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-Lurid Crime Tales-
ELEVEN people are randomly stabbed by knife-wielding BMX rider in Albuquerque: All victims are in a stable condition say cops
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The attacks took place in the New Mexico city Sunday afternoon

  • Unidentified knifeman struck while riding his bike

  • Police in Albuquerque have said that they're investigating seven different scenes across the area. They added that all of the victims are in 'stable condition'

  • Knifeman now in custody, but no details on the attacker have been given
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/14/2022 00:37 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Remember when seconds count, the police are minutes away.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/14/2022 7:18 Comments || Top||

#2  We may never know what motivated him.
Posted by: Too Old To Work || 02/14/2022 7:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Knifeman now in custody, but no details on the attacker have been given

So we know he was not a white guy.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/14/2022 9:25 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ Yes, keen eye on what is not mentioned.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 9:29 Comments || Top||

#5  general population numbers breakdown in groups, high to low:

whites
hispanics
natives
asians
blacks
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/14/2022 9:51 Comments || Top||

#6  Perp ID'd:

The suspect, 42-year-old Tobias Gutierrez, was taken into custody without any trouble. They believe he chose his victims at random, attacking them with a “large knife.”

https://www.kob.com/albuquerque-news/apd-investigate-multiple-stabbing-incidents-in-se-albuquerque/6392136/
Posted by: jpal || 02/14/2022 10:02 Comments || Top||

#7  Good find, jpal. The next question, flowing from the name, is whether he is illegal, and if yes, when he arrived and whether he was a criminal wherever back home might be.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/14/2022 11:38 Comments || Top||

#8  One suspects tw is reading ahead in the story.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/14/2022 11:42 Comments || Top||

#9  I just woke up, SteveS. I haven’t got to the point of actual thinking yet.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/14/2022 11:50 Comments || Top||

#10  NYPost: Gutierrez was taken into custody after cops saw him dumping something into a trash can right before officers stopped him. Officers later recovered the knife used in the stabbings.

Gutierrez’s rap sheet includes federal felony offenses ranging from burglary to battery and possession of a controlled substance, according to court records.

He has also previously been charged with driving while intoxicated.

In 2014, the suspect failed to appear in court for driving on a revoked license, records show. He told the court via a handwritten note that he was in federal custody in another county and was making an effort to better himself while incarcerated.

His federal prison sentence stemmed from a case where he entered a tribal c@sino just outside Albuquerque while armed with a revolver and ammunition.

Records show he was released from federal custody in 2020.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/14/2022 15:35 Comments || Top||

#11  I'm betting the most memorable moments of Gutierrez's adult life have been bouncing around between court dates and prison stints where he received three hots and a cot at the taxpayers' expense.
Posted by: jpal || 02/14/2022 17:43 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Santa Monica, CA tweets photo of Russian jet to promote US Air Force Super Bowl flyover
[Washington Examiner] One city in California mixed up its fighter jets amid the Super Bowl celebrations.

The Twitter account for Santa Monica, California, tweeted a photo of a Russian jet on Sunday in reference to an Air Force flyover.

"Just before 3:30 P.M., the [U.S. Air Force] will flyover #SantaMonica and #Malibu in preparation for the National Anthem performance for #Superbowl at SoFi Stadium," the account tweeted, with the image of a Russian MiG fighter jet attached.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 11:48 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Possibly a hoped for event, considering the origins of the tweet.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||

#2  Where are the complaints about the cost of this frivolous flyover, clogging up the pristine sky with earth-warming CO2?

Or were all the usual complainers at the game, maskless?
Posted by: Bobby || 02/14/2022 12:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Your intellectual and moral superiors, in perfect position to make your health and financial choices.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 12:05 Comments || Top||

#4  Was it a fully semi-automatic assault MiG with a large-capacity magazine?
Posted by: Matt || 02/14/2022 12:29 Comments || Top||

#5  The bayonet is a nice touch.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 12:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Maybe Sheryl Crow wrote the copy:

All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard

I like a good МиГ-35 buzz early in the morning
And Hunter he likes to peel the labels
From his Gummint Issued Crack Pipes
He lights them on the bar...
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 13:27 Comments || Top||

#7  I've seen this kinda thing happen enough to consider that this was no mistake by the responsible party
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 02/14/2022 13:55 Comments || Top||

#8  Just as good as when the Air Force birthday was recognized by Southern Command with SU-27s, and the State Department used F-18s.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 13:56 Comments || Top||

#9  F-15skis ?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/14/2022 14:57 Comments || Top||

#10  this was no mistake by the responsible party

Hmmm. Malice or ignorance. Tough choice given that the demographic in question is 'journalists'.

