Tuesday, November 25, 2014

Michael Brown's Mother: 'They Still Don't Care--They Ain't Never Gon' Care'






Part of Michael Brown's mother Lesley McSpadden's reaction to the news that a St. Louis County grand jury would not indict Ferguson, Mo., police officer Darren Wilson for shooting her son Michael Brown was caught on tape.



Missouri should change it's name to Misery, a more accurate description of a state that released this information late at night. Can the US Justice Dept. charge the state of Missouri with inciting a riot?



"In too many parts of this country, a deep distrust exists between law enforcement and communities of color.” - President Barack Obama






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I'm not shocked by those defending Wilson. Its easier to defend the cop than it is to admit that racial bias & systemic racism exists.- Elon James White tweet






Don Lemon Gets Schooled By Jesse Jackson
CNN host Don Lemon was perplexed by the violence that erupted in Ferguson after the St. Louis County grand jury decided not to indict police officer Darren Wilson, and turned to Rev. Jesse Jackson for an explanation.



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Conservatives seem to think the media can cause unrest. I guess their proof is that Fox News created the Tea Party.- LOLGOP



POLL: No Government Shutdown
Americans are evenly divided as to whether President Barack Obama should act unilaterally to reshape the immigration system but they broadly oppose a government shutdown as a way to stop him, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll.

By a 68 to 25 percent margin, voters don't want Congress to shut down "major activities of the federal government" in order to thwart Obama's executive actions on immigration.




A black policeman protects a KKK member, as protesters were closing in on them in at a rally in Austin, Texas, 1983.




When have the authorities in Ferguson ever give us any reason not to be 100% confident in their judgement?- LOLGOP




Wilson Sounds Like A Weenie
Wilson, who testified that he is 6'4 and around 210 lbs, told the grand jury that when he tried to grab Brown, "the only way to describe it is that I felt like a five-year-old holding onto Hulk Hogan." At one point, he expressed concern that Brown could have possibly killed him with a punch to the face.










This Is Black People Feel The Way They Do After Hundreds of Years Of Mistreatment

Hotel owner James Brock pouring acid in the pool while black people swim in it, 1964











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Can Cops Legally Shoot People?
 A Missouri grand jury's decision to spare police officer Darren Wilson from criminal charges is the latest in a long line of police shooting investigations that show the latitude afforded law enforcement in using deadly force.







The guys who warn about 2nd amendment solutions when you try to get them health care seem oddly ok with the state shooting certain men dead.- LOLGOP



Britain and Police Shootings
In 2012, according to data compiled by the FBI, 410 Americans were “justifiably” killed by police—409 with guns. That figure may well be an underestimate. Not only is it limited to the number of people who were shot while committing a crime, but also, amazingly, reporting the data is voluntary.

Last year, in total, British police officers actually fired their weapons three times. The number of people fatally shot was zero. In 2012 the figure was just one. Even after adjusting for the smaller size of Britain’s population, British citizens are around 100 times less likely to be shot by a police officer than Americans. Between 2010 and 2014 the police force of one small American city, Albuquerque in New Mexico, shot and killed 23 civilians; seven times more than the number of Brits killed by all of England and Wales’s 43 forces during the same period.





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It seems as if all you have to do to make some conservatives trust the government is shoot an unarmed black teenager.- LOLGOP






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Good thing we have the GOP to focus on the big stuff. Taking insurance, war with Iran, the 9th Benghazi report & how you celebrate Christmas. - LOLGOP







OPEC Says No To High Oil Prices
 Impromptu talks between Saudi Arabia, fellow OPEC member Venezuela and oil powers Russia and Mexico yielded no agreement on Tuesday on how to address a growing oil glut, ending without any plan to cut output despite a collapse in prices.




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Sea Cliffs - Normandy, France.

Peace.

Monday, November 24, 2014

Has Congress' 11% approval rating increased since the election?







Costa Rica has been without a U.S. ambassador for a year and a half, but it doesn’t look like Stafford Fitzgerald Haney – whom President Barack Obama nominated for the job back in July – will be relocating to San José anytime soon.




