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Sri Lankan boat associated with Pak drug network intercepted off Kerala coast with 300 kg heroin, arms
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Bad day at a Vegas gun range for Marvin Peyton (video)
[Guns America] A man was shot and killed at a Las Vegas gun range last month after he tried to rob one of the range patrons and attacked police officers responding to the scene.

The man was shot and killed by one of the responding officers as well as three gun range employees after he started stabbing an officer with a screwdriver. The man had a history of assaulting police officers, according to local media.

"It didn’t seem like they wanted to get involved but when they saw what occurred, that’s when they took action," Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Assistant Sheriff Brett Zimmerman said at a press conference, referring to the gun range employees. "Their training and tactics were along the lines of our officers, they saw the same threat, our officer fired and they fired."

Video from the incident shows Marvon Peyton, Jr., 27, rifling through a bag belonging to a man who was a student at one of the range’s gun classes. Peyton had entered during a class break, and the bag contained the man’s firearm, according to Zimmerman.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2021 07:53 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  History of assaulting cops. Wakandan suicide.
Posted by: Warthog || 04/02/2021 9:40 Comments || Top||

#2  Commits a crime where everyone is armed....LOL.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 04/02/2021 22:31 Comments || Top||


Asian-American doctor reveals the REASON behind all these attacks on Asians by Blacks
[Right Scoop] You might be wondering why there all of these attacks attacks on Asians in the US by black people, one of which we saw this week.

Well Asian-American Dr. Eugene Gu has just given us the answer:
Black on Asian crimes only occur because of our system of white supremacy that strips African Americans of their economic opportunities while taking respect and dignity away from Asian Americans. Also, white people in power are experts at dividing and conquering to stay in power.
12:29 AM · Mar 30, 2021

"White people" — I bet you never saw that coming, especially from an Asian-American doctor. But seriously, what "system of white supremacy" is he talking about? Can he even define it? No, because there is no such thing. This tweet sounds like something that might’ve been written back in the dark days of segregation in the Democratic South, because it sounds like lunacy to say it about now.

And note that he’s not just blaming the ’system of white supremacy’, he’s actually blaming White people in power for dividing people. Huh? So he’s saying white people are behind the hatred some blacks have of Asian Americans? Can he define how that works too? No, because he’s just spewing drivel and making generalities, none of which he can put any substance too.

But what’s even worse is that Dr. Gu is basically suggesting that blacks aren’t responsible for themselves. Just look at some of the tweet responses he got:

Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2021 03:03 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Off the pile...

Atlanta: The Terrible Tally
From Mulberry St. to the Valley,
An Asian masseuse
Fears two cultures. One's hers,
And the other is-- "Quick, hold a rally!
Blame Trump... Jesus... Dr. Seuss... Calley..."
Posted by: Ebberetle Chavilet9598 || 04/02/2021 3:51 Comments || Top||

#2  I expected the Triads to stand up for their golden geese.

Let the yellow and black and brown
unite to joyously thrive!
'Nay!'Roars Wakanda,
'Alone we shall strive!'
Then some hard men with
tattoos and funny knives arrive.
'Oh, we are all bros and hos',
says the Panther now, And
'May long live the hive!'
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/02/2021 4:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Apparently the doctor means Democrat people in power are experts at dividing and conquering
Posted by: Bobby || 04/02/2021 8:24 Comments || Top||

#4  I keep waiting for the first time some thug picks on a push hand sifu.... one hopes for video....
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/02/2021 9:08 Comments || Top||

#5  TWITTERVERSE, U.S. – Dr. Eugene Gu first gained national social media attention in Spring 2018 when he claimed he was fired from the general surgical residency program at Vanderbilt University Medical Center for kneeling to protest white supremacy. It turns out his contract was not renewed and this was based on his repeated bad-mouthing of his program and institution on social media. (Educated at Stanford and Duke)
Posted by: b || 04/02/2021 9:10 Comments || Top||

#6  #5 Some "Asians" fully adopt "white liberal" viewpoint?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2021 9:23 Comments || Top||

#7  Dear Dr. heal thyself.
Posted by: Dacama || 04/02/2021 9:53 Comments || Top||

#8  A well-born eugenic named Gu
(Don't insult him by saying, Dr Who?)
Shoos away notoriety
With cant and false piety
Wrapped in gooey Woke-wacky. F-YOU!!!
Posted by: Zebulon Sneck8679 || 04/02/2021 10:38 Comments || Top||

#9  As Bobby said.
How many of these attacks are occurring in Red areas? I'm hearing San Francisco bay Area and NY a lot in these reports.

