February 21, 2017

I can't even call Assange self-parody anymore...

https://twitter.com/DavidYankovich/status/833936201845452802



This is the part where I say once again that I told you so, but I'm tired of saying it and you're tired of hearing it...

FWIW, this is the same single-page agitprop playbook Greenwald is using now -- No matter what the far right does or says, the true villain will always be ***LIBRUL HYPOCRISEE!!!11111****

February 16, 2017

MEANWHILE, in Pittsburgh:

https://twitter.com/BradyTrett/status/831691310331355137

February 16, 2017

FBI arrests man in Myrtle Beach allegedly planning attack in the spirit of Dylann Roof

Source: WMFB-TV

MYRTLE BEACH, SC (WMBF) – A man with connections to a white supremacy group was arrested in Myrtle Beach Wednesday after purchasing a gun from an undercover FBI agent, apparently intending to commit an attack “in the spirit of Dylann Roof.”

On December 26, 2016, McDowell posted to Facebook a message: “I love love to act what u think,” followed by a link to the Temple Emanu-El Conservative Synagogue in Myrtle Beach, according to court documents obtained by WMBF News. Horry County Police indicated to the FBI that McDowell had established White Supremacy Extremist connections while serving in prison in South Carolina for various criminal offenses. He also had tattoos indicating an affiliation with these groups.

According to the federal complaint document, on January 5, 2017, McDowell posted to Facebook an anti-semetic screed referencing Dylann Roof, which included the statement: “you want to post if you ain’t got the heart to fight for Yahweh like dylann roof did you need to shut the f***** up…”

...McDowell first met with the undercover FBI agent on January 12, believing that the agent “handled problems for the Aryan Nations,” the court document states. The agent met with McDowell at a Myrtle Beach hotel and discussed obtaining a gun, saying that he didn’t want it being traced back to him. McDowell said he didn’t want an attack coming back to him either, and he wanted to be “scot-free.” He emphasized that he did not want to get caught and go back to jail.

Read more: http://www.wmbfnews.com/story/34521384/fbi-arrests-man-allegedly-planning-attack-in-the-spirit-of-dylann-roof?clienttype=generic&utm_content=buffer89ed9&utm_medium=social&utm_source=twitter.com&utm_campaign=buffer

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yep...

February 15, 2017

England is way ahead of us... WAY ahead!

A Domino’s Pizza customer was shocked to find that their order could come with added sides of MDMA, ketamine “and much more.“

A calling card for a local drug dealer was attached to a Friday night order from a branch in Liverpool .

The pizza, which was delivered at around 9pm on Friday, February 10 had a small blue card attached to the box which gave customers the option of calling two numbers to obtain various illegal substances.

The incident was reported to Merseyside Police on Friday evening and is currently being investigated along with a number of similar reports. The ECHO understands that the advertising approach has been used on various occasions across the city since November 2016.

Local Domino’s stores are franchised out to separate owners and drivers are employed by the store, not the Domino’s parent company. Friday’s delivery came from the London Road store in the city centre. No-one from the store has been willing to comment.



http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/news/liverpool-news/dominos-customer-shocked-after-friday-12597304

February 14, 2017

Why didn't Hillary raise the alarm about Trump+Russia during the campaign?

Oh wait, she did:

https://twitter.com/HillaryClinton/status/762059962101198848

February 14, 2017

Julian Assange has spoken:

By this point the WL TL is indistinguishable from parody North Korea press officer TLs

February 14, 2017

Report suggests Russia, Syria deliberately targeted civilian areas of Aleppo

Source: CNN

"The biggest revelation of this report is not necessarily that these attacks were happening, but the scale at which they were happening," Eliot Higgins, a senior fellow at the Digital Forensic Research Lab of the Atlantic Council, told CNN.

The report, titled "Breaking Aleppo," comes against a backdrop of dramatic political change in the United States, with President Donald Trump signaling the possibility for increased cooperation with Moscow in Syria...


