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Definitely not over. But at least it’s less bad for us end users. trailing wife- 08/29/2025 22:16 |
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Thanks, Skid, but it ain't over. badanov- 08/28/2025 14:28 |
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<3 trailing wife- 08/28/2025 13:35 |
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I did the best I could Quality read today, TW. Good work on the barbarians, Bad. Skidmark- 08/28/2025 11:50 |
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All part of the service, B badanov- 08/26/2025 22:44 |
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Articles highlighting the increase in Russian activity in Africa and quite interesting. Thanks Bad. Besoeker- 08/26/2025 16:47 |
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I did the best I could in terms of articles last night, badanov, but it went on long enough I gave up and left it for this morning. So today I’m getting done in bits over the course of the day, which is no doubt a better way to handle it anyway. trailing wife- 08/26/2025 16:07 |
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It appears the attacks have declined in intensity. Still, I have at least a coupla more days to mitigate the attacks. badanov- 08/26/2025 14:16 |
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Attacks are still ongoing. badanov- 08/25/2025 21:30 |
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800 million hits?!?! Lil ol’ us? I had no idea we were that interesting. Well done building defenses, badanov, on Fred’s strong foundation. trailing wife- 08/25/2025 16:07 |
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Yes, it is. badanov- 08/23/2025 11:54 |
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This baby is running sweet tonight, Bad. Skidmark- 08/23/2025 00:42 |
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Service Unavailable (503) The server is temporarily unable to service your request due to maintenance downtime or capacity problems. Please try again later. Skidmark- 08/20/2025 09:02 |
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It worked. badanov- 08/20/2025 08:22 |
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Did it work, badanov? trailing wife- 08/20/2025 00:29 |
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Rebooting the server promptly at midnight EST to install a coupla firewall rules badanov- 08/19/2025 17:24 |
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Fred: Check your email. badanov- 08/19/2025 08:24 |
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What;s missing? I just checked the archives and everything is there, Fred- 08/19/2025 01:44 |
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Fred: What did you do? We had duplicate records dating all the way back to 2001. Now we don't. badanov- 08/18/2025 23:47 |
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I figured it out, Fred. No apology due at all, since I hadn’t said what the problem was, and did say it was minor enough to wait until later. You came in well ahead of schedule. trailing wife- 08/17/2025 15:50 |
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Sorry. I forgot to tell you I fixed that. Fred- 08/17/2025 09:59 |
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Whether deliberate or an artifact of the changeover, the small problem I was having in Hoover has entirely disappeared. Thank you! trailing wife- 08/17/2025 03:32 |
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Fred: I assigned you to the wheel group which means you can su to any other user, as long as you have a passwd, as long as sudo works badanov- 08/16/2025 15:38 |
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Loading fast, good job! Frank G- 08/16/2025 05:52 |
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Chinese blocked for now, until they use another netblock. badanov- 08/16/2025 01:07 |
| Makhachkala resident opens fire near shopping center |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.. [KavkazUzel] Law enforcement agencies in Dagestan are searching for a man who opened fire near a shopping center in Makhachkala; the second participant in the conflict has been taken to the police. The incident was triggered by a passerby's "interested" look at the shooter's wife.  The incident occurred this evening near the Etazhi shopping center, located at the intersection of Gamidov and Imam Shamil avenues in Makhachkala “A conflict occurred between two men, one of whom fired several shots from a traumatic pistol towards his opponent and fled the scene,” the official Telegram channel of the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Dagestan reported. Pellet gun One of the participants in the incident was taken to the police department, and the shooter is being sought, the department clarified. According to them, no one was injured in the shooting. The details of the incident are given in her Telegram channel "Criminal Chronicle" by the head of the press service of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Dagestan Gayana Gariyeva. According to her, the man with the gun did not like the look of a random passerby at his wife, who was walking next to him. "A man passed by them, and one of them didn't like the look he cast at the woman (either the wife, who shared this with her husband, or the husband himself). The woman was wearing a niqab. Despite this, the passerby's gaze seemed overly interested to the spouses," she writes. Gariyeva confirms that the shooter "didn't hit anyone" and that there were no casualties as a result of the incident. The weapon was presumably traumatic. The circumstances of the incident were described in detail by member of the Public Chamber of Dagestan Shamil Khadulaev. “A husband and wife in a niqab were leaving the Etazhi shopping center, another guy was coming in and the husband of the woman in a niqab made a claim to the guy who was entering that he was looking at his wife. They had an argument, went outside and fought. They were separated after they hit each other a few times, then the married guy ran to the car and pulled out a traumatic pistol. The other guy saw this and ran into the Green Apple supermarket in the same building. The married man ran into the supermarket after him and shot him twice, as he was running away. After that, the supermarket security guard tried to grab him, but the shooter guy dodged and ran away - he got into the car with his wife and stepped on the gas,” Khadulaev wrote on his Telegram channel, without specifying whether he personally witnessed all the events described. |
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| 70 piles of human remains found in Nevada | |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] Seventy piles of human remains have been discovered in Nevada south of Las Vegas. This was reported by WFLA-TV, citing the Bureau of Land Management. "An official confirmed to investigators that the piles were human remains," the report said. According to the TV channel, the local investigative department is currently conducting an investigation to establish the causes of the incident. At the same time, under current law, Las Vegas allows the scattering of ashes on public lands of the city, but there is a ban on the “commercial distribution of cremated remains.”
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| Cracker Barrel co-founder Tommy Lowe slams CEO Julie Felss Masino after attempted Bud Liting |
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[NYPOST] The 93-year-old co-founder of Cracker Barrel blasted the homestyle restaurant chain's execs for allowing changes that damaged the 56-year-old business as he urged CEO Julie Felss Masino to leave the logo alone. Tommy Lowe, co-founder of the first Cracker Barrel in 1969, accused the former Taco Bell executive of trying to rival the chain's widely criticized $700 million modernization effort. ''They're trying to modernize to be like the competition — Cracker Barrel doesn't have any competition,'' Lowe told WTVF Thursday. ''I heard she was at Taco Bell. What's Taco Bell know about Cracker Barrel and country food? They need to work on the food and service and leave the barrel — the logo alone.'' The nonagenarian's comments come after Cracker Barrel executives reversed course on a much despised logo redesign that removed the famous ''barrel'' and Uncle Herschel from the chain's branding. Lowe slammed the rebrand as ''pitiful'' — saying Masino didn't understand Cracker Barrel's identity because of her background in fast food. ''Spending $700 million dollars doing that is throwing money out the window,'' he said. Lowe claims Masino doesn't know who he is and revealed he has never met with the executive since she was named Cracker Barrel's President and CEO in July 2023. Masino began implementing changes to the menu, interior design and prices soon after assuming the coveted position in November. The initial changes went under the radar for most customers, but Masino's most recent alteration raised eyebrows across the nation. Lowe, who served as Cracker Barrel's Vice President of Operations and held a decades-long seat on the board of directors, said Masino was trying to compete with competition that didn't exist. Following the immense backlash and plunging stocks, Cracker Barrel executives decided to reverse course and return to the ''Old Timer'' logo. ''We thank our guests for sharing your voices and love for Cracker Barrel,'' the company said in a statement. ''We said we would listen, and we have. Our new logo is going away and our 'old timer' will remain.'' The about-face followed days of protests on social media against Cracker Barrel's rebranding efforts — capped on Tuesday with Trump weighing in and advising the company to go back to the original logo design. Related: Cracker Barrel 08/28/2025 Cracker Barrel reverses course on new logo, brings back ''Old Timer'' after fan backlash Cracker Barrel 08/12/2025 Bravo star Jennifer Welch says Trump voters should be banned from Mexican, Chinese, Indian restaurants Cracker Barrel 08/08/2025 Cracker Barrel Is Another Regional Hallmark That's Fallen Victim To Monocultural Carpetbaggers |
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| Another 45,000lbs of [Indonesia] shrimp are recalled over fears they could be radioactive | |
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[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Two more recalls have been issued for shrimp believed to have been exposed to a radioactive compound that may cause cancer if ingested. AquaStar Corp of Seattle, Washington is recalling 26,460 packages of 6 oz Cocktail Shrimp products and 18,000 bags of Kroger Mercado Cooked Medium Peeled Tail-off Shrimp products. The shrimp were imported from Indonesia and are being recalled because 'they may have been prepared, packed, or held under insanitary conditions whereby they may have become contaminated with cesium-137 (Cs-137),' the FDA recall notice stated. Cs-137 is a man-made radioactive byproduct of nuclear waste and nuclear weapons tests. It is present at very low levels in the environment, partially as a result of nuclear tests, and is generally harmless. But once inside the body, the substance can become lodged in tissues and release low-level radiation over time that can damage DNA and cause cells to turn cancerous. The products in the recalls were sent to the US by BMS Foods from Indonesia and officials from both countries are working to determine the source of the contamination. These two new recalls follow two others from earlier this month involving Great Value raw frozen shrimp sold at Walmart and Sand Bar, Best Yet, Arctic Shores, Great American Seafood Imports and First Street shrimp products sold at Kroger and through Instacart. The cocktail shrimp products were sold in Walmart stores in more than two dozen states across the US between July 31, 2025 and August 16, 2025. The peeled tail-off shrimp products were sold at Baker’s, Gerbes, Jay C, Kroger, Mariano’s, Metro Market, Pay Less Supermarkets, and Pick ‘n Save in 17 states, mainly in the south and Midwest, between July 24, 2025 and August 11, 2025.
