Ryan Sawyer Mays 20, is attending a hearing Monday that will determine whether there's enough evidence against him to proceed with a trial
He is charged with aggravated arson and willful hazarding of a vessel related to the torching of the $1.2 billion Bonhomme Richard warship in July 2020
He appeared for the pretrial hearing in uniform, despite dropping out of the Navy SEAL training program
Investigators were led to Mays after interviewing the 177 service members assigned to the Bonhomme Richard, according to an NCIS search warrant
At least 63 people were injured, including 18 firefighters who filed workers' compensation for suffering concussions
An internal investigation determined the fire was 'preventable' and placed some of the blame on members of the ship's 'inadequately prepared crew'
[EASTBAYTIMES] An NBC sports crew was robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning in Oakland, police said.The crew was on assignment in the Jack London Square area when three armed individuals took a camera from inside the crew’s vehicle, according to Oakland Police Department spokesperson Kim Armstead. None of the crew members were holding the camera at the time and there were no injuries.
The robbery marks the third incident involving news organizations in Oakland in the last two and a half weeks.
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Los Angeles police confirmed a male suspect is in custody after five to six shots were fired from an apartment window on 6200 block of Hollywood Boulevard
The shots were fired a little after 7 pm on Sunday as a memorial for the late Mexican singer Vicente Fernández was taking place
Photos at the scene showed a glass door that was shattered after being struck by a bullet
There were no injuries or fatalities, and the shooter's motive remains unclear
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That first bullet point brought to mind the image (from a movie) of a revolver being emptied unaimed out a window. Shooter? Maybe some de Niro vintage slab of ham going all "don't mess with me, I'm ka-ray-zy?" Couldn't place it... finally had to Google. Natalie Portman as a kid. Just the kind of thing that the kind of person who'd randomly empty a pistol out a window onto Hollywood Blvd. might fixate on. Or not. What struck me funny was, the scene apparently showed six rounds from a five shot gun.
[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] An 18-year-old graduate of an Orthodox school tried to blow himself up at a convent outside Moscow on Monday, wounding at least one teenager, the interior ministry said."An 18-year-old graduate of this educational institution entered the premises of the Orthodox gymnasium of the Vvedenskiy Vladychniy convent and went kaboom!", the ministry said in a statement.
A 15-year-old was injured in the attack, which took place in the city of Serpukhov south of Moscow, the statement said.
According to preliminary information, the would-be bomber was not killed in the blast, it said.
The ministry said the staff of the school had been evacuated and that "information about other victims" was being clarified.
Several Russian news agencies said that up to seven people were maimed in the attack.
Moscow prosecutors posted a video from the scene of the incident, with police and ambulance cars outside the convent in snowfall.
The incident took place in the city of Serpukhov around 100 kilometers (62 miles) south of Moscow.
The Investigative Committee, which probes major crimes, said it had sent detectives to the scene.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. Russian military journalist, Boris Rozhin, adds some details:
An 18-year-old graduate of an Orthodox gymnasium blew himself up in a gymnasium at a nunnery.
The character went to the gymnasium and detonated an improvised explosive device on the front porch of the building while other students were there.
As a result, seven people were injured (one teenager was seriously injured, five with light injuries). The suicide bomber blew off his leg.
The bomber came to the gymnasium before the start of classes, when a prayer is being performed in the hall. Today they prayed for Saint Andrew the First-Called.
The suspect wanted to go to where all the students were gathered, but the door was locked. Then the terrorist detonated a makeshift bomb in the foyer, where there were only a few people. After the explosion, the guards pushed him out into the street, but he resisted and again burst into the building.
The teachers recognized the former graduate Vladislav Struzhennikov as the attacker. The motives for his action are not yet clear.
According to some reports, he also had a sword with him.
PS. Amendment: The character without a leg still died
PS2. A source in the Ministry of Internal Affairs claims that the suicide bomber wanted to blow himself up during the morning prayer, which was held in the gymnasium building.
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[WashingtnPost] Prime Minister Boris Johnson said Monday that Britain had registered its first death of a patient with the omicron variant, while U.K. health officials warned that the new version of the coronavirus was spreading at jaw-dropping speed.
