What goes through my my mind when I read the news with my morning coffee. …Or for the Simon's Rockers in the group, this is my response journal.
What happens when a group of teenagers discovers something in a fund-raising drive that it seems no city or state officials have paid attention to for 24 years?
These teens found out something about TD Garden no one realized for 24 years – The Boston Globe
hmmmm
His parents said he just needed to sleep. A SWAT team came instead.
Sigh…
A tragedy that could have been avoided.
Another case of cops refusing to let things like compassion, human decency, and being charged with protecting -a.k.a. not harming – the citizenry get in the way of needlessly putting another living, breathing human being’s live in danger.
It would have been easier on everyone if the first cop on the scene had just walked upstairs and shot the guy in the head.
Typical, typical, typical.
Sighhhh…..
More than 150 people died of heroin- or fentanyl-related overdoses in Butler County last year.
Sheriff In Heart Of Ohio’s Opioid Epidemic Refuses To Carry Overdose Reversal Drug | HuffPost
Murderous monster.
Protect and serve much, asshat? Apparently not. Some law enforcement officers are merely taking up oxygen that the rest of us could put to better use.
Alexander Morin filed the suit last year, arguing the town infringed on his free speech by firing him for comments he made on a Farmington community Facebook page. The town argues Morin’s comments violated its social media policy.
The ACLU sought to join the lawsuit in support of Morin arguing the town’s social media policy “is hopelessly overbroad under the First Amendment and effectively bans speech simply because the town disfavors it.”
Morin has agreed to the ACLU-NH joining the lawsuit.
Farmington objects to ACLU-NH joining lawsuit
hmmm
In an executive action announced Friday, Bevin issued partial pardons for 284 people convicted of crimes not involving violence, sex, bribery or treason.
Bevin Orders Voting Rights Restored To 284 With Felony Records
hmmmm
Great fricking ad!
An employee of the Trump organization and wedding planner for Eric Trump’s wedding, may head the Department of Housing and Urban Development’s office for New York and New Jersey.
: Trump Wedding Planner Appointed to Oversee HUD in NY, NJ | NBC New York
As if there aren’t enough shallow, incompetent, morons in way over their heads and completely out of their element in this administration.
When I passed through the New Hampshire Institute of Politics during the 2016 presidential campaign, I paused to look at the amazing photographs of many would-be presidents who have come through the Granite State over the decades. But it was a young campaign aide off to the side who drew my attention.
How Jeanne Shaheen moved off the sidelines – CNNPolitics.com
And now -for contrast- an article about a politicians who good at their job and gets things done.
Several people were injured when an active shooter let loose a barrage of gunfire Wednesday morning at the UPS building in the Potrero Hill area of San Francisco, prompting a massive police response and a shelter-in-place warning for the surrounding area, officials and witnesses said.
Multiple victims were being treated at San Francisco General Hospital, the extent of their injuries unknown, according to hospital spokesman Brent Andrew.
Shooting at UPS building in SF leaves multiple victims wounded – SFGate
sigh…
Nick Lyon is accused of failing to alert the public about an outbreak of Legionnaires’ disease in the Flint area
Michigan health chief charged with involuntary manslaughter in Flint water probe – CBS News
charges aren’t a conviction but they are start.
So how does one get to a New Hampshire tourist destination? You can rent a car.
…So many of the tourists coming into Boston are from countries that have spent billions on public transportation. Many of these people do not even own a car. How does one attract these tourists?
How will tourists get to New Hampshire? – New Hampshire Business Review – June 9 2017
hmmm
MOULTONBOROUGH, N.H. (AP) — New Hampshire’s Loon Preservation Committee says two loons have died after ingesting lead fishing tackle.
2 Loons Die After Ingesting Lead Fishing Tackle | New Hampshire News | US News
hmmmm
Across the nation, farm to school programs are reconnecting students to a better understanding of the food system and where their food comes from. Farm to school programs introduce students to healthier eating habits and help them become familiar with new vegetables and fruits that they and their families will then be more willing to incorporate into their own diets.
The goal of the Farm to School Initiative is to address the supply and demand issues surrounding the purchasing of local food for our State school cafeterias. The Initiative also aims to systematically increase State purchasing of local food for our school menus as well as connect our keiki* with the aina* through their food, using products from the local agricultural community.
Shan S. Tsutsui | Farm to School Initiative
Very cool.
*Hawaiian translation for all you mainlanders*
keiki = children
aina = land
The Supreme Court will take up a challenge to Ohio’s system for purging its voter registration lists of residents who don’t respond to notices after not voting
Supreme Court to Rule on State Voter Registration List Purges – NBC News
hmmmm
Timothy Loehmann, the police officer who shot and killed 12-year-old Tamir Rice in 2014, was fired by the Cleveland Police Department on Tuesday. At a news conference, city authorities announced that the reason for his termination wasn’t the deadly incident that brought him to national attention, but rather violations he committed in the course of his hiring process.
Officer Who Killed Tamir Rice Fired For Rule Violations On Job Application : The Two-Way : NPR
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“What we don’t see out of today is any mention of accountability for the people at the city who permitted Loehmann to become an officer to begin with,” Chandra said. “There’s absolutely not a hint of that. There’s no explanation, there’s no accountability, there’s no accounting to the public for who it is that failed to check Loehmann’s application, to check his background and do proper do diligence before entrusting this man with a badge and a gun.”
sigh….
In a Facebook post shared last Friday, Metro Transit Police Chief John Harrington said, “This afternoon, community members and partners alerted me to a situation in which one of my part time officers was witnessed asking an individual whether he was in the state illegally. I immediately called for an Internal Affairs investigation to gather the details about this incident and to report back to me as quickly as possible.”
He added, “It is not the practice of the Metro Transit police to inquire about the immigration status of our riders.”
As The Washington Post points out, when Minneapolis declared itself a sanctuary city in 2003, a city ordinance prohibited city employees (including police) from inquiring about a person’s immigration unless it’s directly relevant to a crime under investigation.
A Transit Officer Questioned A Commuter’s Immigration Status, A Fellow Passenger Intervened
Show me your papers, brown person!
The group will now be allowed to build the mosque in central New Jersey under the settlement
New Jersey town that denied mosque permit to pay Islamic group $3.25 million – CBS News
The swift bitchslap of karma is a beautiful thing.
The bronze sculpture depicting Jesus huddled under a blanket on a park bench has provoked praise and complaints — and a call to the police — in its new North Carolina neighborhood.
Statue Of A Homeless Jesus Startles A Wealthy Community : NPR
hmmmm
The isolation that came to Big Sur this year when wet weather closed several roads has deepened with a giant mudslide across Highway 1, just south of the small community of Gorda (Monterey County). A quarter-mile-wide wall of mud and rock barreled over an oceanfront stretch of road Saturday night, fortunately on a section of the highway where there was no traffic because the area was already closed due to smaller slides.
Big Sur hit again as huge landslide covers Highway 1 – SFGate
hmmm
Montana candidate Greg Gianforte faces a misdemeanour charge over a clash with a Guardian journalist.
US Republican Greg Gianforte charged over Guardian reporter ‘body slam’ – BBC News
So being a completely and utterly hateful whackjob is now a prerequisite for running as a republican now?
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