A mob of 15–20 thugs tried to rush a jewelry store in Anaheim. The owner fired a single warning shot—into his own bulletproof glass—and the cowards scattered like roaches.
[FoxNews] Students and staff told to evacuate or barricade as police investigated incident at Columbia campus
The University of South Carolina issued an "all clear" after the school warned of reports of an active shooter on campus Sunday evening.
Campus officials added there was no ongoing emergency.
Earlier in the evening, the school ordered students and staff on its Columbia campus to shelter in place, saying an active shooter had been reported near the Thomas Cooper Library.
The school said the library would remain closed, despite the fact that no shooting took place.
An alert went out just after 6:30 p.m. ET, warning people to avoid the area and to evacuate or barricade if necessary.
Officials later said there was no evidence of an active shooter.
"Police are searching affected buildings," officials said on the alert system.
Video circulated online of a person walking toward a campus building while carrying a black object which some said appeared to be a long rifle.
Scott Prill, the Deputy Chief of Police for the University of South Carolina, dispelled the rumor, saying the person was carrying an umbrella.
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It would be interesting to know whether security has significantly changed at a place like Va Tech post tragedy.
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This reminds me of a story from some years ago where some college called for shelter in place after someone reported a "KKK member carrying a whip" on campus.
Turned out to be a Dominican priest wearing a white robe with a large rosary around his waist.
[Garowe] The government of Somalia has put the opposition on notice over armed rebellion in the capital, Mogadishu, with Defence Minister Ahmed Moalim Fiqi suggesting that such a move shall be met with resistance from armed forces.
His sentiments come at a time when political tensions are escalating in Somalia over the upcoming elections, with opposition figures led by Sharif Sheikh Ahmed, Hassan Ali Khaire and Mohammed Hussein Roble accusing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of undermining the country’s constitution.
President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is pushing for direct elections, an idea opposed by the opposition, which fears that without proper infrastructure for such elections, the idea would lead to term extensions in the Horn of Africa nation.
Somalia has been practising indirect elections, which are limited to a few people in the society but are usually controlled by traditional elders. The government of Somalia, however, believes this is the right time to discard the model.
"If anyone attempts to take up arms in Mogadishu, they will regret it," Defence Minister Fiqi said on Friday. "These so-called opposition voices are nothing but public noisemakers. Threats are no longer tolerated — we are past that phase."
In what appeared to be a thinly veiled threat, Fiqi referenced the violent mostly peaceful crackdown on protestors in 2021 during the tenure of former President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo, warning that similar measures would be taken if opposition leaders attempted to disrupt the government’s plans.
Talks between the opposition and the government over changes in the constitution have collapsed. The federal states of Jubaland and Puntland ...a region in northeastern Somalia, centered on Garowe in the Nugaal province. Its leaders declared the territory an autonomous state in 1998. Puntland and the equally autonomous Somaliland seem to have avoided the clan rivalries and warlordism that have typified the rest of Somalia, which puts both places high on the list for Islamic subversion... have sided with the opposition, accusing President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud of refusing to give dialogue a chance.
But on Thursday, President Mohamud dismissed the accusations, saying the opposition was resisting progress to maintain a political status quo. "There will always be disputes," he said. "But without bold steps, Somalia will never see meaningful change."
[BBC] Chinese property giant Evergrande's shares were taken off the Hong Kong stock market on Monday after more than a decade and a half of trading.
It marks a grim milestone for what was once China's biggest real estate firm, with a stock market valuation of more than $50bn (£37.1bn). That was before its spectacular collapse under the weight of the huge debts that had powered its meteoric rise.
Experts say the delisting was both inevitable and final.
"Once delisted, there is no coming back," says Dan Wang, China director at political risk consultancy Eurasia Group.
Evergrande is now best-known for its part in a crisis that has for years dragged on the world's second-largest economy.
WHAT HAPPENED TO EVERGRANDE?
Just a few years ago Evergrande Group was a shining example of China's economic miracle.
Its founder and chairman Hui Ka Yan rose from humble beginnings in rural China to top the Forbes list of Asia's wealthiest people in 2017.
His fortune has since plummeted from an estimated $45bn in 2017 to less than a billion, his fall from grace as extraordinary as his company's.
In March 2024, Mr Hui was fined $6.5m and banned from China's capital market for life for his company overstating its revenue by $78bn.
