Millennials, in particular, have been more vulnerable to the stressors of college life, Green told NBC News.
"This generation has grown up with instant access via the internet to everything,” she said. “This has led to challenges with frustration tolerance and delaying gratification."
No kidding. So they need "safe spaces", oppose freedom of speech (unless they agree with the view of the speaker), and so on. They get "triggered". They have difficulty dealing with the real world.
He said the cops would never take him alive. And they didn't.
The slow-motion video, however, does seem to contradict reports on the incident, especially in view of the finding that an FBI agent fired two shots at the truck he was driving - one of which hit the roof of the truck. In the video clip, it sure looks as though Finicum put his hands in the air after exiting the truck.
It looks more like a repeat of Ruby Ridge, at this point.
As part of their seemingly endless quest to claim a title as "national leader", Willamette Valley Democratics are preparing to inflict more regulations upon Oregon employers:
A bill that would make Oregon the first state in the nation to regulate employee work schedules is headed to the House for a final vote.
At least they toned it down from their original plan, perhaps recognizing the adverse impact it would have exerted upon business such as Made In Oregon, which has several outlets around the state, including at PDX:
The bill’s provisions would apply to retail, food service and hospitality employers with at least 500 workers worldwide. That’s up from 100 statewide in the original bill.
Still, it all seems pretty arbitrary; how they came up with their magic numbers is anybody's guess, for example. And affected employers will be required to to provide employees with a work schedule seven days in advance of the first day of their work week - which in 2020 jumps to 14 days' advance notice.
A recently released Portland State University report concludes that irregular scheduling practices are prevalent in Oregon. Those can include sending employees home early if business is slow; providing short notice of work schedules; scheduling extremely variable total hours from week to week; and scheduling employees for a closing then opening shift (known as “clopens”).
Their new law requires employers who schedule less than ten hours off between shifts to pay those employees extra, but at least - for now - employers can still send staff home early if business is slow. The politicians will probably get around to regulating that later on.
There's more prosecuting going on; the feds have set up a "pop-up" shop to process citations during the counterculture Rainbow Family Gathering in Malheur National Forest. The "peace gathering" is anticipated to attract as many as 20,000 attendees.
Several assistant U.S. attorneys are staffing a makeshift office within walking distance of the festival in the Malheur National Forest, said Kevin Sonoff, a spokesman for the U.S. Attorney’s Office for Oregon.
Those who don’t want to negotiate a deal with prosecutors can appear before a federal judge by satellite, he said.
Thus far, around 2700 folks have shown up at the festival site. Eight have been arrested, and 50 citations have been issued, along with 200 warnings.
The area has about 7500 residents, a number of whom have expressed concerns that the campers will use up all of the food and fuel available.
On another note:
PORTLAND — An FBI agent has been indicted on accusations that he lied about firing at a rancher in 2016 when officers arrested leaders of an armed occupation of a federal wildlife refuge in rural Oregon.
The agent is slated to appear in U.S. District Court today in Portland, at which time his identity will be made public. The agent was part of a hostage team of five, out of Quantico. His two shots did not strike "LaVoy" Finicum, who was subsequently shot by Oregon State Police officers. Less than two months following the shooting and arrests, the FBI revealed that the hostage team members were under investigation related to the discharge of a weapon and the subsequent coverup.
It seems safe to say that none of the members of that team are apt to be on a fast-track to promotion.
A 6-foot-tall stone Ten Commandments monument installed Tuesday on the Arkansas Capitol grounds was toppled less than 24 hours later after a 32-year-old Arkansas man drove a vehicle into the statue, apparently while streaming the act live on Facebook, officials said.
He's apparently got a schizophrenia issue, according to the report.
He also did the same thing to a similar monument in Oklahoma less than three years ago. Perhaps he shouldn't be allowed behind the wheel of a large automobile.
An Islamic State suicide bomber’s belt exploded prematurely, accidently killing the militant and 12 other comrades in Diyala, according to a top police official.
Diyala police chief Jassem al-Saadi said in a statement that twelve IS militants in Mekheisa region, northeast of Baqubah, were bidding farewell to a comrade who was on his way for a suicide attack. Saadi said that the explosive belt on the bomber’s body went off to kill well-wishers instead.
Former Oregon governor Retread and his First Squeeze seem to believe that they've been "vindicated" after the feds opted not to press criminal charges against the pair for influence peddling. They're wrong.
An editorial in a Yamhill Valley newspaper clearly describes why the pair should never be entrusted with positions of power in this state - ever.
Love is blind, they say. And that seems particularly true when aging politicians become smitten with calculating charmers.
That sums things up well. He hooked up with a life-long grifter, and in the end, his own party turned against him. That's hard for a Democratic in a "blue" state (the Willamette Valley) to accomplish. But they managed it.
Police followed up with a woman who was accusing Forest Grove police with interfering with her phone and harassing her electronically, which proved somewhat difficult as the woman refused to answer her phone or listen to voice messages due to the alleged interference.
* A man asked police to tell his neighbor to not call the police on him.
* Officers responded to a location where a man was reportedly unconscious and non-responsive. Police found the man breathing, but quite intoxicated. He was transported to his residence and released into the custody of his less-than-pleased wife.
* Police began an investigation into a dispute between roommates over an eviction notice that involved one roommate allegedly putting salt into the other's fresh-water aquarium, killing 30 fish.
* A woman contacted police to file harassment charges against her neighbor. While officers were dealing with other calls, the woman contacted 911 to make sure officers were going to attend to her. When police did arrive, they explained that while there weren't enough grounds to charge the neighbor, there were enough for charges for misuse of 911.
* After a woman allowed a man that she met on "Plenty of Fish" in her apartment, she awoke to find her car and credit cards gone.
If for some reason you think it would be a great move to do a bungee jump, you might find it prudent to ensure that the cord is actually attached to the bridge from which you intend to jump.
As well, if you're a "migrant" who decided to run to Canada after Trump won, you might want to consider the fact that you'll likely be in legal limbo for years; landlords often won't rent to asylum-seekers because those folks don't have jobs. They can't get a job without a work permit. And a work permit is only granted if the asylum application is accepted. The processing backlog for that is around six months, although longer delays are more common.
Canada's admission policies are more rigorous than those in the USA.
Reportedly, some Democrats have a problem with current House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and probably with justification; her track record is certainly nothing to trumpet. Overall, their party seems in disarray, but the answer that some have apparently floated is unlikely to be the cure for what ails it:
Now that would at least be amusing. Note to Maxine: the estate of James Brown wants his wig back.
