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  • People think Donald Trump Jr.’s new rumored girlfriend looks just like Melania Trump

    05/12/2018 1:55:41 PM PDT · by ethom · 79 replies
    Yahoo Lifestyle ^ | May 11, 2018 | Korin Miller Writer
    Donald Trump Jr. is in the process of divorcing his wife, Vanessa Trump, and reportedly has a new girlfriend. According to Page Six, the 40-year-old Trump has been dating Fox News 'The Five' host Kimberly Guilfoyle, 49, for the past few weeks. The new couple is “having a great time,” a source told Page Six. “While he wants to respect the privacy of his family, he is getting divorced, and he enjoys Kimberly’s company,” the source added. However, people have been pointing out on social media that Guilfoyle bears a strong resemblance to Trump’s stepmother, Melania, 48. Kimberly, 49, is...
  • Magnet Implants? Welcome to the World of Medical Punk

    05/12/2018 8:22:51 AM PDT · by EdnaMode · 11 replies
    NY Times ^ | May 12, 2018 | Alice Hines
    Louis Anderson, a 16-year-old aspiring biotech entrepreneur, eats dinner with an anarchist, a world-renowned tongue splitter and at least 30 people who have implanted themselves with magnets or radio-frequency identification chips, a.k.a. RFID implants, for fun on a recent Friday night in Tehachapi, Calif. We’re at Grindfest, an annual meetup of biohackers, and Louis has never met a single member of the community in the flesh before, although he’s been planning the trip for two years. They have a lot to talk about. Will artificial intelligence kill us or save us? Will global warming be worse than experts predict? When...
  • Walking robot maker prepares to unleash its dog-like machine

    05/12/2018 6:39:41 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 37 replies
    SF Gate ^ | Saturday, May 12, 2018
    Boston Dynamics CEO Marc Raibert said Friday that his company plans to begin selling the dog-like SpotMini robot next year, likely to businesses for use as a camera-equipped security guard. But he thinks other applications for the four-legged contraption will be likely developed by other companies, because the robot has a flat platform to allow other equipment with its own computer programming to be easily mounted on top of it. SpotMini gets around with the help of cameras on its front, sides and one mounted on its rear — a position that Raibert calls the "butt-cam." Boston Dynamics already has...
  • DOJ PROVES SNIPERS WERE WACO PD

    05/11/2018 6:54:14 PM PDT · by Elderberry · 21 replies
    Sentinel Alert ^ | 5/9/2018
    Several documents ordered released to The Sentinel by OAG letter dated April 27, 2018 show that the three sniper rifles used in the death of four of the Cossak Bikers at the Twin Peaks in Waco, Texas were assigned to three of Waco's PD officers. We will refrain from publishing the LEO's names at this point but ATF records prove the men were each issued a suppressor also. The narrative long posted on the Waco public websited denies that they had any snipers deployed but evidence documents obtained by The Sentinel prove there were at least two snipers firing from...
  • Druid witch stabbed by neighbour angry at his noisy pagan rituals

    05/11/2018 6:39:23 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 13 replies
    telegraph uk ^ | 10 May 2018 • 5:11pm
    Mrs Denyer, 52, armed herself with an umbrella which she used to hit the bearded druid over the head with while her 56-year-old husband had grabbed a carving knife from the kitchen and made a "short jab" with it towards his victim. Because Mr Bennett weighs 22 stone and has a "big belly" the blade didn't penetrate his abdomen and he suffered superficial injuries. A court heard the Denyers had never been in trouble with the police before the incident in Alderholt, Dorset. Denyer, a lorry driver, and his wife, denied charges of unlawful wounding but were found guilty following...
  • Kansas cheerleaders punished for alleged naked hazing incident

    05/11/2018 1:36:02 PM PDT · by Ken H · 49 replies
    NY Post ^ | May,11, 2018 | Hannah Withiam
    Kansas University’s cheerleading team has been put on probation after two female members came forward last year with stories of being subjected to physically and emotionally abusive hazing, which allegedly included forced nudity. Following an internal investigation into the victims’ accounts, the team was found to have violated university policy on harm to persons and hazing, and placed on probation beginning last September and running through September of this year, according to the Kansas State Collegian.
  • Hillary Clinton and Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard Comment On Being Hailed As 'Witches'

    05/11/2018 8:46:48 AM PDT · by ethom · 31 replies
    Former Prime Minister Julia Gillard and former US Senator Hillary Clinton delve into the concerning trend of 'hate speech' targeting women in power.
  • Gauss' GP-219 electromagnetic pistol fires steel projectiles silently

