[PAGESIX] In an emotional sentencing of the man who killed Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter, the defendant’s family screamed that it was all the famed "Shawshank Redemption" actor’s fault, alleging that he sexually abused the victim when she was younger.
"Morgan Freeman molested her and he caused this. He did this," Lamar Davenport’s mother yelled to a news hound as she was ushered out of court for shouting to her son when Justice Ellen Biben handed down a 20-year sentence.
"He’s innocent! It was an accident!" she insisted.
The long-suspected affair between Freeman and his step-granddaughter E’Dena Hines was finally confirmed during Davenport’s murder trial in Manhattan Supreme Court.
Davenport was convicted of stabbing Hines, who was his girlfriend, more than 25 times Aug. 16, 2015, on West 162nd Street.
He was in the throes of a PCP-induced rage when he slaughtered Hines in full view of neighbors and pedestrians.
In a partial win for the defense, Davenport was found guilty of the lesser included charge of manslaughter. He waived a jury trial, leaving his fate entirely in the hands of Biben.
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Not a fan of Morgan Freeman - but I fail to see the causality connection.
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So, the boyfriend "accidentally" stabbed her 25 times, and it's her grandfather's fault?
I'm calling for a Congressional Subcomittee Investigation on Torturing Logic, to be chaired by the delightful Ms Occaisonal-Cortex.
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[Dhaka Tribune] Gillette, one of the leading men’s grooming companies of the world, is facing major backlash and split opinion online for their latest advert which references bullying, the #MeToo movement and toxic masculinity.
After the launch of the ad on Gillette’s official YouTube channel on January 13 it has been watched more than 3 million times. The same video was also simultaneously released on their official Facebook page and was watched more than 1.5 million times. The company's short ad film, titled "Believe," replaces their 30-year-old famous tagline "The best a man can get" with "The best men can be."
The company has declared it wants men to hold each other "accountable."
Some have praised the message behind the advertisement, which aims to update the company's slogan, but most netizens are claiming Gillette is "dead" to them.
A lot of them also asked Gillette, owned by Procter & Gamble (P&G), to post an apology video for their new campaign against toxic masculinity.
Even major public figures like Piers Morgan, renowned journalist and media personality, have said they will boycott Gillette because of the message of the new advert.
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Been using single blade for reasons having nothing to do with Gillete's pusillanimity for years
I also use single blade house brands. The only P&G products we use consistently are Charmin, Frebreze (oder eliminator) and Dawn (dishwashing liquid) and those only when they are on sale for less than the store brand (which happens a lot for some reason)
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also, P&G stock fell about 10% yesterday but likely will recover at least half that today based on pre market action
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Well I've been using II, and then they disappeared from the stores - to be replaced by III. When I got used to III, they stated replacing them by IV. I said several things in Russian and went back to I. Been using it ever since .
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The company has declared it wants men to hold each other "accountable."
This is of course BS. The company, like any company, wants to sell its products. They just think that they'll get a lot of free advertising when they cause a "shitstorm", that's all.
Nike made the same bet with Kaepernick.
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Been using the Dollar Shave club for years. Nice razors for a really good price and no SJW bullshit.
And Nike’s sales went up as a result. Inner city blacks are a major segment of their customer base.
P&G stock fell about 10% yesterday but likely will recover at least half that today
I just looked at P&G’s stock price —91.62 at the moment. While it dropped slightly yesterday, it remains well within the recent range, which is at the high end of the historic range. We shall have to wait for the next quarterly report to see if this will have started to effect sales. I probably have six months of replacement blades in stock, so won’t be making any decisions until then — Mr. Wife is wearing a goatee at the moment, so we aren’t using them up quickly.
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Bic works for me when I bother shaving at all.
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And be sure to boycott all other P&G products as well. This morning I was happy to buy Speed Stick deodorant, NOT Old Spice. And I let P&G know about it.
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#13 - Sorry Gloria. You have my sympathies
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[FOX] A Virginia state senator this week began openly carrying a .38-caliber revolver strapped to her hip, calling it a "deterrent" against confrontational protesters and other potential threats.
Sen. Amanda Chase, a Republican freshman legislator, said she became concerned for her safety Monday after a group of immigration activists confronted her colleague, state Sen. Richard H. Black, over his bill to ban sanctuary cities.
The next day, Chase -- who claims she has long held a concealed carry permit -- was seen in the Virginia state Capitol in Richmond, visibly wearing a revolver.
