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  1. Turtle

    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    Clear cut depends on your perspective. If it's truly clear cut, the conclusion would be overwhelming, but all too often it's clear cut only for those who want the cop exonerated of any wrong-doing. In another glaring example, a grand jury was steered by prosecutors in order to achieve a no-bill...
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    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    History shows the cop's lie very likely would have been the end of it, especially since the cop dropped his taser next to the body. The physical evidence may have been problematic for the officer, but they're not gonna hang an officer out to dry on problematic, it has to be conclusive. We've...
  3. Turtle

    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    The dash cam video shows he INITIALLY got out of the vehicle and ran while the cop was nowhere close. My point is, without that video, the cop's lie would have been the end of it, because people, especially the cops, will believe and defend cops. Anything different than what the cop says in...
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    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    I'm shocked, shocked I tell you, that the police department spokesman would take such a position and say such a thing. <snort>
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    Returning to FedEx CC

    Old woman gossip. If someone wants to change carriers, it's their place to inform others in public, not only of the change, but most importantly, the why of the change.
  6. Turtle

    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    There's no need to smear the good name of the Boy Scouts in this.
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    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    Yes he was, but his contemporaneous communications with dispatch at the time and his filed police report stated the dead guy had gone for his taser, and that he had to shoot in self defense. That's also the statement the police released after the incident. It was because of that lie, and the...
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    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    Your difference of opinion isn't with me, it's with the law enforcement officials in San Francisco who are positing that they may have a systemic problem.
  9. Turtle

    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    The racist text messages from the 14 other officers is a different matter, though.
  10. Turtle

    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    Depends on how you define 'wrong.' We're finding out that more and more often that's defined as racial profiling, targeted enforcement, unnecessary roughness by police, totalitarian oppression, and police escalating things to provoke. That's just one of the problems with the militarization of...
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    The lights are out on 2 Officers, state of the nation.

    The following shows that once you get enough of those isolated incidents, it ain't all that isolated anymore. San Francisco Police Under Fire for Racist Texts
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    May 2015

    Ask for more money. You'll see how badly they need it covered. :D
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    May 2015

    It's always a gamble turning one down hoping for a better one, but more than 8 hours in advance can be even more of a gamble, because it can easily cancel on you. They're shipping something they hope will be ready in 12 hours.
  14. Turtle

    Hotelier Looking For Some Advice

    The 24 hour thing has got to be a PITA for most hotels properties. In most cases, once housekeeping is done for the day, usually by mid or late afternoon those 24 hour rooms will have to sit, unavailable, until the next day.
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    Best Fast Food Salad

    In 1998 McDonald's began investing in Chipotle, small at first but after a few months became the controlling, majority stakeholder. They grew Chipotle from 16 locations to more than 500 when they fully divested themselves in 2006. McDonald's invested a total of $360 million and took out $1.5...
  16. Turtle

    National Chocolate Chip Day

    http://thankyoujimmyfallon.tumblr.com/post/7603858045/thank-you-chocolate-chips-for-not-being-called
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    How do I beat the heat?

    A high quality roof vent fan works wonders in all but the extreme heat. And like Murray said, insulate like crazy. You want to insulate the van as if you're going to be living in it, because you are. With an insulted van and a roof vent fan, along with a cracked side window about half way, you...
  18. Turtle

    Baltimore Rioting, Looting OK According to Mayor

    No, I didn't create a straw man. What you claim I did there isn't even a straw man at all. It's clear you don't know what a straw man argument logical fallacy is, otherwise you wouldn't use them as often as you do. A different context is not a straw man, and you're the one who created the...
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    No really I have insurance coverage???

    Worth the read http://www.msn.com/en-us/money/markets/the-trucking-business-is-delivering-chilling-news-about-the-economy/ar-BBjMdjT
  20. Turtle

    Self-Driving Freightliner Licensed in Neveda

    https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/01/2f/e5/012fe5a95a880f794a2e9fbf4cab2985.jpg
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