Liquidators are also exploring whether they can recover cash for creditors from Mr Hui's personal property.
At the time of its collapse, Evergrande had some 1,300 projects under development in 280 cities across China.
The sprawling empire also included an electric carmaker and China's most successful football team, Guangzhou FC, which was kicked out of the football league earlier this year after failing to pay off enough of its debts.
Evergrande was built on $300bn (£222bn) of borrowed money, earning it the unenviable title of the world's most indebted property developer.
The rot set in after Beijing brought in new rules in 2020 to control the amount big developers could borrow.
The new measures led Evergrande to offer its properties at major discounts to ensure money was coming in to keep the business afloat.
Struggling to meet interest payments, the firm soon defaulted on some of its overseas debts.
After years of legal wrangling, the Hong Kong High Court ordered the company to be wound up in January 2024.
Evergrande's shares had been under threat of delisting ever since because they were suspended from trading after the court order.
By that point the crisis engulfing the firm had wiped more than 99% from its stock market valuation.
The liquidation order came after the company was unable to offer a workable plan to shed billions of dollars of overseas liabilities.
Earlier this month, liquidators revealed that Evergrande's debts currently stand at $45bn and that it had so far sold just $255m of assets. They also said they believe a complete overhaul of the business "will prove out of reach".
The "delisting now is surely symbolic but it's such a milestone," Ms Wang says.
All that remains is which creditors are paid and how much they can get in the bankruptcy process, says Professor Shitong Qiao from Duke University.
The next liquidation hearing is due to take place in September.
HOW WAS CHINA'S ECONOMY IMPACTED?
China is facing a number of major problems, including US President Donald Trump's tariffs, high local government debt, weak consumer spending, unemployment and an ageing population.
But experts say Evergrande's collapse, along with the serious problems faced by other developers, has hit the country hardest.
"The property slump has been the biggest drag on the economy, and the ultimate reason why consumption is suppressed," Ms Wang says.
This is particularly problematic as the industry accounted for about a third of the Chinese economy and was a major source of income for local governments.
"I don't think China has found a viable alternative to support its economy at a similar scale," Professor Qiao says.
The property crisis has led to "massive layoffs" by heavily-indebted developers, Jackson Chan from financial markets research platform Bondsupermart says.
And many real estate industry employees that kept their jobs have seen big pay cuts, he adds.
The crisis is also having a major impact on many households as they tend to put their savings into property.
With housing prices dropping by at least 30%, many Chinese families have seen their savings fall in value, says Alicia Garcia-Herrero, chief economist for Asia Pacific at French bank Natixis.
This means they are less likely to spend and invest, she adds.
In response, Beijing has announced a raft of initiatives aimed at reviving the housing market, stimulating consumer spending and boosting the wider economy.
They range from measures to help new home owners and support the stock market to incentives to buy electric cars and household goods.
Despite the hundreds of billions of dollars Beijing has poured into the economy, China's once-blistering growth has eased to "around 5%".
While most Western countries would be more than happy with that, it's slow for a country that saw growth of more than 10% a year as recently as 2010.
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When will Chinese companies be delisted off of American stock markets?
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While most Western countries would be more than happy with that, it's slow for a country that saw growth of more than 10% a year as recently as 2010.
I don't blame the Communists for lying - the story of the frog and the scorpion applies here.
[BBC] A solar-powered car race started on Sunday in Australia, with 34 teams from all over the world competing to win the 2025 Bridgestone World Solar Challenge.
The teams were greeted by people waiting to see the vehicles embark on their 3,000-kilometre (1,864-mile) journey across the outback, from Darwin to Adelaide.
The first vehicles are expected to start arriving in Adelaide on August 28th with the event closing on August 31st.
[Breitbart] Dozens of Planned Parenthood clinics have closed or will close this year, as the Trump administration battles to defund the abortion organization of taxpayer dollars through Medicaid.
Leading pro-life organization Susan B. Anthony (SBA) Pro-Life America released a tracker this month showing which clinics have closed so far in 2025 and which clinics are expected to close in the coming months. So far, the organization has tracked 41 clinics that are closed or slated for closure.
SBA Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser called the Congressionally passed defunding measure and subsequent abortion clinic closures the “biggest national pro-life victory since the Dobbs decision,” the 2022 Supreme Court ruling that overturned the invented constitutional right to abortion found in Roe v. Wade.
