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>>100671
>>>/pol/

>>100671
This is bait not /news/ gtfo

You were so close, OP this one is almost news. Just stop posting your editorial in the OP, leave the other anons to the flaming

>>99686
That kinda explains everything about police violence.

>>99686
>So early in 2014, backed by the city council, City Manager Sheryl Sculley proposed reforms to the police union contract in the Texas city.

>Mike Helle, the officers’ association president, said Sculley pitched the changes simply to ride a wave of protest over police. The contract ensures fair discipline, he said, and if anyone was on the attack, it was the manager. “Her tone was immediately aggressive,” he said.

>The union ran full-page newspaper ads and placed billboards downtown claiming crime rates rose because she refused to fill open police positions. Police backers broadcast ads highlighting Sculley’s six-figure salary and created a Facebook page, Remove City Manager Sheryl Sculley.

>Reuters examined police union contracts across the country and found a pattern of protections afforded officers: Many contracts erase disciplinary records or allow police to forfeit sick leave for suspensions.

>>99686
>be american
>get shot by a cop
>can't even sue

>Mr. Lee’s legal troubles are unlikely to have an immediate impact on Samsung’s day-to-day business, as operations are run mainly by professional managers in autonomous teams, analysts said.

>And his role at Samsung is not necessarily over. South Korea has a long history of pardoning the leaders of its largest family-run companies, known as chaebols. With Samsung accounting for 20 percent of the country’s exports, past efforts to penalize the company or its executives have been met with worries about the impact on South Korea’s economy.

>But Mr. Lee’s problems could influence the company’s strategic decisions at a time of major challenges, such as how to bounce back from the debacle over its Galaxy Note 7, a smartphone intended to challenge Apple’s position as the world’s most innovative phone maker. A spate of fires last year forced Samsung to recall and then cease production of the phone, tarnishing the company’s name and making it the object of airline safety announcements and jokes on American late-night talk shows.

>Now, with Mr. Lee’s legal problems, a major customer might need a large quantity of a new component, but a decision on the matter could be delayed, said Mark Newman, an analyst at Sanford C. Bernstein and Company.

>“If Jay Lee is there, he can answer in 24 hours,” Mr. Newman said. “But otherwise, it could take a couple of weeks. I think that’s the thing you need to worry about: big decisions.”

>Analysts highlighted two executives who run large parts of the company’s operations and who could take on more responsibility. One is Kwon Oh-hyun, who helped Samsung become a leader in memory and semiconductor operations. The other, Choi Gee-sung, was crucial in building the company’s television unit, which eclipsed Sony’s a decade ago.

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>Mr. Lee, 48, is vice chairman of Samsung, but he has been widely considered the company’s de facto leader since his father, Lee Kun-hee, had a heart attack in 2014. The elder Mr. Lee led Samsung from its roots as a components supplier to a maker of consumer products, establishing a global brand and shedding a reputation for cheap goods. In one example of his drive, two decades ago he gathered 150,000 Samsung phones that failed quality tests and set them on fire.

>Under the younger Mr. Lee, Samsung has focused again on components, a sector that has benefited from companies wanting to add features to their phones. And late last year, the company struck an $8 billion deal to buy Harman International to make smart components for cars.

>But Mr. Lee has also pledged to put in place changes to ensure that Samsung’s corporate governance meets international standards. As a family controlled group with dense links among its units, the corporation has a structure that has drawn criticism from some investors.

>Samsung has also pressed for cultural changes that would foster innovation and a start-up-style environment at the company, and Mr. Lee has been portrayed as a part of that shift. At Samsung, he is credited with negotiating a key deal with Steve Jobs to help make the Apple iPod.

>“Start-up Samsung,” an initiative announced last year, sought to relax what many described as a strict corporate culture. Announced with a coordinated pledge by top executives, the push was derided by some in the technology news media as evidence of Samsung’s top-down structure.
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>Despite such efforts, Samsung has been unable to follow up with a next act in the wake of the Galaxy Note 7 debacle, and high-profile projects like creating an operating system have largely been considered failures.

