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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Migrant detained at US-Mexico border had flesh-eating bacteria
[NYP] A man among a group of migrants detained in a desolate part of New Mexico near the Mexican border has a flesh-eating bacteria.

The man was taken to a hospital recently after telling a federal agent that he had a growing rash on his leg, Border Patrol spokesman Carlos Antunez said Friday.

The rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, spreads quickly and can be fatal, but is unlikely to spread to others.

The bacteria usually gets into the body through a minor cut or scrape and can cause a serious infection that can destroy muscle, skin and other tissue.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2019 06:47 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1  The rare condition, called necrotizing fasciitis, spreads quickly and can be fatal

Sucks to be you, Carlos...
Posted by: Raj || 01/27/2019 8:29 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Video - Fighter Jets Flying Low
Video 5:22. Can anybody name all the aircraft? All the nationalities?
Posted by: Bobby || 01/27/2019 13:08 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Different ones, but guess that all are Russian.
Posted by: Alistaire Untervehr8459 || 01/27/2019 15:59 Comments || Top||

#2  1-3: F-18
4: Su-25
5: MiG-29
6: F-16
7-10: F-18
11: No aircraft visible
12: Su-24
13: F-18
14: Su-24
15:17: F-18
18: Panavia Tornado
19: @2:43, too blurry to make out
20: Su-33 or Su-34
21: Mirage 2000
Gave up after 3 mins.
Posted by: Unaviling Ghibelline2407 || 01/27/2019 17:09 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
YouTube promises to stop promoting misleading videos
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] If you believe the world is flat, don’t count on YouTube recommending videos supporting your theory.

That’s because YouTube is promising to stop promoting so many sensationalistic clips that revolve around scientifically proven falsehoods and other suspect information, such as conspiracy theories revolving around the US government’s involvement in the 9/11 attacks that destroyed the World Trade Center in New York.
or Global Warming Climate Change?
YouTube, part of Google, announced its de-emphasis on misleading videos Friday.

It’s the latest example of a widely used digital service trying to stop the spread of misinformation as politicians scrutinize the role that technology companies play in distributing potentially toxic propaganda. Both Facebook and Twitter are trying to take similar steps.

The misleading videos will remain on YouTube, even after they are phased out from its recommendation list.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  translation: we are using the loonies as cover to further suppress and demonitize libertarian and conservative thought, and also suppress anything that runs counter to the dominant progressive story lines. Latest example: burying the damage done by the media in the Covington kids case.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 01/27/2019 11:00 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Zimbabwe pledges to probe abuse, rape claims against security forces
[PULSE.NG] Zimbabwe's government has pledged to "thoroughly" investigate allegations of abuse and rape levelled against its security forces during a brutal crackdown to quell last week's anti-government protests.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And you are doing little better.
Please hold it together.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 0:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Anyone having pertinent information please come to the local army post?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/27/2019 11:53 Comments || Top||


DR Congo rebels surrender in welcome for new President Tshisekedi
[PULSE.NG] Six hundred Congolese rebels whose conflict killed several thousand people in the restive Kasai region, have ended their war and surrendered their weapons in a sign of support for new President Felix Tshisekedi, local authorities said on Saturday.

Tshisekedi was sworn in on Thursday as president of Democratic Republic of the Congo
...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material...
, marking the country's first peaceful handover of power after chaotic and bitterly disputed elections.

Wearing red bandanas, the gunnies surrendered AK47 rifles, hunting shotguns, machetes, knives, arrows and various amulets to the Kasai-Central provincial authorities, an AFP correspondent said.

"These 600 gunnies responded to our appeal for peace. We have a new president and we should all support him. We call on those who are still in the bush to also hand over their weapons," said local governor Denis Kambayi.

Authorities estimate around 1,700 militia fighters were operating in the area.

Around 50 rebel recruiters from Kasai region surrendered to authorities earlier this month after welcoming Tshisekedi's presidential election win.

Several thousand people were killed between 2016 and October 2017 in four provinces during an insurgency by the Kamwina Nsapu (Black Ant) militia, named after a leader killed in a security force operation in August 2016.

"We have handed over our weapons because for us the war is over. The people have taken power with the election of Felix Tshisekedi, so for us there is no more justification for war," said Raphael Kabeya, a local militia commander, told AFP.

