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Taylor Swift terror plot suspect's lawyer downplays plan to carry out ISIS-inspired suicide attack: 'Playing with ideas'
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Huge dump of Uvalde massacre documents are FINALLY released - including harrowing 911 calls
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Newly released documents have revealed harrowing 911 calls and other police communications from the 2022 Robb Elementary School shooting. Calls from inside the Uvalde, Texas fourth grade classroom along with body camera footage and surveillance videos were included in a massive release by city officials on Saturday after a lengthy legal battle.
Horrifically available for review
The massacre on May 24, 2022, which left 19 students and two teachers dead, was one of the worst school shootings in U.S. history.

One of the survivors, Khloie Torres, begged for help in a series of 911 calls, whispering into the phone that there were 'a lot' of bodies.

'Please, I don't want to die. My teacher is dead. Oh, my God,' Torres said.

The dispatcher asks the 10-year-old girl if there are many people in the room.

'No, it's just me and a couple of friends. A lot of people are,' she said, pausing briefly, 'gone.'

The police force has been heavily criticized in the wake of the massacre, after it emerged that nobody attempted to confront the shooter until 77 minutes after he began his rampage.

Just before the 18-year-old gunman Salvador Ramos
...despite having no criminal record, the lad was known for carrying bags of dead cats, poor grades and attendance, and being bullied. His teachers named him Most Likely to Become a Mass Shooter — and then he did...
arrived at the school, he shot and maimed his grandmother at her home. He then took a pickup from the home and drove to the school.

The victims' families have reached a $2 million settlement with the city and announced they are suing nearly 100 'cowardly' state troopers.
Ramos' distraught uncle made several 911 calls begging to be put through so he could try to get his nephew to stop shooting.

'Everything I tell him, he does listen to me,' Armando Ramos said. 'Maybe he could stand down or do something to turn himself in,' he added, his voice cracking.

He said his nephew, who had been with him at his house the night before, stayed with him in his bedroom all night, and told him that he was upset because his grandmother was 'bugging' him.

'Oh my God, please, please, don't do nothing stupid,' the man said on the call. 'I think he's shooting kids.'

Ramos entered the school at 11:33 a.m., first opening fire from the hallway, then going into two adjoining fourth-grade classrooms. The first responding officers arrived at the school minutes later. They approached the classrooms, but then retreated as Ramos opened fire. Surveillance videos from the school hallway have shown coppers running away from the classroom they tried to engage the gunman, who had an AR-15 rifle, and he shot at them.

Uvalde School District Police chief Pedro 'Pete' Arredondo was in charge of the massive law enforcement response on the day, which saw at least 380 officers from various local, state and federal agencies swarm on the school.

Arredondo and Officer Adrian Gonzales have been indicted on charges of child endangerment in connection with the tragedy.

At 12:06 p.m., much of the radio traffic from the Uvalde Police Department was still focused on setting up a perimeter around the school and controlling traffic in the area, as well as the logistics of keeping track of those who safely evacuated the building. They’ve had trouble setting up a command post, one officer tells his colleagues, 'because we need the bodies to keep the parents out.'

At 12:16 p.m., someone with the Texas Department of Public Safety, the state law enforcement agency, called police to let them know a SWAT team was en route from Austin, about 162 miles away.

'Do you have a command post? Or where do you need our officers to go?' the caller asked.

The police representative responds that officers know there are several dead students inside the elementary school and others still hiding.

Some of the 911 calls released were from terrified instructors. One described 'a lot, a whole lot of gunshots,' while another sobbed into the phone as a dispatcher urged her to stay quiet. 'Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry!' the first teacher cried before hanging up.

The victims' families have reached a $2 million settlement with the city and announced they are suing nearly 100 'cowardly' state troopers.
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Despite students calling 9-1-1 telling police where the shooter was in the school. Delay after delay is plain ass unacceptable.

How many times now, have we read of police being ordered to stand down, or were scared of using an armed response? All while a School massacre was taking place?

BTW: have they ever fully released that Transgenders School shooter's manifesto? Or is it still so retracted it looks like Carbon Paper?

Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/12/2024 7:31 Comments || Top||

#2  In these situations, LE confusion is understandable, as they are not here to protect us, but rather the criminal. So, in Uvalde, what to do? Also explains why they didn't release the manifesto. Criminal Defense now extends to LE.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 08/12/2024 10:31 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Gay trans 'man' to vote Kamala so 'he' can have more abortions
If anyone doubts, Transgenderism, and voting for Harris screams mental Illness.
[PostMillennial] "Why are y'all voting for Kamala Harris?" Hansen asked to young women at the arena.

