[SMH.AU] Panchkula: Violent protests erupted in India on Friday, killing at least 19 people, after a court convicted a self-styled "godman" of raping two women, angering thousands of his supporters who said he was innocent, police and officials said.
Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh, who calls himself Saint Dr. Gurmeet Ram Rahim Singh Ji Insan, the head of a social welfare and spiritual group, was found guilty of raping two followers in a case dating back to 2002 at the headquarters of his Dera Sacha Sauda group in the northern town of Sirsa.
Supporters rampaged in response, attacking railway stations, petrol stations and television vans in towns across the northern states of Punjab 1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots.... and Haryana, witnesses said.
At least 19 people were killed, all but one in Panchkula town where the court returned its verdict on Singh, the chief secretary of Haryana Ram Niwas said. More than 200 people were maimed in the two states.
Dozens of cars were burning in Panchkula town while a bloodied body lay in the middle of a road. About 500 army soldiers were deployed to restore order.
"The situation is coming under control," federal home secretary Rajiv Mehrishi said in New Delhi.
Television footage showed frantic scenes outside a hospital in Panchkula, with medical staff hurriedly transferring injured patients from ambulances on to wheelchairs and stretchers. Smoke could be seen rising in another part of town.
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Such blind loyalty for self-styled spiritual gurus in India is common. They are rarely treated critically and even their most outlandish claims are believed.
[Mirror] Celebrity bodybuilding champion Rich Piana has lost his fight for life after being placed in a coma following a "medical emergency" at his home.
The fitness world is in mourning following his death.
Posting a message on Instagram his estranged wife Sara Piana: "I'm in tears writing this that @1dayumay has just passed away. I can can hardly believe this... I am so saddened & heartbroken that he didn't make it."
Rich, who has more than 1million followers on Instagram , had been placed in the coma earlier this month.
The 46-year-old, who had admitted to taking steroids since he was a teenager, fell ill at his home in Florida on August 10.
Mr Piana ate NINE meals a day as well as drinking huge protein shakes. Nine meals per day? Amazing he lived as long as he did.
[CITIZENSVOICE] (Wiles Barre, PA) Five children and two adults were critically injured Friday afternoon when they were hit by a car while taking a walk through their development, township police said. Probably just a traffic accident. But...
Three of the children and two adults were airlifted to hospitals while two of the children were transported by ambulance, police said.
The driver of the car is in police custody, Sherlocks said.
The incident occurred on Aleksander Drive in Polonia Estates. Investigators say the family was walking down the street and the car was traveling in the opposite lane right before the collision.
"We're still trying to figure out what happened," said Rice Twp. police Sgt. Harry Ehret.
Neighbors said they heard the crash and rushed outside.
"I came out and saw a bunch of kids laying in the street crying," said Patrick Colo, 17, who lives on the street. "I tried to help the best I could."
Eric Wanchisen, 45, said the crash occurred in front of the residence of an emergency room doctor who was home.
"What's the odds she was home? She had them all assessed before the ambulance came," Wanchisen said.
Multiple neighbors credited her with saving the life of a baby who was in a stroller that was hit.
Wanchisen said all the people in the neighborhood have complained about speeding on the road for years.
"This is worse than I ever could have pictured," Wanchisen said.
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To whom did they complain? The cops would love to have a target-rich environment where they could write a month's worth of tickets in a couple of days.
There are people who speed just because they don't pay attention and think the road allows it (no turns, and good pavement). Others speed because they want everybody to know they're assholes. Both need to pay fines.
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WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America," less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving his department's racial profiling policy.
Trump had signaled this week that the first presidential pardon of his administration would go to Arpaio, 85, whom he has frequently praised for his hardline immigration stance. (Reporting by Julia Harte; Editing by Sandra Maler)
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A South African model who was allegedly attacked by Zim-bob-we’s first lady has filed court papers challenging the government’s decision to grant Grace Mugabe diplomatic immunity, a lawyer said on Thursday.
