Internet sleuths tracked down Shia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump "He Will Not Divide Us" protest exhibit on Thursday and disrupted it for the third time, replacing the white flag featured on the online live stream with a pro-Trump t-shirt and MAGA hat.
The third location for "He Will Not Divide Us" was not disclosed by LaBeouf following disruptive incidents at previous exhibitions. However, by analyzing flight contrails and even celestial navigation, users from 4chan managed to pinpoint the new location in under two days. Just imagine if these guys had day jobs.
Page Six reports 4chan users "started studying planes flying over the flag, and took note of flight times" in order to determine where it may be. They also "studied the sun and star patterns behind the flag," as well as taking note of a picture of LaBeouf in a Tennessee diner to narrow down the area where the flag was hidden. A 4chan user in the suspected area drove around honking the horn of his car so that it could be heard on the video stream, allowing others to triangulate where the flag could be based on the driver’s location.
The flag was found in the middle of the night and taken down.
Shortly after the flag’s replacement, the property owner noticed the swap, pulled down the Trump gear, and turned off the stream.
Early on Friday, a 4chan user posted a picture of the alleged stolen flag.
Internet trolls have interrupted all of LaBeouf’s previous exhibitions, which started off at the Museum of the Moving Image in New York City.
As the official site explains, "On February 10, 2017, the Museum of the Moving Image abandoned the project," following several incidents that showed LaBeouf attacking Trump supporters and trolls at the location.
"On February 18, 2017, the project the project relocated to a wall outside the El Rey Theater, Albuquerque," states the site. However, this was also shut down following gunshots at the location.
On March 8, 2017, the project moved to the -- until now -- secret location. The stream is back up at this point, but it currently shows just an empty flag pole. Fitting.
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Now Darth, these guys just exercised they right of free expression. Or, as I read somewhere "Of course you've the right to scream 'fire, fire' in a full theater. And I've the right to clobber you."
So are people for the same reason. Someone calculated your life expectancy would be reduced by a few days if you slept next to someone, due to increased risk of cancer from their radioactivity.
[NJ] Most of New Jersey is now under a winter storm warning, and the northeast corner under a blizzard watch, as a powerful late-winter nor'easter sets its eyes on the state. It'll be springtime in a week or so... I think that's the traditional snow-removal plan in Washington DC...
The National Weather Service placed a winter storm warning in effect from 8 p.m. Monday to 6 p.m. Tuesday for northern New Jersey and eastern Pennsylvania.
A winter storm watch had been in effect much of Sunday for most of New Jersey, except Cape May County. Snowfall projections, however, remain the same, with large sections of North Jersey and Central Jersey positioned to get hit with possibly up to 18 inches of snow from late Monday night through early Wednesday morning.
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These late winter snowstorms tend to be heavy, wet snow that brings down trees and power lines. Plowing the roads could be the least of their worries.
[BBC] At least 34 people have been killed after a runaway bus veered into crowd in the Haitian city of Gonaives, officials say. The vehicle first knocked over two pedestrians, killing one, French-language media report. The driver then tried to flee the scene. He rammed the bus into a band of street musicians, leaving dozens dead, according to unconfirmed reports.
Gonaives is located 150km (90 miles) north of the capital, Port-au-Prince.
The incident on Sunday left dozens of people injured, who were quickly transported to hospital by the emergency services.
Witnesses gathered at the scene became hostile after seeing the driver attempt to flee, which caused further deaths and injuries, AFP reports, adding that they then tried to set the vehicle alight.
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[NYPost] The spokesman for Russian President Vladimir Putin on Sunday confirmed a Kremlin envoy met with members of the Trump campaign during the election to discuss “bilateral relations” – but he also contacted people linked to the Clinton camp.
Both?!?!?! Why bless their little Democratic hearts, that's absolutely ... I'm afraid I can't choose between pitiful and adorable.
Dmitry Peskov, who denied Moscow meddled in the 2016 presidential election, said Ambassador Sergey Kislyak huddled with the campaign staffers as part of his diplomatic duties.
Asked about Kislyak’s meeting with the staffers for Hillary Clinton, Peskov said, the ambassador met with “people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary.”
Peskov also rejected allegations that Russian colluded with Trump officials to disrupt the election, saying the US is “self-humiliating” itself by even raising such claims.
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Dmitry Peskov, who denied Moscow meddled in the 2016 presidential election, said Ambassador Sergey Kislyak huddled with the campaign staffers as part of his diplomatic duties.
I don't see a logical contradiction in this sentence - do you?
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Asked about Kislyak’s meeting with the staffers for Hillary Clinton, Peskov said, the ambassador met with “people working in think tanks advising Hillary or advising people working for Hillary.”
