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The Exhibitors Herald, June 1926

The first of the deluxe presentations was at the Forrest theatre, Philadelphia, Thursday evening. The audience was composed largely of members of the Advertising Clubs of the World, which was holding an international convention in the Quaker City, and the members of the Poor Richard Club. There were also present a large turnout of society, official and judicial life of Philadelphia. The other audience, which included Mrs. Coolidge, members of the diplomatic corps and Washington newspapermen, as guests of the National Press club, viewed the picture at a special screening Friday night at Poli’s theatre in Washington. General W. W. Atterbury; Senator-elect [and notorious political boss] Wm. S. Vare; Senator [and law professor] George W. Pepper; Lieut. Commander Geo. B. Wilson, U. S. Navy [not to be confused with the character from the Great Gatsby] ; Mrs. Barclay Warburton [civil rights supporter and journalist] ; Major Norman MacLeod; E. T. Stottsbury; Paul Thompson; Alexander Van Rensselaer; Mrs. Charlemagne Tower; Dr. H. J. Tily [department story owner, mason] ; Mr. and Mrs. Theodore W. Reath; Frank Smith; Mr. and Mrs. Jos. N. Snellenburg [merchant in clothing trade] ; Mr. and Mrs. Arthur Block; Mr. and Mrs. Jules E. Mastbaum [movie theater and department store magnates] ; George Nitsche [possibly an affiliate of U. Penn]; Josiah H. Penniman [Provost of U. Penn] ; J. Willis Martin [a judge]; H. S. McDevitt; John J. Monaghan. Judge Buffington, of Pittsburgh; Thos Finletter [could be one of a a number of lawyers with this name]; Mr. and Mrs. A. L. Einstein; Maurice Paillard, French consul; Robt. Von Moschzisker [justice of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania]; Mayor W. Freeland Kendrick; Geo. H. Elliott, director of public safety; Chas. B. Hall, president of City Council; Dr. Charles Hart; Rev. Wm. H. Fineschriber; Chas Fox, district attorney [could be a coincidence but Charles Fox III and IV are both currently lawyers in Pennsylvania]; John Fisler, president Manufacturers Club [golf afficianado]; Albert M. Greenfield [real estate broker and developer]; Jos. P. Gaffney; Mr. and Mrs. Ellis Gimbel [department store owner]; Daniel Gimbel [brother and co-owner along with Ellis]; J. D. Lit; Richard Gimbel [son of Ellis Gimble]; Benedict Gimbel [brother of Ellis and Daniel]; Colonel Robert Glendinning [banker]; Benjamin Golder [member of the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives], Agnew T. Dice [President of Reading Railroad]. Dr. Leon Elmaleh [founder of the Levantine Jews Society of Philadelphia]; H. Gilbert Cassidy [a judge]; Utley E. Crane [author of Business Law for Business Men]; Cyrus H. K. Curtis [magazine publisher]; Chas. S. Caldwell; G. W. Cole; Hampton L. Carson [lawyer, professor, state Attorney general]; A. Lincoln Acker [Philidelphia port collector]; Max Aron [lawyer]; Eugene C. Bonniwell [a judge]; Chas. L. Brown; Edward Groome; Chas. L. Bartlett; Edward Bok [editor of the Ladies Home Journal]; Mr. and Mrs. Geo. H. Lorimer [editor of the Saturday Evening Post]; Edw. Bacon; Chas. Curtis Harrison [a judge]; Samuel S. Eels, Rev. J. J. O’Hara [future Archbishop of Philadelphia], and Bishop Thos. J. Garland, D. D. [Episcopalian bishop]

There were a bunch of Universal employees in attendance too but that's less interesting to me. Let's see who went to the Washington show

Both showings were under the auspices of Ambassador Henri Beragner of France and Marcel Knecht, French publisher and trade representative. Dr. Ferdnand Heurteur, leader of the orchestra of the Paris Opera House, came to the United States to conduct the orchestras at these two showings. Among the distinguished guests at the Washington showing were: Don Juan Riano, Spanish ambassador; Senor and Senora de Mathieu, Chilan ambassador; Raoul Tilmont, secretary, Belgium embassy; G. H. Thompson, second secretary, British embassy; A. J. Pack, British embassy; Eduardo Racedo and Madame Racedo, first secretary, Argentine embassy; Conrado Traverso, Argentine embassy; Dr. and Senora Velarde, Peruvian ambassador; Dr. and Madame Santiago F. Bedoya, secretary, Peruvian embassy; Senor and Senora Tellez, Mexican ambassador; Senor and Senora Castro, secretary, Mexican embassy; Ambassador de Martino, Italy; Colonel Augusto Villa, miltary attache, Italian embassy; Count and Countess Sommati di Mombello, Italian embassy; Signor Leonardo Vitetti, Italian embassy. Baron and Baroness Ago Maltzan, German embassy; Mr. and Madame Matsuidaira, Japanese embassy; Mr. and Madame Gurgel de Amaral, Brazilian embassy; Senor and Senora de Sanchez Aballi, Cuban embassy; Senor Don Jose T. Baron, secretary, Cuban embassy; Brigadier General Georges A. L. Dumont, military attache, French embassy; Mr. Jules Henry, first secretary, French embassy; Major and Madame Georges Thenault, French embassy; Captain and Madame Willm, French embassy; Mr. A. Konow Bojsen, secretary, Danish legation; Mr. and Madame Marc Peter, Swiss ambassador; Mr. Andor de Hertelendy, Hungarian embassay; Senor and Senora Ricardo Jaimes Freyre, Bolivian embassy. Mr. and Mrs. Timothy A. Smiddy, minister, Irish Free State; Mr. and Madame Simoposilis, Minister from Greece; Mr. and Madame Prochnik, Austrian ambassador; Mr. and Madame Charles L. Seya, Latvian embassy; Mahmoud Samy Pasha and Madame Samy Pasha, Egyptian embassy; Mr. Zdenek Fierlinger, Minister from Czechoslovakia; Mr. Simeon Radeff, Bulgarian embassy; Mr. and Madame Jan Ciechanowski, Polish minister; Senor don Manuel Zavala, Nicaragua embassy, and Mr. and Madame Bostrom, Swedish ambassador.

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Photo by Zac Freeland/Vox

The government’s ability to access phone data depends on a patchwork of court decisions and laws that predate the technology.

Our lives are on our phones, making them a likely source of evidence if police suspect you’ve committed a crime. And there are myriad ways law enforcement can obtain that data, both externally and from the phone itself.

Companies that specialize in cracking phone passcodes and exploiting vulnerabilities are getting better and better at undermining them. And although Apple has tried especially hard to make its phones impossible to break into, more and more law enforcement agencies are using those tools to gain access to devices, even when someone is accused of relatively petty crimes.

While there are a few good primers online that cover the steps you can take to minimize your phone’s exposure to law enforcement surveillance, there’s no way to completely guarantee your privacy.

When it comes to data that can only be obtained from access to your phone, what law enforcement can actually get varies depending on how you lock it down, where you live, and the jurisdiction of the law enforcement agency that is investigating you (local police versus the FBI, for instance). Here are some of the main ways the government can get information from your phone, including why it’s allowed to and how it would do so.

