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Jean Arthur was an American Broadway and film actress whose career began in silent films in the 1920s and lasted until the early 1950s. Arthur had feature roles in three Frank Capra films: Mr. Deeds Goes to Town, You Can't Take It with You, and Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, films that championed the "everyday heroine". (Wikipedia)
Born:
Gladys Georgianna Greene, October 17, 1900, Plattsburgh, New York, U.S.
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June 19, 1991, Carmel-by-the-Sea, California, U.
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That's "whet your appetite," but thanks indeed.
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Thanks for the correction 'whet vs wet' -
I, Percy Gretle2004, hereby publicly confess that I am a member of the Salivating Army, one who is know to salivate at the sight of a deliciously, beautiful woman.
Can I nibble a bit on thine ear, sweet delicious vision of beauty ? - echoes in my mind -
Perhaps other men have a similar reaction...
and imagine the lady in bathing attire...wet
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...and then spoke Hawaii's Kilauea volcano, Italy’s Mount Etna, the Sheveluch volcano (Kamchatka, Russia), Sabancaya volcano Peru, Mexico's Popocatepetl volcano Japan's Sakurajima and Suwanosejima.
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Nastya Krasilnikova, a women's rights campaigner, branded the event 'sad' and said it encourages people to see the contestants as mere objects - 'that can be admired, that can be lusted after, but that are not interesting in any other way.'
Really. Looks like they are having fun, have a talent to display, and are in good health and humor. Bet this sad sack looks like Grimace and the personality of a shrimp marshmallow grape jello mold.
I bet if it were some lame ass covid shot tiktok fuggn Daily Mail would be gushing like lena dunham after she gets a plate of shrimp marshmallow grape jello mold.
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"A women's rights campaigner." Isn't it strange that women are only allowed to do things approved by the Matriarchy? They don't own their own bodies --the Collective's Big Momma™ does.
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the Gallagher from Oasis that pretty much said Harry needs to shut the fuck up is my new hero wolf. And as you know, that's probably exactly how he said it.
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Most likely because the SK group is popular with the younger NK generation this is a no no.
[CD Media] Obama corrupted everything good within the U.S. government, finishing what the Clinton’s started. Joe Biden (essentially Obama’s third term) is the coup de grace.
Axios released an article today detailing that half the unemployment aid issued over the past year was sent out of the country to foreign criminal organizations.
The free for all which was the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) shockingly sent millions to Chinese state-owned corporations overseas. This is in the public record.
You see, once you realize the current rendition of the U.S. government is an organized crime syndicate of massive proportion, in control of the national security apparatus, everything that is happening immediately makes sense. As a proud Sicilian, I am highly offended about these jamokes moving in on our turf.
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The federal income tax was never anything but armed robbery so it's only natural that criminal gangs like the Biden Clan would muscle in on the action. But forget the police as they are currently constituted. I fear the plan is for the muscle to be provided by millions of illegal aliens who will be offered citizenship for their, um, service.
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[IsraelTimes] Muntasir Shalabi charged with intentional homicide in killing of Yehuda Guetta, 19, in the West Bank last month, as well as attempted homicide of two others who were maimed.
Military prosecutors filed indictments Thursday against a Paleostinian over a West Bank shooting attack last month that killed teenage Israeli student Yehuda Guetta and maimed two other teens, one of them seriously.
Muntasir Shalabi was charged at the Judea Military Court with intentional homicide, three counts of attempted homicide, possession and use of an unlicensed weapon, and obstruction of justice.
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[IsraelTimes] Pictures published days after UN agency for Palestinian refugees announced discovery of shaft, and after group’s head thrown out of Strip for saying IDF strikes were ‘precise’.
KAN NEWS EXCLUSIVE: Photos of the tunnel shaft exposed under an UNRWA school yard in Gaza City. A hole in the ground, caused by either a missile or a missile shard, exposed the shaft of a tunnel dug by Hamas 7-8 meters under the school yard. pic.twitter.com/d0xbyZ8fLl
Pretty clear that HAMAS is willing and actively seeking out any way to CYA and gain MAXIMUM Negative Press against Israel if their tunnels are destroyed to prevent terrorist attacks.
[IsraelTimes] Suspect apprehended as he tries to cross border in southern part of Paleostinian enclave, is taken for questioning.
The Israel Defense Forces said Thursday evening it had caught a man who crossed the border from the Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip while armed with an improvised bomb, a grenade, and two knives.
The army said he was intercepted as he crossed the border in the southern region of the Paleostinian enclave and then taken away for questioning.
No one was hurt in the incident.
At end of last month, a community security officer was injured in the hand, after he intercepted a knife-wielding terrorist who entered from the Strip and reached a public road.
The incidents came as much of southern Israel remained on edge, less than a month after a round of intense fighting between Israel and the Gaza-ruling Hamas, the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®, terror group drew to a close.
While Israel has a high-tech series of fences and walls guarding its frontier with Gaza, both above- and belowground, a number of gaps remain in the steel fencing surrounding the Strip. In times of low visibility, these gaps have been used by Paleostinians in Gaza to illegally enter Israeli territory, often with hopes of fleeing the beleaguered enclave.
Attacks on Israeli civilians by those infiltrating from Gaza are rare.
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Dear Honorable U. S. Congress Representative Louie Gohmert, The People of Texas elected you to represent then at a time when Science was left to scientists.
We now know, since the election of President Joseph Biden that there are two sciences, one for the ones who believe in the scientific method and another which believe in "The Science" of the Democrat Party, as illustrated by Dr. Fauci pronouncements of late.
Dear Honorable U.S. Representative Louie Gomert, with your line of 'logic', the member of the United States of America, otherwise known as "We the People" respectfully request, that you enjoin yourself, and not introduce another 'wing' of science, as it will likely muddle the science, which was here to for understood by we the people, and also likely to confuse member of the democrat party, a party of which you are not, to no end.
So please refrain from any further discussions about moving the moon and the earth, lest you wish to inadvertently seek a Devine Intervention for the total destruction of Mankind.
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We know representatives are not representative of the collective intelligence of a constituency. They're just the least dangerous option available to people.
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Gohmert’s point was that the sun and moon have more impact on climate than man does.
Nothing humans are doing or going to do will alter the fundamentals of factors beyond their control. The Sun is a variable star with constantly changing cycles of output. The Earth's plate tectonics have altered land masses and it oceans' vary in temperature. One very large volcano can put more particulate matter into the atmosphere in several days than all that humanity can do in a year. The Earth has a natural wobble in its axis and where that occurs varies in its position on the elliptical orbit around the Sun. None of that is really treated with anything but the flip of a hand brushing off the hard questions by the chicken littles of MMGW. It's all a Wizard of Oz show. The man behind the curtain is just the politician looking for more power and control.
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Actually me and my brothers did that once. Lowered a couch off a second-story balcony when we moved from one apartment to another in the same complex.
Worked out pretty good.
Louis "Louie" Buller Gohmert Jr. is an American attorney and former judge currently serving as the U.S. Representative from Texas's 1st congressional district since 2005. Gohmert is a Republican and is part of the Tea Party movement. In January 2015, he unsuccessfully challenged John Boehner for the position of Speaker of the House of Representatives.
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We’ve only got a billion years or so before the Sun cooks us as it enters its red giant phase, so we’ll have to move the Earth at that time. Might as well start thinking about it.
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PJ Media has a longer excerpt from the Zoom conference transcript:
Gohmert is not an adherent of the high church of man-made global warming. This is why he brought up the impact of the path of the sun, sunspots, and flares, and other celestial activity that obviously has a direct impact on the warming and cooling of the earth’s temperatures separate from humans.
He asked Eberlien what she and the Forest Service would do about the heavenly activity that contributes in greater amounts to the earth’s temperatures and climate changes than man.
“I understand, from what’s been testified to the Forest Service and the BLM, you want very much to work on the issue of climate change,” Gohmert said, referring to the Bureau of Land Management.
“I was informed by the immediate past director of NASA that they’ve found that the moon’s orbit is changing slightly and so is the Earth’s orbit around the sun. We know there’s been significant solar flare activity,” he said. “And so, is there anything that the National Forest Service or BLM can do to change the course of the moon’s orbit or the Earth’s orbit around the sun? Obviously, that would have profound effects on our climate.”
Eberlien responded, smiling, “I would have to follow up with you on that one, Mr. Gohmert.”
“If you figure out there’s a way in the Forest Service you could make that change, I’d like to know,” Gohmert said.
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Watch for a sinkhole to open up in the Atlantic Ocean,
What ? - 'appropriate action' - I suppose another fire is going to break out on the aft deck...
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Where's the Halliburton Early Summer Hurricane Machine when you need it? Pick up the tempo, guys!
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Another "red line" that will be crossed without consequence, other that the loss of Pentagon and misministration credibility. And much chortling in Tehran and Caracas.
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Brain trust Austin taking a time-out from DoD woke and 'institutional racism' programs to play Foggy Bottom pocket pool ?
