[Daily Caller] Local law enforcement in North Dakota says a former White House staffer -- who is related to an important player in the Dakota Access Pipeline protests -- is using her political influence to keep federal authorities from assisting local authorities from removing demonstrators from the Dakota Access Pipeline site.
Morton County Commission Chairman Cody Schulz recently called out Standing Rock Sioux Chairman Dave Archambault saying, "The Standing Rock Tribal Council recently voted to move the large protest camp currently located on Army Corp of Engineer property to Tribal land west of the town of Cannonball."
He went on to say, "In the past two days protesters have instead begun to relocate and trespass on private property closer to the pipeline path. [Chairman Archambault] must condemn this action and do everything he can to comply with the wishes of the Standing Rock Tribal Council."
Archambault has a powerful ally who worked in the White House -- his own sister Jodi Gillette. According to The Bismarck Tribune, Gillette was a senior policy adviser on Native American Affairs For President Obama. The Tribune notes that Gillette could not work on issues related to Standing Rock because of the conflict of interest owing to her status as a tribal member and familial relation to the chairman.
[Iran Press TV] The US Justice Department has charged 61 people and entities with involvement in a major India-based scam that targeted thousands of Americans.
The scheme involved Indian call centers, where some workers called American citizens and convinced them to pay their non-existent debts by impersonating Internal Revenue Service (IRS ...the Internal Revenue Service; that office of the United States government that collects taxes and persecutes the regime's political enemies... ), immigration and other federal officials, the Justice Department said in a statement on Thursday.
Some victims were even offered short-term loans or grants on condition of providing good-faith deposits or payment of a processing fee.
The scammers had stolen more than $300 million from at least 15,000 unsuspecting citizens, the department noted.
The victims’ money was laundered by an American network of criminals who used debit cards or wire transfers under fake identities, the indictment said.
Federal officials placed in durance vile Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! 20 people across America on Thursday. Additionally, 32 individuals and five call centers in India were charged with connection to the case.
US Assistant Attorney General Leslie Caldwell said in a press briefing that Washington was looking forward extraditing the suspects from India to face jail terms.
"It's really important for the scammers in India to know that the United States is looking at this, is watching them and they could, if they engage in that activity, be extradited to the United Sates and could sit in jail ... for several years," she said.
In a bill of indictment for the scammers, the US District Court for the Southern District of Texas had pointed to scare tactics employed by the operators of call centers in Ahmedabad, in the Indian state of Gujarat ...where rioting seems to be a traditional passtime... They "threatened potential victims with arrest, imprisonment, fines or deportation if they did not pay taxes or penalties to the government," it read.
The extent of the scam was so vast that major federal organizations such as Immigration and Customs Enforcement, Treasury, Homeland Security, US Secret Service and police had to help with the investigation, according to the Justice Department.
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[NBCNewYork] Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane slid off the runway after landing at LaGuardia Airport Thursday evening, tearing up two tracks of concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.
The governor was checked to make sure he was OK, but no injuries were reported, according to an NBC campaign embed on the scene.
The plane, which was coming from Fort Dodge, Iowa -- about a three-hour flight from New York -- made a rough impact when it landed. The pilot slammed on the brakes and travelers could smell burning rubber.
Pence says mud splashed on the front windows of the cockpit. Um, it wasn't on the outside, and wasn't mud either.
To Charger, FrankG and others who posted. Thanks. Between myself and other mods we managed to delete all the stories. Sorry about that.
PORTLAND, Ore. – The leaders of an armed group who seized a national wildlife refuge in rural Oregon were acquitted Thursday in the 41-day standoff that brought new attention to a long-running dispute over control of federal lands in the U.S. West.
A jury found brothers Ammon and Ryan Bundy not guilty of possessing a firearm in a federal facility and conspiring to impede federal workers from their jobs at the Malheur National Wildlife Refuge, 300 miles southeast of Portland where the trial took place. Five co-defendants also were tried one or both of the charges.
Despite the acquittal, the Bundys were expected to stand trial in Nevada early next year on charges stemming from another high-profile standoff with federal agents. Authorities rounding up cattle at their father Cliven Bundy's ranch in 2014 because of unpaid grazing fees released the animals as they faced armed protesters.
The brothers are part of a Nevada ranching family embroiled in a lengthy fight over the use of public range, and their occupation drew an international spotlight to a uniquely American West dispute: federal restrictions on ranching, mining and logging to protect the environment. The U.S. government, which controls much of the land in the West, says it tries to balance industry, recreation and wildlife concerns to benefit all.