Well, D'oh! What do they think is the reason that you have people doing diplomacy? HUMINT. Most everything else can be done by correspondence remotely.
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This whole "Russia hacked the election" and "Trump colluded with Putin" business is wearing a little thin by now, isn't it? No substance. No traction. It's about time to let it go.
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[HINDUSTANTIMES] A Russian woman pardoned by President Vladimir Putin ...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead... after she was sentenced to seven years in jail for treason over a text message about movements of military equipment was released Sunday, local media reported.
Shopkeeper Oxana Sevastidi, 46, was convicted in March 2016 over an SMS sent eight years earlier about a train carrying military hardware towards neighbouring Georgia, months before Russia fought a brief war with the country.
Footage broadcast on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
from outside Moscow’s Lefortovo prison, where Sevastidi was being held, showed her hugging her mother before grabbing her personal items and getting into a car with her lawyer.
The Supreme Court is set to rule on her case on March 15. Sevastidi’s defence has hailed the pardon but insisted she would fight until her conviction was quashed.
"We are preparing for the Supreme Court hearing which on Wednesday will consider this absurd criminal case and, I hope, put an end to it," lawyer Ivan Pavlov wrote on his Facebook page Saturday.
Putin’s pardon, issued on March 7, said it was motivated by "principles of humanity".
Sevastidi, who hails from the Black Sea city of Sochi, told Meduza news site in December that she photographed military equipment transported on a train in April 2008, months before the August conflict.
Sevastidi said she exchanged messages with a Georgian acquaintance about what she had seen.
Sevastidi was detained by the FSB security service in January 2015 and convicted after a trial held behind closed doors.
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Repairs on the Avdievka water filtration plant were delayed once again due to fighting between Ukrainian forces and Russian backed rebels, according to Russian language news accounts.
Avdievka is a northern suburb of Donetsk city, and has been controlled by Ukrainian forces since the summer of 2014.
The filtration plant has been shut down numerous times since February 15th, when artillery exchanges between the two combatants forced the shutdown. Since that time the plant has been fired on repeatedly, according to rebel media, either damaging the power lines that operate the plant or driving out plant personnel because of security concerns.
The filtration plant serves all of Avdievka, as well as parts of Donetsk and nearby villages on both sides of the line of contact.
The latest outage is because of security concerns for electrical repair crews.
Physical damage to the plant has been limited to the building and to power lines which service the plant. Rebels say that last Saturday, Ukrainian forces fired small arms fire on vehicles carrying plant workers as they evacuated the water plant. Ukrainian artillery has been blamed for damage to the power lines feeding the plant in Yasinovataya.
Yasinovataya became a major issue between the two warring parties after Ukrainian forces moved into a gray zone in western Avdievka last year, making the line of contact much closer to the west. Artillery fire from Ukrainian forces in Yasinovataya has been nearly a daily feature since that time.
Now Ukrainian media is claiming that rebel forces fired rocket artillery on Avdievka on Sunday, and it has been rebel artillery fire that cut off Avdievka electricity. Ukrainian media said rebel forces fired a total of ten rockets into the town. The day before, Ukrainian media accused rebels of firing tank main gun fire on a high rise building in Avdievka. Rebels claimed that the Ukrainians staged the attack for the benefit of Ukrainian electronic media.
According to a news account in lb.ua, two Ukrainian soldiers were killed and five more were wounded in the fighting Sunday.
The Ukrainian KIAs died in a firefight in southern Donetsk. Although the exact location wasn't disclosed, Ukrainian media reports are that a firefight took place in Marinka between a Ukrainian fixed position and a rebel probe.
Rebel artillery hit Ukrainian positions in the southern Donetsk region at Nikolaevka, while rebel mortars stuck Ukrainian positions at Slavnoye, Gnutovo, Pavlopol and Berezovoye.
Near Donetsk city, rebel mortars hit Ukrainian positions at Butovka mine, Luganskovo and Nevelskovo.
In Lugansk, rebel mortars were reported hitting Ukrainian positions at Ekaterinovka, Bolguslaskovo, Novoaleksievka and Popasnoye.
According to a report compilation, firefights and mortar attacks have been taking place at several points near Donetsk city including at the Donetsk airport, the Petroskiy district, Yasinovataya, Staromykailovka, Zaitsevo and Spartak. Heavy artillery fire and ground combat have been taking place at Marinka, Yelenovka and Dokuchaevsk.
Near the Sea of Azov, Ukrainian artillery hit several locales including at Novoazovskoye, Sakhanka and Kominternovo.
The Donetsk ministry of defense reported that the March 4th seaborne attack by elements of the Ukrainian Navy aboard two small motor boats resulted in two Ukrainian dead and three wounded. One boat was heavily damaged in the attack and had to be towed back to Mariupol.
