Target Fires CEO!

After today, the Target store in Trotwood, Ohio will officially close.

It's ironic that I happened to travel through the ghost town today. The local Target store today was boarding up its doors and it was taking down its sign. People were still inside shopping and some were exiting.

Target announced in December that they were closing up the store. Many residents were furious that the last national retail/grocer store is bailing out on the city.

That "ghost town" is Trotwood, Ohio, an inner suburb of Dayton has a terrible legacy. The city annexed most of the rural Madison Township in 1997 and became a city. When that occurred, the Ohio State Route 49 realigned from the formerly busy Salem Avenue to the outskirts of west Dayton.

Trotwood had a whole lot of anchor stores and businesses around the Salem Mall. Then all of sudden, the anchor stores to the mall close up shop and gradually it lead to the downfall of the once thriving community.

Now Trotwood and Middletown, Ohio are some of the cities scheduled to lose Target stores.

After desperate pleas from residents and city leaders, the megastore is closing up shop at least in these communities. They claim that sales at the Target stores were low and the best thing for the company to do is close up shop. Of course you can visit Huber Heights, Sugarcreek Township, Miami Township, Beavercreek and Springfield's locations. If you have to travel by bus, I guess it's an hour and half ride.

For a drive it's about 35 -60 minutes to each location respectively. Losing Target signals that most of the companies in the area are looking to drop Dayton for investments.

This is a major restructuring for the company. Last year the company suffered some negative publicity after it was revealed that hackers got into the company's website and stole credit card information from shoppers.

Target fires CEO.

Target was investigating a major data breach "potentially involving millions of customer credit and debit card records." The report quickly spread across news channels. On December 19, Target confirmed the incident via a press release, revealing that the hack took place between November 27 and December 15, 2013.

Target warned that up to 40 million consumer credit and debit cards may have been compromised. Hackers gained access to customer names, card numbers, expiration dates, and CVV security codes of the cards issued by financial institutions. On December 27 Target disclosed that debit card PIN data had also been stolen, albeit in encrypted form, reversing an earlier stance that PIN data was not part of the breach. Target noted that the accessed PIN numbers were encrypted using Triple DES and has stated the PINs remain "safe and secure" due to the encryption.

On January 10, 2014, Target disclosed that the names, mailing addresses, phone numbers or email addresses of up to 70 million additional people had also been stolen, bringing the possible number of customers affected up to 110 million.

Now all of sudden, the company is planning on releasing its CEO/president Gregg Steinhafel.

He has been the company's president since 1999, and has been with the company since 1979.

He became Chief Executive Officer in 2008.

He resigned on May 5th, 2014 due to the fallout from a massive consumer data breach in December 2013.

He will take a severance package $55 million on his way out.

Target's public stock took a nosedive after the announcement came forth.

Benghazi: The Never Ending Story!

South Carolina politico Trey Gowdy (R-SC) will be the lead in the investigation of Benghazi.

When the Republicans are talking about jobs, they're actually meaning "save" their jobs!

Vance McAllister, Michael Grimm, and Trey Radel are under fire. These Republicans done so much damage to the party. But these issues will be ignored for the most ridiculous issues in America.

For example, did you know it cost millions of dollars for an investigation?

This unprecedented amount of money being wasted on a tragedy that occurred nearly two years ago merits a response. The reason for this response is the constant theatrics created by those Republicans in the House.

They know there's no more evidence in this case. But since the Tea Party (far right/racist right) is obsessed with this nonsense, they'll be more committees and witch hunts against President Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton.

House Weeper John Boehner (R-OH) proposed a committee chair for this investigation into Benghazi. He appointed the far right politico Trey Gowdy (R-SC) as the chair.

Benghazi U.S. Consulate attack on September 11, 2012 killed four Americans.

Okay on September 11, 2012, the Middle East was upset over an American video that surfaced on the social networks depicting the Prophet Mohammad in a negative light.

The Innocence of Muslims was an anti-Islamic movie and it caused demonstrations and violent protests against the video to break out on September 11 in Egypt and spread to other Arab and Muslim nations and to some western countries. The protests have led to hundreds of injuries and over 50 deaths

"The trailer opens with scenes of Egyptian security forces standing idle as Muslims pillage and burn the homes of Egyptian Christians. Then it cuts to cartoonish scenes depicting the Prophet Muhammad as a child of uncertain parentage, a buffoon, a womanizer, a homosexual, a child molester and a greedy, bloodthirsty thug."

