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I'm predicting TWO mass shootings at the DNC convention. One will be gang related and vanish after 24 hours. One will be by another FBI-rent-a-thug led on by CI's that will never be disclosed to a court or congress.
Dems and media will scream for gun confiscation and get laughed at and told to take a flying leap.
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English and all U/K Weapons Tanks Used French 2
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RE #5 SilentBrick - The USA Soviet Party aka Demoncrats aka "This Ain't JFK's" Democrat Party, will use every Kommala Hair-as0s / s-Tim-humiliating Wal(t)z's Political dance to make this 2024 DNC 5 ring Circus a success; your predictions are bound to be very prophetic, accurate, further leaving all readers of Rantburg in awe, near being historically edified folklore. So all I wish to know is where I can acquire a certified copy of this Chrystal ball of yours, me being mundane, only wish to win the $496 million Powerball lotto < 👀😮😂💲💲🌞
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Russian trolls are as high quality as Russian conscripts.
[NYPOST] The Democratic party is scrambling to boot a fringe socialist group's presidential candidate from statewide ballots in a pair of critical swing states.
Operatives launched two legal challenges in Pennsylvania on Aug. 8 to the nominating papers of the virulently anti-Israel Party for Socialism and Liberation‘s candidates, Claudia De La Cruz and her vice presidential running mate, Karina Garcia.
A political action committee called ClearChoice is leading the effort, with funding from Democratic moneymen like venture capitalist Ronald Conway and LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman. The group is also going after other pesky third-party challengers in various states, including Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
[JPost] South Lebanon Water Establishment said that shutting down power plants will negatively affect their ability to pump sufficient quantities of water into the area
The Zahrani power plant, the last and only plant still providing electricity in Lebanon, reportedly shut down on Saturday, Sawt Beirut International reported on X, citing Lebanon's electric corporation, Électricité du Liban.
The Jerusalem Post could not access Lebanon's Electric Corporation's website.
The South Lebanon Water Establishment said that shutting down power plants will negatively affect their ability to pump sufficient quantities of water into the area.
The Electric Corporation, as per Sawt Beirut International, said that Zahrani no longer supplies electricity "as a result of the exploitation of the plant's oil reserves, which resulted in a complete interruption of the supply of electricity to all areas of Lebanon, including the basic facilities in the country, including the airports, water and sewage infrastructure, and more," Israeli media reported.
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So the whole country is running on wind and solar?
Greta would be so proud!
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Also make it easier for the IDF to locate entry and exit points underground from internal lighting! I suspect a lot of precision bombings on open areas soon!
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exploitation of the plant's oil reserves
I take this to mean that someone stole them, after making an appropriate arrangement with whomever is in charge.
[World Net Daily] I've said this for over 20 years: We have a two-party system. The Democratic Party is filled with radical, extreme, Marxist, communist traitors who want to destroy America. Pure evil. Satan inspired. They are the enemies of good, patriotic Americans. They are the real "domestic terrorists." But my party — the GOP — is a party of weak-willed, feckless cowards afraid of their own shadow, and sellouts who claim to be Republicans but really play for the other side.
This is true, now more than ever. Except now it's true squared times 100,000!
Think of what Democrats (i.e., radical communist traitors) and the deep state have done to President Donald Trump and other great American patriots over the past few years with this weaponized government.
President Trump was impeached twice over nothing. He was hounded for his entire four-year term by false charges. Then the dirty Democrats and deep state rigged and stole the 2020 election to keep him from finishing the job.
Next they persecuted Trump for the past four years to try to stop him from ever taking back the White House. They indicted him four times. They forced him to spend tens of millions of dollars in legal fees. They tied him up in court instead of campaigning. Their rigged judges and juries first tried to bankrupt him in civil court and then convicted him in criminal court of 34 felonies, without a unanimous verdict.
When all of that couldn't stop Trump, it sure appears the deep state conspired with either our own government, FBI and Secret Service, or a foreign enemy, or both, to try to assassinate Trump.
Now many legal experts believe Trump will be sentenced to prison on Sept. 18 by a judge who is a biased, out-of-control, liberal crusader with a serious case of "Trump Derangement Syndrome," as well as plagued by ridiculous conflicts of interest (his daughter has made millions of dollars working with leading Democrats).
It's impossible to believe this could be happening in America.
Don't forget what they did to Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon (who sits in prison right now).
And the Jan. 6 prisoners — who have become political hostages, enduring cruel and unusual punishment.
Think of what Democrats (i.e., radical communist traitors) and the deep state have done to President Donald Trump and other great American patriots over the past few years with this weaponized government.
[NationalReview] 10. Unreasonable labor demands, initially backed by Walz, almost forced Uber out of Minnesota.
9. Walz supported pricey paid-leave legislation that will harm small business across the state.
8. Walz raises taxes — and stifles business — like nobody else.
7. Walz pushed unfair regulations on religious schools.
6. Walz virulently opposes school choice.
5. The largest pandemic fraud in the country occurred under his watch.
4. Walz prioritized access to Covid-19 vaccines based on race. ???????????
3. Walz supports total abortion access across all nine months of pregnancy, right up until birth.
2. He let Minneapolis burn to the ground during the George Floyd riots.
1. Last, but not least, he caused one of the greatest tragedies in Minnesota’s history: the new state flag.
[Breitbart] Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced he would write to U.S. President Joe Biden to complain about his administration financing non-governmental organizations that have been critical of his government.
Ooooohhhh…. a stiff diplomatic note — we haven’t had one of those in ages!
The politician made the announcement during one of his morning news conferences. He pointed out that his Foreign Relations Ministry had just sent a diplomatic notice about the issue and added he was personally drafting a letter for Biden about it.
The diplomatic note is the second one Mexico’s diplomats have sent on the same issue. During the news conference, officials said the first diplomatic note had been sent in 2021. The message went unanswered.
Lopez Obrador complained that the Department of State has helped finance the group Mexicanos Contra La Corrupcion y La Impunidad (Mexicans Against Corruption and Impunity) through USAID programs.
The NGO gained much notoriety in recent years for compiling reports and statistics about crime and corruption in the country. According to MCCI, when Lopez Obrador was trying to win the presidency, he would quote their reports. However, now that his party is in office, he considers the NGO part of the opposition for questioning high-level corruption, contract rigging, and other alleged improprieties reported by them.
Earlier in the week, Mexico’s Financial Crimes Unit (UIF) released information that the U.S. government has reportedly sent more than 97 million pesos (approximately $5 million USD) to MCCI since 2018. Officials also singled out several U.S. private donors, including funds from the Rockefeller and Ford foundations.
Lopez Obrador claimed he considers the U.S. government’s support for MCCI a violation of his nation’s sovereignty and possible election interference.
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I don't understand why we finance any NGOs. But then, I don't understand why we send foreign aid money to Mexico either. I certainly wouldn't send them another penny until they stop polluting Imperial Beach with sewage from Tijuana.
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[BBC] A cargo spacecraft has arrived at the International Space Station (ISS) to deliver food, fuel and other supplies for those onboard.
The ISS is currently home to the Expedition 71 crew, and two Nasa astronauts, Butch Wilmore and Suni William, who are stuck on the station due to safety concerns over the Boeing Starliner capsule meant to take them home.
The unpiloted Progress 89 spacecraft delivered about three tons of supplies. Including 48 pairs of underwear each to Boeing's crew
It will remain docked for approximately six months before departing for re-entry into Earth’s atmosphere to dispose of trash, Nasa said.
[BBC] The UK military has launched its first ever dedicated Earth-imaging satellite.
Called Tyche, the washing machine-sized spacecraft will have sufficient resolution to identify battlefield troop positions and vehicles.
It's a demonstrator that should be followed by a network of satellites this decade using a variety of sensors.
Some of these future spacecraft will be able to see through cloud and even eavesdrop on radio transmissions.
Tyche's ride to orbit was booked on a SpaceX Falcon rocket flying out of California. Lift-off occurred at 11:56 local time (19:56 BST).
The British mission will circle the globe at an altitude of roughly 500km, where it's expected to operate for at least five years.
UK forces have long benefited from the use of their own, state-of-the-art satellite communications system, called Skynet, but getting access to surveillance and reconnaissance imagery from space has largely required a friendly request to allies, particularly the United States.
And while the Ministry of Defence (MoD) has contributed funds in the past to projects in the UK commercial sector, Tyche will be its first wholly owned imaging capability.
Commissioned by UK Space Command and built by Surrey Satellite Technology Ltd (SSTL) in Guildford, the 160kg satellite will collect its imagery at optical wavelengths - in the same light we sense with our eyes.
It's designed to capture 5km-wide spot scenes on the ground and have a best resolution of 90cm.
This is by no means the best performance possible (some classified US satellites are reported to see features as small as 10cm across), but it fits with the British military's generalised needs.
• Vaccines often cause various side effects, making it hard to identify common causes. Neurologist Andrew Moulden discovered that vaccines frequently trigger microstrokes, which can lead to a myriad of acute and chronic diseases.
• Forgotten research from the 1960s, shows that blood cell clumping is a root cause of many diseases—a belief also shared by Chinese Medicine.
• Colloidal chemistry and zeta potential science reveal that positive charges around blood cells cause clumping. Agents with concentrated positive charges, such as aluminum and the COVID spike protein, are especially problematic.
• Improving the physiologic zeta potential benefits a wide range of acute and chronic illnesses. A strong case can be made that many conventional and holistic therapies work in part by enhancing zeta potential.
Note: this is an abridged version of an article I previously published here. Since I receive many questions on this topic and readers wanted an concise version of it, I worked to distill it down to its key points so this topic could easily be shared with others.
Many medical problems stem from the diagnostic approach of physicians, especially with complex illnesses, which are often misdiagnosed and lead to ongoing patient struggles.
Complex conditions can present with varied symptoms across patients and resemble other illnesses (e.g., fibromyalgia vs. chronic fatigue syndrome). In turn, poorly trained physicians often default to psychiatric explanations, overlooking the true causes.
Vaccine injuries have a wide range of symptoms and hence have confused doctors for over 200 years (with many doctors in the past labeling them as "encephalitis"). Presently, I believe three main mechanisms underlie the myriad of vaccine injury:
Immune Dysfunction: Vaccines frequently cause chronic autoimmune disorders and varying degrees of immune suppression.
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...My mom - a seriously Old School RN who did it for 42 years - always reminded me that a vaccine contains, if even in unbelievably tiny amounts, things that are dangerous to people.
We tolerate the risks because the other risks caused by the disease are so overwhelmingly dangerous that in the long run, it's worth it. And in the vast amount of diseases, that's true. The problem we face now - and we can kinda go back to the DOD anthrax disaster in the 90s for this - is that we've got people now who believe that vaccines are a divine directive and are going to make us take iffy ones whether they work or not. COVID was one; and I got a bad feeling there's going to be more.
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^ Yep. Got my second Shingrix (Chicken Pox Vax) shot yesterday. Arm's sore, but I've known several people that got Shingles and they were miserable. Long enough track record I trusted it.
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Frank G I've had shingles twice. After the first time in 1983 I was told I would never get it again. 3 months after the covid "vaccine" I got it again. 4 doctors told me and a Japanese study agreed that the covid shot caused my shingles. That was 2 years ago and I still have pain.
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Had shingles a few years ago. Not a pleasant experience.
[FoxNews] Harley-Davidson CEO, accused of going woke, said he's 'trying to redefine' capitalism.
The Harley-Davidson motorcycle brand and business model are being "attacked" from within, social-media influencer Robby Starbuck suggested in a new post on X.
He cited the words of the company's own CEO, Jochen Zeitz, who's been accused of going woke as he oversees the iconic brand. The German-born Zeitz took over as CEO in May 2020.
"Imagine standing in front of CEOs of luxury brands that now think you are the ‘sustainable Taliban,’ as somebody once called me," Zeitz said in a speech at the Zermatt Summit in Switzerland in 2020, referencing his time as board member of Kiering, parent company of Gucci, Puma and Stella McCartney.
Suicide bombers killed 183 people, including 13 U.S. service members, on Aug. 26, 2021, during the U.S. military's mass evacuation at the Kabul airport.
This week, three years after that chaotic withdrawal, the Taliban paraded its U.S. military equipment through the streets of Kabul in celebration of the moment, as Fox News Digital reported on Wednesday.
"The first thing that jumps to my mind when I hear ‘Taliban’ is all the aggressive, horrible things they’ve done," said Starbuck, who has led a social-media effort to highlight Harley-Davidson's drift into controversial far-left management practices.
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Brilliant choice in role model. Perhaps the next commercial can show the former Bud Light "Spokestran" sitting side saddle on a hog gingerly sipping said brew.
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That's just it, none of these people - and that includes these politicians especially the childless ones - put sweat in the bucket or have real skin in the game. This was all gifted.
[JustTheNews] The anti-crime bill package signed by Newsom, in addition to another bill Newsom says he is going to sign, would also make major changes to criminal prosecution in California.
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a 10-bill anti-crime package as Democrats in the state race to address perceptions of rising crime in California as a new anti-crime ballot measure opposed by the governor seems increasingly likely to pass.
“I thank the bipartisan group of lawmakers, our retail partners, and advocates for putting public safety over politics,” said Newsom in a statement. “While some try to take us back to ineffective and costly policies of the past, these new laws present a better way forward — making our communities safer and providing meaningful tools to help law enforcement arrest criminals and hold them accountable.”
Newsom’s reference to Proposition 36, an anti-crime ballot measure that a new Los Angeles Times poll says 56% of voters support and only 23% oppose. Prop. 36 would change Prop. 47, a 2014 measure that turned potential felonies into misdemeanors for many crimes, by allowing for felony charges for serial thieves. It would also create a “treatment-mandated felony” crime class that allows individuals to get treatment for mental health or behavioral issues and receive shelter instead of going to prison.
The anti-crime bill package signed by Newsom, in addition to another bill Newsom says he is going to sign, would also make major changes to criminal prosecution in California.
AB 2943 allows police to arrest people on suspicion of theft, instead of having had to see someone steal something, and allows prosecutors to combine theft incidents by one person to hit the $950 felony theft threshold. SB 905 ended a loophole that previously required prosecutors to prove that an individual broke into a car that was definitely locked to be found guilty of auto burglary. The pending bill Newsom referenced, AB 1960, would add scaled sentencing enhancements for damage or losses caused while attempting or conducting a felony; theft or damage of $50,000 to $200,000 would add one year, $200,000 to $1 million would add two years, $1-3 million would add four years, with each additional $3 million of damage causing another four years to be added to sentencing.
Prop. 36 has divided Democrats, with some prominent Democrats, including San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan banding together to form a “Yes on 36” committee, and focusing on messaging tying crime and homelessness to lack of required drug and mental health treatment.
“You can’t end the era of encampments without launching the era of mass treatment. Proposition 36 gives us that opportunity, said Mahan on X.
“Prop. 47 needs to be reformed because we went from mass incarceration to a massive failure of accountability,” continued Mahan on X. “And what we really need is mass treatment.”
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This stuff will not have a quick enough impact to assuage fed up voters.
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It is easiest to ride a horse in the direction it is going.