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[LEMMY] It would be helpful to know what the letters in the lefthand column stood for.  |
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| Weather forecaster Vilfand: above-normal temperatures expected in Moscow from September 2 to 7 |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [Regnum] From September 2 to 7, temperatures in Moscow are expected to be 2-3 degrees above normal. This was reported on August 29 by Roman Vilfand, scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia. "The temperature in Moscow from September 2 until the end of the week will be about 2-3 degrees above normal. This means that 10-14 degrees is predicted at night, and daytime temperatures will be 19-24 degrees," he noted during a press conference. According to Vilfand, the weather next week is also expected to be favorable - sunny, cloudless and without precipitation. On August 24, Vilfand also stated that Moscow is not expecting a velvet season this year, when the water and air temperatures are the same. He specified that the temperature in the Moscow River near Zvenigorod is currently plus 16 degrees, in the south of the region it is at plus 18 degrees, and in many tributaries of the Moscow the temperature has dropped to plus 14-15 degrees. Vilfand specified that the reason for such indicators was the cold nights. Earlier, meteorologists reported that in many regions of Russia, the temperature in autumn will be higher than in the last 30 years. New records of average seasonal and monthly temperatures are expected, in particular, in Novosibirsk, Kazan, Samara, Krasnoyarsk, Chelyabinsk and Perm, and the greatest excess of usual values is predicted for November, which may become the warmest in the last decade. |
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| A magnitude 5.7 earthquake shook eastern Japan on Friday |
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| Kunstler-The Era of Pretending Is Over... | |
Most obviously, the suspect, now dead, in Wednesday’s Minneapolis school shooting was not a “her.” He was a him, a 23-year-old male, Robert Westman, who had been pretending to be a female for some years since undergoing puberty, with the encouragement of his parents and the cultural leaders of his city, including Governor Tim Walz and Mayor Jacob Frey, backed by the expressed principles of the national Democratic Party. The essence of all that was a gigantic game of pretend, a broad and deliberate dissociation from reality for the purpose of maintaining a political racketeering operation, which is what the Democratic Party had become. Pretend that men can become women. Pretend that Covid vaccinations are safe and effective. Pretend that national borders don’t matter. Pretend that crime is not a social problem. Pretend that riots are mostly peaceful. Pretend that our elections are free and fair. Pretend that “Joe Biden” is president. Pretend that Ukraine is fighting for democracy. And so on. All pretend. | |
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| How France Uses the Military and Politics to Maintain Its Grip on Mali |
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[ALESTIKLAL.NET] In a striking development that underscores the deep rift between Bamako and Gay Paree, Mali's ruling military council announced on August 14, 2025, that it had foiled an attempted coup involving two generals and dozens of soldiers acting on behalf of Gay Paree, and arrested a French national suspected of links to the French intelligence services. Security sources told Agence La Belle France-Presse that at least 55 military personnel were tossed into the calaboose, including prominent figures such as Abbas Dembele, a senior army general and former governor of the Mopti region, and Nima Sagara, a powerful figure who was the first woman to attain the rank of general in the air force. With the latest allegation, Bamako has once again put Gay Paree in the dock, not only as a former colonial power that regards Mali as part of its sphere of influence, but as an active player in attempts to destabilize the country and derail any genuine path toward independence in Mali and across the Sahel region ... North Africa's answer to the Pak tribal areas... . THE NATURE OF THE CONSPIRACY The public accusation was not a passing detail in statements from Mali's transitional authorities, but rather part of a broader confrontation with French influence, which has shaped the country for decades since its nominal independence in 1960. Bamako views Gay Paree's interventions as extending beyond economic and political control, encompassing attempts to undermine state stability whenever the country seeks to break free from its old guardianship. According to the military statement, the detained group sought to ''destabilize the institutions of the Republic'' with direct support from foreign powers, a clear reference to La Belle France. Reports indicate that the plot targeted the National Guard, the body from which the current defense minister, Sadio Camara, one of the leading figures of the new authorities, emerged, raising questions about the extent of foreign influence within Mali's security institutions. Notably, the campaign coincided with the arrest of former prime minister Choguel Maiga, a close ally of Gay Paree, on corruption charges. The move reinforces the image of a regime determined to block internal and external political alliances that might reopen the door to Elysee interventions. Mali, which has endured a decade of turmoil since 2012 due to armed rebellions and the rise of bully boy groups, found itself after the 2020 and 2021 coups in direct confrontation with La Belle France. Under the leadership of Colonel Assimi Goita, the country's current president, Mali decided to expel French forces and end its historic military partnership with Gay Paree, turning instead to Russia and other powers in an effort to reclaim sovereign decision-making. Goita's Strategy The crisis escalated further on August 17, 2025, after La Belle France demanded the immediate release of the diplomat working at its embassy in Bamako, following the Malian authorities' announcement that he were tossed into the calaboose for ''working on behalf of French intelligence.'' The French foreign ministry was quick to condemn the move, insisting that its diplomat enjoys ''diplomatic immunity'' under the Vienna Convention, and described the allegations as ''invalid and without legal basis.'' The development opened a new front of tension between the two countries, with Bamako viewing it as part of a broader plan for French interference in its internal affairs, while Gay Paree saw it as a breach of diplomatic norms. At the same time, the French embassy issued a warning to its citizens in Mali, urging them to exercise caution and avoid gatherings, reflecting Gay Paree's awareness of the seriousness of the situation and its potential to spiral into an open diplomatic and security confrontation. Colonel Assimi Goita continues to lead Mali's strategy of disengagement from La Belle France, while forging an alliance with Russia. Related: Bamako: 2025-08-21 Mali, Burkina Faso, and Niger sign historic security pact with Russia, marking a new era of African sovereignty and self-reliance Bamako: 2025-08-17 Mali: French Foreign Ministry confirmed that the French national arrested for “attempting to destabilize the country” is an employee of its embassy in Bamako Bamako: 2025-08-05 Smuggling Kings: How the Brits Are Cashing in on Illegal Gold from Sudan Related: Mopti region: 2024-11-24 At least Six Russian Wagner Group Mercenaries Killed in Islamist Attack in Mali Mopti region: 2023-09-09 Mali: Gao military camp targeted by suicide attack Mopti region: 2023-04-24 At least 10 people killed in complex attack in central Mali Related: Sadio Camara 07/26/2023 USA sanctions 3 Malian colonels for their aid to the Wagner group Sadio Camara 12/22/2022 The situation in the countries of the Sahel as of December 21, 2022 Sadio Camara 08/13/2022 Germany suspends military operations in Mali Related: Assimi Goita 07/05/2025 Mali junta chief extends army rule by five years, rules out elections Assimi Goita 10/15/2024 New US strategy in Africa: why Ukraine's GUR is training terrorists Assimi Goita 07/29/2024 Mali separatists claim major victory over army, Russian allies |
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| At least 69 people have died and dozens remain missing more than 48 hours after a migrant boat sank off the coast of Mauritania. |
