Yesterday, Robert Reich’s column brought up the movie “Casablanca.” I’ll provide the link, but warn that it’s a major hanky alert. He posts a clip of the scene he primarily writes about. He doesn’t say – but may well have thought – if those people could survive, the least we can to today is get out and vote. The full movie is available on YouTube, if you want some tough inspiration. It’s short by today’s standards – but there is so much in it.
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Short Takes –
NMPR – Niece of vanished Navajo woman embarks on 2,100-mile walk to call attention to missing and murdered indigenous women crisis
Quote – “It tested our beliefs so bad. Prayers weren’t working. It was so hard. I understand why they didn’t want us looking for remains. If you’re going to actually walk in beauty, you have to let go of things, and when you go back to revisit it, you’re bringing back all that bad stuff. It affects your mind and heart. But then again, for someone to just go and do this to my aunt… How are we going to walk in beauty when someone can just so easily do this?”
Click through for background and interview. This is just one case out of so many. And sadly, law enforcement misfeasance is not confined to tribal police and FBA+I. Thestatistics on unsolved missing/possible homicide cases on all Americans are chilling. I understand why law enforcement doesn’t want to be looked at – but I don’t understand why so many people who claim to want “law and order” don;t want to look.
CNN – Secret Service erased text messages from January 5 and 6, 2021 — after oversight officials asked for them, watchdog says
Quote – “The Committee on Homeland Security received a letter from the DHS Inspector General regarding the Secret Service deleting text messages the Office of Inspector General requested as part of its investigation into the January 6th attack on the Capitol,” Thompson said. “The Committee will be briefed about this extraordinarily troubling destruction of records and respond accordingly.” While the letter does not say whether the DHS watchdog believes these text messages were erased intentionally or for a nefarious reason, the incident adds to growing questions about the Secret Service’s response to the US Capitol attack.
Click through for details. This story has been all over the place since it broke – but thiss is the site and the article that broke it. One thing strikes me as particularly odoriferous: what use is it to have an Inspector General if that person may not review evidence until the agency head has vetted it? Imaginne a CEO telling an auditor, “I think I have an employee who is embezzling, and youcan look at the books as soon as that employee reviews them.”
Food For Thought
