What could possibly go wrong?

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“Dad — put mom on the phone — I killed ten jews!”

Biden White House Considers Bringing Palestinians to United States As 'Refugees'

"The Biden administration is considering bringing certain Palestinians to the U.S. as refugees, a move that would offer a permanent safe haven to some of those fleeing war-torn Gaza, according to internal federal government documents obtained by CBS News," the report began by mentioning, with added emphasis. 

The report mentions further details, including how discussions have been going on for weeks and that these "refugees" could actually receive benefits:

In recent weeks, the documents show, senior officials across several federal U.S. agencies have discussed the practicality of different options to resettle Palestinians from Gaza who have immediate family members who are American citizens or permanent residents.

One of those proposals involves using the decades-old United States Refugee Admissions Program to welcome Palestinians with U.S. ties who have managed to escape Gaza and enter neighboring Egypt, according to the inter-agency planning documents.

Top U.S. officials have also discussed getting additional Palestinians out of Gaza and processing them as refugees if they have American relatives, the documents show. The plans would require coordination with Egypt, which has so far refused to welcome large numbers of people from Gaza.

Those who pass a series of eligibility, medical and security screenings would qualify to fly to the U.S. with refugee status, which offers beneficiaries permanent residency, resettlement benefits like housing assistance and a path to American citizenship.

Town Hall columnist Rebecca Downs sees a problem with this:

That such people would have a connection to "American citizens or permanent residents" is hardly a relief, given that earlier this month activists in Dearborn, Michigan could be heard chanting "death to America," and "death to Israel," as well as genocidal and pro-Hamas phrases such as "from the river to the sea" and "free, free Palestine." 

I’ll add that the majority of Palestinians fully support Hamas and the October 7th massacre.

Despite the devastation, 57% of respondents in Gaza and 82% in the West Bank believe Hamas was correct in launching the October attack, the poll indicated. A large majority believed Hamas’ claims that it acted to defend a major Islamic shrine in Jerusalem against Jewish extremists and win the release of Palestinian prisoners. Only 10% said they believed Hamas has committed war crimes, with a large majority saying they did not see videos showing the militants committing atrocities.

That 57% approval number for residents of Gaza comes after their country has been torn down around their ears in punishment for breaking the ceasefire and starting a war. The number will surely climb to 100% once Biden brings them safely home to the bosom of their Dearborn relatives.

There are deceptive headlines, and then there are facts

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(space limitations prevent me from including a link to this “football star”’s family’s gofund Me page)

The Daily Mail’s headline implies that an unnecessary tragedy has occurred here, but scroll down the story for these buried details:

Authorities later added two of the teens that were killed in SUV were wearing ankle monitors, while three had active warrants, reports WLBT. Some of the occupants also appeared to be wearing ski masks.

The police pursuit began after an SUV was reported to have been stolen out of Gainesville. Only hours after the theft, the car was detected by a license plate reader.

Police were soon on their tail and a Bradford County sheriff's deputy confirmed the SUV was stolen as they followed and called for backup.

Deputies verified there were several people inside the vehicle and attempted to pull it over.

The vehicle appeared to be slowing down but then the driver hit the gas and sped away with the car reaching speeds of 111mph.

Police patrol vehicles were unable to keep up with the car because a device in their car prevents them from accelerating too fast. 

At that point, the Florida Highway Patrol were called and a trooper continued the chase.  

The trooper then rammed the side of the vehicle using  PIT - precision immobilization technique - maneuver. It caused the SUV to roll over and crash into a cement pole.

The controversial maneuver requires police to hit the back of a moving car and spin it around, causing the car to stop while officers surround it.  

The "controversial maneuver." To stop four teens in a stolen SUV who were going 111 miles an hour.

This commenter has it right:

Nice work, if you can get it.

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The owners of 80 Rockwood Lane (that’s the 50s Rockefeller development lying east off Lake Avenue) paid $2.730 million for it in June 2020, gave it a spit and a lick, and put it back up for sale this past March for $3.495. It went on the first day and closed today at $4.2 million. 54% appreciation over four years, which isn’t bad.

Mind you, 2020 was the COVID market, and to duplicate that kind of gain, you’ll probably have to wait until the next panicdemic to buy; the best estimate of when that will occur is sometime before the election, so keep your checkbook handy.

(A video of that 2020 listing can be found here. Compare its (very nice) condition, then to the current pictures, and there’s no noticeable difference.)

