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  • Another Race-Based Attack In St. Louis: Black Thugs Drag Bosnian Woman Out Of Her Car and Beat Her

    12/06/2014 9:02:36 AM PST · by MeatshieldActual · 68 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 12/05/2014 | Debra Heine
    A 26-year-old white Bosnian woman was dragged out of her car early this morning and beaten by three black assailants in the same South St. Louis neighborhood that saw a Bosnian man bludgeoned to death with hammers earlier this week. Via St. Louis CBS Local: According to a police report, at about 5:30 a.m., a Bosnian woman was driving on the 4600 block of Lansdowne when three black males in their late-teens to early-20s stepped in front of her vehicle. When the woman tried to drive around them, the suspects reportedly pulled out a firearm, so she stopped the car....
  • Saturday Summary December 6, 2014

    12/06/2014 8:57:49 AM PST · by Excellence · 2 replies
    Weatherbell Analytics ^ | December 6, 2014 | Joe Bastardi
    Long range weather forecast through Christmas.
  • WOW, MUTINY!

    12/06/2014 8:42:00 AM PST · by SWAMPSNIPER · 39 replies
    ME | Dec 6, 2014 | swampsniper
    Not long ago this post in the dump would mean instant death. They are not happy campers, LOL
  • More than 60 organizations and agencies call for repeal of new prostitution law

    12/06/2014 7:33:17 AM PST · by Citizen Zed · 13 replies
    TORONTO – More than 60 organizations and agencies from across the country are calling for the non-enforcement and repeal of new prostitution laws that came into force on Saturday. The groups – which include the Canadian AIDS Society, John Howard Society, and Native Women’s Resource Centre – want the new law repealed and the full decriminalization of sex work in Canada. The sweeping new changes to the way prostitution is regulated in Canada follow a Supreme Court decision last year that found the old laws violated the rights of prostitutes. The groups say the law will recriminalize sex work while...
  • FBI investigating hit-and-run crash that killed Kansas City teen as a potential hate crime

    12/06/2014 7:14:13 AM PST · by Citizen Zed · 44 replies
    kshb kansas city ^ | 12-6-2014 | Garrett Haake, Sarah Hollenbeck
    Police have identified the 15-year-old victim as Abdisamad Sheikh-Hussein. Late Friday morning, the FBI announced it is investigating a hit and run crash that killed a Kansas City teen as a potential hate crime. Police are saying the driver may have hit the 15-year-old Muslim boy on purpose. The Muslim community is heartbroken. The Council on American-Islamic Relations says the driver threatened the teen's family and other area Somali Muslims for months, even writing the anti-Islamic message "the Quran is worse than Ebola" on his own Chevrolet SUV. Zulfiqar Malik of the Heartland Muslim Council says he is shocked and saddened...
  • 8th Sierra Leonean doctor dies of Ebola

    12/06/2014 5:48:55 AM PST · by wtd · 1 replies
    PostJagran ^ | 12/6/2014
    8th Sierra Leonean doctor dies of Ebola 9 minutes ago Freetown: A health official says another Sierra Leonean doctor has died from Ebola, the eighth such victim in a country with too few health workers. Chief Medical Officer Dr Brima Kargbo said on Saturday that Dr …
  • Upton Sinclair's letter of deception about Sacco and Vanzetti

    12/06/2014 5:42:51 AM PST · by ProgressingAmerica · 9 replies
    Archive.org ^ | August 29, 1929 | Upton Sinclair
    Upton Sinclair's 1929 letter to John BeardsleyDear John: I will write you a few notes about the matter concerning which we were talking last night. When I went to Boston the last time in October 1928 I was completely naive about the Sacco-Vanzetti case, having accepted the defense propaganda entirely. But I very quickly began to sense something wrong in the situation. There was an air of mystery about the Boston anarchists, and I saw they had something to conceal. Then in Sacco's cross examination I detected what seemed to be a slip in his alibi. I began asking catch...
  • Lil BUB's Fish and Yogurt Thanksgiving!

