[BISMARCKTRIBUNE] A former NAACP leader in Washington state who was exposed in 2015 as a white woman pretending to be black has reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud.
Rachel Dolezal, who changed her name to Nkechi Diallo two years ago, was charged with two felonies last May.
Investigators alleged she failed to report tens of thousands of dollars in income from her memoir, "In Full Color: Finding My Place in a Black and White World," and other sources, so she could collect $8,847 in food and child care assistance from the state.
The Spokesman-Review reported Friday that Diallo entered into an agreement with prosecutors March 25 in Spokane County Superior Court to repay the money and complete 120 hours of community service to avoid a trial.
"I think that this is a fair resolution of the case," her attorney, Bevan Maxey, said Thursday. "I don't think it was Ms. Diallo's intent to defraud anyone. I think this will allow her to move forward in her life."
"She's a very intelligent and creative woman and I hope that she can put this behind her," Maxey said.
Diallo was born to white parents and grew up near Troy, Montana.
She has said she began to change her perspective on race as a teenager, after her religious parents adopted four black children. She decided to become publicly black years later, after a divorce.
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"What better way to 'be black' than as a welfare queen?"
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...has reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Chinese millionaire paid close top double the asking price for a home owned by Harvard's fencing coach just months before his son was recruited by the man and offered a spot at the Ivy League University. The Boston Globe reports that entrepreneur Jie 'Jack' Zhao purchased the Massachusetts home of Harvard's fencing coach Peter Brand in 2016 for $989,500, despite the fact that he had never seen the property and its assessed value was $549,300. A short time later his son Edward, 19, was recruited by Brand for the fencing squad and then accepted into Harvard.
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Very high status woman can't find an even higher status man. Such men as meet her sky high standards wouldn't want her as she's unpleasant and high maintenance.
And whose fault is this? Whom does she blame for the situation? MEN.
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maybe Charlene should MAN UP and stay single like most men nowadays
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Charlize. Damn autocorrect
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I couldn't quite place her either. Wikipedia is your fiend, so ... curious. She's an activist who believes that if you want to fight AIDS in Africa, the native organizations on the ground are the ones who know how to do things--but in the USA you can't trust the grass-roots and you have to tell them how to act and believe.
Sorry to disappoint a lady, but I'm spoken for already. And (how do I put this tactfully?) you wouldn't be on my short list.
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[PAGESIX] Olivia Jade Giannulli believes her parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, "ruined everything" for her because of their alleged involvement in the high-profile college admissions scandal, according to a new report. Isn't this the one who said she was just in school for the partying?
"[Olivia] was passionate about her career, and now everything she built has imploded before her eyes," an insider told Us Weekly. "She feels they ruined everything." I feel so sorry for her. She'll have to go to a community college and major in hairdressing.
Olivia Jade, 19, and her sister, Isabella Rose, 20, used to be "so close" to their "Full House" star mother ‐ but their relationship has since been strained, a second source told the outlet.
"[Olivia] is not talking to her parents right now. [She] feels she is the victim," the insider shared. "Olivia blames her mom and dad for this scandal and for the downfall of her career."
The YouTuber and beauty influencer, who has racked up more than 2 million views on her online videos, lost partnerships with TRESemme and Sephora in the wake of the scandal.
Prosecutors charge that Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, a fashion designer, allegedly paid $500,000 to get their daughters into the University of Southern Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, by pretending they were competitive rowing recruits.
Her parents have been released on $1 million bond each. Both appeared in court Wednesday.
Both Olivia Jade and her sister have dropped out of USC for fear of being bullied over the scandal.
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Note that they dropped out because of FEAR of being bullied, not that they were.
Plus she is the victim here. She should thank them for that. Victim hood is better than gold in the millenial marketplace, right?
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"Influencer" = paid shill. Advertisers are free to spend their money as they will, but this blew up in their faces as much as it did in poor Olivia's. If she was really raking in so much gelt, why didn't she just strike out on her own before the college scam hit?
