Everything is lovely
When you start to roam;
The birds are singin', the day that you stray,
But later, when you are further away,
Things won't seem so lovely
When you're all alone;
Here's what you'll keep saying
When you're far from home:
Mammy,
Mammy,
The sun shines east, the sun shines west,
I know where the sun shines best
Mammy,
My Mammy!
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In the most outrageous act of deceitful intimidation and tyranny, Trudeau is threatening Americans who donate to the trucker protests in Canada. Unbelievable...
[IsraelTimes] Sources tell Haaretz that relief on Tehran’s civil atomic program is technical step, not a sign of progress in nuclear talks
The US decision to ease sanctions on Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... on Friday includes six clauses that now allow foreign countries and companies from Russia, China, and Europa
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[YouGovUK] Late last year, YouGov compiled a list of 19 ways in which foreigners have been accused of abusing Italian food, and asked people in 17 countries and territories (including Italy) whether they were acceptable or unacceptable.
Of the list of 19, Italians see no problem with four: eating pizza for lunch (+89); having Bolognese sauce with spaghetti (+81); eating pizza with a fork rather than your hands (+69); and having meatballs with spaghetti (+58). Figures shown are net results, with positive numbers meaning more people say it as acceptable than unacceptable, while negative numbers mean more people consider it unacceptable than acceptable.
Another four are divisive to Italians: having risotto as an appetiser or side dish (+2); putting oil in the water you are cooking your pasta in (+1); snapping dry spaghetti before boiling it (-1); and adding plain pasta to a plate or bowl and then adding the sauce afterwards (-4).
KOBANI, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, a child was seriously injured in a landmine explosion while grazing sheep in the village of Qaramogh, 20 km east of Kobani, north Syria.
The 16-year old child, Khalil Othman Mahmoud, was seriously injured and was taken to Kobani Hospital, Kaniwar Muhammad, from the Qaramogh village told North Press.
The child was grazing sheep near the border strip when the mine exploded, Muhammad added.
The child sustained severe injuries in the abdomen, causing bleeding. He has been undergoing surgery for several hours in the hospital, a medical source from Kobani Hospital said.
On November 24, 2021, an tractor driver was injured by a mine explosion while plowing agricultural land near the village of Zor Maghar in the western countryside of Kobani.
Similarly, in September 2021, two children lost their lives by a landmine explosion while grazing sheep in the village of Seftek, 10 km west of Kobani, near the Syrian-Turkish border.
The mines in Kobani and its countryside date back to either the era of the ISIS attack on the city, or they were planted at different times on the Syrian-Turkish border.
[Daily Mail UK] The Biden administration on Friday restored a sanctions waiver to Iran
Indirect talks between the United States and Iran on returning to the 2015 nuclear agreement has entered the final stretch
One official said it was not a signal Washington was reaching an understanding to return to the deal formally known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action
Waivers allowed foreign companies to carry out non-proliferation work to make it harder for Iranian nuclear sites to be used for weapons development
Waivers were rescinded by the United States in 2019 and 2020 under former President Donald Trump, who pulled out of the nuclear agreement
The United States and Iran have held eight rounds of indirect talks in Vienna since April aimed at reinstating the pact that lifted sanctions against Tehran
There has been no formal announcement on when the ninth round would start, but expectations intensified that it could be next week
After Trump pulled the United States out of the deal in 2018 and reimposed harsh sanctions, Iran gradually started violating the pact's nuclear curbs
Western diplomats now worry that its nuclear advancement leaves a very narrow window of time to return to the deal
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I get tired of news articles slipping digs at Trump into the “news”
Trump left the unratified memorandum because Iran was violating the “agreement “ not the other way around
The mullahs ever ever intended to abide by any piece of paper that limits their ability to obtain a nuclear weapon
There “negotiations” have been a stall from the beginning
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re#3, same people going to be pulling the sgrings as they are now. At least we get rid of 1 vile old fool we have been having to see for 40 years .
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At least with Magoo we know that Ron Klain is pulling the strings. Kackala can't even keep a chief of staff longer than it takes her to burnish a new pair of knee pads, so we've no idea who's calling the shots
[AnNahar] A Danish court on Friday convicted three leaders of an Iranian Arab separatist group based in the Scandinavian country of spying for Saudi intelligence between 2012 and 2020.
The three, aged 40 to 51 and one of whom is a Danish citizen, are members of the separatist organization ASMLA (Arab Struggle Movement for the Liberation of Ahvaz), which Iran ...Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979... considers a terrorist group.
Their sentencing will be announced in March. They face up to 12 years in prison.
Following a lengthy trial held behind closed doors, the Roskilde court found the trio guilty of "gathering information on individuals and organizations, in Denmark and abroad, as well as on Iranian military affairs, and transmitting this information to a Saudi intelligence service".
The trio was also found guilty of "promoting terrorism" for supporting the activities of ASMLA's armed branch.
The jury found that "the actions and attacks of these movements are terrorist attacks which exceed the limits of legitimate freedom fighting".
They were also convicted of "financing and attempted financing of terrorism", for having received 15 million kroner (two million euros) from a Saudi intelligence agency as well as having tried to obtain another 15 million from the same source.
The money was aimed at financing ASMLA's activities, the court found.
The three have been held in jug in Denmark since February 2020, under special protection due to the nature of their case.
The case dates back to 2018 when one of the three was the target of a foiled attack on Danish soil believed to be sponsored by the Iranian regime in retaliation for the killing of 24 people in Ahvaz, southwestern Iran, in September 2018.
Tehran formally denied the attack plan in Denmark, but in 2020 a Danish court placed in durance vile Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! a Norwegian-Iranian for seven years for his role in the plot.
That attack put Danish authorities on the trail of the trio's ASMLA activities.
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I've worked every possible position regarding libation service. What was just described has nothing to do with being a quality bartender - and no quality patron would accept as such. For further reference, see Korova Milk Bar
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^ "If he can only perform good or only perform evil, then he is a clockwork orange—meaning that he has the appearance of an organism lovely with colour and juice but is in fact only a clockwork toy to be wound up by God or the Devil."
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People are already desensitized to human contact courtesy of the internet. I don't know about the rest of you, but I used to go to bars to get away from the ex wife and just be out among people not robots.
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I used to go to bars to get away from the ex wife and just be out among people not robots.
Mr. Wife is the same, Chris, except for the ex-wife as he hasn’t one of those. After all, one can more cheaply drink at home. I hope since then you’ve found a more congenial replacement.
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But the robot will not short the cash register.
Note to bar owners, do not do this in New Mexico. If a customer is obviously drunk and you serve them you assume huge financial liabilities as the consequence of any destructive act by said customer after leaving your establishment as well as loss of license to dispense liqueur.
[DW] Gazprom's market power in Europa ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... is the result of a monopoly. Russian legislation stipulates that only Gazprom is allowed to operate pipelines used for export. It has been the biggest supplier to the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... (EU) for decades.
