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Dorothy Elizabeth Gish was an American actress of the screen and stage, as well as a director and writer. Dorothy and her older sister Lillian Gish were major movie stars of the silent era. Dorothy also had great success on the stage and was inducted into the American Theater Hall of Fame. Dorothy Gish was noted as a fine comedian, and many of her films were comedies.
Born:
Dorothy Elizabeth Gish,
March 11, 1898, Dayton, Ohio, U.S.
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June 04, 1968, Rapallo, Italy
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"What," I am frequently not asked, "do you have in common with Leadbelly?" Well, now I know. We've both mixed up Springtime in the Rockies and In the Evening by the Moonlight.
In the springtime in the sunshine
You could hear those Rockies ringing!
In de evening by de moonlight
You might see some Tetons singing.
Authors: Yair Goldberg, Micha Mandel, Yinon M. Bar-On, Omri Bodenheimer, Laurence Freedman, Nachman Ash, Sharon Alroy-Preis, Amit Huppert, Ron Milo
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[MEDRXIV] BACKGROUND Infection with SARS-CoV-2 provides substantial natural immunity against reinfection. Recent studies have shown strong waning of the immunity provided by the BNT162b2 vaccine. The time course of natural and hybrid immunity is unknown.
METHODS Data on confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infections were extracted from the Israeli Ministry of Health database for the period August to September 2021 regarding all persons previously infected or vaccinated. We compared infection rates as a function of time since the last immunity-conferring event using Poisson regression, adjusting for possible confounding factors.
RESULTS Confirmed infection rates increased according to time elapsed since the last immunity-conferring event in all cohorts. For unvaccinated previously infected individuals they increased from 10.5 per 100,000 risk-days for those previously infected 4-6 months ago to 30.2 for those previously infected over a year ago. For individuals receiving a single dose following prior infection they increased from 3.7 per 100,000 person days among those vaccinated in the past two months to 11.6 for those vaccinated over 6 months ago. For vaccinated previously uninfected individuals the rate per 100,000 person days increased from 21.1 for persons vaccinated within the first two months to 88.9 for those vaccinated more than 6 months ago.
CONCLUSIONS Protection from reinfection decreases with time since previous infection, but is, nevertheless, higher than that conferred by vaccination with two doses at a similar time since the last immunity-conferring event. A single vaccine dose after infection helps to restore protection.
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I think I meant to put this on page 3. I probably shouldn't have been doing two things at once.
Anyway, that previous Israeli study on vaccine and natural immunity now has a followup, here it is.
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At this point in time, infection is not the important thing, SEVERITY is. Are the natural, acquired, and hybrid immunity groups showing any differential in severity and hospitalization and fatality compared to each other and to the baseline?
If the Omicron variety and the symptoms are no more than a mild cold and resulting in far fewer hospitalizations, as it is so far, then the infection rate does not matter - in fact, you want it higher, to out-compete the more severe version and eradicate it, whilst providing some degree of immunity, and achieving "herd immunity".
Infection rates are a crap statistic when isolated from the full context.
Evolution is Random, But Guaranteed.
Most mutations are dead ends and produce non-viable results. But if it replicates and mutates quickly enough, the random nature means it will eventually hit on a viable mutation.
Viruses are primed to evolve very rapidly. They reproduce rapidly many times in a host, leading quickly to many generations of viruses. In the case of Covid, it is a single strand, so it doesn't have any error checking or correction systems for repairing RNA/DNA damage, so mutations stick around and aren’t corrected.
This is why we need a new flu shot every year, why it’s not worth the effort to create a vaccine for the “common cold” (which could be caused by any one of a number of different strains of virus). And thats why we are seeing many variants of COVID
So now it comes down to 2 factors: transmissibility and virulence.
Increased transmissibility is a favorable mutation, in that it allows the virus to spread to more hosts, and outcompete other variants, and evade any immunity developed to other forms. Higher transmissible viruses will become more common due to "competition of the fittest".
So increased transmissibility is inevitable.
As for virulence? It is rather simple. Killing the host too fast or making them too sick to interact with others may prevent the virus from getting a chance to spread. This is why virulent forms like Ebola tend to "burn themselves out" before they can evolve to a milder form, and use an animal population for their "reservoir".
So virulence is not an advantage when competing with other forms of the virus, especially since the asymptomatic or mildly symptomatic will carry it and not be likely to treat it.
There is evidence that the coronavirus that causes most of the “common cold” today came from a virus called OC43, which might have been responsible for an 1890 pandemic that killed over a million people. That virus grew less virulent over time, becoming little more than a nuisance.
So "waiting it out" can be a valid strategy, although the death and damage while waiting for a less virulent form to dominate mark it as an unsustainable strategy, as well as an inhumane one.
Omicron is a natural development that most viruses tend toward - more contagious but milder symptoms and less virulent. Like the flu and the common cold (also a coronavirus).
This is a mutant that we can take advantage of. The panic over Omicron is not only stupid, but it is also counterproductive if, in fact, Omicron is a very much less virulent form.
All the countries instituting severe measures like extreme lockdowns (Israel, Australia) are doing their populations far more harm than good. The same goes for mandates for the mRNA for children who have a minuscule risk for fatality or hospitalization absent other comorbid factors.
So context - how is this affecting HOSPITALIZATION rates? Infection rates are meaningless without that context. Transmissibility is only half the equation. Whats the virulence?
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Hospitalization rates bottomed out in mid-summer, peaked around Labor Day, and fell non-stop until about Thanksgiving, when they started trending up again.
Today, there are 15,001 "Serious/Critical" per Worldometers, about the same as mid-October.
But we are well into what used to be "The Flu Season", but flu deaths have been practically zero since the end of the flu season (April) 2020. That's twenty months without a flu season.
Draw your own conclusions - those are (some of) the facts!
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Boris Johnson in the UK today stated one patient there has died with or of the Omicron variant. That is the first death published for the variant. Nothing yet heard from South Africa or the rest of Europe.
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Key phrase: died WITH, not FROM. Why was the person hospitalized to begin with? What age? What comorbid conditions? What was the proximate cause of death?
Boris Johnson statement was disingenuous and misleading! Deliberately ambiguous phrasing, demand the whole truth.
Subtitled: A 220,517-subject, populational-level retrospective citywide.
Abstract:
Background: Ivermectin has demonstrated different mechanisms of actions that could potentially protect from both COVID-19 infection and COVID-19-related comorbidities. Based on the existing literature and safety profile of ivermectin, a citywide program of prophylactic use of ivermectin for COVID-19 was implemented in Itajai, a Southern city in Brazil in the state of Santa Catarina. The objective of this analysis is to evaluate the effects of the use of ivermectin for prevention of COVID-19 infection, risk of dying and mortality, compared to non-users.
Materials and methods: This is a retrospective analysis of registry data from the medical based citywide COVID-19 prevention with ivermectin program, between July 2020 to December of 2020. The whole population of Itajaí was invited for a medical visit to compile demographic and medical parameters. In the absence of contraindications, ivermectin was offered as an optional treatment for 2 days every 15 days at a dose of 0.2mg/kg/day. Patients’ preferences and medical autonomy were preserved. Ivermectin users were compared with the comorbidity-matched population of non-users for COVID-19 by age, sex, COVID-19 infection rate, and COVID-19 mortality rate. Results in terms of mortality were adjusted for all relevant variables and Propensity Score Matching (PSM) was calculated.
Results: A total of 220,517 subjects were included in the analysis; 133,051 (60.3%) ivermectin users and 87,466 (39.7%) non-users. COVID-19 infection occurred in 4,311 (3.2%) treated subjects, and 3,034 (3.5%) non-treated subjects. This evidence showed a 7% reduction in COVID-19 infection rate with use of ivermectin: COVID-19 infection rate ratio (Risk ratio (RR) of 0.93; 95% confidence interval (CI), 0.89 — 0.98; p = 0.003). A total of 62 deaths (1.4% mortality rate) occurred among users and 79 deaths (2.6% mortality rate) among non-users, showing a 48% reduction in mortality rate (RR, 0,52; 95%CI, 0.37 — 0.72; p = 0.0001). Risk of dying from COVID-19 among ivermectin users was 45% lower than non-users (RR, 0.55; 95%CI, 0.40 — 0.77; p = 0.0004). Conclusion: Prophylactic use of ivermectin showed significantly reduced COVID-19 infection rate, mortality rate and chance of dying from COVID-19 on a calculated population-level analysis, which controlled for all relevant confounding variables.
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Great post. Regrettably damage is done. Lemmings rule but OH so temporarily.
Originally observed in the Dallas Morning News. It's all supply-chain issues and staffing issues. That's all!
[Ay Pee] Inflation is painfully high, but this hopefully is close to as bad as it gets. I wish I could be 'full of hope' Consumer prices rose 6.8% for the 12 months ending in November, a 39-year high. Many economists expect inflation to remain near this level a few more months but to then moderate through 2022 for a variety of reasons. And they don't see a repeat of the 1970s or early 1980s, when inflation ran above 10% for frighteningly long stretches. Plenty of time until a new regime takes over!
Households could even see relief in some areas within weeks. Prices have dropped on global markets for crude oil and natural gas, which is filtering into lower prices at the pump and for home heating. That should keep inflation somewhat in check, even if prices keep rising elsewhere in the economy.
"This is not going to be an easy fix," said Nela Richardson, chief economist at ADP. "Just because inflation will eventually moderate doesn’t mean that prices are going to go down. They’re up. We’re just lowering the rate of change, not the level of prices."
One reason for the moderation, he said, is improving supply chains. They had become ensnarled when the global economy suddenly returned to life following its brief shutdown, and economists hope increasing availability of everything from computer chips to shipping containers will help inflation to ease. That'll put more stuff on the shelves, not more money in pockets to purchase stuff.
"It’s in no one’s interests to have the supply chain as disruptive as it has been," Price said.
Then there's the Federal Reserve. Wall Street expects the Fed to say this upcoming week that it will accelerate its exit from a monthly bond-buying program meant to support the economy. That would open the door for it to begin raising short-term interest rates. How long has the Fed been 'supporting the economy", I wonder?
The U.S. government will also potentially offer less aid to households in 2022, whether that's through child tax credit payments or beefed-up unemployment benefits. That could also lead to fewer purchases by Americans, further lessening the pressure on inflation. Potentially.
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Is this breaking news from 1974 by any chance?
The amount of wishful thinking about inflation never ceases to amaze me. Has no one ever read an economics textbook? Or is everyone just living in Fantasyland nowadays?
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economists hopeincreasing availability of everything from computer chips to shipping containers will help inflation to ease
"Economists hope": This would be comical if these incompetent assholes weren't destroying our country.
Sure, energy prices can temporarily whipsaw based on a meeting in Vienna or a remark by a Gazprom official or a sheik. But there is zero evidence that the supply chain mess is easing. Literally every piece of hard evidence we have -- container ships at sea, scarce inventories, time to market data, depleted store shelves -- everything says the opposite.
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No end in sight. Suppliers already say next year more of the same. Red Bull, Pepsi, and Coke. Democrats never fix anything but will always ask for more money.
