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[Regnum] The death toll from floods caused by heavy rainfall in southern Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has risen to 39. This was reported on May 3 by CNN Brasil.
It is clarified that today 39 people have become victims of the worst floods in the last few decades, and another 68 are listed as missing. In addition, according to the state government, at least 74 people were injured due to the rampant disaster.
The rains in Rio Grande do Sul began on Monday, April 29. To date, 265 municipalities have been affected, 32 thousand people are left homeless and are in temporary shelters. In the state capital of Porto Alegre, one of the floodgates of Lake Patus burst, leaving areas in the north of the city at risk of flooding. A delegation led by Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva arrived in the affected region against the backdrop of unfavorable forecasts.
As specialists from the Brazilian Geological Survey clarified, the flooding was the worst in more than 80 years. Water levels in several cities were at their highest since records began nearly 150 years ago.
Earlier, IA Regnum reported that in the south of Brazil, 29 people became victims of floods, and another 60 were missing. Parts of the state of Rio Grande do Sul remain on red alert.
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[Gateway] Their lawyer, Robert Barnes, charges, "This is the craziest thing I’ve every seen."
The fight apparently stems from allegations the two were practicing veterinary medicine without a license for running ultrasound test on cattle, a procedure that is common for farmers to use for various reasons.
The result was an investigation by the state of Pennsylvania, where officials demanded that the two turn over their records.
They failed to do what state officials demanded, and the report notes that resulted in contempt orders against the men.
The state’s court officials told the broadcast outlet that there is no option for bail, and no "sentencing hearing" required for contempt charges. Authorities simply arrest the suspects and jail them, the report said.
Eventually, a judge signed arrest warrants for the two, as well as orders to jail them in their respective counties, warrants that just recently were executed.
A critic of the two say there was ample due process, but Barnes issued a statement:
[SOFX] Russian Mercenaries Track Notorious Warlord Joseph Kony ... The Lords Resistance Army is a religious and military group formed in 1987. It is led by Joseph Kony, who proclaims himself the spokesperson of God and a spirit medium, and who is periodically possessed by demons, Beelzebub and Legion prominent among them. Kony advises his soldiers to draw crosses on their chests as a protection against bullets. This does't work, but nobody outside the LRA minds. The group is based on a hodge podge of apocalyptic Christianity, mysticism, and traditional Acholi religion, and claims to be establishing a theocratic state based on an odd interpretation of the Ten Commandments. The LRA is famous for systematic criminal conduct, including murder, abduction, mutilation, sexual enslavement of women and children, forcing children to participate in hostilities, and occasional cannibalism. The LRA operates mainly in northern Uganda and also in parts of Sudan, Central African Republic and DR Congo... in the Central African Republic
Russian mercenaries associated with the Wagner Group have intensified efforts to capture one of the world’s most elusive fugitives, Joseph Kony, the notorious leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). According to multiple sources, including a Rolling Stone report, a recent operation in the Central African Republic nearly succeeded in apprehending Kony, who has evaded international efforts to capture him for over two decades.
In early April, in a remote area of the Central African Republic, Wagner mercenaries engaged in a significant gunfight near a village named Yemen, where Kony was believed to be hiding. The operation followed the surrender of 14 defectors from Kony’s LRA at the end of March to Wagner-affiliated Chadian fighters posing as Central African Republic government forces. This action led to a severe skirmish in Yemen, reportedly resulting in casualties among both the local population and Wagner’s forces.
Kony, indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity, has been a ghostly figure in the African bush, orchestrating a campaign of terror that includes abduction, mutilation, and forced recruitment of children into his militant group. Despite various international efforts, including a high-profile U.S. military operation named Observant Compass, Kony has remained at large, moving frequently across borders and evading capture.
Wagner’s pursuit represents a significant shift in the dynamics of international military operations in Africa. The Russian mercenary group, led until last year by Yevgeny Prigozhin, has been increasingly active on the continent, providing direct military support to several African regimes in exchange for access to natural resources and strategic footholds.
