Stupid people, news, etc.

[expat]

"Low risk, low threat and low harm issues will receive increasingly less focus

I would be interested in the definition of "low harm" issues...........Is that being stabbed as opposed to shot, a broken nose instead of broken ribs...?
What about a group of drunks harassing some girls............as long as they don't pat them on the backside...?

Matt

[expat]

"Low risk, low threat and low harm issues will receive increasingly less focus

I would be interested in the definition of "low harm" issues...........Is that being stabbed as opposed to shot, a broken nose instead of broken ribs...?
What about a group of drunks harassing some girls............as long as they don't pat them on the backside...?

However the Express is very left wing, so they must be in a bit of turmoil. They always talk the police down but the chance to talk the Conservative government down instead......they must have chased their own tails about that one for quite a while..........

Matt

[OldAirmail]

From the article a few posts above:

"Police leaders warn towns and villages would be left to deal with lower level offences such as theft and criminal damage themselves. "



NEWS FLASH!

The boffins at the Chief Constables Association has come up with a means whereby the populace can protect it's self from persons of objectionable social behavior.

They sugest that these bounders should be dealt with by pensioners who have the time to patrol the neighborhoods with their Zimmer frames.

The grandchildren in their care will learn martial arts techniques to subdue the twonks for the police. If the rozzers have the time and manpower to pick them up, that is.


One should maintain proper facilities for the "prisoner(s)", but it needn't be all that posh.

If the lads get a bit potty, lairy, or stroppy, use whatever seems appropriate, but do keep in mind that the NHS budget is over burdened too.

If it takes more than a fortnight for the coppers to come, please turn the offender over to their mums.



As for training, have the little sprogs watch this.

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCPT0I189nA[/youtube]



NOTE - Americans please use this link for translations.

[logjam]

Could put somebody's eye out with that!

[OldAirmail]

If he sneezes, he's a goner.

[Fozzer]

Could put somebody's eye out with that!

In between poking eyes out, they also make very good Concert Pianists (Piano-players)..... ...!

Paul.... ...!

[OldAirmail]

Model
Occupation - A model, is a person with a role either to promote, display, or advertise commercial products or to serve as a visual aide....

First all, I'm going to make an assumption that this young lady is a model who needs the money. A wife would probably say no way, and a girlfriend would probably just walk off.

Bird of Prey bike takes a new position on cycling



Has anyone done a lot of bicycling on real streets, as opposed to maybe a race track? This just might become a little uncomfortable.

BTW - this is not being sold as a racing bike.

The article talks about how the center of gravity is low, so in a sudden stop you won't go over the, ummmmm..... hand grips.

Actually, with your butt up near the level of your shoulders I think that the center of gravity is too high. But that's just me.

How many of you are interested enough to put down $8,500 USD to buy one?




Perhaps this one may interest more people?

Rider-dangling bike enters limited production

At 20 pounds, this bike is no racer either.

It's probably me. I must be getting too old for great ideas.



Imagine getting out of this thing if you had a spill?

[Fozzer]

...and don't take them out in the rain...

...'cos they've got no mud-guards!.... ...!

Paul..... ...!

If you take them out more than once...are they re-cycling?.... ....!

[OldAirmail]

VW emissions fraud will cause about 60 premature deaths in US

"The figure, the first peer-reviewed estimate of the VW scandal’s health effects, falls in the range of early rough calculations spanning from 16 to 106 early deaths."

Some morons are "peer-reviewing" ESTIMATED rough calculations? Do they even have an idea what "peer review" means?

Really?

I don't know about Europe or Asia, but city operated busses for just one major US city will spew out more pollutants than all of the affected VW vehicles in this country.

F'n twits!

But that's just my opinion of the FUD ruckers.



BTW -Their estimate of "about 60 premature deaths"?

While 60 may "falls in the range", it is not in the middle of that range.

The median number between 16 and 106 is 45. Not 60.

I dono, maybe I'm the stupid one.

