[Washington Examiner] One city in California mixed up its fighter jets amid the Super Bowl celebrations.
The Twitter account for Santa Monica, California, tweeted a photo of a Russian jet on Sunday in reference to an Air Force flyover.
"Just before 3:30 P.M., the [U.S. Air Force] will flyover #SantaMonica and #Malibu in preparation for the National Anthem performance for #Superbowl at SoFi Stadium," the account tweeted, with the image of a Russian MiG fighter jet attached.
All I wanna do is have some fun
I got a feeling I'm not the only one
All I wanna do is have some fun
Until the sun comes up over Santa Monica Boulevard
I like a good МиГ-35 buzz early in the morning
And Hunter he likes to peel the labels
From his Gummint Issued Crack Pipes
He lights them on the bar...
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Reflect in your lens, Zenza Bronica,
A commune to scare Erich Honecker,
Where bedheaded Rebels
Read Liebknecht and Bebel
Alinsky and Zinn: Santa Monica!
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[Breitbart] The U.S. government stopped imports of Mexican avocado after cartels threatened an American inspector working in that country.
The suspension came just before Super Bowl Sunday, one of the days in the U.S. with the largest consumption of avocado. Mexico’s Agriculture Secretariat confirmed the suspension of these imports through a prepared statement on Saturday evening.
In the statement, Mexican agriculture officials revealed that one of the entities under the U.S. Department of Agriculture took that measure after one of their inspectors working in Uruapan, Michoacán received threats to his work-issued cell phone. In order to protect crops from pests, the USDA has a long history of sending inspectors to other countries that export produce to the United States.
The import suspension comes at a time when the largest association of avocado farmers in Mexico spent money on an ad campaign that would feature their produce during Superbowl Sunday. It remains unclear how much the import sanction will affect the price and supply of avocado in the U.S.
Avocado is mostly produced in Michoacan and Jalisco, two of the most violent states in Mexico. The region is currently being fought over between Cartel Jalisco New Generation and an alliance of smaller cartels — called United Cartels — which have the support of the Sinaloa Cartel. Avocado farmers in Michoacan have long complained about having to pay protection fees to criminal organizations and that the government does little to improve security in the region.
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Chipotle avocado toast is a major seller to the millennials.
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One threat?
Heard this in the car yesterday listening to National People's Radio. Thought it was the Babylon Bee at first. They specifically said a single text message. They also went on at length about how this would not affect Super Bowl avocado consumption, which makes sense if you think about it for a nanosecond since all avocados eaten during the Super Bowl were shipped and purchased already.
My first thought was false flag op since everything is nowadays. 2nd thought was this is the best excuse since "the dog ate my homework".
Can't come in to work today, boss. Got another death threat text.
Another one? This happened *last* Friday.
Yeah, coincidence, eh? Same number too. Anyway, I'm off hiding. See ya Monday!
[Reuters - 26 Jan 2022] Tensions between Ukraine and Russia have been increasing for months after the Kremlin massed some 100,000 troops near Ukraine's borders.
Western nations, including the United States and Britain, worry that the large build-up of Russian forces along Ukraine’s borders is preparation for an invasion as part of Moscow’s efforts to prevent Ukraine from ever joining the NATO Western security alliance.
Russia has repeatedly denied any plans to invade. However, in 2014 the Russian military seized Ukraine’s southern peninsula of Crimea and gave backing to separatist forces who took control of a swathe of eastern Ukraine. Nearly three weeks old but informative.
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The western hysterical yellow press is laughable. Russian stock market is up and smart money has been pouring into the Russian blue chip oil and gas stocks.
IOW the people closest to the action who gave skin in the game do not believe there will be an invasion.
Once again Americans are punked by our idiotic non-journalist stenographers repeating the official lies and bullshit of our corrupt elites...
[American Thinker] President Job Biden is beginning his second year in office. Just over a year ago when he was elected, or selected, tears of joy flowed in blue cities. Political experts, like Taylor Swift expressed, "Quiet, cautious elation and relief." ABC News, a major player in the Biden campaign, proclaimed through their own tears of joy, "A new day of hope for America."
Is the rest of America thrilled that Biden is in the White House? Was such optimism due Biden’s election, or was this just a sense of relief that the tweeting orange man was on his way out the door?
Joe Biden was never a force of intellect, statesmanship, or wisdom, during his decades in the U.S. Senate, eight years as vice president, or his first year in the Oval Office. A recent example is how Biden, who now wants a black female on the U.S. Supreme Court, blocked the first black woman nominee to the court, Janice Rogers Brown in 2003, an inconvenient fact the corporate media and Biden’s dwindling supporters choose to gloss over.
Even his predecessor and teammate for eight years, President Barack Obama, famously noted, "Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f**k things up." As we look at the landscape today, Obama’s words are prophetic.
Domestically we have inflation hitting a 40-year high, which along with rising unemployment, is reminding older Americans of a blast from the past called the misery index, a relic of the Jimmy Carter presidency. Our southern border is wide open to anyone and everyone from around the world, along with rising crime, homelessness, and squalor in American cities.
[ZERO] On Friday we observed that something odd was happening in the market: while stocks were tumbling, pushing most tech names into a deep bear market amid the worst turmoil for risk assets in years, inflows into stocks - both institutional and retail - have been soaring, and according to EPFR data compiled by Bank of America, cumulative equity flows YTD in 2021 have hit a record $153bn, exceeding the pace of early-2021 (when the year started with $151bn in inflows, ahead of a record year of more than $1tn inflows).
"How can this be", we asked and answered that the catalyst behind this unprecedented scramble for risk "is that despite falling prices, investors are bailing on other even more impacted securities, and with a record outflows from money markets/cash as well as huge capital flight out of bond funds, this money has to go somewhere, and that "somewhere" is stocks for now, even though if the Fed is indeed set to hike 7 times this year and drain $2+ trillion from its balance sheet, the pain for stocks is only just starting."
Over the weekend, Goldman desk trader Scott Rubner picked up on this peculiar flow dynamic, and roughly around the time that Goldman's chief (retail client facing) equity strategist David Kostin was cutting the bank's year-end S&P price target to 4,900 from 5,100 (while warning that much more downside could be in place if a recession hits), Rubner wrote that "with money flowing into global equities "at extreme levels", this would need to change before a larger correction can take place: I would turn bearish if the money slows or reverses" he said, adding that "portfolio rebalances of this size typically last for the full quarter (Q1 2022)." Rubner also reminds that the "headlines will continue to be robust through March (i.e., advisor quarter-end rebalancing) March 4th NFP, March 10th Feb CPI, March 16th FOMC Meeting, etc."
Here are the key observations from a still bullish Rubner, as the market continues to crack and remains unable sustain even a modest bounce:
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The Buy side is dumping tech stocks and buying gold, oil, palladium, and now Russian and other emerging market stocks. Biggest winner of the last two months is S Africa's incredibly undervalued gem, Sibanye Stillwater
Smart money is probably also betting on an end to COVIDian idiocy in time for the midterm election campaign = a rebound in hotel and airline stocks
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All those trillions of printed dollars have to go somewhere. The S&P target price is simply indicating that the stock market will absorb enough to compensate for a 10% inflation rate... which is a conservative estimate, IMO, and in real value the market will go down.
