[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] A Cleveland mother repeatedly stabbed her boyfriend after she walked in on him molesting her 12-year-old daughter, police say.
The mother told authorities she stabbed her partner Troy Parks, 31, six times after finding him naked atop of the child around 2:30 a.m. Tuesday inside her home located in the Stockyards on West 58 Street.
Parks has been charged with rape and gross sexual imposition, while the child revealed to officials the man touched her inappropriately in the past, according to Cleveland.com.
The mother reportedly yelled for assistance outside the home after getting sight of the nightmare incident and called police to inform them of sexual assault and stabbing.
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3 times should have done it - once in each kidney to express your displeasure and a pithing to make sure it doesn't happen again.
On September 26, 1983, Soviet military officer Stanislav Petrov received a message that five nuclear missiles had been launched by the United States and were heading to Moscow. He didn’t launch a retaliatory strike, believing correctly that it was a false alarm. And with that, he saved the world from nuclear war. But now reports have surfaced that Petrov died this past May. He was 77 years old.
Karl Schumacher, a political activist in Germany, was one of the first people to publicize Petrov’s story back in the late 1990s. But Schumacher reportedly learned of Petrov’s death this month after contacting Petrov’s home. Petrov’s son Dmitry reported that the man who saved the world all those years ago had died on May 19, 2017. Schumacher confirmed Petrov’s death to Gizmodo this morning.
Lt. Col. Stanislav Petrov was 44 years old and working at a missile detection bunker south of Moscow on September 26, 1983. His computer told him that five nuclear missiles were on their way, and given their flight time, he had just 20 minutes to launch a counter attack. But Petrov told his superior officers that it was a false alarm. He had absolutely no real evidence that this was true, but it probably saved millions of lives.
"The siren howled, but I just sat there for a few seconds, staring at the big, back-lit, red screen with the word ’launch’ on it," Petrov told the BBC’s Russian Service back in 2013.
"I had all the data [to suggest there was an ongoing missile attack]. If I had sent my report up the chain of command, nobody would have said a word against it," Petrov said.
"There was no rule about how long we were allowed to think before we reported a strike. But we knew that every second of procrastination took away valuable time; that the Soviet Union’s military and political leadership needed to be informed without delay," he told the BBC.
"All I had to do was to reach for the phone; to raise the direct line to our top commanders‐but I couldn’t move. I felt like I was sitting on a hot frying pan," Petrov said.
Perhaps importantly, Petrov noted that he was the only officer around that day who had received a civilian education. Everyone else were professional soldiers and he believed that they would have simply reported the attack at face value. The men around him were "taught to give and obey orders." Luckily, Petrov disobeyed what simply didn’t feel right to him.
Petrov reasoned that if the Americans were going to launch a first strike they’d send more than five missiles, despite the fact that they could still do an enormous amount of damage. He also believed that since the alert system was relatively new it seemed likely that it could be sending a false alarm.
If Petrov had been wrong, he would have compromised the Soviet Union’s ability to retaliate against a nuclear strike. But if he was right, World War III would be averted. Thankfully, he was right. And sadly, his wasn’t the first, nor the last, close call that the world has seen. The Cold War saw far too many false alarms triggered by everything from a computer simulation in 1979to a NATO military exercise in 1983, just two months after Petrov’s false alarm. And then there was the Cuban Missile Crisis of 1962 and the Captain who defied his direct orders.
It’s truly amazing that the world survived the Cold War. And it’ll be even more amazing if we survive the current missile crisis that’s heating up on the Korean peninsula.
Rest in peace, Stanislav Petrov. You may not have gotten the recognition you deserved in life, but hopefully you’ll be remembered in death. Those of us living in the 21st century owe you a tremendous debt. And the best most of us can do is hope that the nuclear powers of the world learn something from your heroism.
Users of Avast-owned security application CCleaner for Windows have been advised to update their software immediately, after researchers discovered criminal hackers had installed a backdoor in the tool. The tainted application allows for download of further malware, be it ransomware or keyloggers, with fears millions are affected. According to Avast's own figures, 2.27 million ran the affected software, though the company said users should not panic.
The affected app, CCleaner, is a maintenance and file clean-up software run by a subsidiary of anti-virus giant Avast. It has 2 billion downloads and claims to be getting 5 million extra a week, making the threat particularly severe, researchers at Cisco Talos warned. Comparing it to the NotPetya ransomware outbreak, which spread after a Ukrainian accounting app was infected, the researchers discovered the threat on September 13 after CCleaner 5.33 caused Talos systems to flag malicious activity.
