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Hardcore Criminal Files: 16-Yr Old’s Science Project Results In Felony Arrest

By Uncle Dave Wednesday May 1, 2013

Clearly, she should be sent to Gitmo. After a good tasing, of course.

A Florida teen with an exemplary record is facing federal charges after conducting what a classmate calls “a science project gone bad.”

16-year-old Kiera Wilmot is accused of mixing housing chemicals in a small water bottle at Bartow High School, causing the cap to fly off and produce a bit of smoke. The experiment was conducted outdoors, no property was damaged, and no one was injured.

Not long after Wilmot’s experiment, authorities arrested her and charged her with “possession/discharge of a weapon on school property and discharging a destructive device,” according to WTSP-TV. The school district proceeded to expel Wilmot for handling the “dangerous weapon,” also known as a water bottle. She will have to complete her high school education through an expulsion program.
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“She just wanted to see what happened to those chemicals in the bottle,” a classmate added. “Now, look what happened.”

Polk County Schools stands by its decision to expel Wilmot, asserting in a statement, “there are consequences to actions,” and calling Wilmot’s experiment a “serious breach of conduct.”

Oh, well. Another potential career as a chemist thwarted by the man.

Wreck of the Day.
Motorcycle versus Bicycle

By John C Dvorak Wednesday May 1, 2013

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DH Unplugged #180
A Yen for Bull

By John C Dvorak Tuesday April 30, 2013

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Here is the latest conversation I had with money manager Andrew Horowitz…. new insights for anyone who invests in anything.

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Nightmare Footage of 747 Crash! Afghanistan.

By John C Dvorak Tuesday April 30, 2013

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found by G.D. Stephen Pelsmaekers

Article about crash here.

Republicans Not Happy the Tea Party Ain’t Goin’ Away

By Uncle Dave Tuesday April 30, 2013

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If only Republicans would drop the desire to control people with their Christian social agenda that only the far right wants and get back to a party about small, responsible government, they might not be in the decline. Fat chance of that, though.

For a movement that’s helped to reshape the Republican Party—and by extension, reshape American politics—we know shockingly little about the people who make up the Tea Party. While some in the GOP once hoped to co-opt the movement, it’s increasingly unclear which group—the Tea Party or establishment Republicans—is running the show. Politicians have largely relied on conjecture and assumption to determine the positions and priorities of Tea Party activists.

Until now. The results of the first political science survey of Tea Party activists show that the constituency isn’t going away any time soon—and Republicans hoping the activists will begin to moderate their stances should prepare for disappointment.

The Nakizumo crying baby festival in Tokyo

By Eideard Tuesday April 30, 2013

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Kiyoshi Ota/EPA

Japanese parents bring their children to the Sensoji Temple to let novice sumo wrestlers goad their children into crying. The seemingly cruel rite is performed in the belief that their cries will result in them living a long and healthy life.

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Lonely Crazies

By John C Dvorak Tuesday April 30, 2013

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Facebook Integration For Beer Drinkers

By Uncle Dave Monday April 29, 2013

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Cripes! With employers checking up on your Facebook account (except in California), how many of you want it known how much you’re drinking? Aside from the usual nude beer pong tournament photos, etc, of course.

Toasting to new friends just got a bit more intimate with Budweiser’s new Buddy Cup, which automatically connects people on Facebook when they clink glasses before downing a cold one.

The new beer glass, launched by Budweiser Brazil, comes with a built-in chip integrated with Facebook, so when two people knock cups, they instantly become friends, at least in the virtual world.

Technology – Saving the world, one drunken step at a time.

Shot with stun gun by coppers – man turns into human fireball

By Eideard Sunday April 28, 2013

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Andrew Pimlott

A man has died after being shot with a police Taser while dowsed in flammable liquid…Andrew Pimlott, 32, turned into a human fireball after he was zapped by officers called to his home to investigate a domestic incident.

Spending Your Money For Things No One Wants, Except Politicians

By Uncle Dave Sunday April 28, 2013

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Built to dominate the enemy in combat, the Army’s hulking Abrams tank is proving equally hard to beat in a budget battle. Lawmakers from both parties have devoted nearly half a billion dollars in taxpayer money over the past two years to build improved versions of the 70-ton Abrams. But senior Army officials have said repeatedly, “No thanks.”

