[CBS12] A Washougal woman is suing the owner of a pet duck in Estacada, Ore.
Cynthia Ruddell claims Lolita Rose's duck attacked her after it wandered down the street.
Ruddell's attorney, Gregory Price, told KATU, "... The duck flapped its wings at her and knocked her back and she fell down on an outstretched hand and fractured her wrist in two spots."
The incident happened May 7, 2012. Ruddell broke her right wrist, sprained or strained her elbow and shoulder, and suffered a rotator cuff injury.
The lawsuit claims Rose knew the duck had, "Abnormally dangerous propensities in attacking people."
Rose is accused of "needlessly endangering the public" because she didn't keep the duck contained and didn't warn neighbors about the danger.
"We had neighbors that indicated this duck was a crazy duck that attacked kids at the school bus stop and other people before," Price told KATU.
The suit seeks $25,000 for medical expenses and $250,000 for her pain, her suffering and the interference her injuries have had on her normal, daily activities.
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Once upon a time, if you were stupid, useless, or clumsy, you died. You starved to death in winter, or fell off a cliff or got eaten by bears.
Thanks to the wonder of Civilization, we have insulated ourselves from a lot of that inconvenience. But if we are at the point where a duck can take you out of the game, it's time to man up as a species and get back on top of the food chain.
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Well consider the source; this from the same state that makes it illegal to pump your own gas (natives too stupid to stop when it splashes out the filler neck?) and had to seek refuge in the Fed's Obamacare signup network because their's was FUBAR ( after spending a sh!tload of taxdollars on it)
[PITTSBURGH.CBSLOCAL] Police say a woman murdered her own niece just hours after her wedding, because they were arguing over who would drive home from a New Brighton bar. A bunch of the boys were whooping it up in the Malamute saloon;
The kid that handles the music-box was hitting a jag-time tune;
Back of the bar, in a solo game, sat Dangerous Dan McGrew,
And watching his luck was his light-o'-love, the lady that's known as Lou.
It happened just before 10 p.m. Thursday at Jimmy K's Bar on 11th Avenue. When out of the night, which was fifty below, and into the din and the glare,
There stumbled a miner fresh from the creeks, dog-dirty, and loaded for bear.
He looked like a man with a foot in the grave and scarcely the strength of a louse,
Yet he tilted a poke of dust on the bar, and he called for drinks for the house.
There was none could place the stranger's face, though we searched ourselves for a clue;
But we drank his health, and the last to drink was Dangerous Dan McGrew.
Police say 21-year-old Katelyn Francis of Fairview, W. Va., was shot in the parking lot. She died on her way to the hospital. His eyes went rubbering round the room, and he seemed in a kind of daze,
Till at last that old piano fell in the way of his wandering gaze.
The rag-time kid was having a drink; there was no one else on the stool,
So the stranger stumbles across the room, and flops down there like a fool.
In a buckskin shirt that was glazed with dirt he sat, and I saw him sway;
Then he clutched the keys with his talon hands -- my God! but that man could play.
Police say that Francis was at the bar with her aunt and her aunt's new husband. The three were arguing over who was going to drive home. That's when they say 30-year-old Christina Nicole George-Harvan whipped out a rod and plugged her niece. And the stranger turned, and his eyes they burned in a most peculiar way;
In a buckskin shirt that was glazed with dirt he sat, and I saw him sway;
Then his lips went in in a kind of grin, and he spoke, and his voice was calm,
And "Boys," says he, "you don't know me, and none of you care a damn;
But I want to state, and my words are straight, and I'll bet my poke they're true,
That one of you is a hound of hell. . .and that one is Dan McGrew."
Witnesses noticed the argument earlier in the bar. Then I ducked my head, and the lights went out, and two guns blazed in the dark,
And a woman screamed, and the lights went up, and two men lay stiff and stark.