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| Israel's First Successful Strike Leaves Houthis with Difficult Choice |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Leonid Tsukanov Israel continues to increase the intensity of its strikes on Yemen: on August 28, the capital Sanaa was subjected to a fire raid, where a meeting of high-ranking Yemeni resistance leaders was allegedly taking place.  Officially, the Israeli operation was a response to the Houthis' bravado and their statements about the launch of serial production of the Palestine-2 ballistic missile with a multiple warhead (under the guise of which, according to experts, is hiding the advanced Iranian Khorramshahr missile). This created a new level of security threat for Israel, which the IDF was quick to mitigate. However, in reality, the significance of the operation is much higher. The strike on Sanaa was de facto the first successful IDF air force operation in Yemen since 2023 and left the Houthis with a difficult choice: either weaken their internal support by “tightening the screws,” or continue to act as before, hoping that the Israelis were “just lucky.” "A Drop of Luck" The military operation, dubbed “A Drop of Fortune” by Defense Minister Israel Katz, began with a false approach by Israeli aircraft to the southern districts of the Yemeni capital, where there is not a single facility that could be considered a potential military infrastructure for Ansar Allah. However, eyewitnesses report that after several strikes "on empty lots," the planes abruptly changed course and bombed the Hadda area south of Sana'a. The target of the strike was an "inconspicuous building," which was completely destroyed; clearing the rubble continued for several hours. The Israeli General Staff did not make a secret of the event and stated that the target of the strike was a "secret meeting of the Houthi leadership." The high-ranking rebels allegedly watched a televised speech by the movement's leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, during the raid and did not expect to become the target of the strike themselves. Thus, among the potential targets eliminated are the Minister of Defense of Ansar Allah, Mohammed al-Atifi, and the Chief of the General Staff, Mohammed al-Ghamari. Both high-ranking officers, in one way or another, oversaw the national missile program and were involved in identifying targets for the retaliatory operation against Israel. In addition, during the airstrike, the Prime Minister of the “Government of Change and Creation” (a collective body created by the Houthis to interact with other countries), Ahmed Ghaleb al-Rahawi, was “highly likely” killed. The latter allegedly organized the fatal meeting. It was also reported that along with the Houthis, several "guests" - Iranian (and, according to some sources, Palestinian) functionaries who had arrived in Sana'a to exchange relevant experience - were also injured in the IDF air strike. However, this remained at the level of rumors, which even representatives of the Israeli General Staff questioned. Defense Minister Katz explicitly called the operation “the death of the firstborn,” thus making a reference to the biblical story and hinting at the imminent expansion of strike operations if the Houthis do not lay down their arms. Loss Analysis Despite the fact that the leadership of the Yemeni movement denies Israel's claims about the death of high-ranking officials, calling the incident "another series of strikes on civilian targets," there are a number of indirect signs indicating the effectiveness of the Israeli operation. The first is a rapid change in the tone of local press publications. Thus, already in the first hour after the Israeli strikes on Sanaa, local publications came out with articles about “swift retribution” for the deaths of resistance activists and especially the “peace minister” (as Houthi journalists sometimes called al-Rahawi for his contribution to the inter-Yemeni settlement). However, after some time they re-released the same articles with edited headlines and without any mention of the names and regalia of those injured in the attack; the emphasis in the new versions of the texts was placed exclusively on the damage to the civilian population of Yemen from the airstrike. Secondly, in the Arabic-language segment of the Internet, a couple of hours after the Israeli strike, several obituaries of young soldiers killed during the "aggression against civilians in Sana'a" appeared in the channels of pro-Houthi bloggers. Judging by their insignia, they could have served as adjutants to the dead Houthi commanders. Finally, the Government of Change and Creation has cancelled all public and work events involving al-Rahawi for the next few weeks, indicating that even if the Houthi prime minister was not killed, he was at least seriously injured. The Hunt for Abdul-Malik Meanwhile, for the top leadership of Ansar Allah, it is much more important to understand what factors helped the Israelis achieve their results. So far, the Houthis have only paid attention to the fact that enemy aircraft have entered Yemen for the second time from the land side (and not from the sea, as the Israeli General Staff claims), through the airspace of Saudi Arabia - which, in the understanding of the Ansar Allah leadership, looks like a pretext for resuming shelling of the Saudi border area. In Riyadh, they are not commenting on the accusation and are generally trying to ignore the beginning destabilization of Yemen. The question of how exactly the Israelis were able to get so close to the Houthi leadership also remains open. Katz and his associates at the General Staff claim that they have located senior Ansar Allah figures without the help of agents “on the ground” – relying solely on artificial intelligence and other advanced intelligence technologies – but this thesis is questionable. Especially considering that Mossad and other Israeli intelligence agencies have tried to “enter” Yemen several times already, but failed. Locals consider such “false modesty” a sign of ongoing disinformation and an attempt to lull the vigilance of the Ansar Allah leadership. One should expect a serious increase in counterintelligence work by the Houthis, in particular, the search for “Tel Aviv agents” among the local Arab population. For now, the main suspicions fall on the local intelligentsia, which traditionally maintains close ties with the Saudis and Emiratis, although the Houthi leadership is trying its best to avoid unnecessary repression and destabilization of society. It is tempting to write off Tel Aviv's success as "random luck" and close the matter. On the other hand, Ansar Allah understands that Israel’s military action against Yemen is far from the last. The experience of other pro-Iranian forces has clearly shown that Tel Aviv will not rest until it reaches its leader, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi. This means that each subsequent raid could be his last. And with this formulation of the issue, the possible discontent of certain layers of society no longer seems like a big problem. |
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| President Mahdi al-Mashat vows 'painful' retaliation against ''Israel'' after strike may have killed entire Houthi political cabinet | |
[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The President Mahdi Al-Mashat confirmed ''the steadfastness of Yemen's position in support of Palestine until the aggression is stopped and the siege on Gaza is lifted.'' In a statement on Thursday evening, President Al-Mashat said: ''The Zionist leadership is lying to the settlers with fake news,'' confirming that ''Zionist strikes are failures and will remain failures, and our long arm will teach them the necessary lesson.'' He reiterated that ''the region will not calm down with the presence of this transient, criminal, and ephemeral entity,'' pointing out that ''the Zionist entity is the problem, and it is upon all the people of the region to unite efforts and stance to confront this cancerous gland and uproot it.'' He explained that ''the criminal Netanyahu is dragging the Zionist entity to its end,'' and said, addressing him: ''You have entered a challenge with a people you are not on the level to face.'' President Al-Mashat concluded by confirming that ''Netanyahu is a failure and is trying to get out of his internal crises by running amok in the region,'' stressing by saying: ''We have foiled your conspiracies against your will. So howl as you wish, and your strikes will not shake a hair on the head of even the smallest of our children.''
