Bullets Fly At 2 Chainz!

Rapper 2 Chainz survives a robbery attempt.

While in San Francisco, rapper 2 Chainz was apparently shot by assailants last week. He was grazed by the assailants.

2 Chainz appears on Def Jam.

MTV reports that 2 Chainz has steadfastly denied that he was robbed of his namesake jewelry at gunpoint in San Francisco last weekend. But on Thursday, the MC's bodyguard, Harold "Hammer Strength" Folsom, called in to a Columbus, Ohio, radio station and described for the first time exactly what happened during the daring daylight chase and grab.

"All of a sudden three dudes just jumped out with huge guns, .357 Magnums," Folsom said in the interview, which has since been taken down from Power 107.5's website.

"They pointed the guns at us and we was like 'Whoa!' We thought it was a joke for a minute. We looked at them, we stopped, kinda paused. We thought it was a joke. Then all we heard was, '2 Chainz, give it up.' So we like stood there and didn't do anything, and we kinda like froze, 'cause we wanted to see if this was real. All of a sudden, the next thing you know, 2 Chainz kinda like backed up a little bit. And then he said, 'Give it up. Give it up.' And then all of a sudden he took off. He took off running first. When he took off running, we took off running. Then all of a sudden these dudes, they just start shooting. I don't know where they shot at."

A surveillance video posted by TMZ corroborated Folsom's story, showing someone pulling a gun on Chainz and his crew. In the grainy clip, Chainz and his partners are walking down the street when two men approach them with guns drawn. The rapper and his people take off in different directions when they see the guns, with the purported robbers in hot pursuit, including one who skips down the street as he chases the Chainz posse.

Folsom said the attempted jacking came around 4:30 p.m., as the group came out of their van and were on their way to a store in downtown San Francisco. He also said the reports about the incident were way off. "TMZ got it all like we just left and left him standing there, and we just took off," said Folsom, who told the station that he never left Chainz's side during the robbery. "But he started running first, and we took off after he took off. So I don't know what they trying to make it seem like. The bottom line is he just fell, the dude he grabbed his wallet from him, and his cell phone from him, and that's all they took. He has his chains on him, his bracelet and all that, and all his jewelry with him and they ain't touch none of that."

For the record, Folsom said Chainz didn't have any money in his wallet and, as far as he's concerned the whole thing was a set up. "We know it was a setup so, that's why he told the police we will handle it," he said.

Life gone have its ups and downs , as long as u in the middle u good. So we good yal
— Tity Boi (2 Chainz) (@2chainz) June 12, 2013

Chainz tweeted
 that nothing was taken from him in the incident, but his luck seemed to run out on Tuesday, when police arrested him at Los Angeles International Airport and charged him with felony narcotics possession
 after finding a bottle of promethazine and codeine syrup in his luggage.

Tauheed Epps (born September 12, 1977), better known by his stage name 2 Chainz (and/or Tity Boi), is an American hip hop recording artist.

He was first known for being one half of the southern hip hop duo Playaz Circle, alongside his longtime friend and fellow rapper Earl "Dolla Boy" Conyers. They were best known for being signed to Ludacris' Disturbing tha Peace label, as well as their debut single "Duffle Bag Boy."



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Trouble In Realityville: Kanye West Is Accused Of Cheating On Kim Kardashian!

That's not Kim!

The junk food media is reporting that Kanye West and Kim Kardashian are expecting a girl. But that's the least they're reporting.

There's reports that the rapper/producer/reality star is being accused of cheating on the most annoying celebrity since Paris Hilton.

The most controversial rapper in history and the country's most recognizable reality star got together a few years back after Kardashian broke off a marriage to Chris Humphries, a NBA player. They announced that they were going to be parents in late 2012.

Even King Hippo is discussing this nonsense about the apparent controversy. The foolish conservative agitator hated the fact that West devoid his script to openly bash George W. Bush during his handling of Hurricane Katrina.

Okay, here's the rundown of this.

A woman claims that Kanye West had numerous affairs with her during the time of Kardashian's pregnancy.

The woman reveals some damning details to how this thing jumped off.

The New York Daily News and Star Magazine report that a gorgeous Kim Kardashian lookalike Leyla Ghobadi says she slept with West while he was dating the pregnant reality star.

[How] could he be so heartless?

The Canadian model claims she's hooked up with the rapper twice since meeting him after one of his Atlantic City shows in July 2012, but Star's editor-in-chief James Heidenry is now revealing that Ghobadi was paid just under $20,000 for her tale -- and never took a lie-detector test to help prove her story.

It's true that Kanye West get extremely bored with people. Yeah, he's known to be quite arrogant. So I wouldn't be surprised that he didn't want what Kim Kardashian wanted. He wanted to prove to the world that he can bang her. And he did.

Oh, I bet that Chris Humphries is laughing at this one. I would after all the crap she's done to him during their three month marriage.