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I hear that where historically international shipping prices were $500, they now are $20,000. That will certainly encourage creative answers, answers that do not include China, after which supply chain-induced inflation will fall. But government spending-induced inflation is a good deal less tractable.
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Not gonna stop until the extra money is siphoned off. The way they did that at the end of the 70s was to jack up interest rates. It hurt, but worked. With everyone so in debt to the hilt, it will hurt even worse this time and might actually collapse everything. But this won't stop until balance is once again restored to the books.
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Oil reserves were drained to keep pump prices down until January 1 so 1)Biden and the Dims can enjoy Christmas without catching hell, and 2)the Dims can ramp up the Blame Trump message 3) the DimJanuary 6 (Brownshirt) Commission can lock up any opposition leadership.
After January 1 when winter cold kicks in so will hellish energy prices and energy shortages and Venezuelan style hyper-Inflation.
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Also interest rates will accelerate because of the bill just past pushing the government debt/borrowing through the stratosphere meaning capital will be scarce.
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It already annoys me how the ATM mainly spits out $50 bills unless you ask for just $80. Then you go everywhere and hear "Got anything smaller?" like a broken record. Wait till it's all hundreds, bubbie.
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No. They'll just change how it's calculated -- again -- so they can report prettier numbers.
[SteveKirschSubstack] Just like in the US, the mask policy in Israel is also not based on scientific evidence. Science is dead. Expert opinion dictates policy. Scientific evidence is no longer needed.
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Short of full N-95 and eye protection, and probably gowns (like in the hospital), masking (with cloth or cheap paper masks) DOES NOT WORK against aerosolized viruses. Period. Show the empirical evidence that proves that it does. It does not exist.
Masking is theater unless 100% N-95 disposable (never re-use) masks, and worn correctly (properly fitted, no nose-out nor chin-diaper, thrown away after wearing), and accompanied by behavior changes like not rubbing the eyes, or touching the face, with regular handwashing.
Due to the fact that Biden gave out way too much free money and nobody wants to work anymore. We are forced to reduce our hours during this week,' the sign on the iHop in Arkansas read
The sign was posted as the Biden administration said employers had added just 210,000 jobs in November which fell short of economists' forecasts
The sign garnered mixed reactions, with some applauding iHop management for being blunt and others saying that frustration is misplaced and inappropriate
One person tweeted they to support the chain for their honesty: 'Kudos to iHop for being truthful and not freaking woke. Think our family of 6 will stop by.'
And thank goodness they did. Red State does like to get overexcited, so here are just the key bits:
[RedState] In the aftermath of the "insurrection" of January 6, 2021, American companies governed by woke executives and boards fairly fell over one another to appease the left. In a flurry of virtue signaling rarely seen, company after company declared that they would no longer contribute to the campaign funds of anyone who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
As the Biden bunch began to demonstrate they were not only corrupt to the core but hopelessly inept in the bargain, some companies started pulling back from the precipice of waging an electoral war against the people who were probably going to run Congress in 2024. The Hill reported the companies that pledged to punish Republicans for acting in accordance with their oath of office have slowly been backing off that promise, either directly or indirectly:
Six months after the Capitol attack, only a small number of powerful corporations have made good on their pledge to suspend PAC donations to the 147 Republican politicians who voted against certifying the 2020 election results.
Among the 10 biggest corporate PAC donors that pledged to pause their contributions to election objectors, Amazon, Google, Microsoft and Verizon have followed through on their promises, according to the most recent Federal Election Commission filings.
Other top PACs that vowed to withhold contributions, such as AT&T, Comcast, General Electric, Home Depot, Pfizer and Walmart, have been bankrolling party committees or leadership PACs that can easily funnel campaign cash to election objectors. Those company PACs have not made direct donations to the politicians’ campaigns.
Now the most significant sign has arrived that the whole benighted effort to blame Republican senators and members of Congress for doing what they are paid to do as well as what they believe is right has come to a screeching halt comes from a whining, mewling article in Rolling Stone titled Big Law Firms Promised to Punish Republicans Who Voted to Overthrow Democracy. Now They’re Donating to Their Campaigns. This is strictly a "reader beware" situation, as Rolling Stone is famous for just making crap up and portraying it as fact;
[Big Law firms] weren’t alone in reacting swiftly to the events of Jan. 6. Major corporations and their lobbying front groups in Washington called the insurrection "appalling," an "assault on our democracy," and "an attack on all those things that people cherish and associate with America." Numerous major corporations from Pfizer to Chevron made pledges to freeze financial contributions to the House and Senate Republicans who had voted against certifying Biden’s election, many of them citing vague or baseless claims of election fraud. But by the fall of this year, those corporations have resumed donations to members of the so-called Sedition Caucus as well as party committees that work to reelect Republican members.
Now, the same pattern is playing out with Big Law.
Why companies are backing away from their intemperate declarations earlier in the year is not a mystery.
Nothing is going Biden’s way.
Like major corporations, Big Law can see what is coming. They can either remain true to their wokeness and find themselves totally shut out when a new Congress takes the reins, or they can quietly renege on their virtue signaling and move on. It is increasingly apparent that sane people don’t consider January 6 an "insurrection," and they don’t care about the silly little "commission" pretending to investigate that event. Voters aren’t going to cast their vote based on a senator or member of Congress having the foresight to try to keep Joey SoftServe out of the White House, and there is no downside to stop play-acting like the Republic was in danger on January 6.
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It's a parliament of whores and you ignore the whores at the top of the heap at your own peril. Always remember that these woke corporate CEOs are just slimy johns.
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^ "So many women will have their hijabs ripped off on public transit, because of the example that Leader McCarthy and Republican caucus is setting right now," she said. "We have a responsibility to show this country that bigotry is unacceptable."
Howls lawmaker (D, Al-Shabob),
"Yo, Po-lice! A MAGA-hat mob
[pix of underserved yeeth
rocking locks and gold teeth]
Has just stolen my Holy Hijab!"
"Well at least they didn't get yer dirty drawers, ma'am, er, peace be upon 'em."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. By Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Oh, these are notable threats. The US threatens that "if Russia invades Ukraine," then the US will organize "financial isolation of Russia" and "will increase the contingent of troops in countries on the border of Russia."
Everything is fine here.
1. Constant reservations "if Russia invades" seem to say that Russia did not invade Ukraine, although Ukrainian propaganda squeals about "repelling Russian aggression."
2. Interestingly, the effectiveness of "financial isolation" of Russia will be as effective as the "diplomatic isolation" promised by Obama? The promised "torn apart" economy also did not come.
3. And the very juice - the United States is threatening Russia that it will send troops not to Ukraine, but to the territory of conditional Poland, the Baltic states, Romania, Bulgaria, etc. That is, if the RF Armed Forces take control of the whole of Ukraine, then the United States threatens that the US and NATO troops near the borders of the Russian Federation will increase. At the same time, the NATO grouping in these countries is growing anyway.
These are very wonderful threats and guarantees, which reflect the attitude of the United States towards Ukraine as an instrument that they want to use profitably for themselves, but do not want to enter a direct war with the Russian Federation for the sake of Ukraine.
Therefore, there is a "barrier."
Therefore, the Biden administration in public statements assures that the United States does not want a direct war with the Russian Federation in Ukraine.
Therefore, the troops are threatening to be deployed outside Ukraine. To prevent the formation of a mechanism for launching a direct war, with obligations undesirable for the United States. Which, of course, does not negate the simple fact that Washington will try to play the Ukrainian card in a way favorable to itself.
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Europe has had over one hundred years to observe the Russian, then the Soviet, and now once again the Russian. If the combined strength and military prowess of all of Europe has no plan to deal with the Russian, it should be little of our concern.
Stay out of it! If they (the Russians) take a shot at us, say nothing and smite the fok out of them. Then return to saying nothing.
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Because permitting another empire builder in Europe can't possibly have negative consequences!
Why the hell can't Putin restrain himself?
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Am I the only person who is sick and tired of the eurines' "Oh, please, come help! We promise to only kick you lightly in the balls next time we get the chance."
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Euro conflicts, the gift that keeps on giving. Let them sort it out.
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As to those who make ridiculous references to 1939: Do you even know who's who in Ukraine today?
So Putin's a bandit - OK, let's look at your beloved Ukrainian shit-government whose criminality and violence are world-class. You raise the specter of Hitler while ignoring that the Ukrainian government is rife with real, unvarnished, genocidal fascists. You do realize, don't you, that the Ukrainian shit-regime that our incompetent State Department and Biden admin officials consider our "ally" includes the exact same type of fascists that your upside-down historical analogy supposes?
Do you know who "Right Sector" are? The "Azov Battalion"?
Did you know that in May 2014 in Odessa these monsters and neo-Nazis burned alive scores of Russian-speaking civilians, taunting them as they burned and hacking off limbs of other civilians who escaped the Trades Union House building which Ukraine's actual fascists torched after civilian protestors fled there while trying to escape marauding hordes?
Whatever your feelings about Putin -- I get it, he's a d*ck and a thief -- this is a nightmare conflict in which "our side" has nothing whatsoever to recommend it.
They're corrupt as sin and thuggish murderers who have done nothing for us but pay off the depraved spawn of our demented puppet-president while forgot-nothing, learned-nothing Cold Warriors re-enact their mindless anti-Russia games.
No better symbol of American decadence and decay in the age of Soetoro and Magoo.
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Ah because Putin used Ukranian proxies (like Mykola Zlochevsky) to pay off Hunter it's the Ukranians who are corrupt and not Putin and Biden?
This is just one of the enabling lies that lets you believe you're not a collaborator with Putin _and_ Biden, against people who don't want to be subjected to a foreign authoritarian state that starved them to death in the millions in the leadup to the second world war.
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It also occurs to me that you and Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro VT may be the only two people on the planet who really think Biden is actually opposed to Putin instead of an appeaser.
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^ Nice! A Mary Cloggenstein of Brattleboro VT reference!
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You really think Biden knows Zlochevsky from Kolomoisky?
Or Bogolyubiv from Pinchuk?
Or Azov from Donbass or the Dniester from the Dnieper?
Do you?
Magoo doesn't know his arse from his elbow. If you want to follow this corrupt shithead into a war over a shithole that's been plundered thoroughly by bandits and scorched by fascist thugs, hey, by all means go for it. Grab your javelin and ship off with Hunter.
But leave the rest of us out of it.
The US (unlike the Bidens and Kerry-Heinzes and other grifters) has zero national interest in that wretched place. None.
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Thank you for clearing that up Merrick. In mentioning Sudetenland was referring to the act of appeasement - not the political-corruption (but I repeat myself) of the actors in question. Appeasement doesn't work with mobs like Antifa/BLM nor with countries.
Besides if we allow Russia to invade Ukraine - what can we say when China invades Taiwan?
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You really think Biden knows Zlochevsky from Kolomoisky?
Or Bogolyubiv from Pinchuk?
Or Azov from Donbass or the Dniester from the Dnieper?
Do you?
He knows Zlochevsky was signing his family's paychecks. You're the one who doesn't seem to know who he was and what he was doing.
