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Friday June 25th, 2021

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Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11150 views] Top|| File under:

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Lilyan Tashman was born on October 23, 1896, in Brooklyn, New York, to Rose (Cook) and Morris Tashman. Her parents were Jewish immigrants, her father from Bialystok, Poland, and her mother from Germany. After toying with some stage work, she made her film debut with Experience (1921). That was her only film of that year, and the next year she also made only one film, Head Over Heels (1922) (this was at a time when some studios and their performers were turning out a film per week). She had no other offers for 1923, but her constant rounds of the casting offices finally did some good. In 1924 she appeared in no less than six films. For a while she averaged about seven movies a year. Lilyan was one of a relatively few silent-era performers who easily made the transition into the sound era. In 1934 she finished filming Frankie and Johnnie (1936) and went into the hospital, in New York, to have some tumors removed. It was there she died on March 21, 1934, at the age of 37. The film was released two years after she died.
[IMDb Mini Biography By: Denny Jackson]

Husbands
Edmund Lowe (1 September 1925 - 21 March 1934) (her death)
Al Lee (1914 - 1921) (divorced)
Trivia (7)
Charged with assault in 1931, when she beat actress Alona Marlowe after catching her in husband Edmund Lowe's dressing room. The charges were later dropped. In retellings of this story, Alona is often confused with her better-known sister, June Marlowe.
Interred at the Washington Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York. About 10,000 people crowded the streets surrounding the cemetery for her funeral.
Tashman left some $31,000 in cash, along with $121,000 in furs and jewels, but had not thought to leave a will. This resulted in years of legal squabbling between her husband Edmund Lowe and her two surviving sisters, Hattie and Jennie. A third sister, also an actress, had died in 1931.
Lilyan first entered a New York hospital for surgery in 1932, for what was described in the press as an appendectomy. "She was worried about her health," Tashman's friend Virginia Maxwell said after her death. "If the physicians knew she had a tumor, I don't believe they ever told her so." She continued to appear on screen despite her weakening physical health and finished her final role in Frankie and Johnny (1936) just two weeks before her death of abdominal cancer.
Started her career in the legendary Ziegfeld Follies revue, starring alongside several future stars including Marion Davies and Ina Claire.
Renowned for her personal style, Tashman was one of Hollywood's leading "clothes horses" during the early 1930s.
Tashman is alleged to have been romantically involved with Joan Crawford, Greta Garbo and Kay Francis, and to have gotten into physical altercations with Lupe Velez, Constance Bennett and Alona Marlowe, during her time as an actress in Hollywood.
Posted by: Knuckles White4907 || 06/25/2021 0:45 Comments || Top||

#2 

Posted by: Knuckles White4907 || 06/25/2021 0:55 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Ugandan Olympic team member arriving in Tokyo had Delta COVID-19 variant
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 16:10 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: Politix
Biden's Deal on Infrastructure comes with condition
[AyPee] President Joe Biden has announced a hard-earned bipartisan agreement on a pared-down infrastructure plan that would make a start on his top legislative priority and validate his efforts to reach across the political aisle.

...

The president stressed that "neither side got everything they wanted in this deal; that’s what it means to compromise," and said that other White House priorities would be taken on separately in a congressional budget process known as reconciliation, which allows for majority passage without the need for Republican votes.

He insisted that the two items would be done "in tandem" and that he would not sign the bipartisan deal without the other, bigger piece. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and progressive members of Congress declared they would hold to the same approach.

"There ain’t going to be a bipartisan bill without a reconciliation bill," Pelosi said.
The 'no bill without reconciliation' basically makes the bipartisan bill irrelevant.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 06/25/2021 13:10 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11134 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Feeble attempt at bait and switch. However, Dims will have to force Congress will have to vote on bills using Dominion voting machines.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 06/25/2021 15:33 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Things We Missed Yesterday - Donna Summer's Disco Party
Well, first off, it's without Donna, of course! Second - apparently this is an annual event.
[Universal Hub] - Greta the roving UHub photographer was among the people in Copley Square at the Donna Summer disco party tonight.
Check out the woman singing - it looks like Stacey Abrams' kid sister.
Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2021 09:46 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under:


Science & Technology
Covid Triggered Mass Psychosis Grips America
[News With Views] A psychosis is defined as "a severe mental disorder in which thought, and emotions are so impaired that contact is lost with external reality," be it temporary or permanent. There is no other way to explain the mass hysteria and ongoing fatal fear that grips a vast majority of Americans today — all of it carefully planned and crafted by the "experts" behind the creation of the COVID19 bioweapon and their highly profitable but fatal, COVID19 vaccines.

How else could anyone think that "white supremacists" are the greatest threat in America when we all know it has been the Black Lies Militia and America’s most dangerous fascists ANTIFA, who have been vandalizing, looting, and burning cities across the country, while also responsible for the vast majority of violent crimes in America? Such claims are a total disconnect with reality!

There hasn’t been a KKK or skinhead rally on U.S. soil in decades! When there was long ago, it was democrats involved, like truly racist Democrat heroes Senator Robert (KKK) Byrd and Joe Biden.

Likewise, nearly 100% of what we have been told about COVID19 for the past 18-months has since been proven false, in fact, outright lies. We were told the virus came from natural animal evolution, but now we know, it was created in the Wuhan bioweapons lab under the leadership and direction of none other than Dr. Anthony Fauci and his NIH.

We were told in early April 2020 that government mandated lockdowns, masking and social distancing would "flatten the curve" and defeat the virus within a couple weeks — and 18-months later, much of the U.S. economy is still shut down or on life support.

We have been told that 34,449,016 Americans (10.4%) have had COVID19. But only approximately 5,167,352 (1.56%) were actually symptomatic. We have been told that 618,294 (0.19%) Americans have died of COVID19. But the "experts " have since been forced to admit that the real number who may have died of COVID19 is much closer to 37,098 (0.011%) — approximately 6% of the originally stated false number.

Still, it has been used to totally control 100% of the U.S. (and global) population, mostly people who always "go long to get along," no matter how insane and suicidal it is! Control is what it was all about from the start, but for what end game purpose?
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 09:38 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11146 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Yeah but the dems were already like that.
Posted by: Cesare || 06/25/2021 14:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Crazy Chic just needed the prompt.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 14:43 Comments || Top||

#3  On both sides of the political divide.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 14:51 Comments || Top||

#4  When I'm sound asleep, my thoughts and emotions lose contact with external reality. That's not a psychosis. The definition of terms in this article needs a great deal of refining. There certainly is a mass disruption of people's thinking going on nationwide.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:04 Comments || Top||

#5  And why we don't deserve a republic?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/25/2021 16:27 Comments || Top||

#6  ^What would Ben Franklyn say?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 16:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Ben Franklin would say "Fart Proudly".
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 06/25/2021 17:15 Comments || Top||

#8  Ben Franklin voted in the last Presidential election
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 06/25/2021 19:41 Comments || Top||

#9  How many times?
Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2021 21:39 Comments || Top||

#10  How long has he been dead? I think you get one vote for each year.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/25/2021 21:51 Comments || Top||

#11  May explain why PHD's are working at Starbucks.
Posted by: crazyhorse || 06/25/2021 23:14 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
'Huge victory': Judge names members of Fulton election board in lawsuit; ballot audit will proceed
[Just the News] An order handed down by a Georgia judge today named several individual members of a county elections board as respondents in an election-related lawsuit, clearing the way for an intensive audit of 2020 absentee ballots in Georgia's largest county.

Superior Court Judge Brian Amero in a Thursday ruling dismissed several claims brought against governmental entities of Fulton County on sovereign immunity grounds, but he allowed the five members of Fulton County's Board of Registration and Elections to be named in the suit.

"Sovereign immunity" is a legal doctrine that holds that governmental parties are protected from many or most forms of lawsuits. In Amero's ruling, he notes that Georgia law stipulates that "no suit alleging violations of due process or equal protection rights under the Georgia Constitution, that seek declaratory or injunctive relief, may be initiated against either the state or county," barring a waiver from the state legislature or the state constitution.

Yet even as he dismissed the government parties in the suit, Amero subsequently moved to add the five members of Fulton's elections board as parties pursuant to a request from the petitioners in the case.
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 09:01 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11148 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Michael Richard Pence just let the world know he is a corrupt jackass.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 06/25/2021 11:31 Comments || Top||

#2  So sovereign immunity means the government can do whatever, huh?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/25/2021 11:59 Comments || Top||

#3  ...pretty much. Checks and balances are a long thing of the past.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/25/2021 16:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Here's the deal. First one to spill their guts on the others gets a deal. The others hang...
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/25/2021 17:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Sovereign Immunity is the biggest bunch of BS you have ever heard of, but unfortunately, it is a long-time concept, not a recent invention. It is a horror that has destroyed more lives than almost any other legal doctrine in existence. It is pathetic that judges allow such a thing to exist, and shocking to me that people don't react to its application with force far more often.
Posted by: Vernal Hatrick || 06/25/2021 20:06 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Serious differences in Iran nuclear talks, U.S. official says
[JPost] - The United States and Iran still have serious differences they need to bridge in talks on resuming compliance with the 2015 Iran nuclear deal, a senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday.
DOS propose nuclear obliteration of, no more, than 80% of Israel, but Iranians won't bulge an inch below 95%?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 08:38 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11141 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Iran: Death to America!

O'Biden Junta: Would you settle for an arm and a leg?
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 9:56 Comments || Top||

#2  I hate to say at this point the Iranians appear to be the better negotiators.
Posted by: Tom || 06/25/2021 10:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Unexpectedly. Seriously?
Posted by: Bobby || 06/25/2021 11:18 Comments || Top||

#4  #2 They been selling carpets for 2000 years.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 11:19 Comments || Top||

#5  And Biden lies like a rug.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 15:50 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Charles Murray's Two Uncomfortable Truths and His Not Bad Advice
[TownHall] - Give Charles Murray, longtime scholar at the American Enterprise Institute, credit for courage. Again and again, despite outrageously unfair attacks, he has returned to the public arena and persisted in telling unwelcome truths. In his meticulous prose, with charts and tables so elegant as to betray an aesthetic bent, he makes his points with precision and clarity.

Murray's 1994 book "The Bell Curve," co-authored with Harvard psychologist Richard Herrnstein, evoked furious and undeserved denunciation. It will be interesting to see whether there is a similar reaction to his latest and much shorter book, "Facing Reality: Two Truths About Race in America."

His first truth is that "American Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians, as groups, have different means and distributions of cognitive abilities." Murray makes mincemeat of arguments against IQ tests and shows that they're highly correlated with achievement in schools and in later life. Asians have the highest average scores, followed by Whites, Latinos and Blacks.

Murray's second truth is that "American Whites, Blacks, Latinos, and Asians, as groups, have different rates of violent crime." Murray deftly extrapolates from the best available crime rates and shows that average violent crime rates are far above average among Blacks, somewhat above average among Latinos, somewhat below average among Whites and almost negligible among Asians.

For many Americans, these are uncomfortable (I have often used the word "unhappy") truths. Blacks are about eight times more likely than Whites (I use Murray's capitalization practice) to commit violent crimes. And I feel a twinge of discomfort in the below-average cognitive ability scores of some of my ancestral ethnicities.
Any time, anyone, solves a quadratic equation it is a microaggression against the Blacks?
Conventional media and academic elites routinely suppress these truths, apparently for fear that ordinary Americans would take them as a warrant for racial discrimination against individuals. To that argument, I reply, as I did in National Review in 1994 and in a Washington Examiner blog post in 2013, that ordinary Americans know better.

"They have learned, from school, from work, from everyday life, that there is wider variation within each measured group than between measured groups." They understand that averages don't reliably describe individuals, "that it is irrational to discriminate according to race or religion or ethnic group, and that it is rational to judge individuals on their own merits."

...Those in need of facing the reality of Charles Murray's two truths are not ordinary Americans, but elites -- the corporate leaders, gentry liberal voters and human resources department lifers who cling desperately to the identity politics of Black Lives Matter organizers and the critical race theory hucksters.
How come nobody ever demands diversity for NFL/NBA?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 08:23 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11140 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Any time, anyone, solves a quadratic equation it is a microaggression against the Blacks?

Coming soon: Along with reparations, all math must be "unsolved" to undo eons (well, OK, centuries) of white supremacy.

How come nobody ever demands diversity for NFL/NBA?

Because 99.999% of white NBA fans wish they were black too. Around 80% of white NFL fans just wish they had black guy junk.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 9:06 Comments || Top||

#2  ^just wish they had black guy junk

junk = drugs, or something else?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 9:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Something down his pants? Could be drugs, or...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 10:06 Comments || Top||

#4  ^I'm sorry I asked.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 11:20 Comments || Top||

#5  You may be sorry you asked but you did so here: (WARNING: NSFW, Rated R for Language, Adult Situations)

Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/25/2021 12:16 Comments || Top||

#6  It's not about black people, it's about white people. The Left is terrified that its Main Enemy might be right about something. That must never be permitted. They will annihilate the Main Enemy before they will ever allow that.
Posted by: Jiggs Trotsky5854 || 06/25/2021 12:29 Comments || Top||

#7  Any time, anyone, solves a quadratic equation it is a microaggression against the Blacks?

Well, duh!
To solve an equation, you need algebra.
The word 'algebra' comes from Arabic.
Arabic reminds blacks of being hunted by Arab slave traders.
Therefore, algebra is racist. QED, bitches!
Posted by: SteveS || 06/25/2021 14:17 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Tel Aviv Pride Parade returns with a bang after pandemic pause
[YNet] - Tel Aviv's world-famous Gay Pride Parade returned on Friday, after last year's event was canceled due to COVID-19, with tens of thousands flocking to the city for its annual LGTQ+ celebration.
Proud of being defectors from the oldest war (between the sexes) in the world.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 08:08 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11129 views] Top|| File under:


-Great Cultural Revolution
Mailchimp Suspends The Babylon Bee for 'Harmful Information' [PJ Media]
Posted by: Slavith Clath4829 || 06/25/2021 04:50 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  An old Soviet joke.
Humor & satire contest. First prize: 15 years hard labor.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 8:05 Comments || Top||

#2  Two Gulag inmates are talking.

A: "What's your sentence?"

B: "Twenty years."

A: "Twenty years? What did you do?"

B: "I did nothing."

A: "Well that is impossible."

B: "Why is it impossible?"

A: "Because you get ten years for doing nothing."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 8:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Mailchimp is a racist name. Company should be boycotted. Well, if they have any customers.
Posted by: Woozle Theamble4130 || 06/25/2021 20:58 Comments || Top||


Liberal Protesters Are Outraged Over 'misogynist' Statue Of Marilyn Monroe In Palm Springs [The Blaze]
Posted by: Slavith Clath4829 || 06/25/2021 04:47 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11130 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Home Front: Politix
No, Ron DeSantis Did Not Sign Law 'Requiring Students, Faculty Be Asked to Declare Political Beliefs'
Red State
Another day, more hit pieces on Gov. Ron DeSantis from the mainstream media. It just never ends, and will only get worse between now and the 2022 and 2024 election cycles.

