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IDF says foiled 'imminent' suicide bombing plot in heart of Israel
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Long Island dismemberment victims whose remains were scattered in a park for children to find - as two more suspects are released under NY's soft bail laws to the dismay of victims' families
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] That’s the one where they found body parts scattered in and around Southards Park in Babylon, Suffolk County. It was originally assumed to be an MS-13 hit.
  • Malcolm Craig Brown, 53, and Donna Conneely, 59, were identified Monday as the victims of a dismembering on Long Island

  • Two more of the suspects in the case appeared in court and were released

  • Steven Brown, 44, Malcolm’s cousin, and Amanda Wallace, 40, appeared in Central Islip Court days after two other suspects were released on bail

  • All four have been released back on the streets thanks to the state's 'no bail' laws
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/12/2024 07:18 || Comments || Link || [41 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule


Chinese millionaire who owns America's second largest solar plant accused of funding New Mexico illegal weed farms where workers are treated 'like animals'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Chinese millionaire who owns America's second largest solar plant has been accused of funding an illegal cannabis operation that treated workers 'like animals', DailyMail.com can reveal.

Denton Peng agreed to plow more than $1million into a network of weed farms in New Mexico that trafficked up to 2,000 migrant workers, forcing them to work 14-hour days in 'horrific' conditions, according to a lawsuit filed in Santa Fe County.

It comes six years after the entrepreneur, now thought to live in California, abandoned his home country following the collapse of his solar business - a debacle that ended with Peng being placed on Beijing's most-wanted list amid accusations of fraud, the complaint alleges.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [30 views] Top|| File under: Human Trafficking


-Great Cultural Revolution
Terrify marketing to promote DEI
[Twitter]


Quote placed in larger context — does it change the meaning of the original quote, dear Reader?
Posted by: 3dc || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [41 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  "I say that as a joke"

No different than the commies cutting a Trump quote out of context to scare old people. It's war by any means necessary.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2024 9:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Clown nose on, clown nose off.
Posted by: no mo uro || 03/12/2024 17:41 Comments || Top||

#3  "I say that as a joke, but its very, very true."

To further expose the line, Hidden Machine.

She is serious in her presentation. And that is exactly how it happens.

See: Frosthaven

The sequel to a popular table top Gloomhaven, during design it started to get out that some of the storyline decisions led to consequences which triggered people like making one choice which leads to people burning to death in a house. Also big at the time was why so racists against orcs and the whole Tolkein racism tropes.

So one day, out of the blue, and this is post-Floydenal, the backers get a nastygram from the 'creator' not only saying that they hired a diversity panning scheme, but that if you (the backer) are not 110% with a BLM struggle session then you aren't welcome here.

The fallout was epic. Paraphrasing major topics:

"I'm supposed to spend 40 some hours on a nerfed story line which all leads to the same conclusion I'm the bad guy all along? Refund."

"An already overdue project further delayed now because script and character re-writes? Refund."

"So if I join a table and am not an exact echo of the game narrator, I'll get shit on the whole time? Refund."

"This game is overdue not because you are working hard on it, but out rubbing elbows with people who say Gloomhaven wasn't as good as everyone remembers, so buy this game. Doesn't sound like you are taking your own work seriously. Refund."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/12/2024 18:03 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Biden Cabinet secretary announces retirement ahead of 'crazy, silly' election season
[FoxNews] U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development Secretary Marcia Fudge, 71, announced Monday that she is stepping down from her position.

"It's time to go home,’’ Fudge told USA Today, which reported that her last day is March 22. "I do believe strongly that I have done just about everything I could do at HUD for this administration as we go into this crazy, silly season of an election."

With her departure, Fudge will become only the second original Cabinet member to leave the Biden administration after Labor Secretary Marty Walsh stepped down last year.

