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When in Florida, Be Sure to Visit Disneyworld…

Aug 3, 2013deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, National Rifle Association, Stand Your Ground law, Wayne LaPierre

By BitcoDavid …Other attractions include lifetime wrongful incarceration and getting gunned down in the street. Here’s what you may not know about the Kill At Will Stand Your Ground laws. According to a Quinnipiac University poll, 53% of Americans sampled, support these laws, whereas only 40 percent weighed in as being opposed to them. The

July 2013 at DeafInPrison.com

Aug 1, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsAdministrative Information, Embeded Files#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Adobe PDF, BitcoDavid, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embedded Media, Felix Garcia Case

By BitcoDavid [scribd id=157483893 key=key-1lzypyp8wzhjfxexwxaw mode=scroll] BitcoDavid is a blogger and a blog site consultant. In former lives, he was an audio engineer, a videographer, a teacher – even a cab driver. He is an avid health and fitness enthusiast and a Pro/Am boxer. He has spent years working with diet and exercise to combat

How To Learn About Deaf Culture? Read Tom Holcomb’s Introduction to American Deaf Culture

Jul 31, 2013deafinprisonorg7 CommentsBook Reviews#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, JeanFAndrews, Video Relay Service

By Jean F. Andrews Tom Holcomb, writer-scholar-teacher who is Deaf, captures the heart, mind and soul of the Deaf community in his book, Introduction to American Deaf Culture. Respect me as a member of a cultural-linguistic group, don’t pity me as a member of a group of disabled individuals. While sign languages are not universal

The Shoe on Another Foot, and a Hat-tip to Dave Chappelle

Jul 30, 2013deafinprisonorg1 CommentHumor#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, American Sign Language, Audism, BitcoDavid, Dave Chappelle, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com

By BitcoDavid I recently went to a Barnes and Noble, seeking ASL books, to help bolster my study of Sign. I walked into what is easily my favorite big box store, and approached the information desk. “Can I help you?” asked the woman in the kiosk. “Yes,” I responded. “Do you have an ASL section?”

This Video Will Rock Your World

Jul 27, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsEmbeded Files, Video#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Cochlear Implant, Deaf Culture, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Rachel Coleman

By BitcoDavid Jeffrey Swartz posted a link to his latest blog story on the ASL Learner’s group. He makes numerous valid points on his own, but at the bottom of the post he embedded this video. After watching it, I knew I had to post it as well. This video is utterly amazing, and it

Thirty years in a Minute

Jul 20, 2013deafinprisonorgEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Alvin Lee, BitcoDavid, Boston, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Leon Russell, New England

By BitcoDavid I worked for a company that made a computer assisted fleet dispatching system, utilizing a z-80 microprocessor and cassette-tape disk drives. I owned Boston’s first 4-bus, 24 input, live mixing console – a Biamp 1642. I drove for 2 different cab companies and dispatched for 2 more. I delivered pizzas for a mobbed-up

Part 3 in the Serialization of Felix’s Case

Jul 17, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEmbeded Files, Felix Garcia Case#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, Free Felix Garcia FaceBook Page, H.E.A.R.D., Injustice, Pat Bliss

By Pat Bliss [Editor’s Note: This is the 3rd embed in our series chronicling the trial of Felix Garcia. At this point, all the data that was previously published on the page, Bliss, has now been made available in PDF embed format. We will begin reproducing the page, Bliss-2, and the series should be complete shortly.

Pam Bondi has her “Cat in the Rain” Moment

Jul 16, 2013deafinprisonorg12 CommentsFelix Garcia Case, Humor#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, BitcoDavid, Cohiba, Corvette, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Fenway Park, Pam Bondi

By BitcoDavid I was checking Felix’s petition when one name caught my eye. Pamela Bondi – Florida. In the notes section it read, “Dude. Hook me up on this, and he’s all yours. I’ll go down there and spring him myself.” Yup. Conservative Florida Attorney General and noted Republican, Pam Bondi, jumped into her cherry,

Is Manson’s Horror Coming True?

Jul 15, 2013deafinprisonorg4 CommentsEditorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Atlanta, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Florida, Trayvon, Zimmerman

By BitcoDavid Jack and I took the trusty Ford Escort into the shop today, to get the brake lights fixed. The talk within the dingy concrete walls – of course – was all about the Trayvon Martin Case. Sadly, it wasn’t sympathetic. All over the country, yesterday and today, there have been protests ranging from

What Aktion T4 Can Teach Us About Ourselves

Jul 13, 2013deafinprisonorg6 CommentsDeaf History, Editorials#JusticeForFelix, #Keep ASL In Schools, #StopHearingLossBullying, Action T4, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Germany, Nazi Germany, Sophie Scholl

By BitcoDavid Named after the chalet in which it was drafted, Aktion T4 was officially adopted in Sept. of 1939. The law enabled the government of the 3rd Reich to commit euthanasia on those it deemed Lebensunwertes Leben – Life unworthy of life. The aged, the infirm, the birth-defected, the intellectually challenged and the Deaf.