Russia moving some forces and tanks into eastern Ukraine, Latvian PM says
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/23/europe/russian-troops-donbas-latvian-pm/index.html
Month: February 2022
What Do Kids Know About Presidents?
Prosecutors fight to keep Michigan school shooting suspect, 15, in adult jail
The 15-year-old accused in the deadly mass shooting at his suburban Detroit high school in November should be kept in adult jail as he awaits trial, prosecutors said Tuesday.
Oakland County Assistant Prosecutor Kelly Collins said during a hearing about the teenager’s confinement that he’s demonstrated he can be calculating, has a desire to be remembered for his alleged crimes, and enjoys the notoriety the case has brought him, including email from women.
“How to do I get my fan mail, how do I get my hate mail”? he has said, according to Collins.
He has “a deeper and more calculated mind than any other 15-year-old,” she argued in court.
The teenager’s defense team formally asked the court that he be transferred from Oakland County jail to Children’s Village in Pontiac.
Collins said the teen already killed four classmates at Oxford High School on Nov. 30 and that teenagers at the juvenile facility would be put in danger that is “contrary to the rehabilitation of those at Children’s Village.”
“He enjoyed his dark side,” Collins said. “He’s fascinated with violence.”
The teenager’s defense team said he’s hardly been in direct contact with anyone, except his lawyers, since he’s been in jail, despite a possible need for psychiatric supervision.
“The jail is not equipped with handling juveniles,” attorney Paulette Loftin said during the hearing.
She said he was removed from “constant watch” in jail. His lawyers indicated in a court filing they plan to pursue an insanity defense.
Because the defendant had no prior criminal or disciplinary school record to speak of, Loftin said, he should be allowed to wait for trial in the children’s facility with defendants his age.
Loftin argued that because many of the people sending him email are women, such communication could be better supervised if he was held at Children’s Village.
“These are emails from strangers all around the world,” Loftin said. “At Children’s Village we are able to control that communication.”
Loftin did not immediately respond to a request for comment Tuesday night.
Judge Kwame Rowe said he would make a decision in the upcoming days.
The suspect, Ethan Crumbley, has pleaded not guilty to two dozen charges, including murder. His parents are also being jailed on four counts each of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting. They have pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Just got home
I just got home from taking Ron to his eye test. He is not going to need a new prescription and all his stuff seems well. I did not fare so well. Yesterday I sat in the chair and the doctor had me read what I could. Then he covered my left eye and I read what I could. Then he covered my right eye and I asked what happened to the room, did he hide the eye chart. My left eye was horrible. I had not noticed the degradation. He said I was about 20 / 80. My cataracts are a 2 and a 1 out of 4 I have no blood vessel issues, no diabetic retinopathy, and no signs of nerve damage. But for some reason my left pupil is sluggish and there is no reason for it to be. So when I go get my new glasses the doctor wants to check the eye again. I like that office, but they are quite a distance from us. As I had to get new lenses, I got new lighter frames. My current frames are heavy. I got titanium flex frames, progressive lenses, and a gradient tint. same things I have on my current glasses. I like large lenses. I had small ones for years and got to hate the gap above and below the lenses. So this last pair I got big, and at First Ron did not like them, but now he does and he is getting bigger lenses himself. He doesn’t need a new prescription, but his lenses are chipped so they need to be replaced. My glasses were $645 and $119 of that was the frame. I looked at a similar frame that was the same color and style but cost $225 dollars and I couldn’t see why they were worth so much more. Anyway maybe when I get them I won’t need such large fonts anymore. 😀😂😃😎😎
VOX: The absurd Supreme Court case that could gut the EPA
The absurd Supreme Court case that could gut the EPA
Nothing is at stake in West Virginia v. EPA — yet somehow everything is at stake.
Read in Vox: https://apple.news/AXKN6M5FsR02ZIaVUvsQzWQ
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VICE: 15-Year Old Girl Kills Herself With an Uzi Trying to Record a TikTok Video
15-Year Old Girl Kills Herself With an Uzi Trying to Record a TikTok Video
The accident shows the increasing attraction of the narco lifestyle to young people in Sinaloa, home to the legendary drug cartel.
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OK AG Moves To Ban “Obscene” Classics From Libraries
The Oklahoma Frontier reports:
Oklahoma Attorney General John O’Connor is reviewing dozens of books found in public school libraries to determine whether they violate state obscenity law.
Books under review range from classics such as Of Mice and Men and Lord of the Flies to newer titles that cover LGBTQ and social justice issues. The Frontier obtained a list of 51 books under review from the Oklahoma Attorney General’s Office.
In a brief interview with The Frontier on Monday at a Republican Women’s Club South Tulsa United meeting, O’Connor said he decided to investigate after receiving complaints from parents and conservative groups including Reclaiming Oklahoma Parent Empowerment, and the Tulsa County chapter Moms for Liberty.
