[FoxNews] Man admits to using razor blade to dismember women
A Minnesota man accused of killing two of his romantic partners, cutting them up, and dumping them in storage units, recently entered a new plea.
Joseph Jorgenson pleaded guilty on Thursday to killing missing women Manijeh "Mani" Starren and Fanta Xayavong, whose remains were found in storage facilities in 2023, according to a report from FOX 9.
He also pleaded guilty to two separate counts of second-degree intentional murder.
Jorgenson admitted to killing Starren in her apartment after she asked him to leave in April 2023.
He "choked her out until she was no longer breathing," before using a long razor blade to dismember her body and moving the remains to a Woodbury storage facility, according to the report. Bet that was messy
Jorgenson also admitted to killing Xayavong two years prior, after "a verbal argument escalated into a physical altercation" at their home, according to FOX 9. After cutting up her body, he moved the remains to a Coon Rapids storage facility.
"She's our beautiful daughter. She had a heart of gold, and she was a really good mom," Ricki Starren, Mani’s mother, told FOX 9 after the plea hearing. "Yes, he is a monster. But I do feel bad for his family though."
He is facing a total of 40 years in prison for both deaths, according to officials.
[Mil.com] The active-duty Green Beret soldier who died after blowing up a Tesla Cybertruck in front of a Trump hotel in Las Vegas on New Year's Day left a note calling the attack a "wake-up call" for the country, investigators said Friday.
"Americans only pay attention to spectacles and violence. What better way to get my point across than a stunt with fireworks and explosives?" Master Sgt. Matthew Livelsberger, the career Special Forces operative who detonated the rented Cybertruck and died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, wrote in the recovered note. "Why did I personally do it now? I need to cleanse my mind of the brothers I've lost and relieve myself of the burden of the lives I took."
The note was released as the latest detail in an investigation that had sought a motive in the vehicle bombing by Livelsberger, who was assigned to the 10th Special Forces Group headquartered at Fort Carson, Colorado, and stationed in Stuttgart, Germany. In what appeared Friday to be a bizarre coincidence, an Army veteran killed 14 people celebrating in New Orleans in the early morning of New Year's Day using a rental truck with an Islamic State terrorist group flag.
"Although this incident is more public and more sensational than usual, it ultimately appears to be a tragic case of suicide involving a heavily decorated combat veteran who is struggling with PTSD and other issues," FBI agent Spencer Evans told reporters at a press conference late Friday in Las Vegas, speaking about Livelsberger and post-traumatic stress disorder.
Shamsud-Din Jabbar, who left the military in 2020, was a civilian at the time of his attack. He also served only in conventional units at Fort Liberty and Fort Richardson, Alaska. Livelsberger, on the other hand, was still serving in the Army with 10th Special Forces Group in Germany and was just months away from completing the 20 years of service required for a full retirement package. He also had no obvious connections to radical ideologies. Defense officials say the two men never served in the same unit.
Livelsberger's personal life had not been steady either.
Public records show that he married his first wife in 2012 in Ohio. However, the couple ended up divorcing about five years later, according to the wife's friend who spoke with multiple media outlets and described Livelsberger as controlling and unsupportive.
A former girlfriend also told multiple outlets that Livelsberger's behavior changed in 2019 after he returned from a Middle East deployment with a traumatic brain injury, saying that he became isolated and struggled with mental issues.
This is a better source than the article I posted last night. As mine had no comments, I give the link here, but it adds nothing to the information in this post.
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...I think in the end we're going to find the most likely explanation that he had a horrifying case of PTSD, and that mixed with awful personal problems sent him into a thorough and complete psychotic break. The US military is, frankly, lousy at identifying and dealing with that sort of thing as an organization and individuals - regardless of their service or career field - would often rather kill themselves and others than admit they need help.
The problem is that right now, who would trust anybody in officialdom who came up with that explanation?
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Besoeker’s source article is worth reading in full, especially in light of Mike’s comment.
From Skidmark’s Zero Hedge link:
Las Vegas Cybertruck blast suspect Matthew Livelsberger took part in a military TV reality competition on the History Channel. pic.twitter.com/StCIyv9JN2
I guess I can see the narrative. Seen the shit, got low time TV famous for a second, get ultra-involved in Ukraine, then batshit woman filling his head with how Trump and Musk are going to wreck everything he had worked for. Maybe had the how to advance your hollywood career program hanging on him.
[Jpost] PayPal has been sued by an Asian American businesswoman who accused the digital payments company of racial bias for restricting part of a $535 million investment program to Black and Hispanic applicants, costing her millions of dollars.
Thursday's complaint by Nisha Desai and her New York-based venture capital firm Andav Capital is part of a growing push among some conservatives to curtail diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives in corporate America.
