Let's take a look at the items in my Facebook feed. They're great!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/peter-d-rosenstein/sanders-as-democratic-n...
Sanders as Democratic Nominee Makes No Sense
This evening's music features jazz saxophone player Lester Young. Enjoy!
Lester Young - Jammin the Blues
About a year ago the Southern Poverty Law Center filed a suit on behalf of trans woman prisoner Ashley Diamond, who was denied medical care and repeatedly raped and assaulted by other prisoners while she was held at a men's prison in Georgia.
Last Friday a settlement was announced in the case.
Diamond was released from prison last August after her case got publicized.
She had been serving a sentence for a probation violation stemming from a nonviolent crime. She was denied female hormones she had been receiving for 17 years – medically necessary care for her gender dysphoria. She was sexually assaulted by other prisoners at least eight times while incarcerated.
As part of the agreement, the Georgia Department of Corrections agreed to pay Diamond, 37, an undisclosed financial settlement.
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Thursday February 17, 1916
New York, New York - Mother Jones on Hand to Aid "Lawless" Women Strikers
Mother Jones is on the scene in New York City where authorities are outraged that thousands of needle trades workers stand accused of behaving in a disorderly manner and showing contempt for proper Law and Order.
"I am becoming tired of the lawlessness of these strikers, especially the women!" declared Magistrate Murphy.
The strike, led by the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, has been on since about February 8th. Union officials make the counter-charge that strikers have been roughly handled while performing their strike duties out on the picket line.
Attempts to settle the strike are ongoing.
Good Morning, 99%'ers!
Today I am on the road, traveling south for a couple of days and I will not be on line for the next couple of days. Since my last several Open Thread essays have been of a serious nature, I thought I would post a more light hearted Open Thread today. Since we are in the primary season and President's Day was on Monday, I thought I would post ten fun facts about our Presidents.
"President Obama responsibly ended the war in Iraq and will end the war in Afghanistan in 2014."
Sources: BarackObama.com
President Obama put withdrawal plans for Afghanistan on indefinite hold last fall, but most people don't realize what this means.
Tucker FitzGerald is the father of a transgender girl. Yesterday he had an opinion published in the Seattle Times.
My daughter is in kindergarten. She’s 6. She loves unicorns and mermaids and soccer. And I’m concerned about Olympia forcing her to share the restroom with men.
Currently she uses the girls’ restroom. But some Washington legislators want her in the men’s room — because she was born with a penis.
It feels uncomfortable writing about my child’s genitals. But I’m not sure how else to protect her.
This evening's music features jazz singer Jimmy Rushing. Enjoy!
Jimmy Rushing - Going To Chicago
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Wednesday February 16, 1916
Butte, Montana - Hope Faded for Twelve Missing Men in Pennsylvania Mine Fire
Hope is faded, and, by some accounts, lost for the miners who remain missing in the Pennsylvania Mine. This latest disaster follows, by only four months, the disaster in the Granite Mountain shaft of the Speculator Mine. On October 16th of last year, a mine car filled with 500 pounds of dynamite ignited in a massive explosion which instantly blew seventeen miners into eternity.
From The Omaha Daily Bee:
TWENTY-ONE CAUGHT IN BURNING MINE
-----Nine Bodies Recovered from Blazing Copper Workings
at Butte by Rescue Crew.
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TWELVE MORE MEN MISSING
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Marianne Faithfull: once, she was of the Immortals.
She had to be—all that time she spent with Keith Richards.
Like Richards, Faithfull had the constitution of a mule. Nothing could fell her. Sure, sometimes there were the comas. But she always pulled out. So, too, when she would break her jaw, or her heart would stop, or her lover would leap out a 14th-story window, and become a stain. She always came through.
