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[10 News] MIAMI, Fla. ‐ A seasonal worker for UPS has been arrested following accusations of package theft.
Emmanuel Lamont Reggin Jr. has been charged with third-degree theft, which is a felony. Hair care products ?
According to the Miami-Dade Police Department, Reggin was hired as a seasonal worker to help a full-time driver unload packages. On Monday, Reggin helped unload approximately 5,500 packages at a company in Northeast Miami-Dade, the police said.
While the other UPS employee was not looking, Reggin grabbed several boxes and hid them by a dumpster, police said. Inside the boxes were two Amazon Kindles, an Apple iPad 7 and a Microsoft Surface Pro. The merchandise was valued at about $1,800, according to the police. So, Felony
Later in the evening, police said that Reggin returned to the dumpster and picked up the packages.
On December 3, Reggin was helping unload 2,500 packages at a separate location, where he took several packages and hid them by a dumpster, the police said. In the packages were an HP laptop and two Sony PS4 consoles, and police said that the merchandise totaled about $1,050.
The manager at the business found the packages under the dumpster, and after reviewing surveillance footage, contacted UPS investigator Jose Ortiz. Ortiz then met with the business owner and Miami-Dade police.
Reggin returned to the business to pick up the packages, but when he saw police, he fled the scene. He was stopped several blocks away and taken into custody, according to police. "Feets doan fail me naow! Oh, crap"
The two Kindles were recovered from the trunk of Reggin's vehicle, and police say he confessed to the crimes. The Apple iPad 7 and Microsoft Surface Pro were later recovered from Reggin's residence.
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It would have have been easier to hide them in his hair. Unless the rats would have made problems.
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Great, just great. Now, notknowing where its been or how its been cleaned/ maintained, I can never look at a carnival’s cotton candy machine the sameas in ‘ the old days.’
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I take it the labor pool was very tight (read - non-existent). Should have applied for position on a Ukrainian energy company board. Seems to be a lot available is you know the right people and you make a lot more than a mere 1K.
[Washington Examiner] A federal judge has cleared a New York man who offered a $500 bounty to anyone willing to kill an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
A jury in Boston acquitted Brandon Ziobrowski, 35, of charges that he used interstate and foreign commerce to transmit a threat, according to Fox News. He faced up to five years in prison and a $250,000 fine if convicted.
"It seemed like the right verdict," Ziobrowski said after the ruling Friday. "It's been a horrible year. I'm glad it's over."
U.S. Attorney Andrew Lelling, who prosecuted the case, said he respected the jury’s decision but expressed frustration at the outcome of the case.
"We respect the jury’s verdict. But in this case the defendant posted a tweet that, on its face, offered $500 to anyone who killed a federal agent," Lelling said in a statement. "In 2019, over 100 law enforcement officers died in the line of duty. The public needs to know that, regardless of today’s verdict, we will never hesitate to prosecute apparent threats against law enforcement officers."
Ziobrowski posted the bounty offer on Twitter to his account of 400 followers in July 2018.
"I am broke but will scrounge and literally give $500 to anyone who kills an ice agent," Ziobrowski wrote. "@me seriously who else can pledge get in on this let’s make this work."
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WTF? Incompetent prosecutor or symp jury of idiots?
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Evacuation Day on November 25 marks the day in 1783 when the British Army departed from New York City on Manhattan Island, after the end of the American Revolutionary War.
They were always Tory loyalists. Things haven't changed much. We report, you decide.
[Dhaka Tribune] Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) has arrested an official of the Civil Aviation Authority of Bangladesh (CAAB) on charges of taking bribes.HM Rashed Sarkar, CAAB junior license inspector and consultant, was arrested from the capital's Uttara with bribe money on Friday.
ACC spokesperson Pranab Kumar Bhattacharya confirmed the matter to Dhaka Tribune.
"CAAB official Rashed was arrested from Uttara's BFC restaurant with more than Tk1 lakh in bribe money. He took the bribe from a pilot candidate to provide illegal favours at his exam.
"A team led by Deputy Director of the ACC, Masudur Rahman, will file a case with its Integrated District Office Dhaka 1 in this regard soon," the ACC official said.
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Leaked documents cited by Jeremy Corbyn are tied to a previous Russian disinformation campaign, according to internet discussion site Reddit.
The Labour leader used the classified documents detailing trade talks between US and UK officials as evidence of what he said were "secret talks" to sell off the NHS.
