Jason Thigpen ran for Congress on the GOP ticket in North Carolina. He has now renounced the GOP in a message on his website on Monday. “I simply cannot stand with a Party where its most extreme element promote hate and division amongst people,” Thigpen explained. “Nothing about my p[...]
Archive for October 8th, 2015
October 8th, 2015 - 9:38 pm § in Uncategorized
Police shooting victim’s family gets $6.5 million
Remember the South Carolina cop who shot a fleeing black man in the back? The city has agreed to pay the victim’s family $6.5 million. The ex-cop, who was fired, is awaiting trial on murder charges. Read the story here. [...]
October 8th, 2015 - 6:02 pm § in Misc.
A Scent Free Environment?
To: Department of Pathology Faculty, Trainees, and Staff The department requests your cooperation with making this office a fragrance-free environment effective immediately. Due to both department personnel and office visitors being chemically sensitive to various degrees, we ask that you please u[...]
October 8th, 2015 - 4:51 pm § in Misc.
Pitiless Florida judge throws distraught domestic violence victim in jail for skipping abuser’s trial
Judge Sherri Collins of Seminole County, Florida, made national news this week after she berated a sobbing domestic violence victim, held her in contempt, and threw her in jail for skipping her abuser’s trial. The state subpoenaed the woman to testify against her ex-boyfriend. Yes, you’r[...]
October 8th, 2015 - 12:53 pm § in Uncategorized
What Carson did with his big chance to be a hero
A few days ago, GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson argued the solution to carnage like last week’s mass shooting at Oregon’s Umpqua Community College is not stricter gun control laws, but heroic citizens charging the gunman. Or, as Raw Story puts it, “Carson has been bragging al[...]
October 8th, 2015 - 12:41 pm § in Misc.
Repugnants
Minn. man says company wrong to fire him over Obama lynching threat: ‘My only regret is being called racist’ The New York Times reported earlier this month that the president’s newly-launched Twitter account had received an unexpected number of hate-filled messages. The paper singled out Jeff [...]
October 8th, 2015 - 11:37 am § in Uncategorized
What’s the Trump brand worth?
When buyers put up six-figure deposits on a Trump-branded condo project in Mexico, all they got for their money was a hole in the ground. Trump pitched the project, and the promotional materials made it sound like he was the developer, but he wasn’t. He merely sold his name to a developer. And[...]
October 8th, 2015 - 10:05 am § in Misc.
Breaking News: Kevin McCarthy Neurological Defect? Drops Out of Race for Speaker!
Kevin McCarthy Drops Out Of Race To Become Next House Speaker In a stunning turn of events, Majority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R- Calif., has withdrawn from the race to become the next speaker of the House. McCarthy was the favorite ahead of Thursday’s closed-door vote by House. Something is weir[...]
Mary Had a Lamb by Mirel
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