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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Wife, 69, on vacation in crime-ridden California is killed in front of her horrified husband after armed robbers attack them at ritzy mall
The usual Daily Mail videos and photos at the link. It’s not illegals this time, despite being in Los Angeles.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] …at upmarket Newport Beach mall before she is dragged into a parking lot and run over by suspect's white Toyota.

Armed attackers killed a woman in front of her horrified husband as they attempted to rob the couple outside an upmarket Newport Beach mall, police have said.

The 68-year old woman, named as Patricia McKay from New Zealand, and her husband had been outside a Barnes & Noble at the Fashion Island mall when they were approached by two men at around 3.30 pm on Tuesday.

A 'struggle' ensued, with one of the men fleeing the scene on foot and firing several rounds with a handgun as he did so, according to reports.

The woman was then dragged into the parking lot as the two men got into a Toyota Camry being driven by a third man.

The suspects then ran over McKay as they drove away from the scene, firing shots as they led the police on a high-speed chase, Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Oberon told DailyMail.com.

No one was struck by the gunfire, police confirmed.

Cops began following the men in a cross-county pursuit shortly after the violent attack.

They chased them into Los Angeles County after a pair of suspects jumped out near Los Alamitos, CBS reports.

The suspects' car reached speeds of 110mph in the chase on the 105 freeway. Two jumped out of the car and began running around a neighborhood in South Gate.

Police found one of the men hiding behind trash cans outside a house and arrested him.

They also tracked down and arrested two other suspects in the fatal attack.

Newport Beach Police officials identified the suspects as Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster, Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles, and Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton.

All three were booked on suspicion of homicide, robbery with a firearm and conspiracy.

The woman's husband was not injured in the attack, police said, and the gunfire did not result in any other injuries.

'It is a shock,' Newport Beach Police Sgt. Steve Oberon said. 'It just doesn't happen normally here.'

So here's an illegal...
Illegal immigrant caused DUI collision that killed 22-year-old in tragic hit-and-run: ICE
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11138 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Jaden Cunningham, 18, of Lancaster, Malachi Eddward Darnell, 18, of Los Angeles, and Leroyernest Joseph McCrary, 26, of Compton.

No pictures necessary
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2024 8:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Every time I glance at such a story, I say, One guess.
Posted by: Jack Salami || 07/04/2024 19:55 Comments || Top||


Shocking video shows gang of Venezuelan migrants attack commuter on Chicago train
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Chicago commuter was viciously attacked by thieves who choked him unconscious and rifled through his pockets.

The 49-year-old victim's ordeal on February 17 was caught on harrowing surveillance video obtained by Fox News.

Fernando Loyo-Rodriguez, Wilker Gutierrez Sierra, Carlos Carreno-Carreno and Yonnier Guasamucare Garcia, who are all Venezuelan migrants, have been charged with attempted murder and robbery.

The footage shows four men appear to befriend their victim in the train car before he is suddenly seized from behind. The man is choked and loses consciousness. As he falls to the ground, one of the suspects covers the camera. oPolice said one of the suspects held a knife to the victim's throat during the attack.

The group made off with $400 and a cellphone and left their victim unconscious in the back of the train car. The suspects, who are aged 18 to 22-years-old, were arrested 45 minutes later.

They had only been in the country for a few months prior to the incident, with three of the accused previously picked up for shoplifting.

The men appeared in Cook County court on Tuesday status-detention hearing. Carreno-Carreno, Loyo-Rodriguez and Guasamucare Garcia were put in custody, while Gutierrez Sierra was let out on ankle monitor. They are due back in court on August 28.

The issue has become a flashpoint ahead of the November election and a cornerstone of Donald Trump's campaign. The presidential hopeful has vowed to deport millions of migrants who entered the US illegally if elected.

However, several studies have indicated that migrants are less likely to commit crimes than native-born Americans. One study by Stanford economist Ran Abramitzky found that immigrants are 30 percent less likely to be incarcerated than are white, US-born individuals.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Yikes! I used to ride these trains into the Loop every day 30 years ago. Glad we got out.
Posted by: Tom || 07/04/2024 10:28 Comments || Top||

#2  One study by Stanford economist Ran Abramitzky found that immigrants are 30 percent less likely to be incarcerated than are white, US-born individuals.

