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Delusional Dem Senator Bill Nelson claims 'the Russians are coming'... to hit Florida's midterms

RT
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 16:47 UTC

Florida election officials say they have "zero information" about a threat of Russian hacking in the midterm election, after Senator Bill Nelson claimed the Ruskies have already penetrated the election systems of some counties.

Nelson, the lone statewide elected Democrat in Republican-dominated Florida, is facing a tough electoral battle against Governor Rick Scott, who is term-limited and wants to take Nelson's seat in the US Senate come November. This week the incumbent senator added some spycraft thrills to the race by claiming that the Russians were not only an ever-lurking threat to democracy in the US and Florida, but actually have already penetrated the state election infrastructure.

"They have already penetrated certain counties in the state and they now have free rein to move about," Nelson told the Tampa Bay Times before a campaign event in Tampa. He made a similar claim a day earlier in Tallahassee but declined to elaborate, stating that the information was classified.

Comment: Why on earth would Russia care about Florida? Sounds more like grandstanding by the good senator.

More than £10m of taxpayers' money splurged on Salisbury & Amesbury 'Novichok' failed probes

RT
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 11:51 UTC

The cost of investigations by the Wiltshire Police Force into the Salisbury and Amesbury poisonings is expected to exceed £10 million, according to the police and crime commissioner for Wiltshire and Swindon.

Commissioner Angus Macpherson disclosed the astronomical cost to his police force following what were "unimaginable"events from earlier this year - adding he "fully expects" the British government to reimburse all costs, reports The Independent.

Macpherson issued a statement on Thursday, saying: "For our force to find itself at the centre of two major incidents in such a short space of time is somewhat unimaginable and we have endured significant costs because of the scale of the investigation."

"I am grateful that the government has already pledged £4.1 million towards the costs incurred by Wiltshire Police during the investigation into the attack on Yulia and Sergei Skripal. I fully expect all costs associated with these unparalleled incidents to be met by the government," he added.

Lead pastor and board of elders of Chicago megachurch resign due to sexual harassment allegations against founder Bill Hybels

Samuel Osborne
The Independent
Thu, 09 Aug 2018 16:22 UTC

'To all of the women who have come forward ... we are sorry we added to your pain'

The lead pastor of one of the largest evangelical churches in the US has said she is stepping down along with the entire Board of Elders after a string of sexual harassment allegations against its founder, Bill Hybels.

Heather Larson said the Willow Creek Community Church needed new leadership.

"To all of the women who have come forward, the church should always follow in Jesus' footsteps to help the wounded find healing, and we are sorry we added to your pain," she said in an announcement on the Chicago-area church's website.

Why does Yulia Skripal believe she was "attacked" in Salisbury poisoning - when that contradicts the official story?

Rob Slane
The Blogmire
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:53 UTC

In my last piece, I attempted to show how on 4th July, when Yulia Skripal called her cousin, Viktoria, she appeared blissfully unaware of the British Government's central claim that the poisoning of her and her father was carried out by the Russian state. So blissfully unaware, in fact, that somewhat bizarrely she seemed to think that her cousin Viktoria was responsible for the publicity around the incident, and she also expressed her desire to return to Russia soon - the country whose Government was apparently responsible for attempting to assassinate her father. The Keepers of the Official Narrative are welcome to explain that, if they can.

I now want to go back to an earlier statement she made, which I also think is quite revealing. This is the one when she was "interviewed" by Reuters, significant for the fact that it was the world's first interview where the interviewer was not allowed to put any questions to the interviewee. She started her statement as follows:

"I came to the UK on the 3rd of March to visit my father, something I have done regularly in the past. After 20 days in a coma, I woke to the news that we had both been poisoned."

So far so good. She did come into London on March 3rd and was hospitalised with poisoning the day after. But then we get this:

"I still find it difficult to come to terms with the fact that both of us were attacked. We are so lucky to have both survived this attempted assassination. Our recovery has been slow and extremely painful. The fact that a nerve agent was used to do this is shocking. I don't want to describe the details but the clinical treatment was invasive, painful and depressing" [my emphasis].

"The fact that both of us were attacked"??? Hmm! Is this a fact, according to the official narrative? No, it most certainly is not.

Israeli air force pound Gaza, kill pregnant Palestinian woman and 18-month-old daughter, destroy city infrastrucure

Yumna Patel
Mondoweiss
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 15:25 UTC

© Ashraf Amra
Palestinians inspect a house that was damaged in an Israeli airstrike on Dair al Balah in the center of Gaza Strip on August 9, 2018.

Three Palestinians were killed during pre dawn Israeli airstrikes on the besieged Gaza Strip Thursday. Among the dead were a woman, who was nine months pregnant, and her 18-month-old daughter.

The Palestinian Ministry of Health in Gaza identified the pregnant woman as 23-year-old Inas Khamash, and her 18-month-old daughter as Bayan Khamash.

The two were killed when an Israeli airstrike hit their home in the Jaafari area of central Gaza. Khamash's husband, Muhammad, was severely injured during the strike.

Comment:

Just another week of Saudi atrocities in Yemen: Deliberate targeting of civilians kills dozens

Ahmed Abdulkareem
MintPress News
Thu, 09 Aug 2018 15:22 UTC

The late morning sun conspired with a cloudless blue sky to picturesquely frame the city of Dhahian in southern Saada province. Suddenly the serenity was broken by the loud piercing shriek of fighter jets over the quiet village, followed by a deafening explosion. When the thick black smoke finally began to dissipate, more than 20 mothers discovered a school bus carrying their children had been transformed into a hellish scene: choking dust, smoldering shops, and the charred corpses of children buried under the mangled school bus. Anguished moans and screams of grief and pain filled the air.

