[THESMOKINGGUN] Minutes after proposing to his girlfriend over the loudspeaker at Walmart, a Michigan man allegedly shoplifted a vibrator, an edible thong, and other sex toys from a nearby Spencer's gift store, according to police.
In advance of popping the question last Wednesday night, William Cornelius, 25, purchased a $29.62 engagement ring at the Walmart in Bay City, police report. Then, after securing the permission of a store employee, Cornelius proposed to girlfriend Sheri Moore, 20, over the store's public address system.
As seen on store surveillance footage, Moore said yes, prompting applause from fellow shoppers. Cornelius--who had dropped to one knee--and Moore, police report, can be seen hugging and kissing following the proposal.
But the couple's engagement quickly became rocky.
According to Sherlocks, Cornelius and Moore (seen above) went from Walmart to a Spencer's store at the Bay City Mall. There, Cornelius allegedly swiped items with a combined value of $80.93. Included in the haul was a "Bride-To-Be" thong, a $14.99 vibrator, "BJ Blast" oral sex candy, and a $5.99 edible thong, Undersheriff Troy Cunningham told TSG.
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A man who authorities say was wearing a homemade tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools was shot and killed by police in a far suburb of reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ... home of Al Capone, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel,... Wednesday.
Lake County Sheriff's Detective Christopher Covelli said the man was shot after he led officers on a foot chase and a struggle ensued. Investigators did not release any identifying information about the man, except to say that he was a white 38-year-old.
Police in the town of Zion responded to a 911 call that reported the man was taking pictures of an elementary school and a high school at approximately 8 a.m. local time.
"The suspicious person was located by officers, and a foot pursuit ensued. It appeared the offender was wearing body armor. After the foot pursuit, a struggle with the offender and officers ensued, which resulted in the offender being shot," read a statment from the Lake County Major Crimes Task Force.
Covelli later said the body armor was found to be a homemade tactical-style vest with metal inserts. It was not immediately clear how many times the man was shot.
Covelli also said officers had tried to use a Taser to subdue the suspect, but it didn't work because the man was wearing winter clothing.
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So now it's a crime to take pictures of schools?
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So now it's a crime to take pictures of schools?
Definitely suspicious, especially while carrying a gun. They couldn't tell it was just a BB gun when he was running away from them. If you don't wanna get shot, don't run and don't resist arrest. Works for white folks the same as blacks except for the rioting.
[DAWN] At the end of 2015, there were about 3.3 million Muslims living in the United States, making up about 1 per cent of the total US population. This figure is expected to double by 2050.
According to an analysis by the Pew Research Center released on Wednesday, the American Muslim population is projected to cross eight million in the next 35 years.
Aside from Pew's estimates, there is no official estimate of the American Muslim population over the years.
The problem partially lies with the US Census Bureau's methodology, which does not account for questions about religious identity. There is in fact no official government count of the US Muslim population.
According to Pew's estimate, the Muslim population in America outnumbers the Hindu (estimated at 2.1 million) and Sikh populations, although it is fewer than the country's Jewish population (estimated at 5.7 million).
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[DAWN] A US judge has ruled that a macaque monkey who snapped grinning selfies that went viral last year online does not own the copyright to the photographs.
Activist group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals brought the case in the Socialist paradise of San Francisco ...where God struck dead Anton LaVey, home of the Sydney Ducks, ruled by Vigilance Committee from 1859 through 1867, reliably and volubly Democrat since 1964... on behalf of Indonesian simian Naruto, who shot to fame last year after a photographer published pictures taken by the monkey with his camera.
PETA petitioned the court to have the macaque "declared the author and owner of his photograph".
But in a preliminary ruling Wednesday, Judge William Orrick said that "while Congress and the President can extend the protection of law to animals as well as humans, there is no indication that they did so in the Copyright Act."
The photos were taken in 2011 on the Indonesian island of Sulawesi by British nature photographer David Slater. He later published a book of his photographs, which included two selfies taken by six-year-old Naruto. As a six-year-old the monkey would also be a minor, which would preclude ownership of the copyright. But the suit was accepted by the court, and it did cost the author money and time to defend, so it did help keep the court system clogged and the nuisance was inflicted.
