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Bandits Raid Another Mosque In Niger State, Shoot 15 Worshippers Dead
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Rapper 'Slim 400' aka Vincent Cohran killed in Inglewood, CA
[10 News] I know this will be crushing news for so many here. No, I never heard of him either. Perhaps his Mom loved him, perhaps not
Rapper "Slim 400" was shot and killed in Inglewood, California Wednesday night, multiple news outlets reported.
[BANG! BANG! BANGETY BANG!]
"Aaaiiieee! I am undone!"

According to ABC News, officers were patrolling the neighborhood when they heard gunshots and found "Slim 400," whose real name is Vincent Cohran, on the ground.
"Starsky! Over there? See it?"
"Looks like somebody lying in a puddle of blood, Hutch!"
"Why would he be lying in a puddle of blood?"
"Perhaps we should investigate!"

Lifesaving measures were reportedly taken, but the rapper was pronounced dead at a local hospital.
"He's dead, Jim!"
No arrests have been made in connection to the rapper's death.
"Round up the usual suspect, Legume!"
"Slim 400" had previously escaped death. He publicly detailed being shot in 2019.
"So dem guys shoots me, see? But I got away! I'm okay now!"
Cohran was born into a military family that was stationed in Germany. He moved to Compton, California when he was a child.
"Marvin! A child has moved into that apartment on the third floor!"
He was 33 years old.
Posted by: Frank G || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [17 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "Sheeeit, officer, it was dark as a MF out there... and how was I to know a rapper would be messin' with my Liiile Free Library?
Posted by: Erin Aubrey Kaplan 4170 || 12/10/2021 1:02 Comments || Top||

#2  Slim finally got a hit.
Posted by: Flatch Wittlesbach3456 || 12/10/2021 2:51 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 with a bullet!
Posted by: SteveS || 12/10/2021 9:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Notice how seldom these rapper exits are attributed to drug deal related causes? Disgruntled Merle Haggard fans? Revenge of the Samurai ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/10/2021 9:50 Comments || Top||

#5  Rappers dying from drug deals is so Glass Joe. Nobody pays attention until at least after Don Flamenco.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/10/2021 10:21 Comments || Top||

#6  from Aspiring Rapper to Expiring Rapper
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 19:20 Comments || Top||


Jury Finds Jussie Guilty on 5 of 6 counts,Jussie already working on showbiz comeback
[Townhall] A Chicago jury reached its verdict in the trial of Jussie Smollett on Thursday evening, finding the actor guilty of five felony counts of disorderly conduct and not guilty of the sixth count he faced.
Seen elsewhere: Jussie Smollett can sleep in peace tonight knowing his attacker was finally brought to justice.
As Townhall reported at the time charges were filed by a special prosecutor, Smollett faced "six felony counts of disorderly conduct, charges that stem from four separate false reports that he gave to police in which he contended he was a victim of a hate crime 'knowing that he was not the victim of a crime.'"
...

And while the felony with which Smollett was charged carries a maximum of three years in prison, legal experts say it's likely the former Empire actor will only face probation and community service as a sentence.
Actually, given that Smollett committed perjury during the trial, the judge might give him at least a month in jail.

Jussie Smollett already working on showbiz comeback ahead of verdict

[NYPOST] Jussie Smollett
...Cable TV actor whose primary talents seemed to be being black and being homosexual. In a bid for national attention, he paid a pair of Nigerian brothers to rough him up a little so he could claim that two large, white, MAGA hat-wearing men had shouted This is MAGA country! while thumping him at 2:30am on a bitter cold night in Chicago and throwing bleach on him, presumably to lighten him up. The story quickly unraveled, and he became a laughingstock and the poster boy for pretend victimization and attention whoredom...
is already desperately trying to revive his showbiz career even as he waits for a verdict on charges that he staged his race-hate attack for publicity.In the nearly two years since his scandal broke, the 39-year-old actor was dumped from TV hit "Empire," dropped by his talent agency and has failed to get any other acting gigs, The Hollywood Reporter noted.

