August 16, 2018

Women accused of killing Kim Jong Nam could be freed

Two women accused of murdering the half-brother of North Korean leader Kim Jong Un could walk free Thursday, if a judge decides there's not enough evidence to proceed with their trial.

Kim Jong Nam died in February last year after Siti Aisyah of Indonesia and Doan Thi Huong of Vietnam allegedly wiped his face with VX nerve agent in Malaysia's Kuala Lumpur airport.

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The two women have been described by friends and family as simple, well-meaning women who had expressed interest in acting jobs. Aisyah's father claimed his daughter was used and "never would have done such a thing" in an interview with CNN in October.

According to authorities in Malaysia, the supposed TV producers were North Korean agents, four of whom have been charged in relation to Kim's murder but have since left the country.

link
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/08/15/asia/kim-jong-nam-trial-intl/index.html

August 14, 2018

South and North Korea agree to hold third inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang within Sept.

South and North Korea have agreed to hold the third inter-Korean summit in Pyongyang within the month of September. On Aug. 13, at the high-level inter-Korean talks in Panmunjeom, the South and North delegations made a joint press statement that said the following.

The announcement said, "both parties have agreed to examine the current situation regarding implementation of the Panmunjeom Declaration and to give serious consideration of aggressive measure to resolve any issues." "Furthermore," it continued, "it has been decided that the tentatively scheduled inter-Korean summit shall be held within the month of September."

The joint announcement comprised three sentences and did not mention any discussions of matters outside the inter-Korean summit.

http://english.hani.co.kr/arti/english_edition/e_northkorea/857412.html

August 8, 2018

Washington Primary

https://www.politico.com/election-results/2018/washington/

Washington is like California, the top 2 advance to the GE
In the Senate race it will be Cantwell and Hutchinson. So far, Cantwell scored over 50% in the primary (about 900,000 votes were cast). Hutchinson has name recognition in western Washington, that appears to be what she has going for her
About 67% of the vote has been counted

All 10 Districts feature one Democrat and one Republican
1, 2, 6, 7. 9 and 10 look good

District 3 is interesting, because the incumbent Beutler got a little over 47,000 votes and the second place finisher, Long, got a little over 42,000. What is interesting is, if you add up all the votes cast, about 57,300 went for one of the Republicans running and about 58,800 went for one of the Democrats running
R: Beutler 47,192, Bowerman 6,109, Cortney 4,034;
D: Long 42,251, McDevitt 9,396, Gasque 5,278, Hash 1,101
This is at about 71% reported. So, yes, the numbers could change a bit

District 4 and 7 appear to have only 2 people running; 1 from each party

District 8, the Republican will be Rossi, a familiar name to Washingtonians, as he has run for Governor and Senator and lost. His opponent will either be Schrier or Rittereiser. This district extends from the farming and ranching communities of central Washington to King County. Rossi has two advantages, one is it is somewhat conservative and he has name recognition. He also has some disadvantages - he is a two time loser on Washington's biggest political stages (Governor and Senator) and he has been (maybe still is) part of the state secessionist group that wants to split eastern Washington from western Washington -- and call their state Liberty (no joke. Look up Rep Matt Shea). Not sure how that will play in half of the district he wants to represent.
If you add up all the votes cast so far, there were more Democratic votes than Republican votes cast, with two independents and a libertarian getting around 600 votes each

District 5 is interesting, partially because it is on the eastern border with Idaho (so it would be part of Liberty). It is represented by McMorris-Rodgers. The east is a conservative stronghold, but with almost 2/3s counted, she is leading Lisa Brown-D, by only about 600 votes. The question is, where the rest of the 1/3 comes from? If it is Spokane and the surrounding area, that could be a toss-up, though favoring the Republicans. If it is further south in Pullman, it favors the Democrats. Either way, it is incredibly close for a District-5 primary and if you add the other two Republicans into the mix, that is only 3,500 more Republican votes. There is another candidate who is running as an independent and he has almost 3,000 votes

July 30, 2018

Former WWE heel Nikolai Volkov has passed away at 70

Though not really Russian, Josip Nikolai Peruzovic was really Croatian, he passed away due to complications from dehydration and other issues (not yet disclosed)
R.I.P.

July 25, 2018

Max Scherzer may be the most important Washington National

according to ESPN, the 49-51 Nationals are 34-45 in games he does not start

July 10, 2018

Rep Jordan defended by former Ohio State Univ Wrestling Coach

Former Ohio State University head wrestling coach Russ Hellickson said in a telephone interview, “Jim Jordan didn’t know anything. I didn’t know anything, and I don’t think any of the other coaches knew anything.”

Which begs the following question: While coaching together, when did they discuss not knowing about what Dr Strauss was doing?

"Hey Jim did you hear nothing about Dr Strauss who was doing nothing illegal or unethical?"
"No, I hadn't heard anything."
"Neither have I."

June 27, 2018

The entire justice system here is run by black women.

South Fulton, Georgia

Chief Judge: Tiffany Carter Sellers
Interim Police Chief: Sheila Rogers
Solicitor: LaDawn "LBJ" Jones
Public Defender: Viveca Famber Powell
Court Administrator: Lakesiya Cofield
Chief Court Clerk: Ramona Howard
Court Clerk: Tiffany Kinslow
court Clerk: Kerry Stephens

source
CNN
https://edition.cnn.com/2018/06/22/us/south-fulton-georgia-women-leaders-trnd/

I tried to better divide the names from their positions, but the space bar did nothing.

June 19, 2018

Faux News Concerned about people obeying the laws of the land

Remember this guy?
Freeloader extraordinaire.
Cliven 'I Want Freethings' Bundy.
Funny how little concern they had for the law when this freeloading, deadbeat, clown wouldn't pay his fairshare like every other rancher has been doing for the last three decades

May 30, 2018

The tweet I'm saving for Roseanne's conservative apologists

Twit from Shill O' Lielly

Roseanne Barr’s vicious personal attack on former Obama senior adviser Valerie Jarrett came out of nowhere and cost Ms. Barr and the entire staff of her program their jobs. @ABC/@Disney could not continue with the show without insulting millions of Americans.

I don't twit. But, I found it here

http://deadline.com/2018/05/roseanne-canceled-reaction-hollywood-politics-1202399226/


I was dumbstruck when I saw that. The cynic in me thinks it's because he's trying to get back on TV

April 28, 2018

Black 14

I've posted a couple of stories/videos on what happened in '69 at Wyoming UNiversity
This one I found especially interesting because it contains more footage and reports from 1969
The 10:19 mark also has an interesting question/comment, that is true today
I'll let the viewer decide how relevant