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"Recently printed money" heading into stocks at a record rate. The solution is to print more money and drive up inflation? I don't think so. How about getting rid of the Build Back Broke economy and the corruptocrats who are touting this. Term limits, energy independence, limits on spending in DC and bring back manufacturing to the U.S.. Otherwise, we are headed towards 1929 rapidly.
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In days gone by there was a term for this, albeit today we are seeing it on a far grander scale, "pumping". Bring the rubes in and all the pension/investment fund money managed by people whose jobs depend on showing a short term profit. Zero interest rates and commission/fees expenses on both sides of hard assets make the little guy see the markets as the only place to keep up and get ahead. Then, news and advice that doesn't mirror the actual world conditions, and as the rube money flows in, selling incrementally out the backside until the
actual reality bites. Bulls make money and bears make money and pigs get slaughtered... or my favorite, "How do you become a millionaire with Merrill Lynch, start with two million"?
Or, How To Create Serial Fraud-Bubbles Out of Thin Air
1. Shut down the economy and send millions of Americans home with zip to do for months
2. Send every American checks totaling $5 trillion in play-money
3. Keep the casin0s closed (but the Mary Jane dispens@ries open)
4. Tell the SEC to go away while armies of fraudsters and stock touts rage to social media & pump shit-stocks and bankrupt joke companies
5. Watch as over 8 million little retail gamblers lose 75% or more of the nearly $1 trillion in stupid money thrown away on ARKK-style garbage stocks, shitcoins, "NFT" tulip bulbs etc
[ZERO] The authorities in New Zealand have found a new strategy for warding off unwanted demonstrators who are camping outside the Parliament building: playing "Barry Manilow's Greatest Hits" and the "the Macarena" on repeat to try and ward people off.
Of course, the global protest movement inspired by the Canadian "Freedom Convoy" is vexing governments from the antipodes to Europe, and beyond.
And in a few instances, the demonstrators have responded in kind by playing Twisted Sister's "We're Not Gonna Take It". Hundreds of demonstrators have been camped out outside Parliament in Wellington since Tuesday. According to the BBC, they adopted the name "Convoy for Freedom" and blocked streets in the city.
Although their numbers dwindled to the dozens by mid-week, they increased again by the time the weekend arrived.
Police haven't been shy about making arrests: on Thursday, police arrested 122 people and charged many with trespassing or obstruction. Yet, still the demonstrators persisted.
The local police haven't stopped at playing music. Other tactics of dispersal have included "turning on sprinklers" on a lawn where protesters had camped out.
But again, protesters retaliated by digging trenches and building makeshift drainpipes to re-route the water.
On Saturday, singer James Blunt responded to a headline about authorities sonic repellant, and joked that his music should be added to the playlist.
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How long did it take for New Zealand to go from Turn in your guns please into authoritarianism?
For being a bunch of dead, white guys, our Founding Fathers had quite the understanding of people and governments. In the history of the world, has there ever been a revolution where the victors said "It's cool! Y'all can keep your guns, in case you need them later"?
[The Federalist] According to an anonymous whistleblower letter posted by Air Force Times, Pentagon policy makers are promoting "diversity and inclusion" at the expense of high, uncompromised standards in an elite Special Operations Forces command. The letter focuses an unnamed female captain who began training with the Special Tactics Training Squadron (STTS) in 2018, hoping to become the first woman to join a combat controller team (CCT).
The female captain dropped out of physically demanding combat controller course exercises several times, but unlike male trainees with similar difficulties, Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) officials kept extending special concessions to keep her in the program.
The detailed anonymous letter reported 11 examples of unusual concessions that AFSOC extended to retain the female captain, even though she had not met longstanding standards and repeatedly dropped out of essential training events, such as rigorous diving exercises and solo land navigation. Air Force Times, which confirmed details with a second source, obtained performance forms and score charts that appeared to support the whistleblower’s letter, and submitted them for comment to AFSOC Commander Lt. Gen. Jim Slife.
Slife did not refute specific allegations, citing privacy considerations, but he vehemently denied that AFSOC standards had changed: "While the standards remain the same, the norms have not." This is an equivocation, based on a half-truth.
"Norms" did change last year when U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) Commander General Richard Clarke released his Diversity & Inclusion Strategic Plan. The Center for Military Readiness analyzed the SOCOM diversity mandate, noting that 12 times on 20 pages, the document asserted without evidence that "Diversity and inclusion are operational imperatives." These vacuous, unsupported words have triggered turbulence in one of the nation’s most elite fighting forces, and probably more we don’t know about.
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When two or three of you ladies figure out how to replace a winch cable, service or change a tire on this SOB let me know. I won't be calling you sojurs until I sees it.
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"Diversity and inclusion are operational imperatives."
"The Chairman is in power and the situation is excellent."
"We are building Communism."
"The Party is always right."
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...A lot of the info I've seen indicates that the Captain made the call at least twice that she was in over her head - but the AFSOC leadership was apparently terrified that they'd be held to account.
Mike
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There are tasks women do as well or better than men (on average) but carrying standard infantry loads is not one of them - they will break down the backs and knees of most men over time, never mind women.
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Actually Besoker, we had a couple of Female mechanics who could do that, they could even break track and the other nasty work that nobody ever talks about when crewing a tracked vehicle - thing is, they were few and far between, and there was no special Diversity Equity slack given back then. Either they could do the job or they were moved out to become the unofficial 71L for the motorpool. Same for the guys - they'd move them from heavies to doing simple -20 stuff, or loaned out to being a driver for HQ. Some place where they wouldnt be in the way.
Thanks for your insightful comment CC. Please do not relay my comment to either of them. :-(
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This Captain knew her limits, but the brass is too concerned with proving DIE (Diversity Inclusion Equity) dogma to worry about things like putting her in a situation where she would not only get killed due to physical limitations but take her troops with her.
This is sickening, and completely ignores the first job of the military: Win Wars.
[Free Beacon] Sen. Richard Blumenthal (D., Conn.) and his wife bought and sold shares of the stock trading app Robinhood while he called for Congress to investigate a controversial trading practice largely carried out on the platform.
Blumenthal disclosed that he and his wife sold between $1,265,000 and $2,550,000 worth of shares of Robinhood in the last quarter of 2021. At the time, Blumenthal joined a chorus of lawmakers in calling for investigations into Robinhood's role in supporting a speculation frenzy involving shares of GameStop. Blumenthal did not probe the matter even though he was well positioned to do so as the chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Consumer Protection.
Blumenthal's disclosures come amid debate on Capitol Hill over whether lawmakers and their spouses should be banned from trading stocks. Lawmakers from both parties have proposed bills to limit or outright ban stock trades. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D., Calif.), one of the most prolific stock traders in Congress, endorsed a proposal on Wednesday to ban members from trading stocks. Blumenthal has yet to sponsor any of the bills proposed in the Senate.
