[Mail] A University of South Florida football player was shot three times following a dispute on Saturday night.
Hassan Childs, 22, was injured in the shooting that Tampa police spokesman Lt Steve Lee said resulted from a road rage incident.
Police said they received a call from Jovanni Jimenez, 26, saying that Childs pointed a gun at him, his wife and child at the Eagles Point Apartments at Tampa Palms, according to the Tampa Bay Times.
Jimenez then shot Childs three times in the upper arm and torso. He told police he fired his gun in self-defense. The university told the newspaper that Childs, who is a senior safety, is in stable condition.
[Lincolnshire Reporter] A brave dog at a veterinary hospital near Boston saved the life of a poorly pooch after he fell ill and needed emergency treatment.
Gemma, the Mastiff cross, usually spends her days greeting visitors to Sutterton Veterinary Hospital, but on Sunday, March 12, saved the life of an 11-year-old Dachshund.
Ni Ni came into the vets in need of an emergency blood transfusion after going into the hospital very weak.
A Portland student has become the first American to gain legal designation as "genderless", following a ruling by a Multnomah County judge.
The March 10 decision, reported for the first time on Thursday, involved a 27-year-old who was born male but claimed to identify with no gender whatsoever. Judge Amy Holmes, who approved the petition, also last year approved a "non-binary" gender designation for another Portland resident.
The 27-year-old formerly known as Patrick Abbatiello, now legally designated agender, also got legal approval to change names, now going only by "Patch," no surname. That name also serves as a pronoun, Patch explained to the local NBC affiliate this week.
"Even gender-neutral pronouns don’t feel as if they fit me," Patch said. "I feel no identity or closeness with any pronouns I’ve come across. What describes me is my name."
By deadline, Patch did not respond to requests for interview sent by phone and Facebook through Portland Community College’s Queer Resource Center. Patch works there as a co-coordinator, and a Facebook post for the center lauded the student for "blazing the way."
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If it has no gender, then it is an inanimate object, incapable of replicating itself, as far as I am concerned.
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"I [Patch] feel no identity or closeness with any pronouns..." I wonder how Patch feels about verbs, pronouns, adverbs, adjectives, prepositions, conjunctions, and interjections Why does "Patch" hate English?
In 2014, FB had 58 genders FB Gender's list. but the gender activists claim gender is non-binary and on a spectrum which is fluid. Agender would probably bring the number to 59. National Geographic had a informative/comprehensive article on the gender revolution (Jan. 2017).
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Undoing the hasp, it flipped its lid.
Come into my chamber and set it said.
Its phantasms swirled, making a tower.
Behold, it said, my sickness is power!
With such, the world will do as I bid.
President Trump hosted the nation's most decorated war heroes at the White House Friday as part of a recognition of the rarely celebrated Medal of Honor Day.
"Each of you has risen above and beyond the call of duty in defense of our country, our people, and our flag. You have poured out your hearts, your sweat, and your tears like few others, and your blood -- most importantly your blood -- for the United States of America," Trump told about 25 Medal of Honor recipients in the Oval Office.
"You are the soul of our nation, and a grateful republic salutes you," he said. More at the link.
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Lovely. He is certainly not perfect, but he is getting some key things very right.
President Donald Trump will sign an order on Tuesday aimed at making it easier for companies to produce energy in the United States, administration officials said on Sunday, Reuters reported.
Under Trump, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is aiming to aggressively roll back Obama-era environmental regulations. Trump plans to sign the executive order at the EPA to reduce "unnecessary regulatory obstacles that restrict the responsible use of domestic energy resources," a White House official said.
EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt told ABC's "This Week" the order would help reverse the Obama administration's anti-fossil fuel strategy.
And for the obligatory slam:
Pruitt has publicly doubted the scientific consensus that human actions are the lead cause of climate change. His installation at the EPA last month reinforced the view on both sides of the political divide that America is ceding its position as a leader in the global fight on climate change.
Not so much ceding leadership as acknowledging that the so-called fight is a pointless waste of money and effort given the current state of knowledge.