Magoo doesn't know his arse from his elbow. If you want to follow this corrupt shithead into a war over a shithole that's been plundered thoroughly by bandits and scorched by fascist thugs, hey, by all means go for it. Grab your javelin and ship off with Hunter.
All I really want them to do is _not sell Ukraine out_, which shouldn't require US troops. Like we had the opportunity to do in 1974/75 but didn't, when we sold Saigon out.
As I said, you're probably one of the only people on the planet who thinks Joe Biden and Hunter are cold warriors. Y'all deserve each other.
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We should try to broker an agreement between Russia and whatever clown is currently holding Ukraine's presidency. If do as Teddy Roosevelt could broker an end to the Tsar's war with Japan in 1906, we can certainly manage to bring an end to this wretched little war.
To create a lasting peace we should propose that the current territory be demilitarized entirely -- no Russian troops, no NATO or US aid -- and partition off the eastern Novorossiisk regions.
We would remove all US advisors and troops from Ukrainian territory, forswear ever bringing Ukraine into NATO and immediately begin talks to bring Russia into the US-India-Japan-Aus. de facto alliance against CHINA.
Remember them? The f--kers who have actually caused trillions of dollars of damage to our economy, who are helping oligarchs destroy our middle-class democracy, who share nothing in common with our heritage or culture or civilization? Remember China - the REAL threat?
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Remember them? The f--kers who have actually caused trillions of dollars of damage to our economy, who are helping oligarchs destroy our middle-class democracy, who share nothing in common with our heritage or culture or civilization? Remember China - the REAL threat?
I remember who really bombed Pearl Harbor, but instead we went off and fought Nazi Germany instead.
You're basically blaming us for the fact that there's been a Chinese/Russian alliance for the past twenty years or so, since long before the Russians invaded Ukraine back in 2014. They cooperated in the takeover of Venezuela in the 2000's, you know, in violation of that Monroe Doctrine you keep thinking's still honored somewhere.
Let me guess, the hundreds of thousands killed there were "pre-revenge" for the NATO entry of Ukraine that still hasn't happened yet?
Biden in 2010 reportedly argued the US did not have an obligation to stay in Afghanistan.
"F--- that, we don't have to worry about that. We did it in Vietnam, Nixon and Kissinger got away with it," he reportedly said.
Biden is facing criticism over the US withdrawal from Afghanistan after the Taliban retook the country.
Apparently the Senile fuck doesn't remember that Nixon was more or less removed from office in favor of a placeholder who'd let the Democrats cut all aid to South Vietnam.
(Hmm. President Placeholder. Who does that remind me of?)
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If adventuring in Ukraine is the answer to Ukranian activities corrupting US politicians, then hey, maybe adventuring in Columbia is the solution to the cocaine problem in the US.
Oh, wait...
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*cough* Soviet Russian nuclear arsenal *cough*
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From what I understand Germany shut down all of their nuclear power and they depend on gas from Russia. So basically they are helpless if Russia shuts the taps, which means Germany will not allow a European conflict with Russia.
If I have my facts right then it all depends upon the US who has no real interest in the area and no interest in defending the super-wealthy and very judgy Europeans any longer.
The only thing that might save Ukraine is if the Biden people believe a war could bring up poll numbers, but at this point the US is tired of wars and I think a war in Ukraine might drive Biden into single digits, especially if the Woke generals screw up something.
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As I recall the sequence, when Japan’s nuclear power plant was flooded by the tsunami, Germany mothballed their own nuclear power plants. They thought they could thrive with wind power, but that turned out only to be useful in windy weather, and overall is net negative rathwr than net positive. They’d been trying to back away from coal power, too, because of GLOBAL WARMING!!!!, depending on French nuclear power, but in the end another source was needed.
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Isn't it interesting how the German prime minister retires to work for Gazprom and they accidentally slip on a banana peel and wind up always being dependent on Gazprom?
Read this and then ponder whether more "democratic" intervention, in yet another overseas shithole, will turn the trend around:
"For the first time in our survey, a minority of Americans—only 45%—report having a great deal of trust and con dence in the military. Alarmingly, this is down 25 points in the last three years. Increasing numbers of Americans say they have little or not much confidence in the military, which is up 15 points in the last three years.
"Trust and confidence in the military is down across the major demographic subgroups, including age, gender, and party identification. Since 2018, those reporting the highest level of confidence in the military have fallen
- among Republicans by 34 points to 53%,
- Democrats by 17 points to 42%, and
- Independents by 28 points to 38%.
"The highest level of confidence is down 25 points among both men and women. And it is declining among all age groups as well, down 25 points among those over 65, by 26 points among those ages 45- 64, and 28 points among those 30-44...."
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Couldn't happen, of course, but if ancestral enemies were to forge an impossible alliance, it might involve a whole lotta heat and a whole heap of hostages.
[AlAhram] Egypt is a key supplier of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to the Ottoman Turkish market, with seven cargoes shipped in the fourth quarter of 2021, Standard and Poor’s (S&P) Global said.
President Sisi is working hard to make Egypt financially more independent, despite loathing the wannabe neo-Ottoman sultan Recep Tayip Erdogan (first of that name).
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based on DNA evidence, most in the field think there were multiple migrations from Asia to N.Am.
the 'native Americans' undoubtedly did their share of displacing/exterminating their predecessors
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Beware of the 'Indigenous Lobby' if you find anything creditable prior to the 'Last' migration ~15,000-YO (the ONLY TRUE one in some indigenous circles).
Seem to remember a real sh*tstorm when some poor archeologist found carbon dated evidence of a 40,000-YO settlement in South America.
I also think there was another site found on the East Coast of the US somewhere that was even older, but suppressed by the aforementioned group-think.
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#2 LG - Agreed ... I have read several research papers showing the Russia-Alaska Land Bridge (Beringia) may have allowed migration multiple times in the last 25,000+ years.
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I remember snickering when they finally starting deciphering the Mayan glyphs. Out: Pacifistic Pot smoking stargazing numerologists. IN: warmongering human sacrificing people (King 'Two Rabbit' burned this city and took a bunch of war captives...).
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For all that Rousseau called Indians "noble savages", the accent is on savages.
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From Wikipedia
Mound Builders
A number of pre-Columbian cultures are collectively termed "Mound Builders". The term does not refer to a specific people or archaeological culture, but refers to the characteristic mound earthworks erected for an extended period of more than 5,000 years
See these tribes and groups are just lumped together in the leftist Wikipedia...no one seems to think of dividing out the various settlements and who knows they could have been here far longer than 5-20K years
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In the summer of 2015, a team of archaeologists in Utah found duck bones and charred plant matter just beneath the ground, in an arid stretch of northwestern Utah now known as the Wishbone site. The team realized it was an open-air hearth, some 12,000 years old, and now the same group has reported their discovery of tobacco seeds on the site.
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A verrrry old man of Tijuana
Once tried to eat Nicotiana.
He filled his whole boca
From a bowl of N. glauca,
Turned green, and... "I think that I'm gonna
be... [ick] Dame -- quick! -- marijuana."
[IndependentSentinel] The House bill is progressive [regressive really] with an "escalating tax on methane emissions by oil and gas producers," according to a new op-ed in the Wall Street Journal. The tax will hit $1,500 per ton by 2025 and the fee is supposed to be a contribution to recent promises made in Glasgow to curb methane emissions.
The cost of the fee will obviously get passed along to the consumer. It will mean even higher energy prices. The Left wants to make fossil fuels so expensive that only the rich can pay for them. About 180 million Americans use natural gas to heat their homes, the report says.
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Methane's a lot more effective greenhouse gas than CO2, so when we capture it and burn it instead of letting it get loose into the atmosphere naturally we are saving the planet... (BTW, one hydrocarbon prospecting tool is to map 'natural' natural gas seeps.)
[NATION.PK] The Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... have been in power for almost 100 days; a timeline often used to test the nerve of governance. Since their storming into Kabul on August 15, on the heels of the world superpower’s exit, they have played their cards close to their chest. I’m neither a Taliban supporter nor do I approve of their yesteryear policies, yet I humbly acknowledge that they are a power to be reckoned with, and rightly deserve to be recognised as the de jure ruling entity of Afghanistan.
There are no spins involved. It’s high time the regional states, especially its immediate neighbours, as well as the major powers come forward to engage the political dispensation in Kabul. They have largely shunned militaristic-orientation. Though their foot soldiers carry an assault rifle, and almost all of them wear a beard and turban — and are in no mood to adapt the Westminster dress code, they have come a long way in at least settling down with serenity. They have done away with highhanded tactics against their opponents, especially the minorities and women. This episode of their inauguration stint is in need of being appreciated.
Afghanistan today is in the labyrinth stage. It is evolving to rise as a strong nation-state. Having expelled the foreign forces after a struggle or more than two decades, Afghans have at least cemented their nationalistic credentials. But they vanished. Despite being rich in natural resources, as well as an enterprising and hardworking populace, they are groping in the dark to build their war-devastated country from scratch. This is where the world community should play its role.
It’s time to shun prejudice against the entity in power, and realise the essentiality of dependence in inter-state relations. Failing a nation of 40 million, once again, by abandoning it is no option. While the resilient and war-weary Afghans can take on another episode of jingoism and go on to fight, even among themselves or with some new-found enemy—but this luxury cannot be afforded by any of the near or distant states. Pushing Afghanistan into a new circle of instability and warfare would be catastrophic.
This is where realpolitik comes into play. Pakistain, Iran, China and Central Asian States have a special responsibility to embrace Afghanistan. Russia, India, the Arab world and the United States too cannot keep themselves away. Engaging the landlocked country in conformity with the parameters of state-centrism is a must. For a while, all need to keep away their vested share of power politics—and let a devastated state be rebuilt.
Today it is the Taliban, but tomorrow it could be some other political doctrine at the helm of affairs. Thus the notion to discourage engagement is an anathema of sorts. It hasn’t worked, nor will it. The debate that there should be an inclusive government in Afghanistan is merit-based. But Rome was not built in a day. Nor anyone could have the audacity to dictate a foreign state on what it should or shouldn’t be doing in its political policy prescription.
American women waited for decades to get the right of vote, Commonwealth states still linger for credible democracy, and so do the Afghans to knit themselves in a pluralistic nomenclature. They are slow but certainly on the track. Putting the cart before the horse is no solution. Let the horse pull as much as it can in semblance.
What is needed proactively is recognising the Taliban to kickstart the process of nation-building. It will usher in peace and security in the region. If that is delayed any more, it could galvanise centrifugal forces and lead to cataclysm. The Taliban, anyway, are not going anywhere. They are there to stay as there isn’t any possibility of another Tora Bora bombing. The US stands exhausted and couldn’t risk any capitulation.
This boils down the argument to realism, ie, engage the political-militia and let the dynamics of geo-economics bloom daffodils. Opening up of the southwest Asian state is sine qua non for the success of CPEC and BRI, as well as CASA and TAPI—the multi-billion dollar projects awaiting to see the light of the day. The Taliban hold the key to realise them—and their staying put in Kabul makes them indispensable.
