Urban radio will never be the same knowing that legendary radio host Doug Banks passed away today.
He hosted The Doug Banks Radio Show on many affiliates. Born in Philadelphia, Doug hosted radio shows in many markets but got his big break in the late 1990s when he joined V103 to do his show nationally. From 2-6pm (Central), Doug, George Willborn and Dee Dee Renee would give the take on the latest things going on in hip-hop and R&B.
His previous co-hosts A.J. Parker and Dee Dee McGuire all sent their condolences to their friend and mentor.
Doug Banks, Dee Dee Renee and George Willborn the producer.
Doug was diagnosed with diabetes.
American Urban Radio Networks released a statement saying that the world has lost a legend. They said that Doug Banks was on a hot streak when illness took him away from this earth.
"We were all deeply saddened to hear the news of Doug’s passing. Our thoughts and prayers go out to his family, his wife Wendy and his daughters Kennede and Kelli. Radio has lost a true legend", said president of AURN, Jerry Lopes.
Many in the radio community also reign in their thoughts to the beloved radio host.
Born in Philadelphia, Banks hosted radio shows at stations in L.A., San Francisco, Las Vegas, Detroit and finally V103, his website says, before signing on to do a nationally syndicated show. His show airs on V103 from 2-6 p.m. on weekdays.
Banks began his broadcasting career on his high school's radio station in Detroit, Michigan. He then moved on to the big time in Motor City radio. Leaving Detroit, Doug became a hit on stations in Los Angeles and San Francisco.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Doug Banks. He will truly be missed on radio and online.
The feds put an end to a local drug kingpin. The kingpin and I once attended the same high school.
I've graduated from Meadowdale High School in the late 1990s. During the 1990s, I've seen people through the lens of who's an achiever and whose a failure.
Okay, William Marcus Johnson, Jr. (known as Fruit) is a big pusher of the arm candy. He was once the class clown in high school. I guess them days are over. Now the "clown prince" is the city's biggest dope boy!
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said 33-year-old Johnson, who stands 6 feet and weighs about 185 pounds, last resided in Dayton. "He should be considered armed and dangerous," according to an ATF news release.
He was trafficking the fentanyl. The drug is a powerful relaxer that mixed with heroin could be a six feet deep trip to purgatory.
Johnson is currently sitting in a federal time out in Columbus, Ohio awaiting his trial on trafficking the narco.
Johnson is innocent until proven guilty. If found guilty he could get five years to LIFE in federal time out. He will have to serve out the term. There's no good behavior in federal time out.
I've mentioned a friend in the previous posts. She is a heroin addict who once had a promising future. I had a major fallout with her after the drugs consumed her life. The friends she associated with are another reason. I am guessing that Johnson is one of those friends.
Terrorist shoots up high school. The law stops him.
Yesterday, another mass shooting happened in Ohio. The Butler County sheriff and the FBI are investigating the motive of a teen who prompted a terrorist attack on his fellow high school students.
The terrorist is a 14 year old who probably was bullied by the people he probably was aiming at.
The shooting at Madison High School outside of Middletown was the scene of a shooting.
James Hancock was the shooter. He had injured four. The victims were Cameron Smith and Cooper Caffrey. The two who have ancillary wounds are Brant Murray and Katherine Doucette.
The victims will survive their injuries. They will have life-altering experiences after this ordeal.
The terrorist struck at 11:15 am during a lunch break. The terrorist managed to sneak the firearm inside the school. He struck when the students were at their most vulnerable. Some students said he smirks at his victims when he popped off.
The terrorist would ditch the firearm and take off into the woods. Within a few minutes the sheriff would use the dogs to draw him out.
Madison Junior/Senior High School will be closed for the remaining week for investigations. The FBI and Ohio lawmen are trying to determine why this terrorist committed this attack.
Now the terrorist is held in juvie on attempted murder, making terrorist threats and aggravated assault. He may end up in the county lockup if they decide to charge him as an adult.
These charges alone could carry LIFE in the iron college. Hancock is innocent until proven guilty.
The junk food media is saying that the terrorist had a decent life. The "NICE GUY" with a gun was a standout wrestler and whatever. I don't care what the terrorists history. I care about the lives he disturbed.
World News Today send our prayers to those affected by this tragedy. Although prayers won't wish this stuff away. Ohio lawmakers and Congress are the keys to stopping these senseless tragedies.
The Blame Game is once again. I have a poll for you to vote on.
The Ohio high school shooting. Who deserves the blame for this tragedy?
If you picked the shooter, you're absolutely correct. But if you picked something other than that, you're entitled to your opinion, but it's wrong.
Republicans are so inept. They'll never figure it out. They continue to push these gun laws that loosen regulations. Congress can't even pass a national background check law. They're scared of the impact by "actual guns" being pointed at them.
Residents gather for prayer and sympathies.
Heavy said that the terrorist's family were Republicans and life members to the NRA. So that should eliminate the accusations of being a liberal Obama supporter. You usually hear alot of that stuff from kookspiracy websites like InfoWars, Breitbart and Jim Hoft (the Gateway Pundit).
But let's not worry about that stuff. I don't care about the politics or associations of the terrorist.
Republican sheriff Richard K. Jones will have to take his mind off profiling Blacks, Muslims and immigrants. He has to worry about those guys who stockpile firearms in the preparation of a "political correctness" war.
It seems like his let everyone have guns in public was a misfire. I mean he's a staunch supporter of the NRA and is a round 'em up person. He would make criminals wear pink while doing work duty.
This also happened in racial agitator Bill Cunningham's backyard. Cunningham lives in West Chester. The agitator is a syndicated talk show host on The CW and radio agitator on WLW 700 AM.
The Cincinnati conservative agitator was on a bitch rant about the terrorist who killed a rookie cop. He was pointing to the terrorist race in an attempt to blame President Barack Obama and #BlackLivesMatter for the attack.
