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.
New Hampshire’s Democratic U.S. Senators called Trump’s ban ‘disgraceful’ and ‘un-American.’
Shaheen, Hassan Criticize Trump Order Banning Refugees, Citizens from Muslim Countries | InDepthNH
What a disgraceful and un-American hypocrite Hassan is. Good on Shaheen though.
‘It’s clear we made a mistake,’ Zuckerberg tells local community
Mark Zuckerberg drops suits to force sale of Hawaiian lands
hmmmm
Rights groups file suit on behalf of refugees held at airports after Donald Trump’s executive order.
Trump executive order: Refugees detained at US airports – BBC News
Trump = Baby Orange Hitler
Any who supports him = Nazi sympathizer
“During the Holocaust, fear of the vulnerable killed many in my family. I refuse to let this happen again.#NoBanNoWall”
Americans Respond To Trump’s Plans For Country With #NoBanNoWall | The Huffington Post
Yawn, where the F’ where all you assholes in October and on Election Day 2016? Ya didn’t think this issue was such a big deal then, did ya….
F’ing self-absorbed idiots.
But Chief Justice John Roberts signaled that this is not the end of the road for the case.
Supreme Court Won’t Mess With Ruling That Struck Down Texas Voter ID Law | The Huffington Post
hmmmm
Ricky Williams was a first-round pick in the 1999 NFL draft. Former Texas running back and Heisman Trophy winner Ricky Williams was searched by Tyler (Texas) police in the parking lot of his hotel after he went for a walk in the city on Jan. 11.
Ricky Williams was stopped by Tyler police while in town for awards banquet
GRRRrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
…and fuck that bullshit noise about the tape measure!
Why African photographers don’t get to tell African photo stories in Western media.
The problem with photojournalism and Africa | | Al Jazeera
hmmm
More than 50 Democrats will miss Mr Trump’s inauguration because of his attack on civil rights hero John Lewis.
Trump inauguration boycott escalates – BBC News
Hmmmm
“Art imitates life, but no critic has asked the fundamental question the painting begs: Why would a young student with hope, promise and purpose perceive our community and the police in such a manner?” the pair wrote.
The column concluded with: “David’s only comment is, ‘The art speaks for itself.’ It has spoken loudly. Now, who will protect American civilization, including our Constitution and democracy?”
Painting depicting police officer as pig firing gun removed from Capitol display – CBS News
hmmm
US DOT concludes investigation, ALEA folds
When the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency announced the closure of 31 driver’s license offices in 2015, I printed out a blank map of the state’s 67 counties and began coloring in the ones that no longer had a place to get the most common form of photo ID.
Rural Alabama had been hit hard by the closures, but especially the Black Belt — the region of Alabama that takes its name first from the color of its rich soil but also from the concentration of African-Americans who live there. A few economic development projects aside, the Black Belt has always suffered the worst from Alabama’s sins, leaving its citizens with the least means the farthest distance from basic necessities, be it a job, simple trip to a grocery store, utilities like broadband internet.
…And for what? We now know the driver’s license closures saved little money — somewhere between $200,000 and $300,000, tops, according to Bentley’s former ALEA secretary Spencer Collier. The routine shortfalls in the General Fund budget typically range from $100 million to $200 million. The closures didn’t even scratch that. They were a naked act of political vengeance.
…”Based on its investigation, DOT has concluded that African Americans residing in the Black Belt region of Alabama disproportionately underserved by ALEA’s driver licensing services, causing a disparate and adverse impact on the basis of race,” the department said.
As it turns out … Bentley’s driver’s license closures were racial, after all | AL.com
sigh….
Serena Williams: ‘If I Were A Man, I Would Have Been Considered The Greatest’
The longtime tennis phenom opens up about race, sex, and life.
Is Serena Williams The Greatest Athlete Of All Time? | News One
hmmm
“Obviously, when we have an incident where there is some type of assertion that a juvenile has been inappropriately touched, injured, whatever, that should take precedence,” Chief Joel Fitzgerald said at a press conference. “And for the 99.9% of our police officers in this police department, that would have handled that case differently, I thank them.”
So why is he not in jail then, Chief?
[The officer] “instigated that whole incident by being condescending to the woman about her son,” Alexander said. “You can see it in his his posture and in his tone. That’s what the people in the video are very sensitive to.”
Yup.
Fort Worth police investigate arrest caught on video – CNN.com
What began as a dispute over littering rapidly escalated into a white police officer forcefully arresting a black woman and her two daughters in Fort Worth.
Video Of Woman’s Arrest In Texas Sparks Anger And Internal Police Inquiry : The Two-Way : NPR
the officer and the young boy’s assailant belong in jail.
As Jacqueline calmly and reasonably explains to the officer what this man did to her 7-year-old son, she tells him that the man said he confronted her son because the boy threw a piece of paper on the ground. As she proceeds to tell the officer that the man then choked her son, the officer actually asks her, “why don’t you teach your son not to litter?” — then proceeds to basically tell the mother that the man had every right to choke her son.
…Jacqueline’s teenage daughter then steps in front of her to calm her down and separate her from the officer. Then, in that moment, everything took a terrible turn for the worse. The officer then starts grabbing and slamming everybody to the ground. He grabs the teenage daughters and handcuffs them. He grabs the mother, wrestles her to the ground, and arrests her as well.
KING: Black family brutalized by Texas cop for reporting assault – NY Daily News
The officer belongs in jail, not the victim’s family.
Lee Merritt, an attorney for the woman, told the Star-Telegram that he wants the charges against his clients “dropped immediately,” calling them “completely manufactured.”
“We want to see the officer involved terminated from his position as a peace officer within Fort Worth and would also like to see him prosecuted criminally for his behavior — for his felony assault of my clients,” Merritt added. “We would like to see the individual who all this started from — the neighbor who assaulted a 7-year-old child — prosecuted as well.”
Go,go gadget attorney Lee Merritt
Versace secretly alerts staffers about black customers, according to a fired employee’s lawsuit.
Versace Accused of Using Secret ‘Code’ for Black Customers | TMZ.com
hmmmm
Jeezus… Verklempt
In November, a West Virginia government employee was fired after she composed an egregiously racist Facebook post referring to Michelle Obama as an “ape in heels.” However, on December 23 she will be reinstated.
West Virginia Official Fired for Calling FLOTUS ‘Ape in Heels’ Is Reinstated
<facepalm>
…Oh, and f’you WV.
BAY RIDGE, Brooklyn – A man has been charged for making verbal threats and harassing of an off-duty Muslim police officer and her son in Brooklyn.The officer was dropping off her 16-year-old son in Bay Ridge. While she was parking her car, she saw a Christopher Nelson, 36, allegedly pushing her son and berating him, according to police.
Well, at least someone justly benefited from the protection of the thin blue line of double-standards.
The ‘Daily Show’ host was measured, respectful, and challenging in his 26-minute conversation with TheBlaze pundit Tomi Lahren.
Trevor Noah’s Sharp Interview With Tomi Lahren on ‘The Daily Show’ – The Atlantic
hmmmm
He doubled down on the comments Friday.
Nick Cannon Says Planned Parenthood Is ‘Population Control,’ ‘Eugenics’ | The Huffington Post
What an ignorant, destructive little bitch.
Stick with what you know, ya fucktard loser.
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