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Final Moments of Himalayas Climbers Caught on GoPro
Recovered GoPro video shows final moments of Himalayas climbers
Indian authorities have released footage showing the final moments of the climbers who died in the Indian Himalayas in May.
The video was found on a "memory video device" near the Nanda Devi East, the Indo-Tibetan Border Police (ITBP) said Monday, which showed the group of climbers moving slowly near the summit on the unnamed peak.
The group of eight climbers -- four Britons, two Americans, an Australian and their Indian liaison officer -- went missing when they were attempting to scale a previously unclimbed peak on May 26.
The final final moments were not released.
Leaked Intel Lineup Shows 10 Cores at $409
(Wccftech incorrectly labels Intel Core i7-10700K as $339 instead of $389, so refer to this blurry table from the source article.)
Intel feeling the heat, or just a deepfake?
The AMD X570 Motherboard Overview: Over 35+ Motherboards Analyzed
Interesting comment:
Jansen - Tuesday, July 09, 2019
The ASUS Pro WS X570-Ace has officially validated ECC support. This is a really big deal, as Ryzen has usually only had unofficial ECC support. It opens up a whole other revenue steam for AMD that Intel has deliberately cut off in order to drive Xeon sales.
Micron is ramping up its 16GB 3200MHz DDR4 ECC modules MTA18ADF2G72AZ-3G2 specifically for this market.
X-37B Photographed in Orbit
Mysterious X-37B Military Space Plane Caught on Camera (Photo)
Rare image of US Air Force's secretive space plane in orbit
Related: USAF Secret Plane Makes Longevity Record
What is the X-37B Doing Up There?
Modified X-37B Spaceplane Could Act as "Astronaut Ambulance" for the ISS
As Hurricane Irma Looms, X-37B Poised for First Flight Atop SpaceX Falcon 9
Epstein Charged Again
Billionaire Jeffrey Epstein arrested and accused of sex trafficking minors, sources say
Florida-based billionaire Jeffrey Epstein has been indicted on new charges related to alleged sex crimes involving minors, law enforcement sources told CNN on Saturday.
Epstein was arrested Saturday and is expected to appear in federal court in New York on Monday. Epstein faces charges brought by US prosecutors in Manhattan, after previously evading similar charges when he secured a non-prosecution deal with federal prosecutors in Miami.
The charges, contained in a sealed indictment, involve alleged sex trafficking crimes committed between 2002 and 2005, according to law enforcement sources. The indictment alleged that the crimes occurred in both New York and Palm Beach, Florida.
[...] A team of federal prosecutors from the Southern District of New York, along with some in the public corruption unit, have been assigned to the case. Maurene Comey, the daughter of former FBI director James Comey, is one of the prosecutors, according to a source with knowledge of the case.
COMEY?
Jeffrey Epstein, Billionaire Long Accused of Molesting Minors, Is Charged
He is expected to appear before a federal magistrate on Monday, more than a decade after he first gained notoriety with lurid accusations that he had paid dozens of girls for sexual massages in Florida.
Mr. Epstein had avoided federal criminal charges in 2007 and 2008 in a widely criticized plea deal whose lenient terms continue to roil the Justice Department and are facing new scrutiny in the #MeToo era.
Before the plea deal, Mr. Epstein, a former hedge-fund manager, had been friendly with Donald J. Trump, former President Bill Clinton and Prince Andrew, the Duke of York.
[...] Women who said they were Mr. Epstein’s victims have repeatedly assailed federal prosecutors for agreeing to a nonprosecution deal with him more than a decade ago.
[...] The plea deal that protected Mr. Epstein from federal charges was signed by the top federal prosecutor in Miami at the time, Alexander Acosta, who is now President Trump’s labor secretary.
In February, a judge in Florida ruled that the prosecutors led by Mr. Acosta violated federal law when they failed to disclose Mr. Epstein’s nonprosecution agreement to his victims.
Check to see if "prince andrew epstein" is censored by GOOG autocomplete. Looks like it is.
Will the Epstein story have a... happy ending?
Previously: Jeffrey Epstein Settles Suit
Jeffrey Epstein Plea Deal Must Stand
Amazon Sells "Tiny Home" Kits
Something like this is what comes to mind when I hear "tiny home/house", not necessarily a "mobile home". Although they can be even smaller than this $19k cabin kit.
220 Square Foot Tiny House (compare to $19k cabin which is 292 sq. ft. + the loft)
2 of 3 of the reviews on the $19k cabin are bad, pointing out that it is expensive and requires insulation and more stuff to make it liveable. There are better options out there.
