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I bet you wouldn't have posted that article had you bothered to look into the case at all and see the victim claimed her attackers spoke in Arabic to her.

So proof of Islamphobia epidemic or just another Muslim man violently attacking Muslim woman, probably over something insanely stupid like wearing her veil wrong too.

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Mass shooting in San Bernardino, CA. at least three assailants and 20+ injured

Rumors are police have identified one of the suspects whose name is "Si'ad"

apparently the target was a center for assisting people with developmental disabilities that's fucking sick...
 

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Journalists storm San Bernardino shooters' apartment after landlord pries open door

In a surreal scene, a swarm of local and national media entered the apartment where Syed Farook and Tashfeen Malik lived after the landlord tore off a piece of plywood that was blocking the door.

News outlets, including MSNBC, BBC, CBS News and CNN, broadcast live scenes as reporters toting cameras and microphones pushed through the open door and reported from inside the apartment.

One MSNBC reporter was seen examining items left on the suspects' desk, at one point picking up a child-rearing book. CNN journalists described seeing licenses, social security cards and shredded documents inside the residence. A group of photographers zeroed in on a pile of papers that were laid out on a bed.

Another camera crew panned over a crib; the couple had a 6-month-old daughter. A CNN correspondent picked up prayer beads.

It appeared that members of the public were inside the apartment as well. One man lingered holding a large soda. A child was seen wandering throughout the home. Another opened the refrigerator and peered inside.

When Mashable reached out to the FBI while the scene was simultaneously unfolding on live television, a spokesperson seemed shocked when asked if the public was allowed to enter the apartment.

"I do not believe so, but I can check," she said around 9:30 a.m. PT. "My understanding is it is still an ongoing investigation."

An hour later, Lourdes Arocho, spokesperson for the FBI Los Angeles field office, told Mashable: "The search is over at that location." When pressed for further comment, she repeated the statement and referred to a press conference scheduled for 11 a.m. PT.

A man named Doyle Miller, who identified himself as the landlord, told CBS News that he didn't intend to let the press into the apartment. When he opened the door, "they rushed," he said.

A CNN spokesperson issued a statement following the incident:

"CNN, like many other news organizations, was granted access to the home by the landlord. We made a conscious editorial decision not to show close-up footage of any material that could be considered sensitive or identifiable, such as photos or ID cards."

But the scene wasn't only aired on live television. Journalists live tweeted photos; one NBC photojournalist streamed his tour of the apartment on Periscope.


The scenes brought a wave of criticism from reporters and media watchers on Twitter, who questioned if the media's presence inside the building would tamper the crime scene.
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" It appeared that members of the public were inside the apartment as well. One man lingered holding a large soda. A child was seen wandering throughout the home. Another opened the refrigerator and peered inside."
 
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IrishZebra said:
http://www.theguardian.com/commenti...-to-walk-my-cat-but-turns-out-we-both-love-it




I thought I'd be embarrassed to walk my cat, but turns out we both love it

I’m a queer, non-binary transgender person. I get stared at enough as is. But an extraordinary houseguest convinced me that love trumped my fears


She was enjoying a cigarette on my New York City balcony, the sweet houseguest who reminded me of an aunt. I’d joined her. So, insistently, had the cat.

She remarked on how much Monk loved smelling the breeze, ecstatically rolling from one side of the balcony to the other, pausing only to reach up to find another smell with joy. That was when she asked if I’d ever walked him.

“Of course I could never walk my cat,” I responded. I’m a queer, non-binary transgender person. I get stared at enough as is.

Nigel was a mean, spiteful, cat. I don't know how I'll live without him
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She looked at me, dropped her chin in seriousness and stared directly into my soul, down to my deepest fibers of self, where childhood and parents live. Her look said, “I believe that you’re better than that.”

She was right. What was I afraid of? I get stared at all the time. As a white person, and someone who is not a trans woman, it’s more unnerving than dangerous. I wasn’t afraid of being hurt. I was only afraid of being laughed at on the streets of New York with my cat.

But this was about more than the cat.

I grew up almost believing it when my father told me that I could never be as good as him. According to him, anything I do that is praiseworthy is only because of his genes, and any way in which I mess up is only due to my own personal moral failings. When my houseguest looked into my soul, it helped me complete the process of realizing that he’d always been wrong.

Monk helped. When he’s purring, on his back, between two people with all four limbs ridiculously spread, it’s easier to talk about difficult things.

She was my parents’ age. When we met and she wrote my pronouns down, I was at first taken aback. Why wouldn’t my pronouns seem natural enough to be able to remember? Then I noticed that she was writing with care – she was writing it down because she wanted to be sure to get it right. I was no longer offended; I was touched.