Further investigation found the CCleaner download server was hosting the backdoored app as far back as September 11. Talos warned in a blog Monday that the affected version was released on August 15, but on September 12 an untainted version 5.34 was released. For weeks then, the malware was spreading inside supposedly-legitimate security software.
The malware would send encrypted information about the infected computer - the name of the computer, installed software and running processes - back to the hackers' server. The hackers also used what's known as a domain generation algorithm (DGA); whenever the crooks' server went down, the DGA could create new domains to receive and send stolen data. Use of DGAs shows some sophistication on the part of the attackers.
CCleaner's owner, Avast-owned Piriform, has sought to ease concerns. Paul Yung, vice president of product at Piriform, wrote in a post Monday: "Based on further analysis, we found that the 5.33.6162 version of CCleaner and the 1.07.3191 version of CCleaner Cloud was illegally modified before it was released to the public, and we started an investigation process.
[ABC] Dozens of people were arrested in St. Louis on Sunday, including a "rioter" who carried weapons and protective gear, which capped a third night of protests over a judge's decision to acquit a white former police officer in the 2011 shooting death of a black man, police said.
The protests began peacefully on Friday after St. Louis Circuit Judge Timothy Wilson found Jason Stockley, 36, not guilty of first-degree murder and armed criminal action. On Dec. 20, 2011, the then-police officer shot 24-year-old Lamar Smith five times after a high-speed chase and crash.
More than 80 people were arrested on Sunday in connection with the protests, which police said were "no longer peaceful" as of late Saturday night, and five weapons were confiscated, according to the St. Louis Police Department. At least 32 people were arrested earlier in the weekend as demonstrators blocked highways, damaged property and threw rocks at the mayor's house and bricks at police officers, police said.
"People setting out do damage are being arrested and these criminals we've arrested should be held accountable and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law," St. Louis Interim Police Chief Lawrence O’Toole said in a early-morning briefing on Monday.
"We're in control. This is our city and we're going to protect it," he added.
An unidentified chemical was thrown on police officers and a bicycle officer was transported to the hospital with an leg injury Sunday night, police said in a statement on Twitter.
The department also tweeted images of knives, guns, masks and other types of protective gear from a "rioter" who police said was arrested.
[Townhall] Michael Isaacson, an economics professor at Manhattan's John Jay College of Criminal Justice, has been placed on administrative leave for a tweet he sent on August 23. In it, he appeared to suggest that violence against cops was simply a fact of life.
"Some of y’all might think it sucks being an anti-fascist teaching at John Jay College but I think it’s a privilege to teach future dead cops," he wrote at the time.
Unlucky for Isaacson, who is also a leader of the Antifa movement, police union officials saw the tweet, followed by school officials.
John Jay President Karol Mason responded swiftly, knowing exactly what to do.
"Today, members of the John Jay faculty received threats, and our students expressed concerns for their safety in the classroom," Mason said. "Out of concern for the safety of our students, faculty and staff, we are immediately placing the adjunct on administrative leave as we continue to review this matter."
After his suspension, Isaacson offered a non-apology, before making a sarcastic comment about his right to "free speech."
"My biggest regret is putting my students and the John Jay faculty and staff at risk. That was not a risk that they assumed voluntarily, and that very much contravenes my political convictions," he told The News. "I deeply apologize to the John Jay community for making them the target of death threats and harassment."
New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, however, condemned Isaacson's rhetoric.
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Economics professor does not understand cost/benefit comparison.
Personally, I'd be weary of an economics professor who doesn't look or act old enough to get a job. I would even say I would want my money back. Tuition is a contract where I trade my money and time for knowledge. I would argue the college reneged on its end of the deal.
[LI] A joint report released last week by the Institute of Jewish Policy Research (JPR), a London-based think tank, and the Community Security Trust (CST), the communal Jewish defense body in the UK, found an "unambiguous association" between antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes in Britain.
The report‐an in-depth investigation and analysis of animus toward Jews, the role of hatred directed toward Israel, and the prevalence of bigotry across the political spectrum in Britain today‐makes for a sobering read.
It’s the first major study of British attitudes to demonstrate with "pure, hard empiricism" what many Jews and others have been saying for a long time, namely the fact that there’s a tight empirical connection between a hatred of Israel and a hatred of Jews.
[The Hill] President Trump in a tweet early Sunday dubbed North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "Rocket Man," adding that long gas lines in the nation are "[t]oo bad!"
"I spoke with President Moon [Jae-in] of South Korea last night," the president wrote.
"Asked him how Rocket Man is doing. Long gas lines forming in North Korea. Too bad!"
The White House said Trump and Moon discussed North Korea’s recent intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) launches during a call on Saturday.
