Dr Anthony Fauci commissioned and edited the report he cited to disprove the lab leak theory, House Republicans found
Many media outlets then started to dismiss the lab leak theory,
...an anodyne description of the media-led hysterical hounding out of public life — and in some cases destroying their ability to earn a living and even driving to suicide — of those who dared so much as suggest the possibility...
only to later suggest the lab leak theory is possible
In January, a government watchdog agency blasted the NIH for failing to keep tabs on US-sponsored virus experiments in China
[whitehouse.gov] AMC has recently removed tail flashes for its active-duty tankers, starting with the new Boeing KC-46. The decision was made to make it easier for aircraft to move between units without having to be repainted. But that change was specifically for what AMC calls fleet management and not related to limiting public knowledge of aircraft movements.
It also comes as AMC has worked to overhaul itself into a warfighting command instead of one focusing on support for combat aircraft. The command is working to make its aircraft directly contribute to a fight, through steps such as launching cruise missiles from a pallet on a C-130 and UAVs from KC-135s.
"Woven through our culture is a foundational knowledge of the business we are in, the war business," AMC Commander Gen. Mike Minihan wrote in a "manifesto" to the command in October. "The tactics, techniques, and procedures we refine daily and those that have been refined from the long line of Mobility Airmen before us. Lethality is what we will deliver."
[aviationweek] For decades, airlift and tanker aircraft of the U.S. military have flown with a proud "U.S. AIR FORCE" painted on the side of the fuselage, along with markings indicating home units, tail numbers and oftentimes a tail flash showing the unit’s heritage.
But that is no more for much of Air Mobility Command (AMC).
AMC recently directed a change to its fleet, removing the large "U.S. AIR FORCE," unit markings, tail numbers and other identifying markings. Recent photographs of KC-135s and C-130s operating show just a small U.S. flag on the tail and a light gray Air Force roundel.
AMC says the change was directed for operational security.
"We operate across the globe every day, often supporting sensitive movements of people and cargo. Understandably, we have concerns about the operational security impacts to these missions in the modern era of on-demand, real-time information," AMC says in a statement. "Subdued paint schemes that limit identifiable information is one way we are taking a hard look at how we operate to ensure our ability to continue to deliver for America and our allies and partners around the world.
"Because of operational security concerns, we cannot provide specifics, though our aircraft will maintain markings as required by law."
The command would not elaborate on the change beyond this statement.
The changes mean some of the most common aircraft in the U.S. Air Force fleet, such as the KC-135 tanker, will have less markings than some combat and special operations aircraft.
AMC has recently removed tail flashes for its active-duty tankers, starting with the new Boeing KC-46. The decision was made to make it easier for aircraft to move between units without having to be repainted. But that change was specifically for what AMC calls fleet management and not related to limiting public knowledge of aircraft movements.
It also comes as AMC has worked to overhaul itself into a warfighting command instead of one focusing on support for combat aircraft. The command is working to make its aircraft directly contribute to a fight, through steps such as launching cruise missiles from a pallet on a C-130 and UAVs from KC-135s.
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I'm sure it goes on everywhere, but a few years back people would stand at the end of the runway at Ramstein, GE and jot down tail numbers. I thought about the OPSEC implications and looked into it a bit. I discovered there are on-line clubs (nothing better to do) that track USAF arrivals and departures. Here's an idea.
#6
Troubling, an I&W data point, since it suggests OPSEC against active and detailed Order of Battle collection against USAF capabilities, patterns and basing.
And I can imagine only one looming adversarial event that prompts this kind of action, and its in the South China Sea.
There was a time when the Pentagon pizza index was a genuine data point on that list, but I can't imagine that is still considered?
[IndianPunchline] The dash for the White House in Washington on Friday by German Chancellor Olaf Scholz remains a riddle wrapped in a mystery. Scholz landed in DC, drove to the White House and was received by President Biden in Oval Office for a conversation that lasted over an hour. No aides were present. And he flew back to Berlin.
Associated Press reported cryptically, “If any agreements were reached or plans made, the White House wasn’t saying.” Scholz had insisted while leaving Berlin that he and Biden “want to talk directly with each other.” Scholz mentioned “a global situation where things have become very difficult.” He said, “It is important that such close friends can talk about all of these questions together, continually.”
The official readout of the meeting mentioned that the two leaders discussed the war in Ukraine and “exchanged perspectives on other global issues.”
#5
Probably discussed the need to reduce carbon emissions to fight global warming.
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Some things must never be written down or kept in any format. Remember the Clinton visit to AG Loretta Lynch on her FBI plane, and the hokey explanations?
#7
Had to schedule the meeting very close to the hour, aka 'window of opportunity', when Joe was lucid enough to pass as a semi-functional human being.
#10
What are they hiding from who?
They evidently assume that their coms are compromised by someone who'll nail them.
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Evidently Olaf and Anna-whatever Baerbock are not getting along. But, sh!t, how much did all that cost? At least Nancy Pelosi hit the Class Six at Bolling to make her trip worthwhile.
