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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Austin TX police gun down 2016 presidential candidate
Online Austin American Statesman reports that Michael McGregor Holt was killed by Austin police after a shooting in a downtown Austin hotel.

Holt's name is listed among the 448 people so far that have filed a statement of candidacy.

Austin police believe Holt killed taxi driver Conrado Guadalupe Contreras, 60, after bringing a rifle into the lobby of the Omni Hotel early Sunday morning. Police officer Carlos Lopez shot and killed Holt after Holt pointed the rifle at police, Austin police said.
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9 Killed, 53 Wounded In Holiday Weekend Shootings
[CHICAGO.CBSLOCAL] Fourth of July weekend shootings left nine people dead -- including a 7-year-old boy -- and at least 53 others injured from Thursday evening to early Monday.

Seven-year-old Amari Brown was killed in a shooting that also left a 26-year-old woman maimed late Saturday in the Humboldt Park neighborhood.

Amari, who lived in the 500 block of North Drake, was taken to Stroger Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!
at 1:56 a.m., according to the Cook County medical examiner's office.

Police said Sunday the bullet that fatally maimed 7-year-old Amari Brown on the Fourth of July was meant for his father. Both Amari and the 26-year-old woman were shot in the chest at 11:55 p.m. in the 1100 block of North Harding, police said.

The boy's father, Antonio Brown, is a ranking gang member with 45 previous arrests and was not cooperating with police as of Sunday afternoon as they tried to find his son's killer, reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,...
Police Supt. Garry McCarthy said Sunday, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

"It's crazy. Like who would shoot a 7-year-old? He got shot in the chest. Who would do that? To a baby?" Amari's grandmother, 52-year-old Vida Hailey asked as she waited for news outside Stroger. "All the kids that are getting killed out here -- it's crazy. When is it going to stop?"

The woman who was shot was also taken to Stroger, where her condition stabilized.

In the most recent fatal shooting, a 48-year-old man was killed in a Sunday afternoon shooting in the Calumet Heights neighborhood.

Anthony Strong was shot in the right side of his chest about 4:55 p.m. in the 9200 block of South Harper, police said.

Strong, who lived in the same block he was shot, was taken to Christ Medical Center in Oak Lawn, where he was pronounced dead.
He's dead, Jim!
at 6:06 p.m., the medical examiner's office said.

Police said they were questioning a person of interest.

Earlier, two brothers from Missouri died Sunday morning after shots were fired at an SUV in the Auburn Gresham neighborhood on the South Side.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My son, air medic redneck, did 3 weeks at the rush university emergency room before going to Afghanistan. He said he saw more trama there in 3 weeks than the 52 in Afghanistan.
Posted by: whitecollar redneck || 07/07/2015 0:13 Comments || Top||

#2  All because of Chicago's lax gun laws, thanks to SCOTUS McDonald ruling. Or so it will be said.
Posted by: Glenmore || 07/07/2015 8:03 Comments || Top||

#3  WCR: if your son had gone across the street to the County (Stroger) ER he'd have seen more trauma in a day...
Posted by: Steve White || 07/07/2015 8:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Paraphrasing here....but didn't the Champ say something following the Charleston shooting about "things like this not happening in modern, civilized societies?"

Credit where credit due. The indolent bugger was spot on !
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2015 9:21 Comments || Top||

#5  Summertime in Chicago is Darwin's busy season.
Posted by: regular joe || 07/07/2015 9:51 Comments || Top||

#6  Besoeker, I think what Obama meant was that killing 9 people in a single shooting doesn't happen in advanced countries. Killing 9 people in a single weekend is different.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 07/07/2015 10:52 Comments || Top||

#7  It's down from the 82 shootings last year - an improvement!
Posted by: Pappy || 07/07/2015 12:52 Comments || Top||

#8  Two questions,
1) what is a 7 year old doing out at midnight,
2) how is this 26 yr old woman involved with this seven year old?

This sounds like one of those cultural differences of which we're supposed to be tolerant, no?
Posted by: AlanC || 07/07/2015 13:04 Comments || Top||

#9  Chicago radio stations did say that the number of shootings were proportionally down last weekend based on previous summer weekend data when the weather was good (which last weekend was).

