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Good afternoon
Wheeler Now Begs Criminal Antifa Terrorists to Stay Home So Trump Won’t Use Portland in His Ads
Saturday August 8th, 2020

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Two Lebanese nationals shot dead in Tehran on the same street as the house of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
Anti-government protests break out in Beirut
Gunmen kill about 20 in attack in eastern Burkina Faso
Turkish-backed militants launch attack against Syrian Army in east Aleppo
Israeli warplanes launch heavy strikes on northern Gaza
Turkey blasts new Egyptian-Greek agreement in Mediterranean as 'invalid'
Homeless men are seen brazenly sharing swigs of liquor without masks and urinating on the street outside luxury Upper West Side hotels - as it's revealed New York 'illegally housed pedophiles next to playgrounds' in the neighborhood

Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 13:40 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's called dazzle camouflage, Works pretty well if you ask me.


Posted by: jpal || 08/08/2020 13:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Yep. I don't even see it. I'm looking at other things.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 14:08 Comments || Top||

#3  Kinda like zebra stripes, confuses the hell out of lions if you get enough zebras together. But would it fool radar?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/08/2020 14:12 Comments || Top||

#4  Fool radar? Not so much but it gave a few U-boat commanders ulcers.
Posted by: jpal || 08/08/2020 14:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Hard to tell if it's coming or going or turning. Makes it hard to set the range on the torpedoes.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 16:43 Comments || Top||

#6  Dazzle camouflage was to confuse range finders, not radar.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 08/08/2020 20:27 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Gunmen kill about 20 in attack in eastern Burkina Faso
[Al Ahram] Unidentified gunmen killed about 20 people in an attack on a cattle market in eastern Burkina Faso on Friday, the government said in a statement. No one claimed responsibility for the attack in the village of Fada N'Gourma.
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Fifth Column
Roundup: With no federal officers to fight in downtown Portland, antifa are now trying to turn southeast Portland, a residential area, into their new war zone
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  You voted for the government of Portland. Take it good and hard.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/08/2020 9:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Hows that catch and release working for you?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/08/2020 12:08 Comments || Top||

#3  h/t Instapunit

Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/08/2020 13:04 Comments || Top||

#4  Releasing violent criminals back into the street just boggles my mind. What do they think is going to happen?

But, as others have pointed out, the people of Portland voted for these policies, so limited sympathy.
Posted by: Tom || 08/08/2020 15:05 Comments || Top||

#5  Maybe he should have an accident and disappear.
Posted by: H-T-A || 08/08/2020 16:52 Comments || Top||

#6  Yeah, you guys never been stomped by a Xdresser in heels.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/08/2020 18:45 Comments || Top||


Portland catch and release program
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Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  If you catch 'em by the toe then you have to let 'em go. I grew up in the 50's hearing this now I know where it came from.
Posted by: jpal || 08/08/2020 15:47 Comments || Top||


Portland mayor unleashes police on violent demonstrations
[WASHINGTONTIMES] Portland Mayor Ted Wheeler, who for weeks had blamed President Trump for fueling riots in his Oregon city, on Thursday acknowledged that the violence has continued even after the federal presence was curtailed, and told peaceful protesters to stay home.

Mr. Wheeler, who is also the city’s police commissioner, said he’s authorized officers to "do whatever is necessary" to gain control after another night of rioting against officers.

And he used a base political appeal to try to get the riots to stop, saying they’re inadvertently helping Mr. Trump.

"Don’t think for a moment that if you are participating in this activity that you are not being a prop for the reelection campaign for Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
, because you absolutely are," he said in a presser conducted online. "You are creating the b-roll film that will be used in ads nationally to help Donald Trump during his campaign. You don’t want to be part of that, then don’t show up."

Police say a crowd barricaded and tried to set fire to a precinct with officers still inside it Wednesday night. Protesters also aimed green lasers at officers, threw shot put-sized rocks at them and fired commercial grade fireworks at them. At one point a demonstrator attempted to run over officers using a truck, police said.

A riot was declared and police used tear gas to clear the scene.

"The attack was immediate, it was intentional, and it was planned. It was intended to cause serious injury or death, and it very well could have," Mr. Wheeler said in a Zoom presser.

He and other local officials had insisted things would calm down once Homeland Security curtailed its presence at the federal courthouse downtown, giving the lead over to state police.

That transition happened a week ago, and the downtown area, while still the scene of large marches, has been much quieter. But the violence has now shifted to target local police.

Mr. Wheeler said trying to burn the precinct with officers inside it was attempted murder.

The Oregonian newspaper reported that the fire was contained in a metal garbage can, though it did char a board near the precinct entrance.

Mr. Wheeler said the use of tear gas to disperse the crowd was the right call.
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  The lasers some rioters are using are true lasers, powerful enough that gu ou cannot hold your hand in front of them for more than about a second. This is according to Ted Cruz, I believe.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 0:31 Comments || Top||

#2  "You are creating the b-roll film that will be used in ads nationally to help Donald Trump during his campaign.