Voters are getting annoyed by crime. Passing new laws makes for great campaign literature, but if the local District Attorneys are not charging and prosecuting, nothing changes despite all the happy tough-on-crime talk.
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California Demokrats sense a political groundswell and in the case of Prop 47 disaster, field a plan to get ahead of it and salvage its power by clever masking and vague promises. New money is fungible and replaces existing spending reductions/re-directions after the fact once the election cycle has passed, thus producing net zero increases. Contentious anti-crime measures get litigious roadblocks and slow-walked through friendly courts. Prosecutorial discretion guts strict enforcement provisions. Hamstrung police and sheriffs departments with personnel shortages and officer liability fears increasingly adopt an SFPD mindset (showup late, take a report and never do hot-pursuits or escalation-of-force POC arrests.)
The California electorate bites every time, just like asking after 10 years, where are the new dams? Or the bullet train? (Wiki cite-There is no set timeline for when anyone will be able to ride the entire 494-stretch from Anaheim to San Francisco. The current focus centers on the Central Valley, where officials estimate the 171-mile line from Merced to Bakersfield will be finished between 2030 and 2033.Mar 21, 2024")
[JustTheNews] Paxton sued GM for its alleged "false, deceptive, and misleading” practices related to its unlawful sale of over 1.5 million Texans’ private driving data.
In addition to suing the Biden administration on a range of issues from transgender policies to lizards in west Texas, Attorney General Ken Paxton has taken on big tech and won, and is now taking on General Motors and CenterPoint Energy.
In the past two weeks, his office has sent out a flurry of announcements touting Texas’ ongoing commitment to challenge monopolies, invasive technologies, waste and misuse of taxpayer money and the “weaponization” of Biden administration policies.
This week, Paxton sued General Motors for its alleged "false, deceptive, and misleading business practices related to its unlawful collection and sale of over 1.5 million Texans’ private driving data to insurance companies without their knowledge or consent.”
The lawsuit was filed in the District Court of Montgomery County against General Motors LLC and ONSTAR LLC. It follows a broad data privacy and security investigation his office launched in June to determine if companies were violating privacy protection laws. The investigation was launched into several car manufacturers in response to allegations that massive amounts of driver data was being collected and sold to third parties.
“Our investigation revealed that General Motors has engaged in egregious business practices that violated Texans’ privacy and broke the law. We will hold them accountable,” Paxton said. “Companies are using invasive technology to violate the rights of our citizens in unthinkable ways. Millions of American drivers wanted to buy a car, not a comprehensive surveillance system that unlawfully records information about every drive they take and sells their data to any company willing to pay for it.”
According to the complaint, General Motors installed technology in most 2015 model year or newer vehicles in order “to collect, record, analyze, and transmit highly detailed driving data about each time a driver used their vehicle” and then sold the information to at least two companies. The data was then used to generate “Driving Scores” about GM customers that was sold to insurance companies.
When purchasing the vehicles, buyers were reportedly compelled to enroll in products like OnStar Smart Driver and told if they didn’t their vehicle’s safety features would be deactivated. By doing so, “General Motors deceived many of its customers,” Paxton said. Customers were never told that when enrolling in GM products that data about them and their vehicle was being collected and sold without their knowledge or explicit consent.
Paxton also recently announced major wins in lawsuits that Texas launched against tech giants Google and Meta.
In 2020, former President Donald Trump’s Department of Justice and 11 state attorneys general sued Google alleging it was engaging in anticompetitive and exclusionary practices that eliminate competition for internet searches and search advertising. “Google’s illegal conduct has allowed it to dominate the search industry by requiring exclusivity from business partners and avoiding competition on the merits while shielding itself from competitors who might threaten its market share,” Paxton said. At the time, Google controlled nearly 90% of all search queries in the U.S. and nearly 95% on mobile devices.
Four years later, Google lost, delivering “another major win against Big Tech,” Paxton said. The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia ruled earlier this month that Google’s anticompetitive business practices and monopoly violated the Sherman Act. The court ruled that Google engaged in illegal conduct to dominate the online search services industry and facilitated anticompetitive practices like requiring exclusive distribution agreements designed to undermine competition and solidify its monopoly.
“After having carefully considered and weighed the witness testimony and evidence, the court reaches the following conclusion: Google is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly. It has violated Section 2 of the Sherman Act,” the court held.
This was not Texas’ only win against Big Tech. Paxton also defeated Meta in a lawsuit alleging it captured personal biometric data of millions of Texans without their permission. Texas and Meta entered into a $1.4 billion settlement agreement, representing the largest settlement ever obtained by an action brought by a state.
It’s also the largest privacy settlement an attorney general has ever obtained, dwarfing a $390 million settlement 40 states reached with Google in 2022.
The Meta lawsuit was the first filed and the first settlement reached after a new state law, the Capture or Use of Biometric Identifier Act, went into effect. The historic settlement “serves as a warning to any companies engaged in practices that violate Texans’ privacy rights,” Paxton said.
Paxton also announced this week that his office launched an investigation into CenterPoint Energy after a state Senate hearing uncovered numerous failures and potential fraud or misuse of taxpayer funds related to CenterPoint’s preparation or response to Hurricane Beryl. The Category 1 storm left Houston area residents without power for nearly two weeks, resulting in multiple lawsuits alleging negligence.
Lawmakers also said extended power outages were preventable and unacceptable. Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick directed the Public Utility Commission to require the energy giant to repay $800 million for unused generators that were billed to ratepayers. Abbott instructed CenterPoint to implement a range of changes, resulting in it reversing a request to increase consumer rates to cover its costs associated with its failed response.
The OAG is looking into potential violations of Texas law in response to allegations that CenterPoint may have caused “significant harm to Houston residents, including rate increases, outages, and lengthy delays in restoring power” as well as allegations of “fraud, waste, and improper use of taxpayer-provided funds.”
[JustTheNews] Alabama Secretary of State Wes Allen instructed county Boards of Registrars to remove 3,251 people from active voter rolls and to set their registrations as inactive over their citizenship status.
The individuals facing removal were found to have been issued non-citizen identification numbers by the Department of Homeland Security, Allen indicated in the announcement.
“I have been clear that I will not tolerate the participation of noncitizens in our elections,” Allen said. “I have even gone so far as to testify before a United States Senate Committee regarding the importance of this issue. We have examined the current voter file in an attempt to identify anyone who appears on that list that has been issued a noncitizen identification number.”
The federal government has declined Allen's requests to provide a list of non-citizens who reside in Alabama. Also, because some individuals who received non-citizen identification numbers may have since become naturalized citizens, the Secretary of State’s Office will allow them to update their voter registration information and vote following their verification.
Registered voters identified as having non-citizen identification numbers have also been referred to the Alabama Attorney General's Office for investigation.
“This is not a one-time review of our voter file. We will continue to conduct such reviews to do everything possible to make sure that everyone on our file is an eligible voter,” Allen said. “I am hopeful that in the near future the federal government will change course and be helpful to states as we work to protect our elections.”
[FE] Typically, people don’t like being treated as if they are stupid. Even stupid people. However, in certain circumstances, it’s smart to play dumb.
Douglas Hegdahl was born in South Dakota farm country. Tall and solidly built, he was a prototypical middle American. After graduating from high school, he decided he needed a change of scenery. It being the middle of the Vietnam War, Uncle Sam was all too happy to oblige. As with a good many of those called to serve, his initiation began with being fucked over by his recruiter. When asked what would get him to join the Navy, Hegdahl replied that he’d like to visit Australia. With a malicious grin, the recruiter assured him that this would not be a problem. Hegdahl was assigned to the USS Canberra, a ship named after the capital of his desired destination. Classic.
On April 6th, 1967, the USS Canberra was chilling around the Gulf of Tonkin, taking potshots along the Vietnamese coast. Before manning his station in the steamy bowels of the ship, Hegdahl decided he could use a little fresh air. Instead of a cool breeze, he was met with a full battery of naval guns firing into the distance, the concussion crashing across the deck and blasted him overboard three miles off the coast of Vietnam. Twelve hours later, a Vietnamese fishing boat scooped him up and turned him in to the Commies, leading to an extended stay in the Hanoi Hilton.
The nature of Hegdahl’s accidental capture put him in a tough position. Despite telling them everything they wanted to hear, his interrogators refused to believe his story, convinced that he must be some sort of commando. How could someone be so stupid and so lucky to survive being blown overboard their own ship? While receiving more than a few buttstrokes and baton strikes, Hegdahl realized the Commies’ incredulity about his story could be used to his advantage. It was at this moment he became a consummate method actor, playing up a dumb country bumpkin stereotype to Oscar-worthy believability. Slack-jawed, he stared blankly at his captors, drawling out his words slow as molasses. To stop his mistreatment, Hegdahl surprised the guards by agreeing to write a propaganda statement, incredibly rare for otherwise uncooperative American POW’s. Jumping over themselves with excitement, they provided him a pen and paper. With a goofy and bashful grin, Hegdahl admitted that being a poor farm boy, he never had any of that fancy book learnin’. Eager to get an easy propaganda victory by winning over this American peasant to their side, the Commies went so far as to provide him an English tutor. Nonetheless, Hegdahl’s stupidity proved stronger than Communist education, skillfully maintaining his illiteracy. After a few weeks, the guards gave up trying to teach "The Incredibly Stupid One."
This plan worked wonderfully for Hegdahl. His dim-witted demeanor turned him into something of a pet, and he was allowed almost total freedom to wander around the prison. Harmlessly and endlessly sweeping up around the grounds, Hegdahl passed notes between his fellow POWs and dispensed extra rations he was given. He even weaponized his janitorial services, covertly dumping small bits of dirt into the gas tanks of trucks, eventually disabling five.
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It’s amazing how effective playing stupid is. The Nazis had received a tip and were searching the house of the family sheltering my mother. She wasn’t truly hiding as such — her not-very-good papers said she was a little Catholic maid, and in that rôle she trotted off regularly to run errands, including for the Dutch Underground — so there she sat in the kitchen, peeling potatoes.
“Look at that one,” said the one officer to the other. “With her dark hair she could be Jewish.”
“Nah,” replied the other. “Look at how stupid she is. That’s not Jewish.”
My mother continued to sit there, unresponsive and slack-jawed, as she very carefully cut thick peels off the tubers. They left her there among the peels, having triumphantly borne off the son of the house and the little wireless radio he’d thought was so cleverly hidden.
Mama had to find another refuge shortly thereafter, but the new family treated her well instead of charging her for the privilege of being the overworked household slavey, so all’s well that ends well.
That flash of a moment figuring out how an intellectually limited person might do a task she decades later turned into a cutting edge occupational therapy program for a school and sheltered workshop for mentally and physically handicapped children and adults in Buffalo. See here.
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Thank you, gentlemen. Not the kind of heroism as shown by Douglas Hegdahl, who carried off in the face of extensive torment and torture, and managed to help his compatriots even so, but I am proud to be her daughter.
[PJ] After weeks of running the most nonsubstantive campaign, completely devoid of interviews, press conferences, and policy proposals—but loaded with flip-flops—Kamala Harris has finally started to reveal some policies to the American people. It’s not going well.
The first policy she dropped was Donald Trump’s "No Tax on Tips" plan, and even the media couldn’t ignore the fact she’d plagiarized that idea from him. Her latest attempt to come up with something original hasn’t gone much better. In fact, it’s already starting to look like a train wreck, and she hasn’t even officially unveiled it yet.
The proposal, of course, is Soviet-style price controls branded as a federal ban on price-gouging. The proposal tries to kill two birds with one stone by simultaneously deflecting blame for inflation onto corporate greed—rather than the economic policies of the Biden-Harris administration—and convincing the public that she has the solution to fix it.
But the proposal is so horrifying bad, that Washington Post columnist Catherine Rampell absolutely destroyed it in a column Thursday evening.
Rampell, a liberal, pulls no punches in her piece. She asserts that it is "hard to exaggerate how bad Kamala Harris’s price-gouging proposal is."
"The most likely template for Harris’s proposal is a recent bill from Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). (Harris co-sponsored similar legislation with Warren in 2020, when Harris was a senator.)," Rampell writes. "Warren’s bill would ban any 'grossly excessive price' during any 'atypical disruption' of a market."
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No it isn't. Tips are income. This just gives restaurants an excuse to pay waiters almost nothing and let the customers pay for the service.
The cook and the dishwasher get the minimum wage and pay full taxes on all income.
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What I read on Quora:
"Federal law in the United States establishes a minimum hourly wage of $7.25 an hour for workers who are covered by the Fair Labor Standards Act (FLSA). Most individual states have adopted minimum wages that are higher than the federal minimum wage.
Food servers in the US who work in sit-down restaurants earn the bulk of their income through customer tips. They are covered by the FLSA and must be paid a total of at least $7.25 an hour. But the FLSA allows restaurants to take customer tips into consideration when it sets cash wages for these employees. As long as the server earns enough cash + tips to make at least minimum wage, the restaurant can pay the server as little as $2.13 an hour."
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Any tax collection scheme where costs of enforcement exceed the sums collection is bad. And I haven't mentioned external diseconomies yet.
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In Germany, tips are usually not taxed. Not that this is the law, tips are just ignored because they are mostly paid in cash.
From my experience in the U.S., customers usually add tips to their bill and pay everything by card. I don't see how enforcement should be more difficult and costly than other income.
It's about fairness. A good waiter/waitress will make most of his/her money with tips, but will pay almost no taxes on that income, while other people working in the same restaurant will pay full taxes.
Btw I read up a bit on price controls in the U.S. Many states (also Republican run) have price gouging laws in place.
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There is something 'strange' about minimum wage in the US. It's has tiers. Certain jobs get a lower minimum wage depending on occupational descriptions. Depending on the state, agricultural workers and people like waiters in the food industry get a lower rate. The old assumption still in play is that the workers get their meals comped by the employer. Thus, their 'living' costs are lower.
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#5 - that's nonsense. Minimum Wage is an established wage per hour, not reduced by tips. If you suck as a server, you don't get tips
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So is this wrong?
"But the FLSA allows restaurants to take customer tips into consideration when it sets cash wages for these employees."
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Seems like the Libertarians find it a bad idea also:
"Alex Muresianu, a senior policy analyst at The Tax Foundation, spells out in detail why that's the case. He compares two hypothetical low-income service sector workers: a cashier and a waitress, both of whom earn $34,000 annually. Under the current tax code, both have the same baseline tax liability (roughly $2,000) even though about half of the waitress's earnings are via tips.
If those tips are exempted from income taxes, the cashier still owes that $2,000. The waitress, meanwhile, owes just $600.
Harris should have to explain why she thinks it's fair to ask some low-income workers to pay tax bills that will be two or three times higher than other workers who earn the same amount—because that's what she is proposing here. More generally, Muresianu's example is a nice reminder of why the government should pursue broad tax bases with low rates and few special exemptions, and why the tax code should treat all earnings equally."
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#12 - Not in most, if not all, states
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What seems to be a simple problem does not seem to have a simple answer. That's why we depend on our betters to tell us what's best! /sarc
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The minimum wage is always $0.00
As with all economic principals Dems have no clue.
