Netflix and chill Sunday Bobby Kennedy for President
This is a really good documentary!
‘Stunning’ report finds that one-third of Earth’s protected areas are being destroyed by people
Turns out a large chunk of what should be the world’s most protected areas are anything but.
A new study reports that human activities — such as city sprawl, road construction and farming — are wreaking havoc on some 2.3 million square miles of protected land worldwide, an area about twice the size of Alaska.
Forests, parks and conservation areas around the globe are all seeing human impacts, with protected areas in Asia, Europe and Africa — places with massive human populations — seeing some of the worst effects, according to the new research.
The study appeared Thursday in the peer-reviewed journal Science.
Study co-author James Watson of the University of Queensland in Australia called it “a stunning reality check” for the world’s nations.
“Governments are claiming these places are protected for the sake of nature when in reality they aren’t,” Watson said. “It is a major reason why biodiversity is still in catastrophic decline, despite more and more land being protected over the past few decades.”
Kendall Jones, the study lead author, also of the University of Queensland, said that “we found major road infrastructure such as highways, industrial agriculture, and even entire cities occurring inside the boundaries of places supposed to be set aside for nature conservation.”…..
READ MORE——> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/05/18/earths-protected-areas-one-third-being-destroyed-people/623564002/
‘Deadpool 2’ Is Already Breaking Box Office Records It’s made nearly $20 million before even officially opening.
Well that was quick.
“Deadpool 2” wasn’t even in wide release before it broke a box office record. The Marvel Studios film took in $18.6 million during its Thursday night preview release, setting an all-time record for money made by an R-rated film, according to Box Office Mojo. The film is also debuting in the most theaters ever for an R-rated film.
The highly anticipated sequel, featuring Ryan Reynolds as the “Merc with a Mouth,” easily beat the previous record holder, 2017′s “It,” which had a preview night opening of $13.5 million.
“Deadpool 2” officially hits theaters Friday and is expected to make anywhere between $130 to $150 million in its opening weekend…….
READ MORE——–> https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/deadpool-2-breaks-preview-night-money-record-for-rated-r-movie_us_5aff12f5e4b0463cdba19d8c?utm_medium=facebook&ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063&utm_campaign=hp_fb_pages&utm_source=main_fb
Nordstrom Rack Calls Cops on Black 3 Teens Shopping For Prom, Wrongly Aucused of Shoplifting
A Nordstrom Rack in Brentwood, Mo., where cops were called on three black teens store staff wrongfully claimed were shoplifting. The three had been shopping for prom outfits. Screenshot: KMOV-TV
With prom coming up, high school seniors Eric Rogers II and Dirone Taylor needed something to wear. So the pair hit up a Nordstrom Rack in Brentwood, Mo., along with their friend, college freshman Mekhi Lee, to lock down an outfit and accessories for the big night. But while they searched for clothes, they noticed several of the store’s employees watching them and following them around.
“Every time we move, they move. When we looked up, they looked up,” Lee told KMOV-TV.
They were aware they were being profiled, so they left—until one of the young men realized that he had left his hat in the store. When they returned for the hat, an elderly white woman shopping at Nordstrom Rack confronted the teens, the Washington Post reports. The three young men said she called them punks and asked the teens, “Are your parents proud for what you do?”
The young men asked to speak to a store manager, according to the Post, only to be told by Nordstrom Rack employees that they couldn’t meet with one. Again they left the store—until they turned around and saw a manager waving the three of them back……
READ MORE——> https://www.theroot.com/nordstrom-rack-calls-cops-on-three-black-teens-shopping-1825854949?utm_source=theroot_facebook&utm_medium=socialflow
Racist lawyer kicked out of his office space
Racist lawyer Aaron Schlossberg will have to find new office space — and an attorney of his own.
The 44-year-old was kicked out of his Madison Avenue work space Thursday after he was was captured in a hate-filled rant at Spanish-speaking restaurant workers — and then a Congressman filed a formal complaint to the state court system’s disciplinary committee.
Schlossberg had been using a business center in 275 Madison Ave. as an office address for his private law firm — but has been given the boot over the shocking video that went viral Wednesday.
“We have terminated his services agreement with us,” Hayim Grant, the president of Corporate Suites, which operates the business center, told The Post Thursday, adding that he was “completely shocked” by the nearly minute-long clip…..
READ MORE—–> https://nypost.com/2018/05/17/racist-lawyer-kicked-out-of-his-office-space/
Starbucks says you don’t need to buy anything to sit or use the bathroom
Starbucks issued a new policy on Saturday: Patrons no longer need to make a purchase to sit in the cafe or use the restrooms. According to the Associated Press, Starbucks executives have claimed the old policies were “loose and ambiguous,” which left the decision on whether or not people could use the bathroom or sit in the stores up to managers and employees. Now, the company is telling its employees to consider every person entering the store a customer “regardless of whether they make a purchase.” The new policy comes just weeks after two black men, Rashon Nelson and Donte Robinson, were arrested and escorted out of a Philadelphia Starbucks on April 12. The men hadn’t ordered anything yet, because they were waiting for a friend to arrive .
READ MORE—–> https://mashable.com/2018/05/19/new-starbucks-policy-buy-something-sit-bathroom/?utm_cid=mash-com-Tw-main-link#77q8bUszCsqc
Louisiana prison pays inmates 4 cents an hour. Technically they say it’s not slavery !
Maybe these prisoners should go on strike then maybe our free people would think twice before judging those that are incarcerated. I’m not talking about the murderers, rapists or child molesters. Although these criminals should also be treated in a humane manner. Every time you go to McDonald’s, Wendy’s or sitdown and a government office. THINK about these prisoners. Every time you want to speak to a representative at Verizon or AT&T or another call center to pay or settle your Smart phone bill you know who you’re talking to? You’re talking to a prisoner. We need to pay our prisoners the same amount of money that they would if they were out in the community .
Woman smashes windows of Wenachee police station and patrol car
I got to know is she white. Cuz YOU KNOW if she black she be covered in bullets and blood. She has to be white #BlacklivesDONTmatter. #Blacklivesmatter.
WENATCHEE, Wash. – A 28-year-old woman was arrested after smashing the windows on the front doors of the police station and damaging a patrol car in Wenatchee Friday night.
Police said a cleaning crew called 911 just before 6:30 p.m. after seeing the woman with a large metal bar bashing out the windows on the old police station on S. Chelan Ave. One of the workers tried to confront her, but she took off.
The woman then made her way into the patrol car parking garage under City Hall……..