Friday, July 25, 2014

Conservative Outrage Over Obama's Motorcade!

Yes America, the president does wave at people going by. 

Everything happening overseas and the president has time to campaign. The president's aware of the crisis overseas. What is suppose to do?

He can't get things done with an inept Congress. So he has no choice but to gamble on the Democratic nominees who are willing to aid him in completing his agenda for his second term.

Conservatives are bemoaning the president over his campaign schedule. The president wants to hold the majority in the Senate, and he hopes that his supporters still have faith in him. So as he campaigns, another crisis and more ankle biting from the bitter Republicans and their whiny conservative allies.

Leading the way is an American perennial loser. He along with those annoying ass conservative agitators now bite over the president's motorcade temporarily blocking a laboring woman from entering University of California's Ronald Reagan Cedar Sinai Hospital.

There's a crisis in the Middle East. Israel and the Gaza Strip are at each other's throats. The Sunni extremist group ISIS is trying to overthrow the Iraqi government. There's thousands of migrants entering the country from Mexico illegally and a civil war in El Salvador. There's a disputed election in which two warlords are feuding over who won in Afghanistan. There's a civil war in Syria. There's a missile being fired from North Korea. There's a bitter conflict between Ukraine and Russian backed rebels. There's 250 young girls kidnapped in Nigeria. There's a trade war in Argentina and Brazil. The European Union is upset over spying by the United States. Then of course Edward Snowden is still wanted by the FBI.

This is the latest outrage from the radicals of the conservative media. When the shit hits the wall, the conservative agitators go word for word about how this minor issue constrains their way of life.

Like somewhere in California, the president was there. Traffic gets backed up. The motorcade route isn't selected by the president. That is selected by the Department of Homeland Security and U.S. Secret Service. The president is the "MOST VULNERABLE" for an attack domestically or internationally. The quickest and easiest way to get through is what the Secret Service does. There's no exceptions.

Unfortunately, if you don't watch the news about the president being in town, then you're likely going to be caught up in the traffic jam. Obviously this happens and most Americans will understand that.

But to the conservatives, he's a "KING" and "DICTATOR". Or better yet, they might as well refer to him as a "NIGGER" because he's disrespecting White people by just being in the White House.

So here's the equation of a conservative talking point:

That Guy Who Throws SHIT to The Wall + Local News Story = Conservative Outrage.

That Guy Who Throws SHIT to The Wall + Viral Video = Conservative Outrage.

That Guy Who Throws SHIT to The Wall  x (Obama + Opinion) + Unflattering Picture = Conservative Outrage.

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According to the junk food media, the unidentified woman wasn't even upset over this. There were medical staffers available and they were willing to assist if the woman was to have her child. But so far there's no sign of birth during the motorcade.

Of course a local junk food media reporter wanted to get a piece of the action.



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Okay, I now decided to add "conservative outrage" to the label section. From now on, anytime a story that manages to drive the conservative agitators nuts I will use this label to describe the situation.

Any thoughts to this controversy?

Sia Furler: The Uncanny International Pop Star!


The world's most reclusive pop singer has major bids for Rihanna, Katy Perry, and Queen Bey.

Sia Furler is about to be an uncanny breakthrough [pop] singer. Her sixth album (and perhaps her first international debut) 1000 Forms of Fear is released.

Now she's "regrets" the fact that she's gaining notoriety for being a gifted talent. She is an Australian singer, actress and music writer.

As a writer, Furler has collaborated with many artists including Christina Aguilera, Eminem, David Guetta, Flo Rida, Afrojack, Jennifer Lopez, Shakira, Lea Michele, Rihanna, Beyoncé, Kylie Minogue, Leona Lewis, Hilltop Hoods, Katy Perry, Kesha, Rita Ora, Britney Spears, Jessie J, Oh Land, Angel Haze, Celine Dion, and Maroon 5. She co-wrote and featured on Billboard Hot 100 top ten hits, "Titanium" with David Guetta, with whom she also produced the single "She Wolf (Falling to Pieces)" and "Wild Ones" with rapper Flo Rida. All three songs achieved international success.