"The uncensored documents leave Boris Johnson's denials in absolute tatters," Mr Corbyn told a news conference last week.
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So... Corbyn is a Russian stooge?
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Corbyn is a Russian stooge?
One would expect so. Britain’s version of Bernie Sanders, only with even nastier friends.
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Russians have long memories - Swedish and German invasions. Unfortunately, not long enough because the only successful invasion was by the Mongols from the east.
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First, there were the vikings going to Constantinople by the rivers road, who would capture Slavs for sale - to defray their travel expenses. Then, some of them started settling on the banks - capturing Slavs to be their serfs.
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Good lord — is that Princess Anne in the huddle, again amiably playing the lady of the manor interested in whatever it is that the peasant is nattering on about?
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NATO wants to dominate the world? and they're doing a damned fine job of it too. If only there was some kind of way to get them to implement the Green New Deal, we'd all be saved.
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Whenever we are told that the US lags behind South Korea or Japan in broadband speeds, it's not mentioned that scaling up what can be done on a piece of real estate the size of those countries to a space the size of CONUS is a big deal. OTOH, we have places where there are no civilians in the deny area, and overflights are just a case of NOTAMs.
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Blue cities don't want ABM protection. Put the THAADs out where they can protect the silos at FE Warren, Minot and Malmstrom. Only a few buffalo to microwave out there.
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The HERO distance is over 3 miles for aircraft carrying ordinance... as well as for incoming warheads? It seems the THAAD's radar may be capable of self defense quite aside from any missiles it guides.
Mock away, Trudeau
[Last Refuge] Elections have consequences. On the same day the U.S. economy reports astoundingly successful jobs growth of 226,000 jobs and a drop in the unemployment rate to 3.5 percent; the Canadian state economic minister reports surprisingly terrible jobs losses of 72,200 jobs and a jump in unemployment from 5.5 to 5.9 percent. Smirk away, Fidel's Boy
The Canadian economy is roughly one-tenth the size of the U.S. So in equivalent terms the results from Canada reflect a comparative loss of 720,000 jobs on the same day the U.S. revises all figures upward to over 300,000 gains. A stunning economic contrast:
OTTAWA (Reuters) ‐ The Canadian job market lost a surprise 71,200 net positions in November while the unemployment rate rose to 5.9%, the highest in more than a year, data showed on Friday, as analysts said a repeat of the weak numbers could force the Bank of Canada to rethink its monetary policy.
Analysts in a Reuters poll had forecast a gain of 10,000 jobs and had predicted the unemployment rate would hold steady at 5.5%. [...] November's numbers followed a weak report in October, when the labor market unexpectedly shed jobs despite a likely boost from hiring related to the federal election.
[...] Canada's goods-producing industries saw a decline of 26,600 net jobs, largely on manufacturing. The services sector lost 44,400 net jobs.
Novembers unemployment rate was the highest seen since the 6.0% reported in August 2018. 38,400 full-time jobs and 32,800 part-time jobs were lost in November.
It is worth remembering that Canada does not allow competition in their media sector. The Canadian government considers the news media a protected "cultural industry"; and through a process of subsidizing broadcast all news media is essentially state run media.
Why is this important? Well, when the expressed priority of the government is controlling broadcast information if you are intellectually honest you should apply that same ideological outlook toward any information from the government in a general sense. State-Controlled Media
The Canadian election was held on October 21st, 2019. The central control government of Justin Trudeau would likely hold-back any negative economic information in an effort to support the ideology of the central government and maintain public opinion in advance of the voting. However, with the election over the economic books need to be reconciled.
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Cheer up, Northern Neighbors, with our economy going full bore we have room for a few more states.... um, you don't vote Donk, do you?
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No sympathy for the Canadians. they had the opportunity to get rid of this joker a few months ago and they blew it. Hope you enjoy the next 5 years of stagnation.
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We could Alberta and Saskatchewan. Maybe Manitoba and a maritime or two.
I've nothing against Newfies.
[Jpost] US President Donald Trump ...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party... on Friday called for the World Bank to stop loaning money to China, one day after the institution adopted a lending plan to Beijing over Washington's objections.
The World Bank on Thursday adopted a plan to aid China with $1 billion to $1.5 billion in low-interest loans annually through June 2025. The plan calls for lending to "gradually decline" from the previous five-year average of $1.8 billion.
"Why is the World Bank loaning money to China? Can this be possible? China has plenty of money, and if they don't, they create it. STOP!" Trump wrote in a post on Twitter.
