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.
Federal officials said the contract facilities don’t offer substantial cost savings or provide the same level of security as those run by the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Justice Department Will Phase Out Its Use Of Private Prisons : The Two-Way : NPR
this is huge!
A very subtle but big, big win for Injustice System reform.
Hande Kader was an active member of the LGBT community in Turkey.
A Transgender Woman Was Raped And Set On Fire And People Are Demanding Justice – BuzzFeed News
Sigh…
President Obama’s 2017 budget proposal has removed a $10 million annual grant proposal that goes towards funding “abstinence-only” sexual education classes in public schools. By eliminating the grant, Obama would end the financial incentive for states to continue teaching the debunked sex-ed program.
Obama cuts all funding for Christian-based ‘Abstinence Only’ sex-ed programs – DeadState
hmmm
Nearly two weeks after Legend Preston’s run-in with police, his mother, Patisha Solomon remains horrified over what could have happened.
Newark boy, 10, thought cops ‘were going to shoot me’ – NY Daily News
The officers involved are a menace who pose a clear and urgent danger to the citizens they sworn to protect. They are simply qualified to perform their job and need to be removed from the force for their own and the public’s safety.
And if they lie and try to justify or defend their inexcusable action they should be put in jail.
Period.
The court system in the town of Sherwood is destroying the lives of poor people, a new federal lawsuit alleges.
Source: An Arkansas Judge Sent A Cancer Patient To ‘Debtors’ Prison’ Over A Few Bounced Checks
Few people are truly evil.
This judge is one of them.
Arkansas judge’s ‘debtors’ prison’ court jailed cancer patient over unpaid bills: lawsuit
The only person tat deserves to be in jail here is the judge for abusing his power. Kick off the bench, strip him of his title, etc. and put his ass in jail. …For longer than 90 days!!
This is as bad as it gets.
KING: N.C. police kill unarmed deaf man using sign language – NY Daily News
For gawds sake…
This is murder, straight and simply put.
Calling it anything else is condoning this kind of senseless violence.
If cops do not face consequences for their violent crime they are nothing more than a state-sponsored gang.
Few cases typify everything that is wrong with gun rights, police brutality and racial profiling like this one.
KING: Black man shot by cops after calling to report robbery – NY Daily News
sigh…
Outside experts said the data contained what appeared to be genuine samples of the top-secret code used in the production of the N.S.A.’s custom-built malware.
‘Shadow Brokers’ Leak Raises Alarming Question: Was the N.S.A. Hacked? – The New York Times
hmmm
The National Security Agency stockpiled sophisticated tools designed to penetrate commonly used security software. Now that hackers have revealed some of those techniques, companies are left scrambling to secure their systems.
NSA leak rattles cybersecurity industry – CSMonitor.com
hmmm
USA TODAY Sports investigation raises questions about how they handled the incident.
USA TODAY Sports investigation raises questions about Rio cops, Lochte incident
hmmmm
An oldie but a goodie.
Daaaaang, Canada. Brrrrrrr. Cold but spot on.
An estimated 1,500 Americans illegally and unexpectedly washed up in Canada late Sunday after strong winds blew them across the St. Clair River near Sarnia, Ont.
“..There were Americans everywhere,” Peter Garapick of the Canadian Coast Guard said.
…”They don’t have a mariner’s sense. These are people who think they’re going for a dip in the pool,” he said. “We had 1,500 people who were in complete need of help, and everyone walked away alive.”
U.S. partiers wash up in Canada, blown across St. Clair River – Windsor – CBC News
Canada… Really, does it get more accommodating and polite?
Dayum, Cracked….
The mic has been dropped.
American swimmer Gunnar Bentz is back home, and he says he never lied about being robbed while out in Rio de Janeiro with teammates on the final night of Olympic swimming.
Gunnar Bentz says he never lied about robbery in Rio
hmmmmmm
Democratic U.S. presidential nominee Hillary Clinton told federal investigators that former Secretary of State Colin Powell suggested she use a personal email account, the New York Times reported late on Thursday.
Clinton told FBI Colin Powell suggested she use private email: NYT
hmmmm
The United States Army’s finances are so jumbled it had to make trillions of dollars of improper accounting adjustments to create an illusion that its books are balanced.
…Disclosure of the Army’s manipulation of numbers is the latest example of the severe accounting problems plaguing the Defense Department for decades.
The report affirms a 2013 Reuters series revealing how the Defense Department falsified accounting on a large scale as it scrambled to close its books. As a result, there has been no way to know how the Defense Department – far and away the biggest chunk of Congress’ annual budget – spends the public’s money.
The new report focused on the Army’s General Fund, the bigger of its two main accounts, with assets of $282.6 billion in 2015. The Army lost or didn’t keep required data, and much of the data it had was inaccurate, the IG said.
“Where is the money going? Nobody knows,” said Franklin Spinney, a retired military analyst for the Pentagon and critic of Defense Department planning.
U.S. Army fudged its accounts by trillions of dollars, auditor finds
WTF?!! Sigh….
Man steps in to help teacher buy school supplies saying “teachers don’t get the recognition that they deserve”
Stranger waiting in line behind Texas teacher pays for her school supplies
Awww
On Thursday, Department of Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson traveled to Louisiana to meet with [Louisiana Gov. John Bel] Edwards, visit shelters and view flood-affected areas.
Federal Emergency Management Agency head Craig Fugate came to Louisiana earlier this week.
Edwards, a Democrat, said that those trips, plus near daily communication with the White House, has shown that the flooding is a priority for the federal government. He said a visit from Obama, which would require heightened security and road closures, would be a drain on resources as the state still works to respond to the flood.
“Quite frankly, that’s not something I want to go through right now,” Edwards said. “I would just as soon he wait a week or two.”
Source: Gov. John Bel Edwards: ‘I’m not complaining in any way about our federal partnership’
In 2014 Iranian journalist Masih Alinejad founded an online movement against the enforced hijab, called My Stealthy Freedom. One of her campaigns is #MenInHijab. It advocates women’s rights and highlights the violation of freedoms that strict dressing laws are causing. Men who join the cause… …express their solidarity by donning headscarfs themselves and posting images of their actions on social media with #MenInHijab hashtag.
Iranian Men Wear Hijab To Fight For Women’s Rights In Iran | Bored Panda
Love this movement. Really, really love this movement.
A judge found that Sheriff Arpaio and his second-in-command ignored court orders designed to keep the office from racially profiling Latinos.
Judge Refers Arizona Sheriff Joe Arpaio for Criminal Prosecution – The New York Times
Baby steps forward are better than no steps forward.
Man, would it be nice to see this guy in one his own chain gangs though!
Dr. Drew Pinsky made some accusations about Hillary Clinton’s health care, referring to her medical treatment as “bizarre,” “very unconventional,” and “old-fashioned.”
Here’s what our medical expert had to say in regards to Dr. Drew’s evaluation:
Fact Checking Dr. Drew on Hillary Clinton’s ‘Medical Records’
<Spoiler Alert> Drew’s source documents were a fraud and his assessments are sensationalized guess-work based on some strange assumptions.