The latest round comes courtesy of (surprise) the Washington Post and The Hill, both of which published articles that not only had headlines that were flat out false but also contained information within them that was misleading at best and a lie at worst.

Let’s take a look at them.

First up, here was the Washington Post’s headline, declaring that the popular Florida Governor had "mandate[d] surveys of Florida students’ beliefs":

...The Hill’s was even worse. They proclaimed that he signed a law that "require[ed] students, faculty be asked to declare their political beliefs":

The text from the 12-page bill makes that clear (bolded emphasis added):

    (b) The State Board of Education shall require each Florida College System institution to conduct an annual assessment of the intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity at that institution. The State Board of Education shall select or create an objective, nonpartisan, and statistically valid survey to be used by each institution which considers the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented and members of the college community, including students, faculty, and staff, feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom. The State Board of Education shall annually compile and publish the assessments by September 1 of each year, beginning on September 1, 2022. The State Board of Education may adopt rules to implement this paragraph.

    (c) The State Board of Education may not shield students, faculty, or staff at Florida College System institutions from free speech protected under the First Amendment to the United States Constitution, Art. I of the State Constitution, or s. 1004.097.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 04:41 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And the reason Floridians felt such a law is necessary: University Releases ‘Oppressive Language List’ to Make Sure Students Don’t Say Mean Thing
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:49 Comments || Top||

#2  ^“Language That Doesn’t Say What We Mean"
👁👄👁💧
Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 6:12 Comments || Top||

#3  I remember reading a SF story (John D. MacDonald, I think) where a mature civilization was based on just two principles.
(a) Try not to give offence.
(b) Don't be easily offended.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 6:19 Comments || Top||

#4  And my generation is dumb.
Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 7:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Ref #3: Confirming the long held belief that man's tongue is oftentimes his greatest enemy.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 7:41 Comments || Top||

#6  Grom, have you watched Kakegurui?
Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 8:09 Comments || Top||

#7  ^Yes, can't say I've liked it.
Have you watched "Psycho Pass"?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 8:14 Comments || Top||

#8  I like it. Have you watched Happy Sugar Life?

Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 9:24 Comments || Top||

#9  Fucking liars. Almost nothing they print can be believed
Posted by: Angaigum Grath1872 || 06/25/2021 9:32 Comments || Top||

#10  Have you watched Happy Sugar Life?

I'm more into rom-coms/hareem (second childhood?).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 9:32 Comments || Top||

#11  I think "Interacting successfully with your probation officer" is the most popular course in public school here.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 12:23 Comments || Top||

#12  I'd further point out the anime look is not much seen in public school females here in Florida.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 12:25 Comments || Top||

#13  #10 Watch this.
Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 13:54 Comments || Top||

#14 
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 13:59 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
The Overlapping Infrastructure of Urban Surveillance, and How to Fix It
[Washington Gazette] Between the increasing capabilities of local and state police, the creep of federal law enforcement into domestic policing, the use of aerial surveillance such as spy planes and drones, and mounting cooperation between private technology companies and the government, it can be hard to understand and visualize what all this overlapping surveillance can mean for your daily life. We often think of these problems as siloed issues. Local police deploy automated license plate readers or acoustic gunshot detection. Federal authorities monitor you when you travel internationally.

But if you could take a cross-section of the average city block, you would see the ways that the built environment of surveillance—its physical presence in, over, and under our cities—makes this an entwined problem that must be combatted through entwined solutions.

Thus, we decided to create a graphic to show how—from overhead to underground—these technologies and legal authorities overlap, how they disproportionately impact the lives of marginalized communities, and the tools we have at our disposal to halt or mitigate their harms.
Posted by: Phiper Thraigum5394 || 06/25/2021 03:55 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ...and half your neighbors have "Ring" door bells....
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:49 Comments || Top||


How mRNA vaccines help fight cancer tumors
h/t Instapundit
[Medical Press] - Thanks to researchers in different fields who put in nearly two decades of past work on mRNA vaccine technology, people around the world are being immunized today from COVID-19—and hopefully leading us out of this pandemic. Now, because of the increased focus on this versatile technology and that foundation of research, mRNA vaccines for other diseases have an even greater chance of making it to patients.

"The whole platform is very, very flexible," says Norbert Pardi, a research assistant professor of infectious diseases in the Perelman School of Medicine. "You can use mRNA vaccines for many things."

That includes cancer—which is just one of several areas outside of infectious diseases that researchers at Penn have been investigating.

Here's a breakdown of how an mRNA-based vaccine could work to fight tumors, the challenges that need to be overcome, the technology's roots in oncology, and where it's headed.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 03:28 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Welcome to the New 21st Century Frontier

Promise them everything and anything as long as you become genetically modified in the end...

Everything is possible
GMO You and Me

Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:50 Comments || Top||

#2  I have a dream. In my dream people who think that mRNA vaccines are genetic engineering are forced to read Wikipedia article on protein synthesis - and their comprehension is tested with corporeal punishment for failure.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 3:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Ref #2: Wiki is my quick go-to spot for things unknown. Forgive me however if I do not credit it with being divinely inspired.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 7:28 Comments || Top||

#4  Now, that's a really pathetic excuse, Besoeker. But, if you insist - look in any post 1990 Biochemistry textbook. Of course, they're a bit technical - but you did ask.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 7:46 Comments || Top||

#5  I just read a sidebar in Discover Magazine about a genetically-modified virus that cured an aggressive cancer. Two years in remission, so the trial is 3-4 years old.

Not the same thing as mRNA, but in the same 'ballpark'.
Posted by: Bobby || 06/25/2021 11:22 Comments || Top||

#6  Accidental discoveries: TNT. LSD...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 12:29 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Yet Another Biden Program Favoring Non-Whites Halted By Federal Judge
[LegalInsurrection] “Plaintiff is a White farmer in Jennings, Florida who has qualifying farm loans but is ineligible for debt relief under Section 1005 solely because of his race.” Judge agrees: “Race or ethnicity is the sole, inflexible factor that determines the availability of relief provided by the Government….”

Reuters reports, U.S. judge blocks $4 billion debt relief program for minority farmers:

A U.S. federal judge on Wednesday temporarily blocked a part of the Biden administration’s federal stimulus relief package that forgave agricultural debts to farmers of color.

A white farmer named Scott Wynn of Jennings, Florida, in May had challenged U.S. President Joe Biden’s plans as he faced farm loans and financial hardship during the pandemic. He said the debt relief program discriminated against him by race.

U.S. District Judge Marcia Morales Howard blocked the government’s $4 billion aid package to farmers of color on Wednesday, ruling that the plaintiff had established a “strong likelihood” of the policy violating his right to equal protection under the law.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 03:26 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11132 views] Top|| File under:


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Canada finds no evidence Iran's downing of airliner was premeditated
[Ynet] Canada said on Thursday it had found no evidence that Iran's downing of a Ukrainian passenger plane last year had been premeditated, and condemned what it called the incompetence and recklessness of those responsible.

Iran has admitted it shot down the airliner shortly after takeoff from Tehran in January 2020, killing 176 people, and blamed a "disastrous mistake" by forces on high alert during a confrontation with the United States.

A special Canadian forensic team charged with examining all available information about the incident, including classified intelligence, said it had "found no evidence that Iranian officials ordered the shoot-down or that it was premeditated".
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 03:23 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11137 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  Not premeditated - just simple incompetence. And it's Israel's fault anyway for making Iranians nervous.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:10 Comments || Top||

#2 

Iran and Russia are strategic allies.
Iran and Russia are military allies in the wars and
terrorism against Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.

Russia provides Arms/Ammo/Missiles and a lot of other things to Iran via the shared Iranian/Russia border.

Now the hook.
Russia is openly hostile and continuously threatening the Ukraine's and has repeatedly militarily toed the line with Ukrainians.

Less we forget, Russia shot down Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 (MH17) back in July of 2014, while it was flying over Ukraine.


Accident?.......Maybe.
But there sure is a lot of Political Elbow rubbing going on.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 6:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Canada? Where is Canada?
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 06/25/2021 8:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Isn't sudden jihadi syndrome by definition spur-of-the-moment?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 10:10 Comments || Top||

#5  Canada investigates a hypothesis no one else promotes.

Canada verifies what everybody already realizes.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 06/25/2021 10:13 Comments || Top||

#6  When incompetence is tolerated by higher-ups for a long enough time, it can be considered "premeditated".
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:38 Comments || Top||

#7  Does murder have to be premeditated to be murder?

Example 547896, "Straining at gnats and swallowing a camel."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 06/25/2021 19:28 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Health Ministry: Indoor mask mandate to be reinstated at 12:00 pm
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 02:59 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  169 COVID cases diagnosed since midnight
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 3:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Useless Exercise
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:28 Comments || Top||

#3  ^Anti-Constitutional.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 3:34 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ That too...
But no body in govt. really cares about civil rights.
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:37 Comments || Top||

#5  ^Well, Israel is not America - we don't railroad cops for doing their jobs, or treat people according to their skin color.

p.s. Hopefully, Bennett will do as promised and move Covid handling from Ministry of Health to Home Front Command.
Because it's just starting: we know that "gain of function" methods used in Wuhan produce dozens of "functional" variants.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 3:50 Comments || Top||

#6  Well, Israel is not America - we don't railroad cops for doing their jobs, or treat people according to their skin color.


Upon reflection, YET.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:11 Comments || Top||

#7  Daily coronavirus cases exceed 200 for the first time in months
Health officials detected 227 cases out of 41,331 tests conducted on Thursday, putting Israel's contagion rate at 0.6%.
It was 0.08% just a week ago. Sure hope I've took Grom Jr to be vaccinated in time.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 8:21 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Chicago Woman Shot on Father's Day, Dies Days After Her Boyfriend
[NTD] A 25-year-old woman from Chicago who was ambushed and shot on Father’s Day by a group of thugs while seated in a car next to her boyfriend died from her injuries on Tuesday, according to reports.

The mother of two young children, Yasmin Perez, was beaten and shot in the neck on June 20 and left to die on the street together with her boyfriend after both getting pulled from their vehicle following a minor car accident.

According to footage of the incident that was shared widely on social media, a group of black men surrounded, attacked, and shot the couple following a rear-end collision.

The graphic video shows the couple lying on the pavement next to their car as one of the suspects unleashes a rain of bullets and then ran off.

Gyovanny Arzuaga, 24, the boyfriend of Perez, who is also the father of the two children, was struck by gunfire multiple times during the same ambush and pronounced dead at a hospital that same night. He suffered from gunshot wounds in the head, hip, and thigh, FOX 32 News in Chicago reported.
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 02:39 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11148 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It's ChinatownChicago, Jake.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:33 Comments || Top||

#2  Chiraq
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 12:19 Comments || Top||

#3  This was the Puerto Rican flag incident. No mention of the word 'flag' in the article, however. Just another pulled from the car, beaten, and shot incident. Must have been totally random.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/25/2021 13:07 Comments || Top||

#4  Father's Day is the Third Sunday in June in the US. Thus it will always be right after Juneteenth. Irony abounds...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 13:33 Comments || Top||

#5  Repeal Juneteenth already.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 06/25/2021 16:03 Comments || Top||

#6  Juneteenth is OK - provided it's segregated.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 16:05 Comments || Top||

#7  Puerto Rican Parents carjacked, assassinated by Black Lives Matter activists.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 16:06 Comments || Top||

#8  Sock it in the Juneteeth. Knock it down, and p!ss on it

Enough of this Wakandan savagery
Posted by: Thinenter Clunk9883 || 06/25/2021 21:34 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
'Infiltrators' Had Role in Fall of Districts in Paktia: Governor
[ToloNews] Paktia governor Haleem Fedayee, on Thursday said that Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
infiltrators in the ranks of the security forces played a key role in the fall of the districts to the Taliban.

Also, a number of tribal elders helped the Taliban take over the districts, Fedayee said.
That good ol' Afghan Loyalty™
Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, Butch shot Ike through the elbow. Take that, Ike! he yelled......
residents in Paktia have expressed alarm over the security forces leaving their checkpoints without resistance.

The centers of nine districts have fallen to the Taliban in the past one week.

"The presence of infiltrators among the tribal elders and the security forces in this situation is very perilous, this will have negative consequences," said Haleem Fedayee, governor of Paktia.

"Some agents among the tribal elders and the security forces wanted to demoralize the security forces, but the morale of the security forces is very high," said Yarbaz Hamidi, MP from Paktia.

"When the Taliban arrived, they were large in number; the tribal elders started mediation and the entire security forces surrendered and handed over their military equipment," said Baryalai Maftoon, a resident of Zazai Aryoub district in Paktia.

Paktia has 14 districts. The centers of nine districts including Janikhel, Dand-e-Pathan, Samkanai, Zazai Aryoub, Ahmadkhel, Lazhamangal, Mirzaka, Sayed Karam and Rohani Baba have fallen to the Taliban.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 02:31 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11159 views] Top|| File under: Taliban

#1  No shit. You're surprised they're more muslim than human?
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 6:58 Comments || Top||


India-Pakistan
India arrests 4 over January blast outside Israeli embassy
[IsraelTimes] Police source tells Indian daily that officers are questioning college students from Kashmir’to ascertain their role’ in the earth-shattering kaboom.

Indian police on Thursday announced the arrest of four suspects in connection with a blast outside Israel’s embassy in New Delhi earlier this year.

No one was injured in the January 29 explosion, which blew out the windows of several nearby cars. The explosion occurred on the 20th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between Israel and India.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 02:31 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11145 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems

#1  Can't we just YEET them to Yamlok?
Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 5:52 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Honduras becomes 4th country to open embassy in Jerusalem
Thank you, President Trump.
[IsraelTimes] Honduras officially moved its embassy in Israel to Jerusalem on Thursday in the presence of Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and visiting Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 02:31 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11133 views] Top|| File under:


Home Front: WoT
26/11 attack accused Tawahhur Rana to remain in US custody
[OneIndia] Pakistain origin, Canada businessman, Tahawwur Rana,
... Captain Tahawwur Hussain Rana, retired, is former military doctor who served in the Pakistani Army. He moved to Canada in 1997, then became a citizen, finding work providing immigration services. In 2011 he was sentenced to 14 years for aiding an abortive LeT plot to attack Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten for publishing cartoons of Prophet Muhammad...
an accused in the Mumbai 26/11 attack will remain in the United States as a federal judge in Los Angeles weighs whether he will be extradited to India or not.

The in-person extradition hearing of Rana at the request of the Indian government was held in the court of magistrate judge, Jacqueline Choolijan who on Thursday ordered the defence attorneys and prosecutors to file additional documents by July 15.

The United State government, in multiple submissions before the court, has made a declaration in support of the "United States' Surrebuttal in Support of its Request for Certification of Extradition.

Rana is sought in India in connection with his involvement in the November 26, 2008 Mumbai terrorist attack.

Rana, a childhood friend of prime convict David Coleman Headley,
...a.k.a. David Headly and Dawood Gilani, they became friends when they were at Pakistani military school together...
was re-arrested on June 10, 2020 in Los Angeles on an extradition request by India for his involvement in the Mumbai terror attack in which 166 people, including six Americans, were killed.
...that was former drug trafficker Mr. Headly’s big project...
He has been declared a runaway by India.

