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Attention

US aid mission in Gaza more disastrous than acknowledged


RT
Wed, 07 May 2025 19:21 UTC
Damaged pier
© Dawoud Abo Alkas/Anadolu/Getty ImagesView of damaged floating pier, set up by US to deliver humanitarian aid to Palestinians • May 27, 2024
A watchdog has reported dozens of injuries, millions in equipment losses and minimal results.

The US military's humanitarian pier mission in Gaza last year resulted in far more injuries, damage, and operational failure than previously publicly acknowledged, an investigation has found.

The mission, formally known as Operation Neptune Solace, was launched under the administration of former President Joe Biden in 2024 after the US failed to persuade Israel to expand overland access for humanitarian deliveries. The US military constructed a temporary offshore pier and floating causeway to transfer aid from ships to the Gaza shoreline without entering Israeli or Gazan ports.

The Pentagon had since acknowledged that the mission encountered certain challenges, such as rough weather conditions, which caused damage to the pier but did not disclose the full scope of the problems.

According to the Department of Defense Inspector General's report, which was published last week, the mission caused 62 injuries among personnel, including the death of Army Sergeant Quandarius Stanley, who was critically injured aboard a Navy vessel in May 2024 and died five months later.

Comment: Netanyahu: Thumbs up. Biden: Clueless.

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Interior Secretary warns U.S. at risk of Spain-style blackouts

Tyler Durden
ZeroHedge
Thu, 08 May 2025 06:55 UTC
Burgum
© ALL INUS Interior Secretary Doug Burgum
Interior Secretary Doug Burgum warned the United States is at risk of suffering from blackouts that recently brought most of Spain to a halt due to over-subsidizing intermittent renewable energy sources.

"We just saw in Spain, they were celebrating on April 12th of this past month that they'd shut down their last coal plant. A week after that, they were celebrating the fact that they had their first day of 100% renewables on their system," Burgum said in an interview with All-In podcast co-host David Friedberg. "Then, the next week, they were a global news story because people were trapped in subways, all airline flights canceled, hospitals were panicking with a lack of power because they had a rolling blackout and grid failure."


Comment: 'Gone' with the wind.

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Star of David

More please: UK's Virgin Atlantic permanently cancels Israel flights


The Squawkbox
Thu, 08 May 2025 18:49 UTC
virggin atlantic air plane
Virgin Atlantic permanently suspends flights to Israel May 8, 2025
Airline becomes third to abandon the racist occupation - UK media ignores

Virgin Atlantic has permanently cancelled its flights to Israel's Tel Aviv amid the risks associated with retaliation from Israel's neighbours for the Zionist regime's bombing attacks and its genocide in Gaza.

The airline had initially planned to resume flights to Tel Aviv in October this year but has now permanently ended operations to Israel, following the path taken by Turkish Airlines and Pegasus Airlines, which have also announced the end of their flights to Israel.

A statement from Virgin Atlantic reads:
After careful consideration, we have taken the difficult decision to cancel our services between London Heathrow and Tel Aviv.
The decision appears to have been entirely ignored by 'mainstream' UK news media.
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Be not enticed to tyranny: Oppose the surveillance state

Elizabeth Melton
The Daily Economy
Fri, 25 Apr 2025 00:00 UTC
Surveillance
© ShutterstockLicense plate surveillance
Targeted by smart doorbells or license plate readers, but tempted just to shrug off losses of privacy? The cumulative price of surveillance is higher than we can imagine.

A surveillance state is being erected around the American public at an alarming rate. In many urban and suburban settings, anyone traveling on public streets or sidewalks will have his image captured by the ubiquitous surveillance cameras. A leisurely stroll around the neighborhood, as well as any conversation along the way, might be recorded if the city uses surveillance-enabled street lights. Even our own front yards might not be safe from the prying eyes of the state if a neighbor has a "smart" doorbell that shares data with law enforcement.