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"Not so much ceding leadership as acknowledging that the so-called fight is a pointless waste of money and effort given the current state of knowledge."
Doubly pointless, considering the U.S. contributes only about 15% of the world's CO2 emissions. Even if we were to all lay down and die right this minute and become "carbon-neutral", ever-expanding energy production in China and India would make up for the consequent reduction in CO2 in a matter of months.
"Anthropogenic global warming" is nothing but a scam aimed at conning us into granting government ever-increasing power over our lives.
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The the scientific consensus scam is the claim:
1.That all of 0.35 degree Celsius global temperature anomaly is due to man. At least 50% is due to natural causes.
2. That 10 year prediction for the last 18 years have been way over estimated
PARIS (AP) -- Far-right presidential candidate Marine Le Pen says that if her plan to pull France from the euro currency is rejected by the French she will resign. Le Pen, speaking Monday on Europe 1 radio, reiterated her plan to hold a referendum on the euro issue if elected president, and "If it’s no, I will go."
She said that a show of support for the eurozone means the French "choose a model of governance imposed by the European Union" ‐ which Le Pen also wants to exit. It also means, she said, that "70 percent of my project cannot be put in place."
Le Pen is at the top of polls ahead of the April 23 and May 7 voting, along with independent centrist Emmanuel Macron.
[The Local de] Germany has proposed a German-Namibian future foundation and structural fund as part of its atonement for the injustices of the German colonization of southwest Africa.
The fund would promote energy, education and housing projects as well as a land reform in Namibia, the Sächsiche Zeitung reported this week.
Germany’s Namibia Commissioner, Ruprecht Polenz (CDU), announced the atonement plans on Monday evening during a discussion with journalists in Berlin.
The fund would be accompanied by an official apology from Germany for the colonial crimes against the Herero and Nama peoples during the German colonial period.
"The question is only in what form the apology takes place so that it can also be accepted by the Namibian government," said Polenz.
Berlin ruled what was then called South West Africa as a colony from 1884 to 1915.
Incensed by German settlers stealing their land and cattle and taking their women, the Herero people launched a revolt in January 1904 with warriors butchering 123 German civilians over several days. The Nama tribe joined the uprising in 1905.
The colonial rulers responded ruthlessly and General Lothar von Trotha signed a notorious extermination order against the Hereros.
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Mmmm...I don't think a general announcement of racial and cultural superiority and exploitation will be well received.
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Muslims waged war 800 times on Europeans, even more over Middle East, Persia, India, China and Indonesia...Robbing, raping, torturing, enslaving and assassinating two millions victims...
Lawmakers are currently looking into interference by a nation-state with another country’s political process.
This is not in reference to the House and Senate Intel Committees’ investigation into Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election, though. Instead, several Republican senators and congressmen are inquiring about a partnership in Macedonia between the U.S. government and a foundation started by liberal mega-donor George Soros.
Letters have been sent by lawmakers to the Government Accountability Office, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, and the U.S. Ambassador to Macedonia Jess Baily. In a January letter to Baily, Republican Utah Sen. Mike Lee wrote: "I have received credible reports that, over the past few years, the US Mission to Macedonia has actively intervened in the party politics of Macedonia, as well as in the shaping of its media environment and civil society, often favoring groups of one political persuasion over another."
This past Monday, Baily -- a career diplomat -- visited Washington and met with Sen. Lee and his staff, a spokeswoman told The Daily Caller. Lee’s office did not elaborate on what occurred during the meeting.
While Lee just referenced "credible reports" in his January letter, he and five other Republican senators, including Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Georgia Sen. David Perdue, got into more specifics in their March letter to Tillerson. There they referenced the direct grants given by USAID to George Soros’ Open Society Foundations.
While many of the claims of Russian interference in the U.S. presidential election rely on alleged hacking operations, the American campaign in Macedonia is out there in the open.
