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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Black Lives Matter PAC siphoned away almost ALL of its $116,000 cash reserves in the first three months of 2022 - with the largest chunk of funds going to a firm owned by a BLM board member
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Black Lives Matter PAC ended the 2022 quarter with $19,750 in the bank

  • This was after raising $80,000 and spending $116,000 during the first quarter, according to a filing submitted to the Federal Election Commission on Friday

  • A substantial chunk of that money - $45,000 - went to Bowers Consulting Firm, a company run by BLM board member Shalomyah Bowers

  • BLM PAC is affiliated with the BLM Global Network Foundation

  • In early April, BLM apologized following an expose that detailed how the organization had used donations to purchase a $6 million home in Los Angeles

  • The groups co-founder, Patrisse Cullors, who resigned last year amid scrutiny of her $3.2 million real estate empire, called reports of the mansion 'despicable'
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/26/2022 06:32 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM


#2  BLM, or Bullshit, Lying and Mendacity, just more race intimidation and blackmail for meek and clueless white people.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/26/2022 11:01 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, considering who is sending them the money, I really don't have much of a problem with it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/26/2022 11:09 Comments || Top||

#4  The arrogance; it’s like they thought they got elected to Congress.
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/26/2022 12:47 Comments || Top||

#5  Money laundering at its finest, other than buying a painting from Hunter Biden or selling NFTs at inflated prices to anonymous buyers with bitcoin.
Posted by: Chealing Chomotle4158 || 04/26/2022 19:18 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
FBI director says violence directed at police officers unlike anything he's seen before
[FoxNews] There were 73 police officers murdered in 2021

FBI Director Christpher Wray addressed the skyrocketing rate of murders against police officers Sunday, saying the surge is far outpacing general violent crime.

Wray made the comments during a "60 Minutes" interview on Sunday, saying murders of police officers rose 59% in 2021. The total murder rate rose 29% last year, and the U.S. lost 73 police officers to such attacks in 2021.

"Violence against law enforcement in this country is one of the biggest phenomena that I think doesn't get enough attention," Wray said, adding that officers are being murdered at a rate of nearly "one every five days."

"Some of it is tied to the violent crime problem as a whole. But one of the phenomena that we saw in the last year is that an alarming percentage of the 73 law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty last year were killed through things like being ambushed or shot while out on patrol. ... Wearing the badge shouldn't make you a target," he continued.

The National Fraternal Order of Police announced earlier in April that shootings of police officers had spiked 43% so far in 2022. The police union said 101 police officers had been shot in 2022 alone as of April 1.

"We are in the midst of a real crisis. The violence directed at law enforcement officers is unlike anything I’ve seen in my 36 years of law enforcement," National FOP President Patrick Yoes said in a statement at the time. "Last year was one of the most dangerous years for law enforcement, with more officers shot in the line of duty since the National Fraternal Order of Police began recording this data."

Wray also addressed a more general surge in violent crime, which has impacted most cities across the country.

"We're seeing more and more juveniles committing violent crime, and that's certainly an issue. We're seeing a certain amount of gun trafficking, interstate gun trafficking. That's part of it. And we're seeing an alarming frequency of some of the worst of the worst getting back out on the streets," Wray said.

Posted by: Skidmark || 04/26/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Are Fibbies also being killed at record rates? We know a big reason regular cops are is that they are continually demonized by the left. The FBI seem more offensive to the right.
Posted by: Glenmore || 04/26/2022 0:45 Comments || Top||

#2  However you consider parents who only want to exercise their free speech at school board meetings as terrorists.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/26/2022 6:34 Comments || Top||

#3  Wray made the comments during a "60 Minutes" interview

This is where I stopped reading.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/26/2022 6:48 Comments || Top||

#4 
I guess he has not been in Law Enforcement very long.

Biden (LSD) 2021 73+
Obama (LSD) 2011 had 72+
Clinton (LSD) 1995 had 76+

Note: the pattern... Since the 1990s when Liberal Democrats are in charge, more Law Enforcement Officers are shalt out and murdered.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/26/2022 7:40 Comments || Top||

#5  This is where I stopped reading.

"You can now listen to Fox News articles!"
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/26/2022 7:43 Comments || Top||

#6 
Posted by: Chereng Angaique4639 || 04/26/2022 9:52 Comments || Top||

#7  Now that he has been warned off investigating CCP infiltration, he probably has assets who could look into what is causing the increase. Maybe they can only solve crimes that they instigate,though.
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/26/2022 12:58 Comments || Top||

#8  Wray is into law enforcement about like the Justice Dept. is into justice. Maybe there would not be so many LE officers killed in the line of duty if the Feebs and DOJ were more into law enforcement and justice.
Posted by: JohnQC || 04/26/2022 15:22 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
After Al-Shabaab attacks, ATMIS imposes lockdown at Halane Base Camp
[Garowe] Access to the Halane Base Camp will be limited in the next three days, the African Union
...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful...
Transition Mission in Somalia [ATMIS] has announced, which will allow security forces to conduct operations within the heavily fortified facility.

