[NYPOST] Texas middle schoolers passed around a shared needle and participated in mass tattooing sessions in classrooms while their oblivious teachers carried on with their lessons, leaving parents outraged — and worried this week.
The youngsters reportedly used temporary ink to carve one another's bodies with the shared needle Tuesday, officials said, igniting concerns that they may have also injected themselves with disease.
Ashley Armstrong's son Jordan was one of the students who participated in the classroom tattooing sessions at Travis Intermediate in Greenville, Texas. FOX4
Armstrong's 11-year-old son, Jordan, used the dirty needle to scrape ''I heart my lord'' across his entire forearm and ''JC'' on his hands on Tuesday while he was inside his classroom at Travis Intermediate in Greenville, roughly 50 miles northeast of Dallas.
Jordan claimed one boy approached him and offered to tattoo him. That needle was then ''shared several times from one class to another class to another class,'' Armstrong told the outlet.
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Eighth graders tattooing each other for Jesus is not what I expected.
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I have some relations who are teachers. I do some metnoring in an intermediate school. What teachers and admin are allowed to do, or say, is...limited. Knew of one school where, if kindergartner Freddie got loose in the halls again, the school locked down.
Kid goes nuts in the cafeteria, maybe second grade. Among other things, dumps a janitor's bucket on the floor. So, Aubrey inquires, what if somebody leaned on the bucket so it couldn't be moved? "Iii...don't know...." says an administrator.
Maybe the teacher didn't want to get into Big Trouble.
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Eighth graders tattooing each other for Jesus is not what I expected
[IsraelTimes] US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered a halt to offensive cyber operations against Russia in an effort to renew relations and achieve talks with Moscow on Ukraine, The New York Times reports.
The report, which cites a current official and two former officials familiar with the instruction, says this is “part of a larger re-evaluation of all operations against Russia.”
The order was given before the extraordinary public shouting match in the Oval Office between US President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the report adds.
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Having worked on web servers and having monitored the server logs as part of my job, I've known for decades that certain countries engage in vulnerability probes of servers all over the internet. The worst offenders appeared to me to be 1) China, 2) Russia, 3) Ukraine. Other top offenders were Turkey, Romania, Iran and Malaysia. There were others. I think it was generally assumed at the time that China in particular was engaged in state sponsored cyber warfare. How much of this bullshit from other countries was state sponsored and how much was just individual knuckleheads I do not know.
I advocated with all the influence I had in my company that we should block all of the IP addresses from all of those countries from access to any of our servers. I was overruled for reasons I cannot fathom so, on my own, I blocked all of the individual IP address of offenders I found in the logs to the servers I administered.
All that time I wondered if American spooks conducting vulnerability probes and hacking servers in other countries. Well, of course they were.
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[Guardian] One dead and several injured with suspect arrested after car driven into crowd in Mannheim, Germany. Local police investigating whether other suspects involved after residents warned to keep away from city centre.
German police remained on high alert for this year’s carnival parades after social media accounts connected to the Islamic State militant group called for attacks on the events in Cologne and Nuremberg.
While there has been no confirmation that the incident was a deliberate attack, these early reports will cause alarm after recent attacks involving driving cars into crowds in recent months.
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2 dead, 25 injured, 3 in critical condition (including a child).
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25 injured is not a few as first reported.
Dammit! Please stay safe, European Conservative, you and yours.
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Munich canceled all official carneval events after the attack in Munich. Today is Rosenmontag event in Cologne, the biggest event. Let's hope for the best.
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Walking Unvaxed, thank you for the Breitbart link. In my rush to post, I didn’t mention it.
40-year-old German citizen identified as Mannheim suspect
The interior minister of the state of Baden-Württemberg, Thomas Strobl, has told the German press agency dpa that the suspect was a 40-year-old German citizen from the neighbouring state of Rhineland-Palatinate.
No further details have been released at this stage.
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They have a photo of the black SUV with the license plate pixillated.
