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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Alleged ‘Serial Killer' Caught In California Is Illegal Alien Who Came Into U.S. Under Obama
[Daily Wire] A man arrested in California late last week — who allegedly carried out a string of murders — is an illegal alien who came into the U.S. as an unaccompanied minor during the Obama administration.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement has lodged a detainer request against 21-year-old Carlos Dominguez, who illegally came into the U.S. in April 2009 from El Salvador, according to ABC 10. The report identified Dominguez as "an alleged serial killer."

Dominguez, who attended UC Davis, is accused of stabbing two people to death and attempting to stab another person to death in the area. The three stabbings, all separate incidents, happened between April 27 and May 1. He was arrested by the Yolo County Sheriff’s Office and is now in the Yolo County jail.

The school said in a press release that Dominguez was a third-year student until April 25, "when he was separated for academic reasons."

"We urge the community not to rush to conclusions or speculate until all facts are known," the statement said. "We are grateful for law enforcement’s quick response and resolution during an extremely difficult period for the city and campus."

Those killed include David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm, and a third victim, Kimberlee Guillory, is still in the hospital.

"I’m grateful that I’m alive and that I wasn’t killed," Guillory said from her hospital bed at UC Davis Medical Center. "I was so scared when he started punching me. I thought that’s what he was doing, was punching me. I didn’t realize he was stabbing me until afterwards. Everything just went kind of black from there."

"I’m glad that they got him. I was praying for that, that nobody else will have to go through this," she added. "Me and the other two victims never did anything to him. There was no reason for him to come after people that that he didn’t even know."
Posted by: Frank G || 05/08/2023 13:12 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  One of Obama and Nancy's Dreamers(tm).

David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm will dream forever.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2023 16:23 Comments || Top||

#2  When was he arrested? Why is he still in jail and not out on bond? /sarcasm
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 05/08/2023 16:26 Comments || Top||

#3  David Breaux and Karim Abou Najm, and a third victim, Kimberlee Guillory

Mr. Dominguez's DEI score has shot through the roof.
Posted by: Sheba Sinatra1331 || 05/08/2023 16:31 Comments || Top||

#4  No comment from the Cajun Defense League?
Posted by: Unaitle the Well-mannered6632 || 05/08/2023 17:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Introduce him to that Marine from the NYC subway story and then walk away while they get acquainted.
Posted by: jpal || 05/08/2023 17:42 Comments || Top||


Dallas mall shooter: Who is Mauricio Garcia?
More on this story from yesterday.
[FoxNews] FBI agents searched the Dallas mall shooting suspect's home Sunday morning

Law enforcement sources have identified the suspect in Saturday's deadly mall shooting in Allen, Texas that left eight dead and several others injured as Mauricio Garcia.

Garcia, 33, is from Dallas, Texas, according to records obtained by Fox News Digital. The suspect’s age, address, and vehicle matches the description of details law enforcement provided.

Garcia's last known location was at a motel approximately 30 miles south of the shooting at Allen Premium Outlets in Dallas.

An email account called "deathdestructionandlove" was listed in association with Garcia in records obtained by Fox News Digital.

Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Dallas' WFAA that Mauricio Garcia served in the U.S. Army but was removed because of mental health concerns.
Yet another nutter.
The governor called the mall attack an "unspeakable tragedy." He later joined a community vigil to honor the victims.

"As this community heals, Texas will be with you every step of the way," he said.

The suspect's brother, Christian Garcia, whose address is listed as that of Mauricio’s per records obtained, has several criminal records, including burglary of habitation and public intoxication.

A law enforcement official speaking on condition of anonymity told The Associated Press that federal officials are looking into whether Mauricio Garcia was motivated by white supremacist or neo-Nazi ideologies, but did not elaborate. The federal official cautioned that the investigation is still in its early stages.

The source said federal officials were reviewing social media accounts believed to be used by Garcia to express interest in extremist views. Garcia also had a patch on his chest that read, "RWDS" – supposedly an acronym for "Right Wing Death Squad," which is popular among far-right, the source said.

The source reportedly added that federal agents have interviewed family members and associates of Garcia to ask about his ideological beliefs.

Multiple FBI agents reported to a home in the Northeast Patrol division of Dallas, with several Dallas Police officers standing outside, according to KHOU. Multiple sources told the outlet the home is where the suspected 30-something-year-old shooter lives with his parents.

The agents were reportedly speaking with family inside the home, according to KHOU. A translator was reportedly requested by the family.

FBI agents also joined police Sunday morning to search the suspect's home, where neighbors said he has been living for years.