Pitched on his head, and pumped full of lead, was Dangerous Dan McGrew,
While the man from the creeks lay clutched to the breast of the lady that's known as Lou.
The three were reportedly out celebrating George-Harvan's wedding just hours earlier. These are the simple facts of the case, and I guess I ought to know.
They say that the stranger was crazed with "hooch," and I'm not denying it's so.
I'm not so wise as the lawyer guys, but strictly between us two --
The woman that kissed him and -- pinched his poke -- was the lady that's known as Lou.
"Everybody in the bar noticed that there was something going on with the people, but nobody knew exactly what was happening," said witness James Botinovich. He went on to say "the next thing you know we heard someone got shot ... looked out, noticed it was right by my car."
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Looks like both were wrong. The police did the driving.
[An Nahar] Guinea-Bissau paid its last respects on Friday to Kumba Yala, the philosophy teacher turned president who ruled the west African nation from 2000 to 2003 and died three weeks ago aged 61.
Thousands of political activists, government members, family and friends attended his funeral at a military base in Bissau, many waving banners declaring "eternal glory to Kumba Yala" and "even in death, our president gives us hope".
"Kumba Yala's death is a great loss for our country, for his family and for the party he created," said Adiato Djalo Nandigna, a senior member of the ruling African Independence Party of Guinea-Bissau and Cape Verde and the country's prime minister for a brief period in 2012.
"Yala was a patriot who served his country. It is fitting that at his death the country has come together to pay him the homage he deserves."
The mourners included hundreds of elders from his Balanta ethnic group, notable for the red bobble hat which made Yala so distinctive during his time in office.
A funeral cortege processed to Yala's party headquarters, where activists knelt in front of his body before moving on to the National Assembly for the official commemoration.
Yala died of a heart attack in the early hours of April 4, according to a government statement.
Born on March 15, 1953 to a family of peasant farmers in Pkon, a village near the northwestern town of Bula, Yala was partly educated in Portugal, the former colonial power.
He became a professor of philosophy and also acquired a law degree. He mastered Portuguese, Spanish, French and English.
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He will always live on as a campfire singalong.
Today's victim: The monthly Ladies' Home Journal. After 131 years, the July issue will be its last, reports Ad Age. The website will continue on, and the magazine itself will become a quarterly special-interest publication available starting this fall on newsstands, vs. via subscription. Nonetheless, the entire editorial staff was laid off as part of the change.
LHJ has a circulation of 3.2 million, down from a 1968 peak of 6.8 million, according to parent company Meredith. Subscribers will get one of Meredith's other titles -- Every Day with Rachael Ray, More or Better Homes & Gardens -- in their mailboxes instead.
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Now a days, there are very few Ladies around (a growing number have Tats) or at Home (live with their parents), and few really keep or know how to write a Journal (Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and Memoe are in, Cursive writing is Out).
Publishers could change the name to TatEmoText Torments but it would still be a snailmail item and seriously overtaken by events.
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USATODAY could have picked this cover which depicts actual ladies.
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I was sorry to hear about this because of the folks who will be losing their livelihoods...but on the other hand, I've never known anyone who actually READ the LHJ unless they were trapped in a doctor/dentist office or beauty parlor.
Mike
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Kinda Bundyed out at the moment, so only two news items from Nevada.
The "contract cowboys" at the Bundys were in fact military contractors, possibly foreign, say militiamen at the original confrontation. If true, that means that the federal government is using mercenaries to get around Posse Comitatus restrictions in using military in police actions. Someone last week said that the president is allowed to use military to put down insurrections, but I think implicit in that is that the president has to at least say something along the lines of, "Hey! I'm going to deploy our soldiers to put down the insurrection in Nevada!"
Also the same men, said to be operators working for the federal government, had actually taken their assault rifles and leveled them, sighting rifles at civilian protestors, demanding they leave. The situation came close to a massacre at the government's hands.