Law enforcement wants access to third-party data on my phone. What can it get?

Short answer: Whatever it wants (with the right court order).

Long answer: Depending on what law enforcement is looking for, it may not need physical possession of your device at all. A lot of information on your phone is also stored elsewhere. For example, if you back up your iPhone to Apple’s iCloud, the government can get it from Apple. If it needs to see whose DMs you slid into, law enforcement can contact Twitter. As long as they go through the proper and established legal channels to get it, police can get their hands on pretty much anything you’ve stored outside of your device.

You do have some rights here. The Fourth Amendment protects you from illegal search and seizure, and a provision of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 (ECPA) dictates what law enforcement must obtain in order to get the information. It might be a subpoena, court order, or warrant, depending on what it’s looking for. (WhatsApp actually does a good job of explaining this in its FAQ.) A section of the ECPA, known as the Stored Communications Act, says that service providers must have those orders before they can give the requested information to law enforcement.

But, assuming the government has the right paperwork, your information is very obtainable.

“Basically, anything that a provider has that it can decode, law enforcement is getting it,” Jennifer Granick, surveillance and cybersecurity counsel for the ACLU’s speech, privacy, and technology project, told Recode.

Note that this only covers service providers. If law enforcement wants to get WhatsApp messages you exchanged with a friend from your friend’s phone, it doesn’t need a warrant as long as your friend is willing to hand over the information.

“You don’t have a Fourth Amendment interest in messages that have been received by someone else,” Andrew Crocker, a senior staff attorney for the Electronic Frontier Foundation, told Recode.

If your friend refuses to willingly hand over what the police want, they can still get it — they just have to get a warrant first.

Law enforcement wants access to personal data on my phone. Can they do that?

Short answer: If your phone is protected by a passcode or biometric unlocking features, there’s a chance police can’t gain access to your personal data. But that’s not guaranteed.

Long answer: In addition to data hosted by a third party, there’s a lot of information that can only be gained from access to your phone. For example, the data in iCloud backups is only as recent as the last time you uploaded it, and it only includes what you choose to give it — assuming you back up your phone at all. Encrypted messaging services like WhatsApp don’t store messages on their servers or keep track of who is sending them to whom, so the only way for police to access them is through the sender’s or the receiver’s device. And as we’ve explained above, the government can get WhatsApp messages from the person you’re communicating with, but only if it knows who it is in the first place.

So how exactly would someone other than you — police, for instance — get access to that data? If your phone doesn’t have a password or law enforcement is able to access it using specialized passcode cracking tools like Cellebrite or GrayKey — and they have the necessary search warrant to do so — then it’s all theirs. A 2020 report from the technology and justice advocacy group Upturn showed that law enforcement use of these phone-cracking tools is more prevalent than previously known, and there is little oversight governing how and when those tools may be used, or what information they’re limited to accessing. But if your phone is locked with a passcode and law enforcement can’t hack into it, the Fifth Amendment may be your friend.

Essentially, the Fifth Amendment says you can’t be compelled to give self-incriminating testimony. (This amendment is perhaps known best to you as that dramatic moment on Law & Order when the person on the stand says, “I plead the Fifth.”) Testimony, in this case, is defined as revealing the contents of your own mind. Therefore, civil rights advocates say, the government can’t force you to tell them your phone’s password.

Most courts seem to agree with this, but that’s not always enough. There is what is known as the foregone conclusion exception. That is, a defendant’s testimony is not self-incriminating if it reveals something the government already knew, and the government can prove that prior knowledge. In this case, the defendant’s testimony is a foregone conclusion — a predictable outcome.

So, for phone passwords, the government can and does argue that revealing the password only shows that the phone belongs to the defendant. If the government has enough proof to establish the phone’s ownership, that’s a foregone conclusion that the defendant would also know its password. Some courts have interpreted this to require the government also to show it has knowledge of the specific pieces of evidence it expects to find on the device.

This exception comes from a 1976 US Supreme Court ruling. In Fisher v. United States, someone being investigated for tax fraud gave documents prepared by his accountant to his lawyer. The IRS wanted those documents; the defendant said that producing them would be self-incriminating and therefore was protected by the Fifth Amendment. The Supreme Court sided with the IRS, ruling that since the existence and location of the tax documents was a “foregone conclusion,” the act of producing them didn’t tell the government anything it didn’t already know.

Obviously, a 44-year-old decision over tax papers doesn’t take into account how information can be stored today, nor how much.

“The EFF’s position is that the foregone conclusion exception is very narrow and should never apply in these passcode cases,” Crocker said.

But without further guidance from the Supreme Court, it’s largely been left up to interpretation by lower courts, with state courts considering their state constitution’s provisions as well as the federal. The result, Crocker says, is “a total patchwork of [decisions from] state Supreme Courts and federal courts.”

For example, in 2019, Massachusetts’s highest court forced a defendant to reveal his phone’s passcode while Pennsylvania’s highest court ruled that a defendant could not be compelled to unlock his computer. Indiana’s and New Jersey’s highest courts are both considering compelled passcode disclosure cases. On the federal side, the Third Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that a defendant could be compelled to unlock multiple password-protected devices, even though the defendant claimed he couldn’t remember his passwords. The 11th Circuit Court of Appeals, on the other hand, ruled the other way in a different case.

“It’s very much in flux,” Crocker said. “Eventually, the US Supreme Court could get involved and resolve this.”

There are other ways to protect your phone. Some phones can use fingerprints, facial recognition, and iris scanners to unlock instead of passwords. Law enforcement is allowed to use people’s bodies as evidence against them, for instance by compelling them to participate in suspect lineups or provide their DNA. So if the police can take your fingerprints, can’t they use them to unlock your phone? Again, courts are all over the map on this.

“The issue with biometrics is, is it testimonial?” Granick said. “The courts have not entirely decided that, but there have been a couple courts recently that said biometrics is basically the modern technological equivalent of your passcode.”

Crocker says courts should consider that the evidence police can get from your fingerprint is much more restricted and known than what they can get when your fingerprint unlocks a phone. So far, though, he says, courts have been more likely to rule that the Fifth Amendment does not apply to biometrics than they are that it applies to passcodes.

Yet another factor to consider here is that, while it’s impossible for police to read your mind and get your passcode, they can hold a phone up to your face or press your finger on it to bypass the biometric lock. And while your lawyer can (and should) argue that any evidence found this way was illegally obtained and should be suppressed, there’s no guarantee they’ll win.

“It’s fair to say that invoking one’s rights not to turn over evidence is stronger than trying to have the evidence suppressed after the fact,” Crocker said.

So, all things considered, if you’re worried about law enforcement getting access to your phone, your safest bet is to just use a passcode.

Sadly, I have died. Law enforcement wants to unlock my phone, but they can’t get my password due to my aforementioned death. What happens now?

Short answer: Your Fourth and Fifth Amendment rights generally end when you do. But other parties have rights, too, and those might be enough to keep the government out of your phone.

