we are going to have to develop that talent and we are going to bring them in and make them better," he added.
Under Secretary of the Army Ryan McCarthy said the service is also going to have to get better at how it approaches recruiting.
"When 87 percent of the people we recruit have someone in their family that has been in the military, it starts to beg the question, 'Are we expansive enough in our recruiting efforts?' " McCarthy said.
"Are we sophisticated enough in the way we communicate to the entire country and recruit the best quality individuals?," he said.
"So our sophistication has got to get better, from the tools that we have to find the people to the manner in which we communicate."
EDITOR’S NOTE: I have long maintained that, except for our special forces, today’s soldiers are not mentally capable of engaging in the kind of close-in combat our troops experienced in the Pacific during WW2, in the Korean War and in Vietnam.
The problem is that the Army has become too dependent on new technologies to protect our ground forces and that won’t work when fighting the massive armies of North Korea or China.
Furthermore, political correctness has disallowed the type of recruit training depicted in the movie “Full Metal Jacket.” Gunnery Sergeant Hartman has now been relegated from drill sergeant to drill counselor.
A BLACK HISTORY MONTH LESSON WHITE STUDENTS SHOULD NOT SOON FORGIVE
Sixth-grade teacher delivers 15-minute rant claiming Trump's MAGA slogan is a call to bring segregation back and accuses white students of being descended from mass killers
By Keith Griffith
Daily Mail
March 31, 2018
A sixth-grade teacher has delivered a shocking classroom rant claiming that President Donald Trump wants a return to segregation and accused white students of being the progeny of 'European' mass murderers.
Student Josie Orihuela recorded the incident last month at Hampton Middle School near Atlanta, where social studies teacher Johnetta Benton was delivering a lesson for Black History Month.
Josie began recording just after Benton turned off a film the class was watching and pronounced that that 'Make America Great Again' could be a precursor to 'trying to bring back segregation,' the student told Fox News.
'He must be talking about when it was great for Europeans,' Benton says in the recording. 'Because when it comes to minorities, America has never been great for minorities.'
'Cuz when I examine history, I can't remember a time when it was great for anybody other than the Europeans,' Benton continued.
Another male teacher was heard in the classroom interjecting periodically in support of Benton's arguments.
When students tried to reply that Trump's slogan might be a call for a return to stricter legal controls on immigration, such as the nation had before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Benton rejected the notion.
'Because Europeans came from Europe. You are immigrants. You are illegal immigrants. Because you came and just took it... You are an immigrant. This is not your country,' Benton said.
'Before you talk about somebody else look at yourself in the mirror, look at your ancestry in the mirror before you start saying "You're bad, and you're bad and you're bad so you can't come 'cause you happened to have killed a few people" - Well guess what my people have killed millions, not a few. Millions upon millions upon millions - babies and children,' she said, speaking in the voice of a 'European'.
Benton has been a teacher for 18 years, according to her profile on the school website.
J.D. Hardin, the communications coordinator for the Henry County schools in Georgia, called the rant 'extremely unfortunate,' and said that the matter had been 'addressed immediately' in a statement to Fox News.
It was not clear what action had been taken, and Hardin did not immediately reply to a message from DailyMail.com.
'This unfortunate incident affords us to opportunity to remind our educators of the importance of keeping any potential political bias out of lessons for students of any age,' Hardin said.
It comes days after another social studies teacher at the same middle school assigned students to write a letter to lawmakers demanding new restrictions on gun ownership.
Outraged parent William Lee, a law enforcement officer, showed the assignment by teacher Corey Sanders to the police news site Blue Lives Matter.
'For this assignment, you are writing a letter to the lawmakers of the United States. The purpose of this letter is to pressure lawmakers to have stricter gun laws in the United States,' the assignment read.
Josie's mother, Kimberly Orihuela, also spoke with Blue Lives Matter, saying she had withdrawn her daughter from Hampton Middle over Benton's actions.
'I had to get my kids out of the Henry County schools,' Kimberly said.
'She basically told these children that they were responsible for millions of deaths. Why is she saying that every white child is the descendent of a slave owner? That's just not true,' she said.
'I told my daughter I was proud that she had the nerve to ask the questions – that she called her out on the fact Trump is talking about illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants,' Kimberly said.
'But when she told the kids to go home and look in the mirror and reflect on what their ancestors have done… I had had enough,' the mother said.
EDITOR’S NOTE: That’s teaching them young white devils a lesson.
Hmm, when did Black History Month become Hate White Americans Month?
By Keith Griffith
Daily Mail
March 31, 2018
A sixth-grade teacher has delivered a shocking classroom rant claiming that President Donald Trump wants a return to segregation and accused white students of being the progeny of 'European' mass murderers.
Student Josie Orihuela recorded the incident last month at Hampton Middle School near Atlanta, where social studies teacher Johnetta Benton was delivering a lesson for Black History Month.
Josie began recording just after Benton turned off a film the class was watching and pronounced that that 'Make America Great Again' could be a precursor to 'trying to bring back segregation,' the student told Fox News.
'He must be talking about when it was great for Europeans,' Benton says in the recording. 'Because when it comes to minorities, America has never been great for minorities.'
'Cuz when I examine history, I can't remember a time when it was great for anybody other than the Europeans,' Benton continued.
Another male teacher was heard in the classroom interjecting periodically in support of Benton's arguments.
