Target...

Mexican prosecutors say authorities have rescued 39 Cuban migrants who had been held for ransom by four Cuban men in the resort city of Cancun. Police got an anonymous tip the Cubans were being held at a safe house.

When marines and prosecutors approached, they heard cries for help and raided the house.

Criminals in Mexico often kidnap migrants and call their relatives in the United States to demand ransoms in return for freeing them.  It was unclear what would happen to the victims, but Mexico often simply sends migrants back to Cuba.

Smuglers...

Not Invited...

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is not invited to any of the memorial services for her former running mate, Arizona Sen. John McCain, a source tells CNN.

Palin was rocketed onto the national stage in the summer of 2008 after McCain picked her to be his running mate in the presidential race he would eventually lose. 

"Today we lost an American original," Palin tweeted Saturday following McCain's death. "Sen. John McCain was a maverick and a fighter, never afraid to stand for his beliefs. John never took the easy path in life -- and through sacrifice and suffering he inspired others to serve something greater than self. John McCain was my friend. I will remember the good times. My family and I send prayers for Cindy and the McCain family."
That is Class.

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Hint, these poor people in this image are not living in Europe.

Vultures...

Far-Right...

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The eastern German town of Chemnitz, Saxony, has been the site of violent far-right protests, sparked by rumors, false information and anti-foreigner sentiment. 

The events in Chemnitz began when a 35-year-old German-Cuban man, Daniel H., suffered an injury then died. 

Yet, only hours after the incident, Facebook and Twitter were awash with posts claiming the man had died after defending a woman from attackers with migrant backgrounds a rumor authorities have denied.

Within several hours, around 800 far-right demonstrators had spontaneously taken to the streets in protest of the man’s death. 

Protestors hurled bottles at the police and chased those who appeared to be foreigners, with some shouting “you are not welcome here,” reported German media. 

After all the problems caused by migrants, created a great concern to  the public and the politicians, but the politicians kept their mouth shout.

After Hours...

Allegations of housing authority staff engaged in after-hours, boozed-up sex parties prompted NYCHA to reassign the entire staff of a Bronx public housing development, the Daily News has learned.  

The authority’s top management was told the supervisor of caretakers regularly hosted parties inside a groundskeepers shop in the Throggs Neck Houses, sources told The News.

The parties included drinking and sex involving supervisors and some of their subordinates and took place on Fridays after normal work hours inside certain areas of the shop, which is on NYCHA grounds, the sources say.  In some cases, the staff even put in for overtime.

Sexual acts on Friday, after working hours! Let us wait for the investigation. Just a thought.

GDP Jumps...

The U.S. economy accelerated to a 4.1 percent pace of growth in the second quarter, the fastest since 2014, letting President Donald Trump claim a win for his policies.

The annualized rate of gains in gross domestic product was just shy of the 4.2 percent median forecast in a Bloomberg survey. It followed first-quarter growth of 2.2 percent that was revised from 2 percent. Consumer spending grew 4 percent.

Trump seized the chance to declare his policies, including the biggest tax overhaul since the Reagan era, a success, calling the data “amazing” and “very sustainable.”  

Manal Mikhail...

 

أدى الرئيس المصري عبد الفتاح السيسي اليمين الدستورية في العديد من حكام الأقاليم الجدد ، بما في ذلك أول امرأة مسيحية قبطية لتولي المنصب.
تم تعيين منال عوض ميخائيل حاكمة محافظة دمياط. كانت سابقا نائبا لحاكم الجيزة.

Egypt's President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi has sworn in several new provincial governors, including the first-ever Coptic Christian woman to hold the position.

Manal Awad Mikhail was appointed governor of Damietta province. She was previously a deputy for the Giza governor.

Egypt had appointed the first-ever female governor to the province of Beheira in a reshuffle last year. The Beheira governor was changed in Thursday's reshuffle.

Christians, who constitute about 25 percent of Egypt's Muslim-majority population of 100 million, have long complained of discrimination and their under-representation in top government positions. Christians strongly supported president el-Sissi.

You Go Girl.

Dual...

Sen. Lindsey Graham told CBS that it “pisses [him] off to no end” when President Donald Trump would say critical, sometimes personally insulting things about the late Sen. John McCain. 

Earlier this week, after delivering an emotional tribute to his friend on the senate floor, Graham told reporters that the late Arizona senator offered him some advice on how to handle the president.

"He said, 'Help him where you can. Just don't get sucked into all his bulls--t,'" Graham said, of his conversation with McCain. 

What "shared" interests the dual had with the previous presidents and the distance with this current one?  One thing Trump won't bite.

Looking...

Google is sort of accused of hiding conservative views. If this is true, that would explain the power that is shifting to the new media.

One Minute...

Libya’s coast guard has intercepted about 400 Europe-bound migrants off the Mediterranean coast.

Spokesman  said  a rubber boat carrying 84 passengers was stopped off the town of al-Maya, 27 kilometers (16 miles) west of Tripoli.

Two more boats, carrying 146 passengers were stopped off the coast of the southwestern town of Abu Kammash.

He said that 162 Europe-bound migrants have been intercepted last week. He said the migrants were given humanitarian and medical aid, and were taken to refugee camps in the towns of Zawiya and Tajoura.

Libyan authorities have stepped up efforts to stem the flow of migrants, with European assistance.

The illegal migrants may not like that. The human traffickers don't like it. Just a thought.