Vice Jerk

I find it hard to care about the mental stability of her bodyguard.

Secret Service agent assigned to Kamala Harris detail involved in fight with other agents
Washington Examiner | April 24, 2024 | Tom Rogan

An armed U.S. Secret Service agent assigned to Vice President Kamala Harris‘s protective detail fought unarmed with other detail agents on Monday morning.

The incident occurred at the Washington, D.C.-area Andrews Air Force Base, before Harris arrived, and after the agent suffered what the Secret Service has characterized as a medical incident. The Washington Examiner is aware of the agent’s name and specific detail responsibilities but is withholding those details for privacy reasons.

The Washington Examiner understands that the agent became aggressive with other agents. When the special agent in charge and a detail shift supervisor attempted to calm the agent, a physical altercation ensued. The agent was handcuffed before being withdrawn from service for medical assessment. Harris was scheduled to arrive at Andrews Air Force Base after the incident.

In a statement, Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi told the Washington Examiner, “At approximately 9 a.m. April 22, a U.S. Secret Service special agent supporting the Vice President’s departure from Joint Base Andrews began displaying behavior their colleagues found distressing. The agent was removed from their assignment while medical personnel were summoned. The Vice President was at the Naval Observatory when this incident occurred and there was no impact on her departure from Joint Base Andrews. The U.S. Secret Service takes the safety and health of our employees very seriously. As this was a medical matter, we will not disclose any further details.”

All Secret Service agents are armed while on domestic protective duty. But as with their Diplomatic Security Service counterparts, agents assigned to protective details endure heavy travel burdens, often working long hours away from home. The psychological health of armed agents serving in very close proximity to high-ranking government officials and foreign heads of state is thus a high-priority concern for the Secret Service.

Moreover, the Vice Presidential Protective Division is widely regarded within the Secret Service as the second most prestigious assignment after the Presidential Protective Division. Because of the continuity of government protocols, VPD agents are party to exceptionally sensitive planning on responses to nuclear war and catastrophic terrorist attacks or environmental disasters. Agents must serve in field offices for a minimum of three years and receive excellent performance reports before going to VPD. They must also then pass the intensive Protective Detail Training course at the Secret Service’s James J. Rowley training facility in the DC suburbs.

The Washington Examiner is unaware of the agent’s current status. The Vice President’s office did not respond to a request for comment.

Living in a Comedic World

Satirists simply can’t keep up.

Columbia Prof Who Called to Defund the Police Now Wants Police to Protect Him from Anti-Israel Protests
Townhall | 04/24/2024 | Sarah Arnold

The same Columbia University professor who advocated defunding the police is the same professor who is now pleading for law enforcement to protect him from the anti-Israel protestors invading the university’s campus.

Columbia Business School assistant professor Shai Davidai was a staunch anti-police advocate in the past, accusing law enforcement of using their weapons “disproportionately on black men.”

Looks Out Window and Goes: “Gaa-a-a-a-a-h!” Wife, Daughter, and Entire Worldview Vandalized

After a Night Out Cleaning Up After The Emu

Two Vultures Found ‘Too Drunk To Fly’ in Connecticut
UPI | APRIL 19, 2024 | Ben Hooper

An animal rescue group in Connecticut said a pair of drunk vultures were treated with fluids and “a big breakfast” before being released.

A Place Called Hope said in a Facebook post that the “dynamic duo” had been “dumpster diving” and ended up eating something “that was fermented enough to cause severe intoxication.”

The rescue said the vultures were initially thought to be seriously ill, but testing confirmed they were merely “too drunk to fly.”

… “Remember, your cocktail fruit that ends up in a dumpster can end up intoxicating wildlife if the dumpster is not kept closed,” the post said.

Was a cougar nearby found pretty damned satisfied?

And, after all, how drunk do you have to be to fly in Connecticut?

Australia’s So Freaking Great!

Some analytic engine says that a smattering of people from Australia have recently viewed IMAO — fewer than show up at a Biden rally, but I thought I’d welcome them. Is welcome the right word? No.

Australia even ranks higher in IMAO viewership than the UK, which has its own problems to attend to. But it’s still far fewer than us in God-approved U.S. and Canada. We like to keep our riches to ourselves. Anyway, hi, Bruces. Aren’t you like 24 hours ahead of us or something? What’s going on tomorrow?

Straight Line of the Day: Other Examples of Excessive Fines: …

A Florida Judge Says $165,000 in Fines for 3 Minor Code Violations Is Not ‘Excessive’
Reason | 10 Apr, 2024 | Jacob Sullum

A Florida judge yesterday ruled against a Lantana homeowner who faces more than $165,000 in fines for three minor code violations that harmed no one. Sandy Martinez, who is represented by the Institute for Justice (I.J.), argued that the financially crippling demand, which stems from driveway cracks, a storm-damaged fence, and cars that were parked partially on her own lawn, violates the Florida Constitution’s ban on excessive fines and its guarantee of due process. But Palm Beach County Circuit Court Judge Luis Delgado granted the city’s motion for summary judgment, concluding that the fines were not “grossly disproportionate.”

Martinez hopes to persuade Florida’s Fourth District Court of Appeal that Delgado is wrong about that. “Six-figure fines for parking on your own property are outrageous,” says I.J. attorney Mike Greenberg. “The Florida Constitution’s Excessive Fines Clause was designed to stop precisely this sort of abuse—to prevent people from being fined into poverty for trivial violations. The court’s opinion renders those bedrock protections a dead letter. We will appeal.”

Martinez’s debt to the city began accumulating in 2013, when she was cited for cracks in her driveway. For a single mother with a modest income who was living from one paycheck to another, the cost of laying a new driveway was hard to manage. But in the meantime, daily fines of $75 continued to accrue, eventually reaching a total of $16,125 with interest—”far greater than the cost of an entirely new driveway,” she notes in the lawsuit that she filed against the city in February 2021.

Cartoons and Memes

“Yoo-hoo, Mr. Walrus. Where are you? Now where could he have gotten to? Wait. Here’s a note, this may explain things.”

“Sorry to leave you on your own this morning but I’m out of town for the day and won’t be back until this evening. As you read this I’ll be closing on my new house and will be caught up on all that entails. I’ll see you when I get back. Have the Champagne chilling.”

“Well! Looks like we have a new homeowner. Congrats Mr. Walrus. On to the memes!”

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