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“Free Palestine” Terrorist Sets Jews on Fire in Boulder

by | 2002, 1 Jun 25 | , | 0 Comments

The more we tolerate the hateful ideology, the more things like this will happen. This ideology needs to be shunned and marginalized just like the Nazi ideology it apes.

A male suspect was taken into custody on Sunday after multiple people were set on fire during an event calling for the release of Israeli hostages in Gaza at a pedestrian mall in Boulder, Colorado, authorities said.

 

“We are aware of and fully investigating a targeted terror attack in Boulder, Colorado,” FBI Director Kash Patel said on X. “Our agents and local law enforcement are on the scene already, and we will share updates as more information becomes available.”

 

Colorado Attorney General Phil Weiser said in a statement that the attack appeared to be a “hate crime given the group that was targeted.” Weiser said the group meets weekly at the Pearl Street Mall in downtown Boulder to “call for the release of the hostages in Gaza.”

 

“Hate has no place in Colorado,” Weiser added. “We all have the right to peaceably assemble and the freedom to speak our views. But these violent acts — which are becoming more frequent, brazen and closer to home—must stop and those who commit these horrific acts must be fully held to account.”

Ukrainian Drone Strike Hits Russia Hard

by | 1953, 1 Jun 25 | , , | 0 Comments

Warfare has changed. The tactics are different. The technology is different. The ability to wage asymmetric warfare in your enemy’s camp has never been greater.  Enemies can hit multiple strategic targets deep in our homeland – including parts of our nuclear deterrence capabilities. I sure as heck hope our military planners are paying attention.

Ukraine says it completed its biggest long-range attack of the war with Russia on Sunday, after using smuggled drones to launch a series of major strikes on 40 Russian warplanes at four military bases.

 

President Volodymyr Zelensky said 117 drones were used in the so-called “Spider’s Web” operation by the SBU security service, striking “34% of [Russia’s] strategic cruise missile carriers”.

 

SBU sources earlier told BBC News it took a year-and-a-half to organise the strikes, which involved drones hidden in wooden mobile cabins, with remotely operated roofs on trucks, brought near the airbases and then fired “at the right time”.

 

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Sources in the SBU earlier on Sunday told the BBC in a statement that four Russian airbases – two of which are thousands of miles from Ukraine – were hit:

  • Belaya in Irkutsk oblast (region), Siberia
  • Olenya in Murmansk oblast, Russia’s extreme north-west
  • Dyagilevo in central Ryazan oblast
  • Ivanovo in central Ivanovo oblast

 

The SBU sources said that among the hit Russian aircraft were strategic nuclear capable bombers called Tu-95 and Tu-22M3, as well as A-50 early warning warplanes.

Hegseth Reaffirms US’ Commitment to Protecting Taiwan

by | 0823, 31 May 25 | | 0 Comments

Gone is the wishy-washy language of the Biden regime.

He said that Beijing was “credibly preparing to potentially use military force to alter the balance of power” in Asia, and referred to a 2027 deadline that President Xi Jinping has allegedly given for China’s military to be capable to invade Taiwan.

 

This is a date put forth by US officials and generals for years, but has never been confirmed by Beijing.

 

China “is building the military needed to do it, training for it, every day and rehearsing for the real deal”, Hegseth said.

 

“Let me be clear: any attempt by Communist China to conquer Taiwan by force would result in devastating consequences for the Indo-Pacific and the world. There’s no reason to sugarcoat it. The threat China poses is real. And it could be imminent. We hope not but certainly could be.”

State Department Submits Reorganization Plan

by | 1825, 29 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

Progress

The letter sent to Congress by the State Department notes that the reorganization will affect more than 300 bureaus and offices, saying it’s eliminating divisions it describes as doing unclear or overlapping work and that Rubio believes “effective modern diplomacy requires streamlining this bloated bureaucracy.”