Stroger ER was busy as usual with the 'non-reportable incidents' involving knives, projectile near-misses and whatnot, though. Just not added to the data that the county uses for their 'war on crime' statistical reports.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/07/2015 13:56 Comments || Top||

#10  #8 Two questions,
1) what is a 7 year old doing out at midnight,
2) how is this 26 yr old woman involved with this seven year old?


1) Learning a career
2) His Grandma

Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2015 13:59 Comments || Top||

#11  Ouch, Frank
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 07/07/2015 17:03 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Unknown gunmen killed couple in Urozgan
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A couple has been killed by unidentified gunnies in central Urozgan province.

The incidnet took place in Sajawal area of Urozgan's capital Tireen Kot last night.

Gul Agha, a police officer said that a group of armed intruders forcibly entered into a civilian house during the middle of Sunday night and sprayed bullets on those inside.

He said the attack left a husband and his wife dead and their child maimed.

An investigation has been initiated the incident but officials suspect personal dispute as the result of the shooting spree.

The child who sustained injuries in the attack is now battling for his live in the hospital.

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Africa Subsaharan
Regional leaders urge Burundi to postpone presidential elections
[FOXNEWS] Regional leaders are urging Burundi's government to delay presidential elections by two weeks as the central African country grapples with violence sparked by the president's bid for a third term.

Presidential elections are scheduled for July 15, and the government of President Pierre Nkurunziza has previously indicated it is opposed to postponing the polls.

Regional leaders under the East African Community bloc, of which Burundi is a member, met in Tanzania on Monday to discuss the situation in Burundi as the government presses ahead with the controversial polls.

The summit called for a government of national unity no matter who wins the polls, and also urged Nkurunziza's government to disarm all gangs that are accused of fuelling violence in the country.
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
New agreement to further restrict weapons in Ukraine


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By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

A new agreement to further restrict weapons used by both Ukrainian and rebel forces will be ready to sign today, according to Russian language news accounts.

The new agreement is said to require both sides to remove all artillery over 100mm, and all mortars and tanks with main guns over 85mm to points from the current line of contact sufficient to render them useless, according to a news account which appeared on korrespondent.net.

Both sides have considerable numbers of main battle tanks T-64s and T-72s, medium tanks which have 125mm main guns. Tanks are often used by both sides as direct fire artillery. Both sides already place their tanks in their respective rears to be used as fire brigades in case their forces suffer a reversal on the battlefield.

In a nervous environment such as southeastern Ukraine, tanks are still likely to be brought up quickly to the line of contact in large numbers as a response to enemy action. Tanks are already supposed to be left to the rear by virtue of the original Minsk ceasefire last September, 2014. The Ukrainian have repeatedly delayed implementing that part of the agreement, and the rebel claim they have done their part, but reports since then have said otherwise.

Of the mortar types, both sides use 120mm mortar in some numbers, likely the PM-43, one of the older artillery systems in the world still in use, with an effective range of six kilometers. The 82mm mortar, BM-37 is used in much larger numbers than the 120mm mortars, and it has a range of three kilometers.

Other weapons used in the Ukrainian civil war not considered to be small arms, but not included in the newest restrictions include the main gun for the Russian made infantry fighting vehicle BMP-1, which sports a 73mm cannon, and the 73mm SPG-9 recoilless rifle, which both sides have converted to have a indirect fire mount.

Inasmuch as the agreement addendum is ready to sign, doubts remain whether the two sides will sign and implement the new agreement.

Chief negotiator for the Donetsk People's Republic, Denis Pushilin was quoted in the korrespondent,net article as saying because the document is ready to be signed, doesn't mean it will be signed.

"...a compromise was found," said Pushilin.

Another part of the peace agenda still in discussion, especially for the rebel side are economic issues. For example, since last fall Ukraine suspended pension payments to residents of Donetsk in areas occupied by rebel forces, an act the rebels have repeatedly pleaded with negotiators to have reversed. The rebels have pointed to the Russian involvement in Chechnya, where, according to past news accounts, the Russian Federation continued paying pensions even in areas occupied by Chechen rebels during the 1st Chechen War.

