Trucker Strike In South Korea Sparks Economic Turmoil, Risks Global Spillover
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Zubu Brothers ^
| 6-13-2022
The epicenter of the next global supply chain snarl could be in South Korea as a nationwide trucker strike broadens and is hindering domestic economic activity, which may spill over to the rest of the world. Bloomberg
reports that the Cargo Truckers Solidarity Union entered its seventh day of strikes on Monday, causing $1.6 billion in disruptions for auto, petrochemical, steel, and other top industries. South Korean steel-making company POSCO, the world’s fourth-largest steelmaker, has already limited production at some factories while the impacts are spreading across the economy. The strike has impacted companies in Seoul the hardest. Shares of...
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2 South Bay Parks Set to Be Connected After County Buys Private Land
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CBS San Francisco ^
| April 8, 2022 | Len Ramirez
The miles of trails in Santa Teresa and Calero County Parks are some of the best in the Bay Area with challenging terrain leading to breathtaking views. “This
park here, every time I ride it I realize it’s just a jewel,” said cyclist Robert Lombardi. Although both park’s boundaries are close to each other, they’ve always been separated by roads and private property causing users who ride or hike between them to brave McKean Road which has no bike lane and sometimes dangerous drivers. “Sometimes people are passing each other and going much faster than they should,” Lombardi said. But...
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Trunk and disorderly! Two six-ton bull elephants flatten trees during heavyweight battle for supremacy at South African national park
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UK Daily Mail ^
| 4 January 2022 | Elmira Tarantarova
This is the incredible moment two six-ton bull elephants clashed in a 10-minute blockbuster battle just yards away from a walking tour. The
mighty animals flattened trees as they stomped around and wrestled with their trunks. Chris Bates was on a tour in Kruger National Park, South Africa, when he filmed the incredible clash on the trail.
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A New COVID Variant Discovered - SOUTH PARK: POST COVID
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youtube ^
| 11/29/21 | South Park
Kenny is determined to have died from a new variant of COVID. Panic ensues throughout the town. 3:46
video here.
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Ammo in toaster sparks fire at South Carolina senior home
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The Associated Press ^
| November 29, 2021
GREENWOOD, S.C. (AP) — Police responding to a fire alarm and the sound of gunshots at a South Carolina assisted living facility say a resident had placed several rounds of ammunition in a toaster. The
ammunition discharged on Sunday night, making employees believe a shooter was on the property, police in Greenwood, South Carolina said. Greenwood is about 70 miles (113km) northwest of Columbia. A small fire in the resident’s room was extinguished. The resident was found unconscious and taken to the hospital to be treated for apparent smoke inhalation. No other injuries were reported, police said.
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From discovery to global panic in 48 hours: How South African scientists' warnings about soaring cases of Covid super-mutant variant sparked frantic cabinet meeting and worldwide travel ban
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Daily Mail ^
| Nov 26, 2021
B.1.1.529 — which has now been named Omicron— was first picked up in Hong Kong on Monday in a patient who had travelled from South Africa. It did not catch international attention until Wednesday after a British scientists mentioned its 32 'horrific' mutations on social media after cases were picked up in
Botswana and South Africa as well. Boris Johnson's spokesperson said the variant was not an 'issue' on Wednesday afternoon despite UK experts warning it had a horrific set of mutations that could allow it to dodge vaccines. By Thursday the South African Government was forced to warn the...
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‘South Park’ creators buying quirky Colorado restaurant (casa bonita)
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ap ^
| 1/13/2021
The creators of the irreverent animated television series “South Park” are buying Casa Bonita, a quirky restaurant in suburban Denver that was featured on the show. Matt
Stone and Trey Parker said in an interview with Colorado Gov. Jared Polis on Friday that they had come to an agreement with the current owners of the restaurant, which closed to diners in March 2020 as the pandemic took hold. It declared bankruptcy in the spring. “We’re excited to work with everybody and make it the place we all want to make it,” Parker said. The Lakewood restaurant has been in business...
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‘South Park’ creators announce deal to buy Casa Bonita after restaurant’s bankruptcy hearing
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KDVR ^
| 8-13-21 | Web Staff
The creators of “South Park” made a major announcement this morning during a conversation with Gov. Jared Polis – they’re in the process of buying Casa Bonita. Trey Parker and Matt Stone have said that they wanted to buy the iconic restaurant in the past, but the owner had reported that he
was focused on reopening and not looking to sell at the moment. “As of about an hour ago, pending bankruptcy proceedings that have to happen in a couple of months, we’ve come to an agreement with the owner and we bought it,” Stone said.
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'IT'S A WAR ZONE' South Africa riots – Starving rioters say they are ‘on verge of eating each other’ after violence sparks food shortages
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sun.com ^
| 7/15/21 | Imogen Braddick
Chaotic protests have erupted across the country after former president Jacob Zuma was handed a 15-month jail term last week for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry. At
least 75 people have died and more than 1,200 arrested as the country's consumer goods body estimated more than 800 shops had been ransacked. Many of the deaths were caused by stampedes as thousands of people raided shops, stealing food, electrical appliances, alcohol and clothes, cops said. Shocking images showed hundreds of people running towards a warehouse on Wednesday and tearing through containers as the violence battered the country for a...
