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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Blocked Planned Parenthood Video May Show 'Prima Facie Evidence Of Born Alive Infants'
[The Federalist] Planned Parenthood is under fire for harvesting organs for sale from the babies they abort, but the journalistic project uncovering their participation in fetal organ trafficking has brought another nefarious aspect to the organ trade.

Remember what Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains' Vice President and Medical Director, Dr. Savita Ginde, said in her meeting with people she believed to be purchasers of organs?

She says, "Sometimes, if we get, if someone delivers before we get to see them for a procedure, then we are intact." According to the Center for Medical Progress, Planned Parenthood of the Rocky Mountains "does not use digoxin or other feticide in its 2nd trimester procedures" so "any intact deliveries before an abortion are potentially born-alive infants under federal law."

While mainstream journalists continue to be reluctant about pursuing angles to this story, the journalist behind the project shared why he believes one of the companies that purchases aborted baby parts is desperate to keep him from publishing the story:

Remember, the Los Angeles Superior Court issued a limited, temporary restraining order against the Center for Medical Progress. Under the terms of the order, the non-profit organization is banned from releasing video of a May lunch attended by three StemExpress officials. Daleiden says about that:

In a meeting with their top leadership where their leadership admitted that they sometimes get fully intact fetuses shipped to their laboratory from the abortion clinics they work with, and that could be prima facie evidence of born alive infants. And so that's why they're trying to suppress that videotape and they're very scared of it.

The videotaped admission of this receipt of fully intact fetuses is what Stem Express is fighting so hard to suppress, Daleiden says. Whether they're successful or not, now we may have a better understanding of why they're trying to get the courts to keep this information hidden.
Liberators' stories...

There were about a dozen bodies in the dirty boxcar, men and women alike. They had gone without food for so long that their dead wrists were broomsticks tipped with claws....

Someone broke the silence with a curse and then with a roar the men started for the camp on the double...the men were plain fighting mad. They went down that road without any regard for cover or concealment. No one was afraid, not after those boxcars.

--British officer Peter Coombs, in a letter to his wife
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 12:07 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Summary of the other side's responses:

1- Lies, all lies. By extremists.

2- Sneaky videos. We wouldn't have said those things if we had known the camera was running.

3- Edited videos. The videos make it sound like we were selling the parts of a chopped-up baby, but in fact we were donating the chopped-up baby parts in exchange for a negotiable amount of expenses. All the difference in the world.

4- Hey, you know, you can't make an omelet without breakin' some eggs.

5- Cue Mick: "Please allow me to introduce myself..."


Posted by: Matt || 08/01/2015 13:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Please do not take my lack of posting on this subject as anything less than absolute fucking rage.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/01/2015 13:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Judge who blocked Planned Parenthood videos RAISED $230,000 for OBAMA [LINK]
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 08/01/2015 15:09 Comments || Top||

#4  Re: Matt - #5,

David Clayton Thomas did it better. He sounds much more evil and for this subject you can't overstate the evil.

Posted by: AlanC || 08/01/2015 17:25 Comments || Top||

#5  IMA still awaiting the 'paid baby donors' story. Anyone remember the 'Victory Drive' blood donors of years ago ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 17:29 Comments || Top||


Foggy Bottom IG's discover Huma Abedin Vac and Sick Leave abuse.
[WAPO] State Department investigators concluded this year that Huma Abedin, one of Hillary Rodham Clinton's closest aides, was overpaid by nearly $10,000 because of violations of rules governing vacation and sick leave during her tenure as an official in the department.

The finding -- which Abedin has formally contested -- emerged publicly Friday after Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters to Secretary of State John F. Kerry and others seeking more information about an investigation into possible "criminal" conduct by Abedin concerning her pay.

The letters also sought the status of an inquiry into whether Abedin had violated conflict-of-interest laws related to her special employment situation, which allowed her to work simultaneously for the State Department, the Clinton Foundation and a private firm with close ties to the Clintons.