But he still managed to finance his directorial debut, "B-Boy Blues," which was shot over 12 days last year in the Big Apple — but has yet to be bought, the industry outlet noted.

Key backer Tom Wilson, a Cleveland, kept in touch with the world by Obamaphone,
...was ruled by a Democrat machine from 1942 through 1971. After the river caught fire during the administration of Carl Stokes they tried a Republican, then went back to being Democrats when the party hacked up Dennis Kucinich ...
radio and TV station owner, told the media mag that he and the embattled actor are working hard at finding a distributor — and even filming a follow-up series.

"I believe in Jussie," said Wilson, who has known the embattled actor for more than 15 years and is in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
supporting him during his trial, which is with the jury for deliberations.

Wilson insisted that "people are interested in buying" their "B-Boy Blues" flick, based on a James Earl Hardy novel about a love story between two black men from different worlds.

Wilson said they have already shot the movie’s follow-up — an untitled series pilot starring Smollett, who also directs — in both New York and Los Angeles.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Starring role in a new biopic: Hoopin' Dreams: The Blessed Martyr George Floyd
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 2:12 Comments || Top||

#2 
5 Felonies, BUT will he serve real time?
Time that the Average Joe would be slapped with?

Question: Because he staged a race based crime that caused numerous related race based incidents against innocent persons even elderly Whites? Can the victims sue him for the riots related to his Racial Hate Crime?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/10/2021 6:57 Comments || Top||

#3  Ancient (2019) history, but these tools need tuning up:
Former Obama White House BFF Valerie Jarrett and communications and political consultant Hilary Rosen are hosting a private D.C. dinner Monday to honor their close friend Tina Tchen as the new president and CEO of Hollywood’s Time’s UP, an advocacy organization fighting gender discrimination and sexual harassment in the entertainment industry.

So?

Um, dinner host Tchen, former chief of staff to first lady Michelle Obama and whose top adviser was Jarrett, is the one who weighed in via phone to Cook County State’s Attorney Kim Foxx acting on behalf of the “concerned” family of “Empire” actor Jussie Smollett.
Backshot: Smollett’s incendiary story of racial assault took a dramatic turn when the cops began eyeballing him as the probable puppet master of his own publicity stunt.
Buckshot: Foxx then reached out to Chicago Police Supt. Eddie Johnson to inform him of the Smollett family’s concerns and eventually recused herself from the case because of the contact she had via the Smollett family. The case was then turned over to the Feds.

So?
Posted by: Frank G || 12/10/2021 7:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Kamala Harris on Smollett.

Now watch the evil SOB receive a Presidential Pardon.

Posted by: Besoeker || 12/10/2021 7:26 Comments || Top||

#5  ..was it a federal court?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/10/2021 8:22 Comments || Top||

#6  Seen elsewhere: I just hope Jussie Smolette doesn't beat himself up over the verdict.
Posted by: badanov || 12/10/2021 10:29 Comments || Top||

#7  Related
Posted by: badanov || 12/10/2021 10:45 Comments || Top||

#8  ...not just French...
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/10/2021 11:05 Comments || Top||

#9  I'm sure Jessie will enjoy prison and think of the street cred he'll have.

Prison will be good for him and might teach him that sometimes, you get the justice you deserve.

The real question is, who will his prison pimp be?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/10/2021 12:43 Comments || Top||

#10  Biden, Harris Tweets Backing Jussie Smollett Remain Up After Guilty Verdict

We Are Ruled By Repulsive and Ridiculous Morons
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 12:47 Comments || Top||

#11  The smirking little butt boy won't do any prison time.

Reed Hastings will prolly give him an eight-figure Netflix deal -- see his ma$$$ive payoffs to Soetoro and Big Mike, or to Meghan Minx and Harry Cuckex...
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 12:50 Comments || Top||

#12  I'm not advocating it or anything but it WOULD be funny if Jessie got like a month of jail time and gets shanked on day one.

