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911 Operator Fired Over Facebook Post Calling Black People “Crazy” and “Animals”

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Facebook can get you fired. April Sims, a 911 operator in Dallas, was apparently unaware of the ramifications of social media when she ranted about Black people being “crazy,” and “animals.”

Based on her posts, Sims talking about her experience at work. “Black people are outrageous! They are more like animals,” she wrote. “They never know how to act, just loud. Always causing problems. I can count on 1 hand the black people I know who don’t have s— for brains!!!”

What else irritated her about Black people? The fact that they call 911 for stupid reasons.

“You want to call 911 cause you boyfriend put his hands on you and you want to press charges when you don’t even know his real name?! Sure lets make a police report for Dino, that is his street name.”

The Dallas Police Department fired Sims for violating their social media policy, prohibiting employees from posting things that can “adversely affect the morale, confidence, and public respect of the department.”

A source sent screenshots of her rant to a local news station.

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“MR MARCUS” SENTENCED TO 30 DAYS IN JAIL FOR SPREADING SYPHILIS

Back in 2012, during a routine screening, the adult film industry discovered that veteran actor Mr. Marcus, real name Jesse Spencer, had syphilis. He received a penicillin shot immediately. But when he was screened 11 days later he still showed signs of the disease. But instead of sitting out of the next shoot, Mr. Marcus altered the results of the second test and returned to work.

Well, earlier today Spencer, who plead no contest to the charges, was sentenced to 30 days in jail. He was also ordered to perform 15 days of community service and serve three years probation.

Spencer is also jailed with a $200,000 bail for an unrelated drunk driving case.

– See more at: Madamenoire

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MLB Will Seek To Suspend Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun And Players Connected To Biogenesis

Alex Rodriguez of the New York Yankees looks on against the Boston Red Sox during Opening Day at Yankee Stadium on April 1, 2013 in the Bronx borough of New York City.

Major League Baseball will seek to suspend Alex Rodriguez, Ryan Braun and several other players for their connections to a performance-enhancing drug scandal involving Biogenesis, according to ESPN.

A report by T.J. Quinn, Pedro Gomez and Mike Fish for ESPN’s “Outside The Lines” published on Tuesday indicates that MLB will seek to suspend approximately 20 players, including Rodriguez and Braun, for their part in the sport’s latest performance-enhancing drugs scandal.

 

h/t – Huffingtonpost

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Doctor Claims Tongue Patch Can Help Shed Pounds

A Long Beach doctor said he’s created a weight-loss procedure where a patch of mesh is sewn into the tongue.

Dr. Nicholas Chugay told Medstar Television — a news subscription service that NBC LA subscribes to — that there are only a few physicians who offer this procedure. He charges $1,500, plus $200 a month for a supply of liquid nutrition formula.

First, the tongue is injected with a local anesthetic, then the mesh is sewn into the top front of the tongue.

The patch makes “chewing of solid foods very difficult and painful, limiting the patient to a liquid diet,” according to the doctor’s website.

As of yet, there are no comparative or long-term studies on the procedure, but Chugay claims his patients may lose up to 25 pounds with the patch, which can be removed and then replaced at a later date.

“Your tongue does feel like if you want to chew, it’ll get stuck, so you won’t be able to eat it,” said Erica Renteria.

Renteria, who had the patch in for three weeks, said it helped her shed pounds. She had it removed but plans to have another patch sewn into her tongue in the near future

Read more: World Time

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Chrysler Pushes Back on US Call for Jeep Vehicle Recall

The U.S. government today called for a major recall of nearly 3 million Chrysler sport utility vehicles based on what its experts say is a deadly fire hazard that has left an estimated 51 people dead.

“This will be the biggest recall [in terms of impact] since the Ford Pinto,” said Clarence Ditlow, executive director of the Center for Auto Safety, which requested a U.S. probe into the SUVs in 2010.

The automaker is refusing, however, saying that its vehicles are safe and not defective.

The government says that initial findings show a safety defect in older model Jeeps — the Jeep Grand Cherokee from 1993 to 2004, and the Jeep Liberty 2002 to 2007.

The government also says the fuel tanks are vulnerable to rupture in rear-end collisions.

Photo credit: Jenelle Embrey 

h/t – ABCNEWS

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Star Spangled Banner Cymbal Fail Goes Viral

A junior high school band member on the cymbals has new found fame after his instrument fails mid-show and the video goes viral.

His new found fame comes not because of the cymbal that falls apart in his hand, instead it’s his recovery that has people watching, sharing and talking.

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Sandy Hook Parents Petition to Block Release of Grisly Photos


Parents of Sandy Hook massacre victims are petitioning the state of Connecticut to prevent the public release of graphic photos and audio taken of the tragic school shooting in Newtown, Conn.

