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Boeing OKC campus sells to California investors
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – In one of the largest commercial real estate transactions in Oklahoma City history, the Boeing Oklahoma City campus was sold for over $124 million today. Richard Tanenb…
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Iranian general says Israel is stealing clouds and causing climate change
The head of Iran's meteorological service said that, unless the general knows something he doesn't, there's no way a country can steal clouds.
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IRAN GENERAL SAYS ISRAEL BEHIND CLIMATE CHANGE AND IS STEALING CLOUDS
An Iranian general has accused Israel of causing climate change in the revolutionary Shiite Muslim republic by stealing the water out of clouds passing over the Mediterranean.
Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization, revealed the charges during an agricultural conference in the capital city of Tehran. He claimed Iranian scientific centers have proven that Israel and an unnamed neighboring country were secretly cooperating to extract the moisture out of clouds bound to pass over Iran, thus robbing the country of rain and snow.
"Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries make the clouds entering into Iran barren. Moreover, we are faced with the cases of cloud theft and snow theft," Jalali said, according to a translation reported by Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency of comments featured by the Iranian Students' News Agency.
The official further cited a recent four-year study showing that all highlands exceeding roughly 7,200 feet extending from Afghanistan to the Mediterranean have received snowfall except for Iran.
Jalali's claims were quickly contradicted, however, by the director general of the Weather Forecast and Early Warning Office at the official Iran Meteorological Organization, Ahad Vazife. He said that he was confused as to the source material that the general was referencing and asserted that the entire region was being affected by a drought, not just Iran.
"Perhaps they have documents in this regard, and I'm not in the pipeline, but based on meteorological information, there is no possibility that a country will steal snow or clouds," Vazife told the Iranian Students' News Agency in a follow-up piece, adding that, if it was possible for a country to steal clouds, the U.S. would not be suffering its own water shortage because Washington would just steal it from other countries in its vapor form.
Vazife warned that "raising such issues not only fails to solve any of our problems, but distracts us from finding the correct solutions," emphasizing that these discussions were best held in a scientific environment. Iran and Israel are currently at odds over Iran's alleged nuclear activities and the civil war in Syria, where Iran has helped Syrian President Bashar al-Assad overcome a 2011 uprising backed by the West, Turkey and Gulf Arab states and has deployed Shiite Muslim militias that Israel has accused of damaging its national security and bombed.
Jalali's theory on the alleged links between Iran's climate change and enemy action was previously voiced by former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The conservative leader, known for pushing a number of conspiracy theories, said during a 2012 speech that Iran's growing drought was "partly unintentional due to industry and partly intentional, as a result of the enemy destroying the clouds moving towards our country and this is a war that Iran is going to overcome."
"I feel that the world arrogance and colonization, by using their technologies, are affecting the environmental situation in Iran," he added.
Other aspects of Iran's military have gotten involved in an attempt to reverse the effects of drought in the country. The Tasnim News Agency reported earlier this month that the air force of the elite Revolutionary Guards had assisted the Iranian Ministry of Energy in cloud-seeding operations and that the ground forces were assisting in various infrastructure projects aimed at supply water to Iran's arid and semi-arid regions.
Iran is also a signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement, which every sovereign nation in the world has recognized with the exception of the U.S. President Donald Trump announced last June that he was abandoning the landmark accord, creating an international outcry. The Trump administration has publicly questioned the veracity of climate change studies, and Trump himself has claimed colder temperatures belied the widely-shared scientific consensus affirming the weather phenomenon once called global warming and now widely known as climate change.
Brigadier General Gholam Reza Jalali, head of Iran's Civil Defense Organization, revealed the charges during an agricultural conference in the capital city of Tehran. He claimed Iranian scientific centers have proven that Israel and an unnamed neighboring country were secretly cooperating to extract the moisture out of clouds bound to pass over Iran, thus robbing the country of rain and snow.
"Joint teams from Israel and one of the neighboring countries make the clouds entering into Iran barren. Moreover, we are faced with the cases of cloud theft and snow theft," Jalali said, according to a translation reported by Iran's semi-official Tasnim News Agency of comments featured by the Iranian Students' News Agency.
The official further cited a recent four-year study showing that all highlands exceeding roughly 7,200 feet extending from Afghanistan to the Mediterranean have received snowfall except for Iran.
Jalali's claims were quickly contradicted, however, by the director general of the Weather Forecast and Early Warning Office at the official Iran Meteorological Organization, Ahad Vazife. He said that he was confused as to the source material that the general was referencing and asserted that the entire region was being affected by a drought, not just Iran.
"Perhaps they have documents in this regard, and I'm not in the pipeline, but based on meteorological information, there is no possibility that a country will steal snow or clouds," Vazife told the Iranian Students' News Agency in a follow-up piece, adding that, if it was possible for a country to steal clouds, the U.S. would not be suffering its own water shortage because Washington would just steal it from other countries in its vapor form.
Vazife warned that "raising such issues not only fails to solve any of our problems, but distracts us from finding the correct solutions," emphasizing that these discussions were best held in a scientific environment. Iran and Israel are currently at odds over Iran's alleged nuclear activities and the civil war in Syria, where Iran has helped Syrian President Bashar al-Assad overcome a 2011 uprising backed by the West, Turkey and Gulf Arab states and has deployed Shiite Muslim militias that Israel has accused of damaging its national security and bombed.
Jalali's theory on the alleged links between Iran's climate change and enemy action was previously voiced by former Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. The conservative leader, known for pushing a number of conspiracy theories, said during a 2012 speech that Iran's growing drought was "partly unintentional due to industry and partly intentional, as a result of the enemy destroying the clouds moving towards our country and this is a war that Iran is going to overcome."
"I feel that the world arrogance and colonization, by using their technologies, are affecting the environmental situation in Iran," he added.
Other aspects of Iran's military have gotten involved in an attempt to reverse the effects of drought in the country. The Tasnim News Agency reported earlier this month that the air force of the elite Revolutionary Guards had assisted the Iranian Ministry of Energy in cloud-seeding operations and that the ground forces were assisting in various infrastructure projects aimed at supply water to Iran's arid and semi-arid regions.
Iran is also a signatory to the Paris Climate Agreement, which every sovereign nation in the world has recognized with the exception of the U.S. President Donald Trump announced last June that he was abandoning the landmark accord, creating an international outcry. The Trump administration has publicly questioned the veracity of climate change studies, and Trump himself has claimed colder temperatures belied the widely-shared scientific consensus affirming the weather phenomenon once called global warming and now widely known as climate change.
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Boeing OKC campus sells to California investors
OKLAHOMA CITY (KFOR) – In one of the largest commercial real estate transactions in Oklahoma City history, the Boeing Oklahoma City campus was sold for over $124 million today. Richard Tanenb…
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Church of Scientology demands court to let it handle Danny Masterson rape case through 'religious arbitration'
The Church of Scientology is hoping to circumvent the U.S. civil justice system by pushing for a lawsuit against church member Danny Masterson to go into “religious arbitration.”
Church of Scientology demands court to let it handle Danny Masterson rape case through 'religious arbitration'
The Church of Scientology is hoping to circumvent the U.S. civil justice system by pushing for a lawsuit against church member Danny Masterson to go into “religious arbitration.”
Four women who previously accused the “That 70s Show” actor of rape filed a lawsuit against him and the church alleging that they were stalked and harassed by its members. However, the church is now arguing that the women, some of whom are former Scientologists, agreed to ecclesiastical justice procedures when they first agreed to become members.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Church of Scientology filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act forces the court to allow the church to handle the matter internally thanks to the agreement the women executed, relinquishing their rights to sue it.
“Under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States and California Constitutions the Church may establish its own rules governing its relationship with its members exempt from civil law," states a motion to compel religious arbitration, provided by the outlet. "The Church’s ecclesiastical arbitration is a condition of participating in Scientology services. This Court may not interfere with this condition by imposing civil rules for arbitration. The Church’s arbitration agreements, as written and agreed to, must be enforced."
Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Marie Riales and two women who chose to remain anonymous reported their cases to the LAPD in late 2016 and early 2017 regarding attacks that allegedly took place in the early 2000s. Masterson, who has denied any wrongdoing and is a well-known Scientologist, previously called allegations by one of the women, his ex-girlfriend Riales, “ridiculous.”
The Church of Scientology is hoping to circumvent the U.S. civil justice system by pushing for a lawsuit against church member Danny Masterson to go into “religious arbitration.”
Four women who previously accused the “That 70s Show” actor of rape filed a lawsuit against him and the church alleging that they were stalked and harassed by its members. However, the church is now arguing that the women, some of whom are former Scientologists, agreed to ecclesiastical justice procedures when they first agreed to become members.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Church of Scientology filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act forces the court to allow the church to handle the matter internally thanks to the agreement the women executed, relinquishing their rights to sue it.
“Under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States and California Constitutions the Church may establish its own rules governing its relationship with its members exempt from civil law," states a motion to compel religious arbitration, provided by the outlet. "The Church’s ecclesiastical arbitration is a condition of participating in Scientology services. This Court may not interfere with this condition by imposing civil rules for arbitration. The Church’s arbitration agreements, as written and agreed to, must be enforced."
Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Marie Riales and two women who chose to remain anonymous reported their cases to the LAPD in late 2016 and early 2017 regarding attacks that allegedly took place in the early 2000s. Masterson, who has denied any wrongdoing and is a well-known Scientologist, previously called allegations by one of the women, his ex-girlfriend Riales, “ridiculous.”
According to a report from Variety in August, Riales claims members from the Church of Scientology are stalking her, reportedly breaking a window in her 13-year-old daughter's room in the middle of the night, vandalizing the food truck that she owns and posting false negative reviews or sales ads for the truck.
Another plaintiff, Chrissie Bixler, a former Scientologist, reportedly claims church members chased her in her car, filmed her without permission, harassed her online and had false credit schemes and ads soliciting sex posted on her behalf to social media. The outlet notes she also claims her dog died unexpectedly shortly after the alleged October 2017 car chase due to "traumatic injuries to her trachea and esophagus."
"The tragic facts of sexual assault and abuse within Scientology and the cover up are now coming to light," co-counsel for the plaintiffs, Professor Marci Hamilton, said in a statement. "These brave survivors deserve justice and to be treated with respect and dignity. What they have had to suffer is simply unacceptable. The conduct of the defendants – regardless of their beliefs – is illegal. These victims deserve justice."
Four women who previously accused the “That 70s Show” actor of rape filed a lawsuit against him and the church alleging that they were stalked and harassed by its members. However, the church is now arguing that the women, some of whom are former Scientologists, agreed to ecclesiastical justice procedures when they first agreed to become members.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Church of Scientology filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act forces the court to allow the church to handle the matter internally thanks to the agreement the women executed, relinquishing their rights to sue it.
“Under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States and California Constitutions the Church may establish its own rules governing its relationship with its members exempt from civil law," states a motion to compel religious arbitration, provided by the outlet. "The Church’s ecclesiastical arbitration is a condition of participating in Scientology services. This Court may not interfere with this condition by imposing civil rules for arbitration. The Church’s arbitration agreements, as written and agreed to, must be enforced."
Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Marie Riales and two women who chose to remain anonymous reported their cases to the LAPD in late 2016 and early 2017 regarding attacks that allegedly took place in the early 2000s. Masterson, who has denied any wrongdoing and is a well-known Scientologist, previously called allegations by one of the women, his ex-girlfriend Riales, “ridiculous.”
The Church of Scientology is hoping to circumvent the U.S. civil justice system by pushing for a lawsuit against church member Danny Masterson to go into “religious arbitration.”
Four women who previously accused the “That 70s Show” actor of rape filed a lawsuit against him and the church alleging that they were stalked and harassed by its members. However, the church is now arguing that the women, some of whom are former Scientologists, agreed to ecclesiastical justice procedures when they first agreed to become members.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, the Church of Scientology filed a motion in Los Angeles Superior Court arguing that the Federal Arbitration Act forces the court to allow the church to handle the matter internally thanks to the agreement the women executed, relinquishing their rights to sue it.
“Under the Free Exercise and Establishment Clauses of the United States and California Constitutions the Church may establish its own rules governing its relationship with its members exempt from civil law," states a motion to compel religious arbitration, provided by the outlet. "The Church’s ecclesiastical arbitration is a condition of participating in Scientology services. This Court may not interfere with this condition by imposing civil rules for arbitration. The Church’s arbitration agreements, as written and agreed to, must be enforced."
Chrissie Carnell Bixler, Marie Riales and two women who chose to remain anonymous reported their cases to the LAPD in late 2016 and early 2017 regarding attacks that allegedly took place in the early 2000s. Masterson, who has denied any wrongdoing and is a well-known Scientologist, previously called allegations by one of the women, his ex-girlfriend Riales, “ridiculous.”
According to a report from Variety in August, Riales claims members from the Church of Scientology are stalking her, reportedly breaking a window in her 13-year-old daughter's room in the middle of the night, vandalizing the food truck that she owns and posting false negative reviews or sales ads for the truck.
Another plaintiff, Chrissie Bixler, a former Scientologist, reportedly claims church members chased her in her car, filmed her without permission, harassed her online and had false credit schemes and ads soliciting sex posted on her behalf to social media. The outlet notes she also claims her dog died unexpectedly shortly after the alleged October 2017 car chase due to "traumatic injuries to her trachea and esophagus."
"The tragic facts of sexual assault and abuse within Scientology and the cover up are now coming to light," co-counsel for the plaintiffs, Professor Marci Hamilton, said in a statement. "These brave survivors deserve justice and to be treated with respect and dignity. What they have had to suffer is simply unacceptable. The conduct of the defendants – regardless of their beliefs – is illegal. These victims deserve justice."
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Japan Offers Blueprint for Ex-U.S. Naval Base in Philippines
Japan will create the blueprint to redevelop a former U.S. naval base in northern Philippines that has also attracted interest from China.
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Japan Offers Blueprint for Ex-U.S. Naval Base in Philippines
By
Claire Jiao
January 8, 2020, 9:47 PM PST
The port in Subic bay in the Philippines.
Photographer: Jes Aznar/Getty Images AsiaPac
Japan will create the blueprint to redevelop a former U.S. naval base in northern Philippines that has also attracted interest from China.
Subic Bay, once the largest American naval base outside the U.S., will be developed through a master plan crafted by the Japan International Cooperation Agency, Finance Secretary Carlos Dominguez said during his bilateral meeting with Japanese Foreign Affairs Minister Toshimitsu Motegi in Manila on Thursday.
Carlos Dominguez
Photographer: SeongJoon Cho/Bloomberg
The Japanese agency signed the agreement in December to provide technical support for the Philippine government’s push to revive Subic Bay in Zambales province, with knowledge-based industries, logistics terminals, public utilities and road networks identified as possible industries to grow the local economy.
China has similarly been lured to the area, financing a 50-billion-peso ($987 million), 71-kilometer (44 mile) freight rail connecting Subic Bay to Clark Freeport, also a former U.S. military base. Chinese investors were also interested to take over Hanjin Heavy Industries Construction Co. Ltd.’s facilities, located near the disputed South China Sea.
Despite the Philippines’ growing closeness with China under President Rodrigo Duterte, Japan has remained the country’s top source of official development assistance. It has signed 10 loan agreements so far to support Duterte’s big-ticket infrastructure projects, and Dominguez said there were more opportunities for funding and technical support as the government’s so-called “Build, Build, Build” program picks up this year.