"Incarcerated" sounds like a weasel word. Probably "immigrants", too. But no matter. Now do vs black, residents of Chicago
Posted by: SteveS || 07/04/2024 10:37 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Rhode Island: Man Dies After Firework Set Off on His Head
[Breitbart] A man in Rhode Island died earlier this year after reportedly setting a firework off on his head, which police are now investigating.

The death of David Ziegenfuss, 39, occurred on May 12 this year and police later determined the cause to be a “blast injury” to his head, according to Chief Gingerella. Per WFLA:

Gingerella said it appeared that Ziegenfuss and others were messing around with fireworks at a home on Pound Road when a mortar-style firework was put on his head and set off.

That type of firework is illegal in Rhode Island, the chief noted. However, Gingerella said the manner of his death has been deemed accidental.

The incident remains under investigation.

A new report from the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) last year showed that there has been an upward trend in deaths related to fireworks in the past 15 years. In 2022, “at least 11 people died and an estimated 10,200 were injured in incidents involving fireworks,” per KOKH.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 09:43 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  "He will still vote Biden-Harris by mail-in ballot"
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2024 10:31 Comments || Top||

#2  Alcohol was involved I bet.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/04/2024 10:32 Comments || Top||

#3  He got his fireworks from Johnny Nothumbs.
Posted by: Deacon+Blues || 07/04/2024 11:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Classic 'one off.'
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 11:48 Comments || Top||

#5  File under "Hey y'all, watch this!".

(Edited for Rhode Island)
Posted by: Mercutio || 07/04/2024 12:35 Comments || Top||

#6  Darwin Award finalist
Posted by: BrerRabbit || 07/04/2024 13:12 Comments || Top||

#7  You would think the steel plate in his head would've helped.

No plate? Oh no....anyways
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2024 13:20 Comments || Top||

#8  FL expat?
Posted by: Gleremble+Bucket3559 || 07/04/2024 13:24 Comments || Top||

#9  Who said that New England can't compete with Florida?
Posted by: alanc || 07/04/2024 16:35 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Another Cross-Border "Newcomer" - Dengue Fever
[Epoch Times] The U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) sent a health alert on Tuesday that warned doctors to be on alert for dengue fever cases as the mosquito-borne disease continues to spread worldwide.

The virus has been on the rise worldwide and in the Americas in recent months, officials said. Some countries have broken calendar-year records for dengue cases, while the U.N. World Health Organization declared an emergency over dengue in December.

In its bulletin on Tuesday, the CDC told doctors to be aware of the symptoms of the viral infection and to ask patients questions about where they recently traveled. Doctors are also advised to order tests for dengue if need be.
But not everyone that gets it goes to a doctor, especially 'newcomers'.
Some 2,241 cases have been reported in 2024 across 50 states and another 1,498 cases in Puerto Rico, a U.S. territory. The territory declared an emergency for dengue in March amid a rise in cases.

There were 3,036 dengue cases reported in the United States, Puerto Rico, and other territories last year, according to the CDC. In Latin America, nearly 10 million cases of the virus have been reported, or about twice as many as all the cases reported in 2023, the CDC advisory said.
That sounds like the reporter means us to believe the disease is brought to America by visitors from Latin America.

Posted by: Bobby || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Dengue Fever and Zika are both spread by a aegypti, the species used to gm mosquitos. Oxitec started with seed money from gates foundation.
Posted by: Jefe101 || 07/04/2024 1:31 Comments || Top||

#2 
Monkeypox, Bird/Cattle/Human flu, Dengue Fever, New Clot-shot, C-19/24 infections growing in Latin-America. Yellow Stone eruption any day now, West Coast Earthquake predictions, the 100's of miles of floating Plastic in the Pacific, Never seen before weather events, China to take Taiwan, Russia to take Ukraine, Islam invades the EU (again), etc. etc. etc.