Wondering if Colin Flaherty will focus on White on everyone violence? Nope. He's not even covering this. He's too busy pimping out the other tragedies such as pastor shooting up the road in Dayton, the Virginia cop shooting, and the Kansas terrorist attack. Flaherty, a white extremist who gets attention on media outlets is so obsessed with Black mob violence and the like? But not one peep about the violence caused by White people.
Donald Trump, Ted Cruz, Marco Rubio, Ben Carson and Ohio's goober John Kasich have to explain why gun violence is a part of the daily routine.
Goober Kasich, President Barack Obama, Senators Rob Portman (R-OH) and Sherrod Brown (D-OH) were notified of the situation.
Black men who are gay or bisexual face the threat of HIV infection at greater rates.
Users of heroin and Black men are driving the HIV epidemic back up to record highs.
You heard of the "down low".
Urban slang for Black men who are secretly "bisexual" or "gay". They want to give the impression that they're "straight" but are trying to repress their feelings towards men or transgender women.
Men love sex. They don't care what happens as long as they get their sexual fantasies off, the men are satisfied.
They end up having sex with men and women at numerous rates. Some are willing to spread the HIV virus in malicious ways to their partners or spouses.
The Centers for Disease Control (CDC) reports that one in 64 men and one in 227 women in the United States will be diagnosed with HIV at current rates. For black and Hispanic people, however, that risk increases dramatically.
The Daily Beast reports that the dangers are still prevalent in the Black and Hispanic communities. Regardless of sexual orientation, one in 20 black men and one in 48 black women will be diagnosed with the virus that causes AIDS in their lifetimes, according to the CDC. For Hispanic men and women, the risks are one in 48 and one in 227, respectively.
White people have the lowest chance of an HIV diagnosis, with an overall lifetime risk of less than one percent. Gay and bisexual white men still have a lifetime risk of one in 11, though.
The CDC’s projections are based on data about HIV diagnoses and death rates collected from 2009 to 2013, and they assume that rates of new diagnoses remain constant. If that’s the case, one in six men who have sex with other men will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes.
“These estimates are a sobering reminder that gay and bisexual men face an unacceptably high risk for HIV—and of the urgent need for action,” said Dr. Eugene McCray, director of the CDC’s Division of HIV/AIDS Prevention. “If we work to ensure that every American has access to the prevention tools we know work, we can avoid the outcomes projected in this study.”
For Hispanic people living in the United States, the CDC has already outlined an array of factors behind the alarming rate of new infections: a high prevalence of HIV, poverty and lack of health insurance coverage, “machismo” that can encourage men to engage in risky sexual behavior as a show of strength, and reluctance to access prevention services for fear of revealing one’s immigration status.
For black people, CDC resources show, prevention challenges are similar: poverty, stigma, barriers to health care access, and too few people knowing their status. Risk in black communities is especially high, the CDC notes, because “African Americans tend to have sex with partners of the same race/ethnicity mean[ing] that [they] face a greater risk of HIV infection with each new sexual encounter.”
According to the CDC’s new projections, all of the states with the highest lifetime risk for HIV are in the South, with the exceptions of New York, New Jersey, Delaware, and the District of Columbia. All of these states and the South tend to have large black and Hispanic populations, higher rates of poverty, and less health-insurance coverage.
The CDC estimates that HIV risk is highest in Maryland, Georgia, Louisiana, and Florida, with about 2 percent of these states’ populations believed to test HIV positive eventually.
No single area may be worst-hit than Washington, D.C., which is nearly 50 percent black and 10 percent Latino. According to the CDC’s projections, a staggering one in 13 D.C. residents will be diagnosed with HIV in their lifetimes.
But the CDC doesn’t want its projections to be interpreted as a death sentence.
“As alarming as these lifetime risk estimates are, they are not a foregone conclusion. They are a call to action,” said Dr. Jonathan Mermin, director of the CDC’s National Center for HIV/AIDS, Viral Hepatitis, STD, and Tuberculosis Prevention.
If the U.S. can reduce new infections, those lifetime risk numbers will go down, too. The CDC’s current prevention approach emphasizes HIV testing, condom use, treatment for those who have already been diagnosed, and pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), a daily medication that has been shown to reduce risk by more than 90 percent when used correctly.
“The prevention and care strategies we have at our disposal today provide a promising outlook for future reductions of HIV infections and disparities in the U.S.,” said Dr. Mermin, “but hundreds of thousands of people will be diagnosed in their lifetime if we don’t scale up efforts now.”
Mr. Moderate signed a bill stripping Planned Parenthood of its funds.
This will head right to the U.S. courts. The imbecile who claims to bring Americans together went back to his old ways. Ohio governor John Kasich decides to sign into state law a bill that will strip funding from Planned Parenthood and abortion providers.
The Ohio governor is struggling for victory in this bitterly fought Republican presidential primary race. Many of the establishment heads believe that he's a doomed candidate. They're not wasting time on him. So they're circling the wagons around political novices Marco Rubio and Ted Cruz.
Kasich wants to make Americans believe he's actually an unitier not a divider. Right now, I believe he's full of shit. Kasich wants to prove to the extremists that he's lockstep in destroying Planned Parenthood. CNN reports that governor signed the bill while he was in Ohio. He prepares to do some campaigning in Michigan.
Planned Parenthood isn't explicitly named in the legislation, but the law will prevent more than $1 million in funding from the state health department from going to the nonprofit to fund programs such as HIV testing, health screenings and prevention of violence against women.
Kasich, who's tried to project a more moderate image as a Republican presidential candidate on some issues, had been expected to sign the measure. A spokesman for the governor said earlier this month that he intended to sign the bill when it reached his desk. He did so Sunday, a day after finishing a distant fifth in South Carolina's primary.
The bill was swiftly denounced by Planned Parenthood President Cecile Richards.
"This legislation will have devastating consequences for women across Ohio," Richards said in a statement. "John Kasich is proudly eliminating care for expectant mothers and newborns; he is leaving thousands without vital STD and HIV testing, slashing a program to fight domestic violence, and cutting access to essential, basic health care."