[IsraelTimes] The IDF currently assesses that the entire cabinet of the Houthi cabinet — including the prime minister and 12 other ministers — were likely killed in yesterday’s strike in Yemen, Channel 12 reports without citing any sources. The network says the assessment is not definitive and that the IDF is still working to reach a more definitive understanding of the strike’s results. | |
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| The Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) is allegedly kidnapping pregnant women in the Mexican border city of Juárez to obtain their newborns and traffic them into the United States |
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| Ukrainian General Staff Reveals Where Russians Are Trying to Break Through |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. The most active battles are currently ongoing in the Liman direction. There, the Ukrainian Armed Forces are repelling Russian assaults in seven locations. Since the beginning of the current day, there have been 56 clashes between the Ukrainian army and the Russian invaders on the front. This was reported by the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in an operational report on Friday, August 29.  Thus, in the Severo-Slobodskoy and Kursk directions, three armed clashes have occurred since the beginning of the day. In the Yuzhno-Slobodskoy direction, enemy units carried out four attacks in the area of Glubokoe and in the direction of Figolovka, Kutkovka. Two combat clashes continue. In the Kupyansk direction, the enemy attempted to storm towards Kupyansk four times. Two combat clashes continue. In the Liman direction, the aggressors advanced 17 times in the areas of the settlements of Karpovka, Kolodyazi and in the direction of Druzhelyubovka, Shandrigolovogo, Dronovka, Serebryanka, Grigoryevka. Seven battles are currently ongoing. In the Seversky direction, the enemy twice attempted to attack near Grigoryevka and Pereyezdnoye. Both attacks were repelled. In the Kramatorsk direction, the Defense Forces stopped the assault in the direction of Vasyukovka. In the Toretsk direction, the enemy attacked in the areas of Shcherbinovka, Toretsk and in the direction of the settlements of Kleban Byk, Katerinovka, Rusin Yar, Poltavka. Two of the six clashes continue. In the Pokrovsk direction, the enemy attacked 23 times in the areas of the settlements of Mayak, Zapovednoye, Suhetskoye, Novoekonomicheskoye, Mirolyubovka, Promen, Zvirovoye, Kotlin, Udachnoye and in the directions of Rodinskoye, Mirnograd, Pokrovsk, Novopavlovka. Fighting continues in two locations. In the Novopavlovsk direction, our defenders repelled five enemy attacks in the Voskresenka area and in the direction of Filiya and Alexandrovgrad. In the Orekhov direction, the enemy twice unsuccessfully attempted to break through the defense of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the areas of Nesteryanka and Stepovoye. In the Dnieper direction, Ukrainian units repelled one enemy assault. Let us recall that on August 28, Russia lost 850 fighters killed and wounded in 24 hours . The total number of Russian losses is approaching 1.1 million people. |
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| Current information on the situation on the front line on August 29 (updated) |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. 21:50 Artillery of the North group of forces covered Ukrainian Armed Forces positions near the settlements of Krasny Khutor and Yasnaya Polyana in the Chernihiv region.  20:10 Calculation of the 122mm D-30 howitzer of the North group of forces managed to destroy camouflaged ammunition depots, UAV crews, machine gun positions and enemy manpower. 18:09 The Russian Armed Forces bypass the settlement of Shandrigolovo (DPR) from the eastern side, –map. 17:38 Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov let down interim results of achieving the goals of the SVO at a meeting of the Board of the Ministry of Defense of Russia. 16:40 Russian aviation covered the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border zone, –video. 15:33 Published footage of the liberation of the settlement of Pervoe Maya in the DPR by servicemen of the 30th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade of the Center group of forces. The settlement is a southwestern suburb of Krasnoarmeysk. In addition, a highway runs nearby that connects the city with the Dnepropetrovsk region and the northern part of the DPR. 14:50 Counter-UAV units of the North group of forces destroyed four Baba Yaga-type attack drones in the Khar'kov direction. 14:37 In the period from 10:00 to 13:00 Moscow time, air defense systems on duty intercepted and destroyed two Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles: One UAV – over the territory of the Kursk region, 13:41 Servicemen of the engineering and sapper unit of the "Center" group of forces rendered assistance to an elderly resident of one of the recently liberated settlements of the DPR in demining her garden plot from unexploded mines of the Ukrainian Armed Forces. 13:40 Footage of the destruction of the Ukrainian BTR-4E Bucephalus in the Khar'kov region has been received, –video. 12:57 Recorded the video shows the destruction of the Ukrainian missile system "Neptune" in the area of the village of Lyubitskoye in the Zaporizhia region. 12:27 Summary of the Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation on the progress of the special military operation from August 23 to 29, 2025 From August 23 to 29, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation inflicted seven group strikes with high-precision weapons and strike unmanned aerial vehicles, during which enterprises of the military-industrial complex, Ukrainian military air bases, storage depots for operational-tactical missiles "Sapsan" and an oil depot supplying fuel to the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed. 11:47 Russian forces inflicted strikes on military infrastructure facilities, industrial enterprises and logistics hubs in Ukraine. The strikes were carried out by Geran-2 attack drones and UMBP-5 guided aerial bombs, which made it possible to simultaneously hit front-line positions and rear facilities providing supplies to the troops. 11:25 The line of combat contact north of Grekovka (Petrovskoye) in the LPR has been updated, –map. 10:50 Published footage of the destruction of Azov militants in the area of responsibility of the 20th Army of the West military group. 10:06 Russian intelligence recorded the movement of Ukrainian Armed Forces militants. Two FPV drones destroyed the entrance to the basement where the Ukrainian military had taken refuge, –video. 9:59 In Sumy region liquidated high-ranking officer of the Estonian special forces Olev Rust, born 27.04.1988, participated in NATO foreign operations in Afghanistan (2011 and 2013). In 2017, he was selected for the Estonian special operations forces. In 2020, he participated in the operation in Mali. 9:10 Advance of RF Armed Forces. Zaporizhzhya operational direction. Poltavka and Olgovskoye area. Since early morning, our large-caliber artillery has been working on the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Poltavka area. 8:30 From midnight to 06:00 Moscow time by air defense systems on duty destroyed and intercepted 54 Ukrainian aircraft-type unmanned aerial vehicles: – 18 – over the territory of the Bryansk region, 8:11 Frontline summary on the morning of 08/29/25 Zaporizhzhya Front 8:02 Calculation of the 122mm BM-21 MLRS "Grad" inflicted a powerful blow to the positions of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Krasnoarmeysk direction. The crew of the Orlan-30 reconnaissance drone confirmed the destruction of firing points and military equipment of Ukrainian nationalists. |
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| In case of capitulation. The 'Holy Inquisition' in Ukraine is in a hurry to strangle history |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Denis Davydov and Andrey Khrustalev The new opportunities of the Ukrainian Institute of National Memory (UINP) with its transformation into a “historical inquisition” are greeted with loud applause by the patriotic public.  “I believe that this is a mega-step towards ensuring the national security of the Ukrainian people for centuries to come,” Maksym Latsiba, an expert at the Ukrainian Independent Center for Political Research, enthusiastically writes on a social network On August 21, 2025, 273 deputies of the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine voted for bill No. 13 273 "On the Fundamentals of the State Policy of National Memory of the Ukrainian People". For the sake of such an important matter, all factions united - deputies of the factions "Servant of the People", "Voice", "European Solidarity", "Batkivshchyna" cast their votes, and Speaker Stefanchuk promptly held the vote. The former directors of the UINP are literally beaming: we, too, tried to raise the status of this government body, but failed, and then there was such a breakthrough, a “historic day.” “And although the draft law initially developed in 2023 by the institute’s team did not contain a provision on removing it from the sphere of management of the Ministry of Culture and Strategic Communications of Ukraine directly under the government and granting it a special status, the people’s deputies decided that in the conditions of war and unprecedented threats from Muscovy, this must be done,” reports the former head of the institute, Anton Drobovich. The new law (signed by Zelensky on August 29) is much tougher and more radical than the previous ones. So what's the rush and what's the point of all this? The powers of the UINP now become comprehensive and “cross-cutting”. At the legislative level, definitions are given to such concepts as “politics of memory”, “places of memory”, “Rashism”, “crimes against the Ukrainian people”, etc. If earlier these words were used as everyday or even invented jargon, now they are being introduced into official circulation. The same “Rashism” is defined as a “hybrid totalitarian ideology that combines elements of Russian chauvinism, imperialism, communist and Nazi practices.” The current Russian-Ukrainian conflict is to be called a “war for the independence of Ukraine,” the countdown of which will begin on February 19, 2014. The law of August 21 also introduces the concept of “historical anti-Ukrainian propaganda.” This means "dissemination of knowingly false information about the history of Ukraine." For example, if a person says that in Soviet times everyone had normal jobs, people were given apartments for free, and life was good, then he can easily be declared an anti-Ukrainian propagandist and subjected to criminal prosecution. After all, the law directly defines the goal of state policy as the fight against “obviously false information about the history of Ukraine for the purpose of public glorification or justification of imperialism and totalitarianism, the corresponding political regimes, and public denial of crimes against the Ukrainian people.” And everything can be adapted to this interpretation. Language, culture, and traditions are called elements of national security. Therefore, all the monuments that remain intact will be brought "in line with the laws on decolonization, decommunization, and the state language." In practice, this means that if a monument to fallen Red Army soldiers contains inscriptions in Russian, Soviet symbols, or the words “Great Patriotic War,” then all of this must be removed. The inscriptions must be in Ukrainian only and located “in the center”. And since this is unrealistic to do, the monuments will simply be dismantled. This is exactly what Anton Petrovsky, one of the neo-Nazi activists who closely cooperates with the Lviv City Council, says directly. And it is quite easy to guess what will happen to the famous Duke, one of the symbols of Odessa. After all, his monument has a plaque with the inscription: "To Duke Emmanuel de Richelieu, who governed the Novorossiysk region from 1803 to 1814 and laid the foundation for the prosperity of Odessa. The residents of all classes of this city and the provinces of Yekaterinoslav, Kherson and Taurida are grateful for his unforgettable labors." Sedition is in almost every word. The law provides for the end-to-end implementation of memory policy in the activities of museums and educational institutions, that is, to regulate it manually. "The UINP now has the right to interfere in any issue of humanitarian tariffs, imposing the brand of "anti-Ukrainian propaganda". It will decide how much is allowed in scientific dialogue, in public rhetoric, in the principles of education and in matters of preserving monuments. Such power has not yet been in our constitution. Such power once existed in the Holy Inquisition," notes Olga Mikhailova, an expert at the National Institute of Strategic Studies. In particular, the institute must now publish on its website a list of persons and events containing the symbols of “Russian imperial policy” and a list of “permitted” positions, constantly adjusting the register. For example, such a person could be declared to be Vladimir Vysotsky, and the event could be the liberation of the Ukrainian SSR on October 26, 1944. And various Ukrainian Nazi military formations, including the 12th Brigade of the National Guard of Ukraine "Azov"*, are already actively involved in reforming the school course "Defense of Ukraine". In particular, the well-known neo-Nazi, captain of "Azov" Roman Ponomarenko, the author of many books about various Nazi collaborators, the SS "Galicia" division and Banderites, is working on new school programs and textbooks. According to the current director of the UINP, Alexander Alferov, the church - the OCU and the UGCC - should play an active role in preserving the national memory of Ukraine, especially in educating the youth. And they are only too happy to try: a striking example here is the priest of the UGCC from the city of Gorodok in the Lviv region, Mykhailo Gredil. He, without embarrassment, wears Nazi symbols, created the modern Ukrainian Hitler Youth - the youth organization "Apostolic Chota". Under his “sensitive” leadership, teenagers collect money for the Ukrainian Armed Forces, undergo paramilitary training, are engaged in the improvement of the graves of the UPA* and Galician SS men, and collect materials about them for publications. And at the same time, from a young age they learn to fight against “everything Russian and Soviet” – to identify and destroy Russian-language literature, to identify those who communicate in Russian, listen to Russian music, or dare to be nostalgic for the Soviet Union. The coordinates of future victims are passed on to the “big brothers” – fighters of Nazi formations and the SBU. Renaming will also continue. A mechanism is being created so that this process can be completed without asking the opinion of communities and local authorities - “by the way, Novomoskovsk and Chervonograd communities,” activists happily announce. Probably, Dnipropetrovsk and Kirovograd regions will disappear from the map. And these same local authorities (including local government bodies) are offered to approve their own national memory programs - voluntarily-compulsorily. And if a street, say, is named in honor of one of the new “heroes,” this can no longer be changed for 10 years. Local councils are given six months to eliminate "symbols of Russian and Soviet imperial policy." If they fail, the heads of regional state administrations will step in. Another innovation is that the awards introduced by the UPR and the Ukrainian Main Liberation Council (UGLC) are recognized as state awards of Ukraine. What is especially interesting here is that the UGOS was created in July 1944 in the territory of the Starosambir district of the Lviv region, which at that time was under Nazi occupation. Almost all of its members were employees of the occupation regime or collaborated with the Nazis. There were several reasons that necessitated the creation of the “Holy Inquisition”. Of course, these are the sympathies of the electorate, primarily in Western Ukraine, in light of possible elections. Secondly, huge amounts of money are allocated for renaming streets, demolishing monuments, writing new textbooks, etc. In 2023 alone, 100 thousand hryvnias were spent on dismantling the structures of the complex for those killed in the Great Patriotic War in the village of Zashkiv (Lviv region)! And this is only one small village. But the most important thing is to record “achievements” in the face of the threat of losing the war. This idea was best expressed by the famous Ukrainian journalist and grant critic Otar Dovzhenko, who lives (of course) in Lviv : “It feels like the window of opportunity for de-Russification of Ukraine and the return of the Ukrainian language and culture to their rightful place in the country/state may close in the coming years, if not months. Since Russia knows very well the correct answer to the question “what’s the difference?” [one of the propaganda memes regarding the language. — Ed.] The demand to stop derussification and equalize the rights of the Russian and Ukrainian languages in public use will inevitably be in any package of peace agreements.” The ideological authors of the tightening of the memory policy are afraid that the issues of the status of the Orthodox Church, the Russian language, cultural and historical issues will become a subject of bargaining in a difficult situation, which society will consider acceptable. And all the results of its more than ten-year rape by totalitarian ideology will go to waste - the Ukrainizers do not know how and do not want to compete for minds and hearts. They want absolute power and enforcement of what they believe is right. "Of course, it is difficult to predict whether this will be a year or five years, but if Ukraine does not collapse under Russian pressure and the war ends with a peace agreement, then this will definitely happen. That is why I now consider derussification to be the most important process in the rear (after supporting the military, of course). "Everything that can be done in this direction now must be done without delay, without hesitation and unnecessary sentimentality. Everything that we manage to derussify is ours. There is no longer time for "gentle Ukrainization" and caring for God's dandelions, who are uncomfortable and do not want to use the Ukrainian language," Dovzhenko sums up. Thus, the new law on the emergency powers of the Institute of National Memory is an internal recognition of failure and readiness to capitulate. But to such a capitulation that the main result of this entire disgusting history of Ukraine after the Maidan - its transformation into a caricature of the Ukrainian people and an inadequate, screaming creature, sewn according to Galician patterns - remains unchanged within the borders that can be preserved as a result of the war. Which was started precisely for the sake of the victory of crazy ideas that had no chance without blood and death. |
