VOTE !!! NOVEMBER 4, 2014 -SPREAD THE WORD NOW...VOTE!!!

 

 

 

 

 

WE MUST KEEP THE SENATE WITH "DEMOCRATS" AS A MAJORITY...

 LOOK HOW LITTLE THIS REPUBLICAN CONGRESS HAS DONE...THEIR BIGGEST ACTION WAS SHUTTING DOWN AND MAKING VETERANS AND THOSE WITH UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS STOP RECEIVING PAYMENTS FOR WEEKS--WTF? VOTE "DEMOCRAT"

WE NEED A "DEMOCRATIC" CONGRESS AS WELL SO IT'S ALIGNED WITH THE WHITE HOUSE

THEY WANT TO PUNISH OBAMA & ARE REALLY PUNISHING US CITIZENS...VOTE "DEMOCRAT"

IF YOU ARE A WOMAN, MINORITY, MIDDLE CLASS, COLLEGE STUDENT OR LGBTQ YOU ARE THE FRACTURED REPUBLICAN PARTY'S TARGET...VOTE "DEMOCRAT"

THEY WANT TO MAKE THE RICH RICHER & IGNORE THE NEEDS OF THE MIDDLE CLASS, STOP HEALTH CARE FOR ALL , REPEAL ANY MINIMUM WAGE INCREASE OF $10.10 AN HOUR, TELL WOMEN WHAT TO DO WITH THEIR BODIES, LET  CORPORATE COMPANIES DECIDE IF YOU CAN BE COVERED REGARDING CONTRACEPTION BECAUSE OF THEIR RELIGIOUS BELIEFS, NOT HELP THE HIGH COST OF COLLEGE TUITION, STOP SAME-SEX EQUALITY/MARRIAGE, STOP IMMIGRATION REFORM AND SOME-LIKE JOHN McCAIN- WANT ANOTHER WAR...VOTE "DEMOCRAT"

PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD AND VOTE, VOTE, VOTE ON  TUESDAY NOVEMBER 4, 2014...VOTE "DEMOCRAT"

REPULICANS ALWAYS DO BETTER IN THESE MID-TERM ELECTIONS--PLEASE SPREAD THE WORD NOW AND VOTE--PLEASE ...VOTE "DEMOCRAT"

 

United States Elections 2014

The 2014 U.S. Midterm election will be held on Tuesday, the 4th of November 2014. 

There will be a Total of 39 Gubernatorial Elections

 (15 Democrat Seats, 23 Republican Seats, 1 Independent Seat)

31 Eligible Incumbents, 8 Open Races.

 Congressional elections (federal and states congress) will be held nationwide. A total of 35 U.S.

 Senate seats up for election in 2014. Of those seats,

21 are held by Democrats and 14 are held Republicans.

UNITED NATIONS & EQUALITY FOR LGBTQ

Charles Radcliffe

Chief, Global Issues Section, 

UN Launches Unprecedented Global Campaign for LGBT Equality

 (FINALLY!)

 

In another sign of changing times, the United Nations today announced an unprecedented global public education campaign designed to raise awareness of homophobic violence and discrimination and promote greater respect for the rights of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and intersex people everywhere.

Launching the Free & Equal campaign at a press event in Cape Town, with Archbishop Desmond Tutu and South African Constitutional Court Justice Edwin Cameron at her side, the UN's human rights chief Navi Pillay said that there was an urgent need for a concerted public education effort to tackle homophobia at its roots. "We know from experience that eradicating discrimination requires more than just changes in laws and policies. It takes a change in people's hearts and minds as well," she said.


With this campaign, the UN hopes to accelerate a change in attitudes toward LGBT people by provoking -- and helping to inform -- millions of conversations around the world and across the ideological spectrum.

In addition to plain language fact sheets and articles, Free & Equal will generate a stream of creative content, including short videos, graphics and testimony, all designed to dispel common misconceptions and negative stereotypes and encourage people to look at the lives of LGBT people through the eyes of LGBT people themselves, as well as those of their parents, siblings and children.

To kick off this theme of family, the campaign previewed "The Story of a Mother From Brazil," a short film telling the story of Edith Modesto, the mother of a young gay man, who shares her journey toward accepting her son.