The finding that Abedin, a longtime Clinton confidante who now serves as vice chairwoman of her presidential campaign, had improperly collected taxpayer money could prove damaging to Clinton's candidacy, as Republicans charge that government rules were routinely bent to benefit Clinton and her aides.
Appears the Boerboels may have been set loose.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 07:51 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ValJar does not want Hildabeast running for POTUS.

She's afraid some of the chickens will come home to roost if Hilda is president.
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 08/01/2015 12:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Kerry and Foxichantis are waiting patiently, just off stage.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 15:08 Comments || Top||


U.S. Intel (USI) fears hundreds of secrets leaked in Clinton private emails
[Wash Times] The U.S. intelligence community is bracing for the possibility that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton's private email account contains hundreds of revelations of classified information from spy agencies and is taking steps to contain any damage to national security, according to documents and interviews Thursday.

The top lawmakers on the House and Senate intelligence committee have been notified in recent days that the extent of classified information on the Hildebeest's private email server was likely far more extensive than the four emails publicly acknowledged last week as containing some sensitive spy agency secrets.

A U.S. official directly familiar with the notification, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity, said the notification of possibly hundreds of additional emails with classified secrets came from the State Department Freedom of Information Act office to the Office of Inspector General for the Director of National Intelligence.

The U.S. official said the intelligence community has been informed that secret information had been contained in some of Mrs. Clinton's private emails that originated from the FBI, the DNI and the CIA as well as a spy satellite agency. It is believed the 30,000 emails remain on a thumb drive in the possession of Mrs. Clinton's private attorney, David Kendall.

The official said the intelligence community's first response was to take steps to secure the handling of remaining 30,000 emails and make sure they were handled on top-secret servers to avoid any further breaches, and then to assess any damage to national security from the insecure handling and release of information already in some of the publicly disseminated emails.

"Containment first, then a damage assessment is how this must be handled," the official said.
"Containment" is doomed before the effort begins. Let's just move on to the Damage Assessment. Shouldn't last more than 4-5 years, once begun.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 07:26 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Leaked, or sold?
Posted by: Pappy || 08/01/2015 15:04 Comments || Top||

#2  In the interest of your good health Pappy. Please do NOT visit the hopper. In fact, take a Rantburg day off tomorrow as well.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 15:05 Comments || Top||


NGO vanishes with client money of Tk4.5 crore
[Dhaka Tribune] A non-government organization has allegedly disappeared after collecting about Tk4.5 crore
...about a buck thirty-nine in real money...
from various clients in Hajiganj upazila of Chandpur.

Al-Arafat Environment Development Foundation (AEDF), with a registration no S 584/(85)06, began its operation in 2006 on the first floor of Talukdar building in Hajiganj bazar.

Tempting people with a scheme to double their deposit without interest as per the Islamic sharia, the foundation collected money from villagers, especially women and migrant workers. In the beginning they followed up with their promise and gave interest to some people to gain trust.

After few months, the Executive Director of the foundation Ibrahim Khalil opened up a factory to manufacture plastic pipes. He also urged others to buy shares of his Rupa Plastic factory.

However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
Ibrahim left Bangladesh in March of this year for a so called visit to five countries. In his absence, the Managing Director of the foundation Azad Mazumdar continued the money collection.

Mizanur Rahman, a resident of Borokul union, said: "When I was working in Kuwait, my wife made a fixed deposit worth Tk1.18 lakh for six years with the foundation. Now they are supposed to give me back Tk2.36 lakh but they have been avoiding me. Today when I came to visit the office, I was told it no longer existed."

Abu Taleb, a resident of the same union, said his wife opened a monthly deposit scheme for Tk200. "Now I don't know where they are. Not only my wife, many people from our village had fallen victim."

He further said someone named Krishna from the organization collected money from more than 200 people in his village. "The amount will be about Tk1 crore. In the same way he collected money from Dherra village, Borokul, Bolakhal, Mokimabad, Enayetpur, Sudiya, Urpur, Rampur, Kochua, Rampur, Deshgaon and other places."
Posted by: Fred || 08/01/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


-Obits-
Relatives of Bin Laden perish in Hampshire plane crash
[Times of Israel] Members of Osama Bin Laden's family were among the victims in the crash of a private jet in Britain, the Saudi embassy in London said Saturday in a message of condolences.

