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Old 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."
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:27 PM   #9232 (permalink)
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Ugh

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."
Andy not happy.
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Old 01-11-2018, 03:33 PM   #9233 (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."
Damn. That’s ****ing ice cold.

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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Old 01-11-2018, 04:06 PM   #9234 (permalink)
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"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."


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Old 01-11-2018, 04:27 PM   #9235 (permalink)
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Old 01-12-2018, 01:49 PM   #9236 (permalink)
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As a user: aight
As an advertiser: NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

There goes 50% of my target audience.
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Old 01-12-2018, 04:26 PM   #9237 (permalink)
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Old 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 :-
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Reason I canceled my trip to London is that I am not a big fan of the Obama Administration having sold perhaps the best located and finest embassy in London for “peanuts,” only to build a new one in an off location for 1.2 billion dollars. Bad deal. Wanted me to cut ribbon-NO!
To quote a British newspaper today: "Former Labour leader Miliband wasted no time in cutting Trump down to size. He tweeted: "Nope it’s because nobody wanted you to come. And you got the message."

Item 2:
From former Mexican president Vicente Fox, comes this response to Trump's comment about Haiti and Africa:-
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.@realDonaldTrump, your mouth is the foulest ****hole in the world. With what authority do you proclaim who’s welcome in America and who’s not. America’s greatness is built on diversity, or have you forgotten your immigrant background, Donald?
Meanwhile, Republicans continue to be motivated by their own craven self-interest and seem less capable than ever of making sound moral judgements. Lies, sexual harrassment, paedophilia, the denial of science - there's nothing they won't accept if it is to their near-sighted partisan benefit. In it's way, I find their mealy-mouthed acquiesence more annoying than Trump himself.
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Old 01-12-2018, 08:44 PM   #9239 (permalink)
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Old 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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