 

The document is clear that the reorganization is also intended to eliminate programs — particularly those related to refugees and immigration, as well as human rights and democracy promotion — that the Trump administration believes have become ideologically driven in a way that is incompatible with its priorities and policies.

 

“These offices, which have proven themselves prone to ideological capture and radicalism, will be either eliminated, with their statutory functions realigned elsewhere in the department, or restructured to better reflect their appropriate scope and the administration’s foreign policy priorities,” the notification says.

 

The reorganization notes USAID’s dismantlement and the shifting of some of its work to the State Department, particularly under a vastly restructured Bureau of Population, Refugees and Migration. PRM, as it is known, will have under its responsibility U.S. international disaster relief operations that had previously been tasked to USAID.

Booker to Release Book After Idiotic Long Speech About Nothing

by | 2042, 28 May 25 | | 1 Comment

Gee, do ya think someone is running for president?

NEW YORK — Sen. Cory Booker has expanded upon his historic Senate floor speech from last month into an upcoming book.

 

“Stand” will be published Nov. 11, St. Martin’s Press announced Wednesday. In April, the New Jersey Democrat made headlines by delivering the country’s longest continuous Senate floor speech — just over 25 hours. The 56-year-old Booker spoke in opposition to numerous Trump administration policies, whether the desire to make Canada part of the United States or cuts to Social Security offices.

 

“This book is about the virtues vital to our success as a nation and lessons we can draw from generations of Americans who fought for them,” Booker said in a statement.

Fiber Optic Drones Debut in Ukraine

by | 2014, 28 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

Much like the Crimean War (the 1853 one, not the most recent one), the Ukranian War is proving to be a pivot point in the technological evolution of warfare. We will never fight another war like we have in the past.

In an ever-evolving conflict, soldiers have had to rapidly adapt to new threats posed by changing technology. And the latest threat comes from fibre optic drones. A spool of tens of kilometres of cable is fitted to the bottom of a drone and the physical fibre optic cord is attached to the controller held by the pilot.

 

“The video and control signal is transmitted to and from the drone through the cable, not through radio frequencies. This means it can’t be jammed by electronic interceptors,” says a soldier with the call sign Moderator, a drone engineer with the 68th Jaeger Brigade.

 

When drones began to be used in this war in a big way, both militaries fitted their vehicles with electronic warfare systems, which could neutralise drones. That protection has evaporated with the arrival of fibre optic drones, and in the deployment of these devices, Russia currently has the edge. Ukraine is trying to ramp up production.

 

“Russia started using fibre optic drones much before us, while we were still testing them. These drones can be used in places where we have to go lower than usual drones. We can even enter houses and look for targets inside,” says Venia, a drone pilot with the 68th Jaeger Brigade.

 

“We’ve started joking that maybe we should carry scissors to cut the cord,” says Serhii, the artillery man.

 

Fibre optic drones do have drawbacks – they are slower and the cable could get entangled in trees. But at the moment, their widespread use by Russia means that transporting soldiers to and from their positions can often be deadlier than the battlefield itself.

Federal Trade Court Rules Against Trump on Tariffs

by | 1955, 28 May 25 | , , | 11 Comments

Admittedly, I have a bias because I hate tariffs and I am not a lawyer, but I think I agree with the court. The Executive Branch does not have the power to arbitrarily impose tariffs in the Constitution and the notion that we have an economic emergency is dubious, at best. I certainly wouldn’t want a Leftist president to declare an economic emergency and make all kinds of sweeping arbitrary decisions and I don’t want Trump doing it either. Yes, this means that Congress needs to get off their asses, but that’s how our government was designed.

A federal court ruled Wednesday that President Donald Trump exceeded his authority with his reciprocal tariffs, dealing a blow to a major tenet of the president’s economic agenda.

 

A three-judge panel at the Court of International Trade ruled that the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, a 1977 law that Trump invoked to justify the tariffs, does not actually give the president the power to unilaterally implement the sweeping duties.