[FlexibleFlier]

Anger and intolerance are the twin enemies of correct understanding.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one's cause.
Mahatma Gandhi (1869 - 1948)

Intolerance is evidence of impotence.
Aleister Crowley (1875 - 1947) British royalty

Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance.
George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950)

Fear always springs from ignorance.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803 - 1882)

Ignorance is an evil weed, which dictators may cultivate among their dupes,
but which no democracy can afford among its citizens.
W. H. Beveridge (1879 - 1963)

Egotism is the anesthetic that dulls the pains of stupidity.
Frank Leahy (1908 - 1973) US football coach

For the American people are a very generous people and will forgive almost
any weakness, with the possible exception of stupidity.
Will Rogers (1879 - 1935) US actor, lecturer, humorist

Never underestimate the power of human stupidity.
Robert Heinlein (1907 - 1988) US science-fiction writer

Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and
conscientious stupidity.
Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929 – 1968)

Only two things are infinite, the universe and human stupidity, and I'm not
sure about the former.
Albert Einstein (1879 - 1955)

Strange as it may seem, no amount of learning can cure stupidity, and formal
education positively fortifies it.
Stephen Vizinczey (1933 - )

The greatest of all sins is stupidity.
Oscar Wilde (1856 - 1900)

Stupidity Kills...but not enough to really help.
Anonymous

[G.K.]

Great quotes. Third one down is a bit rich though.

Aleister Crowley wasn't Royalty and was also one of the most intolerant men of his age. He admired The Nazis for their desire to bring about change through violence. A staunch individualist that had little time for others. An occultist (who was capable of considerable cruelty) who was once described as the wickedest Man in the world.


He lived in my home town.


The quote 3rd from bottom is particularly good.

[FlexibleFlier]

G.K., thanks for the info on Crowley...I simply took information from a Google search...I have to admit, his picture showed a pretty mean person.

[G.K.]

Great list of quotes all the same.

The mention of Crowley brought back some good memories of childhood. As I said he lived in my home town, just off "The Ridge" which was 10 minutes from my house. Just along from Crowleys residence there was an ancient Church that had been de-consecrated about 100 yrs ago, St Helens Church or Ore Church by name. The church stands as a ruin with no roof and collapsed walls overrun with ivy. The tower and two walls still stand as does the cemetery around it. Because of Crowley many local occultists used the church for strange rituals back in the 1970's. The area still has a reputation amongst those that practice the black arts.

As kids we would dare each other to go there at night. It was spooky as hell, someone would make a stupid noise and we would frighten the cr*p out of ourselves and run home screaming........fantastic times and what a laugh.

The church is still there although some historical group have restored it somewhat. There are now houses built around it but back in the day it was very isolated.

[OldAirmail]

This video is a bit long, so skip ahead, here and there.

Near the very end (at 7:20), just think about what would have happened if he had moved his feet!

Even just a little!

[youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bhaIWfo3Zi4[/youtube]

I don't think that there's any other officer in the room to the right, and it looks like the officer in the video may be acting as if he's alone.

Anyway, not mission impossible.

[OldAirmail]

This is one area where we're all a bit stupid until we learn better.


This one simple trick ....

This one simple trick is something that "THEY" don't want you to know about, and it will:
Pay off your car and credit cards for little or no money
Make you more attractive to the opposite sex
Get you through collage for free
Make your fat disappear overnight without ANY exercise

You name it, and someone has "This one simple trick".


That's just one of many ways to get you to click onto outright garbage adds.


Trying to get your attention, anyway that they can, advertisers stoop as low as it takes.

Prepare to Be Shocked!

Aside from an interesting article, Slate is one of the big time offenders too, mixing legitimate stories with garbage ads.


One way to tell if a side story is real or not is to move the cursor over the "story". Many browsers will show the URL (at the bottom of the page) that you'll be sent to. If Firefox can do it, I haven't found out how.

One such site - Traffic.Outbrain is as close to a virus as you can get without actually being one. That, and other sites, will start funneling ads towards you.

According to Outbrain, though - "Outbrain is a content discovery platform whose content marketing module offers to help Internet publishers increase web traffic by presenting them with relevant website links."

Yeah, thanks, but no thanks.






Make no mistake. I am not knocking legitimate ads. Just the ones that try to pass themselves off as news stories.

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