#National Forensic League

[reality-detective]

⚠️⚠️⚠️ EXCLUSIVE LAURA LOOMER INVESTIGATION⚠️⚠️⚠️

I have conducted an investigation and I believe that for the sake of National Security, public interest and now my own personal safety I need to immediately release and publish what I have uncovered about the United States Government’s involvement in recruiting violent American Nazis, White Supremacists, and domestic terrorists and turning them into mercenaries and confidential informants in Ukraine to fight against Russians and kill civilians. Upon their return to the US, some of these Nazis are now engaging in perpetuating hate crimes and other felonies in the US, and they appear to be protected by our government from serving prison time, have received delayed prison time, and even reduced prison time. As many of you saw, this weekend I stumbled upon a Nazi rally in Altamonte Springs, Florida where I encountered 50 Swastika flag waving Nazis affiliated with “Blood Tribe” and “Goyim Defense League” (GDL). One of the individuals in attendance who I filmed at this rally on 9/2/23 is a US Citizen and Nazi named Kent “BoneFace” McLellan. At the rally, he was Seig Heiling while screaming SLAVA UKRAINE. His whole entire body and face is covered in tattoos, including many Nazi tattoos. As I have exposed, he is a Nazi who has traveled abroad to Ukraine to fight in the Ukraine-Russia war. He is an American citizen who was recently given Ukraine citizenship. I have overwhelming evidence that Nazis who are being backed by our government have not only murdered civilians overseas, but they have also been engaged in war crimes. In the case of Kent “BoneFace” McLellan, who resides in Florida, he is a Nazi, a domestic terrorist, and a violent felon who was arrested in Florida in 2012 by the FBI. He was put on the US terror watch list, and then in 2014, he was recruited by the CIA, and the DOD reportedly paid for him to travel to Ukraine in 2014 to join “Right Sector”, and then the Nazi Azov Battalion in 2022, which our taxpayer dollars are now unfortunately funding. Upon his return to the US circa 2022, I have discovered via my investigation that McLellan received a US Army Expeditionary Medal for his “services” in Ukraine. My investigation has uncovered Social media posts he posted in which he posed for a picture, in Ukraine while wearing an Azov Battalion uniform, next to the dead body of a civilian. The image, which I sent to a forensic analyst for verification, has been authenticated. Why is the Joe Biden Regime funding Nazi death squads in Ukraine with US taxpayer dollars? I received a phone call from Kent BoneFace McLellan at 1am last night after someone leaked my personal cell phone number to him, and after he was seen saying “we have a visual on Loomer” on a HAM radio he is not licensed to operate. He published that video to his Twitter account and tagged me. During the phone call I had with McLellan last night, he gave me confessions of various crimes. Here is the evidence of what our US government is doing in Ukraine. These are WAR CRIMES. I have a responsibility to share this damning information I have uncovered with the world.

You Decide 🤔

#pay attention #educate yourselves #educate yourself #knowledge is power #reeducate yourself #reeducate yourselves #think for yourselves #think about it #think for yourself #do your homework #do your own research #do some research #ask yourself questions #question everything #news #laura loomer

[arobinwithoutbatman]

A VERY DESCRIPTIVE PROFILE OF YOUR MUSE. repost with the information of your muse, including headcanons, etc. if you fail to achieve some of the facts, add some other of your own!

NAME. Timothy Jackson Drake

NICKNAME(S). Tim. Timmy (Dick is the only one allowed to use that one). Timbo. Timmers. TimTam. Baby Bird (family only). Rob (team mates/friends)

TITLE(S). Robin

AGE. Verse dependent (Default is 16 years old)

SPECIES. Human

SEX. Cis male

NATIONALITY. American

ALIGNMENT. Not entirely sure because of my own lack of understanding of the nuances involved with the alignment grid. Soooo I'm gonna guess Lawful Good? Whilst also leaning on the border of Lawful Neutral? Possibly dipping a toe into Chaotic Good?

INTERESTS. Photography, Skateboarding, Video Games, Chemistry, Technology, Forensics, Psychology, Cryptozoology

PROFESSION. None, technically. He's still a student. Unless professional vigilante counts?

BODY TYPE. Lithe and toned

EYES. Blue

HAIR. Black

SKIN. White. Like... paper white. Snow white. Please for the love of God, shove this boy outside more often

FACE. I present to you, a lad

HEIGHT. 5'3 (He's due a final growth spurt but he's maybe gonna top out at 5'5)

VOICE: High tenor. His voice likely won't drop much further

SIGNIFICANT OTHER? Verse Dependent. (Default is Bernard, someone he met online)

COMPANIONS. Alfred Pennyworth, Bruce Wayne (Deceased), Dick Grayson, Barbara Gordon, Jason Todd, Cassie Sandsmark, Bart Allen, Connor Kent

ANTAGONISTS. Gotham's Rogues Gallery, League of Assassins, Court of Owls

COLORS. Forest Green

FRUITS. Apples (any kind he's not picky), Pineapple, Pomegranate, Raspberries, blueberries

DRINKS. Coffee, cocoa, orange juice (no pulp), water

ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Absolutely not

SMOKES? No

DRUGS? No

DRIVERS LICENSE? Teeeeeechnically? Okay so he got one as an emergency when his Dad came home from the latest dig site accident and had a whole bunch of doctor's visits because there was literally no one available to give him a ride otherwise but that was a year go and his Dad is now a bit of a hermit and doesn't have any more doctor's visits so that emergency license has probably expired? He kind of shoved it in a drawer and forgot about it.

#Dash Games #Headcanons

[1americanconservative]

I have conducted an investigation and I believe that for the sake of National Security, public interest and now my own personal safety I need to immediately release and publish what I have uncovered about the United States Government’s involvement in recruiting violent American Nazis, White Supremacists, and domestic terrorists and turning them into mercenaries and confidential informants in Ukraine to fight against Russians and kill civilians. Upon their return to the US, some of these Nazis are now engaging in perpetuating hate crimes and other felonies in the US, and they appear to be protected by our government from serving prison time, have received delayed prison time, and even reduced prison time. As many of you saw, this weekend I stumbled upon a Nazi rally in Altamonte Springs, #Florida where I encountered 50 Swastika flag waving #Nazis affiliated with “Blood Tribe” and “Goyim Defense League” (GDL). One of the individuals in attendance who I filmed at this rally on 9/2/23 is a US Citizen and Nazi named Kent “BoneFace” McLellan. At the rally, he was Seig Heiling while screaming SLAVA UKRAINE. His whole entire body and face is covered in tattoos, including many Nazi tattoos. As I have exposed, he is a Nazi who has traveled abroad to Ukraine to fight in the Ukraine-Russia war. He is an American citizen who was recently given Ukraine citizenship. I have overwhelming evidence that Nazis who are being backed by our government have not only murdered civilians overseas, but they have also been engaged in war crimes. In the case of Kent “BoneFace” McLellan, who resides in Florida, he is a Nazi, a domestic terrorist, and a violent felon who was arrested in Florida in 2012 by the FBI. He was put on the US terror watch list, and then in 2014, he was recruited by the CIA, and the DOD reportedly paid for him to travel to Ukraine in 2014 to join “Right Sector”, and then the Nazi Azov Battalion in 2022, which our taxpayer dollars are now unfortunately funding. Upon his return to the US circa 2022, I have discovered via my investigation that McLellan received a US Army Expeditionary Medal for his “services” in Ukraine. My investigation has uncovered Social media posts he posted in which he posed for a picture, in Ukraine while wearing an Azov Battalion uniform, next to the dead body of a civilian. The image, which I sent to a forensic analyst for verification, has been authenticated. Why is the

@JoeBiden Regime funding Nazi death squads in Ukraine with US taxpayer dollars? I received a phone call from Kent BoneFace McLellan at 1am last night after someone leaked my personal cell phone number to him, and after he was seen saying “we have a visual on Loomer” on a HAM radio he is not licensed to operate. He published that video to his Twitter account and tagged me. During the phone call I had with McLellan last night, he gave me confessions of various crimes. Here is the evidence of what our US government is doing in #Ukraine. These are WAR CRIMES. I have a responsibility to share this damning information I have uncovered with the world.

