In the News

Here is some stuff in the news today.

[Content Note: Guns; violence. Video may begin playing automatically at link.] There has been a mass shooting at the Northern Paiute Cedarville Rancheria Tribal Office near the Oregon border, in which four people were killed and two more critically wounded after a "44-year-old former tribal leader identified as Sherie Lash, also known as Sherie Rhoades," pulled out a gun during an eviction hearing and began "systematically shooting" people, then picked up a knife after running out of ammunition. Alturas Police Chief Ken Barnes said, "This is like nothing I have had to deal with in my 25 years of being with the city of Alturas." Lash has been charged with homicide, attempted murder, child endangerment, and brandishing a weapon. My condolences to the entire community.

[CN: Violence] Hayes Brown, Kiley Kroh, and Igor Volsky have "Everything You Need to Know about the Growing Crisis in Ukraine." (Which is of course not literally everything, but it's a good start.) The Guardian's live coverage, as negotiations are taking place to end the protests, is here.

A petition protesting the controversial decision in women's figure skating has already gotten over a million signatures!

[CN: Class warfare] A new report by the Working Poor Families Project has found "that working single mothers, who head up more households than ever across the nation, are more likely to be in poverty than their married counterparts." There are not a few Republican members of Congress who have suggested that the solution to this issue is for single mothers to GET MARRIED, but that is not a serious policy solution. That is a stupid, misogynist, lazy shortcut invoked by people who don't want to oblige businesses to pay fair wages and don't want to robustly fund the social safety net.

John McCain says that if the next presidential election were tomorrow, Hillary Clinton would win. "I would bet, my friend, as much as I hate to admit it, that right now—this is why we have campaigns—but right now, if the election were tomorrow, Hillary Clinton would most likely be the president of the United States." He hastened to add: "She wouldn't be my candidate." HA HA SHE IS NOT ANYONE'S CANDIDATE BECAUSE SHE ISN'T RUNNING. (Yet. Maybe not ever. Etc.) Jesus Jones this shit is so annoying.

Have you noticed your Netflix streaming getting worse and worse? We sure have at Shakes Manor! It's terrible! Welp: "While ISPs would never admit to anything, a number of reports claim the slowdown is part of a standoff over the cost of carrying all that Netflix traffic. It seems Comcast, Verizon, and the other big names are happy to let Netflix degrade to make a point. ...The Wall Street Journal reports that Netflix traffic through internet backbone provider Cogent has quadrupled in the last six months as Netflix has expanded 1080p HD streams to all customers. ISPs are upset about the increased cost of delivering those bits to subscribers and want Netflix to pay additional fees to cover its usage. In an effort to compel the streaming company to agree, ISPs have allegedly delayed connection upgrades that would alleviate the increasing congestion." How terrific for consumers!

Dogs are basically people.