Backroom Errata

**CrossLOPER** · 07-17-2020, 18:03

Originally Posted by Papewaio

Does that count as a Darwin Award?

Well maybe he didn't die from COVID-19. Maybe he died from something else. There should be an investigation into the statistics.

**Hooahguy** · 07-20-2020, 04:23

Attempted murder on a judge in New Jersey.

The judge wasn't injured, but her husband was shot and her son was killed. Very tragic.

What makes this interesting is that Judge Salas was assigned to the case suing Deutsche Bank over relations to Jeffrey Epstein only four days ago. And the guy was in a Fedex uniform. Forgive me for being a bit conspiratorial, but this really seems to have been a hit.

Edit- apparently it was a mens rights activist: https://people.com/crime/anti-femini...e-son-killing/

**Montmorency** · 08-06-2020, 04:09

I didn't think this would prove so appropriate.

This one might have a deeper meaning.

**Pannonian** · 08-06-2020, 08:34

Originally Posted by Montmorency

I didn't think this would prove so appropriate.

This one might have a deeper meaning.

As a matter of interest, the lady in the Airplane clip was the lady who did this commercial, which was referenced by the film. And it was she who suggested that this scene, originally written with just Nielsen, be extended to include ever more ridiculous proponents of violence.

Another coffee scene referenced by Airplane. One can't help but fill in the missing line.

**Montmorency** · 08-14-2020, 23:50

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Map of 1945 incendiary attacks on Japanese cities, with estimated damage level, from a 1945 Army report. You'll hear about the numbers here and there, but I didn't know there was a map done.

**Pannonian** · 08-15-2020, 02:09

Originally Posted by Montmorency

Map of 1945 incendiary attacks on Japanese cities, with estimated damage level, from a 1945 Army report. You'll hear about the numbers here and there, but I didn't know there was a map done.

Is there any truth to the story I've heard that a Japanophile in the US hierarchy specifically barred Kyoto from attack for its history?

**ReluctantSamurai** · 08-15-2020, 03:06

Not taking any government crap here in Michigan:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/...-lake-michigan

....now if we could just train them to remove DHS agents....

**Montmorency** · 08-16-2020, 02:43

Originally Posted by Pannonian

Is there any truth to the story I've heard that a Japanophile in the US hierarchy specifically barred Kyoto from attack for its history?

Henry Stimson, Secretary of War, honeymooned in Kyoto and liked it. He was one of the architects/overseers of the Manhattan Project, and a prominent advocate of the use of nuclear weapons against Japan, as well as of MAD.