A train derailed in New Jersey. Infrastructure is crumbling in the United States.
Around 9am, a commuter train derailed at a train station in Hoboken, New Jersey. The train derailment has put many in the hospital and at least five fatal injuries.
The NTSA and the New Jersey transit are investigating the cuase of the derailment.
An estimated 15,000 people take commuter trains to New York City.
The feds don't suspect terrorism as of yet.
The need for safety is necessary. Congress passed a stop gap bill that funds the government for the remaining year. They couldn't figure out the funds for the Zika virus and infrastructure spending.
The train derailment is an example of issues that Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump must talk about. They need to bring out a plan to fix the roads, bridges and rails.
President Barack Obama tried and failed. He could not get Republicans on board with his proposals.
Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado is in the crosshairs of the right.
No one is perfect. After all, we're human after all. Alicia Machado is a former Miss Universe contestant who became a junk food mdia fascination after Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton name dropped her at the first debate.
In the question of stamina, Donald Trump was caught off guard by Clinton mentioning the name in the last minutes of the debate. Trump had called Machado offensive names.
The debate went to Clinton and the right is dismissing this. They cite online polls as the source of dismissing Clinton debate victory.
Trump is trying to dismiss the model as some loser who couldn't get with the program.
According to Machado, Trump called her Miss Piggy and Ms. Housekeeping.
These comments made by Trump are now sticking to him.
Trump retreated to friendly territory to discuss the situation with Machado.
He would say that he didn't tolerate the model gaining weight and he helped her lose it by getting her out to exercise.
In order to regain footing, Trump's acolytes are trying to slander the woman.
That old fart Rush Limbaugh was the first to launch attacks against her. He called her porn star Miss Piggy.
The Daily Caller said Machado is a porn star. They accused her of being involved in drug cartels and threaten a federal judge.
Then the softball and Newt Gingrich would trash her, Clinton and blame Lester Holt for making the issue about Trump's sexism.
Every time they take the message off Clinton, the Trump campaign takes a hit.
Maybe the polls will determine how this goes. As long as one of these candidates makes it to 270 electoral votes, they become the president.
The folks over at Fox News aren't happy with the outside work of their hosts. The country's most annoying conservative agitator in the junk food media was forbidden from appearing in Donald Trump campaign videos.
He was also told not to cite online unscientific polls (especially from The Drudge Report).
Dana Blanton, the vice president of Fox News warned all anchors that "online polls" are not credible.
"As most of the publications themselves clearly state, the sample obviously can't be representative of the electorate because they only reflect the views of those Internet users who have chosen to participate. Another problem--- we know some campaigns/groups of supporters encourage people to vote in online polls and flood the results. These quickie click items do not meet our editorial standards."
So in other words, Sean "Softball" Hannity: You're close to striking out.
Donald Trump's terrible debate performance doesn't destroy his chances at winning the presidency.
It might excel his support among non-educated White people. The people who continue to believe that the softball is an everyman.
On his radio show, the softball was citing online polls from The Drudge Report and The Hill as factors to Trump's performance. He also took jabs at the rest of the junk food media for being elitist.
The softball attacked the media “elites” for proclaiming Hillary Clinton the winner of Monday's presidential debate, when he said many viewers clearly thought otherwise.
Online polls from the Drudge Report, Breitbart News, CNBC and elsewhere showed Donald Trump coming out on top by wide margins, The softball said, but the mainstream media gave it to the Democratic nominee instead.
Many online trolls called him out for his hypocrisy.
More on his antics in the next post. He and the righties are going after former Miss Universe winner Alicia Machado.
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The El Cajon Police are defending its officers after it fatally shot an man who allegedly had mental issues. Once again, the tragic shooting of unarmed Black men is coming into focus.
It sparked more outrage with the Black community and the law.
Two officers were responding to a call regarding a man walking in traffic. He refused order to remove his hands from his pocket. What drove them to shoot was the object that came from his pants.
The officers bot simultaneously shot and Tasered the man. He died on route to the hospital.
Alfred Olango was his name and the hashtag is trending online.
Of course, police chief Jeff Davis defending the actions of the officers. He said that they're lives were on the line. Davis concluded that Alfred has no weapon.
This incident has pissed off the residents of the city. The video emerged on social media shows the moments after the incident. A woman claiming to be Alfred's sister is heard screaming and crying.
She said she called the police for help.
"Oh my god. You killed my brother. I just called for help and you killed him." said the woman.
On the video a woman decried that it's time to riot. This shit is going on in California.
Mind you that the Rodney King incident and the failure to charge the four officers with charges set off a riot in the city.
