Fair warning: lots of dubious speculation mixed in with fax along with unnecessary heavy breathing. Having said that, what is reasonably well documented and what is speculation is clearly separated.
In 2014 California passed Proposition 47, which made theft of property valued at less than $950 a misdemeanor offense. This is how it is working out……
You’ve likely seen the videos on social media or the local news: groups of people rushing into a store, grabbing armfuls of merchandise. The brazen crimes are on the rise and CBS13 has learned, in most cases, the crooks get away from authorities.
After searching police reports and arrest records, CBS13 found that while the rate of these grab and dash crimes is on the rise, the rate of arrest is down. We turned to law enforcement and the retail industry for answers. Both blame a California law intended to make “neighborhoods safe.”
In a New Study on Bird Loss, Some Scientists Say Subtlety Is Lost, Too That is code for “they totally misrepresented things to get more publicity.”
For those interested in the battles, BazBattles did them better (what ones they covered) here.
Reading the Fine Print in Cuomo’s “Tuition-Free College” Plan
Full tanks and tankers: a stubborn oil glut despite OPEC cuts
A young fit modern soldier in his gear, a young fit fire fighter in his gear, and an older (compared to the other two) geeky nerd in medieval Armour run an obstacle course. The nerd’s goal is to dispel the idea that knights were not mobile.
Doctors Warn of Painful Parasite Hiding in Your Sushi . You don’t eat raw meat for a reason.
Africa’s new slave trade: how migrants flee poverty to get sucked into a world of violent crime. I am no fan of how the west intervened in Libya, but I think people who blame this kind of thing on the fall of Gaddafi are missing the point. A lot of this was always going on but it was harder to see with Gaddafi in power.
How to Accidentally Stop a Global Cyber Attacks. Don’t mind the security scan, they have to be paranoid.
Not to be sniffed at: human sense of smell rivals that of dogs, says study . Not sure about the headline, but yeah, the sense of smell is underused more then it is deficient. Native peoples have been long none to be able to track by smell and other things that human’s “can’t” do.
In Bleak Prognosis, Italy’s Financial Regulator Threatens EU with Return to a “National Currency” The failure of Italy’s Financial System is something that everyone can see coming and nobody believes will actually happen (at least if you pay attention to what the markets are doing).
Roof failure was at a one-of-a-kind Hanford tunnel system . More on that radiation problem on the west coast.
Researchers Find Gut Bacteria Can Trigger Brain Lesions That Lead to Strokes . It is all connected together in case you have not figured that out yet.
Tunnel Collapses at Nuclear Facility Once Called ‘an Underground Chernobyl Waiting to Happen’. Hyperbole, but still of interest.
Greater capacity to detect sound gives autistic people an advantage
No, New York Times, Christianity’s Opposition to Abortion Is Anything But New. There is dubious start to the article, but it has more educational value as it goes on for those who don’t know much early church history.