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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man arrested after two shot during 'Stop the Violence' event
[FOX13NEWS] AVON PARK (FOX 13) - The Highlands County Sheriff's Office said it has tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
a suspect in the shooting that left an adult and child injured on Saturday.

The victims, one being only 5 years old, were attending a 'Stop the Violence' community event at Aline McWhite Park when they were hit by gunfire around 5:30 p.m.

Deputies said it was a group of men near the park who began firing shots for unknown reasons. People attending the event at the park ran from the gunfire, but the child and a 20-year-old woman were shot.

Both victims were taken to Florida Hospital Heartland with non-life-threatening injuries. Officials said the 5-year-old boy has been released from the hospital, but the woman is still hospitalized.

On Sunday, Sherlocks said they had arrested 22-year-old Jaquarius Watson in connection with the shooting. He is being charged with aggravated battery, firing a weapon in public, firing a weapon into a vehicle, property damage less than $200 and aggravated battery on a child.

The Sheriff's Office said more arrests are expected.
Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He is being charged with aggravated battery, firing a weapon in public, firing a weapon into a vehicle, property damage less than $200 and aggravated battery on a child.

Because shooting people is not actually against the law in Floriduh? With all those battery charges, I hope they put him in a dry cell.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/17/2016 2:11 Comments || Top||

#2  a group of men near the park who began firing shots for unknown reasons ... 22-year-old Jaquarius Watson

I see a fully detailed story.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/17/2016 2:14 Comments || Top||

#3  'He was just turning his life around.'
Posted by: Raj || 05/17/2016 2:19 Comments || Top||

#4  It's his Mama's fault for naming him Jaquarius.
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/17/2016 7:42 Comments || Top||

#5  "Donte, Keshawn, or Jaquarius
Wouldn't do nothin' nefarious!"
Could such gregarious
Youths stoop to harry us?
"Never!" sings lib Stradivarius.
Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 || 05/17/2016 16:09 Comments || Top||

#6  Didna Dunuffin escaped
Posted by: Frank G || 05/17/2016 19:11 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Little Sisters of the Poor victory (of sorts) at Supreme Court
[LI] The Supreme Court unanimously pushed the Little Sisters of the Poor contraception case back to the lower courts, meaning they do not face fines if they do not provide contraception coverage.

Ashley E. McGuire, Senior Fellow at The Catholic Association, released this statement in a press release:

"Today the Supreme Court made it clear that the government still has not done enough to accommodate the conscience rights of the Little Sisters, whose plan they have tried to hijack for things like abortion pills. For now, this is an interim win for the nuns, who just want to get back to their work caring for the poor without interference from government bureaucrats."

Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Government does not like competition: the Little Sisters just need to stop taking care of the poor.
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/17/2016 7:44 Comments || Top||

#2  It's not the competition, Glenmore, it's the effective competition they can't stand.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/17/2016 9:59 Comments || Top||

#3  "Get thee to a Nunnery!"
Oh wait, it was sold to some 'actress'.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2016 16:20 Comments || Top||

#4  Federal Government Bureaucrats have their conscience removed, "for effectiveness", ....as it were
Posted by: Frank G || 05/17/2016 19:13 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Comoros ready to take Kuwait's stateless, says minister
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The African island nation of the Comoros has said it is ready to consider taking thousands of stateless people denied citizenship in the Gulf state of Kuwait, newspapers reported on Monday.

"If the issue is raised officially, we are ready to discuss it," visiting Comorian External Affairs Minister Abdulkarim Mohammed said, when asked if his country was ready to receive Kuwait’s stateless, known as bidoons.

"Yes, it is something we are ready to do if officially requested by the Kuwaiti government," he said, cited by Al-Anbaa newspaper.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  There goes the tourism industry.
Posted by: Eohippus Snore8229 || 05/17/2016 1:00 Comments || Top||


Bangladesh
DNA tests confirm Tonu was gang-raped
[Dhaka Tribune] Three people gang-raped Victoria College student and theatre activist Sohagi Jahan Tonu before killing her inside the Mainamati Cantonment on March 20, CID officials said yesterday.

"The evidence of rape has been found on her clothes," Special Superintendent of Police in Comilla Nazmul Karim Khan said. "We have almost solved the case, and hope to identify the killers soon."

Asked whether they had matched the DNA results with the suspects, he evaded a direct answer, and said that they had been analysing every information to identify the killers.
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Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Britain
Horrified Midwives Revolt After Their Union Backs Unlimited Abortion
[Breitbart UK] Midwives in Britain are in revolt after their union backed a radical campaign to abolish all legal limits on abortion without consulting members.

The Royal College of Midwives (RCM), which represents some 30,000 health workers in the UK, is calling for women to be allowed to terminate their pregnancies for any reason and at any stage up to childbirth.

Currently, women in Britain are allowed to seek an abortion up to 24 weeks of pregnancy on the grounds that continuing the pregnancy would damage their physical or mental health. After 24 weeks, mothers can still have an abortion, but only for "medical" reasons ‐ for example if their life is endangered or the child is severely disabled.

The campaign to remove legal restrictions was launched by the British Pregnancy Advisory Service (BPAS), which is the UK’s largest abortion provider, after a 24-year-old woman was jailed after inducing a miscarriage when she was eight months pregnant.
The RCM seals it's own fate. Midwifery becomes yet another victim of the modern culture of death.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2016 01:50 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Caribbean-Latin America
Colombia seizes record cocaine haul in Turbo
[BBC] Police in Colombia say they have seized their largest ever domestic haul of illegal drugs - nearly eight tonnes of cocaine.

The drugs had been hidden on a banana plantation near the north-western coastal town of Turbo.

President Juan Manuel Santos congratulated officers on Twitter, saying: "Operation in Turbo seized the greatest amount in our history."

