CAROLINA NATURALLY: Dec 17, 2017

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Today in History

1399		Tamerlane’s Mongols destroy the army of Mahmud Tughluk, Sultan of Delhi, at Panipat.
1861		The Stonewall Brigade begins to dismantle Dam No. 5 of the C&O Canal.
1886		At a Christmas party, Sam Belle shoots his old enemy Frank West, but is fatally wounded himself.
1903		Near Kitty Hawk, North Carolina, Orville and Wilbur Wright make the first successful flight in history of a self-propelled, heavier-than-air aircraft.
1927		U.S. Secretary of State Frank B. Kellogg suggests a worldwide pact renouncing war.
1938		Italy declares the 1935 pact with France invalid because ratifications had not been exchanged. France denies the argument.
1939		In the Battle of the River Plate near Montevideo, Uruguay, the British trap the German pocket battleship Graf Spee. German Captain Langsdorf sinks his ship believing that resistance is hopeless.
1943		U.S. forces invade Japanese-held New Britain Island in New Guinea.
1944		The German Army renews the attack on the Belgian town of Losheimergraben against the defending Americans during the Battle of the Bulge.
1944		The U.S. approves an end to the internment of Japanese Americans. U.S. Major General Henry C. Pratt issues Public Proclamation No. 21, declaring that Japanese American “evacuees” from the West Coast could return to their homes effective January 2, 1945.
1948		The Smithsonian Institution accepts the Kitty Hawk – the Wright brothers’ plane.
1950		The French government appoints Marshal de Lattre de Tassigny to command their troops in Vietnam.
1952		Yugoslavia breaks relations with the Vatican.
1965		Ending an election campaign marked by bitterness and violence, Ferdinand Marcos is declared president of the Philippines.
1981		Red Brigade terrorists kidnap Brigadier General James Dozier, the highest-ranking U.S. NATO officer in Italy.
1989		The Simpsons, television’s longest-running animated series, makes its US debut.
1989		Fernando Color de Mello becomes Brazil’s first democratically elected president in nearly 30 years.
1990		Jean-Bertrand Aristide wins Haiti’s first free election.
2002		Congolese parties of the Inter Congolese Dialogue sign a peace accord in the Second Congo War, providing for transitional government and elections within two years.
2010		Mohamed Bouazizi immolates himself, the catalyst for the Tunisian revolution and the subsequent Arab Spring

The town of Nazareth Just Canceled Xmas Because of Dumbass Trump

The town of Nazareth Just Canceled Xmas Because of Dumbass Trump

Weed and Wine Tours

Want to Celebrate Legal Cannabis in California? Consider a Weed and Wine Tour

This is when you should unfriend someone on Facebook

US Naval officers reveal 2004 encounter with UFO

US Naval officers reveal 2004 encounter with possible UFO in extraordinary New York Times interview

In an interview with the New York Times, two former US Naval pilots described an encounter with what they believed to be a UFO during an exercise in 2004 that left one pilot saying he “felt weirded out."

11 lies you may have heard about net neutrality

Here is what life on the moon will look like

Will a megadrought strike the US?

Mercury from industrialized nations is polluting the Arctic

90 percent of all executions in 2017 may have involved people who were innocent or had disabilities

New research shows significant evidence of mental illness, brain damage, intellectual disability, severe trauma, or possible innocence in nearly 90 percent of capital punishment executions carried out in 2017, according to a report compiled by the Death Penalty Information Center.

90 percent of all executions in 2017 may have involved people who were innocent or had disabilities

Wisconsin man guilty of brutally beating wife to death

Montana pastor accused of trying to cover-up sexual assaults by parishioner because he’s a ‘sex addict’

Montana pastor accused of trying to cover-up sexual assaults by parishioner because he’s a ‘sex addict’

A pastor in Montana, as well as his wife, have been accused of asking a woman to keep quiet about sexual assaults she alleges were committed by a male parishioner.