Personally, I'd be fine with Russians jets in the Super Bowl flyover because Democracy! Whiskey! Sexy!
Posted by: SteveS || 02/14/2022 15:05 Comments || Top||

#11  F-15skis ?

It was a mail plane. You can tell by the balls.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 15:25 Comments || Top||

#12  Go to your room, swksvolFF. Do not pass Go, do not collect $200.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/14/2022 17:22 Comments || Top||

#13  Reflect in your lens, Zenza Bronica,
A commune to scare Erich Honecker,
Where bedheaded Rebels
Read Liebknecht and Bebel
Alinsky and Zinn: Santa Monica!
Posted by: Harry Cromort5858 || 02/14/2022 18:17 Comments || Top||


‘Why Is He Here': The Rock Gets Mocked After Cringe Worthy Super Bowl Open
[Breitbart] Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson decided to take the field before Super Bowl LVI to fire up the crowd for the game. It did not have its intended effect.

Moments before the Rams and Bengals got set to do battle a cranberry-clad Dwayne Johnson appeared with a microphone and proceeded to let fly with a dozen different cliche big game event opening lines.

Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 02:53 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The Super Bowl's WWE Wrestlemania opening obviously fell flat. The WOKE Disney animation adverts were even worse. I walked away before the half.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 3:07 Comments || Top||

#2  I didn't watch it. I don't get NBC.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 02/14/2022 7:24 Comments || Top||

#3  Totally ghetto, with swaggering shit-culture halftime entertainment. Even the white QB dresses like a pimp....

Done with this sport and basketball. Another American tradition ruined by these neanderthals
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 8:23 Comments || Top||

#4  Too bad B...cause you missed a most inspiring Hip/Hop, crotch grabbing, Thunder-Thigh Mary J Blige and assorted BLM supporter extravaganza. I watched the half-time show only to see how bad it would be. It greatly expectations along those lines.
Posted by: Warthog || 02/14/2022 8:24 Comments || Top||

#5  greatly exceeded
Posted by: Warthog || 02/14/2022 8:25 Comments || Top||

#6  /\ Mary J. is one of my personal favorites. There I go, missed the boat again.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 8:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Mary J. Bilge. But no Queen Fatifa...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/14/2022 9:07 Comments || Top||

#8  The fans wanted to see Eminem take a knee (sarc)?
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/14/2022 10:58 Comments || Top||

#9  The fans wanted to see Eminem take a knee

Apparently this actually happened. Pity. Otherwise, it could be Snark of the Day.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/14/2022 11:23 Comments || Top||

#10  Someone needed to tell Mary J that she was too fat to wear that outfit.

As for Eminem, I didn't even connect the "knee" thingy. I thought he was posing for dramatic effect since his lines were done. Fuck 'em, I'm not your enemy, but I am your meal ticket. Those hosers might want to remember that.
Posted by: Crusader || 02/14/2022 11:31 Comments || Top||

#11  Can't understand how Eminem kept his pants up.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/14/2022 11:58 Comments || Top||

#12  Diversity at its finest ...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/14/2022 12:03 Comments || Top||

#13  she was too fat to wear that outfit.

It was certainly an interesting choice.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/14/2022 12:05 Comments || Top||

#14  It was a pretty good football game. Lots of defense, some great pass plays, and a 47-yard TD pass 12 seconds into the second half. The Rams were stunned, but they recovered.
Posted by: Bobby || 02/14/2022 12:07 Comments || Top||

#15  The best part of the game was the crappy and questionable officiating at the end that basically gave the Rams multiple retries until they finally score.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 02/14/2022 12:09 Comments || Top||

#16  Photos: Celebs, Politicians Flout California's Mask Mandate at Super Bowl
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/14/2022 12:28 Comments || Top||

#17  Gotta wonder how much money Newsom spent on all those ads promoting California. Of course, if he hadn't screwed the state up so badly it wouldn't have been necessary.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 02/14/2022 12:30 Comments || Top||

#18  The defensive holding only one person saw?

