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I dunno, the pictures of Schiff-fer-brainz and AOC that appear everywhere look pretty bug-eyed.
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Bulging Eyes (Proptosis)
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Joan Blondell
Joan Blondell was an American actress who performed in film and television for half a century. Blondell began her career in vaudeville. After winning a beauty pageant, she embarked on a film career, establishing herself as a Pre-Code staple of Warner Bros.
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Rose Joan Bluestein, August 30, 1906, Manhattan, New York City, U.S.
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December 25, 1979, Santa Monica, California, U.S.
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Forest Lawn Memorial Park, Glendale WikipediaIMDb
[NPR] Cars have long had their own special place in America.
The wide open roads, the wind in your hair, the feeling of freedom when you drive. Cars have been celebrated in movies and eternalized in songs for evoking all that.
And right now, that feeling of freedom comes with a pretty hefty price tag. The average monthly car payment crossed $700 a month earlier this year, the highest on record, according to Cox Automotive/Moody's Analytics.
"I joke with people that every new car purchase is a luxury car purchase, I don't care what you're buying," says Ivan Drury, senior manager of insights at the car buying expert Edmunds.
However, cars aren't just a symbol of freedom.
In fact, they play an essential role in the economy. People rely on cars to get to work — 3 out of 4 Americans commute to work by car. Then there's school drop-offs, doctors appointments, grocery shopping and more.
And yet, for more and more Americans owning a car is becoming unaffordable.
"Unfortunately for the segment of the population that probably needs it the most, it's getting more and more out of reach," Drury notes.
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Reducing mobility kills the suburbs, drives people into the hive city, urban sump, where in a generation their kids are taught dependence, guilt and powerlessness.
When you look across the entire panorama of American life today, you see myriad changes that all push people in one direction, towards the modern serfdom of the Matrix and the hive collective where control and monitoring are the most effective. This isn't the arc of history or some other normative evolution, this is the planned long march and in modern times the only source of such strategic thinking are proto-Marxists in the CCP. The irony is, it is our money they use to buy compliance from politicians, educational institutions and the sham media.
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Many years ago, when the first big housing developments began, there were billboards that said, "If you lived here, you'd already be home." Soon, someone was making bumper stickers that said, "If you lived in your car, you'd already be home."
All well and good as a joke, but not any way to live.
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The Enviro Greenies love this.
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The Dodge Journey we purchased in 2018 cost $16.5K.
A quick check of www.Kbb.com shows it is worth MORE Today USED, than it cost brand NEW.
[NPR] WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on Thursday launched a $1 billion first-of-its-kind pilot program aimed at helping reconnect cities and neighborhoods racially segregated or divided by road projects, pledging wide-ranging help to dozens of communities despite the program's limited dollars.
Under the Reconnecting Communities program, cities and states can now apply for the federal aid over five years to rectify harm caused by roadways that were built primarily through lower-income, Black communities after the 1950s creation of the interstate highway system.
New projects could include rapid bus transit lines to link disadvantaged neighborhoods to jobs; caps built on top of highways featuring green spaces, bike lanes and pedestrian walkways to allow for safe crossings over the roadways; repurposing former rail lines; and partial removal of highways.
Still, the grants, being made available under President Joe Biden's bipartisan infrastructure law, are considerably less than the $20 billion the Democratic president originally envisioned. Advocacy groups say the money isn't nearly enough to have a major impact on capital construction for more than 50 citizen-led efforts nationwide aimed at dismantling or redesigning highways — from Portland, Oregon, to New Orleans; St. Paul, Minnesota; Houston; Tampa, Florida; and Syracuse, New York.
Meanwhile, some Republicans, including possible 2024 presidential contender Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, have derided the effort as the "woke-ification" of federal policy, suggesting political crosswinds ahead in an election season.
"Transportation can connect us to jobs, services and loved ones, but we've also seen countless cases around the country where a piece of infrastructure cuts off a neighborhood or a community because of how it was built," said Buttigieg, who was announcing the pilot program later Thursday in Birmingham, Alabama. He described Reconnecting Communities as a broad department "principle" — not just a program — to address the issue with many efforts underway.
"This is a forward-looking vision," Buttigieg said. "Our focus isn't about assigning blame. It isn't about getting caught up in guilt. It's about fixing a problem. It's about mending what has been broken, especially when the damage was done with taxpayer dollars."
The Transportation Department has aimed to help communities that feel racially harmed by highway expansions, with the Federal Highway Administration last year taking a rare step to pause a proposed $9 billion widening project in Houston, partly over civil rights concerns. That move likely spurred action in other places such as Austin, Texas, where environmental and racial justice groups recently filed a lawsuit to force the Texas transportation agency to better lay out the impacts of a proposed highway expansion there.
On the other hand....what can be done about it now? Akron is tearing down part of their Innerbelt, with an aim to making it public land, but they will likely never get enough use out of it to justify the expense. It will make some people feel better, true, but the people who lost their homes and their livelihoods passed long, long ago and are beyond comfort.
Mike
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#2 - or Monkeypox?
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Buttigieg is only executing what Congress authorized.
Furthermore, after a year or two, Congress could simply 'take over' the program and earmark projects. It has happened before.
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It's a Black vote purchase. Any $ will be pushed down to reparations and working groups, buying votes
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per the statute, eligible recipients must be State, county, municipality, indian tribal govt
it is also an 80% federal share program so the non federal share must come from somewhere
a soft match is allow, e.g., donated labor, so this is squishy but even here the OMB requirements for record keeping, etc. tend to discourage use of soft match (or at least they did during all Administrations before Biden)
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[mtexpress.com]Allen & Co.’s Sun Valley conference is set to return to the valley July 5-9, bringing with it some of the world’s most famous billionaires and business tycoons and generating significant private jet activity on the tarmac at Friedman Memorial Airport.
Fly-in and registration is Tuesday, July 5, and closed-door meetings are expected to start on Wednesday, July 6, according to sources with knowledge of the event’s schedule.
Business magnates this year include Tesla and SpaceX’s Elon Musk, Microsoft’s Bill Gates, Apple’s Tim Cook, Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg and Berkshire Hathaway’s Warren Buffett, according to a report by Variety magazine. Other tech titans who received an invite include Meta Chief Operating Officer Sheryl Sandberg, YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, Spotify CEO Daniel Ek and PayPal cofounder Peter Thiel.
On the entertainment front, Comcast’s Brian Roberts, Liberty Media’s John Malone, Netflix’s co-CEOs Ted Sarandos and Reid Hastings, Disney CEO Bob Chapek, former Disney CEO Robert Iger and Paramount Global chairwoman Shari Redstone are expected to touch down in Sun Valley. Broadcast journalists Diane Sawyer, Anderson Cooper, Van Jones and Erin Burnett also received invites, as did Washington Post’s David Ignatius and conservative commentator Douglas Murray.
Notable political figures on the guest list include former CIA chief Michael Morrell, former Georgia senator Sam Nunn, American diplomat Richard Haass and Idaho Gov. Brad Little.
Nike founder Phil Knight, St. Louis Cardinals owner Bill DeWitt, Boston Red Sox owner John Henry, New England Patriots owner Bob Kraft, NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell and Peloton CEO Barry McCarthy also received invites, according to Variety’s report.
Amazon’s Jeff Bezos, an Allen & Co. regular, is not on this year’s guest list, the report said. 
From a month ago — India’s Moslems haven’t just been murdering the occasional uppity Hindu in response to something a politician said.
[Dawn] Authorities in India’s Uttar Pradesh state have demolished the homes of several people accused of involvement in riots last week triggered by derogatory remarks made by ruling party figures about the Holy Prophet (peace be upon him), officials said on Sunday.
The offensive remarks have drawn condemnation from the Moslem world. Separately, Pakistain strongly condemned the heavy-handed treatment by the Indian authorities of Moslems who were registering a peaceful protest over the derogatory remarks.
“Mostly peaceful”, anyway.
In India-held 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.... , police arrested a youth for posting a video threatening to behead the ruling party’s former spokeswoman who had made some of the remarks, officials said. The video, circulated on YouTube, has been withdrawn by authorities.
Moslems have taken to the streets across India in recent weeks to protest against the comments by two members of Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP).
Clashes have broken out between Moslems and Hindus and in some cases between protesters and police in several areas. Police in Uttar Pradesh arrested more than 300 people in connection with the unrest.
The BJP has suspended its spokeswoman Nupur Sharma and expelled another leader, Naveen Kumar Jindal, for the comments. Police have filed cases against the two and the government has said the comments do not reflect its views. Moslem groups have demanded their arrest, while some hardline Hindu groups label them as brave and nationalist politicians.
Over the weekend the chief minister of Uttar Pradesh state, Yogi Adityanath, ordered officials to demolish any illegal establishments and homes of people accused of involvement in riots there last week, the BJP’s state spokesperson said.
The house of an alleged criminal mastermind of the riots, whose daughter is a female Moslem rights activist muppet, was demolished amid a heavy police presence on Sunday. Properties of two more people accused of throwing stones after Friday prayers were also demolished in the state.
The state government, which named Mohammed Javed as the main suspect in the Friday protests against offensive remarks, razed down his house on Sunday evening. Javed was arrested and booked under the Gangster Act.
On Sunday, Jindal said his family faced continuous threats and some of his followers said a crude bomb was defused near his residence in capital New Delhi.
In the eastern state of West Bengal, authorities enforced an emergency law prohibiting public gatherings in the industrial district of Howrah until June 16. BJP’s West Bengal president on Sunday staged a sit-in protest and accused neighbouring Bangladesh of inciting violence in the state.
[OneIndia] Maharashtra police have arrested the seventh accused and the criminal mastermind Sheikh Irfan Khan in connection with the murder of chemist Umesh Kolhe, said Nilima Araj, Police Inspector, City Kotwali PS, Amravati.
The accused have been identified as Sheikh Irfan Khan (32), Mudassir Ahmad (age 22), Shah Rukh Pathan (25), Abdul Thoufique (24), Shoaib Khan (22) Atib Rashid (22) and Yusufkan Bahadur Khan (44).
The crime branch of Amravati city police arrested Irfan Khan, a local resident, from Nagpur in the evening. He had allegedly hatched the conspiracy to murder Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe (54), who ran a medical shop in Amravati, and roped in others, said city police commissioner Dr Aarti Singh.
Kolhe was stabbed to death around 10.30 pm on June 21 near Ghantaghar in Shyam chowk area of Amravati. Deputy Commissioner of Police Vikram Sali told news hounds that on the face of it, the killing was linked to certain posts that Kolhe had shared in WhatsApp groups, supporting Sharma who has been suspended by the BJP for making controversial comments about Prophet Mohammad.
Sali said some of the accused had watched Kolhe's movements for three days prior to the killing. Police arrested two of the accused on the basis of CCTV footage and also seized the knife used in the crime.
An NIA team visited Amravati on Saturday for probe. Earlier, the Union Home Ministry spokesperson tweeted that the probe has been handed over to the central probe agency. A team of Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) of state police from Aurangabad also visited the city, said an official. Kolhe's killing had taken place a week before two men hacked to death a tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur before posting videos online saying that they were avenging an insult to Islam.
The NIA is also probing the killing of the Udaipur tailor, Kanhaiya Lal. As per the police, Kolhe was stabbed in the neck by the assailants who rode a cycle of violence when he was returning home on his two-wheeler after closing his medical shop.
[OneIndia] The brother of the chemist who was allegedly killed over social media posts in Maharashtra's Amravati city supporting Nupur Sharma said that the deceased had shared some posts on WhatsApp group related to Nupur Sharma, but wondered whether the murder was committed only for forwarding those messages.
The chemist, Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe, was killed on June 21.
"My brother forwarded some messages about Nupur Sharma in some Whatsapp groups but we're not able to understand why was he killed because of 2-4 forwarded messages? He didn't forward them to anyone individually," news agency ANI quoted Mahesh Kolhe as saying.
Explaining the incident, he said, "On June 21 night, while my brother was enroute to his home after shutting his shop, some people attacked him & he was stabbed with a knife. When I reached there, he was already dead: Mahesh Kolhe, brother of Umesh Kolhe who was murdered in Amravati, Maharashtra."
Mahesh Kolhe said that the deceased never mentioned about death threats. "We're yet to ascertain the reasons behind his murder. He never told us about receiving any threats. He forwarded some messages on Nupur Sharma in some Whatsapp groups, but not to anyone individually: Mahesh Kolhe, brother of Umesh Kolhe who was murdered in Amravati," he added.
Meanwhile, the government on Saturday decided to hand over the probe into the killing of the chemist to the National Investigation Agency (NIA), as the case was suspected to be a terror incident after it appeared that the victim was hacked to death for social media posts in support of Nupur Sharma who was suspended from the BJP following her remarks on Prophet Mohammad.
A Home Ministry spokesperson tweeted that the probe of the case relating to the "barbaric killing" of Kolhe has been handed over to the NIA.
The federal probe agency would thoroughly investigate the conspiracy behind the killing and involvement of organisations and international linkages.
Khole's killing had taken place a week before two men hacked to death Kanhaiya Lal, a tailor in Rajasthan's Udaipur, with a cleaver at his shop before posting videos online saying that they were avenging an insult to Islam. That case is also being probed by the NIA.
The Maharashtra Police have so far arrested five people in connection with the Amravati killing and are looking for one Irfan Khan, who runs an NGO and is alleged to be the prime accused in the case.
According to the police, Kolhe had allegedly shared a post on some WhatsApp groups in support of Nupur Sharma for her comments following which Khan is alleged to have hatched a conspiracy to eliminate him.
The incident occurred between 10 pm and 10.30 pm on June 21 when Kolhe was returning home on a two-wheeler after closing his shop.
A 54-year-old chemist was stabbed to death in Amravati city of Maharashtra, with the police suspecting that the accused committed the offence as the victim had allegedly shared a post on a social messaging platform in support of Nupur Sharma, whose remarks on Prophet Mohammad led to nationwide protests and global condemnation.
The chemist, Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe, was killed on June 21, and five persons have been arrested so far in this connection, an official said.
"Kolhe ran a medical store in Amravati city. He had allegedly shared a post on some WhatsApp groups in support of Nupur Sharma for her comments. He even mistakenly shared the post in a WhatsApp group in which some Muslims were also members, including his customers," an official of the City Kotwali police station said.
Sent it to a Moslem chat group? That'll certainly get an unwelcoming response.
After that, Irfan Khan hatched a conspiracy to eliminate Kolhe and roped in five persons for it. He promised to give Rs 10,000 to them
[OneIndia] A court on Saturday sent all the four accused in the Kanhaiya Lal murder case in Udaipur to 10-day NIA (National Investigation Agency) remand.
However, if you can't say something nice about a person some juicy gossip will go well... the accused were attacked by an angry crowd of people while being escorted by police outside the premises of NIA court in Jaipur. The incident was caught on camera. As per PTI, a group of lawyers kicked and slapped them while hurling abuses as they were being taken to a prisoner's vehicle after being produced in the court. The clothes of one of the four accused were also torn and the agitated lawyers raised slogans against Pakistain and demanded the capital punishment for them.
There was heavy security deployment on the premises, but as the accused were being taken out of the court, the group of lawyers attacked them before police personnel somehow managed to hustle them into a waiting prisoner transport vehicle.
Hours after they allegedly beheaded the tailor with a cleaver at his shop and shared the clip of the incidents, Riaz Akhtari and Ghouse Mohammad were arrested by cops on Tuesday. In the clip, the accused claimed that they were avenging an insult to Islam as the victim had extended his support to Nupur Sharma through a social media post.
The two others, Mohsin and Asif, were nabbed on Thursday night for being involved in the conspiracy. They were produced before the court here amid tight security arrangements.
"The court ordered police remand till July 12," according to a lawyer.
There were heavy police arrangements on the court premises and several lawyers shouted slogans like "Pakistain Murdabad" and "Kanhaiya ke hatyaron ko fansi do" (give death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... to Kanhaiya's killers).
The Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) transferred the probe to the National Investigation Agency (NIA) to explore if there is any terror angle.
[OneIndia] The Udaipur district administration on Saturday relaxed the curfew for four hours which is imposed in seven police station areas in the wake of the killing of a tailor, officials said. Mobile internet services, however, remained suspended. With the situation gradually returning to normal, the curfew will be relaxed for 10 hours on Sunday, the officials said.
Two men hacked to death a tailor, Kanhaiya Lal, with a cleaver at his shop in the Dhan Mandi area here on Tuesday to avenge an "insult to Islam". Following the incident, curfew was imposed in areas falling under the limits of seven police stations -- Dhan Mandi, Ghanta Ghar, Hathi Pole, Amba Mata, Suraj Pole, Bhupalpura and Savina.
