A listeria food poisoning outbreak that has killed three people and led to one pregnancy loss is linked to newly recalled heat-and-eat Chicken Fettucine Alfredo products sold at Kroger and Walmart stores. The outbreak has killed at least 17 people in 13 states. At least 16 people have been hospitalized. The deaths were in Illinois, Michigan and Texas. Cases have been reported in Florida, Illinois, Indiana, Louisiana, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, North Carolina, Nevada, Ohio, South Carolina, Texas, and Virginia. FreshRealm, a large food producer with sites in California, Georgia, and Indiana, is recalling products made before 17 Jun. The recall includes various 32.8-ounce trays of Marketside Grilled Chicken meals. Consumers shouldn't eat the products, which may be in their refrigerators or freezers. They should be thrown away or returned to the place of purchase. Consumers with questions regarding the recall can contact FreshRealm's customer service at 888-244-1562. read more
A knife-wielding immigrant from El Salvador with a lengthy criminal record allegedly chased after one of New York's top federal prosecutors in Albany. Police arrested Saul Morales-Garcia (40) after he menaced US Attorney John Sarcone III on Tuesday night outside a hotel in the heart of the city while the prosecutor was enjoying a cigar. The suspect started yelling at him, pulled out a knife and began chasing him. The federal prosecutor retreated into a hotel and called Albany County Sheriff Craig Apple's personal telephone number. The suspect was arrested moments later and arraigned on attempted murder, felony weapons, and menacing charges. "I'm a resident of the city of Albany, and ... I don't feel safe to go out for a walk and have a cigar right near the state Capitol," Mr. Sarcone whined.
The wrongful death civil trial against 6 Jan terrorists Taylor Taranto and David Walls-Kaufman opened In Washington, DC. Erin Smith, the widow of MPD Officer Jeffrey Smith testified that her husband suffered from a "brain injury" and "severe depression," the result of defending the US Capitol, which caused him to commit suicide nine days later. During the 6 Jan attack on the US Capitol, Walls-Kaufman allegedly struck Officer Smith "specifically and maliciously" in the face with a metal tactical "cane" while his face shield was up. Taranto is accused of giving Walls-Kaufman the weapon. President Trump pardoned the approximate 1,500 convicted assailants who had attacked the US Capitol on 6 Jan 2021; some would go on to commit other crimes. These pardons cost victims and the American taxpayer 1.3bn in restitution payments and fines. Source: drudge.com read more
Congressman Jamie Raskin (D-MD): "Our new analysis reveals that when President Trump issued a mass blanket pardon to 1,500 January 6 felons and dozens of mostly white-collar criminals, he wiped out $1.3 billion in restitution payments and fines they owed directly to their victims and to American taxpayers. While prior presidents overwhelmingly reserved pardons for those who accepted responsibility for their crimes, made full restitution to their victims and paid all their legal fines, Trump uses pardons not only to shorten the sentences of his political friends but to wipe out the debt they owe to their victims and to our society. The Trump presidency is overseeing a massive transfer of wealth not only from the poor to the rich but from the innocent to the guilty. This is a golden age for politically connected criminal felons." read more
Researchers asked whether living within proximity to a golf course affect the risk of Parkinson disease (PD). A case-control study found the greatest risk of PD within one to three miles of a golf course, and that this risk generally decreased with distance. Effect sizes were largest in water service areas with a golf course in vulnerable groundwater regions. These findings suggest that pesticides applied to golf courses may play a role in the incidence PD for nearby residents. read more
#3: Hi Eberly: "Blood from a turnip" may be the financial payout to the Widow Smith, but the symbolic victory for her will be worth it. If the court finds these two miscreants guilty, they may be economically ruined for the rest of their wretched lives. The court can attach their salaries and assets to pay off the restitution. Mike Lindell, Rudy Giuliani, and Alex Jones have felt the sting of losing multi-million dollar lawsuits. Rudy Giuliani reportedly has a net worth of minus $150m: www.celebritynetworth.com
One wonders if Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, in the wilderness now, know how badly Benjamin Netanyahu played them in 2024? Shuttling back and forth over a dozen times to the Middle East during the election year, USSECSTATE Antony Blinken and D/CIA William Burns learned the hard way. This once lifelong and loyal Democrat knows so she became an Independent voter this year: static.bangkokpost.com
#8: Thanks for the clarification, Galaxie Pete. I avoid all sodas but have my own medicinal vices to help me cope with the Trumpf Reign of Terror: facts.net
This past April two Soldiers were killed, one critically injured, in a traffic accident in Trumpf's stupid military exclusion zone in Texas: spectrumlocalnews.com
#4: Indeed. I am old enough (and fortunate) to have witnessed both apartheid states last century. I agreed with Judge Richard Goldstone, a South African Jewish jurist who led a 2009 UN inquiry into IDF war crimes in Gaza when he said: "You guys (the IDF) are worse than us (in South Africa) using tanks on your own people!"
