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  • Russian ballet dancer Vladimir Shklyarov, outspoken critic of Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, falls 60 feet to his death

    11/18/2024 3:48:37 PM PST · by Apparatchik · 50 replies
    NY Post ^ | 18 November 2024 | Isabel Keane
    A Russian ballet dancer who was an outspoken critic of Russia’s war in Ukraine has mysteriously plunged to his death from the fifth floor of a building. Vladimir Shklyarov, a married father of two, plummeted around 60 feet to the ground from a building on Saturday, a spokesperson for the Mariinsky Theater in St. Petersburg, where the 39-year-old was the highest-ranking dancer, told Fontanka. Russian authorities initially labeled the fall an accident, blaming the painkillers he was taking before a complex spinal surgery. However, he joins numerous other critics of Russian President Vladimir Putin who have met untimely ends —...
  • Convergence of Driver (Heritage foundation's Ted Schelenski), Bicyclist Ends in Arrest

    07/02/2005 10:24:39 AM PDT · by lowbridge · 60 replies · 1,171+ views
    Washington Post ^ | 7/2/05 | Petula Dvorak
    It began as a shouting match on a busy Capitol Hill street corner during the frenetic morning commute, a bike-vs.-car incident not uncommon in a big city. But then the silver-haired, retired Navy lieutenant got out of his car, approached the red-headed ballet dancer riding a bike and allegedly shoved her to the ground, authorities said. He got back into his car and, as bystanders followed him, drove down the block to his nearby office, the bicyclist said. The man was identified as Ted E. Schelenski, 64, vice president for finance and operations at the Heritage Foundation, a think tank...
  • Ron Reagan Misguided on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Cloning

    07/28/2004 10:29:36 AM PDT · by hocndoc · 32 replies · 1,358+ views
    Ron Reagan Misguided on Embryonic Stem Cell Research, Cloning Chicago, Illinois - July 27, 2004 - Tonight, Ron Reagan, Jr. addressed the Democratic National Convention promoting research on stem cells taken from living human embryos. In his remarks, Reagan said, "We may be able to put an end to...suffering. We only need to try." He also described the way this research will work is by cloning human beings. President of The Center for Bioethics and Human Dignity John Kilner, Ph.D. responded, "History is littered with misguided attempts to relieve suffering by cutting ethical corners. All that Ron Reagan advocated can...