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Attention

SDF Commander Kobani: 'We won't be taking orders from US'


Sputnik
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 13:04 UTC
SDF guys
© REUTERS/ Zohra Bensemra
The US has voiced concern about the Arab-Kurdish units of its allied Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) decision to put on hold their operation against Daesh in eastern Deir ez-Zor and send fighters to Afrin to help the Kurdish People's Protection Units (YPG) in their battle against the Turkish military and Free Syrian Army units.

In an interview with Sputnik, a SDF unit commander Mehdi Kobani, said that many of his fighters were now in Afrin defending the city against the advancing Turkish and FSA forces.
"We suspended our operation against Daesh in Deir ez-Zor because of the continuing attacks on Afrin. We won't be taking orders from the US, accommodating its wishes and watching [Afrin] being attacked. For reasons of security I will not disclose the exact number of SDF fighters currently engaged in Afrin. The Americans know how effective the SDF is in fighting Daesh and they fear that the suspension of our operation could strengthen the jihadists' hand in the region," Kobani noted.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan's spokesman said earlier this month that the United States should prevent fighters from the Kurdish YPG militia and the Syrian Democratic Forces traveling to Afrin from elsewhere in Syria to counter Ankara's military incursion.

The request followed an announcement from the US-allied Kurdish forces that they intended to send 1,700 fighters from Deir ez-Zor to fight against Turkey in the Kurdish enclave of Afrin.
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Family

All in the family: Oklahoma mom, who married her son, going to jail for marrying her daughter

Matthew Martinez
Star-Telegram
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 11:52 UTC
Patricia&Misty
© Stephens County Sheriff's Dept.Patricia and Misty Spann
Patricia Ann Spann, 46, and her biological daughter Misty Velvet Dawn Spann, 26, got married in the town of Lawton about 17 months after same-sex marriage became legal in the state of Oklahoma. To get around the potential snag of their shared family name, Patricia Spann listed her name as Patricia Ann Clayton on the pair's marriage license application, filed with Comanche County.

For her part in marrying her daughter, two years after she was legally allowed to contact her children following an annulled marriage to her biological son, Patricia Spann will serve time in jail, according to the Oklahoman.

The newspaper reported that she pleaded guilty to felony incest Tuesday, and under a plea deal, the 46-year-old will serve two years in prison followed by eight years of probation. She will have to register as a sex offender following her release. Incest is punishable by up to 10 years in prison in Oklahoma.
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Cult

Canada's law schools turning out the wrong kind of justice warriors

Christie Blatchford
The National Post
Tue, 13 Mar 2018 19:41 UTC
law school scales justice book
© Getty ImagesAs long as there have been lawyers, there have been lawyers fighting for the progressive values of their day, and against injustice.
With a few exceptions, law schools are increasingly determined to follow other faculties where SJWs are all about anti-racism, gender equity and wholesale reform

No law school in the country may be more frank about producing social justice warriors than the University of Victoria, where Dean Jeremy Webber says in his welcoming message the following: "...this faculty has prided itself on its commitment to social justice.

"That's an elusive aim, one that everyone claims to pursue. At UVic, it means all members of faculty accept that legal education ought to speak to all members of society, including those who are marginalized.

"Our focus on Indigenous legal traditions, for example, has been second to none.

"Different faculty members define their particular focus differently, but all share the general objective..."

Aside from the unsettling suggestion that all the law professors at UVic think the same (surely an odd bragging point) or at least agree on the larger goals - this after all is not so different from the Law Society of Ontario's insistence that its members acknowledge their obligation to promote progressive values - Webber has it pretty much right too.
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People

Russian military: Thousands evacuated as families, injured leave E. Ghouta during ceasefire


RT
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 20:29 UTC
People walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh
© Omar Sanadiki / ReutersPeople walk with their belongings as they flee the rebel-held town of Hammouriyeh, in the village of Beit Sawa, eastern Ghouta, Syria March 15, 2018
Thousands of Eastern Ghouta residents - the biggest number leaving the area so far - have embarked on a journey to escape the shattered suburb during a humanitarian pause.

Almost 11,000 civilians have been safely evacuated, the Russian military said.

Some 800 civilians were leaving the area every hour through a humanitarian corridor established by the Russian Center for Reconciliation in Syria and the governmental forces, the footage taken on the ground was showing crowds of civilians moving through the corridor. While some of them go by car, most still travel over this long distance on foot. Entire families are seen leaving the area, with the people often carrying their children. Some are also seen carrying stretchers with injured or sick relatives.

READ MORE: Militant groups split & clash in E. Ghouta, civilians seek shelter - Russian MoD

Evacuees have provided accounts of how militants controlling Eastern Ghouta drove up food prices and imposed harsh punishments for even the slightest transgressions. This came as terrorist groups in the region continued to shell civilian areas of Damascus and fired at those who were trying to flee the enclave.
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Black Cat

Waitress kills cat by drowning it in a washing machine after it tried to mate with her pet

Gerard Couzens
Daily Mail
Wed, 14 Mar 2018 14:39 UTC
Black Cat
© CENA Spanish waitress is facing jail for killing a cat (pictured) in her washing machine and posting the sickening footage online after the animal tried to have sex with her own pet
A Spanish waitress is facing a police probe for killing a cat by drowning it in a washing machine after it tried to mate with her pet.

The 23-year-old, who was living in Villarrubia de los Ojos, south of Madrid, put the video on Instagram with the words: 'This is what happens to tomcats that have it away with my poor little female cat.'