A bit late mayor. The Orange Man already has more than enough footage of the urban mayhem.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/08/2020 6:36 Comments || Top||

#3  Mr. Wheeler said the use of tear gas to disperse the crowd was the right call.

Nah, shotguns. Great at real riot control and you can station collection teams at the emergency rooms. The evidence is planted right there in them.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/08/2020 7:36 Comments || Top||


#5  Auto Darkening Welding Goggles
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/08/2020 9:29 Comments || Top||

#6  A small whiff of grapeshot might encourage the others.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 08/08/2020 10:54 Comments || Top||

#7  Guess the Polling Aggregates are in.

Skid, that was my first thought but do not have the technical knowledge of the lasers vs. this protection to be certain of safety.

Gun Free Zone has also explored this issue Here.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 08/08/2020 12:06 Comments || Top||

#8  That's a good read, KS.
I was thinking transitional lenses with ratings for gamma and Xrays would be pretty effective.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/08/2020 18:55 Comments || Top||

#9  Re: Lasers.
Military saying - "tracers work both ways".
Posted by: Mercutio || 08/08/2020 19:51 Comments || Top||


Black Lives Matter protesters in Salt Lake City face Life In Prison for 'smashing windows and dousing District Attorney's office in red paint' during demonstration
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Group of demonstrators damaged the District Attorney's office in Salt Lake City during a protest on July 9

  • Prosecutors have now filed first degree felony charges against the perpetrators, meaning they face life in prison

  • Attorneys and civil rights activists have blasted the charges, saying they set a dangerous precedent for people who wish to freely protest

  • 'This is not about protest, this is about people who are engaging in criminal conduct,' Salt Lake City DA Sim Gill has stated

  • Prosecutors said the felony criminal mischief charges are more serious because they carry a 'gang enhancement'

  • Activist Madalena McNeil was asked resign from her nonprofit job and all the defendants have to post $50,000 bail

  • More than 30 people have been charged with various crimes in Salt Lake County since protests over George Floyd´s death began in late May
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Attorneys and civil rights activists have blasted the charges, saying they set a dangerous precedent for people who wish to freely protest

Sorry, gotta stick with the non-violent protest.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 12:15 Comments || Top||

#2  If they get a life sentence, they'll be pardoned by the next Dem Pres.
Posted by: charger || 08/08/2020 14:08 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ And rewarded with high paying gummit jobs. Don't forget the gummit jobs.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/08/2020 14:44 Comments || Top||

#4  I have no sympathy for the protestors, but this would seem to fall under 'cruel and unusual punishment'.
They'll plead it down.
Posted by: ed in texas || 08/08/2020 16:09 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Revolutionaries in Wasit governorate organize a march to commemorate the revolution`s victims, demand punishing the protesters' killers
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iraq


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israeli warplanes launch heavy strikes on northern Gaza
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Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  Balloons again?
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  ^It's important to maintain the routine. If you don't bomb Gaza periodically, Gazans become disoriented & disturbed.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/08/2020 3:36 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Feels too much like civilization
Posted by: Frank G || 08/08/2020 6:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Ah. Like mowing the grass.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 12:02 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish-backed militants launch attack against Syrian Army in east Aleppo
[ALMASDARNEWS] The Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems launched a surprise attack against the Syrian Arab Army (SAA) troops deployed inside the town of Tadef in the eastern countryside of the Aleppo Governorate last night.

Led by Jaish al-Nasr, the Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems launched an attack on the Syrian Army’s post at the northern axis of Tadef from their positions at nearby al-Bab.

This attack by the Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems would result in a series of intense festivities that involved both heavy gunfire and shelling.

According to a field report from eastern Aleppo, the Syrian Arab Army was able to foil the attack by the Ottoman Turkish-backed holy warriors, forcing them to ultimately retreat back towards al-Bab.

The Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems have become increasingly aggressive in eastern Aleppo, northern al-Raqqa, and western al-Hasakah, prompting the Syrian Armed Forces to deploy reinforcements to these fronts.

Prior to this attack, the Ottoman Turkish-backed murderous Moslems repeatedly struck the Syrian Army’s positions in al-Hasakah, which is a violation of the ongoing ceasefire agreement east of the Euphrates.
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Bahaa Al-Hariri: Hizbullah controls the Beirut port, and we urgently need an immediate international investigation
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Lebanon president says he knew of highly explosive material at Beirut's port in July
[Al Ahram] Lebanese President Michel Aoun
...president of Leb, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Hizbullah...
knew about the huge stockpile of kaboom stored at Beirut's port nearly three weeks before it blew up, he said Friday, adding he had ordered action be taken about it at the time, although the top leader also said he had no authority over the facility."Do you know how many problems have been accumulating?" Aoun replied when a news hound pressed whether he should have followed up on his order.

Aoun's comments were the most senior confirmation that Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers...
's top leaders and security officials were aware of the 2,750 tons of highly explosive ammonium nitrate that had been stored at the port for years.

The chemicals went kaboom! Tuesday after apparently being set off by a fire, in a massive blast that killed nearly 150 people, maimed thousands and caused billions of dollars of damage across the city. Bodies were still being recovered from the rubble on Friday.

