{"id":24065,"date":"2019-09-08T00:37:51","date_gmt":"2019-09-08T08:37:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/?p=24065"},"modified":"2019-09-08T00:39:06","modified_gmt":"2019-09-08T08:39:06","slug":"rouge-forum-dispatch-ruled-by-depraved-psychotics-not-forever","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/rouge-forum-dispatch-ruled-by-depraved-psychotics-not-forever\/","title":{"rendered":"Rouge Forum Dispatch: Ruled By Depraved Psychotics&#8211;not forever&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong><u>We Say Fight Back<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"What do protesters in Hong Kong want now? | Inside Story\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBcQ4dh1Hw8?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-732c36ba\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Hong Kong Protesters Chant \u2018Murderers,\u2019 Demand More Concessions<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">(Nationalist) Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed with the police for a second straight day on Saturday, despite a concession on Wednesday from the city\u2019s embattled leader.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The c<a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/06\/world\/hong-kong-protests-resume-after-carrie-lam-offers-olive-branch.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FHong%20Kong&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=world&amp;region=stream&amp;module=inline&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=2&amp;pgtype=collection\">lashes there Friday night<\/a> were the first notable display of unrest since Carrie Lam, Hong Kong\u2019s top leader, <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-carrie-lam-protests.html?rref=collection%2Ftimestopic%2FHong%20Kong&amp;action=click&amp;contentCollection=world&amp;region=stream&amp;module=inline&amp;version=latest&amp;contentPlacement=10&amp;pgtype=collection\">announced<\/a> that she would withdraw a deeply unpopular extradition bill that ignited the protests in early June.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Protesters said on Saturday that they would hang up the tools of their trade \u2014 hard hats, umbrellas and gas masks \u2014 only if Mrs. Lam\u2019s government agreed to meet all of their demands.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-1m50asq\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/07\/world\/07hk-protests1\/07hk-protests1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/07\/world\/07hk-protests1\/07hk-protests1-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/07\/world\/07hk-protests1\/07hk-protests1-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/07\/world\/07hk-protests1\/07hk-protests1-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Protesters set fire to a barricade near the Mong Kok police station on Saturday.\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Those demands have grown in recent months to encompass calls for fundamental political reforms, as well as several concerns related to the protests themselves. Demonstrators are calling for an independent inquiry into what they say is police brutality, for the retraction of the government\u2019s label of some protesters as \u201crioters\u201d and for amnesty for the hundreds of them who have been arrested this summer.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/07\/world\/europe\/hong-kong-protests-2019.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/07\/world\/europe\/hong-kong-protests-2019.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Hong Kong students sing over national anthem with \u2019Do You Hear The People Sing\u2019\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jF64wzIyBOU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"content__headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Hong Kong students sing Les Mis\u00e9rables song instead of national anthem \u2013 video<\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/global\/video\/2019\/sep\/04\/hong-kong-students-sing-les-miserables-song-instead-of-national-anthem-video?CMP=fb_gu&#038;utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR2xB4D6GT5tv8Nq0_ZEpjcUIMDpPk6CU4e6DM9W6rYu0AxHwQgSJ15N510#Echobox=1567587441\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.theguardian.com\/global\/video\/2019\/sep\/04\/hong-kong-students-sing-les-miserables-song-instead-of-national-anthem-video?CMP=fb_gu&#038;utm_medium=Social&#038;utm_source=Facebook&#038;fbclid=IwAR2xB4D6GT5tv8Nq0_ZEpjcUIMDpPk6CU4e6DM9W6rYu0AxHwQgSJ15N510#Echobox=1567587441<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/scmp\/videos\/508952106514692\/?t=209\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/scmp\/videos\/508952106514692\/?t=209<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thenation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/Hersh-1970-ftr_ap_img.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for sy hersh\" width=\"450\" height=\"283\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Investigative reporter Seymour Hersh: The world is &#8220;run by ignoramuses, wackos and psychotics&#8221;<\/h1>\n<p>In this wide-ranging conversation, Hersh reflects on the current health of the American news media, why today&#8217;s newsrooms are so easily distracted by Donald Trump&#8217;s use of social media, and why too many reporters and journalists are afraid of telling the truth and instead have become slaves to weak standards of &#8220;balance.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Hersh also shares his thoughts on Robert Mueller&#8217;s investigation of the Trump-Russia scandal, whether Joe Biden will be the Democratic nominee, how Trump may win again in 2020, and how the Democratic National Committee&#8217;s attacks on Bernie Sanders in 2016 may be the party&#8217;s undoing in the 2020 presidential race&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The complication, of course, is the orange man, the president. We&#8217;ve never quite had a situation like this. There were a lot of things wrong with Hillary [Clinton], but there is no question that the situation and the country would be saner with her as president. But when you have a president like Donald Trump who is obsessed with being in the news, something is amiss.<\/p>\n<p>I have some friends on the inside who know more than I do about most of these things regarding Trump and this administration. With Trump and these escalations with Iran I was getting nervous. I asked some of my contacts, &#8220;What&#8217;s going on?&#8221; They told me, &#8220;It is a Kabuki dance.&#8221; Trump felt like he wasn&#8217;t getting enough attention. He&#8217;s going to do something to North Korea and he backs off. He&#8217;s going to do something in Venezuela and he backs off. You name it. It is part of a pattern.<\/p>\n<p>As a journalist, one of the things I can&#8217;t stand is cable news. They just heighten the anxiety. You have one cable station that loves him, which of course is Fox News. You have have two that can&#8217;t stand him, CNN and MSNBC. There is no middle ground. There is no place one can actually go to get something that isn&#8217;t totally biased, either pro or con. My old newspaper, the New York Times, which is still, by far, the best newspaper going, does a lot of good investigative work. I do read the European press and magazines. They are much better.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>It&#8217;s all about money.<\/strong><\/em> Newspapers are collapsing every nanosecond. We&#8217;re going to be a digital world soon. There will still be national papers such as the Wall Street Journal and the New York Times, but that is going to be about it. People will just have to get their news online. Newspapers are competing for fewer dollars.\u00a0\u00a0 <em><strong>Audio inside\u00a0\u00a0 <\/strong><\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2019\/07\/23\/investigative-reporter-seymour-hersh-the-world-is-run-by-ignoramuses-wackos-and-psychotics\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.salon.com\/2019\/07\/23\/investigative-reporter-seymour-hersh-the-world-is-run-by-ignoramuses-wackos-and-psychotics\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Seymour Hersh with Paul Holdengr\u00e4ber: Unwanted Truths | 6-30-2018 | LIVE from the NYPL\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JRvXx-H0b-Y?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/09\/02\/the-crazed-rogue-leader-is-in-washington-not-tehran\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">The Crazed, Rogue Leader is in Washington Not Tehran<\/a><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-104704\" src=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/08\/1266x2250.jpeg.289ff985e1f1491f97940307738abc03.large_.jpeg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 510px) 100vw, 510px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/08\/1266x2250.jpeg.289ff985e1f1491f97940307738abc03.large_.jpeg 510w, https:\/\/uziiw38pmyg1ai60732c4011-wpengine.netdna-ssl.com\/wp-content\/dropzone\/2018\/08\/1266x2250.jpeg.289ff985e1f1491f97940307738abc03.large_-300x233.jpeg 300w\" alt=\"\" width=\"510\" height=\"397\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-104704\" \/><\/p>\n<p><span class=\"post_author_intro\">by<\/span> <span class=\"post_author\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/author\/robert-fisk\/\" rel=\"nofollow\">Robert Fisk<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">History in the Middle East is unkind to us westerners. Just when we thought we were the good guys and the Iranians were the bad guys, here comes the ghostly, hopeless possibility of a Trump-Rouhani summit to remind us that the apparent lunatic is the US president and the rational, sane leader who is supposed to talk to him is the president of the Islamic Republic of <a class=\"body-link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.independent.co.uk\/topic\/Iran\" data-vars-item-name=\"BL-9083341-\/topic\/Iran\" data-vars-event-id=\"c6\">Iran<\/a>. All these shenanigans are fantasy, of course \u2013 like the \u201cimminent\u201d\u00a0war between America and Iran \u2013 of which more later.