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Swiss Ski Resort Bar Fire
Yeah it's crazy. I've always (long before becoming a FF) had this thing about sparklers and fireworks in general, and how casually people treat them. You fuck around with them indoors, and you're asking for trouble. They're bad enough outdoors (and I love fireworks shows). You use them indoors consistently, then it's just a matter of time. Throw in some very flammable materials all over the place + a bunch of people and alcohol, and you have a disaster just waiting to happen.
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Swiss Ski Resort Bar Fire
There were people saying early on that doing the sparkler thing was common practice at this bar, going back several years. A witness has supplied a video to the media of the same bottle sparklers being used at the bar six years ago with a warning to be careful of the ceiling foam when holding them in the air. Here ya go ... Translation: A young woman, who was present that day and the originator of the video, testifies anonymously. In it, the servers are seen saying: « Watch out for the foam! », warning customers of the danger it poses in the presence of SPARKLING CANDLES, to avoid a fire. Wow, Mo Bamba playing in the background.
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Swiss Ski Resort Bar Fire
Welp. There it is. I was afraid of that. I figured there was no way their code was so out of date as to allow the state of affairs in that bar, so I figured that (a) inspection & enforcement must have been lax, or (b) the club was reticent to comply and had worked the system for a long time, dragging their feet (yes, this happens, and some businesses are very good at it). Could actually be both. ETA: It turns out that somehow the place had not been inspected since 2019. Wow. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/06/world/europe/switzerland-le-constellation-fire-inspections.html?unlocked_article_code=1.CVA.urc2.B2GL8pxhyzMo&smid=nytcore-ios-share
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
Yep. Nance talks about a lot of this in the video.
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
Actually SIAP this time. I'm still like 7 pages behind on this thread & wanted to get it out there asap. Malcolm Nance sums it all up: 'The only thing that's changed is that Maduro has left the country'. So good. One of very few videos of this type that I found to be worth my time to watch it. Moves quickly. Full of good info. I'm sure some of you already knew this guy. I didn't. Dude knows his shit. Great listen.
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
nsiap
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Yeah that was a particularly hilarious take. And why stop at a cruise line. How about if another country performed missile strikes on American fishing boats. I'm sure we'd all be fine with that, right? Or how about a strike on a US warship in intl waters? I mean, it'd be all good 'because international waters', right? JFC, the shit these people come up with.
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Swiss Ski Resort Bar Fire
Interesting piece which, among other things, looks at the disputed question of whether the bar had more than one emergency exit on the basement floor. https://www.nytimes.com/2026/01/03/world/europe/switzerland-fire-avoidable-hazards.html?unlocked_article_code=1.B1A.1kSO.8wN4n7XVSLf-&smid=nytcore-ios-share Interesting that the number of exits is in dispute. I'm sure the fire department investigators know the answer. They would have inspection records and pre-fire plans on file, and it would very likely still be physically evident in the building itself if there are actually two exits, and whether they were operational, blocked, or in disrepair (which is depressingly common). Most people think that when there's a fire, there's nothing left afterward but ashes. The truth is that hardly anything gets completely consumed by the fire, and the whole scene can be pretty accurately reconstructed, step by step. It just takes time and lots of digging through debris. They'll know the origin point of the fire, it's path, and the basics of the building, and pretty much everything that happened. It's just a matter of how long it takes. Judging from the description of the location of a possible second emergency exit near the restroom, I would bet that if it exists and was clear and operational, it wasn't well marked with emergency exit signs leading the way out. This is also depressingly common. It's common for business owners to not take these simple things seriously and indeed to treat them with utter disdain. Especially - amazingly - many club operators. The descripiton of the bystanders outside having to force the doors open to help people escape makes me think there was no panic hardware on the doors. But who knows? It's all so frustrating.
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What the fuck is wrong with you, Austin?
Y'all hear about the grandfather & grandson shooting & killing each other in Circle C on the 23rd? Not a very merry Christmas for that family. https://www.kvue.com/article/news/crime/southwest-austin-shooting-grandfather-grandson/269-224ae018-cae6-4b6b-8565-f41f382ec23d
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Things not going well in Venezuela
Of course he is!! Just wait until people begin to understand that Venezuela won't be getting the leader they want, but rather the leader Trump chooses for them. Liberation? Democracy? Remedy for a stolen election? Eh, not so much.
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
Yeah I know. I just thought it was funny. The fentanyl isn'twasn't coming from Venezuela either, so ...
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Things Not Going Well in Venezuela, 2.0
- Things not going well in Venezuela
I mean .... narcoterrorism (made-up word) .... duh, ya stoopid ag!- Things not going well in Venezuela
- Swiss Ski Resort Bar Fire
Re: the Station, here's a drawing showing where the bodies were found. 61 bodies right near the front doors. The drawing shows the doors opening outward, but they actually opened inward. Had they opened outward, the death toll would have much lower. - Things not going well in Venezuela
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