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Could Taylor Swift End Up Performing For Deaf Audience?

Sep 3, 2012deafinprisonorgNewsBitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Hacking, Hijack, Horace Mann School, New York Daily News, postaday, Reddit, Taylor Swift

Apparently, a group of hackers hijacked a contest that would end up sending country music star Taylor Swift to a Massachusetts school for the Deaf. This story comes from the New York Daily News: http://www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/music-arts/taylor-swift-sing-massachusetts-school-deaf-thanks-online-ballot-stuffing-internet-pranksters-article-1.1148163 It’s unclear if the prankster protesters were rigging the vote with charitable aims in mind for the school – or

My Misspent Youth – A Memoir

Sep 2, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorialsBitcoDavid, Boston Police, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Derek Lowe, Fenway Park, Lucia Roberts, postaday, Silver Shield Athletic Assoc., Whitey Bulger

Once again, Marsha Graham serves as the inspiration for this post. One of her replies to a previous article reminded me of something that happened to me before I became a Citizen. *** In 1982, several members of the Boston Police, gang raped and murdered a 16-year-old honor student at a private bar called The

August at DeafInPrison.com

Sep 1, 2012deafinprisonorgAdministrative InformationAugust, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Our busiest month - ever!, PDF Document, Picture of an adorable beagle pup, Picture of Felix Garcia, postaday, Wrap-up

August was our most active month since our launch. We posted 29 posts in 31 days, got tons of comments and even more “Likes.” Thank you all for reading, supporting, contributing and generally supporting DeafInPrison.com Here’s the link to this month’s PDF wrap-up. August at DeafInPrison

AnotherBoomerBlog’s Quiz for Hearies

Aug 31, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsBitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Deafness, Hard of Hearing, Humor, Lip-reading, Marsha Graham, postaday, Quiz

I’ve been meaning to reblog this for some time. It’s humorous and educational at the same time – and that’s a rare combination. D. If I come to your restaurant and mention I am HoH do you: Quickly get me a braille menu? Get me a wheelchair? Get me a pen and paper? Get me

We Spend More on Prisons than Schools – From AlterNet

Aug 30, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsAlterNet, BitcoDavid, Black Inmates, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, postaday, Prison Population, Private Prisons, Social Darwinism, War on Drugs

You might find this article a bit partisan, but there is some very interesting information buried in it. It’s a reblog from AlterNet. Please let me know what you think. http://www.alternet.org/education/crazy-country-6-reasons-america-spends-more-prisons-higher-education?akid=9298.79351.y_IKZG&rd=1&src=newsletter701550&t=3 Why do people steal in order to buy drugs? For starters, most are poor and will stay that way because as a society we

Innocent deaf woman spends 60 hours in jail without interpreter – From Prisonmovent’s Weblog

Aug 29, 2012deafinprisonorgReBlogsBitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Language interpretation, Lashonn White, Police, postaday, PrisonMovement's Weblog, Taser, Video Interpreter Service

This story is reblogged from Prisonmovement’s Weblog. It is more on the story of Lashonn White, a story we covered on August 8th. “I mean imagine—all I did was come running, wave my hands and come running out, and the next thing I know I’m on the ground,” White explained to Halsne through

Two Al Jazeera TV Videos from Pat Bliss

Aug 28, 2012deafinprisonorgVideoAl Jazeera TV, BitcoDavid, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Elderly inmates, Mentally ill inmates, Pat Bliss, postaday, Video Captioning, YouTube

The first, from June of 2010 concerns itself with the elderly in prison. The second addresses the mentally ill in America’s prisons. It was originally posted in December of 2009. BitcoDavid has asked me to convey his apologies, but due to the fact that these videos are the intellectual property of Al Jazeera TV, and

Poor Kim C*****

Aug 26, 2012deafinprisonorgEditorialsBitcoDavid, Colorado Department of Education, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Embryology, Hydrocephalus, Lipreading Mom, Mainstreaming, Marsha Graham, postaday

Yesterday, we posted a reblog from LipreadingMom about a Deaf child whose school refused to let him sign. That led to a conversation about mainstreaming, and I was reminded of a piece I did for school. *** Poor Kim C*****, her curse was not her dim brain, struggling to crank out a 60 IQ. Her

♫ I Don’ Wan’ No Sugar in Mah Co-offee…♪

Aug 24, 2012deafinprisonorgNews, ReBlogs13th Amendment, BitcoDavid, Chain Gang, Cool Hand Luke, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Innocent Until Proven Guilty, Marsha Graham, postaday, Yahoo News

This was brought to my attention by Marsha Graham, AKA AnotherBoomerBlog, from a story that originally appeared in Yahoo News. http://news.yahoo.com/pre-trial-slave-sues-jail-11-million-vermont-001819719.html?code=AQCkMsL_3WToz7P6p5YVZmEAFJNscoy1erUwdO07xSXl-5Dp2vyxZWoKVBNhcQCV_LgtZDO0d_2lVbwAsu1Ll4M7aTxA_kZSyXHHWCWaHb4Mo6vXTqET7kXohjavpLDtHw5Y_43yc_0aVFY2PKfVO9b1JC4xRQXs_IxcvYklCtTlO3Jg84VVyZNXcuWfVA7e50U#_=_ Apparently, Finbar McGarry was being held in a county jail, awaiting trial. He had not yet been found guilty, but merely was unable to afford bail. So, like so many in his tax bracket,

Progress in California

Aug 23, 2012deafinprisonorgNewsBitcoDavid, California Prisons, Deaf in Prison, DeafInPrison.com, Folsom Prison, Gas Chamber, Justice system, Juvenile Justice System, Media Access, postaday

I got this in my e-mail a few days ago: Dear David, We have exciting news that you helped make happen! Two important victories today in California – Senate Bill 9 and Assembly Bill 1270 took major steps forward in the legislature. First, Senate Bill 9 just passed the state Assembly 41-34! After six years of hard work by many