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-Land of the Free
Mayorkas rushes to Texas border sector overwhelmed by migrants, admits 'challenging situation'; thousands of Haitians go back to Mexico, but only 327 sent to Haiti on 3 flights Sunday
[FoxNews] Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas traveled to Del Rio, Texas, on Monday for a briefing on how the Biden administration is responding to a migrant surge in the area.
"Rushes?" What's he been doing all this time?
Mayorkas channeling Obama: "First I heard about this, I read it in the news today"
According to the Department of Homeland Security, Mayorkas is meeting with state and local officials to address the situation, in which thousands of predominantly Haitian migrants are flooding the border. Many have set up a de facto camp under a bridge to shelter from the 100-degree heat as their numbers swell and they wait to be processed by Border Patrol.

"We certainly are experiencing a challenging situation, but we are surging resources and we have a multipronged approach to this," Mayorkas told CNN on Sunday. He said that so far the administration had added 600 agents as part of a surge in the region and was working with with American Red Cross and World Central Kitchen to bring supplies and food to people.

Mayorkas discouraged more people from rushing to the border to try and enter the U.S., especially during the COVID-19 pandemic.

"We have sent a very clear message early on in light of the fact that we are in the midst of a pandemic, that the border is not open and people should not take the perilous journey here," he said. "We are returning people to other countries."

Lawmakers, including Rep. August Pfluger, R-Texas, have said the situation was sparked in part by a halt to deportation flights by the Biden administration. Pfluger said Haitians and others who were waiting in Central America took that as a green light to come to the U.S.

"So when those flights were stopped by the U.S. government...they got the word and it was like ‘go time,’" he said.

On Friday, the administration closed down the Del Rio point of entry, instead directing migrants to Eagle's Pass 57 miles away.

DHS announced Saturday it was taking a number of additional steps to address the matter, including ramping up deportation flights to Haiti, moving people from Del Rio to other processing centers, and having Border Patrol emergency medical technicians in Del Rio to provide water, towels and portable toilets.

Thousands of Haitian migrants cross Rio Grande BACK to Mexico to avoid deportation as DHS ramps up expulsion flights to seven a day - but still Biden and Harris remain silent on crisis

[Daily Mail, Where America Gets Its News]
  • Haitian migrants began flowing back across the Rio Grande to Mexico over fear of deportation from the U.S. as DHS ramps up removal flights of the 15,000 mostly Haitian migrants

  • Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on Sunday visited the southern border where migrants set up camp

  • 'We certainly are experiencing a challenging situation, but we are surging resources and we have a multi-pronged approach to this,' Mayorkas said

  • Removal flights full of migrants began over the weekend, with three planes full of Haitians who fled to the U.S. landing in Port-au-Prince, Haiti on Sunday

  • DHS plans to ramp up removal flights to six or seven each day

  • President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris have not addressed the latest developments at the southern border

  • Neither have visited the Rio Grande Valley, where they majority of the illegal crossings are taking place

Courtesy of Throth Bucket8145:
It turns out just 327 were sent back to Haiti on three flights Sunday, according to a DHS spokesperson. They were reportedly all adult single males. The rest of the 3,300 presumably are family groups who will be processed and released.
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#1  we have a multipronged approach to this

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Afghanistan
After Recognition We Will Address Rights Issues: Mujahid
[ToloNews] In reaction to European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
concerns over human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
violations in Afghanistan, Zabihullah Mujahid, deputy minister of the Ministry of Information and Culture of the caretaker cabinet, said on Monday that if the international community recognizes the new government, they will address the concerns over allegations of human rights violations.

"As long as we are not recognized, and they make criticisms (over rights violations), we think it is a one-sided approach. It would be good for them to treat us responsibly and recognize our current government as a responsible administration. Afterward, they can share their concerns lawfully with us and we will address their concerns," Mujahid told TOLOnews.

Mujahid’s remarks come after the ambassador and head of the EU delegation in Afghanistan, Andreas Von Brandt, on Sunday said the EU is deeply concerned over human rights violations in Afghanistan, especially the violation of women and girls’ right to education and work.

"The substance of my criticism remains: human rights are under threat in Afghanistan, particularly the right to education and right to work," Brandt tweeted.

