[LI] A self-proclaimed environmental activist, Einhorn made a name for himself among ecological groups during the 1960s and ’70s by taking on the role of a tie-dye-wearing ecological guru and Philadelphia’s head hippie. With his long beard and gap-toothed smile, Einhorn -- who nicknamed himself "Unicorn" because his German-Jewish last name translates to "one horn" --advocated flower power, peace and free love to his fellow students at the University of Pennsylvania. He also claimed to have helped found Earth Day.
But the charismatic spokesman who helped bring awareness to environmental issues and preached against the Vietnam War -- and any violence -- had a secret dark side. When his girlfriend of five years, Helen "Holly" Maddux, moved to New York and broke up with him, Einhorn threatened that he would throw her left-behind personal belongings onto the street if she didn’t come back to pick them up.
And so on Sept. 9, 1977, Maddux went back to the apartment that she and Einhorn had shared in Philadelphia to collect her things, and was never seen again. When Philadelphia police questioned Einhorn about her mysterious disappearance several weeks later, he claimed that she had gone out to the neighborhood co-op to buy some tofu and sprouts and never returned.
[Daily Caller] Hillary Clinton's personal IT guru is still refusing to meet with Congress, his attorney recently told the chairmen of two Senate committees.
Last month, Senate Judiciary Committee chairman Chuck Grassley and Homeland Security chairman Ron Johnson asked Mark MacDougall, the attorney for Bryan Pagliano, if his client would be willing to testify about his work on Clinton’s server.
MacDougall said his client would "respectfully decline" the invitation, according to the letter, which was first obtained by the Associated Press.
Pagliano was recently granted immunity by the FBI in exchange for his cooperation in the investigation into Clinton's server. He was hired at the State Department in May 2009 to set up and maintain Clinton's email server, which has been found to contain classified information.
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Unless there is some unknown value in Congressional theater, we're beyond it Senator Grassley. Direct your questions to the FBI and demand answers !
[THELOCAL.DE] An ostrich at a circus in Munich was hit by a car and died shortly after animal rights activists opened its cage.
It was around 9pm on Monday evening when as yet unknown people snuck onto the land that Kaiser Circus - along with its 80 animals - was encamped on..
Finding a trailer where the ostriches Nala and Zawo were held along with a goose called Fred, the culprits managed to unscrew the hinges and open the door.
The animals then escaped and ran out into the night, according to local police.
But, at least for Nala, new-found freedom was to have fatal consequences.
Running through the streets in the southwestern area of the city, she was hit by a car and died. The driver drove off and has still not been identified.
The other two birds were later captured, although Zawo might have to be put down, according to the Süddeutsche Zeitung, because German regulations on animal husbandry state that ostriches must be kept in pairs.
Police believe that three men and one woman were behind the incident.
“It’s really affected me, I live with my animals,” the circus director André Kaiser told Süddeutsche Zeitung.
Kaiser, whose family have run the circus for more than 200 years, said that he had been tending to his camels and had not noticed the break-in.
The attack seems to have been the culmination of a barrage of intimidation which animal rights activists have hurled at the circus in recent weeks.
When the circus moved to the northwest of Munich, activists smeared almost all the posters advertising the event with slogans like “Animal torturers. Free all animals”.
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'That's the key idea,' said Hoffman. 'Evolution has shaped us with perceptions that allow us to survive.
'They guide adaptive behaviours. But part of that involves hiding from us the stuff we don't need to know.
Hardly a new idea. Most mammals don't see colours or see them poorly. Primates co-evolved colour vision with trees that produced fruits that changed colour when ripe.
Doesn't mean the world is an illusion. It's just that we perceive it selectively.
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I guess they skipped William of Ockham in his class.
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Dark spooks on the wall of a cavern:
Poor penitents hoods. "It's a klavern!"
And pale shadows, turning
From Christendom's burning,
All face the idealist blatherin'.
[IN.REUTERS] The corpse count from Ecuador's devastating 7.8 magnitude earthquake rose to 602 people on Friday, as dozens of aftershocks shook cities and towns around the country, spooking residents but causing no further damage.
Saturday's quake, the worst in nearly seven decades, injured 12,492 people and left 130 missing, emergency management authorities said in a bulletin.
Survivors were shaken again late on Thursday night when a powerful 6.0 magnitude quake struck off Ecuador's coast about 100 km (62 miles) north-northwest of Portoviejo and at a depth of 10 km (six miles).
