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'Caravans of girls': New Mexico investigators still focused on Epstein's huge ranch

Zachary Stieber
The Epoch Times
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 17:23 UTC

Investigators are continuing to focus on Jeffrey Epstein's gigantic ranch in New Mexico, which he bought in 1993, following the disgraced financier's death in jail.

The nearly-8,000 acres known as Zorro Ranch sit northeast of Albuquerque.

As federal investigators turn up evidence from Epstein's homes in New York, Florida, and the Virgin Islands, New Mexico officials are probing Epstein's property to try to turn up something.

New Mexico Attorney General Hector Balderas was continuing to look into "all allegations of criminal conduct connected to the Epstein case in New Mexico," a spokesman told the Santa Fe New Mexican. Balderas had said in July, after Epstein was arrested on child sex trafficking charges, that he was looking into whether Epstein had committed any crimes in New Mexico.

Stephanie Garcia Richard, the state land commissioner, had staff pull every document related to land Epstein was leasing from the state and deliver it to Balderas, she told the Albuquerque Journal.

"It is absolutely horrifying to discover that we have existing leases with an individual who has caused irreparable harm to so many women and girls. The best thing that we can do at this time is to provide the Attorney General with any and all resources at our disposal to assist with their investigation," she said.

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Elon Musk warns Earth has no asteroid defense following 'God of Chaos' news reports

RT
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:48 UTC

The gigantic Apophis asteroid hurtling towards Earth has sparked a flurry of panicked news reports. Elon Musk is warning that we are completely defenseless against planet-killer asteroids even if this one doesn't pose a threat.

Musk was responding to a tweet from his friend, podcast host Joe Rogan, who shared a news article about the so-called 'God of Chaos' asteroid from the Express, which appears to post a newdoom-'n'-gloomarticleaboutthisparticularasteroid every few weeks.

"Great name! Wouldn't worry about this particular one, but a big rock will hit Earth eventually & we currently have no defense," the SpaceX founder said.

Roughly the size of four football fields, if the space rock were to hit Earth, it would smash us with the force of 15,000 nuclear weapons detonating simultaneously.

Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko siphoned off at least $8 billion, US businessman claims

RT
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:35 UTC

Ukraine's former president, Petro Poroshenko, withdrew at least $8 billion from the country while he was in office, American billionaire Sam Kislin claims, adding that it's impossible to bring back the bulk of the "stolen" money.

Kislin, a Ukrainian-born businessman, who emigrated to the US decades ago, was denied entry to Ukraine last year on the pretext of a necessity to protect state economic interests. He says that the ban was issued on then incumbent president Poroshenko's orders, because he was afraid that Kislin could expose corruption.

"Poroshenko alone withdrew from Ukraine at least $8 billion during his presidency," Kislin told local online outlet Strana.ua. "Only from facts known to me, between $700 million and $800 million were withdrawn through the state-owned company 'Centerenergo'," the entrepreneur said, explaining that the money was transferred to offshore companies controlled by the ex-president.

Court docs allege Epstein had three 12yo girls flown in from France for sex as birthday present

Mark Hodge
The Sun
Mon, 19 Aug 2019 16:13 UTC

Jeffrey Epstein once had three 12-year-old girls flown in from France for sex as a sick birthday present, explosive court documents claim.

The allegations were part of a Florida civil suit which was seeking to overturn the paedo's 2008 plea bargain which saw him serve only 13 months in prison after having sex with a minor.

The explosive claims were made by Virginia Giuffre who alleges she was forced into being a "sex slave" by Epstein - who killed himself this month while awaiting trial for child sex trafficking charges.

N.Y.P.D. detectives gave 12yo boy a soda - and boy's information somehow lands in a DNA database

Jan Ransom and Ashley Southall
The New York Times
Thu, 15 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC

© Demetrius Freeman for The New York Times
Maurice Sylla was one of hundreds of men from whom the police sought DNA samples during a genetic canvass after the 2016 murder of a female jogger in Queens.

The city has 82,473 people in its database. Many of them have no idea their genetic information is there.

New York City detectives questioning a boy facing a felony charge last year offered him a McDonald's soda. When the boy left, they took the straw and tested it for his DNA.

Although it did not match evidence found at a crime scene, his DNA was entered into the city's genetic database. To have it removed, the child's family had to petition a court and file an appeal, a process that took more than a year. The boy was 12.

The city's DNA database has grown by nearly 29 percent over the last two years, and now has 82,473 genetic profiles, becoming a potentially potent tool for law enforcement but one that operates with little if any oversight.

The New York Police Department has taken DNA samples from people convicted of crimes, as well as from people who are only arrested or sometimes simply questioned. The practice has exposed the Police Department to scrutiny over how the genetic material is collected and whether privacy rights are being violated, civil liberties lawyers said.

Millennial has meltdown when boss corrects her spelling of 'hamster'

Dr. Eowyn
Fellowship of the Minds
Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:33 UTC

Carol Blymire is an adjunct professor of public relations and journalism at Georgetown University. Her Twitter profile describes her as a "communications and public policy executive, branding consultant, professor, writer" and "Time Magazine's Person of the Year in 2006".

In a series of tweets on July 12, 2019, Blymire recounted a story she overheard of a millennial "in her late 20s" in Washington, DC, getting feedback on something she had written from her boss, who is also female:

"In the US Prison Industrial Complex, slavery can be used as form of punishment"

Alex Anfruns
Dissident Voice
Sat, 17 Aug 2019 00:00 UTC

Scotland Correctional, North Carolina

Comment: Though the following article has a clearly leftist-leaning ideological perspective, it is still quite informative of what is a deeply troubling state of affairs in the US prison system...