>>After the McLaren report’s publication, the International Olympic Committee said it had opened disciplinary proceedings against 28 Russian athletes who competed at the 2014 Games in Sochi. An IOC statement read: “At this point in time, these 28 new cases are not AAFs [adverse analytical findings], like a positive doping test. However, the manipulation of the samples themselves could lead to an anti-doping rule violation and sanctions.”

Will Putin send her to the gulag?

>>95542
Actually this "director of one laboratory" (Гpигopий Poдчeнкoв) immediately immigrated into United Stated along with other suspects.
Basically his actions can be classified as sabotage.

>>98623
Did the dumb nigger get shot?

>>98631
learn to read you retarded nigger

>>98623
#PizzaBank

>>99194
But it was /pol/! It was supposed to be /pol/!

This can't be happening!!!!!!!!!!!

Lol okay maybe when a single method or source get verified people will take it seriously but as of now it just looks like the MSM is a clown town and buzzfeed is running it

There are too many conflicting reports right now. I've read sources that say he was MI5 and others that say MI6. Most say he's a former agent, but then go on to imply that he's still active and current with British Intel. Then there is the matter of verifying who the other unknown foreigners are in the file. (i.e. 'PESKOV')

This is gross, but the reaction seems hypocrytical.

Nobody bats an eye whenever insects are subjected to this kind of treatment, but then someone treats a mammal a certain way, and all of a sudden everyone goes bonkers.

>>96470
This.

I can give a handjob to my praying mantis, but when my sister's dig comes over, THEN ITS AN ISSUE

Is it really any different from the way that men interact with farm animals during artificial insemination, which also involves touching its privates? This sort of stuff happens, it's going to be dramatic but the fact that anyone is upset is just stupid to me.

>>100607
wow nice, thanks for posting this, it didn't make my feed.

Cunts needs to go. He lost the election.
So many African nations, so much money from western corporations, so many "democracies" that are in fact dynasties.

This is why America doesn't allow nepotism.......oh...wait

>"Changes to the ice, particularly the growth of a new crack, presents a complex glaciological picture that means that BAS scientists are unable to predict with certainty what will happen to the ice shelf during the forthcoming Antarctic winter," the research organisation said in a statement.

>"As a precautionary measure, BAS will remove its people before the Antarctic winter begins."

>The organisation says it does not believe the ice shelf is about to experience a major calving event, but make the point that if something were to happen it would be very difficult to react in the depths of an Antarctic winter.

>"What we've decided is that given the unpredictability, combined with our inability to do anything about it in winter - no aircraft in the continent, it's dark, it's very cold; all those kinds of issues - then actually the prudent thing to do is withdraw our staff, close the station down in a controlled manner and then go back in next summer," BAS director of operations Captain Tim Stockings told BBC News.

>Together with the Rothera base on the Antarctic Peninsula, Halley spearheads the UK presence - and scientific activity - on the White Continent.

>Halley gathers important weather and climate data, and it played a critical role in the research that identified the ozone "hole" in 1985.

>In recent years, Halley has also become a major centre for studying solar activity and the impacts it can have on Earth.

>This is most evident in the beautiful auroras that form over the base - the consequence of particles from the Sun crashing into air molecules high in the atmosphere.
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Flying the flag

>Just under 20 permanent staff reside at Halley. In winter, they would watch over experiments. BAS now has to decide if any of those experiments can be left running autonomously, or whether it is better to just shut everything down.

>Scientists have placed sensors on either side of the more than 40km-long Halloween Crack so that they can monitor its status.

>"Obviously, we'll seek to get out of those whatever we can; we'll also be using satellite imagery over the winter as well. Then, next season we'll send a team in to re-open the station, verify the measurements from our instruments and take the situation from there," explained Captain Stockings.

>"But I should say - we are committed to our presence in that part of the British Antarctic Territory and to the science we do there. Absolutely.