In an interview with Nightline, Sia addresses becoming a pop star in her own right. However, she rejects the notion of being famous. She's is not interested in the fame. In fact, she won’t show her face in interviews, including with “Nightline.”

“I don’t want to be famous, or recognizable,” she said. “I don’t want to be critiqued about the way that I look on the Internet. ... I’ve been writing pop songs for pop stars for a couple years and see what their lives are like and that’s just not something I want.”

Thursday, July 24, 2014

Sharpton And Hannity Are Back In The Race Agitation Business!

These two will certainly drive attention to the incident involving an unarmed Black man and the NYPD.

Guess who's getting involved in the Eric Garner situation?

A week ago, the NYPD tried to apprehend a man who was accused of selling loose cigarettes. There was a verbal confrontation and the law had taken the 6'3" 400 lb man down hard. They try to cuff him and he's telling them eight times "he can't breathe". By the time they got off him, he was unconscious and the NYPD and FDNY did nothing to save him.

This unarmed man was being questioned for a petty misdemeanor and the NYPD officers were trying to arrest him.

What drove the situation to involve death was the perception of one of the officers using a stranglehold to take down the man.

This video was posted by eyewitnesses. He posted on the social networks and it went viral. Now the whole world is talking about it. Obviously it's going to make it to the cable news channels with a known history of chasing ratings amid a controversy.

These two agitators who managed to bring front and center a race controversy over a few years ago. These two who both debated on the issues of race and politics. Both use a bullhorn on the AM dial and cable news channels to promote a divisive campaign to bring shame to what they've perceived as a threat to the very nature of American values.

Both have activist ties to controversial organizations and groups. One supports the civil rights movement. He founded the National Action Network. This one also singed a book deal and endorsement deal from rap label Cash Money Entertainment.

One supports the Tea Party. He's a co-chair of the Tea Party Patriots and a board member of the Brotherhood Organization of a New Destiny (BOND) founded by a Black extremist.

Both have passionate feelings on the NYPD's handling of an unarmed Black man who was restrained by two plain clothes officers.

Both believe that the excessive use of force was wrong. But both have a different take on the situation.

One believes that even in America, if the slightly infraction merits that type of restraint, then we outta to do something about it by not only protesting the incident but demanding those involved to be charged with a crime.

The other believes that NYPD are doing their jobs. To the other, that Garner should have just put his hands in the air and allow the police to restrain him. He kind believes that Garner agitated the incident by using his freedom of speech to tell the police officers to "get off his back".

Now as they gather their cameramen to the church where the funeral was held, you hear a Black preacher say "revenge". What does that mean?

According to the conservative agitators, they believe that "US BLACK FOLKS" will loot and riot when we don't get our way. If the NYPD officers walk, we tear the town down. That's what is being promoted on that website that "throws shit to the wall". The racist right loves to make us "BLACK FOLKS" look stupid. They think of us as "NATURAL BORN CRIMINALS" and "DA REAL RACISTS".

Obviously Garner gave the racist right the obvious "I DIDN'T DO NUFFINS" excuse.

In the graphic video you hear the man tell the officers that "he did nothing wrong" and "he couldn't breathe" after being taken down.

The world reacts to the harsh treatment of unarmed Black men.

What did the Black man do to deserve this?


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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

NYPD In Trouble Again! Man Dies After Stranglehold! [NSFW]

PHOTO: A 400- pound asthmatic Eric Garner died while being arrested by police in Staten Island.
This wasn't the smartest thing the law did the moment Eric Garner was killed.

The New York Police Department is one of the country's finest but also mot world's most controversial law agencies. They have a known history of police brutality. The NYPD has targeted Blacks, Hispanic/Latinos and Muslims often because of the junk food media's portrayal of criminals. The NYPD often sees us a "NATURAL BORN CRIMINALS".

The NYPD is still reeling after the event that killed a 6'3" 400 lb man who was restrained in a choke hold.

Four EMS dispatchers were terminated after this incident. Two officers were placed on administrative duty pending an investigation into the handling of this.

The video is very disturbing. The NYPD restrain Eric Garner and he tells him he couldn't breathe.

The man was being sought after he was accused of selling cigarettes without a license.

