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Lenient judge gives 7-strike felon 3 years in prison for giving a man permanent brain damage


CBS Los Angeles
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 13:25 UTC
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A 34-year-old Anaheim man with a lengthy criminal history — which included seven prior convictions — was sentenced to just three years in prison for punching a man at a La Habra birthday party last year, leaving him with permanent brain damage.

Orange County Superior Court Judge Roger B. Robbins Thursday sentenced Christian Isadore Dubose to three years in state prison for punching a man so hard it left him with the mental capacity of a 14-year-old, the O.C. District Attorney's Office reports.

Dubose had faced a maximum sentence of 25 years to life in prison.

Dubose punched the 34-year-old victim outside a birthday party at a La Habra apartment on April 13, 2018, prosecutors say. Dubose followed the man and his girlfriend outside and then punched him, unprovoked, after accusing him of owing Dubose $200.
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Biohazard

Possible reason for radiation spike in Russia's Severodvinsk revealed


Sputnik
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 12:25 UTC
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On 8 August Russia's Ministry of Defence reported an explosion of a jet propulsion system at a training ground in the country's Arkhangelsk Region, with later reports confirming the death of seven people in the incident.

Experts from the Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring (Rosgidromet) claim the recent spike in gamma radiation in Severodvinsk, Arkhangelsk Region on 8 August following a tragic incident during military trials is connected to the passing of a cloud of radioactive inert gases.

"It is assumed that the increase in the ADER (ambient equivalent dose rate) gamma radiation registered on 8 August, 2019 is associated with the passage of a cloud of radioactive inert gases. The meteorological situation in Arkhangelsk Region contributed to the rapid dispersal of the cloud", Russia's weather service reports about the identified changes in radiation levels from 5 - 16 August, in information published on its website.

Comment: That explanation makes no sense. A radioactive cloud just happened to be passing by at the moment of an 'accidental explosion' involving nuclear devices?

For more on the suspicious incidents Russia, check out: Another massive explosion at an arms depot in Russia

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Heart - Black

63 killed, 200 injured as blast rocks Afghan wedding hall in Kabul


RT
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 19:34 UTC
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At least 63 people have been killed after a powerful blast rocked a wedding reception in the western part of Afghanistan's capital, Kabul. Nearly two hundred people have been injured.

The explosion that ripped through the wedding hall bustling with guests claimed 63 lives, Interior Ministry spokesman Nasrat Rahim confirmed early Sunday, adding that another 182 people have suffered injuries.

Witnesses said the building was packed with guests when the blast struck, as it's Afghani tradition to invite hundreds of people to weddings.

Comment: It's perhaps no coincidence that seemingly pointless attacks like this only give further excuse for the Western presence to continue in Afghanistan:

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Propaganda

My son's freshman orientation at Virginia Tech was chock full of leftist propaganda

Penny Nance
The Federalist
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC
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Now that I have witnessed college propaganda firsthand, I refuse to ignore the indefensible and discriminatory behavior of the liberal campus bullies anymore.

Are taxpayers funding academic institutions to indoctrinate our kids? That disturbing and irresistible question plagued me during the long drive home last week from college orientation. I doubt I am alone in this wake-up call.

Like many other women, I just sent my youngest child to college. I am so proud of him and his decision to join the Army ROTC and study engineering. He will be attending a revered Virginia institution known for its military Corps of Cadets program.

The centerpiece of the campus is the military parade field featuring beautiful pylons bearing the school's founding principles: words such as "honor," "duty," "brotherhood," and "ut prosim" (that I may serve). The war memorial also bears the names of all known cadets who have given their lives for our nation since World War I.
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Attention

Fact-checking the 'fact-checkers': Politifact and Snopes flagged just 4% of fake news items coming out of Mueller's witch hunt

Jim Hoft
The Gateway Pundit
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 19:33 UTC
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We are told the Trump-Russia Collusion hoax was the greatest political scandal in US history.

Several officials with knowledge of the Deep State spying on the Trump campaign and Trump administration tell us "you can't believe what's coming out."

It is also clear at this point that around 90% of the mainstream liberal media outlets bought into the hoax and sold it to the American public. And now there is proof that even the far left "fact-checkers" bought into the deep state lies. They were all wrong.
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Rose

Dutch Peace Campaigner, 92, Gets Russian Award For Letter to Putin

Janene Pieters
NL Times
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 16:07 UTC
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Albert Gietelink, a 92-year-old man from Almelo, received an award at the Russian embassy in The Hague this week because of a letter he wrote to Russian president Vladimir Putin a few months ago. He wrote the letter because he wants the relationship between Russia and the West to improve. "It is actually sad that 74 years after defeating Nazi Germany we still have a hostile relationship with Russia", he said after receiving his award on Wednesday, RTV Oost reports.

Gietelink sent the letter to the Kremlin, not thinking that anything would come of it. But to his surprise, the Russian embassy contacted him a few months later. A diplomat went to meet Gietelink in Almelo and told him that Russia wanted to distinguish him. The Almelo man traveled to the Russian embassy in The Hague with a group of 15 people on Wednesday. "What I found special was that we were not searched", he said afterwards. "They probably assumed we would do nothing because we stand for peace."

