[The Hill] Five people were killed during a shooting on the Milwaukee campus of Molson Coors on Wednesday, police told reporters during a press conference.
The five victims were all employees of Molson Coors. The 51-year-old suspect died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, Milwaukee Police Chief Alfonso Morales told reporters.
"No other individuals were injured," Morales said. "It's a terrible day for Milwaukeeans." Gonna be a long, hot summer in Milwaukee...
The chief said there is no additional threat at this time. More than 1,000 people were working on location at the time of the shooting, he said.
Mayor Tom Barrett told reporters that there were "multiple fatalities" in a "horrific shooting."
"It is a horrible, horrible day for the employees here," he said. "It is a very rough day for anyone who is close to this situation."
Milwaukee police tweeted around 4 p.m. that it was investigating a "critical incident" and asked residents to stay clear of the area. The department later updated to say there was "no active threat" but "this scene is still active."
Police also warned that "various sources" are "citing various numbers of casualties," saying "that information has not been confirmed."
Philip Haney, who spoke out against his own agency during the Obama administration, was found dead in Plymouth, California last Friday
His body was found in a park and ride area near Highway 16 and Highway 124
The Amador County Sheriff's Office initially said the 66-year-old was found with what appeared to be a 'self-inflicted gunshot wound'
The sheriff's office have since described those initial reports as 'misinformation' and said they have asked the FBI for assistance in investigating Haney's death
They are conducting an autopsy and examining documents, a laptop and phone records found at the scene
Haney gained national attention in 2016 when he criticized the agency for its handling of radical Jihadists and Islamic extremists
Source have said that Haney had been in contact with officials about possibly making a return to the the DHS
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Cussler's books sure made my departure lounge downtime fly right by...
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MM, that's a big ditto. Flight times too. However as much as he wrote I needed more. Thanks to Tom Clancy also, and Frank Herbert and Aaron Elkins and ..........
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Prolific writer. I grabbed one of his books because I needed a book, forget its name.
*looks it up*
Pharaoh's Secret - read it in one sitting.
Most people have only heard of the movie. I think it gets a bum rap - how do you capture the over the top action and passion Cussler put into his stories with a movie? The title screen montage is a total tribute to the Cussler style.
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The 1st movie from one of his books "Raise the Titanic" was much better. Richard Jordan as Dirk Pitt. Recently he has been using co-authors. I've read most of them. Always a good read. RIP
[FoxNews] A mysterious stench once again struck parts of Delaware County, Penn., this week, overwhelming residents with its pungent odor and baffling investigators.
The smell has recently been reported in towns across the county, including in Glenolden, Tinicum and Upper Darby, just outside of Philadelphia. While no one knows what the elusive smell is or where it is coming from, residents have described it as fuel-like.
Delaware County residents have reported the smell wafting in and out of neighborhoods over the last several months. Last October, the smell shut down several businesses and a school in Chester before striking Brookhaven in December, FOX29 Philadelphia reported at the time.
The most recent stench is consistent with past reports, according to officials, but investigators still can’t find the source.
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Teutonic, sulfuric flatulence caused by Gaia, Fracking, Water Flooding? Haliburton? Does your property deed include mineral rights ?
Have you walked the ravines and creek beds of your property lately? I recommend a Personal Oxygen Safety Monitor and filing a flight plan with family or a neighbor. If breathing becomes labored or difficult, return to the house immediately. No smoking please.
Further questions should be directed to your County Extension Office.
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Got breathlessness, coughing, angina?
Unwrapped a new geegaw from China?
Or maybe it's fracking --
Sue someone, get cracking! --
Or just Gwynneth Paltrow's refiner...y.
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Proven one of the smelliest smells are military latrines. Next perhaps worse " Liquid ASS pranks are repeatable. Since it is stealthy, you won't get caught. Since Liquid ASS is a smell that causes people to suspect sewer gas, dog poop, dead animal, etc., the idea that it might be a prank never crosses their mind". Have fun.
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Remember the little glass Stink Bombs? I have two of them I'm saving for a special occasion, like maybe the next candlelight vigil at the State House in Boston.
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So, it's not just some blacks accusing others of "acting white," it's now entire diverse swathes of homo regressis accusing others of acting civilized...
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California has really turned into a s#it hole in all ways possible.
Was working at PGE about 10 years ago and the downward trajectory was becoming evident.
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That’s part of the design with multiple protein markers and spikes that attack enzymes controlling heart and kidney function
Expect the death rate to be a steep cure with reinfection
Which isn’t reinfection at all just a short dormant period as it learns how to circumvent the immune system.
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/\ The "short dormant period." What a ingenious method of infiltrating infected host carriers into a target area. And the Chinese were absolutely butt hurt that we closed our borders to them.