Long answer: This isn’t about your Fourth or Fifth Amendment rights anymore; for the most part, you lost those when you died. (That said, law enforcement might have to get the right paperwork if they were looking for evidence against someone else on your phone — after all, their Fourth Amendment rights are still intact.) If law enforcement can’t get into your device on its own, it may well be the phone’s manufacturer’s rights that come into question.

[Former] Attorney General Bill Barr has made no secret of his disdain for Apple over its refusal to grant law enforcement access to locked and encrypted devices. In May of 2020, the year this was written, he called for a “legislative solution” that would force tech companies to cooperate with his demands.

Barr also claimed that January that the only way the FBI could access dead suspected terrorist Mohammed Saeed Alshamrani’s iPhones is if Apple unlocked them. The agency has made this argument before. In 2016, the United States tried to use the All Writs Act, which dates back to 1789, to force Apple to create a “back door” that would give the FBI access to the San Bernardino shooter’s locked phone. Apple refused, saying the government could not force it to create “a crippled and insecure product” that it would not have built otherwise. So far, there’s been no legal resolution: In both cases, the FBI was able to access the phone through other means before a court could rule on it.

You may have noticed by now that, while many of the cases concerning phones and passcodes are recent — some are even still making their way through the legal system — the cases cited to make legal arguments are decades or even centuries old. The wheels of justice turn slowly, and judges are often forced to use decisions about access to pieces of paper to inform their rulings about access to devices that hold tremendous amounts of personal information: who we talk to, when, and about what; where we were yesterday, last month, or three years ago; what we spent money on or got money for; our calendars, photos, emails, and contacts. These devices hold tens or even hundreds of gigabytes of data on almost everything about us.

You may not be able to control what law enforcement can get from someone else or what they do with your phone once you’re dead. But, with so much uncertainty surrounding what the government can force you to do with it when you’re alive, it’s a good idea to check out your legal options before handing over that passcode.

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“Found Furs At Farm, Police Tells Court,” Toronto Star. December 20, 1932. Page 1. ---- ‘Just Two Poor Fools,’ Says One of Accused Conducting Own Defence --- The trial of Max Beaver and Morris Rosenbaum, alleged fur robbers, continued before Judge Tytler and jury to-day.

Defending themselves, Beaver, after a reprimand by the judge for improper questioning of one of the witnesses, pointed down to the prosecuting attorneys, J. W. McFadden and C. L. Snyder, and pleaded: ‘Here’s fix or six lawyers. We are just two poor fools. You will have to forgive my mistakes.’

Detective-Sergeant Glacoe told how he had led the raid on the night of Oct. 21 to Freeland’s farm on Dufferin St., and how they found the furs, a gun, and a jimmy in one of the upstairs rooms.’

Detective-Sergt. McMaster told of the chase after accused’s car.

‘What speed were you going?’ asked the crown. ‘Anywhere between 50 and 62. I slowed down at a bad corner. They didn’t, and turned over in the ditch.'

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Near Freeland WA

Freeland, WA

If you’re thinking whether Freeland, WA, is an excellent place to live or not, well, my answer is yes as always. Freeland, WA, has a population of more than 2000, with a median home price of 540, 000 which is high money. This location tends to lean conservative, and a lot of people own their houses. Although the costs of the home are pretty high, the median household income is also very high. It’s higher than the national average. If you opt to rent a house, the median rent is $1, 211 while the median individual income is $40 036.

Scott and Smith Attorneys at Law PLLC

The Law Offices of Andrew F. Scott and Associates PLLC, in its over 25 years of experience, have attended more than 3000 cases and over 100 jury trials. The team is known for its exceptional legal representation to its clients. Whether it be individual, family, or business clients in Island and Puget Sound. This law firm comprises attorneys and paralegals that bring together the knowledge, expertise, and experience in the field. These attorneys are all equally dedicated to achieving optimal results for business clients. They have a long history of success in every case they handled. They are the best in town with two offices – the Freeland and the Oak Harbor. For inquiries, call [phone].

Teenager killed, another injured in South Whidbey crash

The Washington State Patrol reported that 17-year-old Taylor Daniels of Clinton was pronounced dead after being airlifted to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. Read more here

I read from South Whidbey Record that a teenager was killed, and another one was injured in the South Whidbey crash. This happens in a vehicle collision near the Freeland. After being airlifted to the Harborview Medical Center in Seattle, Tylor Daniels, 17- years old, was pronounced dead while Nevin Daniels, 19, was injured and transported to Providence Hospital in Everett for treatment. According to the State Patrol, Taylor Daniels was driving a 1993 Geo Prizm on Bush Point Road and stopped at the intersection with State highway 525. It a bit saddening because he was still very young to die. Anyway, it’s an accident, so hopefully, things would be okay, especially about his family.

Mutiny Bay Distillery in Freeland, WA

In Freeland, WA, the Mutiny Bay Distillery started as a daydream when Rod and Kathy worked as pharmacists on Whidbey Island. Whidbey has been their home for more than twenty years, they have visions to be a part of this stunning island, a lot of hard work passed, and they were able to live with the distillery that they dream with their son. I like this Mutiny Bay Distillery that’s built upon a grain-to-glass philosophy by which the family works together to produce a handcrafted bottle of whiskey that bears this label. It’s incredible how to make this distillery running from the long drive of picking the wheat from the farm to the distillery process and hand labeling of the bottle.

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Driving Direction

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Mutiny Bay Distillery

5490 Cameron Rd, Freeland, WA 98249, United States

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1665 East Main Street Freeland,

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Warner Archive October 2020 Releases

Coming soon to an online retailer near you!

NEW 2020 1080p master! DROP DEAD GORGEOUS (1999) Run Time             98:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio       1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

The Sarah Rose American Teen Princess Pageant is a beauty contest to die for! And that’s exactly what the contestants in Mount Rose, Minnesota, are doing. Ever since the vivacious-but-vicious former beauty queen Gladys Leeman (Kirstie Alley, TV’s Cheers) started pushing her charm-challenged daughter, Rebecca (Denise Richards, The World Is Not Enough), to win at all costs, the competition has been dropping like flies. Between exploding tractors and deadly hunting accidents, it’s a wonder the top challenger, poor Amber (Kirsten Dunst, Spider-Man), has the courage to keep her tap shoes on. But after Amber’s mother (Ellen Barkin, TV’s Animal Kingdom) is injured in a suspicious trailer-park-beauty-shop bombing, Amber is determined to fight to the finish – and the battle between the good and the bad is about to get ugly! Experience plenty of mom, apple pie and all-American mayhem, plus a hit-packed soundtrack, in this breakthrough comedy that is “clever, fearless and loaded with wicked lines and touches” (Los Angeles Times).

