[Daily Caller] "It is with the heaviest of hearts that we announce the passing of our beloved husband, father, grandfather, and legendary singer and guitarist, Glen Travis Campbell, at the age of 81, following his long and courageous battle with Alzheimer’s disease," the singer’s family said in a statement provided to Rolling Stone.
The musician, who also spent some time as an actor and television host, passed away on Tuesday morning in a Nashville facility for Alzheimer’s patients, according to a close family source.
Campbell released more than 70 albums during his 50-year career in music. He made history at the Grammys in 1967 when he won four Grammy awards in the country and pop categories.
[BBC] A Chinese restaurant has come under fire for offering discounts to women depending on their bra size, it's reported.
According to the Qianjiang Evening Post, local people complained to the council after seeing posters advertising discounts for the Trendy Shrimp restaurant at a mall in Hangzhou, the main city of coastal Zhejiang province.
The company's adverts showed a line-up of cartoon women in their underwear with the slogan "The whole city is looking for BREASTS". It listed discounts for women depending on their cup size, with greater offers available to women with bigger busts.
One representative complaint said the posters were "vulgar advertising" and "discriminatory towards women".
The posters first appeared on 1 August and have since been removed, but Trendy Shrimp general manager Lan Shenggang defended their sales strategy. "Once the promotion started, customer numbers rose by about 20%," he said, adding that "some of the girls we met were very proud - they had nothing to hide".
He reassured readers that customers could claim their discounts from the waitresses rather than dealing with male staff, in order to "avoid embarrassment".
This is not the first time that a restaurant in China has offered discounts based on appearance. In January 2015, a restaurant in Henan rewarded diners it deemed "good-looking", a month after an eatery in Chongqing gave discounted food to overweight men and thin women.
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"Once the promotion started, customer numbers rose by about 20%," he said, adding that "some of the girls we met were very proud - they had nothing to hide". Ha Ha.
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WARNING: The article contains a close up image of the injuries.
Sorry, the kid got flea-bitten. But what about all the guys and gals who got maimed by IEDs?
Thanks, we must protect all the snowflakes and allow them sufficient time to get to their safe spaces.
Is "Sanctuary cities", an outgrowth of this kind of thinking? Or the lack of a public will to do anything about such shooting galleries as Chicago or Baltimore or the many other liberally controlled cities? Or the public corruption that is left over from previous admins. Or look-the other-way immigration policies? I'm glad Trump is trying to address this mess that has been created and left behind. It is no surprise the deep state feels threatened that their little gravy train might slow or come to a stop. Sorry, got a little off-topic.
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Probably Australian Rules Football in Melbourne.
I had something similar happen to me in Fiji. Getting constantly nipped by tiny creatures in the ocean. What's unusual is the amount of blood drawn in this case.
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Like most of the summer so far. I was camping in northern Michigan last week & heard small children waking up at 0300 & complaining of being cold, a rare event in my experience.
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Where's my Farmer's Almanac? We had a woman up at Crab Orchard, TN by the name of Helen Lane who predicted winters from nature's signs. She was as good as anyone trained in meteorology. She passed away a few years ago. Her daughter has picked up the mantle of weather prognostications. Crossville Chronicle article.
The last time we hit zero in these parts was 1996, and the record low was minus 24--January 21st, 1985! I'm hoping we don't see anything close to that this winter.
[BREITBART] The Google employee behind a ten-page viewpoint diversity manifesto that went viral online has been fired.
James Damore, whose manifesto criticizing the politically correct corporate culture at Google prompted outrage from left-wing employees and social justice warriors online, revealed that he had been fired in an email to Breitbart Tech on Monday evening.
In his email to Breitbart Tech, Damore claimed, "They just fired me for ’perpetuating gender stereotypes.'"
Damore’s writing has revealed a divided Google, in which some employees agree with his outlook, but are afraid to speak out for fear of repercussions from social justice warriors in the company, such as being added to blacklists.
In a memo sent to employees, Google CEO Sundar Pichai reportedly claimed that Damore had violated their Code of Conduct.
Earlier in the day we reported on free speech social media platform Gab, which expressed interest in hiring Damore if he was fired from Google.
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@crusader, use startpage.com. It's run by DuckDuckGo, but uses the google search engine after DDG strips your personal/browser/location info off the search query.
If you think the results aren't as good as google, that's because google was customizing the results for you to match what it thinks you like.
[Iran Press TV] At least 14 members of separatist sect Bundu dia Kongo (BDK) have been killed in a series of violent festivities with Congolese security forces in the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... (DRC).
Police front man Pierrot Mwanamputu said in a statement that separatists were killed during festivities in the capital Kinshasa and the southwestern town of Matadi on Monday.
According to the statement, at least 12 BDK assailants in Kinshasa were killed by "stray bullets" fired by security forces to disperse them. The attackers, who were armed with calibre-12 rifles and bladed weapons, also killed one policeman.
A witness told Rooters that assailants wearing red headbands characteristic of BDK members staged the attack on the high-security Makala prison in the capital but did not make it past the front door. "We woke up to the deafening noise of gunshots."
