The Evening Blues - 9-15-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 4:23pm
An even score as the storm hit
Submitted by Robyn on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 1:50pmTwenty-six year-old Derricka Banner became the 20th transgender person murdered this year when she was shot to death in her car early Tuesday morning in Charlotte, NC, as rain and wind from Irma were lashing the city. Montavious Sanchez Berry, 18, was arrested later on Tuesday and charged with the murder.
Banner was originally from New York, but has recently been a resident on Lenoir, NC. Sanchez is a Charlotte resident.
The Pathology Of The Very Rich
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 09/15/2017 - 1:18pmI was watching this Chris Hedges interview from 2013, when it occurred to me that he was describing Donald Trump.
Is Trump mentally ill? Probably, but that isn't the important point.
Sharon Tennison and the Center for Citizen Initiatives - Edited at end
Submitted by mhagle on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 3:55pmI am on Sharon Tennison's (of the Center for Citizen Initiatives) mailing list. I learned of this group from someone here at c99. Their efforts for global peace and understanding are among the best I have seen. I am posting her last letter here in it's entirety.
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CCI Friends,
The Evening Blues - 9-14-17
Submitted by joe shikspack on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 2:09pm
The intentionally misleading immigration debate
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 2:00pmTrump is despicable, especially on immigration.
And yet the reality of the situation is almost 180 degrees opposite of how it's being portrayed in the media.
For example, Human Rights Watch released the report titled Trump’s Cruel Deportations.
Transgender in a women's college
Submitted by Robyn on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 2:00pmNinotska Love is an entering freshman at Wellesley. The 28-year-old native of Ecuador is a transgender woman who would not have been allowed to attend that school last year. Love fled to the U.S. in 2009 after being kidnapped and threatened because of her gender identity.
Listen Up White People!
Submitted by Meteor Man on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 1:46pmHere we go again. Bourgeoisie Black Guy telling white people they are the problem:
Condemn white supremacy? Great! But no special credit, white people
Nope. No Gold Stars, No Attaboys. Because:
The Pentagon's Criminal Behavior
Submitted by gjohnsit on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 12:09pmWhen I say "criminal behavior" I don't mean "war crimes", although there are plenty of those that need to be addressed.
Instead, I'm talking about "behaving like a criminal" in a law enforcement sort of way.
In my Inbox this fine day
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Thu, 09/14/2017 - 11:28amThis morning I took a quick run through my inbox to trash everything I could be sure I would not read or act upon. There I found an e-mail from this sender
service@paypal.com sayin, among other things:
You sent an automatic payment to Caucus99percent.com Administrator.
