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October 16, 2018
An Australia mom was covered in black and blue bruises this week after she and her young daughter became trapped in a hail storm and she had no choice but to shield the baby with her body, reports say.
Fiona Simpson, 23, told The Project that she wasn’t aware of the weather forecast in Queensland before she decided to take her grandmother and 4-month-old daughter, Clara, to a coffee shop on Thursday. When severe rain started picking up, Simpson pulled over to the side of the road, she wrote in a Facebook post. That’s when it started to hail.
“The back window, where Clara was, the whole back window just blew out … glass went everywhere through the car,” the told The Project. “So I took off my seatbelt, climbed through the back and just laid on top of her.”
Mom shields baby from hailstorm with her body
https://www.cnn.com/videos/world/2018/10/13/mom-shields-baby-from-hailstorm-orig-acl.cnnAn Australia mom was covered in black and blue bruises this week after she and her young daughter became trapped in a hail storm and she had no choice but to shield the baby with her body, reports say.
Fiona Simpson, 23, told The Project that she wasn’t aware of the weather forecast in Queensland before she decided to take her grandmother and 4-month-old daughter, Clara, to a coffee shop on Thursday. When severe rain started picking up, Simpson pulled over to the side of the road, she wrote in a Facebook post. That’s when it started to hail.
“The back window, where Clara was, the whole back window just blew out … glass went everywhere through the car,” the told The Project. “So I took off my seatbelt, climbed through the back and just laid on top of her.”
October 16, 2018
A former server at Terry's Turf Club who caught owner Terry Carter uttering a disparaging sexual remark on video has retained a high-profile Cincinnati employment lawyer to represent her.
Evelyn Marie Reid on Oct. 7 posted a video on Facebook showing Terry's Turf Club owner Carter making a sexual remark while she records him. She had asked him why she was being fired from her job as a server at the longtime Linwood restaurant, where she had worked since January.
Reid hired attorney Randy Freking of downtown-based Freking, Myers & Reul LLC to represent her in any legal action against Carter, but Freking told me he hopes it won't come to that.
"I'm trying to use my common sense and thinking a gracious manager would reach out to me and try to get this behind him," he said.
Freking said he's in the process of interviewing witnesses of the incident that took place the afternoon of Oct. 7.
Former Terry's Turf Club employee told "keep your legs open" retains high-profile attorney
https://www.bizjournals.com/cincinnati/news/2018/10/12/former-terrys-turf-club-employee-retains-high.htmlA former server at Terry's Turf Club who caught owner Terry Carter uttering a disparaging sexual remark on video has retained a high-profile Cincinnati employment lawyer to represent her.
Evelyn Marie Reid on Oct. 7 posted a video on Facebook showing Terry's Turf Club owner Carter making a sexual remark while she records him. She had asked him why she was being fired from her job as a server at the longtime Linwood restaurant, where she had worked since January.
Reid hired attorney Randy Freking of downtown-based Freking, Myers & Reul LLC to represent her in any legal action against Carter, but Freking told me he hopes it won't come to that.
"I'm trying to use my common sense and thinking a gracious manager would reach out to me and try to get this behind him," he said.
Freking said he's in the process of interviewing witnesses of the incident that took place the afternoon of Oct. 7.
October 16, 2018
Nearly one in 10 vote-by-mail ballots have been rejected by Gwinnett County election officials, alarming voting rights groups.
Gwinnett is throwing out far more absentee ballots than any other county in Georgia, according to records from the Secretary of State’s Office. Ballots were discarded because of allegedly mismatched signatures, incomplete forms or missing residential addresses.
The county rejected 390 absentee ballots through Sunday, which represents 8.5 percent of all mailed ballots received in Gwinnett so far, according to state figures. Across Georgia, less than 2 percent of absentee ballots have been rejected. Gwinnett accounts for about 37 percent of all rejected ballots in Georgia.
“They’re putting an extra burden on someone to come back in to get another absentee ballot. That’s unheard of,” said Helen Butler, executive director for the Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, a civil rights group.
Gwinnett officials didn’t have an explanation for the disproportionate number of rejected absentee ballots — but also denied any wrongdoing.
“I can’t draw any conclusions,” said county spokesman Joe Sorenson on Monday. “I just know that we’re doing this according to state law.”
Gwinnett County Georgia - 10% of absentee ballots are thrown out
https://politics.myajc.com/news/state--regional-govt--politics/high-rate-absentee-ballots-thrown-out-gwinnett/azdOsCxX2X6mT8PTrgZlJI/Nearly one in 10 vote-by-mail ballots have been rejected by Gwinnett County election officials, alarming voting rights groups.
Gwinnett is throwing out far more absentee ballots than any other county in Georgia, according to records from the Secretary of State’s Office. Ballots were discarded because of allegedly mismatched signatures, incomplete forms or missing residential addresses.