That's not a huge crime, but since this does have to do with illegal commerce, it merits.

His funeral is today and people are outraged by this event.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Eric Garner.

The question to those reading, do you believe that the NYPD handled the situation well or recklessly?



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Tuesday, July 22, 2014

"Dear White People" Will Outrage Conservatives!

A movie that will certainly touch nerves and provoke a conversation about race.

There's a sleeper comedy coming this Fall. This movie is certainly going to piss off the racist right.

Dear White People is an upcoming 2014 American satire drama film written and directed by Justin Simien. The film focuses on black students attending Ivy League college in America and stars Tyler James Williams, Tessa Thompson, Teyonah Parris, Brandon P Bell, Kyle Gallner, Brittany Curran and Dennis Haysbert.

The film premiered in-competition in the US Dramatic Category at 2014 Sundance Film Festival on January 18, 2014.

It's a play on the stereotypes of Black America and how White people look upon it. At a fictional university, a riot is provoked by a White fraternity who throws a Black themed party.

Mediaite reports that the protagonist, a biracial student named Samantha White (played by Tessa Thompson), uses her college radio platform to lecture the white students at the fictional Ivy League school about how to interact with black people.
The cast of Dear White People.
“Dear white people,” Sam says into the microphone in the trailer, “the minimum requirement of black friends needed to not seem racist has just been raised to two. Sorry, but you’re weed man, Tyrone, does not count.”

“Dear white people, please stop touching my hair.” she says. “Does this look like a petting zoo to you?”

And, “This just in: Dating a black person to piss off your parents is a form of racism.”

Later, when a white student asks her how she would feel if someone started a “Dear Black People” radio show, she replies, “No need. Mass media from Fox News makes it clear what white people think of us.”

Obamacare Got Knocked Down By Federal Judges!

Conservative judges strike down the subsides for the Affordable Care Act.

The president's signature law is under fire once again by the activist court. A three-judge panel ruled in Halbig v. Burwell that people in the 36 states that use the federal health insurance exchange are ineligible for subsidized insurance. The decision would also affect those who purchased insurance through the exchange but don't receive subsidies, as reneging on the payments would lead to a rapid increase in insurance rates for everyone.

Raymond Randolph, a Bush, sr. judge.
The White House said Tuesday the decision will be appealed to the entire D.C. circuit court -- what's known as an en banc review -- where Democrats hold a majority that is nearly certain to overturn the GOP judges' aggressive move. The next step could be the Supreme Court, which already upheld the Affordable Care Act in a separate case two years ago.

The two judges seized on text within the law that said subsidies would be provided to people who purchased insurance on exchanges established by the states. But 36 states declined to set up their own exchanges, and chose to rely on the federal government's exchange instead. Because the law doesn't specifically say that people who bought insurance on the federal exchange also get subsidies, the law's opponents argued that therefore such subsidies are illegal.

"The problem confronting the [ACA] is that subsidies also turn on a third attribute of Exchanges: who established them. Under section 36B, subsidies are available only for plans 'enrolled in through an Exchange established by the State under section 1311 of the [ACA],'" the majority opinion ruled, rejecting the counter-argument that other portions of the law specifically say that a federal exchange set up for a state is by definition a state exchange.

Thomas Griffin, W.'s appointed judge.
Halbig v. Burwell is a lawsuit that challenges the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act. A July 8, 2014 Washington Post article described it as being "the next big Obamacare case." On June 30, 2014, the Los Angeles Times said that compared to the recent Burwell v. Hobby Lobby ruling, it was "a far more fundamental challenge to Obamacare."

The lawsuit challenges the power of the federal government to spend money on subsidies for policies that were purchased at the federal exchange. The plaintiff claims that the text of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act only allows federal subsidies for exchanges that were "established by the State under Section 1311."

The Washington Post reported, "Section 1311 instructs states to create exchanges. Federal exchanges are established under Section 1321 of the Act." Subsidies for citizens in 34 states are at risk, because people in those states signed up under the federal exchange.

This is an ongoing situation, we here at Journal de la Reyna will continue to cover this controversy.

