[L.A. Now]Two birds are recovering at a wildlife care center after officials said the animals overdosed on pills dumped at a park in Huntington Beach.
Last week, authorities said, a man spotted hundreds of pills on the grass at Carr Park. After seeing a goose in distress, he called animal control.
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| Earthrise, by Apollo 8 crewmember Bill Anders, taken 24 December 1968, mission time 075:49:07 (16:40 UTC). West Africa is visible just above Terra's terminator line. The lunar horizon is ~780 kilometers from the spacecraft. Width of the photographed area at the lunar horizon is about 175 kilometers. Two craters visible on the image were named 8 Homeward and Anders' Earthrise in honor of Apollo 8 by IAU in 2018. |
THU 23 DEC 1943Slightly more manly than attacking barely-armed & completely unarmored merchant shipping.
Pacific
USAAF B-25s sink Japanese gunboat Nan-Yo 35 miles south of Formosa Straits, 25°30'N, 119°30'E.
Atlantic
Escort carrier Card (CVE-11) and destroyer Decatur (DD-341) are attacked unsuccessfully by German submarine U-415 as they steam toward Horta, Azores, from escorting convoy GUS 24. Destroyer Schenck (DD-159), in Card's screen, attacks and probably damages another enemy boat in the vicinity, U-645 (see 24 December 1943). FM aircraft from Card locates blockade runner Osorno, bound for the Gironde Estuary (see 25 December 1943).
German submarine U-471 unsuccessfully attacks battleship Arkansas (BB-33) screening convoy TU 5 in the North Atlantic, 300 miles west of Rockall Bank.
Can we declare a moratorium on appointing military-corporate drones of Irish-Roman Catholic descent/extraction to any more Trump admin. jobs, acting or otherwise? Not that anyone will be taking any such positions on any but a temporary basis anyway.
Meet Trump's acting Pentagon chief — When Defense Secretary Jim Mattis wanted him to be his top deputy, Patrick Shanahan was instructed to focus “down and in,” as he describes the approach to managing the government's largest bureaucracy. — But the former Boeing executive who came to be known as …Quint Forgey / Politico: 2 months early: Mattis leaving by January 1
Victoria Bekiempis / The Daily Beast: Lumpy Replaces Mattis With Deputy Patrick Shanahan as Chaos in Cretinworld Intensifies
Two Arrested In Killing Of Homeless Man
[mynewsLA.com/The Oregonian]He was accused of killing a Portland teen. Feds believe the Saudis helped him escape
WED 22 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Gurnard (SS-254) damages German cargo ship Havelland east of Kashinosaki, 33°30'N, 135°57'E; the ship never returns to active service.
Navy F6Fs and SBDs and USAAF P-39s raid Mili Atoll, Marshalls, sinking Japanese transport Nankai Maru, 06°05'N, 171°43'E.
USAAF aircraft sink Japanese merchant cargo vessel Ginrei Maru, 20°12'N, 113°40'E.
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TUE 21 DEC 1943
Pacific
PBYs from Attu, Aleutians, bomb Shimushu, Paramushiro Strait, Kuriles.
Coastal transport APc-2 is damaged by dive bomber off New Britain, 06°12'S, 149°03'E.
Submarine Grayback (SS-208) sinks Japanese auxiliary netlayer Kashiwa Maru and merchant passenger/cargo ship Konan Maru south-southwest of Kagoshima, Japan, 30°26'N, 129°58'E.
Submarine Sailfish (SS-192) sinks Japanese transport Uyo Maru off Miyazaki, 32°38'N, 132°04'E.
Submarine Skate (SS-305) sinks Japanese fleet tanker Terukawa Maru northwest of Truk, Carolines, 09°45'N, 151°56'E.
USAAF B-25s sink small Japanese cargo vessel Matsushima Maru at Wewak.
Atlantic
Coast Guard cutter Bodega (WYP 342), damaged by grounding on 20 December off Margarita Point, is abandoned.
[Cedar Rapids Gazette, baby!]Winter solstice 2018: Full moon, meteor shower mark unusual 'shortest day of the year'
MON 20 DEC 1943
Pacific
Destroyers bombard Japanese positions on northeastern coast of Bougainville, Solomons.
Submarine Gato (SS-212) sinks Japanese transport Tsuneshima Maru, East China Sea, 01°26'N, 148°36'E, and although damaged by depth charges dropped by escorting torpedo boat Otori, remains on patrol.