Read the full article.
In 2018, O’Connor was nominated by Trump to the federal bench but he did not get a hearing in the US Senate after the American Bar Association rated him “not qualified” on the grounds of “professional competence and integrity.” He was appointed Oklahoma Attorney General in July 2021 by GOP Gov. Kevin Stitt and immediately joined a suit to block Biden’s vaccine mandates.
USA TODAY: ‘You are seen’: A record 7.1% of US adults now identify as LGBTQ, new poll shows
‘You are seen’: A record 7.1% of US adults now identify as LGBTQ, new poll shows
The number of U.S. adults who identify as LGBTQ has rocketed to a record 7.1%, and young people are again steering the increase, a Gallup poll shows.
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Guess Who Else Was There On January 6th?
Hello Jill. Thank you for sharing this. Recently I have been very worried about the depth of religious doctrine being pushed into the secular government. It seems that I was caught napping by the long game these people played. They are on a mission from their god so they will not compromise, they will give all it takes to accomplish the goal because it is for their god, they will disregard anything that doesn’t agree with them because it is against their god. The very concept of democracy is against the concept of God. Religion is top down government. In religion God is the top being, the king, the ruler. He makes the rules, and everyone must follow them with no complaint. He passes those rules / his wishes down to his chosen leaders over the people. They speak for the god, no one can argue with them or change what the leaders say because it is the will of God, which speaks only to them. So it is a dictatorship with henchmen over the masses. Quite different from democracy, which is from the bottom up, for the people by the people.
For anyone who has not been to Jills blog, I strongly recommend checking out her content. It is a diverse blog full of information and fun, and I enjoy the comments as well.
Bill Press is one of my favourite author/commentator/journalists around today, and his most recent column is about one group of people who willfully attempted to overthrow our government just over a year ago. Please note that Press is not talking about the majority of Christians in this nation who are decent people and use their religion for good, rather than evil, but rather about the minority who are using the term “Christianity” to justify their bigotry, their hatred of ‘other’, and their intention of turning this nation into something it was never meant to be.
January 6: Blame the Christians!
It’s understandable, but regrettable: the media was so busy reporting on the possible invasion of Ukraine, it buried an astounding bit of news about the actual invasion of the U.S. Capitol on January 6.
Watching the violence at the Capitol that day, you were probably as puzzled as I was…
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House panel OKs revised ban on videotaping police
So no civilian oversite and never video the cops breaking the laws. Think of it, the police were never held accountable until there was video evidence of their crimes. And they do illegal acts, plant drugs and weapons on people, kill unarmed black people shoot people running away and they often file false reports. The police want that halo of not being challenged as the good guys we had in the 1950s before we understood reality of cops. So they want to stop the public from filming them. This is a horrible idea
An Arizona House committee on Monday approved a proposed law that would make it illegal to make video recordings of police in many circumstances after the Republican sponsor made changes he said were designed to address constitutional concerns.
The original proposal from Rep. John Kavanagh made it illegal to record within 15 feet of an officer interacting with someone unless the officer gave permission.
Kavanagh said the amendment he offered that was adopted by the House Appropriations Committee Monday lowers the distance to 8 feet. It also allows someone who is in a car stopped by police or is being questioned to tape the encounter and limits the scope of the types of police actions that trigger the law to only those that are possibly dangerous.
He said the 8-foot limit was based on a U.S. Supreme Court decision in a case involving abortion protesters.
“I think this fully conforms with constitutionality and weighs officer safety with the citizens’ right, the public’s right, to see law enforcement officers in action,” Kavanagh said.
Media groups including The Associated Press said the measure raises serious constitutional issues. They signed onto a letter from the National Press Photographers Association in opposition to the bill.
“We are extremely concerned that this language violates not only the free speech and press clauses of the First Amendment, but also runs counter to the ‘clearly established right’ to photograph and record police officers performing their official duties in a public place,” the letter said.
Letting an officer decide on the spot what First Amendment-protected activity should be allowed would be problematic in many situations, the letter said.
If enacted with the original 15-foot limit, some of the people who video-recorded former Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin kneeling on George Floyd’s neck in 2020 might have been affected. The recording was key evidence that led to Chauvin’s conviction on second-degree murder and other charges.
Kavanagh’s bill makes a violation a petty offense, the lowest-level Arizona crime that can bring a fine but no jail time. Refusing to stop recording when an officer orders it would be a low-level misdemeanor subject to a 30-day jail sentence.
The Appropriations Committee voted 7-5 on party lines, with no Democratic backing to approve the bill. It now goes to the Rules Committee for a routine constitutional review and then to the House floor.
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