Tipped employees are individuals engaged in occupations in which they customarily and regularly receive more than $30 a month in tips. The employer may consider tips as part of wages, but the employer must pay at least $2.13 an hour in direct wages.
"The employer who elects to use the tip credit provision must inform the employee in advance and must be able to show that the employee receives at least the applicable minimum wage (see above) when direct wages and the tip credit allowance are combined. If an employee’s tips combined with the employer’s direct wages of at least $2.13 an hour do not equal the minimum hourly wage, the employer must make up the difference. Also, employees must retain all of their tips, except to the extent that they participate in a valid tip pooling or sharing arrangement."
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EC, the individual States actually have their own Labor Wage and Hour divisions of government. They set the minimum wage rules and definitions for each classification within their state, with the US Department of Labor standards as a baseline minimum.
The only time where the Federal Standards are 100% in effect is with specifically Federal properties and projects within that state (including US Military Bases and Native American territories). In those cases, that individual State's Labor laws are not enforceable, even if more advantageous for the worker.
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I did check that, too, and came up with this list:
So only 7 out of the 50 U.S. states require employers to pay tipped employees full state minimum wage before tips.
State minimum wages vary, as does the relation between minimum wage and tips. States which don't have their own minimum wages (at least 14 out of 50) have to follow the federal rule.
So Frank G, in many, if not most states, tips may reduce the wage the employer is obliged to pay.
A lousy waiter will of course receive the minimum wage.
Example:
Betty in Texas is a great waiter. She receives $15 per hour in tips. Minimum wage in Texas is the federal one. So her employer, who would be required to pay Betty at least $7.25, can reduce the wage he pays her by $5.12, paying her only $2.13 per hour. Betty will therefore make $17,12 per hour, not $22,25. Her employer saves money and Betty only needs to pay taxes on $2.13 per hour.
John in Texas is a lousy waiter. He only makes 1$ with tips per hour. His employer will have to pay him at least $6.45 per hour so John gets the minimum wage, but John will pay taxes on $6.45 per hour.
Alberto is a cashier in Texas. He makes the minimum wage (no tips) of $7.45 per hour and pays taxes on that amount.
Sounds fair to you? And if you consider tips as a gift, why can an employer reduce the wage HE pays because his employee receives "gifts"?
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each of your sad-sack stories will pay near-zero actual taxes due to their low income. Keep trying.
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Cause there are customers like myself who ask for specific a waitress who has demonstrated that they are efficient, cheerful, knowledgeable, attentive. It makes me (and my weekly gaggle of old geezers) repeat customers. And yes I tip very well. We've changed luncheon venues before after bad or mundane service. Good managers don't short good workers cause it can be hard to find good help which ultimately effects the bottom line.
And that's actually not true. Now, if you want to see tips as a personal gift you're under no obligation to give, then not taxing it may be warranted (that's how you do it in Germany). But tips must not reduce the wage the employer pays, and they can't be "pooled" either. If they are, they are taxed (in Germany).
Btw I'm a generous tipper, too. But in America, tipping is optional in name only. Legally it’s voluntary but if you slink out of a restaurant without leaving a gratuity of between 20 and 25 per cent, you’re likely to be chased by a waiter demanding to know why.
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I do enjoy a non-citizen tell me how Americans react especially since you visit "locals" in blue cities, no? When I was 16, I made minimum wage in So Cal. If they took money out for tips, even back then, I could have sued them.
The minimum salary level to even INCUR taxes is low. Something state by state and Fed rates. Look it up, you have the time...
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I know, I patronize bartenders
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I have lived and run a business in the United States. Employed more than 30 people there.
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Tip-based? I thought not. Good night
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And good luck.
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Yes, plus:
Do not put a $0.00 in the tip line leave it blank; look like someone unaccustomed to tipping.
Then, cash tip in smaller bills, act like you are dodging cameras because you are. A $20 tip in $5s allows server to distribute among other workers, like the dish washers.
I hustled, hustled, clearing tables for those servers who shared cash tips.
[Washington Examiner] As Election Day approaches, the bases of support for Vice President Kamala Harris and former President Donald Trump grow more and more distinct from one another.
The most straightforward factor dividing voters is gender. This pattern is predictable, considering the campaign choices of the two candidates, and represents the Democratic Party’s working principle.
Most prominent in Harris’s campaign has been her abortion advocacy. It stands in for the larger mischaracterization that the GOP is anti-woman. The Democratic Party relies on this dichotomy not only for its present persuasiveness but for the coherence of its platform as a whole. Given that increasing numbers of young women identify as liberal, Democrats tailor their issues just so. It makes sense: They want to keep their bloc, especially one as easily mobilized as misguided women under 30 years old. Moreover, the Democratic Party has long claimed responsibility over women’s rights. A movement that was arguably innocuous at its inception has by now pitted men against any political or societal good a woman might pursue.
The Democratic Party has thus built its constituency on the lie that people (women, primarily) are happier without marriage. It is typical of the Left to divert attention away from truth and toward a shifty political agenda. We see this trend play out in attacks on Sen. J.D. Vance’s (R-OH) vice presidential campaign, notably with the obstinate misinterpretation of his "cat ladies" comments, and again as he explained his criticism of Gov. Tim Walz’s (D-MN) claims of wartime military service. Similarly, the empirical truth that marriage is good for society matters little in the face of the liberal status quo.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] J.D. Vance's campaign plane was forced to make an emergency landing after a malfunction in flight on Friday afternoon.
The chartered Boeing 737 was forced to return to Milwaukee, where Donald Trump's running mate had appeared earlier with local police officers.
'The pilot advised there was a malfunction with the door seal. After declaring an emergency, Trump Force Two returned to Milwaukee,' said spokeswoman Taylor Van Kirk.
'As soon as the issue was resolved, the plane returned to its originally planned flight path back to Cincinnati.'
[GEO.TV] Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ceasefire talks in Doha paused on Friday with negotiators to meet again next week seeking an agreement to end fighting between Israel and Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... and free remaining hostages, as US President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Sleazy Dem machine politician, paterfamilias of the Biden Crime Family... said "we're not there yet".
In a joint statement, the US, Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... and Egypt said Washington had presented a new proposal that built on points of agreement over the past week, closing gaps in a way that could allow rapid implementation of a deal.
Mediators would keep working on the proposal, they said.
"The path is now set for that outcome, saving lives, bringing relief to the people of Gaza, and de-escalating regional tensions," they said in the statement.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] The Islamic Resistance® Movement, Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... , and the Islamic Jihad ...created after many members of the Egyptian Moslem Brotherhood decided the organization was becoming too moderate. Operations were conducted out of Egypt until 1981 when the group was exiled after the assassination of President Anwar Sadat. They worked out of Gaza until they were exiled to Lebanon in 1987, where they clove tightly to Hezbollah. In 1989 they moved to Damascus, where they remain a subsidiary of Hezbollah... Movement called for an uprising and confrontation with settler gangs after a Paleostinian citizen was killed in an attack by about 100 armed settlers on the village of Jit east of Qalqilya in the northern West Bank on Thursday.
Hamas, in a statement on Friday, mourned the martyr Rashid Mahmoud Sadeh who was killed by settler gunfire in the town of Jit.
The Movement called on "our people in the West Bank to rise up in anger against the crimes of the Israeli occupation and to confront the terrorist attacks of the settlers."
Hamas considered that the criminal settler attack on the village of Jit is clear evidence of the terrorist approach of the Israeli occupation and its plots against the Paleostinian people and their land in the West Bank.
The Movement also stressed that the policy of incursions and liquidations will only make the Paleostinian people more attached to their land and their sanctities.
For its part, the Islamic Jihad Movement said that the attack of about 100 settler gangs on the village of Jit east of Qalqilya governorate and their burning of homes and vehicles of citizens "is a declaration of war on our people in the West Bank."
The Movement said that the occupation army’s siege of the village during the attack is reminiscent of the massacres of the Zionist Stern, Irgun and Haganah gangs that were committed in 1948, adding that the participation of the occupation army in protecting these crimes proves that what is being implemented is a government plan sponsored by what it described as the war criminal (Israeli premier) Benjamin Netanyahu.
It appealed to the Paleostinian people in every village and city in the West Bank to "continue confronting the settler gangs to protect our land and our children."
Earlier, the Paleostinian Ministry of Health had confirmed the martyrdom of a young Paleostinian by settler gunfire in the village of Jit.
Local sources said that about 100 armed settlers infiltrated the village, burning vehicles, homes and agricultural lands under the protection of the occupation army, and thus the number of deaders by settler gunfire in the West Bank since last October has risen to 18 deaders.
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[REGNUM] Notes of the deacon of the Znamenskaya Church, Christopher Kamenny, in which he talks about his travels along the front with the clerk of the medical battalion, Ivan Luzgin, who was afraid of war, heights, darkness, and loved his commander very much - a good comrade, the battalion commander. Continued on Page 49
[SUDANTRIBUNE] The impact of the conflict in Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ’s Northern Darfur State on the lives of civilians is becoming increasingly devastating as fighting escalates in El Fasher, a medical charity warned.
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), in a statement released on Wednesday, said multiple attacks on the city have taken place over the past week. Since Saturday, at least 15 people have reportedly been killed, more than 130 injured, and yet another attack on the MSF-supported Saudi Hospital, the last remaining public hospital in the city with the capacity to treat the maimed and perform surgery, has occurred, causing extensive damage and leaving the facility only partially functioning.
"The attack took place on Sunday 11 August, marking the 11th time a hospital in El Fasher has been hit since the fighting escalated on May 10. The surgical ward was hit during the bombardment, killing the carer of a patient and injuring five others, while the maternity unit was also damaged. In addition, several hospital offices were hit, and a nurse sustained injuries while working inside," the statement reads.
"Already, Saudi Hospital had been inundated with maimed people following heavy fighting on Saturday 10 August. Over 100 people arrived at the facility that day, and 14 passed away from their injuries," it added.
At the same time, MSF said, 15 casualties were brought from El Fasher to MSF’s facilities in Zamzam camp. It is expected that the fighting will become even more intense over the coming days.
"For more than three months, people in El Fasher have been under constant bombardment. Shelling from both sides has impacted the city resulting in over 2,500 casualties arriving at MSF-supported hospitals and more than 370 of these patients passing away from their injuries. The number of victims of the conflict is unknown," said Michel Olivier Lacharité, head of MSF’s emergency operations.
"Sunday’s attack on Saudi hospital — which is the largest hospital in North Darfur state -makes it crystal clear that the warring parties are making no efforts to protect health facilities or the civilians inside them. Patients fear for their lives as a result of the relentless attacks," he added.
[JustTheNews] Republicans are calling on the Biden administration to increase security at the northern border after the Canadian government began issuing visas to Gazooks who may be connected to the terrorist organization Hamas ..not a terrorist organization, even though it kidnaps people, holds hostages, and tries to negotiate by executing them,... The Canadian government’s program includes giving Gazooks a "Refugee Travel Document," which replaces their passport and is accepted by U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services, enabling them to enter the U.S.
"However,
facts are stubborn; statistics are more pliable... with little to no reliable records or background checks of these individuals from the Paleostinian Territories, these policies unlock opportunities for individuals with ties to terrorist groups to enter Canada, receive new forms of identification, and then try to enter the U.S. along the porous north border," the Republican senators said. "Irrespective of Canada’s immigration policies, the U.S. should not waive common-sense terrorist screening and vetting for any individual entering the U.S. through other countries."
While Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas has claimed everyone entering the country, legally or illegally, is vetted, DHS Office of Inspector General reports have found the opposite to be true, The Center Square reported.
Because of the record number of known or suspected turbans who’ve been apprehended at the U.S.-Canada border, over 1,000 since fiscal 2021, "the possibility of turbans crossing the U.S.-Canada border is deeply concerning given the deep penetration of Gazook society by Hamas," the senators said. "It would be irresponsible for the U.S. to not take necessary heightened precautions when foreigners attempt to enter the United States."
#1
They won't be so happy tp be here around about mid-January or so. A family of Furriners from India froze themselves to death back in 2022 trying to cross the fields between Emerson, Manitoba and Pemina, North Dakota and the numbers of those trying that same stunt have dropped a lot since the word got out.
[WUNC] Trump’s Wednesday appearance in Asheville, a predominantly liberal city, had some locals scratching their heads. President Trump regularly campaigns in Democratic strongholds so they could see — and ask him questions — for themselves, without MSM gatekeepers lying about him.
The campaign event took place at Thomas Wolfe Auditorium and also included Lieutenant Governor Mark Robinson and Congressman Chuck Edwards. About 2,500 rally attendees made it inside the venue with several hundred others turned away at the door. The Trump campaign paid $82,000 to rent the venue, which is the smaller of the two at the Harrah’s Cherokee Center complex.
A common refrain from Asheville residents on social media was ‘why is he coming here?’
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Half Backs - Left the socialist utopias of NY, NJ, MD, and relocated to FL. Became tired of the bugs and heat. Left FL and moved half-way back to NY, NJ, and MD.
Due to West Coast migration, inspired by "Yellowstone".
[FoxNews] "To preserve our independence," Thomas Jefferson once said, "we must not let our rulers load us with perpetual debt." Or, as Benjamin Franklin said, in his everyman style, "those who go a-borrowing, go a-sorrowing."
The warning from our founders has fallen by the wayside. Reckless spending by career politicians in Washington has left our nation and future generations saddled with $35 trillion in debt, as was recently noted by the Department of Treasury.
It does not have to be this way. In Montana, we chose a different path. Our state is debt-free.
Thanks to good fiscal discipline and strong budget management, we had a budget surplus of $2.5 billion in 2023. While some in Washington might look at a surplus of that size and be tempted to expand government, we resisted. Instead, we allocated the surplus as any family would.
First, we returned over $1 billion to taxpayers through tax cuts and reductions. As a general principle, I believe hardworking Montanans deserve to keep more of what they earn. It's their money, not the government's. That's why we delivered the largest property tax and income tax rebates in state history.
We also provided the biggest income tax cut in state history. These supplements are especially vital as hardworking Montanans, like all Americans, face the affordability and inflationary crisis created by President Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris's spending spree.
The issue is not the debt, it's the 'stupid government spending': Ken FisherVideo
Second, we stopped kicking the can down the road and fixed what was broken. Just like a family would make needed repairs to their home, we made one-time capital investments to address deferred building maintenance, improvements to our prisons, building and repairing roads and bridges, and providing historic investments into our behavioral health system.
But I was clear: We should not plant acorns that would grow into mighty oaks in perpetual need of constant watering, trimming and feeding.
Third, we doubled our rainy day fund and other reserves to secure our strong future.
[NYPOST] A Florida man cruelly yelled that his neighbor ''cried like a baby'' in front of the man's widow, explaining during a wild, caught-on-camera courtroom outburst why he killed him.
Omar Rodriguez was sentenced to life in prison Thursday after he was convicted of second-degree murder and aggravated assault for the June 2015 shooting of Jose Rey.
That’s nine years ago. What took so long?
As Rey's widow, Lissette, read a statement at the hearing, Rodriguez rose from his chair and began shouting, causing several people in the courtroom to gasp.
''The coward was your husband,'' Rodriguez yelled out, according to a video obtained by NBC Miami. ''That's why I killed him — he cried like a baby.''
