Congratulations to the University of Alabama Crimson Tide football team on a great victory against the Clemson University Tigers. The team finished the season with a record of 14 wins and 1 loss (14–1 overall, 7–1 in the SEC), as SEC champions and as consensus national champions after they defeated Clemson in the College Football Playoff (CFP) National Championship Game.
In a rallying finish, Alabama managed to beat Clemson on the score of 45-40.
Clemson was ranked #1 after Ohio State took a tumble in the College Football Playoffs.
Alabama tumbled to #12 after a bruising defeat from Ole Miss Rebels. They rallied hard to gain the top tier spot.
When #3 Ohio State fell to #8 Michigan State, it surged Alabama to the #2 spot.
Alabama would crush Michigan State in playoffs.
Many sports analysis had Alabama lock it up but it was going to be a tough fight. The Clemson Tigers gave the Tide a fight.
Big victory for the Tide.
Clemson ends up taking a nosedive throughout the fourth quarter. They managed to catch up in the end but it wasn't enough and Alabama ran a train on them.
Congratulations to Nick Saban and Heinsman Torphy winner Derrick Henry. Also want to say congratulations to the entire team on a great victory for the 2015-16 College Football Championship.
Tuscaloosa, Alabama will have a celebration for the country's number one team. President Barack Obama will host another event for the Tide in the Summer.
Congratulations.
Now onto the bad news. The city of St. Louis lose the Rams.
The NFL approved for the relocation to Los Angeles. Los Angeles is the second largest city in the nation hasn't had a football team in 20 years.
Now the city of St. Louis is steaming mad over the decision.
This will be discussed in the next article.
Now if there's riots in the city of Tuscaloosa or St. Louis, will the junk food media label the rioters a bunch of thugs or looters?
As of 1/7/2016, the jackpot is nearly $1 billion. The drawing is on Saturday.
In the new year, the American public got a dose of the lottery fever. With jackpots totaling over $200 million, many Americans rush to the local lottery retailer in their state to purchase a handful of tickets hoping that they could change their lives forever.
Powerball is up once again. On Wednesday night, the drawing and the possibility of a winning ticket.
Tonight's estimated jackpot is $450 million (as of 1/6/16). It's noted that the jackpot will increase with the rise in ticket sales. So I'll just cut to the chase, it will likely be over $500 million by draw time.
Many folks will be making the decision to play.
The game uses a 5/69 (white balls) + 1/26 (Powerballs) matrix from which winning numbers are chosen. Each play costs $2, or, with the Power Play option, $3.
The game is played in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands.
Advice on playing the lottery!
Best advice for all who win the lottery, is keep a cool head. The impact of being a millionaire comes with a price. You could blow money fast in a few years. Believe me there have been many Americans who lavish in luxury only to be broke in less than 10 years.
1) You must be over the age of 18 (or 21 in some states) to play the lottery. You cannot allow any person under the playing age purchase any lottery game.
2) If you purchase any lottery game in a state that sales Powerball (47), Mega Millions (47), Lucky for Life (17), Monopoly Millionaires' Club (16), Hot Lotto (15), Cash4Life (5), MegaHits (5), Wild Card (4), 2by2 (3), Tri-State Lottery (3) and All or Nothing (2): You must claim the prize in the state that you purchased the ticket. You can't go into a South Carolina Education Lottery retailer saying you've purchased a ticket from the Florida Lottery.
Older and poorer Americans often play the lottery. The lottery makes $5 billion in sales revenue a month.
3) Most of the Multi-State Lottery Association Games cannot be canceled. So be extremely careful in picking games. Powerball plays on Wednesdays and Saturdays at 10:59pm (EST). Powerball draws close at 10pm (EST) on the night of the drawing. Some states have drawings close early. The cost of playing a Powerball ticket is $2. The ticket comes with the Power Play (except in California). The Power Play cost $1 dollar. There is a set prize amount for Power Play addition. You can earn up to $1 million (if you score 5 out of 5 without the Powerball). If you have the Powerplay you can multiply your winnings. I know that your risk is 1:345. So that means the odds of winning is one in 345 million.
4) Make sure you write your name down on the back of the winning ticket. Say if you lose the jackpot ticket! If you have forgotten to sign the ticket and it gets lost, then it's your word against the winner's. I've added this. Make sure you take a picture of the ticket to provide to your state's lottery commission. Say you lose the ticket and you happened to not write your name on it, you're out of luck. If you have a picture of the ticket, you have a police report if it is lost. Make sure that whenever a lottery retailer is to handle a jackpot ticket, ask the cashier to make sure you hear the "winner" sound. Most machines will make a noise if you're a winner. There are also ticket verifying stations located near a lottery terminal. Make sure before you hand a ticket to a cashier, you are sure you won a jackpot. Ask for a claims form and/or a validation claim voucher. Also for tickets that may be over a certain amount (i.e. amounts over $2,500), you might have to go to the lottery's regional offices. The offices are located in metropolitan areas. There are also apps on your iPhone, Android, and smart devices. You can avoid the lines, by going to iTunes or the Google Play store to get a free app for your local state's lottery. Never put your trust in a cashier who doesn't have experience in handling jackpots or validations of high value tickets.
5) If you're bragging about you're winnings, that's fine. But you best believe that you should cancel out your Facebook, Twitter, YouTube or any other social networking website you're on. That's the next thing that happens when you're a winner. There's too many opportunists willing to swarm your social media with requests.
6) You should cancel your phone numbers and limit your email intake. Obviously you'll be swamped with phone numbers and well wishers asking if you're willing to shelve out a little cash. Trial lawyers, charity groups, home security companies, the junk food media and scammers will take advantage of you. Some charity groups will not often bother you, but there are some that pose as legitimate but in reality a scam.