The folks at Newser are mentioning a tragic gun crime inside a Starbucks. It's even happening inside a restaurant that many people find comfort in.
Las Vegas Metro Police arrested a terrorist who entered Starbucks armed with a semi-automatic firearm. The reason for the attack, he didn't get his order right.
A Starbucks customer described terrified people dropping to the floor and sobbing after a gunman parked his car and entered the Las Vegas store, shooting a man inside.
Customer Medin Gebrezgier told police and a television reporter that he saw the gunman, identified Monday by police as Pedro Jose Garcia, fire twice into the ceiling before shooting a man in the chest.
Garcia entered the store after his payment card was declined at the drive-thru window, police said.
"Terror, it was just terror. We were afraid," Gebrezgier told KVVU-TV. He described people crying and hitting the floor when shots were fired a little before 11:30 a.m. Sunday.
"We didn't know what was going to happen next. I had no idea what to do," he said. "I heard about this stuff on TV and movies, but it was all the way real."
The terrorist is 34 years old. He was jailed pending a court appearance on murder, robbery, burglary and weapon charges following his arrest at the Starbucks in a commercial center several miles west of the Las Vegas Strip.
Despite witness accounts that the terrorist was unable to make a purchase, a motive for the shooting remained unclear, police Officer Larry Hadfield said. The victim wasn't identified as a coffee shop employee.
"They're investigating whether there was any connection between the terrorist and the victim," said Hadfield, a department spokesman.
The name of the 41-year-old man who was pronounced dead at a hospital wasn't immediately made public by the Clark County coroner.
More than a dozen people were in the store at the time of the shooting, police Lt. Dan McGrath said.
Starbucks employee Tenaya Zimmerman jumped out the drive-thru window when shots were fired, her mother, Kim Plank, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal.
Las Vegas Starbucks was the scene of a fatal shooting.
A message left Monday by The Associated Press at a telephone number associated with Gebrezgier wasn't immediately returned. A call to a number associated with Plank went to an incorrect number. No number was immediately found for Zimmerman.
McGrath said the terrorist tried to blend in and elude police at the scene by calling 911 and describing someone else as the shooter. He was arrested after witnesses identified him to officers arriving to what police initially thought was a hostage situation.
Parts of the shopping center were evacuated for about two hours while a bomb squad examined a backpack in the Starbucks that the terrorist allegedly said contained a bomb.
Hadfield said there was no device, but police said a .22-caliber handgun was found in the coffee shop.
The terrorist served time in federal and Nevada iron colleges for convictions on stolen vehicle, battery, attempted theft, drug and weapon charges, according to court and prison records that showed he was released from federal custody last November.
It wasn't immediately clear if the terrorist had an attorney ahead of his initial court appearance.
Many of the online polls said that Republican Donald Trump won the debate. I disagree.
The needle hasn't moved yet on the polls so we're still in a virtually tied race. Hillary Clinton was well prepared for this debate. Trump wasn't prepared for this and it's going to be two more of these and the vice presidential debates.
Now the kookspiracy nuts are complaining about it.
Some are attacking Lester Holt for not focusing on Clinton's scandals.
Some are attacking Donald Trump's sniffing and his sipping on water.
Some are attacking Hillary Clinton for wearing a red pantsuit.
Some are saying that Trump's mannerism are the key to his temperament.
The agitators are picking apart the issues that were discussed.
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) was roundly mocked by Trump for sipping water. Now the trolls made fun of the water drinking.
The first debate is on tonight and it's going to be a ratings pulls. All the major networks with the exception of The CW will run the debate at 9pm (EST). The debate will be moderated by NBC Nightly News host Lester Holt.
Holt will have the most challenge job in his career. He will be moderating Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton. It's going to be an interesting event to say at least.
An estimated 110 million people will watch this tonight.
The Big Debate: Who Wins?
The debate will be at Hofstra University. The previous host pussied out sparking outrage among the students, facility and the state party chairs.
Wright State University was the original host of the debate. They backed out when it became a fiscal issue. Of course, I drive for Uber and I would love to have an opportunity to have made some extra money on the side driving people to the Nutter Center.
Wright State will likely be out the running in 2020 and future presidential debates.
Anyway, the whole debate will be something to see.
Many expect Hillary Clinton will be prepared. Some will expect Donald Trump to be on his toes.
Updates will begin at 9pm (EST)/6pm (PST).
I will give my best take on this debate.
The candidates arrive at the event. Trump in a business suit and Clinton in a red pantsuit. Bill Clinton and Melania Trump shake hands.
Lester Holt introduces the candidates. The moderator has a big challenge ahead.
