September 19, 2024
ABC "News" Ratings Down One Million Viewers, or 12%, Since David Muir's Disgracefully Partisan Debate Performance
How did these people not know that the Disney Groomer Corporation is literally Satan's propaganda arm already?
Megyn Kelly notes that ABC "News" seems to know it's in crisis, because they've sent out their stuffed-shirt douchebag fake journalist to their own entertainment morning shows to have a Rap Sesh with viewers about his debate performance. She also notes that the allegations made by the claimed "whistleblower" included the following: * That Kamala Harris and ABC "News" had negotiated new terms for the debate, without Trump being present or informing him. * That Kamala Harris secured a guarantee from ABC "News" that it would not ask any questions about her knowledge of Biden's dementia, or her performance as California AG, or the fact that her brother, a government official at the DOJ, is settling claims that leftwing groups are making against the government for huge amounts -- in other words, he's using taxpayer funds to Fund the Left by pretending that taxpayer money is being given to them to settle (weak) lawsuits. Of course, none of these questions were asked, and he claims he swore out this affidavit the day before the debate. * That ABC "News" guaranteed Kamala Harris -- as your diligent, possibly psychic blogger correspondent accurately forecasted -- that they would "fact"-check Trump and only Trump. This because Kamala Harris claimed that turning her mics off would deny her the advantage of being a super-duper prosecutor, so ABC "News" would have to do the prosecution of Trump on her behalf. She is the ultimate over-entitled, under-qualified female DEI hire, always demanding that others "Position Her For Success," whining that when she's left to position herself for success she fails, and that's the white man's fault. She's a low-IQ ditzy girl in class demanding that all the boys do her homework for her and let her cheat off them on tests. And sometimes blowing the teacher for an A. * That ABC "News" guaranteed Kamala Harris that they would show her in a split-screen when Trump was talking, so that she could just shake her head sadly and make faces at him, and basically get to rebut him without actually having to state any facts or state what her positions are. * That ABC "News" did not share actual debate questions with Kamala Harris, but did submit to her general questions about the topics that would be asked about. It sure looks like all of these things happened. He also alleged that ABC "News" agreed to give Kamala a small podium so that she would appear bigger in the split-screen with Trump. I don't think this is such a terrible thing, but ABC "News" did in fact give her a teeny-tiny podium, just as he alleged. (I think we knew this before the debate so I don't know if this suggests foreknowledge on his part.) In response to these allegations, Kelly points out that ABC "News's" reply says only that it did not share questions with Kamala Harrris. That's it. That's all they deny. Of course, the allegation itself says that no actual questions were shared, just examples of the sorts of questions that might be asked. And ABC "News" refuses to deny the other allegations, about entire topics being off-limits and the promise to "Fact"-check Trump and Trump only. Via Twitchy, ABC "News" is attempting this damage control because it's lost 12% of its viewership since the Fake Debate.Posted by: Ace at 05:40 PM | Comments (246) | Trackbacks (Suck)
19-Year-Old "Trans-Identified Female" Arrested for Making Terrorist Threats to Shoot Up an Elementary School
And still the left will not tamp down on its extremist rhetoric and flirtatious relationship with political violence. Because that's all they have. It's all they are. Update: The "Alaska Man" sending 465 terroristic threats to Supreme Court Justices turns out to have also wanted Trump dead.
A 19-year-old trans-identified female was arrested by Iowa police and charged with a "threat of terrorism" after authorities were made aware of a "potential threat" to Oviatt Elementary School in Norwalk, Iowa. Margaret Anderson, who also went by "Maxwell," was arrested after Anderson made statements to a therapist as part of "regular treatment" about wanting to conduct a shooting, Warren County Attorney Doug Eichholz told the Daily Wire. The therapist reported the statements to the Des Moines Police Department, who forwarded the information to the Norwalk Police Department, Anderson's hometown. "The defendant stated that she had thoughts that she wanted to take a gun to Oviatt Elementary School in Norwalk, at 11 am through the cafeteria, and shoot children," Eichholz cited the complaint as saying. Eichholz said the complaint did not include context that could shed light on Anderson's motive.Of course. What could be this latest trans terrorist's motive? It's a mystery we will never solve. Although I would guess this demonic thing had the same motive the other six trans terrorists had.
He added that after sharing the thoughts with the therapist, Anderson was entered into Iowa Lutheran Hospital in Des Moines, which has a mental health facility.
And still the left will not tamp down on its extremist rhetoric and flirtatious relationship with political violence. Because that's all they have. It's all they are. Update: The "Alaska Man" sending 465 terroristic threats to Supreme Court Justices turns out to have also wanted Trump dead.
Update: Here's another hint about the suspect's motive. He was upset about the presidential immunity ruling. [emphasis added] In recent months, the suspect seemed particularly angry about the Supreme Court's decision to expand presidential immunity, ruling that presidents cannot be criminally prosecuted for acts that are considered official parts of their duties... "WE NEED MASS ASSASSINATIONS. If you're corrupt you're corrupt," the suspect allegedly wrote in an expletive-filled message to the Supreme Court that included an apparent reference to "official and unofficial" acts. "The internet is abuzz with Americans clamoring for your ASSASSINATIONS."CNN, CBS, ABC, NBC, PBS, and MSNBC will continue attacking the right and Trump for our "incendiary rhetoric" while simultaneously arguing the left's insane rhetoric has no effect on anything, ever.
