Boris Kodjoe calling out the general lack of concern, response, & reporting about the attacks in Nigeria. http://t.co/twa9Ea8PBW
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Sarkastik Samurai (@zenaynay) January 11, 2015
Paris killings are nauseating & US media's comparative non-coverage of 2000 Nigerians killed by extremists is why #BlackLivesMatter matters.
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Jeffrey Wright (@jfreewright) January 12, 2015
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Lack of media coverage of #NAACPBombing or Boko Haram massacre isn't oversight. It's lack of value for Black lives. It's anti-Blackness.
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zellie (@zellieimani) January 12, 2015
#Nigeria 'needs same support as #France' after Boko Haram attacks news.yahoo.com/nigeria-needs-…
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Randa HABIB (@RandaHabib) January 12, 2015
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Nigeria's horror in Paris's shadow: theatlantic.com/international/… via @MattSchiavenza #Baga
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Karen Attiah (@KarenAttiah) January 12, 2015
A cop has sold thousands of "Breathe Easy: Don't Break The Law" shirts after the Garner case bit.ly/1KCuO0Y http://t.co/QBUGaqfFgC
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 12, 2015
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My heart breaks at the massacre in Nigeria. I send my prayers to those whose family & friends were lost. Let's stand against violence!
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Forest Whitaker (@ForestWhitaker) January 12, 2015
I loved this acceptance speech @common #GoldenGlobes http://t.co/DCmfixGP3V
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Oprah Winfrey (@Oprah) January 12, 2015
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2004: 11 million people march across Spain after terror attacks kill 191. Find a picture of Bush in those marches and you get a cookie.
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) January 12, 2015
I asked repeatedly last night and still no answer. Name one sitting POTUS who attended a protest rally overseas. One. Good luck.
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Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) January 12, 2015
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Slaughtered 'Like Insects': Boko Haram Militants Kill Hundreds In Nigeria @TPM talkingpointsmemo.com/news/boko-hara…
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Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) January 12, 2015
The world needs to support Nigeria, just as they have France, Archbishop of Jos, Ignatius Kaigama, tells BBC bbc.in/1IDDWi5
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BBC Africa (@BBCAfrica) January 12, 2015
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Seems world leaders didn't "lead" #CharlieHebdo marchers in Paris but conducted photo op on empty, guarded street http://t.co/bhhXgAhqDR
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Borzou Daragahi (@borzou) January 12, 2015
In Israel, Charlie Hebdo would not have even had the right to exist, Ido Amin writes htz.li/1mF http://t.co/h77H0QYhFw
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Haaretz.com (@haaretzcom) January 12, 2015
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This isn't heroric, it's trolling RT @gawker
next issue of Charlie: cartoons of Muhammad, published in 16 languages gaw.kr/UXhso1B
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jamilah (@JamilahLemieux) January 12, 2015
@JamilahLemieux @Nettaaaaaaaa @Gawker Poking hornet's nests for fun and profit
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Bubba Bo-Bob Brain (@eclecticbrotha) January 12, 2015
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I was born Christian. If that makes Rupert Murdoch my responsibility, I'll auto-excommunicate. ow.ly/H7Eps
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J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 11, 2015
.@peeyushmalhotra Eight times more Muslims have been killed by so-called Islamic terrorists than non-Muslims. ow.ly/H7G2n
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J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 11, 2015
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This just might be the most pathetic tweet ever seen. http://t.co/mGbFyluBzF
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Saladin Ahmed (@saladinahmed) January 12, 2015
.@AntiLibTweets Smart move, choosing to make your argument by referencing themes in Harry Potter. Keep that up, you're bound to win!
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J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) January 12, 2015
Loved Jo Rowling's response to Rupert Murdoch. The man proves being rich does not vaccinate against stupidity.
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Stephen King (@StephenKing) January 12, 2015
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My head & my heart, my young family's future, & our unfinished work remain firmly in CA.
facebook.com/GavinNewsom/po…
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Gavin Newsom (@GavinNewsom) January 12, 2015
UK Prime Minister blasts Fox "expert" for making stuff up about Muslims in England: "Clearly a complete idiot" goo.gl/DvaRHJ
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ThinkProgress (@thinkprogress) January 12, 2015
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@chrisblueprint Kerry's in Pakistan to pay respects to 140 schoolkids killed by the Taliban. Or do only French terror victims count?