Four people died when the Saudi Arabia-registered plane plowed into a car auction site and burst into flames in southern England on Friday. Britain's Daily Mail reported that bin Laden's stepmother and half-sister were believed to be among the dead.

Local police said the pilot and three passengers died when the Phenom 300 jet attempted to land at Blackbushe Airport in Hampshire and that no one was injured on the ground.

The Saudi ambassador "offered his condolences to the sons of the late Mohammed bin Laden and their relations for the grave incident of the crash of the plane carrying members of the family at Blackbushe airport," read a statement posted on the embassy's official Twitter account.

It did not confirm the identities of those killed. The embassy also said it would work with British authorities to investigate the incident and repatriate the bodies for burial in Saudi Arabia.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 04:13 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is it irony that they died flying a plane into a building? Or is it justice?
Posted by: Airandee || 08/01/2015 8:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Car auction facility and all that. Make it a Top Gear episode...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/01/2015 9:47 Comments || Top||



-Short Attention Span Theater-
Donald Trump's companies have sought visas to import at least 1,100 workers
[Rooters] Donald Trump is staking his run for U.S. president in part on a vow to protect American jobs. But this month, one of his companies, the elite Mar-a-Lago Club resort in Florida, applied to import 70 foreign workers to serve as cooks, wait staff and cleaners.

A Reuters analysis of U.S. government data reveals that this is business as usual in the New York property magnate's empire.
Also reveals Trump follows existing laws, but that simple fact means nothing to Rooters or other media smear merchants.
Trump owns companies that have sought to import at least 1,100 foreign workers on temporary visas since 2000, according to U.S. Department of Labor data reviewed by Reuters. Most of the applications were approved, the data show.

Nine companies majority-owned by Trump have sought to bring in foreign waitresses, cooks, vineyard workers and other laborers on temporary work-visa programs administered by the Labor Department.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 04:46 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not to be confused with the American Chamber of Commerce that has worked with the Beltway Party to import literally tens of millions of peons illegals.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/01/2015 5:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Trump may or may not be the answer to what ails this country, but I'm long past the point of expecting our candidates to be Simon Pure paragons.

I only care if they keep the promises I want them to keep and are effective at their jobs.

That's how the left operates and it's past time we stopped letting the perfect be the enemy of the good.

Once again, this doesn't necessarily mean Trump is the answer; I just hope we no longer fall into that sucker's game of applying a white glove test to our own side, even as the left shoves criminals and traitors down our throats.
Posted by: charger || 08/01/2015 13:48 Comments || Top||

#3  It depends on the wage.
I guess each immigrant worker should pay (by this i mean the empoyer should guarantee) around 20,000 USD per year in tax for them to break even as an immigrant.
Why isn't immigration auctioned? It's because your eleite collect the difference, and you guys pay the bills.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/01/2015 14:06 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
'Brain-eating' amoeba claims 12th life in Sindh
[DAWN] A young resident of the city’s Mauripur neighbourhood became the newest victim of Naegleria fowleri, also known as ‘brain-eating’ amoeba, bringing the death toll of victims to 12 in Sindh so far this year, officials said on Thursday. He was the fourth victim of the lethal germ died this month.
Posted by: Fred || 08/01/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


-Land of the Free
This Week In Guns, August 1st, 2015


By Chris Covert
Rantburg.com

A few weeks ago I described adding an attachment to a Mosin-Nagant which permitted use of a Picatinny railed bipod. At the time, the bipod was sold out. Now it is back in stock at Apex Gun Parts.

Oathkeepers keep with their pattern of doing something wonderful, followed by being a buncha jackasses. You can read the exchange among readers about the issue of accidental firearms discharge. Conclusion an outsider gets: Accidental firearms discharges are bad, but the remedies, or preventative actions are worse.

I have a thing or two to say about Oathkeepers. In fact, I wrote several hundred words today, but "being a buncha jackasses" is about as accurate and condensed as I can make it.

