Non-IT News Thread
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@dafyre No, but it's 20 degrees outside today, here in NY...
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Hamburg Turns Down Olympics
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Amazon showcases their new delivery drone...
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UK Votes for Air Strikes in Syria
Overwhelming vote by MPs to begin airstrikes against IS in Syria.
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This is the power plant walking distance from my house in NY.
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Nothing like finding $1bn of gold!
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Major shakeup in Venezuelan politics. The biggest ever right wing swing since the reigning socialist party was formed in 1999.
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Monsanto: US Agricultural Biotech Company to Face ‘Tribunal’ for Crimes Against Nature and Humanity
The trial will be held Oct. 16, 2016, in The Hague, Netherlands, advocacy groups announced Saturday at the COP21 summit. Monsanto is charged with damaging health and the environment.
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Pendleton Correctional Facility: Officials Searching for 28-Year-Old Escaped Inmate
Madison County authorities are seeking Charles Adams, who walked out of the minimum security facility Sunday evening, according to security officials. Adams is white and 5 feet 11 inches tall.
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@mlnews said:
Monsanto: US Agricultural Biotech Company to Face ‘Tribunal’ for Crimes Against Nature and Humanity
The trial will be held Oct. 16, 2016, in The Hague, Netherlands, advocacy groups announced Saturday at the COP21 summit. Monsanto is charged with damaging health and the environment.
No matter what your opinion on Monsato and what they is, this is enormous news with incredible potential to alter the world we live in and the one we will be living in in the future.
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Mendeecees Harris: Reality TV Personality Receives 8-Year Federal Sentence for Drug Trafficking
Harris, 37, received 97 months Tuesday for his role in an upstate New York drug ring, having pleaded guilty in April in a negotiated deal. He appeared on the VH1 show "Love & Hip Hop: New York."
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And guess where he was caught.... yeah, Rochester
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Woman's Hospital of Texas: Nurse Carjacked Outside of Houston Hospital, Police Say
Susan Grant, 63, was attacked outside the hospital at around 4 a.m. on Monday, police said. The Houston Police Department is investigating, and the hospital says it is increasing security patrols.
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Florida Man Hiding from the Law Eaten by Alligator
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@mlnews So, I guess you can hide from the law, but not from the gators.
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Gators can smell fear, and to them it smells like BBQ sauce.
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@scottalanmiller Or Chicken.
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@dafyre said:
@scottalanmiller Or Chicken.
Nah, the PERSON smells like chicken. The fear is just a sauce.
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Indialantic, Florida: Thousands of Coffee Cans Wash Up on Local Beach
Cafe Bustelo cans appeared on the beach shore near the Doubletree Hotel. The U.S. Coast Guard said it is likely that a cargo ship owner could be responsible for the coffee spill.