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Glad Japan is shedding the old WW2 restrictions. They were needed at the time, but Japan has evolved into a mature nation and is ready to once again step out on the world stage.
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I know they don't have an infinite budget, but I'd suggest they build something new for the F-35 and continue to use these for anti-submarine work, because they'll need it.
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The Japanese Navy has subs that use a fuel/air/electric system that lets them stay under for days at a time and are quieter than nuclear subs.
Also the Japanese have used their armed forces as a labor pool and an excuse to keep their armament production up to date. They have "improved" copies of a lot of weapons. Their rifles and anti-tank weapons are nasty and so are their tanks. They have been training with the US Marines for some time now on how take islands.
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The newest Japanese Soryu class submarines use a next-gen AIP system. They've replaced the Lox/Stirling engine setup with a ginormous rechargeable lithium battery.
I'd like to see them sell a few to Taiwan and Vietnam.
[AnNahar] More than 150 migrants colonists forced their way into Spain's overseas territory of Ceuta on Friday, hours after 540 people alighted in Greece as pressure on southern Europe ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... an states continues despite an overall drop in arrivals.
The mass arrivals come after several charity ships that rescued migrants colonists off the coast of Libya were denied access to Italian ports by outgoing hardline interior minister Matteo Salvini.
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[Jpost] The United States imposed sanctions on two individuals from Taiwan and three Chinese firms for activities tied to North Korea ...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche... , according to the U.S. Treasury.
It also sanctioned the Shang Yuan Bao ship flying under a Panama flag.
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To me this suggest that Android and I-Phone need the capability of allowing apps to be installed in a Virtual Machine that can't access the installed machine.
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On my android you can't even uninstall the Facebook app. even though i don't Facebook I'm stuck with the shit.
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Happily my unlocked Galaxy 8+ let me uninstall fartbook. I only have a Gmail login to access the Play store, otherwise I use Microsoft Launcher, Edge and Outlook mail. Overall it's a fine experience.
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A common feature of lots of tech moron websites is the "stuff I use" recurring post. Tech bloggers loves to talk about them own selves. Here's my list of "stuff I don't use:"
Fartbook
Shittah (said with the Stewaht Vahney shill accent)
Gurgle ecosystem
Crapple ecosystem
Any curated or "verified" news feed
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Still the proud owner of a Samsung flip phone; this crap would drive me up a wall.
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That's actually a very clever response to the protesters shooting surveillance cameras. And not too violent. Can we use yellow for Antifa, and their blue for BLM?
[AlAham] Islamic State ...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling Allah around with every other sentence, but to hear western pols talk they're not really Moslems.... grabbed credit for a suicide kaboom in 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 port of Aden that killed six southern separatist fighters on Friday, the Death Eater group’s Amaq news agency said.
The attack was carried out by a Death Eater on a cycle of violence and targeted a patrol from the Security Belt group, part of a separatist front fighting Yemeni government forces for control of the major port city.
Aden has been the scene of a surge of fighting that has complicated efforts to end Yemen’s complex war.
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[IsraelTimes] Al-Manar report says terror group has handed the crashed drones to Lebanese army after conducting investigation into attack said to have destroyed key missile component.
The TV station of Leb’s Hezbollah terror group said Friday two drones used in an alleged attack south of Beirut were flown from Israeli gunboats off the Lebanese coast.
Al-Manar TV’s report came five days after an alleged Israeli-launched drone crashed in a Hezbollah stronghold while another went kaboom! and crashed nearby.
The TV reported that Hezbollah handed over the drones to the Lebanese army after conducting its investigation.
Hezbollah has said its explosive experts found that one drone was laden with highly kabooms, suggesting the aerial vehicles were designed to carry out attacks. One drone was initially thought to be a reconnaissance drone.
The target of the drone attack in Beirut was an expensive and rare industrial mixing machine used in the creation of solid fuel, and the raid set back the terror group’s plans to develop long-range precision missiles by at least a year, according to Hebrew media reports this week.
In the wake of the attack, the IDF on Thursday revealed the identities of four senior Iranian and Hezbollah officials involved what it said was a joint project to manufacture precision-guided missiles for the Lebanese terror group, in a dramatic move apparently intended as a tacit threat to the officers. The army warned that the Iranian-led project was "jeopardizing the stability of Leb."
The Lebanese army and government officials have described the drone crash incidents and Monday’s attack as blatant acts of aggression and violations of illusory sovereignty and following an emergency security meeting, asserted Leb’s right to self-defense.
Israel’s military has been gearing up for a possible attack from Hezbollah, deploying extra troops to the northern border and limiting some movement along the frontier.
On Monday, an Israeli military official warned that any Israeli response would be disproportionate, and Israel sent a message to Leb via the US that it would not limit its response to Hezbollah but would view all of Leb as a legitimate target, according to reports by Israeli news outlets.
Lebanese daily al-Akhbar has reported that senior US officials were putting pressure on Beirut to rein in Hezbollah in order to avoid an escalation in violence, and were also attempting to defuse potentially explosive tensions.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry said Tuesday the Lebanese government asked for Moscow to help "prevent a further escalation of tensions between Israel and Leb."
...the Jerusalem-born, Christian Palestinian of Jordanian citizenship who showed his gratitude for growing up in the safety of the U.S. by killing a Kennedy for supporting Israel...
who was convicted for assassinating Robert F. Kennedy in 1968, was stabbed Friday in a South San Diego County prison.
Sources inside the Donovan Correctional Facility in Otay Mesa told TMZ Sirhan was attacked Friday afternoon in a prison yard.
Sirhan was taken to a hospital outside the prison for care, according to the TMZ source. He remains in stable condition.
Cal Fire confirmed to 10News a person stabbed Friday afternoon at the prison was taken to Scripps Mercy Hospital.
"The suspect in the attack has been identified, and has placed in the prison’s Administrative Segregation Unit, pending an investigation," a California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation official said in a statement.
Sirhan Sirhan shot and killed Kennedy during a presidential campaign rally in Los Angeles. He was immediately tackled by witnesses. Sirhan was convicted of first-degree murder in 1969 and initially sentenced to death. The sentenced was commuted to life in prison in 1972 when the California Supreme Court found that the death penalty constituted cruel and unusual punishment under the state constitution, according to the CDCR. Rose Bird CA Supremes. She got ejected. Jerry Brown's first round of F-Ups
Sirhan has had 15 parole hearings and subsequent denials since he was incarcerated. He has claimed he does not remember shooting Kennedy, the Associated Press reported in 2016.
