[Bearing Arms] Anyone with half a brain knows that violence in a city like Chicago isn’t the result of average citizens shooting each other in a fit of rage. It’s driven by very particular factors and particular groups. It’s almost like the 80/20 rule applies, only it’s not 20 percent of the population of the city that’s responsible for the violence. It’s actually a much smaller percentage.
In short, it’s generally the gangs that are responsible.
As many in Chicago’s gangs are facing criminal charges, we can get a glimpse into what drives some of this.
[Townhall] Let's cut right to the chase: The media made the Kyle Rittenhouse trial a racial morality play because it suited their leftist ideological narrative, regardless of the facts. As we've written previously, the left is committed to certain Larger Truths, and they'll flog them relentlessly — even when the various particulars don't support them. The reverse is also true: Realities that run counter to the Larger Truths, or that might vindicate or empower the Bad People, are played down, ignored, or memory-holed. Eight days ago, there was a massacre in the heartland. As that horror unfolded at an annual Christmas parade, social media exploded with outrage and speculation, with various observers eager to pin the blame on their political opponents. Once details began to emerge, and the alleged perpetrator was identified, the big media machine ground to a halt, and the would-be deluge was reduced to a trickle. What likely would have been hyped as a massive national story with endless implications (think Charlottesville but with a substantially higher body count) instantly became a minor, if tragic, disturbance. A local news story. And even some left-leaning local news outlets didn't seem too excited about dwelling on it too much:
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I bet, but not suggesting anything, that if some person with light skin were to take this turd out the media would be all over it - smearing the person who would dare do it to a person of color.
LONDON (AP) — The emergence of the new omicron variant and the world’s desperate and likely futile attempts to keep it at bay are reminders of what scientists have warned for months: The coronavirus will thrive as long as vast parts of the world lack vaccines.
The hoarding of limited COVID-19 shots by rich countries — creating virtual vaccine deserts in many poorer ones — doesn’t just mean risk for the parts of the world seeing shortages; it threatens the entire globe.
That’s because the more the disease spreads among unvaccinated populations, the more possibilities it has to mutate and potentially become more dangerous, prolonging the pandemic for everyone.
"The virus is a ruthless opportunist, and the inequity that has characterized the global response has now come home to roost," said Dr. Richard Hatchett, CEO of CEPI, one of the groups behind the U.N.-backed COVAX shot-sharing initiative.
Perhaps nowhere is the inequality more evident than in Africa, where under 7% of the population is vaccinated. South African scientists alerted the World Health Organization to the new omicron variant last week, though it may never be clear where it first originated. Researchers are now rushing to determine whether it is more infectious or able to evade current vaccines.
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AP America's Pravda does not report that, for example, populous Nigeria has had but 214,000 cases and 2,976 deaths. Certainly much better statistics than New York state.
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COVID-19: Cameroon Continues Use of Hydroxichloroquine
15 août 2020 the therapeutic efficiency of hydroxichloroquine in the treatment protocol of COVID19 can be proven by the cure rate of patients in Cameroon which stands at 91.2%.
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It will take a while to determine what, if any, significance there is to the Moronic Variant.
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I could be wrong but I haven't seen Grom on any Covid threads in some time. Did he have some kind of realization that Covid continues stronger in the lockdown areas? Or did he just give up trying to educate the rest of us?
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He is probably dead - 4 Covid shots and counting for mandatory for the Israeli population -- 1 or 2 will kill you...read that Isreal has on average 800 break through COVID cases a DAY nowadays or 5600 a week, 22,400 per month...
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In 3 months, that's 67,200 cases - Your odds of having debilitating injuries after covid "recovery" is approaching 58-72%. Doubt G will be singing the same tune about the "Clot Shot", ever again.
