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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Monica Petersen: Investigating Clinton Human Trafficking in Haiti Found Dead
Imagine that. Monica Petersen, a woman who was investigating Clinton Foundation trafficking has turned out dead, for no reason. This seems to happen a lot of people who are either investigating or release damning information on the Clinton Crime Family and the foundation. Remember Seth Rich and Wikileaks?

It has been reported on Reddit that Monica Petersen, working for the Human Trafficking Center, was in Haiti investigating possible human trafficking connections to the Clinton Foundation.

Peterson previously worked for the Colorado Human Trafficking Council’s Data & Research Task Force. Early in 2016, a friend shared her blog post which was critical of Hillary Clinton’s shady dealings in Haiti.

As we know, Hillary has ties to convicted sex offender and child sex trafficker Jeffrey Epstein. In addition, Hillary was involved in the NGO run by Laura Silsby, the former director of the The New Life Children’s Refuge. She was caught attempting to steal and smuggle 33 children from Haiti, most of whom weren’t even orphans at the time:

Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  most of whom weren’t even orphans at the time:

A temporary condition, surely.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/19/2016 7:01 Comments || Top||

#2  To save readers some digging
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/19/2016 9:19 Comments || Top||

#3  One of those "Clinton suicides" where the person shot themselves in the back of the head three times?

There seems to be some really nasty, shady sh!t going on in this story with the rich and super-rich. Maybe a Trump DOJ will look into it or the NYPD/FBI will leak or Palm Beach PD and Florida court will open up the Epstein files to the public.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/19/2016 9:49 Comments || Top||

#4  What I take from these "suicides" and "accidents" is, don't advertise.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 11/19/2016 10:39 Comments || Top||

#5  I hope AG Sessions tells a special prosecutor with carte blanch to look into these deaths. And include the current AG and her predecessor as accomplices in the coverups.
Posted by: OldSpook || 11/19/2016 12:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Palm Beach PD is still hiding the 'Teddy Files', JohnQC.

i don't hold much hope there.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/19/2016 20:50 Comments || Top||


Cops: Hooker Wanted Nachos For Sex Act
[THESMOKINGGUN] -An Ohio woman enjugged
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
in a prostitution sting told an undercover cop that her price for oral sex was $50 and a plate of nachos, police say.
That's what I want by golly: a 270 pound hooker with a mole over one eye, at least two facial punctures, and a scowl.
As detailed in a Beaver Police Department report, an officer contacted Crystal Hotlosz, 36, after spotting a Backpage.com ad offering paid companionship. Records show that the 5’ 8", 270-pound Hotlosz frequently advertises her escort services online, describing herself as a "BBW goddess" (big beautiful women) who is "thicker than a snickers."
She looks like she's thicker than I am, and I've got lots of excess avoirdupois to lose.
In reply to the undercover cop’s initial text, Hotlosz quoted an hourly rate of $160. But after some negotiation, she altered her demands and "agreed to a price of $50 and nachos."
She's made a lot of similar bargains. You can tell.
Hotlosz subsequently met the cop Monday night in the parking lot of a Mexican restaurant in Beaver Township, which is about 13 miles south of Youngstown. After entering the undercover vehicle, Hotlosz "asked if I had any extra money and her nachos," the officer reported.
"Extra cash?" Beyond the negotiated price? To make up for the lack of nachos?
After accepting cash--but, alas, no nachos--from the cop, Hotlosz was arrested for solicitation. Police also collared a 41-year-old Youngstown man who had driven Hotlosz to meet with the purported john.
He was her hairdresser. You can see. He was arrested for primping.
Seen above, Hotlosz was booked into the Mahoning County jail, where she remains locked up on $1750 bond.
Posted by: Fred || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We'd hit that
Posted by: Hillary and Huma || 11/19/2016 1:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Yeah. Hit it and run away.
Posted by: gorb || 11/19/2016 2:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Hookers got to eat too.
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 || 11/19/2016 4:23 Comments || Top||

#4  But shots of Jagermeister and an offer to pay past due parking tickets is perfectly legal? She may just have case...just sayin.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 11/19/2016 9:48 Comments || Top||

#5  Hotlosz quoted an hourly rate of $160

The $50 price included a bulk discount.
Posted by: SteveS || 11/19/2016 13:09 Comments || Top||

#6  Steve S, that was absolutely dreadful. I hope you are properly ashamed. ;-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/19/2016 15:01 Comments || Top||

#7  "...Forget it, Jake. It's Beaver."

