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.
The parents of a 19-year-old man who was killed by police during a drug sting against a passenger in his car are demanding that a prosecutor release dashcam video and the state agents’ investigative file.
Family of teen killed by officer wants evidence released now – The Washington Post
If we cannot count on trained professionals acting professionally in the situations that they are in place to handle, there is no point in having the officers in the first place.
The clashes between Palestinian youths and the Israeli police over visits during the Jewish holidays have prompted a rare warning from King Abdullah II of Jordan.
Fighting at Al Aqsa Mosque in Jerusalem Stretches Into Third Day – The New York Times
Sigh…
In cities like Douma, a suburb of Damascus, routine strikes have forced residents to flee and severely disrupted life for those who are unable to.
: For Those Who Remain in Syria, Daily Life Is a Nightmare – The New York Times
There really are no words.
The US Navy agrees to limit its use of sonar that inadvertently harms whales and dolphins in waters near Hawaii and California.
US Navy limits ‘whale-harming’ sonar in Pacific – BBC News
Yay! This is progress.
This.
…Innocent or guilty, an arrest basically equals a guilty verdict and court imposed fees.
And that shit is fucked up as hell.
Injustice system.
With the recent success of Frozen and the anticipation of Moana, Caroline Siede examines the power of the Disney princess.
Disney Princesses Are My (Imperfect) Feminist Role Models – Boing Boing
hmmm
We’ve fallen into an all-or-nothing rut with feminist criticism lately. Battle lines are immediately drawn between movies that are “feminist” (i.e. “good”) and “sexist” (i.e. “bad”). And that simplistic breakdown is hurting our ability to actually talk about this stuff.
…As the tendency to discuss things in terms of simple binary either/or models usually does.
A study released earlier this year, for instance, found women were as likely as men to be interested in casual sex — but only when there was no threat of sexual violence or of social judgment.
Science Proves Once and For All That Women Want Sex Just As Much As Men Do
hmmmm
It was a perfect night, a perfect game, a perfect act of sportsmanship and a perfect two points. A last-minute turnover may go down as one of the classiest gestures in El Paso high school basketball history.
Coronado, Franklin set aside rivalry, Mitchell Marcus gets shot at glory – El Paso Times
awwwww
As an American I’m not really up on all of the in and outs of English laws of succession but it seems to me this guy ignores a complicating fact. George was convicted of treason. As I understand it, treason is a crime against the immortal crown and not the specific monarch. Doesn’t someone forfeit their right to pass on any inheritance (like say, a claim to the throne) when they are convicted of treason? How could his descendants be in line for the throne?
The British actor is at the Toronto Film Festival with the gangster flick and didn’t appreciate the line of questioning
This is so awesome.
“Why?”
Who knew? I’m sayimg not 99% of the people I’ve ever met who flew, supported or even liked this flag.
(That cracker jack American Education at work again!!!)
A depressing glimpse of what educational inequality looks like.
An eighth-grade boy’s ‘outrageous’ class schedule – The Washington Post
Thank you Arnie Duncan and Obama for finding new and better ways than No Child to fuck up an entire generation and leave them way behind their international peers. Charter schools drain resources and state run school districts do not improve. (just ask New Orleans.) Fucktard assholes.
No greater number of police officers is being shot this year than in any other. But we do see more brutality because of social media.
No, Police Defenders, There Is No ‘War on Cops’ – The Daily Beast
Sigh…
In my rural red state police academy, instructors preach about ‘officers dying left and right’—even though the numbers show this isn’t happening.
My Police Academy Teaches the ‘War on Cops’ Myth – The Daily Beast
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr
New report shows that police in a number of states have been using cellphone tracking devices for investigations
Police Using Cellphone Tracking Devices | Al Jazeera America
Of course they do. If there is one thing that unifies most law enforcement officers it is the fact that they go about their lives and their careers as if the laws they are there to enforce do not apply to them.
Kentucky Clerk Kim Davis Is Back at Work, Won’t Authorize Marriage Licenses
“I’m here before you this morning with a seemingly impossible choice that I do not wish upon any of my fellow Americans: my conscience or my freedom,”
Two things, you stupid cunt…
1.) The bible says a lot more about adultery and hypocrits than it does homosexuality.
2.) It’s not an impossible choice, it’s a pretty easy one. Do the job or resign, Lady Faubus.
The Bush administration was told, as early as May 2001, about the threat of an attack by Al Qaeda.
The Bush White House Was Deaf to 9/11 Warnings – The New York Times
Grrrrrrr
