Open Discussion – January 15, 2014
Posted on 01/15/2014, in Potpourri and tagged open discussion. Bookmark the permalink. 91 Comments.
Posted by Xena
Ted Wafer is suppose to have a hearing today.
There are updated reports on the school shooting that happened yesterday in New Mexico.
People are still reeling about the verdict in the Ramos and Cicenelli case for killing Kelly Thomas.
Posted on 01/15/2014, in Potpourri and tagged open discussion. Bookmark the permalink. 91 Comments.
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Notice how few in the NE Corridor since gun control here is much better……coincidence……I think not. None recorded from Maine to VA.
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CA has three despite some decent gun control here – and we have no conceal carry, etc. .
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Oh gee, I wonder who’s first on the list.
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dreamer—-you have to look at the each case in Florida. The first one was a revenge attack against a parent who was shot in a school parking lot. The second one, the police stopped a planned attack VA tech type of attack on UCF and shot the planned attacker before his plan could be started. The 3rd one was done after hours where a custodian shot and killed 2 co-workers.
Only the last 2 involved fights with a student in which one pulled out a gun and happened right after school let out. With them the Pine Hills shooter was not a student and the Winter Garden shooter was also a gang member.
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racerrodig……..the NE Corridor still holds 3 out of the top 10 shooting shootings. 1.-VA Tech; 2. Sandy Hook; 8. Amish school in PA.
Out of the top 25 worst mass shootings ever in the US the NE corridor holds 7 positions out of the 25. http://www.cnn.com/2013/09/16/us/20-deadliest-mass-shootings-in-u-s-history-fast-facts/
That was from 1 year and from what I understand nothing has changed in the gun laws since Sandy Hook.
But the worse school massacre ever happened in Bath, MI, in ’27. When a disgruntled employee blew up the school.
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Ted Wafer’s trial set for June 2, 2014.
http://www.wildabouttrial.com/one_off/trial-set-for-michigan-man-who-shot-woman-on-porch/
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I’m happy for her!
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Very nice on Sybrina being on the cover!
The list of school shootings is mind blowing.
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Hey warrior mindyme!!! They should put you on HLN when Taaffe is on.
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I’ve said since mid ’12 I love to question Taaffe, Robbie the Racist and Papa Z on TV. They would not survive.
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http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2540075/Mason-Campbell-pictured-The-baby-faced-school-shooter-12-warned-friends-stay-home-went-rampage-critically-wounding-two-classmates.html
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Affordable Housing for Gay Seniors Opens in Philadelphia
http://news.yahoo.com/affordable-housing-gay-seniors-opens-pa-064510346.html
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I did an 8-hour protest shift at Kelly’s Corner (where he was brutalized) and at the Fullerton PD yesterday. Just a small but vocal crowd and lots of horn-honking support, way, way more than the detractors. I only counted five folks who flipped a bird or shouted to get off the street, etc. I’ll go back later this afternoon and be a one-woman protest if I have to. Anon and some young students were the driving force yesterday – a few old boomers like me too!
For shame, Orange County! The jury may have said not guilty but the people on the street say GUILTY AS CHARGED!
Here’s a post from yesterday’s adventure – not saying I agree with Anon, but it takes all kinds to push back at the systemic corruption in this country. I’m in the background wearing pink – http://laist.com/2014/01/14/kelly_thomas_protest.php
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I SEE YOU!!!
Thanks for standing for the cause. Wish I were in California because I certainly would have joined you.
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Bless you, TSTAS!!!
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Kelly Thomas pleaded for his life.
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Rest in peace and love, Kelly Thomas.
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You can sign the following petition at this link:
http://www.change.org/petitions/the-president-of-the-united-states-investigate-the-death-of-kelly-thomas-as-a-federal-case
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An Oklahoma man was beat for seven minutes by police because he did not respond to their yelling. 64-year-old Pearl Pearson, a deaf diabetic driver who lives in Oklahoma City was hospitalized as a result of the Jan. 3rd incident.
http://www.blackyouthproject.com/2014/01/cops-beat-deaf-man-for-7-minutes-because-he-didnt-respond-to-them/
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Horrible! Such heartlessness by police.
This is so sad and heartbreaking.
So inexcusable!!!!!
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And the line, of course, is “Go back to Europe!”
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Stevie Wonder’s Happy Birthday to Dr. Martin Luther King.
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Full Speech:
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The first day of the Montgomery Bus Boycott was coordinated to take place on the same day as Rosa Parks trial. Fred Gray represented her in the trial.
That evening Martin Luther King gave the speech of what Fred Gray described as “what would become know as the pep-talk for each of the Monday night mass meetings” during the Montgomery Bus Boycott.
Attorney Fred Gray wrote in his book “Bus Ride to Justice” (pp. 57-58):
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There’s a place for us
A time and place for us
Hold my hand
And we’re halfway there
Hold my hand
And I’ll take you there
Somehow
Someday
Somewhere
There’s a time for us
Some day a time for us
Time together
With time to spare
Time to learn
Time to care
Someday
Somewhere
We’ll find a new way of living
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Words from “Somewhere” (Westside Story)
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http://www.sfltimes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=15197&Itemid=331
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Hello Xena, great blog, like the articles you have posted. Wish I could join the conversation, but this will be my first and last post for a long while.
