Tuesday, September 30, 2014
Monday, September 29, 2014
White House Security Epic Fail
On September 19, Omar Gonzalez, an Iraq War veteran, jumped the fence at the White House and made it all the way to the East Room. He could have run upstairs to the First Family's living quarters. There were multiple failures of security:
Julia Pierson
Update: More facts come out. Or at least I notice them.
- a plainclothes surveillance team outside the fence didn't notice him
- an officer in a guard booth on the North Lawn either didn't notice him or couldn't stop him
- an attack dog was not released. "The handler likely felt he could not release the dog because so many officers were in pursuit of Gonzalez, and the dog may have attacked them instead."
- the front door was unlocked
- there was no guard at the front door
- there was also supposed to be a specialized SWAT team ready
- alarm boxes, called "crash boxes", were silenced because the ushers complained that they were malfunctioning and unnecessarily sounding off
- the jumper had been arrested two times previously with weapons outside the White House
- another jumper had jumped over the same stretch of fence the week prior
Epic failure. Why wasn't there a motion sensor device that sounded an alarm? Somebody's head should roll for this. How about Julia Pierson, the head of the Secret Service? Wait, you can't criticize a woman or you are sexist.
Julia Pierson
Update: More facts come out. Or at least I notice them.
- The jumper had been arrested in July and interviewed by the Secret Service. They were not concerned about him despite that fact that he had 11 guns and a map with a line pointing to the White House
- There were snipers on the roof who didn't fire
- He was tackled in the White House by an off-duty agent who just happened to be there.
- On September 19, shortly before Gonzalez vaulted over the White House fence, he was recognised by two officers who remembered him from the incident with the hatchet a few weeks earlier. Neither agent approached Gonzalez and neither reported his presence to superiors.
- A portion of Gonzalez' foot had been amputated and he was running with a noticeable limp.
- Gonzalez had 800 rounds of ammunition in his car
Saturday, September 27, 2014
Wednesday, September 24, 2014
Ebola Patients Resurrect
Two Ebola patients, who died of the virus in separate communities in Nimba County have reportedly resurrected in the county. The victims, both females, believed to be in their 60s and 40s respectively, died of the Ebola virus recently in Hope Village Community and the Catholic Community in Ganta, Nimba.
But to the amazement of residents and onlookers on Monday, the deceased reportedly regained life in total disbelief. The NewDawn Nimba County correspondent said the late Dorris Quoi of Hope Village Community and the second victim only identified as Ma Kebeh, said to be in her late 60s, were about to be taken for burial when they resurrected.
http://allafrica.com/stories/201409240829.html
Prepare for the Zombie Apocalypse
Kansas Gov. Sam Brownback wants his state to be ready when zombies arrive. And to make sure Kansas takes the zombie apocalypse seriously, Brownback plans to officially declare October "Zombie Preparedness Month" during a ceremonial event Friday at the Kansas Statehouse.
http://www.nationaljournal.com/energy/why-is-kansas-preparing-for-the-zombie-apocalypse-20140924
Tuesday, September 23, 2014
Top Cities #28
Top Cities #28. Influenced by cost of living for expatriate employees. See also prior list. This is the first time Zurich has ever been ranked #1.