Born to and raised by immigrant parents in the Deep South, Desai thought herself a good fit for PayPal's investment program, which the San Jose, California-based company announced in June 2020 to support Black and minority-owned businesses and help address economic inequality.
Desai said she spent 1-1/2 months seeking funding before PayPal stopped communicating, even as the company invested $100 million in 19 venture capital firms led by Blacks and Hispanics.
She said PayPal has told multiple other businesswomen they were ineligible for funding because of their Asian descent.
"Power is not only what you have but what the enemy thinks you have."
"Never go outside the experience of your people."
"Whenever possible go outside of the experience of the enemy."
"Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules."
"Ridicule is man's most potent weapon. There is no defense. It is almost impossible to counterattack ridicule. Also it infuriates the opposition, who then react to your advantage."
"A good tactic is one your people enjoy."
"A tactic that drags on too long becomes a drag."
"Keep the pressure on."
"The threat is usually more terrifying than the thing itself."
"The major premise for tactics is the development of operations that will maintain a constant pressure upon the opposition."
"If you push a negative hard and deep enough it will break through into its counterside; this is based on the principle that every positive has its negative."
"The price of a successful attack is a constructive alternative."
"Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it."
[Townhall] There was a glimmer of positive news to round out 2024. The American bald eagle (Haliaeetus leucocephalus) became our official national bird.
While this development seems trivial, it’s long-overdue to honor this iconic bird.
Bicameral bipartisan bills in both Congressional chambers resoundingly passed and landed on outgoing President Joe Biden’s desk to amend title 36, United States Code, to elevate the bald eagle from national symbol to national bird.
On June 20, 1782, our Founding Fathers approved the Great Seal of the U.S. depicting a bald eagle. But no formal recognition ever followed—until this year. Benjamin Franklin allegedly preferred the turkey, a bird also native to the U.S., to become the official bird, writing, "For in Truth the Turk'y is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America...."
Undoubtedly, the majority of Americans value and cherish this national symbol. But others don’t hold it in high regard. One of the most egregious acts taken against bald eagles came in winter 2023 when a pair of illegal aliens from Guatemala, living in Nebraska, shot and cooked one. The Biden administration was initially dismissive and silent on the issue. Thankfully, one of the assailants was ultimately caught and charged by the Department of Justice. Even America’s bird couldn’t evade the consequences of dangerous illegal immigration under the outgoing Biden-Harris administration.
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Meanwhile the incumbent President is giving the nation "the bird".
[Breitbart] Greenland’s Prime Minister Múte Egede called for Greenland to seek independence from the Kingdom of Denmark, noting that it is “time to take the next step.”
During a speech on Wednesday, Egede spoke about how, “like other countries in the world,” Greenland “must work to remove the obstacles to cooperation,” which he described as “the shackles of the colonial era.” Egede added that “history and current conditions have shown” Greenland’s cooperation with Demark “has not managed to create full equality.”
“It is time for us to take a step ourselves and shape our future, also with regard to who we will cooperate closely with and also who our trade relations will be,” Egede said. “For our cooperation with other countries, and our trade relations, cannot continue to take place solely through Denmark.”
Egede continued, “The Greenlandic people’s option for independence has been adopted through the provisions of the Self-Government Act, thereby creating a legal basis for how independence can be achieved.”
“A draft constitution, a constitution for our country, has also been prepared,” Egede added. “Work has already begun on creating the framework for Greenland as an independent state within the possibilities and provisions of the Self-Government Act.”
Egede’s call for independence from Denmark comes as President-elect Donald Trump has previously stated American ownership of Greenland is an “absolute necessity.”
In a post on Truth Social announcing Ken Howery as the U.S. Ambassador to the Kingdom of Denmark, Trump wrote, “For purposes of National Security and Freedom throughout the World, the United States of America feels that the ownership and control of Greenland is an absolute necessity.”
In response to Trump’s post, Egede stated that Greenland is “not for sale and will never be for sale.”
“Greenland is ours,” Egede said. “We are not for sale and will never be for sale. We must not lose our long struggle for freedom.”
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...I am a firm believe in independence as long as the inhabitants want to stay that way - for instance, the Falklands.
On the other hand, IIRC Denmark covers about 60% of Greenland's national budget. Admittedly that's not a huge amount, and likely we have rounding errors in our budget that dwarf it. But it does raise the issue of how they expect to cover it.
Or, perhaps more appropriately, who they expect to cover it.
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I don't know, Mike, as 60% seems quite substantial to me. I'd even say 25% is a good chunk (imagine having our salary cut by 25%, for example). But hey, if Greenland can swing it, great. And would Greenland then "go" to the highest bidder?