Bluest of the blue areas seem to be where the majority of racism occurs.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 04/02/2021 10:48 Comments || Top||

#10  Yes indeed. It's a Blue phenomenon according to the
very left-wing Cal State U. Center for the Study of Hate and Extremism

% of All Anti-Asian "Prejudice Incidents," Mar-19-Dec-31, 2020
California: 69%
New York City: 20%
Washington state: 7%

In California it's overwhelmingly in LA and San Francisco with a few in San Jose -- all deep-blue hard left cities. Almost none in right-leaning/moderate San Diego.
Posted by: Shemble Cheter8825 || 04/02/2021 11:18 Comments || Top||


Victims In Shooting At Orange Business Park All Had Ties To Suspect, Not A Random Act
[LOSANGELES.CBSLOCAL] A shooting at a business park in the city of Orange that left four people dead — including a 9-year-old boy — was not a random act of violence, police said Thursday.

The shooting occurred around 5:30 p.m. Wednesday evening on the second floor of the office building at 202 West Lincoln Avenue.

In addition to the four victims, another woman was hospitalized at death's door.

In a media briefing Thursday, a police spokesperson said officers had a difficult time entering the business park because both gates had been locked from the inside.

District Attorney Todd Spitzer said officers maimed the suspect in the courtyard, where the dear departed 9-year-old boy was found, along with one of the adult female victims, who officials believe to be the boy’s mother. It’s unclear whether the suspect fired his weapon at officers.

They also confirmed that all the victims knew the suspect — identified as 44-year-old Aminadab Gaxiola Gonzalez — through business or personal relationship.

The shooting happened at two business suites belonging to Unified Homes, a real estate business.

A woman who says she’s a family member of one of the victims says that Gonzalez was at one point married to an agent who left the business two years ago, according to CBSLA’s Rick Montanez.

Gonzalez was also maimed in the shootout, but it’s unclear if he was shot by police or if the wounds were self-inflicted. He’s also hospitalized at death's door.

Investigators still don’t have any information on why Gonzalez wanted to attack the victims.

Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Watch for the leftists identifying him as "morally white".
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 04/02/2021 8:46 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ Oh, they do that already. "Gun culture" is a "white supremacist" thing. "Cept in th' hood. There it's just lifestyle.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/02/2021 13:55 Comments || Top||


-Obits-
Egypt ex-PM Kamal al-Ganzouri Beyond All Cares and Woe
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] Former Egyptian Prime Minister Kamal al-Ganzouri died on Wednesday at the age of 88.

Ganzouri served as prime minister during the tenure of late President Hosni Mubarak
...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011...
and was appointed by the Supreme Council of the Armed Forces (SCAF) for the same position to lead a transitional government after the January 25 Revolution.

"Egypt today lost a unique statesman," President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi said in his eulogy to Ganzouri.

"He was a righteous person in Egypt, loyal to its territories and its people," the president said, hailing the former premier’s vision, excellent leadership skills, and good manners.

"Ganzouri was devout, honest, and loyal in fateful and decisive stages of this homeland's history," he continued.

The cabinet also hailed the late politician’s patriotic role in serving the government for many years, including during two premierships, and described him as a role model.

Ganzouri had used his long experience, especially in economics, for the benefit of his country, the cabinet added.

He was born in 1933 in Bagour city in Menoufia governorate. An economist by training, he earned a Ph.D. from Michigan State University.

He served as the deputy prime minister to Mubarak from 1986 until 1996 and then became prime minister from 1996 to 1999.

