[Yahoo] Lakewood police have arrested three teenagers suspected in a series of eight robberies and assaults in the Tacoma area this week that included attacks on three ride-share drivers.
Between Monday and Wednesday, the alleged robbers attacked eight people and stole vehicles and other property in incidents reported in Tacoma, Lakewood and University Place, according to a Thursday news release from Lakewood Police Department. Police said the suspects were teenagers, and their victims ranged in age from 23 to 78. In one incident, police said a group of eight to 10 people tried to steal a car from a man at a Walmart in Lakewood, but they fled when officers showed up.
Four of the robberies occurred at a Walmart in the 7000 block of Bridgeport Way Southwest. Police said several of the suspects returned there Thursday night, and officers doing surveillance took two boys and one girl into custody who were between the ages of 14 and 17.
Police were looking for other suspects, and they cautioned people to be aware of their surroundings. Lakewood police shared videos of the robberies and asked anyone with additional information to contact the department at 253-830-5078.
[Daily Skeptic via WND] One in every 500 children under five years who received the Pfizer mRNA Covid vaccine were hospitalised with a vaccine injury, and one in 200 had symptoms ongoing for weeks or months afterwards, a study has found.
The study published in JAMA included 7,806 children aged five or younger who were followed up of for an average of 91.4 days following their first Pfizer vaccination. It was a retrospective cohort study done as an authenticated online survey (response rate 41.1%) in spring 2022 which included parents or caregivers who registered children for SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in outpatient care facilities in Germany. It compared the adverse events to those of the same children with other vaccinations in order to control for over-reporting.
It concluded that the symptoms reported after Pfizer vaccination were "comparable overall" to those for other vaccines.
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Some good news— the lying little rat-elf Fauci’s forced by the State of Missouri to sit for a deposition as to how he suppressed the truth about his corrupt gene-therapy experiment.
Here’s Jeff Childers (“coffeeandcovid.com”) this morning:
More than a year ago, I told Dr. Jay Bhattacharya that I thought there was enough evidence already in public record to sue that rat weasel Fauci for civil rights violations under the First Amendment, for the campaign that Fauci and the despicable Collins undertook in 2020 to destroy Jay and the other authors of the Great Barrington Declaration by branding them as “fringe scientists.”
Well.
In the best news of 2022, and I’m not exaggerating, yesterday a federal court in Louisiana overruled the federal government’s objections, ordered Dr. Fauci and other government officials to sit for depositions under oath, and said “The Court sees the importance of having Dr. Fauci make statements under oath as it relates to the issues of this matter.”
Finally! That little weasel is going to have to answer some hard questions!
The lawsuit, filed by the State of Missouri, alleges that Fauci and other government officials engaged in a corrupt scheme to deploy the full might of the U.S. government to illegally suppress Americans’ free speech during the pandemic.
Examples cited in the Court’s order include:
1) the Hunter Biden laptop story prior to the 2020 Presidential election;
2) speech about the lab leak theory of COVID-19’s origin;
3) speech about the efficiency of masks and COVID-19 lockdowns;
4) speech about election integrity and the security of voting by mail;
5) censorship and suppression of speech by Plaintiffs Dr. Jayanta Bhattacharya and Dr. Aaron Kheriaty, co-authors of the Great Barrington Declaration;
6) censorship and suppression of Jim Hoft, owner of The Gateway Pundit, on social-media platforms; and
7) censorship and suppression of Jill Hines, co-director of Health Freedom Louisiana and Reopen Louisiana on social-media platforms.
In support of its pending motion for a preliminary injunction, Missouri wants to take the expedited depositions of Tony Fauci (NIH), Rob Flaherty (White House), Andy Slavitt (White House), Jen Psaki (White House), Elvis Chan (FBI), Jen Easterly (CISA), Lauren Protenis (CISA), Vivek Murthy (Surgeon General), Carol Crawford (CDC), and Daniel Kimmage (State Dept.).
“the Court finds that Plaintiffs have proven that Dr. Fauci has personal knowledge about the issue concerning censorship across social media as it related to COVID-19 and ancillary issues of COVID-19.”
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“[Plaintiffs ie State of Missouri et al.] argue three reasons why Dr. Fauci should be questioned under oath.
First, Plaintiffs assert that Dr. Fauci has refused to verify under oath his own interrogatory responses in violation of this Court’s Order. The NIAID’s responses were instead verified by Dr. Jill Harper, who was not named in the Complaint. Accordingly, Dr. Fauci has made no statements under oath regarding his communications with social-media platforms, which violates this Court’s Order regarding the discovery that instructed Dr. Fauci to provide interrogatory responses.21 The Court sees the importance of having Dr. Fauci make statements under oath as it relates to the issues of this matter.
