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My dad was an allergist-immunologist. People used to ask him where to move to to ameliorate their symptoms. He told them all "You can't move away from your genes."
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Mr. Wife has pretty severe allergies — he started getting asthma attacks at the age of two. He got some relief after moving from his childhood home in Buffalo, NY to Cincinnati, Ohio after university, but with time his immune system started overreacting to the flora here. Thank goodness the treatments have improved since he was a child — the only time he was symptom-free was the year he mostly spent in Egypt.
[RADIOSHABELLE] A Members of Somalia’s Lower House chamber of Parliament called for the resignation of the Speaker Mohammed Osman Jawari as the deadlock over the motion against him widens.
Speaking in an interview with Radio Shabelle, politician Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail who is among the MPs tabled the impeachment motion blamed Jawari for violating the constitution and parliamentary procedures.
The parliament is split into two camps, one allegedly allied to the office of the PM and the other camp defending the long-serving Speaker who is currently in trouble as he faces motion.
The call comes in the wake of worsening political rift in Mogadishu after more than 100 politicians have signed out a motion of no confidence against Jawari last month.
The standoff has affected the normal seatings of the lower House and led the President of the country Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo to intervene and mediate the rival sides.
The Senate suspended its mediation efforts and dissolved recently a 7-member committee tasked with the resolving of the political crisis and division in the parliament.
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[ToloNews] Nearly 20,000 undocumented Afghan migrants colonists have arrived in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... in the past week three months, an unprecedented number according to the latest figures from the Ottoman Turkish General Directorate of Security, the Hurriyet Daily News reported.
The report said that a total of 17,847 undocumented Afghan migrants colonists have been captured by security forces from the beginning of 2018 until March 29.
The same period has seen 9,426 Syrian migrants colonists, 5,311 Pak migrants colonists and 4,270 Iraqi migrants colonists.
Nearly 500 undocumented Afghan migrants colonists try to enter Turkey per day, which has prompted security forces to examine the case in detail, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
As part of the investigation, the Directorate of Anti-Human Trafficking has been established in the eastern province of Erzurum, a hotspot used by migrants colonists to go to Istanbul.
According to the Hurriyet Daily News, Afghan migrants colonists come to Turkey via Iran, through the eastern provinces of Van, Igdir, Agri and Hakkari.
Security forces have discovered human traffickers prefer to bring the migrants colonists across the borders in groups and charge them around $500 USD for each border crossing.
Human traffickers bring them, sometimes along with migrants colonists from other nationalities, such as Paks, to the mountainous areas of Turkey's eastern border.
Those groups, including women, men and children, walk kilometers to reach Erzurum in order to go to Istanbul. To help them travel to Istanbul, human traffickers in Erzurum transport the migrants colonists in vehicles, such as minibuses or trucks.
According to the findings of the security forces, Afghans mainly reside in so-called "safe houses" in the Kocamustafapasa area of Istanbul, whose monthly rent is around $300 USD, Hurriyet Daily News reported.
Many of these migrants colonists are involved in prostitution or encouraged to partake in illegal activities, such as theft or begging. After saving up money in Istanbul, many attempt to go to Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... via Greece or Bulgaria.
[DAWN] Twitter said on Thursday it has suspended over one million accounts for "promotion of terrorism" since 2015, claiming its efforts have begun to make the platform "an undesirable place" to call for violence.
In its latest transparency report, Twitter said it suspended 274,460 accounts between July and December 2017 "for violations related to the promotion of terrorism."
The figure is down 8.4 percent from the previous reporting period and is the second consecutive decline, a Twitter statement said.
"We continue to see the positive, significant impact of years of hard work making our site an undesirable place for those seeking to promote terrorism, resulting in this type of activity increasingly shifting away from Twitter," said the statement from the messaging platform's public policy team.
Twitter has faced pressure from governments around the world to crack down on jihadists and others calling for violent attacks, while at the same time maintaining an open platform for free speech.
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Said with that Stewaht Vahney accent: Sh*ttah...
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Aside from self identifying as a Republican, conservative or 2nd Amendment supporter what are their criteria.