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 11/19/2016 17:13 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Steve Bannon: I Warned Roger Ailes that Megyn Kelly Would Turn On Him
Helplessly lame excerpt: "I categorically deny the allegations Megyn Kelly makes about me," Ailes said. "I worked tirelessly to promote and advance her career, as Megyn herself admitted to Charlie Rose. Watch that interview and then decide for yourself. My attorneys have restricted me from commenting further -- so suffice it to say that no good deed goes unpunished."
He needed a 'warning?' Admit it Roger, you're a dumb arse, a wealthy dumb arse, but still a dumb arse. Next time, keep the door open and make sure others are in the room !
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/19/2016 08:11 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Bannon has good judgement.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/19/2016 9:16 Comments || Top||

#2  "I categorically deny the allegations Megyn Kelly makes about me,"

From 'A Few Good Men': 'Your honor, I strenuously object!
Posted by: Raj || 11/19/2016 12:53 Comments || Top||

#3  What a mess Fox news has become! It used to be there was at least one non-liberal voice. What happened to Fair and Balanced?
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 11/19/2016 13:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Yep Injun, biggest weird-out since Charles Johnson took his Little Grim Football and moved to Portlandia.
Posted by: Shipman || 11/19/2016 13:50 Comments || Top||

#5  The sons are not the father. And the father has had a Saudi prince as a minority stockholder for years.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/19/2016 15:25 Comments || Top||


Santa At Sanford Mall Replaced For Saying Hillary Clinton On Naughty List
The mother told Towne Center management the incident happened Tuesday night when she brought two of her children to see Santa.

She said when her 10-year-old daughter told him what she wanted for Christmas, he told her she was on his nice list.

She said he then asked her, "Do you know who is on my naughty list? Hillary Clinton." The girl said he then laughed.

The girl's mother called management, and a representative told News 6 that mall officials called the company that hired Santa.
Hush little snowflake, don't say a word;
Mommy's gonna make Santa a jailbird . . . .

News 6 found out that company is The Noerr Program, Inc., which provides Santas to malls around the country. A spokesman said the Santa in question told them he thought it was a joke, but when the mother called to complain, they removed him from the mall floor.

Spokesman Charlie Russell said his company apologized to the girl's family.

He also said the Santa in question was sent to counseling in human resources.

When asked if the Santa would be returning, Russell said he didn't know.

News 6 on Wednesday night found a replacement Santa waving to shoppers and waiting for someone to tell him what they wanted for Christmas.
Posted by: gorb || 11/19/2016 02:17 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I related news that will never get old -

Hillary Clinton will never be President.

Boy, I love to say that. Repeatedly. To everyone.
Posted by: GORT || 11/19/2016 11:45 Comments || Top||

#2  In related news, Bad Santa 2 is out on Wednesday!
Posted by: Raj || 11/19/2016 12:58 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Robot Goes Rogue at Shenzhen Fair, Injures Bystander
[SIXTHTONE] A robot went out of control at a technology fair in southern China’s Guangdong province Thursday, smashing a glass window and injuring a visitor.

The aggressor was Fabo, an education and entertainment robot for children. A human error was responsible for the mishap: The person operating Fabo hit the "forward" button instead of "reverse," according to one of the fair’s organizers.

This command sent Fabo off in the direction of a neighboring exhibition booth that was made from glass. The robot rammed into the booth and shattered the glass, the splinters from which injured the ankles of a visitor to the exhibition.

Details about the injured visitor were not immediately available, but images circulating on the internet on Friday show what appears to be a middle-aged man lying on a stretcher. After receiving emergency care on-site, the patient was sent to the nearby Peking University Shenzhen Hospital by ambulance and was discharged after receiving stitches.

The incident took place at the China Hi-Tech Fair 2016 in Shenzhen, the boomtown that is now a major hub for tech startups. The fair, hosted by the Shenzhen Convention and Exhibition Center (SCEC) for six days through Nov. 21, has attracted more than 3,000 exhibitors and aims to showcase some of the world’s most advanced technologies.

