Interesting point on the MOB. Well taken.
I am brave enough to publish
Thursday, July 18, 2013
I am from Detroit, and I dont get why the media is so hard on us, even the pictures you posted make us look like Bosnia in 1994. We are a proud people, with history, but extremely bad leadership. The only reason we are bankrupcy is because of those in charge. Sadly it's like a mafia run city. Except the mafia would do much better.I bet you will be afraid to print this
Detroit files for bankruptcy
The city of Detroit filed the largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history Thursday afternoon, culminating a decades-long slide that transformed the nation’s iconic industrial town into a model of urban decline crippled by population loss, a dwindling tax base and financial problems.
This is rather unprecedented..
From all those images of a vacant and deteriorating Detroit to this basic admission: They are broke..
I trust that the spirit of the city strong.. I’ve never been there. But I would sure love to hear from people in Detroit about this. Answer this post or send me a message on my open lines page.
I am not from Detroit.. but if you’ve driven through the coal region of PA, you may see that we have some stuff in common.
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Detroit files for bankruptcy
The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed
As an aside during testimony on Capitol Hill today, a National Security Agency representative rather casually indicated that the government looks at data from a universe of far, far more people than previously indicated.
A friend of a friend of a friend of a friend…heard it from a friend who heard it friend who heard it from a friend you were snooping around..
The NSA Admits It Analyzes More People's Data Than Previously Revealed
The jurors going OUTBACK tonight
Lifestyles of the sequestered.. For some reason, I always would like to think that a jury goes behind doors to deliberate in a hot, sweaty room without an air conditioner working, like in 12 ANGRY MEN. In the case of the George Zimmerman trial, there were no men, and not even 12 people, instead six as Florida allows for a jury trial. Now information has been released about their sequestration .. While in confinement, they enjoyed pedicures, they were permitted to go bowling, shop at the mall, go to the Ripley’s Believe it or Not museum.. and had some dinners at the Outback Steakhouse. Now I don’t decry them for their luxuries.. this was a long trial and they did not get to see their family.. But could they at least have chosen the Texas Roadhouse over Outback? Outback does not even rate! And finally.. I trust that they ….did not see any newspapers while they were out and about, when they used to go out…?
Terrible news.. tragic news.. and potentially criminal issue..
Update: 23 dead children in India simply for eating a school lunch.. This is such a horrible story.. That is their only crime in life.. eating a school lunch . And now of course the 'government will investigate'.. And I am sure find allllll the ‘answers’.. There are already some answers, at least some bits of information, being released: The food was laced with pesticides..
Troubling news..
Syrians are fleeing from war at a rate not seen since the Rwandan genocide..
That comes to us from the United Nations..
According to the UN, the number of people fleeing the conflict in Syria has escalated to an average of 6,000 a day during 2013 - a rate not seen since the genocide in Rwanda nearly two decades ago, U.N. High Commissioner for Refugees Antonio Guterres said on Tuesday… And if anyone remembers those dark days in Rwanda, go back through amnesia lane and treat yourself to some horrid history from the mid 90s..
NASSER al-AWLAKI writes a New York TIMES op ed: The Drone That Killed My Grandson
This is a monumentally important editorial.. You need to read it.
NASSER al-AWLAKI writes a New York TIMES op ed: The Drone That Killed My Grandson
The news that does not matter udpate
ROLLING STONE magazine is defending its placement of a handsome looking Tsarnaev on the cover of its new issue.. I wrote about this yesterday, in part saying the outrage is nonsense and we are further arguing in this nation about things that don’t matter. This ROLLING STONE issue makes that point—with even CVS an other retailers saying it is going to ban the magazine from being sold in its stores! We continue to be victims of some pretty high rolling mind games. Take a peek outside your box, America.. there’s more to every story.
Speaking of debating about things that do not matter:
Jenny McCarthy tapped to co-host THE VIEW.. outrage now due to her critical comments about vaccines causing autism.. Yet again, proof Americans get outraged and angry about things that do not matter one hill of beans. At all.. No matter WHAT she thinks about anything.. that is the purpose. She is supposed to be controversial. This is for ratings. Americans who are outraged by this: YOU ARE BEING PLAYED, good.
CVS won't sell Rolling Stone issue with Boston Marathon bombing suspect on cover
This is a little crazy..
Censorship simply because of a cover image..?? Too much, America.
What is not about the first amendment that gives everyone such sh&t fits?
CVS won't sell Rolling Stone issue with Boston Marathon bombing suspect on cover
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
The Worst Way To tell Someone They’re Fired
Damn autocorrect! I’m trying to fire someone here.
Why you should not fire someone via text message..
The man with no memory: Navy vet wakes up, speaks only Swedish
Stories like this always blow my mind. Imagine this: A Navy vet goes unconscious, wakes up without a memory, and speaks Swedish. That frightening concept is exactly what happened in the case of Michael Thomas of Florida, who was found in a Motel 6 in Southern California by police.. He now believes he is Johan Elk of Sweden..
Bizarre stuff, isn’t it?
What secrets lurk in the minds of men—especially when they lose all memory and allow their brains to work without stopping..
The man with no memory: Navy vet wakes up, speaks only Swedish
Looking forward to the CONJURING
The CONJURING is being released this weekend.. Advanced screenings had some flare, with Warner Bros warning people that the effects of the film may be rough.. Also at the screening: A priest.. Not bad marketing and PR from the film—though websites like SPIRITDAILY.COM linked the DREAD CENTRAL article on the CONJURING screening with a headline “a movie to stay clear of”..
A horror movie with a faith-based marketing ploy.. Smart move, Warner, smart move.
Rolling Stone has a released a statement on its controversial ‘The Bomber’ cover.
This is America right? Now news organizations have to explain that their reporting was not meant to offend anyone?!
Ugh.
Maybe the folks who want to ban the Tsarnaev cover from their stores would be happier if the editors of the magazine sent them this one instead:
I live 45 minutes from Boston and let me tell you everyone is livid. I applaud Rolling Stone for this gutsy move. It was a risk man. I think they are trying to paint the picture of before and after to show the contrast between the reportedly happy American (because he was a citizen) teen and the "monster" he became. I applaud Rolling Stone for the balls to publish this knowing people would be angry. I think the contrast and the publicity was the point. Not to glorify him as a "rock star."
Amen! Thanks for your perspective. And I agree with it..
I recall both NEWSWEEK and TIME putting nice happy photos of the Columbine killers on their respective covers back last century..
I personally consider this ROLLING STONE controversy beyond ridiculous (CVS will actually censor the magazine …) .. I also think collectively everyone needs to take a deep breath, eat some fruit or something, and realize what actually matters..
And besides, that image of Tsarnaev actually tells a story all by itself.
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