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The Taliban needs to unify the Pashtuns on both sides of the Durand line in a push against the Punjabis running Pakistan. A greater Afghanistan that includes Pakistan, along with its nukes, would be a power that cannot be ignored, by China, India, Iran or anyone else.
[FOX32CHICAGO] Another day, another brazen robbery at a business 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... 's pricey Near North Side neighborhood. This time, the target was the ritzy Gold Coast Auto Gallery.
On Saturday afternoon, two people came to rob this showroom for Lamborghinis and Bentleys. One stayed by the door with a gun. The other used a hammer to smash a display case and grabbed a million dollars worth of watches. Ten customers including children were in the showroom at the time.
"He was smart enough not to raise the gun, because my people had guns," said dealership owner Joe Petito. "If he raised that gun, he would have been shot, we’d probably be in court defending ourselves."
This robbery happened on October 11th at a store on Michigan Avenue near Chicago.
In less than 20 seconds, the owner says eight luxury watches are stolen.
$1 million divided by 8 = $125,000 apiece.
Police patrols were already heightened this weekend after teenagers flooded downtown last Saturday. Twenty teens were arrested and a CTA bus driver was attacked.
At least for now, even during working hours, the doors at the dealership will be locked. Service is by appointment only. Police are still working to track down the men responsible.
Related: Watches listed on the website range in price from $1000-5000 apiece. Tonino Lamborghini is a scion of the car family, but he and (presumably) his son concentrate on expensively stylish lifestyle products.
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[REGNUM] Three representatives of the Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) were eliminated in northern Iraq and Syria by representatives of the Turkish armed forces (Armed Forces). This was announced on Sunday, December 12, by Anadolu Ajansi with reference to the Turkish Ministry of National Defense.
A statement from the Turkish defense ministry said one militant was killed by a drone strike in the Avashin region of northern Iraq. In addition, the ministry noted, Turkish special forces neutralized two militants in northern Syria.
The exact location of the military operations has not been reported.
As a reminder, the PKK is prohibited in Turkey. Members of this organization are fighting for the right to create their own autonomy within the state.
[An Nahar] Lebanese Forces A Christian political party founded by Bashir Gemayel, who was then bumped off when he was elected president of Leb... leader Samir Geagea ...Geagea was imprisoned by the Syrians and their puppets for 11 years in a dungeon in the third basement level of the Lebanese Ministry of Defense. He was released after the Cedar Revolution in 2005... on Sunday called on the defense and interior ministries to explain the circumstances of Friday’s explosions at the Paleostinian refugee camp of al-Bourj al-Shamali."We want the official and complete account of events for the blast that went off Friday at the al-Bourj al-Shamali camp in the city of Tyre so that we react accordingly," Geagea said in a tweet.
The Paleostinian Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, group said Saturday that the earth-shattering kabooms were caused by an electrical short-circuit in a storage area for oxygen bottles used to treat 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... patients.
Later in the day however, a Lebanese security official told The News Agency that Dare Not be Named news agency that the earth-shattering kaboom in the camp was clearly ammunition -- not oxygen bottles.
Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ... 's state-run National News Agency had reported late Friday that arms stored for Hamas went kaboom! Friday in the camp, killing and injuring a number of people. Hamas in a statement Saturday described the earth-shattering kabooms as an "incident" adding that a fire in the camp caused limited damage.
In a later statement, the group said that one of its members, Hamza Chahine, was killed. It called on its supporters to take part in his funeral on Sunday afternoon at a mosque in the camp.
Hamas said the oxygen bottles and containers of detergents stored at the camp were to be distributed as part of its aid work in the camp.
"Hamas condemns the misleading media campaign and the spread of false news that accompanied the incident," the murderous Moslem group said in its statement. It added that reports about the cause of the blast and the "deaths of dozens" are baseless.
Immediately after the blasts, Lebanese troops deployed around the camp and briefly prevented people from entering or leaving.
NNA said the state prosecutor in southern Lebanon has asked security agencies and arms experts to inspect the Hamas "arms storage" site inside the camp.
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Unknown button men on Sunday morning attacked some communities in Imo State, kidnapping two traditional rulers in the process.
It was learnt that the button men also burnt the palaces and vehicles of the traditional rulers.
The traditional rulers kidnapped by the assailants were identified as Paul Ogbu of Ihitte Ihube and Acho Ndukwe of Amagu Ihube, both from the Okigwe Local Government Area of the state.
SaharaReporters also gathered that among those kidnapped was the youth leader of Umulolo Okigwe. In the Umulolo Okigwe, the button men also attacked the country home of a community leader identified as Fabian Nwosu.
The house was also vandalised during the operation that lasted between 12 midnight and 1 am on Sunday.
A source told SaharaReporters that one of the kidnapped traditional rulers, Eze Acho Ndukwe is the Chairman of the Council of Traditional Rulers in Okigwe Local Government Area.
"He is also the CEO of Genesis Hotel in Okigwe," the source said.
Last Thursday, the traditional ruler of Atta Kingdom in the Njaba Local Government Area, Edwin Azike, was kidnapped.
His corpse was found at the market square on Friday morning.
The traditional ruler of Mbutu Ancient Kingdom, Damian Nwaigwe, was also kidnapped last Thursday.
[AlAhram] Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... plans to cut oil output and prioritise defence spending in its 2022-2023 draft budget because of sanctions and US-Israeli threats linked to its nuclear programme.
Iranian news agencies reported that the draft, presented Sunday, projects GDP growth of eight percent.
President Ebrahim Raisi submitted the draft to parliament for a vote expected by the end of 2021.
In Iran, the New Year starts on March 21.
Iran plans to produce 1.2 million barrels per day at a projected price of $60 a barrel. That is down from 2.3 million bpd at a price of $40 a barrel, leaving revenues of $26.3 billion against $33.5 billion in the last budget.
Industry experts say the estimate is too high, given that Iran currently sells around 600,000 barrels a day.
Oil sales account for a quarter of revenues in the budget, with another 25 percent from a sharp increase in taxes.
The 2022-2023 budget allocates about $5 billion to boost "defence capacities and strategic research", Tasnim news agency said, up from $4 billion the previous year.
Washington, which has imposed stringent sanctions on Tehran, warned in October of "other options" if diplomacy fails on Iran's nuclear programme, while Israel has reserved the right to use force.
A 2015 nuclear deal between Iran and world powers has been disintegrating since then US President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...... pulled out three years later.
The accord ensured sanctions relief for Iran in return for tight curbs on its nuclear programme.
Trump also re-introduced sanctions, including on its oil exports, prompting Tehran to start disregarding the deal's limits on its nuclear activities in 2019.
Trump's successor Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S., who gives the term geriatric a bad name. He blames Afghans for losing Afghanistan.... has said he wants the US to return to the agreement, but international negotiations in Vienna on reviving the accord have so far failed to make significant progress.
Arabs until 2018 -5 percent
Arabs now - 65+ percent (460,000)
Figures provided by the Afrin Center for Human Rights. Data collected at the end of 2020.
According to Syrian sources, the Kurds were in Afrin as an ethnic minority for the first time since the Crusades.
Excellent work of the YPG, which refused to hand over the region to Assad's control and chose to hand it over to Erdogan.
As a result of the excellent policy in the style of "I will frostbite my ears to harm Assad," they actually organized ethnic cleansing for themselves.
Friend Recep gladly began to squeeze the Kurds out of Athens and replace them with Arabs, which he is diligently doing to this day, since he has more than two million Syrian Arabs living in Turkey, whom he would prefer to push back to Syria, preferably to the territory where they live.
Kurds in order to erode the demographic composition of the population in territories where Kurds are the ethnic majority.
Of course, he will gladly do the same in Rojava, if the opportunity comes along. The leadership of the Syrian Kurds is diligently working hard to ensure that such an opportunity appears for Erdogan.
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] Bahrain’s foreign ministry has denounced Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ... for hosting a presser for individuals it described as "hostile personnel" on terror lists with the purpose of "broadcasting and promoting abusive and malicious allegations against the Kingdom of Bahrain.""The Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed its deep regret and denunciation that the Lebanese capital Beirut hosted a presser for hostile personnel designated on supporting and sponsoring terrorism lists, with the purpose of broadcasting and promoting abusive and malicious allegations against the Kingdom of Bahrain," the ministry said in a statement.
Bahrain’s foreign ministry said it had submitted a "strong formal protest" to the Lebanese government regarding the recent move.
The Ministry added that an official note verbale of protest was sent to the General Secretariat of the League of Arab States in this regard, containing the Kingdom of Bahrain's denunciation of this unfriendly step by the Lebanese side. The Ministry of Foreign Affairs called on the Lebanese government to prevent such reprehensible practices that aim to offend the Kingdom of Bahrain, and are inconsistent with the most basic diplomatic norms and the brotherly relations between the two people," the ministry added.
In October, Bahrain asked the Lebanese ambassador to its kingdom to leave within the next 48 hours, against the background of a series of unacceptable and offensive statements and stances issued by Lebanese officials recently.
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[SHAFAQ] Proponents of the Kurdistan Workers Party (PKK) opted to halt the working hours in the government departments in Sinjar, south of Nineveh, in the aftermath of yesterday's Ottoman TurkishArclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... on a PKK headquarters in the district.A document issued by the Autonomous and Democratic Administration of Sinjar to "all the organizations in the north sub-district" said that it decided to suspend the work of "all government and non-government departments, organizations, and associations in Sinjar without exception starting from Sunday."
The document warned the violators of "holding the entire responsibility".
A source told Shafaq News Agency that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... 's warplanes bombarded a site of the PKK-loyal Sinjar Protection Units (YPS) in Khana Sur, Northern Sinjar.
Another source said that the attack resulted in no casualties.
PKK forces continue to station and operate in Sinjar in spite of an agreement between Baghdad and Erbil on deporting all gangs from the contested district in preparation for repatriating the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and commencing the reconstruction works.
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[Garowe] Skirmishes in Galmadug continued for the better part of Friday with at least six people killed, information minister Ahmed Falagle said, noting that the government will address the situation.
Galmadug has been a hot spot of skirmishes in the country, ranging from al-Shabaab ...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord... resurgence, ASWJ militia, and inter-clan fights, which have escalated for the last two years, almost plunging the country into chaos.
Because really, dealing with just one existential problem at a time would be too simple.
"It is unfortunate that there is a resurgence of clan fighting. Six people have been killed and many more injured. Galmudug ...a semiautonomous region in central Somalia, bordering Puntland on the north. Galmudug is not trying to obtain international recognition as a separate nation, but rather considers itself autonomous within the larger Somali federalism, for what that's worth... has stood firm and will hold the perpetrators accountable," Falagle said.
Fighting broke out between the two sides in Kahandhaale area of the Galgadud region Friday afternoon but the course of the clash was not immediately clear.
According to local sources, ’several’ people were killed and others injured in the fighting that last into Friday afternoon. Tension still remains high amid fears of fresh fighting.
