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Iran foreign minister calls Trump peace plan for Middle East 'delusional'
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Florida nine-year-old arrested for 'attempting to murder his five-year-old sister by stabbing her multiple times while shouting "die, die"'
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 13:09 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When police asked him why, he replied that he 'wanted to be able to go outside'

Probably had to take care of his sister while his parent(s?) were gone or in a stupor (CPS anyone?). Getting rid of her is how a really maladjusted 9 year old would act to get his way.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/28/2020 15:03 Comments || Top||

#2  There's Florida Man, now Florida child.
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/28/2020 15:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Grows up to work for Planned Parenthood?
Posted by: magpie || 01/28/2020 19:08 Comments || Top||


Prince Andrew not providing much assistance with Jeffrey Epstein Probe
[Breitbart] NEW YORK (AP) ‐ A U.S. prosecutor overseeing the Jeffrey Epstein sex trafficking investigation said Monday that Britain’s Prince Andrew has been uncooperative in the inquiry so far.

Speaking at a news conference outside Epstein’s New York mansion, U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman, the top federal prosecutor in Manhattan, said prosecutors and the FBI had contacted Prince Andrew’s lawyers and asked to interview him.

"To date, Prince Andrew has provided zero cooperation," Berman said.

The Associated Press has asked Buckingham Palace for comment.

Andrew announced last year that he was withdrawing from his royal duties amid renewed attention of his friendship with Epstein, and a woman’s claim that she had several sexual encounters with the prince, starting when she was 17.

Virginia Roberts Giuffre says that after meeting her in Florida in 2000, Epstein flew her around the world and pressured her into having sex with numerous older men, including Andrew, two senior U.S. politicians, a noted academic, wealthy financiers and the attorney Alan Dershowitz, who is now part of President Donald Trump’s impeachment defense team.

All of those men have denied the allegations.

Related: The Guardian - Prince Andrew told to 'stop playing games' over Epstein inquiry
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 04:57 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What good is being a prince if you can’t girls.
Posted by: Uleck Spererong9442 || 01/28/2020 7:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Is a skiing 'accident' forthcoming, or is that only for people who cross the Clintons?
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2020 7:51 Comments || Top||

#3  You guys/gals know Ghislaine Maxwell backstory? Her dad, Robert Maxwell, was most likely Mossad. Her dad sold antivirus software to dictators, The Promis Program, with a backdoor which did damage to the Mugabe gov't.

Additionally, Thomas Cook was bought by Robert Maxwel - too small of a world, my belief coincidences are rarer than we think - Jimmy Saville was a consultant for Thomas Cook.


Posted by: mossomo || 01/28/2020 9:45 Comments || Top||

#4  Someone just sent me a text that LTC Vindman's brother was involved in the soon to be released Bolton book. Something that Rush is talking about evidently.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 10:18 Comments || Top||

#5  IIUC - Lt. Colonel Sausage's twin bro is a Nat Sec reviewer for the NSC on documents/books to be allowed out to the public
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2020 10:24 Comments || Top||

#6  If there's no clandestine intelligence component to Ep and Maxwell, I'll kiss your ......
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 10:25 Comments || Top||

#7  "LTC Sausage"....I love u Frank, with Waffel Haus coffee in my nose, I fok'n love you!
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 10:29 Comments || Top||

#8  Where's the 'Surprise' meter?
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/28/2020 11:24 Comments || Top||

#9  So Sausage's evil twin reviews Bolton book, throws kak into game by leaking Ukraine piece to media prior to official book release date ?

I'll go with a 'likely correct.'
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 11:32 Comments || Top||

#10  How in gods name can these mutts still be at the NSC with access to anything more sensitive than the snack machines? Can the Chief of Staff really be that stupid that he can’t ice them away in a closet in the old basement of the EOB annex?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 01/28/2020 19:18 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
The Man Who Saved 62,000 People During The Holocaust
[The Federalist] As the world observes International Holocaust Remembrance Day Jan. 27, victims and survivors will be honored with incredible stories of bravery and sacrifice. This year marks the 75th anniversary of liberation and the end of the Second World War, plus the 125th anniversary of the birth of Carl Lutz, a man whose story remains mostly lost to history. Lutz’s actions toward the end of the war make him responsible for the largest civilian rescue mission of the entire Holocaust and deserve to be known more widely.

On March 19, 1944, the Nazi Wehrmacht invaded Hungary, and by the afternoon were parading through the streets of Budapest. By early July, nearly 438,000 Hungarian Jews were forced onto trains and sent to Auschwitz. About 90 percent were murdered upon arrival. Swiss diplomat Lutz, a soft-spoken but pragmatic negotiator, was serving in Budapest as the head of the Section for Foreign Interests in the Swiss Embassy. As he witnessed the deportations and threats to the Jewish population, he knew he had to do something.

