Showing posts with label Detroit. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Detroit. Show all posts

Saturday, January 23, 2016

Michigan Pummeled By Claims Of Racism In Water Pollution Crisis Killing Black People And Making Many Ill


Michigan Governor Rick Snyder

The local government of the U.S. city, Flint, Michigan have come under fire over a water pollution scandal in the predominantly black and lower income region. People have died and many made ill, including children, from lead poison in the local water supply. The government was woefully slow to address the issue.


Flint, Michigan  
 
The scandal is being accompanied by cries of racism. A headline in Rolling Stone magazine bluntly blared, "Who poisoned Flint, Michigan?" The Huffington Post wrote "How Flint's Water Got Poisonous." The New Yorker wrote "The Contempt That Poisoned Flint's Water." A quote in the New York Times opined, "If Flint were rich and mostly white, would Michigan's state government have responded more quickly and aggressively to complaints about its lead-polluted water?" Things have gotten so bad the governor of Michigan, Rick Snyder, was forced to speak to the New York Times in an article proclaiming, "Michigan Governor Says Race Had No Role In Flint Water Response."


Instagram post about Flint, Michigan water crisis (Courtesy of Industry On Blast blog)

It has been my personal view for years that the federal government has stopped giving a darn about Michigan over the past decade. The government, both state and federal (national) allowed Michigan, particularly Detroit, to rot. A city full of history that has done much for America by way of the auto industry and Motown in music, has gone largely neglected. Beautiful buildings and homes bludgeoned by the financial crisis were bulldozed and turned into parks and other variants of open spaces, while two administrations in a row spent trillions on destructive wars in the Middle East (Obama Could Rebuild American Cities If...).


Photos of Flint, Michigan child sickened by lead poising, leading to hair loss and rashes (Courtesy of Industry On Blast blog)

The Judiciary Report petitioned via the site for the auto industry in Michigan to receive a federal financial bailout and months later they did, which helped them preserve jobs and stay afloat during the financial crisis caused by the Bush Administration and its negligent Laissez Faire policies. The auto industry has paid back much of the loans. However, the government still has not done enough to help a state that played an integral part in the nation's history. 

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Friday, July 19, 2013

The City Of Detroit Files For Bankruptcy (Video)


The economic downturn in America has claimed another victim – the City of Detroit. It has just been announced, the City of Detroit has filed, "The largest municipal bankruptcy case in U.S. history." The once prosperous city, famous for its cars, booming auto industry and Motown, has seen hard times since the financial crisis in 2008, leading to job losses and widespread urban decay. Detroit needs an intervention from Washington to save it.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Charlie Sheen's Torpedo Of Truth Tour Is Bombing

Charlie Lost His Sheen (And His Mind)

Charlie Sheen

Charlie Sheen's aptly titled tour "Torpedo Of Truth" was, well, torpedoed, bombing in Detroit, Michigan. It's bad enough the city of Detroit is facing record unemployment and urban decay. Now they were being asked to sit through the unfunny antics of a schizophrenic Hollywood actor, who blew the biggest job in showbiz, by getting fired from his $2,000,000 per episode job at "Two And A Half Men." Well, Detroit wasn't having it (or Sheen for that matter).

The crowd began booing Sheen and his crazy sideshow. The boos were rounded off by a massive walkout...while Sheen was still on stage performing. This is not "winning." What I want to know is, were people really expecting a good show, considering how insane the actor's behavior has become. Were they just curious or did they not take into account, there was no professional writer scripting Sheen's lines, which are fit for a loony bin.

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Charlie Sheen show bombs‎

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Saturday, June 5, 2010

FBI Lying About Imam Killing

Imam Murdered

Racist, frequently sued, FBI Director Robert S. Mueller

This week one of America's foremost pathologists, Dr. Cyril Wecht, indicated the FBI is lying about the death of Detroit Imam, Luqman Ameen Abdullah. The FBI stated he was confrontational and attacked them, forcing them to open fire, shooting him 25 times.