Headley, 60, was made an approver in the case, and is currently serving a 35-year prison term in the US for his role in the attack. Rana has opposed his extradition to India, arguing that he has already been convicted by a US court in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
The United States government asserts that the premise of Rana's argument is incorrect because the Indian substantive charges are not considered lesser included offenses of their conspiracy charges.

As per the India-US Extradition Treaty, the Indian government has requested the formal extradition of Rana, and the United States has initiated this extradition proceeding. The US government has argued that Rana meets all the criteria warranting certification of his extradition to India.

These are: the court has both personal and subject matter jurisdiction, there is an extradition treaty between the United States and India that is in full force and effect, and the crimes for which Rana's extradition is sought are covered by the terms of the treaty.

In his previous court submission on February 4, Rana's attorney had argued that Rana's extradition is barred under Article 6 of the United States-India extradition treaty because he had previously been acquitted of the offences for which his extradition is sought, and under Article 9 of the treaty because the government has not established probable cause to believe that Rana committed the alleged offences.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 01:30 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11142 views] Top|| File under: Lashkar e-Taiba


Home Front: Politix
Gen. Michael Flynn: "Something Is Going to Happen. They Must Create Noise Before the Arizona Audit. They're Going to Have to Do Something" (VIDEO)
[Gateway] General Michael Flynn: Yeah, there is going to be something that is going to happen and I’m afraid that what it’s going to do is it’s going to further divide the country. It’s not going to be as dramatic as something you’re talking about with 9-11 and the stupidity, and this nonsense of UFOs and this apocalyptic crap is such garbage. People need to face reality. We need to face reality.

They are going to continue to go after Donald Trump. OK? They’re going to continue to go after Donald Trump. And I’m glad to see the president finally getting out and doing rallies. He’s going to be doing one in Sarasota here on the 4th of July. I think he’s going to up in Ohio on Saturday. So he’s going to get back out and he’s going to light the world on fire. Because I know they are going to go after him. And whenever they go after him it’s never pretty. It’s going to be ugly and that creates a lot of media attraction and everybody has to cover it. What does it mean? What is it going to do? And it keeps everybody off of the election fraud.

As I said at the beginning of the show, now repeat after me, the 2020 presidential election was stolen. There is no doubt in my mind anymore. There is none... And the truth will continue to come out. Something is going to happen. I don’t think we’re going to have to wait until the end of summer. I think it’s going to happen here fairly soon...because they must create noise prior to the Arizona audit starting to really bubble out. They are gonna have to do something.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:56 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My prediction, the whole business will sputter out.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:18 Comments || Top||

#2 

I betting of MEDIA/ANTI-FArt/BLOM staged deflection.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 7:30 Comments || Top||

#3  "Something Is Going to Happen. They Must Create Noise Before the Arizona Audit. They're Going to Have to Do Something" Gen. Michael Flynn

Trump will be indicted on some BS charge.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 06/25/2021 8:30 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Giuliani’s New York law license suspended over false comments on election fraud
”Ye shall not rear up on your hind legs and proclaim that the Truth is true, lest your betters be forced to destroy you in front of all the world.”
[IsraelTimes] Ruling says ex-mayor ’communicated demonstrably false and misleading’ statements to public as Trump’s attorney.

A US appeals court has suspended Rudy Giuliani from practicing law in New York because he made false statements while trying to get courts to overturn Donald Trump
...The man who was so stupid he beat fourteen professional politicians, a former tech CEO, and a brain surgeon for the Republican nomination in 2016, then beat The Smartest Woman in the World in the general election...
’s loss in the presidential race.

An attorney disciplinary committee said in its motion to suspend Giuliani’s license that there was "uncontroverted evidence" that Giuliani had made false statements to the courts, the public and politicians, as he pushed theories that the election was stolen through fraud.

"This country is being torn apart by continued attacks on the legitimacy of the 2020 election and of our current president, Joseph R. Biden," the committee wrote. "The hallmark of our democracy is predicated on free and fair elections. False statements intended to foment a loss of confidence in our elections and resulting loss of confidence in government generally damage the proper functioning of a free society."

The ruling, signed Thursday, will prevent Giuliani from representing clients as a lawyer.

A message seeking comment about the ruling was sent Thursday to Giuliani and his lawyer.

In the decision, the committee wrote that Giuliani "communicated demonstrably false and misleading statements to courts, politicians and the public on the lam" as a lawyer for Trump.

Giuliani had claimed that the investigation into his conduct violated his First Amendment right of free speech and that he did not knowingly make false statements, according to the decision.

The court rejected those arguments, noting that in Pennsylvania, Giuliani failed to "provide a scintilla of evidence for any of the varying and wildly inconsistent numbers of dead people he factually represented voted in Philadelphia during the 2020 presidential election."

Giuliani was the primary mouthpiece for Trump’s lies after the 2020 election, standing at a presser in front of Four Seasons Total Landscaping outside Philadelphia on the day the race was called for Biden and saying they would challenge what he claimed was a vast conspiracy by Democrats.

The lies around the 2020 election helped push an angry mob of pro-Trump rioters to storm the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6 in a shocking effort to stop the certification of President Joe Biden
...... 46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family......
’s victory. And since that time, Republicans have used that lie to push stricter voting laws nationwide.

The suspension comes as Giuliani is under scrutiny by federal prosecutors over his interactions with figures in Ukraine while he was trying to get that country to launch an investigation of Biden’s son.

Federal agents raided Giuliani’s home and office in April, taking electronic devices, including phones and computers.

The investigation includes an examination of whether Giuliani was required to register as a foreign agent in the U.S. Some of the Ukrainian figures Giuliani was worked with were also interested in getting his help lobbying the Trump administration to dismiss the U.S. ambassador to that country.

That investigation was not a factor in the suspension of his law license.

The suspension won’t affect Giuliani’s ability to act as a lobbyist or do security consulting, but will likely will prevent him from practicing law in jurisdictions even beyond New York, said David S. Weinstein, a former federal prosecutor.

Giuliani would be obligated to tell other states about the suspension, he said, which "in all likelihood will cause them to say, ’You won’t be able to practice here.’"
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:56 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11140 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Giuliani is a crime fighter. Not only is horrific spikes in violent crime in NY/NYC, the Dims are not interested. Only in going after distinguished former Prosecutors such as Guiliani and capitalist Trump. This is no longer a great national.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 06/25/2021 8:10 Comments || Top||

#2  Lawyers can be disbarred for lying? Who knew?
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 11:01 Comments || Top||

#3  This TDS suspension is very problematic.

Many lawyers communicate false and misleading statements. In general this kind of suspension should only be done to prevent incipient damage and I don't see any.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 06/25/2021 11:22 Comments || Top||

#4  If the same standards were applied to Dems, they'd all be in trouble.

Guiliani should appeal. It seems like it is going to be easier to prove election fraud than disprove it. I have watched many hearings on TV where politicians have lied outright to the American people; they seem to be insulated from any blowback. Look at Schiff during the impeachments and other hearings--the guy lied like a rug.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 14:17 Comments || Top||

#5  A phrase I keep seeing in election fraud stories goes something like "Trump|Guliani|Whoever blah-blah-blah despite no evidence of widespread election fraud". The weasel word here is "widespread". It is true there is no evidence of widespread election fraud. It was all concentrated in a half-dozen swing states where some seriously janky vote-counting went on.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/25/2021 19:41 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Israel to further ease restrictions on Gaza border crossing, extend fishing zone
[IsraelTimes] IDF says changes to take effect Friday are at direction of Israeli politicians; Gantz: No major reconstruction in Strip unless Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", returns missing Israelis, troops’ bodies.

Israel will further reopen the Kerem Shalom Border Crossing to goods and expand the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response...
fishing zone tomorrow, after several days of quiet along the Gaza border, the military announced Thursday.

Starting Friday, Israel will allow raw materials for critical industries into the Gaza Strip through Kerem Shalom. Until now, Israel has significantly limited the entrance of goods into the enclave following last month’s 11-day conflict, saying it would only expand the type of products allowed into Gaza if the Hamas terror group, which rules the Strip, releases two Israeli civilians held in captivity, along with the remains of two soldiers.

In addition, the Israel Defense Forces said it would extend the area in which Paleostinian fishermen are permitted to operate from six nautical miles (11 kilometers) to nine (16.7 kilometers).

The changes were at the direction of Israel’s politicianship, the military said.

The moves came days after Israel eased some restrictions on the flow of goods and mail to and from Gaza.

Meanwhile,
...back at the comedy club, Boogie sadly admitted that he was a better peeping Tom than he was a comedian...
Defense Minister Benny Gantz reiterated that Israel would not allow large-scale reconstruction of Gaza unless Hamas returns Avera Mengistu, Hisham al-Sayed and the remains of IDF troops Hadar Goldin and Oron Shaul who died in 2014. Hamas, which is believed to have held them captive for more than six years, has rejected such a condition.

"Operation Guardian of the Walls ended, but it hasn’t finished," Gantz said during a speech at a graduation ceremony for Israeli Air Force pilots, using Israel’s name for last month’s fighting in the Strip.

"The Hamas terror group in Gaza needs to understand: We are determined. If Hamas wants reconstruction and economic development, the time has come that it takes concrete steps to maintain the calm, to halt the rearmament and to return the boys home," he said.

The defense minister added: "We are also prepared to change the situation for the better for Gaza residents, but we won’t accept any form of terror or the captivity of our boys in clear violation of international law."

The remarks came a day after Gantz met with the UN’s Middle East peace envoy Tor Wennesland, underscoring "the need to maintain calm and to work to return the captives and missing Israelis in the Gaza Strip," according to a statement from the defense minister’s office.

Wennesland met Monday with Yahya Sinwar, the Hamas leader in the Strip, who said their talks to strengthen the ceasefire between Israel and the Gaza-ruling terror group, which openly seeks the Jewish state’s destruction, went poorly.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:55 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11146 views] Top|| File under: Hamas

#1  We mustn't let innocent Gazans suffer.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:22 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Hillary Clinton Spotted Out in New York City… Looking a Little Rough
This is what Hillary looks like at last call...
[Gateway Pundit] - It looks like Hillary Clinton has been drinking a little too much Pinot Grigio.

73-year-old Hillary Clinton was spotted in New York Wednesday night...looking a little rough.

Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2021 00:51 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11142 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Mods - can you fix the title? I booted this one.
Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2021 0:54 Comments || Top||

#2  She's always looked "a little rough." Rigor mortis would be newsworthy however.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 1:09 Comments || Top||

#3  Oh be nice. She just got back from her latest job.
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 1:34 Comments || Top||

#4  ^^^ #3

Her latest job - taking care of McAfee
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:19 Comments || Top||

#5 
She looks like Woody Allen

Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:25 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ Oddly enough, my first thought was "Hitchcock in drag". But I'm terrible with faces.
Posted by: Shusort Flereng7678 || 06/25/2021 3:31 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Good point - give her time -
she needs it to grow into him - smiles
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:34 Comments || Top||

#8 

Could not help but notice how in the picture her $1000++ clothing outfit pattern design fails to match up....almost like a Photo-Shopped pic.

Or she was off a button or 2 putting it on?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 7:36 Comments || Top||

#9  Going for the Rachel Levine twin sister look.
Posted by: Warthog || 06/25/2021 9:30 Comments || Top||

#10  Holy Shit Raj, don't scare me like that.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 14:04 Comments || Top||

#11  Like a hairstylist's bib.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 14:08 Comments || Top||

#12  In the mean time Melania STILL looks hot.
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 06/25/2021 15:53 Comments || Top||

#13  Warthog scores.
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 06/25/2021 17:30 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Joe Biden's BLM Nominee Pushed Population Control, Defined American Children as ‘Environmental Hazard'
[Breitbart] Tracy Stone-Manning, President Joe Biden’s nominee to be director of the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), described American children as an "environmental hazard" while advocating for slowing U.S. population growth in her 1992 graduate thesis.

The Daily Caller reported on Stone-Manning’s thesis, titled "Into the Heart of the Beast| A case for environmental advertising," after which she was awarded a master of science degree in environmental studies. Her thesis, however, amounted to public policy recommendations for the University of Montana described as "environmental education."

Stone-Manning called for an advertising campaign to lessen procreation among Americans, ostensibly towards "environmental" ends. She produced a sample poster deriding a shirtless child as an "environmental hazard."

Her political advertisement asked in its header, "Can you spot the environmental hazard in this photo?" It included the following response:
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:44 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11136 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Her children, if she has any, will need psychiatric help for the rest of their lives. Please don't procreate Tracy, but if you did save your money, your children will have abandoned you for what you did to them, and you will be alone for the rest of your life.

on to other nutty things

Posted by: Sneresh Glealing3650 || 06/25/2021 1:48 Comments || Top||

#2  Illegal emigrant children are OK though?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Well, it's kind of a relief to know that we're talking about the Bureau of Land Management here. I was afraid for a minute there that Black Lives Matter had become a government agency.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/25/2021 12:04 Comments || Top||


Europe
French court sentences Louvre machete assailant to 30 years in prison
[IsraelTimes] Egyptian citizen Abdalla El Hamahmi injured a French soldier during a 2017 attack.

A French court on Thursday issued a jail sentence of 30 years to a man who attacked soldiers with machetes outside the Louvre museum in Gay Paree.

Judges issued a sentence in line with anti-terror prosecutors’ demands for Egyptian citizen Abdalla El Hamahmi,
...alternately Abdallah El-Hamahmy or Abdullah Reda Al Hamahmy, the educated son of a retired Cairo police general, he gave up the law for a more lucrative career in sales. He left his wife and 1.5 children behind in Saudi Arabia while he was legally on vacation in Paris with malice aforethought...
33, who did not react from behind his coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague)
...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men...
mask as it was read out to him via an interpreter.

A married father who did commercial work for a Dubai-based company, Hamahmi rushed at a group of soldiers patrolling the Louvre area early on February 3, 2017, armed with a machete in each hand and wearing a t-shirt with a skull motif.

Shouting "Allahu Akbar" ("God is greatest" in Arabic), he maimed one soldier on the scalp, before he was severely maimed when the patrol opened fire.

He insisted throughout the trial that he had planned to protest against French policy in Syria by destroying art masterpieces inside the Louvre museum, which houses thousands of works, including Leonardo da Vinci’s Mona Lisa.

Hamahmi claimed to have been surprised to encounter soldiers, who have patrolled central Gay Paree since a wave of Islamist terrorist attacks that killed more than 250 in La Belle France from 2015.

He said that he attacked them "as a reflex," saying he was acting "like a robot."

During the trial, Hamahmi attempted to deny the authenticity of a video in which he swore allegiance 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....
terror group.

But he later admitted that he tried to join IS in the Middle East before turning his sights on La Belle France.

IS never grabbed credit for his attack.
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#1  IS never grabbed credit for his attack.

