Well, I remember Houston doing some shenanigans with their police reports, redesignating some crimes and voila! the crime rates went down.
Washington is doing the same thing…well, something similar:
Washington State closes prison then celebrates ‘one of the lowest rates of incarceration in the nation’
The department announced the closure of Larch Corrections Center in Clark County, a medium-security prison that holds 240 inmates. The closure is in response to what the DOC claims is a decreasing prison population. According to the department, despite the massive amount of crime, only 70 percent of the beds in the agency’s 12 prisons in the entire state are occupied.
DOC Secretary Cheryl Strange touted the closure, saying that the state has “one of the lowest rates of incarceration in the nation” due to having “worked diligently to lower recidivism rates create better neighbors and ensure that incarcerated individuals don’t return to us once they get out.”
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I just KNOW that guy has ocean front property in Arizona that he’s trying to sell….
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Washington Democrats have also been pushing to release level 3 sex offenders, deemed the “worst of the worst,” into neighborhoods without informing the residents. Their goal is to close the prison on McNeil Island. Earlier this year, Democratic Governor Jay Inslee vetoed parts of a bill that would have required tribes and communities to receive advance notice if one of these sexually violent predators is relocated into their neighborhoods.
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Hide yer kids, hide yer wife…
We will wait a bit until the crowds thin out some. It gets approval from lots of folks who are familiar with the story series. And you can’t beat Indiana’s sense of humor.
Have any of our gang seen it already?
Y’all going to see the latest Indiana Jones movie? 😉
Shortly after 6:30 tonight spouse went out to mow the yards and paddock. Discovered two of the neighbor gentlemen were doing the same over at their homes. Nobody is out mowing or doing much of anything outside during the day other than the gardening services. We hit 101 again today, and now we’re down to 88. We’re watching the weather… Read more »
But that’s a GOOD kind of hussy.
Get a room, you hussy.
Sunshine performed in a musical. Here’s the link.
She’s Thing 2. Look for the foofy blue hair and blue skirts, red t-shirts.
The smaller one. The girl is pretty petite. Pretty. And petite.
While we’re talking about cable TV, last night I noticed the lights were out on our cable box in the study. When I checked it, I noticed there were drops of water pooled on the vented top of box and had apparently dripped in and fried some circuits. I was puzzled until I looked up and realized the new AC… Read more »
23 Bonecrusher Very interesting story. I quoted an article here a couple of weeks ago about Paramount Global and the Wells Fargo analyst, Steve Cahall. He wrote about the high probability Paramount Global would close up CBS News before the end of 2024. He spoke out loud what everybody in the business knows – CBS News is a big money… Read more »
Bob Iger Shifts From Building an Empire to a Disney Yard Sale
It looks like the Unbreakable Law of Reality: Get Woke Go Broke is breaking down the doors of the House of Mouse.
/I may never get this grin off my face. . . . .
Well, there ARE those feelings I have for Hubby…
have you considered that your house could have been smoldering for some time?
Since we’ve learned to ignore it, we never seem to think about it. I think we did replace some that we thought were causing the problem some time back, but it didn’t help.
Have you ever considered replacing them with new and improved smoke detectors?
RE: chirping smoke detectors
Ours chirp. They’ve chirped for years. We’ve changed batteries, all at the same time. Still chirp.
We’ve learned to ignore it.
SD
Yes, goes from 1” to 4.5” – I believe -and deck is fully adjustable. I use it at 3.5. You can also lock it in the top position to use the 3 point, same mechanism lifts the mower and the 3 point.
I may have spoken about one of my 16-y.o. brother cats, Travis, loving to lick clean my breakfast bowl for cottage cheese and fruit. I got up late this morning, got the indoor 6 and outside Billy Cat fed, then started my own breakfast. Travis whined while I gulped down my CC & F, then gave him my bowl. 12… Read more »
The EU’s European Space Agency is circulating weather maps reflecting “ground surface temperatures” rather than “air temperatures” measured 2 meters above ground. Ground surfaces are always hotter than the air above them, but aren’t as useful as the temperatures of asphalt and concrete in terrifying the peasantry into believing they are all going to die. Climate Science Journal is a… Read more »
This is one of the more depressing stories I’ve read lately. It is so bizarre. The article is cobbled together from different sources, but the endless chirping of dead battery fire/smoke alarms is the theme. Smoke Detector Beeping and Smoke Detector Chirping refers to memes about people not changing batteries in smoke detectors in their homes once they start emitting… Read more »
Since Hubby has a big trailer, he’s the one the car club counts on to move inoperable vehicles around. He left early this morning to pick up a VW bus that’s being donated. The club is going to do some work on it and raffle it off at next year’s show, IIRC. So he left early this morning. He and… Read more »
I guess I need to go by the thrift shop today. My thrift shop lady has been setting jars aside for me. I actually have more than I can use right now, but I hate to discourage her. She’s taken this on as a personal favor and she seems to really enjoy it. At her age, I hate to remove… Read more »
Well, gardening is done for the day. A light day, just watering and harvesting a few green beans and ‘maters. The blue jays found the water tub yesterday. I refreshed it this morning and as soon as I came inside, the first bluejay was enjoying the fresh coolness. I do like to watch them enjoy the water. Kinda like Mharper… Read more »
60” belly mower! That’s a bunch, my Hustler Raptor has a 54″ deck, I started to get a 60″ but I figured that the 54 would be easier to maneuver in the yard and have less tendency to scalp the lawn. My wife sometimes uses my “El Gordo” push mower in the front yard since at 21″ it cuts better… Read more »
Tedtam RE: Pfizer plant damage I had a sudden rush of schadenfreude until I read this. The facility, which produces nearly 30% of all sterile injectables used in U.S. hospitals, also focuses on manufacturing a variety of products like anti-infectives, neuromuscular blockers as well as vials and syringes. A supply chain disruption we don’t need even if it is the… Read more »
The mower is also removable, takes about 15 minutes. Same with the front loader but I rarely remove it.
