NYPD disciplines white officer who stopped black commander

A white police officer was disciplined for acting “in a discourteous manner” when he confronted a black motorist who turned out to be one of the highest-ranking commanders in the New York City Police Department, an agency spokesman said Saturday.

Chief Douglas Zeigler, the head of the NYPD’s Community Affairs Bureau and the highest uniformed black officer on the force, was off duty and sitting in his department-issued sport utility vehicle on a street in the borough of Queens on May 2 when two white police officers approached.

The encounter turned testy, and one of the officers tried to wrest open Zeigler’s door, even after the three-star chief had identified himself, police spokesman Paul Browne said.

“He dealt with the chief in a discourteous manner, which is unacceptable,” Browne said.

Office Romance Gets Contractual

As a Safeguard, Some Employers Are Asking Employees to Fill Out ‘Love Contracts’

Navigating the workplace can be difficult in itself, but adding a romantic element can make the office landscape more difficult to steer. That’s why some employers are asking employees who date one another to sign so-called love contracts.

“It is documenting the relationship. You need to define the relationship. Is [it] welcome? It is not sex harassment,” explained Stephen Tedesco, an employment lawyer, who said that it is important to make clear that whatever personal conduct has gone on is not harassment.

“It also defines how they are going to conduct themselves in the workplace going forward,” he said.

The issue of workplace romance has become more prevalent with people working longer days and more women in the office. In fact, 82 percent of people said they actually know of a steamy romance between co-workers, according to a 2008 Vault.com office romance survey. - abc

Family Says Girl’s Mouth Taped Shut

The family of a 4-year-old has filed a lawsuit against the child’s teacher for taping the girl’s mouth shut at school.

The lawsuit in Queens Supreme Court says Angela Amedeo had her mouth sealed shut with Scotch tape for 10 minutes because the child spoke during “quiet time.” The incident occurred Aug. 22 at Flushing Fields Play School, the lawsuit claims, and since the incident the child has cried and has nightmares. Angela’s family filed the lawsuit against the teacher, the city and the Department of Education.

The family said it was told at the time that the incident was being investigated, but never got a response. The city Law Department said the office had not received he legal papers in the case, but would review the matter. - tbc

Daughter fails GED, Dad Jailed

Brian Gegner is in jail for 180 days for failing to keep an eye on his daughter’s education. The problem is his daughter is 18 and has passed all except the math portion of the GED which she has failed several times. The order stems from 2 years ago.

When the original truancy happened, Brian Gegner had custody of his daughter even though she was living with her mother. Brittany and her mother both say they should be the ones to go to jail if anyone had to. “It’s ridiculously wrong,” said Brittany.

The court says that even though Brittany is now an adult the order can be upheld since she was a juvenile at the time. Gegner is also facing the possibility of losing his job, which he has had for 15 years, over this situation. -shortnews

Flashback: Lack of air coverage of DC on 9/11 explainable only by inside conspiracy.

“WHAT REALLY HAPPENED ON 9-11?” - The Transcript
Jared Israel Interviewed by Mark Haim
KOPN 89.5 FM (Missouri) Evening Edition * 2 April 2002
[Posted 10 June 2002]
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[Editor's note: to make the transition from speech to written word more readable and useful I deleted repetition and side-comments, mercislessly cut callers' questions or summarized them and condensed or otherwise altered sentences for clarity. The resulting text is 40% shorter. I have also corrected minor errors (e.g., Jared said the FAA knew of the first hijacking at 8:25, but they actually said 8:20) and added words where the meaning, in print, would be ambiguous.- John Flaherty]

The details fade over time so this is an interesting refresher.

9/11 Inside Job - The Most Damning Evidence Yet!

from www.youtube.com posted with vodpod

Gas Prices Send Surge of Riders to Mass Transit

With the price of gas approaching $4 a gallon, more commuters are abandoning their cars and taking the train or bus instead.

Mass transit systems around the country are seeing standing-room-only crowds on bus lines where seats were once easy to come by. Parking lots at many bus and light rail stations are suddenly overflowing, with commuters in some towns risking a ticket or tow by parking on nearby grassy areas and in vacant lots.

“In almost every transit system I talk to, we’re seeing very high rates of growth the last few months,” said William W. Millar, president of the American Public Transportation Association.

“It’s very clear that a significant portion of the increase in transit use is directly caused by people who are looking for alternatives to paying $3.50 a gallon for gas.”

Judge Drops General From Trial of Detainee

In a new blow to the Bush administration’s troubled military commission system, a military judge has disqualified a Pentagon general who has been centrally involved in overseeing Guantánamo war crimes tribunals from any role in the first case headed for trial.

The judge said the general was too closely aligned with the prosecution, raising questions about whether he could carry out his role with the required neutrality and objectivity.

Military defense lawyers said that although the ruling was limited to one case, they expected the issue to be raised in other cases, potentially delaying prosecutions, including the death-penalty prosecution of six detainees at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, for the Sept. 11 attacks.

Some say they want to convict and kill some people for 9/11 based on false confessions obtained by torture so Dick Cheney, the mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, will be forever off the hook. If you haven’t taken a look at the evidence that 9/11 was an inside job yet, there is plenty.

Marilyn Monroe Sex Film Snapped Up

A sex tape of Marilyn Monroe has been sold to a New York businessman for $1.5m.

The explicit 15-minute film shows the Hollywood legend performing a sex act on an unidentified man.

But it is unlikely to be the latest online celebrity sex tape phenomenon or even see the light of day - because its new owner wants to protect Monroe’s privacy.

“The gentleman who bought it said out of respect for Marilyn he’s not going to make a joke of it and put it on the internet and try to exploit her,” said memorabilia collector Keya Morgan, who arranged the sale.

“That’s not his intention and I would never get my name involved if that were to happen.”

Monroe is clothed and the man’s head remains out of shot for the entire length of the film, which was sold by the son of a dead FBI informant.

The actress, who died in 1962 aged just 36, was rumoured to have had an affair with US President John F Kennedy.

Former FBI Director J Edgar Hoover, a Kennedy rival, went to great lengths to try to prove it was Kennedy in the film, Morgan claimed.

One of Monroe’s ex-husbands, baseball star Joe DiMaggio, once tried to buy the tape from the collector but “he would not part with it,” according to FBI files. - sky

Just destroy the film… and the copies the FBI has.