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-Lurid Crime Tales-
South Carolina high schooler arrested for allegedly threatening to shoot up schools
[FOXNEWS] South Carolina sheriff’s deputies arrested a 14-year-old male high school student Monday on charges that he threatened to shoot up schools in his county, authorities said.

The Lexington County Sheriff’s Office said the Gilbert High School student made a "threatening statement" while on the bus last Thursday, and another student overheard him.

The student told school administrators that he heard the other student allegedly talking about wearing a trench coat the next day and shooting up an elementary school and a middle school, according to an incident report cited by the sheriff’s office.

"The student who came forward should be commended for doing the right thing," Lexington County Sheriff Jay Koon said. "They heard something and reported all the details to someone who could immediately step and take action to make sure everyone stayed safe.

"While there was never any imminent danger to students, teachers or anyone else on a campus, this is another example of how we and Lexington School District share in the responsibility to protect those who learn and work at school."

The student, whose identity has not been publicly released, was released from custody after he was charged, the sheriff’s office said. He is due to appear in a Lexington Family Court at a later date.

The Lexington School District sent out a message to families. The district said a GHS administrator had notified law enforcement, which investigated and determined there was no immediate danger to students or staff.

The district said it has suspended the student, and he faces expulsion.

"We are proud of the student who came forward to report the threat," the district said. "This situation is another example of how we must work together to keep each other safe. We take threats seriously and take swift and stern action against those making threats against our schools."
Posted by: Fred || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Huh.
He didn't do anything we don't see here.
Oh, wait...
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 7:10 Comments || Top||

#2 

So He "Faces expulsion".
If expelled won't he then just have more time to plan execute his Columbine plan?

I would suggest a State Mental Health Hospital under guard.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/08/2021 10:37 Comments || Top||

#3  It's basically a Yelp review, Jake.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 10:38 Comments || Top||


California follow-home robbers wore ‘police-type' gear while forcing victims inside at gunpoint, video shows
[FoxNews] Los Angeles police last month created "Follow Home Task Force" in response to growing crime trend

The Los Angeles Police Department is investigating after homeowners were attacked in an apparent follow-home robbery by men wearing 'police-type' gear and badges.

As the trend of follow-home robberies continues in Los Angeles, police are investigating surveillance video showing alleged thieves clad in "police-type" gear attacking a group of victims outside a home before forcing them inside.

The video shows three people appearing to return home when two men claiming to be DEA agents approach them. Both men are seen wearing what appear to be police badges as well as black vests with "police" written on them.

One suspect was armed with a gun, while the other brandished a rubber mallet, police said.

The suspects hold the victims at gunpoint and demand they open the front door, according to the video. When the victim with the keys appears to struggle opening the door, the suspects throw punches and yell curse words.

The video ends as the victim attempts to open the door again.

Police said that once the door was opened, three more suspects came onto the scene, entered the home and stole the victims' belongings.

The incident is believed to have taken place in the city’s Fairfax neighborhood, FOX11 Los Angeles reported.

The incident comes as Los Angeles and other areas of California are being hit with a rash of thefts, including smash-and-grabs and follow-home robberies.

A Los Angeles Police Department (LAPD) spokesperson told Fox News last week that follow-home robberies seem to be "popping up everywhere" in the city.

The LAPD announced in mid-November that it is investigating more than 110 robberies involving at least six different street gangs in which the victims were followed home. The LAPD had issued a warning regarding the "follow-home robberies" earlier in November after a series of incidents.

The department later developed a "Follow Home Task Force" in response to the ongoing crime trend after one such robbery ended in a homicide Nov. 23.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


Thieves are now hiding $29 Apple AirTags on luxury vehicles at parking lots and then tracking them with iPhones back to their homes before stealing them with keys from the house
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • A new technical carjacking method has been reported in the York region of Ontario, Canada, with thieves using AirTags to track and steal vehicles

  • The York Regional Police have reported five such incidents since September

  • Thieves place the small device in hidden areas of vehicles parked in public spaces to later track it to the owner's home and steal it from their driveway

  • The $29 AirTag device, launched in April, is designed to help track down lost items using an iPhone
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Thought you were going to talk tough, Joe? Biden gives Putin a WAVE after forgetting to turn on his mic during video call: Threatens toughest sanctions yet against Russia if it invades Ukraine
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • President Joe Biden spoke to Vladimir Putin by video conference from White House Situation Room on Tuesday morning

