"The FBI analyzed 160 cases of active shooters over the period from 2000-2013, and not one was stopped by a concealed carry permit holder who was not active duty military, a security guard, or a police officer. 21 were stopped by unarmed civilians." (Grokked form Annalee Flower Horne)
"A bill outlawing child marriage in Kentucky had been expected to receive a vote in the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but that vote has been delayed due to last-minute opposition by the conservative Family Foundation of Kentucky, according to the bill’s lead sponsor." Great family values those conservatives have. (Grokked from John Scalzi)
"ME: When did you start imagining us actually going to the Oscars ceremony together?A nominated screenwriter interviews his mother for the LA Times. Teh cute. Which reminds me, my Mother always told me I could be whatever I wanted. About a decade ago she told me she only said that to make me feel better, not because she believed it. Thanks, Mom. (Grokked from John Scalzi)
MOM: Ever since you started to write for TV. I knew one day it is in storage for you. Storage? Is that right?
DAD (interjects from the background): In store!"
Who needs regulations. "Major utilities have found evidence of groundwater contamination at coal-burning power plants across the U.S. where landfills and man-made ponds have been used for decades as dumping grounds for coal ash, according to data released by plant owners under a Friday deadline." This is my shocked face. But Trump has the solution, he's cutting the budget to monitor these sites. Out of sight out of mind. So coal kills bringing it out of the ground. Coal kills transporting. Coal kills by burning. And now we know that coal kills from its refuse. (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
"Seven immigrant teenagers in federal custody asked the Trump administration to let them get abortions between March and December 2017, but their requests were personally refused by an official known for his anti-abortion views… That official, Scott Lloyd, heads the Office of Refugee Resettlement, which oversees the care of all minors who enter the United States without their families and without authorization. Since taking over the office in March, Lloyd has kept close tabs on pregnant girls in the agency’s care, going so far as to personally meet with a girl considering abortion. In another case, he asked officials to look into 'reversing' a medication abortion that was already underway. Lloyd also instructed staff to inform a third girl’s parents that she’d had an abortion after she’d told officials she feared the disclosure would lead to abuse." That's totally not creepy at all. (Grokked from Katheryn Cramer)
"Even before President Trump officially opened his high-profile review last spring of federal lands protected as national monuments, the Department of Interior was focused on the potential for oil and gas exploration at a protected Utah site, internal agency documents show." Shrinking Bears Ears was all about the oil and coal reserves. (Grokked from Xeni Jardin)
You've probably hear about how terrible liberals and progressives are with economics and how their policies would bankrupt government. "California Gov. Jerry Brown appears poised to exit office next year with a top political priority in hand: free from the massive budget deficits that had weighed on his predecessors… Buoyed by tax increases passed under his administration and a strong economy, Mr. Brown said Wednesday that the state is projecting a $6.1 billion surplus for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1." So to Rep. Nunes who shared a story about talking with his daughter about how California was becoming like a third world state, fuck you you ignorant sloth.
"A candidate in the race for a South Texas state House seat has reportedly received $87,500 in campaign donations — more than half of which is made up of deer semen." Thanks, everybody, that's a wrap. (Grokked from Wesley Chu)
"Aides for President Trump have compiled folders to keep track of attacks Republican lawmakers and others levy against the president, The Washington Post reported Wednesday." JFC, Nixon's White House was not a good political role model. Although the money is on keeping the folders to remind Trump of who he hates and why. (Grokked from Katheryn Cramer)
"A Qatari fund acquires major assets from Russia. Kushner’s business seeks money directly from Qatar. The nation, though, does not deliver to Kushner. The U.S. changes its political posture against Qatar at Kushner’s urging, with the alarming possibility that the seemingly manufactured conflict could have escalated into war… Several months later, the Qatar-backed Apollo Group delivers $184 million to Kushner." Dots being connected. At this point no direct line to Russia, but it gets closer and closer.
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