Just hours after the latest close military encounter between
the US and China, when the US navy sailed a destroyer to within 12
nautical miles of the contested Spratly Islands in the South China Sea
as a "freedom of navigation" operation - a move that China condemned as a
"severe provocation" just as the two countries launched an all-out
trade war - the Chinese military launched its spring combat readiness
drills with an air force exercise in the West Pacific and a joint combat
patrol mission in the South China Sea.
The air force drills include H-6K bombers and Su-30 and Su-35 fighters, according to the PLA , and have a simple, if clear, purpose: "Air Force exercises are rehearsals for future wars and are the most direct preparation for war," the Chinese Air Force said on its Weibo account on Sunday, according to Reuters. "The more exercises China practices far from its shores the
better it will be positioned as an important force for managing and
controlling crises, containing war and winning battles", it added. A Chinese Su-35Additionally, the
PLA Navy is holding drills in the South China Sea to test the navy's
combat readiness, China Central Television reported on Friday. It quoted
the PLA Navy as saying the drills are routine and do not target any
country, although the message had one clear recipient: USA.
"The South China Sea and East China Sea will be primary
battlegrounds. The PLA is committed to be battle-ready through simulated
combat training," Song Zhongping, a military expert and TV commentator, told the Global Times on Sunday.
"The 2018 drills will be routine and will be held every month, unlike
in previous years," Song said, adding that drills were usually held in
spring and autumn.
The Global Times reported
that "the drills come as the situation in the South China Sea
stabilizes." However, the Chinese state-owned nationalist paper added
that "some nations are still trying to stir up regional disputes, Wang
Xiaopeng, a maritime border expert at the Chinese Academy of Social
Sciences, told the Global Times on Sunday."
Although the drills do not target any specific country, they are
focused on enhancing China's capability to safeguard the country's
sovereignty, Wang said.
News of the drills comes a day after the USS Mustin came within 12
nautical miles of Meiji Reef in the Nansha Islands in the South China
Sea.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, has urged the army at all levels to
enhance military training oriented to combat readiness and to put
military training at a strategic position and as the central work with
effective results, the Xinhua News Agency reported. Xi called on the armed forces to enhance targeted and
adversarial training, improve actual combat ability, and firmly grasp
the capability to win battles.
The Air Force even released a photo of a Su-30 fighter jet on Sino
Weibo during its drills. The caption read, "It's spring time. Let's
spread the wings across the ocean." By releasing the photo, the PLA Air
Force demonstrated its confidence in the open-sea training and the use
of weapons, Song said.
The routine military drills in 2018 will focus more on the use of high-end weapons, especially in an electromagnetic environment, as well as on combined forces training, Song added.
As a strategic force, the air force has extended its activities from
inland to the deep ocean, it said on Weibo. The air force has become a
key force in shaping situations, controlling crises, constraining wars
and winning battles, it said.
And so with the US and China already engaged in escalating trade war, it appears that Beijing is preparing for the next step.
Some
contemplations from the latest "Weekend Notes" by One River Asset
Management CIO, Eric Peters, on recent developments in China... Contemplation
He went for a long walk, trees bare. Considered his discussions with
historians, experts, strategists, analysts. Articles, analyses,
theories. The largest nation on earth, with 18.5% of humanity’s
population, the 2nd biggest GDP, had lifted term limits for its leader.
No one seemed to care, which itself seemed fascinating, said something.
But what? He wondered. Nearly everyone accepted the rough narrative
that by lifting term limits, Xi Jinping strengthened his control,
allowing him to complete the anti-corruption drive, and the Belt and
Road Initiative.
He didn’t buy it. Xi Jinping surely had time to groom a successor
with similar beliefs and priorities before his 2nd term ends in 2023.
Besides, there’s precedent for former leaders to remain active in the
wings, well beyond their formal rule.
