Somebody finally said it…

Dope in a Can

If ever there was a need for rehab, this is it.

In recent days,  our news had been filled with stories about ‘The Red Bull Bandit“.    The guy, 42 yr old  Anthony Burkhalter, was on the lam for a while but has finally surrendered to the 5-0.

The guy was clever, in a way.

He walks into convenience stores, wearin’ a Red Bull shirt, posin’ as a rep for the energy drink company.  This rocket scientist would tell the other rocket scientist-the store clerk,  that he was there to remove out dated product (and why didn’t these idiots clear that with their sups?), and proceeds to wheel out several hundred dollars of the nasty shyt (sorry RB, tastes like Formula 44D to me…) from the store.

He just didn’t think of the fact that he could be ‘caught on tape’ somewhere.    And he was.   I guess he wasnt really worry: he went in with his face uncovered and in plain view.  

This guy is suspected of  ‘removing‘ thousands of dollars worth of ‘outdated product’  from convenience stores around the Central Valley.  His ass is now in the pokey charged with burglary and grand theft. 

My thoughts on this is that he really liked the h3ll out of some Red Bull.  Enough to concoct this elaborate scheme to get it.  And I thought crackheads were creative….

Hope he has a good mouthpiece and a sympathetic judge and/or jury.  A guy in Glen Ellyn, IL was sentenced to 24 years on lockdown for hijackin’ two Red Bull trucks, kidnappin’ the driver in the process. (Id like to think the kidnappin’ was the reason for most of the 24.)  And I cant leave out the man in Bloomfield,  CT who stuffed 17 cans of the stuff down his pants. They’re still lookin for him…

What the h3ll is in this stuff??  I see folks at work hunched bleary-eyed over cans of this stuff; 5 mins later they happy, peppy, kinda people.  And still clutchin’ a can of this dope…  And that’s them, basiclly all day.  Some people are even mixin’ this stuff with alcoholic drinks.  Wonder what kinda high that is?

I hope this guy and the one they lookin’ for in CT get the help they obviously need.  I can see a person riskin’ their freedom for a loaf of bread or somethin’  they can eat, but some Red Bull energy drinks?  That’s a whole ‘nother addiction.

Wonder if they have a program at Betty Ford for that?  Maybe even an Intervention episode…

Ok-I’ll stop bein’ stupid.

How The House Stole Xmas

Today is Nov 30th, the last day for most Americans to receive unemployment benefits, thanks to the indifference and inaction of  the ReThuglican -led congress.

I wonder how it feels to kill 2 million people… 

 They bailed out the banks and Wall St., sent money to foreign countries to help them and their people, yet they want spending cuts of $5 billion to $6 billion a month,  mostly a bunch of bullshyt,  just as a ‘condition‘ for extending emergency unemployment benefits.  What they’re doin’ is holdin’  Bam’s feet to the fire  (and the American people hostage!) on these tax credits.  If  he doesn’t act accordingly, they’ll blame all this on him,  just like everything else…

Look at this orange mofo...

 Their argument is stupid: It will hurt the economy and add to the deficit.  (Curiously this was not even on the table durin’ Bush’s entire ride thru Washington.  Then again those tax credits weren’t in jeopardy.)    Here’s a thought:    Why don’t they take a pay cut?   Why don’t they do without some of the perks they manage to keep for themselves, like free health care (I haven’t seen a doctor in 2 yrs!), the private planes, and the country clubs?    And that tax credit that will cost us 20 times as much as extending the benefits would?

what will these people do?

They playin’ a deadly game…   with ‘live’, human  playin’ pieces.

I even read a comment from a man who felt his only outlet to take care of his wife and children was to off himself , so they could collect his insurance and social security benefits…  How sad.

I guess while people lose their lights and gas, go hungry, are kicked out of their homes, and forced to live in the streets, theRethuglicans, their inbred cousins, the Tea Party, and their rich friends  will be coddled up in their expensive chateaus, warm and cozy, enjoyin’  the holidays, not givin’ us another f*ckin thought.

These clods have nothin‘ on The Grinch.

Debt Collecters and the ‘Social Network’

O.M.G. I cant say this enough:

 DONT POST YOUR  ENTIRE LIFE STORY ON SOCIAL NETWORKS!

People dont seem to realize (or understand!) that any and everybody can see what you post.   Includin debt collectors.    Debt collectors are usin’ places like Myspace, Twitter, LinkedIn, and the all-time famous snitcher’ palace, Facebook’.  

 The last place you’d expect to hear from Mr. Bill Collector.  

 Mr. Collector is now usin’ these sites as ‘another resource’ to find those “hard to locates”, and see what they’re up to, and what they got.    Seems kinda stupid to cry ‘broke’ to the debt collector, and then post online that your about to leave for Aruba,  and just posted pics of your recent trip to the Bahamas.   Or bragged about how wonderful that new car is…

Excited about that new job?   Be careful; Mr. Bill  is lookin’ to find out where you work,  so he can see about havin’  your wages garnished.    Though this ‘trend‘ is growin’,  they  are still held to the same Fair Debt Collection Practices Act rules;  Mr. Bill  cannot pretend to be a friend to get access to your page.    He can’t send private messages to you, because he might have the wrong person (YIKES!),  or tweet or post messages to your FB page – it’s against the regs to “notify” friends, neighbors or other outsiders about your debt.    But what they can do (wouldnt this be creepy?), usin’ shyt like FB Places and Foursquare (GPS-based phone apps) is stalk your ass , since you tellin’  them your daily habits and where you’re at every second of the day.    If that mofo is hyphy enough, they might show up at that restaurant or shop in the mall, and get in your ass (and risk a serious beat-down) about the cash in person.

I just had this convo with my cuz about postin’ her whole life on FB.   Too many people (thousands?) you DONT want to see it, will.   ”On our way to the {insert artist here} concert in SJ! Whoop Whoop!” was her status line one mornin’.    This was around the time the news was talkin’ about burglars using social networks to choose victims and “case the joint“.   She would have been perfect vic: San Jo is a coupla hours from where we live,  and the concert was at night.    So the burglars had a few hours – all night at best –  to clean the place out, since it would have made sense to get a room and drive back the next day…

And Mr. Bill might use a fake name.   This tactic surely gets those Bozo’s with the trillion friends, who acceptany and all requests that come their way.   Shyt,  if I don’t REALLY know you, and there is no pic to refresh my memory, no friend status for you!   And I still can’t understand wtf a ‘tweet’ is,  and why people think they need to do it every 3-5 mins.    I use to think these people didn’t have lives or jobs, till I saw a co-worker furiously ‘tweetin’ on her 15 (actually 12-1/2 mins!) break….    I got tired of that shyt quick. I am no longer… *drums please!* …a “Tweeter.”

 This  ‘Social Networkin’ shyt  is becomin’  more than just a place to “interact with friends and family”, aint it?  

Sign Says It All…

In exchange for probation and no jail time,  a PA  woman and her grown-ass  daughter, will sit outside a Pennsylvania courthouse holding signs saying they stole a gift card from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday.

For shame.

Fifty-six-year-old Evelyn Border and 35-year-old bust-down daughter, Tina Griekspoor stood outside the court for 4 1/2 hours Tuesday.    They held signs that read:  “I stole from a 9-year-old girl on her birthday! Don’t steal or this could happen to you!”

They swiped the gift card off the counter the girl sat it down on, while a Wal-Mart employee was helpin’  her.

‘Nuff  said…