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If the macaque brought the case on his own, I'd say "maybe".
The fact PETA had to do it for him would indicate "no" and they should be beaten and left in an alley for wasting everyone's time and money
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So who owns the copyright?
For some strange reasons, the media never answered this question.
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1. PETA should be ashamed of itself. Did the monkey consent to participate in this case? No. Those PETA thugs were just using the poor animal for their own selfish purposes.
2. In the US copyright inures when a work of authorship is fixed in a tangible medium of expression. The "work of authorship" portion is the key here. There needs to be some creative input -- i.e. human input. This is why there is no copyright in a work created by a computer (at least not yet), in a photo taken by accident or in a monkey selfie.
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Government experts dismiss supposed health benefits of wine and are set to rewrite the rule book on alcohol consumption So are fatty foods... No. Wait. Sorry.
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How many times has the government opined on eggs? Good for you one year, bad for you five years later, good for you (again) five years after that, etc. ad nauseum.
I remember them saying good things about red wine... about five or so years ago. I'm with gorb on this one - fuck them.
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 23 people have been incarcerated Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! over celebratory gunfire in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the World and didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... which left at least three people maimed, the security officials announced Thursday.
Kabul city once again witnessed heavy gun sex after the Afghanistan cricket team defeated Zim-bob-we in the fifth and final match of a five-match One Day International Series late on Wednesday night.
Sediq Sediqi, front man for the Ministry of Interior (MoI), confirmed that 3 civilians were maimed in the aerial celebratory firing.
He said at least 23 people were arrested by police over celebratory firing which injured 3 civilians, however it is believed that a civilian was also killed in the firing.
The aerial celebratory firing was widely condemned by the citizens of Kabul city with majority of them wishing the defeat of the Afghan team, instead of witnessing chaos in the city.
This comes as Ministry of Interior (MoI) had earlier warned against celebratory gunfire following the likely victory of the Afghanistan football team in South Asia Football Federation (SAFF) championship.
MoI warned regarding the negative impacts of such gun sexs and urged the weapon carriers not to disrupt the comfort of the Afghan citizens, warning that the offenders would face legal actions.
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Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto tweeted today that the infamous drug lord known as "El Chapo" has been captured.
"Mission accomplished: We have him. I want to inform the Mexicans that Joaquin Guzman Loera has been detained," the tweet states, written in Spanish.
A U.S. law enforcement official also confirmed his capture to ABC News.
An official from the Mexico Marines confirms to ABC News that Guzman was captured after a shootout with Mexican Marines in the city of Los Mochis, in the state of Sinaloa, this morning.
Earlier today, The Associated Press reported that five people had been killed and six people were arrested when the Mexican Marines raided a house in Sinaloa. The government has not confirmed a connection between the two.
There have been other raids in Sinaloa in recent months as part of the then-ongoing search for Guzman, the AP said.
Guzman, 57, escaped from the Altiplano prison near Mexico City July 11 and there has been an active manhunt for him ever since.
When guards realized that he was missing from his cell, they found that a ventilated tunnel had been constructed and had an exit via the bathtub inside Guzman's cell. The tunnel extended for about a mile underground and featured an adapted motorcycle on rails that officials believe was used to transport the tools used to create the tunnel, Monte Alejandro Rubido, the head of the Mexican national security commission, said in July after Guzman's escape.
Guzman had been arrested five months prior to the July escape.
He had escaped before from a prior prison stint, also using a tunnel.
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Actually, the drug war is a WOT for our neighbors to the south. The only way this miscreant won't be able to buy his way out again is to ship his ass to the US. It would also be a warning to his brothers sitting in Mexican jails to be happy and stay put.
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Wonder if he had anything to do with the assassination of the recently elected Mayor of Mexico City. Hasn't been a week since that and suddenly Chapo is captured.
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CARACAS, Venezuela -- With triple-digit inflation showing no signs of retreating and the new National Assembly vowing to remove the president, Venezuela over the last few days careered toward crises both economic and political.
Yet the great debate of the week had less to do with the economy than it did with former President Hugo Chávez — or rather whether several pictures of Mr. Chávez, who died in 2013 of cancer, should still hang in the Capitol.