Several law enforcement officers pulled Rodriguez out of the courtroom and placed him in a holding cell as he continued shouting furiously.
Moments earlier, Lissette Rey had pleaded with Miami-Dade Circuit Court Judge Milton Hirsch to give Rodriguez the maximum sentence.
''I beg Your Honor, the harshest sentence imposed to the coward, the murderer,'' she said.
After the handcuffed, orange prison suit-clad Rodriguez was removed, Rey continued her statement as the murderer's voice rang throughout the courthouse.
''I wish though the death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... would have been on the table, but at the end of the day, Mr. Rodriguez will continue to see his family, they will be able to see him, I'll never get to see my husband again,'' Lissette Rey said. ''I wasn't listening to exactly to what he was saying, I was tuning him out, I was just reading my thoughts. His words are irrelevant. He is irrelevant in my life right now. He's pond scum.''
The jury in Rodriguez's case had removed the possibility of capital punishment, leaving Hirsch the only option for a life prison sentence, with a minimum of 25 years, meaning the 75-year-old will remain behind bars for the rest of his life.
While Rodriguez wasn't giving the sentence Lissette Rey was looking for, she still wished ill toward her husband's killer.
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[GEO.TV] At least three people were killed as a result of an Israeli raid the in Tal al-Hawa neighbourhood, south of Gaza City, Gaza’s civil defence has said.
Moreover, the group said several people were injured as a result of an Israeli bombing of a home in the al-Farouq Square area in the Zeitoun neighbourhood in the south of Gaza City.
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The problem is that the alternative to cell phones is messengers running around. And as Osama bin Ladin himself found out the hard way, even the most careful messenger can be tracked.
[ARABNEWS] DENVER: A man who was convicted of pointing a gun at Burger King drive-thru worker who wouldn’t accept drugs for payment and later shooting at other people elsewhere the same night has been sentenced to 143 years in prison.
Prosecutors who announced the sentence Thursday said the drive-thru incident was the beginning of a series of crimes Eugene Robertson carried out in the Denver suburb of Aurora
…Aurora, Colorado seems to be an unpleasantly busy place…
on Oct. 17, 2022. No one was maimed.
In April, a jury found Robertson guilty of 17 crimes, including eight counts of attempted murder. The sentences for many of the crimes were stacked on top of each other, leading to a long sentence. Robertson had faced a maximum sentence of more than 400 years when he was sentenced Aug. 9.
"I hope this century-long prison sentence serves as a warning that my prosecutors and I will not tolerate violent mostly peaceful crime in our community," 18th Judicial District Attorney John Kellner said in a statement.
After Robertson pointed the gun at the drive-thru worker, prosecutors said he walked into a convenience store across the street and pointed a gun at the head of a clerk. When Robertson saw there was a surveillance video camera system there, he shot at the screen and left, then shot toward two people outside in the parking lot, Kellner’s office said.
The Sentinel Colorado in Aurora previously reported that a witness at the convenience store store told police there seemed to be "something off" about Robertson and that he was "talking about God" and carrying a Bible with a purple cover.
Later that night, a woman who was friends with Robertson called 911 to report that he had fired shots after she refused to open the door of her apartment, where she was with several people, prosecutors said.
Police spotted Robertson at the woman’s apartment complex. He hid behind some bushes before being arrested, prosecutors said.
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Looking at this another way.
Only the CRIMINAL had a firearm.
While honest citizens obeyed a law which violates the US Constitution.
Instead, on banning Citizen Firearms.
Have a mandatory 12 year with no parole sentence for criminal acts with no injuries. Life to shootings with injuries and a mandatory firing squad death sentence for actual murders.
They’ve been preparing since April, as they’ve done regularly since the first one in 2010.
[ARABNEWS] Peace activists from several countries are setting out on a converted trawler to defy an Israeli blockade and deliver humanitarian aid to Paleostinians in the Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip.
"The purpose of this mission is to send a message that civil society is not OK with what’s happening in Gaza," said Fellipe Lopes, the Portuguese media coordinator of the Freedom Flotilla Coalition
…a project of the Turkish IHH Humanitarian Relief Foundation, a semi-official "charity" branch of the Erdogan government that links the government, the Turkish branch of the Muslim Brotherhood, and pet jihadi groups like ISIS in Syria, among others. IHH puts together a Freedom Flotilla every few years. Except for the first one, which was raided by the IDF on the high seas, the rest have not made it across the Mediterranean, as I recall...
on board the ship Handala during a stopover in Malta.
It will be a trip fraught with danger. Another coalition ship on a similar mission to Gaza in 2010 was stopped and boarded by Israeli troops, and nine activists died.
Other ships were similarly stopped and boarded, without loss of life.
"We expect to encounter resistance throughout our mission," said Australian activist Michael Coleman.
"Ours is not an illegal activity in any shape or form. The International Court of Justice has asked them to grant unfettered access to aid into Gaza and I implore them to let us and other aids through immediately," he said.
The Handala was visited in Malta by 78-year-old retired US Army Col. and diplomat Ann Wright, who was on board another coalition ship boarded by Israeli troops in 2010, in the incident in which nine activists died. So she's an experienced asshole terror supporter
"These people are very brave, because we don’t know what’s going to happen. If the
…that’d be the Mavi Marmara..
Israelis stop them, we know it’ll be brutal," Wright said.
The brightly colored Handala carries activists from Italia, La Belle France, Norway, Australia, the Netherlands, Syria and a number of Paleostinians. It has made several port calls around Scandinavia and the Mediterranean to raise awareness about the situation in Gaza.
Its hull carries slogans reading: "Free Paleostine," "Gaza you are not alone" and "Stop the Genocide," while its humanitarian aid cargo consists mostly of medicines.
The trip along the Eastern Mediterranean to Gaza will take a week but organizers said they might stop over in another harbor on the way. Or become a reef
[GEO.TV] The Israeli army ordered a fresh evacuation of areas in southern and central Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... previously designated as a humanitarian safe zone on Friday, saying the areas had been used by Hamas ..always the voice of sweet reason... as a base for firing mortars and rockets towards Israel.
It said warning flyers and text messages had been sent out in the area north of the southern city of Khan Younis and in the eastern part of Deir al-Balah, where tens of thousands of people have sought shelter from fighting in other parts of Gaza.
"The advance warning to civilians is being issued in order to mitigate harm to the civilian population and to enable civilians to move away from the combat zone," the military said in a statement.
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[ARABNEWS] At least six people were killed and three others were wounded by an Israeli strike on a residential building in Nabatieh city, in southern Lebanon, the Lebanese health ministry said early on Saturday.
Tensions have soared in the region in recent weeks, after a deadly rocket strike in the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights that Israel blamed on Hezbollah. Israel responded with the killing of a top Hezbollah commander in the suburbs of Beirut.
Hezbollah has also vowed to retaliate against Israel, as has Iran, for the killing in Tehran of the political chief of the Palestinian Hamas group, Ismail Haniyeh.
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[FoxNews] Turkey’s parliament descended into chaos Friday after a member of an opposition party called President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan’s party a "terrorist organization."
A member of Erdoğan’s party approached Ahmet Sik, who is in the same Workers’ Party of Turkey as a delegate believed to have been jailed for political reasons, and attacked him after Sik made the "terrorist" claim.
"We're not surprised that you call Can Atalay a terrorist, just as you do everyone who does not side with you," Sik said in his speech. "But the biggest terrorists are the ones sitting in these seats."
Soon, dozens of lawmakers had joined the skirmish, with some throwing punches and papers and others trying to stop the fighting.
The Turkish Grand National Assembly had been debating Can Atalay, who was elected as a parliamentary deputy in May 2023 while imprisoned for his role in 2013 anti-government protests.
Atalay, who was sentenced to 18 years in prison in 2022 over the protests that challenged Erdoğan’s rule, wants to serve his term in parliament, saying he would return to prison afterward.
[FoxNews] The Biden administration claimed the rule wouldn't permit biological men to compete in women's sports, but many experts disagreed.
The Supreme Court voted 5-4 Friday to reject a Biden administration emergency request to enforce portions of a new rule that includes protections from discrimination for transgender students under Title IX.
The request would have permitted biological men in women’s bathrooms, locker rooms and dorms in 10 states where there are state-level and local-level rules in place to prevent it.
The sweeping rule was issued in April and clarified that Title IX’s ban on "sex" discrimination in schools covers discrimination based on gender identity, sexual orientation and "pregnancy or related conditions."
The rule took effect Aug. 1, and, for the first time, the law stated that discrimination based on sex includes conduct related to a person’s gender identity.
Conservative Justice Neil Gorsuch, dissented, agreeing with the three liberal justices and the Biden administration that the lower court rulings were "overbroad."
Earlier this week, a group of 102 female athletes and 26 states petitioned the Supreme Court to take up a challenge over state laws that ban transgender women from competing against biological female athletes, according to a filing obtained by The Washington Times.
The petitioners argued that physical fitness tests demonstrate that there is a difference between men and women at every age.
"A growing number of women and girls have been facing the humiliating and damaging experience of being forced to compete against males who identify as transgender in the women’s sports category," the athletes’ filing states.
"It is hard to express the pain, humiliation, frustration and shame women experience when they are forced to compete against males in sport. It is public shaming and suffering, an exclusion from women’s own category."
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It seems 4 Justices support Mental Illness over common sense and morality.
BTW: Where is N.O.W. on this?
Because any Numb skull, knows Guys dressing like girls in sports will always win out because of general genetic muscle advantages.
Remember East Germany Females injecting male hormones, won repeatedly in 1976 and 1980 Olympics over normal females.
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NOW was just another Marxist front to undermine Western Civ. Since those pushing this latest agenda are also Marxists trying to undermine Western Civ, they ignore it out of professional courtesy.
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And that they were mandating two-year-old children to wear masks on airplanes (and kids in general in schools) was beyond disgraceful. We are run by a sick bunch of ghouls.
Oh, BTW, masks didn't work 100+ years ago during the Spanish Flu, either.
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It seems those of us here on Rantburg are better medical research experts than the Gov. Medical experts. Because, as many of us on Rantburg, very early on pointed out these same issues. Plus, the lack of C-19 Virus filtering issues long before the "experts" did.
"This is a non-medical mask and is not approved for protection against COVID-19."
QUESTIONS:
When will there be a Class action lawsuit against Mr. Fauci and China for the Wet Labs, and a World Court Criminal Trial for the deaths of 7 Million + persons?
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If the goal was to make people healthy and fight a global pandemic that got everything wrong. If the goal was to gain control of the Whitehouse and congress then yes they got it right.
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Did they do anything right? Of course they did. They got what they wanted from this pandemic which was cheat-by-mail balloting which allowed Biden to steal the 2020 election.
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If you wear a mask on your backside it can keep you from getting monkeypox.
[GEO.TV] Hamas has supported the UN request for a seven-day humanitarian pause to vaccinate children against polio, a member of the group’s political bureau, Izzat al-Rishq, said in a statement, reported Al Jazeera.
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UN request for a seven-day humanitarian pause to vaccinate children against polio
If there is such a pause, rockets will start flying on day #?
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[Regnum] Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic, 82,fell in a prison in The Hague and hit his head, General Darko's son reported on August 16.
In an interview with Vecherne Novosti, he said the incident happened last week. Darko Mladic, who regularly visits his father in prison, came to The Hague, but the prison administration said his father was in hospital.
"We were told that he had lost consciousness while standing, had fallen and hit his head hard. Then I believe they picked him up. We were told that there would be no visit to the prison, so we went to the city hospital to see him," Darko Mladic said.
The general, according to him, was conscious during the visit to the hospital, but could not remember how exactly he fell. Ratko Mladic stayed in the hospital for two days, after which he was sent back to prison.
Darko Mladic also said that doctors at The Hague prison were not providing his father with enough care. Doctors deny that their mistakes were the reason General Mladic was hospitalized with kidney failure in April, but the facts show exactly that, his son said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, in June 2021, the court sentenced General Mladic to life imprisonment, finding him guilty of war crimes, including the genocide of Bosnian Muslims in Srebrenica in Bosnia and Herzegovina in 1995. Mladic has been in prison since 2011.
Darko Mladic had previously reported that his father's health had deteriorated significantly. General Mladic was very weak and had difficulty moving, his son noted.
Many residents of Kaliningrad are pushing to break away from Moscow, restore the name Königsberg, and establish a new Baltic republic.
"The Kremlin's current policies are severing our connections with Europe. We cannot remain hostages to its imperial agenda." pic.twitter.com/w4yQig0dMO
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Rather not. This picture is (at least) from 2017. Today such a demonstration would not last longer than 5 minutes, with 25 years in a penal colony for each participant.
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I don't care about 'Gaza' when the Soviets got away with annexing and ethnically cleansing East Prussia.
[GEO.TV] The Foreign Office (FO) on Friday urged the interim Afghan government to exercise restraint and avoid unprovoked acts against the Pakistain-Afghanistan border.
Foreign Office Spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch made the remarks while responding to a question about rising incidents of cross-border firing and a recent clash between the border forces of Pakistain and Afghanistan near the Torkham border crossing.
Earlier this week, security forces of Pakistain and Afghanistan exchanged heavy fire after the former objected to the construction of a controversial checkpost near the border by the Afghans. The cross-border firing incident resulted in the closure of the border for all types of movement.
Addressing a weekly news briefing in Islamabad, the FO spokesperson said: "First, I would not like to go into history of such border violations from the Afghan side. However,
the hip bone's connected to the leg bone... as you know, the recent incident was very unfortunate when on the 12th of August, Afghan forces opened indiscriminate fire at the Torkham border."
Pak forces responded appropriately in self-defence, she added.
"We urge the Afghan authorities to exercise restraint and avoid unprovoked acts against Pakistain-Afghanistan border. They must understand that Pak forces will always defend their territory."
She further said that they remain ready to resolve any misunderstandings through established diplomatic channels.
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They keep trying. Perhaps this time they’ll succeed, which would nail the election for him.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Donald Trump could be blindsided by an 'October surprise' that would obliterate his chances at retaking the White House, a former Bush administration official has said.
Legal scholar John Yoo sounded the alarm that the former president could wind up in prison - as soon as next month.
Trump has been desperately seeking to hold off his sentencing hearing until after the election, following his conviction by a Manhattan jury of 34 counts of falsifying business records.
But the controversial Judge Juan Merchan has consistently denied his appeals.
While speaking to Fox News host Bill Hemmer on Thursday, Yoo said Merchan wields the power to 'order Donald Trump...to jail immediately.'
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Ex-Bush Lawyer??.
Doesn't that re-enforce the general belief that the DC Elite (D's) & (R's) working overtime to keep Trump from office to protect themselves and their bkgrd rule? BTW: which they try to deny.
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^ While I philosophically disagree with John Yoo's take on presidential power, he's an honest player who has nothing particularly against Trump. In fact, based on his podcast appearances, I believe he rather likes him. This is an honest warning.
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Actually, for an October event, I was expecting Biden to have a "health event" and tragically die, so Kammie can be sworn in, and we have a state funeral, and all that.
That way, when the 'emergency' causes the election to be cancelled, she's already in office, and there's no stopping it.
