The National Park Service had to put warning signs in plain sight to keep idiots from falling off the Grand Canyon. Unfortunately, some of the folks never adhere to the warning sign.
U.S. Department of Interior and Department will eventually have the National Park Service do an overhaul of safety conditions at our nation's national parks.
But like most stories on this blog, you cannot fix stupid.
The Grand Canyon is a national treasure. It's a wide gap (extremely steep) where you can see the scenic Arizona desert and the Colorado River. It's very popular for people to take selfies.
It's also a place where many idiots lost their lives not following rules imposed by the U.S. Park Rangers who cautioned visitors from going near the cliff.
Would you risk taking a selfie?
The latest victim of falling off the Grand Canyon was a 70-year old woman. The National Park Service confirms that three people have fell off the canyon ledge. Most I assume went into the areas that are considered extremely dangerous.
I would love to visit the park one day. But better believe me, I won't ever do any stupid selfies for click-bait.
The folks who parished off the Grand Canyon go pass the warning signs clearly saying that the edges could be slippery and stay off the path. Obviously thrill seekers don't often take care to warning signs.
Before I go, I just want to say this if you are willing to take risks such as this, get life insurance.
The Easter Bunny had to stop a white man from assaulting a Black woman.
Last month they were doing the Florida Man challenge. It seems like most controversies come from The Sunshine State. After all they have that racist governor named Ron DeSantis running it.
A man is called a hero is a wanted man.
This young man managed to rescue a woman from a serving of knuckle style chilli. This young man dressed up in a Easter Bunny costume gave a male attacker a delicious serving.
Since the video went viral, Antoine McDonald became a viral sensation.
The 20 year old man was defending a woman from being served a hot plate.
Although he became a hero, McDonald became a wanted man. The Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware police agencies are looking to book him for violating his in-house.
Unmasked. Man who saved a woman is a wanted man by the state lawmen.
McDonald is wanted in New Jersey in connection with vehicle burglary last year. He was also recently a "person of interest" in a carjacking and two armed robberies in Pasco County, Florida.
McDonald could have relished in anonymity as the Tampa Bay Times reported. Nope, he decided to talk to the junk food media and it became a beacon to the law.
Now he is hoping to cash in on the fame by creating a profile called badbunnyoff19 on Instagram.
What he saw was as white guy giving a spit wad on a Black woman. Then he was about to serve her a hot plate of knuckle style chili.
"I saw him spit on her and then I saw, you know like a fight break out," he said to TMZ. "I just ran over there."
While in his bunny suit, he tries to break up the fight. But the man got on top of the woman and that's when McDonald served him a hot plate.
The fight would soon be broken up by the Orlando Police and the victim did not press charges.
But once the video hit the scene, guess what, viral sensation.
See once again, you have people recording violence towards women of color and not aiding in stopping it. It's infuriating to see women of color under attack. It had to be a guy who was wearing a costume trying to stop a situation. Not the person filming the situation.
While he does have to answer for his criminal acts in Florida as well as numerous states, McDonald is grateful that he done something.
He admits it was kind of funny to see a bunny hop on a thug.
The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Washington could face some time in the iron college if found guilty of carjacking and robbery. The good deed might wipe some time off his bid.
Muslim teen attacked by a white teen. It's the latest of MAGA-ites showing out.
This happened a week ago and it fell under my radar. Like many stories in the United States, racism and bigotry often takes a backseat. Many women of color are under attack.
Women of color often face harsh attacks from white extremists. They are worked up by the comments of Donald J. Trump and his accolades. Trump has made America hate again.
A young teen was attacked by her fellow classmates in a New Jersey school. The school district has to do damage control. The teacher and the classmates didn't break up the fight. The young girl who was a Muslim had her headscarf ripped off her head.
This happened in East Brunswick, New Jersey.
The female student who attacked the young teen was white. She was arrested after the footage went to social media.
One witness said, "I witnessed a Muslim girl on the floor and she was being senselessly beaten by the other girl. She was shouting for help and stop. I saw her being spat on."
