Showing posts with label bad airline behavior. Show all posts
Showing posts with label bad airline behavior. Show all posts

Tuesday, May 16, 2023

Teenage Mutant Lesbian Nuns


Your love is like  reading the bible on the Moon


India-based cybergang busted for selling fake KFC franchises

At least there won't be any cyber-burgers


Today I identify as  beaten to a pulp with the start of the election season



Wife (to friend): I wouldn't have believed it if you told me. There were literally sparks the first time we met.

Me (internally): Should I tell her the air was dry and had a lot of static electricity in it?  Nah.



Much to our (financial) dismay, President Giveaway announced he'll be running again in 2024.

One of the Secret Service guys asked him if he'll still be running in 2024 and he said yes. Every morning he jogs .25 miles to the front door for the newspaper.

Regardless, he'll need some slogans...

  • This was the best the dems could do in 2020. And now in 2024.
  • Now giving away your money for EIGHT years.
  • You thought taxes were bad now....
  • Huh? 
  • Every bit as deluded as the republicans.
  • 80 is the new 90!
  • The oldest man in the... ummm... White thingie. House.
  • Making cognitive decline a worldwide thing
  • Another advertisement for the Libertarian Party.


Biden says he wants to finish the job in a 2nd term.
He means taking the rest of your money, your childrens' money, and their childrens' money.
Didn't he do enough damage in his first term? 



Your Government(s) at Work  

US

IRS Wants to Buy Internet Mass Monitoring Tool

The U.S. military and FBI have previously bought access to netflow data

FBI and others urge Meta to halt encryption plans, citing child abuse risk

How can we spy on you if you encrypt your data? It's for the children 

NSO Group Used 3 Zero-Click iPhone Exploits Against Human Rights Defenders

NYPD blues: Cops ignored 93 percent of surveillance law rules

Private Israeli spyware used to hack cellphones of journalists, activists worldwide

This tool tells you if NSO’s Pegasus spyware targeted your phone

UK

NHS England considered using Palantir tech to manage strike disruption

UK Introduces Mass Surveillance With Online Safety Bill

Surrey and Sussex police unlawfully recorded phone calls via app, watchdog finds





Conversations with  my Dog 

Me: Listen, your toys are all over the place. We keep tripping over them.

Her: Yes.

Me: Can't you put them away?

Her: You don't put your stuff away, why should I?


A dispute over Southwest Airlines' mask policy led to a passenger punching a flight attendant.

Incidents like these have been on the rise in the US, according to the Federal Aviation Administration. There have been 2,500 reports of "unruly behaviour" by passengers in 2021, says the agency, compared to 100-150 during a typical year. Most of the incidents were related to the federal mask mandate.

Gee, isn't that interesting. Let's get past the point that it's NFG to harm an airline employee. Attendants did not make the rules, although it might be more difficult to get into the CEO's office to smack him.

We're not happy about mask mandates. It shows up in the ridiculous rise in violence (by complete idiots).  Dear Ding Dongs: there are better ways of venting your displeasure.  Still, displeasure must be vented. I know some offices in DC that are ripe for your communication.... whether or not I agree with you.

I have never heard so many people saying they smelled a rat, when the Flying AIDS hit. Even people who swallow whatever is fed to them.

Don't forget - science tells us that stopping a Flying AIDS particle with a generic mask is like stopping a golf ball from getting through a basketball hoop. K95 masks will stop a particle. If it matters.


Just because we have a large slot machine in the bathroom doesn't mean we're weird.

Does it?

Some like to read, some like to surf. Perhaps some like to pull levers. 


Why is there a tabletop slot machine in the bathroom? Is it a permanent fixture?

No, we have to figure out how it works. Since that's important, we put it where we'd remember.

Remind me to look in the toilet before I sit.


MOON LANDING?