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The Kalorama Kompound Second Secretary for Foreign Affairs, ValJar, has decided to do this, and Bidet and Austin and Blinken (Winken, Blinken and Nod ?) will bloviate. Unexpectedly, Iranian missiles will sprout up outside Caracus and more heated bloviating will erupt. Predictable incompetence, corruption and cowardice, the hallmarks of Obama 3.0.
[DW] Two Chinese nationals working for a Chinese mining company in the west of Niger, near the country's borders with Mali and Burkina Faso ...The country in west Africa that they put where Upper Volta used to be. Its capital is Oogadooga, or something like that. Its president is currently Blaise Compaoré, who took office in 1987 and will leave office feet first, one way or the other... , were kidnapped by gunnies late Saturday night as Tidjani Ibrahim Katiella, the governor of Niger's Tillaberi region, told news agency AFP on Monday.
Katiella said the men "have a permit to search for gold," and that they had "refused to go home" after receiving prior warnings from gangs in the area.
The area, known as the "three borders" zone of Sahel nations, has been a hotbed of jihadist activity, in which Islamist bandidosDeath Eaters linked to al-Qaeda and "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.... " have carried out attacks in all three countries (Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger). Niger also faces ongoing threats from the group Boko Haram ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality... in the south.
It is not yet known who was behind the kidnapping.
'AN ULTIMATUM TO CHINESE COMPANIES'
China, which aggressively mines minerals and other resources across Africa, signed an expanded deal for uranium, gold and oil exploration and extraction with Niger in 2006.
The last time a Chinese national was kidnapped in Niger was in 2007, when an employee from the China Nuclear Engineering and Construction Corporation (CNEC) was taken hostage by the Niger Movement for Justice (MNJ), a rebel Tuareg group operating in the north of the country.
At the time of the kidnapping, the MNJ said it was an "ultimatum to the Chinese companies that cooperate with the Niger army." The kidnapped engineer was eventually released after several days of negotiations.
China's manufacturing and export economy has fueled the need for raw materials and has seen Beijing invest billions in mining operations across the entire continent of Africa.
Beyond the oil, copper and iron needed for traditional manufacturing, Africa is rich in rare earths, such as coltan, needed for the manufacture of electronic goods, holding an estimated 75% of global supply. It is also estimated that Africa holds 90% of the world's platinum and cobalt reserves, 50% of its gold and 35% of its uranium.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Hatefulness pays well.
Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has been feathering her new nest in the ritzy Los Angeles neighborhood of Topanga Canyon
Exclusive DailyMail.com photos show the 37-year-old social activist has installed a new wooden fence and electric gate around the 2,380 sq ft property
A neighbor told DailyMail.com that the cost of the exterior home improvements was in the '$35,000 range'
DailyMail.com has also learned Cullors paid for the $1.4million three-bed, three-bath home in March in cash
'There is no mortgage holder on the property,' a realtor who checked the title documents confirmed, adding that it was bought by an entity called 'Abolitionist Entertainment, LLC'
Online records show it was registered in California last August with Cullors listed as an owner or 'member'
The pricey new installation comes amid backlash over reports revealing Cullors has amassed a $3M property portfolio, owning four homes in upscale areas of California and Georgia
The self-proclaimed 'trained Marxist' stepped down as executive director of BLM last month following fierce criticism but claimed the properties were purchased with money she made from her book deals
[IsraelTimes] Rare carryover policy from previous White House faces hurdles as recent Gazoo ...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... fighting strengthened conviction of opponents.
The Biden administration ...knaves, footpads, and adjusters employed by the Biden Crime Family. They leave a trail of havoc everywhere they turn their attention, be it the nation's borders, the Keystone XL Pipeline, or epidemics, sometimes on purpose, most times through sheer arrogant ineptitude. They learnt this stuff in college, you know... is laying the groundwork for a renewed push to encourage more Arab countries to sign accords with Israel and working to strengthen existing deals after last month’s devastating war in the Gaza Strip interrupted those diplomatic efforts.
The embrace of the so-called Abraham Accords is a rare carryover of a signature Trump administration policy by President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.... and other Democrats.
The Trump administration put US clout and incentives into landing the country-by-country pacts by four Arab states last year, easing enmity and isolation for the Jewish state in the Middle East that had dated back to Israel’s 1948 founding. The Biden administration saw significant prospects of several other Arab governments signing accords soothing and normalizing relations with Israel. US officials have declined to publicly identify the countries they regard as promising prospects.
Sudan, which signed a general declaration of peaceful intent but has not yet signed on to diplomatic relations with Israel, had been a prospect. Oman, which has a policy of non-interference that allows it to be a broker across the Middle East’s fault lines, long has been seen by Westerners as a likely contender.
But the 11-day war between Israel and Gaza’s Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth", rulers last month has complicated US-backed diplomacy for new Abraham accords.
The Biden administration is considering appointing a former US ambassador to Israel, Dan Shapiro, to a Mideast role that would marshal and potentially expand the country-by-country accords between Israel and Mideast governments.
Two people familiar with the matter confirmed Shapiro was being considered for the job, as first reported by The Washington Post. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to comment publicly.
US officials also are working to encourage more business, education and other ties among the four Arab states and Israel. They hope visible success there will also promote the bilateral accords in the region, at the same time the US works to advance resolution of the Israel-Paleostinian conflict.
[AlAhram] 'It is time for the 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 to accept a ceasefire and for all parties to resume political talks,' Blinken said in a statement
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions targeting Yemen
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[SHAFAQ] The Global Coalition to Defeat ISIS (ISIS) said on Thursday that it delivered a multimillion-dollar batch of weapons and military equipment to the Iraqi security forces.
In a statement issued earlier today, Thursday, the Coalition said, "The Joint Task Force-Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) handed the Peshmerga forces weapons and equipment valued at 3,322,145 dollars."
The statement said that those weapons are part of the Training and Equipment Fund Program established in 2014 and funded from the budget allocated by the U.S. Department of Defense to the OIR.
Nearly a month ago, the Global coalition handed over $3 million worth of weapons and ammunition to the Iraqi security forces for the same purpose.
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[LIBYAREVIEW] Libya’s al-Akhdar Football Club has decided to suspend its participation in the Libyan Premier League, after the team was attacked by the security authorities in charge of securing its match against hosts, al-Taawon F.C.
Al-Akhdar drew 2-2 to al-Taawon at the 10 June Stadium in Ajdabiya, in the 13th round of the competition.
The club said in a statement, on Tuesday, that the team’s players were attacked after the match by the Ajdabiya Central Support Forces, which was in charge of securing the match. It noted that the referees were also threatened during half time break.
Al-Akhdar added that the security forces were unable to remove fans who stormed the stadium. It explained that this matter directly affected the refereeing staff, and led to the award of three penalty kicks against the team. The club confirmed that these events have caused "severe damage" to the team.
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These douchebags rank 119 in FIFA rankings; at least they're better than Antarctica.
[Newsmax via Citizen Free Press] James Murdoch, an heir to the Fox News fortune, spent $20 million opposing Donald Trump's 2020 reelection while funneling another $100 million through a nonprofit to support leftwing political groups, according to a new report.
It has been widely known that the young Murdochs backed President Joe Biden's candidacy, but the $100 million for Democrats and other PACs was not well publicized, having been funneled through Quadrivium, CNBC reported.
The Murdoch family is worth $22 billion, according to Forbes.
The family controls Fox Corp and News Corp. James' brother, Lachlan Murdoch, is CEO of Fox, the parent to Fox News.
While James' father, 90-year-old billionaire Rupert Murdoch, and brother, Lachlan, are considered staunch Republicans, James has made known to associates that upon his father’s passing he and his more liberal sisters will control the family trust, and thereby Fox News.
Earlier this year, the Financial Times reported that upon gaining control, James and his sisters do not plan on selling Fox News, but will reshape it into an establishment media outlet.
A woderful way to turn a large fortune into a small one — liberals will never watch what they scorn as Faux News, while conservatives will continue leaving for more congenial news sources, of which there are an increasing number.
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And, it's important to remember this isn't tax money or even advertising revenue. This is the big money ball that Washington has spun up to play it's own game. We proles are all on the periphery and we should think in terms of not playing the game.
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James Murdoch spent $120 million to rig the election
Bloomberg spent $200 million to rig the election
Steyer spent $100 million to rig the election
Soros spent $200 million to rig the election
Zuckerberg spent $500 million to rig the election
All for the party that screamed bloody murder for years about the nefarious influence of Big Money on our politics
[TASS] The Moscow City Court ruled on Wednesday that the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Citizens’ Rights Protection Foundation (the non-profit NGOs recognized in Russia as foreign agents) as well as the Navalny Headquarters public movement should be recognized as hard boy organizations, following a request from the Moscow City Prosecutor’s Office, the court’s press service told TASS.
"The Moscow City Court has upheld the administrative claim brought by the Moscow City Prosecutors’ Office against the Anti-Corruption Foundation nonprofit organization, the Citizens’ Rights Protection Foundation nonprofit organization, and the Navalny Headquarters public movement," the agency was told.
The press service added that the court disbanded the Anti-Corruption Foundation and the Citizens’ Rights Protection Foundation NGOs and banned the Navalny Headquarters public movement. The press service pointed out that the ruling is subject to immediate execution in terms of shutting those organizations down.
