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-Lurid Crime Tales-
‘Incredibly Generous': Famous Box Kiddie Butcher Doctor Accepted Invite To ‘Have Some Fun' On Epstein Island
[WIRE] Dr. Jess Ting, the head of transgender medicine at Mount Sinai Hospital in New York, brought his girlfriend and her three children to Jeffrey Epstein’s private Caribbean island years after his criminal conviction on sex crimes, emails show.

Ting, who specializes in crafting fake vaginas for gender-confused males, cultivated a personal and professional relationship with Epstein for years, according to emails released by the Justice Department on Friday.

In 2013, Ting visited Epstein’s island with his family — a trip upon which Epstein’s assistant told the doctor that he was welcome to come play with Epstein’s "toys." Ting in 2015 offered to let Epstein vet his answers to a reporter about the sex offender’s philanthropy, which included funding for Ting’s research.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2026 08:20 || Comments || Link || [1801 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "kiddie" butcher"? Would you consider rephrasing that? Perhaps inadvertently, it comes off as very similar to the ancient blood libel.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 02/04/2026 11:31 Comments || Top||

#2  I was going to make a snark about a business expense write off, but then:

Ting in 2015 offered to let Epstein vet his answers to a reporter about the sex offender’s philanthropy, which included funding for Ting’s research.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 02/04/2026 11:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Based on an analysis of numerous posts and comments attributed to the user Besoeker on Rantburg.com, there is no evidence indicating that they are an antisemite. In fact, the available material suggests the opposite: Besoeker frequently posts articles and comments that criticize antisemitism, highlight anti-Israel biases in various groups or institutions, and show support for Israel and Jewish communities.

One potentially misleading headline posted by Besoeker refers to "Israel continues Gaza holocaust," but this appears to be a direct quote from a source (likely pro-Palestinian media) shared in Rantburg's style of aggregating diverse or adversarial viewpoints for discussion, not a personal endorsement.

Rantburg often includes such material to critique it, and no accompanying comments from Besoeker express agreement with the phrasing.
Besoeker's activity on the site spans years and focuses on right-wing critiques of terrorism, government corruption, and left-wing policies, with consistent patterns of opposing antisemitism when it arises in those contexts. No searches turned up external accusations or direct comments from Besoeker promoting antisemitic views.

Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 02/04/2026 11:40 Comments || Top||

#4  Way to Go, Berserker!
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 12:38 Comments || Top||

#5  "kiddie" butcher"?

Yeah, kiddie butcher. If you are chopping off children's parts because they are mentally ill, you are a kiddie butcher. Trying to make everything about the Juice does not provide insight and it certainly doesn't rhyme.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2026 12:53 Comments || Top||

#6  I doubt Ting is a White Supremacist, but he may wear lederhosen in the privacy of his own home and also visited Miami. QED
Posted by: Frank G || 02/04/2026 12:59 Comments || Top||

#7  Did RB suddenly develop the need for a zampolit?

The cataloging and content analysis seems, however accurate in this case, to suggest some sort of standards monitoring of frequent regulars commentary by some formal process?
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 02/04/2026 14:41 Comments || Top||

#8  The dorklet posted an AI webcrawler traffic, content and commentary analysis, NoMo. Apparently Berserker was his target.

Something CLAWD would generate.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 15:08 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ I felt speshul, until now, ...now I feel cheap. As usual.
Posted by: Frank G || 02/04/2026 18:54 Comments || Top||

#10  Frank G, darling, you are an engineer. By definition you are very expensive, indeed, despite being a wonderful value for the money.
Posted by: trailing wife || 02/04/2026 19:54 Comments || Top||

#11  LOL. "Cheap and Easy" was part of my unsuccessful 0nlyfans startup. Who would've thought it wouldn't catch like wildfire
Posted by: Frank G || 02/04/2026 20:28 Comments || Top||


California couple sentenced for 'monstrous' abuse of sons after decapitating other two children
[Blaze] A"monstrous act of cruelty" by a couple to their four children in Lancaster, California, led to a life sentence for both.

Maurice Jewel Taylor Sr., 39, and Natalie Sumiko Brothwell, 49, decapitated their 12-year-old boy, Maurice, and 13-year-old girl, Maliaka, in Nov. 2020.

The couple then forced their younger sons, ages 8 and 9, to view the bodies of their dead siblings and confined them to their bedroom for days without food, according to prosecutors.

The two were convicted of first-degree murder as well as child abuse.
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2026 07:09 || Comments || Link || [1799 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Let the other prisoners know what these two vermin did. May they live long lives filled with pain and misery.
Posted by: Chantry || 02/04/2026 8:27 Comments || Top||

#2  I guess I’m a better parent than I thought if were grading on a curve.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2026 8:55 Comments || Top||

#3  https://en.geneanet.org/surnames/BROTHWELL
Anglo-Saxon name. White as they come. Something to point out to all the freaks screaming about Epstein. Also ask them: what crimes did the people mentioned in the files commit? What should they be charged with?
You'll be met with silence or profanities. Or censorship, which says it all, really.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 02/04/2026 9:23 Comments || Top||

#4  No mention of motive.

