Yep, exactly.
Crazy ....
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-49323320
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Like other federal prisons, the Metropolitan Correctional Center (MCC) suffers from shortages of staff and resources, prisoner overcrowding and is plagued by violence and poor sanitary conditions.
The jail was built to accommodate 474 inmates, but held 763 male prisoners at the time of Epstein's death, according to a statement from the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Prisoners have described seeing large rats in their cells, air conditioner units so noisy it is impossible to sleep, and absence of any natural light or sanitary water.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/national ... story.html
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Serene Gregg, president of the American Federation of Government Employees Local 3148, said the Metropolitan Correctional Center is functioning with less than 70 percent of the needed correctional officers, forcing many to work mandatory overtime and 60- or 70-hour workweeks.
She said one of the individuals assigned to watch Epstein’s unit did not normally work as a correctional officer but, like others in roles such as counselors and teachers, was able to do so. She declined to say which one or specify the person’s regular role.
“If it wasn’t Mr. Epstein, it would have been somebody else, because of the conditions at that institution,” Gregg said. “It wasn’t a matter of how it happened or it happening, but it was only a matter of time for it to happen. It was inevitable. Our staff is severely overworked.”
Gregg said she did not know details of the investigation into Epstein’s death and declined to detail her discussions with those working that night. But she said she has long complained about understaffing at the facility, telling superiors, “It’s only a matter of time before we have a loss of life.” And in Epstein’s case, she said, it was possible overwork of officers played a role.
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https://www.desmoinesregister.com/story ... 007230001/
U.S. Rep. Steve King: If not for rape and incest, 'would there be any population left?'
Robin Opsahl, Des Moines Register Published 11:39 a.m. CT Aug. 14, 2019 | Updated 12:48 p.m. CT Aug. 14, 2019
U.S. Rep. Steve King told the Westside Conservative Club Wednesday that humanity might not exist if not for rape and incest throughout human history.
"What if we went back through all the family trees and just pulled out anyone who was a product of rape or incest? Would there be any population of the world left if we did that?" he said in Urbandale, Iowa. "Considering all the wars and all the rapes and pillages that happened throughout all these different nations, I know that I can't say that I was not a part of a product of that."
The Kiron Republican was discussing his defense of not allowing exceptions for rape and incest in the anti-abortion legislation he tried to pass in Congress. Republican leadership had prevented bills he sponsored on banning abortions from advancing through the House, despite GOP support for the measures, King said.
Just because a conception happened in bad circumstances doesn't mean the result isn't a person, King, who is Catholic, argued.
"It's not the baby's fault for the sin of the father, or of the mother," he said.
SR, this country is a laughing stock. I've never known politics take such a massive nose dive as it is doing now in this country. NO ONE knows what the hell is going on. And to top it all, John Bercow (the speaker of the house) is stepping down at the end of the month. He is THE best thing about British politics.
“Trudeau came out to apologize for one blackface and ended up admitting to more. He’s like: ‘I did brownface for “Aladdin” and I did blackface when I sang the song “Day-O.” And now if you’ll excuse me, daylight’s coming and me wan’ go home.’” — TREVOR NOAH
“This is pretty bad and I just want to say: It’s not us this time! Suck it, Canada!” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“I’m not going to show you the picture because it’s really bad. It’s so bad that Canadians traveling in Europe are going to start telling people they’re American.” — SETH MEYERS
Man, I must have been typing on my phone and exhausted when I wrote this. I meant "Harper...the...Prime Minister...". Yeesh.the Harper -- the wonkiest president in decades.
I think the brown/black faces incidents are overblown. Of course with the election campaign in full swing, the media and other parties are milking this.mockbee wrote: ↑Fri Sep 20, 2019 8:10 am“Trudeau came out to apologize for one blackface and ended up admitting to more. He’s like: ‘I did brownface for “Aladdin” and I did blackface when I sang the song “Day-O.” And now if you’ll excuse me, daylight’s coming and me wan’ go home.’” — TREVOR NOAH
“This is pretty bad and I just want to say: It’s not us this time! Suck it, Canada!” — STEPHEN COLBERT
“I’m not going to show you the picture because it’s really bad. It’s so bad that Canadians traveling in Europe are going to start telling people they’re American.” — SETH MEYERS
Oh boy...... So what do our Canucks think of Trudeau's troubles?
Serious or overblown?
The end of the honeymoon?
I read an article that said that Canadians were skeptical of him for a while, especially after supporting the trans-mountain pipeline.....and the blackface is more bursting the American bromance with him?
This is where I give Trump way more credit than the media and hysterical liberal class can seem to muster. Trump is extremely manipulative. He MAKES himself look so guilty all over the place that Dems go bezerk and aim for the moon. Trump will punt on the transcript etc until election, make dems go down every ally, and then......it will be nothing. Trump knows this. It is the plan.Pandemonium wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:40 pm
IMO, I feel that the Dems would have been much better served to at the very least waiting until Pelosi's Thursday deadline to formally announce impeachment proceedings. They should really be waiting for the transcript of the conversation before going nuclear. If the conversation is nothing, then it's just going to appear that they are moving ahead and working towards impeachment just because that's what they want to do (which has honestly been the case since he was elected). This could really bite the Dems in the ass if the transcripts definitively prove Trumps assertion that he had a "proper" dialog with the Ukrainian President.
The next election, and the next president after Trumps additional 4 years in office will be really, really weird/crazy/ass-backwards. That is my prediction.....Pandemonium wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:40 pmIf all of this goes down how I think it might, we are in for some real craziness in this country that will dwarf anything we've seen so far.
Sadly I thinking you're right.mockbee wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 2:19 pmThis is where I give Trump way more credit than the media and hysterical liberal class can seem to muster. Trump is extremely manipulative. He MAKES himself look so guilty all over the place that Dems go bezerk and aim for the moon. Trump will punt on the transcript etc until election, make dems go down every ally, and then......it will be nothing. Trump knows this. It is the plan.Pandemonium wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:40 pm
IMO, I feel that the Dems would have been much better served to at the very least waiting until Pelosi's Thursday deadline to formally announce impeachment proceedings. They should really be waiting for the transcript of the conversation before going nuclear. If the conversation is nothing, then it's just going to appear that they are moving ahead and working towards impeachment just because that's what they want to do (which has honestly been the case since he was elected). This could really bite the Dems in the ass if the transcripts definitively prove Trumps assertion that he had a "proper" dialog with the Ukrainian President.
The next election, and the next president after Trumps additional 4 years in office will be really, really weird/crazy/ass-backwards. That is my prediction.....Pandemonium wrote: ↑Tue Sep 24, 2019 1:40 pmIf all of this goes down how I think it might, we are in for some real craziness in this country that will dwarf anything we've seen so far.
Think Kanye/Oprah/Tucker Carlson/ etc...............
You have already heard of the next president, you just never in a million years would think that person would ever be president.