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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Portland PD Cheered as they FLATTENED Protesters Who Stopped Traffic [VIDEO]
[Daily Caller] Portland police responded quickly and decisively to a group of protesters blocking traffic in the city Wednesday, running one of them right into the ground in dramatic footage posted online.

About a dozen police in riot gear approach the scene of the protest in the video posted to Facebook by a local outlet, where agitated bystanders had gathered around the protesters as they blocked traffic. One man had climbed onto the front of the bus. "Here they come," one onlooker says excitedly.
I somehow missed this on CNN, NBC, CBS, ABC.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 05:25 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And this is in Portland, the bluest of blue cities.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 01/28/2017 5:46 Comments || Top||

#2  It seems Law Enforcement tactics have suddenly changed. I can't imagine what might have brought this on.

[sarc]
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 5:55 Comments || Top||

#3  That's not a protest that's just economic vandalism for attention seeking sake.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 01/28/2017 8:27 Comments || Top||

#4  Even the blue cities are sick of this shit.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/28/2017 9:20 Comments || Top||

#5  I lived in Portland in 1990 and found the Portlanders to be friendly to everyone except Northern Californians.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 01/28/2017 12:29 Comments || Top||

#6  Perfect. More please.
Posted by: Tennessee || 01/28/2017 14:12 Comments || Top||

#7  don't mess with the cops in the Northwest
Posted by: 746 || 01/28/2017 22:23 Comments || Top||


Prosecutors will not pursue Bridgegate charges against New Jersey governor
[Reuters] New Jersey prosecutors on Friday said they would not pursue criminal misconduct charges against Governor Chris Christie in connection with the "Bridgegate" scandal.

The Office of the Bergen County Prosecutor said in a letter to a local judge it did not have sufficient evidence to prove allegations that Christie knew about a plot to close lanes at the George Washington Bridge in 2013 in order to punish a local mayor for failing to endorse Christie's re-election bid.

"The reason is simple, but compelling - that charge cannot be proven beyond a reasonable doubt," the letter said.

Bill Brennan, a retired firefighter and activist who announced he would run for governor this year, filed the citizen complaint against Christie last September.

Two former Christie allies were convicted last year of orchestrating the lane closure plot, and U.S. prosecutors introduced evidence at trial suggesting the governor was at least aware of the scheme. Christie has steadfastly denied that he knew about the closures at the time.

Roy McGeady, a municipal judge in Fort Lee, had found probable cause to allow the case against Christie to proceed after a hearing at which Brennan testified. Christie's lawyer was not permitted to argue or cross-examine, McGeady said, because the governor was not a defendant until probable cause was established.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Because he seems to be in Trump's doghouse, and 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend?'
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/28/2017 0:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Christie's lawyer was not permitted to argue or cross-examine, McGeady said, because the governor was not a defendant until probable cause was established.

I'm not a Christie fan at all, but do we all feel good about the above?
Posted by: Crusader || 01/28/2017 0:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Because no substance?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/28/2017 2:43 Comments || Top||

#4  The charges have served their purpose.

Now they'll pick their next target, freeze it and attack again. The only time I've seen this tactic successfully fought was Scott Walker.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 8:45 Comments || Top||

#5  Precedent for the 'closing national monuments'? A lot of Obeans minions could be before some grand juries on that one too.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 8:55 Comments || Top||

#6  The whole freaking Bridgegate thing made a Mount Everest out of a molehill. If Christie was a Democrat, nothing would have happened.
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2017 16:31 Comments || Top||

#7  AH, yes, but if Christie - obviously a big threat to Hillary at the time - had not been frozen and attacked - we might not have President Trump today.

Ain't karma a witch?
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2017 16:50 Comments || Top||

#8  That's a good point, but I think the thing that nuked Christie for sure was the bro-hug of Obama when Christie was looking for Federal $ after Hurricane Sandy.
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2017 18:17 Comments || Top||


Florida sheriff's deputies foil alleged mass shooting plot at middle school
[FOXNEWS] Two Florida teenagers were placed in durance vile
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
Thursday for allegedly planning an orchestrated mass shooting at their Orlando-area middle school.

Local news reports said that one of the the two planned to drop a pencil during gym class to signal to the other to begin shooting.

Students who reportedly knew about the plot were told to wear white and shout "Eugene" to avoid being a target. Some students were told not to come to school altogether.

The two teens, ages 13 and 14, were arrested when deputies executed search warrants. Weapons were found at both suspects’ homes. The teens were charged with conspiracy to commit murder and were placed in the custody of the Department of Juvenile Justice.

According to Fox 35 Orlando, the teens are students at The Villages Charter Middle School. Officials at the school became aware of the alleged plot when they heard other students talking about it.

According to My News 13, Lake County Sheriff’s deputies questioned the 13-year-old who was allegedly planning the attack. The student told the police of the plot and referenced the Columbine shooting.

