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  • Beyond Meat COO Accused Of Biting Man’s Nose After Football Game

    09/21/2022 6:10:23 PM PDT · by jonatron · 13 replies
    True Crime Daily ^ | 09/20/2022 1:39 pm PDT
    FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (TCD) -- The chief operating officer of animal product substitute company Beyond Meat stands accused of biting a man’s nose after a college football game. According to a report from KNWA/KFTA-TV, on Saturday, Sept. 17, Douglas Ramsey, 53, allegedly committed the crime near Razorback Stadium in a parking garage following Arkansas’ win over Missouri State. Officers reportedly responded to Gate 15 shortly after 10 p.m. to a report of a disturbance. At the scene, KNWA/KFTA reports officers found two men with bloody faces. According to The Associated Press, another driver allegedly merged in front of Ramsey in traffic,...
  • China Moves Towards Nationalization With Probe Into Alibaba

    01/10/2021 7:14:42 AM PST · by jonatron · 19 replies
    Radio Free Asia ^ | 12/25/20 | Reported by Qiao Long for RFA's Mandarin Service. Translated and edited by Luisetta Mudie.
    The ruling Chinese Communist Party (CCP) has taken further steps to curb e-commerce giant Alibaba with the launch of an antitrust investigation into the tech company headed by tycoon Jack Ma. "Based on tip-offs received by the State Administration for Market Regulation in recent days, the administration will be investigating Alibaba ... for suspected monopolistic activities," the administration said in a statement on its website. The statement was reportedly linked to a policy forcing sellers using Alibaba.com to commit to using that platform exclusively, preventing them from also using rival platforms JD.com and Pinduoduo. Alibaba issued a statement saying it...
  • Man, 53, who led protests against Maryland lockdown while refusing to wear a mask tests positive for coronavirus and says he won't help with contact tracing efforts

    06/28/2020 1:58:38 PM PDT · by jonatron · 42 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | June 27, 2020 | James Gordon
    A Maryland man who has helped organize 'reopen' protests against measures intended to slow the spread of the coronavirus says he has been sickened with COVID-19. Tim Walters, a co-founder of the ReOpen Maryland movement, announced this week on social media that he has tested positive. 'I was diagnosed yesterday at the ER with COVID-19 and here I am months after not wearing a mask at rallies, churches and so on and so it's funny how capricious this thing is,' he said in a Facebook video. Walters, a two-time Republican candidate for the state legislature, helped organize ReOpen Maryland protests...
  • Minneapolis city council members spend $63,000 of taxpayer money on private security details after receiving death threats from 'white nationalists' for voting to abolish the police department

    06/28/2020 1:44:25 PM PDT · by jonatron · 49 replies
    Daily Mail ^ | Luke Kenton
    Three members of the Minneapolis City Council have been provided with a private security detail after receiving death threats for supporting proposals to defend the city’s police department in the wake of George Floyd’s killing. A city spokesperson said the private security details ordered for council members Andrea Jenkins, Phillipe Cunningham and Alondra Cano have cost taxpayers $63,000 over the past three weeks – a rate of $4,300 per day. News of the arrangement surfaced Friday, the same day the council voted 12-0 to abolish the Minneapolis Police Department, initiating steps toward establishing ‘peace officers’ and a new ‘holistic’ approach...
  • Cops allegedly refused to respond to shop under attack near Seattle CHAZ

    06/16/2020 6:21:21 PM PDT · by jonatron · 52 replies
    New York Post ^ | June 16, 2020 | Lee Brown
    An auto-shop owner on the edge of Seattle’s cop-free CHAZ says police refused to help as an angry mob stormed his property — forcing his son to pull a gun to protect them, according to video and reports. John McDermott told KIRO 7 News that he initially tried to detain a protester Sunday night who stole cash and set a fire in his Car Tender business on the edge of the so-called “Capital Hill Autonomous Zone.” His son, Mason McDermott, helped tackle the suspect who “tried to cut me with a box cutter,” he told the station, showing large slits...
  • China-India border: Why tensions are rising between the neighbours

    06/01/2020 1:38:09 PM PDT · by jonatron · 16 replies
    The B.B.C. ^ | 5/30/2020 | By Anbarasan Ethirajan and Vikas Pandey
    The armies of the world's two most populous nations are locked in a tense face-off high in the Himalayas, which has the potential to escalate as they seek to further their strategic goals. Officials quoted by the Indian media say thousands of Chinese troops have forced their way into the Galwan valley in Ladakh, in the disputed Kashmir region. Indian leaders and military strategists have clearly been left stunned. The reports say that in early May, Chinese forces put up tents, dug trenches and moved heavy equipment several kilometres inside what had been regarded by India as its territory. The...
  • [Israeli] Defense minister tells army to ‘step up preparations’ as annexation looms