    12/06/2014 4:10:05 AM PST · by mkleesma · 3 replies
    Lilbub.com ^ | November 27, 2014 | Lil Bub
    Everybody LOVES Lil' Bub!
  • Texas Game Warden Frees Two Big Bucks Who Found Themselves in a Very Odd Situation

    12/06/2014 3:57:31 AM PST · by SWAMPSNIPER · 15 replies
    patriotoutdoornews.com ^ | Dec 2, 2014 | patriotoutdoornews.com
    It’s not unheard of for two bucks to be seen with their antlers locked together after a battle. Tales have even been told of hunters rescuing a live deer locked with a dead one. But what is a little more odd is when two deer get locked not by their antlers, but by something else. In the case of the video below, that “something else” was a nylon rope, and the two deer needed the help of a Texas game warden.
  • Chaffetz to Johnson: "Did the President change the law?"

    12/06/2014 3:21:45 AM PST · by SWAMPSNIPER · 5 replies
    youtube ^ | Dec 2, 2014 | Jason Chafffetz
    House Homeland Security Committee December 2, 2014
  • Protesters storm Apple store and Macy's in third day of anti-racist demonstrations in NY

    12/06/2014 2:28:36 AM PST · by Cincinatus' Wife · 62 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | December 6, 2014 | Mia De Graaf
    Protesters have staged a third night of rallies in New York following a grand jury's decision not to indict white police officer Daniel Pantaleo over the chokehold that killed black father-of-six Eric Garner. Authorities attempted to appease the crowds by insisting prosecutors will consider charges against the officer who fatally shot 28-year-old Brooklyn father Akai Gurley in November. And Eric Garner's daughter, Erica, revealed she does not believe racism played a role in her father's death. However, hundreds of people gathered at various locations in the city - and elsewhere across the United States - to denounce the use of...
  • New details of Apple's circular 'spaceship' HQ emerge

    12/06/2014 2:27:23 AM PST · by dennisw · 33 replies
    MailOnline ^ | 5 December 2014 | Mark Prigg
    New planning certificates reveal 120,000 square foot auditorium and 100,000 square foot fitness center Steve Jobs originally submitted the application for the Cupertino headquarters back in 2011 The campus will be a mile in circumference, feature glass walls and solar panels and cover 175 acres Cars will be 'banished and buried' in an underground car park and tarmac will be replaced with greenery Glass walls the height of the building will slide open, and cafes and restaurants will help break up the vast scale More than 1,000 bikes will be kept on site to help staff make their way around...
  • 4-year-old gets surprise of his life after befriending UPS delivery guy

    12/06/2014 2:23:32 AM PST · by SWAMPSNIPER · 37 replies
    BIZPAC ^ | Lonnie Martens
    4-year-old gets surprise of his life after befriending UPS delivery guy
  • Midamar corporate officers indicted on 92 counts involving misbranding Halal beef products

    12/06/2014 12:20:22 AM PST · by iowamark · 18 replies
    Cedar Rapids Gazette ^ | December 5, 2014 | Trish Mehaffey
    CEDAR RAPIDS — Corporate officers of Midamar Corp. and Islamic Services of America in Cedar Rapids were indicted on 92 federal charges Friday, involving mislabeling of Halal beef products and falsifying documents. Jalel Aossey, 40 and brother William “Yahya” Aossey, 44, both of Cedar Rapids, and each of the businesses are charged with one count of conspiracy to make and use materially false statements and documents; sell misbranded meat; and commit wire fraud. Their father William Aossey, 73, founder of Midamar, was charged with 19 similar counts last month. His trial was just reset to March 9. According to the...
  • Police: Man buys cigars, exposes himself to store clerk

    12/05/2014 11:58:34 PM PST · by Slings and Arrows · 28 replies
    Corpus-Christi Caller Times ^ | Dec 4, 2014 | Elaine Marsilio
    CORPUS CHRISTI - A man walked into a Stripes convenience store early Thursday, bought two cigars and then exposed himself to a female store clerk, a Corpus Christi police spokesman said.
  • Tony Blair and the art of a good Christmas card photo

    12/05/2014 11:53:46 PM PST · by Berlin_Freeper · 11 replies
    bbc.com ^ | 2 December 2014 | Magazine Monitor
    It's set up to look like a domestic scene of an elder statesman and his devoted wife. But there's no getting around it - the former prime minister looks perturbed, even angry, according to dozens of tweeters. His teeth are bared and his eyes appear to be downright fierce, they suggest. "Perhaps the oddest thing about Tony Blair's threatening Christmas card is that this must have been the BEST photo..." tweets one observer. "The strange thing about Tony Blair's Christmas card is how the teeth seem to follow you round the room." "Be afraid. Be very afraid," write others.
  • Oldest Janus cat in the world, ‘Frank and Louie,’ dies at 15