The Judiciary Report viewed the Imam's autopsy photos online and they are horrible (the site does not recommend viewing the photos). The FBI really abused this man.

Imam, Luqman Ameen Abdullah

The autopsy indicates the Imam was bitten on the face and neck by the FBI's dog, who fractured his jaw. The Imam was also shot in the back. If he was charging at them and being confrontational, how did the FBI manage to shoot him in the back.

If someone is charging at you to attack, the self-defense bullet wounds would be to the front of the suspect's body, not the back. Someone's lying...and it appears to be the FBI. COINTELPRO is alive and well under a new name and is still being used on black people. Some things never change.

Doctor doubts FBI in imam's shooting death

He questions bullets in back, dog wounds

Posted: June 3, 2010 - A noted pathologist raised questions Wednesday about how the FBI handled the 2009 shooting death of a Muslim leader in Dearborn, saying that Imam Luqman Ameen Abdullah was mauled by a dog and did not receive emergency medical assistance.

Dr. Cyril Wecht of Pittsburgh has handled a number of high-profile cases. He said Abdullah was shot twice in the back -- not once as Wayne County Medical Examiner Carl Schmidt's report said. Schmidt did not comment Wednesday.

Abdullah was killed by FBI agents during a raid Oct. 28. He had bites and claw marks from an FBI dog used during an attempt to arrest him and his followers on suspicion of dealing in stolen goods, Wecht said. He concluded the dog fractured Abdullah's jaw...

http://www.freep.com

Tuesday, May 18, 2010

7-Year-Old Killed By Police During Raid

Aiyana Jones

7-year-old Aiyana Jones was shot and killed by police, during a raid on the duplex her family resides in, as a 34-year-old man was arrested in an upstairs apartment, but not charged. The incident occurred in Detroit, Michigan in the United States.

The Detroit Police hurled an incendiary device through the window, then fired a shot into the ground floor unit, killing the child. The family contends the police deliberately fired the shot, while law enforcement states it was an accident.

The public is not sure what to believe, as a child should not lose their life, under any circumstances, during a police raid. As such, the police should be required to pay substantial financial damages to Aiyana's family, who have filed two lawsuits against them.

The police maintain they had warrants for both apartments and witnessed a resident visiting both units. However that does not justify in the least, the tragic loss of life that has occurred.

Thursday, May 13, 2010

Aretha Franklin's Hat Files Lawsuit


Aretha Franklin singing: ooh, somebody's gonna get sued!

The eye-catching hat legendary singer, Aretha Franklin, wore to the inauguration of U.S. President, Barack Obama, is the subject of a lawsuit, filed by milliner, Luke Song, as numerous rip-offs of his original creation have been released in the marketplace.

As it is his original design, he is the one that is legally entitled to profit from it. The companies that pilfered it should pay damages for stealing, as such conduct is unethical and unfair.

Queen Of Soul Hat Suit

Milliner sues over knockoffs of Aretha Franklin inauguration chapeau - MAY 10--The Michigan milliner who created the hat worn by Aretha Franklin to President Barack Obama's inauguration has filed a federal lawsuit against competitors for knocking off the distinctive design.

In a U.S. District Court complaint filed Friday, Luke Song claims that his "lavish and ornate" creation "gained instantaneous fame and notoriety, attracting much more media attention than even Aretha Franklin's performance itself" at the January 2009 ceremony.

In the wake of the grey hat's stirring debut, Song alleges, the item has been improperly copied and sold by several firms with which he had previously done business...

http://www.thesmokinggun.com

Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Another Flight Diverted Due To Passenger

Video: Flight Diverted to Colo. Due to Unruly Passenger

Another U.S. flight has been diverted, due to the misconduct of a passenger, who tried to open the door while in flight. This marks one of several incidents since the attempted bombing of a Detroit plane on Christmas Day.