Saleem Paiger, leader of the Hizb-e-Mutahid-Fikre Mardum Afghanistan, meanwhile said the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
should not make investigations into allegations about human rights violations a condition for world recognition. "The Taliban are Afghans, but they should not take such issues hostage as a condition to be recognized by the world," he said.

Afghanistan’s Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) issued a statement on Sunday saying it has not been able to fulfill its duties since the collapse of the former government on August 15, adding that Taliban forces have occupied its offices and are using its equipment.

The AIHRC called on the UN Human Rights Council to establish an independent body for monitoring human rights violations in Afghanistan and called on the Taliban to respect human rights. "The AIHRC call upon the Taliban to respect the independence of the AIHRC and its staff and all Afghan human rights defenders, who have worked tirelessly to protect the fights of the Afghan people," reads the statement.

Reacting to this, Mujahid said AIHRC is not an international body, and added that they have started investigations into allegations regarding the occupation of AIHRC buildings. "AIHRC belongs to the former Kabul administration, and it was an official body in that time and it is not an international human rights body. However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by...
we will see who has used their office and how. Investigations are ongoing," Mujahid said.

Previously, Human Rights Watch and other international organizations voiced their concerns over reported violations of human rights by Taliban forces, but the Taliban has always rejected the allegations.

WHO chief meets Taliban’s premier and officials

[KhaamaPress] Head of the World Health Organization Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus arrived in Kabul on Monday, September 20, and met with the prime minister of Afghanistan Mullah Muhammad Hassan Akhund in Presidential Palace (ARG).

The meeting was conducted between the head of WHO, his delegation, head of UNAMA Deborah Lyons, and the premier of Afghanistan, his deputy Mullah Baradar, acting foreign minister Amir Khan Motaqi.

Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan has not disclosed details of the meeting until.

Adhanom is said to have come to Afghanistan in order to build coordination among the health administrations and to support them. He was also said to be resuming the aid of WHO that was suspended to the ministry of public health of Afghanistan.
Formal recognition and money — the only things the Talibs want from unbelievers.
As per the statistics of UNICEF, there are still one million children who are malnourished and are believed to be losing their lives if not helped by the winter season this year.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1 
Why not tell the world what those "Rights" will be?

IS it because the Taliban has historically treated certain people and females like its till 500 BC?

Seriously, What country would support or donate to such a country ruled by religious fanatics on a Islamic crusade to change the world by force?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/21/2021 5:39 Comments || Top||

#2  ^^^ Biden and Blinken's America, I'm guessing?
Posted by: Tom || 09/21/2021 13:35 Comments || Top||

#3  Sounds like a line out of Mar's Attacks!, probably end with the same result.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/21/2021 17:44 Comments || Top||


China to provide unconditional aid to Afghanistan by winter
Such selfless generosity! Especially in the face of China’s domestic food shortages.
[KhaamaPress] Chinese ambassador to Kabul Wang yu said that his country is prepared to continue his country’s unconditional humanitarian aid to the people of Afghanistan.

The Chinese ambassador has met the acting minister of refugees and repatriates Khaliluranman Haqqani
...I think that’s a typo for Khalil ur Rahman Haqqani, 55, step-uncle of Haqqani Network Number 1/ Talib government Interior Minister Sirajuddin Haqqani. He is a US Specially Designated Global Terrorist, with $5 million head money. He’d been the Haqqani/Taliban bag man, collecting donations from governments and private citizens from the Arabian Gulf to south and east Asia, but most recently was tasked with Kabul security following the American bug out...
on Sunday, September 19, and has pledged the Chinese assistance relief to arrive by winter this year.

As per the statement of the ministry, China will provide the people of Afghanistan with $15 million in humanitarian aid and one million doses of the Corona vaccine.

Earlier, Yu along with the Pak ambassador to Kabul Mansoor Ahmad Khan was the first foreign envoys who met acting foreign minister after the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
declared their interim cabinet.

Pakistain has also sent its first consignment through the Torkham crossing point on Sunday, September 19 which contained 278 tonnes of food ingredients.

Officials of the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan have welcomed the aid from the international community and have assured it be distributed transparently.

