June 23, 2015 – 7:32 am
Does America have more mass killings than other countries, per Obama? (Politifact) In his June 18, 2015, remarks from the White House, Obama said, “Now is the time for mourning and for healing. But let’s be clear: At some point, we as a country will have to reckon with the fact that this type of mass […]
June 22, 2015 – 7:11 am
Democrats very much want a “national conversation” on race post-Charleston shooting. Well, what they really want is a soliloquy, as well as a massive amount of Blamestorming, particularly of Republicans. It seems that Democrats haven’t gotten over losing the Civil War 150 years ago, along with losing when it came to eradicating Jim Crow/Segregation laws […]
June 19, 2015 – 3:42 pm
The Narratives are all over the place on the shooting. Here’s yet another at the NY Times No Sanctuary in Charleston ON Wednesday night, while my son watched TV, I logged on to Facebook to check my friends’ updates. Immediately I saw a post about a shooting at Emanuel A.M.E., a historic black church in […]
June 19, 2015 – 6:58 am
It’s an interesting question, as discussed in the USA Today One hundred and forty characters isn’t nearly enough to unravel the politics of mass violence, to expound on America’s history of institutionalized racism, or to dissect the inconsistencies perceived in the way we talk about both. But it’s more than enough to make us pause. […]
June 17, 2015 – 7:38 am
OK, the Washington Post Editorial Board doesn’t exactly say Obama should do something, but that whoever is supposed to be in charge of the Executive Branch, whoever they are, should A pathetic breach of responsibility on cybersecurity BY ANY measure, the breach of Office of Personnel Management networks this year stands apart. It represents a […]
June 13, 2015 – 7:36 am
Certain residents of Baltimore wanted a lighter police presence, and got what they wished for. Police are now mostly being reactive, rather than proactive, which had previously helped hold down the violence which had made Baltimore safer than just 3% of American cities, with a violent crime rate almost four times the nation average (Baltimore […]
June 12, 2015 – 4:33 pm
Salon writer Brittney Cooper is Very Concerned America’s war on Black girls: Why McKinney police violence isn’t about “one bad apple†Many have been quick to dismiss or make excuses for the shocking video out of Texas. Here’s the truth of the matter In just over two months, we will commemorate the 10th anniversary of […]
June 11, 2015 – 7:45 am
This is a case of the age old wisdom “be careful what you wish for. You might get it” (Mediaite) Two Baltimore police officers spoke through voice-altering technology to CNN’s Brooke BaldwinWednesday morning, telling her that cops are in a “reactionary mode†since the criticism of the department over the death of Freddie Gray while […]
June 10, 2015 – 3:40 pm
It’s interesting how the media seems to be mostly interviewing the attendees of the illegal party, the ones who were breaking the law, rather than the legal residents. It’s all part of The Narrative (USA Today/AP) Adrian Martin, the young man arrested outside a McKinney swimming pool Friday, said it scared him when he saw […]
June 10, 2015 – 8:32 am
In yet another sad occurrence, another police officer has had their life ruined because of lawless behavior by citizens, behavior that is completely excused by the social justice warriors (NY Times) A police officer in McKinney, Tex., who was seen on video pulling his gun on teenagers in swimsuits and shoving a young black girl’s […]
