Category: AIA Archive
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Daily News AR-15
John said, “So CNN, Piers Morgan, and the Daily News cited “Credible Law Enforcement Sources” that Aaron Alexis used an AR-15 “Assault Rifle” in Navy Yards mass killing. CNN even created a CGI animation showing it. The Associated Press runs this cover and article, then the same day, the FBI reports no AR-15 was found or…
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Hawaii License
http://news.yahoo.com/hawaii-cant-fit-womans-last-name-license-053410879.html A Hawaii woman’s name won’t fit on her licnese and it’s not Humuhumunukunukuapua’a-Smith. When I got my NY drivers license, they told me they couldn’t fit in “Thomas P DelMundo” so for years my license only listed “T.P. DelMundo” which was problematic with TSA when my ticket listed my full name. So I can understand…
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No knives on board
The TSA recently confiscated my tiny 2-inch utility knife. There’s some sick kind of irony that the passengers in that Asiana flight were trapped at one end of the plane because they didn’t have anything sharp to pop the emergency slide blocking the exit door. And the police had to throw utility knives up to…
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Voting for a new Pope
Frank asked, “How many Cardinals does it take to vote for a Pope?” I said, “Sounds like the start of a joke” He said, “Seriously, there are over a hundred guys right?” I said “Yes, but what I don’t get is why Italy has 38 cardinals, whilst Mexico which has twice as many catholics as…
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Sequestration
The President, Congressional leaders and the media are warning that the Sequestration will force $1.2 trillion in cuts, causing untold hardship. Until you realize that those cuts are over 10 years and even after that, the Federal Budget will be reduced to $2.6 trillion which is as much as government spent in 2006. Funny, I don’t…
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Free gas = scarce gas
A woman in line complained to the camera, “I’ve been in line for over 3 hours! This is terrible. I can’t be here, I have things to do…my children. People shouldn’t have to wait this long to get gas.” Trying to be helpful, the reporter said, “You could go to the gas station down the…
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Hurricane Sandy Aftermath
To all our friends outside of NY, me and the family are fine here in Brooklyn. We lost our internet for about 12hrs on Monday night but we never lost power. No damage to our apartment or building and minor tree damage in our general area. The same can’t be said for our friends in…
