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Ex-Times editor hits back: The 'narcissistic' NYT making 'horrible mistakes,' needs a 'course correction'

Lloyd Grove
The Daily Beast
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 14:21 UTC
new york times
After her 'pissed off' tweet, the former editor slams the newspaper staff's 'narcissism,' its 'crucifying' Ali Watkins profile, and 'missing' the rise of Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez.

It may not have been the tweet heard 'round the world, but it was certainly heard-like a thunderclap-at The New York Times' headquarters at 620 Eighth Avenue in Manhattan.

"Kind of pisses me off that @ nytimes is still asking Who Is Ocasio-Cortez? when it should have covered her campaign," Jill Abramson erupted on Twitter on Wednesday morning - a biting reference to the newspaper's original headline concerning the 28-year-old socialist's shocking Democratic primary upset, a landslide actually, over incumbent Joe Crowley in New York's 14th Congressional District.
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Suspect behavior, not racism, explains 'racial disparities' in police conduct

Larry Elder
Town Hall
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 11:40 UTC
border official
A new study on racial disparities in police conduct found that differences in offending by suspects, not racism, explains officers' responses.

In the study "Is There Evidence of Racial Disparity in Police Use of Deadly Force?" professors from Michigan State and Arizona State universities analyzed officer-involved fatal shootings in 2015 and 2016. The report's abstract says: "We benchmark two years of fatal shooting data on 2016 crime rate estimates. When adjusting for crime, we find no systematic evidence of anti-black disparities in fatal shootings, fatal shootings of unarmed citizens, or fatal shootings involving misidentification of harmless objects... Exposure to police given crime rate differences likely accounts for the higher per capita rate of fatal police shootings for blacks, at least when analyzing all shootings. For unarmed shootings or misidentification shootings, data are too uncertain to be conclusive."

Two recent studies found cops more reluctant to use deadly force against blacks, including one by a black Harvard economist. Professor Roland G. Fryer Jr. concluded: "On the most extreme use of force -- officer-involved shootings -- we find no racial differences in either the raw data or when contextual factors are taken into account."
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Springtime in Russia as told by an American: Economy growing, focus on family values, people feel safer, life expectancy is up


halfreeman.wordpress.com
Wed, 20 Jun 2018 12:00 UTC
spring russia
According to my calendar June 20 is the last day of spring. It has been a good one in Russia! When I was a kid growing up in South Carolina, I never understood the "solstice" explanation. I had no idea why they said summer started the third week in June. Most years, I had been playing outside barefoot, dressed in tee shirts and shorts for two months. Not every year was like that, but by June it was always HOT. Spring is not nearly as dependable here in the northwest section of Russia. Last year I thought the winter would not end. We even had a couple of significant snowfalls in May. This year, however, May was beautiful and warm. We had to get out our fans to cool our apartment. June is usually quite wet where we live in Russia, but this year we've had only a few rains, and the weather is actually cooler than in May. This morning it is 62 degrees (F). That is what it is most mornings when I walk. I love it.

Russians really appreciate good weather. You can almost sense the better mood in the streets. This year the World Cup is in Russia, and that has added to the excitement. I've read a few reports from journalists on how surprised they have been at the way things are here. Thus far the games are turning out to be the positive exercise of what some call Russian "soft-power," or showing the world that things here are quite different than what they have been told. Despite the fact no American team is participating I saw a report that there are huge crowds of American tourists who came to Russia despite Homeland Security's baseless travel warnings. I am quite sure there are those at work in the West trying to undermine this very positive view of the events. Many of us fear some kind of international incident designed to make Russia look bad.

Comment: Regardless of the West's relentless dirty tricks, Russia works on the side of good and continues to come out on top: Also check out SOTT radio's:

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Police report five killed in 'targeted attack' at Capital Gazette newspaper in Annapolis

Kevin Rector and Nicholas Bogel-Burroughs
Capital Gazette
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 02:51 UTC
shooting Capital Gazette
© Alex Wroblewski/Getty Images
Police respond to a shooting at the office of the Capital Gazette newspaper on June 28, 2018 in Annapolis, Maryland.
At least five people were killed and several others were "gravely injured" in a shooting Thursday afternoon at the Capital Gazette in Anne Arundel County, authorities said.

A shooter is in custody, police said.

"This was a targeted attack on the Capital Gazette," said Anne Arundel County Deputy Police Chief William Krampf. "This person was prepared today to come in. He was prepared to shoot people."

