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The Daily Kos has the post Catholic Nun Explains Pro-Life In A Way That Will Stun Many (Especially Republican Lawmakers). The post highlights this quote from Sister Joan Chittister, O.S.B.

I do not believe that just because you’re opposed to abortion, that that makes you pro-life. In fact, I think in many cases, your morality is deeply lacking if all you want is a child born but not a child fed, not a child educated, not a child housed. And why would I think that you don’t? Because you don’t want any tax money to go there. That’s not pro-life. That’s pro-birth. We need a much broader conversation on what the morality of pro-life is.

This expresses what many of us who are both pro-life and pro-choice feel.

Thanks to Marden Seavey for posting the link to this article on his Facebook page.

We attended one of the about 3,000 of these meetings country wide.This one in Worcester was one of about 58 such gatherings within 50 miles of our home. We carpooled in to the meeting with four of us from Sturbridge and one from Charlton.

Politico has the article Donald Trump says he’d tap Sarah Palin for a Cabinet post.

Donald Trump has succeeded in alienating many of his fellow Republicans with his personal attacks, but if he does win in November 2016 and is forced to assemble a cabinet of GOP allies, he knows exactly whom he would call on: Sarah Palin.

As one commenter implied, there are probably lots of men in this country that would like to “tap” Sarah Palin.

However, on a more serious note, here is something from Monty Python to get your creative juices flowing as to the perfect spot for Sarah Palin.

Be the first to comment on your own idea for a position for Sarah Palin.

The Guardian has the article Sandra Bland’s death in police custody puts spotlight on Texas jail standards.

Last week the Sheriff’s office said in a statement: “All plastic trash liners have been removed from all cells in the Waller County Jail, pending further direction from the Texas Commission on Jail Standards. The two deficiencies noted by the Texas Commission on Jail Standards… are being corrected and all inmates are monitored hourly for face-to-face observation.”

Apparently you don’t have to be an expert to know that large trash liners do not belong in jail cells. See my previous post Why the large, hang yourself garbage bag?

There are more jail videos that have been made available. The Guardian article leads to a video of Sandra Bland’s booking. I have not been able to view some of the other videos that claim to have been posted. The one you can view on The Guardian web site is in the article More Sandra Bland jail footage released by Texas authorities.

Judge says move is partially in response to conspiracy theories about her death

Footage shows Bland arriving, being questioned and having mugshot taken

Yes, of course the judge is going to choose to show you the videos that seem to refute the charges against the authorities. If there are videos incriminating the authorities, you can be pretty sure that they would not choose to show you those. Until a truly independent agency is allowed to view all the unedited videos, the few that are released prove almost nothing.

This email from DFA (Democracy For America) is a terrific statement about how to react to the message of the protesters at Netroots Nation 2015 Convention.

Great YouTube video, Gov’t Sells Sacred Native Land To Foreign Mining Company!

Apparently the US Government hasn’t historically taken enough from the Native Americans. So John McCain and friends decided to step it up and sell some Apache sacred ground. The way they defend the theft is priceless. (If you think this is important, please share)

From Redacted Tonight with Lee Camp

This may or may not be NSFW

It is just amazing how oligarchs and corrupt politicians can justify taking advantage of people. Make them an offer they can’t refuse, and then tout how they accepted your offer.

This YouTube video is titled Seriously, vote for Bernie Sanders.

There is a lot of wisdom in this video if you can stand just a few harsh words.

Warning: NSFW – Not Safe For Work viewing.

The Daily Kos has a post Australian comedian tries to make sense of American gun laws—nailed it! featuring the video below.

Comedian Jim Jeffries tackled one of the most controversial subjects in the U.S. gun control laws.

Jeffries was once the victim of a home invasion in which he was tied up and beaten with his girlfriend, who was also threatened with rape. You’d think he’d have some cause for carrying a gun, no? Wrong! He brilliantly nails why Americans need to make a case for more gun control.

Warning: NSFW – Not Safe For Work

Apparently The Daily Kos published the blog post, From Yesterday’s NYT: Sandra Bland Prosecutor Inadvertenly Shows His Cards on Friday, July 24.

Why the “paper of record” failed to note the completely obvious factual misstatement by the DA regarding the time it takes for trace marijuana to leave the system is confounding but hardly surprising these days. The propensity for MJ to hang in the bloodstream for much longer than other drugs is general knowledge, not something on the cutting edge of medical science that has yet to be determined for crissake.

I left the comment titled Why the large, hang yourself garbage bag?

Why did the Sheriff’s department deploy a garbage bag in her cell that was big enough to hang herself with? What did they expect her to have with her in her cell that would have filled up such a large receptacle on a daily basis?

Do they place such bags in all cells, or just the ones where the detainee needs to be hanged?

Where is the video of all the traffic by her cell for the three days she was held? Who is saving these records for safe keeping?

Where are the “journalists” asking these questions? Where are the public and the politicians asking these questions of the authorities, the US “justice” department, and the “journalists”?

We just cannot let them get away with this, this time.

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