SCEC told Sixth Tone that the accident took place on Thursday afternoon and was caused by the human error of a staffer from Shenzhen Spreadview Century Technologies Co., one of the fair’s exhibitors.

Shenzhen Spreadview Century produces mini projectors, which it supplies to Beijing Evolver Robotics Technology Co., Ltd., the manufacturer of Fabo. The robot comes in two models: One is designed to serve as an education or entertainment tool for children, while the other is used for commercial purposes such as advertising. The robot costs close to 13,000 yuan ($1,900), according to the company’s website.
Posted by: Fred || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The person operating Fabo hit
the "forward" button instead of "reverse,"


Good thing it wasn't a Fembot.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/19/2016 9:31 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
Deputy US marshal shot, killed in Georgia; suspect dead
[Fox] A deputy U.S. marshal was shot and killed in southeastern Georgia Friday morning while trying to arrest a man with a history of targeting police, investigators announced, adding that law enforcement shot and killed the suspect.

Deputy Commander Patrick Carothers, 53, was part of a team seeking to arrest Dontrell Montese Carter, who was wanted on charges including attempted murder of police officers and domestic violence stemming from a September incident in South Carolina, the U.S. Marshals Service reported.
Con't.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Shoulda used a Hellfire.
Posted by: gorb || 11/19/2016 2:58 Comments || Top||

#2  So how did this marshal approach this guy? A known very dangerous and hostile criminal. You just do not knock on the door. In a mobile home, even if you stand aside of the door the perp can shoot a hail of lead through the walls.
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 11/19/2016 16:18 Comments || Top||

#3  Dontrell, is that a Scandanavian name?
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 || 11/19/2016 19:02 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Draft Agreement Finalized to Link Afghanistan with Black, Mediterranean Sea
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The draft agreement for Lazuli route was finalized between Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
to link Afghanistan with Black and Mediterranean Sea.
Oh, good idea. Pashtuns on the Bosporus.
Didn't we do this about a thousand years ago? Does "Silk Road" ring a bell?
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MoFA) said the draft agreement was finalized during a meeting at the ministry of transport of Azerbaijan. MoFA further added that the Lazuli route is an initiative of the Afghan government that will link the country to Black Sea and Mediterranean.

According to MoFA, the transit route will bring a considerable reduction in time and cost of transportation besides opening transit route to South Asian Countries to have access to Central Asia, Caucasus, and European countries.

With the finalization of the draft agreement for Lazuli route, the brass hats of the mentioned countries are now able to sign and execute the agreement, MoFA added.

This comes as a railway network was inaugurated in mid-October this year to help connect Afghanistan to European countries and China via Central Asia.

The railway network, Lazuli railway, will link Afghanistan with the European countries and China via Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, and Turkey. The railway network was inaugurated days after the first ever cargo train from China arrived in the main Hairtan port located in North of Afghanistan, boosting hopes among the Afghan officials to find access to alternative routes for transit.
Posted by: Fred || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  You mean there's gonna be an Afghan navy?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 11/19/2016 13:22 Comments || Top||


Economy
Obama blocks new oil, gas drilling in Arctic Ocean
There's an executive order that won't last long under President Trump...
The Obama administration is blocking new oil and gas drilling in the Arctic Ocean, handing a victory to environmentalists who say industrial activity in the icy waters will harm whales, walruses and other wildlife and exacerbate global warming, Associated Press reported.

A five-year offshore drilling plan announced on Friday blocks the planned sale of new oil and gas drilling rights in the Chukchi and Beaufort seas north of Alaska. The plan allows drilling to go forward in Alaska's Cook Inlet southwest of Anchorage.

The blueprint for drilling from 2017 to 2022 can be rewritten by President-elect Donald Trump, in a process that could take months or years.
Or days...
Besides Cook Inlet, the plan also allows drilling in the Gulf of Mexico, long the center of U.S. offshore oil production. Ten of the 11 lease sales proposed in the five-year plan are in the Gulf, mostly off the coasts of Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Alabama.
Curiously, none near Florida...
Confirming a decision announced this spring, the five-year plan also bars drilling in the Atlantic Ocean.