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Getting caught often does ruin the scam. It's one of the reasons that criming be hard.
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They have the distinct blessing of finding out who their real friends are.
Imagine, at 19 years old, thinking you are a successful advertising agent with two major endorsements, college education qualified and a division 1 athlete to not only find out it is all a lie bought and paid for, but never really knowing if the 2 million followers were earned or not.
I know, not Nebraska rancher real world problems, but that is late in life to suddenly have to have real world problems, and glimpse into the fukupery of the post-modern rich and famous lifestyles. I know, next I'll shock you with Jaden Smith is a horrible actor who only got screen time because of his somehow popular textbook American Dream father.
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Hmmm....so on dating sites besides basic data like pictures (with kittens and/or dogs), height, weight, income, profession, and the joys of long walks in the park, males should also post sperm count?
[Jpost] The United States will impose sanctions on 34 vessels owned or operated by Venezuelan state-run oil firm PDVSA, U.S. Vice President Mike Pence said on Friday, in a new blow against the government.
The United States will also sanction two additional companies that transport Venezuelan crude to Cuba, Pence said in a speech in Houston.
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Venezuela, under Hugo Chavez, should not have expropriated U.S. oil companies back in 2007. Chavez ruined their oil industry. Cuba is still dealing with the blowback of appropriating American industry in Cuba after Castro came to power. The Communist model doesn't work.
[NEWS.SKY] The Russian army has trained "psychic" special forces to use telepathy in combat, according to the country's defence ministry.
A report published in the official magazine of the Russian Ministry of Defence, Armeysky Sbornik (Army Digest), explains that fighters are taught to "defeat the enemy with non-contact methods" by training with dolphins.
"Parapsychological" skills were perfected by soldiers while fighting in Chechnya, the article said.
Parapsychology is the study of paranormal and psychic phenomena, including clairvoyance and telepathy.
Telepathy can be used for commanding foreign languages, the report claims, and can reduce the amount of pain felt by a maimed colleague and locate caches of enemy weapons.
Non-verbal interrogation is also apparently possible through telepathy.
"Fighters can see right through the enemy soldier: what kind of person they are, what their weak and strong sides are and whether they can be recruited [as a spy]," the magazine said. "We cannot allow our enemies to close the paranormal abilities gap. We need more dolphins!"
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[EN.YNA.CO.KR] North Korea's main newspaper slammed South Korea on Friday over its joint training with the United States to enforce U.N.-led sanctions against the communist nation, calling it a move that runs counter to the peace efforts on the Korean Peninsula.
In a commentary, the Rodong Sinmun said the allies' joint exercises, including the one to crack down on illegal ship-to-ship transfers recently held near the southern Jeju Island, are causing "serious concerns."
"These joint training exercises that the South Korean military held with the U.S. go against people's aims and the international community's demands," it said.
A U.S. Coast Guard vessel, the USCGC Bertholf (WMSL-750), held a joint drill with the South Korea's Coast Guard last month to combat the North's maritime sanctions evasions, such as illicit ship-to-ship transfers of fuel and goods.
"Joint military training with foreign forces, which is the root of the tension on the Korean Peninsula, should not be allowed, and the deployment of military equipment from outside, including strategic assets, should also be completely suspended," the newspaper said.
North Korean propaganda outlets have been running similar articles denouncing joint drills between Seoul and Washington.
Meari, one of the North's propaganda websites, said, "Cooperation with foreign forces is the root of the breakdown of North-South relations."
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How much training does one need to put a shell below the waterline of both ships?
Recent commercial satellite imagery of the #DPRK's Yongbyon Nuclear Scientific Research Center showed a crane at the Experimental Light Water Reactor. https://t.co/wZKWT2568J
[The Hill] The U.S economy added 196,000 jobs in March, the Labor Department reported Friday, rebounding from a dismal February hiring slowdown.
The unemployment rate and held steady at 3.8 percent as the labor force participation rate stayed even at 63 percent.