NEW 2020 1080p masters! SPACE GHOST & DINO BOY: THE COMPLETE SERIES Run Time             420:00 Subtitles               English Audio Specs        MONO - English Aspect Ratio       1.33:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration BD 50 (2) Special Feature: Documentary "Alex Toth: The Artist's Artist: The Journey of a Master Cartoonist" (SD)

Showcasing the episodes in the three-segment form as they originally aired, these stellar retro hits soar through space and time to deliver justice! First, intergalactic policeman Space Ghost navigates the cosmos in his tricked-out spaceship The Phantom Cruiser, battling villains like Brak and Zorak with his legendary suit and powerful wristbands. Then, Dino Boy teams with caveman Ugh and dinosaur Bronty to go primeval on the ancient menaces of their primitive home. And finally, Space Ghost flies again with more extraterrestrial adventures and thrilling takedowns. This dynamite compilation also features the dynamic six-part Space Ghost episode The Council of Doom. It’s cosmic entertainment for all!

NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan of best surviving nitrate elements! SERGEANT YORK (1941) Run Time             134:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English Aspect Ratio       1.37:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color    BLACK & WHITE Disc Configuration           BD 50 Special Features: Commentary by Film Historian Jeanine Basinger; Making of Featurette "Sergeant York: Of God and Country"; Classic Cartoon "Porky's Preview"; Vintage Short "Lions for Sale"; Theatrical re-issue trailer (HD).

Torn between religious pacifism and patriotism, Alvin York of Tennessee went on to become World War I's most acclaimed hero. As the simple backwoods farm boy who captured 132 German soldiers during the Battle of Argonne, Gary Cooper (handpicked by York) also won acclaim and his first Best Actor Academy Award®. Released in 1941 when the United States was on the brink of another war, this stirring adventure inspired thousands of enlisting men. Nominated for a total of 11 Oscars® including Best Picture, a winner for Best Film Editing and movingly directed by Howard Hawks, it tells of a religious man's moral crisis, heroics and subsequent return to the rural life he loved while refusing to capitalize on the adulation heaped upon him. An ode to patriotism and the human spirit, Sergeant York endures as one of Hollywood's finest hours.

NEW 2020 1080p master! REVERSAL OF FORTUNE (1990) Run Time             112:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        STEREO - English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English Aspect Ratio       1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD) and feature commentary by Director Barbet Schroeder and Screenwriter Nicholas Kazan

Did European aristocrat Claus von Bulow (Jeremy Irons) try to murder his wife, Sunny (Glenn Close), at their luxurious Newport mansion in 1980? Tabloids of the day had their opinions. “You have one thing in your favor,” defense attorney Alan Dershowitz (Ron Silver) told von Bulow. “Everybody hates you.” Written for the screen by Nicholas Kazan (Fallen, At Close Range), directed by Barbet Schroeder (Single White Female) and based on Dershowitz’s book, Reversal of Fortune is the acclaimed filmization of events that had all of America talking. For his precise portrait of icy brittleness, Irons won the Best Actor Academy Award®* as well as the Los Angeles and National Society of Film Critics Awards. Think you know the truth? Until you watch…you have no idea.

NEW 2020 1080p master! SUNRISE AT CAMPOBELLO (1960) Run Time             143:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        MONO - English, DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English Aspect Ratio       1.85:1, 16x9 Widescreen Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

He led America’s battles against the Depression and the Axis powers – and won. But first Franklin Delano Roosevelt fought a personal battle against polio that would either destroy him – or arm him for greatness. This powerful film of Dore Schary’s long-running play is an intimate, admiring profile in courage. Ralph Bellamy reprises his dynamic Tony®-winning stage portrayal of the future President, and Greer Garson is his devoted, warbly-voiced wife, Eleanor. Both were uncannily true in their roles, and acclaim followed: Garson earned Golden Globe® and National Board of Review Best Actress awards, as well as one of the movie’s four Oscar® nominations. With exteriors filmed at Campobello and Hyde Park and interiors staged on uncanny duplications of the real-life Roosevelt homes, Sunrise at Campobello shines eloquently and movingly.

NEW 2020 1080p master! THE OPPOSITE SEX (1956) Run Time             116:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, STEREO - English Aspect Ratio        2.35:1, 16x9 Letterbox Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           BD 50 Includes Original Theatrical Trailer (HD)

“I’ve waited a whole year to grow claws like these. Jungle Red!” One of film’s greatest lines belongs to a wronged wife who wins back her man with the aid of an aggressive shade of nail polish. First a hit play, then an all-star 1939 (and later, 2008) movie, The Women resurfaces here as the musical The Opposite Sex, complete with an all-star cast, lines dipped in acid wit, big production numbers and fabulous ‘50s couture in scintillating CinemaScope®. June Allyson portrays the betrayed woman. Joan Collins is the siren who steals her husband. And Dolores Gray, Ann Sheridan, Ann Miller, Agnes Moorehead, Charlotte Greenwood and Joan Blondell are assorted gal pals (true-blue and envy-green) who convince their demure friend to paint her claws – then use them.

NEW 2020 1080p master from 4K scan from best surviving preservation elements! WATERLOO BRIDGE (1940) Run Time             109:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        DTS HD-Master Audio 2.0 - English, MONO - English Aspect Ratio       1.37:1, 4x3 Full Frame Product Color    BLACK & WHITE Disc Configuration           BD 50 Includes Theatrical Trailer (HD) and Screen Director’s Playhouse Radio Program with Norma Shearer and Mervyn LeRoy (audio only).

Myra and Roy meet and fall in love on Waterloo Bridge during an air raid. Their love will be one of the war’s unspoken casualties. Heartbroken after Roy is reportedly killed in action, Myra turns to prostitution to make her way. The report, however, is false. Roy later returns from a POW camp, eager to begin life anew with his beloved. But Myra’s shattered spirit may no longer hold any room for happiness. Vivien Leigh plays Myra, at once winning and breaking viewers’ hearts in this exquisite melodrama. In a compassionate performance that was his all-time favorite, Robert Taylor is gallant Roy. Under Mervyn LeRoy’s astute direction, they make Waterloo Bridge a meeting place for lovers.

BLACK LIGHTNING: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (2018-19) Run Time             674:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio       ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1, 16x9 Full Frame Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           BD 50 (3)

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams) is a man of many faces. A former Olympic athlete, respected educator and father of two, he’s also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. But Jefferson is not alone. His oldest daughter, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), is a med student, part-time teacher and social activist. She is also the Super Hero known as Thunder, possessing invulnerability and super strength for as long as she can hold her breath. Jefferson’s youngest daughter, Jennifer (China Anne McClain), is a fiery teen who inherited her father’s athletic gifts but not his desire to be an athlete. Jennifer also inherited his powers. Her body generates pure electrical energy, and she possesses the potential to be more powerful than Anissa or Jefferson. Lynn (Christine Adams), Jefferson’s ex-wife, is fast becoming an expert in metahuman medicine. Together, the Pierce family fights the gang known as the One Hundred for the soul of Freeland.

