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.
Weeks of contentious debate weighing privacy rights against the government’s need to investigate terrorism came to an end Monday when the FBI said it found a way to gain access to Syed Rizwan Farook ‘s iPhone 5 c.
FBI hacks iPhone: Does this make your phone less private? – LA Times
hmmmm
A man who was allegedly trying to rob a South Los Angeles taco stand was fatally shot by an employee late Friday night, police said.
South L.A. Taco Stand Employee Shoots, Kills Would-Be Robber: LAPD | KTLA
Whoa! the very end of the article says the employees were temporarily detained. …Which had absolutely nothing to do with racism or heavy-handedness on the part of LAPD, I’m sure. (???!)
In addition to early morning pickets at schools, the Chicago Teachers Union plans a full day of teach-ins and rallies at sites around the city during a one-day strike Friday that the union promises will shut down the schools, according to a preliminary schedule issued Monday.
Chicago Teachers Union sets plans for Friday walkout – Chicago Tribune
hmmmm
Some of the world’s most vulnerable communities are currently experiencing high rates of mercury poisoning as a result of the activities of illegal miners. A recent study (in Portuguese) involving 19 communities of indigenous Yanomami and Yekuana people in the Brazilian Amazon revealed that 90 percent have been severely affected by mercury poisoning.
Amazonian Tribes Are Being Poisoned By Illegal Miners | IFLScience
No words…
LAHORE, Pakistan • In an emotional televised address, Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif vowed Monday to hunt down and defeat the militants who have been carrying out attacks…
As Pakistan mourns, prime minister vows to defeat militants | Nation | stltoday.com
sigh… poor Lahore.
Evidence that Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is experiencing its worst coral bleaching on record has renewed calls for the UN to list it as “in-danger”.
Australia’s Great Barrier Reef hit by ‘worst’ bleaching – BBC News
Jeezus
Japan’s plan to get more women into its shrinking workforce, so-called “womenomics” – looked great, but within two years the targets have had to be cut.
Is Japan’s plan for more women in the workplace failing? – BBC News
hmmm
Poverty activist Jeffery Pendleton was arrested on 8 March and just days later he died in police custody.
A demand for answers after homeless man’s death in New Hampshire jail | US news | The Guardian
hmmm
“People see us as a pantheon of good American journalism,” founder and chairman Neil Barsky said. “But we’ll still be fundraising for the rest of our professional lives.”
hmmm
The FBI says it has cracked the encryption on an iPhone used by an Islamist gunman, and drops its legal action against Apple.
FBI-Apple case: Investigators break into dead San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone – BBC News
hmmmm
One lost their job. The other became a viral sensation. Take one guess why.
Can You Spot the Difference Between These Two Stories About Sexy Underwear Model Teachers?
Yup.
Prairie View A&M’s basketball coach says she was fired for suspending two players who were dating, although a school official approved the action.
Women’s basketball coach fired after suspending two players for dating – Yahoo Sports
hmmmmm
Another problem with American politics: holier than thou asshole who hijack an entire party (they they are not fucking a member of and never have been!) nomination process accomplishing on the division of the electorate and strengthen the chances of common enemies. Way to fight for the Far Right you cranky old, holier than thou, hypocritical asshole.
Source: Sanders on Clinton’s Clooney fundraiser: ‘It is obscene’
Source: Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) on Instagram
The refugees crisis produces more heartbreaks, tragedies and people doing the best the can in face of horrid odds and worse conditions. The humanity and inhumanity mixing together into heart wrenching tragedy. What a sad, sad post to read. What a horrible, inhumane and unjust situation.
Some of you who are raising boys should probably be warned of what I’ve advised my daughter to do if someone snaps her bra.
If You’re Raising Boys, Please Know This Scary Mommy
lol, nice!
Watch This Poet Explore the Internal Struggle Her Attraction to a White Man Produces – Shine
This makes me so sad for the author and what she misses out on because of her own self-imposed limitations.
The New Salem/Wendell School Committee unanimously passed a strongly-worded resolution, supporting and encouraging parents to opt their children out of PARCC tests this spring.
The resolution, passed on March 10, not only encourages parents to opt their children out of the state standardized test, it also encourages teachers and staff members to let parents know they have the choice of opting out. With this goal in mind, the district is holding a community meeting on March 28 to give parents a forum at which they can learn more and ask questions.
A school district encourages parents to opt their children out
hmmmm
Pakistan’s PM urges better coordination between security agencies against terrorism, a day after more than 70 people died in a suicide attack in Lahore.
Lahore attack: Pakistan PM Sharif demands swift action on terror – BBC News
My thoughts and wishes of speedy recovery and healing are with all of the people of Lahore.
Our Turn: ‘Right to try’ is wrong for New Hampshire | Concord Monitor
Number one, you’re wrong.
Number two, neither of you have any connection to this state. Go the fuck home to NY and fuck shit up with your arrogant bullshit a little closer to home. Asshats.
The Illinois Supreme Court holds that scaling back future pension benefits for Chicago’s city workers while requiring them to pay more is unconstitutional.
Illinois Supreme Court Deals Another Blow to Rahm Emanuel – The New York Times
Fuck you, Rahm, you fucking immoral hack.