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Zeddonymous (@ZeddRebel) January 12, 2015
Supreme Court rejects new challenge to Obamacare law reut.rs/1BU8xYB
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Reuters Health (@Reuters_Health) January 12, 2015
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2000 butchered by Boko Haram & 2 KIDS strapped w/ explosives killing dozens more in #Nigeria but you only ask why POTUS isn't in #Paris? Ok.
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(@Only4RM) January 11, 2015
The man who killed 17 journalists & +500 children in #Gaza last year is marching against terror in #Paris http://t.co/U5xmgrXziV
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Dr. Ramy Abdu (@RamAbdu) January 11, 2015
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Saudi ambassador has the gall to be at the #CharlieHebdo March? Representative of state that is giving blogger Raif Badawi 1000 lashes?
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Hari Kunzru (@harikunzru) January 11, 2015
"I'm marching but I'm conscious of the confusion and hypocrisy of the situation." http://t.co/OUGTKRn7iP
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François Picard (@FrancoisF24) January 11, 2015
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.@JakeTapper spent longer investigating Sen Obama's smoking than he did questioning Iraq war
mediamatters.org/research/2008/… http://t.co/Pn2cW8GVfc
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 12, 2015
That time @JakeTapper got 'Busted Pushing Bogus Republican Libya Talking Points'
politicususa.com/2012/09/16/abc… http://t.co/skKyzw6nFg
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 12, 2015
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Senate advances Keystone bill thehill.com/policy/energy-…
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Laura Barron-Lopez (@lbarronlopez) January 13, 2015
Cop gets to keep his job despite posting photos of him aiming a gun at an image of Obama and calling for a "race war" bit.ly/1DBtNo9
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Talking Points Memo (@TPM) January 12, 2015
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How sad is it that my parents are getting worried that I go outside with a hijab bc they're scared something will happen to me
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Zoya (@ZoyaaaaK) January 11, 2015
Hollande asked Netanyahu not to attend Paris memorial march haaretz.com/news/diplomacy…
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Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) January 12, 2015
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Two suspected child suicide bombers blow themselves up in northeast Nigeria, killing six people - witnesses. aje.io/sg9s
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AJE News (@AJENews) January 11, 2015
You know what you should be ashamed of @JakeTapper?
Cheerleading a pointless war that cost the lives of thousands. http://t.co/frJpmG5Jov
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TheObamaDiary.com (@TheObamaDiary) January 12, 2015
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They enlisted together, risked their lives together, lived their lives together & died together. What a legacy. -vp bigstory.ap.org/article/d56f7a…
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Vice President Biden (@VP) January 12, 2015
Feel free to breastfeed here, Pope Francis tells moms in Sistine Chapel nbcnews.to/1BPaIN2 http://t.co/ZFHNd7c1ax
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NBC News (@NBCNews) January 11, 2015
Martin Luther King, Jr., & Coretta Scott King in Selma to Montgomery march, 1965: #BobAdelman http://t.co/8eHjy3mh6U
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Michael Beschloss (@BeschlossDC) January 11, 2015
wait wot!
Congrats nospin 🙂
Thank you, NW. These are all very important messages!!
You’re welcome, Bob.
As usual, I’m a day late and a dollar short. Bringing his over from the previous thread.
LDS, I just want to add my thanks for your powerful testimony. Those who don’t remember history are doomed to repeat it, and this country is prone to amnesia.
As for me, I feel like a need a couple of days’ break from the Intertubes. People are just tripping my stupid wires.
(Although we all know I’ll be back tomorrow tilting at windmills.)
this country is also prone to repeat its history, hence the timely need of Selma!
These are brilliant tweets Nerdy, the hypocrisy and double-standards over France/Nigeria is just breathtaking. Loved Common’s words too, perfect. Thank you Legend, SO much!
Thanks, Chiparoo.
2000 people are dead in Nigeria. Murdered. Yet there’s been a virtual blackout from American TV news and some global counterparts.
If not for Twitter, the wider public might not have any clue about these horrors and atrocities. It’s enraging.
Then to have assholes like Jake Tapper use a staged photo op moment in Paris to slur President Obama while he and his network ignore the tragedies occurring in Nigeria where a child is forced to be a suicide bomber and have her life and others destroyed is disgusting.
I can’t even find the words to describe Tapper, Nerdy, I really can’t.