The Republicans and their allies once again obsess with a law that benefits millions of Americans who can't afford insurance. This ruling could affect over 4.7 to 10 million who already signed for the federal assistance in healthcare coverage.

Jay And Bey Doing A Banana Split!

The Roc is splitting.

The New York Post (Page Six) is spicing up rumors of the power couple planning on a divorce.

The very discrete and private couple is reporting separating. The rumors are burning up.

Since the Solange Knowles incident, the power couple have been very distant about their relationship.

According to the junk food media sources, this may be happening and you may not even know it.

They are trying to figure out a way to split without divorcing . . . This is a huge concert tour and they've already gotten most of the money from the promoters up front,” the source said.

The media mogul is trying to hire marriage counselors to keep the relationship together.

The ugly rumors of him cheating seem to be growing.

Despite the tens of millions the couple will pocket from the current tour, this will certainly be their last and the end of the tour could officially spell the end of the marriage, the source said.

They both as a couple pull in nearly $359 million.

“There are no rings, if you haven’t noticed,” the source said, admitting that he thought things would get better after the birth of the couple’s daughter, Blue Ivy Carter.

“For just a split moment, things got real for them and she was even talking about adding to the family,” the source said.

“But, after a while, Jay was out doing Jay and Bey was out doing Bey. They made the classic mistake of thinking a child would change everything and help to rekindle the initial fire, and it didn't.”

The racist right hates the power couple. Some conservative agitators have been aggressively and relentlessly criticizing the power couple over their explicit lyrics, their trip to Cuba, the necklace he was wearing, the support for the president, and even their thoughts on the Trayvon Martin and that asshole's situation.

I mean this is a major thing happening in the world. While two celebrity agitators got married a month ago, the power couple who managed six years of marriage are divorcing.

Say it ain't so!

What's your thoughts on the situation?

Sunday, July 20, 2014

A Not So Great Destiny!

The mug shot: Farrah Franklin was arrested early on Sunday morning for disorderly conduct in South Carolina; she used to be in the band Destiny's Child
Farrah Franklin is washed up. She spent a day in county lockup.

Farrah Franklin, formerly of Destiny's Child got a few days in county lockup after causing some disorderly conduct in South Carolina.

She was busted for having disorderly conduct. She had a few drinks before she went to town.

Franklin was arrested in South Carolina early Sunday morning for disorderly conduct ... TMZ has learned and our sources tell us alcohol was definitely involved. Franklin -- who who spent 5 months with the group in 2000 before Beyonce and Kelly Rowland gave her the boot -- was booked into the Horry County Detention Center in Conway around 5AM.

In April 2011, Franklin was arrested for disorderly conduct in Culver City, California.

She later claimed that she was "manhandled" by police, the victim of racial profiling and had not been arrested but merely detained; however, police reiterated to TMZ that she was in fact arrested and that they were responding to a resident's claim that Franklin had been "disturbing the peace"

Kelly Rowland only second to Beyonce Carter is expecting a child this year.

Mom "Who Couldn't Win" Got A Break!

Homeless mother was spared the iron college after she left her children in the vehicle. There was an outcry to how the Arizona justice system managed to punish a Black mom while a White mom got off with probation after she left her child on top of a vehicle.

This leaving children and pets in a hot vehicle has gotten major attention after a Georgia father done it to his own son. The prosecutors are trying to prove that Mark Wilson was busy sexting and flirting online with women while his own son Justin sat in a car for hours. This story is gaining national attention after the father managed to build up this crazy albeit about how he "tried" to save his son and all. Wilson will be facing the gas chamber if he's found guilty in the death of his son.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to Justin.

Remember some time ago a woman was charged with two felonious assault charges for leaving her two little children in a hot car while she was looking for a job. She got a break. Although she still has no job, her freedom from the iron college is pretty damn good.

The Associated Press reports that Shanesha Taylor, who faced being tried on two felony child abuse charges, said gratitude was the only thing she felt.

"I'm grateful for the offer that was extended to me and the opportunity to resolve this situation as well as to show my intentions," said Taylor, who shed a few tears while standing outside the courthouse.

Maricopa County Attorney Bill Montgomery said his office and the 35-year-old mother of three have an agreement under which he'll dismiss the charges against her if she meets several conditions.