  • Biden is prepared to deploy more American troops to NATO countries if Russia invades the Ukraine, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan said

  • 'There's no finger wagging but the president was crystal clear about where the United States stands on all of these issues,' Sullivan said

  • Virtual chat lasted two hours, according to the White House

  • Call started off with some technical difficulties when Biden apparently forgot to switch his microphone on

  • American President was then seen waving to his Russian counterpart and chuckling at the technical issues

  • Russian news agencies released video of the first few clips of the call

  • Donald Trump said in a statement that is 'not worried' about any threats or warnings from Biden

  • Kremlin said that Putin asked Biden for guarantees that NATO would neither expand in an Eastern direction
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Another Magoo episode, coming soon: "Mr Magoo Adds War to DemPanic, Inflation and Border Collapse"
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 2:23 Comments || Top||

#2  I wonder how often Putin had to cut his mic to cover up the laughter in the room behind him while listening to Joe.

He could probably stay quiet and keep a straight face. Others, not so much.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/08/2021 8:38 Comments || Top||

#3  We Are Ruled By Morons
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 9:03 Comments || Top||

#4  "There's no finger-wagging" [disgraced Russia Hoax pusher] Jake Sullivan said

No finger-wagging? Okey-dokey.
So will Pres. Magoo treat the Russians to his customary:
...Hair-sniffing?
...Girl-groping?
...Pants-pooping?
...Pocket-lining?
...Biden-bullshitting?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 9:11 Comments || Top||

#5  While Magoo was figuring out what his screen's central sideways triangle means, Putin and his staff were probably treating themselves to loops of this delightful smacking of the PervOTUS:

WATCH: Little Girl Is Having None of Joe Biden's Creepiness

Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 9:54 Comments || Top||

#6  The Hoarse Whisperer.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/08/2021 13:48 Comments || Top||

#7  I think he was gonna give her a wet willie.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 18:47 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
‘I’ll Be There In The Spring!’: Rittenhouse Says Protests To Get Him Booted From ASU Have Failed
The rest of the story.
[DailyWire] Attempts from far-left activists and students to get Kyle Rittenhouse booted from Arizona State University have failed, the teenager revealed Monday during an appearance on Blaze TV’s “You Are Here.”

Asked about what schools he’s looking at for college, Rittenhouse enthusiastically responded, “ASU, Arizona State University — I’ll be there in the spring!”

“Weren’t there people protesting that?” Blaze Media’s Sara Gonzales asked the 18-year-old.

“Yeah, but they failed,” Rittenhouse responded.

When the protesters were mocked for falsely claiming the teen “murdered” “black people,” Rittenhouse replied, “Look, everybody has the right to protest, no matter how silly it is.”

Officials at Arizona State University said last week that Rittenhouse “was not currently enrolled at the university, though he was taking online classes, as activists called for his removal from the school,” The Daily Wire reported.

“Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the admissions process with Arizona State University and is not enrolled in the Edson College of Nursing and Health Innovation,” the school said. “ASU can confirm that Mr. Rittenhouse enrolled as a non-degree seeking ASU Online student for the session that started Oct. 13, 2021, which allows students access to begin taking classes as they prepare to seek admission into a degree program at the university.”

In a follow-up statement, ASU said Rittenhouse was not enrolled as a student at ASU: “Kyle Rittenhouse has not gone through the ASU admissions process. Our records show that he is not currently enrolled in any classes at ASU.”

In response, Rittenhouse family spokesman Dave Hancock told Fox News that the teen’s professors “advised [him] to temporarily withdraw from classes but that he is planning on enrolling again.”

“Amid his most recent semester, Kyle’s professors at Arizona State University recommended a compassionate withdrawal of his online classes,” Hancock said. “Now that the trial is behind him, Kyle is eager to enroll in more classes. He is hopeful that attending Arizona State in person will soon be an option.”

It seems Rittenhouse has since re-enrolled and has been accepted.

A jury last month found the teen not guilty on all charges related to a fatal riot in Kenosha, Wisconsin, that took place last year. The teen was facing life in prison without the chance at parole.

