I was watching a documentary about a town with a strong rail history and one of the engineers said that any of them that had made life careers of the job (he was talking postwar to the 80s) had hit and killed someone at some point, whether on foot or in their vehicles. I can't imagine me and all so many of my coworkers having to live with that.

But what about the drag queens how do we get rid of them /s

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The right bought the supreme court fair and square!

This makes me so angry, the selfishness of that action is beyond the pale. How can someone be so self absorbed to not care about the horrible impacts to that train engineer. It is inexcusable to have someone else kill you like this woman did - she’s dead but that poor engineer will live with this horrible memory for the rest of his life. Infuriating. There are a million other methods that, while devastating to family and traumatic to first responders to deal with a body dead by suicide, will not actively engage another person in taking your life. This is truly an evil action on her part.

I was hanging outside with a few buddies and heard the train's horn blaring for a very long time. I wish it wasn't because of something terrible like this. Ugh. I mean, stuff like this just doesn't happen in Waterbury.

Ahhh. The found flash drive. How my first computer forensic examination case began. I still thank the bad guy. Thousands of files of illegal content, and his resume on the drive.

It's just a vape in disguise

Vermont artisan in waterbury center is good

I watched the first meeting.

Some salient points:

The center in question has been operating at a deficit for years. The tuition raise is to bring them into the black and also raise quality to match that of the other local centers owned by the same company.

There was a lot of talk about how difficult staffing is. Raises for staff have varied from 15-28% and represent a significant increase in cost of care over the last few years.

Parents accused the company of lying about their losses, because they wouldn't share the specific numbers. (I'm not sure what business makes their specific financials public knowledge, so I'm not sure where parents got the expectation that it was reasonable to request that)

Parents requested that the center not improve quality of care. Expressed that they didn't think routine building/facility maintenance was necessary.

Parents are upset that more training days for staff means they are moving to a care schedule more in line with the public schools.

‘“And the sacramental seal of confession is the worldwide law of the Catholic Church, not just the diocese of Burlington, Vermont,” Coyne said, according to the Associated Press. He added that the bill “crosses a Constitutional protective element of our religious faith: the right to worship as we see fit.’”

Let’s be clear here folks. The Catholic Diocese of Burlington (and really the Catholic Church as a whole) thinks that the right to a confidential confession is more important than the rights of children who have been abused by them. Even though in any context outside of religion (I.e. a therapy session), you would be required to report suspected child abuse. Cultures of silence are dangerous.

I am pretty sure the Catholics legally aided their rapists by hiding them and moving them location to location. Murder is totally okay in a lot of religions, especially if deemed holy by another human. Torture, see murder.

““And the sacramental seal of confession is the worldwide law of the Catholic Church, not just the diocese of Burlington, Vermont,” Coyne said, according to the Associated Press. He added that the bill “crosses a Constitutional protective element of our religious faith: the right to worship as we see fit.”

The Church position is clear, requiring them to report any information about child abuse infringes on the Catholic ability to worship.

Just imagine if the Church of Scientology asked for an exemption to the mandatory reporting requirement.

Isn't it free for people with household income under $75k?

Yup! My husband works in IT for a startup and recently did a test by planting USB sticks in the parking lot. He labeled them “Payroll”. He said like 4/10 people plugged them in!

It's a joke. Go read about the stuxnet hack on the Iran nuclear centrifuge. Probably the biggest hack in history

In this case, the center is trying to improve quality and parents are upset about the cost.

It’s a catch-22. Everyone wants quality care, but no one wants to pay for it. As a corporate center, they are either going to be lambasted for not being high enough quality or accused of being greedy for charging what it costs to provide quality.

It's one of the oldest tricks in the book because it works. Curiosity gets to everyone.

There's a couple great examples on the show Mr Robot

That is incredibly messed up I would be devastated if someone shot my dog no less the police

Police in my hometown responded to the wrong house, and in doing so, shot my friends well-behaved dog — and also lied about every possible detail.

Agreed. If churches want a seat at the table to be involved the legislative process, maybe they could start by paying taxes.

Has that stopped the rightwing from pushing their agenda through legislatures, knowing it’ll be challenged or rejected? Then they simply try again and again, improving their craft each time until it’s finally the new law. They did it with abortion in numerous states until it was federally overturned. They found a way to have bounty hunter laws for abortions be accepted by the courts. Has that literally ever stopped them from challenging existing laws? So why should it stop us?

Maybe let Texas be an example and implement bounty Hunter laws against clergy sex abuse.

yes, yes and yes.

damn this person knows what 2 colleges in the state cost per year, wrap it up, we’re done here.

Kestrel is pretty bomb