Next, Plaintiffs argue that even if Dr. Fauci can prove he never communicated with socialmedia platforms about censorship, there are compelling reasons that suggest Dr. Fauci has acted through intermediaries, and acted on behalf of others, in procuring the social-media censorship of credible scientific opinions. Plaintiffs argue that even if Dr. Fauci acted indirectly or as an intermediary on behalf of others, it is still relevant to Plaintiffs’ preliminary injunction motion. The Court agrees.
Lastly, Plaintiffs argue that Dr. Fauci’s credibility has been in question on matters related to supposed COVID-19 “misinformation” since 2020. Specifically, Plaintiffs state that Dr. Fauci has made public statements on the efficacy of masks, the percentage of the population needed for herd immunity, NIAID’s funding of “gain-of-function” virus research in Wuhan, the lab-leak theory, and more. Plaintiffs urge that his comments on these important issues are relevant to the matter at hand and are further reasons why Dr. Fauci should be deposed.
Plaintiffs assert that they should not be required to simply accept Dr. Fauci’s “self-serving blanket denials” that were issued from someone other than himself at face value. The Court agrees
[Liberty Daily] Current Missouri Attorney General and soon-to-be U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt is going to depose Anthony Fauci, Jen Psaki, and other current and former members of the Biden-Harris regime over their roles in government collusion with Big Tech companies to censor the American people.
According to a Tweet by Schmitt:
BREAKING: The court has granted our request to depose Dr. Anthony Fauci, former White House Press Secretary Jennifer Psaki, FBI Supervisory Special Agent Elvis Chan, and other Biden Administration officials relating to collusion with social media to suppress free speech.
A Cuban pilot has defected to the United States via Florida after winging in on a single-engine Russian-made plane, airport authorities say.#Cubahttps://t.co/UiDbldyvqE
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The venue and timing were a masterful statement of despotic, Imperial power. The mass of rigid, emotionless faces avoiding any hint of surprise or interest in this confirms how total Xi is now in power. My guess is that even an internet inquiry about the soon-to-be hospitalized/warehoused Jintao will be grounds for persecution and reprisal. This sets the stage for the looming January-February invasion of Taiwan with no worry about internal resistance from the cowed Mandarins. As for that time period in DC, the clusterf*ck of the new Congress and the political realignment of lobbyists and dark money will quell any Biden response besides risible bluster.
[Jpost] Interpol's Metaverse allows registered users to tour a virtual facsimile of the Interpol General Secretariat headquarters and interact with other officers.
Global police organization Interpol unveiled the first-ever Metaverse specifically designed for law enforcement worldwide at a surprise session of the 90th Interpol General Assembly in New Delhi on Thursday.
Fully operational, the Interpol Metaverse allows registered users to tour a virtual facsimile of the Interpol General Secretariat headquarters in Lyon, interact with other officers via their avatars, and even take immersive training courses in forensic investigation and other policing capabilities – all from the comfort of their own home or offices.
“The Metaverse has the potential to transform every aspect of our daily lives with enormous implications for law enforcement,” said Madan Oberoi, Interpol’s Executive Director of Technology and Innovation. “But in order for police to understand the Metaverse, we need to experience it,” Oberoi added.
During the interactive session, General Assembly delegates in New Delhi were able to digitally enter the Lyon building using virtual reality headsets and tour the new Interpol metaverse in real time.
Interpol also announced the creation of an Expert Group on the Metaverse to represent the concerns of law enforcement on the global stage – ensuring this new virtual world is secure by design.
METAVERSE: NOT JUST FOR GAMERS
The metaverse – an idea being actively developed by US tech giants – will be a digital reality that users can access from anywhere in the world. It aims to be a place where you can interact with other people in real-time, regardless of location. You'll be able to shop, play games, work – even buy property or assets – in the metaverse.
By 2026, one in every four people will spend at least an hour a day in the Metaverse to work, study, shop and socialize, according to technology research firm Gartner.
As the number of Metaverse users grows and the technology further develops, the risk of virtual crimes – such as data theft, money laundering, financial fraud, counterfeiting, ransomware, phishing, sexual assault/harassment and more. For law enforcement, some of these threats are likely to present significant challenges.
“By identifying these risks from the outset, we can work with stakeholders to shape the necessary governance frameworks and cut off future criminal markets before they are fully formed,” Mr. Oberoi said. “Only by having these conversations now can we build an effective response.”
“For many, the Metaverse seems to herald an abstract future, but the issues it raises are those that have always motivated Interpol – supporting our member countries to fight crime and making the world, virtual or not, safer for those who inhabit it,” said Interpol Secretary General Jürgen Stock. “We may be entering a new world, but our commitment remains the same.”