"Curfew in the city was relaxed from 12 pm to 4 pm today. Relaxation from 8 am to 6 am will be given on Sunday," Udaipur Collector Tara Chand Meena said. The decision to relax the curfew was taken after reviewing the situation, official sources said.
With the peaceful conduct of Friday's Jagannath Rath Yatra, in which thousands participated, the administration decided to relax the curfew on Saturday, they said.
The BJP leader said that a financial assistance of Rs 30 lakh will also be given to the family of Umesh Prahladrao Kolhe who was killed in Amravati in Maharashtra.
On Friday, judges from the Supreme Court of India stated Sharma must apologise to the whole nation after the remarks intensified religious fault lines in India, angered Muslim nations and triggered diplomatic strains.
In India, at least two demonstrators were killed in police fire during protests against Sharma's comments.
Read: Houses razed as India steps up crackdown to stop unrest
In Afghanistan, militant group Islamic State last month claimed an attack on a Sikh temple that killed at least two people and injured seven was in response to insults levelled at Prophet Muhammad (PBUH) in India.
Police in New Delhi arrested journalist Mohammed Zubair, a vocal critic of the Modi government, who had helped draw attention to Sharma's remarks through his fact-checking website Alt News and on social media.
A senior NIA official in New Delhi said they were questioning Muslims linked with the four suspects in Udaipur to identify whether they had links with militant networks. Muslims living about 3 kilometres from the tailor's shop where the victim was killed said they felt nervous and feared a social and economic boycott by powerful Hindus residing in Udaipur.
"I know what has been done is barbaric but the community should not be held responsible for the deed of two people," said Mohammad Farukh, a medical representative living in a Muslim-dominated area of the city.
The All India Muslim Personal Law Board called the incident "highly condemnable", adding that it was against both Indian law and Islamic strictures.
[OneIndia] The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has strongly denied links to one of the killers in the Udaipur case. The denial came after the Congress took to the social media to draw the connection.
Sadiq Khan, the chief of the BJP's minority wing in the state said at a news conference that the party has no links to either of the accused. He said that the killing was a failure of the Congress government in Rajasthan.
The Congress alleged that one of the main accused in the brutal killing of a Hindu tailor in Udaipur is a BJP member.
"The killer of Kanhaiya Lal, Riyaz Attari is a member of the BJP," senior Congress leader Pawan Khera said while citing a media report.
"I am not surprised that you are peddling #FakeNews. The Udaipur murderers WERN'T members of the BJP. Their attempt to infiltrate was like the LTTE assassin's attempt to enter the Congress to kill Rajiv Gandhi," the BJP's IT cell chief Amit Malviya said while dubbing it as fake news.
Khera at a news briefing cited pictures and posts linking Akthari to the BJP leaders Irshad Chainwala and Mohammad Tahir.
"It has also come to the fore in the same disclosure that the main accused Riyaz Attari often participated in the programmes of Rajasthan BJP leader and former minister Gulabchand Kataria. Not only this, but pictures of the main accused Riyaz Attari attending the meetings of the BJP's Rajasthan minority unit are also in front of the world," Khera said.
Saturday, Trailing Wife brought up a very interesting point about Russian Grain Sells. That Russia (Putin) had stolen large amounts of Grain from Ukraine and was selling it.
According to the latest reports (July 3rd 2022), Russia is attempting to sell approximately 600,000 tons of STOLEN Ukrainian grain. Or about 200,000 tons MORE than was initially reported a just a week ago, byUkraine officials.
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The Russians, just reposition the grain in a safer area, so that the Ukrainian desperate nazis fanatics don’t created any problems like injecting toxins or molds or any of the crazy ideas that may have.
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^ Not sarcasm. Nutter propagandist
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It was always about theft. .
Donetsk and Luhansk are rich in natural resources. Coal and natural gas come to mind.
Don’t think Putin won’t exploit everything he can.
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There will be no grain next year. All the farm houses are blown up and the farmers shot dead.
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I can see how "reposition" might become a useful progressive word. "Tourist Joe Smith was walking down Bourbon Street when his wallet was forceably repositioned by a well-intentioned local man."
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I used to use the term “cross leveling stocks” to explain the move
[RS] The Left’s latest move to get Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas is way up there on the crazy meter.
Previously, students at George Washington University tried to get Thomas canned from teaching there. The University told the students to take a hike instead of folding like cheap suits.
Now there’s a new effort, and trust me, it’s even sillier.
The Hill wrote a story claiming that more than 700,000 people signed a petition calling for the impeachment of Thomas after he helped to overturn Roe v. Wade.
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If it wasn't so sad and annoying, it'd be laughable how downright racist and anti-Semitic leftists are. They really are some of the most vile people I've met. They are the embodiment of everything they claim the right is.
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^ Freudian projection with a severe case of lack of true introspection. They believe everyone else believes what they do, thus assuage their inner demons.
[Red State] Joe Biden has said repeatedly that he knew nothing about his son Hunter Biden’s business dealings and he claimed his son didn’t make money related to China. We’ve produced a lot of evidence over the last couple of years to show that those were just lies — that Joe had met with several of Hunter’s business associates and that Hunter made millions from his Chinese business associations. Joe even flew Hunter to China on Air Force Two in 2013 to make a deal with a Chinese associate, Jonathan Li, and Hunter introduced his father to Li while they were there. We even saw Tony Bobulinski say that Joe Biden — the "big guy" — was supposed to get a 10 percent from the company that Hunter was creating as a joint venture with the Chinese energy company, CEFC.
Now the New York Post has some more intriguing information from the depths of the Hunter Biden laptop.
Hunter Biden’s hard drive contained an enviable lineup of contacts for top US officials tasked with overseeing the US-China relationship, and at least 10 senior Google executives — raising new questions about the extent to which Joe Biden’s well-connected son could have leveraged his connections for personal profit, The Post has learned.
Many of the top-level government officials would have been in position to help Hunter Biden’s business aspirations in China during his father’s term as vice president from 2008 to 2016. Throughout that period, he infamously looked to capitalize from his family name and connections — often while his father conducted sensitive state business.
As for the Google braintrust, one former exec there told The Post that Hunter Biden sought the tech giant’s cash for Chinese ventures, and that several of the company’s bigwigs wound up working for the Obama-Biden administration during his father’s vice presidency.
Among the U.S. officials listed as contacts were John Kerry, who was Secretary of State; Max Baucus, U.S. Ambassador to China; Thomas Parker, a special advisor to the vice president for national security affairs; Sarah E. Kemp, who served as a commercial counselor at the U.S. Embassy in Beijing; and Patrick Mulloy, former commissioner of the United States-China Economic and Security Review Commission. Most declined to comment or failed to respond. Bruce Quinn, the Director for Implementation at the US Trade Representative office of China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan — was also on the list but he said he had no idea why. He said he used to give seminars and that perhaps Hunter attended one of them.
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I think Biden knew about the activities at the time. Currently, you could convince him that he is a sugar plum fairy or Ming the Merciless.
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Hmmm, I wonder if there will be any ramifications. I'm sure Durham wants to roll up his sleeves and tackle this matter. I'm quite confident that something will happen...THIS time. /sarc
[Townhall] The New York State Senate approved legislation that would ban concealed weapons from so-called "sensitive locations" and require gun buyers to provide their social media handles and character references.
Gov. Kathy Hochul (D-NY) signed the bill saying that to her, it's "the embodiment of what it means to be an American...in honor of our Fourth of July weekend, I look forward to signing the legislation."
With the new law, people who want to purchase a firearm license will have to provide a list of social media accounts they have maintained over the last three years, so officials can verify their "character and conduct."
Applicants will also have to prove they have the "essential character, temperament and judgment necessary to be entrusted with a weapon and to use it only in a manner that does not endanger oneself and others."
According to the measure, applicants will have to complete at least 16 hours of in-person training, and private businesses will be off-limits for firearms unless their owners post conspicuous signage indicating otherwise.
Hochul signed the bill into law shortly after the Democratic-controlled Legislature passed the proposal, calling it an "extraordinary session."
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It's dumb to have a "social media presence" in this day and age. It will be fun when they get sued senseless for letting people electronically ruin their own lives.
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I guess the people that used to joke about people without social media accounts as being paranoid, aren't laughing now.
They are likely busy flushing years of postings and friended lists.
[Breitbart] Megan Rapinoe, anthem kneeler and outspoken advocate of almost every left-wing cause, is set to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Joe Biden.
The announcement came Friday that Rapinoe, a captain on the U.S. Women’s National Team (USWNT), and 16 others had been selected to receive the nation’s highest civilian honor.
While the USWNT has reigned as one of the top women’s teams in the world during Rapinoe’s time on the roster, the decision to award her with such an honor most likely stems from Rapinoe’s relentless advocacy of liberal causes. Most recently, the USWNT vet made waves by blasting men for remaining "silent" after the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade.
"You’ve been silent to us, as a whole," she said, "Stand up, say something. This is your wife, this is your sister, this is your friend, this is your girlfriend, this is the mother of your children. This is all of us. And you are allowing a violent and consistent onslaught on the autonomy of women’s bodies, on women’s rights, on women’s minds, on our hearts, on our souls."
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^^^ Yes. The trivialization of just about everything is not a good thing.
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Why? I mean, just, why? Is he deliberately trying to thumb his nose at a huge part of the country? What possible rational motivation can there be for this?
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^ Yes, a certain amount of it is purposeful grinding it in the normies' faces. And lots of normies just accept it.
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The Dems have made it as prestigious as a Nobel Peace Prize. Trump should create a new prize and name it after Clarence Thomas.
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Feels like an attempt to cancel out the award Trump gave Limbaugh
[Breitbart] Scottish civil servants have been instructed that biological sex is a "falsehood" which was "set by the medical establishment to reinforce white supremacy and gender oppression".
The taxpayer-funded LGBTI+ internal staff network of the Scottish Government — a devolved administration roughly equivalent to a state government in the U.S. — was allowed to carry out its ’Trans 101’ course for civil servants during worktime, promoting what critics described as "highly political and discriminatory material" in comments to The Telegraph.
A ’trans language primer’ poured particular scorn on so-called TERFs, or Trans-Exclusionary Radical Feminists, suggesting they should be rechristened as FARTs, or Feminism-Appropriating Ridiculous Transphobes.
"TERFs are transphobes loosely organised into a trans hate group" who have an "obsession with trans people in sports", the primer asserts.
"While they hate all trans people, they attack trans women especially aggressively as trans woman challenge TERFs’ view of biological essentialism around the identity and experience of womanhood," it accuses, further alleging that TERFs have an "unhealthy fascination with trans kids and work especially hard to make the lives of trans kids miserable".
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Nah, there's plenty of volcanoes itching for people to be tossed in. There's also lots of places needing mines cleared. Oh and they can clean up Chernobyl too.
[ZERO] A swarm of earthquakes rattled South Carolina and appeared to be getting more powerful. About 30 quakes have hit the state this year, and geologists are stumped about what's causing "earthquake swarms" similar to those felt in Southern California.
Two earthquakes hit Elgin, South Carolina, on Wednesday. The first was a magnitude 3.5, and the second 3.6, according to data from the United States Geological Survey. A 3.4 magnitude earthquake hit the state days before, while a stronger 3.9 rattled parts of the Georgia-South Carolina border on June 18.
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...We've felt about half of them (we're about thirty miles from the cluster) and the one Wednesday evening was strong enough that we stepped outside for a couple minutes, along with more than a few of our neighbors.
Short version: SC is geologically active (Charleston was hit pretty hard in 1886) and it's unusual to go more than a month or two without at least one.
Either that or it's the Deep Sevens.
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The Earth's mantle is cooling. That's all it can do, despite gerbil worming.
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3.4 - 4.0 is adequate to slightly stir my cocktail. Not a lot more
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Isn't there a fault line that runs fairly close too Hartwell dam?
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Wait, isn't there an Earthquake Division Contractor Near Smoke Bomb Hill? Its not that far away along the fault line?
[PJ] The January 6 Committee appears to have stepped in another political cow pattie.
The committee announced a stop-the-presses, Category-5, DEFCON-level-1 emergency hearing which would feature a witness with such explosive evidence, it would destroy, annihilate, utterly eradicate, and really, really hurt Donald Trump in a way that tales of peeing hookers at the Moscow Ritz Carlton could only hope to do.
Enter Cassidy Blasey Ford.
Her real name, of course, is Cassidy Hutchinson, which, come to think of it, may be among the few accurate words she uttered when she took the oath to tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth. In the words of her attorneys, "she believes that it was her duty and responsibility to provide the committee with her truthful and candid observations of the events surrounding January 6."
Speaking of "duty and responsibility," considering that the committee deposed and questioned the former White House aide multiple times, one might think it would have, oh, I dunno, vetted the tripe before serving up a flaming hot pot of Menudo.
The previously unscheduled, emergency! televised hearing starring the brave 25-year-old former aide to former Donald Trump chief-of-staff Mark Meadows was caught in so many, ah, inconsistencies in her story that one could only conclude the committee wanted the inconsistencies to become the official record of what happened at the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
The kind of thing that in Pakistan only could be published in English, because it’s really about what Pakistan lacks.
[Dawn] IS it some international conspiracy — or perhaps a secret weapon — that allows Israel to lord over the Middle East? How did a country of nine million — between one-half and one-third of Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... ’s population — manage to subdue 400m Arabs? A country built on stolen land and the ruins of destroyed Palestinian villages is visibly chuckling away as every Arab government, egged on by the khadim-e-haramain sharifain, lines up to recognise it. Economically fragile Pakistain is being lured into following suit.
Conspiracy theorists have long imagined Israel as America’s overgrown watchdog, beefed up and armed to protect American interests in the Middle East. But only a fool can believe that today. Every American president, senator and congressman shamefacedly admits it’s the Israeli tail that wags the American dog. Academics who chide Israel’s annexation policies are labelled anti-Semitic, moving targets without a future. The Israeli-US nexus is there for all to see but, contrary to what is usually thought, it exists for benefiting Israel not America.
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The view from Pakistan - AKA the national hallucination.
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That weapon was brain power.
Can't argue with that. Also, if most of the people you've come in contact for the past 3000 years have tried to kill you, natural selection comes into play with the dumb and unlucky being eliminated from the gene pool.
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So, basically he's acknowledging 'all y'all moslemnicious sasquatches are just way dumber than them and that's why they've managed to subdue you for this long. Thank Allan they're dumbing down at last!'
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When I worked in Saudi (quite some time ago), there would be articles about twice a year in the press lamenting the backwardness of the Arab nations and wondering why it could be.
Since I was a foreign worker dependent on the goodwill of the Kingdom, I did not comment.
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The writer doesn't mention corruption or socialism.
The strength of these two forces keeps Pakistan in the under $2k per capita GDP.
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Was saying no an option for the post-Imran Khan civilian government?
[Dawn] A parliamentary committee has authorised the military leadership to hold talks with the outlawed Tehrik-e-Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... Pakistain (TTP), Interior Minister Rana Sanaullah said on Saturday. Speaking at a presser, he said the military leadership would inform the committee about any progress in the talks and the matter would then be debated in parliament. The minister said that talks would be held only under the Constitution of Pakistain, adding that neither anything over and above the Constitution would be negotiated nor would any such agreement be reached.
Read: TTP refuses to budge from demand for Fata merger reversal
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[Dawn] Security forces killed four bandidosforces of Evil in two separate shootouts in North Wazoo district, where a polio ...Poliomyelitis is a disease caused by infection with the poliovirus. Between 1840 and the 1950s, polio was a worldwide epidemic. Since the development of polio vaccines the disease has been largely wiped out in the civilized world. However, since the vaccine is known to make Moslem pee-pees shrink and renders females sterile, bookish, and unsubmissive it is not widely used by the turban and automatic weapons set. Currently the disease is only found in Pakistain and Afghanistain... worker was maimed in an attack, while three soldiers sustained injuries in another ambush in Khyber district close to the Afghan border, official sources said on Saturday.
Three of the bad boyz were potted in an exchange of fire with law enforcers during an intelligence-based operation in the Ghulam tehsil of North Waziristan, according to the military’s media department, Inter-Services Public Relations.
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[Dawn] Demonstrators held rallies in several Spanish cities and in Rabat to protest over the deaths of 23 African migrants colonists who died in a crush trying to enter the Spanish enclave of Melilla in northern Morocco.
Thousands of protesters gathered in Barcelona, Malaga, Vigo and San Sebastian and in Melilla itself to denounce migration policies and the "militarisation of borders".