The Japanese are landing the first private craft on the Moon. In the craft is their 22lb (357 litres Canadian) rover called Rashid. Rashid is the most common female name in Japan (no it isn't). The lander will be out of contact during its path on the dark side of the Moon*. This is a problem NASA and everyone else has dealt with in any Moon trip. Concast jumped in and said they'd wire the dark side of the Moon, so we're never out of contact. Concast will also be providing internet access to the Moon. Since the solar system is not currently wired for the internet, Concast will use its standard cost of $10,000 per mile to the planet, then $5,000 per block on the Moon. The distance to the Moon is 238,855 miles, bringing the first phase of the charges to $238,550,000, payable now, NASA. Things get more difficult with the $5,000 per block charge and all tasks will be halted until we determine what a block is. Concast warned ispace that the cable they're stringing to the Moon is fragile and vulnerable to breakage from space junk or any alien ships that might fly by. They want ex-president Trump to warn Space Force not to break the cable (again), on their mission, which nobody really understands but pays for just the same. The Pentagon also looked into the signal dropping on the far side of the Moon. The problem was explained graphically, with crayons, so they would understand that the Moon itself blocked the signal, so they were out of touch. The best minds at the Pentagon got together and solved the problem in under a year: blow up the Moon. If you send a few nukes to it, there will be no Moon left to get in the way of the signal. NASA saw to it that the Pentagon got party hats and extra ice cream sandwiches that month.

*David Gilmour was justifiably proud of his song being used as a theme. Roger Waters said it shouldn't be used because of the plight of the Palestinians. UC Berkeley hopes there are no Jews or Zionists on the Moon. Nick Mason, heretofore silent, said he's incredibly proud of Pink Floyd and Waters is just compensating for a medical condition called micro-penis.

The weight of the craft went off the scale because of the Space Lasers necessary to keep the Chinese from blowing it up. Although the craft would not land for 24 hours, the Russians claimed credit for the craft and said it already landed. North Korea says theyhave  a weapon that will blow up the lander after it has landed on the Moon. The weapon is already in orbit around the Moon. America immediately went on alert, with the Pentagon demanding $125,000,000 for anti-North Korean Moon orbit weapons (ANKMOWs). President Giveaway said no(!) but the Pentagon ignored him and ordered the weapons anyway.

People still around from NASA's Apollo days are suspicious that ispace won't be able to pull it off. They cite the lack of technicians in the control room with ties, pipes, and thick, dark glasses. There wasn't even a single pocket protector. How can you land on the Moon without a protractor? 

The lander is getting closer and closer to the Moon. The technicians assure us that this is very good, if one wants to land on the Moon. Otherwise it is very bad. Yes, the lander has... landed. What are those red and blue strobing lights? Shit - it's the Space Police. They said the lander is not displaying a license plate. They're asking for license, registration, and insurance information. What? They want to know if it's alright to have a look inside the capsule. No, Officer, there is nothing inside that you need to know about. Those panties are my wife's - they're a good luck charm. No, I didn't know I couldn't hang them from the mirror. No, none of us can walk a straight line: Moon gravity is 1/6th of Earth's. What do you MEAN the windshield tint is too dark? We're in space, we have to protect ourselves from the Sun. Look, Beauford, have your boss check with ispace. You'll find out everything is in order. OOPS, NASA has informed us that the aliens have pulled off another of their famous Space Pranks. Good one, Grays.

Despite English not being the first language of some of the commentators, they have managed to squeeze in "super good". Even the aliens referred to their joke as "super funny." The alien mission commander said they have to stop watching so much Earth tv.

The entire operation was on schedule. On schedule, that is, until the craft landed. If it landed. After it was supposed to land, it never got back in contact with its parent. Isn't that always the case? ispace assumes it crashed. Bummer.


I feel inferior.

No., wait, I always feel inferior, but this time I feel inferior as an American.