The campaign's message is threefold:

• Human rights really are universal. Everyone, whoever they are and wherever they live, is entitled to the same rights -- and that includes LGBT people. Violence and discrimination against LGBT people, which has been documented in all regions, is unacceptable and illegal under international human rights law.
• LGBT people are just that: people. The United Nations wants to encourage those who have never thought much about this issue, and who might live in parts of the world where sexuality and gender identity are taboo topics, to learn about the lives of LGBT people, their hopes and their fears, and become better informed about the human rights challenges they face.
• Things are getting better. For all the bad news and the inevitable setbacks, the long-term trends are positive. Attitudes are shifting in many parts of the world, and many governments are gradually stepping forward and implementing necessary reforms. Changes that would have seemed impossible 10 or 20 years ago are taking root, and as they do, the balance of opinion both within and among countries is steadily tilting in favor of equality for LGBT people.

DIVORCE GAY STYLE--I KNEW IT

 

 

 

Ruling on Same-Sex Marriage May Help Resolve Status of Divorce 

(I'M SURE MANY LAWYERS ARE SHARPENING THEIR PENCILS JUST WAITING FOR THE LGBTQ DIVORCES TO MANIFEST--DO NOT RUSH INTO MARRIAGE JUST BECAUSE WE CAN)

 

By ERICA GOODE

Published: July 2, 2013 

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Adam Cardinal’s wedded life began happily in New Hampshire, where same-sex marriages are legal. It went sour three years later in Florida, where they are not. 

Elizabeth F. Schwartz of Miami Beach, a lawyer representing a client seeking a same-sex divorce.

Mr. Cardinal, who lives in Fort Lauderdale, separated from his husband several months ago. But the couple cannot get a divorce because, in the eyes of Florida officials, their marriage does not exist. 

Returning to New Hampshire to sever the bond is not an option either. Although marrying can be accomplished with a brief visit there, a divorce requires residency in the state for at least a year. 

Mr. Cardinal cannot remarry — to do so would make him a bigamist in states like Massachusetts or New York that recognize his previous nuptials. And although he and his husband did not combine their assets, the lack of an official document certifying the end of their marriage carries financial risks. 

“I didn’t realize this could potentially be an issue, that we couldn’t divorce when we wanted to,” Mr. Cardinal said. “That was really upsetting.” 

The Supreme Court’s ruling last week striking down the federal Defense of Marriage Act has been hailed as a victory for gay couples who wish to marry. But it has also offered new hope to people like Mr. Cardinal who are stuck in a marriage they cannot dissolve. 

 Said Ms. Schwartz, the lawyer in Miami Beach, “If you’re going to let people into a relationship, you’ve got to let them get out.”

 

DOMA & PROP DOWN--TEARFUL CELEBRATION

THOUGH MY STATE, NEW JERSEY, IS NOT ONE OF THE 13 US AREAS (12 STATES & THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA) BENEFITING FROM TODAY'S MONUMENTAL DECISION, AT LEAST THIS IS A CHANCE FOR ALL LGBTQ AMERICANS TO MARRY ELSEWHERE WITH FULL STATE & FEDERAL BENEFITS-FREAKIN' AMAZING!!!

I AM ELATED I LIVED TO SEE THIS DAY. ( WEDNESDAY, JUNE 26, 2013)

I KNOW THOSE WHO PASSED ARE LOOKING DOWN AT AMERICA WITH PRIDE.

LET'S NEVER FORGET THOSE WHO RISKED THEIR LIVES BEFORE US SO WE CAN TO GET TO THIS AUSPICIOUS MOMENT.
 EDIE WINDSOR, FOR EXAMPLE FOUGHT AGAINST DOMA...

 AND

 KRISTIN PERRY /SANDRA STIER & PAUL KATAMI /JEFF ZARILLO AGAINST PROP 8

BRAVO TO THOSE BRAVE JUDGES IN THE SUPREME COURT WHO REALIZE THE NEW AMERICA IS HERE. THOSE CRUSTY, OLD ONES ARE  NOW LOOKED UPON AS BIGOTS, HATEFUL AND FEARFUL DINOSAURS. SHAME ON YOU!