    12/05/2014 11:48:30 PM PST · by Slings and Arrows · 9 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | December 4, 2014 | Nicole Hensley
    The world’s oldest and beloved two-faced cat of Massachusetts has been euthanized. The 15-year-old feline known as “Frank and Louie” fell drastically ill over the Thanksgiving holiday in Worcester, likely from a “really bad cancer,” its owner, Martha (Marty) Stevens, told the Telegram newspaper.
  • Everybody farts. But here are 9 surprising facts about flatulence you may not know.

    12/05/2014 11:40:20 PM PST · by UnwashedPeasant · 97 replies
    vox.com ^ | 12/4/14 | Joseph Stromberg
    Whether you try to hide it or not, you fart. Everybody does. But even though it's such a routine activity — the average person farts between 10 and 20 times per day — there's a lot about farting that you might not know. As part of research into the microbiome — the rich community of bacteria that live throughout your body — scientists have learned all sorts of interesting things about the bacteria that produce gas inside your intestines. Here are 9 crucial things to know about flatulence.
  • Human fetus cells injected into baby mice to create ‘supermouse’

    12/05/2014 11:30:11 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 30 replies
    Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 10:20AM GMT 04 Dec 2014 | Sarah Knapton
    The cells from a human fetus have been injected into baby mice to create animals which have brains that are half human. Researchers at the University of Rochester Medical said it was like Ť“ramping up the power” of the mouse brain, because human cells are so much more advanced. They found that mice with the human brain cells had memories that were four times better than their siblings who did not have the injections. […] The team created the hybrid mice by injecting “glial” cells from donated human fetuses—left over from IVF—into mouse pups. Glial cells provide support and protection...
  • Sony Pictures’ employees receive threatening email from GOP after hack

    12/05/2014 11:05:03 PM PST · by Citizen Zed · 7 replies
    BGR ^ | 12-5-2014 | Tasneem Akolawala
    Looks like Guardians of Peace (GOP) hackers are far from over with their war against Sony. The attackers have sent an email to several Sony employees, threatening them and their families. Variety got hold of a copy of their email, where GOP categorically states ‘Your family will be in danger.’Sony spokesperson told the publishers that they were aware of the matter and are working with the law enforcement to put this to rest. The employees who received the email have been told to switch off their handheld devices. The author of the email wrote in English and made only a single demand. “Please...
  • Opel closes flagship Bochum factory (GM Germany)

    12/05/2014 10:03:29 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 17 replies
    TheLocal.de ^ | 05 Dec 2014 08:56 GMT+01:00 | (DPA/The Local)
    It’s the end of an era as the last car rolls off the production line at Opel’s Bochum factory, making Friday a bitter day for the city and the factory’s 3,000 workers. […] The last vehicle made in Bochum, an Opel Zafira compact van, will not be sold but will be dedicated to social work with details expected to be announced by the company on Friday. Opel, a subsidiary of General Motors, is shutting down its former flagship factory due to overcapacity. In its heyday, the Bochum plant employed 22,000 people. Now, it will only employ 700 to make auto...
  • Black Lives Matter protesters march through Cambridge

    12/05/2014 9:57:18 PM PST · by ConservativeStatement · 23 replies
    WHDH ^ | December 5, 2014 | Anthony Miller
    CAMBRIDGE, Mass. (WHDH) - A march that started in Davis Square Friday afternoon as a response to the grand jury decision in the Eric Garner chokehold death ended on the Mass. Ave. Bridge after passing through several major intersections in Cambridge. The protest began on campus at Tufts University before heading into Davis Square, Porter Square and Harvard Square where protesters held die ins. The march continued to the Mass. Ave. Bridge crossing into Boston where officers stopped the group for nearly 30 minutes before letting them onto the bridge for their final die in.
  • Holmes Norton to appear in 'The Nutcracker'