1. Zurich [6]
2. London [2]
3. Singapore [1]
4. New York [7]
5. Hong Kong [9]
6. Washington DC [8]
7. Paris [2]
8. San Francisco (Bay Area) [12]
9. Toronto [4]
10. Tokyo [5]
11. Amsterdam (Randstad) [15]
12. Chicago [10]
13. Boston [16]
14. Los Angeles/Orange County [13]
15. Dubai [18]
16. Beijing [11]
17. Sydney [20]
18. Frankfurt [23]
19. Seoul-Incheon [14]
20. Shanghai/Suzhou [19]
21. Sao Paolo [22]
22. Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto [17]
23. Moscow [21]
24. Milan [29]
25. Dallas [28]
26. Houston [30]
27. Istanbul [27]
28. Melbourne [33]
29. Kuala Lumpur [24]
30. Taipei [25]
31. Bangkok [26]
32. Geneva [34]
33. Madrid [35]
34. Berlin [39]
35. Copenhagen [40]
36. Buenos Aires [31]
37. Mexico City [32]
38. Oslo [43]
39. Brussels [41]
40. Philadelphia [45]
41. Guangzhou/Foshan/Dongguan [36]
42. Shenzhen [37]
43. Mumbai [38]
44. Munich [46]
45. Stockholm [50]
46. Rome [49]
47. Montreal [42]
48. Dublin [53]
49. Jakarta [44]
50. Vienna [47]
51. Miami [54]
52. Abu Dhabi [57]
53. Barcelona [48]
54. Seattle [59]
55. Rhine-Ruhr (Dusseldorf) [55]
56. Tianjin [51]
57. Chongqing [52]
58. Adelaide [63]
59. Vancouver [61]
60. Atlanta [60]
61. Delhi [56]
62. Helsinki [66]
63. Cairo [58]
64. Auckland [68]
65. Calgary [65]
66. Tel Aviv [70]
67. Johannesburg [62]
68. Perth [new]
69. Manila [64]
70. Brisbane [new]
71. Wellington [new]
72. Tehran [67]
73. Honolulu [new]
74. Doha [69]
75. Canberra [new]
1. Zurich [6]
2. London [2]
3. Singapore [1]
4. New York [7]
5. Hong Kong [9]
6. Washington DC [8]
7. Paris [2]
8. San Francisco (Bay Area) [12]
9. Toronto [4]
10. Tokyo [5]
11. Amsterdam (Randstad) [15]
12. Chicago [10]
13. Boston [16]
14. Los Angeles/Orange County [13]
15. Dubai [18]
16. Beijing [11]
17. Sydney [20]
18. Frankfurt [23]
19. Seoul-Incheon [14]
20. Shanghai/Suzhou [19]
21. Sao Paolo [22]
22. Osaka/Kobe/Kyoto [17]
23. Moscow [21]
24. Milan [29]
25. Dallas [28]
26. Houston [30]
27. Istanbul [27]
28. Melbourne [33]
29. Kuala Lumpur [24]
30. Taipei [25]
31. Bangkok [26]
32. Geneva [34]
33. Madrid [35]
34. Berlin [39]
35. Copenhagen [40]
36. Buenos Aires [31]
37. Mexico City [32]
38. Oslo [43]
39. Brussels [41]
40. Philadelphia [45]
41. Guangzhou/Foshan/Dongguan [36]
42. Shenzhen [37]
43. Mumbai [38]
44. Munich [46]
45. Stockholm [50]
46. Rome [49]
47. Montreal [42]
48. Dublin [53]
49. Jakarta [44]
50. Vienna [47]
51. Miami [54]
52. Abu Dhabi [57]
53. Barcelona [48]
54. Seattle [59]
55. Rhine-Ruhr (Dusseldorf) [55]
56. Tianjin [51]
57. Chongqing [52]
58. Adelaide [63]
59. Vancouver [61]
60. Atlanta [60]
61. Delhi [56]
62. Helsinki [66]
63. Cairo [58]
64. Auckland [68]
65. Calgary [65]
66. Tel Aviv [70]
67. Johannesburg [62]
68. Perth [new]
69. Manila [64]
70. Brisbane [new]
71. Wellington [new]
72. Tehran [67]
73. Honolulu [new]
74. Doha [69]
75. Canberra [new]
Friday, September 19, 2014
Alibaba is worth $231 billion
According to my economic theory, this has the same impact as the Fed buying MBS of $231B. Of course, no wealth was "created" today, since the websites and other intellectual property of Alibaba already existed, but I will say it was "unlocked". This is a great day for the economy.
Thursday, September 18, 2014
Wednesday, September 17, 2014
Meet your new Grandpa
In this alternate universe, we see a slice of life from the Shirato family. The "father" (Otosan) of the family is the white Hokkaido dog named Jiro. The "mother" (Okosan) is the woman with the short hair named Masako. Their son is the black man named Kojiro (played by Dante Carver), and their daughter is Aya (or that may be the name of the actress). I don't know the grandmother's name. Anyways the grandmother likes her new phone, which let her meet her new husband (played by Matsuda Shota), who is 50 years younger than her. Otosan can't take it and runs away.
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