7) You should hire a qualified lottery attorney. Make sure you have a qualified attorney who specializes in handling large sums of money. Don't assume every attorney is well respected in handling your financial earnings.
Fox's Family Guy. Peter Griffin spends almost everything to win a jackpot.
8) Please, don't quit a job until you are sure you've won the lottery. Don't rush to judgment about being a lottery winner. Sometimes a person who wins the lottery never expects it to happen so don't sit around the house hoping the day will come you'll be the millionaire. Don't burn bridges with your job. You may end up back at it if you decide to go back into the workforce.
9) You might as well get the little things out the way. You should pay off debts to college loans, house, billings, and credit cards. Don't let these issues ruin your credit score or chances at buying better things.
10) Make an investment in your money. Put your money in a trust fund if you have children or family members you can trust if you should die. Make a will or entrust. Make sure you know that you have a family member or a trusted friend who will take care of the winnings once you pass away.
11) Yeah, it's a huge change in your life. And you're going to have major things to accomplish. Go ahead and have fun with your earnings. Don't blow it on things that obviously will attract negative attention. Yeah, the lottery is a gateway to putting in other venues. Some may blow their money at casinos, horsetracks, fantasy football and online poker. Granted that you are given the right to do whatever you want with your earnings, but seriously are going to get a gold statue of your image? Are willing to have five chefs, a butler, housekeeper, nanny, and chauffeur on the payroll? You going to buy a $100,000 vehicle! Wow! Do whatever you want with your money, but be careful with it.
12) You know that money will change you. You might become stingy with the winnings. You should be humble. Cause money will change a person when they're rich. Don't expect your live to be "normal" when you win the lottery. Cause it's not going to be normal. It could a great experience or the worst thing.
13) The Have-Nots Will Always Try To Make You Feel Guilty About Winning. Ignore Them And Be Happy About Your Success.
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.
Conservative are probably outraged that Barack Obama is getting name recognition. It happens to be those tax payer roads that conservatives travel on.
Rivera Beach, Florida decided to end to changed the name of Old Dixie Highway to President Barack Obama Highway.
President Barack Obama Highway has replaced the previous name, which harkens back to the slave-holding South. The move follows a 4-1 city council vote in August to remove the word “Dixie” from all public signage.
Riviera Beach Mayor Thomas Masters, whose city is 66 percent black, spearheaded the effort to name the highway, which at one point intersects with a road named after civil rights icon Martin Luther King, Jr.
There are schools, roads, buildings, and yes animals named after the current 44th President of The United States.
The signs go up and the name will be official at the start of 2016.
East St. Louis, Illinois renamed 4th Avenue after Barack Obama. Off Interstate 55/64, the first officially named road after Barack Obama.
Many of the old Confederate "heroes" are being stripped of their honor. Jefferson Davis, the first and only president of the Confederacy was stripped of his title in New Orleans.
The council removed the Davis and Robert E. Lee memorials from Orleans Parish (of course New Orleans is consolidated-parished).
I used to work with this old lady who hated Obama so much, she would call him everything but the president. I got her so riled up when I said that Barack Obama is half-White. She said that he's always doing thing for Black people and them Mexicans. She hoped someone would attempt to assassinate him.
Thankfully she's no longer working at the job. She got herself fired out the cannon for misconduct.
But I bet you money that if my community decides to name a road after Obama, I bet she wouldn't travel it.
President Barack Obama endorses the reelection of Rahm Emmanuel for mayor of Chicago. Emmanuel faces mounting criticism over gun violence in the the city. The president has mentioned gun violence in his hometown. Republicans and conservative agitators are tone deaf.
How come Obama mentions gun crimes all over the place but ignores Chicago?
Does Haydia Pendleton ring a bell?
Well in 2013, the young Chicago girl was a part of her school's marching band. She was attending the second inauguration of President Barack Obama.
Two weeks later, she was murdered by ricochet fire in Chicago. Her death made the news. The president even mentioned her in his State of The Union Address. Outgoing Weeper of the House, Rep. John Boehner (R-OH), rolled his eyes when the president mentioned her name and the victims of the Sandy Hook massacre.
I can tell you that Chicago has seen a decline in homicide by guns but the problem still exist.
There's even a website that tracks the homicide by firearms. It's called HeyJackass and it's a controversial tale of Chicago's gun violence.
Many of the concern trolls are balking at the president's tougher stance on gun control in the wake of the Umpqua Community College massacre. The president said the time is now to "politicize" this.
He wants gun control and I am definitely for it. Too many innocent lives are lost to senseless gun violence.
This stupid argument about a "good guy with a gun can stop a bad guy with a gun" is getting old.
The gun nuts are playing deflection bingo. They're trying to find ways to distract the American public from discussing the possibility of gun control.
The inept Congress, the NRA, the insurgents running in the clown car and agitators are trying to say that the issue isn't about guns. It's about mental illness and the president is "rushing to judgement" over a tragedy.
Yes, the Black community and Black Lives Matter talk about gun violence in Chicago.
Well this has been nearly 20 times and it's not getting any better. I swear on my life, if Obama didn't mention this tragedy, the conservative agitators would say he doesn't care about them. Their bitching about the Chattanooga shooting. When the president didn't react fast enough to the tragedy they were bitching about him not supporting the troops. He didn't lower the American flags in the wake of four military officers being slain by a deranged man. He took heat for that. The agitators solely focused on the terrorist's religion and race than the fact he had access to firearms and had mental issues.