I know it's cruel but I freely admit to a dark sense of humor. I grew up watching things like Monty Python and John Wayne movies.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 12/10/2021 14:54 Comments || Top||

#13  ^ Even better if it's a white gang does it.

His gravestone would read 'I told youz!'
Posted by: Dron66046 || 12/10/2021 14:58 Comments || Top||

#14  He is toast. He should never have called the two Nigerians liars.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 12/10/2021 15:48 Comments || Top||

#15  He should never have called the two Nigerians liars.

Or tried to make folks think that nefarious MAGA hoodlums were hiding in an alley (or somewhere) just waiting to pounce on a gay liberal person walking the streets at that time of the night when it was about -20 degrees below zero.

Or leave the supposed 'noose' on himself for two hours after getting home.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 12/10/2021 16:17 Comments || Top||

#16  I don't care if he never spends a day in jail so long as he has a felony conviction that takes away his vote. That's beautiful justice for someone who pulled a stunt to stir up hatred for political purposes.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 12/10/2021 18:03 Comments || Top||

#17  Never try and scam Nigerians. They are professionals.
Posted by: Airandee || 12/10/2021 18:17 Comments || Top||

#18 
I nominate #6 best snark of the day.

#16 to many states are now allowing convicted felons to vote .
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/10/2021 20:22 Comments || Top||

#19  #6 is a Mod. He gets a speshul nod, because it is a classic
Posted by: Frank G || 12/10/2021 20:31 Comments || Top||

#20  badanov at #6 is quoting someone else’s cleverness. But we don’t require originality here, though cleverness is always appreciated.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/10/2021 22:37 Comments || Top||


71-year-old shot dead in Chicago’s Chinatown. Alphonso Joyner charged with 1st-degree murder.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Open Note to Alphonso Joyner.
Wow, what a lame A$$, Racist Candy A$$ move.

What is it with Blacks harming Asians?
It is like all that is missing is a Group title:
Black Lives America Klan (BLAK)
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/10/2021 7:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Released on no bail?
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 8:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Guess not.
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 8:52 Comments || Top||


Gunmen rob $300K worth of bling from Bronx jewelry store
[NYPOST] Two pistol-packing thieves stole about $300,000 worth of bling from a Bronx jewelry store in broad daylight Tuesday, the NYPD said.

The robbery happened around 4 p.m. at the Gold Palace jewelry store at 214 East Fordham Road, a police front man said.

Both thieves pulled out pistols — one of them with an extended magazine — after entering the store and headed for the counter where the heaviest gold chains were stored, according to police sources. The crooks demanded the owner give them the pricey pieces.

The men, who were around 25 and 35 years old, fled east on East Fordham Road with the chains, cops said.

A black plastic bag and a footprint were left behind by the thieves, the sources said. The NYPD was investigating.
Posted by: Fred || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:


Armed robber walks into gas station and shoots clerk in face without saying a word before jumping counter
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The suspect drove to a Houston gas station in a blacked-out Mercedes Benz
    Pretty fancy wheels for a gas station robber...
  • He entered the store and pulled out a handgun, firing at the terrified clerk

  • Police are hunting the robber, who police described as a heavy-set Black man with a beard, while the clerk is expected to survive the shooting
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

Texas .... attempted premeditated murder
should be good for 20+ years.

IF the shooter does not as much as cough at the Texas Ranger during arrest. ☻
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/10/2021 7:12 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Gov. Walz Prepares [Minnesota] National Guard Amid Kim Potter Trial, Maine Gov. Calls Out Guard for Hospitals
[WCCO] Gov. Tim Walz says he is preparing the Minnesota National Guard to provide public safety assistance if necessary during the trial of Kim Potter.

The mobilization to readiness follows a request made by the city of Brooklyn Center and Hennepin County, said the release Wednesday.

“Out of an abundance of caution, we are prepared to ask members of the Minnesota National Guard to be available to support local law enforcement with the mission of allowing for peaceful demonstrations, keeping the peace, and ensuring public safety,” said Walz.

