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Holiday price gouging – part 2

30 Sunday Nov 2014

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This afternoon:

The retail price of gasoline in west central Missouri – November 30, 2014.

Still silent.

Previously:

Holiday price gouging (November 29, 2014)

President Newt Gingrich (r) keeps a campaign promise (November 24, 2014)

Supply and demand, supply and demand (November 15, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): shifting tar sands (November 15, 2014)

We need the Keystone XL pipeline because? – part 3 (November 15, 2014)

We need the Keystone XL pipeline because? – part 2 (November 14, 2014)

Charles P. Pierce is meaner (November 14, 2014)

And then all hell broke loose (November 13, 2014)

We need the Keystone XL pipeline because? (November 13, 2014)

Darn that President Obama and his totally misguided national energy policy… (September 29, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) – in Warrensburg – August 22, 2014 (August 23, 2014)

Sounds of silence (gasoline) (December 16, 2013)

What cost, you say? (November 15, 2013)

Still going down… (November 7, 2013)

It upsets right wingnuts… (November 4, 2013)

Thank goodness that Keystone pipeline is up and running (October 28, 2013)

We’re on an express elevator to…going down (October 14, 2013)

Water is wet (October 9, 2013)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): we don’t need no stinkin’ objective reality (January 21, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): not especially prescient (January 9, 2013)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): strange silence, still (December 19, 2012)

Quick, blame Obama! – part 3 – trickle down (December 8, 2012)

Quick, blame Obama! – part 2 (December 5, 2012)

Quick, blame Obama! (December 1, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): make it stop… (November 18, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the price keeps dropping and we’re running out of gas puns (November 15, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): on an express elevator… (November 12, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): wait, wait, don’t tell me (November 8, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler (r): it’s so quiet when the price keeps dropping (October 31, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler (r): What’s that? Did you say something? Apparently not. (October 29, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler (r): the sound of silence (October 23, 2012)

The past, the gas, and isms (September 24, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): let’s pass the gas – part 2 (June 6, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): let’s pass the gas (May 27, 2012)

Post-racial America, part the infinity

30 Sunday Nov 2014

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Missouri Secretary of State Jason Kander (D) posted a comment along with a photo of a Fox News panel discussing Ferguson, Missouri on Twitter:

Jason Kander ‏@JasonKander

Diverse set of perspectives on this panel I’m sure. #Ferguson [….] 10:01 AM – 30 Nov 2014

A few responses:

KCFAN21 ‏@Greeze21

@JasonKander @cdotharrison Yes because there is a problem with white people. You all are nuts. 10:04 AM – 30 Nov 2014

Chance ‏@TheSlimChance

@JasonKander way more divers than you get on @meetthepress or @ThisWeekABC or @FaceTheNation. 10:08 AM – 30 Nov 2014

President John McCain must not have been on this week.

We attempt sarcasm in service to irony (which tends to go right past the right):

Michael Bersin ‏@MBersin

@JasonKander Is it the suits? 10:11 AM – 30 Nov 2014

Ferguson and the Republican base: whose anger management issues matter most?

30 Sunday Nov 2014

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Conservatism, Darren Wilson, Ferguson, grand jury, guns, Michael Brown, missouri, Obstructionism, racism, republicans, right-wing, riots, Robert McCulloch, Roy Blunt

Ferguson went up in flames last week when a grand jury decided that there was not sufficient evidence to hold accountable the white police officer who killed unarmed, black teenager, Michael Brown. It was the finding that the most seasoned and, hence, cynical observers expected, although there was also a tiny, but persistent hope that those expectations would be disproved. No one should have been surprised that the reaction to that disappointment resulted in what the Guardian characterized as “one of the worst nights of race-related rioting in the US for a generation.”

Angry people act out in the way they did last week when they feel powerless to affect events and to make themselves heard in less violent ways. It’s de rigueur for folks like me to piously declare that we don’t condone the violence and that it only hurts the innocent. The first point is obvious and the second only partly true, but the fact that violence is usually bad should not be used, as seems to be the case locally, to obscure the nature of the provocation. It would be great if we could all emulate the Ghandis and Martin Luther Kings of world, but Malcom X had a point when he observed that “the chickens would come home to roost.” That given, there’s no way I’ll overmuch criticize Michael Brown’s stepfather who greeted the grand jury decision with exhortations to “burn this bitch down.”

