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01-11-2018, 03:13 PM | #9231 (permalink) |
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Inmates Can't Receive Donated Books Anymore, They Have to Buy Them "Instead of inmates being able to receive donated books in the mail from family members and community groups, inmates at three New York prisons now have to purchase books selected by six, state-approved vendors. And the selection is limited. And expensive, activists say." |
01-11-2018, 03:27 PM | #9232 (permalink) | |
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01-11-2018, 03:33 PM | #9233 (permalink) | |
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The county lock up here doesn’t allow visitation like you see on TV. They have to use a type of jail-Skype that charges by the minute. People might think we’ll thats jail not prison but they often hold people for months.
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01-11-2018, 04:06 PM | #9234 (permalink) | |
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01-11-2018, 04:27 PM | #9235 (permalink) |
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01-12-2018, 01:49 PM | #9236 (permalink) |
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Media companies, publishers react to Facebook's News Feed changes - Business Insider
As a user: aight As an advertiser: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO There goes 50% of my target audience.
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01-12-2018, 08:23 PM | #9238 (permalink) | ||
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As Trump's language and lying show no signs of improving, and the Republicans continue to defend the indefensible, I'm pleased to see some people outside America are calling him out:- Item 1: Trump explained cancelling his trip to open the new US embassy in London with the false accusation that Obama made a bad deal. (In fact, the deal was made on Bush's watch, and isn't necessarily so bad). According to Trump :- Quote:
Item 2: From former Mexican president Vicente Fox, comes this response to Trump's comment about Haiti and Africa:- Quote:
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01-12-2018, 08:44 PM | #9239 (permalink) |
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Raise your hand if you're surprised.
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01-12-2018, 08:53 PM | #9240 (permalink) |
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^ Yeah, I guess I shouldn't've used the "Can't Believe" News thread; I should've looked for a "Business As Usual" News thread.
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