Obtained by Wikipedia, the situation turned into a deadly even in Libya. The attack in Benghazi, Libya, started when heavily armed attackers killed the U.S. Ambassador J. Christopher Stevens and three other Americans on September 11.

President Barack Obama, Vice President Joe Biden and members of his administration were at Andrews Air Force Base to pay their respects to the four Americans who were killed in Libya. Then secretary of state Hillary Clinton, Susan Rice, then UN Ambassador now National Security Adviser were in attendance.

Some U.S. officials, speaking under anonymity, said that they believed the Benghazi attack was coordinated and planned in advance, and not prompted by the film.

Al-Qaeda has indicated responsibility and said it was in revenge for a U.S. drone strike which killed Libyan Abu Yahya al-Libi, an al-Qaeda leader.

The role of the video in motivating the attack quickly became an ongoing dispute in the American political arena. Numerous eyewitnesses reported that the attackers said they were motivated by the video.

The Benghazi investigation is on. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC).

Though Libyan officials initially stated that hundreds of protesters had been present before the attack, later investigations by the U.S. government concluded that no protest took place prior to the attack.

These investigations indicate that the notion of Benghazi protests originated from within the intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency due to the concurrent worldwide violence and protests resulting from the film Innocence of Muslims.

Subsequent investigations by the U.S. State Department; by the House of Representatives committees on Armed Services, Foreign Affairs, Intelligence, the Judiciary, and Oversight and Government Reform; and by the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence determined that there was no protest and that the attack was a planned terrorist attack launched by Islamist militants. These investigations indicate that the notion of Benghazi protests originated from within the intelligence community and the Central Intelligence Agency due to the concurrent worldwide violence and protests resulting from the film Innocence of Muslims.

I am for one tired of hearing about Benghazi. This event didn't occur in the United States. The CIA screwed up on the talking points. September 11, 2001 was probably way more worse than Benghazi. They are still trying to figure answers to why this event happened on American soil.

Republicans can't seem to let Obamacare, Benghazi and the president is....whatever go!

White House Press Secretary Jay Carney and National Security Adviser Susan Rice.

The Democrats to win the House of Representatives is a long shot. This should be easy. I mean Congress has a record low job approval under the weeper. The weeper knows that his days as leader are numbered.

The potential for a Democratic sweep is unlikely because of those dumbass Republican governors and state lawmakers who gerrymandered districts to make it totally harder for Democrats to pickup seats. You have to be as crazy as a Republican now to win.

Democrats have a plan but no action. They can talk about how Republicans wasted millions by shutting down the government, repealing a law that's been in effect for over four years, blocking minimum wage, blocking equal pay for women, blocking immigration reform, and these stupid committees on nothing and still get ignored by the junk food media.



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Which Side Are Conservatives On?

House Speaker John Boehner (R-OH) is the most ineffective leader ever. The Ohio lawmaker has been the head of the House of Representatives for quite some time now. But as leader of the House, the Republicans have been undermining President Barack Obama at every turn.

Now all of sudden, it seems like the Speaker of House has pissed off his conservative allies.

He is expected to win this week with the May primaries. But has Ohio and practically the rest of the nation had enough of the tear-jerker?

On That Guy Who Throws Shit To The Wall's website, it screenshots the weeper and it says it's mocking his fellow colleagues on immigration reform. He was in Liberty Township a few weeks ago and he was jokingly mocking some in the Tea Party about their refusal to do immigration reform and a raise in the minimum wage.

Yeah, the minimum wage and immigration debates are very important. But to the Republicans, its just another attempt for the Democrats to save grace in the wake of another thumping.

Obama wins the election. Conservatives call it an epic disaster.

Orange is the new Black.

Obama speaks on the arrest of Henry "Skip" Gates. Conservatives say that Obama hates the cops.

Obama speaks to high school students. Conservatives call it indoctrination.

Obama goes on vacations and golf outings. Conservatives call it grandiose spending.

Obama says about Trayvon Martin could have been one of his sons. Conservatives are now trying to link every Black criminal to the deceased teen.