“The Worldwide and Retaliatory Tariff Orders exceed any authority granted to the President by IEEPA to regulate importation by means of tariffs,” the judges wrote in their ruling.

 

“The Trafficking Tariffs fail because they do not deal with the threats set forth in those orders,” they continued.

 

Dow futures jumped 400 points Wednesday on news of the ruling.

 

Implementing tariffs typically requires congressional approval, but Trump chose to bypass Congress by declaring a national economic emergency, and using the purported emergency as justification for invoking the tariffs on his own.

 

The Trump administration swiftly appealed the ruling Wednesday.

“Foreign countries’ nonreciprocal treatment of the United States has fueled America’s historic and persistent trade deficits,” White House spokesperson Kush Desai said in a statement after the order.

 

“These deficits have created a national emergency that has decimated American communities, left our workers behind, and weakened our defense industrial base – facts that the court did not dispute.”

WNBA Can’t Find the Racist Fans

by | 1953, 27 May 25 | | 0 Comments

Nothing makes me want to attend a WNBA game more than knowing that they think their fans are all a bunch of racists.

The WNBA says it cannot substantiate claims that racist fan behavior took place during a game in Indianapolis between the Chicago Sky and Indiana Fever earlier this month.

 

The league said its investigation included gathering information from fans, team and arena staff, as well as an “audio and video review of the game.”

 

“We appreciate the quick action by the league and the Indiana Fever to take this matter seriously and to investigate,” Chicago Sky CEO and President Adam Fox said in a statement. “This process demonstrates the league’s strong stance on stopping hate at all WNBA games and events, and we will continue to support those efforts.”

Canada Welcomes King Charles

by | 0725, 27 May 25 | | 0 Comments

It just seems weird in the 21st century to have a King.

Britain’s King Charles III arrived in Canada on Monday for his first visit as its head of state, where he’ll carry out a highly-symbolic whistle-stop trip seen by many as a show of support following increasingly frayed relations between Ottawa and Washington.

During his two-day visit, Charles, 76, will deliver a speech in Canada’s parliament and celebrate the country’s cultural heritage and diversity, according to Buckingham Palace. He will be accompanied by his wife, Queen Camilla.

Soon after their arrival on Monday, Charles and Camilla will meet with community organizations at an Ottawa park, according to the Canadian Prime Minister’s Office. Later on Monday, the pair will plant a tree on the grounds of Rideau Hall, the monarch’s usual residence while visiting Canada.

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Carney said last week that his compatriots “weren’t impressed” after Charles extended a second state invitation to the US president. Trump would be the first elected political leader in modern times to be hosted twice by a British monarch.

“It was at a time when we were being quite clear about the issues around sovereignty,” Carney said.

FBI To Investigate Dobbs Leak and White House Cocaine

by | 1843, 26 May 25 | | 7 Comments

Good. It’s comical how hard Reuters tries to politicize this. As Americans, don’t we want answers to these questions? In neither case were any perpetrators brought to justice.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The FBI will launch new probes into the 2023 discovery of cocaine at the White House during President Joe Biden’s term and the 2022 leak of the Supreme Court’s draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade, a top official announced on Monday.

 

Dan Bongino, a rightwing podcaster-turned-FBI deputy director, made the announcement on X, saying that he had requested weekly briefings on the cases’ progress.

 

Both incidents have been popular talking points on America’s right.

Jussie Smollett Still Proclaims Innocence

by | 1922, 24 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

What a douche.

“Over six years ago, after it was reported I had been jumped, City Officials in Chicago set out to convince the public that I willfully set an assault against myself. This false narrative has left a stain on my character that will not soon disappear,” he wrote.

 

He added, “These officials wanted my money and wanted my confession for something I did not do. Today, it should be clear… They have received neither.”

 

Smollett said his decision to settle “was not the most difficult one to make,” explaining, “I was presented with an opportunity to make a charitable donation in exchange for the case being dismissed.”