Currently the governments of Donetsk and Lugansk, likely with the assistance of the Russian Federation, are paying a portion of pensions.

Now, according to the korrespondent.net report, the European Union will be asked to help with the restoration of basic utilities, such as water, which have been damaged in the fighting.

The deputy head of the Organization for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) mission in Ukraine, Alexander Hug, was quoted in the korrespondent article as saying, though the "final steps" have not been taken by the parties, he hopes the agreement will be signed.

Fighting Continues in Donetsk

Exchanges of artillery fire and firefights in western Donetsk continued on Monday, according to official rebel reports and Russian language news accounts.

According to reports posted on its official website, the Donetsk Ministry of defense said that Ukrainian forces fired on rebel forces 62 times over the previous two days, hitting targets in Kievskiy district of Donetsk, Spartak and the airport, using artillery and crew served heavy weapons.

A subsequent ministry of defense report said that Ukrainian artillery and tanks hit rebel positions in Spartak and the Donetsk airport for about 30 minutes Monday night. No reports from either have emerged detailing any attacks.

Monday evening Ukrainian forces near Bogdanovka near Mariupol reported being attacked by a small rebel force, according to a news account posted on tsensor.net. The attack started at 1750 hrs, and ended at around 1930 hrs, and was driven back by Ukrainian forces.

In Mariupol, according to a separate account on tsensor.net, Ukrainian forces reported shooting down a rebel drone over the Sea of Azov.

Shirokino, abandoned by rebel forces in a purported act of good will, continues to be unoccupied by either side.

The Donetsk ministry of defense said that Ukrainian police units have been inside the village, but also charged that those police were engaged in looting.

According to data supplied by Donetsk minister of defense Vladimir Kononov, rebel forces reported observing Ukrainian forces looting abandoned residences in the area.

Shirokino sits in a large hollow, which aids in observation from either the west or the east. It was, according to rebel media, very difficult to defend, despite the fact that Ukrainian forces held for some weeks the western sectors, with the rebels failing repeatedly to dislodge them.

Three days ago it was reported that rebel forces had withdrawn their forces towards the nearby town of Sahanka, which had been suddenly under Ukrainian artillery fire for more than 10 days, so much artillery fire that a total of seven residences were destroyed, and the own all but abandoned. Now, according to rebel reports, those forces were never in Sahanka, but none of the reports indicate why Ukrainian forces would shell a town without a target of some kind.

Now, reports from both sides are that neither Sahanka nor Shirokino are beign shelled by either side.

Chris Covert writes about foreign military issues for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter. You can read past articles about the 2014 war in southeastern Ukraina by clicking here.
Posted by: badanov || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Economy
Chinese stock market loses 3.2 trillion in 3 days, slump spreading
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/07/2015 12:19 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Maybe the Chinese might have learned not to bailout speculators. Then again, corruption in China is world class to begin with. Let's watch. Popcorn please.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/07/2015 13:17 Comments || Top||

#2  No short sales allowed
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2015 13:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Not a big market for chinese shorts.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/07/2015 14:08 Comments || Top||

#4  it devalued by 3.2 trillion.
The loss will be a fraction of that, and the only worry is that the losses are focussed on those who speculated on shares using debt.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/07/2015 14:25 Comments || Top||

#5  For years there has been the open question of whether China would get rich first, or old. Maybe that question is now answered.
Posted by: Iblis || 07/07/2015 16:53 Comments || Top||

#6  See DRUDGEREPORT > TELEGRAPH.UK = THE REALLY WORRYING FINANCIAL CRISIS IS HAPPENING [now] IN CHINA, NOT GREECE. LOOKS LIKE CHINA IS HEADING TOWARD ITS VERSION OF 1929 [USA]STOCK MARKET CRASH.

* BLOOMBERG, LUCIANNE > CHINA SLUMP SPREADS AS ALIBABA TO JD.COM WHIPSAW INVESTORS | ... ADRS APPROACH BEAR MARKET.

VERSUS

* DEFENCE.P/FORUMS > [Financial Times] FOR CHINA THE END OF THE COMMUNIST PARTY IS NIGH - BUT IN NAME ONLY!?

