Arraignments in NYC Plummet as NYPD “Work Stoppage” Continues

“This proves to us is what we all knew as defenders: You can end broken-windows policing without ending public safety,” Justine M. Luongo, the deputy attorney-in-charge of criminal practice for the Legal Aid Society, told the Times. The defender I spoke with echoed Luongo’s hopes, and said “This is exactly what should be happening.”

“As a public defender, we’re constantly overbooked,” another attorney told the Times.

Public defenders who have time to concentrate one each individual case? Sounds pretty good to me.

The NYPD’s work stoppage is costing the city lots of money. That’s great for New Yorkers.

yup.

Judge Orders NYPD to Release Records on X-ray Vans

The NYPD has a secretive program that uses unmarked vans with X-ray machines designed to detect bombs. ProPublica tried to find out more about it, but the NYPD refused to answer for three years.

hmmmm

Obama Announces Plan to Pay for Community College

Not to be cynical but…

I recall hearing this from Barack before. During the 2008 campaign he lifted it from another Democratic candidate and started touting the plan as his own. It evaporated into thin air after the promise had served its usefulness. I didn’t believe he was going to do it back then. …And he didn’t. So I have to admit I’m more than a little skeptical now.

Hi, Haters: The U.S. Department of Justice Blocks Jezebel 

Apparently they hate empowered women over at the Obama i-JD.

Former CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson sues administration over computer hacking and illegal surveilance

Well, it’d be nice if someone in law enforcement face some consequences for flagrant abuses of their power and total disrespect and wholesale breaking of the laws they are in place to enforce. Why the hell not some fucknuts from the BHO InJustice Dept?

Minimum Wage Mythbusters via the U.S. Dept of Labor

hmmmm

Teachers refuse to administer standardized tests

hmmmmm.

Opting out of standardized tests? Michelle Rhee Has The Wrong Answer.

This fucking twat needs to sit down and shut up.
DC’s schools’s suck ass and no one should ever take her ignorance and blatant spin-doctored bullshit as anything based in reality, ever.

Rage Against the Machine Defy Ethnic Studies Ban, Says Arizona Schools Chief

<<<<facepalm>>>>

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Facebook Copyright Hoax Goes Viral Again

…because my fellow humans are – by and large – complete fucktard morons

What economic equality looks like in America

hmmmm.

Census: High-cost California tops nation in real poverty

sigh….

Kirby Delauter, An Ignorant, Clueless, un-American asshole, Who Didn’t Want His Name In A News Story, Is Now A Story

And the story is, take a civics class before shooting off your ignorant pie-hole, loser.

Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter, Kirby Delauter

(Is an clueless, un-American, asshole who needs to retire from public life.)

Dallas Black Panthers are Responding to Police Brutality, With Armed Neighborhood Patrols

hmmmm

Outrage erupts over lack of media coverage of NAACP office bombing

Sigh….

Thousands gather to show their solidarity with Charlie Hebdo victims in France and Britain as Francois Hollande declares tomorrow a day of mourning 

Sigh…..

Breaking: Foie Gras Is Legal in California Right Now; Anti-Foie Ban Invalidated

hmmmmm

One Tweet Perfectly Sums Up the Big Problem With How We Talk About Terrorism

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Former ‘Onion’ editor: Freedom of speech cannot be killed

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It Sadly Unclear Whether This Onion Article Will Put Lives At Risk

Sigh….

23 Heartbreaking Cartoons From Artists Responding To The Charlie Hebdo Shooting

Slaves freed from SKorean salt farms face misery in shelters – Yahoo News.

sigh….