Submarine Puffer (SS-268) sinks Japanese destroyer Fuyo 60 miles west of Manila, 14°45'N, 119°54'E, but the submarine's attack on cargo ship Gozan Maru is not successful.
PBYs sink Japanese transport Alaska Maru 30 miles north of northwestern Gazelle Peninsula, 03°43'S, 151°30'E.
Atlantic
Naval Air Training Command is established at Naval Air Station, Pensacola, Florida.
Coast Guard cutter Bodega (WYP-342) is damaged when she runs aground off Margarita Point, Canal Zone.
Aircraft (VC 19) from escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) sink Indian Ocean-bound German submarine U-850, 530 miles southwest of Fayal, Azores, 32°54'N, 37°01'W.
"Befriending" a pool boy. The sum of the sad existence of these horrid people is all one inane cliché covered in the filthiest of hypocrisies, innit?Jerry Falwell: I Lent $1.8 Million To A Venture Involving A Pool Attendant
The evangelical Christian Trump backer, an acquaintance of Michael Cohen’s, helped a hotel pool attendant in a business after befriending him in 2012.
SUN 19 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Grayback (SS-208) sinks Japanese destroyer Numakaze, 50 miles east-northeast of Naha, Okinawa, 26°30'N, 128°26'E.
USAAF B-24 and USN PBYs sink Japanese cargo ship Kaito Maru southwest of Kavieng, 03°17'S, 151°18'E.
USN PBY damages Japanese merchant cargo vessel Shoei Maru, Kwajalein; Shoei Maru sinks the next day.
Wondering if the hard-hats administered "street justice" to the poor crazy bastard/"transient". Considering the attitude your pig society has toward the people it's driven to madness & then thrown on the street, I wouldn't be at all surprised. Nor would I be surprised if the thug hard-hats got away w/ it. "No humans involved", as the police say, & no actual investigation needed. Remember this the next time a powerful hypocrite announces that he or she "cares", or that all (or any) human lives have "meaning" or "matter" in any way beyond monetary value to the owners.A suspect who allegedly pushed a teenager onto Metro Red Line tracks in downtown Los Angeles and got into an altercation with construction workers nearby suffered a medical emergency while being detained and is believed to have died at a hospital.
According to police, the 14-year-old victim was pushed onto the tracks at a Red Line station at Fifth and Hill streets around 9:15 a.m. The teen, who suffered only a minor injury, was able to get off the tracks, officials said. There was no train at the station at the time.
The suspect was taken into custody a short time later at Fifth and Flower streets, police said. NBC4 reported from the scene that the suspect got into an altercation with some construction workers, who held the suspect until police arrived.
According to the station, the suspect — a transient — went into cardiac arrest while being detained and later died.
Police would not immediately confirm the suspect’s death. Brian Humphrey of the Los Angeles Fire Department said paramedics took a person who was being detained at Fifth and Flower streets to a hospital in unknown condition.
Josh Rogin / Washington Post:
Trump undermines his entire national security team on Syria — On Monday, the U.S. special representative for Syria engagement publicly pledged that the U.S. commitment to Syria would not waiver. The very next day, Trump reportedly decided to rapidly withdraw all U.S. troops there.
SAT 18 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Aspro (SS-309) attacks Japanese convoy, damaging fleet tankers Sarawak Maru and Tenei Maru at about 24°10'N, 124°40'E, and escapes counterattacks by destroyer Shiokaze.
Submarine Cabrilla (SS-288) lays mines off Saracen Bay, Cambodia, French Indochina.
Submarine Grayback (SS-208) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Gyokurei Maru east-northeast of Naha, Okinawa, 26°30'N, 128°19'E, and escapes counterattacks by destroyer Numakaze.
Kenneth Lovett / New York Daily News:
Brooklyn state Sen. Kevin Parker tells GOP staffer to ‘kill yourself’
Tenants are "collateral damage" who "paid a price". Don't tell me we aren't at war w/ these parasitic vermin.New York Times:
As the Trumps Dodged Taxes, Their Tenants Paid a Price — They were collateral damage as Donald J. Trump and his siblings dodged inheritance taxes and gained control of their father's fortune: thousands of renters in an empire of unassuming red-brick buildings scattered across Brooklyn, Queens and Staten Island.