Rural areas are not exempt from this intrusion. Automatic License Plate Reader cameras (ALPRs, often contracted under the brand name FLOCK), are being placed on rural highways and on county lines in an increasing number of areas. Audio and video surveillance now cover remote corners of the Amazon Basin. Satellite technology could ensure that, one day, no square foot of the planet is unobserved.
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FBI has opened 250 investigations tied to violent online network '764' that preys on teens: Top official

Mike Levine, Pierre Thomas and Lucien Bruggeman
ABC News
Wed, 07 May 2025 21:02 UTC
764 online child abuse grooming
© Vernon Police DepartmentAn undated photo found by Vernon, Connecticut, police on the devices of a 17-year-old girl associated with the online network 764 shows a Barbie Doll marked with "764."
"This is one of the most disturbing things we're seeing," an FBI official said.

FBI officials say they are growing increasingly concerned about a loose network of violent predators who befriend teenagers through popular online platforms and then coerce them into escalating sexual and violent behavior -- pushing victims to create graphic pornography, harm family pets, cut themselves with sharp objects, or even die by suicide.

The online predators, part of the network known as "764," demand victims send them photos and videos of it all, so the shocking content can be shared with fellow 764 followers or used to extort victims for more. Some of the predators even host "watch parties" for others to watch them torment victims live online, according to authorities.

"We see a lot of bad things, but this is one of the most disturbing things we're seeing," said FBI Assistant Director David Scott, the head of the FBI's Counterterrorism Division, which is now leading many of the U.S. government's investigations tied to 764.

Comment: From Breitbart:
In April, the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) announced that two leaders of the group were arrested and charged for operating an international child exploitation enterprise.

The men were identified as Leonidas Varagiannis, an American citizen who lives in Greece, and Prasan Nepal who lives in High Point, North Carolina.

Nepal reportedly instructed other members of 764 on how to groom and extort victims, according to ABC 11. The outlet said Nepal allegedly wrote, "Extortion is a form of discipline to little girls who might not have a father at home. It's a good thing":


Citing an affidavit, the DOJ said the network's mission is to destroy civilized society by corrupting and exploiting vulnerable populations.

"The 764 network's accelerationist goals include social unrest and the downfall of the current world order, including the U.S. Government," the agency noted.

FBI Assistant Director David Scott said this network is among the most disturbing things officials have seen, and the agency has opened over 250 investigations linked to the network.


In a social media post on Tuesday, FBI Director Kash Patel encouraged people to read the ABC report on 764 and how officials are working against it.

"Those who come after America's children will face justice. We will be relentless in pursuing them," he wrote:



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Patel and Bondi announce 205 arrested in FBI child sex operation

Michael Dorgan
Fox News
Wed, 07 May 2025 20:37 UTC
patel bondi child sex traffic arrests rescues
© Kayla Bartkowski/Getty ImagesAttorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel said that 205 alleged child sex predators who preyed on children online have been arrested in the last week.
Bondi said that 115 children were rescued in the five-day operation

Attorney General Pam Bondi and FBI Director Kash Patel announced Wednesday that 205 alleged child sex predators who preyed on children online have been arrested in the last five days.

The arrests are part of a new joint operation by the Justice Department and FBI called "Operation Restore Justice," which saw 115 children across the country rescued in the process, Bondi and Patel said.

Bondi called the operation "historic" and "unprecedented," and she warned parents to be vigilant of sex predators posing as children online. The operation spanned 55 field offices.

Comment: It's a start.

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Star of David

Best of the Web: Douglas Murray's "expertise" is a sham

Nathan J. Robinson
Current Affairs
Wed, 07 May 2025 19:43 UTC
Douglas Murray
© JRE/Current Affairs"But have you beeen there?" - Douglas Murray
In On Democracies and Death Cults, Murray offers a straightforward "good versus evil" account of the Israel-Palestine conflict. He does this by excluding every piece of information that undercuts his thesis and even spreading outright falsehoods.

