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FLASHPOINT: The Stonewall Rebellion
On June 24, 2016, President Obama announced that the Stonewall Inn and the surrounding area is now the Stonewall National Monument, the first U.S. national monument honoring the gay-rights movement. It’s hard to believe in 2016 the conditions in 1969 that … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Homosexual Rights, SCOTUS
Tagged Bowers v Hardwick, Christopher Street Day, Gay Pride Parades, Lawrence v Texas, Obergefell v Hodges, Orlando, Stonewall Inn
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Hate gets a pass…racial profiling as political correctness
By ann summers Because of a “mouth-feel” like styrofoam peanuts, I hate baked Cheetos or their generic imitators even as I definitely like fried Cheetos. So much for common sense about what is healthy snack food— fortunately it probably isn’t … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Equal Rights, Government, Homosexual Rights, Law Enforcement, Media, Politics, Presidential Elections, Racism, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized
Tagged 2016 Presidential Candidates, Donald Trump, Gun Violence, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, profiling, Racism, Republicans, Terrorism
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Morning Open Thread – Depostion nightmare
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day. I have participated in several hundred depositions over the past 40+ years. Sometimes as a witness, and sometimes as an observer/consultant. If one stays in … Continue reading
Lookout Wimmins iz in your can
By ann summers Family Restrooms have been commonplace for many public institutions and darned if defending family values and traditional marriage has come under attack by well, non-traditional families, darn those sister-wives, extended families, single parents, and orphans. There … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 Election, Biology, Child Abuse, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, Constitutional Law, Courts, Crime, Criminal Law, Equal Rights, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, Federal Courts, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Government, Homosexual Rights, Humor, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Local Government, Media, Mental Health, Neoconservatives, North Carolina, Pedophillia, Police, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, RNC, SCOTUS, State Courts, Tea Party, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bigotry, Law Enforcement, lgbtq, North Carolina, Republicans, restrooms
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Morning Open Thread – Verbatim: Follow the Chicken
Morning Open Thread is an open discussion forum for human interest news of the day, hobby and fun things, what you did on your vacation, and your local weather phenomena. From The New York Times: In this dramatization of transcripts … Continue reading
A Balkanization too far: taking back The United Counties of America
By ann summers Malheur Wildlife Refuge’s standoff even with its indicted malingerers demonstrates the abject FAIL of the Bundystani attempt to create a county-level bantustan near Burns, Oregon. However, chances are the armed farces now cruising Burns in their flag-flying pickup trucks have nothing … Continue reading
Posted in California, Civil Liberties, Conservatives, DHS, DOJ, environment, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, FBI, Federal Courts, Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Green, History, Humor, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Local Government, Media, Nazis, Nazis/Nazism, Oregon, Police, Progressives, Racism, Tea Party, Terrorism, Terrorists, Treason, Uncategorized, United States
Tagged Bureau of Land Management, Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, police, Terrorism
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Redefining “Substance Abuse” for Fertile Women While Lead Poisoning Investigations Continue
by Nona Blyth Cloud The Center for Disease Control (CDC) just issued a report that tells all women of child-bearing age they should stop drinking alcohol entirely, even if they have no plans to get pregnant, because they could possibly … Continue reading
Posted in CDC, Crime, Reproductive Rights, State Courts, United States, Women's Rights
Tagged CDC, Child Endangerment, Drinking Alcohol, Flint Michigan, Lead Poisoning, Substance Abuse
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The beginning of Turner Diaries II(I) or the end of the Bundy insurgency
By ann summers “Avenge me…” the Red Dawn protagonists’ father cries out, and with his passing, will LaVoy Finicum’s legacy be a 2015 novel that could become The Turner Diaries for a new generation of RWNJ. Finicum’s 241-page apocalyptic cowboy thriller … Continue reading
Posted in American History, Breaking News, Conservatives, Conspiracy, Courts, Crime, DHS, DOJ, environment, Fascism, Fascists/Corporatists, FBI, FFS Update(s), Free Speech, Fundamentalism, Green, Justice, Law Enforcement, Liberals, Libertarians, Literature, Local Government, Media, Nazis/Nazism, Oregon, Police, Political Science, Politics, Progressives, Propaganda, Racism, State Government, Tea Party, Terrorism, Terrorists, Uncategorized, United States, War
Tagged Cliven Bundy, Guns, Law Enforcement, Officer Involved Shootings, police, Racism, Terrorism
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