"The two leaders noted that North Korea continues to defy the international community, even after the United Nations strongly condemned North Korea’s repeated provocations twice in the past week," the White House said in a statement.
"President Trump and President Moon committed to continuing to take steps to strengthen deterrence and defense capabilities and to maximize economic and diplomatic pressure on North Korea," it added. "The two leaders noted that they will continue their close consultations next week when they meet on the margins of the United Nations General Assembly."
A South Korean official said the leaders agreed on the need for stronger sanctions against North Korea during their call, Reuters reported.
"At some point, you've made enough money." Who's gonna believe that poppycock?
[Bloomberg] Hillary Clinton says she made a mistake when she gave speeches on Wall Street after leaving government. Taking money from banks, she writes in her new memoir, created the impression she was in their pocket.
Her old boss doesn’t seem to share her concern.
Last month, just before her book "What Happened" was published, Barack Obama spoke in New York to clients of Northern Trust Corp. for about $400,000, a person familiar with his appearance said. Last week, he reminisced about the White House for Carlyle Group LP, one of the world’s biggest private equity firms, according to two people who were there. Next week, he’ll give a keynote speech at investment bank Cantor Fitzgerald LP’s health-care conference.
[DAWN] A two-member committee looking into the murder of a Christian boy in the Burewala school has recommended departmental action against four teachers of the school, holding them responsible for the death of the student.
On Aug 30, Sheron Masih had died from fatal blows from class fellow Ahmed Raza in the classroom of the Government MC Model High School, Burewala.
The inquiry report negates police report that the cause of the dispute between the two students was a mobile phone. The education department inquiry committee states Raza had not allowed Sheron to leave the classroom.
The inquiry team, consisting of Bashir Ahmed (headmaster of the Islamia High School in Vehari and Muhammad Asim (deputy district officer), submitted the report to the district education office on Saturday.
The report recommended that action be taken against class teacher Nazir Mohal, headmaster Saleem Tahir and physical education teachers (PETs) Ramzan and Dildar Ahmed.
According to the report, the four teachers were guilty of showing poor school and classroom management, violating government rules and demonstrating least interest in their duty. The report added that class teacher Mohal’s absence from the classroom during the incident had been proved while both students -- deceased Sheron and suspect Raza -- were not enrolled on the day of the incident.
The four teachers have already been suspended from service after the incident. The inquiry committee recommended compulsory retirement of class teacher Nazir Mohal under the the 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.... Employees Efficiency, Discipline and Accountability Act, 2006. Headmaster Saleem Tahir faces forfeiture of one-year service whereas PETs Ramzan and Dildar face forfeiture of one-year increment.
The report confirmed that Sheron was killed by the torture of Raza in the school. The inquiry team recorded the statements of teachers, students and family of both Sheron Masih and Raza.
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[Daily Caller] A new study of the skeletal remains of a powerful Viking warrior reveals that he was actually a she.
The leader, long assumed to be a man, was in fact a woman misidentified because 19th century archaeologists did not consider the possibility of women holding high-ranking positions in Viking culture.
And now one of the websites that promotes the idea that gender isn’t determined by genes, HuffPost, has accidentally admitted that genes do indeed dictate gender.
Swedish newspaper Local reported this week that the remains that were excavated during the 19th century by Swedish archaeologist Hjalmar Stolpe in the town of Birka were subject to new DNA tests, that determined the ancient warrior to be female. She was buried with weapons and armor and horses befitting of other high-ranking military Viking leaders during the dark ages.
Charlotte Hedenstierna-Jonson, who led the study on the warrior’s remains, described her as being "fairly tall" at 5 feet 6 inches. The female Viking leader’s gender became the subject of some scrutiny after Anna Kjellström, an osteologist at Stockholm University, found that her bone structured appeared to be feminine. The discovery led to the DNA study, confirming that she was indeed a woman.
HuffPost was the one of the first US websites to cover the story, which achieved viral status on social media.
[CollegeFix] To promote "racial reconciliation" after the deadly clashes between white nationalists and counterprotesters in Charlottesville last month, Brown University plans to offer segregated events to its black students and female Muslim students.
The university received a $30,000 grant from the Association of American Colleges and Universities, which represents liberal arts schools, to create a campus center whose mission is to "break down racial hierarchies and create a positive narrative about race in the community," according to The Brown Daily Herald.
These grants, provided with the assistance of the Newman’s Own Foundation and W.K. Kellogg Foundation, will go towards hosting racially and religiously segregated "dinner discussion groups." These discussions are being led by Brown University Chaplain Rev. Janet Cooper Nelson, who told The Daily that "one [group will be] for black students and the other [will be for] for Muslim women on campus."
