https://www.cnn.com/2020/05/02/health/coronavirus-uk-elderly-patient-intl-gbr/index.html

This man came home from the hospital to die. His son found a way to keep him alive

 

https://www.kptv.com/general/a-teen...cle_6c6f5fa8-aeff-5f8d-b19d-34391411638b.html

When Antonio Gwynn Jr. saw the damage from protests in his hometown of Buffalo, New York, he grabbed a broom, bought some trash bags and started cleaning the streets by himself.

He started at 2 a.m. on Monday and did not stop cleaning for the next 10 hours. When an organized group of neighbors arrived later that morning to start clearing the damage, they found that Gwynn had already done most of the work.

 

https://www.kptv.com/general/a-teen...cle_6c6f5fa8-aeff-5f8d-b19d-34391411638b.html

In my opinion it's yet another case of over-the-top overreaction -- some one spends a day sweeping up a street in front of where they live and that deserves a car and a four-year scholarship? Get real. More like a nice news story and the mayor's thanks.

I've known all kinds of kids his age and even younger that have spent literally years training to volunteer with search and rescue teams and have repeatedly gone out in hazardous conditions and rescued people and saved lives and none of them have ever gotten anything beyond some recognition from their organization (and most never even got that in any official form).

 

In my opinion it's yet another case of over-the-top overreaction -- some one spends a day sweeping up a street in front of where they live and that deserves a car and a four-year scholarship? Get real. More like a nice news story and the mayor's thanks.

I've known all kinds of kids his age and even younger that have spent literally years training to volunteer with search and rescue teams and have repeatedly gone out in hazardous conditions and rescued people and saved lives and none of them have ever gotten anything beyond some recognition from their organization (and most never even got that in any official form).

Didn't deserve it? What a poor excuse for doing nothing to help a fellow human being in a time of anger and fear of the future. If those great kids you've known didn't get something extra it's because you and others that knew about it didn't do anything extra.

 

Didn't deserve it? What a poor excuse for doing nothing to help a fellow human being in a time of anger and fear of the future. If those great kids you've known didn't get something extra it's because you and others that knew about it didn't do anything extra.

I never said he didn't deserve recognition or reward, just that this was way out of proportion.

And I WAS one of those kids that was out there in the Rocky Mountain winters, starting at age 13 in my case, looking for missing aircraft and lost hikers and hunters and skiers and Alzheimer's patients that wandered off and anyone else that needed our help, and several of the people I worked with were killed doing it (no teens, but a couple in their early twenties). We chose to get involved and didn't expect anything extra (nor did this guy). Occasionally when we based out of a mountain town for more than a couple days some of the town's people would get together and have a nice meal waiting for us when we got back into town near sunset and perhaps put us up in the town jail for the night -- that was a welcome and much appreciated display of gratitude for what we were doing, but more commonly it was canned Ravioli and a sleeping bag laid out underneath the comm van.

 

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/merman-mike-finds-ring-returns-owner/

Mike Pelley calls himself "Merman Mike." He's not really half man, half fish, but he spends a lot of time in the water near Sacramento. The avid scuba diver says he searches for lost treasures and cleans up the trash along the way.

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2020/07/02/us/politics/iran-explosion-nuclear-centrifuges.html

Mysterious Explosion and Fire Damage Iranian Nuclear Enrichment Facility

 

Gee... How could that happen?

 

https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter

Showing up for work as a centrist at an American newspaper should not require bravery.

 

https://www.bariweiss.com/resignation-letter

Yeah, I read that article. Journalism has fallen into the extreme ideology trap. I know of no single source of objective news and information out there. One has to read as many of the sides of a story so as to make a not-too biased judgement.... and still it's not enough most of the time.

 

Yeah, I read that article. Journalism has fallen into the extreme ideology trap. I know of no single source of objective news and information out there. One has to read as many of the sides of a story so as to make a not-too biased judgement.... and still it's not enough most of the time.

The alternative is to just accept everyone has an agenda -- and dismiss them as such.

Capture as much raw data as possible, use your own mind to decide the reasonableness of an argument, and draw your own conclusions.

And don't let your emotions rule you. Be a Vulcan. Works for me.

There is no reason to believe a NYT writer or editor knows more than you.

 

There is no reason to believe a NYT writer or editor knows more than you.

OTH, they probably know more than me on some subjects, and are trying to play me for a sucker... sadly, cynicism paves the road to truth nowadays...

 

Journalism is paid for by advertising and advertisers put their money where there can be no blowback on them. Telling the truth often does not pay well.

 

How did I miss this?

 

How did I miss this?

3 of my favorite things in the world “GUNS GIRLS GUITARS” the only thing missing was Motor Cycles.

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Edit: I need to make a T-shirt.

 

A fish story.
https://www.kptv.com/teen-fishermen...cle_5ab358e3-ebb4-5da0-8fb7-710d469ef387.html

 

They can whip ya. Sometimes it feels like trying to lift a refrigerator off the bottom. Good stuff for the younguns.

 

 

What I can't figure out is that it dressed out at 550 lbs and they only got $2000 for it? Never heard of one going for less than $10-12/lb and up to $20+/lb depending on quality. That is pet food prices they received. Glad they had enough sense to tie the rod off since the rod holder they were using was about to come off the gunwale from the strain and abuse.

 

What I can't figure out is that it dressed out at 550 lbs and they only got $2000 for it? Never heard of one going for less than $10-12/lb and up to $20+/lb depending on quality. That is pet food prices they received. Glad they had enough sense to tie the rod off since the rod holder they were using was about to come off the gunwale from the strain and abuse.

One word: Pandemic

https://www.undercurrentnews.com/20...-demand-dramatically-reduced-during-pandemic/