Kamwina Nsapu was a tribal chieftain who opposed the Kinshasa government and his rebels battled government forces and the pro-government Bana Mura militia.

Beyond a corpse count which UN sources put at some 3,000 -- including two UN experts sent to investigate the conflict -- the rebellion displaced around 1.4 million people.

Kabeya called on a rival militia Bana Mura to also surrender their weapons and end fighting as part of a reconciliation.

Another militia group also surrendered in neighbouring Tshikapa region, witnesses told AFP.

Militia tensions in the central region and fighting in the country's troubled east were among the complications in December's elections to replace President Joseph Kabila that were marred by repeated delays.

Tshisekedi on Friday turned the spotlight on human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
in his first day in office after succeeding Kabila who was in power for 18 years.

He has vowed to release all political prisoners swiftly and moved to reconcile with other candidates in a sign of hope in a country that has been chronically unstable since its independence from Belgium in 1960.

Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


Caribbean-Latin America
Venezuelan military official breaks with Nicolas Maduro, backs opposition
[DW] Jose Luis Silva, a key Venezuelan military official, has stepped down as defense attache in the US and thrown his weight behind opposition leader Juan Guaido. The military could play a crucial role in the current crisis.

Venezuela's defense attache to the United States, Colonel Jose Luis Silva, broke with President Nicolas Maduro on Saturday and said he supported opposition leader Juan Guaido (pictured above).

Guaido, the 35-year-old leader of the opposition-controlled National Assembly, declared himself interim president on Wednesday in the most direct challenge to Maduro's authoritarian presidency to date.

Related: VOA - Top Venezuelan Military Envoy to US Defects
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2019 07:41 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...On top of Bank of England's refusal yesterday to hand over nearly $2B USD in gold to Maduro, I'm wondering if the moving finger isn't warming up to give Maduro his notice...

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/27/2019 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Lets see a couple in-country do this, along with their units and bases. Then we will have something significant.
Posted by: Injun Bucket8891 || 01/27/2019 10:54 Comments || Top||

#3  When they can't make payroll....
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2019 11:47 Comments || Top||

#4  Slowly at first. Then all at once.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/27/2019 12:52 Comments || Top||

#5  ...On top of Bank of England's refusal yesterday to hand over nearly $2B USD in gold to Maduro, I'm wondering if the moving finger isn't warming up to give Maduro his notice...


He shoulda bought Bitcoin instead of messing around with his own personal shitcoin.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 01/27/2019 13:21 Comments || Top||


Venezuela allows US diplomats to stay, defusing showdown
[Stars and Stripes] CARACAS, Venezuela ‐ Venezuela defused a potential showdown with the United States, suspending a demand that U.S. diplomats leave the country as Washington called on the world to "pick a side" in the South American nation's fast-moving crisis.

Socialist President Nicolas Maduro broke relations with the United States on Wednesday after the Trump administration and many other nations in the region recognized opposition leader Juan Guaido as Venezuela's interim president, a move that Maduro called a coup attempt.

Maduro gave U.S. diplomats three days to leave the country, but the Trump administration said it wouldn't obey, arguing that Maduro is no longer Venezuela's legitimate president. That set the stage for a showdown at the hilltop U.S. Embassy compound Saturday night, when the deadline was to expire.

But as the sun set on Venezuela's capital, the Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Maduro's government was suspending the expulsion to provide a 30-day window for negotiating with U.S. officials about setting up a "U.S. interests office" in Venezuela and a similar Venezuelan office in the United States. The U.S. and Cuba had a similar arrangement for decades before the Obama administration restored diplomatic relations with the communist-run island.

The State Department did not confirm the Venezuelan government's account, reiterating only that its priority remains the safety of its personnel and that it has no plans to close the embassy.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2019 07:01 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Please comrade Maduro, let them stay.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2019 7:28 Comments || Top||


The eight day challenge: myths of snap elections
[Daniel-Venezuela.blogspot] Why can't Maduro offer fair elections?

Because his regime would quickly unravel. For example divisions inside his party could suddenly become unmanageable if that dissent demands a primary. The narco-staff that support him cannot allow the faintest chance to be booted out of office. Etc.
The best explanation of where we are.

Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 01:19 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  If easy on a Maduro exit, this could be an easy fix.
But will you?
We all do it all correct and stuff and there is protection.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 2:02 Comments || Top||

#2  "What has Maduro to offer to prove his sincerity to encourage a negotiation?

It is easy for him to deliver that: he just needs to call himself for an amnesty on all political prisoners and the TSJ just needs to rule on the case that has "justified" the annulation of the NA."
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 2:03 Comments || Top||

#3  He needs to get back his old job driving a bus. Give him the caracas - tucupita route.
Posted by: Deadeye B. Hayes9160 || 01/27/2019 11:20 Comments || Top||


EU to 'take further actions' if new elections not called in Venezuela: Mogherini
[PULSE.NG] The European Union "will take further actions" if new elections are not called in Venezuela in the coming days, EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini said on Saturday, as international pressure grows on embattled Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A strongly worded letter? International Criminal Court order? Strongly worded letter? Harrumphing? Amything else in your tool kit?
Posted by: Alaska Paul || 01/27/2019 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  How about a very strongly worded letter? An idea so crazy, it just might work!
Posted by: Raj || 01/27/2019 6:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Calling Mr Magnan of TCD to white courtesy phone.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/27/2019 6:39 Comments || Top||

#4  They will add extra "naughty" to that letter.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/27/2019 11:31 Comments || Top||

#5  So give Maduro another chance to get fraudulently elected? No. Go with the president that the Supreme Court in Exbile ratified already.
Posted by: gorb || 01/27/2019 11:43 Comments || Top||

#6  They're going to serve them some acidic dishes -- with a Pinot Noir!!


Eeeee...!!!
Posted by: charger || 01/27/2019 14:25 Comments || Top||


El Aissami described as "repudiable" and "insensate" the position of Spain
[ELUNIVERSAL] The vice president of the Economic Area, Tareck El Aissami, described as "repudiable" and "insensate" the position of Spain, where the president of that country, Pedro Sanchez, gave an ultimatum to President Nicolás Maduro to organize elections "free" or otherwise recognize Juan Guaidó as the person in charge of the Venezuelan Executive Power.

"REPUDIABLE and insensate the position that has assumed the government of Spain. Again @sanchezcastejon like Aznar in the coup d'état against Comandante CHÁVEZ, pretends to justify, in an irresponsible way, the UNJUSTIFIABLE. We thought there was nothing worse than RAJOY ... ", published El Aissami, through his Twitter account.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, Cynthia backed into the galley, the barbecue fork held in front of her.
Jack! she called. Where the hell are you?...

the official front man related the assertions made by Sanchez to the actions of the former head of the Spanish government, José María Aznar, who is accused by his association in a coup d'etat against the late Venezuelan ex-president Hugo Chavez in 2002.

So far, at least four countries in Europe
...also known as Moslem Lebensraum...
have indicated that they give "eight days" to the national government to be organized presidential elections with international backing and to manifest "the will of the people", otherwise, the president of the National Assembly, Juan Guaidó, will be recognized as the interim president of Venezuela, when affirming that the deputy can take the country to said elections.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  "Repudiable and insensate"
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2019 8:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Repudiable sounds more erudite than mustache cursing.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/27/2019 10:35 Comments || Top||

#3  ...eschew obfuscation...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/27/2019 10:36 Comments || Top||


FAES executed 5 young people in Lara
[ELUNIVERSAL] In 24 hours the group of Special Actions Forces (FAES) executed 5 young people in the municipalities of Morán and Torres of Lara State, for participating in the peaceful demonstration held on January 23 in those municipalities, in addition to the rest of the country, denounced the leader of Causa R, Alfredo Ramos and member of Frente Amplio Lara.

Ramos said that among those killed in El Tocuyo were two minors identified as Cristian Alejandro Ramos and Anderson Torres Cortés, while the third was the latter's brother José Alfredo Cortez, 27 years old.

The incident occurred, he said, on Friday, January 25, in the El Bosque de El Tocuyo sector when a command made up of officials of that security agency, as witnesses informed of the incident, penetrated the house where the brothers at the same time that they did the same in the house of the other minor.

The brothers knelt in the living room of their home and took the mother from the place, while the younger Christian Cortes surprised him when he was in front of his computer and took him to the house where the two brothers were and right there they executed.

