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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Hillary Clinton Corruption Finally EXPOSED | John Solomon (video)
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/17/2025 12:18 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [0 views] Top|| File under:


Tulsi Gabbard Declassifies Email Showing James Clapper Pushed Russia Narrative
[Patriot Journal] For years, Americans who questioned the Russia collusion narrative were dismissed as conspiracy theorists. They were told to trust the intelligence community. They were told our most powerful agencies operated above politics. Those who dared suggest otherwise? They faced ridicule from media know-it-alls and Washington insiders.

Let me tell you what’s really going on here. These liars always leave a paper trail. And now, thanks to newly declassified documents, we’re seeing exactly how the sausage was made in those final, desperate weeks of the Obama administration. The revelations confirm what millions of Americans suspected all along. Our intelligence agencies were turned into political weapons.

From Daily Wire:

Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard published an email on Wednesday that raised a number of questions about former DNI James Clapper and how hard he pushed other members of the Intelligence Community (IC) to rally behind the Russia Hoax.

Gabbard shared a screenshot of the email, which was sent by Clapper in late December of 2016 to then FBI Director James Comey, then CIA Director John Brennan, and National Security Agency (NSA) Director Michael Rogers.


The Email That Changes Everything

This wasn’t some casual office memo. This was Clapper responding to serious concerns raised by NSA Director Mike Rogers. Rogers warned that his team hadn’t had enough access to the real intelligence. They didn’t have enough time to review it properly. Rogers was showing the kind of integrity we should expect from our intelligence leaders. He wrote that his team had raised red flags about the rushed assessment process.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/17/2025 12:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [6 views] Top|| File under:



Victim's girlfriend among 9 teens arrested in 16-year-old's beach town murder
[FoxNews] Trey Dean Wright, 16, was allegedly set up; 19-year-old romantic rival charged.

Nine South Carolina teens were arrested in the June shooting death of a 16-year-old who authorities say was involved in an argument "over a girl" with his alleged shooter, according to local reports. The victim's 17-year-old girlfriend is among the suspects.

Florence County Sheriff's deputies found Trey Dean Wright of Johnsonville dead on First Neck Road with multiple gunshot wounds June 24, authorities said previously. He was found about 45 miles west of Myrtle Beach.

The following day, they arrested Devan Scott Raper, a 19-year-old from Conway, who allegedly fatally shot Wright after an argument. At least one teen involved reportedly recorded the slaying on video. And deputies continued to announce new arrests for weeks as the investigation dug deeper.

Now, an entire group of teens, many of them juveniles, are facing charges, some for allegedly setting Wright up and bringing Raper to the victim's location, knowing he was armed, according to authorities.

One of the suspects was Wright's girlfriend, Gianna Kistenmacher, a Myrtle Beach 17-year-old, his mother said.

Kistenmacher was charged with being an accessory before the fact for allegedly bringing Raper to the crime scene knowing he was both armed and likely to kill her boyfriend, according to a press release from the sheriff's office.

"They were complicit in bringing the armed codefendant, Raper, to the incident location and knowing that there would be a confrontation," Maj. Michael Nunn of the Florence County Sheriff's Office told WBTW-TV, which is based in Florence. "They knew that Raper had presented a firearm to the victim and made threats to shoot him, according to the arrest warrants."

He told the Post and Courier separately that, under state law, all five are charged as adults.

Prosecutors filed additional murder charges against three more Myrtle Beach-area teens, identified as 18-year-olds Hunter Kendall and Corrine Belviso and 17-year-old Sydney Kearns, according to WBTW.

"The hand of one being the hand of all is part of South Carolina law as well, so that’s the basis of the charge for each of those individuals," Nunn told the station.

Sheriff T.J. Joye told the station separately that the fatal shooting appeared to have stemmed from an argument and apparent romantic rivalry.

"They had issues with each other, and it was over a female," he reportedly said. "The sad thing is, you got a 16-year-old that lost his life. You’ve got a 19-year-old who is going to be in jail the rest of his life. Over what?"

Raper faces charges of murder and possession of a weapon during a violent crime and is being held without bond.

Kendall is also being held without bond.