BLACK LIGHTNING: THE COMPLETE THIRD SEASON (2019-20) Run Time             673:00 Subtitles               English SDH Audio Specs        DTS HD-Master Audio 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio       ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.78:1, 16x9 Full Frame Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           BD 50 (3)

Jefferson Pierce (Cress Williams), respected educator and father of two, is also Black Lightning, superpowered protector of Freeland. And he doesn’t fight alone. He is joined by his superpowered daughters, Anissa (Nafessa Williams), aka Thunder, and Jennifer (China Anne McClain), aka Lightning, as well as his ex-wife, metahuman expert Lynn (Christine Adams). Together, the Pierce family combats the ills eroding their city, including a menacing gang that calls itself The 100 and infamous gangster Tobias Whale (Marvin Jones III). Worse, Freeland has been plagued by government-sponsored experiments and drug trafficking, creating metahumans and addicts while making Freeland the target of a dangerous foreign power, Markovia. Fortunately, the family still has allies in their fight: former covert superspy Peter Gambi (James Remar) and Jefferson’s neighbor, the scrupulously honest deputy police chief Bill Henderson (Damon Gupton).

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THE PLOT AGAINST AMERICA (2020) Subtitles               English SDH Sound Quality    DOLBY DIGITAL SURROUND 5.1 - English Aspect Ratio       ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 2.0:1, 16x9 Letterbox Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           DVD9

The HBO® series The Plot Against America, created by The Wire’s David Simon and Ed Burns and based on Philip Roth’s acclaimed novel, brilliantly imagines an alternate American history during World War II. Told through the eyes of the Levins, a working-class Jewish family in Newark, New Jersey, the six-part limited series charts the political rise of aviation hero Charles Lindbergh, a xenophobic populist who captures the presidency in 1940 and turns the nation toward fascism. Caught in the upheaval, the Levins learn that the violence threatening the lives of ordinary Americans is never more than a moment’s political provocation away. Winona Ryder, Anthony Boyle, Zoe Kazan, Morgan Spector, Michael Kostroff, David Krumholtz, Azhy Robertson, Caleb Malis, Jacob Laval and John Turturro star in this powerful tale of intolerance and totalitarianism.

HEAD OF THE CLASS: THE COMPLETE SECOND SEASON (1987-88) Run Time             587:00 Sound Quality    MONO - English, DOLBY DIGITAL - English Aspect Ratio       4x3 Full Frame, ORIGINAL ASPECT RATIO - 1.33:1 Product Color    COLOR Disc Configuration           DVD9

Howard Hesseman (WKRP in Cincinnati) returns as good-natured substitute teacher Charlie Moore for the sophomore season of this fan-favorite sitcom. Charlie is assigned to the Individualized Honors Program, a very different kind of class. The IHP students are so gifted that their teachers are expected to be glorified babysitters, but the unconventional Charlie upsets the applecart by deciding to actually teach! He guides his charges – classic nerd Arvid (Dan Frischman), overachiever Maria (Leslie Bega), debate dynamo Darlene (Robin Givens), Indian immigrant Jawaharlal (Jory Husain), child prodigy Janice (Tannis Vallely), too-cool-for-school Eric (Brian Robbins), chemistry whiz Dennis (Dan Schneider), academic Renaissance woman Sarah (Kimberly Russell), ultraserious Alan (Tony O’Dell) and ethereal bibliophile Simone (Khrystyne Haje) – through academic challenges and real-life problems alike.

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Canada’s “Feminist” Prime Minister Justin Trudeau (Part One) Even though the Liberal MPs elected weren’t anywhere close to gender parity in Parliament in 2015, about a quarter of LPC MPs being women, there was a big todo made about Mr Trudeau’s choice of a cabinet that was half male & half female.  

The Prime Minister has gotten a lot of ink about his gender parity cabinet, and his insistence that he is a feminist.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is pictured above with female Cabinet Ministers:

The Honourable Karina Gould,  Minister of Democratic Institutions January 10, 2017 – Present

The Honourable Marie-Claude Bibeau Minister of International Development November 4, 2015 – Present

The Honourable Mary F.Y. Ng Minister of Small Business and Export Promotion July 18, 2018 – Present

The Honourable Jody Wilson-Raybould Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada Nov 4, 2015 – Jan 14, 2019 Minister of Veterans Affairs January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019 Associate Minister of National Defence January 14, 2019 – February 12, 2019

The Honourable Catherine McKenna Minister of Environment and Climate Change November 4, 2015 – Present

The Honourable Chrystia Freeland Minister of Foreign Affairs January 10, 2017 – Present

The Honourable Maryam Monsef Minister of Democratic Institutions November 4, 2015 – January 10, 2017 Minister of Status of Women January 10, 2017 – Present

The Honourable Bardish Chagger Minister of Small Business and Tourism November 4, 2015–July 18, 2018 Leader of the Government in the House of Commons August 19, 2016 – Present

The Honourable Jane Philpott Minister of Health November 4, 2015 – August 28, 2017 Minister of Indigenous Services August 28, 2017 – January 14, 2019 President of the Treasury Board January 2019 – Present

The Honourable Judy Foote Receiver General for Canada November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 Minister of Public Services and Procurement and Accessibility[b] November 4, 2015 – August 24, 2017 Find Part Two here.

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[atlanticcanada]

Trudeau makes history, invokes Emergencies Act to address trucker protests

For the first time in Canadian history, the federal government is enacting the Emergencies Act, declaring a public order emergency, to bring the ongoing trucker convoy protests and blockades to an end.

In effecting the extraordinary powers, the federal government is moving forward with a wide-sweeping range of new measures to support the provinces, municipalities, and police forces currently facing continued demonstrations, but are also cracking down on some of the more systemic gaps exposed by the Freedom Convoy protests.

“Right now the situation requires additional tools not held by any other federal, provincial, or territorial law. Today, in these circumstances, it is now clear that responsible leadership requires us to do this,” the prime minister said on Monday, calling it a “last resort.”

Through these new powers the government is:

Enabling the RCMP to have the jurisdiction to enforce municipal bylaws and provincial offenses;

Regulating and prohibiting taking part in a public assembly where it’s considered a breach of peace and goes beyond lawful protest;

Designating secure and protected places and infrastructure that are critical to the economy such as border crossings and airports;

Compelling those capable to render essential services, so in this case ordering tow truck drivers to move vehicles blocking roads;

Authorizing financial institutions to essentially stop the the financing efforts, including immediately freezing or suspending affiliated accounts without a court order; and

Permitting police to impose fines or imprisonment on those who breach any of the above orders.

“I want to be very clear, the scope of these measures will be time-limited, geographically-targeted, as well as reasonable and proportionate to the threats they are meant to address,” Trudeau said, making it clear that for those still participating “the time to go home is now.”

The prime minister made the major announcement on Monday alongside Deputy Prime Minister and Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, Justice Minister and Attorney General David Lametti, Public Safety Minister Marco Mendicino, and Emergency Preparedness Minister Bill Blair.

Speaking to the suite of unprecedented financial measures the government is taking, Freeland said the government is “following the money,” a reference to the controversial and largely halted fundraising efforts of convoy organizers that’s helped fuel their fight.

“We are today serving notice if your truck is being used in these illegal blockades, your corporate accounts will be frozen. The insurance on your vehicle will be suspended. Send your semi trailers home, the Canadian economy needs them to be doing legitimate work,” Freeland said.

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“We cannot and will not allow illegal and dangerous activities to continue,” said the prime minister.