Planned Parenthood in Dayton, Ohio. There were protesters who showed up to protest the facility after conservative activists sneaked into a facility in California and Texas to "expose" evil doings. It turns out to be their "exposing" to be thier undoing.
On the campaign trail Kasich frequently talks about the importance of funding for expecting mothers and newborn babies. A spokesman for Kasich's gubernatorial office, Joe Andrews, said in a statement the new Ohio law is consistent with those views.
"The Ohio Department of Health has at least 150 other sub-grantees and contractors for the affected grants and projects addressing such issues as new born babies, infant mortality, expectant mothers, violence against women, and minority HIV/AIDS," the statement said. "ODH will reallocate funding from ineligible providers under the new law to other currently eligible providers, ranging from local health departments and community organizations to hospitals and universities. These organizations will be required to submit proposals in order to receive funding."
Many Republicans have said Planned Parenthood should be defunded, after controversial videos featuring group officials purportedly discussing the sale of fetal tissue surfaced last summer.
But about a month ago, a Texas investigation into Planned Parenthood culminated in an indictment -- of the organization's accusers instead of the group.
The Harris County District Attorney's office announced that Planned Parenthood Gulf Coast had been cleared in the two-month-long investigation.
But the grand jury did indict two individuals who were involved in making secret recordings of the group that were released to publicly discredit the group, which provides health services and abortions.
David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt were indicted for tampering with a governmental record, a second-degree felony, and Daleiden was also indicted on the count of prohibition of the purchase and sale of human organs, a class A misdemeanor, according to the Harris County district attorney.
Republicans sure love to get into the business of people. They will deny women access to health care.
They want to drug test Americans who are living from paycheck to poverty for a slither of the safety net. So if you want food stamps, financial aid, student loans, earned child credits and emergency shelter, pee in a cup and lose a portion of your hair.
They want to monitor a person practicing a religion that's not Christianity. So if you're an atheist, Muslim, Mormon or Scientologist, be prepared to have the feds looking into your place of worship or your non-beliefs.
The city of Middletown addressed potential threat adverted at the high school.
This stuff happens in my backyard.
The city of Middletown assures the residents that their children are safe at school. The high school found that one of their students wrote a threat directed at the school's Black children.
Although the threat didn't occur, the junk food media is focusing on the possible terrorist attack in Columbus, Ohio. As I will cover that issue in the next post, I want you to know that this threat was overlooked.
I didn't hear about this situation. I usually watch the local news agitators in the Dayton and Cincinnati market. But I guess I must have been working. I missed it. But if it wasn't for a new website I've found called Melanoidnation.org, I would have just looked at this as a minor issue.
I urge discretion when viewing the website.
The Butler County Sheriff and Middletown Police arrest the student after he confessed to making the threat to light up the school. He was pissed at the Black students and wanted to take them out.
The threat did keep two dozen students away from school. Parents are livid that the school allow this potential terrorist get so far without being noticed.
So far he's being charged as a juvenile. He'll be facing a second degree felony for inducing panic.
The juvenile is innocent until proven guilty.
The city is taking steps to curb the potential threats. They did acknowledge to the parents about school bullying, diversity, and what steps are taken to deescalate violence.
“Middletown City School District is working diligently to provide an atmosphere of diversity and inclusion. Our heightened security is comprised of our teachers and administration continuing to be more alert and aware along with extra officers in the building patrolling throughout the day,” said the school board.
Cop in the freezer after he made snide comments about a Black man committing suicide.
This shit happens in my own backyard. The law isn't immune from social media. The death of a BlackLivesMatter activist has Fairborn, Ohio officer in the freezer after someone outed him when he made a snide comment about the man's death.
MarShawn McCarrel committed suicide on the steps of the Ohio Statehouse on Monday. His death opened up a flood of sympathy and BlackLivesMatter objective to address suicide among youth.
This cop named Lee Cyr did some real trolling on the sympathy page. He posted on the social page that MarShawn's death was a celebration. He actually said in this tragedy he'd "Love a happy ending".
Cyr claimed that he was off duty when the comment was posted.
The BlackLivesMatter Movement mourn a member who fought to the bitter end.
Cyr, who served on a school board in a nearby suburb left it to move to Fairborn. There's an investigation of his conduct. If he's found responsible for the post, he will also certainly get freezer burn for the incident. He clearly violated the social media conduct rules.
But what could happen?
He might end up getting fired out the cannon for this incident.
Cyr shut down his social media pages. He also might get a handful of death threats from the crazy ones. But so far, he's in hiding pending a national backlash against him.
Trolling on the internet proved to be a mistake for Ohio cop.
The Fairborn Police released a statement.
"An internal affairs complaint was initiated and the department will be investigating further into the origin of the media post. The Fairborn Police Department takes these type of issues very seriously and will ensure that the professional standards of the department are upheld."
Cyr's actions assures that while on duty, he may have pulled over a Black or Hispanic motorist in Fairborn. He may have claimed that they failed to signal at 100 feet. He'll ask why you were in a neighborhood he claims that has drug activity. He may ask to search your car. He'll get a county sheriff or a supervisor with a dog to search your vehicle without your consent. He'll ticket you for a violation and send you to the Fairborn Municipal Court. Then you'll plead not guilty and have a trial. When the trial comes up, you're there but the cop isn't. He came down with a cold.
This shit happens.
Cyr's social media posting gave Black America an understanding of Dayton and its law enforcement of its many surrounding communities. Cyr's actions give me reason to justify that many in law enforcement engage in profiling. This doesn't just affect Fairborn, but Dayton, Beavercreek, Kettering, Oakwood, Riverside, Englewood, Huber Heights, Vandalia, Trotwood, Moraine, the Greene County sheriff, the Montgomery County sheriff and the Ohio State Patrol.