Iff the CCCC/CPC is able to hold to power, BY "ANY MEANS NECESSARY" INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO VIOLENCE + FORCED REPRESSIONS, CAN CHINA'S ECON NOT ONLY RECOVER BUT STILL EXPAND UNDER COMMIE AUSPICES.

Or will China sees its version of USSR-style perennial econ stagnation, write-offs, + finally IMPLOSION ala 1991???

CAN POST-SOVIET/1991 SO-CALLED "COMMUNIST CAPITALISM/COMMPITALISM" SURVIVE IN CHINA???

* SAME > "HEADS MUST ROLL": GERMANY NEEDS NEW LEADERS WHO FAVOR RUSSIA, NOT THE US.

* GROONG >[Sputnik News] BRICS COUNTRIES ARE STRONGER THAN THE WEST - GERMAN NEWSPAPER [Die Tageseitung].

As a reminder, RUSSIA = has said that neither the BRICS, SCO-CSTO, nor the new Eurasian Customs Union will be turned into [Russia-led/dominated] FORMAL MILITARY ALLIANCES agz the US-West andor China.

Remains to be seen as per China's struggle for "sole" strategic access into the far Pacific vee the mainly pro-US "First Island Chain".
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2015 22:25 Comments || Top||


Europe
Greece bailout plan rejected, finance minister quits
[FOXNEWS] Greece's debt crisis sent shivers through American stock markets Monday, a day after Greek voters rejected demands from international creditors for further austerity measures in exchange for a bailout of its bankrupt economy.

The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell more than 100 points after the opening bell, at one point hitting its lowest level since early February, before recovering much of the losses, dipping below 45 points at 12 p.m. EST. The dip followed plunges by markets in Europe and around the world as the government of Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras struggled to find its way through the crisis, which included the resignation Monday morning of Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis.
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India-Pakistan
Three of a family gunned down in Charsadda
[DAWN] CHARSADDA: A man, his wife and daughter were bumped off by their rivals in Awal Din Korona area of Tangi on Sunday. The incident is stated to be result of an old enmity, police said.

Sister of the dear departed, Sabir Shah, reported to Tangi police that Mubarak Zeb, Anwar Zeb, Amir Zeb and Atta Mohammad entered her brother's house and opened indiscriminate fire, killing him on the spot. Sabir's daughter, Sumera, and wife suffered critical wounds and were taken to DHQ hospital, Charsadda. However,
by candlelight every wench is handsome...
both of them gave up the ghost at the hospital.

The Tangi police registered murder case against the four suspects and began investigations.

In another incident, Noor Habib was allegedly rubbed out by Jan Syed over a land dispute in Sher Bahadar Kally area of Sar Dheri.

Hameed, son of Noor Habib, told police Jan Syed killed his father over a land dispute. The police registered FIR and began investigations.
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Three killed doing a wheelie
[DAWN] Three boys were killed and another injured after their cycle of violences hit each other while one-wheeling on Ring Road early on Sunday.

Ring Road police checkpost in-charge Shakoor Baig said three of the four riders on two cycle of violences were killed when their vehicles hit each other and crashed into a roadside barrier. He said they were attempting stunts when they lost the control over their bikes and crashed. Three of the boys were killed on the spot while the fourth was shifted to a nearby hospital where he was said to be at death's door.

Baig said no traffic warden was on duty at the time of the accident that happened around 5:30am, while traffic police were deployed at 7am.

Quoting witnesses, he said the boys were attempting one-wheeling when handlebars of their cycle of violences got entangled and they crashed into the roadside barrier.

The dear departed were identified as Abdul Rehman, 18, Ali Raza, 20, and Ali Haider, 21. The fourth was not yet identified until the filing of this report.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Aren't wheelies haram?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/07/2015 7:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Racing to the pigeon sextival.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/07/2015 14:14 Comments || Top||


Trivial issue claims boy's life
[DAWN] KARACHI: A 15-year-old boy was rubbed out over a trivial dispute in the Sukhan area on Sunday night, police said.

Neighbours fought with each other in Bakhtawar Goth over possession of a pigeon and the issue led to the killing of Khan Zila, said Sukhan SHO Mohammed Mithal.