U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson will stay in South Korea for two days from March 17 during which he will meet with Foreign Minister Yun Byung-se and other senior government officials.
Tillerson's talks with Yun will be held on the first day of his stay in Seoul. They are expected to discuss mostly the North's nuclear threat and cooperation in applying more pressure and sanctions on Pyongyang, according to the officials. This marks the second face-to-face meeting between the two following brief talks in Bonn, Germany, on the sidelines of a gathering of foreign ministers from Group of 20 nations last month.
Tillerson's visit to South Korea is a part of his Asia tour which will also take him to Japan and China.
This came amid heightened tensions in the region in the wake of North Korea's successive missile launches and the killing of Kim Jong-nam, the estranged half brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un. In particular, what messages Tillerson is to provide during his stay is drawing keen attention in that the diplomatic landscape surrounding the Korean Peninsula appears to be getting more cloudy and complicated.
South Korea currently remains at odds with Japan over a girl statue symbolizing Tokyo's wartime sexual slavery of Korean women. It faces stepped-up retaliation from China over the planned deployment of a U.S. missile defense called THAAD on its soil.
Experts said that Tillerson's trip to Seoul could also be a chance for the U.S. to reaffirm its strong commitment to alliance with South Korea at a time when Seoul is going through a leadership vacuum caused by the ouster of President Park Geun-hye.
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[BBC] Ousted South Korean leader Park Geun-hye has now left the presidential palace, two days after judges upheld parliament's decision to impeach her.
Ms Park arrived at her home in southern Seoul amid waving supporters.
She has been impeached over her role in a corruption scandal involving close friend, Choi Soon-sil.
In her first words since Friday's ruling, Ms Park said in a statement: "Although it will take time, I believe the truth will certainly come out."
She also apologised to her supporters for "failing to fulfil my duty as president".
Ms Park has now lost her immunity and could face criminal proceedings over accusations she allowed Ms Choi to extort money from companies in return for political favours.
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Gee, a Hilarity/whats-her-name allegorical moment.
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Yes my class A/B 1979 Yamaha experimental amp and speakers are way better than what I currently use on my computers, game machines etc.. BUT my ears are way worse then 1979 and the current stuff is way smaller and uses a lot less power.
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Another issue is the MP3s cut the hi and low end of the audio spectrum for compression reasons. It's gotten to the point that they don't even record the his and lows now in the studio when they create new music so we have a generation that has no developed an ear for flatter sound.
[Syracuse.com] The outdoor retailer Gander Mountain has filed for bankruptcy protection under Chapter 11, and says it will close 32 stores as part its plan.
The St. Paul-Minn. based company said it plans to remain open, but put the business up for sale.
The New Hartford store is slated to close, according to a report by wmfj.com. The Cicero store will remain open as will locations in Binghamton and Watertown, according to the list.
Other stores remaining open in New York are in Henrietta, Tonawanda,
...a suburb of Buffalo, NY...
Plattsburgh, Middletown and Kingston.
Gander Mountain operates 162 stores in 26 states.
The 32 stores slated to close are underperforming, according to a statement by the company. They will begin shutting down in the next several weeks, the company said.
The Cicero store opened in 2004.
These are the locations slated to close, according to media reports:
Alabama - Gadsden, Mobile, Montgomery, Tuscaloosa
Georgia - Augusta, McDonough, Snellville
Illinois - Champaign, Algonquin, Springfield
Indiana - Merrillville, Greenfield
Minnesota - Rogers, Mankato, Woodbury
New York - New Hartford
North Carolina - Raleigh, South Charlotte
Tennessee - Chattanooga
Texas - Houston, Killeen, Laredo, Lubbock, Round Rock, San Antonio, Sugar Land, Texarkana, Waco, West Houston
West Virginia - Charleston
Wisconsin - Eau Claire, Germantown
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Well, at least the local store isn't closing. Its there or the local "Farm & Barn" for Carhartt stuff. Although they have some knock-off lined jeans just as good as Carhartt's. Don't need any shooting supplies anymore, eyes are shot.
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Gander Mt. opened a new store near me and had a pistol mag I can buy for $47-49 from a number of sources tagged at $75. I do buy wood chips for the smoker there, the prices seem acceptable on that. Carhartt stuff can be had at Tractor Supply or Rural King much cheaper, usually with a better selection. The gun counter guys at Rural King are actually friendly and helpful, too...
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I love Tractor Supply stores.
They're what Cheaderhead's 'Farm & Barn' stores used to be like back in the 60's/70's before all the 'Children's/Wimmen's Apparel', Home Decorating and furniture showed up.