He served in the role for less than a year, resigning from the post in June 2012 after the election of Mohammed Morsi as a president.

Ganzouri started the Toshka project but was faced with criticism. In his diary published in 2014, he accused officials, including Mubarak, of hindering the completion of the project.
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under: Arab Spring


-Great Cultural Revolution
No Native American face paint, headdresses allowed in Progressive Field for Indians games
[Cleveland] CLEVELAND, Ohio — Cleveland Indians fans will not be able to paint their faces in Native American fashion or wear headdresses to games at Progressive Field this season, according to a new team policy.

The no-tolerance policy also involves abusive or inappropriate language or conduct deemed disorderly or disruptive, and that includes "inappropriate dress." The team says fans could be ejected or refused admission.

Restricted attire includes headdresses and face paint that references American Indian cultures and traditions. Inappropriate or offensive images, words, dress or face paint must be covered or removed. The prohibition extends to solicitation of contributions and distribution of literature at Progressive Field.

The policy does not extend to the Chief Wahoo logo on attire, said Curtis Danburg, vice president of communications and community impact. And face paint with other messages — like an image of Slider or a player’s jersey number — is OK.

Essentially, the policy appears to be akin to restaurants posting ’No shirt, no shoes, no service’ guidelines.

The team already has done away with Chief Wahoo logos on uniforms, and last year announced a prospective move away from the name "Indians."

The controversy regarding Native Americans and sports fans has been one of the most divisive topics in sports in recent years. Some see the wearing of headdresses, the nicknames and certain chants in stadiums as mimicry, disrespectful, and demeaning of historical culture. Others see it simply as an expressive way to cheer for their team, an unharmful tradition and an unnecessary application of political correctness.

For years in Cleveland, Opening Day showdowns outside Progressive Field were common between Native Americans and supporters facing off with fans adorned with Wahoo apparel. The controversy over nicknames regarding Native Americans is not endemic to Cleveland, though.

Last year, both the NFL’s Kansas City Chiefs and NHL’s Chicago Blackhawks banned face paint and headdresses — though the hockey team’s main jersey logo continues to be the profile of a headdress-wearing Indian. After years of pressure, the Washington Redskins did away with their nickname, opting for the "Washington Football Team" starting last season.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2021 12:47 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Just great. So all the 1960s' Chicago Blackhawk sports memorabilia I inherited will be as taboo as nazi stuff. I better try to sell it to those pawnshop guys
Posted by: Penguin_of_the_Desert || 04/02/2021 14:06 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ might drive the price up. Look on the bright side
Posted by: Squinty Tingle1287 || 04/02/2021 14:13 Comments || Top||

#3  What if an authentic native American wants to attend an Indians game in tribal garb?
BTW, the Indians were named to HONOR an Indian player who had died.
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 04/02/2021 14:39 Comments || Top||

#4  the Indians were named to HONOR an Indian player who had died

Dat's rayciss. Soul-expropriation
Posted by: Skunky Ebbetle2110 || 04/02/2021 14:51 Comments || Top||

#5  Would Joker facepaint be psychological appropriation?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/02/2021 15:24 Comments || Top||

#6  Get your copy of Major League while you can, the Fun Police are out to thump.

Who is Slider?

-looks it up-

Jesus. So some pink pantless thing with balls is going to sachay around gyrating. Ya get seat upgrades for painting that thing next to your mouth, maybe lip sync the song Supermodel?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/02/2021 15:58 Comments || Top||

#7  Is Chief Wahoo related to AOC? I seen da resemblance
Posted by: Choluper Omith5510 || 04/02/2021 16:08 Comments || Top||

#8  Maybe wear smallpox plague blankets?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 04/02/2021 18:05 Comments || Top||

#9  Are 'real' Native Americans objecting or are Woke Whites appropriating their culture and objecting for them?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 04/02/2021 18:27 Comments || Top||

#10  Is Chief Wahoo related to AOC? I seen da resemblance

(Spock voice, first Star Trek reboot) - "The cadet's logic is sound. The huge bug eyes and high cheekbones on both specimens are dead giveaways."

