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Federal prison guards fume about inmates getting special holiday meals, while guards work without pay
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 10 Comments • 5 years ago
“"That really p----d off our people," said Young. "You are seeing prisoners getting steak, roast beef and Cornish hens, and you can't put that kind...”
While federal prison officers worked through the holidays without pay, the inmates they guarded were treated to special yuletide meals, union officials reportedly fumed. At the Coleman Federal Correctional Complex near Orlando, convicts dined on Cornish game hen and pie on Christmas and beef...
Jim Webb, MAGA’s Forbidden Love, Will Never Survive Donald Trump
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 6 Comments • 5 years ago
“In a White House where distinguished public servants have been reduced to soap-opera caricatures by the time they depart, the nomination of Webb,...”
The far right has a curious affection for the Democrat in exile. But Webb has an independent streak a mile wide and is allergic to authority. Will the base still love him when he tries to out-alpha Trump? Having retroactively fired James Mattis(“essentially” fired, anyway), President Donald...
Old Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dance video goes viral as supporters mock shaming attempt
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 332 Comments • 5 years ago
“The clip appears to be an edited version of a 2010 YouTube video of Boston University students dancing to the song "Lisztomania" by Phoenix. The...”
An unearthed video purportedly showing Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-NY, dancing in a college-era video was shared by conservative Twitter accounts Wednesday as an attempt to discredit the newly sworn-in progressive congresswoman. Instead, the clip went viral as messages of support were...
Some Christians Are Mad at Mattel for Considering Same-Sex Wedding Dolls
Via: Hal A. Lujah • Religion & Ethics • 16 Comments • 6 years ago
“Say a non-prayer for the angry conservatives who must be exhausted trying to keep up with all the companies they can no longer support because...”
Mattel, the company that produces Barbie dolls, has plans to meet with a gay coupleto create a same-sex wedding set. The move comes after Nick Caprio and Matt Jacobicouldn’t find a same-sex doll set for Jacobi’s 8-year-old niece, then lobbied Mattel to diversify their iconic products. The...
The ultimate human experience
By: Hal A. Lujah • Op/Ed • 49 Comments • 6 years ago
A thought experiment: There is a magical island in the middle of the ocean. It is a place that may be visited by only one person at a time, and is stocked with enough food and necessities to accommodate two people for up to one month. You don’t know how long you will be there, you only know...
Mother had 'no other choice' but to sell her 6-year-old daughter
Via: Hal A. Lujah • World News • 31 Comments • 6 years ago
““I fled my village with my three children because of severe drought," she says. "I came here thinking that I will receive some assistance, but I...”
Herat, Afghanistan (CNN)An unprecedented drought in Afghanistan has led to families selling their children just to be able to feed their households. CNN has spoken to multiple families around the western city of Herat who have been forced from their homes because of a record dry spell that,...
Hospital worker fired after wearing Confederate shirt with noose to polls
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 181 Comments • 6 years ago
“The former cop had been wrongly identified as an election worker at first before local media outlets revealed his actual occupation.”
A hospital worker from Mississippi went viral this week — and is now jobless — thanks to his outfit choice on Election Day. Clayton Hickey, of Olive Branch, thought it would be a good idea to wear a Confederate flag T-shirt with a noose and the words “Mississippi Justice” emblazoned on the...
Two more associates of Roger Stone testify before Mueller grand jury
Via: Hal A. Lujah • News & Politics • 3 Comments • 6 years ago
“The appearances by Lugo and Nixon underscore how intensely special counsel Robert S. Mueller III is pursuing the question of whether Stone had...”
Two more associates of Roger Stone, the longtime adviser to President Trump, testified recently before a grand jury hearing evidence in the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election — the latest in a series of witnesses connected to Stone whose testimony has been...