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It is interesting that "March for Our Lives" speakers did not call out for bomb control or confiscation. And they think the NRA members are a bunch of psychopaths. They are being played by politicians, Hollywoodies and others who have an interest in dismantling the 2nd. They also think the 2nd is outmoded and not useful today. Alas, our school systems are failing these students in their education.
[Al Jazeera] As part of city beautification for this year's football World Cup, the Urals city of Yekaterinburg has demolished its most notable landmark - a rusty, brutalist, half-finished Soviet-era television tower built in the middle of the city.
Local authorities in 11 host cities including Moscow, St Petersburg, Sochi and Yekaterinburg are working hard to put the last touches beautifying the cities in preparation for the June 14-July 15 tournament.
But in Yekaterinburg, hundreds of people opposed to the television tower's demolition by controlled kaboom took part in a Hug the Tower rally earlier this week.
Eugene Kuivashev, the local governor, defended the decision to demolish it.
"No one seriously believes that the city needs such a symbol," he said in a radio interview.
Ivan Volkov, a 39-year-old lawyer and head of a committee opposing the tower's removal, said the 720-foot-high (219 metres) concrete structure had been a symbol of the city's identity.
"Now, it's the symbol of the people's humiliation at the hands of the authorities because the decision was made behind-the-scenes. It shouldn't be done this way," Volkov told Rooters news agency.
The tower's construction started in 1983 under the communist rule, but it was never completed due to the collapse of the Soviet Union.
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[DCW50] WASHINGTON, D.C. ‐ The peak bloom for D.C. cherry blossoms have been pushed back once again due to the cold weather, National Park Services says.
The new peak bloom is now forecast for April 8-12.
NPS says the blossoms lack the heating degrees needed to stay on track and there is no warmup on the horizon.
The initial peak bloom was set for March 17-20, then pushed back to March 27-31.
The new peak bloom puts the bloom watch over two weeks behind schedule. (mid Feb had two days with max temps near 80F and that got into the initial bloom forecast but March has had freezing minimum temps almost every day)
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Weird - someone missed a perfectly good chance to blame this on 'climate change'.
But those Alec Baldwin skits -- now THOSE are a problem!
What does overblown mean? Now everyone will look at the problems Young Republicans and Conservative speakers are having on campuses around the country, where before they were ignoring the situation as hard as they could.
And while attention is being paid to tweets, a reminder from Forbes last August that President Trump need not spend all that Congress votes for, something he has been doing since the day he was sworn in.
For example, the Trump administration had proposed a budget with a huge one-third cut for the State Department and the Agency for International Development. Congress largely ignored Trump’s first-year budget proposal. It was too late, too unjustified, and unrealistic as an allocation of funds. Congress voted the necessary funds for State and AID to do their job.
The Trump administration has tried to promote the notion that it just wanted to see more spending at home rather than overseas. But, that appears to be just a cover for manipulating settled congressional appropriations to align with Trump's objectives. For example, there has been criticism of Secretary of State Rex Tillerson for failing to spend $80 million allocated by Congress to fight Russian and terrorist propaganda -- not a surprise given the Trump administration’s relaxed attitude about Russia compared to a Congress that enacted more sanctions against Russia and restricted Trump’s ability to relax the sanctions.
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Overblown? I don't think so. Universities, have increasingly over the years, populated the faculty and administrative ranks with lefties. Moreover, "1stA free speech" has been supplanted with "political correctness."
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We all know that politically correct speech is really thought or expression control.
Yep, Reagan did it before. You do not have to spend all the money in the budget or the authorization. Reagan put the clamps on spending in some areas he did not approve, instead of vetoing the whole mess and starting another spending authorization mess that is worse than the original budget...Trump may follow St. Ronald on this one and I would not be surprised. All of the cabinet members are loyal to DJT and it would not be a stretch for him to say "don't spend money on that" as in the odious $500 million for Planned Genocide Parenthood.
[Al Jazeera] Zim-bob-we has launched an investigation into the country's former first lady, Grace Mugabe, over her alleged involvement in an ivory smuggling ring.
The probe was opened after a three-month undercover mission by Australian wildlife photographer Adrian Steirn.
Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera, Steirn said he uncovered the poaching and smuggling syndicate when he began looking into the illegal ivory trade in December.
