January 2012
2 posts
“A Marine sergeant who told his troops to “shoot first, ask questions...”
– http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/01/23/marine-accepts-plea-deal-in-iraqi-civilian-deaths/
“CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A squad mate of a Marine accused of killing unarmed...”
– http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/marine-testifies-he-would-have-used-air-power-to-level-iraqi-home-if-he-had-to-do-it-again/2012/01/13/gIQAH29VvP_story.html
December 2011
2 posts
“Here are a few other facts: last year, the N.Y.P.D. recorded more than 600,000...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/18/opinion/sunday/young-black-and-frisked-by-the-nypd.html
“While walking back to the school, one parent recognized that Vasser was wanted...”
– http://usnews.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/12/15/9469786-most-wanted-fugitive-spotted-on-school-field-trip
November 2011
5 posts
“Not long after Huppenthal took office in January, he commissioned a $110,000...”
– http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-ethnic-studies-20111120,0,5927090,full.story
“He basically told me that if I don’t get right with God, then I’m...”
– http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-military-atheists-20111114,0,7258479.story
“School meals that are subsidized by the government are required to contain a...”
– http://well.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/11/15/at-schools-making-pizza-a-vegetable/
“Rep. Brian P. Bilbray (R-Carlsbad) says the CIA’s use of armed Predators...”
– http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-us-drone-20111027,0,1704002.story
October 2011
6 posts
Officers Unleash Anger at Ticket-Fixing... →
The unsealed indictments contained more than 1,600 criminal counts, the bulk of them misdemeanors having to do with making tickets disappear as favors for friends, relatives and others with clout. But they also outlined more serious crimes, related both to ticket-fixing and drugs, grand larceny and unrelated corruption.
“United States
We received a request from a local law enforcement agency to...”
– http://www.google.com/transparencyreport/governmentrequests/
“The Republican presidential candidate also sought to back away from fiery...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/us/politics/on-taxes-and-fences-herman-cain-stumbles-a-bit.html
“[The money manager] added that he was disappointed that members of Congress from...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/15/business/in-private-conversation-wall-street-is-more-critical-of-protesters.html
“Tens of millions of dollars of U.S. military financing will continue to flow to...”
– http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/obama-waives-child-soldier-ban-yemen-congo/story?id=14663930
September 2011
2 posts
July 2011
2 posts
sadfacts:
In 2009, for every dollar of wealth the average white household had, black households only had two cents.
The disappearing black middle class
“Washington’s No. 1 lobbying firm is going to work for the Libyan rebels who are...”
– http://thehill.com/business-a-lobbying/169509-libyan-rebels-hire-washingtons-no-1-lobby-firm
June 2011
2 posts
“Asked if he would be concerned that a woman without legal immigration status was...”
– http://www.telegram.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20110608/NEWS/106089913/1116
People scramble to claim limited seats at Casey... →
May 2011
3 posts
“One man right next to the White House gate held up a picture of a young man in...”
– slate.com/blogs/blogs/weigel/archive/2011/05/02/outside-the-white-house-on-v-obl-day.aspx
April 2011
4 posts
“NYPD Deputy Chief Michael Marino testified in a 2006 deposition that...”
– http://articles.nydailynews.com/2010-12-24/news/27085337_1_settlements-cops-cost-city
“A majority of poll respondents think the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, a...”
– http://www.politico.com/blogs/onmedia/0411/Poll_Americans_way_off_on_public_broadcasting_funding.html
“Officer Trey Economidy of the Albuquerque police now realizes that he should...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/04/07/us/07police.html
March 2011
4 posts
“You guys in AZ are life savers,” California prisons official Scott Kernan...”
– http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/42278159/ns/us_news-crime_and_courts/
“But policymakers in the United States have been repeatedly frustrated by...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/13/weekinreview/13nimby.html
“With respect to Private Manning, I have actually asked the Pentagon whether or...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03/12/us/12manning.html
“In the early 1970s there were 200,000 Americans in jail. Today there are 1.8...”
– Cocaine Nation, by Tom Feiling, pp. 82-83
February 2011
4 posts
“By 2006, Texas already ranked 50th among the states in per capita spending on...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/25/us/25ttmentalhealth.html
“U.S. law prohibits aid to military or security units that engage in human rights...”
– http://www.democracynow.org/2011/2/23/headlines
“Ownership of a Casio watch was listed as one of the factors in favor of his...”
– http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Guantanamo_Bay_detainees_accused_of_possessing_Casio_watches
January 2011
8 posts
“Georgia plans to execute someone despite claims that the drugs to be used were...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/26/us/26lethal.html
“Anybody ‘who has not accepted Jesus Christ as their savior … you’re...”
– http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-alabama-governor-20110119,0,4351953.story
“The material calls for lawmakers to amend state laws governing school...”
– http://www.commercialappeal.com/news/2011/jan/13/tea-parties-cite-legislative-demands/
“I believe that if Dr. King were alive today, he would recognize that we live in...”
– http://www.defense.gov/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=62448
“The dogs are trained to dig or sit when they smell drugs, which triggers...”
– http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/local/ct-met-canine-officers-20110105,0,7119364.story
“The Army declared him fit for duty and ordered him to Afghanistan after he had...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/02/world/asia/02suicide.html
December 2010
5 posts
Sad Facts: A black male [high school] dropout,... →
A black male [high school] dropout, born 1965–69, had nearly a 60 percent chance of serving time in prison by the end of the 1990s. At the close of the decade, prison time had indeed become modal for young black men who failed to graduate from high school.
The cumulative risks of imprisonment…
“I took a deep breath and said ‘Do you see any correlation between the fact...”
– http://blogs.ocweekly.com/navelgazing/2010/10/equality_california_noose_sant.php
“The ruling, which clears the way for the Obama administration to continue to try...”
– http://www.nytimes.com/2010/12/08/world/middleeast/08killing.html
November 2010
5 posts
“The suicide rate in California’s overcrowded prisons is nearly twice the...”
– latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-california-prisons-20101129,0,933672.story