[Seeking Alpha] 2017 has been quite a "ride" for this railroads operator. After announcing the coming of Hunter Harrington as its new CEO at the beginning of the year, CSX (CSX) saw its new CEO passing away in December. While there was a clear "HH" effect on the stock when he hopped on board, shares haven’t been affected by his unexpected departure.
In fact, I don’t think it’s only Mr. Harrington’s work, but CSX did an amazing job on improving their margins by streamlining their business (less hump yards, less operating regions and 1 consolidated dispatching office). CSX came from "one of the worst" to "one of the best" railroads in regard to their operating ratio. But with such a strong stock price appreciation, is there anything left for future investors? I don’t think so over short-term, but CSX is certainly a keeper.
Understanding the Business
CSX is a railroad company operating over 21,000 miles of railways, with access to 70 ports and nationwide transloading and distribution services. This may seem big, but Union Pacific (UNP) shows 51,683 miles in comparison. CSX has roughly half UNP market capitalization ($56B vs $110B) too.
CSX was one of the railroad owner-operators most affected by the latest down cycle in commodities due to its strong presence in the coal transportation business. As of May 30 th, 2018, CSX business came from chemicals (20%), coal (19%), Intermodal (17%), automotive (11%), Agriculture & Food (11%), forest products (7%), metals & equipment (6%), minerals (5%) and fertilizers (4%).
[Motley Fool] Boeing has received more orders for widebody planes year to date than it did in all of 2016. A recent 24-aircraft deal with FedEx added to Boeing's order momentum.
In 2017, Boeing (NYSE:BA) saw a somewhat surprising uptick in order activity after entering the year with modest expectations. The Boeing sales team is off to a great start in 2018, as well. By the end of May, the company had received 306 net orders for commercial jets compared to 205 during the same period in 2017.
Recently, Boeing has been particularly successful in selling widebodies -- the larger dual-aisle aircraft that typically serve longer international routes. This is a market segment that Boeing had expected to remain weak until around 2020.
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The rag is off the bush on the A380, the break even point on a A380 flight is more than the full capacity of a 787 which has a longer range and uses less fuel on routine overseas routes.
Check the numbers, Boeing sold more 787's last year than the full production to date plus orders of the A380.
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Sometimes there is no market for an otherwise interesting idea. Supersonic commercial flight, bullet trains in the US, or Commercial passenger rail in the US, it just doesn't pay for itself.
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The muslim airlines can make ends meet on the A380 because they can fill them to the brim during Haj and not have to give out any discounts or frequent flyer miles.
[Wash Times] Attorney General Jeff Sessions has taken a huge public relations hit for daring to quote scripture while explaining why borders should be secure, even if it means separating children from the adults who’ve carted them into the nation illegally in the first place.
But let’s get this straight, and straight-away: Borders are indeed biblical.
So is the rule of law. So is the concept of keeping out those born in other nations about whom U.S. immigration folk know little ‐ and that goes for children, as well as adults.
The left likes to whip out their Bible books and sell otherwise. But what do they know?
Democrats, after all, were the ones who removed mention of God from their national party platform back in 2012. Facing near-immediate fire, these Dems then quickly voted to revise that anti-God stance and put back what they had just taken out ‐ but it was hardly a do-over that ended decisively.
As ABC remembered it back in September 2012: "The first two voice votes [to put back God into the platform], which require a two-thirds majority to pass, were tied between ’ays’ and ’nos.’ On the third vote it was still hard to tell whether the ’ays’ were audibly louder than the ’nays’ in the half-full [Democratic convention] arena. When [convention chairman] Antonio Villaraigosa ... announced ’the ays have it,’ loud boos erupted across the arena."
Lovers of God the left are not.
Yet on borders, suddenly the Democrats are biblical scholars, as schooled on scriptural truths as, say, Rev. Franklin Graham.
Just recently, Nancy Pelosi railed: "The very hypocrisy of the attorney general to quote the Bible, the hypocrisy of all people of faith in our country not to clamor for what the administration is doing [at the border] ... For this administration to pose as people of faith and pose as people who care about family and children is of a height of hypocrisy that knows no bounds."
Spare us the sanctimony, please.
Pelosi spoke those words after Sessions brought up Romans 13, the chapter here the Apostle Paul tells how individuals should obey the laws set forth by God’s duly selected government leaders ‐ meaning, of course, even illegals.
But that’s not the only spot in the Bible that justifies this White House’s tougher immigration policy.
How about in Genesis where God destroyed the Tower of Babel, for one, and gave the builders different languages ‐ which then sent them scattering, seeking new lands to set up their own nations? Surely, that’s a creation of countries ‐ of countries with their own languages, cultures, laws and, dare say, boundaries-slash-borders. By God’s hands; by God’s design, no less.
Or there’s this, from Paul speaking in Acts 17: "The God who made the world and everything in it ... made from one every nation of men to live on all the face of the earth, having determined allotted periods and the boundaries of their habitation."
Or this, the part where God tells Ezekiel, before commencing to divide the land into set portions: ’These are the boundaries by which you shall divide the land for inheritance among the twelve tribes of Israel."
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Sovereignty is the main case for closed borders. The original indigenous population of the Americas never even thought of that until far too late. The opposition hates the very existence of the USA.
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To stop the migration of kinda sorta almost like possible butt not really ANCIENT DIRT?!
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Anguper Hupomosing9418, That line was saying that every male will have nothing to do with Ahab. Apparently it is quite normal for males to piss against the wall seeing there's no real functioning toilets then.
So standing to piss = Male. Squatting to piss = Female.
(Yes I looked it up and read the entire chapter)
Jehu was just appointed king of Israel and he was commanded to do battle against Ahab and wipe Ahab and his lineage out completely and to free all the men, both slaves and free men.
[The Federalist] Conservatives stood agape last week at the inspector general’s refusal to state the obvious in his 568-page review of the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the Clinton probe: A pro-Hillary political bias led officials to let her off the hook.
While Michael Horowitz’s report highlighted numerous instances of anti-Trump and pro-Hillary bias, in true lawyerly fashion he focused in the conclusion on the lack of "documentary or testimonial evidence" showing that political prejudice "directly affected" the decisions made in the investigation.
As a lawyer with a niche in employment law, this phrasing struck a chord of hilarity in me, because the methods of proving discriminatory intent are well-established, and such direct evidence of animus (or favoritism) is not required to show that an illegal motive drove an employment decision.
Under the federal statute that prohibits discrimination in employment on the basis of age, sex, race, national origin, or religion, a plaintiff must prove an employer took an adverse employment action because of the employee’s membership in a protected class. In other words, an employee must prove that because he is African-American, and not Caucasian, the employer denied him a promotion (or didn’t hire him, or fired him). Over the years, the courts have crafted two methods of proving discriminatory intent: the direct method and the indirect method.
Under the direct method, a plaintiff must present direct or circumstantial evidence of animus. Direct evidence basically involves an admission that the illegal animus, whether it be race or sex, national origin or religion, motivated the employment decision. "I fired Ed because he is too old to coach football," would be a simple example.
Circumstantial evidence may also establish discriminatory intent but requires an added inference. For instance, circumstantial evidence that racial animus motivated the employer could come in the form of past racist statements or racial slurs, even without the employer tying the employee’s race to the current employment decision. An employer’s past race-based employment decisions would likewise serve as evidence that race motivated the employer’s treatment of this employee.
[IsraelNationalNews] Israeli forces opened fire on Arab terrorists operating out of the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip Sunday afternoon, after the terrorists attempted to launch incendiary balloons towards Israeli territory.
The incident occurred in the southern Gaza Strip near the Israeli border, an Israeli military spokesperson said Sunday.
After Israeli forces spotted the terrorists attempting to launch the balloon bombs, an IDF aircraft opened fire on a vehicle used by the terror cell.
"An IDF aircraft targeted a vehicle used by a group of Palestinians who attempted to launch arson balloons from the southern Gaza Strip into Israeli territory," the spokesperson said.
There are no reports as of yet regarding casualties. Worldwide condemnation "Zionist shoot at children playing with balloons!" in 5.. 4.. 3..
[Bloomberg] Few people consider used plastic to be a valuable global commodity. Yet China has imported 106 million tons of old bags, bottles, wrappers and containers worth $57.6 billion since 1992, the first year it disclosed data. So when the country announced last year that it finally had enough of everybody else's junk, governments the world over knew they had a problem. They just didn’t know exactly how large it was.
Now they know. By 2030, an estimated 111 million metric tons of used plastic will need to be buried or recycled somewhere else‐or not manufactured at all. That's the conclusion of a new analysis of UN global trade data by University of Georgia researchers.
Everyone's bottles, bags and food packages add up. Factories have churned out a cumulative 8.3 billion metric tons of new plastic as of 2017, the same Georgia team reported last year. Even 1 million metric tons, the scale that this material trafficks in every year, is hard to visualize in the abstract. It's 621,000 Tesla Model 3s. It's 39 million bushels of corn kernels. The world’s 700 million iPhones make up roughly a tenth of a million metric tons.
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The biggest use seems to recycle the plastic into pallets and plastic bins used to collect 'plastic to be recycled' -- it seems that no one can certify the plastic 'contaminant free'(!)...
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"buried or recycled somewhere else‐or not manufactured at all" There is yet another option: just pile it up at the point where the plastic stops being used. Don't bother to recycle. When folks are knee deep in their own debris, the problem will solve itself, one way or 'tother.
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Someone will create a use and make $ off solving someone else's problem. See "fly-ash" as in the Fly-ash Liberation Army, (also active in China) a coal combustion byproduct (trash)
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Maybe turn it into big chunks and use it to build an artificial island near theirs in the South China sea, militarize it, shine lasers at everything that moves, and don't let anyone fly near it.
[PJMedia] America is stumbling into a trade war with China that just might undo most of the good that the Trump Administration has done for other parts of our economic policy. Yes, China is a huge threat to the United States. I've been shouting this from the rooftops for the past five years, while the neo-conservative conventional wisdom held that China would collapse of its own weight. Yes, China is determined to overtake us in critical technologies. And yes, China plays dirty.
As it stands the Trump Administration's China policy will lose us the war, and I hate it when that happens. With apologies to J.M. Barrie, the Administration has drifted into Navarro-Navarro Land. If we want to stay ahead of China we have to revive American innovation. You can't revive American innovation as long as they steal any advance you make and produce it at half the price - cheap labor + government subsidies for taking over the market by selling below production costs
...Tariffs won't do much. The Trump Administration appears to think that the threat of tariffs will scare the Chinese into giving up their technological ambitions. They won't. Tariffs will hurt us as much as they hurt the Chinese, and the Chinese are much better at taking pain than we are. IMO, Obama era and tolerance for the current left wing hooliganism argue otherwise.
...A trade deal to reduce the deficit might be well and good, but it doesn't solve our problem. In that respect I agree with the so-called hardliners, namely trade adviser Peter Navarro: the real issue is China's attempt to leapfrog the US in critical technologies. In a report issued Tuesday, Navarro cited six forms of Chinese "economic aggression":
1: State-sponsored IP theft through physical theft, cyber-enabled espionage and theft, evasion of US export-control laws, and counterfeiting and piracy.
2: Coercive and intrusive regulatory gambits to force technology transfers from foreign companies, typically in exchange for limited access to the Chinese market.
