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Best of the Web: Highland Park gunman admitted to firing on parade crowd and contemplated attack in Madison, Wisconsin, officials say

Travis Caldwell, Jason Hanna and Dakin Andone
CNN
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 00:33 UTC
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The gunman in Monday's massacre at a Fourth of July parade in the Illinois city of Highland Park admitted he carried out the attack, killing seven and wounding dozens of others, prosecutors said in court Wednesday.

Robert E. Crimo III, 21, told authorities in a voluntary statement that he "looked down his sights, aimed and opened fire" on paradegoers, emptying two 30-round magazines before loading his weapon with a third and firing again, Lake County Assistant State's Attorney Ben Dillon alleged during a virtual bail hearing.

A judge ordered Crimo, who appeared at the hearing wearing black, to be held without bail on seven charges of first-degree murder. A conviction would result in a sentence of life imprisonment without parole, but more charges could be filed in the future, Lake County State's Attorney Eric Rinehart said.

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Best of the Web: Uvalde mayor says he fears a cover-up of investigation into school massacre and calls on Texas Gov. Abbott to intervene

Shimon Prokupecz, Matthew J. Friedman
CNN
Wed, 06 Jul 2022 03:37 UTC
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© Veronica G Cardinas/ReutersMcLaughlin, far left, shouts as Beto O'Rourke disrupts a news conference the day after the Robb Elementary massacre. Texas Governor Abbott (center)
Uvalde Mayor Don McLaughlin told CNN he's lost faith in Texas leaders investigating how law enforcement responded to the shooting at his town's elementary school that killed 19 children and two adults.

"I'm not confident, 100%, in DPS because I think it's a cover-up," he said of the Texas Department of Public Safety, the lead agency tasked with identifying what led to well-armed officers waiting outside a classroom for more than an hour before engaging the gunman. "McCraw's covering up for maybe his agencies," McLaughlin continued in his sharpest attack yet on Col. Steven McCraw, the DPS director.

McCraw told the Texas Senate that the police response was an "abject failure" and placed sole blame on school police chief Pedro "Pete" Arredondo. But McLaughlin told CNN on Tuesday he did not feel the full story of the May 24 massacre was coming out, partly because Texas DPS was not being transparent.

"Every agency in that hallway is gonna have to share the blame," he said.

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Best of the Web: Woke is a (terrible) religion

John Carter
Postcards from Barsoom
Sat, 09 Jul 2022 14:46 UTC
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Theophilus Chilton has a recent piece comparing the Church of Woke to Evangelical revivalism, which inspired me to put down some of my own thoughts on the subject. Likewise, see Niccolo Saldo's thoughts on the Last Pagan Generation.

The collapse of Christianity in the West has left a spiritual vacuum. The Enlightenment proclaimed the liberation of reason from revelation. God's death was pronounced. Finally, gradually and then all at once, the churches emptied. Yet the soul, like nature, abhors a vacuum. Humans are religious beings; we crave purpose, meaning, participation in something that transcends the grubby banality of our individual lives.

And so the Great Awokening blossomed in the lands denuded of faith of their fathers.
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Best of the Web: Are COVID-19 shot trial results rigged? An analysis

Dr. Joseph Mercola
Mercola.com
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 17:20 UTC
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In a rather shocking turn of events, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration sneaked in a "Future Framework"1 scheme that will allow Pfizer and Moderna to reformulate and release updated COVID shots without conducting any additional human clinical trials, other than what's already been done.2,3,4

FDA Rewrites the Rules on the Fly

A vote on the Framework was scheduled to be taken June 28, 2022, by the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee (VRBPAC), but while the VRBPAC approved (19-2) a bivalent COVID shot for fall 2022,5 the expected voting on the Framework, specifically, didn't seem to take place — only it DID.

As it turns out, we've been bamboozled yet again by an agency that keeps rewriting the rules on the fly. Toby Rogers, Ph.D. — a political economist whose research focus is on regulatory capture and Big Pharma corruption6 — explains how they sneaked this one by us:7

Comment: Steve Bannon interviews Toby Rogers on the debacle at the FDA:



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Best of the Web: Huge meteor fireball explodes over Argentina on July 7

Wonderful World
YouTube
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 10:05 UTC
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Both in Mendoza and in the vicinity of Santiago de Chile, a huge flash could be seen in the sky, a "fireball" that was heading for the Andes Mountains around 5:30 in the morning.

Thanks to a video shared by a user, you can see the amazing phenomenon that appears above the lights of the city and the dark night and vanishes between the mountains. A similar event was also reported in New Zealand and Mexico.

According to what witnesses told, the fireball sounded like thunder once it entered the atmosphere, so several people from Maipú, San Martín, Godoy Cruz, Tunuyán, Lavalle and Luján de Cuyo, in Mendoza, woke up startled. at dawn.