In the Moroccan capital, a few dozen representatives of the Collective of Sub-Saharan Communities in Morocco and associations helping migrants colonists demonstrated in front of parliament calling for Rabat to "stop playing the role of EU policeman".
"We demand an end to the migration policy funded by the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... , the opening of an independent investigation and the return of the bodies to the families," activist muppet Mamadou Diallo said.
"The Europeans colonised us and took everything from us to develop. Today, if we go to them, it means that we have the right to leave," he said.
Moroccan prosecutors have initiated proceedings against 65 migrants colonists, mostly Sudanese, accused of having taken part in the mass attempt to enter Melilla from Morocco a week ago.
At least 23 migrants colonists died when around 2,000, mostly from sub-Saharan Africa, tried to break through the fence into the Spanish enclave, according to Moroccan authorities, while NGOs say at least 37 bit the dust.
The corpse count was by far the worst recorded in years of attempts by migrants colonists to cross into Spain’s Ceuta and Melilla enclaves, which have the EU’s only land borders with Africa, making them a magnet for those desperate to escape grinding poverty and hunger.
A perfectly licit income source for Afghanistan, thanks to the response to Russia invading Ukraine, and one the Taliban will no doubt eventually be grateful for. Unexpected second and third order effects are always so interestingly unexpected.
[Dawn] The country has started importing coal from Afghanistan and supplying it to the coal-fired power plants in different cities, an official told Dawn on Saturday.
"Coal from Afghanistan has started coming in a couple of days ago after the government directed the departments concerned, especially the Pakistain Railways, to make certain arrangements for a safe and rapid coal transport operation," the official said.
"At present, fewer than 3,000 tonnes of coal are being brought daily at the Khushhal Kot railway station. However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... the supply is expected to touch 20,000 tonnes after the beginning of coal operation from Kundian in Mianwali district and Sibi in Balochistan ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... ," the official said, adding that the Sibi station would receive coal in trucks via the Wesh-Chaman border.
Earlier, reports suggest that the Afghan coal price more than doubled from $90 per tonne to around $200 after Pakistain decided to buy the commodity from its neighbour.
However, a person who gets all wrapped up in himself makes a mighty small package... the official said that since Islamabad was paying for the coal in rupees, the increase in prices might not make a significant impact.
"An important meeting presided over by Federal Minister for Railways and Aviation Khawaja Saad Rafique would also be held in this regard on Sunday (today) at the Pakistain Railways’ headquarters in Lahore. During the meeting, the decisions related to the launch of coal operations within the next few days would also be taken," the official said.
He said that under the agreement, it had also been decided to transport coal to power plants in Sahiwal and Hub through the rail network instead of by road.
Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... presiding over a meeting at the PR headquarters on Saturday, Mr Rafique directed the Pakistain Railways administration to ensure the provision of wagons to transport coal from Afghanistan.
He reviewed different matters related to the railway revenue and transportation of coal from Afghanistan. It was decided that transportation stations would be set up in Sibi, Kundian and Khushhaal Kot. The Railways secretary, chief executive officer and other officers attended the meeting.
In a meeting on June 27, the government decided to import coal from Afghanistan for the coal-fired power plants due to the price hike of petroleum products.
The meeting, presided over by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, also approved the import of high-quality coal from Afghanistan in rupees instead of dollars to save the country’s foreign exchange.
The premier was informed during the meeting that the import of coal, initially required for Sahiwal and Hub power plants, from Afghanistan would help Pakistain cut the annual import bill by $2.2 billion.
[AlAhram] A clash between two groups of migrants colonists near the Serbia-Hungary border left one person dead and seven others injured Saturday, Serbia's state television ... and if you can't believe state television who can you believe?
reported.
The migrants colonists were stranded in northern Serbia while attempting to cross into the European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... when the violence erupted like lava from a volcano. The injured were taken to a local hospital, including a 16-year-old girl who was maimed, Serbian media reports said, quoting doctors.
They said the clash, which included firearms, occurred in a forest near the border with Hungary. Police blocked off the area while conducting the investigation.
The clash also involved migrant smugglers from Afghanistan and Pakistain who take money to get them across the border, according to the media reports, which couldn't be independently verified.
Thousands of migrants colonists fleeing wars and poverty in Africa, Asia and the Middle East are stranded in the Balkans, one of the major European routes for those trying to reach Western Europe.
[ToloNews] The participants of the holy mans' gathering held at the Kabul Loya Jirga Hall released a resolution comprised of 11 principles, in which they called on the world to lift sanctions on Afghanistan and to recognize the Islamic Emirate.
The resolution did not directly mention the reopening of girls’ schools, but a part of it called for the Islamic Emirate to attend to modern and religious education for men and women.
Resolutions from holy mans' gathering at Loya Jirga Hall:
Participants pledged allegiance to the Islamic Emirate leader.
The international community is called on to release Afghan assets.
The participants called the current government 'legitimate" and called for its recognition.
Support announced for decree of Islamic Emirate on drugs.
Support given for the Islamic Emirate policy to not interfere with other countries and to expect the same from other countries.
Any type of cooperation with ISIS is forbidden.
Armed opposition against the current government is rebellion.
Islamic Emirate called on to attend to religious and modern education, health, agriculture, rights of ethnic minorities and women and kiddies and economic development, within the structure of Sharia.
Islamic holy mans who cause provocations via media must stop.
Islamic Emirate called on to incentivize national unity.
Clerics support the Islamic Emirate’s efforts to facilitate the return of Afghan figures from abroad.
Talking to participants of the holy mans' gathering, the Prime Minister Mullah Mohammad Hassan Akhund said that the people of Afghanistan want Hijab and an Islamic government and there are less people who oppose it.
[ToloNews] Following reactions over women's absence in the "Gathering of Islamic Clerics", Gulbuddin Hekmatyar ... who used to be known in intelligence circles as The Most Evil Man in the World but who now seems merely run-of-the-mill evil... , the leader of Hizb-e-Islami, questioned the reasons for the exclusion of women from the meeting, stating the Islamic Emirate should provide a clear response to the people and the world.
According to Hekmatyar, women's rights are clearly recognized in Islam.
Nearly 3,000 Afghan religious scholars, at the conclusion of a three-day meeting on Saturday in the capital Kabul, declared the militant Islamic State group and others' armed resistance against the Taliban government as "rebellion" and said the country was duty-bound to repel such elements.
A joint declaration issued after the conclusion of the grand moot said: “We call on the nation that the so-called Isis (Islamic State of Iraq and Syria) is a 'Kharijite'
...an insult that dates back to the Third Caliph, and one the Talibs are particularly fond of...
group of this age that spreads corruption in our Islamic country. Any help or association with them is illegal."
The IS and the National Resistance Front
...NRF for short. They’re the reincarnation of the primarily Tajik Northern Alliance that drove back the Taliban a generation ago...
of Afghanistan are fighting the Afghan Taliban. Another little-known group was involved in a failed attempt on Thursday that targeted the participants of the scholars' meeting but all three suspects were killed by the Taliban special forces.
The participants, as per the declaration, also declared allegiance to Taliban supreme leader Sheikh Hibatullah Akhundzada.
“We renew our allegiance to the Leader of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan, Sheikh Al-Hadith Hibatullah Akhundzada and strongly support him. We have accepted him as the Sharia ruler of Afghanistan and the emir of the Islamic emirate. And from Allah in all religious and worldly matters we wish you success,” the declaration said.
Akhundzada arrived in Kabul this week for the first time since the Taliban took over control of the country in August last year. He also made his first public appearance since then and delivered a speech on Friday in which he rejected foreign pressure on his government.
It remains to be revealed whether the school is either Sufi or Hazara Shiite, the usual targets for such attacks in recent years, usually at the hands of ISIS.
[KhaamaPress] According to the Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... ’s security officials, eight people were maimed on Saturday when person or persons unknown threw a hand grenade into a religious seminary in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province, in eastern Afghanistan.
The grenade explosion targeted an Islamic religious school called Zunoorain Usman, in Nangarhar province’s Rodat district, about 25 kilometers from Jalalabad city, the scenic provincial capital.
The injured have been sent to the nearby hospital, according to the security officials. One of them reportedly has a critical health condition.
Although no one has been arrested in relation to this attack, according to security officials, investigations have been undertaken to identify those responsible.
No one has grabbed credit for the attack. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... 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.... snuffies are present and active throughout the country, primarily in the east, and often target Taliban forces and religious minorities.
The attack on the religious school in the eastern region of Afghanistan came at a time when religious scholars from across the country assembled in Kabul for the Taliban’s 3-day grand gathering which concluded today, Saturday, 2nd July.
[KhaamaPress] The Pak Embassy in Kabul dismisses reports of an elderly Afghan man attempting suicide by running himself under a trailer tire after Pak border guards refused him entry into Afghanistan.
According to a statement issued by the Pakistain embassy in Kabul, the man in question was a Pak national and the father of Pak journalist Ali Shinwari.
Sources from inside the Pak embassy in Kabul informed the Khaama Press News Agency that the elderly man who did away with himself at the Torkham border in eastern Afghanistan was a Pak national.
The statement issued by the embassy of Pakistain after extending its condolences stated that "We (the embassy) have learnt that unfortunately father of a Pak media news hound came under a trailer at Torkham border today."
The Pak journalist, Ali Shinwari, also confirmed to the Pak embassy in Afghanistan that the man at the Torkham border was his father and had killed himself as a result of mental illness.
Earlier today, reports and videos of a man running into a car after Pak authorities demanded payment for allowing him entry into Afghanistan but he was unable to pay were widely circulated.
Some media outlets identified the man as an Afghan national while others relied on sources contending that the man’s visa had expired.
The Taliban ...Arabic for students... officials have not yet commented on the incident, despite a statement from the Pak embassy confirming the man’s identity.
[KhaamaPress] The proliferation of new counterfeit dollars on the market is causing concern among many business owners and money exchange dealers in the provinces of Kandahar and Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , in the south of Afghanistan.
According to these money exchange dealers, several people have attempted to trade newly manufactured counterfeit money in the market over the past two months.
Counterfeit money, according to the money exchange dealers, decrease in the value of real money and an increase in prices (inflation) when more money circulates in the economy, which consequently disrupts the Afghan economy if not controlled.
In addition to that, they say the spread of fake US Dollar banknotes has harmed the market’s trust and interest in foreign currency exchange.
The new counterfeit dollars, according to some money exchange dealers in the market, are printed with a subtle difference from the original banknotes, which is not easy to distinguish. Most of the Founding Fathers didn't wear turbans, for instance
Previously, some said that the fake banknotes are very identical to the original banknotes, but there were still some differences that could help in differentiating them.
Currency counterfeiting and fraud are crimes that consistently threatens a nation’s economy and causes financial damage to its citizens.
The Afghanistan Central Bank has not made any public comments despite the alarming trend.
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Iran has had some history of printing dump bogus USD in the Middle East.
But I have also came across some pretty realistic $20's printed in China and Vietnam, sold as gags/stage $$$. Where the face side is dead on, just the back has an obvious giveaway.
[CruxNow] Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega expelled the Missionaries of Charity, the religious order founded by Mother Teresa of Kolkata, and closed two Catholic TV stations as he continued his campaign to end any form of real or perceived opposition to his regime.
The announcement confirming the closure of all their activities came June 28, as the government of Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, announced they were closing another 101 NGOs "urgently."
Since a civil uprising of April 2018, the government has cracked down on voices of opposition. To date, there are 150 opposition leaders in prison, including all those who had expressed a willingness to run for the presidency last year. The regime has also canceled the legal status of 758 NGOs, including 42 foreign organizations.
The Missionaries of Charity arrived in Nicaragua in 1988, under the first Ortega administration (1979-1990) and following a visit to the Central American nation by Mother Teresa of Kolkata. The nuns run the Immaculate Heart of Mary Home in the city of Granada, where they take in abandoned or abused adolescents and help them reintegrate into life.
They also run a home for the elderly in Managua, the capital city; a school reinforcement project for at-risk students; and a day care center for impoverished families. As has been the case with hundreds of other charitable enterprises closed by the regime, the state is providing the thousands of vulnerable people who benefit from the sister’s activities with an alternative place to stay or get aid.
In an attempt to justify the closure of the Missionaries of Charity activities, the government is accusing the group of "non-compliance" with the law against terrorism, arguing they have "failed to comply with their obligations." The state argues that since the ministries are not accredited by the Ministry of Family, they are violating the Law Against Laundering Assets, the Financing of Terrorism and the Financing of the Proliferation of Weapons of Mass Destruction (Law 977).
The government insists that the sisters did not report fixed assets, nor did they report the activities carried out in the city of Granada, and that their income from donations does not coincide with the reports submitted. In addition, the board of directors of the association the sisters have in Nicaragua is made up exclusively of foreigners. According to a new law that came into force two months ago, only 25 percent of its members can be from outside Nicaragua.
Many came to their defense, including Bishop Silvio Baez, who has been living in exile in Miami since 2019.
"I am very sad that the dictatorship has forced the Missionaries of Charity of Teresa of Calcutta to leave the country," he said on Twitter Wednesday. "Nothing justifies depriving the poor of charitable care. I am a witness to the loving service the sisters rendered. God bless them."
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Nah, Danny will do what the Mexican ruling caste has been doing for generations. Encourage those who would become a threat to their political standing to head north.
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[NewsFrontInfo] 23:31 In Slavyansk (DPR), in order to accuse Russia of exterminating the civilian population, on June 30, the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired artillery at residential areas from the territory of the Slavyansk feed mill. A woman was killed, ten people were injured, and a few minutes after the shelling, Ukrainian media were working in his place. 23:15 In Konstantinovka (DPR), firing positions, weapons and ammunition depots were equipped in apartment buildings of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, and howitzers and MLRS were placed on playgrounds. Residents are prohibited from leaving their homes.
22:56 In Bakhmut (DPR), militants of the national battalions are deployed in the buildings of the Institute of Foreign Languages and the Civil Registry Office, and armored vehicles, positions of mortar crews and MLRS are located nearby, the approaches to the institutions are mined, but the local population is not notified
22:21 As a result of the shelling of the Petrovsky district, the building of the mechanical workshop of the machine-building plant on the street was damaged. Chusovskoy.
21:30 The allied forces of Russia and the LPR liberated the last major city of the republic, which was in the hands of the Ukrainian invaders, but it is premature to talk about the complete liberation of the LPR. The enemy still has enough strongholds in the suburbs, especially in the area of the Gelatin Plant, and the Armed Forces of Ukraine have also concentrated quite a lot of efforts on the defense of Belogorovka.
An end to the liberation of the LPR should be put by the “Brave” group, which right now is knocking out the enemy from his last strongholds on the territory of the republic.
20:49 Lisichansk city administration passed under the full control of the 6th Separate Guards Cossack Motorized Rifle Regiment named after Matvey Platov and the allied forces of the RF Armed Forces.
20:48 To the administration building in Lisichansk together Banner of Victory.
20:48 The Armed Forces of Ukraine, retreating, attacked the administration of Lisichansk with a Tochka-U missile, but there were no allied troops in the building at that time, Ramzan Kadyrov said in his Telegram channel. According to him, the essence of the tactics of the Armed Forces of Ukraine is to leave behind as much destruction as possible, deprive cities and towns of infrastructure, and "then blame Russia."
20:37 The probability of the transition of the entire Luhansk region of Ukraine under the control of the LPR is very high, said Vadim Denisenko, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs of Ukraine.
“At the moment, the probability of capturing the Luhansk region is very high, unfortunately. We are defending Lisichansk, the situation is very difficult,” he said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.
19:39 The head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin, appointed Vladimir Bandura, the head of the administration of Svyatogorsk, who was the mayor of the city before it came under the control of the republic. As the politician said earlier, a criminal case was opened against him in Ukraine.
19:34 Troops of Russia and the LPR took control of Lisichansk. About it reports various fighters and military correspondents from the scene. The head of Chechnya said that the special regiment them. Kadyrov, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the 6th Cossack Regiment entered Lisichansk from the side of the Popasnensky direction.
"Civilians meet our fighters with a sense of relief. Now, after being liberated from the Ukrainian occupiers, they can already tell the truth," he added.
19:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 10 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.
19:30 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR: the Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn are not military facilities and do not pose a danger to the enemy.
Over the current day, according to information from the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than a hundred shells from Uragan and Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 120mm mortars.
