Thursday, March 9, 2017

Fun Day...

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The Brink...



Is France on the brink of a political revolution? Already, four established candidates for the presidency, two former presidents and two former prime ministers,  have backed out or been rejected by the voters, and another, François Fillon, is on the ropes. 

The campaign is being taken over by outsiders, principally the Front National’s Marine Le Pen and a youthful former banker, Emmanuel Macron, while the Socialists have chosen an eccentric radical, Benoît Hamon. 

Should we welcome a shake-up in the cradle of European revolutions? What kind of shake-up might it be  socialist (the least likely), liberal with Macron or nationalist with Le Pen? Or can the outsiders still be beaten by an electoral system designed to keep them out of power?

What is happening in the world. The current political path of globalization, openness, lack of border security, and the National Identity. Expect the un-imaginable.  Just a thought.

Wednesday, March 8, 2017

FistFight...


     


When Kameelah Davis-Spears's son came home after nine months in juvenile detention for getting into a fistfight with a neighbor at school, she thought the worst was over.

Then, about a year later, she was told she owed $12,000 as child support for her son's time in detention.

Charging parents for their kids' incarceration is common in 19 states identified by a new Marshall Project investigation published in partnership with the Washington Post.

No freebies?