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[REGNUM] In the coming months, resistance will begin in all corners of Afghanistan and will continue until the country is liberated. Ali Meisam Nazari, head of the Foreign Relations Department of the National Resistance Front of Afghanistan, told reporters about this, as Afintl.com reports .
"We are confident that we will defeat the Taliban,” Ali Meisam Nazari said.
Recall that earlier representatives of the National Resistance Front, headed by Ahmad Masud, called negotiations with the Taliban (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) fruitless.
The talks in Tehran were the first official contacts between the Taliban and Ahmad Massoud in five months; with the mediation of Iran, negotiations were held to find a peaceful solution between the Taliban (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) and their opponents.
However, representatives of the National Resistance Front warned that the talks did not mean that they would lay down their arms.
After that, it was reported that negotiations were also allegedly held in Moscow between the Taliban (an organization whose activities are banned in the Russian Federation) and the National Resistance Front. Russian officials have not confirmed the news.
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[KP] It so happened that my car was broken by the Motherland. Not from evil. One cannot blame the Motherland for carrying out intensive military maneuvers at the moment of the most acute political crisis, in the so-called "threatened period". There are not many roads in the Motherland, therefore, as soon as I delved into the depths of the Rostov region, the M4 highway turned into a military country road with pits of such a caliber that I quickly lost three studs with bolts on the front left wheel - they were cut off like a knife and the rear right hub.
[C4ISRNET] The Pentagon’s top IT office issued a nearly $7 million contract to develop its zero trust IT architecture, the Department of Defense announced Tuesday.
The cyber threat landscape has shifted in recent years, becoming much more dynamic. As a result, traditional defenses have proven to not be up to the test. The federal government has now shifted to what it calls a zero trust model, which assumes networks are already compromised and validates users, devices and data continuously.
The contract, awarded to Booz Allen Hamilton, is for Thunderdome, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s implementation of zero trust. The contract is for a six month prototype effort in which the agency will operationally test how to implement its zero trust architecture involving technologies such as Secure Access Service Edge and Software Defined-Wide Area Networks.
“Over the course of the next six months, we plan to produce a working prototype that is scalable across the department,” said Jason Martin, director of DISA’s digital capabilities and security center.
[IsraelTimes] Bennett’s comments come as the Vienna talks aimed at salvaging the moribund 2015 accord enter a critical phase
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett implied Sunday that Israel could launch a military strike against Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... even if the Islamic Theocratic Republic and world powers revive their 2015 nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, or JCPOA.
"The greatest threat against the State of Israel is Iran," Bennett said during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem. "As the government, we are responsible for dealing with the Iranian nuclear program and, of course, we are monitoring the Vienna talks.
"Our position is well-known and clear: An agreement — according to the apparent terms — will damage the ability to deal with the nuclear program. Anyone who thinks that an agreement will increase stability is mistaken," he added, according to a readout from his office. "It will temporarily delay enrichment but all of us in the region will pay a heavy, disproportionate price for it."
Bennett accused Iran of ramping up its belligerence in recent weeks — seemingly alluding to a string of regional attacks by Tehran-aligned Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i rebels — despite its ongoing negotiations on returning to the nuclear deal.
"That is how you conduct negotiations, Tehran-style," the premier declared.
"We are currently closing gaps and building up Israel’s military strength for years and even decades to come. Israel will maintain freedom of action in any case, with or without an agreement," he added.
[IsraelTimes] Prime Minister Bennett speaks with US President Joe Biden, lauding the American raid in which the head of the Islamic State terror group was killed and discussing efforts to block Iran’s nuclear program, the premier’s office says.
“The world is a safer place thanks to the brave efforts of American forces,” the prime minister tells the president, according to his office.
Bennett’s office says the two also discuss the threats posed by Iran in the region, as well as the “steps to block the Iranian nuclear program.
[Spectator] The Biden administration, the guys that caused the debacle in Afghanistan ...the collection of boodlers, grifters, hangers-on, and self-proclaimed experts affiliated with the Biden Crime Family. Entrusted with an entire nation as the result of a suspicious election, they set about happily implementing stuff they absorbed in college, all of which blew up and splattered the rest of us... botches relations with Russia while its experts tell each other flattering fictions
This should be changed. Getting out of Afghanistan was the right move. Trump tried it and got overruled. When Biden ordered it, the Pentagon did a poor job when they clearly could have done better, because they were pissed off someone took their war away.
[C4ISRNET] Top Pentagon officials and defense industry executives huddled on hypersonic weapons development this week, marking a new level of attention to the area.
But experts say the fiscal 2023 budget will be the true test of whether the U.S. Department of Defense is serious about building the necessary momentum to deliver hypersonic capabilities on a faster timeline.
The unclassified meeting, convened Thursday by Deputy Secretary of Defense Kathleen Hicks and attended by more than a dozen defense CEOs, was largely centered around gathering industry feedback on the impediments to speeding up development of hypersonic capabilities, according to an official readout of the meeting.
The conversation was mostly led by Undersecretary of Defense for Research and Engineering Heidi Shyu, but Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin made an appearance toward the end, offering prepared remarks focused on the importance of the capability and the need to go fast to outpace China’s progress on hypersonic weapons, according to the readou
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[REGNUM] Press Secretary of the President of Russia Dmitry Peskov proposed to abandon the term "fake news" and replace it with the term "Bloomberg-news" after the American agency released a report that Russia's alleged invasion of Ukraine had begun. Peskov stated this in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Recall that Bloomberg on the night of February 5 released a message that Russia allegedly launched an invasion of Ukraine. The agency later deleted the post, citing an error.
Peskov noted that such an incident once again shows how dangerous the aggressive actions of the West in Europe are.
Peskov also ironically admitted that the Kremlin could replace the term fake news with Bloomberg-news.
Shafaq News / The Security Media Cell issued an official clarification regarding the military convoys that entered al-Anbar governorate today.
The Cell said in a statement that the convoy belonged to al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF), and was carrying members who were on a leave and came back to resume their duties, noting that their deployment is legal and official.
Earlier today, Kata'ib Hezbollah brigades sent military convoys to al-Anbar today, to replace its units in the governorates, a security source reported.
The source told Shafaq News agency that the military convoys -which were carrying armed men- belong to al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF)- Kata'ib Hezbollah Brigades, entered the governorate to deploy and replace fighters, noting that it is a routinal military action.
However, a source in the Kata'ib told Shafaq News agency that this step is a message to Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi, and a request for him to arm some tribes in al-Anbar.
He added that an official statement might be issued to clarify the whole situation in the next few hours.
Shafaq News / Kata'ib Hezbollah brigades sent military convoys to al-Anbar today, to replace its units in the governorates, a security source reported.
The source told Shafaq News agency that the military convoys -which were carrying armed men- belong to al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF)- Kata'ib Hezbollah Brigades, entered the governorate to deploy and replace fighters, noting that it is a routinal military action.
