[LA Times] Calling her behavior "outrageously reckless," a judge on Friday sentenced a young woman to six years in prison for chasing a motorcyclist on two South County freeways and causing the crash that killed him.
Darla Renee Jackson, 27, of Imperial Beach sobbed in the courtroom as she heard her punishment, stemming from the 2015 death of Zacharias Buob, a 39-year-old Navy chief petty officer.
As Chula Vista Superior Court Judge Francis Devaney ordered the sentence, Jackson lowered her head on the table in front of her, repeating the word, "No."
Jackson pleaded guilty in January to voluntary manslaughter in connection with the incident, which prosecutors have said was sparked by road rage.
Buob died following a collision that occurred after he and Jackson got into an altercation on May 28, 2015. Both had been driving along northbound Interstate 5 near E Street in South County, and then onto state route 54.
Jackson, who was driving a Nissan Altima, pursued Buob at speeds reaching up to 90 mph and crashed into his motorcycle when the traffic slowed in front of them. Buob was thrown to the ground.
She ran over him as she swerved her car to avoid the fallen motorcycle. Buob died later at a hospital.
"Whatever the purpose, she chased. She sped. She followed too closely. and she hunted him down," Deputy District Atty. Laura Evans said during the sentencing hearing.
"Oh, my God. Oh, my God, no!" Jackson said moments before sheriff’s deputies led her out of the courtroom.
[SMOKEROOM] Former Miss Universe Alicia Machado, who blamed President Donald Trump for her eating disorder, is now posing naked for a PETA ad campaign.
The 40-year-old Venezuelan pageant winner, who claimed Trump nicknamed her “Miss Piggy,” is now sticking up for animals as she’s featured with not a stitch of clothing on in the animal rights group Latino ad campaign.
In the black and white shot, the former beauty queen posed with nothing on, using only her arms to cover her assets. The caption on the photo read, ” Proud to me and Fur Free. I’d rather go naked than wear fur.”
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[INSIDER.FOXNEWS] After U.S. forces dropped "the mother of all bombs" on an ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan, Hollywood director Josh Fox railed against the decision to deploy the military's largest non-nuclear device, which reportedly killed several dozen ISIS krazed killers.
"Atrocity. Murder. Abomination. When will we learn that only love stops hate, and bombings only create more ISIS," Fox wrote in a tweet.
"Love your enemy. Don't create more of them. Teachers, diplomacy, culture and aid helps peace. Bombs don't," he added.
The man is adorable.
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And yet the clenched fist is the only way to deal with conservatives. Hypocrite.
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Mr. Fox, the Taliban guys have a place for you in their camps.
And yes, 'Love' would be on the docket.
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Josh Fox is a director and writer, known for anti-fracking GasLand (2010), anti-fracking Gasland Part II (2013) and How to Let Go of the World and Love All the Things Climate Can't Change (2016) about "climate change warriors".
LOSER
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[ABC] North Korea rolled out intercontinental ballistic missiles and other military hardware at a massive parade on Saturday to celebrate the birthday of the country's late founder, as third-generation leader Kim Jong Un looked on in delight.
State television showed Kim, wearing a black suit and white shirt, stepping out of a limousine and saluting his honor guard before walking down a red carpet. He then stepped up to a podium and clapped with senior government officials to address the thousands of soldiers and civilians taking part in the parade at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, the capital.
The festivities, celebrating the 105th birthday of Kim Il Sung, Kim Jong Un's grandfather, took place amid concerns that North Korea is possibly preparing for its sixth nuclear test or a significant rocket launch, such as its first flight test of an ICBM.
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Caution: The monkey pawed, turd flinging George Stephanopoulos seizes the opportunity to mention "President Bill Clinton" and use the word "bromance" in interview with ABC's Martha Raddatz.
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Bill Clinton, huh? Wasn't he the president who first allowed Pudgy's dad to violate UN agreements on the prohibition of nuclear weapons development?
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Something has to be done about the Norks, and sooner is better.
I don't think China will do anything significant. Will Trump grasp the nettle?
"There were reports of interference ("toppling" - throwing off the gyroscopic controls of a missile with a radio beam) with Cape Canaveral rockets, originating from the Jamaica area."
[Breitbart] China seems to be having second thoughts about indulging the deranged Kim regime in North Korea for so long, but it will not be easy for Beijing to downplay the amount of assistance it has given Pyongyang’s nuclear missile program over the years.
The Washington Post writes of a North Korean booster rocket falling into South Korean waters after a major satellite launch last year, and the South Koreans discovering that many of its key components were purchased from Chinese businesses.
U.N. officials sought comment from these Chinese firms after preparing a report on the rocket configuration but "received only silence." That is not surprising since the U.N. report found that "sensitive software and other items specifically banned for export to North Korea under U.N. Security Council sanctions" were sold by the Chinese as well, and some of the shipments occurred within the last 18 months.