Was looking up stuff on him today and this really said it all about his ‘character’:
“…. at the beginning of his career, he reportedly handed a Salon reporter a wad of his chewed gum, telling her it would be “worth something someday.”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/03/three_new_reasons_why_jake_tap.html
I feel ill.
Was looking up stuff on him today.
gud gawd, why?
The mood took me 🙂
OMG. Who does that?!
Scumbag doesn’t seem adequate enough in reference to Jake Tapper.
And let’s not forget he also dated Monica Lewinsky.
Ugh, yes Meta, he thought she was easy 🙄
It’s as close as he could get to being president.
Oh my god. Some people should not be allowed around other human beings.
Truly! I always knew he was a smug git, but that took it to a whole new level – along with his attitude to the reporter. Good friggin’ grief.
Did you see this one LL?
“For years Jake Tapper toted around an unpublished manuscript for something he’d written called ‘The Guy-ble'”
http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2009/03/three_new_reasons_why_jake_tap.html
I. Almost. Passed. Out. From. Laughing.
yeah, he’s a candidate for chemical castration.
🙂
Ew!
I couldn’t control myself and tweeted that out (forgot to give you credit, although you probably don’t want to be further associated with him – nor do I!):
We must keep up the pressure about Nigeria. On a lighter side, our Oregon Ducks scored the first touchdown in about record time. Didn’t even have a third down during the drive.
Sorry 😦
great tweets calling out the hypocrisy and hilarity of paris ‘march’ of ‘world leaders’.
Tina Fey: ‘Amal is a human rights lawyer who worked on the Enron case, was an advisor to Kofi Annan regarding Syria, and was selected for a three person UN commission investigating rules of war violations in the Gaza strip. So tonight, her husband is getting a Lifetime Achievement Award!’
Ouch…
Woah, a zinger!!
Best lines of the night!!
That’s exactly what I said last night 😀
Yes Jake Tapper is in Paris were terrorists killed 17, but terrorists killed 2000 in Nigeria but were is Jake Tapper and CNN? I can’t blame you Jake, who wouldn’t rather go to Paris?
Well said! “News” people are supposed to be covering the story, not heading for the high spots.
Nice one, JOB. The galling thing is that this little, corrupt specimen of a human being makes millions just for being stupid. Instead of the cream rising to the top in the US media, it’s the cow poop.
Well, at least you give me a good laugh on that one! Nothing funny about it, but we must laugh to keep our sanity!
So true jackiegrumbacher! so true! “cow poop” indeed. I dislike Jake Tapper and his arrogant ways.
Was watching a aljazeera piece how the media has become overtly partisan. pox news was cited a prime example of that and a beebs veteran said how the 24×7 rw pov spewed by murdoch and co are harming US citizens.
If only Americans could see this, AMK. No society can take 24/7 right wing propaganda and not be damaged by it. The US is being slowly destroyed by its media to the point where people can no longer make rational judgments about their own lives and government. It’s one of the great tragedies of our time that Americans have literally surrendered their freedom to think.
Laura Rozen has blocked me and blocked me from viewing her tweets. Like a lot of her colleagues in the general MSM, and WHCP, it’s the predictably childish response when she can’t refute the facts I present and the objections I raise to her unprofessional behavior. ROTFLMAO…
Hope – they want their megaphone to only transmit in one direction…
It’s freedom of speech for the press, not the people.
That’s not true, of course, but it’s what those cowards think!
nailed it, bardess. these hacks cannot hack valid criticism against lies and propaganda.
Indeed JO’B. The irony of her poutrage over a President not attending a rally in the name of free speech – yet she attempts to block free speech that disagrees with her point of view…
hopefruit2, I guess they can’t stand it when you comeback at them with the truth. So like spoil little brats, they say I’m not going to play with you anymore.
Exactly. They seem to think that “freedom of speech” applies to the media only. And it means that the media is free to make up lies, spread propaganda, call the President all kinds of racially coded names, etc, and not get called out on it.
In case you missed it the other day…
Wouldn’t it be amazing if President Obama screened it for his captive audience at the SOTU and then dropped the mic? One can fantasize…
That would be a sight, JF! Love the way you think! 😀
The Russian central bank has revealed the huge cost of trying to prop up the value of the rouble.
In the past year, the bank spent $76bn and 5.4bn euros as it repeatedly bought roubles on the foreign exchanges.
