[Wash Times] The white woman who gained notoriety by falsely claiming to be black and becoming an NAACP chapter president was booked Monday on charges of welfare fraud.
Rachel Dolezal was also fingerprinted at the Spokane County jail in Washington state, according to a judge’s order that let her be released on her own recognizance Monday evening.
Ms. Dolezal pleaded not guilty last month to first-degree theft by welfare fraud, making a false verification statement and second-degree perjury, Fox News reported.
According to authorities, Ms. Dolezal had reported her usual income as under $500 per month in order to be eligible for state welfare and food assistance, of which she received more than $8,800 between August 2015 and November 2017.
However, according to a subpoena of her bank statements and other records, she had made nearly $84,000 over those three years, from her autobiography, "In Full Color," from speaking engagements and sales of home-made products.
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...It'll be interesting watching the trial. This is the first one in a while where I really think the defense could legitimately say, "Your Honor, we ask mercy on the grounds that my client is batshiat crazy, and her entertainment value far outweighs any value to society from her incarceration."
Mike
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...wait for it, wait for it, wait for it, she's going to say she's being prosecuted for 'racism'.
[Daily Caller] A nurse shark in Dugong Bay, Australia, attacked a woman Sunday, leaving her with a fracture and torn ligament in her hand.
The normally docile breed of shark attacked the woman while she was on a boat platform just above surface level, aggressively dragging her into the water as she shrieked. The woman was reaching to pet the shark when it bit her hand, and she escaped with help from people nearby.
There have been a total of 52 recorded nurse shark attacks in the world, and none have resulted in fatalities.
"Nurse sharks are slow-moving bottom-dwellers and are, for the most part, harmless to humans. However, they can be huge‐up to 14 feet‐and have very strong jaws filled with thousands of tiny, serrated teeth, and will bite defensively if stepped on or bothered by divers who assume they’re docile," National Geographic writes in its description of the shark.
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Nurse sharks are the ones scuba divers leap overboard to swim among, we were told when I was training for basic dive certification. She must have dangled her fingers as if they were food in order to get that reaction from the poor thing, or tried to poke or pet it on the snout.
[BBC] "I decided long ago I would do military service," says Saara Piitulainen, a 22-year-old voluntary servicewoman. "My father was a peacekeeper, and that is what I want to do myself."
She has come to the right place. The Huovinrinne garrison in Sakyla in western Finland is where Finnish peacekeeping forces train before they leave for crisis areas around the world. Now she is training to be a non-commissioned officer.
Finnish women have been doing voluntary military service since before Saara Piitulainen was born and this year a record 1,500 applied. In a few days' time she will be promoted to corporal.
But for the first time since the military was opened up to women in 1995, the idea has been floated of temporarily excluding them as a way of cutting costs.
"We have to find savings somewhere," said Defence Minister Jussi Niinisto. A couple of days later, after a heated debate, he rejected the idea and said he didn't even back it himself.
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...In fairness, I've known a few professional chefs, and some of them have recounted hazing, mental/emotional cruelty, and even on occasion physical abuse that would get any Western NCO or officer court-martialed.
Mike
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I grew up with two guys who became professionally trained chefs. Neither one of them had any business holding a large, sharp knife.
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Finland has second thoughts about its women soldiers
[Al Jazeera] The European Parliament has ordered the political group of French far-right leader and former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen to reimburse more than 500,000 euros claimed in unjustified expenses, including expensive champagne and dinners.
The decision on Monday was unanimously backed by a unit charged with vetting the accounts of the different political groupings, a parliamentary source tolf the AFP nrews agency.
The political group Europe of Nations and Freedom (ENF) to which Le Pen's party belongs, had claimed 477,780 euros in expenses in 2016 that the parliament's Budgetary Control Committee deemed unjustified or non-compliant.
It also ruled that 66,427 euros worth of claims for the following year were unjustified.
The audit report for 2016 showed claims for about one hundred Christmas presents worth more than 100 euros each, 230 bottles of champagne, and a Christmas meal for 140 people with a tab of more than 13,500 euros, according to AFP.
A meal with some industrialists at the posh Parisian restaurant L'Ambroisie cost 449 euros a head.
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So now certain EU organizations are in charge of policing French campaign finance laws? I'm pretty sure this one's politically motivated, given Le Pen's anti-EU stance in the previous PM election, and she should rightly tell them to piss off.
[DAWN] Indian police said on Monday they have nabbed Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw! 23 people after five men were bludgeoned to death by a crazed mob in yet another horrific lynching to rock the country.
Local media estimate more than 25 people have been killed in recent months in similar cases sparked by false rumours spread on smartphones of child kidnapping or allegations of thievery or sexual harassment.
The latest incident saw eight men set upon in Dhule district, 330 kilometres from India's financial capital Mumbai in the western state of Maharashtra on Sunday.
Police said the attack began after locals spotted one of the eight talking to a child after they disembarked from a bus near the village of Rainpada.
"They were confronted by the locals who had gathered at the Sunday market after suspecting them to be child kidnappers," Dhule police chief M Ramkumar told AFP.