Robinhood drew the attention of congressional investigators for its role in last year's "meme stock" craze. Speculators used the platform to inflate the share price of GameStop. It drew further criticism for blocking users from closing out their positions in GameStop shares.
[Breitbart] Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson decided to take the field before Super Bowl LVI to fire up the crowd for the game. It did not have its intended effect.
Moments before the Rams and Bengals got set to do battle a cranberry-clad Dwayne Johnson appeared with a microphone and proceeded to let fly with a dozen different cliche big game event opening lines.
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Too bad B...cause you missed a most inspiring Hip/Hop, crotch grabbing, Thunder-Thigh Mary J Blige and assorted BLM supporter extravaganza. I watched the half-time show only to see how bad it would be. It greatly expectations along those lines.
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Someone needed to tell Mary J that she was too fat to wear that outfit.
As for Eminem, I didn't even connect the "knee" thingy. I thought he was posing for dramatic effect since his lines were done. Fuck 'em, I'm not your enemy, but I am your meal ticket. Those hosers might want to remember that.
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It was a pretty good football game. Lots of defense, some great pass plays, and a 47-yard TD pass 12 seconds into the second half. The Rams were stunned, but they recovered.
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The best part of the game was the crappy and questionable officiating at the end that basically gave the Rams multiple retries until they finally score.
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Gotta wonder how much money Newsom spent on all those ads promoting California. Of course, if he hadn't screwed the state up so badly it wouldn't have been necessary.
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The defensive holding only one person saw?
Came in with about 4 to go in the 3rd. I have a feeling the best part of the show was the commentary.
My favorite commercial had to be the one placed by the NFLPA about how much money, millions, had been donated to domestic abuse helpline.....me, by myself, out loud: "yeah, in fucking league fines."
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I'm a Von Miller fan so was cheering for the Rams. It's good that the Rams won to counter the facemask not being called in the 2nd half IMO considering the momentum involved.
Yes I watched, not proud of supporting the NFL especially watching Eminem take a knee. At least the players didn't.
Not a big fan of rap, and was surprised by all the kudos given the halftime entertainment by folks. Just showing my age hah. I'm still a big Rock fan
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Sorry i missed it ; watch the bread mold in the kitchen. Based on reports sounds like rap is the only music choice and after seeing the crap nascar put out last week, if they do it again withe the 500, i am done. Back to bread-watching.
[IsraelTimes] Four Paleostinians maimed in festivities; troops entered Silat al-Harithiya to demolish floor of home belonging to terror suspect in killing of Israeli yeshiva student.
Israeli troops opened fire on a group of armed Paleostinians during a firefight surrounding the demolition of the home of a terror suspect near Jenin in the West Bank late Sunday, the army said. Paleostinians reported that a 17-year old was killed.
Mohammad Akram Ali Taher Abu Salah, 17, died after being shot in the head by live Israeli fire, according to the Paleostinian Authority Health Ministry. In a statement, the Israeli military said that troops had come under fire and that "soldiers fired at several armed [Paleostinians] who they identified at the scene."
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[Dawn] Two key suspects belonging to the banned Tehrik-e-Taliban ...Arabic for students... Pakistain (TTP) were arrested in an operation conducted by the security forces in the border town of Chaman on Sunday.
The search operation was conducted on a tip-off about the presence of suspected forces of Evil in the border town.
According to security officials, the suspects confessed that they belong to Jamaat-ul-Ahrar and the TTP and were working under a TTP commander who is operating from Spin Buldak, the border district of Afghanistan close to Chaman.
More often spelt Spin Boldak...
"They have confessed to killing Levies Force personnel in Chaman and are also involved in a grenade attack on Levies officials last week," officials said.
Four suicide jackets, 10kgs of kaboom, two hand-grenades, three bundles of prima cards, eight IED controllers, two remote controls, four cells, 10 detonators, 100 rounds of SMG and 90 rounds of pistol, one mixer and one box were seized from the possession of the suspects, they said.
A case was registered against the suspects and they were shifted to an unknown location for investigation.
The attacks took place in the New Mexico city Sunday afternoon
Unidentified knifeman struck while riding his bike
Police in Albuquerque have said that they're investigating seven different scenes across the area. They added that all of the victims are in 'stable condition'
Knifeman now in custody, but no details on the attacker have been given
The suspect, 42-year-old Tobias Gutierrez, was taken into custody without any trouble. They believe he chose his victims at random, attacking them with a “large knife.”
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Good find, jpal. The next question, flowing from the name, is whether he is illegal, and if yes, when he arrived and whether he was a criminal wherever back home might be.
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NYPost: Gutierrez was taken into custody after cops saw him dumping something into a trash can right before officers stopped him. Officers later recovered the knife used in the stabbings.
Gutierrez’s rap sheet includes federal felony offenses ranging from burglary to battery and possession of a controlled substance, according to court records.
He has also previously been charged with driving while intoxicated.
In 2014, the suspect failed to appear in court for driving on a revoked license, records show. He told the court via a handwritten note that he was in federal custody in another county and was making an effort to better himself while incarcerated.
His federal prison sentence stemmed from a case where he entered a tribal c@sino just outside Albuquerque while armed with a revolver and ammunition.
Records show he was released from federal custody in 2020.
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I'm betting the most memorable moments of Gutierrez's adult life have been bouncing around between court dates and prison stints where he received three hots and a cot at the taxpayers' expense.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Not quite, Ms Fancy Economics Degree. It’s all about the net flips in both direction — you can’t assume the Democrats will be able to cheat enough to hold all their current districts as well as adding more.
Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez was in Texas on Saturday to rally for two Democratic candidates in their House races
She said if Democrats can flip the Lone Star State blue, then the rest of the country will follow
AOC campaigned for Democratic Congressional candidates Jessica Cisneros and Greg Casar on Saturday, who are running in blue districts already
Their victories would not change the makeup of their state but would help Democrats keep their razor thin majority in the U.S. House
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AOC is not exactly a woman of the people. She's developed a taste for the attention, money and glitzy life in DC. Maybe she should wear one of those $30,000 dresses she is fond of. Be sure to tell the Texans that conservatives secretly lust for her. Be sure to tell the Texans about your goofy Green New Deal which would further put the country in debt forever.
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Yup, Californians are fleeing the nest they fouled and setting up shop in Texas. Naturally, they will not change their voting patterns. They will destroy Texas and then move on. They don't care.
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Tyranny, in the Classic Greek meaning was the rule of a rabble-rousing 'Tyrant'. Were they 'noble selfless actors'? *Snicker* AOC is a card-carrying member of that odious group of corruptocrats™: she loves the proles as long as they pay for her Prada and Gucci fashions.
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Sheter the Lesser9291, I'm sure that's what AOC thinks but that's not how I see it.
Lots of liberals think all is well in California. Conservatives think the place has become a hell-hole and will only get worse. I think Conservatives make up the bulk of those moving to Texas.
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If they continue to relocate the continent of S. America to TX, it does not stand a chance.
