Sharing this day in history:

Georgia seceded from the Union in 1861, on Robert E. Lee's birthday.

Trivia: Georgia had to be reinstated to the Union TWICE, after scalawag Albany New York native Reconstruction governor Rufus Bullock, a telegraph company money-grubber who came south to exploit the post-war chaos to fill his on pockets, fucked things up so badly that he ended up declaring military rule of the state capitol (and moved it from Milledgeville to Atlanta). Asshole Bullock had to flee the state after becoming the most hated man in the state of Georgia, but then had the gall to return, get himself appointed to several boards of directors, shill for his telegraph and railroad construction companies, and whore for the Chamber of Commerce.

History is sure as hell written by the winners. Have just spent the last few weeks cramming my head full of 1870's Atlanta newspaper coverage of Reconstruction, and getting angrier by the minute.

Fuck carpetbaggers and scalawags. It is EXACTLY what has been proven correct again just now in Puerto Rico. The list is long: Africa, Haiti, anywhere that life has gone to hell in a handcart. Same story as always: any time there's a crisis, every single damn greedy asshole from here to Timbuktu swoops in to make money.

Active shooter in Honolulu, 2 police dead, multiple homes on fire originally started by shooter, fire crews can't access due to shooter still being on site

https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2020/01/19/multiple-honolulu-police-officers-injured-shooting-near-diamond-head/

By HNN Staff | January 19, 2020 at 10:02 AM HST - Updated January 19 at 11:39 AM

HONOLULU, Hawaii (HawaiiNewsNow) - At least two Honolulu police officers were killed Sunday morning in a shooting near Diamond Head, law enforcement sources told Hawaii News Now.

Meanwhile, a house fire apparently started by the suspect in the shooting has spread to at least four high-end homes in the area. The flames and thick smoke is visible for miles.

The circumstances that led up to the shooting remain unclear.

But sources tell Hawaii News Now that the suspect in the shooting was being evicted Sunday morning and allegedly stabbed his landlord.

Police responding to the stabbing at a home on Hibiscus Drive were met with gunfire.

And then the suspect apparently set fire to the home. Those flames spread quickly to several nearby homes as firefighters weren’t able to gain access.

Authorities have not said whether the suspect has been arrested or shot. But police on scene don’t appear to actively looking for a suspect.

Sources told HNN that the officers shot at the home were initially taken to the Queen’s Medical Center in extremely critical condition.

Dozens of police officers, including Honolulu Police Chief Susan Ballard, were seen arriving at the hospital en masse as the patients were transported away from the Diamond Head scene.

One witness at the scene told HNN that rescuers could be seen performing CPR on an officer in the immediate aftermath of the shooting.

Soon after the shooting incident was reported, the home believed to be the scene of the shooting caught fire and became fully engulfed in flames.

Witnesses in the area say the fire has spread to at least four other nearby homes in the area, and Honolulu firefighters were staging nearby while waiting for police officials, who have control of the scene, to give the all-clear.

Several vehicles, including a marked Honolulu Police Department vehicle, were also on fire.

Videos taken at the scene of the fire appeared to include the sound of gunfire from within the home as it burned, though shots from the home were not confirmed.

A youth tennis tournament near Kapiolani Park was canceled because of the nearby shooting. Officers do not believe the shooter was in the park, but put up yellow caution tape as a precautionary measure to keep the area clear.

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