Stuff that makes me laugh
…and I’m not talking about the Internet comm thing. Here’s a series of pics taken with an old camera in Germany sometime in the 1930s (before the zoom lens was commercially available to the mass market):
Whoa! I mean WHOA! People took those kinds of pics out in public back then?
Oh. Well, at least she looks pretty…
Aaaargh. And this is why technology is not always horrible.
So let’s turn the shouting into laughter:
THEN: 
NOW:
Now get your finger out and go to work.
…and if you live in upscale areas in Los Angeles, that might be “literally“:
Crime has risen dramatically in Los Angeles, as well as in many other major cities, since the start of the pandemic and last summer’s protests against police violence resulted in the slashing of many law enforcement budgets. News stories document rising fear across LA and crime has become the major issue in both the upcoming mayor’s election and a possible recall of the district attorney. It may not be surprising that issues of race and class are driving this concern, though they have a new twist.
Wealthy and predominantly white neighborhoods have experienced the sharpest upticks in a wide array of crimes.
It shows that the richer and whiter the area, the greater the increase in both raw crime totals and percentages of total city crime. This includes a wide range of felonies, from robbery, burglary, shoplifting and car theft to aggravated assault and rape.
California voters have moved the needle on crime in recent years. Proposition 47 decriminalized a number of theft and drug charges, making them misdemeanors, as it did several “non-violent” felonies. Voters also approved Proposition 57, which allows for early release of non-violent offenders.
Imagine that: you vote to decriminalize all sorts of crime, and those types of crime increase and the goblins goes to where da money izz (/Willie Sutton). Read the article for the breakdowns.
Who could have seen that coming?
Well, nobody except the 70-odd million people who voted for Trump last time around.
And stop giggling like little girls, you lot; it’s unbecoming.
Your suggestions in Comments…
I’m applying for the job.
Just think of my initial report descriptions:
Jesuslanders are irrationally opposed to sexualization of 3-year-olds. Send $125,000 so I can investigate this strange mindset further by polling studies.
Inexplicably, gun ownership appears to be a big thing here. Send $125,000 so I can build a small arsenal and see what all the fuss is about.
Texans somehow think that people should be allowed to buy medical insurance to suit their own needs and means. (To Accounting: Please send $10,000 to cover my recent out-of-network medical expenses.)
I have discovered that in 2018, various voting districts went 75% for Trump. As these districts are all over the state, and Texas is apparently a bit bigger than New Jersey, please authorize an additional $145,000 in travel expenses so I can visit these distant worlds, so to speak, and investigate whether there were any voting irregularities.
Feel free to add your suggestions as to other things that the Washington Post will need me to cover.
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So let’s waltz into the news, such as it is.
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…but the real bad news came when he discovered that Amazon’s cheap medical plan didn’t cover heart attacks.
…because it stopped people from smoking, right?
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…and:
…quelle surprise.
…because MAGA rallies always end in riots, looting and burning buildings, you see.
…thus answering the old question: “If guns are banned, can we use swords?”
…I think we’ve all had orgasms like that at least once before. And speaking of orgasms:
…LOL, Professor Reynolds.
And as for (non-linked) INSIGNIFICA:
…headline should read: “BECAUSE I drive a Ferrari, I have to shop at Aldi, etc.”
And in that vein:
Also, to be politically correct, let’s not leave out our Asian models:
…and of course, a couple of token blacks:
Here endeth the news.