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-Lurid Crime Tales-
22-year-old landscaper shot and killed during argument with neighbor over grass clippings
[X]
Posted by: Fred || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1783 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Now it's the white guy that can't breathe.

Travis Jackson

However, Yes, Ohio has the death penalty, but all executions have been suspended indefinitely as of now. The last execution took place in July 2018.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/21/2025 8:27 Comments || Top||

#2  blowing grass

A gentler time.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 8:52 Comments || Top||

#3  I'll admit, I never understood the charging theory they use nowadays. 2 counts of murder? Was he pregnant? or is this just lets multiply the charges and hope our woke and/or incompetent DA will let one stick?
Posted by: Mercutio || 09/21/2025 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  People used to learn to treat other people with compassion and respect as a demonstration of the Christian faith s hood upbringing. Now with all the sociopaths running around that’s also a good strategy to stay alive.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2025 9:47 Comments || Top||


#6  Re #4 above: NO, no, Super Hose. This definitely WAS a description of a hood upbringing.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 09/21/2025 12:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Lemme guess:
1. Landscaper blowing trimmings, some of which land on neighbors car.
2. Neighbor raises a fuss about trimmings.
3. Landscaper offers to blow trimmings off car.
4. Neighbor refuses, demanding a wash, detailing etc. (Maybe a new car?).
5. Landscaper: “WTF?!”
6. Neighbor: BLAM!!!
Posted by: Whavigum Grolugum8687 || 09/21/2025 12:48 Comments || Top||

#8  There's something about leaf blowers that makes me very irritated.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/21/2025 13:07 Comments || Top||

#9  There's something about leaf blowers that makes me very irritated.

The noise they make is extremely irritating. I'd outlaw them for that reason alone...to the tune of a thousand dollar fine and/or a month in jail. But the dust they blow into the air is really bad for people who suffer from allergies. Even if it doesn't make you sneeze it's still bad for you. I don't care how macho it makes the landscapers feel. I don't care if it saves time and energy. They can damn well use a broom.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/21/2025 16:42 Comments || Top||

#10  Abu, you're an idjit.
Posted by: Rob06 || 09/21/2025 21:08 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Educational Crisis: Baltimore High School Fails To Produce A Single Proficient Math Student In Four Straight Years
[ZERO] President Trump's executive order earlier this year to dismantle the Department of Education comes as the president highlighted a disturbing and inconvenient truth about Baltimore City's Democratic Party-run "failure factory" school system: 40% of public high schools have zero students proficient in math. This damning statistic follows eight years of Fox45 investigative reporter Chris Papst's coverage of the crime-ridden city's education crisis. Keep in mind, the metro area is mainly controlled by leftists at City Hall, with virtually no diversity when it comes to Republicans holding positions of power.

A new report by Papst released this past week may catch the White House's attention, highlighting yet another inconvenient truth about the stunning failure of Baltimore City Public Schools in terms of academic outcomes, proving that simply throwing more taxpayer funds at the problem is not a viable solution.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/21/2025 03:28 || Comments || Link || [1750 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Anybody checked teachers' proficiency?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/21/2025 6:03 Comments || Top||

#2  Take Politics and Social issues out of the NEA training process and if likely might just help.

Right now, I could see a word Math Test Problem like:

Jacob has $100, _(insert name)_ robs Jacob using a street rented 9mm Glock costing him $25 to rent.
How much does _(insert name)_ made?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/21/2025 8:18 Comments || Top||

#3  They must be butter because they are in a roll.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2025 9:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Parents keep electing the same government time after time. If they don't care, why should anyone outside of Baltimore care.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/21/2025 10:01 Comments || Top||


Libraries Are Flooded with Requests for AI-Invented Books Included on Newspaper Reading Lists
😂
[Breitbart] Library patrons are requesting non-existent books and media hallucinated by AI systems, leading librarians around the country on a wild good chase. The unlikely source for the non-existent books are reading lists published by major newspapers that mixed in AI-generated titles with the real thing.
It gets better:
"In an internal letter shared in a court filing, Morgan & Morgan’s chief transformation officer
That this title left my jaw agape says my MBA is well past its prime...
cautioned the firm’s more than 1,000 attorneys that citing fake AI-generated cases in court documents could lead to serious consequences, including potential termination. This warning comes after one of the firm’s lead attorneys, Rudwin Ayala, cited eight cases in a lawsuit against Walmart that were later discovered to have been generated by ChatGPT, an AI chatbot.