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"Puff Daddy" Held Without Bail as New Emails Allegedly Reveal Human Trafficking, Coerced Sex, and Blackmail
I saw people, I think the Lotus Eaters, calling him "Puff Diddler."
Allegedly.Hip-hop mogul Sean "Diddy" Combs was denied bail again on Wednesday after his lawyers argued for the second time that he should be released from "horrific" jail conditions while awaiting trial in a sex-trafficking case. A New York federal judge remanded the musician into custody on Tuesday after prosecutors argued he was a "serious flight risk". Mr Combs, 54, was arrested this week, accused of running a criminal enterprise from at least 2008 that relied on drugs and violence to force women to "fulfil his sexual desires", according to prosecutors. ... Instead of jail, Mr Combs's lawyers were proposing a bail package that included a $50 million bond co-signed by Mr Combs, his mother and other family members, as well as home detention, surrender of his passport, weekly drug test and a visitor log that would be submitted to pre-trial services each night. But the judge hearing Wednesday's arguments did not agree to the proposal. "My bigger concern deals with the danger of obstruction of justice and the danger of witness tampering," Judge Andrew Carter said. "That is a real concern that I have here."The allegations concern Diddy holding sex videos over people's heads to blackmail them, so it is easy to assume that he could do that with the witnesses against him, who are almost all implicated in these blackmail sex parties.
The allegations against him are Epstein-like: allegedly, he coerced people into having sex with underaged prostitutes he'd hired, and videotaped them for blackmail purposes. The underaged-prostitute-parties were called "Freak Offs."
A 14-page indictment charges Mr Combs with racketeering, sex trafficking by force and transportation to engage in prostitution. If convicted on all three counts, the rapper and record producer faces a sentence of 15 years up to life in prison.
Questions are swirling around the salacious allegations at the center of Sean "Diddy" Combs' sex trafficking and racketeering charges, including his alleged "Freak Off" parties and the seizure of 1,000 bottles of baby oil by federal authorities. ... Diddy, who is currently awaiting trial in a jail cell, has been charged with racketeering conspiracy and sex trafficking along with a slew of illicit crimes in a federal sex trafficking case. Combs, 54, was sent to the Metropolitan Detention Center in Brooklyn on Tuesday -- a place that's been described as "hell on earth" and an "ongoing tragedy." The facility, the only federal jail in New York City, has been plagued by problems since it opened in the 1990s. In recent years, its conditions have been so stark that some judges have refused to send people there. It has also been home to a number of high-profile inmates, including R. Kelly, Ghislaine Maxwell and Michael Cohen.I don't think it's where they killed Epstein. I think that was the Metropolitan Detention Center in Manhattan, not Brooklyn.
A federal magistrate ordered him jailed without bail as he awaits trial. Combs asked a judge Wednesday if he could wait for his trial from his luxury home on an island near Miami Beach instead of the grim federal jail. He was denied that request.They let Epstein return to his sex island. Why not Diddy? Why can't a black man get equal justice in this society?
... The indictment accuses Combs of presiding over a sordid empire of sexual crimes that used his "power and prestige" for "sex trafficking, forced labor, interstate transportation for purposes of prostitution, drug offenses, kidnapping, arson, bribery and obstruction of justice." "Freak Offs" were gatherings where Diddy allegedly wielded his power to lure victims into sex acts with male commercial sex workers, ccording to the indictment unsealed Tuesday. The Bad Boy Records founder is accused of facilitating a network of associates and employees who helped keep victims in line using blackmail like the videos taken during the parties. These employees would allegedly be in charge of facilitating the "Freak Offs" by booking hotel rooms. Associates would allegedly arrange travel for victims, sex workers, and Diddy, in addition to delivering cash to pay the workers, and schedule IV fluid deliveries (used to recover from the parties). Authorities say these "Freak Offs" would occur regularly, even lasting multiple days. His employees allegedly facilitated "Freak Offs" by handling travel, hotel arrangements, and supplying drugs and baby oil. They also arranged travel for victims, sex workers, and Combs, resupplied him with necessary items, delivered cash to pay the workers, and scheduled IV fluid deliveries.Linens. Now that's sordid. Disposable bed-sheets, they mean.
During the March search of his LA and Miami homes, law enforcement seized narcotics, videos, three AR-15s with defaced serial numbers, and more than 1,000 bottles of baby oil and lubricant they say were "Freak Off" supplies. His employees would allegedly ensure that the "Freak Offs" were stocked with baby oil, linens, and lighting.
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The Left's Rhetoric Has Incited Another Assassin: Alaska Man Arrested for Threatening to Murder and Torture Six Conservative Supreme Court Justices
If you tell this petri dish of bad chemicals and bad genetics that their lives are literally in danger if Bad Man Wins Election, some will do the unthinkable: They'll believe the Democrat-Media Complex. Some are too stupid to know any better.
Alaska man charged with threats to torture, murder conservative Supreme Court justicesI'm so glad that the Democrat-Media Party is so free of racists. The "N----" word there means N*gger. That's what this Mostly Peaceful Protester is calling Clarence Thomas.
