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Define "Children" Trayvon was described as a "Child" But he wasn't.
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Shooting at Police is usually fatal.
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
08/05/2013 8:24 Comments ||
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Moderators, please do not post Sharpton articles next to articles about helicopter crashes. It severely aggravates my Evelyn Wood 'quick scan' depression.
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*en comment with the title, it would be interesting to watch wonder bread Chrissi Mathews stagger his way through these names like an intoxicated John Madden reading the list of Samoan pro-ballers with a mouth full of Reese's pieces.
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Its not fair. It was my sisters only child. You shouldnt have to bury your child. My beautiful nephew got shot in the head. A mother of one now has to bury her only child.
The two officers, ages 26 and 27, were taken to Jacobi Hospital for ringing in the ears and trauma, police said.
Next time, insert your ear plugs before you start chasing a beautiful nephew.
(Also, check out the pic of the doofus in a moonsuit.)
Now that all the gang violence is under control they can move up to the tougher cases.
The old man, described by a family member as "wobbly" on his feet, had refused medical attention. The paramedics were called. They brought in the Park Forest police.
First they tased him, but that didn't work. So they fired a shotgun, hitting him in the stomach with a bean-bag round. Wrana was struck with such force that he bled to death internally, according to the Cook County medical examiner.
The Park Forest police version is that on the night of July 26, John Wrana, a resident of the Victory Centre senior living facility, threatened staff and paramedics with a 2-foot-long metal shoehorn and a metal cane. The police statement neglects to mention that the old man also used a walker.
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in the mid-80s wimmin were told by the media not to pull over for Cook County Deputy Sheriffs as some were actually hit men for the mob and could rape and kill them.
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"Attempts were made verbally to have the resident comply with demands to drop the articles, to no avail," the police statement reads. "The resident then armed himself with a 12-inch butcher type kitchen knife."
But lawyer Grapsas says that Wrana's family never saw a knife in his room and that staff also told him Wrana didn't have such a knife.
"So where did the knife come from?" Grapsas asked.
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To be fair, it was a small suburban pd, (think Barney Fife) not the county pd itself, no excuse for the SWAT. These guys think they are on tv and pulling "raids" for almost anything and nothing at all. No excuse, shameless. Retired 30 yrs + CPD.
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I used to live next door to that suburb. I've had patients in that nursing home. I have no idea what the police were thinking.
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"The old man, described by a family member as "wobbly" on his feet, had refused medical attention."
Was he under a protective order? Had he legally been declared non compos mentis? (And, if so, did the idjit paramedics who called the cops have a copy of the paperwork in their hands?)
If not, he had the absolute right to refuse medical attention, no matter how much his family/nursing home whined about it.
When I was in the rescue squad, I'd talk and explain and get others to help persuade, and make sure the patient understood the consequences of refusing medical attention (hey - I've got all night). But if the adult patient refused to go, I wouldn't attempt to transport. That's called KIDNAPPING.
And if you're too stupid or stubborn to go to the hospital when you need to, I sure as hell ain't going to go to prison for your sorry ass.
Posted by: Barbara ||
08/05/2013 18:33 Comments ||
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[Dawn] Heavy rains swept across eastern Afghanistan, leveling homes and killing at least 58 people in five provinces, while an estimated 30 others remain missing, officials said Sunday.
Provincial spokesmen in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. , Kabul, Khost, Laghman and Nuristan said that all the floods struck early Saturday. Flash floods are common in those provinces and all are fed by rivers that eventually intersect in Nangarhar.
In Kabul's Surobi district, police chief Shaghasi Ahmadi said 34 people were killed in a remote and mountainous area. He said 22 of the bodies from Surobi were later found downstream in Laghman.
Surobi has a number of rivers running through it. It is also rife with Taliban activity.
Ahmadi said food, tents and other emergency supplies were being sent to the district from the capital.
Downstream in the adjacent province of Nangarhar, a government statement said 17 people were killed by the floods.
President Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai ... A former Baltimore restaurateur, now 12th and current President of Afghanistan, displacing the legitimate president Rabbani in December 2004. He was installed as the dominant political figure after the removal of the Taliban regime in late 2001 in a vain attempt to put a Pashtun face on the successor state to the Taliban. After the 2004 presidential election, he was declared president regardless of what the actual vote count was. He won a second, even more dubious, five-year-term after the 2009 presidential election. His grip on reality has been slipping steadily since around 2007, probably from heavy drug use... 's office said another seven died in Khost and Nuristan. Rains can quickly weaken the structures of the mud-walled homes that dot the countryside in Afghanistan, causing the buildings to quickly collapse during heavy downpours.
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It is also rife with Taliban activity.
Flash floods are common in those provinces
NO sympathy.
Posted by: Redneck Jim ||
08/05/2013 8:30 Comments ||
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Allan's Will.
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[Ynet] Tribesmen blew up Yemen's main oil export pipeline late on Saturday, halting the flow of crude, the state news agency reported on Sunday.
The pipeline started pumping crude oil again last week after repairs that took several days, following a similar attack by rustics. Earlier this year, the pipeline was pumping around 125,000 barrels per day.
This is why they can't have nice things, including adequate food and drinking water..
A U.S. military helicopter has crashed on Okinawa on Monday. The crash took place at a maneuvering ground inside the U.S. Marine's Camp Hansen in central Okinawa, said an official, adding that there were no casualties among local residents but that he had no information about the military crew.
Video footage showed smoke rising from a fire on a remote mountainside and the local official said fire fighters had been dispatched. NTV said that the aircraft was a CH-46 helicopter.
[Al Ahram] Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority warned that more thunderstorms and heavy rains were expected on Monday and some rivers may flood.
Unexpectedly, just like every year. And the bereft survivors will never be able to leave their refuges.
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Global Warming! I mean Climate Change!
Naah, Allan's Will. I wonder who the beneficiary of Allan's Will is? Who were the Attorney's who filled it? Has anyone been allowed to read it? I call dibs on the Virgins. Oh, wait. I don't have enough Vlliagra. My Doctor won't give it to me. He said, "Why would you want to put a brand-new flagpole on that old, condemned building"?
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[Dawn] "I was blinded by the false promises made by friends who had invested money in Modaraba (an Islamic investment system) for I was made to believe that by doing so, I would be following the path of the Prophet (PTUI!)."
This was how Mohammad Ejaz, who runs a local restaurant in Saddar Rawalpindi, explains who he ended up investing in an illegal investment venture operated by Mufti Ehsanullah of Rawalpindi.
By investing Rs500,000 in the 'Islamic' venture, Ejaz hoped to reap the benefits of both worlds with a single transaction.
However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... soon after he made his investment in the beginning of this year, he found out that the National Accountability Bureau was investigating the investment venture.
Within months, the venture was found to be illegal and shut down.
Ejaz also found that many such ventures existed across the country in which people invested money with clergy, thinking it to be Islamic and interest-free only to find out later that these ventures were illegal and perhaps even shady operations.
Background conversations with NAB officials and others have revealed that these ventures are basically operated by a network of clergy, which ensured the faithful of the spiritual benefits and hefty returns (for example Ejaz was promised Rs8,000 per month on every Rs100,000 deposited) and though investors were provided documentation verifying their 'investment', the transactions were illegal and the investors had little idea about where the money was being invested and in what sort of businesses.
But people were lured in because the clergy promised a lucrative deal that was devoid of interest and other 'impurities' which they argued were present if the money was kept in banks or invested in regular companies.
The investors were assured that the profits would also be reaped from Halal sources.
Like other investors, Mr Ejaz was attracted by the holy talk especially as the people who headed these people were Muftis (in hierarchy of Sunni Islam, a Mufti is highly educated holy man).
The main contact between the investors and muftis were the directors of the companies, who were operating the venture. These directors tended to be active preachers. This made interaction with potential investors easier.
The director through whom Mohammad Ejaz invested the money was a local preacher in Rawalpindi who operated out of a small office at Choor Chowk, Rawalpindi.
All this came to light when NAB started to look into Mufti Ehsan, the head of the venture Ejaz had invested into.
