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Good Morning

MSNBC's Heilemann Claims '30 Million
People Right Now' Ready to Take Up Arms for Trump
Tuesday December 14th, 2021

DorothySebastian_0b706bbb
'Fraud' case in Iraqi court against election results by PMU adjourned
Libya's two parallel central bank branches will formally begin the process of reunification
Record high migrant detentions at US-Mexico border
Thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico clash with police
Arizona mayor declares state of emergency due to situation with migrants
Turkish lira crashed as much as seven percent to a new record near 15 to the dollar
Ghislaine Maxwell is set to call 35 witnesses at her sex trafficking trial in just two or three days - but is unlikely to testify herself

Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 14:06 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Dorothy Sebastian was an American film and stage actress.
Born:
Stella Dorothy Sabiston,
April 26, 1903, Birmingham, Alabama, U.S.
Died:
April 08, 1957, Woodland Hills, Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Posted by: Punky Grumble9582 || 12/14/2021 15:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Thank you, Fred, for continuing your front-page theme of Bygone Celebrities at Christmas. Today your publication features Dorothy Sebastian (aka Stella Dorothy Sabiston), who, as it turns out, is an actress for most other holidays and celebrations too.

First Christmas and then a few from the other holidays;
(You might add these to your extensive Burger Celebrity Archives)
Sincerely, your friend Punky
(P.S. Please don't grumble, I promise you I'm doing my best.)

Gwen Lee & Dorothy Sabastian challenge for the Christmas Turkey Wishbone


The Christmas Turkey before the steroid treatments

Dorothy with a Blunderbuss, how the turkey met it's demise

Dorothy preparing the prised turkey in her kitchen on Christmas Eve

Looks like Dorothy wishing all Burgers a Merry Christmas (think of it as mistletoe on growth hormones) Throw Her a Kiss (B kisses his screen in instances like this)

Posted by: Punky Grumble9582 || 12/14/2021 15:59 Comments || Top||

#3  The Other Holidays of Dorothy Sabastian
Random - no order - no comment - can't get enough of a good-looking actress








Christmas again, how did that get in there?
Posted by: Punky Grumble9582 || 12/14/2021 16:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Re: pic #5, second set.

Now that's what I call 'getting a Halloween bone'
Ehr.

Well, my spell check says it's right... 😉
Posted by: Titus Gray8356 || 12/14/2021 17:37 Comments || Top||

#5  Nah, I won't be surprised if I received one of these for my above comment; after all it is a bit racy.

https://rantburg.com/Pix/leavethenet.jpg
Posted by: Titus Gray8356 || 12/14/2021 17:42 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Al-Shabaab briefly seizes town in central Somalia
[Garowe] al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all of which have enough problems without them...
Lions of Islam on Monday retook a strategic town in Central Somalia albeit temporarily, in a drastic move that could yet again raise questions about the ability of Somali government forces to effectively handle insecurity incidents.

The al-Qaeda linked group seized Matabaan, a key town in the Hiran region on Monday according to the residents who spoke to Garowe Online by phone. The Lions of Islam raised their black banner on top of Matabaan's police and administrative offices to show their arrival.

According to reports, the Lions of Islam temporarily took over control of the town when Galmadug coppers who were tasked with manning the area left for unknown reasons. Once Somali National Army [SNA] seizes important towns, they hand them over to other security forces.

The latest reports from Matabaann town indicate that the al-Shabaab fighters have left the town as government troops mobilize in Guriel to head to the area. Before leaving, the Lions of Islam reportedly destroyed the town’s cop shoppe by detonating explosives.

The development comes just days after government forces in Guriel faced Ahla Sunna Wal Jamaa [ASWJ] in the region, leading to the death of dozens. The ASWJ militia was once an ally of the federal government of Somalia before cutting ranks.

The Somali government has been battling against al-Shabaab Lions of Islam with the help of African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Mission Forces [AMISOM] in the region. Although the troops have not managed to completely vanquish al-Shabaab, important gains have been made.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


Police fire tear gas at protesters in Sudan's capital
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Sudanese police fired tear gas Monday to disperse hundreds of protesters who rallied near the presidential palace in Khartoum demanding civilian rule, witnesses said.It was the latest rally in recent weeks by Sudanese opposed to a military-dominated government in the country where top general Abdel Fattah al-Burhan seized power in an October coup.

