January, 2015 archive
Out of the Frying Pan . . . . 0
Who woulda thunk? Corporate hijinks in the used grease industry:
A narrative in the Court of Appeals ruling paints an ugly picture.
It says Valley Proteins made exclusive contracts with restaurants to take their old cooking oil and left 300-gallon collection containers on their sites. Valley employees stopped by every few weeks to collect the grease.
Several years ago, Valley noticed its grease containers were being stolen, says the ruling written by Appeals Court Judge Robert C. Hunter. The lawsuit says at least 28 containers, worth $500 each, were taken.
The company also began receiving letters “from unknown sources” saying that Valley Proteins’ customers were switching vendors and Valley had five or 10 days to collect its containers, a Valley employee testified at a deposition. But by the time Valley got the letters, the five or 10 days typically were expired, the employee said.
Then, again, why should we expect used grease dealers to be any more honest than banksters?
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Politeness is a “sound” decision.
When my brother lived in Vermont 30 years ago, his boss stopped hunting after he heard some out of town hunters talking in a bar. One said, “Did you bag anything?”
The other replied, “No, but I got off some sound shots.”
When the boss realized that “sound shot” meant shooting in the direction of a noise without knowing what made the noise, he decided that hunting was no longer worth the risk.
All the News that Fits 0
Tommy Christopher covers the news coverage.
”A Fresh Litter 0
You can’t make this stuff up.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Be polite. Help with the household chores.
At least this bozo didn’t shoot his wife, like Thursday’s bozo.
Now, about those intelligence tests of gun licen–oh, never mind.
Chartering a Course for Disaster (and Other Bad Trips) 0
Thoreau looks at charter schools and other educational “reform” movements. He is not impressed.
Here’s a bit:
Read the whole thing. It will be two minutes well spent.
“An Armed Society Is a Polite Society” 0
Celebrate politely.
(snip)
Through the night, detectives investigated the incident, which sheriff’s department spokeswoman Sgt. Lisa Bowman described as a celebratory act that resulted in an accidental shooting of the young woman.
In a startling development, this gun apparently did not go off on its ownsome. The boyfriend is in the jailed charged with “negligent discharge of a firearm.”
