{"id":28840,"date":"2017-01-23T16:04:55","date_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:04:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28840"},"modified":"2017-01-23T16:04:55","modified_gmt":"2017-01-24T00:04:55","slug":"just-saying-lifting-economic-sanctions-russia-jeff-sessions-policing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28840","title":{"rendered":"Just Saying: Lifting Economic Sanctions Against Russia, Jeff Sessions and Policing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">BY RAUL HERNANDEZ<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"font-size: 18pt;\">Notebookventura@gmail.com<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28967\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28967\" style=\"width: 241px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28967 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ChuckSchumer-241x300.jpg\" alt=\"ChuckSchumer\" width=\"241\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ChuckSchumer-241x300.jpg 241w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/ChuckSchumer.jpg 643w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 241px) 100vw, 241px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28967\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">New York\u2019s Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">New York\u2019s Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he is introducing a bill that would force any lifting of sanctions against Russia to be approved by Congress, according to<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/Politics\/schumer-previews-bill-curtail-trump-authority-russian-sanctions\/story?id=44954675\">ABC News.<\/a><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The stakes are very high in keeping the sanctions in place, according to Schumer.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">I agree, and this is why: lifting the economic sanctions against Russia will breathe new life into Russia&#8217;s weak economy. An economically strong Russia will flex its military muscle throughout the world, and Putin&#8217;s poll numbers in Russia will soar.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Trump is an imbecile who doesn&#8217;t understand that Russia is a danger to Europe and the rest of the free world. Still, Trump will compromise national security to enrich himself and his pals. Once the sanctions are lifted, Putin will open his oil fields to Exxon. The corporation run by CEO Rex Tillerson who accepted in 2013 Russia&#8217;s Order of Friendship from Putin. Tillerson is now Trump&#8217;s nominee for Secretary of State.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Financial Times published a story about Tillerson, Exxon, ties to Russia and the nomination: \u00a0&#8220;<span class=\"article-classifier__gap\">Rex Tillerson, ExxonMobil and the separation of oil and state&#8221;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_28970\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-28970\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-28970 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-300x202.jpg\" alt=\"Rex W. Tillerson, chairman and CEO of ExxonMobil, listens to a question during a news conference after the shareholders meeting in Dallas, Wednesday, May 30, 2007. (AP Photo\/LM Otero)\" width=\"300\" height=\"202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-300x202.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-768x517.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-1024x690.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-90x60.jpg 90w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-180x120.jpg 180w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson-95x64.jpg 95w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Rex-Tillerson.jpg 2000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-28970\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Rex Tillerson<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">To read the entire article click here:<strong> Financial Times<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Meanwhile, Marines are currently on maneuvers<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u00a0to Norway because of increasing threats by Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">This story, which wasn&#8217;t widely published,<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> quoted Norway&#8217;s defense minister:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;However, in a 2014 interview with Reuters, Norway&#8217;s Defense Minister Ine Eriksen Soereide said Russia&#8217;s annexation of Crimea showed that it had the ability and will to use military means to achieve political goals.&#8221;<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.adn.com%2Farctic%2F2017%2F01%2F16%2Fhundreds-of-us-marines-land-in-norway-irking-russia%2F&amp;h=ATMYT67nu5wYtYUPueHsh4zgJF-6MNmzF6-edqY8RDkV8lTD3aRwk-AVJo1CY2lOetLZqWtFsKITKga4WnTB8khw6Nao3GgJN8FzJA9Biu8QGHQeoWVcQSRB9LTrhj3mQrKgGPv7RDc4MseTshUgM5ifcprT\" rel=\"nofollow\">https:\/\/www.adn.com\/&#8230;\/hundreds-of-us-marines-land-in&#8230;\/<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">These are stories by Forbes on the frail Russian economy in November and December:<\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Frealspin%2F2016%2F11%2F02%2Frussias-road-to-economic-ruin%2F%2310511ef05a30&amp;h=ATMzmKMGTK87IubolznFKXf2s2b8E2XEiIkqfD1sKQTfRCR8yBirbGjfg9X3dP4Unh_ygVW1gZco2YO9p6mCeILT_YHr0Wx5eesKp0LBhD3FLAxTMHnsaOZ7aNI5vuXQR40bXHkIhPx03GE3XBlpniLkQANi\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/&#8230;\/russias-road-to-economic-ruin\/&#8230;<\/a><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a class=\"\" dir=\"ltr\" href=\"http:\/\/l.facebook.com\/l.php?u=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.forbes.com%2Fsites%2Fkenrapoza%2F2016%2F12%2F26%2Frussia-2016-economy-rosneft-putin%2F%235c1234106280&amp;h=ATOstKBpQnQABVDdQLfAzDhXFI_hX1Lya8IIjCNA3GfPEoMO2mHIS-pUg6cwbNEV_DNTEFtKzJZOs41Vw5LUxhauHacOI07P83MsTYcd_TPtmw7y8wjijZWN-YRaSVPNdOrEXHF1vPuOiVwe2wLwCXvNDD_u\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www.forbes.com\/&#8230;\/russia-2016-economy-rosneft&#8230;\/&#8230;<\/a>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><a id=\"ramplink_Chuck Schumer_\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/us\/chuck-schumer.htm\">Chuck Schumer<\/a> said that he and a bipartisan group of senators will take steps to block <a id=\"ramplink_President Trump_\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/donald-trump.htm\">President Trump<\/a> from being able to singlehandedly weaken U.S. sanctions on Russia.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The New York senator said such an exchange would be misguided, according to ABC News.