On Sunday, Rooters revealed that Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok has replaced all acting state governors appointed by the country’s military leader after a coup in late October.

The decision is part of efforts by Hamdok, who returned to the premiership under a deal with the military, to roll back changes made by the military following the takeover.



Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Sudan


Africa Subsaharan
Gunmen Invade Plateau Community Market, Kill Seven, Injure Others
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

An attack by button men on a community market in Pinau community of the Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State has left at least seven people dead, Daily Trust reports.

Many villagers were also injured in the attack which was carried out on Sunday evening.

Wase youth leader, Shapi’i Sambo confirmed the latest attack, and further described it as unfortunate.

He said the button men stormed the market and started shooting sporadically.

Another source said that in the last 10 days, button men had kidnapped many people in the area and collected millions of naira as ransom.

The source said, "They collect ransom in millions. Sometime they collect N2 million and sometime N5 millions. Last three days, they collected N5million before releasing a man whom they kidnapped some days back."
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Banditti


Boko Haram Fighters Invade Borno Community In Several Gun Trucks
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Militants from the Islamic State-backed faction of Boko Haram, the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), formerly known as Jamā'at Ahl as-Sunnah lid-Da'wah wa'l-Jihād in several gun trucks on Monday invaded Shallangba near Debiro in the Hawul Local Government Area of Borno State.

SaharaReporters gathered that the insurgents stormed the community, in heavy gunshots after overpowering the local hunters.

The situation forced residents to scamper for safety and remain indoors as the shelling continued, a military source told SaharaReporters.

Since the death of JAS leader, Abubakar Shekau, ISWAP has been consolidating its grip in locations around Lake Chad.

Just recently, it appointed Wali Sani Shuwaram, a 45-year-old as the new Leader (Wali) of ISWAP in Lake Chad.

The sect’s membership has swollen with the defection of hundreds of Boko Haram fighters under Shekau.

The Nigerian Army has repeatedly claimed that insurgency had been largely defeated and frequently underplays any losses.

The terror group has been responsible for over 50,000 deaths and displaced millions of individuals mainly in Adamawa, Borno, and Yobe states.
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Boko Haram (ISIS)


Caribbean-Latin America
Thousands of migrants traveling through Mexico clash with police
[NYPOST] Thousands of migrants colonists clashed with Mexican police Sunday as they approached Mexico City on their northward trek through the Central American country. Approximately 550 coppers were deployed to lead the migrants colonists through the Mexican capital, government officials told BBC News.

The migrants colonists were planning to walk to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, a well-known pilgrimage site in the city. However,
there's more than one way to skin a cat...
police reportedly blocked the group, telling them they should spend the night at a hostel before moving on.

Authorities alleged the migrants colonists attacked first, saying they threw stones and grabbed police shields

Some migrants colonists claimed they felt threatened after being surrounded by the riot gear-clad officers, according to BBC News.

The migrants colonists had been walking along the highway connecting Mexico City with Puebla before they were stopped.

Related courtesy of Skidmark: Why Mexico is not prepared for the migrant caravan


Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Suspect convicted in Kuban on recruitment case
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] The court sentenced an unidentified 26-year-old man to eight years in a strict regime colony, having found him guilty of trying to persuade the prisoners of the Krasnodar remand prison to participate in a banned organization.

The Oktyabrsky District Court of Krasnodar was considering a criminal case against the man accused of committing crimes under Part 2 of Article 282.2 (participation in the activities of a religious association, in respect of which the court adopted a final decision banning activities in connection with the implementation of extremist activities , with the exception of organizations that, in accordance with the legislation of the Russian Federation, are recognized as terrorist) and part 1.1 of Article 282.2 of the Criminal Code of the Russian Federation (inclination, recruitment and other involvement of a person in the activities of an extremist organization).

According to the court's verdict, in August 2020, having joined an international religious association, whose activities were recognized as extremist and prohibited on the territory of Russia, the man was a supporter of religious ideology and shared the main ideas of this religious association, according to a statement on the website of the Krasnodar Regional Court today.