US State Department comments:
We condemn today’s decision by a Moscow court to designate as “extremist” three organizations affiliated with imprisoned opposition figure Aleksey Navalny. This designation puts staff members, volunteers, and thousands of supporters across Russia at risk of criminal prosecution and imprisonment for exercising fundamental human rights guaranteed by the Russian Constitution, and it further restricts the ability of opposition candidates to appear on the ballot in the September Duma elections. With this action, Russia has effectively criminalized one of the country’s few remaining independent political movements.
[ToloNews] At least a hundred Taliban ...Arabic for students... fighters and 80 security force members have been killed in the last day's fighting in various regions, according to security sources.
Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Fat Tony demanded his rosco back. He didn't say please... there are reports that security forces have retreated from Arghanchkhaw district of Badakhshan in northern Afghanistan.
In the south, officials from the provincial council of Uruzgan said that the Taliban has reached the outskirts of Charcheno district and have asked security forces to evacuate the district center.
In Baghlan, a boom-mobileexploded near an Afghan National Army (ANA) post in Bagh-e-Shamal village of Pul-e-Khumri city. Reports say that ten security force members were killed, and ten others were maimed in the blast.
Reports state that fighting has occurred in at least 70 districts across the nation in the past 24 hours.
Local officials in Badakhshan said that widespread fighting has continued in 12 districts of Badakhshan.
"Security forces were deployed in two or three checkpoints, but we asked the security forces to evacuate the schools so that the youth can pursue their regular schooling," said Khalil Rahman Jawad, the commander of Badakhshan.
"13 districts in Badakhshan are facing imminent threats," said MP Zabiullah Atiq.
In Badghis province, there are reports that nearly 100 security force members have surrendered to the Taliban in Abkamari district and given up two Humvees and a large number of weapons.
"Two checkpoints were evacuated in Abkamari without any resistance or war," said Sher Aqa Alokozai, the commander of Badghis police.
"The fighting started at 3:00 am, the brave security forces fought back bravely and gave them a strong response," said Abdul Waris Sherzai.
Fighting is getting worse in Uruzgan," said Najibullah, a resident.
War has significantly increased in Afghanistan after the official announcement of the withdrawal of foreign forces from the country. There are reports that the centers of 20 districts have fallen to the Taliban in the past 2 months.
The surge in the level of violence comes as US and NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... forces have been continuing their pullout from Afghanistan.
[MSN] Lordstown Motors, the startup electric truck maker, warned Tuesday it is close to running out of cash and may be forced out of business in the next year.
The news, which sent Lordstown shares down about 20% in midday trading Wednesday, is a blow to not only the company but also to the gritty industrial town from which it gets its name. For 53 years, Lordstown, Ohio, was home to a massive General Motors plant, which GM closed in 2019.
The car giant sold the 6.2 million square foot factory, nearly twice the size of the Pentagon, later that year to start-up Lordstown Motors, which promised to pay union-level wages to workers to build its Endurance pickup truck. It is due to start production of that truck in September. Lordstown currently has about 600 employees.
But Tuesday the startup said it no longer has enough money to start commercial production. It warned there is now "substantial doubt" about its ability to stay in business over the course of the next 12 months.
The company filing said it had $259.7 million in cash on hand as of March 31, after posting a net loss of $125.2 million over the previous three months.
It said it's ability to stay in business "is dependent on its ability to complete the development of its electric vehicles, obtain regulatory approval, begin commercial scale production and launch the sale of such vehicles." It is seeking additional financing. Sounds like either fraud or managerial incompetence. They should have known what their burn rate was going to be before they started.
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Hydrogen fueled trucks being made now. Electric major failure as I see it. I believe the only reason they want electric is to reduce our ability to move about freely.
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Since Texas and California consume more electricity than any other states, they provide a good snapshot of what a future filled with electric vehicles might look like. In both cases, an increase in EVs would drive consumption higher, with the potential to strain local infrastructure.
If virtually all passenger cars in Texas were electrified today, the state would need approximately 110 more terawatt-hours of electricity per year — the average annual electricity consumption of 11 million homes. The added electricity demand would result in a 30 percent increase over current consumption in Texas.
By comparison, because of a more temperate climate, California might require nearly 50 percent more electricity than it currently consumes if passenger vehicles in the state were fully electrified. That means California would need to generate an additional 120 terawatt-hours of electricity per year.
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Have you seen any proposals, construction of a power plants recently ?
Not just power plants, but transmission lines, too. And we will need charging stations too. Can you say "environmental impact lawsuits up the wazoo"? I knew you could!
Something I learned recently about Teslas:
they weigh roughly 4,000 lbs gross and use a battery that weighs 1,000 lbs. In contrast, 15 gallons of gas weighs about 90 lbs.
The point here is that every time you speed up or brake in your 'efficient' electric vehicle, you are accelerating a half-ton of dead weight. Every time.
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People want stuff. Whenever anyone points out that millennials don't own cars, point out that the time payment on their $1000.00+ iPhone is the new car payment. They've just set their sights lower.
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[KhaamaPress] At least six were killed and more than 10 were maimed in a boom-mobileing near an Afghan army base in Baghlan Province, local officials said.
Sources in Baghlan confirmed that the blast occurred at around 2:00 AM (Local time) in Bagh-e- Shamal area of Pul-e-Khumri on Thursday.
Local officials stated that the Baghlan-Samangan highway also has been blocked for traffic as the Taliban ...Arabic for students... planted IEDs on the main roads.
Meanwhile, ...back at the dirigible, the gondola was dangling by a single thread of rope.
Jack! Cynthia cried. I just realized I'm afraid of heights! I don't even like high heels!... Abbas Tawakoli, commander of the 217th Pamir Corps, confirmed that the vehicle was identified by security forces before it could reach its target.
Tawakoli stated that the blast followed festivities between Talibs and Afghan cops, which were repulsed by security forces.
Due to the blast, many soldiers were killed and wall of the military base were destroyed, Abbas Tawakoli added.
He said, "The security forces operation has been slowed down due to the roadside mines in Baghlan-Samangan highway."
[TASS] At least eight people were killed and 27 injured when 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... ’s rebel 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... movement Ansar Allah carried out a missile attack on the Yemeni city of Marib, the country’s SABA news agency reported on Thursday.
According to the report, two ballistic missiles and two drones filled with explosives were launched towards the city, located 135 km east of the capital Sanaa. The projectiles struck Marib city center, hitting residential districts and a local market. The city’s female prison was also damaged in the attack.
When ambulances arrived at the area, paramedics were attacked by a drone filled with explosives.
A standoff between government forces and armed Houthi rebels has been ongoingin Yemen since August 2014. In January 2015, Ansar Allah seized the country’s capital Sanaa and later formed a parallel government. The confrontation entered into the most active phase following the Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... -led coalition’s intervention in March 2015. The ongoing conflict has triggered the world’s worst humanitarian crisis. According to the United Nations ...the Oyster Bay money pit... , more than 24 million Yemenis, or approximately 80% of the country’s entire population, require humanitarian assistance. The number of internally displaced persons exceeds three million.
The Houthis regularly carry out attacks against Saudi Arabia and its infrastructure, primarily oil facilities. Also, they launch ballistic missiles and drones laden with explosives against troops supporting Yemen’s internationally recognized government. On June 5, the rebels struck a filling station near Marib, sending an explosive drone to attack doctors who arrived at the scene. As a result, 21 people were killed.
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Rubbish. People who believe statistical cross-tabulation like this to be valid 'studies' are stupider than flat earthers.
This is just about vilifying anti-vaxxers. If they don't want the bloody thing, they don't want it. Why brand them all psychopaths and sadists? Machiavellian! We know who's Machiavellian.
[NPASYRIA] On Thursday, a member of the Hawari (Rapid Response) of the Internal Security Forces (Asayish) lost his life as a result of a landmine explosion in Manbij, north Syria.
A mine planted near al-Fath Mosque in the western part of the city went kaboom! during the passage of a Hawari patrok.
According to an informed source, one Hawari membr lost his life and two others and a civilian were critically maimed and were subsequently transferred to Berkal Hospital in Manbij.
On March 2, an bombwent kaboom! in the same place near al-Fath Mosque, injuring a civilian. He was subsequently transferred to Manbij hospitals for treatment.
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From Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin's Live Journal account:
[ColonelCassad] As a result of air strikes by the Russian Aerospace Forces on the morning of June 10, the official military speaker of Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, Abu Khalid Shami, and the coordinator for work with Western media, Abu Musab al-Khomis, were liquidated. It is also reported about the destruction of the head of the security service of the KhTSh Muataz al-Nasir and 5 more militants. It is noted that shock UAVs were involved in the strikes.
Apparently, Russian warbirds struck a number of targets in Syria Thursday.
