Wednesday, August 31, 2016
Louisiana Sheriff Who Raided Blogger Criticizing Him Found To Have Acted Unconstitutionally.
This is an update to a story I blogged about a few weeks ago.
Looks like there is a lawsuit comin' yer way now Sheriff.
Good.
I saved the best part for last,
He is obviously a paragon of justice.
Cough, cough.
Looks like there is a lawsuit comin' yer way now Sheriff.
Good.
Sheriff’s Raid to Find Blogger Who Criticized Him Was Unconstitutional, Court Rules
AN APPELLATE COURT in Baton Rouge ruled Thursday that a raid on a police officer’s house in search of the blogger who had accused the sheriff of corruption was unconstitutional.
The Louisiana First Circuit Court of Appeals argued that Sheriff Jerry Larpenter’s investigation into the blog ExposeDAT had flawed rationale: the alleged defamation was not actually a crime as applied to a public official.
The unanimous ruling from the three-judge panel comes after police officer Wayne Anderson and his wife Jennifer Anderson were denied assistance in local and federal court.
“I love it when justice is tangible,” Jerri Smitko, one of the Andersons’ laywers, told The Intercept.
“With that piece of paper it says that what they did was unconstitutional — that’s a great feeling because you’re holding it in your hand and it’s vindication for people that they intended to oppress,” she added.
The raid was sparked by the sheriff’s investigation into who was behind the anonymous blog that accused local officials, including him, of corruption and fraud. Through a blog and a Facebook page called “John Turner,” ExposeDAT used public records to show conflicts of interest.
The sheriff sought warrants when Tony Alford, a local business owner, filed a criminal complaint about the blog. On August 2, Larpenter and his deputies raided the Andersons’ house after they traced the IP address of the John Turner Facebook page through a warrant to AT&T.
The information AT&T provided, according to an affidavit, gave the sheriff an address and a name: Wayne Anderson.
The court found that the raid on the Andersons’ house was unjustified. “Anthony Alford, the supposed victim, is president of the Terrebonne Parish Levee and Conservation Board of Louisiana, and a public official,” the decision read. “Consequently, the search warrant lacks probable cause because the conduct complained of is not a criminally actionable offense.”
The ruling said that when applied to public officials, like Alford, the criminal defamation statute is unconstitutional.
Smitko said she now plans to go to the Terrebonne Parish Court and retrieve Anderson and his family’s electronic devices.
“I certainly believe that my clients have been damaged by this unconstitutional action,” Smitko said. “They’ve been deprived of their rights, and I anticipate that we’ll be meeting shortly to discuss pursuing a claim for damages against the parties involved.”
The electronic devices were being held for an investigation that was in the hands of the Louisiana attorney general. Now, the case is closed.
“We respect the First Circuit decision, we have no plans to appeal, and as far as the attorney general is concerned, the case is closed,” Ruth Wisher, press secretary for the attorney general, told The Intercept.
I saved the best part for last,
On August 15, Larpenter was supposed to be honored for his service to the community by being inducted into the Louisiana Justice Hall of Fame. The ceremony was rescheduled because of flooding.
He is obviously a paragon of justice.
Cough, cough.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
The Best Headline You Will See All Week
This story has all kinds of hilarity in it but Flaming Mice takes it for the win.
Flaming mice on the run.
That’s fire Chief Larry Hector’s best guess at what happened Saturday evening as flames rekindled from the Frog Hollow fire that began earlier in the day.
“Mice come out of the fire, on fire, and run into the unburned stuff. And start the fire all over again,” Hector explained.
Hector heads Walla Walla County Fire District 6 out of Touchet and was incident commander for three separate fires that scorched about 300 acres of mostly alfalfa stubble in the Touchet area. The original fire was started by a combine, the second started under a power line and the third was caused when a hawk struck a different power line and brought it down, he said.
A fourth burn was a restart of the original Frog Hollow Road blaze, he said, and that came under control at about 5 p.m.
The situation forced the evacuation of one family in the 6000 block of Frog Hollow Road for a few hours, and other residents left nearby homes as a precaution, said Liz Jessee, director of Walla Walla County Emergency Management. Another family in the evacuation zone chose to stay in place with the help of sprinklers, she added.
