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At Anti-France Protests, Pakistani Clerics Call For Jihad, Atom Bomb Against France
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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Leonard Cohen - Hallelujah (Live in London)
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2020 01:06 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  from 10+ years ago
Posted by: Lord Garth || 11/22/2020 9:43 Comments || Top||

#2  Yes, Cohen passed away in 2016.
Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2020 9:44 Comments || Top||

#3  So often the performance of Hallelujah is very polished. Mr. Cohen brings a grittiness to his composition that gives it a very different feel — very moving.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 10:43 Comments || Top||


Son Tay raider recalls the hunt for POWs in North Vietnam 50 years ago today
[MilTimes] It was 50 years ago today that a special operations group raided the Son Tay prison compound in North Vietnam in an attempt to rescue some 61 prisoners of war.

About 15 years had passed since the Vietnam War began. Along with the raid on the prison camp, located just outside of Hanoi, the U.S. concurrently sent three Navy carriers as a distraction and to help suppress potential enemy air support on Nov. 21, 1970. The support mission is heralded as the largest night carrier operation of the almost 20-year conflict.

It turned out the prisoners had been moved to other camps prior to the raid, but the mission, known as Operation Kingpin, has stood as a stellar example of planning and coordinated execution for similar covert attacks since.

Son Tay was "the best modern example of a successful spec op [which] should be considered textbook material for future missions," retired Navy SEAL Adm. William McRaven wrote in his 1995 book "Spec Ops: Case Studies in Special Operations Warfare: Theory and Practice."

Sixteen years after that book was first published, McRaven, as the three-star commander of Joint Special Operations Command, devised the daring Navy SEAL raid that killed al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

A new documentary about the raid, "Kingpin: 27 minutes at Son Tay," is in post-production and features interviews with some of the special operators who were there.

Posted by: Besoeker || 11/22/2020 01:05 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Wrong link
Posted by: Matt || 11/22/2020 11:00 Comments || Top||

#2  When y'all find the right link let me know.

I've done some searches on the internet for information about the soldier who led the raid, Col. Arthur "Bull" Simons, and there's surprising little out there about him, besides the book _On Wings of Eagles_.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 11/22/2020 14:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Link replaced. I went to the Military Times site and looked for an old time Viet Nam story
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 15:25 Comments || Top||


PE teacher who got smashed downed eight glasses of wine and flashed her boobs breasts at prom is banned from school
[KNEWZ] A PE teacher who got drunk at student prom and flashed her boobies breasts has been banned from classrooms for two years.

According to The Daily Mail, Norfolk, U.K. PE teacher Katherine Lake, 44, admitted she made an ass of herself behaved inappropriately at the Year 11 student prom at Reepham High School in Norfolk in June 2019.

Year 11 is traditionally the last year of secondary school for students in Britain.

A disciplinary panel heard Lake guzzled drank eight glasses of wine before attempting to sit on a students’ lap. They also heard she smoked a cigarette with another student.

Katherine Lake, 44, faced complaints over acting like a 'tard inappropriate behaviour with pupils at a Year 11 prom at Reepham High School in Norfolk in June 2019.

The PE teacher even flashed her udders breasts while posing with five students in a photo booth at the prom, the panel heard.

Lake admitted she utterly lacked any class to the bad behavior but said she couldn’t remember what happened that night because she had gotten slobbering drunk drank eight glasses of wine. The panel heard that she guzzled drank almost an entire bottle of wine at a teachers’ gathering before the prom, and four more glasses at the event itself.
She felt better after she puked, of course.
Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Her pic doesn't indicate much in the boobie department with which to flash, so my morning's starting off rather dismally.
Posted by: Raj || 11/22/2020 10:41 Comments || Top||

#2  Thanks for taking one for the team, Raj. Now I won't go to the link.
Posted by: Clem || 11/22/2020 11:04 Comments || Top||

#3  "Look at that drunk guy over there flashing his chest!"
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/22/2020 11:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Adults need to behave like adults when they are around children - even when those children are 17 and look like adults. With rare, very specific exceptions (strip clubs, Carnival, Burning Man), older adults even need to behave like older adults when they are around young adults. This is part of the substrata of how you keep a healthy society functioning.
Posted by: Secret Master || 11/22/2020 13:00 Comments || Top||