2021 - 30m in TX,
Jan 2022- 2m encountered in prior 12 months, those are the ones we know about.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Instead of cleaning out the criminals? Goody.
The Downtown Denver Partnership and the Department of Economic Development and announced the launch of the Pop-up Denver Program
The selected businesses could enjoy of three months of free rent and a $20,000 award to use for interior design and setup expenses and merchandising
Only five business will be given the vacant spaces on the intersection of 16th Street and Champa, one of the most concentrated pockets of drugs and crime
In 2021, more than 53 drug-related crimes were reported in the area, amid an overall crime surge in the Mile-High City
In Denver, robberies are up 75percent and drug-related crimes are up 26.8 percent in the year to date compared to the same period in 2022
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In Denver, robberies are up 75percent and drug-related crimes are up 26.8 percent in the year to date compared to the same period in 2022
It's all the victimhood culture. They are not victims they are the perps, the predators. No matter what excuse you make, there are other citizen raise in the same economic and social conditions these perps were and they did not make the self destructive choices the perps made. They are not to be pitied. They exist solely for themselves.
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So, they will bribe the business to come and then take a hands-off approach to the drug activity, street defecation and shoplifting. That's bound to work out well.
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Three months of free rent and then they start losing money? What about security? What about insurance? Who's gonna pay for that? I'd take a pass on this offer.
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Ah, come on, don't you smell the potential 'grift' in this?
[Dawn] A day after the lynching of a ’mentally ill’ man in a Khanewal village, Prime Minister Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who who convinced himself that playing cricket qualified him to lead a nuclear-armed nation with severe personality disorders... directed the authorities to adopt ’zero tolerance’ against the vigilantes and to take action against officials ’who failed in their duty’, with the result that 85 suspects were detained in more than 120 raids till Sunday evening.
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Just tossing it out ....☺
Maybe this is the underlying reason the Liberals, Socialists, and Democrats (LSD's) are hell bent on Open Borders and Mass Unrestricted opposing culture immigration?
The USA citizens have become too Tame, less violate, and much more accepting of other nations and cultures.
Without the steady importation from Violent cultures, the LSD's would have to rewrite 3/4's of their political manifesto/agenda in 20 years.
But then again I can see modifications of the existing agenda items like:
eg: Gun STONE Control limits, size and conceal carry permits. ☺
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Now, now, now, the ancient penalty for false prophets (see - Al Gore) was stoning. Let's not be too hasty in judging the method. (do I need to put a /sarc on that?)
[AlAhram] The small Mediterranean island of Cyprus has an outsized problem with irregular migration, says the interior minister of the EU member state located closest to the Middle East.
The top country of origin for pending asylum applications in 2021 remained Syria, but next came Cameroon, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Nigeria and Somalia, according to the ministry.
"For us, this is a state of emergency," Nicos Nouris told AFP, adding that 4.6 percent of the country's population now are asylum seekers or beneficiaries of protection, the highest ratio in the EU.
The Greek Cypriot minister accused The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
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Boy they're playing the Democrat playbook to perfection - simply overwhelm the Christian two-thirds of the island with illegal islamics and other eternally dependent types, and that will be their demise. Except in the US the Democrats are more cagey about their intentions.
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Anne of a Thousand Spasms4283;
As much as I would like to... no, love to declare our uber superiority of tactics and strategy... the headlesschickenlandia doesn't really have the ability to hold a coherent policy on... well anything at the moment.
What southern Cyprus is doing at the moment is akin to a homeowner complaining about the apartment in the next lot dumping it's sewage onto his single family housing's yard when in reality, there is a giant ongoing geyser of the stuff painting the heavens behind the apartment and all the neighbourhood is getting drowned in it.
Shafaq News / Al-Anbar's police command arrested 19 terrorists today, while the Baghdad operations command announced detaining a terrorist and seizing explosive devices north of the governorate.
The police command said in a statement that it will publish a part of the terrorists' confessions, who were involved in many crimes in al-Anbar, in which many were killed and huge parts of the governorate's infrastructure were destroyed.
For its part, the Baghdad operations command said a terrorist was arrested while trying to enter the governorate. In addition, 15 explosive devices were detonated by the explosive ordnance disposal squads.
Earlier today, the Counter-Terrorism Service announced arresting eight ISIS terrorists today.
The service said in a statement that its forces launched two military operations in al-Anbar and Saladin governorates, where they arrested six terrorists.
According to the statement, another terrorist was ambushed and detained in Babel.
The eighth terrorist was arrested in al-Sulaymaniyah, in cooperation with the Asayish forces.
[FoxBusiness] U.S. consumer confidence plunged to an 11-year low in early February, reflecting heightened concerns among Americans about hotter-than-expected inflation and the skyrocketing price of everyday goods.
The University of Michigan's consumer sentiment index fell to 61.7 in February; down sharply from the January reading of 67.2 and well below economists' forecast for a reading of 67.5.
context; index was near 130 in the 1998-99 boom and the 2018-19 boom
"Sentiment continued its downward descent, reaching its worst level in a decade, falling a stunning 8.2% from last month and 19.7% from last February," Richard Curtin, the survey's chief economist, said in a statement. "The recent declines have been driven by weakening personal financial prospects, largely due to rising inflation, less confidence in the government's economic policies, and the least favorable long term economic outlook in a decade."
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Shafaq News/ Iraqi warplanes destroyed a pivotal headquarters of ISIS terrorist group in Kirkuk, the Security Media Cell (SMC) said on Sunday.
The SMC said that the Iraqi F-16 fighter jets bombed a site of the terrorist organization in the Zghaytoun valley, southwestern Kirkuk.
Rudaw spells it Zghitun...
"The airstrike was carried out in accordance with intel provided by the Counter-Terrorism-Services (CTS) in cooperation with the targets designation panel of the Joint Operations Command," the SMC said.
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Shafaq News/ Iraq's National Security Advisor, Qasem al-Araji, said that Baghdad and London are working dry up the financial, human, and media resources of terrorism.
Al-Araji's remarks came as he received the UK ambassador to Iraq, Mark Bryson-Richardson, in his bureau downtown the Iraqi capital, Baghdad, earlier today, Sunday.
Al-Araji discussed with his guest the latest updates on the political and security situation in the regional and international arenas, particularly the row between Russia and Ukraine, the training of Iraqi armed forces, and the conditions of al-Hol camp in northeast Syria.
"Iraq upholds dialogue as a means to address the issues in the region. It is willing to continue the cooperation with the international community to deter terrorism, whose threat is still substantial," he told the UK diplomat, citing Baghdad and London's efforts to "dry out terrorism's human, financial, and media resources."
For his part, Bryson-Richardson reiterated his country's commitment to supporting Iraq in the battle against the ISIS terror group and providing assistance and training to the Iraqi armed forces.
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[IsraelTimes] Police say eight suspects have been arrested in East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood for public disorder, as officers brace for more violence.
Two of the suspects allegedly maced passersby, and the others hurled stones, police say.
