The president sits with Anderson Cooper in a CNN Town Hall about Guns in America.
President Barack Obama does a town hall on CNN with Anderson Cooper. He goes into the hot button topic of gun control.
Some issues will be mentioned. Some will be missed. I'm not perfect but I am willing to give you the most I've gotten from it.
The most notable things mentioned in the town hall.
First thing, the president addresses the mass shootings of last year and Chicago. Obama said that even though Illinois has some of the strictest background and gun control measures, some travel to state that have easier access to obtain firearms. He named Indiana as one of the reasons for illegal guns on the streets of Chicago.
The National Rifle Association declines the offer to attend the CNN town hall. President Barack Obama chided the organization for ignoring his request for invite to the White House.
Obama takes a question from a rape victim from Colorado. The victim says that she believes in having firearms. Kimberly Weeks-Corban is a supporter of guns. She admits to being raped and feels that it's a need for firearms.
Obama took a question from Talia Kyle, the widow of slain activist Chris Kyle about gun ownership.
Obama address Chicago. He reminds the town hall about the illegal transport of firearms into Chicago. He talks about the death of Hadyia Pendleton. Her mother Chloe was in the audience. She spoke to the president on the rise of violence in her community. Hadiya was killed two weeks after she performed at the inauguration of the president in 2013. He also brings up Zaevion Dobson.
Paul Babeu, the controversial Pinal County, Arizona sheriff asks the president a question.
Chicago Catholic pastor Michael Pfleger had an opportunity to ask the president a question.
Mark Kelly, the husband of former Arizona congresswoman Gabrielle Giffords asks the president a question.
Anderson Cooper did get the president riled up when he was asked about the nonsense being spread around by the conservative websites. The president took a shot at Infowars and The Drudge Report.
I want you to know that it was lively. I wish it would have went a bit longer. I kind of wished to hear from gun shooting survivors. It's unfortunate that even this town hall won't sway the ignorant nonsense being spread by Republicans, conservative agitators and the NRA.
Saturday's Powerball jackpot is the largest in U.S. history.
I am so going to spend a couple of bucks on Powerball. The Multi-State Lottery Association announced the largest jackpot in the United States history is being held on Saturday.
The jackpot as of 1/7/2016 is $700 million. It will likely be $1 billion by draw time. So I can't give you an actual jackpot amount.
You chances of winning this jackpot is 1:292 million.
If I would win a record jackpot like this.............I don't know!
I would keep a cool head. I would not panic. I would write my name on the ticket and make sure that I have everything taken care of before I present my ticket to the regional lottery commission office.
This type of jackpot is by far the country's largest in history. Based on lottery sales, the Powerball jackpot will surge up. So don't be surprised that the 44 participating states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands will see a huge spike in sales.
I work in retail. Trust me, I will have a huge headache dealing with lottery players.
Okay, click on my previous post on the advice I have for you. Use the information at your discretion.
Good luck to those who play the Powerball and Mega Millions.
You must be 18 years old (or 21 in some states) to play any lottery games.
Powerball drawings are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The closing bets are at 10pm on the night of the drawing. All drawings for the Powerball are held at 10:59pm.
Mega Millions drawings are held on Tuesdays and Fridays. The closing bets are at 10:45pm on the night of the drawing. All drawings for Mega Millions are held at 10:59pm.
The minimum Powerball jackpot starts at $40 million. The minimum Mega Millions jackpot starts at $15 million.
The Powerball tickets use the 5/69 and 1/26 matrix. Each ticket cost $2.00. You must pick 5 numbers from 1 to 69 and the Powerball from 1 to 26. These numbers can be written down or automatically picked. Make sure you play your numbers correctly.
You cannot cancel any Multi-State Lottery Association games.
Most lottery professionals say that automatic picks are often the most likely tickets that contain winning jackpots.
Given the Powerplay option for a $1 you can multiply your jackpot. In California, the Powerplay option is not given.
Junk food media reports Janet Jackson suffered a cancer scare.
The famed pop singer is denouncing rumors that she may have cancer. But some form of illness forced her to scrap the tour for her recent release Unbreakable.
The singer's publicist went to social media to disspell rumors.