"World Bank lending to China has fallen sharply and will continue to reduce as part of our agreement with all our shareholders including the United States," the World Bank said in an emailed statement to Rooters.
"We eliminate lending as countries get richer."
Spokespeople for the White House declined to comment on the record.
The World Bank loaned China $1.3 billion in the fiscal 2019 year, which ended on June 30, a decrease from around $2.4 billion in fiscal 2017.
But the fall in the World Bank's loans to China is not swift enough for the Trump administration, which has argued that Beijing is too wealthy for international aid.
[Breitbart] ROME - Pope Francis has compared U.S. President Donald Trump to the murderous King Herod who massacred innocent children in ancient Palestine while trying to kill the baby Jesus, a Jesuit journal revealed Thursday.
Speaking with his brother Jesuits during his recent visit to Thailand, the Argentinian pope minced no words in his thinly veiled condemnation of the U.S. president and his administration, suggesting that like a modern-day Herod, Mr. Trump separates families at the border while allowing drugs to freely flow into the country.
"In other parts there are walls that even separate children from parents. Herod comes to mind," Francis said. "Yet for drugs, there's no wall to keep them out."
"The phenomenon of migration is compounded by war, hunger and a 'defensive mindset' which makes us in a state of fear believe that you can defend yourself only by strengthening borders. At the same time, there is exploitation." He neglected to mention the exploitation within the walls of his conglomerate.
In this Q&A session, the pontiff also proposed that the rise of populism is at the root of migrants' problems in Europe. Actually, populism is what the liberals are about. Hillary won the popular vote, remember ? What we are about is nationalism. The fact that a majority want their nations free of elitist world dominators makes it majoritarianism, which is completely justified. Another globalist conceit, conflating the two for the unsuspecting masses. Masses, Ha ! Unintended churchy pun.
"I must admit that I am shocked by some of the narratives I hear in Europe about borders," the pope said. "Populism is gaining strength."
"The phenomenon of refugees has always existed, but today it is better known because of social differences, hunger, political tensions and especially war. For these reasons, migratory movements are intensifying," he said.
"What is the answer the world gives? The policy of waste," he continued. "Refugees are waste material. The Mediterranean has been turned into a cemetery. The notorious cruelty of some detention centers in Libya touches my heart." As no christian nailed to a cross ever did.
"The Christian tradition has a rich evangelical experience in dealing with the problem of refugees. We also remember the importance of welcoming the foreigner as the Old Testament teaches us," he said. And then he praetertransubstantiated into this before an amazed audience:
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He wouldn't be doing this alone. He has the full bureaucracy around him. Like Congressional staffers working the coup. There is depth in the process.
[American Military News] Firearm manufacturer Sig Sauer has produced a civilian version of the new M17 and M18 pistols being fielded by the U.S. military.
Sig Sauer’s civilian P320-M18 is configured "nearly identically to the U.S. military’s models," according to press statement by the gun manufacturer. Sig Sauer announced the new civilian firearm Tuesday and is handgun is now available.
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P227. They discontinued it because I bought one. That happens to me a lot...
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Have a Springfield Armory GI Issue 1911 in .45 ACP. Have a couple Colts, a 1911 Custom Shop and a 1991 in .38 Super. The latter are the more useful pistols.
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Currently have a XDM 3.8" in 9mm (EDC), USP .45, LC9 (Wife's carry gun), PK380. Happy with them. Looking into building an AR9 though. Becoming a big fan of only having to buy 2-3 types of ammo.
h/t Instapundit
A federal appeals court on Thursday lifted several injunctions that were blocking the Trump administration’s rule restricting immigration eligibility for individuals deemed likely to become public charges.
"Public charge" denotes immigrants who are likely to require government assistance, such as food stamps or Medicaid. The Trump administration had moved to restrict the number of new immigrants who would require such assistance, but several courts blocked the rule in October before it could take effect.
In its 2-1 decision, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals stayed preliminary injunctions against the administration’s rule from federal courts in Washington and California. The rule is still blocked nationwide by courts in Maryland and New York, which the decision by the Ninth Circuit do not overturn. Change. And, hope?
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Ninth Circuit is currently 13 - 16 Republican vs Democrat appointees. Senate will vote next week on replacing 2 of the older R appointees with fresh recruits. Interestingly, 6 of the D appointees are in their 70's or above. Another Trump term would almost certainly flip this court.
