[DAWN] Disgraced American football star O.J. Simpson, whose racially charged 1995 murder trial riveted the nation, was released from jail on parole early Sunday after nine years behind bars for armed robbery.
Simpson, 70, left the Lovelock Correctional Center in the western state of Nevada just after midnight, prison spokesperson Brooke Keast said. "I don't know where he was headed," Keast told AFP.
Simpson was granted parole at a hearing in July and his earliest release date was set for October 1, but he had widely been expected to be freed no earlier than Monday.
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Obscurity will allude him. He'll be signing with CNN within 30 days.
[FOX] SALEM, Ore. ‐ Donald Malarkey, a World War II paratrooper who was awarded the Bronze Star after parachuting behind enemy lines at Normandy to destroy German artillery on D-Day, has died. He was 96.
Malarkey was one of several members of "Easy Company" to be widely portrayed in the HBO miniseries, "Band of Brothers." He died Sept. 30 in Salem, Oregon of age-related causes, his son-in-law John Hill said Sunday.
Malarkey fought fight across France, the Netherlands and Belgium and with Easy Company fought off Nazi advances while surrounded at Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944.
[FOXNEWS] Dozens of NFL players took a knee during the national anthem as others sat or raised their fists before the games of Week 4 Sunday, a day after President Trump tweeted that it that it was "very important” for players to stand.
Still, the number of kneeling players was down from last weekend, when more than 200 athletes took a knee after Trump lashed out at athletes who protest during the national anthem.
Among the players who kneeled Sunday: half of the San Francisco 49ers. The team released a video of the athletes with the caption: "Together." Their opponents, the Arizona Cardinals, stood.
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"Sees?"
Sorry NFL, I saw nothing. And won't next weekend either.
I didn't watch a second of it, either. And with VRWC , I won't next weekend, either.
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I can attest that my daughter scored an unassisted 32 point word, and (not related, legit score) that the 5th Edition Scrabble Dictionary is garbage compared to my grandmothers' edition.
I shit you not. Did you know 'za' is a word? Yup, short for pizza.
Anyone else catch the last game of the Royals? Holy crap.
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Are you ready for some lecture?!
My Monday night parlay!
Got muh talking points right here
So listen on up while you drink your beer
Gonna say we hate your guts and want your guns
Why, tonight did you think you'd just have some fun?
[AOL] Sunday's first NFL game was marked by a mix of protests amid the ongoing debate over how NFL players should exercise their voice during the national anthem.
The New Orleans Saints took a page from the Cowboys as the game against the Miami Dolphins began in London, kneeling together as a team initially, but then standing and locking arms as the U.S. national anthem was sung by Darius Rucker.
Meanwhile, ...back at the barn, a little lightbulb figuratively appeared over Bossy's head... at least three members of the Dolphins -- Kenny Stills, Michael Thomas and Julius Thomas -- were seen kneeling during "The Star-Spangled Banner." All three then stood for the British anthem, "God Save the Queen," which was sung because the game was being played in England.
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[Breitbart] According to an interview in Bloomberg Businessweek, Steve Bannon and Henry Kissinger have had several meetings and are preparing a project to sound the alarm about what Bannon views as the primary economic threat to America:
If we don’t get our situation sorted with China, we’ll be destroyed economically. The forced technology transfer of American innovation to China is the single biggest economic and business issue of our time. Until we sort that out, they will continue to appropriate our innovation to their own system and leave us as a colony ‐ our Jamestown to their Great Britain, a tributary state.
This is a bit of hyperbole, referring to England’s Jamestown Colony of Virginia, formed in 1607, but it illustrates the fear that Bannon is presenting of a reversal of roles between China and America, with China becoming the dominant world economic power.
Form a project, study group, or committee? Obviously, neither of these gentlemen have ever shopped at Walmart, Target, or Home Depot.
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This is like getting advance warning of the Attack on Pearl Harbor during the Battle of the Coral Sea.
Indeed it is. Something akin to walking the RR tracks, and picking up stray spikes and plates back in the mid to late 1930's. Scrap iron was selling at a premium and being shipped to Japan. Someone failed to follow the money.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] United States President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and what ever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... has told his secretary of state not to waste any more efforts with North Korea’s "Little Rocket Man", in reference to Kim Jong-Un.
