The moderating you won’t get from Lester Holt
Category: Domestic Affairs,
Trump Spoke For 62 Percent Of The Debate, Clinton For 38 Percent — But That’s How It Always Is For Women
It doesn’t come as a huge surprise that Donald Trump took up the majority of the airtime during the first presidential debate Monday night. Anyone watching could see that, as usual, he was talking more than he was listening.
…The issue of women being professionally silenced — even at this highest level — is so well understood by women in politics that one story went viral just this month about the tactics women in Obama’s White House used to make sure their voices were actually heard in meetings.
hmmm
‘End prison slavery!’ 24,000+ inmates join nationwide jail strike
More than 24,000 inmates in at least 40 prisons from over two dozen states have refused to follow orders, failing to report for work and causing prisons to go on lockdown, since the nationwide prison work strike began in early September.
‘End prison slavery!’ 24,000+ inmates join nationwide jail strike (VIDEO) — RT America
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Hillary Clinton’s 7 subtle and not-so-subtle tricks for baiting Donald Trump
She got under his skin. His reaction proved her point.
Hillary Clinton’s 7 subtle and not-so-subtle tricks for baiting Donald Trump – Vox
hmmmm
Ortiz: Thanks for the Memories, New York
Some players are born to be Yankees, you know what I’m saying? I was born to play against the Yankees.
Thanks for the Memories, New York | The Players’ Tribune
Class. Act.
The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman
Toward the end of the debate, Trump questioned Clinton’s stamina. “I don’t believe she does have the stamina,” he said. “To be president of this country, you need tremendous stamina.”
But the irony was it was Clinton’s stamina that won this debate, and behind that stamina was her preparation. Trump grew less and less coherent as the night wore on, and his early spree of interruptions flagged as he was quickly forced onto topics where he hadn’t done the work to feel comfortable. Clinton, by contrast, grew stronger as the debate wore on, because she had prepared for everything the moderators threw at her.
There were many differences between the candidates on display in this contest, but the most consequential one was that Clinton displayed the basic personal qualities necessary to be president. Trump didn’t. She had done the work to know what she was talking about and to survive a high-stakes encounter with an unpredictable opponent. He hadn’t done the work, and it showed.
: The first debate featured an unprepared man repeatedly shouting over a highly prepared woman – Vox
Yup.
Surgeon General warns: Drinking every time Trump lies during debate could result in acute alcohol poisoning
Viewers of tonight’s debate between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump who decide to drink every time Trump tells a lie could very well die of alcohol poisoning, according to the US Surgeon General.
…Medical professionals found themselves in a similar situation last year, before the GOP primary debates…. “We can’t impress enough on people about the danger of mixing alcohol and watching the GOP debates, especially with the field the Republicans are giving us this year.”
…Please do your fact-checking as responsibly as possible.
Heh, cheers!
More Americans Expected to Self-Medicate Than for Any Other Debate in History
Across the country, liquor stores reported a desperate run on their merchandise as Americans fortified themselves for what many called “ninety minutes of horror.”
More Americans Expected to Self-Medicate Than for Any Other Debate in History – The New Yorker
Heh, seems legit.
America’s largest jail: By the numbers – CNN.com
Here’s one thing you may not think about when landing at Los Angeles International Airport: Just 11 miles away sits America’s biggest jail system.
America’s largest jail: By the numbers – CNN.com
Sigh.
Gary Johnson: Forget about climate change, sun will someday encompass Earth
Libertarian candidate for president Gary Johnson believes that humans aren’t being shortsighted by ignoring climate change, but are simply taking the “long-term view.”
Gary Johnson: Forget about climate change, sun will someday encompass Earth
What an absolute knob.
Stupid is as stupid does.
If Pizza Was Inaccessible Like Abortion
Wow. Seriously well done ladies.
In other news, now I want pizza….
Lawsuit Claims Detention Center Staffer Watched As Gynnya McMillen Died
A juvenile detention center staffer watched and failed to provide any assistance as Gynnya McMillen gasped amid a fatal seizure earlier this year, according to a federal lawsuit.
Oy…
Lady Parts Justice League – inFormation
Extremist politicians are destroying access to birth control and abortion in all 50 states. These laws disproportionately affect poor women and women of color.
