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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Four feral youth were arrested over the shocking mass shooting at an after-prom party in Jasper County, Texas
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Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If not for gunz, these four would no doubt be the next Einsteins and Salks.

Leftists actually believe that.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/01/2023 6:31 Comments || Top||

#2  All gun control laws actually end up doing is disarming honest citizens.

Criminals will obtain firearms 1 way or another.

How about, instead, making it harder and more expensive for honest citizens to obtain and protect themselves. How about making any criminal felony intended use of a firearm a clearly known mandatory punishment. So liberal, paid off DA's can't play games.

Starting with a mandatory 12 years for direct use in the commission of an intended felony level crime, 10 years added for each person is wounded, and a mandatory death penalty, if a death occurs during the felony crime.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/01/2023 6:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Rope Tree.
Posted by: Elminens Chusorong3648 || 05/01/2023 6:41 Comments || Top||

#4  We used to have lots of mandatory sentences for various crimes. You know who lobbied for their elimination?

Judges did.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/01/2023 7:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Mandated sentence for shit like this is firing squad or hanging from the nearest tree or lamp post. Their choice.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/01/2023 8:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Send your kids off to prom with a nice corsages and a wound kit.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/01/2023 8:28 Comments || Top||

#7  Last names are O'Malley, Martin, Robinson and Lawyer
Posted by: Old Salty || 05/01/2023 9:52 Comments || Top||

#8  They are the same ethnicity as the 6 that shot up a sweet 16 party in Dadeville, Alabama. Must be something in the water.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/01/2023 10:41 Comments || Top||

#9  Send your kids off to prom with a nice corsages and a wound kit.

I think you may have stumbled onto a gold mine. CAT5 tourniquet corsages.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 05/01/2023 11:36 Comments || Top||

#10  The following should be a national rule!

NYT “ DeSantis Signs Law Lowering Death Penalty Threshold in Florida
The change will allow juries in the state to recommend a death sentence even if as many as four jurors vote against it, the lowest threshold in the nation.”
Posted by: Spanky Tojo5910 || 05/01/2023 12:13 Comments || Top||

#11  Love the matching orange T-shirts. Maybe they could style matching necklaces.
Posted by: KBK || 05/01/2023 14:53 Comments || Top||

#12  Re: #3 You forgot "Some assembly required."
Posted by: AlanC || 05/01/2023 15:41 Comments || Top||


WSJ Article On Epstein Calendar-New Names Are Fascinating
A taste:
[WSJ] Epstein’s Private Calendar Reveals Prominent Names, Including CIA Chief, Goldman’s Top Lawyer. Schedules and emails detail meetings in the years after he was a convicted sex offender; visitors cite his wealth and connections.

The nation’s spy chief, a longtime college president and top women in finance. The circle of people who associated with Jeffrey Epstein years after he was a convicted sex offender is wider than previously reported, according to a trove of documents that include his schedules.

William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency since 2021, had three meetings scheduled with Epstein in 2014, when he was deputy secretary of state, the documents show. They first met in Washington and then Mr. Burns visited Epstein’s townhouse in Manhattan.

Kathryn Ruemmler, a White House counsel under President Barack Obama, had dozens of meetings with Epstein in the years after her White House service and before she became a top lawyer at Goldman Sachs Group Inc. in 2020. He also planned for her to join a 2015 trip to Paris and a 2017 visit to Epstein’s private island in the Caribbean.

Leon Botstein, the president of Bard College, invited Epstein, who brought a group of young female guests, to the campus. Noam Chomsky, a professor, author and political activist, was scheduled to fly with Epstein to have dinner at Epstein’s Manhattan townhouse in 2015.

None of their names appear in Epstein’s now-public “black book” of contacts or in the public flight logs of passengers who traveled on his private jet. The documents show that Epstein arranged multiple meetings with each of them after he had served jail time in 2008 for a sex crime involving a teenage girl and was registered as a sex offender. The documents, which include thousands of pages of emails and schedules from 2013 to 2017, haven’t been previously reported.

The documents don’t reveal the purpose of most of the meetings. The Wall Street Journal couldn’t verify whether every scheduled meeting took place.

Most of those people told the Journal they visited Epstein for reasons related to his wealth and connections. Several said they thought he had served his time and had rehabilitated himself. Mr. Botstein said he was trying to get Epstein to donate to his school. Mr. Chomsky said he and Epstein discussed political and academic topics.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/01/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mr. Burns met with Epstein about a decade ago as he was preparing to leave government service, said CIA spokeswoman Tammy Kupperman Thorp. “The director did not know anything about him, other than that he was introduced as an expert in the financial services sector and offered general advice on transition to the private sector,” she said. “They had no relationship.”
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2023 2:36 Comments || Top||


#3  Epstein had a shit load of money with a reputation for donating millions at a time. Why is everyone shocked people were willing to meet him.
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert || 05/01/2023 8:19 Comments || Top||

