[New York Daily News] An NYPD confidential informant learned of the threat on Friday evening — three days after a Staten Island grand jury decided not to indict Officer Daniel Pantaleo for the chokehold death of Eric Garner. Cop union confirmed the threat late Saturday and were ordering all police officers, on duty and off, to take extra precautions.
#1
The Chicago solution is to red line the area and let them kill each other off at a rate x10 or greater than what they currently experience. Then no one says anything.
#2
Seems reasonable, except in practice there are plenty of successful thugs left over to cause major problems outside the district. Again, look at Chicago.
#3
How is a Black Guerrilla family different from a mid-east terrorist? Not much. NYPD has the capability to deal with such threats. Under de Blasio--probably not.
The fires of racism certainly have been stoked under "O" and the donks. Law enforcement gets tried in the streets these days rather than let a legal process play out. Those are called lynchings as I recall. Anti=profiling guidelines coming from the feds is going to make things more dangerous for police officers and citizens. Heard the other day, that shootings of police officers is up over 50% compared to last year.
#4
And gunning these idiots down in the street after they shoot at policies officers will just make the press and their race baiters scream "Racism" even more.
[FoxNews] The White House?s Ebola czar is expected to leave after his 130-day assignment, with the deadly virus now appearing under control in the United States.
Bad news: he took the taxpayers' money and didn't do anything.
Good news: he didn't do anything...
The news that Ron Klain, a veteran Democratic operative and fixer, would leave was reported first on Saturday by Fortune Magazine and confirmed by Fox News.
Klain was appointed by President B.O. in mid-October after the first Ebola death in the U.S. sparked widespread concerns about such issues as medical protocol and an outbreak of the virus on American soil.
Klain is expected to return by March 1 to his job as president of Case Holdings and general counsel for Case's venture firm Revolution LLC, Klain told Fortune.
There has been only one Ebola death under Klain, a surgeon who contracted the virus in his native Sierra Leone. He died in a Nebraska hospital on Nov. 17. No new cases have surfaced since.
Under Klain, the U.S. has also opened new designated treatment centers and updated labs and screening procedures for travelers.
No, none of this was done "under Klain"; it was done regardless of him...
He got Ebola out of the news, just like they hired him for. This and this are all I've seen recently.
Yemeni security officials said a boat carrying African migrants has capsized off the country’s western coast, killing 70. They said most of the migrants were from Ethiopia, and the small boat sank on Sunday due to high winds and waves in the Red Sea.
Tens of thousands of migrants make the treacherous journey between the Horn of Africa and Yemen every year, refugee organisations say. The United Nations has documented more than 200 deaths at sea so far in 2014 — which they say exceeds the combined totals of 2011, 2012 and 2013.
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Boy there's a sobering thought. A country so screwed up that it makes Yeman look like a more attractive option...
[AnNahar] Guards on Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... 's southern border with Yemen have killed two Æthiopians trying to smuggle drugs and alcohol into the kingdom, the official SPA news agency reported.
Because there are times when even a stiflingly totalitarian religious life isn't enough to drown the pain...
The agency said late Saturday that another three smugglers were maimed and four police were slightly hurt in a firefight.
Citing a front man for Saudi security forces, it said the incident in a mountainous area of Asir province came after the smugglers opened fire on border guards trying to arrest them.
The Saudi authorities often announce the seizure of drugs in a country where people convicted of smuggling narcotics are beheaded by the sword.
At the end of November, the interior ministry said that more than 41 million amphetamine pills had been seized over the previous 12 months.
Between February and September, around 1,600 Saudis and foreigners had been tossed in the clink Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! in drugs-related cases, it added.
An online petition called "Dear Putin" allows anyone in the world with an e-mail address to sign an open online letter of apology to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
"Dear President Putin and Russian People, please accept our apologies for the behavior of our governments and media," the letter, translated into 19 languages, begins.
"Western nations, led by the United States, seem determined to start a war with Russia. A sane person would recognize the terrible consequences of such a war and would do everything in their power to avoid it. In fact it appears that this is exactly what you are doing. In the face of an endless stream of lies and provocations you have managed to keep Russia from being drawn into a nuclear war."
The petition was posted on the Dearputin.com and is available in 19 different languages. Though the website's origin is unclear, it has received ample attention in the Russian media.
A headline in the Russian government's official newspaper, Rossiiskaya Gazeta on September 11 announced "Europeans ask for Vladimir Putin's forgiveness". LifeNews, a hugely popular tabloid connected to Russia's security services, carried a story on the same day declaring "The DearPutin.com resource is gaining popularity."
According to the website, more than 55,000 people have signed the petition as of December 4. Among the purported signatories are citizens of the Czech Republic, Germany, France, Australia, the United States, Kazakhstan, Sweden, Paraguay, Slovenia, Bulgaria, and, oddly, Russia.
The petition also attacks Western media for blaming separatists in Ukraine for shooting down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 and condemns Western governments for supporting Ukrainian "neo-Nazis".
The letter says, "The pathological criminals of the West are pushing for war with Russia because they need an external enemy. As long as the people are focused on 'Russian aggression' they remain unaware of those truly responsible for the decline of the American economy and social system. In Europe, with its history of brutal wars sparked by arrogance and greed, European leaders have undergone a complete moral collapse and have naively fallen into line behind the USA's policy of imperial aggression."