Fleeing mice a factor in stubborn stubble fire at Frog Hollow
Flaming mice on the run.
That’s fire Chief Larry Hector’s best guess at what happened Saturday evening as flames rekindled from the Frog Hollow fire that began earlier in the day.
“Mice come out of the fire, on fire, and run into the unburned stuff. And start the fire all over again,” Hector explained.
Hector heads Walla Walla County Fire District 6 out of Touchet and was incident commander for three separate fires that scorched about 300 acres of mostly alfalfa stubble in the Touchet area. The original fire was started by a combine, the second started under a power line and the third was caused when a hawk struck a different power line and brought it down, he said.
A fourth burn was a restart of the original Frog Hollow Road blaze, he said, and that came under control at about 5 p.m.
The situation forced the evacuation of one family in the 6000 block of Frog Hollow Road for a few hours, and other residents left nearby homes as a precaution, said Liz Jessee, director of Walla Walla County Emergency Management. Another family in the evacuation zone chose to stay in place with the help of sprinklers, she added.
Monday, August 29, 2016
Huma Abedien Loses Her Weiner
I'm sure Hillary will console her.
Gag.
Dude, you got a problem.
Gag.
Huma Abedin separates from Anthony Weiner after latest sexting report
Hillary Clinton aide Huma Abedin announced Monday she is separating from husband and former Congressman Anthony Weiner, after a new report that he had sent explicit photos to a woman multiple times over the last 19 months.
"After long and painful consideration and work on my marriage, I have made the decision to separate from my husband," Abedin said in a statement. “Anthony and I remain devoted to doing what is best for our son, who is the light of our life. During this difficult time, I ask for respect for our privacy."
A New York Post report published late Sunday claimed Weiner sent pictures to the unidentified woman, and described his sexual fantasies and masturbation in messages to her, calling her "literally a fantasy chick."
One of the photos Weiner sent the woman showed his underwear-clad crotch as his son Jordan slept next to him in bed.
Weiner, 51, took his Twitter account down Monday after admitting to the Post that he and the woman "have been friends for some time." He added that their conversations were "private ... and were always appropriate."
Dude, you got a problem.
Sunday, August 28, 2016
Dear Mr. Kaepernick,
The Ghost of Lyle Alzado and I have a short message for you,
Shut the fuck up, nobody gives a Flying Fuck what you think.
Thank you for your time,
Phil
Born, Oakland California, 1960
A Raider fan ever since.
Shut the fuck up, nobody gives a Flying Fuck what you think.
Thank you for your time,
Phil
Born, Oakland California, 1960
A Raider fan ever since.
Breaking Reports Of An Active Shooter At Los Angeles International Airport. (Updated to Loud Noises Scare people easily these days)
Update 2, 2 hours after it happened, by the LA Times who is right across town from the damn airport.
Update 1, later this evening here. Just some loud noises citizens, nothing to worry about.
Original post as follows.
Funny how it's not an American news source reporting this, isn't it?
Update 1, later this evening here. Just some loud noises citizens, nothing to worry about.
Original post as follows.
Funny how it's not an American news source reporting this, isn't it?
From RT NEWS ( Russia Times), ( More at the link)
Social media posts from Los Angeles International Airport are describing shots fired and police rushing to the scene, while footage shows people apparently being evacuated.
Multiple calls are coming in for terminals 1, 5, and 7. The Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) says there are people possibly barricaded in bathrooms in terminal 6, Culvercity311 reported on Twitter.
The LAPD has not confirmed the shooting, but says there are multiple callers, according to Culvercity 311.
A report from LA County Scanner's Twitter account said the shooting is taking place at terminal 8.
DETAILS TO FOLLOW
You Only Get To Pick Two
Beauty, Intelligence or Sanity.
I've known some drop dead gorgeous women in my day that were fairly intelligent but crazier than a shithouse rat.
Pretty to look at but you could only stand to be around them for short periods of time.
They say beauty is skin deep but ugly goes clear to the bone.
They also say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
That means there are as many definitions of beauty as there are people in this world.
Do yourselves a favor and take a look inside the people you want to be around.
