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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Funeral home manager says decapitated baby coming from hospital, not Clayton Medical Examiner, was first red flag
[WSB TV2 Atlanta] The death of a newborn baby decapitated during childbirth has been determined to be a homicide, the Clayton County Medical Examiner’s Office announced on Tuesday.

Clayton County police said Tuesday that it has completed its investigation into the death of the decapitated newborn and they’ve turned the case over to the district attorney’s office.

It was last July when Watkins Funeral Home general manager Sylvania Watkins got a call from the family of Jessica Ross after her baby boy, Treveon Taylor Jr., died during childbirth.

"After we retrieved the body from Southern Regional, I was called downstairs to come and see what they had brought back from the hospital and that’s when I noticed the baby’s head was not attached to the body," Watkins recalled to Channel 2′s Candace McCowan. "This is what raised the red flag, to receive this baby from the hospital with that condition, that was the first red flag. Actually, this baby should’ve come from the medical examiner from the jump, so that’s how I ended up calling the medical examiner to see if it was reported."
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/08/2024 09:22 || Comments || Link || [25 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Evidently not a keeper.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/08/2024 9:30 Comments || Top||

#2  Democrat-approved abortion on delivery
Posted by: Frank G || 02/08/2024 9:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Yes. Always remember several leftists have called abortion "a sacrament."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/08/2024 9:39 Comments || Top||

#4  Sounds like the doctor and anyone else needs to be in jail to me.
Posted by: Chris || 02/08/2024 9:49 Comments || Top||

#5  Probably an isolated case.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/08/2024 9:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Let's not get ahead of ourselves. Baby necks weak to start with and babies do not come with any sort of warrant of merchantability.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/08/2024 10:15 Comments || Top||

#7  They tried to cover it up steve. Shit happens, but when the cover up starts , something is amiss.
Posted by: Chris || 02/08/2024 11:41 Comments || Top||

#8  Precedent setting ruling on a partial birth abortion.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/08/2024 13:24 Comments || Top||


A Kentucky trans suspect accused of sexually abusing a baby at a daycare has been given a sweetheart deal to avoid prison time
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

A Kentucky trans-identified biological male who has been charged with sexually abusing a baby will not face jail time after reaching a plea agreement with prosecutors.
In Kentucky? Is that wise?
Maria "Mark" Childers, a transgender daycare worker in Kentucky, had been charged with one count of first-degree sexual abuse of a victim under 12 and three counts of first-degree criminal abuse of a child under 12.

On January 29, 2024, Childers struck an agreement with prosecutors which included entering a guilty plea in exchange for his charge of first-degree sexual abuse of a victim under 12 to be amended to sexual misconduct, which is a Class A misdemeanor. The remaining abuse charges were also dropped, according to Reduxx.

Childers, who first began identifying as a woman seven years ago, was represented by prominent trans activist lawyer Madison Leach.
Hang em together
Childers had been sentenced to 12 months in prison, but the judge postponed sentencing in favor of a 6-month conditional discharge. In addition to avoiding incarceration, the defendant may be able to clear his criminal record if he adheres to the conditions of the conditional discharge, per the outlet.

Childers was arrested in February 2023 after the Department of Community Based Services (DCBS) received an anonymous tip that had accused Childers of inappropriately touching a baby while changing the baby's diaper, and also making inappropriate comments to the infant during the act. The abuse occurred in November of 2022 at Explore Learning Academy.

Childers was accused of both sexual and physical abuse while employed at the daycare, according to court documents.

On February 8, 2022, a DCBS case worker and a police officer from the Paducah Police Department went to interview witnesses and the daycare who authorities say corroborated the tipster's claims. The tipster was revealed in court documents to be one of Childer's co-workers.
Posted by: Fred || 02/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [44 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Death cures pedophilia. Just sayin'
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/08/2024 0:38 Comments || Top||

#2  ..here piggy,piggy,piggy
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/08/2024 7:46 Comments || Top||

#3  A couple of days in General Population housing is all that would be required to solve this.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/08/2024 11:58 Comments || Top||

#4  I can't even read this story. The headline and the picture are bad enough. I might lose my breakfast.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/08/2024 13:13 Comments || Top||

#5  You mean,
Mark "Maria" Childers.

Good to know that someone with a face like that approaching me at a quick shop would have me starting counter-measures, is employed at a day care.

And gets the equivalent of caught stealing a pack of gum.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/08/2024 15:26 Comments || Top||

#6  It's Kentucky, a very short time from now, he will disappear, never to be seen again.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 02/08/2024 17:39 Comments || Top||

#7  Like, buried in the hills, or appointed special legal council to the governor?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/08/2024 17:42 Comments || Top||

#8  That sends a rather unfortunate message. As always, we get more of what we subsidize. Expect more.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/08/2024 18:47 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
EU Globalists Call for Travel Ban Against Tucker Carlson for Daring to Interview Putin
[Gateway] The Gateway Pundit reported that former Fox News host Tucker Carlson traveled to Moscow to interview Vladimir Putin.