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"The suspect in the attack has been identified, and has placed in the prison’s Administrative Segregation Unit, pending an investigation,"
Give him some credit - at least he took a stab at it.
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I'm reminded of Chris Rock on SNL Weekend Update commenting on the death penalty: "I got no problem with the death penalty. I'm I'm favor of it. What I have a problem with is the electric chair. That uses electricity. My tax money. There has to be a cheaper way. (Snaps fingers) I know. Stabbing em won't cost a dime..."
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He got shanked down on D Range
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[USA Today] At least 10 Youts people were injured Friday following a shooting at the end of a high school football game in Mobile, Alabama, authorities said.
Mobile Police Chief Lawrence Battiste said one person had a seizure after the incident at Ladd Peebles Stadium, a city-owned venue hosting a game between LeFlore High School and Williamson High School. 10 people in all were injured Friday night, including six people who were directly shot, Battiste said, according to the Associated Press.
The victims range in age from 15 to 18 years old, according to the police chief. Mobile Fire-Rescue spokesman Steven Millhouse says five patients were hospitalized in critical condition, but their injuries were non-life-threatening. The conditions of the others are unclear.
Police say that two people were detained for questioning, but have not confirmed if they are the shooting suspects, WKRG-TV reported.
In a news conference, Battiste cautioned people to be alert in public gatherings.
"It goes back to the idea that why are young people bringing this type of violence to public events?" Battiste said. "This is unacceptable for people to not to be able to come out and enjoy an event watching their children play at a football game and watching their children perform in the band."
Mobile County Public Schools called the shooting "sad" in a statement that referred questions to police.
[Jerusalem Post] The US Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) took action on Friday against the oil tanker Adrian Darya 1, its Captain Akhilesh Kumar, and anyone aiding it.
US National Security Advisor John Bolton said on social media on Friday night that "Sanctions are serious" and "let this be a lesson to anyone" who may wish to support Iranian oil sales.
The tanker is believed by the US to help Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-Qods Force (IRGC-QF) to ship and transfer oil, Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Sigal Mandelker said in a press release by the Treasury.
"Anyone providing support to the Adrian Darya 1 risks being sanctioned," she said.
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In better times, it would have just been sunk... now the lawyers need to wet their beaks.
[VOE] Former Danish migration minister Inger Støjberg said, "If you no longer need our protection and your life and health are no longer at risk in your home country, and specifically in Somalia, you must, of course, return home and rebuild the country from which you came from."
Since 2017, Denmark’s Immigration Service began carrying out comprehensive reviews of ’refugee residence permits’ and has revoked the residency permit of nearly 1,000 Somali migrants.
On top of that, the Danish parliament has also approved a new policy will see criminal migrants relocated to an uninhabited island before they are deported. The idea behind this policy seeks to limit the spread of Migrants.
If only their Scandinavian neighbor Sweden could adopt the same outlook.
A recent study conducted by Professor Emeritus in Economics Lars Calmsfors has revealed that Sweden ‐ compared to Norway, Denmark, and Finland ‐ has the most difficulty getting newly arrived migrants to work.
[MAIL] Authorities arrested 35 people in a massive three-state investigation that recovered a cache of weapons and illegal drugs, including enough of the deadly opioid fentanyl to kill 14 million people.
Investigators who assisted in 'Operation Cookout,' said they made the arrests Thursday and were still searching for four suspects.
The operation seized 24 firearms, 66 pounds each of fentanyl and heroin, 11 pounds of cocaine, and more than $700,000 in cash during the three-day 'takedown,' according to a statement released by federal authorities. Group foto at link.
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The way to handle this is to declare the cartels terrorists and to start using drones to wipe them out on either side of the border. This will not happen because our politicians are almost as crooked as the rest of the worlds.
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About those bombastic numbers. I know we have too many opioid deaths, but if these calculations were anywhere near correct you'd think someone would've have noticed the millions and billions of bodies piling up by now.
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...like the calcs that say 'X' takes years off our lives. Usually adding up that we were dead before we were born. Which is true in the case where X = Planned Parenthood.
[Studyfinds.org] SOLNA, Sweden ‐ Who is most likely to have a memory like an elephant? A woman or a man? When it comes to specific events, a new study backs the claim that women have better recall.
But researchers say memories come in many forms, and men do have some advantages. While a female may have the edge when it comes to remembering a conversation or where she last left her keys, a male is more likely to find his way back to the car. That’s because women fare better when it comes to episodic memory.
Episodic memory is the ability to remember events, such as what we did last week or whether we took our medication this morning. One of the most sensitive memory systems, it is impacted by lack of sleep, depression and aging.
A research group with the Karolinska Institutet in Sweden looked at numerous episodic memory studies conducted over three decades to uncover the truth behind the anecdotal reports of men being unable to remember as well as women such matters as who they met, who said what or where they last saw a missing object.
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They remember everything you have done wrong as though it happened yesterday. In that their memories recall perfectly. The anger and emotion are equally recalled as well.
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Every rule has exceptions, I suppose. Mr. Wife is the one who better remembers conversations and events, between the two of us, though I’m the one who finds misplaced keys — Big Man Mighty Hunter doesn’t notice things that aren’t moving. ;-)
He is much better at geography, though, which fits the stereotype... But probably so are 90% of females. The invention of GPS has been life changing for me.
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TW, sounds like the relationship me and my wife have.
She has the inter-uterus tracking device. I have a photographic memory of events and movies.
She can't figure out a map or where things are and I can see them in 3D in my head.
But she can negotiate like a boss with car salesmen. It is funny to see them look at me like, "Dude, she is asking too much!" and I'm, "She knows the value. Match it or we go elsewhere."
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I admit to being a slow learner. My wife (God rest and keep her) always dropped her keys in completely random places. I didn't help myself at all by wisecracking "well, the fraction of a second you saved when you did that is gone now." When I finally learned to say "Don't worry, I'll find them" Bhudda smiled...
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Well learned, that. "I find them so easily, dear, because I know you so well. I really do pay attention in my inscrutable way." Read somwehere that Jo Hopper said something like, "It took me forever to realize that when he was just sitting there looking out the window, he was actually hard at work."
[The Hill] President Trump on Friday suggested General Motors should start moving its manufacturing operations "back to America," echoing his calls to renew the U.S. auto industry.
"They moved major plants to China, BEFORE I CAME INTO OFFICE," Trump tweeted. "This was done despite the saving help given them by the USA. Now they should start moving back to America again?" But thanks for the $49.5 Billion dollar loan from the U.S. Treasury.
