[NYPost] The man accused of attempting to blow up both the Republican and Democratic National Committees in Washington, DC on Jan 5. 2021 was a highly active My Little Pony fan.
Brian Cole Jr.,
…apparently autistic, he worked a few hours a day at his father’s bail bonds company, which specializes in getting illegal aliens off, and lived with his mother in a sprawling, expensive house…
30, was seemingly obsessed with the toys — marketed at maiden of tender yearss — creating art of plastic pony dolls, remixes of songs about them, and writing fan fiction dedicated to them.
His works are spread across various social media accounts linked to Cole’s email address and phone number.
Posting as iDeltaVelocity, Cole apparently uploaded 87 pictures of My Little Pony fan art to one forum, showing various pony and unicorn characters. One is depicted with a bionic leg brace, and he appears to favor pink or purple ponies with long, multicolored manes.
In one post, a "Star Wars" inspired pony says in a speech bubble: "I’m not ’cute,’ I’m deadly," which Cole says is a line from video game "Star Wars: The Old Republic."
A Tumblr account focused on My Little Pony art which used one of Cole’s usernames commented on a drawing of a pony with an M60 machine gun, writing: "Eh... I’d give her an RPG. What can I say? Explosions are COOL!" referring to a Rocket Propelled Grenade launcher.
None of Cole’s posts examined by The Post had any noticeable sexual connotations. One fan fiction story apparently authored by Cole showcases his bringing together of My Little Pony fantasy and horror.
"Applebloom’s eyes snapped open as she sat up in her bed, panting heavily and sweat dripping from her red mane [...] The skeletons, the zombified ponies rising up from the ground, their decaying bodies, rotting flesh sliding off from their bones," he allegedly wrote. "She buried her face in her hooves, crying silently at the horrible images that inhabited her mind."
A former high school classmate told The Washington Post that Cole had carried a My Little Pony backpack and had been teased for it.
Since his arrest last week, little information and no motive for Cole’s actions has emerged. He was reclusive, apart from walking his chihuahua in his local neighborhood and lived with his family, The Post has previously reported.
His grandmother described him as "almost autistic-like, because he doesn’t understand a lot of stuff," and he worked for the family bail bonds company, Brian Cole Bail Bonds.
Cole wrote his interests are: "Parkour, music, video games (mainly horror), drawing, improving myself philosophically, anime," in a profile on another Tumblr account.
He also responded to a question about what makes him feel better when he’s in a bad mood with: "Smashing my head on my keyboard..."
Names he appears to have gone under to post online include "iDeltaVelocity," "Delta1Forgotten," "Bron1Delta" and "Blue Velocity."
Under the latter he posted songs he made in the "Electro Swing" genre, some also with My Little Pony themes, such as "Pony I Want to Be (iDeltaVelocity remix)" and "Doin’ the Equestrian Jive."
After 2020 his public online activity trails off. At that time he was already putting his pipe-bomb plan in action, according to authorities, who say he was visiting several retailers around northern Virginia, including Home Depot stores, Micro Center, Lowes and Walmart to amass material to make his crude bombs, neither of which detonated.
Cole faces charges for transporting an bomb across state lines with the intent to kill, injure and damage property and attempted malicious destruction by means of kabooms. He has already confessed to police, sources told The Post.
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My daughter explained to me what a Brony was about 10 years ago, so my brain has been able to cognate that there is a subculture of dudes who are into My Little Pony. Is weirdo an ok term for us to use describing people? I guess, at this point, offended people can just write me off as a “get off my lawn” type guy. It’s sort of my hall pass through life.
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@6 Mentally incompetent to stand trial would be more accurate, if the defense can prove he has issues with understanding right from wrong, they may have a defense.
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Mentally incompetent? We've had enough citizens killed by the 'mentally incompetent'. We don't worry about the mental competence of a dog that mauls and kills a child. We remove the threat from society.
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Something seems off, like they are building a Beatles song.
He go gait go stumble, he got high flash sneakers, he be a holy brony, he build fire crackers, he got media down below his memes, got to be autistic with elect-ro swing.
Like, "Can't believe you MAGAs are still upset about being blamed for such childish antics."
The gangs had a truce. The national govt brought in the Kenya Army a year or so ago, and then the gangs started to work together. Kenya Army was largely unsuccessful. Gangs control 90% of the Capital. Govt then started to use drones, still - limited impact.
But the real story I've been reading this week is there's a huge uptick in gang on gang violence because a few gangs broke the rules and started taking hostages again.