The first case of coronavirus where the origin of the disease is unknown has been confirmed in the United States, officials revealed Wednesday
The CDC said that the person, in Northern California, had not recently traveled from a foreign country, and had not been in contact with another confirmed case
The origin of the patient's infection is not known
News suggests the disease may be spreading locally in the US
President Trump continued to insist that the risk to Americans is 'low'
Trump announced Vice-President Mike Pence will be in charge of the nation's response to the disease in a press conference Wednesday
He said the US would 'spend whatever's appropriate' to deal with the outbreak
Confirmed cases of coronavirus has reached 60 - with 15 on US soil
A statement from CDC confirmed the first possible instance of 'community spread' in the US Wednesday evening.
'At this time, the patient's exposure is unknown. It's possible this could be an instance of community spread of COVID-19, which would be the first time this has happened in the United States. Community spread means spread of an illness for which the source of infection is unknown,' the statement said.
The CDC did not rule out that the patient may have been in contact with an infected individual who is yet to be diagnosed or linked to the individual.
'It's also possible, however, that the patient may have been exposed to a returned traveler who was infected,' the statement said.
'This case was detected through the US public health system ‐ picked up by astute clinicians. This brings the total number of COVID-19 cases in the United States to 15.'
Officials are now tracing the infected individual's contacts to see how they may have been infected and if any other individuals may be at risk.
'It is a confirmed case. There is one in Northern California,' CDC spokesman Scott Pauley told The Sacramento Bee just before 4pm Wednesday.
Pauley declined to elaborate on the details.
The CDC did not confirm the identity of the sufferer or where in Northern California the case was discovered.
However, according to KRON 4, state health officials said the patient is a resident from Solano County and is receiving care in Sacramento County.
According to an internal memo from UC Davis Medical Center obtained by CBS13, the patient is being treated at the center in Sacramento.
The memo states that the patient was transferred from another hospital Wednesday February 19 and was already intubated and on a ventilator.
Despite requests from medical center officials for the CDC to test the unknown individual, the patient was only tested for coronavirus on Sunday.
An email said to be from the David Lubarsky, vice-chancellor of human health services, and Brad Simmons, interim CEO of UC Davis Medical Center Officials confirmed that the test had come back positive Wednesday, reported Davis Enterprise.
'Today the CDC confirmed the patient's test was positive,' said the email.
'This is not the first COVID-19 patient we have treated, and because of the precautions we have had in place since this patient's arrival, we believe there has been minimal potential for exposure here at UC Davis Medical Center,' the email said.
The email said staff members had been warned to go into isolation and to stay vigilant to any developing symptoms.
'A small number of medical center employees have been asked to stay home and monitor their temperatures,' the email said.
[ToloNews] The Ministry of Public Health said Wednesday that of the 15 suspected cases of coronavirus from Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... , Ghor and Kabul provinces, only one was positive, in Herat, and the 14 other cases came back negative after tests in Kabul.
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if the virus gets embedded in the various homeless camps in SF or LA it will be a major killer as the population includes many (maybe mostly) drug addicts with all kinds of other problems
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[DAILYSTAR.CO.UK] Humans must be ready for signs of robotic super-intelligence but should have enough time to address them, a top computer scientist has warned.
Oren Etzioni, CEO of Allen Institute for AI, penned a recent paper titled: "How to know if artificial intelligence is about to destroy civilisation."
He wrote: "Could we wake up one morning dumbstruck that a super-powerful AI has emerged, with disastrous consequences?
"Books like Superintelligence by Nick Bostrom and Life 3.0 by Max Tegmark, as well as more recent articles, argue that malevolent super-intelligence is an existential risk for humanity.
"But one can speculate endlessly. It’s better to ask a more concrete, empirical question: What would alert us that super-intelligence is indeed around the corner?"
He likened warning signs to canaries in coal mines, which were used to detect carbon monoxide because they would collapse.
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[ArabNews] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... has placed a temporary ban on Umrah pilgrims in an attempt to ensure public safety by preventing the spread of the coronavirus.
Most foreign pilgrims often visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah before or after the completion of their religious duties in Makkah, this has also been halted.
It is one of a number of precautionary restrictions announced early on Thursday as health authorities in the Kingdom closely monitor the spread of the virus. Tourist-visa holders from countries judged to pose a particularly high risk of spreading the virus will also be denied entry.
In addition, Saudi nationals and citizens of Gulf Cooperation Council nations will not be able to use a national identity card to travel to and from the Kingdom for the time being. Exceptions to this shall be granted to Saudis returning home, and citizens of GCC countries who are in the Kingdom and want to return to their home countries, provided that they left or entered the Kingdom using a national identity card.
Health authorities at entry points will verify which countries travelers visited before arriving in Saudi Arabia and apply all necessary precautionary measures.