National news outlets have their panties in a wad after Georgia enacted a law permiting concealed carry in a variety of venues. On the other hand, Arizona governor Jan Brewer vetoed two gun bills. Dunno what that is about, but I s'pect none of the national media outlets have noted or applauded her move. Haters gotta hate.
Looking at the graphic, at least 50 federal agencies manitain some sort of strike team to enforce laws. Follow the links.
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Rantburg's summary for arms and ammunition:
Prices for pistol and ammunition were mixed to lower.
Prices for used pistols and rifles were mixed.
Pistol Ammo
.45 Caliber, 230 grain, From Last Week: -.02 Each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Goose Island Sales, Tulammo, steel cased, .31 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Quality Made Cartridges, reloaded, .31 per round (-.02 each after unchanged six of previous nine weeks)
.40 Caliber Smith & Wesson, 180 grain, From Last Week: -.01 each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: I.Q. Metals, HSM, reloaded, .28 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: LAX Ammunition, Store Brand, reloaded, .27 per round (Unchanged: four weeks)
9mm Parabellum, 115 grain From Last Week: +.01 each
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Selway Armory, BVAC, RN, .24 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: Freedom Munitions, Store brand, reloaded, RN, .23 per round (From Last Week: +.01 each)
.357 Magnum, 158 grain, From Last Week: -.03 Each
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Rifle Ammunition
.223 Caliber/5.56mm 55 grain, From Last Week: +.02 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Munire USA, Wolf Polyformance, steel cased, .27 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Selway Armory, Wolf Polyformance, steel cased, .27 per round (from Last Week: Unchanged (Two weeks) )
.308 NATO 145 grain, From Last Week: Unchanged (After falling .15 each two weeks ago)
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Selway Armory, Wolf Military Classic, steel cased, .47 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 500 rounds: SG Ammo, Wolf Military Classic, steel cased, .45 per round (From last week: -.02 Each (-.09 Each over two weeks))
7.62x39 AK 123 Grain, From Last Week: -.03 Each
Cheapest, 20 rounds: Natchez Shooters Supplies, Wolf, steel case, .22 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 1,000 rounds: Lucky Gunner, Wolf, steel case, .21 per round (Unchanged from Last Week (Two Weeks) )
.22 LR 40 Grain, From Last Week: +.06 Each (!)
Cheapest, 50 rounds: Raleigh Tactical Supplies, Norma, .13 per round
Cheapest Bulk, 5,000 rounds: Ammo Fast, Eley Sport, .12 per round (-.01 Each From Last Week)
Guns for Private Sale
Rifles
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California (181): Mixed Build: $600
Texas (305): DPMS: $675
Pennsylvania (146): Mixed Build: $650
Virgina (172): Mixed Build: $850
Florida (388): Smith & Wesson: $600
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California (53): DPMS: $1,500
Texas (59): Rock River Armory LAR-8: $1,250
Pennsylvania (27): DPMS LR308: $1,200
Virginia (41): Armalite AR-10: $1,200 (Same Gun)
Florida (81): Armalite AR-10: $1,400
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Texas (52): Zastava: $650 (Same Gun)
Pennsylvania (63): Zastava: $500 (Same Gun)
Virginia (75): Saiga: $550
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Texas (6): Romak PSL: $1,200 (Same Gun)
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Virginia: None Available
Florida: None Available
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California (127): Rock Island Armory: $475
Texas (198): Commodore Shooters Arms: $475
Pennsylvania (151): Mixed Build: $450
Virginia (152): American Tactical Imports: $500
Florida (367): Norinco: $500
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Texas (290): Glock 22: $450
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Virginia (217): Sig Sauer P250C: $400
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California (173): Glock 22: $450
Texas (145): Glock 23: $475
Pennsylvania (121): Glock 27: $400
Virginia (95): Glock 27: $450 (Possibly Same Gun)
Florida (173): Glock 23: $475
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Unable to find the source of Covert's foreign "contract cowboys." Appears Bundy may have had some issues with the Cattoor Livestock Round Up Company.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] A South Sudanese court has freed four politicians accused of plotting to overthrow president Salva Kiir by military force after the government dropped treason charges.
