A tsunami warning for Hawaii was reduced to a tsunami advisory. read more
The cause of the explosion has not yet been officially confirmed. However, KTLA's Eric Spillman, speaking with sources close to the investigation, reported that deputies were in the process of moving unexploded ordnance recovered Thursday night when one device detonated. read more
The University of Pennsylvania will block transgender athletes from female sports teams and erase the records set by swimmer Lia Thomas as part of an agreement with the federal government, the Department of Education said. The agreement comes as part of the Trump administration's broader restrictions on transgender people, as it steps up its efforts to ban transgender athletes from competing in women's sports nationwide and serving in the military. read more
Newsom doesn't want to fund California's new tough-on-crime law. Who should? Supporters of Prop. 36 wanted at least $250 million. The governor gave them nothing. California voters overwhelmingly approved a tough-on-crime ballot measure in the November election, but it still lacks hundreds of millions of dollars in funding as state legislators and Gov. Gavin Newsom battle over how to finance the new law. read more
In other news Sharia law comes to America:
Parents set up an arranged marriage for their daughter in Iraq - were gonna ship her over.
She goes to a school guidance counselor, who gets her into a youth shelter. Her parents then attack (honor killing attempt) her for violating their "honor."
Then it becomes a court case in Washington State, a battle over conflicting and incompatible social norms.
Ihsan Ali, 44, and Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, face charges of attempted murder and after the father tries to choke his 17 daughter to death because she refused to be sent to Iraq for an arranged marriage to an older man
The girl fled to Timberline High School in Lacey, Washington.
x.com
NOT GUILTY.
I would think a woman clothing model would be trying to sell to women.
Not reasonably good looking women. Women hate women that look better than them.
This is why the size of the "models" has grown ... makes women feel good.
Here's What "Plus-Size" Really Means " Fashion Brands, Take Note
www.refinery29.com
The bigger the model more likely they are advertising to women.
Trump has no hand.
Europe is cheating on the sanctions.
China is cheating on the sanctions.
There is no leverage.
Brandon let Putin waltz right into Ukraine without even a fake effort to mitigate it.
This is true.
Putin just asked Ukraine not be admitted to NATO, among other things.
But the US was stubborn, arrogantly said that countries have a right to choose their own alliances and NATO has a long-standing "open door policy" for potential membership.
www.npr.org
Now 1 Million people gotta die.
All of a sudden clowns like JPW now want results.
This is only one of the hypocritical stances of Trumps policies by the Lumpers. Ones they agreed with before he was elected.
Thats strange SOP is to burn documents once in the bag they are to be burned, could it be someone knew it was destruction of evidence?
anyhow:
The FBI did not directly access or investigate the DNC servers. Per Director Comey's 2017 testimony, requests were denied, so they relied on forensic images and analysis from CrowdStrike, the DNC's hired consultant.
CrowdStrike had no concrete evidence of Russian exfiltration from DNC servers, only indicators, but there wasn't enough bandwidth/time to pull all the data extracted.
CrowdStrike, the private cyber-security firm that first accused Russia of hacking Democratic Party emails and served as a critical source for U.S. intelligence officials in the years-long Trump-Russia probe, acknowledged to Congress more than two years ago that it had no concrete evidence that Russian hackers stole emails from the Democratic National Committee's server.
www.realclearinvestigations.com
However, U.S. intelligence agencies attribute the hack to Russia with high confidence. Why?
I would expect an aircraft operator would be able to tell their altitude from their eyeballs, not relying on instruments.
#1 | POSTED BY SNOOFY
Depends upon the altitude and the tolerance you want. I can tell ~1000ft +-50ft. Using outside plane references and their distance from the aircraft.
BUT ...
As the passenger jet approached the airport, inside the helicopter the instructor was asking the pilot to descend.
"You're at three hundred feet, come down for me," the transcript from the cockpit voice recorder, also known as a black box, says.
"Alright kinda come left for me ma'am, I think that's why he's asking ... We're kinda ... out towards the middle."
www.cnn.com
Too high, too far right (middle of river).
Don't blame the altimeter.
"High-value items like Nutella and sugar were prioritized, with flour discarded to make room for more profitable goods"
Thanks, Capitalism!
#4 | POSTED BY SNOOFY
Just Snooft blaming Capitalist for the actions of a theocracy.
The UN itself claims that 1753 (87%) of its 2,010 food trucks in Gaza between May 19"July 29 were intercepted by armed groups.
app.un2720.org
#2
Everyone falls down, only -------- keep kicking those that are down