This is a helpful chart to understand the doublespeak of the far-left. Add how “antifa” does not mean anti-fascist but rather militant anarchist-communist opposition to liberal democracy. https://t.co/M2J9vY4ovl
[DAILYTIMES.PK] The prime minister of the troubled Central African Republic, Firmin Ngrebada, announced on Thursday that his government had tendered its resignation.Ngrebada wrote on Twitter that he had "presented (his) resignation to the president," Faustin Archange Touadera. But presidential front man Albert Yaloke Mokpeme told AFP that he may be asked to stay and form a new government. "We will know within a few hours if the president keeps the prime minister on," Mokpeme said. A former chief of staff to Touadera, Ngrebada had been in post since early 2019.
Central African Republic is the second least-developed country in the world according to the UN and suffers from the aftermath of a brutal civil conflict that erupted in 2013. Touadera was re-elected in December on a turnout of fewer than one in three voters. The ballot was hampered by gangs that at the time controlled around two-thirds of the country, and rebels mounted an offensive in the runup to polling day. Since then, the army, backed by UN peacekeepers, Rwandan special forces and Russian paramilitaries, has wrested much of the territory from rebel control.
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Central African Republic is the second least-developed country in the world
Lightfoot should invite the members of the Central Africa Republic to her town and show them how government is done.
They would be on equal footing, after all Chicago is the second least-civilized city in the the USA.
[DAILYTIMES.PK] Parliamentary Committee on 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.... Chairman Sheharyar Khan Afridi on Thursday directed the Pakistain Telecommunications Authority (PTA) chairman to take cognizance of the ’selective action’ by the Facebook management against Pak and Kashmiri social media activists and take appropriate action in this regard.
The directions were passed during the 18th meeting of the committee chaired by Sheharyar Afridi. Officials of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PTA chairman, delegation of All Parties Hurriyat Conference (APHC) and others also attended the meeting. Canada-Pakistain Global Congress President Chaudhry Zafar also attended the meeting as an observer from Canada.
The committee also passed two unanimous resolutions to denounce the recent Indian maneuvers and army deployment in Indian Indian Kashmire and the recent terrorist attack on a Moslem family in Canada amid rise of Islamophobia ...the irrational fear that Moslems will act the way they usually do... . The committee gave a nod to the roadmap of international visits for lobbying on Kashmir.
Briefing the committee on the future engagement with diplomatic corps, the Kashmir Committee chairman said that in wake of significant reduction in Covid-19 pandemic, the committee delegations would soon be visiting The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the only place on the face of the earth that misses the Ottoman Empire... , Central Asian states, US and UK to lobby on Kashmir. He said other than the Kashmir Committee members, the APHC leadership would also be a part of these delegations.
The committee gave a detailed hearing to PTA Chairman Amir Azeem Bajwa over the action taken against the Facebook management over the recent suspension of accounts and pages of Pak users. He said that the PTA had sensitised about concerns of Pakistain and Kashmiris about censorship of activists on human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... abuses in Jammu Kashmir.
He said that the reduction of complaints reflected that there was a change in the mindset of the social media sites management. However, today is that tomorrow you were thinking about yesterday... Sheharyar Afridi confronted the PTA chief and asked why managements of Facebook and Twitter did not set up their offices in Pakistain yet. To a recent statement of Facebook management about suspension of several accounts and pages of Pak users, he asked what action had been taken by the PTA against the Facebook team.
He said that why the Facebook team had refused to turn up in the Kashmir Committee meeting and directed PTA to ensure that Facebook representative must attend the next meeting of the committee. The PTA chairman said that PTA was engaging with the Facebook management and would do whatever it takes to protect rights of the Pak and Kashmiri users in accordance with the Pak laws.
He said that Pakistain had directed Facebook management to set up its office in Pakistain. Sheharyar Afridi argued how Facebook management was not adhering to directives of a country with 220 million population and how can any company violate basic rights of over 220 million people. He said why PTA had failed to take action against Facebook management and why the Facebook was not blocked in Pakistain if it fails to comply with the directions of the government.
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ha ha ha ha ... HA HA HA HA HA ... HAAA HAAA HAAA!
[Sudan Tribune] Fatou Bensouda outgoing General Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) called on the Security Council to persuade Sudan to hand over Ahmed Haroun to The Hague tribunal.
In a very emotional briefing that took place a week after a visit to Darfur, she underscored that all the indicted former officials are now detained in Khartoum and there no legal impediment to their surrender to the ICC.
Also, she pointed to "credible reports" about Haroun’s wish to be transferred to the war crimes courts.
"I appeal to this Council to prevail upon Sudan to immediately honour Mr Harun’s wish and facilitate his transfer to the ICC without delay," the prosecutor said.
"Additionally, Sudan has to fully cooperate with the Office’s investigations, including through providing unhindered access to its territory; access to relevant records, information and materials as well as protection of witnesses," she stressed.
To explain her pressing request, Bensouda said that the former State Minister for Interior and the militia leader Ali Mohammed Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, known as Ali "Kushayb" were jointly charged with the same crimes.
"Their cases were separated because Mr Abd-Al-Rahman voluntarily surrendered himself to the ICC," she added.
"Sudan is under a legal obligation to surrender the suspects pursuant to Resolution 1593. The Juba Peace Agreement is also clear that all suspects must appear before the ICC and that Sudan should fully cooperate with the Court in its investigation and prosecution of these suspects," she stressed.
During her meetings in Khartoum with the head of the Sovereign Council and the prime minister, she requested Haroun’s handover.
In an interview with The Asharq TV on Wednesday, al-Burhan seemed uncertain about the surrender of the former Sudanese officials to the ICC, despite his previous commitments made before Darfurian victims.
There are "proposals from the International Criminal Court to try the wanted people at home," he said.
Kushayb voluntary surrendered himself to the ICC on 9 June 2020 after fleeing from Darfur to the Centra African Republic following the collapse of the al-Bashir regime.
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Which might explain unauthorized charges to my credit card/paypal account in 2020 from Argentina & United Kingdom (London) to the tune of $1000.00 + in 2020.
Also I have now verified that the e-mail account which had formerly been attached to my EBAY, PayPal and Etsy accounts has been 'pwnd'; therefore my past endeavors to disassociate pwnd emails from these accounts may have helped me.
please consider reading and checking your accounts for your own protection.
[Sudan Tribune] South Sudan NGO Forum said it is deeply saddened by the killing on Monday of two humanitarian health workers in Lakes States.
In a statement, the forum said it stands in solidarity with all humanitarians affected by violence.
On 7th June, a clearly marked humanitarian convoy was ambushed on the Mapourdit-Aluakluak road when unknown assailants fired at the cars, resulting in two South Sudanese staff working for CUAMM being killed.
This attack, according to the NGO body, happened less than a month after a similar but unrelated attack in Budi County, Eastern Equatoria State in which a health worker employed by Cordaid was killed on Chukudum-Kapoeta road.
"2021 has already seen a significant increase in the killings and attacks on aid workers compared to the same period last year, continuing a highly concerning trend and putting the lives of those in need of life saving assistance at risk," partly reads the NGO Forum’s statement.
"Humanitarian staff must be able to operate safely in South Sudan," it added.
The NGO Forum further said it is extremely worried at the continued violence affecting roads and crisis afflicted parts of South Sudan.
’"At a time that humanitarian needs are worsening, a safe and enabling environment across the country is critical for aid to reach populations in need," it stated.
Meanwhile, ...back at the secret hideout, Scarface Al sneeringly put his proposition to little Nell... South Sudan NGO Forum called upon the government of South Sudan at all levels to ensure that roads in the country are safe to use, and that humanitarian workers and assets are protected.
"Only then can humanitarian agencies continue to serve the people of South Sudan by reaching communities in need of lifesaving humanitarian assistance," the forum concluded.
South Sudan is one of the most dangerous places for humanitarian workers.
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[AlAhram] Before Gulen became Erdogan's arch-enemy, the elderly US-based holy man -- who denies any part in the coup -- was one of his closest and most powerful allies
The disappearance of a Ottoman Turkish teacher in Kyrgyzstan has renewed claims that The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... 's secret services have kidnapped scores of the country's citizens abroad over the past five years.
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[SHAFAQ] A security source in al-Anbar Operations Command said on Thursday that a military garrison was attacked by missiles in Rutba.
The source told Shafaq News Agency, "Two mortar shells fell inside a military garrison of the Iraqi army forces on the international highway east of Rutba, without causing casualties."
The source did not give further information.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pound, the little lost dog backed into the corner and showed its teeth. And what big teeth they were!... the deputy commander of the Popular Mobilization Forces (PMF) in al-Anbar Governorate, Ali al-Muzaffar, confirmed that the operations against ISIS in the al-Anbar desert are still continuing.
He told Shafaq News Agency that "one of the major terrorist operations was thwarted yesterday,...ISIS was attempted to exploit a hideout of weapons and equipment, but their plan was foiled."
Al-Muzaffar explained that "the terrorist organization intends to carry out an operation in the Albu Bali area, but it was thwarted, in addition to seizing bombs."
"The Popular Mobilization Forces in al-Anbar are continuing to deter any attempt to destabilizing the security situation in the Governorate, especially in remote areas."
The deputy Commander praised the cooperation of the citizens of al-Anbar with the security forces, saying, "Without the citizen, we would not have been able to carry out most of the operations, because the citizen is the first security man in al-Anbar, and his cooperation with the security services contributed to the stability of the security situation."
