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Iran Vows Revenge unless Trump Tried for Soleimani Killing
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-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
'The US is better off with fewer Asians': Outrage as University of Pennsylvania law professor says America should clampdown on 'elite' Asian immigration because most 'support Dems and don't believe in liberty'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] See Australia
  • Tenured law professor Amy Wax has come under fire for making racist comments during an online interview with a fellow academic

  • 'The US is better off with fewer Asians and less Asian immigration,' Wax said in a December interview with Brown University's Glenn Loury, an African-American

  • 'It’s just harder to assimilate those people or to have confidence that our way of life will continue if we bring a lot of people in who are not familiar,' she went on

  • These are not original ideas on the [political] right,' the educator asserted

  • The off-color comment came during a conversation between the two academics concerning US immigration

  • Wax has faced backlash for similar comments in the past, saying the US is better off with 'fewer nonwhites' in 2019 and disparaging black students in 2018

  • Penn Law School Dean Theodore Ruger called Wax's comments 'anti-intellectual' and 'racist' but as of Tuesday, she is currently still employed by the school
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/04/2022 14:28 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:


The Lancet Admits It's A Pandemic Of The Vaccinated & All Evidence Shows Omicron Not More Dangerous
[Last American Vagabond] Welcome to The Daily Wrap Up, a concise show dedicated to bringing you the most relevant independent news, as we see it, from the last 24 hours (12/1/21).

As always, take the information discussed in the video below and research it for yourself, and come to your own conclusions. Anyone telling you what the truth is, or claiming they have the answer, is likely leading you astray, for one reason or another. Stay Vigilant.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/04/2022 00:29 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Duh. Also, time to replace pandemic with endemic
Posted by: Merrick Ferret || 01/04/2022 4:27 Comments || Top||

#2  Numbers out of Israel (on 4th jab now) suggest vaccinated are more likely to catch Omicron than unvaccinated.
Posted by: Angstrom || 01/04/2022 9:46 Comments || Top||

#3  Vaxxed + COVID = "Well, yeah..."

Not vaxxed + COVID = "Right-win, antivaxx MURDERER!"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/04/2022 10:08 Comments || Top||


Arabia
Houthis capture the UAE ship Rwabi
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian journalist Boris Rozhin

[ColonelCassad] The Houthis hijacked the Emirati ship Rwabi, which was transporting a cargo of medicines and equipment (according to the Saudi coalition) from the captured island of Socotra to the Saudi port of Jizan.

Rwabi was captured in the Red Sea near Hodeidah. The vessel itself is a small transport with a displacement of 1666 tons built in 2021.

Pro-Iranian sources report that these actions were a response to the capture by the Saudis and emirates of ships with humanitarian supplies for Yemen, which had permission to pass from the UN.

The next stage of escalation, if the parties raise rates, is attacks on Saudi tankers in the Red Sea with the help of cruise missiles and ATGM boats (although at the moment the informal agreement concluded several years ago in Aden not to touch the tankers is being respected).

It is worth noting that the ships of the Saudi coalition sail off the west coast of Yemen without an escort, which makes them vulnerable not only to missile attacks, but also to capture by boats.

The coalition warships are trying to stay away from the coast, after serious losses in 2016-2018, when several warships were seriously damaged after missile hits, and one patrol catamaran completely burned down after a missile hit. In this case, the Houthis again recalled the vulnerability of enemy ships on one of the central transport arteries of the world.

PS. In addition to the commemorative events that swept across the Shiite world in honor of Qassem Soleimani, killed by the Americans, a kamikaze drone attack on the American Victory Base in Baghdad followed today.

Air defense systems shot down two drones. It can be expected that attacks on American assets in Iraq will continue in the coming days, especially since a number of groups have already announced that all the American military and its infrastructure are legitimate targets in the fight against foreign occupation of Iraq.

PS2. The Houthis showed a photo from the hijacked ship. The Saudi coalition itself lied about medicines - "Rwabi" transported army wheeled vehicles.

Drone footage of the top deck of the Rwabi:

Posted by: badanov || 01/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under: Houthis


Government Corruption
Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ): ‘This Country Is Going to Be Saved at the State Level'
[Breitbart] Rep. Andy Biggs (R-AZ) told Breitbart News in an exclusive interview that he believes "this country is going to be saved at the state level," which is why the House Freedom Caucus (HFC) recently announced its intention to establish versions of the Freedom Caucus throughout state legislatures.

"We put this together, this idea, about a year ago, and have been working on it," Biggs told Breitbart News at Turning Point USA’s recent AmericaFest conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

"There will be a separate unit, legally, and they’re going to — help provide communication and liaison between state legislative HFCs, and then federal HFC," the congressman explained.

"We think that this country is going to be saved at the state level, so we want to be able to provide the support that they need," Biggs said. "We want them to know what the FEDs are doing, and we want to hear what they’re doing and what their issues are so we can have better communication to try to fix what’s going on in Congress that affects negatively the states."

Biggs added that he believes the Freedom Caucuses will be the future of the Republican Party, "which is already a more right-leaning Party than it has been."

