news – Scott's Blog https://alfter.us Things that interest me Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:38:24 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.5 230089306 The only tl;dr Justin Castreau you need from now on https://alfter.us/2022/02/18/the-only-tldr-justin-castreau-you-need-from-now-on/ Fri, 18 Feb 2022 19:38:24 +0000 https://alfter.us/?p=8803

“LKW-Fahrer sind unser Unglück.”

]]> standard 8803 The wheels on the bus go ’round and ’round https://alfter.us/2016/02/25/the-wheels-on-the-bus-go-round-and-round/ Thu, 25 Feb 2016 23:21:24 +0000 https://alfter.us/wp/?p=5645 Something in there smells bad enough that even the 0bama regime can’t plausibly ignore it:

Lynch confirms career Justice Department attorneys involved in Clinton email probe

Attorney General Loretta Lynch confirmed to Congress Wednesday that career Justice Department attorneys are working with FBI agents on the criminal investigation of Hillary Clinton’s email practices and the handling of classified material.

]]> standard 5645 ‘Easy Rider’ actor Dennis Hopper dies https://alfter.us/2015/03/31/easy-rider-actor-dennis-hopper-dies/ Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:50:18 +0000 https://alfter.us/wp/?p=3689 ‘Easy Rider’ actor Dennis Hopper dies

…though the hash chant everyone knows is actually from Blue Velvet:

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=snhiofL2Rh4]

]]> standard 3689 A light at the end of the civil-forfeiture tunnel? https://alfter.us/2014/10/20/a-light-at-the-end-of-the-civil-forfeiture-tunnel/ Mon, 20 Oct 2014 19:08:55 +0000 http://alfter.us/wp/?p=2623 Not an oncoming train:

Vegas prosecutors used ‘super seal’ to hide fortune seized from gamblers

Calling their conduct “constitutionally abhorrent,” a federal judge recently chided government prosecutors for working in secret to keep millions of dollars in cash and assets seized from a Las Vegas gambler and his family in a decadelong bookmaking investigation.

In his 31-page opinion, U.S. Magistrate Judge Cam Ferenbach cast light on the little-known court process that allowed the government to file civil forfeiture actions against Glen Cobb, his 82-year-old parents and his stepdaughter under “super seal” with no notice to anyone — not even the family it targeted.

(h/t AoSHQ)

]]> standard 2623 So much for this thing being contained. https://alfter.us/2014/10/03/so-much-for-this-thing-being-contained/ Fri, 03 Oct 2014 17:55:35 +0000 http://alfter.us/wp/?p=2548 First Georgia, then Texas, then Hawaii, and now DC.  We have Top Men working to keep this bug from taking off:

Nigerian Traveler Admitted To Washington Hospital With “Ebola-like” Symptoms

Top. Men.

]]> standard 2548 Wonderful. https://alfter.us/2014/10/02/wonderful/ Thu, 02 Oct 2014 17:42:37 +0000 http://alfter.us/wp/?p=2542 Health Officials Now Monitoring 100 Ebola Contacts, Up From “12-18”

[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Emdzsz_XvfA]

]]> standard 2542 Nobel Peace Prize Winner Now Bombing Second Country Without Declaration Of War From Congress https://alfter.us/2014/09/23/nobel-peace-prize-winner-now-bombing-second-country-without-declaration-of-war-from-congress/ Tue, 23 Sep 2014 14:48:37 +0000 http://alfter.us/wp/?p=2471 I’m only posting a link to the New York Slimes so I could rip off the snarky headline it was given here:

Airstrikes by U.S. and Allies Hit ISIS Targets in Syria

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