Nor does it help that after the transcripts documenting the Grand Jury deliberations were made public, they suggested a flawed process which news sources often politely referred to as “exceptional.” There are by now many analyses of the problems with this particular grand jury. (I’ll try link to some of those that I’ve read in a separate post.) The upshot seems pretty clear: It starts with a prosecutor who should have either recused himself or been replaced in order to insure that the local perception of his bias against African-Americans and in favor of the police not be allowed to taint the process. It continues with a grand jury supervised by that prosecutor in such a way that, as the Guardian concludes, it looks like he “conducted what amounted to a secret trial with no adversary to challenge what was presented to the jurors.” Did anyone ever doubt what the response to the failure to indict would be from those who live with a sense of ongoing injustice and who are now told that the grand jury has done its job and they need to just suck it up and get on with business as usual?

Meanwhile, those of us who have observed the level of incompetence that has characterized the handling of this situation by all levels of state and local officialdom are expected to devote our energies to hand-wringing about the damage done by the the more volatile elements that rampaged through the streets of Ferguson. Sure, the refrain goes, it’s bad for hair-trigger cops to shoot unarmed young black men – a relatively common event, incidentally – but let’s spend our time talking about the riots because damaging property is so bad that it mitigates our need to take the anger over the death of Michael Brown seriously.

Oddly, however, when another group of mostly white folks threw a far more prolonged – and still continuing – temper tantrum, one that has had vastly more negative consequences than the rioting in Ferguson, it hasn’t generated nearly the same degree of pious sermonizing.  I am referring to the ongoing social and political tantrum that got rolling about the time of the election of the first African-American president.

The fear that Barak Obama’s election has inspired has been both instigated and exploited by the Republican party and the various corporate funded right-wing groups for whom the GOP does due diligence. No matter how many indignant denials it elicits, it’s pretty clear that among the 20% of Americans that form the hard-core Republican base, racism is an animating force. These are the folks for whom code words and phrases such as “welfare-queen,” “black-on-black crime,” Mitt Romney’s “47 percent” comment, and Newt Gringrich’s “food-stamp president” dig were devised. The success of these race-baiting dog-whistles has created an environment wherein some politicians feel empowered to make overtly racist comments of the type that would have forced them from office just a few  years ago.

But our angry conservatives have gone even further down their furious rabbit hole. These are also the folks who began arming themselves against their fellow citizens, the ones they consider “other,” the liberals (just as frequently designated communists, socialists, or, in defiance of logic, facists or Nazis) along with the various dark-skinned people who, in the mind of many such people, make up Romney’s 47 percent. After Obama’s election, they rushed out to buy more and more guns, and, in increasing numbers, join right-wing “patriot” groups in response to the paranoia inspired by a liberal black president. The increasingly triumphalist gun culture has encountered little opposition and so terrified any politician inclined to oppose it that it has entrenched itself to the extent that we may never recover.

Worse yet, the rage against President Obama that these people express also provides both the motivation and the cover for the GOP’s corporate-serving obstructionism – never doubt that ALEC types were first and foremost among the people funding the incipient efforts to stir up what became the undeniably racist Tea Party. They’re the reason we cannot have a rational response to energy and climate-change, or address issues of income inequality that are destroying our middle-class. They’re the folks who, in the name of discredited free-market theology, have restrained economic growth with their failed austerian policies, and who scheme to destroy Social Security and Medicare, not to mention their continuing hysterics about Obamacare. It is true that they are bought and paid for by the big money boys, but they get away with it because of the enthusiasm of the overtly and covertly racist Obama-haters whose fear and fury they placate manipulate and occasionally share.

When the local columnists and op-ed writers, news show hosts, and average Joes spend as much time decrying the destructive GOP-enabled gun-culture that surrounds us, the refusal of Republican politicians to address our welfare while instead fighting against Obamacare, which is, sorry folks, fait accompli, I’ll take seriously their far too self-righteous condemnation of angry, hopeless, and ultimately helpless people in Ferguson, Missouri. When local media tries to make Roy Blunt accountable for telling racist jokes about “monkeys” in order to please the “family values” crowd, I’ll express some indignation about a few nights of rampage. We all know that lots of innocent people were hurt by the fire in the streets last week, but why does that trump the many more innocent people who have been devastated by injustice and the complacency of the well-off and powerful – and why is it more important than the political ravages the right-wing has perpetrated in their quest to neutralize the black man in the white house and render powerless the black men in the streets.