Hell, the way the Media is on a roll, you'd think it was a US election year 🤔
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2024 4:55 Comments || Top||

#3  Lockdowns and election stealing coming in October for the surprise.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/04/2024 11:48 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
NEWSMAX TRUMP Voter Survey results as of 07-3-2024 @ 8:12PM
VOTER POLL ON TRUMP

Do you agree with the recent New York guilty verdict of Pres. Trump?
No, I do not 46,748 (86%)
Yes, I agree 6,923 (12%)
I have no opinion 476 (0%)

Did Pres. Trump receive a fair trial in New York?
No, he did not 46,685 (86%)
Yes, he did 6,969 (12%)
I have no opinion 472 (0%)

At his upcoming sentencing, do you believe Pres. Trump should be imprisoned?
No, he should not 47,017 (86%)
Yes, he should 6,455 (11%)
I have no opinion 626 (1%)

As a result of the guilty verdict, are you more likely or less likely to vote for Pres. Trump?
More likely to vote for him 46,332 (85%)
Less likely to vote for him 6,523 (12%)
No opinion 1,276 (2%)
It seems 12% +/- are TDS diehards.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11125 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  on line poll of people who went to the NEWSMAX website

not very representative
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/04/2024 12:41 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Chinese Bases in Cuba
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin, with data gathered from @milinfolive.

[ColonelCassad] China continues to strengthen its presence in Cuba by placing new radar stations near key American facilities. According to the latest data, new stations have appeared in four areas: Bejucal, Wajay, Calabazar and El Salao.

This news has raised serious concerns in the United States, where they believe that the stations can be used by China to intercept confidential information from American military bases, spaceports and ships. American experts emphasize that the stations have a wide range of capabilities and can easily track US military activity in the region.

The Chinese Foreign Ministry has officially stated that these facilities do not conduct active intelligence activities against the United States.

Posted by: badanov || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Here's what the Cuban sites might be up to.

The (Russian) Krasukha-2 is a S-band system designed to jam Airborne Early Warning and Control (AWACS) aircraft such as the Boeing E-3 Sentry at ranges of up to 250 kilometres (160 mi).[2] [3] [4] The Krasukha-2 can also jam other airborne radars, such as those for radar-guided missiles. The missiles, once jammed, then receive a false target away from the original to ensure that the missiles no longer pose a threat. The Krasukha-2 guards mobile high-priority targets such as the 9K720 Iskander SRBM.[2] - WIKI

KRAS-2 or other system.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 1:41 Comments || Top||


#3  The missiles, once jammed, then receive a false target away from the original to ensure that the missiles no longer pose a threat.

Or, missile objectives can be redirected, post-launch in flight, without tedious reprogramming.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 9:11 Comments || Top||

#4  Gone are the days of John F. Kennedy, I suppose.
Posted by: Tom || 07/04/2024 10:30 Comments || Top||

#5  The Chinese Foreign Ministry has officially stated that these facilities do not conduct active intelligence activities against the United States.

Gathering signals intelligence is generally considered passive.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/04/2024 10:40 Comments || Top||

#6  And we have trust in the credibility of the Chinese Foreign Ministry WHY ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 10:53 Comments || Top||

#7  And we have trust in the credibility of the Chinese Foreign Ministry WHY ?

Because less than 10% of their personnel are Harvard graduates.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 07/04/2024 11:02 Comments || Top||

#8  KJP vouched for them?
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2024 11:02 Comments || Top||

#9  Professor Wu.

He served on the National Economic Council as a special assistant to the president for competition and tech policy from 2021 to 2023.

Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 16:03 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Tucker Carlson Announces Interview with Crooked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy
[Gateway] This will be a must-see viewing, assuming one party does not back out.

Tucker Carlson had stunning news Wednesday on X that he has secured an interview with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As Gateway Pundit readers know, Tucker has been a vociferous critic of Zelenskyy’s corrupt government for years.

He has also lambasted the Biden regime’s never-ending aid to the war-torn nation.

In his tweet making the announcement, Tucker notes that he and his team had been trying for two years to make this happen and intensified their pursuit following his interview with Russian President Vladimir Putin back in February.