The 2-term limit was introduced in 1982 to save China from the ruin
of uninterrupted leadership - Mao’s late legacy prompted the
constitutional change. Throughout history, great nations and empires
fail when they surrender their institutions to an individual. The Chinese know this. Why’d they do it? Is Beijing preparing for instability? Chinese banks have
$40trln balance sheets (50% of global GDP, 3x Chinese GDP). US banks
hold $17tlrn balance sheets (less than 1x US GDP).
Might China be preparing for internal economic instability? Or
perhaps it’s that the West is in deep political disarray, fractured,
fighting itself.
The unipolar American world order is crumbling, the US relinquishing
leadership. Such transitions have historically produced periods of
profound global risks, opportunities - Beijing knows this. What’s the trade? He wondered.
* * * ... and on the history of (de)regulation in the US, and why it is
only a matter of time before the government cracks down on the internet
giants of the day:
Glory Days:
“May Day 1975 marked the start of Wall Street deregulation,” said the
historian. “Banks and brokerages flourished thereafter, expanding their
power and political influence.” 1998 marked peak deregulation with
Clinton’s repeal of Glass-Steagall. “Pump and dump schemes of all sorts
propagated; Wolf of Wall Street excesses. Then came the dot com IPO
madness which led to Sarbanes Oxley.”
The final debauchery was exposed in 2008, and led to sweeping
Dodd-Frank financial regulation. “Wall Street’s been in lock-down ever
since.”
“The 1996 Telecom Act protected America’s nascent internet
companies,” continued the historian. AOL started in 1985. Netscape
launched in 1993, went public in 1995. Amazon launched in 1994. Yahoo
1995. Facebook 2004. YouTube 2005. “The Act protected them from
liability for anything republished on their sites.” They were too weak
to withstand such liability and needed nurturing to foster innovation.
“But Facebook has a $460bln market cap. It’s not responsible for what
it publishes but the NY Times is. That’s now preposterous.”
“When Wall Street lacked regulation, any product, no matter how
absurd, was welcomed through the front door and pumped out to clients
through the back door,” explained the historian.
“The greater the flow, the higher the profits. Those were the glory
days.” Then regulations raised costs, stymied product development,
crushed the profit model. “Today’s internet companies suck in free customer data
through the front door, and sell it out the back door. The greater the
flow, the higher the profits. They’re dominant. They’ll soon be
regulated.”
Logan Starliper was found dead of a drug overdose after her parents left her alone for a day.(Photo: Obituary, (Chambersburg, Pa.) Public Opinion)
Twenty-two-and-a-half hours.
That's how long state police said a Greencastle, Pa., couple waited before checking on a 3-year-old daughter.
Police said Brittany Higgins' daughter was put to bed at 10:30 p.m. on
Jan. 5. The mother's boyfriend "peeked" in about 12 hours later, and
later told police he believed the child was sleeping. But it was not
until 9 p.m. the next night that they walked into the bedroom to make
sure she was alright. By then, toddler Logan Starliper was dead.
Now,
Higgins and Brian Bennett, Higgins' boyfriend, are charged
with third-degree murder and four other felony counts related to the
girl's death. Both are 29 years old.
An autopsy
and toxicology testing found that Starliper died from an overdose of
methamphetamine and buprenophrine. In technical terms, her cause of
death was "mixed substance toxicity."
Other
evidence of neglect was visible. Starliper's body had "discoloration"
around the mouth, both eyes and cheeks, police said in court documents.
Initial interviews with Higgins and Bennett failed to reveal the cause
of these marks, police said.
Interviews
with family, friends and neighbors revealed an outline of abuse and
neglect on Starliper for at least six months, police said. Friends and
family described seeing "mysterious" bruises and large marks on
Starliper. Police also found evidence that Higgins and Bennett had
communicated about physically abusing the girl and another child,
according to court documents.
Maybe if some of those family, friends, and neighbors who noticed marks on Logan had said something to the authorities, she'd be alive today. How can someone treat a child like a sack of meat? The only upside here is that Logan will no longer be attacked.