#5  It’s called Physical Education, and that’s what she does.
Posted by: Grunter || 11/22/2020 17:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Considering the female PE teachers I knew going to school, this was something that was not wanted an may push many an impressionable boy to being gay.
Posted by: DarthVader || 11/22/2020 20:25 Comments || Top||

#7  Who said she was flashing them at the guys?
Posted by: CrazyFool || 11/22/2020 23:14 Comments || Top||

#8  Physical Ed teacher?

Or Physics teacher, demonstrating the laws of gravitational force applied to plasma?
Posted by: Zenobia Black1087 || 11/22/2020 23:21 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian Found Guilty of Passing Military Secrets to CIA
[AnNahar] A Russian citizen who worked on naval ships was found guilty of high treason for passing on military secrets to the CIA, Russia's security services said Friday.

Yury Yeshchenko was sentenced earlier this week to 13 years in a penal colony for attempting to supply the United States with information about Russian weapons systems, the Federal Security Service
... the successor to the KGB...
(FSB) said in a statement on its website.

He "decided for self-serving purposes to transfer information to the United States about the promising developments of the Russian military-industrial complex," the statement said.

According to the FSB, Yeshchenko worked for an organization in the closed Arctic town of Severomosk that supplied radio-electronic systems for ships in Russia's Northern Fleet.

The FSB said that between 2015 and 2017 Yeshchenko made copies of classified information of the fleet's weapons systems, before making contact with the CIA in early 2019.

In July of that year the FSB arrested Yeshchenko in Russia's southern region of Bryansk while he was trying to handover the documents, the security services said.

Yeshchenko, who was sentenced by the Bryansk regional court on Tuesday, pleaded guilty and "repented" in court, the FSB said.

Espionage cases have increased in Russia in recent years.

In June, a Russian court sentenced former US marine Paul Whelan to 16 years in a penal colony for espionage.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:


China-Japan-Koreas
President Xi Jinping says that China is ready to step up global COVID19 vaccine cooperation
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1 


So the country that released it, then denied it, now wants to help VAX against it and make $$$$$$ from fixing their denied responsibility.

Why should I trust anything that Communist China would offer for C-19 as help?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/22/2020 4:38 Comments || Top||

#2  u shouldn't
Posted by: Chris || 11/22/2020 8:06 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 Or they release the beta version.
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/22/2020 10:54 Comments || Top||

#4  Fauci is standing by.

Posted by: Clem || 11/22/2020 11:06 Comments || Top||


Kim Jong Un's half-nephew in CIA custody after 2017 disappearance: Report
[WashingtonExaminer] North Korea
...hereditary Communist monarchy distinguished by its truculence and periodic acts of violence. Distinguishing features include Songun (Army First) policy, which involves feeding the army before anyone but the Dear Leadership, and Juche, which is Kim Jong Il's personal interpretation of Marxism-Leninism, which he told everybody was brilliant. In 1950 the industrialized North invaded agrarian South Korea. Twenty-one countries of the United Nations eventually contributed to the UN force opposing the invasion, with the United States providing around 90% of the military personnel. Seventy years later the economic results are in and it doesn't look good for Juche...
n leader Kim Pudge Jong-un
...the overweight, pouty-looking hereditary potentate of North Korea. Pudge appears to believe in his own divinity, but has yet to produce any loaves and fishes, so his subjects remain malnourished...
's half-nephew was reportedly taken into CIA custody after disappearing three years ago at Amsterdam's Schiphol airport.
Continued on Page 49
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies


A surprise spate of bond defaults by state-owned Chinese firms is spooking investors
[CNBC]
  • A series of high-profile defaults involving state-owned enterprises in China led to a bond market selloff last week.

  • Defaults by government-supported firms in China were rare before recent times.

