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Desmond Tutu aka 'The Red Arch' tango uniform at 90
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Las Vegas Uber driver is charged with raping female passenger as she slept, then throwing her, her clothes and her bag out of his car
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Rape jihad.
  • An Uber driver is charged with raping a female passenger who police said fell asleep before waking up as she was attacked during a ride in metro Las Vegas

  • Dawed Oumer Mekonene, 30, was arrested Tuesday and remained in jail Friday pending a court hearing

  • Mekonene was charged with sexual assault and battery by strangulation to commit sexual assault

  • Mekonene allegedly stopped to rape the passenger before taking her to her destination, pulling her out of the car and throwing her clothes at her

  • Uber told the Las Vegas Review-Journal in an email that it was working with police in their investigation
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...or is it something in the water?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/26/2021 7:26 Comments || Top||


Teen suspect in Texas mass school shooting re-arrested for violating conditions of release
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Bail? For a school shooter?

Amazing
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/26/2021 9:28 Comments || Top||

#2  The Gods of the Wokey Book Scratchings at work.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 9:29 Comments || Top||

#3 
As I pass through my incarnations in every age and race,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.
Peering through reverent fingers I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings, I notice, are bound for a mighty fall.

We were living in trees when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water would certainly wet us, as Fire would certainly burn:
But we found them lacking in Hip-hop, Bling and Bitches and Drugs,
So we left them to teach the Gorillas while we followed the March of Trayvon.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Being neither cloud nor wind-borne like the Gods of the Market-Place;
But they always caught up with our progress, and presently word would come
That a The Crips lost to The Bloods in Los Angeles, or Jussie got away cold.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch.
They denied that stealing’s a crime; they denied property even exists.
They denied that killing is wrong, if it’s a cracker who’s shot.
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised we could pay our way out.

When the Clintonian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace (if we legalizes crack cocaine).
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, then only crooked federal agents would be armed.
But when we disarmed They sold us and delivered us bound to our foe,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings said: “Stick to the Devil you know.”

On the first CRT tablets we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour’s wife and ended by killing the ho.)
Till our women had only mulattoes and the men drank by burn barrels all day,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings said: “Partay on, brutha!”

In the Booshiferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By just laying back and enjoying it, comon, all y’all;
But, though we had plenty of money, there was nothing our money could buy,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings said: “Get your slim ass down to Rodeo and grab some shit.”

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, (it’s mostly 10 karat, dude) and my nine’s better than your nine, you better believe it, too.—
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings got in a stolen ride and split.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 9:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Good sentiment, M, and cleverly written, but both rhyme and rhythm schemes are seriously tortured. *shudder*
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/26/2021 17:04 Comments || Top||

#5  Well, two things. I did it in Internet time. I probably edited it for 3 hours after that. Second, tortured rhymes happen more often than many folks realize in hip-hop.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:11 Comments || Top||

#6  By "after that," I mean it satisfies me more now than the version you are seeing.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:12 Comments || Top||

#7  See: Andrew Dice Clay's dirty nursery rhymes. The place where the meter is broken is part of the joke. I didn't really get that here, but I was thinking that way.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:14 Comments || Top||

#8  Second cut:


As I pass through my incarnations in every hood and place,
I make my proper prostrations to the Gods of the Market-Place.
Peering through security windows I watch them flourish and fall,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings, I notice, are bound for a mighty fall.

We were living like white men when they met us. They showed us each in turn
That Water don’t come out of a tap, as Fire would certainly burn the neighbor’s crib down:
But we found them lacking in Hip-hop, Bling and Bitches and Drugs,
So we left them to teach the Hamptonistas while we followed the March of Trayvon.

We moved as the Spirit listed. They never altered their pace,
Getting around in Maybachs like the Gods of the Market-Place;
But they always caught wind we had scored, and presently word would come
That The Crips lost to The Bloods in Los Angeles, or Jussie got away cold.

With the Hopes that our World is built on they were utterly out of touch.
They denied that stealing’s a crime; they denied property even exists.
They denied that killing is wrong, if it’s a cracker who’s shot.
So we worshipped the Gods of the Market Who promised we could pay our way out.