(Must these Englishmen live that I might die?)Germany's Heute-Show, presented by comedian and journalist Oliver Welke on the ZDF network, named Trump a Goldener Vollpfosten — translated as "Golden Idiot" or "Golden Dumbass" — for the fourth year in a row, sharing this year's title with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, North Korean supreme leader Kim Jong Un and the whole United Kingdom, among others.
"Hah!" indeed. How effin' stoopid is Jim Hoft? (Stupid enough that he should probably be tested in court, or certified by court order.) Anyway Jimbo, two words: First Amendment. W/o which you'd be up shit crick & over the falls.Tom O'Connor / Newsweek:
Donald Trump Awarded ‘Golden Idiot’ Prize by German TV Show as Much of the World Laughs at U.S. President — President Donald Trump has publicly called for authorities to investigate primetime comedy sketch show Saturday Night Live over its humorous depictions of his presidency …
Patti Davis / Washington Post:
A child occupies the White House — and the world knows it
FRI 17 DEC 1943
Pacific
Coastal transport APc-21 is sunk by dive bomber, 06°15'S, 149°01'E, and motor minesweeper YMS-50 is damaged by horizontal bomber, 06°12'S, 149°03'E, off New Britain.
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Cindy Ma / The Computational Propaganda Project:
The IRA and Political Polarization in the United States — Russia's Internet Research Agency (IRA) launched an extended attack on the United States by using computational propaganda to misinform and polarize US voters. This report provides the first major analysis of this attack based …Discussion:
Sara Salinas / CNBC: Russians got more impact from regular social media posts than ads in election misinformation campaignTonya Riley / Mother Jones: A New Report Shows That Facebook and Instagram Posts From Russian Intelligence Doubled After Trump WonEmily Stewart / Vox: Reports to Senate criticize social media giants for providing incomplete data in Russia probeDavid A. Graham / The Atlantic: Russian Trolls and the Trump Campaign Both Tried to Depress Black TurnoutLee Ferran / ABC News: Russia targeted African-American vote, made Instagram ‘key battleground’ in propaganda war: ResearchersCorinne Weaver / NewsBusters: ‘Junk News’: Russia Report Done By Anti-Conservative Academics
Russia favored Trump, targeted African-Americans with election meddling, reports say — The Russians set up 30 Facebook pages targeting the black community, the researchers found, and 10 YouTube channels that posted 571 videos related to police violence against African-Americans.Discussion:
Donie O'Sullivan / CNN: Russians sought to recruit ‘assets’ through social media, Senate toldCasey Michel / ThinkProgress: Social media platforms bungled their response to fake Russian accounts, new reports show
Seems more likely to this reporter that Google could destroy Gawd in an earthquake.“If we can get [H]is attention for a few minutes, wouldn’t a massive earthquake in California to wipe these pieces of shit out, wouldn’t that be beautiful?” Seaman continued. “It can still be a glorious 2018. We’ve got enough time. A big fucking quake, that’s what I want for Christmas. That’s all I want. I want to see Googlers deep under the surface of the earth, thanks to tectonic plates. That’s all I want. From my lips to God’s ears.”
THU 16 DEC 1943
Pacific
District patrol craft YP-426 sinks after running aground, 31°59'N, 80°48'W. [The coördinates given indicate east of Jacksonville, Fla.]
Submarine Flying Fish (SS-229) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Ginyo Maru southwest of the Ryukyus, 22°18'N, 119°52'E.
USAAF B-24 sinks small Japanese cargo vessel No.6 Heiei Maru 150 miles northeast of Wewak.
Mediterranean
German submarine U-73 attacks convoy GUS 24 off the Algerian coast, torpedoing U.S. freighter John S. Copley at 46°00'N, 22°16'W. Partially abandoned, John S. Copley is deemed salvageable, and rescue tug ATR-47 takes the damaged ship in tow, bringing her into Oran. Submarine chasers PC-546 and SC-977 pick up the men who have abandoned ship (only two from among the 44-man merchant complement, 28-man Armed Guard and Army Security officer are injured). Subsequently, destroyers Trippe (DD-403), Woolsey (DD-437) and Edison (DD-439) sink U-73, 35 miles north-northwest of Oran, Algeria, 36°07'N, 00°50'W.