It’s the inverse of the federal budget world these days, in which automatic spending cuts are leaving sought-after pet programs struggling or unpaid altogether. Republicans and Democrats for years have fought so bitterly that lawmaking in Washington ground to a near-halt. Yet in the case of the Abrams tank, there’s a bipartisan push to spend an extra $436 million on a weapon the experts explicitly say is not needed.

“If we had our choice, we would use that money in a different way,” Gen. Ray Odierno, the Army’s chief of staff, told The Associated Press this past week.

Why are the tank dollars still flowing? Politics.

Attention WalMart Shoppers: Cleanup on Aisle 6

By McCullough Friday April 26, 2013

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Police: Walmart Worker Turned Tricks In Store

APRIL 26–A Walmart employee is facing a prostitution charge for allegedly “soliciting sexual encounters” inside the upstate New York store where he works, police report.

Foster Bills, 22, was arrested after Walmart managers contacted state troopers to report that they had received “an anonymous complaint of a male subject performing sexual acts in a secluded location” in the Queensbury store.

The “secluded location” was apparently a Walmart bathroom, and johns were solicited through Craigslist “casual encounters” ads.

In response to the Walmart complaint, cops launched an undercover investigation that resulted in Bills’s arrest Wednesday “after he accepted cash for sex from an undercover State Police Investigator,” according to a press release.

Must’ve been one of their “full service” Supercenters.

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Airplane Apocalypse

By John C Dvorak Friday April 26, 2013

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Would You Wear Google (or Competitor’s) Glasses?

By Uncle Dave Thursday April 25, 2013

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Anybody else thinking a good approach to talking to someone wearing them is to demand they take them off before starting? Aside from they’re distracted by them, would you want your conversation recorded without permission or knowledge?

Some 10 million smart glasses will ship worldwide between 2012 and 2016 — and Google isn’t the only maker of these social glasses.
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The analyst firm estimates smart glass shipments will rise from 434,000 in 2014 to 2.17 million in 2015, and 6.6 million in 2016.
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Google isn’t the only maker of these social glasses. Japanese entrepreneur Takahito Iguchi invented and built Telepathy One, showcased in a small booth at the SXSW 2013 Interactive festival last month in Austin, Texas. The device, demonstrated by Midori Takaso, sports a micro camera and a projection display, along with a wireless system that allows wearers to communicate in real time.

Baltimore City Jail: A Pretty Sweet Gig

By McCullough Wednesday April 24, 2013

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Thirteen female corrections officers essentially handed over control of a Baltimore jail to gang leaders.

The indictment described a jailhouse seemingly out of control. Four corrections officers became pregnant by one inmate. Two of them got tattoos of the inmate’s first name, Tavon — one on her neck, the other on a wrist.

The guards allegedly helped leaders of the Black Guerilla Family run their criminal enterprise in jail by smuggling cellphones, prescription pills and other contraband in their underwear, shoes and hair. One gang leader allegedly used proceeds to buy luxury cars, including a Mercedes-Benz and a BMW, which he allowed some of the officers to drive.

At the center of the investigation was an alleged leader of the Black Guerilla Family, Tavon White, who prosecutors said fathered five children with four of the corrections officers — Jennifer Owens, 31, of Randallstown; Katera Stevenson, 24, of Baltimore; Chania Brooks, 27, of Baltimore; and Tiffany Linder, 27, of Baltimore — since his incarceration on attempted murder charges in 2009.

In one wiretapped cellphone call in January, White, 36, of Baltimore, told an acquaintance: “This is my jail. You understand that? I’m dead serious. I make every final call in this jail.”

Mozilla Firefox wants to track you – just say NO!

By Marc Perkel Wednesday April 24, 2013

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I noticed on the new version of Firefox that it wanted mt to enable something called “Telemetry” which supposedly was so then could better debug their product. But unlike most people I actually read the agreement. This information sharing is NOT ANONYMOUS. They keep a personal database of everything and their protection of this information is squishy. So – just say NO!