When the Clintonian measures were forming, They promised perpetual peace (if we legalizes crack cocaine).
They swore, if we gave them our weapons, then only crooked federal agents would be armed.
But when we disarmed They pulled Jan 6 and locked us down cause they could.
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings said: “You din’t see dat shit comin, homes?”

On the first CRT tablets we were promised the Fuller Life
(Which started by loving our neighbour’s wife and ended by killing the ho.)
Till our women had only mulattoes and the men drank by burn barrels all day,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings said: “Partay on, brutha!”

In the Booshiferous Epoch we were promised abundance for all,
By just laying back and enjoying it, comon, all y’all;
But, though we had plenty of pelts, there was nothing our stash could buy,
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings said: “Get your slim ass down to Rodeo and grab some shit.”

Then the Gods of the Market tumbled, and their smooth-tongued wizards withdrew,
And the hearts of the meanest were humbled and began to believe it was true
That All is not Gold that Glitters, (it’s mostly 10 karat, dude) and my nine’s better than your nine, you better believe it, too.—
And the Gods of the Wokeybook Scratchings got in a stolen ride and split.
If you don’t believe it, time you got hip to that shit.

Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:16 Comments || Top||

#9  Yes. It's tortured. Just like our present era.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:20 Comments || Top||

#10  Your second pass doesn’t hurt, M. Thank you. :-) So few poems, even doggerel, spring forth fully formed like Athena. Almost all benefit from carving away all the bits that obscure the statue within.

A friend who wrote a high school textbook about poetry pointed out that listening to hip hop changes how language is heard, making it much harder to feel more traditional forms of poetry. My takeaway was a comparison between ballet and jazz dance, the latter distorting the forms of the former.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/26/2021 19:26 Comments || Top||

#11  Who the hell was the judge!!?
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/26/2021 23:55 Comments || Top||


Doctor at $48,000-a-year private Christian boarding school in Missouri is charged with sodomy and sexually assaulting at least three children under the age of 15
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:


-Obits-
Desmond Tutu aka 'The Red Arch' tango uniform at 90
[MAIL] Archbishop Desmond Tutu, the Nobel Peace Prize laureate and veteran of South Africa's struggle against white minority rule, has died at the age of 90.

Tutu was diagnosed with prostate cancer in the late 1990s and in recent years was hospitalised on several occasions to treat infections associated with his cancer treatment.

In a statement on behalf of the Tutu family, the Office of the Archbishop of South Africa said he, 'died peacefully at the Oasis Frail Care Centre in Cape Town this morning.' They did not give details on the cause of death.

In 1984 Tutu won the Nobel Peace Prize for his non-violent opposition to apartheid. A decade later, he witnessed the ends of that regime and chaired a Truth and Reconciliation Commission, set up to unearth atrocities committed during those dark days.

He preached against the tyranny of white minority and even after its end, never wavered in his fight for a fairer South Africa, calling the black political elite to account with as much vigour as he had the white Afrikaners.

In his final years, he regretted that his dream of a 'Rainbow Nation' had not yet come true.

Announcing the news, South African President Cyril Ramaphosa said it was 'another chapter of bereavement in our nation's farewell to a generation of outstanding South Africans who have bequeathed us a liberated South Africa'.

An uncompromising foe of apartheid in South Africa, Tutu worked tirelessly and peacefully for its downfall.

Mr Ramaphosa added: 'From the pavements of resistance in South Africa to the pulpits of the world's great cathedrals and places of worship, and the prestigious setting of the Nobel Peace Prize ceremony, the arch distinguished himself as a non-sectarian, inclusive champion of universal human rights.'
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/26/2021 04:02 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So, DeKlerk died a few weeks ago, now this creature. End of an era for sure.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 7:54 Comments || Top||

#2  They facilitated the return and nationalization of tribal communism. Their work there is done.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/26/2021 7:59 Comments || Top||

#3  He worked against something that was wrong and it was overthrown. Unfortunately what replaced it was ultimately worse. He worked against that too, but it turns out to be too strong.
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/26/2021 9:41 Comments || Top||

#4  Ref #3: Talk to the people negatively impacted and they will tell you nearly to a man, De Klerk sold them out. Deference and compromise never work.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/26/2021 10:08 Comments || Top||