"Ivory was being sourced either from the national park's vault, being thieved or pilfered, or from live elephants being killed by poaching syndicates. The syndicate would then sell to Grace Mugabe's clientele," he said.
"She would then be able to pack that and send it out through the airport. Anything through that airport, that was the property of the first lady, was not searched or scanned in any way."
Steirn has gathered documents, undercover videos and testimonies, which he showed to Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit. They expose the syndicate and the former first lady's involvement in ivory smuggling, he said.
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I KNEW those weren't her real teefs
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Speaking exclusively to Al Jazeera, Steirn said he uncovered the poaching and smuggling syndicate when he began looking into the illegal ivory trade in December.
Care to do a 'deep dive' into the "Game Farm" industry ?
[Al Jazeera] Sierra Leone's High Court has placed an injunction stopping the country's electoral commission from going ahead with a presidential runoff scheduled for March 27.
The ruling on Saturday came after Ibrahim Sorie Koroma, a lawyer and member of the ruling party All People's Congress (APC), filed a legal request arguing that allegations of electoral fraud should be investigated before the vote takes place.
The court's order stops the National Electoral Commission (NEC) from proceeding with the vote "the hearing and determination of this court", adjourning the matter until Monday, the eve of the planned runoff.
Later on Saturday, NEC issued a statement saying it was aware of the injunction and awaiting service of official documents.
"While legal proceedings are on-going, the Commission will continue its practical and logistical preparations for the runoff," the statement said.
Sierra Leoneans are set to choose their new president, after an initial round of voting failed to produce an outright winner.
On March 7, APC candidate Samura Kamara finished slightly behind Julius Maada Bio, the contestant for the opposition Sierra Leone People's Party.
The run-up to the vote has been marred by tension.
On Wednesday, the electoral commission accused police of disrupting its work, saying officers had "unwarrantedly entered NEC premises, unannounced and at random, interrogated NEC staff, and obstructed them from performing their duties".
Police on Thursday denied the accusations and said they were investigating 200 cases of electoral fraud nationwide and that their role was to "remove from within its ranks" any NEC staff member likely to undermine fair elections.
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"Brake"
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[Dhaka Tribune] Two men have been killed in a clash between residents of two villages in Salutikor area of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Saturday over the construction of a mosque’s boundary wall.
The dear departed are Ali Ahmed, 25, and Rumel Ahmed, 30, both residents of Mitrimohol village.
Local said an altercation broke out over the construction of Salutikor Bazar Jame Masjid boundary wall on Friday afternoon between two groups led by Jamal Ahmed of Bohor village and Abdus Sobhan of the neighbouring Mitrimohol village.
On Saturday around 7am, the altercation culminated into a clash. In the midst of the hour-long clash, Ali, Rumel, and another 10 to 12 people were maimed.
Ali and Romel were rushed to the Sylhet MAG Osmani Medical College Hospital, where they died.
Sylhet police’s ASP Anis confirmed that the two had been rubbed out.
"Police reached the scene of the crime after the clash and brought the situation under control," he said.
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The dear departed are Ali Ahmed, 25, and Rumel Ahmed, 30
[KCNAWATCH.CO] The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) set it as the main task for socialist economic construction this year to strengthen the independence and Juche character of the national economy and improve the people's standard of living. Juche's back! Hurrah!
This represents the noble intention of our Party to make the 70th birthday of the DPRK the greatest event of significance by bringing about a decisive turn in the improvement of people's standard of living.
We have solid material and technical foundations for consumer goods production, laid in Pyongyang and localities under the wise leadership of the Party, and excellent models and plenty of experience for the rapid development of the light industry.
When the potentials of light industry are given full reign to effect a great upsurge in production, can cheers for the WPK and socialism resound far and wide in the sky of September.
The U.S. imperialists and their vassal forces are now making desperate efforts to hold in check our vigorous advance and stamp out our idea and system.
The great spirit of self-reliance displayed in the light industrial field and all the consumer goods produced with our resources and efforts will be a merciless telling blow to the hostile forces.
All the officials and workers in the field of light industry should redouble their efforts to bring about a great turn in the improvement of people's standard of living through the on-going revolutionary general offensive in hearty response to the Party's holy warrior call.