"Needed" for no frills house: solar panels, battery, Starlink, camp cooking equipment or a grill, water source, outhouse or shit pit. DIY insulation probably won't cost a lot for something this size. Maybe you could swipe a couple hundred Tyvek envelopes from the post office to help waterproof it some more. You could use the wooden frame to set up brick/concrete/etc. walls if you want more protection.
Nike Betsy Ross Backlash
Nike Drops ‘Betsy Ross Flag’ Sneaker After Kaepernick Criticizes It
But rather than including a flag with 50 stars as part of its design, the sneaker’s heel featured the 13-star model, a design associated with the Revolutionary War, the Philadelphia seamstress Betsy Ross and, for some people, a painful history of oppression and racism.
On Tuesday, Nike canceled the release of the sneaker, again plunging headlong into the nation’s culture wars.
The abrupt cancellation came after Colin Kaepernick, the former National Football League quarterback and social justice activist, privately criticized the design to Nike, according to a person with knowledge of the interaction.
Mr. Kaepernick, who signed a lucrative deal to serve as a Nike brand ambassador last year, expressed the concern to the company that the Betsy Ross flag had been co-opted by groups espousing racist ideologies, the person said.
Nike loses [Arizona] factory aid as 'racist trainer' row intensifies
The state's governor had condemned Nike's decision, which was prompted by complaints about its use of an old US flag embraced by white nationalists.
Nike-sponsored sportsman Colin Kaepernick had criticised the trainers, now selling on websites for $1,500.
But governor Doug Ducey said Nike had bowed to political correctness.
The special edition Air Max 1 Quick Strike Fourth of July trainer features the Betsy Ross flag.
With a circle of 13 stars representing the first US colonies, the flag was created during the American Revolution. Although opinion is divided over its origins, the flag was later adopted for use by the American Nazi Party.
Mitch McConnell says he will "make the first order" for Nike shoes featuring Betsy Ross flag
A veteran-owned company releases a Betsy Ross flag shirt after Nike controversy
First Female Dalai Lama Does Not Have to be Attractive
Dalai Lama 'deeply sorry' for remarks about women
The Dalai Lama has apologised for controversial comments about the possibility of a woman succeeding him.
Speaking to the BBC last month, the Tibetan spiritual leader said that any future female Dalai Lama should be "attractive".
But a statement from his office apologised for his words, suggesting he had been joking.
"He is deeply sorry that people have been hurt by what he said and offers his sincere apologies," it said.
Dalai Lama. 14th tidbits:
In 2014 and 2016, he stated that Tibet wants to be part of China but China should let Tibet preserve its culture and script.
In 2018, he stated that "Europe belongs to the Europeans" and that Europe has a moral obligation to aid refugees whose lives are in peril. Further he stated that Europe should receive, help and educate refugees but ultimately they should return to develop their home countries.
In March 2019, the Dalai Lama spoke out about his successor, saying that after his death he is likely to be reincarnated in India. He also warned that any Chinese interference in succession should not be considered valid.
California to Ban Natural Hair Discrimination
California set to be first US state to ban hair discrimination
California is set to become the first US state to ban discrimination against natural hair. The new bill, which the Senate passed in April, amends anti-discrimination laws to include "traits historically associated with race" and "blackness". It bars discrimination against black hairstyles in schools and workplaces. California's assembly voted unanimously in favour of the measure on Thursday, sending it to Governor Gavin Newsom's desk for signing into law.
The update to the law comes after years of nationwide reports of black students being sent home from school over braids or natural styles that violated dress code rules. In the workplace, black employees have often reported unfair policies that describe natural hair as unhygienic and unprofessional. The US military had a ban on dreadlocks for women until 2017.
"Professionalism was, and still is, closely linked to European features and mannerisms, which entails that those who do not naturally fall into Eurocentric norms must alter their appearances, sometimes drastically and permanently, in order to be deemed professional," the California bill states. "Hair remains a rampant source of racial discrimination with serious economic and health consequences, especially for black individuals."
Jeffrey Epstein Plea Deal Must Stand
Jeffrey Epstein's Sex Offender Plea Deal Must Stand, Federal Prosecutors Say
Federal prosecutors say a lenient plea deal struck more than a decade ago with multimillionaire and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein should be allowed to stand.
Epstein was charged with recruiting dozens of girls, some as young as 13, for massages and sex at his mansion in Palm Beach, Fla. Under a plea deal reached in 2007 with then-U.S. Attorney Alex Acosta, Epstein was given immunity from federal prosecution and pleaded guilty to lesser state charges. The financier served just 13 months in county jail and was granted work release, allowing him to spend his days at his Palm Beach office. Acosta now serves as President Trump's Labor secretary.