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The law the Regime tried to nail them with (impede federal workers) was a law used right after the civil war against resistance to Union agents in the South. Therefore that charge was a stretch. Possessing firearms in a federal facility, strategy by the defense would be interesting to find out about.
This should strengthen counter legal activities regarding the unjustified murder of Robert Finicum.
[Libya Observer] Libyan Karate fighter Adel Amin refused on Thursday to face his Israeli opponent Ahmed Abu Bassal in the Kumite 84+kg competitions of the 2016 Karate World Championships. Half of success is showing up.
The 23rd edition of the Karate World Championships is being held in the Austrian city of Linz between October 25-30.
Last year, Libyan Judoka Mohammed al-Kwaish quit the World Judo Championships in Astana, Kazakhstan to avoid facing his Israeli opponent.
It's long past time to expel for life anyone who refuses to compete against an opponent.
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Didn't want to lose to a jew.
Or didn't want to have one kick his ass on global TV.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The family of the man who decapitated his parents are blaming Shihar Mental Hospital for the horrific incident.
Abdullah al-Shihry, the murderer’s uncle, said his nephew was a patient at Shihar Mental Health Hospital.
"The hospital released my nephew before his treatment was completed. They were well aware that he was mentally unstable and they released him. My nephew was not on drugs when he committed the horrific crime. He used to be a public sector employee.
Five years ago, he was diagnosed with a mental illness. He was fired from his job as a result," said al-Shihry.
He said the entire family witnessed the aftermath of the gruesome murder.
"We saw a pool of blood around the scattered body parts of my sister and her husband. My nephew was standing there covered in blood. We asked what happened and he said he beat up his own parents before stabbing them with a knife and decapitating them," said al-Shihry.
"My nephew couldn’t say a word. He was silent the entire time he was being questioned by the police. The police took him to Shihar Mental Health Hospital again. Even under the supervision of doctors, my nephew still isn’t talking," said al-Shihry.
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"Forget about it, Jake. It's Mecca Province"
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[DailyMail] One of Russian president Vladimir Putin's top aides has fallen victim to a massive hack that appears to show close financial and political ties between Moscow and separatist rebels in Eastern Ukraine.
More than a gigabyte of leaked emails were released by a group of Ukrainian hackers from an account used by Putin's adviser Vladislav Surkov.
The cache published by the Ukrainian group CyberHunta reveals contacts between Surkov and the pro-Russia rebels fighting Ukrainian forces.
It also comes as the United States has accused Russia of coordinating the recent hacks of the Democratic party's emails to influence the outcome of the presidential election.
A senior US intelligence official told NBC News the US had 'no role' in the hack.
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I think this is just motion to make it look like they are doing something. As soon as McKacklepants' bloated and dying carcass is dragged over the finish line the investigation will be round filed.
This whole thing is little more than a monkey trying to fuck a football. A lot of movement with nothing being accomplished.
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100 most damaging Podesta emails. It is difficult to imagine the amount of corruption surrounding the Clintons and the cancer that has spread around them and into the institutions of our government. The Wicked Witch of the North is speaking now--no mention of anything pertaining to the new FBI probe yet. She's pitching "Stronger Together" which has become a metaphor for corruption.
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Her speech is very flat and unconnected. She seems very off- balance. She is ignoring the elephant in the room--WikiLeaks and the new FBI probe.. Her rent-a-crowd seems small and the responses seem tepid. I wonder who wrote this stuff for her. Her corruption is just might be catching up with her.
Whether the Dems or Pubs are in power, "Eternal vigilance is the price of freedom."
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This is all wishful thinking on a balmy end of October Friday afternoon in the good ol rust belt, BUT... Kaine cancelled a campaign stop unexpectedly and without explanation yesterday. Story in that somewhere, perhaps?
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Just something to keep the peasants quiet & content unit Nov 10th.
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According to Drudge, the device belonged to Huma and has copies of thousands of emails Weiner sent to a 15 y.o. girl. Too rich
YJCMTSU
Has to be big to release 11 days out. Think you're right about needing additional immunity. Maybe the Lynch/Clinton/Comey cluster-fuck has been uncovered and about to see the light of day and he needs more cards to play
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Maybe this is enough to stick this time - since apparently a lot of FBI agents have threatened to quit over the roll-over and whitewash from Comey on the previous case that was obviously thrown by him. That being said...