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Sheriff Scott Jenkins of Culpeper County, Va. proposed a way to exempt citizens from newly proposed Virginia gun laws that might otherwise bar them from owning certain firearms.
In a Wednesday Facebook post, Jenkins warned that some of the gun laws proposed in the Virginia General Assembly would "disarm or handicap our law-abiding in their defense," and in turn suggested he would confer the label of deputy on thousands of law-abiding citizens to include them in law enforcement carve-outs included in new gun legislation.
"I remain very optimistic that our General Assembly will not pass the proposed bills. Obviously, if passed, there are many of us willing to challenge these laws through the courts," Jenkins said. "In addition, if necessary, I plan to properly screen and deputize thousands of our law-abiding citizens to protect their constitutional right to own firearms."
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IIRC, this is the sort of thing that Terry McAuliffe did in reverse: he blanket pardoned convicted felons so that they would be allowed to vote.
Turn about is fair play.
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Will the next Civil War also start in Virginia?
[Breitbart] The popular Islamic name "Muhammad" has broken into the top ten United States baby names for the first time ever in American history.
The most updated list for popular baby names reveals that the name Muhammad is now the tenth most used name for newborn baby boys in the U.S., according to BabyCenter data. This is the first time in American history that the name has been included in the top ten most popular baby boy names.
Muhammad has been climbing in the U.S. for years now, as the Muslim population continues booming to historic levels largely due to the nation’s legal immigration system, which admits about 1.2 million legal immigrants every year.
For example, in 2018, Muhammad was the 14th most popular baby name for boys. Two years before, in 2016, Muhammad was listed as the 34th most popular name for baby boys. Jump back to the year 2000, though, and the name Muhammad did not register on a list of the year’s 200 most popular baby boy names.
As Breitbart News has chronicled, the Pew Research Center estimates that the Muslim community will soon be the second-largest religious group in the U.S. Today, there are roughly 3.45 million Muslims living in the U.S., making up about 1.1 percent of the total American population.
While Christians will remain the largest religious group in the U.S., Muslims are set to overtake Jewish-Americans as the second-largest religious group in the country by as early as 2040. Pew researchers estimate that the Muslim population will grow to an unprecedented 8.1 million, or 2.1 percent of the American population, by 2050.
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Very odd, not to mention that I think someone inflated the Muslim population count by at least 1.5 million. A different source does not include Mohammed in any of its results based on the Social Security Administration’s birth data for 2019, suggesting that someone is manipulating data on the subject — something definitely of interest to us here at Rantburg.
[Defense News] WASHINGTON ‐ The U.S. Navy and Air Force are teaming up to rapidly develop a network that can link together Air Force and Navy assets during battle, an effort the Navy’s top officer compared to the 1940s program to develop an atomic bomb.
Adm. Michael Gilday, the new Chief of Naval Operations, told an audience Thursday that in order to take on China, the Navy will have to spread out and rely on networked weapons and sensors distributed over a wide area. But doing that would rely on a network architecture that doesn’t yet exist.
To be the most effective force, the Navy acknowledges it must be able to connect with Air Force bombers and aircraft, leading the two services to an agreement to join forces.
"I think the biggest challenge for us is to join all the main command and control," Gilday said. "We’re building netted weapons, netted platforms, and netted [command-and-control] nodes, but we don’t have an adequate net, and that’s a critical piece."
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Yeah, getting the AF and Navy to cooperate is probably about as tough as inventing and building something that's never been done before and theoretically doesn't work.
[Washington Business Journal] The Bethesda defense contractor originally secured a contract in 2018 to help prototype the Air Force’s air-launched rapid response weapon (ARRW), but the follow-on deal issued Monday was worth more than double the original.
How very interesting. What kinds of situations so many of such a thing might be used for? (Or should I not ask?)
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.
[Washington Examiner] A federal judge has cleared a New York man who offered a $500 bounty to anyone willing to kill an Immigration and Customs Enforcement officer.
[BBC] A Sheffield couple love the 1940s so much, they've dedicated their home to the decade.
...The tack in the backside of the Democratic Party...
Speaking with his brother Jesuits during his recent visit to Thailand, the Argentinian pope minced no words in his thinly veiled condemnation of the U.S. president and his administration, suggesting that like a modern-day Herod, Mr. Trump separates families at the border while allowing drugs to freely flow into the country.
You go to a muslim neighborhood, shout obscenities about mohammed and run away. Like :
