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Harris literally threw 'Joe Biden Won' talking points on table after disastrous debate: 'Are you kidding me?'
Saturday 09/27/2025

SandraDeeTheJailbaitYears01
-War on Police-
POTUS sending NG into Portland.....
-Lurid Crime Tales-
Second arrest made after unprovoked
shooting wounded three people in Indianapolis
Syria-Lebanon-Iran
UN sanctions on Iran set
to return as nuclear diplomacy fades
India-Pakistan
Leghari says circular debt to be eliminated
within six years after ''landmark financing deal''
Science & Technology
DEA in Atlanta using new lab to process
federal drug seizures as fight against cartel heats up
Home Front: Politix
Trump admin revokes Colombian president's
visa over alleged 'reckless and incendiary actions'
A two-meter asteroid, 2025 SU4, flew
close to Earth at the altitude of satellites.

Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2025 15:07 || Comments || Link || [1811 views] Top|| File under:

#1  'The Wedding Night'
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2025 15:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Have some Madeira, m'dear.
Posted by: Canuckistan sniper || 09/27/2025 23:12 Comments || Top||

#3  She’s too young to drink, dear Canuckistan Sniper. That’s what jailbait means.
Posted by: trailing wife || 09/27/2025 23:31 Comments || Top||


-Lurid Crime Tales-
Second arrest made after unprovoked shooting wounded three people in Indianapolis
[X]
…gun conversion devices

Contreras was arrested minutes after the sh**ting

Love Jr. was just arrested with the help of IMPD specialty units

He was preliminarily charged with:
• Three counts of attempted murder
• One count of aggravated battery
• One count of battery with a deadly weapon
• One count of possession of a machine gun


Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2025 11:12 || Comments || Link || [1810 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And they say there are no Black & Brown gangs!
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/27/2025 11:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Dummies must have thought they were in DC.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/27/2025 13:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Business dispute of sales territory.
Posted by: EMS Artifact || 09/27/2025 13:06 Comments || Top||

#4  Bros over Hoes, Dudes.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2025 15:56 Comments || Top||

#5  We need laws against machine guns ...
Posted by: Glenmore || 09/27/2025 18:06 Comments || Top||


They found him hiding in a shrubbery.
[X] ICE agents on Friday arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa, Public Schools — an illegal alien from Guyana with a prior weapons arrest.

According to Fox News, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts was an active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. As soon as ICE agents identified themselves, Roberts fled in his car and sped off. He then abandoned his car and fled on foot. Federal agents found him hiding in shrubbery and took him into custody.



Per Fox News reporter Bill Melugin:

A senior ICE official tells @FoxNews that today, ICE arrested the Superintendent of Des Moines, Iowa Public Schools, Dr. Ian Andre Roberts, who ICE says is an illegal alien from Guyana and active ICE fugitive with a deportation order since May 2024. Fox is told Dr. Roberts fled from ICE agents in his car once they ID’d themselves as immigration agents, speeding away, then abandoning the car. He was found in a brushy area 200 yards away with the help of an Iowa State Police K9. Per ICE official, agents found a loaded gun, a "fixed blade hunting knife", and $3,000 cash in Dr. Robert’s vehicle.

Per senior ICE official, Roberts first entered the U.S. in 1999 on a F-1 student visa at St. John’s University was ordered removed from the United States on May 22, 2024, with proceedings being held in absentia. On April 24, 2025, an Immigration Judge in Dallas, TX denied a Motion to Reopen his immigration case.



Who the hell hired this crap hole and will they be fired? Nah.
Posted by: Woodrow || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under: Migrants/Illegal Immigrants


#2  Three cheers for Dep. Education.
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 09/27/2025 11:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Iowa took the idea of arming school officials too far.
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/27/2025 13:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Nice due diligence on the background check. Someone should be fired but won't be.
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 09/27/2025 13:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Former Michelle Obama Chief of Staff Hired Illegal Alien Superintendent
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 09/27/2025 16:29 Comments || Top||