#12
Curious, indeed. Notice how the stage is set for a "private 1 hour meeting... No aides were present". Nobody else here, just us two Heads of State meeting. Privately.
Leaving aside the question of whether Biden is a senile old man or clever actor, why would someone need to talk to him in person in the age of Zoom calls. Security is a thing, even encrypted video over your own network is going to leave footprints. Or perhaps the real conversation was between Scholz and a 3rd Party. (Barak, is that you?)
Perhaps something physical was exchanged along with the diplomatic niceties. Documents, diagrams, plans, a thumb drive, pallets of cash? Oh to be a surveillance nano-bot on the wall...
#13
Definitely strange. But I should think that even if Scholz gave Biden something, then I suspect it would be an actionable item which Biden would relay, one way or another, to someone on his staff to "make it happen".
If there are any other visits of this nature, then Washington, we have a [security] problem.
Interesting that Baerbock is Germany's foreign minister, and she did not accompany the Chancellor. Perhaps another sign of just how bad the blood is between Scholz and Baerbock. Scholz didn't trust/like her enough to bring her along.
[ZERO] The FBI obtained information from human informants, social media, and other agencies and tracked suspected domestic terrorists traveling to Washington, according to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) report (pdf).
Capitol Police officials examined information developed from arrests and investigations, as well as open sources, and distributed a document three days before Jan. 6 that conveyed a subject of an investigation had said militia members planned to attend a Jan. 6 demonstration while armed, which would violate Washington law.
Both agencies assessed threats for credibility and reported that some of the threats were deemed credible.
But both failed to properly adhere to policies for processing or sharing information, the watchdog found.
FBI agents in San Antonio, Texas, for instance, received tips from the social media company Parler but did not develop reports based on the tips, as required.
"FBI officials noted that the FBI San Antonio Field Office did not develop any related reports on January 6 events as required by policy, such as Guardians, situational information reports, or intelligence information reports but did not indicate why not," GAO said.
Such reports are distributed to state, local, and tribal law enforcement partners.
[Gateway] The January 6th political prisoners have been held in prison now for over 700 days for their actions on what now appears to be a federal operation at the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.
As more video is released it becomes clearer by the day that the assault on the US Capitol was a coordinated, planned and designed attack on the American public with the full support of the Democrat Party and national media. Precisely why the entire collection of videos was NOT released.
#3
So under the Biden & LSD Deep State leadership, the USA now has Political Prisoners being held without bail, still awaiting trial 2+years later. While being held in cruel and unusual conditions.
Sounds more like some 3rd world or communist country than what use to be the USA before the Liberal Socialist Democrat coup.
#5
This despicable abuse of political prisoners must be revealed and punished harshly, it is an outrage, an American Lubyanka/Lefortovo in the nations capitol! No excuse for it, except pure political hate, media manipulation and fear!
#6
The FBI failed to distribute the false information that the protesters were armed.
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tracked suspected domestic terrorists traveling to Washington
Any of those "tracked" who got arrested? Huh? Huh?
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#8
Meanwhile - something about Atlanta.
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Probably not wise to share information regarding your own sting operation.
That awkward moment at the meeting of your Revolutionary Cell where you realize that everyone, and I mean everyone, is working under cover for some branch of the Federal government.
[NATIONALREVIEW] Former Republican governor Larry Hogan
...governor of Maryland (2015-2023), 2nd gen. politician — Dad was a congressman for Maryland — business owner, typical East Coast country club Republican...
announced Sunday that he won’t run for president in 2024. Hogan framed his choice as as a self-sacrificial strategy to prevent former president Trump from securing the nomination. ... eliciting heartfelt shrugs of apathy.
[DAILYWIRE] As American men continue to struggle, second gentleman Douglas Emhoff wants to use his platform to denounce so-called toxic masculinity ...the liberal concept (the science is settled!) that men are knuckle dragging bastards who spend all their time watching football, drinking beer, burping, farting, and thumping their women. This doesn't apply if the men are girls transitioning to boys, or boys transitioning to girls, or either transitioning to sheep... Emhoff this past week told MSNBC that there’s too much "toxicity" in masculinity these days, an issue he’s spent "a lot" of time thinking about.
"There’s too much of toxicity — masculine toxicity out there, and we’ve kind of confused what it means to be a man, what it means to be masculine," the 58-year-old said.
"You’ve got this trope out there where you have to be tough, and angry, and lash out to be strong," Emhoff continued. "I think it is just the opposite. Strength is how you show your love for people. Strength is how you are for people and how you have their back and how you stick up for other people and pushing up and out against bullies. And that’s what I believe it is."
"Every time I can speak against this toxicity — we are seeing it with our younger people, we’re seeing it in our discourse and politics, in the media you are seeing it as it relates to so many of the issues we are pushing back on, so I think it’s a problem and I am going to continue to use this platform every time I get to speak out against this toxic masculinity that is out there."