However, a source in the Kata'ib told Shafaq News agency that this step is a message to Parliament Speaker Mohammad al-Halboosi, and a request for him to arm some tribes in al-Anbar.
He added that an official statement might be issued to clarify the whole situation in the next few hours.
Bad headline. Should be something like Damaged Trust In Police Fueled Revenge Murders, Say Criminologists.
[FoxNews] Packing culture, retaliation became worse after George Floyd died.
Larry McMichael was arrested for a gun charge before he could retaliate against his brother’s killer, the reformed drug dealer, who has been shot 22 times, told Fox News.
But others were shot in the fallout. The victim’s best friend, for example, was killed.
"It was a lot of going back and forth," McMichael said.
His story embodies what criminologists told Fox News: packing culture and a drive to retaliate, rather than turn to law enforcement, has driven homicides in the nation’s capital. Those elements have become more prevalent since trust in law enforcement deteriorated after the defund the police movement took hold following George Floyd’s killing.
#1
This was the whole idea. There's a lot of ruin in a country, and someone has to commit the arson to start those fires. America is strong because it is a trust-based society. People generally trust strangers. The left's whole idea in starting the riots was to destroy societal trust. Their endgame is to destroy the United States, western culture and white people, in any order. Only then can the board be cleared so they can build their perfect social justice utopia.
It took the 'state' hundreds of years to end the practice by promising justice. It has spent the last 50 years dismantling justice because it often times icky and nasty. Just look around as the Bolshevik DAs treat perps as victims.
#3
Nothing new. Criminals settle disputes with guns, not litigation.
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you're crazy if you trust strangers.
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The BLM grifters were never about "justice" or "progress." The goal was to line one's pockets and strike at The Man ... aka Anarchy For Fun and Profit
ALEPPO NORTHREN COUNTRYSIDE, Syria (North Press) – The Turkish artillery bombed yesterday villages in Aleppo northern countryside, north Syria.
The Turkish forces, stationed at the Scientific Research Center on the Azaz-Yahmoul road, targeted villages in Aleppo northern countryside, north Syria, with artillery shells.
The Turkish artillery shelled the villages of Mar’anaz, Alqamiya and Shawarxa in Aleppo northern countryside with dozens of artillery shells and missiles without information about the losses, a source told North Press.
Turkey’s frequent bombardment of the villages and towns north of Aleppo, cause casualties among the population and massive material damage to property.
Villages and camps in the northern countryside of Aleppo have become shelter for Afrin IDPs who fled the Turkish invasion of the area in 2018.
More than 300,000 people fled Afrin as a result of a military operation launched by Turkish forces with the support of the Turkish-backed armed Syrian factions in 2018.
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[FoxNews] Mom and daughter talk to 'Fox & Friends' about Eagles safety Anthony Harris' kind gesture.
A Philadelphia Eagles player traded his football cleats for dancing shoes to make a Texas girl's dream come true after tragedy.
Eleven-year-old Audrey Soape lost both her father and grandfather last year. When the time came for her school's daddy-daughter dance, Audrey's mother Holly reached out to her favorite NFL player, Eagles safety Anthony Harris, for help on social media.
"I told him about the situation, and surprisingly he was more than willing to do it," Holly Soape told "Fox & Friends" Friday. "It happened really fast. He said yes probably about a week before, so it was kind of a whirlwind."
Harris also paid for Audrey's dress, shoes, hair and makeup for the big event.
"She just felt like a princess all night," Holly said.
[C4ISRNET] If a war against a major adversary breaks out, it’s going to require the military to resupply troops at a pace it hasn’t seen in a long time, Air Force Gen. Jacqueline Van Ovost, head of U.S. Transportation Command, said on Wednesday.
And to keep up with that frenetic tempo, TRANSCOM is going to have to use machine learning and artificial intelligence to streamline its logistics operations, Van Ovost said in an online conversation hosted by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“We can’t afford to sift through reams and reams of data” in a major war, Van Ovost said. “We really do need to apply machine learning and artificial intelligence to turn that data into knowledge, for which we can make decisions. Creating that decision advantage is going to give us that time and space and options for senior leaders to come up with different options to reduce risk, to increase effectiveness.”
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Deep State. Not one mention why we need forces in far flung locations.
The first responsibility of our military establishment is the security of the homeland. The invasion from the south shows it has no interest in performing the fundamental mission of why they exist. [Insert all the excuses here why they won't do their job here]
[IsraelTimes] Paleostinian Authority had urged union to withdraw Jewish state’s accreditation; diplomats say committee will be established to ’study the issue’.
The African Union ...a union consisting of 53 African states, most run by dictators of one flavor or another. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established in 2002, the AU is the successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), which was even less successful... suspended a debate Sunday on whether to withdraw Israel’s accreditation, avoiding a vote that risked creating an unprecedented rift in the 55-member bloc.
"The Israel question has been suspended for now and instead there will be a committee set up to study the issue," a diplomat told AFP on the closing day of the AU’s annual summit in Addis Ababa.
The committee will present its findings at next year’s AU summit.
The relationship with Israel is a rare point of contention for a body that values consensus, with powerful member states, notably South Africa, loudly protesting a decision last July by Moussa Faki Mahamat, chair of the African Union Commission, to accept Israel’s accreditation to the bloc.
The six-member committee will include South Africa and Algeria, who opposed Faki’s move to accredit Israel, as well as Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , who supported it, according to the diplomats.
Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... also asked to be on the committee, while South Africa requested the inclusion of Nigeria as well, the diplomats said.
The accreditation handed Israeli diplomats a victory they had been chasing for nearly two decades.
Israel was previously accredited at the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), but lost that status when the body was disbanded and replaced by the AU in 2002.
Seventy-two countries, regional blocs and organizations are already accredited, including North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... , the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... and UNAIDS, according to the AU’s website.
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An African covers his eyes.
"You can't see me!"
The perfect disguise.
"And if anyone hears,
I shall cut off my ears.
If he speaks..." [gurgling shrieks]
Lies! All lies!
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I shall cut off my ears It's goodbye to my ears.
Subtlety... always my strong suit. [scenery- shaking sigh]
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Communists could run out of sand in the desert. Q.E.D.
[AnNahar] Cuba has announced a new 10 percent tax on retail food sales, as the country endures economic woes marked by rampant inflation.
The levy taking effect Monday will target self-employed people and small- and medium-sized companies in the retail food sector, said the decree published in the official government gazette. These sales were only allowed starting in August of last year as part of reforms in the communist run island.
Cuban economist Pedro Monreal wrote on Twitter that the new tax will probably have two effects: higher food prices and more inequality among the Cuban people.
Monreal said it will hurt "lower income households that spend a relatively higher percentage of their resources on food."
Monetary reforms applied last year caused prices of goods and services to shoot up in Cuba, mainly those of food. Inflation last year came in at 70 percent.
