The Fracking Bubble enters terminal decline
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 3:25pmThe worst oil price rout since 1986 is beginning to claim victims in the shale oil patch, and now its every man for himself.
Diaries
Systematic Sexual Harassment
Submitted by Robyn on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 1:59pmIn a decision in Maryland Administrative LAw Judge Denise Shaffer has ruled that officials at Patuxent Institution in Jessup Maryland have failed to comply with the national standards for protection of sexual abuse as set forth in the Prisoner Rape Elimination Act.
Sandy Brown, a 40-year-old transgender woman, was serving a five-year sentence for assault in 2014 when she was placed in 24-hour solitary confinement for 66 days at Patuxent after a routine mental health screening. While so housed, Brown says that guards routinely watched her shower and encouraged her to commit suicide.
They didn't see me for the human being I am.
They treated me like a circus act. I understand how animals at the zoo feel now. They gawked, pointed, made fun of me and tried to break my spirit.
These were people I’d never met, people I’d never done anything to.
--Brown
PREA requires prisons to have clear policies and mandatory training for prison personnel concerning the treatment of transgender inmates.
Open Sesame 09/26/15
Submitted by hecate on Sat, 09/26/2015 - 5:29amThe world has ended so many times this millennium I am no longer sure I remember all the ends.
Government shutdown will cut off food stamps to 46 million
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/25/2015 - 6:15pmJust one week from now tens of millions of families could go to bed hungry.
The Evening Blues - 9-25-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 09/25/2015 - 4:10pmHey! Good Evening!
This evening's music features Chicago blues singer and guitarist Eddie C. Campbell. Enjoy!
Eddie C. Campbell - Sister Taught Me Guitar
The most important thing the Pope said to Congress
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/25/2015 - 3:26pmMost people who listened to the Pope's speech to Congress were probably waiting for him to touch on such subjects as inequality, climate change, homosexuals, priest sex scandals, or maybe some other subject.
However, Pope Francis used his strongest words for a topic that doesn't get much attention in the United States, but should.
The Pump don't work...
Submitted by Robyn on Fri, 09/25/2015 - 2:02pm...cause the vandals stole the handle.
A group of graffiti artists (BlakCollectiv), led by Kalkidan Assefa, created an impressive, and legal, mural during Ottawa's Pride Week honoring transgender women of color who had been murdered during the past year.
On Wednesday night an unknown person or group who were offended by the memorial spray painted over much of the mural and added these sentiments:
RACIST BULLS--T
ALL COLORS MATTER
ALL LIVES/NO DOUBLE STANDARD/YOU'VE BEEN WARNED.
Open Thread - Friday, September 25, 2015
Submitted by NCTim on Fri, 09/25/2015 - 6:55amFeel free to add substance to this thread.
Whenever I would take profiling test like Briggs-Myers, they would show that I do not like to color inside the lines. Rules and schedules are just rough guidelines.
The Evening Blues - 9-24-15
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 09/24/2015 - 3:29pmHey! Good Evening!
This evening's music features Piedmont bluesman Amos "Bumble Bee Slim" Easton. Enjoy!
Bumble Bee Slim - I Keep On Drinkin'
The Great Strike of 1877
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/24/2015 - 3:27pm"Terrors Reign, The Streets of Chicago Given Over to Howling Mobs of Thieves and Cutthroats."
-Chicago Times headline, 1877