Someone duct tape Trumps mouth shut for the weekend, please.
It seems every time we get something like this he says or does something idiotic to put the spotlight on himself and off Hillary.
Let her twist in the wind, nothing else to distract form the chorus of emails revealing her and Podesta's lies and deceits, and now hopefully so much criminal evidence that not even Obama and Comey can hide it.
Secondary Bonus: this is a nice point for the case against early voting.
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While examining Weiner's laptop, investigators discovered Abedin also used the laptop, which contained some emails between Abedin and Clinton, NBC News reported.
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Not sure why the original investigation did not lead FBI to Huma's home computer but the sexting case did? It should of been near the top of the list years ago; including within a routine security audit.
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#32 - Maybe an Al Capone's tax returns moment? We can hope...
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They are doing this intentionally. If she wins, Obama can pardon her so she can get on with it. If she loses he can still pardon her and protect her. This is no bombshell. Just politics.
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My 2-cents:
1. Comey, watching the stealing of an election by those who had him, somehow, by the balls, finally had enough and played his hole card; and
2. Mr. Comey should be placed under "Suicide Watch" using well-vetted and dangerous observers.
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Make that 4-cents:
HRC, when asked about this latest verisimilitude eruption by an NBC reporter, laugheditoff. Comey drops one on her and that is her response?!
Either:
1. She is a freaking psychopath; or
2. The Clintons are powerful enough that they think they can make it go away.
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g(r)omgoru, I believe they prefer to keep the illusion that the vote counts. In such a case letting her lose might be an advantage since she's tainted and universally hated.
[DAWN] LAHORE: The Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) claims to have nabbed Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! a criminal who, police said, was wanted for killing many people including the father of notorious gangster of yesteryear Tipu Truckanwala.
Known as a "symbol of terror", Abdul Waheed was wanted in murder, liquidation attempt, terrorism and extortion cases many cop shoppes in the scenic provincial capital had been pursuing against him.
A police source said Waheed was the last "top-wanted criminal" among his colleagues including Humayun Gujjar, Maqsood, Bhola Sanyara, Mohammad Aslam and Shafiq Baba all of whom would freely move around the city a few decades ago.
About his last major criminal act, he said, Waheed had killed his five rivals in the sessions court of Lahore besides injuring many others including Tipu Truckanwala. Tipu, who was later rubbed out in another incident, was going to appear in the murder case of his father in the sessions court along with his lover companions when Waheed and his accomplices had ambushed them.
Waheed, said the source, remained absconding for the last 22 years or so.
He was also involved in other high-profile cases in which some of the notorious criminals were killed in ’encounters’. Waheed, said the source, remained absconding for the last 22 years or so.
Saddar Division CIA DSP Anwar Saeed Kingra confirmed Waheed’s arrest saying he was the last notorious criminal facing the charges of being involved in high-profile cases. "He had settled in Sri Lanka, where he was running his sports business," Mr Kingra told Dawn.
He said 45 days ago he (Waheed) came back to Pakistain and purchased a mobile phone SIM in his name which led police to his hideout.
"We traced him through calls and finally captured him in Lohari Gate in a raid," he said, adding that the gangster confessed to committing heinous crimes including murder of Hanif, Bhola Sanyara and Shafiq Baba. He had also worked for Tipu Truckanwala but later turned his foe when Tipu slapped his elder brother, the DSP said.
During the course of interrogation, the DSP said, the gangster also confessed to killing Tipu’s father in the sessions court and said he also wanted to kill Tipu but failed to reach him because of a motorcade of gunnies surrounding him.
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Saw the headline. Thought of Hillary. Imagine my disappointment.
[DAWN] The Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... Specialised Healthcare and Medical Education Department has suspended postgraduate training of two young doctors of the Mayo Hospital in the wake of the recent torture incident.
It has also issued a letter of displeasure to King Edward Medical University’s professor of surgery Dr Asghar Naqi for not having ’control’ over his student Dr Shaharyar Khan Niazi despite his frequent involvement in "violence" at the institute.
The department also suspended from service a deputy medical superintendent of the hospital for being negligent. The action was taken by the health department on the recommendations of a high-level inquiry committee which was constituted on the direction of the chief minister.
Former Allama Iqbal Medical College principal Prof Dr Eice Muhammad and University of Health Sciences Vice-Chancellor Prof Muhammad Aslam, a retired major general, were among the members of the committee that probed the incident on the complaint that a group of medics thrashed indoor patient Waqas Amin and his brother Waqar Amin over a minor issue some 10 days back.
