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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Security guard caught carrying severed hand inside coat pocket while on job ‐ day after a headless body was discovered
[NY Post] A Colorado security guard was caught carrying a severed hand inside his coat pocket while on the job last week — just one day after a mutilated, headless body was found at a nearby creek.

Solomon Martinez, 26, was arrested at work on Jan. 11 on suspicion of first-degree murder in the death of the woman, who is believed to be the owner of the hand, Pueblo police said.

He allegedly admitted to hiring the woman as a prostitute days before, but denied committing the murder.

Cops quickly zeroed in on Martinez after his roommate caught him covered in dirt and blood at a local carwash before 5 a.m. two days before his arrest.
And it gets worse from there.
Posted by: Frank G || 01/18/2024 11:26 || Comments || Link || [24 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I guess food bills are getting that tight.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/18/2024 11:44 Comments || Top||

#2  "All right you snowflakes, who wanted a hand job?"
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 12:50 Comments || Top||

#3  How's that "I found it while mushroom hunting" story holding up ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 13:58 Comments || Top||

#4  “Put your right hand on the ink pad. Not that hand…”
Posted by: Ululating Platypus || 01/18/2024 17:07 Comments || Top||

#5  I thought that is what coat pockets are for?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/18/2024 17:36 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/18/2024 17:40 Comments || Top||

#7  "Oh, yeah, I'll tell you something
I think you'll understand
When I'll say that something
I wanna hold your hand."
Posted by: Mercutio || 01/18/2024 18:33 Comments || Top||


Director of California LGBTQ+ center busted in child sex sting
[Post Millenial] Another one down and exposed
The executive director of the Rainbow Resource Center, a prominent LGBTQ+ support center based in Modesto, has been identified as one of 17 men apprehended on suspicion of attempting to engage in sexual activities with a minor.

The revelation was first reported by the Modesto Bee.

Gerad Slayton, 42, was taken into custody during a sting operation organized by the Turlock Police Department, targeting individuals believed to be seeking illicit encounters with minors. Slayton, recently appointed as the executive director of the Rainbow Center, a local nonprofit dedicated to providing resources for LGBTQ+ individuals across all age groups, faces allegations of pursuing sexual activities with minors.

The Rainbow Center addressed the situation through a Facebook statement, asserting that Slayton's alleged actions occurred outside of working hours and were not associated with the organization's premises. Court records indicate that Slayton has no prior felony charges in Stanislaus County.

The statement reads, in part:

"We want to assure our community that we take these allegations with the utmost seriousness. Mr. Slayton's actions do not represent our organization’s values or mission. In accordance with our unwavering commitment to upholding the highest standards of conduct and integrity, we are addressing the issue within the rainbow resource center.

"We acknowledge the impact that the situation may have had on the community. We understand that trust is earned through consistent and accountable actions. We are dedicated to rebuilding any trust that may have been affected by the situation. As an organization that is at the forefront of advocacy and support for the LGBTQ+ community, our actions must reflect our dedication to these principles."
Posted by: Frank G || 01/18/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [31 views] Top|| File under:


-Great Cultural Revolution
There is one tiny corner of the military that, so far, remains 100% DEI-free.
[TwitterThreadReader] There is one tiny corner of the military that, so far, remains 100% DEI-free. No race or gender preferences allowed. No quotas. Website, shockingly, free of DEI buzzwords like diversity, equity, gender. I can't believe it still exists!

It's Air Force Test Pilot School!

Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 01/18/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That's about as close to Go, No-Go training as you can get. For you civie types - that mean on a no-go you die.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/18/2024 7:01 Comments || Top||

#2  Now that it's been pointed out, I'm sure the appropriate undersecretaries will move in to correct things.

/snark
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 7:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Huh.
Check yer Deltas.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 8:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Does that mean they get to skip mandatory EO training?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 01/18/2024 17:54 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Young bronc rider seriously injured in Denver after horse stomps on his head as he's dragged throughout arena underneath its hooves before he give thumbs-up from hospital bed
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 07:06 || Comments || Link || [23 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Rodeo's always been dangerous.
Posted by: ed in texas || 01/18/2024 8:35 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ A lot have switched to something more "head protective" than a Stetson
Posted by: Frank G || 01/18/2024 9:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Poss not his first ride.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 15:30 Comments || Top||


Davos tribal shaman freakshow
[Gateway] So a demonic witch kicked off the day at The World Economic Forum in Davos this morning.
At 09h25 local, there is currently no waiting line at the COVID JAB medical booth.
The witch mumbled incantations, blew air on attendees, and hexed the stage to kick things off.

She touched the speakers on the stage and blew into the crowd!

Obviously, the elites are no longer pretending to be worried about COVID.

So they hide the Christians — and push this demonic sh*t instead.