Galmadug, which is in central Somalia, has been a hotspot of chaos and is home to Ahmed Kaliye alias Qoorqoor, a close ally of outgoing President Mohammed Abdullahi Farmaajo, who has been accused of sabotage.
Under Farmaajo's administration, the country has been fairly unstable, and there have been deliberate efforts to kick him out of the government in the ongoing elections in the federal republic of Somalia.
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[An Nahar] Greek Orthodox Metropolitan of Beirut Elias Aude on Sunday slammed the parties who are attempting to "conceal the truth and the criminals" in the Beirut port blast case, at a mass marking the 16th anniversary of the liquidation of Gebran Tueni."It is no longer acceptable for the government to remain paralyzed in its decisions and actions nor to remain subject to a political minority that acts as the ruling majority," Aude quoted Tueni as saying prior to his liquidation.
"As if Gebran was speaking about what’s happening today," he added.
"Tueni said in 2005 that the unveiling of the truth would mean that criminals, whoever they may be and wherever they may be, would no longer enjoy protection, but we were surprised by many crimes, topped by the capital’s explosion, and we were not surprised by the attempt to conceal the truth and the criminals," the Metropolitan went on to say.
Lamenting that "we’ve become used to hearing about such issues because this approach has deepened in Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity™, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade... ," Aude decried that "the absence of holding any culprit accountable has led us to this lawlessness and to insulting the judiciary and judges and evading justice."
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[ToloNews] At least 80 ISIS members surrendered to the Islamic Emirate in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province, the provincial media relations department said on Sunday.
According to the department, the ISIS members surrendered to the Islamic Emirate through the mediation of tribal elders.
Dr. Bashir, director of intelligence for Nangarhar province, said these ISIS members are residents of 10 districts in the province, the media relations department said in a series of tweets.
The department said that considering the general amnesty, these men have been granted amnesty.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella went down under the weight of the custard... the surrendered ISIS members said they will support the Islamic Emirate.
Tribal elders also said if anyone provides housing to ISIS members in the province, their homes will be set on fire and the hosts themselves will be expelled.
[IsraelTimes] Current and former American military and intelligence officials tell The New York Times
... which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... that a covert US army cell operating repeatedly killed civilians as collateral damage in its operations against 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 in Syria.
Given how excited the New York Times clearly is, we have to wonder how far from the truth their journalism might be.
The unit called Talon Anvil was active between 2014 and 2019 striking convoys, boom-mobiles, command centers and squads of enemy fighters, NYT says.
But NYT sources says the cell "circumvented rules imposed to protect noncombatants," sometimes killing farmers in the middle of their harvest, children on the street, fleeing families, and villagers sheltering in buildings.
We also must wonder how many of the killed suddenly became civilians when they dropped the weapons in their hands.
"They were ruthlessly efficient and good at their jobs," says one former Air Force intelligence officer who was with the unit from 2016 to 2018. "But they also made a lot of bad strikes."
Update from the Daily Mail with lots of incidents at 9:15 a.m. ET, courtesy of Skidmark. Their bullet points:
A small American strike cell alarmed CIA and Airforce officials by killing countless civilians as they launches airstrikes against the Islamic State in Syria
Between 2014 and 2017, operation Talon Anvil routinely flouted safeguard procedures, sources told the New York Times, to function at the 'speed of war'
In the process, they obscured the number of civilians they killed in their operations, and averted drone cameras at the moment that missiles would hit
The cell played an 'outsize' role in the 112,000 bombs and missiles aimed at the Islamic State while the so-called caliphate was in operation
Former Department of Defense and Pentagon adviser Larry Lewis said that casualties were ten times higher in Syria than in similar missions in Afghanistan
'It was higher than I would have expected from a U.S. unit,' he said. 'The fact that it increased dramatically and steadily over a period of years shocked me'
Overseeing strike after strike, one source said, seemed to 'erode operators' perspective and fray their humanity'
The NYT is also concerned that the operators wore civvies and beards instead appearing neat and trim in their uniforms.
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Not to belittle this accident.
But of course accidents happen in war.
But The Talon Anvil operators were focused on a building, and had viable INTEL that it was an enemy training center.
So looking broadly at Talon Anvil operational mission. It acted kinda like a FO for Terrorist strike eliminations.
OPEN QUESTION:
NYT's with its Anti-Military, vilify any success regarding the war on terrorism, and it well known strong Anti-USA mission story agenda. NYT's ...How also about covering their 100's, if not 1000's of successful terrorist eliminations? Which saved 10's of 1000's of lives. Or the lives that it cost Talon Anvil operative team members? Or is the goal to be one sided, discredit our military, and stomp on it as LIBERAL RAG you are now.
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It's called war... In all 1,570 French cities and towns were bombed by the Allies between June 1940 and May 1945. The total number of civilians killed was 68,778, mostly elderly (including the 2,700 civilians killed in Royan)
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Note the update from the Daily Mail, and scan the entire article to get a better feel for those who fed the information to the New York Times.
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Also, it occurs to me that this unit was stood up in 2014, making it a President Obama project and, since he closely managed all WoT killing, one whose actions he would have been aware of — though clearly the article means to tar President Trump and the Army with the accusation of wanton murder.
Me, I look at ISIS and see a society of eager, complicit volunteers and the conquered in their particular Hell. I, too, am reminded of the carpet bombing of WWII.
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In guerrilla warfare it is extremely difficult to tell the combatants from the civilians when no one wears a uniform and everyone is lugging around an AK
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] Following the thousands of hours the 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... Police Department spent investigating Jussie Smollett ...Cable TV actor whose primary talents seemed to be being black and being homosexual. In a bid for national attention, he paid a pair of Nigerian brothers to rough him up a little so he could claim that two large, white, MAGA hat-wearing men had shouted This is MAGA country! while thumping him at 2:30am on a bitter cold night in Chicago and throwing bleach on him, presumably to lighten him up. The story quickly unraveled, and he became a laughingstock and the poster boy for pretend victimization and attention whoredom... 's hate crime hoax, the former Empire star is now being sued over $130,000 for the time spent by the department's officers investigating the incident.
The city will be going forward with a $130,106.15 lawsuit against the star after Smollett was found guilty on five counts of disorderly conduct, according to the Daily Mail.
In a July 2019 legal filing from the department, they stated that more than two dozen cops spent weeks investigating the Smollett's claims, logging 1,836 overtime hours in the process.
"The City filed a civil lawsuit against Jussie Smollett to recover costs incurred by the Chicago Police Department investigating what the City believed to be Smollett's false police reports that he was a victim of a hate crime," a statement from the city said.
"While using a different standard of proof, the jury's finding of guilt convicting Jussie Smollett of criminal charges stemming from the incident confirms that the City was correct in bringing its civil lawsuit," the statement continued.
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$130,106.15 is a joke.
How about the $Millions in private property damages and looting. How about 100's of persons physically harmed because of this Racist White Hate, Political based Stunt?
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more than two dozen cops spent weeks investigating the Smollett's claims, logging 1,836 overtime hours in the process.
The reason for that effort was that Cook County DA Kim Fox went all in on solving this horrible but obviously fake hate crime. I rather suspect the cops who took the original complaint would have dropped the whole mess.
Not a lawyer, but civil damages seems like a novel legal theory.
A major winter storm will drop up to 8 feet of snow on Northern California's highest peaks and bring rain and winds up to 65 mph to the rest of the state
'This is a pretty widespread event,' said NWS meteorologist Anna Wanless in Sacramento. 'Most of California, if not all, will see some sort of rain and snow'
The precipitation will bring at least temporary relief to the broader region that's been gripped by drought for more than 20 years because of climate change
Another storm system predicted to hit California midweek could deliver almost continuous snow
Pacific Gas & Electric said the storm may cause power outages in the Bay Area
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Since the precipitation will help ameliorate the drought, surely Californians will be pleased to give up heat and power for a while. After all, what is being a Californian but sacrificing their comfort for the greater good of the environment.
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It will be a "record breaking" amount of snow. In the spring, California's water situation will be blamed on the "non-existent snow-pack."
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NOTE: This is the Northern CAL Cascade Mts.
Yes !!! Pacific stream moisture and the usual "winter" winds cause snow. In 3-4 months it will be followed by the usual Spring thaw, flooding, mud and landslides, summer heat waves, wild fires and arson fires set by environmentalists trying desperately to prove a "Climate" point.
This happens every year, its pretty much a normal, but broad weather cycle.
eg. California has experienced many droughts over the lat 150++ years/ Such as 1841, 1864, 1924, 1928-1935, 1947-1950, 1959-1960, 1976-1977, 1986-1992, 2006-2010, 2011-2017, 2018 and 2020-2021.
BTW: The Donner Summit California same general northern area (1900-2020) usual sees 343" (28ft.) to low 400" (33ft.).
While just 50 miles west Yuba CA. can barely muster 2" of snow.
Mt. Hood is expecting 22"
the storm originated in the Gulf of Alaska where the surface ocean temperature is a few degrees below normal and as the storm moves down the coast it will tap moisture from the Gulf of California and vicinity which is a bit above normal
probably this gives a moisture stream with a return occurrence of 5 to 10 years
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A good view of this is via a product of the AZ Univ which shows the changing 500mb (about 18k feet) and the infrared water vapor on the same loop.
[IsraelTimes] PowerPoint handed to US House investigation reportedly suggests several options for then-president to pursue to derail Congress’s January 6 certification of Biden’s election win
Former US President Donald Trump ...New York real estate developer, described by Dems as illiterate, racist, misogynistic, and whatever other unpleasant descriptions they can think of, elected by the rest of us as 45th President of the United States... ’s then-chief of staff has reportedly turned over a PowerPoint presentation to the US House committee investigating the January 6 Reichstag Capitol
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Trump was put in to drain the swamp. That includes the whole swamp, Dems and RHINOS. But the swamp had gotten too big because of vast Deep State corruption. Tucker Carlson is going to have several episodes on Senator McConnell's RHINO incompetence. He just had his intro on the subject and it is going be brutal. McConnel failed miserably as a pilitical leader in the aftermath of the massively corrupt 2020 election.
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So apparently:
This did not originate within the White House since this guy only received it via an email.
Was not presented to Trump (they would have mentioned that!)
Was not acted upon.
Did not detail any sort of 'Insurrection' as the star chamber claims.
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Preventative impeachment. Had Trump simply announced his retirement and bought a mountainside villa in Gimmelwald, none of this would be taking place.
Because that's "being prepared." Prepared to use voter fraud and determined to rig the election "by any means necessary."
With preposterous lies about totally-fabricated Russkie plots. With suppression of the genuine and vast evidence of the deleaved Biden family's influence-peddling and money-laundering for the Chinese Communist Party's front organization and half a dozen other foreign state bandits.
With software that allows floating-point tallies of votes.
With four partisan Oligarchs spending over $900 million to teach their paid foot soldiers the arts of "vote harvesting" and "curing" invalid ballots.
With midnight suitcases of ballots and mysterious white vans appearing in only the tipping-point states and only the big city precincts where a swing of 40,000 ballots -- all of them conveniently marked for the retard candidate Biden and no down-ballot candidate at all!