Let me explain:

  1. I have never sued anybody. I have failed the legal system, even though I've been sued repeatedly.
  2. I haven't found a single thing to be offended by. As a citizen of the world, this is unheard of, unknown, psychologically unhealthy, and downright icky (technical term). My short-term solution is houndstooth; it really offends, upsets, and aggravates me. Unfortunately this does not have the cache of being offended by a social cause or anything significant. I continue to work on finding something more significant to be offended by.
  3. My only real cause is Left Handed History Month and REPARATIONS for my southpawed bretheren and sisterethren. Although I work diligently, I don't have guilt on my side, so I can't make right handed people do what I want.
This is as close to a personal improvement project as we get here.







Wednesday, May 12, 2021

At the End of the Day, it's Night

 Your love is like  an acid bath


  • China forgot to tell anybody that a leopard was missing from a wildlife park for a week
  • Nice kitty. Hey Mom - can I have a kitty cat? 
  • China says no bears are missing from wildlife parks
  • China's space junk landed in the ocean
  • After landing, China said it burnt up in the atmosphere


I did an experiment recently. A philosophical, physical, existential, and other-al experiment. 

I'm always curious about how normal people live. So I did the opposite and took a few weeks off my chores. Did you know that if you don't look outside, the grass doesn't have to be mowed? It turns out to be very easy not to look out back (write this down somewhere). In fact, I normally rely on the Spousal Confrontational Communication Method (I get yelled at to mow the fscking lawn). If she's feeling particularly generous, she'll drop hints, like "It's been 5 weeks since you mowed last and it's been raining, and boy is it tall" or "I can't find the dog in the grass." The trash is another long-term source of disagreement. I take it out the night before the trucks come. She starts with some nonsense about the can overflowing and it needs to be taken out NOW. This is the kind of thing that causes Marital Unrest. We don't fight about the mortgage or the car. There is an unspoken rule that we only fight about stuff below $25, or involving mowing. So she has to put on her safari outfit to locate the dog.. she happens to look good in her safari outfit, although she doesn't buy that excuse anymore.

We're still plagued with Zombie Dishes. I do an entire sink full of dishes, walk out of the kitchen, and the next time in the kitchen, they're back. Now there are only 2 bipeds and 1 quadruped, so we can't possibly make all those dishes dirty. Here's a secret clothes washing tip: if you have bunches and bunches of them, you don't have to wash as frequently. Or at all. Dog toys are all over the place because she refuses to put them back when she's done playing, We also explained to her that if we trip over them and die, it's counterproductive.

So I have to wear long pants because the grass is up to my knees, I have more dirty laundry than Madonna, trash is only 1 day a week, and the dishes have evolved rudimentary speech. The vacuum only pushes dirt around so what's the point? This is Phase 1 of my experiment. I'm on Phase 2 now, wherein I sit on the couch a lot, This is not really any different from what I normally do, except I normally do things.

So how's the experiment?

Well, it turns out I have a bit more time. To spend on the couch.

Do I feel bad about this? Not often.  

Sometimes I bark at the mailman, but this pisses off the dog.

I could set up a small recording studio or more guitar toys. Do I? No.

Am I using the time to learn stuff? Absolutely not.

Am I getting even one thing, personal or professional, done with all this time? Are you fscking kidding me? 

Am I terrified of retirement, way down the road?  You betcha 

The doctors say I have to learn to play with myself. I tell them that hasn't been a problem since I was 13.

So we come to the existential agita: what am I here for (besides being a zen-like one with the couch)? How the hell should I know? Books have been written, people study this their entire lives. There are poems and songs. I'm just a couch jockey who hates mowing.

If you think about it, none of the existential questions will be solved by mowing the lawn or doing the dishes. The only benefit to these activities is my health: my wife won't beat me.


  • with the new opt-out feature of iOS 14.5, 96% of US users have opted out of app tracking
  • advertisers are not happy
  • this feature comes from analytics
  • isn't analytics still tracking? 