"I don't wanna lose my rights," one woman in a black Camp Half-Blood shirt said, referencing a fiction series by Rick Riordan.

"Like I'm a trans man and I'm gay and I've been pregnant and had an abortion before and I don't want to lose that. I'm afraid of not being able to be myself anymore, because from what I've heard, Trump's America doesn't want me to look like this, so that's why I'm here today and that's why I'm voting blue." She wore her dark hair in an asymmetrical hair-cut, glasses, headphones around her neck, and a t-shirt referencing novels.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 08/12/2024 05:28 || Comments || Link || [11124 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Pathetically it has more of a rationale than most dem voters.
Posted by: Cesare || 08/12/2024 9:19 Comments || Top||

#2 
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 14:30 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Thousands evacuated as wildfires spread near Athens
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 05:44 || Comments || Link || [11124 views] Top|| File under:


Did the WEF force Harley Davidson to go Woke?
[AE] It seemed like a blatantly poor business decision for American motorcycle manufacturer Harley Davidson to go woke. After all, the company is associated with conservative values and masculinity. The company installed CEO Jochen Zeitz who represents everything the brand’s core base is against — climate change, trans care for kids, DEI efforts, and other woke policies.

Now I should mention that Blackrock owned an 8% share in Harley Davidson, the fund that has forced businesses to comply with "woke social scores" to secure funding. After installing Zeitz, the company suddenly partnered with United Way and the Human Rights Campaign. The CEI (Corporate Equality Index) was created by the HRC (Human Rights Campaign), a massive international political lobbying group that pushes the woke agenda aggressively and is funded by Soros. The CEI judges a company’s woke rating, while the ESG encompasses everything.

CEI.WokeRating

These companies are not trying to appease the LGBTQ+ community; they’re trying to appease BlackRock so that they can maintain high social credit scores and maintain funding. And who is Blackrock trying to appease? The World Economic Forum, where current CEO Jochen Zeitz was once employed. He took it upon himself to fund "The B Team" which aims to force businesses to adopt social policies.

"Plan A—where business has been motivated primarily by profit—is no longer an option. We knew this when we came together in 2013. United in the belief that the private sector can, and must, redefine both its responsibilities and its own terms of success, we imagined a ’Plan B’ — for concerted, positive action to ensure business becomes a driving force for social, environmental, and economic benefit. We are focused on driving action to achieve this vision by starting ’at home’ in our own companies, taking collective action to scale systemic solutions and using our voice where we can make a difference."

Shareholders certainly do not care about business being motivated by anything other than profit. Blackrock and others have tried to move away from the disastrous CEI score but something behind the curtain is forcing these companies to comply. The B Team is working toward Agenda 2030, which seems foolish to align a fossil-fuel driven company with climate initiatives.

There is an ulterior motive that is forcing these companies to go woke, but what is the alternative? We see what has happened with Budweiser, Target, Starbucks, John Deere, the list goes on. Now, Harley owners are selling their bikes and vowing never to buy from the company again. Employees at the company are being forced to undergo DEI training and take classes to become an LGBTQ ally. But the company is now appeasing the WEF and Blackrock with its Human Rights Campaign social CEI score of 90.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 08/12/2024 01:33 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Did the WEF force NFL to go Woke?
Did the WEF force NHL to go Woke?
Did the WEF force NASCAR to go Woke?
Did the WEF force Amazon to go Woke?
Did the WEF force Budlight to go Woke?
Posted by: mossomo || 08/12/2024 13:12 Comments || Top||

#2  Its not so much, in my mind, the 8% Blackrock has. Its about the WEF and funding. The bank are forcing these companies to pay attention to the CEI score in order to get operating capitol. This seems to me to be the driver here.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/12/2024 15:09 Comments || Top||


NHK: Over 80 flights cancelled in Japan due to Typhoon Maria
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] More than 80 flights were cancelled in Japan due to the strong tropical storm Maria. This was reported on August 11 by the NHK television channel.

Japan Airlines canceled a total of 78 flights, many of which connect the northeastern Tohoku region with Tokyo and Osaka. All Nippon Airways canceled eight flights, including between Osaka and Aomori. The airlines also warned that the approaching typhoon could affect the number of flights departing from and arriving in the Tohoku region.

