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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Rhode Island city councilman busted with crack cocaine pipe in hand, police in video say
[FoxNews] GOP Cranston City Councilman Matthew Reilly arrested on drug possession charges after police found him sleeping in a vehicle
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:


-Great Cultural Revolution
The New Trans Patriarchy
[PJMedia] The patriarchy is real, folks. Only now, the males at the top wear dresses and pretend to be women while they violate the rights, spaces, and voices of real women. An unthinkable thing happened at the King County Regional Homelessness Authority board in Seattle when the co-chair, who is a man in a dress who identifies himself as hog butt ugly Shanee Colston, began screaming at a female board member for raising concerns about appointing a sex offender to the board.

The really bizarre part was that the woman had a personal experience with the sex offender that she says resulted in unwanted touching or sexual battery, and she was trying to tell Colston that she wouldn’t feel safe being in the same room as the man.

Thomas Leviel Whitaker was convicted of sexually abusing two minors, ages 13 and 15. Colston regaled his "life experience" as a representative of "LGBTQAI+, indigenous, and chronic homelessness." Colston began to scream at the unidentified woman on the board when she raised concerns about Whitaker’s criminal record.
"She" dosen't have to worry about sexual harrassment.
"I’m going to cut you off because we don’t expose people’s private business here...I won’t stand for that as the co-chair! Sex offenders are part of the population that are most vulnerable!"
Sex offenders are now victims. The people they assault should just sit down and shut up.
At that point, the woman began trying to tell Colston that Whitaker had touched her, and Colston started screaming: "Christie, stop! As the co-chair, I’m telling you you cannot talk like that in this meeting. I will not have that here. If anyone wants to talk like that, you will be muted and removed from this meeting. This is about equity and everyone, EVERYONE DESERVES HOUSING." Colston continued screaming and silencing the woman for referencing Whitaker’s public criminal record. "I don’t care if they’re coming out of jail, prison. Everyone deserves housing!"
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  21st Century Schizoid Man
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/20/2023 12:28 Comments || Top||

#2  So my best strategy to parlay my mediocre talents seems to be to eat exclusively at McDonald’s and to start shopping for business wear at Lane Bryant. My coworkers will be forced to treat me as a beautiful genius going forward. Also I will cease being accountable for theft.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 14:33 Comments || Top||

#3  Don’t look at the main article.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 05/20/2023 16:26 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ I wish I had listened to you.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 20:41 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Jake Sullivan served on a national security board with Hunter Biden for 2 years, raising questions from GOP
[FoxNews] Sen. Hawley says Sullivan 'should resign immediately'.
[It's an incestuous nest.]
Hunter Biden and President Biden’s national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, served together on the board of the Truman National Security Project, a liberal foreign policy think tank, for roughly two years before Sullivan joined the president’s campaign in 2020.

Hunter, who started serving on the board in 2012, and Sullivan both served on the Washington-based nonprofit’s board between 2017 and early 2019, according to internet archives captured by the Wayback Machine.

During that time, Hunter was also serving on the board of Ukrainian energy company Burisma Holdings and the Chinese private equity fund BHR Partners. The federal investigation into Hunter's foreign business dealings, which is still ongoing, also launched during the same time frame in 2018.

Prior to joining the Truman National Security Project, Sullivan served as then-Vice President Biden’s national security adviser in the Obama administration, where he traveled to multiple countries with the elder Biden, including China.

A video from the Obama administration's archived website shows Sullivan was on the same infamous Asia trip where Hunter Biden and his daughter accompanied then-Vice President Biden on Air Force Two. During the China portion of the trip, Hunter arranged a brief handshake in the U.S. delegation's hotel lobby between his father and Jonathan Li, Hunter's Chinese business partner who ran the Chinese private-equity fund Bohai Capital. Less than two weeks after Biden arrived in China, BHR Partners was registered.

Sullivan also had multiple roles with Hillary Clinton, including chief foreign policy adviser during her failed 2016 presidential campaign and deputy chief of staff when she was secretary of state, where he traveled to 112 countries with her.

During the Clinton campaign, Sullivan notoriously pushed the Trump-Russia collusion narrative to reporters. He told members of the House Intelligence committee in a December 2017 interview that prior to the 2016 election he briefed reporters on his suspicions.

"[B]asically we sat with them and walked through what we understood to be the case from — in terms of the DNC hack and leak, what we believed to be the case with respect to Russian involvement," Sullivan said, "and then what we thought the upshot of this was, which is you now have the start of a much more aggressive phase of an intelligence-led operation by foreign power, and there's likely to be more as we go forward, and people should really pay attention to this."

Sullivan went on to say he questioned why Russia would want to get involved. He first recognized that Russian President Vladimir Putin and Clinton "didn't have the greatest of relationships" but then outlined for reporters his reasons for suspecting Trump's campaign.

Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., on Thursday accused Sullivan of repeatedly lying to the American people and called for his immediate resignation.

