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-Short Attention Span Theater-
Southern boom town [Santa Fe] that is just 24 miles away from dangerous canyon contaminated by plutonium
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/15/2024 08:26 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Santa Fe is the upper class deep blue city where Left Coasties have second homes (along with the associated high living costs they bring with them and housing displacements). Meanwhile, the people actually sitting on plutonium is Los Alamos where they store the stuff because of obstruction to properly dispose of it at Yucca Mountain NV. That's when the Forest Service isn't trying to set fire to the place.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/15/2024 10:06 Comments || Top||

#2  Hey, JPL had multiple hazarous rocket fuel spills in the canyons around their site. Whole area is developed now. Read "Ignition".
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/15/2024 15:01 Comments || Top||

#3  there are dozens of radioactive spent fuel storage sites in the USA

also several low level radioactive material storage sites (typically contaminated clothes and tools)

many areas where uranium or other radioactive products were mined have similar characteristics.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 09/15/2024 16:14 Comments || Top||

#4  There's a bit of radioactive medical waste floating around, too.
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/15/2024 17:56 Comments || Top||

#5  Anything for a headline. What nonsense.
Posted by: KBK || 09/15/2024 20:33 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Emotional moment high school janitor receives surprise from students
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A beloved high school janitor got the surprise of a lifetime after a group of students gifted him a Jeep Wrangler - his dream car.

Francis Apraku, a custodian at James Madison High School in Vienna, Virginia,
…a nice, upper middle class bedroom community for the DC crowd…
was left speechless after students banded together to give him a birthday gift on Monday.

The group of freshman fundraised for months on GoFundMe and ended up exceeding expectations after raising more than $20,000 for Apraku. They also got support from a local car dealer, Andy, who helped them pick out his dream vehicle.

Apraku, who dropped to the ground in complete shock, expressed how grateful he was to God and the students for the gift.

With tears in his eyes, the custodian told Fox5: 'I will give thanks to Almighty God for making today for me. I hope today is a great day for me.'

He turned around to face the boys and said: 'And also, I thank my junior brothers around me - through them this dream has come true.'

'May God richly bless them and make all their dreams come true in their life.

One of the students, Bennett, told the outlet that the group 'never thought it would come this far' and revealed that they collected $5,000 the first day.

Another student, Logan, said they received $19,000 in about three months and after six months they collected more than $20,000 for the custodian.

'Ever since we met Francis he has been super kind and friendly and sometimes even says prayers for us,' the boys said on the donation page.

Apraku said he will never forget the day the students made his dreams come true.

'I feel happy, happy, happy, and I don't know how to describe it,' he said.

After the amazing surprise Apraku and the students gathered at a local restaurant, Vienna Inn, and commemorated the joyous day together.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/15/2024 00:13 || Comments || Link || [11131 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Three US citizens sentenced to death in DR Congo for attempted coup
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Three citizens of the United States of America and one from Great Britain were among 37 people who were sentenced to death for an attempted coup in the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Guardian reports .
Recall, this was a project of Congolese emigré Christian Malanga, on which he took his son and one of his son’s school friends.
It is noted that among the accused there are also citizens of Belgium and Canada. They are accused of terrorism, murder and organizing a criminal community.

As reported by the Regnum news agency, on May 19, the representative of the Armed Forces of the DR Congo, Sylvain Ekenge, reported that the Armed Forces of the DR Congo had prevented an attempt to carry out a coup d'état in the capital of the country, Kinshasa. According to him, the military detained all the participants in the plot. Later, the media reported that the uniforms of the detained and liquidated rebels had the flag of Zaire (the former name of the country). At the same time, the men spoke English, French and Lingala and claimed that they were "representatives of the diaspora."
Third try. Fred and badanov — there a bug somewhere that keeps erasing the content of this article.

To summarize, dear Reader:

This article reported more information about this story from yesterday. badanov usually keeps copies of the translations he does for us, so hopefully at some point he will copy/paste that in this space.

—tw at 2:17 p.m. ET

Posted by: badanov || 09/15/2024 14:11 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1  US dismisses claim CIA plotted to assassinate Nicolas Maduro
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/15/2024 8:51 Comments || Top||

#2  Christian Malanga, a US national of Congolese origin....

