Ball Security Posted July 21, 2021 Share Posted July 21, 2021 Nicholas Kristof is leaving the NYTimes as he contemplates a run at Governor of Oregon. Not sure how he’d be as an administrator, but he’s an excellent writer and I wish him well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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skinsmarydu Posted July 29, 2021 Share Posted July 29, 2021 ^^^ I soooo needed that!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Weird wording. The first of 12 appropriations bills the house has passed this year? They just passed this, and it's the first one, but they've already passed 12? Then how is it the first? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted July 30, 2021 Share Posted July 30, 2021 Now that he's been out of office for 6 months... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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China Posted August 8, 2021 Share Posted August 8, 2021 Oregon ballot initiative would criminalize hunting, livestock slaughter, even pest control Hunting, breeding livestock, even pest control would be all but illegal under a ballot initiative backed by Oregon animal rights activists and opposed by incensed Oregon farmers. The proposal, Initiative Petition 13, would lift virtually all exemptions to state laws related to animal abuse, neglect and sexual assault. The vast majority would ban common farming practices from artificial insemination used in targeted breeding and killing live animals for meat. Farm animals could only be raised for rodeos, milk or fur and could be spayed, neutered and castrated. In addition, IP 13 would further restrict hunting, fishing, trapping and “intentional injury” of an animal that would bring undue suffering. Research labs would be prohibited from experimenting on nonhuman mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians. All of the activities listed would carry criminal penalties. IP 13 was approved by the Oregon Secretary of State for circulation on July 15. Under Oregon’s initiative petition process, IP 13 organizers have until July 2022 to gather the 112,020 signatures needed to get the initiative onto the November 2022 ballot. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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LadySkinsFan Posted August 17, 2021 Share Posted August 17, 2021 OAN is having a bit of bad luck this week. Lawsuit filed against them by Dominion, now lost the appeal of their lawsuit against MSNBC and Rachel Maddow for defamation for a report/comment on Maddow's show. They have to pay previously awarded attorneys fee at the district court level that may be increased by this appeal. https://www.yahoo.com/news/oan-loses-appeal-against-maddow-173202141.html 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skinsmarydu Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 I'm not the biggest fan of Joy Reid, but she just ripped Mike Pence a new, very giant one in her closing remarks. Dayum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 19, 2021 Share Posted August 19, 2021 Apparently the People Trump Pardons or Commutes Thread has been closed so I'll post this here: Trump family friend, associate Ken Kurson re-arrested on cyber-stalking charges Seven months after he was granted a pardon by then-President Donald Trump, Ken Kurson, a friend of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner and a former associate of Rudy Giuliani, was arrested Wednesday in New York on new, state felony charges. Kurson received the pardon from Trump not long after federal prosecutors in Brooklyn charged him in October 2020 with cyberstalking related to his 2015 divorce. Kurson now faces charges of eavesdropping and computer trespassing filed by the Manhattan District Attorney's office, which took up the case almost immediately after the pardon was announced on Trump's final day in office. Manhattan prosecutors looked at the same alleged conduct as federal prosecutors and accused Kurson of spying on his ex-wife by unlawfully accessing her computer. The alleged eavesdropping and computer trespass occurred from Kurson's work computer while he was still editor at The New York Observer. Click on the link for the full article 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 20, 2021 Share Posted August 20, 2021 Out Rep. Mark Takano Introduces Four-Day Workweek Legislation California Rep. Mark Takano has begun campaigning for a bill he’s sponsoring that would call for a four-day workweek. Takano, who is the first out gay person of color to be elected to Congress, introduced the bill in late July. The proposed bill would amend the Fair Labor Standards Act to make companies pay overtime to non-exempt workers after 32 hours a week is met. It's been referred to the House's Education and Labor Committee. As part of a campaign promoting his 32-hour workweek, Takano wrote on Twitter on Tuesday, “It’s well past time that Americans have more time to live their lives, and not just work.” Takano said that the 32-hour workweek would be easier in some industries than others. He also said that serious discussions will also have to take hourly-wage earners into consideration. Click on the link for the full article 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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The Evil Genius Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 It will be appealed but that Prop should never have passed. Not sure what my fellow Californians were voting for... