Remember that sub fire in Portsmouth? A lot of people suggested that it was incompetent “Hot Work” like welding or cutting that caught fire after the crew left the compartment.
It was much worse:
Navy investigators have determined that a civilian laborer set a fire that caused $400 million in damage to a nuclear-powered submarine because he had anxiety and wanted to get out of work early.
Casey James Fury of Portsmouth, N.H., faces up to life in prison if convicted of two counts of arson in the fire aboard the USS Miami attack submarine while it was in dry dock May 23 and a second blaze outside the sub on June 16.
The 24-year-old Casey was taking medications for anxiety and depression and told investigators he set the fires so he could get out of work, according a seven-page affidavit filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Portland.
Wow, what an ASSHOLE! Has he not heard of faking sick or lying about a family emergency….or hell just WALKING OUT? All of these moves are dickish and bad form, but better than STARTING A FIRE ON A NUCLEAR SUB!
I don’t know what the work environment is like in the shipyard (tho I know several civilians who work there who overall see it as a pretty nice job) but if you’re just having a bad day for medical reasons just tell your damn supervisor and get yourself healthy!
This jerk is going to be REALLY anxious in federal prison.
State wildlife officials have identified the man who has been spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah.
Phil Douglass of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources said Monday the mystery man is a 57-year-old hunter from Southern California.
Glad he wasn’t hunting for a goaty girlfriend!
Seems like a good idea for getting in range without spooking them!
I’m always grouchy when I see somebody with the Bicycle “Share the Road” sticker. This is of course an extreme example of why.
Cyclists were blocking traffic in protests and one guy had about enough. Not a nice move, but I can understand. Also glad nobody was killed. Still I have the same thought when I have to cross the double-yellow to pass a cyclist doing 15mph below the posted speed limit….only to have the asshole pass me again while I’m waiting at a red light that he cruises right through because the laws don’t apply to him.
When I’m riding my bike I’m WELL into the breakdown lane and I do EVERYTHING I can to stay away from the cars. I don’t want to be “One of them”, as “Sharing the Road” is the LAST thing they want to do. They don’t want to share, they want total control.
After the shooting last week, Gun sales are up.
Colorado gun stores are seeing a big jump in demand for firearms since last Friday’s massacre at a midnight movie showing in Aurora.
Background checks for people wanting to buy guns in Colorado reportedly increased more than 41 percent after last week’s Aurora movie massacre. The Denver Post reports that firearm instructors have also seen increased interest in training needed for a concealed-carry permit.
“It’s been insane,” Jake Meyers, an employee at Rocky Mountain Guns and Ammo in Parker told the newspaper Monday.
Between Friday and Sunday, the Colorado Bureau of Investigation approved background checks for 2,887 people who wanted to purchase a firearm — a 43 percent increase over the previous Friday through Sunday and a 39 percent jump over those same days on the first weekend of July.
I used to be anti-gun because I thought they were dangerous and caused crime. Then I did some research and found that with just four basic rules and some common sense guns were REALLY safe, and not only were violent criminals going to do violence whatever tools they can get, and even if things are banned, they’ll simply smuggle guns in with the cocaine which is also illegal, but plentiful.
And I also learned that guns are used VERY frequently used to SAVE lives, and even in most of those cases the criminal flees rather than dies.
I changed my mind 180 Degrees and realized guns were better to have around than not, and I started buying guns and carrying guns.
Seems a lot more people are getting the same idea.
I was wandering around the internet and I found this interesting article on the Norse God Baldr:
Baldur, grandson of the Norse god Thor, woke up one morning certain that each and every plant and animal on earth wanted to kill him. His mother consoled him. His wife consoled him, but all to no avail. As Baldur cowered in his room, half-wild with fear, his mother and wife decided to ask every living thing to leave their poor Baldur in peace. They begged the kindness of the oak tree, the pig, the cow, the crow, the ant and even the worm. Each agreed. Then, as Baldur paused to celebrate his release from torment, he felt a pain in his chest. He had been stabbed and killed by an arrow made from the wood of a mistletoe plant. Mistletoe was the one species on earth his wife and mother had failed to notice.
Baldur died, but a lesson was learned: Never forget about the mistletoe. Mistletoe would come to hang over our doors as a reminder to never forget. We kiss beneath it to remember what Baldur’s wife and mother forgot. At least that is one version of the origin of our relationship with mistletoe.
Heh, sound like somebody you know? 😀
Whether they think the mayor is combating obesity or infringing on their rights, New Yorkers are scheduled to have their say on a proposed ban on large sugary drinks served at restaurants, movie theaters and other eateries.