The artillery was fired at the areas of nine settlements of the Republic. As a result of the shelling, three residential buildings and two civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Thanks to promptly received information from citizens located on the territory temporarily controlled by the Ukrainian Nazis, this week our artillery units timely inflicted fire damage on enemy positions, which conducted chaotic shelling of peaceful areas of our Republic. Five warehouses with ammunition were also destroyed in the area of the settlement. Avdievka, Opytnoye and Maryinka.
We appeal to all citizens, if you have become eyewitnesses of the crimes of Ukrainian militants, try to covertly record video or photo recording of these facts without endangering yourself. We guarantee your anonymity. After sending the specified information through the official feedback bot (@nmdnr_bot) of the People's Militia of the DPR in the Telegram application, these materials will be used as an evidence base for punishing Ukrainian war criminals to the fullest extent of the law.
We regret to inform you that in the performance of military duty in the struggle for independence, five were killed and eight defenders of the Donetsk People's Republic were injured. We express our sincere condolences to the families and friends of the victims.
19:20 Bashkiria restores cities in the Lugansk People's Republic:
Builders from this region are repairing residential buildings, as well as social facilities in the cities of Petrovskoye and Krasny Luch. They were damaged due to the shelling of the armed forces of Ukraine. The progress of work was inspected by Sergey Kiriyenko.
In particular, the first deputy head of the Presidential Administration of Russia called for a halving of the period for the restoration of school No. 22 named after Major General Shaimuratov. It was originally planned that it would take two years.
Sergey Kiriyenko got acquainted with the work of the Health Train project. Teams of medical workers — a cardiologist, an endocrinologist, an ENT specialist, an ophthalmologist, and an ultrasound specialist — conducted an on-site visit with local residents.
19:29 Sappers of the NM of the LPR got certificates of training on the basis of the MPC of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation
19:27 The Severodonetsk Azot association did not receive serious damage during the hostilities. About this during a visit to the liberated city informed Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the LPR to Russia Rodion Miroshnik.
"The condition of the plant itself is much better (than the first checkpoint, where the Ukrainian security forces were hiding). That is, we practically did not see visually where it would be collapsed, where there would be serious arrivals. Yes, there were arrivals, yes, there are some minor damages. But visually, the enterprise remained in a fairly good, whole condition," he said. "That is, if it needs to be repaired, then this is a question of repair, restoration work in order to launch it."
19:18 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleimonovka: 10 each 152mm rounds were fired.
19:08 Lisichansk has been taken and is under the control of the allied forces, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene. Leaving the city, Ukrainian militants blew up and destroyed some of the important administrative buildings, including the city hall.
19:03 With the help of air defense systems over the center of Donetsk, two air targets were hit with an interval of two minutes. With the help of air defense systems over the center of Donetsk, two air targets were hit with an interval of two minutes.
18:59 With the support of the NM of the LPR, representatives of the investigative committee of the Russian Federation, together with volunteers from the humanitarian project "Bukhanka", delivered humanitarian cargo to Severodonetsk
18:56 Air defense is working over Donetsk and Makiivka. Downed at least 2 targets.
18:56 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 155mm caliber were fired.
18:32 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
— n.p. Leninskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of the mine named after Gagarin): seven shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber.
18:04 Decree of the Head of the DPR No. 352 of July 2, 2022 created the local administration of the city of Svyatogorsk. Bandura Vladimir Vladimirovich was appointed head of the administration of the city of Svyatogorsk.
17:51 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
17:29 People's Front, with the support of the NM of the LPR, delivered humanitarian aid for civilians and refugees in the village of Varvarovka
17:04 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
- n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
16:50 Shelling from the side of the VFU was recorded in the following directions:
- n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Wide Beam: fired six mines in 120mm caliber;
— n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Dolomite: fired 10 shells with a caliber of 152mm;
- n.p. Pervomaiskoye - Donetsk (Kirov district): two missiles were fired from the BM-27 "Hurricane".
16:45 In Lisichansk, there are still local pockets of resistance of the Ukrainian security forces, but already insignificant - the nationalists have completely lost their combat capability and lost control, Marochko said
16:23 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): six shells fired with a caliber of 152mm
16:09 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
- n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
15:42 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirov district): four shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
15:35 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
15:32 The LPR forces are now almost in the very center of Lisichansk, near the Shakhtar stadium, said Vitaly Kiselev, assistant to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of the republic. On the cadres: hoisting the flag of the USSR at the historical and memorial complex "Memory" in the very center of the city.
15:29 People's militia of the LPR together with volunteers from the Russian Federation delivered humanitarian aid in n.p. popasnaya
15:21 Yakutia will allocate funds to the DPR for the repair of schools, buildings and roads affected by Ukrainian bombing.
The head of the region, Aisen Nikolaev, said during a live broadcast on the social network.
According to him, the work will be completed before the start of the heating season and the school year.
Earlier, the head of Yakutia and the head of the administration of the city of Kirovskoye in the DPR signed a cooperation agreement.
14:28 The LPR confirmed the encirclement of Ukrainian troops in Lisichansk.
The allied forces occupied all the strategic heights around the city, it is completely blocked, said Andrei Marochko, an officer of the People's Militia of the LPR.
13:54 Lisichansk is completely surrounded, "the trap is slammed," said Ramzan Kadyrov.
The city is completely surrounded by allied troops, and a full-scale attack on the settlement will soon begin. The Armed Forces of Ukraine have nowhere to go.
"The nationalists are driven into a corner, it remains only to put the finishing touches," said the head of Chechnya.
13:29 The forces of the LPR and Russia are actively destroying the last centers of resistance of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Lisichansk, they are unlikely to be able to leave the city, said a source close to the People's Militia of the LPR.
13:24 Tthe result of a Ukrainian shell explosion in the courtyard of a residential building on Mayakovsky Street, 13, in the village of Panteleymonovka, Central City District of Gorlovka. House building damaged
13:22 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
13:20 Funnel in Yasinovataya after yesterday's shelling.
12:54 Shelling was recorded from the VFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Nikolaevka Second - n.p. Dolomite: fired five shells with a caliber of 152mm;
— n.p. Dry Balka - n.p. Panteleymonovka: two shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
12:45 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired five shells of 122mm caliber.
12:16 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yasinovataya: fired six shells of 122mm caliber.
12:15 VFU shelled the Gorlovka village of Panteleymonovka. Explosions of enemy shells were recorded near the checkpoint of PJSC "Panteleimonovsky Refractory Plant" on the street. Karl Marx, 2. Nearby apartment buildings were damaged. Thankfully no casualties.
11:47 The first apartment built in the liberated Mariupol will be ready for occupancy in a week.
11:43 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Panteleymonovka: seven shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:31 The Russian Armed Forces liberated Zolotarevka, for the complete encirclement of Lisichansk, it remains to take Belogorovka, which is about six km away, RIA Novosti correspondent reports from the scene
11:26 Shelling was recorded from the VFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Peski - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky and Kyiv districts): six shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Yakovlevka: five shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
11:02 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the following directions:
— n.p. Codema - n.p. Dolomite: fired five shells with a caliber of 122mm;
— n.p. Avdievka - n.p. Mineral: fired three shells with a caliber of 122mm.
10:55 During the retreat from Severodonetsk, the military of the Armed Forces of Ukraine robbed banks.
10:30 Statement by the official representative of the NM DPR on the situation as of 10.30 07/02/2022: the Ukrainian side continues to terrorize the civilian population of the Republic, inflicting massive artillery strikes on residential areas and civilian infrastructure, which in turn are not military facilities and do not pose a danger for the enemy.
Over the past day, according to the DPR JCCC, the enemy fired more than 320 shells from Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 155mm, 152mm and 122mm cannon artillery, as well as 82mm and 120mm mortars.
The fire was fired at the areas of eleven settlements of the Republic. As a result of shelling, twenty civilians were injured, two died. Nineteen residential buildings and four civilian infrastructure facilities were damaged. Additional information about injured civilians and damage to infrastructure is being specified.
Joint actions of the military personnel of the Donetsk People's Republic and the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation destroyed the following enemy weapons and military equipment: seven vehicles, five armored personnel carriers and more than sixty personnel.
10:21 Effects of yesterday's shelling of Yasinovataya by the Armed Forces of Ukraine. A total of 14 apartment buildings, five houses of the private sector, industrial and trade facilities were damaged.
10:13 With fire support from the RF Armed Forces, units of the NM LPR continue to carry out successful offensive operations in the Lisichansk area, during which the enemy suffered significant losses in manpower and armored vehicles.
10:01 After 03:00 shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction:
— n.p. Kurdyumovka - n.p. Gorlovka: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:12 Situation DNR: 08.20 — Air defense again worked over Donetsk. 05.14 — Fighting continues on the front line around Donetsk. Intense and powerful. 05.05 - Petrovsky district of Donetsk and Trudovskie - restless in the morning. North of Donetsk - ping pong, very noisy.
08:00 Important! LNR troops entered Lisichansk. A kindergarten previously occupied by the Ukrainian army was found on the outskirts of the city. The release continues.
07:42 Kyiv security forces once a day fired at the territory in the zone of responsibility of the LPR, the representative office of the Republic in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime reported.
"From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, shelling was recorded at the village of Rovenky using the Tochka-U tactical missile system (two missiles). As a result of the shelling, 11 residential buildings were damaged, a private garage and a car were destroyed, the contact network of the railway track was damaged, glazing was damaged in a number of industrial and administrative buildings adjacent to the shelling sites."
01:00 Positional battles near Donetsk: volleys of guns thunder in Makiivka
0:16 The situation with the Lisichansk cauldron.
The Lisichansk-Seversk road has not been physically cut yet. That's how they cut it, then it will be possible to talk about the boiler. So for now, we can only talk about the operational environment.
On the evening of June 01, the battles were for Verkhnekamenskoye, Zolotarevka, Novozolotarevka, Controversial, Novodruzhesk, Belaya Gora.
Fighting also continued in Lisichansk. Statements about 30 or even 50 percent control of Lisichansk most likely stem from the fact that the Lisichansk Oil Refinery and adjacent villages + outskirts + industrial zones are considered here. The city center is still firmly under the Armed Forces of Ukraine. For now.
On the Ukrainian side, they say that they can stay there for another three to seven days.
[Townhall] The marshal of the Supreme Court is urging Maryland official to act immediately in directing law enforcement to enforce the state's laws prohibiting picketing outside of Supreme Court justices’ homes.
In separate letters sent to Gov. Larry Hogan (R-Md) and Democrat Marc Elrich, Supreme Court Marshal Gail Curley called for authorities to step in and put an end to picketing "threatening activity," including the use of chanting slogans, using bullhorns, and banging drums outside the homes of SCOTUS justices.
"You recently stated that you were 'deeply concerned' that 'hundreds of demonstrators have recently chosen to picket Supreme Court Justices at their homes in...Maryland," the letter read, adding "since then, protest activity at the Justices' homes, as well as threatening activity, has only increased... jeopardizing 'the integrity of our American judicial system and the safety of our citizen."
Curley cited examples of disturbances including the arrest of a man who attempted to assassinate or kidnap justice Brett Kavanaugh outside of his home.
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I understand the powers that be are claiming the laws against the protests at the homes of the justices are un-Constitutional and will not be generally enforced.
[IsraelTimes] Saadah Masoud allegedly beat a Jewish man who was holding an Israeli flag in April, causing a concussion; is also accused of attacking two other Jews last year.
A pro-Paleostinian activist muppet has been charged with a hate crime in US federal court for an antisemitic attack in New York City in April. Investigators said he also attacked two other Jews in separate incidents last year.
Saadah Masoud was charged in the US Southern District of New York last month, according to newly released court documents. The request for an arrest warrant from US Attorney’s Office Sherlocks said Masoud repeatedly punched his victim — who was holding crutches — and dragged him across a sidewalk, causing injuries, including a concussion. He carried out the attack because of the "perceived national origin or religion" of the victim, who was wearing an Israeli flag at the time of the attack, Sherlocks said.
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[Dawn] Khizr Moazzam Khan, a Gold Star father who rose to fame in 2016 for challenging Trump’s knowledge of the US Constitution,
...more accurately, he gave a barn-burner speech at the 2016 Democratic national convention full of demonstrable lies about Donald Trump, and in the years that followed told more lies. But because his son, Army Captain Humayun Khan was killed in 2004 by a VBIED while serving honourably in Iraq, and because he stood squarely against Mr. Trump and the Republicans, he’s been lauded ever since anyway...
will receive America’s highest civil award — the Presidential Medal of Freedom — from President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. The very model of probity, except maybe for abandoning Afghanistan... on July 7.
The founder of the Constitution Literacy and National Unity Center is among the 17 individuals from across the US who will receive the award this year.
The term ’Gold Star parents’ is used for individuals whose children die fighting for America. Mr Khan and Ghazala Khan are the parents of US Army Captain Humayun Khan who was killed during the Iraq war in 2004.
"The Presidential Medal of Freedom is the Nation’s highest civilian honor, presented to individuals who have made exemplary contributions to the prosperity, values, or security of the US, world peace, or other significant societal, public, or private endeavors," the White House announced on Friday.
"Khizr Khan is a prominent advocate for the rule of law and religious freedom and served on the US Commission on International Religious Freedom under President Joe Biden ...... 46th president of the U.S. I'm not working for you. Don't be such a horse's ass. Don't say he didn't warn us...... ," the statement added.
Mr Khan, who was born in Gujranwala and migrated to the US in 1980, is the first Pak American to receive this award.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] 1. Lisichansk. The city was liberated today. There is a cleanup going on. The remnants of the group fled through Belogorovka to Seversk, where they plan to build defenses. In the coming days, Lisichansk, like the entire Lisichansk direction, will leave military reports. The liberation of the LPR from Ukrainian occupation will most likely be announced after the capture of Belogorovka. In fact, this problem has already been solved.
The enemy has lost all the major cities on the territory of the former Luhansk region. The Gauleiter of the territories of the LPR occupied by the Armed Forces of Ukraine was actually left without work. Another heinous crime of the aggressor! Of course, we are waiting for the calculation of the real losses of the enemy (how many fled, how many remained) + trophies.
2. Soledar. The Seversk-Soledar line will become the next line of defense of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, covering Artemovsk and the Slavyansk-Artemovsk highway. The enemy has already brought up reserves here and expects to delay the offensive of the Russian troops after they finish clearing the Lisichansky salient. So far, our troops are fighting in the area of Nikolaevka and Disputed, and also working on Verkhnekamenskoye, through which the advance to Seversk will go. In Berestovoye and Belogorovka (other) no changes.
3. Artemovsk. PMC "Wagner" achieved success in Klinovoe, knocking out the enemy from the village. Prerequisites are being created for further advancement to Artemovsk. Pokrovskoye is still held by the enemy. On the south-eastern outskirts of Artemovsk, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are equipping positions in residential buildings, expelling residents.
Also, fighting continues in the area of Kodema and Semigorye, where our troops are trying to cut off the grouping defending the Novolugansk and Uglegorsk thermal power plants from the main enemy forces.
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[Censor] The search and rescue operation at the Amstor shopping center is ongoing, less than 10 percent of the rubble remains to be dismantled.
Mayor Vitaly Maletsky announced this on Facebook , Censor.NET informs .
"Out of 21 people who were considered missing, the bodies of 20 dead were identified by the expert examination, and one person remains missing. One person died in the hospital.
Thus, as of today, the number of dead and missing as a result of the rocket terrorist act in the "Amstor" shopping center is 22 people. The search-and-rescue operation continues, less than 10% of the rubble remains to be dismantled," said the head of the city.
We will remind you that on June 27, the Russians launched a missile attack on the "Amstor" shopping center in Kremenchuk. At that time, there were about a thousand people in it. At least 19 people died, more than half a hundred were injured. On July 1, the State Emergency Service reported that rescuers examined and dismantled the wreckage of 90% of the total area of the Amstor shopping center. Since the start of work, 29 body fragments have been found at the impact site. President Zelensky called Russia a terrorist country. The world 's leading politicians condemned this atrocity.
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[Vesti] In the Yuzhnobuzhsk direction, the Russian military continues systematic shelling of civilian and military infrastructure from cannon and rocket artillery, and conducts aerial reconnaissance of UAVs. This is stated in the operational summary of the General Staff as of 18.00 Saturday, July 2. At the same time, the General Staff notes that "according to the results of the actions of Ukrainian soldiers , the enemy left the settlement of Ivanovka ."
The General Staff does not specify what kind of Ivanovka they are talking about - in the southern direction there are settlements with this name in the Odessa, Nikolaev and Kherson regions. Probably, we are talking about Ivanovka, located between the Nikolaev and Kherson regions.