Holiday price gouging

29 Saturday Nov 2014

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Not really:

The retail price of gasoline in west central Missouri – November 29, 2014.

There’s been a strange silence.

Previously:

President Newt Gingrich (r) keeps a campaign promise (November 24, 2014)

Supply and demand, supply and demand (November 15, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): shifting tar sands (November 15, 2014)

We need the Keystone XL pipeline because? – part 3 (November 15, 2014)

We need the Keystone XL pipeline because? – part 2 (November 14, 2014)

Charles P. Pierce is meaner (November 14, 2014)

And then all hell broke loose (November 13, 2014)

We need the Keystone XL pipeline because? (November 13, 2014)

Darn that President Obama and his totally misguided national energy policy… (September 29, 2014)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r) – in Warrensburg – August 22, 2014 (August 23, 2014)

Sounds of silence (gasoline) (December 16, 2013)

What cost, you say? (November 15, 2013)

Still going down… (November 7, 2013)

It upsets right wingnuts… (November 4, 2013)

Thank goodness that Keystone pipeline is up and running (October 28, 2013)

We’re on an express elevator to…going down (October 14, 2013)

Water is wet (October 9, 2013)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): we don’t need no stinkin’ objective reality (January 21, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): not especially prescient (January 9, 2013)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): strange silence, still (December 19, 2012)

Quick, blame Obama! – part 3 – trickle down (December 8, 2012)

Quick, blame Obama! – part 2 (December 5, 2012)

Quick, blame Obama! (December 1, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): make it stop… (November 18, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): the price keeps dropping and we’re running out of gas puns (November 15, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): on an express elevator… (November 12, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): wait, wait, don’t tell me (November 8, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler (r): it’s so quiet when the price keeps dropping (October 31, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler (r): What’s that? Did you say something? Apparently not. (October 29, 2012)

Vicky Hartzler (r): the sound of silence (October 23, 2012)

The past, the gas, and isms (September 24, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): let’s pass the gas – part 2 (June 6, 2012)

Rep. Vicky Hartzler (r): let’s pass the gas (May 27, 2012)

Gov. Jay Nixon: special legislative session – Ferguson

29 Saturday Nov 2014

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A press release from the office of Governor Jay Nixon:

Gov. Nixon to call special legislative session to provide critical funding for ongoing Ferguson-related security measures

November 28, 2014

Jefferson City, MO

Gov. Jay Nixon tonight announced he will call a special session of the Missouri General Assembly to provide critical funding for the ongoing operations of the[ ]Missouri National Guard and the Missouri State Highway Patrol in Ferguson and the St. Louis region. The Governor said that with the ramped up presence and role of the Guard and Highway Patrol in the region, financial obligations are on track to exceed the current appropriation authority for emergency duties.

In a call with legislative leaders tonight, the Governor emphasized the importance of taking action quickly to ensure that Guard members are paid on December 15. Additional details regarding the timing and scope of the special session will be released in the coming days.

“The dedicated men and women of the National Guard and the Missouri State Highway Patrol are playing a critical role in keeping people safe and protecting property in the St. Louis region,” said Gov. Nixon. “Time is of the essence.  It is vital that we act quickly so that we can fulfill our obligation to the men and women who are so bravely and capably serving their fellow citizens.”

The Fiscal Year 2015 state budget approved by the legislature included $4 million for National Guard state emergency duty response costs and $3.4 million for the State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA) for expenses incurred by state agencies, including the Highway Patrol, in responding to disasters and emergencies between July 1, 2014 and June 30, 2015.

“This was a productive discussion,” said Gov. Nixon regarding tonight’s call with legislators. “It’s clear these legislators share our commitment to public safety and understand the need for prompt action. I look forward to working with legislators in the coming days to ensure these vital resources are available.”

Gov. Nixon said that in addition to obligations that have already been incurred, other activities such as debris removal could result in additional costs.  Exceeding the emergency duty appropriations would also limit the ability of the state to respond to other emergencies that could arise.