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#2 I don't know, Mike, as 60% seems quite substantial to me. I'd even say 25% is a good chunk (imagine having our salary cut by 25%, for example). But hey, if Greenland can swing it, great. And would Greenland then "go" to the highest bidder?
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You betcha. What would the Chinese or Russians cough up to get a base that dominates the air and sea lanes across the Atlantic? They'd go behind the cushions at every dim sum place and vodka house to scrape up whatever the Greenlanders asked for.
And keep in mind that after independence, the FIRST thing the locals would do is toss the US out of Thule (or Pituffik as the locals call it)...and there goes a BIG chunk of our ballistic missile warning capability. The Russians alone would sign over the deed to Red Square just for that.
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They could fund their budget with modest mineral concessions. I think that is really the point of Trump’s discussion of Greenland. Greenland or Denmark could provide the natural resources that European countries are getting from Putin. The folks in Greenland control their own destiny. I expect that they’ll eventually do some stupid China deal and some politicians will walk away with bags of cash.
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"Drill baby Drill" freshwater ice wells.
Pipe it to the coast and ship it everywhere.
[BBC] Incredible Luke Littler etched his name into darting history with a crushing 7-3 victory over Michael van Gerwen to become the youngest ever PDC World Championship winner.
[TheVerge] The soldier is reportedly connected to a hacking alias that was offering to sell stolen data from the Snowflake breaches.
The United States has arrested a US Army soldier and charged him with being part of a hacking scheme to sell and distribute stolen phone records. An indictment alleges that 20-year-old Cameron John Wagenius knowingly sold "confidential phone records" over online forums and other communications platforms last November.
The indictment doesn’t detail the hacked material, but KrebsOnSecurity reports that Wagenius appears to be connected to a series of high-profile data breaches linked to the online alias "Kiberphant0m." Kiberphant0m claimed to have hacked 15 telecom firms and was working with the person allegedly behind the Snowflake data breaches to sell the stolen information.
In November, Kiberphant0m posted what they claimed were AT&T call logs for President-elect Donald Trump ...The cad! Twice caught beating wimmin!... and Vice President Kamala Harris What can be, unburdened by what has been . It’s not clear if the data was genuine, but AT&T did suffer a major theft of customer data as part of the Snowflake account breaches last year. In 2023, the hacker is also alleged to have sold "remote access credentials for a major U.S. defense contractor," according to Krebs.
Krebs reports that Wagenius worked on communications at an Army base in South Korea. After the alleged leak of Trump and Harris data, Krebs did a deep dive into Kiberphant0m’s online communications and identified that they were likely a US soldier. In this latest report, Krebs spoke with Wagenius’ mother, who confirmed his connection to the alleged Snowflake hacker.
Cybersecurity experts reportedly received harassment for trying to track down Kiberphant0m’s identity, leading to this incredible quote from Allison Nixon, the lead researcher at cybersecurity firm Unit 221B, who was part of the work. "Anonymously extorting the President and VP as a member of the military is a bad idea," Nixon told Krebs, "but it’s an even worse idea to harass people who specialize in de-anonymizing cybercriminals."
[IsraelTimes] US President-elect Donald Trump announces his decision to appoint his former State Department spokesperson Morgan Ortagus as his deputy Mideast envoy. Attempted carpetbagger for Tennessee's 5th congressional district in the 2022 election
Ortagus will work under Steve Witkoff, who was one of the first appointments Trump made. Both of them are Jewish.
Trump is far from effusive in his Truth Social post announcing the decision.
Ortagus “fought me for three years, but hopefully has learned her lesson,” he says. He doesn’t get into specifics, but Ortagus did back Nikki Haley’s Republican presidential run against Trump in the previous election.
“These things usually don’t work out, but she has strong Republican support, and I’m not doing this for me, I’m doing it for them. Let’s see what happens.”
“She will hopefully be an asset to Steve, a great leader and talent, as we seek to bring calm and prosperity to a very troubled region. I expect great results, and soon!” he adds.
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Well, at least he is keeping the “Let’s see what happens,” picks to the lower levels.
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"President Trump Appoints Never Trump Morgan Ortagus, Current Intel Community Operative, Former USAID CIA Cover Agent, as Deputy Special Presidential Envoy for Middle East Peace"
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On June 20, 1782, our Founding Fathers approved the Great Seal of the U.S. depicting a bald eagle. But no formal recognition ever followed—until this year. Benjamin Franklin allegedly preferred the turkey, a bird also native to the U.S., to become the official bird, writing, "For in Truth the Turk'y is in comparison a much more respectable bird, and withal a true original native of America...."