…To find out more about these dangerous laws in Louisiana and YOUR state, visit AllAboveAll.org
Well done, ladies!
A Week of Whoppers From Donald Trump
Mr. Trump has unleashed a blizzard of falsehoods, exaggerations and outright lies in the general election. Here’s our analysis of 31 untruths from Sept. 15-21.
A Week of Whoppers From Donald Trump – The New York Times
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New Hampshire’s drug treatment infrastructure still lags, but is growing rapidly
New Hampshire’s drug treatment infrastructure still lags, but is growing rapidly
New Hampshire’s drug treatment infrastructure still lags, but is growing rapidly
More drug treatment infrastructure is a good thing but I hope leadership in the Granite State is helping to provide a path to healing, empowerment, and positive participation in society.
As opposed to, say, an endless rotary between fixes and debilitating dependence.
Fraternal Order of Police union endorses Trump
Fraternal Order of Police union endorses Trump
Fraternal Order of Police union endorses Trump – The Washington Post
That seems about right, or is that alt-right?
Either way it seems that incredibly racist and outright fascist types stick together.
Charlotte is Drowning in Systematic Injustice
Some say we must condemn the unrest in Charlotte. As a pastor and as an organizer, I do not condone violence. I suspect that much of it has been instigated by provocateurs with their own agenda. But to condemn the uprising in Charlotte would be to condemn a man for thrashing when someone is trying to drown him.
Whatever righteous indignation the public can muster ought to be directed toward the systems that created a situation where a man can drive to the bus stop to pick up his son and end up dead before he gets there.
I am a pastor. I will not condemn grief. But I was trained as a lifeguard, and I learned a long time ago that when people are drowning, their instincts can kill them and anyone who tries to help them. If a lifeguard can get to a drowning person, the first thing the lifeguard says is, “Stop struggling. Let me hold you up in this water, and we can get to the shore together.”
The riots in Charlotte are the predictable response of human beings who are drowning in systemic injustice. We must all pray that no one else gets hurt. But we must understand why this is happening.
Ta-Nahisi Coates writes: “A society that protects some people through a system of schools, government-backed home loans, and ancestral wealth but can only protect you with the club of criminal justice has either failed at enforcing its intentions or has succeeded at something much darker.” The unrest in Charlotte is not about black people hating police. It’s about black, white and brown people rising up against systems of injustice that shield officers who kill but leave millions defenseless.
Editorial: Charlotte is Drowning in Systematic Injustice – NBC News
Amen.
This MacArthur winner wants every child in the world to own a microscope
Stanford University inventor Manu Prakash thinks if every child can have a pencil, then they should have a microscope. So, he built a $1 version.
This MacArthur winner wants every child in the world to own a microscope | PBS NewsHour
So cool!
Big Glass and the Age of New Astronomy
The fight to put a monster telescope on Mauna Kea is part of a bigger war looming among astronomers.
Big Glass and the Age of New Astronomy | Space | Air & Space Magazine
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Police release shocking footage of toddler trying to revive mother after drug overdose
Buried at the end of a puff piece, some salient facts:
More than 28,000 people died from opioid overdoses in 2014, more than any other year on record. At least half of all opioid overdose deaths involve a prescription opioid.
Obama …committed to reducing overdose deaths and will continue to push Congress to provide $1.1 billion to widen access to treatment services.
…A report by the Center of Public Integrity and Associated Press, published Wednesday, revealed that pharmaceutical giants had spent $880 million on lobbying against opioid restrictions and campaign contributions from 2006 up to 2015.
Sigh…
This is America on drugs: Stark Graphs Depicting the Human Toll of the Opioid Crisis
Drug deaths over the past 15 years have been rising so rapidly that experts say they’ve rarely, if ever, seen anything like it.
This is America on drugs: A visual guide – CNN.com
More evidence that the medical community needs to stop pimping starter kits for opioid addiction.
Fishermen who fled slavery in San Francisco sue boat owner
Fishermen who fled slavery in San Francisco sue boat owner
Sigh… It sounds like the new contract locks workers down into the absolute worst of conditions and treatment. Not an improvement!!!!
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