Please tell me I'm paranoid.
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I agree about Yoo being an honest player, and I am convinced they are planning to imprison Trump immediately upon sentencing/ or at a minimum some for of residential confinement with limitations on outside contact that a sych a state of imprisionment would impose. The signal may well be the level of federal forces marshaled in NYC in anticipation of the ensuing unrest.
Since it is a NY State criminal matter, can Trump, upon seeing the cues that presage his detention, remain in FLorida and use the extradition delaying lawfare techniques to remain free until the election? Asking for a friend?
So... The price of a house will go up another $25,000...
[ABCNEWS.GO] When Vice President Kamala Harris once a marijuana-busting Caliphornia DA unveils her economic policy proposals in Raleigh, North Carolina, on Friday, it will include a proposal to provide up to $25,000 in down payment support for first-time homebuyers, according to a campaign official.
The campaign is vowing that during its first term, the Harris-Walz administration would provide working families who have paid their rent on time for two years and are buying their first home up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance, with more generous support for first-generation homeowners.
In a preview statement obtained by ABC News, the campaign says, "Many Americans work hard at their jobs, save, and pay their rent on time month after month. But they can’t save enough after paying their rent and other bills to save for a down payment -- denying them a shot at owning a home and building wealth. As the Harris-Walz plan starts to expand the supply of entry-level homes, they will, during their first term, provide working families who have paid their rent on time for two years and are buying their first home up to $25,000 in down-payment assistance, with more generous support for first-generation homeowners."
"The Biden-Harris administration proposed providing $25,000 in downpayment assistance for 400,000 first-generation home buyers -- or homebuyers whose parents don’t own a home -- and a $10,000 tax credit for first-time home buyers. This plan will significantly simplify and expand the reach of down-payment assistance, allowing over 1 million first time-buyers per year — including first-generation home buyers — to get the funds they need to buy a house when they are ready to buy it," the Harris campaign said.
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^ Adam Smith's invisible hand. Time to move on to better opportunities. County Crimissioners who pander to developers and their HGTV tricked out houses. You think the Z'ers would settle for a Levittown model?
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Let’s focus on Invitation Homes, a $21 billion publicly traded company that was spun off from Blackstone, the world’s largest private equity company, in 2017. Invitation Homes operates in 16 cities, with the biggest concentration in Atlanta, where it owns 12,556 houses. (Though that’s not much compared with the 80,000 homes sold in Atlanta each year, Invitation Homes bought 90 percent of the homes for sale in some ZIP codes in Atlanta in the early 2010s.) While normal people typically pay a mortgage interest rate between 2 percent and 4 percent these days, Invitation Homes can borrow money for far less: It’s getting billion-dollar loans at interest rates around 1.4 percent. In practice, this means that Invitation Homes can afford to tack on an extra $5,000 to $20,000 to the purchase price of every home, while getting the house at the same actual cost as a typical homeowner. While Invitation Homes uses a mixture of debt and cash from renters to buy houses, its offers are almost always all cash, which is a big leg up in a competitive market.
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👍. The house is now $250K over 30 years at 12%.
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The Franchise, or, Democrats Boating
Republicans couldn't help noting
Cortez's surmise
In the covetous eyes
Of each donkey conquistador "voting."
[NYPost] Congressman blasts FBI for releasing Thomas Crooks' body for cremation days after Trump shooting -- calling it "disturbing" that the agency would impede further investigation.
Louisiana Rep. Clay Higgins has blasted the FBI for releasing attempted Trump assassin Thomas Matthew Crooks’ body to his family for cremation days after the shooting — calling it “disturbing” that the agency would impede further investigation.
The Republican congressman said he discovered that Crooks’ body was handed over to his family when he requested to examine it during his visit to the Butler, Pennsylvania rally site to investigate the shooting.
"My effort to examine Crooks’ body on Monday, August 5, caused quite a stir and revealed a disturbing fact... the FBI released the body for cremation 10 days after (July 13)," Higgins wrote in the report to the July 13 Task Force, a bipartisan committee organized to investigate the security failures around the shooting. At least the FBI had the decency to wait until after the autopsy to cremate the evidence.
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/\ “Why, then, by what measure, would the FBI release his body to the family for cremation?” Higgins asked. “This pattern of investigative scorched earth by the FBI is quite troubling.”
“This action by the FBI can only be described by any reasonable man as an obstruction to any following investigative effort,” the congressman said.
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On 13 July I foresaw a rapid and secret cremation of the perp's remains. The most we will know from now on are the story told by the records. I wouldn't be surprised to learn that no DNA tests were done on the remains to prove it was Thomas Crooks.
According to this story the rifle used was damaged by the shot fired by the first sniper, and that from then on the rifle was inoperable. I wonder what the rifle photos will reflect that (if we ever get to see them).
The autopsy results remain a state secret, as does the make/model of the perp's rifle. AFAICT the FBI has only had a single press conference. AFAICT as of 9 August the Butler incidence LEO team has not been debriefed.
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It is said to say, but the evidence keeps piling up that the DC Swamp had a hand in this and has something to hide.
Now add to this.
After several creditable Audio experts did audio forensics of the shooting and found bullet audio indicating other weapons were involved But "official" sources tried to dismiss it.
Now suddenly, to explain the audio.
Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) said a Butler SWAT Operator stepped forward and claimed that he fired the 1st shot TMC ‘From the Ground’ Before Secret Service Delivered the Fatal Shot.
Why did he wait so long to claim it?
Also, if he fired at TC from the ground, how did he hit the rifle's stock near TC's neck, as claimed?
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[Regnum] The alleged perpetrators of the terrorist attack at the Crocus City Hall concert hall have had their charges increased, according to the case materials. Now they are also accused of teaching terrorism and participating in a terrorist organization.
In addition, the court granted the request of the preliminary investigation bodies to extend the period of detention of those accused of committing a terrorist act at Crocus City Hall.
“The court granted the investigators’ request and extended the detention of Dalerdzhon Mirzoyev, Saidakram Rachabalizoda Shamsidin Fariduni and Muhammadsobiru Faizov (all of whom are included in the list of terrorists and extremists) until November 22,” the press service of the Basmanny Court of Moscow reported.
The terrorist attack at Crocus occurred on March 22. The attackers burst into the hall, started shooting at people, and then set the auditorium on fire. As a result of the incident, 144 people died, including six children, and more than 500 people were injured.
The perpetrators of the March 23 terrorist attack were detained in the Bryansk region; they were heading towards the border with Ukraine. The terrorists' connection with Ukrainian nationalists was proven. A total of 18 people were arrested in connection with the Crocus City Hall terrorist attack. In July, the court extended the investigation period for the terrorist attack until September 22.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Activists on Thursday accused Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... ’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of looting food supplies intended for collective kitchens and firing at volunteers in the Shambat area of Khartoum Bahri, north of the capital.
The RSF has controlled the Shambat area, as well as other areas in the Khartoum Bahri, since the early days of the war.
A statement issued by the Shambat Resistance® Committees said armed individuals belonging to the RSF stole food supplies intended for collective kitchens known as Takaya in the Shambat area, assaulted volunteers and stole their phones.
The Takaya, funded by donations, prepare free daily meals for area residents who have lost their livelihoods due to the war’s disruption of economic activities and work. In Shambat alone, they provide meals to over 1,400 families as the war continues to impact their lives.
The statement said the cessation of the free kitchens would threaten the lives of residents who have become dependent on them amid a lack of jobs and humanitarian aid.
It also said there were no forces protecting civilians as had been rumoured, and no such forces have been formed since the war began.
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[FirstPost] Xi’s handprint is all over the Third Plenum’s decisions. The economic slowdown? No change in course. National security concerns? Double down on control. Technology? A race to dominance. Is this a blueprint for a stronger China, or a nation trapped in Xi’s vision?
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It's unverifiable, but what I could gleam from various China reports news sites (all located outside of China, except for a couple in Taiwan.
It seems that Xi may be brain dead and is still on life support, but his doctors are afraid to unhook him for fear that they may be charged with his 'murder'.
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The three major superpowers all with helmsman questions as we navigate a world beset with Middle-Eastern/Ukrainian warfare and political/racial unrest in Europe and the U.S. What are the odds that someone won't blunder into oops...
[JustTheNews] United States immigration authorities arrested a Peruvian gang leader on Wednesday in New York, who is wanted for allegedly killing at least 23 people in his home country, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) said Thursday.
Gianfranco Torres-Navarro illegally entered the U.S. through the southern border in Texas in May, where he was arrested before being told to appear in court for immigration proceedings, according to ICE. He allegedly fled Peru after the death of a retired police officer and the shooting of a municipal employee.
Torres-Navarro is the alleged leader of the Peruvian gang "Los Killers de Ventanilla y Callao," or "Los Killers" for short.
"Gianfranco Torres-Navarro poses a significant threat to our communities, and we won’t allow New York to be a safe haven for dangerous noncitizens," Thomas Brophy, the director of enforcement removal operations for ICE’s field office in Buffalo, New York said in a statement, per the News Agency that Dare Not be Named.
U.S. officials also arrested Torres-Navarro's girlfriend Mishelle Sol Ivanna Ortíz Ubillús, who has been described as his right hand, and a prominent member of the "Los Killers" gang. She is being held at a processing center in Pennsylvania, while Torres-Navarro is being held in Buffalo.
Officials said they moved to arrest the couple after receiving word from Peru that Torres-Navarro was wanted in his home country on July 8. Six other members of the gang were arrested in Peru in a string of raids in June for extortion, homicide, and contract killing.
Peruvian authorities say the gang, formed in 2022, has used violence to thwart rivals and further its core business of extorting construction companies in an area along the Pacific coast where Peru’s main port is located.
Torres-Navarro was previously a member of the Los Malditos de Angamos criminal organization, Peru’s Public Prosecutor’s Office said. He is also known as “Gianfranco 23,” a reference to the number of people he is alleged to have killed or ordered killed. He reportedly has the names of victims tattooed on his body.
Jorge Chavez-Cotrina, the head of Peru’s Special Prosecutor’s Office against Organized Crime, told The Associated Press that the crimes Torres-Navarro was wanted for include contract killings, extortion and running a criminal organization.
The Public Prosecutor’s Office has described Ortiz Ubillús as Torres Navarro’s romantic partner, lieutenant and cashier. She has a sizable following on TikTok, where she's shown off their luxe lifestyle, including designer clothes and resort vacations.
So your usual line of vicious thugs, but not an international narco cartel. Therefore Page 3: Non-WoT, not Page 1.
[JustTheNews] House Oversight and Accountability Committee Chairman James Comer (R-KY) says The New York Times
...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... recent exposé about Hunter Biden’s influence peddling scheme for Ukranian company Burisma comes "too little too late." Rep. Comer predicts government agencies involved in covering up the Biden family’s foreign dealings will release "a constant trickle" of evidence between now and election day. Additional interview with Foundation for Freedom Online Executive Director Mike Benz on Google targeting conservative viewpoints and misleading Americans about instances like the liquidation attempt against former President Donald Trump ...dictatorial for repealing some (but not all) of the diktats of his predecessor, misogynistic because he likes pretty girls, homophobic because he doesn't think gender bending should be mandatory, truly a man for all seasons... , and explains how federal, state governments should hold Google accountable through contracts.
[WGNTV] Leaders of four Moslem organizations say they're expecting upwards of 100,000 demonstrators to take part in a number of protests during the Democratic National Convention. "The whole world is watching us" redux...
Three main protests are being planned for Monday, Wednesday and Thursday, the first and last days of the convention. More than 150 organizations from around the country say they've formed a collective to have these protests be large in numbers, and while they represent a number of different interests, they say they will be focused on the Israeli-Paleostinian war. DNC (If you're white you ain't right!) ...Democrat National Committee, where all those off-the-wall talking points originate... 2024 security zones and protest plans: What we know
The Chicago area is home to the largest Paleostinian population in the United States.
The leaders at a Monday morning press event said there will also be meetings with the Democratic leaders inside the convention about the US response in the Middle East. About 65 of the DNC delegates this year are Moslem.
Their push is to get President Biden to arrange a permanent ceasefire and work toward a Paleostinian state before he leaves office.
''The president has failed once again to really bring peace and ceasefire. He was able to send quite a bit of weapons to Israel, 2,000 pounds of bombs, but he could not send crates of food and medicine,'' said Oussama Jammal with the US Council of Moslem Organizations.
Dr. Muhammad Abdulgany Hamedeh with The Council of Islamic Organizations of Greater reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... said elected officials have failed to enforce the resumption of humanitarian aid to Paleostinians facing famine.
''These military actions have inflicted much pain and suffering on the civilians living in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ,'' he said.
The groups say they're hopeful with a change of tone they hear from the Kamala Harris It is time for us to do what we have been doing. And that time is every day and Tim Walz ...Kamala's running mate, governor of Minnesota. One man's socialism is another man's neighborliness.... campaign about the war.
''Especially in this election and the other presidential candidates, she gives us some hope,'' said Sayed Khan of Illinois Moslem Political Action Committee Membership.
A federal judge is expected to rule Tuesday on routes the demonstrators will be able to take to exercise their First Amendment rights.
The Chicago area is home to the largest Paleostinian population in the United States.
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I'm following the prep on Second City Cop. This is gonna be a disaster of their own making
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You most likely won’t see the worst of it from the MSM.
Intimidation and power display for those demokrat party apparatchiks who harbor resistance to the massive party takeover by Islamists and useful idiot Dhimmi's.
[FoxNews] Facebook said the restriction on Reagan ads had been lifted after automation error.
"Reagan" star Dennis Quaid responded on Tuesday to Facebook's explanation for why it was throttling efforts to boost marketing of his new biopic about the 40th president, suggesting it didn't hold water.
At first, Facebook reportedly wouldn't allow the movie's marketing team to boost a post with Quaid's picture promoting the movie through a paid advertisement. Also, Facebook suspended the movie's official account on at least two occasions over clips it posted of Quaid discussing the movie in media appearances.
The marketers said they were told by Facebook that the post "mentions politicians or is about sensitive issues that could influence public opinion, how people vote and may impact the outcome of an election or pending legislation." But, as Quaid pointed out to Fox News' Trace Gallagher, Reagan died in 2004 and certainly isn't eligible for another term in office.
"It seems to be automated that way for some reason. No one's responsible for that," Quaid said. "This happened several times, actually, and we were suspended two days in a row … The last time I heard, Reagan hasn’t been on the ballot in 40 years and not only that, he’s not even eligible to run because he served two terms."
A Facebook spokesperson told Fox News Digital, "While there are no restrictions on this page that would prevent the admins from posting, we did identify a handful of ads from this account that were incorrectly rejected. This happened because our automated systems mistakenly determined that content about President Reagan required prior authorization in accordance with our policies for ads about Social Issues, Elections or Politics. This was a mistake and the restriction on the ads has been lifted."
[PJ MEDIA] The anti-Israel protests that have roiled college campuses nationwide grabbed headlines throughout the spring. Demonstrators dominated campuses like Columbia and UCLA, including encampments that lasted for weeks.