When the Charleston massacre happened, the conservatives deflected from the fact this terrorist's race, access to firearms and political views. They initially thought the terrorist didn't have conservative views. They thought it was a whack job. They hoped it was a Muslim. Then when the terrorist admits it was about race, the agitators were quick to blame the president for making this about race. The agitators went as far to blame the president for advocating this terrorist because of the Obama's reactions to Michael Brown and Freddie Gray.
Nearly 400 shootings in Chicago this year.
Every time president mentions gun tragedies the conservative agitators turn this narrative about Chicago's gun violence. They act like they're concerned about gun violence.
Let's begin with that Loudmouth Bill Cunningham. The Cincinnati-based conservative agitator has a radio program during the AM middays and Sunday nights. Cunningham is often loud and obnoxious towards the president. He puts on this "concern troll" act about gun violence in Chicago. He claims the president doesn't talk about Chicago. The pathetic conservative agitator has a syndicated talk show on The CW.
We can include them fucking Black shitkickers Jesse Lee Peterson, Deneen Borelli and Kevin Jackson to the list of deflectors. I've heard these crazy ass coons rambling about the president not mentioning Chicago. They called the president a "racist" for talking about issues like Ferguson and Baltimore.
When you travel about 200 miles to Milwaukee, you'll find the tin horn cop David Clarke. The controversial sheriff of Milwaukee County is one of the umpteenth Black conservatives who rose to fame blasting the president. He runs this "what about my city, Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, etc."
And each of those mentioned appeared on that network's primetime lineup. They appear mostly on that annoying conservative agitator's right wing carnival.
How many more will take before Congress actually gets the message?
Gun crime is the number one threat facing Americans. Gun crime is a bigger threat than terrorism, Ebola, measles, Iran and Russia.
Dana Loesch got trolled and she threw a hissy fit.
I thought the conservative agitating, gun totting mother of three from the outskirts of St. Louis was bigger than that!
The Blaze's Dana Loesch got shook by a stalker online. Loesh got trolled by some nobody who mocked her in a gun training video. She had to call upon the U.S. Justice Department and FBI to find out who the fuck is trolling her with threats on her life.
She appeared in the NRA's "I'm Not A Victim" promotional.
Of course, Loesch uses the "thug" in this promotional.
The troll decided to mix it up a bit.
And holy shit, she got pissed. Matter of fact, she asked her supporters to troll the troll.
The edited version of this ad included Loesch holding a gun, then gunfire and blood spatter. The post was from a Twitter user named Tom Adelsbach, who describes himself as a "Graphic Artist, Website Designer, Flash Animator" from Chicago.
Kentucky State Police are mourning the death of Trooper Joseph Cameron Ponder.
Today, the Commonwealth of Kentucky is mourning the death of a state trooper who was murdered by a man who refused to stop upon an order to stop his vehicle.
State patrol officer Joseph Cameron Ponder was killed after being shot by the suspect Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks. The suspect was killed after an active state search. Ponder's death would make this year alone 24 officers who died in the line of duty.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Joseph Cameron Ponder.
Ponder (age 31) just recently graduated from training academy. He was in his full trial run as a trooper. This event happened in western Kentucky. This event occurred on a section of Interstate 24 near Interstate 69 (the Western Kentucky Parkway).
The trooper was conducting a routine patrol stop. He was going to issue a citation to the suspect. The suspect took off. Trooper Ponder gave chase. Johnson-Shanks would abruptly stop deliberately causing a rear end crash. When he got out his vehicle, he starts popping off.
The lead hits trooper Ponder. He was rushed to a Princeton, KY hospital where he died of his injuries.
Joseph Thomas Johnson-Shanks was apprehended after an intensive manhunt. He was wounded by KSP sharp shooters after refusing to comply to order to disarm. He died at a local hospital. No motive to why he killed Trooper Joseph Ponder.
Ponder, from Rineyville, was a U.S. Navy veteran who was stationed at the police post in Mayfield after graduating from the academy, KVFS reported. He reportedly had plans to move closer to home within the next year.
The manhunt lasted into the night. The suspect would exit his vehicle and run into the woods.
Johnson-Shanks was armed with a handgun and did not comply with several commands to drop his weapon, according to Sgt. Mike Webb.
"That gave the trooper closest to him no choice but to fire his agency-issued weapon, striking him multiple times," Webb said.
Okay, the suspect is killed. He was a 25-year old Black man from St. Louis, Missouri. The suspect was with a woman and two children.
Who are they gonna blame in the death of Trooper Ponder?
A) BARACK OBAMA
B) BLACK LIVES MATTER
C) BLACK AMERICA
D) CONGRESS E) THE SHOOTER
F) ALL OF THESE ABOVE
If you picked the shooter, then you're absolutely correct. Of course, if you're blaming everyone but the shooter (i.e. Obama and Black Lives Matter), then we're going to blame you for the death. See lumping Black Lives Matter and President Barack Obama to the deaths of law enforcement is not productive.
No one condones the deaths of those in law enforcement.
Most Americans believe those in law enforcement deserve praise for risking their lives for the safety of those they've sworn to protect. It's a thankless job. They don't get recognition much. The only time they get recognition is when they are given media attention.
The problem is that those in law enforcement won't weed out the officers who create the divide. The officers who abuse their power while on duty. They are the ones who give law enforcement a bad name.
The blame game is a partisan event in which agitators from the right and the left start accusing a whole group for the sole actions of the suspect.
Kentucky State Police release picture of Trooper Joseph Ponder (right) during his graduation ceremony this year.
No one knows the motives of the suspect. When the junk food media gets the talking points from the law enforcement, the agitators will find someone to blame for the shooting.
