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Best of the Web: Creepy as hell: THIRD Kevin Spacey sex-crime accuser 'suddenly dies'


CBS News
Thu, 26 Dec 2019 13:34 UTC

Comment: And that's the third time just in 2019. This guy needs his passport revoked, at the very least...


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Quite possibly the creepiest Clintonista in that circle of friends
Scandinavian writer Ari Behn — the ex-husband of Norwegian Princess Martha Louise who accused Kevin Spacey of sexual misconduct — died this week, his manager said. He was 47.

Behn died by suicide Wednesday, his manager told the Norwegian news service NTB. Authorities said he was found at his home in Norway.

The Norwegian royal family said in a written statement that Behn was "an important part of our family for many years and we carry warm and good memories of him with us."

Behn, who was Danish-born, and Martha Louise, the oldest daughter of Norway's King Harald and Queen Sonja, were married for 14 years. The couple divorced in 2017 and have three children.

Comment: Then there was another accusation which made it to trial, but was suddenly wrapped up last summer when the now 21-year-old had an unexplained change of heart:
Kevin Spacey's sexual assault case dropped by prosecutors due to accuser's 'unavailability'
For how much longer is this going to continue? By now, over 30 people have accused him. 4 down, 26 to go?

This latest 'suicide' of Behn occurred ONE DAY after Kreepy Kev posted this video on his YT account on Christmas Day...



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2019 was the highest rated primetime year in Fox News history

William Davis
Daily Caller
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 13:27 UTC
Fox News
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Fox News is finishing up its highest rated year in company history, having averaged 2.5 million viewers in primetime over the course of 2019.

The network also led all of basic cable in total day viewers, averaging 1.4 million throughout the year, according to Nielsen Media Research. This is now the fourth consecutive year that Fox News topped all of basic cable in both primetime and total day viewership.
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Officer admits he faked claim about McDonald's employees writing "pig" on his coffee cup; resigns

Daniel Victor
The New York Times
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 01:41 UTC
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© Lucy Nicholson/ReutersVideo footage showed that McDonald’s employees had not written “pig” on a Kansas police officer’s coffee cup.
A police officer in Kansas resigned on Monday after admitting he had fabricated a story that a McDonald's employee wrote a vulgar insult on his coffee cup.

The Herington Police Department officer, whose name was not made public, claimed that a McDonald's employee had written "pig," preceded by an expletive, on a receipt attached to his cup. The department's police chief, Brian Hornaday, relayed the story on Saturday in a Facebook post that attracted nationwide media attention but has since been deleted.

The tall tale unraveled when McDonald's provided video footage that proved its employees had not written anything on the cup, Mr. Hornaday said at a news conference on Monday. The 23-year-old officer then admitted he had lied about the supposed incident "as a joke," Mr. Hornaday said.

Comment: What a scumbag.

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London synagogue, store fronts vandalized with anti-Semitic graffiti during Hanukkah

Justin Wise
The Hill
Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:27 UTC
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The London Metropolitan Police said Sunday they are investigating what they describe as a racially-motivated hate crime after anti-Semitic graffiti was discovered on a synagogue and several store fronts in the Hampstead area.

The Star of David, the symbol of Jewish identity, and "911" were spray-painted on store fronts in the Hampstead and Belsize Park area and on the South Hampstead Synagogue, according to images shared by Oliver Cooper, a Conservative councillor for Hampstead. "911" refers to a conspiracy theory casting blame on Jewish people for the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks.

"I am walking around Hampstead documenting all the anti-Semitic graffiti that mars our community this morning, and just got to South Hampstead Synagogue. This is a place of peace and prayer, desecrated by the world's oldest hatred," Cooper said in a tweet.

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Multi-million dollar wind turbine's blades fly off in New York City, crushing billboard and passing vehicle

Chris White
Daily Caller
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 12:54 UTC

Comment: Good job, NYC...


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Blades from a massive wind turbine crumpled to the ground Monday, smashing a car flat and damaging another piece of infrastructure, authorities said.

"This shouldn't have been put up so hastily. A wind turbine should not be able to be taken down by the wind," state Sen. Jamaal Bailey said during a press conference discussing the incident, which happened in the Bronx.


Comment: But they do get destroyed by wind, regularly.



A car was smashed and a billboard was knocked down but nobody was injured, according to fire and police officials.

During the press conference, Bailey and Assemblyman Mike Benedetto called on the city Department of Buildings (DOB) to make "sure something like this doesn't happen again." Both men spoke at the site of the collapse and were struggling to project their voices over the sound of roaring wind.



Comment: Pro-tip: stop building them. They often don't work, they don't replace the need for oil and gas, and they're hideous.


Comment: Another win for Trump then.

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Best of the Web: America's 'Islamic Republic' moment in Iraq? Protesters storm US embassy compound in Baghdad after US airstrikes against anti-ISIS forces


RT
Tue, 31 Dec 2019 11:37 UTC

Comment: It may not play out quite like the revolution in Iran in 1979, but the increasing turmoil in Iraq over the last year is headed for 'regime-change' not to Washington's liking...


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© REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniHashd al-Shaabi (paramilitary forces) fighters set fire to the U.S. Embassy wall to condemn air strikes on their bases, in Baghdad, Iraq December 31, 2019.
Dozens of Iraqi protesters furious over airstrikes that targeted Hezbollah positions have forced their way into the US embassy compound in Baghdad. Tear gas and sounds of gunfire were reported at the scene.