Hourly earnings also increased by 3.2 percent in the past 12 months, slightly lower than February’s annual rate of 3.4 percent.
The March report brings average monthly employment growth to 180,000 for the first quarter of 2019 following gains of 312,000 jobs in January and 33,000 in February, according to revised totals released Friday.
The ADP National Employment Report released on Wednesday said private sector employment rose by 129,000 workers in March, increasing at its slowest pace in 18 months.
The bounce back toward strong job growth could help curb fears of an impending U.S. recession, even as monthly jobs gains and gross domestic product growth are likely to moderate in 2019.
[CNBC] Job creation posted a solid rebound in March, with nonfarm payrolls expanding by 196,000 and the unemployment rate holding steady at 3.8 percent, according to a Burea of Labor Statistics report Friday.
That was better than the 175,000 Dow Jones estimate and comes after a dismal February [initially just 20k job growth later revised to 33k]
that had economists wondering whether the decade-old economic expansion was nearing an end. The unemployment rate met expectations.
Wage gains fell off the recent strong pace, increasing just 0.14 percent for the month and 3.2 percent year over year, below expectations of the 3.4 percent pace from last month. The average work week increased by 0.1 hour to 34.5 hours.
A broader gauge of unemployment tha also counts discouraged workers and those holding part-time jobs for economic reasons also was unchaged at 7.3 percent. The measure, known as the "real unemployment rate" is down from 7.9 percent a year ago.
Job gains were fairly broad based.
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[FOREIGNPOLICY] For years, North Macedonia had watched from the sidelines as neighbors and former Soviet bloc countries came into the fold of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... and the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... . Its own bids to join the institutions sputtered and stalled, primarily over a bitter and decades-long name dispute with neighboring Greece.
Now, North Macedonia will get a first taste of membership, following a historic deal that resolved the dispute last June. Its foreign minister, Nikola Dimitrov, will attend a meeting of NATO foreign ministers in Washington on Thursday‐ahead of what North Macedonia hopes will be full membership by the end of the year.
"It is quite a privilege to finally be around the table," Dimitrov told Foreign Policy in an interview. "Those on the inside forget how cold it is outside."
Dimitrov’s spot at the NATO table is a significant step for the small southeastern European country of 2 million. It also represents one of the few feel-good stories for an alliance embroiled in tense standoffs with Russia and suffering from internal divisions‐including regular swipes from the U.S. president.
"I think there is a great measure of enthusiasm and excitement also among the allies," Dimitrov said.
The deal between Athens and Skopje also brings a new dynamic to the Balkans region, still mired in political tensions two decades after the devastating wars of the 1990s and suffering setbacks to democratic reforms.
North Macedonia’s NATO membership would be a blow for Russia, which has tried to strong-arm smaller Balkan countries into staying out of the West’s orbit. Moscow was reportedly behind a botched coup plot in Montenegro in 2016, ahead of elections there widely viewed as a referendum on the country joining NATO. The plot was foiled, and Montenegro became the 29th member in 2017.
U.S. President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... , who has repeatedly questioned the utility of NATO and pushed allies to spend more on defense, cast doubt in an interview last year on whether having Montenegro in the alliance was valuable. Some U.S. officials are nervous that he may take a similar view of North Macedonia.
In the interview in July 2018, Fox News host Tucker Carlson asked Trump: "Why should my son go to Montenegro to defend it from attack?"
"I understand what you’re saying. I’ve asked the same questions. Montenegro is a tiny country with very strong people," Trump said. "[They have] very aggressive people. They may get aggressive, and then congratulations, you’re in World War III."
When asked about this exchange, Dimitrov said he believed there was "very strong bipartisan support" in Washington for North Macedonia joining NATO and that the alliance would strengthen its hand by bringing new members into the fold. He added that Trump recently sent his prime minister a letter praising the name deal with Greece as "probably the biggest achievement in the region since Dayton," referring to the 1995 Dayton Accords that ended the war in Bosnia.
