A man was stabbed to death Friday night at a bus shelter in north Minneapolis.
Of course the last line impresses me the most!
Nobody was in custody late Friday, McCarty said, adding there does not appear to be a threat to public safety.
Yeah, I mean it wasn’t a “Gun Death” so why the big deal? Don’t YOU feel safe?
h/t Maddmedic
Airlines Urge for Security Overhaul!
Airport security needs to undergo a radical overhaul or else passengers will become further disgruntled, lines will grow and terminals will be overwhelmed, airline executives said Tuesday at a global aviation conference.
“We simply can’t cope with the expected volume of passengers with the way things are today,” said Tony Tyler, director general and CEO of the International Air Transport Association, the airlines’ trade group.
Further we are no more safe having the TSA sexually assaulting us, but we ARE less willing to fly.
Disband the TSA yesterday!
People of Color Feel Uncomfortable in the Workplace:
“The corporation for me is a theater, and I try to remember to stay in character.”
That’s the blunt response from one African-American executive to a dilemma that dogs many people of color in American workplaces: Even as multicultural fluency is increasingly prized in today’s global business environment, the very people who represent that diversity feel shut out….More than 35% of African-Americans and Hispanics, as well as 45% of Asians, say they “need to compromise their authenticity” to conform to their company’s standards of demeanor or style. Forty percent of African-Americans — and a third of people of color overall — feel like outsiders in their corporate culture, compared with 26% of Caucasians.
“Companies have been good at creating a workforce that looks different,” says Andrés Tapia, author of The Inclusion Paradox. But, he adds, “they’ve fallen short when it comes to understanding how to develop a corporate culture where all employees feel included, respected, comfortable, and able to do their best work.”
Fewer than a third of Asian-Americans feel very comfortable being themselves at work, according to earlier research from the CTI (PDF). An Indian vice president at a multinational pharmaceutical firm recounts being told by her boss that her Anglo-Indian accent was “too stuffy.” She, like many others interviewed in our studies, avoids referring to Hindu holidays, discussing cultural mores with coworkers, or wearing anything that might be perceived as too ethnic. “You lead a dual life, you absolutely do,” said another Indian senior manager. “There is an inhibition. You just don’t want to talk about it. And I’d never dream of wearing a sari to work.”
I don’t talk about my work or my employer on this blog because I’m myself on this blog, while I’m wearing the mantle of a professional at work. I don’t show up at my job wearing my “I Pooped Today” T-Shirt, with my FAL slung, and my 1911 in my shoulder rig, and spend my time talking about how TSA employees should be tried and executed, while we should make Heroin legalized, and discussing my favorite pornography.
Of course none of that crap makes a difference in conducting my job, and would probably disrupt some of my coworkers from their jobs.
If I conducted myself like I did on the average Vicious Circle or Squirrel Report I’d probably be fired, and rightfully so!
Seems like so much hand-wringing to me.
H/t Mrs. Weer’d
WOW!
San Diego, California News Station – KFMB Channel 8 – cbs8.com
Man of all sound and fury I fail to see anything illegal except for him being drunk.
But boy are they going nuts over NOTHING!
There is no clear evidence that women get more moody in the pre-menstrual phase of their cycles, researchers report. The team analyzed 41 research studies that tracked women’s daily moods through their menstrual cycles. Their findings—which showed no clear evidence that pre-menstrual syndrome (PMS) exists—are published online now in the journal Gender Medicine. “There is so much cultural baggage around women’s menstrual cycles, and entire industries built around the idea that women are moody, irrational—even unstable—in the phase leading up to menstruation,” says Gillian Einstein, associate professor of psychology and public health at the University of Toronto.
I dunno if my N-Value is the same as theirs, but I must say the data I have is significant and opposite of theirs. Sure I’ve known a few ladies who really don’t experience much pre Crimson Tide, but I’ve met more than a few who are just the opposite.
Still what say you? (and Female Readers, definetly this is a mandatory chime-in for you…what do you think about this study result?)
Still I was very interested in this being a blinded study (ie the women did not know it had anything to do with their menstrual cycle), is it real, or is it cultural?
This Parody:
And because fair is fair!
And she beats a person favorite drum of mine!
Preach on Sister!
This case is good on so many levels.
Police have charged a man with manslaughter in connection with the death of an architect in downtown Austin on Labor Day…. A friend of Casey’s told police that there was a brief argument between Casey and a male and female couple, the affidavit said. He said that he saw the woman punch Casey in the left side of the head, causing him to fall to the ground, the affidavit said. The two then fled the scene.
Another witness described the man as being the one who struck Casey, the affidavit said.
Police reviewed surveillance cameras downtown, but while they could not get footage of the actual fight, they captured images of the man and woman they believe were involved. Casey’s friend identified them in the footage, the affidavit said.
A few days after Casey died and police released images of the suspects to the news media, an anonymous tipster told police that Preston Joe Sharpnack was the man in the video footage, the affidavit said.
Unarmed attack, ends in death. Who needs a weapon? Of course for those who use the metric of “Gun Death” think the tool is more important than the person committing a crime!
You ever pour yourself a glass of water, and without noticing chug the whole thing in seconds? Whenever I do that I always say “Wow, I must have been REALLY thirsty!”
Well the same thing happened at the range, but with ammo. I like to over pack for the range. Man I was shooting the SKS and then I looked down at the pile of clips on the bench and realized I’d had just burned through 80 rounds without noticing it!
Man, I really needed that recoil therapy!
Wow! It was a LOOONG work week last week, culminating a LOOONG ass day catching up on some long-running problems in the mouse-mines. Good news, the fires are out, and things are looking awesome now. Bad news, it kicked my ass.
Had family down last weekend, which was fun and awesome, but it didn’t give me much time to relax.
Daddy needs to hit the range, and Daddy needs to not only bring the pistols, but the rifles TOO!
So I’m off to shoot some stuff, and crank off some rust! BBL!