"From her time as a mayor, to her years as a fierce advocate in the U.S. House of Representatives, Marcia’s vision, passion, and focus on increasing economic opportunity have been assets to our country," President Biden said in a statement Monday. "I’m grateful for all of her contributions toward a housing system that works for all Americans, and I wish her well in her next chapter."
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [40 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh, Fudge.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Many more will likely be leaving in the weeks and months ahead. 'Hand writing on wall' sort of thing.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2024 7:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Yassss, those crazy, silly elections. C'mon guys, can just keep our jobs and be left alone to eat our waffles?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 03/12/2024 12:34 Comments || Top||

#4  HUD. Isn't that like subsidized housing for urban areas like Chicago for people who should have stayed in Mississippi?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 03/12/2024 13:25 Comments || Top||

#5  Democrat Media will never show you this photo.
This is the total crowd for Jill and Joe Biden in Georgia. Meanwhile Trump drew tens of thousands for his Georgia rally.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/12/2024 13:28 Comments || Top||

#6  Another government agency that needs to go.
Posted by: Deacon Blues || 03/12/2024 13:28 Comments || Top||


Europe
Burning manure to make a protest via the air and eyes
[Twitter]


Posted by: 3dc || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [46 views] Top|| File under:

#1  A lot of that looks like tires burning amidst the ag materials.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:23 Comments || Top||

#2  put it in a barrel, add some kerosene, stir and light.
Posted by: bman || 03/12/2024 11:39 Comments || Top||

#3  "IF you have symptoms from the manure protest in Paris, call this number now..."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/12/2024 11:51 Comments || Top||

#4  Europe is a flowering garden - but I'm allergic to their pollen.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 03/12/2024 11:53 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
DOJ FINALLY Arrests J6er Who Fired Gun Off from the Scaffolding on Jan. 6 – After Video Was Released Last Month by Derrick Evans and Posted at The Gateway Pundit
[Gateway] Back on February 8, GOP Congressional Candidate and J6 defendant Derrick Evans released exclusive footage of a January 6 protester firing off a gun from the scaffolding that day. Evans posted the video at J6Footage.org.
Just blanks were they?
The Gateway Pundit then reposted the video at our website with permission

(The video had only 124 views when we first posted the clip.)

The Department of Justice released this statement on the arrest.
I was just signaling. What were you signaling? I can't remember.
WASHINGTON — An Illinois man has been arrested on felony and misdemeanor charges related to his alleged conduct during the breach of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. His actions and the actions of others disrupted a joint session of the U.S. Congress convened to ascertain and count the electoral votes related to the 2020 presidential election.

John Banuelos, 39, of Summit, Illinois, is charged in a criminal complaint filed in the District of Columbia with felony offenses of civil disorder; entering and remaining in a restricted building or grounds with a deadly or dangerous weapon; willfully and knowingly carry on or have readily accessible to any individual on the grounds or in any Capitol buildings, a firearm; and discharging a firearm or explosives, use a dangerous weapon, or ignite an incendiary device on the grounds or in any of the Capitol buildings. Banuelos is also charged with a misdemeanor offense of disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds.

The FBI arrested Banuelos today in Summit, Illinois, and he made his initial appearance in the Northern District of Illinois.

According to court documents, Banuelos was identified in open-source media near the former President’s ‘Stop the Steal’ rally in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 6, 2021.

Banuelos moved to the south side of the West Plaza where, at approximately 2:28 p.m., Banuelos was a part of the crowd that breached the police line. At approximately 2:33 p.m., Banuelos is captured on CCTV footage scaling the southwest Inaugural stage scaffolding. Banuelos is then seen waving the crowd toward him before pulling a firearm from his waistband. Open-source media and CCTV captured Banuelos allegedly raising the gun over his head and, at approximately 2:34 p.m., firing two shots into the air. Banuelos returned the firearm to his waistband and climbed down the scaffolding, rejoining the crowd below.

