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Started by Korea, March 10, 2009, 06:24:26 AM

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Tamas

QuoteDealing with no end of drunks and deadbeats.  Plus just working shiftwork itself.  Most cops try and get out to a more specialized unit as soon as they can.

Yeah I have two cops in my extended family. That right there is pretty much what they described. One got into an office-based role ASAP the other managed to become a crime scene investigator.

Tonitrus

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 13, 2020, 04:28:19 PM
Quote from: celedhring on October 13, 2020, 04:21:22 PM
I do respect police work (heck, I have a couple of policemen friends - incidentally one of them writes horror novels which might be related but I digress  :lol:), but I have always thought you have to be a little "special" to apply to be riot police. It's essentially (even if not only) about getting up close and personal with rowdy people while wearing body armor.
I've always thought the idea of, say, working for the FBI would be kind of cool. But we don't have anything like that despite numerous agencies occasionally branding themselves as "Britain's FBI" :lol:

And I thought it was just all about Scotland Yard.  :(

The Larch

Quote from: Tonitrus on October 13, 2020, 04:52:19 PM
Quote from: Sheilbh on October 13, 2020, 04:28:19 PM
Quote from: celedhring on October 13, 2020, 04:21:22 PM
I do respect police work (heck, I have a couple of policemen friends - incidentally one of them writes horror novels which might be related but I digress  :lol:), but I have always thought you have to be a little "special" to apply to be riot police. It's essentially (even if not only) about getting up close and personal with rowdy people while wearing body armor.
I've always thought the idea of, say, working for the FBI would be kind of cool. But we don't have anything like that despite numerous agencies occasionally branding themselves as "Britain's FBI" :lol:

And I thought it was just all about Scotland Yard.  :(

And MI5.  :lol: Or was it MI6?  :hmm:

crazy canuck

So it looks like US senators of both parties have now decided that using props in the Senate chamber are entirely appropriate.

Malthus

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 14, 2020, 10:26:07 AM
So it looks like US senators of both parties have now decided that using props in the Senate chamber are entirely appropriate.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caning_of_Charles_Sumner#/media/File%3ASouthern_Chivalry.jpg

Is this the past - or the future?  ;)
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The Brain

Check under your seat. Everyone gets props!
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grumbler

Quote from: crazy canuck on October 14, 2020, 10:26:07 AM
So it looks like US senators of both parties have now decided that using props in the Senate chamber are entirely appropriate.

That's been true for  very long time.  CSPAN has made it worse, because now Senators and Congressmen can do stupid stuff just for the cameras while their chamber is not in session.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KM9plQiNE&list=ULDUeBNpXif5o&index=12
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Sheilbh

I always find the props stuff weird. It feels like they all want to do a PowerPoint, but institutionally they're not ready for PowerPoint presentations in Congress :lol:

Edit: Incidentally I think maybe not in this type of hearing but I actually think PowerPoint or something similar could be a really useful tool in sort of committee level of legislatures. But would be an absolute mess in the general chamber.
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crazy canuck

Quote from: grumbler on October 14, 2020, 11:23:24 AM
Quote from: crazy canuck on October 14, 2020, 10:26:07 AM
So it looks like US senators of both parties have now decided that using props in the Senate chamber are entirely appropriate.

That's been true for  very long time.  CSPAN has made it worse, because now Senators and Congressmen can do stupid stuff just for the cameras while their chamber is not in session.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z_KM9plQiNE&list=ULDUeBNpXif5o&index=12

Didnt realize that.

Quote from: Sheilbh on October 14, 2020, 11:28:25 AM
I always find the props stuff weird. It feels like they all want to do a PowerPoint, but institutionally they're not ready for PowerPoint presentations in Congress :lol:

Edit: Incidentally I think maybe not in this type of hearing but I actually think PowerPoint or something similar could be a really useful tool in sort of committee level of legislatures. But would be an absolute mess in the general chamber.

There was one senator who was using it just like a power point.  Everytime he mentioned a case he would point to where he had written the name of the case on a white board he was holding.  It looked ridiculous.

I wonder how much of this nonsense is geared to getting twitter and Instagram worthy pictures for their staff to post.

celedhring

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Maladict

Neutral good / true neutral  :swiss:

Josquius

Apparently there's outrage about Gal Gadot being cast to play Cleopatra. This is white washing apparently.

....Yet... I'm seeing a lot of outrage about this outrage.
No actual outrage.
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celedhring

Cleopatra was Greek, she's played a character from the Greek mythology already.