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June 26, 2016
"they did not need to do schoolwork because they were going to be raptured,"
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/texas-supreme-court-sidesteps-key-home-school-learning-40108883Problems for Laura and Michael McIntyre, who once educated their nine children in an empty office at the family's motorcycle dealership in El Paso, arose after an uncle told the school district that he never saw the children do much of anything educational. According to court filings, he also overheard of the children tell a cousin "they did not need to do schoolwork because they were going to be raptured," or blessed by the second coming of Jesus Christ.
The family's eldest daughter, 17-year-old Tori, ran away from home in 2006 so she could return to school. The El Paso district put her in the ninth grade because officials weren't sure she could handle higher grade-level work a claim her parents' dispute.
Attempting to investigate accusations of non-learning, school district attendance officer Michael Mendoza sought proof the children were being properly educated. That prompted the McIntyres to sue, arguing that their equal protection rights under the 14th Amendment had been violated and that the school district was anti-Christian.
The family said it used a religious curriculum similar to one offered in El Paso's Christian schools, and noted the uncle invented claims of waiting for the rapture because he was embroiled in a dispute over ownership of the since-defunct motorcycle dealership
June 25, 2016
TPP are are you for/against it being supported in the final draft of the Democratic Party Platform.
June 24, 2016
MOJO - My Four Months as a Private Prison Guard
Link to article-
http://www.motherjones.com/politics/2016/06/cca-private-prisons-corrections-corporation-inmates-investigation-bauer
Vid with link to 5 more installments....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?list=PL7FWr6whNWmhueSwdXFBsNJkZXkMIQ9lf&v=cBiqRGXog4w
June 19, 2016
Before Omar Mateen Committed Mass Murder, The FBI Tried To 'Lure' Him Into A Terror Plot
Interesting read...
http://www.alternet.org/grayzone-project/omar-mateen-committed-mass-murder-fbi-tried-lure-him-terror-plot
Before Omar Mateen gunned down 49 patrons at the LGBTQ Pulse Nightclub in Orlando, the FBI attempted to induce his participation in a terror plot. Sheriff Ken Mascara of Floridas St. Lucie County told the Vero Beach Press Journal that after Mateen threatened a courthouse deputy in 2013 by claiming he could order Al Qaeda operatives to kill his family, the FBI dispatched an informant to "lure Omar into some kind of act and Omar did not bite."
While self-styled terror experts and former counter-terror officials have criticized the FBI for failing to stop Mateen before he committed a massacre, the new revelation raises the question of whether the FBI played a role in shifting his mindset toward an act of violence. All that is known at present is that an FBI informant attempted to push Mateen into agreeing to stage a terror attack in hopes that he would fall into the law enforcement dragnet.
This is the technique the FBI has used to entrap scores of young, often mentally troubled Muslim men and send them to prison for as long as 25 years. As Aviva Stahl reported for AlterNets Grayzone Project, the FBI recently encouraged an apparently mentally disturbed recent convert to Islam named James Medina to bomb a South Florida synagogue and pledge allegiance to ISIS, a militant group he had no prior affiliation with. Now on trial for planning to commit an act of terror with a weapon of mass destruction, Medina is insisting through his lawyer that he is mentally ill.
Trevor Aaronson, a journalist and author of Terror Factory: Inside the FBIs Manufactured War on Terror, revealed that nearly half of terror cases between 9/11/01 and 2010 involved informants -- many of whom were themselves criminals raking in as much as $100,000 from the FBI. Is it possible that the FBI is creating the very enemy we fear? Aaronson wondered.
While self-styled terror experts and former counter-terror officials have criticized the FBI for failing to stop Mateen before he committed a massacre, the new revelation raises the question of whether the FBI played a role in shifting his mindset toward an act of violence. All that is known at present is that an FBI informant attempted to push Mateen into agreeing to stage a terror attack in hopes that he would fall into the law enforcement dragnet.
This is the technique the FBI has used to entrap scores of young, often mentally troubled Muslim men and send them to prison for as long as 25 years. As Aviva Stahl reported for AlterNets Grayzone Project, the FBI recently encouraged an apparently mentally disturbed recent convert to Islam named James Medina to bomb a South Florida synagogue and pledge allegiance to ISIS, a militant group he had no prior affiliation with. Now on trial for planning to commit an act of terror with a weapon of mass destruction, Medina is insisting through his lawyer that he is mentally ill.
Trevor Aaronson, a journalist and author of Terror Factory: Inside the FBIs Manufactured War on Terror, revealed that nearly half of terror cases between 9/11/01 and 2010 involved informants -- many of whom were themselves criminals raking in as much as $100,000 from the FBI. Is it possible that the FBI is creating the very enemy we fear? Aaronson wondered.
