Transwoman killed by the St. Louis Police sparks outrage.
A transwoman of color is killed and the junk food media ignores it. Today, Black Lives Matter adds the fight for the rights to those who are transgender.
The inept leader Donald J. Trump is trying to sign off with Jim Mathis, a transgender soldier ban. This ban will discriminate against those who identify as transgender serving in the military.
It will face legal challenges if this is signed.
Transgender Americans are trying to win a place at the table. In these polarizing times, you need all the allies to help #RESIST the Trump legacy, Republicans and their conservative agitating allies.
It's time to denounce White extremism.
There were protests in St. Louis, Missouri.
Protesters were attacked by a terrorist. The car drove into a crowd of people following the vigil of a transwoman who was killed by the law.
Several individuals were injured but treated for minor injuries.
The St. Louis Police will investigate whether the act was intentional or accidental. It happened not to far from the Transgender Garden, a memorial site to the transgender victims of violence.
There was fatal police shooting in the independent city of St. Louis of a transgender woman named Kiwi Herring. The 30 year old was accused of cutting an officer with a knife. The officers used deadly force.
Now protesters are demanding answers.
Herring leaves behind three children. As a transwoman, Kiwi was a father/mother.
"Her pain, her struggle, her legacy will not be forgotten by anyone here, said Morgan Hunlin. "She was a resilient character that may have reached an unfortunate an tragic end, but lived a life that should be celebrated."
The officers chose to not use the Taser. They used their service weapons to stop a woman in her own home. This was a domestic dispute between her spouse Kristy Thompson, another transgender woman who was later arrest and charged with first-degree assault.
Thompson is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
The officer did get treated for a cut. The officer's name wasn't released nor the partner. They're placed in the freezer pending a grand jury decision to whether deadly force was justified.
Protesters were injured in hit and run.
There were over 600 people this year killed by the law. When will there names be said?
To hear the death of Kiwi Herring is troubling. The fact that a transwoman who called for help would end up being killed by the people who were trying to protect her.
And it bugs me that the junk food media wanted to use the government name to describe the victim.
I choose not to out of respect because Kiwi was identified as a woman.
There were 18 transwomen killed this year alone. This news often doesn't get attention.
Some transowmen are often shunned by their families. They turn to a criminal lifestyle like prostitution to stay alive.
Transgender women are 17 times likely to contract HIV from unsafe sexual practices as a prostitute.
Transgender women who work the stroll are likely to be victims of robbery, rape, sexually transmitted diseases, homelessness, and violent attacks from a transphobic person.
Some Black extremist from Florida traveled to Phoenix to plug his website and his man crush, Donald J. Trump.
Michael Symonette is a 40-something guy who got major attention on the social webs after he rose up his Blacks for Trump 2020 promo. He has done it many times and the inept leader noticed it.
He didn't recognize the guy holding it was the same guy who was at his campaign rallies before he took over as the leader of this goddamn country.
He is from Lakeland, Florida. He is a member of some Black extremist group called Yahweh ben Yahweh organization. It's called a Black nationalist religious sect. The Southern Poverty Law Center said that organization has done violent acts against its members.
Symonette goes by the name of Maurice/Michael the Black man and his government name.
Trolling Black extremist is a Trump supporter.
He seriously believed that Barack Obama is plotting an assassination attempt against him. I am assuming that he believe that Obama is involved in the "deep state" against Trump.
This guy is a criminal. Trump doesn't care. He needed that one Black person to help him misspell the notion that he's catering to White Extremists.
Symonette is a Republican and part of the Raging Elephants, a Black conservative organization devoted to helping elect Black Republicans to higher office.
People protesting the rally were hit with tear gas and some were arrested.
The rally in Arizona was extremely polarizing. Trump spend a portion of his rally criticizing the junk food media, John McCain, Jeff Flake, the slow walking of his agenda and his 2020 reelection.
Trump already declared he's intending on running for a second term.
Hillary Clinton thought of tagging Donald J. Trump as a creep on the campaign trail. She backed off because she believed he was digging his own grave.
You should have said something.
Former Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton writes a book called What Happened. The book is slated to be released in September and it's going to be look back at her failed attempt at being the president.
Fresh off the bat, she said that Donald J. Trump is a "creep."
I was surprised that Trump won the election. Even after the Access Hollywood tape and rhetoric on the campaign trail. It didn't stop him from carrying the needed electoral votes.
Now as the leader of this country, Trump is very unpopular and he continues to blame everyone but himself for the gridlock looming in Washington. When he and Congress return back to work, he vows a government shutdown if the Congress refuse to pass a budget to fund the border wall and the full repeal of the Affordable Care Act.
