[HeadlineUSA] Shorty after the publication of this article, Blaze Media published a clarification that the pipe bomb suspect seen walking by the Capitol Hill Club was not the same person who walked towards Capitol Police vehicles minutes later. Blaze’s report has come under intense criticism, but Headline USA will leave this article intact so readers can judge the evidence for themselves.
(Ken Silva, Headline USA) Blaze Media has published possibly groundbreaking footage that shows the suspected J6 pipe bomber seemingly interacting with Capitol Police the night before the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol Hill uprising.
The footage reportedly comes from Capitol Police CCTV files recently made public by the Committee on House Administration Subcommittee on Oversight. The specific finding was made by the social media user "Armitas," according to Blaze.
"The alleged bomber emerged onto First Street Southeast from an alley between the Capitol Hill Club and the Republican National Committee at 8:14 p.m. Jan. 5. The suspect walked north past the Capitol Hill Club. As the individual passed under the restaurant’s green awning at 8:14:30 p.m., a Capitol Police SUV turned the corner onto First Street. The alleged bomber waved at the squad car and then pointed — it appeared — at the driver as the vehicle passed by," Blaze reported.
#4
Confucius say, playing with braid,
"When chucking a Chinese grenade --
Er, Russian-style -- duck!"
...
"Sometimes... [tick-tock... Xi cluck...]
Detonation is slightly delayed."
[LI] Election Season. Don't have sex with other men/Ladymen
The last time I reported on monkeypox, news had just broken that Sweden announced that it had the first case of the more virulent strain of the virus that is responsible for the outbreak in Africa. The case was also the first one that had been detected outside of Africa.
As a reminder, this particular variety of monkeypox (which the press is desperately trying to rebrand as ’mpox’ with little success outside of the "journalists") is easier to catch via skin contact and causes more serious illness than the version of monkeypox that I reported on during 2022 global outbreak.
The strain of concern here is referred to as Clade 1b. The World Health Organization (WHO) declared a global health emergency in order to gather supplies to start a massive vaccination campaign targeting this pathogen.
Now another case of Clakde 1b outside of Africa is being reported. This one is not in Europe, but in Asia.
Thailand on Thursday confirmed an mpox case reported this week was the clade 1b strain of the virus, the second confirmed case of the variant outside of Africa.
The case is a 66-year-old European man who had arrived in Thailand last week from an unspecified African country where the disease was spreading.
"The test results confirm that he is infected with the Clade 1b strain of monkeypox, which is the first case diagnosed in Thailand, but this man is likely infected from an endemic country," Thongchai Keeratihattayakorn, director-general of the Department of Disease Control, told Reuters.
He said no other local infections had been detected through contact tracing.
Asian countries are ramping up pandemic protocols in the wake of this news.
... Indonesia is enforcing screening measures at the country’s entry points following the WHO’s announcement of an emergency. The ministry’s spokesperson, Siti Nadia Tarmizi, said overseas travelers are required to fill in a form describing their overall health condition and recent travel history. "We have coordinated with the immigration authority to authenticate the travel history of incoming travelers to Indonesia," Tarmizi told Nikkei Asia.
The Malaysian Health Ministry announced on Sunday that it would initiate preventive measures, including enhanced surveillance at international entry points, where travelers from countries reporting mpox cases must monitor their health for 21 days.
Individuals with a history of high-risk activities and symptoms, such as rashes or blisters, are urged to seek an immediate medical examination and avoid contact to prevent the spread of the virus, and suspected and confirmed cases should be promptly reported to health offices. Strict hygiene protocols are imposed in premises that involve skin contact, such as spas and massage centers.
Singapore has assessed that the immediate risk of mpox to the city-state "is low for now," Health Minister Ong Ye Kung said on his Facebook page this past week. "Our clinics and checkpoint authorities are looking out for patients and travelers with symptoms," Ong added. "We will activate isolation and contact tracing measures whenever we detect a case."
The Clade II version, which was the pathogen responsible for the 2022 outbreak is still present in the US. Experts assess that the risk of Clade 1b arriving here is low and based on how many Americans go to Central Africa.
Clade II mpox, which caused the 2022 epidemic, is still circulating in the U.S. at low levels, the experts note. "It’s down to single digits or maybe a dozen cases a month," says Kuritzkes.
There are no known cases of mpox clade I or Ib in the U.S. at this time. "The risk to the general public in the United States from clade I mpox circulating in the DRC is very low," the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services said in a news release on Aug. 14.
Experts agree that the while it is possible for a person to become infected with clade I mpox in a country where it’s spreading and travel back to the U.S., the chances of this happening are slim.
In a health alert issued on Aug. 7, the CDC stated that the risk of clade I mpox importation into the U.S. was "very low" due to the limited number of travelers and lack of direct commercial flights from the DRC and its neighboring countries to the U.S.
