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So whose lives matter? Is it only black lives? Does it include the many black lives that are killed in black on black violence? Perhaps it is only about the relatively few who end up killed while in confrontation with police. Do the lives of police matter? Does it matter that a black man is accused of shooting and killing a Houston Texas deputy Friday night? Does it matter that a black man gunned down two journalists on live TV last week? Don't all lives matter? And I've said it before, but where is the protest for the 3-year-old boy who was beaten to death a week ago by his mother's boyfriend? Did his life matter? That is quite an interesting set of priorities that is being preached lately. When will we say "enough?"

When I heard Black Lives Matter was planning to disrupt the MN State Fair , I could only wonder how that was going to gain public sympathy. In fact, I imagined that such a plan could have been hatched by a preschool child in order to gain attention—without considering the consequences. Apparently the "largely peaceful" protest included marchers chanting, "Pigs in a blanket, fry ’em like bacon." That may have police upset, but this also sounds like a very immature person created it—so maybe we can chalk the whole thing up to a group that is run by people who have not yet matured emotionally.

Svedka vodka has an advertisement that is strange. "They" are boasting about being voted the #1 vodka of the year 2033. Currently, barring time travel, we are in the year 2015. I know this ad is different and that may be the point—but it is based on a false premise . Therefore, why should I believe anything related to this ad; such as that this product is a good one?

I'm not a racist and I'm not prejudice ; but I can and do discriminate between various things. In fact, I can tell the difference between hot and cold, up and down, blue and red and a whole list of other things! This is what makes humans so versatile and why we are capable of learning. Part of this learning, for me, has taught me that some people are more likely to be friendly than others and some are more likely to start trouble than others. Often this is distinguishable by how they talk or how they dress. I've found it isn't necessarily anything to do with race or sex or skin color. There are good and bad people of all colors. But there are people who all of us will eye suspiciously—based primarily on our past experience. This is not a bad trait. It is part of learning and part of gaining experience. Unfortunately, if the people within our experiences, tend to be a certain race, have a certain look or a certain set of characteristics, we will (and probably should) b...

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Locally grown in my garden. I managed to beat the rain (mostly) to grill Saturday and made a stir fry with fresh vegetables (mostly) from our garden Sunday. Stir Fry Ingredients The Stir Fry! Don't remove the husk until I grill it! Grilled Chicken Thighs

Put this in a Google (or whatever search engine you like) search. child killed at home by stray bullet I was horrified by the amount of results that came back. I know it has happened (here) in Minneapolis more than once. Any responsible adult of any color should be horrified by these stories. If you aren't, then you ought to be. There are too many killers and too many guns and too many people pointing fingers at the police and not accepting the TRUTH. Any child killed by a "stray" bullet is too much. Yet this goes on and on and no one protests this senseless and tragic loss of life.

I'll hire this guy. On the news this morning a guy from Black Lives Matter was talking about a protest scheduled for the Minnesota State Fair. The MN Fair administrator said they don't allow such things but the BLM guy said they couldn't stop it. Later on the radio, an African-American journalist was talking about racism and police and such things. Even one of my old friends who typically can think for himself is under the impression that African-Americans are shot down in great numbers BY POLICE here in the USA. Meanwhile, a little girl in Ferguson was shot dead while doing homework on her mom's bed . No one is protesting this because it wasn't a white cop who did the shooting. In fact, when a black person is killed in Ferguson, it is nearly always another black person who did the killing. Yet none of these stories cause protests and few make the national news. Not hiring this guy. It seems that the agenda is more geared toward removing the responsibilit...

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/crime/ferguson-9-year-old-girl-shot-dead-doing-homework-on-bed/ar-BBlUyfL?ocid=mailsignout This is so sad and it wasn't the police who did this! Where are the protesters now?

First you will need many buckets of money...

Regarding the presidential candidates for 2016... Seriously America, is this the best we've got?

http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/16/politics/donald-trump-iowa-state-fair/

The chopper flew above, surveying the wreckage leftover from the crash . The aftermath told the story. Likely it was excessive speed and carelessness that caused the wagon to overturn. Debris lay strewn across the scene. fortunately, no one was hurt in the incident.

Reminder! Gangs Are Bad will be protesting against crime, gang activity and disrespecting and not cooperating with police. Please show your support! Gangs Are Bad will not be stopping traffic and will peacefully obey all laws during this weekend's demonstrations across the nation. Thank you for your support!

Related to sheep, Takin are a goat-antelope found in the eastern Himalayas. There are four different subspecies: the Sichuan or Tibetan Takin, the Mishmi Takin, the Shaanxi or Golden Takin, and the Bhutan Takin. The Takin is the national animal of Bhutan.

VORTEX By Kevin J. Curtis             Reginald Vortex was the furthest thing from a superhero. He was smallish and slightly overweight. He wore glasses and had a rather prominent nose. Beneath this protuberance, was a thin line of a moustache that adorned his upper lip. Next-door to Reginald and his wife Twitchy, lived the Butt-Pollens; with whom Reginald did not get along well with. The family was crass and insisted on making everything their business—and shouting advice to Reginald at any given moment. “You ought to trim that bush,” barked Oscar Butt-Pollen; patriarch of the Butt-Pollen family. Reginald looked at the small, scraggly spirea and replied, “Yeah, maybe.” Oscar’s wife Ginger Butt-Pollen was hanging dingy underwear from an equally dingy clothesline. She added, “I’d paint that fence if I was you.” Reginald looked at the weathered wooden fence and replied, “Yeah, maybe.” The Butt-Pollen’s son Max c...

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http://www.cnn.com/2015/08/10/us/ferguson-protests/ Perhaps the people doing all the shooting are partly to blame???