Katrina at 20

Hurricane from above

Hurricane Betsy hit New Orleans on September 9, 1965, days after I had begun my senior year in high school. Those were the old days when school didn’t start until after Labor Day. The night the hurricane came, our whole family stayed, along with others, in the city’s central business district on the 4th floor of the old California Company building on Loyola Avenue, a stone’s throw from the central library and not much more to City Hall.  My brother and I had to sit in to play hands of bridge to help make up foursomes among the adults. Our house didn’t flood, but the streets had enough water that, when we returned, I could paddle my 14-foot pirogue around the neighborhood and up Paris Avenue. It took a week for the water to subside and power to return. Having a gas stove was a lifesaver, which is part of the reason I still hang onto one now.

Was Minneapolis Catholic School Shooter On Psych Drugs?

We don't yet know if Robin Westman, the Minneapolis Annunciation Church mass shooting suspect, was on psych drugs. But we do know mass shooters in the U.S. tend to be young, obsessive, male loners and many have been prescribed psychoactive drugs.

For example, Eric Harris, one of the two shooters at Columbine High School in Columbine, Colorado in 1999 which ushered in the current spate of mass shootings, was on the psychotropic drug Luvox. Prescribing information for the antidepressant says, Close supervision of patients and in particular those at high risk should accompany drug therapy.

Jeff Weise who fatally shot his grandfather, his grandfather's girlfriend and seven people at the Red Lake Senior High School in 2005, was on the well-known antidepressant Prozac.

Employers Want to Trap You in Dead-End Jobs. Will Trump’s FTC Help Them?

Should your employer be allowed to ban you from taking another job? Most Americans would say that’s ridiculous — but it’s more common than you think.

When I was head of the policy office at the Federal Trade Commission (FTC), I read thousands of public comments about how employers used “noncompete clauses” to trap workers into jobs. Many people shared deeply personal stories of being stuck in abusive workplaces, enduring punishing commutes, or working for years and years without a raise.

Noncompete clauses force workers to agree not to take a job with a competitor after they leave their position. They’re often framed as tools to prevent senior executives from taking trade secrets with them. But the evidence tells a different story.

Black Hearted Kristi Noem

Burning the flag of Israel is now illegal but not the U.S. flag

Burning the flag of Israel is now illegal, but not the U.S. flag. That is insane! On one hand, it is legal in the U.S. due to its protection under the 1st. Amendment to burn the Old Glory but a new law makes it illegal to boycott Israel and/or burning the flag of Israel. 
 
Believe it or not, last October, a Howard, California man, Christopher Husary, 36, was sentenced to 364 days in jail & 2 yrs. of probation 4 burning the flag of Israel.
According to Jewish Telegraph, AIPAC has recently rushed an anti-BDS law in US Congress. To entice US lawmakers, AIPAC has sent over 50 Congressional Reps and top political operatives on an all-expense paid trip to Israel. AIPAC, which is a bunch of unregistered foreign agents, won't release the list of names.
 
If you've been online recently and read Global Disconnect by Leslie's Substack, you might have come across viral posts warning of a new legislation, the so-called “IGO Anti-Boycott Act,” H.R.

Flag Desecration

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