    12/05/2014 9:41:41 PM PST · by PROCON · 16 replies
    thehill.com ^ | Dec. 5, 2014 | Judy Kurtz
    Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) is joining the ballet … at least for one night. The congresswoman is reprising her role as a merry widow in the Washington Ballet’s production of “The Nutcracker” on Saturday. It’s the third time Norton, 77, has taken to the stage with the ballet company. Other Washington fixtures, including Mayor Vincent Gray (D) and the late former Mayor Marion Barry (D) have appeared in the classic Tchaikovsky ballet.“There is no more delightful fun than seeing or being lucky enough to be asked to perform in ‘The Nutcracker,’ ” Norton said in a statement. “Isn’t this...
  • Michelle Obama joins D.C. students for their march to mail college applications

    12/05/2014 9:07:14 PM PST · by PROCON · 11 replies
    WAPO ^ | Dec. 5, 2014 | Michael Alison Chandler
    The seniors at Capital City Public Charter School experienced the usual wave of relief and anticipation after mailing off college applications Friday, as well as an added surprise: a hug from Michelle Obama. The first lady came to their school in Northwest Washington to take part in what has become an annual tradition at some schools across the country — the College March. Before she arrived, the seniors paraded through the hallways with college applications in hand while underclassmen cheered them along. At most schools, the march culminates at a nearby mailbox or post office. On Friday, the seniors at...
  • Santa Ana man molested 'extraordinary' number of boys, police say

    A Santa Ana man has been arrested on suspicion of molesting nearly a dozen boys over the last two years, and police say they believe there may be more victims. Edwin Echeverria, 22, was taken into custody Wednesday on suspicion of multiple counts of child molestation and is expected to be arraigned Friday afternoon on 14 felony counts of lewd conduct with a child. The Orange County District's office said they will asked that Echeverria be held on $1 million bail. Echeverria faces a possible sentence of 275 years in prison if convicted on all counts Echeverria befriended the boys,...
  • Boy, girl charged with trying to steal baby in Toronto

    12/05/2014 8:35:08 PM PST · by Morgana · 13 replies
    yahoo ^ | 12.5.2014 | yahoo
    Ottawa (AFP) - A 14-year-old boy and a 12-year-old girl were charged Friday with assaulting a mother and trying to steal her baby in a random attack on a Toronto street, police said. Inspector Art Little of the Toronto Police Service called it a "unique" and "shocking" crime. "This is a very alarming situation... (and) a major cause for concern," given the obvious vulnerability of the victim and the very young age of her alleged assailants, he told a nationally-televised press conference.
  • White Like Me (BWAHAHAHAHAHA - Eddie Murphy enjoying white privilege on old SNL skit)

    12/05/2014 8:22:49 PM PST · by doug from upland · 13 replies
    Bring back the SNL skit in which Eddie Murphy learns all about white privilege. LOL WHITE LIKE ME
  • Senate Forecast: Landrieu Headed Toward Historic Defeat In Louisiana Runoff (Nate Silver)

    12/05/2014 8:20:09 PM PST · by Perdogg · 19 replies
    William Thompson of Kansas and Wesley Jones of Washington are former U.S. senators — you get a pass for not recognizing them, they’ve been dead for more than 80 years. But if you’ll be watching Saturday’s Senate runoff between Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu and Republican Bill Cassidy in Louisiana, remember their names.
  • Money and Power Attract Abortionists to the Field

    12/05/2014 8:03:18 PM PST · by Morgana · 5 replies
    Clinic Quotes ^ | September 18, 2012 | Sarah Terzo
    Dr. Philip Ney, who works with abortion providers who have left the business has this to say: “Some make it, some don’t. The ones who don’t sort of implode. They may revert to drinking, trying to struggle with their anger and guilt, hiding out in a series of rationalizations. They have to deal with all sorts of problems: guilt, shame, anger. They feel they’ve been badly used by their colleagues, doing the dirty work for other doctors. These people also feel they are doing a job for society — that other people are making them do it. They feel used....
  • Japanese Unearth Remains, and Their Nation’s Past, on Guadalcanal

    12/05/2014 7:55:58 PM PST · by Lorianne · 42 replies
    New York Times ^ | 29 November 2014 | Martin Fackler
    GUADALCANAL, Solomon Islands — Using a trowel to dig into the shadowy floor of the rain forest, pausing only to wipe away sweat and malaria-carrying mosquitoes, Atsushi Maeda holds up what he has traveled so far, to this South Pacific island, to find: a human bone, turned orange-brown with age. Mr. Maeda, 21, was looking for the remains of missing Japanese soldiers at the site of one of World War II’s most ferocious battles. Others have done this work before him, mostly aging veterans or bereaved relatives. But he was with a group of mostly university students and young professionals,...
  • Watch a 100-Year-Old, 28.5-Liter Engine Scream to Life (video 3min)

