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.
A senior official tells the BBC this may happen “weekly”, as the US warns: “Don’t test Trump.”
North Korea ‘will test missiles weekly’, senior official tells BBC – BBC News
Trump is incapable of comprehending the conventional wisdom of the phrase, ‘Don’t Feed the Trools.’
Trump has visited a property that generates him money on 35.9% of the days he’s been POTUS.
Every 2.8 days, Trump visits a Trump-owned property. Every 5.6 days, he plays golf.
You want to make money? Get your Cheeto ass back into the private sector.
This story is resonating, big time. It’s more than just about overbooking or technical regulations or obeying the crew’s orders.
It’s resonating because these videos show a shocking and horrifying lack of empathy that, for many, encapsulates 2017 in a nutshell.
Why United’s Incident Is A Much Bigger Deal Than You May Think – One Mile at a Time
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Saffiyah Khan told BuzzFeed News she intervened after a Muslim woman in a headscarf was surrounded by EDL members.
This Woman Laughed At A Far-Right Protester And People Think It’s Badass AF – BuzzFeed News
hmmm
Republicans are preparing a full-scale assault on the FCC itself.
Trump Is About to Find Out What Happens When You Mess With the Open Internet – Motherboard
hmmm
Spanish police say he ran the Kelihos botnet, hacking information and installing malicious software.
Russian arrested in Spain ‘over mass hacking’ – BBC News
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An impassioned ruling against “the humiliation of rejection and the stigmatic harm of unequal treatment.”
…”It is legally indistinguishable from a sign reading ‘Whites Only’ on the hiring-office door. Memo 1-95 clearly excluded same-sex couples and individuals who identified as homosexuals either from being licensed or from having state wards placed in their homes. There is no dispute that all the plaintiffs were ready and able to be foster parents, were aware of and deterred by Memo 1-95, and would have taken further steps to become foster parents but for the barrier expressed in Memo 1-95. The plaintiffs considered any further action to be futile and did not wish to subject themselves to the humiliation of rejection and the stigmatic harm of unequal treatment.”
Nebraska Supreme Court strikes down anti-gay foster parent rule.
nice
Senate Joint Resolution 44 would repeal Article II, Section 9 from the Oregon Constitution, which says anyone who offers, accepts or knowingly participates in a duel can’t hold public office.
…The proposal had its first hearing Wednesday and Republican Sen. Brian Boquist, its chief sponsor, said it’s one of several archaic laws that just don’t make sense in modern times.
\Oregon voters may toss constitutional ban on duels
OK…
Kathrine Switzer once again crossed the finish line of the Boston Marathon wearing bib No. 261
https://twitter.com/SullyBunz/status/854064626446815238
Watch Kathrine Switzer cross the Boston Marathon finish line 50 years after making history
Last one.
Because Boston sports.
Fifty years ago, Kathrine Switzer became the first woman to officially run the Boston Marathon. Now, as she is set to race there again, No. 261 is a source of inspiration for women worldwide.
Boston Marathon 2017 – How Kathrine Switzer helped change the culture in women’s sports
Sue me, can’t get enough this story.
What the Boston Marathon terrorists really don’t get is that they attacked an unshakable group of people who run 26 miles until their nipples are raw on their day off. (2:08)
Intro – 4/16/13-The Colbert Report – Video Clip | Comedy Central
Because seeing it again made me smile.
“I just told them to be strong. We think about them often.”
Meb Keflezighi stopped to embrace Martin Richard’s family after final Boston Marathon
Meb! Meb! Meb!
“I remember I was at the airport and somebody comes [up] and goes, ‘whenever you come to Boston, you should never buy a beer.’ ” – Meb Keflezighi
Awww, he knows us.
Meb! Meb! Meb!
“The marathon was a man’s race in those days; women were considered too fragile to run it,” she wrote in an essay for The New York Times 10 years ago. “But I had trained hard and was confident of my strength. Still, it took a body block from my boyfriend to knock the official off the course.” Switzer recovered to finish in 4 hours 20 minutes.