It's ironic. What Cyr said on social media kind of feels like a moment of zen.
"One down, many more to go."
"Good one down".
If you want to find other incidents of ignorant behavior, visit RacistsGetFired on Tumblr. It covers incidents such as this one.
Black Lives Matter activist MarShawn McCarrel passed away.
The Black Lives Matter movement have went to social media to show condolences to a member of their team. He went to social media to tell the world that he's struggled for many but he felt failure came upon him.
MarShawn McCarrel who was a high profile activist in the wake of the John Crawford and Tamir Rice shootings in Ohio, was found dead. He died of a self-inflict slug. He was found on the steps of the Ohio statehouse.
"We don't have any evidence to know the reason why he did it," a State Highway Patrol rep tells the Columbus Dispatch. But the Washington Post notes McCarrel's social media posts "oscillated between joy and despair." "I love y'all," the 23-year-old tweeted Monday morning. At noon came his final tweet: "Let the record show that I pissed on the statehouse before I left." Then this Facebook post around 3pm: "My demons won today. I'm sorry."
A former teacher describes McCarrel as the student he was proudest of in his 27 years on the job. "I saw him as a shining star in the future of civil rights." Indeed: McCarrel was named one of just 15 Radio One Hometown Champions, attended the NAACP's Image Awards on Friday, helped organize Black Lives Matter protests in Ohio after the shooting of Michael Brown, founded a youth mentorship program, and worked with the homeless. "He had so much to do," his mom tells the Dispatch. "He forgot to take time for himself." A fellow activist says "the statehouse was no accident. We've been working so hard, and yet the conditions for the people in our community ... are still so hard." McCarrel was "an activist to his soul," a friend adds on Facebook. He "fought tirelessly in Ohio and beyond for the rights of oppressed people … Brother—we'll keep fighting. You rest, now."
World News Today sends our condolences to the family of MarShawn MacCarrel.
Ted Williams returns to Columbus, Ohio to do radio. He was the famous homeless guy with the "golden voice".
Ted Williams became an international sensation after he was spotted off Hudson Street in Columbus, Ohio asking for money. The former radio DJ was panhandling off Interstate 71 in January 2011.
The person who worked for the Columbus Dispatch newspaper filmed Ted managed to ask him to do his thing. When he done a radio bumper for the man, the junk food media was astonished by the voice.
How could a man with a voice so good be a panhandler off the freeway?
Well they asked for where Ted was! He was living in a homeless shelter. He was the father of ten who was battling crack and alcohol addiction. He was suffering from depression.
He was let go from his gig at a radio station in WVKO. He's been struggling since his departure.
When the media discovered him, they got him on many radio shows. They had him do voice over for animation, radio stations, commercials and even bumper for the Cleveland Cavaliers.
Well the fame got to him. He relapsed back into his old ways. He wanted divine spiritual advice. He got Dr. Phil.
Dr. Phil McGraw tried to help Ted get out of the slump. He sent him to celebrity rehab and tried to help him get back on his feet. Ted said that he didn't want his personal business becoming a sideshow show he checked himself out of the rehab.
He soon went through a struggle. In his book, A Golden Voice: How Faith, Hard Work and Humility Brought Me from the Streets to Salvation. He talks about struggling through addiction, he said that he and his girlfriend at the time were selling themselves for crack addiction. He also said that he wants to get back in touch with his children.
Now in 2016, it seems like he's back! He got rehired at his old radio gig and is praising the people who supported him through his ordeal.
He will return to the radio in the coming days on the AM station now known as Praise 1580 formerly a soul radio station and progressive radio network.
World News Today wish Ted Williams success on his journey to recovery. We hope the best for him and his family.
Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) invited Kentucky clerk in center of marriage controversy to State of the Union.
Our local lawmaker Rep. Jim Jordan (R-OH) once again thumbs one in the eye of President Barack Obama and LGBT activists.
He invited the controversial Kentucky county clerk who refused to sign marriage licenses to couples defying a Supreme Court order. Last year, Kim Davis became a rallying voice to the extremists who supported for her blunt refusal. She claimed that God's Will will not allow her to give marriage licenses to gay couples.
Jordan, who represents the 4th U.S. Congressional district. It's a gerrymandered district that covers Urbana, Lima, Elyria, Marysville, Bellefontaine, Wapakonta and Norwalk.
Jordan is the leader of the Freedom Caucus, a group of insurgent lawmakers who oppose many policies from both the president and mainstream (establishment) Republicans.
Jordan claims that the bigoted Family Research Council and the American Family Association asked for representation at the president's State of the Union.
He agreed to have the Kentucky clerk sit in the guest box as a sign of protest against the Court and the president.
Vindication.
Davis spent five days in lockup after she ignored a federal judge's order to issue licenses.
Insurgent governor Matt Bevin immediately issued an executive order stripping county clerk's names off marriage licenses giving the little turd a victory.
Her prominence to fame helped Bevin win. It sank Rand Paul's bid for president. Paul, a libertarian-leaning Republican senator from Kentucky stands with the belief of marriage being defined between one man and one woman, but chose to not defend Davis in the battle.
Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) and Mike Huckabee came to her defense. Jordan rewarded her for her courage.
The courage of bigotry.......
Shakes my head!
Two ugly trolls who belong under a bridge along with the rest of the ignorance.
Slim Jesus is a controversial rapper from Ohio who embraces the "Drill" movement.
A 18-year old rapper named Slim Jesus is becoming White version of Chicago's Chief Keef.
Chief Keef (Keith Cozart) is the country's most dangerous rapper. He takes pride in his title. He hails from the Southside of Chicago and embraces the violence that plagues America's third largest city.
Keef never apologizes for being who he is. He loves the life. He doesn't apologize for selling hard.
I am guessing that Slim Jesus is another rapper who embraces the "life" and is willing to die for it.
The rapper who comes from Hamilton, Ohio. He gained popularity after releasing "Drill Time" and strictly adhering to the street code.
