[Guns America] Sometimes it is the little things that are ultimately the most important. A modest mistake can topple a government, while an unexpected turn can secure a glorious victory. In today’s tale, an innocuous injury ultimately shaped the destiny of the planet.
The time was October of 1896, and this fresh-faced English Cavalry officer was the long arm of the British Empire. He served at the whim of the Crown. His first serious posting took him to Bombay, India.
[Otago Daily] Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia are reportedly settling into new lives with assumed identities in New Zealand.
The father and daughter - who were poisoned by Russian military intelligence agents - moved to New Zealand after spending more than a year in a British MI6 safe house, according to the Sunday Times of London.
A senior government source told the Sunday Times the two were given new identities and support to start their new lives here.
Skripal and his daughter were both found unconscious on a park bench in Salisbury, UK, in March 2018.
The two had been poisoned with Novichok, a chemical nerve-agent from the Soviet era. Russian operatives Anatoly Chepiga and Alexander Mishkin were found to have smeared it on a door handle at their home.
Skripal once worked as a Russian spy but things turned south for him when his old colleagues found out he was acting as a double agent on behalf of the British in the 1990s and 2000s.
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St. Fauci and Scarf Woman have moved from White House briefings to the morning kaffe klatch "news shows." Says everything you need to know.
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The Letter "signed by 1,218 public health professionals, infections disease professionals, and community stakeholders."
Community stakeholders? The media conveniently choose to overlook that fact. Their recommendations include not arresting protestors or confining them to jail due to the increased risk of COVID. I get it, now!
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I wouldn't mind taking a peek at Dr. Fauxi's stock portfolio or tax returns. He's, what, 79 years old & in the same job for 5-6 presidents? Hmmm, reminds me of Pelosi, Feinstein, Chuckie S., and many others, Dem or GOP.
Presented mostly without comment, although I found this last bit interesting:
[ViceMagazine] In your view, what causes these upheavals?
Historically, the trouble has always come from people with power, and the number of those people who want the most power. There are too many political entrepreneurs who are all trying to get power, and they get frustrated, which is how revolutions start: when members of the elite try to overturn the political order to better suit themselves.
[Ynet] Saudi Arabia could drastically limit numbers at the annual haj pilgrimage to prevent a further outbreak of coronavirus after cases in the country topped 100,000, sources familiar with the matter said on Monday.
Some 2.5 million pilgrims visit the holiest sites of Islam in Mecca and Medina for the week-long haj, a once-in-a-lifetime duty for every able-bodied Muslim who can afford it. Official data show haj and the lesser, year-round umrah pilgrimage earns the kingdom about $12 billion a year.
Saudi Arabia asked Muslims in March to put haj plans on hold and suspended umrah until further notice.
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July 28 is the probable start this year.
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"The tension between elites’ priorities and those of ordinary Central Asians will persist. It doesn't help that the unspoken rule in dealings with China is never to acknowledge problems." Great article in @TheEconomist, summed up by a quote from @TUmarovhttps://t.co/2KwkoAeFQ4
[WSJ] Chuck E. Cheese, the restaurant chain and popular children’s party venue, is in talks with its lenders to raise money to avoid filing for bankruptcy, according to people familiar with the matter.
At the same time the Irving, Texas-based food-and-games chain has also approached lenders in recent weeks to gauge their interest in providing a $200 million loan to finance a stay in bankruptcy, according to one of the people familiar with the matter.
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Never could figure out how anybody could lose money selling pizza. $1.43 worth of ingredients in, $8-12 out. Yes, there are labor costs, but still. Now I do understand some people just don't get margins and what's a sensible amount to devote to non essential overhead...
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[The News (Pak)] GILGIT: A suspect who allegedly raped and assaulted a nine-year-old boy has been arrested in the city's Jaglot town, a police official confirmed on Sunday.
Senior superintendent of police (SSP) Mirza Hussain said the arrested suspect had also "severely tortured and beaten the child while raping him".
A case of rape and torture has been registered in Jaglot cop shoppe, Hussain stated, adding that further investigation was underway.
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[Dallas News] The protests and marches defy notions of Dallas’ suburbs, especially some to the north, as wealthy and self-absorbed. Instead, many have become large, diverse communities confronting the same issues as their more urban counterparts. That's my meme, and I'm stickin' to it!
...or maybe it’s just Revolution Cosplay in the ‘burbs, trying to be all kewl and edgy and stuff...
The suburban outcry is a national phenomenon, with demonstrations taking place in Columbia, Md., near Baltimore; in Paoli, Pa., outside Philadelphia; in Goodyear, Ariz., west of Phoenix; and in the Portland, Ore., suburb of Tualatin.
In North Texas, the gatherings, while emotional, have largely been peaceful, as in Frisco, Plano, Richardson and Addison. Others turned confrontational, with looting in Arlington and tear gas in Lewisville, each triggering a handful of arrests.
Some, like Addison's Pamela Augustus, saw suburbs as safer places to introduce kids to the idea of protest as a means of social change. While her husband, who is black, was unable to take off of work to go to the city's Thursday afternoon event, she thought it was important to attend with her 7-year-old son, Carter, and 3-year-old daughter Avery. The very model progressive.
Scott Sosebee, associate history professor at Stephen F. Austin University, noted the minority migration in recent decades into suburbs that were once bastions of white flight. As a result, those suburbs are no longer homogeneous outposts of conservatism – and their emotional reaction to the Floyd's death reflects that. Because we all know people of color vote (D), no matter where they live. Candace Owens was not included.
... or the Blaxiteers, possibly as much as 20% of the African-American population, if the latest polls are to be believed.
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Elmer Fudd is still hunting wabbits, but now he hasn’t got a wifle.The Looney Tunes cartoons have been remade for a modern audience, and Fudd is no longer allowed to have a gun.
Warner Bros has commissioned a new animation series featuring the classic characters, including Bugs Bunny, which sticks close to the spirit of the originals.
But viewers may notice a difference when it comes Fudd - whose catchphrase was: "Shhh. Be vewy, vewy quiet. I’m hunting wabbits."
In response to US gun violence, the showrunners will not include firearms in Fudd’s arsenal. That is not to say that he has given up hunting Bugs Bunny, though - he just uses a scythe instead.
Sticks of dynamite, anvils on the head and booby traps will still feature in the series....
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A Fudd is someone who likes his guns but not yours.
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Well, they haven't done comedy for decades and I still have my DVDs. So, meh!
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.
[Guns America] Sometimes it is the little things that are ultimately the most important. A modest mistake can topple a government, while an unexpected turn can secure a glorious victory. In today’s tale, an innocuous injury ultimately shaped the destiny of the planet.
[The News (Pak)] GILGIT: A suspect who allegedly raped and assaulted a nine-year-old boy has been arrested in the city's Jaglot town, a police official confirmed on Sunday.
The suburban outcry is a national phenomenon, with demonstrations taking place in Columbia, Md., near Baltimore; in Paoli, Pa., outside Philadelphia; in Goodyear, Ariz., west of Phoenix; and in the Portland, Ore., suburb of Tualatin.
