Chicago’s Democratic mayor, who recently replaced the police chief, has abolished the city’s ineffectual police-run review board and is replacing it with a civilian agency as a further step toward taming one of America’s most racist, violent, and out-of-control police departments. [...]
Archive for May, 2016
May 13th, 2016 - 3:12 pm § in Politics
Gov. Walker defaults, blames Obama
Would you lend money to this welsher? Wisconsin failed to make a $101 million debt payment due May 1. The state has the money, but its GOP governor wants to keep it, just in case: “The bottom line is we have concerns about the Obama economy nationally and we want to make sure Wisconsin’[...]
May 13th, 2016 - 3:02 pm § in Uncategorized
Racist barber pulls gun on black guy asking for haircut
Larry Thomas, 65, faces criminal charges after displaying a gun to a black man who entered his barber shop and asked for a haircut and shave. According to neighbors, this isn’t the first time Thomas has run off African-Americans. He says, “I don’t do black hair.” Meanwhile, t[...]
May 13th, 2016 - 9:12 am § in Israel/Palestine, Misc.
A Dialogue on Israel/Palestine: What to do about Gaza? Gandhi?
Edward Alan Clark I agree to be outraged with other occupying powers <eg the Turks and Iranians, ed> and be logically consistent. The question of Gaza is a really difficult one, as you know, Steve. I feel for both the Israelis and Palestinians here. A key perspective I feel is to not forge[...]
May 13th, 2016 - 8:45 am § in Christianity, Misc.
Ughanda … US and Canada walk out of an inauguration
U.S. Officials Storm Out Of Uganda President’s Inauguration Yoweri Museveni offended Western diplomats after calling the International Criminal Court “useless.” 0 Uganda’s veteran president President Yoweri Museveni, 71, is a corrupt Christian, supported by America’s far right becaus[...]
May 13th, 2016 - 1:40 am § in Misc.
Past Republican Candidates: Eldridge Cleaver
Cleaver was later baptized into The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS Church) on December 11, 1983, periodically attended regular services, lectured by invitation at LDS gatherings, and was a member of the church in good standing at the time of his death in 1998. By the 1980s, Cleave[...]
Chinazor on Nigeria
Chinazor Onianwah This is how a Nigerian government under President Buhari functions. Took him a year to submit and sign his budget. Meanwhile his government agencies are soliciting high interest loans to travel abroad to attend conferences. This is how corruption runs the government. So why do we[...]