"Looks like we’ve got the Zelenskyy interview," Tucker wrote, "We’ve been trying for two years, and with particular intensity after interviewing Putin in February."

He then explained why he was interviewing a man in charge of the most crooked country in Europe outside of Russia and hoped he would be able to air it soon.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 02:09 || Comments || Link || [11136 views] Top|| File under:


#2  ^ Selective Friday or holiday release of Deep State shenanigans. All to be overcome (covered over) by 3 days of media headlines.
A week from now, at the lower left corner of page 18, if viewed at all.

Basic cover for action. Cold, jetlag...that sort of thing.

Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 10:20 Comments || Top||

#3  Title must have been written by Putin's propaganda outlet Regnum.
Posted by: Whavick Scourge of the Apes9857 || 07/04/2024 21:01 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
China rehearses assault on US stealth fighter bases: Beijing military stages attacks on F-35 and F-22 jets as it looks to deter American intervention in Taiwan
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11134 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Because the Daily Fail is where we always go for important news.
Posted by: Vortigern Borgia1150 || 07/04/2024 3:30 Comments || Top||

#2  Not even original in your ad hominem.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 7:53 Comments || Top||

#3  We love the Daily Mail! Where else can you get the latest from GCHQ as well as celebrity gossip and quality T&A? It helps if you can read between the lines, but that is true with any news source.

The photos also show a long runway with several scotch marks at the top end

Scotch marks are why you should use coasters for your drinks.

Interesting about the ChiComs practicing against mock-ups. Train like you fight; fight like you train, right? Or are they using the fakes to train a targeting AI? An autonomous drone swarm that can recognize American fighters sounds like a handy thing to have in a war.
Posted by: SteveS || 07/04/2024 9:39 Comments || Top||

#4  They’ll have to use mock-ups until they get real F-35s after conquering Taiwan, SteveS. Assuming that they do manage to conquer Taiwan, of course. If not, it won’t matter anymore.
Posted by: trailing wife || 07/04/2024 9:53 Comments || Top||

#5  Not just Taiwan

South Korea to buy 20 more F-35s

Japanese F-35s to make inaugural deployment to Australia
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 10:08 Comments || Top||

#6  I assume this is on par with Iran and their plywood carrier.

*snerk*
Posted by: Silentbrick || 07/04/2024 22:40 Comments || Top||


Biden administration BRAGS about deporting Chinese migrants on charter flight
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] …but it's less than 1% of total who entered US this year.

DHS called Chinese flight first 'large' deportation flight since 2018.

The Biden Administration is taking a victory lap for its first 'large' deportation flight of Chinese nationals since Biden has been in the White House - 116 Chinese sent back to their home country over the weekend on the US tax-payer dime.

However the charter flight only carried 116 citizens of the People's Republic of China-- less than 1% of the 55,922 Chinese who illegally entered the US in the first eight months of fiscal year 2024, according to government statistics.

The October through June tally of Chinese who have snuck into the US has already surpassed all of fiscal year 2023's total of 52,700, and there are still four months left in FY '24.

The percentage of Chinese deported under Biden is even smaller when you consider at least 153,259 have entered the US without authorization since he took office in January 2021.

The flight comes at a time when US officials have been under intense scrutiny for allowing so many Chinese migrants in, as they flood over the border in record numbers.

The Department of Homeland Security, which announced the flight in a weekend press release, would not say how long the migrants on the flight had been in America.

The flight was conducted in 'close coordination' with the Chinese government the release said.

In the past, the US has been unable to deport Chinese citizens since their own government would not take them back.US officials cannot land planes in China without the government's permission, and repatriation flights from the US to any country usually requires the participation of the home country, DHS officials told DailyMail.com. This might explain why there haven't been an earlier flights under the Biden Administration, one US official added.
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Probably the guides and escorts returning to the mainland for their next assignment.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 1:43 Comments || Top||

#2 

Question:
How many were the CCP spies caught on US Bases recently?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2024 4:45 Comments || Top||



Down Under
Two thirds of Australian women say they have encountered gender bias or discrimination in healthcare.
[BBC] Doctors dismissed these women as hysterical. Now they're fighting back.
Women going to their doctor complaining of symptoms are dismissed as hysterical or depressed, and so are misdiagnosed. Men, on the other hand, ignore problems until they’ve become too blatant to be misdiagnosed, when more expensive and heroic measures are needed. Neither is ideal.
There’s a memory, or more specifically a moment, that came to define Heidi Metcalf’s second birth.