"The plan focuses lease sales in the best places - those with the highest resource potential, lowest conflict and established infrastructure - and removes regions that are simply not right to lease," said soon to be ex Interior Secretary Sally Jewell.
Posted by: Steve White || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I don't think there's much industry interest right now anyway: costs - including the long time lag to production (if any) - are not competitive with fracking in developed areas.
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/19/2016 9:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Given the new reserves in Texas it is probably noat attractive to expand up there. But Pres Trump should reverse this anyway, just on the principles of the thing.
Posted by: OldSpook || 11/19/2016 12:10 Comments || Top||

#3  On Oct. 4, 2016, Dallas-based Caelus Energy LLC announced it has discovered an estimated 6 billion barrels of oil (in Arctic waters) under its current state leaseholds in Smith Bay, an area southeast of Barrow Alaska. The company says the wider Smith Bay area could contain as much as 10 billion barrels of oil.

Smith Bay is located along the coast of the Beaufort Sea 150 miles west of Prudhoe Bay. The Caelus leases are in state waters, north of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska.
Maximum water depth of the lease is less than 33 feet.
Exploration wells were drilled from ice islands less than 2 miles offshore in water just 4 to 6 feet deep.
Because of the light viscous quality of this oil and the structure of the oil bearing formation, fracking of wells in this area cost substantially less than fracking of similar oil wells in most areas of the lower 48 states.

Caelus chief executive and chairman Jim Musselman described it as the largest oil find in Alaska in more than 40 years, and that the field could begin producing oil in late 2022.
Dubbed the Smith Bay development, Caelus estimates the field could potentially provide 200,000 barrels of oil per day.

It is obvious that President Obama will do everything in his power, during the remaining months of his presidency, to permanently prevent any further development of this gigantic oil discovery.


Posted by: junkiron || 11/19/2016 16:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Junkiron:
1) I never trust what amount to press releases on discoveries.
2) I suspect numerous delineation wells will be needed to confirm the possible size of the discovery.
3) I am not familiar with Caelus, but they will need very deep pockets to develop such a project - probably would have to partner with Exxon or BP.
4) It's in State waters, so should not be subject to most Federal regulations (operative word 'should' - lots of overreach lately.)
5) At only 2 miles offshore, wells could be drilled directionally from onshore pads.
6) Fracking, in the common (mis)understanding of the term, has not been employed in other projects on the North Slope, and would only be needed if the reservoir rock is of poor permeability, in which case it can't compete with West Texas projects due to much higher cost.
Posted by: Glenmore || 11/19/2016 18:21 Comments || Top||


Europe
Turkish Asylum Requests in Germany More than Double this Year
[AnNahar] More than 4,400 Turkish citizens have applied for asylum in Germany this year, the government said Friday, with numbers up since a failed coup attempt against President Recep Tayyip Erdogan.

Among them are several Turkish military officers stationed at German's Ramstein NATO air base, national news agency DPA has reported.

Berlin-Ankara relations have been badly strained by concerns over the Erdogan government's stance on civil rights, especially its sweeping crackdown against opposition lawmakers, journalists and other critical voices in the wake of the July coup attempt.

On Friday, Germany's Office for Migration and Refugees said that this year it had received 4,437 political asylum requests to the end of October from Turks, compared to 1,767 during all of last year.

Numbers had steadily ticked up from 275 in July to 485 in October, it said, cautioning however that the rise could not be tied directly to the coup attempt, given the long time lags for asylum applications.

German conservative lawmaker Stephan Mayer, who sits on parliament's interior affairs committee, said "we must presume that the number of Turks who will request political asylum in Germany will rise further".

He was critical of the foreign ministry for openly stating recently that Germany was open to granting refuge to Turkish citizens who need it.

- 'Get rid of the opposition' -
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier had said last week Berlin wants to "help persecuted scientists, cultural workers, journalists, who can no longer work in Turkey come to Germany to work".

But Mayer, a member of the conservative Bavarian CSU party, told the Funke media group: "We don't solve Turkey's problems by inviting all citizens who are critical of the regime to request asylum here."

"That's not a favour we should do for President Erdogan. Because that's exactly what he wants -- to get rid of the opposition."

Developments in Turkey have a strong resonance in Germany, home to a three-million-strong ethnic Turkish population, the legacy of a massive "guest worker" programme in the 1960s and 70s.