Florida man convicted of smuggling lizards from Philippines
A Florida man pleaded guilty to his part in a trafficking scheme in which live water monitor lizards were stuffed into socks and concealed inside electronics to be smuggled from the Philippines to the United States.
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Well, while KF is not above shitting on people with autism, at least we do it with our words and do it for free.
B.C. naturopath's pricey fecal transplants for autism are experimental and risky, scientists say
A Vancouver naturopath who charges $15,000 US for children with autism to have fecal transplants at a clinic near Tijuana, Mexico could put them at serious risk of infection with an unproven treatment, according to doctors and scientists.
Jason Klop claims in Facebook videos that he's treated kids as young as two from across the world using pills and liquids made from the stool of two American adolescents. He says he's seen "dramatic improvements" in symptoms of autism spectrum disorder.
The process isn't approved in either Canada or the United States for treatment of autism. Health Canada says it's looking into Klop's operation, and B.C.'s top public health official says she has serious concerns.
Experts on autism and the gastrointestinal system describe the therapy as experimental, overly expensive and potentially unsafe, with little solid basis in research.
"The potential risk of this procedure is way more than any potential benefit, and charging $15,000 to people without having confirmed data really borders on ... being very unethical," said Dr. Kent Williams, a pediatric gastroenterologist at Ohio's Nationwide Children's Hospital who specializes in treating GI issues in children with autism spectrum disorder.
Fecal microbiota treatments, or FMT for short, take bacteria and other microbes from the poop of a healthy person and transfer them to a patient either anally or orally, with the goal of restoring a normal environment inside the gut.
An illustration shows how fecal microbiota transplants are produced. (Vancouver Island Health Authority)
A single exploratory study has suggested that FMT could help improve symptoms of autism spectrum disorder, but even the researchers behind that work say the risks and potential benefits remain unproven.
"If it was my child, I wouldn't do it," said Rosa Krajmalnik-Brown, a professor of civil and environmental engineering at Arizona State University, who is part of the team that conducted the 2019 study.
That's the same advice she gave to a parent who asked for her thoughts on Klop's business — though she's also careful to point out that she's not qualified to give medical advice.
Krajmalnik-Brown said she's had hundreds of emails from parents who want to try FMT with their children with autism, and she tells them much more research is needed before it will be an approved therapy.
That's because if something goes wrong in the FMT process, the consequences can be lethal.
Krajmalnik-Brown said both donors and recipients need to be thoroughly screened, and "if this is not done correctly, this can lead to serious infections."
Last year, a 73-year-old man with a compromised immune system died after receiving a transplant from a stool sample contaminated with antibiotic-resistant E. coli.
Naturopaths' college is 'monitoring the situation'
Right now, FMT is only approved for use outside of clinical trials for the treatment of a single condition — C. difficile infection that hasn't responded to other therapies.
B.C.'s provincial health officer, Dr. Bonnie Henry, said she would caution all parents against trying FMT for autism, calling it an "experimental, unproven treatment that has dangers."
A spokesperson for Health Canada said the federal government doesn't have any power over treatments provided in other countries, but officials are looking into Klop's operation to make sure he's following the law here in Canada.
The College of Naturopathic Physicians of B.C., on the other hand, does have jurisdiction over B.C. naturopaths, even when they're providing treatment somewhere else.
When asked whether the college has concerns about Klop's business, registrar Phillipa Stanaway at first told CBC she couldn't comment on an ongoing investigation. Asked to clarify, she appeared to backpedal and said she could not confirm that an investigation is underway.
"We are monitoring the situation and will provide further information as we can," she wrote in an email.
'I just want to see dramatic improvements'
Klop initially agreed to an interview with CBC to talk about his business, FMT Solution, but he cancelled a day later. He did not respond to a detailed set of questions sent by email.
Klop tells his followers in his most recent Facebook video that he and his family are now living full time in Mexico.
According to his website, Klop's clients fly to San Diego, Calif., before they are driven across the Mexican border for five-day "retreats" in the resort city of Rosarito, about a 30-minute drive south of Tijuana. Klop says he accepts 10 children per retreat.
CBC has reached out to six parents who have made posts in private Facebook groups that suggest their children have participated in Klop's retreats. None agreed to an interview.
Klop offers FMT 'retreats' in the oceanside city of Rosarito, Mexico, shown here in a 2018 file photo. (Hans-Maximo Musielik/The Associated Press)
In a Facebook video posted to one of those private groups on Jan. 3, Klop breaks down the $15,000 US price tag for his retreats.
He said it includes resort accommodations, transportation across the border and a consultation with a Mexican doctor, but the bulk of the cost — $12,500 US — is for the FMT, which is administered daily for 16 weeks.
Klop has focused exclusively on using FMT to treat autism for the last six months, and his patients come from across North America, Europe, the U.K. and the Middle East, according to the same video.
An image posted in the now-defunct private Facebook group Klop Kids shows the oral liquid Klop provides to his patients. (Facebook)
He says he doesn't like to describe his work as "curing" autism.
"I just want to see dramatic improvements in digestion, language, behaviour, sleep, cognitive abilities, social awareness, social interactions. We see all of those things," Klop said in the video.
"If a child has autism, I think they have the likelihood of benefiting from FMT."
Dr. Christine Lee, a medical microbiologist and infectious diseases physician who studies FMT therapies at Island Health in Victoria, said there isn't solid science suggesting it's effective at treating autism.
She described Klop's price tag as "exorbitant" for this type of therapy, estimating that daily FMT doses cost less than $5 a day, even when the cost of screening donors is taken into account.
"I don't want to sound very negative and judgmental, but if we are subjecting individuals to experimental research, they should not be charged," Lee said.
In his videos, Klop also claims to have used FMT to treat a variety of other conditions, including multiple sclerosis and Parkinson's disease.
Klop's website posits that "the foundation for all health lies in the gut." In another video, he suggests that the increase in autism diagnoses in recent decades is "primarily due to a degeneration of these children's microbiomes" — referring to all the bacteria, viruses and other microbes that live in the human gastrointestinal system.
It's true that gastrointestinal issues are very common in children with autism, said Williams, the Ohio pediatric gastroenterologist, but he believes Klop has the cause and effect mixed up.
"I think the problems from the central nervous system that go along with autism, that's what's causing the GI problems," Williams said.
'Maybe we got lucky'
The last few years have seen a lot of excitement about the potential applications of FMT, and extensive research is currently underway about the possibilities for treating a range of conditions.
Klop's website says he bases his work on the Arizona State University study published last year.
That research followed 18 children on the autism spectrum who also have gastrointestinal problems. The scientists found a nearly 50 per cent improvement in autism-related symptoms two years after the subjects received daily FMT therapy for eight weeks.
But as the researchers have been careful to point out, the study was not randomized, did not control for the placebo effect, did not include a control group and involved a very small sample size.
In Canada, fecal microbiota transplants are only approved for treatment of recurrent infections with C. difficile. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press)
Krajmalnik-Brown described the results as encouraging, but said the right thing to do now is conduct a rigorous clinical trial.
"Our results were very promising, but it was only 18 kids. Maybe we got lucky," she told CBC.
Williams said it's crucial to be cautious with the results of a so-called open-label study, in which both the researcher and the patient know who's receiving the therapy.
"The history of open label trials, particularly in autistic children, is very fraught. Initially, the studies are great and promising, but later on they're not as good as initially thought, and in some cases there actually have been severe consequences — even death," he said.
Fears children are treated as 'test subjects for their parents'
CBC was first alerted to Klop's operation by Melissa Eaton, a North Carolina mother of a child with autism who tracks potentially dangerous and unproven treatments for autism by infiltrating private Facebook groups.
She said she was shocked when she learned Klop was offering FMT as a therapy for autism.