Neighbors also told WFAA that he could often be seen going to and from the house in an outfit that suggested a security role. Despite the regular sightings, neighbors added that both the man and his gray Dodge Charger had frequently been missing in recent weeks.

Neighbors also told KHOU they didn't recall any sort of police activity or problems at the house. They noted he was very quiet but did notice certain unusual and quiet behaviors.

The shooter began his rampage at roughly 3:30 p.m. local time, with security footage showing the man exiting what appears to be a gray Dodge Charger.

A police officer at the mall heard the gunshots and rushed toward the sound. The officer then engaged the shooter and killed him.

Six victims were declared dead at the scene, while two more died of their injuries during or after transportation to a hospital. Seven people remain injured from the attack and three were still in critical condition as of Sunday morning.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 07:24 || Comments || Link || [25 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good Dig Skidmark
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/08/2023 8:06 Comments || Top||

#2  The AP formulation of a Mexican White Supremacist seems like wish-casting.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 8:18 Comments || Top||

#3  seems like wish-casting

The Paragraph That Exposed the Texas Mall Shooter Neo-Nazi Narrative as a Fraud
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 8:41 Comments || Top||

#4  So, now the media decides who can "pass."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 8:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Mauricio Garcia...a far cry from an Asian.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 9:29 Comments || Top||

#6  OK, DooDah, let me explain:
The Eurasian landmass is huge, and Spain is at the far western end of it, so Hispanic is Asian.
Got it?
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/08/2023 9:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Ah, of course, Sino-Iberian. Silly me!
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 10:04 Comments || Top||

#8  (sigh) The insane are in charge, make no mistake. They may be commie, but they are also insane.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/08/2023 10:25 Comments || Top||

#9  White Hispanic™, just like George Zimmerman
Posted by: Frank G || 05/08/2023 10:48 Comments || Top||

#10  I am waiting for an Alfredo Garcia.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 12:42 Comments || Top||

#11  Texas Gov. Greg Abbott told Dallas' WFAA that Mauricio Garcia served in the U.S. Army but was removed because of mental health concerns.

And that was not a red flag that would have prevented him from legally purchasing a gun of any sort let alone an AR-15? And what about that illegal alien, deported from the country three times previously, who shot five people who lived next door to him in Texas? How do these guys get these weapons and why won't the media even ask?

I'm telling you, something about all of these shooting stinks to high heaven. The narrative from Joe Biden and the media is that we need to ban the AR-15 but that's bullshit. That's just the Democrat Party's agenda because they don't want any resistance when they impose dictatorship.

They will not answer pertinent questions. They will not tell the whole truth. That's the first clue. Something else is happening.

Call me a conspiracy theorist if you want but then read this: CHAOS: Charles Manson, the CIA, and the Secret History of the Sixties
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/08/2023 14:15 Comments || Top||

#12  I guess I goofed up that link. Sorry.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/08/2023 14:17 Comments || Top||

#13  This bugwit claims to be an eyewitness but didn't show up until it was all over. Claims to be a veteran but doesn't seem to know an AR-15 is not an automatic weapon.
"It wasn't mental health that killed these people, it was an automatic rifle with bullets... I'm a former police officer, a former Army officer. These M4s, AR-15s, they've got to get off the streets or this is going to keep happening" - Allen, TX mall shooting witness Steven Spainhouer tells
@CapehartJ
on
@weekendcapehart
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/08/2023 14:26 Comments || Top||

#14  I guess I goofed up that link.

Your technique was spot on, Abu Uluque. You just attached your link to the wrong bit of text. All fixed now. :-)
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/08/2023 18:47 Comments || Top||


At least seven killed as car rams into pedestrians in Texas
We were discussing this story yesterday in comments here. Early indications were that a drunk illegal crashed into more illegals — mostly Venezuelans — waiting at the bus stop. No doubt more will be revealed today, and now we have an article to bring information to.
[GEO.TV] At least seven people were killed and several others injured after a car rammed into pedestrians in the United States’ Texas state, US media reported on Sunday.

The local media quoted police representative Lieutenant Martin Sandoval police as saying that the crash took place at 8:30am local time near Ozanam Center in Brownsville city in the state.

As many as six people were also wounded in the crash who are being treated for serious and minor injuries at the hospital, according to police.

The driver is in the hospital being treated and under 24-hour guard watch, police said.

They added that tests are being performed to check for alcohol and drug use.

The police representative told Fox News that some migrants were among the dead.

