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[xoxoxoBruce]

Oh poppycock, it's not the military asking for the wall, it's Trump, 100%, this is his baby from the git-go to the end.


Oh, and Trump is as far from a warrior as possible.

[tw]

Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Oh poppycock, it's not the military asking for the wall, it's Trump,

But Trump said the military wants that wall. It must be true. Trump says it.

It must be a national emergency. Trump says it is. We need that temple to worship the gods of security. All praise Cesar.

[sexobon]

Originally Posted by tw

… It must be true. Trump says it. … All praise Cesar

Sour grapes because you've been upstaged.

[Carruthers]

US driver in 'Bird Box blindfold' crashes in Utah

Police in the US state of Utah have taken the unusual step of urging residents not to drive blindfolded after an online challenge inspired by a horror film led to a crash.

A teenager with her hat over her eyes drove into oncoming traffic in the city of Layton while taking part in the so-called "Bird Box Challenge".

The craze has come from the Netflix film Bird Box, starring Sandra Bullock.

Last week Netflix warned fans not to attempt the challenge.

This week the same advice came from Layton police department.

"It's just inexcusable to do something as dangerous as this, not only to yourself but everyone else on the road," said police Lt Travis Lyman, quoted by KSL.com.

He said it was a warning he never thought he would have to give - don't drive while blindfolded.

The 17-year-old driver, her 16-year-old passenger and the occupants of the other car all escaped serious injury.

However, police have requested that the driver be charged with reckless driving, Lt Lyman said.

Well, at least she wasn't attempting to send a text at the same time.

That would have been really silly.

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Moving on...

A police investigation has been launched after a blindfolded man walked on train tracks near Bridgend in an online challenge inspired by Netflix horror film Bird Box.

Footage of the stunt has been viewed nearly 200,000 times since it was uploaded to prankster Ben Phillips' YouTube channel on Sunday.

In the video, Phillips' partner, Elliot Giles, is filmed putting on a blindfold and walking along a railway line near Bridgend.

Phillips shouts "where are you going, there's a train coming", but Giles remains on the tracks while the sound of an oncoming train and a warning bell can be heard.

"Not only is it shocking to see that someone is willing to put their life in danger by blindfolding themselves and walking onto a live railway, it's illegal and a criminal act.

They are quite literally playing a game of life and death.

The railway is full of hidden dangers and we cannot overstate how dangerous it is to trespass.

Trains travel at incredibly high speed and can often approach silently.

This footage is being investigated".

– British Transport Police spokesman

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If Darwin had any idea of the trouble it would cause, he'd never have written that damned book.

[Griff]

Gaia is shaking us off like fleas from a dog.

[xoxoxoBruce]

She should never be allowed to even ride in a car again... ever. That's not a mistake or youthful indiscretion, that's a lack of brains god would give a goose.

The guy walking the tracks... speed up the trains.

[Gravdigr]

Originally Posted by Griff

Gaia is shaking us off like fleas from a dog.

As she should. We are a pestilence.

QFT, btw.

[Carruthers]

Who amongst us has never hidden £260k in the airing cupboard and forgotten about it for four months? I know I have.

It's a bit on the long side, but if you have a couple of minutes to spare, read on...

Soldier hid £260k of MoD money in his airing cupboard and forgot about it for four months, court martial hears

An Army Warrant Officer hid €300,000 of Ministry of Defence money in his airing cupboard after he failed to get it couriered back to base, a court martial has heard.

The soldier was demoted and fined after he 'forgot’ that he had not returned the money for four months.

Kevin Hodgkinson, 43, who was serving in the British Army training unit in Gibraltar at the time, claimed he'd stashed the money at home to spare senior officers embarrassment after he failed to get it couriered back to the UK.

On remembering the money - which had originally been part of the ready cash float on board HMS Ocean - was still in the cupboard, the court martial was told he called his boss, Major Wilson, and said: ‘Ma’am, I f***** up’.

A panicked WO2 Hodgkinson had then run from home, arriving in Major Wilson’s office puffing and panting, carrying the €300,000 shrink-wrapped in a rucksack. He claimed he had forgotten it was in his airing cupboard.

WO2 Hodgkinson had been working as a financial systems administrator with the responsibility of transporting the cash, via a courier, back to Britain. It was put into a safe overnight until it could be carried back.

The money had been on board the amphibious assault ship HMS Ocean, which docked in Gibraltar in September 2017, and was swapped for $300,000 as the ship was heading to the Caribbean to offer disaster support during Hurricane Irma. The unused stack of Euros should have been sent swiftly back to the UK.

Bulford Military Court in Wiltshire heard WO2 Hodgkinson twice tried and failed to get a courier to take the vacuum-packed cash, instead returning it to a safe in his base. He also tried on one occasion to take it to a bank, but found it closed when he got there as it was a Friday.

However, he removed the money from his office in November 2017 because he feared it would cause an embarrassing incident if a forthcoming inspection found such a large amount of money in the safe.

Instead, prosecutor Rupert Gregory told the court, he carried the money back to his flat and hid it in his airing cupboard.

“It [had] remained in the safe rather longer than one or two nights,” Mr Gregory said.

“There was to be an inspection in October or November 2017, and Hodgkinson took the money from the safe and went home with it.

“He says he removed the money because he didn’t want the chain of command being embarrassed by such a large sum of money being in the safe when it shouldn’t be.

“He fully accepts he failed properly to safeguard the funds.”

A court martial board fined WO2 Hodgkinson £2,500 and demoted him to Staff Sergeant.

Judge Alistair McGregor said: “It was your duty to ensure the money’s safety and you should have secured its onward passage.

“In our view your actions fall far below that of a competent financial systems administrator of your rank, position and experience.

“Your actions put a very large sum of her majesty’s money at significant risk.”

WO2 Hodgkinson, who is now based at the British Army Training Unit Suffield in Alberta, Canada, admitted one count of failure to perform a duty.

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