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">As for the Israelis, they don\u2019t want the man who thinks he might be \u201cKing of Israel\u201d talking to the Hitlerite Persians. They suddenly sprayed Iran\u2019s local Middle East proxies with drone-fired rockets \u2013 in Iraq, Syria and Lebanon \u2013 just in case the wretched, financially broken and inflation-doomed Iranians were tempted to chat to the crackpot in the White House. But the Israelis wasted their ammunition. Rouhani is not mad. America has to drop its sanctions against Iran if Trump wants to talk, he said.<\/p>\n<p dir=\"ltr\">It still amazes me that we have to take all this stuff at face value. No sooner had Trump waffled on about Rouhani being \u201cthe great negotiator\u201d than we saw all the White House correspondents dutifully taking this nonsense down in their notebooks \u2013 as if the American president was presidential, as if the old dream-bag was real, as if what he was saying had the slightest bearing on reality.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/09\/02\/the-crazed-rogue-leader-is-in-washington-not-tehran\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.counterpunch.org\/2019\/09\/02\/the-crazed-rogue-leader-is-in-washington-not-tehran\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"article-content\">\n<div class=\"article-title\">\n<h1 class=\"headline entry-title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Anti-fascist rebellion brewing in Pacific Northwest soccer stadiums<\/h1>\n<div class=\"article-breaking-now twelve-9 twelve-12\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"landscape\" src=\"https:\/\/s.hdnux.com\/photos\/01\/05\/20\/05\/18153804\/5\/1024x1024.jpg\" alt=\"Portland Timbers fans wait for the team's MLS soccer match against the Seattle Sounders, Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in Portland, Ore. Major League Soccer recently instituted a policy that bans political displays at\" data-lazy-state=\"loaded\" \/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>The seeds of dissent were visible almost immediately.<\/p>\n<p>Soccer officials had notified the Timbers Army, a fan organization for the team in Portland, Oregon, on the eve of this season that the anti-fascist symbol its members had been waving on a giant banner in the north end of the stadium would no longer be permitted at games. The fan group was not happy, releasing a lengthy critique of Major League Soccer&#8217;s new rules, and working with team officials for months in meetings to change the rule.<\/p>\n<p>But what began as an internal dispute between the league, the Timbers front office, and the fan group has morphed into a full rebellion in recent weeks.<\/p>\n<p>The symbol, a re-purposed icon from an anti-fascist group, the Iron Front from Nazi-era Germany, has popped up at stadiums around the country. The MLS ban of it has drawn coverage from left-leaning media outlets. And a recent Timbers game became the venue for a nearly stadiumwide protest that saw two rival fan groups join in silence for more than a half-hour before openly flouting the symbol&#8217;s ban.<\/p>\n<p>How did a simple game &#8211; the beautiful game &#8211; become the setting for such a heated political struggle?\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Anti-fascist-rebellion-brewing-in-Pacific-14406190.php?fbclid=IwAR3gnJkCDljLrE0RVKiGCfDJX4KrLHCDT86wGIw8XDVvcMBb-Nm3oqnYsQQ#photo-18153804\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.sfgate.com\/news\/article\/Anti-fascist-rebellion-brewing-in-Pacific-14406190.php?fbclid=IwAR3gnJkCDljLrE0RVKiGCfDJX4KrLHCDT86wGIw8XDVvcMBb-Nm3oqnYsQQ#photo-18153804<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"article-image\" src=\"https:\/\/d279m997dpfwgl.cloudfront.net\/wp\/2019\/09\/GettyImages-1170022112-1000x667.jpg\" alt=\"An unemployed Blackjewel coal miner, mans a blockade of the railroad tracks that lead to the mine where he once worked in Cumberland, Kentucky. (Scott Olson\/Getty Images)\" data-reactid=\"309\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article-hdr\" style=\"text-align: center;\" data-reactid=\"246\">Kentucky Coal Miner Weighs In On Railroad Blockade As Protests Continue<\/h1>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\"314\">Laid-off miners in Kentucky have been blocking a shipment of coal from leaving a shut-down mine for almost six weeks. One miner says they\u2019ll be out there until the bankrupt company pays them the money they\u2019re owed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\"315\">Coal miner Blake Watts says he\u2019s owed $6,000 in backpay plus severance pay from Blackjewel LLC, owner of the Cumberland, Ky., mine which filed for bankruptcy on July 1. Most of the workers camping at the tent city surrounding the mine are owed a similar amount.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\"317\">Since late July, miners have been camping out on the tracks around the clock to prevent the company from completing the sale of the coal before paying the miners who extracted it.<\/p>\n<p class=\"indent-medium\" data-reactid=\"318\">\u201cIt&#8217;s affected me being able to pay my bills and even buy my little girl things,\u201d Watts says. \u201cIt&#8217;s made it tighter and a struggle on just daily living really.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\"319\">Watts was preparing to work the third shift of the day starting at 9:30 p.m. when a coworker told him the mine was closing and all the miners were going to lose their jobs.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" data-reactid=\"320\">The company tried to discreetly transport a final batch of coal, but when the miners heard the final train cars being loaded, Watts says they saw an opportunity to force the company&#8217;s hand to reach its wallet.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2019\/09\/06\/coal-miner-raildroad-blockade\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.wbur.org\/hereandnow\/2019\/09\/06\/coal-miner-raildroad-blockade<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Little Red Schoolhouse<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/gospelplowdotorg.files.wordpress.com\/2015\/12\/capitalist-school1.jpg?w=486\" alt=\"Image result for capitalist school\" width=\"450\" height=\"241\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-657cf075\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Historian David McCullough: History has been eradicated in American Schools, systematically, and through teachers who know nothing about history. <em>Abolish Colleges of Education!<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.colorlines.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/twitter\/public\/images\/articles\/2019\/08\/1619project-2019.jpg?itok=basRXzzA\" alt=\"Image result for 1619 project\" width=\"400\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-657cf075\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">T<\/span>he problem with the NYTimes project: racism does not stand outside of or above class war. And this is an outrageous outright lie: &#8220;Anti-black racism runs in the very DNA of this country&#8230;&#8221; Surely the authors know the dangers of linking race and DNA. What&#8217;s the real &#8220;project?&#8221; To deny the persistent reality of racism with <em>class warfare.<\/em><\/h1>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/boredteachers\/videos\/1823453561005828\/?t=19\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/boredteachers\/videos\/1823453561005828\/?t=19<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">The Learning Curve: Teacher Diversity at Every School District in San Diego County, Ranked<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-vo_med wp-image-674599\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-800x660.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-800x660.png 800w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-200x165.png 200w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-768x634.png 768w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-570x470.png 570w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-400x330.png 400w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Least-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1-1200x990.png 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Wow. Richest districts=least diverse. But to people teach with their skin? Better to have a dumb white teacher than a smart black teacher, or vice versa?<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-vo_med wp-image-674597\" src=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-800x660.png\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-800x660.png 800w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-200x165.png 200w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-300x248.png 300w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-768x634.png 768w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-570x470.png 570w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-400x330.png 400w, https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Most-Diverse-Teacher-Corps-1200x990.png 1200w\" alt=\"\" width=\"800\" height=\"660\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/the-learning-curve-teacher-diversity-at-every-school-district-in-san-diego-county-ranked\/?utm_source=Voice+of+San+Diego+Master+List&#038;utm_campaign=698d0fd7ea-Learning_Curve&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_c2357fd0a3-698d0fd7ea-81862829&#038;goal=0_c2357fd0a3-698d0fd7ea-81862829\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.voiceofsandiego.org\/topics\/education\/the-learning-curve-teacher-diversity-at-every-school-district-in-san-diego-county-ranked\/?utm_source=Voice+of+San+Diego+Master+List&#038;utm_campaign=698d0fd7ea-Learning_Curve&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=0_c2357fd0a3-698d0fd7ea-81862829&#038;goal=0_c2357fd0a3-698d0fd7ea-81862829<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">School district secessions shown to have deepened racial segregation<\/h1>\n<p>Since 2000, school district secessions in the South have increasingly sorted white and black students, and white and Hispanic students, into separate school systems, weakening the potential to improve school integration, according to a new study published today (Sept. 4) in AERA Open, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Educational Research Association.