Free Chat Friday
Friday Free Chat, Week 11
Welcome to another Friday free chat — this is our open topic, open forum place to hang out every Friday.. I’m hitting the road, driving to Colorado, so I’ll be off grid– have a great MORE
Articles by Rachel Kennedy
News
Jimmy Carter has asked President Biden to deliver his eulogy
President Joe Biden will deliver the eulogy at the funeral of former President Jimmy Carter, who remains under hospice care at his home in south Georgia. Biden told donors at a California fundraiser Monday evening MORE
Employment
March 14: Equal Pay Day… If a Woman’s Year lasts 15 Months
Women earn about 82 cents for every dollar men make, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office. That means on March 14, women’s pay catches up to what men made in 2022. Tuesday is Equal MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
It’s dark this fine Monday morning — you know that’s just wrong, twisted and wrong. This isn’t Daylight Saving Time, it’s more like Dark Morning of the Soul or Hello Darkness, My Old Friend… Of MORE
In case you missed it:
The Daylight Saving Time Mess Just Won’t Go Away
Earlier this month, Sen. Marco Rubio reintroduced legislation that would make Daylight Saving Time permanent, proposing an end to the bi-annual clock change that disrupts the lives of millions of Americans. The Sunshine Protection Act passed MORE
2 Stupid
Delta Passenger offers $100,000 to fellow passenger if she will remove her mask
Delta Passenger Steve Kirsch, anti-vaxxer who is vaccinated, an early COVID reliable source and funder, has become a proponent of sketchy cures and a widespread source of misinformation. “A philanthropist and entrepreneur who has been MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 10
Happy Friday, News Viewers — This is our Free Chat for Fridays— you know the drill, feel free to share what’s going on in your world — anything goes and everything stays within reason and MORE
Police
23 people were charged with domestic terrorism for non-violent protests at Atlanta’s planned “Cop City”
From Salon: More than 20 people are now facing domestic terrorism charges after dozens of protesters dressed in black — including one from France and one from Canada — were arrested at a planned police training MORE
Police
Louisville police has pattern of violating constitutional rights, DOJ finds
From the Louisville Courier Journal: The U.S. Department of Justice announced the findings of a sweeping investigation of Louisville Metro and Louisville’s police department Wednesday, the result of a nearly two-year probe following the killing of Breonna Taylor. MORE
Drug Legalization
Oklahoma rejects legalization of recreational marijuana
An opposition campaign chaired by former Republican Gov. Frank Keating relied heavily on law-enforcement officials to make the case that recreational legalization would open up the state up to even more criminal behavior and endanger MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Bonjour mes amis, et bienvenue à un autre Lundi. . . .why am I saying Howdy peeps and happy Monday in French? BECAUSE I CAN…… 😂😂 It’s Women ‘s History Month and so below are some words MORE
Human Rights
Women’s History Month or Women are History Month?
One in three women will experience physical or sexual violence in her lifetime. Whilst there is no single cause for such violence, some of the strongest and most consistent factors are harmful social norms that MORE
Crime
Alex Murdaugh Sentenced; Judge Solemnly Obliterates Murdaugh in Remarks
WALTERBORO, S.C. (NewsNation) — Alex Murdaugh, the patriarch of a once-powerhouse legal dynasty in South Carolina, received two consecutive life sentences after being found guilty of murdering his wife and youngest son. “I am innocent. I would never hurt MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 9
NO, you are not dreaming. It really IS morning, and it really IS time to get up, tragic though that may feel. On the up side, it’s Friday morning, not Monday or Tuesday, reminding us MORE
Crime
Murdaugh Trial: Closing Arguments and a Gossiping Juror
From NBC: One of the 12 jurors in the double murder trial of Alex Murdaugh was removed Thursday morning and replaced with an alternate after Circuit Court Judge Clifton Newman said she engaged in improper conversations outside MORE
Human Rights
Iran investigates poisoning of hundreds of schoolgirls with toxic gas
From the BBC: The poisonings have notably been concentrated in Qom, a city that is home to important Shia Muslim shrines and the religious leadership that forms the backbone of the Islamic Republic. Since September, MORE
January 6 Subcommittee
House GOP plans to release J6 video footage to defendants
House Republicans are moving to provide defendants in Jan. 6-related cases access to thousands of hours of internal Capitol security footage, a move that could influence many of the ongoing prosecutions stemming from 2021’s violent MORE
Animals
23 Whales in 2 months have washed up on our East Coast beaches. What’s going on?
From the New York Times: 23 dead whales have washed ashore along the East Coast since early December, including 12 in New Jersey and New York, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The MORE
Human Rights
Alone and Exploited, Migrant Children Work Brutal Jobs Across the U.S.
From the New York Times: “It was almost midnight in Grand Rapids, Mich., but inside the factory everything was bright. A conveyor belt carried bags of Cheerios past a cluster of young workers. One was MORE
Free Range Free Chat
Free Range Free Chat
Monday. Really? I mean, REALLY? I don’t care what any physicist says, I know time flies by faster as we get older. Because yesterday was Christmas and the day before Labor Day….. now it’s almost MORE
Russia
Children on Parade: Putin Stages Lavish Show using Ukrainian children as props
Survivors’ disgust as children thank ‘rescuers’ in a lavish Moscow celebration Guardian: At the climax of the pageantry in Moscow to mark the first anniversary of the start of Vladimir Putin’s full-scale war in Ukraine, MORE
Hate Crime
Nazi Groups organize anti-Semitic ‘National Day of Hate,’ today, police warn
From Salon: “Hate groups have been instructed to drop banners, place stickers and flyers, and spread racist and antisemitic graffiti in cities across North America during the last Saturday of Black History Month. The very public MORE
Crime
Murdaugh: Accused takes the stand, admits lying to police, denies killing wife and son
“Alex Murdaugh, once a prominent lawyer, is on trial for murder, charged with killing his wife and son as his finances and legal career fell into ruin.” NYT The killing of a mother and son. MORE
Russia/Ukraine Conflict
China issues vague cease-fire plan between Russia and Ukraine
As Russia’s war in Ukraine enters its second year, Beijing is pushing harder for a negotiated end to the war. It has repeatedly suggested it would be willing to broker any cease-fire negotiations, a proposal MORE
Free Chat Friday
Free Chat Friday, Week 8
Happy Friday, News Viewers, another week, another month, another season winding down, and in the middle of it, we see the war for the control of information getting uglier by the day. A publishing House, MORE