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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Florida school police shoot ax-wielding man trying to enter elementary school
[FoxNews] A school police officer in Jacksonville shot an ax-wielding man who tried and failed to enter an elementary school after police caught up with him, and he refused to drop his weapon.

Duval County Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene told News 4 Jax that the incident occurred around 2:48 p.m. on Friday, and Ruth N. Upson Elementary School went into lockdown when the man approached the school. A school safety assistant initially turned the man back and followed him a short distance but did not leave the campus in order to ensure that the school remained secure, Burton told reporters.

"Police officers from the Duval County School Police Department were on the way. As the subject then left the school, he made his way towards a church where he was then encountered by the police officers," DCPS Police Chief Greg Burton said.

"As the subject came towards one of the police officers, the officers gave him verbal warnings to drop the ax, kept giving him verbal warnings to drop the ax," Burton continued.
"Careful with that axe, Eugene"
"My name's Eric"
*Bang*

The man did not comply and instead threatened the officer, which prompted the officer to shoot "at least one time." The man was in critical condition following the confrontation.
News4Jaz adds:
The Jacksonville Sheriff’s Office identified the man as 37-year-old Eric Hurley.

Superintendent Dr. Diana Greene said that school staff followed procedures, not allowing him inside. Then, the school went into lockdown.

“Our staff followed their training, kept all of our students and staff community safe,” Greene said.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yes, before he gets in is the right time to shoot him. School districts following the Uvalde model please take note.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 10/09/2022 0:08 Comments || Top||

#2 
SARCASTIC HUMOR SWITCH ON

(CNN/MSNBC Report )
Fla. Police Officers become Judge and Jury, in violating a Lumberjacks rights. They failed to wait the customary 80+ mins. outside 1st of the school building and instead disrupted the Lumberjack's alternative Axe usage demonstration for the students?

Several leading Democrats are now demanding congressional hearings on Street police having firearms.

The Lumberjacks' family has set up a Gohelpme$$ for his medical bills and his Jail bond set at $110,009.

The family lawyer plans to sue the Police dept. for $1B and is demanding the return of the axe so that the axe demonstration can be continued at a later not yet determined date.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 7:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Don't give them any ideas NN...sadly, like Science Fiction becoming Science Fact, Sarcasm has a way of becoming Sarcastic but True. Socialists have no sense of humor.
Posted by: Warthog || 10/09/2022 10:39 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Woke Jon Stewart apologizes for ridiculing transgender people on The Daily Show and telling jokes about 'tranny hookers' - on latest episode of his ratings disaster Apple TV+ show
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] But they're funny!
Do people still watch The Daily Show? Or him?
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1 
Typical TV/Hollywood, say or do anything to get attention and increase popularity and make $$$.

Medical Science has collected data for over 50 years on the subject, and determined that Transgenderism has NO Physical or Genetic basis and is a Mental Illness.

Regarding, Jon Stewart:
He became a notoriety because of the comedy topics and positions he took 10-22 years ago.

But with all that said, I must also acknowledge his 9/11 First Responders & Victims Compensation Fund efforts that pushed the US Congress into doing the right thing. He also has championed a few worthy US Veteran causes and their Federal funding.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 6:34 Comments || Top||

#2  True, but he's no Gary Sinise
Posted by: Frank G || 10/09/2022 9:10 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 9:33 Comments || Top||

#4  Yes, TW, the millions of Woke still watch The Daily Show.
Posted by: Glenmore || 10/09/2022 19:27 Comments || Top||


NYC eviction judge rules that THROUPLES have the same legal protections as couples, after man was barred from taking over lease of his late boyfriend's rent-stabilized apartment - because late lover also had husband who lived elsewhere
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1 

Time to start annual Judge reviews to weed out the oddities that make ruling based on external Social & Media pressures.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 6:37 Comments || Top||

#2  I had a long conversation about this sort of thing back in the day with a lawyer friend who specialized in same-sex marriage issues. Basically, the process of having legalized polyamory of any kind is too complex for the American legal system to get its head around. Think about issues of inheritance or child custody to name but a few. You can change a few words and have same sex marriage under the existing legal framework. But to have legalized "throuples," one man with three wives, or any other combination requires massive retooling of the entire code.
Posted by: Secret Master || 10/09/2022 13:08 Comments || Top||

#3  unfortunately the 'love equals love' logic of the Obergefell (back in 2015) leads to throuples rights pretty easily
Posted by: Lord Garth || 10/09/2022 13:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Ref #2: "Lawyer friend..."

