[NYP] A disgraced University of Southern California gynecologist accused of sexually abusing hundreds of women was found dead at his Los Angeles home Wednesday before standing trial on dozens of criminal charges, his lawyer said.
George Tyndall, 76, was discovered dead in his bed by a close friend who couldn’t reach him by phone, defense lawyer Leonard Levine said Thursday.
Levine told the Associated Press there was no "evidence of foul play or suicide," but the coroner’s office is expected to perform an autopsy.
The college doctor died before going to trial on 27 criminal counts of sexual misconduct between 2009 and 2016 at USC’s student health center. He was initially charged with 35 counts before some were dropped, the Los Angeles Times reported.
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Brought low by a libel of lowly
Behavior, and, brother, not slowly,
As hundreds of ladies
All thundered "To Hades!"
Because he said -- once! -- "Holy moly!"
Sarcasm aside, yeah. Seven hundred people suffer a million bucks worth of harm apiece and the guy's walking around unmolested? Not even in SoKal.
[Daily Caller] The Pentagon may soon sign off on cuts to U.S. Army special operations forces amid recruiting problems and a struggle over limited resources needed to prepare for a possible conflict in the Pacific, The Wall Street Journal reported.
If authorized, the Army would slash 3,000, or about 10%, special operations troops from the ranks despite U.S. Special Operations Command’s (SOCOM) vigorous efforts to convince the Army it needs to retain special forces levels, the WSJ reported. The Army previously pledged cuts to redundant support personnel, but under the proposal, it could also lose so-called "trigger-pullers," the commandos who perform the most dangerous and sensitive military missions around the world.
Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin has not formally authorized the reductions, but he is expected to sign the necessary documents soon, the WSJ reported, citing officials.
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How about pulling troops from overseas locations and eliminating those commitments? Of course that would mean closing out a lot of command billets, aka general officer positions.
#3
To be honest, we do have a shit-ton of SPECOPs running around. The number ballooned after 9/11 to deal with insurgencies and as long as we don't get into another one, we really don't need this many. Went from all together near 2 battalions to 5. We can cut back to 3.
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#3 To be honest, we do have a shit-ton of SPECOPs running around. The number ballooned after 9/11 to deal with insurgencies and as long as we don't get into another one, we really don't need this many. Went from all together near 2 battalions to 5. We can cut back to 3.
Posted by: DarthVader 2023-10-06 07:59
Lord Vader,
Absolutely right. This same thing happened after Vietnam - the SOF was expanded to the point where people who shouldn't have been there were let in. That's what they have to do now, and reinforce the old standards - we're gonna need 'em.
#8
Offer a lateral transfer into the BORTAC units in DHS Customs and Border Patrol. Perfect fit to then visit cartel staging area and leadership south of Otay Mesa and Brownsville and points much further south along the "Ho Chi Manuel Trail"!
#9
They are being RIF'd because of the Iron Law of Pentagon Budgeting: one third each of the budget buy goes to the Army, Navy and USAF because it makes for less bureaucratic infighting when the Pentagon goes to Congress -- notice that I didn't mention SOCOM.
#10
^ except sometimes people forget that the Marine Corp is part of the Department of the Navy and that the National Guard got its own seat at the table.
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[REGNUM] The leader of the German opposition party Alternative for Germany (AfD) (which most liberal mainstream media prefer to call “right-wing populist” as part of a campaign of stigmatization and smearing) is under medical supervision in the intensive care ward. During an election rally in Bavarian Ingolstadt, Tino Khrupalla lost consciousness and was hospitalized. The event was supposed to take place four days before the elections to the Bavarian Landtag.
The incident was initially reported by the Donaukurier and Junge Freiheit newspapers. As Gerald Grostz , a former politician of the FPÖ (right-wing Austrian Freedom Party - editor's note), told Donaukurier, Khrupalla managed to take several selfies, after which he lost consciousness.
The politician was given first aid behind the scenes at the election rally, after which he was taken to a nearby clinic. After a medical examination, a small injured area of skin was discovered on the politician’s body, similar to a mark left by a pinprick. According to eyewitnesses, Khrupalla complained of nausea, convulsions and dizziness.
On Thursday, a spokesman for the prosecutor's office said that a preliminary investigation had been opened into suspicion of causing bodily harm, and a representative of the AfD faction in the Bavarian Landtag said that the incident, due to which the politician lost consciousness, occurred in the crowd shortly before Khrupalla's speech.
Police asked visitors who took photos and videos in the area of the event to provide materials to investigators. Although, according to the party press secretary, Khrupalla is feeling well and his condition is “stable according to the circumstances,” this does not fit well with Khrupalla being in the intensive care unit.
Tino Chrupalla, a native of Saxony, has been, since June 2022, together with Alice Weidel , a charismatic duo of leaders of the party and parliamentary faction of the AfD, which is equally hated by all the key systemic forces in the German Bundestag.