[broadcastarchive-umd]

#DJMonday When Mackie Quave was a senior in high school, he won the radio announcing division of the 1939 National Forensic League Finals in Hollywood, CA. When he returned home to Asheville, NC, he quickly got a job with a local radio station. In 1945, he joined the staff of WKIX (later WMSC) in Columbia, SC as program director.

While at WKIX, the University of South Carolina offered him a chance to teach radio part-time. He took it and later established the campus radio station, WUSC. He moved to rival station WIS as assistant program director and chief announcer in 1947 and remained there for 14 years. – "Mackie Quave, A Man Called 'Cactus'," The Columbia Record, November 15, 1969.

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#disc jockey #South Carolina #radio #1940s #broadcasting

[jasminelyoko57]

Detective Yuu (Meitantei Conan AU) [Masterlist]

Ahem, before navigating, I would like to introduce myself first: READ INTRO HERE

You can share your thoughts by click on the ask! But, read this first!

OCs masterlist here | TWST retro drawings collection

Endless Night Detective ([illust] read it on AO3, HERE)

(Note: Yuu is referred as they/them here. This took place outside of Twisted Wonderland setting, aka the modern setting (London, UK))

Introduction (you’re here!) - characters’ nationalities - memes (#2 | #3 | #4 | #5) - SHIRAYUKIHIME_1812 - drawings

Groups: Junior Detective League -  The Octavinelle Mafia - The MI6

Special: a wolf’s story

Cases involving Junior Detective League

Trapped in the Department Store = discovery - noise - chaotic

Big Adventure in the Eccentric Mansion = The Pond [#1]

Crewel’s Vase Video = curry troubles

The Phantom of Baker Street = [teaser] | [drawing] - critique - takeover - terrible period

Cases involving the Octavinelle Mafia

The Farewell Party Encounter = Crossroads of Betrayal [#1] - March of the Mourners (under way) [#2] - March of the Mourners (arrival) [#3]

Countdown to Heaven = nobody understands my feelings! - attempting to cross - among the evacuees - destined with explosions - fly across

Head-to-Head Match with the Mafia = the invitation - the confrontation

Cases involving the MI6

World History Teacher vs. Ace Trappola = Questioned suspicions

Secret Silence at the Film Development Studio = the viper

BEST TO LISTEN TO: “Revive” and “PUZZLE” by Mai Kuraki, “Tsukamaete, Kon’nya” by Leon Niihama, “Mysterious” by Naifu, “Misty Mystery” by GARNET CROW

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Since Detective! Yuu is a thing, I’ve been thinking about Yuu is a famous yet sassy teen detective. 

(Image by 13番目に)

However, when they discovered a shady deal after solving a murder in a concert, they were knocked unconscious by two men in black (Leech brothers), then Jade force-fed them a lethal apple-flavored poison which left the remnants untraceable when examined by forensics, to silence them.

However, the two wouldn’t thought that Yuu survived, because their body has been turned into a child instead! 

With the help of Professor Divus Crewel, our stylish yet sadistic scientist and inventor, they have to keep their identity secret from the world, lest the two will come back to eliminate them for good. 

(Image by Pixiv Id 4300140)

Besides Crewel, Yuu meets the people who ended up as invaluable allies in their quest to take down the mafia - one of them is Epel Felmier, codename “Sleep Kiss”.

(Image by Chinen Rimi)

Epel Felmier (child identity: Ronald Crewel) is a scientist who formerly worked under the Octavinelle Mafia headed by the powerful and well-connected boss Azul Ashengrotto. He is the creator of the lethal apple-flavored poison called “SHIRAYUKIHIME_1812″. 

(Image by Pixiv Id 3299532)

When he heard that his cousin was silenced, he immediately rebelled against the mafia, which ended up him being locked in a gas chamber. Desperate, he took out the aforementioned poison to take his own life, but he instead shrunken too. He escaped from captivity and he passed out in front of Yuu’s house before taken in by Crewel.

However, their existence doesn’t go unnoticed by a mysterious man, Jamil Viper. A MI6 agent who spies on Yuu and Epel, and hunt the mysterious Octavinelle Mafia. He seems knows something about an Epel Felmier more than anyone...

(Image by Kuroiwa Madoka - Pixiv Id 40130971)

Notes:

- Azul and the tweels are just... too perfect to be villains (well, they’ve been that way since the beginning lol).

- Yes, Epel is Haibara here, like they shared the same motif = poison.

- I was about to put Crowley to be the role of Professor Agasa, but he seems too absent-minded (and I DON’T TRUST YOU, YOU MASKED HEADMASTER). Sam was almost perfect for this, but there’s something missing. 

- In the end, I chose Crewel instead, because he’s also knowledgeable about chemistry, just like Haibara. I bet that his jerk-with-a-heart-of-gold personality can spice their lives, ayeee.

- Yep, Jamil take the role of Akai Shuichi here, but he’s in the MI6, while Akai is in the FBI. Both possess a certain allure that I can’t even describe.

- The codenames used by the mafiosi is based on their personal unique magic.

#twisted wonderland #disney twst #twst yuu #detective yuu #jade leech #floyd leech #azul ashengrotto #divus crewel #epel felmier #octavinelle #ramshackle #pomefiore #detective conan au #jamil viper #scarabia

[schraubd]

The Debate Link: Origins

This blog is called The Debate Link.

That's no accident.

I started this blog when I was eighteen, just after graduation, when debate was the activity that most defined my high school experience. It was something I did nearly every weekend for four years, travelling all across the country. I was nationally-ranked. I won tournaments at both the local and national level. I wasn't just a "debater". I was, if I do say so myself, a pretty elite debater.

This blog was in many ways a continuation of that experience, and an attempt to fill its void. Its initial tagline was "The arguments, made by and for the debating public." In fact, here's my very first post, from way back in 2004:

Hey everyone! My name is David, and I am an ex-debater from Bethesda MD. My 4 years of debate has given me a healthy appreciation of the issues that concern America, and a desire to share some of the better arguments on some those issues I've come accross during those years. So hopefully, whenever I come up with a good idea (or stumble across someone else's), I'll post it on here.

See you soon,

David

(How adorable was I? Seriously.)

It is impossible to overstate the degree to which high school debate was formative in my life. It taught me how to think. It taught me how to write. It generated friendships that persist to this day. It even, indirectly, made me realize I wanted to be a law professor. There are few facets of David Schraub 2023 that are not in some way traceable to David Schraub, high school debater.

High school debate is having a moment in the news, prompted by this article by James Fishback chronicling an alleged takeover of the events by the radical left. I want to comment on his piece and his allegations, as well as on some commentary given by Kristen Soltis Anderson, who I knew and competed against in my generation of debate.

There are few reasons to read Fishback's account with grains of salt, beyond the obvious fact that he is at the helm of an insurgent competitor to the established National Speech and Debate Association (formerly known as the National Forensics League) and so has a vested incentive in undermining it.

First, whenever I read accounts like this about craziness allegedly afflicting student-centered activities, I always ask myself "what are the students saying?" Do the actual students involved share the perception that high school debate is rotting from the inside out? Or is their view that these accounts are misleading, exaggerated, and not reflective of what's actually happening on the ground? I certainly remember from my student days how frequent it was that I'd read breathless accounts about "what was going on" at my school or in my club or on my campus that bore zero relationship to what I actually saw. Once I was no longer a student, I still tried to remember that experience -- how many times have the "adults" parachuted in to "solve" problems at schools or on campus in cases where the actual putative victims have been screaming "you are not helping!" The older I get, the harder it will be to remember that instinct, but for the moment I can still rage against the dying of the light. And to that end, it is notable that Fishback's post contains very little in the way of contemporary student commentary or support indicating that they share his view about either the gravity or ubiquity of the problems he identifies -- a failure which makes me profoundly skeptical of whether he's accurately describing the underlying reality.

