"Selso put a bowl with hamburger meat poisoned
with a generous amount of antifreeze in his backyard and later admitted
to purposely poisoning the dog," the police report states
Tuesday, October 24, 2017
Tech CEO jailed on charges of child rape and assault with a deadly weapon
Zain Jaffer, the CEO of mobile video company Vungle has been placed on
indefinite leave after he was arrested last Sunday and charged with a
slew of offenses including attempted murder, performing a lewd act upon a
child, forced oral copulation with a minor, child abuse and assault
with a deadly weapon. 
Monday, October 23, 2017
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Today in History
| 4004 BC | According to 17th century divine James Ussher, Archbishop of Armagh, and Dr. John Lightfoot of Cambridge, the world was created on this day, a Sunday, at 9 a.m. | |
| 1641 | A rebellion takes place in Ireland. Catholics, under Phelim O’Neill, rise against the Protestants and massacre men, women and children to the number of 40,000 (some say 100,000). | |
| 1694 | American colonial forces led by Sir William Phips, fail in their attempt to seize Quebec. | |
| 1707 | The first Parliament of Great Britain meets. | |
| 1783 | Virginia emancipates slaves who fought for independence during the Revolutionary War. | |
| 1861 | Lincoln suspends the writ of habeas corpus in Washington, D.C. for all military-related cases. | |
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| 1918 | President Woodrow Wilson feels satisfied that the Germans are accepting his armistice terms and agrees to transmit their request for an armistice to the Allies. The Germans have agreed to suspend submarine warfare, cease inhumane practices such as the use of poison gas, and withdraw troops back into Germany. | |
| 1929 | The first transcontinental air service begins from New York to Los Angeles. | |
| 1942 | The Western Task Force, destined for North Africa, departs from Hampton Roads, Virginia. | |
| 1952 | The Nobel Prize for Medicine is awarded to Ukranian-born microbiologist Selman A. Waksman for his discovery of an effective treatment of tuberculosis. | |
| 1954 | In Paris, an agreement is signed providing for West German sovereignty and permitting West Germany to rearm and enter NATO and the Western European Union. | |
| 1973 | A U.N. sanctioned cease-fire officially ends the Yom Kippur war between Israel and Syria. | |
| 1983 | A truck filled with explosives, driven by a Muslim terrorist, crashes into the U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut, Lebanon. The bomb kills 237 Marines and injures 80. Almost simultaneously, a similar incident occurs at French military headquarters, where 58 die and 15 are injured. | |
| 1989 | The Hungarian Republic replaces the communist Hungarian People’s Republic. | |
| 1998 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Palestinian Chairman Yasser Arafat reach a “land for peace” agreement. | |
| 2002 | Chechen terrorists take 700 theater-goers hostage at the House of Culture theater in Moscow. | |
| 2004 | An earthquake in Japan kills 35, injures 2,200, and leaves 85,000 homeless or displaced. | |
| 2011 | The Libyan National Transition Council declares the Libyan civil war over. | |
| 2012 | The world’s oldest teletext service, BBC’s Ceefax, ceases operation. |
Secrets of Halloween Costume Designers
3. THEY CAN DESIGN AND PRODUCE A COSTUME IN A MATTER OF DAYS.Another thing about selling trendy costumes is that a customer won't want to wear the same costume a year later, so there's another sale coming. Read more secrets from Halloween costume makers at Mental Floss.
A lot of costume interest comes from what’s been making headlines in the fall: Costumers have to be ready to meet that demand. “We’re pretty good at being able to react quickly,” says Pilar Quintana, vice-president of merchandising for Yandy.com. “Something happening in April may not be strong enough to stick around for Halloween.”
Because the mail-order site has in-house models and isn’t beholden to approval from big box vendors, Quintana can design and photograph a costume so it’s available within 72 hours. If it's more elaborate, it can take a little longer: Both Yandy and Weeks had costumes inspired by the Cecil the Lion story that broke in July 2015 (in which a trophy hunter from Minnesota killed an African lion) on their sites in a matter of weeks.