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Cannot talk to AT&T real person. Store sez they are pushing wireless bundles, "no longer responding promptly to landline outages." Evidently residential svc no longer important to them. Cannot get new provider till 3 Apr. Unbelievable.
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Curious, that's the kind of error a native speaker makes. Usually the awkward English of North Korea doesn't speak like that.
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Even where success seems highly likely with some light industry or consumer goods endeavor, no one's going to jump in such a country as this, where you might be killed on a whim or sent to the camps.
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AT&T just built their fiber out here and they are pushing bundles hard. I saw a goodly mix of CWA guys doing the tech end and landscaper Ernesto types (presumably non-union, but I don't actually know that) doing the digging.
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Evidently residential svc no longer important to them.
Most states have regulatory commissions as land lines are a monopoly. Had similar problems here, till the commission sent notice that they would loose their monopoly and infrastructure (with 'fair' compensation) to another bidder.
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B, I've come to call those sorts of companies "SovietAmerica.com" and it's kinda ironic that this conversation has materialized in an article about juche propaganda.
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Well wen Edward Jones office opens up tomorrow morn I will realize a small bit of revenge on AT&T Bell South. I'm sure they will not GAF. but it will help sooth my soul. 20 yrs on-time paymnts, evidently not good enuf.
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#1, charger, good for you! I also learned grammar in the 1950s and love to see "free rein."
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Charger, "Full reign" in this case is correct.
AS TW mentioned, "free Rein" mean to let the horse(s) run freely, while in this case "full reign" mean that fat boy still want to keep control of the economy.
[KCNAWATCH.CO] Dignitaries of the White House and departments of state and defense of the U.S. are crying out for "maintaining the policy of maximum pressure" on the DPRK, whenever they open their mouths. Vassal forces including Japan are echoing it, saying that the prevailing situation on the Korean peninsula is a proof of effective sanctions and the sanctions should be maintained as ever.
This is a sheer nonsense of those hell-bent on sanctions racket.
The positive climate prevailing on the Korean peninsula was created thanks to the proactive measures and efforts of the DPRK and it can by no means be the result of the U.S. and its vassal forces' sanctions.
U.S. sanctions do not work on the DPRK. The more pressure the U.S. puts on the DPRK, the stronger Juche Korea becomes, endangering the destiny of the U.S.
The U.S. and its vassal forces are desperately resorting to the toughest sanctions and pressure racket against the DPRK by employing all means and methods. But this is just a last-ditch effort to get rid of fear and despair caused by their defeat and wretched plight.
If the U.S. persists in acting rashly, not drawing a lesson from its failure in the showdown with the DPRK, the former is bound to face bitterer disgrace and defeat.
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must be hurting
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...Man, these guys are too easy. Now that everybody's expecting peace and light, they ramp up the psycho, and start making demands. And when the summit falls apart, it'll be our fault.
Mike
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[Al Jazeera] Former Catalan leader Carles Puigdemont faces arrest in Finland after authorities there received an international warrant for his detention issued by Spain, the latest legal action against separatist politicians from the wealthy northeastern region.
Madrid’s legal action against Puigdemont is an "attack on the heart of democracy", Catalan parliament speaker Roger Torrent said, speaking in front of the parliament, accompanied by various other heads of parties and a crowd of supporters.
If he returns to Spain, Puigdemont faces up to 25 years in prison on charges of rebellion and sedition for his part in organizing an illegal referendum on secession last year.
When police reach Puigdemont, a normal extradition process will begin, though they currently have no knowledge of his whereabouts, Finnish authorities said in a statement on Saturday.
In an interview with Spanish radio station Catalunya Radio earlier, Puigdemont’s lawyer, Jaume Alonso-Cuevillas, had said his client was prepared to present himself to Finnish police.
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And the Finns asked that euro order be written in English. This is the second time the Spanish judges have been bitchslapped. The Finns won't extradite
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"President Carles Puigdemont was held in Germany when he crossed the border from Denmark, on his way to Belgium from Finland," the lawyer said. LINK
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That's not what i read in the local press. Finland simply doesn't have rebellion in its laws. Germany has something similar and a lot of Spanish jurists think extradition is a done deal BUT that would cause Merkel a lot of domestic political headaches. Nothing to cause her lose power bit enough to cause bad blood.