The body was taken to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre for medico-legal formalities.
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#1  possession of a pigeon
They may have confused the Fatwads about pigeon sex from ISIS.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/07/2015 14:13 Comments || Top||


Ninth Naegleria death in province confirmed
[DAWN] KARACHI: The provincial health authorities on Sunday confirmed the ninth death of the current year in the province caused by Naegleria fowleri, also known as 'brain-eating amoeba'.

Officials said that a 23-year-old man, Awais Sher Mohammed, a resident of Umerkot district, was the latest victim.

The patient was shifted to Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
from Umerkot and admitted to a private hospital three days ago in a 'critical' condition. He was put on ventilator and died on Saturday, a health department official said.

He said the victim was initially treated at various health facilities in Umerkot for malaria and then for meningitis but his condition deteriorated and the family finally shifted him to Karachi.

He was the third victim of the disease brought to Karachi from outside. Previously, two such victims were brought from Thatta and Hub towns. The six other victims were residents of Karachi.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Woman stripped publicly in India-held Kashmir
[DAWN] SRINAGAR: A woman was allegedly stripped naked by a gang of five persons, including an Indian army soldier, in Udhampur district of India-held Kashmire, according to a report on Hindustan Times website.

"A woman was stripped in full public view by five persons in Jaganoo area of Udhampur," Udhampur District Commissioner said.

"The woman was intercepted by the gang as she was riding pillion on a cycle of violence. When she resisted, the accused overpowered her and stripped her publicly," added the District Commissioner.

A video of the incident was also recorded by the accused, which has since gone viral on messaging service, Whatsapp.

Police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else and has started its investigation, claiming to have tossed in the calaboose
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
three persons. One of the accused is believed to be an Indian army soldier.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "No pigeons on her!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/07/2015 14:14 Comments || Top||


Bilawal only 'partially allowed' by Zardari to run party
[DAWN] PPP Chairman Bilawal Baby Bhutto Zardari
...Pak dynastic politician, son of Benazir Bhutto and grandon of Zulfikar Ali Bhutto. As far as is known, Bilawal has no particular talents other than being pretty and being able to memorize political slogans, but he had the good luck to be born into the right family and he hasn't been assassinated yet...
has been "partially" authorised by his father Asif Ali Zardari to handle matters of the party and the Sindh government.

Sources close to the Zardari family told Dawn that finally the party co-chairman and former president Asif Ali Zardari agreed to give 'some space' to the party chairman (who otherwise is fully authorised to run the party by virtue of his office) to take some decisions using 'his own wisdom'. But, the 'junior' is not given the mandate to 'hire or fire' someone in the party on his own, the sources say.

Earlier, Mr Zardari had said his son needed time to "get politically mature" and asked him to wait for an "appropriate time" when the party's reins would be handed over to him.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Approval of Hindu marriage bill deferred
[DAWN] The National Assembly Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights on Monday deferred the approval of 'The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2015' and 'The Hindu Marriage Bill, 2014' till July 13.

This was decided in the meeting of the National Assembly Standing Committee on Law, Justice and Human Rights headed by PML-N MNA Chaudhry Muhammad Bashir Virk, and was attended by its members and officials of the ministry of Law and Justice.

The Hindu Marriage Bill 2014, a private member bill was jointly moved last year by Ramesh Lal of PPP and Dr Darshan of Pakistain Moslem League - Nawaz (PML-N) while The Hindu Marriage Bill 2015, a government bill was moved by Minister for Law Pervaiz Rashid in March, this year.

The two bills will establish rules and regulation for registration of marriage and divorce for Hindu Paks, as currently in the absence of such a law, Hindus in the country do not have a legal document as proof of marriage.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  The two bills will establish rules and regulation for registration of marriage and divorce
That's Bill and Hilbillery?
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/07/2015 14:16 Comments || Top||


Around 7 million drug addicts in Pakistan, Senate told
[DAWN] ISLAMABAD: The Senate Standing Committee on Interior and Narcotics Control was told Monday that around seven million people in Pakistain are drug addicts, while 700 people die every day in the country due to drug-related complications.

The committee, chaired by Senator Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
, was briefed by the director general (DG) of Anti Narcotics Force (ANF) on the steps undertaken by the Narcotics Control Division for the welfare of those suffering from addiction.