The county rejected 390 absentee ballots through Sunday, which represents 8.5 percent of all mailed ballots received in Gwinnett so far, according to state figures. Across Georgia, less than 2 percent of absentee ballots have been rejected. Gwinnett accounts for about 37 percent of all rejected ballots in Georgia.
“They’re putting an extra burden on someone to come back in to get another absentee ballot. That’s unheard of,” said Helen Butler, executive director for the Coalition for the Peoples’ Agenda, a civil rights group.
Gwinnett officials didn’t have an explanation for the disproportionate number of rejected absentee ballots — but also denied any wrongdoing.
“I can’t draw any conclusions,” said county spokesman Joe Sorenson on Monday. “I just know that we’re doing this according to state law.”
October 16, 2018
Cops released surveillance footage on Monday showing a city commissioner in Florida confronting an alleged shoplifter inside an Army Navy Surplus store — and then fatally shooting him as he attempts to flee.
Prosecutors are weighing criminal charges against the local politician, identified as Michael Dunn, 47, of Lakeland.
Legal experts told the Tampa Bay Times that while Lopez does have the state’s Stand Your Ground law on his side, it doesn’t appear he was actually in danger or fear for his life that day.
“This is a very difficult case to defend,” explained Tim Hessinger, a Tampa criminal defense attorney and former state prosecutor.
“Just from the video it doesn’t look like Mr. Dunn was in fear and wasn’t justified in shooting Mr. Lopez as he was leaving,” added Bill Loughery, former prosecutor with the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office. “It appeared that, because he had his gun, Mr. Dunn was in charge of the situation from the standpoint he was directing Mr. Lopez what to do.”
In the surveillance video, Dunn can be seen confronting shoplifting suspect Cristobal Lopez, 50, inside of the Vets Army Navy Surplus store in Lakeland on Oct. 3. Lopez allegedly swiped a hatchet and tried to walk out with it inside of his pants, according to police.
Dunn can be seen on surveillance cameras inside the store placing his Glock handgun into the back of his waistband and walking toward Lopez in an attempt to stop him.
The Hardee County native had been shopping for hats with his father before the shooting occurred, according to The Ledger.
If arrested, Dunn — who has more than six months left on his term — could be suspended from office by the governor. Florida law allows people to use deadly force when facing “imminent death or great bodily harm.”
https://nypost.com/2018/10/15/shocking-video-shows-politician-fatally-shooting-alleged-shoplifter/
Florida politician shoots a fleeing shoplifter dead
Cops released surveillance footage on Monday showing a city commissioner in Florida confronting an alleged shoplifter inside an Army Navy Surplus store — and then fatally shooting him as he attempts to flee.
Prosecutors are weighing criminal charges against the local politician, identified as Michael Dunn, 47, of Lakeland.
Legal experts told the Tampa Bay Times that while Lopez does have the state’s Stand Your Ground law on his side, it doesn’t appear he was actually in danger or fear for his life that day.
“This is a very difficult case to defend,” explained Tim Hessinger, a Tampa criminal defense attorney and former state prosecutor.
“Just from the video it doesn’t look like Mr. Dunn was in fear and wasn’t justified in shooting Mr. Lopez as he was leaving,” added Bill Loughery, former prosecutor with the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office. “It appeared that, because he had his gun, Mr. Dunn was in charge of the situation from the standpoint he was directing Mr. Lopez what to do.”
In the surveillance video, Dunn can be seen confronting shoplifting suspect Cristobal Lopez, 50, inside of the Vets Army Navy Surplus store in Lakeland on Oct. 3. Lopez allegedly swiped a hatchet and tried to walk out with it inside of his pants, according to police.
Dunn can be seen on surveillance cameras inside the store placing his Glock handgun into the back of his waistband and walking toward Lopez in an attempt to stop him.
The Hardee County native had been shopping for hats with his father before the shooting occurred, according to The Ledger.
If arrested, Dunn — who has more than six months left on his term — could be suspended from office by the governor. Florida law allows people to use deadly force when facing “imminent death or great bodily harm.”
https://nypost.com/2018/10/15/shocking-video-shows-politician-fatally-shooting-alleged-shoplifter/
October 15, 2018
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1051799414120075265
Presidential painting features a slim version of Trump hold court with GOP presidents incl Abe
https://twitter.com/GeorgeTakei/status/1051799414120075265
October 14, 2018
Trump Jr promotes tweet smearing missing journalist
https://twitter.com/NickKristof/status/1051088228202221568
October 13, 2018
'Who did this?!': Someone put googly eyes on a historic Georgia statue. Police want answers.
The query sent out by officials from Savannah, Ga., was indignant and urgent.
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“Who did this?!” the City of Savannah Government posted to its Facebook page Thursday.