Middlesex Countty prosecutors are charging the teen with simple assault, harassment, cyber harassment and disorderly conduct. The suspect was placed on leave at the school. The suspect is innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.
If found guilty, the teen will be expelled from the school. She will pay for the medical damages on the victim. She will have to go to teen behavior classes along with cultural tolerance classes. She will have to do community service. She could get put in the kiddie lock up for up to five years.
The impact also got parents and community leaders angry. The victim was placed on leave as well as the boy who wanted to be a social media darling.
Although I am comfortable with the boy being place on leave, the victim shouldn't. But the school place a zero-tolerance policy on fighting.
That's pretty much a lawsuit in the waiting. The victim should file a lawsuit against the school, the school resource officer and the student.
It's a damn shame that white people are so clueless when it comes to Islam. I am not a religious scholar or a practicing Muslim. But I am a person who is tolerant of all religions.
Linda Sarsour and Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN). The two women are vilified because of their religion. Omar who has became a lightening rod for the right has gotten death threats because of her opposition of apartheid in Israel.
I am person who has tolerance towards race, gender, sexuality, religion, education, social and economic standings. I am not a conservative. I am not a libertarian. I am progressive and damn proud of it.
I am not ashamed of being progressive. I am ashamed that conservatives think they're actually cool.
Nope. They're not.
If you're obsessed with conspiracies about the junk food media, sharing racist memes, saying inappropriate things about people because they don't speak English, attack the poor for using the safety net, troll on social media or blogs such as Journal de la Reyna, I think you're a racist.
Conservatives are racist. There's nothing more I can say about it.
The Republican Party is becoming white, male and old.
Democrats are no better. Given how they've treated Rep. Ilhan Omar (D-MN) and Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-MN) the last few months makes me wonder if the Democratic Party loves to prop up Black and Brown folks for votes.
Omar and Tlaib have been critical of Israeli influence on American politicians. They're being called anti-Semitic for daring to speak truth about how our government is funding a foreign power that is oppressing people of color.
Just tonight, that corrupt gas bag Benjamin Netanyahu is planning on building in the disputed Golan Heights. He vows to build a town after Trump. The world leaders are condemning Trump and Netanyahu for unilaterally occupying land that was in Syria. They are also building on the West Bank. That is a violation of the United Nations. They are starving and killing people in the Gaza Strip.
The Israeli government had lead a campaign to silence the Boycott, Deinvestment and Sanctions movement. The Congress has members willing to impose criminal punishment on those who support BDS and many 2020 candidate pledge support to this horrible regime.
There's aftermath of these conversations affecting American Muslims. They're often vilified by folks on talk radio, Fox News and RightFart (aka Breitbart). Being a Muslim isn't a crime nor it should be.
In wake of the Easter attacks in Sri Lanka, many conservatives are whipping up another storm aimed at the two lawmakers. They automatically are blaming them for the acts of these extremists.
Five Americans were among almost 400 people being killed when young men with backpacks entered large gatherings. They blew themselves up. The ringleader claims that the right wing terrorist who caused the New Zealand attacks were an inspiration.
The moment the cop shoots the passenger window injuring a woman.
BE WARNED THERE WILL BE GRAPHIC IMAGES AND FOOTAGE. TAKE DISCRETION IN READING THIS POST. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. BAD COPS WILL GET GOOD COPS KILLED. BLUE LIVES MATTER DOES NOT CARE ABOUT THE POLICE. IF THEY DID, THEY WOULD CALL FOR POLICE REFORM AND GUN CONTROL. THEY ARE EITHER RUSSIAN TROLLS OR WHITE EXTREMISTS (LIKELY BOTH).
The shooting of Stephanie Washington is getting national attention. It's the latest of our "What Happened To" postings on Journal de la Reyna. '
Like most of these stories me and Le Reyna share on this blog, these often end with tragedy.