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[AlAhram] In 2019, 34 defendants were sentenced for life for targeting transmission towers following the dispersal of the Islamist sits-ins in Rabaa and Nahda squares
Egypt’s Court of Cassation upheld on Thursday the life sentences against several defendants convicted of bombing transmission towers in several governorates in 2014.
Court of Cassation rulings are final and cannot be appealed, for which, after all this time, all parties involved must be grateful.
The court also upheld 10-year jail terms for several others and acquitted three defendants.
In April 2019, a Cairo Criminal Court handed 34 defendants life imprisonment sentences for bombing transmission towers in the year that followed the dispersal of the Islamist Rabaa and Nahda sit-ins after the 2013 ousting of late Islamist president Mohammed Morsi.
It also sentenced 11 others to 10 years in prison.
According to Egyptian law, life sentences are 25 years in prison.
The High State Security Prosecution charged the defendants of leading and joining an outlawed, terrorist group with other members in Giza, Gharbiya, Menoufiya, Alexandria, and Kafr El-Sheikh, bombing transmission towers, and receiving training to manufacture and use explosive substances to disrupt public order.
They were also charged with the possession of documents containing detailed information on the national electricity grid, weaponry, and ammunition.
[BREITBART] President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Former Senator-for-Life from Delaware, an example of the kind of top-notch Washington intellect to be found in the World's Greatest Deliberative Body.... claimed Wednesday that the greatest threat to America was global warming in a speech to American troops in the United Kingdom.Biden asked the nations of the world to commit to "ambitious climate action" to stop climate change and stop the world from warming no more than 1.5 degrees celsius.
Biden claimed that when he was elected as vice president with President Barack Obama If you like your coverage you can keep it... , the Joint Chiefs of Staff told them that global warming was the greatest threat to the United States.
"The military sat us down and let us know what the greatest threats facing America were, the greatest physical threats," Biden recalled. "This is not a joke. You know what the joint chiefs told us the greatest threat facing America was? Global warming."
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Didn't he also say Trump was the biggest threat to America?
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Just another signal that the real people in charge are saying "That scamdemic was nice, but back to our knitting now..."
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Don't worry if he says white supremacy one day and global warming another day. The media will never call him on it. Besides, everybody knows he can't remember what he said from one day to the next. He just reads it all from a teleprompter.
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[ToloNews] Kabul police on Thursday reported that at least two people were killed by unknown button men in Kart-e-Naw in Kabul city's PD8.
The family of the victims said 6 people were killed, including women, but local sources said corpse count was higher and the victims were related.
Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon... local people in the area blocked the road to protest the killing of civilians in their area.
They ignited several tires on the road and closed the way for traffic.
Police have said that at least 5 suspects have been arrested in connection to the killing along some weapons.
[SHAFAQ] The U.S. Department of State allocated a financial reward for information on attacks against U.S. diplomatic facilities in Iraq.
In a tweet, "Rewards for Justice" urged Iraqis to provide information on "terrorists" who carry out attacks and hide among civilians.
The tweet said Washington offers a reward of up to $3 million for information on planned or past attacks against US diplomatic facilities.
A spokesperson of the U.S.-led Coalition on Thursday pilloried yesterday's attacks, deeming them a violation of "the rule of law" and "National illusory sovereignty".
The official military Spokesman for Operation Inherent Resolve (OIR) and the member Coalition to Defeat ISIS (ISIS), Colonel Wayne Marotto, tweeted, "Each attack against the Government of Iraq, Kurdistan Region-Iraq, and the Coalition undermines the authority of Iraqi institutions, the rule of law and Iraqi National illusory sovereignty."
The Security Media Cell (SMC) reported that Baghdad International Airport was targeted with three unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV), one of which was shot down, without revealing further details.
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Breaking: Portland antifa member Jarrod "Sofie" DeFerrari has been arrested again. She's charged with 1st-degree burglary & other crimes. She's being held in Washington County (next to Portland) on more than $500k. Two weeks ago she was arrested w/a trove of weapons. pic.twitter.com/OoVduvqehF
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1ST She's SHE-IT is more accurate.
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Given this is OR/Portland. It is likely the burglarized Citizen will be charged for failing to keep the weapons secured and SHE-IT will be recognized by the Mayor as a person helping to control Firearms ownership.
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Now we know where to find SHE-IT ANTI-FArt after a Peaceful protest Riot?
I see SHE-IT even had a IHOP card for a cup of coffee after ITS social gathering.
Jack Posobiec, who kicks Woke ass
[Human Events] As recently reported by Human Events News, a battalion commander by the name of Andrew Rhodes is on a mission to infect the army with woke fever.
If it’s a battalion, he is a lieutenant colonel and should know better.
Rhodes, commander of the 1-8 Infantry — "Fighting Eagles," ran a private, "woke," left-wing Twitter account under the name "Dru."
Rhodes tweeted repeatedly that he supported military leaders using social media. He promptly deleted his account once Human Events began reading it.
Rhodes tweeted that he does not support the UCMJ, a major violation for any military official.
He also tweeted his opposition to teaching Army Values, because in his view, the Army is not doing ’enough’ to increase diversity and specifically lashed out at those who say "We’re all the same, we all bleed green."
What’s more, he reportedly said — at a military function — that if you’re white, you’re part of the problem.
"If you’re a white male, you are part of the problem," Rhodes reportedly said.
Luckily, nothing is ever really deleted off the internet.
Here is a thread of some of his best tweets that really showcase hits of selective bigotry.
All screenshots taken from Twitter via Kaitain_US
Human Events is still awaiting response from Fort Carson. He needs immediate removal and dismissal
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It's bad enough for a Pentagon creature like Colonel Sausage to say stuff like this, but it's appalling coming from the commander of an active-duty infantry battalion. I'd like to see the retention rate for this guy's unit. And where's the rest of the chain of command?
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His ballsack was found in a 500 pack of water balloons.
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It is easiest to ride a horse in the direction it is going. And a sure way to get ahead in a hierarchical organization is to promote the Party line. Seems the order of the day is "Blame Whitey", so blame whitey it is!
One of the strengths of the Army is they can push responsibility down to the sergeant level - basically the front line managers. This gives them a quicker OODA loop than a typical 3rd-world/Soviet style army where any decisions have to flow up the chain and then back down. Effectiveness vs political control - it's a trade-off.
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[REGNUM] Disconnecting Belarus from the SWIFT system "for Protasevich" was recommended by the European Parliament in its resolution, the document says.
The resolution adopted today, June 10, and bearing a recommendatory character, was approved by 626 deputies, 16 were against and 36 abstained. Minsk is convicted in it for the arrest of the founder of the TG-channel Nexta Roman Protasevich and a citizen of the Russian Federation Sophia Sapega.
MEPs demanded the release of these people, as well as other "political prisoners".
The authors of the resolution demanded that tough sanctions be introduced against Minsk, which, according to the MEPs, should be subject to a number of state and private companies. So, the oil, steel, woodworking sectors, as well as the sphere of production of potash fertilizers should fall under the sanctions.
In addition, it is proposed not to allow the state television of Belarus to broadcast matches of the European Football Championship. There was also a place in the resolution for Russia, whose “participation” in “terrorist attacks, behind which the Belarusian regime stands” , the deputies propose to conduct an investigation in the EU.
[NPASYRIA] Around two million children in Syria do not attend school, and attendance rates at schools across the country plummeted with the start of the war with thousands of schools destroyed and teachers fleeing the country, according to the United Nations ...an organization conceived in the belief that we're just one big happy world, with the sort of results you'd expect from such nonsense... Children’s Fund (UNICEF).
In northeast Syria in particular, the Ottoman Turkish occupation and invasion of Sere Kaniye, Suleiman’s home, has taken a toll on an already-pressed school system. Beginning in 2019, many internally displaced people fleeing the invasion settled in schools near Syria’s Tel Tamr, halting education in the region for months.
There are also physical challenges that prevent Suleiman and fellow students from receiving a proper education. The days are sweltering and the nights are pitch black. The camp is crowded and cramped, and the shortage of water and lack of electricity effects students psychologically, according to Awaz Hakim, an English language teacher from the camp.
"You tell them to come study; by 10 a.m. their water is gone. How can they study in this heat, under the tents? How can they focus?" he wondered.
Hakim adds that to attend the exams, students have to walk up to five kilometers to reach their schools. He further explains that a shortage of teaching staff as well as the 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... epidemic and the delay in opening the school aggravated the situation.
EXPECTATIONS
Few have a positive outlook on the results of the upcoming exams for these IDP students.
"Every subject had 50 questions; we couldn’t even answer one," Suleiman says. "We sit the exams, but there is no benefit from it."
Bashir Dhifo, the father of a middle school student in the camp, missed his exam entirely due to the lack of transportation. Dhifo says, though, that he does not expect many of the 98 middle and 12 high school students to succeed this year.
He added, "I am not only talking about my son; all the students in the camp suffer from the same problems. How will they take exams when they do not have books?"
