Category Archives: Loose Pollen

A week’s worth wouldn’t fit into a single post.
There will be NO references to primates, small woodland creatures, domesticated farm animals, or most inanimate objects.
Not to be judgmental, it’s just the way things are anymore.

Al Sharpton’s daughter misses FOURTH court hearing in 6 months despite demanding $5million from New York City after she tripped on Soho pavement
Dominique Sharpton, 28, claims she has ‘permanent pain’ from fall in 2014
She tripped on pavement in Soho, Manhattan, then demanded $5 million
Case got controversial when she put photos of her hiking on Instagram
Now lawyers say NYC should throw out the case, she’s missed 4 hearings

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3633811/Al-Sharpton-s-daughter-misses-FOURTH-court-hearing-6-months-despite-demanding-5million-city-claims-pavement-left-permanent-pain.html#ixzz4BCEuNIHI

Texas School Administrator Must Pay Back Embezzled $500,000

On Wednesday, June 8, U.S. District Judge Thad Heartfield ordered Patricia Adams Lambert to repay $500,000 she siphoned from a variety of CMMHS sources between 2007-12 — the booster club, a student activities account, college credit courses, and on-campus snack concessions. Lambert, 62, worked for the Beaumont Independent School District as an assistant superintendent and previously served as principal at the district’s Central Medical Magnet High School (CMMHS).

http://www.breitbart.com/texas/2016/06/09/texas-school-administrator-must-pay-back-embezzled-500000/

Mother of two suffocates her seven-month-old son and three-year-old daughter with a bed sheet during family trip to Florida
Sophia Hines, 40, from Philadelphia, is facing two counts of murder
Was taken into custody after police found bodies of her two young children
Officers arrived at an apartment in Miramar after receiving a 911 call
A parent and another relative then led them to the unresponsive children

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3633242/Mother-two-kills-seven-month-old-son-three-year-old-daughter-family-trip-Florida.html#ixzz4BCOqSjUm

Man pleads guilty in St. Cecilia robbery; prosecutors say he punched 76-year-old woman

Viewed from an overhead camera in the cathedral’s north vestibule, the robbery unfolds first with Lucille Morinelli scanning a copy of the parish newsletter as she stands at a table.

Then, from a second camera, two assailants pull open the door to St. Cecilia Cathedral and, in moments, are at the 76-year-old victim’s back.

The suspect on the right yanks Morinelli’s purse from her grasp. The man to the left lobs a punch that leaves the victim folded on the floor. Morinelli hit her head on the side of the table as she fell.
http://www.omaha.com/news/crime/man-pleads-guilty-in-st-cecilia-robbery-prosecutors-say-he/article_67f30262-2dd0-11e6-a06a-979548c526c1.html

Anti-cop group burns American flag over death of black teen
Teen’s fatal asthma attack came after gang fight: cops

“We light fire for the ancestors who have gone before us who were lynched,” a woman can be hearing saying in the video as another person attempts to ignite the small flag.

“We light this flag for Dayshen McKenzie, who was lynched,” said the woman.

http://nypost.com/2016/06/07/anti-cop-group-burns-american-flag-over-death-of-black-teen/

Horror: 19 Women Burned Alive After They Refused to Sleep With ISIS Militants

Nineteen Yazidi women were brutally executed last weekend in Mosul, Iraq, after refusing to have sex with their husbands — all members of ISIS.

Eyewitnesses told news agencies that the women were put in an iron cage and burned alive in front of a crowd of hundreds of spectators.
http://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2016/06/07/horror-19-women-burned-alive-after-they-refused-to-sleep-with-isis-militants-n2174813

Baseball coach father whose baby daughter died after he left her inside a hot car for two hours is arrested
Marvin Mercer, 31, of Baton Rouge, arrested on negligent homicide charge
Eight-month-old Raylee Mercer was left strapped in seat with windows up
Mercer drove to work at Madison Preparatory School and ‘forgot’ about her

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3633289/Baby-girl-dies-baseball-coach-father-left-inside-hot-car-two-hours-forgot-seat.html#ixzz4BCSnBAij

Unless your Memorial Day plans included backpacking to the inner wilds of Bora Bora, you’ve doubtless heard about the little kid who managed to get into the gorilla enclosure, which cost Harambe, a 17 year old zoo-raised gorilla, his life. Since then the death of this unfortunate primate has taken precedence over just about everything. Predictably, the animal rights activists are bemoaning the fact the animal was destroyed. And just as I’m one of those cynical old racists who, when he reads about a violent crime being committed, first assumes the perp doesn’t exactly look like me, so the victim class who sees racism behind every tree, they assumed it was a white kid the Gorilla was killed to save.