3: Economic coercion through export restraints on critical raw materials and monopsony purchasing power.
4: Methods of information harvesting that include open-source collection; placement of non-traditional information collectors at US universities, national laboratories, and other centers of innovation.
5: Talent recruitment of business, finance, science, and technology experts.
6: State-backed, technology-seeking Chinese investment.
...Tariffs won't work. A tariff war might succeed in reducing China's growth rate substantially and tipping the US into recession. But it won't stop China's gradual advance.
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...yeah, just ignore currency manipulation, stealing trade and manufacturing secrets, et al. It's all about exporting unemployment. No one plays free trade. Everyone watches out for themselves and looking for gullible rubes to exploit.
[DavidWarrenOnline] I am in the British Crown Colony of Hong Kong, in June 1972. Well, really I am not, gentle reader. Rather I am glancing at a ragged old notebook, which I should have pitched decades ago. It has risen to the surface of a heap, a raft of dust and nostalgia. Forty-six years have gone by! Who scribbled all this pretentious nonsense? Me, I’m afraid. My best excuse is that I was not quite twenty. (I don’t suppose that will work any more.)
A short plump man is pacing his office, his hands as if tied behind his back. He is Derek Davies, editor of the Far Eastern Economic Review ‐ a weekly I once held in veneration; a constellation of brave, capable journalists, of many nationalities; who had sometimes got the magazine banned, or themselves locked up, in the countries from where they were reporting; the best newsmagazine in Asia. (And now, quite extinct.) It was also a late relic of the colonial era, and of the Fabian aspirations descending from the London School of Economics. Oh, gentle reader, the men who held dominion over palm and pine were progressive to the core.
We were discussing contemporary journalism. Rather, Mr Davies was discussing this, as he paced; I was listening politely.
"I have grown very tired of journalisme engagé," he asserted.
He was agreeing with something I had not quite said, about the tone and posturing I had witnessed among journalists in Vietnam, on a mission that had little to do with reporting. These were hacks indifferent to the truth, incurious about their sources, vain, self-serving, committed only to good salaries, and scoring political points. Though I was very young, I was already jaded from the experience of watching them concoct dramatic fantasies, in the hope these would pass for front page news, and win them Pulitzers. Yet few were as bad as their editors, back home, who added the finishing touches.
I made an exception for the photographers, who risked their skins in the field. Often they were surprisingly rightwing. This was because they’d had the opportunity to stare Communism in the face, and understood what the Americans were fighting. Whereas the writers, romanticizing the Viet Cong, strayed seldom from the comforts of Saigon.
Mr Davies knew all this. He told me several ear-curling stories, without mentioning his own correspondents. But he was not so brave to risk defying the bigger names, the self-made legends ‐ a gallery of well-connected leftists now long since forgotten. The limit of his ambition was to check their facts, when they were most egregiously mistaken. This was something, however, and it made the "FEER" a much more informative read than, say, Time magazine, or Newsweek ‐ as much "fake news" then as today, though in those days a little more sophisticated.
Not journalism, but only journalisme engagé; Mr Davies feared this would be the future. For a moment he was dark, for what he described was a spirit of malice; an overwhelmingly destructive attitude of mind; and deriving from that, a terrible blindness. The engaged journalist can no longer see what is right before his eyes. He makes no concession to realities. He cannot attribute ‐ to his "Johnson" or his "Nixon" or his "Trump" ‐ any particle of honest intention. He focuses instead a compulsive hatred, with no self-deprecating relief. In his imagination he beholds a pure monster.
[IsraelNationalNews] What happens in America does not stay in America. It moves to Israel ‐ politically speaking. Or maybe it’s the other way, from Israel to America.
So, they haven’t toppled Benjamin Netanyahu as of the moment, not for lack of trying, but they have snatched for themselves second prize.
Sara Netanyahu has been indicted on charges of fraud and breach of trust. To these of you who didn't get the straight story - how can you with American press? She was basically Mike Flynned. They do have a cook who cooks for the family and used catering for official functions - because it's a lot cheaper: 100000$ in five years (the caterers probably giving them a discount and using "catering for PM official functions" for advertisement.
This has been coming for years, around the same time the prime minister himself has been under investigation for alleged corruption (he was charged by police for misconduct but not indicted) ‐ and it is not for us to touch this third rail of legalities, but only to marvel at what it’s like in both countries when Leftists go on the warpath.
We’re like twins.
Trump has been under withering scrutiny since he took office, and so it’s been for Netanyahu from day one.
For both leaders, success doesn’t count, so long as they wear the wrong label. Their enemies won’t give them a break even if they score win after win.
Progressives don’t like to lose, and when they do, they do get nasty. Through Robert Mueller and the entire left-wing media apparatus, they will probe the legitimacy of your election and failing that, they will go after your wife and kids, as Peter Fonda just did in a tweet so vile, the Secret Service had to be called in.
Yes, he apologized. It’s what they do after they’ve been caught sharing their true feelings, so on top of derangement, include hypocrisy as their daily double.
Before that it was Robert De Niro, and before that...well, all of them, or nearly so.
For Liberals, around here anyway, anything goes. Nothing is sacred. Courtesy of the Left, this is not the best of times in America.
The name-calling has been running on steroids.
No First Lady has ever encountered this. Never. Ever.
We don’t know if Mrs. Netanyahu was driven to tears over her legal difficulties, but we can be sure that Mrs. Trump was shaken by tweets calling for her son’s abduction.
No First Lady has ever encountered this. Never. Ever.
She never signed on for this ‐ and no feminists have rallied to her side. Is it any different for Sara Netanyahu?
Or are women sisters only if they vote and march a certain way?
From a distance, we can’t say that this is just another day in Israel, though on the latest for Sara Netanyahu, there must be cheering wherever Leftists gather.
The figuring must be that since they got her indicted, he must be next.
But it is just another day In America...another day when Liberals call everybody else a Nazi over the immigration snafu.
It is not the migrant kids they love so much, it is Trump they hate so much. They will try anything and use everything to destroy him...him and the millions who voted for him.
Those millions are the GOP silent majority that won’t remain silent if Leftists keep it going at this rate of vulgar animosity.
There will be a reckoning. I remember being shocked when I read "Connecticut Yankee" as a teen and finding that Twain approved of French "Terror". But that was a long time ago when I believed that western leftists are mistaken but, basically, well meaning people - I grew in Soviet Union. No more, they are all Khmer Rouge for me now.
Worker at PM residence allegedly served family lasagna with glass from broken jar; her apology note said to show PM's wife at times had no competent cooks on hand, had to order in
Honestly, I’m appalled — I’d fire the person immediately and without references.
It is very clear that the media as a class loathe Mr. Netanyahu and those in his circle, and have been searching avidly for any lever that will bring him down.
As I recall, a previous attack on his wife was that she collected the empty bottles for recycling that would otherwise have gone into the trash after their official functions, or something like that, and kept the proceeds rather than turning the money in to the prime minister’s office.
h/t Gates of Vienna
[PJMedia] On Wednesday, no fewer than 47 nonprofit leaders maligned by the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC) ‐ many if not most of whom are considering a lawsuit against the organization ‐ warned a vast array of executives and leaders that if they parrot the SPLC's damaging "hate group" labels, they would be "complicit" in "defamation."
"Editors, CEOs, shareholders and consumers alike are on notice: anyone relying upon and repeating its misrepresentations is complicit in the SPLC's harmful defamation of large numbers of American citizens who, like the undersigned, have been vilified simply for working to protect our country and freedoms," the signatories wrote.
The letter followed news ‐ broken at PJ Media ‐ that no fewer than 60 organizations are considering suing the SPLC following a groundbreaking settlement in which the organization formally apologized to a Muslim reformer, Maajid Nawaz, for branding him an "anti-Muslim extremist."
More seriously, let me cite an example that the SPLC would have profited to remember - the Klan. When the FBI was finally turned loose on them, a lot of the fun went out of that sort of thing - after all, being a bully loses a lot of its appeal when you know that people will hit back twice as viciously. But the real death of the Klan didn't happen until the lawsuits started. Prison was one thing, that could be survived. But to come out and have NOTHING...to have and be less than the people you were trying to intimidate and oppress? That ended the Klan as a coherent organization. (Yes, you still see the occasional moron in hood and robe, and the media plays it up like the coming of the Apocalypse, but a state LE officer told me some years back that you could probably put every true active Klansman in the country in your local multiplex and still have seats left over.)
The SPLC has a great deal to answer for, and the gates are now open to a great many questions. And those questions will cost them a great deal of money.
Mike
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Deep pockets(tm)
If as reported major search engine and social media organizations have relied upon SPLC to 'combat' hate speech and organizations, I suspect a very long litigation is in their future.
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Projection? Self-defense for the Ego: "If we are this Bad and we are the Good Guys, then the Right Wingers must be Ultimate Evil Incarnate!!!1!!1!!!"
[The Hill] Robert Mueller may be preparing to wind down the special counsel investigation into possible ties between the Trump campaign and Russia and hand off at least one prosecution following the probe's conclusion.
The Washington Post reports that Mueller has added several prosecutors to his team, specifically assigned to the case against several Russian nationals charged in the alleged effort to spread disinformation using stolen identities during the 2016 election.
Mueller's new additions will likely take over that case, which is expected to last longer than the probe into Russian collusion in the election. The Post reports that the new hires are the first indication of Mueller preparing for the end of his investigation.
Mueller's indictment of 13 Russian nationals and organizations earlier this year is one of several that have been spawned by the ongoing special counsel investigation, including the indictments of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort for bank fraud and lobbying violations as well as several other former Trump associates.
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Mueller's new additions will likely take over that case, which is expected to last longer than the probe into Russian collusion in the election.
Wait a minute. The investigation into Russian collusion has been going on now for what? A year and a half? Two years? It seems to me if they had an actual case against these Russian nationals they could go to trial tomorrow morning and be done with it in a week or a month tops. What's that old saying? Justice delayed is justice denied. If they have no case they should drop it.
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Collision final report: both Putin and Trump like Slavic women!!!
[Breitbart] The FBI handed over documents to House investigators this week detailing how senior law enforcement officials handled "surveillance records," involving Trump associates, along with documents on the agency’s informant program.
House Intelligence Committee Chairman Devin Nunes (R-CA) warned on Sunday that he would take additional measures against Justice Department officials unless they complied with an April subpoena requesting documents regarding the agency’s surveillance of the Trump campaign.
"The deadline is this week," the California Republican told Fox News host Maria Bartiromo. "So if documents begin to be turned over tomorrow and a clear way and path forward for everything else is not clear here in the next couple of days, there’s going to be hell to pay by Wednesday morning."
Investigators on the Hill will have an opportunity to learn more about the extent to which senior FBI and Justice Department officials knew about surveillance of the Trump campaign. On Friday, House Oversight and Judiciary Committees received over than 1400 pages of documents "relating to senior FBI or Justice Department officials’ requests to review or manage surveillance records that either involve or mention the Trump campaign or Trump administration," according to Politico.
Freedom Caucus leader Rep. Mark Meadows (R-NC) downplayed the transfer, branding reports that bureau and Justice Department officials have increased cooperation with lawmakers as "false."