Obama does executive orders. Conservatives call him a dictator.

Obama signs the law to allow all Americans access to healthcare. Conservatives bully the Republicans to repeal the law 50 times.

Representatives Darrell Issa (R-CA) and Jason Chaffettz (R-UT).

They praise foreign leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu and Vladimir Putin over President Barack Obama.

Benghazi, Benghazi, Benghazi.... Over and over again. No smoking gun in the situation in Libya but yet the Republicans and their conservative (racist right) allies are double down on this instead of jobs in America.

Again they're so fixated on this. But we can't talk about the massive attack on American soil on September 11, 2001. The failed policies that lead up to the attacks on New York, Washington DC and Pennsylvania.

Oh, but what difference does it make? Nearly 3,000 lives to four. And yet, George W. Bush never was impeached, attacked by the victim's families on his negligence.

This week bores another waste of taxpayer dollars. The Republicans are expected to vote on a select committee into the issue with Benghazi.

Judicial Watch, a conservative legal group obtained documents through the Freedom Of Information Act claiming that the White House withheld information. Based on the documents they claim that the talking points about a "spontaneous" protest actually being a terrorist attack.

California Republican Darrell Issa has ordered Secretary of State John Kerry to appear in Washington.

Senators Lindsey Graham (R-SC) and John McCain (R-AZ).

Republicans, understand something. While Benghazi was a horrible tragedy it didn't amount to the epic disasters on American soil.

Hurricane Katrina, September 11, 2001 were the most epic disasters ever.

Superstorm Sandy would only top that. President Barack Obama was prepared.

Yeah, Lindsey Graham, John McCain and Darrell Issa. You guys been on GOP Sundays along with the weeper bitching constantly about how Obama, could of, would of, and should of done.

But here's the problem with you guys. At least President Obama isn't hyping up for war like you warturkeys!

Boehner, you suck as a lawmaker. I can testify for it. For I once was a part of your congressional district and believe me I wish there was someone better than the Orange.

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Pharrell's "Happy" Ended The Life Of A North Carolina Woman!

Courtney Sandford lost her life after posting on social networks. She was involved in a car accident on her way to work. Her friends and family blame her careless use of the phone for her tragic death.

A woman on her way to work was on her phone posting on the social networks when she crashed into a recycling truck near High Point, North Carolina.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family at Courtney Sandford.

Her friends tell the law that she was posting on Facebook about the time she would lose control of her vehicle and cross the median. By crossing the median, she struck the truck and was killed instantly.

The woman posted on the social networking site that she was listening to "Happy", the smash hit from entertainer Pharrell Williams.

Well it turns tragic and the North Carolina police are investigating why should didn't watch what she was doing before the crash.

Courtney Sandford was a 32 year old woman with a vibrant life. It was a horrible tragedy that could have been adverted says the law.

The Closer Online reports that she was on a stretch of Business Interstate 85 around the rush hour. Courtney posted a tweet reading: ‘The happy song makes me HAPPY!’ According to authorities, the tweet was posted at 8.33am and the first 911 call was just a minute later.

Courtney was wearing a seatbelt, but police have said that it wasn’t fastened properly.

Sadly, the timing of the tweet along with a series of selfies taken by the victim revealed that she was using her phone whilst driving.

Entertainer Pharrell Williams is the producer of mega hits like his single Happy. The entertainer is a producer, business mogul, rocker, rapper and avid skateboarder. The entertainer produced hits for Jay-Z, Lil' Wayne, Ludacris, T.I., Brittney Spears, Rick Ross, Snoop Dogg and Pusha T.

We're in the digital age.

About 90% of American citizens own and operate a cell phone. The land line phone is on the decline and most Americans are now getting all their needs through their phone.

And with the phone comes the responsibility. Smartphone theft is on the rise and people are losing their lives over this. The companies and software developers are working to prevent this from happening. They are creating freeware and anti-theft tools to keep track of a stolen phone.

States are passing stricter laws that fine, vehicle operators who are on the road while on the phone.

I admit that I often do a lot of texting on the phone while operating a vehicle. That is extremely dangerous.

Many Americans lost their lives on the highways because of a five second text or a phone conversation.

You don't get an opportunity to avoid a hazard when you're arguing with a friend or family member.