    05/11/2018 7:06:25 AM PDT · by Lazamataz · 28 replies
    Engadget ^ | 12.23.2006 | Darren Murph
    Sure, mechanical sentries and AirSoft turrets are novel, but there's nothing like whipping out an electromagnetic pistol to show folks you mean business. The Gauss GP-219 looks like it came straight from level 5 of Duke Nukem 3D, and rocks a PIC microcontroller, dual coils with "precision pulsing" to fire steel projectiles, twin infrared sensors to assist in positioning, and even a laser sight to keep your enemies pegged. Powered by an NiCd battery pack, this bad boy also features a bar display to track "capacitor bank charge progress," battery and fault LED indicators, and is "completely silent" when fired....
  • Why (Waco)

    05/11/2018 4:54:58 AM PDT · by Elderberry · 11 replies
    The Aging Rebel ^ | 5/10/2018
    Three years into the perversion of justice that began at the Waco, Texas Twin Peaks “breastaurant,” the fundamental, obvious question, the – for want of a more appropriate turn of phrase – satorical question remains unchanged. Why? Why did the Twin Peaks Mass Murder happen? Why didn’t the police stop it? Why did police take pains to contain and video record it instead? Why did the FBI and the Texas Department of Public Safety go out of their way in the month before the tragedy to spook multiple, influential members of the Cossacks Motorcycle Club by telling them that the...
  • Expert claims parents should ask babies for PERMISSION before changing their nappies

    05/11/2018 4:36:37 AM PDT · by BBell · 54 replies
    https://www.thesun.co.uk/ ^ | 5/10/18 | Lydia Hawken
    'Sexuality educator' Deanne Carson says she works with families to 'set up a culture of consent' in homesTYPICALLY when a baby’s nappy needs changing, you go ahead and change it – no questions asked. But one sexuality expert has left parents baffled after claiming they should ask their babies for permission before they change their dirty nappies.Deanne Carson works with children to understand the issues of consent and describes herself as a “sexuality educator, speaker, and author” on Twitter. Discussing her work in an interview with the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, Deanne said she works “with children from three years old”...
  • Expert claims parents should ask babies for permission before changing diaper

    05/10/2018 8:51:51 AM PDT · by rickmichaels · 56 replies
    Mirror ^ | May 10, 2018 | Danya Bazaraa
    A sexuality expert has said parents should ask babies for their permission before changing their nappies in order to set up a culture of consent from birth. Deanne Carson, who describes herself on Twitter as a 'sexuality educator, speaker and author,' made the claim while speaking on ABC in footage above. She said she works with children from three years old on issues surrounding consent, but added that parents are advised to introduce ideas much earlier. Deanne recognised that babies are unable to give an answer, but said it's important to use eye contact to teach them their response matters.
  • 'Who killed you?' The jurors who used a Ouija board to find a murderer guilty

    05/10/2018 8:00:15 AM PDT · by BenLurkin · 27 replies
    abc ^ | 05/07/2018 | Michael Dulaney and Damien Carrick
    The report quoted the youngest member of the jury, 24-year-old Adrian, who said four jurors had tried to consult the spirits of the dead while locked overnight in Brighton's Old Ship Hotel. As the other jurors slept, the small group sat on the floor around a crude Ouija board they had made from a piece of paper and a hotel room wine glass. They each put a finger on top of the glass and asked a spirit to guide the glass over letters of the alphabet and the words 'yes' or 'no'. One juror, Ray, took charge of addressing the...
  • After hitting alligator on I-95, mother and 2 kids killed in fiery wreck, coroner says

    05/08/2018 10:24:37 AM PDT · by Gamecock · 41 replies
    The State ^ | 5/07/2018 | Noah Feit
    A mother and her young children were killed after crashing into an alligator on a South Carolina stretch of interstate, according to the coroner's office. Amber Stanley, 24, her 4-year-old son Jack, and her 2-year-old daughter Autumn all died in the wreck, according to Sean D. Fogle, the Chief Deputy Coroner with the Orangeburg County Coroner's Office. Stanley and her children all died of thermal injuries due to the vehicle fire, Fogle reported. They were from Callahan, Fla., a town located northwest of Jacksonville, according to the coroner. The incident occurred when the vehicle Stanley was driving struck an alligator...
  • Man, 36, is arrested after he 'dressed as a woman and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy(trunc)