Turkish NATO Officers Ask for Asylum

[AnNahar] A number of Turkish officers posted to NATO have asked for asylum in the member state countries in which they are serving, alliance chief Jens Stoltenberg said Friday.

"It is right that some Turkish officers working in NATO command structure, some of them have requested asylum in the countries where they are working," Stoltenberg said in Brussels when asked about the issue.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Hurry before Merkel gets the axe.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 11/19/2016 13:46 Comments || Top||


Serbia deports Russians suspected of plotting Montenegro coup
Putin Caught with Boogerhook in Cookie Jar
Posted by: Mercutio || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


The Grand Turk
Anger in Turkey at bill to quash child sex convictions for child marriages
[AlAhram] A bill in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
that would overturn men's convictions for child sex assault if they married their victim provoked fury on Friday, with critics accusing the government of encouraging rape of minors with the proposals.

The opposition, celebrities, and even an association whose deputy chairman is the daughter of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him...
expressed alarm over the move.

But the government insisted the legislation was aimed at dealing with the widespread custom of child marriages and the criticism was a crude distortion of its aim.

The measures were approved in an initial parliamentary reading on Thursday and will be voted on again in a second debate in the coming days.

If passed, the law would allow the release from prison of men guilty of assaulting a minor if the act was committed without "force, threat, or any other restriction on consent" and if the aggressor "marries the victim".

The legal age of consent in Turkey is 18 but child marriage is widespread, especially in the southeast.

Dozens protested the bill in central Istanbul, tearing up copies of the proposed legislation and brandishing slogans like "rape is a crime against humanity".

The bill was brought to parliament by the ruling Justice and Development Party (AKP).

"The AKP is pushing through a text which pardons those who marry the child that they raped," said an MP for the opposition Republican People's Party (CHP) Ozgur Ozel.

On Twitter, the hashtag #TecavuzMesrulastirilamaz (Rape Cannot be Legitimised) became a top-trending topic as users took to social media to express their anger.

A petition on change.org urging the authorities to block the legislation has received over 600,000 signatures.

The pro-government Women's and Democracy Association (KADEM), whose deputy chairman is Erdogan's younger daughter Sumeyye Erdogan Bayraktar, said one of the biggest problems of the bill would be proving on a legal basis what constituted force or consent.

"How can the 'own will' of such a young girl be identified?" it asked. "We would like to draw attention to issues that might arise in case of it coming into force."

Prime Minister Binali Yildirim said the measure would only be applied once on past convictions, applying to offences committed before November 11, 2016.

"There are people who get married before reaching the legal age. They just don't know the law," he told news hounds in Ankara, adding that the measure aims to "get rid of this injustice".

He said claims that the law would de-facto legalise rape were "completely false", noting that the government had raised penalties for the crime, accusing the CHP of exploiting the issue for political gain.

Justice Minister Bekir Bozdag said marriages involving minors were "unfortunately a reality" in Turkey but the men involved "were not rapists or sexual aggressors."

He said the measure would affect some 3,000 families.

The latest controversy comes after Turkey's constitutional court in July annulled a criminal code provision punishing as "sexual abuse" all sexual acts involving children under the age of 15. Defenders of that law argued it made a distinction between cases of sexual acts involving a young teenager as opposed to a much younger child.

Campaigners accuse the government of not doing enough to stamp out the practice and of being more interested in pushing up the birth rate.

Gauri van Gulik, Amnesia Amnesty International's Deputy Europe Director, said the parliament bill risks sending "the wrong message and could lead to further abuse."

"It is impossible... to guarantee that there was in fact full and informed consent of the girl, not just of her family," she said.

Turkey seeks detention of 103 university academics in Gulen-related probe

[Ynet] Turkish prosecutors ordered the detention of 103 academics at an Istanbul university on Friday in an investigation targeting followers of U.S.-based holy man Fethullah Gulen
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
, NTV said.

It said the investigation was focused on the city's Yildiz Technical University. The Hurriyet newspaper website said 70 academics had been already been detained in simultaneous raids across the city by organised crime police teams.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/19/2016 00:18 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Muslims gotta do what Mohammed do. Remember it's a religion of "peace".