The implications of Wagner potentially capturing Kony are profound, challenging the efficacy of Western-led military interventions in Africa. This comes at a time when U.S. and European influence on the continent is perceived to be waning, as evidenced by recent coups in Mali and Niger that have disrupted long standing military partnerships.
[NY Post] Meghan Markle might be one of the most famous women on the planet — but Hollywood power players are purportedly less than impressed with her showbiz prowess.
The Duchess of Sussex, 42, is said to be scrambling after the launch of her forthcoming podcast with Lemonada Media was reportedly pushed back to next year. Ooooo! A podcast!
According to In Touch, honchos at the company put the project on pause for fear that the upcoming launch of her lifestyle brand, American Riviera Orchard, would take attention away from her audio endeavors.
"Meghan gets greedy," an inside source told the publication.
"She wants everything all at once, and it’s backfiring on her again. She’s become a total joke and is overplaying her hand."
Lemonada execs are also allegedly worried that Markle’s upcoming Netflix cooking show will divert attention from the podcast
"That clearly didn’t go down well with Lemonada," the source stated.
"They surely expected to be Meghan’s priority project, but she must have decided she had bigger fish to fry with Netflix."
The purported pushback of the podcast comes after Markle’s Spotify series "Archetypes" was not renewed for a second season.
The source says Markle now desperately needs a hit with her Netflix show or her lifestyle brand in order to prove that she and husband Prince Harry are still viable in Hollywood.
However, the insider isn’t holding out hope.
“Almost everything they’ve tried has ended in disaster,” they tartly declared.
Meanwhile, one well-placed source in Tinseltown told In Touch that A-listers have little respect for the Duchess, who commands big bucks for her content.
“Hollywood is glam and glitz on the outside, but the real stars have worked hard for their success — and you get the impression hard work isn’t really Meghan’s thing,” the anonymous source says.
“Now, after all her failures, those A-listers — and the royals — are laughing at her!”
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A story that promises a shovel full of dirt and delivers a grass stain.
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Her only actual talent was snagging the ginger idiot, and her only remaining play when this all fizzles will be manufacturing a reason to dump him and play the race card on the talk circuit one last time. Coming attraction Harry, and Wills isn't in a forgiving mood.
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“Almost everything they’ve tried has ended in disaster,”
Positively Shakespearean, it is. You would want someone a bit more charismatic for the lead, but the Meghan Markle Story has all the ingredients for a good trashy Netflix serial.
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"Also, the “Black Wasps” are considered the most prepared and combat-ready unit for war in rural conditions. A special feature of the unit’s use is the use of tactics of small mobile autonomous groups of 5-6 fighters, capable of penetrating deep behind enemy lines and causing critical damage to key military communications."
I wonder how many Sheriffs throughout the US have encountered such suspect groupings without being aware of it. In California, we started a joint federal, state and local law enforcement intelligence framework to try and link locals to the national systems and give national systems local visibility, with considerable success. Now, the tidal wave of illegal incursions has undoubtedly swamped the entire system/
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
Link to the Australian defense department is a series of pdf files.
[ColonelCassad] An independent analysis of the state of the fleet was carried out by a government advisory group, taking into account the updated National Defense Strategy. The new fleet modernization and expansion plan calls for $7.32 billion in addition to the planned $35.6 billion for fleet renewal.
As part of the plan, the advisory group proposes:
– the acquisition of nine “Tier 1” warships, including three existing Hobart-class destroyers with Aegis Baseline 9 CIS and six Hunter-class frigates;
– acquisition of six large surface ships with additional crew (LOSV) with 32 vertical launch systems and Aegis Baseline 9 control system;
– acquisition of seven (optimally eleven) “tier 2” ships to replace eight ANZAC class frigates.
In connection with the fleet renewal plan, a number of questions arise, in particular financing - most of the expected funds remain unallocated.