In a series of tweets published from his golf course in New Jersey, Trump questioned the need for Rex Tillerson and the State Department’s efforts in reaching out to Pyongyang.
"I told Rex Tillerson, our wonderful Secretary of State, that he is wasting his time trying to negotiate with Little Rocket Man... Save your energy Rex, we’ll do what has to be done!" Trump tweeted.
Trump’s comment came the day after Tillerson disclosed that the US was directly communicating with North Korea on its nuclear and missile programs but that Pyongyang had shown no interest in dialogue.
Tillerson said during a trip to China on Saturday that the US had multiple direct channels of communication with Pyongyang, the first such disclosure from the Trump administration, and that it was probing North Korea to see whether it is interested in dialogue.
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[DAWN] Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy said on Sunday that the rule of law had prevailed in Catalonia because an independence referendum in the region prohibited by the courts had been blocked.
“Today there has not been a self-determination referendum in Catalonia. The rule of law remains in force with all its strength,” he said in a televised address.
Earlier, Spanish riot police smashed their way into polling stations in Catalonia and fired rubber bullets at protesters outside one Barcelona polling station to try to halt a disputed independence referendum.
Nearly 350 people, including some police, were injured in the melee, officials said.
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...Generalissimo Francisco Franco is still smiling.
Mike
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Imagine the hue and cry if Franco did something like this.
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I thought rule of law meant resolving problems via an objective process and the judiciary -- not sending thousands of goons to beat up peacefully assembled people, nor breaking a woman's fingers one by one.
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[Iran Press TV] Ottoman Turkish President Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ... Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him... says Ankara no longer needs to join the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , but will not unilaterally quit the stalled talks on accession to the 28-nation bloc.
"We will not be the side, which gives up. To tell the truth, we don’t need EU membership anymore," President Erdogan told the Ottoman Turkish parliament on Sunday.
He, however, suggested that the bloc still needed The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire.... , saying, "If the EU is going to leap forward, there is only one way to do so and it is to grant Turkey membership and start an action of cultural and economic growth."
Elsewhere in his remarks, the Ottoman Turkish president said the EU states had failed to respond to requests to extradite individuals suspected of involvement in the coup attempt in Turkey in 2016, adding, "The EU failed us in a fight against terrorism."
The 12-year-long accession talks were effectively halted after Turkey began a massive crackdown on the coup suspects. The EU reacted strongly to Ankara’s purging of thousands of people from organizations and institutions over alleged links to the coup attempt.
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[DAWN] A video of a 9-year-old girl showing marks of physical abuse allegedly by her teacher went viral over the weekend and caused outrage among people in Azad Jammu and Kashmire (AJK), police said on Sunday.
In the video, the mother of the minor girl, a student of a state-run primary school in Upper Tangerran village of tehsil Abbaspur, is seen showing marks of abuse on her daughter which she says are a result of brutal corporal punishment by a female teacher, allegedly for not remembering her lesson. The incident was confirmed by police in the area on Sunday.
"The innocent child was ruthlessly beaten. Who resorts to such kind of torturous treatment with schoolchildren in today’s time?" Qazi Arsalan, second officer in Police Station Abbaspur, told DawnNews.
According to the police, the incident occurred on Tuesday and garnered local attention after human rights ...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you... activist Saqib Mushtaq uploaded photographs of the girl on Facebook.
Pictures showed the bruised swollen eyes of the girl, which doctors say is because of flogging on the head. Marks of flogging were also seen on the girl's back.
According to Arsalan, the girl was brought to the station by her grandfather and uncle on Wednesday ─ a day after the incident took place.
The police sent to her to a local health facility, from where she was referred to Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al- Nahayan Hospital in district headquarters Rawalakot.
"Since there is no such law in AJK dealing with corporal punishment in educational institutions, we were left with no choice but to register a case under normal penal code sections, which however require a medical report," Arsalan explained.
On Saturday, the police received a provisional medical report from Sheikh Khalifa bin Zayed al-Nahayan Hospital, on the basis of which a first information report (FIR) was lodged against the teacher, he said.
