Bet it doesn’t help either one.
Washington Commanders front office spokesbeing Frieda Flack denied rumours the team was planning to change its name from “Commanders”, which had been criticised as embodying a hierarchical, militaristic, cis-het worldview, to “Washington Redink”, celebrating the principal product of its hometown and of new sponsor, Bud Light.
Innovative new plan for reducing “gun violence” in the People’s Serene Democratic Paradise of Chicago:
Alder Maria Hadden, a Democrat, boosted a proposal by the group Native Sons calling for ‘The People’s Ordinance’ - a ceasefire between 9am and 9pm.
‘PROTECT THE YOUTH NO SLIDING WILE THE SUN IS OUT’ reads the all-caps promo, titled United For A Safe Summer.
They’re asking for the refrain from gunshots to reduce risk to Chicagoans who are ‘not involved in high risk activities.’
‘We have to start somewhere,’ Tatiana Atkins, co-founder of Native Sons, told CWB Chicago.
'Our goal is to approach our city’s gun violence problem strategically and not all at once. Things didn’t become this way overnight, and change won’t happen overnight.
Well, obviously, change won’t happen overnight if you declare the night to be free fire zone. But can the “People’s Ordinance” still the people’s ordnance at the crepuscule?
Atkins is hoping for more public support from politicians but ultimately, sees a perfect world in which no one fires a gun.
‘Not everyone is willing to drop their beef,’ she said. ‘If you aren’t mentally and emotionally equipped to solve disputes in a healthy manner, if you can’t help but harm each other – do so in a capacity in which children, elderly and those not involved in high-risk activities are less likely to be affected.’
Apparently, “sliding” is a word in the rap music patois one of whose dozens of meanings is to “press an issue/fight/shoot”.
Usually, a derailment is cleaned up in parallel from the side. This crash can only be cleaned up from both ends at a time.
It was particularly thoughtful for the meteor to land right next to the visitor centre on the Moon.
Ukraine has similar civil servants, who like to get a bit of publicity for themselves. And she did get plenty of publicity once Russians blew up the event for volunteer drone constructors. Chernihiv missile attack: Drone exhibit “agreed with local authorities”
A lot to unpack here:
https://www.yahoo.com/news/slashing-budget-west-virginia-university-141415518.html
Indeed…and some elsewhere:
“Get woke, go broke.”
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/nov/10/west-virginia-university-weighs-new-woke-criteria-/
The administrator plague:
Hence, faculty salaries are only 43% of total salary expenditures.
Who are those “non-instructional employees”?
Perhaps they could get a grant to reinstate Chinese language instruction from the Confucius Institute.
How fitting that the submission deadline was April 1.
Amazon inventory disposal scams:
and “brushing” scams:
Interesting … seems like a victimless crime in that it’s really a form of advertising for the vendors.
In terms of detection, wouldn’t it be the case that when the recipient of the package w/o a return address informs Amazon, then they could simply look up which orders were shipped to that address, and thus identify the “brusher”?
I got the sense that each of the two women featured in the video reached out to Amazon at least initially. At that point it seems Amazon had a chance to figure out the brusher account and “nip it in the bud”, no? If they really wanted to, I guess they could contact the recipient of the package sent by the brusher to double check they received the merchandise that was part of the verified purchase.
Perhaps Amazon also benefits from this indirectly, as brushing boosts sales, even if the reviews are mostly fake.
My wife ordered a single pillow from Amazon for our bed and received a case of pillows (X10). She contacted Amazon and they said keep them and charged for one. As an Amazon investor i was getting second thoughts about keeping the stock.
It is hard to image that things could be worse than under the present legal regime.
Oh, the drama! “I could have died!” Listen, sweetheart. You “could have died” crossing the street. Or climbing a ladder. Or slipping in the shower or bathtub. Life is full off “I could have died” moments.
Get over yourself and live life.