[People] A professional bull rider was fatally shot in what police are calling a domestic-violence related homicide.
The Salt Lake Police Department arrested 21-year-old LaShawn Denise Bagley on suspicion of murder in the death of Demetrius Omar Lateef Allen, who was known in bull riding circles as Ouncie Mitchell.
Allen, 27, was found with "at least one gunshot wound" outside an apartment complex in Salt Lake City around 12:06 a.m. Monday. He was transported to a local hospital where he died.
Allen came to Salt Lake City to compete in the PRCA Rodeo at the Utah State Fair and planned to stay with Bagley, who he was in a relationship with, Fox 13 reported.
Baltimore prosecutors filed motion to vacate Adnan Syed's conviction on Wednesday
They say they no longer have 'confidence' in the integrity of his conviction
Syed, now 40, was convicted in 2000 of killing his ex-girlfriend Hae Min Lee
His case drew national attention following the debut season of Serial in 2014
But prosecutors long insisted that evidence against Syed was overwhelming
Now the state asks that he be released without bond until a new trial is set
The office of Baltimore State's Attorney Marilyn Mosby also recommended in the motion that Syed, who is currently serving life behind bars, be released without bond pending retrial.
The motion says that prosecutors are not asserting that Syed is innocent in the case, but that 'the State no longer has confidence in the integrity of the conviction'.
[MIL TIMES] The soldier for whom the Army’s Best Ranger Competition is named passed away Sept. 11 at age 97.
Retired Lt. Gen. David E. Grange, Jr. served in World War II, the Korean War, and the Vietnam War. He enlisted in 1943 and commissioned in 1950 after attending Officer Candidate School.
During World War II, Grange served as a paratrooper with the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment. He played a role in the Rome-Arno, Southern France, Rhineland, Ardennes, and Central Europe campaigns. When the war ended, he was assigned to the 82nd Airborne Division before going to OCS.
Upon commission as a 2nd lieutenant, Grange was sent to Korea as a rifle platoon leader with the 187th Airborne Infantry Regiment. After Korea, he was a Ranger instructor and served as an Army staff officer, according to the Association of the U.S. Army.
In 1963, he entered his third war as an adviser in Vietnam on his first of three tours to the country. Grange’s second and third tours were spent with the 506th Infantry Regiment and 101st Airborne Division, respectively. His last post was as commanding general of the Sixth U.S. Army.
He retired in 1984 with 41 years of service.
Grange is highly decorated, with awards including the "Defense Distinguished Service Medal; Army Distinguished Service Medal; Silver Star with two Oak Leaf Clusters; Legion of Merit with one Oak Leaf Cluster; Distinguished Flying Cross; Soldier’s Medal; 28 awards of the Air Medal with V; Bronze Star Medal with V and four Oak Leaf Clusters; Joint Service Commendation Medal with V; United States Army Commendation Medal with V and four Oak Leaf Clusters; Air Force Commendation Medal; and the Purple Heart," reads the 506th Infantry’s unit history.
"France has awarded him the Legion of Honor in the degree of Officer," the history adds. "Korea has awarded General Grange the Wharang Medal with Gold Star, the Kuksun Medal and the Cheonsu Medal. Vietnam awarded him the Gallantry Cross with two palms and Silver Star, and the Military Honor Medal, First Class."
In 1984, the "LTG David E. Grange, Jr. Best Ranger Competition" was named in his honor.
Singer Jesse Powell — a Grammy-nominated R&B crooner who was known for hits such as "You" — has died. He was 51.
His sisters Trina and Tamara Powell announced his passing on social media Tuesday.
"It is with a heavy heart that we announce the passing of our beloved son, brother and uncle Jesse Powell. He passed away peacefully in his Los Angeles home," the Instagram post read.
"The family asks for privacy at this time as we mourn this tremendous loss and celebrate his everlasting legacy."
They concluded the message by thanking fans.
"Jesse loved music and he especially loved his fans who supported him throughout his career. We want you all to know that you meant the world to him," his sisters wrote.