Came in with about 4 to go in the 3rd. I have a feeling the best part of the show was the commentary.

My favorite commercial had to be the one placed by the NFLPA about how much money, millions, had been donated to domestic abuse helpline.....me, by myself, out loud: "yeah, in fucking league fines."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 12:34 Comments || Top||

#19  I'm a Von Miller fan so was cheering for the Rams. It's good that the Rams won to counter the facemask not being called in the 2nd half IMO considering the momentum involved.
Yes I watched, not proud of supporting the NFL especially watching Eminem take a knee. At least the players didn't.
Not a big fan of rap, and was surprised by all the kudos given the halftime entertainment by folks. Just showing my age hah. I'm still a big Rock fan
Posted by: Jan || 02/14/2022 14:44 Comments || Top||

#20  Sorry i missed it ; watch the bread mold in the kitchen. Based on reports sounds like rap is the only music choice and after seeing the crap nascar put out last week, if they do it again withe the 500, i am done. Back to bread-watching.
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 02/14/2022 15:20 Comments || Top||

#21  If M&M, which are now gay, really cared he would have held up a crack pipe with the presidential seal.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 15:31 Comments || Top||

#22  #14: recovered ... with the help of the refs.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 02/14/2022 15:37 Comments || Top||

#23  Parents of kids who are forced to wear masks in school should pick a day and send their kid to school, maskless, and in a Rams jersey/flare.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 15:48 Comments || Top||

#24  Perhaps the 23rd, Wednesday, for the number of points The Rams scored?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 15:51 Comments || Top||

#25  ^ no, "23" would likely be misinterpreted as whi' s'premaciss code referencing chromosomal pairs / genetic superiority / cis-heteronormative transphobia.

And GunViolence.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 17:51 Comments || Top||

#26  I guess our board boneheads found something new to hate
Posted by: Omaing Stalag1261 || 02/14/2022 23:26 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Battlefield Update Brief (BUB) - On the Edge of War
[Reuters - 26 Jan 2022] Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have been increasing for months after the Kremlin massed some 100,000 troops near Ukraine's borders.

Western nations, including the United States and Britain, worry that the large build-up of Russian forces along Ukraine’s borders is preparation for an invasion as part of Moscow’s efforts to prevent Ukraine from ever joining the NATO Western security alliance.

Russia has repeatedly denied any plans to invade. However, in 2014 the Russian military seized Ukraine’s southern peninsula of Crimea and gave backing to separatist forces who took control of a swathe of eastern Ukraine.
Nearly three weeks old but informative.

This morning:

BBC - Russian invasion fears grow as foreigners flee Ukraine


Aljazeera - Ukraine demands meeting with Russia over military build-up: Live
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 06:37 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The western hysterical yellow press is laughable. Russian stock market is up and smart money has been pouring into the Russian blue chip oil and gas stocks.

IOW the people closest to the action who gave skin in the game do not believe there will be an invasion.

Once again Americans are punked by our idiotic non-journalist stenographers repeating the official lies and bullshit of our corrupt elites...

We Are Ruled By Mendacious Hysterical Morons
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 8:35 Comments || Top||

#2  the Hynrvia took a big hit in 2014 (from about 10 to the dollar to about 30 to the dollar) but has been more or less stable since then.

Since Nov 2021, the Hynrvia has lost 5-10% of its value vs dollar (Biden's removal of sanctions on NordStream 2 was in May 2021.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/14/2022 9:55 Comments || Top||

#3  the ruble also hasn't done well lately

it was about 63 per dollar a year ago, now about 75 per dollar
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/14/2022 15:09 Comments || Top||


Situation on line of contact remains tense – NM DPR
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] In the Mariupol direction, militants of the 36th brigade from positions in the area of ​​the settlement. Lomakino was fired at Kominternovo, firing four RPG grenades.

In violation of the third paragraph of additional measures, the placement of two armored personnel carriers-70 from the 36th military unit was revealed on the territory of a private household in the settlement.