On her social media account, Janet released a video saying that she's recovering from the illness but gave no further word about the situation. Janet canceled North America tours and had been on a hiatus.
Her announcement came less than two weeks after she said that she was postponing her tour to have an unspecific surgical procedure. Janet was going to a performance in Denver. She is scheduled to perform in Europe. She was cleared by her doctors to head overseas.
Janet hasn't really spoken to the junk food media about her health, her marriage to Qatar business mogul Wissam Al Mana and her brother Michael's tragic death.
The Unbreakable album is the first album release from the entertainer in nearly ten years.
It's been long road to recovery for the entertainer. She struggled from depression. Janet felt the sting of the junk food media when she and Justin Timberlake performed at the Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime show. Timberlake ripped the plate off Janet's wardrobe and exposed her right breast. The iconic term "wardrobe malfunction" became symbolic with Janet.
The NFL, CBS and the entertainers had to personally apologize for the incident. Many in the junk food media called the incident a point where Janet could never recover from.
The clean shaven House Speaker managed to repeal Obamacare. Rep. Paul Ryan (R-WI) had used a reconciliation tactic to pass a full repeal of the law and defunding of Planned Parenthood. None of the bills will become law as long as President Barack Obama is in office.
Normally, I wouldn't even give this attention. This has been the 64th time that the Republican Party tired to repeal Obamacare. This tactic used by the reconciliation has finally helped them succeed.
The Republican-controlled Congress managed to pass the repeal of the Affordable Care Act on party line vote. This time it heads to President Barack Obama where it's expected to be vetoed.
The House of Representatives is expected to pass a budget reconciliation bill that guts the Affordable Care Act, pulls roughly $450 million in federal assistance from Planned Parenthood and prevents Medicaid recipients from getting reimbursed for their visits at Planned Parenthood clinics.
Many in the junk food media believe that its classic showboating.
The Obamacare debate has been active since 2009. The Republicans vow to take down the historic health care law. It's been signed into law since 2010. It face two Supreme Court hearings and it was ruled in the favor of the president. But that hasn't stopped the inept Republicans from continuing their promise to scrap the law. They have no reasonable alternative at this moment and Democrats call this another excuse for why they are inept in governance.
The Republicans made this and terrorism their primary objectives. They want to repeal everything that the president has done. They plot on vilifying organizations they claim are going against their agenda.
Donald Trump and Sen. Ted Cruz (R-TX) have cited these issues as reasons to their rise in popularity among conservatives.
House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-WI) has told the junk food media the president finally is responsible for governance.
"It's up to the president to decide if he wants to side with the people whose health care costs have skyrocketed out of control, or the abortion industrial complex whose profits have skyrocketed out of control," Ryan bitched about to the junk food media Wednesday. "Congress is holding President Obama accountable."
Of course, Planned Parenthood dismissed Ryan and the Republicans. They said that the organization hasn't done anything unlawful and the 2015 videos that sparked their obsessive attacks are worthless.
Republicans are seething at Ryan for passing the massive budget overhaul that kept in place some of the issues Republicans wanted stripped out. Many conservatives see Ryan as worthless. It's only been less than three months since he's been the House Speaker and conservatives are tired of him.
The Texas trooper who arrested Sandra Bland is charged with perjury. This charge got him fired out the cannon. Now if he's convicted, he could also face a year in the iron college.
Brian Encinia, 30 has been on desk duty since the event. He denies any wrongdoing. He will have a day in court to face this misdemeanor charge. He is innocent until proven guilty.
Sandra Bland's story made to the the junk food media after #BlackLivesMatter brought attention to it.
Trooper was cannon fired for lying on his statements.
Sandra was from Chicago and was at Prairie View A&M University for a job interview.
Encinia pulled Sandra over for an apparent lane change violation. He would engage in a combative confrontation with her after she refused to exit her vehicle. Sandra was smoking a cigarette and Encinia wanted her to put it out.
In the dash camera footage, you hear Encinia threaten to use the Taser on Sandra and threaten another person filming the incident. He claimed that Sandra resisted arrest. Sandra complained about an injury and didn't get treatment.
He forgot to mention that in his statement.
