Showing posts with label homeland security. Show all posts
Showing posts with label homeland security. Show all posts

Sunday, February 16, 2025

The Dangerous Playground

 

I just want you to do a thought experiment with me for a little bit. You are a park administrator. The town council has allocated certain funds to build a playground in the park you administrate. They want, specifically, a jungle gym, slide, and swing set--the sorts of things that would be attractive and fun for children. There is already a designated space and it has been partially paved. There is no compelling reason not to use the allocated funds to build the jungle gym, slide and swing set. 

However, you don't especially love the idea of the playground itself on general principles and are trying to save park administration money because you have as yet to be determined reasons and saving money looks great on your personal resume.

So you hire three, let's call them-- "Stooges". They say they are builders, and that's good enough for you, because they seem bright enough. And they use some pre-made kits to get the ball rolling and build something that looks like the promised picture--but there are lots of unused parts. They have no idea how those go together, and assume they are just extras and cart them off. 

They are, actually, reinforcing beams, retaining straps, cement screws--parts intended to ensure the whole apparatus doesn't cave in under the weight of child bodies, fall over in a stiff breeze, or send children flying. But these budget builder fly-by-nights had no idea how anything worked, and now, we have kids approaching a rickety playground of doom. 

Kiddie carnage awaits. 

Monday, February 3, 2025

Cowgirl Kristi Rounds Up the "Dirt Bags"

 


This is just a little throwaway post on my part, but I've totally got why secretary of homeland security Kristi Noem has to cosplay being a border security worker when she's on tv--

Trump really only seems to know what's going on from tv. If he sees her in a uniform--she's working. It's a reality show mentality from someone who does not entirely exist in reality. She gets it. Give her her props because she figured it out. And even uses appropriately menacing language. "Dirtbag!"


TWGB: It's Raining Shoes!

  It certainly has been a minute, hasn't it? So, what brings me out of self-imposed blogging exile, if not something very relevant to my...