    06/01/2020 11:52:56 AM PDT · by jonatron · 2 replies
    Times of Israel ^ | June 1, 2020 | Judah Ari Gross
    Defense Minister Benny Gantz orders IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi to “step up preparations for the IDF,” his office says, ahead of the potential annexation of portions of the West Bank. “Alternate Prime Minister and Defense Minister Benny Gantz instructed the chief of staff, Lt. Gen. Aviv Kohavi, to step up preparations for the IDF ahead of diplomatic efforts on the agenda in the Palestinian arena,” the statement reads. Gantz says he also plans to appoint a point-person to coordinate between the different government bodies involved in the process. “In addition, a joint team will be formed that will...
  • Joe Biden, Lady Gaga Team Up For Sexual Assault PSA

    05/04/2020 8:03:26 AM PDT · by jonatron · 48 replies
    ABC News ^ | October 26, 2017 | DAVID CAPLAN
    Lady Gaga debuted a PSA Wednesday with her "buddy," former Vice President Joe Biden, urging action against sexual assault. "I'm not only with a great friend, but a fierce advocate," Biden says of Lady Gaga in the PSA, which is part of the "It's On Us" campaign, launched in 2014 by Biden and former President Barack Obama, aimed at ending sexual assault on college campuses. Biden, 74, seated next to the singer continues, "Lady Gaga has been the voice for people who have been forgotten and people who have been abused ... Well it happened to her. She’s shown enormous...
  • South Korea Remains Firm Against US Pressure For Defense Cost-Sharing

    05/03/2020 5:26:25 AM PDT · by jonatron · 22 replies
    Korea Times ^ | 4/30/20, Updated : 5/120 | Kang Seung-woo
    Seoul is standing firm against Washington's repeated pressure for a hefty increase in its share of the cost for the upkeep of the 28,500-strong United States Forces Korea (USFK) stationed here. Although the lack of deal has put thousands of Korean workers at U.S. military bases on unpaid leave, the government is not accepting the U.S. demand, but instead responding by setting up special laws to support the workers. "Korea and the U.S. are still in negotiations over the defense cost-sharing deal and nothing has been officially decided yet," the foreign ministry said in a statement Thursday. Cheong Wa Dae...
  • Another professor indicted over alleged secret ties to China

    03/07/2020 10:25:14 PM PST · by jonatron · 15 replies
    Campus Reform ^ | 3/5/2020 | Wyatt Eichholz
    An associate professor and researcher at the University of Tennessee at Knoxville has been arrested for allegedly concealing ties to a Chinese university while receiving federal funding, according to a recent Justice Department press release. Amning Hu was charged with three counts of wire fraud and three counts of making false statements following a grand jury indictment for “concealing his affiliation with Beijing University of Technology (BJUT) in China” in order to receive a research grant from NASA. According to the Justice Department, NASA is prohibited from using federal dollars to collaborate with China or Chinese universities. Hu allegedly made...
  • As Top Historians Ring Alarm Bells About NYT’s 1619 Project, Defiant Public Schools Refuse To Answer Questions

    03/07/2020 10:20:54 PM PST · by jonatron · 16 replies
    The Daily Caller ^ | 3/7/2020 | Shelby Talcott
    “On August 19 of last year I listened in stunned silence as Nikole Hannah-Jones, a reporter for the New York Times, repeated an idea that I had vigorously argued against,” reads the first sentence of Friday’s essay by Leslie Harris, a history professor at Northwestern University. Harris is just the latest in a string of academics to levy criticism on Hannah-Jones and the 1619 Project. She is the first, however, who actually took part in the project as a fact-checker. During the publication process for 1619, Harris “vigorously disputed” the idea that the American Revolution was actually about preserving slavery....
  • South Korea Travel Restrictions Spread to 81 nations and Regions (but not the USA)

    03/06/2020 5:26:36 AM PST · by jonatron · 2 replies
    Nikkei Asian Review ^ | March 03, 2020 | YOSUKE ONCHI
    SEOUL -- More foreign governments are moving to restrict entry from coronavirus-hit South Korea, with the tally reaching 81 as of Monday. Infections rose 599 from a day earlier to 4,335, the government announced Monday. Thirty-six countries and regions are barring arrivals from all or part of South Korea, while 45 are requiring such steps as 14-day quarantines, according to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs. The U.S. has not restricted arrivals but has raised its travel warning to the highest level, "do not travel," for the city of Daegu and to "reconsider travel," the second-highest level, for the rest of...
  • Trump: 'It's not right time to put travel restrictions on South Korea'

    03/06/2020 5:20:11 AM PST · by jonatron · 40 replies
    The Korea Times ^ | 2/27/20 | Staff
    U.S. President Donald Trump said Wednesday that it's not the right time to put additional travel restrictions on South Korea over the coronavirus. Trump was asked at a White House press briefing whether he is considering restricting travel to and from South Korea, Italy and other countries affected by COVID-19. "At a right time we may do it," the president said. "Right now it's not the right time, but at a right time." South Korea has seen a rapid increase in the number of coronavirus cases, with nearly 1,200 infections and 12 deaths as of Wednesday. The U.S. State Department...
  • Federal appeals court rules tech platforms can censor content