The wife of President Bob Muggsy Mugabe Octogenarian President-for-Life of Zim-bob-we who turned the former Breadbasket of Africa into the African Basket Case... allegedly attacked a 20-year-old model Gabriella Engels with an electrical extension cord at a hotel in Johannesburg where the couple’s two sons were staying. The attack left Engels with cuts on her head and forehead. She has filed an assault charge against the 52-year-old Grace Mugabe.
South Africa’s foreign affairs ministry said at the weekend that it had granted Mugabe immunity allowing her to leave the country. Engels and AfriForum, a civil rights group which helps victims of crime, filed an injunction asking the court to annul the minister’s decision.
"The (foreign affairs) minister misinterpreted the law. She applied the wrong principles," AfriForum lawyer Willie Spies told AFP. They are seeking an order to set aside the minister Maite Nkoana-Mashabane’s decision "recognizing the immunities and privileges" of Grace Mugabe, according to court documents seen by AFP.
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They also asked the court to declare that the diplomatic immunity decision "does not confer immunity from prosecution." A hearing into the case will start on September 19, said Spies.
Grace Mugabe was supposed to have reported to the police to make a statement about the allged incident, but did not. Police minister Fikile Mbalula then said "a red alert" had been sent out to border police, and "she is not somebody who has been running away."
However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... Mugabe flew out of South Africa on a pre-dawn flight on a presidential jet on Sunday. Hours later, the foreign ministry announced that it had granted her immunity. On Wednesday, South African politicians heckled Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as he answered a question in parliament on the Grace Mugabe debacle.
He said the decision to grant her immunity was taken in line with "internationally-recognized immunity regulations" and admitted it was "the first time we have utilized this type of convention."
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Evidently Zim and SA have different judicial standards for the wealthy and powerful. Interesting to see how they've apparently adopted this western trait, or have we adopted theirs ?
Ooooooh! How ya gonna pay and feed them, Nick, ya tool?
Venezuela kicks off two days of military drills on Saturday in response to US President Donald Trump's threat of military action and newly announced sanctions on the crisis-stricken nation.
Trump warned on August 11 that the United States was mulling a range of options against Venezuela, "including a possible military option if necessary."
His Vice President Mike Pence later played down the threat, insisting that Washington was prioritizing a diplomatic solution and economic sanctions.
National security advisor HR McMaster followed suit, saying "no military actions are anticipated in the near future."
But tension only surged again when the White House made good on the sanctions threat on Friday, unveiling its first-ever sanctions to target Venezuela as a whole, rather than just Maduro and his inner circle.
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Hey Julio, el Presidente has ordered War Games. Does he mean the movie or should I get Stratego down out of the closet?
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...The Army there is pretty much what Jim Dunnigan calls a 'police army' - far more dangerous (and intended to be used against) their own population, and not much danger to anyone outside walking distance.
However...
*The Venezuelans have had a h@rdon for decades about the nearby Dutch Caribbean colonies - it's very much a potential Falklands, especially as the Dutch have a very small force defending the place.
*I wouldn't be at all surprised to see them start harassing shipping, and maybe be just stupid enough to board a US-flag ship.
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Mike they actually do have some good military tech. Bought during the oil haydays in the late 90s. They have Mig-29s, SU-30MKVs, T-72s, a couple subs and a few Italian built frigates.
They do have a large paramilitary force as well to keep the civies in line, but also a large (for the region) military force. It would take at least one US Corps, couple air assault divisions and at least to carrier groups to take down Venezuela.
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and maybe be just stupid enough to board a US-flag ship.
The traditional way for a South American socialist economic collapse to end is the national army revolts and resets the board. Barring that, Venezuela's next best hope is to try running "The Mouse That Roared".
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Dunno Rob, but I would guess a fair bit. Most likely when the money started drying up they didn't use their stuff much, but I would bet most of it runs at this point. Trained crews and pilots... not so much.
Give it another couple years and they will have half their equipment on the boneyard to be cannibalized for what works.
[The Hill] President Trump is exempting Citgo Petroleum Corp., owned by Venezuela’s government, from the financial sanctions imposed Friday on the country.
The latest set of sanctions is meant to punish the government of President Nicolás Maduro as it moves to rewrite the country’s constitution and consolidate his power. To that end, the sanctions seek to exclude the Venezuelan government from the United States’ economy, including its markets and capital, and to make sure the U.S. does not assist the Maduro government.