"New reports of DOJ/FBI compliance with document requests are NOT accurate," Meadows tweeted. "While they have turned over additional documents, the new documents represent a small percentage of what they owe."
"The notion that DOJ/FBI have been forthcoming with Congress is false," he added.
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"The notion that DOJ/FBI have been forthcoming with Congress is false," he (Rep. Mark Meadows,R-NC) added.
Rather obvious I'd say. Providing evidence of participation (or knowledge) of a Christopher Steele (MI6) disinformation campaign would probably not be career enhancing.
Back to that bit yesterday about Steele being on the 'sign-in roster' at Foggy Bottom. Anyone from POLMIL or the Bureau at that gathering? Just asking.
...one of those tough but fair liberals who still ends up voting for the Democratic ticket in the end...
said that there might be legal problems coming out of the IG report ‐ but there are no criminal problems for President Trump. I'm afraid Dershowitz is entirely correct about the claim of "executive privilege."
[Hot Air] Ivanka Trump is credited with a $50,000 donation to a Plano, Texas church that helps those detained at the border. Let’s face it, it’s been a rough week with the press coverage of the situation on the border for illegal aliens and their children. While much of the overwrought reporting has been discredited and Barack Obama’s policies have come under a newly found scrutiny, First Daughter Ivanka quietly donated a chunk of change to help out those trying to come into our country the illegal way. A little good news story is welcomed.
[PJ] It's come to this: according to some, people should be picking their casual dining choices based on their politics.
NPR published an opinion piece by writer Monique Truong that claims in the headline that it is "hypocrisy" for administration members who support President Trump's way of handling the long-ignored border crisis to eat at Mexican restaurants. These are people who work for the president, of course, so they are essentially being taken to task for doing their jobs.
Truong considers recent forays to Mexican food dining establishments by administration policy adviser Stephen Miller and Homeland Security Secretary Kirstjen Nielsen to be a "spectacle" that is "utterly galling to many Americans who object" to the recent policy of dealing with felony immigration offenders, which the president ended this week.
Truong acknowledges the pervasiveness of "Mexican-inspired" food in the United States. I'm from Tucson, it's not called "Mexican food" here, it's just "food." She concedes that it is now part of the "American table" but sternly lectures that we should be "appalled" that people who aren't on board with open borders and illegal immigration should choose to spend their hard-earned money at a Mexican restaurant. Her tortured logic asserts that since Mexican restaurants have "back-of-the-house" staff that "came from Mexico or Central America, with or without documents," people who oppose illegal immigration are experiencing a "disconnect" when dining at these establishments.
Of course, Truong can't precisely state it that way because the illegal nature of the situation is never even alluded to when open borders people are discussing the issue.
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Two can play: NPR is a hypocritical organization for displaying the American flag
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If they eat they are "callous hypocrites" if they don't eat they are "nativist xenophobes". The one thing that Is certain is that the writer is a shill for the opposition.
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I read the headline on Fox News website and I just couldn't believe the complete stupidity of the comments...how long have there been Mexican restaurants in the US? I bet they predate this phony diatribe about immigration being played out in the press.
They've been selling tamales from push carts in San Antonio since before the siege of the Alamo and now I am a hypocrite for eating at Mi Tiera (best cabrito on the planet)???
Newt is right they are so desperate to keep people from knowing what's in the IG report that they are essentially throwing anything and everything against the wall...it sticks only because the media is worthless
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Mexican cuisine is the only one (to my knowledge) physically prepared from some original Mexicans! No wonder Hernando Cortez was able to recruit thousands of would-be livestock for slaughter, aka "non-Aztec Mexicans" back in the 1500s.
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Good. IMO, one of the main reasons these "people" became so crazy is that there are lots of benefits and no costs to their "virtue" signaling. The other is that they're natural scum.
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"Who's fairest? Like, could it be clearer?"
"I can't see you, deary. Come nearer."
Instead of White Roses...
A nosy proboscis!
Two bolshy chicks peck at the mirror.
[Townhall] Unless you have been hiding on a South Seas island, you have become quite aware of the Justice Department Inspector General’s (IG) report released regarding the Clinton Investigation plus more. There are so many points here, but let’s focus on the most important ones:
1. This has nothing to do with the everyday men and women of the FBI. FBI Director Christopher Wray should stop hiding behind them like his mother’s skirt. This is all about the leadership of the FBI ‐ the seventh floor of the building.
2. There was a culture created and protected that allowed a definitive bias to exist during the 2016 election and beyond in that group. That is on Comey’s head and there is no evidence Wray has obliterated that culture. 2 of 13 points.
[Declination] Today, I intend to be very plain with my readers. I tire of beating around the bush. And to be frank, that is what I have been doing for quite some time, though this was not my intention.
You see, I have fallen victim to describing in detail the symptoms, and how they might best be treated, with too little regard for the disease itself. This is a common affliction during the twilight of the West. Left and Right alike know that the West is dying; that it is deeply ill. The Right proposes to treat the symptoms, the Left prescribes euthanasia. For them, death is the only cure to any disease.
My ancestor is reputed to have said, when given the opportunity to inspect the ax that was to behead him, "this is sharp medicine; but it is a sure cure for all diseases." Perhaps the Left has taken this too literally, or perhaps theirs is a cult that worships death. We can only speculate.
Our first instinct as men, when accused of a crime, is to plead our innocence and to offer our proofs. With an impartial jury, this may work if the proofs are good. If the accuser is malicious, however, and merely intends harm regardless of innocence, the pleas will please him. The proofs will be laughed at. He will feel powerful, presented with your own weakness.
Right now, as I type this, debates are raging across social media, and many of them are loaded with accusations of moral violation. These do not even contain the pretense of an impartial jury, as a legal violation might, but the consequences can be just as dire. Your job, your business, your possessions, your relationships, and reputation are all on the line. Are you, perhaps, a racist? Do you hate the poor? Do you stand on a cliff ready to push granny to her doom?
Plead your innocence and your accuser will laugh. Fail to plead, and your guilt is established. It is a Catch-22, a Kafkatrap. The mind recoils from resultant feelings of guilt and shame. This weapon is the most powerful one in the enemy’s arsenal. We have survived by ignoring it, hiding from it, or dismissing it, depending on one’s inclination. Facing the guilt and shame head-on is a daunting task only a few are truly capable of.
How did it come to this? Why is the weapon so effective?
[Mail] Bill Speakman, the first soldier to be awarded a Victoria Cross by the Queen, has died at the age of 90.
The 6ft 6in Korean War hero earned the medal after fighting off Chinese and North Korean soldiers with beer bottles and rocks when he ran out of ammunition.
In 1951, he was attached to the King's Own Scottish Borderers at the height of the Korean War when the regiment's position came under a ferocious Chinese attack.
After he ran out of grenades he began throwing empty beer bottles at the enemy repelled charge after charge, enabling his vastly outnumbered company to withdraw safely.
[Townhall] As the outrage over the Trump administration's enforcement of immigration law continues at the southern border with Mexico, the left is resorting to violence and intimidation tactics against Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents. They're also going after their families.
Yesterday an Occupy Wall Street group posted a photo on Twitter showing "what to do" if you encounter an ICE agent. The photo was up for hours before Twitter support finally banned the account. As a reminder, OWS was endorsed by prominent Democrats Nancy Pelosi and Barack Obama.
Dear Legacy Infotainment Enterprises, you prefer International law over our Constitution in your pursuit of power. Just remember in all you hate, that international law has dealt with MSM propagandist before.
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From P2k's link #3: In essence, prosecutors contended that Streicher's articles and speeches were so incendiary that he was an accessory to murder, and therefore as culpable as those who actually ordered the mass extermination of Jews.
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There's not a shred of decency in these hard-core leftists. This is not free speech but instead seditious and conspiratorial acts.
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#4: "It's like these people want South American style death squads." only in modern times.. one sees them more in the Terminator camouflage - f.e.: a toy UAV with a small gun or laser that can crouch on your neighbor's roof and look like an air vent while it's AI camera looks for your image in target range.
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We need to turn the tables - Doxx and harass these would-be revolutionaries, list their families, their employers and their personal property for all to see. Rip their masks off. And shoot them dead if they attempt to harm anyone's families.
[IsraelTimes] Hundreds of Paleostinians demonstrated
Golly. Hundreds?
Saturday in the West Bank to demand the Paleostinian Authority lift punitive measures against the Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbung millipede,-run Gazoo Strip.
Demonstrators in Ramallah chanted "scrap the sanctions!" during protests against the Paleostinian Authority, organized by civil society groups.
The Ramallah-based administration has introduced a series of measures against Gazoo over the past year. Tens of thousands of its civil servants in the coastal enclave, separated from the West Bank by Israeli territory, have gone without full pay for months. Critics say such moves by the PA, dominated by the Fatah movement of PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas ... a graduate of the prestigious unaccredited Patrice Lumumba University in Moscow with a doctorate in Holocaust Denial... , further exacerbate the split between the two parts of the Paleostinian territories.
The rally passed peacefully, unlike a protest on June 13 during which Paleostinian security forces fired stun grenades and tear gas to disperse demonstrators.
On Saturday, coppers were seen handing out Paleostinian flags to the protesters.
[IsraelTimes] Hundreds of Moslem volunteers at the al-Aqsa Mosque compound atop Jerusalem’s Temple Mount illegally disturbed and removed archaeologically rich earth and ancient stones during a communal cleanup project in the final days of Ramadan last week, an Israeli archaeologist and activist has charged.
Video footage of the multi-day project at the contested holy site shows volunteers with shovels and rakes last week shifting and removing portions of two mounds on the eastern side of the compound made up of earth dumped by the Moslem Waqf custodians during unauthorized excavations since the early 2000s, said Zachi Dvira on behalf of the Committee to Prevent the Destruction of Antiquities on the Temple Mount (CPDATM).
The 37-acre walled compound ‐ Judaism’s holiest site as the place of the biblical Temples, and the third-holiest spot in Islam ‐ is the most politically volatile location in the country.
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The never-ending campaign to erase all evidence there was a world before Islam.
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Since all the fucking dirt on the planet is billions of years old who fin cares I kick old dirt every day and my dog poops and pees in it so do people animals and birds duh!
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[IsraelTimes] A Paleostinian man was shot by Border Police officers in the West Bank after arousing their suspicion and ignoring calls to stop, police said.
The suspect got out of a cab near a checkpoint in the Jerusalem area village of Abu Dis and walked toward the officers while carrying a suspicious black bag, according to police, who said the man was cursing and called out "holy shit! Allahu akbar."
Someone got up on the wrong side of the bed in the morning.
"Immediately the protocols for stopping a suspicious person were conducted during which one of the officers had gun sex. When this and calls for [the suspect] to stop went unanswered he was shot in leg and neutralized," police said.
Police said the suspect, a resident of the West Bank village of Sa’ir in his 30s, was lightly maimed by the gunshot and taken for treatment after being tossed in the clink Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out! Bomb sappers called to the scene examined the black bag and found nothing suspicious. Police however stressed the officers "acted as expected in light of the circumstances of the incident."
[Rudaw] Iran has prepared a list of 1,339 items it will soon cease to import in order to protect domestic producers and manage the outflow of currency as the nation braces for fresh US sanctions.
Mohammad Shariatmadari, Iran’s minister of industry, mines and business, announced the bans on Saturday, according to Tasnim news agency.