First things first. All good socialists know how important symbols are, and that's why they're so unhappy about this...
The portraits, of a triumphal Mr. Chávez in military attire and addressing the United Nations, were carted away this week as rivals of his United Socialist Party, who were swept into the Assembly in a Dec. 6 vote, moved into the chamber.
Henry Ramos, the Assembly’s incoming leader, stood on the Capitol steps and waved as the images of Mr. Chávez were taken away. He told reporters that only the country’s flag and shield should be displayed.
President Nicolás Maduro, Mr. Chávez’s handpicked successor, wasted no time in trying to turn his opponents’ symbolic gesture to his advantage. In a nationally televised speech on Wednesday evening, he called the removals outrageous, and said that portraits of Simon Bolívar, the country’s independence hero, had also been taken down.
“I can’t fail to express my anger, my repudiation,” Mr. Maduro said. “I call on the people to rebel against these neo-fascists, anti-Bolivarians, anti-patriots.”
On Thursday, a number of demonstrators assembled at a downtown plaza, heeding the president’s call. The Chávez portraits were brought there and guarded by soldiers.
The opposition, which won a majority last year in the Assembly for the first time in 16 years, won on promises to solve the country’s economic problems. Next week, however, it will focus on something else: freeing about 80 prisoners who it says were arrested by the Socialist authorities for political reasons.
Gaby Arellano, a new deputy from Popular Will, a political party whose leader has been jailed under Mr. Maduro, said legislators would soon address economic issues but warned that change would come slowly.
“We left it clear that we would not arrive on Jan. 6 and all the problems would be solved on Jan. 7,” she said. “If the government has spent all this time taking apart the country, it’s not going to be a question of months, but a question of years, in fixing this.”
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"So long, and thanks for all the fish"
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They carried the Chavez portraits to the Plaza? They run out of landfills in Venezuela?
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Lawmakers on Wednesday swore in three legislators who were blocked from taking their seats by the Supreme Court last month, setting up a showdown with the president’s Socialist party.
The opposition won a supermajority in the National Assembly on Dec. 6, ending the United Socialist Party’s 16-year-long grip on power. But before the new legislature could take charge, the Socialists approved 13 new Supreme Court justices, and days later, the court blocked four opposition lawmakers from taking their seats. That decision has created uncertainty about the supermajority, which the president’s rivals need to gain added powers, including the ability to remove Supreme Court justices and change the Constitution.
On Wednesday, three of the four politicians were sworn in over objections of the Socialists.
“What’s happening today is a flagrant violation of the Venezuelan Constitution,” said Diosdado Cabello, a Socialist lawmaker and the former leader of the Assembly.
And who would know more about violating a constitution than a socialist?
He said that the Socialists would ask the Supreme Court to find the Assembly leadership in contempt of the court order that blocked the politicians from taking their seats.
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"The missile was packaged in Rota, Spain, a U.S. official said, where it was put into the truck belonging to another freight-shipping firm, known by officials who track such cargo as a "freight forwarder." That trucking company released the missile to yet another shipping firm that was supposed to put the missile on a flight originating in Madrid. That flight was headed to Frankfurt, Germany, before it was to be placed on another flight bound for Florida.
At some point, officials loading the first flight realized the missile it expected to be loading onto the aircraft wasn't among the cargo, the government official said. After tracing the cargo, officials realized that the missile had been loaded onto a truck operated by Air France, which took the missile to Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris. There, it was loaded onto a "mixed pallet" of cargo and placed on an Air France flight. By the time the freight-forwarding firm in Madrid tracked down the missile, it was on the Air France flight, headed to Havana." Using C-17's for sensitive base-to-base military transfers is now, apparently, passĂŠ.
The State Department is failing to respond in a timely and accurate manner to requests for public records filed under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), an internal watchdog investigation released today concludes.
The report, issued by the State Department's Office of Inspector General, recommends the State Department hire and dedicate more staff for the purpose of producing records, to which the State Department says it agrees.