Saturday, January 9, 2010

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab Pleads Not Guilty

"Video: Accused Airline Bomber Pleads Not Guilty"

Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, the 23-year-old Al-Qaeda affiliated man, accused of attempting to blow up a Christmas Day flight landing in Detroit, Michigan in America, has pled not guilty. LOL is he serious - with nearly 300 witnesses against him, he may as well starting Googling the prison they are going to send him to.

Friday, January 8, 2010

Obama Takes Blame For FBI And CIA Failures

"Video: Obama Ordering Changes After Anti-terror Foul-up"

In an internationally televised speech today, U.S. President Barack Obama, accepted the blame for the FBI and CIA's intelligence failures, which led to a radicalized 23-year-old Muslim that received Al Qaeda training, attempting to blow up an airliner landing in Detroit, Michigan in America on Christmas Day.

U.S. President Barack Obama

Obama has vowed changes and as much as the Judiciary Report would like to believe these changes will properly take effect, one knows better. There are "powers that be" that have been embedded in Congress, the FBI, CIA and NSA for years, who constantly resist certain types of change. It will be a battle getting teach item implemented.

President Obama: Security failure 'my responsibility'

1/7/10 4:59 PM EST - President Barack Obama on Thursday accepted responsibility for intelligence shortcomings that led to a failed Christmas Day bombing plot on a Detroit-bound airliner, saying, “Ultimately, the buck stops with me.

“As president, I have a solemn responsibility to protect our nation and our people, and when the system fails, it is my responsibility,” Obama said.

Obama said an intelligence review found that the U.S. government had the information needed to thwart the plot but failed to do so because of a series of compounding shortcomings, including that intelligence analysts didn’t focus heavily enough on information warning that al-Qaida in Yemen wanted to strike the United States.

“The U.S. government had the information scattered through the system to potentially uncover this plot and disrupt the attack. Rather than a failure to collect and share this intelligence, this was a failure to connect and understand the intelligence we already had,” Obama said at the White House...

http://www.politico.com

Wednesday, January 6, 2010

President Criticizes U.S. Intelligence Agencies

U.S. President Barack Obama

Today, President Barack Obama strongly criticized the F.B.I. and C.I.A.'s failure to "connect the dots" using existing intelligence information, in the attempted Christmas Day bombing of an airplane landing in Detroit. It has been reported, dozens of names have now been moved from the terrorist watch list to the no fly list, as it was revealed, terrorist Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, was on the former, not the latter.

President Says U.S. Missed Key Bomb Clues

JANUARY 5, 2010, 9:51 P.M. ET - WASHINGTON -- President Barack Obama, in his harshest remarks yet on the terrorism threat facing the nation, said U.S. intelligence agencies knew that al Qaeda in Yemen was targeting the U.S., but "failed to connect those dots" to thwart a Christmas Day bombing attempt.

The remarks capped a day in which the president, facing heat from Republicans over what they paint as a lackluster initial response, summoned most of his cabinet and security team to meetings on counterterrorism in an effort to show his administration's engagement on the issue...

http://online.wsj.com

Obama sharply criticizes intelligence failure in Christmas bombing attempt

Posted: 01/05/2010 06:50:40 PM PST - WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama said Tuesday that U.S. intelligence agencies could have prevented the attempt to bomb an airliner on Christmas Day, and used a grim and forceful White House statement to demand rapid improvements in efforts to protect Americans from attack.

"This was not a failure to collect intelligence," Obama said after meeting with senior national security and intelligence officials, "it was a failure to integrate and understand the intelligence that we already had. ....That's not acceptable, and I will not tolerate it."...

"Our intelligence community failed to connect those dots," the president said. "We have to do better, and we will do better, and we have to do it quickly. American lives are on the line."...

http://www.mercurynews.com

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

The Man That Tackled The Terrorist

Jasper Schuringa

Amsterdam native, Jasper Schuringa, a filmamker, is the brave man that jumped terrorist suspect, Umar Farouk AbdulMutallab, as he tried to blow up an NWA-Delta Airlines flight landing in Detroit, Michigan.