Iranian authorities are bracing for the return of US sanctions. On May 9, US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... withdrew from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, sending shockwaves through the Iranian economy.
In the last six months, Iran’s currency has lost more than 50 percent of its value.
One May 21, Mike Pompeo, the US secretary of state, announced a list of 12 demands of Iran, promising "unprecedented sanctions" if the Islamic Theocratic Republic does not stop its nuclear program and regional adventurism.
Since the US decision to withdraw from the nuclear deal, several multinational companies have announced the suspension of operations in Iran, including the French oil company Total, the world’s largest container shipping company Maersk, and multinational airplane producers Airbus and Boeing.
In the last six months, Iran’s currency has lost more than 50 percent of its value. Iranians have reacted by trying to invest in dollars and gold. The price of some items, like cars and gold coins, has increased 10-20 percent.
Some Iranian activists, like footballer Ali Karimi, took to social media to dispute the inflation rates, calling on Iranians not to buy any expensive items for one month.
The Iranian government is trying to restrict demand for dollars by putting a ban on "unnecessary" and "lucrative" foreign items and could be bought from local producers.
Banned items will include clothes, sugar, cars, shoes, makeup and pharmaceuticals.
Iran has also imposed new regulations on travel to control the outflow of dollars. Iranians have to pay an exit fee when leaving the country, which is liable to increase.
According to Eghtesad News, Iranians crossing land-borders with neighboring countries for the first time have to pay 220,000 toman. A second visit will cost them 330,000 toman, and a third time 450,000 toman.
The fees are designed to discourage Iranians from travelling and spending money abroad.
Although the Islamic Theocratic Republic has long experience of managing external sanctions, a new squeeze on the economy could lead to more social and political unrest.
Dividing the spoils of government between themselves?
[Rudaw] Iraqi Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi and Shi’ite holy manMoqtada Tater al-Sadr ... the Iranian catspaw holy man who was 22 years old in 2003 and was nearing 40 in 2010. He spends most of his time in Iran, safely out of the line of fire, where he's learning to be an ayatollah... , whose Sayirun alliance won the most seats in Iraq’s May 12 election, agreed to form an alliance during a meeting in the holy Shi’ite city of Najaf on Saturday.
It comes after Sadr announced an alliance with Hadi al-Amiri, a leading Hashd al-Shaadi commander and head of the Fatih coalition, earlier in June.
Abadi’s Nasr (Victory) coalition came in third place in the disputed election, which is undergoing a manual recount.
It is not clear whether this means Sayirun, Fatih, and Nasr are uniting to form a government, or whether the agreement between Sadr and Abadi voids the earlier agreement with Amiri.
In a presser following their meeting, Sadr said the alliance would be cross-sectarian and based on eight common points. Other parties that subscribe to these points will be invited to join their alliance.
1. The alliance must not based on ethnicity and sects, and should include all Iraqi groups.
2. It will fight corruption and put corrupt officials in court. Anti-corruption institutions will be reinforced.
3. A technocratic government based on meritocracy.
4. Improvement of military and police forces. Only the government should be armed.
5. The establishment of a reformist program for all economic sectors.
6. Balanced relations with all countries without foreign interferance in Iraqi affairs.
7. Support for the Iraqi judicial system, improving the role of the public prosecutor.
8. Protect Iran's territorial integrity and illusory sovereignty and insist on the peaceful transition of power.
Parliament called for a manual recount of votes after allegations of the electronic voting system being hacked and other irregularities with the system that was new to Iraq.
Sadr has expressed concern that a re-run of the election, if this is the conclusion reached after the manual recount, would only increase public apathy towards politics.
However, a lie repeated often enough remains a lie... he advised all parties to abide by the law, even if they are not convinced by it, and called on the judiciary to remain neutral when doing the manual recount.
He also warned against taking too long to complete the manual recount.
"In case of a delay in the manual recount until July 1st of this year, the government has to adhere to the law and not extend its jurisdiction and not take advantage of the constitutional limbo," Sadr said in a statement on Thursday.
Abadi had pointed out the day before that the results are not considered final until the supreme court ratifies them. Until then, his government will continue to work with Abadi insisting there is no power vacuum.
Sadr advised government ministries, especially the service-oriented ones, to continue working so that political and electoral rivalries "don’t exacerbate the suffering of the nation."
Sadr’s Sayirun bloc ran on a cross-sectarian and reform-minded platform. Though no party was given a strong mandate by voters, Sadr emerged as the victor and his position initially appeared robust as he engaged in talks with parties from across the spectrum.
His alliance with Sunni leaders, however, took a hit when he made overtures with Shiite parties that have ties to Iranian-backed militias.
Sadr on Thursday called on political blocs to move forward towards "serious dialogue to obtain the proper alliances" for real reform.
While he did insist that "reform will be victorious" and hopes a manual recount will not pave the way for the "return of the corrupt," he lamented that the political process has fallen into the hands of "the corrupt and the power hungry."
[AlAhram] At least five people were killed and six others injured in a nighttime Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... raid and suicide kaboom on a village in northeastern Nigeria, residents told AFP on Saturday
A male jacket wallah detonated his explosives among a group of residents sleeping in the open in Tungushe village in Borno state at about 12:15 am (2315 GMT Friday).
The blast was followed by indiscriminate gunfire from Boko Haram Islamist forces of Evil lurking in the dark, said Mustapha Muhammad, a civilian militia leader in the area.
"Five people have been killed and six others injured in the attack," Muhammad said by telephone from the village, which lies six kiometres (nearly four miles) north of the Borno state capital Maiduguri.
Tungushe resident Umara Kyari, who gave similar casualty toll, said the attackers torched eight thatched houses and three vehicles before stealing about 100 cows.
"Fortunately all the cows returned to the village," said Kyari. "I think the attackers are not used to herding cows and could not control them."
Boko Haram regularly uses suicide bombers, mostly women and maiden of tender yearss, to target mosques, schools, bus stations and military locations.
Its nine-year armed violence to establish a hardline Islamic state in remote northeastern Nigeria has killed more than 20,000 people.
Suicide attacks have increased in Borno state recently, prompting the military commander fighting the Islamist forces of Evil to offer a five-million-naira ($13,900) reward for information on bomb-making factories in the region.
On June 16, six maiden of tender yearss killed 43 people in suicide attacks in the town of Damboa, 80 kilometres outside Maiduguri.
On Wednesday, 15 people were maimed when twoexploding trollop female suicide bombers targeted a market on the edge of a military base in the city.
[AlAhram] Ottoman Turkish police have detained 47 people in an operation targeting alleged supporters within the army of a network accrued by Ankara of orchestrating a failed military coup two years ago, private broadcaster CNN Turk said on Saturday.
The operation, which began on Tuesday, targeted 124 people accused of being followers of U.S.-based Moslem preacher Fethullah Gülen ... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world... , CNN Turk said.
Ankara accuses Gulen of being behind the abortive putsch on July 15, 2016, a charge he denies.
The suspects were said to have operated as religious guides for high-ranking military personnel, it said. The operation, which focused on the central Ottoman Turkish city of Konya and was spread over 31 provinces, comes ahead of Sunday's presidential and parliamentary elections in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... Turkey has detained 160,000 people and dismissed nearly the same number of state employees since the coup attempt, the U.N. human rights When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much... office said in March. Of that number, more than 50,000 have been formally charged and kept in jail during trial.
Critics of President Tayyip Erdogan say he has used the failed putsch as a pretext to quash dissent. Turkey says the measures are necessary to combat threats to national security.
Erdogan, who has dominated Ottoman Turkish politics for a decade and a half, is tipped to win the presidential election but possibly only in a run-off set for early July, opinion polls suggest.
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[Khaama Press] At least nine Lions of Islam including a Pak national and Lions of Islam of Lashkar-e-Taiba ...the Army of the Pure, an Ahl-e-Hadith terror organization founded by Hafiz Saeed. LeT masquerades behind the Jamaat-ud-Dawa facade within Pakistain and periodically blows things up and kills people in India. Despite the fact that it is banned, always an interesting concept in Pakistain, the organization remains an blatant tool and perhaps an arm of the ISI... were killed during the separate dronezaps in eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... of Afghanistan.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the US forces carried out Arclight airstrike using unmanned aerial vehicles in Watapur district, leaving at least five Lions of Islam dead.
The source further added that the airstrike was carried out in the vicinity of Qaro area of the district.
The Lions of Islam killed during the airstrike have been identified as Qeyamuddin also famous as Kashaf, Abdullah also famous as Nazif, Abu Zar, Zubai and Muzamil.
In the meantime, the provincial governor’s front man, Abdul Ghani Musami, said at least four Lions of Islam were killed in a separate dronezap in Suki district.
He said a Pak national was among those killed during the airstrike conducted in Watapur district of Kunar province.
According to Musamim, the local residents have not suffered any casualty during the airstrikes conducted in Suki and Watapur districts.
The anti-government armed bully boy groups have not commented regarding the report so far.
[Khaama Press] The holy warriors ambushed the vehicles convoy of Paktia governor as he was travelling in the vicinity of Pashtun-infested Logar province, the officials said.
The incident took place earlier today as the governor was on his way from capital Kabul to Paktia province, the provincial government media office said.
According to an official, a group of armed holy warriors ambushed the convoy of the governor but the Afghan cops and the security guards of Mr. Shamim Khan Katawazi responded effective to suppress the attack.
The statement further added that reports circulating on social media regarding the injuries inflicted on the governor during the attack are baseless and not true.
The provincial government also added that Mr. Katawazi is safe and has retuned to his work.
The anti-government armed krazed killer groups including Taliban ...Arabic for students... snuffies have not commented regarding the report so far.
[DAWN] IN what is likely to be the first in a string of ratings actions, Moody’s has downgraded the outlook on Pakistain’s credit rating from stable to negative.
Couldn’t happen to a more deserving society.
The global rating agency gives "heightened external vulnerability risk" as the main reason, going on to say that "[f]oreign exchange reserves have fallen to low levels and, absent significant capital inflows, will not be replenished over the next 12-18 months".
The situation makes it difficult for the government to raise more foreign exchange through international bonds, which increases "government liquidity risks".
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When I think of dynamic, vibrant market economies, it ain't this fucking shithole country.
[DAWN] An independent candidate contesting from NA-182 and PP-270 in Muzaffargarh has declared around Rs403 billion in assets, it emerged on Saturday.
The candidate, Mohammad Hussain Sheikh, claims that he owns land comprising almost 40 per cent of Muzaffargarh city as well as the Lang Malana, Taliri, Chak Taliri and Latkaran areas.
He claims that the land had previously been disputed, but a Supreme Court bench comprising the chief justice, Justice Faisal Arab and Justice Umar Atta Bandial recently decided in his favour in a case that had went on for around 88 years.
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[DAWN] Six suspected bad boyz were potted in an intelligence-based operation carried out by security forces in the Ladha region of South Wazoo, an Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) press statement said on Saturday.
The operation, carried out under the broader Operation Raddul Fassad, was initiated on intelligence reports that turbans had entered the area along with returning TDPs (temporarily displaced persons).
Among those killed by the forces was a "high-value target" identified as Nanakar, who is said to be involved in the killing of locals.