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8220;For us to repeal sanctions, given what Russia has done in Ukraine and threatened the Baltics, and now they have clearly tried to intervene in our election &#8212; whether it had an effect or not &#8212; that is something, that\u2019s a danger that we have never faced to this extent in American history.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201cWe repeal sanctions, it tells Russia, &#8216;Go ahead and interfere in our elections and do bad things;&#8217; it tells China; it tells Iran. That would be terrible,\u201d Schumer said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Democratic senator added that Republican Sens. <a id=\"ramplink_John McCain_\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/us\/john-mccain.htm\">John McCain<\/a> and <a id=\"ramplink_Lindsey Graham_\" href=\"http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/topics\/news\/us\/lindsey-graham.htm\">Lindsey Graham<\/a>, both of whom have been vocal critics of some of Trump\u2019s rhetoric on Russia, support the bill.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><strong><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Jeff Sessions<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-28968 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jeff-Sessions-Trump-300x175.jpg\" alt=\"Jeff Sessions Trump\" width=\"390\" height=\"229\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jeff-Sessions-Trump-300x175.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/Jeff-Sessions-Trump-768x448.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 390px) 100vw, 390px\" \/>Trump&#8217;s nominee Jeff Sessions insists that he isn&#8217;t a racist. \u00a0He just wore the red &#8220;Let&#8217;s Make America Great,&#8221; cap of oneC, stands next to him during a political campaign and sings his praises.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sessions comes<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> at a bad time when this country is split into two camps &#8211; Trump supporters, and many of us who believe this man is mentally unstable and a danger to this country&#8217;s security and democracy. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Sessions nomination hearing also comes on the heels of two reports critical of policing in Chicago and Baltimore that were released this month by the Department of Justice.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The DOJ&#8217;s report on Chicago is scathing. The report notes example after example of rank racism, unprofessional conduct, and cops behaving like brutes on the streets with no accountability.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Is police misconduct limited to Chicago or Baltimore?<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Here is a fact about many police departments practices and <\/span>patterns,<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> according to the U.S. Department of Justice&#8217;s Civil Rights Division.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">&#8221; Since 2009, the Special Litigation Section has opened 25 investigations into law enforcement agencies.\u00a0 The section is enforcing 20 agreements with law enforcement agencies, including 15 consent decrees and one post-judgment order.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The division also recently released a comprehensive report that provides an overview of the police reform work done under pursuant to the Violent Crime Control and Law Enforcement Act of 1994, which can be found at the following link:https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/crt\/file\/922421\/download.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Other Issues in Policing<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1057\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1057\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1057\" src=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"U.S. Department of Justice\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Justice-Depart.jpg 320w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1057\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">U.S. Department of Justice<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Although many people may be familiar with the Division\u2019s police reform agreements addressing <\/span>use<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"> of force or discriminatory policing on the basis of race or national origin, the Division\u2019s agreements have addressed a wide range of issues in policing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">For example:<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Baltimore, the Division found a pattern or practice of systemic violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act by the police department, focusing on the failure to make reasonable accommodations when interacting with people with mental health disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Los Angeles County, the Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses a pattern of singling out people who receive federal housing subsidies for unconstitutional stops, searches, arrests and uses of force linked to community bias against people poor enough to qualify for such assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In New Orleans, the Division found that officers systematically undercounted rapes and other sex crimes. Officers also wrongly arrested transgender women for prostitution and then charged them under the state\u2019s \u201ccrimes against nature\u201d law. Multiple convictions under this law forced them to register as sex offenders, hurting their chances of landing a job or finding a home. The Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses these practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Ferguson, Missouri, the Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses municipal court practices that imposed court fines and fees on people unable to pay them, which contributed to discriminatory and unconstitutional policing through the use of police officers as municipal debt collection agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Portland, Oregon, the Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses interactions between police and people who are in mental health crisis, requiring department-wide policy changes and training designed to reduce use of force and facilitate the diversion of such people into community services and treatment, where appropriate, as well as supporting local government efforts to increase the availability of such services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Puerto Rico and New Orleans, the Division\u2019s reform agreements contain provisions aimed at eliminating policing practices that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Evangeline Parish and Ville Platte, Louisiana, the Division\u2019s recent letter of findings addresses the use of so-called \u201cinvestigative holds\u201d\u2014illegally jailing people who police think may be witnesses to or otherwise associated with a crime, but who police do not have any probable cause to arrest, often for the purpose of coercing the person into confessing or providing information about the crime. The Division also addressed a similar practice in Ferguson, Missouri, where officers issued \u201c<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Baltimore, the Division found a pattern or practice of systemic violations of the Americans with Disabilities Act by the police department, focusing on the failure to make reasonable accommodations when interacting with people with mental health disabilities.