No cause of death was immediately given.
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[FoxNews] The diversity chief at the Department of Defense said, 'If another Karen tells me about her feelings… I might lose it'
A diversity chief at the Department of Defense's education wing went dark on social media after Fox News Digital found that she posted disparaging posts about White people on Twitter.
The chief diversity, equity and inclusion officer at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), Kelisa Wing, described herself on Twitter as a "woke administrator." Fox News Digital reported that Wing published tweets calling White people "Karens," a derogatory word.
Wing's Twitter account was put on private and her LinkedIn account appeared to be deleted. Fox News Digital previously downloaded a copy of her account profile. It indicated she worked at the DoD for 16 years and was promoted as DEI chief in December 2021.
In June 2020, Wing said, "I'm exhausted with these white folx in these [professional development] sessions."
Wing has also referred to former President Donald Trump as the "whole boy version of a Karen" and former secretary of education Betsy DeVos as "the queen of Karens."
When Wing was promoted to chief in December 2021, the DoD said Wing "has been involved with diversity, equity and inclusion efforts for… schools over many years, authoring several books on the topic."
Wing — who oversees curriculum at DoDEA, according to a press release — has co-created children's books on defunding the police, Black Lives Matter and White privilege.
"White privilege hurts a lot of people. If you are White you might feel bad about hurting others or you might feel afraid to lose this privilege," the book "What is White Privilege?" said. It added that White people must confess their privilege and were de facto hurting Black people by being benefactors of unearned advantages.
It said that, "Overcoming White privilege is a job that must start with the White community."
"[W]ill you really feel good at the end of the race when you look back and see others fighting obstacles that you didn't even have?" the book added.
The director of DoDEA, Thomas Brady, said, "Kelisa Wing is exactly the right person to lead our efforts in building on the foundational work done to support meaningful change in our organization."
"This new position will take a holistic approach to identifying and improving how we integrate the practice of diversity, equity and inclusion in every aspect of DoDEA, from curriculum and assessment to hiring and professional development," he continued.
[Breitbart] Two George Soros-funded organizations that seek to embed critical race theory (CRT) into federal bureaucracies have provided “racial equity” training to the federal government. The training focused on the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD).
Previous reporting from Breitbart News highlighted a plan from Race Forward to permanently embed CRT in the federal government, effectively creating a pro-CRT deep state that would remain in place regardless of who is president.
Breitbart News previously revealed that Race Forward, a Soros-funded organization, created a plan to permanently entrench critical race theory in the federal government. The Soros-funded organization seeks to “transform agencies and the whole federal government” by embedding adherents of CRT into key roles and tying career success to ideological conformity.
Breitbart News has learned that the organization has already worked directly with the federal government to train bureaucrats in the tenets of critical race theory.
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Disney World guests gripe that the Orlando, Fla., resort has become plagued with broken-down rides and dirty facilities — even as the theme park continues to hike prices under CEO Bob Chapek.
Visitors are increasingly taking to social media to bash the Happiest Place on Earth, complaining that Chapek — who replaced the Mouse House’s longtime boss Bob Iger in 2020 — is only concerned with cutting costs and raising prices instead of reinvesting in the resort.
“Some rides are just a straight mess,” wrote one Reddit user in a chat room dubbed “Disney lacking.”
Last month, riders got stranded for over an hour on the Magic Kingdom’s “It’s a Small World” ride, with one customer calling the experience “torture” on social media. In July, video footage from Disney World revealed guests climbing out of a car on Splash Mountain because it started sinking. It was the park’s third sinking incident in two years.
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Spent too much on DEI? Or is it a symptom of DEI destroying work discipline ("You're making me work 'hard' because I'm [insert group]." As a supervisor I heard that cr*p). Both?