During his appearance on Blaze TV, Rittenhouse repeatedly rejected the notion that he’s a “hero” or “heroic,” emphasizing that he wished he did not have to take anyone’s life.

The teen noted that he had no choice but to fatally shoot his attackers and believes it is a “God-given right” for anyone to defend themselves from danger.

Related on Rumble: Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals He Plans to Become a Lawyer - Blasts Prosecutor Thomas Binger
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/08/2021 02:28 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Now the question becomes.
How many actual enrolled ASU students will raise hell, skip classes, get dropped or kicked out for violating student rules, get arrested for number of things, then rack-up a few $1,000 in student loans debt to protest him exercising his legally justified Civil Rights.

Verses the imported Thugs playing Students, that the MSM will use and portray as students?

I would also warn him never to date from the ASU Student body to avoid False Sexual Assault claims.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/08/2021 9:52 Comments || Top||

#2  At some point he may need to go to ground, change his name
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 9:56 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ He seems unashamed about who he is and what he's done (as he should be.) I doubt he will change his name or appearance. But I guess wrong half the time.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Pride is one thing, but receiving multiple death threats every day without benefit of police protection is another thing entirely
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 10:30 Comments || Top||

#5  In his case, the death threat idiots are COMICON level. If he got a penny for each one, he would already be retired.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 10:36 Comments || Top||

#6  "Death threats" pale in comparison to:

1) being charged by a lunatic while someone else fires shots, presumably at you
2) being chased by a mob
3) having another lunatic try to crush your skull with a skateboard
4) yet another lunatic tries to jump-kick you in the head
5) yet ANOTHER lunatic feigns being peaceful and draws a pistol on you

Stupid tweets, emails, phone calls -- all pale in comparison to what he went through in the space of a few minutes. And he kept his head, only missing one target, and defended himself brilliantly.

Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/08/2021 10:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Yes he did. He's an extraordinary young man and a great hero. Naive though he may have been, it nonetheless gives us all hope for our country that we can still produce such a young man.

But the evidence from his trial is unmistakable: Kyle is suffering from PTSD.

Two public breakdowns, plus his or his lawyers' admission that, during his nightmarish jail stay pending release on bail, he was vomiting every day from the stress, tell us that this brace young man has paid a horrific price for his valorous actions.

And will continue to pay the price for as long as he lives in this sick and decadent shadow of our former great Republic.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 10:52 Comments || Top||

#8  He is sorta chubby. I really don't see any evidence of having trouble keeping his food down. Yes, that is how some people handle stress, I'm one of them.

Not throwing any shade at him at all. He seems to be handling the after-action every bit as well as he handled the combat. More like him, please.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 10:59 Comments || Top||

#9  Our formerly great republic had witch trials well before the Constitution was ratified. Just sayin'...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:01 Comments || Top||

#10  Maybe you're right. I don't think any of us knows what he's actually facing now. I can't imagine how I'd endure that surreal Kafkaesque, shitshow-ordeal he's endured these last 15 months
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 11:05 Comments || Top||

#11  Well, he's already a hero. Heroes are thrust into these situations, and they get damaged yes. But they leave us hope. That's why they're called exemplary. I love this kid.

O' babyfaced chap from Illinois,
Creedmoor Position posterboy.
My salute to yer daddy and mammy,
for raisin' ya this triple whammy
for them Wakandan baiters of soy.

Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/08/2021 11:10 Comments || Top||

#12  I have a hard time imagining you'd come out of the mess he was in without seeing that life comes down to doing exactly what's necessary in the moment. It has to be both humbling and empowering at the same time. One of the best saying on the Murphy's Law Calendar is "Good judgement comes from experience. Experience comes from bad judgement." Kyle has already said he wishes he had not been there. But he was and he's alive to say he knows better now. That's pretty much as good an outcome as you could ask for.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:12 Comments || Top||

#13  Let's please remember something the media doesn't bother to point out. Multiple people were trying to execute him for putting out a fire they set. That's the republic we currently live in.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:20 Comments || Top||

#14  Yupp. You'll be. I have a crush on you.
Posted by: Wren || 12/08/2021 11:21 Comments || Top||