People have to wait in long lines for scarce supplies of food and medicine.
Cuba imports 80 percent of the food it consumes. Its purchases have declined drastically due to a shortage of hard currency and because of international transport problems stemming from the Covid pandemic.
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If we could only figure out a way to have the US Generation Weirdos that are PRO-socialism & communist. Like to experience it 1st hand by spending 2 years in Cuba as a common worker BEFORE THEY CAN VOTE.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] The Sailors were not actively training when they reported symptoms and were transported to receive emergency care,' the Navy said in a press release. It is unclear what 'symptoms' the pair displayed.
They had both reportedly completed Hell Week, which takes place during the fourth week of part of Phase 1 of Basic Underwater Demolition/SEAL (BUD/S) training.
It is a grueling 'five-and-a-half days of cold, wet, brutally difficult operational training on fewer than four hours of sleep,' the Navy says, and candidates 'run more than 200 miles and do physical training for more than 20 hours per day.'
The Navy produces around 200 to 250 SEALs a year. In the last two decades, 17 have died during training, NBC News reported.
SEAL candidates go through 24 weeks of training throughout five phases, including a physical training test, obstacle courses, extensive swimming and running, combat diving, land warfare training and other physically difficult tests.
Many candidates do not make it pasted Phase 1, also known as Stage 3, and a 'significant' number begin to drop out.
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The past few weeks SoCal weather has been nice during the day.
But in the morning and at night it can be quite cold.
And the water can be quite cold.
Hypothermia can put quite a strain on the heart too.
Had a dual-Karma moment yesterday afternoon on I-24 headed Southbound toward Nashville. Traffic stopped, accident or something. A few minutes passed, cars began driving along the shoulder (emergency lane) back North to an 'on ramp.' First one, then dozens. As soon as it began, it stopped. Off in the distance behind me, a sea of blue flashing lights. KARMA !
About fifteen minutes later, the traffic began to slowly move. In the grassy median between the North and South bound highways, cars appear. First one then a half dozen or more, joined by a large Dodge 4x4 pick-up buried rear axel deep. All stuck in the mud as they were attempting to cross over the median and head back North. KARMA !
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Israeli Ministry of Health study reported in New England Jourbal of Medicine involving over 150,000 young men who received Pfizer vaccine found that within 30 days of the second jab, the myocarditis rate for boys (~1 in 12,000) was about 10x higher than normal.
Nb. That's just the risk of one type of heart effect, myocarditis, and only within the first 30 days of receiving Pfizer's experimental gene therapy. The real rate of serious adverse cardiac damage, over a lifetime, is even higher.
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I believe somebody's reporting wasn't careful enough. There's not a chance that candidates "run more than 200 miles" during the 5 and a half days. That's basically all they would have time to do--that's a marathon and a half every 24 hours for 5 straight days. I've read David Goggins book and he makes no mention of that kind of distance. In fact, he makes no mention of running those kind of distances until after he had already completed the hell weeks he went thru.
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Well, think 2 miles from the compound to the mess hall ~x6<> is 18. Add a fast 25 mile ruck and you've got about 40x5 days~200.
These guys are studs.
Get the 2 mile run @8-10 minutes/mile [prob closer to 5] and the 'marathon' at a [easy] 4:30 pace. Say 6 hours on the road, 30 minutes to eat, and 4 hours of sleep leaves plenty of time for swimming and PT.
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I'll stick by my earlier assertion--the candidates do not "run more than 200 miles" during the 5 and a half days. I read David Goggins book and he made no mention of those kinds of distances until he had long cleared the hell weeks he endured.
The candidates are indeed "physical studs", but they are also of each of the 3 different body types. Marathon runners tend to be almost exclusively "ectomorphs". For an endomorpho or mesomorph to bang out 200 miles in a 5 day period while also doing all of the other grueling tasks that comprise hell week is an assertion I have read nowhere else. The reporter had to be incorrect, or the reporter's source was incorrect.
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Agreed the 200 miles is an exaggeration. But I have spent time at Coronado and watched them. It is grueling. I am surprised more have not died, the better statistic would be how many are medical out. They are hypothermic for most of the training. Its crazy.
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Syrian government intelligence started arresting people in #Aleppo, northern #Syria, for fear of protests against the government's decisions that worsen the living conditions of the residents.https://t.co/LE4ACnQa0x
ALEPPO, Syria (North Press) – The Air Intelligence forces affiliated with Syria government arrested, Sunday, 8 people of one family in Tariq al-Bab neighborhood in the city of Aleppo, northern Syria, accused of calling for protests against Syrian government recent decisions.
Armed forces raided residents’ houses and captured 8 individuals of Hamo family, local source told North Press.
The Air Military Intelligence forces deployed in several places and blocked the road goes to new cemetery inside Tariq al-Bab neighborhood hindered residents’ movement, the source added.
Last week, the Syrian government decided to lift the subsidy through ration cards from a large class of the citizens, which reacted by mass protests in most government-held areas.
The recent government decision faced mass popular discontent among residents, many of them expressed on social media the failure of the Syrian government in managing economic crisis.
Activists in Aleppo city asked the Parliament to vote for no confidence of the government that increases residents’ concerns, particularly after the decision to rationalize bread, which is considered to be one of the basics of living life.
These arrests, coincided protests in Suwayda governorate, southern Syria, accompanied by roads blockade since January 3, rejecting the government decisions to lift subsidy for thousands of families amid calls for protests to continue for other days.
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Could it get any worse than what it has been?
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Arresting people for protesting living conditions. Never thought Syria would turn into Canada.
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MANBIJ, Syria (North Press) – A Turkish drone bombed on Sunday the outskirt of the village of Arab Hassan, a day after bombing the outskirts of the village of Umm Adasa in the northern countryside of Manbij, north Syria.
The outskirts of the village of Arab Hassan was bombed by a Turkish drone, North Press reported a field source.
“The drone was launched from the Turkish base in the village of al-Yashli, north of the village of Umm Adasa, and it bombed some houses in the outskirts of the village,” the source said.
However, no other details, on causalities or material damage were reported by the source.
Late in 2021, villages in the northern and western countryside of Manbij were intensely bombed by the Turkish forces, killing a woman and her child, and causing material damage to the property of the residents.
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[RIA Novosti] The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , denied the assertion of some media that the decision to withdraw the CSTO contingent from Kazakhstan was made after the conversation between Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Chinese Ambassador to Russia Zhang Hanhui.
According to a number of media reports, the CSTO forces were withdrawn from Kazakhstan after a call from the Chinese ambassador to the head of the Russian Foreign Ministry. Commenting on this in her Telegram channel, Zakharova wrote that "the Chinese ambassador did not call Sergei Lavrov."