Anyway, the story that curvy “model” Leyla Ghobadi gave Star magazine, claiming she had sex with Kanye West while his girlfriend Kim Kardashian has been pregnant, has more holes than a golf course.

Ghobadi, 24, claims in the current issue that she hooked up with the rapper twice in 2012 and that he attempted a third encounter just this past weekend.

Star’s editor-in-chief, James Heidenry, confirms to us that spa worker Ghobadi was paid for her tale, but says our number is off. “I can tell you that’s way out of the ballpark,” he says.

We also hear news agency Coleman-Rayner had been shopping Ghobadi’s story around for a month and that other weeklies passed because Ghobadi had no proof of the alleged tryst.

Star magazine didn’t mind, though. Famous for giving story subjects lie-detector tests, the editors failed to do so with Ghobadi. “We didn’t think it was necessary in this case,” Heidenry shockingly admitted.

But the mag did recently test rapper AP.9 and discovered he did not have a sex tape with Ice-T’s wife, Coco Austin, among countless other subjects.

Editors also failed to check if text messages Ghobadi claims were from Kanye via a member of his entourage actually exist. “I forget if she either lost her phone or phone broke,” says Heidenry. “One of those two.”

Ghobadi claims she ended up in West’s hotel room one night, where “the next thing I knew, we were both naked and having sex,” she said.

Not the case, a close Kardashian Konfidante tells Confidenti@l. Although West did snap a picture backstage with Ghobadi, along with countless other fans, he left the venue with Kardashian.

“Kim left with Kanye, and her friends went to the club with her security guard, and Kim and Kanye went back to the room,” the source says. “This girl’s story is such bulls—.”

Ghobadi claims the affair started when West spotted her in the front row during his concert at Revel in Atlantic City. Kim was also there, sitting cushy in a VIP box. Ghobadi says West instructed a stagehand to pluck her from the crowd for his personal use.

Asked if he believes West and Ghobadi had a tryst, Heidenry said, “I’d rather not answer that question. To be honest, if you read that story you know as much as I do. I asked that question to our reporters who worked on it and they believe that it’s valid.”

Kanye West appears on Roc-A-Fella Records. He is affiliated with G.O.O.D. Music.

You Can't Fix Stupid! [NSFW]

You can't fix stupid.

This is a theme among the retails. Fast food giants hire people to serve quality food and service to its customers. Nowadays you have the workers, treating customers badly. Throwing around racial slurs if you're not tipped right. Tampering with their food by spitting or leaving body elements in it. Workers even steal from their employers. By eating food, taking money and making the workplace dangerous.

Still this example here is a reason why employers are trying to cut hours for workers.

Again what you post on the social networks could put you in a position in which you may end up being fired.

It may get you unwanted media attention. It may lead to you getting death threats and public shaming.

This example makes Black people look really bad. You what these type of Black stories goes front and center in the junk food media.

This stupidity may affect a business.

The Newser people took the opportunity to post a story about "licking". I don't know what it is, but I can tell you the picture is self explanatory.

The Milwaukee Journal-Sentinel reports that fast food giant Wendy's is investigating the case of an employee who was captured eating soft serve ice cream straight from the machine in a viral photo Wednesday.

A photo of the worker was posted on Reddit Wednesday morning with the title, "I was going to buy a frosty from Wendys until I saw the employee do this."

Bob Bertini, a spokesman for Wendy's, responded late Wednesday that he just saw the photo.

"If true, this is totally inexcusable. We are investigating and will take action," Bertini wrote in an email to the Journal Sentinel.

A commenter on Reddit pointed out that the photo appears to have been taken behind the counter. The person said the photographer was a fellow employee.

The Wendy's worker is the most recent fast food worker to gross out potential customers in a viral photo.

The photos may be posted as a harmless joke (or, who knows, in an attempt to get someone fired maybe?), but viral photos have caused a lot of bad publicity and harm to the companies they target, so businesses tend to crack down hard on the culprit.

The last fast food worker who pulled a similar viral stunt, a Taco Bell employee who licked a stack of taco shells, was fired.

Add caption. Really add caption to this utter ignorance.

The Taco Bell worker who was licking a stack of taco shells in a viral photo on Taco Bell's Facebook page Monday has been fired for his prank, the worker confirmed with a photo on Reddit Monday.

The worker caused a lot of bad publicity for Taco Bell Monday morning, when the photo went viral, in part fueled by a post by The Consumerist.

Taco Bell spokespeople stayed mum on the photo for several hours, but finally got around to responding to the viral attention Monday afternoon, hinting at the impending firing in this response to AdWeek:

"Nothing is more important than the safety of our customers and team members, and we have strict food handling procedures and zero tolerance for any violations," the chain responded. "When we learned of the situation we immediately contacted the restaurant's leadership and although we believe it is a prank and the food was not served to customers, we are conducting a full scale investigation and will be taking swift action against those involved."