Currently, the national guard will not be proactively assuming post throughout the Twin Cities, said the release.

Potter is charged with first-degree and second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of 20-year-old Daunte Wright back in April.

Potter says she meant to grab her taser to stop Wright from fleeing in his car during a traffic stop, but instead grabbed her handgun and fired one fatal round to his chest.

More National Guarding:
Maine deploys national guard to assist hospitals with COVID surge despite high vaccination rates

[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Maine Gov Janet Mills is activating the National Guard to assist hospitals in treating a surge of Covid hospitalizations that have hit the state

  • Maine, and neighbors like Vermont, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Massachusetts and New Hampshire are dealing with increasing cases and hospitalizations

  • All of the states are also among those with the highest vaccination rates in America, a troubling prospect

  • Experts say that cold weather, a low amount of people with natural antibodies and the Delta variant's high transmissibility for the recent surges
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1 

For those outside our Minnesota Moscow on the Mississippi gulauge. The Guardsmen in Minnesota hate Walz. He still keeps his temporary rank as permanent and deserted them after his fellow Guards were called into deployment.

His own daughter was giving live updates to Guard deployment to ANTIFA and BLM during the riots that resulted in over 1,000 homes and businesses were burned to the ground in Minneapolis.

When asked about deploying the Guard before his response was something about, "they are only a bunch of cooks". I paraphrase but you get the point.

His overseeing the destruction and State Troopers (his own personal SS) removal of our beloved Columbus statue at, on our state grounds. Then for good measure made sure those responsible would never see jail time.

The man is a complete fraud and well hated here. He's only propped up by our local ChiCom FBI KGB Twin Cities Pravda Media. There is no exaggeration on the later.

Timmy is a bully and as a typical bully, also a coward. I fart in his general direction. We all do.

Well those of us who are carbon based upright bipedal liveforms do. The rest vote Democrap.
Posted by: Woodrow || 12/10/2021 0:53 Comments || Top||

#2  ..Don't hold back, tell us how you really feel.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/10/2021 6:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Woodrow is being polite. Walz is behind only Ellison and Omar in loathsomeness.
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/10/2021 8:36 Comments || Top||

#4  #1 is rated a '****' (4 star) Rant
Posted by: magpie || 12/10/2021 13:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Woodrow is being kind.

This catalog of sins & all-around shitty Walz-weaselry is shocking only if you forget how abysmal our standards for public servants have become.

Walz is merely a piker in our age of ridiculous moronic grifters, petty tyrants and ped0philes perverts and deiraved monsters that
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 13:17 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ ... depraved monsters. Look at the Bidens, the Clintons, the Cuomos, the corrupt idiot mayors and governors of dozens cities and states, Harris the (literal) Whore, the Obamas, Kerry... it goes on and on.
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 13:20 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
The beautiful face of regional peace: Miss Universe contestants descend on Israel
[IsraelTimes] Beautiful girls from all over the world enjoying themselves in Israel — unthinkable not long ago, but now, thanks to President Trump, there they are. Enjoy this escape from all the world’s drama, dear Reader. Only a few photos, but I suspect someone here will find more.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/10/2021 00:09 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  They are...um...just meh. Many of them look like teenagers tbh.
Posted by: Wren || 12/10/2021 0:54 Comments || Top||

#2  And, so far, none have a prostate.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/10/2021 9:06 Comments || Top||

#3  The Moroccan girl in the "No Make-Up" photo is exquisite.

