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(CNN)A hotel cook apparently upset over human resources issues has been arrested for allegedly planning a mass shooting of his coworkers and guests at a Marriott property in Long Beach, California, city police said Wednesday. A tip from a colleague led police to arrest Rodolfo Montoya, 37, at his Huntington Beach home, Chief Robert Luna said at a news conference.

Police seized firearms, hundreds of rounds of ammunition and tactical gear, including high-capacity magazines and an assault rifle, which are illegal to possess in California, Long Beach Police said in a news release.

 

Just out of curiosity: what, exactly, is an "assault rifle"? I was reading earlier about a guy who attacked someone with a hammer. Does that make it an "assault hammer"?

 

Not excusing the cook, but it does seem as though media have rendered definitions so fluid as to be pointless.

 

 

Are Trees Not Plants?

CHICAGO — An invasive species known by a variety of names — jumping worms, crazy worms, Alabama jumpers, snake worms — is invading the Illinois area.

The jumping worms move quickly when disturbed and look like small snakes thrashing around in the soil. They’re voracious eaters, alter roots of trees and the growth of plants.

Do these "professionals" need job-training?

Sorry, but my dog can do a better job than these folks.

 

 

Open The Conspiracy Theory Floodgates

Jeffrey Epstein, the millionaire financier and accused sex trafficker, died by apparent suicide Saturday morning while in federal custody, according to the U.S. Justice Department.

Arkancide?

The FBI is investigating his death.

Epstein’s circle of friends and acquaintances has included Donald Trump; Bill Clinton; Prince Andrew; Leslie Wexner, founder of the company that owns the Victoria’s Secret lingerie brand; and many other prominent names in law, entertainment and politics.

The MCC is one of the most secure jails in the country, and Epstein, following an earlier suicide attempt, was being held in the Special Housing Unit, where inmates are under heightened protection, although NBC News reported he was not on suicide watch. He had been in the MCC since July 6, after FBI agents arrested him when he returned to the U.S. from France on his private jet.

Epstein’s death immediately set off speculation that he had been killed, or that someone who should have been watching him was looking the other way when it happened. With confirmed ties to political figures up to and including presidents of both parties, European royalty and headline names in business, finance and academia, Epstein was a lightning rod for conspiracy theories even before his death. His trial, more than a year away, could have proved embarrassing — or worse — to people who were part of his large social circle.

Attorney General William Barr put out a statement saying: “I was appalled to learn that Jeffrey Epstein was found dead early this morning from an apparent suicide while in federal custody. Mr. Epstein’s death raises serious questions that must be answered. In addition to the FBI’s investigation, I have consulted with the Inspector General who is opening an investigation into the circumstances of Mr. Epstein’s death.”

Other tweets hinted at a conspiracy by the British royal family, and the hashtag #ClintonBodyCount exploded on social media, the subject of 13,300 tweets within the first hour.

Everybody and their dogs seem to be pointing fingers toward murder rather than suicide, noting that it's not easy to commit suicide in a supposedly secure lockup like MCC. But at present, the only known fact is that the 66 year-old is dead.

 

Hard To Argue

Newspaper Circulation In U.S. Lowest Since 1940

No surprises here.

 

No News Not Good News

The newspaper industry has continued its relentless downward spiral, which started with the advent of the internet and accelerated during the Great Recession. The pace of the decline has not slowed. New research shows that over 2,000 newspapers have closed since 2004, a staggering figure given that the industry was once among the largest employers in America.

The industry implosion has left almost half of the counties in America (1,449) with only one newspaper, which is usually a weekly. As of the most recent count, 171 counties do not have a paper at all.

In-depth reporting is largely a thing of the past, as newsrooms have been forced to scale down and former dailies increasingly adopt tabloid formats; often publishing only three or four days per week.

 

Wholesome Entertainment

A former Disney executive was sentenced Friday to more than six years in prison for sexually abusing a girl in Portland a decade ago, when the girl was 7 years old.

Michael Laney, 73, will serve 75 months for four counts of first-degree sexual abuse.

Heigh-ho, Heigh-ho, to the slammer he will go....

Disgusting old creep.

 

At Least It Wasn't On Dry Land

VANCOUVER (NEWS 1130) – Two cruise ships collided early Saturday morning in the water near Canada Place.

Cruise ships in the water - who'd ever have thought it?

 

Aging White Folks Need "Immigrants": NBC

“A generation of aging whites is literally trying to block the young immigrants needed to pay their Medicare & Social Security,” NBC News reporter Heidi Przybyla tweeted Tuesday morning. The piece was posted in response to President Donald Trump urging illegal aliens to return home because the United States is full. While the president had been speaking about illegal aliens, the Times falsely reported that the president had been referencing all immigrants.

1. ‘Aging whites’ are not trying to block legal immigration.
   2. Those ‘aging whites’ paid into the system for those programs.
   3. Don’t try and patronize illegals to cover for government mismanagement of those programs.  

Panic In Media

The Plain Dealer, a left-wing paper out of Cleveland, has reportedly been forced to downgrade its operations and lay off a third of its staff due to a “continuing decline in advertising revenue.” According to The New York Times’ Alex Burns, about 26 media jobs are cut per day. The union representing journalists at the Cleveland Plain Dealer had 340 members 20 years ago. After the next round of layoffs, it will have 33. 

Don't you feel sorry for the media leftists?

Me neither.