#15  Kyle Rittenhouse Reveals He Plans to Become a Lawyer

If he makes it all the way through, he’ll have no problem getting a job with one of the conservative versions of the ACLU. And a great asset he’ll be for them. As I recall, he originally planned to become a policeman.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/08/2021 11:31 Comments || Top||

#16  If he figures to be the sort of lawyer who shoots to kill, he will be busy and successful.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:34 Comments || Top||

#17  Man... how I wish we too had gun rights just like Americans. Yes, I get it; it kind of hinders jihadists, khalistanis etc. away from raping and shooting every innocent being. But it's so liberating to own guns and rifles.
Anyway, if those filthy leftists and liberals keep marauding against conservatives and gun laws, they're very much welcome to live in countries such as mine.
Posted by: Wren || 12/08/2021 11:47 Comments || Top||

#18  If he runs the calculus and decides "If I shoot that guy who's trying to kill me, I will be put through kangaroo court." he winds up dead. So, that decision tree would have avoided kangaroo court, anyway....
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:53 Comments || Top||

#19  With rights come responsibilities. I have lived in the brotherhood of the gun my entire life and I have known some very responsible people.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:54 Comments || Top||

#20  Known some raging a$$holes too. That needs said.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 11:56 Comments || Top||

#21  Shoot, shoot, shoot it boy. You gotta shoot it for me.

I've really got to get a fast ride out of here...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 12:16 Comments || Top||

#22  Kid has a pair.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/08/2021 19:26 Comments || Top||

#23  #9 Murc at the time there was no republic, just saing.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/08/2021 19:29 Comments || Top||


Supreme Court Justices are expected to authorize vouchers at religious schools
[Free Beacon] The Biden administration plans to push the Supreme Court to dismiss a school-voucher case on a technicality, fearing that a ruling that allows state funds to go toward religious uses will throw open public coffers to religious schools.

The Biden Justice Department during oral arguments on Wednesday will press the Court to dismiss the case. The plaintiffs have a leg up heading into the argument because the Court said in decisions from 2017 and 2020 that religious groups can't be excluded from public benefits because of their religious identity.

The case, ​​Carson v. Makin, involves two sets of parents from Maine who are seeking a wider distribution of state tuition assistance for religious schools. The Biden administration's stance is a sign the Justice Department anticipates losing the case, which would be a blow to Democrats and their union allies.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Tax paying parents should see their tax money go to the school they send their kids to if it is not a public school. With pron in text books and crt pushed in public schools, they don't deserve every parent's tax dollar.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/08/2021 3:53 Comments || Top||

#2 
Too many PUBLIC Schools have became Liberal, Socialist, Social Norm Busting Indoctrination centers.

Some going so far as to attempt to hide what is being immorally taught to K-1+ students from the parents.

So since Parent(s), are already paying School Taxes, but not having a say in the material. Some even BRANDING parents as Domestic Terrorists, just for demanding morally properly taught education materials be used.

YES !!! They should be allowed to transfer their Tax educational funds to private schools that will adhere to their family norms and views.

Thus offsetting the additional expenses they are willing to incur for an education that is applicable in the real world.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/08/2021 10:30 Comments || Top||

#3  It would be a mistake to presume private schools are not pushing this because the teachers programs are programming the teachers for it, for years. There are no good resources for parents to distinguish between virtue signaling and actual indoc unless the private school says it outright. In public schools this stuff is overt and easy to spot. While you will get the better education, in private schools it is much more subtle and harder to detect until you are financially invested.
Posted by: jefe101 || 12/08/2021 13:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Madrases?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/08/2021 19:12 Comments || Top||

#5  Homeschooling. Tutors + pods.

The private schools are almost as Woke as the public schools.

General civilizational decline, due to Wokesters' commie-influenced Long March through the institutions.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 19:44 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
AP Report on Dec 7 events in the Jussie Smollett trial
[AyPee] Lawyers for the former "Empire" actor rested their case shortly after Smollett finished a second day of testimony at the Chicago courthouse on charges he lied to police about the January 2019 attack. Prosecutors said they had no other witnesses to call, and Judge James Linn scheduled closing arguments for Wednesday.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Daily Beast had a review of the cross examination. DB is a leftist site but they thought Jussie was awful.

https://www.thedailybeast.com/jussie-smollett-got-totally-nailed-in-his-cross-examination/?via=twitter_page
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/08/2021 8:56 Comments || Top||

#2  msn report on prosecutor's summary is here
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/08/2021 13:12 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Bad Weather Report
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Karelia and Archangelsk expect severely cold weather.