GM told The Hill in an email that over the last 10 years, its employment has remained stable, noting that it has 46,000 active United Auto Workers employees, up slightly from 45,000 in 2011.
The company also noted its announcement of investments of more than $23 billion in its U.S. manufacturing operations in the last decade, across 11 states.
Trump has long advocated for manufacturing companies to remain or move to the U.S. and has criticized companies for moving their operations abroad.
The president slammed GM last year after the automaker announced plans to cut thousands of jobs in the U.S. and Canada.
[IsraelTimes] Army says fragment came from grenade or firecracker; 4 Gazooks caught crossing into Israel with grenade, knife; incendiary balloon launched from Strip sparks fire in south.
An Israeli soldier was lightly injured Friday evening from shrapnel during violent protests 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 Hamaswith about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... Strip. The army said it was not clear whether the shrapnel came from a grenade or a firecracker.
Some 6,000 Paleostinians were said to be taking part in the protests. The Hamas, a contraction of the Arabic words for "frothing at the mouth",-run Gaza health ministry said 75 Paleostinians were maimed during festivities with Israeli troops, 42 of them from live fire. "Fire at will!"
Israeli soldiers captured four Paleostinians who crossed into Israel from the Strip armed with a grenade and a knife. The four were arrested shortly after crossing the border and taken in for further questioning, the army said.
The incident came shortly after an incendiary balloon launched from Gaza sparked a fire in the Sdot Hanegev Regional Council and as Paleostinians took part in the weekly "March of Return" rallies along the border.
According to a report Friday in Leb’s al-Akhbar newspaper, Israel has offered Hamas economic concessions and to ease its blockade of Gaza in return for a long-term ceasefire.
The report said the proposal was made by Egyptian intelligence officials during a meeting with top Hamas members.
While making the proposal, the Egyptians were said to warn Gaza officials that Israel is serious in its threats to carry out a wide-ranging military campaign if the violence continues.
Hamas said it was not responsible for the recent firing of rockets from the coastal enclave toward Israel, blaming "rogue elements."
Israel has accused the Iran-backed Paleostinian 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... of being behind the recent violence emanating from Gaza. But it maintains that Hamas, as the Strip’s ruler, is ultimately responsible for all attacks emanating from the territory, while saying that it believes the Islamic Jihad is instigating the current unrest.
Both Israel and Egypt enforce a number of restrictions on the movement of people and goods into and out of Gaza. Israel says the blockade is necessary to keep Hamas and other terror groups in the Strip from arming or building military infrastructure.
Since the start of August, an increase in rocket fire and attempts by Paleostinian button men to cross from Gaza into Israel have been met with IDF Arclight airstrike ...KABOOM!... s on Hamas targets, threatening a fragile ceasefire between Israel and the ruling terror group.
[Breitbart] The ongoing violence between cartel fighters and Mexican authorities in Nuevo Laredo led to 12 gunmen dying within a 24-hour span this week.
The most recent battle took place in Nuevo Laredo Wednesday morning when a group from the Cartel Del Noreste (CDN) faction of Los Zetas attacked a Mexican Army fort, leading to a shootout that killed five gunmen.
The CDN men were all wearing military-style uniforms and carried high-powered weapons. They were part of the organization’s "Tropa Del Diablo or Devil’s Troops," tasked with keeping rival cartels at bay and clashing with authorities.
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tasked with keeping rival cartels at bay and clashing with authorities. How about just clashing with rival cartels? That sounds more appropriate to me.
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Looks like they got lit up as they were approaching. The last guy sitting up, casually holding his rifle with his head gone. He died before he knew what happened.
[ToloNews] A US service member was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan on August 29, NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... 's Resolute Support mission said in a statement on Friday.
In accordance with US Department of Defense policy, the name of the service member is being withheld until 24 hours after notification of next of kin is complete.
The death brings to at least 15 the number of members of the US military to be killed in the incidents in Afghanistan so far this year.
NATO did not immediately provide any additional information.
On August 21, two US Army commandos were killed in action in Afghanistan.
The US has about 14,000 troops in Afghanistan as part of NATO's Resolute Support mission who are training, advising and assisting their Afghan allies.
This comes as the US President Donald Trump ...His ancestors didn't own any slaves... said Thursday that the United States will keep a permanent presence in Afghanistan, with 8,600 troops initially, even after a deal is reached with the Taliban ...Arabic for students... .
[ToloNews] Ghor police chief said the operations will continue until all security threats are removed in the province.
Local officials in Ghor said military operations are underway in the province over the last month to clear some areas of Lions of Islam and boost security as the presidential election is getting closer.
Ghor governor Ghulam Nasir Khaze said the public uprising forces have also joined the operations.
He said that dozens of Lions of Islam have been killed in the operations.
"We have had good achievements in the operations. Over 90 Lions of Islam were killed in the operations," the governor said.
Public uprising forces said the Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... attacked western parts of Feroz Koh, the center of Ghor, two months ago and that they are trying to push them back with the help of Afghan Defense and Security Forces.
"We will continue our operations. We will defend our country," said Yasin, member of public uprising forces.
"We call on the government to help security forces in their operations," said Karim, member of public uprising forces in Ghor.
The operations are underway in four areas including Jam, Maidanak, Bara Khana and Baidan areas along Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... -Ghor highway, Ghor Police Chief Mohammad Amin Ahmadzai said.
"We have launched ground and air operations in the western parts of Feroz Koh [city] in which the Lions of Islam have suffered heavy losses," he said.
Security officials said the operations will continue until all security threats are removed in the western province.
[ToloNews] At least six civilians were released from a Taliban ...Arabic for students... prison in a special operation by the Afghan National Army in the central province of Ghazni.
The operation was conducted in Giro district, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
The statement said that a Taliban fighter was arrested and a weapons cache belonged to the group was destroyed during the operation.
[KhaamaPress] The security forces conducted air and ground operations in northern Balkh province which killed or maimed at least 18 Talibs.
The 209th Shaheen Corp said in a statement that the security forces conducted the operations against Ezaullah Sabawoon, Taliban ...mindless ferocity in a turban... ’s shadow district chief for Chahar Bolak district of Balkh.
The statement further added that the security forces killed at least 10 Talibs during the operations and maimed 8 others.
Furthermore, the 209th Shaheen Corps said the security forces have likely killed Ezatullah Sabawoon during the operations.
The Taliban group has not commented regarding the operations so far.