The incident has raised concerns about the growing use of AI tools in the legal profession and the potential risks associated with relying on these tools without proper verification. Walmart’s lawyers urged the court to consider sanctions against Morgan & Morgan, arguing that the cited cases "seemingly do not exist anywhere other than in the world of Artificial Intelligence."


Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1785 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's just me, or being an idiot became even easier?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/21/2025 3:36 Comments || Top||

#2  It's just you.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 8:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Off topic I guess but did somebody say Ms. Vito?

Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/21/2025 16:51 Comments || Top||

#4  She did not rely on AI.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/21/2025 16:51 Comments || Top||


Ohio - Ashland County sheriff considering criminal charges over Democrats' Trump buttons at fair
[News5Cleveland] An Ohio sheriff is looking into criminal charges against his local Democratic Party for selling buttons that he and some Ashland County fairgoers say can be seen as threatening to President Donald Trump.

When Ohioans attend the fair, they expect a family-friendly day in the sun—but some community members told us that wasn’t what they got, due to a now-shut-down booth.

"It's shameful, it's unfortunate," fairgoer Dan Kaufman said. "That's the exact opposite of what we need in our country right now."

The Ashland County Democratic Party’s stall was full of buttons Thursday evening, ones that disturbed Kaufman. County Sheriff Kurt Schneider said they broke fair rules.

"A red ball cap with 'felon' across the top of it, 'is he dead yet?' and some other innuendo about his obituary — we're referring to the President of the United States," Schneider told us Friday. "Also, a number, 86-47, which is removal of the President, who is the 47th president of the United States."

Fair officials asked the Democrats to put away those specific buttons, according to a sheriff's office report. But more complaints came, which Schneider said showed the buttons were still out there. The Dems were escorted out by law enforcement peacefully, he said.

State Sen. Bill DeMora (D-Columbus) defended them.

"This is censorship," DeMora said. "It's a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech."

Schneider said that he reported the incident to Trump's Secret Service, and his department is looking into possible criminal charges, as he and Kaufman thought they were threatening.

"Everybody can say anything, right? But then what are the consequences of what you say?" Schneider said. "This kind of nonsense, it can go somewhere else."

Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1750 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ashland County is halfway between Cleveland and Columbus and includes Mansfield where Shawshank Redemption was filmed. The fair goers there are strictly NASCAR type folks. This was sale of 84-47 stuff was obviously a planned provocation to that group of funnel-cake chewing Hillbillies. My guess is this was a prank by local college students as Wooster is close. I am not interested in the bozos enough to even research their actual background.

They are in the right and the distasteful stuff should probably have been allowed, and unless they are Gender Studies majors they had legal representation lined up before their operation. I think what they are going to discover is that the coin has flipped and the plan that they made a month ago while they were stoned is now an extremely stupid one. They need to TAKE THE L. If they are offered a plea deal, they need to take it because otherwise they just might run into a prosecutor that wants to run for Sheriff or County Commissioner, and use this case as a ticket to promotion. He, she or he/she is libel to charge the pranksters with soliciting assassination, a bogus charge, but one that might stick in Ashland County where the entire jury might own overalls and a red hat. If found guilty, the verdict might be overturned unless the Appeals Court is worried about political ramifications. Once it makes it to the Ohio Supreme Court the defendants will discover that half the judges are named DeWine. Sure they are RINOs but the most fundamental RINO skill is their ability to read the room. In short, there will be no pardon until there is another Dem governor … in Ohio. Short of that the perps can look to the DOJ Civil Rights division for relief and see whether Harmeet wants to help them out.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/21/2025 10:39 Comments || Top||

#2  I worked in Ashland for 12 years between the 1980s and 1990s. I thought those people & that place were wonderful.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/21/2025 13:10 Comments || Top||

#3  In 1967 I visited the environs of UC at Berkeley. In those times silly buttons were all the rage, e.g. "LSD did this to me". "Where is Lee Harvey Oswald now that we need him" never got any publicity.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/21/2025 13:12 Comments || Top||


Wealthy enclave sees a spate of 'dangerous' incidents that have left residents terrified
[DM] A wealthy area in California has become the latest hotspot for teenagers carrying out a terrifying viral prank.