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 (edited) AG Knudsen asserts prosecutorial authority over local assault, gun case In a case involving a Helena man accused of assaulting restaurant employees and threatening them with a gun after being told he had to wear a face-mask, Attorney General Austin Knudsen took the unusual step this month of ordering local prosecutors to drop two gun-related charges against the man. Lewis and Clark County Attorney Leo Gallagher refused, saying it would violate his oath of office – and told Knudsen’s office last week it should take case itself, if it wanted to dictate the terms of prosecution. “I’ve been practicing law since 1978 (and) spent all of those years either defending or prosecuting cases in the criminal arena,” Gallagher told MTN News Tuesday. “I’ve never heard of a case such as this occurring.” Knudsen’s office then took over prosecution of the case last week – and Gallagher learned a day later that the lawyer for defendant Rodney Smith is negotiating a settlement with the attorney general. Knudsen spokesman Kyler Nerison told MTN News Thursday the office had reviewed the case and found “a lot of problems” with it. “It looked like a political prosecution,” he said. “You’ve got a Democratic county attorney, Leo Gallagher, who’s on the ballot next year, (who) took a look at this and saw some opportunities to score some political points with his base, and prosecute two charges where the (law) is not even on the books any more.” Gallagher, who said he’s not running for re-election next year, said he views his job as “apolitical,” and that Smith’s actions last November violated concealed-weapon laws at the time of the offense. The 2021 Legislature relaxed Montana gun laws in February, making it legal to carry concealed weapons without a permit, in some situations, and allowing concealed weapons in places that serve alcohol. “The Legislature did not make that law retroactive, and (Smith) violated the laws at the time,” Gallagher said. “I don’t see why it would be the attorney general’s function to read into the law something the Legislature did not put into the law.” Smith was charged last November, after he was arrested following an altercation Nov. 6 at the Hokkaido restaurant in downtown Helena. Charging documents said Smith and his wife had entered the restaurant and refused to comply with requests to wear a face-mask. Click on the link for the full article Edited August 21, 2021 by China Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Trump says he 'single-handedly' picked Alabama for Space Command, contradicting Pentagon Former President Trump on Friday said he “single-handedly” chose to move U.S. Space Command from Colorado to Alabama, contradicting months of insistence from the Pentagon that the new location was chosen after careful deliberation and was not political. “I single-handedly said, ‘let's go to Alabama,’ ” Trump said on the Alabama-based radio show “Rick and Bubba” ahead of a planned Saturday night rally in the state. The Colorado Springs Gazette was the first to report on Trump’s comments. The Air Force on Jan. 13, days before Trump was set to leave office, announced that the permanent headquarters of Space Command would be moving from Peterson Air Force Base in Colorado Springs to the Army's Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville. The decision, which the Pentagon's Inspector General and the Government Accountability Office are currently investigating, was widely seen as a political tipping of the scales. Colorado Springs already hosted Space Command’s predecessor, Air Force Space Command, at Peterson Air Force Base, and lawmakers both in and outside the state have argued that the change was last-minute and didn’t make sense. Colorado Springs Mayor John Suthers told the Gazette that Trump’s new admission should warrant a reexamination of the move. “We have maintained throughout the process that the permanent basing decision for U.S. Space Command was not made on merit. The admission by former President Trump that he ‘single-handedly’ directed the move to Huntsville, Alabama, supports our position," Suthers told the outlet. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 This just in...the CIA is controlling CNN: 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JCB Posted August 21, 2021 Share Posted August 21, 2021 Cool, Glenn Greenwald, super cool. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 22, 2021 Share Posted August 22, 2021 High School Is Accused Of Censorship As Officials Rip Out Yearbook Pages On The News The theme of Bigelow High School's 2020-21 yearbook was The Roaring 20s. But it appears officials at the Arkansas school wanted the student record of the events of the tumultuous year to be a little less of a roar and more of a meow. Before delivering the keepsakes to students earlier this month, school administrators ripped out a two-page spread depicting a timeline of events from the academic year. Among the high/lowlights included were the police killings of George Floyd and Breonna Taylor, former President Donald Trump's claims of a rigged election, the Jan. 6 insurrection, and the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic. It is unclear who was behind the decision to excise the pages from the student-designed yearbook, but East End School District Superintendent Heidi Wilson justified the move by citing "community backlash." Wilson did not reply to NPR's requests for comment. Some students and parents say it's censorship. Click on the link for the full article 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
China Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 On 2/25/2021 at 10:37 AM, Cooked Crack said: Getting off lightly IMO: Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash A prosecutor says South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal for misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking near a rural highway. Beadle County State’s Attorney Michael Moore declined to give further details of the arrangement. Moore said Wednesday that Ravnsborg will enter the plea Thursday. The widow of the man killed, Joseph Boever, has indicated she plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Ravnsborg. Click on the link for the full article Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LadySkinsFan Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 9 hours ago, China said: Getting off lightly IMO: Prosecutor: South Dakota AG to take plea deal in fatal crash A prosecutor says South Dakota Attorney General Jason Ravnsborg will avoid a trial and take a plea deal for misdemeanor traffic charges in a crash last year in which he hit and killed a man who was walking near a rural highway. Beadle County State’s Attorney Michael Moore declined to give further details of the arrangement. Moore said Wednesday that Ravnsborg will enter the plea Thursday. The widow of the man killed, Joseph Boever, has indicated she plans to file a wrongful death lawsuit against Ravnsborg. Click on the link for the full article I hope she gets a fortune! That POS attorney general got off. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Evil Genius Posted August 26, 2021 Share Posted August 26, 2021 A hit and run in which the driver kills someone is a misdemeanor? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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