-War on Police-
POTUS sending NG into Portland.....
Posted by: MikeKozlowski || 09/27/2025 11:27 || Comments || Link || [1858 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  Music to my ears, but the federal district judges in Oregon are reportedly just as left-wing as their colleagues on the East Coast. Plus Antifa has nearly the full backing of the city and state governments. On the other hand, Portland business owners -- you know, the folks who sign the front of a paycheck -- have really had it with Antifa bullshit. We'll see how it plays out.
Posted by: Matt || 09/27/2025 12:46 Comments || Top||

#2  What does Full Force mean? Does that mean the terrorists might get shot?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/27/2025 13:37 Comments || Top||

#3  This is gonna be fun!
Posted by: Oregon Dave || 09/27/2025 14:22 Comments || Top||


#5  When local law enforcement cannot handle the problem, other resources are available and should be used. Make it so !
Posted by: Besoeker || 09/27/2025 14:44 Comments || Top||

#6  Good. Declare the city in a state of insurgency, invade and arrest all the city employees, Antifa, and anyone else that tries to block things.

Once things are calmer, try them and if found guilty hang them.
Posted by: DarthVader || 09/27/2025 15:10 Comments || Top||

#7  I think two Alabama state troopers could handle the problem -- given the right rules of engagement.
Posted by: Matt || 09/27/2025 15:15 Comments || Top||

#8  given the right rules of engagement.

Well there's your problem!
Posted by: alanc || 09/27/2025 15:23 Comments || Top||

#9  try them and if found guilty hang them.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2025 15:55 Comments || Top||

#10  'bout time.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 09/27/2025 18:26 Comments || Top||

#11  Need prisoner collection meathooks
Posted by: Silentbrick || 09/27/2025 19:09 Comments || Top||

#12  Send in the Air Force not the Army
Posted by: Gloluns Turkeyneck4904 || 09/27/2025 19:29 Comments || Top||


#14  What #6 said. Only expand it to the State government, arrest them and declare the state under martial law. Clean house.
Posted by: Gerthudion Bucket9415 || 09/27/2025 20:38 Comments || Top||

#15  Beware of mission creep. Soldiers aren't trained as police. Specific tasks like guarding facilities, ok.
Posted by: James || 09/27/2025 21:39 Comments || Top||

#16  Given that it's Portland, I think Potato Commietatus rules kick in and guarding Fed facilities are all they're allowed to do ;-)
Posted by: Frank G || 09/27/2025 22:23 Comments || Top||

#17  ^. I think you’re correct. But can the Feds reach out and touch someone off Fed property after the fact?
Posted by: Xyz || 09/27/2025 23:47 Comments || Top||


Africa Horn
5 Puntland soldiers killed in clashes with IS-Somal near the Carabi spring, including a field commander
Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1766 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Africa Subsaharan
ISWAP/JAS ambushed a Nigerian army convoy today between Kerawa and Pulka
Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1767 views] Top|| File under: ISWAP


Arabia
First female Yemeni official assassinated with 20 bullets sparks outrage
[TurkiyeToday] After nearly a week of sit-ins and anger, the city of Taiz in the southwest of the country in Yemen has been grieving over the assassination of a Yemeni official from the Taiz Governorate.

Security forces in Yemen’s southern city of Taiz on Wednesday killed the prime suspect in the assassination of Iftihan al-Mashhari, Director of the Taiz Cleaning Fund, Mohammed Sadiq Al-Mekhlafi, and arrested another.

The assassination of the official, al-Mashhari, has sparked outrage among Yemenis, with social media users calling on the authorities to seek justice and hold those responsible accountable.

Al-Mashhari, the director of the Cleanliness and Improvement Fund in the Taiz Governorate, appointed two years ago, became the first woman to hold this position.

Born in a civic-minded family, al-Mashhari never joined a party or sought tribal protection.

Local media report that armed men on a motorcycle fired more than 30 shots at the woman’s car as it passed through the city, killing her instantly alongside another individual, while a third person was injured in the attack.

Security cameras captured the moment of her assassination, which took place on Sept. 18.

Since the announcement of her death, the streets of Taiz have been filled with protests condemning her assassination and demanding the arrest of her killers.

Sanitation workers in the city also declared a full strike in protest, insisting they will not return to work until the perpetrators are caught and the circumstances of the crime are clarified

Authorities said the man, a member of a local military brigade, was shot dead after resisting arrest during a raid in al-Rawda, north of the city.