They seem to always ignore the shooter. The shooter deserves all the blame.
Now you aware of the concern trolls and the #copslivesmatter and #AllLivesMatter hashtag.
The concern trolls use this as a counter attack against the Black Lives Matters activists.
The concern trolls ignore the concerns of the activists. They conclude that Black Lives Matters is anti-cop, anti-White and anti-whatever.
Again, gun crime is an epidemic. This outranks terrorism and Ebola.
The lawmakers in Congress refuse to do anything about it. They conclude that the NRA is more powerful than them. The clowns running for the Republican and Democratic nomination aren't talking much about it.
The racist right fawn over a Black woman who rants about Black Lives Matter.
The racist right is in full troll mode.
Peggy Hubbard is the newest toy for the racist right. This woman got some airtime after she posted a rant about Black Lives Matter. The woman would slam the group for ignoring Black-on-whatever crime.
Heavy reports the new found fame Hubburd got on the social media to rant about how the Black Lives Matter activists found outrage for a "thug" instead of an innocent young girl.
Hubbard was a native of Ferguson, Missouri, but now lives in Rockville, Illinois. According to her Facebook page, she’s a Navy veteran who has since retired from working at the IRS. She’s shown on social media to be a motorcycle enthusiast, her photos show her at events featuring bikers and the confederate flag.
Jamyla Bolden was gunned down by a stray bullet in Ferguson.
She was upset over the killing of Jamyla Bolden, a 9-year old girl who was killed in Ferguson. The junk food media claims that she was a victim of the bullet with no eyes. A drive-by in her neighborhood. The bullet flew through her home and striking her while she was doing her homework.
Many residents came out to show solidarity and outrage to the death of the innocent young girl.
What inspired Hubbard to post a video?
She claimed that Black Lives Matter was more interested in the shooting of an alleged suspect Mansur Ball-Bey. The protest came after allegations of the law shooting that man in the back after he was fired at them.
Ferguson and St. Louis Police are under federal investigation for allegations of police brutality.
The residents have long complained about the law roughing them up for years. Some have turned their back on the law when it comes to aiding them when a crime occurs.
Mansur Ball-Bey was gunned down by the law after they claimed he pointed a firearm at them.
Last night, who do you think they protested for? The thug. The criminal. Because they’re hollering police brutality. Are you fucking kidding me? Police brutality? How about black brutality. You black people, my black people, you are the most violent motherfuckers I have ever seen in my life.
You’re hollering this ‘black lives matter’ bullshit. It don’t matter. You’re killing each other. White people don’t care … You’re shooting at the police. They drop your ass. ‘Oh, he died due to police brutality.’ 327 homicides later y’all want to holler police brutality? Black people, you’re a fucking joke. You’re tearing up communities over thugs and criminals.
Hubbard’s cause has been picked up by several media outlets, notably conservative outpost The Blaze. On the night of August 24, she appeared on CNN with Anderson Cooper.
Of course, this gets airplay.
Many in the racist right were cheering this on. Matter of fact, Don Lemon was so eager to have Hubbard on to explain her rant.
Lemon clarified that Black Lives Matter attended the event. He also read some responses from critics and supporters of the rant. She responds back to her critics by using these words, "Bite Me".
Black Lives Matter also responded back to her through social media.
#AllLivesMatter finally found a Black person to repeat the Black on Black crime argument. #PeggyHubbard is about to get paid.
Michael Sam quits football. The curtain falls on the first openly gay football player. He can now say he's a washed up celebrity.
I guess the fame has passed. The world was hoping for a miracle. Unfortunately, Michael Sam didn't offer that. His surprising admission that he is openly gay and he wanted to join the NFL gotten so much attention in 2013.
The sports community was wondering if the league was ready to have an openly gay player.
It didn't happen.
Michael Sam was the player of the year. He was the defensive back for the University of Missouri (MIZZOU) Tigers. He was drafted for the St. Louis Rams. He was picked 267 out of the 350 picks. He was quickly cut after he failed to maintain a successful catching records. He won a ESPY award for his courage.
He would soon get a pick on the Dallas Cowboys reserve squad. It didn't last but less than seven months.
He would end up on reality television. The washed up celebrity show Dancing With The Stars had him on the recent season. He was cut in the fourth week after failing to match to other competitors.
Then apparently he ended up playing for the Canadian Football League. He was drafted for the Montreal Alouettes. He signed a two year contract with the team. But after few months on the team he gave it up for no apparent reason.
I am guessing he and his boyfriend are broken up as well. He was planning on marrying Vito Cammisano his longtime partner.
Sam claims that he's giving up on football. He said that he's been treated for mental issues.
Any thoughts on this?
Was Michael Sam the "great hype" or just a giant hype?
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.
Blame the BP Chicago refinery for spike in gas prices in Midwest.
A refinery in the Chicagoland has the Midwest seeing gas prices rises up to $3.00 a gallon.
Somewhere in Northeastern Indiana is a major BP oil refinery. That refinery shut down due to some issues that couldn't be determined. And since Monday many in the Midwest from Minneapolis to Cleveland saw the spike up.
In early August the average price in my hometown of Dayton, Ohio was at $2.299 a gallon. On Monday afternoon it spiked to $2.599 and now its currently at $2.999 a gallon.
Cities affected by the spike include the five largest cities in the Midwest: Chicago, Indianapolis, Columbus, Detroit, and St. Louis.
See the Chicago market affects million of people. It's Michigan, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Iowa and Eastern Missouri.
No true answer to why there was a spike but it's guaranteed that's it will linger around at least past Labor Day.
One year later, still tension. Michael Brown's death sparked the call for police reform.