    12/05/2014 7:43:00 PM PST · by virgil283 · 48 replies
    PopSci ^ | December 1, 2014 | Chris Cantle
    "This thundering thing is the Beast of Turin. The Fiat S76 land speed record car. It's a behemoth, nearly as tall as a man, with a four-cylinder engine displacing a staggering 28.5 liters. In 1911 that massive engine propelled the Fiat S76 to 135-mph, an extraordinary accomplishment at the time,..... .....
  • An adopted boy who survived abuse has touched the nation with a hug.

    12/05/2014 7:25:45 PM PST · by Morgana · 21 replies
    Live Action News ^ | Dec 2, 2014 | Christina Martin
    Devonte Hart is touching the hearts of hundreds of thousands across the country. An image taken at a Ferguson Rally shows Devonte hugging a police officer with tears streaming down his face. As soon as the picture was posted this 12 year old boy from Portland, Oregon became a symbol of hope in the midst of a nation divided by racial tensions. Devonte was at the rally with his mother, Jen Hart. As Devonte held a sign that said ‘Free Hugs’ a police officer came over to talk with him. After making general conversation Sgt. Bret Barnum asked Devonte why...
  • Allegedly, clinic workers held woman down and did abortion against her will

    12/05/2014 7:05:48 PM PST · by Morgana · 3 replies
    Clinic Quotes ^ | November 21, 2014 | Sarah Terzo
    The blog JivinJehosaphat quotes from an article on ABC (now unavailable) about a young woman who claims she was forcibly held down and forced to have an abortion after she changed her mind, The information comes from Caitlin Bruce’s lawsuit against abortionist Abraham Alberto Hodari. (who years later lost his licence for malpractice) She was 18 years old and 6 weeks pregnant when she went for her abortion. From the article: “I was nervous and I really didn’t have the moral support I needed. And I just didn’t know what to do,” Bruce said. Bruce says she wrestled with her...
  • Recording of Mariah Carey's sour notes at Rockefeller Center tree show is blamed on angry workers

    12/05/2014 6:55:12 PM PST · by smokingfrog · 31 replies
    NY Daily News ^ | 12-05-14 | MARIANNE GARVEY, BRIAN NIEMIETZ AND OLI COLEMAN
    It’s her own fault she can’t carry a tune. But sources close to Mariah Carey’s widely panned NBC tree-lighting performance at 30 Rock believe disgruntled techies are to blame for leaking a vocals-only recording of her woeful Wednesday night appearance. Their motive? Revenge! As Confidenti@l reported Thursday, production workers attached to the NBC broadcast were upset that Carey kept them waiting three hours in the winter cold Tuesday night, and ultimately failing to show for a taping of her Christmas performance. That number was supposed to air on Wednesday’s broadcast. The network and the diva were left with no choice...
  • Mark Wahlberg seeks pardon for 1988 assaults

    12/05/2014 6:45:07 PM PST · by smokingfrog · 48 replies
    CBS ^ | 12-5-14 | William J. Kole
    Actor Mark Wahlberg is asking Massachusetts for a pardon for assaults he committed in 1988 when he was a troubled teenager in Boston, saying he has dedicated himself to becoming a better person in his adult years so he can be a role model to his children and others. The former rapper known as Marky Mark and a star of movies including "The Departed" and "The Gambler," set to open in theaters Dec. 19, filed a pardon application with state officials Nov. 26. New England Cable News first reported on the application Thursday. In 1988, when Wahlberg was 16, he...
  • Police say multiple people stabbed on Amtrak train in Niles; 1 arrested

    12/05/2014 6:21:40 PM PST · by VanShuyten · 65 replies
    WSBT TVS 22 CBS ^ | 12/5/2014 | Jessica Schliska
    Police confirm to CBS News multiple people have been stabbed Friday evening on an Amtrak train in Niles. dispatchers say the call came in around 7:00 p.m. for reports of multiple people stabbed at the station near N 6th Street and Pokagon Street in Niles. Police confirm to CBS News one person has been arrested. The conditions of those injured are unknown.
  • Decorating a Christmas tree with cats around!