But Citgo, an oil refiner, retailer and transporter based in the United States and owned by the government’s Petróleos de Venezuela, will get to operate largely as normal.
The White House statement announcing the sanctions framed the Citgo exemption as an attempt "to mitigate harm to the American and Venezuelan people."
Petroleum imports and exports are also exempt, a nod to the significant petroleum trade between the United States and Venezuela.
[Iran Press TV] The United States has imposed potentially hard-hitting economic sanctions on Venezuela, barring banks from any new financial dealings with the government or state-run oil company PDVSA.
The White House on Friday announced President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... had signed an executive order "imposing strong, new financial sanctions" on the government of Venezuela.
"The president's new action prohibits dealings in new debt and equity issued by the government of Venezuela and its state oil company," it said in a statement.
"It also prohibits dealings in certain existing bonds owned by the Venezuelan public sector, as well as dividend payments to the government of Venezuela," it added.
The White House said that the measures "are carefully calibrated" to deny the government of President Nicolas Maduro "a critical source of financing to maintain its illegitimate rule, protect the United States financial system from complicity in Venezuela’s corruption and in the impoverishment of the Venezuelan people, and allow for humanitarian assistance."
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Wall street has been gambling on Maduro paying bonds. The most recent generated a response from their congress that they would not honor paying those bonds. Maduro then established a new congressional body to rubber stamp the payment of bonds. This should stop the nonsense Wall Street is doing.
Maduro has the bearcats and other army to control the general population. Thousands being held hostage in the prisons who could be executed if the population gets out of control.
North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast, as the United States and South Korea conducted annual joint military drills that the North denounces as preparation for war.
The US military's Pacific Command said it had detected three short-range ballistic missiles, all of which failed.
"The first and third missiles at 11:49am and 12:19pm failed in flight. The second missile launch at 12:07pm appears to have blown up almost immediately," it said, using times at its Hawaii-based headquarters.
South Korea said the projectiles were launched from the North's eastern Kangwon province and flew in a north-easterly direction about 250 kilometres into the sea.
Pacific Command said the missiles did not pose a threat to the US mainland or to the Pacific territory of Guam, which North Korea had threatened earlier this month to surround "in a sea of fire".
Tensions had eased since a harsh exchange of threats between Pyongyang and Washington after US President Donald Trump had warned North Korean leader Kim Jong-un he would face "fire and fury" if he threatened the US.
The launch is the first by the North since it test-fired a Hwasong-14 intercontinental ballistic missile (ICMB) on July 28 that could have been designed to reach 10,000km, putting parts of the US mainland within reach.
That missile flew for 47 minutes and 12 seconds while reaching a maximum altitude of 3,724.9 kilometres, according to North Korea's state news agency -- a distance that analysts said could reach deep into the US mainland when perfected.
Japan's military said the projectiles did not appear to be objects that could threaten Japan's safety.
The South Korean and US militaries are in the midst of annual defensive drills, which the North routinely describes as preparation for invasion, that involve computer simulations of a war to test readiness. The drills will run until August 31.
The US State Department did not immediately comment about the Saturday missile launches.
Secretary of State Rex Tillerson earlier this week credited the North with showing restraint by not launching a missile since the late July ICBM test.
Mr Tillerson had said he hoped that the lack of missile launches or other "provocative acts" by Pyongyang could mean a path could be opening for dialogue "sometime in the near future".
Mr Trump also expressed optimism earlier this week about a possible improvement in relations. "I respect the fact that he is starting to respect us," he said of Mr Kim.
North Korea's state media reported on Saturday that Mr Kim had guided a contest of amphibious landing and aerial strike by its army against targets modelled after South Korean islands near the sea border on the west coast.
In a report that lacked the North's usual belligerent threat against the United States, its official KCNA news agency quoted Kim as telling its Army that it "should think of mercilessly wiping out the enemy with arms only and occupying Seoul at one go and the southern half of Korea".
On Wedesnday, Mr Kim ordered the production of more rocket engines and missile warheads during a visit to a chemical institute of the Academy of Defence Science, an agency that he fostered to develop its ballistic missile programme.