<\/p>\n<p>The study, conducted by Erica Frankenberg, professor of education (educational leadership) and demography at Penn State; Kendra Taylor of Sanametrix; and Genevieve Siegel-Hawley of Virginia Commonwealth University, is the first to systemically explore whether, and to what extent, new school district boundaries segregate students and residents in those counties in the South where school district secessions have taken place.<\/p>\n<p>From 2000 to 2017, 47 school districts in the United States successfully seceded from a larger school district. These secessions have occurred in 13 counties across the U.S., seven of which are in the South. During this time period, 18 new school districts formed in these seven counties in the South. The authors analyzed trends in school and residential segregation during 2000-15 for the seven Southern counties.<\/p>\n<p>In the counties studied by the authors, the proportion of school segregation due to school district boundaries has increased.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/news.psu.edu\/story\/586194\/2019\/09\/04\/research\/school-district-secessions-shown-have-deepened-racial-segregation?utm_source=newswire&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=586477_HTML&#038;utm_content=09-04-2019-14-54&#038;utm_campaign=Education_Bridges\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">news.psu.edu\/story\/586194\/2019\/09\/04\/research\/school-district-secessions-shown-have-deepened-racial-segregation?utm_source=newswire&#038;utm_medium=email&#038;utm_term=586477_HTML&#038;utm_content=09-04-2019-14-54&#038;utm_campaign=Education_Bridges<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"ArticlePage-breadcrumbs\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/ca-times.brightspotcdn.com\/dims4\/default\/33539e0\/2147483647\/strip\/true\/crop\/3446x2450+0+0\/resize\/840x597!\/quality\/90\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fca-times.brightspotcdn.com%2F7c%2F7e%2F44d7139a41f5a903e3587bbe9264%2Fhuffman.JPG\" alt=\"Felicity Huffman\" width=\"840\" height=\"597\" \/><\/div>\n<h1 class=\"ArticlePage-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">College admissions scandal: Prosecutors recommend one-month sentence for Felicity Huffman<\/h1>\n<p>Prosecutors want actress Felicity Huffman to receive a one-month prison sentence when she appears before a judge next Friday, the first parent to be sentenced in the college admissions scandal that exploded in March with the arrests of Huffman and nearly three-dozen other parents.<\/p>\n<p>Huffman pleaded guilty to a fraud conspiracy charge in May, admitting she conspired with college admissions consultant William \u201cRick\u201d Singer to fix her daughter\u2019s entrance exams.<\/p>\n<p>But since Huffman tearfully <a class=\"Link\" href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/local\/lanow\/la-me-college-admissions-scandal-felicity-huffman-plea-20190513-story.html\">admitted her guilt <\/a> and issued a written mea culpa, she has brought up \u201cquibbles\u201d with prosecutors, they said in a court filing Friday, in an attempt to \u201cimply that [she] is somehow less guilty \u2014 that she participated in fraud only reluctantly, without fully understanding it.\u201d\u00a0 \u201cThat is false,\u201d prosecutors wrote.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2019-09-06\/college-admissions-scandal-prosecutors-recommend-one-month-sentence-for-felicity-huffman\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.latimes.com\/california\/story\/2019-09-06\/college-admissions-scandal-prosecutors-recommend-one-month-sentence-for-felicity-huffman<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/world\/01hk-liberal-1\/merlin_157920396_b7aa7b6e-5356-4227-8a50-aa454a7122ec-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 80vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/world\/01hk-liberal-1\/merlin_157920396_b7aa7b6e-5356-4227-8a50-aa454a7122ec-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/world\/01hk-liberal-1\/merlin_157920396_b7aa7b6e-5356-4227-8a50-aa454a7122ec-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/world\/01hk-liberal-1\/merlin_157920396_b7aa7b6e-5356-4227-8a50-aa454a7122ec-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"From left, Jessie Cheung, Jerming Zhang, Clary Yeung and Maggie Ho with a protest banner at their school in Lai Chi Kok, Hong Kong, in July.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-6a8f2358\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">The High School Course Beijing Accuses of Radicalizing Hong Kong<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">they are sitting in orderly rows, wearing neatly pressed uniforms. But in this class, as they debate the merits of democracy and civil rights, Hong Kong high school students are prompting Beijing to worry that they are increasingly out of control.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The mandatory civics course known here as liberal studies has been a hallmark of the curriculum in Hong Kong for years, and students and teachers say the point is to make better citizens who are more engaged with society.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But mainland Chinese officials and pro-Beijing supporters say the prominence of the city\u2019s youth at recent mass protests is the clearest sign yet that this tradition of academic freedom has gone too far, giving rise to a generation of rebels.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cThe liberal studies curriculum is a failure,\u201d Tung Chee-hwa, a former leader of Hong Kong, said in July. \u201cIt is one of the reasons behind the youth\u2019s problems today.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/01\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-protests-education-china.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/01\/world\/asia\/hong-kong-protests-education-china.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/06\/PDTF\/e6b3b863-a9e1-466a-ba4e-c8747e2c4556-fruitport3.PNG?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"A rendering of a curved corridor in the new Fruitport High School building.\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/06\/PDTF\/e6b3b863-a9e1-466a-ba4e-c8747e2c4556-fruitport3.PNG\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/09\/06\/PDTF\/e6b3b863-a9e1-466a-ba4e-c8747e2c4556-fruitport3.PNG?width=500&amp;height=289\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">New Michigan high school will have potentially life-saving design<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">Curved hallways, protective &#8220;wing\u00a0walls,&#8221; impact-resistant windows, doors that lock with a touch of a smartphone.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">These are some of the design elements Fruitport High School in western Michigan&#8217;s Muskegon County will implement in its new building, set to open summer 2021.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">Fruitport Community Schools Superintendent\u00a0Bob Szymoniak said the\u00a0measures, which were supplemented by a $404,707 grant from Michigan State Police,\u00a0can potentially save\u00a0lives in an active shooter situation.<\/p>\n<p class=\"p-text\">&#8220;So often, we feel like we\u2019re going to be hapless victims \u2013 that there\u2019s nothing that we can do until after it (a shooting) happens,&#8221; he said. &#8220;But what I\u2019m learning is there\u2019s a lot we can do on the front end.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/news\/education\/2019\/09\/06\/fruitport-high-school-michigan-active-shooters\/2213687001\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.freep.com\/story\/news\/education\/2019\/09\/06\/fruitport-high-school-michigan-active-shooters\/2213687001\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The International Hot War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.madmagazine.com\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/mad_issue_192x248\/public\/book-covers\/2018\/08\/TRUMPCOVER-001_HD_5b8835402e62b6.61272320.jpg?itok=5Y98A_SU\" alt=\"Image result for trump kablooey mad magazine\" width=\"192\" height=\"248\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-657cf075\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Trump Says He\u2019s Called Off Negotiations With Taliban After Afghanistan Bombing<\/span><\/h1>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">President Trump said on Saturday that he had canceled a secret meeting at Camp David with Taliban leaders and the president of Afghanistan and had called off monthslong negotiations with the Afghan insurgent group that appeared to be nearing a peace agreement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cUnbeknownst to almost everyone,\u201d Mr. Trump <a class=\"css-1g7m0tk\" title=\"\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/realDonaldTrump\/status\/1170469619154530305\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">wrote in a series of tweets<\/a>, Taliban leaders and the Afghan president, Ashraf Ghani, were headed to the United States on Saturday for what would have been a historic Sunday meeting at Camp David.