As Boeing cuts health care coverage for 33,000 striking workers, remember that its last CEO secured a $45M golden parachute when he left the company in August.

His scandal-plagued predecessor departed with $62M.

Don't tell me Boeing can't afford to take care of their workers.

The delightful sci-fi film "The Day the Earth Stood Still" premiered in NYC 73 years ago OTD on Sept 18, 1951.

A humanoid alien visitor lands on Earth, accompanied by a powerful robot, to deliver an important message to humanity - "Your choice is simple: join us and live in peace, or pursue your present course and face obliteration. We shall be waiting for your answer."

*ing Michael Rennie as the alien Klaatu and Patricia Neal as Helen Benson.

Here is the trailer -
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OfpSXI8_UpY
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So, uh, check your cinnamon?

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/health/2024/09/12/lead-in-cinnamon/75181743007/

Lists of the worst lead content offenders at the link.

#food #safety #FoodSafety #cinnamon #cooking #baking

calling them “rubber bullets” or “foam projectiles” is incredibly misleading

they should be considered “rubber coated” at best

the core is still a slug of metal, so all the coating does is reduce the penetrative capability

the trauma inflicted is still arm-, rib- or skull-fracturingly massive

imagine being beaten half to death with a rubber-coated hammer. do you care that it was rubber coated?