The suppression of the Biden evidence trove -- far more extensive and more horrifying than anything heard in the Watergate tapes -- suppression by the Democrats' media laptops of this prima facie evidence of Joe Biden's blatant lies about not being involved in his son's selling access to the Vice Presidency is sufficient and necessary evidence that the election was thrown.
19% of Democrats who voted for Biden told pollsters that they would not have voted for the muppet had they simply had normal access to normal news reporting on Hunter's laptop and its trove of evidence of Biden's lies about the family's corruption and depravity. Even if that figure's overstated, a swing of just a couple of percentage points in Phoenix, or Atlanta, or Philadelphia, in those cities alone, would have given Emmanuel Goldstein an easy, incontrovertible victory last November.
This kind of massive news suppression and blatant election-rigging -- at the national level -- has never happened in this country. In shabby banana republics or authoritarian states, or corrupt big-city rotten boroughs in this country (cf Cook County IL in 1960), sure.
But never coordinated across multiple states by a national American political party. Until now.
So of course our shit-smeared Congress-liars try to deflect their own wickedness, lies and cheating onto Emmanuel Goldstein with this ridiculous Star Chamber proceedings.
He writes a letter to Queen Elizabeth, apologies for the Ruckus' of 1776 and 1812, inviting the British back to their stolen colonies, re-institutes British Law, vacates the Capitol Building, for the New Parliament and voila no more democrat party to take the blame for all the deep bull manure we are in...fresh new beginning
Gunmen shoot dead a policeman guarding a #polio vaccination team in #Pakistan’s northwest in the second such killing in two days, according to police.https://t.co/3oCUkIZYuS
The attack in the province of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa came a day after two men with the Pak Taliban ...Arabic for students... shot full of holes another police officer who was guarding a similar vaccination team in the same area."Two button men riding a cycle of violence opened fire on a policeman who was guarding a two-member female polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain... vaccination team in the Sheikh Uttar area, killing him on the spot," Tank district police chief Sajjad Khan told AFP.
Another local police official, Amanat Ali, confirmed the incident and said the assailants had escaped.
No one has grabbed credit for the killing, but a front man for the Pak Taliban earlier claimed Saturday’s attack.
It comes after the turbans on Friday ended a ceasefire with Pakistain’s government mediated with the help of the Afghan Taliban, accusing authorities of violating the terms of the one-month truce.
No progress had been made in fresh negotiations with Pakistain’s government, according to an audio message released late on Friday by Pak Taliban leader Noor Wali Mehsud.
Prime Minister Imran Khan ...aka The Great Khan, who isn't your heaviest-duty thinker, maybe not even among the top five... announced in October that the government was in talks with the group for the first time since 2014, facilitated by the Afghan Taliban, who seized power across the border in August.
The Pak Taliban -- a separate movement from Afghanistan's new leaders but which shares a common history -- plunged Pakistain into a period of horrific violence after forming in 2007.
Police guards protecting vaccination teams in Pakistain have come under attack in the past, mostly from homegrown murderous Moslems.
Pakistain is one of two countries where polio remains endemic but only one case has been reported this year after 84 in 2020, according to the Global Polio Eradication Initiative.
I wish I understood the German language. I'm guessing the crowd was not telling the cops how much they loved them.
[CitizenFreePress] German Gestapo strikes again… German police start using poles for distancing.
Brief video: Germans loudly object to anti-Covid measures as police try to make them maintain social distance. For extra amusement, at the link CFP links to a Deutsche Welle article reporting that new German chancellor Olaf Scholz claims the Germans are not divided about Covid vaccination.
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Ten million raised hands make a "V,"
But one decade later...
"Not me!"
"We're little political
People, not... medical."
[clutching their shoulders]
"Tee-hee!"
Could be jihadis of one sort or another. Could also be highly armed Arab gangsters feuding with one another, about which internecine violence the Israeli Arabs demanded Israeli authorities act to reduce. But when the Israelis do, the Arabs attack them for it. Still, there are somewhat fewer weapons in Arab houses than there used to be, so that’s something.
[IsraelTimes] Military says man shot as soldiers came under attack after conducting searches in a home where a gun was found; Paleostinians say he died of his wounds, 2 others injured
Troops conducting an arrest raid in the West Bank city of Nablus opened fire and shot a Paleostinian man who was part of a group throwing bombs at the soldiers, the military said. Paleostinian officials said the man died of his wounds.
According to the army, officers from the Border Police’s undercover unit, accompanied by IDF soldiers, searched a home in the city and arrested a resident after finding a machine gun in his possession.
As the troops left the building they came under attack from a group who threw explosives at them from a close distance, endangering their lives, the army said.
They opened fire, hitting one of the attackers, who was maimed and taken away by Paleostinian medics the army said.
Paleostinian officials said the man, identified as Jamil al-Kayyal, 31, was taken to a nearby hospital with gunshot wounds to the head and died of his wounds.
Two other Paleostinians were maimed when hit by an IDF jeep, the officials said.
No casualties were reported among the Israeli soldiers.
Israeli forces routinely carry out raids in the West Bank, often meeting resistance from local Paleostinians.
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[SHAFAQ] al-Hashd al-Shaabi (PMF) announced locating ISIS Madhafas in Hamrin Mountains.The PMF's media department said in a statement that the forces seized five Madhafas that host ISIS turbans in Hamrin Mountains in Diyala. Madhafa translates literally as "hospitality."
Is that anything like a ribat, a fortified carivanserai where jihadis can rest and refurbish until they’re ready to take up the conquest again?
Madhafas contained logistical equipment used by the organization's elements while roaming the Hamrin Mountains," the statement added.
In the same context, the Security media cell announced in a statement that the army's aircraft destroyed two ISIS hideouts, during a combing campaign in Kirkuk.
Earlier today, a joint force from al-Hashd al-Shaabi (Popular Mobilization Forces-PMF) Operations Command in Diyala and Diyala's Operations Command of the Iraqi army launched a large-scale military operation to pursue ISIS remnants in the Hemrin mountains area.
The Commander of the PMF Operations in Diyala, Taleb al-Mousawi, said that the operation covers six axes in the territory between Baghdad-Kirkuk and Qara Tappa-Ain Laila roads.
"The PMF was in charge of the first, second, and sixth axes. Diyala's Operations first brigade took over the first axes, the fourth brigade covered the second, and the 23rd brigade, Nidaa Diyala, and the Special Force was in the last axis," he said, "the operation's aerial coverage was provided by the Iraqi army aircraft."
"The operation was launched per intelligence information and long-term surveillance by cameras," the PMF elaborated, "the PMF supporting forces backed the attacking forces as they advance in the axis."
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Direct Translation via Google Translation. Edited. In Kuzbass it will freeze to -24 deg. C
[REGNUM] In the Kemerovo region tomorrow, according to the regional hydrometeorological center, on December 13, partly cloudy is expected, at night light in places, moderate snow in the south in some areas, light snow in the daytime, drifting snow in places with ice and frost.
"West wind, 3-8 m/s, in places up to 13 m/s. The temperature at night is −14 deg. to −19 deg. C, in some places up to -24 deg. C, in the daytime −13 to −18 deg. C, in some places - 7 to -12 deg. C," the forecast says.
Working week Novosibirsk region to begin with frost
[REGNUM] In Novosibirsk tomorrow, December 13, according to the West Siberian Hydrometeorological Center, no significant precipitation is expected at night, northwestern wind 3−8 m/s, air temperature −19 to −21 deg. C with ice on the roads in places.
At the same time, in the Novosibirsk region tomorrow, on December 13, partly cloudy weather is predicted, in some places light snow, with frost clearing with ice on the roads in places. The temperature at night is -15 to -20 deg. C, in some places up to -25 deg. C; during the day -8 to -13 deg. C, in some places up to -18 deg. C.
Note that today, December 12, in Novosibirsk it was mostly without precipitation, the air temperature was -10 to -12 deg. C, with a decrease during the day to -17 deg. C.
The forecaster spoke about the rare frost in Moscow
[REGNUM] In the capital of Russia, Moscow, there will be a rare natural phenomenon for Central Russia. On December 12, the leading employee of the Phobos weather center, Yevgeny Tishkovets, announced this on Instagram.
According to him, under frost conditions, relatively high air humidity and weak wind, there is a variant of precipitation, which is quite rare for Central Russia, like rime (crystalline or granular ice deposits on thin and long objects).
Earlier IA REGNUM reported that a sharp warming will come to Moscow on December 12, which will last until the end of next week.
Already next night in the capital will be -11 to -12 deg., and in the afternoon on December 13 the temperature will be -2 to -4 deg.
[LB] The Lugansk People's Republic Defense Ministry said on Sunday that Ukrainian forces in the area of the Ukrainian 58th Brigade were planning a false flag drone strike, according to Lugansk official news releases.
The provocation, as the spokesman for the Lugansk People's Republic termed it, is planned for the village of Muratovo, which is about two kilometers north of the North Donetsk River. The location is well north of the line of contact.
The plan is to drop explosives in a civilian area, then claim Russian speaking separatists for the attack.
Only two days before, Ukrainian forces west of Donetsk city, in the Donetsk breakaway republic, sent a drone which dropped an explosive device atop a bus stop shelter.
One separatist was killed and another wounded when the device exploded, according to data supplied by the Donetsk People's Republic Ministry of Defense.
In a subsequent report, the Donetsk MoD said that Donetsk electronic and air defense (ELINT) units intercepted another attack drone, the target of which reportedly was a hospital.
That announcement said that the ELINT unit had tapped into the drone's control channel to force it to land.
In a separate report, the Donetsk Ministry of Defense said that Ukrainian forces had not fired any artillery on Sunday.
More on Lugansk
According to a news article which appeared in the online edition of lb.ua, Russian speaking separatists fired on Ukrainian froces in teh area of Popasna and Katerynivka, using automatic grenade launchers and small arms fire.
Reportedly there were no casualties.
Ukrainians said they returned fire, which effectively ended the gunfire exchange.
[IsraelTimes] Sissi sees Israel as a regional economic and security partner, but true normalization is not on the way
An alliance of convenience between natural enemies against more urgent threats? Better than the overtly cold peace they had before, I suppose...
It is abundantly clear Egypt is approaching its relationship with Israel differently today than it did for most of Benjamin Netanyahu’s tenure as prime minister.
Then-president Hosni Mubarak ...The former President-for-Life of Egypt, dumped by popular demand in early 2011... Continued on Page 49
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[ENGLISH.ALARABIYA.NET] The Arab Coalition said it has carried out 35 targeted operations against the Iran-backed Iran's Houthi sock puppets ...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the Believing Youth. Hussein Badreddin al-Houthi is said to be the spiritual leader of the group and most of the military leaders are his relatives. The legitimate Yemeni government has accused the them of having ties to the Iranian government. Honest they did. The group has managed to gain control over all of Saada Governorate and parts of Amran, Al Jawf and Hajjah Governorates. Its slogan is God is Great, Death to America™, Death to Israel, a curse on the Jews They like shooting off... ummm... missiles that they would have us believe they make at home in their basements. On the plus side, they did murder Ali Abdullah Saleh, which was the only way the country was ever going to be rid of him... s in Marib during the past day, resulting in the killing of more than 200 snuffies and the destruction of 21 military vehicles."We carried out three targeted operations in the western coast to support the coastal forces and protect civilians. The western coast operations targeted two military vehicles, and eliminated more than 15 terrorists," the coalition said in a series of tweets carried out by the Saudi Press Agency.
