I pick up stuff in the store all the time and look at the price and shake my head and put it back. There are so many things that just aren’t worth it anymore.
I will when the majority of polled economists consistently support views that are not aligned with the regular population. When I see daily articles from groups like Brookings and the Economist bragging about how great Wall Street bailouts are and condemning student loan forgiveness I am not inclined to go find the single lone unicorn out there that disagrees.
Somehow we are supposed to believe the moral hazard and inflation risk of student loan debt forgiveness is real and horrible while bank bailouts it is non-existent. Just the other day I read an article by Grunweld explaining how bank bailouts are emergency measures and they don’t have to factor in what mistakes led to it or what problems will come from the fix. Meanwhile if you even hint at getting rid of student loan debt suddenly everyone wants to talk about those issues.
People lost their pensions, jobs, and homes in 2008. Goldman Sachs showed record profits. Economists approve of both.
When officers, who were already en route from the initial 911 call, arrived at the scene, they found Russell’s vehicle and some of her belongings, including her phone, but no sign of her or the child. Police have not received any reports or calls for a missing child, according to the Facebook post.
Sounds like the shop owner is a crook and is just trying to take advantage of the extremely limited amount of rivian certified shops. Their stated reason for the absurd cost being the windshield needed to be removed and headliner dropped is insane, that’s everyday shit for a body shop.
Looks more like it’s just pisspoor design/forethought on Rivian parts.
Here is their post on the rivian forum. If the entire back of the truck had to come off for a bumper, and maybe a rear fender something is wrong with the design.
Most of the comments are parroting what I’ve said above… just because that’s what the shop chose to do does not mean it was the correct plan of action.
There isn’t a lot of latitude in properly fixing a car. Cars go together in a certain way, and there are a lot of instances where you don’t have a choice in how much you have to remove to access what you need to.
Is the shop supposed to either not do the job correctly, and end up with a pissed off customer, and a pissed off manufacturer (possibly losing the approved shop status) or do it correctly and let people whine about the price, or eat the labor because YOU think it’s outlandish?
I’ve dealt with insurance enough to know that they buckle and dime literally every line item. If insurance paid it out, there wasn’t likely much choice.
So tired of seeing this bullshit perpetuated everywhere… Stop villainizing and perpetuating this stigma against mental illness… Mental illness does not make people violent!
Most people with mental health conditions are no more likely to be violent than anyone else. Only 3%–5% of violent acts can be attributed to individuals living with a serious mental illness. In fact, people with severe mental illnesses are over 10 times more likely to be victims of a violent crime than the general population. You probably know someone with a mental health condition and don’t even realize it, because many people with mental health conditions are highly active and productive members of our communities. Source
Mental illness did not cause this man to murder these kids… The atmosphere of pervasive fear and reactive violence against someone ringing a doorbell, delivering food to the wrong address, etc. leads to a disproportionate response of violence. It’s that a portion of the population has been spoon-fed propaganda and are ready, willing, and eager to kill others in defending themselves from an imagined threat to their life, culture, freedoms, religion, etc.
We are at this point because of systemic problems within our society, politics, news outlets, and social media. This is not a mental illness issue. This is a cultural and societal problem, driven by misinformation, corruption, and political extremism.
Edit: Want to clarify that this isn’t all addressed at you OP. I came out the gates swinging, but I’m addressing more the common arguments that perpetuate this stigma, not accusing you of sharing these beliefs.
I think it is fairly obvious that the murderer in this story would have benefited greatly from a therapist of some kind, for anger management at the very least.
Every human being alive would benefit from therapy. But that in and of itself is not a diagnostic criterion nor does it mean someone has a mental illness.
Furthermore, the existence of a mental illness in an individual who commits a violent act does not by any means dictate that their mental illness itself can be attributed as the cause.
I think you and others are getting hung up on the fact that this individual was not acting rationally and clearly had unhealthy (likely some delusional) beliefs. But that is due to an indoctrination into that conspiratorial mindset with expectations of persecution and violence and feeling justified in ‘defending’ themselves.
You can argue that this man clearly had dysfunctional thinking and I would agree with you. But this dysfunctional thinking is caused by misinformation (Fox, OAN, Newsmax) and echo-chamers on social media that rile these individuals and put them in a perpetual state of feeling like their ideals, culture, and safety are being threatened.
The misinformation in media, lies of corrupt politicians, and toxic delusional echo-chamers are the causes directly responsible for the culture we live in right now, not mental illness. And that is what it has become; a culture of extremism.Not mental illness.
This is similar to how people try to blame mass shooters on the big bad “mental illness” when there are so many actually relevant factors in play, including the media’s role itself in inspiring others thru eternalizing (and thin their minds enshrining) the mass murderers with their news coverage, plastering their names and pictures everywhere.
You can acknowledge someone is mentally unwell, but that does not mean that they acted the way they did due to mental illness. One problem I believe perpetuates the myth that mentally ill individuals are violent is the comorbidity of mental illness and substance use. Unlike mental illness, substance use is a predictor of violent/aggressive behavior… Substance use also exacerbates symptoms of mental illness. So when someone sees a homeless person who’s obviously mentally ill acting aggressively, they often think it’s the individual’s mental illness causing the aberrant behavior. But in reality, the substance use is actually what is responsible for the violent behavior as well as the exacerbated symptoms of the individual’s mental illness.
