[Breitbart] The Department of Justice is reported to have filed criminal charges against 11 "caravan migrants" who allegedly entered the United States illegally over the weekend. One of the migrants is reportedly charged with illegal re-entry after removal.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of California filed criminal complaints against 11 people who are believed to be members of the "migrant caravan," according to a statement obtained by Breitbart Texas.
"When respect for the rule of law diminishes, so too does our ability to protect our great nation, its borders, and its citizens," Attorney General Jeff Sessions said in the statement. "The United States will not stand by as our immigration laws are ignored and our nation’s safety is jeopardized. U.S. Attorney Adam Braverman and his team should be commended for quickly filing illegal entry charges for individuals apprehended along the southwestern border. We will continue to work with our partners in each U.S. Attorney’s Offices to aggressively pursue prosecutions of criminal illegal entry."
A federal law enforcement official told CNN that charges were filed against two Salvadorans, six Hondurans, and three Guatemalans.
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I read elsewhere that misdemeanor charges were filed for illegal entry, except for one person who was previously deported. Why is invading our border only a misdemeanor? Invade my house and, if you survive, felony charges will be levied.
[NYPOST] Two security guards have been accused of stealing as much as $100,000 in cash collections from Holy Name Church in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... , according to reports.
Jarrell Patterson, 22, and Artemio Calderon, 25, were caught on video several times allegedly using a key to enter the church and unlocking a safe containing the dough, the Chicago Tribune reported.
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[FOX] A World War II veteran who visited the Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday to make a surprise trip to his wife's grave got an extra lift from an employee, literally.
George Boone, 96, came to the cemetery on an Honor Flight from North Carolina, where groups typically make the trip to visit the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. Boone requested to visit the gravesite of his late wife, Alma, who passed away in 2007.
In the rush to get over to his wife's final resting spot, Boone's wheelchair was accidentally left behind.
"I just sort of gave up on the whole thing and thought I would have to visit her from that distance," he told FOX5 over Skype on Sunday. The 'Quiet Professional' Arlington Cemetery employee wished to remain anonymous. His selfless act will no doubt one day be recognized by a much high authority.
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Had a similar experience involving my Dad, taking him to the last sporting event he would ever attend in person.
Dad was a huge ND fan his whole life, I was able to get football tickets months earlier to a game that turned into a #1 vs #2 match up. Parkinson's was setting in harder now, but he traveled in to see me. I arranged special parking etc and we were all set- until he got to the top of the stairs that led to our seats.
He starts panicking "I can't make it down those steps, take me back to the car, I will listen on the radio...". Couple of yellow jacketed security guys saw what was going on and brushed me aside and said "You have come to far to not go to this game" ,picked him up off his feet and brought him down to our seats. Dad was totally embarrassed and the guy laughingly said "Hey, we usually are carrying trouble makers out in the other direction so we are happy to help...If you need to get up during to game just give us a wave."
Game came down to the final play, too, in his teams favor. BTW- WWII vet as well.
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Gorb,
Yes I think they were very pleased to help. A good number of fans around us saw it happen, too and hands would come in from every direction after big plays to Hi 5 with my old man! He never forgot it and neither will I...We talked about it every visit I had with him from then until he passed away...We even had him "bagpiped in" for his farewell service (at a National Cemetery, no less) to a somber version of the "ND Fight Song".
That is the reason why my "allergies started acting up" when I read the above article and I went for a Kleenex.
[All Africa] King Mswati III, the absolute monarch of impoverished Swaziland, wore a watch worth US$1.6 million to his 50th birthday party. This was in addition to a suit beaded with diamonds that weighed 6 kg.
Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, a single surviver held tightly to the smashed prow... teachers are warning that children may starve because the Swazi Government cannot afford to pay to feed them. The charity Oxfam called Swaziland the most unequal country in the world in a report.
Days before his birthday King Mswati took delivery of his second private jet plane. This one, an A340-300 Airbus had a purchase price of US$13.2 million, but with VIP upgrades it reportedly cost about US$30 million.
A picture of the King with his watch and suit was published on Facebook by a group that monitors the spending of the Swazi Royal Family.
The watch is a Jacobs & Co Grand Baguette timepiece. The Jacobs & Co website describes the watch as, 'polished 18K white gold invisibly set with 360 baguette diamonds 13.20ct.; five crowns invisibly set with baguette diamonds 3.50ct.; five sapphire glasses with transparent anti-reflective treatment; circular satin-finished with hand engraving case back. Dial: Local time and four time zone dials for New York, L.A., Tokyo and Gay Paree.'
