On March 18, CNN/ORC released a poll which includes questions about how voters would vote for President in November 2016. Scroll down to question 22. Assuming Hillary Clinton is the Democratic nominee, she beats most potential Republican nominees by at least 12 points, and in many cases 15 points. Thanks to Political Wire for the link. …read more
U.S. Senator Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Representative John Conyers (D-Mi.) have introduced a bill to permit ex-felons to vote in federal elections. Here is a link to the text of the bill, which does not yet have a bill number. The bill’s preamble contains a great deal of factual information about the status of ex-felons, relative to voting. …read more
Troy, Alabama – The son of a controversial conservative judge was recently arrested on drug charges near the scene of an attempted break-in, but he says that he was set up by “crooked cops.”
24-year-old Caleb Moore, son of Alabama Chief Justice Roy Moore, was arrested for possession of marijuana and the prescription tranquilizer Xanax this Sunday.
Not only is Caleb’s father a judge, but he is notorious for his traditional Christian rulings. Roy Moore has made national headlines for his positions on same-sex marriage, and his fight against the federal government to keep stone tablets of the 10 commandments displayed in …read more
Taos County, NM — In 2013, a mother and her children feared for their lives when a stop for a speeding ticket turned into much more.
Oriana Farrell, 39, of Memphis, was bringing her children across the country on a family road trip, when things took a turn for the worse.
After Farrell had been given a citation, she decided to drive away from police. Several short chases then followed, before one of the cops, Elias Montoya, unloaded his pistol into the minivan as it drove off.
Common sense prevailed, for a short time, and Montoya was fired from his job as …read more
This interesting article from the Times of Israel has a picture of Israeli ballots, and explains the voting procedure. Thanks to Steve Chessin for the link. …read more
On March 17, the Third Circuit heard Balsam v Guadagno, the case in which some New Jersey voters argue that they do not wish to join either the Democratic or the Republican Party, yet they feel that the primary election is so important, they are unjustly deprived of political power by not being allowed to vote in the primaries of those parties.
The Third Circuit web page now has a link to the 30-minute oral argument. …read more
The first tenet of our mission is “Make bitcoin easy to use.” Etch delivers a secure and simple way for Coinbase users to send bitcoin with a smart watch. Etch is built with the Coinbase API, which allows developers to easily integrate bitcoin into their third party applications.
The story of Etch:
Ahryun Moon, Jasper Sone, and Peter Lee are the small and nimble Etch team who built their app in 48 hours during the the San Francisco Launch Hackathon. During the hackathon, the Etch team competed with nearly 800 other developers who worked on a wide variety of projects. Coinbase …read more
You can now instantly buy bitcoin from Coinbase by adding a Mastercard credit card as a backup payment method. We previously only accepted Visa credit cards a backup payment method and today’s addition of Mastercard allows more consumers to instantly buy from Coinbase. To instantly buy you must also link a bank account. We hope to continue to improve this experience in the future.
This has been a common feature request from the community for a long time and we’re excited to finally add it. We always appreciate getting feedback from the community– you can reach us on Twitter or on …read more
Dallas, TX — A newly released body cam video shows just how ridiculous the claims were of Dallas police officers “fearing for their lives” when killing 38-year-old Jason Harrison.
The incident happened on June 14 after police were called out to the residence by Harrison’s mother who said, “He’s just off the chain, Bipolar schizo.”
Harrison’s mother called 9-1-1 trying to get help bringing her mentally ill son, who is bipolar and schizophrenic, to the hospital. Instead, police showed up and killed him.
The police initially claimed that they feared for their lives and were forced to shoot Harrison after he lunged at …read more
Lakewood, WA — Students are speaking out against what they believe to be a case of excessive force at their high school.
An officer at Clover Park High School is now being investigated for using excessive force after arresting a student.
The student is facing a charge of resisting arrest, and a teacher is also facing possible charges of obstruction for trying to help the student. The case has been referred to the city attorney who will determine if charges will be filed.
According to KIRO 7,
The incident happened a week and a half ago near the pool on campus.
Reports of a …read more