The official statement from Taco Bell seemed to confirm speculation in the Consumerist story that the Taco Bell shells may have been headed for the trash bin and not served to customers.

Still, the photo's caused disgust with many consumers who were thinking twice about going to Taco Bell.

"It really doesn't matter if the food was to be thrown out or not," said Sabrina McMurphy in response to the Facebook post. "He is a representative of Taco Bell while working and in uniform and by doing this and posting it online for the world to see he is ruining the reputation of the company... Who would want to go to a restaurant if there is the possibility that their food is being licked?"

Another user, and former Taco Bell employee, came to the defense of the employee in the photo.

"I know the person in the photo, not just from work, but from school as well; and I know that he is not dumb enough to lick a stack of taco shells and then serve them to the public," Wes Abdi wrote. "There is a 99% chance that that stack of Tacos was getting thrown out, as in: getting thrown away, so it's not as if they were going to be served to anyone... This was obviously done out of humor. I know most of you don't see it as this, but this is friggin hilarious, sit back and just laugh at it."

They're laugh at you and others for the utter stupidity you and your co-workers done at these establishments.

Browner!

White Extremists will not be pleased about the U.S. birth rate. For the first time, over half of the nation's minority population outnumbers Whites. It began at the peak of 5 years old. 

It's official, the interracial birth rate has surpassed the White birth rate.

The conservative/white supremacist bubble will not be happy about this bit of news.

Earlier this month, the noise made about Cheerios having an adorable commercial about a little girl being a interested in the cereal's benefits to her dad's health. She ends up pouring them on her dad's chest.

The noise was made over the family being interracial. So many racist comments came down the pipeline, the people over at YouTube had to shut down the comments section.

Sure enough, me and S. Baldwin were shocked about the impact that one little commercial caused.

Now the Associated Press reports that for the first time, America's racial and ethnic minorities make up about half of the under-5 age group, the US government said on Thursday. It's a historic shift that shows how young people are at the forefront of sweeping changes by race and class.

Pick your flavor of Cheerios.

The new census estimates, a snapshot of the US population as of July 2012, come a year after the Census Bureau reported that whites had fallen to a minority among babies. Fueled by immigration and high rates of birth, particularly among Hispanics, racial and ethnic minorities are now growing more rapidly in numbers than whites.

Based on current rates of growth, whites in the under-5 group are expected to tip to a minority this year or next, said Thomas Mesenbourg, the Census Bureau's acting director.

The government also projects that in five years, minorities will make up more than half of children under 18. Not long after that, the total US white population will begin a decline in absolute numbers, due to aging baby boomers.

The nation's demographic changes are already stirring discussion as to whether some civil rights-era programs, such as affirmative action in college admissions, should be retooled to focus more on income rather than race and ethnicity. The Supreme Court will rule on the issue this month.

The gap between rich and poor in the US has now stretched to its widest since 1970, making opportunities to reach the middle class increasingly difficult.

Longer-term changes in family structure, such as a decline in marriage, have led to a rise in single-mother households across all racial groups, with the fastest growth now occurring among whites. More than 40 percent of newborns are now born out of wedlock, in families more likely to be low income.

The latest census numbers show:

* The population younger than 5 stood at 49.9 percent minority in 2012.

The Cheerios commercial that caused controversy. It had an interracial family and White extremists attacked it.

* For the first time in more than a century, the number of deaths now exceeds births among white Americans. This "natural decrease'' occurred several years before the government's original projection. For now, the white population is still increasing slightly, due to immigration from Europe.

* As a whole, the nonwhite population increased by 1.9 percent to 116 million, or 37 percent of the US The fastest percentage growth is among multiracial Americans, followed by Asians and Hispanics. Non-Hispanic whites make up 63 percent of the US; Hispanics, 17 percent; blacks, 12.3 percent; Asians, 5 percent; and multiracial Americans, 2.4 percent.

* Among the under-5 age group, 22 percent live in poverty. Black toddlers were most likely to be poor, at 41 percent, followed by Hispanics at 32 percent and whites at 13 percent. Asian toddlers had a poverty rate of 11 percent.

"More so than ever, we need to recognize the importance of young minorities for the growth and vitality of our labor force and economy," said William H Frey, a demographer at the Brookings Institution who analyzed the census data.

The gaps in achievement tend to emerge early in childhood, and disparities are especially evident in SAT admission scores. College Board data show that average scores spread as wide as 130-140 points in each of the reading, math and writing sections for a student with family income of less than $20,000, compared with a student with family income exceeding $200,000.

About 40 percent of whites age 25-29 graduate from college, compared with 15 percent for Latinos and 23 percent for blacks.

Media Matters Reveals Hypocrisy From That Guy Who Helped Obama Win!

Meet that person who is responsible for Barack Obama winning reelection.

He's no longer referred by the name as far as I am concerned. He's known as The Guy Who Helped Obama Win. He's on his daily radio program from 3pm - 6pm (EST) and his 9pm television program on Loserville.

