Day: August 23, 2013

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Politics

George Zimmerman Goes Shopping… For Bigger Gun

George Zimmerman was on the hunt today — for a shotgun … TMZ has learned.

Zimmerman went to Kel-Tec in Cocoa, Florida … a gun manufacturing company.  We’re told he was asking questions about the legality of buying a shotgun — specifically, the Kel-Tec KSG.

The gun in question is a tactical shotgun, often used for home defense.  It holds 12 rounds of 12 gauge shells.

And this is interesting … Kel-Tec manufactures the PF-9 gun — the pistol Zimmerman used to kill Trayvon Martin.

We’re told the owner’s son took Zimmerman on a tour of the grounds, including the area where the firearms are assembled.   The photo of Zimmerman and an employee (above) was taken inside the assembly plant.

It’s unclear if he actually bought the shotgun while he was there.

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Politics sexual assault

Disgraced San Diago Mayor Bob Filner Will Step Down

After six weeks of heated controversy over the sexual harassment charges against him, San Diego Mayor Bob Filner has agreed to resign, CBS News’ Ben Tracy confirms.

The San Diego City Council on Friday voted 7-0 to accept Filner’s resignation as part of a deal his lawyers struck with the city attorney over a sexual harassment suit against him. As part of the deal, Filner will stay in office until Aug. 30.

As many as 18 different women have publicly accused the mayor of groping, forcible kisses, and unwanted touching. After Filner last monthdeclined to resign — instead opting to spend two weeks at a behavioral counseling clinic — the public pressure against the mayor intensified. San Diego residents have started a recall campaign, while the Democratic National Committee on Friday unanimously voted to demand Filner’s resignation.

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Politics

Fort Hood Shooter Found Guilty on All Counts

Former U.S. Army Maj. Nidal Hasan was found guilty of 13 counts of murder and 32 counts of attempted murder for the shooting rampage that took place at Fort Hood Army Base on Nov. 5, 2009. CBS News reported that jurors found Hasan guilty of all charges in the case, leaving open the possibility of the death sentence.

Thirteen people died and more than 30 were injured when Hasan opened fire in a public area at the crowded military base. Hasan could be the first criminal put to death by the U.S. military in more than 50 years, according to USA Today.

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Arizona Planned Parenthood Politics

Court to Arizona – You Cannot Defund Planned Parenthood

Republicans fail again!

The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals upheld a U.S. District Court ruling that will prevent Arizona Governor Jan Brewer’s administration from effectively defunding Planned Parenthood. In their opinion, the panel of judges held that the Arizona law (HB 2800) violates the Medicaid Act’s requirement that Medicaid recipients are free to choose their provider “by precluding Medicaid patients from using medical providers concededly qualified to perform family planning services to patients in Arizona generally, solely on the basis that those providers separately perform privately funded, legal abortions.” The law would have prevented Arizona patients from having access to preventative care — including cancer screenings, STI tests, and birth control — at a Planned Parenthood health center.

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Celebrities

Kanye’s Softer Side – Kim Kardashian “is my joy” – Video

In a newly released clip in the Kris Jenner Show, Kanye West showed a side few has ever seen. West spoke of his love for Kim Kardashian and his new baby,  North.

“I could have people say, ‘This is going to damage your credibility as an artist or designer.’ And I say, you know, I don’t care, I love this woman,” he said. “I love this person. She’s worth it to me.”

Jenner, who just happens to be Kim Kardashian’s mother, listened approvingly.

But what has everyone talking today is not what Kanye said in expressing his love for Kim, no, it is how he said it. More specifically, how he sounded saying it.

Some call it the job interview voice. A way that society expects minorities to act and conduct themselves when talking to a white person. In the black community, it’s called using your white voice or talking white.

Kanye mastered that voice in this interview.

Someone texted me today to tell me to check out the interview and to quote what they said,  West didn’t just sound white, he sounds “like a white girl!”

Video.

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