These selected commentaries and news stories from various reliable sources will reflect my world as I observe it. Subjects cover a wide range, from natural and human-created disasters, war, crime, politics, murder and religion to love-hate relationships; from the wonderful to the horrendous to the somewhat silly; and often my personal thoughts. Links to real news and information. -- Toney Atkins
Monday, April 1, 2013
Nightly News with Brian Williams
Nightly News with Brian Williams
News you should know from NBCNews.com, originally posted April 1, 2013
US Navy shifts destroyer in wake of North Korea missile threats
US Navy shifts destroyer in wake of North Korea missile threats
Breaking news from NBCNews.com at 8 p.m. Monday, April 1, 2013. This is not an April Fool's Day joke.
Rights Group Says March Was The Deadliest Month In Syria’s Civil War
Rights Group Says March Was The Deadliest Month In Syria’s Civil War: pThe UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Monday that more than 6,000 Syrians were killed in March, making it the deadliest month in the country’s two-year long civil war. Nearly one-third of those deaths were civilians. The group — which opposes Bashar al-Assad and his regime — has documented more than 62,000 deaths [...]/p
From ThinkProgress.org
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge
HOMEGROWN TERRORISM:
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge: pInvestigations into Saturday’s murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife are bearing down on a white supremacist gang that may have undertaken revenge for a racketeering case that put many key members behind bars. According to law enforcement sources, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a particularly violent prison gang modeled after the Aryan [...]/p
Posted from ThinkProgress.org
The White Supremacist Group That May Be Targeting Law Enforcement For Revenge: pInvestigations into Saturday’s murder of a Texas district attorney and his wife are bearing down on a white supremacist gang that may have undertaken revenge for a racketeering case that put many key members behind bars. According to law enforcement sources, the Aryan Brotherhood of Texas, a particularly violent prison gang modeled after the Aryan [...]/p
Posted from ThinkProgress.org
Racial Supremacy Gangs -- Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness
Homegrown terrorists in our midst. I found this important link to information they had rather you not know. Toney Atkins
Racial Supremacy Gangs -- Gangs and Security Threat Group Awareness
GOP Congressman Refuses To Apologize For Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’
From ThinkProgress.org:
GOP Congressman Refuses To Apologize For Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’: pRep. Don Young (R-AK) on Thursday night stood by his use of a racial slur to describe Latinos, saying that he “meant no disrespect” when he told an Alaska radio interviewer, “We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes”: “During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used [...]/p
GOP Congressman Refuses To Apologize For Calling Latinos ‘Wetbacks’: pRep. Don Young (R-AK) on Thursday night stood by his use of a racial slur to describe Latinos, saying that he “meant no disrespect” when he told an Alaska radio interviewer, “We used to hire 50 to 60 wetbacks to pick tomatoes”: “During a sit down interview with Ketchikan Public Radio this week, I used [...]/p
Law Enforcement Officials Gunned Down In Possible White Supremacist Plot
From ThinkProgress.org:
Law Enforcement Officials Gunned Down In Possible White Supremacist Plot: pA Texas district attorney and his wife were shot to death in their home in Kaufman County last night, the latest instance in a recent spate of suspicious shootings of law enforcement officials. The deaths of Mike and Cynthia McLelland follow the shooting of a Kaufman County assistant district attorney in January, which stoked suspicions [...]/p
Law Enforcement Officials Gunned Down In Possible White Supremacist Plot: pA Texas district attorney and his wife were shot to death in their home in Kaufman County last night, the latest instance in a recent spate of suspicious shootings of law enforcement officials. The deaths of Mike and Cynthia McLelland follow the shooting of a Kaufman County assistant district attorney in January, which stoked suspicions [...]/p
Immigration Reform Deal Close Senators Say, Could Be ‘Rolled Out Next Week’
From ThinkProgress.org:
Immigration Reform Deal Close Senators Say, Could Be ‘Rolled Out Next Week’: pKey lawmakers involved in ongoing bipartisan discussions on a comprehensive immigration reform bill signaled optimism on the Sunday morning talk show circuit, with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) — two members of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” negotiators working on the reform bill — telling NBC’s Meet The Press that a bill [...]/p
Immigration Reform Deal Close Senators Say, Could Be ‘Rolled Out Next Week’: pKey lawmakers involved in ongoing bipartisan discussions on a comprehensive immigration reform bill signaled optimism on the Sunday morning talk show circuit, with Sens. Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and Jeff Flake (R-AZ) — two members of the Senate’s “Gang of Eight” negotiators working on the reform bill — telling NBC’s Meet The Press that a bill [...]/p
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