"Jake Sullivan has a lot to answer for," Hawley, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Fox News Digital. "He has repeatedly lied for perceived political gain – whether that be about the Russia Collusion hoax or the Hunter Biden laptop. And now he’s Biden’s national security adviser? He should resign immediately."
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So the argument is that he is a dirtbag and that if he has any honor he will resign. If we have identified our first ever honorable dirtbag, we should seen his resignation forthwith.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 12:08 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm afraid national security means something entirely different to these people from what the average citizen on the street might think. It would seem that to them it means securing a position of power, maintaining that position, acquiring even more power and keeping themselves out of jail. To achieve these goals, they will commit whatever crimes they feel they need to commit and they will tell whatever lies they believe they need to tell. In that respect, Biden and his handlers must think Jake Sullivan is well qualified to be a national security adviser.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/20/2023 12:29 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
This Years Bilderberg Meeting Agenda & Attendees Revealed
[People's Voice] ...The ultra-secretive group will hold closed-door discussions on everything from AI and China, to the banking system and the war in Ukraine....

Among the roughly 130 attendees, notable people scumbags this year include Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, DeepMind head Demis Hassabis, former Google CEO Eric Schmidt, OpenAI head Sam Altman, former U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissinger, NATO Secretary-General Jens Stoltenberg, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba, US Democrat politician Stacey Abrams, and Pfizer CEO Albert Bourla.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [19 views] Top|| File under:

#1  a luxury hotel in Lisbon, Portugal

I guess if a sea launched cruise missile could hit the Pentagon...'a luxury hotel in Lisbon' would be a much softer target.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/20/2023 8:29 Comments || Top||

#2  MSFT CEO, former GOOG CEO, Henry Kissinger, NATO SECGEN Stoltenberg...and Stacey Abrams?
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/20/2023 11:05 Comments || Top||

#3  They'll be having weighty discussions.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/20/2023 12:38 Comments || Top||

#4  I hope the local restauranteurs stocked up on bacalhau with the gentle and petite Ms. Abrams there.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/20/2023 13:28 Comments || Top||

#5  Kissinger has to be ready for a Capt Pike mobile.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 20:44 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Democratic Sens. Bennet and Welch seek to create new federal agency that would regulate speech and behavior online
[Blaze] Undeterred by the American people's rejection of the Biden administration's Orwellian disinformation governance board last year, leftist Sens. Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) are seeking to form a new federal agency to regulate speech and behavior online.

How has it been pitched?

The Democratic senators introduced an updated version of Bennet's 2022 "Digital Platform Commission Act" on May 18, which would grow the state, further interfere with Americans' interpersonal engagements online, regulate speech, and altogether police digital platforms.

Bennet said in a statement, "We should follow the long precedent in American history of empowering an expert body to protect the public interest through common sense rules and oversight for complex and powerful sectors of the economy."

The Colorado leftist likened the proposed Federal Digital Platform Commission to the extant Food and Drug Administration, the Federal Communications Commission, and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

Nancy Watzman, advisor at the Colorado Media Project, indicated this latest statist venture might serve as a remedy for undesirable speech online, noting "misinformation about the pandemic, public health, elections and more are polluting our online spaces and having real-world negative impacts in our communities."

"Stronger oversight institutions, such as the commission proposed in the Digital Platform Commission Act of 2022, have the potential to strengthen the government’s capacity to promote safe, just, and innovative digital products," said Scott Babwah Brennen, head of online expression policy at the Center on Technology Policy, UNC-Chapel Hill.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/20/2023 07:24 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:


#2  State Department Promotes Transgenderism over Gay Rights
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/20/2023 7:34 Comments || Top||

#3  "We should follow the long precedent in American history of empowering an expert body to protect the public interest through common sense rules and oversight for complex and powerful sectors of the economy."

YJCMTSU
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/20/2023 8:26 Comments || Top||

#4  ^^^ At least they are acknowledging that such a thing as common sense exists, even if they have none of it.
Posted by: Tom || 05/20/2023 12:33 Comments || Top||


FBI improperly used warrantless search powers more than 278,000 times in 2021, FISA court filing reveals
[FoxNews] The queries targeted people involved in Jan. 6 and George Floyd protests, and donors to a failed congressional candidate.

Your papers appear to be in order. Welcome to the new Police State.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Add to that Millions more now on lists due to the use of "known" Internet monitoring key phrases.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/20/2023 7:14 Comments || Top||


#3  This had to go all the way to the top. There is no way in the world that the FBI director could miss 278,000 warrantless searches in violation of the law. He just didn't care.
Posted by: Tom || 05/20/2023 12:39 Comments || Top||

#4  We have passed the era of regret for misbehavior and have entered the age of the Obama-inspired, brazen smirk and "...yeah, well what are you going to do about it?" reveal.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/20/2023 15:08 Comments || Top||

#5  I bet if they graphed the yearly occurrences the trend would be rising.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 20:47 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Debt limit talks in standstill as Republicans, White House face 'real differences'
BLUF: House Republicans demand steep cuts, Biden and Senate Dems refuse any cuts at all.
[AlAhram] Debt limit talks came to an abrupt standstill Friday after Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy
...the GOP house majority whip. He replaces Eric Cantor, who got whupped because his politix are like Kevin McCarthy's...
said it's time to "pause" negotiations, and a White House official acknowledged there are "real differences" that are making talks difficult.

