JamesWNeal

JamesWNeal, 1 month ago to random

Some insight into what happened in the minutes before the Key Bridge collapsed.

Cool, direct, urgent, successful. Maybe not a college degree or a 6-figure salary among them—and they used their training & experience at the most critical, high-pressure moment to save lives. All day, every day-that happens & we don't see it. That's your 'deep state? Just in Port of Baltimore, 45 cargo container ships come & go every 24 hours. 16,000 ships a year. They require all this guidance all the time (and US has 8 LARGER ports). Each ship with 5,000 containers loaded & unloaded. Not to mention The 8 construction workers on the bridge—-patching potholes in the middle of the night, so the road stays maintained, at a time that reduces inconvenience to us (and yes, is easier for them too because of low traffic). Every night...
Every night, 5 or 6 days a week, men & women just like them do that dangerous work on interstates & bridges in all 50 states. ... Here's the moment: An officer who closed one of the approaches says on radio...Can we notify the construction workers? Can we call the supervisor?' The officer was ready to drive out & warn the workers when someone on the radio — seconds later — said, The bridge is down. The whole bridge. That unnamed officer had been immediately thinking about how to save those guys out on the bridge—workers just like him. Thanks. - Thanks to all these folks who make the world run, and run safely 99% of the time, and work with skill, grace, clear-headedness in invisible but essential jobs. Even as disaster unfolded Tuesday after midnight, they were at work.

GottaLaff, 23 days ago to random

Via NPR's Tom Dreisbach:

New investigation:

Dozens of fed judges attended wk-long seminars at luxury retreats -receiving free rms, free meals, free $ for travel worth 1000s - & failed to fully disclose as required.

Judges w disclosure issues incl some big names.

Aileen #Cannon, currently presiding over #Trump’s docs case, attended 2wk-long seminars at lux resort near Yellowstone Nat Park...failed to upload disclosure w/in 30 days as required.

Court said it was an “inadvertent” omission.

JamesWNeal, 2 months ago to random

Y'know, I get lonely too, but still I'm not part of the "I'll take a call from a stranger" demographic

JamesWNeal, 4 months ago to photography

moon overhead throws branch shadows on snow #photography

JamesWNeal, 11 months ago to random

What happens when you're so upset at all the anti-Biden signs in Wickenberg, AZ you put up your own quite graphic anti-Trump signs? Trumpers get upset and call the police and they come a knockin', but if you're @Yoshi you know your rights, don't back down & then one day a reporter comes knocking and your story gets out there for everybody to see.

Watch (and share) because there are more Democrats in Arizona than you might know.

#Freedom #FreeSpeech #veteran @pbump
https://www.abc15.com/news/local-news/investigations/political-sign-lands-veteran-in-free-speech-debate-with-police

JamesWNeal, 3 months ago to random

Liz speaks about Elise's deletes.

JamesWNeal, 1 month ago to random

Seems reasonable.

JamesWNeal, 1 month ago to random

yep

JamesWNeal, 11 months ago to random

(AP) More women sue Texas, asking court to put emergency block on state’s abortion law. One woman had to carry her baby, missing much of her skull, for months knowing she’d bury her daughter soon after she was born. Another started mirroring the life-threatening symptoms that her baby was displaying while in the womb. An OB-GYN found herself secretly traveling out of state to abort her wanted pregnancy, marred by the diagnosis of a fatal fetal anomaly.
https://apnews.com/article/texas-abortion-law-lawsuit-6346a3b98dd3ece069177f88172ce7b8

knittingknots2, 3 months ago to random

'Trump appears to be showing gross signs of dementia': Expert points to new evidence - Raw Story

https://www.rawstory.com/donald-trump-dementia/

JamesWNeal, 4 days ago to random

JamesWNeal, 2 months ago to random

"Genius" def. doing better with your father's money than Trump did with his. Also #lowbar

JamesWNeal, 11 months ago to random

I don't know how many fellow white ppl need to hear this, but apparently it's a lot and so . . .

I get you're upset, jealous maybe, that so many marginalized Americans have days, weeks, months even designed to uplift, instill pride, call attention to the fact they're people too, but . . .

Their moving 1" closer to getting equal weight in society to us isn't something to fear.

They're not coming for us.

It's always been the other way around.

Always.

Ain't no Pride in that. #juneteenth

JamesWNeal, 1 month ago to Ukraine

In an ongoing campaign that seeks to influence congressional and other political debates to stoke anti- #Ukraine sentiment, Kremlin-linked political strategists and trolls have written 1,000s of fabricated news articles, social media posts & comments that promote American isolationism, stir fear over the US’ border security and attempt to amplify U.S. economic & racial tensions, according to a trove of internal Kremlin documents obtained by a EU intelligence service. https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2024/04/08/russia-propaganda-us-ukraine/

JamesWNeal, 1 month ago to random

rim shot

JamesWNeal, 24 days ago to random

Time magazine Donald Trump excerpt is a holy shit moment for all women. #choice #AbortionRights #abortion

JamesWNeal, 29 days ago to journalism

It's lazy to keep using the same terminology to describe the same events from the same persective and so I propose that the New York Times replace "E.P.A. Severely Limits Pollution From Coal-Burning Power Plants," with "E.P.A.Takes Steps To Drastically Improve Air Quality for persons living near Coal-Burning Plants." #journalism

JamesWNeal, 29 days ago to random

I have diverse interests, which is why I can watch a 30-minute video of some random dude cleaning up an overgrown yard, pivot to watching a 30-minute video of some random dude cleaning the most insanely dirty rug on the planet and follow that up by watching some random dude cleaning a rat-infested 60's muscle car discovered sitting in a barn for 20 years.

JamesWNeal, 29 days ago to random

Personally? I'd give extra credit to students who stand up to be counted.

JamesWNeal, 27 days ago to journalism

Colin Jost didn't waste a lot of his time joking about Biden's age and memory. He probably figured people in the audience weren't going to be that interested in a re-hash of what they seem to write about multiple times a day. #journalism

JamesWNeal, 19 days ago to random

People who believe in three strikes laws should take notice that Judge Merchan has now given Trump TEN.

JamesWNeal, 8 days ago to random

On Harrison Butker

JamesWNeal, 4 days ago to random

If you want Alito gone.
If you want Thomas gone.
You need a clean sweep in November.

JamesWNeal, 4 days ago to random

Biden-Harris response to the American Nazi's posting of a video outing themselves. #Nazi #JoeBiden

JamesWNeal, 2 days ago to journalism

Do you have any idea how much this country would change if, say voter turnout in November increased five percent from 2020? About 67% of eligible voters cast ballots then - and that was considered huge. Check out this piece from 2020. #journalism #vote

https://www.npr.org/2020/12/15/945031391/poll-despite-record-turnout-80-million-americans-didnt-vote-heres-why