| By Derek Caney (@stax920)
Digits of the day: 15 hours That's how long Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) filibustered on the Senate floor before Republicans agreed to hold votes on Democrat-backed gun control measures to expand background checks and prevent terrorist suspects from acquiring guns. The measures, however, are mostly a symbolic gesture, as they don't seem likely to pass a Republican-controlled Senate. Donald Trump said yesterday morning he would meet with the National Rifle Association to discuss ways to block people on terrorism-watch or no-fly lists from buying guns. Meanwhile in Orlando, investigators have questioned the wife of the gunman who killed 49 people at a gay nightclub in Orlando, and a law enforcement source said she knew of his plans for the massacre. Quote of the day: When Qais Munhazim, a gay Muslim man, joined a vigil at the University of Minnesota for the Orlando victims, he was seeking comfort and community. He was told, 'This is not the right time or place for you." So goes the struggle for many gay Muslims after the shooting in an Orlando gay nightclub. 
Tiffany Findley (L) and Adriana Kelley kiss outside the wake for Pulse shooting victim Javier Jorge Reyes in a counter protest against the Westboro Baptist Church in Orlando, Florida, June 15, 2016. REUTERS/Jim Young
Around the country - Police divers recovered the body of a 2-year-old boy who was dragged by an alligator into a lagoon in front of his family at Walt Disney World. The county sheriff presumed the child drowned. Wildlife officials earlier captured and killed five of the reptiles from Seven Seas Lagoon and opened them up to look for traces of the boy.
- An individual using the moniker Guccifer 2.0 claimed responsibility for the cyber attack on the Democratic National Committee, saying in a blog post that he was a "lone hacker." CrowdStrike, the cyber security firm that discovered the hack, still says it was the Russians, who deny it. The hacker says we'll learn more about what he stole when he releases the files on WikiLeaks.
- Led Zeppelin guitarist Jimmy Page testified in a copyright infringement trial on Wednesday that he did not recall hearing until recently the song containing the musical riff his band is accused of stealing for its 1971 hit "Stairway to Heaven." The band is accused of lifting the opening chords for "Stairway to Heaven" from Spirit's 1967 song "Taurus." And you can believe Led Zeppelin. Because they would never steal anything from anyone…oh wait…
Around Wall Street - Sig Sauer, maker of the semi-automatic rifle believed to have been used in the Orlando shooting rampage, has been growing rapidly in the United States, with plans to sell more silencers and ammunition while vying for a contract to supply several hundred thousand handguns to the U.S. military.
- The Federal Reserve may not be able to raise interest rates until global demand rebounds, policymakers signaled. The central bank left rates unchanged, as widely expected, and while it still expects to raise rates twice more this year, the pace of those increases could slow.
- Virtual reality has yet to take off with the bulk of video gamers, but the industry is doubling down on its bet that one day it will, if game publishers' investments are any indication.
Around the world - Once Islamic State is defeated, Iraq should be divided into three separate entities to prevent further sectarian bloodshed, with a state each given to Shi'ite Muslims, Sunnis and Kurds, a top Kurdish official said. Masrour Barzani, head of the Kurdistan Regional Government's (KRG) Security Council and son of KRG President Massoud Barzani, said the level of mistrust between the three groups was such that they should not remain "under one roof."
- A top drug-trafficking accomplice of Joaquin 'El Chapo' Guzman was arrested in Mexico for his alleged role in two murders. The arrest took place shortly after he was returned from the United States after completing a prison sentence for distributing cocaine. Hector 'El Guero' Palma is also believed to have ties to the Sinaloa cartel that El Chapo once ran.
- Canadian lawmakers voted to alter the country's national anthem to make the lyrics gender neutral. The bill would change the English version of "O Canada" to remove the words "in all thy sons command" and replace them with "in all of us command."
Today's reason to live Dr. Feelgood – Everybody's Carrying A Gun |
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