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.
A hospital worker said that the man, Peter A. Kaisen, of Islip, was denied emergency-room service, a claim the hospital disputes.
Veteran Kills Himself in Parking Lot of V.A. Hospital on Long Island – The New York Times
what the fuck is wrong with people????
Enough plastic is discarded every year to circle the globe four times. …50% of the plastic on this planet is used only once before being thrown away.
…Over the next four years, the ban will phase out the sales of plastic water bottles that hold 21 ounces or less in public spaces. A waiver is permissible if an adequate alternative water source is not available, reports GlobalFlare.
San Francisco Becomes First City To Ban The Sale Of Plastic Bottles | Health Nut News
Nice!
Teaching kids philosophy makes them smarter in math and English — Quartz
The fact that this is surprising to anyone is just more evidence that most people are freaking boneheads.
Ask the residents of any major American city to vote on a program of total aerial surveillance––where the cops would record footage of everything that happened within municipal borders, then store the high-resolution video on hard drives, so that they could effectively go back in time, tracing the outdoor movements of any individual––and the proposal would, at the very least, trigger furious debate.
But what if the police didn’t ask permission? What if they began recording their city’s residents from above without even bothering to inform their elected overseers?
That is what the police in Baltimore have just done.
It is illegal, in Maryland, to record a phone call without informing the person on the other end. Yet Baltimore police have been using an eye in the sky to surveil the whole city for months on end, recording hi-resolution footage and storing it on hard drives so that the movements of residents can be accessed at any time in the future.
…If proceeding in secret has no consequences for police agencies or the burgeoning private surveillance industry, we’re all likely to suffer increasingly intrusive privacy violations as technology advances. Who is to say that this isn’t already happening, in your city, given the law enforcement community’s track record? In reality, unlike in 1984, Big Brother may watch for awhile without revealing that there is a Big Brother.
The Baltimore Police Department’s Secret Program of Mass Surveillance – The Atlantic
Fucking Baltimore….
”People look around and think, ‘Boy, things are expensive.’ They don’t realize that they’re expensive because of decisions that the local government makes.”
A Former Palo Alto City Planner on Silicon Valley’s Housing Mess – The Atlantic
hmmmm
Al Gore has long been one of the highest profile climate change activists in the United States. Now he has a message for other activists to consider before casting their vote in November.
Al Gore To Climate Change Activists: Don’t Vote For A Third-Party Candidate [Video]
Ayup!
Ask most Baltimore or D.C. teachers or principals about their daily work and I bet you will better understand the Black Lives Matter movement.
Understanding Black Lives Matter through the eyes of a teacher – Baltimore Sun
This.
Counter Currents, August 23, 2016 Thousands join protest camp as supporters are holding a rally in Washington D.C. on Wednesday outside of Army Corps hearing.
Wait….whaaaa?
The story is that there is no scandal.
The AP’s big exposé on Hillary meeting with Clinton Foundation donors is a mess – Vox
hmmm
A prominent college president offers some bold advice to the next U.S. president.
Why the Next President Should Forgive All Student Loans | MONEY
Leon Botstein from Bard….
hmmmm…
Louisiana is currently being wracked by devastating floods, damaging some 40,000 homes and leaving many thousands homeless. 13 people have died. Amidst this, malevolent squash rind Donald Trump has announced his plans to visit the state; Governor John Bel Edwards responded by telling him, politely, not to dare show his fucking face for the sole purpose of “a photo-op.”
Louisiana Gov Tells Trump to Volunteer, Make a ‘Sizable Donation’ or Get the Fuck Out of His Face
Heh
Federal officials said the contract facilities don’t offer substantial cost savings or provide the same level of security as those run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Justice Department Will Phase Out Its Use Of Private Prisons : The Two-Way : NPR
this is huge!
A very subtle but big, big win for Injustice System reform.
President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal has removed a $10 million annual grant proposal that goes towards funding “abstinence-only” sexual education classes in public schools. By eliminating the grant, Obama would end the financial incentive for states to continue teaching the debunked sex-ed program.
Obama cuts all funding for Christian-based ‘Abstinence Only’ sex-ed programs – DeadState
hmmm
Nearly two weeks after Legend Preston’s run-in with police, his mother, Patisha Solomon remains horrified over what could have happened.
Newark boy, 10, thought cops ‘were going to shoot me’ – NY Daily News
The officers involved are a menace who pose a clear and urgent danger to the citizens they sworn to protect. They are simply qualified to perform their job and need to be removed from the force for their own and the public’s safety.
And if they lie and try to justify or defend their inexcusable action they should be put in jail.
Period.
The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
Source: An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Over A Few Bounced Checks
Few people are truly evil.
This judge is one of them.
Arkansas judge’s ‘debtors’ prison’ court jailed cancer patient over unpaid bills: lawsuit
The only person tat deserves to be in jail here is the judge for abusing his power. Kick off the bench, strip him of his title, etc. and put his ass in jail. …For longer than 90 days!!
This is as bad as it gets.
KING: N.C. police kill unarmed deaf man using sign language – NY Daily News
For gawds sake…
This is murder, straight and simply put.
Calling it anything else is condoning this kind of senseless violence.
If cops do not face consequences for their violent crime they are nothing more than a state-sponsored gang.
Few cases typify everything that is wrong with gun rights, police brutality and racial profiling like this one.
KING: Black man shot by cops after calling to report robbery – NY Daily News
sigh…
Outside experts said the data contained what appeared to be genuine samples of the top-secret code used in the production of the N.S.A.’s custom-built malware.
‘Shadow Brokers’ Leak Raises Alarming Question: Was the N.S.A. Hacked? – The New York Times
hmmm
The National Security Agency stockpiled sophisticated tools designed to penetrate commonly used security software. Now that hackers have revealed some of those techniques, companies are left scrambling to secure their systems.
NSA leak rattles cybersecurity industry – CSMonitor.com
hmmm
An oldie but a goodie.
Daaaaang, Canada. Brrrrrrr. Cold but spot on.
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