Deputies learned of the second teen involved in the planning. The 14-year-old also referenced the Columbine shooting when speaking with authorities, according to My News 13.

Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Pope Francis: ‘Liberation Theology Was Good for Latin America'
[Breitbart] In a controversial interview, Pope Francis has publicly defended Liberation Theology, calling it a "positive thing" in Latin America.

In his lengthy interview last week with the leftist Spanish daily El País, the Pope said that "Liberation Theology was a good thing for Latin America," but also recognized that it had "deviations" that needed to be corrected.

Skipping down

In a striking revelation in 2015, the highest ranking Cold War defector asserted that the KGB had created Liberation Theology, exporting it to Latin America as a means of introducing Marxism into the continent.

Ion Mihai Pacepa, a 3-star general and former head of Communist Romania’s secret police who defected to the United States in 1978, has been called "the Cold War’s most important defector." During the more than ten years that Pacepa worked with the CIA, he made what the agency described as "an important and unique contribution to the United States."

He is reported in fact to have given the CIA "the best intelligence ever obtained on communist intelligence networks and internal security services."

"Liberation theology has been generally understood to be a marriage of Marxism and Christianity. What has not been understood is that it was not the product of Christians who pursued Communism, but of Communists who pursued Christians," Pacepa said.

In his role as doctrinal watchdog, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger referred to Liberation Theology as a "singular heresy" and a "fundamental threat" to the Church.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  UGH

The Pontif embraces evil
Posted by: newc || 01/28/2017 0:09 Comments || Top||

#2  I remember when the Catholic church was rock solid in its defense of what it considered theological purity. And I'm not Catholic. I (openly) admired their unwillingness to bend to whatever direction the wind was blowing at the moment.

That all went out the window when this HERETIC of a Pope took office.
Posted by: Crusader || 01/28/2017 0:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Now maybe people will believe me when I say the whole world is against me.
Posted by: newc || 01/28/2017 0:22 Comments || Top||

#4  This Pope is Jesuit heretic. A Communist. The Cardinals need to remove him.
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 || 01/28/2017 4:51 Comments || Top||

#5  Church of Marx doesn't worship Jesus any more.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 01/28/2017 8:30 Comments || Top||

#6  it had "deviations" that needed to be corrected.

Boy Howdy! They sure got all the right buzzwords incorporated. Does that Commie a**hole know what happens to deviationists and is he going to pull that trigger?
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 8:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Then why are so many millions illegally entering the US?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 10:02 Comments || Top||

#8  Can't wait for the Ant-Pope to go away.
Posted by: charger || 01/28/2017 13:01 Comments || Top||

#9  What can the Church do about a Pope who is delusional? Can they get the old one back temporarily? He's still available, after all.
Posted by: Barbara || 01/28/2017 19:03 Comments || Top||

#10  See - Avignon Papacy
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 20:10 Comments || Top||


'America hates California': Bid to make Golden State separate nation jumps first hurdle
Two words: Appomattox Courthouse
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What can I do to help?

Then we cut off the water and electricity from Arizona and Nevada.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 01/28/2017 6:06 Comments || Top||

#2  'America hates California'


Freudian Projection considering all the mouthing of your beautiful people screaming how the rest of America are fascist, racist, homophobes.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 9:04 Comments || Top||

#3  It is Russia Today. Possibly this is a good deal more fringe than it appears.

But if it's serious, as opposed to a bunch of blowhards confusing no-fault divorce with civil war, this could become a very interesting teachable moment. Point out they can have an orderly separation upon full payment of their share of the national debt -- what is it now, $9 trillion? -- based on the state's total population including non-citizens, and of course there will be a complete cessation of federal transfer payments of all sorts from the moment we start these discussions. Also, we're keeping all designated federal lands and facilities -- the result will look a good deal like Swiss cheese, I imagine, or the state can purchase them at current market value.

The U.S. might even turn a profit on the deal, while getting rid of a major expense.
Posted by: trailing wife || 01/28/2017 10:32 Comments || Top||

#4  Didn't we settle this in April 1865?
Posted by: Hupack Smith9359 || 01/28/2017 10:36 Comments || Top||

#5  So the freaks in San Francisco are ready to fight for their independence? I'll believe it when I see it.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 01/28/2017 13:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Poll of 500 people is laughable.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/28/2017 14:03 Comments || Top||

#7  It would be interesting to see a Pakistan/India deal where the liberals flow into the New California nation and the conservatives flow out of California. I'm sure California would set up reeducation camps before long to deal with whomever remained ideologically impure.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 01/28/2017 14:06 Comments || Top||

#8  I don't hate California, I love California.