A Virginia scientist pleaded guilty Monday to selling rocket technology to China and bribing Chinese officials to secure a lucrative contract for his high-tech company.
Quan-Sheng Shu, 68, pleaded guilty to two counts of violating the federal Arms Control Act and one count of bribery at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Norfolk.
Shu, a naturalized U.S. citizen born in Shanghai, is president of AMAC International of Newport News.
[Daily Caller] Dozens upon dozens of missiles take flight.
For years, the world had heard warnings, but most doubted the day would ever come. Most missiles fall before allied defenses, but one finds its mark -- it’s the one that matters most. In a flash, hundreds of thousands, if not millions of people perish.
Would North Korea fire off a nuclear weapon? No one knows for certain, but what we do know is that the above scenario is exactly what an aggressive and increasingly-powerful North Korea has been threatening for decades. While the reclusive regime may have previously lacked the necessary weaponry, the North now has the kind of capabilities to turn at least some of its threats into promises.
The U.S. and its East Asian allies have strategic defense assets in position, but war is full of uncertainties. "People think missile defenses are a magic wand. They aren’t," Jeffrey Lewis, a renowned arms expert, told The Daily Caller News Foundation (TheDCNF). Lengthy article.
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South Korea becomes the island of Korea and we all get a couple of days of house arrest till the atmosphere clears a bit. Oh, and the snowflakes will get a taste of what it was like in the 50s with open air testing.
[Zero Hedge] Judging by the precautionary actions of North Korea's neighbors, the next 48 hours on the Korean peninsula could see substantial volatility, because at the same time as China's largest carrier was said to suspend flights to Pyongyang, the Japanese government has asked the U.S. to provide advance consultation if it is about to launch military action against North Korea, and "has ramped up preparations for emergency situations" according to Japan's Yomiuri Shimbun, including the potential evacuation of some 57,000 Japanese citizens currently in South Korea.
According to the Japanese publication, PM Shinzo Abe stressed that the region is becoming increasingly tense. "[U.S. President Donald Trump] has stated that all options are on the table. It’s a fact tensions are rising," he said at the Prime Minister’s Office after receiving a written proposal calling for tougher sanctions on North Korea from the Liberal Democratic Party’s Eriko Yamatani, chief of the headquarters for the abduction issue.
He added that "if an unexpected situation occurs, we’ll ask the United States to cooperate in rescuing the abduction victims."
The Japanese government, like its South Korean peer, has asked for advance consultation regarding any U.S. military action against North Korea during a series of meetings between Japanese and U.S. officials. The U.S. side is said to have responded positively to the request. This is because Japan would need to take appropriate precautions given that, as an ally of Washington, it could be a target for retaliation should the U.S. military attack North Korea, although in order to preserve the "element of surprise" it would not be at all surprising if Trump proceeded to launching a strike unannounced.
[RT] North Korea will strike US military bases in Japan and South Korea, as well as the South Korean president’s residence in Seoul, if America engages in aggression against Pyongyang, North Korea’s General Staff warned, according to state news agency KCNA.
North Korea’s military promised to "ruthlessly ravage" the US if the American aircraft carrier group that is currently on its way to the region takes aggressive action.
"Our toughest counteraction against the US and its vassal forces will be taken in such a merciless manner as not to allow the aggressors to survive," a statement from the military said.
"The Trump administration, which made a surprise guided cruise-missile strike on Syria on April 6, has entered the path of open threat and blackmail," the statement added.
The General Staff noted that, American military bases in the Pacific, Guam, the island of Okinawa, which hosts the bulk of US troops in Japan, as well as the US mainland, are all within reach of North Korea’s strategic missiles.
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Whew,...I was worried they might target the Arctic ice pack to accelerate the seas rising.
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Just for the record, the Korean War did not end. There was a negotiated truce, there was no 'peace treaty'. As the 'paper of record' noted (even though its staff ignores) in 2013, the Norks have already returned us to a state of war that existed prior to that agreement.
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] North Korea’s army vowed a ’merciless’ response to any US provocation, the official news agency reported Friday, as tensions soar over Pyongyang’s rogue nuclear program.
A statement on KCNA, which cited Washington’s recent missile strike on Syria, said the administration of 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 "entered the path of open threat and blackmail against the DPRK".
Trump recently threatened unilateral action against Pyongyang if Beijing failed to help curb its neighbor’s nuclear weapons program.
The North has conducted a series of missile launches and nuclear tests in defiance of UN sanctions and there is growing speculation that it is preparing another atomic or missile test.
The Korean People’s Army statement was typically defiant and menacing, boasting that US military bases in the South "as well as the headquarters of evils such as the (South Korean presidential) Blue House would be pulverized within a few minutes".
