Random stuff worth reading on the internet thread

[Northwestcoug]

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...really-big-one This article won a Pulitzer.

Phew! I'm glad I'm on the east side of the Cascades!

[Bo Diddley]

http://www.newyorker.com/magazine/20...really-big-one This article won a Pulitzer.

My boss at work had me read this article when it first came out. It's fascinating how some pretty smart people were able to piece everything together. There's a 1:3 chance of this disaster occurring in the next 50 years. And let's not get started on what a Mount Rainier eruption would do.

[wuapinmon]

My boss at work had me read this article when it first came out. It's fascinating how some pretty smart people were able to piece everything together. There's a 1:3 chance of this disaster occurring in the next 50 years. And let's not get started on what a Mount Rainier eruption would do.

As I write this, my sister is moving to Seattle.

[Bo Diddley]

As I write this, my sister is moving to Seattle.

Gorgeous area, but I'll never consider moving there because of this.

[Uncle Ted]

My boss at work had me read this article when it first came out. It's fascinating how some pretty smart people were able to piece everything together. There's a 1:3 chance of this disaster occurring in the next 50 years. And let's not get started on what a Mount Rainier eruption would do.

As I write this, my sister is moving to Seattle.

My daughter is moving to Seattle as well and will be working as a Geotechnical Engineer... There should be plenty of work for her.

[Art Vandelay]

One of the best articles I've read in awhile. The story of an American family keeping a Filipino servant (slave!) for generations.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...-story/524490/

She was 18 years old when my grandfather gave her to my mother as a gift, and when my family moved to the United States, we brought her with us. No other word but slave encompassed the life she lived. Her days began before everyone else woke and ended after we went to bed. She prepared three meals a day, cleaned the house, waited on my parents, and took care of my four siblings and me. My parents never paid her, and they scolded her constantly. She wasn’t kept in leg irons, but she might as well have been...

[falafel]

One of the best articles I've read in awhile. The story of an American family keeping a Filipino servant (slave!) for generations.

https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine...-story/524490/

That was a great article. The author, sadly, recently died as well.

[falafel]

Interesting article about prosecutorial misconduct in the Clark County DA's office that lead to the conviction of an innocent man. The two prosecutors in the 1992 case are now both district court judges.

But there was evidence Steese had been 670 miles away at the time — and prosecutors in Las Vegas didn’t share it. The prosecutors went on to win seats as state district court judges, where they still sit. Steese went to prison for life with no possibility of parole. That would have remained his fate except that, somehow, in a life with few breaks, Steese finally caught one. Prodded by his original attorney, the federal public defender sent a team burrowing into the prosecution’s files and ultimately dismantled its case.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a...dmitting-guilt

[Jeff Lebowski]

Interesting article about prosecutorial misconduct in the Clark County DA's office that lead to the conviction of an innocent man. The two prosecutors in the 1992 case are now both district court judges.

https://www.propublica.org/article/a...dmitting-guilt

Ugh... Prosecutors can be evil bastards sometimes.

[old_gregg]

Ugh... Prosecutors can be evil bastards sometimes.

prosecutors are like cops. some good and noble ones, lots of bad and very dumb ones.

[Donuthole]

I love Judge Cadish. My first trial as an attorney was also her first trial as a judge, so we'll always share that bond (FTR, I won). I also really respect Judge Herndon, so I was surprised to see that he was involved in this (though I remember hearing about it vaguely back in 2011-12). I'll spare you my thoughts on the other judges mentioned in this article, as Las Vegas is a very small legal community. Stu Bell was recently my mediator where we settled a case for policy limits, but the settlement pretty much happened in spite of him, not because of him.

[Bo Diddley]

Operation Plowshare

I came across this somewhat randomly, and found it interesting. Among other things, they considered using nukes to carve out a path for I-40.

Proposed uses for nuclear explosives under Project Plowshare included widening the Panama Canal, constructing a new sea-level waterway through Nicaragua nicknamed the Pan-Atomic Canal, cutting paths through mountainous areas for highways, and connecting inland river systems. Other proposals involved blasting underground caverns for water, natural gas, and petroleum storage. Serious consideration was also given to using these explosives for various mining operations. One proposal suggested using nuclear blasts to connect underground aquifers in Arizona. Another plan involved surface blasting on the western slope of California's Sacramento Valley for a water transport project.

[Surfah]

Mitch Albom details how he became a dad and lost his daughter to DIPG. It's a long, heavy read.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/co...b2c1dbc048ee66

[old_gregg]

Mitch Albom details how he became a dad and lost his daughter to DIPG. It's a long, heavy read.

http://www.freep.com/story/sports/co...b2c1dbc048ee66

man...

[Surfah]

man...

I know. I cried and I thanked God for 4 healthy girls and asked Him to keep them that way. There's a girl who lives in our hood with DIPG. She's absolutely gorgeous and perfect in every way. I haven't seen her in a couple months and I'm afraid to ask anyone about her.