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Texas Man Sentenced on Hate Crime Charges for Attacking Asian Family | OPA | Department of Justice

The Justice Department today announced that Jose Gomez III, 21, of Midland, Texas, was sentenced to 25 years in prison on hate crime charges for attacking an Asian family he believed was Chinese and therefore responsible for the COVID-19 pandemic.  Gomez had previously pleaded guilty to three counts of committing a hate crime.

According to the facts admitted in the plea, on March 14, 2020, Gomez entered a Sam’s Club Warehouse in Midland, Texas, behind an Asian family with young children. Gomez had never seen them before and believed they were Chinese. Gomez followed them in the store for several minutes because he perceived them to be a “threat” as they were “from the country who started spreading that disease around.” Gomez then momentarily left the family to find a serrated steak knife in the store. Gomez bent the blade so that when he held the handle in his fist, the blade rested against his knuckles, sharp-edge facing outward. Gomez returned to the Asian family and punched the father, B.C., in the face, cutting him. Gomez then left to retrieve an eight-inch knife from the store. When Gomez returned to B.C., Gomez abruptly turned towards B.C.’s two young children – then aged six and two years old – who were seated in the front basket of the shopping cart. Gomez slashed open the face of R.C., the then-six-year-old child. The blade entered millimeters from R.C.’s right eye, split his right ear, and wrapped around to the back of his skull.  Gomez also stabbed a white Sam’s Club employee, Z.O., who intervened to stop Gomez from further assaulting the Asian family. While being held down on the ground, Gomez yelled at the Asian family, “Get out of America!”

Source: Texas Man Sentenced on Hate Crime Charges for Attacking Asian Family | OPA | Department of Justice

Da Snark MUST Be Shared!

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Ever notice how in certain weather, your head and chest just seem to fill with ‘stuff’ and you sneeze, wheeze, gasp and cough until you think surely you’ve coughed up a lung?  Well, in certain political climes, my head just fills to the gills with snark, and there’s only one way to alleviate the symptoms … share it!


You could’a knocked me over with a feather …

Yesterday was a red-letter day in the United States Congress!  Why?  Because the Senate … members on both sides of the aisle … actually agreed on something and voted 95 to 1 to allow Sweden and Finland to join NATO!  95-1 … can you believe it???  I think this is the most cohesion we’ve seen in the Senate since … since … maybe 1867 or thereabouts!  Granted, there is little reason to object to allowing these two nations to join NATO … it…

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Russian contract soldiers increasingly jailed in occupied Donbas | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent | DW | 04.08.2022

Russian military personnel are increasingly refusing to take part in its invasion of Ukraine, human rights activists say. Contract soldiers who no longer want to fight in Ukraine or want leave for family reasons are being denied their wish to leave the country. The so-called “refuseniks,” as relatives and activists tell DW, are being held in camps and prisons in several locations in the self-proclaimed Luhansk People’s Republic; that is, in areas that are in Ukraine but not controlled by Kyiv.

From the age of 18, Russian men may sign a temporary contract with the Ministry of Defense to earn a living in the army for a limited time. These contract soldiers are currently fighting alongside professional forces in Ukraine. Many of them had signed their contracts before Russia invaded Ukraine and did not know where they would be sent until the last moment, human rights activists explain.

In the meantime, several parents of soldiers from Russia have made their way to Donbas to push for their sons’ release. DW has learned that they traveled to the city of Brianka, where according to media reports, more than 200 such refuseniks are being kept in a camp. Parents have been holding a vigil outside, from morning to night. A Russian soldier who was jailed here told DW the camp is a former penal colony.

Source: Russian contract soldiers increasingly jailed in occupied Donbas | Europe | News and current affairs from around the continent | DW | 04.08.2022

John Stuart Mill — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

” Se as mulheres fossem social e politicamente emancipadas, elas seriam melhor educadas e teriam melhor percepção prática sobre as coisas que a sua opinião influencia, e os pontos que eu tenho levantado mostram que tais mudanças poderiam aprimorar a participação das mulheres na formação da opinião geral. “ John Stuart Mill ( MILL, 2009, […]

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Não viva para agradar os outros — Pensamentos.me/VEM comigo!

Não viva para agradar os outros. Viva sim, para agradar a si mesma. Quantas mulheres se privam de fazer o que gostam para querer agradar as outras pessoas, o namorado, ou a sociedade? Muitas. Tem mulher que não corta o cabelo curto, usa uma roupa justa porque o namorado não aprova, ou porque a sociedade […]

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Paying Attention May Not Cost Money, but Can Be Costly

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I cannot emphasize enough how much distractions have drawn us into its agonizing grip. We miss so much because we are entranced by certain things we might think are meaningful but are actually meaningless. Take notice as you observe, become more aware, and pay attention to your surroundings, goals and life. How do we miss so much? How did we miss the signs? What throws us off or better yet who throws us off?

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Things standing right before us get lost in the shuffle of distractions or scooped in the confines of intentional diversions. Paying attention may not cost us money, but it could be costly if we don’t. Think about what catches or caught your attention today. Then ruminate about what difference it makes or made in your reaction and whether it made an impression or impacted your life in some small or…

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