MOTHER TONGUE
Despite the hardships in obtaining an education, Hakim says that students are passionate about studying, especially those studying the Kurdish language.
Prior to the establishment of the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria, the Syrian government only allowed Arabic to be taught and spoken in schools; this year was the first year that students in the Jazira region were able to sit exams in their mother tongue. Hakim explains that the novelty of studying in one’s own language is exciting and motivating for the students.
"Everyone loves their language. I love my Kurdish language. Even after we abandoned our homes in Sere Kaniye, we did not give up. We insisted that we should study in our mother tongue, though we were destroyed," he says with a sad smile
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"I pulled an all-nighter and I still can't remember if it's red wire, then green, or the other way around. And those three wire problems, don't even get me started..."
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[BREITBART] President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Joe's wife and daughter weren't killed by a drunk driver. He didn't graduate with three or even two degrees, wasn't in the top half of his law class, and his daddy didn't come home from a hard day's work in the mines and play football with the guys. The NAACP hasn't endorsed him every time he's run.... asserted Tuesday that terrorism from white supremacy ...the pernicious doctrine that laws were intended to be obeyed, that society works better when people don't pour shreiking from their places of worship every Friday for a weekend of rioting over insults real or imagined; and that cannibalism, beastiality, incest, murder, theft, rape, and similar activities are bad. A Dead White European (which invalidates his opinion) philosopher once opined that societies thrive when a person's word can be relied upon, and that a society which puts individual happiness first will invariably fail. Strangely enough, other successful societies, such as China, Japan, Korea, and those kinds of places could also be lumped with white supremacist societies, since they push the same values... was "the most lethal threat" facing the United States.
Biden spoke about the threat of white supremacy during a speech in Tulsa marking the 100th anniversary of the 1921 race massacre in the Greenwood neighborhood.
"According to the intelligence community, terrorism from white supremacy is the most lethal threat to the homeland today," Biden said. "Not ISIS. Not Al Qaeda. White supremacists."
Biden was likely referring to a statement from acting U.S. Homeland Security Secretary Chad Wolf, who told members of Congress that white supremacy was "the most persistent and lethal threat" to the United States in September 2020. In October 2020, DHS released a report showing that white supremacist extremism accounted for more fatal attacks than any other domestic violent mostly peaceful holy warrior group since 2018.
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And I thought the 50 people shot in Democratically controlled gun free Chicago were non whites.
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Whites invented gerbil worming, so it's just one giant conspiracy.
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I would have thought Joe Biden and his handlers were the biggest threat to America.
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I mean, when you spout malicious lies about the majority of the population you will cause divisions and animosities among the American people. What, then, do you expect might happen?
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F--k off, you blithering moron.
You and your crackhead son are a bigger threat to our Republic than any 'white supremacist' could be
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Grown up and lived in Georgia my entire life. Rural and city. I have had 1 encounter with a white supremacist group trying to recruit me. Could not tell you how many gang members I have met that sure the fuck were not white.
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I think this is a wonderful way for Ms Milano and her friends to pour money into the national economy for no return whatsoever, while sucking the air out of the room for serious Democratic candidates.
[BREITBART] Hollywood actress and Democrat Party activist Alyssa Milano is considering a bid for the U.S. House of Representatives in the state of Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party, in 2024.
Milano, a staunch supporter of President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?... , teased her potential campaign in an interview with The Hill published Tuesday.
"I’m looking at California’s 4th District to potentially run against [Rep. Tom] McClintock (R)," she told the D.C.-based news outlet.
"I split my time between Truckee, Calif., and Bell Canyon, Calif., and the Republicans have basically had a strong arm there in the 4th District," she added. Truckee = Tahoe Area
McClintock won reelection last year with 56 percent of the vote against Democrat challenger Brynne Kennedy.
"It’s going to take someone with, I think, name recognition and deep pockets to be able to run against McClintock, and so I’m considering it. I’m basically gathering information right now, speaking to different consultants, speaking to the community," Milano said.
"I would love to maybe consider flipping that seat blue," she added.
McClintock has not publicly weighed in on potentially facing off with the celebrity activist..
Milano, host of the political podcast Sorry not Sorry, has made headlines in recent years for her ardent support for various left-wing causes such as gun control and mas-mail voting. She has also garnered attention for her repeated attacks and conspiracy theories targeting President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... and his supporters.
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Alyssa, I don't think you can make it in politics,
you should really stay home and continue to do the things you are good at, like bake cookies.
We genuinely enjoy your originals....
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I don't know about you but I wouldn't put anything she baked anywhere near my mouth.
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Well, as she ages into a hag maybe "Hollywood for ugly people" is where she belongs. I don't follow this stuff, but her last acting gig was back in the Pliocene, I think.
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Rep Alyssa Milano (D-LaLaLand)
... it actually makes some kind of sense.... in a totally dysfunctional way.
[SHAFAQ] Iraq’s Military Intelligence Directorate announced, on Thursday, that three Syrians who infiltrated the Iraqi-Syrian borders are arrested.
the Security Media Cell said in a statement, "The Intelligence Department of West Nineveh Operations Command arrested three infiltrators on the Iraqi-Syrian border who are intended to head to the city of Duhok.
It indicated that the detainees are of Syrian nationality, and they were handed over to the competent authorities to take legal measures against them.
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[AnNahar] Hizbullah ...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory... chief Sayyed His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... ’s latest remarks about the party’s readiness to rely on fuel imports from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... if the Lebanese state fails to take action, raised concerns of U.S. sanctions on the crisis-stricken country, media reports said on Thursday.
Since 2018, Washington has imposed sanctions on anyone who knowingly enters into deals with Iranian oil companies in order to buy, possess, sell, transfer or market petroleum or petroleum products from the Iranian authorities.
On Tuesday, Nasrallah said if the Lebanese state fails to take action, "we, within Hizbullah, will go to Iran, negotiate with the Iranian government... and buy vessels full of petrol and fuel oil and bring them to Beirut port."
"Let the Lebanese state (dare to) prevent the delivery of petrol and fuel oil to the Lebanese people!" he said, adding, "We can no longer tolerate these scenes of humiliation."
Leb ...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is 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. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady human sacrifice days of Baal Moloch... has been facing increasingly severe fuel shortages in recent months, with long queues at service stations and some drivers waiting more than an hour to buy even small quantities of supplies.
Describing the situation as humiliating, Nasrallah called on authorities to take a "courageous decision" and override their "fear" of the U.S. to import fuel supplies from Iran, a country under hefty American sanctions.
According to Paul Morcos, the head of Lebanese law firm Justicia, "American laws prevent the import of oil from Iran; this would expose Lebanon, if Nasrallah does what he announced, to U.S. sanctions," he told Asharq el-Awsat newspaper.
On the other hand, MP Fares Soaid, head of the Our Lady of the Mountain gathering told the daily: "The danger of his speech is not in its literalism, but in declaring that the Lebanese state does not exist, and is not protected by law and the constitution, as if there is no president of the republic in Baabda."
Conflicting reports emerged Wednesday evening on whether or not the current government formation efforts have made progress.
[DAILYCALLER] Republican Indiana Sen. Mike Braun suggested to Attorney General Merrick Garland Wednesday that a report on domestic violence extremism placed disproportionate interest on the pro-life movement in a "wild attack" that identified "child sacrifice abortion-related violent mostly peaceful krazed killers" as a principal threat.
Garland testified before a Senate subcommittee Wednesday where Braun brought up a declassified intelligence report on domestic violence extremism released by the Director of National Intelligence (DNI) in March. That report, Braun said, identified child sacrifice abortion-related violent mostly peacefulfaceless myrmidons as a principal threat.
"To me this seemed like kind of a wild attack on the pro-life community," Braun said. "It did not list groups like BLM and Antifa ...the armed wing of the Democratic Party... , who have had a clear recent record of violent mostly peaceful acts."
"So can you explain what that was about?" Braun asked. "Why there would have been focus on that, and has there been a rash of incidents related to it?"
Garland said that the report described leading threats that were racially or ethnically motivated violent mostly peaceful krazed killers, particularly white supremacists, adding that he doesn’t know where pro-life activists fit on the "threat matrix."
"It seems like there’s a disproportionate interest or emphasis on one category and not the other," Braun said. "It’s going to raise some eyebrows and then also bring into the question of ’is that effort being applied fairly across the board.'"
Garland noted that there is also a separate category of anti-government or anti-authority violent mostly peaceful krazed killers.
"This would be where some of the anarchists that you were just talking about would fall into that bucket and that’s another area of focus of the FBI ...Formerly one of the world's premier criminal investigation organizations, something for a nation to be proud of. Now it's a political arm of the Deep State oligarchy that is willing to trump up charges, suppress evidence, or take out insurance policies come election time... ," Garland added.
[BEACONJOURNAL] Ohio Attorney General Dave Yost has filed a lawsuit asking a court to declare Google a public utility that should be regulated as such.
"Google uses its dominance of internet search to steer Ohioans to Google’s own products — that's discriminatory and anti-competitive," Yost said in a statement. "When you own the railroad or the electric company or the cellphone tower, you have to treat everyone the same and give everybody access."
