“Ready for your close up Miss Cardinale?”
“Maybe, why do you ask?
“Because I hear we are going to the movies tonight.”
“Oh that, why then, yes I am.”
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Archive of entries posted on 15th June 2024
They’re Just Copying Us — Because We Have Never-Ending Brandon Falls
Hiker finds secret WATERPIPE supplying China’s tallest waterfall – forcing officials to apologise for misleading tourists
daily mail | 6/6/24Chinese officials have been forced to apologise after a hiker found a secret waterpipe supplying China’s tallest waterfall.
The video, posted to TikTok’s sister app Douyin on Sunday, showed a large water main embedded at the top of Yuntai Mountain Waterfall, touted as China’s tallest uninterrupted waterfall.
Millions of tourists visit the 1024ft-tall waterfall every year, drawn in by the ancient geological formations that date back more than a billion years.
Officials for Yuntai Mountain Geopark, a UNESCO-listed site, made a bizarre social media post, apologising for the additional pipe by speaking as the waterfall itself.
‘I didn’t expect to meet everyone this way. As a seasonal scenery I can’t guarantee that I will be in my most beautiful form every time you come to see me,’ the post read.
‘I made a small enhancement during the dry season only so I would look my best to meet my friends.’
Let me guess . . . the hiker committed barmecide?
Turn the Other Check
… and render unto seizure. . .
Good luck getting through that needle’s eye.
Idaho Presbytery Employee Accused of Embezzling $330K
Ministry Watch | June 6, 2024 | Jessica Eturralde
[“Eturralde the Unready”?]
A court in Idaho Falls, Idaho, has determined that a case will move forward for a church employee accused of stealing over $330,000.
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According to court documents, Fisher was the Presbytery of Kendall’s secretary and bookkeeper. In October 2022, a Kendall Presbytery employee reported that Fisher had been embezzling from church funds.
The employee told police the staff had paused meetings for the presbytery’s annual financial reviews since the COVID-19 pandemic. Although they were not meeting, the employee claimed to have repeatedly requested that Fisher produce a report of the Presbytery of Kendall’s finances.
In October 2022, the board of trustees chair collected the organization’s bank statements by contacting the banks directly
Duh!
According to the claims, the employees uncovered “numerous unauthorized purchases and transfers out of both accounts via Venmo and Paypal dating back as far as 2020.”
The Presbytery of Kendall’s Wells Fargo account listed Fisher’s Venmo account as a payment method for transactions.
The documents say two employees confronted Fisher, and she allegedly admitted to making unauthorized transfers and purchases. But two months later, when an Idaho Falls Police officer questioned Fisher about the allegations, she denied taking the money.
From Fisher’s PayPal and Venmo transaction histories, investigators estimated that Fisher spent over $338,458 in church funds on unauthorized purchases from January 2019 to October 2022.
Fisher reportedly used the church money to buy a red 2018 Honda 4-wheeler and pay a local landscape designer. The secretary also deducted over $280,000 from the organization’s Wells Fargo account and used the stolen funds to finish a basement in her new house, police records say.
Her mortgage, child care, food, gas, furniture, and a dog were all additional charges.
Well, when life hands you lemmings . . .
Take Away Reason and Accountability
3 Reasons There’s Something Sinister With the Big Push for Electric Vehicles
internationalman.com | June 04, 2024 | Nick Giambruno25 refrigerators.
That’s how much the additional electricity consumption per household would be if the average US home adopted electric vehicles (EVs).
Congressman Thomas Massie—an electrical engineer—revealed this information while discussing with Pete Buttigieg, the Secretary of Transportation, President Biden’s plan to have 50% of cars sold in the US be electric by 2030.
The current and future grid in most places will not be able to support each home running 25 refrigerators—not even close. Just look at California, where the grid is already buckling under the existing load.
Massie claims, correctly, in my view, that the notion of widespread adoption of electric vehicles anytime soon is a dangerous fantasy based on political science, not sound engineering.
Straight Line of the Day: Helpful IMAO PSA: How To Know if There’s a Bear in Your Home Waiting To Attack You: …
While you’re thinking, you can chew on this:
Hiker mauled by grizzly in Grand Teton National Park played dead, officials say; bear won’t be pursued
CBS News | May 23, 2024The grizzly bit into the man’s can of bear repellent and was hit with a burst of it, causing the animal to flee. The 35-year-old Massachusetts man, who’d pretended to be dead while he was being bitten, made it to safety and spent Sunday night in the hospital.
…the man said he came across a small bear that ran away from him. As he reached for his bear repellant, he saw a larger bear charging at him in his periphery vision. He had no time to use his bear spray before falling to the ground with fingers laced behind his neck and one finger holding the spray canister. The bear bit him several times before biting into the can of pepper spray, which burst and drove the bears away.
Investigators suspect from the man’s description that the smaller bear he saw was an older cub belonging to the female grizzly that attacked.
He was expected to make a full recovery.
mmm.. Grand Tetons …