It wasn’t saying goodbye to her husband and newborn before being wheeled into an operating theatre, or the heart attack she thought she was having as she lay there on the table.

It was when a male obstetrician “ripped the placenta” out of her body, without word or warning.

A nurse, Ms Metcalf knows the intervention - while immensely painful - was necessary. She couldn't push it out naturally, which was causing potentially fatal bleeding.

But she hadn’t “seen or met this man before”, and she can’t get past the fact that her consent, during one of the most traumatic experiences of her life, “meant so little”.

“It felt like a violation - I needed to feel involved in what was happening to my body,and not just like a bystander.”

Ms Metcalf is one of thousands of Australian women who have come forward to tell their stories, after the federal government assembled a team of experts to tackle what it calls “medical misogyny”.

So far, they have uncovered that a staggering two-thirds of females nationwide have encountered gender bias or discrimination in healthcare.

And many say it is taking place when they're at their most vulnerable, such as during intimate examinations, or like Ms Metcalf, while in labour. Others report having their pain dismissed or dangerously misdiagnosed.

The BBC spoke to six women for this piece. They shared experiences of being called “anxious”, “pushy” or even “hysterical” while seeking treatment for a range of debilitating symptoms.

They also said they felt that the men in their lives seemed to consistently have their pain taken more seriously.

'I JUST DON'T FEEL SAFE'
Nadiah Akbar was once told by a doctor in Singapore that the extreme fatigue she was experiencing was due to the “stress” of being a busy mother. Tests would later show it was thyroid cancer.

Years later, in remission and having migrated to Australia, staff at a Melbourne hospital failed to diagnose a cartilage tear in her hip socket and a slipped disk in her back.

Instead, they suggested the crippling pain could be linked to “depression” or being “overtired”. It led to Ms Akbar paying for two costly MRI scans out of pocket to be taken seriously.

“‘Oh, it’s nothing.’ I’ve heard that statement so many times... It’s really disheartening as a human being to keep hearing that,” she says.

“It takes a lot of energy for you to keep advocating for yourself, and that’s the part that’s worrying - a lot of people just stop.”

Laura - who asked to have her name changed - is close to that point, after years of having symtoms of what would eventually be confirmed as a traumatic brain injury dismissed.

“I don’t get healthcare without my partner with me, that’s a blanket rule,” she says, explaining that she feels her concerns are taken “more seriously” when voiced by a man.

“I just don't feel safe, engaging with the system, because when you're young and you're told over and over that something is all in your head, it's easy to believe it.”

Like so many others across the country, both women say they’re coming forward to share their experiences to seize on this moment of promised change.

Assistant health minister Ged Kearney - who chairs the national council tasked with examining these issues - says that their stories, along with those of countless others facing additional disadvantage in First Nations, LGBTQ+, and migrant communities will guide its work.

Her team's remit is vast and broad areas of focus have already emerged.

But untangling gender inequity in medicine is no small task, and Australia’s attempts could have far-reaching implications as other nations eye reforms.
Posted by: Skidmar || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:


Economy
Bidenomics: Man Sparks Internet Outrage After Paying $9.35 For A Diet Coke At Six Flags
[Zero] Just when you've thought you've seen the worst, most egregious examples of inflation rearing its head, we give you: Six Flags.

The theme park was in the news this week after a customer went viral for spending $9 for a single Diet Coke at the park's concessions, as was reported by DailyDot.

Guyset (@theguyset) posted a viral video on TikTok expressing shock over paying $9.35 for a Diet Coke at Six Flags, showing his receipt as proof. Despite the high price, he bought it. He noted in the caption that both he and the cashier were stunned by the cost.

