[Breitbart] A Mexican migrant assaulted a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent after illegally crossing the border from Mexico on December 19. The agent had to be taken to a hospital for injuries sustained after being struck in the head with a rock.
A Brian A. Terry Station Border Patrol agent received a call to assist with suspected illegal activity near a residence south of Bisbee, Arizona. As the agent attempted to arrest the subject, the migrant resisted and began fighting with the agent. During the fight, the migrant allegedly struck the agent in the head with a rock and escaped, according to information obtained by U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) officials.
Other agents and an Air and Marine Operations aircrew joined in a search for the absconded migrant. Using night-vision technology, the agents found the man and quickly placed him in custody, officials stated.
[The South African] Paddy Ashdown, the former leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats who served as the international high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died Saturday at the age of 77, his party announced. A young Paddy Ashdown training with the Special Boat Service (SBS) in 1959
He made an “immeasurable contribution to furthering the cause of liberalism” and will be “desperately missed”, the Lib Dems said in a statement.
Ashdown, a former special forces officer, led the centrist Liberal Democrats in opposition from 1988 until 1999, reviving their fortunes after years in the wilderness. He served as the international high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina from 2002 to 2006.
He revealed in November that he was being treated for bladder cancer.
“I have the best of people and the best of friends to fight this with, which makes me, as so often in my life, very lucky,” Ashdown said.
Current Lib Dem leader Vince Cable said it was a “hugely sad day” in British politics and paid tribute to Ashdown’s talents beyond the political arena, including as an author, a marine and in the diplomatic service.
Conservative Prime Minister Theresa May said she learned of his death with “great sadness” and praised his service to Britain and the international community.
“He dedicated his life to public service and he will be sorely missed,” she said.
Former Labour prime minister Tony Blair said Ashdown was a “political visionary” who was “motivated by values of compassion, decency and a profound commitment to make the world a better place”.
“He was one of the most talented politicians never to hold high office, but as leader of the Liberal Democrats he nonetheless had a major impact on British political life,” said Blair, who was in power from 1997 to 2007.
“He had courage, personal and political, unafraid to speak his mind yet always open to the views of others.”
Blair’s successor Gordon Brown said Ashdown was “one of the towering political figures of our generation who spoke always as a strong European, a committed internationalist and a dedicated constitutional reformer”.
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At the moment it doesn’t look like the current crop of Britain’s politicians has anyone to match the stature of Mr.Ashdown. May some prove able to rise to the occasion as he did.
[Middle East Monitor] Prince Talal Bin Abdulaziz, a member of the Saudi royal family, died yesterday at the age of 88, as reported on Anadolu Agency.
His death was confirmed by his son Prince Abdulaziz Bin Talal on Twitter adding that condolences will be received for three days starting Sunday.
Born in 1931, Prince Talal bin Abdulaziz, held many senior government positions in Saudi Arabia. He is considered a supporter of reform in the ruling family and resigned from the Allegiance Council in 2011.
He is the father of Saudi billionaire Al-Waleed Bin Talal.
Last year, Al-Waleed Bin Talal was among the princes who were detained at the Ritz-Carlton. The luxurious hotel was transformed into a detention centre for the extremely wealthy detainees when Crown Prince Mohammad Bin Salman launched an anti-corruption drive against Saudi Arabia’s royal family, wealthy businessmen and senior government officials. It was reported that Bin Talal was held in a room like a cell and had a difficult and uncomfortable time in detention.
PEARLAND, Texas (BP) -- After World War II, decorated Army veteran Jesse Whitley returned home and became a soldier for the Lord, serving as a Baptist pastor and preacher for more than 45 years.
On Veterans Day, Nov. 11, World War II veteran Jesse Whitley, 99, received his Green Beret from Sgt. Justin Mayrant of the 19th Special Forces based in San Antonio.
"Sgt." Whitley, who celebrated his 99th birthday Dec. 14, received renewed recognition on Veterans Day, Nov. 11, with Green Beret status for his service in a special forces unit nicknamed "the Devil's Brigade."
It came as a surprise to Whitley, who faced combat action with the First Special Service Force against the Japanese in Alaska's Aleutian Islands and against the Germans in Europe.
Whitley joined the U.S. Army on April 25, 1939, at age 19 in Texarkana, Ark., where he grew up. He was honorably discharged on Oct. 31, 1945.
