Jasonisms

#DonaldTrump lies. Often. And people have noticed. Now, if only we can keep him to one term, make him a lame duck in the meantime and vote some sense back into the White House. Originally shared by Andy Keeves About 54 percent of voters #trust the #media compared with 30 percent for the #president, a new low for him in the #poll. #Trump #GOP #News #FakeNewsMedia #maga #DrainingTheSwamp http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/406221-poll-more-voters-trust-media-than-trump

Erasing history. Ugh! Originally shared by Ancient History Encyclopedia At an annual conference organized by the Antalya Chamber of Industrialists and Businessmen (ANSİAD), archaeologist Professor Havva İşkan Işık said stone quarries have been given permission to mine Mount Latmos and workers are trying to erase historical paintings dating back 6,000 years in order to facilitate mining. http://buff.ly/1QSDcxx #Turkey #Antalya #Preservation #History #AncientHistory #News http://buff.ly/1QSDcxx

I just had a conversation (granted a social media conversation) about the local news. In short, there are some real issues going on in this world and real issues that are going on in this country. The local news, instead of sharing a story about the F.B.I. and Verizon , Michelle Obama's confronting a heckler  or the war in Syria's progress  (yes, I had the www.nytimes.com site open while typing this post out), ran with the decision to change the coach of the Denver Nuggets as their only posted article of the day. That's right, their only   posted article of the day , so far. Issues of personal, national and global interest are happening in this world and Denver's NBC affiliate is posting about the coach of a game. Issues that have far reaching effects on civil liberties, privacy and the right to be free in what we say and do are being debated on the national stage and  +9NEWS ' one post for the day (thus far) is about a basketball coach. While some of their Go...

via Erica Joy ( http://goo.gl/6WRtt ) Apparently the NYPD has turned Brooklyn into a Constitution free zone. You know, because those freedoms are inconvenient to keeping a docile population.  Originally shared by Mathew Tyler Perhaps this is what a police state looks like ? ----- The NYPD Declares Martial Law in Brooklyn "On the heels of three nights of protests over the police slaying of 16 year old Kimani Gray, the NYPD has turned the East Flatbush neighborhood of Brooklyn into a State of Exception, claiming emergency powers to suspend the constitutional guarantees of the citizenry. The people regularly targeted by police harassment and violence, overwhelmingly the city’s poor and minority populations, have taken to the streets to speak out against the NYPD’s draconian tactics. The police have in turn responded with even further harsh measures by suppressing the right of the people to voice dissatisfaction with that very same police force. Cops kettled protesters at Wednesday ni...