The court order read out a request by the ministry of justice asking it to drop the case against all four officials, explaining the decision was made "in order to promote peace and reconciliation among our people".
The president of the special court, Judge James Alala Deng, said the court had accepted the government's request to stay the case and release the officials in the interests of the nation.
Former security minister Oyay Deng Ajak, former secretary-general of South Sudan's ruling party (SPLM) Pagan Amum Okiech, former defence minister Majak D'Agoot and former US envoy Ezekiel Lol Gatkouth have been in detention for the past four months after being accused of criminal masterminding the alleged coup plot with a number of other bigwigs, including former vice-president turned rebel leader Riek Machar.
"Based on the report and request by the government ... the court decided to stay the process and release the officials who were on trial," Deng announced amid celebrations.
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[MAGHAREBIA] Algeria extradited two Moroccans with alleged ties to an international drug trafficking network, MAP quoted the interior ministry as saying on Thursday (April 24th).
The two brothers are also charged with kidnapping for ransom, murder and other offences.
Morocco had issued international arrest warrants for the suspects over their purported involvement in a number of cases, including two 2013 murders in Ben Slimane and Casablanca.
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After claiming (incorrectly) that the CIA invented the Internet to control Russia, Putin went further. To resist outside [Western] influence, Putin said, Russia needs to fight for the interests of Russian ethnic peoples online as well as in the world... The Kremlin has been anxious to exert greater control over the Internet, which democratic opposition activists - barred from Putin's government and crony controlled national television - have used to promote their ideas and organize protests. Russia's parliament this week passed a law requiring social media websites to keep their servers in Russia and save all information about their users for at least half a year. Also, businessmen close to Putin seized ontrol Russia's leading social media network, VKontakte, [whose founder fled the country for his own safety] (As reported here on Rantburg earlier) Looks like Tsar Vlad wants to limit speech to that which he and the oligarchs approve - using nationalism and ignorance to control the population, and controlling his own internet to isolate the Rodina, much the way the Soviet Union kept its citizens in the dark, ignorant, and politically indoctrinated.
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As long as I can decide I don't want to be connected to your 'net', I'm cool with it.
Putin can build one, with Rus and Uke hackers, Nigerian spammers, and all the Chinese business offers he wants. Just don't hook mine to his.
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Putin is such an idiot. Everyone knows Gore invented it.
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Acrually if he wants to cut Russia off, that's fine by me - it will actually improve things somewhat, give that almost all I ever see from .RU are spams, ID theft, Phising attempts, port scans, viruses and hacking.
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"#4 OS - that's why I use Kaspersky Pure 3.0 - if there's one group of people who really know their stuff about computer viruses, it's the Russians!"
And back doors..
Kaspersky software is compromised.
Russia's debt to GDP ratio stood at around 11 percent at the end of last year, compared to more than 100 percent among countries such as Italy or Greece. This in contrast with the US's GDP ratio of 72.5 [LINK]
With this metric, bigger is definitely not better.
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S&P? The front for a lot of the wall street bankers who got Obumble elected? Nice and compliant there for the administration, aren't they? Cronyism rears its ugly head once again on the east coast corruption corridor (Boston to DC)
[VOA News] President Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... is in South Korea on the second leg of an Asian tour, where he gave a warning to North Korea against conducting a fourth nuclear test.
In a newspaper interview with South Korea's JoongAng Ilbo, released just before his arrival Friday, Obama said: "If North Korea were to make the mistake of engaging in another nuclear test, it should expect a firm response from the international community."
At a joint news conference later Friday with South Korean President Park Geun-hye, Obama said America's commitment to South Korea will never waiver, and the U.S. and South Korea will stand "shoulder to shoulder" against North Korean provocation.
