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What is with my local news?
There are protests in Tulsa over the acquittal of a female police officer who shot and killed a suspect last year.
There is a special counsel named to investigate the alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and the Russians.
Were they Fox5 Morning News Headline? No, the opening story this morning was about a musician dying.
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Have camera will shoot. :-)
My sister challenged me to find “texture” in the yard. I grabbed up the camera and took a stroll around the yard.
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Timing is everything
The swallows are back in the parking deck. I will not get the close up view of nesting that I had last year since the nest near “my” parking spot was destroyed after the chicks left last year. I don’t blame the management, or whoever gave the order, the nest was right over the elevator and there was a pile of bird droppings in the way. But it ( Read more... ) -
Chick-Fil-A
I was going to post some photos today but a small news bit caught my eye. Well known restaurant chain Chick-fil-a is in the news again. It seems that students at a New England college have gotten together and blocked the franchise from opening a branch on the campus.
I tried to find articles reflecting both sides of the issue. Not as easy as I ( Read more... ) -
Tampon Tax - I’m laughing
I get some really weird stuff from Change dot org. There are the rare petitions that I will support but most of it I just delete without reading. A while back I ran across this gem: No Tax On Tampons: Stop Taxing Our Periods! Period. I read this one because I thought it was a joke or misprint. (No, I am not linking to that)
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Right to Listen
Do we have a Right to listen to a speaker? The question came up after a conversation in social media the other day. People were reacting to a student protest and I pointed out that the students keeping others from hearing what the speaker had to say. They felt that their right to protest superseded anyone’s right to listen. One person told me ( Read more... ) -
What You Need To Know About Search And Seizure but Were Afraid to Ask by Amie Gibbons
There are some salient points here about Search and Seizure both for the writer and the citizen.
What You Need To Know About Search And Seizure but Were Afraid to Ask by Amie Gibbons
*There are some things every American should know. Your rights when it comes to search and seizure definitely make the list, especially considering cases that have ( Read more... ) -
Wolf!
Hate crimes are on the rise, at least that is what it looks like. All you have to do is turn on the news and you hear about a new hate crime.
Reported hate crimes in Los Angeles increased 15% in 2016, with a marked rise in violence against LGBTQ individuals, according to a new analysis.
There is just one small problem.
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Lost and Found - by Sarah A. Hoyt
Sarah calls this "rough". Her rough is better than many people polished ( Read more... ) -
Murder or War - stone age mystery
Sima de los Hoesos - A cave site in Atapuerca, Northern Spain, was the home to at least 28 bodies for over 400,000 years. In 2015 a group of articles show cased a skull from 430,000 years ago that displays what appears to be evidence of a deliberate attack.
“Relying on modern forensic techniques, such as contour and trajectory analysis of the ( Read more... )