Few stats can make unemployment sound preferable, but one is North Carolina’s number of work-related deaths. In 2014 there were 44. The deadliest job in North Carolina? Construction, which last year accounted for 19. Manufacturing came in second with nine. Mecklenburg County led the state in fatalities. Many of the deaths occurred in the first 3 months on the job, some on the first day.
Groups that monitor police have found an unlikely ally in a band of Texans who openly carry guns, show up at police traffic stops, record the proceedings – including any confrontations with officers – and post the videos on social media.
Newly seated King Salman bin Abdul-Aziz Al Saud named heirs and promised stability Friday, following the death of Saudi Arabia’s 90-year-old monarch King Abdullah, who led his nation as a U.S. ally for almost 20 years.
The ransom deadline has passed for Japan to pay Islamic State militants $2 million to secure the release of two of their citizens, leaving the fate of the Japanese hostages in limbo.
This article appears in Jan 21-27, 2015.
It would help a lot if the ratings driven news media would stop showing the videos these dirt bags release and just make a simple report with no details. For example:
“Some Muslim criminals have announced that they are going to murder some people that they have kidnapped if (whoever) doesn’t do what they want.”
…no ranting in praise of their imaginary deity. no manifestos, no publicity images of the dirt bag holding a knife, sword, or gun, no pictures of the poor potential victim kneeling and begging (whoever) to save them by capitulating. It just makes them look like heroes to people who share the same mental illness.
The victim country, in this case Japan, bears absolutely no responsibility for the murder that these people commit. The responsibility for the kidnapping and the homicide is the sole decision of the criminal organization that has taken them. It should be reported that way.