Rabidly pro-Ukraine shills and globalists are furious that Carlson is once again pushing back against the required narratives and letting people make up their own minds.

Now, anti-free speech globalists at the European Union are said to be considering a travel ban for Carlson over the interview, which will air on Thursday night.

Carlson explained his motive for interviewing Putin in a video statement on Tuesday, saying, "Most Americans have no idea why Putin invaded Ukraine or what his goals are now."

"We are not here because we love Vladimir Putin....We are not encouraging you to agree with what Putin may say in this interview, but we are urging you to watch it. You should know as much as you can."
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/08/2024 06:30 || Comments || Link || [26 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Last Refuge - Tucker Carlson Interview with Vladimir Putin Scheduled to Broadcast Tonight, 6pm

This is likely to be a very interesting interview for multiple reasons. The “western world” has not heard much unfiltered or unscripted news about Russian President Vladimir Putin for several years, essentially since the sanctions were imposed in the aftermath of Russia’s entry into Ukraine and the subsequent war.The backlash against Tucker Carlson has been extreme ever since his entry into Russia and visibility in Moscow was noticed. President Putin having the ability to speak directly to a western audience is not something any of the western government officials are comfortable with.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/08/2024 6:48 Comments || Top||

#2  IMO, the entire Ukraine war is an EU project with USA being their, all too common, chump.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 02/08/2024 6:55 Comments || Top||


#4  ^The greatest names in American journalism were deliriously happy to interview Stalin.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 02/08/2024 7:18 Comments || Top||

#5  All this angst from the same people who constantly tell us that worrying about privacy comes down to "If you aren't doing anything wrong, you have nothing to worry about."

Hmmmmm...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/08/2024 7:24 Comments || Top||

#6  "TUCKER: What do you think of American football?

PUTIN: It’s an interesting sport. But why do you call it football when the ball is almost always played with the hands? It also seems needlessly violent at times.

TUCKER: That’s true. Will you be watching?

PUTIN: The game will not be shown in Russia.

TUCKER: So you won’t get to see Taylor Swift either then?

PUTIN: No. We have been given a reprieve."
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/08/2024 11:45 Comments || Top||

#7  I've been convinced by the usual suspects to check it out, but if that is transcript, now I'm in.

'Because if we called it three tenths meter ball, we'd never have made it to the moon.'

*bit off topic
Raiders Fan: I don't care who the Chiefs play, I want them to lose so bad Taylor Swift gets plastered and throws up over the VIP balcony.

Chiefs Fan: I'd take that loss.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/08/2024 12:51 Comments || Top||

#8  Raiders and Chiefs have never liked each other but I never liked the 49ers either. In fact, ever since that take a knee business, I've pretty much given up on the NFL. I would say I have no dog in this fight but I grow weary of Taylor Swift.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/08/2024 13:23 Comments || Top||

#9  'Because if we called it three tenths meter ball, we'd never have made it to the moon.'

There are two kinds of countries in the world - those who have landed men on the Moon, and those who use the metric system.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/08/2024 13:25 Comments || Top||

#10  The greatest names in American journalism were deliriously happy to interview Stalin.

And Walter Duranty won a Pulitzer Prize for one.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 02/08/2024 15:28 Comments || Top||

#11  ^^ And a whole series of fawning articles.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 02/08/2024 15:30 Comments || Top||

#12  #9 - and those who used both systems and crashed a probe on Mars as a result.
Posted by: Bobby || 02/08/2024 18:42 Comments || Top||

#13  #8 One time die hard 49er faithful here going back to the Dick Nolan/John Brodie days. That too was a deal breaker for me. Don't miss at all.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/08/2024 18:44 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
One dead and two wounded in Kenya hyena attack
[AFRICANEWS] Marauding hyenas killed a man and wounded two people near a university outside the Kenyan capital, officials said Tuesday.
Important safety tip: When in Kenya, don't pet the hyenas.
Anthony Pasha was dismembered and killed by hyenas while he was collecting firewood at a forest close to his home, according to family members.

"The hyena attacked him and it chased him away from the forest. He left his firewood and then the hyenas dragged him down this stream and finished him off here," said his cousin Kaaji Lesian.

Pasha's brother ran to his rescue after hearing screams from 21-year-old student, Kevin Mwenda, not knowing that his brother was also being attacked.

With incidents involving hyenas increasingly frequent in the area which borders the Nairobi National Park, residents are angry.

"The government should help us. Everything has been killed in this homestead. Cows were killed, goats, and now its people. We haven’t found any part of the deceased,” said Pasha’s relative, Gladys Maingu.

“We have not been given any help. The other two injured victims have been admitted to the hospital. We have not been offered any help from the authorities. How long must we suffer?"