"We are doing an investigation in forms of intoxication to see if he was intoxicated at the time of the accident," said Sandoval, who referred to the Ozanam Center as a homeless shelter.

The border city of Brownsville is one of the places that expects an influx of migrants when Covid-era restrictions under Title 42 expire on Thursday.
Posted by: Fred || 05/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:



#3  ...aaaand he's Hispanic.

This story will quickly disappear. It doesn't fit the narrative.
Posted by: Hupainter Peacock1045 || 05/08/2023 2:17 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 15:02 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Anheuser-Busch CEO Blames Bud Light Boycott On Social Media "Misinformation"
[ZH] The CEO of the "inclusive" AB InBev blamed "misinformation" on social media for stoking a nationwide boycott of Bud Light following the brewer's move to promote the beer with TikTok trans influencer Dylan Mulvaney.

People often talk about this topic in social media like noise... You have one fact and every person puts an opinion behind the fact. And then the opinions start to be replicated fast on each and every comment. By the time that 10 or 20 people put a comment out there, the reality is no longer what the fact is, but is more [about] what the comments were," chief executive Michel Doukeris told the Financial Times.

Instead of taking the blame for the company's catastrophic attempt to virtue signal, even if it means alienating the vast majority of its clients, Doukeris instead blamed online "misinformation and confusion", including reports that Mulvaney's Bud Light can is "a production can and every can would be like the one that was in that post . . . We never intended to make it for general production and sale for the public." Well, that's just a brilliant way for InBev to also alienate the progressives after scrambling to distance itself from the entire fiasco.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 10:43 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I can only hope that ALL AB/InBev products get boycotted. If this CEO is going to pull such nonsense, then I can only wish poor results upon this going concern.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 10:47 Comments || Top||

#2  They really do think their customers are morons.
Posted by: DarthVader || 05/08/2023 10:49 Comments || Top||

#3  AB CEO is sounding a bit elitist. He needs to step down. The company needs to reestablish its base or shut down.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 05/08/2023 11:38 Comments || Top||

#4  If he's preparing his resume, I understand the senior jobs for military recruitment at DoD is opening up.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2023 11:43 Comments || Top||

#5  He has successfully promoted diversity of beer purchasing.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 12:35 Comments || Top||

#6  Keep pouring gas on the fire. It's a pleasure to watch.
Posted by: Angstrom || 05/08/2023 13:00 Comments || Top||

#7  If you have to explain yourself, you've already screwed up...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 13:03 Comments || Top||

#8  Their clientele is becoming more selective.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/08/2023 13:30 Comments || Top||

#9  And there it is: it's our fault for not being sophisticated. FOAD A/B.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/08/2023 14:35 Comments || Top||

#10  First rule of corporate survival: Blame someone else.

Second rule of corporate survival: See first rule.
Posted by: Tom || 05/08/2023 16:35 Comments || Top||

#11  InBev reported all Bud Light sales for April were down 21%, 26% retail stores. But the boycott was only getting started and not for the whole month. May's report will be catastrophic.
Posted by: Sheba Sinatra1331 || 05/08/2023 16:53 Comments || Top||

#12  Blames Bud Light Boycott On Social Media "Misinformation".

OH! but A.B.
I, and a lot of other Americans understand what pushing and selling Perversion is and we are fed-up.

EG.
Just $2 less, in my neck of the woods, and a 24 can case of Bud will be selling for the same price as a 24 can case of Coke Products in many stores.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/08/2023 19:14 Comments || Top||

#13 
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 19:27 Comments || Top||

#14  Bud Light Customers will not return. They already moved on and it's more than a boycott with that specific brand. The good ol' boys will mock any friends that drink Bud Light and it will last until they die.

The other brands might survive if AB does proper damage control and ends the boycott but signs suggest they won't/can't stop the boycott.

Popcorn stocks are probably going up.
Posted by: ruprecht || 05/08/2023 21:19 Comments || Top||


Oklahoma Governor Stitt defends decision to ax PBS funding over 'really problematic' LGBTQ content
[FoxNews] Oklahoma Gov. Kevin Stitt, R., has strong words for critics after he vetoed a bill last week that would have funded operations of the state's PBS station, Oklahoma Educational Television Authority (OETA), through 2026, accusing the station of indoctrinating young children.

"OETA, to us, is an outdated system. You know, the big, big question is why are we spending taxpayer dollars to prop up or compete with the private sector and run television stations? And then when you go through all of the programing that's happening and the indoctrination and over-sexualization of our children, it's just really problematic, and it doesn't line up with Oklahoma values," Stitt told Fox News Digital.