"When it started to shake last night we started to pray," said Alex Bachon, 43, a construction worker repairing damage from Saturday's quake at a hotel in Guayaquil. "I have never seen anything like this, it's been so bad."
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[Guardian] Senior Eurosceptic Conservatives have dismissed Barack Obama’s suggestion that the UK would be "at the back of the queue" in negotiations for a US trade agreement if it left the European Union.
Cabinet ministers accused the "lame duck" US president of making meaningless threats to blackmail the British people into voting to remain in Europe. Others pointed out that Europe and the US had never struck a free trade agreement anyway, and claimed Obama was being manipulated by Downing Street.
Chris Grayling, the leader of the House of Commons, said: "We should not give up our independence just because of what President Obama said."
The intervention by Obama, who is popular in Britain, delighted the remain camp, but has left the leave campaign furious. "Barack Obama was doing an old friend a political favour," said the justice minister Dominic Raab, referring to David Cameron.
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Note the butthurt he showed when Bibi came to talk to Congress to lobby against the Iran "Legacy" Deal. Now THAT was inappropriate in The One's World. Fuck that hypocrite
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[Daily Caller] Britain should regain its national independence from the European Union, according to former United Nations ambassador John Bolton and former UK cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith.
Bolton made the remarks at an event on economic reform held at the American Enterprise Institute with the United Kingdom’s former Secretary of State for Work and Pensions and leading advocate of Britain's exit from the EU Iain Duncan Smith.
But Mayor of London and pro-Brexit supporter Boris Johnson had tough words for the president April 16 accusing him of hypocrisy. Americans "wouldn’t dream of sharing [their] sovereignty" in the same the UK has with the EU, Johnson argued. NYP article: Obama to Britain: Stay in the EU or forget about trade deals
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Americans "wouldn’t dream of sharing [their] sovereignty" in the same the UK has with the EU, Johnson argued.
Johnson is correct. Unfortunately however, when he's referencing the Champ and Americans, he's talking about two entirely different subject-verb relationships.
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Indeed,let the US open its borders to the free movement of Islamic jihadis and 4th world illiterates in the name of Trade deals, because we cant trade without free movement of the above. He is your fokkin Kenyan, not ours, he can shut his fokkin muslamic mouth.
[IN.REUTERS] Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff denounced her impeachment as a "coup" to an international audience on Friday, and said she would appeal to the Mercosur bloc of South American nations for Brazil to be suspended if democratic process is broken.
"I would appeal to the democracy clause if there were, from now on, a rupture of what I consider democratic process," she told news hounds in New York.
Mercosur has a democratic clause that can be triggered when an elected government is tossed in any of its member states, as happened in Paraguay in 2012. A breach results in suspension from meetings and can lead to the country losing its trade benefits.
Rousseff's comments were the strongest signal yet that she could continue fighting her ouster if the Senate removes her from office.
The impeachment process has "all the characteristics of a coup" as it has no legal basis, she said, in an attempt to rally international support for her political narrative.
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[THEHILL] Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto on Thursday proposed allowing marijuana users to possess larger amounts of the drug, and releasing those convicted of low-level drug offenses. "If you can't lick 'em, light up!"
Peña sent the bill to the Mexican senate, where the body's president, Roberto Gil Zuarth, praised the move toward liberalization of drug policy but criticized the measure.
"To move the threshold from 5 to 28 grams isn't enough if one has to go to the black market now to get the 28 grams," said Gil, of the opposition center-right National Action Party.
Peña, known for his personal opposition to full legalization of drugs, said his measure is a step "toward a new paradigm that views drugs from a perspective of prevention, health and human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... ."
Sen. Agustín Basave Benítez of the center-left Party of the Democratic Revolution similarly called it a step in the right direction, but added that the measure did not go far enough.
Basave said he supported a legal approach of hurting organized crime syndicates financially, instead of taking down drug kingpins who could easily be replaced.
"Let’s hit them where it hurts, and we’ll let informed adults decide and addicts to be treated because it’s a health problem," Basave said.
Gil, who last month introduced a much more aggressive drug proposal, worried about what would happen if U.S. border states legalized local marijuana production.
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Japan's first stealth fighter jet successfully took to the skies on Friday as the country joins a select group of world military powers wielding the radar-dodging technology.