"During the course of the past two months, the vitality and character of
our community has been placed on full display for all to see. While
facing a challenging and highly emotional event, the strength, courage
and professionalism of the sworn men and women who serve our community
was revealed as well"
and someone is moving out. Given the time of day (night), I suspect they're beating it out on back rent. Shit like that didn't happen when the joint was 55 and over.
Louis has a peculiar habit of walking upright on two legs.
Zookeepers say the reason he walks upright is because he doesn't want to
get his "hands dirty."
NOEL KING, HOST:
Good morning. I'm Noel King. A gorilla at the Philadelphia Zoo
named Louis has a peculiar habit of walking upright on two legs. He was
recently caught on video strolling around, and it is delightful. Even
more delightful - zookeepers say the reason he walks upright - he does
want to get his hands dirty. Louis is a bit of a clean freak. His
keepers have tried to accommodate Louis, even bringing together a little
bridge so he doesn't have to walk through mud puddles. It's MORNING
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This undated photo provided by the Vanderburgh
County Jail in Evansville, Ind., shows Derrick Faria. Police said Faria
took a cab to and from a bank robbery, Thursday, Mar
Police say a 19-year-old Indiana man took a cab to and from a bank robbery and that he paid the driver with some of his stolen cash.
Derrick Faria was arrested less than an hour after Thursday's robbery of a Fifth Third
Bank branch in Evansville. The Evansville Courier & Press reports
that Faria reportedly passed a teller a note demanding money, but that
he didn't show a weapon.
Faria is being held at the Vanderburgh County Jail on preliminary charges of robbery and possession of drug paraphernalia.
Court records show that Faria hadn't been formally charged as of Friday morning. They didn't list an attorney for him.
Blixunami, the gay Geechie Merman, is the headlining act at Mermaid Fest
Ex-student housing
Hunter
College in New York City has gone to court to evict a woman it says is
illegally residing in a dorm room. The 32-year-old ex-student owes more
than $94,000 in unpaid residence hall fees. After she dropped out of
school in 2016, the college sent her a 30-day eviction notice. Yet she’s
resided in the room ever since. The former geography major apparently
knows her way around some rules.
Swimming south
WiGWag
received its first 2018 invitation to celebrate LGBT Pride. The notice
arrived from Savannah Pride in Georgia, which is beginning the
celebration early this year with Mermaid Fest
March 23–24. Top billing went to “Blixunami, the gay Geechie Merman.”
Metro UK described Blixunami as “the most beautiful person imaginable.”
Curling bobble
The National Bobblehead Hall of Fame and Museum
in Milwaukee has unveiled a limited-edition doll featuring Olympic
curling gold medalist Matt Hamilton, who was born in Madison and now
resides in McFarland. Hamilton helped his five-man team win the United
States’ first gold in curling in miraculous fashion at the Winter Games
in Pyeongchang.
Making the most of March Madness
In
a growing trend, men scheduled vasectomies on Thursday and Friday
during the first round tipoff of March Madness. Why? So they could sit
guilt-free on the couch for four days and watch the games with impunity
while icing their scrotums. Milwaukee-area urologist Jay Sandlow told the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel he expected to perform 22 such surgeries this year, which is more than twice his normal workload.
Dealing the seal
In
the latest example of monetizing the presidency, the Trump Organization
ordered dozens of 12-inch plates bearing the official U.S. presidential
seal. Trump’s sons plan to use them as tee markers at Trump golf
courses. Trump courses already feature plates bearing a coat of arms
that are said to be from Trump’s family. But The New York Times reported the coat of arms actually belonged to another family. But it’s been modified by replacing the word “Integritas,” Latin for “integrity,” with the name “Trump.”
No good deed goes rewarded
Housing
and Urban Development Secretary Ben Carson and his wife insisted they
had nothing to do with a $31,000 dining-room set ordered for his office.
But emails obtained by a group called American Oversight
proved that indeed they did. A former top HUD official notified a
federal whistle-blower agency that she’d been commanded by the Carsons
to find a way around the office’s $5,000 redecoration law. For refusing
to commit the crime, she earned a demotion.