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But Mr. Trump angrily said that \u201cin order to build false leverage,\u201d the Taliban had admitted to a suicide car bomb attack on Thursday that had killed an American soldier and 11 others in the capital of Kabul. \u201cI immediately cancelled the meeting and called off peace negotiations,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">\u201cIf they cannot agree to a ceasefire during these very important peace talks, and would even kill 12 innocent people, then they probably don\u2019t have the power to negotiate a meaningful agreement anyway,\u201d Mr. Trump wrote. \u201cHow many more decades are they willing to fight?\u201d\u00a0 &#8230;<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Even more significant than the fate of the meeting is Mr. Trump\u2019s assertion that he is calling off the peace negotiations that his special envoy for Afghanistan, Zalmay Khalilzad, began last winter. They were propelled by Mr. Trump\u2019s impatience to withdraw American troops from an 18-year conflict that he has called an aimless boondoggle. United States and foreign officials said that the talks had reached an advanced stage and, until Saturday night, that an agreement with the Pashtun insurgent group that once harbored the Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was close at hand. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-taliban-afghanistan.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/07\/us\/politics\/trump-taliban-afghanistan.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Iran&#039;s revolutionary guard explained\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1xX0kgv24-E?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<div class=\"css-1sojcmr ehdk2mb0\">\n<h1 id=\"link-3ad40230\" class=\"css-19fn0t3 e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">The Secret History of the Push to Strike Iran<\/span><\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<p class=\"css-12vbmur e1wiw3jv0\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Hawks in Israel and America have spent more than a decade agitating for war against the Islamic Republic\u2019s nuclear program. Will Trump finally deliver?<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\"><span class=\"css-ggqk20 ethc9we0\">I<\/span>n July of 2017, the White House was at a crossroads on the question of Iran. President Trump had made a campaign pledge to leave the \u201cterrible\u201d nuclear deal that President Barack Obama negotiated with Tehran, but prominent members of Trump\u2019s cabinet spent the early months of the administration pushing the mercurial president to negotiate a stronger agreement rather than scotch the deal entirely. Thus far, the forces for negotiation had prevailed.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But counterforces were also at work. Stephen K. Bannon, then still an influential adviser to the president, turned to John Bolton to draw up a new Iran strategy that would, as its first act, abrogate the Iran deal. Bolton, a Fox News commentator and former ambassador to the United Nations, had no official role in the administration as of yet, but Bannon saw him as an outside voice that could stiffen Trump\u2019s spine \u2014 a kind of back channel to the president who could convince Trump that his Iran policy was adrift.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">As a top national security official in the George W. Bush administration, Bolton was one of the architects of regime change in Iraq. He had long called not just for withdrawing from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or J.C.P.O.A., as the 2015 nuclear deal was known, but also for overthrowing the Iranian regime that negotiated it. Earlier that July, he distilled his views on the matter in Paris, at an annual gathering in support of the fringe exile movement Mujahedeen Khalq, or the M.E.K., which itself had long called for regime change in Iran. Referring to the continuing policy review in Washington, he repeated his belief that the only sufficient American policy in Iran would be to change the Iranian government and whipped the crowd into a standing ovation by pledging that in two years, Iran\u2019s leaders would be gone and that \u201cwe here will celebrate in Tehran.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/magazine\/iran-strike-israel-america.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/04\/magazine\/iran-strike-israel-america.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"article__heading\" style=\"text-align: center;\">&#8216;It&#8217;s a tip of an iceberg&#8217;: Bulgarian journo reveals how US-purchased arms end up with ISIS in Yemen<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"media__item lazyautosizes lazyloaded aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.09\/xxs\/5d702a05dda4c8ea4b8b4580.JPG\" sizes=\"802px\" alt=\"'It's a tip of an iceberg': Bulgarian journo reveals how US-purchased arms end up with ISIS in Yemen\" data-sizes=\"auto\" data-src=\"https:\/\/cdni.rt.com\/files\/2019.09\/xxs\/5d702a05dda4c8ea4b8b4580.JPG\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\"article__summary summary \">Mortar shells shown in an Islamic State propaganda video have put a Bulgarian journalist on the scent of an alleged US-run arms shipping network supplying militants in the Middle East, she told RT in an exclusive interview.<\/div>\n<div class=\"article__text text \">\n<p>This story began back in June, when Islamic State (IS, formerly ISIS) terrorists in Yemen demonstrated several Serbian-made 82mm mortar shells in their propaganda video. Independent investigative journalist, Dilyana Gaytandzhieva, believes that the deadly munitions ended up with the jihadists after going through US hands.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/TJc_-42ztfU\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">youtu.be\/TJc_-42ztfU<\/a><\/p>\n<h3>Tracing origins<\/h3>\n<p>Clearly visible on one of the shells is a mark that reads &#8217;82 mm M74HE mortar shells KV lot 04\/18.&#8217; The letters KV stand for the Serbian state arms manufacturer Krusik, located in the town of Valjevo, while the digits 04\/18 refer to lot 04 produced in 2018. One should not jump to any conclusions, however, as it is not the Serbs who were responsible for the shells suddenly appearing in the hands of terrorists, according to Gaytandzhieva.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/468064-us-purchased-arms-terrorists-yemen\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.rt.com\/news\/468064-us-purchased-arms-terrorists-yemen\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Showing in theaters September 8th<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Lawrence of Arabia - Official\u00ae Trailer [HD]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zmr1iSG3RTA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why the entire SEAL Team 7 leadership team got canned<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image-lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/resizer\/e46GgaUeLza2QbLfKbGvN00Z9Is=\/1200x0\/filters:quality(100)\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-mco.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/JFQIJ2PH5BGJ3CZDSRQTA2KJHA.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">In the wake of a series of scandals dogging California-based SEAL Team 7, the entire senior leadership team was relieved of duty on Friday morning.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Rear Adm. Collin Green fired the team\u2019s commanding officer, Cmdr. Edward James Mason, executive officer Lt. Cmdr. Luke Hong Il Im, and their top enlisted adviser, Command Master Chief Hugh Chance Spangler, due to what officials termed \u201ca loss of confidence that resulted from leadership failures that caused a breakdown of good order and discipline within two subordinate units while deployed to combat zones.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">WARCOM spokeswoman Capt. Tamara Lawrence told Navy Times that officials will not identify the triad who will replace the three leaders \u201cdue to the nature of their work, for their safety, for the safety of their teammates and families, and the safety of current and future missions.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">The statements by Lawrence and other SEAL officials to Navy Times never implicated the triad for any personal misconduct but instead point a spotlight at alleged wrongdoing by their subordinate units.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\" mco-body-item mco-body-type-text\">\n<p class=\"element element-paragraph\">Lawrence won\u2019t identify the two units tied to the alleged misbehavior, but they might be SEAL Team 7\u2032s Foxtrot platoon and another detachment that was sent to Yemen.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/06\/why-the-entire-seal-team-7-leadership-team-got-canned\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.navytimes.com\/news\/your-navy\/2019\/09\/06\/why-the-entire-seal-team-7-leadership-team-got-canned\/<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>The International Economic War of the Rich on the Poor<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"content__promo-image-wrapper content__promo-no-media \"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.marxist.pk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/07\/bailout-cartoon.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for bailout cartoon\" width=\"400\" height=\"287\" \/><\/div>\n<div class=\"content__high-wrapper\">\n<header class=\"content__header content__header--no-promo \">\n<h1 class=\"content__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Bailed out GM now has more workers in China than UAW employees in the U.S.<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>President Trump attacked GM on Twitter, claiming it is now one of the smallest car manufacturers in Detroit.<\/li>\n<li>GM says it employs nearly 49,000 union employees in the U.S., more than rival Fiat Chrysler.