The video is extremely controversial.
Slim Jesus's video is cruising over 20 million views.
Certainly he's going to gets some rage from conservatives and some hip-hop journalists. He doesn't care and remains unapologetic about his lyrics.
Drill music is a trap subgenre originating from Chicago. It's deals with tales of street gangs (domestic terrorists), violent lyrics and ominous trap-beats.
Besides Slim Jesus and Chief Keef, rappers Lil' Durk, Lil' Reese, Fredo Santana and King Louie embrace this music and the possibility of a short life ahead.
The junk food media reported that one supporter showed up for a Martin O'Malley event in Iowa.
Martin O'Malley's campaign is on the bubble. Like the Ben Carson campaign, O'Malley has made serious errors that have some saying the end is near.
The former Maryland governor didn't make the cut. He failed to make the Democratic primary ballot in the big state of Ohio. O'Malley was the former mayor of Baltimore. He is married with four children. He plays in a rock band. His group O'Malley's March is a Celtic folk rock group that plays in local bars.
He needed over 1,000 valid signatures to qualify on the Ohio primary ballot. He only managed to secure 776 signatures. The remainder weren't valid.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) and Hillary Clinton surpassed the required signatures needed to appear on the March ballot.
It seems like even he's admitting that the stakes to secure a nomination bid is difficult knowing that Ohio is off the table.
Even if he takes this court, it's too late. Ohio officials said that O'Malley has no way to get on the primary ballot there because the deadline for submitting signatures passed on Dec. 16. But a Democratic strategist unaffiliated with the campaign said O'Malley still could pick up Ohio delegates if another candidate dropped out.
There's no sign of Clinton or Sanders dropping out the race.
On a bright note, he still can rock at the bars.
O'Malley has long complained about the Democratic National Convention and its chairwoman Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz (D-FL). He and Sanders believe that the DNC is willing to scrap everything to help Clinton win.
O'Malley had attracted junk food media attention recently. He got a huge embarrassment when only one man showed up for his campaign rally in Iowa. I mean his rally was in a conference room that only could hold at least 30 people.
Clinton is so far leading in the polls at a healthy 59% while Sanders is at 33%. O'Malley has a measly 3% in the national polls. 5% of the Democrats are undecided.
Overall in the national polls, Clinton is leading slightly against Donald Trump, Marco Rubio and Ben Carson. Given if the nominee is either O'Malley or Sanders. Sanders would beat the Republican nominee.
Tweet, tweet...Twitter takes a stance against online trolls.
The second largest social media website has decided to find reasonable ways to take on the ever so annoying internet troll. The internet troll is a person who is often seeking attention by causing disruptive discourse.
The social media website Twitter has decided the time is now for an abrupt overhaul of negativity.
What's being done is purely simple. Twitter wants the elimination of hate speech, links to terrorism, abusive trolling and inciting language wiped off the site.
Today, as part of our continued efforts to combat abuse, we're updating the Twitter Rules to clarify what we consider to be abusive behavior and hateful conduct. The updated language emphasizes that Twitter will not tolerate behavior intended to harass, intimidate, or use fear to silence another user's voice. As always, we embrace and encourage diverse opinions and beliefs. But we will continue to take action on accounts that cross the line into abuse.
So therefore, if a Twitter troll engages in contact with me if I post a video about a Black child being burned badly getting facial recognition, and a racial agitator starts throwing the NIGGER comment around, it should be easy for Twitter to spot it.
Leelah Alcorn was a pretty face lost to the ignorance of trolls. The young transgender teen killed herself after being tormented in school and rejected by her family.
In case of an account being called out, the Twitter people could suspend the account for a period of time. They will notify the user if they're in violation of the rules. But in case of them creating more accounts, they may be forced to have a number verification. They may be asked to verify their phone number and be directed to delete the offensive tweets in order to have access to their accounts.
Facebook is trying to work on eliminating the trolling and negativity.
In memos to employees, Twitter CEO Dick Costolo had taken responsibility for this.
Many of the social tweets may come from groups the West deem a threat to society. The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) has taken to social media to promote their message against Western forces. They often show graphic videos and post messages threatening the United States and Europe.
The Twitter rules now will deal with potential attacks upon a person's race, ethnicity, nationality, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, religious affiliation, age, disability or disease.
It's going to be a needle in a haystack to find the ones who cause the trouble, but Twitter is devoted to getting rid of it.
Facebook troll got fired out the cannon for posting racially charged insult towards BlackLivesMatter protesters.
Did you know that a man who posted on Facebook about BlackLivesMatter got fired out the cannon?
This jackass Brad Schultz from Minnesota went to the official BlackLivesMatter website posting his feelings about the group's protest at the Mall of America. Schultz went into the website to complain about the protests.
"You dumb fuckin niggers. Get out of town with your bullshit protesting. The loser (Jamar Clark's) life deserved to get shot for not cooperating with police. You make yourselves look worse. Get off your ass, get a job, do something....Just leave, white people don't like you"
Someone captured his screenshot. They found out that he worked for Archer Daniels Midlands Company. The blog RacistsGetFired made contact with his employer.
He quickly apologized for his comments. He was pretty upset that the junk food media got a hold of his comments.
"I'm very sorry for the rude comments I made. It was cruel, and I didn't mean it. In no way is my workplace affiliated with these comments. Please delete them. Again, I'm truly sorry if I offended anyone".
The apology wasn't well received. Schultz was fired out the cannon yesterday by his company. They took to Twitter to formally state that this type of behavior is unacceptable and the person in question no longer works for the company.
This marks a year since the death of Leelah Alcorn, the transgender teen who committed suicide on Interstate 71 in South Lebanon, Ohio after she was being taunted in school and rejected by her family.
Her story told the tales of being shunned by the internet and being rejected by her family.
I also heard Erick Erickson isn't too happy about it. The notorious Twitter troll left his blog RedState to focus on TheResurgent. The conservative agitator filled in for that old fart Rush Limbaugh today.
