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-Lurid Crime Tales-
On CNN, Sheriff Clarke Slams 'Black Lies Matter' Movement
[NEWSBUSTERS.ORG] Reacting to the murder of officer Darren Goforth, Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke told CNN's Pamela Brown that the "anti-cop rhetoric" being peddled by Black Lives Matter has "fueled" these recent attacks on police across the country.

Clarke argued that it was "very fair" to indite Black Lives Matter following the death of Officer Goforth especially "in light of the anti-cop rhetoric that is sweeping the United States of America, fueled by this group, some of the vulgar, vile rhetoric coming out talking about killing cops. And that's some of the nice stuff."

Clarke appeared on Erin Burnett OutFront with CNN's Marc Lamont Hill and made sure to clarify that not all police deaths were the fault of Black Lives Matter but stressed that respect for police across the country has vanished:

There's no fear anymore about assaulting or attacking, fighting, disarming or generally -- like I said assaulting law enforcement officers. You know what? If the shoe fits, wear it. Just like the Dylann Roof, right, went into a church and slaughtered nine church-goers. And every white person in America by this black lies movement, L-I-E-S, was indicted because of that. And other people came out and talked about slavery, discrimination alive and well in the United States. That's why I said, if the shoe fits here, wear it.

Despite Clarke pointing out the numerous instances of Black Lives Matter using violent anti-police rhetoric at the marches, Lamont Hill accused the sheriff of distorting the group's message:

The argument of Black Lives Matter is that coppers should be held to standards of accountability just like everybody else. The increased number of black bodies, the sustain of black bodies, which die at the hands of state violence needs to end. And it means while we regard all lives, we cannot exclude black lives.
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He is usually right on, this wonderful Sheriff.
Posted by: newc || 09/02/2015 0:48 Comments || Top||

#2  State "All lives matter", that's corect.
Posted by: Redneck Jim || 09/02/2015 1:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Sheriff Clarke is a treasure. You know it totally pisses off the Milwaukee City Libtards that he speaks as he does and gets national attention
Posted by: Frank G || 09/02/2015 9:01 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 09/02/2015 20:11 Comments || Top||


Huge manhunt for three armed and dangerous suspects who shot cop dead in Chicago suburb
[DAILYMAIL.CO.UK]
  • Three armed suspects are at large in the Fox Lake, Illinois, area
  • Father of four Charles Joseph Gliniewicz was identified as the victim
  • He was a 32-year veteran of the department and nicknamed GI Joe
  • Was on a routine patrol when he started chasing the suspects on foot
  • Cops said he maintained radio contact for a short time before it went quiet
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Wait a minute! Chicago has really strict gun-control, how could this happen?
Posted by: AlanC || 09/02/2015 7:36 Comments || Top||

#2  Not in Chicago but about an hour outside of it.
Supposedly looking for two whites and one black for the shooting.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/02/2015 11:15 Comments || Top||

#3  Fox Lake area.

WAY different from Chicago proper.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/02/2015 11:16 Comments || Top||

#4  I wouldn't be surprised if there were neighborhood armed patrols. All with CC licenses and some fairly heavy firepower.

Pretty 'Midwest' mindset around there. They WILL protect themselves.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/02/2015 11:19 Comments || Top||

#5  Thanks Mullah & Glenmore.

I've never understood the "area" of Chicago appellation.
How can something that far away be considered an area of Chicago?
Posted by: AlanC || 09/02/2015 11:28 Comments || Top||

#6  'Chicago' is a city/state, like LA, NY or Houston, that spans areas of IL, IN, MI, and WI.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/02/2015 11:43 Comments || Top||

#7  Last I was in Chicago, an hour means 10 miles.

Out here, an hour means 85 65 miles.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/02/2015 12:56 Comments || Top||

#8  Fox Lake area is about 30-45 minutes from O'Hare AP.
Posted by: Mugsy Glink || 09/02/2015 13:09 Comments || Top||

#9  I spent about an 'hour' there myself yesterday, swksvolFF.

