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May 2, 2015

Prince William and Dutchess Kate had a baby girl.



I know some don't like the Royals but I think wishing them well isn't bad.
May 2, 2015

Rachel Maddow just mentioned Baltimore police want the media to go to

"Staging center" so they don't encourage people to stay out.... OR are they trying to keep media from recording mistreatment?

May 2, 2015

Marilyn Mosby -- Furture Chief Justice of the supreme court.

I just thought everyone should know her career so far.


http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marilyn_Mosby



You should hear her on Chris Hayes. WOW!!!

May 1, 2015

Question on our phones V-Tech

When my wife and I moved into the Condo we bought a set of V-tech phones. One regular cord phone (which was placed in my man cave do to where phone modem/wireless box is.)

We have 2 satellite cordless phones. One in the living room and one is the bedroom.

We have not had these phones a full year and the living room phone died on us earlier in the week. Not holding a charge nothing.


Now we are seeing the bedroom phone is going. Can't hold a charge.


Does this happen a lot with these type of phones. Do we need to buy new cordless satellite?

thanks.

May 1, 2015

I am trying to explain one of my winger relatives that this culture of someone running

as soon as they see a police officer/car does NOT mean they are guility. Yes, I am a white guy but I have lived in some depressed areas of cities I lived in. This view point of guility until proven innocent because they ran or in a certain area of town is just wrong. We need to stop with racial profiling we need to improve the economy in those areas.

I remember one time my wife and I where sitting on the porch speaking with the neighbors in the connected house. The gentleman was black and the girlfriend was biracial. We notice several cop cars go down on street a few minutes later they started going up and down our street and others around us. The black gentleman had left the porch to look down the street just to see what was going on. he was about to suggest especially my wife (who is very naïve) should go in when the cop car stopped in front of the connected house and started questioning our neighbor who was still basically on the property we share.

Why are you here? Where do you live?

My wife got pissed this was happening and called to the cop What's wrong? Why are you bothering my neighbor? He has been talking with us the whole time.

The cop kind of glared at my wife but got in the car and we didn't see a car go down are street again but the intersecting streets still had traffic for a half hour.

Anyways I got off subject and I am trying to prove to this winger relative that Freddie Gray was minding his own business and have been killed by the police.

I know the little boy in Ohio was just playing in like a park/court yard by his home when the police car just ran him over. But are there any other cases I can point too.

And just for my understanding--From what I heard Freddie Gray didn't have a record with police correct?

May 1, 2015

Anyone brave enough to put FAUX News on to see heads exploding?

My wife has that channel blocked on the TV and I forgot the password,

May 1, 2015

ID Please?!

When did the United States become the USSR? It seems now at days a cop can go up to a person and demand they ID themselves just for being themselves.


http://gothamist.com/2011/11/02/student_arrested_for_36_hours_by_ny.php


http://photographyisnotacrime.com/2015/03/ohio-man-arrested-for-video-recording-traffic-lights/


http://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2014/08/the-problem-is-im-black/379357/



These are just three examples but seriously it seems now at days not showing your ID to cops is a reason to get arrested. I know a few people are going to say "If you are doing nothing wrong why shouldn't you show your ID to cops".

My problem is that I remember before the patriot act these type of stories didn't happen. Also how many people take ID if they are doing their daily jogging/walk? How many women--Maybe my wife is strange... If my wife and I are going to the store together she will leave her purse at home because I have my wallet and the MAC card. So how many women do that?






May 1, 2015

hmmm, could this be connected together?

Cop Who Arrested Freddie Gray Had Guns Confiscated Over Mental Health

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026600437

man who filmed Freddie Grey's arrest arrested tonight

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10026600465


This is just looking worse and worse.


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