Category: Society
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Occupy Threatens & Sprays St. Louis
Following a confrontation between Occupy protesters and local police last Thursday, vandals have hit the city with frightening pro-Occupy graffiti. Buildings, walls, and statues have all been defaced. The city’s public safety director woke up to the words, “Blood on your hands,” sprayed on his front steps. Similarly, a hundred-year old statue now has the…
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Race and the Media
The number one post (in terms of views) on this blog thus far has been the story about the boy from Kansas City, who happened to be white, and was walking along and set on fire by two other kids, who happen to be black. This story came up again in the comments on a…
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$3.6M Settlement in Alleged Police Misconduct Case
A key City Council committee Monday signed off on a $3.6 million settlement in a lawsuit filed by a man who spent nearly 10 years in prison for an attack on a woman who later said she made a mistake when she identified him as her assailant. Robert Wilson had sought $9.9 million, a figure…
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Facebook in the News (and not in a good way)
Some people will never learn that whatever you post online people will expose: FOX Chicago News has obtained pictures of a Chicago police officer wearing his uniform in some very provocative photos with women wearing next to nothing. The photos were posted on the officer’s Facebook page. FOX Chicago News has three, but we’ve learned…
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Bizarre News Day
Here’s some of the stories on the home page at Fox News this evening: Targeted Killing in US? Mueller Mum: FBI Director Robert Mueller, when pressed at agency budget hearing, says he has to check with Justice Department whether Eric Holder’s criteria for targeted killing of Americans can be justified within US. Mueller Grilled on…
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Limbaugh, Fluke, Maher, & the Media
Much has been written about the recent dust-up between Limbaugh & Fluke and the former’s inappropriate comments about the latter. Today Rush spent some time on his show perhaps grandstanding, perhaps clearing the air about the status of his advertisers. And judging from the reaction of my own brother, who sends me a note last…
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Obama Offers Legal Backing for Targeted Killings
The Obama administration on Monday plans to outline how U.S. laws empower the government to kill Americans overseas who engage in terrorism against their home country, a source familiar with the matter said, months after a drone strike killed a U.S.-born cleric who plotted attacks from Yemen. … U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder plans to…
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Teenagers Pour Gasoline on Boy Walking Home From School
Is this really what we’ve come to? A 13-year-old boy who police say was doused with gasoline and lit on fire last week while walking home from school is recovering from first-degree burns to his face and head. The boy was just two blocks from his home in Kansas City Tuesday when two teenagers began…
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The 99% Spring
It’s coming: From April 9-15 we will gather across America, 100,000 strong, in homes, places of worship, campuses and the streets to join together in the work of reclaiming our country. We will organize trainings to: Tell the story of our economy: how we got here, who’s responsible, what a different future could look like,…
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American And Canadian Homeowners
We’re alike and yet we’re different. What I would like to see is this information from 2003 and 2007. The Difference Between American And Canadian Homeowners.