June 19, 2016
CDC Horrified After Discovering Existence Of Thousands Of Public Pools
http://www.theonion.com/article/cdc-horrified-after-discovering-existence-thousand-53098?utm_content=Main&utm_campaign=SF&utm_source=Facebook&utm_medium=SocialMarketingWASHINGTONCalling the finding an imminent threat to public health nationwide, horrified officials from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention convened an emergency press conference Wednesday to announce they had discovered the existence of thousands of public pools throughout the country.
Visibly alarmed CDC personnel explained that they received a disturbing report last week of a municipal park in Astoria, NY that contained what they described as an in-ground reservoir filled with approximately 40,000 gallons of tepid water mixed with human sweat, body hair, bacteria, and mucus. The officials stated that further investigation revealed dozens of similar cases in the surrounding area, touching off fears of a widespread epidemic.
We initially believed the pool in Astoria was an anomaly, but as we widened our search, we found this troubling phenomenon in nearly every population center we lookedthe situation is far worse than anything we could have ever imagined, said CDC director Thomas Frieden, who added that confirmed accounts of the large repositories of filth-suffused liquid have since been documented in all 50 states. Our preliminary estimates indicate that millions of Americans may have already come into contact with these communal bathing sites. And perhaps most frighteningly, our models suggest that we may have discovered them too late to contain further spread.
We urge citizens to take common-sense precautions by avoiding these public pools, as well as any dripping wet or towel-clad individuals who may have recently been exposed to one, he continued. While its important that citizens not panic, we want to make it clear to the public just how disgusting these things are.
June 19, 2016
DU is rapidly approaching 73 million posts!
Should prolly happen in the middle of this week.
Thanks to Skinner, EarlG, Elad, MIRT, Forum Hosts and all you durty librul hippies for making DU so enjoyable!
June 12, 2016
Man with weapons and possible explosives arrested, said he was going to L.A. gay pride parade
http://www.latimes.com/la-me-ln-gay-pride-la-weapons-20160612-snap-story.htmlAuthorities in Santa Monica found possible explosives as well as assault rifles and ammunition Sunday in the car of a man who told them he was in town for the L.A. Pride festival in West Hollywood, a law enforcement source said.
Early Sunday, there was a call to Santa Monica police of a suspected prowler near Olympic Boulevard and 11th Street. Patrol officers responded and encountered an individual who told officers he was waiting for a friend. That led officers to inspect the car and find several weapons and a lot of ammunition as well as tannerite, an ingredient that could be used to create a pipe bomb.
The car had Indiana plates. The man made comments that he was in town for the Pride event in West Hollywood this weekend. Sources said they did not know of any connection between the gay nightclub shooting in Orlando, Fla., early Sunday morning and the Santa Monica incident, and the investigation has been taken over by the FBI.
A city official in West Hollywood also confirmed the arrest and stressed that officials were beefing up security at the gay pride event.
June 12, 2016
Fox host blames Obama for Orlando nightclub shooting before bodies can be recovered
Tucker Carlson is the worst kind of partisan hack!
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/fox-host-blames-obama-for-orlando-nightclub-shooting-before-bodies-can-be-recovered/
Fox News host Tucker Carlson suggested on Sunday that President Barack Obama shared the blame for killings at a gay nightclub in Orlando because his administration had downplayed Islamic terrorism.
While investigators were still recovering 20 or more dead bodies from Pulse Nightclub, Carson spoke to counterterrorism expert Sebastian Gorka.
All Americans have a role to play, Gorka warned. You must be aware you are on the front lines. Be alert and report anything that you see that is suspicious.
Citing a recent shooting in San Bernardino, Carlson argued that President Obamas administration had made America less safe by taking a politically correct view of Islamic-inspired terrorism.
June 11, 2016
Did you bring the black guy?
June 9, 2016
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/horror-movie-legend-proves-viral-beaten-trump-supporter-photo-is-a-fraud/
Horror movie legend proves viral beaten Trump supporter photo is a fraud (trigger warning)
Except @Con_Nation made it up. The photo was actually a make-up test for actress Samara Weaving for horror movie legend Bruce Campbells new comedy-horror series Ash vs. Evil Dead, airing on Starz. Campbell took to Twitter, citing the tweet and calling them out for the sad lie.
http://www.rawstory.com/2016/06/horror-movie-legend-proves-viral-beaten-trump-supporter-photo-is-a-fraud/
Snopes reported Greg McCurdy, a Facebook account that seems to only post conservative memes, posted the photo on Facebook alleging the woman was a victim of fascism in America. The photo has had over 30,000 shares and despite comments about the photo being false.
This isnt the first time Trump supporters have been quick to find random photos of beaten women and tried to pass them off as the victims of liberals. A photo of a 15-year-old Trump supporter beaten by protesters in San Jose was widely circulated. However, the photo was actually a screenshot from an episode of La Rosa de Guadalupe.
There have been incidents of violence at Trump rallies from Trump supporters and from non-Trump supporters, so its unclear why conservatives are using fake examples.
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