THE NEW AMERICA WAS OBVIOUS WHEN SO MANY YOUNG PEOPLE CAMPED OUT TO HEAR THE DECISION & WERE SHOWN THROUGHOUT THE DAY IN FRONT OF THE SUPREME COURT IN D C .

GOD BLESS AMERICA & GOD BLESS THE LGBTQ COMMUNITY...

 

IMPORTANT MEDICAL NEWS & THE LAW-URGENT !

THE SUPREME COURT RULES NO ONE COMPANY CAN OWN OUR GENES.
MYRIAD WAS UNDER FIRE & FINALLY THE COURT HEARD THE CASE & DECIDED, RIGHTFULLY IN MY OPINION..

AFTER ANGELINA JOLIE MADE NEWS ABOUT THE CANCER GENE (BRCA) SHE HAD WHICH LEAD TO HER MASTECTOMY , MANY WOMEN, UNDERSTANDABLY, WANTED TO BE TESTED BUT BECAUSE "MYRIAD" HAD DISCOVERED THE GENE THEY WANTED A MONOPOLY ON THE TEST FOR IT--APPROXIMATE COST? $3000.

AFTER TODAY'S RULING OTHER COMPANIES CAN NOW OFFER THE TEST, LOWERING THE COSTS DRAMATICALLY! YAY!

NOW THIS IS MAJOR GOOD NEWS:

FROM NOW ON, FOR BOTH MEN & WOMEN ALIKE, ACCORDING TO THE SUPREME COURT, NO ONE CAN OWN ANY PART OF OUR BODIES, REGARDLESS OF WHERE THE RESEARCH TOOK PLACE (EXCEPT IN THE CASE OF A SYNTHETIC DNA).

THIS IS MONUMENTAL!!!
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  (ACLU):

 "Much of the industry will be a winner in this," according to attorney Sandra Park, a member of the American Civil Liberties Union legal team that fought against Myriad. "There are many companies that want to offer genetic testing on patented genes. They've been unable to do that so far because of these types of patents."
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CBS NEWS:
The Supreme Court's ruling that human genes cannot be patented has been met with excitement from doctors over the implications for patient health. Other experts, however, questioned whether there will be a widespread impact.

The high court's ruling threw out some patents previously held by Myriad Genetics Inc., a Salt Lake City-based company that had patented a genetic test for the BRCA gene that's associated with increased risks for breast and ovarian cancers.

"We hold that a naturally occurring DNA segment is a product of nature and not patent eligible merely because it has been isolated," said Justice Clarence Thomas, who wrote the court's unanimous decision.

The court, however, also ruled that synthetic DNA -- called cDNA -- could be patented by a company.

The full decision of Association for Molecular Pathology et al. v. Myriad Genetics,Inc., et. al can be found on the Supreme Court's website.

AIRLINES KICKS OFF 101 STUDENTS

 

School opens 'investigation' after airline kicks students off plane...

WHATTA YOU THINK?

By Morgan Winsor, CNN

 New York (CNN) -- The dispute surrounding a student vacation flight from New York to Atlanta is getting uglier.

One hundred one students and eight chaperones were kicked off an early morning AirTran flight before its scheduled departure Monday. The controversy now pits the airline against an Orthodox Jewish high school.

"We take this matter seriously and have started our own investigation," said a statement released Tuesday by Rabbi Seth Linfield, executive director of the Yeshiva of Flatbush school. "Preliminarily, it does not appear that the action taken by the flight crew was justified."

From the airline's perspective, it sounds like a large-scale version of the parental "don't-make-me-turn-this-car-around" scenario.

Southwest, which owns AirTran, said the group of "non-compliant passengers" would not stay seated, and some were using their mobile devices after being asked not to.

 When the students failed to comply with requests from the flight crew, including the captain, they were asked to leave the plane, delaying the AirTran flight for 45 minutes, said Southwest spokesman Brad Hawkins.

Southwest Airlines acquired AirTran in a deal announced three years ago.

Students and chaperones from the Brooklyn-based school said the flight crew overreacted to the teenagers who were looking forward to visiting Six Flags and rafting, among other activities.

MORE HATE FOR GAYS (END UP IN HOSPITAL)-WTF????