#5  When politicians "make deals," it's your hide on the table, never theirs.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 10:10 Comments || Top||

#6  Wrong how?
In principle? How are the principles in effect now better? Oh.
In practice? Those land expropriations and killings. That's just paying the butcher's bill, eh?
In theory? In theory, theory and practice are exactly the same. In practice they are completely different (thanks, Y. Berra)
The idea that the only cure for past injustice is more injustice is a CRT cornerstone. Anyone who wants to ride the guilt for the past train better come to grips with that.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 10:19 Comments || Top||

#7  The value of "self-determination" depends on what you are determined to do.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ #7 I'll remember that one.
Posted by: Clenter Jick4243 || 12/26/2021 11:28 Comments || Top||

#9  Tutu was a supporter of Saddam Hussain. He
consistently smeared Israel. He refused to stand against slavery in North Africa.

Granted he tried to oppose the tyrants in the ANC but was essentially ineffective.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/26/2021 16:00 Comments || Top||

#10  So, like some popes, he backed the strong horse, the right thing to do out the window. Other times he was just a commie stooge.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 16:01 Comments || Top||

#11  And he is now on the road, but which direction?



Posted by: Harcourt Whigum6336 || 12/26/2021 22:20 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
Idaho sheriff attempts to justify pulling a gun on church youth group who had dropped a Thanksgiving card at his home by saying he feared they were 'drunk Indians' from nearby reservation
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Bingham County Sheriff Craig Rowland, 62, is being pressured to resign after threatening a Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth group with a gun

  • The group of girls, aged 12 to 16, had dropped an anonymous Thanksgiving thank-you note off at his front door prior to the threat

  • After the group left the note, Rowland stopped their car from driving away, pulled the adult chaperone out of the vehicle - who he had known for 30 years

  • He grabbed the unidentified supervisor by her hair and pointed his handgun at her head, yelling profanities at her, such as 'get the f**k out of the car'

  • The sheriff reportedly told the woman and young girls to never come back to his property again, before letting them off the hook

  • Rowland agreed to take a leave of absence shortly after the allegations arose in November, but returned to the job several weeks ago

  • The incident attracted nationwide attention after Rowland told investigators he was worried that the group might have been 'drunk Indians'

  • The local Shoshone-Bannock tribes' community leaders and elected officials slammed the sheriff for his 'racist slurs'
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 08:17 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  If they were drunk indians putting thank you notes on peoples doors... does that somehow justify his response?

Everything about this incident suggests he was off his medication or has horrible judgement.
Posted by: Blossom Angoque5821 || 12/26/2021 12:54 Comments || Top||

#2  I really have a problem with people coming to my door after dark. When I lived in the countryside, I told more than one person it was a bad idea and they should stop. I live in basically a suburb now, so the usual excuses (I ran out of gas, I need to use your phone) are even less believable.

That said, I'm glad I never accidentally knocked on this guy's door.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 13:05 Comments || Top||

#3  The guy was a stupid sh*t to bring race and alcohol use into it. All he needed to do was keep his door closed.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 13:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Sounds like a Grade A asshole who should be removed. Might not be smart with those weapons, either...
Posted by: Frank G || 12/26/2021 14:18 Comments || Top||

#5  All my problems with people coming to my door were solved when I stopped answering knocks on the door. Up to now they've all given up after a few tries & left.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 12/26/2021 14:36 Comments || Top||

#6  ^Even in the age of cell phones, it could always be a panicked neighbor who I'd do anything for. Only wat to find out is to check. I can do that without opening the door, and without letting Amazon in on the deal with a Ring camera.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 14:40 Comments || Top||

#7  Sounds to me like the sheriff was deep into the Wild Turkey and was less than circumspect about his condition.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/26/2021 18:21 Comments || Top||

#8  Leave Wild Turkey out of it. He sounds like a Heaven Hill or Ten High sort of stooge to me.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 18:46 Comments || Top||

#9  Did he relocate to Idaho from Beverly Hills? If so, musta been traumatized by the LaLaLand violent crime wave. From Hollywood Reporter:
Crime Wave Sparks Rush For Bulletproof Cars, Safe Rooms