You have to take into account the extreme traffic congestion at times (with constant ongoing construction to repair poorly built roadways - think 'corrupt officials') in actually understanding how Chicagoans think. I know that other major cities have traffic issues having driven them many times, but Chicago's are definitely 'unique'.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/02/2015 15:21 Comments || Top||

#10  Between dogs and thermal gear used from a helicopter I find it hard to imagine they could get far if they didn't have a vehicle (cleared out before the manhunt) or live local.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/02/2015 15:46 Comments || Top||

#11  Oh I see, up by the WI border. Suppose that means Six Flags is also in Chicago.

Dallas. Fort. Worth.
Where an hour can equal 2 miles.
On the bright side, it isn't dangerous to drive through there. Oh except for the crotch rockets doing mach 2 in between lanes.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/02/2015 15:58 Comments || Top||


Woman stabbed to death on Detroit bus after she bumped passenger with walker
[NYDAILYNEWS]
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Detroit has buses - who knew?
Posted by: Pappy || 09/02/2015 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  That's not going to help their ridership. Where's the "Black Lives Matter" crowd to protest this crime?
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/02/2015 9:02 Comments || Top||

#3  They're all short buses
Posted by: Frank G || 09/02/2015 9:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Bl;ack Lives Matter only when compared to white ones, we kill our own without a qualm.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 10:49 Comments || Top||

#5  Somehow a gun is at fault and we need to ban all guns!! /liberal idiot
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/02/2015 11:10 Comments || Top||

#6  Stabbed to death with a gun, Darth? Maybe she had a bayonet?
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/02/2015 11:16 Comments || Top||

#7  High capacity military assault bayonet with silencer.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/02/2015 12:26 Comments || Top||

#8  "she left the bus at Grand Boulevard and Rosa Parks."

Bizarre coincidence for a bus story involving African Americans. No quip or snark, just odd enough I thought I'd point it out.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/02/2015 15:45 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Afghan activist posts her naked photo to protest public lashing of woman
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A female Afghan activists has reportedly posted her nude photo in a bid to protest against the public punishment of a young woman and man in western Ghor province of Afghanistan.

The photograph of the female activist was widely shared in social media websites with subscribers saying the activist who is a journalist took the bold step to denounce the trial and punishment of the young couple.

It is believed that the activist is currently residing outside the country and the photograph was deleted immediately after it was posted, apparently to prevent furore among the people.

The couple, Ahmad, 21, and Zarmina, 22, were punished in public 20 days after they were tossed in the calaboose
Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit!
over adultery charges.

The couple received 100 lashes each by the order of primary court in the presence of local officials, community elders and local residents.

They were arrested by security personnel from Feroz Koh city and were sent to jail with the head of the provincial primary court Atta Mohammad Farouqi saying that the couple was punished after they admitted their involvement in adultery.

Defending the court's decision to lash the couple, Farouqi further added that the court awarded the sentence considering the law.

He said the woman was taken to a safe house in a bid to protect her against a possible honor killing after she was released from the prison by receiving 100 lashes.
Posted by: Fred || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Kuffar jurisprudence is kooky.
They're cool with adultery -- it's spooky! --
But ban bacha bazi --
It's like you're a Nazi!"
Cries Atta Mohammed Farouqi.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 09/02/2015 20:38 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
New Ebola death confirmed in Sierra Leone
A woman who recently died in northern Sierra Leone has tested positive for Ebola.

It comes as a setback to the country's effort to eradicate the deadly disease.

Sierra Leone was celebrating last week when it discharged its last known Ebola patient from hospital.

News of the new case means the country is no longer Ebola-free. High-risk contacts of the woman have been identified, isolated and will now be watched for symptoms.

The National Ebola Response Centre is assessing whether to isolate the whole village of Sella in the Kambia district where the woman, who was in her mid-60s, died.

The end of the outbreak will only be declared six weeks after the last Ebola patient either dies or tests negative for the virus.

