North Dakota woman gets 25 years in prison for fatally poisoning boyfriend - "A North Dakota woman will serve 25 years in prison for the poisoning death of her boyfriend, who authorities say believed he was about to come into a large inheritance and had planned to break up with her. Ina Thea Kenoyer was charged with murder in October 2023 for the death of 51-year-old Steven Riley Jr. Riley was hospitalized and died Sept. 5, 2023, after falling ill and losing consciousness, according to court documents. An autopsy found he died from ethylene glycol poisoning, according to a Minot police officer's affidavit. Ethylene glycol is used in antifreeze... Authorities said Kenoyer claimed Riley had been drinking alcohol all day and suffered heat stroke in the days before his death. Kenoyer knew of the inheritance, which she thought was over $30 million and felt she was due a portion of as Riley's common-law wife, according to the affidavit. North Dakota does not recognize common-law marriages. Investigators doubted the inheritance existed, according to the newspaper."
Kenoyer gets 25 years for poisoning death - "Kenoyer and Riley believed he was to be the recipient of a $30 million inheritance, and he planned to meet with an attorney at the Minot Airport on Sept. 3, 2023, to complete the transaction. Investigators determined Kenoyer poisoned Riley the day of the airport meeting to collect a share of his inheritance after his death, believing their 10 year relationship qualified her as his common law wife. North Dakota does not recognize common law marriages. Court documents state several friends of the couple told investigators that Riley planned to end the relationship after he received the money and that Kenoyer was aware of his intentions in the days leading up to the planned meeting with the attorney. Investigators with the Minot Police Department have stated they do not believe the $30 million windfall Riley expected to receive ever existed. The individual who was communicating with Riley about the inheritance has not been identified. Kenoyer told investigators she was aware of the inheritance and planned to split the money with Riley's son. Kenoyer became angry and upset after investigators informed her that she wouldn’t be entitled to any of the money under state law. Riley fell ill the evening of the airport meeting. When the purported attorney never showed up, and Riley's condition worsened, Kenoyer rebuffed attempts from others to seek medical treatment for him, saying he was only suffering from heat stroke, and brought him home to rest. Despite Kenoyer telling a concerned friend that Riley had gone to a walk-in clinic the morning of Sept. 5, 2023, the friend was unable to locate him at any clinic or the local emergency room. Riley was transported to the emergency room several hours later in a state of unconsciousness before being flown to a hospital in Bismarck. Riley never regained consciousness and died on Sept. 5, 2023. After learning of his death, Riley's friends and family reported to Minot Police their concern that Kenoyer had poisoned him with antifreeze. The witnesses stated Kenoyer had made comments in the past about poisoning him with the substance. The witnesses also stated that Kenoyer had
made comments at the hospital that he had been poisoned with antifreeze before they were told of Riley's death... A search warrant was executed at the couple's home, which found a glass Coors light bottle and plastic mug that both had traces of suspected antifreeze, along with an old Windex bottle containing bright green liquid. Kenoyer admitted to investigators she had been making Riley sweet tea throughout the day of the airport meeting. Ethylene glycol is added to antifreeze to make it sweet to the taste, which the affidavit of probable cause noted can easily be disguised in sweet drinks."
@jq37 on Tumblr - "in conversation about white people who go to Japan and expect their knowledge of anime to culturally carry them, I was once posed with “it’s like if there was a Japanese guy who was obsessed with spongebob and came over here and thought he could get by just communicating in spongebob quotes.” This is a false equivalence because if such a man existed we would crown him king. We’d love him. Americans would fucking love that. sometimes I get sad that this isn’t a real guy I can invite to a party."
Meme - "Besides sensitive snowflake Republicans, it's actually pretty notoriously difficult to insult Americans in any way that actually hurts our feelings. Multiple countries have run into this problem when depicting us on screen. Pretty much every attempt in Japanese anime at creating a stereotype of us ends up hitting the Mexicans Love Speedy Gonzalez threshold."
""This is America-man. He is 7 feet tall, has aggressively blonde hair, and 17 guns on him at all times. The only words he can say are "Murica' and 'freedom' He is clearly a parody."
Americans: "I think I went to high school with him.""
