Oh boy, what next? Black Lifer feels left out at attn given to LGBTQ’ers

Envy is a terrible thing.

Melecio accused the mostly white crowd of having a double standard that weighed the LGBTQ community above those of “people of color.”
“I wish this many people came out to our racial demonstrations and our Black Lives Matter movement,” Melecio told the crowd, which the Columbia Missourian estimated at more than 800.
One man who left the event upset accused organizers of having invented a “race issue” out of a “homophobic attack” by gunman Omar Mateen, who shot and killed 49 people over three hours at the Pulse nightclub in Orlando.

Hey, it’s what they know.

Name that dare not be named at Oak Park IL vigil for Orlando victims

Except once, in this:

The June 15 event also served as a platform for local leaders to vigorously condemn what Tabassum Haleem, executive director of the Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater Chicago, called a “barbaric assault.”

“We unequivocally say that such an act of hate-fueled violence has no place in any faith, including Islam,” Haleem said. “As people of faith, we believe that all human beings have the right to safety and security, and that each and every human right is inviolable.”

“Terror” not once.

This is the narrative, as we know.

We are in danger, says CIA director

He testified today:

(CNN)ISIS can draw on a “large cadre of Western fighters” that could attack in the U.S. and the terror threat posed by the group remains as dangerous as ever despite efforts to crush it militarily, the director of the CIA said Thursday.

“Unfortunately, despite all our progress against ISIL on the battlefield and in the financial realm, our efforts have not reduced the group’s terrorism capability and global reach,” CIA Director John Brennan testified to Congress using another acronym for the group.
“The resources needed for terrorism are very modest, and the group would have to suffer even heavier losses of territory, manpower and money for its terrorist capacity to decline significantly,” Brennan added. “In fact, as the pressure mounts on ISIL, we judge that it will intensify its global terror campaign to maintain its dominance of the global terrorism agenda.”
Brennan warned that the group already is preparing more attacks, including by infiltrating refugees into western nations.

What, me worry? says Obama, refusing to even talk about, focused on “home-grown extremism,” emphasis on extremism. A blind spot at best, right?

“I’m a Gay Activist, and After Orlando, I Have Switched My Vote to Trump”

Not kidding.

Yes, I know that Trump is an a**hole, Trump is a clown, Trump is a motormouth buffoon. You don’t have to convince me of that.

But he’s also the only person saying anything about putting the brakes on Islamic extremism, and in light of what happened last night in Orlando, suddenly that is the only issue that really matters when it comes to the health, well-being and safety of the queer community.

Not to mention the un-queer.

The only one. Yes.

Property, income tax rates in Illinois

Sen. Harmon and Rep. Lilly continue their town hall meeting at Oak Park library, July 17, 2013 — from Illinois Blues: How the Ruling Party Talks to Voters, Chapter 3, “There Will Be No Cuts”:

The village clerk asked if property tax rates might rise. A “really, really good” question, Lilly said. She herself had asked it in a legislative committee meeting.

But really good question or not, she instead addressed the related but separate issue of allocating state funds for public schooling. “No way is education to be funded equitably across the state,” she said, meaning face-the-facts it won’t happen or over-my-dead-body it shouldn’t. Not clear.

But her “equitably” called up haves-vs.-have-nots funding of public schools — a sensitive issue for Oak Park homeowners. Harmon, an Oak Park homeowner, said he was “very sensitive” to the property-tax issue and let it go at that.

A man wondered if a “teeny tiny” income tax increase might be imposed. Harmon brought up (again) the Democrats’ “sixty-seven percent” increase (from 3 to 5%), signaling quote marks and adding, “We Democrats say two percent.” Challenged earlier, he was not quite ready to let that one go.

Again he ruled out service cuts. “We have already cut too much.”

Nonetheless, the state’s money shortage, said Lilly, was “really, really testing” the state’s financial capacities. Yes it was!

It’s about revenue, a man, said. “The rich should pay more.” He commended Harmon for a Wednesday Journal column in which he had put “crisis” in quotes. “Some are too rich” to need help from the government, the man added.

“Let ’em run for governor,” Harmon interjected, drawing laughter. Bruce Rauner had already announced, was to win the governorship sixteen months later.

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