Thursday, February 20, 2014
Georgia Approves New Confederate Flag License Plate
The Guardian
Georgia officials have once again approved a specialty license plate featuring the Confederate battle flag, infuriating civil rights advocates and renewing a debate among those who believe the symbol honors Confederate heritage and those who see it as racially charged.
The Georgia division of the Sons of Confederate Veterans requested the new plate design, and the Georgia Department of Revenue recently approved it. The group’s old plate had a small Confederate battle flag. The new one features an additional, larger image in the background that covers the entire plate.
Georgia must be jealous of places like Alabama and Mississippi and is striving to become the most backwards state in the country. This disgraceful initiative is just the latest indicator. There have been others.The thing about the confederate flag is that it symbolizes everything that's wrong with the country, poor education, high access to guns, beer-drinking inbred rednecks, misogyny, racism, homophobia, xenophobia, creationism and general intolerance.
The confederate flag should be seen with the same shame and embarrassment in America as the swastika is seen in Germany.
Lawful Indiana Gun Owner Shoots Wife over Custody Dispute
Christopher Justice
Local news reports
The shooting of a woman Tuesday outside a Northwestside day care center followed a long-running custody battle that came to a head last week when a judge awarded custody of the couple’s child to her father — the alleged shooter.
But that court order didn’t end the custody fight between Shirley Justice and her ex-husband Christopher Justice.
A court document filed Tuesday asserts that Shirley Justice had refused to return the child after a Valentine’s Day visit.
n attorney for Christopher Justice was in court filing that document — an effort to force her to immediately hand over the child — just as the shooting occurred. Indianapolis Metropolitan Police say Shirley Justice, 31, was shot multiple times about 7:20 a.m. in the parking lot of Eagle View KinderCare Learning Center, 6750 Eagle View Drive.
She was reported in critical condition at IU Methodist Hospital.
Shirley Justice had dropped off the couple’s 6-year-old daughter and her other child at the day care moments before she was shot near her car. Police were still looking late Tuesday for Christopher Justice, 33.
According to police, Shirley Justice told officers at the scene that her ex-husband shot her.
UPDATE: Suspect arrested in Kentucky
Jon Stewart on the Dunn Case
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Detroit Mom Thwarts Three Home Invaders
via ssgmarkcr
Just saw this out there and thought I'd pass it on to you. I understand it might not be proper fare for your blog. It caught my eye because it was actually picked up by the major media outlets, though that might be more due to the video footage available than anything else.
Another thing I noticed was that we had just been discussing the situation in Detroit and the reported long response times. Yet, in this case it sounds like they were not only able to quickly respond, but had the three misguided urchins in custody in a day.
Recalling the panic she felt, the mom says "I let them know I had a gun once they were in the house. They said no you don't so I shot off the first round. I wasn't feeling anything at the moment, I got scared afterwards."
We still don't know what they came to steal, but the mother was committed to protecting her two small kids at any cost with her loaded rifle.
Wednesday, February 19, 2014
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