StrangeSox

QUOTE (bmags @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 04:25 PM) So true. Life is so hard for that group. So persecuted. Nobody ever talks about Islamic terrorism. You have to go to the darknet to even find anyone brave enough to talk about Paris.

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 04:09 PM) I think 14 v 140 or whatever (with multiple, coordinated attacks) also bumps up the level of response. Paris has also been the center of Western culture for centuries, somewhere everyone around the world knows about. Tons of literature set there, movies etc.

QUOTE (GoSox05 @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 09:20 AM) Player on the Lions kind of just brushes his facemask. Anytime you go close to a qb's helmet though, you are asking for trouble. They are going to call that every time. In real-time it looks like a clear face mask

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 4, 2015 -> 02:56 PM) To be honest it doesnt seem like many even care here in the US. What is up with that? I guess its a good thing because fear isnt spreading? Mass shooting fatigue.

Opec intentionally keeping supply high to ward off other sources ie north American shale oil right?

Msnbc reporter rifles through shooters' apartment on air. http://gaw.kr/bdT1iL3

Otoh wages are still pretty much flat since forever

I don't disagree with that. Democrats definitely need to figure out how to get people to pay attention and vote consistently at every level, not just every four years.

210k jobs added, unemployment holds at 5%.

You have successfully predicted 142 of the last two recessions though Eta and aren't cheap commodities prices, especially for things as widely used as copper and oil, good for the overall economy? And are junk bonds usually any sort of indicator of the overall economy?

No, it is driven by the people who put guns as their top or only political priority. The Colorado recalls a couple of years back are an excellent example of this: a small but very dedicated minority of voters can control elections especially when there is low turnout. Most people supported something at least as strong as the gun law put forth by Manchin after Sandy hook At the national level, you also have the unequal representation in both the house and Senate that favors rural and conservative policies inherently.

Dash cams can usually pick up external audio

The Senate voted to defund Planned Parenthood.

QUOTE (Harry Chappas @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 04:35 PM) Coldplay playing halftime of the Super Bowl Gross

QUOTE (KyYlE23 @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 01:55 PM) I would say the cops that walked into Burger King and deleted the video tried to cover this up Plus the ones that lied about what happened

QUOTE (shipps @ Dec 3, 2015 -> 10:45 AM) So this has got to be a planned attack for one of the organized terrorist groups right? This doesnt smell one bit like an angry employee going postal. Planned but not necessarily affiliated eg Boston bombers

One of the shooters identified http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-l...1202-story.html

QUOTE (RockRaines @ Dec 2, 2015 -> 08:10 AM) Its not early bird, SWA still has status flyers at first in line and they will save alot of slots for them (us.) Even when I switch flights I never get above A36 or so. The people waiting to check in right when its time are already behind Biz-Select, A Plus, A and then earlybird. Aplus, A-List get checked in first 36 hours ahead of time based on a convoluted and undisclosed ranking system, but to the best of my knowledge, there isn't any group of boarding spots set aside for later. I've definitely gotten B and even C when doing last-minute changes before, but you do still get to board between the A's and B's in that case. You can get high boarding number check-ins when you switch or check-in late due to other peoples' cancellations and switches--if I switch flights and had an A16 boarding pass, the next person to check in to that same flight will get my A16 slot.

Found a pipe bomb on one of the suspects

Oh well, what're you gonna do? Can we get back to the important topics of banning refugees and closing mosques and creating religious registries?

QUOTE (Jenksismyb**** @ Dec 2, 2015 -> 09:13 AM) You know, that's the first blog post/article I've read on this subject the last few years that's pretty level headed and reasonable. No "cops hate black people," no "cops are just evil killers," no pretending that cops don't have legit reasons to fire and fire quickly, etc. Just pointing out that cops keep inserting themselves into dangerous situations where shooting someone becomes the next seemingly reasonable step. I think if you look back to last year, especially at the conversations around Tamir and the guy shot in the Walmart, the subject of deescalation came up frequently.

A pretty good read from Krugman reviewing Robert Reich's latest book examining the shift in wealth and rising inequalities. http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2015/12/17...ging-oligarchy/

Tangentially related, police took more via asset forfeiture than all burglaries combined last year. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/wonk/wp...-did-last-year/

If Police Are Using Reasonable Force, Why Do They Lie About It?

Alvarez claims there was a "forensic investigation" but she's not the most credible person right now, either. I'm not sure if any outside agency has looked at it. There's a several different ways that chunks of video could be missing, but it's hard to say without knowing the architecture that they're using and what video management system/DVR they have. Any half-way decent system should have detailed system audit logs available showing any time the system was accessed, settings were changed, video was deleted etc.