Diagrams and what appeared to be missile parts shown in photographs published in the North's state media suggested Pyongyang was pressing ahead with building a longer-range ballistic missile that could potentially reach any part of the US mainland including Washington.
It is also believed to be developing a solid-fuel missile that could be used for submarine launches.
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I know this is a serious matter but the headline gave me a picture of Pudgy on his knees with a book of matches trying to light fuses on bottle rockets. From the Acme Bottle Rocket Company of course. Plus those hats. Those hats for some reason remind my of Super Mario Brothers
[Yonhap] North Korea launched at least three ballistic missiles into the East Sea on Saturday morning, according to South Korean and U.s. militaries.
The North fired "several unidentified projectiles" from the vicinity Gitdaeryong in Gangwon Province starting at around 6:49 a.m., said the Joint Chiefs of Staff (JCS).
Some of those flew more than 250 kilometers in the northeastern direction, it added.
The U.S. Pacific Command (PACOM) also said, "Initial assessment indicates three short-range ballistic missile launches."
"The first and third missiles at 11:49 a.m. (Hawaii time) and 12:19 p.m. failed in flight," the PACOM's spokesman Cdr. David Benham said in an emailed statement. "The second missile launch at 12:07 p.m. appears to have blown up almost immediately."
The North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) determined the three ballistic missile launches from North Korea did not pose a threat to North America, he added.
South Korea and U.S. armed forces are conducing their annual joint drills, called Ulchi Freedom Guardian (UFG), in Korea.
The North's provocation was immediately reported to President Moon Jae-in, added the JCS.
The presidential office Cheong Wa Dae convened a National Security Council meeting to discuss the issue. Premature ejaculations. Three of 'em. Too bad, Pudgy.
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[AnNahar] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... has dismissed over 900 public sector officials in the latest wave of the purge that followed last year's failed coup, according to an emergency decree published Friday.
A second decree said Turkey's National Intelligence Organization (MIT), which was previously under the prime minister, would now report to the president, expanding President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... 's powers over public institutions.
In another example of his growing control over major institutions, the president has been able to choose university rectors since a controversial emergency decree last October.
More than 140,000 people have been sacked or suspended including judges and prosecutors since July 2016 over alleged links to U.S.-based Islamic holy manFethullah Gulen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , who Turkey has accused of ordering the attempted coup. Gulen has denied the charges.
More than 50,000 people including journalists have been placed in durance vile Book 'im, Mahmoud! under the state of emergency imposed last year in a crackdown that has triggered international concern.
Critics have accused the government of using the state of emergency to crack down on all forms of opposition. But Ottoman Turkish authorities insist it is necessary to ensure Turkey's security from the multiple threats it faces from Gulen and Kurdish bully boys.
A total of 928 people were sacked in the latest decree, including civil servants working in the defense, foreign and interior ministries as well as military personnel.
Ottoman Turkish authorities also stripped 10 retired brigadier generals of their rank.
But the decree said 57 civil servants and military personnel returned to their jobs, including 28 from the justice ministry and related institutions.
Another 734 security personnel returned to their jobs after being suspended over suspected links to Gulen, the national security directorate said in a statement on its website.
Six organizations, including three media outlets in the southeast, were shut down including Dicle Media News Agency, based in the Kurdish-majority city of Diyarbakir.
Dozens of media outlets including newspapers and broadcasters have been closed down since July last year.
- More powers for spies -
The second decree also gave the Ottoman Turkish intelligence agency the power to investigate the defense ministry and Ottoman Turkish armed forces personnel.
Erdogan's authorization would be needed for the intelligence chief to be investigated under the new decree.
The president would also need to approve any request made for the MIT head, currently Hakan Fidan, to act as a witness in court.
The presidency will also head a new body called the National Intelligence Coordination Board (MIKK).
The move appears to be part of measures taken to implement changes approved in the April referendum on expanding Erdogan's powers to create an executive presidency.
Most of the measures are due to come into effect after the 2019 presidential and parliamentary elections.
The latest decree also created 32,014 roles in the national security directorate, including 22,000 coppers, as well as 4,000 judges and prosecutors.