Today I identify as  silt


Google is unveiling 2 factor authentication.
Since it seemed like a good idea at the time, it is turned on by default for some users.
I got prompted for my birthdate. Yeah, I'm going to give that info to Google.
2 factor authentication involves your phone. Because you're going to give your phone number to Google.
2 factor authentication is more secure for sure. But...


  • I am very upset with my email program - Thunderbird. I loved it until the last update, where the Sender column was replaced with a Correspondents column. I'm not sure I can use it anymore.

In an article in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, it is said placebos can make us feel better. Mild electric zaps can make that effect even stronger.
Following that logic, very high voltage electric zaps can make us feel even better.


  • 7 people died after a shooting in a Colorado Springs home
  • at a birthday party, if a woman says she's 30, for God's sake, agree with her


There has been a spike in bad airline passenger behavior
Some people are flying just to see if something happens
CBS has optioned a new show: Putzes on Planes
It will feature those wacky knuckleheads who stand on chairs, refuse to wear masks, drunkenly lead a few choruses of "We Are the World", and people letting you know black lives matter


  • the Russian group who hacked the US pipeline said they don't want to cause "problems for society" - they're just in it for the money
  • errr.... let's see.. the oil pipeline... nope - no problems there.
  • they apologized and said in the future, they will check to avoid "social consequences" 
  • you have to respect a group like this.. they won't attack hospitals. I suggest a Nobel Peace Prize




A body found at Herculaneum may have been part of Pliny the Elder's team sent to rescue residents.
Research has stalled because he won't answer questions


  • MDMA has passed a big test for PTSD treatment
  • in unrelated news, America is facing a brand new PTSD crisis


The World Health Organization, finding themselves even more irrelevant, found a Flying AIDS variant of 'global concern'.  Also emerging is a common cold variant of 'global concern,' as well as a shoelace-tying problem of 'global concern.'



  • Harley Davidson launches an all-electric brand called 'Livewire'
  • couldn't sell one bike until it was outfitted with something to make the VOOM VOOM noise at 1,500 watts and disturb everyone within a one mile radius


The National Transportation Safety Board (GEPQ) issued a preliminary report on the most recent Tesla crash. The car left the road, driving over a curb, hitting a drainage culvert, a raised manhole and a tree. Naturally a fire started in a battery, destroying the car. The positions of the bodies indicated no one was driving the car and Autosteer was not available.

The NTSB and Tesla jointly said, "What, are your STUPID? Cars need drivers. If not, the car itself can drive over a curb, hit a drainage culvert, a raised manhole, and a tree. And no, you cannot steer with your penis."

The families of the deceased are suing the curb, the drainage culvert, the raised manhole, the tree, and Tesla, for exploding batteries.


The Indian government wants you to know that 5G doesn't cause the Flying AIDS and India has no 5G anyway.  Also, 4G does not cause the flu and India has no 4G.


The US Postal Service is now using AI technology (to tell you how late your mail will be).
Because of this great advance, the cost of a stamp will be $2.50, and will be guaranteed to arrive in the continental US within 3 weeks earliest.


NASA is raising the price for space tourists to visit the International Space Station (SSQ).
We all know this is going to be a trip for the enormously wealthy.... the kind of people who have garages full of Porsche electric SUVs and a single beater Prius. There are several things these people, who have waaaay more money than brains, are not aware of....
  • constant vomiting annoys the real astronauts and you will be introduced to the airlock sooner than later
  • pooping in your suit has a unique feel in weightlessness. It will develop into rashes and sores, making sitting extremely difficult. After a while, there will be no room left for poop. If the poop smells, you will be introduced to the airlock
  • attempting to grab the controls and take a joyride around the planet will get you introduced to the airlock, without your suit
  • they've heard it 1,000 times, so any joke about sex in space will get you introduced to the airlock
  • your behavior in the Station will determine what happens after your space walk, when you knock on the capsule door to be let back in


The Consumer Products Safety Commission warns you not to fill plastic bags with gasoline.
Also not to light and drink them 
We are a nation of morons




happy Mothers Day