[DailyCaller] Two Turkish-American supporters of Turkey's president were sentenced to prison on Thursday for their roles in attacking peaceful protesters in Washington, D.C., in 2017.
Eyup Yildirim and Sinan Narin were sentenced by a superior court judge to 12 months and one day in jail and three years of supervised release on charges of assault with significant bodily injury over the May 16, 2017, attacks.
Both received credit for time served in jail. They were arrested last June and pleaded guilty to charges in December.
Yildirim and Narin were caught on video taking part in a brutal melee against a small group of protesters outside of the Turkish ambassador's residence at Washington's Dupont Circle.
The onslaught occurred as a group of supporters of Turkey's authoritarian President Recep Tayyip Erdogan were arguing with about two dozen Kurdish, Armenian and Yazidi protesters stationed across the street from the ambassador's residence.
Video footage shows the Erdogan supporters, including Yildirim and Narin, blitzed the protesters, punching and kicking many of them.
Video footage shows the Erdogan supporters, including Yildirim and Narin, blitzed the protesters, punching and kicking many of them.
Some members of Erdogan's security detail were spotted taking part in the assault. Yildirim, who owns a construction company in New Jersey, was spotting brutally kicking a female protester while she was curled up on the ground. Narin, a Virginia resident, was also seen assaulting the woman, identified as Lucy Usoyan.
Yildirim and Narin were two of 19 people charged in the attacks. Two Canadian-Turkish men who showed up to the protests were also charged. Fifteen members of Erdogan's security detail were also charged. The Justice Department quietly dropped charges in 11 of those cases in February. The move was made just before Secretary of State Rex Tillerson traveled to Turkey as part of a visit aimed at smoothing relations between Ankara and Washington, the Wall Street Journal reported.
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[DAWN] Both the "guarantors" and the government have sought 48 more hours to implement the agreement reached by the Tehrik Labbaik Pakistain (TLP) and the authorities in Islamabad for ending Faizabad sit-in (in November last year), claims a front man for the religious outfit.
Talking to Dawn on Wednesday, Pir Zubair of the TLP said Faizabad dharna was terminated after "assurances by the government, backed by some institution".
The agreement, including certain steps to be taken on the government’s part, was never implemented sincerely, he regretted.
"This prompted the Tehrik to take to the streets and plan protest throughout the country," the Pir said.
The planned sit-ins throughout the country had been put on hold because of the offer made by the "guarantor and the government."
"We will be sitting here (in front of the tomb of Hazrat Data Ganj Bakhsh Ali Hajveri) for two more days and waiting for the implementation of the (agreed upon) steps," he said.
The contentious Faizabad agreement caused some controversy for carrying signatures of an army general as a mediator, which now the TLP is trying to refer to. The protest was eventually called off when the government accepted most of the major demands of Mr Rizvi under an army-brokered 11-point agreement, which contained provisions like release of workers nabbed Drop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! during the last sit-in and withdrawal of cases against them, arrest of those who changed the text of an oath pertaining to finality of the Prophethood and making of Raja Zafarul Haq report public.
According to sources in the Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... government, a team of officials held a meeting with the TLP chief Khadim Hussain Rizvi and discussed his demands.
Later, as claimed by the TLP front man, the government conceded one of the demands -- allow the mosques installation of four loudspeakers for prayers call (azan) and Arabic sermon on Fridays in all four directions.
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[DAWN] The Lahore High Court (LHC) on Thursday ordered government authorities to not "harass" banned Jamaat-ud-Dawa ...the front organization of Lashkar-e-Taiba... 's (JuD) Chief Hafiz Saeed ...founder of Lashkar-e-Taiba and its false-mustache offshoot Jamaat-ud-Dawa. The United Nations declared the JuD a terrorist organization in 2008 and Hafiz Saeed a terrorist as its leader. Hafiz, JuD and LeT are wholly-owned subsidiaries of the Pak intel apparatus, so that amounted to squat... and allow him to continue his social welfare activities until April 23, the date of the next hearing.
Justice Ameenud Din Khan, who heard the petition filed by A.K. Dogar on Saeed's behalf, also directed the authorities to submit their responses on the JuD leader's petition by April 23.