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Armed legislators... a fine old American tradition. Has anyone else noted that ever since dueling was outlawed, the level of civil discourse has deteriorated?
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Really light weapon with pretty good stopping power. 1-2 taps ought to put someone out of commission. May not be the best for a crowd of feral yutes, though. Takes too long to reload.
Has a stiffer trigger pull out of the box than I prefer, but that could be modified.
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Revolvers are fine and the mechanism is simplicity itself so low probability of FTF or such. That being said, I prefer my Sig p226 in .40 with a spare mag although it is a bit heavy.
[Aljazeera] Sudanese police fired live ammunition at mourners outside the home of a protester who died early on Friday from a gunshot wound sustained the night before.
About 2,000 mourners gathered in the Burri neighbourhood where the man, Moawia Bashir Khalil, 60, was shot on Thursday. According to local reports, Khalil was killed inside his home for helping unarmed protesters hide from security forces.
A child and a doctor were also killed by gunfire in Burri on Thursday, said the Sudan Doctors' Committee (SDC), a group linked to the opposition.
Before police opened fire on Friday, some mourners pelted officers nearby with rocks and overturned and destroyed a police truck, witness video showed.
[PULSE.NG] The EU on Thursday decried the disproportionate use of force by Zim-bob-we authorities during protests in which doctors say 68 people suffered gunshot wounds.
"The escalation of violence in Zim-bob-we over recent days has been aggravated by the disproportionate use of force by security personnel," European Commission spokeswoman Maja Kocijancic said in a statement.
"We expect the Government of Zim-bob-we to uphold human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... and the rule of law, as enshrined in the constitution, and ensure due legal process for those detained," the statement added.
The EU also asked that the government "conduct a thorough investigation into the deaths and abuses over the last days."
Nationwide demonstrations erupted on Monday after President Emmerson Mnangagwa announced that fuel prices were being doubled in a country suffering regular shortages of fuel, food and medicine.
Mnangagwa, who succeeded ousted authoritarian president Bob Muggsy Mugabe Nonagenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case. Dumped in November 2017 when the Missus decided she wanted to be president, and opposed heer might against Crocodile Mnangawa Important safety tip: If your opponent goes by the name Crocodile andf your title is Shopper in Chief let him win.... in 2017, had promised a fresh start for Zim-bob-we after decades of repression and economic decline.
Brussels acknowledged that the Harare government had chosen the path of economic reforms, but said these could only be achieved through "inclusive national dialogue" that included "freedom of assembly, association and expression".
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>"inclusive national dialogue" that included "freedom of assembly, association and expression".
[France24] Colombia' s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded -- the worst such incident in the city in 16 years.
The defense ministry said the "terrorist act" was carried out using a vehicle packed with 80 kilograms (around 175 pounds) of explosives.
"Unfortunately, the preliminary toll is 21 people dead, including the person responsible for the incident, and 68 wounded," Colombian police said in a statement, adding 58 of those injured had been discharged from hospital. The defense ministry had previously reported 11 dead and 65 injured.
"All Colombians reject terrorism and we're united in fighting it," President Ivan Duque tweeted in the aftermath.
Later in a statement to the nation, he said he had ordered reinforcements to Colombia's borders and routes in and out of cities.
"I have also requested that priority be given to all the investigations ... to identify the masterminds of this terrorist attack and their accomplices," he said.
The bomber -- who authorities confirmed was killed in the attack -- struck at the General Francisco de Paula Santander Officer's School in the south of Bogota during a promotion ceremony for cadets.
No group has claimed responsibility, but public prosecutor Nestor Humberto Martinez named suspect Jose Aldemar Rojas Rodriguez as the "material author of this abominable crime."
Martinez said Rojas Rodriguez entered the school compound at 9:30 am (1430 GMT) driving a grey 1993 Nissan Patrol truck, but gave no details about the explosion.
He said the truck underwent an inspection in July in the Arauco department on the border with Venezuela -- a traditional stronghold of ELN Marxist guerrillas.
Right-wing Duque, who assumed power in August, has peddled a tough line against Marxist rebels and drug traffickers in the largest cocaine producer in the world.
Peace talks with ELN guerrillas -- who in the past have claimed responsibility for bomb attacks on police -- stalled before Duque replaced Juan Manuel Santos as president, and have not been restarted.
Duque has made several demands, including the release of all hostages, as prerequisites to kick-starting the peace process, but the ELN has dismissed those as unacceptable.