So nice to see natural beauty without tats, heavy paint, facial jewelry or other garbage
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 11:50 Comments || Top||

#4  If they'd just take those stupid masks off.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/10/2021 12:22 Comments || Top||

#5  'Meh,' perhaps but they look like a fresh reminder of a nicer era -- of what used to be normal ... before Instagram influencer-skanks, or tats & facial jewelry & plastic surgery everywhere, or ubiquitous virtue-signaling ads featuring (ugly) Noble Mulattas
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 12:33 Comments || Top||

#6  Contestants 70th Miss Universe Contest

LOOK: Contestants assemble as 70th Miss Universe preliminary competition begins
BY PHILSTAR L!FE PUBLISHED DEC 11, 2021 1:39 AM UPDATED DEC 11, 2021 2:52 AM

Posted by: Jack Gromp7155 || 12/10/2021 14:29 Comments || Top||

#7  The two fellas behind Miss Denmark are obviously suffering from attention deficit disorder.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/10/2021 15:40 Comments || Top||


Time Magazine Names Simone Biles as 'Athlete of the Year' for Withdrawing from 2020 Olympics
[BREITBART] Time magazine revealed a controversial pick for its "athlete of the year" award on Thursday handing the crown to U.S. gymnast Simone Biles, not because she did well, but because she pulled out of events during the delayed 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Biles had a relatively poor showing at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo winning only a silver and bronze medal in two events, compared to the handful of golds she won during the 2016 Olympics.

However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable...
Time did not laud her for winning the two lesser medals as much as it did for her decision to pull out of several events in 2020 for her "mental health."

In July, Biles abruptly pulled out of several events claiming that she did so for her mental health. Specifically, Biles said she suffered from the "Twisties." A condition that affects gymnasts when they lose their spacial awareness as they’re flying through the air.
I know several people who are more deserving of recognition. They never even showed up!
I don’t know that I would laud Ms Biles for pulling out, but I’m very glad for her sake that she did.
Posted by: Fred || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Withdrawing, she's jock of the year...
And next year as well -- never fear!
"I'll compete with great keenness,
Replete with a penis,
Pull out, shed a tear, and turn queer."
"Any plans for a threepeat, Ms.Biles?"
"Honey, you wouldn't believe me if I told ya."
Posted by: Unavimp Chusogum4170 || 12/10/2021 0:46 Comments || Top||

#2 
TIME Mag. long ago went Bat $hit crazy.

Her 32 Olympic and World Championship medals ties her for being the most decorated gymnast in the world. THAT deserves acknowledgement. To me ANY Olympic medal is worthy fame and NOT a Lesser Medal. An she has 7 of them.


Remember: Biles was one several that testified before the Senate Judiciary Committee regarding the FBI's Mis-handling of sexual abuse claims against former USA Gymnastics team doctor Larry Nassar.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/10/2021 6:41 Comments || Top||

#3  TIME? That's still a thing?
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/10/2021 8:39 Comments || Top||

#4  yeas Time is like CNN, only places you will see them are doctors offices or airports.
Posted by: Chris || 12/10/2021 11:37 Comments || Top||

#5  Ms Biles has been seeing a professional football player, so that p3nis thing doesn’t seem likely.
Posted by: trailing wife || 12/10/2021 11:55 Comments || Top||

#6  A gymnast that didn't compete awarded a prize by a magazine nobody reads. There's some simulated coverage there.
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/10/2021 15:56 Comments || Top||

#7  Hillary came in second place… again
Posted by: Airandee || 12/10/2021 18:15 Comments || Top||

#8  Our weekly shopper coupon dump weighs more than Time.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 12/10/2021 22:22 Comments || Top||

#9  tw, sorry. Like Time, probably, the last thing on my mind was the real SB, for whom I wish only good things.
Posted by: Unavimp Chusogum4170 || 12/10/2021 23:17 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Woman wins court battle over treating her husband's COVID-19 with ivermectin. That was just the beginning.
[York Daily] The brief order denied Darla Smith’s request for an emergency injunction to force UPMC to administer ivermectin, an anti-parasitic that is not part of the medical center’s COVID-19 protocols and is not approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of the viral disease.

However, the following paragraph of the order directed UPMC to allow the doctor who had prescribed the drug or another physician or registered nurse to administer it under the doctor’s "guidance and supervision."

The court order touched off a weekend of back and forth between the lawyers involved, Darla Smith and the hospital’s administration, ending Sunday night when Keith Smith, 52, received his first dose of ivermectin.

"I finally got some sleep last night," Darla Smith said Monday morning.