McCarthy said resolution to the standoff is "easy," if only President Joe The Big Guy Biden
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Posted by: trailing wife || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [13 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Biden has said they will not cut any spending; historically the Dems win on such confrontations and shut-downs.
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/20/2023 1:48 Comments || Top||

#2  McCarthy would be in far better position if he had run roughshod on the appropriations committees to have those actions in hand with the amount they were going to give the administration to work with. Budget? BS! This is what you are going to get. Instead look forward to another f'ing bloated omnibus bill. Why even show up anymore?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/20/2023 7:07 Comments || Top||

#3  Not to worry, RINOs to the (democrats') rescue.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/20/2023 7:25 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Bobby || 05/20/2023 11:53 Comments || Top||

#5  If he caves, we should see Speaker Stefanik in July. I would trade a release of the J6 video for the debt ceiling. That would bring the doom I am looking for.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 14:37 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Chris Christie to announce 2024 presidential run ‘in the coming days'
[Twitter] How nice for him.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/20/2023 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I doubt he can even run across the kitchen…
Posted by: Glenmore || 05/20/2023 1:49 Comments || Top||

#2  Tis the season to gather sucker money from the gullible.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/20/2023 7:04 Comments || Top||

#3  Family members and nearby 'Whole Foods' store employees and staff appear to make up the core of his constituency.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/20/2023 7:07 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: Frank G || 05/20/2023 7:18 Comments || Top||

#5  He's got Democrat money behind him. His only purpose will be to trash talk Trump. Fake polls will give him some kind of position higher than 0%. In the end he will add to his wealth.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 05/20/2023 7:19 Comments || Top||

#6  When asked by a journalist how he felt about swindling people, Riverboat Slim replied "Suckers don't deserve to have money."

Christie is no Riverboat Slim, but anyone who contributes to his campaign is a sucker.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/20/2023 7:22 Comments || Top||


#8  A failed primary campaign can be very rewarding.
It allows those far behind to lend support to the front-runner. To seek Admin position, or to keep the Campaign funds by running them thru the Political Party Laundry Mat for a admin fee.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/20/2023 8:38 Comments || Top||

#9  That image of fatso as a parade float just cracks me up (as well as the implied contradiction of fatso "floating").
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/20/2023 11:03 Comments || Top||

#10  And in a similar vein, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has named Dennis Kucinich as his campaign manager.

So it would seem that Kennedy is not in it to win it either.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/20/2023 12:47 Comments || Top||

#11  We'd be foolish to believe either Trump or RFK, Jr., will make it to the "finals".
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/20/2023 14:34 Comments || Top||

#12  You think perpetual failed campaigns aren't lucrative, look at Beto.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/20/2023 16:39 Comments || Top||

#13  Beto, like Jawn F'n Karry, married into money
Posted by: Frank G || 05/20/2023 17:54 Comments || Top||

#14  He should have announced at Nathan’s hot dog eating contest.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/20/2023 20:42 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2023-05-20
  At least 20 killed in Burkina's troubled north: local sources
Fri 2023-05-19
  Taliban morality police intensifies crackdown on women in Herat city
Thu 2023-05-18
  Terrorism cases: ATC sends 149 PTI workers to jail
Wed 2023-05-17
  Two Palestinians get life sentences for Elad terror attack
Tue 2023-05-16
  Come on in! Moment US Army soldier opens gate to let huge horde of migrants onto PRIVATE Texas property after Biden allowed Title 42 to expire
Mon 2023-05-15
  33 civilians killed in Burkina Faso attack
Sun 2023-05-14
  6 terrorists killed, 7 including soldiers martyred as clearance operation in Balochistan concludes: ISPR
Sat 2023-05-13
  Prigozhin says Russian troops are “fleeing” near Ukraine’s Bakhmut.
Fri 2023-05-12
  Israel kills another militant commander in Gaza as fighting goes on, truce efforts falter, 26 Paleos toes up
Thu 2023-05-11
  Hundreds Of Rockets Fired Into Israel As Tensions In The Area Escalate
Wed 2023-05-10
  Ousted Pakistan PM Imran Khan arrested, sparking protests
Tue 2023-05-09
  Terrorists Attack Nigerian Baptist Church Service In Kaduna, Abduct 40 Worshippers
Mon 2023-05-08
  Renewed clashes erupt between army and paramilitary forces in South Darfur
Sun 2023-05-07
  Organ Harvesting: Nigerian Lawyer Writes British Monarch, King Charles, Seeks Prerogative Of Mercy For Senator Ekweremadu
Sat 2023-05-06
  Chief of Khalistan Commando Force (KCF), has been assassinated


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