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Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 9:49 Comments || Top||

#5  "And then Daddy screamed, 'And if you two don't look more like Jen Psaki by Inauguration Day, this'll happen to you, too!'"
Posted by: Ulusonter Glimble8202 || 02/04/2026 16:02 Comments || Top||

#6  Not likely to be parents of the year.
Posted by: JohnQC || 02/04/2026 23:19 Comments || Top||


Cops raid suspected Chinese-run biolab in Las Vegas with thousands of vials labeled 'HIV' and 'malaria'
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Federal and local authorities have uncovered what they allege was an illegal biological laboratory operating inside a Las Vegas home owned by a Chinese national.

Newly released footage from the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department shows a dramatic hazmat response as agents hauled bags of medical tubing, vials and containers filled with unknown liquids from the suburban property.

During a press briefing on Monday, LVMPD Sheriff Kevin McMahill revealed investigators discovered a 'significant volume of material' stored in refrigerators and freezers throughout the home, including vials and containers holding liquids of varying colors and compositions.

Investigators also located 'pathogen-labeled containers' with labels such as 'dengue fever,' 'HIV,' and 'malaria,' the report said, along with 1,000 mice. There have been reports that other labels showed 'COVID' and 'Ebola.'

More than 1,000 samples were collected and sent for testing, according to Christopher Delzotto, the special agent in charge of the FBI's Las Vegas field office.

Authorities arrested 55-year-old Ori Solomon, identified as the property manager for the Sugar Springs Drive residence and a nearby home on Temple View. Both properties were searched as part of the investigation.

Delzotto said the initial search uncovered a bio-safety hood, bio-safety labeling, a centrifuge, multiple refrigerators, and gallon-sized containers filled with red-brown liquids, along with refrigerated vials containing unidentified substances.

Police confirmed the home is owned by Jia Bei Zhu, the same individual linked to a previous investigation into an alleged illegal biological laboratory discovered in Reedley, California, in 2023. Zhu has remained in custody since that case.

The California discovery later sparked a congressional investigation, which found the lab had allegedly received funding from Chinese banks and stored thousands of biological samples labeled as potential pathogens, including HIV, malaria, tuberculosis, COVID-19 and even Ebola.

The homeowner, Zhu, is scheduled to go on trial in the 2023 case in April. His attorney, Anthony Capozzi, said Monday that his client has been in federal custody for three years.

'He is not involved in any kind of biolab being conducted in a home in Las Vegas,' Capozzi said. 'What went on in that residence, we are unaware of.'

Law enforcement rushed to the home near Washington Avenue and Hollywood Boulevard on Saturday, serving a warrant and taking special precautions.

The team used a robot to clear the home and took multiple air samples, McMahill said.

Police said three people were separately renting rooms from the homeowner at the Sugar Springs property and were safely evacuated during the operation.

Investigators confirmed the renters were not connected to the alleged lab or the investigation.

Authorities said the suspected biological laboratory was largely confined to a locked garage inside the home.

The recovered items are 'consistent' with what was found in the Reedley investigation, McMahill said.

When pressed on whether investigators have determined the purpose of the biological materials found inside the home, McMahill acknowledged that authorities are still in the dark.

He said investigators have yet to identify why the substances were stored there or how they were being used, adding that those questions remain central as the case enters its next phase.

McMahill noted that while detectives initially examined other locations believed to be connected to Solomon, all of them have since been eliminated from the investigation.

He emphasized that the most difficult work now lies ahead, as officials attempt to piece together what the materials were, where they came from, and what they were intended for.

Congressman Kevin Kiley (R-CA) is calling for a hearing on the bill to prevent illegal laboratories from continuing to endanger communities.

'This can't keep happening,' said Kiley. 'The federal government must do more to stop illegal labs from operating in our communities.

'This bipartisan bill closes loopholes that allow dangerous facilities like these to operate under the radar.'

Kiley added that the illegal biological laboratory found in California was reportedly run by a Chinese national who is a wanted fugitive in Canada, facing a $330 million judgment for stealing American intellectual property.

Authorities said the suspect was a top official at a state-controlled Chinese company and had ties to military-civil fusion programs.

The lab allegedly received millions of dollars in unexplained payments from Chinese banks while it was in operation.

A freezer marked 'Ebola' contained sealed silver bags consistent with the lab's storage of high-risk biological materials. Ebola is a Select Agent with a lethality rate estimated between 25 and 90 percent.

The California lab also reportedly housed nearly a thousand transgenic mice genetically engineered to mimic the human immune system. Lab workers told authorities the mice were designed 'to catch and carry the COVID-19 virus.'
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 01:30 || Comments || Link || [1826 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  It was personal use malaria.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2026 5:54 Comments || Top||

#2 
Was the LV location picked for the massive 40 Million US and International visitors annually?

