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“The unicorn is in custody” [Darleen Click]

Best line ever heard on police band … When a caller reported a “unicorn-like” animal galloping down an open Central Valley road, the California Highway Patrol suspected someone was high on hallucinogenic drugs. But then officers met Juliet — a snow-white, 600-pound Shetland pony with a prosthetic horn and a fuzzy pink bridle. The wannabe unicorn twice bolted from a photo shoot in Madera Ranchos on Wednesday, leading CHP officers

Gonna need a bigger milk carton: Germany ‘loses’ 130,000 ‘asylum seekers’ [Darleen Click]

Well, this is working out well … Berlin (AFP) – German authorities do not know the whereabouts of 130,000 asylum seekers, the government said in a parliamentary document seen by AFP on Friday. Out of some 1.1 million asylum seekers registered in 2015, “about 13 percent did not turn up at the reception centres to which they had been directed,” the government said in a written reply to a question

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge [Darleen Click]

The inspiration: A story: “Carpentry?” “No.” “Farming?” “No.” “Hunting?” “God, no.” He looked up from his list, pale eyes hooded by bushy grey brows. She fidgeted under the cool, hard regard. He glanced down “Any experience with fibers or cloth? Spinning, weaving, sewing?” “No.” She sniffed, “I am a tenured professor in Gender & Women Studies and …” “WAS,” he interrupted, “In case you haven’t noticed, the majority of your

Trump wins Nevada [Darleen Click]

Palate cleanser [Darleen Click]

#BlackLivesMatter labels public library racist for not allowing them to be racist [Darleen Click]

BlackLiesMatter demands banning white people from attending their meetings, calls library “white supremacist” for policy barring racial discrimination. NASHVILLE — Library officials have told Nashville’s chapter of the Black Lives Matter movement that meetings restricting those who attend by race aren’t allowed on public property. The decision has outraged Black Lives Matter members. But Nashville Public Library officials said they’re following a library policy that specifies all meetings at their

#FreeStacy — Twitter’s Orwellian-named @Safety council suspends @rsmccain [Darleen Click]

Stacy responds … Unexpectedly, and without explanation, my @rsmccain Twitter account was suspended Friday evening. Based on past experiences, my guess would be that this resulted from a complaint by one of the leading “social justice warriors” (SJWs) who have been at war with #GamerGate since August 2014. However, there was no reason stated for the suspension, and who knows? […] This morning I shared some thoughts with a blogger

Friday Fiction: 100 Word Challenge [Darleen Click]

The inspiration: A story: He wintered on the porch, watching the angry grey ocean. Summers he retreated into his tiny cottage, trading the view for a book, avoiding the summer people. Her first summer, she waved at him each time she passed. The second, he learned to wave back. He endured that winter, the ocean a distant second to his thoughts of her. For the first time since he returned

Former Gitmo detainee now top Al Qaeda jihadist [Darleen Click]

Unexpectedly!! When Ibrahim al Qosi was released from Guantanamo Bay in 2012, a lawyer for the former Usama bin Laden aide said he looked forward to living a life of peace in his native Sudan. Three years later, Qosi has emerged as a prominent voice of Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, appearing in a number of AQAP propaganda videos — including a 50-minute lecture calling for the takeover of

The Hypocrite in Chief [Darleen Click]