After her arrest she was placed in the Waller County lockup. After three days in there, the lockup crew discovered her lifeless in her interment. They said that she may have committed suicide using a trash bag.
The family isn't buying the bullshit. They believe that the lockup crew failed to render aid to Sandra during her stay. They are taking the Waller County to federal court.
Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-VT), the Democratic candidate running for president mentioned her name in the debates. He believes that the incident is a tragic reality of deadly police encounters with people of color.
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.
First conservative outrage of the year. Matter of fact, this kicks off the 2016 year where Whites and Republicans are certainly riled up over the latest events in the junk food media. This issue will certainly drive them to the gun stores and stockpile. Matter of fact, the gun shops are seeing a huge bump in the sales.
President Barack Obama just finished up his presser for his immediate executive actions on gun control. He stressed that Congress is too inept in handling this crisis despite having numerous mass shootings in 2015.
He cited Aurora, Oak Leaf, Wisconsin, Umpqua Community College, Newtown, Tucson, Charleston, San Bernardino, Fort Hood, the Navy Yard in Washington, DC, the Ronoake shooting, and violence in Chicago.
He said that enough is enough.
"Every time I think about those [Sandy Hook victims], it gets me mad," Obama said in the East Room of the White House.
At times, the President has questioned the nation he leads, asking why no other advanced country seems so blighted with regular killing sprees and wondering aloud why Americans will not choose to stop the bloodshed.
Evolving through a cycle of sadness, poleaxing grief, frustration and outright fury, Obama has even offered hints of self-recrimination at his own earlier failure to touch the perfidious politics of gun control himself.
Expect this outrage to carry all the way to the elections.
At the White House, he unveiled a series of executive actions on guns, including expanding mandatory background checks for some private sales.
"We are not inherently more prone to violence. But we are the only advanced country on Earth that sees this kind of mass violence erupt with this kind of frequency. It doesn't happen in other advanced countries. It's not even close," Obama said. "Somehow we become numb to it and we start to feel that this is normal. And instead of thinking about how to solve the problem, this has become one of our most polarized, partisan debates, despite the fact that there's a general consensus in America about what needs to be done."
He added, "We do have to feel a sense of urgency about it. In Dr. King's words, we need to feel the fierce urgency of now -- because people are dying."
Of course, conservatives are outrage. The presidential candidates for the Republican nomination are upset and the NRA is using this as a rally call.
The same shit that fuels more extremism.
While I am certainly glad the president went all out on these proposals, the damage is done. This country is too polarized to get things done.
The first week of January begins another round of internet traffic for the social dating websites.
It's a huge week for the world's most poplar dating websites. OKCupid, POF.com, eHarmony, Badoo, Match.com, and Tinder are seeing a spike in traffic.
There's a website that's not seeing a spike in traffic.
There's a website that is causing an uproar. It's called WhereWhitePeopleMeet.com and its generating a dose of controversy. The creator of the website says that he developed Where White People Meet as an alternative to the other dating websites that cater to certain groups.
The creator of this said that he's not a racist. He just want to keep it rational. After all, he finds blackpeoplemeet.com, Blacksingles.com, Jdate.com, latinocupid,com, Latinpeooplemeet.com and singlemuslim.com and gay.com.
He says that he's not in the business of political correctness. He's in the business of finding couples to find love. He said that he dated Black and Hispanic women....
The site's founder, Sam Russell, anticipated some backlash from his startup, which is why he told the Washington Post that he isn't racist.
"It's about equal opportunity," Russell said. "The last thing in the world I am is racist. I dated a black woman once. I helped raise a young black man… I just believe it’s hypocrisy to say ‘one group can do this, but another can't.'"
Russell added that his site which launched in December "is not racially motivated in any way," and his policies prohibit racist or hateful messages.
However, how people choose the partners when dating can often be racially motivated, according to 2013 OkCupid data. Black women and Asian men are likely to receive fewer matches and messages on the site than any other group.
So while Where White People Meet's founder may not be racist because he dated one black woman or didn't have "racially motivated" intentions in creating this dating site -- the good news is that you can meet even more white people on the internet for as low as $4 for your first week.
It so far gained 421 supporters so far.