Of course not. It had FAIL written all over it.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 6:52 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
Taiwan's foreign minister: 'We need to prepare ourselves for a possible conflict' with China
[Hot Air] In an interview with CNN, Taiwan’s foreign minister offered his assessment of the threat from mainland China. He said that China wants to reunite Taiwan with the mainland peacefully if possible but by force if necessary. And because Taiwan isn’t interested in being part of a communist dictatorship, he says that means the island needs to prepare for conflict:
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:03 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Should have been preparing for decades.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/25/2021 12:03 Comments || Top||


71st Anniversary, Korean War
Posted by: badanov || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11140 views] Top|| File under:

#1  My brother-in-law fought in the Korean War (often referred to as the Forgotten War). He was with the USMC.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 14:21 Comments || Top||

#2  It was a major disruption to my young life. Family went from living in the superintendents quarters at a beautiful state park to living next door to Fort Useless for a year. Dad was called up to assist in shipping army personnel out to Asia. I've been prejudiced against Commies ever since then.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:29 Comments || Top||

#3  If you want to learn more try The Forgotten War. Nearly everything this administration is doing now with the services was done leading up to our involvement there. The 'occupation force' in Japan was not permitted to train (like most of the rest of the army) and subject to indoctrination - at least anti-commie as opposed to pro-commie today. The army deployed from the states was also untrained and only attrited the North Korean force around Pusan before rushing to the Chinese border. That lack of training and unit cohesion was amply demonstrated by the half a million Chinese, coming off a civil war, who descended upon them. Training and cohesion wouldn't be restored in theater till Ridgeway took over. Even in that, remember it was the South Korean army that did most of the fighting and dying.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/25/2021 16:42 Comments || Top||

#4  This Kind of War, Fehrenbach, also highlights the military losing discipline, moral, and generally turning to crap.

On Desperate Ground, Sides, gets into some good detail on the Northern Campaign....if you can take or skip the constant McCarther bashing.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 17:13 Comments || Top||

#5  If you want to learn more try The Forgotten War. Nearly everything this administration is doing now with the services was done leading up to our involvement there.

Incredible narrative.
Posted by: badanov || 06/25/2021 18:50 Comments || Top||

#6  Sadly most people recollection of the Korean War comes from the M.A.S.H. TV series.

Sad.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/25/2021 23:07 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
Is this the 'white supremacy Joe Biden has been talking about?'
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] Andy Ngo spoke at the Western Conservative Summit earlier this month about what can be learned from more than a year's worth of arrest data on riots in the US. Jeff Hunt asked Ngo if the images of arrestees show the "white supremacy
...the pernicious doctrine that laws were intended to be obeyed, that society works better when people don't pour shreiking from their places of worship every Friday for a weekend of rioting over insults real or imagined; and that cannibalism, beastiality, incest, murder, theft, rape, and similar activities are bad. A Dead White European (which invalidates his opinion) philosopher once opined that societies thrive when a person's word can be relied upon, and that a society which puts individual happiness first will invariably fail. Strangely enough, other successful societies, such as China, Japan, Korea, and those kinds of places could also be lumped with white supremacist societies, since they push the same values...
Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem mschine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family...
has been talking about? They all seem to have one color there."

"So you noticed the demographic makeup," Ngo said of the sea of white faces in mug shots of those arrested at riots. "Portland has had a year now of riots, more than 1,000 arrestees, and you can actually get data off of that, off of those people who have been booked last year and this year."

"Unsurprisingly," Ngo said, "the majority of them are white. Most of them are young, in their 20s and early 30s." He showed graphic images of violence caused by Antifa
...the armed wing of the Democratic Party...
, using them to "show that this 'idea' manifests itself in violence and sometimes deadly violence."

He spoke about the day he was assaulted in June 2019, noting that eight other people were maimed that day by Antifa, some of them hospitalized. Ngo said he has been warning and reporting about this "terroristic organization" that was organizing openly on the streets of Portland, his home town.

"I was demonized and ignored," he told Hunt, "and we had 120 days of riots last year in Portland after George Floyd died. It was the longest of the riots in any city in America, and it became deadly."

The Denver Post reported that Ngo was the only speaker during the two day event who received a "sustained standing ovation at the beginning and end of his remarks." Ngo has worked diligently to report on the tactics of far-leftist turban group Antifa, which has staged and engaged in riots and demonstrations across the US as part of their aim to sow chaos.

Ngo told the audience that Antifa is a "terroristic organization that organizes openly" and has "ideological ties to communism." He said that RICO laws, which were enacted to deal with organized crime, should be used to target Antifa.

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11141 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  just look at these pieces of shit.
Posted by: Chris || 06/25/2021 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  They make a strong case for the legalization of abortion for Leftist mothers.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 0:23 Comments || Top||

#3  It provides a strong argument for abortion to be applied retrospectively.
Posted by: Bunyip || 06/25/2021 0:48 Comments || Top||

#4  How many different mental illnesses can you name in that picture?
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 0:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Public Service Announcement:

You do NOT want to zoom in on that pic.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:38 Comments || Top||

#6  George Floyd, martyr of the left and poster child who stands for all that is good, true, altruistic and worthwhile. His statue in Brooklyn and another in Newark were recently defaced and they are being investigated as a hate crime by "white supremacists (basically anyone who is white (sarc)". But, but, but what about all those other historic statues that were defaced and torn down by the left?
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 13:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Education on trial and losing big time!
Posted by: Jack is Back! || 06/25/2021 18:16 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
SDF finds ''a bomb factory'' that contained large quantities of explosives used by ISIS
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11148 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Here Are The 9 Most Terrifying Criminals From The January 6 Capitol Attack
[Babylon Bee] Sentencing is beginning for the insurrectionists who tried to take over our country with selfie sticks and buffalo costumes. Luckily, they didn't succeed.

Here are the 9 most terrifying criminals from that dark day of January 6, 2021 -- a day that will go down in infamy:
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11158 views] Top|| File under:

#1  We are now much safer from right wing extremists with Joe Biden's finger on the nuclear trigger.
Posted by: Spoter B || 06/25/2021 7:07 Comments || Top||

#2  On the Climbing the Wall pick, is that Podium Guy on the bottom-left?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 11:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Still no info on "Shooter Guy (murderer of Ashli Babbitt)?"
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 14:03 Comments || Top||

#4  The bee strikes again!
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/25/2021 15:27 Comments || Top||

#5  a day that will go down in infamy It wasn't over when the Capitol Police shot Lincoln
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:26 Comments || Top||

#6  Dont forget, Joe Biden is perfectly capable and willing, maybe even eager, to use Nuclear Weapons against Americans - in America.
He said so himself.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/25/2021 16:40 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
The White House plans to evacuate 18,000 Afghan translators as troops withdraw
[KhaamaPress] The White House stated on Wednesday that it is conducting extensive preparation for the potential evacuation of Afghans who have assisted the US battle operations as interpreters, drivers, cooks, and other roles.

With the United States’ engagement in Afghanistan coming to an end in 80 days, more than 18,000 people are trapped trying to apply for Special Immigrant Visas (SIV). Those who assisted the US could be killed by the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
if they are left in Afghanistan, after the US troops’ withdrawal.

White House Press secretary Jen Psaki
...a valley girl who woke up one morning and found she was spokeswoman for the U.S. Department of State under Obama. A new American success story, under Biden she became spokeswoman for the whole administration, and she was even able to get her sister a job...
said on Wednesday that "These are individuals who have played an incredibly courageous role in helping the United States at various times over the course of our recent history."

Because of their support for the American administration, Afghans applying for visas are always concerned about Taliban assaults and have been forced to flee their homes with their families of small kids.

They’ve worked with the CIA, the Army, the State Department, and the Marines on the front lines in one of the world’s most hazardous battlegrounds, but the long wait for an SIV has put them in limbo.

"We’re continuing to evaluate what are options are there, continuing to take steps forward and certainly we want to take every step we can take from the federal government to treat all these courageous individuals as they deserve", Psaki added.

They are all in danger, and when the US military presence ends on September 11, they will be even more vulnerable to Taliban violence, which has gotten increasingly violent mostly peaceful since Biden announced the withdrawal of US soldiers.

Since December 2014, 26,500 visas have been granted to Afghans employed by the government, but the procedure for those whose applications have not been accepted is protracted.

Even worse, because of the third wave of COVID spreading rapidly, the US embassy in Kabul halted all visa procedures on Sunday. Because of pandemic limitations, the embassy, like most other US missions across the world, has severely limited appointments.

"We are processing and getting people out at a record pace", said Psaki on Wednesday on the extensive plan for the potential evacuation of Afghan translators.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Here it comes.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  My crystal balls says these plans will, unaccountably, fail.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:22 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ America better hope so.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 4:24 Comments || Top||

#4  The WH admits that the Taliban will take over quickly.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 06/25/2021 10:15 Comments || Top||

#5  While I applaud the concept, the devil is in the details.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:36 Comments || Top||


Israel-Palestine-Jordan
Prominent Abbas critic dies after allegedly violent arrest by PA police
[IsraelTimes] Nizar Banat’s family says he was beaten severely by security forces as he was taken into custody on Thursday; PA says it will investigate the incident.

A prominent critic of the Paleostinian Authority died early on Thursday morning after what his family charged was a violent mostly peaceful arrest by PA security forces.

Nizar Banat, 44, a resident of Dura, near Hebron, was well-known for his caustically sarcastic videos tearing into the PA leadership, including PA President the ineffectual Mahmoud Abbas
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11146 views] Top|| File under: Palestinian Authority


#2  ^

Well it is inhabited by the followers
of 'THE RELIGION of PEACE ☮ '

May the PA turn to dust and the inhabitants the same.
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:43 Comments || Top||

#3  Dem staffers standing by to take notes.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:27 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Turkish forces attacked villages north of Manbij located on the front line along Sajur River in northern Syria
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11143 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte


Afghanistan
Turkey Will Not Send More Troops for Kabul Airport Security
[ToloNews] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
will not send additional troops to Afghanistan as part of a plan to run and secure the Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
International Airport in Kabul after US and NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
forces leave the country.

This comes as Turkey has offered to take the security and run the airport after troops withdrawal from Afghanistan.

TRT reports that a US delegation is expected to travel to Turkey to discuss Kabul airport's security on Thursday, according to Ottoman Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar.

Quoted by TRT, Ottoman Turkish Defense Minister Hulusi Akar said on Wednesday that Turkey had a military presence in Afghanistan working under NATO's Resolute Support Mission to guard the airport for six years.

He said details of the plan were still being discussed.

TRT reports that Ankara has said it cannot carry out the mission without support.

The Afghan government has said that it is in talks with Turkey over the security of Hamid Karzai International Airport in Kabul.

Afghanistan will decide about the issue in light of its national interests, National Security Council said on June 18.

The Presidential Palace has pledged that all airports in Afghanistan will remain operational once the foreign forces withdraw from the country in the coming months.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11143 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  who gives a shit? quit trying to big dick erdrogan.
Posted by: Chris || 06/25/2021 0:17 Comments || Top||

#2 
Example of turkey turning chicken
or an exercise in professional Islam courtesy exchange
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:31 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Insurers, Owners Of Stuck Container Ship Reach Deal With Suez Canal Authority
[Zero Hedge] The Ever Given container ship could soon be released from Egyptian authority's control after nearly three months following the vessel's accident in the Suez Canal in March that closed the world's most important shipping lane for six days. The Suez Canal Authority (S.C.A.) and the vessel's owners have been bickering over settlement figures for canal disruptions. However, it appears an "agreement in principle" between the vessel's owners and the S.C.A. has finally been reached.

On Wednesday, the container ship's insurers released a statement confirming "an agreement in principle between the parties has been reached." The vessel has been moored in Great Bitter Lake, a large saltwater lake in Egypt that is part of the Suez Canal, seized under Egyptian law until the vessel's owners paid a settlement that was once nearly $1 billion.

"Following extensive discussions with the Suez Canal Authority's negotiating committee over the past few weeks, an agreement in principle between the parties has been reached," the UK P&I Club, a protection and indemnity insurance company wrote in a Wednesday press release. "Together with the owner and the ship's other insurers we are now working with the S.C.A. to finalize a signed settlement agreement as soon as possible."


UK P&I Club did not discuss exact details about the agreement. Over the last few months, Egypt demanded compensation of $916 million for the six-day disruption when Ever Given was stuck in the lower end of the canal. More recently, the insurer opposed a $600 million settlement.

According to the Egyptian newspaper Ahram Online, Egypt requested $550 million on the requirement that $200 million would be paid immediately. It's still unclear what the current agreement in principle details.

After nearly three months and plenty of negotiations, it appears the Ever Given could soon be released from Egyptian control.
Posted by: Clomonter Glose8472 || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11133 views] Top|| File under:


-War on Police-
Officer Derek Chauvin to be sentenced Friday for 'murder' of George Floyd
[Aljazeera] Minneapolis, Minnesota, US — Thirteen months to the day after George Floyd was murdered on the streets of south Minneapolis, Derek Chauvin, the ex-Minneapolis police officer who put his knee to Floyd’s neck for nine and a half minutes, will be sentenced for the second-degree murder conviction he received on April 20.

While Chauvin was found guilty on all three charges — second-degree murder, third-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter — Minnesota law stipulates that he will only be given a sentence for the severest of the three because they all arise out of the same behaviour.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11154 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Why cops are resigning?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 3:02 Comments || Top||

#2 
Chauvin was railroaded at the trial by the fact the guy was dying from a self induced drug overdose...

Needs a retrial, change of venue, and a balanced jury.
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Needs a retrial, change of venue, and a balanced jury.

For venue you need (IMO) a place that won't hesitate to use "excessive force" to disperse the ensuing BLM riots.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 6:23 Comments || Top||

#4  ^And hitmen for the social media figure who'd dox the jurors.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 6:25 Comments || Top||

#5 


His conviction was written the day of his arrest.
Despite Floyd fleeing the scene, having to be chased down, resisting arrest, ingesting his own illegal drugs, that more than likely killed him.

But as things quiet down, the courts will allow a politically timed retrial. Simply to cover the many Prosecutions illegal processes that have already been found and documented. Like, delaying discovery or hiding evidence, selecting known bias Jury members and more.

In short
It is my opinion he was arrested to appease the BLOM and support the Socialist-Democrat Election year Voting agenda. All of which were funded by by certain Anti-USA parties during the 2020 election year.

When will this retrial happen?
I predict, just in time for the next national election cycle to get the Black voters stirred up.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 7:19 Comments || Top||


#7  Michigan's very own Breaker Morant, the woke version.
Posted by: Cesare || 06/25/2021 14:08 Comments || Top||

#8  /\ Painfully accurate. Can we safely assume Chauvin's grave will also eventually be vandalized and allowed to grow up in weeds ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 15:08 Comments || Top||

#9  Judge Overseeing George Floyd Case DENIES Former Police Officer Derek Chauvin New Trial

More information - Chauvin
Posted by: Thromomp Sforza9871 || 06/25/2021 15:50 Comments || Top||

#10 
Derek Chauvin Sentenced To 22.5 Years For Floyd Killing
Posted by: Thromomp Sforza9871 || 06/25/2021 16:01 Comments || Top||

#11  #9 Is that legal?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 16:04 Comments || Top||

#12  Judge Peter A. Cahill
Hennepin County Courthouse
Fourth Judicial District
(612) 348-2040

Fourth Judicial District Judicial Officers

Judge Peter A. Cahill
Appointed/Elected
Appointed May 30, 2007. Elected in 2008, 2014 and 2020. His current term expires in January 2027.