The committee collected evidence, examined video clips and took statements of the relevant people and finally submitted its recommendations to the health authorities. Taking action on the recommendation of the committee, the health department awarded major penalty to Dr Shaharyar Khan Niazi mainly holding him responsible for the incident. It terminated his postgraduate training for a period of one year in all public hospitals of Punjab.
"He will not be eligible for consideration for training for good at the Mayo Hospital and before Oct 25, 2017 in any other public hospital of the province. He is also found guilty of destroying sanctity of a public office and tearing the application of Mr Waqas Amin, depriving him of his right of filing his grievances before the on-duty deputy medical superintendent," the committee declared in its findings.
It further declared that the conduct of Dr Niazi was found not only unbecoming of a doctor but also contradictory to basic human values and noble traditions of the medical profession.
"After one year of suspension period, he may be allowed to rejoin his training in any hospital other than Mayo Hospital," the committee declared.
As for his colleague Dr Mazhar Rafique, the committee held that he was found guilty of influencing the probe to mislead the Sherlocks. It stated that Dr Mazhar recorded conciliatory video statement of the patient and his relatives shortly after the incident when he (the patient) was at the mercy of the doctors in a bid to protect his colleague Dr Niazi.
The health department suspended his postgraduate training forthwith allowing him to apply to the joint admission committee for consideration for training in any public hospital of the province except the Mayo Hospital.
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WOT by way of trivia Dom D. Played the part of Victor Prinzi who morphed into Captain Chaos from time to time.
Deeper
Victor Prinzi was a pretty good QB at FSU circa late 50ties early 60ties and the roomie of Burt Reynolds.
Couldn't say for sure, but I don't think this one is by Nadeem F. Paracha
[DAWN] A PML-N politician during a National Assembly committee meeting on Wednesday said cricket players should offer prayers instead of doing push-ups following a victory.
MNA Rana Muhammad Afzal said during an Inter-Provincial Coordination Committee meeting that while physical movement was a healthy activity, "it would have been better if the players offered nawafil (special prayers) instead of doing press-ups on the victory".
Questions were raised over the cricket team's unusual celebrations during the meeting, as the politician wondered why Misbah and his men did push-ups only when the team won and remained silent when they lost.
"What message are Misbah-ul-Haq and other players giving to the world by doing push-ups?" asked Afzal.
Pakistain Cricket Board (PCB) Executive Committee Chairman Najam Sethi earlier told the meeting that cricket players 'had been stopped' from performing push-ups after winning matches. He later clarified in a tweet that the celebrations were done "at the discretion of players".
"Sajda or pushups are done at the discretion of players," Sethi said. "PCB highly appreciates the fitness training facilities of the Pakistain Army, utilised thrice in six years."
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NADEEM F. PARACHA
Islamabad: Dawn, the much preferred media group to receive sensitive leaks, has become privy to yet another sensational leak.
The leak has come in the shape of a hefty document prepared from sources which include various local and foreign intelligence agencies.
The document/report claims that 98.7% Paks are agents of one foreign intelligence agency or the other.
According to the report, about 40.2% Paks are Indian agents; 33.3% are American agents; 11% are British agents; 6.2% are Iranian agents; 3.1% are Afghan agents; 3% are dual Indian and American agents; 1.1% are Guatemalan agents;
Oh dear. One doesn't quite know what to do with that bit of information.
and at least one Pak is a Ugandan agent.
Maybe it's because I'm using a several generations old iPhone, but I ran those numbers twice, both times getting 97.9% plus that one Ugandan agent. Then again, Mr. Wife, who is not so handicapped, got the same sum.
Our investigation confirms that the report was leaked by the Ugandan agent after his monthly stipend was halted by the Ugandan government due to his failure to recruit Paks other than himself.
We are still trying to determine what Uganda’s intelligence agency wanted from him.
But our initial inquiry suggests that it had something to do with mangoes.
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The missing 2.1% are dual American and Indian agents.
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[Iran Press TV] The US Justice Department has charged 61 people and entities with involvement in a major India-based scam that targeted thousands of Americans.
[NBCNewYork] Vice presidential candidate Mike Pence's campaign plane slid off the runway after landing at LaGuardia Airport Thursday evening, tearing up two tracks of concrete before coming to rest on a patch of grass.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The family of the man who decapitated his parents are blaming Shihar Mental Hospital for the horrific incident.
[DAWN] The