The anniversary of Michael Brown's death led to another moment of unrest in the St. Louis suburb of Ferguson, Missouri. The St. Louis County and Ferguson Police had to use force against a person who may have aimed his firearm at them.
One year ago, Michael Brown was shot by Darren Wilson. Michael was unarmed.
The junk food media went crazy after his death. His death became a trending topic and it sparked a few night of unrest in Ferguson. It opened up ugly wounds between residents and the community.
Many residents believe that police were using excessive tactics against Blacks. Michael's death became the final straw.
Agitators had called into question Wilson's account of the events. Backed by the Department of Justice, Michael apparently ran up on Wilson.
Michael Brown, Sr. and supporters marching in unison.
Wilson had to use deadly force. Even though Wilson had no body camera, no dash camera and witness said otherwise, the Justice Department's report stands by Wilson. However, the report did slam the department for using racial profiling, excessive force, unfair citations and lack of diversity in hiring residents of a community that is majority-minority.
Wilson is now in hiding. He's a married man with children.
Michael's family still reeling from the death are demanding for police reform and more accountability. They believe Wilson lied about the encounter.
I agree. Wilson had so many inconsistent points, I still question it.
As the family and hundreds gather to the location where Michael was killed. They protested peacefully until the dark.
St. Louis County Police were dispatched to stop rioting.
And all of sudden, there were sounds of gunfire. The police in riot gear started to rush the protesters out of the area by throwing tear gas. An officer saw the alleged shooter and put lead in him.
Now the alleged shooter is fighting for life and the protesters are angry again. Plain clothes officers were there to spot possible instigators. The public is criticizing that plain clothes were there to stir up controversy.
The law reports that there were allegedly six active shooters.
Now of course, the racist right and conservative agitators will say with glee that "the gentle giant" and his homies would tear up the town.
When will it stop?
Again World News Today send our condolences to the family of Michael Brown. We also send our condolences to Christian Taylor.
Sean Bolton was on the Memphis police for four years. A routine traffic stop turned deadly for him.
The racist right will have a "I told you so" moment. Of course, they'll complain about the protesters not even giving two fucks about the lives of the officers.
Well here we go. I've said it too many god damn times. Gun crimes are on the rise. Over 2,000 people are shot by a firearm a day. Over 1,200 people a day are killed by firearms. There are so many names, I could take over a month to say them. Concern trolls such as those law supporting conservatives say that those who complain about the need for police reform are the ones who allow "their friends" do all the damage.
A officer in Memphis lost his life in a shooting. It was a routine stop.
I am wondering who's going to be the first agitator to point the finger at President Barack Obama.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of Sean Bolton.
Again, those in law enforcement get no praise for doing the right things. They only get it when they die in the line of duty. The bad ones (i.e. corrupt cops and career criminals) are often the ones who make it harder on everyone.
Again, the multiple choice question of the blame game.
Who will get the blame in the killing of a Memphis Police officer?
A) Barack Obama
B) The Blacks Lives Matter Protesters
C) Jesse Jackson
D) Al Sharpton
E) The Shooter
F) All Of These Above
If you answer E, then you are right.
But if you picked the A through E, you're not helping. You have a right to be condescending. Of course, blaming a man who spoke on unethical practices conducted by those in law enforcement got you people riled up.
Matter of fact, since Memphis has 70% Black populations you blame the residents, the mayor A C Wharton, the Democratic Party, and local leaders for not addressing Black on _______ crime.
Even though they've talked about it constantly, I guess you were listening to that old fart on the AM dial or watching that annoying conservative agitator on that network. Maybe you found click bait. A story from the conservative Craigslist. Hell did you buy a book from asshat Colin Flaherty?
Wait a minute, are planning to troll underneath the bandwidth bridge?
The ones who do right never get praise.
Only in death, a cop gets respect.
Sean Bolton died from multiple gunshot wounds after he was shot just after 9:15 p.m. while conducting a traffic stop at Cottonwood and Perkins in Parkway Village Saturday night.
Bolton was rushed to the Regional Medical Center, but was pronounced dead there.
The suspect, apparently an occupant of the car that was pulled over, was still at large late Saturday.
Dozens of officers from the Memphis Police Department gathered outside the hospital in a grim vigil Saturday night, waiting for news about Bolton, who served in the Marines. Officers from other departments, including the Shelby County Sheriff and the state troopers, joined them in a show of support.
In a briefing outside Regional Medical Center, Police Director Toney Armstrong told the media that a citizen used the officer’s radio to call for help. The officer was hit with multiple gunshots, he said.
Memphis is grieving over the lost of an officer.
“The suspect is still at large and officers are in the area trying to locate him at this time,” Armstrong said. “We are using all the means available to use to find the people responsible for this.”
Mayor A C Wharton said this tragedy emphasizes the dangers of the job.
“This speaks volumes about he inherent dangers of police work,” Wharton said.
Armstrong also referenced the other two officers lost during his time leading the department.
On July 3, 2011 Officer Timothy Warren was shot and killed in a downtown hotel. On Dec. 14, 2012, Officer Martoiya Lang was shot and killed while serving a warrant.
“We’ve been here before,” Armstrong said. “This is my third time in four years I’ve been director. It never gets any easier.”
Misty Copeland is the first African American woman to lead the ABT.
An amazing woman became a part of history. World News Today wishes Misty Copeland well on her journey.
She became the first African American woman to be promoted to principal dancer in American Ballet Theatre's 75-year history after being named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time the prior month.
The AP reports that Copeland, 32, fought tears as she spoke about her promotion, which she said was a lifetime dream - but such a difficult one to attain that she never really thought it would happen.