I doubt it will be much of a problem, given how much MLB sucks big hairy donkey balls nowadays. The Red Sox played today and got a leadoff hit, then went 18 consecutive at-bats without a hit. I can't watch that shit and I doubt any of you are either.
Posted by: Raj || 04/02/2021 19:26 Comments || Top||

#11  Ah'm out. Saw an older guy at Kroger wearing an Indians ballcap and asked his thoughts. Five f-bombs later he summarized by saying "They won't have any fans left" after pulling this sh-t.

This time it seems the fans really are leaving for good.
MLB R.I.P.
Posted by: Squinty Ebbath1916 || 04/02/2021 21:16 Comments || Top||

#12  @ #1 - Actually, Penguin, they are good with "Blackhawks"...saw something on TV about it. So, I'd say don't sell your Stan "Stosh" Mikita items.
Posted by: Clem || 04/02/2021 21:46 Comments || Top||

#13  ^ Black = noble, sublime, correct
Posted by: Sheba Spawn of the Visigoths9621 || 04/02/2021 23:27 Comments || Top||

#14  So Elizabeth Warren will not be attending games then?
Posted by: Slappy || 04/02/2021 23:32 Comments || Top||

#15  ^ Not unless someone gets in the back of her that Cherokee and drives it to Cleveland, no
Posted by: Chavitch Schwarzeneggar2221 || 04/02/2021 23:43 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Taiwan: At least 34 killed after train derails inside tunnel
[BBC] At least 34 people have died and 70 remain trapped after a train carrying around 350 passengers derailed inside a tunnel in Taiwan. Dozens more have been injured, with rescuers trying to access several badly damaged carriages inside the tunnel.

Local media say the eight-carriage train hit a construction vehicle that had slipped onto the tracks. The train, from the capital Taipei to Taitung, was carrying people travelling for the annual Tomb Sweeping festival.

Many people may have been standing because the train was so full.



Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2021 03:25 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So a true accident, or a way of blocking a critical transport route, prior to....?
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/02/2021 9:04 Comments || Top||


Africa North
March of the Mummies: Egypt Readies for Pharaohs' Parade
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Rwanda: Prosecution Pins Rusesabagina on Financing a Terror Group
[All Africa] Prosecution on Wednesday, March 31, revealed in detail to court how Paul Rusesabagina
...the child of a Hutu father and a Tutsi mother, he was the hotel manager portrayed in the film Hotel Rwanda about the 1994 Tutsi massacre. Subsequent to those events he and his family moved first to Brussels, then Texas. Once his family was safely settled out of the way, he formed the Movement for Democratic Change in Rwanda (MRCD) which has an armed wing, the National Liberation Front (FLN), because he found the current government of Rwanda unacceptable. It turns out some people think that makes him a terrorist...
financed terrorism activities during his reign as president of MRCD.Just like during the previous two hearings, Rusesabagina did not attend Wednesday's trial following his pronouncement before court on March 12 that he would no longer attend hearings.

His decision followed a court ruling that rejected his request to push trial for six months.

He is among 21 individuals being tried at the High Court Special Chamber for International and Cross-border Crimes over accusations linked to terrorism committed by MRCD-FLN.

His co-accused attended the hearing that is presided over by high court judge Antoine Muhima.

Rusesabagina faces nine charges including formation of an irregular gang, membership of a terrorist group, financing terrorism, murder as an act of terrorism, and abduction as an act of terrorism.

Other counts are armed robbery as an act of terrorism, arson as an act of terrorism, attempted murder as an act of terrorism, and assault and battery as an act of terrorism.

According to prosecution, on the charge of financing terrorism, Rusesabagina on several occasions personally sent money to 'General' Wilson Irategeka, who was the leader of FLN, to run terror activities of the militia group based in D.R. Congo.

Irategeka was eventually killed in a military offensive by DR Congo military against gangs operating in the country.