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Swaziland is roughly (just a bit over) the population of the State of Montana. I wonder if there are any poverty stricken people in Montana that you use some USAID assistance? Say, a few hundred dollars per year per family ?
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Come on people - KEEP UP !!!
THE King of Swaziland, Mswati III, has a problem. “Whenever we go abroad”, he says, “people refer to us as Switzerland.” So on April 18th, at a celebration marking the 50th anniversary of the country’s independence from Britain, the king announced that he was changing Swaziland’s name to eSwatini. (As an absolute monarch he can make such decisions.) With its lower-case “e”, this new name might seem at first glance to be an attempt to rebrand one of the world’s last remaining absolute monarchies as something a little more modern, but the new name in fact simply means “Land of the Swazis”.
[All Africa] The government this week published a licensing regime that will allow the legal cultivation of cannabis, state-owned media reported on Saturday.
Growing mbanje, as dagga is commonly known in Zim, will be legal for research and medical use under the new regulations, Statutory Instrument 62 of 2018, "Dangerous Drugs - Production of Cannabis for Medicinal and Scientific Use Regulations".
Zim-bob-we has been considering such partial legalisation for the last eight months.
Five-year licences will clear also clear growers to possess, transport and sell fresh cannabis, cannabis oil, and dried product.
The regulations impose an obligation on the government to consider the risk that dagga could be diverted to illicit use, complaints from police, or objections by local authorities.
Lesotho granted its first licences for marijuana production in September last year, believed to be the first African country to do so.
A South African court ruling in March 2017 provides what is thought to be a viable defence against prosecution for private cultivation and use of dagga.
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California on the Zambezi. Other cultural similarities currently under development.
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So smoking tobacco products is okay? It's healthful too? What are the health benefit of pot over that of tobacco?
I don't see anyone complaining about second hand smoke from pot much less the danger to the lungs from all the tar and stuff from pot smoke.
It surprise me that the same people who advocate legal pot smoking are also the ones who are very much against tobacco smoking. That despite the danger to the lungs from the smoke with both products.
[AlAhram] Sajid Javid was appointed as Britannia's interior minister on Monday after Amber Rudd resigned over her handling of immigration policy.
Here are some facts about the new, 48-year-old Home Secretary:
* Javid campaigned to remain in the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... during the 2016 referendum, even though a few months before the vote he said his "heart" was for Brexit. After the result, he said: "We're all Brexiteers now."
* He was the first member of Britannia's South Asian minority to be given a full-time post in the cabinet when he was appointed culture minister in 2014. His father moved to Britannia from Pakistain and worked as a bus driver in Bristol.
* Before starting his career in politics, Javid worked for Chase Manhattan Bank and for Deutsche Bank, helping to build its business in emerging markets.
* Javid cites the late Conservative prime minister Margaret Thatcher as his political inspiration, and has often hung a portrait of her in his ministerial office.
* In 2016, Javid supported the former work and pensions minister Stephen Crabb as a candidate to replace then-prime minister David Cameron ... has stated that he is certainly a big Thatcher fan, but I don't know whether that makes me a Thatcherite, which means he's not. Since he is not deeply ideological he lacks core principles and is easily led. He has been described as certainly not a Pitt, Elder or Younger, but he does wear a nice suit so maybe he's Beau Brummel ... as leader of the Conservative Party in return for a promise to be appointed finance minister.
Crabb's bid ultimately foundered when he failed to secure enough votes.
At a Conservative Friends of Israel lunch in 2012, The Jewish Chronicle reported Javid as stating that "if he had to leave Britain to live in the Middle East, then he would choose Israel as home. Only there, he said, would his children feel the 'warm embrace of freedom and liberty'".
He has previously said that his family's heritage is Muslim, but he does not practise any religion, although he believes that "we should recognise that Christianity is the religion of our country"
Javid married Laura King in 1997; they have one son and three daughters.
US military NOTAM warns pilots of repeated high-power laser activity in Djibouti. The coordinates are 750m from the new Chinese base. pic.twitter.com/Yz2qys3CKt
NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. crude oil production jumped 260,000 barrels per day (bpd) to 10.26 million bpd in February, the highest on record, the Energy Information Administration said in a monthly report on Monday.
Production in Texas rose by 106,000 bpd to above 4 million bpd, also a record high based on the data going back to 2005. The Permian basin, which stretches across West Texas and eastern New Mexico, is the largest U.S. oilfield [and production there would be more, except the local pipelines are nearing capacity].