Police say the drugs belonged to Clan Usuga, a criminal gang.

Three suspects were tossed in the calaboose
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
and another three escaped, a statement read.
CNN adds:
Police seized more than eight metric tons (more than 17,500 pounds) of cocaine from a gang in a series of operations.

The hefty haul weighs more than an African elephant and could have a street value of hundreds of millions of dollars.

But there's an even bigger question looming: Is the massive seizure a sign that Colombia is closing in on its most wanted criminal?
Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The math's not exactly right - I get $392 million uncut / before it gets stepped on, so up it to about $800 million. It's a big fucking haul, as Joe Biden might say.
Posted by: Raj || 05/17/2016 1:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Our shadowy urban economy will no doubt suffer the loss. Some form of Federal economic buffering for the disadvantaged must soon be forthcoming.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2016 1:44 Comments || Top||

#3  At least half the dealers in Mass. that get busted have multiple EBT cards on them; usually one that they get directly and the rest are from customers.
Posted by: Raj || 05/17/2016 1:50 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran: U.S. Encouraging Islamic Republic to Keep Illicit Missile Tests Secret
[Free Beacon] A senior Iranian military commander claimed that U.S. officials are quietly encouraging the Islamic Republic to keep its illicit ballistic missile tests a secret so as not to raise concerns in the region, according to Persian language comments.

Amir Ali Hajizadeh, commander of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps; Aerospace and Missile Force, said in recent remarks that the Obama administration does not want Iran to publicize its ongoing missile tests, which have raised questions about the Islamic Republic's commitment to last summer's comprehensive nuclear agreement.

Scrolling to the bottom line:

A State Department official declined to comment on the remarks, telling the Washington Free Beacon that it is U.S. policy to avoid responding publicly to Iran.

“We generally don’t comment on public remarks by Iranian officials, and especially IRGC officials,” the official told the Free Beacon. “We’re not going to start now.”
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2016 08:29 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Lying about such encouragements would certainly not to be in the interests of Iran. Revealing such encouragements, yet another matter.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2016 9:03 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
Woman says she was harassed in Walmart bathroom, mistook as transgender
This will eventually lead to conflict and possibly shootings. Perhaps this is the intended gov't outcome. Either way, I can envision additional hiring within the legal team of 'Morgan & Morgan'.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2016 09:05 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "I have 5 Queens."

Bullshit.
Pick'em up.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/17/2016 11:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Her story sounds... weird. That and she claimed a man also followed her into a bathroom and tried to rape her, but it was never reported and there were not witnesses....

My first reaction is to call "Bullshit"

The left has far too many (over 100 in the past 3-4 years) of fake hate crime reports. Until I see proof of her story otherwise I will file this under that same category of fake and stupid.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/17/2016 12:19 Comments || Top||

#3  And so it begins.

True or false - it begins.
Posted by: Bobby || 05/17/2016 13:02 Comments || Top||

#4  I say false report. the lady might look a bit boyish but not enough anyone would report her. I could be wrong, there are morons everywhere but this just seems like a bullshit story.

The funny thing is a false report in this manner, made to look anti-trans in the bathroom look like bigots goes a long way towards proving the anti-trans in the bathroom point.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/17/2016 14:59 Comments || Top||

#5  "Toms said she didn’t report the incident, and Walmart did not respond to messages from the Daily News."

So its her word without proof. The fact that it happened in a Walmart is too good to be true for lefties to question. They learned their lesson with the fake hate cake at a Whole Foods.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 05/17/2016 15:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Don't know about you guys, but restrooms in my upscale shopping experience are generally co-located in customer service areas that also include banking facilities. There will be video of the restroom traffic.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2016 16:16 Comments || Top||

#7  Pretty sure that in NOLA a lot of folks identify as Dawg's.
Posted by: Shipman || 05/17/2016 18:18 Comments || Top||

#8  " and a guy gave me a cake saying 'I hate F_gs too'!!"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/17/2016 19:16 Comments || Top||

#9  That's one way to get attention and your 15 minutes of Fame.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/17/2016 19:51 Comments || Top||


'Top Gun' Turns 30 Years Old Today
"Platoon." "Full Metal Jacket." "Hamburger Hill." The decade featured some of the grittiest look at military service, often featuring U.S. soldiers behaving badly.

Then Tom Cruise declared a need for speed.

Cruise’s "Top Gun" celebrates its 30th anniversary today. The 1986 film did more than cement his superstar status. The film flashed impossibly cocky pilots who made Naval Aviation cool. They got the girls, rocked the Karaoke bar and risked their lives for their country.

Reagan’s America got its movie close-up. And the U.S Military’s image enjoyed an overdue Hollywood spit shine. Real-life veterans couldn’t help but take notice. They still salute the movie all these years later.
Note to Hollywood - portraying the United States in a positive light is good box office. Like they give a rat's ass.
Posted by: Raj || 05/17/2016 01:28 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And full frontal's of F-14s, the world's sexiest airplane. Got a tail hook point right here holding my reference books in place.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 05/17/2016 15:59 Comments || Top||

#2  I was a wee pup, and the movie rocked. Bought and put together a plastic model F-14 (working wings!) and would fly it around the house, land on my aircraft carrier.

Then I came across the Top Gun board game, and wow. Game was more advanced than what my peers wanted to play, but it had a listing of different US/USSR aircraft and their differing abilities - which allowed me to research those planes.

Still have the game.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/17/2016 16:50 Comments || Top||

#3 
"The film flashed impossibly cocky pilots"

Nonsense. They were remarkably humble compared to real pilots.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/17/2016 16:52 Comments || Top||

#4  :) Step back, fighter pilot coming thru sports fans.
Posted by: Shipman || 05/17/2016 18:19 Comments || Top||



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