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Walgreens to close 200 US stores

Angelica LaVito
CNBC
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 16:10 UTC
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Walgreens plans to shutter 200 stores in the U.S. as the company pares back its locations in the U.K., the company said Tuesday.

Parent company Walgreens Boots Alliance earlier this year announced plans to shutter 200 stores in the U.K. and review its U.S. footprint.

The new store closures represent less than 3% of its 10,000 locations in the U.S., Walgreens said in a statement, adding that it anticipates "minimal disruption to customers and patients." It said it anticipates retaining "the majority" of employees in other nearby locations.

Walgreens said it hopes to save $1.5 billion in annual expenses by fiscal 2022 in what it's calling the "transformational cost management program." Walgreens expects to record a $1.9 billion to $2.4 billion earnings hit related to real estate, severance and other costs, it said in a regulatory filing.
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No bias here: NYT changes front-page mass shootings headline after backlash from Dem 2020 hopefuls


RT
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 15:38 UTC
new york times headline mass shootings NYT change
© The New York Times
"The Paper of Record"
The New York Times was forced to alter its front page headline after it was savaged online by high-profile Democrats who didn't like how the paper framed President Donald Trump's speech about mass shootings.

The US newspaper got into trouble after print editor Tom Jolly shared a preview of Tuesday's front page. The headline on the story about the aftermath of the deadly mass shootings in El Paso, Texas, and Dayton, Ohio was 'Trump urges unity vs. racism.' Its sub-headline read as 'Condemns 'slaughters,' but says little of gun control.'

In a tweet, Trump had called for "strong background checks" on gun-owners but did not raise this point in a follow-up speech, focusing on other measures to prevent mass shootings instead.

Comment: Ah, the chattering class. Heaven forbid Trump's words be reported accurately. Their tender ears can't take it.

Here's Trump's response today:



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8chan owner says El Paso shooter didn't post manifesto

Oscar Gonzalez and Queenie Wong
CNET
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 18:28 UTC
jim watkins 8chan

He implies the gunman used an Instagram account that hasn't been active in more than a year.

Instagram said Tuesday that a hate-filled manifesto linked to the El Paso shooter wasn't uploaded to the Facebook-owned photo-sharing site as suggested by the owner of a fringe message board where the document was initially discovered.

A spokeswoman for Facebook said it disabled an Instagram account tied to the suspected gunman on Saturday. The account hadn't been active for more than a year, she said.

Comment: Once again, attempting to hold site owners/administrators responsible for what the users post. No matter what 8chan is, no matter how degenerate one may find its content, suggesting the site should be shut down due to the posting of a document is nonsense.

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Venezuela, Uruguay warn citizens traveling to US to avoid Detroit, Baltimore

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:45 UTC
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© Bill Pugliano / Getty Images / AFP
A view of Downtown Detroit
While America is theatrically debating whether or not Baltimore is a "rodent-infested mess", the rest of the world has already made up its mind about America's inner city slums.

In a travel advisory published on Monday, the Uruguay foreign ministry warned its citizens traveling to the United States after the two mass shootings over the weekend to avoid cities such as Detroit, Baltimore and Albuquerque, which it said are among the 20 most dangerous in the world, citing the Ceoworld Magazine 2019 index.

Travelers were urged to take precautions "in the face of growing indiscriminate violence, mostly for hate crimes, including racism and discrimination, which cost the lives of more than 250 people in the first seven months of this year," it said in the release also posted on President Tabare Vazquez's website; a similar warning would instantly be slammed as racist if it appeared anywhere in the US.

Uruguay also warned that "Given the impossibility of the authorities to prevent these situations, due among other factors, to the indiscriminate possession of firearms by the population, it is especially advisable to avoid places where large concentrations of people occur, such as theme parks, shopping centers, arts festivals, religious activities, food fairs and cultural or sporting events. In particular, it is recommended not to take minors to these places."

Comment: Avoiding those cities is probably a good idea even for those living in the US. See also:

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Alleged predator Jessica Yaniv arrested, home searched, illegal weapons found


The Post Millenial
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 12:00 UTC
Jessica Yaniv

Jessica Yaniv
According to the National Post, after the Monday afternoon Blaire White livestream in which the prohibited weapon was brandished, Yaniv was arrested and brought to an RCMP holding cell. Yaniv was released Tuesday morning.

Two stun guns, pepper spray, and bear spray were seized from Yaniv's apartment.

The Post Millennial has confirmed speculation that the Walnut Grove home of Jessica Yaniv was raided by the Royal Canadian Mounted Police last night. The raid follows Yaniv's explosive live appearance on Blaire White's YouTube channel, brandishing and demonstrating the functionality of a taser at one point in the debate, and claiming to be fully aware of its illegality. Yaniv also claimed to possess pepper spray.

Comment: The evidence for Yaniv's predatory and warped behaviour is significant and if the Canadian authorities are serious then Yaniv will end up behind bars:

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War Whore

Warmongering neocon 'Free Beacon' glorifies Hiroshima bombing

Caitlin Johnstone
Medium
Wed, 07 Aug 2019 06:57 UTC
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American Values, an excellent Twitter account which publishes daily information about US atrocities, has just posted a thread for the anniversary of the nuclear bombing of Hiroshima, Japan, and I think everyone should have a look at it today. It reads as follows:
"On this day in 1945, the US committed one the worst [atrocities] in human history when it dropped a nuclear weapon on the Japanese city of Hiroshima, killing 140,000 people. The city was selected for its location in a valley, magnifying the bomb's deadly power.