The Russian currency has been under sustained pressure because of Western sanctions over Ukraine and because of the falling price of oil.
In the event, during 2014, the rouble dropped by 41% against the dollar and by 34% against the euro.
Along with restrictions on the importation of foreign food, the severe fall in the rouble’s value helped to push up the official Russian inflation rate to 11.4% by the end of the year.
http://www.bbc.com/news/business-30777228
“Netanyahu’s Paris appearance was a PR disaster: Benjamin Netanyahu finds out he missed the bus: An uncomfortable look at the prime minister’s embarrassing trip to France. The Paris trip was supposed to be good for Benjamin Netanyahu…. That was not at all what happened. Netanyahu’s trip to Paris turned into a series of unfortunate humiliations. First, there was the fact that he had been asked, by French President Francois Hollande, not to attend the march in an effort to keep the Israeli-Palestinian conflict out of Europe’s show of unity….
….Then there was the matter of the march itself, which supplied Netanyahu’s political rivals with a enough images, videos, gifs and memes for four election campaigns, not one. Netanyahu was captured by news cameras elbowing his way into the front row, gently pushing aside the President of Mali Ibrahim Boubacar Keita. The French weekly Paris Match later reported that Netanyahu’s place in the front row (alongside Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas) was in fact determined by the organizers of the rally, but by that point the videos showing Netanyahu’s break into the first row were already out. The damage was done…..
…The footage, captured by a French TV station, is remarkable: The prime minister of Israel looks nervous, dejected, beaten down, surrounded by his security detail yet still standing in the middle of the street, looking exposed to danger in a way world leaders should never be. Netanyahu appears furious, annoyed, confused, trying to busy himself with talking on his phone or fixing his hair, constantly looking over his shoulder to check whether his bodyguards are still there. Even the French news anchors had to sympathize with his distress. In no time, Netanyah’s anguish over the bus like was memefied and joked about. His gauche waving became the subject of scorn and derision, his apparent shoving the subject of intense criticism….continued”
seems like Haaretz hates Netanyahu.
Yeah, my sabbatical lasted all of 1 hour.
Thousands dead in Nigeria. Thousands dead in Pakistan. But of course deaths in the West trump all of that.
#AllLivesMatter But, to paraphrase Orwell, #SomeLivesMatterMoreThanOthers
There is plenty of good in the world – don’t let yourself get too embroiled in this bad stuff. I had to talk myself down from the ledge this weekend – and it really does help to seek out the good stuff that’s going on, too. Balance it out.
Well, tomorrow’s Storytime, so I’ll see my kids.
🙂
Thank you. Yesterday I put everything aside and rejoiced in being with our adorable, loving, hilarious two-year granddaughter. Sometimes you’ve got to stand back and take a deep breath or you’ll get so you can’t get out of bed in the morning.
You’re so right, Jackie. I recognized a couple of days ago that every response I gave was so cynical, I started to scare myself. The 2016 campaign is going to be long and painful – as they try to attack this President. I guess we have to get into training ourselves to look on the bright side, and ignore all the naysayers and rabble-rousers now, before it all begins.
Glad you got time with the little baby granddaughter – sounds lovely!
jackieG – Love it.
My great grandson here will be four on Wednesday. The little darling was having big trouble getting to sleep tonight and kept walking out to tell me. So I finally said, “Only two more sleeps until your birthday and The Birthday Fairy [not sure where I got that one] will be here to drop off your gifts, if you get to sleep both nights like Mommy wants.”
That got him. I think he’s had enough of the “don’t be naughty or Elf on a Shelf will tell Santa” or “Santa wants you to stay on the nice list,” because he sorta indignantly turned to me and said, near tears, “No! It’s not The Birthday Fairy that gives me gifts. It’s Mommy! Goodnight!” I yelled, “Love you,” and he yelled it back.
And I haven’t seen him since. #WhateverWorks
JOB, your great grandson is hilarious. I can’t wait to see all the verbal skills that our little one will develop in the next year. It’s just astonishing to see how fast their minds grow.
good advice for me…i think that is why the President goes out among “We the People” so that he can refresh his spirit…
Didn’t she just scrape through CA AG elections? Can she win the whole state?
She won with 56.9% of the vote this time. For reference, Jerry Brown won with 56.4% of the vote this time.
It was 4 years ago when she barely won.
Ok, thx.
