[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Yet another polygamist cult based on historical Mormonism and surrounding yet another pervert “prophet”.
Moroni Johnson, 53, is the first man to be convicted in the three-year plot
Authorities say the scheme was led by a self-proclaimed 'prophet' Sam Bateman
Johnson was pressured by Bateman to give up three of his wives, officials say
A polygamous cult member has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a depraved 'prophet' to traffic underage girls across the Arizona-Utah border for sexual activity.
Moroni Johnson, who faces 10 years to life in prison, pleaded guilty Tuesday to his part in the scheme alongside the self-proclaimed leader of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (FLDS), Samuel Bateman.
Johnson, 53, is the first man to be convicted in the plot that played out over a three-year period ending in September 2022.
It comes after the businessman told DailyMail.com in an exclusive interview earlier this year that Bateman took advantage of his deep-seated Mormon faith and controlled him with a toxic mix of physical, mental and sexual abuse.
Authorities said Johnson was pressured by Bateman to give up three of his wives as atonement because he wasn't treating the self-anointed leader as a prophet.
Bateman, 46, had created a sprawling network spanning at least four states as he tried to start an offshoot of the FLDS, officials say.
The cult has historically been based in the neighboring communities of Colorado City, Arizona, and Hildale, Utah.
He and his followers practice polygamy, a legacy of the early teachings of the mainstream Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, commonly referred to as the Mormon church which abandoned the practice in 1890 and now strictly prohibits it.
Bateman and his followers believe polygamy brings exaltation in heaven.
The FBI said Bateman had taken more than 20 wives, including 10 girls under the age of 18.
Bateman is accused of giving wives as gifts to his male followers and claiming to do so on orders from the 'Heavenly Father.'
Investigators say Bateman traveled extensively between Arizona, Utah, Colorado and Nebraska and had sex with minor girls on a regular basis.
Some of the sexual activity involving Bateman was recorded and transmitted across state lines via electronic devices.
The FBI said Bateman demanded that his followers confess publicly for any indiscretions and shared those confessions widely.
He claimed the punishments, which ranged from a time out to public shaming and sexual activity, came from the Lord, the federal law enforcement agency said.
Johnson told DailyMail.com in January that he allowed scheming Bateman to marry several of his wives and most of his daughters – and funded his lavish lifestyle which included two sprawling homes in Colorado City, Arizona, and a fleet of Bentley cars.
He claimed he took part in humiliating rituals on Bateman's orders and was, on one occasion, made to have sex with one of his wives in front of their daughters in order to show them how to 'please' the pervert prophet.
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Of the twenty-plus wives, Grom, ten of them were under the age of 18. Overindulgence does lead to lowered sperm counts, as I recall, but that is a separate issue.
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But but but I was told Sound of Freedom was a fever dream smear job!
They are going to pick on the Mormans, but you won't hear a peep about the people who took in migrant children on first call. The stories are already out there, but if that truth gets out it is going to be awful.
[WSB News Atlanta] ATLANTA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest data on sexually transmitted infections shows an upswing in some common viruses and a decrease in others.
In the Atlanta metropolitan area, 21 of the core metro reported increases in disease in 2022, with none more than the immediate Atlanta area counties.
According to the CDC data available, which is current at a county level through 2022, Fulton County sits atop the list of areas with the highest number of cases of syphilis, chlamydia and gonorrhea.
For the sake of reporting purposes, the following data and analysis does not include congenital syphilis, or a type of syphilis transmitted from mother to child in the womb.
The data available shows that for all three of the STIs mentioned, Fulton County had the highest number of new cases in 2022, the most recent year of data available.
Additionally, Fulton County had the highest rate of infections per capita, or number per 100,000 people.
[AFRICANEWS] For two weeks, Tsholofelo Moloi has been among thousands of South Africans lining up for water as the country's largest city, Johannesburg, confronts an unprecedented collapse of its water system affecting millions of people.
Residents rich and poor have never seen a shortage of this severity. While hot weather has shrunk reservoirs, crumbling infrastructure after decades of neglect is also largely to blame. The public's frustration is a danger sign for the ruling African National Congress, whose comfortable hold on power since the end of apartheid in the 1990s faces its most serious challenge in an election in May.
A country already famous for its hourslong electricity shortages is now adopting a term called "watershedding" — the practice of going without water, from the term loadshedding, or the practice of going without power.
Moloi, a resident of Soweto on the outskirts of Johannesburg, isn't sure she or her neighbors can take much more.
They and others across South Africa's economic hub of about 6 million people line up day after day for the arrival of municipal tanker trucks delivering water. Before the trucks finally arrived the day before, a desperate Moloi had to request water from a nearby restaurant.