In the Volyn and Polesye directions , the military of Belarus on a rotational basis continues to perform tasks to cover the Belarusian-Ukrainian border in the border areas of the Brest and Gomel regions. Conducted training to build pontoon crossings. There were no signs of the formation of enemy offensive groupings.
On the Seversky direction without any changes. The enemy fired at the positions of the Defense Forces in the areas of the settlements of Studenok, Tolstodubovo, Novaya Sloboda and Belopolye.
In the Kharkov direction, the enemy is defending previously occupied positions. He carried out shelling from tanks, mortars, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of the settlements of Zolochev, Krestishche, Molodova, Korobochkino, Bolshaya Babka, Malinovka, Ivanovka, Cherkasskaya Lozovaya, Slatino and Chepil. He led assault operations in the area of the village of Dementievka, but to no avail , and retreated. Launched an air strike near Verkhniy Saltov and Prudyanka. Conducted aerial reconnaissance UAV "Orlan-10".
In the Slavic direction, the enemy continues to conduct defense. He fired artillery at the areas of the Valley, Kurulka, Adamovka and Barvenkovoe. Assault operations in the area of the Bogorodichnoye settlement were successfully repulsed by our soldiers once again .
In the Donetsk direction , the enemy fired at civilian infrastructure near Ivano-Daryevka and Zolotarivka. According to the results of hostilities, the enemy is fixed in the area of \u200b\u200bthe settlement of Verkhnekamenka .
In the Kramatorsk direction, enemy shelling was recorded near Belogorovka.
In the Bakhmut direction, the Russians fired at our positions with mortars, cannon and rocket artillery in the areas of Kodema and Berestovoye . Near the latter, reconnaissance in force was carried out. Ukrainian soldiers gave a decisive rebuff and forced the enemy to withdraw.
On the Avdeevsky, Kurakhovsky, Novopavlovsky and Zaporizhzhya directions, the enemy from artillery of various calibers fired at the areas of Avdeevka, Poll, Netaylovy, Pavlovka, Orekhov, Malinovka, Novoselka and Novoandreevka. Inflicted air strikes near Pavlovka. The offensive actions of the enemy in the area of the settlement of Novomikhailovka were stopped by Ukrainian defenders and thrown back.
July 2 - 129th day of the war between Russia and Ukraine . Fighting continues, shelling is carried out in almost all directions, including civilian infrastructure. Briefly about the main thing that is happening in the country on this day, about the situation in the regions, as well as all the relevant information from key departments - online Vesti.ua .
[FoxNews] Three Kentucky police officers and a police canine were killed and at least four other officers were injured following a shootout in a residential area in the city of Prestonsburg Thursday night, police said.
Prestonsburg Police Capt. Ralph Frasure and Deputy William Petry were identified among the deceased, as well as K9 Drago and Canine Handler Jacob Chaffins, Kentucky State Police said.
Lance Storz, 49, was taken into custody following a shootout at his home, as two officers arrived to serve him an arrest warrant shortly before 7 p.m. Storz, armed with a rifle, opened fire and struck both officers, the Prestonsburg Police Department said.
Floyd County Sheriff John Hunt told reporters Friday that the officers encountered "pure hell" when they arrived on the scene, saying they had "no chance."
Other officers from different jurisdictions responded to the incident and at least four were injured, they added.
"The man fired hundreds of rounds from prepositioned firearms throughout the home," a post from the Officer Down Memorial Page read.
Storz was wanted for domestic violence offenses, police said.
At least four police officers and a civilian were injured in the shootout, state police said, though the arrest report said five officers and a civilian were injured.
The conditions of the injured were not immediately clear.
Storz was charged with multiple counts of murder of a police officer, attempted murder of a police officer, and assaulting a service animal, police said.
Three Prestonsburg police officers were killed and others were injured during a shooting incident on June 30, 2022.
He is being held on a $10 million bond ahead of his July 11 court hearing.
[ConservativeNewsDaily] Back when Jesse James prowled the land, the savings of the citizenry was constantly under threat by bandits looking to heist their money. These days, the money itself is stealing the savings of people in the form of high inflation and crashing financial markets.
Yesterday, we pointed out that the first half of the year was the worst for stocks since 1970. The S&P 500 dropped by around 20 percent, just shy of the 1970 bear market record of 21 percent. The Nasdaq Composite was down by 29.5 percent, the worst decline ever. The Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 15.3 percent, the worst since 1962.
We must confess, however, that things were even worse than we thought. Those declines are in nominal terms, meaning they do not take into account the massive inflation we’ve experienced in the first half of this year. Stocks were falling in dollars terms, but those dollars themselves were declining in value. As we’ve pointed out again and again, inflation introduces chaos into financial calculations that can often conceal deep points of economic stress.
Michael Hartnett, the chief investment strategist at Bank of America Securities, ran the inflation-adjusted numbers in a note for clients this morning. He found that this has been the worst start of the year for the S&P since 1872, the year Jesse James and Cole Younger led their gang to rob a bank in Columbia, Kentucky, and ended up shooting a teller who refused to open the vault.
As bad as that sounds, Hartnett points out that 2022 is looking like the worst year for government bonds since 1865. Government bonds fell 15.4 percent in the first half of the year, even before adjusting for inflation. Year over year, they were down by around twice that. And that is before adjusting for inflation (which is hard to do when measuring bonds issued in a variety of currencies from all around the globe.)
This does not mean that there was no money to be made in the first half of the year. As everyone knows, oil and gas prices have exploded higher. Commodities overall had their best inflation-adjusted first half of the year since 1946, according to Hartnett. Oil rose 46 percent, natural gas 74 percent, and iron ore 28.2 percent.
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Third world Venezuela 2.0
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As with Obama the only people they attack are Americans. Help and support all others outside of this country. Upon Biden's return from Europe he immediately kicks America in it's private parts.
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History is about to repeat itself. Roosevelt had alienated business. As with the energy industry Biden has or is in the process of destroying it. The big difference between the two is Roosevelt was a pragmatist. All will be reborn by the right people. It will be as if it were a war declaration. Socialists manufacturing could never deliver but a capitalist effort would produce massive results quickly. Who shall lead this effort. The great coordinator. I can think of only one man that could manage such a grand effort.
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[REGNUM] In the village of Lyubansk, Pskov region, an open fire was eliminated in the Rimsky-Korsakov Museum-Reserve. This was reported by Interfax, referring to the press service of the regional head office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations.
As noted in the press service, there were no casualties in the fire. “The preliminary fire area is 625 square meters. The reason is the careless handling of fire when carrying out hot work during the repair of the roof,” the department said.
We add that, according to the regional head office of the Ministry of Emergency Situations, as a result of a fire, the building burned out on an area of 200 square meters - only half of the estate was saved. The amount of damage is set.
Go for it, guys. But don’t forget to take your share of the national debt, and give up all the federal monies you’ve been getting for people and projects. No doubt there will be a few other documents to sign, too, on your way out the door.
[Fresno Bee] To encourage us to think about the unthinkable, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists sets a Doomsday Clock, showing how close humanity is (in metaphorical seconds) to the "midnight" of apocalypse. California now needs an Independence Clock, showing how close we are to that seemingly unthinkable moment when our state might seek to depart the United States, and become an independent nation.
That prospect has drawn closer courtesy of the U.S. Supreme Court. First, justices overturned a century of legal precedent that had allowed California communities to limit public gun possession — endangering laws that have saved lives.
Then, the court reversed Roe v. Wade and eliminated the federal constitutional right to abortion — a right enshrined in our state Constitution and supported by majorities of Californians of every political party, region and demographic group. These decisions were like earthquakes — unsettling but unsurprising. They were enacted by a far-right court majority that exists because America’s anti-democratic Constitution gives less representation and less voting power to Californians, both in choosing a president (who nominates justices) and in electing a Senate (which confirms them).
The two decisions follow a fusillade of federal failings that have harmed Californians. These include a pandemic response that cost nearly 100,000 Californian lives; a generation-long "war on terror" that killed more soldiers from California than from any other state; attacks on our efforts to end the drug war and police abuses; attempts to cancel our environmental laws; denial and delay of disaster aid; accusations that our elections are fraudulent; and the violation of the rights of our immigrants and their families. To cope, California has had to behave more like a separate nation than a state. We have adopted our own immigration policy, signed our own environmental treaties with other countries, funded our own research on subjects from guns to stem cells, and successfully pressured corporations to privilege our state regulations over national ones.
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I looked at their state website a couple of years ago and California had a state "Depart of" you name it for every possible thing you could imagine. Each "Department" requires money (taxes) to staff and function to push that departments state regulations on anything that moved across the ground. I had never seen so many state departments until I went to the California state government website.
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As long as there's an Electoral College - this will never happen. With 55 Electoral votes (20% of 270), the Donks will never let California go and risk their game day advantage.
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Secession, ummmmm ! I seem to remember some other "Democrat" run states pulling that stunt, Because DC became over powering in constant new demands and state related issues. But the north needed the food, goods and Tax Revenues.
So who wants to be the next General Sherman and march through SF and LA? Because according to CALIF Gun Laws and the abundance of liberals, there won't be much of a fight.
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But the north needed the food, goods and Tax Revenues
Apparently not. The South was destroyed economically by 1865 and would not recover till WW2. Somehow America grew through out the 19th and the early 20th Century without all of that.
Here's a better deal. Renegotiate the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo with Mexico. Return the coastal land from above San Diego and its I-10 corridor to just north of San Francisco to include the Bay. Since its a treaty modification, it will only require the approval of 2/3rd of the Senate.
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A good part of the Civil War starting was money. Why else would Lincoln say, when a cabinet member sais why don't we just let the south go, "My god, man, who would pay our tariffs?' 80% of the federal coffers were funded by the tariffs the south paid.
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..hard to collect any taxes when the US Navy blockaded the place for years.
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Sure, we let them go. Give them about 6 weeks to fully collapse and for all the few remaining humans to leave, then declare war, wipe it clean and settle it with actual humans.
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How many harbors are on the West Coast of the US? Vancouver/Seattle, Portland, San Francisco and Los Angeles/San Diego. Secession ain't going to happen.
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Y'all are really cute. It's an article by the failing Bee (Fresno/Sacramento). It's not happening.
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Не так быстро, приятель! Мы были здесь первыми, и мы вернем наши земли североамериканского наследия, прежде чем вы успеете моргнуть! Тогда как сказал товарищ Хрущев "Мы Вас ПОХОРОНИМ!"
Нэнси, Гэвин и Шифф будут одними из первых, кто отправится в путь!
Not so fast, mate! We were here first and we will reclaim our North American heritage lands before you can blink! Whereas Comrade Khrushchev said, "We will BURY you!"
Nancy, Gavin and Schiff will be among the first to hit the road!
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^I'm from San Francisco; and my previous job required me to memorize it's street grid. I volunteer for the General Sherman job for the good of the sacred Union!
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(Ah, that was cathartic@ Actually, I support California's right to leave if it wants. And there's no need to burn San Francisco. It will manage it on it's own... again.)
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"But if California slides into the ocean,
like the mystics and statistics say it will.
I predict this motel will be standing,
until I pay my bill..."
-Warren Zevon
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Makes me want to ponder leaving the USSA myself.
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We ship the entire EPA, DoE, and BLM personnell to CA and replace what agencies we decide to keep with people representative of real America instead of passive-aggressive Econazi pawns of Vladimir Putin.
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[ConservativeTreehouse] It is very curious timing in this article from Newsweek, containing massive geopolitical implications, using identified Saudi Arabia sources, would come in advance of Joe Biden’s visit to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.
Is this strategic geopolitical pressure from Saudi leader Mohamed Bin Salman (MbS) ahead of the meeting with Biden; or is this a genuine possibility that looms as likely? If the former, then Joe Biden is being geopolitically slow roasted by Saudi Arabia for his previous disparagements and ideological hypocrisy in his visit. If it is the latter, well, then the tectonic plates of international trade, banking and economics are about to shift directly under our American feet.
We have been closely monitoring the signs of a global cleaving around the energy sector taking place. Essentially, western governments’ following the “Build Back Better” climate change agenda which stops using coal, oil and gas to power their economic engine, while the rest of the growing economic world continues using the more efficient and traditional forms of energy to power their economies.
This article from Newsweek is exactly about this dynamic with Saudi Arabia now potentially joining the BRICS team.
NEWSWEEK – Finland and Sweden’s green light to join NATO is set to bring about the U.S.-led Western military alliance’s largest expansion in decades. Meanwhile, the G7, consisting of NATO states and fellow U.S. ally Japan, has adopted a tougher line against Russia and China.
In the East, however, security and economy-focused blocs led by Beijing and Moscow are looking to take on new members of their own, including Iran and Saudi Arabia, two influential Middle Eastern rivals whose interest in shoring up cooperation on this new front could have a significant impact on global geopolitical balance.
The two bodies in question are the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) and BRICS. The former was established in 2001 as a six-member political, economic and military coalition including China, Russia and the Central Asian states of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan before recruiting South Asian nemeses India and Pakistan in 2017, while the latter is a grouping of emerging economic powers originally consisting of Brazil, Russia, India and China (BRIC) upon its inception 2006, and including South Africa in 2010.
Here is the money quote:
[…] “China’s invitation to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to join the ‘BRICS’ confirms that the Kingdom has a major role in building the new world and became an important and essential player in global trade and economics,” Mohammed al-Hamed, president of the Saudi Elite group in Riyadh, told Newsweek. “Saudi Arabia’s Vision 2030 is moving forward at a confident and global pace in all fields and sectors.”
[…] “This accession, if Saudi joins it, will balance the world economic system, especially since the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia is the largest exporter of oil in the world, and it’s in the G20,” Hamed said. “If it happens, this will support any economic movement and development in the world trade and economy, and record remarkable progress in social and economic aspects as Saudi Arabia should have partnerships with every country in the world.” (read more)
That would essentially be the end of the petrodollar, and -in even more consequential terms- the end of the United States ability to use the weight of the international trade currency to manipulate foreign government. The global economic system would have an alternative. The fracturing of the world, created as an outcome of energy development, would be guaranteed.
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More importantly, the end of the petrodollar would mean the end of US wars abroad. We destroyed Libya and Iraq in part because they began accepting other currencies for oil instead of dollars. Libya wanted a gold-backed dinar for all of Africa to trade with. Nope, can't have that! A war that brought back the return of literal human slave markets was the answer, and it worked very well. The dinar is a threat no more.
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It would be nice if we could articulate what our national and international priorities are--whether they are economic, political, ideological, etc.--and then plan and act accordingly. I know that is too much to ask, especially when we experience such whiplash every 4 years or so. But a boy can dream.
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An interesting possibility of joining BRIC's, but it will not solve Saudi's biggest long term problem.....
[NYPOST] The holiday weekend could start off with nature’s version of its own fireworks for the Northeast as frontal boundaries help kick off plenty of storms with thunder and lightning on Saturday.
Any storm that forms during the summer has the chance of going severe, but meteorologists will be watching the I-95 corridor from northern Virginia through Boston and the Northern Plains for the best chance of organized severe weather.
The National Hurricane Center issued storm warnings in parts of South Carolina ahead of Tropical Storm Collin’s arrival, which was carrying 40 mph winds as of early Saturday.
It is in these zones that the Storm Prediction Center says damaging winds are likely and a few of the storms could even produce hail.
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TS Collin fizzled out last night
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Four score and seven years ago our fathers brought forth on this continent, a new nation, conceived in Liberty, and dedicated to the proposition that all men are created equal.
Now we are engaged in a great civil war, testing whether that nation, or any nation so conceived and so dedicated, can long endure. We are met on a great battle-field of that war. We have come to dedicate a portion of that field, as a final resting place for those who here gave their lives that that nation might live. It is altogether fitting and proper that we should do this.
But, in a larger sense, we can not dedicate—we can not consecrate—we can not hallow—this ground. The brave men, living and dead, who struggled here, have consecrated it, far above our poor power to add or detract. The world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but it can never forget what they did here. It is for us the living, rather, to be dedicated here to the unfinished work which they who fought here have thus far so nobly advanced. It is rather for us to be here dedicated to the great task remaining before us—that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion—that we here highly resolve that these dead shall not have died in vain—that this nation, under God, shall have a new birth of freedom—and that government of the people, by the people, for the people, shall not perish from the earth.
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[Vesti] Aleksey Arestovich, adviser to the head of the President's Office, claims that "the enemy's Kherson group is doomed." He expressed this statement on a new page of the "Diary of the War", which he maintains with the journalist Feigin. If the day before the adviser was stingy with regard to information on the Kherson direction, then on the last broadcast he devoted a lot of time to this topic.