Three of them escaped but five were dragged to the village council office and beaten to death with sticks and blunt objects.
Police said they identified the alleged attackers from a video shot during the assault. Another dozen suspects were still on the run, they added.
Those killed were from Solapur district of the same state but some 450 kilometres away.
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There must be a mistake in the latest US UNROCA report as it says Pakistan and Saudi Arabia received RGM/UGM-109 Tomahawk cruise missiles in 2017. http://t.co/TrKHEgybm9
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An obvious blinding flash, but selling to country "A" does not necessarily mean that country "A" is the end user. The soon 'brushed aside' events in Benghazi of 2012 were not about animal rights or the opioid epidemic.
Apologies to Viktor may be in order:
The film "Lord of War," in which Nicolas Cage portrays an arms dealer who strongly resembles Bout, caused a stir worldwide when it was released in 2005. In the film Cage's character, Yuri Orlov, says: "There are over 550 million firearms in worldwide circulation. That's one firearm for every 12 people on the planet. The only question is: How do we arm the other 11?" When asked about the quote, Bout said: "It's cynical. Too bad for Cage, though. He deserved a better screenplay."
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If I remember rightly I read something about this last year. Sold by Obama administration and delivered last year.
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...Well, the good news is that the Pakis don't have anything even remotely capable of carrying a Tomahawk, and even if it was the BGM-109 Gryphon GLCM variant, those things need a LOT of space for maintenance and storage, not to mention being fairly easy to track. (On top of that, the extremely complex mobile launchers were destroyed with unseemly haste as soon as our leadership believed they could decently do so.) In addition, the Indians - if they believed this to be true - would be raising holy Hell right about now. So I'm calling a no on that one.
The Saudis...now there's an interesting possibility. The USAF and USN carry-tested inert Tomahawks on a bunch of different aircraft, but AFAIK have only been actually air-launched from two - the B-52 (natch) and the A-6. It wouldn't be impossible for the RSAF's F-15Es or Tornados to carry a couple each, but that's something that would take a few years of development and testing. Larger Saudi ships are not currently capable of carrying Tomahawk, though there seems to be no engineering reason why they couldn't - however, that would be a LOT of modification needed and it would be obvious what the ships are being refitted for.
On the other hand, if the Iranians are now wondering if the RSAF or RSN can now throw Tomahawks at them....it's not such a bad thing.
Mike
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the Pakis don't have anything even remotely capable of carrying a Tomahawk, and even if it was the BGM-109 Gryphon GLCM variant, those things need a LOT of space for maintenance and storage, not to mention being fairly easy to track.
Could they be taken apart for useful parts by Pakistani technicians, Mike? Or was this an ego acquisition on their part, destined to be kept on well-polished display?
MAE SAI, Thailand (AP) ‐ Rescuers located 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late Monday, more than a week after they went missing, bringing hope in a desperate search that has attracted international help and captivated the nation.
Chiang Rai provincial Gov. Narongsak Osatanakorn said the 13 were in the process of being rescued, but he cautioned that they were not out of peril yet.
"We found them safe. But the operation isn’t over," he said in comments broadcast nationwide.
Rescue divers had spent much of Monday making preparations for a final push to locate the lost soccer players, aged 11 to 16, and their 25-year-old coach. They disappeared when flooding trapped them after entering the Tham Luang Nang Non cave on June 23.
Thai navy SEAL divers and rescue workers from other countries made initial progress through the narrow passageway early Monday after passing through a key chamber on Sunday whose high, murky waters had previously blocked their progress.
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We went through this during a freak thunderstorm. The underground river quickly flooded the entire route passageway. We didn't plan for a SUBA situation. Ceiling air sucking is moving water is not where you want to be. Ever.
Seven members of a Thai navy SEALS unit, including a medic and a counselor, were staying with the group after its dramatic discovery on an elevated rock late on Monday by divers who had struggled for hours through narrow passages and murky waters.
A video shot by the rescuers in flickering torchlight 4 km (2.5 miles) from the mouth of the cave in Thailand’s northernmost province showed boys clad in shorts and red and blue shirts sitting or standing on the rock above an expanse of water.
The 13 have been given a gel with high calorie and mineral content to sustain them while rescue plans are worked out.
[Al Jazeera] Malaysia has frozen hundreds of bank accounts believed to be linked to sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, said officials.
The announcement on Monday came as the government stepped up an anti-graft probe that could engulf former Prime Minister Najib Razak.
A special government task force investigating a corruption scandal involving 1MDB said it froze 408 bank accounts containing a total of 1.1bn ringgit ($272m) last week.
"The accounts are believed to be connected with the misappropriation and misuse of 1MDB funds," the task force said in a statement.
"They involved nearly 900 transactions made between March 2011 and September 2015."
The funds in the frozen accounts came from individuals, political parties and non-government organisations, it said without mentioning names.
However, the task force's statement followed local media reports last week that accounts belonging to Najib's political party, the once-powerful United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), had been frozen.
Najib resigned as the party's leader days after his UMNO-dominated Barisan Nasional coalition - which ruled Malaysia for more than 60 years - was roundly defeated in the May 9 elections.