The Veterans Day ceremony was held at First Baptist Church in Pearland, Texas. Whitley lives in the Houston suburb with his daughter, Vicki Cumbie, having moved from Arkansas about a year and a half ago.
FBC Pearland member John Triplett spearheaded the effort to obtain Green Beret status for Whitley, who served in the First Special Service Force (FSSF), forerunner of the current U.S. Army Special Forces, whose elite troops wear the iconic Green Beret.
The FSSF garnered WWII fame for a 99-day period in 1943 when it operated behind enemy lines primarily at night, inspiring a 1966 book and a 1968 film based on the book, both titled "The Devil's Brigade."
It may be just the accident of what I read, but it seems to me that a lot of our WW2 vets live to ripe old ages. They're just plain built tough. The other day I met a 94-year old sailor who was at Normandy, and I'm fairly certain that with the right motivation he could have kicked my ass up and down the stairs.
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my dad's 92 and a WW 2 Navy vet and still kickin"
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Not just vets, Matt. My mother will be 93 in February. She recently increased her target lifespan from 120 years to 130. She is still pretty sharp, and definitely more energetic than I.
But to be fair, the less healthy of that generation have already died.
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Agreed, tw. The amazing woman who taught me everything I know about my profession died a couple of years ago at age 104. She threw a 100th birthday party for herself, with the explanation that at her age she didn't go to very many class reunions.
And, OT, but thanks for that explanation yesterday about the mods.
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Stainless steel is correct, but different mixture of alloys & new architecture. Unlike Atlas, Starship is buckling stable on launchpad even when unpressurized.
[Breitbart] Carita (Indonesia) (AFP) ‐ At least 62 people have been killed and nearly 600 injured in a tsunami in Indonesia that may have been caused by a volcano known as the "child" of the legendary Krakatoa, officials said Sunday.
Hundreds of buildings were destroyed by the wave, which hit beaches without warning in South Sumatra and the western tip of Java about 9.30 pm local time (1430 GMT) on Saturday, national disaster agency spokesman Sutopo Purwo Nugroho said in a statement.
At least 43 people died and 584 people were injured across three regions.
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...sort of like the hottest year on record (systematic recording having only started near the latter half of the 19th century with instruments no longer used).
Hey all - you might have heard that there's just been a "volcano tsunami" in Indonesia. I'm on it - explainer shortly. The USGS won't be providing data this time thanks to the government shutdown, but I'll do my best to source the best information for you all.
[DailyMail UK] At least 20 people have been killed after a tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption hit beaches in Indonesia.
The wave hit beaches around the Sunda Strait late on Saturday night. The country's Disaster Mitigation Agency confirmed around 165 people have been injured.
It is believed the tsunami was caused by an undersea landslide following the eruption of the Krakatoa volcano.
It is understood the wave hit beaches on the Sunda Strait - between the islands of Java and Sumatra.
In September, at least 832 people were killed by a quake and tsunami that hit the city of Palu on the island of Sulawesi, which is just east of Borneo.
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[PRESSTV] Leader of Britannia’s main opposition party Labour Party has rejected the idea of a second vote on the country’s withdrawal from the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , saying Labour would go ahead with Brexit if it wins a potential snap election meant to end the current political uncertainty.
Corbyn said in an interview with the Guardian newspaper on Saturday that the Labour would prefer to respect the choice of the British people who voted for leaving the EU in a referendum in June 2016.
The 69-year-old Socialist, who faces divides in his party over Brexit, said the best option for a Labour government, if elected to power in early elections, would be to return to Brussels and seek a renegotiation of Brexit deal signed by current Conservative-led government.
"You’d have to go back and negotiate, and see what the timetable would be," said Corbyn, making a reference to the current schedule for Britannia’s exit from the EU, which is March 29, 2019.
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I haven't been able to find any info regarding whether the drones activity is continuing, but the couple who were arrested were released without charge.
Sussex Police Detective Chief Superintendent Jason Tingley said: “Both people have fully co-operated with our enquiries and I am satisfied that they are no longer suspects in the drone incidents at Gatwick.
“It is important to remember that when people are arrested in an effort to make further enquiries it does not mean that they are guilty of an offence and Sussex Police would not seek to make their identity public."