When students tried to reply that Trump's slogan might be a call for a return to stricter legal controls on immigration, such as the nation had before the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965, Benton rejected the notion.
'Because Europeans came from Europe. You are immigrants. You are illegal immigrants. Because you came and just took it... You are an immigrant. This is not your country,' Benton said.
'Before you talk about somebody else look at yourself in the mirror, look at your ancestry in the mirror before you start saying "You're bad, and you're bad and you're bad so you can't come 'cause you happened to have killed a few people" - Well guess what my people have killed millions, not a few. Millions upon millions upon millions - babies and children,' she said, speaking in the voice of a 'European'.
Benton has been a teacher for 18 years, according to her profile on the school website.
J.D. Hardin, the communications coordinator for the Henry County schools in Georgia, called the rant 'extremely unfortunate,' and said that the matter had been 'addressed immediately' in a statement to Fox News.
It was not clear what action had been taken, and Hardin did not immediately reply to a message from DailyMail.com.
'This unfortunate incident affords us to opportunity to remind our educators of the importance of keeping any potential political bias out of lessons for students of any age,' Hardin said.
It comes days after another social studies teacher at the same middle school assigned students to write a letter to lawmakers demanding new restrictions on gun ownership.
Outraged parent William Lee, a law enforcement officer, showed the assignment by teacher Corey Sanders to the police news site Blue Lives Matter.
'For this assignment, you are writing a letter to the lawmakers of the United States. The purpose of this letter is to pressure lawmakers to have stricter gun laws in the United States,' the assignment read.
Josie's mother, Kimberly Orihuela, also spoke with Blue Lives Matter, saying she had withdrawn her daughter from Hampton Middle over Benton's actions.
'I had to get my kids out of the Henry County schools,' Kimberly said.
'She basically told these children that they were responsible for millions of deaths. Why is she saying that every white child is the descendent of a slave owner? That's just not true,' she said.
'I told my daughter I was proud that she had the nerve to ask the questions – that she called her out on the fact Trump is talking about illegal immigrants, not legal immigrants,' Kimberly said.
'But when she told the kids to go home and look in the mirror and reflect on what their ancestors have done… I had had enough,' the mother said.
EDITOR’S NOTE: That’s teaching them young white devils a lesson.
Hmm, when did Black History Month become Hate White Americans Month?
NO KUDOS FOR DALHART PD HERE
There are certain disabilities that should disqualify a person from being a police officer
By Trey Rusk
Running Code 3
March 30, 2018
This morning I read a blog from BARKGROWLBITE that gave kudos to the Dalhart, Texas police department for hiring a deaf female police officer. Kudos for what?
Apparently the Chief of Police felt that this determined young lady deserved a chance at being a police officer. I applaud her for trying to fulfill her passion to become a police officer, but let's be rational about her quest.
Even though she must go through a 6 month FTO program where she will not be allowed to patrol by herself this will not prevent the following:
1. How can a deaf officer hear if her partner needs assistance when clearing a building?
2. How can a deaf person search for a lost child if they can't hear the child call out?
3. How can a deaf person work traffic?
4. How can a deaf person hear a person coming up behind them to do them harm?
The Chief of Police lauded the fact that the newly appointed deaf officer will be an asset for those who are hard of hearing or deaf. I want to know what percentage of the population of Dalhart is deaf. It seems that there are a lot of duties that the officer cannot adequately fulfill in order to do a single duty of communicating with deaf citizens.
I believe this is an effort in futility. A deaf police officer puts the citizens, her partner and herself at risk. It is dangerous and The City of Dalhart needs to step back and look at the big picture.
COMMENT: Bob Walsh
It is completely possible that a fairly large P D would have a reasonable uses for such a person, possibly even in a sworn officer capacity. Putting a deaf officer out "on the street" as a working, uniformed police officer is folly at best and a huge liability issue at worst, not only for the general public but for other officers.
By Trey Rusk
Running Code 3
March 30, 2018
This morning I read a blog from BARKGROWLBITE that gave kudos to the Dalhart, Texas police department for hiring a deaf female police officer. Kudos for what?
Apparently the Chief of Police felt that this determined young lady deserved a chance at being a police officer. I applaud her for trying to fulfill her passion to become a police officer, but let's be rational about her quest.
Even though she must go through a 6 month FTO program where she will not be allowed to patrol by herself this will not prevent the following:
1. How can a deaf officer hear if her partner needs assistance when clearing a building?
2. How can a deaf person search for a lost child if they can't hear the child call out?
3. How can a deaf person work traffic?
4. How can a deaf person hear a person coming up behind them to do them harm?
The Chief of Police lauded the fact that the newly appointed deaf officer will be an asset for those who are hard of hearing or deaf. I want to know what percentage of the population of Dalhart is deaf. It seems that there are a lot of duties that the officer cannot adequately fulfill in order to do a single duty of communicating with deaf citizens.
I believe this is an effort in futility. A deaf police officer puts the citizens, her partner and herself at risk. It is dangerous and The City of Dalhart needs to step back and look at the big picture.
COMMENT: Bob Walsh
It is completely possible that a fairly large P D would have a reasonable uses for such a person, possibly even in a sworn officer capacity. Putting a deaf officer out "on the street" as a working, uniformed police officer is folly at best and a huge liability issue at worst, not only for the general public but for other officers.
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