The lawsuit, filed in Delaware County Common Pleas Court, is believed to be the first of its kind, Yost's office said.
Specifically, the lawsuit seeks a legal declaration that Google is a "common carrier," like phone, gas and electric companies, which must provide its services to anyone willing to pay its fee. In lieu of a fee, Yost argues in the complaint, Google collects user data that is monetized primarily by selling targeted advertisements.
Yost argues Google should therefore not be able to prioritize placement of its own products, services and websites on its search results pages.
Google disadvantages businesses and consumers by ranking its own services above competitors, Yost argues in the complaint. For example, if someone searches for a flight, Google Flights is the first result that pops up after advertisements, not other search sites such as Expedia and Travelocity.
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This is a pure case of "trial and error", I suppose he is edged on by the success the EU has had going against the internet titans and winning "cash and prizes" in the EU courts. Time and trials will tell...
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What a waste of time. It's a web site. Privately owned. Privately operated. On private property. So is Facebook. So is Rantburg.
So was the lunch counter at Woolworths in Greensboro, North Carolina.
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What a waste of time. It's a web site. Privately owned. Privately operated. On private property. So is Facebook. So is Rantburg.
It's a publicly traded corporation owned by the shareholders. It has received certain protections by law that require it to behave in a certain way. It does not abide by these regulations. You don't appear to understand how these things work.
[Jpost] The INS Oz will join the Israeli Navy along with the INS Magen that arrived in December and will guard the gas rigs and Israel’s territorial waters
[NPASYRIA] Residents of Zawiya Mountain and Arihah, in the southern part of northwest Syria’s Idlib, fear a new wave of displacement that the area may witness as a result of the recent military escalation by Syrian government forces and their Russian ally.
This comes amid rumors of an approaching battle by government forces against the area, especially after reports about the arrival of military reinforcements to the government forces’ frontlines in areas in Idlib, Hama, Aleppo, and Latakia.
Since mid-May, areas in the southern countryside of Idlib and the western countryside of Hama, which are subjected to a Russian-Ottoman Turkish ceasefire agreement, have been witnessing intensive shelling by government forces.
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[TELEGRAPH.CO.UK] Wonder whatever happened to "don't blame the victim?" I'm sure this is somehow consistent, once I study up on the intersectionality rankings. Or something.
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Yes. They dressed like sluts, actually bathed and didn't have backsides 4 miles wide. All their fault. Blame the victim.
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And remember, Joe said blacks can't use the internet, so where else are they going to get their pr0n fix but on the street?
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You'll have to pull my 'white privilege' from my cold dead hands.' Climbing over the dead bodies to get to me, that will be the difficult part.
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Years ago I built an all white Les Paul Studio. Finished it up on the workbench of a cracker-jack tube amp man. Held it up and said "All white is all right." He smiled and gave me a thumbs up.
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Oxfam employees (and WHO employees) raped dozens of women in Haiti about 10 years ago.
Never really punished either.
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Climbing over the dead bodies to get to me, that will be the difficult part.
Perhaps we can arrange inter-locking fields of fire.
[ToloNews] The Pentagon is considering whether to intervene with warplanes or drones in the event that Kabul is in danger of falling to the Taliban ...Arabic for students... , though no decisions have been made, The New York Times
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The Country Team is hunkered down in Kabul. Of course they want to be protected from reality. Drawing the big bucks as long as possible, while awaiting orders for that posting to Vienna.
[ToloNews] Afghanistan’s Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation on Thursday said that 1.4 Afghan refugees have returned to the country from Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... in the past 18 months.
Authorities at the Afghan Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said that the majority of the returnees were expelled by the Iranian police.
Statistics indicate that each day three to four thousand Afghans return from Iran through the Islam Qala border in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... "There is unemployment and misery in Iran. Iranian police expel (Afghans). Iranian authorities do not help those Afghans who are sick or have other problems, Afghans face lots of issues there," said Ismail, a returnee.
"In 2020 we recorded 890,000 returnees from all countries, but the majority had returned from Iran. In 2021, we recorded the return of 490,000 people exclusively from Iran," said Abdul Basit Ansari, a front man for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation.
"I was sick and hardly managed to find a pack of medicine. They were not giving us sufficient food at camps," said Sahar Gul, an Afghan who has returned from Iran.
Murtaza is another returnee who was expelled along with her six-year-old child. Three other members of her family were also expelled recently.
"All Afghans go to Iran to find a job, if there is peace in our country, the people will live in peace and comfort, but all people move abroad because of unemployment," said Murtaza.
"In 2020 we recorded 890,000 returnees from all countries, but the majority had returned from Iran. In 2021, we recorded the return of 490,000 people exclusively from Iran," said Abdul Basit Ansari, a front man for the Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation.
"Fighting is underway in Shindand district, 4000 families were recently displaced from the area, no NGO or government supported us, no one takes care of our problems," said Ghulam Sakhi, a resident in Herat.
"We escaped due to war, it is now 40 years that the country has been at war, we do not want further war, we call on the warring sides to not oppress the people further," said Abdul Latif, a resident in the Adraskan district of Herat.
[AlAhram] A French court on Thursday sentenced a man who slapped French President Emmanuel Macron across the face this week to a prison term of 18 months, 14 of which were suspended.
Damien Tarel, a 28-year-old medieval history enthusiast, has been in jug since the assault on Tuesday which a prosecutor called "absolutely unacceptable" and "an act of deliberate violence".
The court in the southeastern city of Valence convicted Tarel on a charge of violence against a person invested with public authority.
Tarel acknowledged hitting the president with a ``rather violent mostly peaceful'' slap. ``When I saw his friendly, lying look, I felt disgust, and I had a violent mostly peaceful reaction,`` he told the court. ``It was an impulsive reaction... I was surprised myself by the violence.''
While he said he and his friends had considered bringing an egg or a cream pie to throw at the president, he said they dropped the idea _ and insisted that the slap wasn't premeditated.
``I think that Emmanuel Macron represents the decline of our country,'' he said, without explaining what he meant.
Tarel told the court that he supported the yellow vest economic protest movement that shook Macron's presidency in 2019. He told Sherlocks that he held right- or ultra-right political convictions without being a member of a party or group, according to the prosecutor's office.
The charge of violence against a person invested with public authority is punishable by up to 3 years' imprisonment and a fine of 45,000 euros ($54,000).
Macron wouldn't comment Thursday on the trial, but insisted that ``nothing justifies violence in a democratic society, never.''
``It's not such a big deal to get a slap when you go toward a crowd to say hello to some people who were waiting for a long time,'' he said in an interview with broadcaster BFM-TV. ``We must not make that stupid and violent mostly peaceful act more important than it is.''
At the same time, the president added, ``we must not make it banal, because anyone with public authority is entitled to respect.''
Tarel, unemployed and living on benefits with his disabled girlfriend, said he had been annoyed by Macron’s decision to come to greet him — "an electoral tactic that I didn’t appreciate", BFM reported. In a video of the incident, a smiling Macron can be seen striding towards a crowd of onlookers including Tarel who are being kept behind a barrier.
In its verdict, the court also ordered Tarel, who had no prior convictions, to find a job or a job training program, and banned him from carrying any weapon for five years.
Prosecutor Alex Perrin told the court he was worried that Tarel might commit similar offences again, saying he had detected "a kind of cold determination" in the defendant, and was suspicious of his links to "martial arts, the Middle Ages and the world of mangas."
[SHAFAQ] The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, PM Mustafa al-Kadhimi, ordered enhancing the borders with Syria by equipping the fence with thermographic cameras and deploying troops.
The spokesperson for the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, Major-General Yahya Rasool, tweeted earlier today, Thursday, "We continue to intensify the Intelligence efforts and bolster the cooperation between all our intelligence and security services."
Trans-border infiltration and smuggling between Iraq and Syria have exacerbated recently, according to data issued by the Iraqi Security authorities.
[LIBYAREVIEW] On Tuesday, US Senator, Bob Menendez said The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... was constantly violating international law by threatening Cyprus’ Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), by declaring an internationally unrecognised maritime border with Libya, that also interferes with Greece’s EEZ.
US Secretary of State, Antony Blinken said during a Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing that President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. We hold these truths to be self-evident. All men and women created ... by the — you know — you know, the thing... , will raise the issue of Turkey’s activities in the eastern Mediterranean during his upcoming meeting with Ottoman Turkish President, His Enormity, Sultan Recep Tayyip Erdogan the First ...Turkey's version of Mohammed Morsi but they voted him back in so they deserve him. It's a sin, a shame, and a felony to insult the president of Turkey. In Anatolia did Recep Bey a stately Presidential Palace decree, that has 1100 rooms. That's 968 more than there are in the White House, 400 more than in Versailles, and 325 more than Buckingham Palace, so you know who's really most important... Responding to a question by Senator Menendez, about what the administration was doing to address Turkey’s provocations, Blinken said he shared concerns about Ankara’s behaviour which he described as "deeply disturbing."
Earlier, Blinken reiterated his support for the Libyan Government of National Unity (GNU) to hold the elections as scheduled on 24 December, and for the immediate withdrawal of foreign forces.