"Sergey Lavrov had a telephone conversation with the Minister of Foreign Affairs of China. And what will we do with Sergei Lavrov's telephone conversations with his Turkish and Indian colleagues on the eve of the deployment of the CSTO forces? Where is the expert's deep thought that it was after this that the Russian military flew to Alma-Ata? The decision on the input and output of the CSTO forces is made by the CSTO members. China is not a member of this organization," she wrote.
According to her, "Decisions in the CSTO are taken collectively, on the basis of the Treaty. The whole operation (discussion, decision-making, its implementation) was carried out as openly as possible. Information was provided by all departments and, of course, by the CSTO itself, whose secretariat showed high professionalism in working with the media. The operation ended - its active coverage ended," the official wrote.
As Zakharova pointed out, "the fact that the operation was shown by all our channels almost around the clock is absolutely natural: it was about citizens of Russia, Russian military, heading to a country with which we are connected by a common history, family ties and the longest border."
"And also proximity to Afghanistan, where everything, to put it mildly, is not very stable after the enchanting flight of NATO from this country last year," added Maria Zakharova.
Tokayev spoke about the help of CSTO peacekeepers during the riots
According to her, "We regularly comment on the topics of the situation in Kazakhstan , the CSTO and the operation, including on the platforms of international organizations."
She concluded: "But the question of the level of experts in our liberal media, including Ekho Moskvy, has come to a head."
In early January, mass protests took place in Kazakhstan. In the first days of 2022, residents of the cities of Zhanaozen and Aktau in the west of the country opposed the doubling of prices for liquefied gas.
Later, the protests spread to other cities, including Alma-Ata, the old capital and the largest city of the republic: looting began there, militants attacked state institutions, took away weapons. President of Kazakhstan Kassym-Jomart Tokayev appealed to the CSTO for help "in overcoming the terrorist threat."
The CSTO Collective Security Council decided to send collective peacekeeping forces to Kazakhstan to normalize the situation. The successful completion of the CSTO mission was announced on January 13. On January 19, the Ministry of Defense of Kazakhstan announced that there were no longer any foreign military in the republic.
[AlAhram] Fears are rising about what would happen to Europe's energy supply if Russia were to invade Ukraine and then shut off natural gas exports in retaliation for US and European sanctions.
The tensions show the risk of Europe's reliance on Russia for energy, which supplies about a third of the continent's natural gas. And Europe's stockpile is already low. While the US has pledged to help by boosting exports of liquefied natural gas, or LNG, there's only so much it can produce at once.
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They dug their grave. Let them lie in it. Fuck Europe. They are not friends. They are adversaries and have made that repeatedly clear ever since they refused to carry their fair share of the load. They can freeze in the dark with their solar and wind power. Their environmentalists will be ecstatic about the divine punishment handed out.
Negotiate a decent agreement that finally lances the Ukrainian boil and accepts Russia's legitimate security concerns. This is by far the best outcome for the US.
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with its gas already sapped by a cold winter last year, a summer with little renewable energy generation and Russia delivering less than usual. Prices have skyrocketed, squeezing households and businesses.
"Bad Luck™"
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Reality: The things that don't go away just because you refuse to believe in them.
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Let's see that vaunted European "soft power" and suave diplomacy...
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How are U.S. imports of Russian oil going? Not on the list of sanctions? Oh?
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U.S. imports of Russian oil going? Not on the list of sanctions?
If I understand correctly, an unnecessary 8% of American imports because a certain American president and his staff range from incompetent to venal to vicious.
Sitting down for the talks in Moscow, Mr. Putin addressed Mr. Macron using the informal Russian word for you, typically reserved for friends. The two leaders sat at separate ends of a long oval table.
“I understand that we have a common concern about what is happening in the field of security in Europe,” Mr. Putin said.
French officials say Mr. Macron’s history with Mr. Putin allows him to play a unique role in mediating between Russia and the U.S. In a phone call with Mr. Macron last week, the Russian president described the Frenchman as a “quality interlocutor,” according to an aide to Mr. Macron.
[IsraelTimes] Iranian-German national Jamshid Sharmahd’s family says he is only a spokesperson for dissident US-based group Kingdom Assembly of Iran, accuses Tehran of kidnapping him from Dubai.
The alleged leader of the krazed killer wing of a US-based Iranian opposition group went on trial Sunday, state TV reported. He’s accused of planning a 2008 bombing at a mosque that killed 14 people and maimed over 200.
In 2020, Iran’s intelligence service detained Jamshid Sharmahd, an Iranian-German national and US resident. Iran
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[REGNUM] Ten minors were rescued from sexual exploitation during an operation on the border between Panama and Costa Rica. The age of the victims ranged from 4 to 12 years. Four people have been arrested in this case.
On February 5, the First Organized Crime Prosecutor's Office succeeded in indicting a fourth woman in Veracruz, Western Panama, for trafficking in persons for the purpose of sexual exploitation of children, La Prensa Panama reported.
Jenny Barb , psychologist and head of the UN Children's Fund, said she was concerned about "a fragile social reality in which children are victimized and unprotected. The authorities must take urgent action to prevent these crimes, to support the recovery of the victims and, most importantly, to hold those involved accountable so that they cannot commit crimes again.”
Barb noted that the extreme poverty fueled by the COVID-19 pandemic increases the vulnerability of populations, especially children, to human trafficking.
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Notice how those here aren't too concerned about the 'underage' 'invaders' they're shipping all over the country. "Want to see the puppies in my car country?"
North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... pressed ahead with the development of its nuclear and missile programs last year despite international sanctions, according to a confidential United Nations ...boodling on the grand scale... report seen by AFP on Saturday.
Pyongyang is under major sanctions over its weapons programs, including a ban on exports of coal, iron, lead, textiles, seafood and other products.
While no nuclear tests or launches of intercontinental ballistic missiles were reported last year, North Korea kept developing "its capability for production of nuclear fissile materials," according to the report, which was compiled by sanctions monitors and shared with the 15 UN Security Council members.
"Maintenance and development of DPRK's nuclear and ballistic missile infrastructure continued, and DPRK continued to seek material, technology and know-how for these programs overseas, including through cyber-means and joint scientific research," said the report, using the initials of North Korea's official name.
The document also said North Korea resorted to cyberattacks, especially on cryptocurrency assets, as an important source of government revenue.
The UN experts noted a sharp increase in the quality of illicit refined petroleum imports last year, "but at a level much lower than that of previous years."
While Western countries have steadily pushed for more pressure on Pyongyang, Beijing and Moscow have called for easing sanctions on humanitarian grounds and urged more flexibility when dealing with North Korean leader Kim Pudge Jong-un ...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished... Pyongyang conducted an unprecedented seven weapons tests in January, including launching its most powerful missile since 2017 as it hinted it could restart nuclear and long-range missile tests.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) carried out a vast investigation campaign in its own ranks, arresting leaders and members alike following a failed major prison break attempt by the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) in the city of Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava) last month, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights (SOHR) reported on Saturday.