There are an awful lot of people who ended up with egg on their face late Monday.

The Daily Mail revealed Facebook photos of the couple who they reported as the parents of the inquisitive little four-year-old boy who fell into the gorilla habitat Saturday, resulting in the shooting death of the gorilla in order to save the life of the child.

This happened at the Cincinnati Zoo, and one of the zoo-goers captured heart-pounding video of the boy’s life-and-death struggle with the gorilla.

Liberals and Black Lives Matter activists took to social media to call the shooting of the gorilla an act of racism — killing a gorilla to save a white kid.

The boy’s mother thanked everyone on her Facebook page for their prayers and support:

Yes, it turned out that both parents of the boy are African-American. In the initial videos, it was hard to determine the race of the child. Not that anyone other than the race-baiters would even care to do so.

Meet the boy’s mother, Michelle Gregg, 32, who has three additional children by father Deonne Dickerson, 36.

Apparently having four children is not a motivation for getting married. I suspect if they did they’d lose some of the government handouts they live on.

Criminal filings against Dickerson stretch over a decade and include burglary, firearms offences, drug trafficking, criminal trespass, disorderly conduct and kidnap.

In 2006 he was sentenced to one year behind bars for a drug trafficking conviction.

But in numerous pictures posted on Dickerson’s Facebook site in recent years he appears to have turned his life around to become the proud father of four.

She has been the subject of sharp criticism following the incident that saw zoo staff shoot dead Harambe who, according to new video footage, may have been protecting rather than threatening the child after he crawled through a barrier and fell into the gorilla’s enclosure.

More outraged animal lovers took to social media declaring the western lowland gorilla’s life was unnecessarily taken, and more than 290,000 have already joined ‘Justice for Harambe’ which place the blame squarely on the boy’s parents.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617016/EXCLUSIVE-PICTURES-parents-four-son-fell-zoo-enclosure-sparking-controversial-killing-Harambe-gorilla-emerges-father-lengthy-criminal-history.html#ixzz4AFtDzthT

Welcome to the Summer: 69 People Shot In Chicago Over Memorial Day Weekend, 6 Killed

An aspiring rapper charged for a deadly shooting at a T.I. concert in New York has pleaded not guilty to attempted murder and is claiming he was the victim.

Roland (Troy Ave) Collins’ lawyer said his client should be treated like the ‘real victim’, even though there is video of him shooting at patrons during a gig at Irving Place on Wednesday. The footage also seems to show him shooting himself in the leg.

The chaos that unfolded in the middle of the event led to one man being shot dead and three others, including a 26-year-old model, being wounded.

Police say his charges could be upgraded to murder if ballistics tests confirm that he was the one who shot Ronald McPhatter dead.

Collins is being held without bail.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617163/Aspiring-rapper-charged-role-deadly-shooting-T-concert-la

Online date is arrested for murder after body of woman is found in shallow grave next to her burnt-out car
Remains of Angela Russo were found buried in Maricopa, Arizona
Was missing since April 19 when she went out with Lashawn Johnson
He is behind bars and has been charged with her murder
Diana Schalow, Russo’s mother, said discovery caused ‘excruciating pain’
They said they had gone out looking many times since she vanished

The Maricopa Police Department said in a news release Sunday that officials found ‘significant evidence of foul play’ when they found Russo’s body.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-3617056/Man-arrested-murder-body-woman-went-online-date-shallow-grave-burnt-car.html#ixzz4AFxSF300

Please, do not say “Happy Memorial Day.” Memorial Day isn’t a day to be “happy.” It is not “celebrated,” it is observed.

It is a day to be reflective, to remember the men and women that have sacrificed and gave all defending the freedom and liberty that we all enjoy today.

Visit a National Cemetery or maybe the grave of someone you knew who gave their life to protect our freedom.

At least pause, sometime during the long weekend, to remember, say a prayer for, and honor those men and women who served.

Please, just remember to thank a vet you may meet, for his or her service, and God bless those who have made the ultimate sacrifice.

And to anyone that greets you with “Happy Memorial Day,” politely remind them to do the same.

