Non-IT News Thread
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@nadnerB said:
Nescrapé
I really need to wake up... I saw that and read it twice before realizing that it didn't say Netscrape.
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That's how I read it the first time too.
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Onondaga County, New York: Father and Son Charged in Theft of $41,000 in Chicken Wings
We take our Chicken Wings seriously here in NY -
The plan? Pfffft. Just wing it.
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Korean Pop Group Appears to Have Been Barred Entry to the US as Sex Workers
So the question is... does the US now consider K-Pop to be sex work?
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This is literally right up the street here. I could walk there in an hour or so. This happened right in front of the first house we lived in in Texas. Like right out front. We drive this every day.
13 year old girl hits the emergency exit button and jumps out the back of her school bus doing 55mph on Interstate 45 in Bayou Vista, Texas. Galveston County.
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The Home Depot: Woman Who Shot at Fleeing Car Gets Sentenced, Says Will 'Never Help Anybody Again'
Tatiana Duva-Rodriguez, 46, fired at two suspects as they tried to leave the store parking lot in Auburn Hills, Mich. She was given 18 months' probation, and her gun permit was revoked until 2023.
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She says that she won't help people like she is punishing society for this. But let's face it, if wildly shooting at people in a non-life threatening situation is what she calls help I think we can all agree that her not helping people is best for everyone.
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So it got a little windy here in Texas yesterday...
Lufkin, Texas: Train Cars Blown Off Railroad at Loop 287 West
Lufkin police sergeant Dale Jowell said that 64 empty train cars blew over on Sunday morning, adding that it will take at least 48 hours before the roadway is cleared.
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@scottalanmiller said:
She says that she won't help people like she is punishing society for this. But let's face it, if wildly shooting at people in a non-life threatening situation is what she calls help I think we can all agree that her not helping people is best for everyone.
Without more information, and based only on the sentence here, I disagree with your conclusion.
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@JaredBusch said:
@scottalanmiller said:
She says that she won't help people like she is punishing society for this. But let's face it, if wildly shooting at people in a non-life threatening situation is what she calls help I think we can all agree that her not helping people is best for everyone.
Without more information, and based only on the sentence here, I disagree with your conclusion.
From what I read, she pulled a weapon and fired at a moving car for people that might have been shoplifting. I don't know any situation where I want someone firing a gun at a moving car over alleged shoplifting.
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There was no suggestion that hers nor anyone's life or healthy was in any way endangered by the people at whom she was shooting. She, however, did put peoples' lives in danger. They might have been criminals, but not ones endangering people - at least that's not why she was shooting.
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USS Milwaukee: US Navy’s Newest Ship Towed to Virginia Base After Breaking Down at Sea
The ship was en route to Mayport, Fla., from Halifax, Canada, when it experienced an engineering malfunction Friday. Following repairs, the vessel will be based in San Diego.
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@scottalanmiller said:
There was no suggestion that hers nor anyone's life or healthy was in any way endangered by the people at whom she was shooting. She, however, did put peoples' lives in danger. They might have been criminals, but not ones endangering people - at least that's not why she was shooting.
Right, and with the full details, I would probably agree that shooting was not called for. But I do not have full details.
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San Diego: Car Falls From 3rd Floor of Fashion Valley Parking Garage, Injuring 2 Women
The car fell at 7:30 p.m. PST Sunday, and bystanders pulled the women from the car before police arrived, news outlets report. One was transported to the nearest hospital with serious injuries.
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Jesus Christ: Medical Artist Draws Religious Figure According to Forensic Anthropological Research
Richard Neave drew Jesus according to scientists' findings of what a first century Jewish man's features would look like. The image depicts a man with short hair, muscular build and tan skin.
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So incredibly sad...
Four Year Old Boy in Buffalo Spends Two Days at Home Alone with His Mother's Body After She Dies of Natural Causes
http://www.fox26houston.com/news/you-re-clicking-it/57598438-story
The little boy thought that she was asleep and survived on milk and maple syrup until a Rent A Center employee came to the house for a scheduled appointment and found the boy who said that his mother was asleep and that he could not wake her up.
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Woot!
PRICE GOUGING PHARMA CEO MARTIN SHKRELI ARRESTED
I don't normally celebrate someone else's misfortune, however, if he's guilty, it's not misfortune, it's justice.
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@Dominica he was just in the news too...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/shkreli-raise-price-chagas-disease-drug-article-1.2463784
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The title has nothing to do with the story - it's just click bait! sigh.
