God Shuts Down Kim Davis Supporter | God
lol
Category: Domestic Affairs,
Tennis Star Tackled By 5 Police Officers
“I have resources to get to the bottom of this. I have a voice,” Blake said. “But what about someone who doesn’t have those resources and doesn’t have a voice?”
Black Tennis Star Tackled By 5 White Police Officers | ThinkProgress
Ugh. Sigh…..
Family seeks justice for alleged incident between Army reservist, Pearl River County deputy
Family and friends of a local soldier tell WDSU he was mistreated and burned by a deputy during a traffic stop in Mississippi.
WTF?
Father-Son Duo, Team Hoyt Run One Last Boston Marathon
these guys came up in conversation so I am putting this here.
Because, well, Team Hoyt! Yay!
Obama adds another worker benefit: paid sick leave
President Obama plans to use Labor Day to announce a new step toward increased benefits for workers — ordering companies that do business with the government to provide paid sick leave for their employees.
Obama adds another worker benefit: paid sick leave – LA Times
hmmmm
Joe Biden: ‘Something is wrong’ in the economy
Vice President Joe Biden warned on Monday that “something is wrong” with the American economy as he launched a Labor Day march here with speculation swirling that he may run for President.
Joe Biden: ‘Something is wrong’ in the economy – CNNPolitics.com
hmmmmmm
Bowe Bergdahl faces rarely used, “misbehavior before the enemy” charge.
Although this is the bit that jumped out at me:
A soldier in Iraq was charged with cowardice in 2003 under Article 99 after he saw a mangled body and sought counseling, but the charges were later dropped.
The Bakery that Gave Him a Second Chance | Humanity FTW – YouTube
A bakery in New York with a unique hiring policy changed a man’s life when they gave him the second chance he desperately needed.
The 1st Female Californian Law Student
Clara Shortridge Foltz
As published in the California Defender Spring 1985; Vol. 1, Issue 1
By Mortimer D. Schwartz, Susan L. Brandt and Patience Milrod
By Mortimer D. Schwartz, Susan L. Brandt and Patience Milrod
5. Id. at 10. Foltz later wrote that the reason given her to justify excluding women from the college was that “The rustle of the ladies’ garments would distract the attention of the young gentleman.” Foltz “was hardly able to appreciate their argument as a legal proposition.”
Source: Santa Barbara County
24 West Point Cadets Annual Pillow Fight
24 West Point Cadets Concussed in Annual Plebe Pillow Fight
In August, an annual pillow fight between freshmen cadets at the United States Military Academy in West Point, New York, left 30 injured and 24 concussed, the New York Times reports, after some cadets apparently stuffed helmets in their pillowcases.
West Point, taking things beyond where its expected.
WTF all?
Democratic presidential candidates to skip Springfield convention, attend New Hampshire event
The bit at the end from Barron had me laughing out loud. The dynamics of politics are hilarious anyways but “insider” reactions to them can just be side-splitting.
“I find it a little insulting,” Barron said. “Massachusetts has more delegates on the floor of the convention next summer than Iowa and New Hampshire combined, and we have one more electoral vote than they do combined.”
Barron said the candidates raise funds in Massachusetts and should take the opportunity to speak to grassroots activists. “We’re seen as an ATM machine,” Barron said.
How Trump Exposed the Tea Party
The proof is in: the GOP base isn’t small-government libertarian; it’s old-fashioned populist.
How Trump Exposed the Tea Party
If you use a doublespeak version of what a populist is, sure Trump’s a populist.
Ranger School officer combats rumors about how women passed in pointed Facebook post
‘We could have video recorded every patrol and you would still say that we ‘gave’ it away,’ the executive officer of the Airborne and Ranger Training Brigade said.
nice.
After historic graduation, Army removes all restrictions on women attending Ranger School – The Washington Post
Like Griest and Haver, she is an officer and graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, N.Y.
West Point graduates leading the way. Fitting.
First Women To Graduate From Army Ranger School Say They “Were Contributing As Much As The Men” – BuzzFeed News
One male student, Michael Calderon, said that the extreme physical and mental conditions the service members were exposed to made things like gender seem arbitrary.
“You’re way too tired and hungry to actually care,” he said. “At the end of the day, everyone was a Ranger.”
As it should be.
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