Saturday, October 1, 2016
The Philippines President's Aspiration to Out-Massacre Hitler
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte said Friday he aspired to accomplish in his country the level of mass murder Adolf Hitler achieved, saying, “Hitler massacred 3 million Jews. Now there’s 3 million, there’s 3 million drug addicts. There are. I’d be happy to slaughter them.” Hitler, in fact, killed 6 million Jews. That doesn’t make Duterte’s comments any less distressing, coming as they do after several controversial remarks since before he was elected president earlier this year. Duterte took office at the end of June, and he’s made his feelings about drug addicts well known. He ran on a campaign promise to wage war on crime and drugs, and in his first few months in office, more than 3,500 ...
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It’s Time to Suspend America's Alliance with the Philippines
Thursday, September 29, 2016
Awesome Citizen-Scientist Video Shows Juno Probe's Arrival at Jupiter
NASA's Juno spacecraft trekked 1.7 billion miles (2.8 billion kilometers) to reach Jupiter, and a new video by a NASA fan documents the probe's precise approach into orbit around the gas giant. Juno arrived at Jupiter on July 4, 2016, after nearly five years of space travel. A belt of very intense radiation surrounds Jupiter and can quickly destroy spacecraft electronics, so Juno entered a very specific orbit around the planet to avoid the worst of the radiation. The new time-lapse video was created by citizen scientist Gerald Eichstädt, using a compilation of JunoCam images taken between July 5 and Aug. 27, 2016, according to a statement from NASA. The video documents Juno's slow and steady ...
Deadly house explosion in the Bronx
A battalion chief who had been considered a rising star in the New York Fire Department was killed Tuesday when a row house exploded as he was supervising an evacuation following the report of a gas leak. Authorities are looking into whether the building was used to grow marijuana.
Later Tuesday, investigators said they were questioning a person of interest but provided no details.
The two-story house and adjoining homes in the Bronx had already been emptied of occupants and fire personnel had been on the scene for an hour when the 7:30 a.m. blast jolted neighbors awake, tore off the building’s roof, and hurled pieces of wood and brick into the street.
Michael Fahy, a 17-year fire department veteran and father of three, was directing operations from the street when he was hit by falling debris, authorities said. (AP)
Houston Shooting: Gunman Was 'Disgruntled' Lawyer with Nazi Emblems on His 'Military-Style' Attire During Attack
A gunman who injured at least nine people in Houston, Texas, on Monday was a disgruntled lawyer who wore a military-style outfit affixed with Nazi emblems during the attack, officials say.Authorities said the gunman had two weapons and more than 2,500 rounds of live ammunition when he opened fire in front of a condo complex near a strip mall, injuring nine people Monday morning before being fatally shot by police, Houston Police Department Homicide Captain Dwayne Ready said at a press conference. (Police have not yet publicly named the gunman.) "We did find some old Nazi emblems [with] some of his personal effects. I understand there are also some where he lived," Ready said. "There's also other, what I would refer to as, historic or vintage military stuff within the apartment going back to the civil war."
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Houston police tweeted on Monday that the gunman is a lawyer, adding that they are working to determine "if issues at his firm led to the shooting."
Mayor Sylvester Turner reportedly told KTRK-TV that the shooter was a "disgruntled" attorney who was "either fired or had a bad relationship with his law firm," the Associated Press reports.
While police haven't identified the gunman, a bomb-squad robot examined a Porsche that, according to records, is licensed to a man named Nathan DeSai, according to the AP. The suspect randomly shot at drivers in the Houston neighborhood, the AP reports. Six people were shot and three suffered eye injuries from flying glass. Police said on Monday they believe the man acted alone and officials are investigating a motive.
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