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-War on Police-
Portlanders Complain About Police Response Times
Well, d'uh. Next time call Antifa.
[OregonLive] Henry Kirim had ducked out of his Southeast Portland apartment to search his car for a missing bank card when a strange man rushed into his ground-floor unit, closed the door and locked it.

Kirim fumbled for his house key, thankful he had it on the same ring as his car key, and raced to open his apartment door.

"I was so scared," he said.

The next 10 minutes unfolded in a blur on Aug. 22. The stranger grabbed a kitchen knife. Kirim’s petrified son managed to dart out of the apartment. Kirim followed and started yelling for neighbors to help. When the man eventually fled, several residents gave chase and cornered him nearby.
For some reason, the residents are not described as "vigilantes."
It took police more than 90 minutes to arrive. Just before an officer finally appeared, the suspect ran off. More than a half-dozen calls had come into 911 over the course of the bizarre ordeal. But that apparently didn’t speed the response.

The wait confounded and angered Kirim and his neighbors. They wondered what it would take for police to respond if not an armed man placing a child in jeopardy.

Police were responding at the same time to a tactical call in East Precinct that required a special team and also were monitoring what turned out to be a violent clash between dueling protesters in downtown as well as preparing for another nightly protest.
Those bloody-minded anarcho-communists ruin everything for everybody. On purpose — something you might want to remember when you and your neighbours go to vote in November, Mr. Kirim.
Posted by: Matt || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  They vote for the Devil then complain when he eats their lunch and children.
Posted by: Thaith Elmeresing6163 || 09/19/2020 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2  An example why all elected positions should have 'none of the above' which if it gets a plurality of votes requires a new election without any of the candidates on the original ballot within 30 days.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/19/2020 8:51 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Amen
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/19/2020 8:59 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ And for a laugh riot, watch the same people who want vote-by-mail and ballot harvesting come up with 27,000 reasons in three seconds why P2K's idea is a bad one.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/19/2020 9:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Those bloody-minded anarcho-communists ruin everything for everybody. On purpose — something you might want to remember when you and your neighbours go to vote in November, Mr. Kirim.

Yes, yes. They will avidly vote for the next Hitler or Stalin in the name of avoiding the same.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/19/2020 10:40 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, y'know, Hitler had all the answers. So'd Stalin. So'd Kaiser Bill. So'd Mussolini. For that matter, so'd Napoleon Bonaparte, Juan Peron, Joe Mobutu, pick one, or name yer own... If they had all the answers, that meant you didn't have to waste any effort on thought.
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2020 13:39 Comments || Top||

#7  "For some reason, the residents are not described as 'vigilantes.'"

An oversight, I'm sure; no doubt the presstitutes will rectify that soon - or be fired. >:-(
Posted by: Barbara || 09/19/2020 16:14 Comments || Top||

#8  I personally will be the picture of hospitality with home cooking that the survivors will talk about for years. MmmK?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/19/2020 16:57 Comments || Top||

#9  For some reason, the residents are not described as 'vigilantes'

Perhaps this was considered a 'friendly' neighborhood?

Imagine having to hear the jabber for 90 minutes.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/19/2020 22:36 Comments || Top||

#10  Here ya go, Portland. "Car 54, where are you?"
Posted by: Clem || 09/19/2020 22:48 Comments || Top||

#11  It may be easy to poo-poo...

But there are people, I hear, whatever they might have believed and voted for, didn't sign on for this shit.

Stuff about evacuated neighborhoods being burnt down...with no sign of wildfire.

Stuff about I Was Wrong.

Tremors, mind you, but tremors all the same.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/19/2020 22:58 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Field Marshal Khalifa Haftar: There will be no place for mercenaries or Extremists in Libya
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  Who would be left?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/19/2020 15:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Regrouped from the GNA counter-attack a few weeks back?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/19/2020 22:39 Comments || Top||


Russia Discusses Libya with Egypt and Morocco
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring

#1  Interesting.

Are the stars aligning to whallop Turkey?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/19/2020 22:38 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Saudi Arabia's king and MBS, the crown prince, are fighting over whether or not to normalize ties with Israel
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Saudi Arabia


Trump Gives Award to Kuwait's Ruling Emir
[USNews] WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump has bestowed a top U.S. honor on Kuwait's ruling emir, who has played a central role in resolving a yearslong four-nation boycott of Qatar and is now ill and receiving treatment in the U.S., the White House said Friday.

