Playing it cool … or trying to, anyway.
Archives for the month of: December, 2015
Beleaguered Attorney General Kathleen Kane has released a steady stream of messages retrieved from a state server that show officials and employees trading sexually explicit, racist and misogynistic messages, in what some are calling a disaster for the state’s justice system.
PHILADELPHIA — Over the past 15 months, beleaguered Pennsylvania Attorney General Kathleen Kane has released a steady stream of messages retrieved from a state email server that show state officials and employees trading pornographic, racist and misogynistic messages.
There are jokes about rape and sexual assault, photos mocking African Americans and other minorities, and insults leveled at people because of their weight, their sexual orientation or their religion. At least two state Supreme Court justices and numerous officials in the office of the attorney general have been caught in the scandal that has been dubbed “Porngate.”
A small sampling: A photo of a pantsless woman on her knees performing oral sex on a man is captioned “Making your boss happy is your only job.” A picture of a white man fending off two African American men while carrying a bucket of fried chicken reads “BRAVERY At Its Finest.” The sender of the email that shows a group of men engaged in sex included this message to friends, “How friggin gay are you?”
How America’s dying white supremacist movement is seizing on Donald Trump’s appeal
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What Donald Trump and dying white people have in common
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Homicide is a legal term for any death of a human caused by another human being.
A medical examiner may determine the manner/cause of death to be homicide. That determination does not establish any culpability. Culpability is determined by the legal system – law enforcement officials and prosecutors.
Homicide itself is not necessarily a crime. Some homicides are legal, such as a justifiable killing of a suspect by the police or a killing in self-defense.
Unlawful homicides are classified as crimes like murder and manslaughter
Got the link below from Quad. Read and be informed. See also my reply directly below.
Who said Michelle couldn’t rap??
The Joy of Turning Silver
Good friends are like quilts — they age with you, yet never lose their warmth.
I have seen too many dear friends leave this world too soon before they understood the great freedom that comes with aging. Whose business is it if I choose to read or play on the computer until 4 a.m. or sleep until noon? I will dance with myself to those wonderful tunes of the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, and if I, at the same time, wish to weep over a lost love, I will.
I will walk the beach in a swimsuit that is stretched over a bulging body and will dive into the waves with abandon if I choose to, despite the pitying glances from the jet set. They, too, will get old.
I know I am sometimes forgetful. But there, again, some of life is just as well forgotten. And, eventually, I remember the important things.
Sure, over the years, my heart has been broken. How can your heart not break when you lose a loved one, or when a child suffers, or even when somebody’s beloved pet gets hit by a car? But broken hearts are what give us strength and understanding, and compassion. A heart never broken is pristine and sterile, and will never know the joy of being imperfect.
I am so blessed to have lived long enough to have my hair turning gray and to have my youthful laughs be forever etched into deep grooves on my face. So many have never laughed, and so many have died before their hair could turn silver.
As you get older, it is easier to be positive. You care less about what other people think. I don’t question myself anymore. I’ve even earned the right to be wrong.
So … I like being old. It has set me free. I like the person I have become. I am not going to live forever, but while I am still here, I will not waste time lamenting what could have been or worrying about what will be. And I shall eat dessert every single day (if I feel like it).
May our friendship never come apart, especially when it’s straight from the heart!
Things Uncle John Sends 