Buy American somewhere else
Jimmy Kimmel ordered a big box of merchandise from trumpstore.com,
the official retail website of the Trump Organization, to check out the
items’ country of origin. Nearly all the merchandise was made abroad,
mostly in China. Two items didn’t list any country of origin, an
oversight Kimmel said could lead to fines of up to $500,000.
From the mouths of … adults?
On March 14, when students nationwide walked out of their classrooms to protest gun violence in schools, the National Rifle Association tweeted
a photo of an AR-15 — the weapon used at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High
School and at many other mass shootings. The tweet read: “I’ll control
my own guns, thank you.”
Walking high
A straight
and cisgender Australian man started wearing 6-inch stiletto heels to
work every day after a female colleague told him that “her heels made
her feel powerful.” And he did, too. “I’ve never felt more empowered
than when putting on a pair of stilettos and walking through a marble
lobby,” said the project manager for a major bank.
Hometown pride
Rep. Drew Christensen,
a member of the Minnesota House of Representatives, promised to draft a
bill banning Arie Luyendyk Jr., aka The Bachelor, from the state. He
and other Minnesotans are outraged that Luyendyk broke off his
engagement to Minnesotan Becca Kufrin — and on the air, no less. On
Twitter, a Minnesota police department dared Luyendyk, a former race-car
driver, “to drive fast through Shakopee, MN,” which neighbors Kufrin’s
hometown of Prior Lake.
Students
at Lenox Memorial Middle and High School in Lenox, Massachusetts, voted
to keep their Millionaires mascot and nickname. In the high-turnout
election, 51 percent of students voted to keep the name, which AP
described as a tribute to wealthy out-of-towners — “cottagers” — who
built mansions during the gilded age and employed the locals.
I almost forgot about my Four for Fridays today. I have been worrying about my Mom she was in the hospital last week because of the flu and dehydration and she was taken back to the hospital yesterday for dehydration, pneumonia and fluids in her lungs. We do not know when she will be coming home this time.
Here are your questions-
1) Do you remember the last time you colored Easter eggs?
2) When was the last time you got all dressed up for Easter?
3) When you were young did your parents hide your Easter Basket?
4) Do you remember getting your picture taken with the Easter Bunny?
I know Easter is next week but I will have more Easter questions next week too.
Have a great weekend.
"'During
the chase, according to the DOJ report, Shannon pointed a gun at the
officers three separate times and they fired back, hitting Shannon five
times.' "How do you fire back if you haven't been shot at?"
"Sacramento police officers shot and killed 22-year-old Stephon Clark,
a father of two who was unarmed, in the backyard of his grandparents'
home on Sunday night.
"'The only thing that I heard was pow, pow, pow, pow, and I got to the ground,'" Sequita Thompson, Clark's grandmother, toldThe Sacramento Bee. "'I opened that curtain and he was dead.'"
RACINE — Two Racine police officers
on leave after a deadly confrontation with a suspect fleeing a traffic
stop on Jan. 17 have been cleared to return to duty.
Racine
Police Investigator Chad Stillman and Officer Peter Boeck were put on
leave, but they “have been cleared and are welcome back to the
department any time,” Sgt. Adam Malacara, public information officer for
the department, announced on Wednesday.
“However,
they are still dealing with this highly traumatic event and will come
back when they are ready,” Malacara said. “They did what they were
trained to do but hoped they never had to. It is a difficult situation
to deal with.”
On Tuesday,
Racine County District Attorney Tricia Hanson announced her office will
not press charges against Stillman and Boeck, who were involved in a
shooting that resulted in the death of Donte Shannon, 26, of Racine, in a
backyard of a home in the 1400 block of Park Ave.
According to an investigation by the
Wisconsin Department of Justice, the officers were informed Shannon had
a weapon and some marijuana. On Jan. 17, Stillman and Boeck attempted a
traffic stop on Shannon, who then got out of the car and fled on foot.
During
the chase, according to the DOJ report, Shannon pointed a gun at the
officers three separate times and they fired back, hitting Shannon five
times.