Remember Rantburgers cheering on Louisiana General Russel Honore over his remarks, including the classic "stuck on stupid" response to the press in 2005, post Katrina? Good times, good times. Ten years later General Honore is himself seemingly stuck on stupid with regards to firearms and the right to keep and bear arms.

Some useful links/information via Western Rifle Shooters Association, including selecting which training may suit you best and a brief talk about firearms tactics. Max Velocity, former Brit special forces operator, now trainer/writer has a post up on squad tactics which could prove useful for riflemen.

Loads.

Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:

Prices for pistol ammunition were unchanged while prices for rifle ammunition were mostly unchanged.

Prices for used pistols were higher across the board, while prices for used rifles were mixed.

Once again, prices for privately owned AR-10 pattern rifles have dropped to a new low, $890. AR-15 pattern rifles followed the downward trend by reaching a new low as well.

Pistol Ammunition

.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks)

Cheapest, 50 rounds: Ventura Munitions, Wolf Polyformance, FMJ, steel cased, .27 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Ammo Clearance, Leadhead, UNK, UNK, .27 per round (From Last week: Unchanged (2 Weeks))

.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)

Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel Cased, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Store Brand, FMJ, Reloads, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks))

9mm Parabellum, 115 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (6 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Brown Bear, FMJ, Steel Cased, .17 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: The American Marksman, Stryker, FMJ, Reloads, .17 per round (From Last Week: -.01 Each After Unchanged (3 Weeks))

.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (8 Weeks)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk: 1,000 rounds: Ammunition To Go, Tulammo, FMJ, Steel cased, .33 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (5 Weeks))

Rifle Ammunition

.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Wolf Polyformance, steel cased, .22 per round (From Last Week: -.02 Each)

.308 NATO 150 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (4 weeks)

Cheapest, 20 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Tulammo, steel cased, FMJ, .40 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Cheaper Than Dirt!, Tulammo, Steel Cased, FMJ, .37 per round (From Last Week: -.02 Each )

7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (7 Weeks)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Ammunition Depot, Wolf WPA, steel case, FMJ, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf WPA, steel case, .23 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (1Q 2015))

.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: -.02 Each After Unchanged (2 Weeks)

Cheapest, 50 rounds (10 Box Limit): Natchez Shooters Supplies, CCI, RNL, .07 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 5,000 rounds: Ammomen, Remington Thunderbolt, RNL, .09 per round (From Last Week: Unchanged (3 Weeks))

Guns for Private Sale
Rifles


.223/5.56mm (AR Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $518 Last Week Avg: $524 (-) ($616 (18 Weeks), $486 (3 Weeks))
California (251, 279): Ruger: $550 ($650 (28 Weeks), $425 (31 Weeks))
Texas (314, 319): DPMS: $550 ($700 (21 Weeks), $350 (16 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (168, 160): American Tactical Imports Omni: $490 ($700 (17 Weeks), $300 (5 Weeks))
Virginia (201, 200): American Tactical Imports: $500 ($750 (21 Weeks), $500 (26 Weeks))
Florida (394, 384): Bushmaster Carbon-15: $500 ($650 (7 Weeks), $450 (40 Weeks))

.308 NATO (AR-10 Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $890 Last Week Avg: $940 (-) ($1,359 (16 Weeks), $890 (CA: $898 (5 Weeks)))

California (42, 43): Palmetto State Armory: $900 ($1,700 (31 Weeks), $900 (9 Weeks))
Texas (74, 72): DPMS: $900 ($1,500 (36 Weeks), $860 (3 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (35, 33): DPMS LR-308T: $800 ($1,500 (22 Weeks), $800 (30 Weeks))
Virginia (60, 60): Rock River Arms LAR-8: $1,000 ($1,650 (6 Weeks), $900 (36 Weeks))
Florida (66, 72): Palmetto State Armory PA-10: $850 ($1,500 (37 Weeks), $750 (25 Weeks))