11. DEAD CELEBRITIES MEAN SALES.
It may be morbid, but it’s a reality: The high-profile passing of celebrities, especially close to Halloween, can trigger a surge in sales. “Before Robin Williams died, I couldn’t sell a Mork costume for a dollar,” Weeks says. “After he died, I couldn’t not sell it for less than $100.” This year, designers expect Hugh Hefner to fuel costume ideas—unless something else pops up suddenly to grab their attention. “Last year, when Prince died, that was almost trumped by [presidential debate audience member] Ken Bone,” Berman says. “He became almost more popular than Prince.”
Vampires, Ghosts, and the "Dark Shadows" Beauty Pageants of the Early 1970s
Ads were placed in newspapers across the country, targeting girls, 18 to 25, who thought they had the right “vampire looks.” One newspaper story about the promotion, dredged up by the blog Dark Shadows in the Press, said that contestants would be judged by their interpretation of the vampire aesthetic, as well as “charm, poise, stage presence, and videogenic qualities for television.” One TV ad for the competition read, “It’s a contest you can sink your teeth into.”You might be surprised to find out who won that beauty pageant, and what happened afterward. You can read all about it at Atlas Obscura.
Leading up to the release of House of Dark Shadows, regional beauty contests were held in a number of cities, from Dallas to Philadelphia to Miami. These prelims produced a handful of finalists, who traveled to Los Angeles to compete for the title on September 10, 1970. One of the judges for the New Jersey regional competition recalls her experience in the book The Dark Shadows Companion: 25th Anniversary Collection, saying, “It was fun for the first five minutes. After that it got terribly depressing. Some of the girls came in bikinis. Some of them came dressed as witches or vampires or dead bodies. One girl stood in front of me and just stared.”
Essential reasons marriage becoming obsolete
Fewer ‘I dos’
There’s no doubt: Fewer people are making a commitment to marriage.Barely “more than half of adults in the U.S. say they’re living with a spouse,” writes Jay Zagorsky, an economist at The Ohio State University. “It is the lowest share on record, and down from 70 percent in 1967.”
Texas Rangers bust youth pastor for sexual assault
France gets serious over sexual harassment
The Harvey Weinstein scandal is forcing a rethink of attitudes
toward sexual harassment in France, a country that cherishes its
self-image as the land of seduction and romance, said the minister
tasked with cracking down on violence against women.…
Do You Dream?
Your dreams say a lot about your quality of sleep — and that says a lot about your overall health
Spencer’s Fascist Goon Squad Couldn’t Keep Florida From Laughing His Nazi Ass Off The Stage
These clowns can’t even get through their little hate party without the crowd bursting into laughter.
Swastika-Covered Guy Gets Punched In The Face
One Nazi made the mistake of leaving his “safe space” at a circle jerk
featuring infamous Nazi Richard Spencer and learned, like Spencer did ...
Sunday, October 22, 2017
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| 741 | Charles Martel of Gaul dies at Quierzy. His mayoral power is divided between his two sons, Pepin III and Carloman. | |
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| 1746 | Princeton University, in New Jersey, receives its charter. | |
| 1797 | The first successful parachute descent is made by Andre-Jacques Garnerin, who jumps from a balloon at some 2,200 feet over Paris. | |
| 1824 | The Tennessee Legislature adjourns ending David “Davy” Crockett‘s state political career. | |
| 1836 | Sam Houston is sworn in as the first president of the Republic of Texas. | |
| 1862 | Union troops push 5,000 confederates out of Maysville, Ark., at the Second Battle of Pea Ridge. | |
| 1859 | Spain declares war on the Moors in Morocco. | |
| 1907 | Ringling Brothers buys Barnum & Bailey. | |
| 1914 | The U.S. places their economic support behind Allies. | |
| 1918 | The cities of Baltimore and Washington run out of coffins during the “Spanish Influenza” epidemic. | |
| 1938 | Chester Carlson invents the photocopier. He tries to sell the machine to IBM, RCA, Kodak and others, but they see no use for a gadget that makes nothing but copies. | |
| 1954 | As a result of the Geneva accords granting Communist control over North Vietnam, U.S. President Dwight D. Eisenhower authorizes a crash program to train the South Vietnamese Army. | |
| 1955 | The prototype of the F-105 Thunder Chief makes its maiden flight. | |