The provision of relief assistance comes as over 18 million people of Afghanistan are in need of humanitarian aid as the winter season is approaching.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  278 tonnes of food ingredients

A thousand barrels
of oyster sauce, with
pureed beans a plenty.
And bags and bags
o' slant-eyed pixie dust,
to make Tofu Han Wen-ti.


No Kung Pao Chicken for 'em.


Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/21/2021 10:35 Comments || Top||

#2  Uighur Spam
Posted by: Frank G || 09/21/2021 12:06 Comments || Top||

#3  So we don't have any need to send anything? Works for me!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 09/21/2021 12:34 Comments || Top||


Kabul Airport fully operational for domestic and international flights
[KhaamaPress] Over one month after the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
takeover and the deadly evacuation of nearly 150 thousand people from Kabul International Airport, the airport has officially been open and fully operational for both domestic and international flights from Sunday, September 19.

The national aviation administration of Afghanistan announced that the airport is operational 12 hours a day mainly from 6 am to 6 pm.

Officials in the administration have said that the first commercial international flight took off from the airport to Islamabad on Sunday, September 19 and they are to be continued.

They pledged that they are still trying hard to prepare the airport for flights by night.

The administration has asked UAE, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan, and other countries to resume flights to Kabul but they have only gotten a green signal from Pakistain and Iran
...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate Jews Zionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol...
for the time being.

The largest airport in Afghanistan has been inflicted damage worth nearly $20 million by the US marines before they complete the evacuation and the airport was later repaired by Qatar
...an emirate on the east coast of the Arabian Peninsula. It sits on some really productive gas and oil deposits, which produces the highest per capita income in the world. They piss it all away on religion, financing the Moslem Brotherhood and several al-Qaeda affiliates. Home of nutbag holy manYusuf al-Qaradawi...
i and Ottoman Turkish technical teams.
Heckuva donation there, guys. The Talibs won’t have any money to pay for anything until the opium poppy crop is refined and shipped off to the usual buyers.
Taliban are now securing the airport only and the former male and female Afghan personnel are asked to return to their jobs.
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IMF Funds for Afghanistan 'On Hold' Says Spokesman
[ToloNews] The International Monetary Fund (IMF) recently announced a $650 billion Special Drawing Rights (SDR) allocation for member countries, but Afghanistan at the moment will not be allowed to access these funds.

According to IMF, the SDR allocation, which was made on August 23rd, will benefit all IMF members and will address the long-term global need for reserves and foster the resilience and stability of the global economy.

IMF front man Gerry Rice said on Thursday at a presser that Afghanistan will not have access to this grant because of the uncertainty over Afghanistan's government.

"Our engagement with Afghanistan has been suspended until there is clarity within the international community on the recognition of the government.
Please don’t.
We're guided by the international community in terms of the recognition of the government in Afghanistan, and we don't have that. So, the IMF program there, which you asked about, has been put on hold. And again, as we said last month, the country cannot access IMF resources, SDRs and so on at this point. But again, I want to say that we stand ready to work with the international community to advocate for urgent actions to stall a looming humanitarian crisis," said Rice.

According to IMF, $275 billion of the new allocation will go to developing and low-income countries.

Rice said IMF is deeply concerned about the difficult economic and humanitarian situation in Afghanistan.

Regardless of the current inaccessibility of the SDR funds, a number of economic analysts, meanwhile, welcomed IMF’s position regarding humanitarian aid for the people of Afghanistan, saying the world should not leave the people of Afghanistan alone at this critical time.

"This is good news that IMF is voicing its concern about the bad economic situation in Afghanistan. This can pave the way for further international help to Afghanistan," said Sayed Massoud, a university lecturer.

Afghanistan's banking assets have also been frozen since the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
takeover on August 15, and the country is struggling with deep economic problems.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Taliban/IEA

#1  Actually I don't think there is any uncertainty at all about Afghanistan's government. It's the Taliban.
Posted by: Tom || 09/21/2021 13:36 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
Zakzaky Meets Survivors of 2015 Clash
[All Africa] The leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky,
...former leader of the Muslim Brotherhood in Nigeria, he converted to Shi'ism after a visit to Iran, and now is a fiery Iranian sock puppet and head of the IMN, which Nigeria declared a terror group in 2019. Like the Muslim Brotherhood, its spinoffs, including Boko Haram/ISWAP, are much more violent. He’s the only Zakzaky in our archives, but the rest of his name suffers considerable variation...
has met with survivors of the December, 2015 clash between soldiers and members of the movement.Zakzaky also met with families of those killed in the clash.