So why did the FBI wait until March 2024 to arrest this man? We all have our suspicions.
FBI 'Two shots or less' rule ?
The suspect John Banuelos posted several tweets on X claiming to be a Fed.
But quite possibly he is a fabulist or mentally unbalanced.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [39 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Any relation to this guy? Work at the same office by chance ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2024 1:25 Comments || Top||

#2  Banuelos? Sounds like a White Hispanic™
Posted by: Frank G || 03/12/2024 6:58 Comments || Top||

#3  See if he gets the Ray Epps treatment.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:21 Comments || Top||

#4  Hopefully he's not employed by Boeing.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2024 7:26 Comments || Top||


By counting Illegals more Electoral Votes assigned than population of 40 states
[Twitter-Elon Musk]
Posted by: 3dc || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [41 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  Lucky for us, the illegals were bussed, and flown, to blue state. It will have minimal effect in denver, nyc, chicago and san fran...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/12/2024 0:33 Comments || Top||

#2  They count for electoral votes but on the net they are a drain in the local economy. The sanctuaries then demand bailouts.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:28 Comments || Top||

#3  However each state only gets 2 Senators. People forget that the Constitution was an agreement among states not the people. What that does effect is that all funding bills are suppose to originate in the House. [Looking at SCOTUS that allowed Obamacare to be argued as a tax even though it originated in the Senate]
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2024 8:09 Comments || Top||



Home Front: Politix
Buttigieg: Biden Will Continue to Fight Deficit by Raising Taxes
[Breitbart]
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [46 views] Top|| File under:


#2  And he will fight inflation by stimulus spending. Genius.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:33 Comments || Top||

#3  "The beatings will continue until morale improves."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/12/2024 7:51 Comments || Top||

#4  The only place the Donks have ever cut funding was DoD. It's time to follow the new President of Argentina's example and make wholesale cuts across the entire government.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2024 8:13 Comments || Top||

#5  argentina! whod-a-thunk-it
Posted by: irish rage boy || 03/12/2024 16:49 Comments || Top||


FL U.S. House Candidate Mara Macie: Pentagon Is ‘Fully Politicized and Weaponized Against the People'
[Breitbart] The Pentagon is “fully politicized and weaponized against the people,” Mara Macie, running against establishment Republican Rep. John Rutherford (R-FL), for the U.S House, said during an appearance on Breitbart News Saturday, explaining that she became involved in politics after her military husband was targeted for refusing to get the coronavirus jab.

Macie explained that she never aspired to be a politician but always followed politics, particularly at the national level, as she is a military spouse.

“Being a military spouse, it’s virtually impossible to keep track of local politics. So I never really got involved at the local level until moving to Florida, where my husband is planning to retire and we will settle here,” she said, explaining that she realized that she “wasn’t actually as informed about politics as I thought I was.”

“I think most voters are like that. We go and we vote. And we think that that we’re making this big difference, but the fact is, is we don’t really know who we’re voting for,” she said, adding that she began to get really involved in 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic — a time of widespread draconian mandates — attending school board meetings.

“Then when the military had its shot mandate and my husband fought that and was in lawsuits with the DOD, we really started getting involved in both local, state, and national politics because we were reaching out to any government official, politician — anybody that was willing to help. And I’ll tell you what — none of them were willing to help because they’re taking money from the people that are pushing them [the shots] down our throats,” she revealed.

“We realized that if we want to actually make a difference we needed to get even more involved, and that includes running for office,” she explained, emphasizing the importance of holding military leadership accountable — something she is trying to do while her husband Ted, a whistleblower through Sen. Ron Johnson’s (R-WI) office, continues to fight.

“He’s the one whose video went viral of bringing up some statistics that came from the … defense medical epidemiological database for the military. And those stats are showing increases in things that are scary,” Macie said.

“A lot of them are cardiovascular; there are other things that are not cardiovascular there. There are a lot of signals that are being revealed through this database, and they’re actually on damage control, because now they’re trying to backpedal. There was just a hearing in Congress with [Matt] Gaetz (R-FL) where Gaetz was specifically talking about Ted and the data that he has given to the public through Johnson’s office and also on X and how he is being investigated and punished for doing that,” she said, pointing to “whistleblower retaliation.”

“So Ted actually was removed from his office. He doesn’t have access to his computer, and now he’s down in facilities basically doing nothing. They want to make sure he’s there every day to do nothing, but they’re trying to keep him quiet while his lawyer is trying to get information about what did he actually do wrong?” she said, stressing that they “have not been able to pinpoint what he has done wrong.”

Ultimately, she said they are trying to silence her husband, so she is speaking out for him.