"The United States and South Korea stand shoulder to shoulder both in the face of Pyongyang's provocations and in our refusal to accept a nuclear North Korea," Obama said. "Threats will get North Korea nothing, other than greater isolation."
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should expect a firm response from the international community.
How wishy-washy is that? "You better be careful, or somebody might do something you might not like."
At least is not another red line.
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[NY Times] An American tourist who said he was seeking "shelter" in North Korea has been detained there for more than two weeks and is being held on charges of a "gross violation of its legal order," the country's official Korean Central News Agency reported on Friday.
The announcement was made late Friday, while President B.O. was in South Korea on a state visit.
The news agency said the American, identified as Miller Matthew Todd, 24, was being held for his "rash behavior" while passing through customs after his arrival in North Korea on April 10. According to the report, the American tore his tourist visa, shouting that he entered the North "after choosing it as a shelter."
"Our related agencies consider his behavior a serious matter and an investigation is underway," the news agency said.
It is unclear if the North Koreans were rendering the man's name in a Korean fashion, with the surname first. The country often delays its announcements of detentions, and it is possible that the news was timed to coincide with Mr. Obama's trip.
The report came just hours after the summit meeting between Mr. Obama and his South Korean counterpart, Park Geun-hye, in Seoul. The two leaders warned of the possibility of imposing more sanctions on the North amid signs that it might be preparing to conduct a fourth nuclear test.
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The news agency said the American, identified as Miller Matthew Todd, 24, was being held for his "rash behavior"...
The "rash behavior" actually began manifesting itself the moment he decided to visit North Korea.
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Anybody from the West who goes into North Korea is a volunteer hostage, and gets no sympathy from me. But Mr Todd/Miller does sound like he is missing a few sheep in the top paddock.
[VOA News] Pro-Russian separatists say they've detained a group of international observers after finding a Ukrainian spy traveling with them.
"They are with us in Slovyansk," Vyacheslav Ponomaryov, a separatist leader, told Rooters.
He made the comments in front of the seized security service building where the Ukrainian government says the observers are being held.
"What the situation was I do not know," Ponomaryov said. "It was reported to me that among them [the observers] was an employee of Kyiv's secret military staff. People who come here as observers bringing with them a real spy: it's not appropriate."
The monitors work for the Organization for Security and Cooperation (OSCE) in Europe and its teams are currently deployed in nine locations in Ukraine.
The interior ministry in Kyiv said the detained group includes 7 OSCE representatives and five members of the Ukrainian armed forces who were accompanying them.
On his Twitter account, Swedish Foreign Minister Carl Bildt called for the group's immediate release: "Extremely concerned with OSCE inspectors being kidnapped in Eastern Ukraine. Including one Swede. They must be released immediately."
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'Mr. Bundy is not a racist. Ever since I've been here he's treated me with nothing but hospitality,' Bullock told the reporter. 'He's pretty much treated me like his own family.'
He goes on to say that 'I would take a bullet for that man, if need be,' and that he 'look(s) up to him just like I do my grandfather.'
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.
[CBS12] A Washougal woman is suing the owner of a pet duck in Estacada, Ore.
USATODAY could have picked this cover which depicts actual ladies. 
After claiming (incorrectly) that the CIA invented the Internet to control Russia, Putin went further. To resist outside [Western] influence, Putin said, Russia needs to fight for the interests of Russian ethnic peoples online as well as in the world... The Kremlin has been anxious to exert greater control over the Internet, which democratic opposition activists - barred from Putin's government and crony controlled national television - have used to promote their ideas and organize protests. Russia's parliament this week passed a law requiring social media websites to keep their servers in Russia and save all information about their users for at least half a year. Also, businessmen close to Putin seized ontrol Russia's leading social media network, VKontakte, [whose founder fled the country for his own safety] (As reported here on Rantburg earlier)
North Korea
North Korea