Education
J.D., magna cum laude, University of Minnesota Law School, 1984
B.A., University of Minnesota College of Liberal Arts, 1981

Employment
Hennepin County Attorney's Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1997-2007
Chief Deputy Hennepin County Attorney 2000-2007
Managing Attorney, Juvenile Prosecution Division 1999-2000
Assistant Hennepin County Attorney, Violent Crimes Division 1997-1999
Solo practitioner, Cahill Law Office, Wayzata, Minnesota 1993-1997
Partner, Colich & Cahill Law, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1987-1993
Assistant Public Defender, Hennepin County Public Defender's Office, Minneapolis, Minnesota 1984-1987
Additional Information
Criminal – Jan. 2019 - Present
Juvenile, July 2016 – Jan. 2019
Chief Judge, July 2012 – June 2016
Assistant Chief Judge, July 2010 – June 2012
Criminal, Jan. 2010 – June 2012
Drug Court, Oct. 2008 – Dec. 2009
Criminal, May 2007 – Oct. 2008
​Teaching Experience
University of Minnesota Law School:
Legal Writing Instructor
Domestic Abuse Prosecution Clinic Supervisor
Guest lecturer in Trial Practice
Mitchell Hamline Law School: Legal Writing Instructor, Guest Lecturer in Criminal Procedure and Advanced Trial Advocacy
University of St. Thomas Law School: Guest Lecturer and former Adjunct Professor – Trial Advocacy
Minnesota Judicial Branch:
New Judge Orientation
Judicial Skills Training
Court Management Program – Leadership Course

Posted by: Thromomp Sforza9871 || 06/25/2021 16:10 Comments || Top||

#13  And Real murders have risen %800,. How's that working for you big cities?
Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454 || 06/25/2021 20:16 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Philippine Air Force S-70i helicopter crashes in Capas killing 6
[DefenceBlog] A Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopter of the Philippine Air Force crashed on Wednesday during a training flight.

According to a media statement from Colonel Jesus Villamor Air Base released on Thursday, an S-70i utility helicopter of the 205th Tactical Helicopter Wing on a night flight training figured in a mishap a few miles from Colonel Ernesto Rabina Air Base in Capas, Tarlac.

The helicopter was earlier reported to be late from the estimated time of return to its station at Clark Air Base, Pampanga thus prompted the eventual search.

No survivors have been found after one of the Philippine Air Force’s Sikorsky S-70i Black Hawk combat utility helicopters crashed. At least six Philippine Air Force (PAF) personnel are believed dead.

The rest of the Black Hawk units will be grounded until the conclusion of the investigation.

Also noted that night flight proficiency training is part of the capabilities of the pilots and crew, in this case, the Black Hawk S-70i, prior to their full deployment to assist our frontline units in their missions. Although with inherent risks, this competency is vital and necessary for the transport and logistics requirements of Unified Commands.

Posted by: badanov || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under:


Fifth Column
Rochester Antifa member Ryan Howe aka Rylea Autumn has pled guilty in federal court to posting online a homemade explosive recipe
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11146 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1 
Hummmm! I have read Dozen's of GOOGLE provided "HOW TO MAKE BLACK POWDER" DIY's and Radical commentary's. Will the Fed's be arresting Google and Facebook Exec's?

BTW: Used Roman Candle tubes, 10ft cannon fuse and chem items purchased from skylighter DOT com and a little elbow grease, makes some great 4th of July firecrackers.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 6:34 Comments || Top||

#2  ^She also called for violence & arson attacks during BLM rioting last year.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 7:47 Comments || Top||

#3  There's a real "Silence of the Lambs" vibe from that second picture of him.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 06/25/2021 8:14 Comments || Top||

#4  I always save the dust from my bags of Royal Oak or Cowboy hardwood charcoal.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 8:59 Comments || Top||

#5  Damn. I just had to click on the link to see what it looked like. I so wish I hadn't.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:29 Comments || Top||

#6  Total losers given some purpose in life by Antifa. Similar thing happens with many Islam converts.
Posted by: rjschwarz || 06/25/2021 12:03 Comments || Top||

#7  Similar thing happens with many Islam converts.

"Somebody wants me!" to explode...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 12:21 Comments || Top||

#8  Is it me, or is it one of these guys who pick a girl name, it sounds like a cheesy stripper's stage name?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 13:24 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ No accident. They fantasize about guys who would pay to see them naked.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 13:35 Comments || Top||


BLM rioters gathered outside the @rockhillpd building in South Carolina and carried out an arson attack
Rock Hill is the largest city in York County, South Carolina, near Charlotte.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]

Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  kill em all
Posted by: Chris || 06/25/2021 0:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Y'know it could actually be done. Infiltrate, arrange for hardware on roofs and behind windows. Rifles with NV up there in the dark, from the rooftops and ledges. Shoot, change position, shoot again, blend. More than one shooter, coordinated action, chaos? Even better. Graduate to IEDs and you have halved their strength effectively by making it a dangerous prospect to be them.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 0:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Dron one word: mortars.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 2:31 Comments || Top||

#4  Mortar

Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 2:41 Comments || Top||

#5  He, he.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 2:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Concrete Overshoes - Mortarfide

Cement shoes, concrete shoes, or Chicago overcoat is a method of murder or body disposal, usually associated with criminals such as the Mafia or gangs. It involves weighting down the victim, who may be dead or alive, with concrete and throwing them into water in the hope the body will never be found.

Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 2:44 Comments || Top||

#7  Been thru Rock Hill, Sc. a number of times, there are a few key Data Processing centers in the area.

The few Police I met were NO BS, but followed the law.

THE CITED REASON FOR THE BLOM RIOT
The MEDIA is doing everything it can to HELP incite the Racial Unrest by showing only "key" parts of the video. The MEDIA is quickly skimming over the reason for and the results from the arrests.

WHY?
The Police Dept stated: The brothers punched and fought officers from the start of the arrest process. Thus forcing police to apply equally severe counter-measures used to subdue them. As a result ".... the brothers were charged with drugs, weapons and assaulting an Law Enforcement Officer(s).

---------------

My Opinion Regarding the Riot and Arsonists.
When any person or persons acting in a criminal manner places the lives and physical safety of law abiding citizens in jeopardy. I can support the April 6th, 1968 RIOT Control Order issued by Chicago Mayor Daley.

"April 6th, 1968 Mayor Richard J. Daley told reporters that he had ordered police "to shoot to kill any arsonist or anyone with a Molotov cocktail in his hand . . . and . . . to shoot to maim or cripple anyone looting any stores in our city."
Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 6:17 Comments || Top||

#8  They are rapidly creating the white supremacist backlash they claim pre-existed. It didn't but it is being grown very quickly. It won't need F-15s or nukes to deal with these people, but make no mistake, this BLM movement is being fed and clothed and nourished by the people allied with the Marxists inside the administration and at the Presidium at the Kalorama Kompound. Pre-loading the narrative about white supremacy and then pricking the traditional Americans with incident after outrageous incident of racist hate-mongering is having the effect. I just don't think they anticipate just how Goddam mad they are making people.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 06/25/2021 13:01 Comments || Top||

#9  But it was a peaceful arson attack by peaceful protesters; right (sarc)?
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 13:30 Comments || Top||

#10  Fester, colloquially associated Dutch Schultz. In Oklahoma numerous individuals have taken their last swim in in one of the big tanks in Cushing.
Posted by: Cesare || 06/25/2021 14:04 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian MI-8 military bird crashes, kills 3 in Leningrad region
[REGNUM] The crew of the Mi-8 helicopter, which crashed on the evening of June 24 in the Gatchinsky District of the Leningrad Region, managed to move the car away from the village of Korpikyulya before the fall, the North-Western District of the Russian Guard told reporters.

Judging by the photographs from the scene of the emergency that appeared in social networks and the media, when it fell into the field, the helicopter completely collapsed and burned down just a few tens of meters from the outbuildings of the village.

Recall that during the fall of a transport-combat helicopter of an aviation squadron of the North-Western District of the Russian Guard, which was performing a training flight without weapons, three crew members were killed.

The Commission of the North-Western District of the Russian Guard is investigating the causes of the disaster.

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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Deescalation zone escalates again
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11142 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Syria


Afghanistan
Balkh Public Forces Poised to Retake Taliban-Held Areas: Leaders
[ToloNews] The public uprising forces in Afghanistan’s northern Balk province on Thursday said they are ready to clear areas under Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
control in the province.

They said that currently they are engaged in fighting on the frontlines with the Taliban, stating that they await permission from the government to launch offensives against the group.

TOLOnews’ correspondent Sayed Mohammad Aref Musavi, who reported from Afghania village in Nahr-e-Shahi district on the frontlines, said that hundreds of public uprising forces have deployed in the area to repel a possible comeback by the Taliban.

"We battled the Taliban for 15 days, our deaders and maimed people remained there, but we never evacuated our checkpoints," said Abdullah, a commander of public uprising forces in Balkh.

"With the help of the people and the security forces, we will soon clear the areas that we lost," said Mohammad Sarwar, a commander of the public uprising forces.

The Afghan politicians have pledged that they will defend against Taliban attacks.

"Today’s circumstances require us to defend the honor and dignity of our people and support our security and defense forces," said Gul Mohammad Erkin, deputy head of the Junbish-e-Milli party.

"Planning is completed and we are determined to retake areas that we lost in the districts," said Haseebullah Quraishi, the commander of the Afghan Public Protection Force in Balkh.

The situation in Mazar-e-Sharif city, the center of Balkh is carrying on as normal, say locals, and businesses are open as usual. However,
ars longa, vita brevis...
the residents have said that there is a need for more robust security measures to protect the city from Taliban threats.
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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
A scientist says he's found 13 Wuhan coronavirus sequences that were deleted from a US database ‐ and claims they're a 'goldmine' for research into the virus' origins
[Bus Insider] A researcher in Seattle claims he's discovered 13 partial coronavirus sequences from samples collected in Wuhan, China, that were deleted from a US database last year.

The discovery could mean scientists researching the origins of the pandemic have been working with incomplete data, he said.

Dr. Jesse Bloom, a researcher at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in Seattle, said Tuesday that he had recovered the deleted files from Google Cloud, and had reconstructed partial sequences of 13 viruses. He said they came from samples taken at the early stages of pandemic in Wuhan, where scientists first discovered SARS-CoV-2, the novel coronavirus that causes COVID-19.

The data initially came from a study by Wuhan University scientists, he said.

Bloom said his findings suggested the coronavirus was already circulating in Wuhan before being linked to COVID-19 outbreaks at the Huanan Seafood Market. They also suggested the sequences used in most studies into the virus' origins, including the joint WHO-China report, "are not fully representative of the viruses actually present in Wuhan at that time," he said.

Throughout the pandemic, Bloom has called for more research into the origins of the pandemic. But he told CNN that the new sequences alone didn't provide any further evidence about whether the virus spread naturally from animals to humans or was, as some claim, the result of a laboratory leak.

Bloom said that the samples, from early outpatients in Wuhan, were a "gold mine" for scientists wanting to understand the spread of the virus.

Related: Hot Air - NIH: Yes, a Chinese scientist asked us to delete his data from early Wuhan COVID samples -- and we did
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#1  Like the FBI and the US intel community, the world medical bureaucracy will basically have to be dumped. I think vivisection would be a good start...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 13:38 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
Many members of Jewish community feared among 99 missing in Miami condo collapse
[Times of Israel] Israeli nationals reportedly among those unaccounted for after tower collapses in heavily Orthodox area north of Miami; dozens pulled from rubble as rescuers search for more.

SURFSIDE, Florida — Nearly 100 people remained unaccounted on Midday Thursday, hours after a wing of a 12-story beachfront condo building collapsed near Miami, killing at least one person and trapping residents in rubble and twisted metal.

Rescuers pulled out dozens of survivors and continued to look for more.

Police said they were still without news of 99 people who may have been inside the apartment block at the time it collapsed. Another 102 building residents had been accounted for, Miami-Dade County Mayor Daniella Levine Cava said.

Officials said they did not know how many were in the tower when it fell around 1:30 a.m.,

"The building is literally pancaked," Surfside Mayor Charles Burkett said. "That is heartbreaking because it doesn’t mean, to me, that we are going to be as successful as we wanted to be in finding people alive."

Comments from a friend:
What are the odds they had cameras set up way above the building that were perfectly ready to film the collapse in movie high definition quality?

How likely is that if it wasn't a planned in advance controlled demolition of an abandoned, or unsafe part of a building? Just like Sept. 11th was planned in advanced for perfect filming.

Seems like when buildings are found to have problems they can evacuate the bad unsafe part of the building, knock it down, get insurance to pay for it to be rebuilt on the stolen tax payers and insurance payers money.

If you carefully watch that surveillance camera video in slow-motion 3-5 FPS you can see distinct flashes reflecting from the base of the structure upward prior to it's fall over, and also along the side walls after the center section collapses then an uncanny almost 5 second pause before the adjacent structure on the left collapses into it's footprint almost like a carbon-copy of WTC-3 on Sept 13th!

Also look at the high res photos of the building remaining standing, notice how the wall cross-sections look as if someone cut them with a razor knife and the existing rebar embedded in the still stand concrete walls is bent downward at a CLEAN 90° downward bend-angle, almost as if the supporting concrete masonry which was embedded around the rebar was compromised somehow an then gave way, literally slid off of the same in a lateral downward motion!

This is NOT normal building structural failure modes people. Finally the present video we have DOES NOT HAVE sound recording of the event. This is VERY critical evidence that is needed. I am SURE there exists at-least several more Videotaped Surveillance Recordings and Seismographic Records someplace that were in the area.

I for one would be HIGHLY INTERESTED to hear the ENHANCED Sound Recording and Gravitational/Sub-surface recordings and records that were caught in the moments before and during that Building's collapse! (get it ?? Small booms in rapid succession ???)

This of course assuming there are other videotaped records and similar data from adjacent Buildings, Street Cameras, Store Night Cameras, Ring Doorbell Cameras <---(get these ones especially !!!) and similar electronic recording and security devices which were operating in the area and IN THE BUILDING ITSELF during the event.

Something is truly at work here. Even this close to the ocean, buildings do not just topple over like this one did on their own.
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#1  Keep Your Hat ON




Collapsed Miami condo had been sinking into Earth as early as the 1990s, researchers say
Posted by: Sneresh Glealing3650 || 06/25/2021 1:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Or the slow sinking of the building caused enough concrete to crack (and expose the steel rods to rust in the ocean air) so that it could no longer support its weight.
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 1:55 Comments || Top||

#3 
Florida is not suited for large "compact" structures frankly,
its like Swiss cheese covered in sand.
Sink holes
subterranean streams and rivers
limestone as 'bedrock' - acid rain "eats it"

Geological Map -see for yourselves.
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 2:11 Comments || Top||

#4 
Hydrology & Geology Florida

Sediments & Rocks Florida

Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 2:23 Comments || Top||

#5  Sinkholes Florida

Silt, Sand, Clay or Mud Florida
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 2:28 Comments || Top||

#6  When I lived in PeeAye, I had mine subsidence insurance. Here in Florida, I have sinkhole insurance. It would not occur to me to skimp on it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 10:37 Comments || Top||

#7  So the city officials who signed of on this and hundreds or even thousands of similar projects took the money from the developers and retired in Florida?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/25/2021 12:27 Comments || Top||

#8  took the money from the developers and retired in Florida? If so, 'twould be fitting he was in the building in question when it collapsed.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:15 Comments || Top||

#9  So the city officials who signed of on this and hundreds or even thousands of similar projects took the money from the developers and retired in Florida?

