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Greek extremist group dedicates bombing to ‘the Palestinian people and their heroic resistance’
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Detroit Police and media say a fugitive ''woman'' was arrested over the brutal knife attack on a dog and cat
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Posted by: Fred || 04/14/2025 2025-04-14 01:31 || Comments || Link || [11122 views] Top|| File under:


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
Turkey records worst frost in 30 years
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Over the past few days, some areas of Turkey have recorded the lowest temperatures in the past 30 years. This was reported by the head of the Turkish Ministry of Agriculture, Ibrahim Yumakli.

"In some regions, the lowest temperatures in the last 30 years were recorded. As a result of these adverse weather conditions, unfortunately, we experienced one of the largest agricultural frosts in our history since 2014," Yumakly wrote on social media.
Allah is displaying his opinion of them again. Clearly, despite their illusions, they are not his most beloved.
He noted that a sharp cold snap was observed at different times in March and April, but the frosts were especially severe on April 10–12, when the temperature dropped to minus 15 degrees, and there was snowfall and hail in Turkish regions.

According to the minister, temperature fluctuations have caused damage to farmers. Yumakli stressed that the state intends to support affected producers.

As reported by Regnum on April 7, the Turkish Ministry of Trade announced the suspension of lemon exports from April 8 “in light of the recent frosts and cold weather in a number of regions and to maintain a balance of supply and demand on the domestic market.”

At that time, it was clarified that we were talking about products from the southern provinces of the republic - Mersin, Adana and Hatay.

Posted by: badanov || 04/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11122 views] Top|| File under:


Africa Subsaharan
Let's kill the whites in South Africa
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Mampuru Mampuru
This is the National Organiser of the EFF =Economic Freedom Fighters, a commie party


Posted by: 3dc || 04/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11122 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  You don't suppose he and Lara Logan are trying to tell us something do you ?

Posted by: Besoeker || 04/14/2025 5:45 Comments || Top||

#2  What? Even after the US LSD, using their USAID slush fund tool, pumped $260.6M through South Africa in 2024 and another $241.5M is/was coming its way?

The nerve of some countries.
I guess the US$ isn't what it used to be.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/14/2025 6:32 Comments || Top||

#3  As a strategy, killing all the 5M white farmers seems not well thought out, if you have to feed 45M black non-farmers afterward.
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/14/2025 11:49 Comments || Top||

#4  IIRC, they did the same kind of thing in ZimbabweRhodesia and then they got kinda hungry.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 04/14/2025 12:26 Comments || Top||

#5  Stretching my legs years ago on a Delta 18 hour flight to Johannesburg. Stood next to a US military looking fellow near the galley. Turns out he was a US Army Major on a Mobile Training Team (MTT) mission to the SANDF. ('N' stands for National). Not very talkative. Who could have blamed him. Training communists would not have been my cup of tea either.

Posted by: Besoeker || 04/14/2025 13:24 Comments || Top||

#6  The legacy of Nelson Mandela seems to have a bad ending after all. Seems that national reconciliation claptrap that followed was just window dressing to buy time and consolidate total control of all of government. The new apartheid is arriving...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 04/14/2025 14:13 Comments || Top||

#7  Now that the ANC is weak the FFF is vote hunting. Let's hope they don't find a lot of them.
Posted by: Secret Master || 04/14/2025 21:06 Comments || Top||


Europe
37 Kurds run for Finnish local elections
Interesting that the quoted speakers all appear to be of the Left. Where are the Moslem colonists among the Kurds — are they more interested in jihad than caucusing?
[Rudaw] Thirty-seven candidates of Kurdish background are running in Finland's county and municipal elections on Sunday, with over 20,000 Kurds expected to cast their votes.

"Voting is not just a right; it is also a social duty," Welat Nehri, former president of the Federation of Kurdish Associations in Finland, told Rudaw’s Diaspora program during a debate on Friday.

