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.
Trump goes on defensive over immigration and his business record after senators team up in desperate bid to halt his march towards GOP nomination.
He also started referring to Rubio as Little Marco. Now, that’s just fun. #LittleMarco
Donald Trump taunted by Cruz and Rubio during Republican debate | US news | The Guardian
Huge inmate brawl caught on camera at Santa Clara County Main Jail – CBS News
hmmmm
Oh, and I don’t give a fuck who paid for them. That should be a footnote, not a main item in the story.
Nearly 100,000 people have signed an online petition calling for Bill Clinton’s arrest for violating Massachusetts election law on Super Tuesday.
Source: Why nearly 100,000 people are calling for Bill Clinton’s arrest | New York Post
He never denied walking into a polling place. His mere presence there doesn’t constitute campaigning. That part should be obvious. Unless these people are trying to assert that by virtue of who he is he is always campaigning (even while sleeping one would imagine because he never stops being Bill Clinton) then he did nothing wrong by merely walking into a polling location. That is a super anti-American sentiment, that just because the is who he is, he is not allowed into places where everyone else is welcome.
What a load of crap. He didn’t violate any laws, no matter how many hyperbole memes Bernie’s side creates. The American public’s understanding of election law and how the election system works in this country is tenuous at best. All hail the Idiocracy? Sigh….
Scott Kelly’s year in space will pay scientific and medical dividends for years to come, helping pave the way for future astronauts to travel to Mars and beyond.
Welcome Home, Scott Kelly. Now Let’s Go to Mars | WIRED
Amazing.
The U.N. joined Facebook, Google and many other tech firms in backing Apple in the fight with the FBI.
The top human rights authority at the United Nations warned Friday that if the FBI succeeds in forcing Apple to unlock an iPhone used by one of the San Bernardino attackers, it could have “tremendous ramifications” around the world and “potentially [be] a gift to authoritarian regimes, as well as to criminal hackers.”
Mmmmhmmm
DENVER — Colorado theater shooter James Holmes was transferred to another prison partly because another inmate pushed his way through a partially open door and attacked him, according to prison officials and documents released Thursday. Holmes was coming out of an office with a case manager when a corrections officer opened a door to the area. The other inmate pushed his way through as officers tried to close it, according to documents detailing the October incident. The inmate hit Holmes in and around the head before officers pulled them apart.
….Officials refuse to reveal where Holmes is located, even to the families of his victims. The move, which sent him out of state or to a federal facility, was part of an exchange agreement with another prison. Officials refuse to provide details of the trade.
The inmate who attacked Holmes has received money and letters from strangers praising him, according to the documents.
Documents detail prison assault on Colorado theater shooter | Colorado
hmmm
WASHINGTON (AP) — The military services are already beginning to recruit women for combat jobs, including as Navy SEALs, and could see them serving in previously male-only Army and Marine Corps infantry units by this fall, according to new plans endorsed by Defense Secretary Ash Carter and obtained by The Associated Press.
…All of the services say they have made required changes to base bathrooms and other facilities to accommodate women, and they will monitor training, injury assessments, and possible sexual harassment or assault problems.
…Military services have put together plans outlining exactly how they will incorporate women into the male-only units. The Army intends to first assign female officers to jobs in the infantry and armor units, and then gradually bring in female enlisted soldiers. And it plans to also assign more than one woman in a unit.
…Unlike the Army and Marine Corps, the Air Force said it will not assign women in groups to units, and will instead follow routine assignment procedures.
Military beginning to recruit women for combat jobs – SFGate
Nice!
The busboy who cradled a dying RFK has finally stepped out of the past – LA Times
That poor man, carrying the weight of that guilt for so long. Heartbreaking to think of.
Whether it’s fresh vegetables, barbecue or tapas, anyone can either restock or stock up on food from this Basque town’s communal refrigerator.
To Cut Food Waste, Spain’s Solidarity Fridge Supplies Endless Leftovers : The Salt : NPR
Love this!
Europeans throw away about 90 million tons of food each year. A new German website aims to ratchet that number down a bit by connecting people with leftovers to spare with people who could use them.
Got Leftovers To Share? In Germany, There’s A Website For That : The Salt : NPR
Nice!
Thousands of miles from the exotic sea where Manfred Bajorat sailed on his final voyage lie the gloomy frontier towns spanning Germany and Holland where his dreams of adventure were born.
Wild. Absolutely wild.
Here’s another look at it: 60 miles off the coast of the Philippines: Mummified sailor Manfred Fritz Bajorat discovered on yacht missing for a year
Conceiving of 50 thousand years of history is mind-boggling. How cool!
“I support Apple and the decision they have made,” wrote Salihin Kondoker in a letter of support to U.S. Magistrate Judge Sheri Pym.
Husband of San Bernardino Shooting Victim Writes Letter of Support for Apple – NBC News
Good on ya, Mr. Kondoker!
On Capitol Hill a debate over naming a post office after award winning poet and Civil Rights activist, Maya Angelou surprised political watchers.
While Maya Angelou did many good things in her life, Congressman Mo Brooks (AL-5) did not believe it appropriate to name an American Post Office after a communist sympathizer and thereby honor a person who openly opposed America’s interest by supporting Fidel Castro and his regime of civil rights suppression, torture and murder of freedom-loving Cubans,” Lauren Vandiver, a spokesperson for Brooks, told NBC News in a statement.
Nine Republicans Reject Naming Post Office After Maya Angelou – NBC News
WTF?! The GOP is off the rails.
Hundreds of artifacts found at Little Carlton, including coins from 8th century, dress pins and Middle Saxon pottery.
Remains of Anglo-Saxon island discovered in Lincolnshire village | Science | The Guardian
so cool!
Pictures of some of the finds can be seen here–> Lost in the mists of time! Anglo-Saxon island is discovered in a field near Louth
Judge Andrew Napolitano gave us his take this morning on the newest revelations in the Hillary Clinton email scandal.
Judge Nap Explains How Apple Just Won a Major Victory in Battle With the FBI | Fox News Insider
hmmm
A company says it plans to introduce a “period policy” to allow female staff to work flexibly around their menstrual cycle.
Bristol firm plans to give women time off for periods – BBC News
Psst, ladies….
Institutionalizing the idea that the biology of gender prevents women from working as well or as regularly as their peers in not progress.
This is a huge step backwards.
Election officials in Massachusetts say no official complaints have been filed against former President Bill Clinton, who was spotted Tuesday shaking hands with those inside a Boston polling station.
Clinton shaking hands does not appear to violate election law – CNNPolitics.com
No shit, haters.
F.B.I. personnel believed that by resetting the iCloud password, they could get access to information on the iPhone. Instead, it did the opposite.
F.B.I. Error Locked San Bernardino Attacker’s iPhone – The New York Times
Whoops!
Oh, and yay, Apple!
What a world we live in where large corporations protect us from the government and not the other way around.
At least one Palestinian was killed in fighting after the Israelis mounted a rescue mission.
whoops!