During Wednesday's hearing, Claudine Dushimimana, a National Prosecutor, mentioned that during interrogations, Rusesabagina admitted sending a total of $20,000 to FLN, adding that, there were also other sums of money that would be collected through fundraisings organized by MRCD and contributions by members of the coalition.
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:


Ex-Nigerian Minister Who Claimed Covid-19 Vaccine Is 'Evil', Gets Vaccinated
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  What's an ex-Nigerian? Duhh.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 04/02/2021 4:46 Comments || Top||

#2  I think I got an e-mail from him recently. I'm rich, I'm rich!!
Posted by: Clem || 04/02/2021 12:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Man is allowed to change his mind.
Posted by: Angstrom || 04/02/2021 20:41 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kaliningrad and Crimea under deep observation
[Twitter]
Posted by: 3dc || 04/02/2021 05:53 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life,

#1  for about 500 years, Konigsberg was an independent city or part of Poland or part of Prussia or of Sweden or of Germany.

Post WWII it became part of the Soviet Union and was named Kalingrad.

Post Soviet collapse it became part of Russia but is disconnected from the rest of Russia, surrounded by other countries.

Russia has troops stationed there. Some in general population are quite anti Russia. Some pro Russia but anti Putin.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 04/02/2021 10:31 Comments || Top||

#2  "Pro RU but anti-Putin."

Many Burg readers can likely relate.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/02/2021 11:02 Comments || Top||

#3  Makes sense. We are pro-US but anti-Biden/anti-political establishment.
Posted by: Clem || 04/02/2021 21:52 Comments || Top||


US SecDef Lloyd Austin called Ukraine's MinDef Andriy Taran today. Mr. Austin conveyed the readiness of the US to support Ukraine
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So Pooty-poot and Pooh co-ordinate and go after Ukraine and Taiwan at the same time. PINO* won't know whether to defecate or go blind.... speaking of which, are we sure it's Major who's the phantom s**ter?

*President In Name Only
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/02/2021 9:11 Comments || Top||

#2  Pretty sure it was Major. Otherwise we'd also hear complaints about inappropriate sniffing.
Posted by: Guillibaldo Platypus5892 || 04/02/2021 9:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Austin: "Don't worry, we're sending one of our top men..."

Taran: "Who?"

Austin: "Top man here on your area. Guy named Vindman. Tip top..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/02/2021 10:36 Comments || Top||

#4  Animal House Goes to Kiev (the sequel)
Cast:
Major Major Major Vindman as Flounder
Robert Hunter Biden as Blutarsky
Lloyd Austin as Prof. Dave Jennings
Anthony Blinken as Chip Diller
Dr. Rachel Levine as a post-op transitioned Otter
Kamala Harris as Dean Wormer's wife Marion
and...
Key Grip-and-Sniff: Joseph R. Biden Jr.

Directed by George Soros
A Global Grifter Production
Posted by: Glimble Ghibelline4463 || 04/02/2021 11:01 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ Outstanding!
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/02/2021 11:20 Comments || Top||


#7  Animal House Goes to Kiev, cont'd.
also with Pete 'Buttrider' Buttigieg as Mayor Carmine DePasto
Posted by: Tiny Hupaviper1516 || 04/02/2021 11:51 Comments || Top||

#8  I am glad in a way that "support" is so vague. I still hope that our ever-growing list of adversaries who smell opportunity won't push too far and force Austin (or whoever) into some irrational retaliation in order to avoid losing face.

Amazing that we didn't have these troubles under a President that our adversaries respected (and maybe feared also.)
Posted by: Tom || 04/02/2021 15:38 Comments || Top||

#9  #8 I am glad in a way that "support" is so vague

Give em some blankets & MREs. Leading from outta my behind


Posted by: Pliny Lover of the Sith6638 || 04/02/2021 16:45 Comments || Top||

#10  All any opponent needs now is some ghey, trans or BIPOC human shields and they are good to go.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/02/2021 17:55 Comments || Top||


RUSSIA: Military equipment seen on train near the train station of Yesk, opposite side of Mariupol on the Azov Sea
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Vehicles aboard the train are MT-LB armored personnel carriers. Yeysk is a terminus for ferry service to Kerch.