On Feb. 5, a federal
suit was filed on behalf of the Shannon family, against the officers
involved in the shooting and the City of Racine. The case alleges
Shannon’s civil rights were violated in the encounter that ended in
Shannon’s death.
Hello, boys and girls, moms and dads! How are you? I'm doing OK, I guess. The doctor saw me recently and pointed out a few problems. So I pointed out problems of his. Boy, is he ever touchy. I'm sorry, but that doesn't exclude you from physical ailments.
I see that the Foxconn enterprise is keeping to its schedule, whatever the hell that is. Let me say it now and say it loud: I haven't the faintest idea where the development is. And I don't care that I don't care. Foxconn coverage is like an addictive drug. It can swallow up your life. I choose not to choose. I want nothing to do with this mess. I know there's a thousand ways to get rich off of it, but there's another thousand ways to lose your ass. Too, too many ideas in the air.
I keep getting the feeling that the technology behind Foxconn's expansion will be obsolete before the factory is complete. As a certified fortune teller,, it pays to pay attention to my "feelings." I would get involved in the hunt for terrorists in the USA, but the feelings are so strong that they obliterate sense. As for Foxconn, only time will tell.
The headline blares, "Racine police chief given contract extension." Hip-hip-hooray. Thank you, Chief Art Howell, for your service to the community. We love you. The same paper carried this headline:District attorney not filing charges in Shannon shooting.
Will this mean protests and other civil disobedience? Again, only time will tell. Raising hell has always been easier than raising your children.
My favorite post for this week is "Vaping California Reaper," http://www.jtirregulars.com/2018/03/sorry-i-couldnt-find-original-video-here.html Have a look and you'll se what I mean. I can't believe the amount of smoke that gets away. If he would hold his hits, he would need a lot less material to burn. So, is this man brave or foolish? I think he's just a burnout who no longer cares what he subjects himself to.
Spring is here! It was a mild winter. Junior says the pickings were mighty slim at local toboggan slides. And with only one, small ice rink downtown, where's a guy supposed to meet the girls? I keep telling him that things will work out, but that's little solace right now. Someday Junior wil have the power of a god. God save us all.
Señor Zanza is busy with his seedlings for the season to come. He starts them out at home to give them a head start. He has grown some beautiful vegetables. Very tasty, especially compared with "store bought" vegetables. I always look forward to the big meal he makes when most of his crop is harvested. He once grew a watermelon the size of a tomato. He says it was on purpose, but I have my doubts.
Thank you one and all for reading my blog today. I love my audience and I love you.
Get out and enjoy spring. I'm afraid this is the only decent time we will have. Summer will be blazing hot and I'll live in the air conditioning. __________________________ Please donate: paypal.me/jgmazelis If you don't like PayPal, send me a note at madamezoltar@jtirregulars.com and I'll send you my street address so you can send a check or money order. Thank you.
RACINE — Racine County District
Attorney Tricia Hanson announced Tuesday that her office will not press
charges against two Racine Police Department officers involved in the
shooting death of Donte Shannon.
Shannon,
26, of Racine, was killed by police on Jan. 17 after fleeing during a
traffic stop and brandishing a gun, according to an investigation by the
Wisconsin Department of Justice.
Hanson
informed friends and family of Shannon of her decision during a Tuesday
night meeting. Afterward, she announced her decision to the public via a
news release.
“After
an extensive investigation and an exhaustive review of the evidence,”
Hanson stated in a press release, “Investigator Chad Stillman and
Officer Peter Boeck are immune from criminal liability in this case, as
Mr. Shannon’s death was a direct result of his deadly threat to the
officers.”
I’m Art Kumbalek and man oh manischewitz what a world,
ain’a? So how’s my college tournament basketball bracket doing? Thanks
for asking. I’ll tell you’s, I could’ve chosen Trump University to go up
against the Electoral College in the national championship game and my
goddamn bracket would be none worse for wear than it is right now, what
the fock.
