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January 23rd drone attack launched on Saudi capital from Iraq, likely by Kataib Hezbollah
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
John Solomon says there's been a BIG break in the John Durham case (video)
[Right Scoop] John Solomon tells Maria Bartiromo that there’s been a big break in John Durham’s investigation into the origins of the phony Russia probe, which is that someone who was part of Comey and McCabe’s inner circle at the FBI has started cooperating with John Durham’s investigation:

Solomon says this senior FBI executive that is now cooperating with Durham has "opened up a tremendous amount of internal knowledge being able to describe the nuances of evidence."

He also notes that the big question Durham is trying to answer right now is whether opening a false investigation and sustaining it with false evidence is a crime.

Solomon believes Durham is close to pulling the trigger on criminal charges, but he has to get permission from Biden’s justice department:

"Some of the witnesses I talked to and their defense lawyers feel like John Durham is getting ready to pull the trigger on some criminal charges. Again, he has to get permission from the Biden justice department — we’ll have to see if that happens. But all the signs are that they are moving toward criminal charges."

If he does get permission, Solomon predicts we could see charges in the next six to eight weeks.

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2021 01:39 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ....but he has to get permission from Biden’s justice department:

I think we know how this chapter ends.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2021 1:44 Comments || Top||

#2  Carrying on with this charade of an investigation is almost as bad as Russiagate itself.

Solomon and Fox just need to give it up. A bit of "bombshell fatigue" entered long ago. This time it's called a "BIG break". Yawn....Zzzzzzzz.
Posted by: Clem || 03/09/2021 4:34 Comments || Top||

#3  the big question Durham is trying to answer right now is whether opening a false investigation and sustaining it with false evidence is a crime.

Seriously? Here, let me help: Yes, it is a crime. Probably two crimes. And given that it was done to reverse the effects of a national election, probably not one of those tort thingies.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2021 10:11 Comments || Top||

#4  He also notes that the big question Durham is trying to answer right now is whether opening a false investigation and sustaining it with false evidence is a crime.
The word you are looking for is malfeasance...
Posted by: magpie || 03/09/2021 10:33 Comments || Top||

#5  The word you are looking for is malfeasance...

I'm thinking treason.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/09/2021 11:13 Comments || Top||

#6  Not that I believe it'll ever get to that.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/09/2021 11:14 Comments || Top||

#7  Solomon believes Durham is close to pulling the trigger on criminal charges, but he has to get permission from Biden’s justice department...
The final theme as the Kubuki Theater winds down to softly spoken regrets about how "if only..."
Pure drivel and codswallop now!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/09/2021 12:35 Comments || Top||

#8  Codswallop! Yeah, that! (hehe)
Posted by: || 03/09/2021 12:38 Comments || Top||

#9  So it is a big nothing burger. Not a big surprise.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/09/2021 12:49 Comments || Top||

#10  I will believe it when I see the indictments announced and see the frogmarch happen.

Until then I would advise everyone to consider it to be simply more Swamp Kabuki from the DC Uniparty, Red Comittee of the Politbureau.
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 || 03/09/2021 22:25 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
As YouTube Censors the Right, Funker530 Is A Popular Alternative
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 03/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Vimeo and Bitchute are more well known but not as interactive (no real community life there).

Odysee is a Youtube clone and looks fairly good, and usable but Google bought them a while ago, so its days are probably numbered.

Rumble is a more widespread and better-established entity for video and openly supports conservatives.

The reborn Parler is also out there although it has no phone app presence anymore.

DTube (d.tube) is one of the most promising - it uses the blockchain and distributed distribution, so there is no central chokepoint for censorship, and it's cryptographically sound so your data/privacy is protected from hackers and doxxers. The problem is not a lot of people use it (yet).

Fragmentation of the conservative-populist (Trump) public voice over dozens of small niche platforms is counterproductive. So try them all, but once a consensus builds, follow the herd (so far Rumble seems to be gaining a lot of traction in the Libertarian/conservative crowd).
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 || 03/09/2021 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  FYI Funker is almost completely military-only footage. They are known for posting a lot of war footage from all over. Run by former Canadian military guy, but I do not know about their censorship stance on Trump etc. They were mainly known for military footage posted to a youtube channel.
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 || 03/09/2021 0:30 Comments || Top||

#3  ^Thanks Forkbeard. A lot of great info.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 03/09/2021 9:35 Comments || Top||

#4  The reborn Parler is also out there although it has no phone app presence anymore.

Don't need a phone app. It can all be done with a browser and Asynchronous Javascript with XML (AJAX). PlayStore and AppleStore can both be bypassed and the best part of that is that they don't make any money.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/09/2021 11:20 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
How living in China changed my view on Trump and US politics: Californian native
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 03/09/2021 00:03 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Reality has a way of changing your views - especially when you find out just how badly US Media lies to the American Public.
Posted by: These Forkbeard7574 || 03/09/2021 0:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Introduction to Communism-101. Appears he stayed on for the long course.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2021 1:35 Comments || Top||

#3  @ #1 - Indeed. Just ask the Pulitzer Prize-winning NY Times and its "coverage" on Ukraine in the 1930s.
Posted by: Clem || 03/09/2021 4:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Reality - the thing that doesn't go away just because you stop believing in it...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/09/2021 7:25 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Iranian Terrorists Claim to Have Active Cells in Washington, D.C.
[Free Beacon] Iranian militia groups claim to have active cells of operatives stationed in Washington, D.C., and other U.S. cities, according to chatter in online forums used by these groups.

