[NYP] FBI Director Christopher Wray always seems a little too pleased with himself. But on Thursday the smirk may be wiped off his pretty face when Republican members of the House oversight committee start grilling him on the mounting evidence that something is very rotten inside the agency Wray runs.
Top of the list is the curious question of why the FBI apparently did nothing with Hunter Biden’s laptop, which was handed to two agents on Dec. 9, 2019, by John Paul Mac Isaac, the alarmed owner of the computer repair shop near the Biden family homes in Greenville, Del., where Hunter had dropped off his MacBook eight months earlier.
Among other potential crimes to be found on the abandoned laptop, you would expect the FBI to be interested, on national security grounds, in the incriminating evidence of a corrupt foreign influence-peddling scheme run by the Biden family throughout Joe Biden’s vice presidency.
Equally curious is why the FBI apparently did nothing with another voluminous trove of corroborating material, given to them in October 2020 by Hunter’s former business partner, Navy veteran Tony Bobulinski, including emails and other documents which replicate those on Hunter’s laptop.
Bobulinski has said he was interviewed for several hours by FBI agents, as part of an investigation into Hunter, after he held a bombshell press conference on Oct. 22. 2020, alleging that then-Democratic nominee Joe Biden had lied when he claimed to have no involvement in Hunter’s foreign deals. Bobulinski also said that Joe Biden was the "Big Guy" referred to by Hunter’s partners in encrypted messages and intercepted voice messages.
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Oh please, it would require a non-compromised DOJ and that simply isn't the case. Wray could announce he put the hit on Seth Rich and he wouldn't be prosecuted.
#6
Doubt it. All the government agencies are so corrupted at this point they will cover for each other and their establishment friends. The only way to fix it is to disband every one and make sure no one above the G13 pay grade ever works in government again.
#7
Trump Schedule F is the solution that the Deep State fears above all else I think. In a sense it is a return to the pre-civil service days of patronage at lower levels of the federal government, but at least it removes the lower level policy implementation managers above GS13 that have become so instrumental if subverting Presidential Directives by conservative presidents in recent years.
[BBC] Driven by his family history, Tibor Rosenstein is preserving Jewish-Hungarian cuisine through his Budapest restaurant, which has become a bucket list destination for food lovers.
A mere block from Budapest's mammoth Keleti railway station sits Tibor Rosenstein's eponymous restaurant. The entrance comes off a quiet, unassuming residential corner far from the city's traditional culinary hubs. But like a temple, Rosenstein Restaurant stands alone as a monument to historical Jewish-Hungarian cuisine — drawing celebrities, television personalities and Jewish gastronomic globetrotters eager for a taste of the past.
"My personal cuisine and my dishes are traditional Hungarian-Jewish cuisine," said Rosenstein. This includes goose sausage and cholent, the traditional Jewish Sabbath stew left to cook overnight. Rosenstein's secret ingredient is ground paprika — perhaps the most beloved spice in all Hungarian cuisine.
[Aljazeera] Russia is "running out of steam" in its assault on Ukraine, the chief of the UK’s MI6 foreign intelligence agency, Richard Moore, has said.
British defence intelligence says Russia is looking to hold referendums in newly occupied areas of Ukraine.
The Ukrainian military has said it has killed dozens of Russian soldiers and destroyed two ammunition dumps in fighting in the Kherson region, the focus of Kyiv’s counteroffensive in the south and a key link in Moscow’s supply lines.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy says the deaths of dozens of prisoners in a Russian-held jail show Moscow is a state sponsor of "terrorism". Russia claimed Ukraine carried out missile attacks that killed the prisoners.
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Running out of steam...
Running out of generals...
Running out of conscripts...
Running out of tanks...
Running out of migs...
Running out of narratives...
[Babylon Bee] Apparently, the U.S. economy is in a recession right now, but who knows? We're told by experts that recessions are bad, so it's important to know whether you're in one. Fortunately, our experts put together this handy flowchart to help you figure it out!