He's the constant carnival barker who whines about Jeremiah Wright, Bill Ayers, President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden, First Lady Michelle Obama, and everyone who doesn't carry a Republican label to his sleeve.

He's been prone to play the "fear" card, the "race" card, and the "victim" card.

He's known to host causal conversations with extremists willing to go on his program to scream about how the evil "liberal" media is making conservatives look like idiots and racists.

He's the guy who would defend a jackass who thought he would be a cop. That jackass kills a teenager on his way home after a confrontation. That Guy gave the jackass legal advice to paint the victim as the aggressor and a typical "thug" instead of those cute pictures that the "liberal" media shows.

He's the guy caught by Media Matters for America on the NSA wiretapping scandal that he's crowing about now. It was alright then, when George W. Bush was in charge. But now that we have that "Socialist, Communist, Muslim, Apologist, Racist, Money Spending, Kenyan" Obama, it's another story.

Media Matters put together a mashup of That Guy's comments, comparing his position then and now.

Of course since this is Media Matters for America, That Guy will discuss this on his radio program. He'll whine about how they sit in their basements with underwear. He'll claim that they're trying to shut him up and his good buddies Mark Levin (Weasel Levin), King Hippo and his network Loserville.

He'll bring on that radical nut Brent Bozell (Brentbeard) and the Turd Flipper on his program to say that it's a George Soros conspiracy.

Sitting on a pile of money can make you do things. How about it?

He knows that Republican Party is his pimp.

The reason why Media Matters done that is to reveal that it's nothing more than a partisan matter when it comes down to this NSA wiretapping scandal. It's just another bone tossed to the junk food media. It's ignoring the progress of the economy. It's basically filter time for those in the kookspiracy movement.

It's just another way to line up another batch of weaker Republican candidates say if Hillary Clinton would run.

The government tracks 313 million citizens in its borders and outlying possessions. The government has to keep records in case of a major disaster or in the case of an attack.

Why are these so-called civil libertarians so worried about a program that they know nothing about?

Why are they complaining now? They weren't when it was done before during the times of 40, 41, 42 and 43. Why is this happening around 44?

It's a matter of race and intelligence. Most of these kookspiracy theorists are lacking a Master's Degree.

See what the CIA hired. They hired a contractor who had an employee with lack of education. A young mind full of crap he's clicked through outlets like Crazy Jones/PrisonPlanet and Ron Perot. Yeah, he can say "I used to love Obama" all he wants, but his actions pose a danger to the Americans who work in clandestine services.

In other words, he could have exposed CIA and NSA agents unwillingly.

Cold Pizza!

More controversy for American pizza company.

Papa John's yet again in trouble. Besides the controversial statements from its founder, to its franchise establishments, the third largest pizza chain is coming to grips with public humiliation.

Last year, the company endorsed perennial loser Mitt Romney for president. The company threatened to cut workers hours due to the implications of Obamacare.

ABC News reports that Papa John's Chairman and CEO John Schnatter apologized to a customer in Sanford, Fla., for a racist rant a Papa John's delivery man inadvertently left on the customer's voicemail.

After he delivered a pizza to the Sanford customer and his wife Sunday evening, the delivery man "butt dialed" the customer and left a voicemail message laden with racial slurs as he complained about his tip.

The customer posted a video on YouTube in which he showed the pizza delivery receipt, explaining he and his wife tipped 21 percent, "as usual."

Papa John's founder John Schnatter catching flack for his statements on Obamacare.

In the voicemail message, which lasts about four minutes, the Papa John's employee complains to another Papa John's employee about the $5 tip and uses the N-word and other racial expletives, which he also incorporated into a song about the customer.

"I guess that's the only requirement for being a [insert N-word] in Sanford," a city still reeling from racial tensions after the fatal shooting of Trayvon Martin, 17, last year.

"Yeah, they give me five bucks there -- fine outstanding African-American gentleman of the community," the delivery man can be heard saying in the call.

His fellow co-worker laughed in response.

Schnatter posted an apology on Papa John's Facebook page on Monday afternoon.

"Friends, I am extremely concerned to learn about the reprehensible language used by two former employees in one of our restaurants," the Facebook post stated. "Their thinking and actions defy both my personal and the company's values, and everything for which this company stands."

Schnatter said the employees "responsible for this absolutely unacceptable behavior were immediately terminated."

"My heartfelt apology goes out to the customer involved, his family and our community at large. I am very sorry that anyone would be exposed to these hurtful and painful words by any person involved in any way with our company," Schnatter said.

A call to Papa John's by ABC News for further comment was not immediately returned.

Many Facebook users who commented in response to Schnatter's post applauded his public apology.

One Facebook user said Schnatter is "a CEO that actually takes responsibility for the actions of his employees. You can't control employees, but you can take appropriate action."
I
n January 2012, a customer was described on a paper receipt as "Lady Chink Eyes" by a Papa John's employee in New York City.