What you haven't heard about as much is that other campuses didn't experience the chaos that the headline-grabbing schools did. For instance, at the University of Georgia, protesters set up an encampment for a few hours before President Jere Morehead got the UGA police involved. Officers arrested six students for violations of the university's code of conduct.
UGA suspended the students pending a judiciary hearing. The students could have pleaded guilty and received a suspension that lapsed at the end of the summer semester, but instead, they pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." and demanded a tribunal. What's more, while a disciplinary hearing at UGA is normally private, the protesters demanded an open hearing. They got their wish.
''The six students — Zeena Mohammed, Isabelle Philip, Austin Kral, Ezra Lewis, John Hunter, and Lauren Heinze — spent nearly 13 hours presenting evidence to support the case against their suspensions in a formal hearing on July 30,'' reports Zach Leggio at the UGA student newspaper, the Red and Black. ''They used police body camera footage, expert and character witnesses, and state laws to argue that they did not violate the Code of Conduct and that their speech should have been protected.''
''University representatives presented video footage and police reports to argue that the students violated the Code of Conduct and violated UGA's Freedom of Expression policy,'' Leggio adds.
The panel, which WGAU reports consists of two students and a faculty member, found the six students guilty of five violations of the code of conduct. The university dropped an additional two charges.
The violations included ''Intentional or reckless disruption or obstruction of teaching, research, administration or other University activities, including its public service functions on or off campus, or other authorized non-University activities taking place on University property with the exception of constitutionally protected freedom of speech and expression''; ''Violation of published University policies, rules, or regulations''; ''Failure to comply with directions of any University official, office or other law enforcement officer acting in performance of their duties and/or failure to identify oneself to these persons when requested to do so''; ''Participation in a campus demonstration that violates the University's Policy on Freedom of Expression, intentionally or recklessly disrupts the normal operations of the University or infringes on the rights of other members of the University community''; and ''Acting in concert to violate University conduct regulations.''
The panel dropped the charges involving ''threatening or injuring others'' and ''unauthorized entry into property.'' Most tellingly, Leggio reports that the panel stated that the protest was ''not constitutionally protected freedom of speech and expression'' because the demonstrators didn't respect the ''time, place and manner restrictions in the UGA Freedom of Expression policy.''
The panel's decision bans the students from campus until Jan. 1, 2025, and they cannot register for classes until the spring 2025 semester. Furthermore, they will remain on probation as long as they are students at UGA. Any further violations of the code of conduct will result in additional suspensions. The students have the right to appeal, and they said they plan to.
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[Regnum] With the help of new NATO members Sweden and Finland, the West is trying to deprive Russia of access to the Baltic Sea. This was stated by the Russian presidential aide Nikolai Patrushev.
“NATO continues to increase its naval presence in geopolitically significant areas of the World Ocean, including in the waters of the oceans and seas adjacent to the territory of the Russian Federation,” Patrushev said in an interview with Izvestia.
In addition, Western countries are actively implementing a strategy of constraining Russia in the Black Sea. Here, NATO intends to increase its presence in violation of the Montreux Convention. In order to increase their influence in the World Ocean, the US and its allies ignore other international agreements, the presidential aide added.
As reported by IA Regnum, according to the British newspaper The Financial Times, NATO plans to use Sweden if there is a conflict with Russia. An unnamed source of the publication noted that the territory of the kingdom is well suited as a logistics hub for the transfer of alliance forces to the Baltics.
Sweden and Finland applied to join NATO in May 2022. Finland was accepted into the alliance in April 2023, while Turkey and Hungary opposed Sweden's accession. Ankara subsequently dropped its claims against Sweden, and Hungary was the last to approve its accession to the alliance; the parliament ratified the application on February 26.
Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov called it surprising how quickly Finland and Sweden abandoned the neutrality that had earned them a reputation for decades and decided to join NATO. He stressed that Russia would definitely respond to this, deploying additional weapons in the Moscow and Leningrad military districts that would meet the new challenges.
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[Regnum] On August 16, the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU) launched strikes with Western missiles on civilian targets in the Kursk region for the first time. Most likely, these were HIMARS, said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
"For the first time, the Kursk region was hit by Western-made rockets, probably American Himars. As a result of the attack on the bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky district, it was completely destroyed, and volunteers who were helping the evacuated civilians were killed," the diplomat's official response to the possible use of Western-made multiple launch rocket systems by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kursk region reads.
Zakharova emphasized that those guilty of inhumane acts will be severely punished.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, on August 16, the acting head of the Kursk region, Alexey Smirnov, confirmed the destruction of the automobile bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky district as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
The Ukrainian Armed Forces have been attacking the Kursk region since August 6. Russian Armed Forces units stopped Ukrainian troops in border areas, preventing them from entering the region. The Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 2,860 people and hundreds of pieces of equipment, the Defense Ministry reported on August 16.
Ukrainian militants, together with their curators, are planning to carry out a missile attack with NATO weapons on the Kursk and Zaporizhzhya nuclear power plants in the near future. This was reported on August 16 by the coordinator of the Nikolaev underground, Sergei Lebedev.
"The terrorist attack is being supervised by Western intelligence agencies, mainly Britain. Without their knowledge, long-range missiles do not fly to targets. Of course, Russia will be blamed," the underground activist noted on the Telegram channel.
The point of the probable attack is to accuse Russia of being unable to manage nuclear power plants, which will lead to a catastrophe. The IAEA has already prepared a corresponding statement, Lebedev said.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, according to a representative of the Russian security agency, the Ukrainian Armed Forces intend to attack the Kursk and Zaporizhzhya NPPs using so-called " dirty bombs " - charges with warheads containing radioactive substances. The warheads have already been delivered to the settlement of Zhovti Vody in the Dnipropetrovsk region of Ukraine.
War correspondent Marat Khairullin noted, citing informed sources, that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are preparing to detonate a "dirty" bomb. According to Khairullin, the Ukrainian army intends to strike at storage sites for spent fuel from nuclear power plants.
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[EngMilRu] From 10 to 16 August 2024, the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation delivered 17 group strikes by precision weaponry and attack unmanned aerial vehicles at Ukrainian military industry enterprises, airfield infrastructure as well as storages and workshops of attack UAVs.
Moreover, strikes were delivered at POL bases, AFU reserves concentration areas, temporary deployment areas of nationalist formations and foreign mercenaries.
Units of the Sever Group of Forces continue to repel attempts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to invade the territory of the Russian Federation in Kursk direction.
Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery strikes inflicted fire damage at the located enemy manpower and hardware clusters of two AFU mechanised brigades, one assault brigade, and one national guard brigade. The enemy's attempts to deploy reserves were thwarted.
In Volchansk and Liptsy directions, losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades, two assault brigades, one marine brigade, and two territorial defence brigades. Four counter-attacks of AFU assault detachments were repelled.
Over the past week, the AFU losses in the areas of the Sever Group of Forces responsibility amounted to 2,765 Ukrainian troops, 33 tanks, 221 armoured fighting vehicles, including 13 U.S.-made Bradley infantry fighting vehicles and eight U.S.-made Stryker armoured personnel carriers as well as 117 motor vehicles.
In the course of counterbattery warfare, seven MLRS launchers and 34 field artillery guns were destroyed. Three U.S.-made Patriot SAM systems and one Buk-M1 SAM system as well as four electronic warfare stations were destroyed.
Over the past week, units of the Zapad Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and positions as well as inflicted losses on formations of five AFU mechanised brigades, one airmobile brigade, one assault brigade, and two territorial defence brigades. 12 counterattacks launched by AFU units were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,450 Ukrainian troops, six tanks, 18 armoured fighting vehicles, including nine U.S.-made M-113 armoured personnel carriers, and 34 motor vehicles.
Moreover, in the course of counter-battery warfare, 36 field artillery guns, including 15 U.S.-made, German-made, and Polish-made 155mm howitzers and self-propelled artillery systems were destroyed. Four electronic and counter-battery warfare stations as well as 23 field artillery guns were destroyed.
Units of the Yug Group of Forces improved the tactical situation along the front lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of four AFU mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, three assault brigades, two airmobile brigades, and one territorial defence brigade. Four counter-attacks launched by the enemy's assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 3,825 Ukrainian troops, nine armoured fighting vehicles, 29 motor vehicles, and 50 field artillery guns. Three AFU field ammunition depots were destroyed.
As a result of active actions, units of the Tsentr Group of Forces liberated Lisnichnoye, Ivanovka, and Sergeyevka (Donetsk People's Republic).
Losses were inflicted on formations of four AFU mechanised brigades, one infantry brigade, two assault brigades, and one territorial defence brigade. Twenty counter-attacks launched by AFU units were repelled.
Over the week in this direction, the AFU losses amounted to up to 3,195 Ukrainian troops, four tanks, including two U.S.-made M1A1 Abrams tanks, 15 armoured fighting vehicles, 23 motor vehicles, and 29 field artillery guns.
Units of the Vostok Group of Forces took more advantageous lines and inflicted losses on manpower and hardware of two AFU mechanised brigades, one motorised infantry brigade, and two territorial defence brigades. Eight counter-attacks launched by AFU assault detachments were repelled.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 770 Ukrainian troops, 34 motor vehicles, and 19 field artillery guns. Eight AFU ammunition depots were destroyed.
Units of the Dnepr Group of Forces inflicted losses on formations of one AFU mechanised brigade, one infantry brigade, one mountain assault brigade, one marine brigade, and one territorial defence brigade.
The AFU losses amounted to up to 555 Ukrainian troops, two infantry fighting vehicles, 48 motor vehicles, 14 field artillery guns, including six U.S.-made 155mm M777 howitzers. Three electronic warfare stations and eight ammunition depots were destroyed.
Operational-Tactical Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and Missile Troops and Artillery of the Russian Groups of Forces destroyed one Su-27 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force at the base airfield as well as three U.S.-made HIMARS launchers.
Tonight, air defence units repelled a group strike by 12 U.S.-made ATACMS operational-tactical missiles launched at the Crimean Bridge. All missiles were destroyed.
Over the past week, one Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, eight Tochka-U tactical missiles, 11 French-made Hammer guided aerial bombs, one U.S.-made JDAM guided aerial bomb, four U.S.-made HIMARS and one BUK SAM systems missiles, 70 U.S.-made HIMARS and Czech-made Vampire MLRS projectiles, and 543 unmanned aerial vehicles were destroyed.
Units of the Black Sea Fleet and Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed three uncrewed surface vehicles and damaged one uncrewed surface vehicle of the Ukrainian Navy.
Over the past week, 57 Ukrainian servicemen surrendered on the line of contact.
In total, 638 airplanes and 279 helicopters, 30,050 unmanned aerial vehicles, 569 air defence missile systems, 17,307 tanks and other armoured fighting vehicles, 1,406 combat vehicles equipped with MLRS, 13,295 field artillery guns and mortars, as well as 24,833 units of special military equipment have been destroyed during the special military operation.
The Armed Forces of the Russian Federation continue to repel the AFU attempt to invade the territory of the Russian Federation
Active actions of Sever Group of Forces' units, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery strikes repelled an attack launched by assault detachments of the AFU 82nd Air Assault Brigade near Russkoye Porechnoye.
One attack launched by the enemy's assault detachment supported by five armoured fighting vehicles through the State Border in the direction of Gorgeyevka was repelled.
Army Aviation, unmanned aerial vehicles, and artillery fire eliminated the enemy's mobile groups attempting to get to the depth of the Russian territory one kilometre west of Anastasiyevka and 1.5 kilometres south east of Kauchuk.
Losses were inflicted on manpower and hardware clusters of the AFU 22nd, 61st Mechanised brigades, 95th Air Assault Brigade, and 129th Territorial Defence Brigade near Aleksandriya, Snagost, Mirnoye, Kazachiya Loknya, Korenevo, Plekhovo, and Pushkarnoye.
Near Yunakovka and Miropolye, precision missile strikes wiped out three U.S.-made HIMARS MLRS launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, and two escort vehicles.
Operational-Tactical Aviation delivered strikes at the AFU reserves, ammunition and fuel depots near Yuriyevo, Khoten, Vorozhba, Ivolzhanka, Zhuravka, and Boyaro-Lezhachi (Sumy region).
Over the past 24 hours, the AFU losses have amounted to 220 Ukrainian troops and 19 units of armoured hardware, including four tanks, eight armoured personnel carriers, seven armoured fighting vehicles, seven motor vehicles, three HIMARS MLRS launchers, two transport-loading vehicles, and two field artillery guns.
Since the beginning of hostilities in Kursk region, the AFU losses have amounted to up to 2,860 Ukrainian troops, 41 tanks, 40 armoured personnel carriers, 23 infantry fighting vehicles, 213 armoured fighting vehicles, 102 motor vehicles, four SAM systems, six MLRS launchers, including three HIMARS MLRS, two transport-loading vehicles, 22 field artillery guns, and three electronic warfare stations.
The operation to neutralise the AFU units is in progress.
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[NewsFront] 23:57 Official summary of the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC from 00:00 08/16/2024 to 00:00 08/17/2024.
A total of 30 cases of armed attacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces were recorded by the DPR Representative Office in the JCCC over the past 24 hours.
Information was received about the injuries of 13 civilians, including a teenager born in 2008.
DAMAGED:
Three residential buildings,
Three civil infrastructure facilities.
Nine artillery attacks in the Donetsk direction,
A total of 21 artillery attacks in the Gorlovka direction.
A total of 99 units of various ammunition were fired.
21:05 Crew of the Su-34 multifunctional supersonic fighter-bomber of the Aerospace Forces struck a concentration of personnel and military equipment of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the border area of the Kursk region.
19:56 Russian Su-34 with Kh-35 guided missile destroyed Ukrainian S-125 air defense missile system in the village of Ryabina, Sumy region.
19:35 Destruction of aviation equipment of the Armed Forces of Ukraine at the Dnepr airfield in the Dnepropetrovsk region.
A Russian Iskander-M missile system crew launched a missile strike on the aircraft parking lot while Storm Shadow (SCALP-EG) cruise missiles were being suspended from a Ukrainian Su-24 bomber.
19:07 New explosions in Dnipropetrovsk region. Missile strike on enemy targets.
18:57 Servicemen of the 18th Army destroyed UAV control point in the village of Antonovka on the right bank of the Kherson region.
18:35 Ulyanovsk paratroopers destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Kherson region on the right bank of the Dnieper.
18:20 Fighters of the Vostok group demonstrated trophies collected from the captured strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the area of Konstantinovka –video.
17:34 Footage of combat work of the crew of the engineering system of remote mining "Agriculture" of the "North" group.
17:00 Explosions have thundered in Dnepr (formerly Dnepropetrovsk) and Pavlograd in Ukraine.
16:24 An explosion has occurred in the Ukrainian city of Sumy.
16:10 Dynamics of the advance of Russian forces towards Krasnoarmeysk (Pokrovsk) –video.
16:00 Explosions have thundered again in the city of Kherson, which is under the control of Kyiv.
15:50 The Ukrainian Armed Forces tank camouflaged in the forest was destroyed by the Lancet strike in the border area of the Kursk region.
15:49 Army aviation crews on Ka-52 helicopters with guided air-launched missiles "Whirlwind" struck armored and automobile military equipment of the enemy. According to intelligence reports, all the indicated targets were successfully destroyed.