"While on the territory of SIZO No. 1 in the city of Krasnodar, he actively promoted the ideas of a banned organization and carried out work on recruiting new participants. and also persuaded and urged to take part in it," said in a message on the court's website.

The illegal activities of the 26-year-old man were identified and suppressed by the officers of the Federal Directorate of the Russian Federation for the Krasnodar Territory.

The Oktyabrskiy District Court of Krasnodar found him guilty and sentenced him to eight years in a maximum security colony, as well as restriction of liberty for a year and a half. The verdict has not entered into legal force, said the joint press service of the courts of the Krasnodar Territory.

Posted by: badanov || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:


Fifth Column
Antifa militants in black uniforms showed up at the home of alderwoman Kelly Russel in Frederick, Md
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1 

It seems the more Anti-FA protests, the more they take on the look and actions of the Fascism that they use as an excuse to Riot, Loot and even occasionally protest.

Black Waffen SS Uniforms?

BTW: the Anti-FA salute/gesture of a clenched fist is actually a Communist gesture. Initially it was used in the Spanish Civil War between the fascists and the communists.

So Given everything they do, mimic and whine about. Does Black Lives ONLY Matter & ANTI-FA have Communist Roots, Support and Funding?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/14/2021 6:02 Comments || Top||

#2  the Anti-FA salute/gesture of a clenched fist is actually a Communist gesture.

That’s because they are the direct descendants of the Red Shirts paid by Stalin to fight the Nazi Brown Shirts in the streets of Germany.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2021 7:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Antifa? Frederick, Maryland? Incredible! And the goose-stepping FBI leadership turns (purposefully) a blind eye to a vicious revolutionary movement.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 12/14/2021 9:08 Comments || Top||

#4  Targets...with Uniforms?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/14/2021 9:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Look at the mug shots of the hundreds of Teefa freaks that Andy Ngo has posted over the last few years. Read their Sh!tter squawk. Most Teefa in this country are either
a) violently mentally ill,
b) serious drug abusers,
c) gender-bender freaks, or
d) a combination of some it all of a)-c)
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/14/2021 9:54 Comments || Top||

#6  the uniforms make them a legitimate target right?
Posted by: Chris || 12/14/2021 11:36 Comments || Top||

#7  a) violently mentally ill,
b) serious drug abusers,
c) gender-bender freaks, or
d) a combination of some it all of a)-c)


e) violent criminals looking for cover to cut loose.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2021 19:45 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ e) violent criminals looking for cover to cut loose - indeed.

This crew covers at least four of the a-e Teefa bucket list: "Shoot ME, Ni--a!"
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/14/2021 20:07 Comments || Top||


The Grand Turk
Turkish lira crashed as much as seven percent to a new record near 15 to the dollar
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


India-Pakistan
Terrorists fire upon Police vehicle in Srinagar's Zewan; 2 dead, 12 injured
[OneIndia] Two Jammu and Kashmir
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there....
police personnel were killed and 12 injured on Monday when bully boyz opened fire on their bus in Zewan area on the outskirts of Srinagar city.

The bus, carrying 25 police personnel, came under fire from bully boyz in Zewan in Pantha Chowk area this evening. At least 14 personnel of the ninth battalion of the Jammu and Kashmir Armed Police sustained injuries in the attack. The injured were evacuated to various hospitals where two of them died.

Among the injured personnel, ASI Ghulam Hassan and SgCT Safique Ali gave up the ghost and attained martyrdom,whereas condition of other injured personnel is stated to be stable, the police said.

"Police has started the paperwork but haven't done much else in this regard under relevant sections of law and officers continue to work to establish the circumstances which lead to this terror crime. Area has been cordoned off and search in the area is going on," they added.

In a tweet, the Prime Minister's Office (PMO) said, "PM Narendra Modi has sought details on the terror attack in Jammu and Kashmir. He has also expressed condolences to the families of those security personnel who have been martyred in the attack."

The attack comes days after two cops were killed in a terror attack on a police party in Jammu and Kashmir's Bandipora district, evoking widespread condemnation from various political parties.