A Kaduna State High Court had on July 28, 2021, discharged and acquitted the Sheikh and his wife, Zeenat who had been standing trial on eight counts charges bordering on alleged criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide.

However speaking in Abuja, according to a release made available to Daily Trust, the Sheikh used the opportunity to condole with them over the losses of their loved ones.

He urged them to always remember the persecution and hardships meted out to Imam Hussein (AS) when the dreaded army of Yazid besieged and massacre them.

He alluded to his visitors that no sacrifice is too high when it comes to the path of Allah.

Sheikh Zakzaky also apologised for having to invite some of them, instead of going to their houses to condole them.

"Due to the injuries we sustained during the military attack on us, we still carry bullet fragments in our bodies, and there is no way we can meet up with all the victims and the survivors of the brutal military onslaught against us in December 2015," he added.

Zakzaky then prayed to Almighty Allah to give the families of the deaders the fortitude to bear the irreparable losses they suffered and prayed that Allah accept the martyrdom of those killed.

Responding, Dr. Isa Waziri Gwantu, who said he lost four of his children during the Zaria incident, expressed gratitude to the Sheikh for inviting them to meet him in such a difficult circumstance and reiterated their resolve to never abandon the right path being championed by the sheikh.

Hajiya Jummai Karofi, who said he lost five children, said, "I would like the killers of my children to know that what they did to them would never scare us away from Sheikh Zakzaky and the Islamic Movement in Nigeria, in fact, they are ready to pay the ultimate sacrifice in defense of Islam."
Posted by: Fred || 09/21/2021 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Islamic Movement of Nigeria (Iran)


Britain
Four UK pro-Palestinian activists charged after calling for rape of Jewish women
[IsraelTimes] Police say suspects likely intended ’to stir up racial hatred’; drove in convoy with loudpeakers through London Jewish area during May fighting between Israel and 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...
terrorists
.

Four men in Britannia have been charged for allegedly shouting antisemitic abuse and threats during a pro-Paleostinian protest in north London earlier this year, police said on Monday.

London’s Metropolitan Police said that the four, all from Blackburn, in northwest England, were charged with "using threatening, abusive or insulting words, or behavior, with intent, likely to stir up racial hatred."

The men were arrested after a video circulated on social media in May which appeared to show anti-Semitic abuse being shouted from a car traveling in a convoy decorated with Paleostinian flags.

In the video, cars with Paleostinian flags are seen driving through areas of the British capital with many Jewish residents, while protesters honk their horns and scream "F*** their mothers, rape their daughters."

The Community Security Trust, a Jewish watchdog and security group, linked the incident to anti-Israel protests held in London by pro-Paleostinian protesters amid the 11-day war between Israel and Hamas, one of the armed feet of the Moslem Brüderbund millipede, terror group in Gaza.

The protest was one of several held across Britannia in response to the worst violence in years between Israel and Paleostinian terrorists, and prompted an increased police presence in Jewish areas of the British capital.

The four men charged — aged 24, 25, 26, and 27 — were due to appear in court in London on Wednesday, the Met said.

UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson
...pro-Brexit British prime minister, succeeding no-Brexit Theresa May. BoJo is noted as much for his sparkling personality and his hair as for his Conservative policies....
denounced the incident at the time.
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Kadyrov's results cast doubt on the results of elections in Chechnya
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
** NOTE: Kadyrov terms out in 2026 **

[KavkazUzel] The victory of Ramzan Kadyrov in the election of the head of Chechnya with an almost one hundred percent result is absolutely implausible, said human rights
...not to be confused with individual rights, mind you...
activist Svetlana Gannushkina, political scientist Alexei Malashenko and coordinator of "Voice" * Vitaly Averin.

As reported by the " Caucasian Knot ", on September 17-19, Chechnya held a vote in the elections to the State Duma, as well as direct elections for the head of the republic, elections to the parliament and the city duma of Grozny.