[Civil Georgia] Large-scale artillery drills by Russia in the North Caucasus and in breakaway South Ossetia is "yet another destructive step" directed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
In the statement the Georgian Foreign Ministry expressed concern over the exercises and said they represent a violation of Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity, as well as Russian commitments under the 2008 ceasefire agreement.
Georgia's Foreign Ministry urged Russia "to withdraw its troops from the Georgian territories and to de-occupy Georgia's regions."
It called on the international community "to react adequately on Russian Federation's yet another destructive step and not to allow further actions directed against Georgian sovereignty and territorial integrity."
Although his bill never became law, the senator has a clear picture of what Vermonters can expect when Shumlin reveals his single-payer financing plan in January — a plan that will attempt to lay a $2.2 billion (that's a LOT of Maple Surple!)
tax on the backs of about 630,000 Vermonters.
“If you do it on the sales tax, it would require a sales tax of 30 percent. If you do it on the income tax, you would have the bottom rate be 15 percent and the top rate be 30 percent. That would make the top effective tax rate in the state of Vermont about 73 percent,” Galbraith told Vermont Watchdog.
According to Galbraith, such taxes are highly impractical, making the only real options a payroll tax, mandatory premiums or a combo.
Wikipedia has interesting demographic and economic sections.
As of 2009, 47.8% of Vermont's population was born outside the state, with first and second-generation Vermonters representing a majority of the population. The changing demographics between those with multi-generational ties to the state and those who are newcomers, bringing different values with them, has resulted in a degree of tension between the two perspectives. This tension is expressed in the terms, "Woodchuck", being applied to those established in the state, and "Flatlander", applied to the newcomers
Apparently, the flatlanders took over the government.
After major growth from the 70s to the end of the century, VT has flatlined. There has been essentially no growth since 2010.
From 2010 to 2013, 16 out of Vermont's 251 towns experienced an increase in population. All towns in Chittenden increased with the exception of Burlington. More than 180 towns experienced a decrease which hasn't happened since the mid-19th century.
Of the immigration which has occurred, half came from outside the US. I've got a good guess where it is from.
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Thanks for the weapons tech piece Flus. German technology fathered many new weapons systems. Pictured here is the Sturmgewehr or StG-44, which bears an unmistakable resemblance in both physical appearance and mechanical operation, to the Kalashnikov or AK-47.
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BTW on #3. Remember the 'two man rule' and usually officers when dealing with handling nukes? The Air Force is going through a catharsis with cheating and readiness with their strategic (nukes) forces. Yet, there was a system in which we armed NCO (sometimes as low as corporals) with nukes.
#7
3dc, the Davy Crockett is an awesome nuke weapon. The yield is about that of the Hiroshima and Nagasaki weapons. That would take out a tank and a whole lot more.
#8
The problem with the Davy Crockett, if you were not very careful in wind-drift calculation, the cone of the kill zone could very easily encompass the launch site.
#1
The usual liberal hypocrisy. Many activists (mostly students) on campuses are calling for a "living wage" for blue-collar employees. The living wage differs from the minimum wage in that the latter is set by law and can fail to meet the requirements to have a basic quality of life and leaves the family to rely on government programs for additional income. wiki Living wage and minimum wages are somewhat ambiguous term. Contrast the recent McDonald's employees protest for a $15/hr minimum wage.
What ever happened to low paying jobs as an incentive? Workers who were not satisfied could:
1. Take a second job,
2. Work their way up the ladder,
3. Get more training/education to better themselves and make themselves more competitive in the job market,
4. Change jobs that better reflects their skills and interests.
ObamaCare has actually acted as a disincentive for some of the above options mentioned.
#5
There’s another trend sweeping the Higher Education cartels – outsourcing. Increasingly, unskilled positions such Janitors and Food services are being contracted out. The University muckitey-mucks are quick to assign culpability to diminishing “revenue sources”. Closer examination reveals that when the brightest (liberal) minds are tasked with managing budgets, things like Tenure tend to take precedent over the plight of the working man. It's a simple remedy really. Just shift the bill (and the blame) on the private sector and continue on with your sanctimony.
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.
Yemeni security officials said a boat carrying African migrants has capsized off the country’s western coast, killing 70. They said most of the migrants were from Ethiopia, and the small boat sank on Sunday due to high winds and waves in the Red Sea.
An online petition called "Dear Putin" allows anyone in the world with an e-mail address to sign an open online letter of apology to Russian president Vladimir Putin.
[Civil Georgia] Large-scale artillery drills by Russia in the North Caucasus and in breakaway South Ossetia is "yet another destructive step" directed against Georgia’s sovereignty and territorial integrity, the Georgian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.
Although his bill never became law, the senator has a clear picture of what Vermonters can expect when Shumlin reveals his single-payer financing plan in January — a plan that will attempt to lay a $2.2 billion 
But they enjoy drinking at the progressive well. They always have. No fok'n sympathy from me. Have a nice day libtards. 
Thanks for the weapons tech piece Flus. German technology fathered many new weapons systems. Pictured here is the Sturmgewehr or StG-44, which bears an unmistakable resemblance in both physical appearance and mechanical operation, to the Kalashnikov or AK-47. 