At the height of the outbreak, Sierra Leone was reporting more than 500 new cases a week.

Meanwhile, in Guinea there were three confirmed cases in the week up to 23 August.

The last known Ebola case in Liberia was discharged on 23 July.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/02/2015 00:01 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The disease is endemic to parts of Africa. Until there is a vaccine, there will *always* be new cases.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/02/2015 1:21 Comments || Top||


Great White North
Canada officially enters recession
Reeling from low oil prices, Canada fell into a recession in the first half of the year, government data confirmed Tuesday, putting Conservative Prime Minister Stephen Harper on the defensive in the run-up to October elections.

According to Statistics Canada, the economy contracted 0.5 percent in the second quarter after retreating 0.8 percent in the previous three months. It is Canada's second recession in seven years and it is the only Group of Seven nation in economic retreat. The figures are the weakest since the 2008 global financial crisis.

The data reflects fears about the health of the global economy as more gloomy evidence emerged of a slowdown in China, a main engine of growth worldwide.

Harper, whose Tories are trailing their rivals in opinion polls ahead of the October 19 election, blamed the overseas turmoil for Canada's woes, and emphasized an expansion in the economy in June.

Canada, the world's fifth-largest oil producer, has been hit particularly hard by the halving of world oil prices from above $100 last year. In the second quarter, its mining, quarrying and oil and gas extraction sector posted a "notable decrease" for a second consecutive quarter, said the government statistical agency.

Analysts said the damage however could be limited.

"Despite the weak start to the year, there is good reason to believe that the worst is over," said TD economist Brian DePratto. DePratto cited the sharp increase in GDP in June, "providing positive momentum to start the second half of the year." He predicted a "sharp rebound" in the third quarter with growth reaching 2.5 percent by year's end.

On the campaign trail, where the economy has dominated the debate, opposition parties pounced on the grim data, urging voters to send the Tories packing.

"Under Stephen Harper, this has been Canada's lost decade," leftist New Democratic Party candidate Andrew Thomson told a press conference in Ottawa. "Ten years of job losses, continued crumbling of infrastructure, tax breaks for the wealthy and a situation where the middle class continues to struggle to get ahead, 150 billion dollars in new debt and two recessions -- people are telling us they have had enough."

Thomson -- whose critiques were echoed by the Liberals -- said the Conservatives' stewardship of the economy has been a failure.

"We need to bring change to Ottawa," he said.

Harper has insisted that, oil aside, the rest of the economy is doing well, although the figures point to broad declines in a third of sectors. At a steel plant in Hamilton, Ontario, he urged voters to support his party's leadership, saying he had "the proven experience to keep us safe and keep our economy moving forward."
Posted by: Pappy || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The fall in commodity prices across the board has greatly harmed the Canadian economy -- just as it has damaged activity in the US. (Another copper mine just announced it was closing in Arizona.)
Posted by: Clomp Omagum5939 || 09/02/2015 10:59 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
McCain ready for 2016 Senate re-election effort
U.S. Senator John McCain will point to his success in bringing important projects to Arizona and his new influence as chairman of the Senate Armed Services Committee as key reasons why voters should return him to Congress for a sixth term.

Arizona's senior senator said in a wide-ranging interview with The News Agency Not be Named Tuesday that he's not taking a primary challenge from Republican state Senator Kelli Ward for granted and plans an aggressive primary and general re-election campaign.

McCain pointed to his efforts to keep the Air Force from retiring the A-10 attack jet, reopening a fish hatchery in Mojave County and pushing a highway bypass in Pima County as successes. And he said his leadership on national security issues is particularly needed amid growing world-wide threats.
Posted by: Pappy || 09/02/2015 00:02 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh for crying out loud. Wish this (alleged) Blue Falcon would fade away.

