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Category: “Teh Stoopid”

  • That’ll Teach Him to Sleep on the Job!

    One guy found out the hard way that sleeping on the job isn’t a good thing.

    Seems that the other day, a Fedex employee was at work.  He was working the graveyard shift.  About 4AM he got really sleepy; he dozed off.

    He woke up somewhat later – and discovered he had a rather serious problem.

    You see, Memphis is Fedex’s air hub location; the guy worked for Fedex at the Memphis Airport.  His job was loading Fedex cargo and packages onto aircraft.

    The guy had dozed off on board one of Fedex’s aircraft, in the cargo bay, in Memphis.  When the guy woke up, that Fedex plane was was now airborne – and en route to Lubbock, TX.

    The aircrew discovered the stowaway during the flight, and alerted LE on arrival at Lubbock Airport.  The guy was questioned and released.

    No word on whether the guy has been fired by Fedex.

    Fox News has an article with a few more details.  It’s a hoot.

  • More Green Energy “Good News” for US Taxpayers

    Recently, Spanish “green” energy giant Abengoa went bankrupt.  For Abengoa’s stockholders, that’s unfortunate.

    It’s also unfortunate for US taxpayers.

    Why, you ask?  After all, isn’t Abengoa a foreign corporation?

    Well, yes it is.  But it also seems that Abengoa was a major recipient of the current US Administration’s “green energy”      irresponsible and wasteful giveaways      financial incentives.  Since 2010, they received approximately $2.7 billion in US subsidies – in the form of DoE loan guarantees.

    In fact, Abengoa is presently the single largest creditor of the Treasury Department’s Federal Financing Bank (FFB).  They currently owe the FFB $2.34 billion.  No word on who loaned them the other $360 million.

    That’s not all.  Abengoa also appears to have received an additional $605 million in tax credits and “green energy” grants – over and above their loan guarantees.

    Abengoa took the money, all right – while running up a total corporate debt of around $17 billion.  But their production – financial or actual – doesn’t seem to have exactly been stellar.  One of their star projects was a massive biofuel plant in the US that has yet to announce production levels or sell any products.  In fairness, Abengoa did indeed pay off the loan associated with that project – a loan that had been guaranteed by the US government.  But they elected to do so “from other revenues”, not from the proceeds of biofuel sales.  In fact, they paid of the loan before ever selling a drop of biofuel produced by the facility.  Any biofuels produced at that facility are apparently still all stored at the facility – or were at the time the loan was repaid.

    But hey – what’s $3.305 billion between friends, eh?  It’s all “for the cause”.  Its “saving the planet”!

    Yeah, right.  “Scam designed to enrich a select few” sounds far more like what’s going on here.

    Don’t get me wrong; I’m in favor of basic research on how to make energy production cleaner and more efficient.  “Cleaner” is definitely good; add “more efficient” and eventually that translates into “economically viable clean energy sources”.  Mankind does have the responsibility to be a good caretaker for planet Earth – if for no other reason than self-preservation.

    But regarding economically-viable “green” energy:  in general we’re simply not there today.  I do have a problem with a group of conceited fools in DC thinking that they can order the laws of physics, engineering, and economics to change overnight simply because they say so.  And I have a huge problem with those same arrogant fools p!ssing away literally billions of the US taxpayer’s money in a Quixotic effort to do just that.

    Oh, and it turns out that Abengoa might not be the only “hit” the taxpayer takes on the “green energy company goes belly-up” ledger this year.

    Another huge player in the current Administration’s “green energy subsidy giveaway      scams      games” may well declare bankruptcy soon.  That would be SunEdison – which has received nearly $650 million in Federal “green energy” subsidies and tax credits.  They’re the 13th most heavily subsidized corporation in the US.  And they are facing a serious liquidity crisis that many experts expect will force them to declare bankruptcy.

    Hmm.  First Solyndra.  Then Abound Solar.  Then Abengoa.  Now, possibly, SunEdison.

    I’m seeing a couple of trends here.  The first trend isn’t any indication that economically viable green energy is “just around the corner”.  And the second indication isn’t that the Administration’s officials managing the Administration’s solar giveaway sweepstakes seem to know their butts from a hole in the ground.