A courageous albeit troubling admission.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/09/2022 14:03 Comments || Top||

#5  And thus the 'slippery slope' warning has been validated. Next child brides (its a Muzzie thing, right).
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/09/2022 14:23 Comments || Top||

#6  a lawyer friend who specialized in same-sex marriage issues

They weren't getting enough employment when the hetro marriage racket started to declined so they needed to open a new market.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/09/2022 14:24 Comments || Top||

#7  /\ #2, Determining Child Custody when one or more members of a "group marriage" split off. For all the talk I would wager it will boil down to the expected: whoever has the most money to game the legal system wins.
Posted by: magpie || 10/09/2022 14:49 Comments || Top||


Leave those kids alone! Sleazy NYC female teachers are busted: One 'sent students photo of her VAGINA, another flashed boobs at kindergartners during remote lesson, third sent 5,500 sexts to boy, while fourth held weed-fueled sleepovers'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Female teachers in the New York City have been investigated for wild and illegal behavior with students in recent years, according to the New York Post

  • One teacher removed her pants in front of a student and told him to 'Eat my a**' while also sending photos of herself nude and in underwear to students

  • Another teacher exposed pre-K students to her bare breasts, while another sent over 5,500 texts to a student and another hosted kids at her home

  • The sleepover teacher, Michelle Zak, also smoked weed with two students while they were in her home

  • In some cases, teachers quit before they could be fired while some are still employed by New York's Department of Education
The Center for Sex Offender Management, which is under the control of the Department of Justice, says that women account for around 10 percent of sex crimes in the general population.

In the case of teacher-related sex crimes, 30 percent of offenders are women.

In May 2022, Fox News reported that 135 teachers had been charged with sex crimes this year alone. Of that, 105 of those are male and 30 are female.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  None have been charged in any way.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 10/09/2022 1:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Barstoolsports nominees for Sex Scandal Teacher annual roundups.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/09/2022 7:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Interacting with students, building lifetime relationships,...non-traditional teaching styles.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 7:24 Comments || Top||

#4 
I must admit, I had a 9th grade teacher that, well many of us, wanted to be more open. ☺
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 7:26 Comments || Top||

#5  And they are all protected by the Teachers Union which prevent them from being fired.

Teachers unions should be banned or restricted from political activities *AND* made responsible for the actions of their members. A teacher starts this shit and the union pays thru the nose - or its officers start facing jail time.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 10/09/2022 8:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Teachers Union - auxiliary of the Donk party
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/09/2022 8:30 Comments || Top||

#7  "According to Danielle Medellin's LinkedIn page, she now works as a data analyst with the New York Times. A role she has been in since August 2020".

quel surpris!
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/09/2022 8:38 Comments || Top||

#8  If only teachers could marry!
Anyways so female teachers are just as predatory as male ones.
Solution: pull the kids out of public schools and demand back your school taxes
Posted by: Percy Flotle3938 || 10/09/2022 14:56 Comments || Top||

#9  To the rubber room, until things cool off.
Posted by: KBK || 10/09/2022 15:22 Comments || Top||

#10  Condoms.
They're now called Condoms.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 22:46 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Many Residents Trapped, Others Displaced As Flood Sweeps Delta State Community
Posted by: Fred || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Merck's Covid-19 pill was no better than placebo in lowering the risk of hospitalization
[STAT] AMerck pill used to combat Covid-19 failed to demonstrate it can lower the risk of hospitalization compared with a placebo among adults at a higher risk from the disease, according to the results of a large study conducted in the U.K.
(subscription req'd)
Submitted late - moved to Sunday
Posted by: DooDahMan || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just as useless, but a hell of a lot more expensive.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 10/09/2022 1:37 Comments || Top||

#2  "Merck's Covid-19 pill was no better than placebo in lowering the risk of hospitalization"

But it will make lots of $$$$$ for the right people.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 7:17 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
California high school that suffered deadly mass shooting BANS its football team from carrying pro-police thin blue line flag onto field, after woke locals moaned that it is racist
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 05:51 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  How much longer does she have ?