"Car driven into crowd" - at least they admit someone drove it. Usually it's "Car drives into crowd" as if there's no perp
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From the Guardian:
The man drove his car at about 12.15pm through Mannheim’s pedestrian zone from Friedrichsring into the several hundred metre Planken, Mannheim’s main shopping street, and hit or drove around several passersby at the parade square, witnesses said.
According to the SZ, the suspect was arrested half an hour later – at 12.45pm. As the newspaper reported, citing investigators, the man is said to have driven a car with a Ludwigshafen license plate and to have been armed.
The police have not yet provided any information about the background or a possible motive. The police were also initially unable to say whether it was
From Breitbart:
Update 1630 — Death toll rises
German media now states that two people are known to have been killed, a man and a woman, in the apparent attack against pedestrians in Mannheim on Monday. Newspaper Die Welt reveals new details on the attacker, that is is a 40-year-old German citizen and that he attempted to shoot himself in the mouth with what is described as a blank firing pistol as police attempted to arrest him. The paper further says the owner of the Ford car used in the rampage had previously been known to the authorities for involvement in ‘right wing extremism’, although it also emphasises there is no information on whether it was he behind the wheel or someone else.
The question always is nuts, evil, or jihadi? Or accident, of course, but in these troubled times there aren’t nearly enough of those on a percentage basis.
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I hear the Germans are itching to get involved in Ukraine. Maybe they need to start getting used to body counts.
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The Guardian reports it was a Ford Fiesta, whatever that is.
From Deutsche Welle:
The motorist who drove his car into a crowd of people in the southwestern German city of Mannheim, killing at least two, intended to do so, police and public prosecutors said at a joint press conference on Monday evening.
The suspect, who is 40 years old, was detained following the incident, the interior minister of the state, Baden-Württemberg, where Mannheim is based, told reporters earlier in the day.
Police and prosecutors later added at the news conference that the suspect, a German man, is being investigated for murder and attempted murder in the attack that injured at least 11 others.
They said the driver shot himself in the mouth when he was arrested and had to undergo medical treatment at a hospital. He could not yet be questioned.
A senior public prosecutor said the man was suffering from psychological problems and that investigators were looking into that aspect more closely.
Moving this to Page 3: Non-War on Terror. But Page 1 was the correct first assumption, given the timing and the details.
The prospect does not actually loom, but only in European imagination about OrangeManBad: The Return.
[FoxNews] US military footprint in Europe has been declining for decades
European leaders are grappling with how to handle icier relations with the U.S. since President Donald Trump regained control of the White House this year.
"The Europeans have a serious problem of readiness … that they’re trying to fix, but it takes time," Camille Grand, a former NATO official who is now with the European Council on Foreign Relations, said in a Washington Post report Sunday. "If Trump decides ‘I’m going to pull out U.S. troops from Germany because I’m upset with the trade imbalance,’ that’s much more complicated to manage than to say we have a plan to do this within X years."
The comments come as European leaders have become increasingly anxious about the future of the security of the continent in the second era of Trump, with the Washington Post reporting that leaders are wary that the American president is too friendly with Moscow and that they widely expect him to pull back roughly 20,000 U.S. troops that were deployed to the continent by former President Joe Biden in the aftermath of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine.
"I would not be surprised if at some point [those troops] go back to their home base in America," a NATO diplomat told the outlet while noting that those troops were sent to Europe at the height of an emergency and that their exit "would be, so to speak, a return to normalcy."
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When the Wall came down, our job was done and we should have left leaving only military assistance teams to assist with American gear we sold or passed to the Euros.
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[Regnum] The US plan is that it is the EU countries, not NATO, that should be responsible for future security guarantees for Ukraine. This was stated by US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent in an interview with CBS News.
"The plan is for the European Union to provide these (security guarantees), not NATO," Bessent said.
The leaders of the Kiev regime have been told more than once that peace must first be established in Ukraine and only then “security guarantees” must be discussed, noted US State Department Secretary Marco Rubio.
Earlier, Rubio said that Washington views the actions of the head of the Kiev regime, Volodymyr Zelensky, at a meeting with US President Donald Trump as an attempt to hinder the White House's efforts to resolve the conflict.