15:45 Footage of defeat of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank in the border area of the Kursk region.
During reconnaissance activities in the border area of the Kursk region, Russian servicemen identified a camouflaged position of a Ukrainian Armed Forces tank. After analyzing the intelligence data received, a decision was made to fire at the enemy combat vehicle. As a result of a direct hit from a Lancet loitering munition, the Ukrainian Armed Forces tank was destroyed.
15:32 Assault units of the "East" group of forces are improving their skills in capturing enemy strongholds at a training ground in the rear area of the North Military District –video.
14:47 In the Polozhsky direction, units of the 35th Army of the Vostok group are “smashing” mortar and heavy machine gun positions, dugouts and repeaters of the Ukrainian army –video.
13:45 The main points from the new briefing of the Russian Ministry of Defense:
The Russian Armed Forces prevented attempts by enemy reserves to approach the area of responsibility of the North group;
Over the past week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces have lost up to 555 servicemen, three electronic warfare stations, and eight ammunition depots in the area of responsibility of the Dnepr group;
The Ukrainian army lost up to 3,825 soldiers and three ammunition depots in a week as a result of the actions of the “South” group;
The Vostok group repelled eight counterattacks by the Ukrainian Armed Forces in a week; the enemy lost up to 770 soldiers and eight ammunition depots;
Over the course of a week, the Ukrainian Armed Forces lost up to 2,765 servicemen, 13 Bradley infantry fighting vehicles, and eight Stryker armored personnel carriers in the area of responsibility of the North group;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed a Su-27 fighter jet of the Ukrainian Air Force and three US-made HIMARS multiple launch rocket systems at the airfield where they are based;
The Russian Armed Forces destroyed three Patriot and Buk-M1 self-propelled air defense missile systems;
Over the course of a week, the Russian Air Defense Forces shot down a Mi-8 helicopter of the Ukrainian Air Force, as well as 543 drones;
The Ukrainian Armed Forces lost two Abrams tanks and up to 3,915 soldiers in a week in the area of responsibility of the Center group of forces;
Over the course of a week, the Black Sea Fleet and the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed three unmanned Ukrainian boats and damaged another.
13:05 According to operational information, after the liberation of Orlovka and Nikolaevka, our troops continued moving in the fields in the direction of Novogrodovka to the railway. The enemy rolled back to the city limits.
12:47 The Russian Armed Forces continue to advance into the DPR; Russian attack aircraft have already reached the outskirts of Novozhelannoye and Mezhevoy.
12:20 An explosion has occurred in the city of Zaporizhia, which is under the control of Kyiv.
12:17 New explosions have thundered in Dnepr, the publication "Public. News" reported.
12:15 An explosion has occurred in Sumy in northern Ukraine, the publication "Public. News" reported.
12:10 The Ukrainian Armed Forces have not yet made a decision to leave the city of Chasov Yar in the DPR, the situation there is tense, Russian troops are liberating house after house, said the head of the republic Denis Pushilin.
11:54 Another Ukrainian sabotage and reconnaissance group was destroyed in the Kursk region near the village of Kremyanoye –video.
11:26 Russian troops advanced near Peschanoye in the Khar'kov region and in Krasnogorovka in the Donetsk region – Ukrainian resources.
10:50 Explosions were heard in Dnepr in eastern Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication “Obshchestvennoye” reported.
10:44 RF Armed Forces destroyed two HIMARS MLRS launchers and two packages of rounds for them in Miropolye, Sumy Oblast, the Russian Ministry of Defense reported.
10:37 Donetsk direction – there is a small advance of the Russian Armed Forces towards Novogrodovka. The enemy, driven out of Orlovka, is consolidating in the settlement and preparing for defense.
10:00 Russian army took under control of half of the large village of Grodovka in the DPR.
09:52 The situation in the Kursk direction is normal, under the control of Russian troops, intensive work is underway to destroy units of the Ukrainian Armed Forces - Apti Alaudinov.
09:50 Explosions occurred in the Sumy region of Ukraine, the Ukrainian publication “Obshchestvennoye” reported.
09:20 Consequences of missile and artillery strikes by the Russian Armed Forces on a concentration of vehicles and infantry of Ukrainian formations.
09:00 Crew of the T-72B3 tank destroyed strongholds of the Ukrainian Armed Forces in the Avdeevka direction.
The tank crews of the Center group of forces received target coordinates from the reconnaissance UAV crews. Using the terrain, the tank crew marched to a pre-prepared position, quickly aimed the combat vehicle at the targets and successfully destroyed them. The shooting was carried out with constant fire adjustments by the UAV operators.
08:19 Russian military spent 24 hours destroying Ukrainian Armed Forces watercraft attempting to land on the left bank of the Dnieper. This reported Head of the press center of the Dnepr group Roman Kodryan.
08:16 Crews of towed 120mm guns "Nona-K" of the motorized rifle brigade of the 1st Guards Tank Army of the "West" group of forces destroyed mortarmen, AGS crews and Ukrainian Armed Forces manpower in one of the directions in the area of the special military operation.
08:14 Night defeat Ukrainian Armed Forces equipment with Mi-28NM helicopters in the Kursk region.
The strike was carried out by guided missiles "Vikhr" on reconnoitered targets. After using air weapons, the crew performed an anti-missile maneuver, released heat traps and returned to the takeoff site.
08:10 UAV operators of the Dnepr group of troops destroyed Ukrainian Armed Forces communication antennas on the right bank of the Dnieper.
08:09 The Russian Armed Forces advanced in the Khar'kov region to the village of Peschanoye.
08:06 Job of scouts of the 173rd Separate Brigade of the 106th airborne division to destroy a Ukrainian Armed Forces pickup truck with personnel in the village of Fedorovka in the Seversky direction
08:02 Loitering Lancet spreads armored vehicle "Cossack" in the Kursk region
The target was discovered by a reconnaissance unit of the North military group.
08:00 Airborne artillerymen from the Dnepr group of forces destroyed self-propelled artillery unit of the Ukrainian Armed Forces on the right bank of the Dnieper.
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[Korrespondent] 22:15 The Ukrainian Air Force lost a MiG-29 today, no one was hurt, reported Defense Ministry military correspondent Yuriy Ignat.
22:08 From August 19, entry to five settlements in the Belgorod Region will be closed, residents will be resettled, and help will be provided to remove property, Governor Vyacheslav Gladkov said. He also said that residents of part of Shebekino and several villages in the Belgorod Region can go to temporary accommodation points or receive housing payments, the measure will be introduced for three months.
22:01 Russian military carried out an FPV drone strike on the Kutsurubskaya community of Mykolaiv region - three police officers who arrived to the village residents to document the consequences of the previous enemy attack by FPV drones were wounded, the National Police reported.
21:47 Zelensky said in an evening video address that the Verkhovna Rada "has been proposed a bill that can really guarantee that there will be no manipulation of the Ukrainian church from Moscow. This bill should work and should add conciliarity to Ukraine, our real spiritual unity."
20:59 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk showed footage of the destruction of a bridge in the Kusk region:
19:38 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov confirmed that the automobile bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky District was destroyed as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Meanwhile, Russian Telegram channels write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking another bridge across the Seim - in the village of Zvannoye.
19:24 Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Kursk region, today they have advanced 1-3 km in different areas, Syrsky reported to Zelensky. Also, according to him, the replenishment of the exchange fund continues, there are battles near the settlement of Malaya Loknya.
19:09 The Kursk operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been going on for ten days now, but so far one of its key tasks - to force Russia to redeploy troops from other parts of the front - has not been accomplished. The situation on the eastern front - in particular in the area of Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar and other parts of Donbas - remains extremely difficult for Ukrainian forces. For more details, see the article The Ukrainian Armed Forces Are Having a Hard Time in Donbas .
17:52 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed a bridge over the Seim River in the Kursk region by firing several Himars missiles at the crossing, Russian publics write. According to them, one of the munitions hit a minibus with "volunteers" - two were killed, one was wounded. Telegram channels write that as a result of the destruction of the bridge, part of the Glushkovsky district is now cut off - this is Tetkino, Popovo-Lezhachi, Wolfino and about 27 other settlements. The civilian population can now only be evacuated by water.
17:31 Deputy Pentagon spokesperson Sabrina Singh has again spoken about the possibility of "escalation" if Ukraine is given permission to strike long-range weapons on Russian territory. According to her, "the fact that Russia has not responded to something does not mean that it cannot or will not respond in the future."
At the same time, the Pentagon representative emphasized that it is not only the United States that provides weapons and defense capabilities to Ukraine, but also a coalition of partners. "We believe that the best way they can be effective on the battlefield is to combine these capabilities together and continue to push back Russian forces to retake their sovereign territory. That will not necessarily happen through long-range deep strikes inside Russia. And, of course, we are concerned about escalation," Singh explained.
17:18 In occupied Mariupol, they plan to place "refugees" from the Kursk region in "ownerless" housing, the city council reported. At the same time, thousands of families are still waiting for the compensation housing promised by the occupiers.
17:00 Russian troops are 6 km from Mirnohrad in Donetsk Oblast. 20,000 people remain in the city, said GVA Chief Yuriy Tretyak: "The line of combat engagement is currently approximately 6 km from the city of Mirnohrad. People are leaving, but not as quickly as we would like, as the situation requires. First of all, we are trying to organize the evacuation of children and elderly people who have difficulty taking care of themselves, who have problems with mobility." He noted that all people from Mirnohrad are planned to be evacuated by the end of August.
16:54 21 thousand people have already been evacuated from Sumy Oblast, the authorities are ready to evacuate another 25 thousand, said Interior Minister Igor Klimenko: "We are also talking about children. 70% have already been evacuated. We are currently taking a number of measures to explain to the population the need for evacuation. We are working together with the OVA, which determines the settlements and the number of people who need to be evacuated."
15:41 The "authorities" of occupied Donetsk announced an alleged Ukrainian attack on the Petrovsky district, where the Galaktika shopping center is located, 11 people were injured.
15:33 Journalists from the We-Ukraine TV channel visited Sudzha in the Kursk region and showed footage of a destroyed Gazprom gas distribution station. The journalists also spoke with local residents, who confirmed the good attitude of the Ukrainian military towards the Russians who remained in the city.
14:59 The head of the Bundestag Defense Committee, Markus Faber, called for increasing supplies of Leopard 2 tanks to Ukraine, as well as starting supplies of Fuchs armored vehicles. Earlier, he stated that Ukraine could use weapons provided by Germany for its offensive on Russian territory.
13:21 The Russian Defense Ministry claims that Russian air defense allegedly repelled an attack by 12 ATACMS missiles on the Crimean Bridge tonight, "all missiles were destroyed."
13:16 The Cabinet of Ministers has clarified the requirements for summonses generated using the Unified State Register of Conscripts, Persons Liable for Military Service, and Reservists. In particular, assigning such summonses a unique electronic identifier in the form of a QR code. The mechanism for checking summonses, the status of summonses on a form and summonses generated electronically, and their legal force have also been defined.
12:29 Ukrenergo also warned of an energy deficit in the system next week: due to the heat, consumption may increase by 10-12%. "In order to cover such a level of consumption, it would be necessary to use an additional volume of capacity equal to the operation of several large power plants. Unfortunately, there is no additional capacity in the system. The Ukrainian energy system is still being restored after eight massive missile and drone attacks by the Russians, which they carried out from March to July 2024," the company noted and called for economical consumption throughout the day.
In the event of a significant increase in consumption, Ukrenergo will take all necessary measures to balance the energy system and compensate for the deficit, in particular, attract emergency assistance from European countries, and, if necessary, apply measures to limit consumption.
11:15 Ukraine may return to power outage schedules next week due to hot weather, Deputy Energy Minister Svetlana Grinchuk said.
10:48 As a result of the night attack on Crimea, a ferry crossing in the port of Kerch and a boat in Chornomorsk were damaged, reported the spokesman for the Ukrainian Volunteer Army South, Sergei Bratchuk.
10:34 Ukraine is free to use tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment donated by Canada at its own discretion, including on Russian territory, said the country's Defense Ministry spokesperson Andre-Anne Poulin: "Ukrainians know best how to defend their homeland, and we are committed to supporting their capabilities... Canada has no geographic restrictions on the use of the military equipment that we donate to Ukraine." According to her, Canada has donated eight Leopard 2A4 tanks, several dozen armored combat support vehicles and hundreds of armored patrol vehicles, as well as several M-777 howitzers to Ukraine.
09:22 The number of victims as a result of yesterday's Russian strike on the village of Prikolotnoye in the Kupyansk district of the Kharkiv region has grown to six, two people have died, reported the head of the OVA Oleg Sinegubov.
09:17 In the morning, Russians shelled Tomina Balka in the Kherson region, one person was injured, OVA reported. Over the previous day, as a result of Russian shelling in the region, one person was killed, five were injured, including one child. Critical and transport infrastructure facilities, a humanitarian headquarters, a private enterprise, ten private houses, and a gas pipeline were damaged.
09:10 Z-publics write that another large column of the Russian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Korenev in the Kursk region. They claim that "exactly the same thing happened as near Rylsk" and blame the military command for this.
09:04 Three people were killed in Donetsk Oblast as a result of Russian shelling on August 15: two in Verkhnekamenskoye and one in Nikolaevka. Five more people in the region were injured in the past 24 hours, said OVA head Vadim Filashkin.
08:56 At night, Russia attacked with three Iskander-M ballistic missiles, three Shahed-type attack UAVs and two unidentified drones. All drones were shot down in the Poltava, Zhitomir, Kirovohrad, Odessa and Nikolaev regions, the Air Force reported.
08:49 The General Staff showed the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region. "Demining, breaking through the border, destroying the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation, artillery, prisoners. The first hours of the offensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation on August 6, 2024. A day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and information silence became decisive at the initial stage of the operation," the General Staff said.
07:48 The General Staff announced the estimated losses of the Russian Federation as of the morning of August 16:
personnel - about 596,950 (+1330) people,
tanks - 8496 (+12),
combat armored vehicles - 16,461 (+35),
artillery systems - 16,927 (+59),
MLRS - 1159 (+5),
air defense systems - 922 (+0),
aircraft - 367 (+0),
helicopters - 328 (+0),
Operational-tactical level UAVs - 13,659 (+61),
cruise missiles - 2429 (+1),
ships/boats - 28 (+0),
submarines - 1 (+0),
automotive equipment and tank trucks - 22,848 (+73),
special equipment - 2829 (+16).
07:07 The Russian Defense Ministry announced that air defense forces allegedly intercepted and destroyed five drones over the Black Sea overnight, and also destroyed two unmanned boats heading toward Crimea. Publics wrote at night about explosions and a fire in the area of Mount Mithridates in Kerch, and explosions were also reported in Simferopol. Some Russian monitoring channels claimed that eight missiles were shot down over the Crimean Bridge.
05:24 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russian forces are maintaining a relatively high tempo of advance in the Donetsk region, demonstrating that the military command continues to prioritize advances in eastern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region. There is no sign of significant Russian forces being redeployed there.