Oh, they respect women too.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/19/2016 6:58 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Eviction of illegal occupants from historical mosque land ordered
[DAWN] SUKKUR: Sukkur Commissioner Mohammed Abbas Baloch on Friday asked took the Sukkur deputy commissioner and Rohri assistant commissioner to take necessary action leading to the retrieval of the portions of historical Mohammed Bin Qasim Mosque encroached upon by certain people.

The commissioner chaired a meeting of the officials concerned in his office on Friday to discuss a communication sent by the Tanzeem Fikr-o-Nazar — an organisation of volunteers that looks after the historical site — to the president, prime minister, Sindh chief minister and chief secretary drawing attention to the encroachment of the mosque’s land in Arrore village of Rohri taluka.

The communication says that certain influential people have built houses and shops and installed flour grinding machines after grabbing portions of the mosque’s lands.

Posted by: Fred || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Teen paralysed due to alleged torture by teacher in Larkana
[DAWN] A student of eight grade at a private cadet college in Larkana reportedly lost his consciousness and was paralysed after he was allegedly beaten up by his teacher, it has been learnt.

The school teacher meted out a harsh physical punishment on the student for unknown reason at the cadet college in Larkana district of Sindh, DawnNews reported on Friday.

Ahmad Hussain, who had scored 95 per cent in recent exam, was so harshly beaten that he lost his consciousness and was paralysed due to an injury to the head while his other body parts were also swollen, his father told DawnNews.

The teen cannot speak or walk on his own and treatment in a private hospital in Karachi has been futile.

Murad Ali Shah takes notice of the incident
Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah took notice of the alleged torture of the teenager reportedly by his teacher and announced that Sindh government will finance the treatment of the boy.

Shah directed the minister for health to visit the boy and see if there aren't enough facilities available for his treatment in Pakistan then make arrangements for his treatment in United States.

The National Assembly in 2013 had unanimously adopted a bill providing up to one-year imprisonment and up to Rs50,000 penalty for the person found guilty of inflicting corporal punishment on children.
Posted by: Fred || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


International-UN-NGOs
UN Kangaroo Court Implodes Amid Threat to Prosecute U.S. Troops
[TheNewAmerican] Even as it threatens to illegally prosecute American soldiers, the dictator-dominated United Nations judicial body known as the "International Criminal Court" is imploding spectacularly on the world stage. With the withdrawal of the Russian government this week and South African authorities last month -- not to mention the fact that the U.S. government never joined in the first place -- the ICC appears to be on its deathbed. Other African and Asian governments are also preparing to exit the outfit. The establishment and various globalists are outraged, of course. But for humanity and the cause of true justice, the dictatorship-infested ICC's collapse is great news, as anyone familiar with the UN kangaroo court and its operation can attest.

On November 14, the Hague-based ICC, perhaps hoping to make itself appear relevant amid a growing wave of formal withdrawals, issued a threat about potentially prosecuting U.S. troops. "Members of U.S. armed forces appear to have subjected at least 61 detained persons to torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity on the territory of Afghanistan between 1 May 2003 and 31 December 2014," read a "report" issued by ICC's self-styled "chief prosecutor" Fatou Bensouda (shown), a controversial Muslim lawyer from Gambia who served one of the most oppressive dictators in the world before taking the UN ICC post. The threats follow calls for Bush and Obama to be prosecuted for war crimes, too.

The kangaroo court's "chief prosecutor" also claimed that operatives with the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency might have subjected more than two dozen detainees to "torture, cruel treatment, outrages upon personal dignity and/or rape" between December 2002 and March 2008. The alleged crimes took place in Afghanistan, Poland, Romania, and Lithuania, according to the report. Echoing previous rhetoric, ICC "prosecutors" said they would "imminently" decide whether to try and press forward with a full-scale investigation and possible war-crimes charges against U.S. military and intelligence personnel. The court also claims jurisdiction over vague "crimes of aggression."