After the 2016 peace accord signed by Santos and FARC guerrillas, turning the former rebels into a political party, the ELN is considered the last active rebel group in a country that has suffered more than half a century of conflict.
That cycle of violence has also involved paramilitaries, drug traffickers and other Marxist rebels, including FARC dissidents.
[PULSE.NG] Brazilian and US officials met Venezuelan opposition leaders in Brasilia Thursday to discuss the political crisis in the oil-rich country ruled by President Nicolas Maduro, an opposition source told AFP.
The gathering was chaired by Brazilian Foreign Minister Ernesto Araujo and took place without figuring on official agendas and with no access for journalists.
Brazil's government news agency Agencia Brasil said the participants discussed "alternatives to the political and economic crisis in Venezuela, which has caused shortages, the fleeing of migrants and complaints of human rights violations."
The agency did not detail who took part in the meeting, at the Brazilian foreign ministry.
Venezuelan opposition activist David Smolansky, a former mayor who heads a technical group in the Organization of American States on the Venezuelan crisis, told AFP his side was "meeting with many countries to increase pressure on Nicolas Maduro's regime."
He called Brazil "a country with a big influence in the region."
The Venezuelan leaders who participated were Julio Borges, the former head of parliament who lives in exile in Colombia, Antonio Ledezma, a former Caracas mayor now based in Spain, and Carlos Vecchio, a political coordinator for the opposition Popular Will party.
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[PULSE.NG] A car kaboom on a police cadet training school in the Colombian capital Bogota left at least eight people dead and 10 injured on Thursday, the defense ministry said.
The attack happened at the General Francisco de Paula Santander Officer's School in the south of Bogota during a promotion ceremony for cadets.
Fanny Contreras, the armed forces' health inspector, told local radio the car "entered (the school compound) suddenly, almost hitting the police and then there was the kaboom."
Early images from City TV showed ambulances traveling through the area close to the school in the south of Bogota.
"All Colombians reject terrorism and we're united in fighting it," President Ivan Duque tweeted.
Vowing to "bring to justice" those responsible for the attack, Duque added: "COLOMBIA is sad but will not bow to violence."
A security council meeting that Duque was due to attend outside the capital has been cancelled, with the president saying he would return to Bogota immediately.
The defence ministry said an investigation has been opened "to find those responsible for this terrorist act."
Ecuador's center-left President Lenin Moreno said he would call Duque to "express all our solidarity with our Colombian brothers."
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[Newsweek] Whistleblower Edward Snowden hit out at Central Intelligence Agency Director Gina Haspel on Thursday, questioning how the CIA chief was able to get "promoted" despite overseeing the country's torture program.
Speaking at a conference on "National Security Whistleblowing and Government Secrecy" in London, U.K. via videolink, the National Security agency whistleblower, who fled to Russia from the U.S. in 2013, said America's "culture of impunity" has "corrupted not just our system of intelligence, but really, our system of government."
Snowden, who copied and leaked highly classified information from the NSA in 2013, exposing a number of global surveillance programs run by the NSA and the Five Eyes Intelligence Alliance, said Americans should question how Haspel could get promoted to the top job in the CIA.
"People just want to get ahead... They want to be the best," Snowden said. "So what does it tell them when they see that you can literally torture people and you will be promoted rather than prosecuted?"
It was a concern shared by many Democrats and watchdog groups after President Donald Trump decided to nominate Haspel for the top CIA job.
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I'd rather deal with terrorists than torture people. I can't believe people are onboard with these warmonger neo-cons and the deep state. WTF?
If the intelligence community wasn't committing multiple felonies every day, Snowden wouldn't have had anything to expose.
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> "I'd rather deal with terrorists than torture people".
I'm not saying it's particularly good or effective, it's just that people are OK with it because they think it will work. Personally I have no problems with using violence on those who would initiate violence on me. Both terrorists and the states employees.
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Re #4. Yes. After the failed sheriff candidate in NC joking about it being "Okay" to go the cold dead hands route with gun owners, all gummint functionaries should understand everything is "on the table" under certain circumstances.
For all other terrorists, it should be on the table whether they understand it or not...
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So..... Dronezapping terrorists in automobiles (The Other passengers shoulda known better!) is A-Okay™ for some people, but Waterboarding is the Ultimate Evil™ Like "Running a death camp like Auschwitz of Treblinka!!!1!!"
