Sunlight is the best medicine. Follow up to this story from yesterdy.
[Breitbart] Officials at Fort Liberty, the U.S. Army post formerly known as Fort Bragg, distanced themselves on Thursday from a slide shown to soldiers during a briefing on Wednesday that featured a pro-life organization as an example of a terrorist group.
In a statement to Breitbart News, the post said:
After conducting a commander’s inquiry, we determined that these slides were not vetted by the appropriate approval authorities, and do not reflect the views of the XVIII Airborne Corps and Fort Liberty, the U.S. Army or the Department of Defense.
The officials said the slides were developed by a “local garrison employee” to train soldiers who were manning gates at Fort Liberty in North Carolina, and that it would no longer be used.
“These slides will no longer be used, and all future training products will be reviewed to ensure they align with the current DoD anti-terrorism guidance,” officials said.
The slide came to the public’s attention after a military whistleblower posted it on X, sparking outrage among conservatives.
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Officials have no oversight of the political bureau operations or actions. Officials are now in CYA mode trying to remove the 'mud' off their boots.
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[REGNUM] These days, one of the main topics on the European and global agenda is the results of the parliamentary elections in France. As a reminder, the results seriously damaged the position of the party of President Emmanuel Macron, the main "instigator" of Europe's active intervention in Ukrainian affairs. Marine Le Pen's party, which became the leader in the first round, did not live up to expectations in the second. But the election results threaten such confusion that the Fifth Republic will no longer have time to "support with bayonets" the stability of the Volodymyr Zelensky regime.
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"Firstly, the creator of the Versailles system, US President Woodrow Wilson, was against Ukrainian independence. And secondly, and most importantly, there was no one left to represent the delegation: the Galician army of the ZUNR was retreating under the onslaught of the Poles, and the "successes" of the UPR army were discussed above."
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin is in italics.
[ColonelCassad] How the Road to War in Ukraine Was Paved in American Diplomacy Materials.
Here, girls, we have an anniversary NATO summit. And just in time, declassified documents from the 90s on NATO expansion to the East have arrived. It's fascinating reading, but long. We have chosen the best of 17 American memoranda and telegrams for you:
✔️ Offer membership to the Baltic countries and Ukraine. They should not remain in the "gray zone of Russian influence" - October 14, 1994 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32226-document-3-anthony-lake-secretary-state-secretary-defense-un-ambassador-and-joint ), memorandum by US National Security Advisor Anthony Lake
✔️ The issue of "strategic superiority/political insurance" (containing Russia) should be kept in mind, but not spoken, to prevent the allies from limiting themselves to only the Visegrad Group countries (Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland) as new members. Yeltsin needs to regularly talk about the theoretical possibility of Russia joining NATO - October 14, 1994 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32226-document-3-anthony-lake-secretary-state-secretary-defense-un-ambassador-and-joint ), memorandum by US National Security Advisor Anthony Lake.
✔️ The main thing is to “Open the doors” for Ukraine, the Baltics, Romania and Bulgaria to join NATO, while publicly declaring that “the doors are open to all comers” — October 14, 1994 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32226-document-3-anthony-lake-secretary-state-secretary-defense-un-ambassador-and-joint ), memorandum by US National Security Advisor Anthony Lake
✔️ We need to talk to the Russians about developing and deepening relations with NATO. We will need to get the Russians to agree with our strategy for further NATO expansion to the East — December 21, 1994 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32228-document-5-deputy-national-security-adviser-samuel-berger-president-meeting-vice ), memorandum of the US Deputy Assistant for National Security Affairs Samuel Berger to President Clinton.
✔️ Do not discuss within NATO the possibility of admitting Ukraine to the Alliance, given the sensitivity of this issue for Russia, but maintain these intentions. Develop a separate program for working with Ukraine — December 22, 1994 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32229-document-6-memorandum-anthony-lake-and-samuel-r-berger-alexander-vershbow-nicholas ), memorandum of the US National Security Council Working Group
✔️ "We are not going to discuss with the Russians the entry or non-entry of Ukraine and the Baltics into NATO. All their statements about the "rights of Russian speakers" or the "traditional sphere of influence" need to be "slammed hard". And constantly say that if Ukraine and the Baltics want to join NATO, they have every right to do so - the same as Russia itself. "c — namely, to declare the unacceptability of admitting Ukraine and the Baltics into NATO" — August 23, 1996 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32233-document-10-strobe-talbott-draft-memorandum-nato-russia-framework-next-phase ), Strobe Talbott memorandum on further NATO enlargement
✔️ NATO may be needed to fight terrorism, ensure security in Europe, or confront Russia if it again takes the path of expansionism in foreign policy… The United States is not going to train European troops to fight the Russians in Central Europe. We have a new mission to protect our values and interests - February 9, 1997 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32234-document-11-draft-letter-strobe-talbott-george-kennan ), Talbott's letter to George Kennan in response to Kennan's criticism of NATO expansion
✔️ "The Europeans should have pressed Putin hard on Chechnya and said that such issues can only be resolved through diplomacy… …We are likely to pay the price for forcing Yeltsin to change his harsh "no" to a reluctant "yes" on NATO expansion for seven years… …The bosses in Moscow can use their economic successes to restore Russian influence" - November 16, 2000 ( https://nsarchive.gwu.edu/document/32241-document-18-ambassador-pickering-cable-us-embassy-london-deputy-secretarys-november ), a telegram about a conversation between Talbot and the British ambassador to NATO Manning.