Atlantic
U.S. freighter Blue Jacket, mistaken for a German blockade runner while proceeding toward her destination of Cardiff, Wales, is engaged in a running surface gunnery action by three British frigates. Armed Guard gunfire keeps the "friendly" ships at bay, saving the American merchantman. Once the mistake is realized, one of the Allied warships provides medical assistance; of the 56 merchant seamen and 33 Armed Guards, only seven men are injured. There are no fatalities.
U.S. tanker McDowell, en route from New York to Aruba, N.W.I., is torpedoed and sunk by German submarine U-516 at 13°08'N, 70°02'W. Later that day, U.S. tanker Fairfax rescues 63 survivors; motor minesweeper YMS-56 picks up eight. Two of the 45-man merchant complement drown in the abandonment; a third dies subsequently of injuries. There are no casualties to the 28-man Armed Guard.
Washington Post:Probably not; if they were so stupid or disturbed they chose Republicanism, clarity of vision is hardly to be expected.
‘Crisis level’: Republican women sound warning after election losses
Sure is. What a shithole. Thanks, Trump.U.S. gun deaths at highest number since government started tracking them
This is America.
WED 15 DEC 1943
Pacific
Naval Operating Base, Treasury Island, Solomons, is established.
TF 76 (Rear Admiral Daniel E. Barbey) lands Army troops (112th U.S. Cavalry Regiment) on Arawe Peninsula, New Britain, in Operation DIRECTOR.
Destroyer escort Harveson (DE-316) is damaged in collision with U.S. merchantman William T. Barry, 36°47'N, 74°33'W.
USAAF aircraft sink Japanese cargo ship Senko Maru in Gulf of Tonkin, 21°05'N, 108°30'E.
RAAF Beaufighters sink Japanese army cargo ship Wakatsu Maru; Dutch B-25s sink cargo ship Genmei Maru off Timor.
Chopper post-action report:Boyle Heights — Authorities are looking into why the back of a box truck exploded tonight near the busy intersection of Olympic Boulevard and Soto Street.
The L.A. Fire Department said the male driver and passenger parked and got out of the vehicle and were not injured, said the L.A. Fire Department. No other injuries were reported as a result of the explosion, reported shortly before 6 p.m.
@elianamoreno reporta sobre la explosión de un camión en #BoyleHeights. @dinorah_perez está la escena recopilando más información. pic.twitter.com/pi5nCuop5c— William Negrón (@william_negron) December 15, 2018
TUE 14 DEC 1943
Pacific
Faulty fuel pump ignites gasoline dump that in turn explodes ammunition dump; resultant fire destroys motor torpedo boat PT-239, Lambu Lambu Cove, Vella Lavella, Solomons, 07°42'S, 156°47'E.
Submarine Herring (SS-233) sinks Japanese merchant cargo ship Hakozaki Maru, 33°01'N, 124°01'E.
Atlantic
Naval Air Facility, Maceio, Brazil, is established.
Ted Hesson / Politico:Fucking Scottish sheep-molestor Munro thinks the White House or Congress give a shit. You've been played but good, sucker. They couldn't possibly care any less about the hate-filled crackers in the Breitbart audience.
Ryan pushes for thousands of Irish visas before leaving office
MON 13 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Pogy (SS-266) damages Japanese army cargo ship Fukkai Maru off Palau Islands, 07°06'N, 134°30'E, but is damaged by depth charges, 07°06'N, 134°31'E, and forced to terminate her patrol.
Submarine Pompon (SS-267) lays mines off Poulo Condore, southwest of French Indochina.
Submarine Puffer (SS-268) unsuccessfully attacks Japanese transport Teiko Maru (ex-Vichy French steamship D'Artagnan), 14°29'N, 119°59'E.
Submarine Sailfish (SS-192) sinks Japanese army cargo ship Totai Maru, 30°15'N, 132°30'E.
PBY sinks Japanese cargo vessel Tokiwa Maru, 03°30'S, 151°30'E.
Atlantic
Open cargo lighter YCK-8 sinks (cause unspecified) off Key West, Florida.
Destroyer Osmond Ingram (DD-255) is damaged by gunfire of German submarine U-172, 660 miles west-southwest of the Canary Islands, 26°19'N, 29°58'W, but takes part in sinking U-172, along with aircraft (VC 19) from escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) and destroyers George E. Badger (AVD-3), Dupont (DD-152), and Clemson (DD-186).
USAAF aircraft bomb Kiel, Germany, sinking torpedo boat T 15 and minesweeper R 306, among other shipping.
