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Page 4: Opinion
Kim Jong-un calls K-pop a 'vicious cancer' and threatens anyone caught listening to it with 15 YEARS in a labour camp	12 22:41 Anomalous Sources [6]
Deutsche Bank report issues 'dire' warning for US economy: Core inflation soars to 29-year HIGH akin to 'war-time' footing amid Biden's proposed $6T stimulus plans and Republicans claim it will be 'devastating for poorest families'	10 13:18 Abu Uluque [3]
Adam Schiff says Trump broke rules brought in after Watergate when DoJ secretly seized Apple data from him and US House Intel Committee colleague Eric Swalwell to discover who was leaking about Russia investigation	6 21:30 Tarzan and Company9874 [5]
'Don't fall asleep in the meeting and give Putin my warmest regards': Trump offers pithy advice to Biden ahead of his meeting with Russian president next week, and claims his own summit was a WIN	7 23:00 Jeremiah Uleack1446 [6]
Book Review: End of ownership. Personal property in the digital economy.	3 11:04 M. Murcek [6]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Good Morning	17 19:22 CrazyFool [10]
Army nabs infiltrator from Gaza armed with bomb, knives, grenade	2 13:49 swksvolFF [3]
Chinese miners kidnapped in Niger	7 21:43 SteveS [13]
Egypt's Court of Cassation upholds life sentences for defendants who bombed transmission towers in 2014	0 [7]
100 Taliban, 80 Soldiers Killed in Last 24 Hours: Sources	2 10:10 Frank G [8]
Gunmen Attack in Kabul Killed 6: Relatives	0 [3]
Car Bomb Targets Military Base in Baghlan	0 [6]
Houthi missile attack on Yemen’s Marib leaves 8 dead	0 [12]
Muataz al-Nasir, 7 others die in Russian air attacks in Syria	0 [7]
Libyan Football Club Suspends Participation in League After Attack	2 04:40 Dron66046 [4]
Sirte-Al-Jufrah Commander: Coastal Road Will Not Be Opened Without Guarantees	0 [5]
Portland antifa member Jarrod ''Sofie'' DeFerrari has been arrested again. She's charged with 1st-degree burglary and other crimes	7 15:18 M. Murcek [3]
Explosion kills security member in Syria's Manbij	0 [10]
Iraqi security authorities arrest two terrorists in Baghdad	0 [5]
PKK militants burn a house in Duhok	0 [3]
Global Coalition supplies the Peshmerga with multimillion dollars worth of weapons	0 [5]
U.S. offers $3 million for information on attacks against its interests in Iraq	0 [8]
Three infiltrators are arrested on the Iraqi-Syrian border	0 [6]
A military garrison for Iraqi Army was attacked by missiles in Rutba, Al-Anbar	0 [14]
Page 2: WoT Background
Palestinian indicted for shooting death of yeshiva student at Tapuah junction	2 17:26 Big Feet [6]
Photos show Hamas tunnel dug underneath courtyard of UNWRA school in Gaza	3 10:22 M. Murcek [4]
'We are concerned': Defense Secretary Austin issues warning over Iranian warships 'transporting arms including fast attack craft' across the Atlantic 'to Venezuela' and vows 'appropriate action' to stop them	8 21:28 Slappy [12]
Biden administration laying groundwork for push to expand Abraham Accords	2 06:51 Frank G [4]
Report: Fears of U.S. Sanctions after Nasrallah’s Bid to Import Oil from Iran	0 [8]
Erdogan's long arm: Turks arrested and abducted abroad	2 10:08 Frank G [4]
US slaps Yemen Houthis with sanctions over offensive	0 [10]
1.4M Afghans Returned From Iran in Past 18 Months: Ministry	1 07:31 Gerthudion Whomoper3485 [7]
Pentagon Mulls Protecting Kabul With Airstrikes: Report	11 18:20 swksvolFF [5]
Turkey's military operations are funded by heroin and cocaine	3 14:41 magpie [5]
Press Sudan to surrender Haroun, Bensouda tells Security Council	0 [7]
US Senator Criticizes Turkey over Provocations in Libya and Mediterranean	2 14:43 magpie [4]
Helpful chart to understand the doublespeak of the far-left	0 [3]