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed or detained more than 40 Talibs during the operations in Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan.
The military sources said Friday that the Afghan Special Forces detained a Taliban ...Arabic for students... krazed killer during an operation in Musahi district of Kabul.
The sources further added that the Special Forces killed 7 Talibs and destroyed a large cache of weapons during a similar raid in Giro district of Ghazni.
Furthermore, the Special Forces killed 2 Talibs and destroyed a small cache of weapons during a separate raid in Gelan district of Ghazni.
The Special Forces also destroyed a small cache of weapons during an operation in Mizan district of Zabul province.
Meanwhile, ...back at the pie fight, Bella went down under the weight of the custard... the Special Forces killed 21 Talibs and destroyed a small cache of weapons and drugs during an operation in Tarinkot district of Uruzgan.
The military sources also added that the Special Forces killed 10 Talibs during an operation in Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province.
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Interior has confirmed that Pahlawan Jamshid,
...a respectable two-namer, though not as refined as if he had three...
one of Kabul’s most notorious criminals had died after being arrested in wounded condition.
“It’s very mysterious! What say you, Dr. Quincy?”
“He is definitely dead, Sergeant Rafiqullah. And he seems to have lost a few key bits along the way. Pile him up with the others — it’s going to be a busy night.”
Nasrat Rahimi, a spokesman for the Ministry of Interior said the police forces arrested Pahlawan Jamshid during an operation in Kabul city earlier today.
What — during daylight?? These Afghan police have absolutely no sense of proper procedure. Send them to train with Bangladesh’s Rapid Action Battalion!
Rahimi further added that the police forces arrested Pahlawan Jamshid after he sustained injuries in an infighting among the gang members.
Can’t have been much of a gangster if he can’t freeze his henchmen with a single evil glare...
Furthermore, Rahimi said the infighting among the gang members of Pahlawan Jashid took place this afternoon in the first district of Kabul city.
Good lord. Do not these people understand that all evildoing must be done at zero dark thirty?
He also added that Jamshid had earlier committed major crimes including murders, banditary and robbery.
Ah well, at least he is wanted for crimes on twelve planets.
However, Rahimi said Pahlawan Jamshid succumbed to his injuries after the police arrested him in wounded condition and shifted him to hospital.
...one hopes his mother loved him enough to mourn his death. Clearly no one else did.
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The great mystery of countries where Islam took hold is what the hell were they believing in before, if anything. I mean what kind kind of life path is blowing yourself up in public and taking innocent people with you?
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It's a paleostinian invention I believe, the suicide bomber. While the original madness of islam declared suicide a sin, later mullahs added to the dogma their own interpretations as per convenience.
I think it was the paleostinian Abdullah Yusuf Azzam who first began to ideate on explosive martyrdom as a justified tactic for the dawah (religious war). He used some long dead saudi arabian asshole's religious writings from the 17th century to forward this doctrine. As it happened, Ossama was a fan of Azzam's and included many of his teachings in the training of his acolytes.
But the most widely read asshole among jihadi ideologues is Taqi al-din Ahmad Ibn Taymiya (1263-1328), a Turkish asshole. He used to issue fatwas to Turkmeins and erstwhile chechens to battle Mongols, and commanded them to martyrdom, taking as many Mongols as they could. Some men obviously high on hash used to run burning, into camps setting supplies and stuff on fire until they were killed. Ossama, Zawahiri and others all cited him when exhorting their followers to undertake suicide missions. I'm sure that did not suffice and yuge quantities of hash or cocaine were involved.
Finally, Hamas released their charterin the late 80s, declaring it a great islamic privilege to be a suicide bomber, and turned out the first bomb-vests. Only the israelis know what havoc they caused after that, until security agencies got a handle on barely the tactics involved.
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Explosive martyrdom may be a Palestinian invention but it sure as hell caught on in the rest of the Islamic world. I include flying passenger planes into building in the same category.
[IsraelTimes] United Nations ...an idea whose time has gone... anti-racism committee urges the "state of Paleostine" to combat anti-Semitism, end incitement, better protect journalists and dissidents.
The "State of Paleostine" joined the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination in 2004. But although states must file reports on their implementation of the International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination one year after acceding, and then every two years, the Paleostinians submitted their first report only in March 2019.
The 62-page document basically clears the Paleostinians of any wrongdoing, while repeatedly accusing Israel of the worst offenses.
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They just like to bandy that imaginary title about. 'State of Paleostine'. They probably thought it will hit the Israeli papers verbatim and the term shall gain entry into Israeli discourse.
[Breitbart] The brother of Olympic gold medal gymnast Simone Biles was charged with murder Thursday in connection with a triple homicide that occurred on New Year’s Eve in Cleveland, Ohio.
On Thursday, Cleveland police reported that Tevin Biles-Thomas, 24, had been arrested and charged with voluntary manslaughter, felonious assault and perjury, the New York Post reported.
According to an investigation, the shooting occurred at a party when members an uninvited group were asked to leave, and gunfire erupted.
Devaughn Gibson, 23, DelVaunte Johnson, 19, and Toshon Banks, 21, were shot multiple times and died at the scene. Two others were wounded but survived. Whatever happened to names like Harold, Donald, and Peter ?
The four-time gold medal champion has not issued a statement about her brother’s arrest.
Biles-Thomas is in custody in Liberty County, Georgia, awaiting a September 13 arraignment in Cleveland. Home cooked meals are delivered three times per day, and BT has a dedicated widescreen and kliker.
"The investigators within the Cleveland Police Homicide Unit remained committed to securing an arrest in this tragic case," Cleveland Division of Police Chief Calvin Williams said in a statement. "We appreciate our partnership with the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor’s Office and are confident that their efforts will bring justice for the families affected by this terrible incident." Notice the Chief said "incident" not homicide or murder.
Their birth mother was lost to drugs. Simone was three and her brother was six when the four children were adopted by their grandparents, for what it’s worth.
Update from the Daily Mail at 1:30 p.m. EDT:
Tevin M. Biles-Thomas, 24, was taken into custody at Fort Stewart in Georgia on Thursday over the New Year's Eve shooting at an Airbnb rental in Cleveland.
He was arrested after the local sheriff's office obtained a warrant to take a DNA cheek swab from Biles-Thomas following a request from authorities in Cleveland.
The results were then presented to a grand jury before an indictment was returned for him, WSAV3 reports.
He is charged with six counts of murder - three for directly causing another person’s death and three for causing someone’s death during the commission of a separate felony - three of voluntary manslaughter, five of felonious assault and a single count of perjury.