Much is written on this holiday by people far more eloquent than me. I tried for a half hour to put my reverence and awe of such men and women into words and cannot cobble together a tribute worthy of such warriors. The following will suffice for now as a THANK YOU for those who selflessly heeded the call to grant us the freedom and prosperity that is the envy of the world.

THIS VIDEO WAS PRODUCED BY TWO SOLDIERS CURRENTLY SERVING. I POSTED THE STORY IN THE COMMENT SECTION, BUT THIS WAS TOO GOOD NOT TO INCLUDE HERE.

For some reason I’m having trouble trying to insert images with the IMG tag. They keep getting inserted amid the text. Methinks the trolls that inhabit my machine are just trying to piss me off. Just a couple things in the reply section. Of course, here’s a few chuckles as a palate cleanser:

Apparently the posting link has gone haywire. When I try to add media the whole folder pops up full size and won’t add. Hell with it. I should just quit.

Remember all the chivalry displayed by writers at the National Review and The National Review Online (NRO) in defending the honor of Michelle Fields when she accused the Trump campaign of mistreating her?  I do.  I remember dozens of pieces, like this one by David French, accusing the campaign of every sleazy, despicable deed under the sun, including fomenting a culture of violence and an all out war on women in propping up her dubious story.

Months later, of course, after her story and behavior have been revealed to be complete shams and Corey Lewandowski has been vindicated, I don’t recall any walk-back from French or the clowns at NRO, like Kevin Williamson or Charles Cooke, who relentlessly beat the Twitter drums on behalf of Ms. Fields.

Andrea Tantaros

But in the meantime, Messrs. Williamson and Cooke may have succeeded in getting one of my favorite female writers fired from Fox News: Andrea Tantaros.  Great work, assholes.  You’re perfecting that “white knight” role nicely in defense of women in the business.  Good job proving to us that the Michelle Fields thing wasn’t all about Trump after all, right boys?  Because, that’s what your beef with Tantaros was all about, the fact that she dared to be defensive of Trump.

And your criticisms were so high-brow and gentlemanly, like the times you accused her of lying after she responded to your criticisms of her for being ‘stupid.’  Not unlike the awesome RedState site who actually published “FoxNews Raises Average IQ of Outnumbered by Taking Andrea Tantaros Off the Air.”  I especially like your retweet of this post which mocked her for being a terrible writer, when in fact, she is nothing of the kind:

I don’t even know what to make of this.  Maybe it’s because I don’t have a degree in English, and I’m just a technical writer and humble rocket scientist.  But, truthfully, I fail to see what’s so stupid about this snippet of Tantaros adequately describing a useful technical analogy.  Is it just too technical for you boys?  Is that it?

I’d prefer not to quote any more of those two youngsters, frankly, but I’ll wrap up with a wonderful quote from another New Republic genius that I used to admire before he became an offensive bigot, which I’d think would be a challenge for a talented Jewish writer from the upper west side of Manhattan who should know better.  Thanks for calling me a stupid whore, Jonah Goldberg.  I always find that to be most persuasive.

While my opposition to Trump is not primarily an argument about electability, I’ve been focusing on that angle lately because the establishment opportunists, quislings, sell-outs, pragmatists, and harlots are more persuadable on these grounds than arguments over principle. People open to principled arguments against Trump have already been persuaded.

Tragic news….flags all over the country will be ordered to fly at half-mast to honor civil rights pioneer,cultural icon and role model for our youth,Prince Rogers Nelson. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew has announced plans to put his face on the $3 bill,replacing Yosemite Sam,the last remaining white male on american currency.
I get the feeling he’s been using the women’s bathroom for years already.
(OK,I know I’m going to Hell. What else is new?)

BREAKING: Music Legend Prince Found Dead At Age 57 UPDATE: Died From Flu??
The dizzylingly prolific multi-instrumentalist and virtuosic performer was born Prince Rogers Nelson June 7, 1958, in Minneapolis, Minn.

He released his debut album, For You, in 1978, followed by Prince (1979), Dirty Mind (1980) and Controversy (1981). All of them traded in his trademark sound — deep synth funk grooves with provocatively sexual lyrics and heart-piercing ballads sung in pure falsetto.
http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/prince-dead-legendary-artist-found-886457?facebook_20160421

President Obama plans to declare a national holiday of remembrance in honor of this great American.