Belviso and Kearns each posted $20,000 surety bonds last week and have been released pending a trial.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/17/2025 01:19 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [87 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ....SC law holds many traps for the stupid. This is one of them.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 08/17/2025 7:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Everybody gets a new girlfriend in prison. I guess everyone’s college plans are changed.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/17/2025 8:48 Comments || Top||

#3  Devan Scott Raper

doomed from birth to be trouble...
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/17/2025 10:28 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Senior Dies While Trying to Meet Meta's Flirty Chatbot Who Convinces Him She's Real
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/17/2025 11:04 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [1 views] Top|| File under:


WATCH: Passenger Ejected from F-15D Eagle Flight at Massachusetts Base
[Breitbart] An airman was ejected recently from an F-15D Eagle flight before the aircraft took off from Barnes Air National Guard Base in Westfield, Massachusetts.

The incident involved an F-15 from the 104th Fighter Wing and video footage shows what appears to be the passenger moving on the ground after being ejected, the Air Force Times reported on Thursday.



The passenger was reportedly a recruiting officer.
A recruiting officer who missed the briefing about the funny-looking handle?
The unplanned
As contrasted with planned?
ejection occurred during what is called an incentive flight, which is a reward for service members. In the clip, the jet is seen making its way down the flight line after the mishap.
With the PIC revising the weight and balance...

Continues @ Link.

Video and ATC audio HERE.

Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 08/17/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [148 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A DEI recruiter?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/17/2025 0:34 Comments || Top||

#2  Oops!
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 08/17/2025 5:38 Comments || Top||

#3  Do Not Touch The Yellow Handle!
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/17/2025 8:01 Comments || Top||

#4  One way of dealing with back seat drivers...
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/17/2025 10:26 Comments || Top||

#5  That's a really great practical joke. "Hey, Bob, think quick!"
Posted by: Matt || 08/17/2025 11:40 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Large increase in Arctic Sea Ice this year.
[X]
Posted by: 3dc || 08/17/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [121 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
This can't be happening.
We have it on Clinton / Obama Lame-a-crats and NASA Climate ?____? Sudo-experts word, that the ICE CAP's, are rapidly melting.

That by 2000, then 2010, then 2020, or whatever the latest next 10 years is. That 100's of miles of inland east and west coastal areas of the world will be underwater.

Even those elite, that took time out of their busy schedules to fly their jets all around the world, warning us (while filling their Wallets $$$$). Have said so.



Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/17/2025 4:17 Comments || Top||

#2  Large increase in Arctic Sea Ice this year.

1234 Gazan children freeze to death?

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/17/2025 4:34 Comments || Top||

#3  #^2
SNIDE/SNARK of the day nomine.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/17/2025 5:27 Comments || Top||

#4  ^Gracias
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 08/17/2025 5:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Deceptive post.

The sea ice off the North Alaska coast may have increased from last year.

However, overall across the entire arctic, sea ice is well below the multiyear averages and even a bit below the 2022-2023 ice year.

https://nsidc.org/sea-ice-today/sea-ice-tools/charctic-interactive-sea-ice-graph
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/17/2025 8:49 Comments || Top||

#6  Looks like the polar bear triathlon is going to be delayed again.
Posted by: Super Hose || 08/17/2025 8:51 Comments || Top||


#8  You mean we might have to wait another ten years for Nueva York City to be under ten feet of wa-wa?

"al-Gore...Mr. al-Gore, please proceed to the nearest white courtesy phone."
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/17/2025 11:22 Comments || Top||


Floods and heavy rains in Pakistan kill more than 300 people
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] More than 300 people have died in Pakistan due to heavy rains and floods. This was reported on August 16 by Reuters, citing a statement by local authorities.

"The current monsoon season has seen more rainfall than usual, washing away roads and buildings," the report said.

On August 15, Russian President Vladimir Putin sent a telegram of condolences to Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif in connection with the tragic consequences of the flooding in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, expressing sympathy to the relatives of the victims and wishing a speedy recovery to the injured.

According to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Provincial Disaster Management Authority as of August 15, heavy rains damaged nearly 30 houses, seven of which were completely destroyed. Transport infrastructure facilities were destroyed in many areas of the province, and base stations were also damaged, causing disruptions in mobile communications in the region.

Posted by: badanov || 08/17/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [26 views] Top|| File under:



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