For more than a decade, attorneys representing sex abuse victims in the case have said their clients weren't informed of the plea deal beforehand or given the opportunity to testify about it in court. In February, U.S. District Judge Kenneth Marra ruled that the omission by prosecutors violated the Crime Victims' Rights Act. He ordered the government and lawyers for the victims to propose a remedy.
[...] This week, prosecutors responded. In their motion, they concede the government should have told abuse victims about the plea deal before it was presented in court. But they say the law gives the government broad discretion in deciding whether or not to prosecute. And at this point, prosecutors say victims have no right to demand an apology or anything from the government.
See also: At first, Dershowitz welcomed this Epstein-related lawsuit. Now he wants it tossed out
Previously: Jeffrey Epstein Settles Suit
2020 Democratic Debate #1B (Biden, Sanders, Buttigieg, Yang)
2020 Democratic Party presidential debates and forums
Former Vice President Joe Biden
Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt.
South Bend, Indiana, Mayor Pete Buttigieg
Sen. Kamala Harris, D-Calif.
Entrepreneur Andrew Yang
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, D-N.Y.
Former Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper
Author Marianne Williamson
Sen. Michael Bennet, D-Colo.
Rep. Eric Swalwell, D-Calif.
Names are listed in order of their support as measured by polls.
Expect to see a lot of Biden vs. Sanders, or Everyone vs. Biden. Biden will be asked if he's racist. Yang will be asked if he's for real. Buttigieg will be forced to respond to an inconveniently timed South Bend police shooting.
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Commentary:
Hick: If we don't say we're not socialists, the Republicans will call us socialists. :P
Sanders: (What about being a socialist?) I'm 10 points ahead of Trump.
Gillibrand: It's about capitalism vs. greed.
Some guy: Vermont rejected Medicare for All.
Buttigieg spews some Spanish, explains his lack of support on free tuition for all.
Swalwell has/had student loan debt.
Yang asked about the $1k/person/month plan. Says Amazon isn't paying taxes. Supports a value added tax. Predicts big increase in GDP.
Swalwell asked about Yang's robots taking jobs. Says Biden should pass the torch to a new generation. Biden is still holding onto that torch. Sanders and Gillibrand step on each other trying to respond(?) to Biden.
Harris delivers food fight zinger. Emphasizes that nobody should have to work more than one job to put a roof over their head and food on the table.
Again only 2 (Sanders and Harris) support getting rid of their insurance plan in favor of Medicare for All.
Buttigieg: Medicare For All Who Want It.
Biden brings up his big dead family in response to health care question. Wants to build on Obamacare.
Sanders finds it hard to believe that every other major country on Earth has figured out how to provide (cheaper) health care for everybody, but not America.
Marianne Williamson just tells everyone that Trump is going to steamroll them. Sickness care system.
Harris is trying hard to be down to Earth, bringing up hypothetical parents with sick kids and stuff.
Another show of hands question. All say their health plan would cover undocumented immigrants (some raised their hand slower than others?).
Moderator accuses Biden of not raising his hand even though he did! Biden wants to jail pharma folks (good luck with that).
Harris on immigrants: Day 1 executive order to reinstate DACA status, defer deportation for parents, veterans. Review asylum cases, release children from cages, get rid of private detention centers. Brings up hypothetical mother paying a coyote.
Gov. Hick: Calls immigrant children policy kidnapping. Completely reform ICE, address whole needs of people detained at the border. M. Williamson agrees, says it's state-sponsored crime. Says American foreign policy of the last few decades is to blame for situation.
Gillibrand: comprehensive reform with a pathway to citizenship, asylum seekers given lawyers, fund border security. Says Trump has redirected money from border patrol to private prisons.
Show of hands. Civil offense vs. criminal to cross the border. Looks like most supported making it a civil offense but Biden looked hesitant.
Buttigieg plays Christian card, says God would not like child detention policy (in other words).
Biden would surge money to the region. Claims credit for $740 million spent on the problem.
Something something Biden would deport. But somebody without documents should "not be the focus of deportation".
Sanders says "damn". Brings up failing state of Honduras. Presidents of Central America should be invited to discuss problems.
Swalwell: Trump is weaponizing the census.
Harris disagreed with Obama administration. Didn't want to deport "non-criminals".
Bennet: Russia is bigger geopolitical threat than China. Should mobilize rest of the world against China's mercantilist policies (good luck). Pivots back to immigration and plays Holocaust card. Gets animated about Wall vs. Statue of Liberty.