"When it comes to unproven, unregulated and experimental things, we have to get something in place that protects autistic children and all disabled children from becoming, for lack of a better word, test subjects for their parents," Eaton said.
She wishes parents would spend less of their energy trying to cure their children's autism. She believes they're sending a harmful message there's something wrong with their kids that needs to be fixed.
"The best thing that they can do for their child is to support them, accept them … instead of looking on the internet for some magical treatment," Eaton said.
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I’ve heard of fecal transplants, but in terms of actual fecal matter, and only to deal with fucked up gut bacteria. Not freaking homeopathic pills to treat autism.
Fish gonna swim. Birds gonna fly. Naturopaths gonna scam.
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Check out Dr. Morell, Hitler's personal physician.
Came up with the theory that the microbiome might affect overall health, decades before it was taken seriously; his treatment was pills taken orally so any "healthy" culture they contained was killed off by the stomach acids. May have hooked Adolph on amphetamines, although that's conjectural.
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He mostly gave injections for that reason, not pills. He would often give him multiple injections every day. He probably wasn't doing Hitler much good and may have been doing him a great deal of harm.
Theodor Morell - Wikipedia
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Crossing the aisle has been so rare lately that it's newsworthy, but hers is an extremely vulnerable seat.
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Horn joins Republicans to oppose limiting president's military powers
U.S. Rep. Kendra Horn, D-Oklahoma City, joined the state’s Republican congressmen to vote against limiting President Donald Trump’s ability to initiate military action without approval from Congress
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Teenage intern at NASA discovers new planet
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Well done, kid. A word of advice.
Fix the monobrow or you'll die a virgin.
Teenage intern at NASA discovers new planet
Wolf Cukier was only on his third day as an intern at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Centre when he made the find.
Well done, kid. A word of advice.
Fix the monobrow or you'll die a virgin.
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"Climate-change" fanatics' heads explode......fuck 'em.
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The telling tale of Glacier National Park’s ‘gone by 2020’ signs
By James Delingpole January 10, 2020
Glacier National Park has reportedly removed and replaced signs that say, "the glaciers will all be gone by the year 2020."
Never put a time limit on your doomsday predictions.
This rookie error has been the undoing of charlatans, cultists and false prophets through the ages, from Martin of Tours, who predicted that the world would end by 400, to Harold Camping, who claimed it would happen on Sept. 6, 1994.
The latest poor saps to join the oops club are the authorities in charge of Montana’s Glacier National Park. For years they’ve been warning on their visitor signs that their main attraction, the glaciers, would be “gone by 2020.” Instead, it’s those misleading signs that have had to go, because 2020 has now arrived and those pesky glaciers, all 29 of them, remain stubbornly unmelted by climate change.
You can tell that the National Park Service is secretly embarrassed because it has been trying to replace the signs by stealth. It began doing so last year but was rumbled by a visitor, Roger Roots, who reported the skullduggery at the website Watts Up With That?
Glacier National Park recently confirmed the changes to CNN but is maintaining a defiant public face. Its signs will now say: “When they [the glaciers] will completely disappear depends on how and when we act. One thing is consistent: The glaciers in the park are shrinking.”
But in truth the new signs are no more accurate than the old ones. First, some of the glaciers have expanded, not shrunk, in the last decade.
Second, “how and when we act” will not make much difference to the world’s glaciers. They have been retreating since 1820 — long before the 20th-century explosion in man-made CO2 emissions. This strongly suggests that glacial retreat is the result of natural causes — the end of the Little Ice Age — rather than of so-called “anthropogenic global warming.”
The National Park Service is not the only institution to have been caught out by the failure of “man-made climate change” to accord with the alarmists’ predicted time schedules. Also left red-faced this year was the Pentagon, which in 2004 warned that by 2020, major European cities would be under water, Britain would experience a “Siberian” climate and the world would be on the brink of famine and anarchy — all because of our old friend “climate change.”
Spectacularly wrong forecasting, of course, is nothing new. In 1968 Paul Ehrlich warned in his bestseller “The Population Bomb” that by the end of the ’70s “hundreds of millions of people” would have starved to death. This didn’t happen. Nor did he do any better with his famous wager with economics professor Julian Simon about the scarce resources that would dwindle to dangerously depleted levels by 1990. Ehrlich lost.
Plenty of green (or proto-green) and other doomsday predictors — have been proved similarly wrong through the ages: from third-century Carthaginian priest Tertullian and 18th-century economist Thomas Malthus (both of whom predicted population growth would outstrip the planet’s ability to feed humanity) to Rachel Carson (who warned of a cancer epidemic due to pesticides); from Peter Wadhams, the Cambridge professor who predicted summer Arctic ice would be gone by 2015 (it’s still there) to the Prince of Wales, who warned in 2009 that there were just “100 months” to save the world from climate change (but then had to extend the deadline, Harold Camping-style, when doomsday failed to materialize).
Given all this, you might be tempted to wonder why any of the supposed experts predicting imminent environmental catastrophe still get taken seriously. Part of the reason, I suspect, is that the mainstream media has an insatiable appetite for doomsday predictions (however ridiculous) — and less enthusiasm for stories about how we’re all doing pretty OK.
Mainly, though, it’s because we’re living through an era of green groupthink when even institutions that ought to know better have been overwhelmed by enviro-doom scare narrative. Perhaps, after so many embarrassments, 2020 will be the year the tide finally turns.
The telling tale of Glacier National Park’s ‘gone by 2020’ signs
Never put a time limit on your doomsday predictions. This rookie error has been the undoing of charlatans, cultists and false prophets through the ages, from Martin of Tours, who predicted that the…
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The telling tale of Glacier National Park’s ‘gone by 2020’ signs
By James Delingpole January 10, 2020
Glacier National Park has reportedly removed and replaced signs that say, "the glaciers will all be gone by the year 2020."
Never put a time limit on your doomsday predictions.
This rookie error has been the undoing of charlatans, cultists and false prophets through the ages, from Martin of Tours, who predicted that the world would end by 400, to Harold Camping, who claimed it would happen on Sept. 6, 1994.
The latest poor saps to join the oops club are the authorities in charge of Montana’s Glacier National Park. For years they’ve been warning on their visitor signs that their main attraction, the glaciers, would be “gone by 2020.” Instead, it’s those misleading signs that have had to go, because 2020 has now arrived and those pesky glaciers, all 29 of them, remain stubbornly unmelted by climate change.
You can tell that the National Park Service is secretly embarrassed because it has been trying to replace the signs by stealth. It began doing so last year but was rumbled by a visitor, Roger Roots, who reported the skullduggery at the website Watts Up With That?
Glacier National Park recently confirmed the changes to CNN but is maintaining a defiant public face. Its signs will now say: “When they [the glaciers] will completely disappear depends on how and when we act. One thing is consistent: The glaciers in the park are shrinking.”
But in truth the new signs are no more accurate than the old ones. First, some of the glaciers have expanded, not shrunk, in the last decade.
Second, “how and when we act” will not make much difference to the world’s glaciers. They have been retreating since 1820 — long before the 20th-century explosion in man-made CO2 emissions. This strongly suggests that glacial retreat is the result of natural causes — the end of the Little Ice Age — rather than of so-called “anthropogenic global warming.”
The National Park Service is not the only institution to have been caught out by the failure of “man-made climate change” to accord with the alarmists’ predicted time schedules. Also left red-faced this year was the Pentagon, which in 2004 warned that by 2020, major European cities would be under water, Britain would experience a “Siberian” climate and the world would be on the brink of famine and anarchy — all because of our old friend “climate change.”
Spectacularly wrong forecasting, of course, is nothing new. In 1968 Paul Ehrlich warned in his bestseller “The Population Bomb” that by the end of the ’70s “hundreds of millions of people” would have starved to death. This didn’t happen. Nor did he do any better with his famous wager with economics professor Julian Simon about the scarce resources that would dwindle to dangerously depleted levels by 1990. Ehrlich lost.
