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A Half Century Ago...

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(For politics, please scroll down.  Active political thread below) Moi — in my college ID photo. Those were the days, huh? I still can't believe that I kept my college ID card.  But I did.

Breaking News: Präsident der Schweiz Ueli Maurer bei Bilderberg - News Paper

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Wir haben ihn bei der Ankunft gesehen und fotografieren können. Der Bundespräsident der Schweiz Ueli Maurer nimmt tatsächlich an der Bilderberg-Konferenz in Montreux teil. Am 16. Mai besuchte er Donald Trump in Washington und blamierte sich mit seinem schlechten Englisch, heute wird er US-Aussenminister Mike Pompeo und Trumps Schwiegersohn und Berater Jared Kushner treffen. Da frag ich mich, warum so viel Kontakt mit Vertretern der Vereinigten Staaten? Kann es sein, es geht um den IRAN??? Copyright ASR Blog Die Schweiz vertritt nämlich die USA in Teheran und vielleicht will Washington über die Schweiz eine Botschaft an die iranische Regierung schicken. Entweder eine friedliche oder eine kriegerische. Wenn Kushner direkt aus Israel nach Genf einfliegt, nachdem er sich mit Netanjahu getroffen hat, dann eher eine kriegerische. Wird in Montreux über Krieg und Frieden entschieden und werden die Bilderberger von Pompeo und Kushner darüber informiert? Copyright - Alles Schall u...

Breaking News: On Sunday, buy plants which sustain endangered Monarch butterflies - News Paper

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Here's a Sunday activity, Milwaukee: Monarch Lovers Reminder! What:    Our annual Plant  S ale ! When:   This Sunday June 2 nd !   12-3 pm  Where:   Milwaukee County Parks parking lot , 9480 Watertown Plank Rd (off Discovery Parkway) Why:    Monarchs and pollinators need our help—we can all help by planting natives.  (All proceeds help the Friends restore the Monarch habitat and educate the community.) We know you'll be eager to be there, but please do not arrive early as our volunteers need time to set up for the sale! There are 2 parts to bringing back the monarchs:   1) to support the caterpillars,   2)  and JUST as important -- is to plant for the fall migration. We will have milkweed in limited supply.  We WILL have the following varieties:  s howy,  s wamp, butterfly milkweed, and prairie milkweed -- all perfect additions to any garden and terrific for monarchs.  Prices $4- ...

Breaking News: Imam Khamenei Labels Negotiation with US as ‘Total Loss’ - News Paper

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By Staff, Agencies Leader of the Islamic Revolution His Eminence Imam Sayyed Ali Khamenei ruled out the possibility of talks between Tehran and Washington, saying such negotiations will be “fruitless”, “harmful”, and “a total loss”. “The Islamic Republic of Iran will absolutely not sit for talks with America … because first, it bears no fruit and second, it is harmful,” Imam Khamenei said in a meeting with a number of university professors, elites and researchers in Tehran on Wednesday. Imam Khamenei referred to negotiation as a tactic used by Americans to complement their strategy of pressure. “This is actually not negotiation; it’s rather a means for picking the fruits of pressure.” The only way to counter this trick, His Eminence said, is to utilize the means of pressure available for use against Americans. “If they are used properly, the Americans will either stop or decrease pressures.” However, Imam Khamenei further warned against being deceived by the US plot, saying that...

Breaking News: Sayyed Nasrallah Warns US: War on Iran to Burn Region, Ready to Open Precise Missiles Manufacturing Factories - News Paper

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Zeinab Essa- Al-Ahed   Hezbollah Secretary General His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah delivered on Friday a speech in which he tackled various regional topics, on top of which is US administration’s “Deal of century.” Addressing thousands of Resistance supporters who gathered to commemorate Al-Quds Day, Sayyed Nasrallah recalled that “today, 40 years have passed since late Imam Khomeini announced Al-Quds International Day.” “The enemies have bet that people forget Al-Quds, but people’s sympathy is growing,” he added, noting that “attempts to disrupt Al-Quds Day and turn it to a sectarian issue have failed.” On the event,  His Eminence stopped at and the mass million marches in Iran. “The Iranian people are demonstrating in solidarity with Al-Quds, not as [US President Donald] Trump says against the Iranian regime.” Stressing that “Al-Quds Day rallies in Iran form a message to Washington and all the governments in the region,” he went on to highlight that it’s...

Breaking News: IOC Anticipated for Australia’s F-35As in December 2020 - News Paper

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01 Juni 2019 RAAF F-35A fighter (photo : raaf) The Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) has now received 14 Lockheed Martin F-35A Lightning II Joint Strike Fighters, with the aircraft type on track to achieve initial operating capability (IOC) in December 2020, according to the commanding officer of the RAAF’s first operational F-35A unit. Australia has ordered 72 F-35As, the first of which was delivered to the RAAF in the United States in December 2014. By the end of April this year RAAF F-35As had flown more than 2,900 hours and 1,750 sorties, primarily with the F-35 International Training Centre at Luke Air Force Base (AFB) in Arizona. The first two Australian F-35As arrived at RAAF Base Williamtown north of Sydney in December 2018. ( Jane's ) from DEFENSE STUDIES http://bit.ly/2QEfcmr Breaking News: IOC Anticipated for Australia’s F-35As in December 2020 - News Paper

breaking News: Frank Lucas Passed Away! - News Paper

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Kingpin of the drug trade Frank Lucas passed away. The American Gangster. Frank Lucas, the former drug kingpin who led a revolution of narco trade passed away at a local New Jersey hospital. He died of unspecified health issues. Lucas rose to power in the 1960s and 1970s dealing boy (heroin) in Harlem. He once boasted that he would cut out the middleman and got his product directly from the Southeast Asian gangs and cartels. He would be smuggle the goods through the coffins of dead U.S. servicemen. Frank Lucas was born in North Carolina before he made moves to New York. He got in the trade early when the stuff wasn't illegal. He went by the name of "Blue Magic" and held ground with numerous celebrities, politicians and business executives. Wheelchair bound, Frank Lucas wrote books and told tales of his life as a kingpin. He said that his boy got the girls going crazy. He said that heroin was the purest in the streets. He was soon caught by...

