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Tehran signals no retaliation against Israel after drones attack Iran
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-Great Cultural Revolution
It turns out for pedophiles in Hollywood, ‘It's A Small World After All.’
[Twitter]
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/20/2024 11:35 || Comments || Link || [177 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I thought Maher was a ped. Is he hawking home videos?
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/20/2024 15:25 Comments || Top||

#2  He does have that "look", doesn't he?

Credit to him. I know of no one on the Left who has called out these sicko criminals at Disney and Hollyweird. And to even pucker his asshole up and complement DeSantis (in Maher's own way) was something, too.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/20/2024 19:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Maher is, at turns, reasonable and thoughtful. Don't hitch yer wagon to him as he has episodes of Lefty
Posted by: Frank G || 04/20/2024 19:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Maher is just the other side of "I'm a lifelong Republican but I won't vote for Trump."

A media concocted concern troll.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 04/20/2024 19:16 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
CDC warns of extreme heat dangers amid ‘record-breaking high temperatures'
[FoxNews] Can't WAIT!
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/20/2024 05:58 || Comments || Link || [244 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Last year was hot, so certainly, this year will be hotter. Climate change, donchaknow?
Posted by: Bobby || 04/20/2024 7:27 Comments || Top||

#2  But nary a peep about the Fauci Flu clot shot. I'll take my chances with "record-breaking high temperatures".
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/20/2024 8:17 Comments || Top||

#3  The CDC is now aligned with the Nation Weather Service.
We have reached Bull$hit Convergence!
Posted by: ed in texas || 04/20/2024 8:51 Comments || Top||

#4  WTF does CDC have to do with weather?

Other than, of course, all the Bidentowns and Illegal Shacks when the weather goes to Fever Season. I have Bubonic Plague in Denver for June on my card, feeling good, feeling wild.

Of course, here I am today in heavy jacket.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/20/2024 10:20 Comments || Top||

#5  I was watching the local TV news this morning and the weather guy said it is unseasonably cold for this time of year. He didn't mention a word about climate change, but I'm sure next week when the normal for this time of year he returns will hear about climate change once more.

In other words it's all a bunch of bs.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 04/20/2024 11:11 Comments || Top||

#6  #4 heavy jacket

Black Puffer!
"Moor Michelin man?"
"Or a Maoist?"
"Oh, wow, yes he can!"
His warm, cushy racket
Is burnin' your jacket.
Regression to mean is his plan!
/smokin' Wawa
Posted by: Slinese Snore5667 || 04/20/2024 11:40 Comments || Top||

#7  We still have snow in southern California mountains.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/20/2024 13:14 Comments || Top||

#8  And then there is Antarctica Is Colder, Icier Today Than At Any Time In 5,000 Years.
Posted by: Jeremiah Slolurong8105 || 04/20/2024 15:47 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
1944: How SMERSH incapacitated Bandera's followers
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[RedStar] Among the residents of the western regions of Ukraine conscripted into the Red Army in 1944, there were many members of nationalist formations who were identified by military counterintelligence officers.

by Alexander Tikhonov


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Posted by: badanov || 04/20/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [141 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And Bandera found a permanent home in Munich. How quaint.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/20/2024 0:14 Comments || Top||

#2  They obviously didn't do a good job because Ukrainian nationalism is still going strong today. It cost us plenty. The Federal Reserve had to run the printing presses day and night to print enough money to pay for Ukrainian independence.
Posted by: Uleremp and Company7042 || 04/20/2024 0:35 Comments || Top||

#3  And the irony is, the independence the Ukrainians may have garnered from the old USSR has turned into a dictatorship not much different than the Ukrainian SSR days.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/20/2024 1:00 Comments || Top||

#4  In Munich lie Steven Bandera,
A long-buried ghost, and his error...
Should anyone care.
And in Moscow? Well, there
Rises still... Stalin, titan of terror! /reverb
Posted by: Slinese Snore5667 || 04/20/2024 11:54 Comments || Top||


'More ancient than the Kiev Pechersk Lavra.' Historical finds in the Tver region
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
by Maria Olrova

[REGNUM] At the end of March, Russian President Vladimir Putin visited the city of Torzhok, Tver Region. This was his first trip since the March 17 presidential elections. It is significant that this ancient Russian city, located between Moscow and St. Petersburg, was chosen for the visit. The cultural and historical part of Vladimir Putin’s visit to Torzhok will have a serious continuation - federal money will go to the city for the development of those same historical and cultural spheres. Confirmation that Torzhok is worthy to join the ranks of the most ancient historical centers along with Veliky Novgorod and Pskov was the exhibition in the Museum Rows of the All-Russian Historical and Ethnographic Museum, which the President inspected.

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Posted by: badanov || 04/20/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [98 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Travels Across Russia: Torzhok: Torzhok, Tver, Russia
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/20/2024 4:46 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
US Fentanyl Crisis Is A 'CCP-Run Operation', Says Peter Schweizer
[ZERO] In March 2021, the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) Overseas United Working Committee recognized Wan Kuok Koi, also known as "Broken Tooth," as a "patriotic businessman" and the "chief representative" of all international Hongmen associations. Hongmen is synonymous with triads, or Chinese transnational organized crime syndicates, to many Chinese.