  • Those defaults are coming even as many asset managers, bullish on Chinese debt, have this year been pushing their calls on these investments, which offer a very attractive proposition for investors with their yields.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under: Commies


Europe
German police barge into the house of anti-lockdown activist Dr Andreas Noack, arrest him during YouTube livestream: Watch video
[OpIndia] A doctor in Germany, Dr. Andreas Noack, was arrested by the Police on Wednesday in what appears to be a gross violation of personal liberty. The reason for his arrest is not yet clear but he was arrested while live-streaming on YouTube from his own home. The Police barged into his home when he was live on his YouTube channel.
This is happened to doctor Andreas Noack in Germany. After the unconstitutional approval of the infection law, police broke into his house while he was having a live transmission on YouTube. Those who cried against "fascism" have created the most criminal dictatorship in history. pic.twitter.com/fLgl5JTF0i.
— Cesare Sacchetti (@CesareSacchetti) November 19, 2020.
The manner of his arrest presents some extremely disturbing scenes. He appeared too shocked to respond while the Police continued to yell at him until he lied down in the ground. The arrest of Dr. Andreas Noack occurred after the passage of the ’Infection Protection Law’ which was protested heavily by vast sections of the German population. The arrested doctor was supposedly providing medical assistance to anti-lockdown protesters...
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 11/22/2020 14:32 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  This is what Soros and his dictatorial politicians here in the USA are dreaming to do. Whitmer , Northam, Newsome, Cuomo, and others want this power. And the progressives want this to silence the opposition. “Never let a serious crisis go to waste” ... “Fundamentally transform the United States of America”

Beware. Be active. Be the resistance. Be ready. Be armed
Posted by: Greater the Anonymous5721 || 11/22/2020 15:49 Comments || Top||

#2  To quote the doctor, from the video: Ich bin Dr. Noack.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/22/2020 20:45 Comments || Top||

#3  Apparently the "Infection Protection Law" gives the executive legislative powers. The last time the German government passed something like that it was called the Enabling Act.

I've trashed my plans to visit Germany, at least until they've replaced their government.

How are the Roman sites in the Czech Republic?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 11/22/2020 20:48 Comments || Top||

#4  I heard there are some cool Roman places in Croatia, and I thought I heard the Croatians were reasonable about travel thither.
Posted by: Clem || 11/22/2020 22:02 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
FDA grants emergency use authorization to COVID-19 antibody given to Trump
[Jpost] The US Food and Drug Administration on Saturday issued emergency use authorization for Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc's COVID-19 antibody therapy, an experimental treatment given to US President Donald Trump that he said helped cure him of the disease.

The FDA said the monoclonal antibodies, casirivimab and imdevimab, should be administered together for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults and pediatric patients with positive results of direct SARS-CoV-2 viral testing and who are at high risk for progressing to severe COVID-19.

This includes those who are 65 years of age or older or who have certain chronic medical conditions.

The agency said the antibodies are not authorized for patients who are hospitalized due to COVID-19 or require oxygen therapy due to COVID-19. A benefit of casirivimab and imdevimab treatment has not been shown in patients hospitalized due to COVID-19.

Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Good. Expensive, but effective.

p.s. Now, try combining anti-spike mAb with spike vaccinations (mAb first).
Posted by: g(r)omgoru || 11/22/2020 7:25 Comments || Top||

#2  To be given ONLY to outpatients, and only by IV infusion.
Posted by: Grampaw Phavish2227 || 11/22/2020 15:03 Comments || Top||


Government
US Supreme Court Reorganizes Circuit Assignments
Effective immediately. Note which circuits go to strict constructionalists, dear Reader, and join me in pondering the impact on the Trump campaign’s appeals.
[SupremeCourt,gov] Circuit Assignments

It is ordered that the following allotment be made of The Chief Justice and the Associate Justices of this Court among the circuits, pursuant to Title 28, United States Code, Section 42 and that such allotment be entered of record, effective November 20, 2020.