Trump awarded the Legion of Merit to Kuwait’s Sheikh Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah, who, along with Oman, has sought dialog to end the dispute that has torn apart the Gulf Cooperation Council.

Bahrain, Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates have been part of the boycott that’s targeted fellow GCC member Qatar since June 2017. Egypt also joined the boycott, which saw nations close their airspace and borders to Qatar.

"A leader in the Middle East for decades, the emir has been a truly unwavering friend and partner to the United States," the White House said in a statement. "The emir is also an unparalleled diplomat, having served as his nation’s foreign minister for 40 years. His tireless mediation of disputes in the Middle East has bridged divides under the most challenging circumstances."

The Legion of Merit is a rarely awarded decoration that can only be bestowed by the president, typically to chiefs of state or heads of government of other countries. The honor was last awarded in 1991.

The emir’s eldest son, Sheikh Nasser bin Sabah Al Ahmad Al Sabah of the State of Kuwait, was to accept the award on behalf of the emir in a private ceremony.

In July, Sheikh Sabah flew across the world in a U.S. Air Force C-17 flying hospital, just days after undergoing an unspecified surgery at home. The dramatic airlift to the Mayo Clinic reflected the close ties between the two nations but also raised concerns over the ruler’s medical condition. The clinic declined to discuss his condition on Friday.
Posted by: 746 || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:


The Grand Turk
Rape, ethnic cleansing and looting: UN reveals Turkey's crimes in Syria
[JPost] - Turkish-backed extremists have committed a litany of abuses in northern Syria after Ankara illegally occupied Afrin, Jarabulus, Idlib and Tel Abyad over the last three years. The allegations have gained exposure in recent years and are not part of a UN Human Rights Council biannual report. This is the year with the clearest and most comprehensive evidence of the massive abuses that run contrary to international humanitarian law, reports indicate.
"It's a Caliphate. These are the regional sports. It's what we do. Don't judge."
The abuses have been directed against women and children, and primarily target minorities such as Yazidis, Kurds and Christians, many of whom have been ethnically-cleansed from the Turkish occupied areas of Syria. A report at Al-Monitor by Amberin Zaman tells of a boy who was kidnapped by the Turkish-backed Syrian National Army in 2019. "While detained, both Syrian National Army members and Turkish-speaking officials dressed in military fatigues were present."
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/19/2020 13:55 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Well, you don't want them to do it at home do you?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/19/2020 17:57 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi Presidency condemns Turkey's aggression on Iraqi territory
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Netherlands on Friday launched a bid to hold Syria responsible under international law for “gross human rights violations”
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/19/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria

#1  Good luck with that! I look forward to a kinder, gentler world where gross violations of human rights are replaced by genteel violations of human rights.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/19/2020 15:24 Comments || Top||

#2  They just need more social workers in Syria. Yeah, that's the ticket.
Posted by: jpal || 09/19/2020 17:34 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2020-09-19
  Notorious RBG dead at 87
Fri 2020-09-18
  RBG Kicks The Bucket
Thu 2020-09-17
  Minnesota man charged with providing material support to Islamic State
Wed 2020-09-16
  Bloomberg: Libya’s PM Al-Sarraj will Resign
Tue 2020-09-15
  Airstrikes kill “Huras_al_Din” commander in Idlib city
Mon 2020-09-14
  Police Shooting of Suspect Charging Officer Armed with A Knife Sets Off Rioting In Lancaster Pennsylvania.
Sun 2020-09-13
  Erdogan: My entire nation is an army and we're not afraid to sacrifice martyrs
Sat 2020-09-12
  Antifa have called off their planned Friday night direct action (DA) riot in Portland
Fri 2020-09-11
  Nineteen Years. Never Forget.
Thu 2020-09-10
  Donald Trump nominated for 2021 Nobel Peace Prize
Wed 2020-09-09
  Centcom: ‘The US has decided to reduce our troop presence in Iraq from about 5,200 to 3,000 troops during this month’
Tue 2020-09-08
  Turkish lira has hit a record low against the dollar
Mon 2020-09-07
  BLM protesters in DC are calling for the White House to be burned down, cops killed.
Sun 2020-09-06
  Jihadists net $140 mn from Burkina gold mine raids
Sat 2020-09-05
  Thousands Antifa/BLM Flood Rochester, Threatening and Smashing Restaurants, Customers Flee in Terror


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