Left wingers say this sort of thing, because when they think of "Americans" they think of right wing Americans. Insulting left wing Americans, on the other hand, is super easy
Meme - "A British streamer I follow (who has been to America but only LA) recently went to Japan, and he tried to explain to his audience that wearing anime tshirts around there would be as ridiculous as wearing tshirts with bald eagles and the flag on them in America. His audience then explained to him that those were perfectly normal tshirts for Americans to wear and they're sold in just about every Walmart that exists. I don't think he believed us???"
Student pilot left to land the plane after flight instructor jumps out | National Post - "In the middle of a flying lesson, a flight instructor in Argentina reportedly jumped to his death, leaving a student pilot to land the plane herself. “You know what you have to do,” instructor Leandro Andrés Bertazzo, 42, told his 22-year-old student Rosario, according to Argentinian news outlet Todos Noticias (TN). After which Bertazzo reportedly took off his headset and seatbelt, opened the door and jumped out of the plane... Despite being in “complete shock,” the student pilot managed to land the plane."
Finland's pink shopping baskets: It's how singles meet each other - "Some supermarkets in Finland have pink baskets for shoppers. If you carry one, it signals to other shoppers that you are single and open to being approached. This quirky local custom is now going viral thanks to a video by Instagram creator Kashivi... The initiative has been introduced at select stores run by Finnish grocery chains such as K-Supermarket and S-Market, where pink baskets are used to indicate that a shopper is single and open to meeting other singles. The programme is not a standard feature across all supermarkets, and regular shopping baskets continue to be available. The idea has also been highlighted by the Instagram page This Is Finland. “Would you try speed dating or slow friending in Finland? Tatskatytöt (“Tattoo Girls”) are creating welcoming spaces where people can meet, connect and have fun”... While many users found the concept novel, several commenters claiming to live in Finland said they had never encountered it before, suggesting it is limited to participating stores and locations."
Nudist group says swimming-pool ban is ‘discrimination’ - "A nudist group has accused a leisure centre of “discrimination” after their monthly naked swims were cancelled. Almost 200 members of Northampton Sun Club have been told their swimming sessions at Mounts Baths, which have been held regularly since 1982, can no longer continue."
Arsonists set fire to cats to start Italian wildfires - "Arsonists tied rags to cats’ tails and set them alight, causing wildfires in Italy, investigators have said. Flames tore through Pollino national park in Calabria, southern Italy, this week, destroying much of the parkland. Along with the stray cats, investigators found candles and delayed ignition devices near the smouldering remains... Cats have previously been used to start wildfires in Sicily. In 2016, authorities blamed Mafia-linked groups for using animals to set the Nebrodi regional park in northern Sicily alight. The next year, the Campania-based Camorra mafia deployed the same tactic to start fires in protected woodlands below Mount Vesuvius, triggering evacuations and the deployment of the Italian army. Lauren Pearson, a researcher, told CNN last year the arson was part of a wider land-grab tactic to buy up torched land at bargain prices. In the Calabria region, more than 160 fires have been recorded, which the local civil protection chief blamed on arson by “malicious individuals”."
Damn climate change causing so many wildfires!
Airlines use buses instead of connecting flights amid environmental concerns - "Pilot shortages and climate concerns have seen airlines load passengers onto coaches rather than connecting flights... She had used a flight-booking platform and was given a flight number, and her journey was between two airports, but closer inspection of her boarding pass would have revealed the words “Aircraft type: bus”... KLM began operating a bus from Ottawa to Montreal over 15 years ago, meaning customers buying tickets from Ottawa to, say, Amsterdam, have often found themselves connecting via road. In this case the coach departs from Ottawa Train Station rather than the airport, but as the station has even been assigned its own three-letter IATA airport code (XDS), it’s not a stretch to see how this could be misunderstood."