Two hawaldars, Razzaq Khan and Mumtaz Hussain, were martyred in an exchange of fire that took place during the operation.
According to the ISPR blurb, the suspected Lions of Islam had been in contact with a myrmidon network in Afghanistan's Paktika ...which coincidentally borders South Wazoo... province. Weapons, ammunition and communication equipment have been recovered from them.
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[Khaama Press] The Afghan officials in southern Kandahar province are saying that the authorities have handed over two detained Pak soldiers to Pak authorities near the Durand Line.
According to the officials, the two Pak soldiers were detained nearly three years ago after they crossed into the Afghan side of the Durand Line.
The Spin Boldak Commissioner Mohammad Sharif Gharzai said the two soldiers have been released on a gesture of goodwill between the security forces of the two countries.
He said the soldiers have been handed over unconditionally and on a gesture of goodwill between the two sides as the Pak authorities had earlier released two Afghan soldiers who had crossed into Pakistain.
"FC Bln hands over 2 Afghan Soldiers Hayat Ullah and Lateef Ullah Khan back to Afghan Authorities today at Chaman. Both had crossed over to Pakistain and were tossed in the calaboose Please don't kill me! by FC," the Pak military said in a statement last week.
The statement further added "The return of serving Afghan National Army and Afghan Border Police soldiers is on humanitarian grounds as good will gesture."
[Ynet] A Paleostinian driver hit three IDF soldiers with his vehicle near the settlement of Beitar Illit on Saturday night and then fled into the nearby village of Husan, in what the IDF suspects was a terror attack.
The two female soldier and one male soldier, who were on a foot patrol in Husan, were lightly hurt. They received initial treatment on the scene and then evacuated to the Shaare Zedek Medical Center.
Security forces were called to the scene and are now searching for the driver.
The village of Husan is located near the ultra-Orthodox settlement of Beitar Illit. The IDF sets up roadblocks at the entrance to the village every now and again to stop stone-throwing.
[DAWN] WORLD attention is rightly focused on America’s controversial "zero tolerance" immigration policy and the US decision to withdraw from the United Nations ...an organization which on balance has done more bad than good, with the good not done well and the bad done thoroughly... Human Rights Council.
The US moves have been criticised by many in Europe. But in fact, governments on this side of the Atlantic are engaged in a similarly epic struggle over immigration, human rights
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[FOXNEWS] A transcript and portions of a video show a Minnesota woman who was urged by her boyfriend to shoot him for a YouTube stunt gone wrong tried to resist.
The Norman County prosecutor on Friday released the transcript and portions of the video Pedro Ruiz III, 22, took with his girlfriend, Monalisa Perez, 20, last year. The final video of the incident was not released because Norman County Attorney James Brue said it was “clearly offensive to common sensibilities.”
According to court documents, the couple had prepared the stunt hoping for it to go viral.
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"'Hold my cerveza'. Very macho, very dumb, hijo. Couple eternities in Purgatory School"
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Definitely a serious Darwin Award finalist. Apparently neither of them had enough smarts to say "Hey, let's try shooting the book without you/me behind it first, just to see what happens."
ADDIS ABABA (Reuters) - A grenade attack killed one and wounded scores at a rally by Ethiopian Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed on Saturday in what he said was an attempt to divide the nation just two months after he took office.
Police said six suspects had been detained, without giving details, while state media said nine police officials, including the deputy commissioner of the Addis Ababa Police Commission, were being held over security failings.
Abiy, a former soldier, took office in April, pledging to bring more transparency to government and reconciliation to a nation of 100 million people that has been torn by protests since 2015.
[DAWN] The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... called on the Trump administration on Friday to overhaul its migration policies and find alternatives to detention, saying that migrant children and their parents should not be treated like criminals.
The United States has faced fierce criticism for separating more than 2,300 children from their families in order to prosecute their parents for crossing the border from Mexico illegally.
President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... backed down on Wednesday, signing an executive order to keep families together in detention during immigration proceedings.
"While we acknowledge the US government’s decision not to continue separating children from their parents, we understand that the practice now will be to detain the children with their parents," UN human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told a Geneva briefing.
"We have said time and again the children should never be detained in relation to their or their parents’ migration status. It is never in the best interests of the child for them to be detained," she added.
Video footage of children sitting in cages and an audiotape of wailing children sparked worldwide anger.
Trump suggested on Friday that some of the wrenching tales that have emerged from the border were fabricated by Democrats before congressional elections in November. "We cannot allow our Country to be overrun by illegal immigrants colonists as the Democrats tell their phony stories of sadness and grief, hoping it will help them in the elections," he tweeted.
The US military has been asked to get ready to house up to 20,000 immigrant children, US officials said on Thursday.
Shamdasani, asked about the prospect of using military bases, replied: "Irregular migration should not be a criminal offence, these people should not be treated as criminals."
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The things that struck me, reading about it, is that (a) the (illegal immigration) system can't work without professional smugglers, and (b) it can't work without American employers using illegals because it's cheaper.
So, how about throwing some sand into the gears?
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Reynaldo Mora, 41, of Bethesda, is accused of raping and impregnating a 13-year-old teenager who communicates nonverbally in her home while babysitting
Mora was asked to watch the teen and her two siblings at their home in February, which is when he is accused of assaulting her in a bedroom, authorities said
The teenager who has the 'intellect of a first grader' communicated through 'gestures and writing' that Mora was the father of the unborn child, police said
Mora is currently charged with sex abuse of a minor and two counts of second-degree rape, in addition to federal proceedings he faces for immigration status
Mora's attorney has said his client is innocent and a paternity test will prove it Indeed.
If convicted, Mora faces up to 60 years in prison for the county charges
Mora was set to be released on bond, but was turned over to ICE instead
The status of his immigration proceedings is not known at this time
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[FOXNEWS] Italia’s new hardline, anti-immigrant interior minister has refused port to a Dutch-flagged rescue ship carrying more than 200 migrants colonists because it is now in Maltese waters.
On Thursday, Matteo Salvini accused the ship, which is operated by German NFO Mission Lifeline, of acting improperly by taking on board the 224 migrants colonists that the Italian coasties had assigned to the Libyan coasties to rescue. He claimed the rescue was in Libyan waters, which Lifeline denies.
"I want to save lives but I’m paid by Italians to defend the safety of Italian citizens. I don’t accept there are organizations of pseudo-volunteers that endanger the lives of those who flee Africa and then think to disembark them all in Italia," he said.
He added that those on board the ship "will only see Italia on a postcard".
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Russian military officially entered the southwest Syria offensive this evening, a source told al-Masdar from the Dara’a Governorate.
The Russian Aerospace Forces unleashed a massive assault over northeastern Dara’a, tonight, targeting several areas controlled by the jihadist rebels.
According to a military source in the government stronghold of Izra’a, the Russian Aerospace Forces launched over 20 Arclight airstrikes across northeastern Dara’a tonight.
The source told al-Masdar that the Russian Aerospace Forces specifically launched airstrikes over the towns of Masikah, Aeeb, and Busra al-Harir.
The added that the majority of the airstrikes were launched on the jihadist stronghold of Busra al-Harir, which is located directly east of Izra’a.
This attack by the Russian Aerospace Forces comes just 48 hours after the U.S. State Department issued a stern warning to both the Russian and Syrian governments about escalating their offensive in southwest Syria.
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[WSJ] It makes no difference how honorable he is. His investigation is tainted by the bias that attended its origin in 2016.
Special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation may face a serious legal obstacle: It is tainted by antecedent political bias. The June 14 report from Michael Horowitz, the Justice Department’s inspector general, unearthed a pattern of anti-Trump bias by high-ranking officials at the Federal Bureau of Investigation. Some of their communications, the report says, were "not only indicative of a biased state of mind but imply a willingness to take action to impact a presidential candidate’s electoral prospects." Although Mr. Horowitz could not definitively ascertain whether this bias "directly affected" specific FBI actions in the Hillary Clinton email investigation, it nonetheless affects the legality of the Trump-Russia collusion inquiry, code-named Crossfire Hurricane.
Crossfire was launched only months before the 2016 election. Its FBI progenitors‐the same ones who had investigated Mrs. Clinton‐deployed at least one informant to probe Trump campaign advisers, obtained Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court wiretap warrants, issued national security letters to gather records, and unmasked the identities of campaign officials who were surveilled. They also repeatedly leaked investigative information.
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I suspect he's finished and he knows it. He's probably looking for a way to extricate himself from this shi* sandwich with some degree of honor and respect.
That sailor is tougher than woodpecker's lips.
[Business Insider] Navy Master Chief Raina Hockenberry remembers everything from that day in 2014 when an Afghan soldier shot her five times.
She was serving as the senior enlisted leader position for Combined Security Transition Command Afghanistan. Hockenberry was part of a group visiting a basic training facility for Afghan soldiers.
"We stopped for our last briefing of the day, and one of the Afghan soldiers just opened fire through a window," she told reporters at the Pentagon Wednesday describing the green-on-blue attack that wounded 13 other military personnel that day. "He just started shooting."
Hockenberry suffered two gunshot wounds to the right leg, shattering her tibia. She was shot once in the groin and twice in the stomach.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) released a video on Saturday that demanded Iraq release their imprisoned women or else they will execute six Iraqi prisoners. Answer's easy enough. For every execution of an ISIS prisoner, two immediate executions of ISIS members on death row, starting with female prisoners.
In the video released by the Islamic State’s media wing al-Amaq, the six Iraqi prisoners can seen calling on the government to release the terrorist group’s women in order to save their lives.
According to BasNews, the six prisoners come from al-Anbar and Karbala.
The Iraqi government has yet to issue a response to this demand from the Islamic State.
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[DAWN] CHENNAI: Five Indian anti-trafficking campaigners were gang-raped at gunpoint during an awareness programme they were organising in a village, police said on Friday.
Unidentified men picked up nine activists during a street play performance in Kochang village in Jharkhand state and drove them into a dense forest, where the men were beaten up and the women raped, police officer Ashwini Kumar Sinha said.
"It is a very rare case, where people working on anti-trafficking have been targeted," Sinha told this news agency in a phone interview from Khunti district of Jharkhand.
"We are not ruling out the possibility of the involvement of trafficking gangs and are investigating all aspects." The street play had been organised by charity Asha Kiran, which runs a shelter home for the rehabilitation of rescued girls in Khunti district of Jharkhand, which has been identified as a trafficking hotspot.
There are around 200 rescued girls in Asha Kiran’s shelter. Most of were trafficked into domestic servitude to cities where a growing middle class is looking for cheap live-in labour.
Jharkhand is among the top five states in India that reports increasing cases of human trafficking, with traffickers targetting poor villages, convincing vulnerable families to send their daughters away for employment, campaigners said.
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[DAWN] The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) announced it had appointed a new leader on Saturday after the Lion of Islam group confirmed for the first time its former chief Mullah Fazlullah ...son-in-law of holy man Sufi Mohammad. Known as Mullah FM, Fazlullah had the habit of grabbing his FM mike when the mood struck him and bellowing forth sermons. Sufi suckered the Pak govt into imposing Shariah on the Swat Valley and then stepped aside whilst Fazlullah and his Talibs imposed a reign of terror on the populace like they hadn't seen before, at least not for a thousand years or so. For some reason the Pak intel services were never able to locate his transmitter, much less bomb it. After ruling the place like a conquered province for a year or so, Fazlullah's Talibs began gobbling up more territory as they pushed toward Islamabad, at which point as a matter of self-preservation the Mighty Pak Army threw them out and chased them into Afghanistan... was killed in a US dronezap last week.