Californians on the other hand..................most of them are hate worthy I would imagine.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 14:53 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Trump signs order banning lobbying for five years, keeping yet another election promise
Posted by: Anon1 || 01/28/2017 16:56 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nice move - after five years, one's usefulness / connections to the Federal hackerama are largely gone. Guess you'll have to get real jobs in the Dreaded Private Sector - good luck with that, lol...
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2017 17:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Now if it just survives the inevitable First Admendment court challenge.
Posted by: ed in texas || 01/28/2017 18:47 Comments || Top||


FedEx Driver Saves American Flag From Protesters Trying to Burn It
[Wash Times] FedEx drivers in Iowa can deliver packages in hurry — or stop the American flag from going up in flames.

Reminiscent of Chicago Cubs outfielder Rick Monday famously grabbing Old Glory from flag-burning protesters at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles in 1976, a FedEx driver in Iowa City was captured on video snatching away a flag at Dakota Access Pipeline protest.

A reporter for the Iowa Press-Citizen uploaded video Thursday of the protest, which got heated when a group of individuals voicing fears of the “Illuminati” and “fascism” were confronted by the driver as they attempted to set the flag ablaze.

“All you guys back off! Back off!” the man said after grabbing one of the flags and trying to secure another.

“I don’t agree with Trump, but this s– is not how you unite a country,” added a passerby.

Nearby officers arrested two of the protesters because the group failed to obtain a permit from the local fire department, an ABC affiliate reported Thursday.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 00:25 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  God bless him.

I pray that FedEx is smart enough to leave the driver alone.
Posted by: Crusader || 01/28/2017 0:40 Comments || Top||

#2  On the one hand what the driver did is theft.

But on the other I think it should be a legally binding way to relinquish American citizenship.

Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 01/28/2017 7:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Per FoxNews: he's being disciplined by FedEx
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2017 11:52 Comments || Top||

#4  2 were arrested for failing to secure a Burn Permit from the FD before the protest. Free expression was not quashed but Iowa law upheld :D
Posted by: Whavish Thusoling5684 || 01/28/2017 12:31 Comments || Top||

#5  #3 Frank, not so, Fed-Ex is backing the driver according to this Fox News article FedEx backing driver
Posted by: Seeking cure for ignorance || 01/28/2017 13:54 Comments || Top||

#6  Wonder if FedEx would've done the same, say, between 2008 and 2016?
Posted by: Pappy || 01/28/2017 14:11 Comments || Top||

#7  #5 - glad to hear, but that wasn't what they were saying at 5AM PST when I was leaving the casita for work
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2017 15:55 Comments || Top||

#8  Free expression was not quashed but Iowa law upheld :D
Laws against littering or being a public nuisance can be used with great flexibility and discretion.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 01/28/2017 16:09 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
President Adama Barrow arrives in The Gambia, at last
[Al Jazeera] New president arrives from Senegal after his predecessor Jammeh was forced into exile following disputed election.
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Adama?

So the Galactica finally made it to Earth?
Posted by: charger || 01/28/2017 14:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Now that brings back memories, charger.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/28/2017 14:19 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Trump Administration Releases Map Of Proposed Border Wall
Zerohedge:

Some of the comments are thought-provoking (in a ZeroHedge sort of way.).

Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now that he has backed off moving the embassy I expect this to fade as well once he is satisfied that Mexico grasps its impact.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2017 8:33 Comments || Top||

#2  They're as dense in Mexico City as they are in American newsrooms. You need the wall to stem the flow of illegals. If you shut the flow down on your side, there's no need for a wall. Guess there's too much graft and political pressure release to end it on their side.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 8:58 Comments || Top||

#3  Looks great DJ! Now get back to us with how your gonna fund the damn thing.
Posted by: DepotGuy || 01/28/2017 9:58 Comments || Top||

#4  It'd be the height of irony to let the illegals vote the state out of the union so they could 'stop sending all their money to D.C. to fight wars that build terrorism.'
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2017 11:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Procop: Cartels run Mexico: it's a narco state. Cartels don't want any barriers. Jack from Tucson
Posted by: borgboy || 01/28/2017 11:55 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Two Ukrainian Soldiers Die in Fresh Clashes
As long as there's ammunition for the artillery, Ukrainians and Russian backed rebels will be fighting.
[al-Manar] Two Ukrainian soldiers were on Friday reported killed in an upsurge of fighting in the country’s rebel east, as international monitors said “little has changed” to halt violence despite a supposed truce.

Ukrainian military spokesman Oleksandr Motuzyanyk said the two servicemen were killed over the past day as Russian-backed insurgents stepped up attacks along the volatile frontline.

The deaths are the first Ukrainian losses for almost two weeks and come despite the warring sides announcing an “indefinite” ceasefire in December that has failed to stop the violence entirely.
Posted by: badanov || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


The Grand Turk
Turkish man sentenced to 25 years for raping a 16-year-old Ukrainian model
[Hurriyet Daily News] A court in Istanbul sentenced a bus driver to 25 years in jail for raping a 16-year-old Ukranian model visiting The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire....
in 2015.