Rock Ridge* sale

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25 Zaccheus Mead Lane, sold at a fire-sale discount from its $9 million asking price for $8.9 million. Built in 1905, this is what the typical Greenwich house is “supposed” to look like for many buyers, and I won’t disagree with them, although, to my eye, the charm is found mostly in its front, while the rear falls short of the callipygian ideal.

But that’s a quibble. The late owner’s obituary, by the way, is here: he was an impressive man.

*No, not that one

Don't worry, you'll probably be dead from medical malpractice, or a bridge will fall on your head before you have time to fly off on vacation

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FAA Faces Major Class Action Lawsuit for Favoring Diversity Over Competence in Air Traffic Control Hiring

The Federal Aviation Administration is the subject of a massive class action lawsuit alleging that since 2013, thousands of qualified applicants have been denied employment as air traffic controllers based on race.

The lawsuit filed by the Mountain States Legal Foundation represents nearly 1,000 people who went to school at their own expense to be air traffic controllers through a network of university-sponsored Collegiate Training Initiative (CTI) programs. These programs, run in cooperation with the FAA since 1991 to train and test future air traffic controllers, were the entry point for the overwhelming majority of the ATC workforce.

In 2013, the Obama Administration ended the program to increase diversity in ATC hiring. The screening test stopped being ATC-specific coursework and became a "biographical questionnaire." Allegedly, this questionnaire was based on the personality traits of successful ATCs. But its real purpose was to increase the number of "underrepresented" demographics. As if to underscore the point, the FAA provided the correct candidates with a list of buzzwords to use on the questionnaire. Minority applicants were also coached on how to format their job applications so friendly selection board members could recognize them.

According to the “Trouble in the Skies” report, a few days after the FAA process, a candidate for an air traffic controller job received a recorded voice-text message from Shelton Snow, an FAA air traffic controller and then-president of the NBCFAE’s Washington Suburban Chapter. In the recorded message, Snow stated he was aware that candidates “have been getting rejection notices” due to failing the Biographical Assessment test. To prevent [National Black Coalition of Federal Aviation] NBCFAE applicants from failing the Biographical Assessment, Snow offered “some valuable pieces ofinformation that [he had]taken a screen shot of and[that he was]goingto send that to you via email.” The screenshots were intended to show the correct answer to the Biographical Assessment. Snow explained he was sharing screen shots so that as candidates “progress through thestages [of the test],” the candidates could “refer to those images so you will know which icons youshould select.” Snow stated he was “about 99 point 99 percent sure that it isexactlyhow you need to answer each question in order to getthrough the first phase.” In addition, the recorded message stated that FAA “HR Representatives” could “sign off on [theBiographical Assessment] before you actually click it.”

What matter the human cost, if a single psychopathic, blind dwarf’s feelings are spared?

The Secretary of Transportation has set a hiring goal of three (3) percent per fiscal year for individuals with targeted (severe) disabilities.

Targeted disabilities are those disabilities that the federal government, as a matter of policy, has identified for special emphasis in recruitment and hiring. The targeted disabilities are:

Hearing (total deafness in both ears)Vision (Blind)Missing ExtremitiesPartial ParalysisComplete Paralysis, EpilepsySevere intellectual disabilityPsychiatric disabilityDwarfism

Individuals with targeted disabilities have the greatest difficulty obtaining employment. This is the only protected group for which Federal agencies may have a hiring goal.

The decision to give preference to candidates based on their race or other physical characteristics is not without cost. In 2023, the situation had deteriorated to the point that even the New York Times had noticed.

They were part of an alarming pattern of safety lapses and near misses in the skies and on the runways of the United States, a Times investigation found. While there have been no major U.S. plane crashes in more than a decade, potentially dangerous incidents are occurring far more frequently than almost anyone realizes — a sign of what many insiders describe as a safety net under mounting stress.

So far this year, close calls involving commercial airlines have been happening, on average, multiple times a week, according to a Times analysis of internal F.A.A. records, as well as thousands of pages of federal safety reports and interviews with more than 50 current and former pilots, air traffic controllers and federal officials.

The incidents often occur at or near airports and are the result of human error, the agency’s internal records show. Mistakes by air traffic controllers — stretched thin by a nationwide staffing shortage — have been one major factor.

While the rest of the world scoffed, one intrepid citizen identified and tracked down the perp

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UK Police Release Terrible AI-Generated Suspect Sketch, and the Internet Doesn't Disappoint

I’m ashamed of myself for laughing, and being so unhelpful when this man shouldered the burden and went to work:

(In fact, I think the AI image more closely resembles Mayor Pothole than the photograph released by the Biden conspirators, but either way, just so long as he’s seized and locked up.)