Output from North Dakota declined marginally to 1.15 million bpd, while output in the federal Gulf of Mexico rose by 89,000 bpd to 1.72 million bpd.
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Predicted at the Burg last summer to begin in November 2017. A slow start, but it has arrived.
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Usage is up. That terrible Trump economy, no doubt...
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Also slumping dollar, which is a totally manipulated factor.
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Regular at Exxon Mobil in SacrMento now at $3.56. For those of us held in the People’s Republic of California, the Trump tax break is completely gone.by gas price increases in last year.
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from an analyst tweet:
For last week, we have now counted 10,800,100 barrels in US maritime crude oil exports; or 1,542,871 barrels per day. We are adding another 350,000 barrels per day in land transfer to Canada. Our total is: 1,892,871 barrels per day
Or the value of the dollar is dropping. 8 years of creative money policies of the Fed and Treasury increasing the amount of dollars without backing coming home to roost.
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I can handle Waffle House. In and out for $10 w/mil discount, to include a nice tip. Waffle House is a 'no can do' for the wife. Don't think she's ever set foot in one. Waffle House alternatives, dinner for two around here, you'd better plan on $50. minimum.
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Plate lunch with a coke $ .75 at the Highway Cafe.
Meatloaf, green beans, corn, and dinner role. But now we're talking when Ike was in the White House.
Times, they have changed.
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I enjoy the Waffle House from time to time. The local ones belonged for a time to a gentleman with a fondness for native wild flowers. About a decade ago he sold out and put his profits into a garden shop, but the new management is doing just fine.
Waffle House takes the tae kwan do approach: do a few key things very well, and don’t fuss with fancy flourishes.
[The Hill] A group of conservative House lawmakers have begun drafting a resolution that calls for the impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
The impeachment document makes a series of charges against Rosenstein, the latest sign of escalating efforts among conservatives to oust the DOJ’s No. 2 official, according to a copy of the draft obtained by The Hill.
There has been no indication, however, that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other House GOP leaders will act on the measure, having largely remained silent amid calls for his removal by hard-line conservatives.
Conservative members led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and close ally of President Trump, drafted the eight articles of impeachment against Rosenstein.
The articles include allegations that Rosenstein violated federal law by refusing to comply with a congressional subpoena over Congress’s efforts to obtain documents about FBI surveillance during the election, intentionally stalling document production for congressional investigations into possible government misconduct, and failing to enforce key laws and protocols.
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Axing the top 3 layers of the FBI, DOJ and CIA would be a good first step to restoring our democracy. But they are our Praetorian Guard, our protectors. They would never betray us.
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Besoeker, if Russian interference was actually suspected by the Dims, they would be demanding reports ASAP to prevent it from happening again during the critical mid-terms that are omly a few months away.
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....if Russian interference was actually suspected by the Dims, they would be demanding reports ASAP to prevent it from happening again during the critical mid-terms that are omly a few months away.
Yes, a convenient cover for action, or cover story. Unfortunately those terms have a....not so subtle, intelligence community origin. Shall we simply use the term....'insurance policy.' Everyone understands insurance.
[DAWN] FAISALABAD: A case has been registered against more than 30 lawyers under Anti-Terrorism Act, for allegedly manhandling Dijkot cop shoppe in-charge and his staff on the district courts premises.
In his complaint filed with the Civil Lines police, Dijkot Station House Officer Malik Waris stated that on Saturday he produced a suspect, Malik Shahid, brother of a lawyer, Malik Arshad, who was booked in a case under section 406 of the Pakistain Penal Code (PPC) on April 25.
The SHO said that on the district courts premises some lawyers, including Tariq Maan, Mian Liaqat, Zahid, Malik Arshad, Malik Farhan, Fahad, Bilal, Waseem, Malik Iftikhar, Iftikhar Ahmed and their 25 unknown colleagues attacked the police.
He said the lawyers not only hurled life threats at him and his subordinates but also tore their uniform, snatched cash, ID cards, service cards and his wrist watch.
He said the lawyers’ act of violence terrorised the litigants and others present on the courts premises, adding that he and other coppers were rescued by some people.
Lawyers have been manhandling police and litigants on court premises, especially in the cases in which their colleagues or relatives are involved.
In most of such cases, the police officials have to reconcile with the lawyers because of the pressure of their high-ups.
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[DAWN] Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. police on Monday revealed that the woman taxi driver who was found dead on Saturday was in fact rubbed out by her own husband, who tried to frame it as a burglary attempt.
