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.
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Justice Department is discouraging state court systems from jailing defendants who fail to pay fines or fees, warning against practices that it says run afoul of the Constitution and erode community trust.
Justice Dept.: States shouldn’t jail over fine nonpayment – US News
Yes! Debtors prisons belong on the trash-heap of history.
No cable or major news channel ran the speech
Bullshit. If no cable news outlets ran the speech, how was I able to watch it last night? Secondly, if you say the same 60 minute speech every time there is no good reason to broadcast all of it. Bernie supporters need to ditch the persecution complexes and leave the childish whining at the door.
Federal officials appear ready to announce today that the coastal waters off Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina and Georgia are being taken out of the running for a lease…
Waters off Virginia, North Carolina out of offshore drilling plan | Environment | pilotonline.com
Yay!
The Next Idea: Over the past several years, economists and skilled trade industries have been incredibly optimistic about the future of U. S. manufacturing.
Shinola exec: What if the “skills gap” is actually a “values gap”? | Michigan Radio
hmmmm
Opponents of the bill say it would enshrine discrimination against gay and transgender people in the state constitution.
Go, go gadget Missouri Democrats!
Not only is this infantilizing, it has the potential to actively turn potential Black voters away.
A-fucking-men.
The NRSC has deleted its tweet about Rep. Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill.
GOP tweet: Vet lawmaker who lost legs in Iraq ‘not standing up for our veterans’
The G.O.P. is a bunch of hateful, lying assholes.
The Supreme Court on Monday summarily reversed an Alabama Supreme Court decision that had refused to recognize a same- sex parent adoption from another state.
Supreme Court reverses decision against gay adoption – CNNPolitics.com
Take that, Alabama bigots!
Put the welfare of children before your bigotry, assholes.
“I never conceived,” Merrill reported bluntly, “of such a state of social disorganization being possible in any civilized community.”
How a detachment of U.S. Army soldiers smoked out the original Ku Klux Klan.
Wild! Merrill was more than a hero, he was a true American.
Standing behind Donald Trump on Tuesday was a man who has just realized his own mortality.
Chris Christie’s wordless screaming – The Washington Post
heh <snicker>
In an instant that’s frozen in time, the barrel of the bat looms just inches away from the boy’s nose and eyes, with a man’s hand and forearm blocking its path.
Phew! Fan Saves Boy From Being Hit By A Flying Baseball Bat : The Two-Way : NPR
Whoever this guy is, good on ya, sir!
It wasn’t a typical debate.
3 winners and 2 losers from the Democratic debate in Flint – Vox
Don Lemon (along with most of the “journalists” at CNN) is an embarrassment.
It’s surreal that CNN is what passes for journalism in today’s cultural climate. The entire network (sorry Anderson, but you choose to work there so the association is on you) is a national embarrassment.
A niche group of political scientists may have uncovered what’s driving Donald Trump’s ascent. What they found has implications that go well beyond 2016.
The rise of American authoritarianism – Vox
hmmm
The next large number of delegates available in the Republican and Democratic presidential primaries after Super Saturday and Super Tuesday is in Michigan on March 8, 2016.
When are the next primaries: Hawaii, Idaho, Michigan, Mississippi | NJ.com
hmmmm
Saturday is not as super as Tuesday. On March 1st, there were 11 states at stake; on March 5th, there were only three. On Tuesday, the score was seven for Hillary Clinton, four for Sanders; on Saturday it was two for Sanders (Nebraska, Kansas) and one for Hillary Clinton (Louisiana). Bottom line: Clinton is leading with over 200 delegates.
Democratic Primaries: Sanders gets enough to stay on
hmmm
Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump says that, as president, he would push to change laws that prohibit waterboarding and other harsh interrogation techniques, arguing that banning them puts the U.S. at a strategic disadvantage against Islamic State militants.
Trump says anti-torture laws put US at disadvantage – The Washington Post
oh my…
Republicans talked Flint while a large protest occurred outside of the debate.
Rubio Defends Michigan Gov. Over Flint Water Crisis at Republican Debate | TIME
Rubio’s such a tool.
Officials announced that they have fired the Texas state trooper who pulled over Sandra Bland, whose death in jail last summer fueled criticism of police and their treatment of minorities.
Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland is fired for handling of case – LA Times
We still have leaps and bounds to go but this is a baby-step in the right direction. Sandra Bland. #sayhername
Trump goes on defensive over immigration and his business record after senators team up in desperate bid to halt his march towards GOP nomination.
He also started referring to Rubio as Little Marco. Now, that’s just fun. #LittleMarco
Donald Trump taunted by Cruz and Rubio during Republican debate | US news | The Guardian
Huge inmate brawl caught on camera at Santa Clara County Main Jail – CBS News
hmmmm
Oh, and I don’t give a fuck who paid for them. That should be a footnote, not a main item in the story.
Nearly 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Bill Clinton’s arrest for violating Massachusetts election law on Super Tuesday.
Source: Why nearly 100,000 people are calling for Bill Clinton’s arrest | New York Post
He never denied walking into a polling place. His mere presence there doesn’t constitute campaigning. That part should be obvious. Unless these people are trying to assert that by virtue of who he is he is always campaigning (even while sleeping one would imagine because he never stops being Bill Clinton) then he did nothing wrong by merely walking into a polling location. That is a super anti-American sentiment, that just because the is who he is, he is not allowed into places where everyone else is welcome.
What a load of crap. He didn’t violate any laws, no matter how many hyperbole memes Bernie’s side creates. The American public’s understanding of election law and how the election system works in this country is tenuous at best. All hail the Idiocracy? Sigh….
The U.N. joined Facebook, Google and many other tech firms in backing Apple in the fight with the FBI.
The top human rights authority at the United Nations warned Friday that if the FBI succeeds in forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, it could have “tremendous ramifications” around the world and “potentially [be] a gift to authoritarian regimes, as well as to criminal hackers.”
Mmmmhmmm
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