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Best of the Web: Former Japan PM Abe 'in grave condition' after shooting UPDATE: Abe dies after succumbing to injuries

Hiroshi Hiyama/ Sara Hussein
Hong Kong Free Press
Fri, 08 Jul 2022 03:28 UTC
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© NHK screenshotShinzo Abe giving a speech before he was apparently shot.
Abe, 67, collapsed and was bleeding from the neck, a source from his ruling Liberal Democratic Party told the Jiji news agency.

Japan's former premier Shinzo Abe was fighting for his life on Friday after being shot at a campaign event, the prime minister said, condemning the "absolutely unforgivable" attack.

The shooting of the country's best-known politician comes despite Japan's strict gun laws and with campaigning under way ahead of upper house elections on Sunday.

Comment: UPDATE: He didn't make it.





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Best of the Web: Russia hasn't really started anything yet - Putin


RT
Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:11 UTC
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Russia is ready to engage in peace negotiations with Ukraine, President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday, warning that those who reject such prospects should realize that prolonging the ongoing conflict would only make such talks more difficult.

"We do not refuse to negotiate peace, but those who refuse should know that the longer they do, the more difficult it will be to negotiate," Putin said, issuing a warning to those who might think Russia has already exhausted its capabilities amid the conflict.

"We hear today that they want us to be defeated on the battlefield. Well, what can I say? Let them try. We haven't even really started anything yet."

Comment: Also check out SOTT radio's: NewsReal: G7 Louts on Tour: Western Leaders Laugh as Chaos Spreads



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Best of the Web: Celebrity Ukraine 'volunteer' soldier exposed as fraud by internet sleuths

James Kilner
The Telegraph
Mon, 04 Jul 2022 18:24 UTC
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A popular Twitter account, claiming to be posting reportage style photos from the fighting in Ukraine, has been uncovered as a fake
He was one of the most dashing foreign volunteers fighting in Ukraine, wowing his thousands of Twitter fans with tales of daring missions into enemy territory.

But the Canadian volunteer's vivid descriptions of front line action have been exposed as a fabrication by internet sleuths identifying his weapons as nothing more than mock air guns.

The story of "Canadian Ukrainian Volunteer" highlights the information war being fought on social media channels and how online amateur detectives caught a fraud who they said was endangering lives.
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Best of the Web: Unbearable inflation sparks GLOBAL wave of protests


Voice of America - Zimbabwe
Tue, 05 Jul 2022 11:05 UTC
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© AP Photo/Tsvangirayi MukwazhiFILE -Health workers led by nurses take part in a demonstration over salaries at Parerenyatwa Hospital in Harare, on June, 21, 2022
Rising food costs. Soaring fuel bills. Wages that are not keeping pace. Inflation is plundering people's wallets, sparking a wave of protests and workers' strikes around the world.

This week alone saw protests by the political opposition in Pakistan, nurses in Zimbabwe, unionized workers in Belgium, railway workers in Britain, Indigenous people in Ecuador, hundreds of U.S. pilots and some European airline workers. Sri Lanka's prime minister declared an economic collapse Wednesday after weeks of political turmoil.

Economists say Russia's war in Ukraine amplified inflation by further pushing up the cost of energy and prices of fertilizer, grains and cooking oils as farmers struggle to grow and export crops in one of the world's key agricultural regions.


Comment: As noted elsewhere whilst there is a Western fomented energy crisis occurring, energy costs have still been falling, just not for the consumer, however energy companies continue to post record profits.

In addition, Western sanctions have been blocking shipments of critical gas pipeline parts, fertilizer, grain, and this is coupled with Ukraine's refusal to demine its ports to allow for the safe shipment of goods the world desperately needs.

As we saw with the lockdowns, the initial impact caused by these issues pales in comparison to the real harm they will cause in the near future.


Comment: Some footage of the protests occurring right now:

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Best of the Web: 3 dead in shooting at shopping centre in Copenhagen

Jennifer Rankin
The Guardian
Sun, 03 Jul 2022 22:00 UTC
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© Olafur Steinar Gestsson/APPolice have appealed for anyone who has seen, heard or filmed anything to contact them.
Danish police say several people were shot dead and one suspect has been arrested after gunfire rang out at a busy Copenhagen shopping centre, with emergency services rushing to the scene on Sunday evening.


Comment: The number of dead is now thought to be 3 people.


The number or condition of all the people struck by shots was not immediately available amid confusion over what had occurred at one of Scandinavia's biggest malls.

Copenhagen police chief inspector Soren Thomassen said authorities had no indication that there was more than one shooter. He said the suspect in custody was a 22-year-old Danish man, and that "terrorism" could not be ruled out as a motive.

Comment: More footage has emerged on Twitter:



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