Saudi officials stressed that the restrictions are temporary and will be continuously reviewed by the health authorities. They reiterated the Kingdom’s support for and implementation of international efforts to limit the spread of the virus, and the Foreign Ministry urged citizens not to travel to the countries worst affected by the coronavirus.
Nearly 7 million Umrah pilgrims visit the Kingdom each year, the majority of whom arrive at airports in Jeddah and Madinah.
Earlier, it emerged that seven Saudis are among the latest coronavirus cases in Bahrain and Kuwait. The Bahraini Ministry of Health on Wednesday said six Saudi women has tested positive for the virus.
They had arrived at Bahrain International Airport on a flight from Iran. The total number of confirmed cases in the country stands at 26. Studies at schools and universities have been suspended for two weeks in an effort to limit the spread of the virus.
Kuwait announced the first case of a Saudi citizen infected by the virus. The man, who had arrived in the country from the Iranian city of Mashhad, has been placed in quarantine for 14 days. There have been 26 confirmed cases of the virus to date in Kuwait.
The Saudi Ministry of Health has been providing neighboring Arab countries with advice and guidelines for controlling infectious diseases such as the coronavirus and dealing with health emergencies.
Dr. Hani bin Abdul Aziz Jokhdar, the deputy minister of public health, said that the guidelines were based on Saudi Arabia’s experience of protecting the health and well-being of pilgrims during Hajj season.
He led the Kingdom’s delegation at a meeting of the Executive Office of the Council of Arab Ministers for Health on Wednesday at the Arab League ...an organization of Arabic-speaking states with 22 member countries and four observers. The League tries to achieve Arab consensus on issues, which usually leaves them doing nothing but a bit of grimacing and mustache cursing... headquarters in Cairo.
The Haj this year will be approximately July 28 - August 2, contingent on the actual moon sighting. Will they cancel that, too?
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You talk about this virus hurting the economy...
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...The Saudis ain't stupid - they know that if this thing gets loose in the Muslim world, especially in the hajj, that's it. Allan will be doing our work for us.
Mike
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What with Muzzies being the epitome of fecal hygiene?
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[TheDrive] As space continues to play an increasingly important role for the United States armed forces, the Department of Defense has been also increasingly engaging with the private aerospace and communications sector to develop and implement solutions that better help it confront emerging warfighting challenges. Just last week, Air Force acquisition chief William Roper told reporters at the Pentagon that the Air Force and SpaceX will conduct an event on April 8, together with other branches of the U.S. military, that will see SpaceX Starlink satellites link up with multiple armed forces systems in a "massive" live fire exercise.
"SpaceX has been a great industry partner for us," Roper said. "They are very excited and we are excited to learn more about their satellites through the demonstration."
The demonstration will reportedly involve shooting down a drone and a cruise missile and will take place at several different sites including Marine Corps Air Station Yuma in Arizona to Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The massive tests will also include ground forces, submarines, ships, and a variety of space-based assets.
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Kind of figured starlink and DoD would work out something. High-speed anywhere worldwide data is too good a capability to pass up on.
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Well the ducks, and the nasty little parasites and diseases they carry.
Not a particularly clean animal.
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Prediction: Within a month there won’t be a single duck still walking on two legs, the locusts will be as bad as ever, and the government of Pakistan will have to borrow more from the IMF or some other institution in order to pay back the Chinese loan to acquire the things.
[NEWS.TRUST.ORG] During Lent, Catholics are called on to give up something, like sweets. On Wednesday, Pope Francis ...Argentine liberation theologist, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was elected pope in 2013. Rather than setting up shop in Avignon, where he belongs, the first Jesuit Pope chose to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse instead of the papal apartments. He is big on climate change, against consumerism, and in favor of throwing a blanket over homosexual activity within the clergy. He's not real sure about the Resurrection, about Christ's divinity, and a few other things that would have gotten him burned at the stake a few hundred years ago, but he's hot for a certain South American Earth Mother Goddess... added a modern twist to the list of things to quit during the season and beyond: insulting people on social media.
The pope made his appeal to tone things down while speaking to tens of thousands of people in St. Peter's Square for his general audience on Ash Wednesday, the start of the 40-day season that leads up to Easter.
Lent, he said in partially improvised remarks, "is a time to give up useless words, gossip, rumours, tittle-tattle and speak to God on a first name basis," he said.
"We live in an atmosphere polluted by too much verbal violence, too many offensive and harmful words, which are amplified by the internet," he said. "Today, people insult each other as if they were saying 'Good Day.'"
In recent years, Francis himself has been the butt of insults from ultra-conservative Catholic websites and mostly anonymous anti-pope Twitter feeds.
Twitter has also become a platform for sometimes pitched verbal battles between his supporters and detractors.
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I thought Bee until the last paragraph. Then noticed the Orwellian named source "NEWS.TRUST.ORG" and realized it was an article from Minitrue instead...