Those include completing parenting and substance abuse treatment programs and establishing education and child care trust funds for her children.

Authorities arrested Taylor after bystanders in Scottsdale reported seeing her two sons alone in her car in March. Taylor told police that she wasn't able to find a baby sitter for the boys, who were 2 years and 6 months old at the time. The third child was in school at the time of the incident.
A look into two cases. One that made national attention and one that was swept under the rug. The Phoenix New Times managed to expose the racial bias in how Arizona sentence reckless mothers.
A witness found the infant crying hysterically and sweating profusely as temperatures inside the SUV exceeded 100 degrees. According to court documents, firefighters found the vehicle's windows rolled down an inch and no running air conditioning to keep the children cool.

While Montgomery has said his focus was on how the children were treated, Taylor drew sympathy from people who saw her as a single mother trying to get work.

An online fundraising website set up by a New Jersey woman brought in more than $114,000 in donations for her, according to Taylor's attorney.

Taylor, who declined to answer questions from reporters, thanked supporters who sent cards and money. She has since used some of the money to secure a new place to live, her lawyer said.

"You helped make today possible for me. You gave me life," Taylor said. "You provided a future for my children. I truly appreciate you."

Montgomery called the agreement a "just resolution" that holds Taylor accountable while serving the best interests of her family.

Taylor, who previously pleaded not guilty to the charges, appeared in court Friday for what had been scheduled as a settlement conference.

Judge Joseph Welty of Maricopa County Superior Court accepted the agreement but warned Taylor that it included an admission that she had endangered her children. That admission could be used against her if the case ends up being prosecuted in the future, Welty said.

Taylor, who spoke little during the proceeding, acknowledged she understood what the judge said.

In May, a court commissioner granted her visits with both children under the supervision of a Child Protective Services worker. She has been able to maintain steady visits since then, Taylor's defense lawyer Benjamin Taylor said. The two are not related.

Benjamin Taylor called the outcome a "win-win situation" for all parties.

"Justice doesn't always have to mean punishment," he said.

Benjamin Taylor said the deal calls for her to attend 26 weekly parenting classes. He said the screening for possible substance abuse programs is standard protocol. His client does not have any substance problems, he added.

"Ms. Taylor has requirements to meet also and she will meet those requirements so that way her case will be dismissed," Benjamin Taylor said.

Saturday, July 19, 2014

Tamar Braxton And Tamara Mowry Host The Real!

The Real featuring Tamar Braxton, Tamara Mowry-Housley, Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon will be a competitor to The View and The Talk.

Looks like another women's forum on the most controversial topics will appear on many syndication stations across the nation.

Tamara Mowry-Housley, Tamar Braxton,  Loni Love, Jeannie Mai and Adrienne Bailon are looking forward to flex their muscle on women's talk. They will compete with The View and The Talk.

The Real is sponsored by Warner Bros and Telepictures and it will be on CW and Fox syndication stations.

It will debut this Summer and be in the major markets. Before you will see an actual Fall season, it will make it through a "test run" and hope to score big like Wendy Williams and Bethanny Frankel.

This is their premiere episode and it features Game as one of their guest.

Friday, July 18, 2014

Stockton Woman Dies In Bank Robbery Standoff!

Bank robbers kill a hostage in a gang style shootout with police.

A group of bank robbers kidnap three women and started violently firing upon the Stockton Police. The police opened fired and killed two robbers and one hostage. The surviving robber who barely over 18 is facing capital charges for his role. He survived using the hostage as a shield.

The situation was overshadowed by the tragic plane crash by MH 17 by militants in Ukraine.

This happened on Wednesday afternoon and I was going to post this one earlier. But this tragedy in the air had overshadowed the events.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Misty Holt-Singh. We also send our condolences to those lost in the Malaysian Airlines MH 17 plane crash in Ukraine.

Here's what happened in Stockton.

