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.
Ramadan draws to a close Tuesday, following weeks of bloodshed throughout the world as Islamist extremists have sought to sow terror during the Muslim holy month.
Attack on holy city of Medina appalls Muslims amid Ramadan violence – CNN.com
Unholy behavior during the holy month.
Sigh….
President Tayyip Erdogan says the incident is “completely within the framework” of the militant group.
Turkey Blames Ex-Soviet Members Of ISIS For Istanbul Attack, As It Jails Another 17 Suspects
hmmmm
The Olympic Games are just 31 days away — and Rio de Janeiro is in crisis.
Olympics 2016: Can Rio gun violence ever be solved? – CNN.com
Sigh….
Brazilian police accused of applying a heavy hand in targeting security threats one month ahead of the Olympic Games.
Rio 2016: Police crackdown raises rights concerns – News from Al Jazeera
One the one hand I know a big event like the Olympics involves a lot of money and invites both injustice and corruption….
…On the other hand, how did a peaceful international celebration of sportmanship and amateur athletes come to this?
Sigh….
At a time when anti-immigration sentiment is running high, as evidenced by the success of presumptive GOP nominee Donald Trump and the Brexit vote in Great Britain, New Hampshire is in the middle of a three-year project, costing nearly $1.4 million dollars, to welcome and integrate immigrants in the Granite State.
NH has a plan for new arrivals | New Hampshire
hmmm
Jean-Claude Juncker has once again show his remarkable capacity for mastering the detail of how his own organisation works by deriding the manner in which a couple of the Brexit leaders will not be taking part in the negotiations over Britain leaving the European Union. The point being of course that neither of the two people he is criticising, Boris Johnson and Nigel Farage, would have been part of the negotiations anyway. So to argue that they are “not patriots” for not being part of the negotiations is really very odd indeed.
what a shit show
Change.Org Petition Fire Jesse Williams BET Speech | HelloBeautiful
Unbelievable…
What a total fucking ignorant, self-important, loser this Eric Smith is. Awwwww, someone who looks like you created injustice and someone else was against it and this was an attack on the security of your world view? Awwww, poor, pathetic, douchebag asshole baby. Weh, weh, weh, all the way home to your comfort zone where everyone is white and no one is ever oppressed ever. Oh, wait, that’s 1950’s TV. …And this is the real world, filled with real people, who are just as important as your pathetic ass!
Also, if you do not comprehend why someone who is part black and part white might identify as black? Well, life will be too difficult for your puny, backwards, addled, ignorant brain. Just stay in bed and save the rest of us the trouble watching out for your cognitively delayed ass.
A US woman is given a suspended jail sentence in Spain for threatening to kill British physicist and cosmologist Stephen Hawking.
US woman guilty of Stephen Hawking Tenerife death threats – BBC News
WTF?!!! Leave the good man alone!
It turns out, like anything spoon fed to us by the media and politicians, there are plenty of myths associated with people on welfare.
The 4 Types of People on Welfare Nobody Talks About | Cracked.com
sigh…
A black NYPD highway cop claims in a new lawsuit that superiors retaliated against him after saying “racism is routine” in the elite unit.
Black NYPD cop claims superiors retaliated after exposing racism – NY Daily News
Sigh…
The co-owner of the famed L&B Spumoni Gardens restaurant was shot dead in the backyard of his Brooklyn home.
Co-owner of NYC pizzeria that nearly stirred mob war shot dead – NY Daily News
wild!
Governor says to expect an “aggressive appeal” of judge’s decsion, setting up another battle over gay rights that could go to the Supreme Court.
U.S. district judge strikes down Mississippi’s ‘religious freedom’ law – The Washington Post
Using your religion against other isn’t freedom and it sure as hell isn’t separation of church and state.
Citizens for Trump organizer says precautions will be taken against ‘The Purge.’
RNC Event Zone: Water Guns Banned, Real Guns Allowed
Oy!
Hijab the ultimate feminist statement | Jack The Lad | Jack The Lad
Um, nahhhh dude.
This is actually the opposite of feminism.
In each of your stories the women are referred to as objects, not individuals.
…Objects without agency of their own whose worth is increased the less they participate in life or society. Even if one is to credit you with the best of intentions, you’re still spouting nonsense. You’re not even in the neighborhood of anything that resembles the truth of what feminism actually is, let alone the same ballpark.
No, no, no, nope.
If you actually think any of these patronizing anecdotes resembles anything close to feminism you need a better dictionary.
Madison Bumgarner won’t get to compete in the Home Run Derby, so he’ll have to settle for the rare privilege of taking his hacks in an American League ballpark.
Madison Bumgarner ignites six-run 3rd inning with double as Giants decline DH
cool
Analysis of ozone levels above Antarctica shows September “hole” is shrinking.
Ozone Layer Showing First Signs of Recovery
hmmm
The FBI is imploring agencies who responded to the recent massacre at the Orlando Pulse nightclub not to release records to the public.
FBI Urges Law Enforcement Agencies to Withhold Orlando Attack Records
Um, fuck you FBI.
Typical federal agency demonstrating its inability to be straightforward with taxpayers and prioritizing PR over people.
City officials were asked why it may have taken nearly three hours after the shooting stopped to take down the gunman who killed 49 and injured more than 50.
New Documents Question Timeline in Orlando Nightclub Massacre – The New York Times
hmmmmmmmm
Judge Pratt’s decision is the first in a federal court to indicate that a ban on abortion because of genetic anomalies would likely be unconstitutional.
Federal Judge Blocks Indiana Abortion Law – The New York Times
Yes!