The man, identified only as Erdem K., was convicted of "child abuse" and "deprivation of liberty" after the court found him guilty of raping the model after diverting his bus to a deserted plot after noticing that she was the only passenger left on the bus.

The victim said she took the bus from the Levent area of Istanbul’s Besiktas district and when the assailant noticed that she was the only passenger left, he took the bus to a plot adjacent to the Turk Telekom Arena Stadium of Galatasaray Football Club in the Sariyer district.

The victim said she noticed that she was alone on the bus after it stopped, and she told the driver that she wanted to get off but he refused, saying he wanted to have sex with her.

She said Erdem K. raped her on the bus after approaching with a knife in his hand and threatening her.

"He told me he wouldn’t kill me if I didn’t tell anyone about it. I couldn’t talk because I was scared. Then I started to cry. When the incident happened I was 16 years old," said the victim. He added that the assailant later dropped her off at the place where she was staying and said "forgive me and take care."

In his testimony, Erdem K. claimed that the victim gave her consent as they first pulled the bus over and then started chatting and smoking cigarettes.

"Later I dropped her off to where she stayed. She waved at me as she left," he added.

The court found him guilty and ordered 20 years in jail on charges of sexual abuse and an additional five years on charges of deprivation of liberty.
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
State Department: Keystone XL Pipeline Would Create 35 Permanent Jobs
(ANTIMEDIA) -- President Donald Trump’s decision to move forward with the Keystone XL pipeline may ultimately backfire, as the State Department has estimated the pipeline will only create 35 permanent jobs after the one or two years’ worth of construction work has been completed.

According to Census.gov, the current population of the United States is over 316 million. Congratulations ‐ Donald Trump has successfully created jobs for 0.000011 percent of the American population."
Leftist screed. Know thy enemy. Buffet not happy that his RR may be cut out of the action.
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And Foggy Bottom has created how many jobs ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 0:39 Comments || Top||

#2  We shouldn't allow the narrative to focus on the wrong things. There is no such thing as a "permanent job". There are only jobs that need to be done. Once they no longer need to be done, the position needs to be terminated.
Posted by: Crusader || 01/28/2017 0:42 Comments || Top||

#3  That's the point of pipelines. Much more labor efficient than other means of transportation.
Posted by: phil_b || 01/28/2017 0:49 Comments || Top||

#4  And Foggy Bottom has created how many jobs?

State Department Employees
13,000 Foreign Service employees
11,000 Civil Service employees
45,000 Foreign Service local employees
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/28/2017 0:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Just like ANWR Circular Logic: Since we won't let you drill there is no reason to drill because no oil is being produced because we don't let you drill.
Posted by: magpie || 01/28/2017 3:07 Comments || Top||

#6  @#4: Government (taxpayer funded pay & benefits) don't count as jobs in my mind. Sure, the employed are getting paid however their compensation packages being taxpayer funded are a drain on the overall economy.
Posted by: Omomort Cheager7040 || 01/28/2017 5:00 Comments || Top||

#7  35 permanent jobs in pipeline supervision & maintenance. How many jobs + cost of living due to cheaper energy?

p.s. Since when pantywaists became industrial experts?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/28/2017 5:32 Comments || Top||

#8  Can anyone name any construction job that is permanent besides painting the Golden Gate Bridge?

This is total ginned up BS.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 8:50 Comments || Top||

#9  And Foggy Bottom has created how many jobs ?

I'd say a lot of 'lifetime' jobs in weapons and munition fabrication and utilization in Gaza and the West Bank. Of course, those were short lifetimes.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 8:51 Comments || Top||

#10  I'd say a lot of 'lifetime' jobs in weapons and munition fabrication and utilization in Gaza and the West Bank. Of course, those were short lifetimes. Posted by Procopius2k

You must be referring to the tools of 'regime change.' How in Gawd's name can we establish the Zhonaswalinkooswazilandaphedi desk, the country team, USAID assistance, MIL adivsors, weapons contracts, trade pacts........ without a spin off?

Are you telling me you are AGAINST nation building spin off's ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 9:00 Comments || Top||

#11  Zhonaswalinkooswazilandaphedi, a fictional land with few jobs and a very high rate of crime, modeled after California. You don't want to go there.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 9:02 Comments || Top||

#12  35 permanent FULL TIME jobs, for the pipeline company? And how many full-time jobs outside the company? And how many parts of full-time jobs for the company and everyone else? (And how many government inspection & permit jobs?)
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/28/2017 11:37 Comments || Top||

#13  Why is the State Dept. commenting on this at all, and not the Labor Dept.?
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2017 14:13 Comments || Top||

#14  Let's find everyone whose finger prints are on this report, so that they may resign.
Posted by: Regular joe || 01/28/2017 16:18 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Pentagon plans A-10 vs. F-35 showdown for close-air-support supremacy
"The Pentagon’s plan to pit its $400 billion F-35B Joint Strike Fighter against the tried-and-true A-10 Thunderbolt II may happen as early as next year.