But of course, no one wanted war. They didn't even think about it.
[ISSUESINSIGHTS] Recall when electric vehicles were our future, the next generation of automobiles that were going to save us? It’s been a fairy tale from the beginning, as people are beginning to see.
About six weeks ago, President Joe The Big Guy Biden ...46th president of the U.S. Old, boring, a plagiarist, fond of hair sniffing and grabbing the protruding parts of women, and not whatcha call brilliant... or is that an act?... bragged during a Rose Garden event that "thanks to my bipartisan Infrastructure Law, we’re building a network of 500,000 charging stations all across America." At that moment, only seven stations had been built — three years after the bill was passed.
The lack of progress cannot be explained away by the challenges faced by any infrastructure buildout, though Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg
...the testicleless former mayor of South Bend, Indiana. Buttigieg graduated from Harvard College and, on a Rhodes Scholarship, from Pembroke College, Oxford. From 2007 to 2010, he worked at McKinsey and Company, a consulting firm. From 2009 to 2017 Buttigieg served as an intelligence officer in the United States Navy Reserve, attaining the rank of lieutenant and deploying to Afghanistan in 2014. Buttigieg was first elected mayor of South Bend in 2011 and was reelected in 2015. During his second term, he announced he was gay, which surprised no one. Buttigieg also campaigned for Indiana state treasurer in 2010 and for chair of the Democratic National Committee in 2017, losing both elections. He ran for the Dem nomination in 2020 on the theory that being mayor of a nondescript medium sized city is qualification to run the country. He lost that one too. Biden appointed him Secretary of Transportation, which he turned into shambles... tried to do exactly that when he said the project is more involved "than just plunking a small device into the ground." No, what we have is an administration that is insisting that the contractors hired to do the work fall in line with the Democrats ...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy,white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects... ’ political demands.
"The delay is in large part a result of the White House’s diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives," the Washington Free Beacon reported last month.
"These requirements are screwing everything up," an anonymous senior Department of Transportation told the Free Beacon. "It’s all a mess."
Connecting charger stations to a power source is another hurdle that’s set back the green dream.
"Businesses building electric vehicle charging stations say that finding enough electricity is a major — perhaps fatal — problem," Just the News reported over the weekend.
A "survey among leaders in the EV charging industry" recently found that 75% "of electric vehicle charging station developers and operators say electric grid limitations present a significant barrier to deploying commercial EV charging infrastructure," says Utility Dive. Apparently "a large number" of these businesses "have been unable to secure the energy they need for their projects and have resorted to installing fossil fuel-powered generators to run their chargers."
Do we need to put those last eight words in bold-faced italics? No. We’ll let them speak for themselves.
Also dragging down the EV era is a lack of reliability.
"Owners of cutting edge, tech-filled BEVs and PHEVs are experiencing problems that are of a severity level high enough for them to take their new vehicle into the dealership at a rate three times higher than that of gas-powered vehicle owners," wrote Frank Hanley, senior director of auto benchmarking at J.D. Power, in the study.
With all the frustrations building, and all the reasons for not owning an EV, it’s no surprise that nearly half — 46% — of the electric vehicle owners in this country say they are "(very) likely to switch back to" cars with internal combustion engines.
Despite the efforts of policymakers, the market for ICE cars is still there, so why not take advantage of it? Is Tesla CEO Elon Musk watching?
Yes, the company would have to make significant changes and the conversion costs could be steep. But Musk saw the potential money to be made from the EV trend two decades ago before eventually pushing out Tesla’s co-founders and taking over the company. There’s no reason to think that he wouldn’t at least seriously consider the idea. Musk’s customer base might be made of activists (and incurable virtue signalers), but there’s no doubt he’s a capitalist.
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I still wouldn't buy one, even if you gave it to me. Over the past year there are more and more mouth breathing idiots trying to drive those fires in waiting around Quincy, usually the young Asian prince / princess types. I yell at them (and those douchey assholes riding electric bikes) every time I'm riding my bike around town. I now associate Tesla ownership with room temperature IQ and teenage driving ability.
Fuck every last one of 'em in the ass with a shovel.
"Approximately 500 to 600 cases of copper wire theft were reported annually in the city [LA] just five years ago, the outlet stated. According to LA Councilman Kevin de León (D), there have been a whopping 6,713 cases in just the last year — with repair costs amounting to over $17 million. "
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Who was it who quipped that when there won't be enough copper to build the EV infrastructure, just make up the difference by buying from the scrap yards?
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Musk is focused on Mars where electric transportation will be a must. Oh, he'll sell earthers a tesla, but he has zero interest in ICE transportation.