"In the past day we have witnessed disinformation and misinformation circulating on social media in relation to various events in the area, along with violent mostly peaceful and inflammatory online discourse, and unlawful attempts to ignite the area," police say in a statement.
"The Israel Police will continue to act with determination and with zero tolerance against violence of any kind, violation of public order, and illegal attempts to harm coppers or civilians," the statement adds.
The nationality of the suspects was was not immediately clear.
Right-wing activists plan a protest in the flashpoint neighborhood later this evening.
AIN ISSA, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the Turkish forces and the affiliated opposition factions bombed the countryside of Tel-Abyad, Ain Issa, and the M4 motorway, north of Raqqa, with missiles and heavy weapons.
Ten villages in the countryside of Tel-Abyad and Ain Issa have been bombed since 1:00 p.m by the Turkish forces and opposition factions,” North Press reported a source from SDF.
According to the source, the villages of zanoubia Sawwan, Um Hwesh, Hoshan, Mu’allaq, Kor Hassan, Khirbat Baqara, Hemar, Nu’et and the M4 motorway, were hit with heavy weapons.
Three shells fell north of the Abu Surra junction, next to a Syrian government military point, west of the town of Ain Issa, the source said.
“Dozens of shells fell on those villages, which are only a few kilometers away from the town of Ain Issa,” local residents said.
The bombing was launched from two Turkish bases in the villages of Salb Qur’an and Dinai, a military source told North Press.
The bombing came in tandem with the flight of Turkish reconnaissance planes over Ain Issa town and its countryside.
A person was killed in the bombing on the M4 motorway. It also caused material damage to the property of the residents of those villages mentioned.
The town of Ain Issa and other areas in north Syria are continuously bombed by the Turkish forces and the opposition factions.
[JPost] A drone was shot down by the international coalition operating in Iraq after a number of drones were detected flying from Iraq's eastern border towards Erbil on Saturday night, Iraqi media reported on Sunday evening.
According to the reports, the international coalition stated that the drones were threatening its forces in Erbil and that intelligence efforts were ongoing. Iraq's eastern border is shared with Iran, although the reports did not specify if the drones had crossed the border or been launched from within Iraq.
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"Which way did they come in from?"
"The direction of Iran. But there's a LOT of Iraq in that direction, too."
Mike
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[REGNUM] Mortar fire on the village of Kominternovo in the south of the Donetsk People's Republic (DPR) was opened by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was reported on February 13 by the Donetsk News Agency with reference to the DPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the Ceasefire Regime (JCCC).
The report notes that the Ukrainian security forces fired from the Ukrainian-controlled settlement of Talakovka. It is specified that in total, representatives of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired three mines with a caliber of 120mm.
Data on the victims and injured are not reported.
As REGNUM reported , on February 13, the official representative of the defense department of the LPR , Ivan Filiponenko , told reporters that the readiness of the paratroopers of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to be thrown into the rear of the defense of the People's Militia of the Luhansk People's Republic is being checked by the commander of the so-called Joint Forces Operation ("OOS") Alexander Pavlyuk.
[REGNUM] Today, February 14, the Council of the Duma will discuss the draft appeal of the State Duma of the Russian Federation to the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Putin on the recognition of the LNR and the DNR, reports news agency REGNUM .
Recognition will create grounds for guaranteeing the security and protection of their peoples from external threats and implementing a policy of genocide against the inhabitants of the republics, as well as for strengthening international peace and regional stability in accordance with the purposes and principles of the Charter of the United Nations (UN) and will initiate the process international recognition of both states, the document notes.
The draft appeal was submitted by deputies from the Communist Party headed by Gennady Zyuganov in January, after which consultations were held with the factions. The SRZP tends to support the communists, and before recognition, leader Sergei Mironov offered to provide military assistance to cool the ardor of provocateurs , LDPR leader Vladimir Zhirinovsky proposed to annex Ukraine to Russia , "New people" plan to make a decision during the discussion at the plenary session. "United Russia" believes that the LPR and the DPR need, first of all, military assistance against the backdrop of the West's whipping up hysteria about the alleged "aggression" of Russia. The head of the faction Vladimir Vasiliev also asks to take all measures to ensure the safety of citizens..
State Duma Speaker Vyacheslav Volodin said that the Duma Council will discuss two proposals: consider a draft resolution on an appeal to the President of Russia on the need to recognize the DPR and LPR immediately, or send the document first to the Russian Foreign Ministry and other government agencies to receive feedback, and then consider it taking into account what was said positions.
The discussion promises to be serious, but the leader of the Communist Party of the Russian Federation, due to the fact that he is being treated at the Central Clinical Hospital, will not be able to take part in discussing the fate of the document.
[JPost] Ukraine on Sunday received a consignment of Stinger anti-aircraft missile systems and ammunition by plane from Lithuania, the defense ministry in Kyiv said.
Earlier on Sunday two other planes delivered about 180 tonnes of ammunition from the United States, Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov said. Ukraine had so far received almost 1,500 tonnes of ammunition delivered on 17 flights, he said on Twitter.
Military officials say Ukraine has significantly strengthened its armed forces with the help of allies, equipping the army, in particular, with American and British anti-tank systems and Turkish drones.
The United States and allies say Russia could invade Ukraine at any moment. Russia, which has more than 100,000 troops massed near Ukraine, denies having any such plan.
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Presuming the ukes can use this stuff right, the cost to the Russians could be high. We're not talking about machine guns killing low-rankng Infantry.
The Stingers and Javelins and similar weapons take out zillion-dollar weapons systems like aircraft and tanks.
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top of my list for high tech weapons and taxi drivers!
The mutual bombing between the government and the opposition escalated, without changing in the map of control on the ground #Syria’s #Idlib.https://t.co/X5IbPRrxD6
IDLIB, Syria (North Press) – On Sunday, the de-escalation zones in northwest Syria witnessed military escalation and exchange of shelling between the Syrian government forces and Turkish-backed opposition factions.
The opposition factions’ sites in the towns of Kansafra, al-Bara, Sufuhn, al-Fatira, Benin and Harsh Benin in the Zawiya Mountain area, south of Idlib, were hit with artillery and missiles by the government forces, North Press reported military sources in the opposition.
The bombing resulted in the death of a person in the town of Kansafra, according to the same sources.
The opposition factions’ sites near the towns of San and Madelia, east of Idlib, the town al-Enkawi, west of Hama, were also bombed by the government forces, the sources added.
In Turn, the government forces’ sites in the town of Miznaz in the western countryside of Aleppo, were hit with heavy artillery and missiles by al-Fateh al-Mubin Operations Room,” the sources added.
Following days of relative decrease in the military actions, the mutual bombing between the government and the opposition escalated, without changing in the map of control on the ground.
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Sure is a lot of Deflective Saber Rattling with lots of MSM and Social Media help.
What are they (LSD's & MSM) going overboard to draw our attention away from now?