Mediterranean
German submarine U-593 is sunk by destroyer Wainwright (DD-419) and British frigate HMS Calpe 150 miles northeast of Algiers, 37°38'N, 05°58'E.
Follow the logic here.
— M. Bouffant (@MBouffant) December 13, 2018
Michael Cohen Pled Guilty to Something That Is Not a Crime https://t.co/WLk5MQ1SMh
P.S.: All adults who like "working w/ children" or whatever are fucking child-molesting perverts. Every last one of them.Katy Stech Ferek / Wall Street Journal:
Boy Scouts of America Considers Bankruptcy Filing Amid Sex-Abuse LawsuitsDiscussion:Scott Morefield / The Daily Caller: Boy Scouts On Verge Of Bankruptcy
SUN 12 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Tuna (SS-203) sinks Japanese naval transport Tosei Maru north of Halmahera, 02°44'N, 126°14'E.
Atlantic
Aircraft (VC 19) from escort carrier Bogue (CVE-9) damage German submarine U-172 south-southwest of the Canary Islands; U-219 escapes.
Is it 'cause the little millennial pansies are afraid of face-to-face confrontation? Or do they realize their employers don't give one shit about them, & are simply returning the non-concern?Danielle Paquette / Washington Post:
Workers are ghosting their employers like bad dates — Silent exits are on the rise. — Economists report that workers are starting to act like millennials on Tinder: They're ditching jobs with nary a text. — “A number of contacts said that they had been ‘ghosted,’ a situation in which a worker stops coming to work without notice and then is impossible to contact,” the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago noted in December’s Beige Book, which tracks employment trends.
SAT 11 DEC 1943
Pacific
Submarine Bonefish (SS-223) damages small Japanese cargo vessel Toyohime Maru, 04°03'N, 118°22'E.
Atlantic
German U-boats U-223, U-593 (see 13 December 1943) and U-73 (see 16 December 1943) attack convoy KMS 34 in the Mediterranean.
Charles V. Bagli / New York Times:Starting to think the island of Manhattan & all its élite denizens should go the way of Atlantis. Glub glub glub, you greedy fucking pigs.
Former Bloomberg Executives to Be Charged in Construction Fraud Scheme
Fuck some bullshit DoJ policy. No Nixon crap this time, either. I want Trump in prison for the rest of his hideous life.David Badash / Alternet:
Harvard law professor issues scathing takedown of DOJ policy that bars prosecutors from indicting a sitting president — This Harvard law professor believes Trump can be indicted and should be.Cody Fenwick / Raw Story: Here's the solution to the Democrats' impeachment dilemma
FRI 10 DEC 1943
Pacific
Destroyer Sigourney (DD-643) is damaged by grounding, Solomons, 06°21'S, 155°10'E.
For decades, women and children have faced rampant sexual abuse while worshiping at independent fundamental Baptist churches around the country. The network of churches and schools has often covered up the crimes and helped relocate the offenders, an eight-month Star-Telegram investigation has found.
More than 200 people — current or former church members, across generations — shared their stories of rape, assault, humiliation and fear in churches where male leadership cannot be questioned.
THU 9 DEC 1943
Following the Teheran and Cairo conferences, President Roosevelt reembarks in battleship Iowa (BB-61) at Dakar for the return voyage to the United States.
WED 8 DEC 1943
Pacific
Task group including carriers, battleships, and destroyers (Rear Admiral Willis A. Lee) bombs and bombards Nauru Island; destroyer Boyd (DD-544) is damaged by shore battery fire. OS2Us (VO 6 and VO 9) from battleships strafe and photograph barracks area upon completion of ships' bombardment.
Submarine Sawfish (SS-276) sinks Japanese transport Sansei Maru southwest of Chichi Jima, 25°19'N, 141°44'E.
TBFs sink Rabaul-bound Japanese fishing boats No. 3 Yusho Maru, No.7 Fukuei Maru, Takatori Maru, and No.1 Hoko Maru, 00°20'N, 152°10'E.
G.H.W. Bush died the following Friday. Hmmm ...Brett Samuels / The Hill:
Obama meets George H.W. Bush during visit to Houston — Former President Obama met with former President George H.W. Bush in Houston on Tuesday prior to a speaking engagement at Rice University, Bush's spokesman said. — “The two had a very pleasant and private visit at the Bush residence …