The Ukrainian side continues to block the work of the OSCE UAV. Thus, in order to prevent the observers of the mission from fixing the placement of prohibited weapons of the 95th brigade, for electronic jamming of control and navigation channels during the flights of the OSCE SMM UAV in the areas of the settlemen, Leninskoe and Novgorodskoe, the enemy used the Bukovel-AD EW station from the mobile group of the 502nd separate EW battalion.

In addition, the militants of the 54th brigade fired at the drone of the OSCE mission from positions in the area of ​​the settlement. Krasnogorovka, during the observation flight.

It should be noted that the shelling was carried out purposefully, since the Ukrainian militants were notified in advance about the time and place of the launch of the drone.

Also, despite the ban on the operation of any aircraft, prescribed in the Complex of Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used 53 brigades to conduct reconnaissance of UAVs in the area of ​​responsibility in the settlement. Bogdanovka.

All facts are confirmed by the OSCE SMM Report 33 dated 02/12/2022.
We continue to receive information about incidents in formations and parts of the JFO.

So, in the area of ​​N. p. Starognatovka, the driver of the URAL car transported the personnel of the 24th Aidar battalion in the amount of five militants to the hospital in Mariupol.

While driving on the road in the area of ​​N. p. Volnovakha, a truck driver hit a concrete barrier. As a result of a traffic accident, four militants received various bruises and injuries, the fifth, private Meranchuk, was taken to a medical facility in an unconscious state.

Against the backdrop of the situation being aggravated by the Ukrainian authorities, among the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the JFO zone, we note a drop in the moral and psychological state to a critical level and an increase in those who do not want to continue serving in the forefront.

So, over the past week, militants of the 25th brigade sent 34 reports to the commander of the Kurash brigade about being transferred to a permanent deployment center and other military units located in the depths of the country.

Earlier, we have repeatedly noted the lack of desire among the Ukrainian military to serve in the JFO zone. In connection with the active preparation of the JFO formations for the beginning of the aggression, there are fewer and fewer "defenders" of Ukraine.

Posted by: badanov || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Zakharova urged the United States not to take another sin on the soul
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , advised the US political establishment "not to take another sin on the soul."

Follow the development of events in the broadcast: “The West announced the date of Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine — all the news”

Thus, she commented on the statements of US national security adviser Jake Sullivan about “Moscow creating a pretext” for an “attack” on Ukraine.

“American politicians have lied, are lying and will continue to lie, creating pretexts to attack civilians around the world. Everyone knows this. I would ask the American political establishment not to take another sin on the soul, but I'm not sure that they have it, ”she wrote in the telegram channel.
Zakharova recalled the speech of US Secretary of State Colin Powell in the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003, when he announced the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.

As REGNUM reported , Western countries accuse Russia of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. In Russia, this is categorically denied.

Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine.

Ukraine requested a meeting with the Russian Federation and countries participating in the Vienna Document

[REGNUM] Ukraine requests a meeting within 48 hours with the Russian Federation and all participating States of the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures. This was announced on February 13 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba on his page on the social network Twitter.

Follow the development of events in the broadcast: “The West announced the date of Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine — all the news”

“ Russia did not respond to our (Ukrainian authorities) request on the Vienna Document… ” Kuleba wrote. “ Ukraine is convening a meeting with the Russian Federation and all participating states within the next 48 hours .”

According to him, the main goal is to discuss the strengthening and "movement of Russian troops along our border."

As REGNUM reported , on February 1, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a conference call said that the Russian Ministry of Defense had informed foreign attaches about the holding of military exercises of Russia and Belarus "Allied Resolve-2022", although it was not obliged to do so.

Posted by: badanov || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:


APU shelled a village in the south of the DPR from mortars
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Mortar fire on the village of Kominternovo in the south of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) was opened by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported on February 13 by the Donetsk News Agency with reference to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).

The report notes that the Ukrainian security forces fired from the Ukrainian-controlled settlement of Talakovka. It is specified that in total, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three mines with a caliber of 120mm.

Data on the victims and injured are not reported.

As REGNUM reported , on February 13, the official representative of the defense department of the LPR , Ivan Filiponenko , told reporters that the readiness of the paratroopers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to be thrown into the rear of the defense of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic is being checked by the commander of the so-called Joint Forces Operation ("OOS") Alexander Pavlyuk.