The latest update to the National Defense Authorization Act includes a stipulation that while Air Force officials cannot yet retire the iconic "Warthog," they will be expected to set up a battery of tests to gauge each aircraft’s ability to perform close-air-support (CAS) missions.

The director of the Pentagon’s F-35 Integration Office was interviewed by Military.com on Wednesday to elaborate on the battle for CAS supremacy."

Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They each have a role the other can't fill very well. Why have only one?
Posted by: Glenmore || 01/28/2017 0:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Yes Glenmore particularly as an A-10 is much cheaper
Posted by: BernardZ || 01/28/2017 3:00 Comments || Top||

#3  ...Interesting that this is still going to happen, even more interesting that it's going to happen when the -35 is still pretty wonky. (Realistically, the USAF's -35 will not be a truly combat-capable aircraft for at least two more years.) And the -35, ready or not, will face two problems: in a fair test, the Hog will kick its a$$, and even in a test where the circumstances are set up so the -35 can do it...the Hog will still win.

Place your bets, Ladies and Gentlemen.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/28/2017 4:44 Comments || Top||

#4  The fix will be in for the 4F-35
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 01/28/2017 5:38 Comments || Top||

#5  It's F-111 the remake!

Posted by: Pliny Glons2836 || 01/28/2017 8:11 Comments || Top||

#6  The only judges in the CAS eval should be the 'users' - Army and Marine ground pounders.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 8:47 Comments || Top||

#7  I understand the CAS role for which the A-10 was designed.

I still don't know what role the F-35 was meant to fill beyond the rather vague "everything".

It seems silly to run these two against each other. The F-35 had an enormous speed and stealth advantage. Is that all that important vs. the A-10?

The F-35 sounds like the canonical example of feature creep. Why?
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 9:02 Comments || Top||

#8  I still don't know what role the F-35 was meant to fill beyond the rather vague "everything"

Here, this graphic should enable our mutual understanding.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 9:11 Comments || Top||

#9  Make sure they do a "Ground Fire Tolerance" test, too.
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2017 11:29 Comments || Top||

#10  Thank you Beso. I've said the same thing before.....I forgot the Sarc tag this time.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 12:59 Comments || Top||

#11  Bobby, they did a 'ground fire tolerance test' on the A-10 during desert Storm using what are now 25 year old Soviet missiles and it failed badly enough that they went back to using fast movers for CAS. The whole A-10 CAS superiority fantasy is based on the idea that we'll never fight another modern army again. Which will be great until suddenly it isn't.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 01/28/2017 14:41 Comments || Top||

#12  Bobby, they did a 'ground fire tolerance test' on the A-10 during desert Storm using what are now 25 year old Soviet missiles and it failed badly enough that they went back to using fast movers for CAS. The whole A-10 CAS superiority fantasy is based on the idea that we'll never fight another modern army again. Which will be great until suddenly it isn't.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 01/28/2017 14:41 Comments || Top||

#13  Hai Snowy!
Posted by: Shipman || 01/28/2017 18:58 Comments || Top||

#14  Yes, the Great Apache Raid is also rarely spoken of.
Posted by: Shipman || 01/28/2017 18:59 Comments || Top||

#15  AlanC: "I still don't know what role the F-35 was meant to fill ... "

The F-35 was supposed to be to the F-22 what the F-16 was to the F-15.

It hasn't worked out that way.
Posted by: Chuck || 01/28/2017 19:56 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
State land scam: Ex-brigadier, revenue man among six arrested
[DAWN] LAHORE: The Anti-Corruption Establishment (ACE) on Thursday placed in durance vile
Please don't kill me!
an additional deputy commissioner, a former brigadier and six other people who are alleged to have fraudulently transferred 1,250-kanal state land in Kasur.

"ADC Aamir Aqiq, who also remained personal staff officer to the chief minister, transferred 1,250-kanal state land to his relatives in connivance with a former brigadier (Ibrahim Khalid), a tehsildar and patwaris on low rates," 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....

Law Minister Rana Sanaullah told a news conference here.

Flanked by the ACE chief, retired Brig Muzaffar Ali Ranjha, Sanaullah said another suspect Salman Munawar was a relative of politician Munawar Manj.

"Laying hand on a bureaucrat shows Chief Minister Shahbaz Sharif
...Pak dynastic politician, brother of PM Nawaz Sharif, chief minister of Punjab...
’s zero-tolerance policy on corruption. Currently, many projects worth Rs1,000 billion are under way in the province and there is no corruption at the government level," he said.

The ADC committed the fraud during his tenure (2012-13) in Kasur.

