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What would have happened if he had been drinking a beer? Five years in prison? Amputation of the hand? In Sharia Sweden, you never know. Yes, he was boorish and rude, and racist as well, if the accounts of the three women are to be believed, but this sentence is appallingly draconian.
“Men offended women in veils,” translated from “Man ofredade kvinnor i slöja,” Märsta.nu, August 30, 2017:
– Obama Is the Most Expensive Ex-President for American Taxpayers:
Former President Barack Obama is on track to become the most expensive ex-president for American taxpayers, since his requested 2018 budget will cost taxpayers $1,153,000, according to the Congressional Research Service.
The Washington Times obtained a memo from the Congressional Research Service that showed the budget requests of all five living ex-presidents, and Obama’s is $100,000 more than former President George W. Bush’s request and $200,000 more than former President Bill Clinton’s.
Former President George H.W. Bush’s expected budget clocks in at $942,000, while Jimmy Carter has the least expensive budget at $456,000.
The Former Presidents Act, enacted in 1958 after former President Harry Truman reportedly went broke after leaving the White House, ensures that all living former presidents are entitled to benefits such as a pension and office space.
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H/t reader kevin a.
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– The First Adhesive Was Invented by Neanderthals 200,000 Years Ago:
Neanderthals — early members of the genus Homo from Europe and Asia — have had such a lowly standing on the human family tree that the very word Neanderthal is often synonymous with archaic ways and ignorance.
Neanderthals, however, had big brains, complex societies, and tools so useful that some designs created for leatherworking are still in use today. Many researchers even believe that a true extinction of Neanderthals might not have occurred, but that these individuals instead were absorbed into what evolved to be current Homo sapiens. To this day, people of European and Asian heritage retain Neanderthal DNA.
Read moreThe First Adhesive Was Invented by Neanderthals 200,000 Years Ago
– US escalating tensions with Russia to distract people: Analyst:
An analyst says the United States is escalating tensions with Russia to keep the American people “confused, scared and worried” in order to distract their attention from the crimes that Washington is committing around the world.
“The US constantly needs some sort of an enemy or some sort of problem to be going on mostly because they have over 300 million tax slaves in the US and they have to keep them constantly worried and constantly busy so they do not notice just how enslaved they are,” Jeff Berwick, from The Dollar Vigilante told Press TV in an interview on Saturday.
“So they just have to constantly be causing all these problems and they are constantly terrorizing different countries whether it be Iraq, Afghanistan, Syria, Libya, Iran, or Russia as it is right now or North Korea, they just need to constantly be doing these things to first of all keep people in the US always kind of scared and feeling that they are always going to be under attack and secondly just to continue with the military industrial complex which is how pretty much all of the business done in the US today is all war-related,” he added.
The United States has ordered Russia to shutter its consulate in San Francisco and close offices in Washington and New York in response to Moscow’s drastic reduction of US diplomatic personnel in Russia last month.
Read moreJeff Berwick: US escalating tensions with Russia to distract people
– Icebreaker, armed merchant, mobile nuke plant: Russia decides to retire iconic Arctic ship (PHOTOS):
H/t reader squodgy.
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– JPost Exclusive: Israel nuclear program has less oversight than other democracies:
That Israel is more secretive is not surprising in light of its unique policy of possessing 80-200 nuclear weapons – according to foreign sources – but without ever formally declaring it.
Israel has less oversight of its nuclear program than other Western democracies, a study by the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies, which was obtained exclusively by The Jerusalem Post, concludes.
Read moreJPost Exclusive: Israel nuclear program has less oversight than other democracies
– Arkema backtracks, refuses to provide chemical inventory to the public:
Arkema, the company that owns the chemical plant in Crosby on the verge of more explosions, is refusing to provide a chemical inventory and facility map to the public, one day after promising to provide the information.
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H/t reader squodgy:
“Hmmm.”
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– ‘Friedman mindset dominated by settler perspective’: Commentator:
United States Ambassador to Israel David Friedman’s comments about the “alleged” Israeli occupation of Palestinian territories is yet another astonishing example of the “ineptitude” of President Donald Trump administration’s policy toward the Palestinians, says a political commentator.
Read more‘Friedman mindset dominated by settler perspective’: Commentator
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– ‘Nazi Grandma’ holocaust denier Ursula Haverbeck sentenced to jail:
An 87-year-old woman has been sentenced to prison after she claimed that Jews were never exterminated in Auschwitz. Her criminal record includes two fines and another sentence for sedition.
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H/t reader squodgy:
“They seem to be winning with their lies.”
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– What Did Harvey Do to the Wind Farms on the Texas Coast?
H/t reader squodgy:
“Some encouraging news.
Seems the Wind Power system withstood the onslaught and maintained electrical output.”
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– “Don’t Mess With Yellowstone Supervolcano” Geologists Warn NASA:
Two weeks ago, we reported that Brian Wilcox, a former member of the NASA Advisory Council on Planetary Defense, had shared a report on what the Space Agency considered one of the greatest natural threats to human civilization: the Yellowstone “supervolcano.”
Following an article published by BBC about super volcanoes last month, a group of NASA researchers got in touch with the media to share a report previously unseen outside the space agency about the threat Yellowstone poses, and what they hypothesize could possibly be done about it.
Read more“Don’t Mess With Yellowstone Supervolcano” Geologists Warn NASA
– The Stranded ISIS Bus Convoy That No One Knows What To Do With:
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– “Ole Miss Goes Bananas”: Dear Parents, How’s This For A $40K A Year Education?:
What new college campus PC outrage could top ESPN’s decision to remove an Asian announcer named Robert Lee from calling a UVA game? Well, campus snowflakes have done it again, and this time it’s a single discarded banana peel which sent a college fraternity event hosting campus “leaders” into meltdown and general panic.
As one prominent columnist put it, “Ole Miss Goes Bananas” – we truly wish this was merely an over the top parody featured in The Onion, but unfortunately the triggered victims’ tears are all to real. The Daily Mississippian broke the story this week, which quickly went viral:
Read more“Ole Miss Goes Bananas”: Dear Parents, How’s This For A $40K A Year Education?
https://youtu.be/mcsf3dWzdmE
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– State Dept Admits 16 Diplomats Injured By Mysterious Sonic Directed Energy Weapon:
The U.S. State Department officially confirmed 16 U.S. government employees were affected by a sonic directed energy weapon.
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H/t reader squodgy:
“Who needs a Cellphone?”
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– Russia Responds to Netanyahu’s Ultimatum in Syria With a Warning to Israel:
Last week, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned Russian President Vladimir Putin in person that Israel will not tolerate an Iranian military presence in Syria that threatens Israeli interests. Netanyahu also stated that Israel is prepared to take action in Syria to curb the alleged threat.
At the time, Putin did not respond specifically to Israel’s issue with Iran. This provided some uncertainty regarding Russia’s position on the current conflict given Russia views Iran as a strategic ally. At the same time, however, Russia would likely not want to be dragged into a regional spat between Israel and the Islamic Republic.
Read moreRussia Responds to Netanyahu’s Ultimatum in Syria With a Warning to Israel