The two coppers were maimed in the firing and were admitted to a hospital, where they died.

The attack also comes on the close heels of the recent spate of assassinations on migrant workers and members of the minority communities in Kashmir.

No terrorist outfit has so far grabbed credit for the firing on the police bus which came on the 20th anniversary of the attack on the Parliament building in the national capital by the Jaish-e-Mohammad
...literally Army of Mohammad, a Pak-based Deobandi terror group founded by Maulana Masood Azhar in 2000, after he split with the Harkat-ul-Mujaheddin. In 2002 the government of Pervez Musharraf banned the group, which changed its name to Khaddam ul-Islam and continued doing what it had been doing before without missing a beat...
terrorist outfit.

On December 13 in 2001, bully boyz attacked the Parliament complex and opened fire, killing nine people. All five bully boyz were rubbed out.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2021 01:21 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Taxi driver to be charged with aiding terrorist in Jerusalem stabbing
[IsraelTimes] Police say investigation into suspected accomplice in Damascus Gate attack completed; teenage suspects in separate Jerusalem stabbing remanded for 4 days

Police said Monday that a man suspected of aiding a Paleostinian terrorist who committed a stabbing attack near Jerusalem’s Old City earlier this month would soon be indicted over his role in the attack.

Separately, two female teenage suspects were remanded in jug for an additional four days over another stabbing attack, in the capital’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood, last week.

In the first case, a Paleostinian assailant stabbed a Jewish civilian near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem on December 4 and then attacked two Border Police officers, who subsequently shot him dead. The civilian was seriously maimed in the attack.

In a statement Monday, police said a 48-year-old taxi driver from Kafr Qasim had been arrested shortly after the attack, and that the man had now been arraigned in court and remanded in jug for four more days ahead of a formal indictment for allegedly aiding the terrorist.

Police said the driver’s investigation had ended, concluding that he had given a ride to the terrorist — a Paleostinian without a permit to enter Israel — from a roadblock near the West Bank city of Qalqilya to a place near Damascus Gate in Jerusalem, where the attack was carried out.

The statement did not specify if the man was suspected of knowingly aiding the terrorist or was aware he was entering Israel illegally.

The man’s taxi has been confiscated, the statement added.

The attack happened on Saturday near the Old City in Jerusalem. The assailant was seen crossing a street, then turning and repeatedly stabbing an ultra-Orthodox man behind him. He then ran at the responding officers.

The attacker was later identified as Muhammad Salima, a 25-year-old from the West Bank town of Salfit who was in Israel illegally.

The victim of the attack, Avraham Elmaliach, 21, was stabbed in the neck.

The officers were questioned after video of the incident showed them firing at Salima when he was already lying on the ground. But the State Prosecutor’s Office later closed an investigation into the officers, saying in a statement: "An examination of all the circumstances found that this was an incident that lasted only a few seconds, in circumstances where there was a real and tangible danger to the lives of the officers and civilians in the area."

In a separate suspected terror attack days later, an Israeli woman was lightly injured when an attacker plunged a foot-long (30 centimeter) knife into her back as she walked her five children to a daycare in the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah.

Police said the suspect was a 14-year-old girl who lives in Sheikh Jarrah. A member of a well-known local family, the suspect lives in a home that, like many in Sheikh Jarrah, is embroiled in a court battle with Jewish groups that have contested the property’s ownership.

Police said Monday that the remand of two teenage girls had been extended — the suspected stabber and a second who allegedly helped her after the attack and tried to eliminate incriminating evidence.

The investigation in their case is still ongoing. Court hearings in the case are being held behind closed doors due to the suspects’ age.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Lebanese Pound Declines Breaking 26,000 Record
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  *strokes chin*
Perhaps...if they start calling it Lira?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/14/2021 18:28 Comments || Top||

#2  pee-astre
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/14/2021 18:33 Comments || Top||


US forces 'kidnapped civilians' near Deir al-Zor: Syria state media - Kurds see it differently
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] US forces carried out a "large airborne operation" near Deir al-Zor in eastern Syria on Monday at dawn, Syrian state news agency SANA said.The American forces landed in the town of Busayra, east of Deir al-Zor, and "kidnapped a number of civilians," it said.