Police said he used rifles, grenades, and large amounts of ammunition while moving across rooftops and even shielded himself behind children.

Images shared on social media showed his bloodied body lying beside a school wall before security forces removed it.

Rights activists and lawyers condemned the killing, warning it could derail investigations into a crime they say is linked to entrenched corruption networks.

A judicial source told Asharq al-Awsat the death deprived courts of a key witness and risked letting those behind the attack escape accountability.

CONCERNS OVER YEMEN’S MALE-DOMINATED PUBLIC SPHERE
The killing marks the first crime of its kind in Yemen against a woman in an official leadership post.

On that, media reports raised alarms about the incident, warning that it signals a clear expansion of the circle of violence to include women, with female leaders increasingly becoming deliberate targets of political assassination.

Reports indicate that her death, following months of threats and harassment, reveals a broader pattern in which women leaders are increasingly targeted for violence.

About a month earlier, al-Mashhari had revealed in an audio recording attributed to her that she had received death threats from individuals she identified, according to Yemeni media reports.

Since al-Mashhari's appointment, she has challenged entrenched networks of military power and corruption, refusing to pay bribes, and resisted intimidation by armed groups.

Analysts on Yemeni affairs believe that the reason she was targeted is that her independence and integrity made her a threat. Twenty bullets served as a warning: these are the limits imposed on women who defy the rule of the gun.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1767 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Boy Howdy, they showed that uppity bitch didn't they.



Do I really need a /sarc on that?

Posted by: alanc || 09/27/2025 15:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Unrequited love deserves a mag dump.
Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2025 15:58 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
A Georgian resident has been convicted of membership in the Islamic State
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[KavkazUzel] A Georgian resident who fought in Syria on the side of the Islamic State* and promoted its activities was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

As the "Caucasian Knot" reported, Tsiskara Tokhosashvili, a native of the Pankisi Gorge and known as Emir Isa, was found guilty of involvement with the "Islamic State" and sentenced to 12 years in prison.

The Tbilisi City Court sentenced a Georgian citizen who was a member of the Islamic State to 13 years in prison, Novosti-Gruzia reported on September 23, citing the prosecutor's office.

According to investigators, in 2014, the defendant traveled to Syria, where he joined the ranks of the Islamic State*. He actively participated in combat operations on the group's side, promoted its activities, and called for others to join. He was charged in absentia under Article 328 of the Georgian Criminal Code (membership in a foreign terrorist organization and assistance to terrorist activity), and the sentence was also handed down in absentia.

Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1774 views] Top|| File under: Islamic State


Cyber
Hackers breached US government devices, media reports
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] Hackers have breached US government devices protected by Cisco firewalls. Bloomberg reported this on September 26, citing Chris Butera, an official with the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Agency (CISA).

"Hackers have breached security systems across the U.S. federal government. <…> On Thursday afternoon, CISA issued an emergency directive requiring federal agencies to patch vulnerabilities and identify and remediate potential breaches in hundreds of firewall devices used by the U.S. government's Cisco Systems Inc.", the publication states.

According to Butera, the scale and severity of the cyberattack's impact have not yet been determined, nor is it known which agencies were affected. However, he did not rule out the possibility that critical US infrastructure could have been affected.

In July, Bloomberg also reported that a large-scale cyberattack on Microsoft compromised computers at the US National Nuclear Security Administration. However, a source at the agency noted that no confidential or classified information was affected. Hackers also damaged the US Department of Education and several other state-level agencies, as well as systems belonging to governments in Europe and the Middle East. Microsoft then accused the allegedly Chinese-linked groups Linen Typhoon and Violet Typhoon of involvement in the attacks.

Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under:


India-Pakistan
Commander Irshad alias Himmati and 18 other terrorists, has been eliminated in Dwa Kamar, North Waziristan
Posted by: badanov || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1778 views] Top|| File under: Pak Taliban (TTP)


International-UN-NGOs
Trump administration official physically assaulted at UNGA by 'deranged leftist,' White House says
[FoxNews] The individual was charged with assault, attempted assault, aggravated harassment and more

A Trump administration official was physically assaulted by a "deranged leftist" inside the United Nations Thursday afternoon during the gathering of the UN General Assembly, Fox News Digital has learned.

