I feel smug. A few days ago, when we had the story about the original arrest, I wrote, I vote for mental illness or a drug-induced psychotic break, very probably with compounding trans issues. Et voilá!
[NationalPulse] The attempted assassin of President Donald J. Trump’s new Treasury Secretary has been revealed to be a transgender after the suspect was arrested earlier this week in Washington, D.C. Ryan Michael English, also known as Riley Jane, is originally from Massachusetts and admitted to police that he wanted to kill Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent.
English was found at the Capitol building in D.C. armed with knives and Molotov cocktails when he was arrested, along with a note on the back of a receipt that stated, "I can’t do nothing while nazis kill my sisters."
According to police, English turned himself in, claiming he intended to kill Bessent but had no concrete plan of how to go about it. He stated that he was inspired by Luigi Mangione, who is suspected of shooting and killing UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson on the streets of New York City last year.
Upon searching English’s vehicle, more bomb materials were found along with strong vodka likely used for the Molotov cocktails.
English was also allegedly plotting to murder Speaker of the House Mike Johnson and Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and wanted to set fire to the building housing the Heritage Foundation.
The case comes after a pair of transgenders shot and killed a Border Patrol agent in Vermont on January 20. Teresa "Milo" Youngblut and Felix "Ophelia" Baukholt are both believed to be connected to a larger transgender terrorist group led by a figure named "Ziz," real name Jack Lasota, based in Caliphornia, an impregnable bastion of the Democratic Party,. The group may be linked to several other violent mostly peaceful acts in the past.
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Riley Jane appears not to have the mental acuity to have accomplished much. Maybe the first step of his plan was to send a Life360 request to his potential victims.
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[Breitbart] Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth on Friday issued guidance to the entire Department of Defense to end the practice of celebrating months tied to racial or gender identities using official resources.
He said in his guidance: "Our unity and purpose are instrumental to meeting the Department’s warfighting mission. Efforts to divide the force — to put one group ahead of another — erode camaraderie and threaten mission execution."
He added:
Going forward, DoD Components and Military Departments will not use official resources, to include man-hours, to host celebrations or events related to cultural awareness months, including National African American/Black History Month, Women’s History Month, Asian American and Pacific Islander Heritage Month, National Hispanic Heritage Month, National Disability Employment Awareness Month, and National American Indian Heritage Month. Service members and civilians remain permitted to attend these events in an unofficial capacity outside of duty hours.
He said that military installations, units, and offices are still encouraged to "celebrate the valor and success of military heroes of all races, genders, and backgrounds as we restore our warrior culture and ethos."
[Red State] President Trump did issue a Black History Month proclamation with a not-so-subtle sign that all black American patriots—not just the ones favored by the left—should be and would be honored.
Throughout our history, black Americans have been among our country’s most consequential leaders, shaping the cultural and political destiny of our Nation in profound ways. American heroes such as Frederick Douglass, Harriet Tubman, Thomas Sowell, Justice Clarence Thomas, and countless others represent what is best in America and her citizens. Their achievements, which have monumentally advanced the tradition of equality under the law in our great country, continue to serve as an inspiration for all Americans. We will also never forget the achievements of American greats like Tiger Woods, who have pushed the boundaries of excellence in their respective fields, paving the way for others to follow.
This National Black History Month, as America prepares to enter a historic Golden Age, I want to extend my tremendous gratitude to black Americans for all they have done to bring us to this moment, and for the many future contributions they will make as we advance into a future of limitless possibility under my Administration.
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A few of 'the usual suspects', but also a few 'first-timers' that will trigger the lefties.
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All accomplished people and worthy of emulation, but if you wander off the reservation, are you still *really* black?
[YouTube] A 30-year Army veteran likens the devastation of the Palisades Fire to that of a warzone. Robert Kovacik reports for the NBC4 News on Thursday, Jan. 9, 2025.
[Rudaw] The Iraqi National Security Service (INSS) on Friday announced the arrests of five people accused of involvement in the liquidation of Shiite holy man Muhammad Baqir al-Sadr and oppressing Kurds during the reign of the Baath regime decades ago.
"Through a series of precise intelligence operations, the National Security Agency managed to arrest five of the most notorious criminals from the followers of the former regime who had recorded pages of terror and mass killing," INSS spokesperson Arshad al-Hakim said during a presser.
He said the arrests of the "criminal gang" were "carried out in accordance with the provisions of the Dissolved Ba'ath Party Prohibition Law and with high-level coordination with all relevant authorities and the judicial institution."
One of the suspects, Sadoun Sabri Jamil, was a senior commander under the Baath regime. The accusations against him include the killing of Sadr and his sister "with his personal weapon" and mass executions of members of opposition parties.
Haitham Abdul Aziz Faiq, another of the men arrested, was also a top commander. He is accused of supervising the killings of Sadr and his sister as well as members of the Dawa Party.
Sadr is the father-in-law of the influential Shiite holy manMoqtada Tater al-Sadr ...hereditary Iraqi holy man and leader of a political movement in Iraq. He had his hereditary rival al-Khoei assassinated shortly after the holy rival's appearance out of exile in 2003. Formerly an Iranian catspaw, lately he gagged over some of their more outlandish antics, then went back to catspawry when the check cleared... . He was a popular holy man and critic of the Baathist regime. He was executed in 1980.
The third suspect is Khairallah Hammadi Abd, a former major general. He was allegedly involved in the suppression of Fayli Kurds in Baghdad in 1974 and forcibly displacing regime opponents.
Shaker Yahya is accused of taking part in the executions of Kurdish detainees in Baghdad in 1984 and of preventing people from holding ceremonies to mourn Sadr.