The TV channel noted that the tropical storm disrupted not only air transport, but also rail and road transport. The East Japan Railway Company reported that delays or cancellations are possible on the Tohoku Shinkansen, Yamagata Shinkansen and Akita Shinkansen lines. The organization also said that it had already decided to suspend train service on some sections of local lines for the entire day of August 12. More disruptions are possible.

The East Nippon Expressway Company said there is a high probability that some sections of the Tohoku and Joban Expressways will be closed from the evening of August 11 due to heavy rain expected to come from the storm.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on the evening of July 25, Typhoon Gaemi reached the coast of the eastern Chinese province of Fujian, after which it weakened to a tropical storm and continued to move inland in a northwesterly direction. The speed of the elements was 20 km/h.

More than 628,000 people were in the disaster zone due to the rampant elements. The authorities evacuated 150,000 residents from the disaster zone in advance. Also, several dozen ferry routes were suspended in the province, about 100 flights were cancelled, and train traffic was stopped in all directions.

Tropical Storm Debbie approached the coast of the American state of Florida on August 5. It has already strengthened to a hurricane. Storm warnings were declared in some areas of Florida and South Carolina. Maximum wind speed reached 33 m/s.

Posted by: badanov || 08/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11126 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Does Japan's megaquake alert mean the 'big one' is coming?
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 6:14 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Migrants Camp in City Streets as Biden's Shelters Overflow and Gang Violence Grows
[Breitbart]
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 06:19 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


Africa Subsaharan
Landslide at Uganda rubbish dump kills 12
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 06:04 || Comments || Link || [11128 views] Top|| File under:

#1  So the country is wiped out?
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 08/12/2024 17:42 Comments || Top||

#2  To misquote Sam Kinison, "We have rubbish dumps in this country, we just don't live in them."
Posted by: SteveS || 08/12/2024 20:08 Comments || Top||


Caribbean-Latin America
Concerns over 'dangerous gases' at closed copper mine
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 06:00 || Comments || Link || [11124 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Thousands join Belgrade protest against lithium mining
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Cyber
X Reportedly Refusing to Remove Posts the UK Deems Threat to National Security
[PCmag]
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/12/2024 06:10 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under:


#2  Trump will tell the Brits to go to hell.

Camel toe will hand him over happily.
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/12/2024 6:57 Comments || Top||

#3  /\ In very short order.

The Orange Man has not forgottent the role Perfidious Albion and 'former' MI6 agent Christopher Steele played in the Russia, Russia, Russia hoax, nor should he.

Nor should any of us.

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/12/2024 7:36 Comments || Top||

#4  With all the hacking capabilities out there, I'm surprised the British police personnel files are not already doxxed someplace on the net.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/12/2024 8:31 Comments || Top||

#5  I would be interested in hearing just what the Britts think is a nation security threat. They have deems opposition or even conversation an illegal event already.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/12/2024 10:48 Comments || Top||

#6  nation security threat =
anything that is deemed a threat to the power of the Inner Party."Everything in the State, nothing outside the State, nothing against the State." Benito Mussolini

Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/12/2024 12:31 Comments || Top||

#7  Brief video of two London cops letting a single combative female subject embarrass then utterly...

https://x.com/CitizenFreePres/status/1823015421500342598
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/12/2024 15:18 Comments || Top||

#8  ...notice none of the bystanders doing anything to help. Guess the Bobbies skipped the class on making friends and influencing people.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/12/2024 18:12 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
President Trump Just Broke the Internet With This New Ad.
[YouTube]
Posted by: Besoeker || 08/12/2024 04:33 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How Trump-Musk interview will cement a stormy bromance
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 5:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Erol Musk and the Orange Man have much in common. Both know well, the dangers of encroaching communism on freedom and prosperity.

Posted by: Besoeker || 08/12/2024 7:44 Comments || Top||

#3  Might have some credence, if they had used the right version of ‘ad.’
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 08/12/2024 10:44 Comments || Top||

#4  Might have some credence, if they had used the right version of ‘ad.’
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 08/12/2024 10:44 Comments || Top||

#5  The effectiveness of the advertisement is greatly reduced when the word "ad" is misspelled.