NOLA Uses Facial Recognition to Find Criminals

by | 1928, 23 May 25 | , , , | 0 Comments

I don’t want to live in a surveillance society. Yes, that means that some bad people will get away with bad things.

During the ongoing massive manhunt for 10 inmates who escaped from a New Orleans jail last week, authorities say the use of facial recognition cameras run by a private organization helped lead to the recapture of one of the fugitives — even as the police department has come under scrutiny by critics from civil rights organizations to conservative politicians over its use of the technology.

 

Earlier this week, New Orleans Police Department Superintendent Anne Kirkpatrick told ABC News that facial recognition cameras maintained by Project N.O.L.A. had been used in the New Orleans manhunt despite the fact that she recently ordered a pause in the automated alerts her officers had been receiving from the group, which operates independently of the police department.

 

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In a March 27, 2025 letter to Kash Patel, who was then acting director of the federal Bureau Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms Explosives, Biggs, the chairman of the House Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance, and Davidson raised concerns over news reports indicating the ATF utilized facial recognition technology to identify gun owners. “The Subcommittee has concerns about ATF’s use of facial recognition and Al programs and the effects that its use has upon American citizens’ Second Amendment rights and rights to privacy,” the lawmakers wrote in their letter, requesting documents on policies and training in the use of facial recognition technology.

India and Pakistan Feud Continues

by | 1910, 23 May 25 | | 0 Comments

They are still a long way from peace.

ISLAMABAD, NEW DELHI (Reuters) -Pakistan will not get water from rivers over which India has rights, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi said on Thursday, upping the rhetoric in a standoff over water access triggered by a deadly attack in Indian Kashmir.

 

Pakistan’s chief legal officer, in an interview with Reuters, responded that Islamabad remained willing to discuss water sharing between the neighbours but said India must stick to a decades-old treaty.

 

India said last month it was suspending the Indus Waters Treaty in a slew of measures after the April 22 attack in Indian Kashmir that New Delhi blamed on Islamabad – a charge Pakistan dismisses.

Nebraska is First State to Ban Soda from Food Stamps

by | 2106, 19 May 25 | | 0 Comments

Excellent. Where are you, Wisconsin? I believe in the freedom of people to eat and drink crap at their own expense, but if I’m paying for it, I only want to pay for healthy-ish food. Yes, I understand that there are widely differing opinions on what is healthy and what is not, but we can all agree that soda is terrible for you.

Nebraska is the first state to receive a federal waiver to ban the purchase of soda and energy drinks under the benefit program for low-income Americans long known as food stamps.

 

The move, announced Monday by U.S. Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, would affect about 152,000 people in Nebraska enrolled in the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP, which helps families pay for groceries.

 

“There’s absolutely zero reason for taxpayers to be subsidizing purchases of soda and energy drinks,” Nebraska Gov. Jim Pillen said in a statement. “SNAP is about helping families in need get healthy food into their diets, but there’s nothing nutritious about the junk we’re removing with today’s waiver.”

 

Six other states — Arkansas, Colorado, Kansas, Indiana, Iowa and West Virginia — have also submitted requests for waivers banning certain foods and drinks or, in some cases, expanding access to hot foods for participants, according to the USDA.

SCOTUS Allows Trump to Do His Job

by | 2057, 19 May 25 | , | 0 Comments

Too slow. Too often wrong. But the judicial process is working.

The US Supreme Court has said it will allow the Trump administration to terminate deportation protections for some 350,000 Venezuelans in the US.

 

The ruling lifts a hold that was placed by a California judge that kept Temporary Protected Status (TPS) in place for Venezuelans whose status’ would have expired last month.

 

Temporary Protected Status allows people to live and work in the US legally if their home countries are deemed unsafe due to things like countries experiencing wars, natural disasters or other “extraordinary and temporary” conditions.

 

The ruling marks a win for US President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly tried to use the Supreme Court to enact immigration policy decisions.