If the election was a redo, Clinton would have won. But since there's no redoes, we have to deal with Trump for the next four or eight years.
A tell all book often comes a year after a losing candidate donates their campaign stuff to the African Union nations and the Washed Up Presidential Candidates Museum in Norton, Kansas.
Hillary Clinton, Mitt Romney, John McCain, and Al Gore have a place in the Washed Up Presidential Candidates Museum.
Clinton decides to dust off that old keyboard of her computer to write a book. Her book will be a reminder to future candidates that 'being the pick" doesn't mean you're the winner.
Clinton details her quest to be the first woman to be on a major party ticket. Her frustration with the Democratic Party's ineptness when it came to grassroots campaigning. Her frustration with Bernie Sanders spreading falsehoods about her. Russia running a smear campaign against her. Of course, the easy ride that Trump got because he was a "shiny coin" and "ratings draw."
Also her anger at Trump to bring in Bill Clinton accusers at the debate.
Morning Joe details the book excerpts.
The book detailed how she felt when Trump was coming around her.
"Now we were on a small stage and no matter where I walked, he followed me closely, staring at me, making faces," Clinton said.
She thought she could hit the pause button and ask everyone in the audience, "what would you do?"
"Do you say calm, keep smiling and carry-on as if he weren't repeatedly invading your space? Or do you turn, look him in the eye and say loudly and clearly, 'Back up you creep, get away from me!' I know you love to intimidate women, but you can't intimidate me, so back up."
She said that Trump made her skin crawled.
"It was incredibly uncomfortable he was literally breathing down my neck," said Clinton.
In the intro to the book, she stated that writing this book was one of the most uncomfortable things she's done. She outlines why she felt that she let Americans down. She believed that Americans in the rust belt were her downfall. She felt that the so-called Democratic Blue Wall was a junk food media driven narrative. She lost Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin.
She vows to oppose Trump and Mike Pence.
"Writing this wasn't easy. Every day that I was a candidate for president I knew that millions of people were counting on me and I couldn't bear the idea of letting down. But I did. I couldn't get the job done. And I'll have to live with that for the rest of my life," Clinton said.
The washed up comedian and business mogul will have a retrial in November. Nevermind, it will be in March.
Bill Cosby will face a retrial for the allegations of sexual assault against Andrea Constand, a former Temple University basketball coach.
Montgomery County Court of Common Pleas Judge Steven O'Neill said the move will give Cosby's new defense team enough time to prepare for the trial.
The first trial ended in a mistrial in June after more than 50 hours of jury deliberation failed to yield a verdict to convict Cosby. The entertainer is 80 years old and legally blind. He said that he didn't do anything wrong and it was consensual.
Cosby was accused of having sexually over 60 women. He admitted that he placed quaaludes into drinks to relax. That damaged his reputation and also blacklisted him.
The accusations by Constand could be heard again. Cosby could face 30 to LIFE in the iron college and be labeled a TIER III in Offender U.
Cosby is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
Cosby was the finger wagging Black activist who told Black men to pull their pants up and stop acting like you're not a man. He was complaining about out-of-lock babies and children who didn't want to learn. All good morals for a guy who had an affair with numerous women.
Cosby built his career on family-friendly style of comedy. The man who brought you The Cosby Show, Fat Albert and The Cosby Kids, Little Bill, iSpy and The Bill Cosby Show.
He was famous for his comedy and music albums. He donated to colleges, universities and American charity groups.
Controversial billboard once hung publicly in Phoenix, Arizona.
America's fifth largest city is going to be overworked this evening. Donald J. Trump will appear at a campaign rally in Phoenix.
It's expected that he will pardon former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio, a controversial Republican lawman who broke the law in apprehending immigrants. He also profiled Hispanic and Black residents in the county.
Arpaio who is a federal convict was found guilty of racially profiling Latinos. He was a well-known public figure who often clashed with Barack Obama, former Attorney General Eric Holder and predecessor Loretta Lynch. He often called "America's Toughest Sheriff" by the conservatives.
This pardon could stroke racial tensions.
Even controversial Republican former Pinal County sheriff Paul Babeu denounced him.
The city of Phoenix is preparing for riots. The inept leader's arrival is already expected to cause controversy. With the tepid response to that terrorist attack inspired extremists from walks to show up. The presence of White extremists will dominate the headlines. The Antifa crowd will also be there to disrupt the people attending. The mayor of Phoenix urged Trump to not come to the city.
He will be heading to the Phoenix Convention Center in downtown. The city is on high alert.
That's what friends are for. Trump may pardon controversial figure Joe Arpaio.