The proposal requires only the approval of the Board of Health – appointed by the mayor – to take effect. But opponents could still sue to block the ban, or they could convince legislators to step in and block the proposal.
A public hearing was scheduled for Tuesday afternoon, and the board is scheduled to vote on the measure Sept. 13.
“Sugary drink consumption is a key driver of the obesity epidemic,” Mayor Michael Bloomberg said Monday alongside community leaders who gathered to voice their support for the measure. “This year an estimated 5,800 New Yorkers will die because they are obese or overweight.”
So a hand-picked board will vote on the Mayor’s proposal. And of course the whole bit of “Soda makes people fat”….sorry, sedentary lifestyles makes people fat. Period.
This isn’t about promoting health, its about restricting freedom!
Again the Joyce Foundation funded “Studies” on “Popular Support of Gun Control” are being dragged out.
Here’s the tough thing about bluffing, its a REAL bitch to bluff that your two-pair is a winning hand when the guy across the table is holding four aces.
All in, Antis, if your hand is that good, show it.
LOL of course every time these goofy laws get dragged out they get shot down quickly…further gun shows, gun shops, gun clubs, and gun rights conventions are filled to the brim. Sorry guys, if being anti-gun was popular it wouldn’t look like this…but maybe a little more like this (That’s Jay’s photo of the KRISS both at SHOT show)
Woah! Just found this blog via the usual suspects.
I decided to post a comment addressing the factual errors of this paragraph:
Hunters know that an AK-47 is not helpful in shooting a deer (it’s neither sporting nor useful if one wants to enjoy some venison). Hobbyists know that rapid-fire weapons do not measure one’s skill on a range or a skeet-shooting context. People who sincerely believe they need a gun for self-protection know that a conventional pistol or shotgun will suffice.
So who benefits from non-existent gun control laws? Weapons manufacturers. And, arguably, criminals.
We all know the the truth behind it, that indeed people use “Assault Weapons” for hunting, target shooting, and home defense….so the next bit doesn’t jive.
Seems he doesn’t moderate his comments. MAYBE she’s reasonable and we can all take a talking point and add a little truth….or more likely he’s a typical anti and he’ll simply delete any reasonable rebuttal that doesn’t fit his world view.
Sebastian links to this interesting quote:
When people find it necessary to demand a “debate” or complain about the absence of same, it usually means they’re frustrated because there is a debate and their side is losing.
Let’s see what happens!
**UPDATE** Seems she’s more reasonable than I suspected:
Thank you for your comments. Seriously. It is gratifying (on a personal level) to have people take the time to engage with one’s thoughts; it is gratifying (on a policy level) to think that one’s blog stimulates discussion, particularly on a matter as fraught as this.
Let me say a couple of general things:
The main purpose of this blog was to draw attention to teen suicide-by-gun. I see that most of the responses have to do with 2nd Amendment rights in general. OK. I said what I have to say about this, and not from any special standpoint. I do think, however, that the unfortunate numbers of teens who kill themselves with guns is something we as a nation should contemplate.
The comment about original intent is interesting — and helps make my point! To me, strict constructionism as a legal ideology (Federalist Society etc.) is non-supportable, logically and practically.
By the way, I didn’t say, ever, that ‘guns are always bad.’
For anyone who’s wondering, I’m not only not paid by any group — I’m not even a member of any group! Full disclosure: I’m a registered Democrat (I guess that’s a group, although usually you wouldn’t know it). Who doesn’t always vote the party line. That’s it for groups!
A little goal-post moving with only addressing teen suicide (sorry, but I don’t think many people are killing themselves with rifles of any sort, and it really doesn’t matter the mag size for a self-inflicted GSW) but otherwise it looks like she’s not going to dump the comments.
Time will tell.
Utah authorities are working to identify a man spotted dressed in a goat suit among a herd of wild goats in the mountains of northern Utah.
The photographer who snapped blurry photos of the individual, dubbed “goat man,” told Fox affiliate KSTU-TV that he spotted the man Sunday as he was descending Ben Lomond peak, about 40 miles north of Salt Lake City.
“He was clumsy, working his way down the cliff trying to catch up with the rest of the herd,” photographer Coty Creighton told the station. “With the binoculars, I could clearly see it was a guy dressed up in a homemade goat suit.”
I know a bunch of furries…some of them have fursuits like that….none of them would be very interested in doing anything THAT strange…
WTF…