The awarding entity is a CCP United Front organization and a platform under the China Association for Science and Technology. It also pushes China’s flagship infrastructure program, the Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), worldwide. According to the Treasury Department notice, Mr. Wan has established a security company protecting BRI investments in Southeast Asia.

In a recent interview with EpochTV’s American Thought Leaders (ATL), investigative writer Peter Schweizer cited Mr. Wan’s case as an example of the CCP’s take on the United States’ fentanyl crisis.

"The notion that ’oh, China’s trying very hard, but they can’t fix this’ is an absolute joke in my mind," he said.

In addition, the author of a new book titled "Blood Money: Why the Powerful Turn a Blind Eye While China Kills Americans" told ATL that the U.S. fentanyl crisis is a "CCP-run operation."

"The drug cartels are certainly involved, but they’re the junior partner," Mr. Schweizer said, adding that the CCP is present at "every link of the chain."

The Chinese production of fentanyl precursors is widely known. However, Mr. Schweizer’s research also shows that China provides pill-pressing machines at cost for fentanyl-laced fake pill production, distributes the synthetic opioid in the United States, facilitates the Mexican drug cartels’ financial transactions, and provides secure communication systems to cartels so they can bypass detection by U.S. law enforcement.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/20/2024 03:27 || Comments || Link || [138 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  But the CCP is losing! Hundreds possibly thousands replacement people are arriving daily. They appear to be predominately Pro-Biden and will work for cash.

"Oh wait, there's more!"

Malaysian Doctor Expresses Deep Regret for Vaccination Stance, Offers Profuse Apology for Past Advice During COVID-19 Pandemic

"Do you guys want to know something? When they want to vaccinate you with a thousand guarantees and promises, you believe them. Then they apologize, and you believe them again. After apologizing, they need to publish an article or research, right? There, you believe that article too. ahahaha. That’s the difference between you and us who didn’t get vaccinated. We see it from the perspective of a culling program and implementation of evil that must continue. You see it as a medical mistake."
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/20/2024 3:43 Comments || Top||

#2  What we call "western civilization" is bent on self destruction - Chinese* just take and advantage of the situation.

*Don't tell me CCP would last 10 minutes without popular support.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 04/20/2024 4:17 Comments || Top||

#3  Just another US Foreign Aid operation.

Chinese hackers preparing to ‘physically wreak havoc’ on US critical infrastructure: FBI director
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/20/2024 4:41 Comments || Top||


#5  Aided and abetted by our own government.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/20/2024 12:33 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
The World Is Paying a Deadly Price for Barack Obama's Foreign Policy Legacy
[PJ] If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles from three fronts against civilian targets within the United States, would President Joe Biden call it a "win"?

Would the president tell us that the best thing we can do now is show "restraint"? What if that same terror state's proxy armies had recently helped murder, rape and kidnap more than 1,000 American men, women and children? What if this terror state were trying to obtain nuclear weapons so it could continue to agitate without any consequences?

This is what Biden and the Barack Obama acolytes, Iranian dupes and Israel antagonists he's surrounded himself with demand of the Jewish state.

And by "Iranian dupes," I don't only mean the Jake Sullivans and Antony Blinkens of the world, who worked to elevate the mullahs over Sunni allies and the Israelis, or even a Hamas bestie like Rob Malley or Israel hater like Maher Bitar. I mean assets of the Islamic State who promised the Iranian government to help out in any way possible.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/20/2024 03:55 || Comments || Link || [222 views] Top|| File under: Govt of Iran

#1  "Legacy" or current, on-going operations? You decide.
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/20/2024 4:00 Comments || Top||

#2  It doesn't matter who the figureheads elected officials are. The mandarinate has it's dogmas that shape policy both internal & foreign.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 04/20/2024 4:14 Comments || Top||

#3  Again, praise the LORD for the oceans that protect us from all this stupid stuff. We certainly can't rely on our leaders. But thousands of miles of blue water are more effective and more dependable.
Posted by: Tom || 04/20/2024 6:27 Comments || Top||

#4  ...unfortunately, to the south...
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/20/2024 6:45 Comments || Top||

#5  Marxist & Communist leaders are often ranked by the destructive and murderous outcomes they create.
Posted by: Airandee || 04/20/2024 8:05 Comments || Top||

#6  Are Iran’s Nine Lives Nearing an End?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/20/2024 12:25 Comments || Top||

#7  If a belligerent state launched 185 explosive drones, 36 cruise missiles and 110 surface-to-surface missiles from three fronts against civilian targets within the United States, would President Joe Biden call it a "win"?

Would the president tell us that the best thing we can do now is show "restraint"?


Uh, yeah. That's kinda how he operates. I mean, how does he respond to chemical and biological attacks against our country from China? How does he respond to an invasion of our country on the southern border? How does he respond to blackmail from the Mexican president? That's how he expects Israel to respond and he gets all butt hurt when they retaliate instead.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/20/2024 12:29 Comments || Top||

#8  Kinda makes you wonder if Baraq's foreign policy is dictated by Xi Jinping.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/20/2024 12:30 Comments || Top||

#9  "Little Satan, my friend, when you win,
Then your deep statesmen tend to grow thin...
So take decades to lose!
Though the troops get the blues,
You will never go hungry again."

Scarlett O'Biden, I guess.
Posted by: Thromons Snoluse6433 || 04/20/2024 15:05 Comments || Top||



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