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More than 140,000 people have been sacked or suspended including judges and prosecutors since July 2016 Jan 2017.
[Telegraph] Justin Trudeau has sought to tone down the warm welcome he promised to migrants colonists, after arrivals at the Canadian border hit 250 a day, leaving immigration officials struggling to cope with the influx.
The Canadian prime minister tweeted shortly after President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... announced the halt of the US refugee programme that Canada would still be a haven.
"To those fleeing persecution, terror & war, Canadians will welcome you, regardless of your faith. Diversity is our strength #WelcomeToCanada," he said.
But since the start of the year more than 11,300 people have crossed into Canada by foot from the US, with the surge due in large part to fears about Mr Trump’s immigration policy.
Canada is on track to record the most refugee claims in a decade.
The majority ‐ around 85 per cent, according to Canadian officials ‐ are from Haiti. In May Mr Trump floated the idea of rescinding a long-standing agreement to allow Haitians to remain in the country, meaning that a possible 58,000 Haitians could be deported in 2018.
"For someone to successfully seek asylum it’s not about economic migration," said Mr Trudeau, in an attempt to make economic migrants colonists reconsider.
"It’s about vulnerability, exposure to torture or death, or being stateless people. If they are seeking asylum we’ll evaluate them on the basis of what it is to be a refugee or asylum seeker."
"We don't want Haitians. Nor criminal Somalis -- non-criminal Somalis will be discussed later."
More than 6,000 people have skirted border checkpoints to enter Canada since the start of July.
Overwhelmed by these numbers, the government has increased patrols along the border and added immigration staff to process claims. Montreal’s Olympic stadium has been turned into a temporary welcome center, and the military has been deployed to set up a 500-person camp on the border.
"You will not be at an advantage if you choose to enter Canada irregularly," said Mr Trudeau. "You must follow the rules, and there are many."
"If you don't have money and useful-to-us skills, we don't want you."
Critics have accused Mr Trudeau of encouraging would-be refugees to come to Canada without thinking through the consequences.
When you're that cool, thinking is not required.
Michelle Rempel, a politician from the opposition Conservative Party, said it was "completely ridiculous that the Prime Minister of Canada would tout a tent city" to deal with the influx as winter approached.
[LibertyUnyielding] Why not? Hey, nothing says excitement like two governors who found themselves on the sidelines of their respective parties last year looking for ways to be relevant two years from now. Axios reports that a public tour by John Kasich and John Hickenlooper on health-care reform has a longer-term strategy:
Axios has learned that their duet is part of an alliance that’s gaining momentum toward a possible joint independent bid for president in 2020, likely with Kasich at the top of the ticket ...
Some establishment Dems are apoplectic about the idea of Hickenlooper teaming up with a Republican. One top strategist told me: "No Dem wants Kasich anywhere near our ticket. Sounds like a No Labels fantasy, but moderate Dems would hate it."
But a veteran operativeemails: "Our political system is completely broken. Something big and historic needs to happen to break the logjam. I’m a big Dem but I’m for anything that ... does away with this hyper-partisanship on both sides that is paralyzing our government."
Excerpt: Baffled by how Clinton decided to hire Platte River, ex-employees suggested David DeCamillis, the company's vice-president of sales and marketing might have had a hand in courting her business.
Another theory put forward was that Colorado governor John Hickenlooper recommended them to her. The Democratic National Convention was held in Denver in 2008.
Tera said: 'David DeCamillis was a big Democrat. He went to the Democrat Convention.
'He definitely helped Platte River grow, he had a strong sales background. And he brought a lot of clients on, that was his role as the VP of sales.'
Platte River co-founder Tom Welch revealed DeCamillis – who we revealed was sued for fraud when he worked for Lou Pearlman, the disgraced music impresario who discovered Backstreet Boys and NSync – had hoped to put up Joe Biden, now the vice-president, during the 2008 convention.
'During that Democratic Convention David DeCamillis was going to rent his home to Joe Biden. It was in a relatively posh part of Denver, it was called Washington Park in downtown Denver,' Welch said.
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I'm currently betting Kamalalalalala will be their choice come 2020. It's how they think.