Biles-Thomas, who holds the rank of specialist, is a cannon crew member assigned to 3rd Infantry Division.
He joined the Army in 2014 and was deployed to Korea in 2018 as part of a rotational deployment.
Prosecutors say Biles-Thomas was part of an 'uninvited group' that attended a New Year's Eve house party above a pizza shop in Cleveland's Brooklyn Centre neighborhood.
A fight then broke out with guests and Biles-Thomas is accused of opening fire.
Authorities declined to elaborate on whether other gunmen were involved.
Biles-Thomas is the only person charged so far.
Biles and her brother were among several siblings raised by different relatives after their biological mother, who struggled with substance abuse, relinquished custody when they were young children.
The gymnast was eventually adopted along with her younger sister by their maternal grandfather.
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Who will be the first ESPN jerkwad to say he should get a complete pass because his sister is a black athlete: Stephen A-hole Smith or Max Headcase Kellerman? We know what's her face would have beat them both it she still had an ESPN gig...
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I'm sure the defense team can hire Kim Foxx as a consultant
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So it was not a case for the Castle Doctrine ? He shouldn't be charged for 'standing his ground'. Maybe they were going to attack together ?
I think he did everyone a service. Terminating three 'Deshawns' at the startinf ages of crime, in one night.
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agreed, but I'm sure the families have issued statements saying they were complete angels who never hurt anyone. Or that's what I always hear the families say on Atlantas nightly news.
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Yes. They paid mamman's bills. She assumed the money was made selling car stereos and mowing lawns. Now she's in a jam...
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This part of the Daily Mail report is queer:
Biles-Thomas was part of an 'uninvited group' that attended a New Year's Eve house party above a pizza shop in Cleveland's Brooklyn Centre neighborhood.
A fight then broke out with guests and Biles-Thomas is accused of opening fire.
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I got my degree at CWRU. The Mistake on the Lake is some town. I had plenty of good times there. The couple times I've been back since the end of the 70s it was sad to see.
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Hey M. Murcek - I got my degree from a college very near to CWRU - Case Institute of Technology.
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[AlAhram] Italy's Interior Minister Matteo Salvini on Tuesday refused to allow a ship carrying dozens of migrants to enter Italian waters, the latest in a string of standoffs over migrant rescues.
The Eleonore, run by German charity Mission Lifeline, is seeking a safe port after rescuing some 100 people from a collapsing dinghy in the Mediterranean on Monday.
Charity workers rescued the migrants after a run-in with the Libyan coast guard, which wanted to take them back to the crisis-hit north African country.
[AlAhram] More than 140 people, mainly migrants, were arrested in dawn raids on Athens squats Monday as part of a major crackdown, police said. A police source said 143 people, some without papers, had been picked up. Most were from Afghanistan, Eritrea, Iran and Iraq. There were 57 men and 51 women in the group, and the rest were children, the source added.
Dozens of officers cleared four squats occupied for several weeks, mainly by refugees and migrants, in the Exarcheia district of Athens. Athens prosecutors authorised the raids after complaints filed by the owners of the buildings being squatted.
The new conservative government of Kyriakos Mitsotakis has vowed to bring "order" to the district, promising regular police patrols.
The Exarcheia neighbourhood has frequently been the site of clashes between anarchists and police, particularly since 2008, when a police officer shot dead a teenager, sparking days of rioting.
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Divert these ships directly to a breaking operation and make the "refugees" break up the ship. Make the NGOs pay all costs.
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looks like someone has worn out their welcome
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[NYPOST] A St. Louis man who’s obviously seen a few things was caught on camera looking completely unphased as an armed thief held up the bar he was drinking in.
At one point, the man can be seen lighting up a cigarette ‐ keeping his cool the entire time and refusing to get up from his chair ‐ while the suspect points his heavily modified pistol at him. He even refuses to give up his cellphone when ordered by the crook.
"He just was very adamant about it like, ’I’m not playing your game,'" said bartender Dustin Krueger, who spoke to KMOV4 and other local outlets on Thursday.
Everyone else in the bar during the Wednesday night incident can be seen hitting the deck and looking scared for their lives as the robbery suspect waves his gun at them and takes their belongings. But not the bespectacled "badass," as some people were describing him on social media.
"This is incredible," wrote one person on Twitter. "Dude has no f‐ks left."
Another user said, "That dude has balls of steel or has nothing left to lose. Either way, ice flows in his veins."
According to reports, the suspect managed to get away with everyone else’s possessions and some cash from the bar, but nothing belonging to the cigarette man. Many wondered if the guy was just too drunk to realize what was going down.
"We’re hardcore (or numb or really like our drink) here in Mound City," tweeted one resident.
Some were comparing the man to Samuel L. Jackson’s character in "Pulp Fiction," who also sits calmly through a stick-up.
"My hero," said one Twitter user.
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It's not good advice to say F U to anyone with a gun, but the larger point is well taken. This guy's example is worth 10 Eagle Scout progressions.
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I hope people learn a lesson from this guy. Whining and quivering behind tables is no way to die.
[Rudaw] Americans in Iraq will be "hostages" in the event of a US-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 a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... war, a leader of Iran-backed Shiite militias in Iraq said.
While the Iraqi government, still reeling from the fight against the Islamic State
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Drone footage of northern Hama in Syria after its capture by Syrian & Russian forces. It’s been fought over for 7 years. Utterly destroyed and devoid of life. pic.twitter.com/1Md10cLItY
[Rudaw] Leb dismissed Ottoman Turkish claims on Friday that it would receive the Adrian Darya, an Iranian tanker which has been bouncing around the Mediterranean amid US warnings over its valuable oil cargo.
Every change of tack by the huge vessel, with its cargo of 2.1 million barrels worth around $140 million, has sparked intense speculation.
It was detained for six weeks by the British territory of Gibraltar and released despite a US attempt to keep it detained on suspicion that its cargo was bound for Syria.
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[EveningStandard] Donald Trump’s personal assistant, who has served him since day one of his presidency, has resigned, sources have said.
Madeleine Westerhout’s shock departure came after she allegedly shared intimate details of the US president’s family and Oval Office operations at an off-the-record dinner with reporters.
Ms Westerhout, 29, had been drinking and disclosed the private details during the meal which took place in New Jersey, during Mr Trump’s holiday at his nearby golf club in the town of Bedminster, according to the New York Times (NYT).
Anonymous sources told the paper the president learnt of her breach of trust yesterday, prompting her swift exit from the White House.