Amtrak, the nation's cross-country railway system, is canceling all of its long-distance trains ahead of a planned freight workers' strike
Unions representing engineers and conductors are set to go on strike Friday if they do not get more quality-of-life provisions in their contracts
The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers also announced on Wednesday that its 4,900 members voted to reject a deal its leaders reached with freight railroad companies
A strike would effectively shut down the country's freight train industry
Doing so would cost the country an estimated $2 billion a day and send inflation soaring
The Biden administration is now scrambling to get the unions to accept a deal
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He didn't hand out anything. He ordered both sides to accept the deal on the table. The rail operators will pass the costs on to the customers.
That would be you.
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From talking to my contacts here they weren't after more money but a more normal schedule and days off. Do you have to go to a funeral or wedding? Sorry, you didn't schedule that 3 months ago. Supposed to go home after your last trip? Sorry, we changed it to you go 150 miles away and sit in a motel for a day and night.
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Why America will never have a European passenger model rail system.
#8
A 24% increase across 4 years is less than 5% per year. Official inflation in 2022 is 8% currently. So for 2022 that's an order to take a 3% wage cut minimum. That compounds for the next 4 years - even if inflation gets no worse.
Money isn't a substitute for (some minimum) predictable days off. It's a safety and morale issue. Morale is important because if you have someone in a safety sensitive job with an attitude towards management you have an accident waiting to happen. Corners get cut - things break - people die. Period.
If the workers "have" to show up I would not be surprised to see a lot of sick outs and work to rule that won't be covered by the MSM but will be reflected in the on time delivery of product - at a minimum.
"Mysterious"? Yeah, sure, pal, sure...."puzzled", too. I think we can safely eliminate the Riesling, Pinot Gris, and Gewürztraminer as potential causes.
[Remix] Scientists and data specialists are puzzled by the growing increase in deaths recorded in Europe
European countries are currently experiencing an unusually high death rate, and coronavirus deaths are not the direct reason for this increase. Known as "excess mortality," people are dying at an unusually high rate in the Netherlands, Germany, Spain, Portugal, and Great Britain.
Since April, the death rate has risen sharply in Europe by an average of 11 percent. What is puzzling experts is that these deaths are not directly related to the coronavirus pandemic.
In the Netherlands, according to de Volkskrant, one of the top newspaper in the country, hundreds of people more are dying every week than usual. This means that since the spring, approximately 5,000 more deaths are being recorded compared to the period before coronavirus. Scientists are puzzled by the reason, but Dutch health agencies refuse to release data behind the cause of deaths due to what the agencies say is related to privacy concerns. "The deader didn't give their permission when we asked"
Some have criticized this approach, with popular Dutch commentator Eva Vlaardingerbroek saying that matters of health privacy were universally suspended when the Dutch government decided to check everyone’s vaccination status before they began entering restaurants and shopping establishments.
🇳🇱 "Hundreds of excess deaths per week and nobody knows why."
Everybody knows why, but the Dutch government is withholding vaccinations records because of — you guessed it — ’privacy reasons’. pic.twitter.com/S7I7Pic9Wk
— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) September 10, 2022
However, excess deaths are even worse elsewhere, with Germany’s top-selling Die Welt newspaper reporting that the situation is especially drastic in Spain. In July 2022, Spain registered almost 10,000 more deaths than in the same month of 2019, while in Germany, the climbing death rate was not as dramatic but still a matter of concern.
To some extent, the rising death toll in Spain can be accounted for with coronavirus infections, but only 1,872 deaths were attributed to Covid-19, and another fifth were due to the extreme temperatures this summer, according to the statistics analyzed by the Carlos III Health Institute, which specializes in monitoring heat damage.
However, many of the deaths cannot be accounted for, a fact acknowledged by the Spanish government, which has ordered a detailed investigation with results expected in six months. Some experts say it is already clear the research should not focus on Covid-19 or the heat. Selective 'End Times' rapture then ?
"Neither Covid nor heat waves explain what’s happening here," said Salvador Peiró, head of research at the Fundación de Investigación Sanitaria y Biomédica de la Comunidad Valenciana.
Peiró says the rising death toll is "incomprehensible," above all because he sees many old and chronically ill people among the deceased. Despite this group being highly vaccinated on average, they were still the most at-risk individuals to die from Covid-19.