Anyways, from where I’m sitting here and now good lord, I’m looking
at the first day of spring. Focking swell. All it means to me is one
step closer to summer’s hot and humid, sticky suck-ass insected weather
that makes me feel like I’m living in some Fourth World sweatshop of a
country instead of being an upper-Midwestern American. So spring, thanks
for nothing.
Yes sir, March 20, one of only two days in the whole year when
lightness and darkness slug it out to a standstill. A tie, a draw—what
they call in the sportsworld “kissing your sister.” And in the olden,
olden days when there were even more weird-ass religions afoot than
there are today, this day was marked as one of a handful of rites those
people had during the year where they’d take the day off to celebrate by
slaughtering a barnyard animal or three as some kind of nutty
sacrificial offering to the deities du jour.
Now, I’m no religious expert but I’m telling you, just imagine if
those wacky ancestors were on to something, that maybe they knew
something we don’t know or have forgotten—that hacking up a perfectly
good goat or cow on the first day of spring actually did buy you a
couple extra days of sunshine during the year or relieve your toothache
or provide some other kind of beneficial good.
Come to think of it, maybe my NCAA bracket would be more successful,
perhaps even perfect, if before filling it out I had first sacrificed a
couple, three goats over by Cathedral Square Park. After all, college
basketball is like a religion to some, so what the fock. March madness,
indeed.
And if you’re still hungover from St. Patty’s Day Week-and-a-focking-Half, here’s a little story that may make you feel better: Six retired Irish guys were playing poker in O’Leary’s apartment
when Paddy Murphy loses $500 on a single hand, clutches his chest and
drops dead at the table. Showing respect for their fallen brother, the
other five continue playing. A bit of a while later, Michael O’Connor looks around at the
surviving five and asks, “Oh, me boys. I believe we have a bit of a
situation here. Paddy is dead and someone surely must tell Paddy’s poor
wife. Who will it be then?” They draw straws. Brendan O’Gallagher picks
the short one. They tell him to be discreet, be gentle, don’t make a bad
situation any worse. “Discreet? I’m the most discreet Irishman you’ll ever meet.
Discretion is me middle name.” So Brendan O’Gallagher goes over to
Murphy’s house and knocks on the door. Mrs. Murphy answers and asks what
he wants. O’Gallagher declares: “Your husband just lost $500 and is afraid to come home.” “Tell him to drop dead!” says Mrs. Murphy. And O’Gallagher says, “‘To drop dead.’ I’ll go tell him then, ma’am.” Ba-ding!
Hey, I almost forgot I was going to give up work for Lent, so
speaking of Catholics let’s get out of here with this little story: Imagine the shy young lad’s surprise when the
Pope sat down in the seat next to him for the flight destined for New
York City. Shortly after take-off, the Pope began a crossword puzzle. “This is really swell,” the young manthought.“I’m really good at crosswords and if the Pope gets stuck, perhaps he’ll ask me for assistance and I’ll get a gold pass to heaven.” Shortly thereafter, the Pope turned to the young man and said, “Excuse me my son, but I suddenly seem to be blocked on this crossword puzzle. Do you happen to know a four-letter word that ends in ‘unt’ and that refers to a woman?” Only one such word leapt to the mind of the young man, a word he felt should not be uttered in the Pope’s presence. He thought a moment and with a bolt from the blue turned to the Pope and said, “I believe your holiness that it is the word ‘aunt’ you seek—a-u-n-t.” And the Pope said, “Oh my. Of course, my son. ‘A-u-n-t.’ God bless you. I don’t suppose you happen to have an eraser?”
Ba-ding! ’cause I’m Art Kumbalek and I told you so.
RACINE COUNTY — Racine County
Executive Jonathan Delagrave is trying to put the brakes on a state bill
that he believes could hurt local hiring efforts, including on projects
related to Foxconn Technology Group.
In
an effort to delay a vote on Senate Bill 634, Delagrave sent a memo to
the Wisconsin County Executives and Administrators last week urging them
to oppose the bill.