It stick out like a sore thumb!
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 08/12/2024 11:03 Comments || Top||

#6  So what how they spelled ad, has nothing to do with the message. Sounds like British aristocrats belittling Americans.
Posted by: 49 Pan || 08/12/2024 15:01 Comments || Top||

#7  haven't seen a single Trump ad

seen a whole lot of Harris or Obama ads
Posted by: Lord Garth || 08/12/2024 16:46 Comments || Top||

#8  This isn’t like any previous Trump commercial that I’ve seen. It doesn’t have the usual blurb at the end, “This commercial has been approved by the Donald Trump for president campaign,” or whatever it is that they usually say, which makes me suspect this was the effort of an outside group.

I also can’t imagine he would accept images that were entirely of 1950s white suburbanites, suggesting that the outside group is malevolent rather than admiring.
Posted by: trailing wife || 08/12/2024 23:30 Comments || Top||

#9  “This commercial has been approved by the Donald Trump for president campaign,

I *believe* that ending blurb is a legal requirement due to campaign finance laws. Color me suspicious.
Posted by: SteveS || 08/12/2024 23:57 Comments || Top||


Iraq
Scientists discover ominous prophecies on clay tablets from Mesopotamia
Direct Translation via Google Translate. edited.

"Drink more ovaltine"

[Regnum] Researchers have read prophecies warning of various deadly threats on ancient clay tablets from the time of Babylon. This is reported by the portal Live Science.

Professor Andrew George from the University of London and independent researcher Junko Taniguchi managed to decipher the Sumerian-Akkadian cuneiform on clay tablets found more than a hundred years ago in what is now Iraq. The tablets themselves are about 4,000 years old and are believed to have been discovered in the city of Sippar, one of the largest cities in Mesopotamia.

The tablets are in the British Museum, but despite their good condition, the text on them could not be deciphered.

As the researchers found out, the text on the tablets represents one of the earliest signs in human history related to lunar eclipses. The authors of the cuneiform texts used a wide variety of factors for predictions, including the movement of shadows, dates and duration of eclipses. The inhabitants of Babylonia read that lunar eclipses warn of deadly threats of varying magnitude, from the death of rulers and epidemics to the destruction of cities.

At the same time, scientists noted that the inhabitants of Mesopotamia believed that the future could be changed with the help of protective rituals.

Earlier, Regnum News Agency reported that British archaeologists are studying the ruins of a temple and royal palace of the ancient Sumerians, discovered in the province of Dhi Qar in southern Iraq. The royal palace was located on the territory of the ancient Sumerian city of Girsu and was built at least 4,500 years ago.

Detailed aerial photography of the area helped archaeologists discern the outlines of ancient buildings. More than 200 cuneiform tablets with administrative records of the ancient city have already been found on the site where the palace stood.

Posted by: badanov || 08/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11126 views] Top|| File under:

#1  40 days of darkness, fire and brimstone, cats and dogs living together. Mass HYSTERIA!!!
Posted by: DarthVader || 08/12/2024 0:06 Comments || Top||

#2  ominous prophecies The spirit of stupidity will take over the world?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 08/12/2024 3:19 Comments || Top||

#3  ..when the man is right..
Posted by: Procopius2k || 08/12/2024 7:33 Comments || Top||

#4  ominous prophecies The spirit of stupidity will take over the world?

Prophecy fulfilled!
Posted by: CrazyFool in Texas || 08/12/2024 8:43 Comments || Top||

#5  All these prophecies of doom are just the ancient version of the Gerbil Warming Cult.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 08/12/2024 11:43 Comments || Top||

#6  "The words of the prophets are
Written on the subway walls
And tenement halls
And whispered in the sound of silence."


As foretold by Simon and Garfunkel
Posted by: Frank G || 08/12/2024 11:59 Comments || Top||

#7  As H.L. Mencken noted prophetically: "As democracy is perfected, the office of the president represents, more and more closely, the inner soul of the people. We move toward a lofty ideal. On some great and glorious day, the plain folks of the land will reach their heart’s desire at last, and the White House will be adorned by a downright moron." (Jojo is a prophesy fufilled it seems)
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 08/12/2024 14:20 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Layoffs resume as Israeli high-tech industry struggles to thrive in dark times
Posted by: Skidmark || 08/12/2024 07:13 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under:



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  Taylor Swift terror plot suspect's lawyer downplays plan to carry out ISIS-inspired suicide attack: 'Playing with ideas'
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  Lebanon proposes additional LAF troops in south to restore calm
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  Israeli airstrike targeted the security chief of Hamas in the Ain al-Hilweh camp while he was in his car in the city of Sidon
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