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IronLionZion
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June 11, 2022
Anyone going to March for our lives?
Washington Monument at noon today. It's raining so it might be wet and wild. When I went in 2018 it wasn't a march. It was people giving speeches and sharing their stories.
https://marchforourlives.com/march22/
June 7, 2022
Sounds like our economy is downshifting
Target is ramping up discounts. Here's why
https://www.cnn.com/2022/06/07/investing/target-discounts-stores/index.html
New York (CNN Business)Target is stuck with too much home decor and too many TVs. To clear out the glut, it will ramp up discounts.
The retail giant said Tuesday that it would mark down prices on some bigger-ticket items that consumers have pulled back on purchasing and cancel pending orders from suppliers.
Target and other big-box retailers stocked up on a wide array of merchandise such as electronics and furniture throughout the pandemic to respond to red-hot consumer demand.
But many shoppers in recent months have altered their purchasing choices in response to the fastest jump in inflation in decades and the end of federal government pandemic stimulus payments.
Consumers are making fewer high-end purchases and buying more necessities like food, household staples and self-care items.
New York (CNN Business)Target is stuck with too much home decor and too many TVs. To clear out the glut, it will ramp up discounts.
The retail giant said Tuesday that it would mark down prices on some bigger-ticket items that consumers have pulled back on purchasing and cancel pending orders from suppliers.
Target and other big-box retailers stocked up on a wide array of merchandise such as electronics and furniture throughout the pandemic to respond to red-hot consumer demand.
But many shoppers in recent months have altered their purchasing choices in response to the fastest jump in inflation in decades and the end of federal government pandemic stimulus payments.
Consumers are making fewer high-end purchases and buying more necessities like food, household staples and self-care items.
Sounds like our economy is downshifting
June 4, 2022
Conservatives in disarray. Ashamed Boys
Chaotic Infighting Breaks Out Between Proud Boys And Establishment Conservatives
Conservatives in disarray. Ashamed Boys
June 3, 2022
Interesting read. I suppose we are least likely to be shot by old women.
Young men, guns and the prefrontal cortex
https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2022/06/03/why-so-many-mass-shooters-young-angry-men/
The Uvalde, Tex., shooter is part of a long list of male perpetrators of similar ages. Some experts think gun laws need to change to address that.
When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde, Tex., school massacre was a young man barely out of adolescence, it was hard not to think about the peculiarities of the maturing male brain.
Salvador Rolando Ramos had just turned 18, eerily close in age to Nikolas Cruz, who had been 19 when he shot up a school in Parkland, Fla. And to Adam Lanza, 20, when he did the same in Newtown, Conn. To Seung-Hui Cho, 23, at Virginia Tech. And to Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, in Columbine, Colo.
Teen and young adult males have long stood out from other subgroups for their impulsive behavior. They are far more reckless and prone to violence than their counterparts in other age groups, and their leading causes of death includes fights, accidents, driving too fast, or, as Metzl put it, other impulsive kinds of acts.
Theres a lot of research about how their brains are not fully developed in terms of regulation, he said. Perhaps most significantly, studies show, the prefrontal cortex, which is critical to understanding the consequences of ones actions and controlling impulses, does not fully develop until about age 25. In that context, Metzl said, a shooting certainly feels like another kind of performance of young masculinity.
The Uvalde, Tex., shooter is part of a long list of male perpetrators of similar ages. Some experts think gun laws need to change to address that.
When Vanderbilt University psychiatrist Jonathan Metzl learned that the perpetrator of the Uvalde, Tex., school massacre was a young man barely out of adolescence, it was hard not to think about the peculiarities of the maturing male brain.
Salvador Rolando Ramos had just turned 18, eerily close in age to Nikolas Cruz, who had been 19 when he shot up a school in Parkland, Fla. And to Adam Lanza, 20, when he did the same in Newtown, Conn. To Seung-Hui Cho, 23, at Virginia Tech. And to Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, in Columbine, Colo.
Teen and young adult males have long stood out from other subgroups for their impulsive behavior. They are far more reckless and prone to violence than their counterparts in other age groups, and their leading causes of death includes fights, accidents, driving too fast, or, as Metzl put it, other impulsive kinds of acts.
Theres a lot of research about how their brains are not fully developed in terms of regulation, he said. Perhaps most significantly, studies show, the prefrontal cortex, which is critical to understanding the consequences of ones actions and controlling impulses, does not fully develop until about age 25. In that context, Metzl said, a shooting certainly feels like another kind of performance of young masculinity.
Interesting read. I suppose we are least likely to be shot by old women.
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