Unlike during prior emergencies, a special session is necessary for Ferguson-related obligations because the appropriations for the state’s emergency duty costs no longer include an “estimated” designation. Without the estimated designation, the Governor must ask the legislature to appropriate additional amounts when needed.

Meanwhile:

Robert Cohen @kodacohen

Center court carousel picked for die-in by protesters at Chesterfield Mall. Stores shuttered. #Ferguson #BlackFriday [….] 8:34 PM – 28 Nov 2014

pd_shutterspeed ‏@pd_shutterspeed

More than 100 protesters left Shaw park, converged on the Galleria Mall in #ferguson protests [….] 2:29 PM – 28 Nov 2014

Cathy Sherwin ‏@cathysherwin

Amazed by the righteous indignation about a protest at a mall. Malls aren’t sacred and #BlackFriday is a bunch of sales not a nat’l holiday 8:01 PM – 28 Nov 2014

“….a bunch of sales not a nat’l holiday….”

You’d probably be surprised by the number of people who don’t comprehend that.

Thanksgiving Day family conversation

27 Thursday Nov 2014

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Today, from Senator Claire McCaskill (D):

Claire McCaskill ‏@clairecmc

So thankful. For my family. And my country that encourages free speech and peaceful protest.And the ability to listen.Happy Thanksgiving! 10:20 AM – 27 Nov 2014

And some of the responses, oh my:

Troy Appel ‏@tdappel

@clairecmc Do you fear facing Officer Wilson in 2018? Sounds like a candidate the GOP might recruit. 10:22 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Johnny Evan Lane ‏@49erlane

@clairecmc you are worthless. Crawl back into the hole from witch you came. 10:22 AM – 27 Nov 2014

THUGLIFE ‏@_TAhmad

@clairecmc I’m afraid for my family because they’re black in Amerkkka. Senator, does #BlackLifeMatter ? 10:24 AM – 27 Nov 2014

j coop ‏@bambam6770

@clairecmc it is a right therefor should not need encouragement from anyone. To bad you don’t view the #2A with same admiration #teaparty 10:24 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Would that be a distant cousin?

Allan Brauer ‏@allanbrauer

.@clairecmc And the extrajudicial slaughter of black people by your white supremacist pals who traded Klan robes for badges. 10:24 AM – 27 Nov 2014

No one is happy. This is like Festivus.

Austin Allison ‏@azta110790

.@clairecmc Are you sure you’re from America? 10:27 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Peggy McLain ‏@PeggyKelly

@clairecmc You call that a peaceful protest. Please start telling the truth 10:30 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Adriane Farray ‏@AFarray

“@allanbrauer @clairecmc And the extrajudicial slaughter of black people by your white supremacist pals who traded Klan robes for badges” 10:31 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Sophia LaMar ‏@SophiaLamar1

@clairecmc @newscat44 Are you overseas? 10:33 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Dave Warren ‏@SjlWarren

@clairecmc Peaceful protest? Really? Shame on you. Can’t wait to vote for your opponent! 10:49 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Tom Who ‏@TommieWho

@clairecmc And what country is that? Canada? 10:59 AM – 27 Nov 2014

BWD ‏@theonlyadult

@clairecmc what a disgusting dishonest statement. A senator from a state where black lives are cheaper than your non existing moral. 11:13 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Kyle ‏@gaysquib

@clairecmc um? Police are abusing protestors and this is what you tweet? Stop with this bullshit senator and do something. 11:14 AM – 27 Nov 2014

Welcome to America in the 21st century.

Anticipation

27 Thursday Nov 2014

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Over the years turning on the holiday lights in a shopping district on Thanksgiving has become something of a sacred holiday tradition in the Kansas City metropolitan area. Think about that for a moment.

We can usually find live coverage on one of the local television stations. Depending on the weather upwards of 250,000 people crowd into the Plaza to wait for the appointed hour when the strings of lights outlining the buildings are turned on.

A quarter of a million people will probably be there. In a shopping district. Again, think about that for a minute.

Several Kansas City television news outlets have been running stories expressing concern that people protesting the Ferguson grand jury decision could protest at or disrupt this evening’s Plaza lighting event:

Worries of protests ahead of Plaza lighting

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – Kansas City police prepared as fears grew that more protests might occur in Kansas City.