You crash into a vehicle. Either you kill someone or you're the one!

We all must use common sense when using a cellphone!

Pharrell Williams is an American singer-songwriter, rapper, record producer, musician, and fashion designer. Williams and Chad Hugo make up the record production duo The Neptunes, producing soul, hip hop and R&B music. He is also the lead vocalist and drummer of rock, funk, and hip hop band N.E.R.D, which he formed with Hugo and childhood friend Shay Haley. He released his first single "Frontin'" in 2003 and followed up with his debut solo album In My Mind in 2006.

His second album, Girl was released on March 3, 2014.

The breakout singles of 2013 and this year credited by Pharrell are "Get Lucky" with Daft Punk, "Blurred Lines" with Robin Thick assisted by T.I. and "Happy".

As part of The Neptunes, Williams has produced numerous hit singles for various recording artists.

Williams has earned seven Grammy Awards including two with The Neptunes. He currently owns a media venture that encompasses entertainment, music, fashion, and art called i am OTHER. He is also the co-founder of the clothing brands Billionaire Boys Club and Ice Cream.

As a member of N.E.R.D. he appears on Interscope. As a solo artist, he appears on Sony Music Group.

He, Chad Hugo and Shay Haley are the founders of Star Trak Entertainment. The label is credited for The Clipse (No Malice and Pusha T), Robin Thicke and Chester Fresh. Pharrell also created the iAMOther label.


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will.i.am Appears On GOP Sundays!

Mega producer will.i.am makes a debut on Meet The Press.

What's more hipper than adding an entertainer who produced one of the most successful hip-hop/pop albums in history?

I must have missed this. The Black Eye Peas frontman will.i.am managed to secure a spot on GOP Sundays.

I mean this is one for the record books. I mean never in my day has an entertainer who has ties to the hip-hop community be a feature on GOP Sundays. Something is going wrong over at NBC News.

will.i.am is an avid supporter of President Barack Obama. He was the co-writer and feature of the "Yes We Can" video that sponsored endorsement of Obama in 2008.

Obviously the racist right wasn't happy about an entertainer talking about politics. Especially an entertainer who helped Obama win twice.

Meet the Press jumps the shark: David Gregory invites http://t.co/VKOdowrOE0 to talk Benghazi, foreign policy http://t.co/VgGT83b5a8
— TwitchyTeam (@TwitchyTeam) May 4, 2014

 

#Oops That moment when a Hollywood icon accidentally endorses conservative ideas. http://t.co/RzOIu8fE2b
— Ashley Sewell (@TXTrendyChick) May 5, 2014

This is the end for @meetthepress w/ @davidgregory. What a sad day 4 political journalism on #pressfreedom day. http://t.co/6uxnHr2PC2 @nbc
— Go Right With Jane (@janie_austin) May 4, 2014

 

Brought to you by Carls Jr. and Brawndo RT @emzanotti Will. I. Am. Is on Meet the Press. We are officially the worst society ever.
— David Burge (@iowahawkblog) May 4, 2014

The entertainer was there to talk about his charity, the White House Correspondence Dinner, the president job approval and the Republican obsession with Benghazi.

My question to the people on Twitter: If you're so upset over will.i.am being on Meet The Press, how about you change the channel?

Isn't the entertainer an American too?

Do you believe just because he's a hip-hop producer, you believe he'll be on Meet The Press talking about being a "gangsta" and saying "NIGGA"?

For those who aren't familiar, will.i.am does follow the news. Is it because he's an entertainer? Or he's Black?

I mean you gotta admit, its better than see Rev. Perm on. Or that douche bag George Will. Ma even chickenshit Bill Kristol

Wondering when the ax will fall on the embattled Sunday NBC news host. The controversial host have been long targeted as a the potential downfall of news programs. Every Sunday morning before I head to my two jobs, I often turn on the Sunday morning political news programs to find out the outlook of Washington.

Every Sunday either on NBC, CBS, ABC and Fox is an old White person with an "R" next to his name.

David Gregory, the host of Meet The Press is facing a tough year. Bob Schieffer over at CBS is gaining on him. George Stephanopoulos and the smirking chimp Chris Wallace gotten better as well. NBC executives are warning Gregory that if he doesn't change the direction of the show, he's out!