In the clip - titled Gatolavadora which in English would translate as 'Cat Washing Machine' - she can be heard muttering: 'What's the matter with you?' as she films the cat meowing inside and adds: 'Are you staying there?'

After what appears to be a first spin, she approaches the washing machine again and says: 'Ladies and gentleman we've come to see how it's going so we can hang it up but it appears to be still meowing.
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Attention

Republicans allege PA voting machines 'miscalibrated', Saccone votes were switched to Lamb

Joshua Caplan
The Gateway Pundit
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 18:59 UTC
lamb saccone pennsylvania election
Coner Lamb (L) and Rick Saccone (R)
On Tuesday, Pennsylvania's 18th district held a special election in which Democrat Conor Lamb is widely believed to have edged out his Republican rival Rick Saccone. While absentee votes are still being counted, Republicans are raising concerns that some voting machines were "miscalibrated," which led to votes being switched from Saccone to Lamb.

Washington Free Beacon reports:
Lamb currently leads Republican Rick Saccone by just 627 votes and there are still absentee and provisional ballots that have not been tabulated, but Republicans are already preparing for the likely recount and even a possible lawsuit regarding issues at polling sites, according to a Republican source familiar with the deliberations.

"We're actively investigating three instances and likely to file court action on them," the source said.

Comment: Nothing so easy these days than voter fraud.

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Star of David

US commander says 'US troops prepared to die for Israel' in war against Syria, Hezbollah - Who's really in charge here?

Whitney Webb
MintPress News
Mon, 12 Mar 2018 17:00 UTC
US Soldiers training israel
© U.S. NavySoldiers from the U.S. Army and the Israel Defense Force (IDF carry a litter with a mock patient during a mass casualty training as part of the combined missile defense exercise known as Juniper Cobra 18, Feb. 28, 2018.
Operation Juniper Cobra is not a routine exercise; it is a portent of a potentially devastating war against Syria, Hezbollah and Gaza for which Israel is actively preparing - a war likely to erupt within the coming months.

Last Sunday, the largest joint military exercise between the United States and Israel began with little fanfare. The war game, dubbed Operation Juniper Cobra, has been a regular occurrence for years, though it has consistently grown in size and scope. Now, however, this year's 12-day exercise brings a portent of conflict unlike those of its predecessors.

Previous reports on the operation suggested that, like prior incarnations of the same exercise, the focus would be on improving Israeli defenses. "Juniper Cobra 2018 is another step in improving the readiness of the IDF [Israeli Defense Forces] and the IAF [Israeli Air Force] in particular to enhance their operational capabilities in facing the threat posed by high-trajectory missiles," Brig. Gen. Zvika Haimovitch, the IDF's Aerial Defense Division head, told the Jerusalem Post.

Comment: 'Juniper Cobra': US forces arrive in Israel as tensions rise between Tel Aviv and Beirut

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Attention

New Jersey students who participated in gun violence walkouts will be punished by school district

Josh Delk
The Hill
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 02:22 UTC
sayersville nj student protest gun control
A New Jersey school district reportedly plans on punishing students who participated in school walkouts Wednesday as part of a nationwide protest of gun violence.

High school students in Sayreville, N.J., walked out of classes despite warnings from Sayreville Public School District officials that those who participated would be punished, MyCentralJersey.com reports.

According to the website, about a dozen students rallied outside the school for around 17 minutes and a number of other students also gathered in the school's auditorium.

Comment: Many of the students participating in these walkouts are likely unaware that they are simply being used as tools to further a well-funded political agenda:

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Fire

Explosion blasts chemical plant in Texas, building ablaze - reports (VIDEO)


Sputnik
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 19:54 UTC
Explosion
One person is missing and another was wounded after a huge fire erupted at a north Texas chemical plant on Thursday morning, the CBS news broadcaster reported.

A major blast hit a chemical plant in the city of Cresson, Hood County, Texas leaving one person badly injured another one missing, the media reported, citing firefighters and local police. According to the city's Mayor Bob Cornett, the chemical plant manufactures soap and acid.
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Galaxy

Stephen Hawking, who roamed cosmos in a wheelchair now resides with the stars

Dennis Overbye
The Times of India
Thu, 15 Mar 2018 03:17 UTC
Stephen Hawking
Stephen William Hawking, the Cambridge University physicist and best-selling author who roamed the cosmos from a wheelchair + , pondering the nature of gravity and the origin of the universe and becoming an emblem of human determination and curiosity, died early Wednesday at his home in Cambridge, England. He was 76.

"Not since Albert Einstein has a scientist so captured the public imagination and endeared himself to tens of millions of people around the world," Michio Kaku, a professor of theoretical physics at the City University of New York, said in an interview. Coincidentally, Einstein was born on March 14 (in 1879), the date on which Hawking died. Equally remarkably, Hawking was born on January 8, 1942 - exactly 300 years after the death of another great scientist, Galileo Galilei.

Hawking's book "A Brief History of Time: From the Big Bang to Black Holes," published in 1988, sold more than 10 million copies and inspired a documentary film by Errol Morris. The 2014 film about his life, "The Theory of Everything," was nominated for several Academy Awards and Eddie Redmayne, who played Hawking, won the Oscar for best actor.

Scientifically, Hawking will be best remembered + for a discovery so strange that it might be expressed in the form of a Zen koan: When is a black hole not black? When it explodes.

Comment: See also: Stephen Hawking dies at the age of 76

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