• Connections

    Disabled Man Dies After Beating By Group Home Employees In Downstate Illinois

    This is disturbing… for various reasons. This man was a member of a kind-hearted and trusting population of Illinois residents, and it’s outrageous that the people responsible for his care are also responsible for his death. Just last year Paul McCann was contemplating moving from his group home in Charleston to one in Crest Hill to be closer to his family in the south suburbs, his sister said. But even after spending a weekend at a residency facility blocks away from his elderly mother, McCann decided he wanted to stay downstate, where he knew more people and enjoyed the scenery.…

  • Hot Off The Presses - Politics, Schmolitics

    Army protecting #Egypt protesters from police video: Watching and listening

    Earlier today a reporter for the The Daily News Egypt captured footage of Cairo protesters taking shelter behind and among armored vehicles of the army. Who were they were sheltering from? The Egyptian police. The chant has the same cadence as “The people, united, can never be defeated.” I’ve also heard a Spanish version. via Army protecting Egypt protesters from police video – CSMonitor.com.