Greg Stanton is angered by the appearance. He believes Trump should focus on trying to mend fences with the American people. He believes this rally will create more tension and force the Phoenix Metro Police to over-exhaust their resources.
"America is hurting. And it is hurting largely because Trump doused racial tensions with gasoline," said Stanton. "With his planned visit to Phoenix on Tuesday, I fear the president may be looking to light a match."
Police chief Jeri Williams said that "maximum staffing will be used."
Republican governor Doug Ducey will not attend the event but he will be at the airport to shake Trump and Mike Pence's hand.
The county has 4 million residents with six of the 50 largest cities in it. Phoenix is where Sen. John McCain and Sen. Jeff Flake, both Republicans live. The state has voted for Republicans since 1948 and hasn't looked back. This should be friendly crowds for Trump.
Trump voiced frustration with McCain for his opposition to the Better Care Resolution Act. McCain joined two Republicans and the 48 Democrats to oppose the bill's passage. That sunk the Republican repeal and replace of Obamacare.
Flake wrote a book critical of Trump's leadership and called him out for his failure to address Charlottesville in a timely matter.
Trump has come out swinging.
Trump has already came out in support of Kelli Ward, a former state lawmaker who is a nemesis to both McCain and Flake.
Flake is facing a tougher primary challenger in Ward.
Trump knows he's deeply unpopular. But his core supporters will not abandon him. After all, the base will support him regardless of what he does.
Trump has no real plan on handling Afghanistan. All he believes in is victory.
The definition of victory is.....!
Donald J. Trump is by far the most unpopular leader in modern history. It's going to be extremely hard to win over support for the latest engagement in Afghanistan.
America's longest and costliest war continues on. Where George W. Bush and Barack Obama failed, Trump said to the American people, "we will win."
At Ft. Myer Military Base in Virginia, Trump, Mike Pence, Rex Tillerson, Melania and Ivanka joined the inept leader for an address to the nation on the latest developments.
Trump is expected to add more troops to combat a resurgent Taliban. The group is hoping that United States wears itself out trying to defeat a group that has an advantage.
Since October of 2001, the War on Terrorism has been more of a nation-rebuilding work of art. It's an endless propaganda trying to defeat a bunch of people, who the American public view as an "enemy."
The Taliban who were once the ruling party in Afghanistan ruled a conservative Sunni government.
George W. Bush blamed Afghanistan for the safe-harbor of Osama bin Laden and Ayman Al-Zahiwi, the two financiers of the September 11, 2001 attack. The coordinated attack took advantage of the lapse in American security and airline safety. The U.S. government to this day still ignores the soft targets and the reasons to why al-Qaeda and the Islamic State attacks people.
"Our troops will fight to win. We will fight to win," Trump said to the soldiers at the Fort Myer. "From now on, victory will have a definition: attacking our enemies. Obliterating ISIS. Crushing al-Qaeda. Preventing the Taliban from taking over Afghanistan. And stopping mass terror attacks against America before they emerge."
Mind you we had a terrorist attack in Charlottesville from an American who drove his vehicle into a crowd of protesters. A white man from Ohio who was radicalized by Christian Identity agitators who believe that America is devoted to anti-White propaganda.
There will be no "blank check."
Trump blamed Obama for the hasty withdrawal from Iraq and the slow-walking on Afghanistan.
"The consequences of a rapid exit are both predictable and unacceptable. A hasty withdrawal would created a vacuum that terrorist, including ISIS and al-Qeada, would instantly fill."
Trump offered no timeline on how he can Make Afghanistan Great Again.
The Taliban denounced Trump. They said that the war will be "the graveyard for the American empire."
He pointed at the Pakistani government for offering safe haven to terrorist. He urged India, China and others to push for sanctions against Pakistan.
The inept leader done three things of hypocrisy. First he used a teleprompter. He complained about Obama using a teleprompter to deliver speeches. He now uses them frequently.
He said that he would be working more than taking vacations. He spent so much time traveling to his personal golf courses, his Trump Tower and campaign stops. The Secret Service is already maxed out its account. To watch Trump his family, Pence and his family, foreign leaders, the Speaker of the House Paul Ryan and ex-presidents is straining the budget.
He said that we won't fight and become the world's police man. We have constant issues with Asia. We're still fighting an endless war, we're closer to nuclear war with North Korea and we might be engaging in Venezuela. He wants to build a wall between the U.S. and Mexico sparking a trade war. He wants to tell NATO, Germany and China to handle conflicts that America created.
We had major collisions with the U.S. Navy in Japan, Singapore and South Korea.
We already had a bunch of mishaps with the U.S. Navy in which four fleets were damaged.
USS Antietam in January, USS Lake Champlian, USS Fitzgerald, and USS John S. McCain were damaged heavily.