The crowd was able to gain access to sections of the heavily-fortified Green Zone, smashing doors and security cameras on the wall surrounding the diplomatic building, according to the Associated Press. The agency said that there was a fire in one part of the compound, and that at least three US soldiers were spotted on the roof of the embassy.

Plumes of dark smoke could be seen rising from the compound, as protesters waved Hezbollah flags and chanted "Down, down USA!", "Death to America" and "Death to Israel."


Comment: The 'protesters' in military fatigues with guns are standing around watching the burning. It looks like Iraqi military and therefore the government is tacitly approving.

Officially, however, it is not. But what else can they do given that the country is held together by a coalition of militias, a swathe of which are Shia and thus natural allies of Iran, Hezbollah and the anti-ISIS government in Syria.

So when America blows up two dozen of their fighters taking on ISIS in the Syria border region, this is what results: the first real penetration of the Green Zone since 2003. The compound can resist mortars and car-bombs, but it withers under a wave of popular discontent.

How much did that facility cost US taxpayers again? Oh yeah, a billion to build, and another billion ANNUALLY to run... that's about $16 BILLION. Good job, Pompeo...

Now, will he be signalling his support for these protests in Iraq, as he did last month when he said "Lebanese and Iraqi protesters have the right to get rid of Iran's meddling"?

No chance!

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US companies are forcing workers to train their own foreign replacements

Stef W. Kight
Axios
Sun, 29 Dec 2019 07:16 UTC
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Opponents of job outsourcing are making a holiday-season appeal to President Trump: Stop U.S. companies from forcing American workers to train the very same cheaper foreign laborers who will soon replace them.

Why it matters: Trump promised voters he'd end abuses of worker visa programs and save U.S. jobs — but as he campaigns for re-election, advocates say he hasn't done enough.

Driving the news: AT&T is poised to send thousands into the new year hunting for new jobs after assigning them to train their own foreign replacements, according to conversations with current and former workers and documents obtained by Axios.
  • Many have worked for the company for over a decade. They aren't being offered severance or early retirement, and may not easily find a comparable job elsewhere with similar pay.
What they're saying: Sara Blackwell, a Florida-based lawyer who represents Americans displaced by workers on visas or overseas, told Axios: "American workers are tired of waiting for President Trump to do something on this issue."
  • "They've gone from great hope in President Trump's administration, to great discouragement."
  • She sent letters to Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas.), Texas Gov. Greg Abbott and Dallas Mayor Eric Johnson, as AT&T is headquartered in Dallas.
  • She also met this month to discuss the problem with White House officials.
  • The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

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'Go back to school kid': Netizens bash 'climate guru' Greta Thunberg over her take on #2019in5Words

Svetlana Ekimenko
Sputnik
Sun, 29 Dec 2019 08:40 UTC
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© REUTERS / GUGLIELMO MANGIAPANE
In September, teen climate activist Greta Thunberg availed herself of the opportunity to stare down global leaders at the UN Climate Summit, raging at them for inaction on the challenges of climate change, since then becoming the youngest person to be named Time magazine's person of the year, and doggedly pursuing her message on social media.

Swedish climate activist Greta Thunberg, known for her impassioned plea for action at the UN General Assembly Climate Action Summit in New York in September, has jumped on the bandwagon of the currently trending end of year hashtag on Twitter #2019in5words.

Summing up the year using only five words, Greta Thunberg tweeted one of her own quotes: "Our house is on fire".

Thunberg said these words at the World Economic Forum in Davos in January of this year when delivering her climate warning to a gathering of the world's most powerful leaders.

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NY Times disdains wage raises for blue-collar Americans

Neil Munro
Breitbart
Sun, 29 Dec 2019 03:48 UTC
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Wages for Americans have jumped since ICE arrested almost 700 illegals at several labor-intensive chicken plants in Mississippi — yet the New York Times disdains the extra cash as "little."

On December 2018, The NYT reported the wage-gains since the August enforcement:
[Juan] Grant, only two years out of high school and still finding his way in the world. He said it felt good to be earning $11.23 an hour, even if the new job entailed cutting off necks and pulling out guts on a seemingly endless conveyor of carcasses. It was about $4 better, he said, than what he used to earn at a Madison County cookie factory.
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... the opportunity to earn more than $11 an hour can still turn heads in this part of Mississippi. Mr. Grant was not the only person to jump at the chance the raids provided. Niah Hill, manager of the Sonic Drive-In in Morton, said 10 of her workers quit soon after the raid at Koch Foods. "When they heard about the raids they all went over there and got jobs right away," Ms. Hill said. Carhops at this Sonic make $4.25 an hour — three dollars less than the state's minimum wage — plus tips, she said.
But the NYT's reporter dismissed the economic gains for working-class Americans, with a quote from a press release issued by the University of Pennsylvania:

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Pete Buttigieg says possession of all drugs should be decriminalized

Scott Shackford
Reason.com
Mon, 30 Dec 2019 01:25 UTC
Pete Buttigieg
© Brian Cahn/ZUMA Press/NewscomPete Buttigieg
Pete Buttigieg, the mayor of South Bend, Indiana, and Democratic presidential candidate, told a newspaper editorial board that he doesn't want to put people in jail for possessing or using drugs — not even meth, cocaine, and ecstasy.

Buttigieg's statements to the Des Moines Register's in a meeting right before Christmas is garnering him some new national attention for his blunt declaration that America should not imprison drug users.

His comments start at about 55:15 minutes into this hour-long interview below:

Comment: Scott Adams considers Buttigieg's position to be a tactical weakness for the Trump campaign, as it is antithetical to Trump's base of support:



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