The Kurdish candidates span the center-to-left political spectrum in Finland: 18 are running on a Social Democratic Party ticket, six with the National Coalition Party, five with the Left Alliance, three with the Swedish People’s Party, two with the Green Party, one with the Christian Democrats
...every time you hear the phrase white people, white supremacy, white anything but paint, you're listening to a Democrat. Ask him/her/it to reimagine something for you; they do that a lot, though not well. They can hear a dog whistle a mile or two away. They invented the spoils system and Tammany Hall, and inspired the addition of the word (Thomas) Nasty to the English language. They want to stop continental drift and repeal the law of unintended side effects...
, and two with the Centre Party.

Among the candidates, 22 are men and 15 are women.

Nehri stated that Kurds in Finland are considered an "active and successful community."

"But we must do even more to secure our future," he added.

Key campaign themes include cultural recognition, political participation, expanded local welfare services, and the promotion of social justice.

"When we become a political force - when we have political capital within this country and among the ranks of political parties - we will be taken into account at decision-making levels," said Majid Haqqi, an expert on elections and the Kurdish diaspora in Finland.

Haqqi warned that abstention could lead to gains for far-right parties. "Silence helps those who want to exclude us," he said. "The far-right wants immigrants colonists to stay silent. Our votes are our loudest protest against their racism."

Shahen Zada Ahmed, a Social Democratic candidate in the southwestern city of Turku, echoed Haqqi’s sentiments. "The left has always stood with oppressed nations. As Kurds, we naturally align with parties that fight for justice," she said, adding that "this election is not just a competition, but a revolution in Kurdish political engagement."

"If you don’t like my program, vote for another Kurdish candidate - but don’t waste your vote. Participation is power," she added.
But a native Finnish candidate is not to be thought of?
Also speaking during the debate, Shina Rezavi, a specialist in refugee affairs and human rights
One man's rights are another man's existential threat.
, emphasized the importance of representation. "When Kurds enter decision-making spaces, our community’s struggles are heard. Representation changes everything."

Candidates also highlighted their stances on human rights and equality.

"Women’s rights are human rights. The Kurdish women’s struggle inspires me to fight for equality here in Finland," said Shayda Sohrabi, who is running with the National Coalition Party.

"Many victims of human trafficking don’t know their rights because of language barriers. We need services in their mother tongues," Rezavi added. "When a refugee is exploited at work, it’s not just their problem—it weakens labor rights for all Finns."

Panelists also discussed the importance of local-level social services.

"Kurdish mothers who can’t speak Finnish still understand when their children’s schools are underfunded. That’s why local elections matter," said Haqqi.

"Local elections shape daily life—schools, healthcare, jobs. Kurds must engage at every level of politics," he added.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat......
Nehri noted that "our children must understand: voting isn't just about today, it's about securing their future in this country."

The candidates also spoke about integration, noting that Kurds have successfully converged into Finnish culture.

"When I walk through Helsinki's streets campaigning, I don't see just Kurds or Finns - I see neighbors who all deserve dignity," Sohrbai noted, explaining that she sees herself as a "proud Kurd and a proud Finn" at the same time.

"We don’t have to choose - we can be both," she added.

Meanwhile,
...back at the shootout, another bullet hole appeared in Butch's hat......
Zada Ahmed stressed that multiculturalism "is not Finland’s weakness but its superpower in the 21st century."

According to a March 25 blurb from the Finnish Ministry of Justice, voters in the county elections will choose councillors responsible for organizing health, social, and rescue services in the wellbeing services counties. In the municipal elections, they will elect councillors to manage the activities and finances of their municipalities.
Posted by: trailing wife || 04/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11122 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And so it begins in yet another soon to be formerly civilized nation.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 04/14/2025 9:08 Comments || Top||

#2  Helsinki with no-go districts in 10...9...8......
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/14/2025 23:02 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Federal judge rules White House's Associated Press ban unconstitutional for 'viewpoint discrimination'
[FoxNews] The Associated Press was banned from Oval Office events after it refused to use the term 'Gulf of America'

The White House violated the Constitution for barring the Associated Press from Oval Office events, according to a federal judge’s ruling Tuesday.

U.S. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, a Trump appointee, said that the White House acted against the First Amendment, which prohibits discrimination based on viewpoints, by blocking the longtime publication’s access over its refusal to use the term "Gulf of America."

