- Details
- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
- Hits: 1795
There were people I knew, in the old restaurant, the wealthy, privileged, entitled customers, that would defend the killing of unarmed black men in the US, as "accidents" or by using statistics to justify their prejudice.
2 Links:
- https://www.techdirt.com/articles/20170623/06000037650/cops-sent-warrant-to-facebook-to-dig-up-dirt-woman-whose-boyfriend-they-had-just-killed.shtml
- https://twitter.com/webster/status/877296731523874819
Like, literally within hours they've started the "Blame the Victim" campaign and are attempting to frame and implicate the bereaved in criminal activity. Like holy-fuck. The system could not be any more broken, and every cop on that force at this point is guilty of murder. They should be bringing in the National Guard, because that is clearly one fucked up police department - and yet the sheep stay calmly in their pens...
Which is confirming my long held belief that the only good interaction you can have with a cop is one where you leave alive and the cop is in a shallow grave or dead by the side of the road. No shit.
- Details
- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
- Hits: 1810
A rather good video that describes the importance of fossil collecting before they degrade and are lost to history forever.
Link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lB6XfHstJPs&t=6s
A more intelligent approach to preserving shared heritage and resources than the Government of Alberta currently employs.
"A fossil on the surface, in this type of environment, may only have 3 or 4 years until it's dust. If you don't collect it, no one will ever collect it."
- Details
- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
- Hits: 1936
News of the murder of unarmed black teenager Jordan Edwards comes on the heels of announcements that no charges will be laid in the murders of Alton Sterling.
Link: https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2017/05/the-shooting-of-jordan-edwards/525141/
Note the stated consequence of the first - police officer shoots unarmed black teen in head, is fired. The initial response of the police chief - defense, denial, lies: "...was driving towards the officer..." indicts not just the fired officer, but the whole force. This should be the defense of every mafia drug-lord, hit man, domestic abuser and serial killer, this is the bar.
- Details
- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
- Hits: 1822
A good article on how your civil liberties are being eroded by large corporations. The culprit in this instance: John Deere
Link: https://www.wired.com/2015/04/dmca-ownership-john-deere/
There are, of course, abundant others - Apple springs to mind. Laws are made for corporations, by corporations.
- Details
- Written by: Rod Boyle
- Category: Rants
- Hits: 1951
I really didn't want to comment on this, it seemed self-explanatory. The incident where United Airlines beats up a passenger to reassign his seat to a higher priority staff member, followed by the CEO declaring he was belligerent, the corporate lack of apology, followed by later acknowledgement and apology (damage control as the situation escalated in the media).
The CEO, Oscar Munoz, you're garden variety corporate sociopath, even in the face of overwhelming evidence of abuse - video footage, denying, blaming the passenger, in small things you find worlds of detail. The apology, well, given the circumstance, the duress that finally forced it, no, thanks, if there's a board of directors they should be looking for another CEO right about now.
That, of course, wasn't the only misstep they made. There was the Scorpion on the Plane, accidents happen (more often on United). There was the man who was threatened with handcuffs if he didn't give up his seat to a higher priority passenger. And, just in, United Suspends an Employee over threats, rude treatment of flyers.
It's good they're getting all this publicity, they deserve it, they are the perfect example of how power corrupts, absolute power corrupts absolutely. And, imagine, especially now, what a terrible place that must be to work - the culture - toxic as it gets, reeking of implicit arrogance and abuse, now being faced with an army of increasingly hostile and fed-up passengers...
UPDATE: Apparently the abundant bad PR has had consequences for Mr. Munoz. Trivial, but we can hope it signals a change in their corporate culture.