#4  The firing of Tucker Carlson and publishing of the Epstein latest had sign off from the same individual: Rupert Murdoch.
Posted by: Vernal Phomosh9717 || 05/01/2023 9:40 Comments || Top||

#5  Talk about his sex crimes, and about imagining his various contacts as involved with young girls, gets all the oxygen in the room. I'd not be surprised if he offered other services that mattered more.
Posted by: James || 05/01/2023 10:36 Comments || Top||

#6  #4 - word is that Tucker wasn't fired-fired. He's still employed and paid by Fox, which keeps his non-disparagement, non-compete, NDA intact. They just took away his shows
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2023 10:43 Comments || Top||

#7  He's still employed and paid by Fox

Smart and devious. Getting smothered the Matt Drudge golden pillow.
Posted by: Enver Slager8035 || 05/01/2023 11:49 Comments || Top||

#8  Ref #5 above

The sexual connections and thick wallet were the draw, not the actual business. If you consider the actual business, the meeting makes perfect sense, just a bit odd that it was on a calendar overtly. Bet there are no telltale names there from an office complex in Tel-Aviv!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/01/2023 13:32 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Democrats Furious after GOP Councilman Comes Out as ‘Woman of Color'
[SLAY] A Republican Councilman from Indiana, Ryan Webb, announced he will now identify as a "woman of color."

He said: "After much consideration I have decided to come out and finally feel comfortable announcing my true authentic self. It is with great relief that I announce to everyone that I identify as a woman and not just any woman but as a woman of color as well.

"I guess this would make me gay/lesbian as well since I am attracted to women. Whew, that felt good to finally get that out there and start living life as my true self. I’m excited to bring some diversity to the county council. Until today we didn’t have any females of color or LGBTQIAPC+++ on the council. I’m glad that now we do!

"To avoid confusion, everyone can continue to address me as Ryan or as Councilman Webb. I will also retain my my preferred pronouns of He/Him, however, this will in no way diminish my true identity as a woman of color.

"I’m excited to be a vocal partner of the LGBTQIAPC+++ movement. Who knows just how far we can take things, but I’m just glad that this is now possible so ANYONE can be ANYTHING or ANYONE they want.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/01/2023 10:37 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He has my vote!
Posted by: Spanky Tojo5910 || 05/01/2023 12:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Alinsky #4: "Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
Posted by: SteveS || 05/01/2023 12:23 Comments || Top||

#3  "Democrats furious"

We could probably have a stack of paper higher than the IRS tax code if we were to list all of the hypocritical comments by the Dumbocrats.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/01/2023 12:33 Comments || Top||

#4  That is freakin' classic.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/01/2023 14:58 Comments || Top||

#5  It’s real, per Yahoo dated 25. April, 2023:

Ryan Webb's gender claim creates outcry at Delaware County Council meeting
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2023 15:50 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Wait. They are questioning his sincerity? I thought trans people were beyond reproach in all respects.

The need to make up their minds.

Oh, wait...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/01/2023 15:59 Comments || Top||

#7  Real.

Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2023 17:12 Comments || Top||

#8  Nevertheless, he persisted.
Posted by: Maggie Untervehr2452 || 05/01/2023 17:48 Comments || Top||

#9  Be crazy if this was all it took to, as Breece Pancake wrote, "tip the water bucket."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/01/2023 18:12 Comments || Top||


A Florida sheriff is on the warpath against neo-Nazi ‘scumbags’ who want him dead
[IsraelTimes] Mike Chitwood says he’s coming after the Goyim Defense League, one of the country’s most prominent antisemitic organizations, after its leaders move to his area.

After hate groups in his county on Florida’s East Coast projected antisemitic messages onto the Daytona International Speedway, the local sheriff delivered a presser with one simple message: He’d had enough.

"We put up their photos, talked about their arrest records, and let everybody know what a bunch of reprehensible thugs were in our community, and what they were up to," Sheriff Mike Chitwood told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency about the February presser. Standing with local Jewish, interfaith and minority group representatives, the sheriff had announced he would be coming after the "scumbags" who did this.
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Posted by: trailing wife || 05/01/2023 00:48 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  When I grew up, ethnic jokes were pretty common. They have dissipated over time. There was a weekly Cleveland television show in the 70’s that specialized in Polish jokes; now there is none of that. It seems a natural process of the American melting pot that ethnic stereotypes diminish over time unless there is an outside influence that prevents bigotry from wasting away. The continued antisemitism is not normal for our society. It is serving someone’s interest.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/01/2023 8:17 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Town I grew up in was about 85% Polish, so the "Polish" jokes were a little different, like....

Who's the tallest Pollack in the world?
Stashu of Liberty
Who's the smartest?
Edju Cation
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/01/2023 9:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Polish guy goes in for an eye exam.
Doc says: "See that chart? Can you read it?
Guy says: "Read it? I know him!"