"The Government offers no other plausible explanation for its treatment of the AP. The Constitution forbids viewpoint discrimination, even in a nonpublic forum like the Oval Office," McFadden wrote.

"Under the First Amendment, if the Government opens its doors to some journalists—be it to the Oval Office, the East Room, or elsewhere—it cannot then shut those doors to other journalists because of their viewpoints," he added. "The Constitution requires no less."
Utter nonsense. But put them in the rotation, at the end of the list. It’s only fair that they not bump those already in line.
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/14/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11125 views] Top|| File under:

#1  No judge. You have a bailiff to remove disruptive and rude people from your court room. The White House, by separation of powers, has the same authority.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/14/2025 8:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Don't respond to their questions and any outbursts result in removal
Posted by: Frank G || 04/14/2025 8:47 Comments || Top||

#3  Is there ANY accountability for judges in modern West?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 04/14/2025 9:17 Comments || Top||

#4  ^ informal accounting
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/14/2025 10:02 Comments || Top||

#5  Isn’t the WH Press Corp a form of a cartel that surpresses viewpoints?
Posted by: Super Hose || 04/14/2025 11:41 Comments || Top||

#6  There's a reason the Constitution does not give activists judges any enforcement mechanism.
Posted by: mossomo || 04/14/2025 12:52 Comments || Top||

#7  How many Pravda reporters are permitted to attend Oval Office events ?
Posted by: Besoeker || 04/14/2025 13:28 Comments || Top||

#8  That pic of Judge Crater...had to do a double-take...thought it was J. Edgar for a second.
Posted by: DooDahMan || 04/14/2025 13:39 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ or Al Capone
Posted by: Sheling B. Hayes1845 || 04/14/2025 18:39 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
No, no. Yer wrong. This really doesn't reek of Publicity stunt.
[PUBLISH.TWITTER]
Posted by: Fred || 04/14/2025 2025-04-14 01:42 || Comments || Link || [11122 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hrm, will it be them or their cheap sex doll versions?
Posted by: Silentbrick || 04/14/2025 3:11 Comments || Top||

#2 
In keeping with the same truthfulness that this is not a Publicly Stunt.

I wish them an uneventful, safe trip and landing.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 04/14/2025 6:22 Comments || Top||

#3  Countdown underway for Blue Origin rocket launch of star-studded all-female crew

TEXAS launch?
Hope it doesn't 'rapidly disassemble' on me!
Posted by: Skidmark || 04/14/2025 6:35 Comments || Top||

#4  Meanwhile Musk's operation has been sending people into orbital flight and relief missions to the Space Station. Maybe if Bezo didn't waste millions on WaPo he'd be further ahead in the process.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 04/14/2025 7:50 Comments || Top||

#5  #2 They're going to bring them back?
Posted by: Cesare || 04/14/2025 8:07 Comments || Top||

#6  Can they get stuck up there for a few months?
Posted by: ed in texas || 04/14/2025 8:34 Comments || Top||

#7  #5 #2 They're going to bring them back?

Not right away.
Posted by: SteveS || 04/14/2025 8:35 Comments || Top||

#8  "We're putting the ass in astronaut". Just not in the way you think, Katie my girl.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 04/14/2025 9:10 Comments || Top||

#9  Maybe we can start a push to have the members of the VIEW go up in the Boeing Starliner.
Posted by: Mercutio || 04/14/2025 10:08 Comments || Top||

#10  Merc, that would require multiple launches.
Posted by: AlmostAnonymous5839 || 04/14/2025 10:17 Comments || Top||

#11  Old lawyer joke. If you have the law, argue the law. If you have the facts argue the facts. If you have neither the law nor the facts pound the table.

This is the rocket company version of pounding the table.
Posted by: Angstrom || 04/14/2025 11:54 Comments || Top||

#12  Wait.....are they coming back? Dammit.

Snark O'The Day
Posted by: Silentbrick || 04/14/2025 15:19 Comments || Top||

#13  Getting meme'd with the stranded astronauts doing the upset Turkish soccer fan pose.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 04/14/2025 22:21 Comments || Top||



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