Najib is being investigated over allegations that billions of dollars were looted from 1MDB, a state fund he founded.
Both Najib and the fund deny any wrongdoing.
Premises linked to the former prime minister and his family were raided recently by the police, who uncovered a treasure trove of cash and valuables said to be worth up to 1.1bn ringgit.
The items included luxury handbags believed accumulated by his wife Rosmah, who has been widely criticised for her extravagant shopping sprees.
However, no charges have been filed against them so far.
Najib has said most of the items seized were gifts from friends and foreign dignitaries, including royalty, during special occasions such as official visits and birthdays.
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[Chicago Sun Times] Rescuers located 12 boys and their soccer coach alive deep inside a partially flooded cave in northern Thailand late Monday, more than a week after they went missing, bringing hope in a desperate search that has attracted international help and captivated the nation.
Provincial Gov. Osatanakorn said the 13 were in the process of being rescued, but he cautioned that they were not out of peril yet. Rains tend to fill up the cave. When is the rainy season in Thailand, I wonder?
Experts in cave rescues from around the world continued to gather at the site. An official Australian group has now followed a U.S. military team, British cave experts, Chinese lifesaving responders and several other volunteer groups from various countries.
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Even though this article was posted first, everyone is commenting on the other version, so perhaps this one should be snipped, as a duplicate. [sniff]
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I think you have me to blame for this one Bobby. My apologies.
[ABC] SAN FRANCISCO - The homeless encampments and drug addicts have become more visible to tourists, at times overshadowing the many landmarks that make San Francisco unique.
Groups that hold their conventions here continue to take notice.
"And it's not just groups but also a lot of individual travelers. We hear a lot from individual travelers that have come here and have had negative experiences on the streets and say they don't want to come back to San Francisco, said Joe D'Alessandro, President and CEO of the San Francisco Travel Association.
Chicago has the most medical associations in the country. One of those associations heard from its members about how unsafe they felt in San Francisco, so they will no longer hold future conventions here.
Conventions held at Moscone pour about $1.7 billion into the local economy. The fear is that once a group decides to withdraw, other event planners across the country may reconsider.
"This medical association decided not to go because they felt it was unsafe so why did you pick this particular venue, why didn't you pick a venue that was safe, certainly more affordable and easier to access, said Rob Enderle, a tech industry analyst.
The San Francisco Travel Association is optimistic about the momentum of the city's incoming mayor.
"It's one issue that the people of San Francisco agree, it's one issue that visitors agree about and we really need to tackle it head on to make a difference, expressed D'Alessandro.
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When are amy of these physicinas who politically grandstand about "guns in the home" going to admit that urban living is much more hazardous to the average person's health and disastrous for people who make poor personal choices?
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I haven't been to SF in awhile. Has this self-declared sanctuary city gone into the dumper as much as I read?
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San Fran is a mess. I'll never go there again. The panhandlers, the pee and poop on the streets make it a nightmare. The other factor is I don't want any of my money going to people who consistently reelect the likes of Nancy Pelosi and Gavin Newsom.
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Newsom BTW, served as Mayor of San Francisco from 2004 to 2011 and it was a frickin' mess in those days too. Now he's the Democrat nominee for governor in the November election. Can't wait to see what he does to California. If you think Moonbeam is bad...
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I have a solution to the homeless problem. Have all those "open borders" people remove all locks from the doors to their houses, Oh heck who am I kidding, the homeless will just break in with little problems.
That way the homeless has a place to stay and the owners gets first hand experiences on what's it's ;ole to have illegals invade their turf.
Jim Acosta leading decorum loss. They demand respect yet embarrass themselves and the "profession"
[DailyCaller] President Trump hosted the Prime Minister of the Netherlands at the White House Monday.
Trump noted that he was happy with the progress of picking a new Supreme Court Justice, noting that he spoke with four potential SCOTUS nominees. "I had a very, very interesting morning," Trump said, mentioning that he will speak with more potential nominees soon.
Trump also congratulated the new Mexican President-elect López Obrador and said he hoped that he can work with him on border security.
The Prime Minister of the Netherlands, Mark Rutte, was clearly shook by all the reporters shouting questions. Trump told the PM at the beginning of the meeting that it's like the "Academy Awards" as all the cameras flashed. After the presser, reporters continued shouting at the top of their lungs at the pair of world leaders.
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Unfortunately Trump is one of the few world leaders who does not order some of the more obnoxious journalists to be "silenced".
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.
[Wash Times] The white woman who gained notoriety by falsely claiming to be black and becoming an NAACP chapter president was booked Monday on charges of welfare fraud.
[Daily Caller] A nurse shark in Dugong Bay, Australia, attacked a woman Sunday, leaving her with a fracture and torn ligament in her hand.
[Al Jazeera] The European Parliament has ordered the political group of French far-right leader and former presidential candidate Marine Le Pen to reimburse more than 500,000 euros claimed in unjustified expenses, including expensive champagne and dinners.
[Al Jazeera] Malaysia has frozen hundreds of bank accounts believed to be linked to sovereign wealth fund 1MDB, said officials.