Investigators are probing the blast and have focused on personnel at the Port of Beirut - Lebanon's main port that is so well known for corruption its common nickname is Ali Baba's Cave. But many Lebanese say it points to much greater rot that permeates the political system and extends to the country's top leadership.

Aoun, who has been in his post since 2016, said previous governments had known about the danger of the stockpile since it was confiscated from a ship impounded in 2013.

"The material had been there for seven years, since 2013. It has been there, and they said it is dangerous and I am not responsible. I don't know where it was placed. I don't even know the level of danger," Aoun told a news conference.

He said that when he was told of the stockpile June 20, he immediately ordered military and security officials "to do what is needed."

"There are ranks that should know their duties, and they were all informed. ... When you refer a document and say, `Do what is needed,' isn't that an order?" he added.

Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


New footage from the Beirut blast
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Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Note to self: When you see a big blast, don't try to outrun it. Get into a nearby doorway.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 0:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Also, do not close the window, do not run to see what just happened as it may still be happening, do get down, open your mouth but cover it and close your eyes.
Posted by: Cesare || 08/08/2020 8:31 Comments || Top||


Anti-government protests break out in Beirut
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Lebanon's customs chief, predecessor, head of port arrested
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  Somehow I don't this will stick.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 0:26 Comments || Top||

#2  I doubt the material was ever produced for peaceful agricultural purposes (sitting a bit too long). It has likely achieved it's intended purposes. The targeting was a bit off however, inshallah maintenance and storge.... no help.

When kept in large storage lots (2750 tons is large), you simply can't trust the stuff or the people charged with it's safe keeping:

In 1947, an explosion in Texas City, Texas, killed at least 581 people and wounded 3,500 after two cargo ships carrying ammonium nitrate caught fire. In 2013, a fertilizer plant in West, Texas, caught fire and exploded, killing 15 people. In 2015, disaster struck in Tianjin, China, when a fertilizer explosion killed 165 people at a busy seaport.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/08/2020 6:47 Comments || Top||

#3  But the usual suspects will be rounded up.

/sarc
Posted by: M. Murcek || 08/08/2020 7:42 Comments || Top||

#4  I still believe this material was Nasrallah's 'Ace in the Hole' that he counted on for future usage against the jooos.

He was pretty excited the other day after it exploded.

Oh well,
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 08/08/2020 11:30 Comments || Top||

#5  BBC said the cargo was meant for an explosives firm in Mozambique. So I guess it wasn't the adulterated form they sell for fertilizer, but purer.
Posted by: James || 08/08/2020 12:34 Comments || Top||

#6  More details

The cargo was intended for an ammunition factory but the skipping company diverted it to Beirut to pick up a cargo. It was stuck there due to a conflict about port fees. The cargo was on loaded into a warehouse where it sat for several years. During some elding at the warehouse it ignited...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 08/08/2020 13:33 Comments || Top||

#7  It was stuck there due to a conflict about port fees.

Sounds like someone didn't get paid off.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 14:14 Comments || Top||


People on the street: “Terrorists, terrorists, Hezbollah are terrorists.”
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah

#1  And they have all the weapons too.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 08/08/2020 3:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Not exactly news. The question is "What are you going to do about it?".
Posted by: SteveS || 08/08/2020 9:09 Comments || Top||

#3  did they just figure this out?
Posted by: 746 || 08/08/2020 11:42 Comments || Top||

#4  Sounds like the people know it, but it's going g against the interests of the ruling caste to go along with it. Typical third world $hit. Oh, wait ....
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 12:07 Comments || Top||


#6  Seems Beirut may have their scapegoat. Now they just have to decide to make the sacrifice.
Posted by: gorb || 08/08/2020 14:16 Comments || Top||


Two Lebanese nationals shot dead in Tehran on the same street as the house of Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran


-PC Follies
NYPD backs down from bust of cop-assault suspect — on Dermot Shea’s order
[NYPOST] NYPD officers engaged in an hours-long stalemate with a cop-assault suspect Friday in Hell’s Kitchen — before Police Commissioner Dermot Shea ordered them to retreat as a stream of protesters arrived on the scene, law-enforcement sources told The Post.The top cop’s directive to give up — without the suspect in jug — left some NYPD insiders fuming, given the city’s recent concessions to unruly protesters.

"Another example of mob rules," an NYPD insider said.

Police massed on West 45th Street between Ninth and Tenth Avenue around 7 a.m. Friday to try to bring in the young protest organizer, who is accused of screaming through a bullhorn into the ear of a cop at a recent demonstration, leaving her with hearing damage, sources said.

Dozens of cops, some dressed in tactical gear, flooded the scene but couldn’t actually enter the protester’s apartment because they didn’t have a warrant, sources said.

While refusing to come out, the suspect began live-streaming the battle of wills online, sending fellow protesters racing to the scene.



Posted by: Fred || 08/08/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  C'mon, you guys, that's just sloppy. You gotta get a warrant.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 08/08/2020 14:14 Comments || Top||



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