Mr Ranjha said the government had retrieved the land and would submit the challan
... list of charges ...
of the case in court in a couple of weeks.

Initially, the accused had got bail but it was cancelled after which they were arrested.

Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Fight between lawyers turns ugly inside Lahore court room
[GEO.TV] LAHORE: A video of lawyers turning a court room into a battle field emerged on Friday, where two lawyers thrashed each other during the hearing of a murder case.

In the Additional Sessions judge’s court, the two lawyers were representing opposite sides during the proceedings of the murder trial.

Things took an ugly turn, when one of the lawyers accused the other, who got violent and slapped his opponent.

Afterwards, the supporters of the lawyer who were present during the proceedings also got violent and a scuffle broke out.

The supporters of both the sides were quite enraged and resorted to physical assaults on one another, which was caught on camera too.
Posted by: Fred || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Ugly?
I think a pay-per-view event.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2017 8:34 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
Nikki Haley to UN members: ‘We’re taking names’
New US Ambassador Nikki Haley strutted into the UN on Friday with a blunt message to American allies: “For those who don’t have our backs, we’re taking names.”

The former South Carolina governor made the remark to reporters as she arrived at the world body’s headquarters in Manhattan to present her credentials to UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres.

“Our goal with the administration is to show value at the UN and the way that we’ll show value is to show our strength, show our voice, have the backs of our allies and make sure that our allies have our back as well,” she said.

“For those that don’t have our back, we’re taking names, we will make points to respond to that accordingly,” President Trump’s envoy said.

Haley, who has little foreign policy and no US federal government experience, said that at the US Mission to the organization, “You are gonna see a change in the way we do business. It’s no longer about working harder, it’s about working smarter.”

She said Trump wants her to put “fresh eyes” on the UN.

“Everything that’s working, we’re going to make it better,” she said. “Everything that’s not working we’re going to try to fix, and anything that seems to be obsolete and not necessary we’re going to do away with.”

She then hopped on an elevator and went to the 38th floor to meet Guterres, who became UN chief on Jan. 1. They then went into his office for a private sit-down.

The rising GOP star sailed through Senate confirmation hearings with wide bipartisan support, on a vote of 96-4.

The Trump administration’s approach to the 193-member world organization has been a topic of frenzied diplomatic talks, speculation and concern. There have been reports that the White House is poised to demand major cutbacks in UN agencies and personnel in slashing Washington’s financial contributions to the organization.
And we can ask the rest of the developed world to contribute more to the upkeep of the saintly UN bureaucracy...
France’s envoy to the UN, François Delattre, said he had “only good things to say” about Haley, CNN reported.

But in response to reports that the administration may push for funding cuts for crucial UN programs, Delattre gave an analysis of the US role at the UN that demonstrated how dramatically the country has pivoted since Trump’s election.

“As France’s ambassador to Washington in the early 2000s, my key message to the White House was basically, ‘Let us breathe. Don’t micromanage the world,’ ” he told reporters, CNN reported.

“A few years later, our main message to the American administration is, ‘Please stay committed to world affairs, because we need America,’” he said.
Damned if we do, damned if we don't...
Posted by: Steve White || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good for her. And good for those nations that are paying attention.

For those nations that aren't paying attention (properly), go ahead, make our day.
Posted by: Crusader || 01/28/2017 0:35 Comments || Top||

#2  I like that intro: Nicky Haley strutted into the UN.... And she did look like she was ready to take names....
Posted by: Sherry || 01/28/2017 1:34 Comments || Top||

#3  ...She was VERY well liked and respected here in SC, and had a reputation for being tough. I hope it carries over.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/28/2017 4:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Haley, who has little foreign policy and no US federal government experience...

Good. At least she hasn't been corrupted by the "Establishment".
Posted by: Chuckles Snore4770 || 01/28/2017 5:14 Comments || Top||

#5  What part of America First didn't they understand?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 8:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Haley, who has little foreign policy and no US federal government experience...

Not that having either or both is an improvement...
Posted by: Pappy || 01/28/2017 14:15 Comments || Top||

#7  But in response to reports that the administration may push for funding cuts for crucial UN programs,

Crucial to whom? I can't think of a single UN 'program' that I'd consider crucial, much less necessary. Kick ass, take names and cut off the money!
Posted by: Raj || 01/28/2017 14:19 Comments || Top||

#8  Beat me to it, Raj.

I was just about to ask "Who gets to define crucial, and how?"

Somehow I think my answer would differ from the UNs.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 14:48 Comments || Top||

#9  Smallpox and polio come to mind.
Posted by: james || 01/28/2017 21:18 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israelis Seek to Comfort Holocaust's Loneliest Survivors (Video)
[ABC] Surrounded by more than 100 fellow Holocaust survivors and young volunteers, a blind Ernest Weiner sat in his wheelchair with a puffy crown on his head as the crowd sang happy birthday and showered him with hugs and greetings.

