Jeffrey Rothecker had a blast peppering a protester in 2008. This happened at the Republican National Convention in 2008.
If it wasn't for those rascally activists on social media exposing racism, this St. Paul lawman would have gotten away with his offensive comments about peaceful protesters affiliated with the #BlackLivesMatter movement.
Andrew Henderson found out about the troll through his family life. He managed to figure out who the troll was by looking through the profiles of JM Roth.
JM Roth was a notorious troll who often posted offensive comments on social media and its comment sections throughout the web. He managed to get caught this time after a savvy internet sleuth found his wife was named Rothecker. You put two and two together and he found out that JM Roth is a member of the St. Paul Police Department. He was outed as Jeffrey Rothecker.
At the time, his superiors put him in the freezer pending a potential cannon firing. They had to filter through his social media and concerns from other residents who were trolled by him.
Corrupt cop said run #BlackLivesMatter activists over!
Before he was to face a cannon firing, he resigned from the department.
The now former St. Paul lawman admits that he was trolling.
The troll was outed after he posted that offensive message about a #BlackLivesMatter protest on Martin Luther King, Jr. day.
Here's what Jeffrey Rothecker said on social media.
Internet savvy activist outed corrupt cop. Andrew Henderson of CopWatch and PhotographyisNotaCrime brought "JM Roth" to the St. Paul Police Department.
Run them over. Keep traffic flowing and don't slow down for any of these idiots who try and block the street. Here is the deal, you continue to drive and if you hit someone make sure you call 911 to report the accident and meet the cops a block or two away and you can justify stopping further away because you feared for your safety since the past people in this group has shown a propensity towards violence. Since they are trying to block the street and/or cross where there is no crossing you should not be charged with anything. Now these idiots could try and sue you in civil court, but remember that it will be jury trial and so most likely it will come out in your favor.
Once again, after being outed, the former lawman tearfully apologized and say he's very sorry for the post on social media. I am extremely sorry for posting what I did, I understand that the post was insensitive and wrong. My poor choice of words conveyed a message I did not intend and am not proud of. Shortly after submitting the post, I re-read it and deleted it. As a law enforcement officer, I would never intentionally encourage someone to commit a crime. I very much regret my actions. I apologize to all the citizens of St. Paul, the department, my fellow law enforcement professionals and my family for the scornful attention my mistake has brought upon them. I apologize for exposing all law enforcement officers to increased scrutiny, during this difficult time of ongoing conflict between officer and members of the community. I apologize to the community members who participated peacefully in the protest, --Sergeant Jeff Rothecker
Not everyone is taking the apology with sincerity. Mayor Chris Coleman said in a statement, "I continue to be outraged by the online comments. While an apology is certainly in order, it is not sufficient to repair the trust that has been broken. Beyond that, Minnesota law prevents me from talking about disciplinary action until any employee appeals period is over".
He apologizes after he was hit with death threats and calls for cannon firing. Jeffrey Rothecker and his wife took to hiding after he fired himself out the cannon.
Some people come to the defense of Rothecker.
The Minnesota Fraternal Order of Police issued a press release saying that mistakes happen. The public should forgive him and move on.
"The public should be aware that Sergeant Rothecker is an honorably discharged veteran of the United States Army. He has served the City of St. Paul for over two decades as a police officer. He has many supporters in the community and among his fellow officers."
Chris Coleman, mayor of St, Paul.
You should understand what Rothecker done. Like the other asshat cop in Ohio, this fool posting on social media posting gave Black America an understanding potential police brutality by some in the St. Paul Police and its neighbor Minneapolis. Of course this happens when tensions are high post Jamar Clark.
Jamar Clark was killed by the Minneapolis Police. Some accuse the law of shooting him while being handcuffed. The U.S. Justice Department is investigating the situation.
Rothecker's actions give me reason to justify that many in law enforcement engage in profiling. This doesn't just affect St. Paul Police Department but the law enforcement agencies of Minneapolis, Andover, Bloomington, Brooklyn Park, Coon Rapids and numerous other communities.
Married woman posted on social media that she was single. She was trying to bait singles into supporting Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Although she didn't steal information from the singles, her actions are examples of what the FBI warns about online dating.
I've said it time after time, love is complicated. It's hard for some to find the right one. I've took to posting a long rant about dating and social media. I've dated some of the worst of the worst on social media dating websites.
I won't mention their names. I wish them well.
Well once again, it's Valentine's Day and a lot of single Americans are hoping to find the right one.
Some are finding it harder to settle down.
I am almost certain to give up on relationships. I am so tired of wasting my time dating women who take advantage of me. I am the dreaded "NICE GUY" who will end up always in the "FRIEND ZONE".
I am not looking for the "FRIEND ZONE" and I am not looking for the "HIT IT AND QUIT IT".
But I am certainly willing to place my bets on millions of singles rushing into relationships. The social media websites that attract singles, OKCupid, eHarmony, POF, Badoo, Tinder, Coffee Meets Bagel, Match.com, MeetMe and Christian Mingle see a spike around the week of Valentine's Day.
The nice guy is always assured heartbreak.
Of course, scammers are seeking the opportunity as well.
Did you know that two Bernie Sanders supporters created profiles to lure men into supporting the Democratic candidate's campaign?