One thing I would love to tell David Gregory is basically stop giving more airtime to Republicans who are perennial agitators. The fool allows Ted Cruz, Rand Paul, Mike Lee, Marco Rubio, Tim Scott, Darrell Issa, Michele Bachmann, Peter King, John McCain, Mike Rogers, Paul Ryan, and Lindsey Graham on to make complete assholes of themselves.

Pretty much politcos with limited accomplishments in office get more airtime than an accomplished politico.

There's not many of color on those programs. There's not many women on the programs.

Norah O'Donnell is looking to take Schieffer's spot when he eventually retires. CBS is gambling on her like ABC did when they've hired CNN anchor Christine Amanpour.

will.i.am appears on Interscope Records and will.i.am Music Group.
Black Eyes Peas appears on Interscope.

Here's the video.

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Bill O'Reilly and Russell Simmons Clash over a Beyoncé Video

Come on people, Bill O'Reilly doesn't really care for Black girls.  

He just using Sistas to score racist right-wing ideological points.

Bill O'Reilly and Russell Simmons Clash over a Beyoncé Video


In the music video for the Beyoncé song "Partition," there's some incredibly raunchy imagery, including car sex and a lyric reference to Monica Lewinsky. Bill O'Reilly was fired up about this Monday night, confronting hip hop mogul Russell Simmons over what kind of message that sends to young black girls when such behavior is glorified by one of their idols.

O'Reilly said the video "glorifies having sex in the back of a limousine," and wondered "why on earth would this woman do that" when unplanned pregnancy is a problem in the black community. Simmons didn't defend Beyoncé specifically, but spoke up in support of artists reflecting the reality people live in.

O'Reilly insisted that Beyoncé has "an obligation to protect children" and not to put out "exploitive garbage." He called the video "inexplicable" and was utterly bemused when Simmons said that the music video is, in fact, a work of art.

New Jersey Democratic Mayoral Candidate: This Gonna Be A F**king N****r Town!

Belleville councilwoman honors Black resident. It was revealed that she went into a racist tirade about her opponent, the mayor. The mayor is on the left. The racist right is whining about the political affiliation again.

The racist right is working into overdrive over a local New Jersey councilwoman saying some racial shit in a recorded tirade. They are saying once again (even after the Donald Sterling event) that the woman who is running for mayor in a small town is a Democrat.

NJ.com reports a Michigan forensics lab has confirmed with "85 percent" certainty that the voice heard on a phone message using a racial slur is that of Belleville councilwoman and mayoral candidate Marie Strumolo Burke.

In the recording, which was posted to YouTube and has been the subject of local discussion for weeks, a woman’s voice that is allegedly Burke’s can be heard yelling in the background of a voicemail left on Councilman Kevin Kennedy’s answering machine.

"This is terrible. This is terrible. This is gonna be a (expletive) (N-word) town," the woman says near the end of the 90-second message.

The former head of the town’s planning board was discussing proposed changes to the town’s tax rates before Burke’s alleged comments on the recording, said Mayor Raymond Kimble, who is running against Burke in the June mayoral election. Kimble said he will call for her resignation.

Burke, a longtime Belleville resident and councilwoman, has repeatedly denied the allegations. In an email to The Star-Ledger, she accused Kimble of engaging in dirty campaign tactics.

"I am outraged and I am ‘100% certain’ that Kimble’s fingerprints are all over this report. We don’t need to pay thousands of dollars to a laboratory to prove that these false accusations lead right back to Kimble," she wrote.

Kimble said he received the tape in October but did not know when the phone call was placed.

The answering machine was turned over to Primeau Forensics Lab in Michigan last week, said Edward Primeau, the lab’s director. He said he was "85 percent" sure the voice on the tape was Burke’s after comparing the recording to public comments she made at recent town council meetings.

Primeau said Burke’s accents and manner of speaking at council meetings was identical to those of the voice on the recording.

"It’s her. It’s the same person," he said. "Her speaking style, her pacing. The delivery of all the words spoken in both samples are identical."

Primeau said he could only rule the voices were "100 percent" identical if Burke were to read the statements made on the phone call aloud, so he could compare them.

