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Homeless on D.C. streets for 17 years, woman proves Social Security owes her $100,000

She remained homeless, bedding down on the concrete in a sleeping bag. She kept a tower of three suitcases, containing her Social Security paperwork, next to her.

In 2015 social worker Julie Turner listened. Instead of dismissing Witter as crazy, Turner patiently waded through her documents and verified her story.

"She had all the paperwork there, neatly organized, in order. She was right all along. They did owe her all that money," Turner said.

Following the assassination of Senator Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, [Jimmy] Stewart, Charlton Heston, Kirk Douglas and Gregory Peck issued a statement calling for support of President Johnson's Gun Control Act of 1968.

Wow, really, Charlton Heston??

Every child in our family has asthma courtesy of my genes, but one of our sons in particular has had it bad the last couple weeks, to the point that he's started needing a regular nightly nebulizer treatment at bedtime. So much so that today I took him to the doctor and got him some extra medication, but I digress.

While sitting on the nebulizer machine when I was growing up I always wanted something to do and to keep my mind occupied. I couldn't talk, I couldn't watch TV well because the machine right next to me made too much noise to hear, so I usually read. I can remember reading Swiss Family Robinson and newspapers when the first Iraq War happened and lots of other stuff. But you really have to hold the nebulizer equipment level while using it, and in reading I always tended to bend my head down, so in practice TV is a better option now that captioning exists for just about everything.

We've been letting this son watch Garfield cartoons during his treatments, with the captions on and the volume all the way down (because the other children are in their rooms falling asleep and don't need to hear an interesting TV show or it will rouse them), but tonight I said "Hey, let's do something better with this time - which Star Trek would you like to watch?" and gave him his choice of series. He selected The Original Series, I complimented him for his choice, and now he's sitting next to me enjoying a silent run of This Side of Paradise. I should have thought of that several days ago and he could've made it quite a way through the series - hopefully the medicine he got today kicks in in the next 3-4 days and these nightly nebulizer sessions will become a rarity again instead of a predictable part of the evening.

Stories about two different Florida prisoners published within 24 hours of each other, as seen on Google News:

Transgender Prisoner Sues Florida to Get Hormone Treatments

Transgender inmate challenging Florida prison laws found dead in cell

Minecraft for Oculus Rift is out today

Megahit Minecraft arrives on Facebook's Oculus Rift VR headset

If you play VRcraft for longer than 4 hours, you could suffer from Minecraft persisting perception disorder and see pixelated blocks FOREVER.

Fascinating:

The Game Germany Deemed 'Harmful to Minors'

And some more fun:

'I found the intern curled up on the data centre floor moaning'

Even more fun:

At Swanky Federal Reserve Retreat, “Computer Glitch” Cancels Minority Protesters’ Hotel Reservations

Ever since Trump went toe-to-toe with the parents of a dead Muslim veteran, the Republican Party has been in crisis mode.

Pence breaks with Trump, endorses Ryan

Pence: Trump 'strongly encouraged me to endorse Paul Ryan'

Paul Ryan is expected to win, so as irritating as the Trump non-endorsement may be to Party leaders, it might have a limited shelf life.

This fact is also amusing:

The GOP's Donald Trump freak-out

A GOP source told CNN's Dana Bash that Republican National Committee Chairman Reince Priebus was especially frustrated because Paul Ryan and Priebus, both from Wisconsin, are very close. The source said Trump refusing to endorse Ryan in his re-election primary was "personal" especially since Priebus has "taken on a lot of water" for Trump. "He takes this very personally," said the source. Priebus "does want to show his support" for Ryan, a source tells CNN.

The chairman has been the main point of contact between Trump and the Republican Party, on which the billionaire has been relying heavily since he lacks the political infrastructure of a conventional political candidate. Priebus, who was said by the source to be incredibly upset with Trump's behavior, had expressed his disappointment and frustration to several leading members of Trump's entourage, the source said.

Is it all for naught?

A knowledgeable Republican source told CNN Tuesday that some of Trump's campaign staff -- even campaign chairman Paul Manafort -- "feel like they are wasting their time," given their boss's recent comments. But Manafort insisted to CNN Wednesaday that isn't true and any frustration centers on the media.

Los Angeles Gang Tour Puts A Twist On Drive-Bys

2010 article I found for crutchy on IRC.

I was glad to see this. Takei also has a great TED talk on the internment of Japanese in America in World War II that we're going to show our kids some time in the near future.

NVIDIA Announces “NVIDIA Titan X” Video Card: $1200, Available August 2nd

Move Over GTX 1080, There’s A New Titan X In Town

Meaningless for anybody who doesn't want the general compute features. It's $200 more expensive than its predecessor, probably to avoid cannibalizing sales of more expensive Pascal GPUs intended for businesses.