The murder of Mollie Tibbetts is NOT an immigration issue and other thoughts on a Saturday night
Mollie Tibbetts - allegedly murdered by someone who appears to be in the country illegally
Shanann Watts, Bella Watts and Celeste Watts -allegedly murdered by a man who was born in the U.S.
One murder is on the radar of Donald J. Trump, the other three are not.
Kate Steinle - killed in San Francisco by a man in the U.S. illegally, back in 2015.
Omar Shahwan - killed, beheaded and dismembered in San Francisco in 2015, by a man born in the U.S.
One murder is on the radar of Donald J. Trump, the other is not.
The murder of Mollie Tibbetts is a tragedy. But it is not an immigration issue. Any attempt to make it one is simply politics of the worst kind.
According to research collated by NPR, there were four recent studies that confirm that illegal aliens are in fact less likely to commit crimes than citizens and aliens who are here legally.
Her parents do not want her death used in this way. But there is no chance that Donald Trump would ever respect the beliefs and lives of anyone else. We saw this on display during the campaign when he attacked Gold-Star parents.
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An American hero has lost his fight with brain cancer. John McCain's family had just announced his decision to stop treatment of the aggressive glioblastoma he'd been battling since last year.
Donald Trump questioned Senator McCain's heroism during the 2016 presidential campaign.
I guess no one bothered to tell the #LiarInChief that then Lieutenant Commander McCain was shot down on his 23rd combat mission over Vietnam. Or that he broke both arms and one of his legs when he ejected from his aircraft. It is kind of hard to escape and evade with three of your four limbs being broken.
RIP, John McCain
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Kate McClure's car ran out of gas. A homeless man told her to lock herself in and then he went and got her gasoline with his last $20. To pay him back, she started a GoFundMe page so that Johnny Bobbitt, Jr., wouldn't have to sleep under a bridge.
Now she and her boyfriend are accused of taking a large part of the $400,000 raised by that page to buy her a BMW and to take vacations.
There is a real need for oversight of these crowdfunding pages to ensure people do not do what this couple is alleged to have done.
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Random Ponderings:
It might be easier for people to accept the apologies of the Pope for clerical sexual abuse if there was more going on than just apologies. Redress for the victims, transparency about the predators and strong policies to bring a stop to decades of such abuse might make an impact.
I don't think Disney's decision to put Guardians of the Galaxy, Part III on hold is going to do anything to stop the stars and fans of the film from taking the giant mouse to task for firing director James Gunn.
Since she'll never see her father's billions, it is easy for Lisa Brennan-Jobs to say she'd give them to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Would she give them all away if she had them, that might be a different story. But I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for now.
I'd pay to see the play The 1st Annual Trump Family Special just to watch more of Gina Gershon's spot-on impression of Melania Trump.
Nikki Yovino got off light with only one year in jail after falsely accusing two other university students of having raped her. The sex was consensual but she claimed rape in order to avoid losing a potential boyfriend. Both of the men she lied about withdrew from the university and one of them lost his football scholarship. She deserved more time in the gray-bar hotel.
Shanann Watts, Bella Watts and Celeste Watts -allegedly murdered by a man who was born in the U.S.
One murder is on the radar of Donald J. Trump, the other three are not.
Kate Steinle - killed in San Francisco by a man in the U.S. illegally, back in 2015.
Omar Shahwan - killed, beheaded and dismembered in San Francisco in 2015, by a man born in the U.S.
One murder is on the radar of Donald J. Trump, the other is not.
The murder of Mollie Tibbetts is a tragedy. But it is not an immigration issue. Any attempt to make it one is simply politics of the worst kind.
According to research collated by NPR, there were four recent studies that confirm that illegal aliens are in fact less likely to commit crimes than citizens and aliens who are here legally.
Her parents do not want her death used in this way. But there is no chance that Donald Trump would ever respect the beliefs and lives of anyone else. We saw this on display during the campaign when he attacked Gold-Star parents.
* * *
An American hero has lost his fight with brain cancer. John McCain's family had just announced his decision to stop treatment of the aggressive glioblastoma he'd been battling since last year.
Donald Trump questioned Senator McCain's heroism during the 2016 presidential campaign.
I guess no one bothered to tell the #LiarInChief that then Lieutenant Commander McCain was shot down on his 23rd combat mission over Vietnam. Or that he broke both arms and one of his legs when he ejected from his aircraft. It is kind of hard to escape and evade with three of your four limbs being broken.
RIP, John McCain
* * *
Kate McClure's car ran out of gas. A homeless man told her to lock herself in and then he went and got her gasoline with his last $20. To pay him back, she started a GoFundMe page so that Johnny Bobbitt, Jr., wouldn't have to sleep under a bridge.
Now she and her boyfriend are accused of taking a large part of the $400,000 raised by that page to buy her a BMW and to take vacations.
There is a real need for oversight of these crowdfunding pages to ensure people do not do what this couple is alleged to have done.
* * *
Random Ponderings:
It might be easier for people to accept the apologies of the Pope for clerical sexual abuse if there was more going on than just apologies. Redress for the victims, transparency about the predators and strong policies to bring a stop to decades of such abuse might make an impact.
I don't think Disney's decision to put Guardians of the Galaxy, Part III on hold is going to do anything to stop the stars and fans of the film from taking the giant mouse to task for firing director James Gunn.
Since she'll never see her father's billions, it is easy for Lisa Brennan-Jobs to say she'd give them to the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation. Would she give them all away if she had them, that might be a different story. But I'll give her the benefit of the doubt for now.
I'd pay to see the play The 1st Annual Trump Family Special just to watch more of Gina Gershon's spot-on impression of Melania Trump.
Nikki Yovino got off light with only one year in jail after falsely accusing two other university students of having raped her. The sex was consensual but she claimed rape in order to avoid losing a potential boyfriend. Both of the men she lied about withdrew from the university and one of them lost his football scholarship. She deserved more time in the gray-bar hotel.
posted by me at 6:55 AM
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