Hurricane Andrew revealed large numbers of homes that failed to meet code roofing standards even though government inspectors signed off on them. Corruption all the way down.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 06/25/2021 16:33 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Philippine Military Rescue Teen Daughter of Indonesian Suicide Bombers
[BenarNews] The Philippine military said Thursday that its forces rescued the 13-year-old daughter of an Indonesian couple responsible for a suicide kaboom at a church in the south in 2019, and killed a suspected Abu Sayyaf
...also known as al-Harakat al-Islamiyya, an Islamist terror group based in Jolo, Basilan and Zamboanga. Since its inception in the early 1990s, the group has carried out bombings, kidnappings, murders, head choppings, and extortion in their uniquely Islamic attempt to set up an independent Moslem province in the Philippines. Abu Sayyaf forces probably number less than 300 cadres. The group is closely allied with remnants of Indonesia's Jemaah Islamiya and has loose ties with MILF and MNLF who sometimes provide cannon fodder...
hard boy during a counter-militancy raid.

Combined forces from the 45th Infantry Battalion and police launched the operation Wednesday night to arrest Abu Sayyaf member Rudymar Habib Jihiiran (alias Gulam) in Patikul, a town on southern Jolo Island, said Maj. Gen. William Gonzales, head of local military forces.

"The security forces were supposed to serve a warrant of arrest against Gulam when he and his comrade fired at our forces," Gonzales said in a statement.

A brief firefight ensued, allowing Gulam and two other holy warriors to escape, Gonzales said, adding that an alleged Abu Sayyaf member identified only as Sawi was killed.

Troops recovered bomb-making paraphernalia after the raid, according to commanding officer Lt. Col. Vicente Mabborang.

In addition, troops rescued Sitti Aisyah Rullie, 13, who apparently was married to a hard boy, Gonzales said.

"She is an Indonesian who is being indoctrinated in conducting bombings and also the wife of Jihiiran," Gonzales said.

Mabborang, meanwhile, identified her as a daughter of holy warriors Rullie Rian Zeke and Ulfah Handayani Saleh, who were identified as the bombers of the Jolo cathedral. The Indonesian couple, who had been indoctrinated by Abu Sayyaf bomber Mundi Sawadjaan, killed 21 people and themselves in in a twin suicide kaboom in January 2019.

Sawadjaan is the nephew of Hatib Hajan Sawadjaan, the Philippine commander of 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....
. The military has said that the elder Sawadjaan might have been killed in a July 2020 clash in Jolo, but his body has not been recovered.

Sitti Aisyah Rullie’s older sister, Rezky Fantasya Rullie, allegedly had planned a suicide kaboom but was arrested during an October 2020 raid in Jolo, the military said.

Officials, meanwhile, said the military had coordinated with relevant agencies about the maiden of tender years.

"Still, we in the security sector have no choice but to coordinate with concerned agencies and act on this. She is married to a full-fledged Abu Sayyaf Group member, her older brother is an armed member under the Daulah Islamiyah group, and per intel reports, she is being groomed as a jacket wallah. There is a risk here," Gonzales said.

"We sincerely hope that she could be de-radicalized and have another chance at a decent life. Involving children in this kind of terroristic act is outright shameful and a clear violation of our existing laws," he said.

The Indonesian Embassy in Manila did not immediately respond to BenarNews requests for comment.

The military in Sulu has said two suspects remain of the seven known foreign holy warriors that had been operating in the island province, Gonzales said. They were identified as the girl’s brother, Ahmad Ibrahim Rullie, and an Egyptian known only as Abdurahman. Both apparently are minors.
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Home Front: Politix
When Looking For the Bigger Picture
Came across the following site
HERE IS THE EVIDENCE
It collects 1st person testimonials and 100's of collected
data sources on various burning Hot Topics.

eg. Elections, Covid-19 and Jan6th capitol protest.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Good Catch !

Bookmarked.
Posted by: Knuckles White4907 || 06/25/2021 0:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Outstanding - many thanks NN2N1
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 06/25/2021 11:32 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Taliban Take 7 District Centers in Past 24 Hours: Sources
[ToloNews] The Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have seized the centers of at least seven districts in Faryab, Baghlan, Uruzgan, Pashtun-infested Logar and Ghazni provinces in the past 24 hours, according to sources.

Three district centers (Bilchiragh, Qaramqol and Gurizwan) were taken in Faryab, Charchino in Uruzgan, Tala Wa Brafak in Baghlan, Qarabagh in Ghazni, and Azra in Pashtun-infested Logar.

During this period, the Afghan cops also engaged in fierce battles with the Taliban in Kunduz city, Taluqan and Maimana, the thriving provincial capitals of Kunduz, Takhar and Faryab, respectively.

According to sources, 300 soldiers were deployed in each of the fallen district centers.

"Security forces in Gurizwan evacuated the area due to a lack of communication," said Abdul Ahad Elbek, a member of Faryab's provincial council.

"We call on the central government to think about the areas lost," said MP Hashmatullah Arman.

"In the present government, those who made sacrifices and worked hard haven’t been appreciated, they weren’t encouraged, the only people appreciated are the ones sitting in luxury offices," said MP Assadullah Shahbaz.

A Pashtun-infested Logar provincial council member said that the Taliban has taken over the center of Azra district in Pashtun-infested Logar.

"The govt thought that the Taliban would try to take over eight strategic districts, but they changed their tactics and instead launched attacks on 200 fronts," said MP Arif Rahmani.

With the announcement of the foreign troop withdrawal, the number of district centers that have fallen to the Taliban in the past two months has reached 80.
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#1  Biden first "delayed" the exit of US Troops and I warned the "delay" was a stall tactic for when he would announce troops would stay. That stay was announced today.
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 06/25/2021 13:04 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Iraqi court sentenced 13 ISIS members to death after they admitted of planning to carry out terrorist operations. Iraq
[PUBLISH.TWITTER] "Yeah! We dunnit! We dunnit an' we're glad!"
"String 'em up, sharif!"
"Hey! Wait a minute! We ain't that glad!"
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11130 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Iran nuclear site hit Wednesday was on list of targets Israel gave US – report
[IsraelTimes] NY Times says facility manufactured centrifuges to replace those destroyed in April attack on Natanz; strike was carried out by drone launched from within Islamic Theocratic Republic.

The Iranian centrifuge production site said targeted in a drone attack Wednesday was reportedly on a list of targets that Israel presented to the Trump administration last year.

Israel proposed hitting the Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
Centrifuge Technology Company, or TESA, to former US president Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
along with then-secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Gina Haspel, at the time director of the CIA, an intelligence source told The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

The source said that Israel also suggested striking Iran’s uranium enrichment site at Natanz and assassinating Mohsen Fakhrizadeh, a scientist who began the country’s military nuclear program decades earlier.

Fakhrizadeh was killed in November 2020 in an attack Iran blamed on Israel, while a mysterious explosion damaged a large number of centrifuges at the Natanz plant in April 2021. Israel’s former Mossad spy agency chief recently indicated in an interview given after he left office that Israel was behind that incident.

The TESA factory was tasked with replacing the damaged centrifuges at Natanz and also produces more advanced centrifuges that can more quickly enrich uranium, the New York Times report said.

The intelligence source said that Israel’s campaign against Iran’s nuclear program had the blessing of the Trump administration.

Iranian nuclear scientist Mohsen Fakhrizadeh. (Agencies)
A small quadcopter drone was used in the attack on TESA, the report said, citing an Iranian source who was not identified.

The drone was apparently launched from within Iran, not far from the site, and succeeded in hitting the target, according to the Iranian source familiar with the incident, the report said. However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
the source did not know if it caused any damage.

Following Wednesday’s attack, Iran’s aviation authority said that a new law will require all civilian drones to be registered on a government website within six months. The drones will then be issued licenses, the report said.

Official Iranian media said the target of Wednesday’s strike was a facility that belongs to Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization in the city of Karaj, northwest of Tehran, known as the Karaj Agricultural and Medical Research Center.

Unverified reports from Iranian opposition-aligned outlets said the specific target of the attack was a factory that manufactures parts for Iran’s centrifuges.

Iranian media maintained that the attack had failed and "left no casualties or damages and was unable to disrupt the Iranian nuclear program."

Despite the official Iranian claims to the contrary, the strike caused damage to the facility, according to unsourced reports in Hebrew media on Wednesday evening. They could not be independently confirmed.
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-War on Police-
Illinois trio charged with beating, strangling police officer over traffic stop
[FoxNews] Aurora Police chief said she will not allow city to become place 'where criminals feel emboldened'.

Two women and a man in Illinois' second largest city outside Chicago are facing felony charges after allegedly beating and strangling a police officer who pulled them over for a traffic stop.

The Aurora Police Department announced Tuesday that 28-year-old Paul Sherrod, 24-year-old Jennifer Taylor and 26-year-old Sheba Taylor have each been charged with aggravated battery, resisting or obstructing a police officer causing injury and aggravated assault of a peace officer.

A male officer, whose name has not been released, performed a traffic stop on Sherrod around 10:30 p.m. Monday after he allegedly rolled through a stop sign near the intersection of Plum Street and Randall Road near West Aurora High School, Fox 32 Chicago reported.

The vehicle, with two passengers inside later identified as Jennifer and Sheba Taylor, pulled into a driveway in the 600 block of North Elmwood Drive, and "the driver began yelling obscenities out the window," according to a press release from the police department.

A woman in the back seat then got out of the vehicle, and the officer "ordered her back into the car several times before informing her that she was under arrest for obstructing," police said. Before she was taken into custody, Sherrod, continuing to yell obscenities, exited the vehicle, approached the officer and told the officer he would fight him if he touched the female passenger.

The officer informed the driver that he was also under arrest for obstructing, and at that moment, Sherrod took off running and the officer ran after him. A second woman exited the vehicle and both Sheba and Jennifer Taylor ran after the officers yelling obscenities.

It’s unclear which Taylor was initially in the back seat during the traffic stop, but police said "the female rear passenger approached the officer as they ran," and the officer then "turned around and grabbed her arm to take her into custody, but she slipped out of his grip."

Both women "then began striking the officer with closed fists and kicking his body and head," police said. "The officer heard a male’s voice and then was struck repeatedly in the head from several angles." The female passenger "placed her forearm around the officer’s neck and applied significant force to his windpipe, causing him to lose the ability to breathe," according to the department.

"Our Aurora police officers are entrusted with keeping our community safe from harm. I am at a loss of words when an officer is physically attacked from something that would have been a simple traffic ticket," Aurora Police Chief Kristen Ziman said in a statement. "We will not allow our city to become a place where criminals feel emboldened, and lawlessness ensues."

"This type of lawlessness and violence against our police officers cannot and will not be tolerated," Aurora Mayor Richard C. Irvin said in his own statement. "This was an act of malice and cowardice and I will absolutely seek that the perpetrators are prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. Let’s keep this officer in our prayers as the officer makes a full and complete recovery."

Additional officers arrived to the scene and placed the three suspects in custody. Aurora Fire Department paramedics responded to the scene and transported the officer to an area hospital.

Aurora Police’s Investigations Division responded to the scene, interviewed the subjects, and gathered numerous pieces of evidence. Detectives presented the case to the Kane County State’s Attorney’s Office, which authorized the felony charges against the three suspects.

All three suspects appeared in Kane County Bond Call Tuesday morning. Bail for each of the Taylors was set at $50,000, with 10% to apply for bond. Sherrod's bail was set at $75,000, also with 10% to apply for bond. Each suspect has a separate court date scheduled in July.
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#1  Yes, childhood was tough on the Taylors:
"She dressed us as two little sailors."
"Yo mama so white...
She think 'Sheba' all right!"
They just might be polite to their jailers.
Posted by: Shusort Flereng7678 || 06/25/2021 1:07 Comments || Top||

#2  Jennifer, Sheba and Paul. Something there just isn't right.
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 1:45 Comments || Top||

#3  That's not a family. That's a squad bred to kill you.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 2:27 Comments || Top||

#4  #2 Children of the corn?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 2:32 Comments || Top||

#5 
Wakandan 'Jump the Broom' Wedding Gang

- Polygamy - Polyamory - Love Triad
- Brother Sister Ilhan Omar Style -
- Sister Sister - SisterSisterCousin - LGBTQIA -

What doesn't look right - By 21th Century Morals - A-OK

But to us run amok - amuck - No ?
Posted by: Fester Ulineth7400 || 06/25/2021 3:06 Comments || Top||

#6  Emboldened? Too late to put that genie back in the bottle. As long as BLM and ANTIFA (shock troops of Dem Party) go unprosecuted, thugs will be emboldened. I also blame Barry Sotero for encouraging and fomenting this nonsense.
Posted by: JohnQC || 06/25/2021 13:58 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
It's Beginning to Look Like Enemy Action
As many have suspected from the onset.
So the senior generals/admirals, who’ve made it clear they strongly prefer Democratic rule to that of Trump Republicans, also want to stymie the China-orientation of the self-same Democratic government? I’m confused.
[American Thinker] Dong Jingwei is a Chinese defector working with the Defense Intelligence Agency (DIA). He served as Vice Minister of State Security in the Chinese Ministry of Defense. Before defecting, he was responsible for the counterintelligence efforts in China. He was in a position to know about all things "espionage" in China and is perhaps the highest-level Chinese defector the U.S. has ever had. Even though the legacy media is playing it down, this is a big deal.

It speaks volumes that the man who knows the identity of all the Chinese spies in our country chose to defect to the DIA and only the DIA. Further, it’s reported that the DIA is not sharing the information it’s receiving with the FBI or CIA. Now, why would that be?

Dong provided details of meetings between U.S. officials, Chinese spies, and Russian SVR agents. He also provided details about how the Chinese government gained access to CIA communications, which resulted in the deaths of dozens of CIA assets. Anonymous sources are also reporting that members of the federal law enforcement community (i.e. FBI) are "scared s**tless" about Dong’s information.

Is it possible that the FBI and CIA are hopelessly compromised? As we’d say in Minnesota -- you betcha!

Dong has allegedly provided the names of Chinese spies working or attending universities in the U.S. He claims that a third of Chinese students in this country are actually PLA assets. To validate his claims, Dong has provided financial records showing which businessmen and public officials have received money from the Chinese Government. Private persons receiving money may or may not be illegal depending on what they’re doing for it. If they’re selling protected technology, it’s illegal. If they’re influencing public opinion, it may not be illegal, but is still problematic. However, public officials receiving money is a huge deal -- it’s either bribery or espionage.