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nice building you dictators have there. It's be a shame if anything happened to it while you were in it.
Posted by: gorb || 11/19/2016 3:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Yep gorb. sell it to Trump and see what he'd do with it.
Posted by: AlanC || 11/19/2016 7:14 Comments || Top||

#3  sell it to Trump and see what he'd do with it

It would be a lot cleaner, better lit and you would have to pay for the buffet.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 11/19/2016 7:53 Comments || Top||

#4  but pest removal costs would be prohibitive
Posted by: Frank G || 11/19/2016 9:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Be good for the WH and Eisenhower complex.
Also as a rubble lot.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/19/2016 9:48 Comments || Top||

#6  So when does Secretary of State Bolton evict the UN?
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 11/19/2016 13:47 Comments || Top||

#7  Line 'em up and mow 'em down.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/19/2016 15:47 Comments || Top||


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Trump ‘landing parties’ descend on Justice, State, Defense departments
[WASHINGTONTIMES] President-elect 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...
’s transition team got down to nuts and bolts Thursday, deploying "landing parties" to federal agencies responsible for national security and reportedly having offered the next administration’s first big appointment.

Visits to the National Security Council and departments of Defense, Justice and State to lay groundwork for the handover in January marked a rapid acceleration in activity by the transition team, which has been criticized for the slow pace of progress in the first week after the election.

The News Agency that Dare Not be Named, citing "a senior Trump official" speaking on the condition of anonymity, reported that Mr. Trump had offered the post of White House national security adviser to retired Lt. Gen. Michael T. Flynn, a former Defense Intelligence Agency chief. It was not clear Thursday evening whether Gen. Flynn, who was an early supporter of Mr. Trump and spoke on his behalf at the Republican National Convention, had accepted the offer.

Mr. Trump held scores of interviews at Trump Tower in New York with prospective Cabinet members and advisers, and met with Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe. Vice President-elect Mike Pence met with leaders of both parties on Capitol Hill.

After what he called a "very candid" meeting, Mr. Abe told news hounds in New York that he had "great confidence" in the president-elect.

"I will be able to establish a relationship of trust," said Mr. Abe, the first foreign leader to meet Mr. Trump face to face since his stunning election victory over Hillary Clinton
... former first lady, former secretary of state, former presidential candidate, sometimes described by her supporters as the smartest woman in the world, usually described by the rest of us as a crook...
. "I conveyed my view on basic issues. I’d like to refrain from touching on details."
Posted by: Fred || 11/19/2016 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ah yes, trump is running the left up and down the Trump tower like he has fish hooks in their wedding tackle.
Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352 || 11/19/2016 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  HeHeHe Trump should have hired a bunch of people to go in, rush to the elevators, go up, and do nothing for 3-4 hours then come down with big sh*t eating grins on their faces. Just to tweak the Media. Can you imagine the speculations?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/19/2016 1:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Visits to the National Security Council and departments of Defense, Justice and State to lay groundwork for the handover in January marked a rapid acceleration in activity by the transition team, which has been criticized for the slow pace of progress in the first week after the election.

I guess the WT had to wriggle out of their outrageous accusation of Trump being slow and disorganized somehow. This should be more than enough side-pedaling to fool the average WT reader.
Posted by: gorb || 11/19/2016 2:57 Comments || Top||

#4  This should be more than enough side-pedaling to fool the average WT reader.

Don't think so gorb. Those folks know the drill from the MSM and take everything with a grain of salt or pound or ton. I'd bet that they'd shrug and move on.

Now the news hounds..........................
Posted by: AlanC || 11/19/2016 7:10 Comments || Top||

#5  "Landing Parties" could be perceived to have a Gen. Patton-like sound to it. Now, if only perception and reality meet.
Posted by: JohnQC || 11/19/2016 9:30 Comments || Top||

#6  Hope they 'land' with both feet.
Posted by: Skidmark || 11/19/2016 9:33 Comments || Top||

#7  The 2 possibly most corrupt executive branch departments: State and Justice. As I have said elsewhere, I am happily surprised at being so wrong about how Trump would or would not keep his promises, and looking forward to being pleasantly surprised some more if he carries through with his "drain the swamp" approach to these agencies.
Posted by: OldSpook || 11/19/2016 11:42 Comments || Top||

#8  Same here OS. His choices have been pretty good, IMHO. Pleasantly surprised. I'll re-evaluate 100 days from Jan. 21st, but so far pretty nice.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/19/2016 12:44 Comments || Top||

#9  I was wrong too OS, although I couldn't let Frank G crawl across that glass alone. :)
Posted by: Shipman || 11/19/2016 13:55 Comments || Top||



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