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New York legislature votes to legalize abortion up to birth, let non-doctors commit abortions

Calvin Freiburger
Life Site
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 18:20 UTC
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Both chambers of the New York state legislature voted Tuesday on legislation to enshrine a "fundamental right" to abortion in state law and eliminate protections for preborn babies until birth, in votes set to mark the anniversary of Roe v. Wade.

The state Senate voted 38-24 in favor of the so-called "Reproductive Health Act" Tuesday evening, the Albany Times-Union reports, a bill that has repeatedly cleared the state Assembly in years past but been blocked by the formerly-Republican Senate. Following the Senate vote, the Assembly passed it 92-47.

The bill declares that "Every individual who becomes pregnant has the fundamental right to choose to carry the pregnancy to term, to give birth to a child, or to have an abortion," erases the state's recognition of preborn babies older than 24 weeks as potential homicide victims, removes abortion from the penal code entirely, and allows licensed health practitioners other than full doctors to commit abortions.

Comment: See also:

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The Left owns the bigotry at the heart of the Covington affair

John Daniel Davidson
The Federalist
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:54 UTC
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After days of outrage and condemnations, the Covington affair has revealed a disturbing bigotry among far too many media figures and outlets on the left.

At a few days' remove from the Covington Catholic High School incident at the Lincoln Memorial, we can be reasonably sure there will be no apologies or corrections forthcoming from the major media outlets that rushed to vilify the students involved. The New York Times, Washington Post, CNN, and dozens of lesser news organizations that condemned the high schoolers from Kentucky have not retracted or walked back their initial, warped narrative: that racist white teens harassed an elderly Native American man.

Nor will there be any public contrition from many individual members of the media who were in the vanguard of the online mob. CNN's Reza Aslan tweeted an image of one of the boys and asked, "Have you ever seen a more punchable face than this kid's?" Filmmaker Michael Green tweeted the same image with the comment, "A face like that never changes. This image will define his life. No one need ever forgive him."

Comment: It's a mark of the ideological possession of the Left, that even when confronted with visual evidences of the Covington incident, they still cling to their outrage. Even the outing of faux 'elder' Nathan Phillips fraudulent background, and history of provoking confrontations doesn't faze them. Feelings over facts.

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Hostage taking during bank robbery ends with five senseless deaths in Sebring, Florida

Doug Stanglin
USA Today
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:02 UTC
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A sheriff's department armored vehicle arrives at a SunTrust Bank branch on Jan. 23, 2019, in Sebring, Fla.
Five people were "senselessly murdered" Wednesday after a gunman took hostages in a Florida bank, forced them to the floor and began shooting, authorities said.

Sebring Police Chief Karl Hoglund and Highlands County Sheriff Paul Blackman briefed reporters but declined to elaborate on the motive for the shooting, which took place around noon at the SunTrust bank in Sebring, about 94 miles southeast of Tampa.

The suspect was identified by Hoglund as Zephen Xaver, 21, a Sebring resident. A photo published by the Highlands News-Sun shows police taking a handcuffed white male, wearing a T-shirt and khaki shorts, from the scene.

"It's been a tragic day in our community," Hoglund said. "We have suffered a significant loss at the hands of a senseless criminal doing a senseless crime."
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Software magnate John McAfee will run for president 'in exile' using thousands of masked doppelgangers

Claire Reilly
CNET
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 21:13 UTC
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The software tycoon's presidential run has taken on a "Being John McAfee" vibe.
The crypto-enthusiast has donned a wig, jumped on a boat and is now on the run from the IRS. But that won't stop his 2020 presidential campaign.

John McAfee's presidential bid has just taken a turn.

Last year, the former antivirus software magnate announced his intention to run as a candidate in the 2020 US presidential election. But in a series of videos posted to Twitter on Tuesday, McAfee claimed he will now have to run his campaign "in exile" because he's fleeing felony charges brought by the IRS.

How do you run for president when you're on the run? Using thousands of surrogate "road warriors" dressed up in John McAfee masks.

Comment: Though McAfee's intentions appear to be good, we'd do well to remember that there is sometimes a fine line between genius and insanity. See also:

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Teen girl seriously injured in Germany after drunk Afghan refugee drags her off bus by her hair


RT
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 20:01 UTC
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A 17-year-old girl was seriously injured in Minden, Germany after a drunk Afghan refugee dragged her off a bus by her hair, causing her to be run over by the bus while trying to escape the man.

According to a police statement, the girl was repeatedly harassed by the 22-year-old man while she waited at a bus terminal in Minden, near Hanover, with her 14-year-old friend just before 9pm local time on Saturday.