An official working in international relations for the Department of Health and Human Services was in New York City serving in a support role for HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and the department’s leadership team at UNGA.

"An HHS official was followed into a bathroom, recorded, physically assaulted and verbally accosted by a deranged leftist at the UN who somehow entered the venue past multiple layers of security," White House Deputy Press Secretary Anna Kelly told Fox News Digital. "Thankfully, the official is safe, and the lunatic was arrested, but this is part of a disturbing and dangerous set of failures by the UN after their sabotage of President Trump ahead of and during his speech."

Kelly told Fox News Digital that the U.S. Secret Service will investigate "how this violent protester was admitted into a major national security event."

A source familiar told Fox News Digital that the individual has been charged with assault, aggravated harassment, attempted assault and criminal possession of a weapon. The individual was released from custody at 7:30 p.m. Friday night, the source said. The individual is expected in court next on Nov. 13.
Was this a local, state, or federal arrest? What odds the assailant will actually show up?
"The UN must answer why these highly concerning incidents continue to happen against the president and his staff," Kelly said.

"We are outraged that a member of the U.S. delegation was physically assaulted inside of UN Headquarters the afternoon of September 25," a U.S. UN spokesperson told Fox News Digital. "This attack must be addressed swiftly, and consequences must be felt."

The spokesperson told Fox News Digital that "the UN itself recognizes that it has lost its way."

"Now, it has devolved into an arena where an American delegation member is harassed and assaulted," the spokesperson said. "If you can’t keep people safe in your own building, how can you claim to be the world’s diplomatic center?"

The spokesperson called the incident "unacceptable," and told Fox News Digital that the United Nations "will use every available resource to support the U.S. Secret Service into their investigation of this incident."

"We know the UN needs dramatic reform and now must also immediately implement a thorough review of the UN’s security operations," the spokesperson said. "The UN’s failures are evident worldwide, and now in its own halls."

The official recounted her experience of being followed, harassed, and physically assaulted inside the United Nations in an exclusive interview with Fox News Digital.

The official told Fox News Digital that she was walking down the hallway at the UN when a woman began berating her and shining a bright light in her face.

"It was very disorienting," the official said. "Once I took a step back and regained my footing, it didn’t stop. I realized what was happening. I realized I was being yelled at and that the light was also a recording device."

The official tried to get away from the woman who was screaming derogatory and pro-Palestinian comments at her as she followed closely behind.

The official said the woman called her a "fascist" and a "Nazi."

"The insults changed to specific insults," the official said, telling Fox News Digital that she went into the women’s bathroom to get away, but that the woman kept following her.

"Her yelling turned into screaming—hyper-aggressive insults," the official said.

The official tried to hide in a bathroom stall, but told Fox News Digital that the woman was pushing and trying to get into the stall. Once the official was able to close the door, the woman put the camera over the door of the bathroom stall to continue filming the official and screaming.

The official waited for the screaming to stop, and exited the stall, hoping the woman had left, but the woman was waiting for her at the door, and continued to follow her into the hallway, continuing to yell at her and shine the light in her face. Eventually, the official was able to get away.
Sounds like Antifa/Black Bloc behaviour to me. What odds the woman is genetically female?
The official told Fox News Digital the incident lasted approximately 10 minutes.

"It felt very political in nature," she said. "Secretary Kennedy gets a tremendous number of bows and arrows and threats that he deals with, but it seems that it’s not enough, and it is trickling down."

Posted by: Skidmark || 09/27/2025 07:56 || Comments || Link || [1777 views] Top|| File under: Antifa/BLM

#1  “Deranged leftist” at the UNGA, that pretty much includes everyone. Can we narrow it down by height age or gender?
Posted by: Super Hose || 09/27/2025 10:42 Comments || Top||

#2  A deranged leftist who "somehow entered the venue past multiple layers of security". Hmmmmm. Somehow? At the UN. I get the feeling the UN doesn't like Trump.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 09/27/2025 13:42 Comments || Top||

#3  Move the damn UN to GAZA with all of it's embassies and workers NOW.
Posted by: 3dc || 09/27/2025 14:46 Comments || Top||


Syria-Lebanon-Iran
Clashes are erupting between the Lebanese army and Hezbollah in Lebanon
[X]
Posted by: Fred || 09/27/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1833 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah



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