    12/05/2014 6:14:09 PM PST · by Justice · 16 replies
    YouTube ^ | 12/4/2014 | Cole and Marmalade
    Click Here for video Cats VS Christmas Trees ... the battle continues! Even though I knew we couldn't leave the Christmas tree up this year because it would be dangerous and Marmalade would more than likely eat something he shouldn't… Marmalade is currently going through chemotherapy and fighting cancer so I decided to put it up anyway so he could have some fun! As you can see from the look of joy and mischief on his face it was well worth the effort :)
  • Explain this to me...

    12/05/2014 6:07:19 PM PST · by CanadianBloodAmericanHeart · 16 replies
    Why has nobody in the media on either side, at least that I have heard, claim that the Democrat losses in the midterms were caused by the public angry at them over causing the government shutdown...how have we let the media always claim this is a Republican only issue...whilst I sip some tea I will read your answers...
  • Di Blasio letting communist organized protesters disrupt Grand Central Station

    12/05/2014 5:33:06 PM PST · by Rome2000 · 47 replies
    CNN is complicit.
  • What PUNISHMENT Should Lena Dunham Suffer for Making FALSE Rape Claim?

    12/05/2014 5:20:45 PM PST · by PJ-Comix · 99 replies
    Self | December 5, 2014 | PJ-Comix
    Breitbart has done an INVESTIGATION and has found that the rape charges that Lena Dunham hurled against an Oberlin college Republican named "Barry" are completely unsubstantiated. There was a "Barry" at Oberlin who fits some, but not all, of Dunham's description but he is definitely not the rapist. Unfortunately, "Barry," who can easily be found via Google now has the false finger of Dunham accusing him of rape. I believe he has strong grounds to take action against Lena Dunham. So what would you recommend for punishment? Here are my suggestions: 1. All copies of Dunham's books, Not That Kind...
  • Obama signs order keeping U.S. government offices closed December 26

    12/05/2014 5:15:30 PM PST · by Citizen Zed · 13 replies
    Some departments and agencies are permitted to order employees to work on Dec. 26 "for reasons of national security, defense, or other public need," according to the order, which was released by the White House.
  • Gun used to shoot George Wallace being auctioned

    12/05/2014 4:56:08 PM PST · by Citizen Zed · 22 replies
    CBS KX News / AP ^ | 12-5-2014 | KIM CHANDLER
    An Illinois auction house is selling the revolver that almost killed former Alabama Gov. George Wallace in a 1972 assassination attempt as he ran for president. Rock Island Auction Co., which specializes in rare firearms, listed the revolver for sale in a Friday auction. Company vice president Judy Voss said the company's investigation shows it is the same gun that was used by Arthur Bremer in the shooting. "There is no doubt," Voss said. Voss says the serial number on the gun matches that listed on police reports. Voss says a May 15, 1952, date and initials etched into the...
  • Lawyers for alleged Boston Marathon bomber again seek trial out of state

    12/05/2014 4:45:29 PM PST · by Citizen Zed · 7 replies
    metro / reuters ^ | 12-2-2014
    Lawyers for accused Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Monday requested, for the second time, that his trial be moved out of state because of the risk that intense local media coverage will bias a jury against him. The request comes one month before Tsarnaev is scheduled to face trial at a Boston courthouse a few miles from the location of the 2013 bombing, which killed three people and injured more than 260 in the worst attack since Sept. 11, 2001. "The inescapable conclusion is that great local prejudice will prevent a fair trial by an impartial jury," Tsarnaev's lawyers...
  • The FRiday Night Movie - 5 Fingers (1952)

    12/05/2014 4:25:34 PM PST · by DemforBush · 5 replies
    Youtube ^ | n/a | n/a
    Tonight's film is a superb spy thriller based upon actual events in WW2. James Mason stars as Diello, the trusted valet to the British Ambassador to Turkey. Unbeknownst to the ambassador, Diello is not at all satisfied with his position, and has some very definite ideas about how a life of comfort and gentlemanly leisure might be possible... Based upon the real life intelligence op "Operation Cicero." Co-starring Danielle Darrieux and Michael Rennie.
  • Asked about marijuana, Paul says ‘I made mistakes’ (i.e. Rand)