7.62x39mm (AK Pattern Semiautomatic) Average Price: $486 Last Week Avg: $480 (+) ($626 (18 Weeks), $450 (5 Weeks))
California (39, 41): SLR-100H/SLR 95: $500 ($700 (21 Weeks), $320 (32 Weeks))
Texas (77, 73): Vulcan Arms AMD-65: $550 ($750 (20 Weeks), $350 (38 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (43, 44): AMD65: $450 ($750 (26 Weeks), $375 (11 Weeks))
Virginia (53, 50): Century GP-1975: $400 ($625 (24 Weeks), $350 (26 Weeks))
Florida (96, 96): Zastava M70 NPAP: $530 ($650 (16 Weeks), $300 (36 Weeks))

30-30 Winchester Lever Action Average Price: $400 Last Week Avg: $390 (+) ($489 (26 Weeks), $296 (6 Weeks))

California (7, 7): Marlin 336W: $399 ($450 (10 Weeks), $180 (6 Weeks))
Texas (20, 18): Marlin 336W: $450 ($550 (25 Weeks), $300 (30 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (11, 11): Marlin 30AW: $300 ($450 (26 Weeks), $250 (31 Weeks))
Virginia (8, 10): Marlin 30AS: $400 ($450 (10 Weeks), $350 (28 Weeks))
Florida (16, 18): Marlin 336: $450 ($500 (23 Weeks), $250 (9 Weeks))

Pistols


.45 caliber ACP (M1911 Pattern Semiautomatic Pistol) Average Price: $390 Last Week Avg: $360(+) ($450 (24 Weeks), $360 (19 Weeks))
California (183, 174): Llama: $350 ($600 (24 Weeks), $300 (2 Weeks))
Texas (262, 257): Taurus 1911: $400 ($600 (35 Weeks), $350 (22 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (137, 139): Auto Ordnance: $350 ($550 (14 Weeks), $300 (8 Weeks))
Virginia (155, 151): Tisas: $400 ($550 (16 Weeks), $250 (33 Weeks))
Florida (355, 343): Girsan: $450 ($475 (7 Weeks), $250 (22 Weeks))

9mm (Beretta 92FS or other Semiautomatic) Average Price: $293 Last Week Avg: $274 (+) ($336 (21 Weeks), $274 (CA: $286 (25 Weeks)))
California (165, 170): Beretta: $250 ($450 (25 Weeks), $250 (30 Weeks))
Texas (255, 252): Tanfoglio/EAA Witness: $325 ($355 (24 Weeks), $220 (15 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (208, 219): Ruger P95: $300 ($350 (41 Weeks), $200 (3 Weeks))
Virginia (189, 204): Bersa BP9CC: $290 ($400 (17 Weeks), $250 (4 Weeks))
Florida (421, 441): Smith & Wesson SW9VE: $300 ($375 (33 Weeks), $230 (3 Weeks))

.40 caliber S&W (Glock or other semiautomatic) Average Price: $324 Last Week Avg: $323 (+) ($368 (13 Weeks), $300 (39 Weeks))

California (95, 97): Smith & Wesson SD40VE: $290 ($400 (17 Weeks), $250 (30 Weeks))
Texas (118, 122): Ruger P94: $380 ($425 (34 Weeks), $275 (16 Weeks))
Pennsylvania (76, 77): Smith & Wesson: $300 ($350 (5 Weeks), $250 (25 Weeks))
Virginia (70, 68): Glock 23: $300 ($450 (13 Weeks), $275 (29 Weeks))
Florida (156, 137): Smith & Wesson SW99: $350 ($400 (23 Weeks), $260 (11 Weeks))

Used Gun of the Week: (Florida)
Chinese Hanyang 88 Chambered in 8mm Mauser

Chris Covert writes for Rantburg.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com and on Twitter.
Posted by: badanov || 08/01/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  USMC Snipers sticking with M40 rifle.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 13:16 Comments || Top||

#2  I was attempting to break down the good general's BS, but it would have been pages.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/01/2015 13:29 Comments || Top||

#3  BREAKING: Fast and Furious hand gun used by terrorist in Garland, Tx attack by jihadist. FBI waived the waiting period, ignored violent criminal record.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 08/01/2015 17:54 Comments || Top||

#4  I haven't seen that around, got a source EH?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/01/2015 18:51 Comments || Top||

#5  http://www.latimes.com/nation/la-na-garland-gun-20150801-story.html#page=1
Posted by: Glenmore || 08/01/2015 18:56 Comments || Top||

#6  Breitbart Texas Report (link)
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 08/01/2015 19:31 Comments || Top||

#7  Thank you EH, Glenmore.