According to SOHR, the SDF launched a major campaign to clear their ranks from "corruption" following the events that transpired in the al-Sina'a prison in Hasaka around two weeks ago, when ISIS attempted to free thousands of its hardcore gunnies in an audacious, yet foiled attack.
According to SOHR, the Kurdish-led force arrested a leader within their own ranks who "lives in a villa and has a large number of private cars in Raqqa," and hails from the Kurdish town of Kobane in northern Syria.
The force also arrested another leader who holds Ottoman Turkish citizenship as well as ten members in Ain Issa district, the seat of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (AANES).
SOHR added that the SDF intends to carry out further arrests against their own affiliates following the attempted prison siege in Hasaka on January 20.
ISIS attempted to break thousands of its affiliates and members out of al-Sina'a prison, known to locals as Ghweran prison. The SDF arrested 26 people who were "active in smuggling and transferring detainees out of Ghweran prison," it said in a tweet on Sunday.
On Monday, the SDF raised the corpse count from the brazen prison break attempt to 495 people, with 121 SDF fighters, prison guards, and civilians, as well as 374 ISIS members.
Two weeks after the attack, US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Being a self-defined foreign policy whiz kid means never having to say you're sorry... announced the elimination of ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Hashimi al-Qurayshi in a daring overnight operation on Thursday in the town of Atmeh, north of Idlib.
On Saturday, Mazloum Abdi, general commander of the SDF, said "the killings of al-Qurayshi and al-Baghdadi in Idlib show that ISIS enjoys support and protection outside SDF-held areas."
Abdi further added that in these areas, ISIS are "given training camps and re-branded as popular resistance or opposition factions."
[DW] Argentina ...a country located on the other side of the Deep South. It is covered with Pampers and inhabited by Grouchos, who dance the Tangle. They used to have some islands called the Malvinas located where the Falklands are now. They're not supposed to cry for Evita... 's leader Alberto Fernandez agreed to tie the South American nation to China's massive Belt and Road initiative following talks with Xi Jinping in Beijing.
Don’t do it, Argentina! It’s intended to for China’s benefit, not your own, as other nations have discovered to their regret.
China and Argentina pledged deeper economic cooperation and integration in the infrastructure-focused Belt and Road Initiative, after a meeting on Sunday between presidents Xi Jinping and Alberto Fernandez.
The two leaders agreed to a five-year plan for agricultural cooperation, focusing on key areas to grow and diversify trade and investment within the sector.
The deal, concluded at a 40-minute meeting on the sidelines of the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics, is of great importance to Argentina. It comes at a time when the South American country greatly needs to improve its economic performance.
China is Argentina's second-largest economic partner after Brazil. The Asian superpower imports Argentine soybeans and beef, and the two countries also have a major currency swap deal.
On Sunday, the two presidents signed a memorandum of understanding related to China's signature Belt and Road initiative, which is a platform for Chinese investment in railways, ports and highways worldwide.
"This strategic decision will allow the national government to sign different agreements that guarantee financing for investments and works for more than $23.7 billion," Argentina's government said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the laboratory the smoke and fumes had dispersed, to reveal an ominous sight... Xi stressed that China was willing to share development opportunities with Argentina and help it expand exports and upgrade its industries.
The Argentinian president had a warm encounter with Vladimir Putin ...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances... , saying that his country should be "a door for Russia to enter Latin America in a more decisive way." He also mentioned that his country sought to lessen its dependence on the IMF and the US.
DEIR EZ-ZOR, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, two fighters of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) lost their lives in an attack by the Islamic State Organization (ISIS) on a checkpoint in a town east of Deir ez-Zor, eastern Syria.
Through media outlets close to it, ISIS claimed the responsibly for the killing of targeting two SDF fighters in an attack on their checkpoint in Sabha town 3 km east of Deir ez-Zor.
An SDF military source in the town said two fighters lost their lives gunmen who targeted al-Rayy checkpoint at the eastern entrance of the town.
The fighters died after they were moved to get treatment in Jadid Bakara hospital 20 km east of Deir ez-Zor, the source added.
Following the incident, the SDF imposed a security cordon, and conducted patrols chasing the wanted in the neighborhoods.
Recently, Deir ez-Zor eastern countryside has witnessed increasing of assassinating SDF fighters, Autonomous Administration employees, residents and tribes’ nobles despite the intense security operations of the SDF.
Few days ago, the SDF captured two ISIS members in Mahmida town west of Deir ez-Zor.
[Rudaw] The Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced that they had arrested two jacket wallahs affiliated with the Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... (ISIS) group in the town of Diban in Syria’s eastern Deir ez-Zor province.
The Kurdish-led force has been dealing with an influx of terrorist activity recently, particularly as the group attempts to recover from ISIS’s massive prison siege in Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava).
"Our forces arrested two foreign suicide bombers affiliated with ISIS [ISIS] in Diban, Deir Ezzor. One of them comes from Iraq and the other from the Turkistan Region," said SDF media head Farhad Shami.
Shami added that the SDF had "confiscated documents proving that they had come from the Ottoman Turkish-occupied areas in northern Syria."
Corporal Annette Goodyear of the North East Police Department is being a hailed a hero for saving a young girl from an oncoming car before getting struck
Acting swiftly, Goodyear grabbed the girl by the shoulders and shoved her out of the way before she herself is struck by the vehicle
Goodyear is then seen laying on her back in the street while the young girl, onlookers and the female driver of the sedan come to her aid
Goodyear suffered minor injuries and was taken to a local hospital and released shortly after
[Dawn] Five Pak soldiers were martyred after forces of Evil inside Afghanistan opened fire on troops in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's Kurram district, the military's media affairs wing said on Sunday.
"Terrorists from inside Afghanistan, across the international border, opened fire on Pak troops in Kurram district," a statement by the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said, adding that Pak troops responded in a "befitting manner".
"As per intelligence reports, due to fire of [our] own troops, forces of Evil suffered heavy causalities," the statement said.
However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... five soldiers were martyred during exchange of fire. They were identified as 34-year-old Lance Naik Ajab Noor, 22-year-old Sepoy Ziaullah Khan, 23-year-old Sepoy Naheed Iqbal, 18-year-old Sepoy Sameerullah Khan and 27-year-old Sepoy Sajid Ali.
"Pakistain strongly condemns the use of Afghan soil by forces of Evil for activities against Pakistain and expects that [the] interim Afghan government will not allow conduct of such activities against Pakistain in future," the ISPR statement said. Lulz! Sucks when your own tactics are used against ya, ya feckless assholes?
The Pakistain Army is determined to defend Pakistain’s borders against the menace of terrorism and such sacrifices of our brave men further strengthen our resolve, it added.
The banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) grabbed credit for the attack.
SUICIDE BOMBER KILLED DURING TANK IBO Meanwhile, ...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell... security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation (IBO) near Dial road in Tank, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and killed a jacket wallah, the ISPR said.