An Alaska man has been arrested and charged with threatening to torture and murder six Supreme Court justices -- including two of the high court's best-known conservatives -- as well as their relatives, the Justice Department revealed Thursday. Panos Anastasiou, 76, was nabbed Wednesday in Anchorage and is facing 22 federal charges stemming from 465 alarming messages he sent via the Supreme Court's website between March 10 and July 16, prosecutors say. The justices are not identified in the indictment, but details about Anastasiou's messages indicate he targeted Justices Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas. In one alleged message, sent May 17, Anastasiou said he wanted to drive by a justice's house with fellow Vietnam War veterans and spray the property with AR-15 gunfire. "Hopefully N---- [Supreme Court Justice 1] and his white trailer trash n---- loving wife insurrectionist wife are visiting," he wrote, according to the indictment.
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The Democrat-Media Party insists that no matter what happens, no matter how many assassins' rifles ring out, they will never stop inciting their crazies to commit murder.
Thomas' wife Ginni, who is white, has come under criticism for her support of Donald Trump's claims that the 2020 election was stolen from him via voter fraud.
A day earlier, Anastasiou appeared to reference a New York Times report about an upside-down US flag being flown outside Alito's northern Virginia home following the 2020 vote, writing: "I would have had NO reservations about walking up to [Supreme Court Justice 2] and not asking him to take it down but to put a BULLET in this mother f---s [sic] head." Another message, dated July 5, allegedly said, "We should make [Supreme Court Justices 1-6] be AFRAID very AFRAID to leave their home and fear for their lives everyday," court records reveal. The Supreme Court is generally thought to have six conservative justices and three liberal justices, with the former roster consisting of Chief Justice John Roberts and Associate Justices Amy Coney Barrett, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh in addition to Thomas and Alito. Federal Election Commission records indicate that Anastasiou donated to ActBlue, a left-leaning political action committee, dozens of times, most recently in July. "We allege that the defendant made repeated, heinous threats to murder and torture Supreme Court Justices and their families to retaliate against them for decisions he disagreed with," Attorney General Merrick Garland said in a statement.
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Iran Hacked Trump Campaign Emails and Then Offered Them to the Democrat Party to Exploit
Remember, the Media-Democrat Party and the FBI insist that this means Iran is attempting to harm both parties.
They don't want to admit a terrorist state supports the Democrats -- not after eight years of demaguoging about Russia -- so the official straight-shooter word from the FBI is that Iran is attempting to harm Both Sides equally. Another filthy lie.In other words: Democrats took the emails. Remember when they screamed about a FusionGPS operative tricking Trump into seeing her by claiming she might have information about Hillary? RUSSIA COLLUSION, they claimed. Now they're taking hacked emails from the intelligence services of the terror state of Iran, and it's all okey-dokey.
The FBI and other intelligence agencies revealed Wednesday that Iran attempted to share information stolen during its hack on the Trump campaign with the Biden campaign and continues to send material to various media outlets. "Iranian malicious cyber actors in late June and early July sent unsolicited emails to individuals then associated with President Biden's campaign that contained an excerpt taken from stolen, non-public material from former President Trump's campaign as text in the emails," the agency wrote in a joint statement alongside the Office of the Director of National Intelligence (ODNI) and the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA). "There is currently no information indicating those recipients replied."
The Harris campaign condemned the sharing of Trump campaign data but said what appeared to be phishing emails sent by Iran to staffs' personal emails were ignored.Sure.
... Despite assurances from the intelligence community that no one from the Biden-Harris team responded to the emails, the Trump campaign raised the specter that their rivals may have used the information. "This is further proof the Iranians are actively interfering in the election to help Kamala Harris and Joe Biden because they know President Trump will restore his tough sanctions and stand against their reign of terror. Kamala and Biden must come clean on whether they used the hacked material given to them by the Iranians to hurt President Trump. What did they know and when did they know it?," Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said in a statement. That battle also played out in the House Intelligence Committee, where Chair Mike Turner (R-Ohio) similarly fired off a series of questions, asking "what did they do" with the information. Meanwhile, ranking member Jim Himes (D-Conn.) noted that Trump previously called for Russia to hack the Clinton campaign, suggesting he "should sit this one out."
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CNN's Lone Republican Scott Jennings Blasts the Network for Allowing Democrats to Constantly Lie About Trump's "Bloodbath" Comments
And he called them to task for allowing Democrats to incite assassins to murder by never checking them on their iPod playlist of incitements, such as "dictator," "will destroy the country," will "put people in camps," etc.