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The Taliban were also not interested in reconciliation, being aimed at conquest by nature as well as intent. So it isn’t fair to blame President Ghani for understanding that he was between the rock of American insistance on pointless forms while the Talibs negotiated in bad faith. A taste:
[Pajhwok] Afghanistan’s Peaceful Transition Foundation (APTF) head Dr. FarooqAzam has said the previous government was not honest in its reconciliation process and that led to its collapse, adding that building a new system would take time.
He added with the departure of former President Ashraf Ghani, fighting has ended and now qualified people should be appointed on key posts. He lambasted the international community for stressing inclusion of previous corrupt individuals in the government in the name of inclusive government.
EX-GOVT STRUCTURE AND FALL
During an exclusive interview with Pajhwok Afghan News, Dr. FarooqAzam said the previous government was formed by foreigners and came into power soon after the US invasion of Afghanistan. That government was never for the people of Afghanistan.
“President Bush said they will reconstruct Afghanistan through a master plan, but current US president Joe Biden recently said they never came to Afghanistan for reconstruction and nation-building. Whatever support they provided has ended after their withdrawal such as they provided millions of dollars for election but every election was shameful then the other one. You would have never watched in the world that two presidents shall take oath at the same time and at the same place. US spent billions of dollars on good governance and army but it never empowered institutions,” he said.
Azam believed the Taliban did not much contribute to the collapse of the previous US backed government but people in the previous government themselves caused the destruction of the system.
He said: “Previous Afghan government officials said US will not pull out from Afghanistan, Obama and Trump, however, stressed over the withdrawal of their forces but the Afghan government was not pleased with this decision and they never had preparations. When US government finally decided they will pull out that decision hampered the morale of government and whatever cash was available there the government itself looted it. A system that could have fallen after two years fell just within few months.”
The formation of interim government was mentioned in the Doha Agreement but the Kabul regime was not ready for such arrangement because the system was so week here and there was heavy fighting underway nation-wide. He said Ghani might not intentionally leave the country but he was forced to do so.
He added sometimes an individual did not want to do something but something suddenly happens and it favours you. He said Ghani might not want to leave the country but that helped end the war.
He said the previous government was not honest in Doha talks, the delegation had no agenda for ceasefire therefore they lost the opportunity for peaceful transition and the current crisis is due that failure.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[ASD] The Ukrainian State Bureau of Investigation has opened a case against the editor-in-chief of the Censor.NET newspaper Yuriy Butusov. The reason for the close attention of the country's law enforcement agencies to Butusov was not at all the skirmish between the journalist and the incumbent President Volodymyr Zelensky, which occurred during the press marathon hosted by the national leader of Ukraine. The reason for the attack on the journalist was a banal "crossbow".
Last Saturday, November 27, the editor-in-chief of the "Censor.NET" publication Yuri Butusov published a video of his firing from a 152-mm howitzer. Of course, the journalist was shooting at the "separatists" and "Russian occupants."
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Oleg Nemensky
[Regnum] In recent days, we have seen that Kiev has ceased to refute American statements about Russia's preparations for a large-scale offensive against Ukraine.
Moreover, more and more responsible persons are beginning to say something similar. But the surprise was caused rather by the previous desire of Kiev to refute its patrons from the United States. That he was persuaded not to do this anymore is quite understandable. The question remains to what extent the Americans are interested in real serious provocations on the line of contact.
The situation is very dangerous. In the United States, most likely, they are simply conducting an information campaign in preparation for the January meeting of Biden with Putin, which is supposedly supposed to put an end to Russia's aggressive actions. However, in reality, the situation is far from under control to the extent that it can be hoped that everything will go according to plan.
In American sociology, back in the middle of the last century, such a concept as a self-fulfilling prophecy appeared. Relatively speaking, if a rumor is spread that a bank will soon go bankrupt, then it will surely go bankrupt after everyone runs out of it en masse to take money.
So, a disinformation campaign about Russian preparations for an invasion can inevitably lead to serious military movements from Ukraine, and this will require an adequate response from Russia. In addition, Ukraine as a whole is a very poorly managed system, there are many who want to start a major military mess, and the conditions for this are now being created very favorable.
