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?
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.
“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!”
NY Environmentalists’ Next Target? Individually Wrapped Cheese Slices Face Ban Under Far-Reaching Bill nypost.com | April 21, 2024 | Carl Campanile
(Ask not for whom the bell tolls, Carl…)
Individually wrapped cheese would be largely banned under a far-reaching bill getting pushed by New York environmentalists and politicians to reduce the use of plastics, The Post has learned.
What if I want to put some cheese in a lunch bag for use later without getting damaged? I have to use the more-plastic Tupperware? Or Zip-Lok bags??
The following name of the bill, as always, is the opposite of its consequences:
The state bill — called Packaging Reduction and Recycling Infrastructure Act — would require companies with net incomes over $1 million who sell or distribute food or products to reduce plastics and other packaging that ends in landfills or waterways by 50% over the next 12 years.
Now, wait a second. How does a company that packages food acquire the ability to limit the amount of packaging discarded in waterways? Will they be given badges and guns and ATVs? Miami Vice speedboats?
It would also impose a fee on companies that use plastic packages, with money going toward recycling programs and infrastructure.
Name a company that does not use plastic packages.
And the money will “go toward” . . . but will never quite get there. As the money from tolls goes toward paying for highway repairs. We should have streets of gold by now.
“This legislation shifts the onus of recycling from municipalities and ensures that producers of products are serving our interests by establishing solutions to sustainable packaging,” Sen. Peter Harckham (D-Peekskill) said in a memo promoting the bill.
He sounds like a cat’s hairball.
The typical New Yorker creates nearly 5 pounds of trash every day, …
… whereas the typical New Yorker article …
… which means the state produces approximately 15 million tons of waste each year, according to Harckham,
Gesundheit
… who introduced the measure along with Assemblywoman Deborah Glick (D-Manhattan).
“This waste primarily goes to landfills and incinerators, but can often end up in our water, natural habitats, and municipal spaces,” the memo said.
Four states have implemented similar programs — Maine, Oregon, Colorado and California.
One leading environmentalist backing the bill confirmed that the goal is to eliminate single slices of cheese packaged in non-reusable plastic,
It’s already reusable. But it’s not like any sane person is going to use it for toilet paper or whatever.
… as well as other wasteful packaging.
“We have to do something about the plastic crisis,” said Judith Enck, president of the group Beyond Plastics.
Oh, I’d love to evaluate her possessions and the products she uses…
Just tell them that The Plastic Crisis ™ exactly offsets Global Warming.
I don’t fly much, but when I do, I want my pilot to be called Pilar Arias.
Swiss Air flight takeoff from NYC to Zurich aborted after 4 jets cleared to cross runway: report FOX Business | April 23, 2024 | Pilar Arias
Swiss Air flight aborts takeoff from JFK, safely leaves minutes later…
A Swiss Air flight traveling from New York City to Zurich last week had to abort takeoff, averting a “potentially dangerous situation,” the airline confirmed.
Flight LX17 from John F. Kennedy Airport left the gate at 4:21 p.m. April 17, according to FlightAware. The aircraft was cleared for takeoff at the same time an air traffic controller on another frequency cleared four other jets to cross the runway, according to audio obtained by NPR.
“Due to the high level of situational awareness and quick reaction of our crew, a potentially dangerous situation was quickly de-escalated,” Swiss Air said…
The airline added that the crew of the Airbus A330 reacted professionally and that they regularly undergo simulator training that practices similar situations.
…
Similar close calls have been happening at airports across the U.S. Last week, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said it planned to investigate a close call involving JetBlue and Southwest aircraft in Washington.
JetBlue Airways told FOX Business flight 1554, which was flying from Washington, D.C., to Boston, had to abort its takeoff because another aircraft had attempted to cross the runway.
Remarks by President Biden at the IBEW Construction and Maintenance Conference
Washington Hilton Hotel Washington, D.C.
THE PRESIDENT: It’s good to be home. (Applause.)
Please have a seat if you have one. I don’t wa- — (laughs) — want you all to have to stand for me. (Laughter.)
Neither do we.
I said when you guys endorsed me, “When I think of climate, I think of unions. I think of jobs. Jobs.”
{Not climate?}
Improved power grids, new offshore wind turbines put up by the IBEW workers.
A national network of 500,000 electric vehicle stations are going to be built by IBEW workers…. Project Labor Agreements that make sure they hire highly skilled workers who have a voice on the job.
Take nuclear power, the biggest source of clean energy. It employs over 60,000 workers, including many of you. The key to meeting the goal of a 100 percent clean power grid by 2035 depends a lot on it. That’s why we’re keeping existing plants open, restarting shuttered plants, and building America’s first new nuclear plants in decades. (Applause.) …
Today, I can announce that the IBEW plant in southern Ohio has already produced the first 200 pounds of that powerful enriched uranium — the first ever — first ever made in America.