Erickson complaining about liberals "forcing down Americans throat" political correctness.
The hustle continues. When you purchase a gift for your child you're expected the full set inside.
I remember that I purchased the Batman Beyond: The Return of The Joker movie from Suncoast/Musicland during its going out of business sale.
When I got home, I opened the package and saw that the DVD wasn't inside. I immediately went back to the business and told them that the DVD was defective. They understood that I was serious about it. They immediately told me to find the DVD and open it up to make sure its in there. I did and it was there.
It's only the size of a matchbox and it can steal your $$$$$$$. The FBI and U.S. Secret Service are hoping to curb this before it gets worse.
Whew, it was a close call. I would have been out of $12 if I didn't quickly return the product.
But some are buying the big ticket items and when they get home they're pretty much screwed.
A boy ends up getting that Sony PS4 (Playstation 4) for Christmas. Turns out to be a block of wood.
What's worse the block of wood had a drawing. A pretty damn offensive drawing on it. A pair of cock and balls on it. Dad bought this from Target. Target decided to allow dad to get another PS4 and $100 gift card for their troubles. All's well that ends well!
A viral story for people about the holiday hustle.
Now most people would be shocked that a block of wood would be found inside an electronics box.
I mean this stuff does happen. However, given the many attempts to con businesses out of property, you can't help but take consideration if this story was bogus from the start.
Gas pump security seal was tampered with. That's a sign of scamming device being placed inside pump.
The real danger is them skimming devices found in gas pumps. The U.S. Secret Service and the FBI are teaming up with the local lawmen to counter the threat.
The thieves come at night and use the selection key to open up the gas pump. Whether the gas station is closed or operating 24/7, the thieves usually hit the pumps around night with limited traffic.
If you're used to using a debit or credit card at the pump, you have to be noticing the features of a tampered pump.
If you see something different at the pump, don't insert your card into it.
First thing, you would notice a seal of the company on the panel of a card reader. If the seal is tampered or pulled off, don't use the pump.
Second thing, if you notice wires or sticky keys, it's tampered.
And if you don't feel comfortable using your card at the pump, go inside and prepay for the gas.
Skimming is a $1 billion hustle. Many in the theft rings could get your money within a matter of seconds if you don't take the opportunity to check your surroundings.
An Ohio family was gunned down by a deranged terrorist. John and Christy Anderson and their son Landon were murdered in cold blood. Their daughter Makyleigh is fighting for her life.
Another mass shooting in the United States. It was done by a deranged terrorist who had an obsession with weapons. He was an anti-government conspiracy theorist who believed President Barack Obama was a Muslim sympathizer.
This was the typical "NICE GUY" who had an odd obsession with firearms. The victims had once invited the suspect to dinner and kept an eye on each other's property.
The man suspected of shooting a family had threaten mass shooting six years ago.
Berry Kirk shouldn't have any access to firearms. But unfortunately, Ohio has lapse gun laws and those with mental issues were given the right to have them.
Kirk got upset with an employee at the Ohio governor's office in 2009 over an entitlement claim.
He said that he "wanted to make a big boom and start shooting people". This was obtained by the Associated Press under a freedom of information act.
This terrorist was also charged with telephone harassment of a woman. He was given probation for the action.
This terrorist was charged for vandalism and domestic violence. Those charges were dropped. The terrorist had many traffic violations.
The Columbus Police and FBI are trying to piece together the motive to why this terrorist shot up a family of four. Three of the victims died and the young victim is fighting for her life.
The law put down this terrorist. He had access to firearms despite making terrorist threats.
The terrorist may have involved in a feud with the neighbors. Kirk finally decided to put an end to their lives.
John Anderson II and his wife Christy were high school sweethearts. They were raising a son and daughter. John wanted to start a business with his brother while working at a stucco company. Christy was a homemaker who was taking her GED classes and college courses for dreams of becoming an X-ray technician.
They had a son name Landon and daughter Makyleigh.
John, Christy and Landon were murdered by this cold blooded killer. Makyleigh is fighting for her life. If she survives the injuries, she will be awaken to the news that her mom, dad and brother are gone.
John turned his back on the terrorist after an altercation.The terrorist decided to make himself known as a threat.
Christy runs to the aid of her husband. The terrorist would shoot her at point blank range. As Makyleigh dials 9-1-1 and tried to shield Landon, she was shot. Landon was shot after Makyleigh was injured.
The family suffered numerous gun shots.
The Columbus Police quickly put down this terrorist after he was aiming at the witnesses. The police were patrolling the area when they hear automatic gun fire.
The terrorist would die of his injuries. Now the Anderson family is coming to conclusions that this guy should have arrest for making threats toward John and Christy.
World News Today send our condolences to John, Christy and Landon Anderson. We pray for a speedy recovery for Makyleigh.
Dontae Martin was killed by Ohio deputies. The deputies were cleared of his death.
Two Montgomery County Ohio sheriff deputies are back on the beat after the grand jury decided that the shooting of Dontae Martin was justified. This is despite them having no lights or dash camera on.
They have determined that Dontae did point his firearm on the Gust Teague and Josh Haas.
They were placed in the freezer for a moment. I guess the grand jury found it necessary to prove that Martin's history as a petty drug dealer proved that he may have provoked a deadly encounter.
So in three weeks, the two officers will be back on the beat for the Harrison Township, Ohio jurisdiction.
The shooting happened about a 1/2 mile from where I live. The incident occurred on a tree lined Springbrook Boulevard. The deputies were responding to a single-car accident on the street.
A woman called 911 saying that vehicle was on the side of the road.
The deputies approached the vehicle with a flashlight and claimed that Martin was provoked. He pointed a firearm at the them. Martin was ordered to drop the firearm and when he failed to comply, the shot him.
He was shot from the opposite sides of the vehicle. The wounds were deadly. He would die on route to the hospital.