I saw an earlier thread with your invite to DannyWarrior but the comments were closed there, and his blog is private, so I hope its okay that I respond here.
http://gzthepsychicvampire.wordpress.com/
(Administrators response. Thanks for the visit. It would be unfair to Danny to allow comments about that post without also allowing him to respond, so I have edited your comment while leaving the link you provided. If he wants to discuss with you, he can then visit your link. Thanks for your understanding.)
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Update:
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From a January 14, 2014 article:
http://s2smagazine.com/87453/sybrina-fulton-i-thought-that-he-would-go-to-jail/
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Trayvon Martin and Civil Rights Mural:
http://www.pghmurals.com/Civil-Rights.cfm
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Yahtzee,
That’s a fantastic mural! Thanks for the link. I’m going to save it and try to make it smaller so it can be embedded.
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YW, Xena.
I just looked in Google images but could not find a small photo of it and so I do hope you can manage to make the one I linked smaller.
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http://portlandobserver.com/news/2014/jan/15/fighting-justice-police-reforms/
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One Year Anniversary – Kendrick Johnson
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We can speak up if we witness a person being discriminated against.
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January 13, 2014
http://www.actionnewsjax.com/content/topstories/story/Attorneys-argue-over-jury-matters-in-Michael-Dunn/O7iuxW1VoUC4q2pSPRBFiw.cspx
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“Fair trial issues surface in Satellite Beach man’s murder case”
http://www.floridatoday.com/article/20140113/NEWS01/140113023/Fair-trial-issues-surface-Satellite-Beach-man-s-murder-case
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This is disgusting!
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140116_High_school_student_says_cops_roughed_him_up_for_nothing.html
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The doctor says that now he may not be able to father children.
Article in full:
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20140116_High_school_student_says_cops_roughed_him_up_for_nothing.html#3WhftD75it3vmrTe.99
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Another sovereign citizen demonstrates what they are about.
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Ignorance! (sigh)
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BREND NEW AWARD HERE…
Would you please accept the ..
“Field of Flowers Award”
http://prayingforoneday.wordpress.com/2014/01/17/field-of-flowers-award/
Thank you.. .Shaun x
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Shaun!!! I humbly accept. Thanks so much for finding Blackbutterfly7 worthy of the Field of Flowers award. I’ll work on meeting the requirements.
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“‘Almost unreal’ : Bipartisan lawmakers unveil new Voting Rights Act fix”
By Kasie Hunt and Carrie Dann , NBC News
http://nbcpolitics.nbcnews.com/_news/2014/01/16/22328058-almost-unreal-bipartisan-lawmakers-unveil-new-voting-rights-act-fix
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(Administrator’s note. Fixed it.)
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It just keeps on happening.
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Oh my God. This is heartbreaking.
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Yahtzee,
Yes it is. Bullets and death do not discriminate.
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https://twitter.com/Rock0040/status/424032232915730432
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https://encrypted-tbn3.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSoOWDdUSyfEpQkZvSlgGszsFYE2ur0THbZmZEFmglnwtgVqKMQ
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https://twitter.com/MrMilitantNegro/status/424032262938566656
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One of my new neighbors and I were discussing some of the cases last night, and she told me to check this one out when I got home. I’ll be popping in and out probably for the next 2 weeks as we are in the process of moving and doing some work on the new house. Don’t know if anyone’s heard abouth this.
http://forwardtimesonline.com/2013/index.php/state-local/item/816-bombshell-autopsy-report-reveals-murder-lies-and-alleged-cover-up
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Thanks for posting the link.
This is so upsetting! We need to follow this case and support Alfred Wright’s family.
JUSTICE FOR ALFRED WRIGHT!!!
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From the article that you posted, Dreamer:
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Take a look at what happened in Jasper last June 2013:
http://www.heavy.com/news/2013/06/jasper-texas-racist-attack-police-video/
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“Jasper woman gets $75,000 settlement in police brutality case”
November 25, 2013
http://www.12newsnow.com/story/24062804/jasper-woman-gets-75000-settlement-in-police-brutality-case
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Some history of Jasper, Texas from this article link:
http://www.texasobserver.org/old-wounds-missing-man-jasper/
One person commenting under the article wrote:
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dreamer,
Thanks for the link. Anderson Cooper has been reporting on this and I’ve been following his stories. It was interesting that one of the officials ruled that the body damage was caused by animals, but the independent autopsy revealed that Wright’s throat was slashed and his tongue removed.
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Hi Xena,Mr. Bonaparte actually said “in the months” not month but you can listen to him speak at the city club of cleveland here http://www.cityclub.org/mediacenter/cityclubpodcast/PodcastListing/tabid/194/Default.aspx .
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Lex,
Welcome to Blackbutterfly7.
Thanks for the link to the podcast. I tried listening earlier but it was difficult to hear and I didn’t feel like plugging in my headset.
50 is still more than the 40 earlier reported. With Zimmerman calling about a pot hole, a kid walking alone, and people minding their own business, he sent a message that his credibility and understanding of “suspicious” is flawed. No wonder he failed his class in college — he was spending too much time pretending to be the Gestapo, IMHO.
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Two Students Shot at North Philadelphia High School
Jan. 17 2014
http://abcnews.go.com/US/students-shot-north-philadelphia-high-school/story?id=21578201
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