 


Another Anti-Gay Hate Crime In NYC Puts Two Men In The Hospital --WTF!!!!!!

Less than a week after eight men allegedly beat boyfriends to a pulp for being gay, another horrifying anti-gay assault takes place in the neighborhood. This time it occurred near the 33rd Street PATH Station.

Two New York City men were arrested today in connection with the brutal beating of two gay men near PATH's 33rd Street station in Manhattan. Police are working to see if there is any link between this incident and one that occurred near Madison Square Garden on Sunday.

Police say early the two victims were denied access to an after-hours billiards club. They were then approached by a group of men who allegedly shouted gay slurs and beat the men, according to police.

The alleged attack continued after the victims tried to escape and ended up across the street near the 33rd street PATH station.

Two suspects were arrested as others got away on foot. The suspects were identified as Asllan Berisha, 21, and Brian Ramirez, 21, both of New York City.

Both of the men received treatment for severe facial injuries at Bellview Hospital, with one having to undergo eye surgery due to the attack.

NJ TICK TOCK DINER -NJ, RT 3 --MURDER? WTF?

Diner Manager Accused of Trying to Have Uncle Killed

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS

Published: April 10, 2013

"The nephew, Georgios Spyropoulos, 45 and manager of the Tick Tock Diner on Route 3 in Clifton, asked an undercover trooper posing as a hit man to kill Alexandros Sgourdos, 57, and to dispose of the body, the authorities said.

Mr. Sgourdos also manages the Tick Tock Diner in Manhattan, a popular tourist spot at 34th Street and Eighth Avenue, near Pennsylvania Station. 

Officials said Mr. Spyropoulos resented the control his uncle exerted over the New Jersey restaurant, which was featured on Guy Fieri’s Food Network show “Diners, Drive-Ins and Dives.” They said he also felt his uncle was taking an unfair share of the profits from the classic chrome diner, a popular spot among fans attending Jets and Giants games at the stadium in the Meadowlands a few miles away. 

“I think it’s an understatement to say they weren’t close,” Jeffrey S. Chiesa, the state attorney general, said in a news conference here. 

Mr. Spyropoulos, of Clifton, was being held on $1 million bail on charges of conspiracy to commit murder, attempted murder and unlawful possession of a weapon. His lawyer did not immediately respond to a message.."

TRAGEDY AT THEATER FOR DOWN SYNDROME BOY

ELEVEN DOLLARS

"On January 14, 2013, a young man with Down Syndrome went with his companion to see Zero Dark Thirty at the Regal Cinema in Frederick, MD. At the end of the movie, apparently because he wanted to see it again, he refused to get out of his seat. A Regal employee, rather than allowing him to stay and dealing with the situation later with his parents and the companion, called not one, not two, but three off duty Frederick County police officers who were working security for the theater at the time.

According to published reports, when the officers/ security guards asked him to leave, he mouthed off at them and "resisted arrest". Those of you who know my son Landon can visualize what this would look like. In response, the officers wrestled him to the ground where he asphyxiated in handcuffs. The handcuffs were removed and EMS called and according to the police news release he later died at hospital. I don't know how that reconciles with the coroner's finding of asphyxiation which I thought was pretty immediate.

The price of a ticket at the cinema is between $9 and $11. The additional cost to Regal of allowing him to watch the movie again was ZERO. But instead a beloved young man died on the floor of a movie theater in his neighborhood at the hands of people he was taught would protect him.

The police officers remain on duty and were allowed to invoke their rights as police officers not to provide statements even though they were not on duty or performing official duties at the time. They were security guards in police uniforms.

The county police are investigating and the story has received local news coverage. Please share this everywhere both to ensure justice but also to raise public awareness..."

ELEVEN DOLLARS

 (Edited by Nathan): http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/autopsy-finds-that-md-man-with-down-syndrome-died-of-asphyxia-while-in-police-custody/2013/02/15/4d752304-77ab-11e2-b102-948929030e64_story.htm

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--WHAT ARE WE BECOMING AS A SOCIETY? 

--MY HEART IS HEAVY. 

--MY INSIDES ARE TORN.

--WAKE UP PEOPLE!!! 

--DO NOT ABUSE POWER!!!