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Biden gaffe at G-7 summit sparks laughter from world leaders (didn't hear Bojo introduce South african leader)
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NY Post ^
| 6-14-21 | Bruce Golding
President Biden embarrassed himself at the G-7 summit when he tried to correct British Prime Minister Boris Johnson for not introducing “the president of South Africa” — even though Johnson already did so by name. The
blooper — one of several Biden made amid the series of meetings with world leaders — prompted laughter at his expense at the start of a roundtable discussion in Cornwall, England. The awkward incident took place on Saturday, according to Sky News, which posted a video clip and a transcript online. After mentioning how the visiting dignitaries had brought “some pretty spectacular weather with...
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Suspected poacher killed by elephants in South African national park
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Penn Live ^
| 19 Apr 2021 | Deb Kiner
Officials at a South African national park said yesterday that a man who was suspected of being a poacher was killed by a herd elephants on Saturday. The men were running from rangers when they ran into a “breeding herd of elephants.” The
men were reportedly attempting to poach rhinoceros. Only through discipline, teamwork and tenacity will we be able to help stem the tide of rhino poaching in KNP.”
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Biden’s National Park Service Denies South Dakota Request for July 4th Fireworks At Mount Rushmore
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GP ^
| March 13, 2021 | Joe Hoft
Last year South Dakota welcomed President Trump to Mount Rushmore on the 4th of July. The President shared a historic speech and then fireworks ended the day. This
year the Democrats want none of it. Joe Biden is unable to make the trip and deliver a speech in his mental and physical state. Because of this, they will punish South Dakota for their patriotic display last year. The Washington Examiner reported yesterday: The National Park Service denied a request from South Dakota to host another July Fourth fireworks display at Mount Rushmore following a controversial Independence Day in 2020 attended...
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South Park (PA) man charged with casting ballot on behalf of dead wife after claiming mail was stolen
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WPXI ^
| January 30, 2021
PITTSBURGH — A South Park man was charged with casting a vote on behalf of his wife who had been dead since 2013. According
to police, the Allegheny County Elections Bureau contacted police after discovering a ballot had been filled out by Judy Presto. Presto was confirmed as having died in 2013 and was survived by her husband, Francis Presto. Police contacted Presto who told them his mail had been stolen and he had to file a report with the postal service. After searching postal service records, police couldn’t find any record of a report being filed. An attorney for...
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NEW Sassy Justice with Fred Sassy | From South Park's Trey Parker & Matt Stone w/ Peter Serafinowicz
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you tube ^
| 10/27/2020
Just released yesterday. Regardless of your politics, I think conservatives know how to laugh. https://youtu.be/9WfZuNceFDM
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Just get your damn vaccine? 9 dead after flu shots in South Korea spark vaccine fears
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SS ^
| 10/21/20 | SS
Nine people have died after getting flu shots in South Korea in the past week, raising concerns over the vaccine’s safety just as the seasonal inoculation programme is expanded to head off potential COVID-19 complications. Five
new deaths were reported on Wednesday (Oct 21) alone, but authorities had no plans to suspend the vaccination programme, unless investigations, including post mortems, revealed a link, which preliminary findings had not. “We have reviewed whether it is appropriate to continue the vaccination or better to suspend and wait for the results,” health official Kim Joong-gon told a briefing. “We came to the conclusion...
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Oversight agency releases video of fatal Chicago police shooting in Southwest Side park
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CHICAGO TRIBUNE ^
| OCT 01, 2020 | JEREMY GORNER and ANNIE SWEENEY
Chicago’s investigative police oversight agency released video Thursday showing a man being fatally shot by police Sept. 5 after he was hit with a Taser and lunged at a sergeant with a butcher knife. The
Civilian Office of Police Accountability released several body camera videos and 911 recordings related to the shooting in Vittum Park in the Southwest Side’s Garfield Ridge community as part of the city’s video release policy, which requires that video and other evidence be released to the public within 60 days of shootings involving officers. Chicago Lawn District officers were called to the area about 1:40...
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South Park tackling COVID-19 with its first hour-long episode
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ew ^
| 09/15/2020 | James Hibberd
South Park is going to tackle the COVID-19 pandemic in a big way. Comedy
Central announced Tuesday a one-hour special episode of the iconic animated series devoted to the coronavirus crisis. A trailer for the episode shows Randy Marsh announcing some sort of "pandemic special" attempting to cash in on the crisis, Cartman worrying about authorities trying to make him return to school, Kyle fretting about social distancing and a scene with the kids in a classroom encased in protective cubicles with a police detective as their new teacher. The official description: "Randy comes to terms with his role in...
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Coronavirus sparks 'insane' evacuation from NYC, movers say, as residents head south
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Fox Business ^
| June 1, 2020 | Brittany De Lea
New York City, the metropolitan area hardest hit by the domestic coronavirus outbreak, is losing residents at an unprecedented clip, according to local moving companies. Roadway
Moving President Ross Sapir, for example, told FOX Business that people are moving out of Manhattan in numbers he has “never seen before,” as his company deals with its busiest season since its 2008 inception. “It’s insane … I’ve never seen such growth,” Sapir said. “[Business is] double or triple compared to any other season as far as moving out of the city.”
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All Charleston County Parks Closed - South Carolina
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vanity ^
| today | me
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Man fatally stabbed in South Sacramento bank parking lot — deputies arrest homeless man
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Sacramento Bee ^
| January 18, 2020 | Ryan Sabalow
Relatives of an 18-year-old south Sacramento man who was allegedly stabbed to death by a homeless man in a bank parking lot say they’re struggling to cope with the senseless, random brutality of it all.
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