Two women were banned from Tinder because they were swiping right on guys who were interested in them. When conversation began, the first thing came up was Bernie Sanders. The Sanders campaign denounced the women and told supporters to not deceive people.
Haley Lent and Robyn Gedrich were banned from the social media website after they played games.
This woman who posed as a single tried to bait singles into supporting presidential candidates.
They were participating in a "political spamming" scam. They intentionally were trying to fool men into relationships only to encourage them to support Sanders.
Of course, they didn't follow the rules of the website and they have since apologized for their behavior (of course the death threats also came too).
These two were examples of what the FBI warns about online dating. The FBI released a bulletin about the dangers of online dating.
Tinder "match" looks like a model.
These criminals—who also troll social media sites and chat rooms in search of romantic victims—usually claim to be Americans traveling or working abroad. In reality, they often live overseas. Their most common targets are women over 40 who are divorced, widowed, and/or disabled, but every age group and demographic is at risk.
Here’s how the scam usually works. You’re contacted online by someone who appears interested in you. He or she may have a profile you can read or a picture that is e-mailed to you. For weeks, even months, you may chat back and forth with one another, forming a connection. You may even be sent flowers or other gifts. But ultimately, it’s going to happen—your new-found “friend” is going to ask you for money.
So you send money...but rest assured the requests won’t stop there. There will be more hardships that only you can help alleviate with your financial gifts. He may also send you checks to cash since he’s out of the country and can’t cash them himself, or he may ask you to forward him a package.
So what really happened? You were targeted by criminals, probably based on personal information you uploaded on dating or social media sites. The pictures you were sent were most likely phony lifted from other websites. The profiles were fake as well, carefully crafted to match your interests.
Tinder "match" wants you to Kik it with them.
In addition to losing your money to someone who had no intention of ever visiting you, you may also have unknowingly taken part in a money laundering scheme by cashing phony checks and sending the money overseas and by shipping stolen merchandise (the forwarded package).
In another recently reported dating extortion scam, victims usually met someone on an online dating site and then were asked to move the conversation to a particular social networking site, where the talk often turned intimate. Victims were later sent a link to a website where those conversations were posted, along with photos, their phone numbers, and claims that they were “cheaters.” In order to have that information removed, victims were told they could make a $99 payment—but there is no indication that the other side of the bargain was upheld.
While the FBI and other federal partners work some of these cases—in particular those with a large number of victims or large dollar losses and/or those involving organized criminal groups—many are investigated by local and state authorities.
We strongly recommend, however, that if you think you’ve been victimized by a dating scam or any other online scam, file a complaint with our Internet Crime Complaint Center (www.ic3.gov).
Before forwarding the complaints to the appropriate agencies, IC3 collates and analyzes the data—looking for common threads that could link complaints together and help identify the culprits. This helps keep everyone safe.
Here are some tips on how to avoid becoming a victim of an online dating scam. Recognizing an Online Dating Scam Artist
Your online “date” may only be interested in your money if he or she:
Presses you to leave the dating website you met through and to communicate using personal e-mail or instant messaging;
Professes instant feelings of love;
Sends you a photograph of himself or herself that looks like something from a glamour magazine;
Claims to be from the U.S. and is traveling or working overseas;
Makes plans to visit you but is then unable to do so because of a tragic event; or
Asks for money for a variety of reasons (travel, medical emergencies, hotel bills, hospitals bills for child or other relative, visas or other official documents, losses from a financial setback or crime victimization).
One way to steer clear of these criminals all together is to stick to online dating websites with nationally known reputations.
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.
Law enforcement watching. The obvious is driving while intoxicated but they're also going after underage consumption, prostitution, human trafficking and potential terrorist attacks.
As the Democrats and Republicans take a moment to decide who's going to be their Superbowl picks for tonight's game, the junk food media is zeroing in on Santa Clara, California.
The Bay Area (San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose) will have 2.4 million people visit the area for Superbowl L. The game will feature the Denver Broncos and Carolina Panthers.
Some say this could be Payton Manning's last game. This could be a big achievement for the young Cam Newtown. Good luck to both teams.
The odd makers see the Panthers run a train on the Broncos. Millions will gathers around the television to watch the game on CBS. Also Stephen Colbert will have a live taping of The Late Show and he will bring on many guests. Stephen Colbert will be on approximately 11:00 pm (EST).
Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos in it to win.
Gayle King will do the White House interview with President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama. It will cover the topics about the future president, North Korea, Donald Trump, legislation that could be passed by an inept Congress and his executive orders. The White House interview will be at 4:25pm (EST).
The pre-shows will be watched by 30 million. The president's interview will be watched by 14 million. The game will be watched by 145 million. And hopefully the other networks run reruns and specials.
While you're heading to your parties or even to the store for the snacks, the law will be out in full force.
The law steps up enforcement. In order to curb alcoholic consumption while driving or while underage, they will operate at the peak times 2pm - 6pm. They will watch for drunk driving, reckless driving, and not wearing seat belts. Also they will send undercover into establishments to do a sting on clerks who sale alcohol to underage buyers.
The law will also curb human trafficking. Prostitution spikes around the Superbowl. Many in law enforcement along with the Department of Justice and Homeland Security are sweeping through Backpage, Craigslist, and the streets for prostitutes, pimps and dope boys.
