"Make sure the computer you buy is simple enough that even an adult can use it..."

 

I went in to see the new IBM Computer store here when they opened and was quite impressed with the build out. Classy, dark, with spot lighting on the hardware for sale, and suit clad salesmen. Watched them sell one fellow his IBM 5150 to run his small business with. They loaded him up with the 16kB computer, keyboard, monochrome monitor, single external 5-1/4" single sided floppy disk drive, box of disks, PC DOS, printer, tractor feed paper, and dBase for a whopping sum of money ensuring him he had everything he needed to run his business. He walked out extremely happy that now he could "computerize" his business. I would have loved to have met him a few weeks later after he had maybe assembled all the hardware, figured out how to load the operating system, enter in the date and time, and probably never figured out just what this dBase software did that was going to "computerize" his business. The store didn't last a year if I remember correctly.

 

Off the books. IMO this guy is a creation. Nobody gets TS clearance with such BS not being found.

https://apnews.com/article/cia-gold-bars-theft-arrest-689029ef34d6ccb2bb3aaf3f3cc259f4
A former senior CIA official with top secret-level clearance is accused of stealing hundreds of gold bars worth more than $40 million from the federal government and stashing them in his home.

David Rush was arrested and charged with criminal theft of public money last week, according to federal court filings in Virginia, where he lives.

From November to March, Rush requested and received a “significant quantity of foreign currency and tens of millions of dollars in gold bars for work-related expenses,” according to an affidavit from an FBI agent investigating the case.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/na...ed-making-top-secret-program-sourc-rcna349032

CIA officer arrested with gold bars accused of making up top secret program, sources say
David Rush is under investigation on suspicion of creating a fake spy program and persuaded others to take part, resulting in the CIA transferring large amounts of money to the sham project, sources say

The fictional program was supposed to involve contingency plans to keep the government operating in the event of a nuclear war or other dire emergency, two of the people said.

Rush is suspected of having a government defense contractor purchase large amounts of gold, based on the allegedly fraudulent contract, the person said.

There is no indication so far that Rush was acting on behalf of a foreign power, according to one of the people with knowledge of the case and three others who also had knowledge of the case.

 

Yeah ... $40M should be enough to keep the government running ... for about an hour ...

 

Yeah ... $40M should be enough to keep the government running ... for about an hour ...

An hour? More like three minutes!

Seriously. Three minutes.

The federal government spends money at the rate of over $220,000 per second.

 

Yeah ... $40M should be enough to keep the government running ... for about an hour ...

It's for this TOP SECRET program "Plan R", nuclear attack survival kits.

 

Rerun.

https://www.cbs58.com/news/im-going...gation-of-suspicious-package-downtown-charged

https://youtube.com/shorts/dA8EBinf3fI?is=RBXEegE6YqRZsb-S

 

Rerun.

https://www.cbs58.com/news/im-going...gation-of-suspicious-package-downtown-charged

https://youtube.com/shorts/dA8EBinf3fI?is=RBXEegE6YqRZsb-S

Clearly the guy has mental problems and did not have any malicious intent. I hope that they try to get him the help he needs, but that they also consider whether he represents an unacceptable risk to society and perhaps should be in a suitable institution, at least temporarily. Maybe he does and maybe he doesn't.

 

Police dress up as World Cup mascots to arrest drug suspect and "diehard football fan" in Peru

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Two Peruvian police officers disguised as World Cup mascots Clutch and Maple helped to arrest a suspected drug dealer in Lima, the latest in a series of law enforcement operations in the country involving officers using creative costumes to apprehend accused criminals.

 

Police dress up as World Cup mascots to arrest drug suspect and "diehard football fan" in Peru
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You can't trust anyone these days!

 

Separated on good terms?

 

 

These crazies have ruined a nice place we once partied at.

 

Alaska Sen. Dan Sullivan's primary challenger who has the same name is eligible for ballot, judge rules

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The senator and allies, including the National Republican Senatorial Committee, have condemned the challenger's efforts to join the race, arguing his presence could confuse voters.

 

https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/arizona-toddler-declared-dead-was-found-alive-morgue-rcna352853

Arizona toddler declared dead was found alive in the morgue
The 18-month-old boy was pronounced dead after a near-drowning but was found breathing hours later in a hospital morgue.

Meanwhile, Mercy Gilbert Medical Center confirmed it had conducted its own internal investigation into what it called a “heartbreaking situation.”

But the hospital has not revealed the results of its investigation and declined to answer questions from NBC News concerning whether the doctor who mistakenly pronounced the boy dead remains on staff.

That doctor is identified as A. Toosi in the police report. And when he was questioned by a police officer about his decision to pronounce the boy dead while the child was still gasping for air, the doctor allegedly pulled rank.

“Please do your thing and let me do my thing,” Toosi is quoted as saying in the report. “I went to medical school for a reason.”

 

https://www.oregonlive.com/health/2...d-of-painkiller-into-woman-13m-suit-says.html

A Kaiser Permanente doctor was “in a rush” when he injected rubbing alcohol instead of pain blockers into a woman’s toes — then proceeded to remove her toenails — causing devastating injuries that have upended the woman’s life, according to a new $13 million lawsuit.

Sarah Blackman, a Washington County resident, says she suffered extreme pain after the doctor injected the rubbing alcohol, which was a 70% isopropyl alcohol solution, into two of her toes and then pulled off one of her ingrown toenails.


“Ms. Blackman was in agony throughout, audibly screamed and cried, and begged that the second toe not be treated,” states the lawsuit. But the doctor told Blackman “she should ‘just get it over with’ and that he was in a rush to get out of the clinic.”

 

https://japannews.yomiuri.co.jp/society/crime-courts/20260707-337044/
Woman Who Allegedly Sewed Roommate’s Lips in Japan’s Ibaraki Pref. Arrested on Suspicion of Assault

 

In 1975 The Soviet Union Mounted A Cannon Onto A Spacecraft And Fired It.

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The Soviets faced quite a few challenges when adapting the weapon to be fitted and fired in space.

The first was that the gun had to be fixed in place to fire at a target. This meant that the entire space station needed to be rotated in order to fix its sight on the target

 

Poor guy. Wrong place and time.
https://cowboystatedaily.com/2026/0...owstone-bison-launches-man-8-feet-in-the-air/