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Up to 43 dead after attacks on church and homes in the Democratic Republic of Congo carried out by Islamic State linked group
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Brutal downtown brawl leaves victims bloodied as Cincinnati police launch investigation
[FoxNews] Police in Cincinnati are investigating a viral video that shows what appears to be a violent brawl in the downtown section of the city.

The fight happened on Friday night, between Elm and Fourth Streets, according to FOX 19 in Cincinnati. Several videos of the fight have made the rounds on social media.

A man in a white t-shirt appears to be shoved to the ground by two other men and mercilessly beaten. The video then shows others in the crowd, women included, joining in on the beating. The man's head appears to be stomped multiple times.

The man continued to be battered for about 50 seconds before he was helped back onto his feet.

But he immediately took a step and fell back down. Several people responded to help the man back up, and one man could be heard saying, "My man’s drunk."

The man eventually gets back on his feet, and he appears to be bleeding from his head, nose and mouth.

A woman then appears to rush to the man's aid, but she is then attacked by the crowd. She suffers two brutal blows to the face, which send her slamming down on the pavement. She appears to be knocked unconscious after her head hits the pavement.

It is unclear who the initial aggressors were. The man and woman seen being beaten in the video are White, and the large crowd that targets the pair is made up largely of Black assailants. The identity and condition of the man and woman in the video are unknown.

Cincinnati Chief of Police Teresa Theetge told Fox News Digital she was disgusted by the brawl.

Over the weekend, Cincinnati hosted a music fest, and Chief Theetge said the fight was "not connected in any way" to the festival.
Just about every weekend during the summer there is a music festival, as far as I can tell. Cincinnati is a seriously musical town.
Ohio Republican gubernatorial candidate Vivek Ramaswamy reacted to the violence when reached by Fox News Digital.

"I was born and raised in Cincinnati, and it’s sad to see this kind of heinous violence on the streets," he said. "It’s a shame that Democrats in our state remain silent when so many of their constituents are suffering from their lax-on-crime policies. We’re going to bring law and order back to cities across Ohio on my watch. It’s time for a new generation to lead with a spine."
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Posted by: Shereng Threreck4901 || 07/28/2025 01:05 || Comments || Link || [81 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I blame structural racism.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/28/2025 4:29 Comments || Top||

#2  They buried the leed in paragraph 8
Posted by: Clem+Elmish4239 || 07/28/2025 7:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Downtown Cincinnati is not safe after midnight. Mostly safe until dark. Daytime not so bad.
Posted by: Ebbuger Whuque4103 || 07/28/2025 7:50 Comments || Top||

#4  Growing up near Cincy in the 60's / 70's, I could travel to the city without fear.

I did avoid the "Over the Rhine" district but that was just drug related.

You get what you tolerate...
Posted by: Warthog || 07/28/2025 8:02 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
CDC: At least 85 people experienced THC sickness from Wisconsin pizza place
[NewsNationNow] According to the report, at least 85 individuals, ranging from 1 to 91 years old, consumed food from the pizza shop in Stoughton, Wisconsin, between October 22 and 24, 2024. The CDC said that the restaurant was in a building with a shared kitchen utilized by a state-licensed edible THC vendor.
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Further investigation revealed that the oil used tested positive for THC, as the restaurant mistakenly used THC-infused oil from the cooperative kitchen to prepare dough. No criminal charges were filed as police deemed the contamination to be unintentional.
If only to be a fly on the wall at the Department of Health management meeting about this one...



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Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 07/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [85 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This is called a "contact high".
It's not a SICKNESS
Jesus, people.
This is ridiculous. Just sit in a dark room with some music and maybe some cookies.
Posted by: Elmomoter Mussolini9149 || 07/28/2025 0:05 Comments || Top||

#2  No thank you. I have no problem if those around me are under the influence, but the few times I was, none of us enjoyed it. A cookie and music would have made the situation worse.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/28/2025 0:36 Comments || Top||

#3  A sickness is an infection. Weed isn't a sickness. Yes, you shouldn't dose people without their consent, that's how LSD got a bad reputation when Timothy Leary did it. Turns out, psychedelics are a valuable medicine that can cure PTSD. People suffered for a half century unnecessarily because of that fucking prick.
Even weed is a medicine for some people. It increases appetite for people whose (real) sicknesses make their condition worse by not eating. Most people just want to get high, but I definitely don't want to walk down the street after eating a pizza and get high. If I do it's on my own time when I have a day off and I'm in a good mood. Don't want it in the middle of a productive day.
Posted by: Elmomoter Mussolini9149 || 07/28/2025 1:26 Comments || Top||