We're spending more on military and defense spending.
Trump wanted to put "America First."
So far, if we're putting America first in battling a war, it's a toss up between Trump keeping his promises or breaking them. I am not concerned. They voted for that. I didn't.
Convicted rapist Ma'lik Richmond was sidelined at Youngtown State University. He was barred from playing football for the foreseeable future. His father Nathaniel Richmond was the terrorist who shot at a state judge. The law puts him down. Now Ma'lik will have to bury his father.
The father of convicted rapist Ma'lik Richmond was killed by the Jefferson County, Ohio boys after he ambushed the judge who may have sent his son to the iron college.
Judge Joseph Bruzzese, Jr. was shot and wounded on Monday. The judge was walking into the Jefferson County courthouse when he was shot.
Ma'lik Richmond was the Steubenville high school student who played on the football team. He was convicted of raping a 16 year old girl at an unsupervised house party. Richmond and Trent Mays were the teens who recorded the encounter.
They were charged as adults and sentenced to 16 months in the juvie and labeled TIER III in Offender U.
This was a huge scandal in the rust belt. The city with a population of 18,000 had to clean house. School board members, high school coaches and city leaders were either implicated or charged with aiding and abetting.
Nate Richmond was a controversial figure in Steubenville, Ohio.
Bruzzese was injured but he was packing heat as well. He returned fire injuring the terrorist, Nate Richmond.
Richmond was apparently upset with the judge and waited in repose for the judge to exit his car. He shot the judge in the leg and stomach.
The terrorist was shot and killed by the county probate firing his service weapon. Richmond had a criminal history and was to be in court that day.
Ma'lik Richmond enrolled at Youngstown State University to play football. He was sidelined after public outcry against the football team. They blame Steubenville leaders for covering up the scandal.
Bruzzese is an avid hunter and one "tough son of a gun." He will survive his injuries.
John Kasich, Ohio's governor was notified about this as well as Donald J. Trump.
Two Florida cops died after a terrorist ambushed them.
Tariq Nasheed is right on one thing. Whenever cops are killed regardless, the so-called Blue Lives Matter supporters often single out Black Lives Matter as the culprit instead of the suspect.
I've said it time after time. I'm getting fed up with repeating this but the truth hurts.
WHEN COPS SEE A BLACK MAN WITH A FIREARM REGARDLESS OF IT BEING LEGAL OR ILLEGAL, THEY AUTOMATICALLY SHOOT THE BLACK MAN. EVEN AN UNARMED BLACK MAN JUST REACHING FOR A WALLET OR A DOOR HANDLE COULD BE KILLED BY THE COPS. THE POLICE AND JUNK FOOD MEDIA TRY TO MAKE THE VICTIM, "THE BAD GUY" BY BRINGING UP HIS PAST HISTORY, HIS SOCIAL MEDIA OR HIS FAMILY LIFE. MANY WHITES (IN LARGE GROUPS) HAVE FIREARMS IN FRONT OF POLICE AND THEY NEVER GET SHOT OR KILLED. WHY AREN'T THEY AFRAID OF THEM? WHENEVER SOMEONE COMPLAINS ABOUT LACK OF BLACK FATHERS, I CONTINUE TO DENOUNCE THIS BULLSHIT. I REMIND THEM THAT THE POLICE KILL BLACK FATHERS. THE POLICE LEAVE CHILDREN OF COLOR WITHOUT A BLACK FATHER. AND NO AMOUNT OF MONEY COULD BRING THE PEACE AND TRANQUILITY TO THE FAMILIES OF THOSE KILLED BY THE COPS. FOR EVERY BAD COP, THERE WILL BE A DEAD COP! I DON'T BELIEVE EVERYTHING ON THE INTERNET OR THE COP'S VERSION. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. DONALD J. TRUMP, REPUBLICANS AND DEMOCRATS ARE INEPT. THEY ARE NUMB TO GUN VIOLENCE. THEY CONTINUE TO ALLOW FIREARMS IN THE HANDS OF TERRORISTS AND BAD COPS. EXPECT MORE COPS SHOOTING UNARMED OR LEGALLY ARMED PEOPLE OF COLOR. EXPECT BAD COPS TO GET SLAPS ON THE WRISTS WHEN THEY COMMIT CRIMINAL ACTS. FROM DRIVING UNDER THE INFLUENCE, SOLICITING FOR PROSTITUTES, PLANTING DRUGS AND GUNS ON INNOCENT INDIVIDUALS, TO EVEN RUNNING TRAFFIC LIGHTS, BAD COPS BELIEVE THEY'RE ABOVE THE LAW. EXPECT COPS TO WALK WHEN THEY CLAIM THEY USED DEADLY FORCE BECAUSE THEY FEARED FOR THEIR LIVES. EXPECT MORE MASS SHOOTINGS. EXPECT GOOD COPS TO BE KILLED BY TERRORISTS. POLICE DEPARTMENTS CONTINUE TO ALLOW BAD COPS AND CORRUPT POLICE UNIONS TO REIGN STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM UPON PEOPLE OF COLOR. POLICE KILLING PEOPLE OF COLOR IS STATE SPONSORED TERRORISM. BEING A COP IS A THANKLESS JOB. THEY CONTINUE TO SERVE AND PROTECT IN AN EXTREMELY DANGEROUS JOB. WE DON'T CONDONE VIOLENCE AGAINST LAW ENFORCEMENT OR ANY HUMAN BEING.