Just for fun, watch this "leader" get the "Custer Treatment" [LINK]
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 09/02/2015 9:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Jeebus, Juan, give it a rest and leave us
Posted by: Frank G || 09/02/2015 9:47 Comments || Top||

#3  John, just crawl away and die.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 10:45 Comments || Top||

#4  McCain is the reason I support a pilotless air force.
Posted by: Clomp Omagum5939 || 09/02/2015 11:01 Comments || Top||

#5  He was in the Navy, remember?
Posted by: JFM || 09/02/2015 11:16 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, he is a bit of a drone, isn't he?
Posted by: Ebbang Uluque6305 || 09/02/2015 11:30 Comments || Top||

#7  Arizona, we are watching and you will be judged as a state of dumbasses or not based on this particular race.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/02/2015 15:47 Comments || Top||

#8  What accomplishments can McCain point to? Same old same old.
Posted by: Javise Greath3056 || 09/02/2015 16:43 Comments || Top||

#9  Well.
Getting arms to baby ISJV?
I'd never heard the term wacko bird before.
Oh, and he called me a hobbit, which is quite a compliment, although I don't think he meant it as such.
Oh, and he managed to get his daughter a job.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/02/2015 16:53 Comments || Top||

#10  He needs to GO AWAY
Posted by: newc || 09/02/2015 17:08 Comments || Top||

#11  Reminder - we ran this man for president.
Posted by: Iblis || 09/02/2015 20:14 Comments || Top||

#12  "We"? Speak for yourself.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 20:19 Comments || Top||

#13  This is just beltway insiders and their string pullers, working Thad Chochran style to prop up whats essentially a shambling corpse for them to use, Weekend At Bernie's style. Why? because they retain power, and keep another possibly real conservative (like Lee from Utah or Cruz from Texas) from destroying the oligarchy.
Posted by: OldSpook || 09/02/2015 20:23 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
NATO Activates Six Command Units on Eastern Flank with Russia
[AnNahar] NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions...
on Tuesday activated command units in six central and eastern European members to boost defense amid regional tensions over Russia's actions in Ukraine, Lithuania's defense ministry said.

"NATO today officially activated NATO force integration units in Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, Poland, Bulgaria and Romania," ministry spokeswoman Asta Galdikaite told AFP.

The Baltic nation's foreign minister Linas Linkevicius said the move was "a clear sign that NATO takes it's commitments very seriously".

"It is a clear message both to allies and, of course, opponents who have recently increased the tensions," the minister told AFP, without directly naming Russia.

NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg will attend ceremonies in Vilnius Thursday formally inaugurating the string of units, an alliance statement said.

The six multinational units with around 40 officers each were set up to facilitate the deployment of the newly forged NATO rapid reaction force and coordinate military drills.

It is the latest NATO move to boost defenses in the eastern flank since Russia annexed the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine last year.

NATO has increased the number of military exercises, deployed planes and ships while the U.S. pledged to keep heavy weapons in the region that lay behind the Iron Curtain a quarter of a century ago.

Latvia confirmed Tuesday that two U.S. Army Predator surveillance drones and 70 airmen had deployed to its Lielvarde Air Base for a training mission.

"They are here... they will be staying for two weeks for training purposes -- it is not a permanent deployment," Latvian Defence Ministry spokeswoman Anete Gneze told AFP.

Intelligence training will involve two intelligence officers from Poland and each of the Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia.

The moves come less than two weeks after NATO opened a new Strategic Communications Center of Excellence in the Latvian capital, Riga.

Though officials have been at pains not to describe it as a counter-propaganda center, part of its brief is to analyze aggressive messages emanating from media operated by Russia.

The three Baltic states and Poland have also repeatedly called for a permanent NATO presence to deter Russia but the Western alliance has so far stuck to back-to-back troop rotations.

Critics contend that permanent military bases could breach a 1997 agreement with Russia and trigger an arms race as Moscow accuses NATO of closing in on Russia's borders.

Linkevicius insisted Russian military exercises have recently been much larger than NATO drills.