Last month, a CVS customer in New Jersey filed a million-dollar lawsuit against CVS for being called, "Lee, Ching Chong".

Social Hill!

Joining Twitter, the former First Lady is teasing the junk food media with talk about a run for president. Since leaving the Washington scene, Hillary Clinton has maintained high approval among the Democratic faithful.

The woman who done everything made one new achievement. The former of many is now an official Twitter user. Hillary Rodham Clinton, you may have heard of her. 

Since joining the social network, she obtained over 350,000 followers and growing.

Clinton describes herself as a wife, mom, lawyer, women & kids advocate, FLOAR, FLOTUS, US Senator, SecState, author, dog owner, hair icon, pantsuit aficionado, glass ceiling cracker, TBD...

After all she is the wife of 43rd president Bill Clinton. She was the First Lady of the United States, a former New York U.S. Senator, a former Democratic candidate for president, and former U.S. State Secretary under President Barack Obama.

Being a mother, a devoted wife during her husband's affair, and an outspoken independent woman, Clinton became the voice of the working woman. 

In the struggles and success, Mrs. Clinton face political foes from the right and left. 

Republicans loathe her just as much as her husband, Bill. 

The Clintons were a target of harsh criticism during the 1990s. 

The talk of Hillary Clinton running for higher office came around the time she became a U.S. Senator. During that time, a little unknown Illinois state senator was running for the U.S. Senate.

The historical race between her and Barack Obama tore a lot of Democrats. Some Democrats hated Obama because they've perceived him as inexperienced and were uncomfortable with his race. They went on to become Republicans and Tea Party activists.

Hillary Clinton ran a unsuccessful run for president. She eventually conceded the race and endorsed Obama.

The rift was mended when Barack Obama became the president defeating perennial candidate John McCain, the U.S. Senator from Arizona and Republican presidential nominee. Obama picked Clinton as his Secretary of State. 

At the time, while President Barack Obama was sliding downward in polls, Clinton was rising. Her job approval post elected office was at an all-time high.

The word TBD means to be determined. 

The talk of Hillary Clinton running for president is still relevant among the junk food media. 

Republicans were hoping to taint the potential for her perennial quest at becoming the first woman ever to be the president. This constant drumbeat of Benghazi will continue to be an issue with Clinton because it was under her watch an attack happened at the Libyan consulate in which four Americans were killed.

Buzzfeed tracks the progress of Clinton's social network count.

Although the facts stated that terrorism was involved, many Republicans continue to deny that the playing of an anti-Islamic film was spread around the social networks. That erupted in massive protests in  Egypt, Tunisia, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Morocco, and eventually Libya. 

Terrorist managed to get a hold of firearms and explosives. They were tipped off by Libyan workers at the consulate where CIA operatives were and they've proceeded to attack. 

Now this is still an controversial issue and the classified information to what happen hasn't made it to public knowledge. All the Republicans have are the talking points and the theory that President Barack Obama and then Secretary of State Hillary Clinton "allowed" Americans to die because of the U.S. Elections.

Of course, that didn't help perennial loser Mitt Romney win the presidency. And now we're in the middle of the year, and the Republicans are still harping on Benghazi along with the IRS and NSA scandals.

Somehow they'll end up overplaying their hand. Because all the belly ringing over Hillary Clinton the possibility of her running in 2016 is getting louder. She will be the oldest woman to ever run for higher office.

If she would declare an intent run in 2015, she would be 68 years old. 

Anyway, there's no serious candidate so far. 

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida), Rick Santorum, Donald Trump, Sarah Palin, are often floated as potential candidates. But I have my doubts they're even thinking about it. They know the risk since they're the ones who are screaming the loudest. They don't want the responsibility.

The Democrats are even more weaker than I've expected. There's talk about New York governor Andrew Cuomo, Maryland governor Martin O'Malley, Newark mayor Cory Booker, San Antonio mayor Julian Castro and Vice President Joe Biden. I don't see the buzz in these candidates.

But if Clinton and Biden do run, they'll be older than Ronald Reagan when he ran for president.

Thanks for the inspiration @asmith83 & @sllambe - I'll take it from here... #tweetsfromhillary
— Hillary Clinton (@HillaryClinton) June 10, 2013

Zimmerman Trial!

George Zimmerman's trial taken a toll on his health. He's facing life in the iron college if he's found guilty in the shooting of Trayvon Martin.

The international attention focused on Sanford, Florida. The controversial shooting that involved defendant George Zimmerman is on the way. The man was responsible for the shooting of teenager Trayvon Martin.

The story goes as this.

Apparently, the two didn't know each other. Back in February 2012, Martin was going to the local 7-Eleven in the area. He was on his way home when he was confronted by Zimmerman.

The two get into a fight and there was a shooting.

The 911 audio recordings say that Zimmerman was reporting that he saw a suspicious figure in the area and was watching him. The operator told him not to follow. We don't know what happened between that call and the shooting.