breaking News: Bloody Beach: Mass Shooting In Virginia Beach! - News Paper

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Another mass shooting in the country. Virginia Beach got a mass shooting. Thoughts and prayers, thoughts and prayers. Thoughts and prayers will not heal the wounded or bring back the dead. Your heart can't go out to people who you barely know. Your condolences aren't helping. GOD is not fixing this. Moments of silence and lowering of flags aren't going to change this. This is a man-made crisis. GUN VIOLENCE IS THE NUMBER ONE THREAT IN THE UNITED STATES. Another mass shooting in the United States. This one in Virginia Beach. The shooter was caught. Who will actually take the blame? (Expect far-white trolls to pick the dumbest answers) Donald Trump Barack Obama Muslims Black Lives Matter Immigrants NRA Progressives Conservatives Video Games Rap Music Gov. Ralph Northam Congress March For Our Lives The Junk Food Media The Shooter The latest mass shooting in the United States was in Virginia Beach, Virginia. The largest c...

Breaking News: Vox Sentences: A budget for happiness - News Paper

Breaking News: JPMorgan Chase is giving $5 million to fathers who were discouraged from taking parental leave - News Paper

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A gender discrimination lawsuit filed by a male employee will benefit women, too. One of the largest banks in the world just settled a gender discrimination lawsuit — that was filed by men. JPMorgan Chase agreed Thursday to pay $5 million to a group of male employees who were discouraged from taking 16 weeks of paid parental leave to care for a new child, according to a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union , one of the organizations that brought the class action lawsuit on the employees’ behalf. It’s the first class action settlement stemming from a lawsuit by a male employee claiming that fathers were denied certain parental leave benefits because of their gender. On paper, JPMorgan’s paid parental leave policy was generous and didn’t seem problematic. It offered 16 weeks of paid leave for a new child’s primary caregiver and two weeks off for secondary caregivers. But in practice, fathers who tried to take up to 16 weeks off as primary caregivers were discouraged b...

Breaking News: A third House Republican is now holding up $19 billion in disaster aid funding - News Paper

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John Rose, of Tennessee, is the latest to object to a vote on the package. After six months of congressional delays on disaster aid , three House Republicans have been determined to stall the process even further. Last Thursday, the Senate — with buy-in from House Democrats and President Donald Trump — approved a $19.1 billion package to provide disaster relief for Americans hit by wildfires, flooding, and hurricanes. On Friday, however, House Republican Chip Roy (R-TX) said he disagreed with how the House votes were going down, single-handedly blocking the package from going through. This Tuesday and Thursday, Reps. Thomas Massie (R-KY), and John Rose (R-TN) did the same. Roy argued that the House’s approach, which included passing disaster relief without all members present, was too “swampy.” He also questioned the impact of disaster aid on the federal deficit, and criticized the lack of money allocated for border security, calling for another vote to take place that would inc...

Breaking News: All the canceled and renewed TV shows from the 2018-’19 season - News Paper

Breaking News: The “heartbeat” bills that could ban almost all abortions, explained - News Paper

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The bills used to be a fringe idea. Now they could threaten Roe v. Wade . Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp in early May signed into law a so-called “heartbeat” bill , banning abortion as early as six weeks into pregnancy. Georgia is the fourth state to pass such a law this year alone. The bills prohibit abortion once a fetal heartbeat can be detected. But reproductive rights advocates and doctors say the laws, which prohibit abortion before many women know they are pregnant, amount to a near-total ban on the procedure. “It’s basically a forced pregnancy bill. It’s a health care ban bill,” said Dr. Krystal Redman, the executive director of Spark Reproductive Justice Now , a group that works on reproductive rights and other issues for women of color and queer and trans people in the South. The bill also includes a penalty for those who perform abortions of up to 10 years in prison. It doesn’t explicitly exempt women who perform their own abortions with drugs, leading to speculation about wh...

Breaking News: New Hampshire just became the 21st state to abolish the death penalty - News Paper

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It joins a growing number of states abandoning capital punishment. New Hampshire became the 21st state to drop the death penalty on Thursday — the latest on a growing list of states abandoning capital punishment. The New Hampshire bill, which replaces capital punishment with life in prison without parole, is something that lawmakers have been arguing over for months, ending only when state lawmakers overrode Republican Gov. Chris Sununu’s veto. The debate itself is mostly symbolic: New Hampshire hasn’t executed anyone since 1939 and the only person currently sentenced to death is Michael Addison — a man who killed Manchester police officer Michael Briggs in 2006, the Washington Post’s Mark Berman wrote . The state does not even have lethal injection drugs on hand. Death penalty opponents have been close to achieving their goal before: in both 2000 and 2018, a bill banning executions passed legislature but was struck down by the sitting governors. When Sununu announced that he woul...