“This” was an act illustrated by two photos: Somebody had placed “googly eyes” on a statue of Nathanael Greene, a Revolutionary War general buried in the city’s historic Johnson Square.
From afar, the craft-store stick-on eyes were barely visible. Up close, though, they rendered Greene’s monument almost comically alive.
Savannah officials seemed to acknowledge the effect, but they also try to nip public reaction to it in the bud.
“It may look funny but harming our historic monuments and public property is no laughing matter,” city officials wrote. “In fact, it’s a crime.”
https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/10/13/who-did-this-someone-put-googly-eyes-historic-georgia-statue-police-want-answers/?utm_term=.d3fd44db2fc4
https://www.facebook.com/cityofsavannah/posts/10161094314505525
October 13, 2018
Strawberry rhubarb pie with hexagon tiles and edible flowers. (Lauren Ko)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/10/11/lauren-ko-finds-passion-in-creating-perfect-geometric-pies/?utm_term=.0ca031586bcc
Black sesame tangram tart with mango, kiwi and dragonfruit. (Lauren Ko)
Woman makes geometric pies
Strawberry rhubarb pie with hexagon tiles and edible flowers. (Lauren Ko)
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/in-sight/wp/2018/10/11/lauren-ko-finds-passion-in-creating-perfect-geometric-pies/?utm_term=.0ca031586bcc
Black sesame tangram tart with mango, kiwi and dragonfruit. (Lauren Ko)
October 13, 2018
Jared Kushner Paid Little To No Federal Income Tax For Years, New York Times Reports
Being in real estate is “fantastic,” a lawyer who reviewed the documents said. “You get tax deductions for things you don’t pay for.”
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump and a senior White House adviser, paid little to no federal income tax from 2009 to 2016, The New York Times reports.
Tax bills reviewed by the publication reveal what the Times calls a “common tax-minimizing maneuver” that allowed Kushner and his real estate firm, Kushner Companies, to mark losses on paper without actually losing any money. Kushner did not break the law, however, when he marked his losses through depreciation, a tax benefit that allowed his company to deduct a portion of the cost of its buildings from its taxable income each year.
Jared Kushner paid no federal income tax for years
https://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5bc2006ee4b01a01d68b1ffeJared Kushner Paid Little To No Federal Income Tax For Years, New York Times Reports
Being in real estate is “fantastic,” a lawyer who reviewed the documents said. “You get tax deductions for things you don’t pay for.”
Jared Kushner, the son-in-law of President Donald Trump and a senior White House adviser, paid little to no federal income tax from 2009 to 2016, The New York Times reports.
Tax bills reviewed by the publication reveal what the Times calls a “common tax-minimizing maneuver” that allowed Kushner and his real estate firm, Kushner Companies, to mark losses on paper without actually losing any money. Kushner did not break the law, however, when he marked his losses through depreciation, a tax benefit that allowed his company to deduct a portion of the cost of its buildings from its taxable income each year.
October 13, 2018
'I'm not racist': 'Cornerstore Caroline' who called the cops on a black 9-year-old for 'grabbing her a**' defends herself after surveillance video reveals she was barely grazed by his BAG
A viral video shows Teresa Klein, dubbed Cornerstore Caroline, calling the cops on a boy who she said touched her butt at a Brooklyn deli Wednesday
New surveillance footage from inside the store shows the boy was holding a large plastic bag that appears to brush her as he walked by
After the CCTV video was released Friday, Klein apologized to the boy but not to his mother, with whom she had started an explosive argument
She also said: 'I’ve been called racist before, and I’m not'
However, her neighbors accused her of having written racial slurs in chalk on the side of their apartment building
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The incident sparked widespread outrage on social media as a video of Klein's tirade, in which she tells 911 dispatchers: 'I was just sexually assaulted by a child' and reveals her home address and phone number, went viral.
woman called cops on black 9 year old for "grabbing her ass".. surveillance video released
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6271685/White-woman-called-cops-black-boy-9-accusing-grabbing-apologizes.html'I'm not racist': 'Cornerstore Caroline' who called the cops on a black 9-year-old for 'grabbing her a**' defends herself after surveillance video reveals she was barely grazed by his BAG
A viral video shows Teresa Klein, dubbed Cornerstore Caroline, calling the cops on a boy who she said touched her butt at a Brooklyn deli Wednesday
New surveillance footage from inside the store shows the boy was holding a large plastic bag that appears to brush her as he walked by
After the CCTV video was released Friday, Klein apologized to the boy but not to his mother, with whom she had started an explosive argument
She also said: 'I’ve been called racist before, and I’m not'
However, her neighbors accused her of having written racial slurs in chalk on the side of their apartment building
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The incident sparked widespread outrage on social media as a video of Klein's tirade, in which she tells 911 dispatchers: 'I was just sexually assaulted by a child' and reveals her home address and phone number, went viral.
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