[BBC] In the past, high-profile celebrities and politicians were the most common targets of deepfakes - the videos weren't always porn, some were made for comedic value. [Biden stumbling about on the stage?]
But over the years that's changed - according to cybersecurity company Deeptrace, 96% of all deepfakes are non-consensual porn.
Like revenge porn, deepfake pornography is what's known as image-based sexual abuse - an umbrella term which encompasses the taking, making and/or sharing of intimate images without consent.
It is already an offence in Scotland to share images or videos that show another person in an intimate situation without their consent. But in other parts of the UK, it's only an offence if it can be proved that such actions were intended to cause the victim distress - a loophole which means video creators often don't face legal consequences.
Government plans for a long-awaited UK-wide Online Safety Bill have been under endless revision and repeatedly shelved. The new laws would give the regulator, Ofcom, the power to take action against any website deemed to be enabling harm to UK users, no matter where they are based in the world. Earlier this month, however, Culture Secretary Michelle Donelan said she and her team were now "working flat out" to ensure the bill was delivered.
Kate, 30, founded the #NotYourPorn campaign in 2019. A year later, her activism contributed to the adult entertainment website, Pornhub, having to take down all videos uploaded to the site by unverified users - the majority of its content.
Kate therefore assumed that whoever was behind the deepfake of her had been annoyed by her campaigning. She had "taken away their porn".
But she had no idea who that person was, or who might have seen the video. And while she could see that her face had been overlaid onto footage of a porn actor, the video was convincing enough that she worried others might not spot the deception.
"It was a violation - my identity was used in a way I didn't consent to."
Underneath the video, people began leaving streams of abusive comments, saying they were going to follow Kate home, rape her, film the attack, and publish the footage on the internet.
"You start thinking about your family," she says, holding back tears. "How would they feel if they saw this content?"
The threat intensified when both Kate's home and work addresses were published below the video - a practice known as doxing.
A colleague reported the video, vicious comments and doxing to Twitter, and they were all taken down from the platform. But once any deepfake has been published and shared online it's difficult to remove it from circulation entirely.
"I just wanted that video off the internet," Kate says, "but there was nothing I could do about it."
There's a marketplace for deepfakes in online forums. People post requests for videos to be made of their wives, neighbours and co-workers and - unfathomable as it might seem - even their mothers, daughters and cousins.
Content creators respond with step-by-step instructions - what source material they'll need, advice on which filming angles work best, and price tags for the work.
The standard of deepfakes can vary wildly, and depends both on the expertise of the person who made the video and the sophistication of the technology used.
But the man behind the largest deepfake porn website admits it's no longer easy to know for certain whether you're looking at manipulated images or not. His site attracts about 13 million visitors a month and hosts roughly 20,000 videos at any one time. He is based in the US and rarely speaks to the media - but he agreed to talk to the BBC anonymously.
Deepfaking "ordinary" women is a red line for him, he says, but in his view, hosting pornographic deepfake videos of celebrities, social media influencers and politicians, is justifiable.
"They're accustomed to negative media, their content is available in the mainstream. They're different to normal citizens," he says.
"The way I see it, they are able to deal with it in a different way - they can just brush it off. I don't really feel consent is required - it's a fantasy, it's not real."
Does he think what he's doing is wrong? Part of him is "in denial about the impact on women", he admits - and notably, he reveals that his spouse doesn't know what he does for a living.
"I haven't told my wife. I'm afraid of how it might affect her."
Until relatively recently, deepfake software wasn't easily available, and the average person wouldn't have had the skills to make them. But now, anyone over the age of 12 can legally download dozens of apps and make convincing deepfakes in a few clicks.
For Kate that's worrying and "really scary".
"It's not the dark web, it's in the app stores - right in front of our faces."
She also fears the hoped-for Online Safety Bill won't keep up with technology. Three years ago, when the bill was first-drafted, deepfake-creation was seen as a professional skill in which someone would need to be trained - not merely download an app.
"We're years down the line and the contents of [the bill] are out of date - there's so much missing," she says.
But for creator Gorkem, criminalising deepfaking would change things.
"If I could be traced online I would stop there and probably find another hobby," he says.
[Hot Air] When last we discussed the difficulties barges were encountering whilst trying to make passage on the Mississippi River (Monday as a matter of fact), I noted that the water was fast approaching a record low in Memphis, set a couple of decades ago. It’s fixin’ to tie that record some time today.
According to the National Weather Service Memphis Office, the Mississippi River is projected to tie the all-time record of -10.70 feet, either later today or tonight
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This cannot be so....?😆
We have it on professional authority ... Al Gore 💩and other CLIMATE EXPERTS 💩. That Global Warming would have the USA eastern seaboard under 20 ft of water all the way up to Atlanta by 2010, revised to 2020.