Plenty of green (or proto-green) and other doomsday predictors — have been proved similarly wrong through the ages: from third-century Carthaginian priest Tertullian and 18th-century economist Thomas Malthus (both of whom predicted population growth would outstrip the planet’s ability to feed humanity) to Rachel Carson (who warned of a cancer epidemic due to pesticides); from Peter Wadhams, the Cambridge professor who predicted summer Arctic ice would be gone by 2015 (it’s still there) to the Prince of Wales, who warned in 2009 that there were just “100 months” to save the world from climate change (but then had to extend the deadline, Harold Camping-style, when doomsday failed to materialize).
Given all this, you might be tempted to wonder why any of the supposed experts predicting imminent environmental catastrophe still get taken seriously. Part of the reason, I suspect, is that the mainstream media has an insatiable appetite for doomsday predictions (however ridiculous) — and less enthusiasm for stories about how we’re all doing pretty OK.
Mainly, though, it’s because we’re living through an era of green groupthink when even institutions that ought to know better have been overwhelmed by enviro-doom scare narrative. Perhaps, after so many embarrassments, 2020 will be the year the tide finally turns.
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The telling tale of Glacier National Park’s ‘gone by 2020’ signs
Never put a time limit on your doomsday predictions. This rookie error has been the undoing of charlatans, cultists and false prophets through the ages, from Martin of Tours, who predicted that the…
The telling tale of Glacier National Park’s ‘gone by 2020’ signs
By James Delingpole January 10, 2020
Glacier National Park has reportedly removed and replaced signs that say, "the glaciers will all be gone by the year 2020."
Never put a time limit on your doomsday predictions.
This rookie error has been the undoing of charlatans, cultists and false prophets through the ages, from Martin of Tours, who predicted that the world would end by 400, to Harold Camping, who claimed it would happen on Sept. 6, 1994.
The latest poor saps to join the oops club are the authorities in charge of Montana’s Glacier National Park. For years they’ve been warning on their visitor signs that their main attraction, the glaciers, would be “gone by 2020.” Instead, it’s those misleading signs that have had to go, because 2020 has now arrived and those pesky glaciers, all 29 of them, remain stubbornly unmelted by climate change.
You can tell that the National Park Service is secretly embarrassed because it has been trying to replace the signs by stealth. It began doing so last year but was rumbled by a visitor, Roger Roots, who reported the skullduggery at the website Watts Up With That?
Glacier National Park recently confirmed the changes to CNN but is maintaining a defiant public face. Its signs will now say: “When they [the glaciers] will completely disappear depends on how and when we act. One thing is consistent: The glaciers in the park are shrinking.”
But in truth the new signs are no more accurate than the old ones. First, some of the glaciers have expanded, not shrunk, in the last decade.
Second, “how and when we act” will not make much difference to the world’s glaciers. They have been retreating since 1820 — long before the 20th-century explosion in man-made CO2 emissions. This strongly suggests that glacial retreat is the result of natural causes — the end of the Little Ice Age — rather than of so-called “anthropogenic global warming.”
The National Park Service is not the only institution to have been caught out by the failure of “man-made climate change” to accord with the alarmists’ predicted time schedules. Also left red-faced this year was the Pentagon, which in 2004 warned that by 2020, major European cities would be under water, Britain would experience a “Siberian” climate and the world would be on the brink of famine and anarchy — all because of our old friend “climate change.”
Spectacularly wrong forecasting, of course, is nothing new. In 1968 Paul Ehrlich warned in his bestseller “The Population Bomb” that by the end of the ’70s “hundreds of millions of people” would have starved to death. This didn’t happen. Nor did he do any better with his famous wager with economics professor Julian Simon about the scarce resources that would dwindle to dangerously depleted levels by 1990. Ehrlich lost.
Plenty of green (or proto-green) and other doomsday predictors — have been proved similarly wrong through the ages: from third-century Carthaginian priest Tertullian and 18th-century economist Thomas Malthus (both of whom predicted population growth would outstrip the planet’s ability to feed humanity) to Rachel Carson (who warned of a cancer epidemic due to pesticides); from Peter Wadhams, the Cambridge professor who predicted summer Arctic ice would be gone by 2015 (it’s still there) to the Prince of Wales, who warned in 2009 that there were just “100 months” to save the world from climate change (but then had to extend the deadline, Harold Camping-style, when doomsday failed to materialize).
Given all this, you might be tempted to wonder why any of the supposed experts predicting imminent environmental catastrophe still get taken seriously. Part of the reason, I suspect, is that the mainstream media has an insatiable appetite for doomsday predictions (however ridiculous) — and less enthusiasm for stories about how we’re all doing pretty OK.
Mainly, though, it’s because we’re living through an era of green groupthink when even institutions that ought to know better have been overwhelmed by enviro-doom scare narrative. Perhaps, after so many embarrassments, 2020 will be the year the tide finally turns.
I'll tell you what I told my ex girlfriend. I think something is happening and I think it's probably manmade. But worshiping some special needs girl and eating bugs isn't going to solve anything.
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Professor is fired after saying Iran should bomb the Mall of America
Asheen Phansey, a former adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was fired after suggesting Iran should target American cultural sites to bomb
College professor is fired after posting on Facebook that Iran should bomb the Mall of America and the Kardashians’ home in retaliation for the killing of Soleimani
- Asheen Phansey,a college professor, was fired after suggesting Iran target American cultural sites with its missiles
- This included the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home
- Phansey has since been removed from his position at Babson College after an intense backlash
- He later apologized, saying he regrets his 'bad attempt at humor'
By LAUREN EDMONDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 18:35 EST, 9 January 2020 | UPDATED: 00:57 EST, 10 January 2020
A adjunct professor at a Massachusetts university was fired after suggesting Iran choose 52 American cultural sites - including the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home - to bomb in retaliation for the U.S. drone killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Asheen Phansey, an adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, made his 'attempt at humor' in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday.
'In retaliation, Ayatollah Khomenei should tweet a list of 52 sites of beloved American cultural heritage that he would bomb. Um… Mall of America? Kardashian residence?,' Phansey wrote.
This appears to be a riff on Iranian warnings that at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, had been identified for retaliatory strikes.
The Facebook post has since been deleted, but not before Phansey's employers were alerted to the post.
In response, Babson College initially suspended him with pay.
In a statement shared Thursday, Babson College told WHDH that Phansey's post is not representative of their institution.
'Babson College condemns any type of threatening words and/or actions condoning violence and/or hate. This particular post from a staff member on his personal Facebook page clearly does not represent the values and culture of Babson College,' they wrote.
'While we understand he has deleted the posts, we have immediately suspended him, with pay, pending the completion of our investigation.'
In a statement released just hours later, Babson College revealed that Phansey was no longer a member of their staff.
'Based on the results of the investigation, the staff member is no longer a Babson College employee,' they said.
Phansey has since apologized for the Facebook post, saying he regrets that his 'sloppy humor' was perceived by many as a threat.
He told the Boston Herald: 'I regret my bad attempt at humor. As an American, born and raised, I was trying to juxtapose our ‘cultural sites’ with ancient Iranian churches and mosques.'
'I am completely opposed to violence and would never advocate it by anyone. I am sorry that my sloppy humor was read as a threat. I condemn all acts of violence.'
'I am particularly sorry to cause any harm or alarm for my colleagues at Babson, my beloved alma mater, and the place where I have enjoyed teaching students and serving as its sustainability director,' he said.
Phansey is currently working with a public relations firm to steer through the negative press he's received since the post began circulating.
FIRE, a national civil liberties nonprofit that defends student and faculty free expression, issued a statement to Babson College saying they must uphold their commitment to 'freedom of expression.'