Bloomberg - Forget Burning Man — Psychedelic Shamans Now Heading to Davos
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 02:25 || Comments || Link || [38 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Franklin Graham? No, he did not give the opening prayer.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 3:05 Comments || Top||


#3  That was no demonic witch. That was Ursula von der Leyen. In fairness, I can see how the confusion might arise.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/18/2024 8:33 Comments || Top||

#4  I can only imagine the sign language person trying to keep up...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 8:38 Comments || Top||

#5  We don't really have psychedelic shaman at Burning Man. Just psychedelics on one hand, and shaman (Paiute tribal elders) on the other.
Posted by: Secret Master || 01/18/2024 11:31 Comments || Top||

#6  I wished that someone had crashed a jet into DAVOs meeting.
Posted by: Snaiter Elmineling7911 || 01/18/2024 13:16 Comments || Top||


#8  'Hail the eternal rebel!' Satanist gives opening prayer at county meeting in Reno as furious commissioner storms out in protest

I promise you they enjoyed that more than they enjoyed the time my entire town showed up at their meeting. Good times, good times.
Posted by: Secret Master || 01/18/2024 18:25 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ I forgot Gerlach was Washoe Cty. LOL
Posted by: Frank G || 01/18/2024 18:44 Comments || Top||

#10  ^Yep. Washoe County tries to forget that too!
Posted by: Secret Master || 01/18/2024 20:28 Comments || Top||

#11  I took a drive to Fallon (Grandparent's homes when I was growing up) last summer. Unrecognizable except for a few spots, like the City Pool and the bandstand in the park. WOW
Posted by: Frank G || 01/18/2024 20:36 Comments || Top||


Boeing taxiing for takeoff collides with another plane in Chicago
[Yahoo - Independent] An All Nippon Airways (ANA) flight was taxiing for departure when its left winglet struck the stabilizer of a Delta Airlines flight, a spokesperson from the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said in a statement to The Independent. No injuries were reported, and the incident occurred in an area "not under air traffic control,"
[emphasis added]
the spokesperson said.
Thank you, FAA spokesperson, who did not mention (obscured?) the fact that the same controllers who work Ground control (under whose aegis the subject aircraft were operating) are routinely rotated through Ground and Air [Traffic] many times during their shifts. Ground and ATC work in the same cab, while Departure is typically relegated to "the basement."

I'd like a little more data regarding the controller who was working the aircraft during the gate operation.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 01/18/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [22 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Stupid headline by the morons at Yahoo. Had nothing to do with the type of plane. This was human error.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 01/18/2024 0:39 Comments || Top||

#2  A horrific airport disaster once again evades us. The indications and warnings of such a tragic event are arriving almost daily.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 1:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Sure am glad we have Pete Buttigieg on the job!
Posted by: Tom || 01/18/2024 7:10 Comments || Top||

#4  Sure am glad I have no need to fly anywhere.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 7:42 Comments || Top||

#5  There isn't an inch of the areas between the gates, taxiways and runways that isn't 'controlled' by someone.

The new outer taxiway and runway configurations at O'hare are better than they used to be, although the taxiways near the gate areas are still a clusterf*ck.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 01/18/2024 8:33 Comments || Top||

#6  Same day this happened, Mrs. Ret. and I were departing Kalamazoo, Mi, in about 25 degree weather. Our plane, a CRJ had sat on the ramp all night and got cold-soaked. As a result, the cabin door would not close. American Eagle ground crew used a huffer’s exhaust to warm it up so it could be closed(took 45 minutes and 3 people. Cabin steward’s seat was directly adjacent to it; with the Boeing door plug fiasco fresh in my head, i asked Spousal and Daughter Units to keep the seat belts low and tight.
Watching this circle jerk, I half expected Clyde Clutchrider (A&P certified) to appear with a Harbor Freight comealong to ‘encourage’ the door to close.
We werent on the news so must have made it.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 01/18/2024 8:33 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Comoros' Assoumani reelected president with 62.7% of votes
[AFRICANEWS] The Comoros’ President Azali Assoumani has won a new five-year term, the country's electoral body announced late Tuesday (Jan. 16).

On Wednesday, scuffles were reported in the capital, Moroni, following the proclamation of the results.

The election, held on Sunday, was marked by allegations of fraud and irregularities as Assoumani faced off against five opponents, ultimately winning with 62.97% of the vote.

Results published by the Independent National Electoral Commission announced a voter turnout at 16.3 percent.

The climate was tense on the archipelago as Comoras awaited the results.

Posted by: Fred || 01/18/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Cyber
Meta presentation 'claimed 100,000 children who use Facebook and Instagram are sent photos of adults genitals or other sex abuse material EVERY DAY - with "people you may know" feature helping connect predators to youngsters'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 07:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Known wolves...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 7:41 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Doomed $108 million NASA-backed Peregrine One will crash back down to Earth TODAY - these are the potential impact zones
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] After more than a week in space, the doomed Peregrine One spacecraft is set to crash back down to Earth today.

At around 4pm EST (9pm GMT) on Thursday, the craft is expected to hit an uninhabited region the South Pacific Ocean, about 400 miles south of Fiji.

Astrobotic, the Pittsburgh firm that developed the lander with the backing of NASA, said it is working to ensure a safe re-entry that doesn't hit land.