One, rumored to occur during the 85th Plaza Lighting Ceremony, has some families now wondering if they should attend the annual celebration….

[….]

….Some Plaza merchants are nervous too after people across the country watched protesters in Ferguson grow violent and burn down businesses….

[….]

….But the Kansas City Police Department said all protests in the metro have stayed mostly calm.

On Tuesday night, a demonstration worked its way around the Country Club Plaza and Westport and grew to nearly 200 people. Officers arrested only five who became unruly….

[….]

The possibility of five “unruly people”. In a crowd of 250,000? What are the odds?

Any number of people larger than five would be a significant logistical achievement. What do you think would be the impact? More or less than the number people who will be publicly drunk?

Meanwhile:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Bring justice to Michael Brown by federally charging and prosecuting Darren Wilson for first-degree murder

[….]

Created: Nov 25, 2014

Issues: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement

Signatures needed by December 25, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 0

Total signatures on this petition 117,892

 [emphasis added]

If all those people showed up it would be quite a different crowd dynamic.

And another:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

It should be unconstitutional for officers of the law to kill unarmed citizens. Please amend the constitution.

I’m asking for a revision of our constitution. It does not protect the average American citizen from the use of excessive, lethal, or deadly force to resolve citizen/police conflicts. Police officers have an array of non-lethal weapons but choose to murder unarmed citizens as they deem necessary. This murder with no trial or conviction is unconstitutional and should be out-lawed. Without amending the constitution to provide protection to vulnerable citizens, our lives are in the hands of officers who are authorized to be the jury, prosecutor, and judge when facing confrontation on duty.

Created: Nov 25, 2014

Issues: Civil Rights and Liberties, Government Reform, Human Rights

Signatures needed by December 25, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 98,024

Total signatures on this petition 1,976

[emphasis added]

Same country, different worlds.

Previously:

White House Petitions: Ferguson, Missouri (November 26, 2014)

The Unanswered Question (November 25, 2014)

The Ferguson Commission: Change agent or spinning wheels? (November 24, 2014)

White House Petition: and stuff (October 16, 2014)

Missouri is an interesting place with interesting people (October 21, 2014)

#NMOS14 Moment of Silence Kansas City Mike Brown Rally (August 16, 2014)

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 – part 2 (August 15, 2014)

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 (August 14, 2014)

WTF? (August 13, 2014)

And we wonder why (August 12, 2014)

White House Petitions: Ferguson, Missouri

26 Wednesday Nov 2014

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There are a number of open petitions pertinent to Ferguson, Missouri at the White House petition site:

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Bring justice to Michael Brown by federally charging and prosecuting Darren Wilson for first-degree murder

On August 9th, Michael Brown, an unarmed 18 year old black male, was shot and killed by police officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri. On November 24th, a grand jury failed to indict Darren Wilson on any charges. While Michael Brown, a college-bound teenage boy, no longer has a future, Darren Wilson has pocketed hundreds of thousands of dollars in donations & can live his life freely.

Bring justice to Michael Brown and the hundreds of other black boys killed for the color of their skin by federally charging & fully prosecuting Darren Wilson. The grand jury decided not to indict Darren Wilson because of “conflicting evidence”, which is why a trial is necessary to guarantee the legitimacy of our justice system. Darren Wilson must held accountable for the murder that he committed.

Created: Nov 25, 2014

Issues: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement

Signatures needed by December 25, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 36,089

Total signatures on this petition 63,911

[emphasis added]

That’s almost 64,000 signatures in one day.

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Force all law enforcement officers to wear body cameras.

All over the country, innocent men and women are being murdered by police, a predominant number of whom are black. And every time, police walk free, many without even a trial or even a punishment. This is because the police departments claim a different set of events than eyewitnesses and say that other evidence is false.

This petition is to force all law enforcement officers to wear body cameras. These cameras need to be on at all times while the officers are on duty, and the videos need to be publicly available when officers shoot or otherwise seriously harm someone. If no video is available, the officer needs to be charged with the appropriate crime, assault or murder.

This petition is to ensure the safety of all people and ensure that officers uphold the law as they are supposed to.