Security forces conducted the operation on "confirmed intelligence reports of presence of" forces of Evil belonging to the proscribed TTP. "During the operation, a suicide bomber has been killed," the statement added.
The ISPR said the operation to eliminate the terrorists' abettors and accomplices "was continuing".
In a separate statement on Saturday, the military's media wing said the security forces conducted an IBO in Sarwakai village in South Wazoo and arrested a TTP terrorist identified as Allah Noor.
According to ISPR, the TTP terrorist was trying to escape while clad in a burqa, however, the forces caught him.
Was it the hairy man-feet or the really scary makeup?
During the IBO, a huge cache of arms, ammunition, explosives, improvised bombs, mortars, grenades and communication equipment were recovered from the hideout.
In another such operation in Makeen area of South Waziristan, law enforcement personnel recovered M-16 rifles and ammunition.
Four individuals who were transporting weapons and ammunition to Dara Adam Khel were also arrested, the military said.
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Besoeker hit the nail on the head. I will continue, fuck them and they should get no aid from the US. Hypocrites, can't stand none of the muzzie mutherfuckers.
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[REGNUM] The American press continues to discredit itself by publishing deliberately false information about the allegedly impending Russian invasion of Ukraine, as well as describing the various consequences of this fake invasion.
According to the director of the Foundation for the Study of the United States. Franklin Roosevelt at Moscow State University Yuri Rogulev, such publications, in particular in the largest American newspaper The New York Times, are a reflection of the ongoing information-psychological war. Rogulev stated this in an interview with RT.
"There is no other way to call it. Because we see that this pressure is gaining momentum and is taking on the character of a war," Rogulev emphasized.
The expert also stressed that publications such as The New York Times and The Washington Post in the United States have long been losing their audience and have become an analogue of the "yellow press."
"They long have turned into an analogue of the yellow press. Anything is printed, any articles, without any reliance on facts, with sheer fabrications," Rogulev noted.
As REGNUM reported earlier , the entire leading American press, as if by order, writes that Russia is allegedly preparing an invasion of Ukraine and paints the details of this fake "invasion". The data differ only in how many hours Kiev will fall (options: 48 hours, 72 hours), how many victims will be (50 thousand people, 85 thousand people) and how many Ukrainians will flee to the European Union (from 5 million or more).
At the same time, all the American and European press writing about this refer to some anonymous sources in intelligence, the highest echelons of power, and so on.
WP: Russian troops invading Ukraine are 70 percent ready
[REGNUM] Western media continue to spread false information about Russia's allegedly impending invasion of Ukraine. Now the American newspaper The Washington Post, citing "sources from among officials and intelligence officers," writes that Russia allegedly "pulled to the borders of Ukraine" about 70 percent of the forces and means for a large-scale invasion of this country.
Russia is said to have trained as many as 83 battalion tactical groups, each with about 750 troops. Allegedly, 60 such groups were recorded near the Ukrainian border two weeks ago.
In addition, Russia is allegedly preparing to carry out landing attacks along the coast from warships of the Black Sea Fleet. Also, The Washington Post, following other American media, replicates the statement that the Russians will need two days to take Kiev.
WP writes that Russia's invasion of Ukraine will lead to the death of at least 50 thousand people, cause a humanitarian crisis and provoke a wave of refugees up to 5 million people.
It is worth noting that Reuters has already spread a fake that Russia is preparing an invasion of Ukraine. According to Reuters, which also refers to intelligence, Kiev will fall in the same two days, but there will be a few more victims - 85,000 people.
It is noteworthy that the Associated Press, whose journalist Matthew Lee questioned the statements of the official Washington about the allegedly impending Russian invasion of Ukraine, wrote that the credibility of the official statements of the White House has seriously fallen in recent years, as administration officials constantly lie and propagandize.
Kiev could fall 'within days' - Reuters
[REGNUM] In the event of a "full-scale invasion" of the Russian Federation into Ukraine, the number of possible victims of a potential conflict could reach 85,000, unnamed US officials told Reuters.
They considered that the Armed Forces of Ukraine could lose 5,000 to 25,000 troops, Russian troops - 3,000 to 10,000. At the same time, 25,000 to 50,000 thousand people could die among the civilian population.
In addition, Reuters adds that "if the Russian Federation invades Kiev," then the capital of Ukraine could fall "within a few days," and "millions of refugees will pour into Europe."
It is noted that the Russian Federation has about 70 percent of the combat power that is allegedly required for a "full-scale invasion" of Ukraine.
Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of allegedly preparing an attack on Ukraine.
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Well they've got an easy answer for that. If you disagree with their warmongering propaganda, they call you a Russian agent engaged in hybrid warfare against your own country.
See how this works? See how once you let the war monster out, it never goes back in the cage? They're used to war now. It's the normal state of affairs. Being at peace is weird and unsettling. Anyone who's against war can be smeared as being on the side of the enemy. And people were calling for a new war with Iran just yesterday.
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I call BS. Why now? What's the urgency? When has Putin ever behaved in ways predicted by western intelligence agencies?
Occam would say this is just fearmongering to push Lindsay Gheyraham et al to make noises about The Mother Of All Sanctions -- as a transparent bargaining chip for the inevitable negotiated agreement.
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And note the start date of this war. Early in the year - the Nazis waited to invade Russia until June, which was their undoing. Six months to take Moscow wasn't enough, but we'll have nine months. Plus we are a lot closer, from NATO territory in Estonia it's only about 200 miles to Moscow.
Of course, we can count on the Pentagon to screw everything up and turn it into a multi-year quagmire with massive losses and new expansions to Arlington cemetery. But that's OK - there will be massive destruction of gold-plated armaments in this new war - all of which will require replacement in the shortest possible time! It will be Christmas in summer for the military-industrial complex.
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"They long have turned into an analogue of the yellow press. Anything is printed, any articles, without any reliance on facts, with sheer fabrications," Rogulev noted.
...CHASY OSTANOVILIS', and all that...
Mike
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And note the start date of this war. Early in the year - the Nazis waited to invade Russia until June, which was their undoing. Six months to take Moscow wasn't enough, but we'll have nine months. Plus we are a lot closer, from NATO territory in Estonia it's only about 200 miles to Moscow.
A good deal of the hysteria concerning Russia is weather and the ground conditions.
The ground in Ukraine is frozen, hard enough to support heavy vehicles, so that will be the perfect time for Putin to attack and take over Ukraine in three days.
Once the spring thaw begins, the hysteria will quiet some until the summer. Then it will start all over again.
And the Russian general staff will be screwing with the west with their deployments/exercises until it gets its guarantees.
Money spent on fancy digs is money unavailable for meddling in politics — hey, has anyone looked at the Obamas for BLM’s missing $60 million? Then there will be additional millions needed to keep the place running and maintained, which those tacky nouveau riches tend to forget in their spendthrift pursuit of status markers. After nearly two years in process without completion, each step require a nw injection of funds, no wonder he wears a jaundiced expression.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Trouble in paradise? Scowling Barack Obama inspects the construction of his new multimillion-dollar Hawaii mansion and controversial sea wall which his neighbors fear will erode the beachline.