There were a handful of violent attacks against police. Not to mention the fatal helicopter crash in Charlottesville killing two Virginia commonwealth troopers.
The terrorist is a former Marine.
Two officers paid the price trying to keep the peace between the far-right white extremists and the antifa activists.
Now as we move on to the next shiny coin, we hear about two Sam Howard and Matt Baxter were killed after a shootout with a gunman.
The whataboutism is so off the chain. We started with Bill Cunningham, the loudmouth conservative agitator who is the combined beeyotching of Sean "Softball" Hannity and Matt Drudge. He was going on and on about how the fatal shooting of the Kissimmee Police being the fault of BLM.
The terrorist was named and arrested. Everrett Miller will face capital murder charges. He was apprehended at a bar without a single shot fired. He will face a judge on the charges. The terrorist is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. He could face the DEATH Card if convicted.
The officers were checking three of the terrorists when a fourth opened fire.
But here's what the racists are talking about. The race of the terrorist to deflect argument from the deadly Charlottesville terrorist attack.
The race of a cop killer becomes the de jour of right wing racists when the suspect is Black or Hispanic. For that, they want to deflect, distract and promote denial.
The terrorist was a Black man who was a former Marine.
According to the CBS News, the Florida man performed intelligence analysis during Operation Noble Eagle, Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom while working with the U.S. Special Operation Command.
Miller was stationed in areas around central Florida, North Carolina, Japan and enlisted young as a Marine.
"He was a nice guy," said Cartrell Bright, who lived a few houses down from Miller's parents. "He and my son were really good friends."
Hence the term, the NICE GUY.
The nice guy is the most dangerous person to ever have a firearm. They are considered a threat when they're spurned by society, relationships, and employment.
Miller was on social media voicing frustration with the anti-Trump, anti-Klan and anti-conservative rhetoric. He was making threats to those in law enforcement said Kissimmee Police chief Jeff O'Dell.
Miller was being treated for a mental health issue.
"He's sick," said Bright. "He just lost his mind or something."
The Osceola County boys took him into custody and once they have all the evidence, they can put this terrorist in the lockup.
Officer Baxter had been with the Kissimmee Police for three years. He was married to another officer on the force and they have four children. He was 27 years old.
Officer Howard had been with the Kissimmee Police for 10 years. He was married and leaves behind one child.
"They are two wonderful men, family men," O'Dell said. "They are two committed to doing it the right way."
Sacrificing their lives for the safety of others is what the police do. They are trained and warned everyday about the potential for injuries or death. They know they could one day meet fate.
So these so-called Blue Lives Matter racists are trying to say police officers are under attack.
Yeah, if they were under attack, would there be anarchy in the streets?
Got the story confused. If a city of Kissimmee with a population of 80,000 residents revolted against the government and the local law enforcement, then we would see the beginning of a coup de-tat.
Donald J. Trump got into the medley by posting on social media.
My thoughts and prayers are with the @KissimmeePolice and their loved ones. We are with you!#LESM
He failed to mention the shooting in rural Pennsylvania. Two state commonwealth troopers were shot outside a small-town store in Fairchance, south of Pittsburgh. State police say the troopers, both taken to hospitals in stable condition. The terrorist was named Clarence Belsar. He was killed. He had ignored verbal warnings.
Allegedly, Belsar was involved in robberies in the area. He was trying to sell a Playstation that might have been stolen.
He also failed to mention the police shooting in Jacksonville. There was a shooting in Jacksonville. Two officers Michael Fox an 11 year veteran and Kevin Jarrell, a five year veteran who were ambushed by Derrick Brabham. They were shot when they tried to break down the door. Brabham shot through the door and injured them. They returned fire killing him in front of this girlfriend and 19-month child. Brabham had no criminal history other than traffic violations.
The Powerball jackpot once again is $1 billion. Lottery fever is back.