It makes life much more enjoyable in the long run.
I've known some drop dead gorgeous women in my day that were fairly intelligent but crazier than a shithouse rat.
Pretty to look at but you could only stand to be around them for short periods of time.
They say beauty is skin deep but ugly goes clear to the bone.
They also say beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
That means there are as many definitions of beauty as there are people in this world.
Do yourselves a favor and take a look inside the people you want to be around.
It makes life much more enjoyable in the long run.
Saturday, August 27, 2016
SPLC To List White Lives Matter As A Hate Group
Read the whole thing because some of the WLM group does have Aryian Nation ties but the absolutely stark hypocrisy of where they twist themselves into knots defending the Black Lives Matter group is what I want to point out here.
My bold.
The BLM leaders have condemned violence?
Someones memory and Google Fu really suck.
Let me see how fast I can refute that point.
The Southern Poverty Law Center took notice after many requests to label the Black Lives Matter movement a hate group came across its figurative desks in the wake of the murder of eight Dallas and Baton Rouge police officers.
Short answer: The center says the Black Lives Matter movement is not a hate group because it seeks to promote a race that has been marginalized throughout history (in other words, black lives also matter.) Plus, the center points out the movement's leaders have condemned violence.
The center also points to the fact that "thousands of white people across America – indeed, people of all races – have marched in solidarity with African Americans during BLM (Black Lives Matter) marches, as is clear from the group's website."
My bold.
The BLM leaders have condemned violence?
Someones memory and Google Fu really suck.
Let me see how fast I can refute that point.
Caught on Video=> Black Lives Matter Leader Calls for Running Over, Shooting Police
One minute, forty eight seconds to find, copy and paste these headlines. I could go on and on and on with this too.
It seems the SPLC can't do that.
It also seems that the SPLC is a lying piece of shit organization with strong ties to the government that has a very political agenda and a very over sized amount of influence that has drifted far away from it's original purpose.
Orwellian bastards to the core.
Friday, August 26, 2016
Dear God No, Here We Go Again
Leave us aloooooooooone!!
Britney Spears is everywhere
(CNN)You might be thinking you're suddenly seeing Britney Spears all over the place lately -- and you're right. The 34-year-old pop star is making a comeback in a major way. The latest, a new album, "Glory," dropped late Thursday night.
Spears took to Twitter to announce the release and wrote that it's "the beginning of a new era."
Perhaps it is. This is Spears' first album since 2013's "Britney Jean," which had the lowest sales figures of any of her albums.
Wednesday, August 24, 2016
Tuesday, August 23, 2016
NYT, Other MSM Providers Hacked
I see they are quick to blame the Russians again.
Maybe whoever did it found the pipeline from the Whitehouse that directs these clowns on what they can and can't report on.
That would be priceless.
They were waiting for permission to speak first.
Maybe whoever did it found the pipeline from the Whitehouse that directs these clowns on what they can and can't report on.
That would be priceless.
Russians suspected in hack of New York Times, other U.S. media: CNN
The FBI and other U.S. security agencies are investigating cyber breaches targeting reporters at the New York Times and other U.S. news organizations that are thought to have been carried out by hackers working for Russian intelligence, CNN reported on Tuesday, citing unnamed U.S. officials.
"Investigators so far believe that Russian intelligence is likely behind the attacks and that Russian hackers are targeting news organizations as part of a broader series of hacks that also have focused on Democratic Party organizations, the officials said," CNN said.
Reuters could not immediately confirm the report. The FBI declined to comment, and representatives for the U.S. Secret Service, which has a role in protecting the country from cyber crime, did not immediately reply to a request for comment.
The intrusions were detected in recent months, according to CNN. Citing the U.S. officials, it said the Times had hired private security investigators to work with national security officials in assessing the breach.
Representatives for the Times could not be immediately reached for comment.
They were waiting for permission to speak first.
Why Do They Even Bother Telling Us About More Of Hillary's Emails?
They have already spit in our faces and said they won't prosecute the woman.
Why the fuck should we care if they found two million of the fucking things?
Laws are only for little people, we get it already.
Why the fuck should we care if they found two million of the fucking things?