Briefing the committee, ANF DG Maj Gen Khawar Hanif said of an estimated seven million drug addicts in Pakistain, a staggering three million were those who used medicines without prescription.

He said drug-related deaths were greater than those caused by terrorism-- the latter kills 39 each day compared to the 700 deaths from drug addiction every day.

The committee was apprised that Pakistain had been declared a "poppy-free" country since 2011. But the area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased from 7,000 hectors to 225,000 hectors, the committee was told.

Responding to a question, the ANF DG said officials from 32 countries had been deputed in Pakistain for narcotics control but no Pak official had served abroad-- except in Iran.
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Only 7 million?
Posted by: Pappy || 07/07/2015 12:54 Comments || Top||

#2  He said drug-related deaths were greater than those caused by terrorism-- the latter kills 39 each day compared to the 700 deaths from drug addiction every day.

Gaia corrections. Have patience. It's a slower process, but still a process.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2015 12:58 Comments || Top||

#3  He said drug-related deaths were greater than those caused by terrorism-- the latter kills 39 each day compared to the 700 deaths from drug addiction every day.

Yeah, so tobacco products in the US kill more people than drunk drivers. One is against the law but the other is an investment.

With the help of US farming practices poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased from 7,000 hectors to 225,000 hectors
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/07/2015 14:23 Comments || Top||

#4  about 7 million debt addicts in Greece.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/07/2015 14:58 Comments || Top||

#5  But the area under poppy cultivation in Afghanistan has increased from 7,000 hectors to 225,000 hectors, the committee was told.

It would seem that NATO troops are good for agriculture.
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 07/07/2015 16:09 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Philae comet could be home to alien life, say scientists
[THEGUARDIAN] The comet landed on by the spacecraft Philae could well be home to an abundance of alien microbial life, according to leading astronomers.

Features of the comet, named 67P/Churyumov-Gerasimenko, such as its organic-rich black crust, are most likely explained by the presence of living organisms beneath an icy surface, the scientists have said.

Rosetta, the European spacecraft orbiting the comet, is also said to have picked up strange clusters of organic material that resemble viral particles.

The European Space Agency pulled off a sensational feat of engineering and captured the imagination of space-travel enthusiasts across the world when Philae landed on the comet in November. Since then, the lander has undergone a period of hibernation from which it awoke in June, having recharged its solar panels.

Neither Rosetta nor Philae are equipped to search for direct evidence of life after a proposal to include this in the mission was allegedly laughed out of court. Maverick astronomer and astrobiologist Prof Chandra Wickramasinghe, who was involved in the mission planning 15 years ago, believes people should be more open to the possibility of alien life.

Wickramasinghe said: "Five hundred years ago it was a struggle to have people accept that the Earth was not the centre of the universe. After that revolution our thinking has remained Earth-centred in relation to life and biology. It's deeply ingrained in our scientific culture and it will take a lot of evidence to kick it over."
Posted by: Fred || 07/07/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But what kind of shirt was the lead scientist wearing?

/sarc
Posted by: Raj || 07/07/2015 0:36 Comments || Top||

#2  But what kind of shirt was the lead scientist wearing?

It's not the shirt, Raj. It's the fact that it was a male scientist.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/07/2015 0:44 Comments || Top||

#3  And that male scientist should have had the balls to flip all those sons of bitches off. At least that would have been my course of action.
Posted by: Raj || 07/07/2015 0:57 Comments || Top||

#4  You wouldn't make it through first year of college nowadays, Raj.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 07/07/2015 1:10 Comments || Top||

#5  No doubt!

I got one for you, g(r)om - my freshman year at the University of New Hampshire (Durham), fall of 1982, I was in this English class, and some harpy named Mary Smith's teaching the class. She was all over this one guy, who turns out to be a hockey player. I go up to him about week 3 and ask him - what's up with this broad? I don't get it?