“Life is winning. The One Big Beautiful Bill’s provision defunding Big Abortion is not even fully in effect and still 41 Planned Parenthoods have closed or will close soon. Imagine how many more will shut down once they stop receiving half a billion dollars in Medicaid money,” Dannenfelser said in a statement. “By Planned Parenthood’s own account, our victory stopping the forced taxpayer funding of abortion businesses could cause up to 200 facilities to close.”
“Planned Parenthood is stalling with their defunding lawsuit to keep raking in $2 million of taxpayer money per day, but the defunding of Big Abortion is long overdue,” she continued. “Planned Parenthood’s non-abortion services have decreased drastically. Cancer screenings, breast exams and pap smears are down by more than 50 percent. Contraceptive services are down by almost 40 percent. Community health centers that provide these services outnumber Planned Parenthoods 15:1 nationally and they provide better, more comprehensive care to women and their babies on Medicaid.”
President Donald Trump signed the budget reconciliation “Big, Beautiful Bill” in July with the defunding measure included. Defunding abortion providers through the reconciliation process allowed the Senate to bypass the critical 60-vote threshold for a simple majority vote, instead capitalizing on Republicans’ overall trifecta. While federal funding for abortions is barred by the Hyde Amendment — except in cases of rape, incest, or life of the mother — pro-life advocates argue no federal funds should be used to prop up any organization that performs abortions.
Planned Parenthood immediately sued the Trump administration to keep funding, and has alleged that 200 of its affiliate clinics are at risk of closure. A judge appointed by former President Barack Obama has blocked the defunding provision as litigation continues.
Planned Parenthood’s most recent annual report revealed record abortions and taxpayer funding in 2023-2024.
The report, called “A Force For Hope,” states that 402,230 unborn babies were killed in abortions, up from 392,715 the previous year. At the same time, the organization received $792.2 million in taxpayer funding, up almost $100 million from the previous year.
In June, the Supreme Court separately ruled that South Carolina could block Planned Parenthood from receiving Medicaid funds, finding that Planned Parenthood could not sue the state under a civil rights law. Following that ruling, Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt (R) issued an executive order to block Medicaid funds from going to abortion providers in the state, citing the Supreme Court’s recent decision.
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I don’t think abortions are down. The facilities are consolidating for physical abortions, but chemical abortions continue to expand. Truly defunding Planned Parenthood would deny direct cash to evil people. They are likely working on ways to launder money around the blocks.
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#3 with all the repatriation of foreign workers, I suspect the meat packing facilities will need labor that has experience in butchering.
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[Regnum] On the surface of Mars, twice a day, conditions arise for the formation of liquid brines that could theoretically support life. This is the conclusion reached by American scientist Vincent F. Chevrier from the University of Arkansas based on almost 20 years of research on the Red Planet, who published the results of his study in the scientific journal Nature Communications Earth and Environment.
The researcher analyzed meteorological data from the Viking 2 landing site and used computer modeling to determine under what conditions a liquid phase from melting frost could appear on Mars. The key element was calcium perchlorate salts, which can keep water in a liquid state at subzero temperatures.
According to the calculations, brine conditions appear on the planet twice a day - early in the morning and late in the evening - at the end of the Martian winter and at the beginning of spring, when the frost and ice crust begin to melt. This season lasts for about a Martian month (about two Earth months) each year. And, although the volume of liquid water during this period is very small, its presence may be important for future research and planning of manned missions.
The scientist noted that even short-term liquid environments are capable of leaving chemical and geomorphological traces that remain on the surface of Mars, and they can be found during future expeditions. The conditions also refute the established idea of the complete dryness of the Red Planet and expand the range of places where traces of microbial life can potentially be sought.
Earlier, on May 28, American entrepreneur, billionaire and head of the space corporation SpaceX Elon Musk named a flight to Mars as the main goal. At the same time, he did not rule out the possibility of a flight to the Moon.
Later that day, Roscosmos CEO Dmitry Bakanov said that the Russian space industry is working on creating a nuclear-powered transport system capable of delivering up to 10 tons of payload to Mars orbit. He said that the ninth flight of the Starship rocket demonstrates the complexity of the technological task of delivering a large volume of payload to Mars.
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.