"It’s sad to hear that, in the 21st century, in our state, that we have elected officials who have that type of attitude," said Thomas Puryear, president of the Maplewood-Orange chapter of the NAACP, which represents 11 municipalities. "It lets us know that racism is alive, and unfortunately doing very well, in our state and in our nation."

Kimble made the lab’s findings public today, calling Burke’s alleged comments "disturbing." The $1,320 bill for the analysis was paid for by a group of "concerned citizens" led by Thomas Grolimond, according to Primeau.

Grolimond, a member of the town’s Department of Public Works who was hired while Kimble was mayor, said he "helps out" with Kimble’s campaign but is not employed by the mayor.

He also claimed the analysis was not funded or ordered by the Kimble.

Kimble said the pending election had nothing to do with his decision to speak out, and denied any involvement with Grolimond’s actions.

"The tape speaks for itself," he said.

Even Sterling's Wife Acting Like A Racist Jackass!

Donald Sterling is banned from NBA games. His estranged wife is facing controversy. 

This is a ongoing controversy.

It's a matter of principle. The controversial NBA owner of Los Angeles Clippers was banned indefinitely from the game. He can't attend any games whether form his own team or the opponents.

For the rest of his pathetic life, he'll no longer allow to sit court side. Adam Silver, the new NBA commissioner made it clear that the National Basketball Association isn't tolerating racism, homophobia and religious hate.

So this is a reminder to the NBA players, coaches and owners. It's a new day for the NBA.

News doesn't get any better for the embattled business owner. According to the gossip rag in New York, the NBA owner has prostate cancer. He was permanently banned from establishments he's long went to.

One included Dennis Hof, the famous pimp who owns the Moonlite Bunny Ranch in Mound House, Nevada.

What hurts the most is the fact his family is falling apart as well.

Donald Sterling's estranged wife is now being revealed as a bigot as well.

After Sterling's former girlfriend Maria Perez (aka G. Stiviano) got the drop on the bastard, it was revealed that a lawsuit was held against Sterling and his wife Shelly.

Rochelle (known as Shelly) Sterling would be the properties manager of apartments and properties owned by Donald. She would often visit unannounced to the properties. She once had an encounter with a Black tenant. She would call him a "Black motherfucker" after the tenant asked about a lower rate on his lease.

Court documents discovered by the Los Angeles Times names Shelly as part of a discrimination lawsuit filed against the couple by their former tenants.

She was known to call her tenants who are Hispanics, filthy.....We'll you know the rest.

She calls Blacks tenants as disgusting scumbags. Even lied and said she was a health inspector to sneak into apartments.

"The way in which she said motherfucker was more lower voiced, under her breath. She said black loud enough for me to hear, she said mother loud enough for me to hear. Fuck part was a little lower. I had to look at her lips to hear her say it. And I did."

She immediately condemned her estranged husband's racist recording Sunday afternoon but was spotted at dinner with him Sunday night.

Back in the 2000s, Donald Sterling was fined heavily after this ordeal.

She and Donald were sued for illegal evictions and housing discrimination. That was about the time the Sterling family was to be handed an award from the NAACP of Los Angeles.

What makes it so sad the NAACP must really love the money that bigot chipped out. It was to give Sterling a lifetime achievement award for his contributions to minority communities.

The NAACP ousted the chapter president Leon Jenkins after the firestorm ensued having the racist right trying to tie the civil rights group to Sterling. The racist right was on this fix about the NBA owner's affiliation.

By the way, it was determined by actual records that Sterling was a Republican, not a Democrat as the discredited That Guy Who Throw Shit To The Wall's website.

May Flowers!

President Barack Obama with House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) at the Andrews Air Force golf course.

Ah choo, looks like Spring is an allergy prone season. But for the upcoming Summer months, it looks like it's a little more better for the unemployed.

It seems like even with an inept Congress, President Barack Obama is getting things done. The Department of Labor releases its monthly jobs report for April and it seems like they gotten over 288,000 jobs for the month.

It pulls the unemployment rate to 6.3%.

This is great news for the unemployed and underemployed. That means that everything is working.

The Republicans already put their gamble on blocking minimum wage. A partially bipartisan bill was killed by the Stallmigos.

Also with that being said, it's unfortunate that the very same Republicans blocked immigration reform, the president's job proposals, green energy and unemployment benefits.