All we know it's his word against the other. The other is deceased. Today is the day that George Zimmerman gets his trial. He's indicted on the charge of second degree murder. This charge will carry him life in the iron college if the jury finds that he was reckless in the shooting.

The Zimmerman defense team want to use act of the self-defense because they're accusing Martin of being the aggressor. They've tried to release evidence of the young teenager's phone.

They tried to use a filming of two individuals fighting with people cheering them on. The judge didn't find this evidence relevant. They tried to say the teenager was a weed head and a delinquent from school. That's not going to help.

What's going to help Zimmerman is the recount of what happened. Since it rained and there's not many eyewitnesses, it's basically a word of honor from Zimmerman.

So far, he's shown no honor in this. He went to Loserville to talk to That Guy Who Helped Obama Win's program. And that fool told him and lawyer Mark O'Mara that it's best to play upon the fears of the rebellious NIGGER.

On the other side, Obama News and liberal agitator/civil rights activist Al Sharpton stood in defense of Tracey Martin and Sabrina Fulton, the parents of the deceased. They both gotten extensive support from Sharpton and Jesse Jackson.

The trial begins.

The Associated Press reports that on the first day of his trial Monday, George Zimmerman got a look at some of the people who might decide whether he committed second-degree murder when he fatally shot 17-year-old Trayvon Martin.

The first group of 100 potential jurors filled out questionnaires about themselves and their ability to serve on the jury as prosecutors and defense attorneys sought to find six objective members and four alternates.

In Florida, 12 jurors are required only for criminal trials involving capital cases, when the death penalty is being considered.

By the time the all-day session concluded, attorneys had interviewed four potential jurors, asking them what they had heard about the case on television, in newspapers and on the Internet.

A woman in her 50s who watches TV games shows said she believed she could be unbiased even though she knew some basic facts of the case. Another woman in her late 30s who recently moved from Chicago and works in a nursing home, said she only had a passing familiarity with the case — mainly images she saw of people wearing T-shirts with Martin's face on them.

"I really don't know anything about the case," said the woman, known as Juror B29. "But I believe at the end of the day, you have to listen to both sides."

Juror B30, a 65-year-old man with hearing loss, said he recalled Martin's parents going public about their concerns over the lack of an immediate arrest last year and more recently testimony over whether voice-recognition experts should be allowed to testify at trial.

"There was fault on both sides as far as I can see, two people being in the wrong place at the wrong time," said Juror B30. "Two people who instigated something that could have been avoided."

Zimmerman was present in the jury holding room as his defense attorneys and prosecutors introduced themselves to the potential jurors.

The world is watching and the family wants justice for Trayvon Martin.

"The more opportunities for the potential jurors to interact with the defendant, even if the defendant is just sitting there, the better," said Orlando defense attorney David Hill, who has no connection to the case. "Jurors have to see him as a human being in the flesh, not a theoretical person accused of a crime. Any possible way they can connect with him is good from the defense point of view."

The selection of jurors who both the prosecution and defense believe can be objective in the highly publicized case is expected to take all week, if not longer. The judge has said she will keep the identities of the selected jurors anonymous but she rejected a defense request to sequester the entire jury pool of 500 residents.

Judge Debra Nelson said the jury selection would alternate with the continuation of a hearing to determine whether she will allow the testimony of voice-recognition experts who say they might be able to identify who was screaming on a 911 tape recorded during Zimmerman's confrontation with Martin.

Thus far, the experts have reached mixed conclusions. Defense attorneys don't want them to testify. No testimony took place Monday.

In her first order of business, Nelson denied a request by defense attorney Mark O'Mara to delay the trial because he needed several more weeks to prepare.

O'Mara blamed prosecutors for a delay in turning over evidence and said he needed time to interview an attorney for Martin's family. "We're not fully ready and need more time," O'Mara said.

Prosecutors opposed the request for a delay.

The trial was taking place in the Orlando suburb of Sanford, Fla., the scene of massive protests last year by people who were angered that police waited 44 days before charging Zimmerman. Other demonstrations were held around the country, and the case drew worldwide attention as it fanned a debate about race, equal justice under the law and gun control.

There is no dispute Zimmerman shot an unarmed Martin, 17, during a fight on a rainy night in February 2012. Prosecutors will try to show the neighborhood watch volunteer racially profiled the black teenager, while Zimmerman's attorney must convince jurors Zimmerman pulled his 9 mm handgun and fired a bullet into the high school student's chest because he feared for his life.

Zimmerman, who identifies himself as Hispanic, says he shot Martin in self-defense. If convicted, he could get a life sentence.

Under Florida's "stand your ground" law, Zimmerman, 29, could shoot Martin in self-defense if it was necessary to prevent death or great bodily harm. O'Mara previously decided not to invoke a "stand your ground" hearing in which a judge alone would decide whether to dismiss the case or allow it to proceed to trial.