"This is it," she said. "This has been my dream since I was 13, to be a principal dancer and reach these heights."
"But it hasn't been overnight," she added at a hastily arranged news conference - a rarity for a ballet promotion. "It's been 14 years of extremely hard work ... I'm just so extremely honored to be an African-American and to be in this position."
And, Copeland said, she hoped her ascension to the very top ranks of ballet would inspire other young dancers of color - "all the little girls" - to stick with their own dreams.
"So many young dancers of color stop dancing at an early age because they just don't think there will be a career path for them," she said. "I hope that will change." She spoke of her own doubts when she joined the ABT corps at age 19 and saw no one "who looked like me."
"I had moments of doubting myself and wanting to quit, because I didn't know if there would be a future for an African-American woman" at that level," she said. "At the same time, it made me so hungry to push through."
The company announced the promotion six days after Copeland made her New York debut as Odette/Odile in "Swan Lake," one of the most important roles in a ballerina's repertoire. The emotional performance ended with Copeland being feted onstage by trailblazing black ballerinas of earlier generations, and with a sea of fans cheering and taking cellphone videos.
Copeland has become increasingly famous over the past several years, achieving a pop culture status exceedingly rare for a ballet dancer.
"We haven't had a ballet dancer who has broken through to popular culture like this since Mikhail Baryshnikov," said Wendy Perron, an author and the former editor of Dance Magazine. "And she's going to bring more attention from that world to ballet."
In the past year, Copeland has appeared on the cover of Time magazine as one of the most influential figures of 2015, and written both a children's book, "Firebird," and a best-selling memoir, "Life in Motion: An Unlikely Ballerina," which has been optioned for a movie. She also was the subject of a documentary at this year's Tribeca Film Festival.
In recent years she's also performed in a music video with Prince, and been featured in a hugely popular online ad for Under Armour sportswear that shows her leaping and spinning in a studio, while a narrator recounts some of the negative feedback she received as a youngster, when she was told she had the wrong body for ballet and had started too late - at 13.
The dancer also has appeared as a guest host on the Fox show "So You Think You Can Dance" and was a presenter at this year's Tony awards.
Many who attended Copeland's historic "Swan Lake" performance last week noted what a diverse audience Copeland had drawn to the Metropolitan Opera House, where ABT performs its spring season. The crowd was filled with young girls - black and white - in their party dresses.
"She singlehandedly made that a diverse audience," Perron said.
Damian Woetzel, former principal dancer for New York City Ballet and now the director of the Vail International Dance Festival, called Copeland's rise "groundbreaking."
"In the racially underrepresented world of ballet, Misty has already had an historic impact," Woetzel said in an email message. "Now, as a groundbreaking principal dancer, she will continue to inspire and make possible much-needed changes for our field and for the arts in America."
Misty becomes a legend.
Born in Kansas City, Copeland moved at age two to California, where, she noted at Tuesday's news conference, she first took ballet classes at the Boys & Girls Clubs of America - not, she said, a common path to becoming a ballerina for an elite company.
She writes in her memoir that her childhood was defined by "packing, scrambling, leaving - and often barely surviving." But she became known as a local dance prodigy, despite her late start, and joined ABT's junior company at age 18, then the full company at 19. She became a soloist at age 24.
Copeland is the first black ballerina and second black dancer overall to be a principal at ABT, after Desmond Richardson, who danced with the company in 1977-1978 and returned later as guest artist. At New York City Ballet, there has never been a black female principal, and only two black male principals. (One of them, Albert Evans, died last week at the age of 46.)
In 1990, Lauren Anderson became a principal dancer at Houston Ballet - the first black female principal in the country. Anderson, now retired, was onstage at last week's "Swan Lake" curtain calls to give Copeland a huge hug and lift her off her feet. Copeland paid tribute on Tuesday.
"It's not me up here," she said. "It's everyone who came before me and got me to this position."
Also named an ABT principal dancer on Tuesday was longtime soloist Stella Abrera. In addition, Maria Kochetkova, a principal with the San Francisco Ballet, and Alban Lendorf, a principal with Royal Danish Ballet, are joining as principals, it was announced.
Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) aims at Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Sen. Sanders (I-VT) is gaining steam in some polls. McCaskill openly endorsed Hillary Clinton for president. She is a fierce defender. But will liberals defend McCaskill in the 2018 U.S. Midterms?
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT) is gaining momentum against perennial candidate Hillary Clinton. These clowns are running for the blue nose while the Republican candidates are running for the red nose.
Sanders is a senator from Vermont who is a Democratic Socialist. He is registered as an independent.
He and Sen. Angus King (I-ME) are senators who caucus with the Democratic Party. The independent senators don't often side with most issues the Democratic Party stands for, but they agree that the Republicans are too extreme in their stances.
So it's quite funny that a fellow senator would go after her own because in her mind, he's "too extreme" for people like her.
It seems like the endorsements of Hillary Clinton are in full swing. Sen. Claire McCaskill (D-MO) is the first to aim a shot. She went on the junk food media programs to lob a shot at the candidate. On MSNBC's Blow Joe, McCaskill went on the attack.
Bernie is no joke. He's catching up to Clinton in some polls.
She says the junk food media went soft on Sanders. They fail to note his socialist views. They can't see that Hillary is getting unfair coverage in the junk food media.
Sanders has shot back. He said that McCaskill is such a tool. She supports policies that won't please the Democratic Party. She barely survived a challenge from an insurgent who believes women can have "legitimate rape".
The policies he support are pretty mainstream and he's vocal about it. Sanders said that no matter what she does, she's going to be defeated in the 2018 U.S. Senate race by a formidable Republican senate nominee.