Second, I also remember to beware of apocryphal anecdotes. I doubt there has ever been a generation of debaters that didn't have stories about the lurid, ridiculous, extreme-performative arguments that supposedly were winning rounds left and right. In my generation, I distinctly recall a story circulating about a debater who simply wrote "Rwanda. Rwanda. Rwanda." on the board over and over again in their first speech (on any topic) as some sort of commentary on the moral intolerability of engaging in regular debate in the face of genocide. Trading the story across the lunch table, that debater cleaned up at elite tournaments. In retrospect, I can't say I ever recall actually seeing a round that was anything like that -- and I both witnessed and participated in many elite-level debate rounds. Stories are stories.

All of that said, I can't fully accuse Fishback of nutpicking. The "Marxist-Leninist-Maoist" judge that opens his story was a collegiate debate champ, and so can't be dismissed as a complete non-entity. For recent graduates who are looking back on their competition-days, it is very, very easy to miss "having the ball in your hands"; to think on the arguments you would have made now that you're (slightly) older and (arguably) wiser, and live out that saudade for being a competitor by turning the act of judging into "what would I have argued." It's easy, but it's not good, and it takes the event away from the people who are actually competing in it. There's no such thing, in my view, as a debate where only one side is allowed to show up, and judges who functionally make that demand are toxic to the enterprise.

At the same time, the problem in debate of bad judges is an eternal one. And I have sympathy for the NSDA here, because it's actually a really difficult problem to regulate. It's unfeasible for the NSDA at a national level to actually police the judging styles and capacities of hundreds if not thousands of judges at tournaments across the country (which is one reason why the norm has shifted to disclosure -- we can't control if your judge is good, but you can at least know what their paradigm is). And for obvious reasons, the NSDA does not want to open the door to ad hoc challenges of particular judging decisions on general claims of "unfairness" -- that way lies anarchy (particularly when you're dealing with debaters, who always can come up with reasons why their losses are unfair!). In reality, much like Supreme Court ethics rules, there's probably not much that the NSDA can do other than vaguely promote norms of fairness and hope for the best.

Indeed, in many ways the problem with debate judges is not so different than the problem with Article III judges. There's little that's more frustrating than the sense that the judge in front of you has rigid ideological commitments that will prevent them from fairly assessing your arguments no matter what you do. That frustration is multiplied by the fact that, if they do act in that abusive fashion, there's little in the way of recourse -- we can't get rid of bad, biased Article III judges and, practically speaking, we can't get rid of bad, biased debate judges. The same mechanisms that ensure an independent judiciary and facilitate the orderly administration of justice by not allowing every unpopular decision to be second-guessed also provide a near-impenetrable suit of armor for hacks and incompetents alike if they do manage to get through the door. That is, to reiterate, insanely frustrating. But there's no straightforward resolution to it.

The reality is that the political demographics of both the most common participants in debate (publicly-engaged 14-18 year olds) and the most common judges of those debates (publicly-engaged 18-24 year olds) means that debate will almost inevitably slant to the left. Again, that's not something that can easily be fixed short of manually changing people's political opinions. We hold our opinions because we're persuaded by them; so it's inevitable that the arguments we tend to find persuasive are more likely to be the one's resonant with our opinions. That tendency can be checked, but it probably can't be overcome entirely. 

But to some extent, the focus on "liberal" versus "conservative" ideas in high school debate to my mind reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of what debate is -- and overlooks one of its most valuable features. 

It's natural for an outsider to think that high school debate, insofar as it touches on politically salient issues, naturally divides itself into contemporary liberal and conservative divides. If the topic is a resolution on, say, foreign aid, one participant will lay out roughly what you might hear on the subject from a Democratic Senator, the other, from a Republican House member. But, at least when I was competing, this was rarely what happened. Debate tackled issues from a multitude of different perspectives and angles that rarely, if ever, neatly tracked contemporary partisan divisions. Despite the seeming binary imposed by pro/con, affirmative/negative, the lived reality of debate transcended these narrow divisions.

And this is a good thing. The purpose of debate is not to give competitors a working understanding of and fluency in what arguments are currently circulating in the halls of Congress. Debaters are not there to parrot the arguments that one most commonly hears on CNN or Fox News. The purpose of debate is to give competitors the tools to think creatively about their own arguments, to try to make those arguments as strong as possible, and to assess and defend them against any range of potential responses. It is perhaps a sad commentary on politics that a focus on strong arguments means that the resulting product will typically have little bearing on the actual contemporary disputes over liberal versus conservative politics. But that's how it goes. Moreover, it is entirely possible to have a productive, valuable debate round where both competitors basically accept liberal, or conservative, or Marxist priors and then argue "what's the best way of doing X from within that framework?" That sort of debate also teaches people how to critically assess and defend positions, just as effectively as debate rounds that more expressly cut across classic ideological paradigms. It is far too narrow, and constrains the vision of young debaters, to try to limit them to thinking purely within the well-worn grooves of American party politics.

And that brings me, in conclusion, to some of Kristen's comments. Kristen admits that, in contrast to Fishback's presentation, it does not seem like (in her recent experience) conservative ideas have been locked out of high school debate. And even when it comes to the specific conservative bugaboo of the day -- DEI initiatives -- much of the content the NSDA is promoting is entirely reasonable and salutary. Kristen remembers judges criticizing her and other female competitors for their "shrill" or "squeaky" voices; I remember a major tournament official repeatedly and openly -- as in, when making public announcements of awards -- engaging in homophobic taunting of one of my friends (he would repeatedly mispronounce the name of the student -- who was a regular top-tier competitor and absolutely known to the organizer -- so one of the syllables in his name was spoken as "gay", when the syllable in question was pronounced "guy"). If those sorts of practices are being arrested, it's all for the better.

But Kristen is concerned about some of the things that are listed as potential examples of DEI-related debate topics (inside the NSDA website's section on inclusivity). To be clear, it seems evident that the NSDA is suggesting that tournaments include some of these topics as part of the tournament's overall package, not to exclusively draw from them. But within this subcategory, Kristen thinks that the questions possess a liberal slant -- a problem even if (as is naturally the case in a debate context) people will inevitably be encouraged to take both "pro" and "con" positions.

Reading these topics, I understand why they're thought to be coded as liberal. At the same time, for at least a good quotient of them, it makes me sad that they are coded as liberal. Consider the question "Why are there so few startups founders who identify as women in the United States?" On the one hand, I get why this question seems to be "liberal". On the other hand, why is this question coded as liberal? Can it really be the case that conservatives don't have thoughts on this matter -- or at least thoughts they're not embarassed to share? When did conservatives decide that the only thought a conservative is permitted to think on this sort of question is "don't ask it"?

The students who answer this sort of question are not, overwhelmingly, thinking in terms of "how do I slot this in to a liberal or conservative ideological frame." They're going to be thinking practically about what sorts of factors or conditions lead to disproportionately fewer women founding startups. The reason why this codes as liberal, though, is that the very act of thinking through a question like that with any degree of seriousness (i.e., not just smirking "it's because women are for making babies!") has been coded as something that only liberals do. That, to my mind, is tragic -- but that's not a DEI problem or a NSDA problem, that's a conservative problem. Conservatives absolutely should have thoughts on why there are relatively few women founding startups. They also should have thoughts on questions like "How can the federal government do more to promote Latino/a/x entrepreneurship?" and "How can the US government increase participation rates of gender minorities in STEM fields?" These are important social problems which all of us should be tackling. Perhaps those thoughts will be radically different than what liberals have to say. Perhaps they'll be surprisingly resonant (think about cross-ideological coalitions forming around YIMBY zoning reform, or relaxing occupational licensing requirements). But to the extent that even trying to work through "how can we increase the representation of underrepresented minorities" is viewed as an inherently liberal endeavor; well, I think that's a tragedy.