“I am being his voice. … If something new happens I get on there [X]. I say this is what Ted’s command is doing to him. He might not be able to say it, but I don’t have a commanding officer. And these people, they’re all yes men and cowards. And it’s all political for them, because it’s about their career,” she continued.

“And right now our Pentagon is fully politicized and weaponized against the people,” Macie added.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [63 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I don’t think that will make a good recruiting slogan.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:34 Comments || Top||

#2  I suspect she will be arrested before November...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/12/2024 7:52 Comments || Top||

#3  If Trump makes office, there should be a big list of officers getting a letter saying the President no longer has special trust in you. The first thing he can do is to reduce the General Officer strength back to WW2 levels.

Take this opportunity to completely revamp the military with focus closer to home rather than any more foreign adventures. If you don't have such a big hammer, everything won't look like a nail.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 03/12/2024 16:41 Comments || Top||

#4  /\ Would it be possible to add a few hundred "Command" Sergeants Major to that list ?

Army union stewards, who needs them? Think of the G-Rods and reserved DFAC parking spaces, and signage freed up. BTW, the USMC has no such "Command" non-com animal. They have their issues, but primmadona CSM's ain't one of em.

(We could dispense with the fony balony "Change of Resposibility" ceremonies as well. Haaaawk, spit.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2024 17:03 Comments || Top||


Home Front: WoT
NY Gov. Kathy Hochul BANS National Guard from wielding rifles at subway bag checks after complaints the city looked like a 'war zone'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • The ban comes after the Democrat stationed 750 national guard members at the Big Apple's busiest stations in a bid to clamp down on the rampant violence

  • While the guards will no longer hold long guns at the check points, some guardsmen will still hold them at certain postings throughout the subway
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [43 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule


#2  Speak softly but Carly a pool noodle,
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:32 Comments || Top||

#3  I remember watching a couple carabinieri having espressos at a stop on the autostrada. They had Beretta SMGs slung behind their backs while they took a break.

I didn't feel thre4atened at all...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/12/2024 7:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Tell us you are an incompetent government squish without telling us you are an incompetent government squish.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/12/2024 9:54 Comments || Top||

#5  Between the rats, alligators and perps, who would go into the NYC subway without a weapon?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/12/2024 9:58 Comments || Top||

#6  What could possibly be worse than "looking bad"?
Posted by: Tom || 03/12/2024 11:19 Comments || Top||

#7  What could possibly be worse than "looking bad"?

"I dunno. You tell me..."

- Everyone who has died at the hands of skells in NYC.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/12/2024 11:27 Comments || Top||

#8  If a National Guardsman chokes a perp to death, will he be persectuted prosecuted like Daniel Penny?
Posted by: Rambler in Virginia || 03/12/2024 12:45 Comments || Top||

#9  The violence is so out of control the military was sent in.

Yeah Haiti is such a shithole.

Uhmmmmm.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/12/2024 12:51 Comments || Top||


International-UN-NGOs
NGOs in migrant camps outside of the Darien gap
[Twitter]


… we have been investigating for years how the NGOs are profiting out of human misery, and the suffering of people. !MUST WATCH!
@BenBergquam

@RealAmVoice

@stevegrubershow

@bannon_2024

@Michael_Yon

@annvandersteel

@rangerholton

@TuckerCarlson

@orielortega1

@LauraLoomer

@JoshJPhilipp

@EpochTimes

@RepMTG

@BensmanTodd
Posted by: 3dc || 03/12/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [51 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants

#1  The NGOs have worked with Mayorkas in a way that was coordinated before Biden was inaugurated. It is like the scripted plays at the beginning of a football game.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/12/2024 7:26 Comments || Top||

#2  NGO's and Foundations, what a delightful way to launder money and never be held accountable.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/12/2024 7:29 Comments || Top||

#3  American money passing through the corrupt UN programs matches up with Dark Chinese/Globalist/ME/Cartel money to fund the logistics of a human invasion stream across all of Central America and Mexico.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/12/2024 16:57 Comments || Top||



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  IDF says foiled 'imminent' suicide bombing plot in heart of Israel
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  AQAP announces the death of its emir Khalid Batarfi
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