Unless the legislature is able to override his veto, the state PBS network will cease operations this year. Shows on the network include "Sesame Street," "Mister Rogers' Neighborhood," and "Clifford The Big Red Dog."

The governor’s office provided examples of OETA content that it considers objectionable, including a segment of "Let's Learn" in which a children’s book titled "The Hips on the Drag Queen Go Swish, Swish, Swish" is read by someone called Lil Miss Hot Mess.

The governor’s office also pointed to a "PBS Newshour" feature on parents’ support for various gender care treatments including puberty blockers, a gay character in "Work It Out Wombats" which airs on OETA, PBS Kids’ "Clifford the Big Red Dog" introducing LGBTQ characters, a plethora of Pride Month programming on OETA, a special about a town of Christians and drag queens who "step into the spotlight to dismantle stereotypes," and a same-sex wedding featured on PBS Kids’ "Odd Squad."

While critics have pushed back against the notion these programs help indoctrinate children, the governor doesn’t believe they’re particularly educational, either.

"When you think about educating kids, let's teach them to read and their numbers and counting and letters and those kind of things," Gov. Stitt said. "I mean, some of the programing that we're seeing… it just doesn't need to be on public television."

Stitt said that if OETA programming is so popular, it could easily be picked up by CBS, NBC, ABC or any other option that doesn’t require taxpayer dollars to stay afloat. The Republican governor believes Oklahoma tax dollars would be better off elsewhere.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 07:20 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What if they held a fundraiser and allowed people to voluntarily donate to the woke programming?
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 8:23 Comments || Top||

#2  Time to go full commercial. I'm sure they'll pick up money from all the woke corporations.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2023 8:45 Comments || Top||

#3  I'm sure they'll pick up money from all the woke corporations.

Who will try to extract additional money from the rest of us to fund their delusions.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 05/08/2023 9:02 Comments || Top||

#4  The "State" should not be funding such nonsense, at all jurisdictions. Use the money to fill some potholes or fix a bridge or something else more productive.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 10:43 Comments || Top||

#5  Re #4: Or better yet, don't take the money to start with.
Posted by: Hupaising Sinatra7578 || 05/08/2023 14:22 Comments || Top||

#6  KET is promoting a bit piece on Clarence Thomas and his wife. The Progs never stop.
Posted by: Ebbuger Whuque4103 || 05/08/2023 14:27 Comments || Top||

#7  Only 49 to go.
Sorry Big Bird.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 05/08/2023 21:23 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Weight Loss Brand Jenny Craig Files for Bankruptcy, Shuts Down
[Bloomberg via Yahoo] Weight loss brand Jenny Craig has begun liquidating its operations in the US after efforts to ease a cash crunch fell short....

Since founder Jenny Craig opened the company’s first brick-and-mortar location in 1983, diet fads have changed dramatically. Weight-loss drugs, at-home exercise machines and health-food stores have reshaped the industry landscape.
Indeed, a waist is a terrible thing to mind.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 11:13 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mission accomplished. American weigh loss goal is fully achieved.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 12:15 Comments || Top||

#2  "I crushed anorexia!"
Posted by: Unaitle the Well-mannered6632 || 05/08/2023 17:16 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ "Wants Reparations as well as claiming a Food Desert™"
Posted by: Frank G || 05/08/2023 18:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Well, they were a little overweight overstaffed.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/08/2023 20:28 Comments || Top||

#5  I think she ate a sofa sized green M&M.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 22:10 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Megyn Kelly discusses post-Tucker viewership at 'Foxweiser'
Rob Noerr Twitter comment at the site:
@robnoerr
·
May 5
"It’s because it was never about money to those running fox

It’s about maintaining the status quo hegemony for the establishment and tucker threatened that

They are willing to destroy their own channel to keep control of the narrative for the establishment."
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2023 07:26 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Do you truly control the narrative if no one is watching?
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 8:15 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ It is a more selective control.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/08/2023 9:54 Comments || Top||

#3  Me-again Kelley. She sure was looking out for us when she was trying to damage Trump in the debates while she was still on the FauxNews payroll.

