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Leader of radical black-only militia NFAC 'believes in violence' & wants a real-life Wakanda for every black person in America

NFAC
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NFAC, the masked, armed black militia that recently marched through a park in Georgia, deems violence and killing an acceptable response to oppression. Their end goal is to break away from the US as their own black-only nation.


Comment: In other words they're the black version of alt-right rejects: ethno-nationalists.


The NFAC (Not F*cking Around Coalition) grabbed plenty of attention on social media with a high-profile public debut on July 4. The sight of an all-black militia, clutching rifles and handguns, marching in the heartland of the Ku Klux Klan at Stone Mountain caused plenty of ripples.

But very little is known about them, despite a frenzy of speculation. It's not even clear when they were created or how many of them there are.

So to make their intentions clear, NFAC founder and leader Grand Master Jay (real name John Fitzgerald Johnson) spoke exclusively to RT.
There's a misconception that we're a terrorist group and want to kill white people.
"We are here to protect the black community, as that's who is under attack. Nobody is protecting black children, men and women in America. What necessitated the creation of NFAC was the need to address a rising tide of police brutality, of racial brutality, of unfairness in the judicial system," he said.

"Most of us like me are ex-miliitary, we're not young people on the block, we're voters, we're your responsible guys, we're the guys with the good jobs."

Light Saber

Andrew Sullivan: See you next Friday

andrew sullivan new york magazine
© Stephen Voss
Andrew Sullivan, creator and writer of The Daily Dish.
A farewell letter

The good news is that my last column in this space is not about "cancel culture." Well, almost. I agree with some of the critics that it's a little nuts to say I've just been "canceled," sent into oblivion and exile for some alleged sin. I haven't. I'm just no longer going to be writing for a magazine that has every right to hire and fire anyone it wants when it comes to the content of what it wants to publish.

The quality of my work does not appear to be the problem. I have a long essay in the coming print magazine on how plagues change societies, after all. I have written some of the most widely read essays in the history of the magazine, and my column has been popular with readers. And I have no complaints about my interaction with the wonderful editors and fact-checkers here — and, in fact, am deeply grateful for their extraordinary talent, skill, and compassion. I've been in the office maybe a handful of times over four years, and so there's no question of anyone mistreating me or vice versa. In fact, I've been proud and happy to be a part of this venture.

Comment: SOTT has carried thoughtful articles by Andrew Sullivan over the years. We congratulate him on his bid for press freedom and wish him every success.


Dig

Workmen destroy 1700-year-old Buddha statue in Pakistan - arrested for breaking antiquity laws

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The life-sized statue was smashed with a sledgehammer in the northwestern town of Takhbhai.
Criminal charges are being pursued after a 1,700-year-old statue of Buddha was deliberately destroyed by construction workers in Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province.

Video of workers smashing the life-sized statue with a sledgehammer in the town of Takhbhai went viral on July 17.

The destruction of the statue, which had been discovered on the grounds of a home construction site, led to widespread condemnation and prompted the regional archeology department to file a criminal report against the perpetrators.

Abdul Samad, general director of the archeology department, told RFE/RL on July 18 that the statue was destroyed by a local contractor and that five people had been arrested for breaking antiquity laws.

Samad added that the statue was completely destroyed.

Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Province was the the site of the ancient kingdom of Gandhara, and Takhbhai, located in the Pashtun tribal region's Mardan district, is considered a major regional site of Buddhist civilization.

Afrasiab Khattak, a former parliamentarian, wrote on Twitter on July 18 that the incident was part of a "systematic effort to separate Pashtun identity from Buddha."

Comment: Ignorant savages.




Alarm Clock

DC museum slammed for saying 'delayed gratification' and 'decision-making' are aspects of 'whiteness'

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© Getty Images / Chip Somodevilla
People march from The National Museum of African American History and Culture to the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial to mark the Juneteenth holiday June 19, 2020 in Washington, DC
'White people still hold most of the institutional power in America,' it states

The National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) received a wave of backlash from some quarters on Twitter Wednesday after publishing a graphic linking things like the nuclear family and self-reliance to whiteness.

The graphic, which is part of a "talking about race" article on the taxpayer-funded museum's website, discusses how white dominant culture, or whiteness, have instilled a long list of values in the U.S. "Since white people still hold most of the institutional power in America, we have all internalized some aspects of white culture -- including people of color," it reads.

The museum's graphic breaks the "aspects and assumptions of whiteness" into categories such as "rugged individualism" and "history."

Comment: Funny. Not just one generation ago, the values decried by the NMAACH were celebrated as something to be aspired to.

Valuing time, work & Christian principles are 'white people' things? US citizens' taxes fund museum promoting crackpot 'anti-racism' theories

On Peggy MacIntosh, who set the whole mess in motion three decades ago: Still, voices in the wilderness are growing louder:


Wolf

Portland cop reports 'frightening' racist chants from clueless white BLM supporters

Portland BLM riot
© Associated Press
Black Lives Matter protests continue in Portland, OR
Black cops in Portland are being subjected to vile racist taunts from white Black Lives Matter demonstrators, one of the officers said in a new interview.

Officer Jakhary Jackson, a member of Portland police's rapid response team that has responded to ongoing protests for nearly 50 straight days, said what he's seen has been downright "frightening" as he detailed some of the encounters during a July 9 police briefing.

