SkyDekker

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    Not quite sure what that has to do with anything. It is pretty easy to design physical tests in such a way that many women would be unable to complete them. I have no issue at all with identical test standards for men and women, assuming the test is an accurate test for minimum standards for the job at hand.
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    Yup....agreed. What we don't know is if the test accurately tests for ability to do the job.
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    I don't, nor do you know if it is. Your post above made it clear you aren't entirely sure what the NYPD test is comprised of. What we do know is that an association of female NYFD members has some objections.
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    I disagree. I would agree if the test is a true representation of the job requirement.
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    You've passed it for your fire department yes. You might still have to consider yourself a liability for the NYPD though.
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    Your logic is faulty. That logic only applies if the test is an accurate reflection of the job requirement. If you can't pass the NYFD test, are you a liability for the current FD you work for?
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    Also from the article:
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    And reduced oxygen supply. Could be that you wouldn't be able to pass the test for NYFD either then. If you can pass the test for your FD but not for the NYFD, would you not work with yourself for being a liability? For the record, I believe that if there is a test, everyubody should be able to pass the test. I wouldn't be surprised if some of these tests are based more on excluding groups, than properly ensuring it measures ability to do the job. Many fire departments do seem to look like one the last bastions of white male dominated workplaces.
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    Have you done the same test she didn't pass?
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    Yes there are steps in between. Though not in every state. The part of the 5th amendment that gives the right to be indicted by a grand jury has been held not to be incorporated against the states. So, no this isn't how you do things South of me. Every State is different when it comes to Grand Juries, how they are used etc.
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    Abbott basically sent a guy to meetings. He created a communication channel that is under his control. Because Walmarts have been closed for 6 months to have them prepared to be used as detention centres. A state government is worried about the federal government invading it.
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    It is an elected position, everything she does has political motivations. Why complain about it now? In order to find out if he is guilty so one could "hammer him" he first has to get charged with something so a court case can follow. How else should this be handled in your opinion?
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    A plague on ALL their houses, IMO. (With the possible exception of Buddhists) The Rohingya would probably like the Buddhists included.
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    So the prosecutor is to blame because the Baltimore PD will stop doing their job? Where is all this moral indignation when it comes to cops and prosecutors helping put innocent people in jail and helping put innocent people to death, in their zeal to get convictions. Many a cop has overlooked evidence pointing in a different direction to ensure the current suspect gets convicted. Lastly, you mentioned that they should have been charged with manslaughter in stead of murder. This is pretty much what happened. Only the driver got charged with depraved-heart murder, which I think is appropriate. He should have known his actions could lead to this. This is the same appropriate charge for somebody who would for instance throw a chunk of concrete off an overpass and ends up killing some one.
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    Is this the same Texas where the Governor has instructed the State Guard to spy on a Special Forces training exercise, because he is afraid it is really a ruse to take over the state by the Federal Government? That Texas? As some one else posted on Facebook, even the crazy is bigger in Texas.
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    It wasn't at a distance. He ran, they chased. Caught him, then frisked him. Found the knife and arrested him for possession of a switchblade. Prosecutor today says it was a legal knife. How hard is it to tell the difference when you have the knife in your hands? so when you asked the question above, you weren't asking a question... you were being intentionally obtuse. Ok. I won't offer any more info then. Yes I was asking. You offered that it can be difficult at a distance. Thanks for the answer, but it doesn't apply here. They would have had the knife in their hands. So is it still hard to identify when you are holding it?
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    It wasn't at a distance. He ran, they chased. Caught him, then frisked him. Found the knife and arrested him for possession of a switchblade. Prosecutor today says it was a legal knife. How hard is it to tell the difference when you have the knife in your hands?
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    Does that totality of circumstances explain how some one get's arrested for a switchblade, which now apparently was a legal knife? I can't say I am an expert on knives. Is it very difficult to establish whether the knife was legal or not?
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    Except that the only suspicious thing he was doing at that point was that he started running.
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    Between you and the previous poster there were certainly some reasons I hadn't thought of yet. INcluding the offering that maybe he had done something illegal and thought theye were there to arrest him.
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    Running is suspicious? I am running a half-marathon on Sunday, I'll try not to make eye-contact with a cop.
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    He got arrested for making eye contact and running. Why would some one who doesn't have anything illegal on him run when he sees a group of cops?
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    Nasaspaceflight.com is pretty well respected from what I can tell. The Author seems to have decent credentials that stand up to a cursory google search. I wouldn't immediately dismiss it as enquirer or tmz material.
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    We have watched the polarization grow within the US for quite some time now. This us vs. them mentality you now see in multiple aspects.
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    Clearly the science isn't settled. http://www.nasaspaceflight.com/2015/04/evaluating-nasas-futuristic-em-drive/