[REGNUM] Arkhangelsk, Magadan regions, Karelia and Chukotka will find themselves in the epicenter of abnormal cold by the end of the working week. This was announced on December 7 by the scientific director of the Hydrometeorological Center of Russia, Roman Vilfand.

Follow the developments in the broadcast: "Hurricanes, storms, blizzards: bad weather in Russia and the world - all the news"

According to the specialist, in the European part of Russia, the most intense anomalies in freezing temperatures will be observed in the Arkhangelsk region and Karelia. By the end of the working week, temperatures in these regions will be 7-11 degrees below the climatic norm.

In the Arkhangelsk region -20 ... -21 degrees is expected, in Karelia the thermometer will drop to -18 ... -23 degrees.

The most noticeable drops in temperature in the Asian part of the country will be observed in the Magadan Region and in the Chukotka Autonomous Okrug. In these regions, the temperature is 7-11 degrees below the climatic norm, but frosts are expected to be stronger than in the European part of Russia, down to -48… -49 degrees.

Earlier IA REGNUM reported that, according to forecasts, severe cold weather from the north-west of the European part of Russia will not reach Moscow and the Moscow region.

Bad weather delays flight in Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky
[REGNUM] Unfavorable weather conditions on the Kamchatka Peninsula have led to a long delay in the departures of seven flights of local airlines from the airport of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky (Elizovo). This follows from the data on the online scoreboard of the airport of the capital of the region as of 10:45 local time (01:45 Moscow time) on December 8.

Follow the developments in the broadcast: "Hurricanes, storms, blizzards: bad weather in Russia and the world - all the news"

Currently, the list of delayed flights to Ust-Kamchatsk, Nikolskoye, Ossora, Ozernaya, Tigil, Sobolevo, Ust-Khairyuzovo. The first two flights cannot take off from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky from 25 November. On Tigil and Sobolevo - from December 2 and 3, respectively.

Recall that the last few days the weather in Kamchatka has been under the influence of a cyclone, which caused heavy rainfall and increased wind. An avalanche danger has been declared in the mountainous regions of the peninsula.

Record snowfall covers Moscow - photo report
[REGNUM] On December 7, there was a heavy snowfall in Moscow. Over the past day, almost a quarter of the monthly precipitation rate fell in the capital, forming 15-centimeter snowdrifts.

The last time that much rain fell was in 1949. Then at the base weather station VDNKh recorded 12.7 millimeters of atmospheric moisture, which until now was the maximum indicator for all time.

City utilities are working to clear snow from roads.

Posted by: badanov || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  my fav station Oymyakon was at -68F at 3pm on 8 Dec
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/08/2021 0:16 Comments || Top||

#2  Why the sudden interest in Russian winters? From what I read, Russians can handle anything mother nature throws at them. Is this narrative to counter the climate change religion in the US?
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 12/08/2021 10:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Wodka, comrade. Wodka can handle anything.

But, can you handle wodka, comrade? With pickles?

Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 10:25 Comments || Top||

#4  Why the sudden interest in Russian winters? From what I read, Russians can handle anything mother nature throws at them. Is this narrative to counter the climate change religion in the US?

No underlying theme, or hidden agenda. Just posting news articles abut Bad Weather in Russia.
Posted by: badanov || 12/08/2021 13:42 Comments || Top||

#5  I learned to drink Vodka cold, with black bread and onions.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 18:42 Comments || Top||

#6  And with caviar on raw potato slices. Still enjoy that.

But so hell is freezing over?
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/08/2021 19:33 Comments || Top||

#7  Potato is just unfermented and undistilled vodka.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 19:50 Comments || Top||

#8  Latkes. With onions, pickles and caviar. And vodka...

