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Suspected Herdsmen Kill 13 Persons In Benue State Community After Saturday’s Elections
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Missing head of slain Hong Kong model Abby Choi found in soup pot
[NY Post] Followup to a previous story here. They found her head.
The missing head of Hong Kong model Abby Choi was discovered in a soup pot — as four people were charged Sunday in connection to her gruesome slaying.

Hong Kong police said Choi’s decapitated head had been boiled until only the skull remained, the Times of London reported.

The rising fashion star — who had featured in Elle, Vogue and Harper’s Bazaar — went missing Tuesday.

The model’s ex-husband Alex Kwong was charged with murder Sunday, along with Kwong’s brother and father, according to local broadcaster TVB.

Choi’s former mother-in-law was charged with obstruction in the shocking case.

All four were denied bail.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/27/2023 13:48 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Who knew the Chinese had adopted 'honor' killings?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/27/2023 15:17 Comments || Top||

#2  That's in bad taste.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 02/27/2023 21:14 Comments || Top||

#3  ...
Said the waiter, "Don't shout,
and wave it about,
or the rest
will be wanting one too."
Posted by: SteveS || 02/27/2023 22:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Ooooohhhh... That one’s a classic, SteveS!
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/27/2023 22:34 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Drug-resistant strain of Shigella bacteria prompts warning from CDC
[ABC] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a health advisory Friday about an increase in an antibiotic-resistant strain of the Shigella bacteria.

Shigella is highly infectious and causes around 450,000 infections in the U.S. every year, according to the CDC.

Shigella is transmitted in several ways, including changing the diaper of a sick infant, by getting the bacteria on your hands and then touching your mouth, through sexual contact or by contaminated food and water, the CDC said in its advisory.

Usually, people recover without treatment, but those with severe cases or with underlying conditions that weaken the immune system may need to be treated with antibiotics.

The bacteria is easily transmissible and there are few antimicrobial treatment options for medical staff treating patients with the drug-resistant XDR strain of Shigella, according to the CDC, which prompted the warning.

The agency has asked health care professionals to be alert about suspecting and reporting cases of the XDR variant of Shigella to local and state health departments "given these potentially serious public health concerns."

Last year, 5% of Shigella infections reported to the CDC were caused by the XDR strain of the bacteria. In 2015, there weren't any infections from the XDR strain reported to the public health agency.

The increase in antimicrobial-resistant Shigella infections is primarily among men who have sex with men, people experiencing homelessness, international travelers and people living with HIV, the CDC reported.

The CDC said that health care staff should also educate their patients and communities who are most at risk of infection about prevention and how it is spread.

Posted by: Besoeker || 02/27/2023 04:14 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The increase in antimicrobial-resistant Shigella infections is primarily among men who have sex with men, people experiencing homelessness, international travelers and people living with HIV, the CDC reported.

And used baby diapers. Enough said.

Posted by: Besoeker || 02/27/2023 4:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Present company excepted...

Withholding their hands from a fellow,
Yelled homophobes, "Hey, Cinderella,
We knew this whole 'gays
Finding babies to raise'
Thing was risky as hell!"
"Oh, shigella!"
"They went there!"
"How square!"
"Eek! A hair! Where's my Nair?"
"In the tub, dummy, with the Nutella."
Posted by: Chunky Jising1138 || 02/27/2023 23:58 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Somaliland troops retreat from key town in Las Anod’s east
[ShabelleMedia] The Somaliland forces have completely withdrawn from Tukaraq town on Sunday morning without a battle, as confirmed by reliable sources.

The breakaway regional troops are said to have moved to the side of the road that connects GojaAde and Tukaraq, and are en route to Adhi-Adeye area.

There was no official confirmation from Somaliland that its troops had moved out of the town.

The fall of Tukaraq means that Somaliland lost the second key town in Sool region after Las Anod to the SSC fighters who are fighting for an autonomy under the Somali federal system.

On the other hand, Somaliland soldiers in Goojacade are said to be on standby for exit after gunfire heard on Sunday with reports they rebelled an SSC attack.

Somaliland forces abandoned main bastion on the outskirts of Las Anod on Saturday, in a sudden collapse of one of the war’s principal front lines after SSC made a rapid advance.

The swift retreat was Somaliland’s worst defeat since its troops were forced back from the Sool regional capital, Las Anod in January of this year.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/27/2023 00:51 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
China Is Building Pig Skyscrapers
[Youtube]
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/27/2023 11:09 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Hey, New York!

Investors are looking for chances to repurpose now-empty hotels
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/27/2023 12:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Repurposing hotels? I can't help thinking that raising pigs would be less wear and tear on the facilities than housing the homeless.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/27/2023 12:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh goody. We can go hyper swine flu.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/27/2023 15:18 Comments || Top||

#4  mosque?
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/27/2023 21:39 Comments || Top||

#5  This is one place where you definitely want the penthouse suite. Do not be down flow.
Posted by: Ebbains Threrenter5475 || 02/27/2023 23:00 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
GAFFE ALERT: Karine Jean-Pierre Calls Biden 'President Obama'
[Free Beacon] White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre referred to President Joe Biden as "President Obama" during a Thursday press briefing, marking the latest gaffe for the struggling press secretary.

"Just an hour or so ago, President Obama announced that—pardon me, President Biden," Jean-Pierre said while discussing Biden's nomination of Ajay Banga for president of the World Bank.

"We're going back, not forward. We got to go forward," Jean-Pierre said while trying to laugh off the error.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/27/2023 04:44 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  But was it actually a gaffe ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/27/2023 4:47 Comments || Top||

#2  I would love to see the org chart for Team Brandon.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/27/2023 8:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Finally the dim-bulb press secretary says something accurate!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/27/2023 11:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Funny how the truth finally emerges.

But Biden as called Kamala Prez Harris a few times, if I recall...must be a demographic thing.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 02/27/2023 13:06 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Young mum-to-be to use the same uterus she was born in to give birth to her own baby - after her mother undergoes Australia-first operation to hand over the womb
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Mother donates womb to daughter in Australian first

  • Michelle Hayton's uterus transplanted into Kirsty Bryant

  • Bryant now has the chance to carry a second child
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/27/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Recycling, or prelude to male baby-makers?
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/27/2023 6:05 Comments || Top||

#2  It is hardware. Men also don’t have the software. It is good if it stops here.
The Schwab-Gates crowd will surely look at this as a step towards the grow farms of The Brave New World. Further destruction of the family will likely increase the percentage of psychopaths and sociopaths in our society in a way that drives decent people into conclaves. That said, I don’t think they will be successful. The hour glass is running out on them at a rate slower than what I would like to see but also inexorably.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/27/2023 12:42 Comments || Top||

#3  "Hey, if you're not using that womb, I'd like to borrow it for a few months.
No problemo! Here ya go!
Thanks, Mum!"
Posted by: SteveS || 02/27/2023 13:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Anyone know if Mayor Pete's Mom is still alive?
Posted by: Frank G || 02/27/2023 13:28 Comments || Top||

#5  That is actually pretty cool. Now do testicles.
Posted by: DarthVader || 02/27/2023 22:44 Comments || Top||



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  Suspected Herdsmen Kill 13 Persons In Benue State Community After Saturday’s Elections
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