There was no other alternative. A five-liter (1.3-gallon) bottle of water sells for 25 rand ($1.30), an expensive exercise for most people in a country where over 32% of the population is unemployed.
"We are really struggling," Moloi said. "We need to cook, and children must also attend school. We need water to wash their clothes. It’s very stressful."
Residents of Johannesburg and surrounding areas are long used to seeing water shortages — just not across the whole region at once.
Over the weekend, water management authorities with Gauteng province, which includes Johannesburg and the capital, Pretoria, told officials from both cities that the failure to reduce water consumption could result in a total collapse of the water system. That means reservoirs would drop below 10% capacity and would need to be shut down for replenishment.
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[AFRICANEWS] The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has reported fresh cases of Lassa fever, along with 20 deaths spanning 16 states over the course of one week, from February 26 to March 3.
During the ninth week of 2024, the NCDC observed a rise in confirmed cases, with 96 cases recorded in the previous week.
Lassa fever is a severe viral disease transmitted to humans via contact with contaminated food or objects, usually from infected rodents or individuals. Symptoms range from fever, headache, and sore throat to more severe manifestations like bleeding from different body parts.
Despite extensive efforts, Nigeria continues to grapple with new cases and deaths, indicating the ongoing threat posed by Lassa fever. The country recorded a total of 109 cases within one week.
From weeks one to nine, Nigeria documented 682 confirmed cases and 128 deaths, with a case fatality rate of 18.8%, exceeding the rate recorded for the same period in 2023.
The outbreak has affected multiple states, including Ondo, Bauchi, Edo, Benue, Ebonyi, Kogi, Kaduna, Taraba, Enugu, Delta, Jigawa, Adamawa, Anambra, Rivers, Ogun, and Oyo.
The report highlighted that 62% of confirmed cases originated from Ondo, Edo, and Bauchi, with the remaining 38% spread across 24 states.
Most affected individuals fall within the age group of 31 to 40 years, with a slightly higher incidence among males compared to females.
In response to the outbreak, the National Lassa Fever multi-partner, multi-sectoral incident management system has been activated to coordinate a comprehensive response at all levels through the Emergency Operations Centre (EOC).
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[Breitbart] United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) Commander Gen. Laura J. Richardson left open the possibility of sending troops to Haiti as part of an “international solution” to address the ongoing violent situation of the Caribbean nation in remarks given during an event held by the Atlantic Council think tank on Tuesday.
“I think an international solution, a solution that also includes Haiti’s perspective, is very important,” Richardson said. “So I don’t think a U.S.-only solution is where we should be heading.”
Richardson asserted that the Biden administration is trying to “do exactly that, work on an international solution.”
Large sectors of Haiti continue to be under the control of violent gangs led by Jimmy “Barbecue” Cherizier, who has openly called for a “bloody revolution” in the Caribbean nation. The gangs have continued to launch violent attacks, killing civilians and looting houses.
Haiti’s national power company announced on Monday that gangs assaulted a power station and “destroyed” four substations in Port-au-Prince, leaving areas of the country without power. Similarly, the nation’s central bank was reportedly attacked by armed men on Monday, leading to a clash between gang members and the police that left at least three criminals dead.
The Central Bank of Haiti is considered one of the few institutions still operating in the country. The police department is also deemed one of the last functional branches of the Haitian state. The police continued to engage in street warfare against the violent gangs this week, reportedly receiving the assistance of the local anti-gang vigilante movement known as Bwa Kale (a slang term for street justice) that surged in 2023.
Finance Minister Michel Patrick Boisvert is presently acting as interim prime minister.
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I'm okay with sending all the trans, woke troops to Haiti....be sure and take away their weapons first and give them Pride flags....I'm sure they'll do a great job!
The police actually exist to protect criminals from an infuriated public.
Kinda like here in Bidenland, huh? [Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Haiti's horrific descent into lawlessness following the resignation of embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid mounting pressure from gangs has been captured in graphic new detail.
Bodies were seen littering the streets in a series of shocking images this week, with journalists reporting they saw two suspected gang members, including a leader known as Makandal, killed and set on fire. Other footage showed corpses dragged and left to rot in the street by furious vigilante movements, with one man having had his hands cut off.
The Caribbean island nation has long been wracked by gang violence, but this has spiralled out of control in recent days amid the absence of the state, while enraged citizens seek to hunt down gang members in an outburst of vigilante justice.
Armed groups launched new attacks in the suburbs of Port-au-Prince early Wednesday, with heavy gunfire echoing across once-peaceful communities near the Haitian capital.
But several suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighbourhood on the southern outskirts of the city by desperate locals seeking to protect their families and livelihoods.
Almost a year ago, a group of Port-au-Prince residents lynched and set fire to around a dozen men believed to be gang members launching what became known as the Bwa Kale movement, a vigilante justice organisation.