Also the airspace and ground will monitored for drones. Under federal law, you must register your flying aircraft if it's an aircraft device that could be viewed as a blip.
Terrorism is also top priority. The FBI and the law enforcement agencies are watching for activity online and monitoring potential international and domestic threats.
The law is taking a zero tolerance to criminal activity during the Superbowl.
Junk food media gives glowing profiles of two cold blooded killers.
The death of Nicole Lovell was much talked about in the junk food media. The 11-year old girl was allegedly meeting a guy who she met on social media. She would bolt from her home in the middle of the night to see this man. The timeline is shaky but the accomplice said that they stabbed the girl and stuffed her in a bag and tossed her in rural North Carolina.
Nicole was sharing her goodies on social media to the suspect David Eisenhuaer. He took a liking to it. They engaged in some talk and flirts. He said he's got a car and he'll give her a ride.
So for a few months before the killing, they would meet at fast food restaurants and engage in sexual acts. I can only assume two things. He was grooming the girl for sex. When he found out that she's was 13 years old and Nicole threatening to tell the law (i.e. blackmail), he flipped on her.
The junk food media's obsession with Missing White Girl Syndrome. The junk food media spotlights missing White girls and women who come from well meaning backgrounds. They end up missing and the family urge social media to react to it. Once it picks up steam the junk food media end up covering it.
There's thousands of missing adults and children. Most of these missing people aren't covered like the ones that drive politicians to enact legislation in reaction to it.
The junk food media gave glowing profiles of the suspects.
Glowing profile of killer.
CNN for example says that the two were students at Virginia Tech. Both were taunted as children and managed to overcome bullying to become standouts.
David Eisenhauer and Natalie Keepers also disturbed. They may have followed the Slender Man conspiracy. It could have been just a plot to rape or rob Nicole.
The two allegedly planned how to dispose and conceal the body of seventh-grader Nicole Lovell over that late January meal at the Cook Out in Blacksburg, Virginia.
The details came to light in a courtroom Thursday as prosecutor Mary Pettitt argued against granting bail to Keepers.
Keepers, 19, is accused of being an accessory to murder before the fact, concealing a body and being an accessory to murder after the fact.
Eisenhauer, 18, is charged with abduction and murder.
Keepers' motive, Pettitt told the judge, was that she was "excited to be part of something secretive and special."
Nicole Lovell lost her life to a cold blooded killer. This killer and his friend buried her in North Carolina after he got into a fight with the girl.
The judge denied bond to Keepers.
The pair, Pettitt said, went to the restaurant in the days before the girl's disappearance to talk about the plot to kill Nicole.
Eisenhauer told Keepers how he would lure Nicole out of her home one night, take her to a remote location and use a knife to cut her throat, the prosecutor said.
After leaving Cook Out, they drove by Lovell's home, Pettitt said.
Natalie Keepers.
Police arrested Eisenhauer on January 30, three days after Nicole disappeared. Eisenhauer denied involvement in killing the girl.
Investigators said they believe Eisenhauer had an inappropriate relationship with Nicole, a law enforcement official said. The girl was planning to expose their relationship, the official said, and investigators think this was the motive for killing her.
Nicole disappeared after midnight on January 27. Her mother, Tammy Weeks, went to Nicole's bedroom door and found it barricaded, the prosecutor said. Weeks saw an open window and realized Nicole was missing. So was the girl's "Minions" character blanket.
After an extensive search, Nicole's body was found three days later in a wooded area in North Carolina.
Pettitt said in court on Thursday that Eisenhauer corresponded with Lovell on January 27 at 12:39 a.m. through social media.
Also at Thursday's bail hearing, the prosecutor alleged Eisenhauer and Keepers bought a shovel and scouted a remote location for the killing.
Keepers helped Eisenhaur move Nicole's remains into the trunk of his Lexus, Pettitt said. The body was still in the trunk while the pair went to buy cleaning supplies, the prosecutor added.
After Nicole's body was found, police found Keepers at her boyfriend's house and searched the premises.
She allegedly sent Eisenhauer a text message warning: "POLICE."
The search turned up a "Minions" blanket and cleaning supplies, police said.
She will be missed.
A preliminary hearing for Eisenhauer has been scheduled for March 28. His court-appointed attorney has not responded to CNN requests for comment.
Pettitt said the autopsy report is expected to be finished just prior to the preliminary hearing.
Eisenhauer did not lead authorities to the body, according to Blacksburg police Chief Anthony Wilson, nor did he confess to the killing.
Authorities said they decided to arrest Eisenhauer after sorting through social media, exploring 300-plus tips and searching for other information pertinent to the case.
A spokesman for Kik, an app that allows users to send anonymous messages, told CNN that it had cooperated with an FBI investigation into the case.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Nicole Lovell.
Eisenhuar and Keepers are innocent until proven guilty.
While we can't cover most events in the world, I want to assure you that we care! I believe that over in the United States, we're motivated to hashtag activism when it comes to "civilized" countries.
I assure you that over in the United States, no cares about the massacres over in Africa, South America or Asia.