More broadly: the point, again, of high school debate is not to give teenagers the opportunity to parrot the shibboleths of Democratic or Republican talking heads, and so high school debate does not fail when it forces a student to develop thoughts on a question that Democratic or Republican talking heads don't have thoughts on. So ultimately, I think it's a mistake -- and not reflective of high school debate as I remember it -- to ask whether or not students are presenting "liberal" or "conservative" views on a given question. Overwhelmingly, that entire framework is a projection by adults; it is not the approach taken by the competitors, nor should it be. Institutionally-speaking, debate should be about prompting students to think about interesting questions. The answers we get rarely will fully map on to contemporary political factions -- and that's a very good thing.

via The Debate Link https://ift.tt/mA1eZrO

#conservatives #debate #high school #Liberals

[masterofd1saster]

CJ current events 2nov23

Aint no picnic being a Jew

Since Hamas militants launched a deadly surprise assault on Israel earlier this month, there has been a significant rise in antisemitic incidents across the U.S., according to data released by the Anti-Defamation League on Wednesday. The group recorded 312 antisemitic incidents from Oct. 7, the day of the Hamas attack, through Oct. 23, up from 64 in the same time period last year. Of the 312 incidents, 190 were directly linked to the Israel-Hamas war, the ADL said. According to the ADL, a nonprofit organization that fights antisemitism and extremism, the spike included a 388% increase in incidents of harassment, vandalism and/or assault compared to that same time period in 2022.*** https://www.cbsnews.com/news/antisemitic-incidents-spike-following-hamas-attack-israel-anti-defamation-league

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DETROIT — Investigators have identified several people of interest in the fatal stabbing of a Detroit synagogue president but would not talk about their connections to the woman during a press conference Monday. Authorities found 40-year-old Samantha Woll’s body outside her home early Saturday after a caller told police about a person lying on the ground. Detroit Police Chief James E. White said police know Woll — who led the Isaac Agree Downtown Synagogue — attended a wedding Friday night and that she left the celebration around 12:30 a.m. He said there was no sign that anyone forced their way into her home and investigators believe Woll was stabbed inside before stumbling into the yard. “We have a number of people that give us interest. We are just short of calling one of the people a suspect,” he said, adding that investigators believe a suspect “acted alone." Police have repeatedly said they have found no evidence that Woll’s killing “was motivated by antisemitism,” and White asked people not to draw quick conclusions as the investigation continues, including analyzing forensic evidence with support from the FBI.*** https://www.wzzm13.com/article/news/local/detroit/several-people-of-interest-in-synagogue-presidents-killing/69-350cc960-7b5a-400a-bd7f-25d8291303f0

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Murder? Manslaughter? Negligent homicide?

about 1:32

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Maine

Law enforcement officials in Maine found the 40-year-old man suspected of murdering at least 18 people at two locations on Wednesday night after a near 48-hour period of searching. “[The suspect] has been found dead, @SenAngusKing tells me,” said reporter Michael Shepherd with the Bangor Daily News. He added, “He was found dead in Lisbon near a recycling center where he used to work in the same clothes he had on during the shootings on Wednesday.” NBC News, ABC News, and others also quickly confirmed the news with senior law enforcement officials. The suspect apparently took his own life with a firearm; authorities previously found in his home what they believed to be a suicide note.*** https://www.dailywire.com/news/police-find-suspect-accused-of-maine-mass-shooting-report

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The man police suspect killed 18 people in shootings in Lewiston, Maine, on Wednesday night had so alarmed people around him that he was hospitalized and received mental health treatment this summer, according to a person familiar with the investigation.*** Card has been in the Army Reserve for more than half his life. He enlisted in December 2002 and has not served in any combat deployments, but instead was a petroleum supply specialist, according to his service record, which the Army released following the shooting.*** Investigators have also been told by people who knew Card that in recent months he described hearing disturbing voices, and had increasingly become fixated on the bowling alley and the restaurant where he allegedly opened fire, according to two people familiar with the investigation.*** https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/26/maine-gunman-hospitalized-suspect-robert-card/

Harcourt, B. E. (2006). From the asylum to the prison: Rethinking the incarceration revolution. Texas Law Review, 84(7), 1751-1786

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***Two local law enforcement chiefs told The Associated Press that a statewide awareness alert was sent in mid-September to be on the lookout for Robert Card after the firearms instructor made threats against his base and fellow soldiers. But after stepped-up patrols of the base and a visit to Card’s home – neither of which turned up any sign of him – they moved on.*** “We couldn’t locate him,” Merry said, adding that he couldn’t recall if there was any follow-up because “I don’t have any reports in front of me.” Military officials declined to comment further about Card, specifically whether the threats relayed to the sheriff in September were new or the same ones Card had made during an Army reserve training exercise near West Point, New York, in July. That’s when police say Card was committed to a mental health facility for two weeks after acting erratically and “hearing voices and threats to shoot up” a military base.*** Card’s case stands as a glaring example of missed red flags, with many unanswered questions about what the military, police, mental health professionals and relatives could have done to prevent the massacre.*** Jody Madeira, an Indiana University law professor who has studied gun laws, *** said someone dropped the ball because Card’s threats and medical evaluation should have triggered a yellow flag seizure of his guns when he returned home. “He slipped through the cracks,” Madeira said. “There were warning signs.” https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/maine-police-were-alerted-weeks-ago-about-shooter-s-threats/ar-AA1j1ULx +++

*** On Monday, Sagadahoc County Sheriff Joel Merry revealed the family of Robert Card informed police as early as May 3 that members were concerned over a decline in his mental health and that he had access to firearms. The Army Reserve made further requests that Card be checked. Deputies made two wellness checks to his residence, but nothing came of it. "A deputy visited Mr. Card's residence on Sept. 15, 2023, and Sept. 16, 2023," a statement from Merry read. "Mr. Card was not at his residence during the first visit, and the Sagadahoc County Sheriff's Office sent a File 6 — an attempt to locate teletype — to other law enforcement agencies," the sheriff said. "The alert included a warning that Mr. Card was known to be armed and dangerous and included details of his behavior. The alert urged that officers use extreme caution," the release read. The File 6 alert was canceled a month later — just a week before the shooting.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/news/crime/sheriffs-office-previous-reports-lewiston-shooter-dangerous

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Fried fraud

Ex-crypto golden boy Sam Bankman-Fried is set to face a blistering cross-examination by Manhattan federal prosecutors Monday — and then a planned mysterious “rebuttal” witness. The MIT grad, 31, coolly tried to weasel out of blame in court Friday for his alleged $10 billion theft from FTX investors, claiming he knew “basically nothing’’ about cryptocurrency when he started his business and that it imploded because of “mistakes,’’ not crimes. But he won’t be able to dodge getting slammed by prosecutors under cross-examination when his criminal trial resumes Monday morning. Prosecutors also hinted Friday that they then plan to call a “rebuttal” witness after he leaves the stand.*** Prosecutors are set to get a crack at the disgraced crypto king during a cross-examination Monday that could be brutal for Bankman-Fried, if Thursday’s dry run was any indication. The California native tried to squirm his way out of answering questions during a surprise evidence hearing — held after jurors were sent home — repeatedly stammering, “I don’t recall” as prosecutor Danielle Sassoon interrogated him. Later Friday, the MIT grad tried to distance himself from computer code that the feds say allowed his hedge fund to pilfer unwitting FTX users’ funds by “borrowing” money it never paid back.*** https://nypost.com/2023/10/27/news/sbf-set-to-face-brutal-grilling-monday-and-then-mysterious-rebuttal-witness/

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A 25-year-old Missouri teacher faces six felony charges for allegedly pursuing a 16-year-old student — and both sending him pornographic images and soliciting ones from him. Rikki Lynn Laughlin of St. James, Missouri, allegedly solicited dick picks from her victim via Snapchat and sent him nudes, as well as a video of herself *** Maries County is near Rolla, about a two-hour drive west of St. Louis. When the school district that employed Laughlin reported a possibly inappropriate relationship, a detective visited the student at home. The student that "things progressed fast" after the teacher reached out on Snapchat and that they'd kissed. She also allegedly invited him to have sex at her home while her husband was out of town, but the student "made excuses for not meeting with Laughlin because he did not feel comfortable," according to the detective's report. Laughlin allegedly told the student that she could go to jail for the photos they'd exchanged and asked him to delete them because people at school were talking. But the student was able to pull up some photos for the detective.*** https://www.riverfronttimes.com/news/missouri-teacher-rikki-laughlin-sent-nude-pics-to-student-charges-say-41115992

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Adam Guillette runs Accuracy in Media. He has published the names of people who published antisemetic material at Harvard, Columbia University and the University of Pennsylvania. In response, someone SWATd him. https://nypost.com/2023/10/27/business/man-behind-harvard-doxxing-trucks-has-home-searched-by-swat-team/

Fortunately, he and his family were not home when the police arrived.