#4  Huh. I guess that wasn't oregano.
Posted by: Elmeretch Untervehr9156 || 07/28/2025 9:53 Comments || Top||


Economy
New USA-EU trade agreement
[PBS] The United States and the European Union agreed on Sunday to a trade framework setting a 15% tariff on most goods, staving off — at least for now — far higher imports on both sides that might have sent shockwaves through economies around the globe.
Did the reporter mean far higher import tariffs?
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a lot of details, e.g. EU investment in USA, zero tariff on Ag products --- perhaps a lot of other stuff not meant to be understood

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Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [35 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm sure it meant to say 'far higher import tariffs' not 'far higher imports'.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/28/2025 7:01 Comments || Top||


Europe
Several killed in passenger train derailment in Germany
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Several people were killed when a passenger train derailed in southwestern Germany. This was reported on July 27 in the German newspaper Bild.

The tragedy occurred at around 6pm local time in Baden-Württemberg, near Zwiefaltendorf in the Biberach district. Two carriages of a passenger train derailed.

"The train was heading from Sigmaringen to Ulm. At the time of the accident, there were 100 people on the train. At least three of them were injured. At the moment, no information can be given about the severity of their injuries," the local police told the publication.

Part of the train lies on its side, the roof of the trains is open. The carriages, which are completely derailed, lie in a wooded embankment between the trees.


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Posted by: badanov || 07/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [33 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Islamic Europe?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 07/28/2025 2:35 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
John Brennan's Response to Gabbard Allegations on Russia Hoax Is Something Else
[RedState] The revelations from Director of National Intelligence (DNI), Tulsi Gabbard, about the Russia Collusion hoax have the Obama team in damage control mode.

I wrote about the reaction of former Obama DNI James Clapper. He acknowledged to CNN that he'd been "lawyered up" for awhile and that he found it very "disconcerting," although he called the allegations "ridiculous."

Of course, it's also probably not wise to be talking on CNN either.

But the Obama team is in full gear, trying to do all they can to spin.

Clapper wasn't the only one looking nervous. Check the body language of former Obama CIA head John Brennan in the following clip. He appeared on Jen Psaki's MSNBC show, where he attacked Gabbard.
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Posted by: Besoeker || 07/28/2025 04:55 || Comments || Link || [57 views] Top|| File under:


Now John Bolton's Name Comes Up in the Russia Collusion Hoax‐Did He Bury Evidence?
[RedState] The Russia Collusion story is like the Jeffrey Epstein saga: neither will go away even after all these years.

Former CIA Director John Brennan, former Director of Intelligence James Clapper, former FBI Director James Comey and former President Barack Obama are all furiously spinning and whining after DNI Tulsi Gabbard dropped receipts in her report accusing the bunch of a "years long coup" and a "treasonous conspiracy" for manufacturing the entire hoax in order to bring down their nemesis, Donald Trump.

But now another name has come up: former National Security Advisor John Bolton, who served in Trump’s first term. RealClearInvestigations reporter Paul Sperry took to X to post a long thread detailing how he believes Bolton was an eager participant in the plot.

He buried the truth, Sperry alleges:
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Posted by: Besoeker || 07/28/2025 04:45 || Comments || Link || [37 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Buried it, or looked at it and said 'this crap again' and tossed it.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/28/2025 10:31 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
The launching ceremony of Hakugei (JS Hakugei, SS-514)
[X] Translation:
The launching ceremony of Hakugei (JS Hakugei, SS-514). A submarine of the Japan Maritime Self-Defense Force, the second vessel of the Taigei-class submarines. A once-in-a-lifetime splendid appearance. After this, it will operate quietly until its retirement.


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Posted by: badanov || 07/28/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [66 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nice. Brightened my day.
Posted by: Whiskey Mike || 07/28/2025 5:14 Comments || Top||

#2 

North Korea is jealous.
Japan got it done in just 1 try.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/28/2025 8:44 Comments || Top||



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