USAID, which is responsible for doling out civilian foreign aid, has officially partnered with the Open Society Foundations. Since 2012, the government agency has given $1.5 million in grants to organizations chosen by the Foundation Open Society ‐ Macedonia (FOSM) and $4.8 million to launch a "Civil Society Project" implemented by FOSM.
Just last August, USAID announced a nearly $9.5 million program that would last until 2021 and would be administered in partnership with FOSM, Metamorphosis, the Association for Democratic Initiatives (ADI), and the National Youth Council of Macedonia. Metamorphosis was launched in 1999 by the Open Society Foundations and has since become independent.
These millions of dollars are being spent in a small southern European nation with a little over 2 million citizens and a GDP per capita 11 times smaller than the U.S.
The report released by the Office of the Director of National Intelligence in January regarding Russian interference in the U.S. election contained about a page of content on the hacking of Democratic Party institutions and individuals, and seven pages on the Kremlin-funded Russia Today news network.
Then-Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said during a senate hearing that, "RT was very active in promoting a particular point of view, disparaging our system, our alleged hypocrisy about human rights, etc. Whatever crack, fissure they could find in our tapestry, they would exploit it." In that same hearing Clapper called for the U.S. to have a state media program "on steroids" overseas to fight against this.
It turns out that much of the money given in grants in Macedonia ended up supporting news outlets which promoted a political stance, thus equaling the U.S.’ standard for political interference in another country’s election. Four outlets in Macedonia -- A1on, Plusinfo, Potalb and Okno -- are directly tied to FOSM, according to the group’s own annual report which stated these outlets receive millions of pageviews. In addition, FOSM and USAID are "partners" with Macedonia’s Media Development Centre.
A 2012 call for grants for the USAID’s "Civil Society Project," also mentions "use of new media."
The opposition to Soros’ influence in Macedonia is led by the conservative ruling party VMRO-DPMNE. A VMRO member of parliament told The American Spectator that Soros’ foundation was behind protests that broke out in spring of 2016. "It was a nightmare. The Soros army threw rocks at police guarding VMRO headquarters. Meanwhile, they were handing scissors out on the border to help people cut fences. Chaos," the member of parliament said.
This reference to a "Soros Army" is quite literal as protesters wore shirts that read "Soros Army." A Feb. 24 letter sent to the Government Accountability Office and signed by six Republican congressmen asked about U.S. funding of media in Macedonia and whether funds supported violence. The GAO has not responded back to the congressmen’s inquiry.
VMRO won a plurality of the votes in Macedonia’s 2016 parliamentary elections, however, the liberal SDSM party formed a coalition with the ethnic Albanian DUI party to gain a majority of parliament. This deal with the Albanian party would mean making Albanian an official language and possibly changing the nation’s flag, coat of arms, and national anthem.
The Macedonian member of parliament told the American Spectator, "They are destroying my country!" The VMRO party and its supporters have protested against these proposed actions, with the current President Gjorge Ivanov refusing to give the opposition leader a mandate to form a government.
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over the past few years, the US Mission to Macedonia has actively intervened in the party politics
Happy enough to take the money but concerned about the loss of face. Be interesting as other states are emboldened to renounce the US/Soros meddling.
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The U.S. interfered in the last Israeli election, too, though I don't recall any mention of Mr. Soros providing funds to the American embassy for the effort.
The Malaysian police on Sunday entered the North Korean Embassy in Kuala Lumpur in connection with last month’s murder of Kim Jong Nam, the estranged half-brother of North Korea leader Kim Jong Un, according to a Malaysian Chinese-language newspaper.
Four police officers, including the investigating officer of the murder, the Selangor state police chief and Selangor prosecution team officer, entered the embassy in the morning and were there for two and a half hours, China Press said, adding they were granted permission by the embassy to enter.
The entry indicates that a preliminary agreement may have been reached on processing the body of Kim Jong Nam, and on the recording of statements of three suspected accomplices in the murder believed to be hiding in the embassy, according to the report. One of the three is Hyon Kwang Song, 44, the second secretary of the embassy.
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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
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