…“In 1967, few would have believed that marathon running would someday attract millions of women, become a glamour event in the Olympics and on the streets of major cities, help transform views of women’s physical ability and help redefine their economic roles in traditional cultures,” Switzer wrote.
Over the years, Switzer has competed in more than 30 marathons, winning New York in 1974 in 3:07:29, and has worked as a television commentator. She is the founder of 261 Fearless, a running club for women. The name comes from the number she wore in 1967.
…Of her legacy as a pioneer, she wrote in The Times: “We learned that women are not deficient in endurance and stamina, and that running requires no fancy facilities or equipment. Women’s marathoning has created a global legacy.”
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Kathrine Switzer ran the Boston Marathon in the same bib number that a race official tried to rip off her in an iconic photo from the 1967 race.
Boston Marathon 2017: 1st woman to officially run does it again 50 years later – CNN.com
If you were raised on a steady diet of Boston area sports anytime before the last 10 or 12 years you just always end up cheering on the underdog, the people’s competitor, the David against the Goliath. It’s been bred into your consciousness.
Boston area sports have always been a significant part of my pop-culture diet and I just can’t help but to dig the hell out of stories like this. Kudos 261! Way to open up sports to more and more people. Way to make positive change happen.
The 2017 Boston Marathon was full of sights and sounds that proved why the capital of Massachusetts is such a special city.
Gov. Charlie Baker captured the spirit of the marathon with this finish line video
Such a sucker for shows of humanity like this…
God bless sports!
BOSTON — Two hours after Lelisa Desisa won the Boston Marathon in 2013, two bombs ripped through the finish area, killing three spectators and wounding 264 others.
In the aftermath, Desisa formed a bond with the people of Boston and presented his winner’s medal back to the city.
On Monday, Desisa, a 25-year-old Ethiopian, won the men’s elite race in Boston again, pulling away from an uncommonly large pack of contenders in the last few miles for a commanding victory in 2 hours 9 minutes 17 seconds.
I always thought it was so nice that Desisa cam back and won again; this time on a much happier note.
The Boston manhunt marks the first time an American city has been completely shut down, and some confuse the bombers’ birthplace of Chechnya with the Czech Republic. (4:38)
Boston Bombers-The Colbert Report – Video Clip | Comedy Central
Today was the running of the annual Boston Marathon so I’mma just gonna leave this link he-ayhhh.
Oh ‘Murica!
Reports from last week indicated that Presidential son-in-law Jared Kushner failed to disclose some Russian meetings while submitting the forms to get top-level security clearance. Governmental officials are not thrilled.
Ted Lieu: Jared Kushner Lied, Security Revoked | Mediaite
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The fifth protester in roughly two weeks has died from injuries sustained in clashes with riot police. But demonstrators against President Nicolas Maduro have vowed to continue filling the streets.
PHOTOS: As Anti-Maduro Protests Swell In Venezuela, Death Toll Mounts : The Two-Way : NPR
hmmmm
If Turks vote overwhelmingly yes, they will grant sweeping new powers to the country’s president.
Turkey referendum: Historic vote on presidential powers under way – BBC News
hmm
Not that it should be anything out of the ordinary at all but, when taken in context of how these things usually play out, it is actually impressive to see a dept. take such swift and decisive action against its own members.
Powerful blast destroys a van traveling through restive Helmand province, killing all 11 passengers on board
Roadside bomb kills 11 in southern Afghanistan | Afghanistan News | Al Jazeera
sigh…
A blast rips through buses carrying people from pro-government towns, waiting at a rebel checkpoint.
Syria war: Huge bomb kills dozens of evacuees in Syria – BBC News
Agggghhhhh!
Issuing secret waivers to cloak conflicts of interest? for the love of Kerr-eyest!
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