Law fun.

See also, Jim S. at September 2, 2011 2:41 PM.

Behold! the power of a lien.

One filed, 53 to go.

https://twitter.com/kerpen/status/1097998809681051648

Florida, man. Err, woman.

The victim, 21, told police that Hernandez “wanted to engage him in sexual intercourse,” which he declined. “Hernandez was angry at the fact that [the victim] did not want to have sex and began attacking him, striking him in the face and ripping his shirt.”

http://thesmokinggun.com/documents/florida/belligerent-sans-clothes-294065

They turned the what into a what???

This is appalling. Did anyone know about it? WTF?

This is appalling. Did anyone know about it? WTF? ~ Crid at February 20, 2019 8:18 AM

Love it. Wouldn't do my own house in that motif, but I can look at it and think it's kinda neat. You know, for someone else.

Airports have the advantage of being temporary spaces, spaces we pass through. They don't have to be dressed in styles we would feel comfortable staying awhile in.

Kind of like the Pepsi Challenge in the '80s, which Coke kept losing, causing them to come out with New Coke, the biggest marketing mistake of the 20th century. What they didn't understand is that Pepsi kept winning because the challenge was for a sip, not an entire can. Whereas Coke won in the entire can - Pepsi was too sweet for most folks to want to drink an entire can. Same concept here.

I have an original Knoll Saarinen pedestal coffee table I inherited from my parents, so I'm kind of a fan. Growing up, they had Saarinen tulip chairs and a pedestal dining table. Far too damaged from decades of kids, pets, and several moves, I left those pieces to the estate sale, where an anxious antiques dealer snapped them up and grilled me on the provenance. Mid-Century modern is not for everyone, but where it works, it works.

Congressional investigation in 3...2...never.

Regardless of whether or not Roberts was officially AOC’s spouse at that time, it seems probable Chakrabarti was reimbursing her for her campaign expenses off-books. Brand New Congress PAC simply served as a pass-through to do so.

When AOC won, she then hired Chakrabarti, her strategist/patron, as her Chief of Staff. Taking money from a rich guy, trying to hide it by passing it through a PAC, and then giving her benefactor a government job.

That’s definitely unethical and potentially illegal.

https://medium.com/@ltthompso/the-congresswoman-loves-the-swamp-d33296ec251e

If you have a cat, try this and let us know.

This kid.

> it's kinda neat. You know,
> for someone else.

It was meant to be flown through. I did that a couple times. How comfortable can you be sleeping in the middle of one of America's busiest airports, even without the noise? There's all that metal flying past you just beyond the window.

They turned ours into a nightclub for a year or two, then came 9/11 and they didn't want fashionable drunks stinking up the joint.

One of the best days in my childhood was when the public library got a pair of these.

How comfortable can you be sleeping in the middle of one of America's busiest airports, even without the noise? There's all that metal flying past you just beyond the window. ~ Crid at February 20, 2019 12:06 PM

The only reason I can think of staying at a hotel inside an airport is to have a short trip to catch a plane early the next morning.

I was stuck in JFK on a disastrous trip where a hotel inside the airport would have been welcome, and might have given the American staff a place to put a planeload of delayed Boston-bound passengers -- other than onto a plane bound for a nearly-closed Providence airport at 2am to await ground transit to Logan. It was years before I flew American again after that fiasco, and then only due to necessity, not preference.

“I’M NOT AFRAID OF ANY OF YOU BASTARDS:” Flashback: Knoxville’s Cas Walker on Parking Lot Thugs.

https://pjmedia.com/instapundit/322324/

Penises can be biologically female? who knew?

Pose star Indya Moore: Trans women’s penises are biologically female

https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2019/02/19/pose-indya-moore-trans-penises-biologically-female/

Oh no! Blockchains are getting hacked.

Microwaving grapes is a bad idea. Disclaimer: I've not tried this.

It turns out that round, water-based items like grapes amplify the power of microwaves to create a hot spot.

https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/energy/a26413730/grapes-spark-microwave-study/

I saw that over at Ars IRA. And yes, you can easily kill your microwave doing things like that.

> Oh no! Blockchains are
> getting hacked.

When someone loses so much as a farthing of Bitcoin wealth to the hacking of is blockchain, I'll be impressed. But for the shitcoins and gnashing of teeth, who cares?

These are shabby articles: They describe the mechanics of security as threats to the security. Someone could dig a hole into your bank's vault with beach toys, and THEN you'd be in trouble!!!!!!!

Go for it.