Moving ahead with the Emergencies Act comes after Trudeau consulted premiers and the Liberal caucus on Monday morning and spent part of his weekend in high-level federal meetings about enacting the never-before-used federal authorities.

The government will not be calling in the military—a move that has rarely been taken in the history of civilian demonstrations in this country—and if pursued down the line would happen separately through the National Defence Act.

“We are not preventing people from exercising their right to protest legally. We are reinforcing the principles, values and institutions that keep all Canadians free,” Trudeau said.

HOW THE COUNTRY GOT HERE

Blair first signalled that this move was coming on Sunday, telling CTV News that the government was prepared to step in once the situation exceeded what the provinces could handle, calling the situation a “significant national security threat.”

While the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor, Ont. has reopened, other border blockades persist including in Coutts, Alta. and Emerson, Man. Since Jan. 28, downtown Ottawa remains occupied with emboldened participants undeterred by the threats of “severe” consequences in the face of minimal police enforcement of the layers of laws, injunctions, and emergency orders already in effect.

Trudeau described this as “serious challenges to law enforcement's ability to effectively enforce the law.”

On Monday, as the government was readying to enact the Act, trucks were on the move in the downtown core, condensing their presence in the parliamentary precinct. Acts of defiance and desecration persisted, with crowds blaring loud freedom-themed music and declaring the police-coined “red zone” that Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has said the city has lost control of, their “home.”

“Here in our capital city, families and small businesses have been enduring illegal obstruction of their neighborhoods, occupying streets, harassing people, breaking the law. This is not a peaceful protest,” Trudeau said, promising financial support for the businesses who have been impacted.

“At the borders in different parts of the country, the blockades are harming our economy, and endangering public safety, critical supply chains have been disrupted,” Trudeau said.

Amid considerable international attention and endorsements from prominent Republican figures in the United States, Canadian Border Services Agency has been turning back non-Canadians trying to enter Canada to participate in blockades.

Some protesters CTV News has spoken to throughout the demonstrations in Ottawa have compared their permit-less and prolonged disruption to a wintertime Canada Day, and have expressed a willingness to stand their ground at all costs until all COVID-19 vaccine mandates and other public health restrictions are ended.

News of the Emergencies Act being in play did not appear to prompt any new concern, with convoy organizer Tamara Lich urging protesters and truckers to stand their ground.

“There are no threats that will frighten us. We will hold the line,” Lich said Monday at a press conference. “To our truckers and friends on Parliament Hill, do not give into fear and threats. Your courage has already exceeded all of our expectations and inspired an international movement. Be strong, show kindness. Love will always defeat hate. Hold the line.”

REACTION FROM PREMIERS, LEADERS

While provincial leaders are mixed on whether this extraordinary step is necessary to quell the demonstrations that are now stretching into their third week in the nation’s capital and impacting key Canada-U.S. border crossings, Trudeau said the powers are there for regions that need them.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford declared a state of emergency in the province on Friday, invoking new emergency measures to levy stiffer fines and penalties on protesters, including a maximum penalty of $100,000 and up to a year imprisonment for non-compliance. “These occupiers, they're doing the total opposite of what they say they're there to do,” Ford said.

Alberta Premier Jason Kenney, however, is opposed to using the Act, saying the province has what it needs to address the Coutts, Alta. blockade that has been in place nearly as long as the Ottawa protesters. Joining him in opposition to this move are the premiers of Quebec, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

“The view I have, which I conveyed to the prime minister… is that this is not necessary, at least for an Alberta context,” Kenney said, adding that he thinks Trudeau doing this will further inflame and potentially prolong the protests.

Trudeau said he also briefed opposition party leaders about these plans he says are aimed at protecting Canadians and “restoring confidence in our institutions.”

Though, interim Conservative Leader Candice Bergen—in the job less than two weeks after her predecessor Erin O’Toole was ousted by caucus in the midst of the protests—said consultation is not the same as collaboration.

“There are a number of things that the prime minister could have done. He certainly didn't help the situation by calling them names, by saying that their opinions were not acceptable… He continually escalated and inflamed the situation,” said Bergen, who has been among the more vocal Conservative supporters of the convoy protests, the only party in the House of Commons to take this stance.

Ahead of the announcement, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh characterized enacting federal emergency measures as a failure of leadership, but said he supports enacting the exceptional authorities.

“The reason why we got to this point is because the prime minister let the siege of Ottawa go on for weeks and weeks without actually doing anything about it. [He] allowed the convoy to shut down borders without responding appropriately, and in doing so, has allowed the convoy to dig in, to get entrenched, to allow them to spread across the country,” Singh said.

POWERS EXPIRE IN 30 DAYS?

Formerly known as the War Measures Act, the current iteration of the Emergencies Act passed in 1988 and has never been used, until now.

The last time these federal emergency powers were invoked under the then-War Measures Act was during the 1970 FLQ October Crisis, when Trudeau's father was the prime minister and was facing down domestic terrorists.

Federal officials will have to outline in a declaration why it feels the powers are needed given the circumstances on the ground.

This, and a motion for confirmation of the declaration of emergency, has to be presented within seven days to both the House and Senate. A cross-party and closed-door Parliamentary Review Committee will also be struck.

“Having now declared a public order emergency, we will table the declaration in Parliament as required,” Lametti said Monday, telling reporters the government is confident the clear conditions that needed to be met in order to declare a public order emergency have been met.

Once a declaration of a public order emergency is issued, it is considered in effect, and unless the declaration is revoked by Parliament or extended, it will expire after 30 days.

Lametti said it is the government’s hope that they can revoke the emergency order “much sooner.”

MPs are set to adjourn for a week on Friday and the Senate is not currently sitting until Feb. 22 so it’s possible one or both Chambers will have to be recalled to consider the declaration.

Within 60 days of the declaration of emergency being expired or revoked, the government will have to convene an inquiry to study the use of the powers. The report stemming from this work will have to then be presented to Parliament within 360 days.

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[opedguy]

Rittenhouse Jury Sweats it Out

LOS ANGELES (OnlineColumnist.com), Nov. 18, 2021.--Kyle Rittenhouse’s Minneapolis trial judge 75-year-old Bruce Schroeder caused quite a stir banning MSNBC from the courtroom after a so-called “feelancer” followed the jury bus, most likely to get photos.  But just as jurors sweat it out trying to determine whether to send the 18-year-old to prison for the rest of his life for intentional homicide, Schroeder admonished the media for trying-and-convicting Rittenhouse.  As so common today, Democrats conclude that Rittenhouse is guilty as charged while Republicans back his self-defense strategy, saying he was threatened and opened fire Aug. 26, 2020 in Kenosha, Wisconsin, killing two people he claimed was assaulting him.  “I thought if I were to be knocked out, he would have stomped my face in if I didn’t fire,” Rittenhouse told the jury about the unknown-until-now “jump kick man” identified today as Maurice Feeland, a convicted felon.    