Rights groups say such movements have been bolstered by members of Haiti's woefully under-resourced and underpowered police force who lost faith in the government's ability to crack down on gangs.
Earlier on Wednesday, Le Nouvelliste reported at least 15 people had been killed in attacks around Petion-Ville, home to several upscale hotels as well as around a dozen embassies.
Residents there barricaded themselves inside their homes while armed men carried out fresh attacks east of the city with the violence forcing banks, schools and businesses to close.
Petion-Ville is close to hotels that gang leader Jimmy 'Barbeque' Cherizier threatened last week, saying he would go after hotel owners hiding old-guard politicians.
In a bid to tame the lawlessness that has increasingly gripped the country since its former president was assassinated in 2021, a presidential transition council has been brokered by international leaders but its makeup remains unclear and gangs have threatened politicians who take part.
US officials said last week they expected the council's makeup to be defined within a couple of days, but some factions tapped for representation rejected the plan or were unable to unite behind one leader.
Those left out have criticized the council as empowering members of groups they considered to be corrupt.
Meanwhile, security has been bolstered at embassies, while some nations have launched evacuations of foreign nationals.
On Tuesday, the neighbouring Dominican Republic said it had evacuated close to 300 people, including personnel from the European Union, the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.
With the airport closed, the US said it was evacuating its citizens by helicopter.
Across the city in Carrefour Feuilles, an alleged gang leader on Tuesday rallied supporters in a bid to retake control of the zone after heavy fighting forced thousands from their homes last August.
Taiwan defense minister Chiu Kuo-cheng appeared to admit US Special Forces are training the Taiwanese military for a potential conflict
If correct, US troops would be stationed on coastal islands far closer to mainland China than to Taiwan in an escalation of America's presence in the region
Chinese President Xi Jinping has repeatedly said he intends to 'reunify' Taiwan with China,
...yes, yes — but given recent revelations about Chinese equipment failures and preparations on the mainland for the coming civil war following the Communist Party losing the Mandate of Heaven, will the Chinese army actually be able to sustain even an invasion as close as Taiwan? Not that anyone can stop preparing just in case China actually can do it…
while the US has vowed to support Taiwan in any potential invasion
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With openly anti-USA and mentally ill types running DC. It is only logical that many of our enemies see a chance to take on the USA milk it for $$$$.
Also with the CCP providing so many basic household items and about of 70% of all USA medications. If Biden Regime gets into it with CCP, about 10% of those on serious life saving meds will die within 120 days.
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What WWIII? When the time comes America will say to Taiwanese "This administration is not bound by the promises of the previous administration. Tough luck."
[Breitbart] The Biden administration’s push for electric vehicles (EVs) is exacerbating the country’s inflationary woes by driving up the price of auto insurance, Breitbart Economics Editor John Carney said in a Thursday interview with Fox Business host Larry Kudlow.
Kudlow noted that the Biden administration’s new environmental rule aimed at eliminating gas-powered vehicles is "inflationary" in practice.
"You wipe out gas-powered cars and stick EVs in, that is inflationary. You get nothing but higher prices for everything across the board," he said.
Carney agreed and highlighted the inflationary pressures EVs are already having on auto insurance.
"A lot of people have been noticing that auto insurance is way up," he said. "The more you get [of EVs], the higher auto insurance comes out because EVs are very expensive to repair once you get in a wreck."
"So, you’re going to see that auto insurance number keep climbing," he continued. "I’m told by people in auto insurance that that’s been one of the drivers of why auto insurance inflation is so high because it’s so much more expensive to repair a car today than it was 10 years ago."
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Not really until yesterday, now the insurance companies can factor the rule and start major increases now.
And yes. The Cyna Cheapos will kick US Automakers' collective asses just as surely as computer chip manufacturing. Some might say, it will be a bloodbath.
Grand, really, the two citadels of US domestic wealth creation, automotive and petroleum, hit in a pincer. Weird, right after auto manufacturers hinted at backing off EVs and all the horror stories about cost, durability, survivability, and suitability began to be talked about openly. Weird.
Some, including the head of Chinese automaker XPeng who used that expression talking about the effect on the US auto industry once they get their Mexican plants up and running.
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"When you vote, you are exercising political authority, you're using force. And force my friends is violence. The supreme authority from which all other authorities are derived."
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[Regnum] The price of gold on the New York Comex exchange on March 21 was $2,222.85 per troy ounce. It grew by more than 2% and updated the historical record. This was reported by Economies.com.
Today's trading began with a sharp increase - the price of the precious metal exceeded the target of $2,200. As of 8:54 Moscow time, the price of April gold futures on the exchange was $2206.7 per troy ounce.
According to analysts, the next record will be $2,235.