For speaking the emeth, Judge Goldstone was smeared as a "self-hating Jew" and the Israelis and the global Jewish diaspora banished him until he finally made a reluctant retraction. Hmph. Link: www.theguardian.com
The major difference in these apartheid states: The hardworking American taxpayer is subsidizing one.
#21: Fox News, OAN, and AIPAC desperately need reports of American casualties in Israel for their bloodthirsty agitprop: img.apmcdn.org
Tehran is counter-attacking with missiles, but doing so reluctantly because they know Israelis won't offer Muslims or Arabs shelter in the bunkers, as the Al-Jazeera article points out. Israelis have been using Palestinians as human shields against both the Iranian military and the resistance fighters in Gaza and the West Bank for years, as you can see below:
Breaking the Silence is an IDF veteran's organization that details this abominable tactic that the hardworking American taxpayer has been subsidizing for years: Human Shields
This week JCS planning officer US Army COL Nathan McCormack was abruptly relieved of his post for criticizing Israel and their horrendous behavior. The UN Human Rights Council recently released a blistering critique of the apartheid rogue pariah state: IDF War Crimes
Meanwhile, this week the G-7 leaders concluded their comfortable summit in Alberta, Canada without recognizing the State of Palestine, like 75% of UN member states have already done so.
"I'll take Western complicity in ethnic cleansing for $500, Ken."
#10: The faux "WMD" threat blundered the US into re-invading Iraq in 2003 (Operation Iraqi Freedom) and now the so-called "nuclear" threat posed by Iran may blunder the US into another "Forever War." A US Army Colonel on the JCS planning cell was relieved of his post because he was dead-set against this war and was critical of Israel's malevolent machinations. See my OP from yesterday.
But AIPAC, Democrats US Senator Chuck Schumer (D-NY) and disgraced NYC Mayoral candidate Andrew Cuomo, as well as Benjamin Netanyahu, are simply 'dee-lighted' with the prospect of US military might doing Israel's dirty work for them against Iran: static.timesofisrael.com
Rightwing polemicist Tucker Carlson (who is pro-Kremlin) and Texas Senator Ted 'Empty-suit" Cruz (who is pro-AIPAC) have a dust-up over Israel, Iran, and the US. This exemplifies the fault line between the two rightwing elements of the Trumpf junta and MAGA: twitter.com
#23: US Army veteran LTC Tammy Duckworth roasted "Whiskey Pete" and didn't even let him respond. She went right to the 4-Star general with her questions: static1.bigstockphoto.com
A poll shows 60% of Americans do not want war with Iran. This makes sense as we are tired of the "Forever Wars" and all the post-war baggage that comes with it: Deaths, crippling injuries, PTSD, soldier drug addictions, toxic burn pit exposure, traumatic brain injuries (TBI), and veteran suicides.
Americans want their taxpayer dollars spent on a national healthcare system, not another Muslim-killing spree in the Middle East to secure nuclear-powered Israel whose citizens all enjoy a top-ten medical system with universal coverage and whose social security pension system is ranked superior to that of the US.
Source: axios.com