"We believed the coronavirus had already caught the weakest," said Peiró, but now these elderly individuals are dying at very high rates.
In Great Britain, up to 1,000 more people are dying every week than the average in previous years, but health experts here, which are known for their expertise analyzing health data, are reportedly farther along in determining the reasons behind the substantial increase in deaths.
The British authority for national statistics (ONS) published a report entitled "Direct and indirect health effects of Covid-19 in England" in early August, which made international headlines. The authors examined how the healthcare system responded to the pandemic and determined there was a connection between the lockdowns and fear of Covid-19, resulting in drastic reduction in the diagnosis of other diseases. In other words, people were either too afraid to get checked out at a hospital or their doctor, or due to the healthcare crisis, were not diagnosed due to Covid-19 patients receiving priority.
The report, which examined the rate of diagnoses during the pandemic, determined that up to 141,000 cases of heart disease, 26,000 strokes, and 60,000 cases of diabetes went undetected. At the same time, the authors note there was a dramatic increase in mental illness and alcoholism.
If the report’s findings are echoed elsewhere, it will show compelling evidence that lockdowns alone had a deleterious effect on public health, and may be responsible for tens of thousands of deaths across Europe.
As for Germany, 85,285 people died in July alone, which represents a 12 percent increase compared to the average number in July for the years 2018 to 2021, according to the Federal Statistical Office (Destatis). In one week of July, deaths were over 24 percent higher.
However, scientists and statisticians in Germany also cannot ascribe a reason behind the rapid increase in deaths, as data behind the deaths is not available to the public.
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A friend's husband (screaming lib, so multi-vaxxed) had multiple clots taken out of his leg veins that looked like long worms, she said. Now they're in his heart area and it doesn't look good for his recovery.
The guy's a runner and health nut with no prior heart or hematological issues.
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Not alot of data here. I would love to see the facts. How many are old Boomers? Lets compare demographics from last year to Pre COVID times filtering out the COVID. We do need to get an accurate look at it and it seems everyone is afraid to look to the truth.
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[France24] As yet unaffected by the slings and arrows of governing, Giorgia Meloni is poised to carry her hard-right Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia) party to victory in Italy’s general election on September 25, putting her in the running to become the country’s first female prime minister. FRANCE 24 reports from Italy’s economic capital Milan, where the new darling of the right has eclipsed former champions of the cause Matteo Salvini and Silvio Berlusconi.
Locals enjoying a late-afternoon stroll, couples lapping at fast-melting ice cream cones and tourists angling for the best shot of Milan’s imposing Gothic cathedral — just another Sunday in piazza Duomo, one might say, were it not for the flag-waving crowd gathered around a fiery orator with a thick Roman accent.
The speaker, Giorgia Meloni, is the leader of Brothers of Italy (Fratelli d’Italia or FdI), a far-right outfit that has emerged from its south-central power base to become a dominant force all the way up to the Alps. At 45, she is the favourite to become Italy’s first female prime minister after the country’s general election on September 25.
Pollsters predict Meloni’s party will emerge as Italy’s largest, taking a quarter of the vote — a more than fivefold increase from its score at the last general election in 2018. She is set to leapfrog her better-known right-wing allies Matteo Salvini and the seemingly eternal Silvio Berlusconi, easily surpassing their combined tallies.
With Italy’s convoluted electoral law favouring broad coalitions, the three right-wing parties are on course to trounce the fractured centre-left, potentially handing a Meloni-led government a majority large enough to change Italy’s constitution.
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.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
[MIL TIMES] The soldier for whom the Army’s Best Ranger Competition is named passed away Sept. 11 at age 97.
Singer Jesse Powell — a Grammy-nominated R&B crooner who was known for hits such as "You" — has died. He was 51.
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Disney World guests gripe that the Orlando, Fla., resort has become plagued with broken-down rides and dirty facilities — even as the theme park continues to hike prices under CEO Bob Chapek.
