Gatlinburg, Tennessee (CNN)Fanned by strong winds and the Southeast’s worst drought in nearly a decade, at least 14 wildfires burned in and around Gatlinburg, Tennessee, forcing evacuations from the popular tourist destination and nearby communities.
The amended law allows police to consider “race, color or national origin” when deciding whether to ask somebody for proof of citizenship,
Source: Arizona’s ‘Papers Please’ Law
I’ve seen girls beat other girls, and a group of girls beat up on one little girl. I’ve seen some horrific movies but this little boy forced to get a #haircut and physically held down by 5 adult men and one yelling mother had to be the most painful video of 2016 second only to the election of Donald Trump.
So very sad not one adult in the room had the presence of mind to question the health of the boy. He may have #autism and #hyperacusis in his ears which makes getting a hair cut intolerable.
I wonder will the little boy ever recover from his tragic ordeal in a place where Black men have been known to frequent not only for haircuts but to find out the latest local news, to gather around their favorite “liar” teller – I mean “story” teller, LOL. A place where a man could hang out all day and not get into a “whole” lot of trouble, a place where relationships, employment, and the economic status could be discussed…
A place where you sometimes want to go, where everybody knows your name, and they’re always glad you came, you want to be where you can see the troubles are all the same… The neighborhood barbershop was a place where you would want to be where everybody knew your name and no one person is any greater than anyone else.
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Good night Colonel Abrams
(November 26, 2016) We are sad to inform SoulTrackers of the death of 80s soul and house star and “Trapped” singer Colonel Abrams. It was nearly a year ago that we reported that Abrams was suffering badly from diabetes and was financially strapped by the illness.
Source: R.I.P. 80s star and “Trapped” singer Colonel Abrams
Good night Ron Glass
The whole “Firefly” gang took to social media on Saturday to share memories and pay tribute to the late actor Ron Glass.
The Secret Service would pay the Trump Organization to lease the space. The Secret Service is required to protect the first family wherever they go. When President Obama or Vice President Biden hav…
Source: What Would You Do With $3 Million Dollars
The Secret Service is required to protect the first family wherever they go. When President Obama or Vice President Biden have gone on vacation, security will pay to rent nearby homes or domiciles to set up security and continue to monitor the first and second families.
Should these negotiations go through, taxpayers would likely be paying the president-elect’s corporation to lease the two floors. The Post reported that a lease deal could cost more than $3 million based on current rates at Trump Tower. Two of the floors, which are 3,000- to 5,000-square-foot spaces, are currently marketed at $105 per square-foot
Let’s look at what $3 “other” million dollars could satisfy…
School Supplies
According to the data, 48 out of 115 LEAs or 42 percent of all LEAs spend between $125,000 – $150,000 to educate a high school graduate. Or the minimum #3MillionDollars worth of school supplies for Inner City Schools could have been bought considering according to the New York Times, “It is hard to find anyone more passionate about the idea of steering public dollars away from traditional public schools than Betsy DeVos, Donald J. Trump’s pick as the cabinet secretary overseeing the nation’s education system.”
New Door Locks
According to The Slot, “After trying—and failing—to disenfranchise black voters on election day with strict voter identification requirements, Republican North Carolina Governor Pat McCrory is now refusing to concede to Democratic challenger Roy Cooper, who is ahead in the count by a small but significant (and growing) margin of 6,600 votes.”
If all else fails, #3MillionDollars could purchase a whole of combination door locks from The Home Depot for $99 plus $12.00 Protection Plan for the next election.
Sources: New York Times, MSN, The Home Depot, Google Images, The Slot
Goodnight Florence…
Florence Henderson, who went from Broadway star to become one of America’s most beloved television moms in ‘The Brady Bunch,’ has died, her manager and her publicist said. She was 82.
Source: Florence Henderson, ‘The Brady Bunch’ mom, dies
Trump will try to fast-track fossil fuel projects across the country. That makes the final months of President Obama’s term more important than ever.
Donald Trump’s surprise election win has encouraged Energy Transfer Partners’s Kelcy Warren, the CEO of the parent company of Dakota Access LLC, which is building the Dakota Access Pipeline (DAPL). In an interview with CBS This Morning, Warren said he is “100 percent” confident that the president-elect will help the company finish the project. Kelcy Warren also said, “We are committed to completing construction and safely operating the Dakota Access Pipeline within the confines of the law, according to Valley News.”
There are approximately 30,000 American Indians living in North Dakota and American Indians make up about 5% of the current North Dakota population. North Dakota American Indian tribes span the Mandan, Hidatsa, Arikara, the Yanktonia, Sisseton, Wahpeton, Hunkpapa and other Dakotah/Lakotah (more commonly known as the Sioux) Tribes, along with the Pembina Chippewa, Cree and Metis.
The Dakota Access pipeline is a $3.7 billion project that would carry 470,000 barrels of oil a day from the oil fields of western North Dakota to Illinois, where it would be linked with other pipelines. Energy Transfer says the pipeline will pump millions of dollars into local economies and create 8,000 to 12,000 construction jobs — though far fewer permanent jobs to maintain and monitor the pipeline.
Members of the Standing Rock Sioux Tribe see the pipeline as a major environmental and cultural threat. Native American tribal leaders’ biennial address to the North Dakota Legislature will not happen in 2017, a committee said Thursday in deciding to forgo formal events at the state Capitol due to security reasons involving the Dakota Access pipeline protests.
The 10-3 vote by the North Dakota Legislative Management Committee means there’ll be no presentations from the state’s chief justice or tribal leaders when lawmakers reconvene Jan. 3. The measure exempts the governor’s State of the State address, which is required by state law.
BISMARCK, N.D. — President Obama says the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is looking into whether the Dakota Access Oil Pipeline can be rerouted. The president told online news outlet “Now This,” the engineers are examining whether it can be built in southern North Dakota to ease concerns of American Indians.
FYI: The United States has a web of 2.5 million miles of pipelines that carry products like oil and natural gas, pumping them to processing and treatment plants, power plants, homes and businesses. Most of the lines are buried, but some run above ground.
Sources: What Standing Rock needs Obama to do quickly—Before Trump takes over – NationofChange
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Happy Thanksgiving – Per Christopher Columbus – “As soon as I arrived in the Indies, on the first Island which I found, I took some of the natives by force in order that they might learn and might give me information of whatever there is in these parts.”
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