Завтрак чемпионов
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 19:53 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Apple's sweetheart deal with China: CEO Tim Cook signed 'secret $275billion deal with Beijing in 2016 promising to help develop their economy in return for quashing regulatory actions against iPhone maker'
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] I wonder what he thinks about all that now...
  • Tim Cook 'negotiated secret five-year, $275billion deal with China in 2016'

  • Apple CEO flew to China after government threatened regulatory actions

  • China agreed to exempt Apple from measures, The Information reported

  • In exchange, Apple pledged to help China develop its technology sector

  • Apple invested $1billion in Didi Chuxing, the Chinese ride-sharing start-up

  • The iPhone maker also pledged to collaborate with Chinese universities

  • Five-year deal has option for a sixth year if neither China or Apple object

  • Last month, Cook said it was Apple's 'responsibility' to do business in China

  • In third quarter of this year, Apple earned $14.6billion in Greater China
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Filthy whores.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/08/2021 2:16 Comments || Top||

#2  So will he start moving some of his iPhone making operations out of China during those 5 years?

No, some people like taking it up the ...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/08/2021 5:52 Comments || Top||

#3  The deal was realized under the Obama administration. The CIA was aware of it as not only did China penetrate the CIA but the CIA had an important penetration agent in Beijing. Note: The CIA has kept this deal under wraps for five years.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 12/08/2021 8:35 Comments || Top||

#4  But Crapple users look down on all you proles worrying about things like deals with commies, slave labor and genocide.

How the hell do you think omelets get made, Trumpsters?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||

#5  #4 Please translate into English.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 12/08/2021 17:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Is it going to be like apple TV, where you pay $5/month to be able to rent stuff for the same or higher prices than Prime or Vudu? The only free stuff is a few apple originals, like Greyhound or Foundation. We used a gift card we got to watch foundation and rent a few kids movies....when foundation season two rolls around, I'm sure there will a trial we can use:p

China got flimflammed
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/08/2021 19:36 Comments || Top||

#7  The crime of treason seems like a lost concept.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/08/2021 19:36 Comments || Top||

#8  That Foundation was pretty good but was 'Foundation' in name only. Completely different story from the book.
Greyhound was pretty good also.
Not much else on AppleTv I'm interested in.
As for Apple I doubt Apple has much that China hasn't already stolen.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/08/2021 20:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Yes. Put money in the pockets of people who want you rounded up and shot.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 20:12 Comments || Top||


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All of Amazon Web Services go down - taking huge part of the internet with it: Alexa, Ring, Disney+, Tinder and Venmo all crash in Cloud server outage
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Amazon's website and app crashed after 10:30am ET on Tuesday for thousands of users worldwide

  • Amazon Web Services is also down across the globe, along with Amazon Prime Music and Video and Alexa

  • Amazon Web Services provides cloud computing services to individuals, universities, governments and companies

  • Amazon officials stated they have identified 'root cause' of the problem and were working to fix it

  • Outage was likely due to issues related to application programming interface (API), Amazon said, which is a set of protocols for building and integrating application software

  • Users have experienced 27 outages over the past 12 months on Amazon
THIS is what happens when you try to teach unemployed "journolists" to code

Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under:

#1  While this was going on, my own Alexa devices gave me different bogus excuses for their failure to perform. Had I not known better, I would have wasted a lot of time track the excuses down. Instead I Googled "Alexa network malfunction" and got this story. I was still able to turn most of my devices off & on using the Android app provided by the manufacturer of the devices. The app bypasses Alexa but can coordinate with it.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 12/08/2021 0:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Wonder what the outage did to the Federal AWS cloud?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/08/2021 7:11 Comments || Top||

#3  You would hope that they're part of a different 'cloud' Skid, but you never know how they actually set things up.

No matter how the contract reads.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/08/2021 8:52 Comments || Top||

#4  A lot of competition in providing cloud capacity and service these days. Amazon gets a huge part of its revenue from this and profit margin is 80% or more.

CISCO and ORACLE and others are ramping up cloud service.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/08/2021 9:00 Comments || Top||

#5  Not just Disney+ -- Disney World admissions wasn't working, either. Considering the degree of integration they have, that may have also meant their hotels couldn't process new guests, restaurant charges and the pre-paid meal plan wasn't working, and charge-to-room was down as well.

I *hope* there are some tough questions being asked about the cloud strategy at Disney. They've been focused on cost-cutting, but this has to have hurt.