These young people are accused of being involved in the supposed attempt to arson the house of the mayor of the municipality of Morán, Gisela Rodríguez and the theft of Mercal from the area on the night of January 23.

CALICANTO MUNICIPALITY TORRES

On the other hand, 24 hours earlier in the municipality of Torres in the Calicanto sector of Carora, Luis Enrique Ramos Suárez, aged 29, suffered the same fate, was taken from his house by FAES troops who raided his home and appeared with a gunshot. in the chest, also presenting blows to the face and body.

Witnesses of the facts through social networks asked for help and support. However,
some men learn by reading. A few learn by observation. The rest have to pee on the electric fence for themselves...
the police report indicated that the dear departed was "a dangerous delinquent" known as "Cabeza de pineapple," who resided in the Jacobo Oropeza neighborhood of Calicanto.

Ramos would be involved in the crimes of kidnapping, armed robbery, sale of drugs. The FAES troops after an investigation work managed to locate him and Ramos was confronted resulting in maimed in the site and died in the health center where he was transferred.

EXTERMINATION GROUP

The political leader blamed the government for having created an extermination group that together with the collectives do the work, as the chain of command of the military and security agencies of the State "is broken."

He noted that the youth of El Tocuyo, apparently, were hired by members of the PSUV to generate chaos during the day of the opposition and try to cause some damage to the house of the mayor in order to accuse the opposition.

The order to shut them up came out, "he said," from the Lara state government. While the events of Carora were due to the participation of the two victims in the peaceful demonstration called for that day.

The repression is in the street, only in Lara there are more than 30 detainees, as confirmed by the regional president. For this reason, "we call on the Armed Forces to put themselves on the side of the Constitution and the people and thus recover the prestige and respect that Venezuelans had before them."

"Guaidó, current interim president of the Republic, has been magnanimous and humble calling for the transition of our country in peace," he said.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies


EU says it could recognize Guaidó as president of Venezuela
[ELUNIVERSAL] The European Union urgently called for new elections, saying that Venezuela's presidential vote last year was not democratic

Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  The hard part .. DERP....

Is, it is the Right thing to do.
But this is Europe. Their compass is a floating garbage pile in the Ocean that will do anything Faddish or cool.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Anybody EU likes...
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/27/2019 2:05 Comments || Top||

#3  It seems to me that DJT turned up the heat on a lot of pots and now the stirring has begun.

Posted by: AlanC || 01/27/2019 8:45 Comments || Top||


Guaidó: We will not go to elections that do not have the conditions and real guarantees
[ELUNIVERSAL] The president of the National Assembly (AN) and in charge of Venezuela, Juan Guaidó, said on Saturday that he will not lend himself "for false dialogues" and denied that the people will attend "elections that do not have real conditions and guarantees" .

However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
he said he was willing to meet "with any official who wants the cessation of the usurpation, the transitional government and free elections."

He explained that "there are many elements necessary for a free election, such as the renewal of the CNE, to open the electoral registry abroad, to have prior audits and not to have been disabled".

"They will not stop us, for false dialogues we will not lend ourselves and least of all for unconditional elections," he said.

He asserted that several European countries have already communicated with him and said that they will support the entry of humanitarian aid to Venezuela.

He also said that from today "the process of asset protection begins so that the money from Venezuela is not stolen."
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Workers of PDVSA expressed "support and loyalty" to Nicolas Maduro
[ELUNIVERSAL] The president of the state, Manuel Quevedo, said it is an "attack by the United States" against the country to "disturb the coexistence and peace of Venezuelans"

Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  You are trespassing here.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  Get to work or get off MY rig. We have mouths to feed.
Posted by: newc || 01/27/2019 0:16 Comments || Top||

#3  "Politically reliable. Technically morons - and not the good kind"
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2019 8:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Soon to be moved to the 1st Proletariat Shock Cannon Fodder Battalion
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/27/2019 8:26 Comments || Top||


EU says it could recognize Guaido as president of Venezuela
[ELUNIVERSAL] The European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
(EU) as a whole said on Saturday it could recognize the leader of the Venezuelan opposition, Juan Guaidó, sworn in as interim president of the country, if the current government does not announce new elections in the coming days.

EU foreign policy chief Federica Mogherini said in a statement that the European bloc will intensify contacts with its international allies "in the coming hours" on the Venezuelan crisis.