At a bed in the Jomhouri Hospital in Saada, four-year-old Mohammed was receiving first aid when he came to the realization that he was still alive but that more than 35 of his classmates, older and younger, lay dead in beds near him as if they were asleep. Others were lying in torn, blood-stained clothing along with school bags, fighting death in the same room.

Mohammed was one of the 80 civilians wounded on Thursday in fresh U.S.-Saudi strikes that targeted a school bus carrying children to summer camp on Dhahian's outskirts in Yemen's northwestern province of Saada.

Comment: Remember:

U.S. Deepens Role in Yemen Fight, Offers Gulf Allies Airstrike-Target Assistance - Wall Street Journal - June 12, 2018
The U.S. military is providing its Gulf allies with intelligence to fine-tune their list of airstrike targets ...

Sins of the father: Papa John's Pizza erasing memory of founder for his use of the N-word

RT
Thu, 02 Aug 2018 15:08 UTC

The management of the Kentucky-based pizza chain Papa John's has reportedly sent instructions to owners of its outlets to remove all the mentions of the company founder and former chairman John Schnatter.

The move comes shortly after Schnatter was forced to resign as a chairman of the company after he used a racial slur during a May conference call dedicated to the prevention of future public relations scandals.

The N-word incident was first published by Forbes magazine. Schnatter says his comment was taken out of context and that he was making reference to KFC founder Colonel Sanders who had "called blacks n****s" and had never faced public backlash.

Managers at 5,212 locations of the pizza chain now have to wipe off Schnatter's signature from the paddles used to take pizzas out of the oven and replace them with images of cheese and vegetables, according to the seven-page email first seen by the New York Post. A total of 10 items, including window signs featuring the smiling founder's image, a wall poster of Schnatter and NFL quarterback Peyton Manning, and signage on pickup trucks should reportedly be erased.

Comment: It will be interesting to see what he actually said. It wouldn't be surprising if he's telling the truth and his statements were taken out of context. Just look at how Mark Twain has been treated. His novels contain the N-word, but the identity-politics mush-brains don't seem capable of understanding context. Here's a brain-flash for them: it's possible to use the N-word in a context which is anti-racist in nature. It isn't racist to say "[N-word] is a bad word." But according to progressive morality, it's worse to say it than it is to bomb hundreds of thousands of people to their deaths.

'Liberals can't bully me': Kanye West doubles down on his support for Trump

Gerren Keith Gaynor
Fox News
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 14:54 UTC

During an appearance on "Jimmy Kimmel Live!" Thursday night, Kanye West defended his decision to support Donald Trump during the 2016 presidential election, and said he would not be "bullied" by those on the left.

"Just as a musician, African-American, guy out in Hollywood, all these different things, you know, everyone around me tried to pick my candidate for me," the Chicago rapper told Kimmel. "And then told me every time I said I liked Trump that I couldn't say it out loud or my career would be over; I'd get kicked out of the black community because blacks -- we're supposed to have a monolithic thought, we can only, like, we can only be Democrats and all."

West said it took more than a year before he gained the "confidence to stand up" and publicly wear Trump's signature "Make America Great Again" hat - which caused an uproar from many of his fans back in April.

Former UFC heavyweight champion says he was victim of now deceased Ohio State team doctor

RT
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:52 UTC

Mark Coleman, a former UFC heavyweight champion and member of the USA's 1992 Olympic wrestling team, claims he was a victim of a now-deceased doctor accused of sexual misconduct by more than 100 students.

The physician, Dr. Richard Strauss is alleged to have abused his position to sexually assault a number of athletes, including wrestlers. The former heavyweight champion of the world, who is credited with popularizing wrestling and 'ground and pound' in mixed martial arts, released a statement on Thursday saying that he will cooperate with investigators.

The Securities and Exchange Commission intensifying its probe of Tesla after Musk hints at taking company private

Matt Robinson, Ben Bain and Dana Hull
Bloomberg
Fri, 10 Aug 2018 13:07 UTC

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is intensifying its scrutiny of Tesla Inc.'s public statements in the wake of Elon Musk's provocative tweet Tuesday about taking the electric-car company private, according to two people familiar with the matter.

SEC enforcement attorneys in the San Francisco office were already gathering general information about Tesla's public pronouncements on manufacturing goals and sales targets, according to the people who asked not to be named because the review is private.

Now, attorneys from that office are also examining whether Musk's tweet about having funding secured to buy out the company was meant to be factual, according to one of the people.

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Society's Child

Delusional Dem Senator Bill Nelson claims 'the Russians are coming'... to hit Florida's midterms

More than £10m of taxpayers' money splurged on Salisbury & Amesbury 'Novichok' failed probes

Lead pastor and board of elders of Chicago megachurch resign due to sexual harassment allegations against founder Bill Hybels

Why does Yulia Skripal believe she was "attacked" in Salisbury poisoning - when that contradicts the official story?

Israeli air force pound Gaza, kill pregnant Palestinian woman and 18-month-old daughter, destroy city infrastrucure

Just another week of Saudi atrocities in Yemen: Deliberate targeting of civilians kills dozens

Sins of the father: Papa John's Pizza erasing memory of founder for his use of the N-word

'Liberals can't bully me': Kanye West doubles down on his support for Trump

Former UFC heavyweight champion says he was victim of now deceased Ohio State team doctor

The Securities and Exchange Commission intensifying its probe of Tesla after Musk hints at taking company private

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