The long weekend came at the end of what has been a long month, starting when Keith Smith was diagnosed with COVID-19 on Nov. 10.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/10/2021 03:50 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My area medical system. India is doing quiet well since using this product. Common to use product other than FDA decrees. Main issue is Trump used it. Medical out the window as the result. Shame it took so long, 30 days. Constant barrage in medias to be vaxed. People now dying as a result at an alarming rate but who cares since they are vaxed. I am now seeing a trend that is unsettling.Vaxed exhibit short tempered anger issues.No matter the subject they show hostility to any contrary viewpoint to their own. I call them the new Zombie variants. Watch, listen, observe but be careful.The new normal. They can be well educated but the men especially can act very much like brutes and quite physical.
Posted by: Dale || 12/10/2021 8:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Trumps big mistake was he announced Pence was the lead on Covid and then kept doing press conferences and everything Trump said was deemed to be dangerous by the folks that hate him, even if they had to turn UV light into bleach or Ivermectin into just a horse de-wormer as if it had no human uses.

I don't think they would have done that with Pence the same way.
Posted by: ruprecht || 12/10/2021 11:08 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ Interesting theory Rup. I suspect his 2024 challenger is finally revealing herself.
Posted by: Besoeker || 12/10/2021 11:14 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ This image alone will ensure that never happens

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/wp-content/uploads/IMG_4508-1.jpg
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/10/2021 12:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Ruprect, if you look at the date on the Daszak video you'll see they were working on the virus in early 2016, before they knew who the winner of the primary was going to be. And they were probably working on it well before that.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 12/10/2021 18:45 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
A Dozen Major US Cities Hit All-Time Murder Records
At least 12 major U.S. cities have set annual murder records in 2021 even as there are still several weeks remaining in the year, data shows.

Philadelphia, one of the largest cities in the United States, saw 525 murders in 2021, according to police data. That’s higher than the previously set record of 500 murders in 1990.

Other large cities that broke their previous homicide records in 2021 include Portland, Oregon; Austin, Texas; St. Paul, Minnesota; Indianapolis, Indiana; Louisville, Kentucky; Albuquerque, New Mexico; Columbus, Ohio; Tuscon, Arizona; and Rochester, New York, according to an analysis of public news reports.
Posted by: Bobby || 12/10/2021 12:13 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  to get a better misery index you should probably have a metric that adds, suicide, drug overdose deaths, HIV deaths and is per capita
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/10/2021 15:09 Comments || Top||

#2  All 12 are run by Democrats Unexpectedly!
Posted by: Bobby || 12/10/2021 15:56 Comments || Top||

#3  ...doesn't make much difference in Albuquerque given that the PD is operating under DoJ decrees. Same effect.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/10/2021 16:37 Comments || Top||


Africa North
Malian army receives newest Chinese mine-resistant vehicles
[DefenceBlog] The Malian Army received its first 6×6 mine-resistant armored vehicles at a handover ceremony at the garrison base of Kati.

According to local media, the Malian military received a batch of the newest VN2C mine-resistant armored vehicle developed by the Chinese defense conglomerate China North Industries Group Corporation — also known as Norinco.

The VN2C is the next generation of the Chinese-made armoured personnel carrier.

The recently delivered VN2C is fitted with a one-person turret armed with a 12.7 mm machine gun (MG) and a 7.62 mm co-axial MG provided with 500 rds and 1,000 rds of ammunition respectively.
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Posted by: badanov || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Looks like a Stryker that was ordered off wish.
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/10/2021 11:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Good luck with parts availability.
Posted by: ed in texas || 12/10/2021 15:51 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian chief of general staff warns Ukraine about aggression in Donbass
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RusOnline] The Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov harshly warned Ukraine about the consequences of the aggression in Donbass.

At the same time, during a briefing before the military attachés of foreign states on the afternoon of December 9, Gerasimov stated that the situation in Donbass was escalating, and warned the Ukrainian authorities that any provocation with an attempt to resolve the ongoing conflict by force would be suppressed.