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Today, I offer a little advice on the Multi-State Lottery Association's (MUSL) announcement of another record breaking Powerball jackpot.
On Wednesday, millions of Americans in 44 states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands will have a chance to take home $1 billion if they match five numbers and the Powerball.
For $2 or $3 with the Power Play, a player could win a huge fortune. Mind you that a huge fortune comes with a huge price. The thrill of being a lottery winner can be exciting. It can be fun and life changing. But if you don't take the steps to be a smart winner, you may end up broke quickly.
If you win the 5/69 - 1/26 matrix, you could be a billionaire. Odds of a win 1:262 million.
So as a token of goodwill, I offer advice and it could be shared.
Whether you use my advice or not, I want to say thank you again for taking an opportunity to read it.
So you purchased your Powerball ticket. You payed $2 or more for that chance to win. Cool, ain't it.
Your chances of winning this jackpot is 1:262 million.
If I would win a record jackpot like this.............I don't know!
Powerball drawings are held on Wednesdays and Saturdays. The last bet before the drawing is at 10pm. All drawings for the Powerball are held at 10:59pm.
The minimum Powerball jackpot starts at $40 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.
Anyway, the first thing you want to do whenever you purchase a lottery ticket, is have money on hand. The operator is required to take money before issuing a ticket. Make sure you have your numbers placed on either a betting card, your lottery app or a previous ticket. Most operators will help you plug numbers in through the terminal or place an automatic bet for you. However in the case of long lines or possible errors, it would be best to be prepared for the transaction.
Ex-lottery employee faces a quarter in the federal time out for a multi-state fraud.
You cannot cancel Powerball tickets. They are property of the Multi-State Lottery Association and your state (or territory's) lottery commission.
Second, make sure you write your name, phone number or email address on your ticket. If the ticket is lost, stolen, or damaged, you may find it harder to win over lottery officials. If you don't write your name on the lottery ticket and you lost it or a crooked lottery operator gets his hands on it: It's your word against theirs. Mind you that lottery operators have a license number. The place that sold the winning ticket will keep records of the transaction. The tickets are time stamped, verified and authorized. If you lose the ticket, make sure you file a police report. Do not get on television saying that you lost the ticket. It could cause a panic and if you're lying about it, you could face charges of misleading or filing a false police report.
If you are the winner of a Powerball ticket and the amount is a lot, I would recommend you take a picture with the winning ticket. It will also be insurance if you happen to lose the ticket.
If you have a picture of the ticket and you have a police report, it's likely you have a case against the person who stole your ticket.
In most states, the required age to play the lottery is 18 years or older. Do not let anyone under the playing age purchase a ticket or lottery game. The operator could lose their license or you can forfeit your prize if the regional lottery operator determined that an underage player was the winner.
Eddie Tippon and his allies are indicted on fraud and extortion.
If you win the Powerball, Mega Millions or Luck for Life games, make sure you cancel your phone number and email address. Get rid of social media. Cancel your Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, YouTube and Dailymotion accounts. Cancel your dating profiles or social meeting profiles. It eliminates the junk food media from outing you and putting your face, name and contacts in the public arena.
If you're bragging about you're winnings, that's fine. But you best believe that you should cancel out your social media immediately. There's too many opportunists willing to swarm your social media with requests.
If you do decide to become public and share your success with the junk food media, expect death threats, harassing calls, scammers and untrustworthy people to meddle. Family members, ex-girlfriends, ex-boyfriends, ex-spouses, fraudulent charity organizations and robbers are expected to exploit your riches. Keep a calm head and do not treat winning the lottery like its a "normal" thing.
Powerball and Power Play are a part of the MUSL Association.
If you purchase Powerball from another state and you won, understand that it not a winner in your home state.
What does that mean?
Say you purchased a Powerball ticket in Florida and you decided to head home to Massachusetts. You go to a local retailer and ask if you can "cash in" that $100 ticket. The operator says "I can't do that. It's not from our state."
You get upset and ask why you can't cash in a simple winning ticket from another state.
The usual comments whenever you try to cash in a ticket from another state is "Why can't you accept this 'winning' ticket: You guys play Powerball too?"
Well the answer is simple. You have an out of state ticket that's a winner. That ticket must be returned to the state you've purchased it from.
You have to return back to the state you've purchased that ticket. Do not go into lottery retailer with a ticket from another state. Each state has a set of rules, regulations, state taxes and locality rules. Be aware that 44 states, DC and two U.S. territories play Powerball and Mega Millions. The MUSL Association owns the rights to these games.
Whenever a lottery retailer handles 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.
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.
If you can't make it to a lottery retailer, that's alright. You can get an app for that. Some state lottery agencies offer 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 state's lottery.