The 29-year-old became a close aide to the president after working for the Republican National Committee as an assistant to Chief of Staff Katie Walsh.
She also worked for Mitt Romney’s 2012 presidential campaign, and reportedly cried on election night in 2016 because she was so upset over Mr Trump’s victory.
But she soon earnt the president’s trust and, once employed as his PA, enjoyed unique access to him and his family, the NYT reported.
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An awful lot of the usual hires for presidential staffing refused to consider working for President Trump in 2017, which meant he ended up with some odd choices. The same had happened during the campaign, but he won anyway.
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Obviously the left can offer so much moolah and opportunity that anybody folds easily. No wonder he only trusts the immediate family over many others.
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She sounds less likely a spy than a blabbermouth happy to have inside dirt to tell to an attentive audience with no thought to the damage she might be causing.
To be honest I hope that's all this is because to think a Romney employee held her nose and got a job with Trump to spy and cause problems doesn't sit well at all..
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Omarosa, scarammucci, this one. I have a hard time believing good help is that hard to find. I chalk it up to DJT puts the real talent in the money related jobs and figures any moak can do PR.
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and reportedly cried on election night in 2016 because she was so upset over Mr Trump’s victory.
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In da toidy-toid month of ye siege,
red with rage: "It's Lord Romney, my liege!"
"Rebels, eh?" They debate.
"Place their man at the gate,
Where we'll watch and we'll wait, and not wager."
[Federalist] The Supreme Court will hear a pivotal case in October on sex, gender identity, and discrimination: R.G. and G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. As both sides build their cases, numerous influential organizations and individuals have filed amicus (friend of the court) briefs to aid the members of the Supreme Court in their understanding on this topic.
One brief in particular stands out. It’s so powerful, it should not only persuade the Supreme Court but influence people on both sides of the transgender debate, particularly the mainstream media.
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS GENDER FLUIDITY
The brief examines the personal testimonies of the following people, all of whom identified as transgender at one point, then reverted to affirming their sex: Walt Heyer, Jamie Shupe, Linda Seiler, Hacsi Horvath, Clifton Francis Burleigh Jr., Laura Perry, Jeffrey Johnston, Jeffrey McCall, and Kathy Grace Duncan. While regular Federalist readers may be familiar with regular contributor Heyer, the other names may be unfamiliar. Yet their stories are just as powerful.
For starters, each of these people now believes, due to counseling, therapy, and personal experiences, that there is no such thing as gender fluidity or transgender. They now believe it is a fantasy many people try to make real.
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There is a similar psychological condition in which a person believes their limb doesn't belong. The medical field decided this was a sickness and that it would be immoral to amputate healthy limbs.
When it comes to changing gender things are suddenly different how? Just because you can't pin it simply to being a limb doesn't mean it's not a similar mental issue. The suicide rates remain the same before and after suggesting that gender reassignment is not curing the problem, and playing along with the infinite gender game is discouraging active searching for solutions.
In a decade or two the psychological and medical fields will look back in shame at all the lives they wrecked by cow-towing instead of standing firm with the facts.
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Every time I was tempted to get a 'cool' tattoo what stopped me was the thought: "Will I really, Really want this on my arm 20-30 years from now?" ...and a tattoo is chicken feed compared to elective surgical body modification
[San Francisco Chronicle] A California court of appeal on Friday overturned the gun conviction against the undocumented immigrant acquitted by a San Francisco jury of murder in the shooting death of Kate Steinle on the city’s Pier 14 in 2015.
The state’s First District Court of Appeal reversed the November 2017 verdict that found Jose Inez Garcia Zarate guity of being a felon in possession of a firearm. Garcia Zarate, 46, was acquitted of homicide charges in the case that touched off a furor about immigration and sanctuary laws.
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Clearly the way to handle any gun charge in court is to have your attorney insist you are an illegal alien.
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I can't wait for that state to slide into the ocean.
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So when he was shooting at seals -- which was his excuse for shooting Steinle -- he didn't have possession of a firearm?
No more gun laws until the left actually uses the ones already on the books.
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So. He was shooting at seals by picking up a gun wrapped in a t shirt and waiting for it to accidentally go off. A very stochastic approach.
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Remember its OK for an illegal to be in possession of a gun. Law abiding citizens however should be stripped of theirs. [What part of this makes sense to the Left other than the raw exercise of power?]
The part where brown people can get away with anything.
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In the Sargasso Sea, just off Trinidad,
I onec met a singular pinniped
That balanced its head
On its nose as it bled,
Being blessed with the gift of St. Winifred.
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[The Hill] Creating a separate record system in the FBI is a mortal sin, and with good reason. Every newly minted agent at Quantico learns this as part of FBI 101. Anytime an FBI agent, to include the director, collects information in an official capacity, that information must be documented, associated with a case file number and entered into the FBI’s case management system. Comey never did that. In fact, his now infamous memos weren’t entered into the official FBI system until after he was fired.
Having one system of record ensures that all information collected by the FBI is searchable, discoverable and transparently linked to the authorities that allow that collection. A separate, hidden record system gives rise to suspicions and disrupts the economy of trust that the FBI has worked hard to maintain with the American people.
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Yes. They are going to make him have breakfast with Trey GowdyDoodie, Jason "Tim Curry" Chaffetz and Loogie Gomer every day and Comey always has to pay the tab...
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Until Comey actually goes to prison,it's all just kabuki theater.
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The teapot dome people basically got to keep the money. I'm sure the opprobrium hurt a lot. The Keating Five didn't even have to retire after the scandal broke.
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Talk is cheap. Show us the money. Otherwise, I see a bunch of D.C. swampers protecting their arses and those of their pals--it's called cover-up. Toss out the game-playing and do something to clean up the mess that has been created by Washington.
[Rudaw] US authorities have told Ottoman Turkish officials the Kurdish People’s Protection Units (YPG) have withdrawn from The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor... ’s shared border with Syria, Turkey’s defense minister said Friday, but his government wants to "confirm it with our own eyes".
"The US has informed us that the YPG murderous Moslems have withdrawn from there and destroyed some of their positions," Hulusi Akar told news hounds after visiting the national cemetery for the anniversary of Ottoman Turkish Victory Day.
"We want to see all of these in person and confirm with our own eyes."
His comments follow a reported withdrawal of Kurdish forces from the Ras al-Ain area on Syria’s northern border with Turkey on August 24 and Tal Abyad two days later, according to a statement from the Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria (NES) on Tuesday.