Should have sold them the F-22 when we had the chance...
Technological super power Japan, despite strict constitutional constraints on the use of military force imposed after World War II, has one of the world's most advanced defence forces and the development of the stealth fighter comes as it faces new security challenges in the form of China's expanding force posture.
The domestically developed X-2 jet took off from Nagoya airport in central Japan on its maiden test flight as dozens of aviation enthusiasts watching the event erupted in applause as it lifted off into the clear morning sky. The single-pilot prototype safely landed at Gifu air base, north of Nagoya airport, after a 25-minute flight with "no particular problems," said an official at the defence ministry's acquisition agency.
It was an "extremely stable" flight, the pilot was quoted as saying by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, the main contractor.
"The first flight has a very significant meaning that can secure technologies needed for future fighter development," Defence Minister Gen Nakatani told reporters.
"We also expect it can be applied to other fields and technological innovation in the entire aviation industry," Nakatani added.
The X-2, developed by Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and 200 other firms, measures 14.2 metres (47 feet) long and 9.1 metres wide and was built as a successor to F-2 fighter jets developed jointly with the United States. Its delivery to the defence ministry is expected as early as next month and the acquisition agency "will continue analysing data and check its stealth technology capability," the agency official told AFP.
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I wonder if they will sell some to us after the F-35 fails so badly that it gets cancelled, and we cannot get the F22 production restarted?
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Shipping companies, particularly the smaller ones, are breathing easier eespecially as the freight market reflected in Benchmark Baltic indices has more than doubled in last two months and is expected to rise. Consequently, shipping firms are now hoping to achieve operational equilibrium if freight rates remain firm.
The spike in Baltic Dry Index (BDI), the benchmark for dry bulk shipping freight, in the past month is expected to continue on the back of scrapping of vessels which has pulled down the supply to some extent and rise in front-haul due to the ongoing harvest season in South America.
BDI has jumped 67% in the last one month to 659 level and is seen touching 900 levels by end of May, industry officials said. The index was below 300 points barely two months ago.
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Today, Thursday, April 21 2016, the Baltic Dry Index climbed by 1 points, reaching 670 points.
Baltic Dry Index is compiled by the London-based Baltic Exchange and covers prices for transported cargo such as coal, grain and iron ore.
The index is based on a daily survey of agents all over the world. Baltic Dry hit a temporary peak on May 20, 2008, when the index hit 11,793. The lowest level ever reached was on Wednesday the 10th of February 2016, when the index dropped to 290 points.
[DAWN] RAHIM YAR KHAN: An influential landlord made four villagers, including a woman, to walk on boiled oil as punishment on theft allegation in Chak 153-P, some 34kms from here, on Thursday.
Reports said some jewellery and money were stolen from the house of landlord Mohsin a few days back. The landlord suspected that four villagers Sadia (14), Kashif (24), Shehzad (21) and Asim (19) were involved in the theft.
On the advice of fake faith healer Shaukat, the landlord summoned the four at his house and forced them to prove their innocence by walking on boiled oil.
The landlord told the four villagers that the boiled oil would not burn the feet of those who were not involved in theft.
As it was not enough, the landlord told the scared villagers that those whose feet were found burnt would have to return the stolen jewellery and cash.
Since feet of all the four villagers were burnt, the landlord called their elders and demanded the stolen jewellery and cash.
Their elders informed the police who raided Mohsin’s house, but he managed to escape along with the faith healer and accomplices.
Sadiqabad police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else against Mohsin, Shaukat, Mukaram, Muddasar, Atif and Riaz under sections 324, 148 and 149.
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[DAWN] Prime Minister 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... has no assets abroad, but continues to receive colossal amounts from his son, Hussain Nawaz, who is settled in the UK, reveal the statements of MNAs’ assets released by the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) on Thursday.
According to the statements of assets for 2015, released amidst the ongoing controversy around the Panama Papers leak, which linked politicians with offshore companies, the value of the assets owned by the prime minister and his spouse comes to around Rs2 billion -- an increase of over a billion in just four years.
The value of his assets in 2011 was Rs166 million, which swelled to Rs261.6 million in 2012 and then to Rs1.82 billion in 2013, making him a declared billionaire. Then, in 2014, the declared value of his assets rose to around Rs2 billion.
Mr Sharif received over Rs215 million from his son Hussain Nawaz in 2015. He had previously received remittances from his son, worth Rs239 million and Rs197. 5 million in 2014 and 2013, respectively.