MT-LB is one of the world's oldest APCs in active service. They are used by naval infantry as well as Russian army units.

-- badanov
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It should be noted that Crimea has a rather large volunteer contingent and that these vehicles could be intended for them.

Also to be noted, that the Pacific Russian naval infantry contingent in Primorasky just received the latest iteration of the BMP-3 IFV.

It is apparent Russian defense factories continually are delivering new combat vehicles, and they are being delivered by rail.
Posted by: badanov || 04/02/2021 6:08 Comments || Top||

#2  It is much easier to leave Russia alone when Russia is not trying to take control of Ukraine or Georgia or Belarus or ...
Posted by: Guillibaldo Platypus5892 || 04/02/2021 7:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Didn't someone post an article about the US Army going to an Alert Status regarding Ukraine?
Posted by: Spoter B || 04/02/2021 8:13 Comments || Top||

#4  Yesterday
Posted by: badanov || 04/02/2021 8:30 Comments || Top||

#5  It is much easier to leave Russia alone when Russia is not trying to take control of Ukraine or Georgia or Belarus or ...

Well, the problem is the Russians are so terrified of the world they feel they need to be surrounded by hostages friendly powers or they feel "threatened".

(Plus, they seeded all their subject territories with ethnic Russians during the Soviet period, nicely setting themselves up with Sudetenlands to "liberate" when they feel strong enough.)
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/02/2021 10:33 Comments || Top||

#6  Poland: sure, worth defending.
But why do we care about Ukraine? It's half-Russian and has been for over a century. Why do we care about Crimea? What possible business is it of ours?
Posted by: Caesar Omailing8518 || 04/02/2021 11:29 Comments || Top||

#7  But why do we care about Ukraine?

It's part of the Biden's and Deep State cash flow apparatus.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 04/02/2021 11:32 Comments || Top||

#8  Well, the problem is the Russians are so terrified of the world they feel they need to be surrounded by hostages friendly powers or they feel "threatened".

If your country had been invaded once every 60 years or so, you'd be paranoid, too.
Posted by: badanov || 04/02/2021 11:52 Comments || Top||

#9  1237–1242: Mongols invade Kievan Rus'
1382–1383: Golden Horde invades Russia
1390: Timur invades southern Russia
1407-1502: Turkoman invasions of Georgia / southern Russia
(1453: Ottoman invasion of Constantinople)
1571: Crimean Khanate invades Russia
1609: Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth invades Russia
1707: Sweden invades Russia
1812: France, Austria, Prussia invade Russia
1854: Britain and France invade Russia
1904: Japan invades Russia
1915: Germany and Austria-Hungary invade Russia
1918: UK, France, US invade Russia
1938-39: Japan invades Russia
1941: Germany invades Russia







Posted by: Lampedusa Gleaper1807 || 04/02/2021 12:33 Comments || Top||

#10  But why do we care about Ukraine?

You (USA) don't. But Chinese, who appear to give your rulers their orders, care deeply about weakening Russia. All that real estate in Russian Far East.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 04/02/2021 12:50 Comments || Top||


#12  West Point! We need a plan here! Now!

Well, its a guy marrying a guy so blue would be a theme, but we don't want to assume a gender so pink is out too, so we went with mauve. And it is stunning! We put the Best Friends, not best man or best woman unless you are a hater, in Patton's Pew because tankerz ahmygawd ammirite girlfriends!

Now, we thought about a cake, but there are too many of Those People, ugh, who do THAT, so we went with...ta dah!...chocolate Easter Eggs! Squiiii!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/02/2021 15:13 Comments || Top||

#13  Liberating Ukraine from these crazies would probably enable real democracy by finally having a real election that includes the Donbass.

