• Nixon repeated the Grand Jury decision is anticipated mid-to-late November. • Numerous law enforcement agencies have spent 5,000 hours in PC training to understand the delicate sensibilities of the perpetually aggrieved.  • The feelings of the agitating crowd are being considered.  • Law and Order will be maintained. • Ron Johnson read the CRS scripted part of the message. (video here)

Missouri – Law enforcement agencies from Missouri and local agencies will all work in a unified command when the Ferguson grand jury decision is reached, Gov. Jay Nixon said Tuesday.
The Missouri National Guard will be part of that contingency planning “when we determine it is necessary to support local law enforcement,” Nixon said.
Nixon said police are preparing for peaceful protests, but would also be ready to respond if things get violent. (more…)

h/t Drudge:  graphic from “WeatherBell”.  Shaded areas represent anticipated snow fall.
Record breaking cold temperatures with snow are anticipated across the country next week, sparing only six continental states – New Mexico, Arizona, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and Florida.

Here are some tips from the “Fun Times Guide”  (!) on how to prepare for winter weather.
Some of the ways we at su casa are getting ready earlier than expected for “snow season” are:
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At 100 or more new reported cases a day
(and, obviously, an unquantified number of unreported cases) coupled with the deliberate “removal” of dead victims from the official tally, it is apparent that the Ebola outbreak continues to rage and is far from contained.
As has been mentioned here and elsewhere in the Realism Blogosphere,  Math Just Is.  As the Daily Mail UK reports, scores of orphaned children left to care for themselves after close contact and sustained exposure to a parent or other caregiver who has died from Ebola are  “ticking timebombs”.
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In this brief exchange on Bloomberg news the discussion highlights the current Democrat problem for 2016. Behind Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton there is no-one. Watch video:

~ The Trayvon Martin Legacy ~

We have tracked this intent for 5 years as it evolved from theory, to hidden practice, to policy discussion, then presidential executive order, and now into full blown implementation.
Both Miami-Dade and Maryland Schools did it secretly. At least the Minneapolis School District is being open about their intentions, all former districts have done it without telling the public.
Minneapolis will now institute a policy of disciplinary suspension for white students, but blacks and other minorities will not be suspended and allowed intolerant behavior to correct the disparate impact.
MINNESOTA –  Minneapolis Public Schools are implementing a new policy aimed at eliminating the gap between the races when it comes to suspensions. Nothing will change for white students, they will still be suspended at the discretion of each school’s principal. But for minority students, specifically black, Hispanic and Native American students, the Minneapolis Schools Superintendent’s office will personally review each case.
This new policy is part of an agreement with U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights announced last week after an investigation into why minority students made up such a high percentage suspended students in the past. (more…)

• The election is over • Obama has conferred with the BGI • Holder is coordinating diversity training • DOJ/CRS boots on the ground • Emergency plans in place – The “no bill” announcement could come at any day now, maybe today…

• ♦ INFO – Feds Release Investigative Details To New York Times (LINK)
• ♦ INFO – Officer Darren Wilson version of events given to media. (LINK)
• ♦ INFO – Official Mike Brown autopsy supports Wilson’s Version of events. (LINK)
• ♦ INFO – Eight Black Witnesses Confirm Darren Wilson Version (Link)
• ♦ INFO – Feds Reveal No Charges Expected Against Darren Wilson (LINK)

• Officer Darren Wilson pushed into vehicle by Mike Brown. • A Struggle ensued. • Two shots fired inside vehicle. • One bullet striking the hand of Mike Brown. • Blood from right arm wound on interior door, uniform and officers weapon. • Gun powder residue also on hands of Mike Brown. • Attorney for Dorian Johnson admits DJ lied to media.

• One bullet lodges in door panel of SUV • One bullet strikes near window of adjacent apartment building. • Hat and one shoe located on South side of police SUV. • Second shoe located approximately 10-15′ East. • Officer Wilson chases Mike Brown. • Both travel approximately 100′ from SUV. • Brown stops, turns, makes aggressive statement. • Brown charges Wilson. • Ten additional shots fired at approaching Mike Brown. • Five bullets strike Brown. • Total of 12 shots fired.
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Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †