[Townhall] Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who announced federal charges for members of the infamous open borders caravan earlier this week, is sending additional resources to the U.S. southern border with Mexico to handle the ongoing border crisis.
Thirty-five judges and prosecutors will be placed in border states California, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas to speed up "prosecutions of improper entry, illegal reentry, and alien smuggling cases" and "adjudication of immigration court cases."
"The American people made very clear their desire to secure our borders and prioritize the public safety and national security of our homeland," Sessions said about the move. "Promoting and enforcing the rule of law is essential to our republic. By deploying these additional resources to the Southwest border, the Justice Department and the Trump Administration take yet another step in protecting our nation, its borders, and its citizens. It must be clear that there is no right to demand entry without justification."
[USA Today] WASHINGTON ‐ The man hailed as a hero for prying a gun out of the hands of the Waffle House shooter in Nashville may be going to the White House.
Asked Tuesday whether President Donald Trump had called James Shaw Jr., White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said that a trip to the White House may be in the works.
"My understanding is that there has been an outreach effort to bring him here to the White House, and I'll keep you updated on that as I have more information," she said.
Shaw, 29, who was a customer at the South Nashville restaurant, is credited with saving numerous lives after he wrestled an AR-15 out of the hands of Travis Reinking, whom police say opened fire about 3:25 a.m. on April 22.
Four people were killed and numerous others were wounded in the attack.
Shaw said he ran toward the bathroom when the gunfire rang out. Then, realizing he was trapped, Shaw rushed the shooter as he was reloading, grabbed the hot barrel of the AR-15, disarmed the shooter and threw the gun over the Waffle House counter.
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If he stripped the guy of the weapon, why didn't he shoot him? Story indicates the gun was empty & needed reloading. Shaw may not have known how, or otherwise may have been unable to reload. Disarming the shooter was the key to success here.
[PRESSTV] The British company at the center of the data scandal gripping Facebook is shutting down.
Cambridge Analytica announced Wednesday that it is ceasing all operations.
The political consulting firm has reportedly been losing its staff since March, when it was revealed that it had improperly obtained data on 87 million users on Facebook.
"While this decision was extremely painful for Cambridge Analytica’s leaders, they recognize that it is all the more difficult for the Company’s dedicated employees who learned today that they likely would be losing their jobs as a result of the damage caused to the business by the unfairly negative media coverage," Cambridge Analytica said in a statement. "Despite the Company’s precarious financial condition, Cambridge Analytica intends to fully meet its obligations to its employees, including with respect to notice periods, severance terms, and redundancy entitlements."
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A relo and name change will do us all good, you'll see. Redundancies will be scrapped. A large number will retain their positions. Pensions will remain secure. Please listen for details and updates from our Buckfast Abbey annex in Devon.
[NYPOST] A Brooklyn jail guard’s massive, hook-shaped penis helped the feds nab him for sexually assaulting inmates, it was revealed in court Tuesday as jurors listened on in shock.
Lt. Eugenio Perez is accused of forcing women at the Metropolitan Detention Center to give him oral sex ‐ and prosecutors said they were able to nail him as a suspect when multiple accusers described his distinctive phallus.
Indeed, the schlong arm of the law caught up to Perez when the feds made him drop trou to make a positive ID.
Just what made Perez’s member so memorable also became the big reveal on the first day of the Brooklyn jail guard’s sexual abuse trial.
"He wasn’t circumcised. It was big, and it was like a hook...It was humongous and it curved," a 38-year-old former inmate of the federal lockup in Sunset Park testified anonymously.
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Bill Clinton couldn't be reached for comment on the investigative technique.
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Lieutenant Eugenio's meanness
Offends the entire jailbird genus:
"It's not very sporting
When Perez comes courting
At night with his Cornershot penis!"
The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank is arguably the best in the world. Yeah, Russia is generating some hype for the Armata family of tanks, but the Abrams is combat-proven and very hard to kill.
How hard? Well, in his 1994 non-fiction book, "Armored Cav," Tom Clancy recounted a tale of how an M1A1 Abrams got stuck in the mud during the ground war of Desert Storm. It was then set upon by three tanks, Iraqi T-72s specifically.
A round fired from roughly a thousand yards away bounced off, and the Abrams responded by blowing the T-72 that fired it to bits. A second round fired from 700 yards bounced off, and the offending T-72 was blasted. The third T-72, at a range of roughly 400 yards, fired a round, which left a groove in the armor of the Abrams. It, too, was destroyed by a shot fired through a sand berm. These were, supposedly, Russia's state-of-the-art tanks.
Then, when help arrived, and the tank couldn't be freed from the mud, a platoon of Abrams tanks tried to destroy it.
After several rounds, they detonated the onboard ammo, but the blow-out panels functioned as designed. Then, when the tank was retrieved from the mud, they discovered that it was still functional. The only issue? A sight was out of alignment.
So, what would it take to reliably destroy an M1 Abrams? Well, someone at quora.com asked what would happen if an Abrams was hit by a round from a 16-inch gun on an American Iowa-class battleship.
The 16-inch armor-piercing rounds fired from the battleship weigh in at 2,700 pounds. The 120mm rounds fired at that Abrams stuck in the mud? They're about 20 pounds.
Do a quick bit of math and you'll see that the Iowa's main gun round is 135 times as heavy as an Abrams' main gun round. The Abrams may be the world's toughest tank and can take a ton of abuse, but not this level of abuse.
To put it simply, a main gun round from the Iowa-class battleship will destroy the Abrams easily. In a way, this speaks well for the Abrams ‐ one can't really imagine anything short of an Iowa's main gun being able to destroy one.
Cheerful image, that. Just squirming in my chair, myself. Got me wondering what it might be like if Iowa were to fire a round out to sea once in a while. Weekly, say. Standing room in the turret? Messages scribbled on a shell? I'm crazy cheap and I'd pay an embarrassing amount of money for that. Probably turn a profit. I know it can't happen, and more or less why it can't, but wow... if I ran the zoo!
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AlanC, 1) How much would you lend me? 2) I have nothing against fish, or Catalina, so I got a little more into the landward possibilities than was probably healthy. First thought was (naturally) a broadside at Malibu, but that's hopeless, assuming 24 mi range. Ditto the Hollywood Sign. Hollywood & Vine? Maybe barely, but that'd break Rantburg rules. Dodger Stadium (empty, of course) presents the dreadful possibility of a shortfall on Chinatown, City Hall, or even Skid Row. Various hillsides and golf courses? Kinda boring. So let's say Santa Monica: Over Torrance or whatever and straight up several miles of beach (does the 4th work for you?), over the Pier, and kersplash. Goosebumps I've got.
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Speaking of targets on the Left Coast, after I had finished with Hollyweird and West LA, I think it might be a real knee-slapper to toodle on up the coast and take a couple of potshots at Pelosi's digs and DiFi's Manse.
Watching the drone videos of San Fran Nan's smoldering ruin would warm the cockles of my black little heart.
[KhaamaPress] The US government has positively responded to the application of Nilofar Rahmani and has granted her asylum due to the fears of persecution she faced in Afghanistan, it has been reported.
Rahmani, Afghanistan’s first fixed-wing air force pilot, had applied for the asylum after reaching in United States in 2015.
She was informed regarding the decision of the government to grant asylum on Monday, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Kimberly Motley, Rahmani’s lawyer, told the paper her client received death threats from murderous Moslems and members of her extended family, as well as condemnation from Afghan government officials. She first came to the United States in 2015 for training.
Motley further added that Rahmani’s family has relocated several times due to death threats. "If she were to return to Afghanistan, she would be in fear of her safety," Motley said.
Rahmani was awarded the International Women of courage Award by the US Department of State in 2015.
In regards to her decision to seek asylum in US, the Afghan Ministry of Defense front man Mohammad Radmanish told the WSJ that Rahmani "has the right to live where she wants."
[All Africa] Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Tuesday allegedly revealed that three persons stole $3billion under the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan ... 14th President of Nigeria. He was Governor of Bayelsa State from 9 December 2005 to 28 May 2007, and was sworn in as Vice President on 29 May 2007. Jonathan is a member of the ruling People's Democratic Party (PDP). He is a lover of nifty hats, which makes him easily recognizable unless someone else in the room is wearing a neat chapeau.Other than that he's pretty useless as the Boko Haram debacle shows.. Osinbajo, who spoke at The Platform, a programme organised by the Covenant Christian Centre with the theme: 'Get Involved,' said: "Grand corruption remains the most enduring threat to our economy. Just to give an example, $3 billion was stolen from what was called Strategic Allowance Contract sometimes in 2013. Three Nigerians were responsible.
"Today, $3billion is N1trillion. Our entire budget, and budgets are estimates not actual cash, is N7trillion. So, three people made away with N1trillion and our entire budget is N7trillion.You cannot wonder why the economy will not struggle?
"When oil in our country was selling at $100 - $113 a barrel, the government as at then spent N15 billion on transportation, and agriculture got N14 billion. All these ministries mentioned got N139 billion. Today, the oil prices is between $60 and $70, Power, Works and Housing can get N450 billion, transport got N80 billion, agriculture got N65 billion and the total is N560 billion.
"How come we can do more with less income? How come we are able to invest in infrastructure? How come we can do the Lagos - Kano standard gauge railway, the Manbila hydro, the Second Niger Bridge with 60 per cent less income? The truth is, if you can control corruption, you can do more with less."
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And what's being done to recover that $3 billion?
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"Hello, I am the son of the Late Strategic Allowance Contract Administrator. I am having an offer to share with your good honesty the sum of $2 Billion ...."
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This is what the US is becoming. As a start, I would have our US House and Senate legislators spend 90% of their time in their home states. The internet could be used for communication on mundane maters before major votes. This would be the first step in draining the swamp!
[All Africa] Zim-bob-weans have been found to be the poorest citizens in Africa in a report that features a damning account of former President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case. Dumped in November 2017 when the Missus decided she wanted to be president, and opposed heer might against Crocodile Mnangawa Important safety tip: If your opponent goes by the name Crocodile andf your title is Shopper in Chief let him win.... 's disastrous rule.
According to the AfrAsia Bank Africa Wealth report 2017 which estimates the average wealth held by individual Africans in terms of net assets, Zim-bob-weans ended 2016 on a just US$200 per person, a far-cry from Mauritius which is home to the wealthiest individuals on the continent.
"As reflected, Mauritians are the wealthiest individuals in Africa with an average wealth of US$25,700 per person, whilst people in living in Zim-bob-we are the poorest with US$200 per person," reads the report.
The extensive research covered wealth, luxury, prime property, collectable and wealth management trends on the continent.
The report further places neighbours South Africa number 2 with citizens' wealth averaging $11,300 in 2016 (up from $10,800 in 2015).
Namibia is third with citizens on $11,300 per person, up from $10,800 a year before while Botswana surged from $6,300 wealth per individual citizens to the current $6,700.
Zim-bob-weans were on $200 wealth per citizen before and remain on the same mark as per latest rankings.
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[BBC] Ten people suffered minor injuries when a fire exploded at a Jewish festival in London, police have said. Hatzola, a volunteer emergency medical service, said it provided a "mega response team" at the event in Stamford Hill.
Jewish news website The Yeshiva World said a bonfire exploded when it was lit.
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Some idiots apparently threw their smart phones on the pyre before it was lit because the rebbe said to, according to The Times of Israel. Thus it is proved that burning cell phones is a bad idea.
[BBC] Cambridge Analytica, the political consultancy at the centre of the Facebook data-sharing scandal, is shutting down.
The firm was accused of improperly obtaining personal information on behalf of political clients.
According to Facebook, data about up to 87 million of its members was harvested by an app and then passed on to the political consultancy.
The social network said its own probe into the matter would continue.
"This doesn't change our commitment and determination to understand exactly what happened and make sure it doesn't happen again," said a spokesman.
"We are continuing with our investigation in cooperation with the relevant authorities."
Clarence Mitchell, a spokesman for Cambridge Analytica, referred the BBC to a statement on the firm's website.
"Over the past several months, Cambridge Analytica has been the subject of numerous unfounded accusations and, despite the company's efforts to correct the record, has been vilified for activities that are not only legal, but also widely accepted as a standard component of online advertising in both the political and commercial arenas," it said.
"Despite Cambridge Analytica's unwavering confidence that its employees have acted ethically and lawfully... the siege of media coverage has driven away virtually all of the company's customers and suppliers.
"As a result, it has been determined that it is no longer viable to continue operating the business."
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Such hypocrisy. The firm obtained the data because Facebook very happily shared and sold it to them. Facebook is only fussing now because it’s been revealed and people disapprove.
[PRESSTV] Indian media say Venezuela is working on a proposal to provide New Delhi with a discount of 30 percent over oil purchases if it uses President Nicolas Maduro’s cryptocurrency brainchild ‐ Petro.
The Business Standard said in a report that the proposal had been raised during a last month visit to India by a technical team from Venezuela’s "blockchain department". It added that the team had even entered into an accord with Coinsecure, a Delhi bitcoin trading player, to sell Petro in India.
More specifically, a representative for the cryptocurrency exchange firm noted that they planned to provide the Latin American partner with 10-15 cryptocurrency players, the daily said in its report. Maduro also reportedly considered coming to India for a conference to officially pitch his financial brainchild, it added.
Also, according to the sources cited by the Business Standard, apart from India, Venezuela is proposing the same business plan for other countries.
Venezuela officially launched Petro in early 2017 thus becoming the first country with its own oil-backed cryptocurrency.
What makes it different from most other cryptocurrencies is that it is the one and only around the world to be backed by oil supplies, most notably, Venezuela’s vast 300-billion-barrel reserve, which leaves even Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... with its 266 billion barrels far behind.
Preliminary sales of Petro stood at $735 million and officials in Caracas said they believed sales could soon reach the threshold of as high as 100 million, with an initial value set at $60, given the price of a barrel of Venezuelan crude oil as of mid-January.
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[AlAhram] Russia's military spending fell sharply in 2017 for the first time since 1998 as a slew of Western economic sanctions hit government coffers hard, a closely followed review said Wednesday.
Despite soaring tensions between Moscow and the West, Russia's military expense last year came in at $66.3 billion (54.9 billion euros), 20 percent lower than in 2016, the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute (SIPRI) said.
The last time Moscow was forced to cut spending was in 1998 at the height of a massive economic crisis.
"Military modernisation remains a priority in Russia, but the military budget has been restricted by economic problems that the country has experienced since 2014," senior SIPRI researcher Siemon Wezeman said, referring to Western sanctions imposed against Moscow over its annexation of the Ukraine's Crimea peninsula.
Russia's frosty relations with NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. Originally it was a mutual defense pact directed against an expansionist Soviet Union. In later years it evolved into a mechanism for picking the American pocket while criticizing the cut of the American pants... , which have plummeted to their lowest levels since the Cold War, are also driven by sharp divisions over the Syrian conflict and the recent poisoning of an ex-spy in the UK.
Britannia and its Western allies have blamed Moscow for the poisoning of Russian former double agent Sergei Skripal and his daughter in England on March 4. Moscow has vehemently denied any involvement.
Russia has largely protected its defence budget up to now, imposing cuts in areas such as infrastructure and education, but 2017 was the first time it had no option but to spread the pain, according to Wezeman.
"It's no longer possible to keep defence at a high level or keep it growing," he said.
"For Russia, it means they may have to swallow their pride."
All 29 NATO allies, meanwhile, spent $900 billion on the military in 2017, which accounts for 52 percent of total world spending, SIPRI said.
Military spending in both Central and Western Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... rose by 12 and 1.7 percent, respectively, in 2017, triggered "in part by the perception of a growing threat from Russia".
The United States, which remains the world's biggest military spender at $610 billion, spent more on its military than the seven next highest-spending nations -- China, Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... , Russia, India, La Belle France, the UK and Japan -- combined, SIPRI said.
The independent institute said world military expenditure reached the highest level since the end of the Cold War at $1.739 trillion in 2017 but this was only a marginal increase on .
"Continuing high world military expenditure is a cause of serious concern," SIPRI chair Jan Eliasson said in a statement.
"It undermines the search for peaceful solutions to conflicts around the world."
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Russia's military spending fell sharply in 2017 for the first time since 1998 as a slew of Western economic sanctions hit government coffers hard, a closely followed review said Wednesday.
[PRESSTV] A Russian fighter jet has intercepted a US spy plane over the Baltic Sea, in an operation that American officials say was "unprofessional."
The incident took place on Tuesday, when a Russian Sukhoi Su-27 jet performed flew within 20 feet of a US Navy P-8 Poseidon surveillance plane flying off Russian coast.
American officials said that pilots onboard the Poseidon did not feel threatened by the Russian jet's maneuver.
A Navy front man declined to release the details but described the encounter as "safe."
"Due to standing DOD policy, we do not release the details of safe interactions," said Lieutenant Commander Zach Harrell, a front man for US Naval Forces Europe. "If an unsafe interaction occurs in the future, we will be sure to provide you more information at that time."
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[AAWSAT] The Basque separatist group ETA announced on Wednesday its official dissolution, marking an end to its deadly independence campaign.
"ETA has decided to declare its historical cycle and functions terminated, putting an end to its journey," the group said in a letter published Wednesday by Spanish online newspaper El Diario.
"ETA has completely dissolved all of its structures and declared an end to its political initiative."
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[MAIL] A former campaign communications adviser to Donald Trump blew up at Democratic U.S. Senate aides on Tuesday at the end of a behind-the-scenes grilling connected to their wide-ranging Russia investigation.
New York-based political consultant Michael Caputo said he has spent $125,000 on attorneys to help him navigate the committee's demands for documents and testimony, ruining his children's economic future and forcing him to sell his family home.
Calling the probe a 'witch hunt,' Caputo demanded to know who is funding a secretive effort to continue digging into unsubstantiated allegations that Trump has ties with the Kremlin.
'What America needs is an investigation of the investigators,' he said. 'I want to know: Who is paying for the spies’ work and coordinating this attack on President Donald Trump?'
'I want to know who cost us so much money, who crushed our kids, who forced us out of our home, all because you lost an election. I want to know because God Damn you to Hell.'
Mike Flynn sells his house to pay for legal fees. Caputu sells his house. DoJ Federal employee Rosenstein denounces "extortion" by the congress. Meanwhile, Jeff Sessions sits back and does absolutely nothing.
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I would have our US House and Senate legislators spend 90% of their time in their home states. The internet could be used for communication on mundane maters before major votes. This would be the first step in draining the swamp!
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....it would also disperse the Lobby(c) over 50 states. A lot less efficient. Think of the collapse of the Beltway housing market! The humanity of it all.
As someone once observed in another context: "Wotta country!"
[DAWN] A social media campaign has been launched asking tourists to boycott Murree during the current season against misbehaviour of local hotel agents, hoteliers and transporters with the tourists.
The campaigners alleged that the agents, hoteliers and transporters harassed families and overcharged the visitors.
They even beat the tourists if the latter ask about overcharging, substandard or unhygienic food etc.
The campaign has been launched after some recent incidents in which hotel agents misbehaved and even beat up tourists, including families, and their videos went viral on the social media.
About 10 to 15 million tourists visit Murree and Galliat each year. In the summer, thousands of tourists also spend nights on roadsides.
"There may be a few incidents and the campaign has been started against the resort town and its inhabitants. Some of them just want to create problems for the prime minister who belongs to Murree," said Wajeeh Abbasi, a local journalist.
But Murree’s businessmen are on the height of commercialism and there are no code of conduct regarding lodging, transport and parking and other facilities.
The hotel agents keep on standing on roads in groups and force the tourists to get rooms on their behalf. Sometimes, they start scuffling with tourists over petty issues.
"The responsibility lies on Murree’s residents to take initiatives to solve the problem otherwise tourism would suffer," said Engineer Idrees Abbasi.
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[DAWN] Former prime minister Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts... owned the Avenfield properties while he was a public office holder, the investigating officer (IO) in the corruption reference against the Sharif family informed an accountability court on Wednesday.
Imran Dogar stated that Sharif used offshore companies Nielsen and Nescoll Ltd to buy the properties in London while he was the actual owner of the apartments. He said that during investigations, the accused were unable to provide their sources of income and that the properties have been in ownership of the Sharifs since 1993.
He said the trust deeds submitted by Sharif's daughter Maryam Nawaz ‐ which had stirred the Calibri controversy last year ‐ were proven to be fake, alleging that in acting as benamidars for Sharif, his children Maryam, Hassan and Hussain aided their father in his crime.
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[DAWN] A couple who had contracted a free-will marriage was rubbed out, allegedly by the woman's family members, in 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... on Wednesday, in what police suspect is a case of 'honour killing'.
According to police, 32-year-old Amir and his wife, Mukhtiba, 24, were leaving after meeting their relatives in Sukhia Goth off Super Highway when person or persons unknown opened fire on them and fled.
The victims sustained critical bullet wounds and were taken to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital, where they were pronounced dead.
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[DAWN] Larkana police on Wednesday confirmed that they have tossed in the clink Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! two suspects in connection with the murder of a nine-year-old girl, whose dead body was found last week.
The arrests were made after Larkana's Deputy Inspector General (DIG) Abdullah Sheikh and SSP Tanweer Tunio were issued notices by the Sindh High Court (SHC), ordering them to appear in court and submit a report on the murder on May 7.
On April 25, a day after she was reported missing, the victim's dead body was found floating in a pond near a hotel on Larkana-Naudero Road.
After preliminary medical examination of her body, police surgeon Dr Saleem Sheikh had said that the girl was subjected to attempted rape, whereas the cause of her death was ascertained to be asphyxia.
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[Daily Caller] The state of Iowa is one signature away from potentially changing the entire nation’s abortion laws.
The Iowa state House and Senate passed the "Heartbeat" bill this week that would severely restrict the practice of abortion in the state and may result in a national legal battle in the Supreme Court.
The late night votes on the bill were contentious but successful for pro-life advocates. The bill would ban the option of an abortion if a heartbeat is detected in an ultrasound. Most pregnancies exhibit a heartbeat for the baby as early as six weeks.
There are exemptions to the rule, such as protecting the life of the mother and other medical emergencies. According to the Des Moines Register, the exemptions are as follows:
[Chicago Tribune] The Boy Scouts of America may be taking the "boy" out of their name to accommodate girls, but the Girl Scouts are emphasizing the "girl" in their name. Sir Baden-Powell spins in his grave.
Both groups tried to put the best light Wednesday on the announcement that Boy Scouts of America will change its moniker next year to Scouts BSA, as part of its new plan to let girls join.
Cate Readling leads an Oak Park Cub Scout den of four girls who are among the first in the Chicago area to join the Boy Scout organization. She said the name change is nothing new to her.
With girls having participated for years in certain Boy Scouts programs, Readling said she and others already called boys and girls alike the non-gender specific "scouts."
"I’ve encountered girls who wanted to do Cub Scouts, and girls who wanted to do Girl Scouts," she said. "All girls should have more choice."
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Powell created the Scouts after Britian less than stellar performance in the Boer War demonstrated that Britian's youth had lost its skills in 'field craft'. Late 19th Century/Early 20th Century's impact due to the early phase of urbanization and industrialization. Looks like the American offshoot has succumbed to the same factors. Maybe someone will start a new organization up that carries on Powell's core intent.
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It's not Saturday but I'll recommend this. If nothing else showing an army evolving itself in wartime. They were trying to figure it out as they went along. As for the tactics alluded to, they beat Mao by a couple decades in drying up the pond where the fish swam. Not nice, but it did work in the end.
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I suspect that you will see an alternative to the BSA grow and fulfill the need. There's already one growing that takes the place of Planned Parenthood's Girl Scouts.
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@#6: There already is one. They started when the gay ruling came down against the BS. LINK
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That toxic old ox, Baden-Powell?
Replace him with, say, Sarah Vowell.
We'll squeal about feelings
And smashing glass ceilings
And sexy first aid for your bowel.
[DailyCaller] According to a new report, Barron Trump is facing bullying at school over his father.
Hollywood Life reports that the youngest Trump is "Reportedly getting bullied for his father’s current problems. ’Worst of all, her heart breaks for her son who gets regularly teased at school and has a hard time defending his father to his classmates,’ the insider shared."
'It’s so unfortunate for someone so young and innocent to have to deal with that so we definitely hope that Barron and Melania feel better soon,' the article continues.
Hopefully the bullying stops soon for the youngest in the Trump family. It is always a horrible situation when a kid gets teased for something he has no control over.
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They used to raise princes in medieval times, not by sending them to schools run by idiots, but by doing fun things like training & riding horses and studying martial arts of all kinds.
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I left out the other way princes were once raised - by going on "hunts" with companions, chasing huge wild beasts & occasionally risking their own lives hunting them down. Nowadays many deplorables raise their kids, particularly the sons, in similar ways.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[USA Today] WASHINGTON ‐ The man hailed as a hero for prying a gun out of the hands of the Waffle House shooter in Nashville may be going to the White House.
[NYPOST] A Brooklyn jail guard’s massive, hook-shaped penis helped the feds nab him for sexually assaulting inmates, it was revealed in court Tuesday as jurors listened on in shock.
The M1A2 Abrams main battle tank is arguably the best in the world. Yeah, Russia is generating some hype for the Armata family of tanks, but the Abrams is combat-proven and very hard to kill. 
[IMAGES.DAWN] Even before the verdict more than 20 US universities had revoked honorary degrees from Cosby in light of the allegations
Goodluck Jonathan
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
[DAWN] A couple who had contracted a free-will marriage was 
[DAWN] Larkana police on Wednesday confirmed that they have 
[DailyCaller] According to a new report, Barron Trump is facing bullying at school over his father.