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According to the Sun, the ex-squaddie — some sort of English military slang — and his wife have been released because they’re innocent, and
Cops are now trying to find the true culprit - with Gatwick Airport offering the £50,000 reward through Crimestoppers.
[APNEWS] Cuba’s National Assembly on Saturday approved an update of the country’s constitution, the final step before a national referendum expected to approve the new charter in February.
The new constitution contains more continuity than change, although it recognizes the de-facto modernization of Cuban society over the last decade. The constitution maintains Cuba as a centrally planned economy ruled by a single Communist Party, but recognizes private property for the first time and paves the way for a separate referendum on legalizing gay marriage.
It also creates the role of prime minister alongside the current president, as well as provincial governors.
Legalizing private property is a formal recognition of significant change in Cuban society since former President Compañero Raul Castro ...Fidel's little brother... permitted home and auto sales, creating a booming real-estate market, and allowed more than half a million Cubans have permits to work as entrepreneurs. Hundreds of thousands more work full or part-time in the private sector without licenses.
The new constitution also recognizes worker-owned cooperatives for the first time as a legal form of production in every sector of the economy, while maintaining Cuba’s largely inefficient and stagnant state-run industries as the central means of production.
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[BLOOMBERGQUINT] Teams of marksmen next year will patrol swaths of Rio de Janeiro with high-powered weapons and a license to kill, said a security adviser to Governor-elect Wilson Witzel.
As many as 120 sharpshooters will accompany police incursions into the slums of Brazil’s postcard city to exterminate gun-toting criminals, according to Flavio Pacca, a longtime associate of Witzel who the governor-elect’s press office said will join the administration. The shooters will work in pairs -- one to pull the trigger, one to monitor conditions and videotape deaths.
"The protocol will be to immediately neutralize, slaughter anyone who has a rifle," Witzel, a federal judge and former Brazilian marine, told news hounds in Brasilia on Dec. 12. "Whoever has a rifle isn’t worried about other people’s lives, they’re ready to eliminate anyone who crosses their path. This is a grave problem, not just in Rio de Janeiro, but also in other states."
Rio has long exemplified Brazil’s charm and its chaos, and what happens there echoes at home and abroad. Like President-elect Jair Bolsonaro, Witzel cruised to victory in October promising a brutal crackdown on criminals who make daily life a harrowing ordeal. Rio will be a proving ground for Bolsonaro’s philosophy of maximum force -- and whether law enforcement devolves into a storm of extrajudicial killings. For Raj
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Come on - 'license to kill' is right in the headlines and I don't get a James Bond picture?
[APNEWS] The director of a TV station critical of President Daniel Ortega was accused Saturday of inciting terrorism after authorities raided and shut down the station’s offices in their latest salvo against independent media and nongovernmental organizations.
Miguel Mora’s wife, Veronica Chavez, who is also a journalist, accused police at a news conference of carrying out a "kidnapping" of her husband "on orders of the dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and (first lady and Vice President) Rosario Murillo."
Mora appeared in court in the morning wearing a blue prisoner’s uniform and was formally accused of "provocation, proposition and conspiracy to commit terrorist acts," according to a court document.
The document alleged that Mora, through the 100% Noticias channel, incited hate with messages and "false news" that purportedly provoked people to violent acts in protests this year that have demanded Ortega’s exit from office.
Mora was locked away Book 'im, Mahmoud! in a police raid Friday night in which agents also took control equipment from the station. The channel went off the air, and the national broadcast regulator issued a statement banning cable operators from carrying its signal.
"They had everything planned," Chavez said. "They waited until Miguel ended his IV Poder program and began to surround the station. Then they entered in force as if they were after a dangerous criminal, they pointed guns at us and they took him away."
Chavez said she and four others were also arrested, and she was the only one to be freed three hours later. The 100% Noticias station had previously been forced off the air for over 10 days in April before being allowed to resume broadcasting.
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[APNEWS] Thousands of people marched in anti-government protests Friday in Budapest, upset over labor law changes, increasing corruption and limits on academic freedom under Prime Minister Viktor Orban’s nationalist government.
The protests, which started last week, have given the country’s fragmented opposition a chance to work together as they challenge Orban, who has led the country with increasing powers since 2010.
