And is that trap door his?

Suspected burglar caught after sitting down with book
bbc.com | August 24 2024 | Zahra Fatima

A would-be burglar in Rome was caught after stopping to read a book on Greek mythology in the middle of a theft, Italian media reports.

The 38-year-old reportedly gained access to a flat in the Italian capital’s Prati district via the balcony but became distracted after picking up a book about Homer’s Iliad on a bedside table.

The 71-year-old homeowner is said to have awoken and confronted the alleged thief, who was engrossed in the book.

News of the failed burglary attracted the attention of the book’s author, who told local media he wanted to send the man a copy so he could “finish” his read.

Side note: “Suspected,” “would-be,” “alleged.” Was he in the apartment or not?

Some meat may have been awful, but the vice president doesn’t actually have the power to recall it.

There’s probably a joke in there somewhere.

Photos NSFW.

Any of you seen “Cool Hand Luke”?

Looks like someone got their two cents’ worth.

Bud Light boycott still hammers local distributors 1 year later: ‘Very upsetting’
ABC | 6/14/24 | Max Zahn

When conservative activists set aflame boxes of Bud Light …

What, empty cardboard boxes? I’d urge ABC to produce footage of boxes containing full bottles or cans aflame, to back up their claim.

And did they purchase them? Then no financial loss to Bud Light took place.

… and urged a boycott in response to an endorsement from a trans influencer last spring, they sent sales of the beer plummeting in a rare success in the long history of consumer movements.

Even more improbably, the backlash continues to hammer Bud Light and strain independent local wholesalers …

Does anyone believe that wholesalers for such a major brand are ‘independent’ in their messaging?

And, by the way, every business site is ‘local,’ by definition.

… more than a year later, according to third-party sales data shared with ABC News as well as interviews with six Anheuser-Busch wholesalers.

Translation: We interviewed fifteen distributors, but only got useful quotes from six. So technically, you can say this article is based on interviews with six Anheuser-Busch wholesalers.

Most of the wholesalers, small- and medium-sized businesses that draw a significant portion of their revenue from Bud Light, said they remain weakened by the decline in sales and uncertain about when, if ever, the brand will fully recover.

B-boo hoo. Tell Bud Light not to make stupid marketing decisions.

Buggy-whip makers fail to sympathize.

The owner of an Anheuser-Busch wholesaler in the Northeast, whose child is trans, told ABC News they have taken a 30% pay cut to make up for the losses and are considering retirement.

That’s why I said you’ve gotta love ABC.

What breed is “their” cat? Who cares about their kid?

Names, or it didn’t happen. We’re not talking about whistleblowers here.

“Another distributor said MAGA Republicans burned a cross on his lawn.”

They were making over a 30% profit? Price gouging!

“I believe it is very important that we take seriously what we must do to guard against what is a clear crisis in terms of the climate. And to do that, we can do what we have accomplished thus far,” Harris said.

— Kamala Harris Invents 2020 Fracking Position To Hide Her Actual Views
The Federalist | 08/30/2024 | Brianna Lyman

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