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Chop-chop...

 

In real-life, in recent weeks, some arrogant adults with the mentality of  clueless teenagers have carved out what they call the nation of CHOP – formerly, CHAZ. The world’s newest country began as a commune. 

But that was THEN; now, CHOP claims nearly seven square blocks in Seattle, Washington. What’s more: its website is almost as impressive as that of Bangledesh. CHOPites say that armed protesters are patrolling the area, and The Seattle TIMES reports that armed men and women are performing guard duty – some of them carrying AK-47s. 

Ironically, the inane demands of these troublemakers include outlawing the police. This cordoned-off area includes apartment buildings, stores, restaurants, and the boarded-up police station that Seattle’s Mayor ordered abandoned, following threats it would be torched, after CHOP’s honchos issued their demands. CHOP features a “No Cop Co-Op” which provides vegan pizza, veggie burgers, soy milk, and herbal teas, at no charge. 

But then, some homeless people devoured all of their food. Based on footage shown on YouTube, and video from news broadcasts, it appears that CHOP has no barber shops, or beauty salons. Native Americans from the Lakota and Yakima tribes in mid June visited this emerging nation, perhaps to advise CHOP’s leaders on how NOT to throw down against the U.S. government.

Visitors to CHOP walk past a [cardboard] sign which states: ‘YOU ARE NOW LEAVING THE USA’ – not that such signage is necessary. In a generous gift of what amounts to foreign aid, the city of Seattle provided CHOP with free dumpsters, garbage cans and portable toilets. 

On June 12, rappers with a hip-hop band called Marshall Law played in CHOP, performing what they said was music. During breaks, a CHOPite named Michael Taylor told reporters, “we’re trying to take our community back, so we can live without a massive police force … 

Topless...

Gov.Cuomo slammed New York’s finest Saturday for not taking action against bars and restaurants that are ignoring coronavirus safety rules.

The governor said 27 Manhattan establishments got violations overnight out of a total 41 statewide.

“We need the NYPD to step up and do enforcement,” Cuomo said.

Inspectors found that one of the establishments, Shinsen, which is supposed to be a Japanese restaurant on the Bowery in Chinatown, was hosting a booze-fueled event Thursday night with topless women who were giving lap dances to patrons who paid a $40 cover charge.

Ebony...

"If Black lives matter, they have to matter all the time." 

Those who use the term say it is an important point in describing the disproportionate amount of crime perpetrated by Black people against other Black people.

The earliest modern references to Black-on-Black crime came from Black media. In 1979, Ebony magazine, the first commercially successful Black-owned magazine focusing on the African American community, featured an article about Black-on-Black crime.

"Although the Black community is not responsible for the external conditions that systematically create breeding grounds for crime, the community has the responsibility of doing what it can to attack the problem from within," the article from the August 1979 issue read.

Black Enterprise magazine, a Black-owned publication focusing on Black business and economics, also referenced Black-on-Black crime in its June 1979 issue. "You might not know it from reading the daily newspaper or watching the evening news on television, but most big-city crime is committed by blacks upon blacks," an article in the issue stated.

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Liar...

CNN's chief media correspondent Brian Stelter may have landed himself in hot water, according to the attorney of Covington Catholic High School student Nicholas Sandmann.

Sandmann announced that The Washington Post settled the $250 million defamation lawsuit he filed over its botched coverage of a viral confrontation with a Native American elder who had portrayed the Kentucky teen as the aggressor. This followed the multimillion dollar settlement agreement CNN reached with the teenager back in January.

However, Sandmann's attorney, Lin Wood, spotted a retweet from Stelter of a tweet written by attorney Mark Zaid, who speculated about how much money the teen walked away with from the settlement.

Those with zero legal experience (as far as I can tell) should not be conjecturing on lawsuits they know nothing about. What kind of journalism is that?" Zaid asked. "I've litigated defamation cases. [Sandmann] was undoubtedly paid nuisance value settlement & nothing more."

Wood accused the "Reliable Sources" host of breaching his network's own confidentiality agreement with his client.

This retweet by @brianstelter may have cost him his job at @CNN. It is called breach of confidentiality agreement. Brian Stelter is a liar. I know how to deal with liars," Wood tweeted with a screenshot of Stelter's retweet.

Crule...

Google will keep its employees home until at least next July, making the search-engine giant the first major U.S. corporation to formalize such an extended timetable in the face of the coronavirus pandemic.

The move will affect nearly all of the roughly 200,000 full-time and contract employees across Google parent Alphabet Inc., and is sure to pressure other technology giants that have slated staff to return as soon as January.

No Can Do...

The massive demonstrations that followed the shooting of Michael Brown helped to solidify the Black Lives Matter movement in Ferguson, Mo., and around the country.

St. Louis County, Mo., prosecutor said that he will not be charging the White police officer who shot 18-year-old  Brown in 2014, after quietly reopening the investigation.  And after a five month investigation into the case’s evidence, witness statements and forensic reports, he came to the conclusion that “we cannot prove that he” committed murder or manslaughter.

Civil rights leaders and Brown's mother reportedly hoped that Prosecuting Attorney Wesley Bell, who became the county’s first Black prosecutor in January 2019, might reopen the investigation into police officer Darren Wilson, who shot Brown six years ago.

Bell told reporters today that his decision was “one of the most difficult things I’ve had to do."

Washed...

Roughly two weeks after a massive Black Lives Matter street painting appeared in downtown Redwood City, Calif., it was washed away — leaving the asphalt without a trace of the message’s familiar bright yellow paint. But unlike in other cities where vandals targeting BLM murals have been arrested and even charged with a hate crime, this time the city suddenly removed the artwork.

Despite granting permission for the temporary street art and even providing the paint for the July 4 project, officials in the Northern California city ordered the painting be cleared from its prime location late last week, KPIX reported.

“Staff is concerned about public safety issues that may arise from painting murals on its public streets, which could result in driver confusion and traffic accidents,” city spokeswoman Jennifer Yamaguma told The Washington Post in a statement early Wednesday. “Thus, the existing mural has been removed from Broadway and no further art installation will be authorized on the City’s streets.”

Bowl...

Former Bernie Sanders campaign co-chair Nina Turner offered a not-so-appetizing analogy when asked about voting for presumptive Democratic nominee Joe Biden.

Turner, who was a prominent surrogate for Sen. Sanders, I-Vt., during the 2020 Democratic primary, expressed her lack of excitement for the former VP to The Atlantic.

“It’s like saying to somebody, ‘You have a bowl of sh-- in front of you, and all you’ve got to do is eat half of it instead of the whole thing.’ It’s still sh--," Turner described to Atlantic staff writer Peter Nicholas.