"The bomb detonated directly over Shima Surgical Clinic and destroyed 1 square mile, setting fires for 4.7 square miles. 70,000 people were immediately annihilated & 70,000 were wounded. The bombing killed 90% of all medical personnel in the city. The wounded were described by survivors as living pieces of charcoal, wandering mindlessly as their skin fell off until they collapsed and died. Many of the survivors would fall victim of radiation poisoning, some dying violently while vomiting out their insides.

"Astonishingly, just 3 days after the bombing of Hiroshima, the US dropped another atomic bomb on Nagasaki. The bombing was essentially a test, killing 80,000 Japanese in an attempt to see if a plutonium implosion bomb would detonate properly in wartime setting.

"Much of the US propaganda used during the war depicted the Japanese as subhuman and its this attitude that helped the US government justify these atrocities to itself and its population.

"One of the most reprehensible myths surrounding the bombings is the idea that they were 'necessary' to save lives. Serious historical work has disproven this. See here -> And here -> Nevertheless this myth remains because it alleviates the guilt Americans would otherwise feel for their government committing one of humanity's most atrocious war crimes."
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The FBI is calling conspiracy theories a terrorism threat — Here's what that means for social media

Erin Fuchs
Yahoo!
Thu, 01 Aug 2019 00:01 UTC
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© Michael E. Miller/The Washington Post via Getty Images
Kori and Danielle Hayes at a Pizzagate demonstration, outside the White House in Washington, DC on March 25, 2017.
The FBI has pegged "conspiracy theory-driven domestic extremists" as a burgeoning terrorist threat for the U.S., raising questions about the legal implications for websites where fringe groups sow those conspiracies.

In an exclusive article for Yahoo News published Thursday, contributor Jana Winter reported on an FBI bulletin from May 30, 2019 that, for the very first time, named fringe extremists as a domestic terrorist threat.

That bulletin specifically pointed to QAnon, a far-right theory claiming there's a plot against President Donald Trump, as well as Pizzagate, a now-debunked claim that Hillary Clinton and her aides were operating a human-trafficking ring out of a Washington, D.C., pizza restaurant.

Comment: See also:

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Attention

Unhinged protesters shout death threats outside Mitch McConnell's home

Chris Perez
New York Post
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 20:08 UTC
Protesters Mitch McConnell
Gun control supporters stood outside Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's home in Kentucky on Sunday night — protesting and hurling death threats at him — while broadcasting on Facebook Live.

"Murder Turtle!" the demonstrators can be heard shouting on video, in reference to McConnell's infamous nickname.

"Come out, come out, wherever you are," a person says at one point, while the others continue to yell.
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Black Magic

Drop in the bucket: US pharmaceutical giants propose $10B settlement to resolve opioid lawsuits


RT
Tue, 06 Aug 2019 21:18 UTC
Opioid epidemic
© Reuters / Brian Snyder
Cataldo Ambulance medics and other first responders revive a 32-year-old man who was found unresponsive after an opioid overdose in the Boston suburb of Everett, Massachusetts, US, on August 23, 2017.
Three major drug distributors have proposed paying $10 billion to settle claims that they played a role in fuelling the US' opioid epidemic by downplaying risks and flooding the market with pills - but plaintiffs want much more.

It's the first time in two years of discussions that the three companies - McKesson Corp., Cardinal Health Inc. and AmerisourceBergen Corp. - have put a figure on the table in an attempt to resolve the lawsuits against them, Bloomberg reported.

The companies reportedly made a verbal proposal during ongoing talks - but the National Association of Attorneys General, which is handling the discussions on behalf of more than 35 states, countered the offer with a demand for $45 billion to help solve the public health crisis of opioid addiction.

A McKesson spokeswoman denied that a settlement offer had been made, but Bloomberg's sources said that there had indeed been an opening offer. AmerisourceBergen and Cardinal Health declined to comment.

Comment: As most drugmakers consider fines as simply a cost of doing business, it's going to take a SUBSTANTIAL financial impact to make them change their business models.

Big Pharma Crimes: Record $11 bln Fines No Deterrence - Psychopaths Consider it Just a Cost of Doing Business!

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Ashcroft poll: Scots favor independence from UK

Guy Faulconbridge, Michael Holden
Reuters
Mon, 05 Aug 2019 02:29 UTC
Scottish flag holder
© Business Insider
Scottish voters would back independence and they want another referendum in the next two years, a poll published on Monday showed, indicating that the United Kingdom could be wrenched apart shortly after it leaves the European Union.

Asked how they would vote in an independence referendum, 46% of the 1,019 surveyed Scottish voters said they would vote for independence and 43% said they would vote against, according to a poll by Michael Ashcroft. Excluding those who said they did not know or would not vote, this amounted to 52% to 48% for an independent Scotland.

"I found a small majority in favor of a new vote - and the first lead for an independent Scotland for more than two years," Ashcroft, a Conservative who opposed Boris Johnson's successful bid to be prime minister, said.

Johnson, who took over from Theresa May last month and is unpopular in Scotland, was booed as he entered a meeting last week with Scottish First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who is demanding London agree to another referendum.

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