>"We've spent a long time finding the new site for Halley VI and of itself this site isn't directly at risk - it's just the unpredictability of the whole area."

related:
http://www.cnn.com/2017/01/16/europe/northern-ireland-election-political-crisis/

https://www.ft.com/content/b7174a3c-dbd7-11e6-86ac-f253db7791c6

http://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/northern-ireland-assembly-elections-to-take-place-on-march-2nd-1.2938692

>>100503
>But Scott will be part of her life for as long as it continues, she says.
>"On our wedding day we made vows to each other that till death do us part. No matter what life brought.
>"I can tell you that even if I have this until I'm 90 years old, I would be committed to my husband with that vow and still love him."

>"It's one of the ways that I can care for her, and every other day for the past year I've had one of my dear friends come and they help [me] cook for Johanna," he says. "She can only eat two meals, so she's been eating the same two meals for over a year."
>Johanna can only tolerate 15 different foods, including spices, so she eats either beef chuck roast (beef stew) with organic celery, carrot and parsnip or organic lamb with turmeric, cinnamon and cucumber.

>The couple are currently living in the family home of their friends, the Olsons, while their own home is renovated to make it a safe living space for Johanna. The Olson family have given up using all scented products and do not cook in their house at all.

I was born with glass bones and paper skin.

>>100412
needs more video of the destroyed village

>>100412
Locals said they had initially thought an earthquake had struck the area.

“Around seven o'clock in the morning I heard a strong swat (noise) and after that all the nearest houses were shaken,” said local resident Andrei Andreyev.

“Of course, everyone got frightened and started to run out of the houses to the street. Nobody understood what was going on because there was a fog, the weather was not good,” Andreyev.

Initial estimates put the death toll from the crash at 37, said Kyrgyzstan's emergencies ministry. Kyrgyz President Almazbek Atambayev announced Tuesday would be a national day of mourning.

Turkish Airlines said in a statement that the cargo flight was operated by ACT Airlines and neither the Boeing 747-400 aircraft nor the crew belonged to Turkish Airlines.

Turkish cargo operator ACT Airlines also said the jet was theirs.

“Our TC-MCL signed plane, flying on Jan. 16 from Hong Kong to Bishkek, crashed on landing at Bishkek at the end of the runway for an unknown reason,” ACT Airlines said in an emailed statement.

“More information will be disclosed concerning our four-person team when we get clear information.”

>>100413
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tcmkWLFnRFo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ocnI32el7E
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=brVc6TGYc3s

Chaim Colen, a neurosurgeon at McLaren Northern Michigan, immediately performed spinal decompression surgery on Bob, which was a complete success. Bob still has a long road of recovery, and hours of physical therapy, ahead of him, but thanks to his dog and doctor, he knows he’ll be just fine.

“I’m so thankful for my two heroes,” Bob said. “Kelsey kept me warm, alert and never stopped barking for help. Dr. Colen saved my life and ability to move. They are truly heroes and I will be eternally grateful.”

>>99224
Amazing story! They should remake Lassie with this dog.

>>99226

>the whole movie is Bob laying in the dark while his dog licks him and barks

I'd watch it

>>98985

And the liberal media ran with this!

Seriously?

The original story was created by 4Chan user.

According to 4Chan these documents were created by a 4Chan user and sent to anti-Trumper Rick Wilson knowing he would act on this tip:

4Chan discussed this tonight:

Political hacks emailed documents to #NeverTrump jackass Rick Wilson about Trump making people piss on a bed.

Rick Wilson thought it was real and gave it to leftists at the CIA

The CIA of the USA put this in their official classified intelligence report on Russian involvement in the US election

Donald Trump and Obama were both given private sessions with the CIA to discuss this.

The CIA concluded that the Russians plan to blackmail Trump with this story we made up

The 4Chan users then link to this:

So they took what I told Rick Wilson and added a Russian spy angle to it.

They still believe it. Guys, they’re truly fucking desperate – there’s no remaining Trump scandal that’s credible.

cont.

>>98986

Then there’s this…

If these journalists were real journalists and not fake journalists then they would have found that the original documents did not conform to CIA or UK intelligence requirements.

US or UK intelligence would never say “CONFIDENTIAL / SENSITIVE SOURCE.”

The Trump-Russia intel document headers are “CONFIDENTIAL / SENSITIVE SOURCE” and thesource is allegedly ex-MI6.

The US andUK don’t use that header in ANY sensitive material.