Abby Phillips is forced, for one second, to admit that Kamala Harris and Joe Biden are lying about the bloodbath comment. But then she shifts into Democrat Defender mode, saying that while Kamala Harris is lying about the context of Trump's bloodbath statement, she -- this is Abby Phillips' defense -- never said there would be a bloodbath if Trump won, so it's not incitement. If that doesn't make sense, it's because it doesn't make sense. She's saying that while it may possibly be incitement to warn of a "bloodbath" if Trump is elected, Kamala Harris isn't warning of a bloodbath if Trump is elected. All she's saying is that Trump says there'll be a bloodbath. Totally different! Totally non-inciting! Let them keep lying! No big deal! Hilarious watching CNN, which claims so piously to be the country's Guardian of Truth and Civility in Political Discourse, declaring that it's okay for Democrats to lie as much as they want without ever being fact-checked or corrected or even challenged. They're actually parsing the difference between deliberate lies and deliberate lies which incite people to commit murder. And of course they continue claiming that no Democrat lies incite people to commit murder, because Democrats are all rational, law-abiding, and never engage in Fiery But Mostly Peaceful Protests.Posted by: Ace at 12:07 PM | Comments (444) | Trackbacks (Suck)
The Morning Rant: Minimalist Edition
And the official policy of the United States government is to engage Iran as a serious member of the world of nations, and support its desire for regional hegemony. And if that means that Iran is allowed to continue developing nuclear weapons, then that is just peachy with the Iran lovers in the administration. But Iran's policy for the entirety of its existence as an Islamic republic has been the destruction of Israel and America. That has not moderated one iota in spite of the vast accommodation America and the West has made. And the reason is simple...Iran is a terrorist state and has no interest in finding common ground with its enemies. If that sounds glaringly obvious, that's because it is. Only the profoundly stupid and ignorant elites in Western governments can ignore the reality of 45 years of evidence that Iran will not change. We see the consequences of an unleashed Iran along the borders of Israel. Hamas conducted the worst pogrom since the Holocaust, Hezbollah is launching rockets into Northern Israel, the Houthis are disrupting global shipping, and that's with the support of Iran WITHOUT nuclear weapons. An Iran with nuclear weapons will be an order of magnitude more dangerous. Obviously their first target seems like it will be Israel, but that risks a robust response from a country that is already under attack and has no illusions about the goals of the Islamic hordes surrounding it. Perhaps Europe or Saudi Arabia or even America would be a safer target. The logical answer would be for a united West to crack down on the commerce that supports Iranian terror, support dissidents within Iran, and hold the regime responsible for the destruction their proxies have wrought across the region. That will not happen unless Donald Trump wins in November. [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]
Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi vowed on Monday to keep up Tehran's "unlimited support" for terror groups throughout the region while avoiding a direct clash with Israel, according to official Iranian media. The policy of Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian's government is to "provide unlimited support to the resistance," said Araghchi. "We will support the resistance front, which has established itself as a reality in the region." The "Axis of Resistance" includes Hamas, Hezbollah, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, Yemen's Houthi rebels, and other Iranian-backed terrorist groups in the Middle East.
And the official policy of the United States government is to engage Iran as a serious member of the world of nations, and support its desire for regional hegemony. And if that means that Iran is allowed to continue developing nuclear weapons, then that is just peachy with the Iran lovers in the administration. But Iran's policy for the entirety of its existence as an Islamic republic has been the destruction of Israel and America. That has not moderated one iota in spite of the vast accommodation America and the West has made. And the reason is simple...Iran is a terrorist state and has no interest in finding common ground with its enemies. If that sounds glaringly obvious, that's because it is. Only the profoundly stupid and ignorant elites in Western governments can ignore the reality of 45 years of evidence that Iran will not change. We see the consequences of an unleashed Iran along the borders of Israel. Hamas conducted the worst pogrom since the Holocaust, Hezbollah is launching rockets into Northern Israel, the Houthis are disrupting global shipping, and that's with the support of Iran WITHOUT nuclear weapons. An Iran with nuclear weapons will be an order of magnitude more dangerous. Obviously their first target seems like it will be Israel, but that risks a robust response from a country that is already under attack and has no illusions about the goals of the Islamic hordes surrounding it. Perhaps Europe or Saudi Arabia or even America would be a safer target. The logical answer would be for a united West to crack down on the commerce that supports Iranian terror, support dissidents within Iran, and hold the regime responsible for the destruction their proxies have wrought across the region. That will not happen unless Donald Trump wins in November. [Crossposted at CutJibNewsletter]
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The Morning Report — 9/19/24
Of course, baying for the blood of Donald Trump, and indeed all of us who support him or are otherwise against the transmogrification of America as founded into hell on earth, is perfectly acceptable. Even if it means Trump takes a bullet to the head.
Something's brewing out there. I guess unlike illegal alien savages from Haiti, the teamsters know which side their pet cats and park geese are buttered. OR do they? Small wonder lone wolves or FBI/CIA trained wolves are eager to take pot shots at Donal Trump, it's because scum like Daniel Goldman are able to throw their voice and make it appear as if it's coming from Trump's mouth. Or so they think:
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Rep. Rashida Tlaib (H – Gaza) reacted to the pager attacks that decimated key elements of the Hezbollah Islamic terrorist organization and the memes that arose out of it by tweeting that it’s “disgusting”.
Tlaib is understandably upset at Islamic terrorists being wounded and dying. And by American infidels making fun of them.
But a bad day for Tlaib is a good day for America and the rest of the free world. America certainly had its share of enemy sympathizers in Congress, but the Squad has blessed us with actual enemies sitting in Congress. It’s as if we had actual Soviet commissars sitting in Congress during the Cold War.
Of course, baying for the blood of Donald Trump, and indeed all of us who support him or are otherwise against the transmogrification of America as founded into hell on earth, is perfectly acceptable. Even if it means Trump takes a bullet to the head.
