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WIBW Wants You To Believe That Murder Isn't Really Murder

 

Alok Madasani, Srinvias Kuchibhotla, and Ian Grillot

The family of Adam Purinton, the Kansas man who shot and killed one man, Srinivas Kuchibhotla and injured two more, Alok Madasani and Ian Grillot, after loudly telling them to "get out of his country"; wants the rest of the world to believe that Mr. Purinton isn't really a murderer or a "monster". Adele Matthews, Purinton's neice, wrote a statement for all of us to hear, on behalf of her family. It goes like this, ""My uncle was never a hateful person and was never a prejudiced person. "My family and I have been in such shock and hurt that he would do something like this just because it's so not him to even think about killing another individual. I don't want people to think of him as a monster or a racist man because that's not who he is. He just made a very, very bad decision that hurt and affected everyone around him." WIBW, of Topeka, Kansas, dedicated a headline to Matthews.

Those are interesting things for her to point out. They are also untrue. Immediately before the shootings,  Adam Purinton was heard yelling, "Get out of my country!" He then went ahead and shot three people, one of whom is now dead. Two of the people he shot hailed from India. If he was not a racist man or a monster, he would not have shot them. He also would not have told them to get out of his country. Quite a few people already think Purinton, along with many, many other mainstream Kansans, are racists, so Adele Matthews should save her breath. Also, since her uncle chose Kansas as his forced audience, she needn't worry. Kansas, so far, while holding him on a two million dollar bond, has declined to call this murder a hate crime.

Mainstream Kansans have some things to learn about how their conscious and unconscious racism appears to the rest of the world. Shame on WIBW for even airing Adele Matthew's remarks.

Kansas Public School Administrators Face Charges

In May of 2016, Keaton Krell, a La Cygne, Kansas teacher in a public high school, was arrested for having a sexual relationship with one of his students. Everyone connected to Prairie View Unified School District acted surprised, especially the superintendent, Chris Kleidotsy. The principal, Tim Weis, also claimed to have no knowledge of the situation.

Kleidotsy moved on, and became the superintendent in Tonganoxie, Kansas, and Weis was still principal at the same school until yesterday, when both men were arrested. It seems that they actually did know that Keaton Krell was having an inappropriate relationship with a student, and it also seems that despite the fact that this is unlawful, they thought there was no obligation to report Krell's conduct to law enforcement and let the child's parents know.

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More Retailers Drop Ivanka's Label

As an update to yesterday's post about Ivanka Trump's unprofitable brand name and Kellyann Conway's unethical promotion of the same via the White House, the news was shared by CNN earlier today that Sears and Kmart have also dropped Ivanka's goods from their stores. This is to be expected. Online sales of Ivanka's brand dipped 26% this past January by comparison to January of 2016. Brick and mortar stores have not done any better with it. There's no reason to continue wasting space on something that does not sell. Something that seems a bit convoluted and warped is the statement make by a senior marketer at "Ivanka Trump" Rosemary Young stated, "We believe that the strength of a brand is measured not only by the profits it generates, but by the integrity it maintains."

That's interesting. Every successful retailer measures its merchandise by the profits it generates. Elected officials, however; are measured by the integrity they maintain. It appears that the Trumps and their employees have mixed up priorities. At no time in Donald Trump's public life has integrity been a measure of anything he considers important. Generated profits, on the other hand, are a different matter, altogether to the Trumps.

Kellyann Conway Ethics Violation

An interesting trend we often see when we have a republican president is that fashion also becomes more conservative and less lavish. If Ivanka was really that good at the business and planning aspect of her enterprise, she would have anticipated this. Recessions are much more common during Republican administrations, and Ivanka Trump should have updated her collections to reflect that phenomena. Nordstrom and a handful of other retailers that once carried Ivanka's label have taken the step of dropping her brand, due to slumping sales. Ivanka's paternal DNA unit, Donald Trump, noted businessman and Clown In Chief, feels otherwise. He thinks it is only spite, not a business decision, and has even taken time away from state decisions to tweet that Ivanka has been "treated unfairly!"