The Halane Base Camp plays host to several diplomatic missions and the United Nations
...an idea whose time has gone...
within Mogadishu. This camp is viewed as one of the most protected areas within the federal republic of Somalia, which is struggling to contain the al-Shabaab
...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
threat.

Just a few weeks ago, al-Shabaab turbans attacked the facility leading to the death of at least ten people, main foreigners working in Somalia. The security threat triggered questions about the safety of foreigners and other senior government officials.

In a communique dispatched to the press, ATMIS, which is also facing serious internal challenges, noted that the facility will be out of bounds from April 25 to April 28, to allow security forces to conduct "operations within the surrounding areas".

The decision, ATMIS adds, was arrived upon consultation with Prime Minister Mohammed Hussein Roble, noting that the exercise will be done "safely and without interference". Insecurity has rocked the Somali capital Mogadishu in recent weeks with al-Shabaab heightening attacks.

Last week, the turbans attacked Lido beach in Mogadishu where a number of politicians and Police chief Major General Hijar were holed up in a meeting. So dire was the attack that a number of security analysts questioned why security forces within the compound were not armed at the time of the attack.

Despite the closure of the facility, ATMIS said, operations within the busy Aden Adde International Airport will go on uninterrupted. However,
it was a brave man who first ate an oyster...
activities within Air Force Hangar will be extremely limited to allow security teams to put a number of things in order.

The closure coincides with elections of the Speakers of the Lower House and Senate which have been scheduled for April 26th and 27th within. Afisiyoni tent within Halane Base Camp. The committee responsible for the elections moved them from Villa Hargeisa due to security concerns.

After the elections, politicians from the bicameral house will elect the president of the federal republic of Somalia. Outgoing President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmajo is battling to defend his seat but he has been under persistent attacks for allegedly "interfering" with the polls.

Farmajo is facing stiff opposition from former Presidents Sharif Sheikh Ahmed and Hassan Sheikh Mohamud along with former PM Hassan Ali Khaire and Wadajir party leader Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame who was elected to the Lower House recently.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/26/2022 01:09 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


India-Pakistan
Nawaz Sharif gets passport, free to travel
[GEO.TV] The Government of Pakistain has issued a new passport to the PML-N leader and former prime minister Nawaz Sharif
...served two three non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf, then by the courts...
, enabling him to travel to Pakistain.Official documents, seen by Geo News, show that Nawaz’s passport was issued in Islamabad on April 23, 2022, at 2:49pm (PST). The nature of the passport is "ordinary", and it was made in the "urgent" category, according to the available evidence.

The former prime minister’s new passport is valid for 10 years — till April 2032. The passport’s status is "active" as per the evidence shared by a trusted source.

A credible source said that Nawaz’s appointment for fingerprints at Pakistain High Commission was set for April 23, at Pakistain High Commission London, but it was cancelled the last time, however, the reason behind the appointment's cancellation is not clear.

The newly sworn-in Minister for Interior Rana Sanaullah said last week that a diplomatic passport was Nawaz's Sharif right and it would be issued to him.

"It is unfortunate that a person who has been prime minister three times is being deprived of national citizenship," the interior minister had said.

But the passport issued to Nawaz is not diplomatic but "ordinary".



Posted by: Fred || 04/26/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Pakistan

#1  passport issued to Nawaz is not diplomatic but "ordinary".

Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/26/2022 7:29 Comments || Top||

#2  In the meantime, Confucius say...

BOOM!!
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/26/2022 14:28 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Gaza pedestrian crossing to reopen following closure over rocket attacks
[IsraelTimes] The Erez Crossing with the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
Strip will reopen tomorrow, the military’s liaison to the Paleostinians says.

The pedestrian crossing between Israel and the coastal enclave was shuttered over recent rocket attacks on southern Israel.

With it reopening, some 12,000 Paleostinians with work permits can again enter Israel.

The Coordinator of Government Activities in the Territories says the move depends on "maintained security stability in the region."
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/26/2022 00:31 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Hamas


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran state TV says authorities foiled massive cyberattacks on public services
[IsraelTimes] Report claims over 100 agencies were targeted in recent days, but does not say which organizations and agencies came under attack

Iran’s state television
... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
said authorities have foiled massive cyberattacks that sought to target public services, both government and privately owned.

The report late on Sunday said Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
thwarted the attacks that planned to target the infrastructure of more than 100 public sector agencies. It did not elaborate or name specific examples of public sector agencies, organizations or services but said the incidents happened in recent days.

The report said that unidentified parties behind the cyberattacks used Internet Protocols in the Netherlands, Britannia, and the United States to stage the attacks.

Iran occasionally announces cyberattacks targeting the Islamic Theocratic Republic as world powers struggle to revive a tattered nuclear deal with Tehran.

In October, an assault on Iran’s fuel distribution system paralyzed gas stations nationwide, leading to angry motorists stranded in long lines and unable to get subsidized fuel for days. In July, a cyberattack on Iran’s railway system caused chaos and train delays.

Iran disconnected much of its government infrastructure from the internet after the Stuxnet computer virus — widely believed to be a joint US-Israeli creation — disrupted Iranian centrifuges in the country’s nuclear sites in the late 2000s.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/26/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran



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1Mob Rule
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