Since late August, Rising S Company has completed risk assessments for multiple high-end clients in L.A. and installed 13 safe rooms, nine safe doors, two underground bunker shelters, and two window fortifications in Brentwood Park, Beverly Park and Paradise Cove, says general manager Gary Lynch. This compares to their installation of seven safe rooms in California in the 2.5 years prior.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 19:05 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
NYT slams judge for ordering publication to remove story about Project Veritas and to return documents it obtained recording communications between conservative group and its lawyers
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • The New York Times has blasted a judge who ordered the paper to return documents they obtained from the conservative activist group Project Veritas

  • In an opinion piece, the Time's editorial board lambasted Justice Charles Wood's decision as 'dangerous,' unconstitutional, and 'highly unusual'

  • Wood had ordered earlier that day The Times to immediately give back all copies of their documents regarding Project Veritas's talks with lawyers

  • The Times were also told to destroy any electronic copies of the documents

  • Wood argued that the documents were protected by attorney-client privilege and the Time's story was of no interest to the public

  • The Times had published stories about the far-right activist groups' alleged deceptive practices that bordered on 'political spying'

  • Media critics warned that the judge's ruling set a dangerous precedent for First Amendment rights

  • The newspaper vowed to seek a stay on the judge's order and file an appeal
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 08:11 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Crybullies. F--king liars got b!tchslapped
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 11:52 Comments || Top||

#2  He gave them a roadmap to succeed next time. Their dudgeon is all eye-wash.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 11:59 Comments || Top||

#3  Arrest NYT for contempt. NYT also sez parents should stay out of the lefts debased grooming of children in the public school system.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/26/2021 15:41 Comments || Top||

#4  A non-corrupt DOJ/FBI would be polygraphing everyone with access to the PV documents. Someone leaked it to the NYT. Find em and crush em. After 2024, I guess
Posted by: Frank G || 12/26/2021 17:39 Comments || Top||

#5  It's Spy vs Spy. No way it will unravel cleanly.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:42 Comments || Top||

#6  After 2024, I guess

GOPe "Can't we all just get along" caucus says "Don't hold your breath."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 17:58 Comments || Top||

#7  And now American Pravda reports FB-eye informants are evil -- when they infiltrate and help nail Teefa berserkers in Portland.

Funny... Pravda hasn't done such an investigation of FB-eye infiltration of the Six-Janissaries.

Oh wait, they're evil. Teefa Good, OrangeMan Bad. Got it.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 18:47 Comments || Top||

#8  Can't serve two masters. Many of these people will get burned, in the IC sense.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 18:49 Comments || Top||

#9  Back to the diaries now.

Ok, Magoo, you f--king perv, question time: When did you start showering with your pubescent daughter? Is her history of substance abuse and severe depression related to even worse treatment by you?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 19:26 Comments || Top||


'It's always great to give something back!' Arnold Schwarzenegger spends $250,000 of his own cash to build 25 new tiny homes for homeless veterans
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Arnold Schwarzenegger personally donated $250,000 to build 25 tiny homes for homeless veterans in LA on Thursday, giving dozens an early Christmas gift

  • Schwarzenegger, who coordinated with nonprofit Village for Vets, which is dedicated to providing food and shelter to homeless and at-risk veterans,

  • The move also hired Veterans Affairs Secretary Denis McDonough and volunteer organization (AMVETS) to build the tiny homes

  • Rob Reynolds, an American Veterans member, told FOX 11 that the tiny homes include electricity, heating and air conditioning

  • A similar village of tiny homes for veterans exists in Kansas City, Missouri, where there is an innovative community of 49 tiny houses for homeless vets
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:


#2  When he's given all of it and sleeps in a ditch, he'll have made up for his "fuck your freedom" statement.

IMHO.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 12/26/2021 15:23 Comments || Top||

#3  Until certain people stop mistaking a mental problem for an economic problem, there will continue to be a problem.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 15:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Exactly, M.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/26/2021 20:23 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Yoruba Monarch, Ooni Gave New Car To Queen Naomi As Christmas Gift Day Before Viral Divorce Notice
The (Previously) Happy Couple
[SAHARAREPORTERS] The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, bought a new car as a Christmas gift for his wife, Queen Silekunola Naomi, a few hours before a divorce notice went viral on social media.
"Think of this KIA as a going-away gift. Now get in it and go away"
The Osun State first class monarch’s spokesperson, Mr Moses Olafare, disclosed this to PM News on Friday.