"Police teams are conducting raids to arrest the accused but she has gone into hiding," he said, adding that the case was assigned to a lady sub-inspector.
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In a continued streak of goodwill during this year’s devastating hurricane season, Tesla has been shipping hundreds of its Powerwall batteries to Puerto Rico in the aftermath of Hurricane Maria. Since the hurricane hit on 20 September, much of the U.S. territory has been left without power ‐ about 97 percent, as of 27 September ‐ hampering residents’ access to drinkable water, perishable food, and air conditioning. The island’s hospitals are struggling to keep generators running as diesel fuel dwindles.
Installed by employees in Puerto Rico, Tesla’s batteries could be paired with solar panels in order to store electricity for the territory, whose energy grid may need up to six months to be fully repaired. Several power banks have already arrived to the island, and more are en route. Doing constructive things instead of demanding government "to do something", does it really works?
[LegalInsurrection] Most interesting, and perhaps reflecting a split in the black student community, the group demands specific extra help for non-immigrant blacks:
"We demand that Cornell Admissions to come up with a plan to actively increase the presence of underrepresented Black students on this campus. We define underrepresented Black students as Black Americans who have several generations (more than two) in this country.
The Black student population at Cornell disproportionately represents international or first-generation African or Caribbean students. While these students have a right to flourish at Cornell, there is a lack of investment in Black students whose families were affected directly by the African Holocaust in America. Cornell must work to actively support students whose families have been impacted for generations by white supremacy and American fascism."
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It's amazing how ppl who have not done shit so far in life except graduate high school have demands.
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"Cornell must work to actively support students whose families have been impacted for generations by white supremacy and American fascism."
Oh, good grief.
As a Cornell student, you aren't "oppressed"; you are privileged, coddled, pampered and indulged to a degree that I, as a white person, am scarcely able to even imagine.
The only thing "oppressing" you is your own stupidity, laziness and selfishness.
Quit yer bitching, because the rest of us are starting to get really, REALLY sick and tired of listening to it.
So fuck off and shut the hell up.
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"Them African-American Caribbeanists and African African-Americans aren't real African-Americans. Only American African-Americans are real African Americans. Because slavery. Yeah, we know the African-American Caribbeanists are descended from slaves and the African African Americans prolly are too, but shut up..."
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"Perhaps you missed our second 'L' --
It's awful white to learn to spell --
And since you're stressed, it might be best
If you f----d off to Dr. West."
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the African Holocaust in America (i.e., the U.S.)
a couple of statistics to consider:
1) The average slave in the Caribbean was expected to die within 3 years of arrival. The plantations needed a constant stream of new slaves to replace the ones that had died.
2) The average slave in South America was expected to die within 6 years of arrival. Brazil in particular was known as "Hell for Blacks."
3) The average slave in the U.S. was expected to live 20 years after arrival. They lived nearly as long as their free white neighbors.
Roughly 9 million slaves were transported to the New World. Only half a million blacks were imported into the U.S.
Why so few? Because the Black population in the U.S. was self sustaining. They did not have to replace mountains of dead slaves every year. Slaves could get married, raise children, hope to be freed in their old age.
To the extent there is an African American holocaust, it is by Blacks, on Blacks, in the Black community.
Al
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African Holocaust in America. Wow. The students should study the lot of slaves in the Caribbean and South America.
[Twitchy] Oakland Raiders running back Marshawn Lynch arrived at Sunday’s game wearing a shirt that reads "Everybody vs. Trump." Well, you know what they say about home field advantage, right Mr. Lynch?
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In Sunday's loss to Denver, Lynch ran nine times for 12 yards averaging 1.3 yards per carry. For those of you who may not be familiar with NFL running back statistics, that's pathetic, especially for the guy who is supposed to be the star running back. If I was Raiders owner Mark Davis, I'd bench him at the very least, but probably just outright drop him from the team's roster. BTW, Raiders QB Derek Carr left the game early with a back injury. Well, I have to wonder if Lynch had at least been blocking the pass rush Carr's injury might have been avoided. Somebody needs to tell Lynch that if he wants to continue his NFL career he needs to get his head back into the game.
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The next couple of games will determine that, Abu. Lynch retired at the end of the season in 2016, took a year off and then unretired. That's usually a huge uphill battle for NFL running backs past 30.