The EU urgently called for new elections, saying that Venezuela's presidential vote last year was not democratic.

Mogherini said that "in the absence of an announcement about the organization of new elections with the necessary guarantees in the coming days, the EU will take new measures, including the question of recognition of the country's leadership."

Moments earlier on Saturday, the governments of Spain, La Belle France, Germany and Britannia set a deadline of eight days for the Venezuelan Nicolás Maduro to call new presidential elections.

The position of Europeans opens a new front in their tensions with Russia, which strongly supports Maduro.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Commies


China-Japan-Koreas
Thanks To Trump, China's Economy Is Rapidly Decelerating
h/t Instapundit
[HotAir] By adopting a tough stance on trade with Beijing, President Trump was able to expose the weakness of China’s economy and demonstrate that its growth is far more fragile than it appears. In fact, the tariffs began worrying China’s elite last summer ‐ a clear sign that Beijing was unprepared to cope with Washington’s pressure.

This week, President Xi Jinping even assembled the country’s top leaders, warning them of "serious dangers" and "tests" that will face the ruling Communist party. "The party is facing long-term and complex tests in terms of maintaining long-term rule, reform and opening-up, a market-driven economy, and within the external environment," Xi said, striking a tone of urgency and concern about the regime’s future.

Meanwhile, Chinese lawmakers have been rushing through a new law designed to alleviate American concerns about intellectual property rights and forced technology transfers, something that President Trump has made a top priority.
Doesn't mean shit til you enforce it
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/27/2019 02:21 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  they'll only have to hold out another twenty months or so until Hero of the People's Party Robert Mueller can save them from Trump and the remnant of the Real United States of America.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 01/27/2019 13:58 Comments || Top||

#2  Chinese exports dropped in the middle last year but the US-China trade deficit is back to breaking new records.
Posted by: Unaviling Ghibelline2407 || 01/27/2019 17:41 Comments || Top||


Europe
Yellow vest protestors block Parisian streets for 11th week running
[Mail] Violence erupted in France for the 11th Saturday in a row today as thousands of so-called Yellow Vest protestors demonstrated against President Emmanuel Macron's government.

It came two days after the head of state had accused British politicians of 'tearing society apart' by allowing a Brexit referendum in Britain, but today the chants in his own country were for his resignation.

The worst early violence was in Paris, and in northern towns including Evreux and Rouen, in Normandy, where tear gas and baton charges were used by police to restore order.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/27/2019 02:40 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Fifth Column
GRAPHIC - Armed Far Leftist Draws On Cops, Protesters Blame Cops
Why isn't this national news?

In a gun free zone, too.


Posted by: Herb McCoy || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Can't show democrats breaking the law. Against the 'narrative.'
Posted by: Silentbrick || 01/27/2019 0:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Officers draw was extremely quick. Good training evident.
Posted by: jvalentour || 01/27/2019 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  #1, CAN a socialist break the Law?
Posted by: Cesare || 01/27/2019 9:16 Comments || Top||

#4  "The law" is designed to protect leftists. It obviously failed this guy.

"The law" is designed to never come down on "Children of The Narrative," hence the treatment of antifa bike lock guy.

"The law" is designed to come down extra hard on people who give the left a tummy ache be it messed up idiot in Charlottesville or some Christian wedding cake baker somewhere.

"The law," here, now in the USA would have a lot to answer for if the Founders all showed up to ask the questions.

"The law," As Dr. Johnson said, now, more than ever, is an ass.

With all due respect to honest and dedicated law enforcement professionals everywhere...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/27/2019 10:15 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Trump golf club reportedly fires illegal immigrant workers
"Muchas gracias, estupida puta! You had to open your boca!"
[NYPost] Longtime employees of the Trump National Golf Club in Westchester were reportedly fired en masse last week ‐ for being in the US illegally.

The move came as the government was in the throes of a partial shutdown while President Trump demanded funding for a border wall that, he said, would keep out illegal immigrants.

About a dozen chefs, housekeepers and waiters got the axe Jan. 18, they told The Washington Post on Saturday, for providing fake Social Security numbers and green cards when they were hired as long as 15 years ago.

The club was the site of a 2016 speech in which President Trump, still a candidate at the time, promised to crack down on illegal immigration. He said they harm workers who are US citizens.

