Archive for June, 2024
Special operations commander charged for choking family members

Air Force Lieutenant Colonel Brent Byng, 44, was in command of the 19th Special Operations Squadron at Hurlburt Field in Florida. Not long after taking command, Byng was charged for committing violence against a couple of his family members. One charge involved Byng’s choking his wife until she could not draw breath. Another charge involved […]
Stupid people of the week

Driver dead and 3 injured in stabbing, shooting inside stolen BMW on NB I-5 in Federal Way A man was fatally stabbed and three others were injured during an altercation inside a stolen car along northbound Interstate 5 in Federal Way Wednesday afternoon. The Washington State Patrol said the driver of a stolen black BMW […]
The US Supreme Court overturns obstruction charge related to January 6, 2021, Capitol riot

Many of the people who were arrested and charged for the Capitol Hill riot of January 6, 2021, were charged with obstruction among their other charges. One the defendants in the government’s case against the rioters challenged the obstruction charge. This challenged reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The latter ultimately sided with the defendant, Joseph […]
Clarence Thomas defense

Interesting opinion piece on Fox from Mark Paoletta alleging that the hit campaign against Clarence Thomas is riddled with inaccuracies, and that the authors don’t care. Let’s start with how Thomas supposedly received $4.2 million in gifts over the last few years. That’s 20 years, by the way, since 2003. “He traveled to Dallas in […]
Weekend Open Thread

Is cereal considered soup? Alexa occasionally provides prompting on what questions a person could ask it. One such prompting was a question, “Is cereal considered soup?” I played along and asked Alexa that question. The response came back that soup was a liquid dish that contained meat, fish, vegetables, individually or collectively and cooked. Cereal […]
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