And the Spanish govt will gloat so uncontrolably that Merkel will bitchslap them via the Euro group within the Euro parliment to have at least a sense of propriety.
[TruePundit] The rogue faction of the FBI ‐ leftover disciples of the Andrew McCabe-school of federal law enforcement ‐ have waged a manhunt to find FBI personnel who are leaking REAL details about the Mandalay Bay massacre to independent media.
In lieu of these threats ‐ which were likewise directed at True Pundit for its investigative series "Fear and Lying in Las Vegas" ‐ federal sources and True Pundit will respond on Sunday and throughout the coming days with a riveting story twist that promises to change the face of the Mandalay Bay shooting massacre narrative.
"People want to threaten us and FBI insiders for trying to tell the truth," said Thomas Paine, True Pundit’s chief muckraker. "Then we shall give them more truths and believe me when I tell you, you won’t want to miss what is coming."
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Here is today’s post. One Brian Hodge, a 37-year-old Australian living in America, has been telling the press about all sorts of things he oughtn’t know anything about, but FBI investigators were not permitted by the brass to interview him.
[DAWN] An Anti-Terrorism Court (ATC) in Lahore on Saturday acquitted 20 people suspected of involvement in the lynching and burning alive of a Christian couple who were accused of blasphemy in Kot Radha Kishan in 2014.
Shahzad and Shama were burned alive in a brick kiln by a frenzied lynch mob ─ incited by announcements made from mosques in the area ─ ranging between 400-1,000 people for their alleged role in the desecration of the Holy Koran in Nov 2014. Both husband and wife were brick kiln workers, and the woman, a mother of three, was pregnant at the time. Police had started the paperwork but haven't done much else against 660 villagers after the incident.
Read more: Tracing footsteps in Kot Radha Kishan
The court today acquitted 20 suspects, giving them the benefit of doubt. Among the 20, 15 people were identified as Faryad, Babar Ali, Islamuddin, Zulfiqar Ali, Arshad Ali, Jawed, Abid, Sabir, Muhammad Sharif, Sarfraz, Sultan, Aftab, Muhammad Ashraf, Abid Hasan, Asif and Owais.
The ATC in Nov 2016 sentenced five men to death on two counts for their involvement in the burning alive of Shahzad and Shama. Eight others were also charged with involvement in the lynching and sentenced to two years each in prison. In 2015, the ATC had indicted 106 suspected in the lynching.
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Grayshift, a company that offers to unlock modern iPhones for as little as $50 each, has caused a buzz across law enforcement agencies, with local police already putting down cash for the much sought-after tech. Now, it appears a section of the US State Department has also purchased the iPhone cracking tool, judging by procurement records reviewed by Motherboard.
The news comes as The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... reports that the Justice Department and FBI have renewed their efforts to force tech companies to implement encryption backdoors into consumer products, meaning authorities could more reliably gain access to devices.
Grayshift’s iPhone product, dubbed GrayKey, can unlock devices running versions of Apple’s latest mobile operating system iOS 11, according to marketing material obtained by Forbes . An online version of GrayKey which allows 300 unlocks costs $15,000 (which boils down to $50 per device), and an offline capability with unlimited uses is $30,000. According to a recent post from cybersecurity firm Malwarebytes, which obtained leaked details on GrayKey, the product itself is a small, four inch by four inch box, and two iPhones can be connected at once via lightning cables. Malwarebytes adds that the time it takes to unlock a device varies depending on the strength of the user’s passcode: it may be hours or days. Notably, Grayshift includes an ex-Apple engineer on its staff.
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.
[Dhaka Tribune] Two men have been killed in a clash between residents of two villages in Salutikor area of Sylhet’s Gowainghat upazila on Saturday over the construction of a mosque’s boundary wall.
[KCNAWATCH.CO] The Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) set it as the main task for socialist economic construction this year to strengthen the independence and Juche character of the national economy and improve the people's standard of living.
[KCNAWATCH.CO] Dignitaries of the White House and departments of state and defense of the U.S. are crying out for "maintaining the policy of maximum pressure" on the DPRK, whenever they open their mouths. Vassal forces including Japan are echoing it, saying that the prevailing situation on the Korean peninsula is a proof of effective sanctions and the sanctions should be maintained as ever.