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Tweakers stealing copper can only be stopped by prosecuting and imprisoning recyclers who buy it, KNOWING it was stolen
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^Ah, I don't know.
The banking model seems pretty immune from enforcement.
[Channel News Asia] French President Emmanuel Macron’s gamble to force unity through a snap election has failed. France looks more divided than ever after Sunday (Jul 7) and his own power is now diluted.
None of the three largest political blocs has enough seats to form a government on their own. The left-wing alliance New Popular Front (NFP) came in first by a small margin, while Mr Macron’s centrist Ensemble beat expectations to get ahead of the far-right National Rally (RN) party. But why should this matter to anyone outside the fray of French domestic politics?
One of Europe’s largest countries and a permanent member of the United Nations Security Council is heading for gridlock or political instability for the next three years, until Mr Macron’s final term ends in 2027.
The electoral result in France matters globally, for three reasons.
First, the French parliament election shows the political clout of populism remains strong globally - on both ends of the spectrum.
While many are relieved that voters denied the nationalist, anti-immigration RN party a majority, its success and growing influence cannot be denied. In 2017 at the beginning of Mr Macron’s first term, the far-right party had eight seats in parliament; today, it has 143 - its highest score ever.
[ISRAELHAYOM] For nearly 20 years, Hamas ..a regional Iranian catspaw,... has smuggled enormous quantities of weapons and building materials through and under the Philadelphi Corridor, significantly advancing the construction of underground 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 Hamas with 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... — the world's largest terror city, a modern-day Sodom. Anyone who still believes the Egyptians were unaware of this is deluding themselves.
The Egyptians not only knew, but for years they were complicit — knowingly ignoring the situation, turning a blind eye, and even actively facilitating it. While under President Abdel Fattah el-Sissi they have taken some significant action against the tunnels, proposing to involve them now in any arrangement concerning the Philadelphi Corridor and trusting them is not just foolish and grossly irresponsible, but self-deception and public fraud.
Before el-Sissi, but also during his tenure, cars, cycle of violences, clothes, drugs, medicines, alcoholic beverages, and weapons were smuggled through the Philadelphi Corridor over the years, lots of weapons: improved RPG-29 rockets that killed our soldiers in the Iron Swords War, hidden rocket parts, machine guns, mines, and more.
The tunnels were dug from house basements, orchards, and olive groves. Each tunnel took between two weeks to two months to excavate. Property owners received a percentage of the smuggling profits. At one point, the Rafah municipality required tunnel owners to obtain business licenses and even charged them for water and electricity connections. At its peak, the operation employed 70,000 people. The Bedouin clans of Abu Samhadana and Aburish managed most of it. Their profits were enormous. An average tunnel costs about $100,000 to build, with a daily turnover averaging half a million shekels. Egyptian officials and officers pocketed bribes that allowed the weapons highway to continue. And after all this, to say that Egypt didn't know?
NOT A MEDIATOR NOR AN APPROPRIATE SUPERVISOR
The very thought of now erasing Egypt's sins and giving them a role again in overseeing the Philadelphi Corridor and Rafah crossing is scandalous. Egypt bears significant responsibility for what happened in Philadelphi over the years, and even those who trust President el-Sissi now cannot guarantee that a new Mohammed Morsi from the Moslem Brüderbund won't rise to power in the future, as we saw happen in 2012 presidential elections in Egypt.
Egypt cannot be considered a fair mediator, let alone a fair supervising entity, not against the backdrop of Philadelphi's history and not in light of Nazi-like statements by senior al-Azhar University officials ("Israel's end, a malignant disease in the heart of the Arab Islamic nation, will be destruction") against which the Egyptians take no action. To say that Egypt's objectivity is questionable would be a gross understatement.
Israel must, therefore, remain in Philadelphi. Neither Egypt, the "bruised reed," nor other foreign forces, nor cameras — no one will do the job for us there as needed, and it's time we stop deluding ourselves. Foreign monitoring forces have failed in Leb ...an Iranian satrapy currently ruled by Hassan Nasrallah 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 dozen flavors of Christians, plus Armenians, Georgians, and who knows what else? It is the home of the original 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... over the years, and they also failed at the Rafah crossing from which European Union ...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing... monitors fled in 2007.
As for cameras — that's a tasteless joke. They didn't prevent the fall of the Rafah crossing into Hamas' hands, nor did they prevent the events of Oct. 7. They simply documented these failures. We must therefore We must hope that reports of Israel agreeing to discuss these options with Egypt are false. If these reports are true, it would mark another grave error in a series of missteps since Oct. 8, potentially the most dangerous yet.
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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
dominated Mexico for six years.
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.
[Breitbart] Officials at 
[ISSUESINSIGHTS] Recall when electric vehicles were our future, the next generation of automobiles that were going to save us? It’s been a fairy tale from the beginning, as people are beginning to see.
...every time you hear the phrase 
[Channel News Asia] French President Emmanuel Macron’s gamble to force unity through a snap election has failed. France looks more divided than ever after Sunday (Jul 7) and his own power is now diluted.
..a regional Iranian catspaw,...