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[DAWN] The father of Zainab Amin, a six-year-old child whose rape and murder by Imran Ali in January 2018 had sparked national outrage, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) demanding that his daughter's killer be hanged publicly.
The petition states that a public execution will "give [a] clear message of deterrence to everybody" and that "the murderer of Zainab should be given exemplary punishment so as to avoid any such tragedy in the future."
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[DAWN] Jamaat-e-Islami ...The Islamic Society, founded in 1941 in Lahore by Maulana Sayyid Abul Ala Maududi, aka The Great Apostosizer. The Jamaat opposed the independence of Bangladesh but has operated an independent branch there since 1975. It maintains close ties with international Mohammedan groups such as the Moslem Brotherhood. the Taliban, and al-Qaeda. The Jamaat's objectives are the establishment of a pure Islamic state, governed by Sharia law. It is distinguished by its xenophobia, and its opposition to Westernization, capitalism, socialism, secularism, and liberalist social mores... (JI) chief Sirajul Haq ...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that... has declared assets worth Rs2.9 million in his nomination papers, DawnNewsTV reported on Saturday.
Documents annexed with the senator's nomination form filed with the Election Commission of Pakistain (ECP) show that his total assets as of June 30, 2017 were Rs2,939,618.
He paid Rs138,573 by way of income tax in 2017, the documents, copies of which are available with Dawn.com, state.
His dependants listed in the affidavit attached are his wife, three sons and four daughters.
The JI emir has declared that he has five bank accounts (of which one is in his wife's and another in his son's name) holding a total of Rs1.88m.
Haq has also declared ownership of Pakistain Model School, a private school in Lower Dir; jewellery weighing 4.5 tolas (56.25g) valued at Rs240,000; and 12 kanals of land held in partnership.
According to the documents, the twice-appointed finance minister for Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa does not own a car, is not a bank defaulter and does not own any foreign assets.
The form also mentions a loan made out to a Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. -based cloth merchant amounting to Rs1,050,000.
He is contesting for the upcoming election from Lower Dir's NA-23 constituency.
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[Rudaw] A top Iranian military commander has been killed in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed. No details have been given as to the circumstances of his death.
Brigadier General Shahrokh Daipour was killed on Friday in the town of Albu Kamal, according to Fars news agency.
Daipour, who is originally from Kermanshah, was in Syria to train regime forces. He was a former unit commander during the Iran-Iraq war (1980-1988).
Since the Syrian civil war began in 2011, Iran has played a key role in supporting the regime of Bashir al-Assad, deploying thousands of its own personnel. Iran says its troops are only there as military advisers.
In April, Israeli jets targeted Syrian government military bases, reportedly killing Iranian forces.
On February 7, 2017, Seyed Mohammad Ali Shahidi Mahallati, Iran’s Director of Foundation of Martyrs and Veterans Affairs (DFMVA), said the families of more than 1,000 Iranian military forces killed in Syria are under the support of the DFMVA.
In March, during another event in Tehran, Mahallati said the DFMVA is taking care of 2,100 families of military personals killed in Syria and Iraq.
At the end of 2017, widespread protests swept Iran as people protested the nation’s involvement in Syria and demanded better living conditions.
Israeli officials have repeatedly asked Iranian military forces to withdraw from Syria. In May, Russia, another key Assad ally, said all foreign forces must leave Syria.
On May 21, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo issued a list of 12 demands of Iran, including the withdrawal Iranian forces from Syria.
As Iran is expected to face more economic hardship with the return of US sanctions, it will be more costly for Iran to have a large military presence in Syria.
Iran’s Revolutionary Guard Corps announced Saturday that one of its senior commanders was killed on Friday while fighting Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... fighters in northeastern Syria.
The exact circumstances of Shahrokh Daiepour’s death were not disclosed, but the state-run Fars news agency said he had been involved in training fighters from the Lebanese terror group Hezbollah, an Iranian proxy which has been fighting in Syria alongside forces loyal to Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad Supressor of the Damascenes... Daiepour had served as a commander in the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s Navy during the Iran-Iraq war of the 1980s.
He was said to have been killed in the same area bordering Iraq where a massive air strike killed more than 50 pro-regime fighters last week. Damascus has accused the US-led coalition of carrying out the late-night June 17 strike on al-Hari, a town near the Iraqi border controlled by regional militias fighting in the complex seven-year war on behalf of Assad.
The day after the attack, a US official also told AFP that Washington "has reasons to believe that it was an Israeli strike."
Israel declined to comment, but a strike so far from its border would differ from most other strikes in Syria attributed to Israel, which have largely taken place closer to Syria’s borders with Israel and Leb.
The target, apparently Shiite Iraqi militia fighters loyal to Assad, would also mark a shift for Israel, which has previously only carried out Arclight airstrikes against Iran’s forces and its proxies, according to reports.
At a cabinet meeting on Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned that Israel was "taking action ‐ against efforts to establish a military presence by Iran and its proxies in Syria both close to the border and deep inside Syria. We will act against these efforts anywhere in Syria."
[Khaama Press] A clash has taken place between the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... and murderous Moslems affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... of Iraq and Syria Khurasan (ISIS-K) in eastern Laghman ...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men. province of Afghanistan.
The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the incident took place on Friday in the vicinity of Alingar district.
The source further added that Taliban and ISIS Khurasan murderous Moslems exchanged fire with each other in Noorlam Sahib area, leaving at least four dead.
According to the Silab Corps, the murderous Moslems killed during the clash belong to ISIS Khurasan terror group.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... there are no reports available regarding the possible casualties of the ISIS murderous Moslems during the clash.
The anti-government armed Death Eater and terrorist groups including Taliban and ISIS murderous Moslems have not commented regarding the report so far.
Laghman has been among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001.
However, corruption finds a dozen alibis for its evil deeds... the anti-government armed murderous Moslems have been attempting to destabilize the province during the recent years.
The Talibs as well as murderous Moslems loyal to ISIS terrorist group are active in some remote districts of the province and often carry out terrorist related activities.
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[SHIITENEWS.ORG] A prominent Shiite holy man was assassinated last night by unknown people, which made people react, said the front man of Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... Province.
The governor-general of the province ordered the police to investigate the incident seriously,' said Jilani Farhad in a phone call with the Islamic Theocratic Republic News Agency (IRNA) about the liquidation of Jafar Tavkkoli.
Farhad added that the people of Herat organized a sit-ins and protests in front of the governor-general's office to demand an investigation into the incidents, which was answered positively.
Tavakkoli was a representative of Ayatollah Hakim and a politically and religiously active scholar.
In past, Sheik Abdulvahed Saberi and Yuonos Alavi were assassinated; the killers have not been identified.
The President of Afghanistan Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. condemned killing of known religious scholars and called it unforgivable crime.
Ghani said that such killings are not acceptable in any religions, ordering the security authority of Herat to investigate the incident and arrest the criminals.
[RADIOSHABELLE] A UAE ship carrying 824 tonnes of food aid has arrived at Port of Kismayo ...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region... , Jubaland State, Somalia.
The relief ship has been sent in line with the directives of President His Highness Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed Al Nahyan, His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Crown Prince of Abu Dhabi and Deputy Supreme Commander of the UAE Armed Forces, and follow-up of H.H.
Sheikh Mansour bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Presidential Affairs and Chairman of Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation.
An official source of the Khalifa Bin Zayed Al Nahyan Foundation said that the food aid will be distributed to the needy people in the drought-stricken areas of Jubaland with the ultimate objective of alleviating the suffering of the Somali people.
Some Somali officials and beneficiaries praised the UAE and the charity foundation for providing them with the much-needed humanitarian aid.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... ’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman ...Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016.... and Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had held secret talks in the Jordanian capital Amman, according to the Israeli newspaper Maariv.
The negotiations were reportedly held on the sidelines of a visit to Amman by White House special adviser Jared Kushner and US Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt.
One of Maariv’s political analysts, Jacky Hugi, was quoted by the Iran Front Page news website as saying that "a close friend" had told him about the Netanyahu-Salman meeting, "claiming that there were direct contacts between the two parties, both Saudi and Israeli, under the auspices of King Abdullah II of Jordan."
Earlier, Haaretz reported that Netanyahu secretly met Jordan’s King Abdullah II in Amman, where they discussed regional developments and the strengthening of bilateral economic ties.
In November 2017, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu admitted that despite having no diplomatic relations with Riyadh, Tel Aviv had had "contacts" with Saudi Arabia, which he said "have been kept in general secret.
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[RADIOSHABELLE] The al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabaab ... Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda... said Saturday it has killed at least 3 Somali government soldiers in an attack near Afgoye town, situated about 30Km northwest of Mogadishu.
The attack took place on Friday afternoon on the outskirts of the district after heavily armed fighters belonging to al-Shabaab ambushed Somali and AU military convoy.
In a statement, the myrmidon group has claimed victory over the the allied forces in the battle, saying it burnt down several military vehicles and killed soldiers from Somali army.
AMISOM and Somali military are yet to comment on the ambush.
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[Khaama Press] The Talibs have kidnapped at least forty three people working on a road project in southern Kandahar province.
The provincial police commandment in a statement said at least thirteen employees of a road construction firm were kidnapped by the Talibs.
The statement further added that the construction workers were kidnapped late on Thursday following an attack in Spin Boldak district.
However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... an official of the company said at least 43 workers working on a road project were kidnapped during the attack by the Talibs.
This comes as local official had earlier said at least 13 engineers and twenty security guards of the road construction engineers were kidnapped.
The source further added that four security personnel also bit the dust during the festivities with the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Death Eaters.
According to the official, the security forces had launched an operation to rescue the kidnapped individuals when a clash broke out, leaving four security personnel dead.
The anti-government armed holy warrior groups including Taliban gunnies have not commented regarding the report so far.
This comes as the security situation in southern Kandahar province had improved during the recent years.
However, the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach... the anti-government armed forces of Evil are attempting to expand their insurgency in this province amid ongoing violence in the neighboring provinces, including the restive Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... .
[FOXNEWS] Katie Arrington, who ousted incumbent South Carolina Rep. Mark Sanford in a Republican congressional primary this month, was maimed in a car accident on Friday -- in a wreck that left one person dead.
In a statement posted to Facebook, her campaign said that she underwent surgery after she was injured when a driver traveling in the wrong direction hit her vehicle. A friend who was also in the car was maimed.
The Post and Courier reported that the driver in the other vehicle died at the scene.
Her office said that she suffered a fracture in her back, several broken ribs and other injuries that required surgery including the removal of part of her small intestine and a portion of her colon.
"Additionally, the main artery in her legs has a partial collapse and will require a stent," the statement said. "Additional surgeries will be required including one likely today; and it is likely that Katie will remain hospitalized for the next two weeks."
"As her family asked last night, Katie asks for your continued prayers for the dear departed and the dear departed's family, as well as prayers for a quick recovery for Katie and her friend."
Arrington's Democratic rival, Joe Cunningham, said that he was suspending his campaign until futher notice. President Trump tweeted that he was sending his thoughts and prayers to all those involved in the accident and their families.
