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To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 8:06:13 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1574953

Loretta Lynch should investigate whether the assaults on ethnic Asian Baltimore business owners were racially motivated hate crimes.

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 8:09:52 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1574953

NY Times reported April 27 that gang members in Baltimore “stood in front of stores that they knew were black-owned businesses to protect them from looting and vandalism,” pointing the rioters instead “toward Chinese- and Arab-owned stores.”

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 8:14:45 PM
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CNN carried a report on May 7 of a young Korean-American man viewing with shock a video of an older Korean woman sobbing in the ruins of her 30-year-old wig and beauty shop on Pratt Street that had been destroyed by looters. Her son, Matthew Chung, wrote on Facebook, “My parents came to this country with no money and worked hard to set up a little business that’s been in the same neighborhood in Baltimore City for over 25 years. But just in one night everything they have worked for is now all gone.”

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 8:17:05 PM
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African immigrant Kibrom Ghebremeskel, 38, who came to the United States from war-torn Eritrea, boarded up his delicatessen before the “swarm” of youths arrived; he managed to keep the mob at bay. He told the Daily Mail that he thought he was free in America of daily unrest and violence—but now feels even less safe in Baltimore. He said. “How can the U.S. let this happen?” Korean-American immigrant Sung Kang, 49, left his job at Johns Hopkins last year to open his own business, a tavern, which was looted. “This shop is everything I have,” he said. “This is America. I wanted to follow my dream and wanted to make something for myself.”

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 9:56:54 PM
From: joseffy	1 Recommendation Recommended By FJB Respond to of 1574953

The Commie Atlantic wants Obama's muslim brotherhood to Rule Egypt .................................................................................................................................. 'Egypt Is Turning Back Into Ancient Egypt' By Matt Schiavenza . View photo Just under three years ago, Mohammed Morsi assumed office as Egypt’s first freely elected head of state, a milestone in the “Arab Spring” struggle for democracy. On Saturday, the same Egyptian state condemned him to die. A court in Cairo has sentenced the former president to death for conspiring with foreign militants during a prison escape in 2011. The ruling comes one month after Morsi received a separate 20-year sentence for inciting violence against protesters while in office. Egyptian authorities have detained Morsi since his overthrow in July 2013. The sentencing triggered international outrage[from muslim terrorist enaablers]. [Soros']Amnesty International called the verdict a “charade based on null and void procedures” and demanded Morsi’s release or retrial. [ISIS bankroller] Recep Tayyip Erdogan, Turkey’s president and an erstwhile supporter of Morsi, also condemned the decision. “The popularly elected president of Egypt, chosen with 52 percent of the vote, has unfortunately been sentenced to death," he said at a rally in Istanbul. “Egypt is turning back into ancient Egypt,” he added. The country’s sudden and complete reversion to authoritarian rule, however, is a distinctly modern phenomenon. General Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi, Egypt’s ruler since overthrowing Morsi in July 2013, has overseen a sustained crackdown of political opposition, recriminalizing membership in the Muslim Brotherhood and imprisoning thousands of Morsi supporters. In recent months, the al-Sisi regime has sentenced hundreds of people to death, including 100 others condemned alongside Morsi on Saturday. The country has undergone a sudden and complete reversion to authoritarian rule. Meanwhile, Morsi’s predecessor—the 87-year-old Hosni Mubarak—may soon win back his freedom. On May 8, an Egyptian court upheld a three-year sentence against the former dictator, who governed Egypt from 1981 to 2011, but said that prosecutors were considering releasing him due to time served. Mubarak’s sons Alaa and Gamal, arrested alongside their father in 2011, were released in January and have recently reappeared in public. The United States, once a full-throated supporter of Egypt’s fledgling democracy, has quietly acquiesced to the country’s authoritarian revival. In March, President Obama lifted an arms freeze against Egypt and told Al-Sisi that the White House would support resuming $1.3 billion in annual military aid “in the interest of U.S. national security.” Morsi’s eventual execution is by no means assured, and his case will likely undergo a lengthy, uncertain appeals process. The next step in the process, though, has been announced. On June 2, Egypt’s Grand Mufti, the country’s maximum Sunni Muslim authority, must decide whether Morsi will be executed. In a Shakespearean twist so familiar to Egyptian politics, the Grand Mufti was originally appointed by Morsi himself. theatlantic.com

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 10:16:04 PM
From: joseffy	Read Replies (5) \| Respond to of 1574953

Obama: I'll Commemorate Sunday as ‘International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia’ ..................................................... CNSNews ^ \| May 16, 2015 Statement by the President on the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia Michelle and I join our fellow Americans and others around the world in commemorating the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia tomorrow, May 17. We take this opportunity to reaffirm that lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) rights are human rights, to celebrate the dignity of every person, and to underscore that all people deserve to live free from fear, violence, and discrimination, regardless of who they are or whom they love. We work toward this goal every day. Here at home, we are working to end bias-motivated violence, combat discrimination in the workplace, and address the specific needs of transgender persons. Overseas, I am proud of the steps that the United States has taken to prioritize the protection and promotion of LGBT rights in our diplomacy and global outreach. There is much more to do, and this fight for equality will not be won in a day. But we will keep working, at home and abroad, and we will keep fighting, for however long it takes until we are all able to live free and equal in dignity and rights.

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 10:22:22 PM
From: joseffy	Respond to of 1574953

How about a day to Commemorate American Security, or perhaps to Commemorate Americans who are DOCUMENTED with real Social Sec. numbers? Not a chance.

To: FJB who wrote (857672)	5/16/2015 11:31:50 PM
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California's Rosali Cleaners Labels Gay Man 'Sodomite' After Losing Court Case\ May 16, 2015 A California man is still fighting to be compensated by a local dry cleaner that he says has repeatedly used homophobic slurs and abusive language -- quoted below -- in its refusal to pay for his damaged throw pillow. Byron Batista, 48, told The Huffington Post he went to North Hollywood's Rosali Cleaners last January to have the pillows cleaned. When he returned to pick them up, Batista noticed one of them had been badly torn. The owner, who called herself Rosali, refused to give the man a refund for the tear. As the two began arguing, the owner of the store allegedly began screaming obscenities and slurs at him. "She started saying, 'Fuck you, fuck you, fag,'" Batista said. "That's when she took her middle finger and mimicked putting it up her butt." The cleaning service refused to refund the man, who said he took the matter to court not for the money -- a measly $75, which he won -- but because he didn't want a homophobe to win. Despite winning the case, Batista said he was shocked to learn Rosali Cleaners still held a grudge. A check provided to Batista shows the money made out to Byron "the buggerer" Batista. Batista immediately took the check back to the judge. buggerer "The judge was just like, 'Oh, this is sad,'" Batista said. The cleaning service was ordered to make out a new money order to Batista. When he attempted to bring the money order to his bank, he was met with a similar problem. He said the woman had written in all caps next to his name: "SODOMITE." sodomite "I took it to the bank and the teller went, ‘Oh, my God!’" Batista said. "She sat down and wrote a letter to the judge saying they can’t accept money orders with foul language on them." Batista said he must now ask the judge again for help. In the meantime, he said he wants to get his story out to the public so no one has to deal with the bigoted cleaners. After one publication shared his story, negative Yelp reviews began pouring in. Batista said the cleaning service specializes in leather. "You'd think a place that cleans leather would expect to deal with some gay people," he said. "I don’t want anybody spending their money there." Multiple phone calls by HuffPost to Rosali Cleaners went unanswered. "I don’t mind being targeted," Batista said. "I want the community to know that if they want leather cleaned, this is not the place to go."