'Babson College has terminated an adjunct professor for a personal Facebook post criticizing the President of the United States,' said Adam Steinbaugh, director of the Individual Rights Defense Program at FIRE.
'The professor's post is obvious rhetorical hyperbole and cannot reasonably be read as a threat, incitement, or even a sincere endorsement of violence,' he continued.
'Babson's process-free termination of the professor in an attempt to quell criticism on social media is censorship, plain and simple, and reveals Babson's stated commitment to freedom of expression to be worthless.'
His poorly timed joke comes off the heels of a tumultuous week between the U.S. and Iran after an airstrike killed a top Iranian military leader on January 3. Soleimani was killed by missiles outside Baghdad's International Airport around 12.03am local time after arriving from Syria.
Trump said in a press conference that Soleimani was killed to prevent a war, adding that the commander was plotting 'imminent and sinister' attacks against Americans.
'We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,' the president said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.
Iranian officials and Soleimani's supporters have since vowed vengeance for the military leader's death.
President Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. has made a 'grave mistake' for by killing the leader of Iran's Quds force and will face consequences for years to come.
Rouhani has said that Iran has the right to seek revenge, saying that that retaliation will come when the 'dirty hands of the US' are removed from the region indefinitely.
The general was the architect of Iran's shadow warfare and military expansion in the Middle East and was targeted specifically because he was actively developing plans to kill members of the U.S. military and diplomats in the region.
'The Americans did not realize what a grave mistake they have made. They will suffer the consequences of such criminal measure not only today, but also throughout the years to come,' Rouhani said.
'This crime committed by the US will go down in history as one of their unforgettable crimes against the Iranian nation.'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei visited Soleimani's family on Friday evening where he said the airstrike that killed the architect of the country's infamous militia was 'villainous'.
In a series of other tweets following the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the Trump administration as 'villainous' and condemned the airstrike.
'Hajj Qasem Soleimani had been exposed to martyrdom repeatedly, but in performing his duty & fighting for the cause of God, he didn't fear anyone or anything. He was martyred by the most villainous people, the US govt, & their pride in this crime is a distinguishing feature of him,' he wrote on Saturday.
He also warned Iran's 'enemies' that the Jihad of Resistance' supposed victory will be 'bitter.'
He wrote: 'All friends—& enemies—know that Jihad of Resistance will continue with more motivation & definite victory awaits the fighters on this blessed path. The loss of our dear General is bitter. The continuing fight & ultimate victory will be more bitter for the murderers & criminals.'
Earlier on Saturday, an Iranian official said at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, have been identified for retaliatory strikes.
Iranian General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, a Revolutionary Guards commander in the southern province of Kerman, made the threat a day after Quds Force leader General Qassem Soleimani was killed at the Baghdad International Airport by a U.S. airstrike.
Abuhamzeh said vital American targets in the region had been identified a 'long time ago', including ships in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and Tel Aviv.
'The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there … some 35 U.S. targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach,' he said, according to Reuters.
Hezbollah, an Islamic political and militant group, has also warned Iraqi soldiers to stay at least 1,000 meters away from U.S. military bases from Sunday onwards.
Trump responded to the threat on Twitter, saying the U.S. has targeted 52 Iranian sites that could be hit 'very fast and hard.'
'Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime...' Trump wrote.
'Including recently,hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have....'
'targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!'
PUBLISHED: 18:35 EST, 9 January 2020 | UPDATED: 00:57 EST, 10 January 2020
A adjunct professor at a Massachusetts university was fired after suggesting Iran choose 52 American cultural sites - including the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home - to bomb in retaliation for the U.S. drone killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Asheen Phansey, an adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, made his 'attempt at humor' in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday.
'In retaliation, Ayatollah Khomenei should tweet a list of 52 sites of beloved American cultural heritage that he would bomb. Um… Mall of America? Kardashian residence?,' Phansey wrote.
This appears to be a riff on Iranian warnings that at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, had been identified for retaliatory strikes.
The Facebook post has since been deleted, but not before Phansey's employers were alerted to the post.
In response, Babson College initially suspended him with pay.
In a statement shared Thursday, Babson College told WHDH that Phansey's post is not representative of their institution.
'Babson College condemns any type of threatening words and/or actions condoning violence and/or hate. This particular post from a staff member on his personal Facebook page clearly does not represent the values and culture of Babson College,' they wrote.
'While we understand he has deleted the posts, we have immediately suspended him, with pay, pending the completion of our investigation.'
In a statement released just hours later, Babson College revealed that Phansey was no longer a member of their staff.
'Based on the results of the investigation, the staff member is no longer a Babson College employee,' they said.
Phansey has since apologized for the Facebook post, saying he regrets that his 'sloppy humor' was perceived by many as a threat.
He told the Boston Herald: 'I regret my bad attempt at humor. As an American, born and raised, I was trying to juxtapose our ‘cultural sites’ with ancient Iranian churches and mosques.'
'I am completely opposed to violence and would never advocate it by anyone. I am sorry that my sloppy humor was read as a threat. I condemn all acts of violence.'
'I am particularly sorry to cause any harm or alarm for my colleagues at Babson, my beloved alma mater, and the place where I have enjoyed teaching students and serving as its sustainability director,' he said.
Phansey is currently working with a public relations firm to steer through the negative press he's received since the post began circulating.
FIRE, a national civil liberties nonprofit that defends student and faculty free expression, issued a statement to Babson College saying they must uphold their commitment to 'freedom of expression.'
'Babson College has terminated an adjunct professor for a personal Facebook post criticizing the President of the United States,' said Adam Steinbaugh, director of the Individual Rights Defense Program at FIRE.
'The professor's post is obvious rhetorical hyperbole and cannot reasonably be read as a threat, incitement, or even a sincere endorsement of violence,' he continued.
'Babson's process-free termination of the professor in an attempt to quell criticism on social media is censorship, plain and simple, and reveals Babson's stated commitment to freedom of expression to be worthless.'
His poorly timed joke comes off the heels of a tumultuous week between the U.S. and Iran after an airstrike killed a top Iranian military leader on January 3. Soleimani was killed by missiles outside Baghdad's International Airport around 12.03am local time after arriving from Syria.
Trump said in a press conference that Soleimani was killed to prevent a war, adding that the commander was plotting 'imminent and sinister' attacks against Americans.
'We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,' the president said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.
Iranian officials and Soleimani's supporters have since vowed vengeance for the military leader's death.
President Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. has made a 'grave mistake' for by killing the leader of Iran's Quds force and will face consequences for years to come.
Rouhani has said that Iran has the right to seek revenge, saying that that retaliation will come when the 'dirty hands of the US' are removed from the region indefinitely.
The general was the architect of Iran's shadow warfare and military expansion in the Middle East and was targeted specifically because he was actively developing plans to kill members of the U.S. military and diplomats in the region.
'The Americans did not realize what a grave mistake they have made. They will suffer the consequences of such criminal measure not only today, but also throughout the years to come,' Rouhani said.
'This crime committed by the US will go down in history as one of their unforgettable crimes against the Iranian nation.'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei visited Soleimani's family on Friday evening where he said the airstrike that killed the architect of the country's infamous militia was 'villainous'.
In a series of other tweets following the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the Trump administration as 'villainous' and condemned the airstrike.
'Hajj Qasem Soleimani had been exposed to martyrdom repeatedly, but in performing his duty & fighting for the cause of God, he didn't fear anyone or anything. He was martyred by the most villainous people, the US govt, & their pride in this crime is a distinguishing feature of him,' he wrote on Saturday.
He also warned Iran's 'enemies' that the Jihad of Resistance' supposed victory will be 'bitter.'
He wrote: 'All friends—& enemies—know that Jihad of Resistance will continue with more motivation & definite victory awaits the fighters on this blessed path. The loss of our dear General is bitter. The continuing fight & ultimate victory will be more bitter for the murderers & criminals.'