According to a new survey that RMG Research conducted for the Napolitan News Service, a staggering 17% of voters believe that America would be better off if last week’s assassination attempt on Trump had succeeded. This includes an alarming 28% of Democrats, with another 24% unsure whether America might be better off if Trump were dead. Only 48% of Democrats could definitively say that the country would not be better off if Trump had been killed. These numbers are nothing short of horrifying. When nearly half of a major political party cannot outright reject the idea of the assassination of a political opponent as a solution, we are witnessing a moral breakdown in the very fabric of our society — or at least the Democrat Party.And speaking of paradise on earth, there seems to be trouble in Workers Paradise on earth,
Polling conducted from July 24 through September 15, 2024, found similar results, with more than 59 percent of Teamsters saying they support Trump and only 34 percent saying they support Harris. About 6.4 percent of Teamsters are considering other candidates.So rank and file Teamsters seem to be behind Trump in a big way and yet the union bosses have yet to announce that they will support Kalorama-Kamala and Tampon Timmy. There's no way in hell they'd back Trump. First time in ages that the rank and file have not backed the Democrat outright.
Something's brewing out there. I guess unlike illegal alien savages from Haiti, the teamsters know which side their pet cats and park geese are buttered. OR do they? Small wonder lone wolves or FBI/CIA trained wolves are eager to take pot shots at Donal Trump, it's because scum like Daniel Goldman are able to throw their voice and make it appear as if it's coming from Trump's mouth. Or so they think:
Rep. Dan S. Goldman (D-NY), a former aide to Rep. Adam Schiff (D-CA) and heir to the Levi Strauss fortune, said Wednesday that former President Donald Trump intends to “execute a coup” on January 6, 2025, if he loses the race.Let me translate that, as it has multiple meanings. First, anyone who takes out Trump will be a national hero for protecting our precious democracy! (vomit!). Second, it means that Goldman has a pretty good notion that Trump is going to win and so, he is telegraphing exactly what the Junta is going to do in the event. It is the Democrats and the Deep State that will foment violence in the streets and engage in real insurrection to prevent Trump from being certified in the Electoral College or should they fail that, from being sworn in. Hello, John Brennan!
In the wake of the second attempt on his life, Donald Trump flagged the “highly inflammatory language” Democrats have deployed against him, such as the charges of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris that the former president is a threat to democracy and so forth. When it comes to inflammatory language and outright hatred, it’s hard to top former CIA director John Brennan, author of Undaunted: My Fight Against America’s Enemies at Home and Abroad. Note the order in the subtitle.Of course, our speech is violence but their violence is speech. And since Pazuzu is on their side, by any means necessary, yo! Have a good day.
The CIA is tasked to counter foreign threats to the nation, but with Brennan, CIA boss from 2013-17, the enemies are at home and there is no greater threat than Donald Trump. Brennan “carried a mental catalog of the many unfavorable impressions of Mr. Trump I had accumulated over the previous decades” a man relying on “intimidation, untruths, ruthless litigation and bankruptcy laws.” For Brennan, “no individual came close to Trump’s dishonesty, unabashed self-aggrandizement, and demagogic rhetoric.”
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- ABOVE THE FOLD, BREAKING, NOTEWORTHY
- The international relations scholar was bearish that a second Trump term could successfully fight the administrative state.
Mearsheimer’s ‘Big Question’: Can Trump Beat Back the ‘Deep State’?
- Victor Davis Hanson: Harris thinks her delays, deceptions, and vilifications for the next 47 days will ensure her victory. (assuming she is in fact "winning" by whatever metrics, as of right now - jjs)
Can Harris’ Cynical, Run-out-the Clock Campaign Succeed?
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Daily Tech News 19 September 2024
Top Story
- Nintendo and the Pokemon Company are officially suing Palworld creator Pocketpair. (WCCFTech)
At issue is the idea of catching and training weird animals, that Nintendo asserts it stole fair and square.
Japanese patent law is a bit weird and unlike western patents, so whether they have a case is uncertain. One major problem is that Pocketpair now has a billion dollars to fund its defense.
- Speaking of western patents Congress has decided that now is the perfect time to fuck everything up. (Ars Technica)
The Supreme Court has already thrown out entire categories of patent. You can't patent something that is already commonplace "but on a computer", and you can't patent people's genes.
The proposed bill is supported by the larger pharmaceutical companies and opposed by literally everyone else.
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September 18, 2024
Wednesday Overnight Open Thread (9/18/24)
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Unidentified Floating Object Cafe
by Dale Rockell
This is a young go-getter with upper management written all over him. A Jellical sunset. Ahh-oooh, werewolves of Paris... Best werewolf movie ever? (It's a pretty short list of good werewolf movies.) Birds are underrated pets. I'm starting to think that video of cars literally flying past photographers might be real. Feeding your woodland friends. When your farm friends invite themselves to brunch. The family that plays together stays together. These pandas are out of control.
by Dale Rockell
This is a young go-getter with upper management written all over him. A Jellical sunset. Ahh-oooh, werewolves of Paris... Best werewolf movie ever? (It's a pretty short list of good werewolf movies.) Birds are underrated pets. I'm starting to think that video of cars literally flying past photographers might be real. Feeding your woodland friends. When your farm friends invite themselves to brunch. The family that plays together stays together. These pandas are out of control.
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"It Appears War is Here:" Israel May Be Preparing for Ground Invasion of Hezballah's Strongholds in Southern Lebanon
By the way, you'll never guess what the White House Press Corps' take on the highly-targeted Comms Bombs campaign is. Or, I guess, you probably will:
Before that: The comms bombs, the Beep Beep Booms, are hitting Hezballah where it hurts: in their bad-seed groins.