“I think the idea that this is somehow a milder version of the virus, that’s something we need to set on one side and just recognize the sheer pace at which it accelerates through the population,” Johnson told reporters during a visit to a vaccination clinic in London. He urged people to quickly increase their protection with a booster shot.
Long lines formed outside vaccination clinics Monday, with people waiting to get a first, second or third dose.
The prime minister’s office did not immediately offer any details about the person who died — age, vaccination status or any underlying conditions.
[BBC] Thousands of Haitian migrants have returned to the island after being deported by the US. Many of the migrants had been living in South America and have not set foot in Haiti for years.
Perhaps they would have been wiser to stay were they were, instead of believing the flim-flam promises of American streets paved with gold for the taking. But at least they now have been treated to one of life’s lessons.
The BBC’s Will Grant spoke to migrants about the "inhumane" treatment they say they received at the US border - and about how they'll try to rebuild their lives now.
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[RIA Novosti] In 37 regions of Russia, 106 neo-Nazis from the Ukrainian "MKU", which was preparing terrorist attacks and massacres, were immediately identified, the FSB reported.
This is the largest operation against supporters of an extremist group in Russia.
"Operational-search measures and investigative actions have been carried out in relation to 106 supporters of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi youth group MKU, created by the citizen of Ukraine Krasnov Yegor, operating under the auspices of the Ukrainian special services, identified in 37 regions of the Russian Federation," the release says.
The Investigative Committee has been following Krasnov's activities for a long time, a criminal case was opened against him on the preparation of murders, and his announcement on the international wanted list was also initiated.
The aim of the current events was to suppress the action, inspired by Krasnov in various regions of Russia, "within the framework of which, with the help of messengers and social networks, his supporters were informed of instructions about the commission of terrorist attacks and massacres."
"Among the detained supporters of MKU, three administrators of the organization's Internet communities have been identified who propagandized extremist ideology at the direction of Yegor Krasnov and called for violent actions. Two more detainees are suspected of preparing armed attacks on educational institutions," in the message.
FSB detained in Saratov 14 members of the Ukrainian radical group "M.K.U."
In addition, in the Penza region and the Komi Republic, the activities of two affiliated with "M.K.U." extremist groups, which consisted of five and eight people. It was not specified whether all of them were detained or only part of them.
At home, members of the organization found smooth-bore and rifled civilian hunting weapons and ammunition, pneumatic and hollow pistols, machine guns, a large number of knives, and tear gas canisters.
Among those detained in these two regions are those who corresponded with Krasnov and received instructions from him to carry out violent actions and make improvised explosive devices.
Now the issue of bringing the detainees to criminal responsibility is being resolved.
Investigative Committee has disclosed details of the case of the Ukrainian neo-Nazi group "M.K.U."
For the first time about the detention of supporters of "M.K.U." in Russia, the Federal Security Service reported in March this year: 13 neo-Nazis were arrested in Gelendzhik, another in Yaroslavl. After that, the special service repeatedly reported on special operations in other cities - from the center (Moscow region) and the south (Anapa) to the Far East (Chita).
As one of the neo-Nazis detained in Gelendzhik said in a video published by the FSB, they received instructions from Krasnov on the preparation of terrorist attacks and practiced their skills by beating homeless people and representatives of youth subcultures.
As a "demonstration of adherence to Nazi ideology," the group members burned a copy of the Victory Banner, and the video report was sent to Ukraine. The FSB gave a similar description when detaining other groups of MKU supporters. At least one of the adherents of the group, at the instigation of Krasnov, committed two murders, noted in the UK.
"...We are led by a feeble incompetent who is advised by fools. Our military is broken and has not won a full-spectrum, high-intensity conventional war in decades.
"And the American people are sick of seeing the lives of their sons and daughters – our amazing warriors – squandered in ill-considered conflicts that our garbage establishment has neither the competence nor, apparently, the intention of winning.