CNBC reports that despite the big number, not all the news was good: The headline rate tumbled as 806,000 people left the civilian labor force. The labor force participation rate slumped to 62.8 percent, its worst of the year and near 35-year lows. Also, the average work week was unchanged at 34.5 hours, as were average hourly earnings at $24.31.

Vice President Joe Biden (right) with Boehner, Harry Reid, Mitch McConnell and Nancy Pelosi.

Consequently, markets moved higher following the report's release, but only modestly. Stock market futures indicated a slight gain at the open, though government bond yields popped.

The report comes amid economic growth of 0.1 percent in the first quarter that consensus expects to reverse higher for the rest of 2014. Friday's number added to those hopes.

Employment surged across sectors, with professional and business sectors adding 75,000 and retail gaining 35,000. Food and drinking establishments rose 33,000 while construction added 32,000 positions, according to the report from the Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Revisions reported Friday further doused the weather story, as job creation was actually quite strong in the early months of 2014. Revisions pushed February's number to 222,000 and March's initially reported 192,000 to 203,000.

At the same time, the Federal Reserve has been forced to adjust its focus on the headline unemployment rate as a guide for policy.

The U.S. central bank had kept a 6.5 percent target as the trigger for a rate increase, but declining labor force participation and weak inflation ratings have forced the Fed to change its approach from targeting specific numbers to a more nebulous focus on the quality of economic conditions.

Friday's nonfarm payrolls report was unlikely to move the needle on Fed policy, which is focused on reducing the monthly bond purchases and keeping its target funds rate near zero.

Oklahoma Can't Do The Needle Right!

Condemned man's fate becomes the subject of the how the death penalty is handled in United States.

Governor Mary Fallin is a stupid leader. She would reject federal assistance when a tornado hits her state and yes she wouldn't want President Barack Obama's advice on how to do a death sentence right!

Of course this latest blunder in the gas house will spark debate over the Eighth Amendment. Was this event an example of cruel and unusual punishment?

People would say that the killer regardless of what blunder got justice. But the family of the condemned would file a grievance with the U.S. Federal Courts saying that the inmate didn't have proper procedures when handed his sentence.

Clayton Lockett was sentenced to death after he was convicted of murder, rape and kidnapping.

His fate at the death house was botched up. The state couldn't get the juice because the European Union banned the stuff. The United States now has to use stuff that puts dogs down.

The stuff that relaxes the muscles (which causes them not to move). The stuff that stops breathing. The stuff that stops the heart. It could be taken by oral or injection. It's a lethal combination.

Something went wrong. Lockett suffered a heart attack after a botched execution by lethal injection in the U.S. state of Oklahoma.

Governor Mary Fallin is embarrassed by the botched execution of Clayton Lockett.

Lockett was administered whatever goes (an untested mixture of drugs). I guess that it wasn't previously been used for executions in the U.S., and died 43 minutes after being sedated.

Lockett writhed, groaned, convulsed and spoke during the process, and attempted to rise from the execution table 14 minutes into the procedure, despite having been declared unconscious.

From Wikipedia, I've discovered that people were actually crying and almost feeling sorry for the man.

Lockett's execution occurred at Oklahoma State Penitentiary in McAlester, Oklahoma, on April 29, 2014. After administration of the first drug at 6:23 p.m. CDT, Lockett was declared unconscious at 6:33 p.m, and the execution was halted after about 20 minutes.

He was declared dead at 7:06 p.m. due to a heart attack.

Oklahoma Department of Corrections Director Robert Patton said one of the doctors present stopped the execution after Lockett had a "vein failure".

According to the Department of Corrections, the time for an inmate to be pronounced dead was 6 to 12 minutes in the previous 19 executions before Lockett's.

Lockett was able to raise his head, and said: "Man," "I'm not" and "something's wrong".  Lockett began writhing at 6:36 p.m., and was observed twitching and convulsing. He attempted to rise from the table at 6:37 p.m., after being declared unconscious, and loudly exhaled.

All three drugs had been administered to Lockett, but it was unclear how much he had received; Patton said "the chemicals did not enter into the offender."

Prison officials had reportedly discussed taking Lockett to a hospital before he died.

