When one sees a headline like this, one might wonder in which country this happened:
The contenders are: South Africa, New Zealand and Wales. Any guesses?
Tag: Stupid people
Commonsense 0, Greens 72
Like nobody could see this coming:
The inquiry into the 2017 fire at Grenfell Tower in London has revealed how the styrofoam thermal insulation layer in newly-fitted wall cladding enabled a small domestic fire to rapidly engulf most of the building, resulting in the loss of 72 lives.
The type of cladding installed complied with advice given to local authorities in 2010 by the Committee on Climate Change (CCC) to reduce emissions through installing new boilers and insulation in apartment blocks.
Read the details. Anyone with the slightest bit of business experience could have foretold a tragedy like this. But because Gummint was involved…
Goodbye Chile, Hello Venezuela
And another one bites the dust:
Wild celebrations have been seen across Chile after the country voted to rid itself of its dictatorship-era constitution left behind by Augusto Pinochet’s regime.
Chileans voted overwhelmingly in a landmark referendum on Sunday to replace the constitution, long seen as underpinning the nation’s glaring economic and social inequalities.
Thousands of people flocked onto the streets of Santiago amid a cacophony of horn-blaring to celebrate a crushing victory for the ‘Approve’ campaign – by 78.28 percent to 21.72 percent, with over 99 percent of the votes counted.
And its replacement?
People hope a new constitution would expand the role of the state in providing a welfare safety net, ensuring basic rights to health, education, water distribution and pensions.
Ah yes, an expanded state… [sigh]
And why not? After all, they voted for it, despite the dismal track record of an “expanded state” failing everywhere it’s been implemented.
My post title says it all.
Very Brief Encounter
We’re all familiar with the story of the classic 1940s movie Brief Encounter, where Trevor Howard and the exquisite Celia Johnson meet by chance at a railway station, and over a period of time are increasingly tempted to have a little extramarital fling. (They don’t, of course, because morality and conscience and also because it wasn’t in the script.)
Nowadays, it appears, people seem to have little time for morality or anything other than a quick knee-trembler under similar circumstances:
Kate Jackson has also been handed a 12 month community order after the ‘al fresco’ romp in front of shoppers at 3.43pm. Jackson, 40, was waiting for a train home in Stalybridge, Greater Manchester on August 10 when she realised the train was delayed.
While waiting she got chatting with a stranger before passers-by saw her having intercourse with 44-year old Jonathon Pisani shortly after.
The pair both admitted outraging public decency, with Pisani due to appear in court for sentencing in December.
This being Manchester, of course, one should not be surprised and doubly so, considering the appearance of the coupling commuters. [barf bag may be necessary: follow link at own risk]
I do have a random thought arising from this, though: if the woman has already been sentenced, why should it take more than another month to pass sentence on the man?
Perhaps my Brit Readers can cast light on the topic, once they’re done being violently ill.
Also, I need to make a note of the term al fresco romp, just for future reference when talking about coupling en plain air.
Further Explanation Needed
In this little story, the question being asked is: “How could this happen?”
“This” being this:
To me, the answer seems quite simple: the Audi used the McLaren as a ramp — or a partial ramp, mounting it with only the right-hand wheels, which caused it to flip over onto its side. (The low-profile front of the McLaren, by the way, seems to make for quite an effective ramp.)
The real question is: what would make the Audi’s driver go so fast in a supermarket parking lot as to turn a simple collision into a flip-over? Trying to get into the vacant spot next to the McLaren ahead of another car? Hitting the throttle instead of the brake pedal? Sexting on the iPhone? All of the above?
Truly, some people should not be allowed to drive on public roads.
5 Worst Notes
…that Amy Coney Barrett could have written on her pad while being interrogated grilled questioned by the Senate Democrats.
I’ll start the ball rolling:
- “Check out Becky’s new beef stew recipe on Facebook.”
- “If Scalia could see this clownshow, he’d be laughing his ass off.”
- “# questions that have bothered me: ___”
- “Pick up eggs at 7-11 on the way home.”
- “Also cream.”
Your suggestions in Comments.