  • Russia’s Military Gets “Frisky”, Part 2

    We’ve now seen what the current         group of spineless, fearful naifs screwing up by-the-numbers in DC        Administration elected to do regarding the recent buzzing of a US warship in international waters by Russian military aircraft.  Specifically, they told Russia, “That wasn’t very nice!” – by sending a diplomatic protest – along with publicly saying, in effect, “Please don’t do it again. That could have ended badly.”

    Well, it appears Russia has given us their reply.  Last Thursday, a Russian SU-27 “barrel-rolled” a US RC-135 operating in international airspace over the Baltic Sea.  The Russian aircraft reportedly came within 50 feet of the US aircraft while doing so.

    OK, Mr. President – this time, Putin has not only given the US the finger with both hands.  He’s also mooned the Statue of Liberty, too.  And he did both while shouting Russian insults.  Your move.

    Here’s my prediction, based on past examples of “leadership” from this       gaggle of feckless fools      Administration.  Look for another “strongly worded diplomatic protest” tomorrow or the next day, along with another meaningless public platitude or two from the SECSTATE.

    Sheesh.  Putin and his cronies must be about to p!ss their pants from laughing at us so hard.  And from my perspective, that’s not terribly funny at all.

     

  • Another Reason to Be Thankful You Live in the USA

    If you ever wanted another good reason to thank God you’re NOT an expresso-sipping, cheese-eating Metrosexual Euroweenie – here it is.

    Recently, a German comedian wrote a satirical and suggestive poem about a public figure.  He recited the poem on a German TV show.

    Unfortunately, in Europe their concept of freedom of speech (and of freedom in general) isn’t quite the same as ours.  The public figure was insulted – and requested a criminal investigation of the comedian be opened.

    Why?  It seems here that the public figure here was Turkey’s Recep Tayyip Erdogan – a foreign head-of-state.  And under an obscure provision of German law, that is not legal in Germany.  Specifically, insulting a foreign head-of-state violates Article 103 of Germany’s penal code.  And that “crime” carries a maximum penalty of 3 years in prison – or up to 5 years if it is deemed a “slanderous insult”.

    No, I’m not joking.

    On Ergodan’s request, German Chancellor Angela Merkel has approved initiation of a criminal investigation into the matter.   She’s also indicated she will “move to repeal the controversial and little-used Article 103 of the penal code” by 2018.

    Yeah, I’m sure the German comedian in question is just thrilled to hear about the latter.

    Logically, this should go over well in Berkeley and similar places.  After all, criminalizing free speech helps to create “safe spaces” where people are protected from “disturbing speech and ideas”.  But in the rest of the US . . . maybe not so much.

    Any American who doesn’t thank God daily that they are an American is a damned fool.

  • Yeah, That’s Gonna Work Just Great

    I guess everyone has heard by now that we have a cease-fire in the Syrian civil war, albeit a rather shaky one.  And it also looks like       that gang of naive fools and clueless tools currently running the show in DC       the current Administration has a plan for what to do if that cease-fire doesn’t hold.

    Their “Plan B”?  Arm the “moderate” Syrian rebels, of course.

    Seriously.

    Gee.  Seems to me we already “saw that movie”.  We already tried one  program to train and arm those “moderate” Syrian rebels – a program with a $500M budget.  We also had other programs which provided alleged “moderate” Syrian rebel groups weapons and equipment.  Under the first program, we managed to train a huge army of those “moderate” Syrians.  I believe the total number trained was 5 or so – before we terminated the program because it was ineffective.

    Oh, and did I mention that at least some of the weapons and equipment we provided to those “moderate” Syrian rebels in the past were in turn later transferred by those “moderate” rebels to radical Jihadist organizations allied with al Qaeda?

    But fear not, Americans; it will be different this time around.  The plan will most assuredly work this time.  Our Fearless Leader’s and his minions say so!

    One description of insanity is repetitively doing the same thing over and over again while expecting a different outcome.  Perhaps someone should explain that to this      DC Clown krewe       Administration.

    Sheesh.  I will be so freaking glad when this nation again has adult leadership that knows the difference between its butt and a hole in the ground.

  • Yer Sunday Funny: “Donna the Deer Lady”

    This happened at KOYY-FM, 93.7, in Fargo/Moorehead, ND, in either Sep or Oct 2012. It happened on their “Morning Playhouse” show.