Bloomberg noted that traders' interest in gold arose due to speculation that the US Federal Reserve could move to lower the base rate by 75 basis points before the end of this year. This caused the US dollar and Treasury yields to fall.
The Fed published the results of the meeting on the base rate on March 20. The regulator decided to keep it in the range of 5.25–5.5% for the fifth time in a row. About half of the members of the Federal Open Market Committee noted that they expect a discount rate of 4.5-4.75% by the end of the year.
As Regnum reported, the price of gold on December 4 last year increased by almost 1%, reaching a record high of more than $2,100 per troy ounce. As of 08:34 Moscow time, the price of December futures on the New York Comex exchange increased by $17.7, or 0.85%, to $2,107.15 per troy ounce.
Senator Alexei Pushkov noted that the price of gold has reached its highest level in history, which is bad primarily for the dollar. According to him, the United States of America will inevitably lose its former hegemony due to serious economic factors.
Russia's gold reserves at the end of 2023 reached a new high of $155.9 billion; in physical terms, the reserves increased by almost 35 tons. According to the Central Bank, investments in gold increased by 2.6% in December last year. In physical terms, gold reserves increased by 34.6 tons, to 2,350 tons. The share of gold in Russia's reserves increased to 26% in December compared to 25.6% in November 2023.
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Scarcity drives value. The Fed's magic money tree strategy makes more dollars without backing in other words abundance. Tell the banks to get their funds from savings depositors not the Treasury. Time to compete with other institutions for that money.
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[Regnum] Estonian Prime Minister Kaja Kallas believes that she is committing political suicide by taking unpopular measures aimed at strengthening the republic's defense. She announced this on March 21 in an interview with EUobserver.
It is noted that the head of the Estonian government increased taxes in the republic to cover the country's defense expenses.
“I am committing political suicide, but I have no choice,” she said.
As Regnum reported, on March 13, Kallas refused to guarantee members of parliament that Estonian military personnel would not be sent to the combat zone in Ukraine. According to her, she cannot give such guarantees due to the fact that circumstances may change.
The Prime Minister said on March 7 that she would not stand for election to the European Parliament. Kallas noted that she will instead continue to work as head of the Estonian government.
The Politico newspaper reported on March 4, citing sources, that the European Union does not want to see Callas as high representative for foreign affairs and security policy because of her negative attitude towards Russia. It was noted that France and Germany would not agree to this for the same reason that she was not suitable for work in NATO.
The Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs 12 published a list of “the most hostile towards Russia” representatives of the Baltic countries. It includes 347 citizens of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia, including politicians, among whom is Kallas.
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[Regnum] The Central Bank of Turkey raised the interest rate from 45 to 50% on March 21, the regulator’s press service reported.
“The Monetary Policy Committee decided to increase the interest rate (the weekly repo auction rate) from 45 to 50%,” the Turkish Central Bank said.
It is noted that the committee also decided to make adjustments to the operational framework of monetary policy by setting overnight borrowing and lending rates at 300 basis points below and above the weekly repo auction rate, respectively.
The regulator explained that last month the monthly inflation trend was higher than expected. The Central Bank cited inflation in the service sector as the reason. At the same time, domestic demand remained strong, although imports of consumer goods and gold into Turkey slowed in February and contributed to an improvement in the current account balance.
Inflationary pressure is associated with the inflexibility of inflation in the service sector, inflation expectations, geopolitical risks and food prices, the regulator noted.
Turkey's central bank will maintain tight monetary policy until the country experiences a significant and sustained decline in the country's underlying monthly inflation trend and inflation expectations reach the projected range of forecasts, the institution said.
This interest rate was a record since 2003. The Turkish Central Bank raised the key rate to 45% on January 25. Analysts did not predict a new increase. The previous increase took place on December 21, 2023 - up to 42.5%. A year ago, the key interest rate of the Turkish Central Bank was at eight and a half percent.
As Regnum reported, on June 22 there was a sharp increase to 15%. This happened after the presidential elections in Turkey and the appointment of Hafize Gaye Erkan as chairman of the bank. The board of directors said that inflation is almost 40% and needs to be reduced to five percent.
The National Institute of Statistics Turkstat reported at the beginning of 2024 that annual inflation in Turkey amounted to 64.77% in December, and in November it was 62%.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
A polygamous cult member has pleaded guilty to conspiring with a depraved 'prophet' to traffic underage girls across the Arizona-Utah border for sexual activity. 
[WSB News Atlanta] ATLANTA — The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s latest data on sexually transmitted infections shows an upswing in some common viruses and a decrease in others.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Haiti's horrific descent into lawlessness following the resignation of embattled Prime Minister Ariel Henry amid mounting pressure from gangs has been captured in graphic new detail. 