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[Daily Mail] The secret exploits of the men stationed in Berlin to sabotage the Soviet Union from within had the Cold War turned hot have been revealed for the first time.
Incredible images show the men from the clandestine Special Forces Berlin unit, which the USA only revealed existed in 2014, on training exercises and meeting up in casual wear. Other shots show the graffiti-clad Berlin Wall with Soviet soldiers patrolling along the top, tunnels and sewers the Special forces used and various identity cards the undercover soldiers used.
[BBC] Beleaguered French presidential candidate Francois Fillon was put on the defensive again over the weekend following two fresh controversies. Mr Fillon's party apologised on Saturday for tweeting a caricature of rival Emmanuel Macron that Mr Fillon admitted was anti-Semitic.
And on Sunday it emerged that he had accepted two suits from a friend worth €13,000 (£11,500; $13,900). France sets a limit of €4,600 that any individual can donate to a candidate. "A friend gave me suits as a present in February. So what?" Mr Fillon said in an interview with French news daily Les Echos on Sunday. People give me $6500 suits all the time... Ummm... No, they don't but I suppose they could... I'm trying to stretch my imagination to see it, but it's not working. Sorry.
Perhaps they're both the same size, and the friend was cleaning out his closet? Second hand clothes aren't worth more than 50% of the original price, if I recall correctly, unless it is a collectible Chanel or something.
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On Sunday, Liberty Unyielding’s Ben Bowles wrote that Leandra Vargas, a student at Pitzer University in Claremont, Calif., is seeking a form of reparations by demanding white students pay for her spring break in retaliation for the alleged "genocide and enslavement" of Hispanics.
According to Bowles:
Vargas sent out an email to the student community at large reminding white students of their massive debt to Hispanics whose sacrifice underlies "everything that u have/are." (She also reminds them of the "genocide and enslavement of our ppl" -- whatever that might be a reference to.)
So, is Vargas seeking a cut in tuition? The assurance that more Hispanics will be hired to join the faculty? Nope. She wants her "white allies," as she puts it, to help her escape the "toxic" environment of "this institution" ... by financing her spring break!
Here’s the email, which must be seen to be believed:
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Here’s the email, which must be seen to be believed:
The Good News: Rantburg.com ain't on it.
The Bad News: Rantburg.com ain't on it.
[WashingtonExaminer] A few conservative critics predicted early on that the recent obsession with fake news would lead eventually to right-of-center newsrooms being lumped with the bad actors.
It looks increasingly likely that those critics were onto something.
Harvard University's library website currently features a page titled, "Fake News, Misinformation, and Propaganda."
The page URL even has the word "fake" in it.
This portion of the library's website, which can be found in the "research guides" section, is intended to give students, "a brief introduction to the spread of misinformation of all kinds and tools for identifying it, and reading the news with a more informed eye," according to the site.
The "fake news" page includes the aptly titled subsection: "False, Misleading, Clickbait-y, and Satirical 'News' Sources (Huge list of fake news sites)."
That subsection links to a massive online database, which lists nearly every legitimate conservative-leaning news groups alongside actual hoax websites.
The Washington Free Beacon, Independent Journal Review, the Daily Caller and the Washington Examiner are all on the list. Each is tagged with derogatory labels, including "clickbait," "bias," "unreliable," "political" or a combination of the four.
The list also includes conservative commentary sites like TheBlaze, RedState and the Weekly Standard. More at the link. The list can be seen here
Harvard isn't even the first school to do this. City University of New York and Radford University have already instructed their students that the database should be used as a tool for identifying false information online.
Likely there's more institutions o'higher learning using it as well.
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The first such designation was issued to a 55-year-old individual who had female genitalia, male chromosomes and a combination of male and female internal reproductive organs.
A pet issue of mine of mine is that there are people who are genuinely not XX or XY, and they are more common than you might think (as I recall from my genetics classes a long time ago).
However, in reporting they are lumped in with those want to change sex for psychological or lifestyle reasons. Jeez, it's almost a fashion statement these days.
The former deserve medical help. The rest obviously don't.
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.
Internet sleuths tracked down Shia LaBeouf’s anti-Trump "He Will Not Divide Us" protest exhibit on Thursday and disrupted it for the third time, replacing the white flag featured on the online live stream with a pro-Trump t-shirt and MAGA hat. 
...Second and fourth President and sixth of the Russian Federation and the first to remain sober. Putin is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from polonium poisoning. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to Putin. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead...
[BBC] Beleaguered French presidential candidate Francois Fillon was put on the defensive again over the weekend following two fresh controversies. Mr Fillon's party apologised on Saturday for tweeting a caricature of rival Emmanuel Macron that Mr Fillon admitted was anti-Semitic.