The news of the Thai case is concerning chiefly because the virus is more easily spread through close physical contact with someone who is infectious, with contaminated materials, or through sexual activity.
And in Thailand, sex tourism is a thing.
Ronald Weitzer shows that although some of the central pillars of Thailand’s sex industry remain unaltered over the past four decades, in other respects there has been a profound transformation.
In the sector oriented toward foreign visitors, the number of sex businesses and independent operators has grown numerically and geographically; customers are increasingly diverse in race and nationality; paid sexual encounters are no longer confined to young Thai women and older white men; transgender women comprise a significant share of the workforce; and technological advances give participants more autonomy than ever before.
Hopefully, the vaccinations and awareness campaigns work. But at this point, given where the virus has already landed, I will be surprised if they do.
[SUDANTRIBUNE] Cholera cases have surged in five districts of eastern Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... 's Gedaref state, health officials said on Sunday, amid concerns over a weak government response.
The emergency room in Gedaref reported 125 cases and seven deaths. The majority of infections are in the Wad al-Hiliu area.
''Most cases are in Wad al-Hiliu, reaching 70 infections, while 20 cases are in Fashqa,'' a health official told Sudan Tribune.
The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, criticized the state's response and its failure to implement preventive measures.
''There are areas that have not yet received water purification doses,'' the official said.
[FoxNews] Police say 10 people were arrested for assaulting emergency workers.
At least three people were stabbed during the opening day of the Notting Hill Carnival in London on Sunday, with one still listed in life-threatening condition, according to the city’s police.
Police said 15 officers were assaulted when things turned violent, though none of the officers sustained serious injuries.
Police made 90 arrests for various offenses.
Ten people were arrested for assaulting emergency workers, 18 for possession of an offensive weapon, four for sexual offenses, one for theft, four for robbery, six for assault, one for public order offense, eight for possession of drugs with distribution intent, and 30 for possession of drugs – four arrests of which were for possession of nitrous oxide.
The Notting Hill Carnival attracts hundreds of thousands of revelers each year, who pack the streets of west London for two days, during one of the world’s biggest celebrations of Caribbean music and culture.
The carnival traces its history back to 1958, when Trinidadian human rights activist Claudia Jones began organizing a gathering to unify the community after a series of racist attacks on Black people in the Notting Hill neighborhood.
Launched in 1964 with a few Trinidadian steel bands, it has grown into a huge annual street party involving colorful floats, thousands of calypso dancers in spectacular feathered costumes, almost 20 steel bands and more than two dozen sound systems.
The Met stressed that the 'majority of the people' who attended the event 'came to enjoy themselves'.
Earlier today, an ex-inspector has claimed that Notting Hill Carnival is 'the ultimate in two-tier policing' - as more than one million people prepared to descend on west London to enjoy the festivities.
Notting Hill is one of the longest-running street parties in the UK and celebrates Caribbean culture with vividly costumed performers taking part in a parade through the streets with dancing and music.
But carnivals in the past have also been marred by violence. There were eight stabbings and 275 arrests at the 2023 event and 7,000 Met Police officers are set to be deployed onto the streets of Kensington.
Despite the high number of arrests and heavy police presence, a retired Met Police detective chief inspector has alleged that officers are hesitant to make arrests during the event for fears of being called racist.
Businesses and residents have boarded up their properties in preparation for the carnival.
"How much worse?"
"Much much worse!"
[NEWAGEBD] Prime minister Keir Starmer on Tuesday was poised to warn that life in Britain will 'get worse' before it gets 'better', in his first major speech since taking office.
Starmer, whose Labour Party was elected by a landslide on July 4, is expected to use the speech to ramp up attacks on the legacy left by the ousted Conservatives.
His comments come after criticism that Labour is seeking a pretext to raise taxes, despite pre-election promises that certain taxes would not be hiked.
'We have inherited not just an economic black hole but a societal black hole. And that is why we have to take action and do things differently,' Starmer will say, according to excerpts of the speech released in advance.
'Part of that is being honest with people — about the choices we face. And how tough this will be. Frankly — things will get worse before we get better.'
Finance minister Rachel Reeves in recent days warned of 'difficult decisions' over whether to cut spending or increase taxes in her first budget on October 30.
Since Labour's election victory, Reeves has repeatedly accused the ex-prime minister Rishi Sunak's Tories of leaving a �22 billion ($29 billion) black hole in this year's budget.
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It will get worse because he's there.
It's his mission in life.
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Even if "the choices we face" were made wisely--something one does not expect from the Labour Party--it would remain true that "things will get worse before we get better." His description of the economic and social "hole" is apt there, and here. I suspect that his diagnosis will be wrong, and his cure will make things worse.
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[Breitbart] Stay in your lane, Francis
ROME — Europe is experiencing a crisis evidenced by a "wave of populism" that threatens European universality, Pope Francis warned Saturday.