Gotcha. You are either a One Issue Fanatic™ or are just looking for a partisan political issue to wound your political foes with.
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Jeebus, Herb, your Virtue Signalling bled all over my screen. We should let you personally visit to "deal" with these people
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There is a difference between torture for torture's sake and enhanced interrogation.
Read Lee Ellis's book "Leading with Honor". He was a POW in the Hanoi Hilton (John McCain's roommate). The stuff the POWs went through was TORTURE.
Some people think we should only interrogate terrorists over warm milk and cookies (or tea if they're vegan).
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"Snowden, who copied and leaked highly classified information from the NSA "
[Ynet] The United States on Wednesday rejected a Russian offer to save a landmark treaty that keeps nuclear missiles out of Europe ...also known as Moslem Lebensraum... because it could not be properly verified, setting the stage for Washington to withdraw from the pact next month.
After a meeting in Geneva between Russian and US officials, US Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security Andrea Thompson said Moscow was refusing to allow proper inspection of a new Russian missile system that Washington says breaks the 1987 Intermediate-range Nuclear Forces Treaty (INF).
The INF treaty, negotiated by then-President Ronald Reagan and Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev and ratified by the US Senate, eliminated the medium-range missile arsenals of the world's two biggest nuclear powers and reduced their ability to launch a nuclear strike at short notice.
The treaty bans land-based missiles with a range between 500 kms and 5,500 kms (300-3400 miles).
"We weren't able to break any new ground yesterday with Russia," Thompson said of the Jan. 15 meeting with Russian Foreign Ministry officials.
"Based on yesterday's discussions and corresponding rhetoric today, we see no indication that Russia would choose compliance," Thompson told news hounds.
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Let the European Union negotiate a treaty to keep nuclear missiles "out of Europe"... they have all of that Soft Power™ expertise they can unleash on the Russians. Let's buy more popcorn and sit back to watch the show.
[Ynet] Japan is turning increasingly to Israel for technological solutions in a bid to collaborate on innovative new business projects, industry experts and officials revealed. Hoping to remain at the forefront of the competition, Japanese investors, government agencies and senior members of the private sector are shifting resources more and more outward towards international business opportunities.
This week, Japanese Minister of Economy, Trade and Industry Hiroshige Seko is touring Israel with Tokyo’s largest business delegation to the Jewish state to date. Some 150 representatives from 90 companies are taking part, including executives from Mitsubishi, Hitachi and Toshiba.
Following China’s lead, and Europe, and Silicon Valley
[Guardian] A senior North Korean general has arrived in Washington for a rare visit, during which he is expected to meet Donald Trump as the two countries seek to finalise a new summit aimed at denuclearisation and easing decades of hostility.
Kim Yong-chol, a right-hand man to North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, abruptly cancelled his last planned talks in the United States ‐ a meeting set two months ago with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo ‐ and this time the administration was cautious in announcing his visit in advance.
But an American source, who could not be identified as the schedule has not been announced, said that Pompeo would welcome Kim on Friday for a meal in Washington before the two were expected to head together to the White House.
[CAPITALFM.CO.KE] A giant beach resort in North Korea is nearing completion, a US monitor said Thursday, with satellite pictures showing rapid progress on the sprawling development, now equipped with a water slide and cinema.
The seaside strip known as the Wonsan-Kalma Coastal Tourist Area is squeezed between a new airport and the country’s east coast, in an area that has previously been used for artillery drills and ballistic missile launches.
It is intended as a centrepiece of the isolated country’s nascent tourism industry as Pyongyang seeks to develop its economy despite international sanctions imposed over its nuclear weapons programmes.
North Korea receives an estimated 100,000 foreign tourists a year, the vast majority of them Chinese, according to industry sources, but Pyongyang issues no official figures itself.
The site’s construction has been closely overseen by leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... and plans have been announced for a grand opening in October, when the country marks the 74th anniversary of the founding of the ruling Workers’ Party of Korea.
The respected 38 North website released satellite images taken as recently as December showing that most buildings previously under construction were "nearing external completion and several new or redesigned buildings were in advanced stages".
Kim, who reportedly spent his childhood summers in the area, visited the site at least three times last year according to state media, sometimes berating officials in charge of the works and issuing detailed orders.
Kim "found that the whole street was not perfect in the artistic aspect", the official KCNA news agency reported after his October inspection.
"He instructed officials to envisage the construction of more hotels and inns with over 30 floors," it added, along with more games arcades, movie theatres and an "all-event stadium", plus a "large water park and funfair".