According to him, the battles for Kherson are still positional, but even with the Russians having a significant advantage in guns, artillery duels (this is how Arestovich defines them) are in favor of the defenders of Ukraine, primarily due to the training of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. In addition, Western weapons are also important.
"We cover them, they respond, but they do not respond very successfully. The Russians take it not with accuracy, but with density. And we, thanks to Western weapons and the artillery school. And we have each battery like a small reconnaissance complex, our artillery is much more effective. We make them very to strain a lot, although we spend one projectile on their 15," Arestovich noted.
According to him, "five American Himars" will completely decide the fate of the battles for the Kherson region and, in particular, for Kherson. The fact is that the HIMARS MLRS installations provided by the States to Ukraine are even pointless to compare with Russian equipment ("it's like Mercedes and Zaporozhets," - the adviser says), so such a small number of these installations will suffice.
Arestovich says that when the Armed Forces of Ukraine approach Kherson, the Russians will have to run "through only two lines that are there: through the Novokakhovskaya dam and the Antonovsky bridge." Accordingly, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will decide how exactly they will liberate the area: do not allow the enemy to cross "and kill everyone" on these strings, or let them come out and press further.
"But in any case, the city will be liberated. They are thinking of being on the defensive by mid-August. But we will not let them be on the defensive and we won't let them hold a referendum either," the adviser said.
Arestovich also confirmed the information previously voiced in the Ministry of Defense that Lisichansk in the Luhansk region was not captured."
About 45 days ago, the Russian side, represented by a well-known tiktoker (Kadyrov), claimed that they had taken Severodonetsk as well ... They are not in the center of Lisichansk, they did not take control of it. They are on the southern outskirts of Lisichansk. They try to fight, they fall under the distribution of our troops," Arestovich said.
True, he noted that "the situation is critical": for the first time, the enemy managed to cross the Seversky Donets from the north and find himself in Privolye on the northwestern outskirts of Lisichansk. " Thus, the situation has become really very threatening. It will be resolved within a day or two," the adviser said.
Around the same time, military commander Yuriy Butusov said that he was now with Ukrainian troops, who were holding the corridor from Lysichansk to Seversk. According to him, the Russians captured part of Lisichansk and it is from there that they show a video of the alleged capture of the city. However, the enemy failed to encircle the Ukrainian defenders, despite their efforts. " Our people are gradually leaving. The Russians are not able to prevent our departure," Butusov emphasized.
[IsraelTimes] Ramallah has previously refused to make the move after veteran Al Jazeera news hound’s death under disputed circumstances; forensic analysis could shed definitive light on killing
The Paleostinian Authority announced on Saturday night that Ramallah had handed the bullet that killed Al Jazeera news hound Shireen Abu Akleh to American officials so that they could conduct a potentially definitive ballistic analysis of the shell.
"Approval has been given for the American side to conduct a forensic examination of the bullet that killed journalist Shireen Abu Akleh. The bullet will not be turned over to Israel," said PA Public Prosecutor Akram al-Khatib, in statements widely circulated in Paleostinian media.
Khatib later told the WAFA news agency that the bullet had been transferred over to "American experts who had arrived for this purpose."
The US Office of Paleostinian Affairs did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Israeli military officials have said that they have identified a soldier’s gun that could have fired the shot that killed the veteran Al Jazeera journalist, while not ruling out Paleostinian gunfire as responsible, but said that confirmation would require ballistic analysis to match the gun to the bullet.
But for weeks since Abu Akleh’s death in Jenin in May, the PA insisted that it would only share the results of its investigation with Washington, not the bullet itself.
"We refused a joint investigation, because those who fabricated the history of a people, stealing land and homeland, can fabricate a narrative. We do not trust them," PA Prime Minister Mohammad Shtayyeh said at a memorial marking 40 days since Abu Akleh’s death.
The US has urged Ramallah to share the results of its investigation with Israel so as to shed potentially definitive light on the incident.
In a public letter in early June, a bipartisan group of 25 US politicians urged Secretary of State Antony Blinken to pressure the PA to release the bullet.
"We urge you to ask the Paleostinian Authority to provide access to the forensic evidence in Abu Akleh’s death for an independent investigation so that all parties can reach a definitive conclusion about the events leading to her death, and hold all parties accountable," the politicians wrote.
Abu Akleh, 51, was rubbed out while covering an Israeli military raid in Jenin in mid-May alongside a team of other journalists. During the raid, a firefight broke out between Israeli troops and Paleostinian button men. At some point, Abu Akleh was shot in the head.
Video from the scene did not show any Paleostinian button men near the Paleostinian journalists. A few moments before, the Paleostinian journalists could be seen joking and chatting easily before the bullets ring out, killing Abu Akleh.
Israel says it cannot definitively say who killed her until it examines the bullet. Until Saturday night, Ramallah had refused to share the bullet with any other side, including the US.
The veteran Al Jazeera journalist was a familiar face to millions of viewers across the Arab world. An American citizen who held an Israeli-issued East Jerusalem identity card, Abu Akleh was widely regarded as a trailblazing correspondent, both for women and for Paleostinians. Her death shocked Paleostinians and sparked an international outcry.
The PA, which conducted its own investigation, immediately blamed Israeli soldiers for the killing. According to PA chief prosecutor Khatib, forensic evidence and eyewitness testimony proved that Abu Akleh was fleeing when she was deliberately targeted and killed by Israeli troops.
Israeli authorities rejected the PA’s findings as false and have continued with their own probe into the incident.
"Any claim that the IDF intentionally targets journalists or those uninvolved [in terror] is a crude and blatant lie," Defence Minister Benny Gantz said in a statement at the time.
Israel initially blamed Paleostinian button men for the shooting, but later acknowledged that Abu Akleh could also have been killed by Israeli soldiers. The army has yet to open a criminal investigation into the shooting.
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They had to wait until they dug up an acceptable substitute from an Israeli weapon.
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I don't think "chain of custody," or other criminal procedure standards matter much to our federal coppers these days when they have an agenda to serve first of all.
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[Korrespondent] 23:54 Zelensky, in an evening video message, said that since February 24, the territory of ten regions has suffered from hostilities - during this time, 1,027 cities and towns have been liberated, another 2,610 are under Russian occupation.
23:36 Washington is studying the possibility of sending inspectors to Ukraine in order to directly receive information about the use of US-provided weapons, Jed Royal, deputy head of the US Pentagon Agency for Defense Cooperation, said.
23:33 Zelensky said in an evening video message that Ukraine is actively preparing for the start of a special conference in Lugano in Switzerland dedicated to the restoration of the country. The event starts on Monday, July 4th.
"It is necessary not only to restore everything that the invaders destroyed, but to create a new basis for our life, for Ukraine - safe, modern, convenient, barrier-free. This requires huge investments - billions, new technologies, best practices, new institutions and, of course, reforms. In fact, this is the largest economic project of our time in Europe and an extraordinary opportunity to show itself for every state, for every company that we invite to work in Ukraine," the president said.
22:53 Zelensky, in an evening video message, recalled that the war has not ended: “Many rear cities now feel relaxed, but the war has not ended, its cruelty sometimes only grows, and we must not forget about it. Therefore, be sure to help the army, help volunteers, help everyone left alone at this time. Spread the truth about the war and the crimes of the occupiers. No matter how difficult it is today, we must remember what will happen tomorrow. And that tomorrow should bring maximum benefit to Ukraine - each and every one should do everything for this possible".
22:47 Arestovich also denied the capture of Lisichansk by the Russians, previously voiced by a number of enemy sources: "The Russian side, represented by a well-known tiktoker, claimed that they took Severodonetsk about 45 days ago. It took a month and a half ... They are not in the center of Lisichansk, they are not took it under control. But the situation there is threatening. Everything will be decided in a day or two."
21:51 Biden sent letters to the US Congress on the admission of Sweden and Finland to NATO, the White House said.
21:35 To date, the enemy has destroyed more than 15 million square meters in Ukraine. m of housing, more than 220,000 people submitted applications to the Diyu, Elena Shulyak, deputy head of the parliamentary committee on the organization of state power, said on the air of the telethon. According to her, about 800 thousand people were left without housing or it is badly damaged and requires serious repairs.
20:14 On the beach in Karolino-Bugaz, Odesa region, one vacationer died when he hit a mine while swimming to a depth, the second was injured, the press center of the Defense Forces reported.
19:51 In the village of Sergeevka, Odessa region, rescue work has been completed, the Ministry of Internal Affairs reported. A total of 20 people died (16 people - in a residential building and four people - at the recreation center, one of them is a child). 38 people were injured, all of them in the hospital.
19:29 Lukashenka said that he had given an order to the military "to target the decision-making centers of Minsk's opponents." According to him, a few days ago, Ukrainian troops tried to strike at military facilities in Belarus, but all the missiles were allegedly intercepted. Lukashenka stressed that Minsk does not want to fight in Ukraine, "not a single Belarusian soldier is there." Lukashenka also claims that neither he nor Putin "is blackmailing anyone with nuclear weapons." At the same time, Minsk and Moscow "should be ready to mirror the aggressive actions of the West within 24 hours."
19:00 In the Bakhmut direction in the areas of Kodema and Berestovoye, the invaders tried to conduct reconnaissance in force, but suffered losses and retreated, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported.
18:58 Kuleba said that he discussed with Borrell the upcoming steps of Ukraine on the way to the EU, as well as the preparation of the seventh package of sanctions against Russia.
18:56 The Ministry of Internal Affairs reported that the removal of the rubble of the Amstor shopping center in Kremenchug was completed, 29 body fragments were found under the rubble, 21 people died and 66 people were injured, of which 26 were hospitalized. More than 1,060 people and about 140 pieces of equipment were involved in the elimination of the consequences.
18:52 As of July 2, six officials of the Kherson region's local self-government bodies are in Russian captivity, including Kherson Mayor Igor Kolykhaev. The Association of Ukrainian Cities appeals to international organizations for the protection of prisoners.
18:33 Today, there is no threat of encirclement of Lysichansk, but the danger of capturing the Luhansk region is high, Vadim Denisenko, an adviser to the head of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, said in a commentary to RBC-Ukraine: "As of now, the probability of capturing the Luhansk region is very high, unfortunately. We are defending Lisichansk, the situation very complex, especially with such a superiority in technology and manpower. "
As for the Donetsk region, according to Denisenko, it will be much more difficult to capture it: "There are, in fact, two fortresses there - Slavyansk and Kramatorsk, especially Kramatorsk. Therefore, I don't think it's that simple."
18:24 In the Donetsk region, the duration of the curfew is being reduced, said the head of the OVA Pavel Kirilenko. From Monday, July 4, it will be valid from 22:00 to 4:00.
18:15 The Russians launched a missile attack on Pavlovgrad, Dnepropetrovsk region, the City Council reported.
17:46 Mayor of Nikolaev Alexander Senkevich reported that today's shelling of the city early in the morning was conducted on industrial enterprises. Most of the missiles fired by Russian troops fell on the outskirts of the city. There are no victims.
17:11 Romania is ready to help the victims of the rocket attack in the Odessa region, said Foreign Minister Bogdan Aurescu. According to him, the strike on civilian targets in the Odessa region once again confirms that this war is not only illegal, but also immoral, and must end as soon as possible.
16:58 More than 10 thousand Mariupol residents are in the prisons of the so-called "DPR". According to the Mariupol City Council, people live in terrible conditions, they are closed in cramped cells and receive almost no water and food. Mariupol residents do not have access to medical care and are subjected to various forms of torture. "I call on the International Red Cross and the UN to pay attention to the illegal detention of civilians in the city," Mayor Vadim Boychenko said.
16:37 There are fierce battles near Lisichansk, but the city itself is not surrounded, it is under the control of Ukrainian troops, National Guard spokesman Ruslan Muzychuk said on the air of the telethon. In turn, the "LPR" states that the center of Lisichansk has been captured, the city has been encircled.
16:23 Zaluzhny posted a video of the drone working on Russian targets on Snake Island. "Yesterday, the invaders tried to bomb their positions with the help of air strikes, but traditionally they failed to cope with the task. Therefore, we decided to help them finally evacuate the island," the commander-in-chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine wrote.
15:12 In Kremenchug, rescuers completed search and rescue operations at the site of the Amstor shopping center destroyed by a Russian missile. The final death toll is still being established, said Dmitry Lunin, head of the Poltava OVA.
14:57 Ukrainians in Poland will be able to get ID-cards and passports, said First Deputy Interior Minister Yevgeny Enin. A corresponding pilot project has already started in Warsaw. It will be possible to receive the first documents in early August. Taking into account the logistics in wartime, the term for the production of urgent documents will be up to 20 days, and in the usual manner - up to 40-45 days.
14:44 Mayor of Lvov Andrei Sadovyi held an operational meeting with the participation of the military and civilian leadership of the city to determine a plan of action in case of escalation from Belarus. According to him, a defense headquarters will be set up in each district of the city and additional training will be conducted for members of volunteer terrorist defense units. The option of forming reserve volunteer battalions from employees of the city council and public utilities is also being considered.
14:19 Ukrainian border guards in the Chernihiv region found a hard drive with data on Russian occupiers, some of which were classified as "secret". The carrier contains more than a hundred gigabytes of data about the anti-aircraft artillery unit of the Russian Federation from near Moscow: a staff list with biographies of the Russian military, technical documentation of weapons and military equipment.
13:50 Near the occupied Tokmak, Zaporozhye region, a conflict broke out between the Russian military, which escalated into an armed skirmish, as a result, four occupiers were killed and about ten were injured, the OVA reported. According to the regional administration, the number of such armed clashes between the occupying forces is increasing. The main reason is inter-ethnic conflicts and the division of the stolen property of Ukrainians.
13:33 In Kiev, the director of one of the schools is suspected of coordinating the activities of a group collecting intelligence about the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and Troops in Kiev. According to the SBU, the director was promised the position of "Minister of Education" in the event of the capture of the capital.
13:10 The families of the victims of the shelling of the shopping center in Kremenchug will be paid compensation in a double amount, the mayor of the city Vitaliy Maletsky said: “We are doubling the assistance to the families of the victims in the Amstor shopping center. We have decided to increase the payment from the entire Kremenchug society from 50,000 to 100,000 hryvnia to each family of the deceased in this terrible tragedy. The city council also allocated funds to pay for the funeral of all the dead.
12:17 The Podolsky court of Kiev arrested the corporate rights of the Brocard perfumery chain. The corporate rights of Brocard-Ukraine belong to the Cypriot company Indenon Holding Limited, and through it - to the owner of the Russian network of perfume shops L'Etoile, Russian woman Tatyana Volodina. The arrest was imposed as part of criminal proceedings on the appropriation of property and financing of aggression against Ukraine.
11:38 The Armed Forces of Ukraine will receive the weapons promised by the West within one to three months, Podolyak said in an interview with Channel 24. According to him, there are two problems with the supply of weapons, the first of which is bureaucracy: “There you need to sign a certain number of documents, in particular, how we will use it, how we will pick it up, where we will deliver it. This part no longer exists. There is no bureaucracy for Ukraine. in terms of arms supplies from our partners."
The second problem, according to the adviser to the head of the OP, is the stocks of weapons in warehouses: “It needs to be completed, because no one has collected as much as Russia. Therefore, now it is being finalized, something will be reopened in warehouses, and it will quickly go to Ukraine - a month , two three".
11:12 Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Nikolay Solsky said that more than 20 companies are already planning or have begun construction of transshipments in areas where new logistics routes pass: "We expect about 2 million tons of grain exports this month, which have already passed through new logistics routes. routes: Poland, Romania, Hungary, Slovakia. And there is potential for more. We are negotiating with the EU, and at the end of July there will be a separate meeting with a wide range of participants at the ministerial level."
10:31 The National Guard, who committed atrocities in Bucha, has been put on the international wanted list, the prosecutor's office of the Kiev region said. According to the investigation, the commander of the Russian National Guard unit in the Ulyanovsk region, Sergey Kolotsey, was involved in the murder of four men on Yablonskaya Street in Bucha. His involvement in other murders is being verified.
10:27 British intelligence reports that Russian troops continue to make minor gains around Lysychansk, but are likely to be blocked on the southeastern outskirts of the city.
Analysts also note that Russia is using Kh-22 anti-ship missiles to strike land targets due to a likely reduction in stocks of more accurate modern weapons. The Russians launched Kh-22 missiles on June 30 in the Odessa region. And in Kremenchuk, it was not X-22, but its modernization X-32, that got into the Amstor shopping center - this is indicated by the results of the analysis of CCTV camera recordings, experts said.
