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4 killed, 6 wounded in mass shooting at Fresno, California football party

© KGPE-TVScene of what police called "mass casualty" shooting in Fresno, California on night of November 17, 2019
Four people were killed and six others wounded in a shooting Sunday night in California. Fresno Police Lieutenant Bill Dooley said a suspect or suspects sneaked into a football viewing party in a backyard and opened fire, according to CBS Fresno affiliate KGPE-TV.

There were about 35 people at the party, he said. Fresno Police Deputy Chief Michael Reid told the station 10 people were hit, three died on the spot and another at the hospital where the rest of the victims were taken. The other six were said to have suffered non-life-threatening wounds.

"Thank God that no kids were hurt," Reid said.

Police said the victims were Asian males between the ages 25 and 35.

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Seattle police captain busted in prostitution sting after offering $40 to undercover cop: reports

Capt. Randal Woolery
© Snohomish County Fire District 7Seattle Police Capt. Randal Woolery is also a county fire commissioner.
A police captain in Seattle was among the five men arrested this week in a prostitution sting, reports say.

Capt. Randal Woolery, a member of the Seattle Police Department for 31 years, was placed on administrative leave following his arrest Wednesday in north Seattle, KING-TV reported.

The station reported not being able to reach Woolery for comment. An email Saturday seeking comment from Fox News wasn't immediately returned.

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Universities and Colleges Union: Anyone should be allowed to 'identify' as black regardless of the colour of their skin or background

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The Universities and Colleges Union has set out its stance in a report on the ongoing row about whether men should be able to self-identify as women and be treated as female regardless of their anatomy.
Anyone should be allowed to 'identify' as black regardless of the colour of their skin or background, according to Left-wing university leaders.

The Universities and Colleges Union has set out its stance in a report on the ongoing row about whether men should be able to self-identify as women and be treated as female regardless of their anatomy.

The UCU's 'position statement' did not just stand by its support for self-identification of gender, but also insisted people can choose their own race, saying: 'Our rules commit us to ending all forms of discrimination, bigotry and stereotyping. UCU has a long history of enabling members to self-identify whether that is being black, disabled, LGBT+ or women.'

Comment: It's a truly bizarre phenomenon to witness - people lying to themselves about who they are and, despite the obvious fact that it's a lie, everyone not only going along with it, but screaming in outrage at anyone who doesn't. 'Clown World' doesn't even come close to encapsulating this.

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The NBA is going vegan, one player at a time

Kyrie Irving
© Erik DrostKyrie Irving
During both the off-season and their time on the court, NBA players are looking for the best way to get their bodies in top shape while maintaining energy and performance at optimal levels. More and more professional tough guys are realizing that choosing vegan is the way to go. And animals are winning because of it. Here are five players who have recently ditched meat and dairy "products" — and are therefore on the road to peak physical performance:


Comment: Oh boy. The idea that someone can improve their athletic performance (or literally any performance) by going vegan is in for a rude awakening at some point. Recent "documentary" by James Cameron and The Arnold, The Game Changers is a dangerous propaganda piece trying to convince people that they will be better athletes by avoiding animal products. Be prepared to see a glut of "super-athletes" in the future, if they try to go the vegan road.


Kyrie Irving

This Brooklyn Nets star (who was crowned one of PETA's Most Beautiful Vegans of 2019!) is thrilled by what going vegan has done for his body and stamina.

Comment: The sad thing about all this is that these NBA players are being lied to and are in-turn passing on the lies to the kids who look up to them. As was said in the opening comment, these players likely have a rude awakening coming to them. It could take years, and they may never be able to tie a drop in their performance, athletic or otherwise, to the change they made in their diets.

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Bill Maher vows to tone down anti-Trump wisecracks because he fears new civil war

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© screenshot/YouTubeBill Maher
'When both sides believe the other guy taking over means the end of the world, yes, you can have a civil war,' he says

Late night talk show host Bill Maher has had a change of heart, telling his audience that he plans to tamp down his anti-Trump comedy over fears that America's political divisiveness could spark a second civil war.

"I have been guilty of saying things like that," Maher said on his HBO show "Real Time" on Friday, referring to mocking conservatives. "I'm going to try to stop. I've learned that the anti-intellectualism of the right doesn't come primarily from stupidity, it comes from hate. Telling people they're irredeemable is what makes them say, 'You know what, I'd rather side with Russia than you.'"

Comment: Despite the fact that he occasionally has a good thought cross his vacuous mind, Bill Maher is an ass. And while the article above commends Maher for encouraging his audience to rethink their anger, even while he's calling for less divisiveness he's still mocking his political opponents. That's not toning it down, Bill. And his praise GWB at the end was really the icing on the cake.