    05/07/2018 10:33:26 AM PDT · by BBell · 19 replies
    Man, 36, is arrested after he 'dressed as a woman and sexually assaulted a 14-year-old boy while his friend watched'Javoris Phillips was charged with kidnapping and lewd and lascivious battery Phillips and his friend are accused of dressing as women to proposition the boy When the boy tried to run away they allegedly attacked him, tied wrists together Phillips allegedly held a gun to his head and then performed oral sex on him A man is behind bars after he allegedly dressed as a woman to try and seduce a 14-year-old boy, and then sexually assaulted him when the teen...
  • Crazy Guys at Hubbard Creek

    05/06/2018 4:16:31 PM PDT · by DWar · 3 replies
    You Tube ^ | May 4, 2018 | Papa & The Bandit RV Life
    Starts slow. Hyjinx prevails. Keep looking
  • Arizona rep Kelly Townsend (R) asks what a "furry" is - gets education!

    05/05/2018 5:18:19 PM PDT · by CtBigPat · 52 replies
    Horse News ^ | 5/5/2018 | Me
    A Republican State Representative from Arizona may have set an internet record; going from total obliviousness to full blown furry in under 24 hours. Kelly Townsend, a Representative for Arizona's 16th District since 2013 became entangled in a twitter debate regarding socialism and public education (Arizona public school teachers have been striking recently), when a twitter user named @andreuswolf called her out for getting "logically destroyed by a furry". In what may go down as the defining moment of her political career, Townsend decided to ask "please educate me as to what a furry is.". The fun began immediately.
  • Snoop Dogg Attacks Kanye West with ‘All White’ Photoshop Pic

    05/05/2018 11:25:04 AM PDT · by ethom · 62 replies
    Breitbart ^ | 4 May 2018 | by BEN KEW
    Rap star Snoop Dogg has attacked rap star and fashion mogul Kanye West over his recent political outbursts, declaring that he is “all white now.” “The new. Kanye well allwhite now way to go dude,” the rapper wrote on Instagram, accompanied by a photo of West with white skin. Snoop Dogg, whose real name is Calvin Cordozar Broadus, Jr, is one of many celebrities to attack West over his seeming interest in conservatism, with the likes of John Legend, Samuel L. Jackson, and Kumail Nanjiani all expressing their disapproval. West has attracted massive attention in recent weeks, after he praised...
  • Quannell X Headed To Six Shooter Over 2015 Wal-Mart Police Beating Case (Waco)

    05/04/2018 6:25:12 PM PDT · by Elderberry
    Radio Legendary ^ | 5/3/2018 | Radiolegendary
    In a case that has lingered more than the requisite three years in the Waco court system, the wife of Victor Pool, a great nephew of the late Elijah Pool, leader of the Nation of Islam as the Prophet Elijah Muhammad, is in negotiations with Quannell X, a Fifth Ward activist from the “Sunnyside.” “When I told him this is about a case from 2015 involving the beating of my daughter by a police officer, he said to come right on down and sign a contract with him,” said Melissa Pool, wife of Victor Pool. The couple went to the...
  • Flat-Earthers Explain Why We Don't Fall Off the Edge of Our Planet, and It Involves Pac-Man

    05/04/2018 4:41:24 PM PDT · by Simon Green · 50 replies
    Space.com ^ | 05/02/18 | Jeanna Bryner,
    More than 200 flat-Earth enthusiasts descended on West Midlands, England, this past weekend to "engage freely in deep and meaningful discussions," according to the Flat Earth Convention UK. The Earth's glorious globular-ness was proved more than 2,000 years ago by the ancient Greeks, but there's a small subset of people who think the planet is a disk despite enjoying the downward pull of gravity that could only result from living on a sphere. At this conference, they were presenting their scientific evidence for such a disk. One of the more interesting pieces of evidence came from speaker Darren Nesbit, who...
  • Man Dies Attempting Selfie With Bear, Stray Dog Tried To Save Him

    05/04/2018 12:06:18 PM PDT · by sevinufnine · 95 replies
    CBSDFW.COM ^ | 05/04/2018 | Not Indicated
    A man was mauled to death by a bear after he reportedly tried to take a selfie with the animal, according to The Independent. Prabhu Bhatara spotted the injured animal on his way home from a wedding. He ignored advice from friends who told him it wasn’t a good idea to take a selfie with the bear. It didn’t take long, according to The Independent, for the bear to strike once Bhatara was close. The incident was recorded on a cell phone, with the gruesome footage going viral after hitting the internet. A stray dog also stepped in and bit...