10:24 In the Kharkiv region, four people were injured over the past day - two in the Izyum district, one each in Kharkiv and Lozov. The most active hostilities in the region are taking place in the Kharkiv and Izyum directions, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.
10:21 In Mariupol, resistance is slowly but gaining momentum. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, because of this, the occupiers began another wave of checks and filtering. When entering Mariupol from the Zaporozhye region, even those who have already passed the filtration are subject to additional interrogation by the FSB. There is a wave of searches and inspections in the Mariupol district, next week they are moving to the city.
10:15 Propaganda Russian media reported, citing the country's Ministry of Defense, that the Chief of the General Staff of the RF Armed Forces Valery Gerasimov arrived in the occupied territory of Ukraine. He allegedly worked at command posts and checked the Russian units involved in the “special operation” zone in Ukraine.
10:07 Russian media report that the sunken landing ship Saratov has been raised in Berdyansk. The "administration" of the Zaporozhye region confirmed that the ship sank as a result of shelling from Ukraine.
10:04 The General Staff announced the approximate losses of the enemy on the morning of July 2. The enemy suffered the greatest losses in the Bakhmut direction.
personnel - about 35,870 (+120) people liquidated,
tanks - 1582 (+5),
armored fighting vehicles - 3737 (+1),
artillery systems - 800 (+4),
MLRS - 246 (+0),
air defense systems - 105 (+0),
aircraft - 217 (+0),
helicopters - 186 (+0),
UAV operational-tactical level - 653 (+8),
cruise missiles - 144 (+1),
ships/boats - 15 (+0),
automotive equipment and tankers - 2614 (+4),
special equipment - 61 (+0).
09:26 The head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim said that yesterday morning Russia launched 12 missile strikes on Nikolaev. The port infrastructure and private enterprises were shelled, among them the production of perfumes and lime. One of the enemy missiles was shot down.
09:09 The Pentagon says that the Ukrainian military has achieved "significant success" using American HIMARS on the battlefield: since this is a high-precision system with a significant range, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are capable of systematically delivering accurate strikes against carefully selected targets, significantly undermining the combat capability of Russian forces.
The Ukrainian military themselves, who use HIMARS, told The Wall Street Journal that the weapon is already beginning to change the balance of power in the Donbass, where Russia has a significant advantage in artillery. According to them, they destroyed ten important Russian facilities, including the headquarters of the Russian army in Izyum. The publication notes that the goals of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are carefully selected, since one HIMARS missile costs 155 thousand dollars. So far, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are chosen mainly by Russian headquarters, weapons depots and military barracks.
08:43 In the Lugansk region, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled two massive offensives of the Russians - in the direction of Verkhnekamenka and the gelatin plant, where the enemy tried to conduct reconnaissance in force. In both cases, the occupiers withdrew, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai. According to him, the Russians are attacking from different sides, a large number of military and equipment have been involved.
08:40 In Slavyansk, four civilians were killed yesterday, seven were injured, Mayor Vadim Lyakh said. The Limany microdistrict, Barvenkovskaya, Podgornaya, Danilevsky streets came under shelling. The city was bombarded with cluster shells.
08:38 In Belarus, as part of the exercises, the delivery of subpoenas continues, and doctors are forbidden to leave the country, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
08:17 In the Kherson region, Russian invaders and collaborators are afraid of the resistance of the local population - the leadership of the invaders moves with a large number of guards in armored vehicles and body armor. Local residents continue to offer total resistance, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
08:06 The Ukrainian army continues the operation to clean up Zmeiny Island. Thus, over the previous day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine managed to detect and destroy the Grad multiple launch rocket system, the Pantsir-S1 anti-aircraft missile and gun system, three units of armored and automotive equipment, a tank truck and a shelter area for other equipment on the island. According to OK Pivden, no signs of the presence of the enemy were found.
07:59 The American Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes about a new bill obliging Russian enterprises to support the so-called "special and anti-terrorist operations", and workers to work at night or on holidays for the needs of the state. So the Kremlin is preparing for a long war in Ukraine, creating conditions for the support of its army by the Russian economy.
As for the situation at the front, according to ISW, Russian troops were unable to surround Lisichansk . They also failed to capture the Lisichansk gelatin plant, although they had already announced this.
06:21 Washington believes that Russia does not have enough forces in Kherson to effectively continue the occupation and control the region, especially after the withdrawal of part of the forces from this area for military operations in the Donetsk region, writes CNN with reference to unnamed representatives of the US administration.
01:34 Borrell condemned Russia's missile attacks on the Odessa region, calling them a war crime and demanding an immediate halt to strikes against the civilian population: "Persons responsible for actions that are war crimes will be held accountable in accordance with international law."
00:27 Paramedic Yulia "Taira" Paevskaya, released from captivity, spoke in an interview with Deutsche Welle about the conditions in which she was kept by the Russian occupiers: "Less, you won't be able to die of hunger. But in the last week they didn't even give us soap. There are 22 women in the cell, a cell of three by six meters, ten beds. Others also had no information about their families and children. Their psychological state was simply terrible , but most of them behaved very dignifiedly."
According to Taira, these are fighters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the National Guard, girls from the Azov Regiment and civilians, she was also a doctor in her seventh month of pregnancy. Paevskaya said that the invaders used physical and psychological violence.
00:14 The Pentagon hosted a closed media briefing on the war in Ukraine. Foreign Policy journalist Jack Detsch publishes the highlights:
Washington believes that the Armed Forces of Ukraine made it "very difficult" for the Russians to stay on Zmeiny Island, including the last hit of Harpoon missiles on the tugboat. After the liberation of the island, it will be much easier for Ukrainians to defend the Odessa region;
Ukraine has had significant success with HIMARS, in particular by attacking Russian command posts;
The United States is transferring two batteries of NASAMS air defense systems to Ukraine to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine switch to Western weapons. One battery is nine launchers;
Now Washington is focused on supplying Ukraine with 155-mm artillery shells for howitzers and ammunition for HIMARS. The US is also trying to get Soviet-era 152mm artillery ammunition for Ukraine, but Western stocks of such ammunition are running out;
Russian troops are conducting a "limping" offensive in the Donbass, suffering heavy casualties and setbacks as they advance. They started the battle for Donbass 72 days ago.
[IsraelTimes] Two civillians hurt after missiles strike in al-Hamidiyah near Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady days of human sacrifice to Baal Moloch... border, state broadcaster says
Israel carried out a rare daylight Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... along the southern Syrian coast on Saturday morning, Syria’s state-run broadcaster SANA said. injuring two people.
There was no comment from the Israel Defense Forces, in line with its policy of not generally commenting on air raids in the country.
Quoting a military source, SANA said the missiles were launched by Israeli fighter jets over the Mediterranean Sea, west of the north Lebanon city of 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... , at the Syrian town of al-Hamidiyah, south of Tartus.
According to SANA, "poultry farms" were targeted in the airstrike, and two civilians were hurt. Their conditions were not immediately clear. Damage was also caused to the site.
Syria often claims targets of Israeli strikes as being non-military.
Israel has staged hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations. It says it targets bases of Iran-allied militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group that has fighters deployed in Syria, as well as arms shipments believed to be bound for various proxies.
While alleged Israeli attacks in Syria typically take place under the cover of darkness, Saturday’s strike was allegedly conducted at around 6:30 a.m. while the sun was out, according to SANA.
Israeli strikes have continued in Syrian airspace, which is largely controlled by Russia, even as ties with Moscow have deteriorated in recent months. Israel has found itself at odds with Russia as it has increasingly supported Ukraine while seeking to maintain freedom of movement in Syria’s skies.
Saturday’s strike marked the first such raid attributed to Israel under Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who entered the role on Friday morning.
The last strike in Syria attributed to Israel was on June 10, when the Damascus International Airport was targeted in a major attack and forced to be shuttered for two weeks, following accusations by Israel that Iran ...The nation is 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... had been smuggling weaponry to the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group, via civilian flights to Syria.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a UK-based opposition group of unclear funding, said Saturday’s strike targeted weapons en route to the Hezbollah. The claim was not confirmed by any other organizations.
While alleged Israeli attacks in Syria typically take place under the cover of darkness, Saturday’s alleged strike was conducted at around 6:30 a.m., during daylight hours.
Video footage broadcast by SANA showed rubble at what it said was the site of the targeted facility.
An Israeli airstrike targeted suspected Hezbollah posts in Syria's coastal Tartus province on Saturday morning, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said.
The Observatory said the facility that was struck, near Lebanon's border, had formerly been used to keep farm animals but was now being used by Lebanon's Hezbollah for military and commercial purposes.
"The Israeli enemy carried out an air strike" at about 6:30 am near the town of al-Hamidiyah, the ministry said in a statement, identifying the locations hit as poultry farms, without elaborating.
The strike "led to the injury of two civilians, including a woman," the ministry said in a statement.
Al-Hamidiyah is located south of Tartus, a bastion of the Syrian government and home to a naval port used by Russia, whose armed forces have backed the regime of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
Rami Abdel Rahman, director of the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, said the airstrike on Saturday targeted "warehouses formerly used to raise animals, and which the Lebanese Hezbollah group was using to transport weapons."
Syrian air defense systems do not appear to have been deployed, said the British-based monitor, which has a wide network of sources inside Syria.
[IsraelTimes] After airstrike Saturday morning, unsourced report names IRGC commander allegedly leading ‘new effort’ to deploy Iranian systems in Syria
An airstrike Saturday in Syria that was attributed to Israel targeted Iranian attempts to bring “game changing” air defense systems to Syria, Israeli television reported.
According to Channel 12 news, the location of the morning strike, which hit the Syrian town of al-Hamidiyah near the port city of Tartus, “implies that it [targeted] a weapon transported by sea, possibly using Iranian ships that docked at the port last week.”
The report added that the strike came amid “a new move by the Iranians in Syria to bring in air defense system to protect their military interests.”
The network provided no source for the assessment.
Military officials have said in the past that Syria has improved its air defense capabilities with upgraded Iranian-made components. In a 2018 strike, Israel reportedly targeted a soon-to-be-deployed Iranian advanced air defense system.
Channel 12 said Saturday that this “new effort” was being led by a senior commander in Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps in cooperation with the Syrian army, with the aim of enabling Tehran to operate its own air defense systems in Syria.
The network named the IRGC officer as Farid Mahmads Sakai, saying “it’s no coincidence his name is being published now.” No details were provided on where the officer’s name was published nor any further information on his rank and position.
Israel has staged hundreds of strikes on targets in Syria over the years but rarely acknowledges or discusses such operations. It says it targets bases of Iran and allied militias, such as Lebanon’s Hezbollah group that has fighters deployed in Syria, as well as arms shipments believed to be bound for various proxies.
In another unsourced report, Channel 12 said two explosions occurred at an IRGC base southeast of Tehran, causing “extensive damage” on Friday night.
There has been no official comment on the incident, which was widely circulated on social media and picked up by the opposition supporting Iran International, which is based in London.
Kindly note that several entries in this article were removed because they included discussions of the grand strategic level.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:18 During the day, 29,252 people, including 3,922 children, were evacuated from dangerous regions of Ukraine and the republics of Donbass to the territory of the Russian Federation. 22:25 In Kharkiv, in Technical Lyceum No. 173, neo-Nazis of the Ukrainian armed formations equipped a strong point, placed armored vehicles and artillery.
21:22 Explosions in Odessa. According to preliminary data from the spot, a missile attack was carried out on a target in Odessa, and air defense missile explosions over the city are also reported.
20:45 Russian military destroyed ammunition of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Kherson region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces were transporting them in a pickup truck.
19:45 Thundered in Pavlograd, Dnepropetrovsk region explosion
19:45 Lukashenka said that a few days ago the Armed Forces of Ukraine tried to hit the military facilities of Belarus, the missiles were shot down, BelTA informs.
19:03 Freight train fired, preliminary, from a grenade launcher in the Zaporozhye region, said Vladimir Rogov
19:03 Ukrainian warriors refuse from performing combat missions on the front line. They complain about the lack of recruitment, logistics and fire support.
17:40 Russian Su-25 crews destroyed camouflaged fortified field positions and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Missile launches were carried out in pairs from low altitudes.
Immediately after the attack, the attack aircraft made a sharp maneuver and left for the airfield, where specialists from the engineering and technical staff check the aircraft and prepare it for a second combat sortie.
17:39 Personnel operation of multiple launch rocket systems "Grad" on the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine near Ugledar. Within a minute after the impact, the machine changes position and prepares for the next impact.
16:57 Attack aircraft crewsinflictedrocket air strikes on military facilities and equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the combat use of aviation weapons, camouflaged fortified field positions and armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine were destroyed.
16:57 In the village of Staraya Zburyevka in the Kherson region, gradually getting better, peaceful life. A military-civil administration was formed in the village and its head was appointed. Also, the Russian flag is now flying on the administration building.
16:00 Preparations have begun in Lvov for a possible invasion from Belarus. According to Mayor Andrei Sadovyi, the situation on the Belarusian-Ukrainian border is unpredictable, and this is its biggest difficulty. Therefore, a defense headquarters will be set up in each district of the city and additional training will be carried out for members of the defense. The option of forming reserve volunteer battalions is also being considered.
14:53 In Mariupol opened three bakeries. Previously, bread was brought to the residents of the city from Donetsk and Yenakiyevo, now bread is baked on the spot. One bakery produces 3,000 rolls per day. Two thousand are given away for free, 1,000 are taken to shops. Raw materials for baking are brought by Dmitry Sablin's volunteers.
14:53 Russian servicemen delivered more than 150 tons of humanitarian aid to civilians in the settlements of the Kharkiv region.
13:58 The Ukrainian side suffers significant losses in all directions - the Russian Defense Ministry.
13:58 Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed five command posts and three ammunition depots of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Ukraine.
13:58 The Russian Aerospace Forces hit four MLRS platoons with high-precision weapons.
13:58 Russian air defense systems shot down a Ukrainian MiG-29 plane in the Nikolaev region in the air, 19 UAVs were also shot down.
13:57 Aviation, missilemen and artillerymen hit more than 340 targets of the Armed Forces of Ukraine per day.
13:57 Russian Aerospace Forces with the help of high-precision weapons destroyed up to 120 military personnel of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the Artemovsk area.
13:57 Russian aviation hit the base for storing weapons and military equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the territory of the tractor plant in Kharkov.
12:36 The Russian Ministry of Defense showed video of the work of Russian Su-25 attack aircraft, which in pairs attacked the camouflaged positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine from low altitudes.
11:48 From October 1, the Armed Forces of Ukraine will begin to put women on military records. Those liable for military service will be in the reserves of the Armed Forces of Ukraine and the NGU, participate in training camps and be called up for service. Exemption will be given to mothers with children under three years of age and pregnant women. The rest will face a fine or criminal liability for refusal.
11:47 The day before, employees of the Russian special services prevented a major terrorist attack in Kherson. The fighters of the Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group with the ex-head of the village of Staraya Zburyevka Viktor Marunyak were going to arrange a series of explosions. Two of the saboteurs had call signs Cherry and Witch. Viktor Maruniak escaped thanks to the special services of Ukraine.
11:02 In New Kakhovka restore buildings after the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in Nova Kakhovka, the roofs of many houses were damaged. Restoration work is currently underway.
11:01 Early in the morning they hit a warehouse with a BC in Konstantinovka.
11:00 APU will hit the Crimean bridge when it is technically possible - Arestovich. It is necessary to choose the moment for its destruction to bring maximum damage to the Russian Federation.
09:19 In the morning, the RF Armed Forces struck enemy targets in Kharkov and Dergachi.
09:17 Around 0500 hrs, local sources reported the launch of rockets from the Kherson region towards Nikolaev.
Later, Mayor Alexander Senkevich confirmed the arrivals in the city.
04:36 On the purposes in Nikolaev rocket strikes from Kherson are applied. A column of smoke rises over the city at the site of the explosion. It is noted that the Armed Forces of Ukraine hide equipment in Nikolaev under the cover of residential buildings
03:34 Russian special forces are destroying saboteurs in Ukraine with silent mortars "Gall", the sound of which is similar to a loud clap, RIA Novosti reported. According to him, the mortars have sharply reduced the unmasking signs of a shot - sound, flash and smoke trail.
Due to the possibility of covert use, they are used during surprise raids to eliminate camouflaged observation and strongholds, during counter-ambush operations to destroy sabotage and reconnaissance groups.
0:35 Local residents report rocket launches in the direction of Kharkov. Air defense works over the city.
