The Weather: Bona fide suck.
The President Is Somber: Thanks and sorry, boys.
Speaking of Never-Ending Memorials: Six people were killed and 22 were injured in Chicago gunfire this weekend.
This Story Kinda Got Buried on the Sunday of Memorial Day Weekend: The Seattle Times has a brutal report how Boeing—in its quest to cut costs by breaking up responsibilities, dividing work, and dispersing production—appears to have weakened controls of the 787, possibly leading to the battery fiasco:
Instead of relying on multiple suppliers sending in pieces Boeing integrated, the jet-maker had its major systems partners “design, build and integrate subsystems,” said spokesman Larry Wilson….
[Dwight Schaeffer, a former senior manager at Boeing Commercial Electronics] said he believes Boeing ought to have kept the design in-house and be responsible for integrating the various components from suppliers into a working system.
“When they outsourced that to the people that make the equipment, like Thales, that’s what really broke the back,” Schaeffer said. The 787 is the first Boeing jet with all its electronic components sourced from outside suppliers.
God Puts It Best: Succinct and merciless, as always:
“Happy Memorial Day!” is about as emotionally appropriate as “Ungrateful Thanksgiving!”
— God (@TheTweetOfGod) May 27, 2013
Horrifying Sexism… or just a human trying—and succeeding—to have folks notice her spectacular shoes? You be the judge.
Horrifying Racism… or just some bro makin’ out at Sasquatch, playin’ Indian and wearing a Native American headdress? You, as always, are the judge.
Our Periodically Ignored Queen: A sweet profile of Dan, by Nicole Brodeur.
Chemical Weapons in Syria: France sees more evidence.
Wash Those Hippies: Northwest Folklife 2013.
Where Do People Fuck Up the National Anthem? A scientific analysis of what part, specifically, singers massacre when belting out our nation’s tribute.
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