It looks like the liberal mainstream media got punked — again.

If this is how easy it is to fool the liberal media then I’m going to have my niece start sending them her Harry Potter fan fictions as long as she writes “Confidential / Sensitive Source” at the top.

FIN

Just. Beautiful.

>Health care professionals are not totally silent, but industries that were integral to the creation of the Affordable Care Act in 2010 are keeping their voices down as Republicans rush to dismantle it. Some Republican lawmakers are openly fretting about their leaders’ repeal strategy, saying they must develop an Affordable Care Act replacement before they repeal it. Five Republican senators proposed on Monday to extend the deadline for drafting repeal legislation by five weeks, until March 3. One of the five, Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee, said the extra time would allow Congress and the Trump administration to “get the policy right” as they try to arrange a smooth transition to a new system of health coverage.

>But the naysayers are getting no cover from a major lobbying and advertisement blitz like the ones that blanketed the airwaves in 2009 and 2010.

>To block the repeal effort, said Senator Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, the No. 2 Senate Democrat, “we need two or three Republicans to join us.”

>Doctors are telling Congress to proceed with caution, insisting that no one should lose coverage. The American College of Physicians, representing 148,000 specialists in internal medicine, has sent letters to senators urging them to “vote no” this week on the budget resolution.

>Hospitals were expecting to receive tens of billions of dollars in additional revenue for treating people who were newly insured under the health law, and they are alarmed at the prospect that it may now be repealed. But, they say, if Congress goes ahead and rolls back the expansion of coverage, it must also restore tens of billions of dollars that the health law cut from Medicare payments to hospitals.
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>Top executives from state hospital associations will fly to Washington this week to develop their strategy. Many also plan to visit offices on Capitol Hill, where they will warn of the potential damage if Congress repeals the health law without guaranteeing similar coverage for those who would lose it.

>A coalition of consumers and liberal advocacy groups is spending more than $2 million on television advertisements urging Congress to stop its attack on the law. The ads, by the Alliance for Healthcare Security, are aimed at a handful of Republican senators, including Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Jeff Flake and John McCain of Arizona, Susan Collins of Maine, Dean Heller of Nevada, Lamar Alexander and Mr. Corker of Tennessee, and Shelley Moore Capito of West Virginia.

>But by Washington standards, that is a pittance. Pharmaceutical Research and Manufacturers of America, an industry lobbying group, set aside $150 million in 2009 to support the law’s passage.

>Some lobbyists have tacitly accepted the likelihood that major provisions of the health law will be repealed, setting their sights instead on shaping its replacement. They fear that if they come out strongly in opposition to repealing the law, they will lose their seats at the table as congressional Republicans and the Trump administration negotiate a replacement.
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>For now, passage of the budget resolution this week looks likely. The real fight is expected to come two to three weeks from now, when two House committees and two Senate committees produce legislation to repeal the Affordable Care Act and must answer to Republicans who say a replacement measure must be ready at the same time.

>At least a half-dozen Republican senators have expressed doubts about the Republican leadership strategy of using the budget resolution to fast-track legislation to repeal the law, with a delayed effective date to allow time to find a replacement in the future.

>“Repeal and replacement should take place simultaneously,” Mr. Corker said last week. Senator Tom Cotton of Arkansas said on MSNBC, “It would not be the right path for us to repeal Obamacare without laying out a path forward.”

>Members of the hard-right House Freedom Caucus are also pressing leaders to embrace a replacement bill before they eviscerate the existing law.

>And that concern is not confined to Congress. Gov. John R. Kasich of Ohio, a Republican, has also warned Congress against repealing the law without a replacement. What, he has asked, will happen to the 700,000 people who have gained coverage under the expansion of Medicaid in Ohio?

>Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, said that he spoke on Friday with President-elect Donald J. Trump, and that Mr. Trump agreed a replacement measure must be ready.

>“I think he consistently has said, and I think many people who look at this say, ‘Gosh, you’re going to repeal this huge, dramatic thing and not have a replacement on the same day?’” Mr. Paul said on Monday. “I mean, doesn’t make a lot of sense to do that.”
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