If it happens in Tokyo, Paris, New York, London, Berlin, Rome, Los Angeles, Sydney, Moscow and Washington, DC, the junk food media would run it for weeks until the next tragedy occurs.
Did you know that the folks over at Facebook activated the "I Am Safe" function for users who report their safe in the case of a weather event or a mass murder tragedy?
It certainly was activated during the San Bernardino and Paris tragedies in which mass shooters killed numerous people. The shooters were inspired by the Islamic State.
But they forgotten about Beirut, Lebanon, Baghdad, Iraq and numerous other areas where a tragedy has occurred.
I am wondering in the wake of attacks inspired or carried out by al Qaeda and the Islamic State of the Levant, will Facebook activate the "Am I Safe" option?
Did you know that there were mass attacks in numerous cities?
Kabul, Mogadishu, Pathankot, Zliten, Hurghada, Istanbul and Ouagadougou were hit with mass murder tragedies.
And not to mention the deadly attacks in Jakarta. Individuals who claim allegiance to the Islamic State have tried to detonate a mass explosion around a Starbucks and police station. When they failed at doing it, they decided to let the slugs fly.
And tonight there's a tragedy in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso was reported by the international media and Buzzfeed.
Still waiting on "I Am Safe" function.
Yes, terrorism exists in the world.
Mass murders in the world ignored by junk food media and Facebook.
Reasons for it are clearly unknown. But most analysis figured that the social outcast, poverty, corruption in government and foreign intervention are reasons to why terrorists are good at recruiting individuals to fight for their causes.
Soft targets are often looked at as areas where mass shooters go for the most causalities. Terrorism would single out areas such as shopping centers, universities, traffic congested areas, and military bases for plots of massacres.
World News Today send our condolences to the victims of these senseless tragedies in the world.
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 president heads off to Hawaii for his family vacation. His vacation will be like always a working one. And even though our friends in the agitating media are on vacation, their sidekicks are in session.
As you know, the president gives the nation a recap of his seventh year. In his yearly wrap up he announced that he will do more to take on the Islamic State. He will try to pass reforms to curb the ongoing gun violence. He said that he will try to end his last year in office on a good note.
He did an interview on NPR. Steve Inskeep asks him about the legacy and the rise of the insurgent Donald Trump. Here's the part that got the conservatives attention.
STEVE INSKEEP: And you mentioned Donald Trump taking advantage of real anxieties in the country but that the anxieties are real. Some of that anxiety, as you know, focuses on you, Mr. President. And I want to set aside the politicians for a moment and just talk about ordinary voters. Do you feel over seven years that you've come to understand why it is that some ordinary people in America believe or fear that you are trying to change the country in some way that they cannot accept?
OBAMA: Well, look, if what you are asking me, Steve, is are there certain circumstances around being the first African-American president that might not have confronted a previous president, absolutely. You know, I think ...
INSKEEP: I don't know if that's all of it.
OBAMA: I'm sure that's not all of it ...
INSKEEP: It's not all I am asking, anyway. You could answer it anyway you want.
OBAMA: Well, you are asking a pretty broad question. I don't know where to take it, so if you want to narrow it down, I can. If what you are suggesting is is that, you know, somebody questioning whether I was born in the United States or not, how do I think about that, I would say that that's something that is actively promoted and may gain traction because of my unique demographic. I don't think that that's a big stretch.
But maybe you've got something else in mind.
INSKEEP: Years ago you made that remark, you were much criticized for saying something about people clinging to guns and religion. This is before you were even elected president. And although you were criticized for the phrasing of that, it seemed to me that you were attempting to figure out, what is it that people are thinking, what is it that's bothering people? Now you've had several more years to think about that.
OBAMA: Well, keep in mind, Steve, I was elected twice by decent majorities. So the fact of the matter is that in a big country like this there is always going to be folks who are frustrated, don't like the direction of the country, are concerned about the president. Some of them may not like my policies, some of them may just not like how I walk, or my big ears or, you know. So, I mean, no politician I think aspires to 100 percent approval ratings.
If you are referring to specific strains in the Republican Party that suggest that somehow I'm different, I'm Muslim, I'm disloyal to the country, etc., which unfortunately is pretty far out there and gets some traction in certain pockets of the Republican Party, and that have been articulated by some of their elected officials, what I'd say there is that that's probably pretty specific to me and who I am and my background, and that in some ways I may represent change that worries them. But that's not to suggest that everybody who objects to my policies may not have perfectly good reasons for it. If you are living in a town that historically has relied on coal and you see coal jobs diminishing, you probably are going to be more susceptible to the argument that I've been wiping out the economy in your area.
It doesn't matter if I tell them actually it's probably because natural gas is a lot cheaper now so it doesn't pay to build coal plants. If somebody tells you that this is because of Obama's war on coal, well, you know, that's an argument you may be sympathetic to. And that's perfectly legitimate. So as I said, you asked a pretty open-ended question. I think you were being a little coy in how you asked it.
INSKEEP: I'm trying to give you room to answer.
OBAMA: No, I understand, but what I'm saying is that I think that there's always going to be, every president, a certain cohort that just doesn't like your policies, doesn't like your party, what have you. I think if you are talking about the specific virulence of some of the opposition directed towards me, then, you know, that may be explained by the particulars of who I am.
