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.
The burger chain Jack in the Box has drawn criticism for its new TV commercial, which features not-so-subtle references to male genitalia.
…Many on Twitter said the ad was funny and not offensive.
Jack in the Box’s new commercial is sparking controversy on Twitter
hmmm
We already know that Transportation Secretary Elaine Chao’s family shipping consortium routes its business through the Marshall Islands—a notoriously secretive tax haven. Federal records detail how Trump’s Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross, Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Jay Clayton and Federal Reserve board appointee Randal Quarles held parts of their personal fortunes in investments based in the Cayman Islands, which are not necessarily required to adhere to America’s domestic financial regulations.
Now there’s DeVos, one of the heirs of Amway’s multilevel marketing empire. When the family’s 164-foot yacht was untethered from a Huron, Ohio, dock, it was flying a flag of the Cayman Islands, where the yacht is registered
hmmm
Mike Pence Is A Holy Terror and It’s All A Lot Darker Than You Know
Where the hell has the Daily Kos been? You’d have to have been asleep, in a coma, or really not paying attention to not know or realize any of this.
Seriously….
Cincinnati Police Officer Shoots 11-Year-Old Girl With Taser for Shoplifting
The officer’s reckless reaction was dangerously out of line with the context of the actual situation. Their badge needs to be surrendered immediately because their lack of judgement poses an imminent and immediate danger to the citizen’s they are there to protect and serve.
The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that Border Patrol agent Lonnie Swartz is not entitled to qualified immunity, saying that the Fourth Amendment — which prohibits unreasonable searches and seizures — applies in this case.
…”Based on the facts alleged in the complaint, Swartz violated the Fourth Amendment. It is inconceivable that any reasonable officer could have thought that he or she could kill J.A. for no reason,” Judge Andrew J. Kleinfeld wrote in the majority opinion.
…“The court made clear that the Constitution does not stop at the border and that agents should not have constitutional immunity to fatally shoot Mexican teenagers on the other side of the border fence,” he said in a statement. “The ruling could not have come at a more important time, when this administration is seeking to further militarize the border.”
Court rules Mexican mother can sue over cross-border Border Patrol shooting – POLITICO
the fact that the officer was cleared of criminal charge is a crime in itself.
The antipsychotic drug Seroquel [is] …frequently the drug is also given to people who have Alzheimer’s disease or other forms of dementia. The problem with that? Seroquel can be deadly for dementia patients, according to the FDA.
…And for anyone who wants to stop the common practice of overmedicating dementia patients, curtailing the use of antipsychotics is just the beginning. …There are lots of other kinds of drugs that affect the brain.
…”The use of mood stabilizers [in dementia patients] … has actually accelerated.” Such drugs include the anti-seizure medicines Depakote and Tegretol.
…A consensus statement in the journal International Psychogeriatrics on the ways dementia behaviors like agitation and wandering should be treated [says] it’s usually better to find out what triggers the difficult behavior …or to modify the patient’s environment.
“The highest ranked and endorsed treatments are all non-pharmacological approaches,” Kales says.
But that kind of treatment takes more time, and has been slow to catch on, she says. It will never be as easy as dispensing a pill.
hmmm
NRA lawsuit against New York says it faces possible financial troubles – CNN
Poor babies…
And by babies I mean fragile little snowflakes.
The Justice Department’s New Civil-Rights Cause: Discrimination Against Whites – The Atlantic
Ooooo, oooo, ooooo. [raising hand and waving it wildly]
I got this one. Is it white male fragility stoked by a flaming helping of both bigotry and greed?
The Trump administration on Thursday informed a federal judge that it isn’t responsible for locating deported parents separated forcibly from their children at the southern border.
DOJ said in a court filing that the American Civil Liberties Union, which represents plaintiffs in a class-action lawsuit over family separations, should instead take the lead in reunifying deported parents with their children.
via Trump administration tells ACLU to find deported parents – POLITICO
Gawd almighty… I can’t even.
Sen. Kamala Harris accused critics of “identity politics” of weaponizing the term to diminish issues of race, gender and sexual orientation, pressing Democrats on Friday to address those issues head on.
“I have a problem, guys, with that phrase, ‘identity politics,’” Harris told the progressive gathering Netroots Nation, wading into a messaging debate roiling Democrats ahead of the midterm elections. “Because let’s be clear, when people say that, it’s a pejorative. That phrase is used to divide, and it is used to distract. Its purpose is to minimize and marginalize issues that impact all of us. It is used to try and shut us up.”
Harris blasts critics of ‘identity politics’ – POLITICO
mmmhmmm
Jones’s brand is built upon the idea that he’s a lone crusader against the mainstream media, telling his audience bold truths about a world that he claims lies to them constantly.
…Jones’s attorneys had to walk a tightrope in the courtroom between acknowledging that part of his persona is, in fact, an act he plays up for the cameras—lest the jury find him an unfit father—and maintaining for the sake of his audience that he actually does believe every word he says.
Now, he’s once more facing a legal challenge—and his attorneys are once more tasked with arguing that Jones doesn’t really mean what he says on his broadcasts, while also doing their best to maintain his credibility.
…Lucy Richards was sentenced to five months in prison for sending threats to Pozner and De La Rosa, accusing them of participating in a hoax and threatening their lives for it. In that case, the court found that Jones and Infowars so influenced Richards’s thinking on the matter that, … after her release, Richards would “be prohibited from viewing Infowars programming.”
…There are plenty of ethical questions worth asking about Infowars with regard to these cases. Chief among them: does a media company that spreads inaccurate information, without citing its sources or attempting to run basic diligence (like reverse image searches), about private citizens like Fontaine bear responsibility for threats made by its readers?
Alex Jones’s Attorneys Argue That No Reasonable Person Would Believe What He Says – Texas Monthly
hmmm
Smith College Employee Called Police On Black Student Eating Lunch | HuffPost
Jeezus kerrrr-eyest.
You know, fellow white people? Maybe it’s time for a conversation on how it’s nice that you are able to see the police as helpful and protective of you but perhaps we as a people need to slow our fucking roll on calling them up every freaking time something makes one of us the least fucking bit uncomfortable or confused.
Confused about something? Not understand why somebody is doing whatever they’re doing? (Ahem, like, say, being alive while black???) Try actually fucking speaking with the person. See what they are about. You know, BEFORE you snap to judgement and way the fuck before you reach for that phone to try to have them dragged off to jail???!
Fucking A….
Banning overdraft fees: Cory Booker’s new idea to tackle big banks – Vox
Damn good thinking, Senator. Very real.
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