    02/27/2020 8:28:43 PM PST · by jonatron · 28 replies
    The Hill ^ | 02/27/20 | Emily Birnbaum
    A federal appeals court on Wednesday ruled that internet giants like Google and Facebook can censor content on their platforms, rebuking arguments from conservatives who claim the tech companies violate users' First Amendment rights by removing certain messages or videos. With its unanimous opinion, the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals became the latest court to dismiss arguments that platforms like YouTube can be sued under the First Amendment for decisions on content moderation. "Despite YouTube’s ubiquity and its role as a public-facing platform, it remains a private forum, not a public forum subject to judicial scrutiny under the First...
  • Topless animal rights protesters confront Bernie Sanders at Nevada campaign rally and demand he drop his support for dairy farmers

    02/16/2020 3:55:58 PM PST · by jonatron · 78 replies
    The Daily Mail ^ | 2/16/2020 | Keith Griffith
    Topless protesters have disrupted a stump speech by Senator Bernie Sanders in Nevada. The anti-dairy protesters stormed the stage just as Sanders was beginning to address his supporters at the event on Sunday in Carson City. First, a fully clothed woman jumped on the stage and grabbed the mic away from the candidate to deliver their demands. 'Bernie, I'm your biggest supporter, and I'm here to ask you to stop pumping up the dairy industry and to stop pumping up animal agriculture,' she said. 'I believe in you…' she continued, before the mic suddenly went dead and security moved toward...
  • Iraqi Consulate in Southfield, MI to hold condolences for 'righteous martyrs' killed in U.S. airstrikes

    01/11/2020 10:02:26 PM PST · by jonatron · 57 replies
    Oakland Press ^ | 1/7/2020 | Anne Runkle
    The Iraqi Consulate General in Southfield has announced it will be open for condolences for Iranian General Qassem Soleimani and others who were killed in U.S. airstrikes in Baghdad Friday, Jan. 3. According to the consulate’s website, the “opening of a record of condolences for the lives of the righteous martyrs who were killed as a result of the recent American raids in Iraq, ” will be held from 2-5 p.m. Tuesday and Wednesday, Jan. 7-8, at its office at 16445 W. 12 Mile Road, near Southfield Road.
  • Is Betelgeuse About To Explode?

    12/31/2019 10:26:42 AM PST · by jonatron · 110 replies
    Forbes ^ | 12/25/2019 | Ethan Siegel
    When you take a look at the stars in the night sky, they generally appear the same regardless of time. Only a small number of stars ever appear to change on human timescales, as most stars burn through their fuel very stably, with almost no variation in their continuous brightness. The few stars that do appear to change are either intrinsically variable, members of multi-star systems, or go through an enormous evolutionary change. When very massive stars get close to the end of their lives, they start varying by tremendous amounts, and do so with significant irregularity. At a critical...
  • Egypt, France agree to intensify cooperation for political solution to Libyan crisis

    12/30/2019 5:05:19 PM PST · by jonatron · 42 replies
    Xin Hua ^ | 12/30/2019 | Staff, Editor: Shi Yinglun
    CAIRO, Dec. 30 (Xinhua) -- Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron agreed to intensify cooperation for a political solution to the crisis in Libya, the Egyptian presidency said in a statement on Monday. During a phone call between the two leaders, al-Sisi highlighted Egypt's support for the Libyan people in achieving security and stability, Presidential Spokesman Bassam Rady said. The Egyptian stance "is focused on restoring safety and stability in Libya, supporting anti-terrorism efforts, undermining the activities of armed groups and putting an end to the illegal foreign interference in Libya's domestic affairs," Rady noted....
  • US hits pro-Iran group with deadly strikes in Iraq, Syria

    12/29/2019 9:09:25 PM PST · by jonatron · 26 replies
    Agence France Presse ^ | 12/30/2019 | Les Journalistes
    The US has carried out air strikes against a pro-Iran militant group in Iraq, killing 19 fighters, two days after a rocket attack that killed an American civilian contractor. The Pentagon said on Sunday it targeted weapons caches or command and control facilities linked to Kata'ib Hezbollah (KH) in Western Iraq, as well as Eastern Syria, in response to a barrage of 30 or more rockets fired on Friday. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said "we will not stand for the Islamic Republic of Iran to take actions that put American men and women in jeopardy". Four US service members...
  • Randy Suess, Computer Bulletin Board Inventor, Dies at 74

    12/23/2019 8:36:51 AM PST · by jonatron · 32 replies
    NY Times ^ | 12/20/2019 | Cade Metz
    Randy Suess, a computer hobbyist who helped build the first online bulletin board, anticipating the rise of the internet, messaging apps and social media, died on Dec. 10 at a hospital in Chicago. He was 74. His death was confirmed by his daughter Karrie. In late January 1978, Mr. Suess (rhymes with “loose”) was part of an early home computer club called the Chicago Area Computer Hobbyists’ Exchange, or CACHE. He and another club member, an IBM engineer named Ward Christensen, had been discussing an idea for a new kind of computer messaging system, but hadn’t had the time to...