Martin's father, Tracy Martin, expressed relief that the trial was starting.

"We seek a fair and impartial trial," he told reporters Monday. "We ask that the community continue to stay peaceful as we place our faith in the justice system."

Zimmerman's brother, Robert Zimmerman Jr., said his family was confident that prosecutors wouldn't meet the burden of proving the neighborhood watch volunteer was guilty of murder. He called the charge "improper" and said charges were filed for political reasons.

"You don't charge in this country simply to assuage the concerns of masses," said Robert Zimmerman Jr. "Unfortunately, a political calculation was made centered around the politics of race and the law was defiled."

Law enforcement officials at the Seminole County Courthouse had been anticipating scores of protesters supporting either Martin's family or Zimmerman. But the crowds stayed away on the first day of the trial, with just a little more than a dozen protesters showing up.

Study: Liberals, conservatives see mixed-race people differently

Study: Liberals, conservatives see mixed-race people differently

A different view..Pt 3

Philly Crane Worker May Get Life In The Iron College!

A crane operator who was responsible for a tragedy in Philadelphia is held in jail for involuntary manslaughter.

A week ago, the junk food media was worrying their asses off about the Washington, DC scandals that plague President Barack Obama.

While all this crap was going on, there was an incident that happened in Philadelphia. There was a horrible building collapse in the city. A demolition crew reckless allowed a portion of a building to fall upon a neighboring Salvation Army building killing five people and injuring dozens.

I didn't have time to fill this in. But today, I will since there was a break in the case.

The operator of the crane was high on the weed when he controlled the crane. The contractor and demolition company was cited for failures in judgement before and yet they still operate.

Well that's until this tragedy happened.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences and prayers to those lost in this senseless tragedy.

CNN reports that the man was denied bail for this. If found guilty, this guy will spend the rest of his life in the iron college. That's prison y'all.

The 42-year-old crane operator wanted on involuntary manslaughter and other charges tied to a deadly Philadelphia building collapse turned himself in Saturday, a police spokesman said.

Sean Benschop will be charged with six counts of involuntary manslaughter, 13 counts of recklessly endangering another person and one count of "risking a catastrophe," officials said.

Wednesday's building collapse in downtown Philadelphia left six dead and 13 people injured.

Blaming the suspect's "reckless and irresponsible behavior" for the casualties, Philadelphia Mayor Michael Nutter said Saturday that he hopes Benschop faces "the harshest level of charges ... and he is punished accordingly."

Walk of shame for Sean Benschop. Besides the death threats he and his family may get, the prosecutors may give this guy life in the iron college for his reckless endangerment.

"Justice will only be served if Sean Benschop receives a sentence that buries him in a jailhouse forever, just like his victims were buried on Wednesday," the mayor said.

Daine Grey, Benschop's attorney, told reporters Saturday that while his client feels "extremely sympathetic and remorseful," he's not guilty of any crime.

"This was an accident, but Mr. Benschop was not responsible," Grey said, in remarks captured by CNN affiliate WPVI. "And we believe that, in time, the facts will show that he is not responsible."'

A judge signed an arrest warrant -- which had been approved by Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams -- on Friday night or Saturday morning, police said.

Benschop should make his first court appearance via closed circuit TV within 12 to 24 hours of his arrest, according to Philadelphia police spokesman Lt. John Stanford. At that point, a judge will determine what the bail amount will be in his case.

The Salvation Army was leveled after a crane worker let a building scaffolding fell on it. 

"The district attorney hopes the arrest of the defendant will be of some comfort to all of the victims and their families affected by this heartbreaking tragedy," district attorney's office spokeswoman Tasha Jamerson said.

Benschop allegedly was working a crane to tear down a vacant building in downtown Philadelphia when a four-story wall collapsed onto a Salvation Army thrift store, causing an ominous rumble followed by panic on the streets.

Afterward, searchers climbed over shards of wood, concrete and rebar looking for survivors, such as 61-year-old woman pulled alive from the rubble early Thursday.

The first lawsuit was filed that same day, by attorneys for a 54-year-old woman pulled from the rubble by a firefighter.

Benschop, the crane operator, had marijuana and pain medication in his blood after the collapse, a law enforcement source told CNN.

Pennsylvania court records indicate Benschop, who also went by the alias Kary Roberts, has been arrested multiple times in the past two decades. Many of the related charges -- related to alleged firearms violations and theft -- were withdrawn, dismissed or resulted in not guilty verdicts, though he was found guilty in the mid-1990s on drug charges.

A day after publicly apologizing "to the victims and their families" and promising to do everything possible "to find out what went wrong," Nutter pressed Saturday to get answers from two property owners who hired Benschop to operate heavy machinery.

"These three individuals bear the ultimate and sole responsibility for this tragedy," the mayor said.



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Edward Snowden: I'm The Leaker!

Junk food media now focuses on man who leaked NSA info to the press.

