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Two members of the MOVE 9 are released on parole Saturday after 40 years in prison

Ed Pilkington
The Guardian
Sat, 25 May 2019 11:48 UTC

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Members of Move in front of their house in the Powelton Village section of Philadelphia in 1977. The group have always said James Ramp was killed by fellow officers.

For 40 years, Janine Phillips Africa had a technique for coping with being cooped up in a prison cell for a crime she says she did not commit. She would avoid birthdays, Christmas, New Year and any other events that emphasized time passing while she was not free.

"The years are not my focus," she wrote in a letter to the Guardian. "I keep my mind on my health and the things I need to do day by day."

On Saturday she could finally begin accepting the passage of time. She and her cellmate and sister in the black liberation struggle, Janet Holloway Africa, were released from SCI Cambridge Springs in Pennsylvania, after a long struggle for parole.

The release of Janine, 63, and Janet, 68, marks a key moment in the history of the Move 9, the group of African American black power and environmental campaigners who were imprisoned after a police siege of their home in August 1978. The pair were the last of four women in the group either to be paroled or to die behind bars.

Assange has been proven right over and over, so when will people start listening?

Caitlin Johnstone
caitlinjohnstone.com
Fri, 24 May 2019 15:08 UTC

And there it is. WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been charged by the Trump administration's Justice Department with 17 counts of violating the Espionage Act, carrying a maximum sentence of 175 years in prison. Exactly as Assange and his defenders have been warning would happen for nearly a decade.

The indictment, like the one which preceded it last month with Assange's arrest, is completely fraudulent, as it charges Assange with "crimes" that are indistinguishable from conventional journalistic practices. The charges are based on the same exact evidence which was available to the Obama administration, which as journalist Glenn Greenwald noted last year declined to prosecute Assange citing fear of destroying press freedoms.

'Rolling Thunder' takes its final ride in 2019, unless President Trump gets his way

Kerry Picket
The Daily Caller
Sun, 26 May 2019 06:47 UTC

Hundreds of thousands of motorcyclists from all over the country descended upon Washington, D.C. Sunday to engage in what might well be the final annual Rolling Thunder event-a ride that started in 1988 to pay tribute to service members killed in action or held as prisoners of war.

The event could continue though, if President Donald Trump gets his way. Trump indicated the ride will happen again next year, in a tweet Sunday morning.

"The Great Patriots of Rolling Thunder WILL be coming back to Washington, D.C. next year, & hopefully for many years to come. It is where they want to be, & where they should be. Have a wonderful time today. Thank you to our great men & women of the Pentagon for working it out!" Trump tweeted.

New Mexico governor does an about-face on immigration and is now asking for help with the crisis

Sarah Cowgill
Liberty Nation
Sat, 25 May 2019 15:14 UTC

Michelle Lujan Grisham

The radical-leftist governor of New Mexico, who sent National Guard troops packing in February, needs federal help now, it seems. She's in the Swamp to beg for funding as illegal immigrants overwhelm the state. After months of neglecting the border cities and towns, toeing the DC elite party line of no "crisis" here, and facing a veritable citizens' revolt in the Land of Enchantment, Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham is demanding federal government assistance for the dire situation - one she exacerbated through indifference to constituents.

And it comes on the heels of yet another county drawing a line in the sand and refusing any further influx of illegal immigrants seeking asylum. Sierra County, boasting a population 11,116 and a 21% poverty rate, joined Otero and Lincoln counties in passing resolutions opposing the relocation of migrants to their communities.

This isn't just happening in these three counties, either - it's an untenable and cruel situation being thrust on an impoverished state by government officials who seem to be mere puppets for the Democratic Party.

According to Deming City Administrator Aaron Sera, in Luna County, buses unload between 300 and 500 immigrants each day. As a town of a 14,183, it has been mercilessly overwhelmed by the governor's dangerous game of partisan politics. Even larger enclaves, such as Las Cruces, have been overrun with illegal aliens, completely depleting community and local government resources as they're forced to house and care for 6,000 asylum seekers - and all in a matter of four short weeks.

Surf and Turf: Russian sailboat crashes into parked Mercedes minibus

RT
Mon, 27 May 2019 14:55 UTC

Someone is going to have a very difficult time explaining to the insurance company how a 2,385 ton 3-masted sailboat managed to crash into a minibus, parked on land, in Germany. Thankfully, the whole thing was caught on camera.

A maritime festival of sea vessels in the German town Bremerhaven took a costly, and unexpected turn into demolition derby territory when the Saint Petersburg based ship "Mir" (Peace) sharply pivoted over a jetty, scraping across the side of a Mercedes minibus parked close to the edge of the pier and nearly knocking it over completely.

Gillette stays 'woke' and releases ad with trans man shaving

David Matthews
New York Daily News
Sat, 25 May 2019 14:57 UTC

Gillette has released a new advertisement featuring a trans man shaving for the first time as his father looks on with pride.