Comment: The following is what Albert Gietelink wrote to Vladimir Putin in his letter:
Dear partner in misfortune, as a 91-year-old European with only a few years to go, I look sadly upon the world today. And you likely feel the same way too. More than 73 years after the terrible war against Nazi Germany, the victors of that time find themselves in a Cold War. Russia played the leading role in that victory. In 1987, the Presidents of Russia and the USA signed the INF peace treaty. In a sense, that meant the end of the Cold War. As a result, those cruise missiles were not placed here. If President Trump's intention to denounce this treaty continues, a new arms race will arise. This is at the expense of better spending for our fellow citizens. And it increases the risk of a military confrontation with catastrophic consequences. Hence my sadness about the world in which you and I live.

Russian culture is a part of the European culture. Considering, for example, literature, music and the visual arts. Last summer, the country opened itself hospitably to foreigners at the World Cup for soccer without any problems. You have overcome the chaos in Russia caused by your predecessor. That has given you great popularity among your countrymen. You are now one of the few powerful people on Earth. This also makes it possible for you to make unpopular concessions in finding compromises on issues with the European Union and NATO. In doing so, you would historically serve peace and well-being to the citizens of Europe. The word Mir in your first name makes me hopeful. I wish you the best of luck and Mir in the new year. Warm regards, Albert Gietelink from Almelo.


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Attention

Battle cry of the politically homeless and silent majority tired of toxic tribalism

Bridget Phetasy
Spectator
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 09:48 UTC
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Like millions of other Americans, I'm exhausted. But I'm not tired from #Resisting or tired from screaming at a MAGA rally. I'm tired of the toxic tribalism infecting the very foundations of our democracy, straining our relationships, and poisoning our view of our fellow humans.

I'm tired of everyone being outraged, getting worked up over the latest news cycle only to forget about it two hours later. Tired of being afraid to voice my own opinions, of knowing how saying the wrong thing at a barbecue while someone is filming on their iPhone could result in a nationwide clarion call for my head on a pike. I'm tired of rage mobs and cancelations.

2016 was the breaking point, or at least a watershed moment, when the vilification of diverse opinion exploded. Trump vs. Hillary forced everything into a binary, and suddenly bipartisanship and moderation became radical positions to take.

Now, you aren't just voting out of habit or, God forbid, voting for your own interests. Every vote is considered a statement on your personal identity and worth. Your value, who you are, what kind of world you want, whether or not you're a good person or an evil person...it all boils down to which lever you pull. Damn your reasons. Vote for the 'right' person, or else you are a fascist, or a racist, or a globalist, or a communist.
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Whistle

"It will be a crash for sure," said the man who blew the whistle on Boeing's 737Max

Tyler Durden
Zero Hedge
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 18:05 UTC
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Ethiopian Airlines captain Bernd Kai von Hoesslin warned about Boeing's MCAS system months before March's fatal crash. And now, he has broken his silence and officially blown the whistle.

von Hoesslin is a Canadian citizen and gave Bloomberg his first interview since leaving the airline. He shared "hundreds of pages of emails, videos and documents" to back up his arguments.

After witnessing the Ethiopian 737 Max 8 crash in March, he knew there wasn't going to be any survivors, he said. He said that he felt a "sense of responsibility" about the crash, after pleading with pilots and managers to look into risks of the 737 Max flight control feature that turned out to be the cause of the crash several months prior in Indonesia.

After the March crash, he feared it had been triggered by the very same feature from the Indonesian crash, the prior October.

Comment: See also:

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Chart Pie

Snopes roasted after posting 'study' claiming 28% of Republicans think Babylon Bee articles are real


RT
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:20 UTC
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"Fact-checking" site Snopes has been vindicated in its decision to fact-check satire by a study proving people (especially Republicans) often mistake satirical site Babylon Bee for real news. Or has it? Claim rated: mostly false.

The "five most-believed satirical claims by the Babylon Bee" fool up to 28 percent of Republican readers, according to a study conducted by the Conversation (and credulously reposted by Snopes). The study's conclusions appeared at first glance to validate Snopes' much-mocked decision to fact-check obviously satirical stories by the Bee - clearly, Snopes' detractors simply didn't realize how many people were incapable of recognizing political satire!


But the researchers didn't present their subjects with Babylon Bee headlines and ask them if they thought they were looking at real news. Instead, they paraphrased the "false claims," ironing out the satire in a way that - ironically - made them look more like real news, as the Bee's own editor in chief pointed out.

Comment: Not a very scientific study - which sums up Snopes quite well. Those paraphrased headlines are akin to asking people whether or not Trump said "Mexicans are horrible people and we need a wall to keep them out". To a Democrat, that sounds plausible, and you'd no doubt get a percentage who thought it was "definitely true".

But the fact that Snopes actually fact-checked the washing machine article is priceless.

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Red Flag

NYU medical professor claims Epstein's autopsy points to homicide, not suicide

Collin Rugg
Trending Politics
Fri, 16 Aug 2019 17:19 UTC
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On Thursday, Dr. Marc Siegle, a professor at NYU joined Fox News to discuss his thoughts on accused pedophile Jeffrey Epstein sudden death. According to Siegle, Epstein's autopsy points to a homicide, not a suicide like reported by authorities.

Siegle's comments come after the Washington Post's bombshell story came out which noted that Epstein suffered broken bones in his neck which is common in homicide victims who die from strangling. This revelation "deepen[ed] the mystery about the circumstances around his death."

"Among the bones broken in Epstein's neck was the hyoid bone, which in men is near the Adam's apple," The Washington Post reported. "Such breaks can occur in those who hang themselves, particularly if they are older, according to forensics experts and studies on the subject. But they are more common in victims of homicide by strangulation, the experts said."
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