LUTZ DETERMINES HE MUST ’SPEAK UP’ FOR VICTIMS
The decisions Lutz made in 1944 were greatly shaped by experiences earlier in his diplomatic career. In 1913, at the age of 18, Lutz immigrated to the United States, where he first worked in a factory for several years near St. Louis. In 1919, he enrolled in Central Wesleyan College in Warrenton, Missouri, where he hoped to train as a minister or missionary. However, Lutz ‐ ever the perfectionist ‐ realized quickly that his poor speaking skills would preclude him from preaching fiery sermons to large audiences.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 05:06 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Australian woman dies in cake-eating contest
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A woman died while taking part in a cake-eating competition to celebrate Australia Day, local media reported Monday.Paramedics were called to a pub in the state of Queensland on Sunday afternoon after a woman was involved in a "medical incident".

Public broadcaster ABC reported the 60-year-old had a seizure after she "shovelled a lamington into her mouth".

Lamingtons, a traditional Australian dessert, are cube-shaped sponge cakes dipped in chocolate and covered in grated coconut.

The woman was rushed to hospital in the coastal town of Hervey Bay but later died, ABC reported.

She was a contestant in the Beach House Hotel’s annual Australia Day lamington and meat pie eating contest.

In a post on Facebook, management and staff offered their "deepest condolences" to the woman’s friends and family.

"We acknowledge and thank our supportive patrons, staff, and the Queensland Ambulance Service for their prompt and professional response while this tragic incident was unfolding," the post said.

"The hotel staff have been offered professional support while our thoughts firmly remain with the family at this challenging time."

Police said the death was not suspicious and a report would be prepared for the coroner.
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Paramedics were called to a pub in the state of Queensland on Sunday afternoon after a woman was involved in a "medical incident".

Public broadcaster ABC reported the 60-year-old had a seizure after she "shovelled a lamington into her mouth."

There truly is no justice.

Would that this country's Shitshow-mongers suffered a seizure after "shovelling a Schiffington into their mouths."
Posted by: Lex || 01/28/2020 2:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Elizabeth Bligh uninjured.
Posted by: Flolumble Tojo4047 || 01/28/2020 2:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Sponge cake has sugar as a main ingrediant.
Chocalate can have a lot of sugar.
Ingesting a large amount of sugar, in one form or another, causes seizures.
Posted by: Varmint Splat1454 || 01/28/2020 4:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Marie Antoinette XII - "Let them eat Vegamite"
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/28/2020 9:19 Comments || Top||

#5  /\ Death will come much quicker.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 9:22 Comments || Top||

#6  ^If it doesn’t, you’ll wish it did.
Posted by: Fat Bob Javish1936 || 01/28/2020 20:08 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Air passengers refuse to board the same plane with 16 tourists from Wuhan in five-hour stand-off 'after noticing them secretly taking anti-fever medicine in the airport'
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 13:03 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Smarter than the Wuhanese trying to travel and potentially accelerate the spread of CV.
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/28/2020 15:40 Comments || Top||

#2  that's why travel from China should stop here. Chinese don't give a shit.
Posted by: Chris || 01/28/2020 16:47 Comments || Top||

#3  My nephew teaches English in Shenzhen right across from Hong Kong. He's in the US now for Chinese New Years break but says his break is being extended another two weeks due to schools closing. I hope he doesn't ever go back.
Posted by: jpal || 01/28/2020 17:36 Comments || Top||


RAF's ‘X-Files' of reported UFO sightings over Britain to be released for the first time
[TheSun] CLAIMED sightings of UFOs reported to the RAF by terrified members of the British public are to be published online for the first time.

The RAF ran a UFO unit for five decades but chose to shut it down in 2009 after it concluded none of the reports sent in offered evidence of a potential threat.

Previously, records from the unit were given to the National Archives, often initially classified before being released after a specific number of years.

But the most recent reports received by the RAF will be placed online, the PA news agency revealed following a Freedom of Information Act request. Members of the public reporting alleged UFO sightings are now directed to their local police force.

In response to the FOI request, the RAF described the files it held as "comprising entirely of correspondence with members of the public".
Military reports to be withheld. After meeting Jim Penniston, I understand why.
Posted by: Woodrow || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Vigilo, Confido!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 01/28/2020 5:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Obscure reference for most of you but....

"Nick Pope to the white courtesy phone...Nick Pope"
Posted by: Warthog || 01/28/2020 9:23 Comments || Top||

#3  TR-3B?

https://www.military.com/video/aircraft/military-aircraft/tr-3b-aurora-anti-gravity-spacecrafts/2860314511001
Posted by: mossomo || 01/28/2020 9:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Our family Marine (and the squad with him in desert training) saw something acting similar operating at night over the Mojave, mossomo.