Fans of Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) have swung a protest towards McCaskill. The vow to see her either defeated in the primary or defeated in the race.
McCaskill is going to be finding it harder this next election. I doubt Bernie will campaign for her reelection.
Louisiana Republican governor Piyush Jindal (known by most as Bobby) has quietly entered in the race for the clown car. He's the 13th candidate to be in this. He is a huge bore and already facing an uphill climb.
Omaha officer Kerrie Orozco was gunned down by a suspect who didn't give two fucks about her life. He killed a wife, mother, sister and friend of the community. This heartless act gotten the junk food media's attention because she was going to be on maternity leave after this.
Of course we blame the shooter. But since we live in this gotcha media, the fingers start pointing at the people who have an opinion about it. Of course in the minds of conservatives, it's obviously going towards President Barack Obama.
Damn, it's almost like they believe that Obama was the man who shot two officers. Seeing that he's spoken about the disparaging statistics of Black residents and interactions with police being on the rise, one would think he's talking about a real issue in America.
Of course not. In the minds of the tone deaf, he's preaching anti-cop rhetoric. He's trying to justify rioting and looting. He won't allow the critics to say "THUG". He won't mention the names of hundreds of other victims lost to gun violence.
On average, one day can equal 2000 people killed by gun fire. That's a list that would take at least four hours to read if the president had time to cover every name.
Now I haven't got the whole information on the police officers who paid the ultimate sacrifice in the line of duty, World News Today will continue to honor those who serve in law enforcement.
There was a officer from Omaha, NE who was about to go on maternity leave. She was killed by a man who she tried to serve an arrest warrant to. The man went down in a hail of gunfire.
Marcus Wheeler was killed after firing on police.
Kerrie Orozco, a 29 year old mother of a newborn daughter was on duty. She was suppose to be on maternity leave a few days later. But that didn't happen. She got slugged in the chest just above her bulletproof vest. She would die of injuries at a hospital.
Orozco was assigned to the gang activity unit. She was trying to deal with criminal activity in the streets of Omaha.
The shooter Marcus Wheeler, 26 eventually ate a bullet sandwich after a brief pursuit. He died on scene.
A New Orleans Housing Officer was found this morning with a slug to the head. In a brazen assassination, the police officer was bucked without remorse. The suspect in this shooting is on the loose. The name of the officer wasn't released to the public.
These two officers were doing their jobs and paid the price for protecting the citizens they swore to protect. World News Today sends our condolences to the families of Kerrie Orozco and the New Orleans officer who's name wasn't released.
Now the Blame Game. A tradition that comes whenever the agitators finds some reason to blame someone other than the actual criminal.
Wheeler was a Black man. So of course, the conservative outrage meter is on. Wheeler was a "racist" cop killer according to the idiot Jim Hoft.
Usual word vomits include the following. Will Obama say something about Orozco? Will this be a reminder of the violent behavior of Blacks? Will Rev. Perm and Cut His Nuts Off Jackson say something about the shooting of this young woman and her role as an arresting officer? Will the people supporting the #BlackLivesMatter Movement finally understand that #BlueLivesMatter?
The conservative agitator Loudmouth Bill Cunningham went right into it on his Sunday night cabal.
Cunningham is the pitchman for the conservative Craigslist. He took over when the head honcho Matt Drudge (founder of the conservative Craigslist) left the Sunday night radio gig after failing to make $$$$.
The moment he mentioned the shooting of two officers, I say I bet he will say Obama in the sentence.
New Orleans police are searching for the suspect who assassinated an officer.
As predicted. The agitator went into the holier than thou argument that the president supports criminal behavior and his words are dangerous to cops.
Note this Loudmouth Cunningham is a fraud. He has a trash television show on The CW that is going into its fourth season.
Loudmouth Cunningham plays the role of a midday agitator from iHeart Radio in Cincinnati at WLW 700 AM. On Sunday nights he does it from New York while he's taping his reality television talk show. He's the second most listened to in the noon agitation. He and that old fart Rush Limbaugh are buddies.
What makes him so bad is the fact he trashes on the very same folks he kindly invites on his reality talk show. He has spoken on the John Crawford shooting the very same way he's talked about Michael Brown and Tamir Rice.
Again we don't condone the killing of anyone in law enforcement.
Right wing agitator Bill Cunningham.
We don't condone police brutality, abuse of power, the Blue Wall of Silence, and the killing of unarmed suspects.
We believe that those in law enforcement should be held accountable for any event in which they use improper judgement in a situation. That includes firing a service weapon, using restraint, profiling an individual based on "suspicion", running a traffic signal without lights or siren, and doing unprofessional conduct while on and off duty.
We believe that law enforcement should be photographed or videotaped by residents. An officer's body camera or a dash camera isn't effective enough. The officer's dash camera or body camera footage can magically disappear or it may be released in portions to sway public opinion.
We believe that the media shouldn't believe "everything" a cop tells. That includes a public statement on a controversial event, a grand jury decision, leaking evidence to portray an unarmed suspect as the one who agitated the event and spreading the perception that anyone who criticizes the police are anti-cop.
The Supreme Court allows an arresting officer to "stretch" the truth. Basically the officer can lie when doing a vice/terrorist/drug sting operation, a pull over, a citation, an arrest, a restraint and a discharge of a service weapon.
We take the opportunity to talk about issues that face our community, the government and the corrupt mainstream media.
I tend to have a rational view on most things. I am not a raving partisan. The constant negative reactions towards President Barack Obama, Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and the Black community in general by the conservative agitators in the media made me a little more liberal on most issues facing America.
