pacino wrote:Memphis voted to take down the monument to Nathan Bedford Forrest. He was the first grand wizard of the KKK, also massacred Union soldiers after they surrendered. Formerly a slave owner and trader, he was a hateful bigot. Memphis decided to recognize his great service to our country until yesterday. I bet it was liberal Democrats that did it.

Roger Dorn wrote:

“But it is kind of a slap in the face,” added Wright, who lost both of his hands during a rocket attack in Fallujah, Iraq in 2004

TenuredVulture wrote:I have an opponent for my school board position.

drsmooth wrote:

no, meh, no, no, no, no, no, ?,hell no, yuck, tl;dr, no, no, sad, no

The government of Greek Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras sought a three-year bailout loan of at least 53.5 billion euros ($59.2 billion), in a last-ditch effort to keep the country in the euro.

In exchange, it offered a package of reforms and spending cuts, including pension savings and tax increases, similar to the one presented by creditors last month. The proposal was submitted to European institutions late Thursday and will be presented to the Greek Parliament Friday. It is set to be discussed at a summit of European Union leaders Sunday to determine whether Greece gets a new bailout, or be forced to leave the single currency.

Greece offered measures that almost mirrored a proposal from creditors on June 26, which was rejected by voters in a July 5 referendum. In return, it asked for its long-term debt to be made more manageable to allow it to rebound from a crisis that has erased a quarter of its economy. It is unclear if the proposal is enough to clinch a deal with creditors amid signs of economic deterioration since banks were closed and capital controls imposed 12 days ago.

drsmooth wrote:

"Gov. Beshear's refusal to act to protect the religious freedom of county clerks effectively leaves them at the mercy of the ACLU wolves," said Martin Cothran, spokesman for The Family Foundation, in response to the continued refusal of the Governor to take action on the county clerk controversy.

jerseyhoya wrote:
Sounds like Tsipras is waving the white flag if he's coming back with something mirroring the proposal that was voted down. What the hell was the point of shutting down the country's economy basically for two weeks? Wonder how his party will take this. And if the creditors will accept it.