         Prosecutors chose not to call Freeland to trial because of his criminal history, thinking Rittenhouse’s defense team would have had a field day proving their self-defense case.  Once Freeland approached Rittenhouse, he opened fire but missed the overlooked witness, lucky to escape with his life.  Rittenhouse faces one count of first-degree reckless endangering safety with a dangerous weapon for firing the shots at Freeland.  That crime alone carries a 12-and-half-year prison sentence.  Jurors are deliberating over first-degree reckless homicide, first-degree intentional homicide, attempted first-degree intentional homicide, and another count of first-degree reckless endangering safety, all carrying life sentences.  Rittenhouse’s defense team put up a case of self-defense which might mitigate some of the charges for the 18-teen-year-old hero in some conservative circles.

             Drone video footage presented to the jury showed 36-year-old Joseph Rosenbaum chasing Rittenhouse before the teenager opened fire, killing him.  Drone video footage shows Rittenhouse chased down a dark street where Freeman appeared to kick the 19-year-old in the head, when suddenly 28-year-old Gaige Grosskreutz hit Rittenhouse in the head with his skateboard, then pointed a gun at his head, before Rittenhouse shot and killed Grosskreutz.  Jurors must decide whether the provocations admitted into evidence by Kenosha County prosecutors helped make Rittenhouse’s self-defense case.  Rittenhouse’s attorneys argued to the jury that their client acted in self-defense, provoked by an angry mob.  Prosecutors made a strong case that he traveled across state lines from Illinois with his AR 15 semiautomatic assault rifle as a vigilante to help restore order in Kenosha. 

            Before jurors get completely duped by Rittenhouse’s defense, they need to  consider the “reasonable standard,” asking a basic question of whether or not Rittenhouse went to Kenosha, the site of ongoing rioting in the wake of George Floyd’s May 25, 2020 murder by former Minneapolis cop Derek Chauvin.  Jurors must answer whether it’s reasonable for Rittenhouse to go to a riot scene armed with an assault rife with the intent of restoring order?  Prosecutors wanted jurors to see that Rittenhouse was playing vigilante when he entered the riot zone, opening fire on innocent bystanders.  If jurors think Rittenhouse acted in self-defense for the provocations from Rosenbaum, Grosskreutz and Freeland, they’ll have to acquit him on the more serious charges of intentional homicide. Jurors could still convict Rittenhouse on the lesser charge of reckless endangering safety, carrying only 12-and-a-half years in prison.  Jurors have their work cut out for them.  

           Unlike other states where murder charges are usually First Degree Murder, Second Degree Murder, voluntary or involuntary manslaughter, Minnesota’s charges are more confusing.  But if jurors think Rittenhouse’s defense team proved their case of self-defense, it’s still possible to return a verdict of first degree reckless endangering, the equivalent of voluntary manslaughter.  Judge Schroeder thought the media prejudiced the case because of non-stop coverage, with Democrats seeking to throw the book at Rittenhouse, while Republicans looked inclined toward acquittal. When 38-year-old neighborhood watch commander George Zimmerman shot and killed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin Feb 26, 2012, the nation cried out for justice.  Zimmerman’s jury acquitted him July 13, 2013 under Florida’s “Stand Your Ground law,” essentially saying the Zimmerman killed Martin out of self-defense.

             Jurors have a tall order to fill deciphering Minnesota’s arcane designations for negligent or reckless homicide in the state.  Jurors are forced to wade through the envied to decide whether or not Rittenhouse operated in self-defense.  When it comes to evidence presented at trial, there’s no question the teenage feared for his life when he opened fire.  But jurors must use some common sense to ask the appropriateness of a teenager traveling across state lines to a riot scene with the intent with his AR-15 of vigilante justice.  If jurors determine that Rittenhouse had no business in Kenosha, let along at a riot scene, they can convict him of reckless endangering safety, something that doesn’t require intent, only that he should not have been carrying an AE-15 into a riot scene.  Whatever the jury rules, it’s clear that Rittenhouse has become another lightening rod between Democrats and Republicans.

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John M. Curtis writes politically neutral commentary analyzing spin in national and global news. He’s editor of OnlineColumnist.com and author of Dodging The Bullet and Operation Charisma  

[basilepesso]

...pour la 1e affaire de ce genre en Norvège si je ne m'abuse, alors que ce pays est un des seuls plutôt épargnés par la violence sans origine ni religion, regardez les réactions....on dirait un article écrit par Cabillaud Fudge, avec des autorités composées de Cabillaud Fudges, et même peut-être...la famille de la victime totalement fudgée. Une véritable litanie à la gloire des migrants, avant l'exposé des faits au bout de plus de 35 lignes.

On sera également ravis de savoir que le chef du Parti des Verts de Finnmark s'appelle Farid Shariati (pas Sharia Law, quel dommage !!), et qu'il s'exprime COMME PAR HASARD dans cette affaire (voir article).

Et ÉVIDEMMENT, le titre parle d'un "meurtre", sans expliquer la spécificité de ce meurtre...

Basile Pesso, FreeLand, 22 Juillet 2 018, 1e diffusion ce jour-là (Fb)

>>>>

"Håvard Pedersen, 18 ans, a été poignardé et tué à Vadsø par un demandeur d’asile afghan de 17 ans qui avait immigré en Norvège il y a trois ans. Le meurtrier avait obtenu un permis de séjour.

C’est un samedi soir que Håvard Pedersen, 18 ans, a été poignardé dans une supérette de la ville. La police a été informée de l’incident juste avant 22h00 et est rapidement arrivée sur les lieux. La victime, qui était au travail, a été déclaré mort peu de temps après. Selon la police, le jeune Håvard a été tué avec un « objet ressemblant à un couteau ».

L’Afghan de 17 ans a été arrêté le lendemain soir.

Représentant les parents de la victime, l’avocat Edel Hennie Olsen a déclaré que la famille « ne veut pas de spéculations » sur l’affaire, « ils ne veulent pas que cela soit présenté de manière à encourager le racisme. »

Le maire de Vadsø, Otto Strand, a déclaré que la communauté immigrée de la ville «ne devait pas souffrir parce qu’un individu a commis un meurtre». Le meurtrier aurait obtenu un permis de séjour temporaire en Norvège jusqu’au 16 décembre au moins."

(...)

The article started like that : "“It’s terrible what happened,” Inger Hirsti, who owns a shop adjacent to the grocery store, told newspaper Aftenposten. “We’ve had only good experience with people moving here and there are many of us with different backgrounds who live here together. It would be stupid for a single incident to damage that.”

Then kept on like that... "Vadsø, an administrative center for a large area of Finnmark with a population of just over 6,000, has a long tradition of taking in and settling asylum seekers. The town, which features a large monument to immigrants from Finland, Russia and elsewhere, has often ranked as the city in Norway that settles the most refugees on a per capita basis."

...and the victim's family...doesn't even want to "speculate" on the motive of the murder...:

"Police were struggling to find a motive for the murder Saturday evening, and the victim’s family made it clear through their attorney that they didn’t want to speculate on one."

In the end we have this...:

"Local officials were the targets of criticism from one of Pedersen’s colleagues. The colleague claims he warned them earlier about the defendant’s behaviour several weeks ago. Strand declined specific comment but claimed that when such warnings come in, they are followed up." (Extracts from the article of News English : “Murder shakes a small Arctic city“ Addendum : yes, I know ! It’s not the info which is terrifying, not more than the tons of others I give, but THE FACT that I give them, which makes you unfollow me. Fucking puppets.

