Lots of interesting news today

[shawn]

National Park Service: Portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway closes after visitors attempt to hold a young bear

A portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed after multiple reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear

www.wxii12.com

 

[RatLabGuy]

National Park Service: Portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway closes after visitors attempt to hold a young bear

A portion of the Blue Ridge Parkway will be closed after multiple reports of visitors feeding and attempting to hold a young bear

www.wxii12.com

 

[skyhighZJ]

I’m waiting for Yellowstone to announce something similar after the last asshat that tried to selfie it up with a Bison and got turned in to a flesh pancake.

Stupid is as stupid does.
-Forrest Gump

 

[jeepinmatt]

Dafuq is wrong with people?

 

[RatLabGuy]

Wait wait wait
You mean to tell me realtors are biased to inflate home prices?

US jury finds realtors liable for inflating commissions, awards $1.78 bln damages

A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for conspiring to artificially inflate commissions for home sales.

www.reuters.com

 

[shawn]

Wait wait wait
You mean to tell me realtors are biased to inflate home prices?

US jury finds realtors liable for inflating commissions, awards $1.78 bln damages

A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for conspiring to artificially inflate commissions for home sales.

www.reuters.com

Colluding on commission percentages, not house prices.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Colluding on commission percentages, not house prices.

Yeah, because they would have no incentive to do that. It's not like they are paid a percentage based on how much the house costs.

 

[shawn]

Yeah, because they would have no incentive to do that. It's not like they are paid a percentage based on how much the house costs.

Doesn't matter; not what the case was over.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Doesn't matter; not what the case was over.

Oh ok. I'll make sure to limit all discussion to only exactly what the article is about going forward.

 

[jeepinmatt]

Wait wait wait
You mean to tell me realtors are biased to inflate home prices?

US jury finds realtors liable for inflating commissions, awards $1.78 bln damages

A U.S. jury on Tuesday found the National Association of Realtors and some residential brokerages, including units of Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway , liable to pay $1.78 billion in damages for conspiring to artificially inflate commissions for home sales.

www.reuters.com

No, they only try to inflate their commissions. Did you not read the article and understand the court case?

 

[shawn]

Your an idiot.

 

[benXJ]

isn't it baffling that humans made buying and selling houses so complicated that they THEN needed to create an entire new industry (that they then have to pay extra for) just to navigate the crazy rules and regulations and red tape and bureaucracy that they were entirely responsible for?!

and continue to willfully and blissfully and ignorantly go along with?!

pretty much explains just about everything

 

[skyhighZJ]

Your an idiot.

You’re.

 

[Ron]

You’re.

Yore*

 

[jeepinmatt]

Your an idiot.

I bet you laughed a little though. And if not, your an idiot

 

[shawn]

You’re.

It's a ratlab joke. You didn't get it.

 

[skyhighZJ]

It's a ratlab joke. You didn't get it.

And I’m okay with that.

 

[WARRIORWELDING]

Likes for everyone. When the score doesn't matter and we keep it anyway.......now if we could do live skits we could get syndicated. First dibs to be Colin.

 

[RatLabGuy]

New 'first-in-the-nation' policy limits Seattle police from knowingly lying

The city is instituting a new policy limiting the Seattle Police Department's ability to use ruses in their work, citing recent instances where the public's trust was undermined

mynorthwest.com

 

[RatLabGuy]

also

Blind Taste Test Finds Most People Can't Tell Difference Between Candy Corn And Orange Crayon We Found In A Junk Drawer

U.S. — A fascinating new study has revealed that the vast majority of people, when presented with a blind taste test, can't tell the difference between candy corn and a dusty, old orange crayon we found in a junk drawer.

babylonbee.com

 

[Loudmouthbass]

Kate Gosselin Reportedly Living Alone in North Carolina Home After Remaining Sextuplets Move Out

"Kate Gosselin once had a bustling household with eight children, but now she's living all by herself in her Troutman, North Carolina, home after her four remaining children moved out and left for college, according to a new report."

there's a joke here, but I just can't.....looks like there's a big catch waiting, but I'm reeling back. It'd be like angling for the easiest fish in the pond.

 

[awheelterd]

God Rewards Only Team That Doesn't Have A Pride Night With World Series Win

PHOENIX, AZ — The Lord has granted a World Series championship to the Texas Rangers, the one and only Major League Baseball team to not host a Pride Night.

babylonbee.com

 

[mbalbritton]

You’re.

I knew I could rely on this group!

 

[benXJ]

also

Blind Taste Test Finds Most People Can't Tell Difference Between Candy Corn And Orange Crayon We Found In A Junk Drawer

U.S. — A fascinating new study has revealed that the vast majority of people, when presented with a blind taste test, can't tell the difference between candy corn and a dusty, old orange crayon we found in a junk drawer.

babylonbee.com

Why an orange crayon if it's blind? Each color has a different taste.....

 

[ckruzer]

Why an orange crayon if it's blind? Each color has a different taste.....

all the participants must have been marines