As if this nonsense was not enough for one day, Kellyann Conway jumped on Fox And Friends and plugged Ivanka's line! The fact that such an action violates CFR §2635.71, federal ethics law stating that one may not use public office for private gain. Conway's self described "free commercial" was inappropriate and unlawful. Reportedly, Donald Trump was displeased with her actions, but as Conway has not been "fired", we really do not know what "the donald" thinks; except that he has the notion that Nordstrom has an obligation to carry a line of clothing that does not sell. If Donald Trump is truly such a great businessman, he should know better.

This is an huge conflict of interest.  The White House is not a private market for womens' ready to wear, and it is also not the president's personal market place. Nor is it the personal market place of any member of his family. As for the contrast between "fair" and "unfair"; Trump should take a look at Kellyann Conway, and the fact that she has gotten away with violating an ethics law, and yet remains employed. He fired Department of Justice attorney, Sally Yates, for simply doing what is right, yet Conway gets a free ticket to do things that are wrong while she is at work. That's unfair.

Coretta Scott King's Letter

Yesterday, on the Senate floor, Mitch McConnell stopped Elizabeth Warren from reading a letter written by Coretta Scott King, the widow of Martin Luther King, Jr., in 1986 concerning Jeff Sessions, the man nominated by Donald Trump for the office of United States Attorney General. From 1981 to 1993, Sessions was an assistant state's attorney in Alabama. He failed to get confirmed as a federal judge in 1986 because of his consistent racist remarks, and unjust prosecution of blacks for voter fraud. The 1985 prosecution of three black men for tampering with fourteen ballots is one such case; all the defendants were acquitted. Coretta Scott King's letter outlined the problems Jeff Sessions has with minority races, and opposed his appointment to an office where equality and fairness are required. Her words are just as relevant today as they were in 1986. The only reasons Mitch McConnell would not want to hear them are a lack of interest in American citizens, and racism.

Here is Mrs. King's letter, that Mitch McConnell did not want read:

"I write to express my sincere opposition to the confirmation of Jefferson B. Sessions as a federal district court judge for the Southern District of Alabama. My professional and personal roots in Alabama are deep and lasting. Anyone who has used the power of his office as United States Attorney to intimidate and chill the free exercise of the ballot by citizens should not be elevated to our courts. Mr. Sessions has used the awesome powers of his office in a shabby attempt to intimidate and frighten elderly black voters. For this reprehensible conduct, he should not be rewarded with a federal judgeship.

I regret that a long-standing commitment prevents me from appearing in person to testify against this nominee. However, I have attached a copy of my statement opposing Mr. Sessions’ confirmation and I request that my statement as well as this be made a part of the hearing record.

I do sincerely urge you to oppose the confirmation of Mr. Sessions."

Laura McNish Racist

Okay, Laura McNish; you got your own way. My work is no longer displayed in the place where you saw it and got angry. It really doesn't make a difference to me, as I only did it to contribute to this community. What do you contribute? Have you amended seven years of falsely filed property taxes yet?

You know.......I heard, from an extremely reliable source, that you are on a mission to rid Marshall County Kansas of any and all bi-racial marriages, so much so that you interfere in the marriages of couples in which more that one race is involved during any proceeding, such as child custody or adoption, that involves the court. Is that so? Besides deviating from the first amendment, what will such harassment achieve? I guess that question is rhetorical, so I will provide the general public with an answer: you are a racist, and your goal is to drive anyone who is African, African American, Latin, Native American, Jewish or Middle Eastern, LGBT, or disabled out of Marshall County, Kansas. You have even been observed threatening to harass the administrators of local public schools for equal and just treatment of minorities.

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Amber Alert For Alexis Weber

Alexis Webber, 2 years old, was last seen in Berwick, Pennsylvania in a stolen yellow 2005 Mustang. The Pennsylvania tag number is HWN 1367. Alexis was wearing a white coat, a blue polka dot shirt, and black pants. The car was said to be driving in the direction of LaPorte, Pennsylvania. Below are pictures of Alexis Webber and of the a 2005 Mustang, to give the reader an idea of how this vehicle might appear. Anyone with information is asked to call 911 and speak with local law enforcement.

 

Update: Alexis has been found!

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