He said he had seen police and soldiers gather several bodies outside the prison walls.
Two other BDK members were killed in Matadi, where three coppers were also injured, he added.
This came after BDK leader Ne Muanda Nsemi, who beat feet from prison in May, called on his supporters to rise up this Monday against President Joseph Kabila. Nsemi was placed in durance vile Youse'll never take me alive coppers!... [BANG!]... Ow!... I quit! in March following festivities between his supporters and police.
The militia aims to revive the pre-colonial Congo kingdom, which thrived for centuries around the mouth of the Congo River.
The latest festivities also followed an attack by BDK members on Kinshasa's main prison and demonstrations by other members against Kabila in Kinshasa, Matadi and the southwestern city of Boma.
BDK demonstrators on Monday held signs that read, "Rwanda for Rwandans. Congo for Congolese. Get out, Kanambe," using a slur to refer to Kabila, whom Nsemi accuses of being Rwandan.
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[Iran Press TV] Nigerian protesters have demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari, receiving treatment in London for an undisclosed ailment for more than three months, either return or resign.
Buhari left for the British capital on May 7 on what is his latest medical trip, appointing Vice President Yemi Osinbajo to act on his behalf.
Dozens of protesters marched in heavy rain to the presidential villa in Abuja with banners urging that the 74-year-old retired general, who headed a military regime in the 1980s, return.
"Resume or resign, Nigerians say enough is enough," one said, with others stating: "If president Buhari cannot return to Nigeria after 90 days, then he should resign and go home", and "Buhari, where are you? Nigerians want full disclosure. What is wrong with our president?"
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[Breibart] A group of men identifying themselves as Venezuelan soldiers published a video on social media calling for an overthrow of the socialist regime of dictator Nicolás Maduro, shortly before the government announced it had quelled an uprising in Carabobo state on Sunday.
The incident, which Maduro claims was orchestrated by the American Department of State and unspecified Colombian agents, has added more intrigue to the increasingly chaotic situation in what was once Latin America’s wealthiest state, following Maduro’s imposition of a parallel socialist legislature tasked with drafting a new constitution more favorable to his regime.
A man identifying himself as Captain Juan Caguaripano of the 41st Brigade says in a video published on social media this weekend that his troops have declared themselves in "legitimate rebellion" against Maduro’s government. "We clarify that this is not a coup d’etat: this is a civilian and military action to re-establish the constitutional order, but even moreso to save the country from total destruction," he asserts.
[SCMP] Venezuela’s military said on Sunday it repelled a "terrorist" attack on a base in the city of Valencia, led by an army deserter allegedly linked to "foreign governments."
Two of the attackers were killed and eight were captured, President Nicolas Maduro said on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
, claiming the group of "mercenaries" ‐ whose total number he put at around 20 ‐ had ties to Colombia and the United States.
Officials insisted afterward that all was normal across the country.
Still, the incident heightened fears that Venezuela’s deepening political and economic crisis could explode into greater violence.
In Valencia, a major northwestern city, military helicopters flew overhead as tactical armoured vehicles patrolled the streets in a climate of tension.
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The US can destroy North Korea’s air defenses using conventional weapons in about a week just as the US destroyed Air Defenses of Iraq. The question of whether missiles have more stealth or whether there is selectable nuclear yield on 1000 or 2000 nuclear weapons in the US arsenal is not significant. This is because the US can wage more limited nuclear war with lower yield nuclear weapons already.
[DAWN] Two suspects have been incarcerated Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! by the police for their alleged involvement in the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl in Kandario town of Naushero Feroze district on Sunday night.
The girl, who was assaulted by at least three men, was taken from Star Chowk of Kandario town to an empty building where she was raped repeatedly, according to the police. The suspects then left her near Star Chowk where she was found by residents and was taken to a hospital.
She was first admitted to a private hospital and was later shifted to Taluka Hospital Kandario. Initial medical examination revealed that she was assaulted several times.
Senior Superintendent Police (SSP) Naushero Feroze Ghulam Murtaza Bhutto ordered the Deputy Superintendent of Police and Station House Officer of the area to investigate the incident.
The SSP said that an FIR under the relevant sections of the Pakistain Penal Code has been registered on the complaint of the victim's uncle.
According to the Anti-Rape bill passed in the National Assembly last year, anyone who rapes a minor or a mentally or physically disabled person will be liable for the death penalty or life imprisonment.
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[Al Jazeera] Women's rights campaigners and opposition leaders in India have accused the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leaders in Haryana state of putting pressure on police to protect a ruling party official's son, who was accused of attempted kidnapping and sexual assault.
People on social media voiced outrage after Vikas Barala, the 23-year-old son of the BJP's state president Subhash Barala, was released on bail following a brief arrest on charges of stalking and drunk driving.
Jagmati Sangwan, the head of All India Democratic Women's Association (AIDWA) called for Subhash's resignation, claiming he had pressured police to drop charges of attempted kidnapping and sexual assault against his son.
Sangwan accused the BJP leader of "political interference" in the police probe.
The Haryana state is ruled by the party of Prime Minister Narendra Modi, who has so far not commented on the issue.