Warnings over new wave of displacement in Syria's northwest	0 [12]
High school students struggle with exams in Syria's IDP camps	1 07:41 M. Murcek [8]
Central African Republic govt resigns	1 11:32 Shavirt Omomble5937 [7]
Experts say India may create ‘new’ border conflict to shift attention from worsening conditions	3 14:06 Chris [3]
Afridi directs PTA to take action against Facebook's approach towards Pakistani, Kashmiri activists	1 04:34 Dron66046 [6]
US troops pull-out from Afghanistan likely to ignite Pak-sponsored terrorism in Kashmir	1 04:01 Dron66046 [6]
Per al-Kadhimi's orders, Iraq to deploy troops and thermographic cams on the borders with Syria	0 [8]
Iranian oil tankers set to arrive in Syria on Friday	0 [10]
Second Sa'ar 6 missile ship docks in Haifa	0 [5]
Page 3: Non-WoT
COVID-19 lockdowns slashed global air pollution by 15% by last June - with most US states cutting their emissions by 25% while some Asian cities reduced theirs by HALF	3 22:39 Anomalous Sources [6]
Who says news can't be fun: Beauty pageant for female prison wardens in Russia	9 19:37 Raj [5]
Will flying taxis take off? Electric two-seater 150mph aircraft capable of travelling 60 miles across cities revealed in California	6 22:24 Anomalous Sources [5]
Italian police hunt Pakistani family who 'strangled 18-year-old girl to death for refusing forced marriage to her cousin and buried her in a field'	0 [3]
Texas congressman Louie Gohmert stuns committee hearing by asking whether federal agencies can fix climate change by altering orbit of EARTH and MOON during committee hearing	27 21:10 Dron66046 [6]
Build that wall! BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors erects $35,000 fencing and electric gate around her new $1.4M Topanga Canyon home she bought with CASH - following backlash over her $3M property portfolio	2 01:51 Jeremiah Uleack1446 [8]
Hackers steal 26 MILLION logins for Amazon, Apple, Facebook and other tech giants after targeting PCs and making off with payment information from three million devices in latest major security breach	3 14:01 M. Murcek [3]
Eighteen-month jail term for man who slapped Macron	11 16:16 Brigitte Macron [5]
Russian court tags Navalny, organizations as extremist	0 [5]
NGO body condemns killing of aid workers in Lakes state	0 [3]
The European Parliament recommends disconnecting Belarus from SWIFT	0 [7]
Jeffrey Toobin Rehired By CNN; Redemption Tour Kicks Off	16 18:44 Glineck Slaper3735 [7]
Ohio sues Google, seeks to declare the internet company a public utility	5 21:24 Tarzan and Company9874 [8]
Lordstown Motors: Electric truck startup warns it may go out of business	16 19:51 SteveS [8]
Flat Earthers are more likely to be PSYCHOPATHS: People who believe conspiracy theories tend to have 'dark' personality traits, study finds	5 14:42 Zenobia Ghibelline1171 [4]
Page 6: Politix
Once You Realize The US Government Is An Organized Crime Syndicate	2 12:35 Abu Uluque [8]
Fox News Heir Spent $20 Million Opposing Trump	6 18:42 Omoluper Thusose2417 [9]
Human Events Uncovers Deleted Archive of Woke Commander's Tweets	8 21:45 SteveS [8]
Oxfam training guide blames 'privileged white women' over root causes of sexual violence	6 19:31 SteveS [6]
Oregon will allow homeless individuals to sleep on public land in all communities	13 17:12 Airandee [7]
Braun Questions Why DNI Identified 'Abortion-Related Violent Extremists' As Principal Threat, But Not BLM And Antifa	1 11:20 Bobby [9]
Alyssa Milano Considering Run for Congress in 2024	9 14:05 Zenobia Ghibelline1171 [8]
Joe Biden: 'Terrorism from White Supremacy' the 'Most Lethal Threat to the Homeland'	7 14:13 Chris [6]
Joe Biden: 'Not A Joke' — Global Warming the 'Greatest Threat' Facing America	7 12:54 Abu Uluque [5]