"You have white people screaming at black officers, 'You have the biggest nose I've ever seen," said Jackson, a nine-year department vet. "You hear these things and you go, 'Are these people, are they going to say something to this person? No.'"

Jackson, who graduated from Portland State University with a history degree, said the situation has been "actually frightening" given his own educational background.

Comment: Officer Jackson's interview:




Yoda

Terry Crews is right: Supremacist ideology, black or white, will always lead to misery

Terry Crews
© Getty Images via AFP / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA / Frazer Harrison
Terry Crews
Actor Terry Crews came under fire for an egalitarian message stating that black supremacy will not end well for society. And he's correct, because history has shown that the idea of racial superiority never ends well.

In a recent interview on The Talk, Terry Crews followed up his interview with Don Lemon, where he'd been critical of Black Lives Matter, by stating "we have to include this white voice, this Hispanic voice, this Asian voice. We have to include it right now because if we don't, it's going to slip into something we're not prepared for."

Then Nick Cannon came forward with his anti-white and anti-Jew statements. Crews seemed oddly prophetic, but he still came under fire for his statements.

Comment: Terry Crews has not been afraid to speak his mind on many issues. The interview with Don Lemon on CNN is particularly interesting because he refused to let Don take him off point, despite Lemon's best bafflegab efforts. The CNN host ended up looking like the propagandist-spouting moron that he is.


Dollar

Gilad Atzmon: Rabbi who survived the Poway synagogue shooting pleads guilty to federal charges of elaborate tax and wire fraud involving fake donations

Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein
Hours after leaving the hospital, his wounded hands wrapped in blue bandages, Chabad Rabbi Yisroel Goldstein, who survived the Poway synagogue shooting, steeled himself to face the national media and delivered an emotional account of the attack.

In the days following the shooting, the whole of America empathised with the Rabbi, he ticked all the right boxes: a Jew, a victim, a survivor. The American President invited him to the White House, CNN let him speak his mind, the UN General Assembly offered the rabbi a platform so he could moan about the history of Jewish suffering. The Rabbi didn't miss an opportunity to shout: "Am Yisrael Chai, the nation of Israel is alive, do not fear and do not falter, Because God is protecting us and we will survive, we will grow and get stronger and stronger..." The Rabbi was correct, the nation of Israel is alive and kicking, but his message was hardly universal or inclusive.

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Sheriff

'Sickening, if true': Ex-NY police chief says 27 cops reportedly assigned to protect BLM mural as violent crime soars

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© Reuters / Mike Segar
As New York grapples with a wave of deadly shootings and violent lawlessness, Mayor Bill de Blasio has reportedly devoted three shifts of nine police officers to protecting the Black Lives Matter mural in front of Trump Tower.

Bernard Kerik, who was police commissioner of New York under former Mayor Rudy Giuliani, said he heard Thursday that de Blasio has one sergeant and eight other officers assigned to guarding the Fifth Avenue mural during each of three daily shifts. "Violence, shootings, and murder is up in NYC and this clown has three sergeants and 24 cops guarding a mural! If true, #SICKENING," Kerik tweeted.


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Laptop

The Russians are coming, again! Poorly understood cybercrimes play perfectly into political agendas

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© Shemetov, (R) Getty Images / Bill Hinton
Foreign hackers are determined as ever to steal technology, meddle in elections and skew foreign policy, but fear not! The CIA has apparently been authorized to deliver preemptive cyber-strikes based on partisan mythmaking.

US, UK and Canadian intelligence dropped a 16-page report on Thursday accusing "Russian hackers" - specifically APT29, the "Cozy Bear" hacking group of 'Russiagate' fame - of targeting unspecified entities involved in developing the (increasingly controversial) Covid-19 vaccine.

However, the report is fraught with the same factual pitfalls plaguing previous unsubstantiated "Russian hacking" tales, seemingly designed to capitalize on the general population's ignorance about cyber-attacks - or vaccines, for that matter. While Democrat-linked cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike specializes in attributing state actors to malware attacks, more reputable companies avoid doing so based solely on the malware used, since hacking groups often exchange tools or even collaborate.

Attention

'History is what it is. Leave it that way': Netizens furious as RAF decides WW2 mascot name is offensive, replaces its gravestone

WWII mascot dog name offensive
© Wikipedia
The grave marking the resting place of the mascot of a WW2 RAF squadron has been updated to be more politically correct, sparking accusations that the British military is trying to whitewash history.

The black Labrador had belonged to Wing Commander Guy Gibson, and served as the mascot of the 617 Squadron. The dog, named N****r, was known for drinking copious amounts of beer with the RAF pilots. The canine was hit by a car on the same day that the squadron carried out a famous raid on two German dams in May 1943. Illustrating the dog's importance to the squadron, their mascot's name was used as a codeword to confirm that one of the German dams had been destroyed.

A memorial created shortly after the mascot's passing, located at RAF Scampton, listed the dog's name and the circumstances of his death. However, the WW2-era headstone was recently modified, with the Labrador's name being replaced with "The Dog."

Comment: The rewriting of history, regardless of the motives, is not something to be celebrated, it's something to be feared.

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