Satellite photos from December 28 indicated the resort was growing into a "vast beach complex", 38 North said.
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[BBC] Germany is considering ways to block Huawei from its next generation mobile phone network, according to reports.
Berlin is exploring stricter security requirements which may prevent Huawei products being used in its 5G network.
Many countries have pushed against the involvement of the Chinese technology firm in their 5G networks over security concerns.
The networks represent the next big wave of mobile infrastructure.
The Chinese company, one of the world's biggest producers of telecoms equipment, has faced resistance from foreign governments over the risk that its technology could be used for espionage.
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Many companies also ban Huawei products from their networks.
My Huawei phone got 'kicked off' my company's network. When I asked why I was told it was for security concerns. This is at a very large multi-national corporation which does a lot of business in China.
Makes you wonder if there's some fire under all that smoke.
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Huawei has been a bad actor for a long, long time. It's surprising to me that some of these people have taken so long to figure it out. I remember back in the 1990's people at Cisco saying they knew Huawei pirated their router firmware because they recognized the same bugs in it. Face it, to be a good communist, you must be willing to steal and commit murder. Why would anyone expect ethical business practices from such people?
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Press Release: "We're now Huaweii, and have a corporate office on Molokai. All good now, K?"
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[DAWN] A young man died after his head got stuck in an automatic door at the entrance to a five star hotel near Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's PIDC area on Thursday, according to police and hospital officials.
Saddar SP Abdullah Ahmed told Dawn that the head of 28-year-old Sirajuddin got stuck in an automatic door at the entrance to Movenpick Hotel when he tried to pass through it hurriedly.
The young man sustained serious injuries and was rushed to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC), where he died during treatment.
Dr Seemin Jamali, executive director of the hospital, said that the young man received critical injuries on his head and face.
"He was at death's door when he was brought to the hospital and died during treatment," she confirmed.
The dear departed used to supply ice to the five star hotel and hailed from Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Pishin district, said the police.
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Hopefully he didnt reproduce and the gene pool has been improved by his Darwinising.
Ummm... a pious young man of the sword
Once sought his Islamic reward
On a pushbike of doom,
But he never kaboomed!
Thank the Moors in that four-door Accord.
[Rudaw] ERBIL, Kurdistan Region ‐ One person was killed and three others maimed, possibly by a remnant from the Iran-Iraqi war in Soran, Erbil province on Wednesday.
"Today, due to a munitions fragment, a person named Mohammed Khidir, aged 53, was killed in the village of Sitkan in Soran," read a statement from the Erbil Mines Affairs Department.
Three other people were maimed in the same incident and rushed to hospital in Erbil.
The cause of the accident is unclear, the statement added, but said remnants from the war spread throughout the mountainous region are a danger.
"Every year, many citizens become victims for various reasons due to war debris," it said.
The war between Iran and Iraq ended on August 20, 1988, but is still claiming lives.
[Ynet] In addition to rocket fire and airborne incendiary devices, residents of Israeli communities bordering Gazoo are now battling putrid smell of giant landfills and sewage from the strip's northern neighborhoods that’s polluting Israel's groundwater.
The residents of Israeli communities bordering Gazoo, who for years have been dealing with Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", rocket attacks and most recently incendiary airborne devices scorching their land, have found themselves battling another hazardous nuisance. Polluted sewage is being pumped from Gazoo into the Israeli side of the border after a collapse of the local wastewater treatment plant, making the lives of the local residents a living nightmare.
Due to the dire economic situation in Gazoo, the wastewater plant cannot undergo the needed treatments, prompting Paleostinians living in the northern neighborhoods of the Strip‐Beit Hanoun and Beit Lahia‐to drain sewage into Nahal Hanun, which crosses Israel and empties into the sea, polluting the groundwater in the process.
In order to stop wastewater flow and reduce the environmental damage, the Water Authority has recently set up a pumping station near the Erez border crossing, which effectively made Israel responsible for water purification of the northern Gazoo Strip. Before the Israeli intervention, the moshavim and kibbutzim near the border‐Netiv HaAsara, Erez, Yad Mordechai, and Zikim‐suffered from a continuous onslaught of mosquitoes and flies.
"The dangerous thing is that the Paleostinians in Gazoo pump water from water wells in an uncontrolled manner, polluting the groundwater we use," said David Rosenberg, director of infrastructure and water in the Sha'ar Hanegev Regional Council. "They do not have the knowledge and the tools to pump groundwater ... and any drilling only results in salinity of the water. The environmental damage that’s being done is tremendous."