.....is no longer with us. His D.C. safehouse residence should appear on the local market in the coming days.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2024 9:02 Comments || Top||

#3  #1 they've moved to domestic targets.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/15/2024 10:13 Comments || Top||



Home Front: Politix
Government Report Calls for All Airports Closed to Comply with ‘Net Zero'
[Slaynews] All airports must be closed and the consumption of meat and dairy products among the general public must be completely banned in order to comply with the globalist "Net Zero" agenda, according to a disturbing government report.

The report was produced by Oxford University and Imperial College London for the UK government.
By then the UK will be experiencing both a violent civil war and open jihad, so they’ll have other concerns.
In the U.S., 14 cities have set a "target" to comply with the WEF green agenda goals by banning meat, dairy, and private car ownership by 2030.
2030? That’s two presidential terms from now. Still, that’s plenty of time for the residents of those cities to move somewhere less restrictive, taking their tax payments with them…
The American city members of C40 include:

Austin
Boston
Chicago
Houston
Los Angeles
Miami
New Orleans
New York City
Philadelphia
Phoenix
Portland
San Francisco
Washington, D.C.
Seattle

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/15/2024 04:19 || Comments || Link || [11137 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Those that support NET ZERO, should move to 1 of these 14 US Cities. Then the rest of the USA should be safe in continuing to live normal life.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/15/2024 5:49 Comments || Top||



#4  I am shocked Dallas isn't on that list.
Posted by: ed in texas || 09/15/2024 15:07 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ close Austin first.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/15/2024 18:46 Comments || Top||


Malicious Actors Sow Discord With False Election Compromise Claims
Is the Biden/Harris LSD Regime at it again?
The FBI and CISA are warning citizens of attempts to convince voters that US election infrastructure has been compromised.

(It hasn't been.)

The FBI and Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA) are warning US citizens that the spread of disinformation is high, as false claims of cyberattacks compromising US voter registration databases begin to unfurl.

The agencies say that malicious actors are behind the discord, which is an attempt to manipulate public opinion as well as undermine trust in US democratic institutions. The tactics the malicious actors use involve obtaining voter registration information to support their false claims that election infrastructure has been compromised.

According to the agencies, access to this kind of information is not in itself an indicator of voter registration database compromise. In fact, voter registration information can be viewed through sources that are publicly available.

"The FBI and CISA have no information suggesting any cyberattack on US election infrastructure has prevented an election from occurring, changed voter registration information, prevented an eligible voter from casting a ballot, compromised the integrity of any ballots cast, or disrupted the ability to count votes or transmit unofficial election results in a timely manner," according to the announcement.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 09/15/2024 04:08 || Comments || Link || [11129 views] Top|| File under: Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats

#1  Clean up your own house first.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/15/2024 7:18 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
How the powerful hack the system
[YouTube] Hacking is more than just a term for rogue programmers breaking into computer systems. Bruce Schneier, adjunct lecturer at Harvard Kennedy School, thinks hacking goes well beyond the digital realm. Tax accountants hack the tax code by finding loopholes for their clients. Silicon Valley hacks the taxi system with rideshare companies. And now, the biggest tech companies are using artificial intelligence to hack their way further into our lives. His latest book, "A Hacker's Mind: How the Powerful Bend Society's Rules, and How to Bend Them Back," explores the ways that society is manipulated by those seeking and exploiting loopholes.

On this episode of Behind the Book, Bruce Schneier discusses how hacking has become so prevalent in so many areas of society, and how we can rebuild our political, economic and legal systems to resist it.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2024 08:44 || Comments || Link || [11132 views] Top|| File under:



#3  Tax accountants hack the tax code by finding loopholes for their clients

Those 'loopholes' are put there intentionally by the same politicians that demagogue on class warfare for votes from the proles in order to extort money from the patricians to protect what's theirs in the form of 'campaign funds'.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/15/2024 9:56 Comments || Top||


#5  Next generation orphaned oil wells...

Tri Cities wind/solar project moving forward after Friday vote
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/15/2024 9:59 Comments || Top||


#7  Never heard of a well costing that much to plug. Landowners share responsibility for knowing where these old well casing are located. Walk the woods or visit the county cleark's office. Permits are on file, many dating back over 100 years.