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At least one dead after bridge collapses in southwest France - UPDATE: Second body found

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The bridge leading to the town of Mirepoix-sur-Tarn in the south west France département of Haut-Garonne collapsed at about 8am on Monday, sending a car plunging into the river below.

According to local newspaper La Dêpeche, the car contained a 15-year-old boy and his parents and the boy died at the scene.

The 150m long suspension bridge had a weight limit, and initial reports suggested that a large lorry had driven onto it when it collapsed.

Comment: Update 19 Nov

French media reports that the driver of the large truck was found yesterday night at around 22:00 CET

A French senator has sounded the alarm, reminding people that, following the 2018 bridge collapse disaster in Genoa, Italy, he had published a report about the state of France's bridges. Around 25,000 of them - 10% of bridges in France - are in urgent need of repairs or complete replacement because they were built up to a century ago.


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The BIG reason why corporate America has gone 'woke' (plus 4 more)

gender neutral bathrooms
© Reuters / Lucy NicholsonA gender-neutral bathroom is seen at the University of California, Irvine
Why have the biggest and most profitable American corporations embraced leftist politics, as seen in their woke advertising and social justice activism? Hint: It's not because they've become non-profits and taken up philanthropy.

Judging by the Ted Talks of woke American CEOs, by the woke corporate advertising, and by the public relations campaigns promoting corporate 'brand activism,' one might reasonably conclude that the most successful, for-profit corporate giants in America have gone out of the money-making business to become centers of leftist political propaganda. And it's not only the most woke corporate behemoths that promote leftist political notions. Go to a startup crowdfunding portal and count how many times the word "democratizing" is used to describe the mission of the startups there, or how many startup investments are pitched with the supposedly progressive political outlook of the prospective investor in mind.

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Australian MPs form group to intervene in US attempts to extradite Assange

Australian MP Andrew Wilkie
© Alex Ellinghausen
Eleven federal MPs have joined forces to agitate for the Morrison government to intervene in the United States' attempts to extradite WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from Britain to stand trial on espionage charges.

Independent MP Andrew Wilkie said the cross-party group, which includes two Nationals MPs, two Labor MPs and members of The Greens and the cross bench, would provide a forum to "discuss matters" relating to Mr Assange returning to Australia.

Mr Assange told a London judge on Monday he was in an inequitable fight against a superpower, which had been spying on his "interior life" and on confidential meetings with his legal team.

Queensland MP George Christensen will co-chair the group along with Mr Wilkie, a long-time supporter of the Australian.

Comment: Assange health and mental deterioration spur lawyers to ask Australian government for help


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Prison officers responsible for guarding Epstein decline plea deal

Epstein prison guards plea deal
The existence of the plea offer signals the Justice Department is considering criminal charges in connection with Epstein's death.
Federal prosecutors offered a plea deal to two correctional officers responsible for guarding Jeffrey Epstein on the night of his death, but the officers have declined the offer, people familiar with the matter told The Associated Press.

The existence of the plea offer signals the Justice Department is considering criminal charges in connection with the wealthy financier's death at the Metropolitan Correctional Center in New York in August. The city's medical examiner ruled Epstein's death a suicide.

The guards on Epstein's unit are suspected of failing to check on him every half hour, as required, and of fabricating log entries to show they had. As part of the proposed plea deal, prosecutors wanted the guards to admit they falsified the prison records, according to the people familiar with the matter. They spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not permitted to publicly discuss the investigation.

The U.S. attorney's office in Manhattan had no comment on the plea offer.

Comment: It appears the guards are somewhat unwilling to serve as patsies for Epstein's 'suicide'.


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Julian Assange's lawyer says his health is 'significantly and seriously deteriorating' as he remains effectively isolated

Julian Assange lawyer Jennifer Robinson
© Dominic LorrimerJulian Assange’s lawyer Jennifer Robinson at Parliament House in July.
WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange remains ill and effectively isolated in a high-security prison alongside inmates facing charges for violent offences and terrorism, his lawyer Jennifer Robinson told a Sydney audience on Friday night.

"I was with Julian on Tuesday... and his health is obviously significantly and seriously deteriorating," said Ms Robinson, a prominent human rights advocate and barrister who has defended Mr Assange since 2010.

Ms Robinson was in Sydney as a guest of the global association of Writers, PEN International, which was marking its Day of the Imprisoned Writer in support of free speech.

She said that during his seven years inside the Ecuadorian embassy in London, Mr Assange had not been able to access proper sunlight or space to exercise and the UK had refused permission to let him access outside medical care, forcing him to "choose between his right to asylum and his right to health".

Mr Assange, 48, has now completed his sentence for breaching bail as a result of that asylum. He is being held in Belmarsh Prison outside London as the British government considers an extradition application from the United States over allegations he conspired to break into a classified Pentagon computer. Should he be convicted he faces 175 years in prison. His hearing will be heard in February.

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