"We've repeatedly said our steps are not directed against anybody. We are only meeting the commitments to secure NATO countries and citizens," he said.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/02/2015 00:00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Lots of more HQ flags with no more troops to back them. Reminds me of someone pushing flags on a map in a basement in Berlin.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/02/2015 8:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Activating the Axis Minors...
Posted by: Thraling Hupoluns2819 || 09/02/2015 8:39 Comments || Top||

#3  1938?
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/02/2015 9:44 Comments || Top||

#4  "...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions..."

Sounds like the Austria-Hungarian Empire.
Posted by: Javise Greath3056 || 09/02/2015 16:39 Comments || Top||

#5  The immediately next article is "McCain ready for 2016 Senate re-election effort", coincidence?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/02/2015 16:44 Comments || Top||

#6  HHHMMMM, HHHHMMMM, so is this why CHINA repor send several PLAN warships to operate in the Bering Sea off Alaska, during the Bammer's GWCC visit to the state???

As per FREEREPUBLIC ARTICS-BLOGS.

FYI IIRC SAME = the ISIS /ISIL just repor launched its first official or claimed attack agz Russian military facilities.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 09/02/2015 20:50 Comments || Top||

#7  OOOOOPPPPPSSSS, forgot WORLD MILITARY FORUM > GLOBAL TIMES: DEPUTY CHAIRMAN OF RUSSIAN STATE DUMA CALLS FOR UN HQ TO BE MOVED FROM US' NEW YORK CITY TO CHINA OR BRAZIL. SO-CALLED "NEUTRAL" EURO-STATES LIKE SWITZERLAND, BELGIUM, + AUSTRIA, ETC. CANNOT BE TRUSTED TO BE FREE OF US + WEST EUROPEAN INFLUENCE + DOMINATION.

IIUC, IOW RUSSIA = WHY SHOULD THE US-N-EUROPE, AND ONLY THE US-N-EUROPE, GET EVERYBODY'S HEADQUARTERS???

Making Ultra-Chic, Ultra-Moderne' OWG BRIC Girl Paula "Delilah/Bathsheba/Trip to Brazil"
Abdul happy.

Still giving her Daddy a heart attack by kicking a Coconut.
Posted by: JosephMendiola || 09/02/2015 23:03 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Testosterone Changes the Brain
h/t Instapundit
However much we'd like to think of gender as a social construct, science suggests that real differences do exist between female and male brains. The latest evidence: a first-of-its-kind European study that finds that the female brain can be drastically reshaped by treating it with testosterone over time.

Research has shown that women have the advantage when it comes to memory and language, while men tend to have stronger spatial skills (though this too has been disputed). But due to ethical restrictions, no study had been able to track the direct effect that testosterone exposure has on the brain--until now. Using neuroimaging, Dutch and Austrian researchers found that an increase in this potent hormone led to shrinkage in key areas of the female (transitioning to male) brain associated with language. They presented their findings at last week's annual meeting of the European College of Neuropsychopharmacology in Amsterdam.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/02/2015 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We're awash in lysenkoism that prohibits 'impure' thoughts in science. Academia has long lost the defense of 'academic freedom' though its own actions.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/02/2015 8:05 Comments || Top||

#2  #1 Academia has long lost the defense of 'academic freedom' though its own actions.

Recently, the following was reported in the local newspaper: Staff and students in the University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion want people to think beyond the “he/she” pronouns and are encouraging use of gender-neutral pronouns such as “xe,” “xym,” and “xyr.”

Fortunately, the lawmakers in Nashville who control the purse strings said this is an example of PC run amok. There are still some reasonable people who call things what they are.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/02/2015 9:31 Comments || Top||

#3  So does oxygen. And apparently collectivism.

Seriously, what is this infatuation with trying to give men the menses? I'm already an emotional wreck for a week after the wife, and with all true respect...not interested.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/02/2015 10:36 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2015-09-01
  150 Insurgents Killed in Nangarhar Military Operation
Mon 2015-08-31
  ISIS destroys part of another ancient temple in Syria's Palmyra
Sun 2015-08-30
  Local Syrian ceasefires break down as shelling resumes
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