<\/li>\n<li>GM has been investing heavily in China, where it is now one of that nation&#8217;s largest car manufacturers.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p>President Donald Trump on Friday disdainfully labeled General Motors as &#8220;one of the smallest car manufacturers&#8221; in Detroit, reprising his call that the automaker move jobs back to the U.S. Something else he might not be happy with: GM is also one of the largest car makers in China.<br \/>\nIn fact, GM now employs more workers in China than it does members of the United Auto Workers in the U.S. According to its website, the company now has about 58,000 workers in China \u2014 that&#8217;s about 20% more than its domestic UAW workforce, which has dwindled in recent years.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gm-now-employs-more-workers-in-china-than-in-the-u-s\/?fbclid=IwAR2B2ozLrPSFHUboZZHxG1htratyWN6lJYYN2RAusqpHHAN5eZLYtTkf6jE#\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.cbsnews.com\/news\/gm-now-employs-more-workers-in-china-than-in-the-u-s\/?fbclid=IwAR2B2ozLrPSFHUboZZHxG1htratyWN6lJYYN2RAusqpHHAN5eZLYtTkf6jE#<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/g.foolcdn.com\/image\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fg.foolcdn.com%2Feditorial%2Fimages%2F539060%2Freal-estate-gettyimages-922108604.jpg&amp;w=700&amp;op=resize\" alt=\"A house made out of $100 bills.\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"text-align: center;\">Why Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Sank Today<\/h1>\n<\/header>\n<\/div>\n<h2>What happened<\/h2>\n<p>Shares of <strong>Federal National Mortgage Association<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker\" data-id=\"203606\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/otc\/fannie-mae\/fnma\/\">OTC:FNMA<\/a>)<\/span> and <strong>Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corp<\/strong> <span class=\"ticker\" data-id=\"203616\">(<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/quote\/otc\/freddie-mac\/fmcc\/\">OTC:FMCC<\/a>)<\/span> fell more than 8% on Friday after the U.S. Treasury Department announced a plan to reform the housing-finance industry.<\/p>\n<h2>So what<\/h2>\n<p>Regulators took control over Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, as the mortgage-finance giants are commonly known, during the 2008 financial crisis. They received a bailout of more than $190 billion to help them remain solvent. But as their businesses strengthened in the decade that followed, Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac were able to pay back those taxpayer funds plus more than $100 billion in additional dividends.<\/p>\n<p>The Treasury Department&#8217;s plan seeks to prevent future bailouts, limit the government&#8217;s role in the housing market, and foster greater competition in the housing-finance industry.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The Trump Administration is committed to promoting much-needed reforms to the housing finance system that will protect taxpayers and help Americans who want to buy a home,&#8221; said U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin in a press release. &#8220;An effective and efficient Federal housing finance system will also meaningfully contribute to the continued economic growth under this Administration.&#8221;\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fool.com\/investing\/2019\/09\/06\/why-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-sank-today.aspx\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.fool.com\/investing\/2019\/09\/06\/why-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-sank-today.aspx<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/thmb\/7t7HLCxHTlcxsAzPTJI2Lz-l7eo=\/300x200\/filters:saturation(0.2):brightness(10):contrast(5):no_upscale()\/House_David_McNew_Getty-56a9a6035f9b58b7d0fda960.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for bailout fannie mae\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"article-heading_2-0\" class=\"comp article-heading mntl-block\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span id=\"article-heading__highlight_2-0\" class=\"comp article-heading__highlight mntl-text-block\">What Was the Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac Bailout? <\/span><\/h1>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<p>The Fannie Mae and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/what-is-freddie-mac-3305985\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">Freddie Mac<\/a>\u00a0bailout occurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fhfa.gov\/Conservatorship\/Pages\/History-of-Fannie-Mae--Freddie-Conservatorships.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"2\">September 6, 2008<\/a>. The bailout came as the U.S. Treasury Department was authorized to purchase up to $100 billion in preferred stock of the organizations and buy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/mortgage-backed-securities-types-how-they-work-3305947\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"internalLink\" data-ordinal=\"3\">mortgage-backed securities<\/a>. As a result, Fannie and Freddie were put into conservatorship by the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA).<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-2\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-heading\"><span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> The Bailout Cost to Taxpayers <\/span><\/h3>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0-3\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\">\n<p>According to an independent economic group, the Shadow Open Market Committee (SOMC), keeping the two agencies afloat cost taxpayers\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/mitsloan.mit.edu\/shared\/ods\/documents\/?DocumentID=4598\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" data-component=\"link\" data-source=\"inlineLink\" data-type=\"externalLink\" data-ordinal=\"1\">US$187 billion over time<\/a> as the Treasury paid $116 billion for Fannie and $71 billion for Freddie.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thebalance.com\/what-was-the-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-bailout-3305658\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.thebalance.com\/what-was-the-fannie-mae-and-freddie-mac-bailout-3305658<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong><u>The Emergence of Fascism as a Popular Mass Movement and <\/u><\/strong><strong><u>The War on Reason<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ice-Kids-Disappear.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24075\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ice-Kids-Disappear.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"540\" height=\"281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ice-Kids-Disappear.png 540w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ice-Kids-Disappear-150x78.png 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Ice-Kids-Disappear-500x260.png 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 540px) 100vw, 540px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Indian Ambassador Meets Steve Bannon, Calls Him &#8216;Dharma Warrior,&#8217; Deletes Tweet<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"img-responsive\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.thewire.in\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/06080227\/Bannon-Shringle.jpg\" alt=\"Indian Ambassador Meets Steve Bannon, Calls Him 'Dharma Warrior,' Deletes Tweet\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"_yeti_done\">One-time White House chief strategist Steve Bannon \u2013 known to be as controversial as he is polarising \u2013 made a sudden and unexpected appearance in India\u2019s ongoing public diplomacy campaign on Kashmir in the United States before vanishing again into the ether.<\/p>\n<p>Indian ambassador to the US Harsh Shringla tweeted a photo with Bannon, only to delete it several hours later without explanation&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>The sources told <i>The Wire<\/i> that the meeting between Bannon and Shringla was part of the Indian ambassador\u2019s efforts to meet influential persons of different ideologies and affiliations who could be helpful in the coming months to counter Pakistan\u2019s campaign over Kashmir in the US.<\/p>\n<p>It is learnt that the Indian envoy has also sought a meeting with Democrat presidential ticket hopeful <a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/politics\/us-senator-bernie-sanders-deeply-concerned-about-situation-in-kashmir\">Bernie Sanders, who had expressed concern<\/a> about the continuing communication clampdown in Kashmir.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a war in Washington and India needs all the help that we can get,\u201d said sources.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/thewire.in\/diplomacy\/steve-bannon-india-harsh-shringla-kashmir\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">thewire.in\/diplomacy\/steve-bannon-india-harsh-shringla-kashmir<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.globalresearch.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/10\/blackwater-rypbagdad_2.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for blackwater guards\" width=\"300\" height=\"197\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"sc-bdVaJa kwJVtY\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Sentences of 3 Blackwater Guards Reduced From 2007 Massacre<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"sc-gzVnrw fBRhDn\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><em>A federal judge has greatly reduced the sentences of three former Blackwater security contractors, in the latest development from a complex case dating back to the 2007 shootings of unarmed civilians in Baghdad.