The suspect is Jarrod W. Ramos, a 38-year-old Laurel man with a longstanding dispute with the Capital, according to law enforcement sources familiar with the investigation.
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Astroturfed "Families Belong Together" June 30 national protest looks like an open borders movement

Fuzzy Slippers
Legal Insurrection
Fri, 29 Jun 2018 01:23 UTC
"Families belong together, and free!"
Protesters rally against Trump administration immigration policies in New York City, June 19, 2018.
© Brendan McDermid/Reuters
Protesters rally against Trump administration immigration policies in New York City, June 19, 2018.
As the misguided hysteria surrounding the separation of illegal alien families at the border reaches fever pitch, a cohort of "progressive" organizations under the umbrella of "Families Belong Together" are organizing a nationwide protest on June 30th.

The groups include the usual suspects like MoveOn.org, Soros-funded Priorities USA, the Women's March, Obama-affiliated Organizing for Action, the ACLU, the SEIU, and Planned Parenthood.
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Are Anti-Trump, Soros-funded groups joining the immigration borders protests?

Penny Starr
The Conservative Cartel
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 23:58 UTC
Women's immigration march
The Women's March - the same Soros-backed leftist protest group that marched to resist the duly elected President Donald Trump and pushed the anti-gun March for Our Lives - is jumping on the open borders movement in protests planned for Thursday and Saturday in Washington, D.C., and across the country.

The Women's March Facebook page states:
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Capitol Police round up 575 protesters (including Dem Rep) against Trump's immigration policy


Sputnik
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:14 UTC
U.S.Capitol Police
© Jonathan Ernst
Capitol Hill police detained hundreds of people in Washington, DC on Thursday while they voiced their displeasure with policies enforced by the federal government. Notably, the demonstrators directed their attention toward US immigration policies.

Comment: Ex-WSJ reporter finds George Soros has ties to more than 50 'partners' of the Women's March

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Fire

US develops hot pepper-based weapon that leaves a "debilitating cloud" that impacts the eyes, nose and respiratory system


Sputnik
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 22:06 UTC
U.S. army soldiers
© CC BY 2.0 / The U.S. Army / U.S. Army Soldiers
The US Army has forked over a whopping $650,000 to get its hands on a new non-lethal weapon to help soldiers stationed in Afghanistan deter enemies with pepper-filled balls.

The non-lethal weapon, created by PepperBall Technologies, is known as the Variable Kinetic System (VKS). the VKS delivers its hot pepper solution in the same fashion as a paintball gun, the Army Times reported.
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HRC Red

Watch San Francisco 'Pride' parade turn into vicious street brawl


Conservative Fighters
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 21:55 UTC
san francisco gay pride
More than a dozen women were involved in a 'brutal' brawl at the San Francisco Pride Festival after an argument broke out over a singer's performance.

The senseless violence, which was caught on video by a horrified onlooker, reportedly began when one woman asked another if the singer Kehlani was still on stage.

She replied 'very rudely' and called her a 'b****', a witness claimed, kicking off seven minutes of savage fighting during the Sunday event.

Navdeep Thind, a Diablo Valley College student who filmed the rampage, said: 'It got kind of brutal. People were saying it was like some WWE stuff, and it really was.

He added, according to SFGate: 'You saw some heads hitting the cement.'

Thind uploaded the video to Twitter, where it went viral.


Comment: You'll want to turn down the volume. There's some horrific 'music' in it, apparently being blasted out at the gathering...



Comment: No, San Francisco deserves precisely what it's got.

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Blue Planet

Russia extends free land giveaway program in Vologda beyond Far East


RT
Thu, 28 Jun 2018 20:58 UTC
Russia's northwestern Vologda region will give out unused land to Russian citizens. The program, which started in the country's Far East, has proven to be popular.
Vologda region, Russia
© Sergey Pyatakov / Sputnik
Vologda region, Russia
The bill on free land in Vologda will be introduced in the regional parliament in September and is likely to be introduced starting January. According to the program launched in Russia's Far East, free land can be used for any lawful purpose, but the new owners cannot rent, sell, or give the land away for five years.

Foreigners are also eligible to use the land, but the registration of full property rights is only possible after the recipient becomes a naturalized citizen. The program started in June 2016 for the local populations of the Far East, and from February 2017 it became available for all Russians.
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