Posted by: Fred || 02/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [37 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Like the man said, "Some days you get the hyena, some days the hyenas get you".
Wildlife Management Tip: if you shoot them with guns, the survivors eventually learn to avoid you
Posted by: SteveS || 02/08/2024 10:19 Comments || Top||

#2  "They seemed friendly, after all, they were laughing"
Posted by: Frank G || 02/08/2024 11:02 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/08/2024 13:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Dismembered, and then killed. Never considered the possibility, but yeah I guess so.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/08/2024 18:51 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Election delay setback for Senegal's democracy
[AFRICANEWS] Residents and analysts reacted on Tuesday to the postponement of elections in Senegal
... a nation of about 14 million on the west coast of Africa bordering Mauretania to the north, Mali to the east, and a pair of Guineas to the south, one of them Bissau. It is 90 percent Mohammedan and has more than 80 political parties. Its primary purpose seems to be absorbing refugees...
In the streets of Dakar, many are wondering about the future of the country and its stability.

The postponement has revealed a period of uncertainty, with many Senegalese wondering about the repercussions of the decision and its legitimacy.

"It's a whole population that is devastated (by this decision). We even want to change our nationality. How long will this postponement last?" said Pape Alioune Dieme, resident of Dakar.

"In any case, we're very worried about the situation in this country", he added.

President Macky Sall postponed the Feb. 25 vote, citing an electoral dispute between the parliament and the judiciary regarding some candidacies.

Opposition leaders and candidates rejected the decision, calling it a "coup."

Analyst Mucahid Durmaz said that while news of election postponement will not lead to "destructive" unrest compared to the 2021 protests in the country, it represents a warning.

Senegal is "seen as a beacon of democratic stability" in the West African region, he added, and the postponement of elections will "accelerate the democratic decline" of neighbouring countries, he said.

Several opposition politicians were blocked from voting on Monday as parliament rescheduled the election for December, prompting outrage and condemnation.

Sall's time in office had been set to end on April 2.

Posted by: Fred || 02/08/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [21 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Economy
Ford Announces Billions of Dollars in Losses on Electric Vehicle Range‐Worse Than Expected
[Red State] There is more bad news for electric vehicle manufacturers.

After declaring its annual results a success, Ford has revealed that it incurred a loss of $4.7 billion on its electric vehicle range, more than the $4.5 billion the company predicted in the middle of last year.
The company's annual summary states:
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/08/2024 01:03 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Heron's steam engine.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 02/08/2024 4:56 Comments || Top||

#2  Ford Announces Billions of Dollars in Losses on Electric Vehicle Range‐Worse Than Expected


...Those are going to be impressive, put-the-fear-of-God-into-you numbers.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 02/08/2024 10:57 Comments || Top||

#3  One wonders when the bottom falls out even for Tesla.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/08/2024 10:58 Comments || Top||

#4  They invested way too much into their pickup truck 'Lightning'.

It's only useful for suburban soccer moms and dads (close to home and charging stations....at least the ones that are operable).

Where you actually need a pickup truck, it becomes useless in a hurry.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 02/08/2024 11:03 Comments || Top||

#5  It's all Mr. Beans' fault, you see.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/08/2024 13:42 Comments || Top||

#6  It would take a heart of stone etc.
Posted by: no mo uro || 02/08/2024 14:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Rowan Atkinson Blamed for Slump in EV Vehicles.

It isn't a, or a few, but all UK publications it seems with the exact same damn story.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/08/2024 15:45 Comments || Top||



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  U.S. airstrike killed senior Kataib al-Hezbollah leader
Wed 2024-02-07
  Israeli military claims it killed dozens of fighters in Gaza, captured scores
Tue 2024-02-06
  'Nothing left' in north Gaza: UNRWA
Mon 2024-02-05
  Scores killed in overnight strikes as Hamas weighs Gaza truce proposal
Sun 2024-02-04
  Hamas raises head above parapets, moves to reassert power in Gaza City areas from which Israeli forces withdrew
Sat 2024-02-03
  Israel turns focus of Gaza attack to Rafah as Hamas weighs ceasefire proposal; conflict now longest since 1948 War of Independence
Fri 2024-02-02
  Fearing Israeli assassinations, Iran pulls IRGC commanders from Syria - sources
Thu 2024-02-01
  Kata'ib Hezbollah announces suspension of offensive operations in agreement with Iraqi government
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  It's that time of the year. We must ask for your help...
Tue 2024-01-30
  Israeli forces claim killing dozens of Gaza gunmen near hospital
Mon 2024-01-29
  IRGC seizes foreign tanker carrying 2 million liters of fuel
Sun 2024-01-28
  3 American troops killed, 25 injured in attack on Jordan base near Syria border
Sat 2024-01-27
  International Court Orders Immediate Release Of Hostages Held By Hamas, Bibi rejects genocide charge
Fri 2024-01-26
  Israeli strikes kill at least 50 Palestinians in Khan Younis in 24 hours
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  IDF carries out wave of strikes on Hezbollah sites in southern Lebanon


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