| 1962 | The U.S. reveals Soviet missile sites in Cuba. President John F. Kennedy orders a naval and air blockade on further shipments of military equipment to Cuba. Following a confrontation that threatens nuclear war, Kennedy and Khrushchev agree on October 28 on a formula to end the crisis. On November 2 Kennedy reports that Soviet missile bases in Cuba are being dismantled. | |
| 1964 | Jean Paul Sartre declines the Nobel Prize for Literature. | |
| 1966 | The Soviet Union launches Luna 12 for orbit around the moon | |
| 1972 | Operation Linebacker I, the bombing of North Vietnam with B-52 bombers, ends. | |
| 1978 | The Papal inauguration of Pope John Paul II takes place; born Karol Jozef Wojtyla. The Polish-born Wojtyla is the first non-Italian pope since Pope Adrian VI died in 1523; he would become the second-longest serving pope in the history of the Papacy and exercise considerable influence on events of the later portion of the 20th century. | |
| 1981 | The US Federal Labor Relations authority decertifies the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO) from representing federal air traffic controllers, as a result of a PATCO strike in August that was broken by the Reagan Administration. | |
| 1999 | Maurice Papon, formerly an official in the Vichy France government during World War II, is jailed for crimes against humanity for his role in deporting more than 1,600 Jews to concentration camps. | |
| 2005 | Tropical Storm Alpha forms, making 2005 the most active Atlantic hurricane season on record with 22 named storms. |
Parents infuriated after football coach directs players to mock student with gay parents
A high school football coach in Maine has
stepped down after he allegedly encouraged his players to make fun of a
rival player because he was raised by a gay couple.
Nursing crisis strains US hospitals
The non-profit healthcare system is one of the state’s largest employers and sits in the heart of economically depressed coal country. It faces a $40 million deficit this year as it struggles with fewer privately insured patients, cuts in government reimbursement and higher labor costs to attract a shrinking pool of nurses.
To keep its operations intact, Charleston Medical is spending this year $12 million on visiting or “travel” nurses, twice as much as three years ago. It had no need for travel nurses a decade ago.
Pressure mounts on insurance companies to consider their role in opioid epidemic
Rep. Elijah Cummings, D-Md., the ranking member of the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, wrote to the companies after an article by ProPublica and The New York Times found that insurance companies sometimes favor cheaper, more addictive opioids over less addictive, but more expensive, alternatives.
Tech companies to lobby for immigrant ‘Dreamers’ to remain in U.S.
Nearly two dozen major U.S. companies in technology and other
industries are planning to launch a coalition to demand legislation that
would allow young, illegal immigrants a path to permanent residency,
according to documents seen by Reuters.…
Two-Thirds Of Voters Demand Tougher Gun Laws After Wingnuts Pretend Vegas Shooting Never Happened
Wingnuts may continue to live in their NRA-funded bubbles,
but it's clear the American people – Democrats, Independents and wingnuts – are still hungry for tougher gun laws. …
Widow faces potential felony charges because she can’t afford to cremate her husband
A Georgia woman says she could face arrest because she can’t afford the funeral expense for her late husband.A funeral home storing the man’s remains said it may press charges for abandonment of a body.
‘The world will burn’
While serving a search warrant for possession
of child pornography to a man in Pinellas County, Florida, police found
explosives, weapons and maps of local schools.
Cops Taser 86-year-old unarmed black man for his own safety
Kingstree Police Officer Stephen Sweikata said he deployed a Taser on Chatfield because he was worried for the man’s safety.
Twitter’s Animal Farm TOS Enforcement Greenlights Misogyny, Dumbass Trump, his Sycophants and Russian Bots
Last week, Twitter suspended Rose McGowan’s account because, according to Twitter, she violated TOS.…
The problems here are so familiar to anyone who has been harassed or
threatened on Twitter. The rules are applied discriminately and by
Twitter’s own admission, suspended if the person tweeting is
“newsworthy” or more specifically Dumbass J. Trump.
Nazis arrested for attempted homicide after Richard Spencer’s shriek gave Nazi salute before shooting at protestors
According to police, the trio argued with and
threatened a group of protestors demonstrating against Spencer, who was shrieking a small mob at the University of Florida Phillips Center
for Performing Arts.
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