--THINK ABOUT US AS HUMANS- NOT A PIECE OF FURNITURE WHICH "YOU" DETERMINE TO REMOVE!!!

--WTF????????????????????????????? 

--LET'S BE KIND TO EACH OTHER ..

TIFFANY & CO. SUE COSTCO

 

NEW YORK — "A Tiffany & Co. subsidiary is suing Costco, claiming the wholesale club operator has been selling engagement rings wrongly labeled "Tiffany" rings.

The high-end jeweler filed lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York on Thursday.
Tiffany and Company alleges trademark infringement, counterfeiting, unfair competition, injury to business reputation, false advertising and deceptive business practices. The company says the rings are not in fact Tiffany rings, nor are they in any way properly associated with Tiffany.

The retailer said that a customer alerted Tiffany in November to the sale of what was promoted on in-store signs as "Tiffany" diamond engagement rings at a Costco store in Huntington Beach, Calif.
Tiffany immediately launched an investigation and said that it learned that Costco has been selling different types of rings for many years identified as "Tiffany" rings, without the company's knowlThe jewelry retailer said that Costco led its customers to believe they were buying authentic Tiffany products at significant discounts..."

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JESSE JACKSON JR. & WIFE GUILTY OF THEFT-WTF?

Jesse Jackson Jr., wife agree to plead guilty

MORE ON COMCAST.COM NEWS

 

 

WASHINGTON — "In a spectacular fall from political prominence, former U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr. and his wife agreed Friday to plead guilty to federal charges growing out of what prosecutors said was a scheme to use $750,000 in campaign funds for lavish personal expenses, including a $43,000 gold watch and furs.

Federal prosecutors filed one charge of conspiracy against the former Chicago congressman and charged his ex-alderman wife, Sandra, with one count of filing false joint federal income tax returns for the years 2006 through 2011 that knowingly understated the income the couple received. Both agreed to plead guilty in deals with federal prosecutors.

Both face maximum penalties of several years in prison; he also faces hundreds of thousands of dollars in fines and forfeitures. But the government did not immediately release the text of its plea agreements. Such agreements almost invariably call for prosecutors to recommend sentences below the maximum..."

CHRISTIE FAVORS FRACKING (FOR NOW)--YOU?

In New Jersey, Christie Vetoes Anti-Fracking Bill

WHATTA YOU THINK???

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 By Jim Malewitz, Staff Writer

New Jersey Governor Chris Christie vetoed a bill Friday (September 21) that would have banned the disposal of hydraulic fracturing waste in New Jersey, rankling environmentalists who oppose the method of natural gas extraction and fear that the wastewater it generates taints local water supplies.

“Governor Christie has sold out our drinking water to the fossil fuel industry,” Jeff Tittel, director of the New Jersey Sierra Club, said in a release. “Instead of protecting our waterways he is allowing companies to dump toxic fracking pollution in our waterways.”

The veto by Christie, a Republican, is his second major move against a fracking crackdown.  In 2011, he vetoed an outright ban of the practice, a bill that found wide support in the state’s heavily Democratic legislature.

Hydraulic fracturing isn’t practiced in New Jersey. The state has few proven shale reserves and remains under a moratorium on the practice, which involves the high-pressure injection of millions of gallons of chemical-laced water deep underground to break apart rock and free the resources locked within. But the technique is widely used in neighboring Pennsylvania, which often sends its waste across the border.

Some of that waste is sent to landfills in New Jersey, though it’s not clear how much. Two New Jersey landfills accept the waste, according to the online data tool FracTracker, Much of the waste is sent to Ohio and injected into underground wells, a practice that has been linked to minor earthquakes in the region.
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TODAY:
At a news conference in Long Branch today, Christie said the bill was "simply unconstitutional" because there is no potential for fracking in New Jersey. So in practice, he said, a ban would only hurt other states even though it also forbids it in state.

"This is another one of those political bills," Christie said. "They know that it's wrong and they send it anyway because they think, 'Well, he won't veto it because that would take some guts.' Well, I did."

 

 SIDEBAR: Approximately 40% of America's oil comes from domestic oil fields in states like Texas, Alaska, and California. Some of this oil is actually sold to other countries, such as Japan. The other 60% of the US oil supply is from foreign sources.