Paging all terrorists! Thousands of Hezbollah terrorists were injured in southern Lebanon on Tuesday when their new pagers all simultaneously exploded -- causing horrifying wounds to their groins and hands as the devices detonated on their belts and in their pockets. Lebanese officials said 2,800 people were injured and nine killed in what Hezbollah officials claimed was an attack by Israel.L-O-L. What a bunch of dickless buffoons. Israel's cabinet approves sending an elite force north to the southern Lebannon border.
Hezbollah -- a Lebanese militant group that the US has designated as a terrorist organization -- confirmed the wide-ranging attack on its operatives, including fighters and medics. One official, speaking on the condition of anonymity, called it the "biggest security breach" since the group began its near-daily attacks on Israel on Oct. 8. The devices that detonated were all the latest models acquired by Hezbollah in recent months. They were distributed to members after Hezbollah's leader warned his fighters not to carry cell phones -- telling them they could be used to track their movements or carry out targeted strikes.
As many suspected and feared, this deadly two-day Israeli covert operation to blow up Hezbollah pagers, walkie-talkies, and small electronic devices was but preparation for a likely Israeli military ground operation in southern Lebanon. It appears war is here. According to breaking news wires:Southern Lebanon is dominated by Hezballah. It's almost a separate province of Lebanon. It's a poor area of the country. The rest of Lebanon has to send it aid. Of course, this aid is not marked as coming from the Lebanese government nor the various sectarian factions that are kind enough to provide charity to their poor southern cousins. This aid is re-boxed into crates stamped "Hezballah" and distributed from Hezballah-marked relief centers. So the poor, backwards population thinks that Hezballah is providing the charity. You know, I imagine, that Hamas does the same thing with UN-provided aid in Gaza. As far as the Gazans know, what little charitable aide that gets distributed their (the fraction which isn't seized by Hamas itself) is provided by Hamas. Based on my limited knowledge -- just a week-long junket meeting Lebanese politicians -- Hezballah is not well-liked in Lebanon, except in the south. Hezballah participates in violence against other factions in Lebanon, and of course they periodically start wars with Israel, which then causes the rest of Lebanon to come under counter-fire. I've asked why the rest of Lebanon just doesn't declare southern Lebanon its own country and let them fuck off. The answer I got is something like: Although Hezballah is a violent, backwards, trouble-making part of the Lebanese family, they're still part of the Lebanese family, even if they occasionally shoot up the rest of the family and drag the rest of the family into their endless wars. I really wish Lebanon would declare itself independent and separate from southern Lebanon. There are multiple Christian factions, a Druze faction, and a Sunni Muslim faction in the north, and they all manage to get along relatively well. Yes, there are ethnic tensions -- it turns out that America is not the only country in the world where differing racial and religious factions experience tensions and stress between them -- but they generally get along without too much strife. On the other hand, there is the Hezballah-controlled south, which is an armed camp funded by Iran for all practical purposes.So far the second day of explosions across Beirut and Lebanon have led to 14 killed and 450 wounded, but the casualty toll could be much higher. Defense Minister Gallant has also declared a "new phase" of operations against Hezbollah along northern Israel...
Israeli cabinet has given PM Netanyahu and Defence Minister Gallant the authorization to undertake military action against Hezbollah -- even if it leads to an all-out war.
By the way, you'll never guess what the White House Press Corps' take on the highly-targeted Comms Bombs campaign is. Or, I guess, you probably will:
Katie Pavlich
@KatiePavlich To nobody's surprise, the White House press corps is very mad about the pagers.
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Teamsters Union Makes No Endorsement in Presidential Race; First Time They Haven't Endorsed a Democrat Since 1996
Now, some of you will say the union members greatly preferred Trump, so they should have endorsed Trump!
Right you are, I'm getting to that. Gimme a quick second. First, the non-endorsement:The International Brotherhood of Teamsters will not issue an endorsement in the presidential election for the first time since 1996, and for only the second time since 1960. Teamsters General President Sean O'Brien said "neither major candidate was able to make serious commitments to our union to ensure the interests of working people are always put before Big Business." "We sought commitments from both Trump and Harris not to interfere in critical union campaigns or core Teamsters industries -- and to honor our members' right to strike -- but were unable to secure those pledges," O'Brien said. The Teamsters endorsed President Biden during the 2020 election, and has consistently supported Democratic presidential nominees in recent election cycle. The union notably waited to announce its endorsement decision far longer than other unions and labor organizations, including the United Auto Workers, National Education Association, Service Employees International Union and AFL-CIO, which all endorsed Biden, then Vice President Harris, after the president dropped out of the race in July.Now: The union conducted a poll to determine its members' sentiments about the election. It turns out those sentiments, get this, didn't matter to the corrupt leadership. The members strongly preferred Trump, which resulted in... no endorsement either way. Ah, Democracy! We must all work to save our precious Democracy, where the people's votes never matter and the Party always picks the winners. Below, the Teamsters' own data for the race. While Teamsters preferred Biden over Trump in a straw poll conducted a while ago, they now approve Trump over Harris by 58-59% to 31%, depending on the metric. An electronic poll of members says one thing, a "research" effort (which I guess consists of randomly calling members) says another. But both show almost 60% preference for Trump. The leadership's conclusion? Too close to call!
The Teamsters has endorsed GOP presidential candidates, including Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush, and O'Brien's flirtation with former President Trump and Republicans sparked speculation the union could once again break from the pack.