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Sounds like the thermal indicates the tea-kettle designs. You heat water and it expands and provides thrust. Slow but safe which would be good for maintaining position on one of the Lagrange spots or trucking back and forth between Earth and Moon.
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Hydrogen, being less massive than other atoms you might use for fuel, gives you a higher effective exhaust velocity. It isn't explosive unless you mix it with an oxidant, but it does require cryogenics to manage it, which can outweigh the advantage. I wonder if they've made any progress on the erosion problems.
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How fast will this crap be shot down? I bet it makes it to a stage where it passes but Mayor Mahhty Walsh won't sign it. This almost sounds like a poll-tax.
[ABC] - A new proposal on the docket in Boston on Wednesday could determine how much residents pay for parking tickets.
The Boston City Council was to meet at noon Wednesday to discuss new legislation which will include a hearing order for potential income-adjusted fines on parking violations.
Recently elected city councilor at-large Julia Mejia filed the hearing order on Monday and has been vocal about the idea on Twitter.
"I am introducing legislation on income-adjusting parking tickets so low-income families don’t have to decide between paying a parking ticket or putting food on their table," she wrote. Ms. Mejia looks like an aspiring member of The Squad - she's never had a private sector job in her life.
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If this is fair, what about voting rights proportional to income? The more you pay the more your vote counts? If punishment is proportional to income, why not privilege? Duh...
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"I am introducing legislation on income-adjusting parking tickets so low-income families don’t have to decide between paying a parking ticket or putting food on their table," she wrote.
In Boston, the fine for an expired meter is $40. I got a parking ticket in town awhile back. It was $5.
Permit me to suggest the City of Boston has decided to use the lax habits of its citizenry as a money machine. Now it finds itself painted into a corner of its own making. The solution, as always, is an ever-more complicated rule set.
[LI] The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a court known for its liberal leanings, ruled today that President Donald Trump’s administration can withdraw Title X funding from clinics associated with abortions.
President Richard Nixon enacted Title X in 1970, which "is a federal program that funds family planning services for low-income and uninsured people."
In 1988, Title X received regulations that stopped funding "programs that merely provided counseling or referrals for abortions for family-planning purposes." The Supreme Court upheld that rule in 1991.
The regulations on Title X relaxed by 2000 until 2019 when "the Department of Health and Human Services adopted regulations similar to the 1988 rule ‐ withdrawing funding from any medical facility that provides abortions, abortion counseling or abortion referrals."
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Isn't this all possible because that turd Harry Reid changing rules? When the implications really start to sink in for liberal zealots, well I hope he has a lot of security.
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Uh, reddit is just the image host. There's no way to "enhance" the image. This isn't CSI. Maybe try a reverse image search for another source image if it's really that unreadable.
I remain encouraged that juvenile name-calling is still the order of the day, though.
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Who in hell votes for student union nitwits anyway? That was the furthest thing from my mind because, well, I was busy doing minor stuff like going to class, hanging out at the library studying and working my ass off with two jobs.
Women s restrooms do tend to be cleaner than men’s restrooms.
First job was dish dog at a restaurant with a happening cocktail bar. I did Saturday and Sunday mornings, one obligation was getting the restrooms tidy. Guy's restroom, yeah, there was some which urinal should I aim at. The Gal's was fuggin trashed, toilet paper nests just tossed everywhere, no flushing, sink and mirror just garbaged.
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I've had to clean the women's restroom at Wal-Mart. You women know what I'm talking about. All I know is the poop that's splattered on the ceiling, I didn't put there and I've never seen it in the Men's room ANYWHERE.
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.
[FoxNews] A mysterious stench once again struck parts of Delaware County, Penn., this week, overwhelming residents with its pungent odor and baffling investigators.
[DAILYSTAR.CO.UK] Humans must be ready for signs of robotic super-intelligence but should have enough time to address them, a top computer scientist has warned.
Most foreign pilgrims often visit the Prophet’s Mosque in Madinah before or after the completion of their religious duties in Makkah, this has also been halted.
[BBC] A Swiss village may have to evacuate for over a decade while authorities clear a huge World War Two arms dump.
...Argentine liberation theologist, born Jorge Mario Bergoglio. He was elected pope in 2013. Rather than setting up shop in Avignon, where he belongs, the first Jesuit Pope chose to reside in the Domus Sanctae Marthae guesthouse instead of the papal apartments. He is big on climate change, against consumerism, and in favor of throwing a blanket over homosexual activity within the clergy. He's not real sure about the Resurrection, about Christ's divinity, and a few other things that would have gotten him burned at the stake a few hundred years ago, but he's hot for a certain South American Earth Mother Goddess...
[LI] The Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, a court known for its liberal leanings, ruled today that President Donald Trump’s administration can withdraw Title X funding from clinics associated with abortions.