"I think we have a chance to really change the dialog, and the trajectory of the Republican Party long-term," he said. "And that really is the vision that I have and that the Freedom Caucuses have."

After being asked if he thinks the White House putting pressure on Big Tech to silence American citizens is a violation of the First Amendment, Biggs said, "That’s fascism, because they’re using big business to implement big government and anti-Constitutional policies."
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/04/2022 00:56 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "State Level" salvation? A valiant effort, but it didn't work so well at Chickamauga in '63. Sadly, I feel the American experiment with federally imposed communism will have to play itself out. I hope and pray I am once again, wrong.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/04/2022 5:34 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Pulsar Thermion XQ38 rifle scope (video)
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/04/2022 05:08 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Is this something you are endorsing, thinking about, or planning for Besoeker?
I have been thinking about entering the thermal scope market due to bad luck with my night vision set up.
Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed || 01/04/2022 5:35 Comments || Top||

#2  It just caught my eye. No endorsement. Thought I'd pass along for comments, possibly learn something.
Posted by: Besoeker || 01/04/2022 5:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Good data but lacking in thermal performance detail.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/04/2022 13:33 Comments || Top||

#4  On a warm summer evening.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/04/2022 13:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Difficult to discern.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/04/2022 13:36 Comments || Top||

#6  Targets are
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/04/2022 13:36 Comments || Top||

#7  Wow, that was tough to get past the 'mean' filter.
Posted by: Skidmark || 01/04/2022 13:37 Comments || Top||

#8  Narrated in Yoda, or Haiku?

Thermals are neat, and starting to be priced in the realm of mortals. That said, you get what you pay for.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/04/2022 14:06 Comments || Top||

#9  A quick look at the Op+ics P1anet site shows them starting under $1000. Any suggestions?
Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 01/04/2022 14:59 Comments || Top||

#10  I got an earlier model. Works well on coyotes from the back porch.
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums || 01/04/2022 18:06 Comments || Top||

#11  ATN LT 320. Good image. Wait for better/cheaper if you can.
Posted by: Shiva Protector of the Hohlraums || 01/04/2022 18:07 Comments || Top||


What if the largest experiment on human beings in history is a failure?
Rantburg commenters have been dancing around this theory for a good bit.
Some were wishing they were dead Saturday.
[RWMALONEMD] "The head of Indianapolis-based insurance company OneAmerica said the death rate is up a stunning 40% from pre-pandemic levels among working-age people.

"We are seeing, right now, the highest death rates we have seen in the history of this business — not just at OneAmerica," the company’s CEO Scott Davison said during an online news conference this week. "The data is consistent across every player in that business."

Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 || 01/04/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [7 views] Top|| File under:

#1  This assumes increased deaths is not intentional.
Posted by: Angstrom || 01/04/2022 9:47 Comments || Top||

#2  "It's all going to plan" - Bill Gates
Posted by: Warthog || 01/04/2022 10:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Binary agent.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/04/2022 10:13 Comments || Top||

#4  The homeless numbers have gone up.
One would think Covid would have reduced those numbers. Of course they could be a higher replacement rate because of idiot economic policies. It's hard to say.
Posted by: ruprecht || 01/04/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#5  ...And on the subject of the homeless....now that you mention it, what are THEIR stats like, and why haven't we had to bury them in mass graves?

Mike
Posted by: Mike Kozlowski || 01/04/2022 12:28 Comments || Top||

#6  An interesting question, Mike. First thought that pops into my head is lack of obesity.
Posted by: SteveS || 01/04/2022 12:39 Comments || Top||

#7  & IT'S WHAT HAPPENS IF YOU "SUSPEND" life prolonging MEDICAL TREATMENT TO PEOPLE BECAUSE OF A " PANDEMIC"

sorry did not mean to shout.
Posted by: Whanter Clese9689 || 01/04/2022 13:34 Comments || Top||

#8  Homeless and Amish both present interesting control groups. No lockdowns, masks or jabs -- and no pandemic.
Posted by: Angstrom || 01/04/2022 14:33 Comments || Top||


#10  ^ Also insular to a certain extent and interact with a selective subset of people from outside the group.

Also, less susceptible to media hysteria.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 01/04/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#11  *cough cough*El Salvador
(twitter)
H/T Gun Free Zone
Posted by: swksvolFF || 01/04/2022 15:38 Comments || Top||



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Mon 2022-01-03
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Sun 2022-01-02
  France: +800 carbecues on New Year's Eve
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  U.S. Navy Seizes $4 Million Worth of Heroin in Arabian Sea
Thu 2021-12-30
  Hezbollah deploys air defense systems in Syria's Qalamoun mountains
Wed 2021-12-29
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Tue 2021-12-28
  Libya declares UK Ambassador persona non grata
Mon 2021-12-27
  DRC - Deadly bombing at restaurant packed for Christmas
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Thu 2021-12-23
  Nigeria: Fulani Jihadists Kill 45 Christian Farmers in 'Barbaric' Attack
Wed 2021-12-22
  Sudan's Prime Minister Abadalla Hamdok to resign
Tue 2021-12-21
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