According to Olafare, Ooni left the palace without any iota of dispute with his queen to participate in a three-day music program tagged, "Memorable Moments With Music" at the Muson Centre, Lagos State.

He said Osun paramount ruler was simply looking forward to returning home to his family only to see the reported separation on social media.

Olafare said, "Marriage is a private affair between two spouses and the marriage will come with an agreement between the two and if the marriage is to be dissolved, it will also come upon the agreement between the two, so to that effect, the palace is not aware of the separation between the Queen and Ooni of Ife because even Kabiyesi only saw it on social media like everybody.

"A night before yesterday when everyone went to bed; there was no indication to warrant the reported separation of the marriage, in fact, that previous day was when Kabiyesi brought a brand new car to serve as a Christmas gift to the queen; so if you are planning to separate with your wife tomorrow, why will you buy a car for her today?

"And so it became a surprise to everyone including Kabiyesi when we saw what was reported on social media. The palace is unaware of this because there are traditional procedures to follow.

"I can confirm that there are no issues at all to warrant that, at least as at two days ago there was no indication at all, the car was delivered to her yesterday after she has written that thing she wrote. As I speak to you that car has been delivered to her. Everybody is still surprised and we remain surprised. Well, we are watching."

SaharaReporters had on Thursday reported that Queen Naomi declared that her marriage with Ooni of Ife was over.

Naomi had written, "Today I announce the beginning of a new dawn and the close of a chapter. Today, I am a mother to God’s unique gift. I am no longer a slave to my thoughts of perfection. I, at this moment, announce that I shall no longer be referred to as wife to the Ooni of Ife or as Queen of Ile-Ife but as the Queen of the people and mother of my adorable Prince."

Posted by: Fred || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Class or crass? You make the call...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 7:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Class or crass? You make the call...

At least she kept her drawers on.
Posted by: badanov || 12/26/2021 8:11 Comments || Top||

#3  This is St Louis, right?
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/26/2021 15:19 Comments || Top||

#4  Helluva parting gift, Price is Right used to just give up some Rice-a-Roni.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 12/26/2021 22:01 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russia releases footage of Christmas WAR GAMES in Crimea amid fears of Ukraine invasion as Putin announces he has launched a salvo of 'unstoppable' 6,670mph hypersonic missiles
[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News] Kinda reminds me of the run up to Kuwait
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 08:44 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Senior German and Russian government officials have agreed to a rare in-person meeting next month
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats


Economy
Census: 1% of California's Population Moved Out of the State in 2021
[Breitbart] California lost one percent of its population over the last year as residents fled for other states, the United States Census Bureau revealed this week.

While California’s population stands at more than 39.5 million, a record high, the state lost more than 367,000 residents over the last year. The state’s population decline is among the largest in the nation.

"In 2021, 20 states and the District of Columbia lost residents via net domestic migration. Largest domestic migration losses were in California (-367,299), New York (-352,185), and Illinois (-122,460)," Census Bureau experts wrote.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/26/2021 04:07 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/26/2021 7:48 Comments || Top||

#2  We keep hearing "But, they bring their bad voting habits with them." Not seeing it so far down here.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 7:50 Comments || Top||

#3  The true believers are staying

The conservatives and middle of the road folks are leaving in droves.

The exodus is actually more profound. Remember who collects and publishes the statistics and what their agenda really is.

They don’t want to admit it
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/26/2021 9:24 Comments || Top||

#4  ^2 You must not have been to Austin, TX...
Posted by: Glenmore || 12/26/2021 9:39 Comments || Top||

#5  Here's hoping #3 is right.

so far no ill effects in South Carolina...
Posted by: Tom || 12/26/2021 12:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Republican registration just edged ahead of dem registration in Florida. I'd say that means something. As for Austin, it's a bit like looking in a petri dish, isn't it?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 12:45 Comments || Top||

#7  The Austin Exception
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 12:56 Comments || Top||

#8  Arizona now infected.
Posted by: borgboy || 12/26/2021 14:02 Comments || Top||

#9  Arizona has the same problem as any rural state. Pima and Maricopa counties swamp the rest of the state electorally. The problem is less newly arrived blue voters than the fact urban areas tend blue. My former home state of PeeAye would be redder than Texas if not for Philly, Allegheny County, Erie and Scranton-Allentown-Reading.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 14:07 Comments || Top||

#10  ^ Yep. Vegas/Clark county dominates Nevada although the northern counties are way more red.