The ad features Samson Bonkeabantu Brown, a young Canadian, who says, "Growing up I was always trying to figure out what kind of man I want to become and I'm still trying to figure out what kind that I want to become."

Brown then receives encouragement and advice from his father.

"Now don't be scared. Shaving is about being confident. You are doing fine."

Brown concludes the ad saying, "It's not just myself transitioning. It's everyone around me transitioning."

Comment: Well-received? Really? Judging by the comments under videos for the ad there seemed to be an overwhelming call for boycotting Gillette. There were also numerous articles lambasting Gillette's support for the 'toxic masculinity' meme.

South Korea switches to Russian crude to replace banned Iranian oil supplies

RT
Mon, 27 May 2019 15:03 UTC

South Korea's largest energy and chemical company, SK innovation, has boosted oil shipments from Russia and other exporters to offset Iranian condensate supplies it lost after the end of US sanction waivers.

"The share of Iranian condensate was high, but that has been replaced with crude oil from Russia, Kazakhstan and Qatar and we also have been diversifying our crude sources," the company's chief executive, Choi Nam-kyu, told journalists on Monday, according to Reuters.

Seoul had to find new suppliers after the latest round of US sanctions against the Islamic Republic, which hit the Iranian oil sector hard. The restrictions were re-imposed by the Trump administration after Washington unilaterally withdrew from the 2015 nuclear deal between Tehran and several world powers. Since then the US has been threatening to cut Iranian crude exports to zero.

3 arrested in nail bomb attack that wounded 13 in Lyon, France

Guy Davies and Ibtissem Guenfoud
ABC News
Mon, 27 May 2019 06:50 UTC

© Jeff Pachoud/AFP/Getty Images
Police officers set a perimeter in front a 'Brioche doree' bakery before French Mayor of Lyon's visit, May 25, 2019, the day after a suspected package bomb blast.

Three suspects have been arrested in connection with a parcel bomb detonated in the French city of Lyon on Friday, authorities confirmed to ABC News.

France's Minister of the Interior Christophe Castaner announced a 24-year-old man had been arrested Monday around 10 a.m. on a street in Lyon. The Paris prosecutor's office also confirmed to ABC News that two more suspects, a man and a woman, had also been arrested and placed in detention.

The bomb was detonated on Friday afternoon near a bakery on the busy Victor Hugo street in France's third-biggest city, wounding 13. Among the wounded, 11 were treated at a local hospital. Several required operations to remove shrapnel from the blast.

Surveillance footage released by police shows one suspect arriving on foot around 5:25 pm and leaving a paper bag on the floor that detonated about three minutes later, smashing the bakery window to pieces.

Comment: See also: Man cycles up to bakery in Lyon, France, sets off nail-bomb - 7 injured

California amusement park ride 'The Log' malfunctions, family injured

Bill Hutchinson
ABC News
Mon, 27 May 2019 01:45 UTC

A woman was critically injured and her husband and child were also hurt when a water log ride at a California amusement park malfunctioned and flipped over, throwing them from their seats, officials said.

The incident occurred at Castle Park in Riverside on the Log Ride, which, according to the park's website, features a 48-foot drop.

Riverside Fire Department officials said they were called to the park at 4:37 p.m. and said three members of one family were tossed into the water after something went haywire with the log they were riding in and overturned.

"One of the injuries we categorized as critical. With the two others being minor. All were transported to a hospital," a fire official at the scene told ABC Los Angeles station KABC.

Australia's LNG sector could win big from the US, China trade war

Jon LeSage
Oilprice.com
Mon, 20 May 2019 13:31 UTC

If China follows through on its retaliatory threat of raising U.S. liquefied natural gas (LNG) tariffs from 10 to 25 percent, U.S. exports will be hit hard - but another country is waiting to gain from it.

Australia is poised to fill the gap for China, with its booming LNG sector well positioned. Last year, China imported 23 million tons of LNG from Australia, which made up about 42 percent of Australia's exports. That figure could be increasing.

US LNG exports to China have plunged 80 percent this financial year, compared to the same time last year. President Trump's threat to add an additional $300 billion in tariffs on China caused China to retaliate last week with the threat of raising tariffs to 25 percent on these imports starting June 1.

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Society's Child

Two members of the MOVE 9 are released on parole Saturday after 40 years in prison

Assange has been proven right over and over, so when will people start listening?

'Rolling Thunder' takes its final ride in 2019, unless President Trump gets his way

New Mexico governor does an about-face on immigration and is now asking for help with the crisis

Surf and Turf: Russian sailboat crashes into parked Mercedes minibus

Gillette stays 'woke' and releases ad with trans man shaving

South Korea switches to Russian crude to replace banned Iranian oil supplies

3 arrested in nail bomb attack that wounded 13 in Lyon, France

California amusement park ride 'The Log' malfunctions, family injured

Australia's LNG sector could win big from the US, China trade war

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