Yeah, I call them names. They deserved to be called more than just that. I believe that they're entitled to their opinions. But I figured that since they're name calling, why not!
When they die, some will care. Others won't.
Officer Kerrie Orozco meeting with youth at a sporting event.
Although I tend to be more independent minded on issues, I have to conclude that I tend to be a little more progressive (liberal) on issues now because of four notorious agitators.
What pisses me off more than anything is the tone deafness of conservatives whenever President Barack Obama actually makes a statement on an issue.
This month he held a forum on policing and reminded them how proud he was of the men and women in law enforcement. He told those in attendance that there needs to be a call for unity among the police and the residents of the recent events.
The president mentioned the rise in cop being killed while on duty. He also signed an executive order banning the use of military style weapons and vehicles for police.
The president's speeches are often lost to the bombastic agitators who solely believe that no matter what is said, Barack Obama is just a naturally born NIGGER/ They believe that he's a criminal and he should be locked up with the rest of them.
I will conclude the month with a honest opinion about the agitators in the media.
The news is confirmed that Blues legend B.B. King has passed away. He was interned into hospice a few weeks ago. He was suffering from heart failure and type II diabetes.
His family and management team have confirmed that he passed away tonight.
The remaining tours were cancelled upon hearing the Blues legend was admitted to the hospital.
No word from the White House yet, but expect it.
World News Today send our condolences to the family of B.B. King.
Brief summary from Wikipedia.
B.B. King (born Riley B. King) was an American blues musician, singer, songwriter, and guitarist.
Rolling Stone magazine ranked him at No. 6 on its 2011 list of the 100 greatest guitarists of all time (previously ranked No. 3 in the 2003 edition of the same list), and he was ranked No. 17 in Gibson's "Top 50 Guitarists of All Time".
According to Edward M. Komara, King "introduced a sophisticated style of soloing based on fluid string bending and shimmering vibrato that would influence virtually every electric blues guitarist that followed."
King was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. King was also inducted into 2014 class of the R&B Music Hall of Fame. He is considered one of the most influential blues musicians of all time, earning the nickname "The King of Blues", and one of the "Three Kings of the Blues Guitar" (along with Albert King and Freddie King).
Godfather of Soul and the King of the Blues.
King is also known for performing tirelessly throughout his musical career, appearing at 250–300 concerts per year until his seventies. In 1956 it was noted that he appeared at 342 shows. King continued to appear at 100 shows a year through the end of his career.
Over the years, King has developed one of the world's most identifiable guitar styles. He borrowed from Blind Lemon Jefferson, T-Bone Walker and others, integrating his precise and complex vocal-like string bends and his left hand vibrato, both of which have become indispensable components of rock guitarists' vocabulary. His economy and phrasing has been a model for thousands of players.
King has mixed blues, jazz, swing, mainstream pop and jump into a unique sound. In King's words,
"When I sing, I play in my mind; the minute I stop singing orally, I start to sing by playing Lucille."
The cop's excuse for killing an unarmed man is the fact he was high on the "shrooms". The cop who killed Tony Robinson walks and the family gets no closure.
Cue Fred 101.....
He and many of our friends on the racist right will automatically assume that because Tony was on drugs, had a few run-ins with law enforcement and the cop used "proper" judgement, he deserved to die.
The Dane County state prosecutor stated that the officer who shot and killed Tony Robinson acted in self-defense and is not going to be charged.
Madison cop Matt Kenny shot and killed unarmed Tony Robinson in March.
As usual the cops release a statement to why they used deadly force on the suspect. Robinson who did have a share of minor run ins got taken to the cleaners by the racist right.
After all a few minor misdemeanors is like him robbing a bank and taking hostages.
Tony Robinson's death touched the nation.
The Huffington Post reports Kenny shot the 19-year-old inside an apartment near the Wisconsin state Capitol on March 6. Police said the officer was responding to calls that the biracial teen was running in and out of traffic, the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel reports. According to Dane County district attorney Ismael Ozanne, Kenny said Robinson struck him on the side of his head and knocked him into the wall. Police also said they later received reports alleging that Robinson had assaulted two other people.
No charges for Matt Kenny, officer who shot Tony.
Ozanne said that marijuana, Xanax and psychedelic mushrooms were found in Robinson's system.
Shortly after the district attorney’s announcement, the Wisconsin Department of Justice released its report, which similarly suggested that Robinson’s allegedly erratic behavior could be explained by the use of ‘shrooms.
Shortly after the district attorney’s announcement, the Wisconsin Department of Justice released its report, which similarly suggested that Robinson’s allegedly erratic behavior could be explained by the use of ‘shrooms.
Robinson's death sparked protests in Madison, and hundreds of people attended his funeral in mid-March.
On Tuesday, Chris Ahmuty, executive director of the American Civil Liberties Union of Wisconsin, criticized the decision not to file charges as leaving a "cloud of uncertainty" over the circumstances of and responsibility for Robinson's death.
"If Officer Kenny did not violate the law, then is anyone legally responsible for Mr. Robinson's death?" Ahmuty said in a statement. "Does the criminal law protect individuals like Mr. Robinson from deadly force exercised by police officers? Are police officers above the law?"
Ahmuty also called for greater transparency from the police. "Furthermore, what will the Madison Police Department do to ensure that Madison police officers stop killing unarmed individuals, when they have killed three people in the past 11 months? The MPD needs to find ways to hold officers accountable, so that they will know there will be consequences for their actions," he said.
Okay, where's that jackass Milwaukee sheriff David Clark?
I bet you money the sheriff has something to say about Tony Robinson. I bet Clark will call him a "no good punk" and the Black community needs to shut the "well you know" up.