To his credit, the leader nicked named BBQ is opposed to hostage taking, his militia went on the offensive and his troops took out rival gang leader who was the lead in taking these hostages.
This police station shooting, and a shooting at some US Marines indicate spill over violence from the above.
Returning to their tribal roots are they? AN entirely predictable outcome and quite welcomed I might add. "How about you and him go have a big fist fight" .....as is so often said here.
[IsraelTimes] Sources tell Reuters that Francois Wu visited Israel recently, after Taipei’s FM said there is ‘mutual learning’ on defense matters between the countries; China ‘firmly objects’ to trip
Taiwan’s high-profile Deputy Foreign Minister Francois Wu made a previously unpublicized visit to Israel recently, three sources familiar with the trip told Rooters, at a time when Taiwan is looking to Jerusalem for defense cooperation.
Taiwan has few formal diplomatic ties due to pressure from Beijing, which views the island as one of its provinces and not a country. Like most other countries, Israel only officially recognizes Beijing and not Taipei, and while senior Taiwanese diplomats do travel abroad, trips to countries such as Israel are rare.
Still, Taiwan views Israel as an important democratic partner and offered strong support to the country after Hamas ..the braying voice of Islamic Resistance®,... ’s October 7, 2023, attack in southern Israel and subsequent war in Gazoo
...Hellhole adjunct to Israel and Egypt's Sinai Peninsula, inhabited by Gazooks. The place was acquired in the wake of the 1967 War and then presented to Paleostinian control in 2006 by Ariel Sharon, who had entered his dotage. It is currently ruled with a rusty iron fist by Hamas with about the living conditions you'd expect. It periodically attacks the Hated Zionist Entity whenever Iran needs a ruckus created or the hard boyz get bored, getting thumped by the IDF in return. The ruling turbans then wave the bloody shirt and holler loudly about oppression and disproportionate response... , and since then, there has been an increased level of engagement.
The Chinese embassy in Israel, responding to the reports, said in a statement that it "firmly objects" to any official contact between Israel and Taiwan.
The sources, speaking to Rooters on condition of anonymity given the sensitivity of the matter, said that Wu had gone to Israel in recent weeks. Two of the sources said the trip happened this month.
The sources declined to give details of whom Wu met or what was discussed, including whether he touched upon Taiwan’s new multi-layered air defense system called T-Dome, which President Lai Ching-te unveiled in October and is partly modeled on Israel’s air defense system.
Taiwan’s foreign ministry declined to comment on whether Wu had visited Israel.
"Taiwan and Israel share the values of freedom and democracy, and will continue to pragmatically promote mutually beneficial exchanges and cooperation" in areas such as trade, technology and culture, and welcome more "mutually beneficial forms of cooperation," it said in a statement.
Israel’s Foreign Ministry did not respond to a request for comment.
The Chinese embassy declined to say whether it knew of the alleged visit but strongly criticized it.
"The Chinese side firmly objects to any form of official exchanges with the Taiwan authorities, which seriously violate the one-China principle," a spokesperson for the embassy said, referencing Beijing’s principle that Taiwan is an inalienable part of China.
"We once again urge the Israeli side to faithfully abide by the one-China principle, correct the erroneous actions and stop sending any wrong signals to separatist forces advocating Taiwan independence, so as to uphold the overall interests of China-Israel relations through concrete actions," the statement added.
Wu was previously Taiwan’s de facto ambassador in Gay Paree and is one of Taipei’s most prominent promoters on the international stage.
His last public foreign trip was an appearance at the Berlin Security Conference on November 19.
Taiwan has seen strong parallels between the military threat it faces from its giant neighbor China, and Israel, which has clashed with neighbors, including Iran. Israel and Iran ...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites. Formerly a fairly civilized nation ruled by a Shah, it became a victim of Islamic revolution in 1979. The nation is today noted for spontaneously taking over other countries' embassies, maintaining whorehouses run by clergymen, involvement in international drug trafficking, and financing sock puppet militias to extend the regime's influence. The word Iran is a cognate form of Aryan. The abbreviation IRGC is the same idea as Stürmabteilung (or SA). The term Supreme Guide is a the modern version form of either Duce or Führer or maybe both. They hate JewsZionists Jews. Their economy is based on the production of oil and vitriol... traded missile and air strikes earlier this year, with Israel’s missile defense system shooting down many threats.
China, by contrast, has a close relationship with the Paleostinians and has recognized a Paleostinian state since 1988. Taiwan has said it does not plan to recognize a Paleostinian state.
Speaking to news hounds last month in Taipei, Taiwan Foreign Minister Lin Chia-lung said that "of course, in terms of technology and defense there is mutual learning and some interactions" between Taiwan and Israel.