It would seem a quick way to spread not 1, but multiple epidemics at once.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 02/04/2026 6:25 Comments || Top||

#3  What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 9:51 Comments || Top||

#4  A typical grow-op in a suburban home - except for human pathogens instead of marijuana.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2026 12:36 Comments || Top||

#5  How the hell did the lab story in California get buried?
Posted by: Woodrow || 02/04/2026 17:08 Comments || Top||


Down Under
Australian teen swims 2.5 miles for hours to save family swept out to sea
[FoxNews] Police say Austin Appelbee's determination and courage saved his family after they spent up to 10 hours in the water

A 13-year-old boy swam for hours through rough ocean waters to save his family after they were swept out to sea off Australia’s coast, a heroic effort police say saved his mother and two younger siblings.

Austin Appelbee recalled ditching his life jacket so it wouldn’t restrict his swimming before he set off alone on a nearly four-hour-long, 2.5-mile (4-kilometer) swim that saw him battle huge waves until he ultimately reached shore and triggered a rescue that saved his mother, Joanne Appelbee, 47, his brother Beau, 12, and his sister Grace, 8, police said.

"The waves are massive, and I have no life jacket on.… I just kept thinking, ‘Just keep swimming, just keep swimming,’" Austin said on Tuesday. "And then I finally I made it to shore, and I hit the bottom of the beach and I just collapsed."

The family, visiting from Perth, was using rented kayaks and paddle boards near Quindalup in Western Australia around midday Friday when strong winds and rough seas dragged them farther from shore. Austin initially tried to paddle for help on an inflatable kayak, but abandoned it when it began taking on water.

A search helicopter later found Joanne and the two younger children clinging to a paddleboard while wearing life jackets around 8:30 p.m. They had drifted about nine miles (14 kilometers) from shore and spent up to 10 hours in the water, police said.

"The actions of the 13-year-old boy cannot be praised highly enough — his determination and courage ultimately saved the lives of his mother and siblings," said Police Inspector James Bradley.

Joanne Appelbee said sending her eldest son for help was the hardest decision she has ever made.

"One of the hardest decisions I ever had to make was to say to Austin: ‘Try and get to shore and get some help,’" she told Australian Broadcasting Corp.

She said the group tried to stay positive as conditions worsened, but fear set in as night approached and help had not yet arrived.

"We kept positive, we were singing, and we were joking and … we were treating it as a bit of a game until the sun started to go down and that’s when it was getting very choppy. Very big waves," she said.

By the time rescuers arrived, all three were shivering, and Beau had lost feeling in his legs due to the cold, his mother said.

"I have three babies. All three made it. That was all that mattered," she said.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1776 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Stories like this make me realize there are still good people out there.
Posted by: Chantry || 02/04/2026 8:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Kid must be in shape.
Posted by: Super Hose || 02/04/2026 8:57 Comments || Top||


Economy
'Palantir's Shyam Sankar: US must use AI as 'slingshot' against China or face economic defeat
[FOX] Shyam Sankar, the chief technology officer and executive vice president of Palantir Technologies, told Fox News Digital in a new interview that the United States is in a competition with China when it comes to artificial intelligence and keeping American workers competitive.

"You see this, there's a wire manufacturer where you have a prior enlisted Navy man, no credentialed particular education, but he's the expert at running the factory," Sankar said.

"And AI has given them the ability to lever up their productivity," Sankar added. "They have improved yields 50%. They've reduced downtime on machines 20%. They're able to produce more. And if we think about the geopolitical context that we exist within, we're in a competition with China. We want to bring these jobs back to America. Giving the American worker the ability to be 50 times more productive, that superpower is how we're going to make it profitable and economical to bring back the work to America."
Posted by: Besoeker || 02/04/2026 10:06 || Comments || Link || [1794 views] Top|| File under:

#1  China already has Palantir running. A total surveillance state, real-name registration on all social media. You can't walk down the street without being identified.
This site would be shut down if it was .cn and owner arrested and users "invited for tea" at the police station.
Posted by: Jairong+Scourge+of+the+Gepids2435 || 02/04/2026 14:00 Comments || Top||

#2  China already has Palantir running.

You have a reference for that?
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 15:02 Comments || Top||

#3  ^ Nahhh, but it sounded good, right?
Posted by: Frank G || 02/04/2026 18:21 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Video: Shapeshifting robot swings and reshapes under electric fields
[Reuters] Scientists in Britain have created a soft, jelly-like robot that can rapidly change shape and move when controlled by external electric fields, in what they describe as a step toward more adaptable machines for tasks where rigid robots struggle. Rachel Faber produced this report.
Posted by: Skidmark || 02/04/2026 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1825 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Not to be confused with soft, jelly-like politicians that rapidly change shape and move when controlled by external monetary fields.
Posted by: SteveS || 02/04/2026 12:58 Comments || Top||



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