Posted by: Besoeker || 10/09/2022 6:55 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder...ask me again in about a month....
Posted by: Warthog || 10/09/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/09/2022 15:13 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
After Getting Blistered Online, PayPal Does an About-Face on Its 'Disinformation' Policy
[Red State] As we reported previously, payment processing giant PayPal announced a new policy that, according to The Daily Wire, could dock users by up to $2,500 for participating in the spreading of "misinformation." Per the initial reporting:

A new policy update from PayPal will permit the firm to sanction users who advance purported "misinformation" or present risks to user "wellbeing."

The financial services company, which has repeatedly deplatformed organizations and individual commentators for their political views, will expand its "existing list of prohibited activities" on November 3. Among the changes are prohibitions on "the sending, posting, or publication of any messages, content, or materials" that "promote misinformation" or "present a risk to user safety or wellbeing." Users are also barred from "the promotion of hate, violence, racial or other forms of intolerance that is discriminatory."...

...Deliberations will be made at the "sole discretion" of PayPal and may subject the user to "damages" — including the removal of $2,500 "debited directly from your PayPal account." The company’s user agreement contains a provision in which account holders acknowledge that the figure is "presently a reasonable minimum estimate of PayPal’s actual damages" due to the administrative cost of tracking violations and damage to the company’s reputation.

Not surprisingly, the news of this policy was met with significant consternation and pushback, with many users declaring via social media that they would be closing their accounts.
Posted by: Frank G || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Deleted my PayPal account that I have had almost since PayPal's founding. I don't want to do any business with a Woke Company. They can all go bankrupt as far as I care.
Posted by: 3dc || 10/09/2022 3:19 Comments || Top||

#2  This is the future. Canada already did it. Speak out and displease our masters, and get cut off from the financial system. You may neither buy nor sell, and if you don't want to starve to death you'd better adapt to a 19th century way of living.
Posted by: Spike the Hairy6811 || 10/09/2022 3:26 Comments || Top||

#3  I don’t do Pay Pal, but I’ve had no problem getting web businesses to take my personal credit card. And brick-and-mortar companies as happily take personal checks or cash.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/09/2022 3:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Ref #2: Speak out and displease our masters.

I exercise every possible opportunity.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/09/2022 6:06 Comments || Top||

#5 
Given the subject matter and comments on many blogs that accept PayPal.

Could they be fined if PayPal censors decide the comments are "...misinformation" or present risks to user "wellbeing..."?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 7:15 Comments || Top||

#6  Why would any CFO, or the CPA that keeps your books balanced, not go ballistic if they find out that PayPal asserts the right to capriciously charge 2500$ with no warning ...in a Recession?!?
Posted by: magpie || 10/09/2022 13:53 Comments || Top||

#7  Never use PayPal. The illogic of alienating half your customers only becomes apparent when those customers react appropriately.
Posted by: Angstrom || 10/09/2022 16:35 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
76 Persons Feared Dead In Anambra Boat Accident
Posted by: Fred || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
CCP-Beholden Elon Musk Says Taiwan Should Come Under Chinese Control
[PJMedia] Tesla CEO Elon Musk said in an interview with the Financial Times published on Friday that Taiwan should come under the control of the Chinese Communist Party (CCP), supposedly to solve the tension between the two nations. This may be disappointing to many but not surprising, as Musk is beholden to the CCP.

"My recommendation . . . would be to figure out a special administrative zone for Taiwan that is reasonably palatable, probably won’t make everyone happy," Musk said, according to Just the News. Musk added, "And it’s possible, and I think probably, in fact, that they could have an arrangement that’s more lenient than Hong Kong." The CCP has been conducting ongoing political crackdowns in Hong Kong.

Elon Musk has been hailed for some months now as a great champion of free speech. But while his comments and his attempt to buy Twitter seem to support free speech, his ties to the Chinese government raise some concerns about his sincerity.

