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(Wo)manning is outed
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2017 11:29 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


Pakistani man arrested for killing Afghan boy over 25 rupees
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A Pak man has been jugged
... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not...
over the murder of a young Afghan boy over 25 rupees in Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
city of Pakistain, it has been reported.

The suspect was reportedly arrested by Azizabad police after murdering a 15-year-old Afghan boy who was demanding Pak rupees 25 against the work he had done for the culprit.

The victim identified as Noor Agha was rubbed out on Sunday, allegedly by an apartment-owner in Karachi’s Karimabad area, after he asked for Rs25 for cleaning a staircase.

Superintendent Police (SP) Gulberg Bashir Brohi told Dawn that the suspect was arrested while he was reportedly trying to flee the country on a US-bound flight.

The in its report further added that the suspect was carrying a large amount of Pak and foreign currency.

Noor was a scavenger of Afghan origin who, along with his brother Umer and others -- all residents of the Machar Colony near Sohrab Goth -- collected garbage from localities in Karimabad for a few rupees per family, Brohit added.

Noor and his colleague, Naimat, had washed the staircase of a flat owned by Ayaz Malik on Sunday and demanded Rs25 for their services.

Instead, the suspect retrieved his pistol from his apartment and allegedly shot the boy before fleeing the scene of the crime, the report added.

Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  while he was reportedly trying to flee the country on a US-bound flight

Call that judge in Hawai - Agha's human rights been violated1
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/17/2017 1:46 Comments || Top||

#2  Rs25~$.37
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2017 10:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Rs25~$.37

It's the principle.~
Posted by: Glineng Speaking for Boskone4786 || 05/17/2017 19:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Afghan Squeegee Men. I can understand. But ....a little over the top
Posted by: Frank G || 05/17/2017 20:48 Comments || Top||


Seth Rich sent 44,053 DNC emails to WikiLeaks
Bringing forward g(r)om's Instapundit Article from yesterday.
Fox News is reporting this morning that a federal investigator who reviewed murdered DNC staffer Seth Rich’s computer after his death found evidence that he had been communicating with WikiLeaks:
Hopefully, this recent development regarding the Seth Rich murder won't be overshadowed in the media by some James Comey note taking revelation. Or is that actually the purpose of the Comey revelation ?
Money quote:

The federal investigator, who requested anonymity, said 44,053 emails and 17,761 attachments between Democratic National Committee leaders, spanning from January 2015 through late May 2016, were transferred from Rich to MacFadyen before May 21.

On July 22, just 12 days after Rich was killed, WikiLeaks published internal DNC emails that appeared to show top party officials conspired to stop Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont from becoming the party’s presidential nominee. That controversy resulted in Debbie Wasserman Schultz resigning as DNC chairperson. A number of Sanders supporters refused to back party nominee Hillary Clinton, and some subsequently formed groups to work against Clinton and the party.

Related: NBC News: DNC Staffer’s Murder Draws Fresh Conspiracy Theories

WAPO: Family of slain Seth Rich says reports that he fed DNC info to WikiLeaks are untrue
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just for grins, someone ought to ask the DNC if they think this needs to be investigated or not. When they say "no," it will be another nail in the coffin. So will the MSM's reaction.
Posted by: gorb || 05/17/2017 3:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Seth Rich info will destroy their Russia smear foundation that is built upon Russia hacked DNC. This is reason they desperately attack Trump to negate Seth Rich story.
Wheeler, who is a former police homicide detective, is running his own investigation into Rich’s murder and believes the police department may be trying to cover up what actually led to Rich’s death. “I have seen and read the emails between Seth Rich and Wikileaks,” which are in the possession of the FBI, the investigator said.
“The police department nor the FBI have been forthcoming,” said Wheeler. “They haven’t been cooperating at all. I believe that the answer to solving his death lies on that computer, which I believe is either at the police department or either at the FBI. I have been told both.” Wheeler also claims that a source inside the police department told him the police were ordered to stand down on Rich’s case.