Biden,
Hillary's criminal activities,
The Jan. 6th Gestapo,
Social Media illegally private funding of LSD's,
Politically extended C-19 of unneeded mandates,
US/Elite funding for Gain of Function in CCP,
Political insider trading in the $M made from the C-19VAX stocks, or something brewing yet to be leaked.
Like the adverse circulatory system related issues now starting to be recorded, regarding those that took, or were pressured into taking multiple VAX/Booster shots for employment?
#2
Note what he said: Its all about NATO and Crimea. All he wants, and what his countrymen overwhelmingly want, is no NATO membership for Ukraine and no NATO threat to the Russians' all-important base at Sevastopol. That's all.
No one in Russia gives a shit about Ukraine per se, or wants war with Ukraine-- they just want NATO out of their front yard, period.
Why is that so hard for our idiot-Woke leaders to understand? Didn't Soetoro say he was against US exceptionalism?
Aren't Brandon and son happy to do business with Chinese military front companies, Moscow oligarchs' ex-wives, Kazakh bandits?
Why this obsession with pissing on Russia's legitimate security concerns?
Did Eisenhower intervene in Hungary in 1956?
How does poking the bear in Crimea -- their equivalent of the Alamo -- how does that do anything for US freedom and prosperity?
So tired of their lies and bullshit and wanton destruction of our own beloved country
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All they want is Ukraine to be isolated, defenseless... they have no designs on them, no!
Ferret, are you really that gullible?
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Ukraine has no chance of getting into NATO in the next ten years more.
Nobody will attack Crimea, and Sewastopol is safe.
So this is BS.
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A military, whose head is Joe Headroom, a command which thinks SU-27s are USAF, headlined by Island Boys and the Paratroopettes, to attack Russia, in the Winter, to line the purses of politicians.
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#6 Ukraine has no chance of getting into NATO in the next ten years more. Nobody will attack Crimea, and Sewastopol is safe.
If so, then it costs us absolutely nothing to ratify this formally in a treaty. In fact, it's insane not to make a concession which is meaningless to your side and deeply desired by the other side.
Obviously, our only good outcome here is a negotiated agreement.
Time to stop hysterical bleating about 'invasion' (or is it a "limited incursion"?) and send in some skilled, intelligent negotiators like Nick Burns.
#10
"Why is that so hard for our idiot-Woke leaders to understand?" Judging by Trudeau's latest it seems liberals are no longer capable of any kind of compromise. They want it their way, and they want it now!
QAMISHLI, Syria (North Press) – The General Command of the Jordan Armed Forces announced yesterday finding the bodies of two smugglers after thwarting an infiltration attempt by individuals and vehicles coming from Syria on Friday.
The Jordanian forces have been implementing intensive searching and inspections along the border strip with Syria where the smugglers’ bodies were found with amounts of narcotics and they were referred to the competent authorities, a military source of the armed forces told media outlets.
On Sunday, the Jordanian army announced confiscating large quantities of drugs, military ammunition and vehicles prepared for smuggling from Syrian border.
The security forces confiscated on Friday amounts of 9,343,000 pills of Captagon, 38,900 tramadol pills, 7,096 handful of cannabis (Hashish), 199 BKCs, 63 Kalashnikov weapons and two vehicles.
In late January, the Jordanian army declared it killed 27 drug smugglers and wounded others to foil attempts of smuggling large quantity of narcotic substances coming from Syria.
In January, Amman informed Damascus of the need to combat smuggling.
In September, al-Hunaiti received Syrian Minister of Defense Ali Ayoub in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
The two parties discussed coordination to ensure the security of the common borders between the two countries, the situation in southern Syria, combating terrorism, and joint efforts to confront cross-border smuggling.
Jordan forces thwarted a smuggling operation of over 15 million of Captagon pills in 2021 and 5,5 million in the first two weeks of 2022.
in the combing operations carried by #SDF, many #ISIS sleeper cells, who were on the wanted list of SDF for years and were hiding in the area, were arrested.https://t.co/y96fxV6kw8
TEL-TAMR, Syria (North Press) – The SDF combing operations in search of ISIS militants are continuing. There is no specific timetable for ending the security operations, Hussein Salmo, commander of the Military Council of the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) in Jazira region, said on Sunday.
Since last month, the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) have started extensive combing campaigns in the city of Hasakah and its countryside, following the attack by ISIS militants on al-Sina’a prison, which houses about five thousand members of ISIS, in Hasakah’s Ghweran neighborhood, northeast Syria.
Extensive combing operations within the area have been conducted by the security forces, in search of ISIS members whom the SDF believes participated in the attack on the prison, and a number of them may have escaped from prison during the attack.
“The combing operations are carried out to maintain the security and stability of the region. These operations include the neighborhoods of Hasakah city and its countryside, which extends to the town of Tel-Tamr in the north,” Salmo said.
The commander of the Military Council said that “during the 20-day combing operations, many ISIS mercenaries and its sleeper cells were arrested and many weapons and explosive materials they had were seized.”
“So far, the results of the combing operations are positive,” he added.
Many ISIS sleeper cells, who were on the wanted list of SDF for years and were hiding in the area, were arrested, Salmo said.
“The combing operations are continuing with no specific timetable to finish,” the commander of the Military Council stressed.
[Rudaw] An Iraqi court sentenced to death on Sunday a police officer and an informant over a deadly operation in December that left 20 people from the same family dead.
The two men can appeal the verdict, handed down by the criminal court in the central province of Babylon, a judiciary source told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity ... for fear of being murdered... Security forces in December opened fire on a house in the village of al-Rashayed in Babylon, killing 20 people including women and kiddies, under the pretext of pursuing two suspected terrorists.
But it was later revealed that a family dispute had motivated an informant to give "false intelligence" to police on the presence of "two terrorists" in the house, according to a judiciary statement issued in January.
"The Babylon criminal court has issued a death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... by hanging for two of the defendants," the Supreme Judicial Council said, quoted by state news agency INA.
"The other defendants will be tried later," it added.
In addition to the informant, an intelligence officer from the interior ministry, who led the operation, was also condemned to death, the judicial source told AFP.
Eighteen others, including both civilians and security forces, who participated in the operation await sentencing, the source added.
Iraq has the fourth highest rate of executions in the world, according to Amnesia Amnesty International, which has recorded that more than 50 people were executed in the country in 2020, including many who were accused of belonging to 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.... group.
Both terrorism and homicide charges carry the death penalty in Iraq.
Troops of the Nigerian military deployed for Operation 'Hadin Kai' on Saturday foiled ambush attacks on some motorists and commuters in the Bama axis of the North-East, PRNigeria reports.
The attacks, which occurred on two highways in Borno State, were staged by fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP).
It was learnt that the terrorists had first set up multiple checkpoints at Banki Junction on Saturday to aid the abduction of civilians in the Bama local government area of the state.
PRNigeria learnt from a top military intelligence commander that mobile troops of 151 Task Force Battalion, on patrol within the general area, foiled the insurgents' operation immediately after responding to a distress call.
According to the commander, the ISWAP fighters who had held some civilians captive on the road, fled on sighting approaching troops.
The terrorists left their victims behind, he said.