Not if it’s held at the point of a Russian gun, sweetie.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/02/2021 20:42 Comments || Top||

#14  TransDniester > TransGender
Posted by: Chuckles Cresh2773 || 04/02/2021 20:50 Comments || Top||

#15  Kuindzhi's paintings bring спокоиность
Posted by: Vortigern Grans5581 || 04/02/2021 20:53 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
CCP Owns US Think Tanks and So Much More
[Nat'l Pulse via Whatfinger] New, bombshell admissions over China’s influence in both the United States and Europe link organizations such as the Berggruen Institute with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). The Berggruen Institute first rose to national attention after co-founding the "Transition Integrity Project" which advised on how Joe Biden could seize power on the back of an ostensible Trump victory.

The news lends further credibility to election-tampering theories especially concerning Chinese Communist Party influence.

A 2017 report effectively claims — on the CCP’s behalf — that CNN host Fareed Zakaria, Twitter CEO Jack Dorsey, Facebook Oversight Board member Helle Thorning-Schmidt, NeverTrump philanthropist Pierre Omidyar and many others "co-operate" with the CCP and its goals.
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  https://twitter.com/JackPosobiec/status/1377656359597015041?s=20
Posted by: 3dc || 04/02/2021 2:24 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Australian police force unveils 'SAUSAGE' dogs in hilarious April Fools' prank
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/02/2021 10:42 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "We can chuck them under cars, under cupboards and things like that," Stevens continued. He even -- jokingly -- suggested that they might attach the dogs to drones and "tactically deploy them" into people’s homes and other hard-to-reach locations.

Probably not funny to those getting thumped by the mask police or posting wrongthink online.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/02/2021 12:25 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
Hague Court Upholds Acquittal of Former Cote d'Ivoire President
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Jordan's Cabinet Dissolves Local, Municipal Councils
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] The Jordanian Cabinet decided on Wednesday to dissolve municipal and local councils as well as the council of the Greater Amman Municipality (GAM).

It also decided to set up ad hoc committees to run the affairs of municipalities and the GAM council during the coming period.

The cabinet didn’t make official statements to determine the election date, however sources told Asharq al-Awsat that they might take place between August and October.

The decision reflects the Jordanian authorities’ keenness to commit to the elections’ deadline, despite the challenging conditions in the country and the surge in COVID-19 deaths and infections.

Reliable sources told Asharq al-Awsat that the government prepared amendments to draft laws related to the local authority for the parliament to discuss next week.

The sources said the amendments might lead to reducing a number of council members by expanding the powers of administrative governors and requesting a university degree for membership eligibility .

The upcoming municipal elections are expected to take place amid a partial lockdown and the uncertain epidemiological situation in the country.

The Independent Election Commission, which is the national electoral commission responsible for administering and supervising elections under the Constitution of Jordan, has prepared measures for the elections that ban gatherings inside polling stations and counting centers.

More than 8,000 ballot boxes were distributed over approximately 4,000 centers in the kingdom.
Posted by: Fred || 04/02/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
USS Johnson from the Battle of Samar (1944) has been found
More at the link from the announcement of the US Naval Institute:

Posted by: badanov || 04/02/2021 06:47 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Appropriate that it appears to be upright. Such a ship should always stand proud for what its crew did.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 04/02/2021 7:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Hollweird will never make a movie that can do justice to these men.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/02/2021 7:14 Comments || Top||

#3  My father served aboard the USS Kitkin Bay.
Posted by: badanov || 04/02/2021 7:39 Comments || Top||

#4  See Hornfischer, "Last Stand of The Tin Can Sailors"
Posted by: Richard Aubrey || 04/02/2021 8:53 Comments || Top||

#5  I recommend "Last Stand of the Tin Can Sailors" by James D. Hornfischer if you want a blow by blow account.
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/02/2021 8:57 Comments || Top||

#6  Best account out there.

badanov, bet that was exciting.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/02/2021 11:00 Comments || Top||

#7  Knew an Okie farmer, a friend's father, that was a 20mm gunner on of of the DDEs in the battle. You know it's not your day when, as he told it, the gun captain told him "Guns, it's been nice knowing you!" Past away a few years ago...
Posted by: magpie || 04/02/2021 11:15 Comments || Top||



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