Trish Regan, host of "The Trish Regan Show," ripped Emhoff for contributing to this far-Left initiative of redefining traditional masculinity in a recent podcast where Daily Wire host Michael Knowles made a guest appearance.
"I’d say you’ve confused it," Regan slammed, reacting to the second gentleman speaking about masculinity. "I’d say you’ve done a really good job at confusing it."
"It’s not that hard, it’s just that you seem really kind of hell-bent on making sure that young kids don’t understand the difference between a man and a woman," she continued. "You know, Apple has that ’pregnant man’ emoji and everyone sudden wants to go by ’they.'"
"A masculine man is someone who is a responsible person," Regan clarified for the second gentleman. "A responsible person, a kind person who looks out for women and recognizes the vulnerability and the specialness, if you will, of women. There’s nothing wrong with that."
#3
He failed to define toxic or proper masculinity with any clarity. By his definition John Wayne met the criteria for being properly masculine- few words, fights bullies and loves people. It is good to know that he intends to continue to use his irrelevant platform to pontificate teeshirt material in a campaign that we will all ignore.
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[NY Post] First lady Jill Biden on Sunday said it was "ridiculous’’ to consider GOP presidential hopeful Nikki Haley’s call to mandate mental competency tests for pols over 75, suggesting President Biden would never take one. He might take some ice cream.
Jill Biden said she and her husband — who at age 80 is the oldest commander in chief in US history and would be 82 at his inauguration if reelected — would "never even discuss something like that.
"Ridiculous," Jill Biden responded when asked about Haley’s idea in a snippet of an interview that aired Sunday on CNN’s "State of the Union."
Jill Biden — whose full interview will air at 9 p.m. Monday — pointed to the president’s surprise trip last month to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky to mark the one-year anniversary of Russia’s invasion as proof of the commander-in-chief’s stamina. Which, of course, has nothing to do with his mental acuity, or hers.
"How many 30-year-olds could travel to Poland, get on the train? Go nine more hours, go to Ukraine, meet with President Zelensky?" she said. "So, look at the man. Look what he’s doing. Look what he continues to do each and every day."
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How many 30-year-olds could travel to Poland, get on the train? Go nine more hours, go to Ukraine
I did something like that.
Proves he's not competent.
But what are we going to DO about it? They know we can't do anything. So they are going to get more and more brazen. They already robbed us of $100 billion and sent it to the most corrupt country in Europe. What are you going to do about it, wimp?
#6
After he was killed, Abe Lincoln’s body was transported about the country by rail and by carriages. By Jill’s criteria, Abe was in better shape than an Olympic athlete at that point.
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[Breitbart] The Treasury Department will testify before the House Oversight Committee on Friday about its withholding of 150 suspicious activity reports (SARs) generated by the Biden family and their associates by unusual foreign or high-dollar transactions.
The Treasury’s Jonathan C. Davidson, assistant secretary for legislative affairs, will testify before the committee about why the agency has refused to provide the SARs, which often contain evidence of potential criminal activities, such as money laundering and fraud.
House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-KY) is investigating James and Hunter Biden, along with Eric Schwerin, for nine violations, including, wire fraud and money laundering. During its investigations, the Treasury has tried to stonewall Comer’s request for the SARs because the reports are a key trove of information that will provide details about the family’s foreign business transactions, along with knowledge of whether President Joe Biden remains compromised by foreign governments through his family’s business.
Comer stated Saturday in a press release that he intends to also examine legislative solutions to ensure Congress has timely access to the SARs.
“We are concerned the Treasury Department is acting in bad faith to produce these documents to the Oversight Committee when we know that it has already produced them to another congressional office,” Comer wrote. “At next week’s hearing, a Treasury Department official can explain to Congress and the American people why the department is hiding critical information.”
In January, Davidson denied the committee’s request for 150 SARs flagged by U.S. banks, citing “improper disclosure” of relevant information that could reduce the Biden administration’s ability to “conduct of law enforcement, intelligence, and national security activities.”
While the Treasury stonewalls Comer, the Biden family’s top financial lieutenant Schwerin is expected to “soon” provide requested documents to the committee. Schwerin, who shared bank accounts with President Joe Biden and dubbed the family’s “moneyman,” was also the president of Rosemont Seneca Partners, a fund created by Hunter Biden and several associates that spawned business deals in Russia, Ukraine, China, and Romania.
Schwerin’s potential compliance with the committee comes after Hunter plotted in 2019 to betray him amid their crumbling relationship, built upon an off-the-books business arrangement, text messages obtained by Breitbart News from Hunter’s laptop reveal.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
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Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[whitehouse.gov] AMC has recently removed tail flashes for its active-duty tankers, starting with the new Boeing KC-46. The decision was made to make it easier for aircraft to move between units without having to be repainted. But that change was specifically for what AMC calls fleet management and not related to limiting public knowledge of aircraft movements. 
...the liberal concept (the science is settled!) that men are knuckle dragging bastards who spend all their time watching football, drinking beer, burping, farting, and thumping their women. This doesn't apply if the 