I'm a lifelong San Diego native. I'll die here.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/26/2021 14:16 Comments || Top||

#11  With enough safe rooms and bulletproof cars, LA's oligarchs & wannabes will tough it out
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 19:07 Comments || Top||

#12  1% of Mexico moved into those vacated CA residences.
Posted by: Helmuth, Speaking for Spuse6042 || 12/26/2021 21:28 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
FNC's Dr. Siegel: ‘The Biden Administration Needed to Extend Operation Warp Speed to Therapeutics,' Focus Has Been Solely on Vax
[Breitbart] On Friday’s "Fox News Live," Fox News Medical Contributor and Clinical Professor at NYU Grossman School of Medicine Dr. Marc Siegel stated that "there’s been such a narrow, laser focus on" vaccines and booster shots, and "The Biden administration needed to extend Operation Warp Speed to therapeutics, absolutely."

Siegel said, [relevant remarks begin around 2:30] "I’m a huge proponent of the vaccine, and I’m a huge proponent of the booster shot. But even the booster shot is not that available right now, Anita, you can’t even get that in the pharmacy. So, you’re absolutely right, there’s been such a narrow, laser focus on that, not enough on therapeutics. And to be totally fair, when I interviewed former President Trump last year in July in the White House, he said, very excited about therapeutics, that was part of Operation Warp Speed. They needed to extend that to this. The Biden administration needed to extend Operation Warp Speed to therapeutics, absolutely."
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#1  Hardly a 'riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma', to borrow a phrase.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/26/2021 3:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Perchance are Invermectin and the pill that doctors dare not mention considered therapeutics?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 12/26/2021 9:26 Comments || Top||

#3  #2 -- you had to ask? Of course not!
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 12/26/2021 9:56 Comments || Top||

#4  Feds Pause Shipments Of Two Monoclonal Antibody Treatments Not Effective Against Omicron Variant Of COVID-19. This article comes up with a new abbreviation - "Bamete" - I've never encountered in my own regular online reviews of the monoclonal antibodies. AFAICT "Bamete" refers to the combined monoclonal antibodies Bamlanivimab/etesevimab which are one of the few antibody sets given EUA by the FDA 11/2020, and which have been given nationwide for high risk outpatients with COVID-19.
The Texas Department of State Health Services (DSHS) said this week it’s been notified by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services that it’s pausing all shipments of two monoclonal antibody treatments: Regeneron and Bamete.

That’s because the state said recent studies show the two treatments have “significantly decreased efficacy” against the Omicron variant.


I can't find the stats, but Regeneron & "Bamete" have accounted for the vast majority of all anti-COVID-19 outpatient treatments given so far in the USA. The FDA nonsensically has withdrawn its two most common therapeutics because they have a decreased effect against Omicron -- not "no" effect, just a decreased effect.
Last week the FDA gave EUA for 2 new oral therapeutic agents, molnupiravir and Paxlovid® (nirmatrelvir tablets co-packaged with ritonavir tablets for oral use). Neither of these are yet available at pharmacies in my area, and zero announcements yet of when this may or will happen. The MSM can't even get the names straight yet, and they probably never will.
Dr. Siegel's statement is beyond irrelevant at this point.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 12/26/2021 10:15 Comments || Top||

#5  St. Fauci always concentrated on vaccines, never on therapeutics. The media and Democrats, but I repeat myself, had conniptions when Trump went off the vaccine train. The Biden administration is following the same Fauci playbook. Look no further than the Aids epidemic where he did the same thing.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/26/2021 10:42 Comments || Top||

#6  The drooler Candace Owens is screeching about Trump being pro-vaccine. Hey, if he isn't he'll just be accused of hoping the entire human race is destroyed.