-Land of the Free

'Don't fall asleep in the meeting and give Putin my warmest regards': Trump offers pithy advice to Biden ahead of his meeting with Russian president next week, and claims his own summit was a WIN

            Posted by: Skidmark  ||
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#1 Masterful

Also, Putin insisted on live transmission. No TelePrompTer or earpieces.
Will Pres. Asterisk comply?

                Posted by: Ulemble Hupolutch5103    ||
                06/11/2021 8:59                Comments ||
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#2 Gotta wonder if Putin meeting with Joe is all for show and the real meeting with Baraq will take place later in secrecy.

                Posted by: Abu Uluque    ||
                06/11/2021 13:04                Comments ||
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#3 I just hope this isn't a rerun of Kennedy-Khrushchev in 1961 that led to the Berlin Wall, the Cuban missile crisis, etc.

                Posted by: Tom    ||
                06/11/2021 15:11                Comments ||
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#4
Joe, more advise "Double up on your Depends and don't let Putin pat your butt. And oh, don't sniff Putin's interpreters hair."

                Posted by: Spaiper the Flatulent3166    ||
                06/11/2021 15:29                Comments ||
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#5
Don't get distracted by Putin's Supporters either.

                Posted by: Spaiper the Flatulent3166    ||
                06/11/2021 15:34                Comments ||
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#6 Wouldn't doubt the main topic of convo will be to which side of the Mississippi the Obama/Biden cartel are willing to sell.

                Posted by: Anomalous Sources    ||
                06/11/2021 22:33                Comments ||
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#7 If putin offers soup or tea, be sure to eat it. Eat it all.

                Posted by: Jeremiah Uleack1446    ||
                06/11/2021 23:00                Comments ||
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia

Book Review: End of ownership. Personal property in the digital economy.

Direct Translation of the article. Edited.
Aaron Perzanovski, Jason Schultz . M: Publishing house "Delo" RANEPA, 2019

by Dmitry Buyanov

Continued on Page 49

            Posted by: badanov  ||
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#1 The first-sale doctrine creates a basic exception to the copyright holder's distribution right. Once the work is lawfully sold or even transferred gratuitously, the copyright owner's interest in the material object in which the copyrighted work is embodied is exhausted. - wiki

                Posted by: Procopius2k    ||
                06/11/2021 7:49                Comments ||
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#2 It's all in the terms of the contract and the fear of your lawyers.

                Posted by: magpie    ||
                06/11/2021 8:17                Comments ||
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#3 People want stuff. Whenever anyone points out that millennials don't own cars, point out that the time payment on their $1000.00+ iPhone is the new car payment. They've just set their sights lower.

                Posted by: M. Murcek    ||
                06/11/2021 11:04                Comments ||
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China-Japan-Koreas

Kim Jong-un calls K-pop a 'vicious cancer' and threatens anyone caught listening to it with 15 YEARS in a labour camp

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#1 Mr. Kim, I actually agree with your assessment of the music.

Not the punishment, though.

                Posted by: Mullah Richard    ||
                06/11/2021 9:45                Comments ||
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#2 Same with Boy Bands.

                Posted by: Angstrom    ||
                06/11/2021 9:47                Comments ||
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#3 Not sure about the punishment either; does anyone who listens to K-Pop even know how to labor?

To be fair, when I want to piss the kids off, I put on Top Pop Hits of the 90s.

                Posted by: swksvolFF    ||
                06/11/2021 10:27                Comments ||
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#4 'Afternoon Delight' - Starland Vocal Band on a loop.

Serious torture.

                Posted by: Mullah Richard    ||
                06/11/2021 12:09                Comments ||
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#5 For the kids, for radio playlist accuracy, it is the song Bullet with Butterfly Wings, followed by a random Oasis song, repeat.

                Posted by: swksvolFF    ||
                06/11/2021 12:59                Comments ||
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#6 He's not wrong.

                Posted by: Gromogum Javiter1197    ||
                06/11/2021 13:04                Comments ||
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#7
I say old chap, 15 years is a bit harsh, a what, were you recently jilted in your romantic endeavors by a musician?

                Posted by: Zenobia Ghibelline1171    ||
                06/11/2021 13:58                Comments ||
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#8 the Gallagher from Oasis that pretty much said Harry needs to shut the fuck up is my new hero wolf. And as you know, that's probably exactly how he said it.

                Posted by: Chris    ||
                06/11/2021 14:10                Comments ||
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#9 Most likely because the SK group is popular with the younger NK generation this is a no no.

                Posted by: Blackbeard Barnsmell6454    ||
                06/11/2021 16:14                Comments ||
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#10 I'm ok with this

                Posted by: Rex Mundi    ||
                06/11/2021 17:47                Comments ||
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#11 Which boy band refused to bugger him?

                Posted by: Rob Crawford    ||
                06/11/2021 21:01                Comments ||
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#12 Can we trade some BLM members for a few K-pop recruits?

                Posted by: Anomalous Sources    ||
                06/11/2021 22:41                Comments ||
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Cyber

Adam Schiff says Trump broke rules brought in after Watergate when DoJ secretly seized Apple data from him and US House Intel Committee colleague Eric Swalwell to discover who was leaking about Russia investigation

            Posted by: Skidmark  ||
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#1 Skid - you're killing us, man. Just give a little whiff of what's going on (I think that ought to be standard); Daily Mail blows.

                Posted by: Raj    ||
                06/11/2021 1:58                Comments ||
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#2

You heard him everyone.