A brutal version of the classic ding dong ditch where teens kick in doors has hit Aliso Viejo, an Orange County city south of Los Angeles, where house prices are an average of $980,000, according to Redfin.

A terrified resident of the enclave, that has a population of 50,000, shared a video this week with KTLA that showed a balaclava-clad teenager kicking the door down of her second-floor apartment before running down the stairs.

'At least five of my neighbors experienced the same thing that night, and one neighbor actually had her door broken in,' she told the local outlet.

'These incidents are extremely dangerous because they can easily be mistaken for attempted robberies or home invasions,' she said

The woman was out when the incident happened and she was thankful that her pets didn't escape in her absence. Her door was completely broken.

She added: 'It’s a highly dangerous situation for residents, for these kids and for our pets that were left with the door standing open. I am disgusted by this behavior.

'This is jail time, and can and will ruin chances at college…the kids all hang out at our shopping center. This kid will be spotted and reported.'
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1747 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  ...city south of Los Angeles, where house prices are an average of $980,000

That is not 'wealthy' by LA CA standards. The same house other than in CA could be had for half of that.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/21/2025 6:58 Comments || Top||

#2  'These incidents are extremely dangerous because they can easily be mistaken for attempted robberies or home invasions,'

That is because these incidents objectively are attempted robberies or home invasions.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 09/21/2025 12:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Heavy duty entry doors and door frames will suddenly be in great demand at home centers.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/21/2025 13:14 Comments || Top||

#4  FJB sez shoot thru the door.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 09/21/2025 13:48 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Scientists have recorded a solar flare of the penultimate power class.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Moscow, September 20, 2025, 11:42 AM — Regnum News Agency. A solar flare of the penultimate power class occurred on the night of September 20, according to the press service of the Institute of Applied Geophysics (IFG).

“On September 20 at 00:41 Moscow time, an M1.5 flare lasting 38 minutes was recorded in the X-ray range in the sunspot group 4216 (N07W25),” the institute’s website reported.

Scientists have clarified that moderate solar flare activity is predicted for September 20, and moderate solar flare activity is possible for September 21.

Posted by: badanov || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1754 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Recent Earthquakes Near Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Kamtsjatka, Russia

5.7 today
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 8:54 Comments || Top||

#2  "penultimate power class"
Oooo
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/21/2025 10:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Not to be confused with Phillip K. Dick's The Penultimate Truth.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/21/2025 11:13 Comments || Top||

#4  That's bad. Even worse than the antepenultimate power class.
Posted by: KBK || 09/21/2025 11:46 Comments || Top||


Britain
Introductory Brief on the UK Special Forces Support Group
[GreyDynamics] The Special Forces Support Group (SFSG) is a special forces unit of the British Armed Forces and one of the units that form the United Kingdom Special Forces (UKSF). Its mission is to support the operations of the main UKSF units of the Special Air Service (SAS), the Special Boat Service (SBS) and the Special Reconnaissance Regiment (SRR).

The SFSG is a `Tier 2´ tri-service unit comprised of personnel from all three branches of the Armed Forces, Army, Navy and Air Force. It is composed of personnel from the 1st Battalion Parachute Regiment (1 PARA), a Commando Company from the Royal Marines and a flight platoon from the Royal Air Force Regiment.

The SFSG was established in 2006, a year after the creation of the SRR and the 18 (UKSF) Signal Regiment. It is therefore one of the newest British special forces units and reflects the expanding role of special forces in UK defence policy.
Posted by: Griter+Slash1619 || 09/21/2025 09:02 || Comments || Link || [1759 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mission integrated.
Unlike SOFSA.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 10:18 Comments || Top||


Cyber
The US is seeking a multi-billion dollar settlement from the TikTok deal, according to media reports.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Washington, September 20, 2025, 10:16 AM — Regnum News Agency. The Trump administrationis seeking a multibillion-dollar fee from investors for the sale of the Chinese social media platform TikTok. This was reported by The Wall Street Journal (WSJ), citing sources.