"While the volume of State Freedom of Information Act requests has tripled since 2008, our resources to respond have not kept pace," State Department John Kirby said in a statement to ABC News. "That said, we know we must continue to improve our FOIA responsiveness and are taking additional steps to do so."
To keep on pace, the State Department says it will comply with all the recommendations for improvement and has already hired a "transparency coordinator," which the report noted as a positive step.
Delays in document production have been both highlighted and exacerbated by recent FOIA litigation in which a federal judge ordered the State Department to release 55,000 pages of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton's private email correspondence accumulated during her time in office.
The State Department has noted that this requirement alone has heavily taxed its personnel resources. At the end of last month, the State Department fell short of a court-ordered requirement to release 82 percent of the documents. Coincidentally, the department plans to release more emails today in order to reach that goal.
The report said plainly that searches conducted by the State Department "do not consistently meet statutory and regulatory requirements for completeness and rarely meet requirements for timeliness."
Government agencies are required by law to respond to FOIA requests within 20 days, simply to inform them about whether or not they intend to comply. The report found that in some cases responses lagged for 500 days.
The report also examined historical trends of FOIA requests. That data shows that of the past five secretaries of state, Hillary Clinton has the most FOIA requests that are still pending -- 177 of them. But she also had by far the most requests to respond to -- 240. Colin Powell had the second most requests at 99, with 23 of them still pending.
In addition to requests from the public, the State Department is also required to respond to constant barrage of requests for information from Congress.
At a congressional hearing today in front of the House Oversight Committee, the State Department's Assistant Secretary for Legislative Affairs, Julia Frifield, argued essentially that her department is overwhelmed by requests from Congress. She pointed out that in 2015 alone, the State Department arranged 536 congressional and staff trips abroad, 2,500 briefings, handled more than 5,000 constituent cases for members of Congress, testified at 168 hearings, answered 1,700 congressional letters and provided hundreds of thousands of pages of documents. She said the dozens of investigations from nine separate committees has doubled the workload from 2014.
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The top person should be put in jail until the records are put over. Then two weeks later put the next person in jail. Pass a law that says anyone that has served time in prison. Before long we'll have the info or will have cleaned out the state department.
Lobbyists in Missouri who have sex with state lawmakers or their aides would have to disclose that activity to the state ethics commission, under a bill introduced this week by a Republican state representative.
The measure, pushed by Rep. Bart Korman, defines sexual relations between lawmakers and lobbyists as a "gift" to be reported on the disclosure forms that lobbyists file on a monthly basis. The bill does not assign a "dollar valuation" to the gift of sex. I guess that would depend on how good it was.
Korman's proposal, reported early Thursday by The Kansas City Star, quickly gained attention on social media, and Korman told USA TODAY that he was fielding calls from reporters around the country, demanding to know more about his unorthodox proposal. "I guess this has gone viral or something," he said.
He views his plan, part of a renewed state focus on ethics after several scandals, as the simplest way to "add some transparency and accountability to our governmental process."
Two Missouri lawmakers left office last year, following allegations of inappropriate conduct with interns.
Does he think lobbyists actually would report details of their sex lives on a government form? "I hope it deters the activity," Korman said. If it was good enough and you don't report it, the IRS could suspend their passport, I suppose.
(By the way, the bill excludes the gift-reporting requirement for lobbyists and lawmakers who are married or already were dating before they held their respective jobs.)
The President of the United States of America who cast off his Christian name for a Muslim name is now moving HIS people into the very fortresses to destroy the Christian Heratige for once and for all as this generation lays barr its throat via ignorance and cowardley inaction. Posted by Unelet Protector of the Sith
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.
A man who authorities say was wearing a homemade tactical-style vest, carrying a BB gun and taking photographs of schools was shot and killed by police in a far suburb of 
[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Government experts dismiss supposed health benefits of wine and are set to rewrite the rule book on alcohol consumption
CARACAS, Venezuela -- With triple-digit inflation showing no signs of retreating and the new National Assembly vowing to remove the president, Venezuela over the last few days careered toward crises both economic and political.
Lobbyists in Missouri who have sex with state lawmakers or their aides would have to disclose that activity to the state ethics commission, under a bill introduced this week by a Republican state representative. 
