Finding horrific conditions in Alabama prisons is like finding gambling at Rick’s All-American Cafe. It’s what Alabama is known for, along with inbreeding and Brett Favre stealing money from welfare recipients.
For anyone who hasn't yet listened to it, the recent season called "The Alabama Murders" of Revisionist History is EXCELLENT and heart rending, and speaks to the dysfunction of Alabama's criminal prosecution & execution system. I won't refer to it as a justice system, because justice seems to have very little consideration in any of it.
"Measles in South Carolina has spread to at least 789 people, surpassing the 2025 West Texas outbreak that sickened 762 people and killed two young girls. Dr. Vin Gupta discusses measles and tobacco use in the U.S."
Tech stocks always going to be volatile, being based on nonsense for the most part.
But nobody is ever going to lose money investing in weapons, surveillance, and yes, private prisons. That's going to be a growth industry for the foreseeable, if not forever.
Also their popularity has been declining somewhat. Right now they are in the process of abandoning their gaming business to go all-in on AI -- like to the point where Halo games have PS5 ports. Plus Valve / Steam is looking into making a console, and it may come to pass where if you want to build a gaming computer, you will not need to have a Windows OS on it.
And that's not mentioning the pro-Palestine boycotts they were facing over them selling AIs to Israel.
Good. Unlike their competitors like Apple, MS gives out their encryption keys on demand to the FBI. A lot of people don't like that for some reason. Also, Windows 11 is an unmitigated pile of shit where updates have been bricking computers for people. Also, Windows 11 is a bloated shitpile because of all of the AI dreck that MS is cramming into it. MS does not give a flying fuck at all of the enraged users.
Yeah, even if it were not for their overenthusiasm for cramming AI into everything they control, & not giving customers options to easily disable most of it... the fact that their most basic, core product is basically about the worst it's been in 25 years is really inexcusable.
There are plenty of good software engineers out there. The problems of modern OSes aren't unsolved. It's fundamentally an issue of just no longer giving a shit if the product serves the customer's needs without a bunch of nonsense that they should never have to experience.
I was the Linux expert at my moneyhell plant back in the early 2000's. I'm about ready to change over to it now that I'm retired. On all mumble of my computers. Whoever decided to shit on Start Menu needs to burn in Hell for fucking ever.
More O/T: Mrs. Toomush is just reading about the FBI raid in Georgia 2020 voting materials. She wants to know how the hell the Federal Government has any interest in a State run election in the first place....
Again, setting the cupidity apart, what business does the Federal government have to investigate Georgia's elections? Every state has complete control over their elections.
I know we all hate Alabama and love California... but they ALL have LE and prison systems that are rotten to the core. They do shit like this EVERY TIME.
Not most of the time... not "usually"...
EVERY TIME.
It's really the main reason I didn't stick in LE after the military... I knew the core upbringing from my "religious" grifter family clan from Arkansas and Mississippi would tempt me to justify "in the name of the LORD" doing shit that could (and should) directly lead to prison and I didn't want to be traded to prisoners by the guards for a couple hundred bucks and a turn with a sex trafficking victim on the outside (actual events in Tennessee Colony in TX). It's WAY harder to be a clean cop than a dirty one and I didn't have the guard rails or work ethic then to steer clear. They all sell each other out all the time... those "brothers in blue".
Finding horrific conditions in Alabama prisons is like finding gambling at Rick’s All-American Cafe. It’s what Alabama is known for, along with inbreeding and Brett Favre stealing money from welfare recipients.
I am shocked and appalled that this would occur in the great state of Alabama...
as opposed to Mississippi.
I'm sure Brett Favre is working on a solution to allow "The Sip" to catch up.
This is horrifying... I have no words for such cruelty.
Damn fine reporting.
It's Shambles' own Ketchup Hurling Prophecy -- All his shit will catch up with him in a rich, tomatoey blizzard of pain.
For anyone who hasn't yet listened to it, the recent season called "The Alabama Murders" of Revisionist History is EXCELLENT and heart rending, and speaks to the dysfunction of Alabama's criminal prosecution & execution system. I won't refer to it as a justice system, because justice seems to have very little consideration in any of it.
AL prison officials must have watched Shawshank Redemption and found the Clancy Brown character inspirational.
We're No. 1 !!!
"U.S. measles outbreak becomes historic resurgence"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9s_NdidkbGM
"Measles in South Carolina has spread to at least 789 people, surpassing the 2025 West Texas outbreak that sickened 762 people and killed two young girls. Dr. Vin Gupta discusses measles and tobacco use in the U.S."
American Excrementalism!
The shitholification of the USA continues apace!
THIS is just all fucked up.
OT:
Hey, everybody:
Microsoft stock plunged by *12%* today. Yes, *twelve percent.*
That's huge. That's like, oh shit.
I thought about investing in them. They're a big, popular company, they've been around a long, long time.
Glad I didn't do that.
Tech stocks always going to be volatile, being based on nonsense for the most part.
But nobody is ever going to lose money investing in weapons, surveillance, and yes, private prisons. That's going to be a growth industry for the foreseeable, if not forever.
Buy low! Now's the time.
If you like tech a lot, there is an etf called QQQ.
I don't too much, but I do have a little bit of Cisco
for shits and giggles.
Holy shit, I wonder why?
Also their popularity has been declining somewhat. Right now they are in the process of abandoning their gaming business to go all-in on AI -- like to the point where Halo games have PS5 ports. Plus Valve / Steam is looking into making a console, and it may come to pass where if you want to build a gaming computer, you will not need to have a Windows OS on it.