Well that's.just.grand.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/01/2015 19:32 Comments || Top||

#8  Your welcome. Actually thats criminal, a.k.a. Democratic Socialist Party of America.
Posted by: Ebbomosh Hupemp2664 || 08/01/2015 19:41 Comments || Top||

#9  kookiez
Posted by: badanov || 08/01/2015 22:07 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
Dhaka mosque custodian found dead
[Dhaka Tribune] The custodian of Eidgah Mosque in the capital’s Dhanmondi was found dead in the room of the mosque’s Imam late on Thursday night.

Police recovered the body of Dulal Gazi, 50, from the room of Imam Monowar Hossain. Investigators said after primary probe at least two people might have killed Dulal but no arrests were made.

The mosque is located on Road 6/A and Dulal, who hailed from Barisal, had been its custodian for 18 years.

Nure Azam Mia, officer-in-charge of Dhanmondi police station, told the Dhaka Tribune Imam Monowar was not present in the room when Dulal was murdered.

“He was offering prayers in the mosque and later informed police.”

Dulal, who lived in a room on the ground floor of the four-storey mosque, was strangled to death.

Some documents littered the floor of the room where he was found dead and a drawer was also found broken.

Rezaul Karim, assistant commissioner of police of Dhanmondi division, said a cell phone and Tk2,000 were missing from the broken drawer.

“This is why we suspect that the killers might have tried to enter the room for theft but killed Dulal as he saw them.”

Police launched an investigation after the mosque’s Muazzin, Mohiuddin, filed a case with Dhanmondi police station against unidentified criminals yesterday noon.

Dulal’s nephew Rony Gazi told the Dhaka Tribune his uncle had no conflict with anyone and was always busy performing religious activities.
Posted by: Fred || 08/01/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Jubo League activist dies in group clash
[Dhaka Tribune] A Jubo League
... the youth wing of the Bangla Awami League...
activist has been hacked to death in a factional clash between two groups of the ruling party affiliate organaisation in Swandip upazila of Chittagong district on Friday night.

The dear departed is identified as Monir Hossain, 28.

Swandip Police Station Officer-in-Charge (OC) HM Mosiur Rahman confirmed the Dhaka Tribune.

Police tossed in the clink
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
one following the incident, he added.

The OC said a factional clash triggered between two groups Jubo League at Mogdhara Bazar of Shoholshar area of the upazila at around 7pm while the rival men hacked Monir with sharp weapon, leaving him injured critically.

Later he was rushed to a local hospital where the on duty doctors declared him dead.
He's dead, Jim!
he added.

However the police official could not ascertain the reason behind the clash saying that police is investigating the murder incident.
Posted by: Fred || 08/01/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Europe
Is Calais burning?
h/t Instapundit
The protest has taken place after negotiations with the French government over job cuts broke down.

Fires, which are currently blocking access to the harbour, have plunged the crisis zone into further chaos.

It comes after Britain's borders faced more disruption last night as hundreds of migrants including children stormed the Eurotunnel.

David Cameron has said Britain is threatened by a "swarm" of foreigners and the migrant crisis in Calais was likened to a "warzone."

Migrants were pictured clinging to a lorry as they left the port of Dover, while others in Calais were seen clambering over fences with children in tow.
The favour of God no longer rests upon the British nation, and it is probably thanks only to the prayerful intercession of the remnant of British saints that the mercy of God still tolerates the
existence of Britain at all
.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/01/2015 04:22 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You know if you actually go to their country of origin and kill the SOBs for creating the environment that drives them to your doorstep, a lot of this would go away. In the old book it usually was referred to as colonialism. Of course the guilt industry then could not blame someone or something for these migrants other than their wanting 'Free Stuff'.