"We are making a broad effort to identify any employee who has given false and fraudulent documents to unlawfully gain employment," Eric Trump, who is running his father's businesses with his brother Don Jr., told the Washington Post.

The widespread employment of undocumented immigrants is why "my father is fighting so hard for immigration reform," Eric Trump said.

"The system is broken."

The firings at Trump's Westchester club follow a similar purge at the family's Bedminster, N.J., golf course last year in the wake of reports of undocumented employees on its staff.
Remember the "brave" maid who came forward for the Left and MSM to great applause?
Posted by: Frank G || 01/27/2019 13:20 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Brick kiln owner tortured to death in police custody
[DAWN] GUJRAT: Kakrali police allegedly tortured a brick kiln owner to death in detention on Friday, a day after he was taken into custody on complaint of a PML-Q office-bearer.

The death led to a protest and suspension of two police officials, including a station house officer (SHO), and registration of a case against seven police officials, including a deputy police superintendent (DSP). The district police officer also formed an inquiry committee, led by a superintendent of police (SP).

The dear departed, Arshad, 55, of the Chariaola village was detained by the Kakrali police on Thursday on complaint of Chaudhry Shahbaz Kakrali, the deputy convener of Kharian police circle reconciliatory committee, PML-Q district vice president and former nazim
...small time big shot, the chief elected official of a local government in Pakistan, such as a district, tehsil, union council, or village council...
of the Kakrali Union Council. Shahbaz had filed an application with the police against Arshad over a monetary dispute of Rs800,000.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Senate panel not satisfied with police answers on Sahiwal killings
[DAWN] The Senate Standing Committee on Interior was on Friday not satisfied with the answers provided by Inspector General of Police (IGP) Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Amjad Javed Saleemi to questions regarding the alleged extra-judicial killings of four people, including three of a family, in Sahiwal by the Counter Terrorism Department (CTD).

The parliamentary panel met with Senator Rehman Malik
Pak politician, Interior Minister under the Gilani government. Malik is a former Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) intelligence officer who rose to head the FIA during Benazir Bhutto's second tenure. Malik was tossed from his FIA job in 1998 after documenting the breath-taking corruption of the Sharif family. By unhappy coincidence Nawaz Sharif became PM at just that moment and Malik moved to London one step ahead of the button men. He had to give up the interior ministry job because he held dual Brit citizenship.
in the chair.

Home Secretary Fazeel Asghar told members of the committee that the driver of the car, Zeeshan Javed, was a terrorist. He said Zeeshan was the main target and that a photograph of the car was taken before the operation which showed two people sitting in the front seats of the car. He said the rear of the car was not clear in the picture due to the luggage.

Only 14 of the 42 questions asked by the committee were answered in writing by the Punjab police, who avoided answering the trickier questions till the finalisation of the investigation by the joint investigation team (JIT).

The IGP said CTD had played a significant role in breaking terrorist networks as there has been a significant decrease in terrorism incidents after the formation of the force in 2015.

However,
nothing needs reforming like other people's bad habits...
he said, the Sahiwal incident "has broken our backbone" and that everyone should wait till the finalisation of the JIT report.

The police’s record, presented before the committee, shows that no criminal case was registered against the passengers in the car, including Zeeshan, who was described as a terrorist by the home secretary.

The committee chairman said it needs to be made clear if Zeeshan Javed was radicalised and if so, evidence of his involvement in terrorism, if he was ever nabbed
Maw! They're comin' to get me, Maw!
for such acts and if he was ever tried for them or put under notice.
Posted by: Fred || 01/27/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Home Front: Culture Wars
‘Sopranos' Star Vincent Curatola on Political Correctness: Are We Going to Start Banning or Burning Books?
[Breitbart] Actor Vincent Curatola, who starred as Johnny ’Sack’ Sacramoni in the classic HBO series The Sopranos, lamented the growth of "politically correct" attitudes in America, offering his remarks in a Friday interview on SiriusXM’s Breitbart News Daily with host Alex Marlow.

Marlow invited Curatola’s comment on the suffocation of creativity in the arts via "political correctness."