Douglas Murray's On Democracies and Death Cults, an account of the Israel-Palestine conflict, accuses pro-Palestine protesters of being pro-"death" and argues that Israel is a Western outpost against barbarism. It has been hailed as a "book of monumental significance" and even "one of the most important books ever written" by a Times of Israel reviewer. Another reviewer says Murray "combines deep knowledge and sparkling intellectual capability with a confident appearance." President Donald Trump has called it a "powerful read from a Highly Respected author" and says the "Book serves as a strong reminder of why we must always stand up for America, and our great friend and ally, Israel." (Idiosyncratic caps in original, obviously.) The book is high on bestseller lists in both the U.S. and U.K. Murray has also been appearing on popular podcasts to promote his book, with an appearance on Joe Rogan's show racking up 4.2 million views on YouTube so far.
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FDA picks outspoken COVID-restrictions critic as vaccine chief

Berkeley Lovelace Jr. and Brandy Zadrozny
NBC News
Tue, 06 May 2025 23:15 UTC
Vinay Prasad
© Marvin Joseph / The Washington Post via Getty Images fileDr. Vinay Prasad in 2016
The Food and Drug Administration on Tuesday named Dr. Vinay Prasad — a hematologist-oncologist who has been accused of spreading misinformation about Covid vaccines and was an outspoken critic of the agency's decision to approve Covid shots in children — as its new vaccine chief.

The FDA commissioner, Dr. Marty Makary, announced Prasad would lead the Center for Biologics Evaluation and Research to agency employees earlier Tuesday and later on X.

Makary called the appointment "a significant step forward," saying Prasad would bring "scientific rigor, independence, and transparency."

Prasad comes from the University of California, San Francisco, where he most recently was a professor of epidemiology and biostatistics. He is a practicing physician, according to his website.

He spent much of the pandemic criticizing the FDA's and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's response to the virus.
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Top Secret

Catherin Austin Fitts claims US built secret $21T underground 'city' for rich and powerful to live if 'near-extinction event' happens

Alex Oliveira
NY Post
Mon, 05 May 2025 20:03 UTC
Catherine Austin Fitts
© YouTube/Tucker CarlsonCatherine Austin Fitts, who served as the assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development for Housing between 1989 and 1990, made the shocking allegations during an appearance on Tucker Carlson’s podcast.

The federal government has secretly spent trillions building an elaborate network of subterranean "cities" where the rich and powerful can shelter during a "near-extinction event," a former Bush White House official sensationally claimed.

About 170 such bunkers have been built across the country since 1998 - including some resting beneath the oceans off the US coast, 74-year-old Catherine Austin Fitts told Tucker Carlson during a recent appearance on his podcast.

"It's preparation for catastrophe," Fitts said, according to Realtor.com.

Fitts, who served as assistant secretary of Housing and Urban Development under President George H. W. Bush from 1989 to 1990, claimed $21 trillion in taxpayer dollars were funneled into the project between 1998 and 2015.

She provided no evidence for her claims, but said a 2017 report from Michigan State University economist Mark Skidmore indicated that much "unauthorized spending" had been uncovered across the Departments of Defense and Housing and Urban Development during that time.
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Two cops killed in armed attack in Southern Russia (VIDEO)


RT
Mon, 05 May 2025 09:09 UTC
A group of assailants has attacked a police patrol car in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia’s Dagestan Republic
A close-quarters firefight in Dagestan left two police officers injured.

A group of assailants has attacked a police patrol car in Makhachkala, the capital of Russia's Dagestan Republic, killing at least three people, local authorities said on Monday.

Two suspects were involved in the attack, with both of them "neutralized" by the police, the regional Interior Ministry said. While preliminary information indicated two other people were involved and fled the scene in a stolen police vehicle, that report has proven to be untrue, the ministry said. Both suspects were killed during the attack, TASS reported, citing the ministry.

While the local authorities initially said three officers were killed, they revised the figure later in the day, stating two officers had been killed and two others wounded.
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