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Afghan Special Forces storm the hideout of a key ISIS facilitator of suicide bombings
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
No need to wait for Congress to address mass shootings
[The Hill] After three mass shootings in the span of a week left 53 wounded and 34 dead, pressure is mounting on Congress to respond with legislation to restrict access to guns and ammunition. But there is no need to wait for new laws. There are steps that can be taken immediately ‐ ones unlikely to be controversial ‐ that evidence suggests could help prevent attacks or reduce the death toll from them.

Dozens of terror plots have been foiled by members of the public in the last 20 years after a tip-off (widely known as "see something, say something" since 9/11). Mass shootings and other forms of domestic terrorism might similarly be prevented if there were wider awareness of what exactly warrants a report to law enforcement.

In some cases, would-be perpetrators have posted pictures or videos of their weapons online, along with plans. But there are indirect warning signs that might also be worth reporting, such as someone studying how to carry out mass killings more effectively; being in active contact with a terrorist or extremist organization; acquiring (or trying to acquire) weapons specifically in order to engage in violence; or undergoing training or travel to join a violent cause.

If such red flags appear in social media feeds, especially by someone a user knows is not making a joke or trolling, it also needs to be easier to forward them to law enforcement. Facebook and Twitter and the like make it easy for users to report concerning posts (e.g. for violence, terrorism or suicide), but those reports, unless the company’s reviewers discern an imminent threat, remain internal to the company, and are used simply to determine whether to delete the post or suspend the account. There is no mechanism to forward a social media post directly to law enforcement to assess whether a full investigation is warranted. Facebook’s help page on reporting inappropriate or abusive posts just tells users to contact law enforcement if they feel threatened.
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2019 13:39 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:


Overstock Founder CEO Patrick Byrne 'Men in Black' update
[PJ] Overstock founder and CEO Patrick Byrne decided to go public this week with information "about political espionage" in the 2016 election that he thinks will be "the biggest scandal in American history." The businessman said that he had gone to his mentor Warren Buffet for advice and that Buffet had advised him to come forward. What Byrne proceeded to allege in his 22-minute interview with Fox News' Martha MacCallum was his shady work as an informant for the FBI in 2015 and 2016.

"It's going to make some feds furious at me," Byrne told MacCallum Thursday night. "Their heads are going to explode." Byrne also claimed that former FBI director James Comey will "crap his pants" when he finds out that he has spilled the beans about the FBI's election-year espionage activities to the Department of Justice.

The business executive said that he didn't feel like it was safe to come out until the "rule of law" had returned to the country, explaining that he trusted Attorney General William Barr to set things right.

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2019 04:31 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Byrne also claimed that former FBI director James Comey will "crap his pants"

Story sounds a little unhinged, but the Comey visual is delightful enough. Let's follow !
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2019 5:55 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
B.Bee: Democrats Announce All 2020 Candidates Will Forego Armed Security To Protest Gun Violence
Posted by: Bright Pebbles || 08/24/2019 07:26 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
Steve Bannon's Warning On China (w/ Kyle Bass)
Must see YouTube interview.
"The Chinese look at us as a tributary state."

Steve Bannon, former White House Chief Strategist, sits down with hedge fund giant Kyle Bass to discuss America’s current geopolitical landscape regarding China. Bannon and Bass take a deep dive into Chinese infiltration in U.S. institutions, China’s aggressiveness in the South China sea, and the potential for global conflict in the next few years. Filmed on October 5, 2018 at an undisclosed location.
Posted by: Phinens Dingle9259 || 08/24/2019 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Once again, embedding the video right here instead of making people click.

Posted by: Herb McCoy || 08/24/2019 3:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Yep, you just don't click do you.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/24/2019 9:54 Comments || Top||

#3  It’s a service Herb provides when he sees the lack, as one of his contributions to Rantburg, Skidmark. Since I’ve given up on acquiring the skill to do this, despite the explanations people here have provided, I appreciate his generosity in doing it for us.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/24/2019 12:23 Comments || Top||

#4  People should just have the common courtesy to put things where they're easy to get. And to answer your question, yes it is indeed too much trouble to click through to most things. People won't do it.

Embedding videos is easy. You click "share". Then "embed". Then copy and paste the code generated.
Posted by: Herb McCoy || 08/24/2019 14:06 Comments || Top||

#5  Thanks for #1 Herb. One of the best presentations on the China issue I've heard lately, possibly ever. Notice Bannon's comments on 'Dovos Man', Kissenger, J.D.Vance's Hillbilly Elegy ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/24/2019 14:16 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2019-08-24
  Afghan Special Forces storm the hideout of a key ISIS facilitator of suicide bombings
Fri 2019-08-23
  Gaddafi-loyal commander killed by pro-Haftar forces
Thu 2019-08-22
  Iran moves to strike 4 zeroes from its battered currency
Wed 2019-08-21
  Taliban chief Mullah Haibatullah was the primary target of Quetta bombing
Tue 2019-08-20
  Furniture, books 'torched' at girls school in Gilgit-Baltistan's Diamer
Mon 2019-08-19
  Another prayer leader killed near Quetta
Sun 2019-08-18
  Explosion Targets Wedding Hall In Kabul; Casualties Feared UPDATE: 63 dead, ISIS claims it
Sat 2019-08-17
  Two killed in Pakistan mosque bomb blast
Fri 2019-08-16
  Special Forces arrest Khalifa Daud, Haqqani network’s key member in Kabul
Thu 2019-08-15
  Iraq anti-terrorism troops kill 10 IS militants, capture 5 others in Anbar
Wed 2019-08-14
  On beyond Veritas: Google Insider Turns Over 950 Pages Of Docs And Laptop To DOJ
Tue 2019-08-13
  North Macedonia police find 22 migrants packed into SUV
Mon 2019-08-12
  UAE-backed forces expel Saudi-backed troops from Yemeni Presidential Palace
Sun 2019-08-11
  Southern Transitional Council stages an attempted coup, says Yemeni government
Sat 2019-08-10
  Jeffrey Epstein dead in Arkancide

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