#11 SD
Yes it has a 60” belly mower (Mid Mount Mower or MMM they call it lol). It does a great job cutting and blades hold up really well. Of course it doesn’t have the maneuverability as a zero but I can’t afford both.
That’s like people calling Port Aransas “Port A”, like they are in the know. Don’t know why but it grates on me.
#7 GJT does your Kubota have a belly mower and if so does it cut as close as a zero turn?
The hyper-sensitive real estate brokers in the Florida Panhandle are trying to rename the Redneck Riviera as “The Hamptons of the South”. It makes me nauseous. Nauseous is Right!!! utterly disgusting! BTW; If you look at the map on Texpat’s link, we used to stay at Laguna Beach in an old Tourist Court that was built before REA brought power… Read more »
Look at the investment opportunity we all missed. Super Dave’s vast fortune is probably from old, secret properties he bought down there decades ago. Missed that one but about 15 years ago I looked at a property in Bid A Wee beach. Before I finish the story you need a little history of Bid A wee. It was a small… Read more »
I guess I need to water and harvest before the outside temps hit “high broil”.
I saw a news story – now being reported on the radio – that a Pfizer plant was hit by a tornado.
I’ll not use the “wrath of God” phrase, but I will repeat myself: More of this, please.
Normally I despise pranks and practical jokes, but this was funny and those involved were good sports.
The folks they showed, anyway.
https://twitter.com/TheFigen_/status/1681050201916686336
Mr. C. does love to end on an upbeat note.
More from the C&C: Sweden loses an embassy to a buncha Middle Eastern Lutherans because one guy was allowed to burn their scripture. Strangely, when a Torah was torched, there was no violence. Those MELs remind me of how killer bees react when they get annoyed. *** Russia blows up a lot of port facilities and tons of grain. Because… Read more »
And from the Suddenly & Unexpectedly Department: Sadly, a matched pair starts the list. An oncologist and marathon runner from Florida died S&U on May 19th. Dr. Cynthia Boyer was only 59 when the S&U Department came for her. She had S&U recently lost her radiologist husband and fellow runner Dr. Dwayne Anderson in February, “after a brief illness”. He… Read more »
Good Florida News: DeSantis and the state of Florida has paid off its debt. Early. And there is a budget surplus. Meanwhile, in D.C……. **** And on the child protection front: Local 9News Colorado ran an unintentionally encouraging story yesterday headlined, “Children’s Hospital Colorado stops providing gender-affirming surgery.” The article’s first sentence complained, “There’s now one fewer place for young… Read more »
DISCRETIONARY ☙ Thursday, July 20, 2023 ☙ C&C NEWS Roundup: Good morning, C&C, and Happy Thursday! As the week rapidly draws to a close, your roundup includes: IRS whistleblower’s identity catches Congressional democrats lying again; Florida enjoys remarkable financial success, for some reason; Colorado Childrens’ Hospital halts gender surgeries; SADS double-doctor mysteries; SADS double racing mysteries; SADS football player; SADS… Read more »
Good morning gang.
Looking at our political scene with my human eyes, I see nothing but intentionally cause misery and despair. I have faith and hope because I know that ELOHIM IS IN CONTROL.
I actually got up and made breakfast this morning. Breakfast usually isn’t an item until around lunch time. For some reason, bacon and eggs sounded good when I woke up.
And coffee…
Finally got all my mowing done yesterday. My son borrowed my tractor to mow his 3 acres cause his mower broke down, his grass was major tall and thick and he worked the heck out of it. I was feeling bad for my baby since I had not got around to getting the maintenance done on it before he called… Read more »
The hyper-sensitive real estate brokers in the Florida Panhandle are trying to rename the Redneck Riviera as “The Hamptons of the South”. It makes me nauseous (my 5 yr old grandson’s new favorite word). What a bunch of pretentious losers ! Around 20 years ago, when Justin Allred started vacationing along Florida’s Scenic Highway 30A, it cost a few hundred… Read more »
Lol, I was hurrying as fast as I could SD. 😀
Loving the Lane Shark. That thing looks fun…and wicked.
7:36 AM and Graveyard Dead! My work here is done. 😀
The honest truth about cats N dogs. 😉
Oh and Prayers go out to Texpat and HH. I’ve not been keeping up close enough and didn’t know about Texpat’s recurring heart ailments. Y’all take care of each other now.
I’ve been having way too much fun with my newest toy, the Land Shark tree/brush eater. I have the Bush Hog on the back of the Kubota and the Lane Shark on the front. I used the Bush Hog to mow all the fields last week and yesterday I trimmed up the tree lines and ditches with the Lane Shark.… Read more »