From early this week, but the first time we have a list of all the men who were tried. I’ve been looking for this information following news that our miscreants were sentenced, and finally found something worth sharing. More about each of the gentlemen in question can be found by doing a search of his name in the Rantburg archives.
[SFGate] A total of 20 men were convicted Wednesday over the 2015 Gay Paree attacks by 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.... turbans on the Bataclan theater, Gay Paree cafes and the national stadium.
Most attention has focused on the lone surviving member of the attack team, Salah Abdeslam. Others were found guilty of preparing the attacks, which killed 130 people, or hiding Abdeslam from police. Some are presumed dead in Syria and were tried in absentia. Some acknowledged helping the assailants but said they were unaware of the overall attack plot.
Some face charges in the related attacks in March 2016 on the Brussels airport and metro.
Here is a look at who they are, what they’re accused of and what sentences they were given in Gay Paree:
ACCUSED IN COMMANDO OPERATIONS Salah Abdeslam, 32: The only survivor of the 10 attackers who set out Nov. 13, 2015, wearing explosives vests for a series of coordinated attacks. His vest was later found abandoned, undetonated. For charges including terrorist murder and kidnapping, he was sentenced to life in prison with no chance of parole.
Mohammed Abrini, 37: Fought with Islamic State in Syria-Iraq, accused of a managerial role, transporting attackers and weapons. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 22 years.
Sofien Ayari, 28: Fought with Islamic State in Syria-Iraq, accused of training attackers, supplying weapons and plotting attack on Amsterdam airport. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Osama Krayem, 29: Fought with Islamic State in Syria-Iraq, accused of training attackers, supplying weapons and plotting a never-realized attack on Amsterdam airport. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
ACCUSED OF OPERATIONAL ROLE: Omar Darif, aka Ahmad Alkhald (presumed dead in Syria; tried in absentia): Fought with Islamic State group, accused of training attackers, organizing attacks. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 30 years.
Mohammed Bakkali, 35: Accused of helping plot the attacks, hiding and transporting the attackers. On charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Fabien and Jean-Michel Clain (presumed dead in Syria; tried in absentia): Two brothers who converted to Islam and fought in Syria-Iraq, suspected of making video and audio messages in which Islamic State grabbed credit for the attacks. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, they were sentenced to life in prison with no parole.
Ahmed Dahmani, 33 (in prison in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the decaying remnant of the Ottoman Empire... ; tried in absentia): Fought in Syria-Iraq, accused of supplying weapons and explosives and helping prepare the attacks. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to 30 years in prison.
Oussama Atar (presumed dead in Syria; tried in absentia): Accused of helping organize the attacks from Syria and Iraq and recruiting attackers. For charges including directing a terrorist group, he was sentenced to life with no parole.
Obeida Aref Dibo (presumed dead in Syria; tried in absentia): Fought with Islamic State group in Syria and Iraq, accused of arranging for attackers’ travel, direct involvement in organizing attacks. For charges including complicity to terrorist murder, he was sentenced to life with no parole.
Adel Haddadi, 34: Fought in Syria-Iraq, accused of agreeing to take part in an attack; sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of criminal association with a terrorist enterprise.
Muhammad Usman, 29: Fought in Syria-Iraq, accused of agreeing to take part in an attack; sentenced to 18 years in prison on charges of criminal association with a terrorist enterprise.
ACCUSED OF LINKS WITH TERRORISTS Ali El Haddad Asufi, 37: Accused of accompanying or helping other members of the group; sentenced to 10 years in prison for criminal association with a terrorist enterprise.
Yassine Atar, 35: Accused of accompanying or helping other members of the group, sentenced to eight years in prison for criminal association with a terrorist enterprise.
HELPING ABDESLAM Mohammed Amri, 33: Accused of helping Abdeslam prepare the attacks and flee La Belle France afterward for Belgium. For charges including criminal association with a terrorist enterprise, he was sentenced to eight years in prison.
Hamza Attou, 28: Accused of helping Abdeslam flee La Belle France after the attacks for Belgium. For charges of relations with a terrorist enterprise, he was sentenced to four years in prison, two of them suspended.
BELGIAN HELPERS Ali Oulkadi, 37: Accused of helping Abdeslam prepare the attacks and hide from police after he fled to Belgium. For charges including criminal association with a terrorist enterprise, he was sentenced to five years in prison, three of them suspended.
Abdellah Chouaa, 41: Accused of helping the cell in Belgium without knowing its terrorist intent, he was sentenced to four years in prison, three of them suspended, for criminal association with a terrorist enterprise.
Farid Kharkhach, 39: Accused of helping the cell in Belgium without knowing its terrorist intent, he was sentenced to two years in prison for fraud, but the terrorism charge against him was dropped.
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Little-known fact: in addition to bombing their targets, the Doolittle Raiders were instructed to expend their machine gun ammunition on ground targets. They strafed schools and other civilian locations, outraging the Japanese. The Japanese combed Zhejiang and Jiangxi for the downed aviators. Over 50,000 Chinese died in the operation.
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They strafed schools and other civilian locations
They didn't have the fuel or the time to deviate from the flight plan. That was even compromised by the decision of taking off way too early because they feared their presence was compromised by a sighting by a Japanese fishing boat. They stripped the aircraft of those weapons for a wee bit more distance. Nice try.
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^^ Met a relative's friend that helped prep the Doolittle aircraft at the Mid-Continent Airlines Hanger in Minneapolis.
The aircraft were stripped of armament to the point that they would have pretty much been sitting ducks for even one Japanese fighter aircraft. The weight saved was mostly used for fuel storage with some interesting jury-rigging.
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The Japanese offensive was to push the Chinese far enough back to remove the potential for American bomber bases. The Americans had planned and built bases for B29s in China but the capture of Saipan and Tinian made logistics way much easier.
No. It didn't happen. I have that directly from the mouths of several of the Raiders, face to face with me.
The Japanese military at that time was embarrassed and mortified beyond words that the raid happened. They invented a great many offenses to explain their inability to prevent it and to punish the Raiders they captured.
I'd like to politely ask you to look things up again and reconsider your opinion.
Mike
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I suspect truth and facts don't play much of a part in the intent of #1. Americans are bad, and the Juice are even worse.
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Really? The machine gunning is described in the book "Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo." They definitely had machine guns. They also made sure to drop their incendiary bomb over flimsy housing in a civilian area. That's what incendiary bombs are for.
What's with the sudden shame and excuses? I thought bombing and strafing civilian targets was OK.
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Five total mentions of "machine gun" in the entire book. Only mention of firing at Japanese was one plane firing towards a Japanese cruiser on the way in. One mention was of stateside training flights. Two mentions on the same page were of after arriving in China and negotiating with guerilla fighters. Only other mention involved the ability to unmount the single machine gun on the plane if they were shot down and needed it to fight.
No mentions of schools or hospitals in Japan. All mentions of schools were of the ones the flight crew members attended growing up. Oh, and one mention of Japanese bombing a university in Shanghai. All mentions of hospitals either in the US or China.
I did this research in 5 minutes using the find in book feature of my Nook reader, using the 60th Anniversary re-release of Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo. So, what I report here is what was found by that method. No accounting for hidden text in the Russian version, I am sure...
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It's call "Thirty Seconds" for a reason. They're flying 'tree top level', the most fuel burning altitude, and as fast as they can for the approach. That's about as much time just to release the bomb load and keep moving.
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Great job, MM, but Mike K's comment was enough for me. It was an incredible act of American courage and ingenuity.
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Shame? Excuses? For what exactly. One of the most daring raids ever. They destroyed most of our base at Pearl. Then a few months later we bombed their capital city, boo hoo. They initiated the war and decades before 1941 for that matter. They proudly carried the torch of Total War, you know Nanking for only one. Their bullying death cult massacred civilians for the sport of it.
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[From Wiki] The modifications included the following:
- Removal of the lower gun turret.
- Installation of de-icers and anti-icers.
- Mounting of steel blast plates on the fuselage around the upper turret.
- Removal of the liaison radio set to save weight.
- Installation of a 160-gallon collapsible neoprene auxiliary fuel tank, fixed to the top of the bomb bay, and installation of support mounts for additional fuel cells in the bomb bay, crawlway, and lower turret area, to increase fuel capacity from 646 to 1,141 U.S. gallons (538 to 950 imperial gallons, or 2,445 to 4,319 L).
- Installation of mock gun barrels in the tail cone.
- Replacement of the Norden bombsight with a makeshift aiming sight devised by pilot Capt. C. Ross Greening that was dubbed the "Mark Twain". The materials for this bombsight cost only 20 cents.
Two bombers also had cameras mounted to record the results of the bombing.
Looks like they might have kept the side gunner positions and the top dorsal turret. Wouldn't be able to do much ground strafing without the lower turret.
All I can say for certain is what the guy I met said, that they were pretty much stripped of armament for the mission.
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LOL of course he doesn't confess to war crimes in the book. But it's a total lie what the other posters were saying, that machine guns weren't fitted.
They did indeed have orders to spray ground targets with machine gun fire. The one incident the author of the book confesses to is shooting up a yacht. The incendiary was definitely dropped on a civilian area, he definitely pleads guilty to that in print.
The fact that they indiscriminately shot at ground targets is part of history. I thought this was common knowledge, especially among people who apparently know history well. They didn't choose their targets, they just sprayed the ground with bullets, and what do you know shot up a school and other unarmed locations. Remember, the entire point of the mission wasn't to strike a meaningful blow, it was to spread terror. And what do those who commit acts of deliberate terror usually do?
#23
In the '20s and '30s, it was always the Nazis and the Communists fighting & brawling in the streets of Germany, two sides of the same coin going for the same hearts and minds.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Censor] The troops of the Russian Federation are attacking from different sides - they have attracted an extremely large number of soldiers and equipment.
Serhii Gaidai, the head of the Luhansk Regional Military Administration , announced this on the morning of July 2, Censor.NET informs.
Over the course of the past day, the occupiers opened fire with all available types of weapons on Privill, Lysychansk, Vovchoyarivka, Zolotarivka, Loskutivka, Verkhnyokamyanka, and Bilogorivka.
"Private houses in the villages are burning one after another. With such a high density of shelling, we only have time to shelter the victims. It is burning in several places at the same time. We barely have time to eliminate large-scale fires in Lysychansk.
Like in an apartment building, where the flames spread to several apartments. Or in the shopping center - if the fire on an area of 1,800 square meters was not extinguished in time, it is difficult to imagine the consequences," said the head of the Luhansk Region, Serhii Gaidai.
A wounded man from Lysychansk was brought to the hospital in Chernivtsi yesterday.
On July 1, Serhii Gaidai added, the Armed Forces of Ukraine repelled two massive Russian offensives - in the direction of Verkhnokamyanka and the gelatin plant, where the enemy had attempted to conduct reconnaissance by combat. In both cases, the occupiers left. Reconnaissance by combat, AKA probes are a very common tactic used by Russian special forces.
"The Russians are attacking from different sides - they have involved an extremely large number of soldiers and equipment. Our soldiers are holding back the enemy's offensive," the speaker emphasized.
[IsraelTimes] Military says one UAV downed by F16 fighter jet, the other two by missiles launched from ship; terror group has warned it will attack site; Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...In 2020 Hezbollah blew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate facility exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that. And it ain't never coming to trial... claims field is disputed
The Israel Defenses Forces said Saturday it successfully intercepted three drones flown by the Lebanese Hezbollah terror group that were heading for the Karish gas field off Israel’s Mediterranean coast.
Tensions have risen over the site in recent weeks, after a gas production vessel arrived in Israel to launch extraction operations in the offshore field, drawing condemnation from Lebanon, which had laid claim to parts of it. Israel says Karish is in part of its UN-recognized exclusive economic zone.
One of the Hezbollah aircraft was downed by an F16 fighter jet, and the other two by Barak 8 missiles launched from the Saar 5 Class Corvette INS Eilat, the military said in a statement.
Saturday’s incident marked the first operational drone interception by Barak 8 missiles from a navy ship.
The UAVs were intercepted "at a safe distance from" the drilling platform, according to defense officials.
Hezbollah’s chief His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb... recently threatened Israel over plans to extract gas from the contested offshore reserve, saying that his organization is capable of preventing such action, including by force.
But the military said a preliminary investigation showed that the drones did not pose a "real threat" at any point during their flight, indicating they were not armed and instead were used for surveillance purposes or to prove they have the capability.
The terror group later confirmed it launched the three unarmed drones, saying they were intended to carry out a "reconnaissance mission" in the area.
Hezbollah added that the mission was accomplished successfully and " a message was conveyed."
The IDF said the UAVs were "identified at an early stage and monitored throughout their flight by air control units" and "intercepted at the most appropriate operational point."
"You have permission, take the UAV out now," a senior officer is heard saying over the phone at the Navy’s operational headquarters, in a video published by the IDF.
Lebanon and Israel — which have no diplomatic relations and consider each other enemy states — have been holding indirect talks brokered by the US for close to two years to resolve a maritime border dispute.
Talks over the field have been frozen since last year, after Lebanon tried to move its claim further into the zone Israel claims as its own. Last month, the Biden administration (aka the Wilmington comorra) ...the collection of boodlers, grifters, hangers-on, and self-proclaimed experts affiliated with the Biden Crime Family. Entrusted with an entire nation as the result of a suspicious election, they set about happily implementing stuff they absorbed in college, all of which blew up and splattered the rest of us... said recent meetings held between its energy envoy and Israeli and Lebanese officials have resulted in progress.
Israel and Lebanon have no diplomatic relations and are technically in a state of war. They each claim about 860 square kilometers (330 square miles) of the Mediterranean Sea as being within their exclusive economic zones.
Both Israel and Lebanon have economic interests in the territory, which contains lucrative natural gas. Lebanon, which has been facing an economic crisis since late 2019, sees the resources as a potential road out of its current situation.
Also last month, the IDF held a major military exercise in Cyprus, simulating a ground offensive deep inside Lebanon in a potential war against the Iran-backed Hezbollah.
The terror group has long been a significant adversary for the IDF, with an estimated arsenal of nearly 150,000 rockets and missiles that can reach anywhere in Israel.
[IsraelTimes] Michael Ashner, who fought ice cream maker’s parent company over attempted settlement ban, says it threatened Israel; calls head of Israeli branch a ‘hero’ for opposing corporation
“I think they’re going to have to modify their business model,” Ashner said of Unilever. “Shareholders want profitable companies that are non-controversial. They’re not here to buy into investing controversy like this.”
The fallout from an attempt by ice cream maker Ben & Jerry’s to boycott the West Bank will have a chilling effect on other corporations that may consider supporting efforts to economically isolate Israel, an activist muppet investor predicted this week.
Michael Ashner, a longtime corporate activist muppet who bought a stake in parent company Unilever after the boycott announcement and led a group opposed to move, said other conglomerates should take heed of the repercussions suffered by the UK conglomerate since Ben & Jerry’s announced a boycott of the "occupied Paleostinian territories" last year.
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Businesses need to stick to business and stop playing the Social-Justice Advocate role.
Playing in Social/WOKE/Religious issues tends to tick off 30 to 60 percent of any customer base.
Take Aunt Jemima product now sold as Pearl Milling company / PepsiCo playing WOKE. I can show you pictures taken at Wally World. Of End Cap after End Cap, and shelves full of these products that people just are not buying in the same amounts. In fact Pearl Milling has even resorted to "Specials" hoping to sell product.
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That has been my argument as well, NN2N1. The counterargument has been that only those on the Left play such games — conservatives being more interested in getting a good price regardless of the company’s politics, so there is no downside for companies going Left — but it sure looks like that has changed.
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That argument is biased. The left and the right are now philosophically opposed. Both, as Americans, are consumers and seek a good price. The left wants to impose their will upon others and seeks to have their ideals reflected as self verification they are justified. The right seeks to impose no ideals (yet) in defference to free thought and free expression, freedom. In that they see allowing freedom of the lefts philosophical ideology as self verification of right ideals. Freedom is exploited beyond reasonable boundaries. Radicals represent the lefts current expressionism, a byproduct is self identity as group identity. Very Un-American at it's core.
The so-called right in America wants only to get up to the trough and sup deeply. They are willing to pretend to ideals to get there. This leads to co-option. For America in particular and the world in general, this has led to their disastrous co-option by the neo-cons, who are not conservative at all but pathologically obsessed with Russia.
We need to leave conservatism behind, as it is a hollow shell. What we need to be is anti-totalitarian. Because have no doubt, the deep state is completely bought into the totalitarian model.
At the end of the day, you either believe you should run your own life, or you are hoping to the marrow to be part of the cabal running everyone else's lives.
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