    The incident was reported by numerous news outlets (Fox, Huffington, Daily Caller, and others). The caller later followed-up with the station, taking ownership of the original call and acknowledging that she’d been in error.

    So, there you go. Yes, we can easily greatly reduce or eliminate deer strikes by autos. All we have to do is move the deer crossings to safer locations. (smile)

  • “Lucky Thirteen”? Hardly.

    Well, my friend “Birdie” came to see me again.  Yeah, you guessed it: A gUy We “KnOw AnD lOvE” has been at it again – maybe with help.

    This time, however, he/they managed to surprise me.

    No, they still don’t have a freaking clue regarding who I am.  It’s who El Numbnutz in Purple Tiger Stripes misidentified as me this time around that was the surprising part.

    In a way, they’ve reverted to form.  Once again, they misidentified a true, certified BAMF as being me.

    The gentleman they wrongfully identified as me this time is a recipient of more than one high award for valor – and here, high means “higher in precedence than the Bronze Star w/V Device”.  While it’s an honor to be thought a no-sh!t, honest-to-God badass war hero – even by El Numbnutz and/or his pals – it’s simply not the truth.

    Yep,      Fapping Fowl      Blunder Chicken:  you (and whoever might have helped you) screwed up.  Once again, you identified someone I’ve never even met as being me.

    In a way, this is sorta like “Groundhog Day”.  Except with these guys we get some odd variations on “teh stoopid” each time vice a verbatim replay of the previous.

    It’s nice to see that they’re back to using the DRC Ouija Board Method to come up with their bogus identifications –  e.g., viewing pix of true badasses while fapping furiously until they decide which one must be me.  That’s OK, though.  It means they’re more-or-less still “playing in their sandbox”, so to speak, and harmless.  Lord knows logic has nothing to do with it.

    . . .

    OK, obligatory recap time.  This is at least the thirteenth time this drove of dummkopfs (or a member/subgroup thereof) has falsely identified someone else as me.

    Last time, it was a retired SF Major.  And before that, a laundry list of others – including 4 Navy SEALs, a Navy Diver, a retired law professor, a serving Army officer, a retired SF SGM, a deceased Army GO, and several others.  This linked article contains links to details regarding most of those prior DRG flights of fancy.

    And, hell – I’ve almost certainly missed at least one or two of these toolboxes’ brain farts concerning who they think I am.  So thirteen is the lower limit for how many times they’ve Fornicated Fido here.

    But at least they seem to have a cool theme song for their version of Groundhog Day.  (smile)

    Give it up, dipsticks.  You’re clueless – and you’re also incapable of either finding or buying a clue.

  • Tell Me Again Why We’re Involved?

    During the last two months, there have been armed clashes between two Syrian rebel factions on the northern outskirts of Aleppo.  The area is contested territory, and apparently both factions want to possess it.

    One of the groups is called Fursan al Haq, or “Knights of Righteousness”. They previously controlled the territory, but in February were displaced by “Syrian Democratic Forces” that moved into the area from the east.

    This wasn’t an isolated occurrence, either.  Similar clashes have been reported earlier this month in the town of Azaz, and in Aleppo’s Sheikh Maqsud neighborhood.

    Here’s the “punch line”:  Fursan al Haq is backed – an armed – by the CIA.  The Syrian Democratic Forces?  They’re backed and armed by the Pentagon.

    Yeah, you read that correctly.  Two of the Syrian rebel groups the US has backed to oppose Assad are currently fighting each other instead.

    Sheesh.  When the factions we back start fighting each other, you really have to wonder if we’re backing the right groups – or if we even have a freaking clue about what’s really going on in Syria.

    As I’ve said repeatedly:  perhaps Syria is indeed a case of, “Better the Devil you know . . . than the Devil you don’t.”  IMO, other than countering Da’esh and its allies we have “no dog in the fight” in the Syrian Civil War.  And had we not involved ourselves in Syria, I suspect Assad’s regime would have done a much better job taking care of Da’esh and its allies than we’ve done so far – at least in Syrian territory.

    This article from The Virginian-Pilot gives more details.  IMO it’s worth a read.