Ramzan Kadyrov, according to the CEC,  won 99.7 percent of the votes in the elections for the head of Chechnya , breaking his 2016 record. United Russia won 89.2 percent of the vote in the Duma elections. At the same time, official data on the turnout indicate a decrease in interest in the elections in Chechnya. If in 2016 96.29 percent of voters took part in the voting, then in 2021 - 93.37 percent.

Teachers and doctors in Chechnya have voted against their will many times at different polling stations, residents of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot", pointing out the passive attitude of many of their acquaintances to the elections. Before the elections, rallies were held in different regions of Chechnya with the participation of state employees and civil servants, who urged residents of the republic to vote. Not only local government officials and employees campaigned for Kadyrov, but also the clergy. The participation of clergy in agitation for Ramzan Kadyrov directly violates federal law, but it is a long-standing and widespread practice in Chechnya, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" point out.

The results of the elections for the head of Chechnya were predictable, said Svetlana Gannushkina , chair of the Civic Assistance Committee * . "Someone expected a different figure? I didn’t. It doesn’t surprise me. There, in some precinct, they even recruited more than 100 percent. So 99.7 percent is still normal for Chechnya," Svetlana Gannushkina told the news hound. Caucasian Knot ".

According to her, with this figure, Kadyrov demonstrates to the Kremlin his strong position in Chechnya. "He shows Moscow how strong his position and strong power are. But people are simply afraid to express their will in some other way. But this is not the worst result of fear," the human rights activist noted.

Gannushkina pointed out that such a high number of voters in itself devalues ​​the significance of Kadyrov's victory and undermines confidence in the results. "The number of votes won by Kadyrov and United Russia devalues ​​the elections. Who can get acquainted with the election results and trust these figures? It will be difficult to find such people who do not understand what is really happening," she stressed.

The head of scientific research of the Institute "Dialogue of Civilizations", political scientist Aleksey Malashenko agrees with this . "Such a number of voters undermines any confidence in the elections in general. How can one person gain almost 100 percent? Everyone knows that this is a game. They did not choose, but it was necessary to be chosen that way. For a normal person, it looks like a mockery," he told the correspondent "Caucasian Knot" Alexey Malashenko.

A victory with a score of 99.7 percent is indecent even for Russia, Malashenko said. "This is a performance to show the Kremlin its strong position. But such a figure is indecent even by all-Russian standards. The head of Chechnya is engaged in narcissism. chapter, such a deceptive impression is quite possible, "- said Malashenko.
Very kind. I consider Kadyrov and his kid to be psychopaths.

Residents of Chechnya told about the "carousels" in the elections
[KavkazUzel] Teachers and doctors in Chechnya have voted against their will many times at different polling stations, residents of the republic told the "Caucasian Knot", pointing out the passive attitude of many of their acquaintances to the elections.

As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote, on September 17-19, Chechnya held voting in the elections to the State Duma, as well as direct elections for the head of the republic, elections to the parliament and the city duma of Grozny. Ramzan Kadyrov, according to the CEC, won 99.7 percent of the votes in the elections for the head of Chechnya , breaking his 2016 record. United Russia won 89.2 percent of the vote in the Duma elections.

Official turnout figures indicate a decline in interest in elections in Chechnya. If in 2016 96.29 percent of voters took part in the voting, then in 2021 - 93.37 percent. At the same time, before the elections, rallies were held in different regions of Chechnya with the participation of state employees and civil servants, who urged residents of the republic to vote.

Not only local government officials and employees campaigned for Kadyrov, but also the clergy. The participation of clergy in agitation for Ramzan Kadyrov directly violates federal law, but it is a long-standing and widespread practice in Chechnya, analysts interviewed by the "Caucasian Knot" point out. During the three-day voting, many residents of Chechnya, mostly civil servants, posted publications on social networks demonstrating their participation in the elections and support for Ramzan Kadyrov.

Residents of one of the villages within Grozny, instead of voting, staged "belkhi" - a traditional action to help those in need in solving economic problems. They started major repairs in the house of a widow with many children, a resident of Grozny Musa told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent .

According to the Grozny resident, none of his relatives, friends and acquaintances participated in the voting due to disappointment in the elections. "On Friday [September 17], before Friday prayers, I met with my neighbor, who works in government agencies. He explained to me who works and in what area, so that there is the highest percentage of voters in Chechnya - you just need to quickly and competently organize the work. "carousel" (one of the ways to falsify elections. - Notes "Caucasian Knot"). And this is not only in Grozny, but throughout the republic. My friends and I decided: what to go to vote and thus try to fight against windmills, which in Chechnya it's not safe to do, we'd rather renovate the house of one big family, "Musa explained.

Several state employees told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent about their forced participation in such "roundabouts". They refused to give their surnames. For example, a teacher from one of the schools in the Naurskiy district Patimat said that a group of teachers from her school took part in the "carousel" during all three voting days.

"All the days, as the vote was announced, in the morning we were in the assembly hall at the school, then at about 1100 to 1200 hrs several people were invited to the bus, we came to any polling station, went there and introduced ourselves:" We are bus."

We were given each of us several ballots already filled in. And we took turns going up to the ballot box and throwing them there. Everyone was not allowed to come together, it was necessary to observe a temporary pause. We were warned,

A teacher from Urus-Martan Razet said that she and her colleagues also traveled to polling stations and threw ballots into ballot boxes.

"We were told to change our kerchiefs when we arrive at other polling stations in our village. Or they changed our jackets. opportunities, jackets," Razet told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to the teacher Aishat from Achkhoy-Martan, their group was taken to participate in the "carousels" in the village of Belgatoy, Shali district.

"They called us, apparently, as soon as the ballots were ready for stuffing. They will put ticks where necessary, and then you can throw them into the ballot box. And why? All the same it will be as the authorities intended. And in general, why are these elections being held? After all, everyone knows that this is a deception. Only it is not clear - who is deceiving whom? People know perfectly well what kind of elections are they, where from there is nothing left for democracy, "Aishat told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.  

A doctor at one of Grozny's hospitals, Timur, also told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent that he traveled to polling stations in Grozny as part of a group of state employees. They threw several ballots each into the ballot boxes.

"The most amazing thing is that both we, medical workers, and members of election commissions, who handed us ready-made ballots, understood perfectly well that we are all in the theater of the absurd, where we are destined for a role in a wild performance. opportunities," concluded the doctor.

Both of Kadyrov's rivals in the elections not only did not campaign, but even feared to get support from voters, suggested the author of the blog on the Caucasian Knot Chechnya Inside.

"Neither Nakayev, nor Khadzhimuradov in their social networks never touched upon the topic of elections and their participation in them. It seems that they even deliberately avoid this topic." said the blogger in the article  

"There are elections, but there is still no choice. Who will be the next head of Chechnya," published on September 15.

An employee of one of the state structures in Chechnya, Leila, said that the leadership ordered her and her colleagues to publish a photo of the completed newsletter on Instagram.

"The department director warned:" Everyone should vote. You know how and where to check the box. Upload a photo of your newsletter to your Instagram group.

"I did as it was recommended: one check mark per chapter, of course. The other is for United Russia," the budget woman told the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent.

According to  Yakha, a teacher from the village of Samashki, teachers are forced to write explanatory statements about why they did not conduct explanatory work with their parents, did not persuade them to take part in the voting.

A reader of the "Caucasian Knot" under the nickname donnell_okeefe also reported about the "carousels."

"State employees and students were taken from one precinct to another, and they were fulfilling their civic duty."

The daughter of a neighbor is studying at the Grozny Pedagogical University. Yesterday her group "voted" at two precincts. The instruction was to put a tick in the ballots opposite the name of Kadyrov and "United Russia" said a resident of Chechnya in a commentary on one of the publications about the elections. He added that he does not know any of his relatives, friends and relatives, with the exception of state employees and students, who would go to vote.

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White House: Illegal Aliens Do Not Need Proof of Vaccination Because ‘Not Intending to Stay'
[Breitbart] The White House conceded Monday they were not requiring border crossers to show proof of vaccination, even though the government requires proof of a vaccine or a negative coronavirus test for other travelers into the United States.

