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-Lurid Crime Tales-
'Anonymous' hacker group threatens Cincinnati police
[FOX] CINCINNATI, OH. Cincinnati Police say they are aware of a threat from the 'Anonymous' hacker group and have taken necessary precautions to keep officers safe.

The group posted a video to YouTube Sunday titled 'Message to Cincinnati Police Department.' A masked group member with a computer-modified voice says files containing personal information about Cincinnati police officers will be released online.

The link to the Anonymous "data dump" directs to a removed page on pastebin.com.

The group's message comes in response to a police shooting in Westwood last week. 'Anonymous' alleges CPD officers shot and killed suspect Paul Gaston because he was black. The group said officers did not use lethal force against a white suspect in a similar situation the same day.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/23/2016 08:56 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  'Anonymous' Hacker Group to be invited to the White House for luncheon and congratulatory media event in 5..4..3..2
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/23/2016 9:03 Comments || Top||


Turkish schoolgirl 'commits suicide after teacher's assault'
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A Turkish schoolgirl did away with himself after allegedly being sexually assaulted by one of her teachers, reports said Monday, raising new concerns about crimes against women in the country.

The 18-year-old, identified as Cansel Buse K., tried to take her own life last week by shooting herself in the head with the service weapon belonging to her father, a policeman, the Dogan news agency reported.

After finding her badly maimed in a pool of blood, the emergency services took her to hospital where she died.

Investigators believe her suicide was brought on after she was sexually abused by a married mathematics teacher at her school in the Melikgazi district of the Kayseri region in central The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
, Dogan said.

The teacher was detained over the weekend and placed under arrest pending trial, and the school leadership has been suspended for negligence.

The case has caused huge resonance in Turkey with the hashtag #canselicinsusma -- "don't stay quiet about Cansel" -- the top trending topic on Twitter nationally on Monday.

Kayseri governor Orhan Duzgun confirmed the teacher had been tossed in the slammer
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
following an examination of phone records and forensic tests.

The Hurriyet daily said the alleged assault took place two days before the girl's suicide, with her family accusing the school of trying to cover-up the issue after she made a complaint.

The Turkish authorities acknowledge there is a grave problem of violence against women -- often involving wives killed by their husbands -- but activists say nowhere near enough action has been taken.

According to the Platform to Stop Violence Against Women, 289 women were murdered in Turkey in 2015 alone.
Posted by: Fred || 02/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Turkish schoolgirl

Why, the pervert!!!
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 02/23/2016 2:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Crimes:
1. dating a mathematician
-just bad taste
2. suicide(?)
-by the victim
3. unsecured(?) weapon
-by the father
4. sensationalized journalism
-not a child
-perhaps a murder
-'Cancel a.Buse' can't be a real name
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/23/2016 8:50 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Champ finds his niche in UK sanitary nappy tax debate.
[The Telegraph] President Barack Obama has weighed in to the debate on tampon tax in the UK.

After learning that British women must pay a five per cent on sanitary products, as they are classed 'luxury items', he told vlogger Ingrid Nilsen:

"I have to tell you, I have no idea why states would tax these as luxury items. I suspect it's because men were making the laws when those taxes were passed.

"I think it's pretty sensible for women in those states that you just mentioned to work to get those taxes removed. Those aren't federal taxes."

He admitted that he was "was not aware" of the tax until Nilsen told him in an interview with her and other YouTubers.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/23/2016 13:04 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  War On WomenTM!
Posted by: Raj || 02/23/2016 14:08 Comments || Top||

#2  ...British women must pay...

"I think it's pretty sensible for women in those states that you just mentioned to work to get those taxes removed. Those aren't federal taxes."


I guess he didn't notice that Britain isn't three of the American states...
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/23/2016 15:19 Comments || Top||

#3  As the First Douche Bag, he probably considers it professional courtesy.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 02/23/2016 15:55 Comments || Top||

#4  #3 USN, Ret. wins the thread!
Posted by: Barbara || 02/23/2016 16:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Ouch.
Posted by: gorb || 02/23/2016 16:25 Comments || Top||

#6  Oh daaaamn.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/23/2016 17:02 Comments || Top||

#7  HHHMMM, HHHMMM, Intehwesting

* BHARAT RAKSHAK > US TO CHINA: HAWAII IS NOT THE SOUTH CHINA SEA - PTI [Press Trust of India], in response to China's claims that its deployment of AD missles to the South China Sea is no different that what the US would do per defence of HAWAII.

DOES THE BAMMER BELIEVE [mistakenly] THAT BRITAIN IS A DE FACTO SOVEREIGN US STATE???

ARE THERE MORE THAN "57" US STATES, INCLUDING IN EUROPE???

DOES CHINA VIEW THE US-CONTROLLED HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO AS A REGIONALLY OR INTERNATIONALLY DISPUTED ISLAND CHAIN ALA SCS, + ECS = SENKAKUS [China = Diaoyus/Daoyus], + OKINAWA ARCHIPELAGO [China = Ryukyus]???

PROPAGANDA "WEAK/DECLINING" US VERSUS A DE FACTO "WEAK/DECLINING" US???

D *** NG IT, THE MIGHTY PEARL HARBOR 1941 USN BB USS "OKLAHOMA" WANTS TO KNOW!
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 02/23/2016 23:29 Comments || Top||


Students Branded as 'Racist' When School Mistakes Exfoliation Masks for Blackface
[NATIONALREVIEW] Two students at the University of Wisconsin--Whitewater were publicly, officially branded as "racist" in a campus-wide post because the school's chancellor mistook their exfoliation masks for blackface.