On the other hand, I'm not unique to that. I always try to remind people that, goodness, if you look at what they said about Jefferson or Lincoln or FDR — finding reasons not to like a president, that's, you know, a well-traveled path here in this country.
One in particular was the rise of the insurgency. The insurgent candidates running for the Republican nomination have gotten a whole lot of media coverage.
Donald Trump is by far the biggest focus of the elections. His fiery rhetoric has sparked a flame in the conservatives. The conservatives are playing upon the fear of a Browner nation to win this election.
Conservatives believes the president plays the race card. Here's an example of the conservative Craigslist posted yesterday.
Priscilla changed him. Mark Zuckerberg of Facebook announced he will donate his most of his fortune to charity. He and his wife are proud parents.
The CEO of social media titan Facebook announced that he and his wife are proud parents of a baby daughter. He also announced that he's giving away 99% of his fortune to charity.
Mark Zuckerberg and Dr. Priscilla Chan announced the birth of their first child, they also announced they'd be giving away 99% of their Facebook stock—worth nearly $45 billion, CNN reports. Zuckerberg and Chan posted an extremely lengthy open letter to their daughter Max on Facebook Tuesday.
Read it below....
Dear Max,
Your mother and I don't yet have the words to describe the hope you give us for the future. Your new life is full of promise, and we hope you will be happy and healthy so you can explore it fully. You've already given us a reason to reflect on the world we hope you live in.
Like all parents, we want you to grow up in a world better than ours today.
While headlines often focus on what's wrong, in many ways the world is getting better. Health is improving. Poverty is shrinking. Knowledge is growing. People are connecting. Technological progress in every field means your life should be dramatically better than ours today.
President Barack Obama holds a townhall with Facebook's CEO Mark Zuckerberg.
We will do our part to make this happen, not only because we love you, but also because we have a moral responsibility to all children in the next generation.
We believe all lives have equal value, and that includes the many more people who will live in future generations than live today. Our society has an obligation to invest now to improve the lives of all those coming into this world, not just those already here.
But right now, we don't always collectively direct our resources at the biggest opportunities and problems your generation will face.
Consider disease. Today we spend about 50 times more as a society treating people who are sick than we invest in research so you won't get sick in the first place.
Medicine has only been a real science for less than 100 years, and we've already seen complete cures for some diseases and good progress for others. As technology accelerates, we have a real shot at preventing, curing or managing all or most of the rest in the next 100 years.
Today, most people die from five things -- heart disease, cancer, stroke, neurodegenerative and infectious diseases -- and we can make faster progress on these and other problems.
Once we recognize that your generation and your children's generation may not have to suffer from disease, we collectively have a responsibility to tilt our investments a bit more towards the future to make this reality. Your mother and I want to do our part.
Curing disease will take time. Over short periods of five or ten years, it may not seem like we're making much of a difference. But over the long term, seeds planted now will grow, and one day, you or your children will see what we can only imagine: a world without suffering from disease.
There are so many opportunities just like this. If society focuses more of its energy on these great challenges, we will leave your generation a much better world.
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Our hopes for your generation focus on two ideas: advancing human potential and promoting equality.
Advancing human potential is about pushing the boundaries on how great a human life can be.
Can you learn and experience 100 times more than we do today?
Can our generation cure disease so you live much longer and healthier lives?
Can we connect the world so you have access to every idea, person and opportunity?
Can we harness more clean energy so you can invent things we can't conceive of today while protecting the environment?
Can we cultivate entrepreneurship so you can build any business and solve any challenge to grow peace and prosperity?
Oprah Winfrey with New Jersey governor Chris Christie, Sen. Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Mark Zuckerberg.
Promoting equality is about making sure everyone has access to these opportunities -- regardless of the nation, families or circumstances they are born into.
Our society must do this not only for justice or charity, but for the greatness of human progress.
Today we are robbed of the potential so many have to offer. The only way to achieve our full potential is to channel the talents, ideas and contributions of every person in the world.
Can our generation eliminate poverty and hunger?
Can we provide everyone with basic healthcare?
Can we build inclusive and welcoming communities?
Can we nurture peaceful and understanding relationships between people of all nations?
Can we truly empower everyone -- women, children, underrepresented minorities, immigrants and the unconnected?
If our generation makes the right investments, the answer to each of these questions can be yes -- and hopefully within your lifetime.
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This mission -- advancing human potential and promoting equality -- will require a new approach for all working towards these goals.
We must make long term investments over 25, 50 or even 100 years. The greatest challenges require very long time horizons and cannot be solved by short term thinking.
We must engage directly with the people we serve. We can't empower people if we don't understand the needs and desires of their communities.
We must build technology to make change. Many institutions invest money in these challenges, but most progress comes from productivity gains through innovation.
We must participate in policy and advocacy to shape debates. Many institutions are unwilling to do this, but progress must be supported by movements to be sustainable.
We must back the strongest and most independent leaders in each field. Partnering with experts is more effective for the mission than trying to lead efforts ourselves.
We must take risks today to learn lessons for tomorrow. We're early in our learning and many things we try won't work, but we'll listen and learn and keep improving.
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Our experience with personalized learning, internet access, and community education and health has shaped our philosophy.
Our generation grew up in classrooms where we all learned the same things at the same pace regardless of our interests or needs.
