Potentially good news.
Despite the fact Hannah Graham’s body has been located – apparently Virginia Law Enforcement are going to continue a search grid around the area of Walnut Creek Park and, more importantly, the surrounding geography where suspect Jesse Matthew grew up and held considerable familiarity.
State and local law enforcement have set up a command center at the recreation facility inside Walnut Creek Park approximately 3 miles (by road) from the location where Hannah Graham’s body was found. Less than a mile as the crow flies.
Here are some updated maps, pictures, and aerial photographs to help orient you to the geography in question. Starting with the location of where Hannah Graham’s body was discovered behind a vacant house at 3193 Old Lynchburg Road, North Garden, VA. (more…)

This is considered a staggering, albeit splendid, defeat considering Turkey was anticipated to be a shoo-in for a non-permanent U.N. Security Council seat.

Previously Turkey had claimed letters of support from 160 countries. However, the actual voting by secret ballot showed they only had 60 countries who supported their bid. The needed threshold is 128 supportive votes. Spain won the seat with 132 votes of support. New Zealand is the other contested victor who won in a previous ballot.
As Newsweek reported: “[Last] Wednesday night, Turkey’s foreign minister, Mevlut Cavusoglu, hosted a posh party for diplomats at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel in New York, where many of the guests predicted an easy victory for Turkey“.
Apparently the ‘pinky swear’ diplomats partook of the ritzy digs; but when push came to shove they knew their ballots would be secret so they ditched the Turks who have become more and more unreliable as Sunni Islamist President Erdogan pushes Turkey further and further into radical Islam. (more…)

Indiana – CHICAGO (FOX 32 News/ Sun Times Media Wire) – Police in northwest Indiana identified a suspected serial killer Monday, saying the convicted sex offender who is in custody is believed to have killed at least seven women – and possibly more.
Darren Deon Vann, 43, of Gary, was taken into custody over the weekend and led authorities to at least three of the bodies, officials said at a news conference in Hammond Monday afternoon.
As of Monday morning, the bodies of the seven females had been discovered throughout Hammond and Gary, according to the Lake County coroner’s office. (more…)

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[Guardian] A top-secret space plane landed Friday at an air force base on the southern California coast.  The plane spent nearly two years circling Earth on a classified mission. Known as the X-37B, it resembles a mini space shuttle.

It safely touched down at 9.24am Friday, officials at Vandenberg Air Force Base said.
Just what the plane was doing during its 674 days in orbit has been the subject of sometimes spectacular speculation. (more…)

Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †

Well lookie here:  US AIR DROPS
https://twitter.com/PentagonPresSec/status/524018927324913665
After coming to the reality the Kurds were going to hold the city at all costs the Pentagon appears to be trying to save face. After reading many of the reports from the region it appears the political strategy of the White House is also coming clear.

In order to protect themselves from the natural questions which would flow from President Obama and President Erdogan’s prior position of refusing aide for the Kurds in Kobane – the White House needs a political explanation. My hunch is you’ll hear the White House claim they were intentionally luring ISIS into amassing around Kobane so they could target the enemy in one centrally located area. In addition, the ploy -per se- will be sold as pinning ISIS to a singular geography and then targeting their resupply efforts.
Yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket.
It’s an explanation just like the White House intentionally drawing the Syrian WMD “red line” because Secretary Kerry knew Russia would step in to take charge of removing the Assad WMD stockpiles. Yeah, yeah, that’s the ticket.
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The #Ferguson protesters are embarrassingly pathetic – yet they appear not to even notice they have devolved into a parody unto themselves.

Saint Louis – Rams fans and Ferguson protesters fought Sunday afternoon outside the Edward Jones Dome after the Rams secured a victory over the visiting Seattle Seahawks, the defending Super Bowl Champions.
At around 3 p.m. a handful of fans argued with protesters, who were yelling and chanting, near the intersection of North Broadway and Cole streets.

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=778674138860196
The yelling escalated, a fan appeared to spit on one of the protesters and he was then struck on the head, at which point a melee ensued and punches were thrown. (more…)

This is a pet peeve of mine. It seems like nowadays people are more interested in recording a crisis on their phones than actually doing something to help the people in the crisis. Thank GOD this man did not hold that popular predisposition.
“Get My Dad” !! An unknown hero pulls a girls father from a fire.

CALIFORNIA – A man in Fresno, California, is being called a hero after he calmly walked into a roaring house fire and pulled another man to safety.
A bystander captured the scene on cellphone video Saturday as flames consumed the home. A woman can be heard calling: “Get my dad!” The rescuer walks into the home and, moments later, emerges with the woman’s father slung over his shoulder.
There was no word Sunday on the identity of the rescuer, pictured in the video in a blue baseball cap. (video of rescue here)