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Too easy

LifeBridge Health confirmed to FOX45 News that three staff members who work at the Bel Air-Edison Safe Streets location are on leave until further information becomes available regarding the FBI raid that occurred Thursday morning.  While the FBI is staying tight-lipped about the scope of the probe, sources close to the investigation tell FOX45 News federal agents are looking at possible connections with the Black Guerilla Family gang, or BGF. Safe Streets is Baltimore City’s flagship gun violence prevention program, according to Mayor Brandon Scott. There are 10 different locations across the city, and the employees, dubbed "violence interrupters," work in a small, set zone. The Mayor’s Office of Neighborhood Safety and Engagement, or MONSE, oversees the implementation of the program, though the day-to-day operations are overseen by two nonprofits: Catholic Charities and LifeBridge Health.*** https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/3-workers-on-leave-amid-fbi-investigation-into-baltimores-safe-streets-program/ar-AA1j0t1t

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Not his first rodeo

BOSTON — An Attleboro man with a lengthy criminal history is facing charges in connection with a brazen act of vandalism at a landmark cathedral on Tuesday night that left a 150-year-old crucifix with broken arms. Michael Patzelt, 37, of Attleboro, was arraigned Wednesday in Boston Municipal Court on charges including assault and malicious destruction of property after prosecutors say the crucifix outside of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross in the South End sustained about $20,000 worth of damage.*** Before breaking off several parts of the crucifix, Patzelt walked into a nearby store and knocked the hat off Tashana Watson, a mother who was shopping with her 11-year-old son. “I pushed him,” Watson said. “I pushed him like four times to get him away. And then he grabbed my hair and my hat and threw it. Then he tried to have a conversation, something to the effect of, just shoot me.”*** “I’m looking at his record and I see a man who has seven pages of committed time...And then I go and I look at a 10-page Florida record, and it’s full of similar charges to what we’re seeing here today,” the judge said. “I’m going to set a $5,000 cash bail...If we’re dealing with a mental illness, let’s get to the bottom of that ASAP.” Patzelt attorney told the court that he is out of work, homeless, and “remorseful” for his actions. The attorney also explained that Patzelt had been living in Attleboro with his grandmother but she passed away, forcing him to move out.*** https://www.boston25news.com/news/local/depraved-heart-sick-mind-attleboro-man-destroyed-crucifix-boston-cathedral-prosecutor-says/GH7JNSV5DVHUBKLZ7WG3OVPYTE/

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after tues

*** Seneca Scott said “meet me at my office,” and this lush spot at the corner of 8th Street and Peralta—home to songbirds and clucking chickens—is it. A few minutes later, Scott, 44, drives up in his Jeep and hops out wearing pajamas, a down vest, and a wide grin. We sit at the picnic table in the morning light of the garden, Scott stroking his beard, his shoulder-length locks tied up, as he describes how crime is ruining his adopted hometown.  He says it’s ridiculous how criminals are taking advantage of the police force’s notoriously slow response times.  “You know in the movies when they go to rob a bank and set their watches, like ‘all right bro, we got 30 seconds aaaand synchronize,’ ” Scott says. “Now it’s like 45, 50 minutes. It’s insane. I can sit down and make a sandwich and shit. Smoke a cigarette, take selfies, walk home. Because the police aren’t coming. They’re not even picking up.” From 2018 to 2022, the number of homicides in Oakland has jumped by 79 percent after falling by 46 percent in the six years prior. In the last year alone, violent crime has risen by 17 percent.  Oakland now has the state’s second-worst 911 response time. Residents say they have waited 10 minutes before anyone even picked up the phone. Meanwhile, the number of homicides that result in charges has dropped from 65 percent in 2019 to 36 percent in 2022. ***

You might think a black activist and union organizer in the Bay Area would be a progressive who supports Black Lives Matter and defunding the police, but Scott rejects both movements. In fact, he says the defund debate is split along racial lines.  “The black people who live in the impacted neighborhoods were pretty much united in the fact that they did not want to cut the police budget,” he says. “The white people in affluent neighborhoods were pretty much united in that they did want to.” Scott calls himself a “post-partisan solutionary.” Though he used to be a leftie, he now unabashedly calls out “phony” progressives on Twitter (now X) for being “dismissive towards Black and Brown people.” He says he doesn’t do left-right politics and told me that both parties now cater to elites. ***

At around 10 p.m. on October 30, 2021, Scott got a call warning him that two men were in his garden trying to steal the water heater. When he went down to check it out, he found two guys had set up a tent and laid drugs out on his picnic table.  When Scott told them to put down the water heater, one of the guys pulled a knife. Scott showed the men his Heckler & Koch USP45 Compact pistol and again told them to put down the water heater. One of the guys took off.  At that moment, two Alameda County police officers passed by in their cruiser and the remaining intruder flagged them down. He told the officers Scott had pulled a gun on him and his friend. The officers saw the handle of Scott’s pistol sticking out of his vest pocket and, according to the police report, they took the gun and arrested Scott on charges of brandishing a weapon and carrying a concealed firearm. “I had a firearm ’cause I came down knowing I was going to encounter two thieves, and I showed it to them,” Scott said. “It’s unfortunate that we’re forced to self-help right now. Just that same night, an hour earlier, my neighbor was shot in his face while holding his baby. That was on the same street, like eight houses down. There’s no rule of law.”***

In July, the Oakland NAACP urged city leaders to declare a state of emergency over the crime wave that has hit African Americans hardest, while accusing [DA Pamela] Price, who is black, of anti-police rhetoric and an “unwillingness” to prosecute criminals. In return, a spokesman for Price expressed “disappointment” that “a great African-American organization would take a false narrative on an important matter.” In response to accusations that she is soft on crime, Price said, “That’s racism. I’m calling it for what it is.” (On Friday, Price’s laptop was reportedly stolen after her car was burgled on an Oakland street.)***

https://www.thefp.com/p/black-activist-saving-oakland-phony-progressives

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SBF either couldn't get a deal or was so insanely reckless he wouldn't take it.

***It’s no secret that defense lawyers hate putting their clients on the stand, because it exposes them to cross-examination. But what choice did Cohen have? When FTX, the crypto exchange SBF founded in 2019, collapsed in November 2022, resulting in big losses for many of its customers, the Justice Department filed eight criminal charges against him. These included wire fraud, money laundering, and conspiracy to commit fraud. The central allegation, though, was that Bankman-Fried embezzled around $8 billion that belonged to FTX customers, and used it to cover up losses at his hedge fund Alameda Research. He also used the money to make risky investments, buy a couple of private jets, pay stars like Tom Brady to promote FTX, and purchase naming rights for the stadium that hosts the Miami Heat, which was briefly known as FTX Arena. If convicted of all eight charges, SBF faces up to 110 years in prison.*** his primary tactic was to portray himself as a hapless victim of Alameda’s CEO, Caroline Ellison, with whom he had a weird relationship. (They slept together occasionally, and while Ellison desperately wanted more from Bankman-Fried than sex, he seemed incapable of giving her that.)*** SBF is a terrible witness. He looked visibly nervous most of the time he was in the witness box. He often had his hands tucked between his legs. He rarely blinked. His voice rose as he spoke, making his answers sound like questions. He used a curt yep when a yes was called for, and nope instead of no. No one found his occasional efforts at humor funny. Whenever he tried to expand upon an answer, Judge Kaplan cut him down. And this was during the easy part of his testimony, when his lawyer was tossing him one softball question after another. SBF seemed incapable of saying anything that might engender empathy from a juror.*** The assistant U.S. attorney leading the prosecution, Sassoon relies on a well-honed staccato to hit defendants with a relentless barrage of questions. That’s what SBF was now facing, and what we were all here to see: “Do you recall saying that FTX was safe?” “Didn’t you say in interviews that FTX had protection for customers?” “Did you own 90 percent of Alameda?” “Did you say in private, ‘Fuck regulators?’ ” “Did you call some customers ‘dumb motherfuckers?’ ” “Did you fly to the Super Bowl in a private plane?” “Most FTX customers did not have a line of credit, correct?” “Do you deny that Alameda had a $65 billion line of credit?” And on, and on, and on. Under the circumstances, SBF’s wisest course would have been to just say yes—or yep—to her questions. And sometimes he did that. But just as often, he chose to dance around the question, to quibble about the phrasing, or say that he couldn’t remember the details. And every time he did that—every single time—Sassoon projected an email or video or a spreadsheet onto the screen, showing that he had done exactly what she was accusing him of doing. Which then gave the jurors another look at the evidence while reminding them that SBF was being something less than forthright. You’d think this MIT graduate would wise up, but he never did. (He even equivocated on whether he had taken a private plane to the Super Bowl—to which Sassoon responded by presenting a photograph of SBF fast asleep in the embrace of a comfy chair on a private jet. In the overflow room, we burst into laughter.)*** https://www.thefp.com/p/humiliating-cross-examination-sam-bankman-fried