How much are businesses, educators, public officials, and opinion influencers beholden to China? It appears to be a disturbing number.

Dong provided copies of Hunter Biden’s laptop hard drives to the DIA. Granted, there’s not much that’s secret about that laptop anymore. But isn’t China verifying their possession of those drives kind of like a blackmailer showing his victim pictures of himself in bed with an underage girl? How incriminating is that picture when information from Hunter’s laptop is combined with financial records which the Chinese surely have? Maybe there’s more than one underage girl in that photo.

In 2015, the Aviation Industry Corp of China (AVIC) acquired Henniges Automotive. This acquisition is significant because Henniges Automotive provides stealth technology for the F-35 program. AVIC’s U.S. partners in this acquisition were none other than Hunter Biden and Chris Heinz. The acquisition was approved by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Secretary of State John Kerry was a member of the CFIUS during this decision. He is also the stepfather of -- surprise, surprise -- Chris Heinz! Dong provided details of how China was able to acquire stealth technology after the U.S. approved its purchase of Henniges Automotive.

Anyone who doesn’t see that the Biden family's financial ties to China leave President Asterisk vulnerable to blackmail is hopelessly naïve.
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#1  It now appears there was US government knowledge of the Wuhan goings on up to two years ago. Perhaps that is why Trump is no longer president. As you may recall, some of the earliest beltway anti-Trumpers were coming out of the intelligence community. Now that he is gone, all is quiet. Was Donald Trump kept in the dark, then removed for a reason, a precaution? Neither Biden or Harris will ever challenge the Chinese, a president Trump very likely would have.

The inevitable showdown with China may have been postponed.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 0:15 Comments || Top||

#2  The inevitable showdown with China may have been postponed.

For China, that is certainly an outcome worth investing in.
Posted by: SteveS || 06/25/2021 13:13 Comments || Top||

#3  B, I think your assessment is at least a plurality of why Trump is gone.

Of course, the Davoisie and their ongoing action to purge everyone not on board with neofeudalism cannot be counted out, either.
Posted by: no mo uro || 06/25/2021 16:21 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Myocarditis (heart inflation) and the COVID Vaccines
A short 'Defending The Republic' video with references.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Everything comes with cost/benefits balance. Risks of vaccination have to be balanced against risks of Covid.

Also, one can't help wondering how many of the cheap demagogues agitating against covid vaccines are actually unvaccinated themselves.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 2:42 Comments || Top||

#2  Life comes with no guarantees. That said, you can visit Vegas every year forever and never be required by the local government there, or your employer, to bet your life on 00 at the roulexxe wheel.

Just sayin, as a guy who got vaccinated, had no problems with it and am glad i did.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 9:19 Comments || Top||

#3  #2 News flash: every time you drive a car, you gamble with your life - the odds are favorable though.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 9:36 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ The 'odds' are reduced in and around Atlanta.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 9:46 Comments || Top||

#5  I missed all my best chances to die unexpectedly on a bicycle or trying to make stuff blow up while I was still an adolescent...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 10:08 Comments || Top||

#6  Ya I'm one of those agitators. Before I take any vaccine I would like to know the risks, I would like to know it went through full clinical trials. We have FDA approvals for a reason, Myocarditis to a heart patient is tough, but the profession is not looking at it, misdiagnosed as angina. We go down this road every once in a while here in America. Some new wonder drug get out without full approvals and has some significant long term effects on folks. The year I was born Thalidomide was rushed to market for mothers early in pregnancy. The birth defects were horrible. Then of course the flue vaccine in the late 70's that killed a bunch of folks before they could get it off the market. Then in the 90's they pumped the military full of the anthrax vaccine only to make people sick for a year. Of course DOD said it was all in our heads for years. So all of these have one thing in common with the COVID vaccine, none went through the full trials. This current vaccine has been out for months, and we are now finding heart issues? I'm not an agitator, I am also not a test group.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/25/2021 15:37 Comments || Top||

#7  Myocarditis and myositis have been known complications of viral infections for a very long time. Most of these cases come and go without any medical involvement, when affected patients recover on their own. Some cases of myocarditis can cause arrhythmias or dilated cardiomyopathy, which can kill. Some cases of myositis can result in kidney failure, which can also kill. These outcomes are very rare but get nearly all the publicity. It is too soon to know if myocarditis following the COVID vaccine will turn out to be significant or not.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:23 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
US Capitol riots: First defendant sentenced, avoids jail
[DW] An Indiana woman has become the first to be sentenced among those charged with participating in the January 6 US Capitol violence. Meanwhile,
...back at the wreckage, Captain Poindexter wished he had a cup of coffee. Even instant would do...
a member of the Death Eater Oath Keeper group has pleaded guilty to conspiracy.


A United States federal judge on Wednesday handed down the first sentence against someone charged with taking part in the January 6 insurrection at the US Capitol.

The defendant avoided a prison term after apologizing for her actions.

WHAT THE DEFENDANT SAID IN THE US CAPITOL RIOT TRIAL
Anna Morgan-Lloyd had agreed on a guilty plea deal with prosecutors before the hearing. She admitted that she had illegally entered the Capitol building as Congress certified Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing...
's November presidential win.

After the riots, the 48-year-old woman from Indiana had described January 6 as the "best day ever" in a Facebook post.

"I was there to support, to show support, for President Trump peacefully, and I'm ashamed that it became a savage display of violence that day," Lloyd told the judge during the hearing which was held via videoconferencing.

"It was never my intent to be a part of anything that’s so disgraceful to our American people."

The judge ordered Lloyd to serve three years of probation, pay $500 (€419) in restitution and perform 120 hours of community service.

OATH KEEPER PLEADS GUILTY
A member of the Oath Keepers Death Eater group pleaded guilty in a conspiracy case and agreed to cooperate with prosecutors.

Graydon Young pleaded guilty to the counts of conspiracy and obstruction of an official proceeding.

Young was among 15 other members and associates of Oath Keepers who were accused of conspiring to block the congressional certification of Biden's victory.

His guilty plea was the first in the major conspiracy case against members of the group.

Llyod and Young were among thousands of former President Donald Trump
...Oh, noze! Not him!...
's supporters who believed his false claim that the election was stolen and stormed the US Capitol in an attack that stunned the country and the world.

Five people died during the riots.
Three of natural causes during the situation, one of an unconnected stroke the next day, and Ashli Babbitt was shot dead by an unnamed policeman. Not at all the same thing.
Federal authorities are working to identify some 800 people suspected of taking part in the January violence.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11149 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I was there to support, to show support, for President Trump peacefully, and I'm ashamed that it became a savage display of violence that day,

She probably had to memorize that, without food and water for hours in a cell and the constant threat of being put away with career crims.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 0:19 Comments || Top||

#2  Savage!
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/25/2021 11:56 Comments || Top||

#3  It's Porky, in Washington habit:
"I'm hunting dat wascawwy wabbit!
She's a doe, and unarmed,
But I'm awfuwwy awarmed!"
Say her name with me, kids: "A.B."
Posted by: Shusort Flereng7678 || 06/25/2021 20:31 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Kids get Zumba classes, lack underwear, soap at migrant camps


[WASHINGTONTIMES] Children have faced "frequent lice outbreaks" at one emergency shelter in Texas set up to handle the surge of juveniles jumping the border, a court-ordered audit says.

At a shelter in San Diego, children were denied chances to phone their families for up to three weeks while authorities tried to figure out whether the calls were appropriate and safe.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11140 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1  The auditors said girls refused to take showers

It could be all the 'Hunterr will get you, grrr...' graffiti on the walls.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 0:13 Comments || Top||

#2  At the shelter in Texas, the government rushed in volunteers to help the children but forgot to tell them how to solve the problem, the audit found. When children said they needed to see a doctor or speak with a counselor, the volunteers were reluctant to take them, even though they were told to honor every such request.

They don't teach logic (or composition) in journalist schools?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Do the showers also have clear lucite walls and guards roaming the surrounding walkways? I’d refuse under those circumstances, too.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 10:30 Comments || Top||

#4  What's your name?

Me llamo Rodrigo Diaz de Vivar!

No. What's your slave name!?

Latinx.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 15:56 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Mystery: Did Stacey Abrams financial group fund temp agency that staffed Fulton Co. elections?
[Just The News] Cnflicting stories have emerged about whether a personnel group that had staff on the frontlines of Fulton County's contentious absentee ballot scanning process was funded by a microfinance company linked to Georgia Democratic super-activist Stacey Abrams, as state records appear to document a financial arrangement between the two concerns at some point.

Documentation from Fulton County shows that Fulton in late 2019 sought to contract with Atlanta-based Happy Faces Personnel Group "to provide temporary staffing services for Registration and Elections for approximately 340 positions, effective January 1, 2020 through December 31, 2020."

Notes from an investigator commissioned by the Georgia Secretary of State's office confirms the presence of multiple workers from Happy Faces at Fulton County's absentee ballot processing center at State Farm Arena during the Nov. 3 election.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11137 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did Stacey Abrams financial group fund temp agency that stuffed Fulton Co. elections?
Posted by: Goober Choluque6459 || 06/25/2021 13:57 Comments || Top||


Afghanistan
Samangan, Kapisa Residents Take Up Arms to Fight Taliban
[ToloNews] Residents in the provinces of Kapisa and Samangan have taken arms and pledged to push back attacks by the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
in their areas.

"If they (Taliban) are ready for peace, we are also ready, otherwise we will fight as in the past," said Hamza Wahab, district governor for Hes-e-Awal Kohistan
...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns....
in Kapisa province.

"We will send forces to 34 provinces of Afghanistan, we will go to Takhar, Mazar, Kandahar and Badakhshan," said Mohammad Iqbal Safai, MP.

"We want to warn the Taliban not to move toward this area. They will be killed, this area has been the graveyard of the Taliban and will remain so," said a member of the public uprising force in Kapisa.

Also in Samangan province the people have taken up arms to fight the Taliban.

"They attacked several districts and faced shameful defeats," said Samangan governor Daud Kalakani.

The head of the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) in Samangan told residents to defend their areas and to show no mercy with the Taliban, specifically to not let them "remain alive."

"It is officially an order, we do not want the Taliban to remain alive, no one should bring them back alive, we don’t want guests, kill them," said Sayed Amir Shah Sadat, the head of the NDS in Samangan.

"One of the key reasons that the public uprising forces are taking shape is that the Taliban treated the people badly in the past," said Mohammad Ismail Khan, a former mujahideen commander.

After dozens of districts fell to the Taliban in the past two months, tribal elders and influential local figures have armed hundreds of their subordinates to deploy them to the front lines of the war.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11153 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


130 Taliban Members Join Peace Process in Herat: Officials
[ToloNews] A group of 130 Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
members laid down their weapons and joined the grinding of the peace processor in the western province of Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
on Thursday morning, local officials said.

The group was active in the Zer-e-Koh district of Herat province, according to officials.

Mardan Noorzai, the leader of the group, said that "with the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country, the time of jihad is over, and we will no longer continue to fight the country's military."

Abdul Saboor Qane, provincial governor, said that with the joining of these men in the grinding of the peace processor, "security will improve in Zer-e-Koh and Shindand districts of the province."

"These men will be sent back to Zer-e-Koh in support of the security force members in fighting against the Taliban," he said.

The Taliban has not yet commented.

This comes as festivities are ongoing in some parts of the country, especially in the north of Afghanistan.

Sources confirmed on Thursday that six district centers have fallen into Taliban control since last night: two districts (Qaramqul and Grezwan) in Faryab, Charcheno district in Uruzgan, Tala wa Barfak in Baghlan, Arza in Pashtun-infested Logar and Qarabagh district in Ghazni province.

Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11143 views] Top|| File under: Taliban


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Landmine exploded in Syria's Hama killing, wounding 15
[NPASYRIA] On Thursday, a landmine went kaboom! in Salamiyah, east of Hama, central Syria, killing 4 soldiers of the Syrian government and wounding 11 others.

A landmine, thought to be of ISIS, was went kaboom! in a bus that was transferring soldiers of the government, in Kherbat Ghazala region in Salamiyah, field sources told North Press.

The explosion led to the killing of 4 members of the National Defense Forces (NDF), affiliated with government forces, and wounding 11 others.
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11139 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Horn
Somali army bombs Al-Shabaab hideouts, 17 confirmed dead
[Garowe] In a rare operation, the Somali National Army [SNA] launched a mortar shelling in Middle Shabelle on Tuesday as part of the ongoing operation to flush al-Shabaab
...... an Islamic infestation centering on Somalia attempting to metastasize into Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, and similar places, all ofwhich have enough problems without them...
Death Eaters in the country, after decades of wreaking havoc on innocent civilians and government officials.

To seize security functions in the country, the national army has heightened operations against al-Shabaab in the Middle and Lower Shabelle regions, confiscating sophisticated weapons besides crushing al-Shabaab bases.

And on Tuesday, the team launched a bombardment that left about 17 Death Eaters dead, Col Ali Hashi, who is the SNA front man said, adding that the operation will continue for the remaining months in 2021 before the troops take over security responsibilities from AMISOM forces.

"We managed to bomb al-Shabaab bases in Ali Fooldhere and Warahley where close to 17 al-Shabaab Death Eaters died," he said, noting that the operation in the said region kicked off officially on Monday, and will go on for the rest of the coming weeks.

He added: "It's a rare Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
and I can confirm that no non-combatants were killed or injured during the operation. We thank the people for continuing to work closely with us purposely to defeat these criminals who have little consciousness on life and property."

However,
the way to a man's heart remains through his stomach...
the spokesperson noted, a number of residents were displaced after SNA bombarded Ali Foldhere and Qurac Madobe villages. The SNA troops are known for their infantry skills and often depend on AMISOM and US Africa Command for aerial surveillance.

This comes after the troops managed to destroy close to 14 bases in Middle Shabelle which were occupied by al-Shabaab on Monday, seizing a number of weapons and explosives. The SNA chief of staff General Odowaa Yusuf Rageh has often been taking part in the operations.

But in Lower Shabelle, the troops failed to arrive in time at a village near the ancient town of Barawe, giving al-Shabaab a chance to take over. Area Governor Mohammed Nur said the AU forces had left the Forward Operating Base for other supply routes where al-Shabaab has been antagonizing people.

Operations against the Death Eaters seem to be constant and well-strategized given the frequent outing by the military. On Tuesday, at least three al-Shabaab operatives were captured near Mogadishu as part of the strategy to vanquish the group.

"Somali Police Special Unit Haramcad captured 3 al-Shabaab members and their vehicle on Tuesday evening after attempting to attack the checkpoint of security forces guarding the construction of the road between Mogadishu and Afgoye," state media reported.

For the last three months, at least 300 al-Shabaab Death Eaters have been killed in various parts of the country with the group now controlling small sections of the country. al-Shabaab has been fighting to topple the fragile UN-backed Somalia administration.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11160 views] Top|| File under: al-Shabaab (AQ)


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
FDA to Add Heart Warning for Pfizer and Moderna mRNA Vaccines
[Breitbart] The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) is expected to "move rapidly" to add warning labels to Pfizer and Moderna vaccines, following the emergence of heart inflammation cases — myocarditis and pericarditis — after receiving the non-traditional mRNA jabs, the agency’s Dr. Doran Fink said Wednesday.