SAN FRAN AIRPORT RENAMED HARVEY MILK?

Could  the San Francisco airport  be renamed for Harvey Milk?

A charter amendment sponsored by Supervisor David Campos would put the question on the ballot this fall.

"If five of Campos' colleagues agree to submit the proposed name change to voters and the amendment goes through in the fall, the city would become home to the world's first airport honoring an openly gay person, said Milk's nephew, Stuart Milk..." 

 

ON THIS MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. WEEKEND THE NEWS IS EVEN MORE SIGNIFICANT IN THE NATION'S CONTINUAL PROGRESSIVE ATTITUDES ON CIVIL EQUALITY & ACKNOWLEDGEMENT FOR ALL.

My heart is full!

 

Harvey Bernard Milk (May 22, 1930 – November 27, 1978) was an American politician who became the first openly homosexual person to be elected to public office in California and the United States when he won a seat on the San Francisco Board of Supervisors.

Despite his short career in politics, Milk became an icon in San Francisco and a martyr in the gay community. In 2002, Milk was called "the most famous and most significantly open LGBT official ever elected in the United States"

 

 

ACTIVIST HANGS HIMSELF-26...R I P

NEW YORK (AP) — "Authorities say a co-founder of Reddit and activist who fought to make online content free to the public has been found dead.

A spokeswoman for New York's medical examiner says 26-year-old Aaron Swartz hanged himself in his Brooklyn apartment and was found Friday.

Swartz was a prodigy who as a young teenager helped create RSS. He co-founded the social news website Reddit and directed the political action group Demand Progress that campaigns against Internet censorship.

In 2011, he was arrested in Boston and charged with stealing millions of scientific journals from a computer archive at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Swartz pleaded not guilty. His federal trial on computer fraud charges was to begin next month. If convicted, he could have faced decades in prison and a fortune in fines..."  (Yahoo.com)

INTERRACIAL COUPLE CHANGE HISTORY

In 1958, the now celebrated interracial couple, Richard & Mildred Loving, were given a choice in Virginia-leave the state or get arrested; hence the supreme court decision:
"Loving v. Virginia (1967)". Ironically they began courting when she was 11 & he was 17 (in VA THAT was ok--WTF?)



The Lovings stood for two principles:
 First, all citizens have the fundamental right to marry...
Secondly, that all people should be treated equally...
THE LGBT community embraces the Lovings courage and resolve. Thy didn't ask to be heroes but, in my opinion, they personify the definition .

"Obama’s declaration of the importance of same sex marriage marks a decisive turn in the new debate on civil rights..."




"By their own widely reported accounts, Mrs. Loving and her husband, Richard, were in bed in their modest house in Central Point in the early morning of July 11, 1958, five weeks after their wedding, when the county sheriff and two deputies, acting on an anonymous tip, burst into their bedroom and shined flashlights in their eyes. A threatening voice demanded, “Who is this woman you’re sleeping
with?”

Mrs. Loving answered, “I’m his wife.”

Mr. Loving pointed to the couple’s marriage certificate hung on the bedroom wall. The sheriff responded, “That’s no good here.”

The certificate was from Washington, D.C., and under Virginia law, a marriage between people of different races performed outside Virginia was as invalid as one done in Virginia. At the time, it was one of 24 states that barred marriages between races.

After Mr. Loving spent a night in jail and his wife several more, the couple pleaded guilty to violating the Virginia law, the Racial Integrity Act. Under a plea bargain, their one-year prison sentences were suspended on the condition that they leave Virginia and not return together or at the same time for 25 years...

"They paid court fees of $36.29 each, moved to Washington and had three children. They returned home occasionally, never together. But times were tough financially, and the Lovings missed family, friends and their easy country lifestyle in the rolling Virginia hills.."

MARIJAUNA DISPENSARY in NJ --The First

In roughly a month,  Montclair, NJ will be the first city to have a medical marijuana dispensary called THE GREENLEAF COMPASSION CENTER on Bloomfield Ave.

Residents are afraid this will become the logo--lolol

 

From personal experience I know Montclair is a wonderful town due to its balanced  views on society (same-sex marriage, etc). Now one more step to put this "where the suburb meets the city" place on the map.