The widowed and childless 92-year-old Weiner lives on his own and the cheerful gathering offered him one of life's most valuable commodities -- company.

As home to the world's largest survivor community, Israel is grappling to serve the needs of thousands of people like Weiner who are living out their final days alone. Various government bodies and private organizations chip in to offer material, psychological and medical support to the survivors, still scarred by the horrors they experienced 70 years ago. But all agree that the greatest burden late in their lives is loneliness.

"It's not pleasant to be alone," Weiner said in his apartment just outside Tel Aviv. "It gives a good feeling" to have people visit, he said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 09:32 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  FTA: alienating even the people closest to them due to their trauma. Only in their final years are many finally ready to open up, and often then there is no one around.
Many other survivors of severe trauma have done the same thing.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 01/28/2017 23:32 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Russia officially unveils its new MiG-35 multirole fighter
Nice looking bird
The United Air Corporation (UAC) gave a group of VIPs and reporters a look at the new MiG-35 multirole fighter jet.

The MiG-35 is a multipurpose generation 4++ fighter and an advanced derivative of the original MiG-29 fighter. The new aircraft is equipped with the newest airborne avionics as well as a wide range of guided air-to-air and air-to-surface missiles.

The MiG-35 has a maximum speed of 2,700 kilometers an hour
(1,620 MPH)
an effective range of 1,000 kilometers
(600 miles, IOW short legs)
and a service ceiling of 17,5000 meters.

Serial purchases of the MiG-35 multirole fighter under the state arms procurement program will begin in 2019, President of the United Aircraft Corporation (UAC) Yury Slyusar said Thursday. He added that a presentation of the MiG-35 for potential foreign buyers will be held on January 27.
Video at the link
Posted by: badanov || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mig 29 design.
Posted by: Phaper Crugum8267 || 01/28/2017 0:22 Comments || Top||

#2  ...VERY short legs indeed. Other than that a competent fighter in the right hands.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/28/2017 4:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Doesn't look stealthy at all.

I do find it ironic that its the -35. Hope it has the same amount of issues as the F-35.
Posted by: AlanC || 01/28/2017 8:43 Comments || Top||

#4  The short legs is not an issue, if one is using it per Russian military doctrine.
Posted by: Pappy || 01/28/2017 13:01 Comments || Top||

#5  service ceiling of 17,5000 meters

and can carry 5000 tons of armament!
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2017 13:07 Comments || Top||


Scientists create a part-human, part-pig embryo
[WAPO] For the first time, scientists have grown an embryo that is part-pig, part-human.

The experiment, described Thursday in the journal Cell, involves injecting human stem cells into the embryo of a pig, then implanting the embryo in the uterus of a sow and allowing it to grow. After four weeks, the stem cells had developed into the precursors of various tissue types, including heart, liver and neurons, and a small fraction of the developing pig was made up of human cells.

The human-pig hybrid -- dubbed a "chimera" for the mythical creature with a lion's head, a goat's body and a serpent's tail -- was "highly inefficient," the researchers cautioned. But it's the most successful human-animal chimera and a significant step toward the development of animal embryos with functioning human organs.

In a study published a day earlier, an international team of researchers demonstrated that organs for transplant can be grown in chimera embryos that are part-mouse, part-rat. Writing in Nature, the researchers reported Wednesday that they were able to grow a mouse pancreas inside a rat embryo, then transfer insulin-secreting tissue from that organ into diabetic mice, alleviating their illness without triggering an immune response.

It was the first demonstration that such an interspecies organ transplant is possible. Researchers hope that one day doctors may be able to grow human tissue using chimera embryos in farm animals, making organs available for sick humans who might otherwise wait years for a transplant.

'If you are not concerned about this development, you should be.'
~ Charles Krauthammer
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Register it as a democratic voter - nah, pigs are too smart.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/28/2017 2:43 Comments || Top||

#2  So not a ManBearPig mmkay
Posted by: Classer || 01/28/2017 5:27 Comments || Top||

#3  It was the first public demonstration that such an interspecies organ transplant is possible.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2017 8:31 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm with The Hammer on this one.
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2017 9:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Be very concerned. If the crazies want rights for dolphins and such, imagine the rights they would want for something that is partially human!!
Posted by: Spaise Slaitle1516 || 01/28/2017 10:03 Comments || Top||

#6  Orcs!
Posted by: borgboy || 01/28/2017 11:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Orcs were derived from twisted, toutured, elves. Kind of like what Democrats do to minorities under their 'care'. Just look at the inner cities....