The move follows the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) reporting roughly 1,200 cases of heart inflammation conditions occurring primarily in young men after receiving the mRNA jabs. The advisory panel said there is a "likely association" between the condition and the mRNA vaccines, which teach cells to make a protein that triggers an immune response.

The warning "would likely include information stating these events have occurred in some vaccine recipients following dose 2 of mRNA vaccines," according to the San Francisco Chronicle.

The heart inflammation condition typically occurs "within several days to a week following vaccination," and symptoms include shortness of breath, chest pain, and a pounding or fluttering heart.

Despite this, the CDC is continuing to urge everyone 12 and older to get vaccinated.

"The facts are clear: This is an extremely rare side effect, and only an exceedingly small number of people will experience it after vaccination," CDC Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky and Assistant Secretary for Health Dr. Rachel Levine said in a joint statement.

"Importantly, for the young people who do, most cases are mild, and individuals recover often on their own or with minimal treatment," the statement said, adding the conditions are "much more common if you get COVID-19, and the risks to the heart from COVID-19 infection can be more severe."
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And the medical community misdiagnoses it in adults as angina or severe heartburn. Because they don't know to look for it.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 06/25/2021 15:41 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Peshkov calls Brit destroyer incident deliberate provocation
[TASS] The Kremlin voiced regret over the incident with the British destroyer in the Black Sea, dismissing this as deliberate and prepared provocation, Russian Presidential Spokesman Dmitry Peskov told reporters on Thursday.

"We consider that the British destroyer has carried out provocation. Moreover, we regret as this was deliberate and prepared provocation," Peskov said, commenting on the June 23 incident in the Black Sea.

The actions of British destroyer HMS Defender in the Black Sea violate international law, they are unacceptable, Peskov stressed. "Of course, we are concerned over the actions of the British vessel. We consider such actions unacceptable, they are in violation of international law," the spokesman said.

According to him, Russia’s border guards and armed forces will hold a rather tough stance if anyone tries to stage provocations like this incident with the British warship in the Black Sea in the future.

On June 23, the Russian Defense Ministry said that the Black Sea Fleet, acting in cooperation with the border guard force of the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB), stopped a violation of the state border by the British destroyer HMS Defender off Crimea's Cape Fiolent. The destroyer ventured three kilometers into Russia's territorial waters. A border guard patrol ship fired warning shots, and a Sukhoi-24M bomber dropped bombs ahead of the destroyer. After that, the HMS Defender left Russia's territorial waters.

The Russian Defense Ministry later described the British ship's actions as a gross violation of the UN Convention on the Law of the Sea and urged the British side to investigate the crew's actions.

Related: Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs to issue demarche to Brit ambassador
[TASS] British Ambassador to Russia Deborah Bronnert has been summoned to the Russian Foreign Ministry on Thursday over the incident with the British destroyer HMS Defender in the Black Sea, and a tough demarche will be delivered to her, Russian Foreign Ministry Spokeswoman Maria Zakharova told Rossiya-24 TV channel.

"We said yesterday that the British envoy would be summoned. She will be in the Foreign Ministry today. A tough demarche will be issued to her," Zakharova stated.

The diplomat stressed that the upcoming meeting would be unpleasant for the British side. "Such rude moves should receive a respective response," Zakharova pointed out.

Zakharova also drew attention to the contradictions in the British side’s interpretation of the situation.

"At first, they said that there was nothing at all. Later it was stated that the Russian side was reporting the events incorrectly, and then they started speaking about some innocent passage of [the destroyer]," she explained.

In baseball, it is called a brushback pitch.

More at the link. Brits have a long, undistinguished history of worsening relations with Russia.
Posted by: badanov || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "A tough demarche will be issued to her," Zakharova stated.

Sternly worded letter time?
Posted by: Raj || 06/25/2021 0:37 Comments || Top||

#2  Murmansk around 1919 comes to mind. The US played ball then too.
Posted by: Flereth Sneagum3165 || 06/25/2021 0:40 Comments || Top||

#3  From another article this am: The Destroyer was in water generally accepted as Ukrainian, tho the Russians claim it's in their Crimean satrapy.
Posted by: Mercutio || 06/25/2021 10:47 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
Turkey seeks to develop Space port in Somalia
A space port in Somalia? That kind of thing could only happen if God willed it.
[Garowe] The Republic of The Sick Man of Europe Turkey
...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire...
is in talks with three countries in a bid to develop a Spaceport in Somalia and a rocket to carry out lunar landings,
Lunacy!
the head of space agency said, as Ankara continues to explore opportunities in the Horn of Africa nation.

Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11138 views] Top|| File under: Sublime Porte

#1  Turks in Space?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 2:24 Comments || Top||

#2  Caliphates, Ertugrul,
Hamid Karzai's own LAX,
and hunting Gulens, inter alia.

We're, busy, busy Ottomans.
And shall now be bringing
outer space to Allah's own Somalia.

Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 2:49 Comments || Top||

#3  Supplying rocket tech to the Abnaa ul-Calipha in Puntland or the Wilaya al somali, while roping in other islamic or mentally retarded nations in what anyone with sense would call a fool enterprise.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 3:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Unless they can fuel a rocket with qat, this is just another channel for Erdogan to pocket some more Turkish cash.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 06/25/2021 8:21 Comments || Top||

#5  What is this article; an application for The Bee?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 11:21 Comments || Top||

#6  I'm looking down the list of What Somalia Needs and a space port actually shows up at #119, just ahead of the Large Hadron Collider.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: SteveS || 06/25/2021 13:22 Comments || Top||

#7  #6 - Snark O' The Day. Can I add "A Glacier" to the list?. Oh wait, that could actually help....
Posted by: Frank G || 06/25/2021 14:50 Comments || Top||

#8  122. New weed with an edible burr,
123. More rodents with poisonous fur,
124. Some names for our Prophet
that Zainab can't scoff at,
125. Fine frankincense, coffee, and myrrh
Qat, qat, qat, qat, qat, qat, qat... qat!
Posted by: Shusort Flereng7678 || 06/25/2021 19:13 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Democrat Mayor Whose Entire Police Command Force Quit Under Her Rule Loses Primary
[DAILYWIRE] One too many scandals hit incumbent Rochester Mayor Lovely Warren to survive this time around.

The embattled Democratic mayor took a shellacking in the polls Tuesday night to primary challenger, fellow Democrat Malik Evans.

Warren, who was first elected in 2013, will not run on another party line, essentially assuring city councilman Evans will become mayor of Rochester.

Evans handily took the race, snagging 66% of the vote.

Warren sparked national headlines last year for her handling of the Daniel Prude case. In September, the entire Rochester Police Department (RPD) command staff, including then-Police Chief La’Ron Singletary, resigned over the handling of the case and Warren’s actions.
Posted by: Fred || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11147 views] Top|| File under:

#1  1 less cunt
Posted by: Chris || 06/25/2021 0:30 Comments || Top||

#2  This being Rochester, I can't tell if her drug dealer husband helped or hurt her political reputation.
Posted by: Clavilet Unort8876 || 06/25/2021 0:50 Comments || Top||

#3  Loveliness in an economy package?
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Hot time in Rtown. On first read, I saw 'shagging' 66% of the vote.
Posted by: Slusorong Bumble9635 || 06/25/2021 10:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Who was that NY football coach? Loovie Smif?
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 15:15 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
7 die in Nigerian cholera outbreak
Direct translation. Edited

100 percent preventable

[REGNUM] At least seven people have died as a result of cholera in the Nigerian capital Abuja, the press service of the Nigerian Ministry of Health said.

It is reported that by 23 June, 91 patients with suspected cholera had been identified in Abuja. Three of them had the diagnosis confirmed after tests. According to the Nigerian Ministry of Health, patients with gastroenteritis have been admitted to Abuja hospitals since May. In this regard, the authorities suggested that a cholera outbreak had begun in the city.

The Ministry of Health of Nigeria noted that the Abuja authorities have taken a number of measures to prevent the spread of the disease. Also, test systems, drugs and necessary medical equipment for the treatment of patients with cholera were delivered to the capital.
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Rustlers' Rhapsody: Arbitrary detention by the NDF on charges of affiliation with ISIS aims at confiscating livestock
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
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Southeast Asia
Indonesian Cleric Gets 4 Years for Lying About Positive COVID-19 Test Result
The effortless jihad of the plague carrier.
[BenarNews] An Indonesian court on Thursday sentenced a hardline Islamic holy man to four years in prison for saying he was not infected with COVID-19 after testing positive last November and refusing to give the government access to test results.

The ruling by the East Jakarta District Court was its second conviction of Muhammad Rizieq Shihab over pandemic-related offenses in less than a month. Outside the courthouse, hundreds of his supporters clashed with security personnel who tried to disperse them for violating COVID-19 social distancing rules.

A three-judge panel said that Rizieq, founder of the banned but influential Islamic Defenders’ Front (FPI), had written to a hospital in Bogor, a city near Jakarta, asking it not to disclose information about his condition. Rizieq, a vocal critic of Indonesia’s government, sent the letter as he held gatherings attended by thousands of people upon his return home from Saudi Arabia
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11143 views] Top|| File under: Devout Moslems


Europe
World Refugee Day: How a Pakistani risked everything to reach Europe
[DW] Israr Ahmed Khan from Pakistan-administered Kashmir told DW about the terrible risks and hardships he faced while attempting to reach Europe with the help of human-trafficking agents.
Posted by: trailing wife || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11140 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking

#1 
Anybody who tries so hard to enter where they are not welcome is not welcome for a reason.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 0:43 Comments || Top||

#2  The unquenchable will of the conqueror.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 2:22 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Wren || 06/25/2021 6:02 Comments || Top||

#4  Risked everything to get there. Is p*ssed that the "stipends" he's heard about are not in evidence at the Saudi prince level he desires. Not at all happy with how the women tell him to get lost. Wants to destroy the whole place. But came as a "refugee" from someplace he liked even less while he was there.

Got it.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 9:26 Comments || Top||

#5  ^For many Muslims (IMO) emigrating to EUrope is going from a wolf in a wolf pack to a wolf in a sheep pen.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 9:35 Comments || Top||

#6  ^ That's a damn good analogy.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 06/25/2021 11:56 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Hacker reveals smart meters are spilling secrets about the Texas snowstorm
Posted by: Gleager Glavish1341 || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11137 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Yes, very good information...and I suppose that if a hacker can read the high & low use time during the day of a neighborhood, he could tell who is home and who is not (robber), then turn the power off completely (no burglar alarm) enter and exit.
Posted by: Sneresh Glealing3650 || 06/25/2021 1:58 Comments || Top||

#2 

Does anyone still think my comment a few days ago on the ITSEC issues of embedded communications in Powerlines is far fetched?

Remember I noted that Power Companies have been playing with IT/Comm/Data over Power lines for going on 20+ years. Even had a Northeast corridor hacker related outage many years ago.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 06/25/2021 7:28 Comments || Top||

#3  NN, I've been one of the "that doesn't need to be connected to the internet" voices since day one. won't buy lots of peripherals that seem unwilling to operate unless you "create and account" and let HP, Dell, Lenovo, etc. probe them at will. And don't even get me started on expensive hardware that becomes an ashtray when the manufacturer decides to close down the "cloud" back-end.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 9:41 Comments || Top||

#4  My favorite, of course, is the cheap chinese can opener that needs your email, bank account routing number and SSN.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 06/25/2021 9:52 Comments || Top||

#5  Unexpectedly.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 14:04 Comments || Top||

#6  Hash is now analyzing the smart meter mechanism responsible for remotely disconnecting a home’s power.

Now, that's interesting!
Posted by: Bobby || 06/25/2021 14:55 Comments || Top||

#7  AFAIK those who elected to have smart meters installed were made aware of having their power manipulated without their further participation.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 15:54 Comments || Top||

#8  Possibly, but in Illinois we didn't have an option whether or not we wanted a smart meter.
Posted by: illeagle || 06/25/2021 16:29 Comments || Top||

#9  "in Illinois we didn't have an option" Only option for residents of Illinois is to leave the state ASAP, then.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 06/25/2021 16:34 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Gregg Jarrett: COVID and China – Dr. Fauci's tangled web of deceit just got bigger
“It’s not the lie, it’s the cover up,” said someone about a different situation.
[FOX] Dr. Anthony Fauci’s suspected web of deceit has grown even more tangled. So, too, does the legal jeopardy he could face.

Fauci, medical adviser to the president, has already been accused by Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., of lying during a recent Senate hearing when he emphatically denied that U.S. taxpayer money was used for dangerous coronavirus experiments inside the Wuhan laboratory in China that might have caused the COVID-19 pandemic. Documents belie his testimony.

Now, there is newly revealed evidence that Fauci may also have given false or misleading statements during a House hearing a year ago that was examining that same funding.

As reported exclusively by Fox News, an upcoming book by two Washington Post reporters details how Fauci resisted a presidential directive from the Trump White House in April of 2020 to cancel a research grant to a nonprofit that was funneling taxpayer dollars to the Wuhan lab.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11134 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  I still haven't figured out why Fauci wasn't fired in 1990es over mishandling of HIV crisis.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 06/25/2021 4:20 Comments || Top||

#2  Washington Post reporters details how Fauci resisted a presidential directive from the Trump White House in April of 2020

That was the 'funding directive' that was supposed to terminate US Gov't financial support to Wuhan.
Posted by: Besoeker || 06/25/2021 6:41 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Biden Makes Compelling Argument In Favor Of Second Amendment
[Babylon Bee] WASHINGTON, D.C.—In a speech yesterday, President Joe The Big Guy Biden
...46th president of the U.S. We get to suffer the consequences...
made a compelling and powerful argument in defense of the Second Amendment. The president ranted on and on about how if people were to rebel against his iron-fisted rule, he would nuke them and send F-15 fighter jets to attack them in their homes. These statements alone were enough to convince millions of Americans the Second Amendment is still desperately needed to protect their natural right to defend themselves.
[BablylonBee] People across the nation were swayed by Biden's convincing argument that your own government would have no qualms about nuking them or sending fighter jets to attack them, convincing them once and for all that private gun ownership is super important for a free nation.

"The government would try to attack us with nukes and F-15s?" said one man in Iowa as he watched the video of Biden ranting incoherently about nuking his own people. "Yep, better hang on to this AR-15. In fact, I'd better go out and get five more."

"Honestly, I couldn't have made the case better if I tried," said one libertarian man in New Hampshire. "Not that I try to do anything. Really I just complain a lot and argue on the internet. Oh yeah, and weed. I smoke a LOT of weed." Still, he found enough energy to get up and go buy more guns.

At publishing time, every sporting goods store and gun shop in the country had named Joe Biden their salesman of the year, with the president narrowly beating out Beto O'Rourke for the honor.

Posted by: CrazyFool || 06/25/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || E-Mail|| [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1  It says Bee, but I don't see the satire.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 06/25/2021 11:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Might be satire but it isn't funny. I sure hope Jill has a good grip on that football.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 06/25/2021 12:23 Comments || Top||



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