[France24] A testament to its history, France is sprinkled with beautiful villages and towns. To stand out, attract tourists or even new residents, many have turned to a variety of certificates, labels and competitions to boost their visibility. We've followed an inspector for the non-profit ’Most Beautiful Villages of France’ who looked at the town of Bergheim to see if it’s worthy of obtaining this certification. We also met Christophe Alaux, a marketing professor, to understand the role of these labels.
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France is truly blessed. Sure, geography arguably played a huge role in its development with rivers, canals, and two seas to aid in trade, but areas such as the Loire Valley, the Alps, Brittany, the vineyards....so nice.
#3
Fortunately outside of Channel ports and major cities, most of the 'migrant' and unassimilated population have avoided these quaint parts of France.
#8
If I must be in the capitol of a former empire, I much prefer Vienna, which seems now relieved to be comfortable rather than important, while London is currently a center of finance, which gives its cleverer residents adequate scope for their abilities. One may be assured that one cannot eat badly in Paris, but I have done so — and resentfully served, too.
In Normandy, for instance, upon exiting a three star restaurant I was stopped so that the trailing daughters’ table manners — at the ages of 3 1/2 and 5 — might be praised, which would have endeared the entire village to me even were the meal not exquisite and well served.
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[ColonelCassad] The escalation in Kosovo began a little earlier than expected. The Pristina authorities promised to block the entry of cars with Serbian numbers from tomorrow.
However, today at 18.30 Moscow time, air raid sirens went off in the northern part of Kosovska Mitrovica. Then information was received about shooting at the administrative line, as a result of which a Serb was wounded.
▪️ In the area of Dudin Krsh (municipality of Zvecan), the forces of the Kosovo special forces ROSU arrived. The Serbs began to build the first barricades near the village of Rudare, blocked the Pristina-Leposavich highway.
▪️The Kosovo police closed the administrative crossings "Brnjak" and "Yarinje" for entry and exit. At the Rudnitsa administrative crossing, only cars with Kosovo license plates are allowed through.
▪️Albanians gather in the southern part of Kosovska Mitrovica, many of them are armed
▪️Separate units of the Serbian army are pulled to the border, put on full alert and awaiting orders.
The Serbian leadership claims that the "Kosovo army" plans to attack the Serbs tonight. Vučić plans to address the nation.
Those around him publicly talk about the need for denazification in the Balkans.
Briefly about my position on Kosovo and Serbia.
1. Kosovo is Serbia.
2. I fully support any adequate actions to protect the Serbian population of Kosovo by Belgrade.
3. Kosovo will sooner or later return to its native harbor.
4. The Kosovo Liberation Army and its descendants are a terrorist organization.
[CNN] CNN's Pamela Brown speaks to columnist Max Boot about his Washington Post op-ed that warns of the demise of the United States' democracy if former President Trump wins the presidency in 2024.
Doom for the absurd LSD stupidity, in its quest for Pronoun BS, anti-Christian acts, Abnormal Sexual indoctrination of kids, Open Borders, $$ Trillions in wasteful spending, WOKE, BLM, and other racist group.
Plus doom and Prison time for the violators of the US Constitution, Bill Of Rights, and those that ridicule and mistreatment normal's etc....
#6
The new guy at CNN pledged to be even handed, but since 2015 they’ve gotten more eyeballs when they post stories about Donald Trump than any other subject. If I recall correctly, their number dropped some terrifyingly huge number after the January 6th thing faded from the headlines.
Commentary by Russian military journalist Boris Rozhin
[ColonelCassad] Briefly for those who are interested in the question of what is happening in Iraq, why government buildings are constantly seized there and how this will affect the war in Ukraine.
1. Iraq in the current realities is a weak state on whose territory there is and will continue to be a proxy war between the US and Iran, as well as a permanent CTO against ISIS.