Republican Sheriff Phil Plummer defended his officers for the usage of deadly force. When asked if they have a dash camera or body camera on them, no comment came from him.
Now the father of six will be tarnished by the #AllLivesMatter crowd as a "no good thug". Even though he was purchasing a permit for his firearm, according to the law and the agitators, he shouldn't have a firearm in the first place.
Haas was the deputy who shot at a man who was deranged back in December 2014. He was cleared of charges. His wife was involved in a police vehicle accident this year.
THE ENCOUNTER WITH HAAS AND TEAGUE
Montgomery County sheriff is trying to calm tensions.
The county sheriff's department faces some local controversies this year. There was an email scandal in which three officers were fired out the cannon for sending and trading racial emails while on the job. They were stationed at the Harrison Township branch where Haas and Teague serve.
A few of the deputies were caught off the job driving drunk. Even the sheriff's family member became a lightening rod for ethics violations while in office.
No one is perfect.
I know people who have criminal histories.
Does it make me a criminal that I know someone who is a criminal?
Does it merit profiling of me and those who ride in my vehicle?
I've known her for at least four years. The boy has destroyed her life. When she failed to pay her electric bill and her rent, she was kicked out her apartment. I sometimes carry my heart on my sleeve. I decided to take her in for a week.
One night, I took her to Kroger in the area. She wanted to go to her old apartment to get her stuff. I thought of it as a bad idea. She said nothing won't happen. She had no drugs on her and wasn't wanted for skipping court. But I know that perception would cause the law to profile. So as I approach a traffic light near my apartment, a sheriff's deputy (Teague) was sitting about a block away. I said you know what I don't want to be pulled over, so I decided to go forward. The officer saw us and decided to follow. Yeah, that gives the officer a perception. So he followed us for a few blocks. I decided to make a point by pulling over in a parking lot near a business. The officer sure enough decide to follow and then proceed to activate his lights.
He would ask us why did we decide to not turn on the street. I told him that I knew that if you would likely profile me and her because of her history. We both told the deputy that there's no drugs or weapons inside the vehicle and we're not doing anything wrong.
I decided to turn on my camera phone and record the encounter. I decided to make it clear to the officer that I have no criminal history and I know the person personally. I told the officer that I am not committing any criminal acts.
We told the officer "are we free to go"!
That tactic is used when they often try to bait you into an unlawful search of your vehicle.
The officer said "not yet, I'll be back!" So we wait for 10 minutes and then two officers would appear. The officers came with a drug sniffing German Shepard. The officer once again asked if we had drugs on us. I told them no and didn't consent to a drug search.
The officer decided to give me the verbal warning that if the dog detects a trace of drugs, they'll search the vehicle. So once again, admit that you or her have drugs or you're going to jail.
I told the officer and his supervisor (Haas), there's no drugs in the vehicle. So the officers decide to allow the dog get a whiff around the vehicle. The dog circled the vehicle and didn't do really much.
The officer flagged his fellow officers to a "hit". So they decide to place us in separate police vehicles for detainment. The officer go through the vehicle and take out the seats and glove compartment.
After 10 minutes they let us out the vehicle and they told us that we're free to go. While they were searching the vehicle it caught the officers saying that their dog's "hits" aren't netting good results.
I was hoping that day wasn't going to come but I will turn this recording to their supervisor.
I want to make a point that profiling is wrong. Dayton Police and Montgomery County Sheriff have denied profiling motorists. But the proof is in Dontae Martin, John Felton, and Kaylen English.
John is still alive. He managed to get the city of Dayton and its police chief Richard Biehl to formally apologize to him for a "profiling" situation.
Kaylen and Dontae weren't so lucky. The junk food media often see them as violent and their fates were justified.
She is often regarded by the law as a repeat offender when it comes to drug and prostitution charges. I fear that day will come when she's either killed by the boy or the john who may rob or rape her.
Send my condolences to the family of Kaylen English and Dontae Martin.
Send my prayers to John Felton.
BEFORE I MOVE ON, I WANT TO BRING UP LINDSAY BOGAN. THE OHIO WOMAN IS FEARED DEAD.
Lindsay Bogan went missing this year. She was last seen in Middletown, Ohio getting into a vehicle.
Send my prayers to Lindsay Bogan, the missing Middletown, Ohio woman who was reported missing after her pimp claimed she got into a vehicle and was never seen again.
She was a woman who had a promising future in nursing. But things went wrong when she was introduced to the boy. She was hooked. She was in the Middletown stroll trying to feed the need.
She leaves behind a young child. The junk food media and Lindsay's family fear she may be dead.
The pimp Eric Sexton is facing charges for promoting prostitution and he's under federal watch. He is facing charges in Butler and Montgomery County for numerous criminal acts.
Springfield tire company faces heat for posting on social media a video degrading a homeless Black man.
What you put on the internet could end up being there forever. Given the situation that three men are facing, they regret posting on Facebook their taunting of a disabled Black homeless man.
In Springfield, Ohio, the workers over at Jim's Used Tires are facing some heat. They were recording this encounter with Allan Deonne Dubose, a local man who has special needs and is regarded as homeless in the community.
While on the job, a worker whips out his camera phone and two of his co-workers were taunting him by calling him "boy" and whistling at him like an animal. Then one of the workers grabbed an air compressor and shot a bit of air on Allan.
They posted it on social media and shared it with a few of their friends. Well a friend of friend saw this and was applauded by this.
She took it to WHIO-TV, Dayton's most watched news agitator.
When one of the residents who aids Allan saw that video, she went right into the faces of the workers and owner. She demanded that they apologize to Allan or face a boycott from residents.
Allan Deonne Dubose thinks that the people who filmed him should grow up.
Matreka Nache, who said she looks after Allan and lives in the neighborhood, said she approached the workers at the tire shop Thursday after seeing the video for the first time.
“Nobody deserves to be treated like that,” she said.
