The CEO hate around here is childish. If the CEO doesn’t do what the board of directors wants, he’s fired. And the investors can fire the board. And next I’ll explain how golden parachutes actually work.

OTOH, I have zero problems with targeting healthcare CEOs. None. Zip. Zilch. NADA. They know the evil shit they signed up for.

Which one exactly? Seeing a few.

Safety gear. When I hike:

• whistle
• emergency beacon
• road flare
• fire starter
• pistol, sometimes an extra mag
• spare cold-weather clothes
• first aid kit
• walkie talkie
• food
• compass
• space blanket and regular blanket
• plastic poncho

On the water is a little different, but you get the idea. And yes, loaded with beer it’s a 19lb. bag. Good exercise though and it fits and rides like a dream. I’m not really aware it’s on.

Massad Ayoub is the man when it comes to firearms and law. I know of no one more expert.

I believe that pic was taken by a security cam from the hostel he was checked into.

Now that you know the movie, search for the bank robbery scene. It may be the best gunfight ever filmed.

Rain forecasts are mostly spot on for me. Keep in mind, %chance of rain is covering a wide area. If we want better rain forecasts we have to dial in the resolution.

No lie. OP is clearly asking about a factory Windows install.

“LINUX!”

Yeah. We know. That wasn’t the question.

Also, if Windows was ever activated on that machine, it’s good to go forever. Far quicker to reinstall and wipe (as part of the process) than mucking around removing crap.

SOURCE: Done this a 100 times for corporate machines.

I’m not nearly as rabid anti-Windows/pro-Linux as this crowd, but 3-seconds after an old laptop says, “No Windows.”, I’m checking my Linux ISO collection. Done it before, will again.

Fauci angrily denied covering up the origins of Covid-19 before the panel in June, arguing that it would be “molecularly impossible” for the bat viruses studied at the lab to be turned into the virus that caused the pandemic.

All I need to hear. The United State top expert on infectious disease has spoken. I’d like to know more about the “impossible” bit, but it would quickly go over my head.

Oh. My. Fuck. Me.

The image shows a man and a girl walking on a path in a wooded area. The foreground is covered in fallen leaves and pine straw. In the background, there is a wooden structure that appears to be some sort of storage shed or lean-to. A fire pit is visible to the left. The trees are dense and the lighting suggests it’s daytime. There appears to be a small animal or bird under the wooden structure.

The man appears to be middle-aged, Caucasian, with a casual style. He appears to be wearing camouflage clothing and jeans, suggesting an outdoorsy lifestyle. He is carrying a water bottle. The girl is young, likely elementary school-aged, wearing a pink shirt and shorts. She looks somewhat pensive. They both appear to be of average economic means and are engaging in a simple outdoor walk. The picture was taken at 2:44:22 AM on February 1st, 2020, with a Bushnell camera. There’s also an unidentifiable object hanging from a tree branch in the background.

The image’s resolution is somewhat low, indicative of a security camera, making the details somewhat blurry. The lighting is not uniform, with patches of sunlight and shadow. There is a subtle difference in the ground texture between the path and the surrounding areas. The girl appears to have a slightly concerned expression on her face. The wood used in the construction of the shelter seems weathered and may be indicative of its age and prolonged exposure to the environment.

Mostly spot on except the date because I never set the trail cam. Also, no animal under the firewood shed and the water bottle is a Keystone in a cozie. Cannot believe it picked up the ground difference in the trail and the edge of it.

Ha! I was thinking along these lines reading science fiction the other day. In every novel where stuff has to get moved overland, it’s always a train. No matter their tech level, trains are the simplest, most efficient solution.

Seen some math on the mountains of salt we would have to move. Very discouraging for desalinization and/or getting hydrogen that way.

My take is that he was young and idealistic and became cynical with age after a decade or so in the smuggling business.

Nah, you’re reading too much into it. I was dating heavily during and after the pandemic and so many women would have never spoken to me if my dating profiles were antivax. (Or right-wing, I might add, in a hard-right area.)

LOL, been there done that. The tile floor was better than the steel bench because I could get in that position. Didn’t know there was a word for that!

My story starts the same, except I woke on the couch, butt naked, her fully dressed and her family milling around making breakfast. They were very nice people!

Rode my motorcycle to work on a Saturday to check in on my training class who had just hit the call center floor.

“Where you been shalafi?”

“Uh, it’s a story…”

LOL, that takes me back, waaayy back.

FFS, it’s a non-story.

A California lawmaker introduced a bill Monday

Y’all realize any state legislator can introduce any bill saying anything at anytime?