She had traveled to hopefully see her adult children. She’d mapped how close they lived. She called them in advance to let them know that she’d be staying a seven-minute walk away.

She’d been here for days, waiting for them to say yes, that they would see her. Based mostly on what hung delicately and heavily in the air between us, I knew that we had things that are hard to speak of in common, the kind of familial hurt that requires years of healing to overcome.

She said, “They’re my children. I will never give up on them.” She said, she will come back as many times as she needs to, until they say yes.

I thought, I wish my dad would do something like that, just once, for me – something, anything, without expectations, just with love. The longer she waited for her children to say yes, the more of her pain I wanted to heal.

Each conversation we had, Monk would walk right in. He’d walk right on in, throw himself dramatically onto the floor between us, flip onto his back, start purring and ask for belly love. And the hollow where my father should be, the shape of his absence, started to blur a bit. Love does exist. When she left, she gifted me the most thoughtful housegift I’ve ever received, a first-person account of a trans woman of color available only in the UK.

Why wouldn’t I walk my cat? I know he’s just a cat. He’s just a cat, and I am the only person who ensures his wellbeing. He’s just a cat, and he’s the one whose fur collected my tears when my partner broke up with me. He’s just a cat, and when he greets me at the door when I come home from work, my soul is glad. Why wouldn’t I walk my cat, if it were something that would enrich his life a fraction of the amount he enriches mine?

Is masculinity so fragile I can’t even walk my cat?

The guy at the pet store showed me the harnesses. He pointed to the skull and crossbones one: “This one’s most popular.” I looked at him, then at the pink harness, and decided to go a little bit easy on myself, to compromise in that moment and walk Monk in the butchest harness they had. I said, “I am already walking my cat.” He gave me a pointed look, lowered his voice, and agreed quietly, “Yeah.” He reached for the skulls and bones. “Here you go. Good luck, dude.”

I did the research. Cats typically need adjusting to get used to the feeling of wearing a harness. Monk didn’t seem to notice his. Apparently he’s a natural.

I brought him to the sheltered park across the street, under some large trees. I found a four-foot stump to sit on. First, he stayed in my lap. Soon, he was walking around, smelling. Then he lifted his tail with confidence, and led me to the next tree. He rubbed himself on it. He rolled around in the leaves, reveling. White tourists exclaimed in German accents and took photos from a distance without asking – of the cat. They paid no mind to his trans, non-binary human. Then Monk found the bushes, with the sounds of the birds and who-knows-what rodents rustling in the underbrush, and all of a sudden he was walking me. I’ve never seen him so alive.

Not bad for a first walk, I thought. We had survived.

I have my houseguest to thank for learning to trust an adult who is my parents’ age but can see the best in me. I have her to thank for showing me I can be brave enough to know people will laugh at me and do something anyways. I have her to thank for seeing that I deserve to feel valued as myself, and for showing me that opening my heart like that can end in more love, not less.

The next time she visits, we can walk Monk together.
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I just hate it when my personal journal leaks to the web
 
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basically says Jihadi Vladi (a russian) is the new Jihadi John.

time to change your username.

"Jihadi Vladi": The new IS-executioner is a Russian.


The so-called "Islamic State" has a new executioner: "Jihadi Vladi". He can be seen in a video in which he beheaded an alleged spy. reports the British "Daily Mail"...

...The one who killed him is a Russian citizen. As the "Daily Mail" writes, it's 28-year-old Anatoly Z...well-known as "Jihadi Vladi" a man from the Siberian city of Noyabrsk...

...The 28-year-old was wearing no mask like other IS-executioner did before. And: He speaks in Russian...

...In the video, Anatoly Z. calls the Russian President Vladimir Putin a "dog". "Here and now, on this blessed land, the battle begins [against Russia]. We're going to kill your children, for each child that you have killed here," the newspaper quoted from the propaganda video...

"Small handsome guy"

...Z. is the son of an Orthodox Christian and has one brother. he was described as "unremarkable" From a former teacher. "He was a poor student, his achievements were mostly unsatisfactory to more than satisfactory." He was not a hooligan, rather quiet and very normal."...

...The 28-year-old is on the Russian wanted list. He had an Islamic organization called "Iskhan" founded, which was apparently banned.

...Before Z. and his girlfriend went to Syria, he is said to have
trained Thai Boxing for two years. His coach told the paper: "It is a small handsome guy, very muscular." However, he did not have the character of a fighter...
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