Never put your trust in a cashier who doesn't have experience in handling jackpots or validations of high value tickets.
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.
You might as well get those little things out the way. You should pay off debts to college loans, car loans, property, utility billings, spousal support, child support, back taxes and credit cards. Don't let these issues ruin your credit score or chances at buying better things.
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.
Hire a qualified lottery and huge sum lawyer. Make sure that a large sum lawyer is certified in dealing with lottery wins.
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. Some may blow it on drugs and alcohol.
Expect long lines on Wednesday.
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 pay for five chefs, a butler, housekeeper, nanny, and chauffeur?
You going to buy a $100,000 vehicle! Wow!
Do whatever you want with your money, but be careful with it.
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.
The Have-Nots Will Always Try To Make You Feel Guilty About Winning. Ignore Them And Be Happy About Your Success.
And before I go, I want to revisit a story that slipped past the radar. It involved a lottery employee bilking millions from the organization. He and his friends decided to play the numbers by counting.
They entered retailers in four states to purchase a set of numbers they knew they were going to win.
The ringer would head into the retailer and purchase an automatic along with the lucky numbers written on a bet card. The operator would sale that ticket and the ringer would end up winning. After a nearly a year, the ringer tired to claim the prize anonymously through shell organizations. It turns out that ringer and his brother conducted a scheme to win the prizes through friends from out of state.
Okay, here's a reason to be careful about the lottery. A former lottery employee named Eddie Tipton is heading to the federal time out. He was convicted of larceny. He could be serving 25 years for running a criminal scheme that allowed him to collect $2 million in four states.
The former MUSL worker was a security director who had his partners hack into MUSL computers. He came up with the perfect winning numbers. He admitted he had masterminded a writing code that allowed him to predict who would win the lottery.
Tipton has top-security clearance and he managed to sneak around the system. He would head to Iowa, Colorado, Oklahoma and Kansas to purchase tickets.
The game that Tipton took advantage of was the Hot Lotto. Because of that scandal, MUSL ended Hot Lotto. The MUSL had to change its format and carefully monitors all workers.
Anyway, I went against the grain and played. I know my chances are like everyone, slim to none.
Good luck to those who play.
☆ Mega Millions will begin a new phase in late October. The MUSL game will increase to $2 per play. If you play the Megaplier you will play the unit for $3 per unit. The matrix will be 1/70 and 1/25. The minimum jackpot will begin at $40 million. The current $1 (or $2 with Multiplier) will be accepted until the jackpot is won. The new Mega Millions game will begin on October 29.
The sidekick of sidekicks. The guy who makes 'em smile. The guy who helped the great Dean Martin through his comedy show has passed away.
Jerry Lewis passed away at the age of 91. He died early Sunday morning his family confirmed.
Born in Newark, New Jersey, Joseph Levitch was a well known in the slapstick. He was a solo of his own right and left the crowds laughing.
"Famed comedian, actor and legendary entertainer Jerry Lewis passed away peacefully today of natural causes at 91 at his home in Las Vegas with his family by his side," the Lewis family said in a statement.
You know that Jerry Lewis was best for the Jerry Lewis MDA Telethons, his acclaimed roles in The Nutter Professor, The Pasty and The Bellboy and his kind heart to the children.
He was a part of a comedic duo with Martin. They had met at the Atlantic City 500 Club on July 25, 1946 and hit it off. The team lasted for 10 years to the day.
Martin and Lewis were the comedy duo.
They were the hottest act in America and as well as the highest paid duo in the country.
They had a fallout in the late 1950s. Dean got tired of being typecasted as a "player."
The Martin and Lewis act came to end when Dean was getting upstaged by Jerry. The last straw came when Dean and Jerry got together for a Look Magazine cover and Dean was cropped out.
They got into a huge argument and vowed to never work with one another ever again.
They would stay distant for 20 years. It took Frank Sinatra to introduce Dean for the Labor Day MDA in 1976.
The clip will be seen here.
It actually brought a tear to my eye. Because Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis were the team. They had people rolling out their seats with their act.
When the two reconciled, they stayed close for the most part until Dean's death.
Until the 2010, Jerry hosted the MDA Telethon. He was hosting the show for 21 1/2 hours. It started on Sunday at 12 pm and ended at 6:30 pm on Labor Day.
Groundbreaking legend. The King of Comedy.
With the death of Dick Gregory and Glen Campbell's death, the death of Jerry Lewis is shocking as well.
They entertained me when I was child. Now as a man, I want to thank Jerry Lewis, Dick Gregory and Glen Campbell for the years of laughs, music, activism.