"The first practical steps ‐ in the Ras al-Ain area ‐ in removing some earth mounds and withdrawing a group of People’s Protection Units and heavy weapons have begun," the statement read.
Two days before the reported withdrawal, the YPG ‐ which forms the backbone of the US-backed Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) ‐ destroyed fortifications on the border in accordance with the proposed safe zone agreement, as reported by US Central Command (CENTCOM) on August 23.
However, ars longa, vita brevis... an SDF spokesperson said later the same day they had only withdrawn weaponry, not forces.
"Our forces have not withdrawn from the area," Kino Gabriel told Rudaw.
The US and Ottoman Turkish defense minister agreed on August 7 to establish a buffer zone on the Syria-Turkey border and turn it into a peace corridor to house a proportion of the 3.6 million Syrian refugees currently sheltering in Turkey.
However the SDF, the US, and Turkey have been at odds over the length and depth of the safe zone.
Turkey has demanded a 30-40 km deep buffer zone while both the US and Kurdish sides have called for no more than 14 km in depth.
SDF commander Mazloum Abdi recently said the zone should cover all areas under their control.
Turkey considers the YPG to be the Syrian offshoot of the Kurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK), which Turkey and its western allies list as a terrorist organization. The YPG has denied any organic links to the PKK but follows the philosophy of its founder, Abdullah Ocalan.
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[Rudaw] Tehran has increased its stockpile of enriched uranium, a quarterly report by the ineffective International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) warned Friday, as 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 a cognate form of Stürmabteilung (or SA), the term Supreme Guide is a cognate form of either Shah or Führer or maybe both, and they hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... continues to roll back its commitments to the 2015 nuclear deal.
Iran has been squeezed by sanctions and increasingly isolated from the international community since the United States withdrew from the deal, officially known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), in May 2018.
In an effort to pressure the remaining Europe ...the land mass occupying the space between the English Channel and the Urals, also known as Moslem Lebensraum... an signatories of the deal to help it weather Washington’s maximum pressure campaign, Tehran has been incrementally scrapping its commitments to the deal, which was designed to limit its nuclear ambitions.
In July, the IAEA announced Iran had stockpiled 213.5 kg of enriched uranium ‐ breaching the 202.8-kg limit imposed by the deal.
The uranium was being enriched at 4.5 percent ‐ beyond the 3.67 percent cap.
Friday’s IAEA quarterly report says the stockpile has now increased to 241.6 kg.
Although its enrichment is a long way off the level needed to create a nuclear bomb, the move brings Tehran significantly closer to having the capacity to rapidly develop a device.
"Iran is progressively backing out of the deal in retaliation for Washington’s withdrawal from the accord and renewal of sanctions that have hit Iranian oil sales," the IAEA report states.
"Iran has accumulated 241.6 kg of enriched uranium and is enriching at around the same level as before, up to 4.5 percent," Rooters reports.
The foreign ministers of Britannia, La Belle France, and Germany met with EU diplomatic chief Federica Mogherini for talks on the sidelines of an EU meeting in Helsinki on Friday in a bid to bolster efforts to rescue the nuclear deal.
US sanctions have primarily targeted Iran’s oil industry ‐ its main source of revenue.
US President Donald Trump ...Oh, noze! Not him!... recently signed an executive order imposing new sanctions on Iran, aimed particularly at Iran’s Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamanei, his office, and those closely affiliated with him.
US-imposed sanctions have dealt a massive economic blow to Iran’s economy. The national currency has lost around 70 percent of its value, and rates of unemployment and inflation are sky-high.
The measures come during an uptick in tensions in the Persian Gulf and Gulf of Oman. Iran shot down a naval reconnaissance drone in the Gulf of Oman on June 20, while several oil tankers have been attacked in the same area.
The US has repeatedly accused Iran of launching the tanker attacks ‐ accusations Iran has vehemently denied.
I hope that you had an enjoyable and productive summer recess, with the opportunity for some rest ahead of the return of the House.
I wanted to take this opportunity to update you on the Government’s plans for its business in Parliament.
As you know, for some time parliamentary business has been sparse. The current session has lasted more than 340 days and needs to be brought to a close ‐ in almost 400 years only the 2010-12 session comes close, at 250 days. Bills have been introduced, which, while worthy in their own right, have at times seemed more about filling time in both the Commons and the Lords, while key Brexit legislation has been held back to ensure it could still be considered for carry-over into a second session. This cannot continue.
I therefore intend to bring forward a new bold and ambitious domestic legislative agenda for the renewal of our country after Brexit. There will be a significant Brexit legislative programme to get through but that should be no excuse for a lack of ambition!
We will help the NHS, fight violent crime, invest in infrastructure and science and cut the cost of living.
This morning I spoke to Her Majesty The Queen to request an end of the current parliamentary session in the second sitting week of September, before commencing the second session of this Parliament with a Queen’s speech on Monday 14 October. A central feature of the legislative programme will be the Government’s number one legislative priority, if a new deal is forthcoming at EU council, to introduce a Withdrawal Agreement Bill and move at pace to secure its passage before 31 October.
I fully recognise that the debate on the Queen’s Speech will be an opportunity for Members of Parliament to express their view on this Government’s legislative agenda and its approach to, and the result of, the European Council on 17-18 October. It is right that you should have the chance to do so, in a clear and unambiguous manner.
I also believe it is vitally important that the key votes associated with the Queen’s Speech and any deal with the EU fall at a time when parliamentarians are best placed to judge the Government’s programme. Parliament will have the opportunity to debate the Government’s overall programme, and approach to Brexit, in the run up to EU Council, and then vote on this on 21 and 22 October, once we know the outcome of the Council. Should I succeed in agreeing a deal with the EU, Parliament will then have the opportunity to pass the Bill required for ratification of the deal ahead of 31 October.
Finally, I want to reiterate to colleagues that these weeks leading up to the European Council on 17/18 October are vitally important for the sake of my negotiations with the EU. Member States are watching what Parliament does with great interest and it is only by showing unity and resolve that we stand a chance of securing a new deal that can be passed by Parliament. In the meantime, the Government will take the responsible approach of continuing its preparations for leaving the EU, with or without a deal.
The Leader of the Commons will update the House in the normal fashion with regard to business for the final week. For now, I can confirm that on Monday 9 September both Houses will debate the motions on the first reports relating to the Northern Ireland (Executive Formation etc) Act 2019 (NIEFA). Following these debates we will begin preparation to end the Parliamentary session ahead of a Queen’s Speech.