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| Mercenaries Fled After Seeing Russian Captives Tortured - Day 1282 of the SVO |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Soldiers from Colombia, who according to the Associated Press are considered among the most experienced in the world, fled from the front after seeing the Kiev regime's atrocities against Russian prisoners of war. Having witnessed the cruelty with which punitive battalions torture, mutilate and kill soldiers of the Russian Armed Forces, Jose Aron Medina Aranda decided to flee, his lawyer Maxim Korotkov-Gulyayev told TASS on August 29. The new, 1282nd day of the special military operation (SVO) in Ukraine was marked by discussions, including this news.  The lawyer recalled that another Colombian mercenary, Alexander Ante, attempted to flee the scene of hostilities together with his client. However, in August 2024, the fugitives were detained as part of a criminal case initiated under Part 3 of Article 359 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation "Participation of a mercenary in an armed conflict or military actions", and by decision of the Lefortovo Court of Moscow, they were remanded in custody. Maxim Korotkov-Gulyaev added that the preliminary investigation has been extended until December 22 due to the significant volume of investigative and procedural actions. Russian fighters are being returned from Ukrainian captivity following the Istanbul agreements. “Ukraine’s ‘exchange fund’ is approaching zero, while Russia still has thousands of prisoners of war from the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU),” noted Vladimir Medinsky, an aide to the Russian president and head of the negotiating group with Ukraine, on August 24. Numerous testimonies about the atrocities of Ukrainian militants are published in the Telegram channel by a member of the Public Chamber of the Russian Federation, Chairman of the International Public Tribunal for the Crimes of Ukrainian Neo-Nazis Maxim Grigoriev. In particular, a Russian serviceman with the call sign Sleza spoke about torture. |
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| Media: Russian Su-35 intercepts US military aircraft with secret radar |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Washington, August 29, 2025, 13:34 — IA Regnum. A Russian Su-35 fighter jet intercepted a US Navy P-8 Poseidon anti-submarine aircraft with a secret radar. This was reported by the American magazine Military Watch Magazine (MWM).  A video of the interception of the American military aircraft over the Black Sea had previously appeared online. It was presumably filmed from the cockpit of a fighter jet flying parallel to the P-8 Poseidon. In the published footage, the author of MWM noticed a new radar station (RLS) AN/APS-154 Advanced Airborne Sensor from Raytheon. The device is mounted under the fuselage of the P-8 Poseidon. It is noted that such a radar is rare and secret equipment that allows tracking moving targets at sea and on land, as well as creating high-quality images at night and in bad weather. "The defining feature of the radar system is its ability to scan water and land simultaneously, allowing for coastal reconnaissance as well as tracking submarines and surface vessels," the publication says. According to the publication, the US currently has about 125 P-8 Poseidons in service. It is noted that they are often used for reconnaissance over the Black Sea. In October 2024, a Boeing P-8 Poseidon came dangerously close to an Su-35 over the Mediterranean Sea. The incident occurred while the Russian fighter was performing a scheduled flight. |
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| Europe in the Balance? |
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Almost weekly in the United Kingdom, the Netherlands, France, and Germany, a sensational assault committed by an illegal migrant—often enjoying some sort of state support or with prior arrests for the same crime—surfaces. Until recently, European politicians and the media sought to either ignore such news or accuse those who clamored for tighter borders, more police protection, and stiffer penalties of being "racists" or "xenophobes." Until recently, that is. Mass protests are now common in Britain against the Labour Party’s open borders policies and generous welfare entitlements for immigrants who arrive illegally and without authentic "political refugee" status. Greek officials, also swamped by illegal immigration, now cite President Trump’s secure border policies as new models for their own. The majority of European immigrants now come from majority-Muslim countries in the Middle East and North Africa. Yet many arrivals seem angrier at their newfound liberal hosts than at the dictatorships they fled back home. Europe’s immigration policies will not work in a multiethnic democracy. Too many immigrants are arriving too quickly, without sufficient diversity, language fluency, skills, or familiarity with the customs and culture of their host nations. They often enter with separatist religious and cultural values antithetical to the very place they seek refuge. Yet, there is no European plan of civic education to assimilate immigrants and teach them the rules, laws, and culture of their hosts. It is then no surprise that what follows is ghettoization, resentment, and loud attacks on the very nation in which they seek sanctuary, denouncing it as decadent and godless. In the past, Europe’s anemic military budgets, reliance on borrowed money, socialism, and a once-strong economy papered over these existential challenges of illegal immigration. Or, as left-wing former chancellor Angela Merkel once inanely said of massive illegal influxes into Germany and Europe, "Wir schaffen das" ("We can do this"). But, of course, Merkel could not. She offered zero plans on how to integrate, assimilate, and acculturate millions of Europe’s illegal aliens. Now, some 15 percent of Germany’s population are foreign nationals. Unfortunately, the statist economies of high-cost Europe are stagnating. Massive welfare outlays, coupled with a shrinking and aging native population—with a birth rate sinking below 1.4—are finally slowing economic growth. Current German Chancellor Friedrich Merz put the dilemma bluntly: "The welfare state as we have it today can no longer be financed with what we can economically afford." Yet the more socialism ossifies, the more popular culture still demands free benefits that a shrinking number of taxpayers can no longer provide. The United States is finally taking the opposite approach of cracking down on illegal immigration, deregulating the economy, and unleashing high technology to fast-track new frontiers of artificial intelligence, robotics, cryptocurrency, and genetic engineering. Often, Europe’s best and brightest—and frustrated—are migrating to greater opportunities and freedom in the U.S., further hampering European research and development. Europe foolishly adopted a self-defeating energy policy to achieve net-zero emissions by subsidizing inefficient wind and solar power while ignoring or shutting down far cheaper natural gas, nuclear, and coal-powered electrical generation. Meanwhile, China, grinning like a Cheshire cat and caring little about its carbon footprint, is eagerly exporting wind and solar systems to the suicidal West. Yet China itself is busy building about two massive coal-fired plants a month, and the largest and most environmentally disruptive hydroelectric projects in the world. No wonder average European electricity costs are even steeper than those in failing California. European consumers often cannot afford to turn their heaters and air conditioners on, while businesses cannot compete with industries abroad that enjoy far cheaper power. Donald Trump has declared that the 80-year postwar order is calcified and that the US will no longer run huge trading deficits with European Union nations. Instead, it will demand symmetrical tariffs, further challenging past European mercantile profitability. The days of Europe disarming and relying on the United States for defense are also over, given that Vladimir Putin, for the third time in 15 years, invaded a neighboring country. Yet Ukraine is not Chechnya or Georgia, but instead on the doorstep of Europe. So in panic, a perennially delinquent NATO is not only promising to spend the required 2 percent of GDP on defense but also increasing arms budgets to 5 percent of GDP, a higher rate even than that of the US. No one knows how Europeans will afford such massive rearmament. To do so would require opening up their economies, adopting far more flexible and traditional energy policies, securing their borders, ending illegal immigration, pruning the welfare state, increasing their fertility rates, and dropping the DEI salad bowl while re-embracing the melting pot of integration and acculturation. We will soon see whether Europeans can adopt such needed reforms, or find the necessary medicine worse than their current crippling continental disease. |