This will result in people kind of like Rosie O'Donnell.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 01/28/2017 12:32 Comments || Top||

#8  I dunno, Lena Dunham's been around for a while, hasn't she?
Posted by: charger || 01/28/2017 12:50 Comments || Top||

#9  That's not kosher!
Posted by: Whavish Thusoling5684 || 01/28/2017 13:06 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Culture Wars
March for Life Makes it to WaPo
Thousands of abortion opponents gathered in cold, blustery weather near the Washington Monument Friday and heard Vice President Mike Pence tell the annual March for Life that the Trump administration is determined to advance the fight against abortion.
Tens of thousands? Hundreds of thousands? Thousands of thousands? Nearly as many thousands or more thousands than the Anti-Trump wimyns marchers?
The massive crowd, bearing flags, banners and placards, then flowed down Constitution Avenue, filling the street, and rallied at the Supreme Court building across from the Capitol.
How many thousands make up a "massive crowd"?
Many marchers were in school and church groups, carrying flags, banners, posters -- and a life-size cutout of Pope Francis. They sang, chanted and prayed. The vast majority was white.
Well! So they're not as authentic as the Anti-Trump Wimyns march.
"Remember, we are guests in this city and we're going to be respectful," called Adam, has he and other youth leaders handed out 200 boxes Subway sandwiches. "We are pilgrims; we do not litter."
Well, maybe not authentic, but they can't expect their betters to clean up after them.
"I'm all about women's rights, except when it comes to the baby. I believe - it's my opinion - but I believe a baby is a gift from God, and once the baby is a gift from God, it's no longer your body, but there's another body within. And that body has a right also."
How quaint. Clearly not a Progressive!
The first March for Life was held one year after the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision in 1973 that recognized a right to abortion nationwide. Subsequent marches have been held on or near the Jan. 22 anniversary every year since.
Did the Supremes call it a "right"?
On Friday, the marchers chanted, "Hey, hey, ho ho, Roe v Wade has got to go!"

Nationwide, 59 percent of Americans say abortion should be legal in all or most cases, the highest percentage since 1996, according to facts cherry picked from a 2016 Pew Research Center .
So is that 9% 'in all cases' and 50% in 'most cases'? How many in 'some cases'? Why do they have to be selective in what they report?
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2017 09:19 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why do they have to be selective in what they report?

Fake news, from the oldest providers of the genre.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/28/2017 9:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Front page in Dallas, too!
Posted by: Bobby || 01/28/2017 11:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Twitchy has a time-lapse video of the marchers going by. I don't know how many people that is, but it's certainly more people than subscribe to the WAPO. And ten times as many on an IQ-adjusted basis. Here
Posted by: Matt || 01/28/2017 16:30 Comments || Top||

#4  2013: 650,000+ march for life. Allegedly this one was even larger. No numbers? Press doesn't want to show up the leftwing protest last week.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 01/28/2017 19:01 Comments || Top||


Wonderful: Black Panthers Planning Armed March in North Carolina, Without Permit
"Remember the ginned up fake hysteria from the media when an armed black man showed up at a tea party rally some years ago, which NBC edited to to support their anti-Obama racism angle? The media quickly rushed to call it racist when it clearly wasn’t.

So with that in mind, let’s see how they portray a band of armed Black Panthers demonstrating without a permit. We surmise they won’t have a problem with this, at all.

The Revolutionary Black Panther Party of Wilmington raised concerns among local officials this week when it announced its plans to host an "armed human rights march and armed freedom ride" Sunday in Wilmington.

Mayor Bill Saffo is concerned about attendees possibly being armed, but is confident Sunday’s march will pass without incident.

"I don’t think there’s a reason to come armed to an event. ... If there’s an altercation with somebody, in the heat of the moment a tragedy could happen," Saffo said, adding, "If you want to picket or you want to demonstrate in the City of Wilmington, it’s your right to do that, but you’re not allowed to bring a gun."

According to North Carolina general statue, it is unlawful for any person participating in, affiliated with, or present as a spectator at a parade, funeral procession, picket line or demonstration to "willfully or intentionally possess or have immediate access to any dangerous weapon." Jim Varrone, the Wilmington Police Department’s assistant chief, explained those laws to organizers, according to a police spokeswoman.

City Councilman Earl Sheridan said the march is an example of a group demonstrating its First Amendment-protected rights to freedom of assembly and will likely take place without any problems.

"I think a lot of times when people hear that name, they have a knee jerk reaction, whatever it is," Sheridan said. "I don’t have that knee jerk reaction. I don’t think it’s necessarily going to leave any problems for Wilmington."

We have no problem with anyone demonstrating. But we suspect these clowns are agitating for a confrontation and the left with gleefully go along with them."
Posted by: Vast Right Wing Conspiracy || 01/28/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Seeking relevancy in the times of BLM.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/28/2017 8:36 Comments || Top||

#2  "I'd like 10,000 marbles, please"
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2017 11:52 Comments || Top||

#3  Establish their identities. Felons armed against restrictions should be arrested
Posted by: Frank G || 01/28/2017 12:52 Comments || Top||



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