Created: Nov 24, 2014

Issues: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement

Signatures needed by December 24, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 92,552

Total signatures on this petition 7,448

We petition the Obama Administration to:

Open a Civil Rights Case Against Darren Wilson

Attorney General Eric Holder,

The US Department of Justice (DOJ) has monitored proceedings after the murder of 18 year old Michael Brown, an unarmed black male in Missouri, by Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson. You visited Ferguson, gave the American people assurances of a full, fair, and independent investigation.

We are concerned that the grand jury process was hampered by highly unconventional proceedings, including leaks. There is no confidence in state/local authorities to capably handle the results.

In light of the return of a non indictment, we implore the DOJ to act swiftly, stand for justice and file civil rights charges against Wilson for Michael’s murder. We contend that he deprived Michael of the most basic constitutional civil rights – the right to life.

Thank you

Created: Nov 24, 2014

Issues: Civil Rights and Liberties, Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, Firearms

Signatures needed by December 24, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 99,756

Total signatures on this petition 244

[emphasis added]

We petition the Obama Administration to:

NO JUSTICE, NO PEACE

“Darren Wilson Remains Free: Our demand for justice for Michael Brown continues. We must act now for justice to be served. A grand jury has decided not to indict Officer Darren Wilson in the shooting death of Michael Brown.This does NOT mean a crime was not committed when Michael was shot – it means we must keep fighting for justice. Urge the Department of Justice to complete their federal, criminal civil rights investigation into Michael Brown’s slaying. Justice for Michael is still possible if we act today.”

Created: Nov 25, 2014

Issues: Criminal Justice and Law Enforcement, Defense, Environment

Signatures needed by December 25, 2014 to reach goal of 100,000 99,690

Total signatures on this petition 310

[emphasis added]

Something has to change.

Previously:

The Unanswered Question (November 25, 2014)

The Ferguson Commission: Change agent or spinning wheels? (November 24, 2014)

White House Petition: and stuff (October 16, 2014)

Missouri is an interesting place with interesting people (October 21, 2014)

#NMOS14 Moment of Silence Kansas City Mike Brown Rally (August 16, 2014)

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 – part 2 (August 15, 2014)

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 (August 14, 2014)

WTF? (August 13, 2014)

And we wonder why (August 12, 2014)

Campaign Finance: through rain, through snow, through gloom of night…

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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2016, campaign finance, Catherine Hanaway, Chris Koster, governor, missouri, Missouri Ethics Commission, Rex Sinquefield, Tom Schweich

Like clockwork. Today at the Missouri Ethics Commission:

C141055 11/25/2014 HANAWAY FOR GOVERNOR Rex Sinquefield 244 Bent Walnut Westphalia MO 65085 None Retired 11/24/2014 $10,000.00

[emphasis added]

$750,000.00 here, $10,000.00 every week, pretty soon you’re talking about some serious money.

Previously:

Campaign Finance: weekly retainer (November 18, 2014)

Campaign Finance: keeping up appearances (November 11, 2014)

Every time Rex Sinquefield signs a check a campaign consultant gets their wings… – part 2 (October 28, 2014)

Every time Rex Sinquefield signs a check a twenty-something campaign consultant gets their wings… (October 22, 2014)

Campaign Finance: making a choice (October 15, 2014)

Campaign Finance: a choice (October 1, 2014)

Campaign Finance: wachet auf (September 17, 2014)

Campaign Finance: Which side are you on? (June 30, 2014)

Campaign Finance: waking up at the end of the quarter (June 25, 2014)

Campaign Finance: different friends (June 14, 2014)

Campaign Finance: This probably qualifies as an oxymoron… (May 22, 2014)

The Unanswered Question

25 Tuesday Nov 2014

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Digby, Ferguson, Michael Brown, missouri

A speaker at the National Moment of Silence – August 14, 2014 – Kansas City, Missouri.

Tom Sullivan, at Digby‘s place:

….One has to wonder what sort of dynamic led from asking two men to walk on the sidewalk into a deadly shooting….

Previously:

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 (August 14, 2014)

Kansas City moment of silence – August 14, 2014 – part 2 (August 15, 2014)

#NMOS14 Moment of Silence Kansas City Mike Brown Rally (August 16, 2014)

The Ferguson Commission: Change agent or spinning wheels? (November 24, 2014)

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