Two Americans Died Fighting for Filipino Communists

Two Americans Died Fighting for Filipino Communists

Last month, two Americans were killed in a foreign state’s counterterrorism operation. If Lyle Prijoles, 40, and Kai Dana-Rene Sorem, 26, had been part of a group of jihadi terrorists in the Middle East, their deaths would likely have generated national headlines. But they were in the Philippines, fighting for the New People’s Army (NPA), a decades-old Maoist insurgent group that serves as the armed wing of the Communist Party of the Philippines (CPP).

The two appear to have died fighting: many Western reports of the incident explicitly note that Prijoles’s and Sorem’s deaths occurred in a “firefight,” implying an exchange of fire between both sides. Nor were they fighting on the side of good: both the CPP and NPA are designated foreign terrorist organizations by the State Department.

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Vancouver man facing 227 days in jail after assaulting teen with feces

Vancouver man facing 227 days in jail after assaulting teen with feces

A man who pleaded guilty to several “vile” offences that included assaulting a teenager and smearing fecal matter over her face and mouth has been handed a sentence of 695 days, or almost two years, by a judge in Vancouver. However, after time served in pre-trial custody, he will face just 227 more days behind bars.

… Court records say that Zewdu was born in Ethiopia and moved with his father to Canada when he was three. A few years later, his mother and sister joined them.

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Green MSP who claimed to have ‘grown up starving’ in India exposed as privately educated with privileged upbringing

Green MSP who claimed to have ‘grown up starving’ in India exposed as privately educated with privileged upbringing

A newly elected Scottish Green MSP who claimed they had “grown up starving” in India was privately educated with a privileged upbringing, it has been revealed.

Q Manivannan won a seat at Holyrood this month representing Edinburgh & Lothians East after campaigning as a “queer Tamil immigrant” who would stand up for the “working class and marginalised”.


He’s not even a citizen.

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Gunman who believed he was Jesus Christ opened fire on White House checkpoint, neutralized by Secret Service

Gunman who believed he was Jesus Christ opened fire on White House checkpoint, neutralized by Secret Service

A crazed gunman who belived he was Jesus Christ pulled out a revolver and opened fire outside the White House Saturday night, before he was quckly taken down by a barrage shots from the Secret Service, sources said.

Nasire Best, 21, fired at a checkpoint at about 6:10 p.m. after being seen pacing in a strange manner up and down 17th St. Northwest, sources told The Post. He only got off a few shots before he was shot and killed in a hail of bullets from federal officers.

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Inside the Enhanced Games, Where Athletes Compete on Steroids. And Growth Hormones. And Adderall.

Inside the Enhanced Games, Where Athletes Compete on Steroids. And Growth Hormones. And Adderall.

“Just outside this window, here’s the US base that they’re targeting,” says Ben Proud, the 31-year-old British swimmer and Olympian . He turns his video camera around to show me the night sky above Abu Dhabi, where he’s been watching Emirati defenses intercept Iranian missiles.

His phone dings each time one is incoming—an alert to stay inside. “This building used to be an air force base, so it’s very sturdy,” he says of the Erth hotel, where the athletes competing in the Enhanced Games are currently training. “If you’re inside, you’re away from the danger. Pretty much.”

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Monkeypox Copies the COVID-19 Playbook

Monkeypox Copies the COVID-19 Playbook

For the public health sceptic, monkeypox is the gift that keeps on giving. Hot off the press is a case that has rocked the worlds of virology and epidemiology, with the monkeypox virus facing accusations of plagiarism.

Plagiarism, the deliberate use of the words or ideas of others without attribution while passing them off as your own is considered one of the most serious violations of scientific ethics. The outcome for the monkeypox virus could be severe including removal from the prestigious BSV (Big Scary Viruses) list.

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Connecticut community college graduation spirals out of control after 2 families erupt in vicious brawl

Connecticut community college graduation spirals out of control after 2 families erupt in vicious brawl

Three people were arrested, including two from New York, during a wild brawl that broke out at a community college graduation in Connecticut — after lax arena security failed to stomp it out.

The commencement ended in chaos when two families allegedly started throwing punches that ignited a melee during the Gateway Community College graduation ceremony at the Hartford HealthCare Amphitheater on Thursday.

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Ford slams encampment ruling affecting Kitchener transit expansion: ‘It’s a joke’

Ford slams encampment ruling affecting Kitchener transit expansion: ‘It’s a joke’

Premier Doug Ford isn’t too pleased with an Ontario judge’s ruling about a homeless encampment in Kitchener, which has stalled a planned transit expansion.

Ontario Court Justice Michael R. Gibson said Waterloo Region would not be allowed to remove residents living at the encampment as part of a court ruling that came down Thursday.

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