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right sex, right race, not smart. She slept her way up in Willie Brown's bed, reportedly. A short straw
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What a pair, Kasich calling a cop an idiot after being pulled over on a traffic stop and the Looper IMO, I have a hunch is an easy target for bribes.
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Sebastian Gorka is resigning his post as Deputy Assistant to President Trump, multiple sources familiar with the situation have told The Federalist.
In a blunt resignation letter, the national security and counterterrorism expert expressed dissatisfaction with the current state of the Trump administration. "[G]iven recent events, it is clear to me that forces that do not support the MAGA promise are ‐ for now ‐ ascendant within the White House," Gorka wrote. "As a result, the best and most effective way I can support you, Mr. President, is from outside the People’s House."
Gorka’s letter expressed unhappiness with the direction the Trump administration’s foreign policy has taken, as signaled by the president’s recent speech on Afghanistan:
"Regrettably, outside of yourself, the individuals who most embodied and represented the policies that will ’Make America Great Again,’ have been internally countered, systematically removed, or undermined in recent months. This was made patently obvious as I read the text of your speech on Afghanistan this week...
"The fact that those who drafted and approved the speech removed any mention of Radical Islam or radical Islamic terrorism proves that a crucial element of your presidential campaign has been lost...
"Just as worrying, when discussing our future actions in the region, the speech listed operational objectives without ever defining the strategic victory conditions we are fighting for. This omission should seriously disturb any national security professional, and any American who is unsatisfied with the last 16 years of disastrous policy decisions which have led to thousands of Americans killed and trillions of taxpayer dollars spent in ways that have not brought security or victory."
During his time in the Trump administration, Gorka focused on issues such as countering the Muslim Brotherhood, the crisis in Qatar, supporting efforts to draft a new long-term national security strategy, and combatting China’s economic warfare. Before coming to the White House, Gorka was the Major General Matthew C. Horner Chair at Marine Corps University and also contributed to Breitbart News.
Gorka’s tenure at the White House was marked by unusually vociferous attacks against him and his family by left-leaning media organizations and the Democratic Party. This includes personal attacks against his wife, mother, and son.
A source close to the White House said of his decision, "This was more or less going to be a done deal when Bannon submitted his resignation. Not because he didn’t have a protector, but because there is no point in having your life ruined every day if you’re not going to get much accomplished." The same source said that what did change after Bannon left was that anti-Bannon factions began erecting bureaucratic road blocks to undermine Gorka internally.
The Forward has written dozens of attack pieces against Gorka, including several attempting to align him with Nazism. Most recently that publication retracted a story about his son’s schoolwork. Gorka strenuously objected to allegations he had ties to Nazi groups in his family’s home country of Hungary, where he had previously been involved in national politics. Even detractors eventually acknowledged the Nazi accusations were unfair smears.
In his letter, Gorka made clear that he believes in the promise of the Trump presidency despite being concerned about its present direction.
"Your presidency will prove to be one of the most significant events in modern American politics. November the 8th was the result of decades during which the political and media elites felt that they knew better than the people who elect them into office. They do not, and the MAGA platform allowed their voices to be heard," he wrote, adding, "Millions of people believe in, and have chosen, you and your vision of Making America Great Again. They will help eventually rebalance this temporary reality."
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Gorka has nothing to worry about. Ne sees the administration carefully prepared Trumps Arizona speech, only for Trump to completely ignore the teleprompter and speak to the crowd who was his true base.
You cannot teach an old dog new tricks. Gorka may see the staff trying to handle Trump their way and he may see Trump smiling during the process to keep the peace. But he ain't gonna change.
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Not a fan of Gorka - he is nothing more than a talking head without any real depth. Never been anywhere, nor done anythung...but hey he talks with an accent so that makes him smart...not as smart as he imagines himself unfortunately. My guess is Kelly is jettisoning all of the nonperforming sycophants.
[DAWN] SIALKOT: Four ’robbers’ were killed what police claimed in firing by their accomplices during a robbery incident here on Thursday morning at Kharotta Syedaan, Sialkot tehsil.