I can’t let that last sentence go. This is literally a story about how Leftists sued to stop Trump from doing what he is empowered by the Constitution to do and this bonehead reporter says that Trump “has repeatedly tried to use the Supreme Court to enact immigration policy decisions?” What an idiot.

On the issue itself, Biden arbitrarily granted TPS for hundreds of thousands of foreigners because he wanted to flood the country and destabilize it with mass migration. I support healthy immigration and want to keep our doors open to refugees from around the world. But we can only absorb so many people at a time before it overwhelms our social safety net and undermines our nation. I understand that Venezuela is a socialist hellhole that people want to escape. It is not Americans’ responsibility to be the safety net for failed nations. We can help some, but only with our reasonable ability to absorb the population.

And what Biden did, Trump has the power to undo. It sucks for the Venezuelans who will be sent back to their homeland. I hope they work hard to reclaim their nation from its socialist nightmare.

Antinatalist Identified as IVF Clinic Bomber

by | 2009, 18 May 25 | | 0 Comments

There are monsters amongst us.

The car bombing outside a California fertility clinic that killed one person and injured four others appears to have been driven by anti-natalist ideology, according to two senior law enforcement officials briefed on the incident.

 

The suspect, identified by authorities as Guy Edward Bartkus, is believed to have detonated the explosive in Saturday’s attack, which claimed his own life.

 

Investigators are focusing on social media posts made by the suspect, including a 30-minute audio recording, which they say support anti-natalist views. While the posts and the recording are still being verified, officials believe they reflect the ideology behind the bombing. Anti-natalism refers to the belief that no one should have children.

Biden Has Cancer

by | 1944, 18 May 25 | | 2 Comments

Prayers for his speedy recovery, but this raises more questions about the honesty and transparency of the Biden family and his administration.

Former US President Joe Biden has been diagnosed with prostate cancer that has spread to his bones, a statement from his office said on Sunday.

 

Biden, 82, was diagnosed on Friday after he saw a doctor last week for urinary symptoms.

 

The cancer is a more aggressive form of the disease, characterised by a Gleason score of 9 out of 10. This means his illness is classified as “high-grade” and that the cancer cells could spread quickly, according to Cancer Research UK.

The obvious inconsistency is that Biden is an elderly man with a private physician and was, until very recently, his health was the rightful concern of the American people. Biden has a phalanx of doctors and they all missed diagnosing one of the most common cancers in elderly men? We are supposed to believe that?

Or, the more likely scenario, is that the same doctors and Biden supporters who lied to us about his dementia also lied to us about his cancer.

Again, I sincerely pray for his speedy recovery, but the cancer within his government needs to also be excised.

 

USA’s Credit Rating Drops

by | 1030, 17 May 25 | , | 1 Comment

Frankly, Moody’s was negligent by not lowering it sooner. Until our politicians control spending and get our debt under control, we are a credit risk. Pretty soon our Congress is going to be getting payday loans to keep the spending going.

The US was stripped of its last top credit rating by Moody’s Ratings, reflecting deepening concern that ballooning debt and deficits will damage America’s standing as the preeminent destination for global capital and increase the government’s borrowing costs.

 

Moody’s lowered the US credit score to Aa1 from Aaa on Friday, joining Fitch Ratings and S&P Global Ratings in grading the world’s biggest economy below the top, triple-A position. The one-notch cut comes more than a year after Moody’s changed its outlook on the US rating to negative. The credit assessor now has a stable outlook.

 

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The shift comes at a time when the federal budget deficit is running near $2 trillion a year, or more than 6% of gross domestic product. A weaker US economy in the wake of a global tariff war is set to increase the deficit as government spending typically rises when activity slows.

That outlook comes as the overall debt level for the US has already surpassed the size of the economy in the wake of profligate borrowing since Covid. Higher interest rates over the past several years have also pushed up the cost to service the government’s debt.

 

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The US government is on track to surpass record debt levels set after World War II in just four years, reaching 107% of gross domestic product by 2029, the Congressional Budget Office warned in January.

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