The bill states it “pre-empts local governments from enacting or enforcing ordinances related to various employment matters.”
The
Assembly passed the bill in February, 58-32, with no Democratic votes.
The bill has been placed on the Senate calendar for a vote on Tuesday,
March 20.
Local municipalities,
under the proposed legislation, could not enact ordinances related to
wages; employee hours and overtime, including scheduling of employee
hours or shifts; employment benefits; or “an employer’s right to solicit
information regarding the salary history of prospective employees.”
"RACINE — The Racine Police Department is investigating a suspicious death that reportedly occurred at a local hotel on Friday.
"Police
responded to the Riverside Inn, 3700 Northwestern Ave., for a report of
an unresponsive male, according to Racine Police Sgt. Adam Malacara.
Someone reportedly called 911, but then left the scene. The male victim
was reportedly unable to be revived.
"Due to the circumstances, the death
was determined to be suspicious. As of Monday afternoon, police had no
updates, Malacara said."
Maybe we could turn the Riverside Inn into a reality show. Give a guy a camera and a sound man and follow around employees and guests. I bet you it would be a hit, at least in the Racine market.
Uber abruptly halted testing of its autonomous
vehicles across North America on Monday, the company announced, after a
woman was struck and killed by one of its self-driving cars in Tempe,
Ariz., Sunday night.
The moratorium on testing includes San Francisco, Phoenix, Pittsburgh and Toronto, Uber said.
I "vaped" twice in my life and I think it took effect only the second time. I vaped marijuana and didn't like the high.
Anyway, from my understanding, these guys aren't "vaporizing." Vaporizing is taking the marijuana to the point that it's just about to burn, and then inhaling those fumes. Smoking and snorting pepper is completely new to me.
In the firsst video, Hawkins takes his fingers and rubs them across his lips, and then RUBS HIS EYE! He's fucking nuts. Soon he was complaining about the burn on his lips and in his eye.
I suspect there are few drugs this man hasn't tried.
A 3-month-old child was found dead
Saturday at a home in the 10300 block of W. Daphne St., according to a
news release from the Milwaukee Police Department.
The
release said officers responded to the residence for a sudden death
around 8:30 a.m. Saturday.
The 3-month-old boy was found dead.
The cause of death will be determined by an autopsy, according to the release.
Just another mouth to feed. Better off dead. The baby will soon be replaced with another. Very calloused remarks - but this has gone on too long; like a century too long.
CALEDONIA — It was perfect weather
Sunday for the spring time tradition of the Sugarin’ Off pancake
breakfast at the River Bend Nature Center, celebrating the maple sugar
harvest.
Since
the beginning of the month, volunteers have been tapping 70 maple trees
on the nature center grounds to collect sap to make the syrup.
Multiple investigations were launched and a top
election official was suspended this week after tens of thousands of
registered voters were found to be missing from the rolls during Tuesday’s Democratic primary in New York.
DETROIT — The bouncer who called Irish
people "lazy" and "lower-class citizens" last weekend at the door of a
pub on the bustling parade route of Detroit's St. Patrick's Day Parade
ignited more than a few tempers.
But he wasn't trying to spark a fight — just make people think.
It
was all part of an experiment to raise awareness about how poorly Irish
immigrants were once treated in the U.S. against the backdrop of
prominent modern-day conversations about race and immigration.
Creator
Dan Margulis had a production company record the scene at the fake,
temporary pub and produce a polished video of people's stunned
reactions. The video is posted on his website, NoIrishPub.com.
"On
a day when everyone is proclaiming solidarity with an immigrant group
... we wanted them to feel what it was like to be treated like an Irish
immigrant ... years ago in this country, and, hopefully, that would get
them to think about the way we treat current immigrant groups," Margulis
said.
Margulis,
who works in advertising and lives in Bloomfield Hills, rented an empty
space on Michigan Avenue on a strip between popular bars Nemo's and
McShane's for the St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday. He hung a sign
that said "No Irish Pub."
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