“Now, that is highly unusual for a murder investigation, especially from a police department. Comey had Seth's Laptop , along with Weiner's files that Comey did not turn over to Justice Dept that's why Trump fired his corrupt ass while he was 3000 miles away, so he would not have time to clean out his office .......
Posted by: Whavish Thusoling5684 || 05/17/2017 10:39 Comments || Top||

#3  I just keep asking "Cui Bono."

Who had something to gain from Mr. Rich's murder? The Russians? Seriously?! A robbery gone bad that left $, phone and jewelry. Nah. Someone under contract to plug a leak? Ding-ding-ding!

Now the parents are throwing shade on the report. Might be a good time for a journo to look into any $ windfalls or maybe threats.

I spent some time in AR, where there is genuine fear of the Clinton's; Mr. Rich's untimely and suspicious demise points S/W. (imo).
Posted by: Creatch Noodleman8761 || 05/17/2017 12:54 Comments || Top||

#4  If Seth had already sent 43k emails and 18k attachments, what would be the point of killing him?


Posted by: lord garth || 05/17/2017 14:24 Comments || Top||

#5  Is Hillary rational, garth?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 05/17/2017 14:42 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, the poor bugger is never going to sending another email, and wait lovely way to send a strong message to others.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2017 14:46 Comments || Top||

#7  the DNC probably was unaware of the extent of the leakage that had already taken place
Posted by: Daniel || 05/17/2017 17:12 Comments || Top||

#8  Currently there is a class action suit against the DNC seeking repayment to Sander's campaign donors. Repayment. An attorney (Shawn Lucas) who filed a fraud case against the DNC ended up dead. He also acted as a process server and served the papers on the DNC. Recently, it was reported that Fentanyl was found in his system but his close friends said they never have known him to use any drugs. Shawn Lucas death.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/17/2017 17:58 Comments || Top||

#9  I read that the Wiki employee Rich contacted is also dead.
Can someone confirm that story?
Posted by: jvalentour || 05/17/2017 23:09 Comments || Top||


Four 'smash-grab' perps evade police, flip car into pond, only one is swimmer
[11 Alive Atlanta] According to Clayton County Fire Chief Laura Richardson, the crash happened Monday morning on Flint River and Taylor Road.

The entire incident started at 4:20 a.m. in a neighboring county. A security guard reported four suspects were robbing a Sprint store at 1415 Highway 85 in Fayette County. When the guard confronted the suspects and advised them to stop, they ignored him and continued to rob the store.

When Fayette Police officers arrived, the suspects had fled the scene. At 4:27 a.m., Clayton Co. Police were advised that officers from the Fayette County Sheriff's Office were chasing a vehicle with four passengers that was traveling east on Flint River Road.
Don't send in the dive team until the bubbles stop Deputy Jones. They could be armed !
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I don't think the word "evade" is really appropriate here. Maybe "attempt to use car as a submarine right in front of astonished police due to the typically crappy driving habits of criminals" might be better.
Posted by: gorb || 05/17/2017 3:19 Comments || Top||

#2  "We have a new piece of equipment for you, it is a mini depth charge."
Posted by: Jeasing Creque5352 || 05/17/2017 7:16 Comments || Top||

#3  At least the trial will be short.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/17/2017 9:50 Comments || Top||

#4  The vehicle that officers were pursuing collided with another car at the intersection of Flint River Road and Taylor Road. The fleeing car fell and landed upside down in a pond. At first, police thought they lost the suspects, so they returned to the scene of the crash. That's when they found it submerged in teh pond.

Had to take the long way around?
Posted by: Pappy || 05/17/2017 10:54 Comments || Top||

#5  When Ted Kennedy is your getaway driver...
Posted by: Frank G || 05/17/2017 14:53 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
RT: Warship, snipers & troops: Unprecedented security as star-studded Cannes film festival begins
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2017 12:46 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ban gun protection for those who oppose 2nd amendment rights for everyone.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/17/2017 18:48 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/17/2017 18:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Bright pebbles hit the nail on the fuckin head
Posted by: chris || 05/17/2017 21:43 Comments || Top||

#4  And no doubt they will demand that everyone give up their guns...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 05/17/2017 23:02 Comments || Top||


Sen. Thom Tillis (NC) not a racist
Sen. Thom Tillis collapsed during a Washington, D.C., race Wednesday morning and was taken away in an ambulance, but he later released a video proclaiming his health and eagerness to get back to work.