Kawtheryoon Electronic Team, a Telegram network used by Iranian militia groups and supporters, claimed in a recent posting that Iranian "resistance cells are rooted even in America and its capital," according to a copy of the English-language posting captured by the Middle East Media Research Institute, which tracks radical groups.

The group additionally claimed that terror factions associated with Iran are growing stronger and attracting more support than ever before. The group demanded the United States withdraw all of its troops from Iraq and the Middle East. The post included a picture of caskets containing U.S. soldiers.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2021 07:01 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  yeah we know, we"ve had 12 + years of their bullshit.
Posted by: Chris || 03/09/2021 9:21 Comments || Top||

#2  Back in 2006, walked down Pennsylvania from the Eisenhower annex.
Passed a temp tent with a table and water bottles.
Was handed a Iranians for Democracy flyer.
Later that week I got interviewed, with pictures, about the handoff.

No surprise.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/09/2021 10:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Later that week I got interviewed, with pictures, about the handoff.

I find that comforting, Skidmark, along with the fact that while there have been arrests, I don’t recall any actual attacks from that population.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/09/2021 13:19 Comments || Top||

#4  not yet
Posted by: Chris || 03/09/2021 16:36 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
The next century of warfare.
Posted by: 3dc || 03/09/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And this may come in handy
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Posted by: Skidmark || 03/09/2021 10:31 Comments || Top||


-PC Follies
Major grocery store goes WOKE, now labeling products as ‘black-owned', ‘hispanic-owned', LGBT-owned, etc…
[Right Scoop] A major grocery store chain is now getting into the business of identity and racial politics by labeling minority owned products on the shelf for buyers to see. Here’s a photo of what it looks like via @stillgray:

Giant Foods (also known as Martin’s Food Markets), which operates in Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia and West Virginia, is the store that announced in December they’d be rolling these labels out this year:
SUPERMARKET NEWS — Giant Food is rolling out updated shelf labels that enable shoppers to identify products from minority-owned businesses.

Plans call for all Giant supermarkets to post the new shelf labels starting in January, the Landover, Md.-based regional grocer said yesterday. The labels will inform customers about items from companies that are women-, Black-, Asian-Indian-, Hispanic-, LGBT-, Asian-Pacific- or veteran-owned.

More than 3,100 food and nonfood products will feature the updated shelf labels across Giant’s 164 stores in Virginia, Maryland, Delaware and the District of Columbia. The retailer said the items come from 281 minority-owned businesses in its network of vendor partners.

Giant, part of Ahold Delhaize USA, said the new shelf-label program is part of its supplier diversity efforts, which focus on developing strong relationships with businesses offering quality products, top-notch customer service and competitive prices.

"Giant Food is proud to better highlight our diverse suppliers," Giant President Ira Kress said in a statement. "We’re committed to making it easier for customers to identify product attributes that are important to them by fostering a diverse and inclusive network of suppliers that reflects the unique backgrounds and experiences of our Giant family, our customers and our communities."
It’s this kind of balkanization that is killing America, pushing people to start making judgements based on race or identity politics instead of pushing people to look our society as simply American. Because American is who we all are and we should be proud of this.

Also, now that they’ve started ’labeling’ items based on race or identity politics, it reminds people of certain times when this was done before:
The Democrat KKK would approve
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/09/2021 07:31 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Goya is Hispanic owned
Posted by: Lord garth || 03/09/2021 7:36 Comments || Top||

#2  How long until you aren't allowed to check out unless a woke-corporate approved quota of favored minority produced product is in your cart?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/09/2021 8:43 Comments || Top||

#3 
GIANT is about to see a lot of customers looking elsewhere for groceries.

BTW: I don't a (insert your descriptive word) if its made by (insert pampered class) or not.

I just buy food based on Price, Quailty and Taste.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/09/2021 8:44 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ that makes you a rayciss, neanderthal h8ter, doncha know...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/09/2021 8:47 Comments || Top||

#5  Looking forward to the inevitable Rachel Dolenz claiming to be black-owned or whatever to increase sales.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 03/09/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Curious how they will label Barilla.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/09/2021 10:49 Comments || Top||

#7  Rachel Dolenz

I just had an awful mental flash of the guy from the Monkees in drag and blackface at the same time.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/09/2021 11:01 Comments || Top||

#8  Of course, good old Made in China still works.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/09/2021 11:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Sure! Asian-owned!
Posted by: Bobby || 03/09/2021 11:19 Comments || Top||

#10  For the Geographically & Economic Intelligence Challenged:

Ahold Delhaize was formed in July 2016 from the merger of Ahold and Delhaize Group, retail innovators for almost 150 years. Our local brands employ around 380,000 associates in nearly 7,000 local grocery, small format and specialty stores.