Starting today, August 9, 2012... New Jersey residents with certain illnesses are allowed to apply for medical marijuana ID cards. They are valid for 2 yrs.  Some copious paperwork is involved in the registration process as well.

There are strong arguments from NJ residents on both sides of this issue. Those who claim they need it see this as a lot of red tape, while others are completely opposed to this medical option.

You be the judge...

BTW, IT'S OPEN & RUNNING (12-12-2012)

REHOBOTH BEACH, DELAWARE TRAGEDY

Brian Meegan is charged with first-degree vehicular homicide. (Photo courtesy Delaware State Police)

An accident shortly after 2 a.m. on July 1 in which a motorist struck and killed a bicyclist minutes after the two left the same bar has shocked and saddened many in Rehoboth’s LGBT community.

Brian C. Meegan, 38, who was employed as a bartender at L Bar, a popular gay bar on Rehoboth Avenue just outside the Rehoboth town limits, allegedly slammed into the rear of a bicycle ridden by PNC Bank loan officer Russell “Rusty” Henman, 44, while driving his 2003 Jeep Wrangler, according to a statement released by Delaware State Police.

Russell ‘Rusty’ Henman 

Police said they arrested Meegan a short time after he pulled into a CVS Pharmacy parking lot. News media photos show him being held in handcuffs by police at the site of the parking lot.

“The front of Meegan’s Jeep struck the rear of Henman’s bike causing him to be ejected onto the hood of the Jeep,” the police statement says. “Henman was carried approximately 400 feet until the Jeep struck a curb and stopped, throwing Henman onto the roadway. He was pronounced dead at the scene,” the statement says.

State Police charged Meegan with one count each of first-degree vehicular homicide, leaving the scene of a collision resulting in death, driving under the influence.

John Meng, co-owner of L Bar, disputes the police claim that Mee of alcohol, failure to report an accident resulting in injury or death, no proof of motor vehicle insurance and inattentive driving.egan was intoxicated, saying other employees who observed him during his work shift on the night of the accident say he wasn’t drinking.

“Brian was not drunk,” Meng told the Blade on Monday. “We have video of him at work. I don’t understand what the State Police said. He was not drinking while on his shift.”

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I PERSONALLY KNOW BRIAN MEEGAN & HE IS A VERY CONSCIENTIOUS BARTENDER. HE'S BEEN DOING THIS FOR YEARS, SINCE "COPA" IN FT. LAUDERDALE EONS AGO. I HAVE SEEN BRIAN DISCOURAGED HEAVY INTOXICATION FROM PATRONS & EVEN REFUSING THEIR OUTRAGEOUS TIPS FOR HIS SERVICE. HE'S A GOOD GUY IN A TERRIBLE SITUATION. MY CONDOLENCES GO OUT TO MR. HERMAN'S FAMILY HOWEVER; I CANNOT IMAGINE THE LOSS OF A SIBLING/SON. I JUST DON'T WANT THE TRUTH TO BE TAINTED BECAUSE BOTH MEN WERE GAY & BRIAN WAS WORKING AT A GAY BAR. THE POLICE CAN BE A BIT CONSERVATIVE IN REHOBOTH BEACH-I KNOW IT WELL. THE LAST TIME I SPOKE TO BRIAN WAS JUST A FEW DAYS BEFORE THIS TERRIBLE ACCIDENT. LET'S PRAY FOR BOTH FAMILIES.

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People who know Meegan said he recently moved to Rehoboth from Fort Lauderdale, Fla., and began working as a bartender at L Bar.

Meegan posted a message on his Facebook page at 5:13 p.m. on June 30 saying, “Working [a] double today, ready for Super July Fourth Week.” People familiar with L Bar said he was referring to working a double shift at the establishment, which included the afternoon happy hour period and the evening shift. His evening shift on June 30 would have extended past midnight to July 1, the morning of the accident.

The accident that took Henman’s life took place where Rehoboth Avenue merges into Route 1 Coastal Highway. Many Rehoboth residents have noted that bicycle traffic has increased in recent years. Some have called for more clearly designated bike lanes, especially in the location where Rehoboth Avenue merges with Route 1.