So in fact, all this can develop into a real military conflict, and this can happen almost at any time. And it is quite possible to do so that Russia will be forced to intervene, especially since we now have hundreds of thousands of fellow citizens there. Although both Kiev and Washington are well aware that this is not in her interests.
An interest in escalation is becoming more and more noticeable in Kiev itself. Now the contradictions between the oligarchs and Zelensky, who are trying to concentrate power in their hands in the conditions of a large-scale privatization being prepared, have become very aggravated. He is already using illegal measures for this, and a new military conflict can allow him to act in general as he pleases - as they say, out of bounds. There are those who want to arrange something similar in America - the Nord Stream 2 problem will certainly solve this, and will also bind Russia in a situation of a possible conflict over Taiwan.
And yet I believe that neither the Biden administration nor the Zelenskiy office is interested in starting a large-scale Ukrainian-Russian war - their interest does not extend beyond major provocations. Nobody in Kiev seriously wants to take Donetsk and Lugansk by storm, they simply do not need Donbass, as well as defeat from clashes with the Russian army.
Biden's team also did not intend to sever all ties with Russia - on the contrary, a lot has already been done in the opposite direction. But whether they will be able to stop their people in time and prevent large-scale consequences of all these provocations is a big question. In fact, everything can go according to an uncontrollable scenario.
[BBC] MI6 chief Richard Moore has warned of China's "debt traps and data traps" in his first live broadcast interview.
Mr Moore - known as "C" - told BBC Radio 4's Today programme these traps threatened to erode sovereignty and have prompted defensive measures.
He denied the fall of Afghan capital Kabul was an intelligence failure and signalled closer ties with tech giants.
The decision to speak more openly about his work was important in a modern democracy, the ex-secret agent said.
In a wide-ranging interview ahead of his first major public speech since taking on the role as head of MI6, Mr Moore:
warned China has the capability to "harvest data from around the world" and uses money to "get people on the hook"
admitted the assessment of the Taliban's progress in Afghanistan this summer was "clearly wrong" - but denied Kabul's fall was an "intelligence failure"
described a "chronic problem" with Russia and Ukraine - with Russia posing an "acute threat" to the UK
supported closer links with technology partners and speeding-up the vetting process for new tech-savvy recruits
Speaking about the threat posed by China, Mr Moore described its use of "debt traps and data traps".
He said Beijing is "trying to use influence through its economic policies to try and sometimes, I think, get people on the hook".
Explaining the "data trap", he said: "If you allow another country to gain access to really critical data about your society, over time that will erode your sovereignty, you no longer have control over that data.
"That's something which, I think, in the UK we are very alive to and we've taken measures to defend against."
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Debt traps? Tut tut, my good man. As long as we are building a Glorious Future(tm) for my people, and the bill doesn't come due until long after I'm out of office, it's all good, bro!
As for 'uses money to "get people on the hook"', that's just polite talk for buying politicians. Nothing new there.
[Republic Brief] Organizers of the "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the deadly Capitol attack on Jan. 6 allegedly communicated with members of former President Trump’s family and administration, according to Rolling Stone magazine.
Multiple sources told Rolling Stone that Kylie Kremer, an organizer for the rally that took place at D.C.’s Ellipse park, had an aide buy three burner phones a few days before Jan. 6. Kremer said that it was "of the utmost importance" that the phones be purchased with cash, one source, who was a member of the March for Trump team, told the magazine.
Kremer kept one of the phones herself, while another was reportedly given to her mother, Amy Kremer, who was also an organizer of the rally. Sources could not say who the third was given to.
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.
[BBC] MI6 chief Richard Moore has warned of China's "debt traps and data traps" in his first live broadcast interview.
[Republic Brief] Organizers of the "Stop the Steal" rally that preceded the deadly Capitol attack on 