Ahold Delhaize brands are dedicated to helping customers eat well, save time and live better. In addition to our stores, our brands include the top online retailer in the Benelux and the number one online grocers in the Benelux and the United States. Our local brands are also among the most prominent providers of fresh food and locally tailored own-brand products, including a diverse selection of affordable natural and organic goods.

Ahold Delhaize’s international headquarters is in Zaandam, the Netherlands. Our brands are active in Belgium, the Czech Republic, Greece, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Romania, Serbia and the United States and we participate in joint ventures in Indonesia and Portugal. Ahold Delhaize shares are listed on Euronext Amsterdam and Brussels (ticker: AD) and our American Depositary Receipts trade over-the-counter on OTCQX International (ticker: ADRNY).
Posted by: Large Lemons9961 || 03/09/2021 11:32 Comments || Top||

#11  Boycott these assholes
Posted by: Slats Omerert8525 || 03/09/2021 12:06 Comments || Top||

#12  @ 10 - Rather ARROGANT of you, Large Lemons. You think you are special?
Posted by: Clem || 03/09/2021 12:42 Comments || Top||

#13  I stopped shopping there Years & Years Ago, the employees went on strike (union shop) over something, which I can't remember what, forcing me to find other Grocery Vendors. I just continued to shop at their "competition", (put in quotes) because I started to compare costs and found they were among the highest price vendors in my area.

Well, I did do a "walk around" in their store about 2+3/4 years ago, after my wife died, and I was not impressed, slow service, rundown store, seemed items out of place (sugar, salt in one isle, flour in another), really higher prices, limited self check-out, just an unsettling place.
It did have a larger selection of 'ethnic food' i.e. geographically diverse supply chain, so OK.

Boycott - Nah, too much BS these days, everywhere. I just shop my wallet, after all, I'm just one person out of 10 billion+ on this planet, with time not on my side, I really don't give a ______.
Posted by: Large Lemons9961 || 03/09/2021 12:59 Comments || Top||

#14  Not the Bee™, huh? The Crazy is getting so bad it's hard to tell!
Posted by: magpie || 03/09/2021 13:00 Comments || Top||

#15  Boycott? No. Just stop buying from all companies that make a fetish of their Wokeness -- Coca-Cola etc.

Shift your business to non-Woke alternative providers.
Posted by: Lampedusa Hatfield1362 || 03/09/2021 13:51 Comments || Top||

#16  God loves you! God wants you to know, and believe, and feel, and see that He loves you. Love is an action, not just emotional feelings and God demonstrates His love in all ways. James 1:17-18 says “Every good and perfect gift is from above, coming down from the Father of the heavenly lights, who does not change like shifting shadows. He chose to give us birth through the word of truth, that we might be a kind of first fruits of all he created.”

I see a lot of 'Love' here and a lot of 'first fruits'.

Great concept in marketing, buy what you want, they will tell you a story, you'll feel (?), and buy it, then go on your merry way.




Posted by: Large Lemons9961 || 03/09/2021 14:29 Comments || Top||

#17  Sure hope Brookshire's doesn't go that route - only store around...
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/09/2021 20:00 Comments || Top||



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Tue 2021-03-09
  January 23rd drone attack launched on Saudi capital from Iraq, likely by Kataib Hezbollah
Mon 2021-03-08
  Arab Coalition Intercepts 2 Houthi Missiles, 12 Drones
Sun 2021-03-07
  Gov. Abbott Deploys Texas National Guard, State Troopers to Counter Biden's ‘Open Border Policies'
Sat 2021-03-06
  More ballistic missile strikes on other oil markets now in northern Syria, this time near al-Bab
Fri 2021-03-05
  VP vote needed just to get House Covid-19 bill heard on Senate Floor!
Thu 2021-03-04
  an 8.0 Ouch with some 7.3's and tsunami ?
Wed 2021-03-03
  Rockets hit air base in Iraq hosting American troops, US forces say
Tue 2021-03-02
  Israel sentences senior PFLP member to two years in prison
Mon 2021-03-01
  Portland protesters smash businesses as locals scream at them to 'go home'
Sun 2021-02-28
  Trump Speech in Orlando -- LIVE
Sat 2021-02-27
  Algerian anti-government protesters hit the streets after year-long hiatus
Fri 2021-02-26
  Hamburg Customs Seizes Over 16 Tonnes of Cocaine From Paraguay in Europe's Biggest Haul
Thu 2021-02-25
  Police detain Al-Shabaab and ISIS terrorists in Turkey's capital Ankara
Wed 2021-02-24
  El Chapo's wife, Emma Coronel Aispuro, arrested on drug trafficking charges
Tue 2021-02-23
  Cleverness: U.S. Says Will Hold Iran 'Responsible' in Iraq but Won't 'Lash Out'


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