Others have called for more public awareness of programs aimed at helping people with alcohol related problems. Elkins said Camp Rehoboth hosts a weekly Alcoholics Anonymous meeting on Thursdays in which 60 or more people participate.

“There are a number of AA meetings daily in the Rehoboth area,” he said.

ROBERT BLAKE---MY NEW HERO!

Tonight I watched one of the most riveting moments on television: Piers Morgan interviewing Robert Blake.
WATCH IT!!!! DO NOT DEPRIVE YOURSELF OF THIS HISTORICAL INTERVIEW ON CNN

Like so many people I doubted Robert Blakes's innocence till tonight.

 Intellectually I am aware the media manipulates opinions all the time depending on what news shows you watch, what publications you read and the overall gossip or trending "hot topics" various shows discuss on television & in the cyber world.

Maybe because Blake never took the stand I misread that as lawyers playing cover-up. I sincerely apologize for my lack of fairness to Mr. Blake. He's either the best actor who ever lived or he's telling the truth--I'll go with the latter (watch it & decide for yourself).
 
 First of all why would he deny telling the truth at age 79? One cannot be tried for the same crime twice.
 Regardless of all the evidence which have proven his innocence, he convinced me of any wrongdoing tonight by his behavior (which many are calling rants and I'm calling it honest, unedited anger at being called a liar).

 As an extra bonus, and one which I got great pleasure of seeing, he put that pompous asshole, Piers Morgan, in his place -over & over again! You go Robert!

While he was cursing and making Piers squirm in fear and confusion he was giving a one, two punch loudly but honestly, of which Piers never recovered. That's how we do it in New Jersey (Blake was born in Nutley, NJ*).

 When the truth is on our side in this great state we all become lawyers. We are an intelligent state -whoever is thinking "Jersey Shore" right now is unaware of what an amazing state NJ really is and needs to read about the real natives and the enormous contribution we make. We thrive in entertainment (most of the great actors have come from NJ, the movies started here), education, politics, nature, location, finances,etc.--but I digress.

This British tabloid, wannabe newscaster, Piers Morgan, is accustomed to looking down his nose at his guests and at so many contestants before on AGT-well buddy you got not only a taste of your own medicine with Blake but an entire bottle full. Drink it!

 Piers, you're a detached,  overall know-it-all  wannabe  brand; but be grateful,  this one interview will put that predictable show of yours on the map once & for all. You are fully aware of this since you showed the interview twice in one week. Stupid you're not. Arrogant? For sure!

*SIDEBAR: Blake was born Michael James Vincenzo Gubitosi--lol,  on my birthday--lol...

"HAPPY DAYS" CAST VERY HAPPY-$$$

'Happy Days' actors settle lawsuit with CBS

 

 Ironically, Paramount Pictures was just in the news for celebrating 100 yrs of entertainment. Now they're part of CBS settling $$$ with stars Anson Williams, Don Most, Marion Ross and Erin Moran. they just settled a $10 million lawsuit for CBS neglecting them $$$ for merchandising carrying their images throughout all these years.

 Of the cast members, Moran stands to benefit most from the settlement. She has been the subject of tabloid reports that she and her husband have been living in a trailer in Indiana since losing her home to foreclosure in California. While Most, Williams and Ross continue to act or direct, acting work dried up for Moran, who did not return a call from CNN.

GO CELEBRATE WITH A MALTED & A DRIVE-IN MOVIE FOR JUSTICE AT LAST!

SANDUSKY COVICTED--45 COUNTS-ROT!

Bellefonte, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Former Penn State assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky was found guilty Friday on 45 of 48 counts related to sexual abuse of boys over a 15-year period.

Jurors delivered the verdict around 10 p.m. after deliberating for about 21 hours. There were convictions related to all 10 sexual abuse victims, with the three not-guilty verdicts applying to three different individuals.

Sandusky stood slightly hunched, looking down with his hand in his pocket but showing no visible emotion as the guilty verdicts were read out in court. His wife, Dottie, blinked back tears.

Judge John Cleland revoked Sandusky's bail and ordered his arrest. Video showed him leaving the courthouse in handcuffs and heading into an awaiting police car, again showing little emotion.