On the 31st July 2019 a group of incarcerated people at Scotland Correctional, North Carolina, started a hunger strike in order to protest against the use of torture in the correctional facility. In the United States, there are more than 2 million people incarcerated. To know more about the hunger strikers' conditions, Alex Anfruns has interviewed a member of the Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee.

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Alex Anfruns: How many incarcerated people are taking this action?

Incarcerated Workers Organizing Committee: To my knowledge, the hunger strike began with an estimated 6 people on July 31st. The razor wire plantation masters, aka authorities, have acted worse than even expected. They have flat out denied that the prisoners' rights have been violated and have completely lied stating that there is no such hunger strike occurring.

This is a typical story, though. The authorities lie all of the time, and everybody knows that. Just ask anyone who has a loved one behind bars. Scotland Correctional even goes so far as to state that the prisoners are "treated well".

AA: Could you please tell us about those torture complaints?

IWOC: Let's look at just a brief history really quick:

- "Only 1 hour of recreation. Without proper exercise, fresh air, and movement an individual develops a mentality like a caged animal. She and the admins here have created a very hostile environment and seem to enjoy it. "

- "Does anyone have any loved ones at Scotland Correctional Institution in North Carolina? I do, and out of all of the ones my son has been too (sic) this one is the pit of hell."

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NYT reporter: Epstein said criminalizing sex with teenage girls 'cultural aberration'; said he had dirt on powerful people

C. Douglas Golden
The Western Journal
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 12:27 UTC

In August of 2018 — a little under a year before Jeffrey Epstein allegedly killed himself in his cell at the Manhattan Correctional Facility, where he was being held on charges he had sexually trafficked minors — James B. Stewart of The New York Times had a meeting with the financier in a very different place on the isle Manhattan.

"He insisted that I meet him at his house, which I'd seen referred to as the largest single-family home in Manhattan. This seems plausible: I initially walked past the building, on East 71st Street, because it looked more like an embassy or museum than a private home," Stewart wrote in a piece published Monday.

"Next to the imposing double doors was a polished brass plaque with the initials 'J.E.' and a bell. After I rang, the door was opened by a young woman, her blond hair pulled back in a chignon, who greeted me with what sounded like an Eastern European accent.

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Over 70,000 people sign petition to rename Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower after Obama

Aris Folley
The Hill
Tue, 13 Aug 2019 16:31 UTC

More than 70,000 people have signed onto a petition that seeks to rename the portion of Fifth Avenue in front of the Trump Tower in Manhattan after former President Obama.

"The City of Los Angeles recently honored former President Barack Obama by renaming a stretch of the 134 Freeway near Downtown L.A. in his honor," reads the online petition, which had racked up nearly 71,000 signatures on MoveOn.org as of Tuesday afternoon.

"We request the New York City Mayor and City Council do the same by renaming a block of Fifth Avenue after the former president whose many accomplishments include: saving our nation from the Great Recession; serving two completely scandal-free terms in office; and taking out Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind September 11th, which killed over 3,000 New Yorkers," the petition continues.

Comment: As Sarah Abdallah said: "A street is being named after a war criminal who dropped bombs on 8 countries throughout his presidency, including 26,171 in a single year alone. Yay."

Free speech matters, even when it's not protected by the First Amendment

Jason Richwine
Quillette
Sun, 18 Aug 2019 07:39 UTC

"The government isn't involved, so it's not a free speech issue."

Follow any debate over censorship these days, and one is likely to hear this misguided view stated repeatedly. It means, in effect, that free speech is a legal right against the government, but not a spirit or value that the broader society should honor. In an interview with Above the Law, First Amendment lawyer Ken White (of "Popehat" fame) colorfully articulates this perspective:

Recently you see, from the Right, (and from some Libertarians), a tremendous amount of bullshit about "the spirit of free speech."

"The spirit of free speech" can be summarized as saying that not only is racist speech protected from prosecution and civil suits, it ought also be protected from other people's response speech.... [N]ot only should they not be prosecuted (right) or sued (right), but it would be wrong to boycott them, shun them, encourage public condemnation of them that might cost them their job, and so forth, because that "chills speech."

Basically, the "spirit of free speech" people want a world where people can be consequence-free assholes: where there's a set of rules of civility and high-minded discourse that apply only to the responses...

White's position is a confused one, but it reflects a worrisome movement toward devaluing free and open discussion, so it needs to be addressed. Let's start with the confusion. For advocates of free speech as a "spirit" or cultural value, an important distinction exists between disagreement and retaliation. Obviously everyone should feel free to criticize anyone else, even in harsh terms, because that's necessary for robust debate. If the "spirit of free speech" were supposed to render every speaker immune from criticism, then the concept would clearly be self-defeating.

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Society's Child

'Caravans of girls': New Mexico investigators still focused on Epstein's huge ranch

Elon Musk warns Earth has no asteroid defense following 'God of Chaos' news reports

Ukraine's ex-president Poroshenko siphoned off at least $8 billion, US businessman claims

Court docs allege Epstein had three 12yo girls flown in from France for sex as birthday present

N.Y.P.D. detectives gave 12yo boy a soda - and boy's information somehow lands in a DNA database

Millennial has meltdown when boss corrects her spelling of 'hamster'

"In the US Prison Industrial Complex, slavery can be used as form of punishment"

NYT reporter: Epstein said criminalizing sex with teenage girls 'cultural aberration'; said he had dirt on powerful people

Over 70,000 people sign petition to rename Fifth Avenue outside Trump Tower after Obama

Free speech matters, even when it's not protected by the First Amendment

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