The girl and her friend sought safety from the man, and his 21-year-old friend, by running to a nearby bus, where the bus driver, 41, let them on. However, the persistent pair also got onboard and the 22-year-old dragged the girl from the bus by her hair - after it had started to move.
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Retired SEAL: Nathan Phillips not a Vietnam vet - he was a mechanic who went AWOL three times

Cristina Laila
Gateway Pundit
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 19:46 UTC
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The media piled on the Covington Catholic teens for 'disrespecting' and 'mobbing' the poor Vietnam Vet - how dare these boys be so disrespectful to a man who served in one of America's nastiest wars!

Except he didn't.

Nathan Phillips served in the United States Marines from 1972-1976.

He claimed he was a Recon Ranger - there is no such thing as a Marine Recon Ranger, Rangers are in the Army.

Retired US Navy SEAL Don Shipley, who is known for publicly outing people for 'stolen valor,' obtained Nathan Phillips' DD-214 form and exposed the truth.

Comment: For more on Nathan Phillips and this recent incident:

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Phoenix, AZ police arrest nurse Nathan Sutherland in Hacienda HealthCare rape case

Bree Burkitt, Mackenzie Shuman and Craig Harris
Arizona Central
Wed, 23 Jan 2019 09:52 UTC
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Phoenix police have arrested Nathan Sutherland, a 36-year-old nurse at Hacienda HealthCare facility, alleging he raped and impregnated an incapacitated woman at the center.

The woman gave birth to a boy Dec. 29. Staff members told a 911 operator that they had not known she was pregnant.

"From the minute we first became aware of the crime, we have virtually worked non stop seven days a week to resolve this case," Phoenix Police Chief Jeri Williams said in announcing the arrest Wednesday morning.

Williams joined Mayor Thelda Williams at Phoenix police headquarters to provide an "important" update on the investigation into the rape.
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Man mauled to death by lions after climbing over 25-feet wall at zoo in Chandigarh, India


India Today
Sun, 20 Jan 2019 18:44 UTC
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Zoo officials said a lion and a lioness were in the enclosure and the lioness attacked the man first.

A man was mauled to death by lions on Sunday at Chhatbir Zoo in Zirakpur, around 20 km from Chandigarh.

According to zoo officials, the man entered the enclosure by scaling an over-25-feet wall and as soon as he crossed over, he was attacked by two lions.

Officials said the incident happened at 2.20 pm and the man, who is in his early 30s, was yet to be identified.

"The injury on his neck was deep. He was taken to civil hospital in a critical condition where he died," said the zoo's field director M Sudhagarb.

A lion and a lioness were in the enclosure, he said, adding the female lion attacked the man first.
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North China's Hebei court system unveils program to expose deadbeat debtors

Zhang Yu
China Daily
Wed, 16 Jan 2019 17:37 UTC
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Screenshot shows the mini-program.
Deadbeat debtors in North China's Hebei province will find it more difficult to abscond as the Higher People's Court of Hebei on Monday introduced a mini-program on WeChat targeting them.

Called "a map of deadbeat debtors", the program allows users to find out whether there are any debtors within 500 meters.

The debtor's information is available to check in the program, making it easier for people to whistle-blow on debtors capable of paying their debts.

"It's a part of our measures to enforce our rulings and create a socially credible environment," said a spokesman of the court.

Comment: The app discussed is a further extension of the "social credit" system being implemented in China. A two-edged sword, as it is meant to encourage pro-social behaviour, helping to govern the world's most populous country, but also a means of punishing those who step out of line. Who determines the line?

China's building a digital dictatorship through "social credit" to exert control over its 1.4 billion citizens
[M]most don't seem to comprehend the all-encompassing control social credit is likely to have, and there's been no public debate about implementing the system inside China. In private, there's been some disquiet in the educated middle classes about the citizen score being the only criterion for character assessment.


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Undercover St. Louis cop says colleagues beat him 'like Rodney King' - describes attack as 'free for all'

Robert Patrick
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Tue, 22 Jan 2019 17:04 UTC
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An undercover St. Louis police officer who was beaten by colleagues during protests in 2017 later described the attack as a "free for all" and told someone at police headquarters that he was beaten "like Rodney King," according to recently released court documents.

Detective Luther Hall's statements about the night he was attacked were used by the FBI to justify searches of four officers' cellphones and associated accounts as agents investigated both Hall's attack and the arrest or detention of other protesters following the Sept. 15, 2017, acquittal of former St. Louis police Officer Jason Stockley.

They provide the most detailed retelling of Hall's version of the attack and new information about the resulting FBI investigation.

That investigation resulted in charges in November against four police officers. Officers Dustin Boone, Randy Hays and Christopher Myers were accused of the physical assault and charged with depriving Hall of his constitutional rights and conspiracy to obstruct justice. Myers also is charged with destruction of evidence, accused of destroying Hall's cellphone. Officer Bailey Colletta was accused of lying to a federal grand jury investigating the attack. All have pleaded not guilty. Hays' lawyer, Brian Millikan, declined to comment. The other lawyers did not respond to requests for comment Monday.
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