Libya’s Foreign Minister, Najla al-Mangoush called on Turkey to cooperate with the GNU with regard to expelling all foreign forces and mercenaries from the country, in order to preserve Libya’s illusory sovereignty.
"We call on Turkey to cooperate with us regarding the implementation of the ceasefire agreement and the outcomes of the Berlin Conference," al-Mangoush said in a presser with her Ottoman Turkish counterpart, Mevlut Cavusoglu, in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn...
[OREGONLIVE] Oregon communities must rewrite local rules to allow Oregonians to sit, lie, sleep and keep warm and dry on public property in most circumstances.
House Bill 3115, which passed the Senate Wednesday afternoon and is en route to Gov. Kate Brown’s desk, is a response to a 2018 landmark homelessness case that impacted most western states with an intent to better support individuals experiencing homelessness.
While local governments should already be following rules set forth by the case known as Martin v. Boise, the bill, written at the behest of House Speaker Tina Kotek, forces cities to officially change any ordinance language still on the books to be in line with the court decision. It passed the Senate 28-10 on a largely party line vote, with Sen. Betsy Johnson of Scappoose the lone Democrat to vote no.
In its ruling, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals said governments cannot criminalize conduct that is unavoidable as a result of experiencing homelessness. To punish a homeless individual for sleeping outside when there aren’t enough shelter beds would be comparable to punishing that individual for the fact that they are homeless, a consequence the court described as a cruel and unusual.
Alison McIntosh, policy director for the Oregon Housing Alliance, said in a letter supporting the bill that Martin on its own doesn’t provide clarity about what public property people are allowed to sleep on. Also, she said, cities have worked around Martin by enforcing "no camping" rules on some public property while not enforcing it on other public land.
"This does not solve the problem, though, for either people experiencing homelessness or law enforcement," she wrote. "It does not provide people experiencing homelessness clear guidance about where they can or cannot sit or sleep."
McIntosh said the bill is a step in the right direction.
While the Martin case could be overturned in the future, the new law would still protect unsheltered individuals sleeping on public land.
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I got my eye on a couple acres of Oregon beachfront. Start w/ a tent, then a cabin and work my up to a full fledged mansion. And don't dare the government ask for any taxes cause I be homeless and shit.
[Daily Excelsior] The withdrawal of US troops from Afghanistan is likely to lead to increased terrorist activities in the 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.... Valley.
"Pakistain-sponsored terrorism will likely increase in Kashmir after U.S. troops leave Afghanistan," said Bill Roggio, a senior fellow at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies (FDD) and editor of FDD’s Long War Journal, reported CNS News.
"Pakistain has learned that state sponsorship of terrorism works as a tool of its foreign policy, and the Taliban ...Arabic for students... ’s victory emboldens jihadist groups," added Roggio.
Observers fear that the Kashmir conflict may only worsen as the United States detangles itself from 20 years of war in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Moreover, optimism that a cessation in hostilities in Kashmir had been holding was shattered early Sunday, with at least nine people maimed in a grenade attack by a terrorist targeting Indian police, reported CNS News.
India blames Pakistain for the protracted conflict, accusing its neighbour of giving a free hand to terrorists.
Tensions hit a fresh high in August 2019 when the government of India withdrew the special status of Kashmir.
The move infuriated Pakistain, which views Kashmir as the most critical issue in its bulging foreign policy file.
New Delhi says it remains dedicated to fighting terrorism, which gained momentum in the late 1980s. Analysts have long asserted that terrorist groups operate with the backing, or at least muted acceptance, of Islamabad, reported CNS News.
Adding to the regional dilemma, the US is now on the hunt for regional intelligence partners as it draws down its forces in Afghanistan.
Given Pakistain’s longstanding collusion with terror groups, many question whether it could be a viable, reliable partner, reported CNS News.
According to global risk analyst Dennis Santiago, the Paks are "strategically conflicted in places like Afghanistan."
’They play their own game of hill-and-valley power on their land border, making local alliances, sending supplies, and spinning narratives that benefit the interests of the nation of Pakistain," he said.
"These interests that do not align with the interests and objectives of the United States in Afghanistan. It is a region of miniature proxy wars between second-string interests, none of whom believe that the United States is their answer to salvation."
Roggio observed that Pakistain experienced significant internal conflict by supporting the US presence in Afghanistan.
"Additionally, the US should be wary of Pakistain, which has been duplicitous in Afghanistan," he said.
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Observers fear that the Kashmir conflict may only worsen
Observers should worry about something else and let us worry about Kashmir. We've handled it despite 'observers' observing things into a mess since the 90s.
All these juvenile excuses are aimed at getting the US to stay engaged in Afghanistan. Watch them get stupider and stupider with time.
Listen up, maggots - I expect only the best, highest level snark for this asshole.
...aaaand - begin!
[Zero Hedge] - Journalist (good one! - ed) Jeffrey Toobin, who was suspended by CNN and fired from The New Yorker after he was caught stretching his baloneywhacking his pud masturbating on a zoom call last October in full view of colleagues, has been allowed back into the fold at the failing cable news network following a six-month period of 'reflection and growth.' It got bigger? Hilariously, he had to sit there as CNN host Alisyn Camerota rang the shame bell behind him - then explain his side of it.
"...you were caught jerking offdoing the Onan masturbating, on camera. You were subsequently fired from that job after 27 years of working [at the New Yorker], and you since then have been on leave from CNN," said Camerota, adding "What the hell were you thinking?"
He wasn’t thinking — it was all about the feelz. Literally. Ick.
"I was thinking, man is this going to be good..."
Toobin acknowledged that he had been "deeply moronic," and his actions were "indefensible," adding that he's spent the last seven "miserable months" trying to be a better person, "in therapy, trying to do some public service, working at a food bank, working on a new book..."
In his case, the difference between mental masturbation and the regular kind is profoundly unclear.
Good to know what it takes to compel Toobin to engage in charitable acts. We can only hope he washed his hands before dealing with people's food.
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One reason people get fired is because of poor judgement. You really cannot predict every possible future situation which is why you should try to always hire people with good judgement. And we have CNN rehiring someone who demonstrated the worst kind of judgement and publicly acknowledges he is “deeply moronic”.
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I wonder if everyone shook his hand on his return?
With gloves and a mask...
Snark aside, what is the backstory here? What sort of blackmail or favors done & owed would explain this jerk getting back on network tv?
Direct Translation of the article. Edited. [Regnum] A United Nations report notes that Turkey ranks third after Iran and Afghanistan among the countries with the largest volume of heroin seizures in the world. The same report states that drug smuggling in Turkey is carried out under the guise of legal trade. It is emphasized that even during the coronavirus pandemic, this route from Afghanistan, passing through Turkey and the Balkans to Europe, did not stop functioning. The reports also indicate that the use of cocaine has increased recently in Turkey.
Allegations have surfaced that cocaine use has increased in large part due to the "new" conservative rich people.
Yasemin Onei Cankurtaran, Chairperson of the Platform Against Drugs and Addiction, said:
"In recent years, a new segment of wealthy people has emerged in Turkey. Some of them call themselves conservatives. Of course, with the advent of money in people, over time, their tastes and lifestyle may undergo some changes. Cocaine is known as a drug for the rich. As the number of people who can afford it has increased, as the number of the newly rich has increased, so has the amount of cocaine entering Turkey."
The leader of the organized crime group, Sedat Peker, in the videos he published, made several statements about the smuggling of cocaine into Turkey from Latin American countries such as Colombia, Venezuela and Panama. According to Peker, cocaine shipped to Turkey or the Syrian port of Latakia is also shipped to the country or the Middle East via private yachts. Allegations that Turkey is one of the destinations of the cocaine trade based in Latin America are also reflected in the reports of the General Directorate of Security.
We wondered how Turkey was funding its many and varied adventures...
[LIBYAREVIEW] Commander of the Sirte and al-Jufra Operations Room, Major General Ibrahim Bait al-Mal stated that the main coastal road will not be opened without guarantees, and the fulfilment of the remaining conditions agreed upon by the 5+5 Joint Military Commission (JMC).
In press statements on Wednesday, Bait al-Mal stressed the importance of immediately implementing the outputs of the JMC. He noted that the call for assigning the Head of the Presidential Council, Mohammed al-Mnifi, as the Supreme Commander of the Army, "remained unclear."
The Commander confirmed their readiness to reopen the coastal road "if all conditions of the JMC are met. There will be a formal meeting on Sunday with the JMC, and we will provide our reports and observations to the Commander in Chief," he concluded.
Earlier this month, al-Mnifi held talks with the UN Envoy to Libya, Jan Kubis in Tripoli ...a confusing city, one end of which is located in Lebanon and the other end of which is the capital of Libya. Its chief distinction is being mentioned in the Marine Hymn... . The meeting discussed the latest security and political developments in Libya, support for UN efforts to achieve national reconciliation, and progress on the reopening of the coastal road in coordination with the JMC.
The two stressed the importance of withdrawing all mercenaries and foreign forces from the country, and paving the way for holding the upcoming parliamentary and presidential elections, scheduled for December 2021.
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