Your generation will set goals for what you want to become -- like an engineer, health worker, writer or community leader. You'll have technology that understands how you learn best and where you need to focus. You'll advance quickly in subjects that interest you most, and get as much help as you need in your most challenging areas. You'll explore topics that aren't even offered in schools today.
Your teachers will also have better tools and data to help you achieve your goals.
Even better, students around the world will be able to use personalized learning tools over the internet, even if they don't live near good schools. Of course it will take more than technology to give everyone a fair start in life, but personalized learning can be one scalable way to give all children a better education and more equal opportunity.
We're starting to build this technology now, and the results are already promising. Not only do students perform better on tests, but they gain the skills and confidence to learn anything they want. And this journey is just beginning. The technology and teaching will rapidly improve every year you're in school.
The Zuckerbergs with their daughter Max.
Your mother and I have both taught students and we've seen what it takes to make this work. It will take working with the strongest leaders in education to help schools around the world adopt personalized learning. It will take engaging with communities, which is why we're starting in our San Francisco Bay Area community. It will take building new technology and trying new ideas. And it will take making mistakes and learning many lessons before achieving these goals.
But once we understand the world we can create for your generation, we have a responsibility as a society to focus our investments on the future to make this reality.
Together, we can do this. And when we do, personalized learning will not only help students in good schools, it will help provide more equal opportunity to anyone with an internet connection.
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Many of the greatest opportunities for your generation will come from giving everyone access to the internet.
People often think of the internet as just for entertainment or communication. But for the majority of people in the world, the internet can be a lifeline.
It provides education if you don't live near a good school. It provides health information on how to avoid diseases or raise healthy children if you don't live near a doctor. It provides financial services if you don't live near a bank. It provides access to jobs and opportunities if you don't live in a good economy.
The internet is so important that for every 10 people who gain internet access, about one person is lifted out of poverty and about one new job is created.
Yet still more than half of the world's population -- more than 4 billion people -- don't have access to the internet.
If our generation connects them, we can lift hundreds of millions of people out of poverty. We can also help hundreds of millions of children get an education and save millions of lives by helping people avoid disease.
This is another long term effort that can be advanced by technology and partnership. It will take inventing new technology to make the internet more affordable and bring access to unconnected areas. It will take partnering with governments, non-profits and companies. It will take engaging with communities to understand what they need. Good people will have different views on the best path forward, and we will try many efforts before we succeed.
But together we can succeed and create a more equal world.
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Technology can't solve problems by itself. Building a better world starts with building strong and healthy communities.
Children have the best opportunities when they can learn. And they learn best when they're healthy.
Health starts early -- with loving family, good nutrition and a safe, stable environment.
Children who face traumatic experiences early in life often develop less healthy minds and bodies. Studies show physical changes in brain development leading to lower cognitive ability.
Your mother is a doctor and educator, and she has seen this firsthand.
If you have an unhealthy childhood, it's difficult to reach your full potential.
If you have to wonder whether you'll have food or rent, or worry about abuse or crime, then it's difficult to reach your full potential.
If you fear you'll go to prison rather than college because of the color of your skin, or that your family will be deported because of your legal status, or that you may be a victim of violence because of your religion, sexual orientation or gender identity, then it's difficult to reach your full potential.
We need institutions that understand these issues are all connected. That's the philosophy of the new type of school your mother is building.
By partnering with schools, health centers, parent groups and local governments, and by ensuring all children are well fed and cared for starting young, we can start to treat these inequities as connected.
Only then can we collectively start to give everyone an equal opportunity.
It will take many years to fully develop this model. But it's another example of how advancing human potential and promoting equality are tightly linked. If we want either, we must first build inclusive and healthy communities.
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For your generation to live in a better world, there is so much more our generation can do.
Today your mother and I are committing to spend our lives doing our small part to help solve these challenges. I will continue to serve as Facebook's CEO for many, many years to come, but these issues are too important to wait until you or we are older to begin this work. By starting at a young age, we hope to see compounding benefits throughout our lives.
As you begin the next generation of the Chan Zuckerberg family, we also begin the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative to join people across the world to advance human potential and promote equality for all
children in the next generation. Our initial areas of focus will be personalized learning, curing disease, connecting people and building strong communities.
We will give 99% of our Facebook shares -- currently about $45 billion -- during our lives to advance this mission. We know this is a small contribution compared to all the resources and talents of those already working on these issues. But we want to do what we can, working alongside many others.
We'll share more details in the coming months once we settle into our new family rhythm and return from our maternity and paternity leaves. We understand you'll have many questions about why and how we're doing this.
As we become parents and enter this next chapter of our lives, we want to share our deep appreciation for everyone who makes this possible.
We can do this work only because we have a strong global community behind us. Building Facebook has created resources to improve the world for the next generation. Every member of the Facebook community is playing a part in this work.
We can make progress towards these opportunities only by standing on the shoulders of experts -- our mentors, partners and many incredible people whose contributions built these fields.
And we can only focus on serving this community and this mission because we are surrounded by loving family, supportive friends and amazing colleagues. We hope you will have such deep and inspiring relationships in your life too.