This is just here riding Carlson's coattails.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 10:03 Comments || Top||

#4  I didn't even know Kelly had a show until a few months ago. Never watched it, never will.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/08/2023 10:05 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Heavy fighting is ongoing in east of Las Anod town.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Britain
'This Is Boring' - King Charles III Caught On Camera Grumbling To Queen Camilla At Coronation
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 05/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  He’s right, you know.
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/08/2023 0:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Imagine what it was for US.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 0:42 Comments || Top||

#3  He probably would have been more patient were he forty years younger. He’s been ready to march down that aisle for most of his life.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/08/2023 0:48 Comments || Top||

#4  And pretty much that's all he's qualified for.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 1:02 Comments || Top||

#5  If your wife was the kind of woman who watched the whole thing of this, you have more problems than you know.
Posted by: no mo uro || 05/08/2023 5:43 Comments || Top||

#6  At least he didn't look at his watch.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 6:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Was there some sort of parallel muzzie tribal abdication, or are duel titles permissible ?

Costumebaffoonery? Should I hyphenate that ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/08/2023 7:18 Comments || Top||

#8  At least he didn't look at his watch.

Someone mentioned that they saw him glance at his left wrist a few times, which of course was 'watchless' during the ceremony.

He's wearing one in most every other photo I've seen of him.

He is apparently also a watch collector of some note.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 05/08/2023 7:55 Comments || Top||

#9  His garb in #7 is better than the main post. It has a Peter O'Toole quality to it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/08/2023 8:47 Comments || Top||

#10  I agree that it was boring. It was also a celebration of a guy that I don’t like. Perhaps Charles and I are also in agreement on that account.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 8:49 Comments || Top||

#11  Yes Charles, and you are the center of it.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/08/2023 13:33 Comments || Top||

#12  boring for me

my wife loved it; she also liked the Elizabeth II funeral, she also likes the Rose Bowl Parade

whatever
Posted by: lord garth || 05/08/2023 15:24 Comments || Top||

#13  I"m sorry, but I loved it. No one, but no one, does all the pomp and ceremony better than the Brits. And they've been at it for centuries.
Posted by: Tom || 05/08/2023 16:37 Comments || Top||

#14  It upset the NYT, so, I heartily approve.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/08/2023 17:01 Comments || Top||

#15  ^ So, that's a PLUS
Posted by: Frank G || 05/08/2023 18:43 Comments || Top||

#16  Mrs. Ret. Stayed up all night to watch (0250 on the west coast). Me, i went for the highlight reel and three things stuck out:
1) No Megan look at me,
2) No Harry whining,
3) that gold carriage workmanship is incredible. As to ride quality, reports that axles are hard mounted to frame, well take it slow, would ya, Jeeves?
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 05/08/2023 21:30 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
In major blow to deep state, Venezuelan opposition party replaces Guaido as candidate
May 5, CARACAS - Venezuelan opposition party Voluntad Popular on Friday named a new candidate for a key presidential primary in October, replacing formerly anti-government leader Juan Guaido who left Venezuela unexpectedly in late April.

At a news conference, Voluntad Popular named political coordinator Freddy Superlano, a 46-year-old engineer and critic of President Nicolas Maduro, as its nominee, explaining Guaido could not represent the party from "exile."

Voluntad Popular member Desiree Barboza said the decision to name Superlano the party's candidate was unanimous. Superlano will be up against at least a dozen other figures seeking to lead the opposition in the presidential contest, expected in 2024.

Guaido arrived in Miami on April 25 from Bogota, where he had gone intending to join an international conference on Venezuela's political future. He said Colombian authorities forced him to leave despite his appeal for protection citing new threats by Maduro's government.

From 2019 to December 2022, Guaido served as acting president in a shadow government challenging Maduro until the opposition dissolved it.
It wasn't a shadow government at all. The UK has a shadow government. The deep state called Guaido the recognized ruler of Venezuela and it was Maduro who wasn't legitimate.

Learn from this, folks. It's not hopeless to fight the deep state. They're not invulnerable, they just want you to think they are.
Posted by: Hupainter Peacock1045 || 05/08/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did Bolton approve the new guy?
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/08/2023 8:26 Comments || Top||

#2  And the Peronists are back in Chile. The military parades are gonna be lit!
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/08/2023 14:29 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Mystery Chinese spacecraft returns to Earth after 276 days

Guess the firmware updates are complete.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 07:35 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Space Force eyes ‘outernet’ for better data flow in orbit
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/08/2023 9:36 Comments || Top||



Who's in the News
27[untagged]
4Govt of Sudan
3al-Shabaab (AQ)
3Sublime Porte
3Govt of Iran
2Taliban/IEA
2Govt of Syria
2Islamic State
2Migrants/Illegal Immigrants
1Devout Moslems
1Commies
1Moslem Colonists
1Narcos
1Ottoman Proxies
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.

Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.

Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has dominated Mexico for six years.
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