Awhile ago, I made a similar comment, and was rightfully put in my place here, by those more informed than I am.
What I recalled from 2008 was that it took awhile for her to be confirmed the winner of the AG elections. Her GOP opponent had ads that aired non-stop during that campaign — I only watched MSNBC and my daily soap opera, and I swear his ads appeared on every commercial break. My guess is that he got a lot of “name recognition” votes in SoCal, since Kamala Harris was an unknown name down here (CA really is like separate states — news from NorCal is rarely mentioned here).
I’m thankful for new blood in the Senate — I really don’t like having the same Senators for decades.
AP is reporting this too. And I agree with Meta — am hopeful that the next Governor isn’t Newsome (or Villaraigosa).
I thought she might make this move but to be honest, I’m wondering if she’d be happy in the Senate. She’s a DOer, she gets things done. I guess we’ll just have to see. I’d be very proud to have her as my Senator.
I’m worried that Gavin Newsom might think he’s now the frontrunner for Gov. After Jerry Brown, it’d be a crime to have him in that office. He left SF without a lot accomplished and lots of debt.
This might be a stepping stone for a presidential run in 10 years or so.
Hi, meta – I had forgotten the negatives about Gavin Newsom, but I thought there was something. Too bad.
the charlie fever has caught even the local media here. every channel was ‘debating’ freedom of press. I saw a muslim guy arguing how could a 1400 year old religion could be so afraid of toons of mohammed from an obscure and unknown magazine, when mohammed himself was apparently openly criticized and spat upon when he was alive. He called out such attackers as cowards and they are the ones smearing the islam by their atrocious acts.
Great news. If she wins, she will be a powerful voice in the Senate.
YES YES YES YES
Quinn commutes sentences of 2 men with shaky murder convictions
iN his final minutes in office Monday, Gov. Pat Quinn granted 43 clemency petitions, including two commutations that will lead to freedom for convicted murderers whose appeals had been stuck in the courts in spite of mounting evidence of their innocence.
The outgoing governor also commuted the sentence of a man convicted of attempted murder following a shootout with Chicago police and granted pardons to one of former Chicago police Cmdr. Jon Burge’s alleged torture victims as well as to a former Peoria County man who spent three decades in prison for a double murder before being paroled.
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Quinn commuted the 40-year sentence of Howard Morgan, who was convicted of shooting at four Chicago police officers during an early morning traffic stop in 2005 in the Lawndale neighborhood. Morgan, who was a Chicago police officer before becoming a railroad cop, claimed he was the victim of overzealous officers. But police said Morgan fired at them first, and testimony indicated he fired 17 times, while he was hit more than two dozen times.
Morgan’s trial attorney, Sam Adam Jr., has always maintained his client’s innocence but doubted he would ever receive clemency.
“So many politicians wouldn’t have gone anywhere near it,” said Adam. “But instead of worrying about his political future or legacy, (Quinn) did what was right.”
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/breaking/chi-tyrone-hood-clemency-20150112-story.html#page=1
Howard Morgan was a ’cause celebre’ case for the Black community in Chicago. The CPD never thought he would live, so they trumped up the charges on him. His two trials were a phucking travesty. And folks wonder why the average Black person has little to no faith in law enforcement, when examples are everywhere why we shouldn’t have faith in them.
How are ya doing Dudette, has life slowed down yet?!
Greetings Great Queen! I’m trying to keep my head above water.
Interpol has placed deposed Ukrainian President Viktor Yanukovych on its wanted list, almost one year after he fled to neighbouring Russia.
He is accused by Ukrainian officials of embezzling millions of dollars in public funds.
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A red notice for ex-President Yanukovych appeared on Interpol’s website on Monday. Under a red notice, Interpol’s role is described as assisting a national police force in “identifying and locating these persons with a view to their arrest and extradition or similar lawful action”.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-30777844
bbl …
Well gentles, I’m retiring to the bedroom with my stalwart dog Stewie. See everyone on the flip.
Kewl! 😀
Silly season seems to be upon us already. Obviously, PBO was getting too much positive press for his domestic speeches and visits, and the right could not tolerate all the good economic news, so they latched on to the Charlie Paris march. This will die down, and PBO and his SS will have been shown to have been correct, when the Potemkin aspect of the “leaders” march is fully realized.