"We support the operations of the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i forces on the western coast in areas that are excluded from the Stockholm Agreement provisions," the coalition added.
[ENGLISH.AAWSAT] If elections are held in Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...The land area formerly occupied by the state of Lebanon, before that Phoenicia... , a crisis of identity could burst into Lebanese political life, or what is left of it. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... even if those elections are not held, the outcome would likely not be very different. At least three political forces are facing this crisis: the Aounists, Harirists, and Berrists, or according to their party names: the Free Patriotic Movement
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[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] "Meet The Press" host Chuck Todd and his Sunday show's guests blamed President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family, the guy who bungled Afghanistan... 's abysmal polling numbers on former President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons...... and warned the American public of "Trump's next coup."
The segment Sunday began citing The Atlantic's cover story, titled "Trump's Next Coup Has Already Begun," by staff writer Barton Gellman.
"By way of foundation for all the rest, Trump and his party have convinced a dauntingly large number of Americans that the essential workings of democracy are corrupt, that made-up claims of fraud are true, that only cheating can thwart their victory at the polls, that tyranny has usurped their government, and that violence is a legitimate response," Todd quoted, asking "hyperbolic or fact?"
MSNBC analyst John Heilemann responded, "fact." He then supported The Atlantic piece's claims. "This is 30 million people right now who are ready to take up arms," Heilemann stated on-air. "You put that together with what the president, the former president I should say, and his allies are doing in the political realm, state houses, state legislatures, and the party apparatus to be able to engineer a situation where they are in a stronger position to pull off a coup in 2024 than they were in 2020. That's not hyperbolic at all. These are all facts."
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"You put that together with what the president, the former president I should say"
Freudian slip?
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The UniParty seeks power entirely for its own sake.
We are not interested in flattening the curve, or slowing the spread, or saving Grandma. We do not seek equal opportunity or equality or diversity or inclusion.
We are interested solely in power, pure power.
What pure power means you will understand presently. We are different from the oligarchies of the past in that we know what we are doing. All the others, even those who resembled ourselves, were cowards and hypocrites. The German Nazis and the Russian Communists came very close to us in their methods, but they never had the courage to recognize their own motives. They pretended, perhaps they even believed, that they had seized power unwillingly and for a limited time, and that just around the corner there lay a paradise where human beings would be free and equal.
We are not like that. We know that no Governor or Mayor or District Attorney or Cabinet Secretary or Congressional Committe Chairman or Assistant Undersecretary to the Secretary of the Vice-Undersecretary ever seizes power with the intention of relinquishing it.
There will be no herd immunity. There will be no end to the contagion. There will be no reckoning or restitution or reparations that finally settles the account and closes out the obligation.
Power is here, forever, everywhere, for Power's sake alone.
Power is in tearing human minds to pieces and putting them together again in new shapes of your own choosing.
Power is not a means; it is an end. One does not establish a dictatorship in order to safeguard a revolution; one makes the revolution in order to establish the dictatorship.
The object of lockdowns is lockdowns.
The object of freeing criminals to burn loot and murder is to burn loot and murder.
The object of persecution is persecution.
The object of torture is torture.
The object of power is power. Now you begin to understand me.
[IsraelTimes] Opposition Likud MK Nir Barkat claims in interview some in Iran’s leadership more interested in destroying Israel than their own survival, says rockets from Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ... must be met with IDF response against Tehran.
[SHAFAQ] A security source reported that festivities erupted between the Kurdistan Workers Party and the Iraqi army north of Sinjar district.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that pro-PKK elements demonstrated north of Sinjar today, and burned a vehicle belonging to the Iraqi army.
The source added that an Iraqi army force responded to the demonstrators, before festivities erupted between the army and PKK elements.
On October 9, Baghdad and Erbil reached an agreement to normalize the situation in Sinjar.
ISIS invaded Sinjar district in 2014 and committed a massacre against its residents, before the Peshmerga forces recaptured it the following year.
However, some people are alive only because it's illegal to kill them... the Iraqi army backed by al-Hashd al-Shaabi invaded the Region due to the tension between the Region and the federal government against the backdrop of the independence referendum in 2017.
Moreover, the Iraqi authorities appointed new officials in the district instead of the elected ones who left Duhok when the Iraqi forces advanced.
There are currently two local governments for Sinjar, one of which was appointed by the federal government authorities, while the second represents an elected government, which operates from Duhok governorate.
Additionally, a PKK faction was formed in the governorate, called Sinjar Protection Units, and receives salaries from the Iraqi government as a faction supported by al-Hashd.
Kurdistan workers reject repeated calls from the Region to leave the areas subjected to Ottoman Turkish attacks, which impedes the return of tens of thousands of displaced Yazidis to their homes.
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US allows money transfer to Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] US Department of Treasury announced that they have made a regulation based on which people will be allowed to transfer money to Afghanistan. The new regulation was announced on Saturday, December 11 and it will lift sanctions on all those who are involved in the transfer.
The money will reportedly solve the problem to a certain extent but the spokesperson of the department has said that Afghanistan’s ongoing situation is not because of US sanctions on the Taliban ...Arabic for students... and added that the new regulation will not solve the problem either.
As per the regulations, the money transfer will too be conducted if the process includes the names of members of the Haqqani network ...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani... -who are banned- but the purpose of the money should not be traded but rather personal.
MoneyGram and Western Union are the only means of money transfer to Afghanistan that resumed their operations in September.
UK to allocate nearly $100 million in humanitarian aid to Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] As Afghanistan is still suffering from potentially the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, Unite Kingdom has announced that they will allocate the US $99.5 or 75 million pounds in humanitarian aids to Afghanistan.
The Foreign Ministry of the UK has added that 34 million pounds of 75 million will be given to World Food Program (WFP).
The allocation of money comes hours after foreign ministers of G7 met in Liverpool on Saturday, December 11, and discussed the world’s conflicts including Afghanistan.
The UK has reportedly doubled its humanitarian aids to $380 million for Afghanistan and the region this year.
[DW] Residents of Lalibela, home to a UN World Heritage site, said the rebels have retaken it "without firing guns." Æthiopian forces and their allies had taken control of the town less than two weeks ago.
[KhaamaPress] The Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... fighters shot killed a boy who was attending an engagement function in Kabul.
The boy, Faisal (in his 20s) was shot by a Taliban fighter in Police District two of the Afghan capital Kabul.
Eyewitnesses and his uncle of whom the slain Faisal was attending the wedding said, they were directed to stop for check post and they did but were shot at in the next one.
"We were returning from my engagement function and were directed to stop in a check post of the Taliban in Quwa-e-Markaz. We stopped and were searched by the Taliban and then they allowed us to go, when we went there were four other Taliban who started shooting and shot killed Faisal." Said Faisal’s Uncle.
Spokesperson of the Ministry of Interior Affairs Saeed Khostai confirmed the incident and added that two culprits have been arrested and are under investigation.
"The people were asked to stop to a check post and the Mujahideen started shooting at Faisal who was maimed and then succumbed to his wounds in hospital. Two people have been arrested in connection to the incident." Said Khostai.
People have been asking the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan to properly train their fighters and give them proper uniforms in order to be recognized and avoid incidents as such in the future.
[GREATERKASHMIR] A local krazed killer reportedly of the Jaish outfit was killed in a shootout with security forces at Baragam area of Awantipora area in south Kashmir ...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it Azad (Free) Kashmir. The remainder they refer to as "Indian Occupied Kashmir". They have fought four wars with India over it, the score currently 4-0 in New Delhi's favor. After 72 years of this nonsense, India cut the Gordian knot in 2019, removing the area's special status, breaking off Ladakh as a separate state, and allowing people from other areas to settle (or in the case of the Pandits, to resettle) there.... 's Pulwama district on Sunday morning.
"AwantiporaEncounterUpdate: 01 unidentified terrorist killed. #Operation going on. Further details shall follow, " a police front man said.
Quoting a top police officer, news agency GNS reported that the slain JeM krazed killer has been identified as Sameer Ahmad Tantray, a local from Bargam Awantipora.
He had joined JeM outfit on 2nd November of this year and was under C- category, the officer added.
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[IsraelTimes] Incident comes after several vehicles belonging to Paleostinians were vandalized overnight near the flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood
A car belonging to a Jewish resident of East Jerusalem’s Sheikh Jarrah neighborhood was torched Sunday night, amid rising tensions in the flashpoint area.
Security camera footage of the incident showed a masked suspect hurling a rock at the car’s back window before another tosses what appears to be a Molotov cocktail into the vehicle. A fire can then be seen in the car as the suspects run away.
According to the Walla news site, the owner has had his car set ablaze seven times since the start of the year.
The news site also reported that Molotov cocktails were thrown Sunday at homes of Jews on the outskirts of Beit Hanina, another Arab neighborhood in East Jerusalem.
“We took these houses away from you Joooos in 1948, the only win of the Five Arab Armies in that war. How dare you think that Israel’s reconquest in 1967 allows you to take back what was yours, or create legal consequences for us refusing to pay the rents laid out in the legal agreements we then signed?”
The incidents came after a group of masked suspects vandalized several cars owned by Paleostinians near Sheikh Jarrah overnight, before fleeing.
Hebrew media reports identified the vandals as Jews.
Who were responding to previous Arab attacks, etc.
There were no reports of injuries in any of the incidents, nor the arrests of any suspects in connection to Sunday’s incidents.
"We will continue to act against violence of any type, rioting or acts of vandalism in the area and in general," police said.
Last week, an Israeli Jew living in Sheikh Jarrah was stabbed as she accompanied her five children to school. Video released by police showed the attacker appeared to be a maiden of tender years.
A 14-year-old Paleostinian girl, apparently a neighbor of the victim, was arrested under suspicion of being the assailant. The teenager denied any connection to the attack, her lawyer, Mohammad Mahmoud, told The Times of Israel.
Even though there is video of her doing exactly that. No doubt Allah, one of whose names is the Father of Lies, had something to do with it.
Sheikh Jarrah, a neighborhood a 10-minute train ride away from Jerusalem’s city center, has emerged as a symbolic flashpoint in the Israeli-Paleostinian conflict. Over the past few years, a handful of Jewish nationalists have moved into the mostly Paleostinian neighborhood, mostly through complex eviction cases.
There should be some sort of consequence for not paying the agreed-upon rent for half a century...
[JPost] Yet the Kalorama Kouple love them some Ayatollahs The state’s Sharia law system imposes the death penalty on same-sex relations
The 6G Iranian and Lesbian and Transgender Network reported Tuesday on its website that an Iranian lesbian named Sarah was arrested in the province of West Azerbaijan while seeking to cross the border into Turkey.