US National Security Advisor Mike Waltz, in turn, noted that Washington doubts Zelensky's desire to negotiate and his readiness to end the conflict. Answering the question of whether Trump wants Zelensky to resign, Waltz said: The US needs a Ukrainian leader with whom it can do business.
As reported by the Regnum news agency, the conversation between Trump and Zelensky, which turned into a squabble, took place on February 28 in the presence of journalists. The US President demanded that the head of the Kiev regime agree to peace talks, stating that otherwise the US would "wash its hands of it". Zelensky spoke out against a ceasefire and truce. Earlier, he repeatedly said that the Kiev regime needed security guarantees, primarily from the US, to begin negotiations.
Trump emphasized that Zelensky, by arguing with the head of state that provides Ukraine with resources without which the military conflict would end "in three days", showed disrespect for the United States. After the meeting, the American president published a message in which he noted that the head of the Kiev regime is not ready for peace. As a result, the Ukrainian delegation was asked to leave the White House early.
[FoxNews] Norway's defense minister said the boycott of the US Navy is 'not in line' with the country's policies
Norway made clear that it will continue supplying fuel for U.S. Navy ships after a private marine fuel supplier threatened to boycott the U.S. in response to deteriorating U.S.-Ukraine relations.
"We have seen reports raising concerns about support for U.S. Navy vessels in Norway. This is not in line with the Norwegian government's policy," Norway's Defense Minister Tore Sandvik said in a statement Sunday, according to a report from Reuters.
The statement comes after privately held Norwegian fuel supplier Haltbakk Bunkers took to social media Friday and threatened a boycott of the U.S. Navy in response to President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s heated Oval Office exchange.
"Huge credit to the president of Ukraine restraining himself and for keeping calm even though USA put on a backstabbing TV show. It made us sick... No Fuel to Americans!," the company said in a Facebook post that has since been deleted.
The company’s CEO, Gunnar Gran, confirmed to the Norwegian newspaper VG that he had decided not to supply the U.S. military, according to the Reuters report, though the company also acknowledged that the move would only have a "symbolic" impact, since Haltbakk Bunkers does not have a fixed contract with the U.S. government.
The company’s threat comes after a heated exchange in the Oval Office among Trump, Zelenskyy and Vice President JD Vance on Friday, when Vance accused the Ukrainian leader of being "disrespectful" to Trump in the White House.
"Mr. President, with respect, I think it's disrespectful for you to come into the Oval Office to try to litigate this in front of the American media," Vance told Zelenskyy. "Right now, you guys are going around and forcing conscripts to the front lines, because you have manpower problems. You should be thanking the president for bringing it, to bring it into this country."
Trump then joined the fray after Zelenskyy claimed that the U.S. would feel the war "in the future," an argument the American leader did not appreciate.
"You don't know that," Trump responded. "Don't tell us what we're going to feel. We're trying to solve a problem. Don't tell us what we're going to feel."
The exchange caused some to express concerns about not only the U.S.'s commitment to Ukraine’s continued war effort but also Trump’s apparent strained relationship with European allies overall.
But Norway, a NATO ally, made clear that the country has no plans to join the threats to cut off the U.S. military.
"American forces will continue to receive the supply and support they require from Norway," Sandvik said.
As of yesterday evening I could not find any other sources for this story. Kusel is a town in the Kusel district in Rhineland-Palatinate, not in the least isolated, so someone should be interested in it.
UPDATE at 1:20 p.m. ET: according to European Conservative in comments, the report greatly exaggerated a minor accident — no migrants, no throwing. Moved to Page 3: Non-WoT, where we will enjoy as a happy example of the 48 Hour Rule.
[UKNIP.CO.UK] German police are investigating a violent attack at Kusel train station, where a mother and her eight-month-old baby were reportedly forcibly thrown out of a train carriage by a group of migrants.
According to initial reports, the baby fell out of the stroller face down onto the ground after being ejected from the train. Eyewitnesses described the scene as chaotic, with passengers reacting in shock.