Saeed alleged in his petition that the government was interfering in his party's welfare projects because it had bowed down to pressure from India and the United States.
The petition argues that barring an organization or party from indulging in charity work goes against the Constitution.
Dogar, who was representing Saeed today, urged that since the case was of a "sensitive nature", the court should form a full bench. Justice Khan responded that the decision to constitute a full bench will be made in the next hearing.
Saeed had filed a nearly identical petition through Dogar before the same judge last month. Justice Khan had directed the federal and provincial governments to submit their responses by April 27.
However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... due to the similar nature of both petitions, the court decided to club the cases.
After hearing Saeed's arguments in today's hearing, Justice Khan issued notices to the federal and provincial governments again, directing them to file their replies. The hearing was subsequently adjourned until April 23.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte said on Thursday genocide was taking place in Myanmar and he was willing to accept Rohingya refugees fleeing from it, though Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... should help too.
The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... and rights groups say some 700,000 people, most of them Rohingya, have fled from Myanmar into Bangladesh since August last year when Rohingya rebels attacks on the security forces sparked a military crackdown.
The United Nations and several Western countries have said the Myanmar action constitutes ethnic cleansing but Myanmar rejects that. It says its security forces have been conducting legitimate operations against "terrorists."
Duterte, in a wide-ranging speech to farmers and agriculture officials at the presidential palace, touched on various issues including his recent decision to withdraw from the International Criminal Court over its decision to open a preliminary investigation into his bloody war on drugs.
Drawing the ire of officials in Myanmar, Duterte then expressed sympathy for the Rohingya and offered to help.
"I really pity the people there," Duterte said. "I’m willing to accept refugees. Rohingyas, yes. I will help but we should split them with Europe."
He also mentioned the inability of the international community to resolve problems in Myanmar.
"They can’t even solve the Rohingya. That’s what genocide is, if I may say so," Duterte said.
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Settle them in Muslim majority Basilan and ignore them if when they start fighting the locals?
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There is an old Imperial Policy: move troublesome tribe from Province A to Province B while displacing the locals up into the barren hills. The 'New Guys' end up having to become loyal supporters or the locals will come down out of the hills and massacre them. Does tend to leave a totally Balkanized mess where verybody hates everybody -- like Afghanistan (or Pakistan) except it was done on purpose.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Signs are emerging that Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... forces in southeast Syria may be readying to conduct a properly planned-out, highly-determined offensive against the Syrian Army and its allies to seize back the strategic city of Abu Kamal.
So far ISIS attacks on Abu Kamal have been sporadic and piece-meal like, however in the apparent chaos of such seemingly worthless assaults, there exists the possibility that the terrorist group is observing the strength and flexibly of government defenses.
At this point, Islamic State fighters have attempted to advance on the city from every conceivable direction and are now also greatly stepping up their stand-off attacks against Syrian Army positions around it using artillery and anti-tank missiles (with deadly accuracy too ‐ watch following video here).
Looking at how ISIS recaptured Palmyra in December 2016, it can be seen that the terrorist group launched ceaseless attacks against the Syrian Army to the city’s north and east for months only to eventually discover a weak point in government lines (as well as wear down pro-government forces in general) and then hit it with major assault.
Whilst ISIS is not as powerful now as it was in 2016, the jihadist faction’s ability to conduct blitz offensives that seemingly materialize out of thin air should never be underestimated.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Russia allegedly told the Ottoman Turkish regime that the Kurdish-led People’s Protection Units (YPG) have left the strategic town of Tal Rifa’at in northern Aleppo, Presidential Spokesperson Ibrahim Kalin stated on Thursday, as reported by the Daily Sabah.
Kalin further added that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund.... is currently trying to verify the validity of this claim through their local sources in Aleppo.
Meanwhile, ...back at the desert island, Irene was indignant at the thought of doing such a thing without benefit of clergy... Turkey’s Deputy Prime Minister Bekir Bozdag told the Haberturk news channel on Thursday that Operation Olive Branch will continue, adding that Tal Rifa’at will likely see a military operation.
The Syrian and Russian forces are currently posted inside of Tal Rifa’at, which poses a problem for the Ottoman Turkish military in northern Aleppo.
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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.
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