People in the media are a buzzed about the guy who leaked classified information to the press. The National Security Agency (NSA)  is a cryptologic intelligence agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the collection and analysis of foreign communications and foreign signals intelligence, as well as protecting U.S. government communications and information systems, which involves information security and cryptanalysis/cryptography.

The NSA is directed by at least a lieutenant general or vice admiral. NSA is a key component of the U.S. Intelligence Community, which is headed by the Director of National Intelligence. The Central Security Service is a co-located agency created to coordinate intelligence activities and co-operation between NSA and other U.S. military cryptanalysis agencies. The Director of the National Security Agency serves as the Commander of the United States Cyber Command and Chief of the Central Security Service (CIA).

Edward Snowden, an American man who told The Guardian about the NSA's collection of telecommunications.

Snowden was brought up in Elizabeth City, North Carolina; then he moved with his family to Ellicott City, Maryland, where he studied computing at a community college in order to gain the credits necessary to obtain a high school diploma. He later obtained his GED.

In 2003, Snowden enlisted in the United States Army with the hope of eventually joining the Special Forces. He was discharged after breaking both of his legs in a training accident. He then went to work as a security guard for a covert NSA facility at the University of Maryland. After that he went to the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), where he worked on IT security.

In 2007, the CIA stationed him with diplomatic cover in Geneva, Switzerland, where he was responsible for maintaining computer network security. Leaving the CIA in 2009, he worked for a private contractor inside an NSA facility on a United States military base in Japan.

At the time of his departure from the U.S. in May 2013, he had been working for defense contractor Booz Allen Hamilton for less than three months, as a system administrator inside of the NSA in Hawaii. He described his life as "very comfortable," living with his girlfriend and earning a salary of "roughly U.S. $200,000."

The Guardian describes Snowden as intensely passionate about the value of privacy; his laptop is adorned with stickers supporting internet freedom organizations including the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) and the Tor Project.In the 2008 presidential election, Snowden voted for a third party. He said he "believed in Obama's promises," yet "he continued with the policies of his predecessor."Political donation records indicate that he contributed to the primary campaign of Ron Paul.

Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) and his father former Texas congressman Ron Paul advocates kookspiracy theories about the government. If they're elected president, they'll just continue the NSA wiretapping. They scream at the clouds. The United States clandestine services take leaks seriously. 

Snowden has said that he has a "predisposition to seek asylum in a country with shared values," and that his ideal choice would be Iceland. The International Modern Media Institute, an Icelandic freedom of speech advocacy organisation, on the day his identity was revealed issued a statement offering Snowden legal advice and assistance in gaining asylum.

CNN wrote on its news website that Snowden is "running out of cash," with The Guardian's Ewen MacAskill telling CNN that Snowden's "credit card is going to max out pretty quickly" because of the expense of living in a hotel in Hong Kong.

On June 10, The New York Times reported that a senior Hong Kong politician advised Snowden to leave the territory or face extradition to United States.

Okay, the junk food media dissects the guy's political affiliation.

They're calling this guy a "hero" and "traitor" in the same sentence.

Since the Bradley Manning controversy, many young minds inspired by the boombastic rhetoric of Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) (Rand Perot) former politico Ron Paul (Ron Perot) and kookspiracy agitator Alex Jones (Crazy Jones) have driven White men into the matrix of lunacy.

Sure the government is watching. I don't care.

Why would I worry my ass off about the government wiretapping me?

I'm not committing any danger to my country. I don't sell drugs. I don't have thoughts of blowing up a property, a gathering or an elected leader. I don't run around screaming fire in a movie theater. I don't own firearms to inspire a war against my fellow Americans.

This individual and many like him are not really beneficial to the cause.

If I had a job like this guy or Manning, I would respect it.

I guess me being a Black man working at a low level service job isn't so meaningful. I mean a White man who has no education manages to get a contractors job at the CIA. A job that requires absolute secrecy and a possibility of putting yourself in dangerous situations.

The American junk food media (both left and right) can stomp on the American flag and scream at the top of their lungs about the "evils" of President Barack Obama and the Republicans. It's they're lives.

Yeah, I do worry about overreach. But when the economy is improving and the job market seems better than it was four years ago, I am guessing that the junk food media needs to find something else to bitch about.

Seriously, this is why it's best not to worry about this stuff. It's not going to change. Now the NSA, CIA and those in the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) are going to clamp down hard of social networking and talking to the press without permission.

Yeah, you have the freedom of speech to say, do, or act however you want. But once you enlist in the military, get elected to public office, or work in clandestine services, your freedom of speech is limited.

Your words can put a person's life in danger. This individual did some low level nonsense because of his silly support for that perennial Republican bigot and his son the elected Kentucky senator.

The Pauls are hypocrites anyways. They have no legislative accomplishments. They have no record of success other than winning a seat in Congress. They don't believe in privacy. They don't believe in protecting the rights of others. If there were a President Paul, he would continue the policies of President Barack Obama and his predecessors.