A powerful voice in the Civil Rights movement passed away. Comedian and activist Dick Gregory Passed away at the age of 84.
Born Richard Claxton Gregory, he was born in St. Louis. He was raised by a single mother. In order to support the family, he would do odd jobs and errands to make ends meet. He leaves behind a his wife Lillian and his ten children.
He was an avid track runner and served in the U.S. Army when he was drafted.
Gregory used the power of comedy to help get the message out social injustice.
A man who was strong on words and proud to be unapologetic when it came to issues in the Black community.
He began his stand up comedy in the 1960s. He performed in front of large white audiences and got his break performing on Jack Paar. Darryl Littleton, author of the bookBlack Comedians on Black Comedy, told NPR in 2009 that Gregory broke barriers with his appearances on television, just by sitting down:
"Dick Gregory is the first to recognized — and he'll say it — the first black comedian to be able to stand flat-footed, and just delivered comedy. You had other comedians back then but they always had to do a little song or a dance or whatever, Sammy Davis had to dance and sing, and then tell jokes. Same with Pearl Bailey and some of the other comedians. But Dick Gregory was able to grow on television, sit down on the Jack Paar show — and sit on the couch and actually have a discussion, and that it never happened in the history of television."
According to NBC News, he was suffering from a bacterial infection and succumbed to the illness on Saturday.
Gregory had called the U.S., the most racist nation on the planet and made his opinion very clear in public.
He had ran for mayor in Chicago and a run for president under the Freedom and Peace Party. He was on the ballot in eight states.
Celebrities and politicians have expressed condolences to his family.
The following article is from the Washington Post regarding Walter Ashby Plecker and how he wanted a racially divided society in Virginia during his reign as the Bureau of Vital Statistics registrar. It's just like the orange hair guy who still wants to build the wall and to ban Muslims from coming to our country. A few days ago, the Republicans passed a bill to limit legal immigration and to give visas to mainly skilled English-speaking immigrants. The similarities are frightening and sinister. Here's the article:
The look of Hate: Walter Ashby Plecker. Making America "great" again through racial repression and genocide of many peoples. Trump would be proud of that despicable piece of s**t. According to the Washington Post: "He built his career on the systematic oppression of blacks and Native Americans, becoming one of the country’s most influential white supremacists. For more than three decades, from 1912 until 1946, Walter Ashby Plecker used his position as head of Virginia’s Bureau of Vital Statistics to champion policies designed to protect what he considered a master white race. He was the father of the state’s Racial Integrity Act of 1924, which designated every person in the state as either white or “colored” and criminalized interracial marriage. Plecker insisted that any person with a single drop of “Negro” blood couldn’t be classified as white, and he refused to even acknowledge that Native Americans existed in the commonwealth, effectively erasing their legal identities." He also tried to destroy the Melungeon people as well because he consider them as threats similar to the rhetoric of many Republicans used toward Black and Brown folks as well as Muslims, atheists, and other non-Christian groups in recent times. His racist legacy did not die in 1947, it was taken up by race-baiting politicians such as Strom Thurmond, Richard "Law and Order" Nixon, Jesse Helms, Steve Scalese, David Duke, Steve King, and of course, Donald. Here's an excerpt from The Richmond Afro-American in 1947:
Read more at the Washington Post and be sure to link and tweet that article before it disappears.
Did you know that he's the originator of the notoriously racist one-drop rule? Here it is according to Wikipedia:
"Plecker lobbied the US Census Bureau to drop the category "mulatto" in the 1930 and later censuses. This deprived mixed-race people of recognition of their identity and it also contributed to a binary culture of hypodescent, in which mixed-race persons were often classified as part of the group with lower social status.[5] Not until the 21st century did the federal census allow individuals to indicate more than one race or ethnic group in self-identification."
In other words, he's the father of racial profiling. In fact, modern-day racial profiling originated with Plecker. Whether we hear about police profiling, medical DNA, employment/education/housing discrimination, racial gerrymandering, voter suppression, etc., that deplorable racist was the originator.
He told the white mother regarding her newborn child. What he told her was hateful and dehumanizing:
"This is to give you warning that this is a mulatto child and you cannot pass it off as white. A new law passed by the last legislature says that if a child has one drop of negro blood in it, it cannot be counted as white. You will have to do something about this matter and see that the child is not allowed to mix with white children, it cannot go to white schools and can never marry a white person in Virginia.
It is an awful thing."
So, this SOB called her child an "it" and "awful! How evil and racist can he be! Let's not forget that 45(Trump) is also an evil racist and an SOB. And shock jock Bob Dumas. And former NC Governor Pat McCrory. The ghost of Plecker is alive and well and wants vengeance! Be vigilant. Stay woke!
