Everything posted by ckf
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'It is more dangerous to be black in America' UPDATED 4:09 PM EDT Jul 08, 2016 Scott Olson/Getty Images WASHINGTON (CNN) —Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich said Friday that "normal white Americans" don't understand "being black in America." "It took me a long time, and a number of people talking to me through the years, to get a sense of this: If you are a normal white American, the truth is you don't understand being black in America and you instinctively under-estimate the level of discrimination and the level of additional risk," he said Friday on CNN Political Commentator Van Jones' Facebook Live stream. Jones and Gingrich discussed this past week's shootings in Dallas, Texas; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; and near Minneapolis, Minnesota. Five Dallas police officers were shot and killed Thursday night as hundreds protested the back-to-back police shooting deaths of two African-American men earlier in the week. Gingrich, who is among those being considered as Donald Trump's runningmate, said white parents do not have to teach their children how to interact with police the way black parents do. "It is more dangerous to be black in America," he said. "It is more dangerous in that they are substantially more likely to end up in a situation where the police don't respect you and you could easily get killed. And sometimes for whites it difficult to appreciate how real that is and how it's an everyday danger." The former Georgia congressman also spoke about how many people don't understand how dangerous it is to be a police officer today. "Every time you walk up to a car you could be killed. Every time you go into a building where there's a robbery you can be killed," Gingrich said. "Police lead a life that is as much on the front line of saving civilization as our military but we don't quite have the same sense of awe sense of respect, and yet they put their life on the line every day."
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I thought that Yamaha might just be moving toward being an engine supplier for Arctic Cat when they started to share technologies a few years ago.
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I should have been more clear
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Britain sees 42% increase in hate crimes UPDATED 10:46 AM EDT Jul 08, 2016 Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images LONDON (CNN) —Police on Friday painted a grim picture of the lead-up to and aftermath of the June 23 "Brexit" vote, citing a 42% increase in hate crimes reported in Britain in the last two weeks of June over the same time period last year. Authorities announced that 3,076 hate crimes were reported between June 16 and 30, or 915 more cases compared with the same period in 2015, the National Police Chiefs' Council said. Incidents of hate crimes had increased so much that police around the country were asked to submit weekly reports about their areas, the council said in a statement. 'Everyone has the right to feel safe' The council's head of hate crime, Mark Hamilton, said that police forces had heightened their response over the last 10 days. "We now have a clear indication of the increases in the reporting of hate crime nationally and can see that there has been a sharp rise in recent weeks. This is unacceptable, and it undermines the diversity and tolerance we should instead be celebrating," Hamilton said in the statement. "Everyone has the right to feel safe and confident about who they are and should not be made to feel vulnerable or at risk." Reports of hate crimes peaked two days after Britain voted to leave the European Union in a referendum, with 289 offenses across the UK that day alone, the council said. There has been a significant decrease since then, it said. Much of the debate on "Brexit" had focused on the issue of immigration, with critics often accusing the "Leave" campaign of xenophobia and prejudice. Scare at London mosques The main type of offense recorded in the last half of June was harassment, common assault and other violence, such as verbal abuse, spitting and shoving, the council statement said. The council's announcement on hate crimes came a day after as several mosques in London reported being sent white powder in envelopes, one with a racist term for Pakistanis and the word "filth" written on it and a picture of a mosque crossed out, British media reported, adding that the powder turned out to be harmless. Parts of the UK Parliament also were forced to close after a Muslim member of the House of Lords received a similar package that turned out to be harmless, reports said. London Mayor Sadiq Khan on Friday announced a citywide crackdown on hate crimes on public transportation. "I simply will not tolerate hate crimes of any form, anywhere in London," Khan said. "We must stand together, and anyone who sees or is targeted by abusive behavior should report it to the police immediately." There has been a backlash to the hate crimes, with social media hashtags and campaigns showing solidarity with minorities. The hashtag #PostRefRacism was set up for people to share experiences of hate crimes after the referendum on the EU. Others wore safety pins in a campaign to support safety in public for Britain's immigrants and ethnic minorities.
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She is supposed to be speaking about the Dallas shootings.
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Getting ready to BBQ a couple of bone in chicken breasts
I'm sure it will be somewhere in southern NH.
Bernie Sanders will endorse Hillary Clinton for president at an event Tuesday that will be in New Hampshire, a source intimately involved in Clinton campaign field operations and strategy confirmed to CBS News on Thursday. The source confirmed to CBS News' Major Garrett that advance teams are preparing for the dual event. Clinton's campaign, the source added, is also coordinating planning with the Democratic National Committee to maximize the impact of a Sanders endorsement and to demonstrate party unity ahead of the Republican National Convention the week after next. Sanders came very close to officially endorsing her in an interview Thursday with Bloomberg's Al Hunt. "We have got to do everything that we can to defeat Donald Trump and elect Hillary Clinton," he said in an interview that will air on PBS's "Charlie Rose" program. "I don't honestly know how we would survive four years of a Donald Trump" as president. While he still hasn't officially dropped out of the presidential race, late last month, Sanders had also said that he will vote for Clinton in November's general election. The endorsement will come after a long primary battle between Sanders and Clinton during which they each went after each other's policy positions and voting records. Sanders even questioned whether Clinton was qualified to be commander-in-chief at one point, although he quickly walked the statement back. While Clinton endorsed then-Senator Obama just a few days after the end of the presidential primary cycle in 2008, Sanders has waited much longer since the primaries officially ended in mid-June to make a move. Sanders is trying to influence changes in the Democratic Party platform this month, though Clinton has already proposed an expansion in her college affordability plan. The endorsement will come a few weeks before they head to their convention in Philadelphia at the end of the month.