But you gotta keep up, NN2N1. After we had a couple of cold winters the greenies started calling it "climate change". That allows them to blame any weather phenomenon on carbon dioxide. If it's cold, it's your fault for driving your car. If the water level is low in the river, it's your fault for driving a car. It's your fault no matter what.
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"It's your fault no matter what."
Most married men understand this all too well....
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[JP] The ePPO application is currently available for the Android platform, developers are working on creating a version for iOS, which is expected to ship in a few weeks.
Ukraine has created an application for mobile devices that will help air defense units supplement radar information about an air target to better the chances of taking it down, according to Ukraine's Strategic Communications Department.
"The Android version of the "ePPO" application is already available to download. Now every citizen of Ukraine can join the anti-missile and anti-aircraft defense of our skies," the Strategic Communications Department of the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.
To use the app, all that is needed is to install the "ePPO" application on your smartphone, pass a quick authorization process, click "Test" to make sure that everything works, and be ready to notify anti-aircraft fighters about perceived threats.
[Gateway] Besides backing rebel groups and planning coups in foreign nations, the CIA has found enough time to invest its time into resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
According to a report by The Intercept, the CIA is investing in a biotechnology company called Colossal Biosciences which is aiming to bring back to life extinct animals such as the woolly mammoth.
Per its site, Colossal Biosciences will use CRISPR gene editing in order to cut and replace the woolly mammoth’s DNA.
Robert Klitzman who currently serves as a bioethicist at Columbia University is very cautious about the project.
Klitzman told The Intercept "You’re going into DNA, which is a 3-billion-molecule-long chain, and clipping some of it out and replacing it. You can clip out bad mutations and put in good genes, but these editing scissors can also take out too much."
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Maybe they're trying to make 8' tall, furry and tusked special agents to work in Siberia.
Laughs aside, whatever they're doing it's probably nothing to do with mammoths. Colossal hunh? Almost everything the CIA does is colossal. Maybe they should rename themselves the Colossal Intelligence Agency.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A senior US health official admitted this week that the controversial Covid manipulation research carried out in a laboratory in Boston was not authorized — despite being funded by taxpayer money.
DailyMail.com exclusively revealed this week that a team from Boston University had developed a hybrid Covid virus — combining the Omicron and original Wuhan strains.
Public records indicate it was partly paid for using a grant awarded by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID), one of the federal government's main research agencies.
As part of any Government-funded research grants, teams have to explain what the money is being used for and how it will benefit the public.
Dr Emily Erbelding, director of NIAID’s division of microbiology and infectious diseases, said Tuesday the Boston team did not clear the work with the agency.
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There is now a row about whether the study qualifies as gain-of-function.
Dr Richard Ebright, a microbiologist at Rutgers University in New Jersey, said it was 'demonstrably false' and 'deeply embarrassing' to suggest otherwise.
He pointed out that the edited virus was more dangerous than BA.1 — the Omicron sub-variant the spike proteins were taken from that is currently dominant in the United States.
No rodents infected with BA.1 during the experiment died, but 80 per cent of those infected with the edited virus did.
He told DailyMail.com: 'The claims in BU's public statement that: "this research is not gain-of-function research", "it did not... make it more dangerous", and "this research made the virus replicate less dangerous [sic]" are demonstrably false and should be deeply embarrassing.
'The novel lab-generated coronavirus exhibits the high immune escape of Omicron BA.1 and higher lethality than Omicron BA.1 --albeit lower lethality than original Wuhan-1 SARS-CoV-2 -- in mice engineered to display human receptors for SARS-like coronaviruses.
'It is concerning that this research -- like the research in Wuhan that may have caused the pandemic --' was not identified as gain-of-function and reviewed appropriately.
A Boston University spokesman told DailyMail.com today: 'There was no gain-of-function with this research. If at any point there was evidence that the research was gaining function, under both NIAID and our own protocols, we would immediately stop and report.'
The Fed's, Gov's leaders and their MSM controlled media are always screaming Follow The Science . (their telling of science)
Now that they were caught perfecting their kill ratio from 2.4% to 80%. It seems their backdoor funded secret Science Experiments (Bio-Warefare Labs) were the real problem all along.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[Yahoo] Lakewood police have arrested three teenagers suspected in a series of eight robberies and assaults in the 
[JP] The ePPO application is currently available for the Android platform, developers are working on creating a version for iOS, which is expected to ship in a few weeks.
[Gateway] Besides backing rebel groups and planning coups in foreign nations, the CIA has found enough time to invest its time into resurrecting the woolly mammoth.