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Imagine the outrage if Brown instituted whites only dining.
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magine the outrage if Brown instituted whites only dining
That's pretty much the outcome, given that Asians are basically considered "white" nowadays, as are Jews and any persons of colour non-whites who do the things necessary to be successful (finish school, don't have children out of wedlock, get a job).
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The 40 mm Modular Turret from Lockheed Martin UK, designed initially to up-arm the Warrior infantry fighting vehicle (IFV), was displayed at DSEI with a number of new capabilities. While none of the systems shown have been selected by any customers, they demonstrate the potential for upgrading and customising the turret to suit customer needs.
The turret is the result of significant investment from Lockheed Martin and employs common systems from the Ajax reconnaissance vehicle in the United Kingdom and the Jaguar armoured fighting vehicle from France. The addition of an externally launched Javelin missile provides an engagement envelope of 4 km as well as gives the platform a credible firepower capability against main battle tanks. This shows the modular turret is capable of maintaining a place within the international market and can be built with stretch capacity for greater firepower.
Part of the Lockheed Martin stand was a virtual demonstrator, which was used to exhibit the mission systems that can be fitted to the turret. These included a controller that closely resembles the system used in the Warrior as well as a complete set of cameras that are accessed via buttons surrounding an LCD screen and provide a 360⁰ view of the vehicle’s surroundings. The fully stabilised 40 mm CTA cannon is simple to operate using the controller, enabling reasonable proficiency to be gained in tracking and engaging targets within a very short space of time.
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And this is an improvement over existing setups how? It's easier to break?
Why you would want a single platform to operate all you weapons from is questionable; it just means that when there's a fault, everything stops working at the same time. Redundancy is a good thing in combat.
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Just a turret that can fire more stuff. No different than the IFV or tanks we have today. There are two firing stations in the turret. The gunner and the commander. Usually the gunner does it but the commander can grab an override switch and fire himself.
Sounds like a similar set up with more toys.
Rider on Thursday shared a photo of a shelf with glass bottles containing what appear to be replicas of raw cotton plants.
She captioned the photo, 'This decor is WRONG on SO many levels. There is nothing decorative about raw cotton... A commodity which was gained at the expense of African-American slaves.'
'A little sensitivity goes a long way,' she added. "PLEASE REMOVE THIS ’decor.'
This is getting really silly. What about the fact that the ancient Mesopotamians, Egyptians and Romans produced glass, and all were avid slave owners. And yet the complainer in question dares to insensitively and brazenly show xer face on Facebook wearing a pair of glasses. Shun xer!!!
[TheRightScoop] "Finally, the Court observes, based on its nearly thirty years on the bench, that an urban heroin dealer not in possession of a firearm would be an anomaly," the judge wrote.
For those like me who have lost track, Anthony Lamar Smith was recently killed in St. Louis by a white police officer, whose acquittal on murder charges led to riots over the weekend.
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Smith was shot in 2011. As I understand it, state and federal prosecutors at the time decided not to charge the officer.
The case was recently reopened due to unspecified new evidence.
(opinion: a cynical person might think this was a political prosecution in the wake of unrest in Ferguson,MO)
The officer was acquitted in a bench trial, leading to the current festivities.
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...Remember that the Baltimore PD officers who were involved in the Freddie Gray incident were all acquitted by bench trials. Rather than prosecutors seeing the light on racially motivated show trials, I think we're going to start seeing calls to eliminate bench trials.
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I think we'll see calls to eliminate trials.
BTW -- Chicago has a new "oversight" board for the police that's been doing exactly as Steve suspects. Old, closed cases are being reopened. Expect acquittals and riots there, too.
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Smith was shot in 2011.
Thank you for the correction, SteveS. I've been a bit distracted with real life lately.
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An easy confusement, tw. Given the current frothing and looting, it seems like new news. I only saw a brief mention somewhere of it being an old case and had a hard time finding references to the original disposition.
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.
[LI] A joint report released last week by the Institute of Jewish Policy Research (JPR), a London-based think tank, and the Community Security Trust (CST), the communal Jewish defense body in the UK, found an "unambiguous association" between antisemitic and anti-Israel attitudes in Britain.
[Al Jazeera] Secretary of state says closing US embassy in Havana is 'under review' after possible sonic attacks on staff.
I blame the wheel and mules. End them NOW! 
[TheRightScoop] "Finally, the Court observes, based on its nearly thirty years on the bench, that an urban heroin dealer not in possession of a firearm would be an anomaly," the judge wrote.