Just as Taiwan has proposed its T-Dome, so Israel has its Iron Dome, he added.
The T-Dome and Israel’s systems are similar, but different. Israel’s multi-layered defense system includes the Iron Dome, David’s Sling, Arrow and US-made THAAD. The T-Dome is designed to establish a more efficient and integrated "sensor-to-shooter" mechanism for a higher kill rate, integrating existing systems like the US-built Patriot and Taiwan-made Sky Bow missiles and anti-aircraft guns.
Taiwan has little diplomatic footprint in the Middle East, though Taiwan and Israel have de facto embassies in Tel Aviv and Taipei.
Taiwan, whose government rejects Beijing’s illusory sovereignty claims, has been hosting Israeli officials and politicians.
In October, Wu met in Taipei with Yinon Aaroni, director general of Israel’s Welfare Ministry, while in September, Taiwan President Lai Ching-te met six Israeli politicians at his office.
Also in October, Lai said at a dinner in Taiwan of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee that Israel’s determination and capacity to defend its territory provides a "valuable model" for Taiwan, and cited the Biblical story of David against Goliath.
Taiwan ended up being embroiled in Israel’s attack last year on Hezbollah officials in Leb ...The Lebs have the curious habit of periodically murdering their heads of state or prime ministers... , after the exploding pagers used carried the brand name of a Taiwanese company. Both Taiwan and Israel at the time played down the impact of that on bilateral ties.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. by Leonid Tsukanov
[REGNUM] For several days now, Israel has been witnessing a sharp turn in the country's central government's war on organized crime.
This time, the city of Nazareth was at the center of events, where law enforcement officers carried out a large-scale operation to destroy one of the largest criminal families – the Bakri clan.
True, some of the results of this struggle shocked even seasoned security officials.
NORTHERN MAFIA
The Bakri clan is well known to fans of Israeli crime reports. Composed primarily of ethnic Arabs, the crime family engaged in racketeering, blackmail, and contract killings throughout the northern regions of the country.
They also did not shy away from trading in prohibited substances (including Captagon), although they did not seek to make the drug business the basis of his activities.
According to investigators, Nazareth was where the mafia's "headquarters" and "bank" were located. The latter was located right in the city administration building, where several officials converted criminally obtained funds into legitimate income.
This was allegedly done on the orders of former mayor Moshe Arbel, who—although removed from his post in June due to a loss of confidence—continued to secretly oversee the work of his subordinates, becoming the de facto consigliere of the crime family.
It's not entirely clear at what point the Bakri mafia effectively seized control of the municipality's economy and brought the city's then-leadership into the scheme. However, the damage to the economy was colossal. In total, according to law enforcement estimates, the gang managed to launder at least 800 million shekels (approximately $250 million).
The same amount is still hanging in the grey zone: the police have no evidence yet that this money was laundered through fraudulent contracts.
CATCHING THE "GODFATHER"
Although the Bakri clan is not the largest mafia group in Israel (or even the most formidable criminal force in the north of the country), its activities eventually became an irritant to Tel Aviv. In part because the rampant gangsterism made life difficult in the already volatile and ethnically diverse northern areas.
Things got to the point where several bandits, formally linked to Bakri, robbed the relatives of the local law enforcement chief and then openly attempted to hush up the matter. This was the last straw.
By mid-year, the decision was made to crush the clan. Law enforcement was given carte blanche, and the military was also brought in to fight the bandits.
The first serious blow to the mafia came in August, when the "godfather" of the crime family, Samir Bakri, fell into the hands of the authorities.
They tracked him down using every resource available to the authorities, including the assistance of the American FBI and Mossad agents among the Arab population. The clan leader was arrested in Nazareth, where he had been living a carefree and prosperous life, barely hiding.
True, the high-profile arrest didn't initially bring much benefit to the case. The gang leader confused the investigation during interrogations and denied the charges against him. He acted confidently and defiantly, as if he knew the security forces had nothing on him.
And then the strangeness only got worse.
Witnesses began withdrawing their testimony one after another, admitting to slander and forgery, and the investigators were suddenly subjected to several conflict-of-interest investigations. It seemed as if someone was trying to carefully hush up the case.
However, this still did not prevent the defeat of the Bakri clan.
OPERATION MONEY MAZE
On the night of December 10, police and special services moved to the final stage of the operation.
A series of raids swept across Samaria. In some cases, the army and police sealed off entire villages, combing every house and arresting anyone who looked suspicious.