Other TikTokers shared similar experiences of high prices at amusement parks, concerts, and airports. One user recalled paying $12 for M&Ms at a concert, while another mentioned spending $15 on a small bag of jerky at an airport.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 02:01 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:

#1  That's what I call inflation.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 2:07 Comments || Top||

#2 
Theme Parks are pricing or perverting themselves out of business.

A bottle of Diet Coke at the checkout line cooler has gone from $1.39 to $2.69 in about 1 year.

We now laugh and ask the cashier where the loan dept is.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2024 4:42 Comments || Top||

#3  It's not overpriced - you paper money is worthless everyday. Basic Econ 101 - you print billions without backing, the value of what you got is worth billions less.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2024 7:10 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ Is this why a three year old F-150 with 75,000 miles still costs $46,000 ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 7:13 Comments || Top||

#5  The profit margin on drinks is really high. It is what keeps a lot of restaurants and convenience stores in business.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 07/04/2024 8:59 Comments || Top||

#6  Explain the Justice?
Worthless US Dollar bills by the 100's of 1000's each day.

Congress has spent $34++ Trillion more than the US Treasury has even printed.

Given, the US Dollar is backed by NAME ONLY and worthless.

Why is it,if you or I printed that same Worthless US Dollar we'd go to jail?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 07/04/2024 9:51 Comments || Top||

#7  politicians seek their own enrichment. political office should be a duty of all combat veterans.
you get lottery mail telling you what, where and pay. postal worker, school board, sheriff ,congress person,governor,... Pipe Dreaming.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 07/04/2024 14:45 Comments || Top||

#8  ^Turn it around, Irish - only veterans eligible for public office.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 07/04/2024 15:37 Comments || Top||

#9  No. As much as I dislike the current group of congresscritters. Civilian control is requisite for legitimacy. See: Rome
Posted by: Frank G || 07/04/2024 18:46 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Tucker: Biden has decided to rob and destroy this 'fabled' man (video)
[WND] Andrey Melnichenko is one of those fabled "Russian oligarchs" the Biden administration has decided to rob and destroy. Here’s his story.
Wiki: He is the founder and ex-beneficiary of fertilizer producer EuroChem Group and coal producer SUEK.

An enemy of the Euro-Union and globalists.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 09:15 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under:


Yet another whistleblower exposes Texas Children's Hospital, but this time, it's about the illegal use of Medicaid for secret trans program
[Blaze] You might remember the whistleblower Dr. Eithan Haim, who exposed Texas Children’s Hospital for secretly continuing illegal transgender procedures. In May 2023, Haim anonymously shared redacted medical documents with journalist Christopher Rufo, who blew the lid off the story. But Haim was nonetheless indicted on four counts for violating HIPAA — even though the substantiative documents he provided omitted all confidential information.

Now, another whistleblower has come forward. Her name is Vanessa Sivadge, a pediatric nurse and former employee of Texas Children’s Hospital who also witnessed medical staff illegally continuing its transgender medicine program.

When Rufo’s story went public, Vanessa anonymously corroborated the reports.

The FBI targeted Haim first before turning its gaze toward Vanessa for being an accomplice in his reporting, which was impossible, considering Haim shared the information with Rufo anonymously.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 07:28 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Medical Industrial Complex safeguarding the OR.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 8:14 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Is a Convicted Felon Already Running the White House?
[HOT Air] Democrats couldn't wait to make Donald Trump's conviction in Manhattan into a campaign issue -- especially Joe Biden. Just four days after the jury returned its verdict, Biden told donors at a campaign event in Greenwich CT about the danger that having "a convicted felon" in the White House would bring:
Look, folks, this campaign has entered uncharted territory. Last week, for the first time in American history, a former President is convicted — a convicted felon. He’s now seeking the office of the presidency.
Biden repeated this attack nearly verbatim at a campaign event on June 18, and reformulated it in his post-debate appearance at a Raleigh campaign rally last Friday. This time, Biden phrased it more aggressively:
Look, he lied about how great he was on crime. I had to remind him that he oversaw a record increase of murder rates in 2020. And on my watch, violent crime has hit a 50-year low. There’s more to do, but 50-year low. (Applause.)

