This is the biggest investigation we’ve ever published.
My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard: A Mother Jones Investigation | Mother Jones
Nothing surprising and all seriously horrifying.
Category: Local Interest,
Game of Jones
On the lighter side…
In New Hampshire, Living for a Week in Libertarian Paradise – ABC News
…the Free State Project, a plan devised in the early 2000s to persuade 20,000 libertarians to move to New Hampshire en masse. New Hampshire was chosen, in part, because of its “Live Free or Die” motto and the relative ease of getting elected to office: The state’s citizen legislature has 424 seats.
…critics say the project and its members aren’t open, especially if they’re running for political office. Many run as Republicans, but some are Democrats, and they don’t always publicly identify themselves as members or supporters of the project.
In New Hampshire, Living for a Week in Libertarian Paradise – ABC News
Disingenuous, carpetbagging leaches. (Go home!!!)
Hawai‛i’s Fight Against GMOs Rages On
Hawai‛i’s people recently took the next step in the battle to protect themselves and their environment from genetically engineered crops.
Hawai‛i’s Fight Against GMOs Rages On | Earthjustice
Sigh…
Comfort Food or (A Southerner’s Guide To A Funeral) – OurSundyBest
Hey Sundy-Besters! Corey here.. Gave the boys a break this Sunday so that I could hop on here and ramble about a few things that have happened in the past week. irst off, would like to say that we are still deeply saddened by the events that transpired in Orlando. This is a tragedy that had a ripple effect throughout our country for many different reasons. Of course it was immediately politicized. Of course there was continued bigotry from religious nutbags. Of course there was a litany of facebook arguments – and look, most of that is to be expected, and for the most part, is (unfortunately) quite natural for us here in the good ole United States.
I’m not even going to act like I didn’t participate in my normal back and forth with my gun-crazy friends on social media. I did. That all changed for me, however, when I saw Anderson Cooper’s piece on the tragedy (watch it here). Anderson did what no one else covering the story had yet to do; he mentioned their names, he showed their faces, and he told their stories. It was as powerful as it was sensitive. It served to remind us that when something like this happens, before we start politicizing, before we jump down someone’s throat on Facebook for promoting a different agenda than ours, before we write our congressman, we need to take a step back and remember that these are people just like us. These are people who loved and were loved.
I find it a bit easier to keep that in perspective this week because I have also faced a personal loss: my cousin. Well, ok… before I get ahead of myself… he wasn’t really my cousin.. But y’all know how the South is…
Comfort Food or (A Southerner’s Guide To A Funeral) – OurSundyBest
Adorbs…
Ted Williams ‘Would Have Loved’ David Ortiz Hitting Home Run No. 521
Ted Williams ‘Would Have Loved’ David Ortiz Hitting Home Run No. 521 | Bleacher Report
Not old enough to be interested in the in depth comparisons to #9 but I do love his daughter’s comments on what her dad would have thought of his swing.
..Stolen base in the NC baby-blues even.
Happy Father’s Day, Big Papi!!!
Implosion levels tower of Las Vegas’ Riviera casino – CBS News
The Riviera Hotel and Casino – the Las Vegas Strip’s first high-rise that was as famous for its mobster ties as its Hollywood personification of Sin City’s mobster past – officially exited the scene early Tuesday with a cinematic implosion, complete with fireworks.
The 24-story Monaco Tower was demolished around 2:30 a.m. when a series of explosions sounded, followed by the building crumbling from the sides and then into the middle, kicking up a mountain of dust.
…The Riviera Casino opened in 1955 and almost folded immediately until some mob guys put Liberace on its stage for $50k a week.
Implosion levels tower of Las Vegas’ Riviera casino – CBS News
hmmm
Aerial surveys document ocean debris around Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
A study of the eight main Hawaiian Islands shows that ocean debris regularly accumulates around the archipelago, and that most of it is not linked to the March 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan, state officials said today.
Aerial surveys document ocean debris around Hawaii | Honolulu Star-Advertiser
sigh…
The History of the Outer Banks Dunes — Our State Magazine
As early as 1850, visitors noticed old cemeteries and “ghost forests” uncovered by the shifting sands. Elsewhere, the sands entombed more trees and structures.
…Fifteen hundred WPA and Civilian Conservation Corps (CCC) workers were employed to build the fences. …Working seven days a week, with Sunday afternoons off, the young men built fences with timber and brush, and installed them along the contour of the shoreline. The fences stopped the blowing sands, allowing dunes to form and grow. The workers then planted grasses — beach grass, sea oats, cordgrass, and wire grass — along with shrubs and tree seedlings to fortify the dunes, which ranged from 10 to 25 feet in height.