The Islamic Republic’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) arrested Sarah in November and, according to the pro-Iran Tasnim news agency, individuals were detained on charges of "forming a gang for trafficking girls and supporting homosexuality." The Iranian theocratic state’s Sharia law system imposes the death penalty on same-sex relations.
According to an IRGC statement, one of the charges against the vague "trafficking network" was "communicating and supporting homosexual groups" who "operated under the auspices of the trans-regional intelligence services."
The Islamic Republic’s security forces frequently charge dissidents, protestors against the regime and minorities with nebulous allegations of violating national security.
The Persian word for 6G is Shesh rang and embodies the six colors of the LGBTQ+ flag.
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[Garowe] Questions on the credibility and fairness of Somalia’s federal elections continue to fuel uncertainty and fears of violence in the country as political stakeholders remain at loggerheads on the way forward. In Mogadishu, the political opposition has boycotted the elections dismissing the process as a sham.
They are not alone. Civil society and clan elders have also joined a chorus of condemnation of a process now widely seen as rigged. Faced with the prospects of delayed elections or a sham process, the international community has favored a ’quick and dirty’ process regardless of its legitimacy.
Such a shortsighted attitude will neither lead to a credible election nor stability. Instead, it is almost certain to trigger a conflict between Farmaajo and his opposition who blame certain members of the international community for pampering a belligerent and undemocratic leader.
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Somalia's been a catastrophe for as long as I can remember.
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OH, I like that word hubris. Day to day used limited unless you wish to become part of a Greek tragedy. Reminds me of so many in this current administration.
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Civil society and clan elders have also joined a chorus of condemnation of a process now widely seen as rigged.
There as well as here? Let them sort it out under the rubric of 'Afrikan solutions for Afrikan problems.' Have we learned nothing from countless attempts to assist economies and bring civilized governance to the continent? Stay out of it.
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You people don't understand. There are careers on the line at the State Department. If they stopped interfering they wouldn't be able to make their annual presentations for promotion. And THAT outcome must be avoided at all costs.
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] A 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... -based group called Defund CPD Campaign is advocating for the abolition of the Chicago Police Department's "racist" gang database, stating that a vast majority of individuals listed are Black or "Latinx."
"Another racist surveillance tool used to criminalize is CPD's gang database. Of the 500,000 Gang Arrest Cards recorded, 95% of the individuals designated as gang members were Black and Latinx, with 91.3% of all individuals being male," a Twitter post from the Defund CPD Campaign reads.
The database has been heavily criticized by advocacy groups, with many saying that it targets certain neighborhoods or races.
Following criticism, the city council took steps towards reforming it last month, allowing the Chicago Police Board to hear appeals from those who want their names removed and feel they were wrongfully added, according to the Chicago Sun-Times.
"Finally, Chicagoans who have been wrongly included will have the right to have their names deleted and get on with their lives, whether it's getting a job, volunteering at their child's school or being able to rent a place to live," the outlet wrote.
A 2019 audit by now-former Inspector General Joe Ferguson's office concluded that the database was a "deeply flawed collection of gang data, with poor quality controls and inadequate protections for procedural rights."
A draft policy of changes to the database published in November includes in addition to the opportunity for appeal, "also includes a rule mandating gang designations be purged after five years absent new confirmation of active gang involvement, restrictions on sharing the information with outside agencies and stricter criteria and oversight for adding someone to the gang database in the first place," according to WBEZ.
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Given statistically Blacks Gangs and Thugs tend to kill other blacks Gangs members and Thugs PLUS Black Community Members. At documented ratios of something like 9 to 1 over Whites and 18+ to 1 over police.
So if the Police were to "eliminate" Black Gangs and Thugs in the Black Community, wouldn't they be saving the Black Community members Lives that actually do Matters?
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The database is redundant. Rules of ornithology should apply. Something akin to documenting the residents of Munster steeples. We sort of know why they fly with twigs and small branches.
[InterestingEngineering] The coldest place on Earth is burning because of zombie fires.
Oymyakon, Russia, which has the lowest winter temperatures of any city in the world with an average of 58°F below zero (50°C below zero) is generally considered the coldest inhabited area on Earth. Oymyakon’s lowest recorded temperature was a reading of 89.9°F below zero (67.7°C below zero) back in January 1924.
Even though Oymyakon means "unfrozen water" due to the thermal spring located nearby, the area is located in a permafrost zone, which means that the ground temperature is constantly 32°F below zero (0°C) and is permanently covered in snow.
Despite low temperatures, peat fires, also known as "zombie fires," fueled by peat and methane, continue to burn in the area below the ground.
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Aren't there some Pennsylvania coal mines perpetually on fire currently?
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Archaeologists Say They've Found the Earliest Evidence of Humans Using Tobacco
Four charred seeds in a 12,300-year-old hearth appear to push the start of human tobacco use back by millennia.
If you know what you’re looking at, dear Reader, the photo at the link will no doubt be interesting.
[IsraelTimes] Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites.... appears to be preparing for a space launch, as negotiations continue in Vienna over its tattered nuclear deal with world powers, according to an expert and satellite images.
The likely blast-off at Iran’s Imam Khomeini Spaceport comes as Iranian state media has offered a list of upcoming planned satellite launches in the works for the Islamic Theocratic Republic’s civilian space program, which has been beset by a series of failed launches. Iran’s paramilitary Revolutionary Guard runs its own parallel program that successfully put a satellite into orbit last year.
Conducting a launch amid the Vienna talks fits the hardline posture struck by Tehran’s negotiators, who already described six previous rounds of diplomacy as a "draft," exasperating Western nations. Germany’s new foreign minister has gone as far as to warn that "time is running out for us at this point."
But all this fits into a renewed focus on space by Iran’s hardline President Ebrahim Raisi, said Jeffrey Lewis, an expert at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Middlebury Institute of International Studies who studies Tehran’s program. With Iran’s former president Hassan Rouhani ...Iran's moderate president, which he is, relative to his predecessor, which doesn't mean he's anything but a puppet of the nearest holy man... , who shepherded the nuclear deal out of office, concerns about alienating the talks with launches that the US asserts aids Tehran’s ballistic missile program likely have faded.
"They’re not walking on eggshells," Lewis said. "I think Raisi’s people have a new balance in mind."
[JPost] One of those wounded in the clashes is Zaher Jabarin, a member of Sinn Fein Hamas' "Political" Bureau.
Armed clashes broke out on Sunday between Hamas and Fatah members in the Burj al-Shemali Palestinian refugee camp in Tyre, Lebanon, Lebanese media reported.
Four were killed and at least four others were wounded, some critically, in the clashes.
They were rushed to Hiram, Jabal Amel and the Italian Lebanese hospitals.
One of those wounded in the clashes is Zaher Jabarin, a member of Hamas' Political Bureau, according to Palestinian media.
The violence broke out during the funeral of Hamas member Hamza Ibrahim Shahine, who died in Friday's explosion at the refugee camp, caused by a fire at a Hamas weapons depot.
The state-run National News Agency (NNA) reported an unspecified number of deaths from the explosion, but local media and civil defense workers on scene said there had been no fatalities.
A funeral strongly suggests someone actually was killed by the explosion…
Unknown assailants with machine guns reportedly targeted the large crowd of men and women attending the funeral at the Palestinian camp.
Probably not the dreaded Mossad…
In addition to Hamas and Fatah members, a large Hezbollah delegation also attended the funeral.
A gesture of brotherly solidarity, to be sure.
The delegation included Hassan Izz-Al-Din, who is wanted by the US government for the hijacking of TWA Flight 847 in 1985.
The clashes come as tensions between Hamas and Fatah are rising due to the Palestinian municipal elections taking place in the West Bank.
Despite Hamas' boycott of the elections, Hamas-affiliated candidates contested the elections and won seats in several councils, as some Palestinians described the results as a "major defeat" for Fatah.
It is not clear what instigated the fight, but local reports claim it was between members of the Hamas terror group and the Palestinian Fatah movement.
Hamza Shaheen was killed after an alleged Hamas weapons depot, hidden underneath a mosque in the camp, located near the port city of Tyre, exploded on Friday night.
[SHAFAQ] A security source reported that skirmishes erupted between a group of people, including a group affiliated with an armed faction, resulting in two casualties in Baghdad.
The source told Shafaq News Agency that the two parties opened fire on each other.
In addition, the security forces tried to transfer the injured to the hospital, before a security force intervened and seized a vehicle containing various weapons and arrested the injured and the driver, noting that they belong to an armed faction, according to preliminary information.
He pointed out that one of the injured affiliated with the Federal Police died after arriving at the Martyr al-Sadr Hospital, while the other was admitted to the hospital.
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[Garowe] The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... has donated sophisticated military equipment to the federal republic of Somalia, a country that has struggled for stability for the last four decades, and the most recent rise of insurgency.
The drones had been delivered early this month in the country and would be used by the Somali National Army [SNA] in the fight against al-Shabaab ...... the personification of Somali state failure... bully boys, who are the biggest threat to the Horn of Africa nation.
For the last several years, Turkey has been arming and training Somalia’s army at Camp TurkSom
...such a clever name, to be sure...
- its extensive military base and defense university - in recent years, providing G3 assault rifles and armored vehicles.
Turkey trains and equips the elite Gorgor of the SNA and Haramcadcoppers in both at a large military base in Mogadishu and its country.
Turkey-trained Somali soldiers have, for years, been fighting against al-Shabaab bully boys. Still, a drawn political crisis in Somalia has raised fears among international partners that the Somali military will be entangled in local conflicts.
Somali opposition accused Turkey of sending arms to Somalia that Farmajo has used to silence press freedom and attack his critics as well as demolish the Federal States.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
Consumer prices rose 6.8% for the 12 months ending in November, a 39-year high. Many economists expect inflation to remain near this level a few more months but to then moderate through 2022 for a variety of reasons. And they don't see a repeat of the 1970s or early 1980s, when inflation ran above 10% for frighteningly long stretches.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
...Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. ...
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ...
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...... the Islamic version of the old Somali warlord...
...the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity™, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade...
[ToloNews] At least 80 
...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 
...Cable TV actor whose primary talents seemed to be being black and being homosexual. In a bid for national attention, he paid a pair of Nigerian brothers to rough him up a little so he could claim that two large, white, MAGA hat-wearing men had shouted 
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] 
...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain...
...a Zaidi Shia insurgent group operating in Yemen. They have also been referred to as the 
...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family, the guy who bungled Afghanistan...
...a formerly French, now an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. ...
...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
...a disputed territory lying between India and Pakistain. After partition, the Paks grabbed half of it and call it 
[Garowe] Questions on the credibility and fairness of Somalia’s federal elections continue to fuel uncertainty and fears of violence in the country as political stakeholders remain at loggerheads on the way forward. In Mogadishu, the political opposition has boycotted the elections dismissing the process as a sham.
...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel...
The database is redundant. Rules of ornithology should apply. Something akin to documenting the residents of Munster steeples. We sort of know why they fly with twigs and small branches. 
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
[JPost] One of those wounded in the clashes is Zaher Jabarin, a member of 
...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund...
