> Mr Trump last week described the protests, which have entered their 10th week and claimed several lives, as “riots” that China will “have to deal with” itself.
> “Our official model has the probability of a recession over the next 12 months only pegged at about 20 percent, but our subjective call based on the slew of data and events leads us to believe it is closer to a 1-in-3 chance,” Bank of America wrote in a Friday analysis.
> The penguins, Skipper and Ping, adopted the egg after it was abandoned by the only female penguin in the group of six king penguins at the zoo, zookeeper Norbert Zahmel told the Berliner Zeitung newspaper. She has not shown interest in her eggs recently, and there has not been a chick born at the zoo since 2002.
AFAICT he was more like a "trainee" or something equally pointless in distinction here but just letting that wave out there in the wind is amazing work, good job AP
@TimStone According to the NY Times the jail was understaffed because of the federal hiring freeze. Maybe someone will finally notice that indiscriminately freezing new hires is a bad idea
The part of it that makes conspiracy theories really plausible is that he was taken off suicide watch. Unless this was simply done because they didn't have the staff to monitor (or someone bribed them), it just doesn't make any sense
@GnomeSlice Yeah, it's not inaccurate though. It's more like "We know these are effective, we're going to figure out what is the most effective and how best to use it"
@TimStone When the person in charge is capable of making threats that nobody calls him on, indeed, has zero repercussions, it sets an example for the rest of the country.
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> These stories don’t mention Jeffrey Epstein, but they are about him. Epstein was incarcerated in the United States of America, and this is how the United States of America, the mightiest and richest nation there is or ever has been, treats incarcerated people. When you say, “There is no way that guards could be so reckless, so indifferent, so malicious as to just let someone as important as Epstein die,” this is how 32 Americans respond. Many, many more could respond in kind.
I suppose it could be a bit disconcerting to think about how "he was ignored after attempting suicide" is conspiracy fodder for Epstein but run-of-the-mill for others incarcerated in the US.
@Yuuki Yep. Abuse, neglect, and indifference to suffering is the standard of care in US prisons. We should be bothered by Epstein's death, but because its normal, not because its exceptional.
I mean, given how much deference is given to monied white men, it's both normal in that it happened to a prisoner and exceptional in that it happened to someone of Epstein's status.
And both things should bother people.
Although it's a bit weird to equate "someone committed suicide" with "they escaped justice", which I've seen going around.
@Yuuki A bit weird, but emotional reactions aren't always entirely rational. I can especially understand the sentiment on the part of the victims themselves (not that I have any way to know their feelings on the matter).
@Yuuki it stops the trial, and any formal acknowledgement of guilt. It's not exactly escaping justice, but it does cut off the way justice should work and leaves the result open-endend. There are probably indirect ways in this case to still investigate the crimes, but that wasn't immediately clear
> The lawsuit, approved Monday, argues the country's largest airline "illegally overcharged its customers" by more than doubling the cost of fuel on some flights.
> Michael Vathilakis, the petitioners' lawyer, said Air Canada misrepresented the stated purpose of the surcharge, which was to partially offset the fluctuating price of jet fuel.
> "What Air Canada did was represented to passengers that they were collecting this amount in order to offset volatility, when in fact the allegations are that they were in many cases actually reaping a real profit on it," Vathilakis said in a phone interview.
If airlines are going to be nickle-and-diming charges to "offset costs", then they better be providing a breakdown of the cost of your ticket with each purchase.
@TimStone And yet I don't think we've reached the height of ignoring industry in favor of getting average people to shoulder all of the burden of conservation.
I do like that he clarifies the possible "maybe he's being pedantic about Regions and has a weird definition" with "Austin, which does not count as Texas,"
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