Protesters march on Rapid City Hall for racial equality

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Those of you unfamiliar with Native American history…as told by them, not white folk…I would highly recommend Wilma Pearl Mankiller’s autobiography, “Mankiller”. She is fair in her book about Cherokee and Native American history and portrays the depth of their history that I did not get in history class. I have the highest regard for Chief Mankiller, as she organized the Bell water project that gave them back some of the pride, community, and self-sufficiency that had been beaten out of them.

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People take to the streets in Rapid City, South Dakota to protest racism, Feb 26, 2015. People take to the streets in Rapid City, South Dakota to protest racism, Feb 26, 2015.

John Lee McLaughlin, Rapid City Journal, Feb 26, 2015

In frigid, windy but sunny conditions, more than 100 protesters Thursday marched on the Rapid City-School Administration Center downtown as part of a movement calling for government accountability to resolve social injustices toward Native Americans.

The Thursday march coincided with the release a 12-page report by the Lakota People’s Law Project, “Native Lives Matter,” which asserts the U.S. justice system is responsible for those injustices.

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Positive drug tests for welfare recipients lower than general population

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ThinkProgress has an excellent post up on the prejudiced drug testing law against poor people asking for assistance.  This flies in the face of the Koch Party beliefs that food stamp/welfare recipients are doing drugs and getting food stamps so they can use their money to support their habit.  In other words, useless eaters as Rush Limbaugh and supposedly Hillary Clinton have said.

Look at all the money they spent on testing!  As the authors states — that money could have been used to help these folks instead of humiliating them.  But they give the legislators more credit than I do — the mean spirited Koch Party doesn’t give a rip and they probably were trying to humiliate these folks on purpose so they would not apply.  I’m telling you that they put up so many barriers, and invade a person’s private life so much that this is another chip off of their self-worth.

And they say they want them to be self-sufficient?  Utter nonsense.  They do not allow you even a small amount ($200) of income per month before they take food dollars away.  That money could go to driving to places and putting in applications.  It could go towards medical care.  If one is lucky enough to have a car, it could go towards maintenance and repairs.

And as I blogged about before, I made $9,000 last year, and was still made to pay federal taxes to the tune of $493.  I could have used that money for all of the above.  Even go back to school with it (gas money).

But, no.  They make it nearly impossible to get out of poverty and become self-sufficient again, despite their false claims to the contrary.

The definition of guttersnipe, and Bill O’Reilly, the hypocrite

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Matthew Kassel has a post up on Bill O’Reilly’s usage of the word “guttersnipe” to pretty much characterize anyone he disagrees with or is a dreaded liberal…

And the elephant in the room is that *nobody* is talking about Bill O’Reilly’s sexual harassment lawsuit.  He should have been fired over that.

And then people wonder why women don’t speak up or wait years later to report rape/harassment/violence…we have yet to see that complaining about such things will bring about action that doesn’t demean her, or worse, promote him while she loses her job.

In The City

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Lol. At least they are promoting good hygiene. We could use some of that here. Ahem.

Andy's avatarCity Jackdaw

Some regard February as one of the bleakest months, a hungover, dog tired month following in the aftermath of all those lights and milestones and celebrations. But the streets of Manchester seemed as busy as usual, though there was a deflated air about the place.

Manchester is a city. Of course it is. But whenever we venture there, we remark that we are “Going into town,” which is what my wife and I, along with our son and daughter, did that particular afternoon.

Soon enough after a few retail stops, our stomachs began to dictate the pace, and we called in a place in Piccadilly Gardens for lunch. Although tourists seemed thin on the ground, from our vantage point we could see a few eager beavers clamouring aboard the Manchester Wheel. What to them must be a prominent landmark, convenient for getting their bearings, is to us but a regular…

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