"The supply of helicopters, unmanned aerial vehicles and aircraft to Ukraine is pushing the Ukrainian authorities to take drastic and dangerous steps. Kiev does not comply with the Minsk agreements. The Ukrainian armed forces announce the beginning of the use in the Donbas of the Javelin anti-tank missile systems, which were supplied by the United States, and also use Turkish-made reconnaissance and strike unmanned aerial vehicles.

As a result, the already tense situation in the east of this country is aggravated. However, any provocations of the Ukrainian authorities to resolve the problems of Donbass by force will be suppressed," said the head of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces.

Kiev is transferring heavy artillery to the east of Ukraine, the Foreign Ministry said

[RIA Novosti] Kiev is pulling heavy artillery to the line of contact with Donbass, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova.

"The OSCE Special Monitoring Mission records the transfer of heavy weapons by Kiev to the east of the country, including large-caliber artillery and armored vehicles, the use of drones continues," she said at a briefing.

Earlier, the diplomat already spoke about the transfer of 125 thousand soldiers and officers to the east of the country by Ukraine - half of the personnel of the Armed Forces. NATO, which, according to the Russian authorities, is amassing its forces near the Russian borders, could provoke the Ukrainian authorities into "military adventures", which poses a direct threat to Russia's security , said Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.

According to him, Kiev does not want to adhere to the Minsk agreements on Donbass on its own and is trying to incite its Western curators. Although a peaceful settlement of the conflict in the region is possible "solely on the basis of direct and unambiguous implementation of the Minsk agreements," the head of Russian diplomacy stressed.

In April 2014, the Ukrainian authorities launched a military operation against the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People's Republics . They declared independence after the coup d'etat in Kiev in February of the same year.

Posted by: badanov || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...I have a book in my personal library called Polish Acts Of Atrocity Against The German Minority In Poland, published in 1940 by the German Library of Information. You can imagine its contents.

And I'm waiting for the Soviet Russian/Ukranian version.

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 12/10/2021 6:20 Comments || Top||

#2  And I'm waiting for the Soviet Russian/Ukranian version.

Both sides have been doing this for the last seven years.

Posted by: badanov || 12/10/2021 7:03 Comments || Top||


Putin: what is happening in Donbass resembles genocide
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Then you should stop, Putin.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 12/10/2021 8:23 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm sure the old Prussian and Sudeten Germans feel for you.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/10/2021 15:39 Comments || Top||

#3  Not to be testy, but isn't this more appropriately in the UN "wheelhouse?"
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 12/10/2021 22:30 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Chinese property giant Evergrande defaults on $300billion debt: Beijing prepares 'controlled demolition' of the firm to protect its economy amid fears it could have global consequences
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Chinese property giant Evergrande has defaulted on $1.2billion in bond debt

  • It marks the first time the firm has defaulted on debts totalling some $300billion

  • Evergrande ran into trouble amid Chinese crackdown on property speculation

  • There are fears that Evergrande could have knock-on effect on global economy
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  If history rhymes then a common practice with a failing economy is to start a war.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 12/10/2021 6:39 Comments || Top||

#2 
If memory serves me .... I remember reading somewhere that to operate a business in China,
The State (CCP) must own 51%.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 12/10/2021 7:16 Comments || Top||

#3  BlackRock, HSBC Among Largest Buyers of Evergrande Debt: Morningstar. Reuters. Sept. 22, 2021.
Posted by: Bertie Crains2651 || 12/10/2021 8:46 Comments || Top||


Cyber
Google shuts down network of ONE MILLION hijacked devices across the world being used to commit online crimes and sues Russia-based hackers it claims are responsible
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Wonder if this has anything to do with Amazon's sysems crump yesterday? If so file under: "Oops, my bad."
Posted by: Mercutio || 12/10/2021 8:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Chrome has updated several times as well. Merry Christmas. Tree burning and now this. Collective madness. They always point to Russia but this smells of Chicons.
Posted by: Dale || 12/10/2021 9:16 Comments || Top||