Hundreds took part in protests across the state on Monday and burned effigies of Barala, Sangwan said.
The case is at the centre of a media storm in India, where scrutiny of sexual violence has grown since the 2012 gang rape and murder of a student in New Delhi.
It began on Saturday when 29-year-old Varnika Kundu said she was nearly kidnapped while driving in Chandigarh, the capital of Haryana.
In a widely shared Facebook post, she said two men in a car had followed her as she drove home around midnight on Friday, blocked her path and attempted to force open the doors of her car.
Kundu, the daughter of a senior Haryana bureaucrat, said she was rescued by the police.
The two suspects included Vikas and his friend Ashish Kumar, 27, local media reported.
They were incarcerated Into the paddy wagon wit' yez! but freed within hours on bail, and face charges of stalking and drunk driving.
Kundu and AIDWA want the police to press the harsher charges of attempted kidnapping and sexual assault against the suspects.
"I'm also lucky, because I'm not lying raped and murdered in a ditch somewhere," Kundu wrote on her Facebook page.
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Mexican group Mexichem is to buy 80 percent of Israel's world-leading micro-irrigation firm Netafim for $1.5 billion, the Israeli company announced on Monday.
Netafim, created in 1965, specializes in water-saving "smart drip" and micro-irrigation systems for agriculture. It is active in 30 countries, owns 17 production plants, employs 4,300 people and sells its products in more than 100 countries. Its turnover last year was $855 million.
Mexichem, which specialises in plastics, chemicals and petrochemicals, had a turnover last year of $5.4 billion.
[AlAhram] Malaysia is investigating an international atheist organization, a minister said on Monday, after a picture of the group's local chapter went viral, sparking claims that Moslem apostates were involved.
Apostasy is not a federal crime in Malaysia, a multi-ethnic and multi-religious country. But critics say deepening fundamentalism within the Moslem majority is threatening religious freedoms.
Malaysian states, which have their own laws governing Islamic affairs, do not allow Moslems to formally renounce Islam, preferring instead to send them for counselling, or fining or jailing them.
The Kuala Lumpur chapter of Atheist Republic, a Canada-based organization, posted a picture of the group's members attending a gathering last week, sparking uproar among some Moslems and leading to threats of death and violence against the group on social media.
Malaysia's deputy minister in charge of religious affairs, Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki, said on Monday he had instructed the Federal Territories Islamic Religious Department to investigate the Atheist Republic chapter to see if any Moslems were involved.
"We need to determine whether any Moslems attended the gathering, and whether they are involved in spreading such views, which can jeopardise the aqidah (faith) of Moslems," he told Rooters when contacted.
Ex-Moslems in the group would be sent for counselling, while attempts to spread atheist ideas could be prosecuted under existing laws, Asyraf said.
"We need to use the soft approach with (apostates). Perhaps they are ignorant of the true Islam, so we need to engage them and educate them on the right teachings," he said.
Atheist Republic's founder, Armin Navabi, said the group's gatherings caused no harm to the public and were not considered a threat in other countries.
"They (Atheists) are treated like criminals. They are just hanging out and meeting other atheists. Who are they harming?!" he said in a post on his Facebook account.
Malaysia's apostasy laws have left many former Moslems in legal limbo, as they are not allowed to register their new religious affiliations or legally marry non-Moslems.
In 2007, Lina Joy, a Malaysian convert to Christianity, lost a high-profile legal battle to have the word "Islam" removed from her identity card. In delivering judgment in that case, the Federal Court's chief justice said the issue was related to Islamic law, and civil courts could not intervene.
NEWS YOU CAN USE: It turns out that dressing well can actually make you more successful.
Who knew?
This is such a "no, duh?" that I would have thought it went without saying. Then I thought about the legions of chin-bearded, tattooed, be-hoodied knucklehead graduating from college these days (and let’s not even discuss what the men look like) and thought again.
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Its too bad that for men its considered "professional" to wear three layers and a piece of cloth around your neck in DC's summer heat, while women are free to wear one layer of loose clothing.
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The traditional wool suit and tie that business professionals feel compelled to wear evolved in northern Europe where it is cold most of the time. I'd still wear one if I was going to a job interview, a wedding or a funeral but most days in southern California a wool jacket is totally unnecessary and uncomfortable. Let's not even talk about polyester. Tattoos, stubble, sandals and hoodies are still inappropriate for office workers. Pants that are worn below one's ass should be treated as a misdemeanor.
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I'm required to wear appropriate clothing at work. Steel-toed boots, long jeans, Eddie Bauer or Hawaiian shirts (SPF built-in the fabric) are appropriate. I'm a happy boy
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Just when you may have thought that the New York Times couldn’t possibly sink any lower when it comes to Israel or Jewish issues, along comes one Jason Farago, an art critic for the newspaper, who manages to review an exhibit about the murderous Nazi Adolf Eichmann and fault it for being, of all things, insufficiently sympathetic to Eichmann.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[BBC] A Chinese restaurant has come under fire for offering discounts to women depending on their bra size, it's reported.