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Trying hard to make us a banana republic

The elected district attorney in Colorado’s 11th Judicial District launched a baseless investigation of a judge after becoming frustrated by his unfavorable rulings in the high-profile Barry Morphew murder case, state authorities alleged in a disciplinary complaint filed Monday. District Attorney Linda Stanley pursued a domestic violence investigation into then-District Judge Ramsey Lama after he issued a series of rulings against prosecutors during the case against Morphew, who was charged at the time with killing his then-missing wife Suzanne Morphew in a prosecution that later was dropped.*** Stanley ordered an investigator with her office to interview the judge’s ex-wife about whether the judge had ever been abusive during their marriage, and whether that rumored history might be influencing his rulings in the Morphew case, according to a 20-page formal disciplinary complaint filed against Stanley on Monday by the state’s Office of Attorney Regulation Counsel, the entity responsible for investigating professional misconduct by Colorado attorneys. The agency opened an investigation into Stanley earlier this year. “We couldn’t understand Judge Lama’s orders that were so egregious against us, and he’s normally not like that,” Stanley said, according to the complaint. “And we were discussing what’s going on, and those two came together. And I said, let’s see if we can get somebody to interview (Lama’s ex-wife) to see if there was something going on or if she suspects that he is trying to get back at her, essentially, in almost a passive-aggressive way by making this case impossible to prosecute… So we wanted to see if she would say anything to us about any of that or if these actions by the judge may be almost a passive-aggressive move at her.” Stanley pursued the investigation into the judge even after the Chaffee County Sheriff’s Office declined to investigate, citing a lack of a credible report. The judge’s ex-wife denied any abuse occurred and denied that Lama ever spoke with her about the Morphew case.*** https://www.denverpost.com/2023/10/31/linda-stanley-misconduct-barry-morphew-prosecution/

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What up with pilots?

A former Delta pilot has been indicted by a federal grand jury in Utah after allegedly intimidating his co-pilot with a firearm during a commercial flight last year. Jonathan J. Dunn was indicted earlier this month for interfering with the crew of a commercial airline flight. In an August 2022 flight, Dunn -- who was a first officer -- *** "After a disagreement about a potential flight diversion due to a passenger medical event, Dunn told the Captain they would be shot multiple times if the Captain diverted the flight," the department said in a statement. Dunn was allowed to carry a firearm on the flight through the Transportation Security Administration's Federal Flight Deck Officer program.*** https://6abc.com/pilot-indicted-delta-airlines-threatens-co-pilot-gun-on-flight/13999379/

1 count indictment. Plead guilty, and probably stay like that. Fight, and the feds will probably seek a superseding indictment.

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Everyone hates dark money except for his own.

PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania — An organization financed by international left-wing billionaire George Soros is playing a large role in the complicated race for Allegheny County district attorney. Incumbent Steve Zappala is a Democrat now running as a Republican because of his Democratic primary loss to progressive Matt Dugan, the county’s former public defender. Plenty of eyebrows were raised over the weekend when campaign finance reports showed nearly all of the money Dugan received came from the Pennsylvania Justice and Public Safety PAC, which is funded by Soros. The filings, reported by the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, showed Dugan raised under $67,000 between June 6 and Oct. 23. Ordinarily that would be an abysmal amount for a Democrat in a countywide race. But Dugan received a whopping $1.1 million in “in-kind contributions” from PJPS and, according to the filings, the money is being used to run his entire campaign from advertising on-air and in mailers as well as polling.*** Zappala is one of the state’s longest-serving district attorneys. He was upended by Dugan in the May Allegheny County primary that saw traditional Democrats left in the dust by progressive activists, with many of them having previous ties with the Pittsburgh chapter of the Democratic Socialists of America. They include Sara Innamorato, who is seeking the powerful Allegheny County chief executive office. Soros's bottom-up funding of local races has been going on for nearly 10 years. His candidates often run in low-turnout closed primary races on social justice platforms, a tactic that has caught traditional Democrat counties and state parties off guard and created disruption in local Democratic parties when they win. They ultimately cause even more disruption once they are handed power, when they discard tough-on-crime tones. Campaign finance disclosures show Soros started donating in 2015, and by 2016 he had given at least $5.6 million to PACs supporting district attorney candidates from Arizona to Wisconsin, according to campaign filings. By 2017 Soros placed his money on the candidacy of Larry Krasner, a then little-known defense attorney, who, in a crowded primary, splintered the vote to become district attorney in Philadelphia thanks to a $1.7 million infusing of cash from the Soros-backed PAC.*** https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/columnists/soros-financing-plays-role-in-pennsylvania-district-attorney-race

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Thank you for making a report of that crime. We'll let you know if the suspect turns himself in.

When a robber pointed a gun at Stephanie Traub’s forehead and demanded her purse and car keys, she didn’t know a U.S. congressman had been carjacked at gunpoint an hour earlier. While many were focused on Rep. Henry Cuellar (D-Tex.) on Oct. 2 — a Monday night — Ms. Traub was driving home from a pinball league. She parked a block from her home about a mile east of the U.S. Capitol. She had never feared for her safety before, but something felt off when she exited her vehicle and heard another car door slam nearby. Then the gun was in her face. Ms. Traub handed over her belongings. The gunman ran to her car and sped away. She called 911, and D.C. police arrived swiftly. Ms. Traub had an Apple device in her 2008 Honda SUV that enabled her to track it. She sat on her front stoop with her laptop and three D.C. police officers looking over her shoulder as she watched the carjacker’s location around the city. “Aren’t you going to go get him?” Ms. Traub asked. “We can’t pursue," she recalls an officer saying. ***There have been 827 carjackings in the city so far this year (through Oct. 29). At this point of the year, the District has doubled last year’s number and has six times as many as in 2019. The worst place in the city for carjackings is the D.C. police department’s 6th District, east of the Anacostia River. The second-worst is the 1st District, around the Capitol, where the carjackings against both Ms. Traub and Mr. Cuellar occurred. The police have not yet caught Ms. Traub’s carjacker, as is often the case. She blames D.C.’s “no chase” policy for police. The District had effectively banned police chases earlier this year, as part of a national trend in recent years to prevent often fatal pursuit-related crashes. But D.C’s ban went too far. As violent crime in the city surged, the D.C. Council passed emergency legislation this summer to adopt a slightly more permissive standard for police pursuits. The new policy, which was in place the night Ms. Traub was carjacked, permits police to chase when there is an “imminent threat” to others, there is a low likelihood of anyone else getting hurt and police can apprehend quickly. Yet if this policy rules out pursuing the perpetrator in Ms. Traub’s case (either by car or by helicopter), it and those like it in other cities are still too restrictive. Lawmakers and police departments nationwide are trying to find the right balance between empowering officers and ensuring guardrails prevent the overuse of force. Chicago police this summer called off a chase of an armed robbery crew because of the city’s policies, criticism of which could lead to revised rules. Washington’s state legislature voted this spring to make it easier for police to conduct car chases, relaxing a 2021 state law that restricted them. New York City has ramped up vehicle pursuits this year. Ms. Traub’s case shows how D.C.’s policy is still out of balance. The crime occurred at 10:30 on a Monday night, a time when the streets are relatively empty in much of the city. Her tracking device showed police exactly where the robber was. Ms. Traub said he was an adult, not a teenager on a joyride. He appeared savvy about the loopholes in D.C. policy. He crossed several times into Maryland, even stopping at a gas station on the border. Prince George’s County police followed the car for a while, she said, but they stopped when he returned to the city. Ultimately, the carjacker abandoned the car in D.C. It was only then, after the robber left, that D.C. police went to the car.*** https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/10/30/carjacking-dc-crime-police-chase/