  • For the District of Columbia Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice

  • For the First Circuit - Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
    (Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)

  • For the Second Circuit - Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
    (Connecticut, New York, Vermont)

  • For the Third Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
    (Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island)

  • For the Fourth Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
    (Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)

  • For the Fifth Circuit - Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
    )Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

  • For the Sixth Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice
    (Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee)

  • For the Seventh Circuit - Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice
    (Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)

  • For the Eighth Circuit - Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice
    (Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

  • For the Ninth Circuit - Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
    (Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)

  • For the Tenth Circuit - Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice
    (Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)

  • For the Eleventh Circuit - Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
    (Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

  • For the Federal Circuit - John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice.
Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 00:00 || Comments || Link || [3 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

Basically divided up on how they and their assigned states generally vote with a few exceptions.

eg. 2nd & 9th District courts are overseen by a VERY Liberal leaning Judges. which include NY & the West Coast

QUESTIONABLE LEANING
John G. Roberts, Jr., Chief Justice
(Maryland, North Carolina, South Carolina, West Virginia, Virginia)


==================================

CONSERVATIVE LEANING JUDGES
Samuel A. Alito, Jr., Associate Justice
(Delaware, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Virgin Island, Louisiana, Mississippi, Texas)

Brett M. Kavanaugh, Associate Justice
(Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio, Tennessee, Arkansas, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, North Dakota, South Dakota)

Amy Coney Barrett, Associate Justice
(Illinois, Indiana, Wisconsin)

Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice
(Alabama, Florida, Georgia)

===============================
LIBERAL LEANING

Stephen Breyer, Associate Justice
(Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island)

Sonia Sotomayor, Associate Justice
(Connecticut, New York, Vermont)

Elena Kagan, Associate Justice
(Alaska, Arizona, California, Guam, Hawaii, Idaho, Oregon, Montana, Nevada, Northern Mariana Islands, Washington)

Neil M. Gorsuch, Associate Justice
(Colorado, Kansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Utah, Wyoming)

Posted by: NN2N1 || 11/22/2020 4:31 Comments || Top||

#2  For the conservative leaning you'd better come with a good argument. For the 'liberal', simply be on their team.
Posted by: Cesare || 11/22/2020 10:16 Comments || Top||

#3  Currently in play for the election and now under strict constructionists (with thanks to NN2N1 for organizing the information so it can be easily seen):

Samuel A. Alito, Jr.: Pennsylvania

Brett M. Kavanaugh: Michigan

Amy Coney Barrett: Illinois, Wisconsin

Clarence Thomas: Georgia


Did I miss any?


Posted by: trailing wife || 11/22/2020 10:38 Comments || Top||

#4  Nevada
Posted by: Angineck Speager7783 || 11/22/2020 10:59 Comments || Top||

#5  As Thomas Jefferson spins even faster in his grave.
Posted by: Clem || 11/22/2020 10:59 Comments || Top||



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Sun 2020-11-22
  At Anti-France Protests, Pakistani Clerics Call For Jihad, Atom Bomb Against France
Sat 2020-11-21
  Aliyev declares 'glorious victory' in Karabakh, ready for relations with Armenia
Fri 2020-11-20
  Iran's Guards launch aircraft carrier-scale warship amid tensions with U.S.: TV
Thu 2020-11-19
  Marshal Dostum Takes The Lead in Faryab Battle
Wed 2020-11-18
  After Israel said to kill al-Qaeda No. 2, questions over terror group’s future
Tue 2020-11-17
  Iraq hangs 21 terrorism convicts in latest mass executions
Mon 2020-11-16
  Nearly 25,000 Ethiopians flee to Sudan
Sun 2020-11-15
  'The war has begun' - Polisario Front launches attacks on Moroccan military bases
Sat 2020-11-14
  Zawahiri reportedly died a month ago of natural causes
Fri 2020-11-13
  Seven Soldiers Killed in Burkina Faso Attack
Thu 2020-11-12
  Turkey signs MoU for ceasefire in war it instigated and supplied terrorist Syrian mercenaries for in Karabakh
Wed 2020-11-11
  Minneapolis Starts Begging For Outside Resources
Tue 2020-11-10
  Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan says he signed an ''extremely painful'' agreement with the leaders of Azerbaijan and Russia to end the war over the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region
Mon 2020-11-09
  Iraqi forces launch 'large scale' anti-ISIS air and ground operation in Salahaddin
Sun 2020-11-08
  Turkish-backed forces attack Syrian Christian city in Hama

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