The Council of the Duma will discuss the fate of the appeal to Putin on the recognition of the LNR and the DNR

[REGNUM] Today, February 14, the Council of the Duma will discuss the draft appeal of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the recognition of the LNR and the DNR, reports news agency REGNUM .

Recognition will create grounds for guaranteeing the security and protection of their peoples from external threats and implementing a policy of genocide against the inhabitants of the republics, as well as for strengthening international peace and regional stability in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and will initiate the process international recognition of both states, the document notes.

The draft appeal was submitted by deputies from the Communist Party headed by Gennady Zyuganov in January, after which consultations were held with the factions. The SRZP tends to support the communists, and before recognition, leader Sergei Mironov offered to provide military assistance to cool the ardor of provocateurs , LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to annex Ukraine to Russia , "New people" plan to make a decision during the discussion at the plenary session. "United Russia" believes that the LPR and the DPR need, first of all, military assistance against the backdrop of the West's whipping up hysteria about the alleged "aggression" of Russia. The head of the faction Vladimir Vasiliev also asks to take all measures to ensure the safety of citizens..

State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the Duma Council will discuss two proposals: consider a draft resolution on an appeal to the President of Russia on the need to recognize the DPR and LPR immediately, or send the document first to the Russian Foreign Ministry and other government agencies to receive feedback, and then consider it taking into account what was said positions.

The discussion promises to be serious, but the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, due to the fact that he is being treated at the Central Clinical Hospital, will not be able to take part in discussing the fate of the document.

Posted by: badanov || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:


Ukraine receives anti-aircraft missiles from Lithuania
[JPost] Ukraine on Sunday received a consignment of Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems and ammunition by plane from Lithuania, the defense ministry in Kyiv said.

Earlier on Sunday two other planes delivered about 180 tonnes of ammunition from the United States, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said. Ukraine had so far received almost 1,500 tonnes of ammunition delivered on 17 flights, he said on Twitter.

Military officials say Ukraine has significantly strengthened its armed forces with the help of allies, equipping the army, in particular, with American and British anti-tank systems and Turkish drones.

The United States and allies say Russia could invade Ukraine at any moment. Russia, which has more than 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, denies having any such plan.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Presuming the ukes can use this stuff right, the cost to the Russians could be high. We're not talking about machine guns killing low-rankng Infantry.
The Stingers and Javelins and similar weapons take out zillion-dollar weapons systems like aircraft and tanks.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 02/14/2022 0:21 Comments || Top||

#2  top of my list for high tech weapons and taxi drivers!
Posted by: Greng Black3494 || 02/14/2022 7:32 Comments || Top||


Down Under
New Zealand Police Play 'Barry Manilow' And 'The Macarena' To Antagonize New Zealand Protesters
[ZERO] The authorities in New Zealand have found a new strategy for warding off unwanted demonstrators who are camping outside the Parliament building: playing "Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits" and the "the Macarena" on repeat to try and ward people off.

Of course, the global protest movement inspired by the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" is vexing governments from the antipodes to Europe, and beyond.

And in a few instances, the demonstrators have responded in kind by playing Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It". Hundreds of demonstrators have been camped out outside Parliament in Wellington since Tuesday. According to the BBC, they adopted the name "Convoy for Freedom" and blocked streets in the city.

Although their numbers dwindled to the dozens by mid-week, they increased again by the time the weekend arrived.

Police haven't been shy about making arrests: on Thursday, police arrested 122 people and charged many with trespassing or obstruction. Yet, still the demonstrators persisted.

The local police haven't stopped at playing music. Other tactics of dispersal have included "turning on sprinklers" on a lawn where protesters had camped out.

But again, protesters retaliated by digging trenches and building makeshift drainpipes to re-route the water.

On Saturday, singer James Blunt responded to a headline about authorities sonic repellant, and joked that his music should be added to the playlist.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 03:28 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Super Bowl LVI on a Jumbo Screen would have dispersed them in ten minutes or less.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 3:32 Comments || Top||

#2  They should counter with Slim Whitman.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 02/14/2022 4:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Of course using Yoko Ono is banned by the Geneva Conventions!
Posted by: Vinegar Spolusing6485 || 02/14/2022 7:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Ha!That is because the demonstrators were doing this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ThVJrXZFSQ
Posted by: Omiting Theting7288 || 02/14/2022 8:27 Comments || Top||

#5 
Posted by: 3dc || 02/14/2022 9:11 Comments || Top||

#6  How long did it take for New Zealand to go from Turn in your guns please into authoritarianism? Some four years?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 10:35 Comments || Top||

#7  How long did it take for New Zealand to go from Turn in your guns please into authoritarianism?