The shop’s owner, James Payton, calls what happened an ugly prank — the video was posted in May 2014 — and offered his apology to Allan and put his two workers on ice.
“We let him clean the trash out of the office, give him a little bit of change from time to time, coffee. They just got comfortable with him, in my opinion,” Payton said.
The owner said Allan has always been welcome at the shop and always will. He said he addressed the video months ago when he first saw it.
Thursday, he said the backlash has forced him to give the two employees the next two weeks off.
Allan said he thinks the men who pranked him should clean up their act, but he doesn’t want to see them punished.
The fall of an entertainment icon. The disgraced Subway pitchman Jared Fogle was sentenced to federal time out today. He was given a lengthy bid. He will spend 15 years and 8 months in the federal time out.
Once out he will register as a tier III sex offender for the rest of his life. He will have lost contact with his children, his wife and his vast fortune. He lost his "black card" with Subway.
All the fame, all the celebrities, all the luxury of being in the limelight is gone!
Fogle and his partner both had this obsession with popping little cherries. He was fixated on having sex with underage children.
He plead guilty to harboring child porn. He plead guilty to traveling across state lines to have sex with a minor.
He admits to the world that he had sex with underage girls and boys. He admits having sex with other women including prostitutes.
Fogle will now head to the FDX Marion. The federal time out is in Marion, Illinois. We'll find out where he will go. He's not a violent criminal. He is a sexual offender and they usually sent the interments to Marion for treatment.
Fogle tearfully apologized to the court and the victims as the judge handed him the sentence.
The lawyers were hoping for a five year bid on the basis of leniency. The prosecutors were hoping for 12 years and some change. The judge was more brutal. The judge saw Fogle as a selfish man who presents a danger to children. Fogle used his fortune to deliberately manipulate children into sexual encounters. The federal informant tipped off the law when she overheard him say that "teenage girls are sexy". Fogle told the federal informant that he wanted to have sex with her and two underage teens for his sexual fantasies and would gladly pay them for the encounter.
Now again, if you're caught up in a federal case and handed a sentence, you will serve the sentence in full. There's no early release in federal time out. You will serve all the sentence before they release you to post disposition control.
Fogle will be 54 years old by the time he gets out of the federal time out.
Jenean Hampton becomes Kentucky's lieutenant governor. She is the first African American to hold the position. She is a registered Republican.
Kentucky's soon to be governor Matt Bevin is no longer a perennial gadfly. It was a healthy victory for the insurgent Republican. Did you know that the controversial businessman had a running mate that also won. Her victory marks a first for the state.
Jenean Hampton becomes the lieutenant governor for the state. She is the first African American to hold this position. She was elected as a Republican.
The 58 year old mother and grandmother started from humble beginnings. She grew up in the Detroit area. Her family worked in the manufacturing boom of the automotive juggernaut Chrysler.
She joined the U.S. Air Force, where she spent seven years writing code and managing software like the radar used to find enemy planes in Operation Desert Storm, where she was deployed. She then spent 19 years in the corrugated packing industry.
She boldly says that she's not a fan of Barack Obama and vows to oppose his policies. That often cause a family feud between her and her late father.
It's apparently a mystery to her family, too. Hampton said her father, who recently died, "went to his grave mad at me."
"That I'm conservative, Republican, didn't support Obama — he just could not wrap his arms around that," she told Bailey.
Hampton says her guiding light is constitutionally limited government, and she told Bailey that when trying to climb out of inner-city Detroit, she felt government and friends and family around her were rooting for her to fail:
"A huge part of what formed my opinions was the peer pressure that I got to fail," she said. "These were kids who questioned my good grades, questioned the way I spoke, questioned my choice in music and the fact that I was reading all the time. I just remember wondering, 'Well, jeez, when do I get to just be Jenean with my own likes and dislikes?' "
As she got older, she said she despised Nixon's Republican Party but came around to the GOP when Ronald Reagan was president because he reflected her own optimism about the American Dream, according to Bailey.
Now as the lieutenant governor, Hampton will do her best to make Republicans seem less racist than they normally are.
The race in the Bluegrass state was supposed to be a victory for the Democrats.
The people of Kentucky love KNect, the state's health care exchange. Outgoing governor Steve Beshear was at best a decent governor. The Democrats didn't put much in the races for governor.
But I guess Donald Trump's impact and the state's opposition to gay marriage being a contributing factor to Bevin winning the governor's race.
The Dayton Police ask for assistance. 5-year old Maleki Parker was murdered in a drive-by shooting.
The cycle of gun violence continues in the United States. Let me remind you that gun violence is the number one threat in the country. Gun violence beats terrorism and Ebola.
How many terrorist-involved incidents happened in the United States this year?
When you mention how many mass shootings in the United States how many this year?
Even in my community, gun violence continues to happened. The city of Dayton has probably 46 homicides this year. For a city of 138,000 residents that's an epidemic.
This area is part of the region notorious for heroin addiction. I bet you money that there's dope spots within a mile of a police station. And the dope spots are considered breeding grounds for gun violence.
Enter the home of Maleki Parker. The junk food media says that his home was considered a dope spot. There was a drive-by shooting at the home and rounds flew throw a window and hit the 5-year old boy in the head.
20 rounds entered the home of Maleki Parker.
The family rushed him to the hospital. The boy was gravely wounded by the ricochet fire.
He was taken off life support on Monday, and died that night. The family will now have to deal the tragic lost of a toddler. The toddler wasn't a criminal! Maleki was an innocent baby.
The Dayton Police are calling upon witnesses who may have seen or heard something in the area.
Of course, the area is notorious for criminal activity.
Bruce Street is a road that harbors dope spots, prostitution and a bunch of residents too afraid to report it.
A year ago, Kolanda Richey was mauled by two mixed breed pitbulls. The neighbors Andrew Nason and Julie Custer were held in the county lockup on negligent homicide and animal abuse.
World News Today sends our condolences to the family of Maleki Parker and Kolanda Richey.