Whenever these story occur they often happen somewhere in the United States. It often involves gun violence. It's a frequent topic here on this blog.
Okay, the city of Hamden, Connecticut has a problem. A serious problem.
This wasn't the first of many incidents where their police force have treated people of color really bad. Not only that, they had a teacher who lived in the area acting a fool towards Black shoppers.
The shooting of Stephanie Washington is the latest of many issues in the metro New Haven area.
The shooting has citizens demanding the cops who shot her in some deep shit. The Connecticut State Police and Attorney General have released the video of the cop shooting Washington in the face.
The state has released the dash camera of both cops who were placed in the freezer. In the video, the cop who exited the video immediately shoots at the Honda Civic within seconds. He apparently shot at the vehicle 20 times.
Two dirty cops in the freezer pending an investigation.
The cops who were involved were Terrance Pollock, a 16 year cop for Yale University Police. The other cop was Devin Eaton, a 2-year on the force. They both are under investigation.
The two located what they said was the suspect's vehicle in New Haven, about a mile from Yale, and initiated a stop of the vehicle, police said. Both cops then fired "numerous" rounds during that interaction.
Stephanie Washington will survive her shooting but the impact will likely traumatize her for life.
The driver, Paul Witherspoon III, 21 was not shot but was given a ride to the county. They determined he wasn't involved in a robbery of a local store and was promptly released. He has retained a lawyer and has made signals he will sue the city of Hamden.
Police said there was no weapon inside the vehicle.
Hamden mayor Curt Leng said that he vows accountability.
"I am so deeply sorry to the individuals who were involved that this ever occurred, and also very thankful that the healing has begun. We will do better. We must do better."
New Haven is diverse. However it's neighborhoods and suburbs aren't. Some areas are divided on racial and socialeconomic lines.
Women of color are under attack. Once again, we have seen it time after time.
Some of these white extremist trolls will say that it was a Black cop that shot the woman. We don't give two shits about the color of the cops. What we care about is accountability. We want cops to be held to the standards. If they decided fire these dirty cops and charge them with attempted murder, that will be a first step to redemption. However, given we live in a society where grand juries are likely to be on the side of cops, trolls trying to make the case about the victim instead of the suspect and a fickle junk food media, we have to keep pressure on forcing Congress to pass police reform.
Let's keep Stephanie Washington on our minds for awhile. She will be old news soon and we're going to be focusing on the next controversy.
Wisconsin man came forward to claim his nearly $1 billion. He won the most recent Powerball jackpot.
In a handful of states, you can remain anonymous when you win the multi-state lotteries Powerball, Mega Millions and Lucky For Life.
In Wisconsin, you will have to come forward. Two Republican state lawmakers are hoping to get legislative action on this. They hope that Democratic governor Tom Evers might sign it into law.
The winner of the nearly $800 million Powerball jackpot came forward. He's got a lifetime of riches and he's under 30 years old.
The 24-year old man is excited and also very cautious about the thrill of this huge victory.
Out of that lottery lump sum he take about $474 million (excluding city, state and federal taxes).
He purchased a five line ticket at $10. It cost $2 per play. It cost $3 for a Power Play multiplier. Powerball tickets cannot be cancelled upon purchase.
Franco, who is single but has a girlfriend, explained how he "felt lucky" on the day he bought the ticket, so he stopped into a New Berlin gas station near Milwaukee after work to purchase it. He almost winked at the camera, he said, but he didn't.
He revealed that he wasn't "ready for it at all" when the $2 ticket won. He's decided to take the lump sum.
"It's hard to live your life knowing that you have the ticket everyone wants," Franco explained, indicating that it was a bit frightening having it in his possession until he turned it in. He kept the ticket in a safe in his house.
He purchased the ticket at a local Speedway in Milwaukee area. The national convenience store chain in New Bern can take at least the $100,000 cash prize.
Now Manuel Franco has nearly a lifetime of riches. He lives in West Allis and now he so humbled by the win, he doesn't know what to do about it.
