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by dfrancon
CNN is reporting today that federal agents raided a slave camp filled with homeless persons in Florida. Specifically:
Federal agents raided a migrant farm labor camp where homeless men and women were kept in what labor officials called a version of modern-day slavery. Four people, including the camp's owner, Ronald Evans, face federal charges in a case that officials said is likely to grow. Investigators are looking into alleged environmental violations and drugs found at the camp in Friday's raid. "The word is out that we are concerned about human trafficking, and we will leave no stone or camp unturned," said Steve Cole, a spokesman for Jacksonville U.S. attorney Paul I. Perez. Officials said homeless people were recruited to the Evans Labor Camp through offers of room and board, along with alcohol, tobacco and drugs, which they bought on credit. But they never made enough in the field to pay it off, according to an investigative summary. More below the flip, including: Does Jeb Bush know this is happening? Read more... (4 comments, 1084 words in story) by dfrancon
As explained in this Dallas Morning News article:
After an impassioned three-hour fight Monday that called up images of civil-rights struggles and bans on interracial marriages, the [Texas] House approved a constitutional ban on gay marriages and civil unions. NOW--not later--is the time to tell your Texas (state) Senators how you feel about this and why they should not support the measure in the Senate. We don't want this to get to a vote of the people, because we can't trust the state that voted for Shrub (twice!) to vote this measure down. More below the flip . . . Read more... (7 comments, 601 words in story) by dfrancon
Yes, it has. Not substantively, no. From a substantive perspective, I oppose anyone interfering with the gajillion prior courts' findings that her husband has proven her wishes and that those wishes should not be disturbed. But that isn't what is bothering me.
Yes, the protestors are annoying, if also entertaining in their radical delusions. However, I don't watch television, and certainly not television news. So that isn't what's bothering me either. So what's my problem, you ask? Below the flip. Read more... (16 comments, 310 words in story) |
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