Random News and Notes 14 August
We start off this edition on RNN with a Navy note. There must be something in the water on the West Coast Navy Information Warfare buildings. Yesterday the Navy announced the relief of yet another officer in that command. This time it was the commander of a reserve force unit, Capt. Russell A Herrill.
Last fall, the Navy fired two officers the same day, one was the Info force schoolhouse commander, a female named Cayanne MacFarland and a dude named Lester Brown. Both were captains. It was bandied about that the pair had been doing the horizontal mambo despite being married to other people.
Additionally, the Navy fired the East coast commander of a similar unit, Commander Sarah Kimada for loss of confidence reasons. I should note that loss of confidence is the way the Navy couches most reliefs. They rarely spell out what the exact infraction(s) are.
A dumbass in Washington DC FAFO’d recently. Sean Dunn decided it would be a splendid idea to chuck his late night snack at a CBP agent. No seriously, he threw his Subway sandwich at a uniformed CBP agent. Allegedly. Watch:
Well, now he’s looking at felony assault charges. US attorney for DC Janine Pirro announced the charges in a video. Dunn is facing up to 10 years in federal prison over his drunken stunt.
I dunno if this is true or not, but it’s too good to check:
There is very little hate in my heart, but furries man, I don’t know. I’d cheerfully give them all a Pinochet Helo Ride.
You are all aware – or should be, I’ve covered it here in previous editions of RNN – of the redistricting going in Texas. Well Governor Hair Gel err Newsom wants to gerrymander California even more in response. The issue is it would require a special election referendum and changes to the state constitution to do so. Well greasy Gav got some and news on that front.
I took a quick look at the methodology and cross tabs of this poll, and it really is bad news for Newscum. Polls can be – and usually are – constructed to push a perspective. That was the case here, Politico structured the questions to push a pro-redistricting message, at least a little. And the results were still 2 to 1 against. I just can’t see this going anywhere.
The increased law enforcement presence has started in the District. So has the Guard deployment.
And for any dum-dum whinging about the military being used in the cities, Frau Gauleiterin Hochul deployed the NY NG to NYC to patrol the subways. They didn’t do anything, but they were there.
I was going to include this in yesterday’s RNN but I thought, nah can’t be true. Well it is. The province of Nova Scotia has banned residents and visitors from entering the woods. You read that right- you cannot go in the woods for any reason. No hiking, no biking, no camping, nothing.
The penalty, which is in the next post, is $25,000 CDN. With court fees etc it comes to $28,872.50. According to Shaun, the province has collected $288k since the fines were announced.
Originally, the reasoning behind the forest ban was wildfire fears. When it rained, and the threat of fires abated some, the justification shifted. It is now that the province may not be able to rescue you if you fall and break a leg or get lost.
The thread that starts above is worth a read.
The DEI hire that is the chief of the DC Metro police just signed an order allowing the Metro police to cooperate with ICE and CBP.
I have to wonder if the document was a condition of her ongoing employment – as in she signed it or she was fired for cause and loses her pension and benefits.