If I won the lottery today, what would I do? (Expect trolls to pick the dumbest answers)
The first thing I want to do whenever I 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. Some states do offer debit and credit transactions.
If I've gotten my information from the local lottery commission I won't have any issues with discrepancies.
You cannot cancel Powerball or Mega Millions tickets. They are property of your state (or territory's) lottery commission. Any alteration, distortion or underage playing will void the games.
Second, make sure I will write your name, phone number or email address on your ticket. If the ticket is lost, stolen, or damaged, I may find it harder to win over lottery officials. If I don't write my name on the lottery ticket and I lost it or a crooked lottery operator gets his hands on it: It's your word against the winner.
State lottery providers have a license number. The place that sold the winning ticket does keep records of the transaction. The tickets are time stamped, verified and authorized. If I lose the ticket, make sure I will file a police report. I will not get on television saying that I've lost the ticket. It could cause a panic and if I was lying about it, I could face charges of misleading or filing a false police report.
If I am the winner of a Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot and the amount is a lot, I will take a picture of the winning ticket. It will also be insurance if the ticket is stolen. If it's lost, there's not much we can say about it other than it will be difficult to tell an "already heard it before" lottery commission that I lost a ticket.
If I have a picture of the stolen ticket and have a legit police report, it's likely I can make a case against the person who stole the 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 will forfeit your prize if the regional lottery operator determined that an underage player was the winner.
If I win the Powerball or Mega Millions jackpot, I will hire a qualified lottery and huge sum lawyer.
Make sure that a large sum lawyer is certified in dealing with lottery wins. Don't entrust your winning with a law firm that doesn't know how to deal with lottery winnings, investment or day trade.
If I win the Powerball, Mega Millions or multi-state games, I will immediately cancel my phone number and email address. I will get rid of social media. I will delete Facebook, Twitter, Snapchat, Instagram, Whatsapp, YouTube and Dailymotion accounts. If I have dating websites like Tinder, POF, Badoo, Grindr, OKCupid, Match, I would cancel those too.
It eliminates the junk food media from finding me and putting my face, name and contacts in the public arena.
I would wait until I get my lottery winnings before quitting my job. I don't want to burn bridges with any employer. Cause I might want to return to work one day and I need to at least stay active. Counting money can be boring.... I'm just saying.
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. Don't sit around the house hoping the day will come you'll be the millionaire. Don't have issues with your employer.
You may end up back at your job if you decide to go back into the workforce.
I will create a establishment will and trust fund.
I will make an investment in your money. I would put my lottery money in a trust fund since I have a child and place a trust in lieu of trusted family and friends. Only if I should die, I would make a will or entrust.
I would make sure I have someone who is trusted take care of the winnings if I have died.
I am often cautious about bragging but if you're bragging about you're winnings, that's fine. I you're like smart with the lottery winnings, I would warn you that canceling your appearance avoids the unnecessary stress from opportunists. Best believe opportunists are willing to swarm your social media with requests.
I don't want to pay the city or state police to secure my home or my property. I don't want my son, his mother, my family or closest friends getting harassed, solicited for information, trolled online and death threats.
Since I live in a state that doesn't have to reveal your name, I'm in the clear. However, if I would win in a state that doesn't conceal your name and I'm forced to become public, I would have to share my success with the junk food media. I would expect death threats, harassing calls, scammers and untrustworthy people to meddle.
Estranged family members, ex-girlfriends, fraudulent charity organizations and robbers are expected to exploit me because I'm now loaded with riches. As explained in my previous "The Cash Fever" postings, there are family members, former co-workers (who heard verbal promise, not written promise), ex-girlfriends, ex-boyfriends, ex-spouses, fraudulent charities, robbers and cyber criminals in the waiting. They will find ways to exploit for short-term gains or criminal acts.
I will always keep a calm head and do not treat winning the lottery like its a "normal" thing.