As well as that, massive piles of trash have accumulated in the area bordering the Eshkol Regional Council after three giant landfills were set up along the border fence, leaving the locals to cope with a putrid and toxic smell being carried by the wind across the border.
The landfills are derelict as dry and wet waste gets mixed up and subsequently burned, increasing the environmental impact. Insects and rodents that breed in the landfills then also make their way across the border, infesting the Israeli communities. In addition, disease-ridden cats and dogs that feed off the landfill constantly breach the fence, engendering the local residents.
"It's a daily war, and even though it may sound as something insignificant, swarms of mosquitoes invading from Gazoo could result in a disaster for Israel," said a source in the Water Authority.
A source from one of the local authorities along the Gazoo border called the current environmental situation "hopeless."
"The environment is the last thing that the residents of Gazoo are concerned with. Their solutions are temporary and usually do more harm than good. The government is aware of the situation, but hasn’t done anything."
[News24] The Irish Medical Journal recently published a case study of a 33-year-old man who injected himself with his own semen once a month to treat back pain.
According to the doctors who reported the case, the man had been complaining about a severe, sudden onset of backache after lifting a heavy steel object. The man, who had been suffering from regular bouts of backache throughout is life, decided to take matters into his own hands, purchased a hypodermic needle online and started injecting himself with his own semen.
Redness and rapid swelling
The case study reveals that the man "devised this cure without any independent medical advice". He had been injecting himself with an undisclosed dose of semen once a month, for at least 18 months.
[DAWN] Malaysia has said it will revise a national school textbook after a section suggesting girls should cover up to avoid sexual assault sparked outrage among women’s rights supporters.
The book, aimed at nine-year-olds, includes a chapter called "protecting one’s dignity" in which a girl’s parents are shown telling her to dress modestly or she would be ostracised by her friends and bring shame to her family.
The image went viral on social media, causing anger among campaigners and parents who said it perpetuated the idea that sexual violence could be blamed on how a woman dresses.
The education ministry said in a statement late Tuesday it would cover up the controversial page with stickers "because the infographic can be construed as blaming sexual assault victims".
"We welcome the ministry’s decision," Mastura Rashid, a spokeswoman from women right’s group Empower, told the Thomson Rooters Foundation on Wednesday. She said the image "reinforces the stereotype that it is the girl’s fault when it comes to sexual violence".
Rights group Sisters in Islam said the portrayal of women in the book was "highly inappropriate".
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[FOX] An estimated 100,000 people are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., on Friday for the 45th March for Life, with President Trump reportedly sending a message of support via video.
The event is among the most high-profile events organized by the nation's opponents of abortion, which was made legal across the U.S. by the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973.
"Here we are at the 45th year ‐ we never anticipated that we would be here for so long," Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life, told Fox News ahead of the rally. "Today, we grieve the loss of life. But it’s also an enthusiastic time; we’re changing hearts and minds."
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.
[PAGESIX] In an emotional sentencing of the man who killed Morgan Freeman’s granddaughter, the defendant’s family screamed that it was all the famed "Shawshank Redemption" actor’s fault, alleging that he sexually abused the victim when she was younger.
[Aljazeera] Sudanese police fired live ammunition at mourners outside the home of a protester who died early on Friday from a gunshot wound sustained the night before.
[France24] Colombia' s government declared three days of mourning Thursday after at least 21 people died in a car bomb at a Bogota police cadet training academy, and 68 were wounded -- the worst such incident in the city in 16 years.
[Newsweek] Whistleblower Edward Snowden hit out at Central Intelligence Agency Director Gina Haspel on Thursday, questioning how the CIA chief was able to get "promoted" despite overseeing the country's torture program. 
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
North Korea
[BBC] Germany is considering ways to block Huawei from its next generation mobile phone network, according to reports.
[DAWN] A young man died after his head got stuck in an automatic door at the entrance to a five star hotel near 
[Rudaw] ERBIL, Kurdistan Region ‐ One person was killed and three others 
[News24] The Irish Medical Journal recently published a case study of a 33-year-old man who injected himself with his own semen once a month to treat back pain.
[FOX] An estimated 100,000 people are expected to gather in Washington, D.C., on Friday for the 45th March for Life, with President Trump reportedly sending a message of support via video.