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Mayor Muriel Bowser (D) announced Wednesday that Washington, D.C., will be handing out free digital tracking tags for their vehicles, as car thefts have skyrocketed in the city. Bowser unveiled the pilot program, available for drivers in certain areas of the District, alongside Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). Officials said these tags could help law enforcement officers locate stolen vehicles and find those who were responsible for the theft. “Last week, we introduced legislation to address recent crime trends; this week, we are equipping residents with technology that will allow MPD to address these crimes, recover vehicles, and hold people accountable,” Bowser said in a statement.***

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International Municipal Lawyers Association Names Humway-Warmuth New President

NOTE: This press release was written by the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA). In a business meeting held on October 1, 2023, in La Quinta, California, IMLA confirmed the nomination of Rosemary Humway-Warmuth of Wheeling, West Virginia to be President of IMLA. Rosemary Humway-Warmuth serves as the City Solicitor for the City of Wheeling, West Virginia and is in her 26th year of municipal public service.  She has served as the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) State Chair for West Virginia and has repeatedly received certification as a IMLA Fellow signifying legal expertise in local government practice.  She serves on the various committees for IMLA and is a member of IMLA’s Board of Directors.  She has served as a member of the Municipal League of West Virginia’s Legislative Review Committee, consistently working with the State League on legislative municipal issues and has worked with the Legal staff of the WV Office of the Governor and the Municipal League on crafting four House Bills, which resulted in or improved current legislation. She is the President of the State of West Virginia Municipal Attorney's Association and a member of the local county bar, sits as a member of its Board of Directors, member of the West Virginia Bar Association and its Association’s Government Lawyers Committee. Rosemary was a cum laude graduate of Bethany College, WV and Western Michigan Cooley Law School, Ostrander Class ‘94. She has also taught Introduction to Law, Forensic Evidence and Trial Techniques as an Adjunct Professor at Bethany College in West Virginia and has been an adjunct faculty member and seminar speaker at West Virginia University School of Law, numerous local, state and national conferences.  She lives in Wheeling, WV with her husband, Brian, enjoys competitive cooking and has won numerous awards, including the International Chili Society Cook-Offs and Pillsbury Bake-Offs. “My twenty-six (26) years as a member of the IMLA have been most beneficial to my practice as a municipal attorney and my participation in IMLA has been encouraged by my City Manager and governing body. Not only have I valued the educational aspects but the advantages of networking and friendships that being a member of the IMLA have fostered. I would hope to continue to promote the attributes of membership through the office of the Presidency. Being elected to this most esteemed position is clearly the pinnacle of my municipal law career and one that I have dreamed of attaining since being strongly influenced and encouraged to pursue a place on the Board of Directors several years ago by former IMLA President Susan Rocha. I truly appreciate the support extended to me by fellow IMLA Board members, colleagues, and staff for the office of President within this wonderful association of the municipal practitioners.” In response to Ms. Humway-Warmuth's new position, her colleagues had many well wishes and congratulatory thoughts: Lori Grigg Bluhm, IMLA's outgoing President, noted: "IMLA has already been so enriched because of Rose’s time and talent and passion.  She has been an active leader for many years- both in IMLA and also her home state of West Virginia- serving in a variety of different positions benefitting municipal government.  I’m confident that Rose will continue her exemplary record, and be an outstanding IMLA President, advocate, and cherished friend to all!" Mark Matkovich, Private Practice attorney and Legal Counsel for the West Virginia Municipal League said: "Congratulations Rose! For more than two decades, you have been a colleague, a leader in the WV Municipal Lawyers association, a loyal public servant, and a friend. Your passion and drive have always been inspiring.  But perhaps my favorite story is that you have personally cultivated, advanced and celebrated chili cookoff festivals in our region – illustrating that food is not just fuel, but about family, friends, and community. Again, congratulations and best wishes! " Robert Herron, City Manager of Wheeling, West Virginia remarked: “Rose has been a phenomenal City Attorney for the City of Wheeling for the past 21 years. Her expertise and approach to providing legal advice for me, members of my administration and City Council have been trusted, accurate and with the right amount of legal pressure. Her expertise and approach have enabled the Wheeling city government to be respected in all aspects of potential litigation facing local governments and at all the levels of the courts within the State of West Virginia. That translates most importantly to ultimately looking out for the best interest for all citizens within our City. It is not only a great honor for Rose to be elected President for the International Municipal Lawyers Association, but all who work with her are proud of what she has accomplished in the field of municipal Law. She is hard-working, diligent, understanding and willing to adapt to just about any situation. I would like to offer, on behalf of myself and the City of Wheeling, a heartfelt congratulation to Rose, as she has worked very hard to earn the distinguished honor of leading your association for the upcoming year.” Bob Fitzsimmons, a prominent attorney in the Wheeling area, added: “We are so proud of Rose’s appointment as President of the International Municipal Lawyers Association. Rose’s tireless work, leadership and dedication to the City of Wheeling earned her this outstanding achievement which brings International recognition to Rose, her family and all of Wheeling. Congratulations Rosie!” Amanda Karras, IMLA’s Executive Director and General Counsel had similar high praise regarding Ms. Humway-Warmuth’s appointment: “Rose has been a leader of IMLA and a member of its board for many years.  She has shown a steadfast commitment to IMLA and its mission over the years.  We are grateful she is lending the organization her considerable talents as the next IMLA President and look forward to her vision for the future.” Founded in 1935, the International Municipal Lawyers Association (IMLA) is a non-profit, nonpartisan organization consisting of over 2,500 local government attorneys throughout the United States and Canada. IMLA provides a wide range of services and programs to its membership, including comprehensive educational programs, legal research, professional publications, and legal advocacy on behalf of its members in the United States Supreme Court, as well as federal and state appellate courts. Read the full article

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Kingston University London

Intake: January, September

Location: Kingston, UK

World Ranking: 801–1000 (THE), 601-650 (QS)

Students Satisfaction: 80%

Graduates Employability: 69%

Specialised In: Fashion, Graphic Design, MBA, Journalism, Pharmacy

Int. Student Percentage: 22%

Int. Fee Range: £14,000- £17,000 Approx*

Overview

The campuses of Kingston University London have seen significant investment. In the Town House building, the university's newest addition, there are dance studios and a multi-floor library.

According to the Guardian League Table 2021, Kingston University London is one of the Top 40 Universities in the United Kingdom.

Students come from more than 140 different nations, and with them, they bring a variety of cultures, new ideas, and experiences to enrich the educational environment at the university. They also get support from a comprehensive programme of industry links and enterprise education events to launch their businesses.

History

In Kingston upon Thames, Surrey, England, Kingston University London was founded in 1889 with the mission of helping students reach their full potential, bringing positive change into their lives, and bettering society. Numerous degree programmes are offered by the university, which draws students from all around the world.

Students can choose a course of study that suits their interests and prepares them for the demands of a contemporary workplace. The four campuses of the UK university are scattered throughout the city on the Thames.

The Thames is a student-friendly neighbourhood in London that is only 30 or 40 minutes by rail from the city centre. The university was listed among the top 40 universities in the UK in the Guardian University Guide for 2021, among other intriguing data.

The best university in the UK for arts and crafts is Kingston University London, which specialises in interior design, graphic design, animation, product design, furniture design, and illustration. In terms of fashion, textiles, and education, the university is ranked first in London and third overall in the United Kingdom.

For pharmacology and pharmacy, journalism, sports science, publishing, and public relations, it is ranked eighth in the UK and first in London. For the biosciences, nursing, and midwifery programmes it co-runs with St. George's University of London, it holds the top spot in London.