For being a bunch of dead, white guys, our Founding Fathers had quite the understanding of people and governments. In the history of the world, has there ever been a revolution where the victors said "It's cool! Y'all can keep your guns, in case you need them later"?
Posted by: SteveS || 02/14/2022 11:15 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ The founders were not afraid of the people. That's something no current gummint creatures can claim for themselves.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/14/2022 11:22 Comments || Top||

#9  /\ The founders were not afraid of the people. That's something no current gummint creatures can claim for themselves.

An accurate observation indeed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 11:38 Comments || Top||

#10  The founders were geniuses -- a freak occurrence of so many in one place and time, united by a common purpose.

We got incredibly lucky. Our luck has run out.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 12:11 Comments || Top||


Economy
USA Consumer Confidence Down Sharply
[FoxBusiness] U.S. consumer confidence plunged to an 11-year low in early February, reflecting heightened concerns among Americans about hotter-than-expected inflation and the skyrocketing price of everyday goods.

The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell to 61.7 in February; down sharply from the January reading of 67.2 and well below economists' forecast for a reading of 67.5.
context; index was near 130 in the 1998-99 boom and the 2018-19 boom
"Sentiment continued its downward descent, reaching its worst level in a decade, falling a stunning 8.2% from last month and 19.7% from last February," Richard Curtin, the survey's chief economist, said in a statement. "The recent declines have been driven by weakening personal financial prospects, largely due to rising inflation, less confidence in the government's economic policies, and the least favorable long term economic outlook in a decade."
Posted by: Lord Garth || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not noted by Goldman.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/14/2022 7:19 Comments || Top||

#2  No shit, most people in flyover country already know this.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/14/2022 17:16 Comments || Top||


Europe
Putin explains his views on war with the west
Posted by: badanov || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Sure is a lot of Deflective Saber Rattling with lots of MSM and Social Media help.

What are they (LSD's & MSM) going overboard to draw our attention away from now?
Biden,
Hillary's criminal activities,
The Jan. 6th Gestapo,
Social Media illegally private funding of LSD's,
Politically extended C-19 of unneeded mandates,
US/Elite funding for Gain of Function in CCP,
Political insider trading in the $M made from the C-19VAX stocks, or something brewing yet to be leaked.

Like the adverse circulatory system related issues now starting to be recorded, regarding those that took, or were pressured into taking multiple VAX/Booster shots for employment?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/14/2022 8:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Note what he said: Its all about NATO and Crimea. All he wants, and what his countrymen overwhelmingly want, is no NATO membership for Ukraine and no NATO threat to the Russians' all-important base at Sevastopol. That's all.

No one in Russia gives a shit about Ukraine per se, or wants war with Ukraine-- they just want NATO out of their front yard, period.

Why is that so hard for our idiot-Woke leaders to understand? Didn't Soetoro say he was against US exceptionalism?
Aren't Brandon and son happy to do business with Chinese military front companies, Moscow oligarchs' ex-wives, Kazakh bandits?
Why this obsession with pissing on Russia's legitimate security concerns?
Did Eisenhower intervene in Hungary in 1956?
How does poking the bear in Crimea -- their equivalent of the Alamo -- how does that do anything for US freedom and prosperity?

So tired of their lies and bullshit and wanton destruction of our own beloved country
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 8:50 Comments || Top||

#3  I think the American public is also underwhelmed by the war drum nonsense. Everyone gets that it's empty posturing.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 02/14/2022 8:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Either way, nothing to be gained by sticking our noses into it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 8:58 Comments || Top||

#5  All they want is Ukraine to be isolated, defenseless... they have no designs on them, no!

Ferret, are you really that gullible?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 02/14/2022 11:12 Comments || Top||

#6  Ukraine has no chance of getting into NATO in the next ten years more.

Nobody will attack Crimea, and Sewastopol is safe.