Rome suffered the same fate facing wave after wave of 'migrants' aka Vandals, Goths, Slavs, Lombards, et al. Somewhere in the East, someone (usually the Chinese) kicked some ass forcing tribes to move west, who in turn kicked someone else's ass, who then moved further west, kicking even someone else's for the classical domino effect. The West(tm) has been there, seen it, and had it done to them numerous times. Eventually, technology and social organization let them get to do this to the residents of the Americas as well.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/01/2015 9:10 Comments || Top||

#2  The best place to house Libyan refugees is Libya.

The best place to house Somali refugees is Somalia.

And so on. If the home country sucks, fix it. It will cost gold and may cost blood but the alternative is Calais.
Posted by: Steve White || 08/01/2015 11:02 Comments || Top||

#3  "The grass is greener on the other side of the fence" is not a parable lost on people who live where grass won't grow, or where grass is what's for dinner.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/01/2015 11:08 Comments || Top||

#4  More and more unassimilated Moslem Somalis in Tucson. Free $, food stamps, job hunting services & etc. WHY? The border has immigration problems enough of its own. Borgboy from Tucson
Posted by: borgboy || 08/01/2015 20:20 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Minor girl raped, killed in Karachi
[DAWN] A minor girl was kidnapped, sexually assaulted and killed before being dumped in a deserted area of 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...
's Sachal Goth on Friday, according to police and hospital officials.
In the land where women are prey...
Officials said that the body of the seven-year-old girl was recovered from bushes near Abdullah Shah Ghazi Goth in the outskirts of Karachi.

The body was shifted to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital for a postmortem.

"She was strangulated to death," said additional police surgeon of the hospital, Dr Rohina Hasan.

"She was raped and subjected to sodomy also before being murdered," the health official told Dawn.

He further said that the body bore marks of torture and added that the crime had taken place 10 to 12 hours before it was brought to the hospital around noon.
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Animal Psychic Contacts Cecil; His '€˜Profound' Response Moves Her To Tears
[PJMedia] Just when you thought the "Cecil the lion" hysterics could not get any more ridiculous, an animal psychic from Washington steps up to the plate and proves you wrong.

Karen Anderson, who advertises herself as an "animal communicator" and "psychic medium," announced on Facebook that the great beast has communicated with her from beyond the grave.

Anderson says she reached out to the deceased feline to "let him know how loved and honored he is."

Cecil's "profound" response moved her to tears.

"Let not the actions of these few men defeat us or allow darkness to enter our hearts. If we do then we become one of them. Raise your vibration and allow this energy to move us forward. What happened does not need to be discussed as it is what it is. Take heart my child, I am finer than ever, grander than before as no one can take our purity, our truth or our soul. Ever. I am here. Be strong and speak for all the others who suffer needlessly to satisfy human greed. Bring Light and Love and we will rise above this."
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 05:11 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nature Red in Tooth and Claw - Lions bringing "Light and Love" to an Antelope

Warning! This is not for the squeamish.
Posted by: Elmerert Hupens2660 || 08/01/2015 7:27 Comments || Top||

#2  ...Is there a facepalm of sufficient intensity and strength to describe this moonbat's nonsense...?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 08/01/2015 7:41 Comments || Top||

#3  I've done a bit of research Mike. Appears this conversing with wildlife began in a well manicured garden many years ago.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 7:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Dame Karen flew out to Orion
And when she returned she was crying:
"The soul of this Cecil
Was so sweet and peaceful,
Just like a Mohammedan lion!"
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 08/01/2015 8:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Whoops. It seems I must apologize to this harmless lunatic for confusing her with Karen Armstrong, OBE, notorious footwarmer to the Prophet.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 08/01/2015 8:46 Comments || Top||

#6  The Millennials Peter Pan Generation - I never want to have to grow up.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/01/2015 8:58 Comments || Top||

#7  Maybe she should snort less drano?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 08/01/2015 14:06 Comments || Top||