Another question is whether the current government will be able to avoid the pitfalls of timely budget releases, as was the case with past programs. Examples include the Collins class submarines, Hobart class destroyers and Arafura patrol ships, which had various problems during production and after delivery to the fleet. With a limited number of shipbuilding personnel, the threat of missed delivery deadlines can hang over every ship.
The first-in-class ANZAC frigate is scheduled to be decommissioned this year, while the second-in-class frigate Arunta will not join the fleet until 2026. In addition, the Type 26 frigates selected by the government in June 2018 are years behind schedule and suffering from excessive costs. The first ship was initially planned to be delivered between 2027 and 2030; The earliest date currently expected is 2032.
Another challenge is recruiting, training and retaining enough fleet personnel to man the growing number of ships.
Of course, all these events are anti-Chinese in nature as part of the US strategy to use Australia and AUKUS to put pressure on China.Previously, as part of this strategy, the project to build nuclear submarines for the Australian Navy was pushed through.
Increasing the capabilities of the navies of Australia, Japan, South Korea and the Philippines is, among other things, a way to compensate for the US lagging behind China in the number of ships of the main classes and the pace of implementation of shipbuilding programs.
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"US lagging behind China in the number of ships of the main classes and the pace of implementation of shipbuilding programs." Years of neglect. Fear and panic. A tool as with Ukraine, Georgia and EU. Spend, spend, upgrades never ending money drain. Who needs diplomacy. The hounds of war bark as they bankrupt and destroy their own countries. Apposing thought contrary to liberal totalitarianism, banned. All medias controlled, institutions and the printed word. Welcome to our new age of enlightenment. Soon to appear even here and welcomed by some. The fantasy of a uni-polar world will fail as it is dying now. The red flags are showing here now; social unrest, economic decline, decline in birth rates, big cities dying, always the answer is tax and spend. Why, those who rule are too far removed from the common people. The kicker is they haven't fixed anything with all the money.
[NYPOST] A second whistleblower has died under mysterious circumstances, just two months after another one allegedly shot himself in the head — and the attorneys for both men hope their deaths don’t scare away the at least 10 other whistleblowers who want the company to clean up its act.
Joshua Dean, 45, a former quality auditor at Spirit AeroSystems which assembles fuselage sections for Boeing, died Tuesday morning from a fast-growing mystery infection.
Dean’s death comes less than two months after Boeing whistleblower John Barnett, 62, died from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound on March 9.
Barnett, who had worked for Boeing for 32 years, was found dead in his Dodge Ram truck holding a silver pistol in his hand in the parking lot of his South Carolina hotel after he failed to show up for the second part of his testimony for a bombshell lawsuit against the company.
[WIRE] Comedian Bill Maher took a shot at President Joe Biden this week for effectively supporting the anti-Semitic protesters on college campuses with his latest student loan bailout.
Maher made the remarks Friday evening on his HBO show "Real Time" while discussing the recent demonstrations that have roiled numerous top universities.
"When I read about the college loans ... ’Biden administration’s student debt cancelation will cost a combined $870 billion to $1.4 trillion.’ That’s a lot of debt forgiveness," Maher said. "Colleges constantly raise tuition, then the kids take out more loans, then the government comes by and pays those loans. Okay, so my tax dollars are supporting this Jew hating? I don’t think so."
Maher discussed the issue with former Trump campaign manager Kellyanne Conway and Bloomberg Businessweek correspondent Joshua Green.
"Yeah, I mean, Trump is winning the youth vote by, I think, 11 points, that’s pretty astounding to me," Maher said, referring to a recent CNN poll. "What do you make of that?"
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
... The Lords Resistance Army is a religious and military group formed in 1987. It is led by Joseph Kony, who proclaims himself the 
[NYPOST] A second whistleblower has died under mysterious circumstances, just two months after another one allegedly shot himself in the head — and the attorneys for both men hope their deaths don’t scare away the at least 10 other whistleblowers who want the company to clean up its act.