Meanwhile, he and SOS Kerry just keep on working in the background, doing what is right. As Bob said, “He takes a licking and keeps on ticking.”
And Jake Tapper will be relegated to the ash heap of history.
Love this! 🙂
I love it.
Random Cuteness
Guess who?
“Breneman asked about living in the public eye. “The cell phone changed everything,” she said. “Everyone wants a picture and everyone wants to post it on Facebook.”
When she goes out in public, she often doesn’t wear makeup or style her hair in hopes of being unrecognized. Her husband has been known to hide in the men’s room in airport terminals to avoid his admirers, she said.”
Noooo. Not that evil RMoney woman. Please Noooo. Can’t we make this a Romney-free zone for a while? Yechhhh!
Was it the ‘hide in the bathroom to avoid admirers’ that clued you in?
Not to worry, no problems for me making this a Mitt-free zone as they don’t normally interest me. I just found that hiding comment creepily reminiscent of how weird and clueless the couple is in the things they say.
Yep. I think I read that somewhere. Uncontrollable extreme eye-roll ensued.
They’re both insufferable. Ugh!
Insufferably dense, and consequently pathetic! – my plebeian assessment
Thing is – Ms Ann is unrecognized most of the time – with or without hair or makeup. As you say she lives in a weird and clueless world.
Yes, I always go out in public with unkempt hair and no makeup, to avoid being recognized. Or, if I’m a billionaire, I stay away from germ-ridden public places.
Yes, I always hide in the women’s room in airport terminals to avoid my admirers, too. Or, if I’m a billionaire, I use my own plane.
Yuck. Get over yourselves, Romneys.
🙄 They truly don’t know how, I don’t think.
O/T – were you a good biking buddy today? I actually ‘extended’ my routine and ‘biked’ to an entire song!! 😉 😉 😀
I am still biking but haven’t increased my time yet! (I can get through a song – Ha – how long are your songs?) The bike should feel lucky, I tell myself, that I even hop aboard! I’m also on day 12 of giving up chocolate candy for a month. Too bad it isn’t February, a nice short month! 🙂
‘How long are your songs?’ Never checked – might encourage me to stop part way. 😀 I had forgotten the chocolate portion of the plan – not to worry, as I’m not a chocolate fan I can safely declare I can do *that* for the rest of the month. Heck, I could do that for months!
Really heading to bed now – catch you later!
“Clifford Adams — a longtime trombonist in Kool & the Gang — died at age 62 on Monday morning (Jan. 12). He had been battling liver cancer for a year. According to NJ.com, the Trenton, N.J., native “had no heath insurance to cover medical expenses” during his cancer struggle. Adams’ fellow musicians, family and friends attempted to raise money through fundraisers in Trenton for a liver transplant prior to his death.”
http://cliffordadamscom.fatcow.com/biography/
Good evening Ms. Chips and my TOD family,
Thank you!
I have been out all day and the last appointment was to my eye doctor.
I do not know if it’s the drops that he put in my eyes or the gratitude in my heart that is overflowing causing the tears to flow non-stop.
I am so humble that you even took the time to read and then post a comment ! That is beyond anything I could ever hope or dream.
Please excuse the mistakes. It was very late and sleep,was not an option. I felt a need to share this.
You don’t really know what bravery is until you are face-to-face with challenges.
Sometimes what you have to do is not for you at all. It is for others who you may never ever meet in your life.
I believe it is called sacrifice.
I wish I could thank each of you personally for all you do here making me feel comfortable and at ease to comment and lurk.
Ms. Chips, there would be no us without you.
VC, I truly believe what you said is true. I know there will be no healing unless there is “truth and reconciliation”.
We need to heal. This country needs to heal. I need to heal.
We need to talk and listen regardless how painful it will be.
I saw the movie with a dear friend who grew up in NY and she could never feel what I was feeling when those little girls were killed in Sunday School. I was thinking then as I do now that could have been me. I refused to cry because I could not believe anyone could hate like that
I am going back to see it again with the 17 year old girl who grew up in Ga.
We need to have a talk. I need to allow her to cry. Tell her the truth.
Yes, there is hate like that. But you are not like that.
When I tried to hate, it was forced. It Is not natural for me to hate.
A group of business men have made it possible for all young people in my place of worship to see the movie for free.
I want to be there to answer questions. I want to let them know how very important it is for them to vote. Vote in mid-terms. Vote for everything.
