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Helicopter with pilots wearing 'military headgear' sabotages Hurricane Helene recovery supplies at NC distribution site

A helicopter destroys supplies
© @jaylynnliv TikTokA helicopter destroys supplies at a United Cajun Navy distribution center in Burnsville, North Carolina.
Volunteers in one tiny North Carolina town have revealed a disturbing incident that unfolded Sunday night as the region tries to recover from Hurricane Helene.

Videos have emerged on social media showing an unidentified helicopter with pilots wearing military-style headgear sabotaging direly needed supplies at a United Cajun Navy distribution site in Burnsville despite volunteers in a seemingly deliberate act of sabotage despite volunteers allegedly designating the area as a "no-fly, no drop" zone just hours before.

TikTok user @megsnbacn claimed that the chopper flew in just after 7 p.m. while she was conducting a K9 Security round. She stated that the helicopter did not belong to any of them and was unmarked, which is illegal.

She also stated that 45 minutes before the aircraft arrived, two unidentified SUVs showed up, did a "slow roll" at the entrance of the parking lot, and fled the area. The SUVs, too, did not belong to the volunteers.

Evil Rays

OpenAI as we knew it is dead

Sam Altman
© Aaron Schwartz/Xinhua via Getty Images Sigal SamuelSam Altman
The maker of ChatGPT promised to share its profits with the public. But Sam Altman just sold you out.
OpenAI, the company that brought you ChatGPT, just sold you out.

Since its founding in 2015, its leaders have said their top priority is making sure artificial intelligence is developed safely and beneficially. They've touted the company's unusual corporate structure as a way of proving the purity of its motives. OpenAI was a nonprofit controlled not by its CEO or by its shareholders, but by a board with a single mission: keep humanity safe.

But this week, the news broke that OpenAI will no longer be controlled by the nonprofit board. OpenAI is turning into a full-fledged for-profit benefit corporation. Oh, and CEO Sam Altman, who had previously emphasized that he didn't have any equity in the company, will now get equity worth billions, in addition to ultimate control over OpenAI.

Star of David

Israeli settlers are seizing occupied West Bank land under the cover of war

Palestinian Alice Kisiya
© AFP/Hazem BaderPalestinian Alice Kisiya (R), whose family land was taken over by armed Israeli settlers, confronts a settler in the area of al-Makhrour in the occupied West Bank, near Beit Jala, on 22 August 2024
With the world's focus on Gaza, settlers - often abetted by the Israeli army - are violently dispossessing Palestinians of their ancestral lands

Hussein Khasib lives in constant fear, knowing he and his family could be next.

Over the past year, while much of the world's attention has been focused on the war on Gaza, several residents of Umm Safa - a picturesque village just 12km north of Ramallah - have been driven from their homes by armed settlers, often aided by the Israeli army.

Settler violence is not a new phenomenon in the occupied West Bank, where large swathes of territory are under Israeli civil and military control.

But since the war on Gaza erupted, land seizures and violent attacks aimed at forcing Palestinians to abandon their homes have spiked. The attacks have coincided with sweeping movement restrictions that have seen Palestinians denied access to cities, towns and villages.

Snakes in Suits

"Hunger Games $hit": DHS head Mayorkas shops in Georgetown while Katrina-like disaster unfolds in North Carolina

A massive shitstorm has erupted for Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas after he told reporters last week that FEMA "does not have the funds" for the remainder of the Atlantic hurricane season. Meanwhile, reports suggest the agency's resources were depleted to address Biden-Harris' open southern border policies that facilitated the greatest migrant invasion this nation has ever seen.

On Sunday morning, the latest power data for the US Southeast region showed that across North Carolina, South Carolina, and Georiga, more than 400,000 customers are without power.

Hurricane Helene, those without power after Hurricane Helene
Rescue operations in western North Carolina are continuing amid reports that FEMA hindered private citizens from flying aircraft and other ground-based operations to bring in supplies or conduct rescue operations. It's just been an epic mess by the federal government.

Heart - Black

Hurricane Helene exposes a deep betrayal of America

Hurricane Helene aftermath
Americans across several states are suffering and attempting to survive under unimaginably harsh conditions, without food and water, in that aftermath of Hurricane Helene which tore across ten states in the Southeast last week, leaving a path of destruction in its wake. And a week later, these people have found that they are largely on their own, as all the real help that has arrived has come through the efforts of individuals and nonprofit groups such as Samaritan Purse, Mountain Mule Packers Ranch, Save Our Allies and Aerial Recovery, which has exposed the fact โ€” to anyone who didn't already know โ€” that the Biden regime doesn't give a good damn about them, as Biden and his minions have engaged in not just dereliction of duty but the worst betrayal of the American people ever witnessed, since the birth of the nation.

Joe Biden, the placeholder-in-chief, showed up in Georgia [10-3-24] to give lip-service to the disaster and made promises of money to come, some twenty million dollars, and a recovery that will supposedly be totally undertaken by the federal government. No one should hold their breath waiting on that help to arrive, but if it does, they can bet the farm it will come with the intent of helping Biden special interest groups and supporters first.

Americans should note: $20 million for the victims of Helene and well over $640 million for illegal aliens and approximately $180 BILLION for Ukraine. When does THIS Damned MADNESS Stop!?!

