Sunday, December 24, 2017
A high school football team took a knee and then all hell broke loose
“Nobody knew it would be like this.”
‘I’m not a criminal for taking a selfie’
The Minnesota chapter of the American Civil
Liberties Union (ACLU) is supporting a 14-year-old girl charged with
felony child pornography for a selfie picture she took using the
Snapchat app.
Papa John’s Founder Retires, Figures Out Racism Is Bad For Business
Racism is bad for business, mmmK?
Wingnut tabloid slammed for using racist dog whistle in story about Prince Harry marrying biracial actress
A right-wing tabloid in the United Kingdom is
facing criticism after publishing a headline about Prince Harry marrying
biracial actress Meghan Markle.
Michigan cop who handcuffed screaming 11-year-old girl at gunpoint will face no discipline
The Grand Rapids, Michigan police officer who
handcuffed 11-year-old Honestie Hodges at gunpoint earlier this month
will not receive any internal disciple, the department announced
Wednesday.
Saturday, December 23, 2017
The Daily Drift
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Today in History
| 1861 | Lord Lyons, The British minister to America presents a formal complaint to secretary of state, William Seward, regarding the Trent affair. | |
| 1900 | The Federal Party, which recognizes American sovereignty, is formed in the Philippines. | |
| 1919 | Great Britain institutes a new constitution for India. | |
| 1921 | President Warren G. Harding frees Socialist Eugene Debs and 23 other political prisoners. | |
| 1933 | Pope Pius XI condemns the Nazi sterilization program. | |
| 1937 | London warns Rome to stop anti-British propaganda in Palestine. | |
| 1939 | The first Canadian troops arrive in Britain. | |
| 1940 | Chiang Kai-shek dissolves all Communist associations in China. | |
| 1941 | Despite throwing back an earlier Japanese amphibious assault, the U.S. Marines and Navy defenders on Wake Island capitulate to a second Japanese invasion. | |
| 1944 | General Dwight D. Eisenhower confirms the death sentence of Private Eddie Slovik, the only American shot for desertion since the Civil War. | |
| 1947 | President Harry S Truman grants a pardon to 1,523 who had evaded the World War II draft. | |
| 1948 | Japan’s Prime Minister, Hideki Tojo and six other collaborators are hanged for war crimes. | |
| 1950 | General Walton H. Walker, the commander of the Eighth Army in Korea, is killed in a jeep accident. Lieutenant General Matthew B. Ridgeway is named his successor. | |
| 1967 | U.S. Navy SEALs are ambushed during an operation southeast of Saigon. | |
| 1974 | The B-1 bomber makes its first successful test flight. | |
| 1986 | The Voyager completes the first nonstop flight around the globe on one load of fuel. The experimental aircraft, piloted by Americans Dick Rutan and Jeana Yeager, landed at Edwards Air Force Base in California after nine days and four minutes in the sky. | |
| 1990 | In a referendum on Slovenia’s independence from Yugoslavia, 88.5% vote in favor of independence. | |
| 2002 | An Iraqi MiG-25 shoots down a US MQ-1 Predator drone. |
Mals Became the First Place in the World to Ban All Synthetic Pesticides
The Italian village of Mals has set an international precedent—and a model for other communities to follow. 
Will Americans finally start fighting back against tax cuts for the rich?
Wisconsin girl in 'Slenderman' stabbing sentenced to 25 years in psychiatric care
Oklahoma Regent booted from board after comparing homosexuality to pedophilia
After several controversial comments while
appearing on the local news show “Flash Point,” Kirk Humphreys has
resigned from the University of Oklahoma Board of Regents.
Florida cops busted for racist texts about shooting 'niggers'
Two Florida police officers lost their jobs after mocking black people as lazy criminals in a text message conversation. 
Friday, December 22, 2017
The Daily Drift
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Today in History
| 1135 | Stephen of Blois is crowned the king of England. | |
| 1775 | Esek Hopkins takes command of the Continental Navy — a total of seven ships. | |
| 1807 | Congress passes the Embargo Act, which halts all trading completely. It is hoped that the act will keep the United States out of the European Wars. | |
| 1829 | The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad opens the first passenger railway line. | |
| 1918 | The last of the food restrictions, enforced because of the shortages during World War I, are lifted. | |
| 1929 | Soviet troops leave Manchuria after a truce is reached with the Chinese over the Eastern Railway dispute. | |
| 1941 | Japanese troops make an amphibious landing on the coast of Lingayen Gulf on Luzon, the Philippines. | |
| 1942 | The Soviets drive German troops back 15 miles at the Don River. | |
| 1944 | During the Battle of the Bulge, General Anthony McAuliffe responds to a German surrender request with a one word answer: “Nuts” | |
| 1945 | The United States recognizes Tito’s government in Yugoslavia. | |
| 1965 | The EF-105F Wild Weasel makes its first kill over Vietnam. | |
| 1966 | The United States announces the allocation of 900,000 tons of grain to fight the famine in India. | |
| 1989 | The Romanian government of Nicolae Ceausescu is overthrown, ending 42 years of communist rule. | |
| 1989 | The division of East and West Germany effectively ends when the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin reopens for the first time in nearly 30 years. | |
| 1992 | What became known as the Archives of Terror are discovered in a police station near the capital of Paraguay. The records detail tens of thousands of Latin Americans who had been secretly imprisoned, tortured and / or killed by the security services of several South American governments. | |
| 1997 | Hussein Farrah Aidid relinquishes his disputed title of President of Somalia, an important step toward reconciliation in the country. | |
| 2001 | The President of Afghanistan, Hamid Karzai, takes over an interim government. | |
| 2001 | A passenger on American Airlines Flight 63 from Paris, Richard Reid, unsuccessfully attempts to destroy the plane in flight by igniting explosives he’d hidden in his shoes. | |
| 2008 | Some 1.1 billion gallons of coal fly ash slurry flood part of Tennessee after an ash dike breaks at a solid waste containment area in Roane County, in the eastern part of the state. | |
| 2010 | US President Barack Obama signs a law officially repealing the 17-year-old policy known as “Don’t ask, don’t tell”; the new law permits homosexuals to serve openly in the US military. |
‘Everything that wasn’t a Dumbass Trump tweet’
This time every year, BillMoyers.com asks
reporters, editors and bloggers which key story they feel the mainstream
media failed to cover adequately over the last 12 months. Here's what
they had to say.
Jurors admit they thought he must be guilty because he’s black
Minnesota man may get new trial after jurors admit they thought he must be guilty because he’s black
A Minneapolis man may get a new trial after
two jurors came forward and admitted that racism was a major reason why
they chose to convict him.
Black skier gets jail for punching racist
A black Wisconsin man was sentenced to jail time for punching an older white man who goaded him with racial slurs.
Unhinged white man broke into black neighbor’s house
32-year-old Adam J. Doucet broke into his
neighbor’s house using a crowbar and plumber’s wrench, before proceeding
to make racist threats against him.
UFO conspiracy nuts now determined to find what the release of new military video is covering up
Those skeptical of the government’s
involvement in the recent report about alleged military research into
UFOs are now developing new crackpot theories.
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