Earlier on Saturday, an Iranian official said at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, have been identified for retaliatory strikes.
Iranian General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, a Revolutionary Guards commander in the southern province of Kerman, made the threat a day after Quds Force leader General Qassem Soleimani was killed at the Baghdad International Airport by a U.S. airstrike.
Abuhamzeh said vital American targets in the region had been identified a 'long time ago', including ships in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and Tel Aviv.
'The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there … some 35 U.S. targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach,' he said, according to Reuters.
Hezbollah, an Islamic political and militant group, has also warned Iraqi soldiers to stay at least 1,000 meters away from U.S. military bases from Sunday onwards.
Trump responded to the threat on Twitter, saying the U.S. has targeted 52 Iranian sites that could be hit 'very fast and hard.'
'Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime...' Trump wrote.
'Including recently,hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have....'
'targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!'
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Professor is fired after saying Iran should bomb the Mall of America
Asheen Phansey, a former adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was fired after suggesting Iran should target American cultural sites to bombwww.dailymail.co.uk
College professor is fired after posting on Facebook that Iran should bomb the Mall of America and the Kardashians’ home in retaliation for the killing of Soleimani
- Asheen Phansey,a college professor, was fired after suggesting Iran target American cultural sites with its missiles
- This included the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home
- Phansey has since been removed from his position at Babson College after an intense backlash
- He later apologized, saying he regrets his 'bad attempt at humor'
By LAUREN EDMONDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 18:35 EST, 9 January 2020 | UPDATED: 00:57 EST, 10 January 2020
A adjunct professor at a Massachusetts university was fired after suggesting Iran choose 52 American cultural sites - including the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home - to bomb in retaliation for the U.S. drone killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Asheen Phansey, an adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, made his 'attempt at humor' in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday.
'In retaliation, Ayatollah Khomenei should tweet a list of 52 sites of beloved American cultural heritage that he would bomb. Um… Mall of America? Kardashian residence?,' Phansey wrote.
This appears to be a riff on Iranian warnings that at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, had been identified for retaliatory strikes.
The Facebook post has since been deleted, but not before Phansey's employers were alerted to the post.
In response, Babson College initially suspended him with pay.
In a statement shared Thursday, Babson College told WHDH that Phansey's post is not representative of their institution.
'Babson College condemns any type of threatening words and/or actions condoning violence and/or hate. This particular post from a staff member on his personal Facebook page clearly does not represent the values and culture of Babson College,' they wrote.
'While we understand he has deleted the posts, we have immediately suspended him, with pay, pending the completion of our investigation.'
In a statement released just hours later, Babson College revealed that Phansey was no longer a member of their staff.
'Based on the results of the investigation, the staff member is no longer a Babson College employee,' they said.
Phansey has since apologized for the Facebook post, saying he regrets that his 'sloppy humor' was perceived by many as a threat.
He told the Boston Herald: 'I regret my bad attempt at humor. As an American, born and raised, I was trying to juxtapose our ‘cultural sites’ with ancient Iranian churches and mosques.'
'I am completely opposed to violence and would never advocate it by anyone. I am sorry that my sloppy humor was read as a threat. I condemn all acts of violence.'
'I am particularly sorry to cause any harm or alarm for my colleagues at Babson, my beloved alma mater, and the place where I have enjoyed teaching students and serving as its sustainability director,' he said.
Phansey is currently working with a public relations firm to steer through the negative press he's received since the post began circulating.
FIRE, a national civil liberties nonprofit that defends student and faculty free expression, issued a statement to Babson College saying they must uphold their commitment to 'freedom of expression.'
'Babson College has terminated an adjunct professor for a personal Facebook post criticizing the President of the United States,' said Adam Steinbaugh, director of the Individual Rights Defense Program at FIRE.
'The professor's post is obvious rhetorical hyperbole and cannot reasonably be read as a threat, incitement, or even a sincere endorsement of violence,' he continued.
'Babson's process-free termination of the professor in an attempt to quell criticism on social media is censorship, plain and simple, and reveals Babson's stated commitment to freedom of expression to be worthless.'
His poorly timed joke comes off the heels of a tumultuous week between the U.S. and Iran after an airstrike killed a top Iranian military leader on January 3. Soleimani was killed by missiles outside Baghdad's International Airport around 12.03am local time after arriving from Syria.
Trump said in a press conference that Soleimani was killed to prevent a war, adding that the commander was plotting 'imminent and sinister' attacks against Americans.
'We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,' the president said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.
Iranian officials and Soleimani's supporters have since vowed vengeance for the military leader's death.
President Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. has made a 'grave mistake' for by killing the leader of Iran's Quds force and will face consequences for years to come.
Rouhani has said that Iran has the right to seek revenge, saying that that retaliation will come when the 'dirty hands of the US' are removed from the region indefinitely.
The general was the architect of Iran's shadow warfare and military expansion in the Middle East and was targeted specifically because he was actively developing plans to kill members of the U.S. military and diplomats in the region.
'The Americans did not realize what a grave mistake they have made. They will suffer the consequences of such criminal measure not only today, but also throughout the years to come,' Rouhani said.
'This crime committed by the US will go down in history as one of their unforgettable crimes against the Iranian nation.'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei visited Soleimani's family on Friday evening where he said the airstrike that killed the architect of the country's infamous militia was 'villainous'.
In a series of other tweets following the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the Trump administration as 'villainous' and condemned the airstrike.
'Hajj Qasem Soleimani had been exposed to martyrdom repeatedly, but in performing his duty & fighting for the cause of God, he didn't fear anyone or anything. He was martyred by the most villainous people, the US govt, & their pride in this crime is a distinguishing feature of him,' he wrote on Saturday.
He also warned Iran's 'enemies' that the Jihad of Resistance' supposed victory will be 'bitter.'
He wrote: 'All friends—& enemies—know that Jihad of Resistance will continue with more motivation & definite victory awaits the fighters on this blessed path. The loss of our dear General is bitter. The continuing fight & ultimate victory will be more bitter for the murderers & criminals.'
Earlier on Saturday, an Iranian official said at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, have been identified for retaliatory strikes.
Iranian General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, a Revolutionary Guards commander in the southern province of Kerman, made the threat a day after Quds Force leader General Qassem Soleimani was killed at the Baghdad International Airport by a U.S. airstrike.
Abuhamzeh said vital American targets in the region had been identified a 'long time ago', including ships in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and Tel Aviv.
'The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there … some 35 U.S. targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach,' he said, according to Reuters.
Hezbollah, an Islamic political and militant group, has also warned Iraqi soldiers to stay at least 1,000 meters away from U.S. military bases from Sunday onwards.
Trump responded to the threat on Twitter, saying the U.S. has targeted 52 Iranian sites that could be hit 'very fast and hard.'
'Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime...' Trump wrote.
'Including recently,hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have....'
'targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!'
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Shit, if Iran bombed the Kardashians' house Americans would be cheering. "Thanks for doing us a solid!"
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Professor is fired after saying Iran should bomb the Mall of America
Asheen Phansey, a former adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was fired after suggesting Iran should target American cultural sites to bomb
College professor is fired after posting on Facebook that Iran should bomb the Mall of America and the Kardashians’ home in retaliation for the killing of Soleimani
He wasn't just a professor but an administrator, part of that shitty, useless parasite class of blubber that has been expanded vastly by free federal dollars. He was "Sustainability Director." Hiring these useless people has vastly inflated tuition over the past 30+ years.
From his old page:
Meet The Staff | Babson College
Asheen A. Phansey
Director, Sustainability
Asheen has over a decade of corporate sustainability experience, specializing in sustainability strategy and change management in large enterprises. From 2010–2017, Asheen led sustainability efforts for the $3B French software developer Dassault Systèmes, which in 2018 was named the #1 on the Global 100 Most Sustainable Corporations list by Corporate Knights. Since 2017, Asheen has consulted for several companies in corporate sustainability, ranging from high-tech to the financial sector.