Police said 10 robbers were looting the people at Kharotta Syedaan. The suspects tried to intercept some men who did not stop. On this, some robbers opened fire and bullets [strangely] hit their own accomplices instead of the commoners.
According to the FIR (No. 164/2017) lodged with Kotli Loharaan cop shoppe on Aug 24 by landlord Syed Zaheerul Hassan Yousafi under sections 302, 397 and 13/20/65 PPC, the slain robbers were identified as Anwar alias Tidda, Rizwan alias Ganju, Ali alias Goonga and Naveed Masih.
Police shifted the bodies to Government Allama Iqbal Memorial Teaching Hospital, Sialkot, for an appointment with Dr. Quincy.
Police claimed that the [slain] suspects had allegedly murdered a constable two days back.
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[DAWN] A 50-year-old man was arrested in the village of Ali Bux Kaloi, Mirpurkhas, on Friday for allegedly marrying a 12-year-old girl from the area after a jirga ordered the forced union following a dispute between both parties' families.
Mirpurkhas Crime Investigation Agency (CIA) police in-charge Imamuddin Chandio raided the village and arrested Ghulam Mustafa Kaloi along with Nikah Khawan, Maulvi Mir Asif Talpur, who had allegedly administered the nikah on August 22.
Police officials said that the young girl was married to Ghulam Mustafa Kaloi to settle a dispute between the two families which emerged when Ghulam Mustafa's daughter and the minor's brother, Abdul Aziz Kaloi, married each other in court a month ago.
The decision of the minor’s forced marriage was made by a jirga held in the village, police told Dawn.
Station House Officer Latif Leghari told Dawn that the girl had been recovered during the raid on the village, and that a thorough investigation into the matter was underway.
According to the police, a first investigation report (FIR) has been registered at Tando Jan Mohammad Police Station against Ghulam Mustafa Kaloi and Maulvi Asif under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 on behalf of the state.
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[DAWN] Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality problems... appeared to have former president and PPP leader Asif Ali Zardari in his crosshairs as he addressed a public gathering in Sukkur on Friday, calling on the people of the province to come out onto the streets and end the reign of "Sindh's pharaoh".
Although Khan continued his criticism of ousted premier Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... at the gathering, the focus of his attention was Zardari. "A pharaoh in Sindh will also soon be asking 'Why was I removed?'," he said, referring to an oft-repeated refrain by ousted PML-N leader Nawaz Sharif after his disqualification from holding public office.
"But Zardari does not put on an act. He will know why he was removed, and he will leave without a fuss," he vowed.
"When the head of Sindh steals, he cannot stop others from stealing. He corrupts the whole system from top to bottom," Khan asserted, asking the crowd to come out and "take down" Zardari with him, and to usher in a new era for the province.
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[DAWN] Former MNA Faiz Tamman was enjugged Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in Rawalpindi on Friday for allegedly forcibly marrying a female relative and keeping her in illegal confinement, police said.
Tamman was arrested after the suspected victim's sister filed a complaint against him in the Rawat cop shoppe, accusing the ex-politician of of marrying the victim through emotional and physical abuse, blackmail and drug abuse, and attempting to seize her property.
The complaint states that Tamman was a distant relative of the victim, an unmarried orphan, and had allegedly offered to help her, but instead took her to his home and eventually married her by manipulating and drugging her.
Tamman, it alleged, is married and has two children and his wife assisted him in his crimes against the victim, who, according to the complaint, is being kept in illegal confinement.
When the victim demanded humane treatment and full rights as a wife, she was physically and mentally abused, and subsequently hospital, the complainant claimed.
It also alleged that another of Tamman's cousins has faced the same treatment and currently resides at his home, while he has taken over her property.
Police began an investigation into the matter but Tamman had expressed dissatisfaction with the area station house officer, after which the case was passed on to a deputy superintendent of police (DSP).
The DSP on Friday, after hearing both parties, arrested Tamman and ordered the arrests of his suspected accomplices.
Subsequently, police started the paperwork but haven't done much else against Tamman, who will be present before the magistrate, with police seeking his physical remand on Saturday, Superintendent Police Iftikharul Haq told Dawn.