And then, I pointed out that the only convicted criminal on the stage last night was Donald Trump. (Applause.)

When I’ve thought about his 34 felony convictions, his sexual assault on a woman in a public place, his being fined $400 million for business fraud, I thought to myself, "Donald Trump isn’t just a convicted felon. Donald Trump is a one-man crime wave." (Applause.) And he’s got more trials — he’s got more trials coming up.
Is that an unfair attack? Not really; for the moment, it's at least factual, until appeals can be heard anyway. Trump did get convicted of felonies, and he does have more trials coming up.

And you know who else that describes? Hunter Biden.

Now, normally that would be a non-sequitur, although Donald Trump certainly used it effectively to shut down Biden's "convicted felon" attack in the debate. It's factual that Hunter got convicted of felonies in federal court, and that he has more felony trials coming up. But Hunter's not running for president or seeking to control the executive branch of the federal government.

Or ... is he?
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 01:46 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hey! Come on man. You going to question every assignment we give the guy.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 1:53 Comments || Top||


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Will The U.S. Navy Build New Cruisers?
The U.S. Navy’s Ticonderoga-class cruisers are approaching the end of their service lives and will be decommissioned in the coming years. By 2027, all cruisers will be gone. What will replace them, and will the U.S. Navy build new cruisers as replacements?

The U.S. Navy did have the Next-Generation Cruiser program (CG(X)), started in November 2001, to design and replace the Ticonderoga-class cruisers. The CG(X) program was canceled in 2010. In CG(X)’s canceled program’s place, the U.S. Navy decided to acquire Flight III DDG-51s, upgraded versions of the Arleigh Burke-class destroyers.

According to the June 10, 2010, Congressional Research Service (CRS) report to Congress, “The CG(X) program was announced on November 1, 2001, when the Navy stated that it was launching a Future Surface Combatant Program aimed at acquiring a family of next-generation surface combatants. This new family of surface combatants, the Navy stated, would include three new classes of ships.

• a destroyer called the DD(X)—later renamed the DDG-1000 or Zumwalt class—for the precision long-range strike and naval gunfire mission,

• a cruiser called the CG(X) for the AAW [Anti-Air Warfare] and BMD [Ballistic Missile Defense] mission, and

• a smaller combatant called the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) to counter submarines, small surface attack craft, and mines in heavily contested littoral (near-shore) area.” The tumblehome hull Zumwalt-class destroyers (DDG-1000) and the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) were indeed built, but the CG(X) program did not become a reality.

In June 2024, Naval News asked the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) about cruiser replacements and if there would be any new CG(X) program resurrection. NAVSEA forwarded my request to the U.S. Navy’s Chief of Information (CHINFO) office, who replied:

"The Navy does not intend to replace Ticonderoga-class cruisers with CG(X). In the near term, the DDG 51 FLT III, and DDG(X) in the long term, fulfill the requirements historically supported by the Ticonderoga-class cruisers."

“While DDG 51 Flight III capabilities enable the surface force to pace adversary threats into the future, after 40 years of production and 30 years of upgrades, the DDG 51 hull form has inadequate space, weight, power, and cooling margins (SWaP-C) for future upgrades,”

“DDG(X) represents an evolutionary vice revolutionary approach that will provide the Navy with the warfighting capabilities and SWaP-C margins to relieve both the Arleigh Burke DDG 51 class destroyer and Ticonderoga CG 47 class cruiser as the next enduring hull form.”

When asked why the CG(X) program was canceled and if the Requirements for the CG(X) program still exist, CHINFO’s spokesperson said, “CG(X) represented a revolutionary vision for the future of the Navy. However, CG(X) was based on the matured DDG 1000 hull form, which met with significant technical and affordability issues.