Asheen serves on the Board of Directors of Net Impact and on the Advisory Council for the Power Shift Network, both of which empower young people to drive sustainable change. He also serves as the Board Treasurer for the Environmental League of Massachusetts (ELM) Action Fund, where he is involved in business-friendly political advocacy. He is an active proponent of carbon pricing, having testified on behalf of the business community at a carbon legislation hearing at the Massachusetts State House.
Prior to sustainability, his professional experience spans the software, aerospace, and biotech sectors, including working in early-stage startups in molecular pharmacological research and synthetic nanobiomaterials manufacture, and conducting tech commercialization for unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) technologies. Asheen holds a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from Cornell University and an MBA from Babson College, and frequently lectures at Babson and other universities. He enjoys learning new languages, philosophizing over espresso, and running (slowly and infrequently).
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... so is he autisticProfessor is fired after saying Iran should bomb the Mall of America
Asheen Phansey, a former adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, Massachusetts, was fired after suggesting Iran should target American cultural sites to bomb
College professor is fired after posting on Facebook that Iran should bomb the Mall of America and the Kardashians’ home in retaliation for the killing of Soleimani
- Asheen Phansey,a college professor, was fired after suggesting Iran target American cultural sites with its missiles
- This included the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home
- Phansey has since been removed from his position at Babson College after an intense backlash
- He later apologized, saying he regrets his 'bad attempt at humor'
By LAUREN EDMONDS FOR DAILYMAIL.COM
PUBLISHED: 18:35 EST, 9 January 2020 | UPDATED: 00:57 EST, 10 January 2020
A adjunct professor at a Massachusetts university was fired after suggesting Iran choose 52 American cultural sites - including the Mall of America and the Kardashians' home - to bomb in retaliation for the U.S. drone killing of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani.
Asheen Phansey, an adjunct professor at Babson College in Wellesley, made his 'attempt at humor' in a Facebook post shared on Tuesday.
'In retaliation, Ayatollah Khomenei should tweet a list of 52 sites of beloved American cultural heritage that he would bomb. Um… Mall of America? Kardashian residence?,' Phansey wrote.
This appears to be a riff on Iranian warnings that at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, had been identified for retaliatory strikes.
The Facebook post has since been deleted, but not before Phansey's employers were alerted to the post.
In response, Babson College initially suspended him with pay.
In a statement shared Thursday, Babson College told WHDH that Phansey's post is not representative of their institution.
'Babson College condemns any type of threatening words and/or actions condoning violence and/or hate. This particular post from a staff member on his personal Facebook page clearly does not represent the values and culture of Babson College,' they wrote.
'While we understand he has deleted the posts, we have immediately suspended him, with pay, pending the completion of our investigation.'
In a statement released just hours later, Babson College revealed that Phansey was no longer a member of their staff.
'Based on the results of the investigation, the staff member is no longer a Babson College employee,' they said.
Phansey has since apologized for the Facebook post, saying he regrets that his 'sloppy humor' was perceived by many as a threat.
He told the Boston Herald: 'I regret my bad attempt at humor. As an American, born and raised, I was trying to juxtapose our ‘cultural sites’ with ancient Iranian churches and mosques.'
'I am completely opposed to violence and would never advocate it by anyone. I am sorry that my sloppy humor was read as a threat. I condemn all acts of violence.'
'I am particularly sorry to cause any harm or alarm for my colleagues at Babson, my beloved alma mater, and the place where I have enjoyed teaching students and serving as its sustainability director,' he said.
Phansey is currently working with a public relations firm to steer through the negative press he's received since the post began circulating.
FIRE, a national civil liberties nonprofit that defends student and faculty free expression, issued a statement to Babson College saying they must uphold their commitment to 'freedom of expression.'
'Babson College has terminated an adjunct professor for a personal Facebook post criticizing the President of the United States,' said Adam Steinbaugh, director of the Individual Rights Defense Program at FIRE.
'The professor's post is obvious rhetorical hyperbole and cannot reasonably be read as a threat, incitement, or even a sincere endorsement of violence,' he continued.
'Babson's process-free termination of the professor in an attempt to quell criticism on social media is censorship, plain and simple, and reveals Babson's stated commitment to freedom of expression to be worthless.'
His poorly timed joke comes off the heels of a tumultuous week between the U.S. and Iran after an airstrike killed a top Iranian military leader on January 3. Soleimani was killed by missiles outside Baghdad's International Airport around 12.03am local time after arriving from Syria.
Trump said in a press conference that Soleimani was killed to prevent a war, adding that the commander was plotting 'imminent and sinister' attacks against Americans.
'We took action last night to stop a war. We did not take action to start a war,' the president said in brief remarks at Mar-a-Lago on Friday.
Iranian officials and Soleimani's supporters have since vowed vengeance for the military leader's death.
President Hassan Rouhani said the U.S. has made a 'grave mistake' for by killing the leader of Iran's Quds force and will face consequences for years to come.
Rouhani has said that Iran has the right to seek revenge, saying that that retaliation will come when the 'dirty hands of the US' are removed from the region indefinitely.
The general was the architect of Iran's shadow warfare and military expansion in the Middle East and was targeted specifically because he was actively developing plans to kill members of the U.S. military and diplomats in the region.
'The Americans did not realize what a grave mistake they have made. They will suffer the consequences of such criminal measure not only today, but also throughout the years to come,' Rouhani said.
'This crime committed by the US will go down in history as one of their unforgettable crimes against the Iranian nation.'
Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatolla Ali Khamenei visited Soleimani's family on Friday evening where he said the airstrike that killed the architect of the country's infamous militia was 'villainous'.
In a series of other tweets following the meeting, Ayatollah Khamenei referred to the Trump administration as 'villainous' and condemned the airstrike.
'Hajj Qasem Soleimani had been exposed to martyrdom repeatedly, but in performing his duty & fighting for the cause of God, he didn't fear anyone or anything. He was martyred by the most villainous people, the US govt, & their pride in this crime is a distinguishing feature of him,' he wrote on Saturday.
He also warned Iran's 'enemies' that the Jihad of Resistance' supposed victory will be 'bitter.'
He wrote: 'All friends—& enemies—know that Jihad of Resistance will continue with more motivation & definite victory awaits the fighters on this blessed path. The loss of our dear General is bitter. The continuing fight & ultimate victory will be more bitter for the murderers & criminals.'
Earlier on Saturday, an Iranian official said at least 35 U.S. targets, including warships and Tel Aviv, have been identified for retaliatory strikes.
Iranian General Gholamali Abuhamzeh, a Revolutionary Guards commander in the southern province of Kerman, made the threat a day after Quds Force leader General Qassem Soleimani was killed at the Baghdad International Airport by a U.S. airstrike.
Abuhamzeh said vital American targets in the region had been identified a 'long time ago', including ships in the Persian Gulf, the Strait of Hormuz and Tel Aviv.
'The Strait of Hormuz is a vital point for the West and a large number of American destroyers and warships cross there … some 35 U.S. targets in the region as well as Tel Aviv are within our reach,' he said, according to Reuters.
Hezbollah, an Islamic political and militant group, has also warned Iraqi soldiers to stay at least 1,000 meters away from U.S. military bases from Sunday onwards.
Trump responded to the threat on Twitter, saying the U.S. has targeted 52 Iranian sites that could be hit 'very fast and hard.'
'Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime...' Trump wrote.
'Including recently,hundreds of Iranian protesters. He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years. Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have....'
'targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!'
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CNN hadn't reached the bottom yet. They fined for the largest fine for labor violations.
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I agree with that Youtuber, I quoted his comment for posterity.