He added that the rear screen of a commercial vehicle was damaged by gunshots, but there was no loss of life.
Similarly, troops of 152 Battalion, on a separate patrol along Bula Yobe-Darel Jamel Road on Saturday, responded to a distress call about another ISWAP attack on motorists.
Meanwhile, in another development, seven Nigerian soldiers survived bomb attacks when they ran into an Improvised Explosive Device (IED), planted by ISWAP terrorists along Maiduguri-Damboa Road.
An intelligence source said the troops were on a long-range patrol to protect commuters when the incident occurred.
"The soldiers from the 134 Special Forces Battalion 7 Division Garrison Maiduguri were escorting commuters when their vehicle stepped on the IED planted along the route Delwa-Bulabulin, Damboa Local Government Area on Saturday, February 12, 2022.
"No fatality was recorded during the incident but 7 soldiers sustained injuries and were evacuated to Maiduguri for prompt medical attention."
[IsraelTimes] US officials in the United Arab Emirates meet with Afghans after a protest in Abu Dhabi this week and discuss their "potential" transfer to the United States, according to an embassy statement.
The UAE was one of several Arab Gulf countries that assisted with the evacuation of Afghans fleeing the Taliban ...Arabic for students... after the group seized power in August last year following a US military withdrawal.
Videos circulating on social media this week showed Afghan men protesting in the Emirates Humanitarian City in the capital Abu Dhabi, where many who were evacuated to the UAE now live.
The US embassy says that it is aware of the "peaceful demonstration" to express "concerns about future resettlement and processing for onward travel."
US officials met some of the Afghans and discussed their "processing for potential entry in the United States," according to a statement sent to AFP.
"We continue to conduct the screening and vetting of vulnerable Afghans prior to their arrival in the United States, consistent with the dual goals of protecting national security and providing protection for vulnerable Afghans," it adds.
The Taliban takeover of Afghanistan sparked a chaotic exit for the Americans and their allies after 20 years in the country, and an exodus of Afghans fearing a return to the brutal regime of 1996 to 2001 when the group was first in power.
Shafaq News/ Turkey's warplanes reportedly bombarded sites of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) inside the territory of the Kurdistan Region for the fourth time today, Sunday.
A security source told Shafaq News Agency that the bombardment mainly targeted the vicinity of Mount Qarah in Amedi district, north of Duhok.
The size of the damages was not immediately clear, according to the source.
Turkey has recently intensified its aerial and artillery bombardment on border areas within the Kurdistan Region. Ankara says it is targeting PKK fighters deployed on its borders with the region.
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[REGNUM] The official representative of the Russian Foreign Ministry, Maria Zakharova , advised the US political establishment "not to take another sin on the soul."
Follow the development of events in the broadcast: “The West announced the date of Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine — all the news”
Thus, she commented on the statements of US national security adviser Jake Sullivan about “Moscow creating a pretext” for an “attack” on Ukraine.
“American politicians have lied, are lying and will continue to lie, creating pretexts to attack civilians around the world. Everyone knows this. I would ask the American political establishment not to take another sin on the soul, but I'm not sure that they have it, ”she wrote in the telegram channel.
Zakharova recalled the speech of US Secretary of State Colin Powell in the UN Security Council on February 5, 2003, when he announced the presence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
As REGNUM reported , Western countries accuse Russia of alleged plans to escalate the situation around Ukraine. In Russia, this is categorically denied.
Earlier, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said that Russia does not create any pretexts for a conflict situation around Ukraine.
[REGNUM] Ukraine requests a meeting within 48 hours with the Russian Federation and all participating States of the Vienna Document on Confidence and Security Building Measures. This was announced on February 13 by the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine Dmitry Kuleba on his page on the social network Twitter.
Follow the development of events in the broadcast: “The West announced the date of Russia’s “invasion” of Ukraine — all the news”
“ Russia did not respond to our (Ukrainian authorities) request on the Vienna Document… ” Kuleba wrote. “ Ukraine is convening a meeting with the Russian Federation and all participating states within the next 48 hours .”
According to him, the main goal is to discuss the strengthening and "movement of Russian troops along our border."
As REGNUM reported , on February 1, Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu during a conference call said that the Russian Ministry of Defense had informed foreign attaches about the holding of military exercises of Russia and Belarus "Allied Resolve-2022", although it was not obliged to do so.
[Rudaw] The Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) on Sunday announced that they had arrested a financier in the former 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) capital of Raqqa, who confessed to funding the terrorist organization in a video.
The arrestee, named Mohammed Ahmed Kurz, hails from the city of al-Bab in northern Syria. He says he was coerced under threat to supply ISIS with funds, usually sent from nearby The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... and the rebel-held Syrian province of Idlib.
"I started working with Ibrahim [Kurz's associate] in Raqqa in 2021. He tasked me with receiving cheques from Idlib and Turkey and distributing them to ISIS cells in al-Hol camp," said Kurz.
Around 56,000 people live in the notorious al-Hol camp in Hasaka, northeast Syria (Rojava), the majority of whom are women and kiddies accused of being affiliated with ISIS.
He mentioned that Ibrahim would smuggle explosives from the aforementioned areas and use them to threaten large merchants in Raqqa to supply ISIS for money.
"Ibrahim had planted a bomb under the building in which I resided, and this was one of the bombs he threatened merchants with to fund ISIS," he added.
However, it's easy to be generous with someone else's money... the SDF claims that Kurz himself led a blackmailing ring in Raqqa, forcing people to finance ISIS cells. The Kurdish-led force says that Kurz was arrested as he received an bomb that was to be detonated in front of a shop in the city.
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Shafaq News / Mazloum Abdi, who heads the U.S.-backed Syrian Democratic Forces, warned that ISIS fighters are still very much present in the wake of a deadly attack by the militants on a Syrian prison last month. That attack killed 121 fighters from the Syrian Kurdish-led force, he added.
"We are surrounded by the Islamic State," Abdi said in a wide-ranging interview with The Associated Press on Thursday night. "We have said this many times. If we don't strive to fight ISIS now, they will spread again."
A tenuous calm has prevailed in the region since ISIS' spectacular Jan. 20 attack on Gweiran Prison, or al-Sinaa — a Kurdish-run facility in Syria's northeast where over 3,000 ISIS militants and young boys, mainly sons of ISIS fighters, were held.
The attack on the prison led to 10 days of fighting between U.S.-backed Syrian Kurdish fighters and ISIS militants that left nearly 500 dead on both sides until the SDF brought the situation under control eventually.
Abdi said immediate security measures were taken to contain ISIS sleeper cells after the assault: faulty detention centers prone to similar attacks have been emptied, security sweeps are ongoing and curfews limit night-time movements.
But, the threat remains, he warned.
The SDF assisted in the U.S. operation that killed ISIS leader Abu Ibrahim al-Qurayshi in the northwestern Idlib region last week by facilitating passage and logistics for the U.S., but did not participate with fighters on the ground.
"We provided safety and security for personnel who went in, that's all I can say," he said.