The Business Managers in both Houses will shortly engage with their opposite numbers, and MPs more widely, on plans for passing a deal should one be forthcoming. Decisions will also need to be taken about carrying over some of the bills currently before the House, and we will look to work constructively with the Opposition on this front. If agreement cannot be reached we will look to reintroduce the bills in the next session, and details on this will be set out in the Queen’s Speech.
As always my door is open to all colleagues should you wish to discuss this or any other matter.
(signed) Boris Johnson
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Political psychiatry has a permanent nasty smell thanks to its history in the Soviet Union. A psychiatrist who fails to recognize this suffers from a pathological lack of self awareness. Jennifer Rubin looks exactly like the angry woman shouting during the two minutes hate in 1984. Looks. Exactly. Like.
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Herb, second time:
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Read this. Jennifer Rubin praises the 'antibodies fighting Trump'. Juxtaposing the 'body politic' with the human immune system, she suggests the media and the anti-democracy activism against Trump is somehow saving the polity of America.
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Yes, the Left increasingly uses disease metaphors to describe Americans. The same as the Nazis described the Jews. That's why they used rat poison to cleanse them, they were ridding the world of vermin.
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Well, I am a sick fuck. Until they round me up hold my bourbon and watch this...
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And, Herb. I basically like you. I hope you meant "the nazies thought they were ridding the world of vermin." That missing qualifier changes what you said a whole lot.
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Sounds like this guy needs to be committed and given hourly ECT until he realizes what reality is.
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I hope you meant "the nazies thought they were ridding the world of vermin."
That’s how I read it, M.Murcek.
Incidentally, M., last night you submitted The Hitler Thing... without a URL in the Source box or the name of the website in square brackets, so it was deleted. Please resubmit, it looked like an interesting addition to the Rantburg conversation. Thank you!
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Oh, so now I'm a nazi? Jeez, you people are just like the Left. It's sad, when did you lose your way?
If that was in response to my comment, the answer is no, I don't think that at all. When it comes to discussing the Holocaust I think it behooves us who are not on the left to chose our words carefully as opposed to the HitlerHitlerHitler chanting from the "progressives." I said I basically like you Herb. No BS. I'd expect to be checked if my verbiage maybe made me look like I was saying something really awful that I didn't mean at all. I respect the daylights out of your stance against stupid and needless war. Keep telling it, brother. It needs to be heard. But don't bash the very people you are trying to convince. Nobody digs that...
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Herb, reread what you wrote and realize they are giving you the benefit of the doubt, not condemning you, but that goes along with an honest assessment of what you wrote and admitting yes, you missed a word.
WASHINGTON (AP) ‐ A woman tossed a lit Molotov cocktail into the lobby of a U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services office in Oakland Park, Florida. But no major injuries were reported, according to a report of the incident sent to administration officials and viewed by The Associated Press.
The woman walked into the office Friday afternoon and hurled a bottle filled with gasoline and a lit fuse. But the fuse disconnected from the bottle and didn’t ignite, according to the report. Law enforcement officials believe she intended to cause harm but the incident wasn’t related to other incidents where Homeland Security agencies were targeted.
The incident comes amid federal investigators’ growing concerns about attacks on immigration agencies during a time of heightened emotion and scrutiny. The issue remains a political powder keg for both Democrats and Republicans as Trump continues to push for major changes on his signature issue and tries to energize his base by delivering on campaign promises.
A Homeland Security official condemned the attack and urged the public to express themselves peacefully and respectfully without trying to harm people. The official, who was not authorized to discuss an internal incident, spoke to the AP on condition of anonymity. The official said the attacks were unacceptable.
Citizenship and Immigration Services handles legal immigration, and the agency has been in the spotlight recently. It is run by Acting Director Ken Cuccinelli, a supporter of President Trump’s hardline immigration policies who has presided over major recent changes that have prompted criticism from immigrant advocates.
One major change could deny green cards to many migrants who use Medicaid, food stamps, housing vouchers or other forms of public assistance. Cuccinelli also defended changes to a longstanding agreement that governs how children cared for in government custody and how long they can be detained.
It wasn’t clear what prompted the woman to launch the bottle. Security officers handcuffed her and subdued her until she could be taken into custody by Federal Protective Service officers who arrested her. The report did not list her name or what criminal charges she faced.
No one was injured, though one person reported feeling ill from the smell of gasoline, and the offices were closed.
About two weeks ago in San Antonio, at least one vehicle pulled up to a building that houses offices for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and a gunman fired shots through a window, FBI officials said. No one was injured. Another building used by ICE was also fired on.
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I was about to say this level of idiocy was the Insurgent's corrallary to being unable to decant urine from a boot, but all the individuals that applies to were at least trying to read the directions.
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Arrested: Security officers handcuffed the woman who threw the device and she was taken into custody by Federal Protective Service officers who arrested her. The report did not list her name or what criminal charges she faced.
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"To hear the lamentation of their women " As they are dropped screaming over the North Atlantic.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
...formerly ISIS or ISIL, depending on your preference. Before that they were al-Qaeda in Iraq, as shaped by Abu Musab Zarqawi. They're really very devout, committing every atrocity they can find in the Koran and inventing a few more. They fling 
[IsraelTimes] Al-Manar report says terror group has handed the crashed drones to Lebanese army after conducting investigation into attack said to have destroyed key missile component.
[USA Today] At least 10 
[VOE] Former Danish migration minister Inger Støjberg said, "If you no longer need our protection and your life and health are no longer at risk in your home country, and specifically in Somalia, you must, of course, return home and rebuild the country from which you came from."
[Studyfinds.org] SOLNA, Sweden ‐ Who is most likely to have a memory like an elephant? A woman or a man? When it comes to specific events, a new study backs the claim that women have better recall.
[IsraelTimes] Army says fragment came from grenade or firecracker; 4 Gazooks caught crossing into Israel with grenade, knife; incendiary balloon launched from Strip sparks fire in south.
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[ToloNews] A US service member was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan on August 29, 
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...mindless ferocity in a turban...
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed or detained more than 40 Talibs during the operations in Kabul and other provinces of Afghanistan.
[EveningStandard] Donald Trump’s personal assistant, who has served him since day one of his presidency, has resigned, sources have said.
[San Francisco Chronicle] A California court of appeal on Friday overturned the gun conviction against the undocumented immigrant acquitted by a San Francisco jury of murder in the shooting death of Kate Steinle on the city’s Pier 14 in 2015.
...Qatar's satrapy in Asia Minor...
...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 
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