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| OBAMA Can't Resist Tulsi Found This EVIDENCE In John Bolton's Basement! |
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| The Newsoms' blatant beak-wetting is politics as usual, but it shouldn''t be |
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[NYPOST] California ''First Partner'' Jennifer Siebel Newsom making bank off her husband's position is outrageous — and fresh proof that American politicians have gotten far too comfortable with the dirty dealing that pervades politics. The Post reported Thursday that Siebel Newsom's nonprofit, Representation Project, pays her a hefty $150,000 — while raking in donations from companies that have an interest in winning the favor of her husband, California Gov. Gavin Governor Hair GelNewsom  ...mayor of San Franciscoas it transformed itself into Poopville, currently governor of Californiaas it transforms itself into Cinderland...AT&T, which has spent upward of $2 million to lobby the state on landline phone rules so far this year, forked over up to $25,000 for Representation Project's ''Flip the Script'' gala. Comcast, AT&T's competitor, and PG&E have donated similar amounts to fund the swanky event, which seems to be used as an excuse to butter up the gov's pals; last year's gala honored philanthropist Roselyne Swig, whose family has donated more than $100,000 to Gavin's political career over the years. Oh, and Representation Project's No. 1 independent contractor is Girls Club Entertainment LLC, a for-profit production company... also run by Siegel Newsom. The LLC billed Representation Project for $150,000 in ''writer/producer/director'' services in 2024. If that weren't enough pocket-lining, Siebel licenses her lefty documentaries, like her 2015 film about masculinity (eye-rolling title: ''The Mask You Live In'') to the state's public schools. Her job title might be ''documentary filmmaker,'' but it sure looks like what she's pulling the big bucks simple for being Mrs. Newsom. Such incestuous gorging at the public trough is grotesque, yet the Newsoms don't even try hide it — because in-your-face beak-wetting is so yawn-inducingly normal in the political world they live in. Think of Hunter Biden using his dad's position as vice president, then president, to land high-paying, unearned positions and hawk his art. Or the wealthy Clinton Foundation donors who scored government favors during Hillary Clinton's tenure as secretary of state. A few pols who go to extremes may face consequences, as taking literal gold bars as bribes finally sank Sen. Bob Menendez... in his second federal corruption trial. And, yes, you can absolutely find blatant outrages on the Republican side of the aisle. Like Dennis Hastert... Indeed, that blatant pay-to-play and palm-greasing is the rule all across our politics — such that Democrats' most likely 2028 nominee is shameless about it — should be lasting caution for caution: Whenever anyone says the government should fix some problem, remember that the fixers will be using it as an excuse to line their own pockets. Related: Jennifer Siebel Newsom 03/15/2023 Failed California Bank Was Major Donor, Supporter To Newsom Family Nonprofit Jennifer Siebel Newsom 09/13/2021 Rose McGowan, actress and Me Too founder, Slams Democrats, endorses Elder in Califonia Jennifer Siebel Newsom 11/14/2020 Newsom attended French Laundry party with more households than California advises during pandemic Related: Gavin Newsom 08/26/2025 Trump vs. Pritzker: A political feud that could trigger a major national crisis Gavin Newsom 08/25/2025 Now Comes the California Fire Sale: China-Based Company Is Buying Up Land Incinerated by Firestorms Gavin Newsom 08/25/2025 Registered, repeat sex offender on parole has been arrested again for sniffing women’s butts in California Related: Comcast: 2025-07-25 Jeff Bezos weighing possible acquisition of CNBC cable network: sources Comcast: 2025-04-11 CNN''s Scott Jennings rips ex-MSNBC host Tiffany Cross Comcast: 2025-03-20 Nolte: San Francisco Gay Pride Parade Loses Longtime Sponsors Related: Hunter Biden 08/23/2025 U.S. Revokes Security Clearance of Former Afghanistan Envoy Tom West and 36 Officials Hunter Biden 08/20/2025 Strzok friend who resigned defends him and Crossfire Hurricane, compares Patel's FBI to KGB & Nazis Hunter Biden 08/17/2025 The Biden Burrowers: Exposing a Potential Deep State Threat Against the Second Trump Administration Related: Clinton Foundation: 2025-08-23 IRS began criminal probe into Clinton Foundation in 2019 but then suddenly stopped, memos show Clinton Foundation: 2025-08-20 Trump IRS seeks to block whistleblower trial that alleges Clinton Foundation tax irregularities Clinton Foundation: 2025-08-17 Hillary Clinton Corruption Finally EXPOSED | John Solomon (video) Related: Hillary Clinton 08/28/2025 Soros and his group of psychopaths Hillary Clinton 08/27/2025 Months after probing Clinton server scandal, Comey's FBI had its own private email issue, memos say Hillary Clinton 08/27/2025 DNC blocks resolution urging halt to US military aid for Israel, Palestine recognition Related: Bob Menendez 08/10/2025 Corrupt Democrat Rep. Caught Taking Bribe Bob Menendez 05/08/2025 Not a girl, but a 'fruit platter.' Why do the Epstein defendants die? Bob Menendez 05/06/2025 Luxury car maker [MB] makes huge call about car production that's a MASSIVE win for Trump |
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| Newsom Deploys ‘Crime Suppression Teams' in California After Bashing Trump's Crime Crackdown |
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| Illinois Gov JB Pritzker says ''action will be met with a response'' after Trump threatens to send National Guard to Chicago |
[NYPOST] Illinois' Democratic Gov. JB Pritzker said the state ''will not stand idly by'' if President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!...makes good on his threat to deploy the National Guard to reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... to respond to crime in the Windy City. ''Unlike Donald Trump, we keep our promises,'' the governor wrote Wednesday on X. ''We will not stand idly by if he decides to send the National Guard to intimidate Chicagoans.'' ''Action will be met with a response,'' he continued. Pritzker's comments are just the latest in his recent feud with Trump, as the federal government weighs whether to send troops to Chicago. Last week, the governor said there is no crime emergency in Chicago and Trump is ''attempting to manufacture a crisis, politicize Americans who serve in uniform, and continue abusing his power to distract from the pain he is causing working families.'' ''The safety of the people of Illinois is always my top priority,'' Pritzker said on Saturday. ''There is no emergency that warrants the President of the United States federalizing the Illinois National Guard, deploying the National Guard from other states, or sending active duty military within our own borders. We will continue to follow the law, stand up for the illusory sovereignty of our state, and protect the people of Illinois.'' |
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| ICE nabs child sex offenders, gang member off streets of Washington, DC |
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[NYPOST] President Trump's takeover of Washington, DC, has led to ICE agents picking up child sex offenders, a Tren de Aragua gangbanger and numerous other criminals who were previously free on the streets of the nation's capital, The Post has learned. ''President Trump was clear: he will make D.C. safe and beautiful again,'' a senior Department of Homeland Security official told The Post. The official added: ''ICE and CBP continue to arrest and remove the worst of the worst criminal illegal aliens— We will support the re-establishment of law and order and public safety, so Americans can feel safe enjoying the beauty and history of our nation's capital.'' Feds nabbed Mexican migrant David Perez-Teofani, who was previously charged with aggravated sexual battery of a child under the age of 13 and felony indecent liberties-proposed sex acts, according to DHS. Tren de Aragua gangbanger Wilker Patino-Solis was caught after he was previously arrested for felony robbery. He also had four previous encounters with federal immigration authorities. Salvadoran migrant Mario Marquez-Garcia had a rap sheet that included previous arrests for DUI, aggravated assault on a cop with a weapon, assault, robbery, failure to appear and violation of a court order. He also had eight previous encounters with the feds. The nation's capital saw an unprecedented 12-day streak without a murder Tuesday. And crime stats have been down since Trump stepped in. In the last 14 days, total crime dropped 11% citywide, with sharp reductions across the board including robberies (-42%), assaults with a deadly weapon (-13%), carjacking (-85%), car theft (-24%), The city's Democratic mayor acknowledged the results on Wednesday. ''We greatly appreciate the surge of officers that enhance what MPD has been able to do in this city,'' said DC Mayor Muriel Bowser in a Wednesday presser. ''The difference between this 20-day period of this federal surge and last year represents a 87% reduction in carjackings,'' Bowser noted, later posting the full stats on her X account. ''We know that when carjackings go down, when use of gun goes down, when homicide or robbery go down, neighborhoods feel safer and are safer,'' the mayor said. Washington has long been one of America's most  ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...and is nearly seven times higher than New York City. Related: Muriel Bowser 08/13/2025 DC police chief pledges to support Trump takeover — after 850 feds flood streets on first night Muriel Bowser 07/26/2025 Trump to sign executive order forcing homeless off America''s streets Muriel Bowser 04/30/2025 DC Mayor caught accepting money from Qatar - now trying to cover it up Related: Tren de Aragua: 2025-08-26 Kilmar Abrego Garcia detained by ICE in Baltimore Tren de Aragua: 2025-08-08 AG Bondi offers $50M for arrest of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro Tren de Aragua: 2025-08-03 VA reverses Biden admin policy providing abortion services agency calls contrary to federal law |