    12/05/2014 3:56:04 PM PST · by Olog-hai · 26 replies
    Associated Press ^ | Dec 5, 2014 6:35 PM EST
    Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul hinted in an interview Friday that he smoked marijuana in his youth, adding that voters should not confuse his push for reduced criminal penalties for drug offenses as an endorsement of drug use. […] “I think drugs, marijuana included, aren’t good for you,” Paul said. “I don’t want to be someone who is seen as being this person advocating for drug use. I think they’re not a good idea.” […] Paul told WHAS he has focused on reducing criminal penalties for some nonviolent drug offenses, which he said have been administered unfairly and disproportionally (sic) impact...
  • Are We Close to Discovering Planet X?

    12/05/2014 3:43:26 PM PST · by BenLurkin · 19 replies
    weather.com ^ | Published Dec 1 2014 12:25 PM EST | Michele Berger
    This past March, astronomers Scott Sheppard of the Carnegie Institution for Science and Craig Trujillo of Gemini Observatory in Hilo, Hawaii, saw a new object, the most distant known in the solar system. This object, about 200 miles in size, and several near it followed similar orbits, an unusual occurrence, according to Sheppard. “We would expect their orbits to be fairly random,” he told weather.com. “So we suspect something more massive is shepherding these.” A planet, to be exact.
  • Shackled Skeletons Found In Ancient Gallo-Roman Cemetery in Southwest France; circa 2nd Century A.D.

    12/05/2014 3:22:15 PM PST · by DogByte6RER · 13 replies
    IO9 ^ | December 4, 2014 | George Dvorsky
    • Skeletons Found In Ancient Cemetery Still Have Shackles On Their Necks Archaeologists working in southwest France have discovered hundreds of Gallo-Roman graves dating to the second half of the 2nd century AD, with some of the skeletons featuring shackles still strapped around their necks and ankles. The site, which may have been part of an important Gallo-Roman necropolis, is situated near the amphitheatre of Saintes. The Romans dominated the area during the first and second centuries AD. The amphitheatre, which featured battles between gladiators and wild animals, could hold between 12-18,000 people. The remains of the dead would be...
  • Man steals donation jar intended for Pregnancy Care Center, is “so embarrassed”......

    12/05/2014 3:16:12 PM PST · by Morgana · 7 replies
    National Right to Life. ^ | December 4, 2014 | Dave Andrusko
    FULL TITLE: Man steals donation jar intended for Pregnancy Care Center, is “so embarrassed” when scene is shown on TV he turns himself in Many of the best stories we post on NRL News Today come from information provided by our readers, in this case from someone directly involved with the Pregnancy Care Center in Jonesboro, Georgia. Fairburn, Georgia, police described it as a first. A man was caught on the surveillance camera “swiping a donation jar right off a convenience store counter” at the Fairburn Travel Center. Tuesday night the local Fox 5 station aired the footage. Fox 5...
  • Mother lies to protect pit bull who bit her 2-year-old daughter

    12/05/2014 3:13:44 PM PST · by george76 · 23 replies
    wgn tv ^ | DECEMBER 3, 2014
    two-year-old Gabrielle Looney was bitten on the face by her mother’s boyfriend’s pit bull. The couple took the injured little girl to the hospital, where her mother did the unthinkable. She lied to doctors and police about what happened to protect the dog. “She tried to say that this injury to her child occurred from a stray,” Des Moines Police Sergeant Jim Butler to WHO-TV. “And that’s not something that sits too well for me. First and foremost we all love our pets but we have to take care of our children first before the family pet.” The dog, a...
  • Topless pro-abort fined $1,500 after jumping on altar during Cologne Cathedral’s Christmas Eve Mass

    12/05/2014 3:09:41 PM PST · by Morgana · 27 replies
    LIFE SITE NEWS ^ | Dec 5, 2014 | Thaddeus Baklinski
    The topless protester with the notorious feminist group Femen who disrupted Christmas Eve Mass in Cologne, Germany, last year by jumping on top of the altar with the words “I am God” scrawled across her torso, stood trial on Wednesday in the western German city, charged with "disturbance of the free practice of religion." While Josephine Witt faced up to three years in jail, in the end she was fined the equivalent of about 1,500 USD. "This was a particularly serious disturbance of a church service and we very much appreciate that the court sent a clear signal," Cologne Cathedral...