"The closer such big targets as nuclear powered aircraft carriers come (to the Korean peninsula), the greater would be the effect of merciless strikes," the statement added.
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Whatever happened to Army-first guy's "Sea of fire" and "Stomachs roasting in hell"? This is Juche-less pap
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#1 Whatever happened to Army-first guy's "Sea of fire" and "Stomachs roasting in hell"?
[ENGLISH.ALMANAR.LB] Flights between Beijing and Pyongyang will be suspended from Monday, state broadcaster CCTV said Friday on its official social media account.
The news comes amid reports of activity at a nuclear test site in North Korea ahead of Saturday’s 105th anniversary of the birth of the country’s founder Kim Il-Sung, fuelling speculation it could carry out a sixth test.
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suspended from Monday
Media returning from the nuke site gotta get home.
[Bloomberg] Albuquerque, N.M. (AP) -- Scientists at Sandia National Laboratories are claiming success with the first in a new series of test flights involving an upgraded version of a nuclear bomb that has been part of the U.S. arsenal for decades.
Work on the B61-12 has been ongoing for years, and government officials say the latest tests using mock versions of the bomb will be vital to the refurbishing effort.
An F-16 from Nellis Air Force Base dropped an inert version of the weapon over the Nevada desert last month to test its non-nuclear functions as well as the plane's ability to carry the bomb.
With a mere puff of dust, the mock bomb landed in a dry lake bed at the Tonopah Test Range.
"It's great to see things all come together: the weapon design, the test preparation, the aircraft, the range and the people who made it happen," Anna Schauer, director of Sandia's Stockpile Resource Center, said in a statement.
Scientists are planning to spend months analyzing the data gathered from the test.
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Interesting 'spread' of locations in the story. Sandia at Albuquerque (hope they remembered to take the left turn) is bombing the Tonopah target range, i.e. the bomb range for Area 51 (Groom Lake). It's a shame they couldn't get Mountain Home involved for the trifecta.
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[StarTribune] A man trying to impose what he calls "the civil part of the sharia law" in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis has sparked anger among local residents and Muslim leaders. Devon shown here wearing his Pakol (pancake hat) which he purchased on Amazon.
Abdullah Rashid, 22, a Georgia native who moved to Cedar-Riverside last year, has been making the rounds in the Somali-dominated neighborhood, telling people not to drink, use drugs or interact with the opposite sex. If he sees Muslim women he believes are dressed inappropriately, he approaches them and suggests they should wear a jilbab, a long, flowing garment. And he says he's recruiting others to join the effort.
But local Muslim leaders are sounding the alarm. They can recognize an FBI plant when they see one.
They are working to stop Rashid's group, General Presidency of the Religious Affairs and Welfare of the Ummah, and have notified Minneapolis police, who say he's being banned from a Cedar-Riverside property. Some say the group is preying on vulnerable young Muslims in a community that has dealt with national scrutiny around radicalization and terrorism.
"What he's doing is wrong and doesn't reflect the community at all," said Jaylani Hussein, executive director of the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR).
[Breitbart] In an internal memo obtained Friday by The Associated Press, Delta Air Lines said gate agents can offer up to $2,000, up from a previous maximum of $800, and supervisors can offer up to $9,950, up from $1,350.
United is reviewing its policies, including incentives for customers, and will announce any actions by April 30, a spokeswoman said. Other airlines did not immediately comment on whether they would raise their limits on passenger compensation.
When there aren’t enough seats, airlines usually ask for volunteers by offering travel vouchers, gift cards or cash.
Last year Delta got more passengers to give up their seats than any other U.S. airline, partly by paying more than most of the others.
As a result, it had the lowest rate among the largest U.S. airlines of bumping people off flights against their will -- something that is legal but alienates customers and requires the airline to pay compensation of up to $1,350 per person.
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Delta no doubt hopes that gate agents and their supervisors won’t need to make maximum offers, and the financial cost to the airline is likely to be limited. If Delta paid $9,950 to every person it bumped involuntarily last year, that would total $12 million. Delta earned nearly $4.4 billion. "The United Incident" will be in every MBA Corp Strategy and Marketing course for decades to come.
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So, played correctly, this could become a full time job. I like to fly, sit in airports, so on...
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United stock lost $770 Million this last week in Market Cap
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The concept of 'cost avoidance' appears no longer taught in MBA schools. I'm sure the time is eaten up with SJW indoctrination. Some seem to learn from 'bad examples' of other.
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
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[INSIDER.FOXNEWS] After U.S. forces dropped "the mother of all bombs" on an ISIS tunnel complex in Afghanistan, Hollywood director Josh Fox railed against the decision to deploy the military's largest non-nuclear device, which reportedly killed several dozen ISIS
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