The satiric Hungarian Two-Tailed Dog Party hosted a downtown march Friday night in the Hungarian capital with speeches, chants and signs critical of Orban.
One sign said "I want to give birth to a stadium," poking fun at two of Orban’s preoccupations: Increasing the nation’s birthrate and filling the country with white-elephant sports facilities.
Protesters gathered outside Parliament and marched to the offices of President Janos Ader in Buda Castle to rebuke him for signing the labor changes as well as other legislation creating a new court system under government control.
The new courts will hear most cases involving the state, from taxation issues to electoral disputes, so having them under government control creates a sharp conflict of interest and reduces their independence.
Since returning to power eight years ago, Orban has been reshaping Hungary. New laws governing the media and churches have been enacted while the state has an ever-increasing presence in all walks of life, from industry to the arts and sports.
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"Thousands". EU paid, I'd bet
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Frank, I'm betting on Soros paid but will embrace and "AND".
[DailyMail] A tenth person has died during the Yellow Vest protests in La Belle France as demonstrations resumed today, with police pulling their guns on activists amid fierce festivities in central Gay Paree.
A 36-year-old motorist, who has not been identified publicly, died when his car collided with a lorry at a road block erected by protesters in Perpignan last night, in the south of the country.
A local police front man said: 'The victim was with a group of demonstrators when the accident happened just before midnight on Friday. An enquiry has been launched.'
Protesters also gathered around a tollbooth on a French motorway on Saturday causing huge queues of vehicles and long delays.
Meanwhile Brussels faced renewed demonstrations after a month of mass protests which have seen at least 400 people detained following festivities with police.
WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ President Donald Trump says Defense Secretary Jim Mattis will leave his post on Jan. 1. Trump announced Mattis’ new departure date in a tweet, and said he’s naming deputy defense chief Patrick Shanahan as acting secretary.
The move comes just three days after Mattis resigned in protest over Trump’s decision to pull all U.S. troops out of Syria. Mattis originally said he would stay through February to ensure an orderly transition.
Donald J. Trump
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I am pleased to announce that our very talented Deputy Secretary of Defense, Patrick Shanahan, will assume the title of Acting Secretary of Defense starting January 1, 2019. Patrick has a long list of accomplishments while serving as Deputy, & previously Boeing. He will be great!
[The Hill] The mood at the Pentagon and on Capitol Hill darkened with the resignation of Defense Secretary James Mattis.
A Pentagon official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity on Friday, described the mood inside the building as "eerie."
"Obviously it’s close to the holidays so you don’t expect to see a lot of people, but there’s just a general fear of the unknown," the official said.
The news that Mattis will leave at the end of February came on top of an already heavy plate of turmoil: President Trump’s full withdrawal from Syria, the consideration of a drawdown in Afghanistan, a looming government shutdown and tanking stock markets.
But the Mattis exit was the cherry on a sour sundae, given his standing as the most respected member of Trump’s Cabinet across the political spectrum.
It left officials and lawmakers in a gloomy mood, worried that Trump’s moves in Syria and Afghanistan are just the beginning.
"Imagine a mentor or a friend, someone you thought would be there for the entirety of your tour, someone who everyone thought really highly of, suddenly not there anymore. ... People are really bummed," the Pentagon official said.
Mattis submitted his resignation letter to Trump on Thursday following the president’s decision to withdraw all 2,000 U.S. troops from Syria and as he mulls halving the number of troops deployed to Afghanistan.
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He's getting ready to 'ruck up' and move on. Celebrate the man's numerous contributions and prepare the drop zone for the next man or woman's arrival. A lengthy bemoaning of Mattis' departure is not healthy. It's the attitude of a feather merchant, not a warrior.
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I'd be good with Haley/Mattis. "Gentlemen, you can either pass the bill I want or deal with (points) him."
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...reminds me of I, Claudius. After the Praetorians set Claudius on the throne and before the assembled Senators, said he didn't want the job but he got it anyway and if the Senate objected they should explain it to them (the Pretorians). Great scene.
[DAWN] Four members of a tribe were rubbed out in a suspected 'honour' killing case in the Lotar area of Upper Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... on Friday, DawnNews reported on Saturday citing local police.
According to Kohistan District Police Officer (DPO) Raja Abdul Saboor, the quartet, which included two women and two men, were murdered on the orders of a jirga (tribal council) and over suspicions of illicit relations.