Musk poured effort and money into his Tesla China branch. All major businesses in China are surveilled by and answerable to the CCP. Meanwhile the CCP is running internment camps and inflicting genocide on Xinjiang’s Uyghur Muslims and persecuting up to 50 million Chinese Catholics.

Former White House National Security Council (NSC) chief of staff Alexander Gray told Media Research Center recently that the Chinese government practices "civil-military fusion," where everything in the economic and tech spheres is accessible to the Chinese military, the People’s Liberation Army. That would include Tesla China.

A report from the Observer in April said that Tesla workers in Shanghai, China, were being forced to work and live under inhumane conditions due to the city’s COVID-19 policies, including being forced to sleep on the factory floor.

But Musk also recently wrote an article for China Cyberspace, "a monthly magazine run by the Cyberspace Administration of China (CAC), the central agency for internet control and regulation," according to a translation of the article on the Substack Beijing Channel and The Post Millennial. In the article, Musk tried to encourage CCP interest in his microchip, artificial intelligence, and space travel projects.

CAC helps the CCP keep tight control of Chinese tech companies, according to Protocol, and CAC also demands data—including "non-public" data—from Chinese tech companies, according to Bloomberg News. Why would "pro-free speech" Musk be writing an article for CAC?
What little respect I had for Elon is now gone. Fucking commie appeaser. I won't ever buy any of your tainted products fucker.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/09/2022 14:06 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What'd I tell you? After a certain point, the mega rich are like that. They have their own ideas about how things should be and if not stomped on occasionally they try and play god.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 10/09/2022 14:18 Comments || Top||

#2  As long as he has access to Chinese markets, fuck the rest of the world and the suffering that would happen to Taiwan I guess.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/09/2022 14:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Elon is losing his shirt on the Twitter buyout. He's not as smart as he thinks he is. Time to go radio silent for a while.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/09/2022 14:26 Comments || Top||

#4  It's like he was handed a script and told "THIS IS WHAT YOU WILL SAY IF YOU WANT TO KEEP YOUR BUSINESSES IN CHINA."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 10/09/2022 14:40 Comments || Top||

#5  Not his finest moment.
Posted by: Angstrom || 10/09/2022 16:31 Comments || Top||

#6  Hard to argue. Not seeing a "context" that makes it better?
Posted by: Frank G || 10/09/2022 17:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Handing over Hong Kong to the CCP has worked out really well, hasn't it.
Posted by: Regular joe || 10/09/2022 18:18 Comments || Top||

#8  Handing over South Africa to the tribal ANC, another genius move. Perhaps University of Pretoria educated Musk has not made the very obvious connection.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/09/2022 18:23 Comments || Top||

#9  Dream on. Of course Taiwan will come under the control of mainland China. That’s been the obsession of every Chinese leader from Mao onward. When Kissinger and Nixon met Mao, Kissinger reported that “Taiwan was all Mao wanted to talk about. Nothing else.”

As Trump famously and correctly said, “The Chinese will take over Taiwan and we won’t do a fucking thing about it. We’re 8,000 miles away, and they’re just across the Straits. Of course we’re not going to defend Taiwan.”
Posted by: Billy B || 10/09/2022 18:52 Comments || Top||

#10  That’s been the obsession of every Chinese leader from Mao onward.

Obsessing is easy... Seriously, Mr. B, the Muslim nations have obsessed about reconquering Israel since its future independence was announced in 1947, the Soviet Union obsessed about conquering America, the CCP has worked to undermine and conquer America since they started to become America’s shop floor, Pakistan has obsessed about conquering India while seducing Afghanistan, and so forth.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/09/2022 22:52 Comments || Top||


NorthKorea has fired two ballistic missiles, Japanese authorities say, in what marked the seventh such launch by Pyongyang in recent days
Posted by: Fred || 10/09/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1 

Think about it.
He's rather fire Missiles than feed a few 1,000 NK citizens Slaves for a year.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/09/2022 7:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Where did those missiles landed?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 10/09/2022 13:28 Comments || Top||

#3  They are usually fired to the east into the sea.
Posted by: Snash Shairt9621 || 10/09/2022 13:44 Comments || Top||



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