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Nothing about the opposing driver.
Was Katie 'Hillaried'?
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No, Mark, you still lost. Get back on the Appalachian Argentinian trail hike.
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Oh, you mean that Mark Sanford?
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When Rep. Mark Sanford posted a rambling, 2,000-word announcement of his breakup with María Belén Chapur on his Facebook page last September, we thought we’d seen the last of the nutty antics of those two lovebirds—but hold onto your hats because it appears the couple is giving their union one more go. Chapur was spotted hanging out with Sanford and members of his staff at last week’s annual Congressional Baseball Game at Nationals Park. Seated near the first base line, a casually dressed Sanford, who generously passed out cans of beer to those around him, was accompanied by Chapur, looking tanned in a sleeveless black top. It was the striking Argentinian brunette’s 2009 affair with the then-married governor of South Carolina that gave whole new meaning to the term “hiking the Appalachian Trail.”
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You sure it wasn't Joe Cunningham, the democrat opponent or his people that had a hand in this?
I wouldn't put it past them.
We need to know more about the driver who caused the crash.
[ALMASDARNEWS] Facebook and Twitter have shutdown the Hezbollah affiliated media accounts that were using both social media sites, the Lebanese group reported on Saturday.
Central Military Media accused the US-based websites of running an "anti-media campaign," in a post on the Telegram messaging app.
The Hezbollah affiliated media site accused both Twitter and Facebook of sabotaging their accounts, despite not giving the reason for the alleged shut down.
Hezbollah is currently considered a terrorist group in the United States (US) and European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... (EU).
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[RADIOSHABELLE] An kaboom has struck a large rally by supporters of Æthiopia’s new, reformist Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in Addis Ababa, killing at least one person and wounding dozens of others.
Abiy had just wrapped up his speech at the capita’s Meskel Square before tens of thousands of people on Saturday when the kaboom went off, sending droves of supporters towards the stage as the prime minister left hurriedly.
In an address broadcast afterwards on state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
, Abiy said the blast was orchestrated by groups who wanted to undermine the rally but did not name them.
"The people who did this are anti-peace forces. You need to stop doing this. You weren’t successful in the past and you won’t be successful in the future."
He said several people had been killed, but Æthiopia’s Health Minister later adjusted that statement, saying one person had passed away at Addis Ababa’s Black Lion Hospital.
In an earlier post on Twitter, Fitsum Arega, the prime minister’s chief of staff, said person or persons unknown launched a grenade attack on the rally.
"Some whose heart is filled with hate attempted a grenade attack. HE PM Abiy is safe. All the casualties are deaders of love & peace. HE PM sends his condolences to the victims. The perpetrators will be brought to justice," Fitsum said.
The state broadcaster quickly cut away from coverage of the rally, which has broken up with people singing, chanting and going back to their homes.
Ambulances were at the scene in the crowded Meskel Square in Addis Ababa where the prime minister had been addressing thousands of supporters.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] Intense festivities broke-out between the jihadist rebels and Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in the northwestern suburbs of Aleppo tonight.
The jihadist rebels of Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham launched several missiles and artillery shells towards the northwestern districts of Aleppo this evening, prompting a powerful response from the Syrian Arab Army shortly after.
According to a military source in the scenic provincial capital, the Syrian Arab Army launched a barrage of missiles towards the jihadist-held suburbs of Kafr Hamra and al-Layramoun, scoring direct hits on a number of targets.
Both parties are now exchanging heavy artillery and missiles in the al-Zahra’a Association Quarter, as they seek to inflict as much damage on one another’s defenses.
Tonight’s festivities in northern Aleppo mark the first time in several days that the jihadist rebels and Syrian Arab Army have exchanged hostilities in these suburbs.
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[BBC] Zimbabwe's President Emmerson Mnangagwa has survived an apparent bomb attack at a rally in the city of Bulawayo. Mr Mnangagwa said an object "exploded a few inches away from me - but it is not my time". Betcha somebody else's is close though.
Video footage from White City Stadium shows an explosion happening close to Mr Mnangagwa as he was leaving the stage having addressed supporters.
While the president was unhurt, state TV reports that Vice-President Kembo Mohadi has suffered a leg injury. Mr Mnangagwa says he has visited the injured in hospital. He condemned the violence as senseless and pleaded for unity.
Mr Mnangagwa came to power last November, ousting his former mentor Robert Mugabe.
The president was in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe's second city and an opposition stronghold, to campaign for his Zanu-PF party ahead of nationwide elections taking place on 30 July.
"People started running in all directions and then immediately the president's motorcade left at a very high speed," an AFP correspondent at the scene reported.
The elections are the first in Zimbabwe since Mr Mugabe was ousted after 37 years in power.
[DAWN] Pakistain Awami Tehrik (PAT) chief Dr Tahirul Qadri ...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him... on Saturday announced that the party will not participate in the upcoming General Elections.
Flanked by party officials in a presser in Lahore, he said that the PAT had decided not to contest the elections because "the entire system" was "flawed and could not be called a democracy".
Dr Qadri said that the PAT will not become a part of the electoral process and would not be issuing tickets to any candidates.
On being asked, he clarified that he had deliberately never used the word 'boycott' and was only saying that PAT would not participate in the process as a political party.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] The Iraqi Air Force carried out a strategic bombing, Saturday, that targeted the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... ’s (ISIS) command meeting in Syria.
According to the Iraqi Ministry of Defense, their F-16 bombers targeted an Islamic State central command meeting that was being held in eastern Syria this weekend.
The F-16 bombers annihilated the entire building where the meeting was held, killing more than 45 Islamic State combatants and their leaders.
Among the Islamic State bully boyz that were killed this weekend was the cousin of the group’s infamous leader and founder Ibrahim His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...the head of ISIS, or what remains of it, and a veteran of the Abu Graib jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us. So far he has been killed at least four times, though not yet by a stake through the heart... This targeted bombing is another major blow to the terrorist group this week, as their first symbolic loss took place at Tal Safouk, which is a border-crossing that was lost to the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
Tal Safouk was where the leaders of the Islamic State first announced the start of their so-called ’caliphate’ in both Iraq and Syria.
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[AlAhram] Students enrolled at North Sinai’s Arish University will be returning to their lecture halls on Saturday as classes resume after almost five months of suspension due to a major counter-terrorism campaign in the area.
North Sinai governorate has decided to allow the university and a number of other higher education facilities in Arish to resume operations, according to a statement from governorate officials reported by al-Ahram al-Massai daily on Thursday.
The students to return to Arish University are those in their final year of studies. Buses will be provided to transfer them to the campus, the statement said.
It was not immediately clear whether students in other years would also be returning to classes.
In February, classes at universities and schools in Arish were suspended when the Egyptian military launched a major counter-terrorism operation.
The operation, dubbed Operation Sinai 2018, aims to target and destroy "terrorist and criminal elements and organizations" in northern and central Sinai, parts of the Nile Delta and the country's Western Desert, the military has said.
Final-year high school students in North Sinai have also returned to their schools to sit the end-of-year thanaweya amma exams, which determine university placement. Officials in the governorate have been reported as saying that the process is running smoothly.
On Thursday, the Egyptian army said it had killed 32 takfiri ...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed... s and tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... dozens of suspects, bringing the total number of those killed since Operation Sinai 2018 began to more than 300, including at least 37 military personnel, according to calculations based on military statements.
[DAWN] Clashes between Yemeni government forces and Houthi ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The Yemeni government has accused the Houthis of having ties to the Iranian government, which wouldn't suprise most of us. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews ... rebels around the Red Sea port city of Hodeida eased on Friday as more civilians fled the combat zones for fear of a fierce showdown, a UN humanitarian agency said.
"More people are fleeing areas of conflict and seeking shelter in safer locations, including in the capital Sanaa," 150 kilometres to the northeast and also under rebel control, the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) said in a statement.
It said some of the displaced had arrived in the capital but specific figures were not yet available. On Thursday, OCHA said more than 30,000 residents of Hodeida and the province of the same name had fled their homes this month.
The latest violence was "at a less severe scale, as a general decrease in festivities, bombardments and air strikes has been reported", said OCHA.
"Humanitarian partners continue to respond to the needs of the displaced population" with the provision of food, water and health services in and around Hodeida, it said.
In the port city itself, however, "access to warehouses has become difficult due to ongoing fighting and blockage of some roads".
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[DAWN] Six people, including three coppers, were maimed when an bomb went off in Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... 's Naseerabad district late Saturday afternoon in what police believe to to be a assassination on a police vehicle.
The injured were rushed to District Headquarters Hospital Dera Murad Jamali, the administrative headquarters of Naseerabad district. Deputy Superintendent of Police Inayat Bugti was also among the injured.
An emergency was imposed in the hospital to treat the injured.
The vehicle was hit in the Manjo Shori area of Naseerabad district while it was on routine patrol, local police said. The sound of the kaboom resonated far, triggering panic in the area.
Unknown miscreants had used a bomb planted on the vehicle's route for the attack.
Police and personnel of other law enforcement agencies have cordoned off the blast site and an investigation into the incident is currently underway.
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[ALMASDARNEWS] UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres is concerned about fighting in southwestern Syria which, he said, has displaced thousands of civilians and poses a threat to regional security, according to his front man.
"The Secretary-General is gravely concerned by the recent military escalation, including ground offensives and aerial bombardments, in southwestern Syria," Stephane Dujarric said in a statement.
The United Nations ...where theory meets practice and practice loses... estimates that the fighting near the border with Jordan and Israel-occupied Golan Heights has forced thousands of civilians to flee, with many moving toward Jordan.
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Or what?
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Arabia's chock full o' guts --
They've gotta moon God, and no buts,
Though their lingo is loony,
So, Shiite or Sunni,
There's naught they can say that's not nuts.
Because some of our readers may be familiar with the gentleman, and glad to hear of his new assignment.
[Khaama Press] General Murad Ali Murad was formally introduced as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command, nearly a month after he was dismissed as the deputy interior minister for security.
Defense Minister Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami introduced Gen. Murad as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command during a ceremony in Kabul today.
He said Gen. Murad has been appointed as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command and deputy defense minister for the security affairs of capital Kabul.
This comes as the ministry of interior officials last month announced that Gen. Murad had been dismissed as the senior deputy interior minister for security.
Deputy front man for the ministry of interior Nusrat Rahimi had confirmed that Gen. Murad has been appointed as the new commander of Kabul Garrison Command.
Earlier, reports had emerged that Gen. Murad has been dismissed from his post as the senior deputy interior minister for security following a suicide kaboom in Kabul.
The attack in western part of Kabul city had targeted a center which operated for the distribution of electronic national identity cards.
[Ynet] As the kite terrorism continues, 3 fires break out in the western Negev, leading the IAF to target kite launchers east of Gazoo City; Paleostinians start flying incendiary devices from homes to avoid IDF detection, favoring balloons that can fly further.
An IAF aircraft fired warning shots Saturday at cell attempting to dispatch incendiary kites from the northern Gazoo Strip into Israel.
According to a Paleostinian source, the cell attempted to launch the kites east to Gazoo City.
Earlier, three fires broke out in Givat Yehuda, Be'eri and Kissufim as a result of incendiary balloons flown from Gazoo. Firefighters were able to gain full control of flames.