2. The current system of power in Iraq leaves no prospects for strengthening state power. The system of quotas for power based on national-religious grounds (as in Lebanon or Bosnia) under the conditions of Iraq gives rise to constant crises.
3. Muqtada As-Sadr is objectively the most popular political (and religious, after Al-Sistani) figure in Iraq, but not popular enough to claim full power through the current "democratic" procedures.
4. Al-Sadr shared political power with a pro-Iranian Shiite bloc for some time, but after the latter's relative failure in recent elections (which many consider rigged), he figured he could do without the Iranians, which forced another crisis to brew.
5. Al-Sadr himself cannot form a government, therefore, by manipulating the street, he is trying to impose on Iraq a candidate convenient for him, simultaneously launching slogans about a national revolution and the expulsion of Western and Eastern invaders, alluding to the United States and Iran, along the way trying to take away from Iran the agenda for the expulsion of American invaders from Iraq.
6. The problem is that this path, if Al-Sadr persists, will lead Iraq to civil war, as the pro-Iranian Shiites, Kurds and radial Sunnis will not accept the "Al-Sadr revolution". The US and Iran, of course, are also unlikely to seek to withdraw from Iraq. Plus, there are still numerous ISIS cells in Iraq that regularly attack the army and civilians.
7. At the same time, the problem of US and Israeli support for Kurdish separatism with attempts to separate Iraqi Kurdistan remains. In addition, a permanent Turkish NWO is being waged on the territory of Iraq against the PKK in Qandil and Sinjar, and the Turks do not want to leave northern Iraq.
8. The country itself is mired in poverty and corruption. Democracy has brought only pain and suffering to Iraq, which leads to regular protests against any government.
Of course, the next turmoil in Iraq poses a threat to US plans to increase oil production in Iraq and release it to world markets to lower world prices to fight Russia. The stronger the crisis in Iraq, the more it will affect oil prices. A few days before the next occupation of government buildings, the government announced that it was going to increase oil exports by 2 million barrels a day.
In May, Iraq exported 3.3 million barrels per day. However, the US may sacrifice these prospects for other benefits. A full-fledged civil war in Iraq could make it difficult for Iran to use the "Shiite bridge" (Iran-Iraq-Syria-Lebanon) and hit the Chinese projects of the One Belt - One Road initiative, as well as the interests of Rosneft and Lukoil.
[1945] The war in Ukraine is getting more and more intense by the day. That means whatever weapons the West and NATO can provide is critical. And that means Kyiv wants as many Switchblade weapons as it can get: The AeroVironment Switchblade drone comes in two different variants. The more common variant is the 300, and its heavier counterpart is the 600. The 300 is extremely portable, measuring two feet and just six pounds; it launches from a tube with compressed air. The Switchblade 300 is so small and lightweight that a single infantry troop can carry it in his pack. Transportable and quite easy to launch, the Switchblade 300 has proved its value as a tool for troops engaging with long-range targets or needing to quell enemy fire.
While most call the Switchblade a drone, the system is officially referred to as a loitering munition because, unlike a drone, the Switchblade is unrecoverable. It is really a kamikaze device.
[PJMEDIA] Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) says that the mullahs will build nukes in order to turn New York City into “hellish ruins.” This is why Iran wants nukes? Eight years of Bill de Blasio and no end to Democratic rule have already succeeded quite well in turning much of the once-great city into “hellish ruins”; why go to all the trouble of nuking the place when the Democrats will finish the job before too long?
Iran expert Ben Sabti tweeted Saturday that a Telegram channel run by the IRGC has threatened to “produce atomic war head for missiles: ‘Iran can immediately return to Emad project and build an #ATOM bomb, if Natanz facilities are attacked.’” The Emad is a long-range missile.
Meanwhile, the Jerusalem Post reported Sunday that “the IRGC-linked Bisimchi Media (Radioman Media) Telegram channel published a video titled ‘When Will Iran’s Sleeping Nuclear Warheads Awaken.’” The video claims that “if the US or the Zionist regime make any stupid mistakes,” the Iranian mullahs will be able to develop nukes quickly.