I will let them know that so many people sacrificed their lives for you to vote.
Now, what are you going to do about that!
Thank you all.
{{{{{{{ LDS }}}}}}} You are AWESOME!
Ms. Dudette, TY
You were truly missed here.
Welcome home.
I pray all is well.
Oh, LDS, it’s so good to hear that you will be attending another screening with the young people and that you are willing to answer their questions! The story of the movie will have a far greater impact for them when they can ask questions of Sister LDS (and others from the church who lived through this). When they get immediate affirmation that though what’s on the screen may seem excessive, even unbelievable, it is not simply the work of a creative mind – those acts did actually happen – the necessity of voting may take hold of them in a different way.
LDS, I am going to hold on to the theory that this movie came out now (= at such a time as this) for a specific reason – to refocus the nation’s attention re what needs to be done about race. I suspect that SELMA will accomplish much that has nothing to do with winning awards. For one, it has already started a discussion and a ‘cleansing’ within the hearts of many, you included.
I’m too tired to think, but I do want to add quickly that I’m intrigued by how often I’ve come across the idea of Truth and Reconciliation from within the latter part of 2014
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A bit O/T, but not:
If you have the time and haven’t yet read this SP post re ‘the third phase of the struggle by white Americans to retain political and social control’ give it a glance. It also includes the Rev. Barber comments on the 3rd Reconstruction.
http://immasmartypants.blogspot.ie/2015/01/president-obamas-legacy-in-historical.html
You are filling up hearts, LDS!
Oh LDS, I was going to wait until tomorrow to write my comment. I went to see Selma this evening with several from my women’s group at church. I have to start with, I am a white 68 year old woman who great up in Kansas. I grew up in a very small town but my father was a minister and president of a small Quaker high school and college. I grew up having people of all colors and from all over the world living with us and going to school with. I knew what was going on, saw things on tv and we discussed it at school, but it was very hard for me to understand such hatred toward another person simply because of their color. Needless to say I have matured over the years, still don’t understand this hatred, but I do know it is there. This wonderful man who is our President and brought out the hatred into the limelight. This community we have here has taught me so much. The sharing of stories is so important. I really discovered today how much more I know because of all of you. My friends and I went out to dinner after the movie and I was shocked how little they really knew that happened in Selma. We are all the same age. They knew some of it, but they didn’t know the names of the people, such as John Lewis.
I was so surprised.
This movie must be seen by as many people as possible. I have to figure out what more I can do. We can not let voting be lost. People don’t understand the importance of voting. Here in Montana the tea party is in control of our legislature. They put a 23 year old home schooled girl as chairman of the education committee. I am so appalled at the appathy of people when it comes to voting. They think we can’t lose what we have. We are losing it now.
End of rant for the night. Hope this all readable. What this community means to me is beyond words. You all have taught me so much and you give me hope for the future. Thank you Chips, Nerdy, and everyone. Good night.
Awesome post LDS. Thank you.
“I want to be there to answer questions. I want to let them know how very important it is for them to vote. Vote in mid-terms. Vote for everything. I will let them know that so many people sacrificed their lives for you to vote.” This!!! YOU GO LDS!! 🙂 Thank you.
PF,
How did you know?
This is my athem…..how could you have known?
This song kept and still keeps me in a safe place. A hopeful place for everyone who will just dare to believe.
I read that Mr. Hathaway was in such a deep dark place when he recorded this.
He cried when he finished…….
It saddens my heart to know there are people who live without hope.
Sometimes that’s the only thing you have.
Thank you.
Great roundup of tweets, NW.
Agree with @bobcesca_go. If President Obama had been part of the #ParisUnityMarch, the MSM would be in a frenzy about how he’s siding with socialists. This is the MSM’s lockstep #OutrageOfTheDay — and would have been regardless of what this Administration had done. #DamnedIfYouDoDamnedIfYouDont.
Oopsie-daisy! Totally forgot to keep my eye on the time. I’m outta here, folks! Dream sweet dreams, all y’all!
G’night Beautiful VC!
Toode-di-doo! /waving breezily as I exit through the side gate/
😀 Toodles! 😀
Awesome Nerdy-Geeky Stuff 😀
Buona notte, miei cari!
Buona notte anche a te, Dudette Cara!
Moooooooooorning!
http://theobamadiary.com/2015/01/13/early-bird-chat-449/