The Oakland Raiders is the only NFL lineup made up entirely of African-American players. During last week’s Raiders – Washington Redskins game, the offensive line of the team decided to sit out the national anthem, but not everyone.
Quarterback Derek Carr stood for the anthem. But his offensive line – which protects the quarterback – decided to sit out the anthem.
“So Derek Carr, who is never sacked – was sacked four times by the Redskins, back to back on the second offensive series of the Raiders,” the host said.
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Dunno if it's fair to say Raiders O line threw the game, more likely they are distracted by all the political bull crap. At least that's what I'd like to think.
At any rate, this does not bode well for a team that is looking to move from Oakland to Las Vegas. The Vegas high rollers who said they'd bankroll a new stadium might be having second thoughts.
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The Oakland Raiders is the only NFL lineup made up entirely of African-American players
Apparently you need a better TV, info sources, or prescription. Derek Carr is as white as me
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Milo Yiannopoulos has married his partner John - but has bizarrely cropped out his new husband's face from all their photos on their big day.
The right-wing troll jetted out to Hawaii to marry his long-term boyfriend, named only as John, whose identity Milo has gone to some lengths to hide.
Milo shared a photo of him and his partner - who is facing away from the camera - appearing to say their vows underneath a tree. On the back of his new husband's white tuxedo, were the words 'blind for love.'
In another where the grooms are both pouring champagne into a tower of glasses. John's face is barely visible in the second photo where he's been all but cropped out.
The last photo Milo shared on his Instagram account was of his wedding cake which featured tiny models of the alt-right journalist and his African American husband holding hands on top.
'It's official,' he wrote as the caption.
The wedding took place at the Four Seasons Resort Hualalai on the big island of Hawaii, on Saturday.
Yiannopoulos, 32, became an alt-right poster boy, after his frequent misogynistic, racist, and even homophobic rants.
Yet the extremist agenda he pushes, which has won - and lost - him book deals, speaking events and his job as a writer at Brietbart, seem contradictory with his own life.
He once told Bloomberg he generally didn't employ gay people because he 'didn't trust them'.
[VictoryGirlsBlog] Two football players have finally lost their positions after they decided to protest the National Anthem and American flag. Granted, they are high school players on a private school team, but they’ve been booted nonetheless. On Friday, Houston private school Victory & Praise Christian Academy players and cousins, Cedric Ingram-Lewis and Larry McCullough, followed through on their plans to protest during the anthem. Ingram-Lewis raised a fist while McCullough took a knee. With apologies to Zenobia Floger6220:
They were immediately told to remove their uniforms and leave the game by their coach Ronnie Mitchum. Mitchum happens to be a former Marine and current pastor.
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Ingram-Lewis’ mother said the players shouldn’t be told what time they can and cannot protest.
"He has a slave master mentality," she said. "If you were to go back to that when they wanted to tell us this is what you are going to do and this is how you do it. And if we didn’t comply, we were beaten, whooped or even killed."
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Cedric Ingram-Lewis's mom is named Rhonda Brady.
WTF?
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Mark Steyn has an excellent commentary on this phenomenon. Among other things, he points out that you have a "right" top shout four-letter words at someone's grandmother's funeral. This doesn't mean that you should do it nor that any civilized human being would do it.
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My prediction, if the line about ESPN showing the Anthem tonight, is that the game being Redskins @ Chiefs there will be those who cannot help but Takeaknee Go!
Yeah, I had to look up the game, raised Chiefs here.
Then we can compare this to yesterday's final game of the Royals, where a sub-.500 team basically eliminated from the playoffs weeks ago had a sold-out full stadium to give a farewell to the core of the 2014 and 2015 players who go on the market after this season.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[FOX] SALEM, Ore. ‐ Donald Malarkey, a World War II paratrooper who was awarded the Bronze Star after parachuting behind enemy lines at Normandy to destroy German artillery on D-Day, has died. He was 96.
[Breitbart] According to an interview in Bloomberg Businessweek, Steve Bannon and Henry Kissinger have had several meetings and are preparing a project to sound the alarm about what Bannon views as the primary economic threat to America:
North Korea