Construction appears to be well underway on Barack Obama's Hawaii beachfront compound
Obama was pictured speaking to builders and architects from a local island-based building firm
The former President did not look happy in photos snapped of him as he spoke with the construction crew
Obama could be seen with his arms folder and making pointed gestures before turning around to walk inside
His close friend and confidant Marty Nesbitt purchased property for $8.7 million in 2015
Previously, the site was home to the famous mansion from Magnum PI TV series which was torn down
In 2020 it was revealed how the buyer of the three-acre plot of land used a planning loophole to preserve a century-old sea wall on the beachfront, much to the annoyance of neighbors and environmentalists
Experts say such sea walls contribute to beach erosion and can damage the coastal environment
The developers are building three homes on the 3-acre beachfront site including two swimming pools and a security fence One for Barry and Michelle, one each for their daughters?
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major construction projects in Hawaii have a history of cost over run and delay
the Oahu Rail Transit system is a case in point[ they project has been devouring funds for a decade with the timeline for opening pushed back every year or so and ridership estimates decreasing every time a new study is done
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If the first mansion didn't fill the hole in his soul, will a second do the job?
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Looks like they're asking him to transfer funds from his crack account to cover a construction cost overrun.
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Obama is a really smart guy (just ask him!), so if he is building an ocean-side mansion, than sea level rise from global warming must no longer be a concern.
Lucas Lillar, 13, was yelled at by a substitute teacher in front of his class for wearing a Blue Lives Matter face mask at a middle school near Sacramento
Another off tilt teacher.
Don't they do background checks anymore?
The teacher scolded him, telling him it was the 'new Confederacy flag!'
Interaction caught on camera by other students who recorded on their phones
Lucas wears the mask because his dad and stepmom are both police officers
The controversy comes as 27 cops were injured and 4 killed in January 2022
The Fraternal Order of Police argues violence directed at law enforcement officers is skyrocketing
FOP President Patrick Yoes argued the 'alarming' rise in violence 'must be addressed now, not only at all levels of government but also by society, as we will all suffer the consequences if they go unaddressed'
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Moron can't even get his insults right. Saying "Confederacy flag" is as retarded as saying "America flag" or "China flag." How does a schoolteacher not understand the adjectival form, Confederate?
No wonder Americans are deserting the public schools in record numbers.
[AlAhram] Tunisian President Kais Saied has dissolved a major independent judicial watchdog, he said Sunday, accusing it of bias and working for special interests.
The Superior Council of the Judiciary (CSM) "is a thing of the past", the president said in a video, accusing the body responsible for appointing judges of corruption and delaying politically sensitive investigations, including into the liquidations of left-wing activists in 2013.
Some observers say the government is seeking to clamp down on the Islamist-inspired Ennahda party, which has controlled parliament and the various governments since the 2011 revolution which toppled Ben Ali.
Saied has concentrated all executive power since July 25, when he dismissed his Prime Minister and suspended parliament.
He has since ruled by decree.
President Saied and his supporters insist that his decisions aim to rectify the country's democrartic path.
On Saturday, the "July 25 movement", which is composed of his top supporters, called on the president to dissolve the CSM in order to "purge" the judiciary of "corrupt magistrates".
"Unfortunately in this country, some judges in the courts have manipulated the Chokri Belaid case," said Saied, referring to a leftist leader who was shot three times outside his home in February 2013.
"This is not the first trial where they have tried to hide the truth for years," he added.
A major demonstration is planned for Sunday in Tunis to commemorate the liquidation of Belaid and of Mohammed Brahmi, killed in similar circumstances in July the same year.
"In this council, positions and appointments are sold and made according to affiliations," said the head of state.
"You cannot imagine the money that certain judges have been able to receive, billions and billions," he added.
The Democrat, who has been branded a 'mask fascist' on the social media platform, retweeted the photo of her visit at Glenwood Elementary School
she's HUGE!
The photo had been originally shared by Dr Holly Brookins, the school's principal, who said Abrams, 48, had read the class fo small children her book Stacey's Extraordinary Words to kick off Black History Month.
Abrams, who recently called Georgia Governor Brian Kemp 'incompetent' for moving to block local mask mandates, has since deleted her tweet. Kemp, who may face Abrams in the Fall, also took to Twitter
'Stacey Abrams wants state government mask mandates for Georgians and their children. But it looks like they wouldn’t apply when she’s attending a photo op,' he wrote on the social media platform
The controversy comes on the heels of a series of public outcries against Democrat leaders who have failed to abide by the same same draconian COVID-19 guidelines they have preached throughout the pandemic
Economics in the end just tracks the unavoidable consequences of the sum of all decisions, small and large. Wannabe neo-Ottoman sultan Recep Tayip Erdogan the First, “the much beloved”, has been making very large decisions, indeed. Still, the less he has to make mischief swanning about as the sultan reborn the better for the rest of the world.
[AnNahar] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... 's annual inflation came in at nearly 49% on Thursday, hitting a nearly 20-year high and further eroding people's ability to buy even basic things like food.
The Ottoman Turkish Statistical Institute said the consumer price index increased by just over 11% in January from the previous month. The yearly increase in food prices was more than 55%, according to the data.
The inflation rate was the highest since April 2002 in a country that is facing an economic upheaval and currency crisis, triggered by a series of interest rate cuts.
President His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... has declared himself an "enemy" of high interest rates, insisting that they cause inflation — a stance that contradicts established economic thinking.
Turkey's central bank has cut rates by 5 percentage points since September, to 14%, before pausing them in January.
Erdogan vowed this week that his government would "reduce the spiral of high inflation with each passing month" and completely eliminate it "after a while."
Opposition parties have questioned the Ottoman Turkish Statistical Institute's independence and have challenged its data. The independent Inflation Research Group put Turkey's actual annual inflation at a stunning 114.87%.
Last week, Erdogan replaced the head of the statistical institute. No reason was given for the change.
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#1
My avg prepandemic/freeze grocery bill ran @$150.
Yesterday's was nearly $400.
#3
Running errands yesterday, gasoline prices have ramped up from about $2.00/gal a year ago to $3.10 now. This is amplified throughout our economy and is reflected in the price of everything that is transported. The effect gets magnified in the CPI. We've gone from energy independence to buying fuel from Russia. Now, there's a real Russian conspiracy. Toss the criminals who did this out of office.
#5
LIES AND BALDERDASH!
I can'ts believe how behind the times Rantbrurg is.
Tsk tsk tsk...
It was 49% yesterday. It's 51% today.
In other news, you can now buy "I Heart WeimarRepublik" t-shits in HeadlessChickenLandia.
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...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important...