It's an astounding matter that despite assertions of nineteen thousand National Guardsmen and FEMA workers already being on the ground in those states most severely affected, from Florida to Tennessee and Georgia and on to the horrific situation near Asheville, North Carolina, no one can find them, as FEMA workers are simply sitting in their trucks and sending out mass emails with an app for the victims of Helene to use to apply for financial help, rebuilding their homes, and most importantly finding a way to have food and water and medicines sent their way as soon as possible โ€” THIS in areas where there currently isn't electricity or any cellphone reception and internet.

USA

Can Kamala take the Presidency without an election?

Elections 2024
© Armstrong Economics
Let me begin with a shocking statement that people generally do not know. Read the Constitution and the Bill of Rights; you will not find any mention of a right to vote. Surprisingly, nowhere in the original text will you find any mention that U.S. citizens have a right to vote. All the ideas of having a right to vote in our pretend Democracy stems from amendments adopted following the U.S. Civil War and legislation passed during the civil rights movement of the 1960s. So, Constitutionally, this leaves even a grey area that the Democrats are trying to drive the election through, claiming there is nothing in the Constitution regarding any right to vote whatsoever. This has led to some suggesting that as President, Biden can issue an executive order allowing all RESIDENTS the right to vote.

I received a phone call asking my opinion:

Law School Letter
© Armstrong Economics
Actually, the election can be delayed/postponed but not postponed indefinitely. The ONLY hard deadline spelled out in the Constitution is the END of a president's term and a vice president's term on January 20th of the year following a general election. The deadline is restated in the 22nd Amendment. Keep in mind that FDR served more than two terms. That was the purpose of this Amendment.

Bizarro Earth

Eyewitnesses: Polish mercenaries executed Russian civilians in Sudzha, Kursk oblast

eyewitness polish soldiers execute russian civilians
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Foreign troops killed the old and young alike in Sudzha, local residents have claimed

Foreign mercenaries fighting for Kiev have executed a group of unarmed Russian civilians in the border town of Sudzha in Kursk Region, according to eyewitness accounts released by the Russian Defense Ministry.

Two local residents, who saw firsthand the actions of Ukrainian forces that invaded Russia in early August, painted a grim picture of the realities of the occupation, which included alleged war crimes and the persecution of civilians.

In a clip released on Sunday, a refugee named Dmitry, who apparently managed to make his way to Russian-controlled territory, recalled that the soldiers had "rounded up all the old people, the young, and shot them in front of everyone. They were Poles." He added that two civilians had managed to flee into a nearby forest during the commotion.

Footprints

Sweden could soon have 1 million illiterates, largely due to mass immigration

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There are nearly a million people who are illiterate in Sweden, with immigration a major contributing factor

The number of people who are illiterate in Sweden is expected to exceed 800,000 in winter of this year, with researchers expecting the number to soon reach 1 million, in large part due to mass immigration.

The most recent survey by Statistics Sweden shows there are currently around 780,000 people between the ages of 16 and 65 who are illiterate in Sweden, but this number is soaring.

"Each month, eight to ten illiterate students arrive," said Rita Sommarkrans, SFI teacher in Vรคsterรฅs, to SVT. She added that if someone can't read or write, it's hard for them to find a place, pay their bills, or even book a doctor's appointment.

Stop

Russia eyes banning quadrobics

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© Maksim BogovidA quadrobic encounter
The viral trend spreading among Russian youth is seen as destructive by the State Duma Education Committee.

A law on prohibiting the promotion of destructive ideology in Russia is currently in the works, the deputy chair of the State Duma Education Committee, Yana Lantratova, said on Saturday in an interview with RIA Novosti. The ban would encompass quadrobics, which is rapidly gaining ground among young people.

Quadrobics is a subculture revolving around the impersonation of animals. Teenagers who call themselves quadrobers role-play as horses, cats, dogs and other animals by moving on all four limbs and imitating specific sounds, while wearing masks and costumes.

The subculture has recently seen explosive growth thanks to viral videos on TikTok and YouTube, and is believed to have been invented by Japanese sprint runner Kenichi Ito. In 2015, Ito set the Guinness record for running on all fours for 100 meters.
Lantratova told the news agency:
"I am developing a bill to ban the propaganda of destructive ideology, including quadrobics. A quadrober is not an outlaw, but a victim. I call for legal penalties against those who make movements of the kind popular and attractive. There are the whole communities that are not as innocent as it seems at first sight."

Briefcase

Hurricane Helene uncovers how broken the US insurance system is

Storm damage in Asheville, North Carolina helene
© Anadolu Agency/GettyStorm damage in Asheville, North Carolina
Many homeowners in North Carolina won't be insured against flooding or landslides due to the fragmented way in which disasters are covered.

On Tuesday morning, five days after Hurricane Helene ripped through Boone, North Carolina, David Marlett was on his way to the campus of Appalachian State University. The managing director of the university's Brantley Risk & Insurance Center, Marlett was planning to spend the day working with his colleagues to help students and community members understand their insurance policies and file claims in the wake of the storm. He didn't sound hopeful. "I'm dreading it," he said. "So many people are just not going to have coverage."

Helene made landfall southeast of Tallahassee, Florida, last week with winds up to 140 miles per hour, downing trees and bringing record-breaking storm surges to areas along the Gulf Coast before charging up through Georgia. But perhaps its most shocking impacts have been on inland North Carolina, where it first started raining while the storm was still over Mexico. At least 57 people are dead in Buncombe County in the west of the state alone. Communities like Boone received dozens of inches of rainfall despite being hundreds of miles from the coast. Waters rose in main streets, sinkholes and mudslides wreaked havoc, and major roads were blocked, flooded, or degraded by the storm.