The university's fashion programme has been recognised as one of the best in the world by the Business of Fashion lists. One of the top universities in London and one of the top 200 new institutions worldwide is Kingston University London. Kingston University London has built a solid reputation among both domestic and foreign students since its founding.

Kingston University London Rankings and Achievements

NSS 2021 Rank-97

QS Ranking- 601-650

THE- 801–1000

The Guardian-45

Faculties at Kingston University London

Kingston School of Art

Faculty of Business and Social Sciences

Faculty of Health, Social Care and Education

Faculty of Science, Engineering and Computing

Courses Offered by Kingston University London

1. Undergraduate

Architecture and Landscape

Art and Design

Biological Sciences

Biomedical Science and Biochemistry

Building and Construction

Business

Chemistry, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical sciences

Computing

Construction and Surveying

Creative Industries

Creative Writing

Criminology

Drama, Dance and Music

Economics

Education

Engineering

English

Environment

Film and Media

Forensic Science

Geography

Health and Social Care Sciences

Humanities

Journalism and Media

Language and Literature

Law

Life Sciences

Management, Marketing and Advertising

Mathematics and Data Science

Music

Nursing and Midwifery

Psychology

Social Work and Social Care

Sociology

Sport Science and Nutrition

2. Postgraduate

Accounting, Finance and Banking

Architecture and Landscape

Art and Design

Biomedical Science, Cancer Biology and Microbiology

Building, Surveying and Construction

Business

Chemistry and Pharmaceutical Sciences

Computing and Information Systems

Creative Industries and the Creative Economy

Creative Writing

Criminology

Digital Media

Economics

Education

Engineering

Environment and Hazards

Forensic Science and Toxicology

Geographical Information Systems and Science

Healthcare

Human Resource Management

Humanities

International Relations and Politics

Journalism and Publishing

Law

Management (General)

Marketing

Mathematics

Music

Nursing and Midwifery

Performance, Film and Media

Philosophy

Psychology

Radiography

Real Estate

Real Estate and Building Conservation

Social Sciences

Social Work

Sport, Performance and Exercise

Students Statistics

Undergraduate – 71%

Postgraduate – 29%

Full-time students –87%

Part-time students –13%

UK students– 74%

EU students-4%

International students –22%

Female – 57%

Male – 43%

Breakdown of the Fee Structure

International students will have to pay around £14,000 – £17,000.

Scholarships

International students can receive scholarships from Kingston University London worth up to £2,000 for the first year. The award is available to students enrolled in undergraduate or graduate programmes for the September intake.

When a recent undergrad enrols in a postgraduate programme, the university also provides a 10% alumni discount on the tuition price. For undergraduates who begin a postgraduate degree at the institution right away, the postgraduate progression scholarship offers a 15% tuition fee discount, although it cannot be paired with the alumni discount.

For students pursuing their Masters in Curating Contemporary Design at Kingston School of Art, the Sino-British Fellowship Trust bursary gives £10,000 in research funding for students conducting their projects in either the UK or China.

Do you wish to attend classes here? We can assist you and make the application procedure for enrollment at Kingston University London simpler if you are an international student who is confused about it. Call us right away to schedule a consultation.

Student Support

There are 600 vacant opportunities in an ambassadorship programme offered by Kingston University London to its students. The programme for student ambassadors provides flexibility, competitive remuneration, and training.

Through the job fairs they conduct, the institution also provides a variety of local part-time opportunities, from social work to sports coaching. Each student is given a personal tutor by the institution to assist them in managing their workload. For private guidance, you can go to the Academic Success Center, which each faculty offers to its students.

Students have a variety of tutorials and courses to pick from if they need to sharpen their linguistic and academic abilities. Students with learning disabilities can access tutoring and drop-in sessions at Kingston University London.

Student Life

Kingston College Students who attend school in London benefit from the opportunity to live in a vibrant metropolis bordered by the picturesque Thames River. Students enrol at the UK university for a variety of reasons, including the vibrant nightlife and the abundance of shops.

The fascinating and relaxing beauty of nature is there for students to behold. Students are welcome to explore Richmond Park and Bushy Park, which features a breathtaking riverbank setting close to Hampton Court Palace.

Students will have fun on the weekends because to the city's vibrant arts scene, which includes a number of museums and music venues. Students may also visit the Stanley Picker Gallery at the University of London. At the Rose Theatre, students can take part in shows as either performers or audience members.

Students can eat on the weekends at any of the city's numerous taverns, cafes, and restaurants. They can go to the 15-inch-screen movie theatre or try their luck at bowling. In order to explore all the significant and well-known attractions in London, they can also go by train.

The city is a well-known shopping destination because it contains more than 500 stores and a bustling marketplace. Students can also check out the Tolworth Court sports facilities at Kingston University London. The university's great position puts it close to a number of prestigious sites, including the Twickenham and Wimbledon rugby stadiums.

Student Statistics

75% Undergraduates

25% Postgraduates

85% Full-time students

15% Part-time students

80% from the UK

5% from the EU

15% from around the world

41% Male

59% Female

Over 10,000 to 25,000 Student Population

Living Accommodations

Self-catered lodging ranges in price from £4,960 to £16,500 year.

For the September enrollment season, Kingston University London provided guaranteed residential accommodations to all first-year undergraduate students enrolled full-time. The residence halls contain 2,440 rooms, the majority of which have bathrooms. Apartments can hold up to eight students.

The residence halls are on or close to the university's main campuses. For free, students can travel between campuses by intercampus bus while exploring Kingston. The university can offer advice to students looking for rental housing outside of the campus to help them in their search. Additionally, the university oversees regional properties.

For the first time, international or EU students who have been studying at a UK university for less than a year may book a room at a hotel.

Transport

To quickly go around the campus, students can use the free inter-site bus service. The bus service is handicap accessible, includes a mobile tracker, and is environmentally friendly. For transportation between Penrhyn Road and Kingston Hills, students can rent an e-bike.

Two train stations, highways, and a network of buses are all part of the university's transportation system, which makes commuting simpler. The university is conveniently located near both the Heathrow and Gatwick international airports.

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[policydebate101]

Hi! Just as an intro, this is my third year on my school's debate team, second year as varsity (typically neg), and my first year as captain. Woohoo!

The main purpose of this blog will be debate memes for exhausted debaters, along with general advice. Feel free to ask any questions! I primarily compete in policy debate, though I can try to help, or direct you to helpful resources for any other questions you may have.

Have fun debating!

#policy debate #national forensic league #debate 2021 #nsda #ncfl #speech and debate

[flowpaper]

lol guys the TOC is this week and i haven’t started prepping.

please send help. if anyone is willing to trade prep for public forum db8 (i’ll have things by tomorrow i swear) please message me :��)) this is my first time going to the TOC but i’ve been so embroiled in school stuff that i’m n o t ready. 

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[purple-sharpie]

i’m not saying that all speech and debate kids are mentally unstable, but has anyone ever met a healthy speech and debate kid?

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[cherriethefruit]

So a Congress kid said once “He’s an OO kid. OO kids don’t care.” And I was about to argue until I realized we have four OO kids on out team and

One of them drank an actual gallon of unsweetened ice tea when the team went to dinner together (we did the math of how many ounces he had drunk)

Another OO kid was his ride home after dinner and he was ready to go and tired of being out but the first kid was effing shaking and this conversation transpired between him and an HI girl "What if he pees in your car? What if he pukes in your car?" "...oh..." "What if he dies in your car?" "Eh"

The entire time through dinner I kept throwing fries at the other OO kid’s face because he stole a fry from someone earlier, and I also apparently when I thought I was talking normally I was screaming but I refuse to stop when someone tells me to shut up

The fourth OO kid is a team captain and doesn’t take crap from anyone. She also worked on an entire essay and ignored the team screaming in between rounds and before awards

So. I realized I really couldn’t argue.

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[hiawathawoman]

In 2004 I went to Salt Lake City to compete in the National Debate Tournament. On Sunday, I had to dig out a bag to use for my race, and I found this floating around in the bottom...from 13 years ago!

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