While ISIS morale may have taken a hit with al-Qurayshi's death, Abdi said he did not believe it would lead to the group's decline.
He said he shared blame for the prison attack — the biggest and bloodiest since ISIS lost the last sliver of territory it held in Syria in 2019, marking the end of its self-declared "caliphate" over large parts of Syria and Iraq.
His fighters last year twice got intelligence that ISIS sleeper cells were planning to attack the prison, located in Hassakeh province, to free their comrades inside. One attack was even thwarted.
"There was intelligence before that they wanted to attack, and we took procedures, but then we failed," he said.
But he also blamed the international community, which he says should assume responsibility for the thousands of foreign ISIS fighters held in prisons and camps overseen by the Syrian Kurdish-led forces.
Abdo said searches are now underway in 27 detention facilities housing ISIS detainees to identify security weaknesses. Three prisons have been emptied, their inmates scattered to different facilities.
Shafaq News / The Counter-Terrorism Service announced arresting eight ISIS terrorists today.
The service said in a statement that its forces launched two military operations in al-Anbar and Saladin governorates, where they arrested six terrorists.
According to the statement, another terrorist was ambushed and detained in Babel.
The eighth terrorist was arrested in al-Sulaymaniyah, in cooperation with the Asayish forces.
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[The Last Refuge] Against the latest court filings by John Durham, highlighting the tip of the political surveillance iceberg, I have been asked to re-post the deep dive into the totality of the scale of the iceberg. I will add some of the latest information into the outline to show how it all connects.
Barack Obama and Eric Holder did not create a weaponized DOJ and FBI; instead, what they did was take the preexisting system and retool it, so the weapons only targeted one side of the political continuum.
Together they recalibrated the domestic surveillance capabilities, the internal spying systems, so that only their political opposition would be targeted. This point is where many people understandably get confused.
In the era shortly after 9/11, the DC national security apparatus was constructed to preserve continuity of government and simultaneously view all Americans as potential threats. The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) were created specifically for this purpose.
What Barack Obama and Eric Holder did with that new construct was refine the internal targeting mechanisms so that only their ideological opposition became the target of the new national security system. This is a very important nuance to understand as you dig deeper into this research outline.
Washington DC created the modern national security apparatus immediately and hurriedly after 9/11/01. DHS came along in 2002 and within the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 the ODNI was formed. When Barack Obama and Eric Holder arrived a few years later, those newly formed institutions were viewed as opportunities to create a very specific national security apparatus that would focus almost exclusively against their political opposition.
The preexisting Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and Dept of Justice (DOJ) were then repurposed to become two of the four pillars of the domestic national security apparatus. However, this new construct would have a targeting mechanism based on political ideology. The DHS, ODNI, DOJ and FBI became the four pillars of this new institution. Atop these pillars is where you will find the Fourth Branch of Government.
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Spying on Trump is one thing, and bad enough, but if they had people placed such that they had access inside the Trump computers they could even have planted 'evidence' of improper conduct.
#4
Wow! 66% of Dems think Hilda should be investigated. They probably mean investigations like the previous phony rigged investigations where Hilda and others were exonnerated. On the other hand, maybe there are some Dems left who are fed up with the corruption, rigging and wholesale sell out of our country to our enemies.
#5
It all sounds exciting, but I'm going out on a stout limb and predict that nothing will come of this. Too many important people (hah!) would be embarrassed and inconvenienced if any of this actually goes to trial. *pushes his chips on "Lack of Standing"*
#6
I'm splitting my chips between "Ongoing FBI investigation, years 5-8" and the sacrosanct Lawyer-Client privilege and 5th amendment recording...plus Julian Assange committing some form of Arkaniside shortly.
#7
Between this revelation and the tantalizing tease of release of names associated with Epstein, there’s enough material for an entire season of “Kabuki Theater”, brought to you by Coca-Cola….
#8
#4: they are not 'democrat' they are 'left'. I grew up in mass. in the 50's and all my family were democrats. None of them acted like this. They call themselves democrats for political coverage. they are seditionists not democrats.
#9
Many family and friends have have voted Dem. Most are good well-intentioned people. The problem is that the Deepstate is made up of Dems, Rinos and some independents. Somewhere in time, things changed. As things changed, freedom got eroded.
#10
Local state rep primary between an outsider and an insider (both new to our district due to re-districting). Insiders run the party, so they canceled the forum between candidates because of 'too much covid' but then rescheduled at the last minute, so only their candidate could appear. (Reminds me of a lawsuit I had to file some years ago after an out-of-state car wreck - the other party's lawyer's office was next door to the courthouse, and he would get a last minute continuance if we showed up (from 1200 miles away), and would have won if we failed to appear.) Lawfare in action.
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[NewsFrontInfo] In the Mariupol direction, militants of the 36th brigade from positions in the area of the settlement. Lomakino was fired at Kominternovo, firing four RPG grenades.
In violation of the third paragraph of additional measures, the placement of two armored personnel carriers-70 from the 36th military unit was revealed on the territory of a private household in the settlement.
The Ukrainian side continues to block the work of the OSCE UAV. Thus, in order to prevent the observers of the mission from fixing the placement of prohibited weapons of the 95th brigade, for electronic jamming of control and navigation channels during the flights of the OSCE SMM UAV in the areas of the settlemen, Leninskoe and Novgorodskoe, the enemy used the Bukovel-AD EW station from the mobile group of the 502nd separate EW battalion.
In addition, the militants of the 54th brigade fired at the drone of the OSCE mission from positions in the area of the settlement. Krasnogorovka, during the observation flight.
It should be noted that the shelling was carried out purposefully, since the Ukrainian militants were notified in advance about the time and place of the launch of the drone.
Also, despite the ban on the operation of any aircraft, prescribed in the Complex of Additional Measures to Strengthen the Ceasefire, the Armed Forces of Ukraine used 53 brigades to conduct reconnaissance of UAVs in the area of responsibility in the settlement. Bogdanovka.
All facts are confirmed by the OSCE SMM Report 33 dated 02/12/2022.
We continue to receive information about incidents in formations and parts of the JFO.
So, in the area of N. p. Starognatovka, the driver of the URAL car transported the personnel of the 24th Aidar battalion in the amount of five militants to the hospital in Mariupol.
While driving on the road in the area of N. p. Volnovakha, a truck driver hit a concrete barrier. As a result of a traffic accident, four militants received various bruises and injuries, the fifth, private Meranchuk, was taken to a medical facility in an unconscious state.
Against the backdrop of the situation being aggravated by the Ukrainian authorities, among the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the JFO zone, we note a drop in the moral and psychological state to a critical level and an increase in those who do not want to continue serving in the forefront.
So, over the past week, militants of the 25th brigade sent 34 reports to the commander of the Kurash brigade about being transferred to a permanent deployment center and other military units located in the depths of the country.
Earlier, we have repeatedly noted the lack of desire among the Ukrainian military to serve in the JFO zone. In connection with the active preparation of the JFO formations for the beginning of the aggression, there are fewer and fewer "defenders" of Ukraine.
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