happy happy joy joy – Scott's Blog https://alfter.us Things that interest me Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:46:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 230089306 Some good news, for a change https://alfter.us/2015/11/13/some-good-news-for-a-change/ Fri, 13 Nov 2015 16:46:47 +0000 https://alfter.us/wp/?p=5162 “Jihadi John” has most likely assumed room temperature:

U.S. May Have Killed ‘Jihadi John’ in Drone Strike

A U.S. drone strike targeted a vehicle in Syria believed to be transporting the masked Islamic State militant known as “Jihadi John” on Thursday, according to American officials. Whether the strike killed the British man who appears in several videos depicting the beheadings of Western hostages was not known, officials said.

Mohammed Emwazi was the target of an airstrike in Raqqa, Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook said in a statement. Officials were assessing the results of the strike, he said.

A U.S. official told The Associated Press that a drone had targeted a vehicle in which Emwazi was believed to be traveling. The official was not authorized to speak publicly and requested anonymity.

]]> standard 5162 Silly buggers :-) https://alfter.us/2015/06/02/silly-buggers/ Tue, 02 Jun 2015 17:01:11 +0000 https://alfter.us/wp/?p=3948 So I woke up one morning a couple of weeks ago, down in California to visit my nieces.  Zoe & Naomi came downstairs to watch some TV.  I broke out the camera, started taking pictures…and all hell broke loose.  They thought the flash was all sorts of funny.  Red-eye reduction was on, so it fires a few times rapidly at reduced power before firing at full power to take the picture.  They’d giggle and run away, then run back toward me.  I’d take another picture, they’d giggle and run away again, then run back again.  Eventually I just pressed the shutter down halfway to trigger the preflash without taking a picture.  They still giggled, ran away, and ran back.  It’s amusing, what three-year-olds will find funny. :-)
]]> standard 3948 Some good news https://alfter.us/2014/12/18/some-good-news/ Thu, 18 Dec 2014 22:43:14 +0000 https://alfter.us/wp/?p=3084 It was far closer than it should’ve been, with a difference of only 167 votes after the recount, but it’s now official:

Complete Repudiation: Pro-Gun Candidate Wins Gabby Giffords’ Former House Seat

]]> standard 3084 Feel-good story of the day https://alfter.us/2014/08/28/feel-good-story-of-the-day/ Thu, 28 Aug 2014 20:52:37 +0000 http://alfter.us/wp/?p=1963 A drunk driver kills two kids. Their father gets his gun and removes said drunk driver from the gene pool.  A feckless prosecutor tries to get him put away for murder, but the jury refuses to play along and acquits.

Jury Acquits Texas Father Of Killing Drunken Driver Who Crashed Into His Kids (h/t: an AoSHQ moron)

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