If you've got a bad well plug, you'd better look after it. Oil field water flooding can pressurize a formation and cause a huge mess. If it seeps oil or water, it's bad. If it smells of sulfur, it's bad and may need attention. Land owners can be held liable under certain circumstances.

If you're a smoker, leave your Lucky Strikes back at the truck.

Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2024 13:59 Comments || Top||

#8  Informative YouTube on well plugging in Oklahoma.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2024 14:54 Comments || Top||

#9  Their being punished skid, that and west siders see the east side as a fiefdom.

https://apnews.com/article/----f87e93ebfa3cd4cac584bd4d41426169
Posted by: Jefe101 || 09/15/2024 15:28 Comments || Top||


CDC Reports First Case of Human Bird Flu Contracted Without Exposure to Cows or Poultry
Shocking discovery, "Bird Flu" requires no birds or animals.
[LI] In our last few reports on Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), otherwise known as ’bird flu,’ ten Colorado poultry workers had developed symptoms of bird flu (mainly pink eye), and California dairy cows were reported to be infected.

No cases of human infection with bird flu that couldn’t be traced to exposures to sick animals had ever been reported. However, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) now says a patient in Missouri was hospitalized with bird flu despite having no known contact with animals.
OR they were too embarrassed to actually report the "contact" they had?
The patient, who had underlying medical conditions, was successfully treated with antiviral medications at the hospital and has since been discharged, according to the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS).

This marks the 14th person (in three states) to contract bird flu in the U.S. this year — and the first infection to occur without any reported exposure to sick or infected animals, the CDC alert stated.

The prior 13 cases came after exposure to dairy cows or poultry.

Dr. Benjamin Anderson, assistant professor in the Department of Environmental and Global Health at the University of Florida, said the fact that an individual has tested positive for H5 without any reported animal exposure is "very concerning," but noted that very little is known about the case.

"We don’t know if the individual had indirect exposure to people or products from agricultural settings," he told Fox News Digital.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2024 04:16 || Comments || Link || [11135 views] Top|| File under:

#1  .....fact that an individual has tested positive for H5 without any reported animal exposure is "very concerning," but noted that very little is known about t
he case.


Ignorance is bliss.
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/15/2024 4:26 Comments || Top||

#2  Here's a thought game.
Viruses are not considered alive by most definitions.
That would mean it's simply out there once it has been distributed via various means of contraction.
It really doesn't go away.
Rather the population develop an immunity or resistance to it.
Now introduce a 'jab' that reduces immunity among that population, then the virus can once again make its appearance among the population.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/15/2024 10:12 Comments || Top||

#3  ^Where do you think influenza viruses go in the summer?
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/15/2024 11:38 Comments || Top||

#4  ^The Costa del Sol?
Posted by: Bobby || 09/15/2024 11:50 Comments || Top||

#5  #3 I certainly had something in early August that closely resembled the flu. Of course a lot of bodily discomforts have flu like symptoms. So, it might not have been, but it felt like it.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 09/15/2024 12:32 Comments || Top||

#6  ^See asymptomatic carriers
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/15/2024 12:39 Comments || Top||

#7 
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 09/15/2024 12:58 Comments || Top||

#8  CDC was the gold standard up until they endorsed Floyd riots during covid.

Now they are just another bunch of politically connected hacks who couldn't make in the private sector.
Posted by: Regular+joe || 09/15/2024 14:56 Comments || Top||

#9  Chicken 'plucking'?
Posted by: Mullah Richard || 09/15/2024 17:58 Comments || Top||

#10  That's it. Shut everything down
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/15/2024 21:23 Comments || Top||

#11  Bird Flu Contracted Without Exposure to Cows or Poultry why would you get BIRD FLU from a cow?
Posted by: irish rage boy || 09/15/2024 21:24 Comments || Top||

#12  why would you get BIRD FLU from a cow

Some animals are known as "reservoirs". The virus can live in them but they don't get sick and can spread disease through contact or mosquitos. Pigs are notorious for this.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/15/2024 23:13 Comments || Top||



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