Observers told The Associated Press that Tillis, R-N.C., at first appeared unconscious but was revived and seen breathing as he left the scene.

Just before 10 a.m. Tillis posted a short video to his Twitter account from the hospital.

“Hey everybody. I’m fine; just running -- about two-and-a-half miles in got overheated, no CPR, no special measures, just checkin’ me out,” Tillis said. “See you back on the Hill.”
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2017 11:12 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ISWYDT.
Posted by: charger || 05/17/2017 20:31 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
North Korea's closest major US city, Seattle, wants to plan for possible nuclear attack
Duck and cover.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/17/2017 11:14 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Prudent. That "Star Wars" ballistic missile defense the liberals savaged Reagan about is all of a sudden sounding a lot better, now that a nutjob has nuclear warheads and missiles with range.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 05/17/2017 20:01 Comments || Top||


Britain
"Destroy Labour", Britain's Conservatives given election orders
[Al Ahram] No talk of opinion polls and definitely no boasting - Britannia's governing Conservative Party is under strict orders before a June election which it hopes will "destroy" the opposition.

The Conservatives, once criticised by Prime Minister Theresa May for being called the "nasty party", won seats from left-wing parties and from the right in local elections this month by capitalising on the opposition Labour Party's divisions to appeal to their working-class voters and Brexit supporters.

The elections to local councils and a handful of mayoral positions were a dry run for the June 8 parliamentary election in which opinion polls suggest May's party is set to add dozens of additional seats, possibly reshaping the political landscape in Britannia by ushering in years of Conservative rule.

The goal is nothing less than "to destroy Labour", one Conservative politician said, by targeting the seats of up-and-coming opposition politicians to stunt its growth. This, the Conservatives say, would hand May the kind of commanding victory she needs to strengthen her hand in divorce talks with the EU.

But the message to Conservative politicians, members and activists is true to form for the risk-averse prime minister - do not take anything for granted. For her, the biggest electoral threat is not from other parties, but the risk of the Conservatives appearing over-confident.

"We must not be complacent and I am not complacent," May said just a week after she called the early election.

This month, after making gains in local elections, she told supporters: "I will not take anything for granted and neither will the team I lead, because there is too much at stake."

Opinion polls give the Conservatives around a 20-point lead over Labour, and the party won some seats traditionally supportive of the opposition party in the local elections.

Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuela death toll hits 42: Prosecutors
[Al Ahram] A 17-year-old boy and two men died in Venezuela after being shot during anti-government protests, prosecutors said Tuesday, bringing to 42 the number of people killed in six weeks of unrest.

The latest deaths made the recent wave of festivities almost as deadly as the last such disturbances in 2014, when 43 people were killed in anti-government protests.

The current unrest erupted on April 1 when the opposition erupted into the streets in anger at what they saw as moves to strengthen elected socialist President Nicolas Maduro's hold on power.

The government and the opposition have accused each other of sending gangs to sow violence in the protests.

The boy was hospitalized after being shot in the head Monday during a demonstration in the western town of Pedraza and died early Tuesday, the public prosecution service said in a statement.

He was at the scene of a demonstration "when suddenly a group of people arrived and fired several shots, wounding the young man in the head," it said.

The department added that two other men, aged 31 and 33, had died from gunshots they suffered in demonstrations in the cities of San Antonio de los Altos and Tachira.

Monday saw the latest in weeks of violence as opponents mounted fresh demonstrations against Maduro.

Police have fired tear gas and protesters have hurled rocks and Molotov cocktails in a near-daily series of festivities.

Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  42 the number of people killed in six weeks

Got nothing on Chicago, how about Baltimore?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/17/2017 8:07 Comments || Top||

#2  It will get much worse before it gets any better.
Posted by: Iblis || 05/17/2017 14:11 Comments || Top||

#3  Venezuelan Regime Steps up Torture against Protesters, Forces Them to Eat Excrement
Posted by: Blossom Unains5562 || 05/17/2017 19:39 Comments || Top||

#4  Maduro Diet™ takes a new low
Posted by: Frank G || 05/17/2017 20:49 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
'Faith healer' accused of raping two women in Rahim Yar Khan
[DAWN] A 'faith healer' allegedly raped two women in Getha Bathha Town near Rahim Yar Khan, police said.

Faqir Hussain, a resident of Jetha Bathha, filed a report Monday at the Saddar Police Station stating that his daughter and daughter-in-law were raped by Bilal Shah, the 'faith healer', almost two weeks ago, Station House Officer (SHO) Saddar Khanpur Abbas Akhtar told Dawn.

Hussain added his daughter and daughter-in-law routinely visited Shah to get amulets, the SHO added.

He said that, returning from one such visit 15 days ago, his daughter and daughter-in-law told him that they had been raped by Shah, the SHO said.

In his application, Hussain said he had contacted some influential people in the area regarding the matter and due to the pressure exerted by them, Shah offered money or land to the victims.

However,
some people cause happiness wherever they go; others whenever they go...
Hussain refused to accept.

A first information report was registered by the police under Section 376 of the Pakistain Penal Code.

The two women were sent to District Headquarter Hospital in Khanpur for medical tests while the police began a search operation to arrest Shah.
Posted by: Fred || 05/17/2017 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Culture Wars
Rupert Murdoch Calls Special Meeting as Fox News Ratings Falter
[Breitbart] Fox News executive chairman Rupert Murdoch will host a company-wide meeting Wednesday amid internal turmoil at the network and threats to its ratings dominance from MSNBC.

According to Deadline, Murdoch is set to host two meetings at the network’s new studio, Studio F, where he will discuss both the company’s plans for a new newsroom and its overall direction and future. The meetings will reportedly be held in two shifts to accommodate all staff.

The meetings come as the network has been rocked by a series of sexual harassment and racial discrimination lawsuits in recent months, culminating in last month’s departure of star anchor and one-time cable news ratings king Bill O’Reilly.

Following O’Reilly’s departure, the network’s primetime schedule underwent perhaps its most significant reshuffling in years, with Tucker Carlson taking over O’Reilly’s 8 p.m. time slot and the panel show The Five moving to 9 p.m.

But the network faces an early test of its new lineup from MSNBC, which has benefitted greatly from star anchor Rachel Maddow and its lineup’s breathless coverage of the Trump administration.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2017 14:49 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hire six or eight more people of the caliber of Shep Smith and Bob Beckel. Thinks will improve, you'll see.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/17/2017 14:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Fire his stupid-a$$ liberal sons for starters.
Posted by: gorb || 05/17/2017 16:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Shep should just come out of the closet and get it over with.
Posted by: Raj || 05/17/2017 17:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Don't look like MSNBC, Don't sound like MSNBC, report more news than MSNBC.

Don't repeat and endless obviously false narrative of 5 "stories" on the hour every hour.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 05/17/2017 17:55 Comments || Top||

#5  Tucker Carlson was a good choice for the O'Reilly slot. I don't know the facts regarding all the claims of sexual harassment by the women at Fox. Gloria Allred or her daughter was behind many of these lawsuits. Allred and her daughter are "legal hit women" for the left/Donks. Allred took down Herman Cain in 2012. The women and their claims against Cain disappeared shortly thereafter after he stepped away from running.
Posted by: JohnQC || 05/17/2017 18:11 Comments || Top||

#6  IF I wanted, hypothetically speaking, to watch MSNBC or CNN, why would I watch FOX's new and improved© look-alike product?
B has it pegged: more Shep will save them, obviously... (\s)
Posted by: magpie || 05/17/2017 18:24 Comments || Top||




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  Female Bombers Attack NE Nigeria Village, Kill Two
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Mon 2017-05-15
  Kurdish forces reach the northern gates of Raqqa after liberating four more villages
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  Iraq: ISIS leaders killed during ‘meeting’ in al-Qaim
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