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My wife and I live here in McKinney Texas, have been for three years. Yesterday on a rare day off we decided to go downtown, enjoy some good food and wine. Downtown McKinney is the County seat for Collin County. It is a beautiful place, a town square...
by O Wabi Sabi
 17 comments
on Fri Oct 07, 2016 at 11:29 AM PDT
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When the proposed $50.3 million high school football stadium was proposed, it included an “events center” too! In order to get all of the upgrades, and the size of the stadium, and the parking spaces, Texas’ McKinney High School community would have to...
by Walter Einenkel
25 comments
on Fri Sep 02, 2016 at 09:38 AM PDT
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On Thursday June 23, Baltimore police officer Caesar Goodson was acquitted of all charges in the death of Freddie Gray, the young man who died in April 2015 after suffering a severe spinal injury while in police custody. Gray’s death was the spark to...
by Thandisizwe Chimurenga
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on Mon Jun 27, 2016 at 02:23 PM PDT
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Texas, The Sequel: The State That Continues to Provide the National News and Late Night TV Plenty of Between March and June, 2015, making national news seemed to be a frequent occurrence for Texas as Austin, Garland, Waco, Overton, and McKinney experienced unprecedented media coverage. Meanwhile, ...
by GerryMyers
5 comments
on Mon Jun 29, 2015 at 12:05 PM PDT
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I can't really say that I think this "deserves" a diary, but maybe it would serve some to have a diary about this shirt.
by otto
7 comments
on Thu Jun 18, 2015 at 04:11 PM PDT
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I have been trying so hard not to weigh in on the latest example of draconian police response to perceived threat from the scarey black people, but I am SICK to my stomach, and have been ever since ...
by TulsaGal
3 comments
on Sat Jun 13, 2015 at 04:46 AM PDT
with 9 Recommends
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While there's volumes being reported and speculated concerning Cpl Eric Casebolt, I have a question that I doesn't appear to be addressed. I've read that several other officers were at the scene, 10-...
by CitzenDan
4 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 05:25 PM PDT
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For the racist bikers and "patriots" the timing is perfect. McKinney, TX already has an annual bike rally scheduled for tomorrow but it's meant for the kind you pedal.
24th Annual Collin Classic ...
by Eyesbright
31 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 05:34 PM PDT
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by Tom Tomorrow
21 comments
on Mon Jun 15, 2015 at 06:50 AM PDT
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The past week I as most all of us have seen and read a lot about Officer Casebolt at the swimming pool party in McKinney. Something I have been thinking about is the actions of the other Officers at ...
by Wolffarmer
13 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 02:38 PM PDT
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Look I'm all for free speech. I talk a lot. I got a lot to say. I wouldn't like the idea of saying something in public or online that might cause me to lose my livelihood, but most people should ...
by Frank Vyan Walton
232 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 12:53 PM PDT
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Please tell me what is different about McKinney? [BTW my sister lives in an adjoining community as if it makes a difference.]
Closet municipal policeman demonstrates he is a bigot. How? He ...
by RWN
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on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 09:27 AM PDT
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Americans seem to be falling into two camps. There may be gradations of these, but they can be delineated rather easily. The first camp rightfully believes that there is a serious problem with ...
by Egberto Willies
172 comments
on Sun Jun 14, 2015 at 02:01 PM PDT
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Mr. Toon
Well... You know.
Sorry, I had to. Never before have I seen a face match a person's attitude towards life so perfectly.
by monkeyshine
3 comments
on Fri Jun 12, 2015 at 03:33 AM PDT
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Jimmy Dore is a brilliant comedian with an incredible show, The Jimmy Dore Show . I love the insight that Jimmy brings to his program. Somehow, he takes lots of heavy issues and makes them funny. I ...
by RightAboutNow
2 comments
on Sun Jun 14, 2015 at 05:05 PM PDT
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(photo credit: Mark Williams)
From Raw Story :
A Texas elementary school teacher has been fired after posting on Facebook that she wanted to see ...
by ericlewis0
284 comments
on Thu Jun 11, 2015 at 12:53 PM PDT
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Having this video helped bring some justice. This officer is off the force.
Every American has a moral responsibility to fight racism and injustice. ...
by Ian Reifowitz
88 comments
on Sun Jun 14, 2015 at 04:00 PM PDT
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According to a recently-released AP statement , officer David Casebolt was not displaying racist tendencies last Friday when he began to violently scream at, threaten, and eventually slam down and ...
by Chazzk
23 comments
on Thu Jun 11, 2015 at 11:05 AM PDT
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Facebook Post by elementary school teacher Karen Fitzgibbons
UPDATE: Karen ...
by Shaun King
623 comments
on Thu Jun 11, 2015 at 08:11 AM PDT
with 236 Recommends
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Ah, Texas. You are the gift that keeps on giving.
Lubbock ...
by Titus Livius
29 comments
on Thu Jun 11, 2015 at 07:51 AM PDT
with 16 Recommends
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