Tamman, Sardar of Talagang, was elected an MNA on a fake degree in the 2002 General Election as an independent candidate, but later joined the PML-Q. He switched loyalties, got a PML-N ticket and won the same seat in the 2008 election. He resigned from the National Assembly in 2010, accusing the Sharif brothers of cold-shouldering him. In 2011, he joined the Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... and in April this year announced he was re-joining the PML-N.
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An Israeli technology firm has launched in Iceland what it says is the world’s first commercial food delivery route based entirely on unmanned aerial vehicles.
Flytrex has partnered in the Nordic country with the on-demand goods service AHA, to provide the service in the capital of Reykjavík, the Icelandic firm announced Tuesday. AHA is Iceland’s largest online marketplace, according to CNBC.
In 2015, the Reykjavík City Council passed a motion endorsing a blanket boycott of Israel. Amid an outcry over the motion, its language was changed to indicate the boycott would apply only to products from Israeli settlements. It was the first European capital to pass a resolution supporting a boycott of Israel or of its settlements.
"We feel that the cooperation with Flytrex is going to put us at the forefront of the competition in terms of what we can offer to both our retailers and to our customers," AHA CEO Maron Kristófersson said in a statement.
His coastal city is subdivided by a large bay and several smaller rivers that make the transportation of goods time consuming and cumbersome. Several restaurants and supermarkets subscribe to the services of AHA, Staff from the joint project of AHA and Flytrex load orders of up to a few kilograms into carrying boxes fitted into drones produced by the Chinese firm DJI. The drones used by AHA are modified Matrice 600 models with six propellers.
[AnNahar] At least 71 people including 12 security forces were killed as Rohingya turbans besieged border posts in northern Rakhine State, Myanmar's authorities said Friday -- the highest declared single day toll since fighting broke out last year.
The western state is bisected by religious hatred focused on the stateless Rohingya Moslem minority, who are reviled by many Buddhists and perceived as illegal immigrants colonists.
Friday's fighting went kaboom! around Rathedaung township, where there has been a heavy build up of Myanmar troops in recent weeks, with reports filtering out of killings by shadowy groups, army-blockaded villages and a renewed exodus of refugees heading towards neighboring Bangladesh. Some 20 police posts came under attack in the early hours of Friday by an estimated 150 Lion of Islams, some carrying guns and using homemade explosives, Myanmar's military said.
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[LI] President Donald Trump has issued guidance to the Pentagon on transgender policies. Trump has asked the military to stop admitting transgender individuals, but gives the secretaries of defense and homeland security some leeway. From Fox News:
The directive reinstates the ban on military service for transgender individuals. It also halts military expenses on sexual reassignment surgery, except for those who have already begun medical procedures, and implements criteria for whether transgender individuals already in the military should be allowed to continue to serve.
Transgender service members have been able to serve openly in the military since last year when then-Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, during the Obama administration, lifted the prior ban.
"In President Trump’s judgment, the previous administration failed to identify a sufficient basis to conclude that terminating long-standing policy and practice would not hinder military effectiveness, disrupt unit cohesion, tax military resources," a senior administration official said Friday.
As noted before, in the military the term is 'warning orders', verbal and a direction to begin planning and preparation. If you think you are Deep State, be preparing your retirement orders. The UCMJ is in effect for good order and discipline.
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.
[SMH.AU] Panchkula: Violent protests erupted in India on Friday, killing at least 19 people, after a court convicted a self-styled "godman" of raping two women, angering thousands of his supporters who said he was innocent, police and officials said.
WASHINGTON, Aug 25 (Reuters) - U.S. President Donald Trump on Friday granted a pardon to former Arizona lawman and political ally Joe Arpaio, the self-proclaimed "toughest sheriff in America," less than a month after he was convicted of criminal contempt in a case involving his department's racial profiling policy.
North Korea has fired several short-range missiles into the sea off its east coast, as the United States and South Korea conducted annual joint military drills that the North denounces as preparation for war.
[DAWN] SIALKOT: Four ’robbers’ were killed what police claimed in firing by their accomplices during a robbery incident here on Thursday morning at Kharotta Syedaan, Sialkot tehsil.
[AnNahar] At least 71 people including 12 security forces were killed as Rohingya 