Restaurant owner in South Korea facing jail for serving ant sorbet - "The owner of a Michelin-starred restaurant in South Korea could be jailed for serving sorbet topped with ants. The restaurant, in the upmarket district of Gangnam in Seoul, imported dried black ants from the US and Thailand to use as a garnish on desserts, prosecutors said. The insects, which are said to have added a sour taste to the dishes, are banned under South Korea’s Food Sanitation Act. The owner of the two-Michelin-starred restaurant has been fined 20m won (about £10,000) and faces up to a year in prison for violating food safety laws... The ants “contained up to 55 times more heavy metals than typical edible insects”, according to the Chosun Daily, a news site. Under South Korean law, 10 species of insects, including grasshoppers and mealworms, are approved for human consumption. Other countries, including Australia, Denmark and the UK, permit the use of ants as ingredients. The insects are often eaten in several Asian, African and Latin American cultures. Prosecutors heard that the restaurant’s head chef was accustomed to the practice of using ants to add acidity to dishes while working in the US and Europe, and was unaware of the differences in the South Korean health code."
I was overcharged €100 at an Algarve café – until I discovered Portugal’s ‘complaints book’ - "I was horrified to see I’d been overcharged more than €100 (£85) for a single can of Coke I’d bought the previous day. The drink should have cost €1.50, but the owner of the café where I bought it had in fact charged me €105. I assumed it must have been a simple mistake, a slip of the finger. I kicked myself for just tapping my phone on the card terminal without checking the amount; I was in a hurry. Not a mistake I’ll ever make again. I rang First Direct immediately to discover the payment couldn’t be stopped. The only form of action, said the call handler, was to return to the café and ask for a refund. She added that these “mistakes” were happening with increasing regularity in bars and restaurants around the world. And that many customers were being caught out by not checking before tapping. When I returned the next morning, the café owner refused to refund me, shaking her head at the very idea that a mistake had been made, even after I showed her the evidence in a screenshot. Her grasp of English seemed to have worsened overnight, and I found myself getting increasingly exasperated. I suggested we contact the police, but instead my friend Amber picked up a red, A4-sized booklet marked “Livro de Reclamações” from behind the café’s till. This magical item is Portugal’s complaints book – introduced 20 years ago to give consumers strength in just such a dispute. It’s an official and permanent form of redress that, under Portuguese law, must be held visible at every establishment supplying goods and services across the country, from hotels and campsites to restaurants and bars... When Amber picked up the complaints book, the grumpy café owner acted immediately. Before we had so much as opened the first page, she reached for her wallet and swiftly handed over €100 without another word. I was still overcharged for my Coke, but €3.50 was an easy loss... Peru has a similarly named and operated system with a 15-day time frame for business owners, as does Spain, whose version is called the Libro de Hojas de Reclamaciones."
There’s a jar in your spice rack that’s worth its weight in silver - "Chives are delicate and water-heavy, and the chemical compounds that make them such a fine finishing garnish to your omelette or baked spud will, without being overly dramatic, simply vaporise. Texturally, dried is just as inferior: along with the vibrant green, you’ve lost the crunch that comes when you bite into these little green straws at their freshest. Happily, chives are incredibly easy to grow. Sow some seeds on your windowsill or even pot-up a supermarket plant and you’ll have a ready supply, there for the snipping. You won’t kill them off if you forget to water them once or twice, and while almost no living flora is slug-proof, the razor-tongued gastropods tend to leave Allium schoenoprasum alone. Cut them back entirely, and they’ll still sprout anew, which is perhaps why they’re a symbol of immortality in Chinese folklore, and were associated with power and bravery by the Romans, who fed them to their racehorses and legionnaires."
First World War general died after taking officer’s place in Gallipoli battle - " A general died after taking an officer’s place to lead his troops into battle during the First World War in Gallipoli. Brig Gen William Scott-Moncrieff took the officer’s place at the Battle of Gully Ravine in June 1915. As commanding officer of 156th (Scottish Rifle) Brigade, he was meant to stay away from the front line because high-ranking officials were deemed too valuable to lose. But Brig Gen Scott-Moncrieff, made the split-second decision to lead soldiers into battle himself when the commanding officer of one of his battalions neglected to go forward at the right time. The 56-year-old, who walked with a stick after being shot and seriously wounded in the leg during the Boer War, was shot and killed almost instantly because his uniform made him an obvious target. As a Brigadier General his uniform would have featured a conspicuous badge featuring a crossed sword and baton on the shoulder or the cuffs. Early on in the First World War, it was frowned upon for officers to wear similar jackets to their men. But officers’ distinctive outfits made them targets for snipers and as the war went on and casualty rates climbed, many went against the policy and adopted regular troops’ clothing. By 1917, a year after the end of the Gallipoli campaign, this practice was given official sanction."