CO told them not to be concerned as it was just 'swamp gas' or something.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/28/2020 11:32 Comments || Top||


Magnitude 5.4 earthquake hits Fars province in southern Iran
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  כותבים על הקיר
Posted by: Lex || 01/28/2020 3:05 Comments || Top||

#2  ^😊
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/28/2020 4:54 Comments || Top||

#3  'Rock You Like an Earthquake' just doesn't have the same ring to it. Now with cheesy 80's video!
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2020 7:58 Comments || Top||

#4  5.56x45 quake?
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 14:38 Comments || Top||


Cambodia's health minister confirms the country's first case of coronavirus
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Bangladesh
Two minors raped in Faridpur, Keraniganj
[Dhaka Tribune] A mentally challenged minor and a five-year-old girl were reportedly raped in separate incidents in two districts.

Police on Monday arrested a man named Jahir Molla for reportedly raping a mentally challenged minor in Saltha's Jadunandi village in Faridpur.

The accused, Jahir Molla, 45, allegedly raped the 14-year-old multiple times, taking advantage of her innocence. The father of the victim filed a case after knowing of the incident, police say.

"We took the minor to a hospital for a check-up and sent the accused Jahir to jail through the court," said Saltha police OC Md Ali Jinnah.

In Keraniganj, a five-year-old girl was reportedly raped by a chatpati vendor named Monir Hossain, 60, at Bandadakpara under Keraniganj on Sunday, reports UNB.

The incident took place in the evening when the child went to buy chatpati. The vendor Monir took her to a deserted place and raped her. Hearing her screams, locals rescued the child, caught the rapist and handed him over to the police, according to OC Quazi Mainul Islam of Keraniganj Model cop shoppe.
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Caribbean-Latin America
'Body of six-year-old boy lies on top of his dead mother after cartel hitmen attack family in a sickening weekend of violence that saw 48 people murdered in just ONE Mexican state
[Daily Mail]
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 07:41 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Get the wall finished and well guarded, and be quick about it !
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2020 9:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Wonder if they get their body bags from Costco like the Chicago PD.
Posted by: jpal || 01/28/2020 11:41 Comments || Top||

#3  A lot of this could end rather quickly if we allow all of the cartel's customers in the US to OD overnight. Just saying.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2020 12:28 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Nork: ‘Those activities are consistent with what we've seen prior to other missile tests.’
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Cyber
'Revealed: Anti-virus company Avast has been selling data from its 435 million users to companies including Google, Microsoft, Home Depot and Pepsi including their web history, location and porn searches
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2020 07:30 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Shooo, scram, cometh back no more.
Posted by: Spats Huponter5136 || 01/28/2020 10:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Never did trust 'free' AV or firewalls.

Some of the 'paid' stuff isn't much better.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/28/2020 11:22 Comments || Top||

#3  I've never had a problem with ESET on my traveling machine (MS Surface Pro 4) and it gets exposed to many dodgy hotel and airport networks. On my desktop I'm running Windows Insider builds and life is easier leaving it to Windows Defender backed up by a Ubiquiti EdgeMax-X router's firewall. No complaints or issues there.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/28/2020 15:04 Comments || Top||

#4  Doing what Facebook has been doing for years? Do they also provide help to the DNC as well?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2020 17:47 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2020-01-28
  Iran foreign minister calls Trump peace plan for Middle East 'delusional'
Mon 2020-01-27
  USAF E-11A down in Taliban area.
Sun 2020-01-26
  JeM’s Kashmir chief among 3 killed in Pulwama encounter: Army
Sat 2020-01-25
  AlSadr orders his followers to withdraw from #TahrirSquare and dismantle the tents
Fri 2020-01-24
  PLA mobilized to deal with Wuhan
Thu 2020-01-23
  UN calls for strengthening international support for the Palestinians
Wed 2020-01-22
  IRGC Commander & "Soleimani Ally" Shot Dead By Masked Assassins On Motorcycle
Tue 2020-01-21
  Several civilians killed by female suicide bomber in western Chad
Mon 2020-01-20
  Iraqi counter-terrorism forces arrest high-ranking ISIS official in Fallujah
Sun 2020-01-19
  Protesters burn the Hezbollah headquarters in Iraq
Sat 2020-01-18
  Taliban open to 10-day ceasefire with US troops in Afghanistan
Fri 2020-01-17
  Iraqi police arrest ISIS religious official in eastern Mosul
Thu 2020-01-16
  Five killed as Sudan crushes revolt by security agents
Wed 2020-01-15
  Pelosi Names Impeachment Managers
Tue 2020-01-14
  Project Veritas #Expose2020 Part 1: Bernie Sanders Field Organizer Suggests Gulags to Help ‘Nazified’ Trump Voters


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