The police official said that the slain men and women were cousins and that their bodies have been transferred to Dasu Rural Health Centre for post-mortem examination.
DPO Saboor said that a First Information Report (FIR) has been registered against a certain Rehmat Ali ‐another cousin of the dear departed.
Furthermore, the DPO said that investigation into the case as well as raids to arrest the accused are underway.
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[DAWN] A man from Sargodha, demanding to be made the prime minister, climbed a mobile tower in Islamabad on Saturday to call attention to his demands, DawnNewsTV reported.
The man not only called for the authorities to make him the premier but also proposed that if they do so, he would ensure Pakistain's debts are paid off within the next six months.
The situation escalated when the man, who was waving the Pakistain flag as he put forth his demands, threatened to jump off if he was not made the prime minister immediately.
Faced with an increasingly sticky situation, the district administration along with police officials came up with an inventive solution. They approached mimicry artist Shafaat Ali to help defuse the matter.
A mobile phone was then handed over to the man under the pretense that he would be speaking to Prime Minister Imran Khan ... aka Taliban Khan, who ain't the brightest knife in the national drawer... . Shafaat Ali reportedly pulled off a convincing impression of the prime minister and was able to talk the troubled man into getting down from the tower.
The man was taken into police custody and shifted to Kohsar Police Station.
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[Middle East Monitor] Yair Netanyahu, the son of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, was yesterday banned from Facebook for posting anti-Muslim content.
The saga began on Thursday after Yair Netanyahu wrote on Facebook that: "There will not be peace here [in Israel-Palestine] until: 1. All the Jews leave the land of Israel. 2. All the Muslims leave the land of Israel. I prefer the second option."
The post quickly gained traction in Israel, with the Times of Israel reporting that it had "garnered over 750 reactions as of Friday evening, [...] most of them in agreement". Yair then continued his anti-Muslim tirade, writing in a separate post: "Do you know where there are no terror attacks? In Iceland and Japan. Coincidentally there’s also no Muslim population there."
According to Haaretz, Yair also wrote a third post in which he called for "avenging the deaths" of two Israeli soldiers killed last week and the expulsion of Palestinians. Although Facebook had removed these posts on the grounds that they were in violation of its community rules, Yair shared a screenshot of the post, prompting the social media giant to yesterday block his account for 24 hours.
Taking to Twitter, Yair claimed he had been blocked for calling out Facebook on its removal of the posts, saying: "Unbelievable. Facebook blocks me for 24 hours for simply criticising it! Thought police."
[Times of Israel] Demonstrators briefly block major junction in Israel’s financial hub amid push against price hikes, government corruption.
Hundreds of Israelis took part in "yellow vest" demonstrations in Tel Aviv on Saturday to protest the cost of living in Israel and alleged government corruption.
The protests, which began earlier this month, were inspired by the nationwide demonstrations in France over the past month that were set off by a fuel tax increase.
In Israel, protests have centered on a recent wave of announced price hikes in electricity, water, gas and cellphone bills, as well as food products, insurance and property taxes.
[PRESSTV] Stunning images taken by the European Space Agency (ESA) show a massive ice-filled Martian crater on the cold and dry red planet, the closest candidate that is expected to somehow harbor life and become humans’ next destination for a rainy day.
The images, which have been taken by the European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter, shows the 82-kilometer-wide Korolev crater, located in northern lowlands of Mars, filled with permanent water ice as thick as 1.8 kilometers in deep places, ESA said in a statement.
"The very deepest parts of Korolev crater, those containing ice, act as a natural cold trap: the air moving over the deposit of ice cools down and sinks, creating a layer of cold air that sits directly above the ice itself," it added.
The reservoir is speculated to contain some 2,200 cubic kilometers of water ice ‐ same as the volume of Canada’s Great Bear Lake. This colossal amount of water ice could be important for the survival of future colonists, and might even help them to return back home, as water could be split into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.
The outstanding photographs, taken by the High Resolution Stereo Camera (HRSC), were created after it captured five different "strips" of the crater, each one coming from a different orbit as the Mars Express probe flew overhead. By combining the strips the HRSC managed to produce single images.
The HRSC is capable of picking out features 10 meters wide, or as small as 2 meters when used in super-resolution mode.