Laws are only for little people, we get it already.
Monday, August 22, 2016
Made It There AND Back
Without any problems. I think that is one of the few times since I got this little fucker back in '88 that has happened.
Sunday, August 21, 2016
That's More Like It
Three times today followed by a one hour deep massage.
Fuck I needed that.
Saturday, August 20, 2016
It's Pretty Much Like This Lately
It was pretty miserable at work Friday, Saturday was hot as fuck too. I guess it was hotter than I realized around here.
The trouble is that they don't have air conditioning in the majority of their rooms. No televisions, no phones either. Part of the charm right?
I am laying here bathed in sweat at 10:30 at night.
There is a fan going but the window is shut. I went to get the window screens out of the armoire but they were fucked up so at the moment I am waiting on some poor bastard to round me some up.
About a half hour ago I stripped down to my skivvies and was laying here on the bed with my right hand running the mouse, right at the edge of the bed next to the nightstand.
All at once I got the feeling something was crawling on my hand.
I glanced over and saw something large and green with really long legs.
Freaked me the fuck out, I come clear off the fucking bed shaking my hand so fast it was a blur!
Come to find out it was a big assed grasshopper, the kind that fly.
Little bastard about caused me to piss myself.
I dunno how the motherfucker got in here with the window closed but I can tell you the sonofabitch got an assist at take off when I finally caught him and opened the fucking window!
So anyways, it's been hotter than a firecracker around here the past few days,muggy as fuck too. I'm hoping that shit tapers off pretty quick.
It's been a funky Summer around here weather wise.
I just don't want it to cram all the heat in at once.
Absolutely
My favorite is the asshole doing 5 miles under the speed limit in the fast lane who won't get the fuck out of the way.
You know the one, the stupid motherfucker who has had the left turn signal on since 1995 and has a death grip on the steering wheel with both hands while staring straight ahead, never, ever, looking in the rear view mirror.
That's the real reason we can't have small heat seeking missiles,there would be absolute carnage.
Friday, August 19, 2016
Old Bikers Around The World Point And Laugh
It used to be that you got horsepower and high performance out of a Harley the old fashioned way, you made mechanical improvements to the engine, intake and exhaust system, just like every other internal combustion engine.
Those days are long gone. Now you buy special computer chips to change the air fuel ratio and the ignition timing.
If you are a newer Harley Davidson owner, you can't even do that anymore because the government just slapped HD to the tune of 15 million dollars for selling and installing an aftermarket "Pro Super Tuner" device that increased the fuel flow and caused the engine to exceed the EPA's emissions limits.
Is there anything the EPA doesn't have its tentacles wrapped around anymore?
I mean really, the government telling you that you can't have a high performance Harley.
If it wasn't so ridiculous it would be hilarious.
So in my lifetime, we have gone from serious, hardcore bikers riding anything they could cobble together and make go fast,
to this,
because government weenies said so.
Lest anyone think I haven't been around bikers in my day, think again, I grew up around riders and racers and have known or met hundreds of them including several from some of the more notorious biker clubs that shall remain nameless.
I gave up riding after I had some fucking idiot turn left from the right lane right in front of me.
Fucked my back all up and I wound up having my lower back fused. I can only ride for a short period of time before my back starts killing me and my legs start going to sleep. Something I have lived with now for over thirty years.
I guess I was raised Old School though and this new computerized crap just isn't the same to me. Sure it's more reliable and they can make huge amounts of horsepower and torque from the same amount of displacement engines compared to back in the day but when the fucker won't start, then I can't help ya pal. Yer gonna have to call the Geek Squad.
Thursday, August 18, 2016
Anyone Heard From FEMA Lately?
I have seen lots of news articles about the Cajun Navy but not one fucking word about a FEMA response to the flooding down South.
Wednesday, August 17, 2016
Tuesday, August 16, 2016
Twist And Pull On The Door Handle Stupid
Users in Europe and the US lost the ability to access the world’s biggest social network for less than an hour on Tuesday evening, according to monitoring sites and Twitter updates.
So what do we all do now? #FacebookDown
Millions of people staring blankly at computer screens, suddenly bereft of the will to live......
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