Max, we love you and feel a great responsibility to leave the world a better place for you and all children. We wish you a life filled with the same love, hope and joy you give us. We can't wait to see what you bring to this world.
Love,
Mom and Dad
Zuckerberg believes that his fortune could help people in need. And I applaud him and his wife for being generous. They feel that they can make a difference to those who are in need.
Of course, many conservatives and selfish rich folks bitch about how liberals want to take money to redistribute wealth.
They want liberal rich folks to shut the fuck up. The conservatives were bitching about Warren Buffet and Bill Gates giving away their fortunes to charity. They believe that liberals are destroying America by asking for the rich to pay a little more in taxes.
Conservatives don't see that the middle class is being wiped away. They too focus on trying to the rich even more richer and the poor even more dependent on the safety net. They will not give a leg up to those who struggled for a piece of the American pie.
Woman got death threats for putting tape over her dog's mouth.
You gotta wonder how far is too far when it comes to posting shit on the internet!
When people want to make others laugh, they post funny pictures or jokes. But sometimes, they cross the line between funny and absolutely stupid.
A Florida woman got shook after she posted on social media her dog's mouth being taped shut with duct tape.
Katie Brown is hiding somewhere in the country waiting for the heat to die down. She got a ton of death threats for her Facebook posting.
Not funny. Just plain stupid.
It was shared more than 300,000 times within 36 hours and police were overwhelmed with outraged phone calls from dog lovers around the world demanding they take action, reports the Orlando Sentinel. On Facebook, Brown says she's a South Daytona resident, but police there say she was out of state, possibly in Avon, Conn., when the dog was abused, NBC News reports. The department promised on its Facebook page that it was in contact with her family members and other state agencies as part of its investigation and pleaded with the public to stop "flooding our emergency phone numbers."
Cops in Avon say they were also overwhelmed with calls, while a spokesman for the sheriff's office in Volusia County, which includes South Daytona, tells the Daytona Beach News-Journal that while it is "great that everybody's concerned for the animals and for dogs," the deluge of calls and emails has "literally shut our police department down." Police in South Daytona say they've been told the dog is OK and add they're still trying to locate Brown, whose duct-tape photo had the caption, "This is what happens when you dont [sic] shut up!!!" The original post has now been deleted, but a follow-up one tells people not to "panic" because "it was only for a minute," NBC reports.
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 world's largest social media website faces criticism for selective sympathy.
The social media juggernaut is facing harsh criticism for being selective in how they cover tragedies.
The attacks in Paris attracted global attention. The Islamic State claimed responsibility for the Friday night attacks leaving over 130 dead. Now the law is searching for the ringleaders involved. They zeroed in on Belgium and are targeting sites in Syria which were strongholds for the extremist group.
Facebook showed solidarity to the victims by activating the "I'm Safe" function. The function activates whenever an emergency happens in the world.
What got people pissed at the social media giant, the tragedy in Beirut, Lebanon. There are people active on Facebook in Lebanon.
Earlier this month the Islamic State struck a marketplace in Beirut killing 43 people Thursday. Of course, we ignored that tragedy. The junk food media focused on Paris.
Mark Zuckerberg responds to the controversy. He at first was shocked that people were upset over the function. But he soon realized that Facebook screwed up.
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg has to backtrack on the "I'm Safe" function.
"Many people have rightfully asked why we turned on Safety Check for Paris but not for bombings in Beirut and other places," he wrote on his Facebook page.
"Until yesterday, our policy was only to activate Safety Check for natural disasters. We just changed this and now plan to activate Safety Check for more human disasters going forward as well."
"Thank you to everyone who has reached out with questions and concerns about this. You are right that there are many other important conflicts in the world. We care about all people equally, and we will work hard to help people suffering in as many of these situations as we can."
"We care about all people equally, and we will work hard to help people suffering in as many of these situations as we can," said Zuckerberg.
Paris is a global city and considered an Alpha+ city.
The cities that the junk food media often see as potential targets of terrorism are New York, London, Paris, Washington, DC, Tokyo, Sydney, Berlin, Beijing, Moscow, Madrid, Mumbai, San Francisco and Los Angeles.
Beirut has experienced numerous massacres in the past two years. No mentions by the junk food media here in the United States.
We send our condolences to the victims of Paris, Beirut and Russian Jet tragedies.
We will cover the Paris tragedies as best as we can.
Business marketing executive got a cannon fire after he racially insults his co-worker's child.
A man got fired out the cannon for unprofessional behavior. Although, the company denies this was over the controversy, he knew his time was up. I'm going to explain that RacistsGetFired had a hand in this.
Some dork took a selfie with the son of a co-worker. As soon as he posted it on....Guess!
It went viral. It was sweep with racial insults towards the boy. Some were referring the boy to being a "feral animal" inside a civilized environment. Other remarks were "Kunta Kente", "Toby" and "Niglet".
Sydney Jade the mother of the 3-year old boy Cayden got the last laugh. Black Twitter created the hashtag #HisNameIsCayden and it went viral.
This is Cayden Jace! The love of my life, the apple in my eye, my EVERYTHING. All this lovely personality wrapped up...
Posted by Sydney Jade on Saturday, October 3, 2015
Gerod Roth (aka Geris Hilton) was the guy who took the selfie with Cayden.