The Associated Press reports that the violence began at 2 p.m. when officers responded to a call of a robbery at a Bank of the West branch in north Stockton. Arriving officers spotted three men taking three female hostages from the bank at gunpoint. The robbers stole a bank employee's SUV and led officers on the pursuit, Stockton police Officer Joe Silva said.
Misty Holt-Singh with her husband Paul. Upon hearing his wife was killed in a police shootout, he was devastated. The mother of two was a victim of circumstance. Three bank robbers kidnapped her and two other women and held them as hostages. The police ended two of these robber's lives and Misty was killed in the crossfire.
During the chase that lasted 45 minutes along highways and city streets, two of the hostages who are bank employees were thrown from the SUV, police said. One was taken to a hospital with a gunshot wound; the other suffered a grazing bullet wound.

The pursuit continued as the suspects fired with AK-47 style rifles from the SUV. Fourteen police cars and an unknown number of homes along the robbers' path were peppered with gunshots, Police Chief Eric Jones told a news conference late Wednesday.

In the drama that unfolded Wednesday afternoon, the suspects entered the Bank of the West branch wearing hooded sweatshirts and sunglasses and with guns drawn, San Joaquin County Chief Deputy District Attorney Ronald Freitas said. They tied up a security guard, took over the bank and went to the vault to get money, he said.

"It was such a chaotic ... fluid situation, really one of the most dangerous, tense situations that a police officer could go through," Jones said.

"There was a lot on the line and the officers responded appropriately," he said.
This dickhead gangbanger Jaime Ramos used a hostage as a shield to protect himself from a hail of police gunfire.
When the SUV became disabled at a street intersection, officers exchanged gunfire with at least one of the assailants.

"The firing never stopped," Jones said, noting that the suspects had ammunition strapped to their bodies. "They were trying to kill (the officers), no doubt."

When it was all over, the third hostage was found dead in the SUV and one of the robbers was also dead. The police chief said the hostage was a bank customer, and that she appears to have been used by the suspects as a shield during the shootout.

Misty Holt-Singh planned to be gone for just a few minutes when she stepped into her local bank. Instead, she became the victim of three robbers who had gone there, too, planning to take both money and hostages.

As her 12-year-old daughter sat waiting in the car, Holt-Singh and a pair of bank employees were forced into a stolen SUV at gunpoint just as police converged on the parking lot. What followed was a chaotic, hour-long chase through this Northern California city that ended with a furious gun battle. When it was over, the 41-year-old mother of two was dead in the back of the vehicle.

Police said that a suspect, the only one of the three to survive, used her as a human shield as the bullets flew back and forth. An autopsy may determine whether the one that killed Holt-Singh was fired by officers or the robbers.

Police said the other two suspects were taken to the hospital with gunshot wounds, and one of them later died.

The surviving suspect was conscious, Jones said.

Jaime Ramos, 19, of Stockton, who wasn't injured. He will be facing bank robbery, attempted murder, and assault on an officer. The possibility of being tried for murder is possible seeing that a hostage died. These charges could carry life in the iron college if not the gas chamber.

Police said the other robbers, ages 27 and 30, were gang members, also from Stockton. Ramos was scheduled to be arraigned on Monday, and Freitas said prosecutors anticipate charging him with murder and special circumstances including kidnapping, robbery and burglary that could make him eligible for the death penalty.

Police said that they recovered at least three handguns and an assault rifle and that the gunmen had ammunition strapped to their bodies.

The police chief said 20 officers who fired their weapons were put on administrative leave pending an investigation — standard procedure after a shooting. He said he believes the officers acted appropriately.

Witnesses said the shootout that brought the episode to a close looked like a war.

There were causalities in this shootout in California.
"It sounded like five minutes of straight gunfire," witness Sam York told KCRA-TV. "It seemed like it wasn't real."

Jose Maldonado, who said he saw the robbers taking the women out of the bank, said the men had rifles that looked like AK-47s slung over their shoulders and they didn't seem to care that there were police all around.

"They were not afraid. They weren't going to take no for an answer. These poor women, they were screaming, they were so distraught, so scared," Maldonado said.

Jones said the robbers also tied up a bank security guard.

The bank said in a statement that it would not provide information about the victims.

"This is a tragic incident and we are focused on supporting our customers and employees," the statement said.

Be warned the videos you may see will contain graphic violence.



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