"My test for whether any conflict is worth it is whether I could explain to the mother of a paratrooper from Omaha who just found out her son was killed in action why it was worthwhile. The proud mothers of the boys from the 82nd and 101st killed at Normandy understood. But I could not make that case to them over Ukraine...."
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What I do know is the Russians are responsible for the idea that everyone not an active communist is a "Nazi", so I don't trust the labels assigned by their government press.
Maybe Putin should keep his thugs inside Russia?
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The abrupt disappearance of a live feed showing Taiwan’s digital minister occurred because the White House panicked over a map showing Taiwan in a different color than China, Reuters claimed on Monday.
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How is it not blatantly obvious that Biden's people are in the pay of China?
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/\ Or pro-China investment strategists and IT oligarchs.
* I had intended to attach one of my favorite 'box store' thumbnail graphics to this comment. Unfortunately Google has just fielded something called 'Google Lens' which does not lend itself to copying and story insertion. Not so very strange, is it ?
[AviaProNews] The American nuclear submarine only miraculously did not sink after a collision with a Chinese underwater drone.
The American nuclear submarine "USS Connecticut" suffered critical damage to the bow after collision with a Chinese underwater unmanned vehicle. Judging by the damage received, almost any submersion of this submarine would have led to flooding of the compartments, and the fact that the submarine carrying nuclear weapons miraculously was able to rise to the surface immediately after the collision indicates that the American command was very lucky.
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Just how big and fast are these Chinese unmanned Subs? Maybe not a mountain, but large enough to do damage makes me wonder why we didn't detect it. Have the Chicoms got some digital "voodoo" that
makes it undetectable? All sounds fishy.
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Disinformation. If the Chinese had done anything like that the deep state would be shouting it from the mountaintops. Instead they tried to cover it up - a sure sign there's blame to be spread.
The March 2021 Pentagon report,Study on Effects of Sleep Deprivation on Readiness of Members of the Armed Forces, explains that “In the United States, 37 percent of people regularly don’t get their recommended seven to nine hours of sleep per night. For military personnel, that number climbs to 76 percent,” highlighting sleep deprivation issues that many face within the military community.
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Bertie, in the 60s, the duty shift was 6 on and 12 off. Running in place or weights or any rythmatic exercise was forbidden. All that is necessary is for on weighted article to hit the deck or a satellite to catch it near periscope depth to start tracking. Another bad thing was sound over the ships speakers. Like “man battle station for weapons system readiness test.
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[ZERO] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on national television, based on a 'traffic light system.' She said orgies for up to 25 people are permitted.
Ardern spoke with Seven Sharp hosts Hilary Barry and Jeremy Wells about New Zealand's reopening timeline, known as the traffic light system. For some context, the traffic light system categorizes freedoms available to vaccinated Kiwis based on location and whether they live in a red, orange, or green zone.
The traffic light system aims to end lockdowns in New Zealand and enforce vaccine passports.
For instance, in Auckland, a major port city in the north of the country's North Island, lined with superyachts, the metro area is currently classified as a "red" district -- meaning Kiwis can engage in everyday essential activities.
Ardern explained on national television, "I can confirm that Tinder liaisons have reopened," adding, "it's not strictly embedded in the traffic light system but um, it is a given, up to 25 actually, in a red area."
[TheBlaze] Barclays economist Jonathan Millar predicts the Fed will raise interest rates twice in 2022 and three more times in 2023. IMO, Yellen (at Treasury), Powell (at the Fed) and Rouse, Bernstein and Boushay (at the Council of Econ Advisors) should all resign. I'd fire the OMB director too if there was one who wasn't acting.
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If they do that the federal deficit will explode
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This Jewish billionaire is right, from his point of view. Inflation penalizes savers and rewards borrowers. The thing to do is borrow as much money as you can and invest it to make more money. The idea that the rest of us don't qualify for loans and can barely keep our heads afloat is foreign to him. He's speaking from his own perspective inside the censored bubble. If we could all go to the bank and get a small loan of a few million we could all make out like bandits. But the idea that we can't get near-zero interest loans like he can is unknown to him.
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Would his logic be different if he were not Jewish, my dear Clulet Splat5443? Please explain how, as I am more ignorant than I would like to be on the subject.