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Despite Inflation Still Raging, Fed Chairman Powell Slashes Interest Rates by a Big Half Point
The only way this can be justified is that if there's a big recession on the way that is even worse than runaway inflation. But Powell won't admit that's the case. That would damage the Biden-Harris lie that the economy is booming, baby! The other way this can be justified is if you're a Deep State Democrat looking to rig another election.
He has given up on fighting inflation, and in fact is now putting us on the path for more inflation, to forestall the Biden-Harris Recession by a couple of months until we're safely past the election.
As I always say, cutting interest rates puts more money into the economy, which further devalues our already-devalued dollars. It is inherently inflationary. The market is already flooded with cheap dollars, reducing the value of all of them. This floods the market with more cheap dollars, reducing their value still further.The only way this can be justified is that if there's a big recession on the way that is even worse than runaway inflation. But Powell won't admit that's the case. That would damage the Biden-Harris lie that the economy is booming, baby! The other way this can be justified is if you're a Deep State Democrat looking to rig another election.
Looks like the Federal Reserve doesn't like the latest jobs reports any better than others do -- at least others outside the White House. In an 11-1 vote, the Fed cut its lending rate by 50 basis points rather than the usual 25, pushing it back down to between 4.45-5.0%. That matches up with expectations over the last few days by economists hoping that the Fed would take more aggressive action to prevent a collapse in job creation.Update: The ignorant DEI hire Kamala Harris claims that flooding the market with even more cheap dollars is anti-inflationary.
Advertisement This won't be the last action from the Fed this year, and we could see another full 100 basis points cut before next summer:[WSJ:] Eleven of 12 Fed voters backed the cut, which will bring the benchmark federal-funds rate to a range between 4.75% and 5%. Quarterly projections released Wednesday showed a narrow majority of officials penciled in cuts that would lower rates by at least a quarter point each at meetings in November and December. Fed Chair Jerome Powell's decision to trim rates by a larger amount than most analysts anticipated until just a few days ago moved the central bank unwaveringly into a new phase of its inflation battle: It is now trying to prevent past rate increases, which last year took borrowing costs to a two-decade high, from further weakening the U.S. labor market. "The committee has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably toward 2%, and judges that the risks to achieving its employment and inflation goals are roughly in balance," the Fed said in its policy statement Wednesday. The rate cut reflected both "the progress on inflation and the balance of risks."
The US Federal Reserve cut its key lending rate by half a percentage-point Wednesday in its first reduction since the Covid pandemic, sharply lowering borrowing costs just before November's presidential election. The Fed's decision will affect the rates at which commercial banks lend to consumers and businesses, bringing down the cost of borrowing on everything from mortgages to credit cards. Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris praised the move while emphasizing her commitment to fighting inflation. "While this announcement is welcome news for Americans who have borne the brunt of high prices, my focus is on the work ahead to keep bringing prices down," the Vice President said in a statement.Interest rate hikes wring some cheap dollars out of the economy, thus making each remaining dollar worth more, thus reducing inflation. Interest rate cuts do the exact opposite. But she majored in Sucking Dick of Her Boss. What do you expect of her?
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Hezballah Rocked by More Explosions, As Israel Begins Detonating Solar Power Controllers, Smart Watches, Home Appliances, and Electronic Keypad Door Locks in Houses Owned by Hezballah Terrorists
Per a French outlet, the casualty count in just this second wave is up to 14 dead, 250+ wounded.
"Some beepers did some things." -- Sponge
So you like terror bombing, huh? Let's see how you feel about it when your household devices are exploding in your face, Hezballah.Per a French outlet, the casualty count in just this second wave is up to 14 dead, 250+ wounded.
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Kamala Harris Has a New Fake Accent: Latinxish
Lemme just do a quickie, I've been refuting Jim Geraghty's claims about Israel on Twitter.
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Nine More Hezballah Terrorists Killed by Racist Right-Wing Memes and Remotely-Detonated Walkie-Talkies But Mostly by Remotely-Detonated Walkie Talkies
Live by the bomb, die by the bomb.
Below, various explosions. The funeral bomb, I think, is show in the third video clip, at the bottom left of the square of four videos.
Hezbollah walkie-talkies explode in second day of wide-scale, remote-detonated attacks against terror groupOh my, that is precious. Hey, while you're here mourning the last dead terrorist, boom, here's another one. You can throw him right in the same hole. Saves you time and bother. You're welcome, Hezballah. I think that is shown in the video under the fold, with the street procession. I guess that is the funeral they're talking about. At the end of a clip, another bomb goes off.
A second wave of explosions rocked Lebanon on Wednesday, targeting thousands of handheld radios used by the terror group, Hezbollah. This latest wave comes after at least 12 were killed and over 2,800 injured after pagers used by the terrorist group detonated simultaneously across the country on Tuesday. Key Details: Explosions were reported in Beirut and southern Lebanon, following Tuesday's initial wave that targeted Hezbollah pagers. Wednesday's attack focused on walkie-talkies ordered by Hezbollah five months ago, around the same time as the pagers. Hezbollah has blamed Israel for the attacks, though official links between the two incidents remain unconfirmed. Diving Deeper: Hezbollah experienced a second day of devastating explosions on Wednesday as thousands of handheld radios used by the Iran-backed terror group were detonated remotely. The explosions, which targeted devices in Beirut and southern Lebanon, come after at least 12 were killed and over 2,800 injured after pagers used by the terrorist group detonated simultaneously on Tuesday. Sources told Axios reporter Barak Ravid that the targeted radios were acquired by Hezbollah around the same time as the pagers, five months ago. The attacks have disrupted Hezbollah's communications infrastructure, with at least one explosion occurring near a funeral for those killed in the first wave of blasts.