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[BBC] A Pakistani woman has publicly accused her husband of beating her and shaving her head for refusing to dance for him and his friends, in a case that has raised new concerns about women's safety in the country.
Asma Aziz, from Lahore, made headlines when she published a shocking video on social media showing her shaven head and bruised face.
Her husband, Mian Faisal, and a servant are both in police custody. Mr Faisal has denied torture.
However, the case has prompted calls for more to be done to protect women from domestic violence.
In a tweet, Amnesty International said "systemic change" was necessary.
[THEGUARDIAN] Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has warned Beijing to back off from a disputed island in the South China Sea, warning of "suicide missions" if China touches it.
Duterte, aiming to attract trade and investment from China, has mostly withheld his early criticism of Beijing’s expansive claims to the sea ‐ a point of regional contention because trillions of dollars of goods pass through it.
But as the Philippine military warned this week that hundreds of Chinese coastguard and fishing vessels had "swarmed" the Manila-held Pag-asa island, also known as Thitu, the Philippine president spoke out late on Thursday.
"I will not plead or beg, but I am just telling you that lay off the Pag-asa because I have soldiers there," Duterte said in speech to prosecutors.
"If you touch it, that’s another story. Then I will tell my soldiers ’prepare for suicide missions’."
Duterte has repeatedly said war with China would be futile and that the Philippines would lose and suffer heavily in the process.
His words came after his department of foreign affairs issued a statement calling the Chinese ships’ presence an "illegal" violation of Philippine illusory sovereignty.
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...The Philippine Marines are actually quite good, and their navy is pretty solid and professional. Trouble is, no air support and questionable upkeep on their ships (at least one or two WWII veteran ships still on duty) means their guys, regardless of bravery and motivation, will have short, exciting careers.
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(Reuters) - When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding - and that her doctors in the family’s Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple.
But two weeks ago the entire family - along with proud doctors - beamed as Uma Louise Dougherty came into the world at the Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha. Grandmother and baby are both healthy - and Uma was delivered the old-fashioned way.
The circumstances of Uma’s birth are a testament to changing social mores as well as the dramatic advances in senior health made by modern medicine and healthy lifestyles.
"I wanted to do it as a gift from a mother to her son," Cecile Eledge said.
News of Uma’s conception, delivery and birth made headlines across the globe. On social media, the family was inundated with messages - most of them positive but some extremely angry and negative, Matthew Eledge said.
"People from all around the world have been reaching out," Matthew Eledge said. "They want to help in any way that they can." The family is trying to ignore the negative reactions - the people who wrongly think that Matthew had sex with his own mother to produce the baby, or who leave homophobic remarks.
When they set out to start their family, Matthew Eledge and Elliott Dougherty were already aware of the toll that prejudice could take. In 2015, Matthew Eledge had lost his job as a teacher at a Catholic school after the pair announced they would be married.
That led to concerns that they would be denied permission to adopt a baby in their conservative home state. So they decided to try in vitro fertilization with a donated egg and a surrogate to carry the fetus.
To their delight, Dougherty’s sister, Lea Yribe, offered to donate her eggs. The eggs were fertilized with sperm from Matthew Eledge, giving Uma genetic material from both sides of the family.
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.
[BISMARCKTRIBUNE] A former NAACP leader in Washington state who was exposed in 2015 as a white woman pretending to be black has reached an agreement to avoid trial on charges of welfare fraud.
[PAGESIX] Olivia Jade Giannulli believes her parents, Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli, "ruined everything" for her because of their alleged involvement in the high-profile college admissions scandal, according to a new report.
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[BBC] A Pakistani woman has publicly accused her husband of beating her and shaving her head for refusing to dance for him and his friends, in a case that has raised new concerns about women's safety in the country.
(Reuters) - When Cecile Eledge offered to carry a baby for her adult son and his husband, they thought she was kidding - and that her doctors in the family’s Nebraska hometown would balk at a 61-year-old woman serving as a surrogate for a gay couple.