/I'll be here all week. Try the veal and tip your waitress.
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2023 10:46 Comments || Top||

#4  Now that's funny Frank
Posted by: Chris || 05/01/2023 20:19 Comments || Top||

#5  Old joke, Chris, maybe even Henny Youngman. I didn't write it ;-)
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2023 20:47 Comments || Top||

#6  @#1 - I don't even see pink flamingos anymore.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/01/2023 20:57 Comments || Top||

#7  There are very few new ethnic jokes. Maybe Carlos Mencia is still doing some. There is some Chanelle humor and Asian comics, but for the most part that stuff has faded away. The KKK probably held its last rally at Richard Byrds funeral, yet this antisemitism is growing. The leftists seem to be feeding it. It is coming out of the college campuses like a plague. From the viewpoint of the left, only a negative statement about Soros can be antisemitic.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/01/2023 21:24 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Buhari’s Billionaire Nephew, Tunde Sabiu, Posted To UK By National Intelligence Agency To Evade Prosecution After End Of President’s Tenure
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Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The family ATM.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/01/2023 12:03 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Elahi's arrest bid: 'Illegal action' won't be allowed, says Punjab caretaker CM
[GEO.TV] Punjab caretaker Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi has said that he was "appalled" to know that the police stormed into Pakistain Moslem League Quaid (PML-Q) President Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain's house during the operation to arrest Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf
...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations....
(PTI) Parvez Elahi.

A heavy contingent of Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

Police had raided the residence of the former PML-Q leader to arrest him. PTI strongly criticised the police's actions, voicing concerns regarding arrests of its workers and leaders.

Taking note of a tweet by Shujaat's son, Chaudhry Saalik Hussain, the caretaker CM said that "no illegal action will be allowed by anyone".


Saalik, sharing a video of the police party trying to break in his house during the raid to arrest Elahi, expressed dismay over what had happened.

"Appalled to know that team went to arrest Ch Pervaiz Elahi but stormed Ch Shaujaat’s House in which Ch Salik Hussain got injured. The law should take it’s course," Naqvi wrote on the microblogging site in response.

The interim chief minister shared that he was in Madina but receiving all the details about the matter.

Earlier, Saalik had revealed that his paternal aunt (Shujaat's sister), who is also Elahi's sister-in-law (wife's sister) had told the police party that the PTI leader was at the PML-Q leader's house.

"The police did what they did but what our people did not do less," the PML-Q leader had written in the Tweet that contained a video showing police party trying to break in his house.

It may be noted that Naqvi's statement came after the Centre distanced itself from the raid, blaming the Punjab caretaker set-up for the incident.

On Saturday night, Finance Minister Ishaq Dar held an important meeting with PTI Vice Chairman Shah Mehmood Wormtongue Qureshi
...a Pak political shape-changer. He is undistinguished except for his habit of periodically needing to have his lips reattached...
, and said that the federal government had nothing to do with the raid.

Dar expressed regret over the raid on the PTI president’s house and violation of the sanctity of "chadar and char dewari" — a phrase used to describe family’s dignity.

During the meeting, Qureshi apprised Dar of the sentiments of the family of Elahi regarding the "illegal attack" at their residence.

"The federal government has nothing to do with the attack on the house of Chaudhry Parvez Elahi," Dar was quoted as saying in the meeting.

The finance minister added that the raid was conducted by the Punjab caretaker government.

Dar said he would inform the ruling alliance's leadership about the reservations of the PTI regarding the police action and would get back to the opposition party on the matter soon.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Black Bart's other gun out of his other hand......
Planning Minister Ahsan Iqbal criticised the PTI leaders for "using women and kiddies" as a shield to evade arrest.

Speaking on Geo News' programme "Naya Pakistain", the federal minister said both PTI Chairman Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who ain't the sharpest bulb on the national tree...
and Elahi were not arrested when police conducted a raid at their residence.

"We never used wheelchairs or cried on TV," he said while criticising the PTI’s leaders for raising hue and cry over arrests.

Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan


Rs20 billion embezzled from PM's free flour scheme, claims PML-N leader
[GEO.TV] Former prime minister and Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz (PML-N) big shot Shahid Khaqan Abbasi has claimed that Rs20 billion were embezzled from the federal government’s free flour distribution scheme.

Addressing a ceremony in Lahore, the ruling party leader said that the country’s system has become "so corrupt and outdated" that it cannot deliver.

He said corrupt government officials would be identified in the past "but today is the time when we have to look for honest officers".

Abbasi asked what did poor get out of Rs84 billion subsidy allocated by the federal and provincial governments to provide free flour to the poor during the holy month of Ramazan.

"More than Rs20 billion were stolen in the government's free flour scheme," he alleged.

Responding to his allegations, the Centre and the caretaker government of Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....

rejected his claims.

Federal Information Minister Marriyum Aurangzeb said millions of poor people in Punjab, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, Sindh and Islamabad were provided free flour during the holy month with "full transparency and honesty".

She said that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif himself visited the flour distribution points in different cities.

Posted by: Fred || 05/01/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  Corruption in Pakistain? Inconceivable!
Posted by: Frank G || 05/01/2023 9:05 Comments || Top||



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