He answered very simply - 'she hates men'.
Posted by: Raj || 07/07/2015 1:38 Comments || Top||

#6  "Thread" from the Oort cloud?
Posted by: AlanC || 07/07/2015 13:06 Comments || Top||

#7  When did could become a synonym for doesn't?
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 07/07/2015 14:13 Comments || Top||


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U.S. Army to cut 40,000 troops over next 2 years.
[Rooters] The U.S. Army plans to cut 40,000 troops over the next two years, affecting all its domestic and foreign posts, USA Today reported on Tuesday, saying the Army also planned to cut 17,000 civilian employees.

The cuts would reduce the active-duty Army from its current size of about 490,000 soldiers to about 450,000, its smallest number since before the United States entered World War Two.

The troop reductions were initially announced in February 2014 when then-Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel unveiled the Pentagon's budget for the 2015 fiscal year. The figures were also included in the Pentagon's four-year planning document, the Quadrennial Defense Review 2014.

Defense officials confirmed on Tuesday the Army was moving ahead with the plan to reduce uniformed and civilian personnel and was expected to announce details on Thursday about which units would be affected by the cuts.

The personnel cuts come as the Pentagon is attempting to absorb nearly $1 trillion in reductions to planned defense spending over a decade.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2015 18:04 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  because, of course, we're more respected by the world and all crises have been settled by our Dear Leader's Steady Hand™
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2015 19:03 Comments || Top||

#2  "Smallest number before ... WW2" > Why not, given ...

* INDIA TODAY [old = repost] > WORLD ECONOMY MAY BE SLIPPING BACK INTO 1930'S GREAT DEPRESSION [Era/Style] PROBLEMS: RBI'S RAGHURAM RAJAN.

All dats missing is for China + PLA to get strategic access to CHUUK/TRUK LAGOON in CENTPAC ala 1920's-1930's Japan + IJN.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2015 19:51 Comments || Top||

#3  OTOH RUSSIA TODAY > VIDEO: GHOSTRIDER IN THE SKY: SCIENTISTS USE LASERS TO PROJECT MOVIE INTO CLOUD.

Star Tech OWG-NWO PYWAR, espec in the skies over GUAM-WESTPAC + a Madonna fan.

D *** NG IT, I KNEW IT, IT WAS THE RUSSIANS WHOM DUN IT OVER FUTURE GUAM, NOT AMERIKA!

Scaring the Tribals via God + "Second Coming", aka SAVING USDOD DOLLARS = NO NEED FOR COSTLY GROUND TROOPS + OTHER.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 07/07/2015 22:04 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Abby Wambach Kissing Her Wife Sarah Huffman After World Cup
[Huffpoo] This is what love is. Soccer star Abby Wambach shared a kiss with wife Sarah Huffman after the U.S. beat Japan 5-2 and won the FIFA Women's World Cup on Sunday in Vancouver, Canada. Photographers were there to capture the sweet moment between the two, who married in Hawaii in October 2013.
Well after all, it is soccer.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2015 00:43 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How does a couple decide who is the 'wife'? Why do they have to have a wife, anyway? Why not two husbands, married together? Is the wife the subservient one? Or the bigger 'breadwinner? That would never do! When will the Supreme Court rule on that?
Posted by: Bobby || 07/07/2015 7:45 Comments || Top||

#2  She wanted headlines and to stand out from the team and picked an effective way to do so.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 07/07/2015 8:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Wonder what pithyness Daniel Patrick Moynihan coin about this.

Posted by: AlanC || 07/07/2015 10:30 Comments || Top||

#4  How does a couple decide who is the 'wife'?

The Alpha-Dyke emerges early in the relationship. The weaker partner generally assumes the submissive role without a challenge. I blame family and childhood learned heterosexual male conditioning. It may take generations to correct....oh wait !
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/07/2015 13:26 Comments || Top||

#5  Thanks, B. I can expire a happy hetero-person now!
Posted by: Bobby || 07/07/2015 15:11 Comments || Top||

#6  I heard she's signed on as a spokesman for Snap-On Tools
Posted by: Frank G || 07/07/2015 15:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Leave it to metric football to make girls kissing girls uninteresting.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/07/2015 18:03 Comments || Top||

#8  Does anyone even freaking care anymore? Hollywood made this essentially normal so there's no shock value.

I'm way past the "Bored now" stage of this entire "We define our entire existence on who we bump uglies with"
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/07/2015 20:20 Comments || Top||



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