“We feel very strongly that we need to protect that scene,” said Nicole Hockley, who lost her 6-year-old son Dylan in the shooting rampage. “Once these images are on the internet they are out there forever and I don’t want my 8-year-old son to see these photos of his brother’s corpse when he is older.”

Nicole and her husband Ian Hockley, Mark and Jackie Barden, and Jimmy Greene and Nelba Marquez-Greene filed the petition on the website www.change.org on June 1. They are all parents of children who were murdered when Adam Lanza, 20, opened fire in Sandy Hook Elementary School on Dec. 14, 2012, killing 20 children six adults.

h/t – ABCNEWS

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Transgender Navy SEAL ‘Warrior Princess’ Comes Out

Kristin Beck, formerly Chris, penned her story of going from an elite Navy SEAL to a woman in the book “Warrior Princess.” (“Warrior Princess”/Advanced Press)

A former member of the elite U.S. Navy SEALs has come out to say she’s now a woman.

Kristin Beck, formerly Chris, served 20 years as a SEAL and fought on some of the most dangerous battlefields in the world, but after she left the service she realized she wasn’t living the life she wanted.

“Chris really wanted to be a girl and felt that she was a girl and consolidated that identity very early on in childhood,” said Anne Speckhard, co-author of Beck’s biography “Warrior Princess,” which was published over the weekend. Speckhard told ABC News Beck suppressed that secret for decades, however, through the trials of SEAL training and the harrowing missions that followed, growing a burly beard as she fought on the front lines of American special operations.

Brandon Webb, a former SEAL who served on a different SEAL team than Beck, said that Beck’s reputation in the SEALs was a good one and said she was, by all appearances, the “consummate guy’s guy.”

But the book says that Chris “had considered living as the woman he felt himself to be for a very long time, but while he was serving as a SEAL he couldn’t do it.”

h/t – ABCNEWS

 

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Police Dog Pays Respect To His Fallen Partner

33-year-old Kentucky K-9 police officer Jason Ellis of Bardstown, Kentucky ended his shift Saturday, May 25th but continued to serve and was killed in a suspected ambush. During Ellis’ funeral his canine partner, Figo, said goodbye by placing his paw on Ellis’ closed casket. This picture, taken by photographer Jonathan Palmer, is currently being shared throughout the world.

Figo Places His Paw On Jason Ellis’ Casket

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Jazz Singer Alexis Normand Delivered an Unforgettable Version of the National Anthem

Jazz singer Alexis Normand delivered an unforgettable version of America’s national anthem during a Memorial Cup round-robin game between the Halifax Mooseheads and the Portland Winterhawks in Saskatoon.

Read more: Fox News

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Cube U35GT Tablet Features Quad Core Rockchip CPU, at Sub $190 Price Tag

Quad core tablets with processors made by the likes of MediaTek or Rockchip are a big deal nowadays, especially since they provide both power and a low price. One of these new models is the Cube U35GT, a quad core slate with a Rockchip CPU.

The device adopts the iPad Mini styling and it’s priced at less than $190. Cube is a Chinese device maker, that is responsible for making some of the best Android tablets on the market right now. There’s also the Cube U35GT mini tablet out there, sort of like an iPad Mini with Android, if you want. It has no physical Home button and we’ve got SD card reader expansion ports, microUSB and mini HDMI.

We’ve got a front camera, but no rear camera and inside the device we find a 4000 mAh battery, good enough for 6 hours of use. Other specs include 16 GB of ROM, 1 GB of RAM and a quad core 1.6 GHz Rockchip RK3188 processor. The product is now on sale for $189.98 here.

 

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Virginia School Board Member Faces Ouster After Sending Racist Michelle Obama Emails

A string of racist emails and controversial remarks have shaken up a school board in southeastern Virginia’s Isle of Wight County, and now one of the people responsible is facing intense pressure to resign.

On Thursday, board members voted 4 to 1 to officially call for their colleague Herb DeGroft to step down over emails he sent this month from his board email account attacking first lady Michelle Obama. DeGroft was the only one who voted against the measure.

According to NBC12, one of the emails DeGroft sent to colleagues depicted bare-breasted, African female warriors along with the caption, “Michelle Obama’s high school reunion.” Another message claimed the first lady was paid $50 to model in National Geographic.

The emails didn’t stop with DeGroft’s initial sending. Board of Supervisors Vice Chairman Byron “Buzz” Bailey forwarded them to other board members and county employees. Bailey drew criticism earlier this month for saying “the South will rise again” during a board meeting on budgetary issues. Those comments, as well as his involvement with the racist emails, led to the resignation of Isle of Wight Division Superintendent Katrise Perera.

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