Authorities have confirmed that the mother and child received medical attention following the incident, though the extent of their injuries remains unclear.
POLICE INVESTIGATION UNDERWAY
German federal police have launched an urgent manhunt for the suspects responsible. A spokesperson for the police confirmed that officers are reviewing CCTV footage and speaking to witnesses who were present at the station.
''We take this incident extremely seriously and are working to identify and locate the perpetrators as quickly as possible,'' the police spokesperson stated.
SECURITY CONCERNS ON PUBLIC TRANSPORT
This latest incident has reignited concerns over safety on Germany's public transport system, particularly amid ongoing debates about migration policy and crime.
Officials have urged anyone with information to contact authorities as the investigation continues.
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Kusel. (dpa/lrs) An eight-month-old baby was injured at Kusel station because he fell out of his baby carriage, which had tipped over. The baby suffered abrasions to his face as a result of the fall, according to the police.
An unknown man is said to have bumped into the child's 30-year-old mother on Friday, causing her to lose her balance and bump into the baby carriage, which ultimately caused it to tip over.
The police became aware of the incident through social media and launched an investigation into the unidentified man. It is still unclear whether he bumped into the mother intentionally or negligently, they said. The mother remained unharmed, a police spokesperson said.
Not thrown from a "train carriage", no "group of migrants".
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Just posted about the terror attack in Mannheim. Mods please take note.
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Noted with thanks, European Conservative, published, and now looking for more information. Your Guardian article is liveblogging, so we’ll check it again in a bit, but so far they haven’t got anything more than the first post.
May your government quickly take control over the situation now that the election is over — you shouldn’t have to live under this ongoing threat.
[FoxNews] Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth directed the Department of Defense (DOD)'s civilian workforce to comply with Elon Musk's Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) productivity email, listing five things they accomplished after initially telling them not to reply.
On Sunday, Hegseth released a video message explaining the shift.
"Our civilian patriots who dedicate themselves to defending this nation working for the Department of Defense are critical to our national security," Hegseth said. "As we work to restore focus on DOD's core warfighting mission under President Trump's leadership, we recognize that we cannot accomplish that mission without the strong and important contributions of our civilian workforce."
Musk, who's heading up DOGE, shared Hegseth's video on X, writing, "Much appreciated @SecDef Hegseth!" He also included a saluting emoji and an American flag emoji.
Hegseth signed a memorandum on Friday to all DOD civilian employees, ahead of an anticipated email expected to be sent from the DOD on Monday requesting the five bullet points of accomplishments.
Hegseth told employees to reply to the email within 48 hours and include their accomplishments and add their supervisors as recipients.
He said in the video that the responses would be collected within the department to satisfy the requirement sent out by the Office of Personnel Management (OPM).
OPM sent an email last weekend, seeking the same five bullets, though the DOD’s Office of Personnel and Readiness told its civilian workforce to ignore the request.
[GEO.TV] In a tragic incident, at least six people were killed after unidentified assailants on a motorcycle opened fire at a vehicle in Punjab's Gujrat city on Sunday.
Police said that the incident took place in Miana Chak Dinga — a town in the city — where attackers fled after killing six people travelling on the vehicle. They added that the incident was the result of personal enmity.
Rescue teams rushed to the scene and shifted bodies to the hospital.
The slain persons were aged between 26 to 35 years. The deceased were identified as Zahid Nazim, 30, Mubashir, 26, Zunair, 30, Javed Iqbal, 33, Rukhsar, 35, and a 26-year-old unidentified man.
Contingents of the police force cordoned off the whole area and commenced a search operation to arrest the culprits.
A Punjab Police spokesperson said that the inspector general took notice of the firing incident and sought a report from the regional police officer (RPO). The Punjab IG ordered the immediate arrest of the responsible.
Casualties in firing incidents due to personal enmity and tribal violence are not uncommon in Pakistan, given the authorities' failure to maintain law and order, as well as flawed prosecution resulting in the release of culprits in such cases.
In January, a municipal department employee was shot dead at the Kahkashan Building on one of the busiest streets in Karachi, Tariq Road.
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.
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