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Los Angeles County, the Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses a pattern of singling out people who receive federal housing subsidies for unconstitutional stops, searches, arrests and uses of force linked to community bias against people poor enough to qualify for such assistance.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In New Orleans, the Division found that officers systematically undercounted rapes and other sex crimes. Officers also wrongly arrested transgender women for prostitution and then charged them under the state\u2019s \u201ccrimes against nature\u201d law. Multiple convictions under this law forced them to register as sex offenders, hurting their chances of landing a job or finding a home. The Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses these practices.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Ferguson, Missouri, the Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses municipal court practices that imposed court fines and fees on people unable to pay them, which contributed to discriminatory and unconstitutional policing through the use of police officers as municipal debt collection agents.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Portland, Oregon, the Division\u2019s reform agreement addresses interactions between police and people who are in mental health crisis, requiring department-wide policy changes and training designed to reduce use of force and facilitate the diversion of such people into community services and treatment, where appropriate, as well as supporting local government efforts to increase the availability of such services.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Puerto Rico and New Orleans, the Division\u2019s reform agreements contain provisions aimed at eliminating policing practices that discriminate on the basis of sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\uf0b7 In Evangeline Parish and Ville Platte, Louisiana, the Division\u2019s recent letter of findings addresses the use of so-called \u201cinvestigative holds\u201d\u2014illegally jailing people who police think may be witnesses to or otherwise associated with a crime, but who police do not have any probable cause to arrest, often for the purpose of coercing the person into confessing or providing information about the crime. The Division also addressed a similar practice in Ferguson, Missouri, where officers issued \u201c<\/span>wanteds<span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">\u201d for arrests without probable cause.<\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\"><strong>Policing Getting More Tougher<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">Law enforcement officers today are asked to do more than ever in communities, often amidst fraying infrastructure and social support networks, as well as rising community anger and frustration that makes the job of police officers more complex and challenging than ever before. In that context, it is no surprise that the need for police reform is so great, according to the Department of Justice report.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14pt;\">The Division also receives a large quantity of complaints and information intended to prompt a pattern-or-practice investigation, requiring the exercise of discretion and judgment to ensure that its law enforcement authority is used efficiently and effectively.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@gmail.com New York\u2019s Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he is introducing a bill that would force any lifting of sanctions against Russia to be approved by&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":28110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28840","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-home-main-slider","category-notes-cases-thoughts-quotes"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Just Saying: Lifting Economic Sanctions Against Russia, Jeff Sessions and Policing<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@gmail.com New York\u2019s Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he is introducing a bill that would force\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28840\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Just Saying: Lifting Economic Sanctions Against Russia, Jeff Sessions and Policing\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"BY RAUL HERNANDEZ Notebookventura@gmail.com New York\u2019s Democratic U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer said Sunday that he is introducing a bill that would force\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/?p=28840\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"American Justice Notebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AmericanJusticeNotebook\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2017-01-24T00:04:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/cjnotebook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/11\/News-1.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"2000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Raul\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"8 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=28840#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=28840\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Raul\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/f5521baddca77b521f012298775186c0\"},\"headline\":\"Just Saying: Lifting Economic Sanctions Against Russia, Jeff Sessions and Policing\",\"datePublished\":\"2017-01-24T00:04:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=28840\"},\"wordCount\":1614,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/?p=28840#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cjnotebook.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2016\\\/11\\\/News-1.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Home Main Slider\",\"Notes - Cases - Thoughts &amp; 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