01:58 The United States still does not want to give Ukraine permission to use long-range weapons in the Kursk region, but the reason is not a possible escalation, CNN reports, citing several officials. According to them, the issue is that the United States has a limited supply of long-range ATACMS missiles for delivery to Ukraine, so Washington believes that they are better used to continue attacks on Crimea.
[GEO.TV] At least five people, including two police personnel, have been injured in a kaboom at the Warsak Road in the Pir Bala area, police told Geo News on Friday.
According to the police, the target of the blast was a police vehicle.
Warsak Road Superintendent of Police (SP) Arshad Khan said that the police vehicle has been damaged in the wake of the "remote-controlled" blast.
"Explosives were planted in a cement block," said the policeman, adding that the explosives used in the remote controlled blast weighed five kilograms.
The five people injured in the earth-shattering kaboom have shifted to the hospital, Rescue 1122 officials told Geo News.
The spokesperson of Lady Reading Hospital Muhammad Asim said that five injured were brought to the facility which include two coppers and three civilians.
The condition of the injured, the spokesperson added, is out of danger and they are being provided medical aid.
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[GEO.TV] Security forces have killed three forces of Evil during an intelligence-based operation in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa's (KP) area of Razmak, the Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) said on Friday.
"On 16 August 2024, security forces conducted an intelligence-based operation in the general area of Razmak, District North Wazoo, on the reported presence of Khwarij,' the army's media wing said in a statement.
"During the conduct of the operation, intense fire exchange took place between the troops and khwarij, as a result of which, three Khwarij of Fitna al Khawarij were sent to hell, while one Kharji got injured."
Weapons and ammunition were also recovered from the terrorists, who were actively involved in terrorist activities against security forces as well as the assassinations of innocent civilians, it added.
The statement further said that the process of sanitisation in the area is underway to eliminate any other forces of Evil found in the locale as security forces are determined to wipe out the menace of "khawarij" and terrorism from the country.
A day earlier, seven bad boyz were potted and five others maimed in an IBO conducted in the KP district of Kurram.
In another action carried out last week by the security forces in South Waziristan, four soldiers embraced martyrdom while six bad boyz were potted during the exchange of gunfire.
[An Nahar] Hezbollah on Friday released a video showing what appeared to be underground tunnels and large missile launchers, amid fears of all-out war between the Iran-backed group and Israel.
The release comes as negotiators seeking a Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with an iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... ceasefire were to meet for a second day in Qatar ...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi... , and amid intensified diplomatic activity in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... seeking to avert a broader conflict.
The polished, four-and-a-half minute video shows what appear to be Hezbollah operatives moving through wide, illuminated tunnels hewn into rock, with cycle of violences and other vehicles, including a convoy of trucks.
Some trucks appear to be transporting missiles through the facility, which bears a sign reading "Imad 4", an apparent reference to top Hezbollah commander Imad Mughniyeh, who was killed in a 2008 Damascus boom-mobileing the group blamed on Israel.
Titled "Our mountains are our storehouses", the video shows a trapdoor opening and a missile launcher directed skyward.
A Hezbollah official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was speaking about military affairs, said the missiles in the video have a range of about 140 kilometers (86 miles), capable of reaching deep inside Israel.
Hezbollah "possesses precision and non-precision missiles along with weapons capabilities so that if Israel imposes a war on Lebanon, Israel will face a destiny and reality it didn't expect any day," its chief Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... His Eminence Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah ...The satrap of the Medes and the Persians in Leb...> is heard saying in the video -- an excerpt from a 2018 speech.
The group has traded near daily fire with the Israeli army in support of ally Hamas ..the well-beloved offspring of the Moslem Brotherhood,... since the Paleostinian murderous Moslem group's October 7 attack on Israel sparked the Gaza war.
But the killing of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... in Tehran late last month, blamed on Israel, and an Israeli strike that killed a top Hezbollah commander in Lebanon, has sent diplomats scrambling to avert a wider conflict, after Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... and Hezbollah vowed to retaliate.
"Targets are in our possession and the coordinates are in our hands, and these missiles are placed, deployed and focused on targets and in perfect secrecy," Nasrallah says in further audio excerpts subtitled in English and Hebrew.
Hezbollah's weapons, personnel, experience, and determination are "stronger than at any time since its launch in the region," he adds.
Hezbollah has expanded the size and quality of its arsenal since it last fought an all-out war with Israel in 2006.
Experts say the group has a wide range of unguided heavy artillery rockets, ballistic missiles, as well as anti-aircraft, anti-tank and anti-ship missiles.
They have also said Hezbollah likely has an extensive network of underground tunnels in south Lebanon, as well as in the eastern Bekaa valley near the border with Syria.
Mughniyeh is credited with developing Hezbollah's military capabilities, and the group considers him the architect of its "victory" over Israel in 2006.
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[HODHODYEMENNEWS.NET] Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, the leader of the Yemen ...an area of the Arabian Peninsula sometimes mistaken for a country. It is populated by more antagonistic tribes and factions than you can keep track of... i revolution, addressed on Thursday new messages to the Zionist entity and the United States of America regarding the expected response by the al-Quds, Jihad, and resistance axis, stressing that "the response is coming and will be painful."
In his speech on the latest developments and developments on the regional and local scene, Sayyid Abdul-Malik affirmed that all American moves aimed at stopping or reducing the response would fail.
He noted that the Zionist enemy faces a number of challenges and the accompanying adverse repercussions on its retreating interior and deterioration at the economic level.
"The decision to respond from the al-Quds axis to the crime of the Israeli enemy’s targeting of the deadersIsmail Haniyeh ...became Prime Minister of Gaza after the legislative elections of 2006 which Hamas won. President Mahmoud Abbas dismissed Haniyeh from office on 14 June 2007 at the height of the Fatah-Hamas festivities, but Haniyeh did not acknowledge the decree and continues as the PM of Gazoo while Abbas maintains a separate PM in the West Bank... and Fouad Shukr and Hodeidah attacks is inevitably coming," Sayyid Abdul-Malik said.
Sayyid Abdul-Malik explained that "the decision to respond is a faith, moral, and sincere commitment from honest people who have been tested in their honesty in word and deed, and it is a practical necessity to deter the enemy, and each of these considerations is sufficient to make decisions to respond."
He noted that there is a determination to implement that response, "no matter the efforts made by the Americans to contain it."
In response to the American military moves, in addition to the political and diplomatic efforts, the revolution leader said that "the American naval vessels and the arrival of aircraft to military bases cannot stop the response."
He stressed that the response is "a strategic decision and an actual necessity to deter the Israeli enemy, which is a criminal enemy whose criminality and aggression are unparalleled."
"Efforts to contain the response will fail, as it is an inevitable decision from all fronts of support, from all fronts in the axis," Sayyid Abdul-Malik confirmed.
He renewed the clarification by saying: "The delay (to respond) is in a practical context, on the basis that it will be painful for the enemy, and also in the event of American mobilization."
Sayyid Abdul-Malik pointed out that this delay has a practical impact on the Zionist enemy that is unprecedented in the current reality. "The enemy has never been in this stage of fear, with the cancellation of flights from many companies and fear and panic among usurping settlers."
He concluded his speech by emphasizing that all fronts have the decisive decision, and they are heading towards this, so the response would come inevitably and with certainty.
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[NYPOST] The Illinois state comptroller took the extraordinary step of withholding some funds from the troubled village of Dolton on Thursday, blaming scandal-scarred Tiffany Henyard for the first-of-its-kind action — as the self-proclaimed ''Super Mayor'' told cops to follow orders from her disgraced department ally who was placed on leave before being indicted.
State Comptroller Susana Mendoza said she would immediately suspend all ''offset'' monies typically doled out to municipalities because Dolton leader Henyard ''refuses'' to turn over financial reports to the state.
The village was on track to gain $135,000 this year — but instead could start facing fines if the problems drag on. If the issues are fixed, the comptroller will restart the payments.
Mendoza said while her office tries to assist municipalities that struggle to file required annual reports, ''Dolton is different.''
''The Mayor's office has refused to communicate with us or address the problem,'' she said in a statement. ''If Mayor Henyard refuses to follow state law, my office will use the tools at our disposal to safeguard the interests of Dolton's citizens.''
The village did not send reports to the comptroller's office in 2022 and 2023, the comptroller said.
The state collects the ''offset'' funds when it withholds part of a resident's income tax return or lotto winnings if they don't pay a parking or speeding ticket at the local level, according to a comptroller spokesperson.
Those funds are then distributed back to the municipality, according to the office.
The state agency made clear it would not give Dolton — which is already facing financial hardship — the money until it gets into compliance with its financial records.
But the village could face fines totaling $78,600 over the delinquent paperwork if municipal officials don't release the records, the comptroller's office said.
Henyard, who was elected in 2021, has faced mounting allegations of maleficence in office, including misuse of taxpayer funds. Federal Sherlocks reportedly subpoenaed financial information and documents tied to her and the village earlier this year as part of a probe.
Henyard's ally in the police department, Deputy Chief Lewis Lacey, was federally indicted on bankruptcy fraud and other charges Monday, though the criminal case is not connected to the village.
He was placed on administrative leave last week by trustees opposed to Henyard before the indictment, but a lawyer for the trustees reportedly said he's still going to work.
The confusion over his job status persisted into this week.
Henyard ordered coppers to continue following orders from Lacey on Thursday, according to video obtained by WGN.
''Stop playing these silly games,'' Henyard is heard saying.
Lacey also issued a warning that cops had better fall in line, according to the station.
''Do what you want, but anything after this is insubordination,'' he said.
But Village Administrator Keith Freeman told officers in an email that Lacey was no longer employed by the village.
''Mr. Lacey is not allowed in any spaces reserved for employees with an escort,'' he said, according to WGN.
Just last week, former reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... Mayor Lori Lightfoot ..the diminutive and vacuous former Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway... revealed the village's coffers were in shambles under Henyard leadership while outlining high spending, including $43,000 in one day on Amazon.
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[Korrespondent] 20:59 Air Force Commander Nikolai Oleshchuk showed footage of the destruction of a bridge in the Kusk region:
19:38 Kursk Region Head Alexey Smirnov confirmed that the automobile bridge across the Seim River in the Glushkovsky District was destroyed as a result of a strike by the Ukrainian Armed Forces. Meanwhile, Russian Telegram channels write that the Ukrainian Armed Forces are striking another bridge across the Seim - in the village of Zvannoye.
19:30 In Sudzha, Kursk region of the Russian Federation, a monument to Lenin was torn down. The photo was published by the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, Darya Zarivnaya:
19:24 Ukrainian troops continue to advance in the Kursk region, today they have advanced 1-3 km in different areas, Syrsky reported to Zelensky. Also, according to him, the replenishment of the exchange fund continues, there are battles near the settlement of Malaya Loknya.
19:09 The Kursk operation of the Ukrainian Armed Forces has been going on for ten days now, but so far one of its key tasks - to force Russia to redeploy troops from other parts of the front - has not been accomplished. The situation on the eastern front - in particular in the area of Krasnogorovka, Chasov Yar and other parts of Donbas - remains extremely difficult for Ukrainian forces. For more details, see the article The Ukrainian Armed Forces Are Having a Hard Time in Donbas .
17:51 The Ukrainian Armed Forces destroyed the bridge over the Seim River in the Kursk region by firing several Himars missiles at the crossing, Russian publics write. According to them, one of the munitions hit a minibus with "volunteers" - two were killed, one was wounded. Telegram channels write that as a result of the destruction of the bridge, part of the Glushkovsky district is now cut off - this is Tetkino, Popovo-Lezhachi, Wolfino and about 27 other settlements. The civilian population can now only be evacuated by water.
17:18 In occupied Mariupol, they plan to place "refugees" from the Kursk region in "ownerless" housing, the city council reported. At the same time, thousands of families are still waiting for the compensation housing promised by the occupiers.
15:33 Journalists from the We-Ukraine TV channel visited Sudzha in the Kursk region and showed footage of a destroyed Gazprom gas distribution station. The journalists also spoke with local residents, who confirmed the good attitude of the Ukrainian military towards the Russians who remained in the city.
15:24 A month before the Kursk operation, some Ukrainian fighters were sent to Britain, where they underwent several days of training together with British soldiers, The Times writes. The main focus of the training was raids on high-rise buildings. However, preparations for the offensive "were shrouded in secrecy." This not only caught Russia by surprise, but also "came as a shock" to many high-ranking military officials in Kiev, the newspaper notes.
11:52 Bild open data analysis expert Julian Repke writes that the area of the Ukrainian Armed Forces' presence in the Kursk region is expanding. He published a map on which the territories that have partially or completely come under the control of the Ukrainian Armed Forces over the past two or three days are highlighted in blue. "The Ukrainian army's offensive in the Kursk region continues. For more than a week, on the ninth day, Russia has not yet managed to stop the Ukrainian advance," the analyst notes. At the same time, he added that Russian troops are currently advancing in the direction of Pokrovsk in the Donetsk region.
10:34 Ukraine is free to use tanks, armored vehicles and other equipment donated by Canada at its own discretion, including on Russian territory, said the country's Defense Ministry spokesperson Andre-Anne Poulin: "Ukrainians know best how to defend their homeland, and we are committed to supporting their capabilities... Canada has no geographic restrictions on the use of the military equipment that we donate to Ukraine." According to her, Canada has donated eight Leopard 2A4 tanks, several dozen armored combat support vehicles and hundreds of armored patrol vehicles, as well as several M-777 howitzers to Ukraine.
09:10 Z-publics write that another large column of the Russian Armed Forces has been destroyed near Korenev in the Kursk region. They claim that "exactly the same thing happened as near Rylsk" and blame the military command for this.
08:49 The General Staff showed the first hours of the operation in the Kursk region. "Demining, breaking through the border, destroying the enemy's defensive lines, the work of aviation, artillery, prisoners. The first hours of the offensive operation of the Defense Forces in the Kursk region of the Russian Federation on August 6, 2024. A day that will go down in the history of the Russian-Ukrainian war. Careful preparation, planning, surprise, fighting spirit and information silence became decisive at the initial stage of the operation," the General Staff said.
07:01 A video is published on social networks in which fighters from the Nachtigall battalion communicate with local residents of the Kursk region, and in response they hear the Ukrainian language:
05:24 The US Institute for the Study of War (ISW) writes that Russian forces are maintaining a relatively high tempo of advance in the Donetsk region, demonstrating that the military command continues to prioritize advances in eastern Ukraine despite the Ukrainian Armed Forces' advance in the Kursk region. There is no sign of significant Russian forces being deployed there.
04:12 Russia is still trying to formulate a response to Ukraine's operation in the Kursk region, but so far this response is "slow and scattered," said NATO Supreme Allied Commander Europe Christopher Cavoli. In his opinion, Russia's response is due to several factors: firstly, the lack of understanding of who is responsible for the fighting inside Russia, and secondly, the lack of freed-up troops that Russia can use to counter the operation in Kursk.
01:58 The United States still does not want to give Ukraine permission to use long-range weapons in the Kursk region, but the reason is not a possible escalation, CNN reports, citing several officials. According to them, the issue is that the United States has a limited supply of long-range ATACMS missiles for delivery to Ukraine, so Washington believes that they are better used to continue attacks on Crimea.
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