"The requirements that were filled by the Ticonderoga-class cruiser are now being filled by DDG 51 FLT III in the near term and DDG(X) in the long term. The Navy’s current capabilities resident within DDG 51 FLT III and DDG(X) ship classes are sufficient to meet the requirements the CG(X) program was intended to fulfill. These capabilities are deemed sufficient to support the Surface Navy’s mission throughout the range of military operations. Accordingly, there is no plan to pursue the CG(X).”

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#1  Can they build a cruiser?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/04/2024 7:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Will The U.S. Navy Build New Cruisers?

...Nope. Maybe they could do a stretched Burke, but they still couldn't bring it in for any reasonable amount of money or in any reasonable amount of time.

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 07/04/2024 8:08 Comments || Top||

#3  The sailors needed to man any new US naval ship construction have not yet been born.
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 8:11 Comments || Top||

#4  The Burke class destroyers are very nearly cruisers. In fact, the Navy stretched the Burke design to make the Tico cruisers, which subsequently made them (Ticos) top heavy and difficult to maneuver. That's why they didn't build many.
The current motto seems to be "bigger, shinier, with less crew".
They've even managed to screw up the Fincanteri frigates being built in Wisconsin, when at least three Euro yards were able to build them successfully.
At this point I hope they don't even try.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/04/2024 8:20 Comments || Top||

#5  Ed, they didn't stretch the Burke to build Ticos. The Ticos have virtually the same hull and engineering plant as the long lamented Spruance destoyers. I remember seeing the first Spruance class come into San Diego. The Spruance class was commissioned starting in 1975 and the Ticos in 1983.
Posted by: Enver tse Tung8249 || 07/04/2024 9:09 Comments || Top||

#6  I stand corrected. I knew it was a stretched destroyer hull. My apologies.
Posted by: ed in texas || 07/04/2024 11:04 Comments || Top||

#7  With the GWOT they thought they didn't need them anymore and stopped building and designing them. Now the Navy sees they are really close to a large, classic naval battle and realize they don't have them and are scrambling to get them designed and built. First one should be online in 2036 after we lose several others in a battle.

We are in the classic Axis/Japanese position where we have a large and powerful Navy and no way to replace it.
Posted by: DarthVader || 07/04/2024 12:03 Comments || Top||

#8  Where is Jackie Fisher when you really need him?
Posted by: borgboy || 07/04/2024 14:09 Comments || Top||

#9  IMO the navy should abandon surface ships and concentrate on un-crewed submersibles. would still need surface vessels for support. nuclear fail safe is an imperative.
Posted by: irish rage boy || 07/04/2024 14:34 Comments || Top||

#10  really close to a large, classic naval battle

Orbital bombardment.
Ever throw stones into a pond?
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 15:57 Comments || Top||

#11  "Today something wrong," cries big bruiser,
"With shiny 10,000 ton cruiser,"
As that of his foe,
Launched mere moments ago,
Drops a deuce. Cue live coverage of newser.

Air piracy on the high seas!
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 07/04/2024 17:24 Comments || Top||


Rapper M.I.A. launches fashion line to 'block Wi-Fi and 5G' - including a $100 tin foil hat - to protect wearers from 'evil dust' nanoparticles
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] British rapper M.I.A has released a clothing range which she says will protect wearers from 5G, WiFi, and nanoparticles - which she describes as 'evil dust'.

The OHMNI line created by the musician, whose real name is Mathangi Arulpragasam, includes a number of garments, among them are t-shirts, boxer shorts and a 'tin foil hat', designed to protect wearers from electromagnetic waves.

Prices range from $50 for smaller items like boxers, to $400 for dresses and puffer jackets.

The clothing range, designed by the 48-year-old rapper, who is best known for her tune Paper Planes, is described as 'your last frontier at preserving your privacy, autonomy, and rights over your body and your data'.

According to What's The Jam, each item of clothing is made from OHMNI’s original silver street shield textiles.

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Chinese scientists create Frankenstein robot that has a HUMAN BRAIN
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 07/04/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  This is Unit 731 stuff!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 07/04/2024 13:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Dibs on Chinese robot dogmeat franchise.
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 07/04/2024 13:55 Comments || Top||

#3  You mean like Fauci ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 07/04/2024 13:56 Comments || Top||



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