The only thing I saw was a slicer I use for 3D printing wouldn't run locally, because it couldn't validate my account. At least the vendor for that has already planned an "offline" mode that isn't dependent on the cloud.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/08/2021 9:17 Comments || Top||

#6  Crash, what crash?
Didn't notice.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 12/08/2021 9:57 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Yes. I had a dr's appointment yesterday morning that certainly would have been derailed if they were on AWS. It wasn't so I guess they weren't.

Works for me.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 10:00 Comments || Top||

#8 

How about we setup a NO E-Use for a just 8 hours for 1 day each year. Where are all Smart Phone Internet/SMS access for 16 years old and below shut off?

Then we can watch this E-Generation go bananas or actually look at the world around them.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/08/2021 10:45 Comments || Top||

#9  Similar experience but not really. s2manga.com keeps crashing.
Posted by: Wren || 12/08/2021 11:38 Comments || Top||

#10  I heard on the news that Amazon has the CIA contract as well, which should have briefly made things interesting over in Langley.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/08/2021 11:49 Comments || Top||

#11  which should have briefly made things interesting over in Langley.

For a short while they would have to have made guesses on no information instead of bad information. Or have lacked the information they normally ignored that didn't fit the guesses they already agreed on in their meetings.

Why have IT at all?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||

#12  I would hope they have some backup process in place. Paper charts or something of that sort. You would be stupid to rely solely on the cloud no matter what the sales rep promises.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 12/08/2021 12:01 Comments || Top||

#13  A few years back, VA had a three-day outage due to a botched data center switch over. In those three days they accumulated a six-month backlog of written stuff that needed keyed in. It happens fast.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 12:04 Comments || Top||

#14  I watched a low budget movie. I guess it has become a but of a cult hit since the last I watched it. They used some of their new money and fame to go back and re-touch a couple scenes, clean up the credits.

Point is, the streamer can and will edit movie content at their pleasure. How long before Major League gets the treatment?

If you don't have a copy, you don't have a copy.

On the other side, every one of your devices sends data to advertisers - why would one of these voice activated things be any different? And who isn't to say that certain jingles or phrases in commercials doesn't activate them?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/08/2021 18:15 Comments || Top||

#15  Day is coming where bots will look for stuff that hasn't been "approved edited" and edit or delete it. You need offline backups that are never exposed to the internet.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/08/2021 20:16 Comments || Top||


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Trump-backed Former Sen. David Perdue just announced run against Brian Kemp and Stacy Abrams for governor of Georgia
[Fox via Right Scoop] The former US Senator who lost to Jon Ossoff in the runoff elections of 2020 has just announced his bid to be governor of Georgia and is vowing to defeat both Brian Kemp and Stacy Abrams for the job.

Here’s his campaign announcement:
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/08/2021 00:45 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


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Indian Chief of Defence Staff Gen Bipin Rawat dies in Helicopter Crash
The Indian Express has been liveblogging events:
[IndianExpress] Gen Bipin Rawat chopper crash: General Bipin Rawat, wife among 13 killed

Chief of Defence Staff Bipin Rawat, his wife were among 13 killed after an IAF chopper they were travelling in crashed near Coonoor in Tamil Nadu on Wednesday.
A Mi-17, gawd I don't know why we can't just buy a friggin' Sikorsky or something, at least for the veeps.

"With deep regret, it has now been ascertained that General Bipin Rawat, Mrs Madhulika Rawat and 11 other persons on board have died in the unfortunate accident," the Indian Force said in a tweet.

The crash happened at a distance of about 10 km from the helipad where it was to land. Earlier today, Defence Minister Rajnath Singh informed Prime Minister Narendra Modi about the incident. According to sources, Singh will brief Parliament on the incident tomorrow. See photos from the incident site here.

Sources earlier said that at least three injured people from the crash were taken to a nearby hospital. The crash took place in the Nilgiris, shortly after the Mi-series chopper took off from the army base in Sulur.

From NDTV : General Bipin Rawat: Five Highlights Of An Outstanding Career

Here's your 5-point peek into General Rawat's career:

  • General Rawat had an illustrious career in the defense services spanning over four decades that saw him rising in ranks to be appointed the first joint chief of the tri-services. The CDS is a one-point advisor to the government on matters related to the military and functions with the main aim of integrating the three services - the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force. He was appointed the 27th Chief of the Army Staff in 2016 amid a controversy over his seniority. He had superseded two senior officers to occupy the Army chief's position. He then rose to become the CDS in 2019. The government had amended the Army rules to extend the age of superannuation from 62 years to 65 years, paving the way for his appointment to the post.

