How much lower can a human being go than giving false testimony under oath so a defendant gets the death penalty? “After his conviction, Manuel received the death penalty, largely because a state prison expert presented false testimony to persuade the jury that Manuel would pose a danger to so[...]
Archive for October 9th, 2014
October 9th, 2014 - 6:57 pm § in Schools & Colleges
Don’t Freak; They’re Only Guns, Swords, Knives, and Crossbows
This story might fall under “high school show and tell.” This photo, believe it or not, wasn’t taken in a gun store or National Guard armory. It’s a weapons cache seized from an 18-year-old high school student arrested yesterday in Twenty-Nine Palms, California, for threateni[...]
October 9th, 2014 - 11:50 am § in Misc.
Boston Police Disproportionately Stop, Question, And Frisk Blacks
An ACLU study has concluded that “Boston’s black residents are more likely to be stopped, questioned or searched by police,” CBS reported today. The study found that 63% of civilian-police encounters between 2007 and 2010 involved blacks, even though blacks make up only 24% of th[...]
October 9th, 2014 - 11:25 am § in Uncategorized
US Employment Accelerating While Europe in the Dumps
Drop in U.S. jobless claims points to labor market strength WASHINGTON – The number of Americans filing new claims for unemployment benefits fell last week to nearly its lowest level since before the 2007-09 recession, a sign of growing steam in the U.S. labor market.[...]
October 9th, 2014 - 11:06 am § in Misc.
Black Man Gets Mugged By NYC Cops
It would almost be funny, akin to a man-bites-dog story, if it weren’t so pathetic and distasteful. Lamard Jones, who is black, was celebrating his 35th birthday at Coney Island with friends last month when white cops allegedly stopped the group and frisked one of his friends under New York Ci[...]
October 9th, 2014 - 10:37 am § in Politics
The Brits Try to Ruin Their Economy Again
Same old, same old. A century ago the Tories .. focused on short term gain and classism, undermined the British economic system .. the rest is history. The US seems to be heading the same way. As the economy is booming for the fortunate, the poor are getting poorer . BY Corinne Purtill Brea[...]
October 9th, 2014 - 10:18 am § in The Ave Scene
Celebrate 11 October ..Day BEFORE Columbus Day .. with The Duwamish People
Celebrate Indigenous Peoples Day with Chief Seattle’s Duwamish Tribe at the Duwamish Longhouse . Sing, dance & drum at 1-3pm with Duwamish heritage group “Singing Feet”- winner of a 2012 Seattle Mayor’s Arts Award. Chief Seattle’s Speech film at 11am. Princess Angeline film [...]
October 9th, 2014 - 10:16 am § in Misc.
Swedish Academy Honors French Post-Holocaust Writer
Patrick Modiano, 69, France’s leading “Post-Holocaust” writer whose novels focus on the loss of human identity in the Holocaust and Occupied France, has been awarded the 2014 Nobel Literature Prize “for the art of memory with which he has evoked the most ungraspable human des[...]
Bin Ladin Constructs 1 Kilometer Tall Tower in Saudi Arabia
Saudi Arabia’s Bin Ladin Construction Co is building the worlds largest skyscraper. The Kingdom Tower will be a kilometer-high when it is completed in 2017 and cost $1.25 . The Saudi Binladin Group(owned by the family of late al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.[...]
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