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Inflation penalizes savers and rewards borrowers. The thing to do is borrow as much money as you can and invest it to make more money.
Classic Wharton School of Economics philosophy that 'Great Minds' have used since the sixties to scuttle the US and world economy.
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Yeah, Bloomie, that's why your and yours are running up the stock market. The you'll cash out (crash) when the government has to suck up tons of that money to pay the debt on its IOUs and those bond yields climb.
#EU foreign ministers agree to slap sanctions on targets linked to the #Russia-n private military company Wagner, accused of acting to destabilize Ukraine and parts of Africa.https://t.co/EjcYbayWim
[NYPOST] United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... Secretary-General António Guterres ...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years... called on Monday for new rules covering the use of autonomous weapons as a key meeting on the issue opened in Geneva. Negotiators at the U.N. talks have for eight years been discussing limits on lethal autonomous weapons, or LAWS, which are fully machine-controlled and rely on new technology such as artificial intelligence and facial recognition.
But pressure has increased in part due to a U.N. panel report in March that said the first autonomous drone attack may have already occurred in Libya.
"I encourage the Review Conference to agree on an ambitious plan for the future to establish restrictions on the use of certain types of autonomous weapons," Guterres said at the start of the five-day talks.
The Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons has 125 parties including the United States, China and Israel.
Some participating states such as Austria call for a total ban on LAWS while others including Washington have been more reticent and have pointed to potential benefits of such weapons which might be more precise than humans in hitting targets.
Amnesia Amnesty International and civil society groups are calling for countries to start negotiating an international treaty and will present a petition to negotiators later on Monday.
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The nations that can afford the 'killer robots' will just ignore him Same as the minefield treaty where the nations that fell a need for them use them and ignore the posturing busybodies.
[Jpost] The computer-aided simulations included potential shooting down of US missile-tracking satellites, satellite jamming, and other electronic warfare "effects" that are possible tactics in space warfare. Actual satellites are not used. The Space Force hasn't been integrated enough [or at all] to begin running the min/max BDA and its trickle down effects. "No update!"
"Well, maybe the feed's down." "What'll we do!"
"Let's resend that last report so they get something with an updated timestamp that shows we're working." "But it's OLD data!"
"Yeah, we don't want them to be rushing into anything"
"Why don't you do a couple of laps around the conex before the coffee finishes."
[RT] In an effort to limit infections, South Korea is to trial an artificial intelligence (AI) facial recognition system to track Covid cases in one of its most densely populated cities, according to an official cited by Reuters.
The system, which will be funded nationally and tested in Bucheon, on the outskirts of Seoul, will begin operating in January. Using facial recognition and AI, it will take advantage of the city’s 10,820 security cameras to track the movements of active cases and their close contacts, and to determine whether they wore a mask.
Reuters reported on Monday that the city had submitted a 110-page business plan to South Korea’s Ministry of Science and Information and Communications Technology, which is seeking proposals to limit the spread of infection. Once the project is rolled out, South Korea will join China, India, Japan, Poland, Russia, and multiple US states in exploring the potential of facial recognition to keep a watchful eye on those who test Covid-positive.
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.
[EASTBAYTIMES] An NBC sports crew was robbed at gunpoint Saturday morning in Oakland, police said.The crew was on assignment in the Jack London Square area when three armed individuals took a camera from inside the crew’s vehicle, according to Oakland Police Department spokesperson Kim Armstead. None of the crew members were holding the camera at the time and there were no injuries.
[ZERO] New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern announced the easing of COVID-19 restrictions on national television, based on a 'traffic light system.' She said orgies for up to 25 people are permitted. 
...Portuguese politician and diplomat, ninth Secretary-General of the United Nations. Previously, he was the UN High Commissioner for Refugees between 2005 and 2015. He was the Prime Minister of Portugal from 1995 to 2002 and was the Secretary-General of the Socialist Party from 1992 to 2002. He served as President of the Socialist International from 1999 to 2005. In both a 2012 and 2014 poll, the Portuguese public ranked him as the best Prime Minister of the previous 30 years...