Nabeela Amber, a mother of three and reportedly the first woman driver of Careem ride-hailing service in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, was rubbed out over the weekend by her husband, whom she had married just five months ago, police said.
With her car and five of her phones missing, the first impression was that she may have been killed during a burglary gone awry. However, Switzerland makes more than cheese... a Facebook photo of a pistol posted by the dear departed's children from her previous marriage piqued the police's interest.
Following a two-day investigation, the police not only linked the victim's current husband with her murder but also obtained a confession out of him and recovered the murder weapon.
According to Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) Hasan Jahangir, the accused, who also has another wife, has identified a trio of reasons for murdering Amber.
The victim, per the ASP, did not approve of the victim's male friends who frequented their home.
At the time of their marriage, he had given her a house as Haq Mahr (mandatory gift to wife at the time of marriage), which she had subsequently bequeathed to her children from the previous marriage, but the accused now wanted it back.
Moreover, the accused claimed that the victim used to make extravagant demands from him, which when remained unfulfilled, would result in her threatening him of telling his first wife about their marriage.
As a result, he allegedly killed his wife and framed it as if it had occurred during a burglary attempt.
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As a result, he allegedly killed his wife and framed it as if it had occurred during a burglary attempt.
Rantburg Univ. issues failing grade for originality.
[AAWSAT] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte announced on Saturday a permanent ban on sending foreign workers from his country to Kuwait, calling on tens of thousands still working in the Gulf state to immediately return home.
The move has escalated the current crisis between Kuwait and Manila. Last week, Kuwait expelled the Philippine ambassador over the actions of the Philippine embassy, which were deemed a violation of the local laws.
"The ban stays permanently," Duterte said at a news briefing in southern Davao City on Sunday. "There will be no more recruitment for especially domestic helpers. No more."
His announcement effectively dismissed the memorandum on labor rights and improving work conditions that he was set to sign during a visit to Kuwait, adding that he does not intend to travel to the Gulf state.
Duterte said that Filipino workers already in Kuwait may stay in the country if they wish, adding that the government would try to assist those who want to return home in resettling in the Philippines.
He said that efforts will be exerted to find them jobs in the Philippines, China or Japan.
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Doesn't it start and end with the question -- "What are Public Schools For?"
(*) To educate new cogs in the machinery of industrial production? (*) To educate future voting citizens? (*) Free babysitting until they are legal adults? (*) Provide jobs for the greatest number of administrators and public employee union members?
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So much for 'professional educators' being a title of authority. They brought it on themselves.
Over half the success of education is a home environment that is stable, supportive and promotes education. No amount of money can make up for that as we have seen and witnessed repeatedly. How about taxing less to allow the parents to spend more time with the kids and less paying off the burdens of government?
[Politico] Bowing to pressure from African-American activists, Starbucks excluded the Anti-Defamation League from an upcoming daylong anti-bias training session.
The ADL, whose mission is to fight anti-Semitism, will play an advisory role in the company's long-term efforts to combat discrimination, Jaime Riley, a Starbucks spokeswoman, told POLITICO Monday. But the group won't help develop the curriculum for Starbucks' May 29 mandatory anti-bias training, as originally planned.
The anti-bias training was prompted by the arrest of two black men at a Philadelphia Starbucks who asked to use the bathroom without making a purchase as they waited to meet a business associate. A video of the arrest went viral, prompting a public backlash and the trending hashtag #BoycottStarbucks.
Starbucks CEO Kevin Johnson quickly apologized, calling the situation "reprehensible." On April 17, the the company announced it would close more than 8,000 U.S. locations to conduct mandatory training to prevent racial bias, using a curriculum to be developed by leaders from a number of anti-bias groups, including Jonathan Greenblatt, CEO of the ADL.
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Is it just me, or does Starbux lately be looking more and more like good ol' Charlie Brown trying to kick the football held by Lucyactivist group d' jour....
In addition to an overpriced tasteforsheet product, they can't hit the 10 ring.....
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.
[Breitbart] The Department of Justice is reported to have filed criminal charges against 11 "caravan migrants" who allegedly entered the United States illegally over the weekend. One of the migrants is reportedly charged with illegal re-entry after removal.
[FOX] A World War II veteran who visited the Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday to make a surprise trip to his wife's grave got an extra lift from an employee, literally.
[All Africa] The government this week published a licensing regime that will allow the legal cultivation of cannabis, state-owned media reported on Saturday.
David Cameron
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[Politico] Bowing to pressure from African-American activists, Starbucks excluded the Anti-Defamation League from an upcoming daylong anti-bias training session.