Hezballah both cried about this senseless act of "terrorism" and then responded by sending rockets into civilian areas. They promise a "reckoning." But they're also telling their fellow terrorists to stay off all communication devices. As Ed Morrissey points out, coordinating a terrorist strike against Israel will be more difficult when no one feels save getting on a communications device.
Hezbollah has pointed the finger at Israel for the coordinated strikes, with Reuters reporting that the group blames Israel for both days of attacks. Israeli officials have yet to comment on the allegations, but reports from the New York Times suggest that Israel had hidden explosives in Taiwan-made Gold Apollo pagers, which were later imported to Lebanon. The explosives, placed next to the battery, were triggered remotely by a message impersonating Hezbollah leadership.
Open Source IntelUpdate from weft-cut loop:
@Osint613 BREAKING SECOND WAVE Hezbollah Communication Explosions in Lebanon This is a developing story; the following details are subject to change as more information comes in: - Backup communication devices (walkie-talkies) used by Hezbollah have started exploding across Lebanon.
Key facts:
1. Multiple individuals were wounded at a Hezbollah funeral. 2. The explosions are reported to be significantly larger than yesterday's explosions. 3. Houses, cars, and motorcycles have also exploded. 4. Explosions have been reported in Beirut, the Beqaa Valley, and southern Lebanon. 5. Solar systems have been reported to explode as well. 6. Over 100 people have been wounded so far. 7. Three Hezbollah terrorists have been confirmed eliminated.
@Breaking911 BREAKING: Lebanon's official news agency reports that home solar energy systems exploded in several areas of Beirut - AP
Below, various explosions. The funeral bomb, I think, is show in the third video clip, at the bottom left of the square of four videos.
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The DHS's Evasiveness and Incompetence Is Too Much Even for Leftwing Democrat Partisan Senator Richard "Danang Dick" Blumenthal, Who Accuses the Agency of "Stonewalling" About Its Botched Protection of Trump
Before that: The report about a bomb being found near a Trump rally is claimed to have been a false report.
Police say there is no threat to former President Donald Trump's rally site on Long Island after 'explosives' were reportedly found in a car near the site. A spokesperson for the Nassau County Police Department confirmed to DailyMail.com that 'there was a suspicious occurrence' on Wednesday ahead of Trump's speech where thousands of MAGA fans are gathering. But there is 'no validity' to a report that there was an 'explosive device found.' 'Reports of explosives being found at the site are unfounded,' said Nassau County Commissioner of Police Patrick Ryde. 'There is a person who is being questioned who may have been training a bomb detection dog near the site. The individual with the bomb dog falsely reported explosives being found and that individual is currently being detained by police.'And when you've lost Dick Blumenthal...
A Democratic senator accused the U.S. Department of Homeland Security of "stonewalling" requests for information about the first attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump. Sen. Richard Blumenthal, D-Conn., told reporters Monday from a Senate office building that DHS has not provided documents, witnesses nor other evidence relating to the July assassination attempt.The Secret Service admits that it again failed to follow its own procedures in providing Fake Protection to Trump, not even taking the basic step of searching the golf course before Trump arrived there. What would you say you do here?
"I am reaching the point of total outrage, because the response from the Department of Homeland Security has been totally lacking. In fact, I think it's tantamount to stonewalling in many respects," Sen. Blumenthal said. The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has been investigating any security failures that led to the assassination attempt. Sen. Blumenthal sits on that committee. "The Department of Homeland Security has to be more forthcoming, not only to me, but to the American people, and it has to do it quickly or it will fuel the conspiracy theories that are so dangerous to our democracy, as well as undermining its own credibility," he said. One of those conspiracy theories is that government actors orchestrated the shooting. Rep. Eli Crane, R-Ariz., said in a radio interview that he didn't "put it past some of the people in our government to do anything necessary to hold on to power," according to The New York Times. Sen. Blumenthal said that he has expressed his frustration to DHS, adding that he would support a subpoena to obtain evidence of what actually happened. "I'll certainly support a subpoena. It takes very little ing to do a subpoena here and even less time," he noted. "I know how to do subpoenas. I'm ready, willing and able to use the subpoena process if necessary to get information from the Department of Homeland Security."
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Wednesday Morning Rant
Framing
In any account of any event, there are always two primary components: the facts, and the framing of those facts. Facts are irrefutable. They are, or they are not. There can be a lie or a misapprehension presented as a fact and thus facts are subject to - in the language of our day - debunking, but it is still a matter of fact as such. It is or it isn't. Facts, though, are only part of the story. Sometimes they aren't even the dominant part. The other part is how those facts are framed.
For any account, it's in the framing that biases, ideologies, agendas, etc. surface. The selection of which facts to include and how to present them is how to lead the reader to the "correct" conclusion about those facts. There was stupendous example of this in Mother Jones yesterday (h/t Gentlemen, this is junta manifest). It's a story of a woman from Georgia who died following an out-of-state abortion.
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