Launched from Florida on January 8, Peregrine One was intended to land on the moon, but the mission soon became doomed due to a propellant leak.

Peregrine One was supposed to serve as a scout for the NASA's Artemis astronauts before they make their own moon landing in 2026.

Under a $108 million contract with NASA, the 1.2-ton lander is carrying 20 payloads including science instruments and DNA samples from US presidents John F Kennedy, Dwight D Eisenhower, and George Washington.

The lander also holds the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, alongside the ashes of around 60 other individuals that were set to be dropped on the lunar surface.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 07:35 || Comments || Link || [31 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The lander also holds the remains of Star Trek creator Gene Roddenberry, alongside the ashes of around 60 other individuals that were set to be dropped on the lunar surface.

I see we have our priorities set. Did everyone's urn have proper pronouns too?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/18/2024 12:52 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Actually, all those people whose ashes were hauled (I couldn't resist) on the Peregrine have heirs with money.

I sense a lawsuit in the force, Luke. A slew of em, actually.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 13:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Exactly; we focused on system tests with peoples' live on the line, or are we focused on fundraising and PR gimmicks?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/18/2024 14:24 Comments || Top||

#4  Who was it that wanted to launch nuclear waste into the sun?
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 23:27 Comments || Top||


No more needles? Gates Foundation funds patch-style vaccine technology
[Reuters] LONDON, Nov 16 (Reuters) - The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has given $23.6 million to U.S.-based life science company Micron Biomedical to fund the first ever mass production of needle-free vaccine technology.

The technology works by delivering the vaccine via dissolvable microneedles attached to the skin on a patch-like device.

Global health experts have long argued for the potential of similar technology to boost the uptake of life-saving shots.

It is simpler to transport and administer than traditional injections, particularly in low-income countries where reaching all of the children who need vaccines remains challenging. But scaling up production has been a hurdle.

A trial in Gambia earlier this year showed that Micron’s device delivered the measles-rubella vaccine, produced by the Serum Institute of India, to adults, babies and toddlers as safely and effectively as syringes, and produced a similar immune response.
The technology "could help overcome some of the most substantial barriers to eradicating measles and rubella globally", said James Goodson, senior scientist in the immunization division at the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which has also partnered with Micron.

It reduces the need for a cold chain for distribution, and does not require a trained professional to give the vaccine. It could also help those with a fear of injections, the company said in a statement on Thursday.

The funding will support the development of a manufacturing facility to help make around 10 million devices annually, for larger clinical trials and then wider use, subject to approvals from regulatory authorities.

The company has had several other grants from Gates, to help deliver the technology to "underserved populations around the world", Micron's CEO Steven Damon said.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 07:24 || Comments || Link || [30 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A trial in Gambia earlier this year...

Gamboids can't vote, right?
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 8:51 Comments || Top||

#2  The old joke about the guy quitting smoking:

"I'm quitting, I'm using the patch."

"How's that working out for ya?"

"They're hard to keep lit..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 9:30 Comments || Top||



DOD ran Warp Speed from its inception, sidelining the FDA and drug companies
[Peter and Ginger Breggin Exposing the Global Predators] On January 7, 2024, my research uncovered an official Department of Defense publication (DoD) from May 15, 2020, describing the masterplan for Operation WARP Speed, confirming DoD’s unprecedented role in running Warp Speed as a military operation:

U.S. Department of Defense
IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Trump Administration Announces Framework
and Leadership for ’Operation Warp Speed’

[continue reading below]
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 06:59 || Comments || Link || [27 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Lingering BIO weapon suspicions confirmed ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 7:07 Comments || Top||

#2  The FDA's sham support of poisoning the American public
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 7:29 Comments || Top||

#3  UN, Feb 2003: He's got it I tells ya. Now we've got it! No, Forget I said that. Actually it disappeared, possibly went to Syria.

Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 7:46 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ In retrospect, this seems like a pattern now. Something in the water at the Pentagone?

How bout we turn DoD into "The Department of Killing and Blowing Sh*t Up" and leave the medical matters to doctors?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  The big double whammy.

Tens of thousands of replacement people continue to arrive daily. Not even Bill Gates could have predicted this many people would actually survive COVID ?

Posted by: Besoeker || 01/18/2024 8:51 Comments || Top||

#6  It seems the homeless and gimmiegrants are naturally immune.

Makes you wonder...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/18/2024 8:59 Comments || Top||

#7  "The Department of Killing and Blowing Sh*t Up" and leave the medical matters to doctors?

You been to a doctor lately?
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/18/2024 15:31 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ that would be the pediatric section you referring to?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 01/18/2024 18:07 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ Gender Affirmation Mutilation Surgeons?
Posted by: Frank G || 01/18/2024 18:22 Comments || Top||

#10  COVID? It's done. CDC death data shows pneumonia has killed more than COVID since March, 2022. CDC tabulates data, in this case, based on deaths certificates from thousands and thousands of MDs.

What, you expect that little factoid to be reported in the New York Times?

The data presentation is mind numbing, unless you plot the data.
Posted by: Bobby || 01/18/2024 19:02 Comments || Top||



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