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| UNRWA chief Philippe Lazzarini has announced he will step down from his post in early 2026 |
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| Will Iraq's Shiite Bloc Bow to Washington and Scrap the PMF Law? - Al-Estiklal Newspaper |
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[ALESTIKLAL.NET] When Iraq's parliament released the agenda for its late-August sessions, the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) law was left out. The move raised questions over whether Shiite factions had yielded to U.S. pressure and retreated from legislation they long promised to push through in defiance of Washington. Shiite groups close to Iran, particularly those with armed factions, have been working to amend Law No. 40 of 2016 governing the Popular Mobilization Authority. They aim to impose a full restructuring of commanders and fighters, secure pension rights, and maintain it as an armed force independent of other security institutions. Direct Threats On the removal of the PMF law from the parliamentary sessions, Speaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani said the U.S. told them, ''You have the right to pass any law as a sovereign state, but some legislation could conflict with U.S. laws, and that would carry consequences.'' ''The American side made it clear that cooperation would be suspended if we pass specific laws they reject,'' al-Mashhadani added during a television interview on August 24. ''The U.S. message was clear: if you approve these laws, we will impose political, economic, and security sanctions.'' ''Iraq's leadership—the presidency, politicians, and even commanders of the Popular Mobilization Forces—has assessed the matter. We said that even if there is only a five percent chance the threats are real, it is still a danger for Iraq, because we remain dependent on security and economic support,'' he said. Al-Mashhadani warned that if the State Oil Marketing Organization (SOMO) and the Trade Bank of Iraq, both official institutions, were sanctioned, ''salaries could not be paid, and the Iraqi street would not forgive us.'' The speaker cautioned against ''stubbornness and insistence on passing the Popular Mobilization Forces law,'' urging a calmer approach. ''The wiser choice is to delay it for three months,'' he said, adding that some nevertheless reject postponement and want the law passed regardless of threats. He expressed concern about ''an enemy's intention to carry out an  ...KABOOM!... on specific targets and vital centers, since Iraq's air defense system is effectively zero. We have no capability to respond, so we must take any threat seriously.'' Al-Mashhadani stressed that ''Iraq is at the center of the storm, targeted on ideological grounds. 'Greater Israel' cannot exist without the destruction of Babylon and Assyria. That is why we must hold together and present a united front across Iraq's components.'' He confirmed that ''the Shiite Coordination Framework shares these same fears, though some within it pushing for the Popular Mobilization Forces law are motivated by votes in the upcoming parliamentary elections.'' He rejected claims that ''the Sunni bloc is driving the law's approval as a way to strike at the PMF.'' Related: Popular Mobilization Forces: 2025-08-27 US-led coalition forces to withdraw from Iraq, relocate to Erbil: Source Popular Mobilization Forces: 2025-08-21 Iran-backed Iraqi armed group claims Israeli attack on its forces imminent Popular Mobilization Forces: 2025-08-18 US-led coalition to end presence in Baghdad, western Iraq by September Related: Mahmoud al-Mashhadani 01/23/2025 Iraq passes three controversial bills to address demands of Kurds, Shiites, Sunnis Mahmoud al-Mashhadani 01/10/2022 Al-Mashhadani falls ill, Coordination Framework and Sadrists Brawl, eventful session adjourned Mahmoud al-Mashhadani 09/22/2010 Militants kill police, injure 7 in Iraq |
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| 58 Palestinians have been martyred in Israeli airstrikes on the Gaza Strip since dawn today |
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| Nahal Special Operations Command forces operate in the Zeitoun neighborhood |
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| DFLP militants planted TC/6 anti-tank landmines targeting IDF troops in Gaza |
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| IDF announced that it has retrieved the body of Ilan Weiss, who was murdered during Hamas' attack on October 7 |
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| The top ISIS commander in Gaza has been eliminated |
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| Russian Foreign Ministry says Iranian media launches campaign to undermine relations with Russia |
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Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Moscow, August 29, 2025, 22:44 — IA Regnum. Iranian media have launched a disinformation campaign to undermine relations with Russia. This was reported on August 29 by the Russian Foreign Ministry. "We have noted the recent increase in the frequency of false publications in Iranian media about Russia's foreign policy aimed at casting a shadow on friendly Russian-Iranian relations... Russia is allegedly not a "reliable partner" for Iran and has not provided "due support during the conflict with Israel." The frequency of such materials appearing in a limited period of time suggests a coordinated disinformation campaign by forces hostile to Russia and Iran aimed at undermining the comprehensive strategic partnership between our friendly countries and discrediting the consistent support that Russia has provided and continues to provide to its southern neighbor and friend in protecting its legitimate rights and national interests. It is no coincidence that such information leaks are quickly promoted by media controlled by Western regimes," the Foreign Ministry clarified. The department recalled that Russia took an unambiguous position regarding the unprovoked military strikes by Israel and the United States on Iran, which were carried out in violation of the UN Charter and international law, and resolutely condemned them. In addition, Russia supports the people of Iran at the diplomatic level in defending their right to peaceful use of nuclear energy. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed confidence that Iranian colleagues will continue to react sensitively to information leaks aimed at discrediting the further expansion of Russian-Iranian cooperation in various areas based on the agreement on comprehensive strategic partnership. In April, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a law ratifying the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership Treaty with Iran. The document defined the legal framework for the further development of Russian-Iranian cooperation in the long term. It was signed on January 17, when Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian was visiting Moscow. The document covers all areas: defense, counterterrorism, energy, finance, transport, industry, agriculture, culture, science and technology. Putin called the agreement a breakthrough document aimed at creating the necessary conditions for stable and sustainable development not only of Russia and Iran, but also of the entire Eurasian region. |
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| Iranians are reporting a powerful explosion in Karaj, the capital of Alborz Province |
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| US Envoy Tom Barrack on Syria: Al-Sharaa is engaging in historic talks with Israel |
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| Lebanon's army commander-in-chief has warned of resignation over a directive to disarm Hezbollah |
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| In southern Syria, Israeli Defense Forces from Division 210, together with Unit 504 field investigators, detained multiple suspects linked to terrorist activities |
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| Lebanese Army today completed a second round of weapons collection at the Palestinian refugee camp of Burj al-Barajneh |
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