Weidel has also been receiving threats lately. So serious that she canceled a planned public appearance in the Bavarian-Thuringian border town of Mödlareuth on German Unity Day.
A party spokesman said there was a “security incident” there the weekend before last.
Weidel's husband and their children live in the town of Einsiedeln in central Switzerland, so the security and investigation of the incident was entrusted to the police of the Swiss Confederation.
"Mrs. Weidel and her family were taken from a private apartment to safety by security officers as signs of an attack on her family increasingly began to appear, but for police tactical reasons we are unable to provide any further details," a cantonal police spokesman said Schwytz, however, chose not to answer the question of where the tip about the assassination attempt came from, and left open the question of whether specific police activities were ongoing.
However, journalists from the German mainstream media have already tried to present the case as if no assassination attempt was planned on Weidel, and the story was invented by the AfD to score election points, while the politician and her family went on vacation to Mallorca.
Weidel was indeed in Mallorca with her family, but she flew there on the advice of the police, who advised her to “spend some time away from her home, which was allegedly the target of an attack, without reporting her whereabouts for security reasons.”
It is noteworthy that in August, Augsburg city councilor and AfD candidate for the Bavarian Landtag Andreas Jurka was also attacked in Germany.
Police are currently searching the residences of two suspects, a 19-year-old and a 21-year-old man, for causing dangerous bodily harm. Last week, their apartments were searched and their mobile phones were seized. The mobile phone of one of Andreas Jyrka's associates was also seized.
In mid-August, Yurka said that he was attacked because of his party affiliation, but for some reason the police initially had doubts about his version. Faced with such an attitude, Jurka generally refused to further communicate with the police; the AfD leadership also chose to remain silent, citing a reluctance to interfere with the police investigation.
However, a little later, a representative of the Augsburg police told reporters that Jyrka’s suspicions were confirmed. According to the investigation, there was a physical altercation, and the deputy received injuries that were inflicted on him by third parties.
It is interesting that Yurka said that he was attacked by citizens of a distinct “southern appearance”, but in response to a media request, the police said that the suspects were German citizens, and the question of their migration background was not relevant to the case and such information was not being collected. Police also have not released any possible motives for the suspects.
The police report only says that two unknown men approached the politician and his 32-year-old companion in Augsburg and one of them sharply hit Yurka in the face. The politician was wounded, but initially denied the need for medical assistance.
Yurka himself said in an interview on YouTube that he and his companion were attacked by several people and knocked to the ground as they returned home from a barbecue party for election campaign staff in Augsburg.
The politician suffered a broken foot and was taken to the hospital that same evening.
If such attacks on representatives of the Alternative for Germany continue, according to experts, this will only strengthen the ratings of the main political force challenging the German political mainstream.
After all, nothing works so well on the average burgher about to go to the ballot box as a portrait of a politician with signs of violence on his body, who has suffered for the interests of his voters.
[Defender] The U.S. Department of Defense agreed to pay $1.8 million in attorney’s fees to a Florida law firm that represented thousands of service members who were punished, demoted or discharged after their requests for religious exemptions from the military’s COVID-19 vaccine mandate were denied.
#5
Russia is likely not going to be much of a threat for the next few years, possibly a decade. Perfect environment for a peacemaker to come in and broker a return to some form of sanity. If Vlad could find a back door and retain his position, he might just be willing to talk. The other guy just needs to jump on a grenade.
[NYP] Billionaire Elon Musk is under investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission over his $44 billion takeover of social media giant Twitter, according to a Thursday court filing in which the agency sought to compel Musk to testify.
The investigation concerns whether Musk broke federal securities laws in connection with his 2022 purchases of stock in Twitter, which Musk renamed X, as well as statements and SEC filings he made in relation to the deal.
The SEC said it subpoenaed Musk in May 2023 requiring him to provide testimony at the SEC’s San Francisco office, and that Musk had agreed to appear last month. But then two days beforehand Musk raised "several spurious objections" and told the SEC he would not appear, the SEC said. Musk also refused to SEC proposals to conduct the deposition in Texas in October or November.
Among his objections was that the SEC was trying to "harass" him and that his counsel needed time to review potentially relevant material contained in a biography of Musk published last month, the SEC said.
#3
At this point, Musk assumes that whatever he does, they're gonna send a mob with pitchforks and torches. So he adds defense in depth and does what he wants.
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Yeah, the SEC that sat on its hands in the 2008 crisis, which it helped create, and sat on its hands while Bernie Ebbers, Bernie Madoff Enron and SBK bilked their clients and shareholders.
They have top men (and top wimmin) on it. Top.
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[BLAZE] Planned Parenthood prescribed cross-sex hormones to an autistic youth after one brief, half-hour consultation, the Washington Free Beacon originally reported.