Well this is seriously messed up and terrifying. Did someone with access to a toddler put the toddler on the interstate to lure out a victim??? I certainly hope the child and the woman are ok but that conjures up such messed up scenarios and it’s very sad.
I had multiple training seminars by my (former) large mental health organization on human trafficking due to how pervasive it is in this region/Route 66… (I’ve heard it referred as the human-trafficing highway.)
These human-trafficing pieces of shit will absolutely use children as bait. They won’t just traffic children, but women who can be opportunistically abducted as well. I personally believe that’s what has happened to this poor young woman…
I had a client who escaped from human traffickers… She was abducted in the Midwest and trafficked to Texas. They kept her drugged up and that caused her to have substance use disorder when she escaped. She tried to escape and they caught her, and pistol-whipped really bad on the back of the head. She woke up from being unconscious with her head covered in blood, and climbed out a window and finally escaped. She called her parents states away instead of 911. Can’t imagine that call for her parents…
She really should’ve had medical intervention… She had some degree of traumatic brain injury and her parents told me it made her schizophrenia symptoms and dysfunctional behavior much worse. I only worked with her shortly after this all happened.
Her family hadn’t even reported her missing and thought she was not speaking to them/doing her own thing again. Human traffickers are largely opportunistic, but they will prey on the disadvantaged if they can. Some are more organized, and I knew of someone who was warned that their mixed-race child was being actively watched by human traffickers on their own street, because the child’s unique features make them more valuable/sought after…
And people don’t realize that human-trafficing isn’t all sexual. There is a horrifying number of human-trafficing victims in the US that are modern-day indentured servants/slaves for physical labor. Their handlers employee nefarious means to keep them under control, like holding passports, ensuring there is a language barrier, threats of violence, etc…
Human trafficking is a much more widespread issue in the US than people realize…
Craig Hawkins, Daniel’s father, is quoted as saying, “Every day we sense the absence of this young man. The hole in our hearts and lives from the taking of our son’s life is staggering.”
Damn. Because they rang the doorbell bro. Hope he suffers in prison/hell
Also listed is Vintage Firearms, the store that sold the shooter the gun, and RMA Armament, the online retailer the shooter used to purchased body armor.
Assuming that Vintage Firearms and RMA Armament complied with the applicable ATF regulations, I'm not sure how they're responsible in any way, unless the point is to use lawsuits to bankrupt a legal business for acting in a legal way. It would make as much sense as suing Ford for manufacturing and selling a vehicle that was used to intentionally run over pedestrians. It's unreasonable to expect that a firearms retailer is going to be able to ascertain the future actions of every single person that purchases a firearm.
Likely, yes. Which is why the PLCAA was originally passed. While I'm certain that people who believe they are on the political left don't see why this would be a problem, it's easy to apply the same principle to any business that someone on the right disagrees with, in order to eliminate business models that social/economic regressives disagree with.
This is some urban legend-type shit. I remember there was one of those going around the internet long ago about not getting out of your car if you see a baby carrier on/near the road because people were getting abducted. Sounds like the same sort of thing, but possibly confirmed real.
Yes, this is what I thought! Is it because the airlines have lower prices on trips that have a layover? Surely, it would be cheaper still to buy just an individual ticket to a place?
The stat people that punch in numbers find it to be more profitable to offer layover trips cheaper than direct trips.
It costs more to have a plane from Pittsburgh and a second plane from New York fly to London, both less than 100% full of passengers. It costs less to have one plane fly from Pittsburgh to New York, where it will become 100% full on its journey to London.
Therefore, your layover ticket is “wasted” on you when you consider the alternative: you buying a direct ticket while also letting another stranger purchase (and fully use) that layover ticket.
How is that any of the airlines business?? Kid bought a ticket. He has no obligation to use the full ride. I hope he/his family sues and I hope they win.
Actually, if you read the T&Cs on the contract, you really are expected to use the full ride, and the airline is allowed to impose a penalty like this. But it’s at the airline’s discretion, and I think not even the bean counters expect gate agents to enforce it in the most draconian fashion against unaccompanied minors.
This is why they are going to the press with this, because they can’t win the lawsuit. And the Press is the best place to expose behavior that’s legal, but shitty.
I’d bet they reacted like they did specifically because the person is a minor - a minor who is in the care of the airline and who they’re responsible for until they reach the intended destination. If the final flight arrived without the minor on it without it being intended, they would most certainly have some level of liability for the minor’s whereabouts.
Airline T&C are not just any old contract, but they are called the “Contract of Carriage” for the airline and have protections at the Federal level. Anything’s legal standing can be challenged, of course, but airlines do have special protections in this case.
There’s no way the family could possibly sue over this and win.
I agree it’s total bullshit, but there actually is a contract of carriage involved that skiplagging violates, so airlines are within their rights to cancel an itinerary if they catch such a violation. With that said, fuck BS airline policies and fares.
The point isn't to either support or oppose LGBTIQ interests - the point is to fund two sides who will then fight, and distract attention from their ongoing economic rape of all of us.
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