There was no independent confirmation of the report.

The province of Deir al-Zor, along the Iraqi border, is a strategic supply route for Iranian-backed militias who regularly send reinforcements into Syria to support Hereditary President-for-Life Bashir Pencilneck al-Assad
Supressor of the Damascenes...
against murderous Moslems seeking to topple his family rule.

US forces are deployed at a base in al-Tanf region, south of Deir al-Zor, as part of combat mission against Islamic State
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems....
snuffies who continue to wage a low-level insurgency in Iraq and Syria.

Rudaw’s take on events:
US-Kurdish raid kills five “dangerous” ISIS fighters in eastern Syria: statement

Kurdish counterterrorism forces and the global coalition against the Islamic State (ISIS) on Monday killed five members of a "dangerous" cell in a joint raid against the group in eastern Syria, according to a statement from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).

The Kurdish-led SDF said in the statement that a "dangerous" ISIS cell was hiding near al-Busayrah town in Deir ez-Zor province. "After investigations, information gathering, and careful follow-up of wanted persons during the last period, the cell’s whereabouts were raided with air support."

The ISIS fighters fired at the raiding forces who responded and killed five members of the cell, "most of whom were wearing boom belts," according to the SDF which said in the statement that the raid followed recent ISIS activities against civil and service institutions in the town.

Al-Busayrah is located on the banks of the Euphrates where ISIS remains active despite the group’s territorial defeat in 2019. The SDF and coalition forces have conducted several raids in Deir ez-Zor recently. They have also conducted a number of joint patrols in the area this month.

Four members of a family were also killed in the joint raid, according to the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR), including two who were targeted by coalition gunfire from a helicopter while trying to flee on a cycle of violence.

The SDF is the main ally of the US-led coalition in the fight against ISIS on the ground in Syria.

The increased military operations against ISIS signal a surge in the group’s activities in the region.

According to the latest Pentagon report on the fight against ISIS, the Death Eaters’ activities "significantly" decreased from July to September 2021, but, citing the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA), it said "there were signs that the group is ’poised to increase activity in the coming quarter after a period of recuperation and recovery.’"

"The DIA said that ISIS moved some of its fighters during the quarter from the Syrian desert back into Iraq and northeastern Syria, which ISIS perceives to be important operating environments," added the report.

Posted by: Fred || 12/14/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State



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2Govt of Iran Proxies
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1Sublime Porte
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1Antifa/BLM
1Arab Spring
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Tue 2021-12-14
  Taliban Seek Ties with U.S., Other ex-Foes
Mon 2021-12-13
  Four dead at funeral of Hamas member killed in Lebanon explosion
Sun 2021-12-12
  Warring Libyan Armed Forces Agree to Unite Army
Sat 2021-12-11
  Pakistani Taliban have called off a ceasefire mediated with the help of the Afghan Taliban
Fri 2021-12-10
  Bandits Raid Another Mosque In Niger State, Shoot 15 Worshippers Dead
Thu 2021-12-09
  French cops foil 'ISIS' Christmas knife rampage as they arrest two
Wed 2021-12-08
  Syria Says Israeli Warplanes Hit Latakia Port Containers
Tue 2021-12-07
  Iraqi forces, Kurdish Peshmerga retake northern village from ISIS fighters
Mon 2021-12-06
  Turkey Agrees to Withdraw Foreign Forces from Libya
Sun 2021-12-05
  'Horrific, cold-blooded murder': Sialkot blasphemy lynching
Sat 2021-12-04
  Philippine Troops Kill Suspected Leader of IS-linked Group in Mindanao
Fri 2021-12-03
  Biden officially RESTARTS Trump's 'Remain in Mexico' policy
Thu 2021-12-02
  Record of Waukesha massacre suspect's $1,000 bail hearing missing
Wed 2021-12-01
  Waukesha massacre suspect Darrell Brooks faces new charge for death of 8-year-old boy
Tue 2021-11-30
  Turkish lira skids again after Erdogan orders manipulation probe


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