The work quickly bore fruit—law enforcement officers captured not only the small fry (about fifty people), but also several henchmen, onto whom the arrested Bakri entrusted the task of operational management of the clan.
Security forces also visited the Nazareth city administration, seizing the contents of safes and detaining several local officials. New charges were also brought against former Mayor Arbel, who was deemed to be the mastermind of the criminal scheme, along with Bakri and other gang leaders.
But even the arrest of ordinary gang members (albeit a large number) and several local officials associated with them (even at the level of the mayor and his deputies) would hardly have surprised the local community: people in northern Israel are accustomed to criminal games.
However, the secret services unexpectedly put a trump card on the table that turned the tide of the case and elevated it to the level of the central government.
General Meni Benjamin, head of the Lahav-433 special police force (created in the image and likeness of the FBI and designed to combat precisely this kind of crime), was implicated in the scandal involving the Bakri clan.
Investigators discovered that Benjamin had a business relationship with the detained mayor of Nazareth and could well have warned him about the upcoming raids. Moreover, Lahav employees were also involved in the hunt for the racketeers, participating in closed meetings and helping plan the operations.
In exchange for protection, the head of the "Israeli FBI" could receive "dividends"—for example, by shielding his protégés from racketeering attacks. And in some cases, he could even lobby for the most lucrative contracts to be awarded to the "right people." Moreover, at least several of the general's close friends had business interests in Nazareth.
Having lost their protection in Lahav-433, the gang's luck suddenly stopped and they chose to go into hiding to avoid disappearing from the criminal map entirely.
INNER FRONT
Although the fall of the Bakri clan had a temporary positive impact on the crime situation in Nazareth and other northern Israeli towns, it is still too early to speak of the complete defeat of the mafia in these parts.
Other criminal families, including those rivaling the "racketeering empire," rushed to fill the resulting vacuum. Bakri's shadowy supporters also clearly have no intention of abandoning their trade and are quite capable of striking back at the authorities in the near future.
As a result, Tel Aviv was faced with a difficult choice: continue the fight against banditry in the north "until victory" (and thereby add another, "internal" front to the external ones) or limit itself to one demonstrative operation, which should serve as a lesson and a warning to others who wish to openly challenge the authorities.
[FoxNews] A new Android safety tool helps responders act faster during real emergencies
Holiday travel and winter storms create risky moments for drivers and families. Stress rises fast during emergencies, and describing the scene to 911 can feel overwhelming.
Now, a new Android feature closes that gap by providing live visual information that helps responders act with speed and accuracy.
If you use an iPhone, Apple offers a similar tool through its Emergency SOS Live Video feature. You can learn how it works right here.
WHAT ANDROID EMERGENCY LIVE VIDEO DOES
Google is rolling out Android Emergency Live Video to give dispatchers a secure view of the scene during an active call or text. A dispatcher can request a live video stream through your phone when it is safe for you to share it. With a single tap, you can stream real-time video that helps responders understand what is happening.
This can help during car accidents, medical emergencies or fast-moving hazards such as wildfire conditions. Live video can also help dispatchers guide you through steps that save lives, such as CPR, until responders arrive.
HOW THE ANDROID EMERGENCY LIVE VIDEO FEATURE WORKS
Android designed this tool to work with no setup. When you call or text 911, the dispatcher reviews the situation. If they decide video would help, they will send a request to your phone. You see a clear prompt that lets you choose whether to start the secure stream. The feature uses encryption and gives you full control. You can stop sharing at any moment.
The feature works on Android phones running Android 8 or newer with Google Play services. It is rolling out across the U.S. and select regions in Germany and Mexico. Google plans to expand coverage with more public safety partners.
HOW TO USE EMERGENCY LIVE VIDEO ON ANDROID
You cannot turn this feature on in advance. It appears only during an active 911 call or text.
1) Call or text 911 on your Android phone. The dispatcher reviews your situation.
2) Watch for a request on your screen. If the dispatcher decides live video will help, they send a prompt to your device.
3) Tap the notification that appears. You will see a clear message asking if you want to share live video.
4) Choose Share video to start streaming. This opens your camera and begins a secure live feed.
5) Tap Stop sharing at any time. You stay in control the entire time and can end the video at any time.
WHY EMERGENCY LIVE VIDEO ON ANDROID MATTERS NOW
Emergencies create confusion. Sharing details verbally takes time and can lead to miscommunication. Video removes guesswork. Responders gain clarity in seconds, which can speed up help and improve outcomes. This tool builds on Android's safety features, including Satellite SOS, Fall Detection and Car Crash Detection.
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.
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trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
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