In a message to participants in the European Alpbach Forum, an Austrian nonprofit foundation advocating a strong and democratic Europe, the pontiff said that Europe is "experiencing a time of crisis," a time "in which various populist movements are enjoying great popularity."
In Europe, "as a result of this ’wave’ of populism, some ideals have vanished and some principles, with regard to behavior towards the weaker members of society, have been sidelined," he added.
The pope was no doubt referring to the many conservative populist movements enjoying increased favor in European nations such as Italy, France, Poland, Sweden, Germany, the Netherlands, and Hungary.
Francis has never attempted to disguise his contempt for right-leaning populism, and in 2019 famously said that citizens of European nations should put the good of Europe before that of their own countries.
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With all due respect, how about excommunicating some of those 'Catholic' supporters of butchering babies? Ever ask yourself why there's a wall around the Vatican?
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"...Some ideals have vanished and some principles with regard to...the weaker members of society"--you mean like freedom of speech, of religion, and association? Those "ideals" you godless bastard?
[Regnum] French investigators have placed Pavel Durov, the founder of the Telegram messenger, in custody. This was reported on Saturday, August 24, by the TF1 TV channel.
A source close to the investigation told the TV channel that the founder of Telegram allegedly committed countless offenses and crimes on the platform.
It is specified that encrypted messages have become one of the main complaints of the authorities of the EU countries against Telegram.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the arrest of Pavel Durov at the airport of the Paris suburb of Le Bourget became known on the evening of August 24. It is alleged that the corresponding warrant was issued by the National Office of the Judicial Police of France (OFMIN) based on a preliminary investigation.
The search warrant issued by the French authorities against Telegram founder Pavel Durov was activated only after the entrepreneur arrived in France. This was reported on August 25 by the newspaper Le Parisien.
Journalists claim that this was the condition stipulated in the document. The warrant was issued on the basis of a preliminary investigation conducted by the juvenile affairs department of the French National Judicial Police Office (OFMI).
The said unit is engaged in combating violence against minors.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, it was previously reported that Pavel Durov was detained at Le Bourget Airport (a suburb of Paris) on the evening of August 24. The businessman was placed under arrest. A hearing is scheduled for August 25, at which he will appear in court.
Journalists have disseminated information according to which Durov may be charged with several charges related to Telegram's activities, including terrorism and drug trafficking.
The French authorities' claims against the businessman are that the messages in this messenger were encrypted and he did not cooperate with law enforcement agencies. Because of this situation, he began to be suspected of complicity in countless offenses and crimes.
The Russian Foreign Ministry stated that the Russian Embassy in Paris did not wait for inquiries from Durov’s representatives and immediately began work to clarify the situation with him.
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It's not about "free speech". When you run a platform that some people use to trade pictures of child abuse, drugs and terrorist videos, you need to cooperate with law enforcement... or face consquences.
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^ So this whole encrypted Apple phone thing is about over?
A minor girl was allegedly raped and murdered before being thrown in a garbage dump in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... 's Saddar area, Geo News reported citing police and hospital officials said on Sunday.
According to the police, the body of the 12-year-old victim was found stashed in a gunny bag from the garbage dump near Lukcy Star.
The police said that the victim looked like a "destitute girl from her appearance". They further stated that investigation was underway to ascertain the facts related to the case.
Meanwhile,
...back at the Hubba Hubba Club, Big Shirley was still trying to snatch Nunzio bald-headed. She was already halfway there... Chief Police Surgeon Dr Summaiya Syed said that the girl's body was brought to the Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC) for medical examination.
Citing the initial post-mortem report, the official said that the girl was subjected to "sexual abuse", while the cause of death will be ascertained after further testing.
Dr Syed further stated that samples had been collected from the victim's body for DNA testing.
Later, the police started the paperwork but haven't done much else at Saddar Police Station on the complaint of victim's mother.
Taking notice of the matter, Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah expressed grief and ordered a thorough investigation into the case to bring the culprits to justice.
He directed the police to take stern action against the suspects who commit offences against children, women, elders, and vulnerable sections of society.
He also instructed Sindh Inspector General (IGP) Ghulam Nabi Memon to inform all cop shoppes in the province about the government's policy on vulnerable sections.
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[ABC] Many healthy people have immunity from vaccines and previous infection.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration has approved an updated COVID-19 shot for everyone 6 months old and up, which renews a now-annual quandary for Americans: Get the shot now, with the latest COVID outbreak sweeping the country, or hold it in reserve for the winter wave?
The new vaccine should provide some protection to everyone. But many healthy people who have already been vaccinated or have immunity because they've been exposed to COVID enough times may want to wait a few months.
COVID has become commonplace. For some, it's a minor illness with few symptoms. Others are laid up with fever, cough, and fatigue for days or weeks. A much smaller group -- mostly older or chronically ill people -- suffer hospitalization or death.
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.
...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans...
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