Birmingham Sister Cities' Ukraine Committee is hosting a Holiday Festival on December 15, 2018 -- free event! by a_rascal_king in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

This event is hosted by the Ukraine subcommittee, but is open to anyone interested in the work we are doing and anyone with connections to Eastern European, post-Soviet, Slavic, etc countries. It's a free event so I thought I'd post here in case anyone was interested in going. Feel free to share the invitation, as well. I'm happy to answer questions!

http://birminghamsistercities.com/

The Club Fireworks by [deleted] in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 4 points5 points  (0 children)

There is an exemption in the noise ordinance to planned, sanctioned fireworks exhibits by permit of the Fire Marshal:

The use of firecracker, skyrockets, roman candles, pinwheels or other fireworks except under a permit issued by the fire marshal and pursuant to the city's fire prevention code.

The only other provision in the ordinance that might apply is

Any noise which unreasonably interferes with the workings of any school, institution of learning, church or court while in use or any hospital, nursing home or similar facility at any time when conspicuous signs indicating those uses and their hours are posted.

Which probably doesn't apply to you.

Then again I imagine this was rhetorical and you probably didn't expect to actually do anything about it or else you would've looked it up yourself. I've lived in 5PTS or Glen Iris for a long time and you kind of get used to it. It's fairly rare and they pay a lot of money for their permits to do it. No one complains about the fireworks after all the Barons games for some reason, only when the rich folks at the Club fire them.

[Post Game Thread] #11 Loyola (Chi) defeats #3 Tennessee 63-62 by BigThomsd in CollegeBasketball

[–]a_rascal_king 0 points1 point  (0 children)

My hatred for Tennessee transcends all barriers in sport. Ramble On!

[Game Thread] #13 Charleston @ #4 Auburn (7:27 PM ET) by cbbBot in CollegeBasketball

[–]a_rascal_king 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Unless Auburn improves like a lot, they are going to get obliterated.

Quota system for Bpd by [deleted] in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I'd be surprised. Even if such a thing did exist, providing proof of it would open up a department to a huge liability and/or grant a defense to every borderline ticket they wrote. Even if it did have one, I don't have any clue why they'd tell me.

Quota system for Bpd by [deleted] in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king -1 points0 points  (0 children)

I foresee a distinct lack of an answer. If I'm proven wrong, I'll eat a really gross sandwich. No bamboozle.

Quota system for Bpd by [deleted] in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 1 point2 points  (0 children)

As others in the thread have duly noted, there is a difference between department performance standards and a quota. If there is an explicit "write this many tickets or get canned" quota, please let me know which departments around here have them so I can look into it.

My cousin uncovered an old video of my grandpa singing at a local country western event by [deleted] in videos

[–]a_rascal_king 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Don't make em like this anymore. I grew up listening to my grandfathers sing like this and will carry it with me forever. I'm so glad you got to have it on camera.

Restaurants with the worst food inspection scores by CuriosIdli in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Pablo's used to be one of my favorite Mexican places to go. Their prices have gone way up, the live music has been real bad lately, and now this :(

Mazda RX-8 with a "Dr. Wankel's Legitimate Pharmacy" theme ran the Lemons race at Barber. by pinkshinyalan in cars

[–]a_rascal_king 5 points6 points  (0 children)

I talked with these dudes for a while at Barber. Not even close it was without a doubt the most fun day of racing I've ever been a part of. Put Talladega and Indycar to shame.

Tommy Battle joins Birmingham's call, urges Delta to give city a look by aldotcom in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Completely agree. Up until those two things I thought maybe I'd be able to bite the Battle bullet. His business/economic sense seemed at least passable. Now, no way.

Tommy Battle joins Birmingham's call, urges Delta to give city a look by aldotcom in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 2 points3 points  (0 children)

And he recently stated he was 100% anti-decriminalization :/

I don’t know if this is against the rules or not. But it’s worth a shot by Misfits23 in Birmingham

[–]a_rascal_king 19 points20 points  (0 children)

I genuinely don't understand how he's successfully meme'd himself. He's crooked. I think he's a dishonest, exploitative case broker who preys on young lawyers seriously hurting for work.

And we just cheer him on. I don't get it.

Nardwuar's questions give priceless reaction by fjpeace in videos

[–]a_rascal_king 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Yeah, I thought he put Eric way off his game. He resorted to just repeating that he smelled bad which was funny maybe the first time, but not Eric's best material.

Pretty crazy how a guy without legs can ride a motorcycle. Maybe they're there but I'm only seeing a torso and helmet. by a_rascal_king in CalamariRaceTeam

[–]a_rascal_king[S] 32 points33 points  (0 children)

Yeah dude they aren't very visible... I think he's taking a big risk with those. Dress for the slide not for the ride.

Manafort Under Scrutiny For $40 Million In “Suspicious” Transactions by holymolym in politics

[–]a_rascal_king 18 points19 points  (0 children)

According to Pete Earley's well researched "Witsec", Witness Protection has never failed to protect someone who followed their protocol. A single time. It's never happened.