It is Trumps fault that he lied and was caught.

                Posted by: NN2N1    ||
                06/11/2021 8:08                Comments ||
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#3 Adam Schiff talking about breaking rules -- priceless chutzpah.

                Posted by: magpie    ||
                06/11/2021 8:19                Comments ||
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#4 Accuse your target of what you have done.

                Posted by: swksvolFF    ||
                06/11/2021 13:18                Comments ||
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#5 Considering Sessions and Barr prosecuted no one during their DOJ reigns it would be ironic if they get prosecuted.

                Posted by: Airandee    ||
                06/11/2021 17:10                Comments ||
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#6 Accuse your target of what you have done.

Deny
Attack
Reverse
Victim
Order

DARVO

                Posted by: Tarzan and Company9874    ||
                06/11/2021 21:30                Comments ||
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Economy

Deutsche Bank report issues 'dire' warning for US economy: Core inflation soars to 29-year HIGH akin to 'war-time' footing amid Biden's proposed $6T stimulus plans and Republicans claim it will be 'devastating for poorest families'

            Posted by: Skidmark  ||
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#1 "Republicans claim" - good one, asswipes

                Posted by: Raj    ||
                06/11/2021 1:54                Comments ||
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#2 Well, inflation was kept artificially low by the Fed for a long time, then they went all-in with money printing. Only a moron would be surprised.

                Posted by: M. Murcek    ||
                06/11/2021 7:11                Comments ||
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#3 And, yeah, everything is a wartime footing, Manhattan Project, moonshot inside the Beltway now.

                Posted by: M. Murcek    ||
                06/11/2021 7:12                Comments ||
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#4

CN*-US PRAVDA NEWS ALERT

Harris has Biden sign Executive Order requiring all US Currency to be printed on Kitchen/Toilet Paper, so it will have continued value.

                Posted by: NN2N1    ||
                06/11/2021 8:05                Comments ||
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#5 My Realtor says everyone is wanting to buy Land and no one is selling.

                Posted by: magpie    ||
                06/11/2021 8:21                Comments ||
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#6 Land
Corn
Lumber
Oil
Copper
Gold
Silver
Platinum
Rhodium
Palladium
Pork bellies

... is any commodity NOT soaring in price?

Welcome Back, Carter
welcome back welcome back welcome back

                Posted by: Omeagum Clunk1510    ||
                06/11/2021 8:56                Comments ||
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#7 Well, land, they're not making any more except at Mauna Kea and man made Chinese military islands.

                Posted by: M. Murcek    ||
                06/11/2021 9:56                Comments ||
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#8 Sorry, meant Mauna Loa. I've visited both. Went to Mauna Kea to see the Keck telescopes. Went to Mauna Loa to see the lava.

                Posted by: M. Murcek    ||
                06/11/2021 9:59                Comments ||
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#9 ^ Actually, these days it's Kilauea but we get your point.

                Posted by: Abu Uluque    ||
                06/11/2021 13:11                Comments ||
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#10 Inflation is here and it will bite. You can't get something for nothing even when you own the printing press.

                Posted by: Abu Uluque    ||
                06/11/2021 13:18                Comments ||
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2021-06-11
Chinese miners kidnapped in Niger

Thu 2021-06-10
France suspends aid, military support for Central African Republic

Wed 2021-06-09
Hundreds arrested in 'staggering' global crime sting

Tue 2021-06-08
Four suspects tried in Paris over 2017 jihadist murder of cop

Mon 2021-06-07
More than two dozen Antifa rioters charged for Portland mayhem

Sun 2021-06-06
Flight From LAX Diverted After Flight Crew, Passengers Take Down Loon Allegedly Attempting To Break Into Cockpit

Sat 2021-06-05
Al-Qassam Brigades signing up new members during open recruitment in the northern Gaza Strip

Fri 2021-06-04
Niger State Govt Confirms 136 Pupils Kidnapped From Islamic School

Thu 2021-06-03
9 Killed in Protests against Kurdish Administration in Aleppo Countryside

Wed 2021-06-02
Iran Rearming Hamas with ‘Thousands of New Rockets'

Tue 2021-06-01
At least 39 dead in two attacks in eastern DR Congo

Mon 2021-05-31
ISIS suffers blow in Somalia's Puntland as forces kill Pakistani Jihadist

Sun 2021-05-30
Iran, Hamas, Hezbollah coordinated Gaza fighting in joint ops room

Sat 2021-05-29
Cullors steps down as BLM executive director
following real-estate spending spree

Fri 2021-05-28
Syrian President Bashar Assad wins re-election with 95.1% of votes

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