That’s one way to prevent him from passing on his genes — ugly, painful, and expensive, but effective. Someday this will be as notorious as the syphilis studies and forced sterilizations done on African-Americans.
A profile piece from the Free Beacon shared the story of an 18-year-old high school student from New Jersey, referred to as Fred, who was prescribed estrogen after one consultation at Planned Parenthood. The young man’s parents asked the outlet that their son’s real name be withheld.
The parents told the Free Beacon that Fred was diagnosed with autism and battled depression and anxiety. Their son had been expelled from several special-needs schools due to behavioral problems caused in part by his disorder, the outlet reported.
Before Fred’s 18th birthday, he expressed a desire to identify as transgender and insisted on taking hormones. His parents attempted to enroll him in the Gender and Autism Program at Children’s National Hospital, the nation’s only gender clinic that specializes in autistic youth. However, due to a lengthy waitlist, Fred’s parents were informed in March that he would not have been able to get into the clinic for about a year.
[Aljazeera] Former US President Donald Trump has endorsed Congressman Jim Jordan to replace overthrown US House Speaker Kevin McCarthy as the chamber’s fractious Republicans try to unify in the aftermath of McCarthy’s historic fall.
"He [Jordan] is STRONG on Crime, Borders, our Military/Vets, & 2nd Amendment. Jim, his wife, Polly, & family are outstanding — He will be a GREAT Speaker of the House, & has my Complete & Total Endorsement!" Trump said in a post on his Truth Social app on Friday.
[Washington Examiner] The Senate unanimously passed a resolution in remembrance of the late musician Jimmy Buffett.
Buffett died at the age of 76 last month. His website revealed that he was diagnosed with Merkel cell skin cancer, although the singer-songwriter didn't publicize it. He played through his treatment, performing most recently in July.
This resolution, which intended to honor "the life, legacy, and contributions of James William Buffett," was sponsored by Sen. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and co-sponsored by Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS). He was born in Pascagoula, MS
#2
Given all the political culturally divisive appeasement days we have now. Why not something we could all share? An since there is no Federal Holiday in August yet?
How about the 3rd Friday of August starting at 6pm until dawn? - Jimmy Buffet Day. 🍹/😎
[ET] Norwegian scientists have discovered an unusual side effect in COVID-19-vaccinated women who don’t menstruate: atypical vaginal bleeding after injection with the Moderna and Pfizer vaccines.
Researchers studied close to 22,000 women across different reproductive aging stages over about nine months and found that 3.3 percent of postmenopausal, 14.1 percent of perimenopausal, and 13.1 percent of premenopausal women experienced at least one unexpected bleed after receiving the COVID-19 shot, according to the authors of the study published in Science Advances.
About half of the bleeds were said to have occurred within the first four weeks of getting the vaccine. Postmenopausal women’s risk of bleeding was two to three times higher during the 28 days after injection than before receiving the shot. The link was stronger in perimenopausal and premenopausal women, with both groups showing a three- to fivefold elevated risk. Perimenopausal women are typically in their 40s and have begun experiencing some menopause symptoms but can still get pregnant, while premenstrual women have no menopause symptoms.
Three additional ET articles of possible interest.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Tens of millions of Americans regularly visit porn sites to view adult content as part of a healthy sex life, but approximately 200,000 of these viewers have become so consumed with pornography it has severely impacted their lives.
These people watch so much porn they have classified themselves as porn addicts, even though the medical field has still not reached a consensus on whether the condition is an addiction at all.
There is a crucial difference between occasionally looking at porn, which can be a normal part of healthy sexuality, and becoming so consumed by the explicit fantasy scenarios that sex with a real-life partner loses its luster or a person finds themselves needing to watch an explicit video in the middle of the work day.
Porn is not like alcohol or drugs and many mental health and addiction experts say that because it is not a substance, nor does it alter a person’s brain chemistry, people cannot get hooked on porn itself.
Rather, some experts say it’s a person’s own personal conflicts toward sex, such as shame, that convinces them they are addicted.
Still, there is a neurological foundation to support arguments that, like alcohol and stimulants, compulsive pornography viewing inundates the brain with feel-good chemicals that leave people wanting more.
Millions of people watch porn as an escape from their daily anxieties or relationship problems, but it becomes a problem when the user has abandoned their normal responsibilities, whether professional or personal, and when relationships, such as with a monogamous partner, become strained.
#2
Idle hands are the Devil's workshop. Apparently, really busy hands are too
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#3
Sexual images are so pervasive in our culture that recovery from that type of addiction would almost require buying a horse buggy and heading to Lancaster, PA.
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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.
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[Washington Examiner] The Senate unanimously passed a resolution in remembrance of the late musician Jimmy Buffett.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Tens of millions of Americans regularly visit porn sites to view adult content as part of a healthy sex life, but approximately 200,000 of these viewers have become so consumed with pornography it has severely impacted their lives.