British Airways fights customer in court over £12 – and loses - "Mr Butler charged the airline interest at a rate of 8pc for 35 days from the date his claim was issued to it being paid in October. BA denied it owed the money, arguing that the law did not allow for interest to be paid on compensation. “Because they had put me through the trouble of going through complaints and issuing proceedings, I was not going to back down when they had unnecessarily made me go through the legal process,” Mr Butler explained. “BA seems to have a policy to obstruct any claim and be really difficult in the hope that people give up or claim off their insurance, rather than pay out what is legally due.” His perseverance paid off, with Uxbridge County Court ruling in his favour in May, ordering BA to pay £11.76 plus a court fee of £181... his victory could open the doors to other consumers adding interest charges to refund claims, experts said. Martyn James, a consumer expert, explained airlines typically prefer not to have consumer disputes decided by courts for fear of legal precedents being set."
Prince Harry loses £50m phone hacking case against Daily Mail - "The Duke of Sussex has lost his £50m privacy claim against the publisher of the Daily Mail in a humiliating legal defeat... The Duke’s attack on the judiciary is unlikely to be welcomed by his father, the King, who is the head of courts in Britain. The King refused a last-minute request from the Duke to stay at Buckingham Palace earlier this week after his son’s plans for his UK visit were beset with indecision and delays. There was also a desire to create distance between the Duke’s litigation and the palace... The Duke and his fellow claimants now face potentially crippling legal bills. They were warned by the judge last year that the financial “consequences” could be substantial in defeat... The publisher said the ruling delivered on Tuesday was an “overwhelming victory” for the free press and accused Prince Harry of wasting valuable court time by bringing the “egregious” case. Mr Dacre, who edited the Daily Mail from 1992 until 2018, said the claim formed part of a “sinister” effort not only to bring down the powerful newspaper group but to resuscitate Leveson Two and impose statutory regulation on the press... The ruling brings a devastating end to the Duke’s seven-year moral crusade against the tabloid press. He had hoped to continue the success of his previous legal claims against News Group Newspapers and Mirror Group Newspapers, which saw him declare himself a “dragon slayer”... The Duke had proved a valuable figurehead for the campaign for press reform, but this was his last throw of the dice. His own battle against the tabloid press, which once prompted him to joke that he had become a “professional” litigant, is all but over. The judge was highly critical of how the so-called “Leveson Lies” allegations were pursued."
There goes that potential income stream. Time to slime his family again.
Attacking the press is only fascism when that pushes the left wing agenda
Greek drivers defy warnings to inch across buckling bridge - "Greek drivers are ignoring warnings and crossing a collapsed bridge instead of taking a 11-mile detour. The Palaiopyrgos Bridge in Larissa, central Greece, was severely damaged in a storm, leaving the central section hanging precariously over the Pineios River. Storm Daniel tore through Greece, Bulgaria and Turkey in September 2023, with 79 bridges in north-central Greece alone damaged in the flooding. Almost three years on, drivers are still running the gauntlet over the buckled bridge despite repeated warnings that they should take an alternative route."
'Barry Larry Terry' mugshot creates social media sensation - "A police department in rural Alabama became internet famous this week, when an officer posted a humorous mugshot to their Facebook page that unexpectedly went viral. City of Moulton Police Department Officer Russell Graham was posting a round up of real arrest mugshots in the area on June 13, when he came across a mugshot of a long-necked man online. Graham says he doesn't know the origin of the funny mugshot, but decided to throw it into his round-up as a joke. He decided to name the man Barry Larry Terry, and wrote that he had been arrested for 'unlawful possession of a wild raccoon' and 'no headlamp on bicycle'... A day after posting the picture, the department boasted that they now have more likes on Facebook than the entire population of Moulton."
Meme - Old Salty Marine: "When police are killed in the line of duty I always hear the same sentiment "They knew the risk when they took the job." How come we can't apply this logic when criminals are killed during arrests? "They knew the risk when they did the crime.""