? First ever?
And it’s on track to produce nearly a ton by the end of the year, enough to power 100,000 homes in this country.
So?
Slurring his speech so even White House transcriptionists can’t decipher it:
You — by the way, go on out and ask people who know you — that you’re acquainted with who aren’t in the business at all, “What’s it take to be an electrician?” You say, “Oh, well, you just say (inaudible). You get a little bit of training.” Four to five years of training to become an electrician. You’re the best in the world. That’s why it’s the (inaudible). (Applause.)
What does this mean?
And I tell you what, every businessman I talk to, I remind them of who you are. Not a joke. Not a joke.
Look, think what’s happened, all kidding aside, for the years — the previous 15 years, 20 years. Corporations look for the cheapest labor in the world, sent the jobs — sent the product to those — sent the jobs to those laborers, whether they’re in Asia or Europe, wherever they were, and then they sent the product back home.
Well, instead of importing foreign products, I’m exporting f- — their products, and we’re making those jobs American jobs, created here in America where they belong. (Applause.)
It’s not that complicated. No, I really mean it.
Five hundred fifty thousand jobs brought home — home, home home. (Applause.)
… Well, guess what? We’ve been — we created $500 bi- — $50 billion in investments here. They’re bringing it here.
Donald Trump Suffers Huge Vote Against Him in Pennsylvania Primary Newsweek | 24 April 2024 | Ewan Palmer
Donald Trump suffered a blow in the Pennsylvania primary on Tuesday, as tens of thousands of Republicans refused to vote for him despite being the presumptive GOP nominee.
Florida man runs over 11-foot alligator with his truck after seeing it dragging his elderly neighbor into pond The Blaze | April 23, 2024 | Carlos Garcia
The alligator released the man and went back into the pond.
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission … used the incident to remind residents in Florida that alligator mating season runs from May until June and attacks are more likely during that time. They cautioned residents to stay away from bodies of water, keep their pets on leashes, and never approach alligators.
On average, there are about seven unprovoked alligator attacks on humans every year in Florida. Very few attacks lead to fatalities, and most victims are male.
APR 23∙PREVIEW READ IN APP Social Security — it’s a lot of the federal budget and takes a lot out of our paychecks. But what is it exactly and does it really benefit us? To answer those questions, I made this FAQ.Social Security FAQ Q. What is Social Security? A. Social Security is a program started by Franklin Delano Roosevelt (a racist Communist) to fund people in their retirement. Q. How does it work? A. Money is taken out of every paycheck from your entire life to pay for it. Q. And that money is invested? A. No. Q. Well, what is done with it? A. It’s given to people receiving Social Security based on what they paid in. Q. So, it’s a Ponzi scheme? A. No, it’s not .Q. How is it not a Ponzi scheme? Instead of any actual investments, it’s only solvent as long as more people keep paying into the system. A. Charles Ponzi was never able to point a gun at millions of people and demand they keep paying into his schemes. If he could, he would have been able to keep the scheme going much, much longer. Q. So it’s a Ponzi scheme where people are forced to pay into it even if they know it’s a Ponzi scheme? A. I guess that’s fair. It’s a horrible scam, and everyone knows that, but it doesn’t matter because people still need to pay into it to not end up in prison. Q. So, since the government can keep forcing people to pay into it, then it will keep paying out? A. Oh, no. No no no. With people living longer, the ratio of people getting a payout versus those paying in will keep increasing. It’s expected by 2041 that Social Security will no longer be able to meet its current payout… which just happens to be the year I’ll first be eligible to get Social Security .Q. So what can we do? A. Revenge. Q. Sorry, what?…
There will never be another such series… thanks to wokeness.
Some guy’s 47-minute MaryAnn biography on YouTube says that Bob Denver lobbied the producers to change the lyrics “And The Rest” to “the Professor and MaryAnn” in the theme song. Good for him. Bob Denver even had the music re-recorded for the opening, and presented it as a done deal to Sherwood Schwartz. Tina Louise’s contract said she had to be mentioned last. It was literally in her contract. Weird.
But Bob countered that *his* contract said he could be billed anywhere he wanted, and said “Now I choose to be billed last.” (24 minutes into the video.) Sherwood objected (and threatened to cancel season 2), but Bob Denver said “What’s right is right.” So they asked Tina Louise, and she said “Absolutely. It’s only fair.”
Again I say, “Ah, puberty.” What wouldn’t anyone do for MaryAnn?
And why do they always have this look when in the room with Oppo?
“Don’t worry, Oppo. It happens to everyone.”
“Oppo? Oppo! Whoops!! Yuck.”
“Is he still . . . ?”
“Well, he tore through these, so…”
Only 2 Things I Want, When I Die and Go to Heaven:
