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Nineteen Years. Never Forget.
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Nineteen Years. Never Forget.
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Did we deserve this, sir?"
- NYFD firefighter to inquiring U.K. (Guardian) scribe
Posted by: Shereter Big Foot1279 || 09/11/2020 0:27 Comments || Top||

#2  I remember the picture of "The Falling Man" and it still brings a deep and abiding anger -- and I feel that one should never hate because hate destroys the mind...
Posted by: magpie || 09/11/2020 1:09 Comments || Top||

#3  ^If you can't hate, you can't love. Of course, love is said to destroy the mind too.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/11/2020 4:28 Comments || Top||

#4  That endless war seems to be finally ending after nearly 20 years. Trump has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. That must gall the left. I doubt Trump cares much about this award as the company isn't all that great, e.g. Arafat, Obummer.
Posted by: JohnQC || 09/11/2020 7:20 Comments || Top||

#5  Hate impairs judgement, and worse perhaps, aim.
Posted by: Cesare || 09/11/2020 7:21 Comments || Top||

#6  JohnQC

If by The Endless war you mean GWOT What makes you think it is in anyway over?
BTW this is NOT our longest war. Its the 3rd longest....sofar
Posted by: Sonny Black || 09/11/2020 7:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Until there is an across the board, ironclad committment to "only win" ROE, we don't need any more "war for war's sake."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/11/2020 9:45 Comments || Top||

#8  Just saw this on Rantingly and read it...

We're going to do something.

Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/11/2020 11:22 Comments || Top||

#9  Travel ban is the way to go. We don't go there and they don't come here. I'm afraid I've become an isolationists and a trade protectionist. We can trade and interact with the people in the world who are civilized and respect human rights. But we need to stay away from barbarians, tyrants and others who mean us no good and we need to keep them away from America.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/11/2020 11:37 Comments || Top||

#10  Remember this also, Biden opposed raid that killed Bin Laden.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 || 09/11/2020 15:23 Comments || Top||

#11  Trying to find the well done documentary which does the whole event in real time, just showing video and timestamp.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/11/2020 16:34 Comments || Top||

#12  Remember this also, Biden opposed raid that killed Bin Laden.

The fact that even Hussein Bath House ignored that advice says something.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/11/2020 18:01 Comments || Top||

#13  History Channel, "102 Minutes"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/11/2020 18:16 Comments || Top||

#14 
Posted by: 3dc || 09/11/2020 18:56 Comments || Top||

#15  JohnQC, nominated for two actually. He was nominated by a Swedish politician today for the Serbia/Kosovo deal. Not really a peace deal but a huge step.

BLM will probably get the prize because that's about how worthwhile the thing is, but still I hope the nominations pile up.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 09/11/2020 19:05 Comments || Top||

#16  Fred. You have done yeoman's work for a long time. Thank you.
Posted by: no mo uro || 09/11/2020 21:49 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
U.S. Coast Guard in San Diego seizes $390 MILLION worth of cocaine and marijuana from 13 boats
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/11/2020 11:38 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Narcos

#1  Now, where is that Chinese fishing fleet?
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/11/2020 11:39 Comments || Top||

#2  The Biden boat regatta. The Cartel doesn't want the wall anymore than Joe and his group.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/11/2020 11:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Way the debt is skyrocketing, the government may need to resell some of this stuff. Coming to a US Customs seized merchandise auction near your.
Posted by: Shutle Jones3986 || 09/11/2020 12:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Yawn. Who cares? Legalize it and treat addicts medically. Spend our time and money on things that matter.
Posted by: Iblis || 09/11/2020 14:11 Comments || Top||

#5  ..we seem to have a lot of drug users under the influence in direct contact with police these past months. Legalizing it wouldn't have change the perps actions.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/11/2020 17:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Legalizing it wouldn't have change the perps actions.

If you buy the notion that legalization would make that stuff cheaper and more plentiful, some of the perps might have been too baked to get to the festivities, or even better, terminally recreated...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/11/2020 18:06 Comments || Top||

#7  Let the druggies kill themselves!
Posted by: Pearl Lumplump5167 || 09/11/2020 19:42 Comments || Top||

#8  Wait, MJ to California? Isn't that like sending coal to Bristol?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/11/2020 21:49 Comments || Top||

#9  A feller could have a pretty nice time in Vegas with all that.

And you wouldn't have to sleep for weeks!
Posted by: SteveS || 09/11/2020 23:25 Comments || Top||

#10  MJ to California? Isn't that like sending coal to Bristol?

As I understand, the black market is still thriving in Cali due to the taxes and licensing fees the state imposes on legal sellers. tl;dr: legal weed costs more than black market.
Posted by: SteveS || 09/11/2020 23:31 Comments || Top||

#11  Waaat? But Legalization!

(same in Colorado, sure the same in Oklahoma)
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/11/2020 23:36 Comments || Top||


Africa North
ISIS claim IED attack targeting a military vehicle near Qatiya, west of Bir al-Abd, North Sinai
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Morocco- BCIJ dismantle militant network of 5 (likely ISIS sympathizers) in Temara, Skhirat, Tiflet & Tangier
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Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Fifth Column
Portland catch and release
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


Mayor @tedwheeler announced that as police commissioner, he is banning @PortlandPolice from using tear gas under all circumstances
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  But not banning crocodile tears (Teddy's stock in trade)
Posted by: Blinky Glinter7822 || 09/11/2020 0:18 Comments || Top||

#2  At some point, the police are going to simply not show up. I hope that while Portland burns, MayorTed receives some instant karma.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 09/11/2020 0:37 Comments || Top||

#3  So are old cannons with grape shot okay?
Posted by: 3dc || 09/11/2020 1:04 Comments || Top||

#4  I'm surprised the entire Portland PD hasn't already resigned, as Wheeler is clearly on the side of the rioters.

What a shithole.
Posted by: Dave D. || 09/11/2020 8:15 Comments || Top||

#5  ^That is exactly what he and the rioters want.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 || 09/11/2020 11:58 Comments || Top||

#6  If I didn't know better, I'd say someone is either paying him or has nekkid pics of him.
Posted by: gorb || 09/11/2020 12:12 Comments || Top||

#7  If I was a cop in Portland (or a similarly anti-police city) I would call in with a case of Blue COVID-19 rather than resign.
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/11/2020 12:43 Comments || Top||

#8  Vast majority of police are honorable and even though it may be tempting to say "Fukit, you deserve this.", they won't.
Posted by: Shutle Jones3986 || 09/11/2020 12:48 Comments || Top||

#9  Note: Black male and black female chief's across the country wasted no time heading for the exits.
Posted by: Vespasian Ebbereng3110 || 09/11/2020 13:19 Comments || Top||

#10  You really can't make this sh!t up. They want to abolish the police. Might as well abolish the position of mayor for all the good it is doing. Ridiculous.
Posted by: Clem || 09/11/2020 13:54 Comments || Top||

#11  Not crazy or surreal - this is simply an insurrection. It needs to be met with force
Posted by: Whavins Trotsky7888 || 09/11/2020 15:33 Comments || Top||

#12  I'm willing to bet if Proud Boys showed up, tear gas would suddenly be on the menu
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 09/11/2020 16:28 Comments || Top||

#13  He is also police commissioner? What a racket.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/11/2020 16:37 Comments || Top||

#14  Behind an armor-plated desk he bravely leads the charge from HQ.
Posted by: magpie || 09/11/2020 16:41 Comments || Top||

#15  This is why the Mayor and Police Commissioner should never, ever, be the same person.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/11/2020 18:55 Comments || Top||

#16  BG1136: we'll see the truth of that on the 26th. Wheeler will use all tools at his disposal to protect his insurrection
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/11/2020 19:08 Comments || Top||


Laurielle Aviles was investigated by FBI & arrested this week. She faces both local & federal charges
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
That’s “woman” to you, Bub, and don’t you forget it!
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Nice try, Bubbles, but won't get you any love in the clink (or the star).

Try shaving for a start. Eyeliner too.
Posted by: Punky Splat5737 || 09/11/2020 0:58 Comments || Top||

#2  OK I have ask the question.
Is this a:
He, a She, a He-She, a She-He
or She-It?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/11/2020 5:49 Comments || Top||

#3  A shim.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/11/2020 5:58 Comments || Top||

#4  You're going the long way around, boys. It's delusional and when the entire country, ye, global social order wouldn't play along, well what's a fairly hideous, delusional creature to do BUT riot and arson.
Posted by: Cesare || 09/11/2020 7:27 Comments || Top||

#5  In this case, I could understand jumping off a bridge.
Posted by: gorb || 09/11/2020 8:20 Comments || Top||

#6  The woeman/shmoman could time itself from 10 stories to ground level.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 09/11/2020 21:58 Comments || Top||


44-year-old man was arrested Tuesday on suspicion of arson in a wildfire that has burned nearly 400
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Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Separately, in WA (plus a roundup of what we know about multiple arson cases across the Left Coast):

ANTIFA NUTJOB LIVESTREAMS OWN ARREST AFTER ALLEGEDLY COMMITTING ARSON
Posted by: Nero Noodleman2903 || 09/11/2020 0:42 Comments || Top||

#2  and his name was Climate Change
Posted by: Bob Grorong1136 || 09/11/2020 11:03 Comments || Top||


Washington man arrested for starting fire in median of highway, police say
[FoxNews] More than 50 wildfires are burning across Washington, scorching more than 300,000 acres.

Trooper Ryan Burke with the Washington State Patrol said on Twitter that the 36-year-old was caught in the median of State Route 167 in Puyallup, located just outside of Tacoma.

Courtesy of Nero Noodleman2903 in comments:
Antifa Nutjob Livestreams Own Arrest After Allegedly Committing Arson

[ClarionNews] An alleged Antifa arsonist charged for reckless burning in the second degree had reported a fire set in Washington and then filmed his subsequent arrest.