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Will Black Lightning Stick Its Landing?

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This Black Lightning article contains spoilers through Season 4, Episode 10.

If it’s one thing the Pierces gone do, it’s survive. On last week’s episode of Black Lightning, Tobias switched on a meta-power nullifier while Black Lightning, Thunder, and Lightning were each in compromising positions: JJ was flying when her powers ceased to work, so she went into a freefall. She was prevented from becoming one with the pavement by a force field bubble Gambi added to her suit as a failsafe. Anissa was leaving the house of her colleague Darius, who she found dead, when someone drove directly toward her. Her powers stopped working before she could stop the car, so Grace had to tackle her out of the way to safety.  Jefferson lost his power in the middle of his fight with Ishmael, but he held his own, and even managed to protect the police in the process. Tobias may have slowed them down, but the Pierces can’t seem to lose.

It’s hard to tell whether Black Lightning writers are preparing us for an underwhelming finale, or lulling into a false sense of security by keeping the Pierces relatively safe up to this point. But week after week, they persist. And week after week, their win feels more and more assured. Lynn is immediately bailed out of jail by an attorney, Keith, who is—inexplicably—her ex. Jennifer blew up(!) then came back—albeit altered—and has fallen from the sky so many times, it has become commonplace. I don’t want her to actually fall to her death, but I want the danger to be real. I want the heroes to win, but I want their victory to be hard-won. Putting the protagonists in disadvantageous situations, only to immediately pull them out undermines them and cheats us. The Pierces losing their meta abilities should feel like a devastating blow, not a minor inconvenience. 

They all made do without their powers, but they are hell bent on getting them back. JJ electrocutes herself, which does successfully reactivate her power, then she foolishly decides to go to the ionosphere to charge up. She goes too high and almost overcharges, again, but TC is able to guide her back to safety. But, several of her particles are left floating up there… ominously. Jennifer’s teenaged impetuousness has been irksome in the past, but her behavior this season feels like a regression. She continually makes decisions that have bad consequences and still refuses to make better decisions. That said, I understand why it’s so important for her to get her powers back. Lightning is the one part of her that didn’t change, its intrinsic to her identity.

Grace asks Anissa why she wants her powers back, and it is a question deserving of serious reflection. Anissa has always been “Harriet,” the activist. Even without meta abilities, she has always been about the betterment of her people and her community. Being Thunder (and Blackbird) gives Anissa more outlets to do good, and to be of service. But with that comes enemies and risk. Anissa says she wants her powers to protect Freeland, and to protect her family, but it’s a classic hero’s paradox—do you need powers because there is danger or is there danger because you have powers? Black Lightning could attempt to answer this question by taking meta abilities off the board, even if just briefly. But with only three episodes left in the season, it’s unlikely we’ll get more than a surface level exploration.

Tobias has only just begun to execute his malevolent scheme. This episode, “The Book of Reunification: Chapter One: Revelations” we learn a little more about his plan, and what he’s ultimately after. Using the energy field emitter to depower Freeland’s metas is only one part, and becoming mayor is apparently the other. And while the larger plan is still unclear, the incentive seems to be a seat on The Board. Who or what it is, I cannot say, but Tobias gaining control of Freeland seems the price of admission, and it’s a cost he can’t be allowed to pay. Khalil, who’s in Freeland looking for evidence to exonerate Jefferson and expose Tobias, may be the one to weaken his position. After all, legitimacy is what Tobias is after, and a record of his dirty deeds would shatter that illusion. There are only three episodes of Black Lightning left, and I hope the show goes for broke.

Additional thoughts.

I enjoy TC’s relationship with JJ and the family, and I’m glad he’s elevated to more than just tech support. That said, I love that he’s working with Philky and Khalil, and hope that relationship continues if Painkiller is ordered to series.

Laura finally realized Gambi was playing in her face, and held him at gunpoint while she confronted him about it. I, for one, think a flesh wound was well-earned, but… Gambi managed to gaslight her even more. (Black Lightning writers, please… fix it.)

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It is too late in the game to introduce a random ex. Also, Lynn and Jeff have enough issues. They do not need another thing to fight about. Please, let them heal.

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Julian Leeser MP calls for Australian recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides

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Julian Leeser MP calls for Australian recognition of Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides

The Chair of the Australian Parliament’s House of Representatives Standing Committees on Migration and Indigenous Affairs, Julian Leeser MP has signed an Affirmation of Support backing the Joint Justice Initiative for national recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides.

The February 2020 launch of the Joint Justice Initiative at Australia’s Parliament House featured the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding by the Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU), Assyrian Universal Alliance (AUA) and Australian Hellenic Council (AHC), which declares Australia’s recognition of the Armenian, Assyrian and Greek Genocides as a priority on behalf of their communities.

Leeser is the Federal Member for Berowra which covers suburbs in Sydney’s Upper North Shore, and has been a supporter of Genocide recognition and justice since entering Parliament in 2016 following the retirement of veteran former Attorney General, the Hon. Phillip Ruddock.

A prominent Jewish-Australian politician, Leeser spoken for recognition of the Armenian Genocide in speeches within and outside parliament, as well as in a parliamentary debate where he emphatically called out Turkey’s denial of 1915.

“I think the world has been too slow to recognise and call out the Armenian Genocide a century ago for what it was,” Leeser said in the December 2018 debate. “It’s time every nation in the world, including our own, recognised the Armenian genocide for what it was. It’s time the Erdogan regime in Turkey owned up to their own history as well.”

Armenian National Committee of Australia (ANC-AU) Executive Director, Haig Kayserian welcomed Leeser’s addition to the growing Joint Justice Initiative.

“Mr. Leeser has always shown great empathy for issues of genocide justice, and is a friend and advocate for truth in Australia’s Parliament,” said Kayserian.

“We in the Armenian-Australian, Assyrian-Australian and Greek-Australian communities are honoured to have such a strong ally in our cause for recognition and justice of the genocides faced by our ancestors in 1915.”

The Joint Justice Initiative has so far announced the support of Leeser, Michelle Rowland MP, Senator Paul Scarr, Tony Zappia MP, Senator Sarah Hanson-Young, Senator Hollie Hughes, Senator Rex Patrick, Mike Freelander MP, Senator Eric Abetz, Senator Larissa Waters, Senator Pat Dodson, Jason Falinski MP, Josh Burns MP, John Alexander MP, Senator Andrew Bragg and Bob Katter MP, with a promise of more announcements to come.

On 25th February 2020, over 100 Federal Australian parliamentarians, diplomats, departmental officials, political staffers, academics, media and community leaders were treated to cultural performances, food, wine and brandy, as well as the historic signing of a Memorandum of Understanding, which affirmed that the signatory public affairs representatives of the three communities were jointly committed to seeing Australia recognise the Turkish-committed Genocide against the Armenian, Greek and Assyrian citizens of the Ottoman Empire during World War I.

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