The controversy all started when the students posted a Snapchat photo of themselves wearing face masks in the dorms. Seeing as skincare is widely accepted as an uncontroversial activity, they probably thought nothing of it -- but Chancellor Beverly Kopper rushed to interpret it as blackface and immediately posted a statement condemning them as racist on the school's official website.

"Last night a disturbing racist post that was made to social media was brought to my attention," Kopper wrote in a statement on the school's official website last week. "This post was hurtful and destructive to our campus community," Kopper's post continued. "While social media can certainly bring about positive change, it can also be a place that deeply hurts and harms others."

The students -- likely very shocked to find that they had been declared "racist" for an attempt at self-care -- immediately explained that they weren't trying to hate, just to exfoliate, which has prompted widespread backlash against Kopper.

State senator Stephen Nass (R., Whitewater) even released a statement criticizing Kopper, explaining that "the [chancellor's] official statement misled students, parents, and the public by confirming that a racist event had occurred, even though it really hadn't."

"The racial over-reaction of Chancellor Beverly Kopper and other UW--Whitewater administrators without first checking the facts of the situation is a stark example of how political correctness has warped the mindset of highly educated university administrators," Nass continued. "Frankly, these are the people responsible for educating our sons and daughters, but they seem incapable of applying reason or common sense."
Posted by: Fred || 02/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Kopper, the fool who thought the kids were racist must think they were the laziest racists ever because as blackface those exfoliating masks are just pathetic.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 02/23/2016 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  First: convince a girl you think it matters...

Posted by: Skidmark || 02/23/2016 9:08 Comments || Top||

#3 

Rescinded.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/23/2016 9:36 Comments || Top||

#4  For idiots like Kopper, tar and feathers.

Good way to stop this shit.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/23/2016 9:39 Comments || Top||

#5  It's all Freudian Projection. The deep racism and sexism of the Left needs to be projected on others to rationalize their power to judge others.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/23/2016 9:42 Comments || Top||

#6  When they tar Beverly Koppel (before the feathers), will someone complain that she is putting on blackface?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 02/23/2016 9:46 Comments || Top||

#7  And after the feathers, they can then be offended by "birdface." A Two-fer-one for those who enjoy being easily offended.
Posted by: gorb || 02/23/2016 10:49 Comments || Top||

#8  RiV, you've just proven to me that my special form of insanity is not unique!! I was about to post the same thing, well played. 8^)
Posted by: AlanC || 02/23/2016 13:04 Comments || Top||

#9  "Students Branded as 'Racist' When School Mistakes Exfoliation Masks for Blackface"

"Too stupid to live" really should be a valid diagnosis. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara || 02/23/2016 13:10 Comments || Top||

#10  Chancellor Kopper may have her own issues (she's the one on the right.):

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 02/23/2016 13:26 Comments || Top||

#11  Libel, slander. Find the nastiest, most tenacious and greediest lawyer you can, kids.
Posted by: JHH || 02/23/2016 16:27 Comments || Top||

#12  The one on the right looks sort of female, but the one on the left? I suppose betas can exfoliate....
Posted by: KBK || 02/23/2016 21:29 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
UK Ebola nurse admitted to hospital for 3rd time
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 02/23/2016 06:19 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Civilian killed, 7 cops among 10 injured in police-Gujjars' clash
[Daily Excelsior] One person died while 10 others including seven coppers and three civilians were maimed in a clash between Gujjars and police at Sarore Adda falling under Bari Brahmana Police Station in Samba district today.
Gujjars are a semi-nomadic tribe of Moslems, bringing joy wherever they go in northern India, Pakistain, and Afghanistan.
The slain Gujjar has been identified as Mohammed Yaqoob, S/o Rehmat Ali of Rakh Barodin. He was hit by a bullet. The situation was tense but under control in the area. The authorities have ordered magisterial inquiry into the incident.

The trouble started in the morning when a police team from Police Station Noorpur in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh (HP) reached the area along with two cops of Bari Brahmana Police to arrest one Gulzar, S/o Bashir Ahmed against whom a case was registered in Noorpur Police Station under Section 195 IPC.
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Posted by: Fred || 02/23/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Culture Wars
Bill and Melinda: At it again, 'redistribute the work' also !
[The Telegraph] There is a gap, she says, between the amount of time that women put into unpaid work compared to men. "Whether you're in a western country where that gap can be 90 minutes or in the developing world where there can be a five hour gap, if we don't talk about how it robs women of their potential, then we're not really looking at the issue," she tells me animatedly on the phone.
Appears from the comments herein, another 'gap' has been identified.
"And if we don't redistribute the work, if we don't really say: 'there needs to be a different balance here', we're not going to get all the way. We're not going to let all women reach their potential all around the world or get the big GDP gains that we want."
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/23/2016 12:51 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Says the woman who has servants to do everything for her.

Why don't you "redistribute" all your Bill's money to those poor down-trodden wymns and solve a couple of problems at once.

Idiot.
Posted by: Barbara || 02/23/2016 13:13 Comments || Top||

#2  The Deadliest Catch
Dirty Jobs
Arlington National Cemetery

Strange they never trip over themselves to get the jobs that involve serious possibilities of death and dismemberment. It somehow involves middle to upper class bureaucratic or desk organizational positions.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/23/2016 13:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Dear Bill & Melinda:

Today, I identify as a woman. Can I get a free copy of Windows Server 2012 as compensation?

Thanks, buddy!
Posted by: Raj || 02/23/2016 14:11 Comments || Top||

#4  And I demand overtime pay everytime I'm asked to open a pickle jar or squash a bug!
Posted by: DepotGuy || 02/23/2016 15:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Reparations for Wrongful Clock Change Now!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/23/2016 16:06 Comments || Top||



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