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Sure, I get that, but roughly is often used in the same way as approximately absent certainty. News headlines..... "Ford recalls roughly 2.5 million vehicles over door latch, brake problems" Report: Roughly 400,000 U.K. Firms Won’t Say Who Owns Them Erratic winds push Isom Creek Fire growth to roughly 5,000 acres MassLive Senior Days: Pittsfield honors roughly 20 spring sports seniors

So, is it the reopening? I've been doing the same daily routine and I have to wonder. Yes, some restaurants are doing dine-in service again, but they limiting the number of patrons, employees wearing gloves and masks, disinfecting, etc. Some continue only take-out. Some retail is open, some is not. I do know the resorts in Phoenix/Scottsdale have been filled with travelers from California and other places that just wanted to get away. “Alarming” is how , an epidemiology professor at Harvard University's T.H. Chan School of Public Health, characterized Arizona’s situation to AZ Central. “The only sort of crumb of comfort that I can find is that I think, in general, it's sort of easier to social distance in Arizona than it is in some places." I'd say it's alarming. Easier to social distance compared to where? The Navajo Nation is having a hell of a time, 27,000 square miles, that's a lot of open space and yet the infection rate is 3.4%.

I don't know man. Was she too lazy to put up an actual image of an electric scooter? That's a full size motorcycle.

I read about this incident and found it was from a year ago and dude is definitely not an FBI agent. Rochester PD Statement: "The officers believed they recognized a person known to have an arrest warrant for assault. The individual was roughly the same height, weight and age of the individual the officer believed to have a warrant. Officers approached the male and asked him his name. The individual was not co-operative in identifying himself to officers," they said. "The officers determined they had reasonable suspicion to detain the individual and determine his identity. During the brief detention, identification was located showing he was not the individual the officers knew had a warrant. The individual was immediately released. Contrary to social media rumours, the individual was not a Federal Bureau of Investigations [FBI] agent."

Exactly. The shit goes on.

In other news..., looks like they caught the dude that shot retired St. Louis PD Captain David Dorn.. The dude that shop him apparently was supposed to be serving 7 years for felony robbery. He received a suspended execution sentence, violated probation twice and was given......, you guessed it, another suspended execution sentence. Meanwhile, this happened: https://chicago.suntimes.com/crime/2020/6/8/21281998/chicago-violence-murder-history-homicide-police-crime

That shit is out of line.

Ah yes, no opposing views/opinions televised or reported, wouldn't that be great. Sounds like something straight out of the NY Times op-ed page.

Agree How is saying he/she is a Marine for life any different then people being loyal to their alma mater?

All I know, it's is a county agency and there is also a Sheriff's department. There is a similar thing in Las Vegas and Clark County although that happened years ago in which city PD and county merged. All under the jurisdiction of Sheriff's department but they have metro cops and those that just work county side.

There is the Sheriff's department and then there is the Camden County PD. As far as I can tell the number of PD officers I exampled are in addition to the sheriff's department and only police the City of Camden. When it comes to crime reduction, ratio of cops to citizens is a major factor and that is why I brought it up.

Yeah, but Camden did this first as a way to reduce costs by eliminating the union. The county force is now twice as large as PD was in 2012 in a city of approximately 73,000 that has been experiencing a consistent population decline for years. It did work, but now you have one cop per 160-170 residents. So, is increasing the size of police departments what people have in mind?

Really? Tell that to the AI tech world. I answered the question and specifically about who I trust. If the system has those kind of people executing, it will be more good than no good, if not we may all be fucked. I'm realistic and don't expect 100%.

Who do we trust? More government, less government oversight? Right, left, middle? Groups that have had a distrust of government for years or want less government involvement have always been branded as right wing lunatics, rednecks, conspiracy theorists and so on. People that have armed themselves for self protection have been called the same. Who fills the gun shops these days? DC doesn't have a single right leaning politician on the City Council. Minneapolis is also zero. Louisville, 19 D, 7 R. NYC is 48 to 3 in favor of dems. Los Angeles, only one independent, the others? You guessed it, democrats. Chicago, just 4 independents. With most municipalities, the mayors and councils have direct oversight and make the policies and locals laws, they hire and fire police chiefs and sign off on promotions. LA has a citizen Board of Police Commissioners, all appointed by the Mayor and LA is not alone in having oversight boards. The mission? The Commissioners’ concerns are reflective of the community-at-large, and their priorities include implementing recommended reforms, improving service to the public by the Department, reducing crime and the fear of crime, and initiating, implementing and supporting community policing programs. These cities are in firm control of a party that wants more government involvement and claims to be looking out for all of us, especially minorities. These cities have very strict gun laws and yet shit still happens. Protests/demonstrations are now calling for de-funding and disbanding of police departments across the country. What the fuck does that look like? Some people are on edge and some cops are on edge. Understandable, no? I mean how many cops have gone down since these demonstrations started? How many injured? Hell in NY, two lawyers tried to fire bomb a fucking precinct and were handing out Molotov cocktails. So, not everything has been peaceful. We like to finger point that somehow this is all the fault of a president and his sidekicks. What the fuck was happening before he was in the WH? No doubt, dude needs to keep his mouth shut or learn to speak with some compassion but is that really the problem? People better find a way to get past this shit and start neutral dialogue that respects all sides and doesn't concede too much to one side or the other, or, we will reach a point of no return. Some of this knee jerk reaction is going to have consequences and certain parties will be waiting in the weeds to take advantage of the situation. So..., who do I trust? Myself, family and some close friends. I do trust others out there with a reasonable approach and solution to problems and I do trust those that are willing to talk things over with civility and respect. This is not to say heated discussions are unacceptable just that I'd rather have an argument with a person and walk away then the other way. For the time being, I will continue to have some trust in a system, that with all it's flaws, will work more times than not. I have a long list of who I do not trust.

Unbelievable is right. The story is vague. Why didn't the screen printing company just contact the US Postal Inspection Service to find out what happened as per directions? Instead he says, “We’re tired, but we’re going to try to rally some support and figure out how to replace these masks and how to support the movement.” What? Your just going to concede this happened and not demand an explanation?

I prefer HI-C or Hawaiian Punch over Kool-Aid.

Not quite along the same lines of romance and nostalgia but here is my story. In 2011 we had a bid opportunity with the a certain rail system in New York City. At that time we had some railroad herbicide application experience but using hi-rail trucks not with mounting our equipment to a flat car pulled by a diesel locomotive. Anyways, we figured out the engineering side of it, submitted the bid and were awarded the contract. Pretty cool to say I traveled throughout four of the five boroughs on an open flat car on mainline road, elevated track and in the deep bowels of the city, during both day and night. At times it was some scary shit but definitely an experience. Here are some pictures....

For us, yes, for the mechanic not so much. We paid him two weeks while off but wont' be bringing him back. His test came back negative too but turned up positive for sticky fingers.

I've been tested. Not because I though I had it but because a mechanic that works in my shop claimed his wife tested positive after attending a funeral on the reservation and then came into our office. I paid to have my office staff which includes my wife all tested and decided to include myself and a couple of others. Test results for the whole crew came back good. Trust me, I'm still watching.

What is Covid?

So, in the end, it doesn't really matter what he said.

It was an ATM in a residential area and one of the dudes blew himself up in the process. What if an innocent person got caught up in that? Shit is pretty blatant these days.

Here is the transcript. https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/transcript-trump-mobilize-federal-resources-stop-violence-restore/story?id=71008802