This botched up execution caused a 14-day stay of execution was granted for Charles Frederick Warner, an Oklahoma convict who had been scheduled for execution two hours after Lockett with the same combination of drugs. The governor of Oklahoma, Mary Fallin, also requested an independent review of the execution process involved in Lockett's death.

The White House said the execution "fell short of humane standards".

Governor Fallin said "the state of Oklahoma executed Clayton Lockett" amid widespread media coverage that portrayed the execution as botched, The Telegraph calling it "barbarism" and "inappropriate in a civilized society," also noting that "the idea of actually spectating while the victim is killed surely clashes with basic humanity."

Stephanie Neiman was killed by Clayton Lockett and his friends after he robbed her friends home. He tortured, beat, rape and kidnapped this young woman and buried her alive. He shot her twice in the body.

Lawyers representing the next set of prisoners scheduled to be executed called for a moratorium on all judicial killings. Madeline Cohen, an attorney for Warner, condemned the way Lockett was executed noting that "Clayton Lockett was tortured to death," also denouncing the state's refusal to disclose 'basic information' about the drugs for the lethal injection procedures.

In 1999, Clayton Lockett kidnapped, beat, gang raped and then shot 19-year-old Stephanie Neiman and ordered accomplices to bury her alive, and raped a friend of Neiman.

He was convicted of murder, rape, forcible sodomy, kidnapping, assault and battery, and burglary in 2000, and sentenced to death.

We here at Journal de la Reyna send our condolences to the family of Stephanie Neiman.

This event may have opened the door to how states administer the death sentence.

What's your reaction to this event?

Was this a fair way of treatment?

Was there a lapse of judgement in how they've handled Lockett's condemnation?

Bennie Thompson: Clarence Thomas And Mitch McConnell Ain't Friends To The Black Community!

Congressman Bennie Thompson believes that the constant obstruction by Republicans towards President Barack Obama has more to do with his race than his policies. The racist right pounces on it.

The racist right can't seem to get their "I Told Ya So" moment!

Remember last week the racist right was backing away from Cliven Bundy after it was revealed on tape he was ranting about the NEGRO. That was repudiated by most in the conservative agitating media. 

They were almost close to having t-shirts printed with Bundy in the Obama-style silhouette.

Now that Bundy is back in the cesspool, the racist right wanted to find something to blame the liberals on.

Enter Donald Sterling. The owner of the Los Angeles Clippers was making a racist rant about his former girlfriend posing on the social networks with Black people. He warns her not to bring Blacks to the Clippers games and told that he didn't appreciate her posing with NBA legend Erwin "Magic" Johnson.

The main reason to obstruction of the raising of the minimum wage.

The junk food media went sensational on this. All of sudden, the racist right was trying to find out what political affiliation Sterling endorsed. They dig up a time capsule and found a couple of cheap donations to a bunch of failed Democratic candidates. Automatic Democrat says the racist right.

They ran with this Sterling was a Democrat for the last three days until..... Politifact, Mother Jones and Talking Points Memo burst their bubble.

It turns out that Donald Sterling was a Republican. Abetted that he rarely donated to political campaigns, his message resonated with the Republicans.

So another talking point down the drain. No new villain.

Enter Mississippi Democratic Congressman Bennie Thompson:





Yeah, I can agree that yesterday's vote on raising the federal minimum wage shows that Republicans have real issues with the middle class and people of color. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) and his 43 members of the Senate blocked the wage.

Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is frequently a target of attack by Black leaders because he opposes the needs of the Black community.

Yeah, McConnell devoted his time to making sure that President Barack Obama being a "one term" president.

Now facing a tougher opponent from the Tea Party and Democratic Party, McConnell will be dirtier than usual. According to the C.R.E.W., he's one of the most corrupt politicos in Washington.

He so far up the ass of the Koch brothers.

Okay, I guess it's wrong to call Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas an "Uncle Tom". After all, he stood behind the Michigan ban on affirmative action.

One thing that the host of this show got wrong was who appointed him. It was George H.W. Bush who nominated Thomas to the Supreme Court after Thurgood Marshall retired from the court. Bush thought it would thought the notion of replacing a Black man to the court would help score some votes.

Thompson is catching flack.

Truth be told, Thompson is right.

Again, I've never in my life see such opposition towards a president.

One could wonder if this wasn't because of racism?