Schuringa sustained second and third degree burns in grabbing a malfunctioning explosive from AbdulMutallab, but has no regrets regarding his act of bravery, in outing the burning bomb and subduing the Jihadist. Well done. God bless you.

Side Bar: He should be given a financial reward for his bravery in subduing a terrorist.

Saturday, December 26, 2009

Christmas Bombing Averted At U.S. Airport

A 23-year-old Al Qaeda operative, Abdul Mudallad, man boarded an airplane from Nigeria, which made a stop in Amsterdam, en route to Detroit, Michigan in America, with the components for a bomb on his person. He tried to ignite the bomb components he assembled on the plane and it misfired, seriously injuring him and two other passengers.

He was given an introductory lesson to American football, when he was roughly tackled to the ground by other passengers. There's nothing like a group of disgruntled passengers flying on Christmas day when they would rather be in their homes. Dude had it coming for this act of terrorism.

When the plane landed, the terrorist was detained and questioned. He is now looking at life in prison, like shoe bomber, Richard Reid.

Apparently someone didn't read the Judiciary Report's anti-terrorism Christmas Eve message last night, on the ills of suicide bombings. The article was about the deaths of 30 Al Qaeda members in Yemen and putting a stop to suicide bombings by terrorist groups.

This recent incident has the appearance of a retaliatory attack for the deaths of the 30 Al Qaeda members in Yemen, a region Mudallad told authorities he has a tie to, when he was detained today.

Thank God there was a happy ending to this story, which could have been a terrible tragedy. Well done to the passengers that taught the terrorist how to play football the hard way.

However, some serious questions need to asked, as to how a man, who is on the U.S. terrorist Watch List, did not end up on the No Fly List. Clearly something in his behavior landed him on the Watch List. Therefore, what happened at the FBI and Homeland Security, that resulted in a dangerous person in their sights, to be once again overlooked regarding the threat they pose.

Midair Bomb Attempt Fails

Man on Flight to Detroit Claims Al Qaeda Ties; Obama Tightens Security

DECEMBER 25, 2009, 7:40 P.M. ET - DETROIT -- A passenger on a Detroit-bound Northwest Airlines flight tried to detonate an explosive device that was strapped to his leg and later told investigators that he was trying to blow up the plane and had affiliations with al Qaeda, according to a senior U.S. official.

The man, who has not been publicly identified by officials, told investigators that he was given the device by Al Qaeda operatives in Yemen, where he was also given instructions on how to detonate it, the official said. The Associated Press reported that Rep. Peter King (R., N.Y.) has identified the man as a Nigerian named Abdul Mudallad.

"This guy claims he is tied to al Qaeda, specifically in Yemen," the official said. "He claims he was on orders from al Qaeda in Yemen. Who knows if that's true." ...

In addition to calling pilots on the intercom, airlines and security experts for years have debated the concept of providing cabin crews with additional ways to warn pilots about potential threats from passengers, Video cameras, wireless alerting devices or some type of discreet alarm switch have all been discussed.

So far, the Federal Aviation Administration and many airlines have been resisting such mandates, arguing that they would be expensive and unnecessary.

http://online.wsj.com

U.S. Says Explosion on Plane Was Terrorism Attempt

Published: December 25, 2009 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. authorities believe an incident involving a small explosion aboard a Delta-Northwest Airlines flight to Detroit on Friday was an attempted act of terrorism, a White House official said...

Representative Peter King, who sits on the House of Representatives Homeland Security Committee, said the explosive device was "fairly sophisticated," and the suspect was a 23-year-old Nigerian.

"When it did go off, he himself was seriously injured. He has third degree burns. ... It appears to be different from what we've encountered before," King told Fox News.

http://www.nytimes.com

Friday, August 21, 2009

Mariah Carey Gets Desperate

Mariah Carey

Mariah “Karaoke” Carey, reeling from the failure of her current Eminem diss single “Obsessed” which was the lead off to her forthcoming album due in September, is going to enrage classic rock fans everywhere, by remaking the 1980’s Foreigner tune “I Wanna Know What Love Is.” I was listening to that song just the other day.