<\/em><\/h2>\n<div class=\"Raw-s14xcvr1-0 AXWJq\">\n<p>U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth sentenced Paul Slough to 15 years in prison, Evan Liberty to 14 years and Dustin Heard to 12 years and seven months. All three had received 30-year terms in a 2015 trial &#8212; a mandatory sentence for the commission of a felony while using a military firearm. A fourth defendant in the same trial, Nicholas Slatten, was sentenced to life in prison.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-s14xcvr1-0 AXWJq\">\n<p>The case stems from a chaotic 2007 incident when the men&#8217;s Blackwater unit opened fire at a Baghdad traffic circle, killing 14 unarmed Iraqis and wounding 17. The men all essentially blamed the fog of war, claiming they mistakenly believed they were under attack.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"Raw-s14xcvr1-0 AXWJq\">\n<p>The shootings strained U.S.-Iraqi relations and focused intense international scrutiny on the extensive use of private military contractors in Iraq.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2019-09-06\/sentences-of-3-blackwater-guards-reduced-from-2007-massacre\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.usnews.com\/news\/politics\/articles\/2019-09-06\/sentences-of-3-blackwater-guards-reduced-from-2007-massacre<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/specials-images.forbesimg.com\/imageserve\/1130461462\/960x0.jpg?fit=scale\" alt=\"Great British Shooting Show\" data-height=\"4325\" data-width=\"6480\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"fs-headline speakable-headline font-base\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Exclusive: Feds Demand Apple And Google Hand Over Names Of 10,000+ Users Of A Gun Scope App<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-paragraph\">Own a rifle? Got a scope to go with it? The U.S. government might soon know who you are, where you live and how to reach you.<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s because the government wants Apple and Google to hand over names, phone numbers and other identifying data of at least 10,000 users of a single gun scope app, <em>Forbes<\/em> has discovered. It\u2019s an unprecedented move: Never before has a case been disclosed in which American investigators demanded personal data of users of a single app from Apple and Google. And never has an order been made public where the feds have asked the Silicon Valley giants for info on so many thousands of people in one go.<\/p>\n<p>According to an application for a court order filed by the Department of Justice (DOJ) on September 5, investigators want information on users of Obsidian 4, a tool used to control rifle scopes made by night-vision specialist American Technologies Network Corp. The app allows gun owners to get a live stream, take video and calibrate their gun scope from an Android or iPhone device. According to the Google Play page for Obsidian 4, it has more than 10,000 downloads. Apple doesn\u2019t provide download numbers, so it\u2019s unclear how many iPhone owners could be swept up in this latest government data grab.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2019\/09\/06\/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app\/#409b91092423\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.forbes.com\/sites\/thomasbrewster\/2019\/09\/06\/exclusive-feds-demand-apple-and-google-hand-over-names-of-10000-users-of-a-gun-scope-app\/#409b91092423<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Solidarity for Never<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/30\/PDTN\/287f3328-2d22-44d6-832a-3c8a77b8817f-gary-jones.jpg?width=540&amp;height=&amp;fit=bounds&amp;auto=webp\" alt=\"Gary Jones, United Auto Workers president, speaks during the opening of their contract talks with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles on July 16, 2019.\" width=\"540\" data-mycapture-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/30\/PDTN\/287f3328-2d22-44d6-832a-3c8a77b8817f-gary-jones.jpg\" data-mycapture-sm-src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/presto\/2019\/08\/30\/PDTN\/287f3328-2d22-44d6-832a-3c8a77b8817f-gary-jones.jpg?width=500&amp;height=333\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"asset-headline speakable-headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\">What UAW&#8217;s Gary Jones, Teamsters, Conor McGregor have in common: Lawyer<\/h1>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-1 p-text\">United Auto Workers President Gary Jones, whose home was raided during a nationwide crackdown on auto industry corruption,\u00a0has hired a criminal defense lawyer\u00a0who represented the International Brotherhood of Teamsters after the union was linked to organized crime and subjected to government oversight, The Detroit News has learned.<\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable-p-2 p-text\">Jones has hired New York lawyer J. Bruce Maffeo, a former state and federal prosecutor, according to two sources familiar with the investigation who were not authorized to speak publicly.<\/p>\n<p>Maffeo served as outside counsel for the Teamsters during a period of government oversight that lasted more than two decades. That experience is viewed by legal experts as valuable to Jones considering a years-long corruption investigation of the U.S. auto industry that has led to nine convictions, a federal raid at his home and exposed the UAW to the same potential fate as the Teamsters.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/general-motors\/2019\/09\/05\/what-uaws-jones-teamsters-conor-mcgregor-have-common-lawyer\/2168151001\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.detroitnews.com\/story\/business\/autos\/general-motors\/2019\/09\/05\/what-uaws-jones-teamsters-conor-mcgregor-have-common-lawyer\/2168151001\/<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"StandardHeader__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Mandela&#8217;s Legacy: Xenophobic Attacks in South Africa Spark Calls for Vengeance in Nigeria<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_1687,w_3000,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_1044\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/v1567742499\/190905-Obaji-south-africa-attacks-tease_vu8gxg\" \/><\/p>\n<p>At first it looked like dozens of young men and women marching on the highway leading to the international airport here in Nigeria\u2019s capital Wednesday chanting \u201cenough is enough South Africa,\u201d wanted to stage a peaceful protest against recent anti-foreigner attacks in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n<p>But when they began to destroy billboards and set fire to the entrances of a busy mall housing the South African retail store Shoprite, it was obvious that the attackers were out to retaliate for a fresh wave of violence against Nigerian immigrants and Nigerian-owned businesses that began at the start of September.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe are not going to keep quiet and watch as South Africans slaughter our brothers and sisters who have done nothing wrong but invest in the country and strengthen its economy,\u201d Nnamdi Okechukwu, one of the protesters in Abuja, told The Daily Beast. \u201cThis time around, it will be violence for violence and blood for blood.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/xenophobic-attacks-in-south-africa-spark-calls-for-vengeance-in-nigeria\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.thedailybeast.com\/xenophobic-attacks-in-south-africa-spark-calls-for-vengeance-in-nigeria<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>Spy versus Spy<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/www.zinnedproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/grenada_ForwardEverBackwordNever.jpg\" alt=\"Image result for grenada revolution forward ever\" width=\"400\" height=\"286\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"headline\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2018\/10\/25\/thirty-five-years-on-the-mystery-of-the-grenada-invasion-remains\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Thirty-Five Years On: The Mystery of the Grenada Invasion Remains<\/a><\/h1>\n<p>Thirty-five years ago, in late October, 1983, U.S. troops under the direction of Ronald Reagan invaded Grenada, an island off Venezuela with a population less than Kalamazoo\u2019s.<\/p>\n<p>The invasion of Grenada presaged many of the events that blowback on the US today: unilateral warfare, official deceit about the motives for war, a massive military moving against an imagined foe, stifling the press, leaders proclaiming their guidance from God, denials of human and civil rights, systematic torture and subsequent cover-ups, an unsolved mystery that I will attempt to solve with a bit of speculation-and a hero who refused to go along.<\/p>\n<p>Many of the players in the George W. Bush regime cut their teeth on the invasion of Grenada. Obama and now Trump follow the same lead. It is more than worthwhile to review the events that lead to the invasion, as well as what came next.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.counterpunch.org\/2018\/10\/25\/thirty-five-years-on-the-mystery-of-the-grenada-invasion-remains\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.counterpunch.org\/2018\/10\/25\/thirty-five-years-on-the-mystery-of-the-grenada-invasion-remains\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>The video linked to the FB page below clearly shows Grenadian Soldiers headed to the Fort, riding on the outside of their APC&#8217;s, contrary to most reports.<\/strong> <\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=10159580253820464\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/watch\/?v=10159580253820464<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 id=\"link-7010029e\" class=\"css-1j5ig2m e1h9rw200\" style=\"text-align: center;\"><span class=\"balancedHeadline\">Trump Administration Officials at Odds Over C.I.A.