Roth posted the image on Facebook last month, and the comments quickly showed the Internet at its absolute worst. Roth's friends posted racist jokes and hateful commentary, including references to slavery.
"He was feral," Roth wrote in what appears to be his only comment.
Dork got fired out the cannon after he made a snarky comment about a coworker's son. It went viral.
Roth told Fox 5 Atlanta that the "feral" comment referred to kids running around the building and that he actually told one person not to make racist remarks.
"I just really feel upset, not only with myself, but also the character that was based off the comments that my friends had made," Roth told the station. "Cayden has been victimized but I have been targeted."
A black friend who added #BlackLivesMatter to the image also said Roth is not racist.
"My Dawg isnt Racist, he just made a bad joke & im sure when he is given the outlet to speak about his regret, he will," wrote Skylar Felton on Facebook.
Roth said he has apologized to Jade by email. He was also fired from his job at Polaris Marketing Group last week, although the company said it was for unrelated reasons, according to the Atlanta Journal-Constitution.
"It breaks my heart that Sydney and her adorable son Cayden were subjected to such hateful, ignorant and despicable behavior," company president Michael Da Graca Pinto wrote on Facebook. "Cayden visits my office almost every afternoon after daycare, he's sat at my dinner table and I consider him a part of the PMG family."
Sydney Jade and her lovely son Cayden.
But if the hatred and bullying posts reveal the Internet at its worst, the response also shows the online community at its best. Jade told the Atlanta Black Star about the unexpected level of support she's found.
"I never in a million years expected it to be this massive,” Jade told the website. “If it has to start with us, I’m going to finish it. It was my son put in the limelight. And not only my son but a child, a 3-year-old, someone who can’t defend himself."
Instead of the image linked to the hate-filled rants, Jade wants people to see another side of her son and posted a set of photos that show "all this lovely personality wrapped up into one small person's body."
The Root and Huffington Post reports that Roth apologized to Sydney and Cayden.
World News Today wish Sydney and Cayden well on their journey.
The state of emergency may be over for the folks in St. Louis County. The scene of the unrest during the 2014 shooting of Michael Brown. The residents celebrate the first year of the tragic shooting.
Some events in the city of Ferguson and vicinity, added the movie premiere of Straight Outta Compton got the law enforcement working extra overtime in the handling possible breaks of unrest.
Unrest is the junk food media's sanctioned word for rioting and looting. This comes after calls of media bias by protesters who believe the media treats White rioters and looters that cause damage differently.
Now a St. Louis County deputy is going to face some time in the freezer after some unearth a social media post of him saying that his duties to cover possible unrest were like getting an "annual Michael Brown bonus".
Officer Todd J Bakula, known as “TJ”, appears to be showing off about extra money earned while part of a massive police response throughout this week with the anniversary demonstrations of Brown’s death, which saw St. Louis County cops working long hours.
“I decided to spend my annual Michael Brown bonus on a nice relaxing bicycle ride trip to Defiance,” a Missouri recreation destination about 40 miles from Ferguson, Bakula wrote on his personal Facebook page under the name TJ Thekoola. “Eating dinner now and staying at a bed and breakfast tonight.”
Well apparently it reached his superiors and they're having a shake their head with disgust moment.
Shawn McGuire the public relations officer was none too happy to hear this.
“Police officer Bakula is a patrolman with the St Louis County police department.”
“We understand the post is controversial,” McGuire said. “The St Louis County police department takes these allegations very serious in every case. The remarks on the Facebook page will be investigated by our department.”
Bakula clammed up after being called by The Guardian and other media outlets.
He thought his post wasn't causing any harm.
In the wake of the shooting of Michael Brown, calls for police reform are growing. Last week we had three events in which unarmed suspects were gunned down by law enforcement.
Zack Hammond, Dontae Martin, Sam DuBose, Christian Taylor, and so many more.
One could wonder why would a member of law enforcement post an offensive posting given the protesters the notion that those responsible for the deaths of unarmed suspects practiced reckless judgement.
If you're on the social media and post something that could embarrass you or cost you your job, don't do it. Of course, most in law enforcement are aware of their social media policies. Unfortunately, they're not immune from public shaming.
Racists Get Fired is a blog on Tumblr that is extremely effective in outing social dissidents who still have hate in their hearts. Tipsters flag it and ask for the moderators to investigate who the person's employer and have the unceremonious firing of the cannon.
This North Charleston cop got himself fired out the cannon after he posted on Facebook his selfie wearing a pair of Confederate boxers.
Wondering how many Black motorist were pulled over for a minor infraction that led to unwarranted police searches.
The police chief terminated Sgt. Shannon Dildine’s position, saying the photo questioned his ability to improve trust and instill confidence between citizens and officers.
“Your posting in this manner led to you being publicly identified as a North Charleston Police officer and associated both you and the Department with an image that symbolizes hate and oppression to a significant portion of the citizens we are sworn to serve,” Police Chief Eddie Driggers wrote, as reported by the junk food media.
This incident happened on Thursday.
This controversy appears in wake of that white terrorist killing nine in the Emmanuel AME Church in Charleston. A month ago, former officer Michael Slager was fired out the cannon and also indicted for murder. He opened fire on unarmed motorist Walter Scott after a routine pull over.