I will make sure I pay off all debts before I cash in my ticket. First things first, I will pay off any college loans, car loans, property, utility billings, spousal support, child support, back taxes and credit cards. I don't want the state's job and family service or taxation department to offset a hefty portion of my lottery prize.
I won't let these issues ruin my credit score or chances at buying better things.
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 sex, food, drugs and alcohol.
Granted that I am of free will and I am given the right to do whatever you want with your earnings.
Seriously am I going to get a gold statue of your image?
Am I willing to pay for five chefs, a butler, housekeeper, nanny, and chauffeur?
Am I going to buy a large property or own land? I am I willing to pay for the land tax?
Do I want fancy cars and a private jet? You got to have full coverage insurance for those fancy rides.
With the Jobs and Tax Cuts Act in effect, will your tax bracket change. Will I pay more or less in taxes with the IRS's code on gambling wins and losses?
You know that money will change you. You might become stingy with the winnings. Cause money comes and goes. You should be humble.
Cause money will change a person when they're rich. Don't expect your life 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.
I seriously believe he's going to have to move away from Milwaukee. But he's going to figure out what he's planning on doing next. If he happens to come to Journal de la Reyna and see our posting about the lottery, he might take our advice at his discretion. I am not a financial adviser. I am a common-sense type of person who knows that if I happened to win the lottery, I already have a plan of action.
Because I don't want to blow my winnings in less than 10 years. I want to cherish the success without any controversy.
Seth Moulton joins the race for the Democratic nomination.
Another candidate jumps into the crowd field of contenders.
Rep. Seth Moulton (D-MA) is the newest candidate entering in the race for the Democratic nomination for President of the United States. Moulton is married to his wife of two years, Liz Boardman and has one daughter who born last year named Emmy.
Moulton, a moderate Democrat who considered a run since 2017 made his announcement official.
He is retired U.S. Marine who served four tours of duty in the War of Iraq.
Moulton was born in 1978 in Salem, Massachusetts, the son of Lynn Alice and Wilbur Moulton, Jr.
He grew up in Marblehead and is one of the oldest of three. He graduated from Phillips Academy, a co-educational boarding and day university-preparatory school in Andover. He attended Harvard University and joined the U.S. Marine after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
Seth Moulton is running for President of the United States. Do you think he is capable of being president? (Expect the dumbest answers picked by trolls)
Moulton decided to run for the U.S. House against incumbent John Tierney.
Moulton defeated Tierney in a primary and went on to win the general election.
On Good Morning America, Moulton announced his intentions for president.
"I am here to tell you and to tell America that I am running for president."
"I'm running because we have to beat Donald Trump, and I want us to beat Donald Trump because I love this country. We've never been a country that gets everything right. But we're a country that, at our best, thinks that we might," the three-term congressman said in a video as he launched his campaign for the Democratic presidential nomination.
He along with fellow colleagues Rep. Tulsi Gabbard (D-HI), Rep. Tim Ryan (D-OH) and Moulton were the lawmakers who were opposed to Nancy Pelosi and Steny Hoyer being the Democratic Party's top leaders.
Former Marine turned lawmaker determines to be the nominee for the Democratic Party.
He will join a handful of candidates who could be defeated by Donald J. Trump.
Trump has a 75% chance of winning the election. We need to get our acts together. By far, no candidate other than Bernie Sanders and Joe Biden stand out in this race for the nomination.
Moulton becomes the third candidate from Massachusetts to launch a presidential campaign, joining Democratic Sen. Elizabeth Warren and former Republican Gov. Bill Weld, who’s primary challenging Trump.
Moulton’s scheduled to visit all four early voting primary and caucus states this week. He heads to New Hampshire on Tuesday and Wednesday morning, when he’ll headline ‘Politics and Eggs,’ a must stop in the first-in-the-nation primary state for White House hopefuls. Later Wednesday, Moulton campaigns in South Carolina, which holds the first southern primary. That will be followed Thursday by stops in Iowa – which kicks off the caucus and primary calendar – as well as Nevada, which holds the first western contest.