"One of the things that’s so striking to me ... is the political correctness age we’re in now, which is bigger than ever," said Marlow. "Comedians have to watch what they say. You can’t even have a villain saying bad things, at this point. And so your characters, you guys ripped each other about your weight, about your noses, about your wife’s as. I mean, it was brutal, but it was also real and it was wildly entertaining. Your character wielded a cigarette like it was nobody’s business, and it’s one of those things where having a cigarette ‐ smoking ‐ is worse than being a murderer, at this point. Speak to that."
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#1  Hellooooooo, we're already well down this road.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 01/27/2019 3:12 Comments || Top||

#2  I can't say anything bad about someone who recognizes most of his colleagues are full of sh*t...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/27/2019 10:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Yes, and have re-education camps for those that don't follow the approved group think. That is the left's wet dream and they are doing everything they can to bring it to reality.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/27/2019 12:42 Comments || Top||


Colorado Teacher, Union Leader Misidentified ‘Hitler Youth': Family Demands Answers
[ConservativeDailyPress] A Colorado teacher has been placed on leave after incorrectly doxing a "Hitler Youth" who was not involved in the ambush by Native American and Black Israelite protestors.

In Colorado, a history teacher and union leader decided to target a child for retribution, but she was the one who got punished.

The Douglas County, liberal ’do-gooder’ outed the wrong student. In social media posts the teacher doxed a student who wasn’t even in D.C. at the time of the Covington Catholic High School incident.

During the Walk for Life event, while catholic students were peacefully standing in line for their bus, groups of liberal ’protestors’ ambushed them. Although the students showed remarkable restraint in the face of these adult attacks, carefully edited video caused outrage against the kids.

When full video of the incident was finally reported, the damage had already been done by leftists who jumped on the mob-bandwagon, calling for the death and dismemberment of those students.

One such hater, who is supposed to be an example to students, rushed to ’dox’ one of the boys involved, but got it wrong.

In a now-deleted Twitter account, to Mountain Ridge Middle School teacher Michelle Grissom, incorrectly identify the student, and called that misidentified student a member of the ’Hitler Youth.’

The actual High School student who was attacked by liberals that day was Nick Sandmann.

Grissom has since been placed on leave from teaching impressionable children, and has resigned from her position on the teacher’s union.

Many people ask what sort of warped and twisted freak would do something like this to a child.

DougCo Schools spokeswoman Paula Hans stated, "Michelle Grissom is currently on leave," and principal Shannon Clarke told parents in a Wednesday e-mail. "Please understand that I am unable to share specific details, as this is a personnel matter."

One day earlier, Clarke acknowledged the school was informed of the situation.

"I have been made aware of comments on social media that involve a member of the MRMS community," Clarke told parents Monday. "We are addressing this situation, as appropriate."

"Grissom is a member of the executive board of the Douglas County Federation, the teachers union representing DougCo educators. Kallie Leyba, president of the Douglas County Federation, declined to comment on the online comments.

"When asked, Leyba said the union’s executive board members did not need to remain employed by the district, as the board also includes retirees."

A WordPress blog created Monday called for Grissom’s termination "for her role in the attempted doxxing and mob persecution of an underage boy."

Doxxing is the new way to create violent persecution of anyone the left in the country deems undesirable, and provides the name, address, and other information about the target so that liberals can harass that person.

The blog archived screenshots of the tweets attributed to Grissom, along with posts of the father of the falsely-maligned student.

Dr. John Jackson told reporters that he only created the posts after nothing was done by the school district or the school to have the teacher remove the posts.

Jackson explained that such action could have serious consequences for his family.

"It wasn’t my son, he wasn’t even in D.C.," Jackson said. "He was very shaken and upset. He feared that his future could be negatively impacted by having his name and picture associated with Hitler and the events in D.C."

He added, "We were shocked and disappointed when nobody from the school district reached out to us," Jackson said. "We feel like this is a serious offense and would like at least some form of acknowledgment and apology."

The Jackson family already has an offer of legal representation from Colorado-based attorney Nicolle Martin. She represented Masterpiece Cake baker Jack Phillips, protecting his religious freedoms.
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#1  We're Ever Closer To The Gloves Coming Off
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 01/27/2019 9:40 Comments || Top||

#2  This is how people get killed.
Posted by: DarthVader || 01/27/2019 11:32 Comments || Top||

#3  AoS:

Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 01/27/2019 17:05 Comments || Top||



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