Codenamed the 'Mufti Scandal' within NAB, the Bureau nabbed the Mufti behind the operation and imprisoned him for two months after which he offered to pay Rs450 million in exchange for his freedom. Another Rs100 million are still to be recovered and Ehsan's name has been placed at the Exit Control List (ECL).
In order to reclaim their investments, some 85 investors, including Mr Ejaz, had filed a written application with the NAB about a month ago.
However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... not all investors in these illegal ventures were as lucky.
When this scandal came to light, another similar venture, run by Mufti Osama, fell apart because its operators bravely ran away fearing investigation. Those who had invested in it have now lost their money.
According to NAB officials, Mufti Osama, the operator of this illegal Modarba business, escaped to United Arab Emirates (UAE) along with the investors' money.
He belongs to Southern Punjab and is said to be linked to Lal Masjid (Red Mosque). However, the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... the Lal Masjid management denies this.
Furthermore, a NAB official said Mufti Khalid, the partner of Mufti Osama who lured people to invest in the Islamic business, was also close to the Lal Masjid.
Originally from Fatehjang, the holy man holds sway over major seminaries in Rawalpindi and Islamabad, he added.
The building of the Mosque has now posted a message stating that they had nothing to do with such investment schemes. Maulana Abdul Aziz has regularly denied any links with such Islamic investment schemes.
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that Rs500,000 investment was equivalent to about $5k - a lot by Pakistan standards but small claims court stuff in much of the USA
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This has been the subject of some discussion over at the Officers Club, as to whether the program will deploy a working ship that has some benefit to US naval doctrine.
From TFA, part of the executive summary. The report itself is a downloadable PDF:
GAO found that the Navy has made progress in addressing some of the early design and construction problems on the LCS 1 and LCS 2 seaframes, and quality defects and unit costs are declining, now that the seaframes are in steady production. Based on projected learning curves, shipyard performance can be expected to continue to improve over time.
This expected progress could, however, be disrupted, as the Navy is considering potentially significant seaframe design changes. For example, the Navy is currently studying changes to increase the commonality of systems and equipment between the two ship variants, primarily with regard to the ships' combat management systems, and add new capabilities. In addition, the Navy still has outstanding gaps in its knowledge about how the unique designs of the two variants will perform in certain conditions.
The lead ship of the Freedom class is currently on an extended deployment to Southeast Asia, and the Navy views this as an important opportunity to demonstrate some of the ship's capabilities and allow the crew to obtain first-hand experience with operations. Yet, developmental testing of the seaframes is ongoing, and neither variant has completed shock and survivability testing, which will demonstrate that the ship designs can safely absorb and control damage.
Importantly, operational testing of the LCS with its mission modules is several years away, which I will discuss later. Late discoveries of problems while the seaframes continue to be constructed could lead to further design changes.
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What is its mission? I know what my M1A2 does in the Army, I know what the mission of the B52 is and just how effective it can be, I even know the mission of the Marines Osprey, the Navy subs, cans, gators, cruisers and carriers -- and can therefore make some semblance of a pass at what tactical and strategic impact these military vehicles have, and therefore how well they are fulfilling their mission better than any other thing we could put in its place.
So what does the LCS do better than any other ship, what is its tactical function and strategic mission, and how does it rate?
Right now the primary mission seems to be making money for contractors, and teaching the navy all about how not to design and build a ship.
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...well, maybe, before 'destroyers' morphed into much larger 'frigates' (aka Light Cruisers), they could actually get in real close to the shore, sometimes to provide direct fire (eye ball) support to marines and troops. However, when you can deliver ordnance on target just as effectively via other systems, maybe that redundancy isn't called for anymore.
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I discovered there's a FRAM-ified Gearing Class Destroyer about an hour down the road. I took some pictures the last time I passed through, I guess I'll have to see how they came out when I get time.
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[Al Ahram] Pakistan's National Disaster Management Authority warned that more thunderstorms and heavy rains were expected on Monday and some rivers may flood.
[Dawn] "I was blinded by the false promises made by friends who had invested money in Modaraba (an Islamic investment system) for I was made to believe that by doing so, I would be following the path of the Prophet (