The final suspect was identified as Nimat Mohammed Suhail. His crimes included "leading arrest and torture campaigns targeting more than 40 university students in Sulaimani and other universities, involvement in the arrest of three opponents in Sulaimani," according to the INSS spokesperson.
Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia’ al-Sudan ...a Moslem country located in the Horn of Africa. It is noted for its affinity for rule by ex- or current generals, its holy men, and for the oppression of the native Afro population by its Arab conquerors. South Sudan, populated mostly by the natives, split off from Sudan proper, which left North and South Darfur to be oppressed by the guys with turbans... i commended the security forces on the operation.
"The National Security Service members, along with the other state security teams, continue to demonstrate their unwavering dedication to upholding the rule of law and ensuring that justice prevails, leaving no room for impunity," he said in a statement.
"With the recent achievement of justice through the apprehension of key figures from the criminal repressive apparatus of the Saddam-era Ba’athist regime - those responsible for the killing of the martyr Grand Ayatollah Mohammad Baqir al-Sadr, may he rest in peace, his sister, and a group of deaders from Sayyed ...Arabic term meaning your/his lordship. Groveling in His Exalted Presence is encouraged... al-Hakim family, along with thousands of innocent Iraqis whose lives were lost in the darkness of prisons - we reaffirm our steadfast commitment to the relentless pursuit of criminals, no matter how long they evade justice," he added.
[Brownstone] Recent studies noticed death by suicide and the risk for fatal drug overdose among women in healthcare is much higher as compared with the general population (1-10). It is not only female physicians, but the risk is even higher for nurses and other healthcare workers, especially for those with the lowest-paid jobs and heaviest mental and physical workload who have been most stretched to the limits (7). Worldwide over the last several years thousands of healthcare workers have died by suicide or fatal overdose leaving family, friends, and the workplace in shock and grief.
Suicide and self-harm have substantial social and economic costs (12). One death by suicide was calculated in the UK to cost the economy an average of 1.46 million pounds (13). In 2022 more than 360 nurses attempted suicide, and 72 medical professionals took their own lives in 2020 in the UK as data from the Office of National Statistics indicate. Analysis of mortality data from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2007 to 2018 identified 2,374 suicides among nurses, 857 among doctors, and 156,141 in the general population. However, the number of death by suicide or fatal overdose is grossly underreported. The WHO reports that over 50% of suicides happen under the age of 50 years (14). To address this avoidable burden, a better understanding of effective and non-effective strategies is paramount.
Even before the Covid pandemic started women in healthcare reported substantial workplace stressors (9-11, 15-16). The past four years have put additional strain on women’s health. This is especially true for those women working as front-liners and first responders in highly demanding stressful situations. Increased complexity of care, understaffing, long working hours, additional bureaucratic tasks, moral injury, diminished autonomy, lack of decision-making ability, and low-paid jobs take a burden on their health.
Moreover, women routinely face tougher challenges at work and at home such as institutionalized barriers to career advancement as well as additional pressure for domestic labor by frequently being a caregiver for children and/or parents (9). In all parts of the world healthcare workers are at high risk for violence with 8-38% suffering some sort of violence form in their careers. In 2023 for the first time in history, 75,000 healthcare workers in the US went on strike (17).
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Personal experience from years working in hospitals is that nursing staff were more likely to suffer from depression, particularly those working 2nd or midnight shift. Lack of social contact and the depressing effect of continuously dealing with the failing human body?
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I spent several years with far too much time inside of various hospital wards during cancer treatments for two family members a decade ago. It looks like an occupation filled with trauma, stress and adrenaline. Not sure how anyone survives as a nurse, EMT, fireman or policeman without a good spouse and an active prayer life.
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I spent several years with far too much time inside of various hospital wards during cancer treatments
Hallways filled with so many shambling/rolling, crying, walking dead the administration put up one-way traffic signs to guide them.
Waiting rooms of couches and plastic buckets for the chemo afflicted to recline and purge.
Hallway benches filled with fatigued passersby unable to make it room to room.
Patient checkins delayed while staff cleared the expired and sanitized their rooms.
Staff dining facilities shared with ambulatory patients, no relief for caregivers.
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Not sure how anyone survives as a nurse, EMT, fireman or policeman without a good spouse and an active prayer life.
Fellow I know, grown, wife and kids, was considering Volunteer Fire. Noble, for sure, Minuteman lineage. I didn't crib that scene from the movie Act of Valor when they are about to deploy and the speech about having everything right at home beforehand, I referenced it, as any fissures at home will crack under the stress. Its all fun and games, I said, until "Its the middle of the night after a work day, and you are trying to dig Dad out from under the steering column, Mom is in the passenger seat with a Head & Face wound, and the kids are screaming in the back seat, and the clock is ticking. And you get home at 4am with all of that churning, and you have to be Dad in 2 hours getting ready to take the kids to their school day. You have to be able to bottle that shit so you don't talk to them like you were 3 sleepless hours ago like the teammate needing to get you the tool, over all the generators and chaos, because their school supplies aren't where they are supposed to be."
Along those lines, I have been given a Combat Vet Pass, and found we have the same issue: how do you talk to people to help pour that bottle with people who get out of their minds because their cheeseburger order "didn't come with the right cut of fried potatoes?"
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And to go beyond, other dangerous jobs, metal smelting, electrical line running, weather related search and rescue, 'Use It or Lose It' occupations.
I'm going to put this out there:
The best immediate result is going to be acceptance that there are people who go do the shit and need to vent, and the casual BBQ people need to come to terms with them, not the other way around.
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.
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