  • He is credited with being instrumental in reducing militancy in Northeast India. The 2015 cross-border operation into Myanmar in which the Indian Army successfully responded to an ambush by NSCN-K militants was conducted under his supervision. He was also part of the planning for the 2016 surgical strikes, in which the Indian Army went across the Line of Control into Pakistan-occupied Kashmir and conducted an airstrike on a Jaish-e-Mohammad terror training camp in Pakistan's Balakot. General Rawat was reportedly monitoring the developments from South Block in New Delhi.

  • General Rawat was a veteran in counterinsurgency and high-altitude warfare, having served in difficult terrains including the Northern and Eastern commands. He has also served as General Officer Commanding-in-Chief (GOC-C) Southern Command. During his long career, he served across the country in various roles. He commanded a company in Uri, Jammu and Kashmir. As a Colonel, he commanded the 5th battalion 11 Gorkha Rifles in the Eastern sector along the Line of Actual Control at Kibithu in Arunachal Pradesh. As a Brigadier, he commanded 5 Sector of Rashtriya Rifles in Sopore, Kashmir. He has also been part of the United Nations Peacekeeping Force and has commanded a multinational brigade in the Democratic Republic of Congo, where he was twice awarded the Force Commander's Commendation.

  • General Rawat has been decorated with many honours for his service, including the Param Vishisht Seva Medal, Uttam Yudh Seva Medal, Ati Vishisht Seva Medal, Vishisht Seva Medal, Yudh Seva Medal, and Sena Medal.

  • General Rawat is an alumnus of the St Edward School in Shimla and the National Defence Academy, Khadakwasla. He was commissioned in the Fifth Battalion of the Eleven Gorkha Rifles in December 1978 from the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun. He was a recipient of the prestigious "Sword of Honour". General Rawat also attended the Command and General Staff College (CGSC) course at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, USA.
    Update at 11:20 a.m. ET courtesy of Skidmore: the Daily Mail has more photos.
  • Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/08/2021 10:24 || Comments || Link || [20 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  tf is happening with the IAF these accidents are getting a little too common

    Posted by: Wren || 12/08/2021 11:19 Comments || Top||

    #2  Our sympathies for your nation’s loss, Wren. It sounds like he did some good things in challenging commands.
    Posted by: trailing wife || 12/08/2021 11:23 Comments || Top||

    #3  Thank you for your condolences, TW.
    Posted by: Wren || 12/08/2021 11:28 Comments || Top||

    #4  'Kaphar hunna bhanda marnu ramro chha'
    RIP
    Posted by: Besoeker || 12/08/2021 11:30 Comments || Top||

    #5  Very good, Besoeker. That's actually the 3rd Regiment's motto.

    The 11's is Yatraham Vijayastatra [we are meaning of victory].
    Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/08/2021 12:11 Comments || Top||

    #6  in the southern part of India

    no indication of bad weather

    comment on the Mi-17V-5 helicopter is here
    Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/08/2021 13:38 Comments || Top||

    #7  Bad WX is not a requirement for a RU aircraft disaster.
    Posted by: Besoeker || 12/08/2021 13:40 Comments || Top||

    #8  [self-assembling "Stalin nut" limericj here]
    Posted by: Unavimp Chusogum4170 || 12/08/2021 18:52 Comments || Top||


    'It's a Signal to Washington', Say Experts as India Expands Military Ties With Russia
    [SputnikNews] India signed several agreements with Russia on Monday after a one-on-one meeting between Defence Minister Rajnath Singh and his Russian counterpart Sergei Shoigu. The two countries also held the inaugural 2+2 ministerial dialogue to discuss issues that have made waves internationally.
    Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 12/08/2021 09:09 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

    #1  FYI India: Cheap weapon systems suck.
    Posted by: Javiter Dark Lord of the Faith7963 || 12/08/2021 13:57 Comments || Top||

    #2  Given India's work on attempting to provide for their military in house, it's a cheap way to buy time for what they need til they start their own production lines.
    Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/08/2021 19:37 Comments || Top||



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