60 Minutes Thread

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  1. RalfBully

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    Two hours of 60 Minutes last night and all repeat stories. Fuckers. Probably didn't want to compete with the NFL
     
  2. Truman

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  3. Truman

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    My goodness this middle segment is absolutely heartbreaking.
     
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  4. Flagpole

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  5. tmbrules

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    Elaine seems pretty damn tough
     
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  6. Upton^2

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    Yeah she was incredible
     
  7. southlick

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    Our government in that Lumber Liquidators follow up :facepalm:
     
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  8. CUAngler

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    Yeah that middle story was one of the tougher ones I can remember.
     
  9. tmbrules

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    Forgot to convert feet to meters in some calculations. Wow, that's pretty bad
     
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  10. buckwild

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    Very sad. Unfortunately, that guy obviously knew the risk of working there as well though.
     
  11. DuffandMuff

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    El Chapo popping up out of the sewer and jacking two straight cars that broke down is vintage Mexico.
     
  12. Kirk Fogg

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    The second story was sad
     
  13. Heavy Mental

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    The worst part about these terrorist kidnappings is that the people who are over there that get taken are some of the best human beings out there. This guy was an aid worker. He literally dedicated his life to going to less fortunate parts of the world and helping people, and this is his outcome.
     
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  14. steamengine

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    That shit was brutal to watch.
     
  15. Truman

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    This Coal CEO looks like Paul Bearer. Also, how many sad stories as 60 minutes done about West Virginia. What a seemingly terrible place.
     
  16. Hawks11

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    The death penalty part was sad. Such a shame this country still uses it.
     
  17. Upton^2

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    Death penalty story was really good. Wish they would've focused on the Hispanic guy vs the crazy fat white guy. Basically a for/against death penalty argument.
     
  18. steamengine

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    Death row piece was fire.
     
  19. The Hotch

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    Team in favor of (sparingly using) the death penalty. Seems like the Hispanic guy in the segment shouldn't have gotten it. Not sure what the full story is and, as much as I love 60 Minutes, I don't pretend to think they always tell us the full, unbiased story in these types of segments because they don't.
     
  20. NoNatty

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    That death row piece was fascinating.
     
  21. Bert Handsome

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  22. Truman

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    This week's was kind of meh. Especially after Vice did the assisted suicide piece just last week
     
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  23. Where Eagles Dare

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  25. Corch

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    That assisted suicide piece was absolutely heartbreaking.

    Anyone who liked that should check out "How to die in Oregon"
     
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  26. aisle seven

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    St. Benedict's Prep story was awesome. Amazing to see kids from some of the roughest neighborhoods in the country flourish.
     
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  27. Shu

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    I like the peer leadership program they have going. It is amazing how kids will not listen to anyone but their peers sometimes.

    I coach football and baseball, and we use the peer stuff a good bit. Like if a kid is acting up, make the whole team do punishment exercises and the one who got the team in trouble be the one to lead the count. No one wants to let their guys down, so usually it brings their best out. We also let the team decide the captains.

    The segment about Dr. West was solid as well. I certainly don't agree with everything he does, but it seems like he sees through a good bit of the BS.
     
  28. southlick

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    That's coaching 101

    Hardly something different
     
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  29. Shu

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    Yeah I know. I wasn't trying to act like I invented the wheel or anything, just saying how I like it, and pointing out a real life example of it working on a smaller scale.
     
  30. Truman

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    Best segment in a while. Fucking awesome.
     
  31. NoNatty

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    The part where the head guy was saying that school is rarely/never a question of intellect was amazing. If all K-12 schools embraced that, our education system probably wouldn't be such a mess.
     
  32. BayouMafia

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    as intriguing as the German prison approach is, I just can't wrap my head around that working here
     
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  33. Truman

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    My thoughts as well. Id be interested to see how they got to that point. Here it would have to be an incredibly long transition, if ever.
     
  34. Kirk Fogg

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    Cliffs on the approach? I wasn't able to catch the segment.
     
  35. 1

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    They are all about rehab and not punishment for anyone. To the point that their "cells" are basically dorm rooms with all the amenities. If you are a good prisoner who follows the rules they give you, you then get work release. Even if you're a murderer. The one guy they interviewed was a murderer and got a life sentence but he's served good time so he's likely going to get out in less than 20 years.
     
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    One thing that stuck out to me when I thought about how it would work here....

    In the US we have way more homeless people. Homeless people that would kill (literally) to be able to live like those German "prisoners". Thus....we'd have to fix the homeless problem first.
     
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  37. Harvey Updyke

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    Be interesting to see more about the issues they touched on. Islamic radicalism was hinted at, but feel like it could be a big issue as I'm sure it doesn't vibe with fitting back into society. It seems like that is by far the best prison and from the looks of it they have tons of different tiers of prisons with small populations. Curious to see the bottom of the barrel one.

    Really like the philosophy though and is already making an impact here.
     
  38. LookslikeUofI

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    Can we burn down Kemper insurance?
     
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  39. Corch

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  40. soulfly

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    Well, we'd actually have to start with mental health
     
  41. Corch

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    Do you think mental health is the #1 cause of homelessness?
     
  42. 1

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    Was going to go down this path once I saw the notification from the reply. Then I realized I didn't have the energy.

    Enjoy
     
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  43. soulfly

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    You can feel free to do all of the mental health and homelessness research you want to do. At any rate, I think it's a huge issue, hence why I said it'd be important to start there

    "More than 124,000 – or one-fifth – of the 610,000 homeless people across the USA suffer from a severe mental illness, according to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development. They're gripped by schizophrenia, bipolar disorder or severe depression — all manageable with the right medication and counseling but debilitating if left untreated."
     
  44. Corch

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    Chicken or the egg?
     
  45. soulfly

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    As in you think these things are a result of homelessness?
     
  46. Corch

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    I don't know and I haven't looked for any evidence to support it but it seems to me that serious malnutrition and the overall awfulness of it probably rapidly develop what would otherwise be manageable and rather insignificant issues that most healthy/non homeless people face/deal with.
     
  47. soulfly

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    K. Well anyways

    https://news.upenn.edu/news/housing...pays-itself-according-university-pennsylvania

    Cliffs: helping the mentally ill homeless by providing them basic shelter and treatment would save more money than what we currently pay to deal with them.

    Seems like a pretty good starting point to me.
     
  48. Bruce Wayne

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    That story on the faulty Kimberly-Clark hospital gowns was pretty infuriating
     
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  49. Flagpole

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    I have no idea why that guy (I think the COO) agreed to the interview. It went horribly.
     
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