Jeffrey Acord, 36 of Pallyup, called 911 Wednesday evening to report a fire in the median of Highway 167 near Tacoma, Washington. After dialing dispatch services, Acord then livestreamed the incident to his Facebook page, providing constant narration.

According to Q13 Fox, Washington State Patrol Trooper Ryan Burke reported that a man was caught setting a fire in the brush. State patrol also sourced a woman who cited a man walking on the highway in Sumner holding a lighter.

When an officer questioned Acord’s presence, the suspect claimed that he was recovering his $1,000 recording equipment, because the camera case allegedly flew out of his backpack while biking the previous day to his girlfriend’s place in Bellevue.

“I’ve been out here all day searching for my camera,” Acord told police, also noting the loss of his camera bag on the freeway in a prior Facebook post. “I’m trying to cover the area thoroughly.”

Acord was then arrested for implicating himself at the scene of the fire.

“There’s nothing you can connect to me to this at all,” Acord stated before the video cut out. “I was literally calling this in.”

The fire was contained to the interstate and extinguished by the local fire department. Puyallup Police were forced to close the northbound ramp.

Acord was detained with bail set at $1,000 and then transferred from the Pallyup City Jail to the Pierce County Jail where he was booked under a separate burglary charge.

Reckless burning in the second degree is a gross misdemeanor punishable by up to 364 days in jail.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  https://youtu.be/1EoEe--uNK4
Posted by: newc || 09/11/2020 2:10 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkey Sentences Five Journalists for Naming Intelligence Agents in Libya
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Iraq
For the fourth consecutive day, Iraqi Federal Police forces carried out the mission of inspecting villages, valleys, and farmlands in Kirkuk
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Trump says U.S. troops in Iraq to be reduced to 2,000 soon
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq

#1  Redeploy them to Baghdad-West aka Portlandistan
Posted by: Elmuling Javiter7889 || 09/11/2020 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Good, and the faster that number is zero, the better.
Posted by: Clem || 09/11/2020 0:27 Comments || Top||

#3  Now work that with our troops in Europe since 1943.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/11/2020 7:26 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Syria reports Israeli airstrike near northern city of Aleppo
[Ynet] Israeli warplanes fired missiles on suburbs of the northern city of Aleppo early Friday, Syrian state media said, amid increased airstrikes on Syria in recent weeks. There were no immediate reports of casualties.

On Aug. 31, an attack targeted the southern suburbs of the capital Damascus killing two soldiers and wounding seven.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/11/2020 06:04 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran Proxies


#2  Israel attack in Syria reportedly aimed at Iranian security plants
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/11/2020 9:35 Comments || Top||


Russian airstrikes and military operations in September kill 57 ISIS members, regime soldiers and loyalists
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:15 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State

#1  Go Russia!
Posted by: gorb || 09/11/2020 1:49 Comments || Top||

#2  That calls for some "potato juice"!
Posted by: Clem || 09/11/2020 3:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Klement, you're such a disappointment - vodka is made from wheat. 😢
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 09/11/2020 4:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Ahem...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 09/11/2020 14:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Precisely! Thank you, MM.
Posted by: Clem || 09/11/2020 14:35 Comments || Top||


New rivalry in ''Peace_Spring'' areas Clashes erupt between ''Al_Hamza_Division'' and ''Ahrar_Al_Sharqiyyah'' in Tal_Halaf
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Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Russian reinforcement 50 trucks carrying weapons, armoured vehicles and logistical supplies head to Al_Qamisli airbase
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Ras_Al_Ain (Sere_Kaniye) Woman shot by gunmen of ''Al_Hamzat_Division'' after quarrels between the faction and locals
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Idlib HTS seizes property and real estate of civilians and pro-regime military in countryside
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


'De-escalation zone' Rebels target regime forces and loyalists' positions in north-western Hama countryside
[SYRIAHR] SOHR sources say that the factions targeted positions of regime forces and loyalists near al-Baraka village and Mirza castle in Sahl al-Ghab area in north-western Hama countryside No casualties have been reported.

It is worth nothing that groups of Russian forces are stationed in Mirza castle, adjacent to administrative borders of Latakia province.

SOHR sources said earlier that regime ground forces fired several rockets on al-Ruwayha and Bayanin village in Jabal al-Zawiyah in the southern countryside of Idlib. Regime rocket fire coincided with flights by Russian reconnaissance drones over the area.

Observatory sources reported earlier this morning that regime forces renewed their rocket attacks on Jabal al-Zawiyah this morning, targeting positions in Kansafra, Sfuhen, Kafr Oweid, al-Fterah and other places in the area, amid ongoing flights by reconnaissance drones over the area..
Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: al-Nusra


Four Russian jets strike ISIS positions in Al_Raqqah_desert
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Posted by: Fred || 09/11/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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  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’
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  Turkish lira has hit a record low against the dollar
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  BLM protesters in DC are calling for the White House to be burned down, cops killed.
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Mon 2020-08-31
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