Dumb bint.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 10:48 Comments || Top||

#7  Of course President Trump is pro-vaccine. He organized the crash program that developed them, and was vaccinated as soon as he could. But he is also pro-treatment, although everything he mentioned as a possible area of exploration was subsequently shouted down by the NeverTrump crowd..
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/26/2021 11:12 Comments || Top||

#8  Whenever a leftist says something whack, "it's just that individual talking." But whatever Owen or Alex Jones says is supposedly the core of how I think.

Bullscrit. Smelly bullscrit...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 11:15 Comments || Top||

#9  Follow the money to the politicians they bought off to murder us.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/26/2021 23:57 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Webb telescope launched - so far everything works
[NASA] NASA's James Webb Space Telescope launched at 7:20 a.m. EST Saturday on an Ariane 5 rocket from Europe's Spaceport in French Guiana, South America.

A joint effort with ESA (European Space Agency) and the Canadian Space Agency, the Webb observatory is NASA's revolutionary flagship mission to seek the light from the first galaxies in the early universe and to explore our own solar system, as well as planets orbiting other stars, called exoplanets.
Hubble can distinguish sufficient to identify structures 400 million years after big bang. Webb will do about 200 million years if it works right
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/26/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...I was pleasantly surprised to see that NASA stood its ground on not renaming the JWST - the usual suspects tried to gin up 'outrage' over the name on the grounds that LGBTQ Etc. people at NASA were fired or investigated sixty years ago because of their LGBTQ Etc.-ness.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/26/2021 12:07 Comments || Top||

#2  There's probably one of those plaques they put on such things for aliens to find and they didn't have time to change it to the "The George Floyd Giant Hoop into Deep Space."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 12:12 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ This brother knows. Hoopin' fuh real.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/26/2021 12:22 Comments || Top||

#4  THIS is real news. Would that the media would pay more attention to scientific discovery and progress like this than the drivel they serve up every day.
Posted by: Tom || 12/26/2021 12:43 Comments || Top||

#5  The people making this mission happen would never even think of something like "gain of function" bio research. They actually understand ho much can go wrong.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 12/26/2021 13:02 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
More than 30 civilians killed, bodies burnt in Myanmar's Kayah state
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] More than 30 people, including women and kiddies, were killed and their bodies burnt in Myanmar’s conflict-torn Kayah state on Friday, according to a local resident, media reports and a local human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
group.

Karenni Human Rights Group said they found the burnt bodies of internally displaced people, including elders, women and kiddies killed by the military that rules Myanmar, near Mo So village of Hpruso town on Saturday.

"We strongly denounce the inhumane and brutal killing which violates human rights," the group said in a Facebook post.

The Myanmar military said it had shot and killed an unspecified number of "holy warriors with weapons" from the opposition armed forces in the village, state media said. The people were in seven vehicles and did not stop for the military, it said.

The Myanmar military could not immediately be reached for comment.

Photos shared by the human rights group and local media showed the charred remains of bodies on burnt-out truckbeds.

The Karenni National Defense Force, one of the largest of several civilian militias opposing the junta that led a Feb. 1 coup, said the dead were not their members but civilians seeking refuge from the conflict.

"We were so shocked at seeing that all the dead bodies were different sizes, including children, women and old people," a commander from group told Rooters, asking not to be named.

A villager who asked not to be named for security reasons said he was aware of the fire on Friday night but could not go to the scene as there was shooting.

"I went to see this morning. I saw dead bodies that had been burnt, and also the clothes of children and women spread around," he told Rooters by phone.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Truck crashes into minibus in Iran, killing 10 people
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] A road accident in southwestern Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
killed at least 10 people on Saturday, Iranian media reported.

The official IRNA news agency said the accident happened as a truck hit a minibus that was carrying laborers on the road linking the city of Khorramshahr with the city of Ahvaz in Khuzestan province.

The fatalities include the truck driver and nine workers from the minibus. Three other cars rear-ended the bus and each other. Thirteen injured were taken to local hospitals.

Roads in Iran regularly see such chain-reaction accidents and pileups. Fourteen people, including eight children, were killed in a road accident in March.

Iran has one of the world’s worst traffic safety records, with some 17,000 deaths annually. The grave toll is blamed on wide disregard for traffic laws, unsafe vehicles, and inadequate emergency services.
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