…Scientists discovered that, despite the dunes, erosion and flooding had continued, and the ocean tide had inched closer to properties. Apparently, the dunes served a reverse purpose by blocking sound waters from rushing back to the ocean. Dune construction was officially halted.
The History of the Outer Banks Dunes — Our State Magazine
hmmm
Shipwreck uncovered in the middle of Boston
BOSTON — A shipwreck from the 1800s has been uncovered during construction in Boston’s Seaport District.
Shipwreck uncovered in the middle of Boston | New York Post
Wild!
Shipwreck from 1800s found buried in Boston – CBS News
The ship, a wooden sloop at least 50 feet long from the mid-to-late 1800s, was uncovered late last week during construction of a new building.
Shipwreck from 1800s found buried in Boston – CBS News
wild!
How 3 top New Orleans public schools keep students out
Complex processes exclude low-income families, advocates say.
How 3 top New Orleans public schools keep students out | NOLA.com
sigh…
Police Escort Black Merit Scholar Out of Graduation After Refusing to Remove Kente Cloth – Atlanta Black Star
An 18-year-old Black student was removed from graduation after he refused to take off his kente cloth. Nyree Holmes attended the diverse but predominately white Cosumnes Oaks High School in Elk Grove, California. In a story he shared on Twitter May 24, the merit scholar says he was able to walk across the stage, but police officers greeted him at the other end.
This is ridiculous. You can’t tell me no girls had jewelry on or that they wouldn’t let a Polynesian student wear a lei. Good on this kid for standing up for himself. I hope he and his family sue the school system so hard it goes bankrupt.
Kentucky Jailers Association Mostly Silent on Jail Issues, Accountability
Throughout our extensive reporting on jails this year, one group has been relatively quiet: the Kentucky Jailers Association.
Sigh…
Activists Demand Change From Bevin After Gynnya McMillen Death
In a demonstration at the state Capitol on Thursday, activists called on Gov. Matt Bevin to make reforms to the state’s juvenile detention system after the death of Gynnya McMillen.
Sigh…
Attorney threatens lawsuit over claims he had sex with Casey Anthony, said she killed daughter
Jose Baez, the Florida attorney who represented Casey Anthony in her 2011 murder trial, threatened to take legal action Wednesday over a private investigator’s claims that the lawyer had sex with his client and said she killed her two-year-old daughter, Caylee.
One word: Florida.
Mother: Teen Girl Filmed Having Sex in Florida School Bathroom Was Human Trafficking Victim
A 15-year-old girl who was filmed having sex with multiple boys in a Florida high school bathroom in an incident that prompted an investigation was a victim of human trafficking, her mother said….
Mother: Teen Girl Filmed Having Sex in Florida School Bathroom Was Human Trafficking Victim | KTLA
Jeezus…
…fucking Florida.
32 Arrested in Knoxville Human Trafficking Operation
KNOXVILLE – A three-day operation by Special Agents with the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation and detectives with the Knoxville Police Department to combat human trafficking in Knoxville has resulted in the arrest of 32 men and women on prostitution and human trafficking-related charges. Two of the men, including a children’s minister, responded to ads for what they thought were girls under the age of 18.
32 Arrested in Knoxville Human Trafficking Operation | TBI Newsroom
Oi!
Melissa Gilbert drops out of race for Congress
‘Little House on the Prairie’ star cites injuries to head and neck as forcing her from Democratic race.
Melissa Gilbert drops out of race for Congress
hmmm
Meet the Woman Who Cared for Hundreds of Abandoned Gay Men Dying of AIDS
“Who knew there’d come a time when people didn’t want to bury their children?” says Ruth Cocker Burks.
Meet the Woman Who Cared for Hundreds of Abandoned Gay Men Dying of AIDS | Out Magazine
Jeeeezus….
Never doubt that there are saints and angels walking among us.
Honolulu settles with lesbian couple arrested after kissing
Honolulu will pay $80,000 to settle a lesbian couple’s lawsuit alleging a city police officer wrongfully arrested them after seeing them kissing in a grocery store while on vacation.
Honolulu settles with lesbian couple arrested after kissing – CBS News
doh!
Cuyahoga County village offers 6-month parental leave
Full-time employees will be offered six months of paid maternity and paternity leave.
Cuyahoga County village offers 6-month parental leave
Very cool!
Hawaii’s Kona Coffee Farmers Fight Back | Fast Forward | OZY
These java bean growers want local legislators to help their businesses survive, though they’re fighting a big uphill battle.
Source: Hawaii’s Kona Coffee Farmers Fight Back | Fast Forward | OZY
Truth in labeling and faciliating the existance of smaller farm outfits are both pretty important.
Ua Mau ke Ea o ka Aina i ka Pono
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