...The Russian government has categorically rejected allegations that its forces targeted hospitals, while Assad has previously said that deliberately bombing medical facilities would amount to a war crime.
But Higgins, who carried out much of the analysis for the report, calls the attacks "undeniable."

"It's important that these attacks are recognized and that there is some sort of response," Higgins, a British-based researcher who founded the social sleuthing website bellingcat.com, said. "We're implicitly giving a green light to other countries, saying that it's OK to indiscriminately bomb civilian populations and hospitals."

Read more: http://www.cnn.com/2017/02/13/middleeast/syria-russia-aleppo-civilian-areas

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1. I told folks this was going on back when the political left was wringing their hands over the USAF incident with the MSF facility and wanting to drag Obama before a war crimes tribunal, so don't act shocked...

2. I humbly await comment from Rep. Tulsi Gabbard and her defenders...

3. I humbly await comment from Glenn Fucking Greenwald and the rest of his Intercept dudebros...

February 13, 2017

Wherein Glenn Greenwald throws Snowden under the bus...

You know what I like about binary, absolutist minds? It is so goddamned easy to lead them into an argument where they go full-circle...

A little further digging in his TL will also reveal numerous rants on why leaks about Trump's incompetence is bad... Irony has officially been killed...

February 9, 2017

Filed under: "Shit only white folks can get away with doing"

Gun advocates arrested carrying rifle into Dearborn police station


James Baker had body armor on and a semi-automatic pistol strapped to his hip as he slung a short-barreled rifle over his chest and pulled a black ski mask over his head. His buddy, Brandon Vreeland, a fellow open carry advocate, also had on body armor but left his gun in the car, instead bringing along cameras to videotape the encounter that was about to take place.

The two men wanted to file a complaint about being pulled over earlier by Dearborn police officers, but also saw it as an opportunity to test the suburban Detroit department to see if its officers “honored” the Constitution and their right to carry guns.

When the two men walked into the lobby of the Dearborn Police Headquarters on Michigan Avenue on Sunday afternoon, just about what you would expect to happen happened.

Police officers with guns drawn were waiting, and a tense standoff occurred as the two men initially refused to comply with orders to drop to the ground as they argued they had a right to carry weapons.

http://www.freep.com/story/news/local/michigan/wayne/2017/02/06/dearborn-police-station-gun-rifle/97544076/



So... Body armor, rifles, ski masks, and they just go rollin' up in a community police station to file a complaint?

Unarmed black folks get shot on sight while these assclowns merely get arrested with a stern talking-to, I guess...

February 1, 2017

Today's reminder that not all of humanity sucks...

A gift of life : Pilot donates kidney









We often help out colleagues with little things such as making a cup of coffee, offering a life home or working a shift to help out, but would you go as far as undergoing major surgery for a work associate?

Jenny Hansel, a flight attendant on Alaska Airlines has been suffering from kidney disease for over 15 years, undergone 7 surgeries and is subjected to 10 hours of dialysis every night. Without a kidney transplant, Jenny faces many years of dialysis and quite likely death. Alaska Airlines called for a donor from among their employees and Captain Jodi Harskamp was one of the first people to step forward. Captain Harskamp flies for Alaska Airlines, especially on the Hawaii route, and Jenny Hansel was often an attendant on the same aircraft. Four years previously, Jenny Hansel was one of the first people to step up to assist with food and other necessities when Captain Harskamp’s home burnt down, leaving her, her baby and her dog with nothing but what they had on them when they evacuated the burning house.
Pilot to donate kidney to flight attendant

The surgery is scheduled for March 13 and the recovery time for the two women will be around 6 to 12 weeks before returning to work. Captain Harskamp’s career is on the line if she does not recover well enough to return to normal duties, but she believes she has assessed the risk and that the reward is far greater than the potential loss.

In Captain Harskamp’s words : “As one person, it’s difficult to change the world, but you can at least change somebody’s world.”


http://flyinganarchy.com/gift-life-pilot-donates-kidney/

http://www.ktuu.com/content/news/Pilot-to-donate-kidney-to-flight-attendant-412011105.html