The prime minister is among the few billionaires in the National Assembly, the others being Petroleum Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi and Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa ... formerly NWFP, still Terrorism Central... MNAs Khayal Zaman and Sajid Hussain Toori.
Mr Sharif owns a Toyota Land Cruiser, gifted to him by an unspecified individual, as well as two Mercedes vehicles. The house he lives in is owned by his mother. He also has multiple foreign and local currency accounts, huge swathes of agricultural land and investments in industrial units such as sugar, textile and paper mills. Mr Sharif has also declared, for the first time, ownership of birds and animals worth Rs2 million.
The PM’s wife, Kulsoom Nawaz, has land and a house in Changa Gali, Abbottabad ... A pleasant city located only 30 convenient miles from Islamabad. The city is noted for its nice weather and good schools. It is the site of Pakistain's military academy, which was within comfortable walking distance of the residence of the late Osama bin Laden.... , that is worth Rs80 million, a bungalow on The Mall in Murree, worth Rs100 million, as well as shares in the family business.
Their son-in-law, retired Capt Mohammad Safdar, has only listed one property and 550 grams of jewellery in the name of his wife, the PM’s daughter, Maryam Safdar.
Property owned by Maryam Safdar, according to the ECP statement, is a 2006 BMW 4800CC car, which was gifted to her by someone in the United Arab Emirates, while her jewellery is worth Rs1 million.
According to the statement filed by Mr Safdar, there is no mention of his wife owning any property, investments or bank accounts inside or outside the country.
The net worth of the prime minister’s son-in-law is only Rs5 million, aside from some 20 acres of land in Mansehra ...a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south... district and around 215 acres of barren land in Rajanpur, Punjab.
Another wealthy MNA from the Sharif family is Hamza Shahbaz Sharif ...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab... , the prime minister’s nephew and son 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.... Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif. His net worth is Rs342.6 million, which includes 10 non-agricultural properties and he has significant investments in the Sharif Feed Mills, Ramzan Sugar Mills and Crystal Plastics.
He has not declared any investments or property outside the country and his bank balance is around Rs10.8 million.
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[DAWN] Former Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... mayor Mustafa Kamal on Friday pulled Syed Hafeezuddin, politician of 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) in Sindh Assembly, into his newly-launched Pak Sarzameen Party.
Kamal announced this while addressing a presser at Bagh-e-Jinnah -- the place where his party is planning to hold a public gathering on April 24.
At the start of the presser Kamal welcomed Hafeezuddin to his political party.
Speaking at the occasion, Hafeezuddin said "The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... ’s current president was once the mayor of Istanbul and he turned it into an economic centre -- not just for the Muslim world but also for Europe."
"That is how I want Mustafa Kamal to lead this nation," he maintained.
Talking about why he resigned from PTI, Hafeezuddin said PTI was established in Karachi after a lot of struggle, but the party didn’t do anything despite registering internal complaints.
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[IN.REUTERS] The top U.N. human rights ...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty... official called on Thailand on Friday to suspend "dangerously sweeping" powers handed to the military and he encouraged dialogue on a draft constitution the military hopes will win approval in an August referendum.
The military has ruled since a May 2014 coup and has banned political gatherings, censored media and tried dissenters in military courts.
Junta chief Prayuth Chan-ocha has stressed the need to restore political stability after year of fractious and at times violent politics and he has promised to hold an election in mid-2017.
Last month, the junta gave soldiers powers of arrest and detention, including the authority to seize assets and search premises, a move rights groups say would only help strengthen the crackdown on critics.
U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Zeid Ra'ad Al Hussein said in a statement extending the military's powers was not the answer to "rebuilding Thailand's political landscape".
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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.
[Daily Caller] Hillary Clinton's personal IT guru is still refusing to meet with Congress, his attorney recently told the chairmen of two Senate committees.
[THELOCAL.DE] An ostrich at a circus in Munich was hit by a car and died shortly after animal rights activists opened its cage.
[Daily Caller] Britain should regain its national independence from the European Union, according to former United Nations ambassador John Bolton and former UK cabinet minister Iain Duncan Smith.
a city and an eponymous district in eastern Khyber-Pakthunwa, nestled snug up against Pak Kashmir, with Kohistan and Diamir to the north and Abbottabad to the south...
