Military Veterans Speak about Ferguson Missouri

Apparently the police in Ferguson are more equipped then the veterans were during Iraq.

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/us-veterans-ferguson-police-d.html?fk_bb

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/a-sample-of-us-military-vetera.html

https://storify.com/AthertonKD/veterans-on-ferguson

http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/checkpoint/wp/2014/08/14/military-veterans-see-deeply-flawed-police-response-in-ferguson/

Missouri Police Gassing News Crews

Looks like things are getting worse over in Ferguson Missouri.

Gassing of news crews and taking their equipment.

Boing Boing

http://boingboing.net/2014/08/14/video-of-ferguson-police-gassi.html?fk_bb

Aljazeera

http://america.aljazeera.com/tools/pressreleases/statement.html

Fun doings in Ferguson, Missouri!

New Your Times

http://www.nytimes.com/2014/08/14/us/missouri-teenager-and-officer-scuffled-before-shooting-chief-says.html

Gawker

http://gawker.com/washington-post-huffpo-reporters-arrested-in-ferguson-1621284034

Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/14/ferguson-police-fire-tear-gas-as-missouri-protesters-thrown-petrol-bombs-at-officers/

Reporters taken in to police custody.

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/13/they-said-lets-take-him-wapo-reporter-lowery-describes-being-seized-by-cops-in-ferguson/

It's gotten so bad out there that the police even tear gassed a State Senator.

Boston.com

http://www.boston.com/news/nation/2014/08/13/chief-more-than-arrested-ferguson-missouri-unrest/zROg06mluKV8g0HrScTmYK/story.html

Looks to me neither side is going to win this one and a lot of people are going to suffer. Especially when you have police snipers leveling their weapons on crowds with children in them.

Raw Story

http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2014/08/13/overkill-images-from-ferguson-protest-show-cops-treating-city-like-a-war-zone/

This whole thing brings up an interesting discussion about the continued militarization of America's police forces. Especially when you have arguments for and against it that are valid.

And now for something completely funny while educational!

And remember folks, always lock up your guns!

Forty seven pound tumor.

You hear both the political right and left raging about how Obamacare is evil or good. Well here's one for the good book. A woman couldn't get a tumor removed because of a pre-existing conditions, by the time she got the insurance she needed from Obamacare the tumor grew and made things worse. Well check out the story here.

There used to be a woods here?

So recently someone bought the woods next to my house. This past Monday I got to watch a large machine with huge a bucket arm swat down trees left and right behind my house that were 60-70ft tall at least. It was pretty amazing to watch really and they actually removed some trees next to my driveway that were getting a bit dangerous after some recent snows this past winter. I'll have to get some pics.

Random Pic!

Only in Star Trek Online can you have a classic TOS Klingon D7 ship but not a classic Constitution Fed ship for end game.