#8  Maybe this psychic could contact Bonzo the chip for his recollections of Ronald Reagan.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 08/01/2015 14:48 Comments || Top||

#9  The Millennials Peter Pan Generation - I never want to have to grow up.
Posted by Procopius2k


The Millennials, why do they hate us ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/01/2015 14:51 Comments || Top||


Science
Marines: F-35B Squadron Ready for Worldwide Deployment
[Defense.gov] WASHINGTON, July 31, 2015 -- The Marine Corps today declared that a squadron of 10 F-35B Lightning II aircraft is ready for worldwide deployment.

The Marines' declaration of initial operational capability for its squadron of F-35Bs "marks a significant milestone in the continued evolution of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program," Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall said in a statement issued today.

"The decision was made following a thorough operational readiness inspection, which assessed the Marine Corps' ability to employ this complex weapon system in an operational environment," Kendall continued. "This achievement is a testament to the efforts of the F-35 Joint Program Office and industry team, as well as the hard work and support from the Marine Corps."

'The F-35 Program is on Track'
"This accomplishment is an affirmation that the F-35 program is on track to deliver essential 5th generation warfighting capabilities to our U.S. services and international partners," he added. "It is also a reminder that we still have work ahead to deliver the full warfighting capability required by all three services and our partners while we continue our successful efforts to drive cost out of the program."

Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 121, or VMFA-121, based in Yuma, Arizona, is the first squadron in military history to become operational with an F-35 variant, following a five-day operational readiness inspection, which concluded July 17, according to a news release issued today by the Marine Corps.

"I am pleased to announce that VMFA-121 has achieved initial operational capability in the F-35B, as defined by requirements outlined in the June 2014 Joint Report to Congressional Defense Committees," Marine Corps Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., commandant of the Marine Corps, said in the Marine Corps release.

"VMFA-121 has ten aircraft in the Block 2B configuration with the requisite performance envelope and weapons clearances, to include the training, sustainment capabilities, and infrastructure to deploy to an austere site or a ship," Dunford continued. "It is capable of conducting close air support, offensive and defensive counter air, air interdiction, assault support escort and armed reconnaissance as part of a Marine air-ground task force, or in support of the joint force."

Dunford stated that he has his full confidence in the F-35B's ability to support Marines in combat, predicated on years of concurrent developmental testing and operational flying.

"Prior to declaring [initial operating capability], we have conducted flight operations for seven weeks at sea aboard an L-Class carrier, participated in multiple large force exercises, and executed a recent operational evaluation which included multiple live ordnance sorties," Dunford said. "The F-35B's ability to conduct operations from expeditionary airstrips or sea-based carriers provides our nation with its first 5th generation strike fighter, which will transform the way we fight and win."

F-35 Will Eventually Replace Legacy Aircraft
As the future of Marine Corps tactical aviation, the F-35 will eventually replace three legacy platforms: the AV-8B Harrier, the F/A-18 Hornet, and the EA-6B Prowler, according to the Marine Corps release.

"The success of VMFA-121 is a reflection of the hard work and effort by the Marines in the squadron, those involved in the program over many years, and the support we have received from across the Department of the Navy, the joint program office, our industry partners, and the undersecretary of defense," Dunford added. "Achieving [initial operating capability] has truly been a team effort."

The Marine Corps has trained and qualified more than 50 Marine F-35B pilots and certified about 500 maintenance personnel to assume autonomous, organic-level maintenance support for the F-35B, the release said.

Marine Attack Squadron 211, an AV-8B Harrier II squadron, is scheduled to transition next to the F-35B in fiscal year 2016, according to the release. In 2018, Marine Fighter Attack Squadron 122, an F/A-18 Hornet squadron, will conduct its transition.
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 08/01/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Marines have been ordered to fly those things or else.

Of course, or else may not be as ominous as having to fly this turkey.

What are the overs and unders on the entire squadron being Tango Uniform in crashes in the next 18 months?
Posted by: Bill Clinton || 08/01/2015 12:40 Comments || Top||



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