And that's not mentioning the pro-Palestine boycotts they were facing over them selling AIs to Israel.
Xboxes are really popular consoles. Are they really just going to hand it over to Sony? I far prefer PlayStation to XBox, but that’s just me. Wow.
Birb likes her X Box :) :)
More like they are handing some over to Sony and some to Steam. And I'm not joking about their flagship franchise going over to Sony.
https://kotaku.com/halo-remake-campaign-evolved-playstation-cross-play-2000638951
A good friend works there so I will ask
Okay
Good. Unlike their competitors like Apple, MS gives out their encryption keys on demand to the FBI. A lot of people don't like that for some reason. Also, Windows 11 is an unmitigated pile of shit where updates have been bricking computers for people. Also, Windows 11 is a bloated shitpile because of all of the AI dreck that MS is cramming into it. MS does not give a flying fuck at all of the enraged users.
Do you think it would be worth it to make my next computer an Apple?
The PC I've had for the last four years is getting run down now. It's slow and creaky.
Is there an Apple that would be a good gaming computer? I love games.
I'm not one to ask. I used an Apple computer for about two months more than twenty years ago.
Yeah, even if it were not for their overenthusiasm for cramming AI into everything they control, & not giving customers options to easily disable most of it... the fact that their most basic, core product is basically about the worst it's been in 25 years is really inexcusable.
There are plenty of good software engineers out there. The problems of modern OSes aren't unsolved. It's fundamentally an issue of just no longer giving a shit if the product serves the customer's needs without a bunch of nonsense that they should never have to experience.
I was the Linux expert at my moneyhell plant back in the early 2000's. I'm about ready to change over to it now that I'm retired. On all mumble of my computers. Whoever decided to shit on Start Menu needs to burn in Hell for fucking ever.
LAND OF THE FREE!
Alternate fact!
*Except for the poor
Well, they're free to be poor, right?
Pffffft.....
You know, I get the feeling that the profit motive might be a perverse incentive in this context...
That magic hand can be cruel.
In the US, Profit is the new God.
New? The ghost of Andrew Carnegie laughs mordantly
Following Skepti's lead above should that be 'propffffft motive'?
Apologies for the O/T but thought this funny. While Melania Trump’s documentary movie of the same name is reportedly struggling to sell tickets, it was ruthlessly trolled for another reason. It has been revealed that the theatres running the movie, which is slated to release this weekend, will be selling Melania-themed popcorn buckets for the audience at $13. https://www.msn.com/en-us/movies/news/13-melania-themed-popcorn-bucket-mocked-as-practically-giving-it-away/ar-AA1VgvAv?cvpid=d31f2709f6714d33ab4c67ed7a6325e5
Not $14.88? Pikers.
13mm is the size of a Trump penis.
I understand that Melanoma designed those popcorn buckets. They are black with ugly white skulls on them.
You're not far off https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G_wHlG4XcAAjO2J?format=jpg&name=small
Bleaurgh!
I like the skulls better.
Is she nekkid ?
Or just leather push up corset and riding crop ?
Most impotant, free refills on the popcorn ?
Will holes in the bottom cost extra?
$20, same as downtown.
When you eat popcorn, ya don't want holes.........
Oh, now I get it.
ISWYDT!
If you accidentally invest poison you'll be glad you have it.
More O/T: Mrs. Toomush is just reading about the FBI raid in Georgia 2020 voting materials. She wants to know how the hell the Federal Government has any interest in a State run election in the first place....
Federal = DJT. L’état c’est moi.
Again, setting the cupidity apart, what business does the Federal government have to investigate Georgia's elections? Every state has complete control over their elections.
Various GOP clubs around the country are buying up tickets for opening day, but they can't give them away.
An ad on Boston Craigslist popped up offering a free ticket and $50 to attend.
https://boston.craigslist.org/gbs/evg/d/boston-attend-melania-documentary-free/7911560682.html
I'd do it for 50 bucks. The weather's been miserable and I need a change of scenery. Maybe something else is playing around that time.
Two tickets would be a good punishment for a misdemeanor.
Good luck with that.
You gotta stay for the entire doc. for $50? Still not worth it.
I nap after lunch anyway.
Snitches get....the hole, the cooler, the shoe, lockdown...
OT:
Minneapolis mayor Jacob Frey is speaking at the United States Conference of Mayors meeting now.
It's live on MS NOW.
More babbies! :D https://bsky.app/profile/bagelsofdoom.bsky.social/post/3mdlgqogavs24
Do you sell them?
Once they're reasonable size and the weather plays along. I just ask for shipping.
Beautiful!
I know we all hate Alabama and love California... but they ALL have LE and prison systems that are rotten to the core. They do shit like this EVERY TIME.
Not most of the time... not "usually"...
EVERY TIME.
It's really the main reason I didn't stick in LE after the military... I knew the core upbringing from my "religious" grifter family clan from Arkansas and Mississippi would tempt me to justify "in the name of the LORD" doing shit that could (and should) directly lead to prison and I didn't want to be traded to prisoners by the guards for a couple hundred bucks and a turn with a sex trafficking victim on the outside (actual events in Tennessee Colony in TX). It's WAY harder to be a clean cop than a dirty one and I didn't have the guard rails or work ethic then to steer clear. They all sell each other out all the time... those "brothers in blue".
NY is no better. Just thugs getting rich dealing drugs.
The largest union in California is the one that includes prison guards. That gives you an idea how many prisons, and prisoners, there are.