The crater, which depicts such a beautiful winter wonderland on Mars, is named after chief rocket engineer and spacecraft designer Sergey Korolev (1906-1966), dubbed the father of Soviet space technology. He was the head of iconic space exploration missions, including the Sputnik, Vostok, and Voskhod programs.
The European Space Agency’s Mars Express orbiter swung into orbit around Mars on Christmas Day 2003.
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and might even help them to return back home, as water could be split into hydrogen and oxygen for rocket fuel.
Musk thanks them for the info and begins laying out Mar methane/oxygen factory site plans.
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Abdul, from the Muslim Aleutians:
"A pool to perform the ablutions...
On Mars! I must race
To this wonderful place
With my culture's unique contributions!"
[PRESSTV] Iran has executed a corrupt businessman for appropriating more than 10 trillion rials ($100 million) mainly by defrauding banks and a major oil refining firm.
Hamid-Reza Baqeri-Dermani, nicknamed "the Sultan of Bitumen," was hanged on Saturday after conviction on the charge of "corruption on earth," which carries capital punishment.
The conviction had been issued by Tehran’s Public and Revolution Court, which had studied the 25,000-page case concerning Dermani and his associates.
The court found him liable for stealing the sum through fraudulent activity, including forming a fraud network, mass-scale smuggling, bribery, and setting up front and cardboard firms.
The activities would enable him to value properties at far higher than their actual price before leasing them.
On one occasion, he secured a staggering bank loan using forged documents.
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[Breitbart] Gun control activist David Hogg announced Saturday that he has been officially accepted to Harvard University.
Hogg emerged as a gun control activist following the February 14, 2018, Marjory Stoneman Douglas attack and continues to seek restrictions on the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding Americans.
On December 9, 2018, Breitbart News reported that Hogg mocked Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL) for sharing Bible verses on Twitter, pushing Rubio to pass gun laws instead.
On December 8, Breitbart News reported that Hogg was pushing a federal sales tax on all firearms, despite the fact that such a tax would run the risk of making firearms cost prohibitive for poorer Americans who may need them most.
On October 29, 2018–two days after the attack on Pittsburgh’s Tree of Life synagogue–Hogg mocked President Trump’s suggestion that places of worship acquire armed protection. No security was in the synagogue when the attacker struck.
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SAT score was in the bottom 3%. This was Liberal Affirmative Action for his admission as a PoliSci major. Had he been a conservative, the score would have been too low. The child simply isn't all that bright.
[IsraelTimes] As many groups distance themselves from national leadership over co-chairs’ ties to Nation of Islam leader Louis Farrakhan, some worry divide could undercut the movement.
This is a heartening response to Tablet Magazine’s long and well-researched report on the subject, seen here.
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.
[Breitbart] A Mexican migrant assaulted a Tucson Sector Border Patrol agent after illegally crossing the border from Mexico on December 19. The agent had to be taken to a hospital for injuries sustained after being struck in the head with a rock.
[The South African] Paddy Ashdown, the former leader of Britain’s Liberal Democrats who served as the international high representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina, died Saturday at the age of 77, his party announced.
PEARLAND, Texas (BP) -- After World War II, decorated Army veteran Jesse Whitley returned home and became a soldier for the Lord, serving as a Baptist pastor and preacher for more than 45 years.
[DailyMail UK] At least 20 people have been killed after a tsunami caused by a volcanic eruption hit beaches in Indonesia. 
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[APNEWS] Cuba’s National Assembly on Saturday approved an update of the country’s constitution, the final step before a national referendum expected to approve the new charter in February.
[BLOOMBERGQUINT] Teams of marksmen next year will patrol swaths of Rio de Janeiro with high-powered weapons and a license to kill, said a security adviser to Governor-elect Wilson Witzel.
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[DAWN] A man from Sargodha, demanding to be made the prime minister, climbed a mobile tower in Islamabad on Saturday to call attention to his demands, DawnNewsTV reported.
[Times of Israel] Demonstrators briefly block major junction in Israel’s financial hub amid push against price hikes, government corruption.
[PRESSTV] Stunning images taken by the European Space Agency (ESA) show a massive ice-filled Martian crater on the cold and dry red planet, the closest candidate that is expected to somehow harbor life and become humans’ next destination for a rainy day.