That tune is a classic, but watch Carey butcher and ruin it, with her now decimated, irritating voice, much like she did in the terrible remake of the Phil Collins mega-hit “Against All Odds.”

It’s a sad day when a man with less octaves than you allegedly have, sings his song a million times better than you.

It will serve as further proof Carey is not creative and relies on taking other people’s music or making sub par remakes of songs that were already huge hits, in bids at stopping her career from dying.

Side Bar: the tracks “Angels Cry” and “It’s A Wrap” are not Carey’s, though they’ve illegally ended up on her forthcoming CD. God doesn’t like ugly, Mariah and will not bless you for it.

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Mariah Carey bets on nostalgia, covering Foreigner

August 18, 2009 | 12:40 pm - Perhaps realizing that the focus should be less on Mariah Carey's feud with Eminem and a bit more on the pop diva, more hints were dropped today about the singer's upcoming "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel." The ad-supported album, which was originally set for Aug. 25, is now due to be released Sept. 29.

The second single from Carey's "Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" will apparently be a cover of Foreigner's "I Want to Know What Love Is" (perhaps tackling "Don't Stop Believing" would have been a too-obvious choice of pandering).

The news was first reported by Roger Friedman, and his article has since been posted on Carey's official website.

This isn't the first time Carey has covered an '80s ballad -- see her take on "I Still Believe" above. The latter gave Carey yet another top 10 hit, a status that has thus far eluded her "Obsessed."...

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com

http://www.mirror.co.uk

Thursday, August 20, 2009

Mariah Carey's Career Tanking Again Pt 2

Mariah Carey

After the dismal showing of her lead off single, the Eminem mocking track "Obsessed" Mariah Carey has returned to the recording studio, with her tail between her legs. Carey was clearly knocked for six, after suffering a musical thrashing from her one time lover, Detroit rapper, Eminem.

She has pushed back her album's release date, which is a tell-tale sign of trouble. Labels usually push up album release dates when the lead single does well.

Eminem

When the single is tanking, they push it back, delaying the inevitable defeat on the charts, by trying to rework the project and add new material.

Side Bar: I'm still wondering why crazy Mariah thought she could handle an musical onslaught by a viper-tongued rapper.

Mariah Carey returns to studio, delays album again

Thu Aug 13, 2009 5:11pm EDT - NEW YORK (Billboard) - Originally scheduled for an August 25th release date and then September 15th, Mariah Carey's upcoming 12th studio album, has been delayed yet again.

"Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel" will now arrive two weeks later on September 29th. A source at her Def Jam label said the singer needs to return to the studio to record additional songs.

Carey has also pulled out of a string of appearances surrounding the album's release, including "VH1 Storytellers," the "Today" Show concert series, the MTV Video Music Awards and her Hollywood Walk of Fame star ceremony.

The album's first single, "Obsessed," reached No. 11 on Billboard's Hot 100 chart...

http://www.reuters.com

Eminem and Mariah Carey feud for real says 50 cent

...Now it is being claimed that the whole feud between Carey and Eminem is a contrived set-up to promote their new albums but associates of Eminem deny this to be the case.

'Eminem doesn't mess with fans like that. This is real as can be, he has a statement to make and he is going to make it in ways some might not like' rapper and associate of Eminem, 50 Cent was reported as saying.

http://www.allnewsweb.com

Why Is Mariah Carey Canceling Events?

Originally posted Saturday August 15, 2009 11:55 AM EDT - Reports that Mariah Carey has rescheduled several upcoming appearances has left many fans wondering if something might be wrong with the singer.

Carey, 40, had been tentatively set to receive a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame Aug. 25, perform on Today Aug. 28, and also tape an episode of VH1's Storytellers.

But the singer's publicist Cindi Berger tells PEOPLE there is no reason for concern: "These dates have been postponed and not cancelled," she said Friday.

A source says the singer is completing her new album, Memoirs of an Imperfect Angel, the release of which has been pushed to Sept. 29...

http://www.people.com