Yang: Russia greatest threat, hacking democracy, laughing their asses off. Trade war with China is no good.
Buttigieg lives near the SOY fields.
I don't think audience reaction is what is removing talking time.
Buttigieg gets asked about the Eric Logan killing in South Bend. Answer is about as good as it could possibly be.
Swalwell interrupts, tells Buttigieg to fire the Police Chief. Then Marianne cuts in and supports reparations for slavery. Harris gets the last word, puts Biden on the spot, says she believes he's not a racist, but slams him for supporting/working with racist Senators (you might want to watch the clip of her).
Biden INVOKED. Says his position was mischaracterized, says he became a public defender after MLK was killed. He ran because of civil rights.
Harris asks Biden if he was wrong to oppose busing. Biden can't brush it off, recites his civil rights record until his time is up.
Sanders diverts diversity question into 1% thing.
Guy standing next to Gillibrand has been attacking Biden often.
Gillibrand supports publicly funded elections.
Sanders wants to rotate judges off of SCOTUS? Maybe we should just pass a term limit. If Roe v. Wade is gone, Medicare For All would provide abortions?
Gillibrand has been the fiercest advocate for women's reproductive rights for 10 years.
Harris: Climate crisis is an existential threat to the species. Supports Green New Deal, reentering Paris agreement. Donald Trump is greatest threat to the United States.
Buttigieg: We have to prevent climate change from getting worse. Wants carbon tax and dividend. 1,000 and 500 year floods in South Bend? Pittsburgh Summit!
Gov. Hick is a scientist. Close coal plants, methane regulations.
Biden: Obama admin. drove down price of wind and solar (or was that just a trend).
Sanders: The old ways are no longer relevant, we have 12 years left. Make fossil fuels the common enemy of the world (implying that military spending should be diverted).
Marianne: Invokes John Kennedy.
Everyone given a few words on their first issue. Format broken pretty quickly. Audience seemed to buzz a bit at Yang's $1000/month freedom dividend. Marianne mentions New Zealand (probably memeworthy, didn't hear it all).
Swalwell asked about mandatory assault weapon buyback program. "We have the NRA on the ropes." Every other candidate would leave 15 million assault weapons alone.
Sanders asked about 2013 interview on guns. Got zinged by Rachel Maddow when saying he was mischaracterized. Swalwell presses Sanders to support buyback, Sanders dodges. Harris wants comprehensive background checks, executive order to ban import of assault weapons.
Buttigieg asked if veterans will support these gun policies. (Wow, a lot of people are dying in South Bend.)
Biden is the only person who beat the NRA nationally (Brady bill). Supports buyback. WANTS SMART GUNS WITH BIOMETRICS.
Bennet mentions Trump attacking allies at G20.
Marianne would call Europe. Hick would go to China. Yang would "cooperate" with China. Biden wants strong NATO. Sanders wants rebuilt trust in United Nations. Harris: NATO. Gillibrand would engage Iran. Bennet: EU and Latin America. Swalwell: "We're breaking up with Russia, making up with NATO".
Commercial break. Showtime has a series about Roger Ailes.
Final 45 seconds for each candidate. Swalwell: You can't look to the past for your leaderships. "When I'm not changing diapers, I'm changing Washington. Most of the time the diapers smell better." His whole case here is that he's young.
Marianne: Donald Trump isn't going to be beaten by insider politics and plans. She promises to use love for political purposes.
Bennet: His family from 300 years ago was looking for religious freedom. (and some other stuff)
Hick: Small business owner, reduced teenage abortions, legalized marijuana, methane regulations. If we turn to socialism, Trump will win.
Gillibrand: Women are under attack. Roe v. Wade. Stood up to Pentagon (DADT), banks, Trump. Publicly funded elections.
Yang: Thanks his supporters. I am proof democracy still works. Trickle up economy. Says he'll build a broad coalition full of conservatives to beat Trump.
Harris: This election is about YOU, YOUR HOPES, DREAMS, AND FEARS. She has a "3 AM agenda" (health care and economy). PLEASE JOIN US AT KAMALAHARRIS.org
Buttigieg wrote a letter to his family in case he died in Afghanistan. I'm in a gay marriage due to a single vote. He'll be as old as Trump in 2055. He'll end endless war.
Sanders: How come nothing really changes? Stagnant wages, childhood poverty, student debt, etc. Nothing will change unless we have the guts to take on Wall St, insurance, pharma, military industrial complex, fossil fuel industry.
Biden gets the last word. We need to restore the soul of this nation. Trump equates racist, white supremacist with decent people. Unite the United States. We can do anything if we're together. "May God protect our troops" were his last words.
