CURRENT EVENTS

Is anyone else getting tired of hearing about all the unrest in the Middle East? I don't care about any of it. It's not news. Those people have been killing each other for thousands of years. Who cares? I say send weapons and ammo to all sides of the conflicts, making tons of money in the process, and maybe they will finally be able to kill each other off. We get whatever is left; oil, sand for glass, dates, and camels. Win, win, win, win, win! Not only that, but we can stop hearing about ISIS and Hammas and Islam and all those names that make me think of Dr. Seuss or some kind of monkey. Hammul Abu Dabi grab yu boobi, and such nonsense. Who thinks up this shit anyway?

TECHNOSTUFF

Why is it that we can have all this tecnology, but nothing seems to work like a normal person would want? Why can assholes use robocalls to annoy us day and night, but we can't figure out a way to stop them? Why can manufacturers make form-fitting plastic containers for their products with embedded security measures, but when we buy them and get them home, we can't get them open without destroying the contents? Why does everything have a life-time guarantee, but when it breaks, all you get is a new piece of shit, if anything? Why do I have to press one to have a pre-recorded message speak to me in my own language? Anyone? Anyone?

NRA

For those of you who would like to join the NRA, but find it a little expensive, you can save $10 off the yearly rate by using the link to the left. It will save you more by doing that than by joining for two or three years at a time, and comes out the same as joining for five years at once, without being a big expense all at once.

TESTING THE APP

I was having problems working on my blog on the iPad through the web site, so I thought I'd try this out. Apparently, it works.

The Director's Desk: Have a little faith

Commenters aside, LJS can jump to conclusions too, without any evidence. In fact, they seldom provide any of the details or answer any of the questions a normal reader would contemplate.

As for the idea of bank robberies being a bad choice; Lincoln, in particular, seems to have been enjoying a nice trend of catching bank robbers, and that may be true nationwide. However, at some distant point in the past, I seem to recall the clearance rate was rather poor, perhaps less than 50%. I would imagine technology has had a lot to do with the change; security cameras, die packs, alarm systems, and procedural practices in general. Too bad we don't enjoy the same advantages with home burglaries, car thefts, and muggings, to name a few. Also, too bad we don't keep the ones we catch in jail so they don't go out and repeat their crimes. That is probably the one thing we could do to keep the crime rate down; stop letting them out!