How One American Journalist Took Down Militiamen Who Raped 50 Young Girls

How One American Journalist Took Down Militiamen Who Raped 50 Young Girls

Chicago man who worked for Peruvian catholic charity accused of molesting 'at least a dozen' boys

Murdoch downplays sexual harassment at Fox 'News', women threaten to ‘go public with the truth’

Robert Murdoch attempted to downplay Fox 'News'’ alleged culture of sexual misconduct as limited to “isolated incidents” with former CEO Roger Ailes — a characterization that was met with fierce criticism from the women on the media mogul’s payroll who say they were victimized by employees of Fox 'News'.

Murdoch downplays sexual harassment at Fox 'News', women threaten to ‘go public with the truth’

Our cultural conversation about sexual violence has excluded LGBTQ survivors

It’s been more than two months since news broke about sexual harassment and assault allegations against Harvey Weinstein. But still, much of the discussion around how to prevent sexual violence revolves around the same people: cisgender straight male perpetrators and (usually white) cisgender straight female victims.

Our cultural conversation about sexual violence has excluded LGBTQ survivors

Kansas cut funding to Temporary Assistance for Needy Families -- child abuse and neglect cases increased

Judge who refused to hear adoption cases for LGBT couples refused to appear at his disciplinary hearing

Judge who refused to hear adoption cases for LGBT couples refused to appear at his disciplinary hearing

A judge in southern Kentucky skipped his Friday disciplinary hearing examining allegations that he refused to hear adoption cases involving gay, lesbian or bisexual adults.

Raw video shows how cops treated a 93-year-old woman with a walker after she reportedly refused to pay rent

Police open fire in room full of people at swingers costume party

Two revelers at a swingers’ costume party who were shot by police while engaged in an “intimate act” are speaking out about the ordeal for the first time, the Herald Sun reports.
Dale Ewins, 35, was dressed as comic book villain The Joker while his date, Zita Sukys, 37, was dressed as Suicide Squad character Harley Quinn when they were shot by police in Victoria, Australia in July. Ten officers dressed in tactical gear stormed the nightclub and opened fire 32 seconds later.
“They blew my leg apart,” said Ms Sukys. “I am mentally paralyzed. I can’t do anything.”
Sukys was shot in her knee and thigh; Ewins was shot twice in the back. Victoria Police are claiming the shooting was “lawful self-defense.”
Martha Tsamis, the owner of the nightclub, said her security staff knew the patron had a plastic toy gun, told authorities he was not a threat and then was ignored by police.
“We are both parents. This isn’t what we expected for a night out,” Ewin explained.
Court documents say Ewins was performing oral sex on Sukys in the back corner of the nightclub, and was unaware of police presence before being shot in the back. He claims police tasered him multiple times after they shot him, handcuffed him, and stood on his hands.
“It’s alarming to learn that the people responsible for protecting the community and upholding the law will lie and hide the truth rather than accept responsibility for recklessly shooting and nearly killing two innocent people,” the couple told the Herald Sun.

Police open fire in room full of people at swingers costume party — despite being told ‘The Joker’ wasn’t a threat

Wingnuts Just Made It a Lot Harder for Restaurant Workers to Fight Big Chains

Wingnuts Just Made It a Lot Harder for Restaurant Workers to Fight Big Chains

Dumbass Trump junta prohibits CDC from using words like 'transgender,' 'fetus'

Analysts from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention were reportedly told that the Trump administration is prohibiting the agency from using seven words or phrases that include “transgender” and “fetus.”
The Washington Post, citing an analyst at the meeting in Atlanta, reported that the ban is related to the 2019 budget that is given to Congress and CDC’s partners.
The report said the forbidden words are “vulnerable,” “entitlement,” “diversity,” “transgender,” “fetus,” “evidence –based” and “science-based.”
The CDC and the Office of Management and Budget did not respond to the paper, but the paper cited another unnamed official who confirmed the list’s existence. The report said that analysts were, in some cases, given alternate wording for the phrases.
In the case of “science-based” and “evidence-based,” the analyst said a substitute phrase was: “CDC bases its recommendations on science in consideration with community standards and wishes."
CDC, the nation's top public health agency, is the only federal agency headquartered outside of Washington, D.C. It has nearly 12,000 employees, and about three-quarters of them are based in the Atlanta area.
The analyst told the paper that they "could not recall a previous time when words were banned from budget documents" due to ideology.”