When reporters asked about the apparent double standard on vaccination requirements, White House press secretary Jen Psaki argued that illegal immigrants and migrants crossing the border were not intending to stay in the United States.

"They’re not intending to stay here for a lengthy period of time," she said, referring to migrants. "I don’t think it’s the same thing. It’s not the same thing."
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#1  Only until November 2022.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/21/2021 1:16 Comments || Top||

#2  "I don’t think", she got that part correctly.
Posted by: Dale || 09/21/2021 3:43 Comments || Top||

#3 
What is this the White House Children NEWS Hour?

Any one care to suggest the follow up question?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/21/2021 5:12 Comments || Top||


#5  /\ The Doocy wedgie. Fine young lad that Peter. I'm afraid he'll be giving them hell for a good long time.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/21/2021 7:09 Comments || Top||

#6  So tourists - not intending to stay - don't need to show proof of vaccination? I was under the impression they were so required.
Posted by: Bobby || 09/21/2021 8:57 Comments || Top||

#7 
Read as: Not Intending to Stay Legally.

They’re not intending to stay here for a lengthy period of time

'In fact they're just passing through to Canada'.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 09/21/2021 10:25 Comments || Top||

#8  did biden ever take a civics lesson?
Posted by: irish rage boy || 09/21/2021 10:35 Comments || Top||

#9  White House press secretary Jen Psaki (AKA "Baghdad" Jen)
Posted by: Ebbomoger Speaking for Boskone4589 || 09/21/2021 11:50 Comments || Top||

#10  this border situation is basically in a standoff into how much the aholes in government can get away with and lie about before something explodes.
and then as normal, the government will overreact. probably in the direction against its own people.
Posted by: Retard Strength || 09/21/2021 12:22 Comments || Top||

#11  Yeah, just stopping in for the In-N-Out/Whataburger challenge.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/21/2021 13:44 Comments || Top||

#12  I think Baghdad Bob had more credibility
Posted by: CrazyFool || 09/21/2021 15:36 Comments || Top||

#13  In other words, COVID vaccination is not a medical issue at all.
Posted by: Angstrom || 09/21/2021 16:08 Comments || Top||

#14  Nope. And they are such boobs they missed a chance to star in their own Emmy, this being the part where the heroes have their benevolent epiphany, sacrifice their own boosters and travel to the boarder because, "We do really love these people, and want them and their children to have a healthy start in this new land." scene, highlighting their willing sacrifice for the unwashed, poor masses, because, after all, they were here first.

Instead, the story they hand out, other than grabbing a burger and walking back home, is Boarder Czar calls for an investigation into what is going on at the boarder, which she nominally is in charge of, calling for an investigation into herself.

To paraphrase a famous quote, That's real retarded, ma'am.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 09/21/2021 17:43 Comments || Top||

#15  Meanwhile, release them in Republican voting areas like a bunch of smallpox blankets. That'll jam up Florida hospitals and ruin DeSantis' credibility.
Posted by: KBK || 09/21/2021 18:59 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Sourcing Fuel, Hizbullah Cements Role as Lebanon's 'Real Ruler'
[AnNahar] Iranian fuel has entered Leb
...an Iranian colony situated on the eastern Mediterranean, conveniently adjacent to Israel. Formerly inhabited by hardy Phoenecian traders, its official language is now Arabic, with the usual unpleasant side effects. The Leb civil war, between 1975 and 1990, lasted a little over 145 years and produced 120,000 fatalities. The average length of a ceasefire was measured in seconds. The Lebs maintain a precarious sectarian balance among Shiites, Sunnis, and about a dozeen flavors of Christians. It is the home of Hezbollah, which periodically starts a war with the Zionist Entity, gets Beirut pounded to rubble, and then declares victory and has a parade. The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers, a practice dating back to the heady human sacrifice days of Baal Moloch. In 2020 Hezbollahblew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate faci8lity exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that...
without state authorization and despite U.S. sanctions following arrangements by Hizbullah
...Party of God, a Leb militia inspired, founded, funded and directed by Iran. Hizbullah refers to itself as The Resistance and purports to defend Leb against Israel, with whom it has started and lost one disastrous war to date, though it did claim victory...
, consecrating the party's status as the main powerhouse in the crisis-hit country.
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