\u2019s Role in Afghanistan<\/span><\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"css-11cwn6f\" src=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/us\/politics\/01dc-militias-02\/01dc-militias-02-articleLarge.jpg?quality=75&amp;auto=webp&amp;disable=upscale\" sizes=\"((min-width: 600px) and (max-width: 1004px)) 84vw, (min-width: 1005px) 60vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/us\/politics\/01dc-militias-02\/01dc-militias-02-articleLarge.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 600w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/us\/politics\/01dc-militias-02\/01dc-militias-02-jumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 1024w,https:\/\/static01.nyt.com\/images\/2019\/09\/01\/us\/politics\/01dc-militias-02\/01dc-militias-02-superJumbo.jpg?quality=90&amp;auto=webp 2048w\" alt=\"Members of Afghanistan\u2019s National Directorate of Security escorting a group suspected of planning attacks on the government in January. The directorate nominally controls militia groups in the country.\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Senior White House advisers have proposed secretly expanding the C.I.A.\u2019s presence in Afghanistan if international forces begin to withdraw from the country, according to American officials. But C.I.A. and military officials have expressed reservations, prompting a debate in the administration that could complicate negotiations with the Taliban to end the war.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">Some administration officials want C.I.A.-backed militia forces in Afghanistan to serve as part of a counterterrorism force that would prevent the resurgence of the Islamic State or Al Qaeda as American military troops prepare to leave \u2014 in effect, an insurance policy.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">But others are skeptical that the shadowy militias, many of which face accusations of brutality, can serve as a bulwark against terrorism without the support of the American military.<\/p>\n<p class=\"css-exrw3m evys1bk0\">The C.I.A. director, Gina Haspel, has raised logistical concerns about the plan with other administration officials, emphasizing that the agency operatives \u2014 who marshal the militias to hunt Taliban, Qaeda and Islamic State militants \u2014 largely depend on the military for airstrikes, overhead surveillance, medical support and bomb technicians.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-cia-afghanistan.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.nytimes.com\/2019\/09\/02\/us\/politics\/trump-cia-afghanistan.html?action=click&#038;module=Top%20Stories&#038;pgtype=Homepage<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Magical Mystery Tour<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-small-slider-thumb size-small-slider-thumb wp-post-image\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/b476fbee47803acf340fe18dd06df4c4-690x450.jpeg\" alt=\"US investigation of priest sex abuse produces first charges\" width=\"690\" height=\"450\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"post_title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">US investigation of priest sex abuse produces first charges<\/h1>\n<p>Federal prosecutors filed their first charges Thursday in a sweeping investigation of child sexual abuse by clerics in Pennsylvania, accusing a former Catholic priest of lying to the FBI about whether he knew an accuser and his family.<\/p>\n<p>Robert Brennan, 81, was arrested in Maryland and was expected to be arraigned Thursday afternoon in Philadelphia, authorities said.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan told FBI agents in April that he did not know accuser Sean McIlmail from his years at a northeast Philadelphia parish from 1993 to 2004, according to the indictment.<\/p>\n<p>Brennan was indicted on related state sexual assault charges in 2013, but the case was dropped when McIlmail died of a drug overdose before trial.<\/p>\n<p>His family has settled a lawsuit against the Archdiocese of Philadelphia for an undisclosed sum.<\/p>\n<p>A former lawyer for Brennan did not return calls seeking comment.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/cruxnow.com\/church-in-the-usa\/2019\/09\/05\/us-investigation-of-priest-sex-abuse-produces-first-charges\/\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">cruxnow.com\/church-in-the-usa\/2019\/09\/05\/us-investigation-of-priest-sex-abuse-produces-first-charges\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pope-I-will-pray-for-the-poor.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-24106\" src=\"http:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pope-I-will-pray-for-the-poor.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"960\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pope-I-will-pray-for-the-poor.jpg 960w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pope-I-will-pray-for-the-poor-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pope-I-will-pray-for-the-poor-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/09\/Pope-I-will-pray-for-the-poor-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>The Best and Worst Things in the History of the World<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" title=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/media.newyorker.com\/photos\/5d7299a5af596b00089f162b\/master\/w_727,c_limit\/Farrow-JeffreyEpstein-2.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"ArticleHeader__hed___GPB7e\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Depraved Elites Epstein Files: How An \u00c9lite University Research Center Concealed Its Relationship with Jeffrey Epstein<\/h1>\n<h2 class=\"ArticleHeader__dek___2rbDs\"><em>New documents show that the M.I.T. Media Lab was aware of Epstein\u2019s status as a convicted sex offender, and that Epstein directed contributions to the lab far exceeding the amounts M.I.T. has publicly admitted.<\/em><\/h2>\n<p>The M.I.T. Media Lab, which has been embroiled in a scandal over accepting donations from the financier and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, had a deeper fund-raising relationship with Epstein than it has previously acknowledged, and it attempted to conceal the extent of its contacts with him. Dozens of pages of e-mails and other documents obtained by <em class=\"\">The New Yorker<\/em> reveal that, although Epstein was listed as \u201cdisqualified\u201d in M.I.T.\u2019s official donor database, the Media Lab continued to accept gifts from him, consulted him about the use of the funds, and, by marking his contributions as anonymous, avoided disclosing their full extent, both publicly and within the university. Perhaps most notably, Epstein appeared to serve as an intermediary between the lab and other wealthy donors, soliciting millions of dollars in donations from individuals and organizations, including the technologist and philanthropist Bill Gates and the investor Leon Black.<\/p>\n<p>According to the records obtained by <em class=\"\">The New Yorker<\/em> and accounts from current and former faculty and staff of the media lab, Epstein was credited with securing at least $7.5 million in donations for the lab, including two million dollars from Gates and $5.5 million from Black, gifts the e-mails describe as \u201cdirected\u201d by Epstein or made at his behest. The effort to conceal the lab\u2019s contact with Epstein was so widely known that some staff in the office of the lab\u2019s director, Joi Ito, referred to Epstein as Voldemort or \u201che who must not be named.\u201d\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/how-an-elite-university-research-center-concealed-its-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein?mbid=social_facebook&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_social-type=owned&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_brand=tny&#038;fbclid=IwAR078DeauNTTUOEpl6WPjqqsrEYXb5AHTx8co3ter7ecZnxibhpRbwrLErU&#038;fbclid=IwAR2tQyIRaA5rFqLp-OjhOdJt3W5dvalkzJwlkZFTENL9WIFXNY2Tl5XxJiA\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.newyorker.com\/news\/news-desk\/how-an-elite-university-research-center-concealed-its-relationship-with-jeffrey-epstein?mbid=social_facebook&#038;utm_source=facebook&#038;utm_social-type=owned&#038;utm_medium=social&#038;utm_brand=tny&#038;fbclid=IwAR078DeauNTTUOEpl6WPjqqsrEYXb5AHTx8co3ter7ecZnxibhpRbwrLErU&#038;fbclid=IwAR2tQyIRaA5rFqLp-OjhOdJt3W5dvalkzJwlkZFTENL9WIFXNY2Tl5XxJiA<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a24728abb872561b\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/08\/01\/18205398-0-image-a-31_1567903837228.jpg\" alt=\"Prince Andrew, Sarah Ferguson, Duchess of York, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie at the ball in 2006. Prince Andrew has denied all knowledge of Epstein's actions and has since stated his regret at knowing the disgraced tycoon\" width=\"634\" height=\"805\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Harvey Weinstein and disgraced paedophile tycoon Jeffrey Epstein &#8216;were guests at \u00adPrincess Beatrice\u2019s lavish \u00a3400,000 18th birthday bash at Windsor Castle&#8217;<\/h2>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">Despite the coming of age party being a tradition for the Royals, it is known that the Queen was not in attendance.<\/p>\n<p class=\"mol-para-with-font\">The shamed financier would be arrested eight days later on charges of child prostitution just days later as part of the FBI investigation Operation Leap Year, though he would only serve 13 months after making a plea deal.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7439679\/Harvey-Weinstein-paedophile-tycoon-Jeffrey-Epstein-attended-Princess-Beatrices-18th-birthday.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7439679\/Harvey-Weinstein-paedophile-tycoon-Jeffrey-Epstein-attended-Princess-Beatrices-18th-birthday.