The incendiary balloon launchers have changed their modus operandi in recent days and have begun flying the balloons from private homes and back yards in an effort to avoid being spotted and thwarted by the IDF.
In addition, the Paleostinians appear to be favoring balloons over kites, since the balloons can more easily get further into Israeli territory.
In an effort to combat the threat, Israeli defense technology company Rafael Advanced Defense Systems has been developing a new detection system‐the Sky Spotter‐to identify incendiary balloons and kites launched from Gazoo.
The electro-optical system was originally developed to detect drones and was later adjusted to thwart incendiary balloons and kites.
The system has a long-range digital camera, which is able to identify the incendiary objects the minute they are flown into the air and can estimate their landing location.
The early detection will later enable drones to efficiently intercept the incendiary balloons and kites.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The rebel forces launched a fresh attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) in southeast Daraa tonight.
According to a military source in the government stronghold of Izra’a, the Free Syrian Army ... the more palatable version of the Syrian insurgency, heavily influenced by the Moslem Brüderbund... (FSA) and their allies launched a powerful attack on the Syrian Arab Army’s positions at the Barid Checkpoint that is located near the Sweida-Daraa axis.
The source added that the rebel forces managed to infiltrate the Syrian Arab Army’s defenses at the Barid Checkpoint; this prompted the government to send reinforcements from Sweida City to this front.
Not long after the rebel forces infiltrated their positions at the Sweida-Daraa axis, the Syrian Arab Army launched a counter-attack to retake the checkpoint and secure this area.
A number of murderous Moslems were killed and maimed during the brief rebel assault, including several members of the Free Syrian Army and Hay’at Tahrir al-Sham The rebel attack was launched in response to the Syrian Arab Army’s large-scale offensive in northeast Daraa, which has already yielded big gains for the government.
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[FOXNEWS] A man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path invoked "Allah" and defended the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group in court Friday, reports said.
Sayfullo Saipov, 30, raised his hand to speak out immediately after U.S. District Judge Vernon S. Broderick set an Oct. 7, 2019, date for the Uzbek immigrant's trial.
He said he cared about "Allah" and the holy war being waged by the Islamic State group.
"So the Islamic State is not fighting for land, like some say, or like some say, for oil. They have one purpose, and they're fighting to impose Sharia (Islamic law) on Earth," he said.
Prosecutors had been seeking an April 2019 trial date. Assistant U.S. Attorney Amanda Houle said the families of the dead and the dozens who were maimed deserve a "prompt and firm trial date."
"The victims here are anxious now when that trial is going to be," she said. "The public deserves a speedy trial, and the surviving victims deserve to know when that trial is going to be."
Following his arrest, Saipov requested that the ISIS flag be displayed in his hospital room, the New York Daily News reported, citing court documents.
Saipov said the judgments made in the courtroom were "not important" to him because they were "not Allah’s judgments," according to the New York Times.
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...
Earlier, he had pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." through his lawyer to the latest indictment in the Oct. 31 truck attack near the World Trade Center.
Saipov’s Halloween day attack was the deadliest in New York City since Sept. 11, 2001.
A prosecutor said the Justice Department will decide by the end of the summer whether to seek the death penalty against Saipov, who lived in Paterson, N.J., before the attack.
Defense lawyers have said the government should accept a guilty plea and a sentence of life in prison without parole to provide victims' families and the public with closure.
David Patton, a lawyer for Saipov, said he would need extra time to make legal challenges to the charges if death is sought.
U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions will ultimately decide whether to seek the death penalty for Saipov by September, according to the Daily News.
This article starring:
Sayfullo Saipov
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the crime was committed on 31 oct 2017
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The events of that date can be seen here, as Rantburg (and Rantburgers) tracked them. Clicking on the miscreant’s name, above, will yield all the articles in our archive containing his name.
Humanity, P2K, humanity: they're enemies general of the human kind, to be dealt with as wolves are. As to Western Civ, it's a matter of proximity and convenience - the same way Nazis came for the Jews first.
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"Hang 'em first, try 'em later."--Judge Roy Bean
On a more serious note, I have never understood the glacial slowness of dealing with cases where the facts are absolutely clear on what happened and who did what.
[Rudaw] Iraq said Saturday it had killed 45 jihadists from the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear the pols talk they're not really Moslems.... group, including senior members, in an air strike in eastern Syria, the second such operation in less than a month.
Iraqi F-16 fighter jets carried out a "successful strike targeting a meeting of ISIS (ISIS) leaders" on Friday in the Hajin region, in the eastern Syrian province of Deir ez-Zor, a military statement said.
Among those killed, it said, were a senior member of the jihadists’ "ministry of war," his deputy, a local commander and a media official. There was no independent confirmation.
Three houses linked by an underground tunnel were also destroyed, it said, adding that the air strike was carried out based on "intelligence" and at the request of Prime Minister Haider al-Abadi.
Hajin, about 50 kilometers (30 miles) from Iraq’s border, is the largest populated hub still under ISIS control in Syria.
Last month the Britannia-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights that monitors the Syrian war said that at least 65 senior ISIS members live in Hajin.
The town has been surrounded since the end of last year by the Syrian Democratic Forces, a US-backed alliance of Kurdish and Arab fighters, the monitor says.
Iraq’s air force has carried out several strikes on IS-held territory in Syria since April, including one targeting "the headquarters of IS terrorist gang leaders" in Hajin on May 24.
The following day Iraq released a video showing a strike on a huge building surrounded by palm trees and a wall which then collapsed.
IS declared a cross-border "caliphate" in Syria and Iraq in 2014, seizing a third of Iraq during a sweeping offensive.
The jihadists have since lost much ground to separate counter-offensives by Syrian and Iraqi forces as well as US-led operations, and the jihadist presence has been confined to a few holdouts in Deir ez-Zor.
In December the Iraqi government declared victory over ISIS but the military has continued regular operations targeting mostly desert areas along the porous Syrian border.
Those killed included high profile targets such as the group's "deputy war minister", one of its "media emirs", its leader His Supreme Immensity, Caliph of the Faithful and Galactic Overlord, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi ...the head of ISIS, or what remains of it, and a veteran of the Abu Graib jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us. So far he has been killed at least four times, though not yet by a stake through the heart... 's personal courier and its chief of police, the military said in a statement.
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[DAWN] The United Nations ...a lucrative dumping ground for the relatives of dictators and party hacks... human rights One man's rights are another man's existential threat. chief called on Friday for an international investigation of atrocities in Venezuela, blasting the government’s chronic refusal to probe security officers over the alleged killings of civilians.
"The failure to hold security forces accountable for such serious human rights violations suggests that the rule of law is virtually absent in Venezuela," said Zeid Ra’ad Al Hussein, as his office launched a new report on the crisis-stricken country.
Zeid asked the UN Human Rights Council to set up its highest-level probe ‐ a Commission of Inquiry ‐ for Venezuela and said the International Criminal Court (ICC) might need to get further involved.
The Hague-based ICC in February opened a preliminary investigation into crimes allegedly committed by the security forces during a wave of protests against President Nicolas Maduro.
The UN rights office, which examined Maduro’s crackdown on protesters in a report last year, said its new findings related mostly to alleged abuses committed during purported anti-crime operations.
UN Sherlocks have been denied access to Venezuela. Some of the findings were based on remote monitoring as well as interviews with victims, witnesses, civil society groups and others.
Other evidence includes material compiled by former attorney general Luisa Ortega Diaz, who was sacked by Maduro last August and is living in exile.
The report highlights alleged extrajudicial killings by officers involved in the Operations for the Liberation of the People. It said those officers, supposedly tasked with fighting crime, might have been responsible for more than 500 killings between July 2015 and March 2017, largely carried out in poor neighbourhoods.
Rights office spokeswoman Ravina Shamdasani told news hounds in Geneva that the victims were young men who "tended to fit the profile of suspected criminals", and were "incarcerated ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... and killed without judicial warrants".
The operations were designed to show Maduro was tough on crime, Shamdasani said.
The report also highlighted the "pervasive" impunity for Maduro and for officers blamed for killing at least 46 people during protests last year.
According to the UN, Ortega Diaz had issued dozens of warrants against officers linked to the deaths, but only one trial has started. "This impunity must end," Zeid said in a statement.
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Finally, something that makes sense. I wonder where this came from, other than the fact that they probably don't feel Venezuela has long arms.
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.
[Seeking Alpha] 2017 has been quite a "ride" for this railroads operator. After announcing the coming of Hunter Harrington as its new CEO at the beginning of the year, CSX (CSX) saw its new CEO passing away in December. While there was a clear "HH" effect on the stock when he hopped on board, shares haven’t been affected by his unexpected departure.
[Motley Fool] Boeing has received more orders for widebody planes year to date than it did in all of 2016. A recent 24-aircraft deal with FedEx added to Boeing's order momentum.
[The Federalist] Conservatives stood agape last week at the inspector general’s refusal to state the obvious in his 568-page review of the FBI and Justice Department’s handling of the Clinton probe: A pro-Hillary political bias led officials to let her off the hook.
46 years ago, you say? June of 1972 and the press was 'concocting dramatic fantasies'? Even then? 
[PJ] It's come to this: according to some, people should be picking their casual dining choices based on their politics.
Moqtada 
... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
... a Turkish preacher living in Pennsylvania whom the current govt of Turkey considers responsible for all the ills afflicting Turkey and possibly the entire world...
...the 
Wazoo
[FOXNEWS] A transcript and portions of a video show a Minnesota woman who was urged by her boyfriend to shoot him for a YouTube stunt gone wrong tried to resist.
[ALMASDARNEWS] The 
[DAWN] The father of Zainab Amin, a six-year-old child whose rape and murder by Imran Ali in January 2018 had sparked national outrage, has filed a petition in the Lahore High Court (LHC) demanding that his daughter's killer be hanged publicly.
...current head of the Pak Jamaat-e-Islami. Siraj was born in 1962 and entered politics shortly after that...
...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire.
[Rudaw] A top Iranian military commander has been killed in eastern Syria near the Iraqi border, the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps has confirmed. No details have been given as to the circumstances of his death.
...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for 
...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..
...a port city in the southern Lower Juba province of Somalia, at the extreme southern end of the country (assuming Somalia can be called a country). It is the commercial capital of the autonomous Jubaland region...
Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia as of 2016....
Somalia's version of the Taliban, functioning as an arm of al-Qaeda...
...Pak politician, and would-be dictator, founder and head of Tehreek-e-Minhajul Quran and Pakistain Awami Tehrik. He usually resides in Canada, but returns to Pakistain periodically to foam at the mouth and lead demonstrations. Depending on which way the wind's blowing, Qadri claims to be the author of Pak's blasphemy law. Other times he says it wasn't him...
...the head of ISIS, or what remains of it, and a veteran of the Abu Graib jailhouse. Looks like a new messiah to bajillions of Moslems, like just another dead-eyed mass murder to the rest of us. So far he has been killed at least four times, though not yet by a stake through the heart...
...an adherent of takfir wal hijra, an offshoot of Salafism that regards everybody who doesn't agree with them as apostates who most be killed...
[FOXNEWS] A man charged with murdering eight people on a New York City bike path invoked "Allah" and defended the 