Why did Muslim-majority Tajikistan ban the hijab? - "The ban on headscarves in Tajikistan is seen as a reflection of the political line that the government of president-for-life Emomali Rahmon has been pursuing since 1997. Tajikistan's government passed a law banning the hijab, the latest in a string of 35 wide-ranging religion-related acts, in a move described by the government as "protecting national cultural values" and "preventing superstition and extremism"... The law, approved by parliament's upper house Majlisi Milli last Thursday, bans the use of "foreign clothing" — including the hijab, or head covering worn by Muslim women. Instead, Tajikistan citizens are encouraged to wear Tajik national dress... the central Asian country of some 10 million is 96% Muslim, according to the last census in 2020... While there are no legal restrictions on beards in Tajikistan, multiple reports state that law enforcement has forcibly shaved men sporting bushy beards, seen as a potential sign of someone's extremist religious views. The Law on Parental Responsibility, which entered into force in 2011, penalises parents who send their children to religious education abroad, while according to the same law, those under 18 are banned from entering places of worship without permission. A 2017 statement by the Tajikistan Religious Affairs Committee said that 1,938 mosques were closed down in just one year, and places of worship were converted into tea shops and medical centres, for example. The latest set of laws was said to have been spurred by the deadly Crocus City Hall attack in Moscow in April. Four of the attackers captured by Russian law enforcement — said to be part of the Khorasan branch of the so-called Islamic State, or ISIS-K — had Tajikistan passports... Several Muslim-majority countries have banned the burqa and hijab in public schools, universities, or government buildings, including Tunisia (since 1981, partially lifted in 2011), Kosovo (since 2009), Azerbaijan (since 2010), Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan."
From 2024. Islamophobia!
My in-laws are demanding we pay £3,000 more a year for a Sharia mortgage - "When we mentioned we were looking at mortgage rates, his mother was horrified and said we must use an Islamic, Sharia-compliant mortgage. She even said she would not feel comfortable visiting or eating in our home if it was bought with “haram” (forbidden) money. Tariq is now panicked and wants to do whatever they say to keep the peace. I am much more practical. I’ve looked briefly online and it seems like Sharia mortgages are significantly more expensive and harder to get than standard ones. We are already stretching ourselves to afford this house and I don’t think we should pay thousands of pounds more just to appease his parents’ religious views when we don’t share them to the same degree."
Proof that the UK is an Islamophobic country and needs to subsidize Sharia mortgages to ensure equity
Why breakfast really is the most important meal of the day - "A study of 128 adolescents who consistently missed breakfast found that, when given a proper meal soon after waking up, the quality and nutritiousness of their diet improved. Consuming a high-protein breakfast was also found to be the best way to achieve the healthiest overall diet... those eating breakfast took in more fibre, iron, zinc and choline overall. Participants in the high-protein group also consumed more protein, iron and choline compared to those in the normal protein group. The study also showed that both the groups who ate breakfast consumed fewer desserts, sweets and candy compared to participants who skipped breakfast. Additional benefits were observed with the high-protein group, who ate even less added sugar compared to the other groups... Tim Spector, a professor of genetic epidemiology at King’s College London, has previously said that breakfast should only be eaten after 11am to help people lose weight. He said waiting a few hours before eating anything after waking up was better for staying healthy and shedding excess pounds. That was because most people now eat dinner much later in the evening than previous generations, and only stop eating at around 9pm. Therefore, an 11am breakfast was the best way for a person to achieve 14 hours of fasting overnight, which growing evidence suggested was best for the metabolism."
Call Me Lot's Wife - "Flynn: I know this is random but, dom or sub?
Wyatt: I guess Domino's? I don't really go to Subway all that much. Not sure why you'd put them in the same category though."
Z on X - "Around a month ago, a couple of hedge fund friends pitched me on $SNDK , $MU , $SKHY , and the rest of the memory names as their best ideas. The thesis was compelling, and the guys are very smart. Their main argument was simple: these companies were incredibly cheap. P/E of 10. P/E of 8. Some even lower. The interesting part is that not a lot has changed fundamentally since then, yet many of these stocks are down around 50%. We can extrapolate that, since nothing fundamentally changed and the stocks have been cut in half, sentiment is more important than multiples, and you never want to buy at peak sentiment, no matter how cheap the deal looks. Read more about it in my post below, “The Myth of P/E Ratios.”"