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"i-a666e1d087a5eb3\" class=\"blkBorder img-share b-loaded\" src=\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2019\/09\/08\/01\/18205394-0-image-m-34_1567903850838.jpg\" alt=\"Epstein attended the party at Windsor castle with then partner Ghislaine Maxwell, who is now accused of sourcing girls for Epstein to exploit\" width=\"634\" height=\"747\" \/><\/p>\n<h2 style=\"text-align: center;\">Hundreds more will be implicated in the Jeffrey Epstein scandal, claims Ghislaine Maxwell, as his victims ask judge to open 10,000 pages of secret files detailing the pedophile&#8217;s sex crimes<\/h2>\n<ul class=\"mol-bullets-with-font\">\n<li class=\"class\"><b>There are still around 10,000 pages of documents which\u00a0are yet to be unsealed<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>They come from a 2015 lawsuit by Virginia Giuffre Roberts, Epstein&#8217;s &#8216;sex slave&#8217;\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>She sued him and Ghislaine Maxwell, his British socialite friend and ex-girlfriend<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>Maxwell&#8217;s attorney told a court on Wednesday that the remaining files implicate &#8216;literally hundreds of people&#8217;\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>They are arguing in court over how to release the dump of files\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<li class=\"class\"><b>On Tuesday, one of the people named submitted a letter to the court asking for his name to be protected\u00a0\u00a0<\/b><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7427235\/Secret-Jeffrey-Epstein-documents-contain-names-1-000-people.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.dailymail.co.uk\/news\/article-7427235\/Secret-Jeffrey-Epstein-documents-contain-names-1-000-people.html<\/a><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/img.thedailybeast.com\/image\/upload\/c_crop,d_placeholder_euli9k,h_1687,w_3000,x_0,y_0\/dpr_1.5\/c_limit,w_1600\/fl_lossy,q_auto\/v1567820151\/_190906-Epstein-tease_xdexzt\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"FeatureHeader__title\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Jeffrey Epstein\u2019s Modeling Ties Go Much Deeper Than Victoria\u2019s Secret<\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/jeffrey-epstein-arrested-for-sex-trafficking-of-minors-source\">Jeffrey Epstein<\/a> preyed on young women with promises of modeling gigs for Victoria\u2019s Secret, and access to his high-powered connections in the fashion world.<\/p>\n<p>For years, the perverted multimillionaire faced accusations that he sexually abused underage girls brought to him by <a class=\"TrackingLink LinkWrapper\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thedailybeast.com\/models-say-jeffrey-epsteins-closest-pal-jean-luc-brunel-drugged-raped-them\">Jean-Luc Brunel<\/a>, the owner of the MC2 modeling agency who, according to civil court filings, housed his models in Manhattan apartments owned by Epstein. (Brunel has denied these allegations.)<\/p>\n<p>But Epstein\u2019s ties to the industry run deeper than previously reported.<\/p>\n<p>The financier regularly dropped by the New York offices of one of modeling\u2019s biggest agencies\u2014Next Model Management\u2014according to sources familiar with the business, and lavished funds on charities connected to Next co-owner Faith Kates and her family. Brunel owned a 25 percent stake in Next with his brother, according to previously unreported court documents. And when Brunel\u2019s relationship with Next soured, he and Epstein tried to <a href=\"\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\"><\/a> into deals with the renowned agency Elite Paris.<\/p>\n<h1 class=\"p-name\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Michigan man receives permission to import body of rare black rhino he paid $400K to hunt<\/h1>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/XMD1XRQlL5Sxkzgnb016tTrNAjA=\/600x0\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7M67VUSCC5A7VDR7SQVR24DHPI.jpg\" sizes=\"(min-width: 980px) 540px, (min-width: 600px) 91vw, 100vw\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/7tiWCqSzNolOKd0WxX9V1kAugAg=\/328x0\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7M67VUSCC5A7VDR7SQVR24DHPI.jpg 328w, https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/SEeaxziaJcRtDvCp_7T4m5TRU3M=\/480x0\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7M67VUSCC5A7VDR7SQVR24DHPI.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/XMD1XRQlL5Sxkzgnb016tTrNAjA=\/600x0\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7M67VUSCC5A7VDR7SQVR24DHPI.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/resizer\/slCOUnoL9JdattlfPTup8-GKea8=\/960x0\/arc-anglerfish-arc2-prod-advancelocal.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/7M67VUSCC5A7VDR7SQVR24DHPI.jpg 960w\" alt=\"A 4-year-old Female black Rhino, runs (AP Photo\/Sayyid Azim)\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">A Shelby Township man who paid $400,000 to hunt rare black rhino Namibian national park in May 2018 will be allowed to import the rhino\u2019s body, according to the Associated Press.<\/p>\n<p class=\"article__paragraph\">The Trump administration announced this week that it will issue a permit to the trophy hunter &#8212; identified as Chris D. Peyerk of Shelby Township &#8212; to import the skin, skull and horns of the rhino. Peyerk Applied for the permit through the Fish and Wildlife Service to import animals protected under the Endangered Species Act.\u00a0 <a href=\"https:\/\/www.mlive.com\/news\/2019\/09\/michigan-man-receives-permission-to-import-body-of-rare-black-rhino-he-paid-400k-to-hunt.html\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.mlive.com\/news\/2019\/09\/michigan-man-receives-permission-to-import-body-of-rare-black-rhino-he-paid-400k-to-hunt.html<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/ABCNews\/videos\/420492951880984\/?t=13\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/ABCNews\/videos\/420492951880984\/?t=13<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"spotlight\" src=\"https:\/\/scontent.fsan1-1.fna.fbcdn.net\/v\/t1.0-9\/70367085_10156756252778869_8377468963663118336_n.jpg?_nc_cat=1&amp;_nc_oc=AQnJD4u3IAP9t_ljXnzAjspT3MY9xynw2K4aUwEzyobwQMehGNRPE4rnEpCMr2ESdJ8&amp;_nc_ht=scontent.fsan1-1.fna&amp;oh=6577d32592d29a7ba15568c2903343a6&amp;oe=5E032AFA\" alt=\"No photo description available.\" aria-busy=\"true\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">New Yorker<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/moosemanphotos\/videos\/678481842629516\/?t=11\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/moosemanphotos\/videos\/678481842629516\/?t=11<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/SanDiegoZoo\/videos\/1133757763486432\/?t=51\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.facebook.com\/SanDiegoZoo\/videos\/1133757763486432\/?t=51<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong><u>So Long<\/u><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"responsive-image__img js-image-replace\" src=\"https:\/\/ichef.bbci.co.uk\/news\/624\/cpsprodpb\/1502F\/production\/_108636068_gettyimages-474391423.jpg\" alt=\"Robert Mugabe, wearing a bright red scarf and sunglasses, raises a fist\" width=\"976\" height=\"549\" data-highest-encountered-width=\"624\" \/><\/p>\n<h1 class=\"story-body__h1\" style=\"text-align: center;\">Traitorous Rat Robert Mugabe, Zimbabwe&#8217;s strongman ex-president, dies aged 95<\/h1>\n<p>The country he finally led to independence was one of the continent&#8217;s most promising, and for years Zimbabwe more or less flourished. But when the economy faltered, Mr Mugabe lost his nerve. He implemented a catastrophic land reform programme. Zimbabwe quickly slid into hyperinflation, isolation, and political chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The security forces kept Mr Mugabe and his party, Zanu-PF, in power &#8211; mostly through terror. But eventually even the army turned against him, and pushed him out.<\/p>\n<p>Few nations have ever been so bound, so shackled, to one man. For decades, Mugabe was Zimbabwe: a ruthless, bitter, sometimes charming man &#8211; who helped ruin the land he loved.<\/p>\n<hr class=\"story-body__line\" \/>\n<p>In 2000, he seized land from white owners, and in 2008, used violent militias to silence his political opponents during an election.<\/p>\n<p>He famously declared that only God could remove him from office. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-49604152\" class=\"autohyperlink\" target=\"_blank\">www.bbc.com\/news\/world-africa-49604152<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"irc_mi\" src=\"https:\/\/image.iol.co.za\/image\/1\/process\/620x349?source=https:\/\/inm-baobab-prod-eu-west-1.s3.amazonaws.com\/public\/inm\/media\/image\/97908833.JPG&amp;operation=CROP&amp;offset=0x0&amp;resize=1772x995\" alt=\"Image result for mugabe mandela\" width=\"450\" height=\"253\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mugabe with counterpart, Mandela.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We Say Fight Back Hong Kong Protesters Chant \u2018Murderers,\u2019 Demand More Concessions (Nationalist) Pro-democracy demonstrators in Hong Kong clashed with the police for a second straight day on Saturday, despite a concession on Wednesday from the city\u2019s embattled leader. The clashes there Friday night were the first notable display of unrest since Carrie Lam, Hong [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-24065","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24065","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=24065"}],"version-history":[{"count":40,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24065\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":24107,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/24065\/revisions\/24107"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=24065"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=24065"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.richgibson.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=24065"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}