"The Trump administration will charge investors a multibillion-dollar fee as part of a complex deal to gain control of TikTok's U.S. operations," the publication said.

According to the author of the article, investors participating in this deal will be required to pay the US government a fee for negotiating and finalizing the agreement with the Chinese side. This fee is estimated to be several billion dollars. The US investor consortium will receive approximately 80% of TikTok's shares, while the Chinese company ByteDance's stake will be less than 20%.

The day before, Trump announced the start of a deal with China to sell TikTok, giving the United States control over the social network. The White House chief promised to strictly oversee the deal, adding that investors were already preparing to implement it, as the Chinese side had already approved it.

Prior to this, on September 16, the US president delayed the TikTok ban in the US until December 16. During this period, Washington pledged not to take legal action to ban the social network unless its Chinese parent company, ByteDance, sold it.

Posted by: badanov || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1788 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  It's amazing that people who use TikTok don't understand that they are being fed propaganda from the CCP. Of course, that goes for people who watch ABCCBSNBCCNN too.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/21/2025 17:06 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Missouri archaeologists hunt for ancient civilization in the Amazon: 'Chasing big goals'
[FoxNews] Two archaeologists from the American heartland are embarking on an Amazonian adventure to uncover the remains of a lost civilization — proving that world-class research can emerge from the Ozarks just as easily as it can come from Ivy League schools.

Missouri State University research archaeologists Daniel Pierce and Christopher Bodine are heading to Brazil this fall to study geoglyphs — large designs or motifs on the ground made of natural materials.

The two founded the Terra Incognita Research Institute to uncover the past and make their discoveries accessible to the public.

Their latest efforts are part of the GOJIRA project, short for Geoglyph Observations through Jungle Imagery in Remote Amazonia.

The pair will be going into the jungle, off-trail, to study these features more closely. Using LiDAR technology, they've identified structures that have been hidden away for several centuries beneath the jungle canopy — structures found only recently due to deforestation in the Amazon.

Pierce described geoglyphs as "large manmade design[s] on the earth, often created using stones or mounded soil," he said.

"In the Amazonian geoglyphs, at least the ones that have been discovered thus far, we see more geometric shapes, such as giant circles, squares [and] crosses," Pierce told Fox News Digital.

"Some of these are as small as 70 feet across, or as large as 400 feet across."

Pierce added that he and Bodine are "really just scratching the surface," of the project, and they don't know how old the geoglyphs are, or who built them, just yet.

"These glyphs are perhaps the first evidence we have of a completely unknown ancient civilization," Pierce observed.

"Overall, typically geoglyphs are so large that they can’t even be seen from the ground itself, but must be viewed from the air. … This is what makes them so amazing."

He added, "How did ancient people design them so perfectly to be seen from above, when they themselves could not see them from above? It's truly amazing stuff."

Pierce said that while he doesn't expect to find El Dorado, he believes the geoglyphs may have been part of "a large-scale complex civilization … [perhaps] along the lines of some of the large moundbuilders in the United States, such as the Mississippians at the famous Cahokia Mounds."
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 10:49 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A thousand years from now, archaeologists will hunt for ancient civilization in Europe.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/21/2025 12:32 Comments || Top||


Military turns to Ray-Ban smart glasses in massive $48B transformation push
Speaking to reporters this week, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll described a pilot program in which soldiers wear AI-enabled Ray-Ban glasses that record repair jobs and then use generative models to walk less-experienced troops through infantry squad vehicle maintenance. He said it reflects a new push to bring consumer technology into the force "a lot more quickly" than in the past. While Meta may have spent billions developing the glasses, the Army is testing them for about $400 a pair.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1758 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Fox News AI Newsletter: Zuckerberg's demo fail

Mark Zuckerberg’s much-anticipated demo of Meta’s new AI glasses tanked Wednesday at the Connect 2025 keynote, with glitches playing out in front of a packed audience.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/21/2025 0:01 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Anti-Junta 'Red Dragon Guerrilla Force' attacked a Junta checkpoint in Yebyu Township


Posted by: badanov || 09/21/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1746 views] Top|| File under:



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