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Source: Associated Press
Nov. 24, 2016 4:13 PM EST
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — Police say two people are dead and four have been hospitalized in shootings at a riverfront park in Louisville.
Louisville Metro Police says officers responded to a call of multiple shootings at Shawnee Park on Thursday afternoon. The injuries among those taken to University Hospital are not considered life threating.
The Louisville Courier-Journal reports (http://cjky.it/2ftjvNd ) that the shootings occurred about 200 yards from the annual Juice Bowl football games, which were attended by Mayor Greg Fisher.
Spokesman Chris Poynter says the mayor attends the event every year, and while it was an "alarming" situation, Fisher was never in danger.
Read more: http://bigstory.ap.org/article/8cf85c1a4e9e4d00ba4e4513ababd8c2/police-2-dead-4-hospitalized-louisville-shootings
Happy Fucking Thanksgiving, America!
Computer Scientists to Hillary Clinton: Challenge Election Results! Demand Recount!
Why the fucking hell is she nor taking their advice???
Facebook builds censorship tool to attain China re-entry: NYT
Source: Reuters
Wed Nov 23, 2016 | 5:35am EST
Facebook Inc has quietly developed a censorship tool that could persuade China to allow the world's biggest social media network to re-enter the world's second largest economy after a seven-year ban, the New York Times reported on Tuesday.
Facebook developed the software, which suppresses posts from appearing in people's news feeds in specific geographies, with the support of Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg, the newspaper said, citing unnamed current and former employees. (nyti.ms/2fPxUXQ)
Zuckerberg in March met China's propaganda chief Liu Yunshan who said he hoped Facebook could strengthen exchanges and improve mutual understanding with China's internet companies, according to state news agency Xinhua.
"We have long said that we are interested in China, and are spending time understanding and learning more about the country," Facebook spokeswoman Arielle Aryah said in an emailed statement to Reuters.
Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-facebook-china-idUSKBN13I03H
The world would be so much better off without Mark Zuckerberg's sleazy and dangerous Frankensteinian creation.
Paris climate deal: Trump says he now has an 'open mind' about accord
Source: The Guardian
Oliver Milman in New York
Tuesday 22 November 2016 14.48 EST
Donald Trump has said he has an “open mind” over US involvement in the Paris agreement to combat climate change, after previously pledging to withdraw from the effort.
Asked by the New York Times whether he would pull the US out of the Paris climate accord, which has been signed by 196 nations, Trump said: “I’m looking at it very closely. I have an open mind to it.” The president-elect also wavered on his previously stated position that climate change is a “hoax” and just a “very, very expensive form of tax”.
Questioned over the link between human activity and global warming, Trump said: “I think there is some connectivity. Some, something. It depends on how much.” He added that he was thinking about how the issue “will cost our companies”.
Trump’s partial acceptance of the overwhelming scientific view that burning fossil fuels is changing the climate, along with his equivocation over American involvement in the Paris deal, are subtle departures from the position he took during the presidential campaign.
Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/22/donald-trump-paris-climate-deal-change-open-mind
Subtle departures? HA!
PS: This article focuses solely on the Paris agreement and Trump's reaction to it.
Conservatives put Trump on notice
Source: Politico
By Nolan D. McCaskill
11/22/16 05:35 PM EST
Conservatives are warning Donald Trump not to get wobbly on his campaign pledges.
The caution comes after the president-elect on Tuesday abandoned his vow to prosecute Hillary Clinton, the latest sign of the break between the candidate who was elected president and the man who will be sworn in come January.
Since his historic, shocking election win over Clinton, Trump has softened some of his key campaign promises, sending mixed signals about his commitment to a border wall and a quick repeal of Obamacare.
Trump shocked his base when a senior adviser suggested he had reneged on his pledge to have his attorney general appoint a special prosecutor to investigate Clinton’s use of a private email server as secretary of state.
Trump himself later admitted in an interview with reporters from The New York Times that prosecuting Clinton is “just not something that I feel very strongly about,” insisting he’d rather unify the country by avoiding such a divisive move and expressing confidence that his supporters won’t be disappointed by his reversal.
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2016/11/donald-trump-conservatives-clinton-231768
Be careful who you make promises to, Donald. Especially the ones who love you the most.
A Question for Kellyanne Conway:
So, what high-powered job will you be receiving in the Trump Administration for all your hard work on Orange Julius Caesar's behalf?
FBI Closes Inquiry Into Brad Pitt Child Abuse Allegations
Source: NBC News
Nov 22 2016, 7:28 pm ET
The Federal Bureau of Investigations has closed its inquiry into allegations of physical abuse involving Brad Pitt and his children, the department said.
"The FBI has conducted a review of the circumstances and will not pursue further investigation. No charges have been filed in this matter," FBI spokeswoman Laura Eimiller said in a statement.
The news comes 11 days after the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services cleared the actor of allegations of abuse in connection with an incident aboard a private jet in September.
Read more: http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/fbi-closing-inquiry-brad-pitt-abuse-allegations-source-n687436
Don't you worry: the next time Pitt is in the middle of intense negotiations over a film, James Comey will re-open the investigation!
US existing home sales hit more than 9.5-year high
Source: CNBC
U.S. home resales rose in October to their highest level in more than 9-1/2 years amid pent-up demand, offering more evidence of a pickup in economic growth in the fourth quarter, but a recent surge in mortgage rates could slow housing market activity.
The National Association of Realtors said on Tuesday existing home sales increased 2.0 percent to an annual rate of 5.6 million units last month, the highest level since February 2007. September's sales pace was revised up to 5.49 million units from the previously reported 5.47 million units.
Economists polled by Reuters had forecast sales slipping 0.5 percent to a 5.43 million-unit pace in October. Sales were up 5.9 percent from a year ago.
The report came on the heels of data last week showing a surge in housing starts. It also added to strong reports on retail sales and the labor market as well as manufacturing surveys in suggesting that the economy continued to gain speed early in the fourth quarter.
Read more: http://www.cnbc.com/2016/11/22/existing-home-sales-for-october-2016.html
Didn't fucking do much, did it?
Case dropped against Dubai 'rape victim'
Source: bbc.com
A British woman, who was charged with having extra-marital sex in Dubai after reporting she was raped, has had all charges against her dropped.
The woman was arrested and had her passport confiscated after she claimed she was raped by two British men.
The office of the Dubai Public Prosecutor said it had closed the case after "careful examination of all evidence".
Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/uk-38070191
Developing.....
53 Years Later, How Do We Feel?
I think there was a conspiracy, but our number is declining.
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