According to a Saturday report from the dissident news outlet Iran International, the video “also says that uranium enrichment in secret underground facilities of Fordow, near Qom, has brought Iran to the threshold of nuclear breakout and joining the nuclear powers’ club and stresses that transforming the country’s ‘peaceful nuclear program to a nuclear weapons program’ is possible in a very short time.” The video declares: “The nuclear facilities of Fordow have been built deep under mountains of Iran and are protected against trench-busting bombs and even nuclear explosion… all infrastructures required for nuclear breakout have been prepared in it.” That breakout, the IRGC says, will soon give the Iranians the ability to transform New York into “hellish ruins.”
The Iranian mullahs’ desire to help the Democrats complete their plans for New York City is new, but their threats of violence are nothing new. Back in January 2022, the website of Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, released a video showing the assassination of Donald Trump and former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on the golf course at Mar-a-Lago. This came amid a barrage of threats against Trump for the killing of Quds Force commander Qassem Soleimani in Jan. 2020.
The threats go back years before that as well. On February 11, 2014, the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Islamic Revolution, Iranian Chief of Staff Hassan Firouzabadi boasted: “Iran is prepared for the decisive war against the U.S. and the Zionist regime.…Iran has been making plans, conducting maneuvers, and preparing its forces for this battle for years now.” And it still is.
Nothing has changed since then except that the Iranian regime has gotten closer to producing nuclear weapons. Two weeks ago, Iran’s former Deputy Foreign Minister Mohammad-Javad Larijani heaped scorn on the Biden administration’s ongoing hapless efforts to get a new nuclear deal with Iran. “The Westerners’ interest in the JCPOA,” said Larijani, referring to a new agreement by the name of the old one, the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, “stems from their belief that it would pull out our atomic teeth, weaken us, and diminish our capabilities. [The way they see it], if one day, we decided to build a nuclear bomb, the [JCPOA] would delay us for over a year, and since this is a long process, the [JCPOA] would gradually disband the teams, since members would grow old, and their replacements would be blocked. In general, the entire nuclear business would become a pointless luxury, and we would abandon it.”
Larijani reminded the world of one of the Iranian regime’s old deceptions: “Naturally, according to the Leader’s fatwa, we are religiously forbidden from obtaining weapons of mass destruction, and this includes nuclear weapons. Nevertheless, if we ever want to do this, nobody will be able to stop us, of course. They themselves know this.…Our nuclear capabilities – our access to nuclear-related knowledge and technology – are the pride of the Islamic world.” And apparently the envy of New York Democrats.
One day the Iranian regime will come to the conclusion that it is finally time to strike. Will the U.S. military be able to tear itself away from its drag show long enough to defend the nation?
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'The video claims that “if the US or the Zionist regime make any stupid mistakes,” the Iranian mullahs will be able to develop nukes quickly.'
Are they trying to say that if no stupid mistakes are made the Mullahs will not be able to develop nukes quickly?
I do not see how making mistakes will enable anything, let alone an ability to develop nukes quickly.
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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
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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.
[BBC] Driven by his family history, Tibor Rosenstein is preserving Jewish-Hungarian cuisine through his Budapest restaurant, which has become a bucket list destination for food lovers.
[1945] The war in Ukraine is getting more and more intense by the day. That means whatever weapons the West and NATO can provide is critical. And that means Kyiv wants as many Switchblade weapons as it can get: The AeroVironment Switchblade drone comes in two different variants. The more common variant is the 300, and its heavier counterpart is the 600. The 300 is extremely portable, measuring two feet and just six pounds; it launches from a tube with compressed air. The Switchblade 300 is so small and lightweight that a single infantry troop can carry it in his pack. Transportable and quite easy to launch, the Switchblade 300 has proved its value as a tool for troops engaging with long-range targets or needing to quell enemy fire.
