Another Mass Shooting in America
Shooter Kills 9 at San Jose Rail Yard (another mass shooting)
An employee who gunned down nine people at a California rail yard and then killed himself as law enforcement rushed in had talked about killing people at work more than a decade ago, his ex-wife said.
“I never believed him, and it never happened. Until now,“ a tearful Cecilia Nelms told the Associated Press on Wednesday following the 6:30am attack at a light rail facility for the Valley Transportation Authority.
“When our deputies went through the door, initially he was still firing rounds. When our deputy saw him, he took his life,” Santa Clara county sheriff Laurie Smith told reporters.
The sheriff’s office is next door to the rail yard, which serves the county of more than 1 million people in the heart of the Silicon Valley.
Guardian
Military couple shot and killed outside their Virginia home (another mass shooting)
Police are searching for a Nissan and its driver after a military couple were shot and killed outside their home in Virginia, authorities said Wednesday.
Edward McDaniel, 55, and Brenda McDaniel, 63, were fatally shot in the 8000 block of Flint Street in Springfield, an area just southwest of Washington, D.C., according to Fairfax County Police. Both were military veterans. The husband was an active-duty colonel in the U.S. Army, NBC Washington reported.
“They were tragically and horribly murdered in their neighborhood,” Fairfax County Police Chief Kevin David said during a news conference on Wednesday.
NBC News
How many mass shootings will it take?
My guess: Infinity.
Is Jeff Bezos About to Own Trump’s Scandalous Apprentice Tapes? Colbert Makes the Case
Amazon officially signed an agreement to acquire film studio Metro Goldwyn Mayer (MGM), and Stephen Colbert has some guesses as to why Jeff Bezos agreed to pay the hefty $8.45 billion sum.
“The latest Bezos news-os is that Amazon is nearing a deal to buy the Hollywood studio MGM,” Colbert said on Tuesday’s Late Show. “That is such a billionaire move.”
The deal was made official on Wednesday morning, with Mike Hopkins, Senior Vice President of Prime Video and Amazon Studios, confirming that the acquisition gives Amazon ownership of more than 4,000 films and 17,000 TV shows.
“The real financial value behind this deal is the treasure trove of IP in the deep catalog that we plan to reimagine and develop together with MGM’s talented team,” he added in a statement. “It’s very exciting and provides so many opportunities for high-quality storytelling.”
Mediaite
But that's not the real story. Yes, as I reported here yesterday, Amazon did agree to buy MGM, the company.
Now, Amazon owns all of MGM's assets, which–hilariously–includes The Apprentice archives! Guess what that means?
Old Jeff Bezos pulled another fast one on the Donald and will now have all the footage of #TFG saying stupid racist and misogynistic stuff.
Hilarity ensues as we watch Fat Boy's head explode on live TV!
Big Oil Suffers Setbacks, Forced To Deal With Climate Change
Rachel Maddow had a fascinating piece last night about how big oil suffered three major setbacks yesterday (all in one day).
Bill McKibben, a founder of the grassroots climate campaign 350.org, talks with Rachel Maddow about three huge oil companies, Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell, and Chevron Corp losing major climate change court cases or being forced by shareholders to address climate concerns.
YouTube / MSNBC
Watch this. Thanks again to Mike for sharing this one with me. I watched it several times last night. There is hope that we can save the planet after all.
How's this for a segue?
A thick blanket of ‘sea snot’ is wreaking havoc on Turkey’s coast
For months, Turkish fishermen in the Sea of Marmara have been running into a problem: They can’t catch fish.
That’s because a thick, viscous substance known colloquially as “sea snot” is floating on the water’s surface, clogging up their nets and raising doubts about whether fish found in the inland sea would actually be safe to eat.
Scientists say that the unpleasant-looking mucus is not a new phenomenon, but rising water temperatures caused by global warming may be making it worse. Pollution — including agricultural and raw sewage runoff — is also to blame.
WaPo
Sharing mainly for the headline, but it's important to note that the sea snot is a result of rising ocean temps, much of which is attributable to our global reliance on fossil fuel. See above.
US jobless claims fall to 406,000, a new pandemic low
The number of Americans seeking unemployment benefits dropped last week to 406,000, a new pandemic low and more evidence that the job market is strengthening as the virus wanes and economy further reopens.
Thursday’s report from the Labor Department showed that applications declined 38,000 from 444,000 a week earlier. The number of weekly applications for jobless aid — a rough measure of the pace of layoffs — has fallen by more than half since January.
The decline in applications reflects a swift rebound in economic growth. The government separately estimated Thursday that the economy expanded at a strong annual pace of 6.4% in the first three months of this year, unchanged from its initial estimate. More Americans are venturing out to shop, travel, dine out and congregate at entertainment venues. All that renewed spending has led companies to seek new workers, which helps explain why a record number of jobs is now being advertised.
AP
Unfortunately, most of the jobs referred to in that last line will never be filled.
Have you looked for a job in the past few months? Hell, in the last decade?
Typical:
Master's degree, preferably a PhD, 10 years of experience leading a team of twenty in nuclear physics division, reporting directly to the Department of Energy Secretary.
Pay: $12 an hour. Part-time, 50+ hours per week. No health insurance. Must have reliable transportation and be able to speak fluently in three languages, one of which is Russian.
The article was originally published here!
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