So this is BS.
Posted by: European Conservative || 02/14/2022 15:43 Comments || Top||

#7  A military, whose head is Joe Headroom, a command which thinks SU-27s are USAF, headlined by Island Boys and the Paratroopettes, to attack Russia, in the Winter, to line the purses of politicians.

Even the diphawks are saying no thanks.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 15:56 Comments || Top||

#8  "War delayed as Biden inserts more equipment, pallets of cash to be captured."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 17:41 Comments || Top||

#9  #6 Ukraine has no chance of getting into NATO in the next ten years more. Nobody will attack Crimea, and Sewastopol is safe.

If so, then it costs us absolutely nothing to ratify this formally in a treaty. In fact, it's insane not to make a concession which is meaningless to your side and deeply desired by the other side.

Obviously, our only good outcome here is a negotiated agreement.

Time to stop hysterical bleating about 'invasion' (or is it a "limited incursion"?) and send in some skilled, intelligent negotiators like Nick Burns.

Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 02/14/2022 18:18 Comments || Top||

#10  "Why is that so hard for our idiot-Woke leaders to understand?" Judging by Trudeau's latest it seems liberals are no longer capable of any kind of compromise. They want it their way, and they want it now!
Posted by: ruprecht || 02/14/2022 18:49 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraq sentences police officer, informant to death over deadly operation
[Rudaw] An Iraqi court sentenced to death on Sunday a police officer and an informant over a deadly operation in December that left 20 people from the same family dead.

The two men can appeal the verdict, handed down by the criminal court in the central province of Babylon, a judiciary source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity
... for fear of being murdered...
Security forces in December opened fire on a house in the village of al-Rashayed in Babylon, killing 20 people including women and kiddies, under the pretext of pursuing two suspected terrorists.

But it was later revealed that a family dispute had motivated an informant to give "false intelligence" to police on the presence of "two terrorists" in the house, according to a judiciary statement issued in January.

"The Babylon criminal court has issued a death sentence
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
by hanging for two of the defendants," the Supreme Judicial Council said, quoted by state news agency INA.

"The other defendants will be tried later," it added.

In addition to the informant, an intelligence officer from the interior ministry, who led the operation, was also condemned to death, the judicial source told AFP.

Eighteen others, including both civilians and security forces, who participated in the operation await sentencing, the source added.

Iraq has the fourth highest rate of executions in the world, according to Amnesia Amnesty International, which has recorded that more than 50 people were executed in the country in 2020, including many who were accused of belonging to the 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....
group.

Both terrorism and homicide charges carry the death penalty in Iraq.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/14/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Jeez. In the US, this would be the basic no-knock and nobody gets even a time out.
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 02/14/2022 0:18 Comments || Top||


Olde Tyme Religion
85 held for lynching ‘mentally ill’ man in Khanewal as two FIRs registered
[Dawn] A day after the lynching of a ’mentally ill’ man in a Khanewal village, Prime Minister Imran Khan
...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders...
directed the authorities to adopt ’zero tolerance’ against the vigilantes and to take action against officials ’who failed in their duty’, with the result that 85 suspects were detained in more than 120 raids till Sunday evening.

A similar incident was reported from Faisalabad
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/14/2022 00:01 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  Sounds like the stoning crowd was 'mentally ill'.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/14/2022 0:20 Comments || Top||


#3 
Just tossing it out ....☺
Maybe this is the underlying reason the Liberals, Socialists, and Democrats (LSD's) are hell bent on Open Borders and Mass Unrestricted opposing culture immigration?

The USA citizens have become too Tame, less violate, and much more accepting of other nations and cultures.

Without the steady importation from Violent cultures, the LSD's would have to rewrite 3/4's of their political manifesto/agenda in 20 years.

But then again I can see modifications of the existing agenda items like:

eg: Gun STONE Control limits, size and conceal carry permits. ☺


Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/14/2022 7:54 Comments || Top||

#4  Now, now, now, the ancient penalty for false prophets (see - Al Gore) was stoning. Let's not be too hasty in judging the method. (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 02/14/2022 8:05 Comments || Top||

#5  However they wish to settle it is fine with me. Wat happens in Khanewal stays in Khanewal, I always say.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/14/2022 9:00 Comments || Top||

#6  Like, tranny dude swinging his junk around a women's spa while wearing a dress mentally ill?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/14/2022 17:34 Comments || Top||



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