What’s news today?

Here’s a few from me.

Finally some common sense. Wish I could say the same about the paper, but no, I can’t.

From NYNewsDay

“Criticism of The Journal News, which published a gun permit database last month, broadened Friday with Rockland law enforcement officials saying the map listing the names and addresses of those with gun permits is endangering lives.

Inmates at the Rockland County jail are taunting corrections officers by saying they know the guards’ home addresses — information they got from the list published by Westchester-based newspaper, Rockland County Sheriff Louis Falco said.

“Since about 9:30 this morning, I’ve been in a meeting with my corrections officers and their unions. They have inmates coming up to them and telling them exactly where they live. That’s not acceptable to me,” Falco said at a news conference Friday morning in New City, where local leaders condemned the list.”

And these clowns want to double down on the stupid by publishing additional names. Unacceptable.

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What! 😯 But, but, but….. He’s so “Green”. How could this happen?

From Yahoo

“Back in 2009, the “Cash for Clunkers” federal program was supposed to be a boon for the environment and the economy. During a limited time, consumers could trade in an old gas-guzzling used car for up to $4,500 cash back towards the purchase of a fuel-efficient new car. It seemed like a win for everyone: the environment, the gasping auto industry and cash-strapped consumers.

Though almost a million people poured into car dealerships eager to exchange their old jalopies for something shiny and new, recent reports indicate the entire program may have actually hurt the environment far more than it helped.

According to E Magazine, the “Clunkers” program, which is officially known as the Car Allowance Rebates System (CARS), produced tons of unnecessary waste while doing little to curb greenhouse gas emissions.”

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This one isn’t shocking at all.

From DailyMail

“Books aside, if you asked a college freshman  today who the Greatest Generation is, they might respond by pointing in a  mirror.

Young people’s unprecedented level of  self-infatuation was revealed in a new analysis of the American Freshman Survey,  which has been asking students to rate themselves compared to their peers since  1966.”

“Pyschologist Jean Twenge and her colleagues  compiled the data and found that over the last four decades there’s been a  dramatic rise in the number of students who describe themselves as being ‘above  average’ in the areas of academic ability, drive to achieve, mathematical  ability, and self-confidence.

But in appraising the traits that are  considered less invidualistic – co-operativeness, understanding others, and  spirituality – the numbers either stayed at slightly decreased over the same  period.

Researchers also found a disconnect between  the student’s opinions of themselves and actual ability.”

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That’s a lovely meeting house you have there. Be a shame if somethin’ where to happen to it.

From Reason.com’s HitAndRunBlog

“Police say union workers “almost certainly” torched an under-construction Quaker meetinghouse in northwest Philadelphia four days before Christmas. The Chestnut Hill Friends had hired non-union labor for the project, which discommoded several construction unions.

From the Philadelphia Inquirer:

Vandals with an acetylene torch crept onto the project’s muddy construction site in the middle of the night. Working out of view in the meetinghouse’s freshly cemented basement, they sliced off dozens of bolts securing the bare steel columns and set fire to the building crane, causing $500,000 in damage.

Police detectives deemed the attack arson because of a series of confrontational visits from union officials days before the incident. They say the torch could only have been operated by a trained professional, and believe it was almost certainly the work of disgruntled union members. The city has assigned extra investigators to the case and is working with federal forensic experts to track down the vandals, said Michael Resnick, the city’s public safety commissioner.”

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What have you folks got?