I'm tired of battle lines being drawn. Why can't we just come together for once and let gun deaths continue unabated?- Top Conservative Cat









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Lithuania To Help Ukraine
 Lithuania is to provide Ukraine with some military aid to help in its fight against pro-Russian separatists in the east of the country, Ukrainian President Petro Poroshenko said on Monday.



Pretty good week for my fantasy political football team. I started Rudy Giuliani at racist commenter and benched Benghazi.- LOLGOP







Begone Benghazi !
The CIA and the military acted properly in responding to the 2012 attack on a U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya, a Republican-controlled House committee has found. Its report concluded that there was no wrongdoing by Obama administration officials.




The Benghazi coverup is so huge it has even ensnared those who made up the Benghazi scandal.- LOLGOP






Hagel Gets The Boot From Obama
In the first major cabinet shakeup since Democrats suffered a drubbing in this year's midterms, Chuck Hagel will reportedly step down as Defense Secretary.

The New York Times reported that President Obama asked Hagel to step down from his post last Friday




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UTAH: Kill Em With Bullets!
Utah would restore the practice of killing condemned inmates by firing squad under a bill advancing in the state legislature, amid growing nationwide concerns about botched executions using the more common method of lethal injection.



Ted Cruz to shut down the government if Obama won't execute the turkey :(  -  LOLGOP








This Is What Happens When A Dummy Waves A Gun
St. Louis police were investigating an incident in which a woman waving a gun inside a vehicle and saying she was "ready for Ferguson" apparently shot herself in the head by accident, CNN reported Sunday.






Still stunned that the guys who are wrong about marriage, climate change, trickle down economics and evolution were wrong about #Benghazi#. - LOLGOP








Deja Vu Impeachment
The Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee, Rep. Mike McCaul (R-TX) admitted on Face The Nation that the lawsuits filed by Republicans are about setting up the impeachment of President Obama.







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#TexasUSHistory If you try really hard you can scrape Roosevelt off of a dime.- John Fugelsang



Obama Is Giving Away Free Medals!!!!
President Barack Obama is presenting the nation's highest civilian honor to 19 artists, activists, public servants and others.




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Well I was wrong. As of today it is in fact possible to watch FOX News for an hour and not hear the word 'Benghazi.'- John Fugelsang




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"President Obama has pledged $3 billion to aid poor nations. All of that $3 billion is going to the United States." –Conan O'Brien










Marleyboros?
The family of reggae superstar Bob Marley, whose public embrace of marijuana made him synonymous with cannabis culture, has joined a private equity firm to launch the first global consumer marijuana brand.








"Pope Francis announced that next year he is coming to the United States, or as Fox News is reporting it, 'Obama lets in yet another guy from South America.'" –Conan O'Brien







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The Blue-footed Booby, The Galápagos Islands

Peace.

Friday, November 21, 2014

TGIF?

Wow....what a day I had...all good but I was no where near my computer.

Life is tough without a car, so I have to depend on the kindness of my amigos to attend to my needs.

I spent the day in lovely Tamarindo (I was only supposed to be there for a couple of hours) and one thing turned into another and I just arrived home.

I must say that I had the best Italian treat, a vanilla and chocolate gelato, encrusted with crispy lady fingers made by a lovely, lively Sicilian woman named Gea. All courtesy of my Swiss friend, Yvonne.  Yes, I am in Tamarindo, Costa Rica, where everyone is from everywhere.

God, I love this country.

We stopped at Auto Mercado, a very Americanized grocery store, to shop for groceries. This is my favorite market in Costa Rica and I rarely go there, mainly because I don't have transportation. Their French bread is the best, in fact all their bakery goods are to die for.

Yvonne filled the grocery cart with all my favorites and insisted on paying for it.

She knew I lost my debit card last week (Chemo brain) and also knew that I wouldn't have access to my new card for a couple of weeks.

My landlord Angele, a French Canadian and Yvonne's best friend, has been feeding me since I lost my card. Double bless her heart, both their hearts.

This is what I love about this country, people are so understanding of difficult times and embrace the motto of Costa Rica...Pura Vida...Pure Life.

I hope you will understand me for not posting today.

Pura Vida.



The Sicilian treat plus Yvonne's feet.



 This is Yvonne. She was a Swiss nurse that took care of our boys in Vietnam. A national treasure in my humble opinion.

Peace to all.