Economy
Another Awful Inflation Report
[BLS.gov] CPI for all items rises 0.8% in November; gas, food, shelter, vehicle indexes all rise

12/10/2021

In November, the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers rose 0.8 percent on a seasonally adjusted basis; rising 6.8 percent over the last 12 months, not seasonally adjusted. The index for all items less food and energy increased 0.5 percent in November (SA); up 4.9 percent over the year (NSA).
year over year, energy prices are up 35%
Posted by: Lord Garth || 12/10/2021 09:11 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Let's go Brandon!
Posted by: DarthVader || 12/10/2021 10:26 Comments || Top||

#2  The Fed is now caught in a no win situation. To choke inflation, you have to raise interest rates, but if you raise interest rates federal bonds have to follow thus exploding the national debt faster than the Donks can raise it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 12/10/2021 11:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Really. I'm seeing Furniture and Appliances in the 10-15% increase on 2022 price listings.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/10/2021 12:08 Comments || Top||

#4  = Stagflation. Seen dis movie before.

The only way to end it is with Volckerism i.e. financial equivalent of a triple root-canal
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 12:09 Comments || Top||

#5  I read somewhere that if the federal government had to pay as little as 5 percent on the recurring T-bill Ponzi scheme, the debt service alone would require the entire defense budget to cover the debt service. Weimar, here we come...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 12/10/2021 12:15 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
Ambulance carrying remains of IAF chopper crash victims, police van meet with accidents
[GREATERKASHMIR] One of the ambulances and a police van, part of the convoy carrying the bodies of the Indian Air Force (IAF) chopper crash victims, met with an accident while on the way from Wellington to Sulur in Tamil Nadu.Thirteen people, including Chief of Defence Staff General Bipin Rawat, his wife Madhulika Rawat died in an IAF helicopter crash near Coonoor on Wednesday afternoon.

The bodies were shifted from the Madras Regimental Centre (MRC) in Wellington from the Military Hospital on Thursday morning where Telangana Governor and Puducherry Lt Governor Tamilisai Soundararajan, Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin, Air Chief Marshal V.R. Chaudhari, senior military officials and others paid last respects to the departed souls.

While the convoy of ambulances and security vehicles were travelling from Wellington to Sulur air base, the axle of a police vehicle broke. The van driver stopped the vehicle and in the process hit a wall on the roadside.

Seven coppers suffered minor injuries and they were shifted to Mettupalayam government hospital.

Some minutes later, one of the ambulances carrying the mortal remains met with a minor accident suffering small damages.

The bodies in the ambulance were shifted to another ambulance and the vehicles proceeded towards Sulur airbase.



Posted by: Fred || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [18 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
Giant Planet Discovered
[Epoch Times] The planet was discovered by Markus Janson, a professor of astronomy at Stockholm University, and colleagues, according to research published Wednesday in the science journal Nature.
I thought all the Swedes had died of COVID by now?
"It is 10 times more massive than Jupiter, making it one of the most massive planets ever found. Moreover, it revolves around the binary star at a staggering 100 times greater distance than Jupiter does from the Sun, one of the widest orbits discovered yet, "astronomers explained. "This large distance from the central pair of stars could be key to the planet’s survival."

Janson said the discovery of the planet around the two-star system completely changes what astronomers previously believed about massive stars hosting planets, and shows that they can, in fact, form in such severe star systems.
So the science wasn't settled?
Posted by: Bobby || 12/10/2021 12:08 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Abranus.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 12/10/2021 13:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Black Hole?
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 13:21 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Brawl breaks out on Iranian bus as woman refusing to wear a veil fights off female member of country's feared morality police
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 12/10/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  #shitholetales
Posted by: Wren || 12/10/2021 0:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Really wish I could see the subtitled translation of that closing volley of 'bleeps' hurled at those religious-cop harpies. More f-bombs (or the Farsi equivalent) than a Melissa McCarthy flick
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 12/10/2021 12:56 Comments || Top||



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