Did you know Whites and Republicans are the most angriest groups in the United States?
What they see in the junk food media riles them up.
Whites are declining in population. Non-Hispanic White people are 72% of the nation's population. Unfortunately, interracial births are on the rise.
Whites believe race relations went downhill the moment Barack Obama got into office.
The Whites believe that they're likely footing the bill on the issues that involve Blacks, Hispanics, Muslims and those in the LGBT.
That's the stuff that fueled Donald Trump's rise to the top.
By the way, President Barack Obama is interracial but identifies himself as a Black man.
Atlanta rapper Future is an angry dad. He's upset that Ciara won't let their son be a member of the Freebandz.
Atlanta's codeine obsessed trap rapper, Nayvadius DeMun Wilburn (aka Future) is pissed. He is pissed that his former girl blocked him from baby Future. That former girl is pop singer Ciara.
Ciara gave Future a successful relationship. He threw it all away after he knocked her up.
Now as a parent, Ciara is turning to GOD. She doesn't want the Demons around her son.
She's going gaga for GOD because of her man, Seattle Seahawks QB Russell Wilson.
Going against the grain, Future took to social media to blast his ex-girl.
He is saying that Ciara is being stingy. He's paying $15K a month for his son and he can't take him out for an ice cream cone. He's also paying for them other children too. One of those five children by Future came from a close cousin.
Most of his ex-girls and baby mamas warned Ciara that Future has a player's card and it's running a debt.
Ciara was hoping to be a married woman a couple years back. It seems like her plans were ruined when Future couldn't resist the "Freak Hoes".
Ciara has custody of her son Future Zahir. She also posed in pictures with Russell holding her son.
Russell is a Christian and a gentleman. On Ciara's official social media page, Russell and Ciara pose with children in at a Seattle children's hospital for charity.
Ciara is proud that Russell is taking on responsibilities of being a boyfriend and father. A father to Future's son and it's driving the rapper nuts.
The junk food media is waiting on a response from the two.
So far, no comment.
Russell Wilson and Ciara ignored the rapper. They have blasted the rapper for being a negligent father. Ciara basically said a "real man" doesn't drink codeine and bang chicks for success.
Ciara is doing just fine. Future hates that Russell Wilson spends time with his son.
Russell Wilson would give up everything for Ciara. There's reports that he's going to get her a ring.
Future had a successful year. He released the DS2 album on Epic Records and it reached Billboard's top spot. It was Future's first Number 1 album.
Future also scored another Number 1 album. What A Time To Be Alive collaboration with Drake scored a huge payday for the Atlanta rapper. The hit single Jumpman became one of the most played song for 2015-16.
Future considered an in-demand rapper. He usually appears on a rapper's album. He has worked with Rick Ross, Lil' Wayne, Gucci Mane, Young Scooter, Sean "Puffy" Combs, French Montana, Waka Flocka, Justin Bieber, Meek Mill, Ty Dolla $ign, Miley Cyrus, Tyga, and Nick Minaj.
Slim Jesus is a controversial rapper from Ohio who embraces the "Drill" movement.
A 18-year old rapper named Slim Jesus is becoming White version of Chicago's Chief Keef.
Chief Keef (Keith Cozart) is the country's most dangerous rapper. He takes pride in his title. He hails from the Southside of Chicago and embraces the violence that plagues America's third largest city.
Keef never apologizes for being who he is. He loves the life. He doesn't apologize for selling hard.
I am guessing that Slim Jesus is another rapper who embraces the "life" and is willing to die for it.
The rapper who comes from Hamilton, Ohio. He gained popularity after releasing "Drill Time" and strictly adhering to the street code.
The video is extremely controversial.
Slim Jesus's video is cruising over 20 million views.
Certainly he's going to gets some rage from conservatives and some hip-hop journalists. He doesn't care and remains unapologetic about his lyrics.
Drill music is a trap subgenre originating from Chicago. It's deals with tales of street gangs (domestic terrorists), violent lyrics and ominous trap-beats.
Besides Slim Jesus and Chief Keef, rappers Lil' Durk, Lil' Reese, Fredo Santana and King Louie embrace this music and the possibility of a short life ahead.
