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Russian invaders shell Dnipropetrovsk region at night
Today's Headlines

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Page 4: Opinion
TJ Frazier on gender	3 10:25 Warthog [11122]
Iran now speaking openly on nuclear bomb prospects	1 15:38 Super Hose [11123]
The Underdog Of American Aviation l Grumman Tiger	2 12:58 Mercutio [11123]
Page 1: WoT Operations
Israel launches new Gaza operation, kills top Islamic Jihad commander UPDATE: PIJ confirms kill	2 15:51 Dron66046 [11130]
Good Morning	12 15:27 Helmuth, Speaking for Whiter4276 [11126]
Iran arrests 10 Islamic State members, blames Israel for sending them	2 15:35 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11125]
Motorcyclist Gunmen Kill Religious Scholar in Central Afghanistan	2 12:52 Lionel Lumumba2243 [11130]
Fighting in Karta-e-Sakhi Between Islamic Emirate Forces and Daesh	0 [11126]
ISIS kills five Iraqi soldiers in Diyala, says local official	0 [11126]
Al-Shabaab attacks AU base in Somalia	0 [11126]
Man charged with killing NY cop released from prison in May	2 13:35 Skidmark [11124]
At least five civilians injured in Saudi shelling of border regions	0 [11130]
Three Yemenis murdered by Saudi forces in border region	0 [11127]
Senior commander of Islah Party troops killed in explosive attack	0 [11125]
Heroin worth Rs 2 crore recovered in Udhampur	0 [11128]
Migrant worker killed, two injured in Pulwama grenade blast	0 [11126]
Two residents of Stavropol were convicted from an attack in Dagestan	0 [11138]
Nine civilians injured in Aleppo attack	0 [11129]
Page 2: WoT Background
US Air Force charges airman over ‘deliberate’ explosion on base in Syria in April	4 17:21 Rob Crawford [11125]
Swedish Migration Minister Wants to Limit Non-Nordic Population in Troubled Areas	11 16:41 KBK [11123]
Iran holds mass funeral for Revolutionary Guard officers killed in Syria years ago	1 13:05 Super Hose [11126]
Ethiopian army generals in Somalia after cross-border Al-Shabaab attacks	0 [11124]
U.S. Gives AU troops in Somalia Armored Vehicles to Fight Al-Shabaab	4 10:29 Dron66046 [11126]
Deep South rebels seek immunity during public consultations in peace process	1 09:28 Skidmark [11125]
UN scolds France for Islamic headscarf ban	5 16:19 NN2N1 [11122]
Iran installs new advanced centrifuge cascades at Natanz enrichment plant	3 14:38 NN2N1 [11123]
Terror leaders narrowly escaped Israeli raid in West Bank last month — report	0 [11124]
Aoun says committed to non-selective justice on port blast anniversary	0 [11130]
5 eye-opening recipients of U.S. foreign aid	5 16:01 Matt [11125]
Page 3: Non-WoT
Army Working on Critical Infrastructure	4 22:05 trailing wife [11127]
Multiple People In Critical Condition After Lightning Strike Outside White House	8 11:59 Harcourt and Tenille8857 [11124]
Shocking ‘execution style' double homicide in home chills rural Florida community	7 12:54 SteveS [11122]
Troopers: Drunk woman arrested after driving golf cart on I-95	5 15:16 Super Hose [11132]
China decouples	10 17:19 ruprecht [11124]
Scientists Create The First Synthetic Embryos	5 19:40 NN2N1 [11127]
TV Series Based On Michelle Obama Gets Cancelled After Just One Season	5 12:38 SteveS [11128]
NYC McDonald's shooting could've been avoided with hot fries, says kin of suspect's girlfriend	17 15:57 Blackbeard Bucket7981 [11127]
Multiple dead across multiple sites in Laurel, Nebraska: Explosion rocked one property at 3am and officials in hazmat suits are responding	8 20:09 Frank G [11126]
Democrat congressional staffer posing as an FBI agent to control MAGA crowd in D.C. escaped from cops on bikes in a fake police car - but was tracked down by an agent via his T-shirt	6 17:24 ruprecht [11128]
Court rules Medicaid must cover transgender surgeries	3 10:26 DarthVader [11124]
Cuba Sees Island-Wide Protests over Scheduled Rolling Blackouts	2 16:00 Seeking Cure For Ignorance [11126]
Police Beat Down Dutch Farmer Protesters with Batons	7 17:28 Procopius2k [11126]
Tonga volcano spews enough water to fill 58,000 Olympic-size swimming pools into stratosphere	2 15:31 Super Hose [11127]
Michigan township votes to defund library over LGBTQXYZ books	7 15:35 Super Hose [11127]
Cops pull grandma delivering DoorDash from sinking SUV in floodwaters after monsoon strikes Arizona: Rescue mimics operations in Kentucky after historic rainfall claimed 37 lives	4 14:33 Tom [11124]
Page 5: Russia-Former Soviet Union
Shelling HITS power line at ‘out-of-control' nuclear power plant: Ukraine and Russia blame each other after Putin's troops were risking a new Chernobyl disaster	0 [11126]
Ukrainian military chief pleads for return of artillery to Donbass -- Updated	2 19:52 Dale [11126]
Huge explosion as Ukraine hits a Russian storage facility	4 12:27 Abu Uluque [11124]
Three ships plan to set out from Ukrainian ports on Friday -Turkish minister	0 [11123]
Russian invaders shell Dnipropetrovsk region at night	1 17:24 Procopius2k [11133]
Operational summary of the Ukrainian General Staff for the evening of Thursday, August 4	0 [11125]
Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: August 4th, 2022	0 [11127]
Russian Perspective: Operation to Denazify Ukraine: Operational Brief August 4th (updated)	7 12:32 Abu Uluque [11127]
Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: August 4th, 2022	0 [11129]
Swedish TV wrongly covered the situation in Ukraine	1 12:34 Abu Uluque [11125]
War in Ukraine. Summary 04.08.2022	0 [11125]
US Contractor describes torture by mercenaries	11 18:19 badanov [11125]
Page 6: Politix
DeSantis Sends Cops To Physically Remove Suspended 'Soros-Backed' State Attorney	9 22:54 CrazyFool [11129]
Senator Kyrsten Sinema Agrees to Senate Green New Deal Spending and Tax Proposal	2 14:39 Tom [11124]
More dividends from the recent Pelosi - Taiwan junket	10 20:02 Frank G [11125]
Leaked FBI doc labels ‘extremist' Betsy Ross flag, 2nd Amendment, Gadsden Flag and more: report	12 20:14 M. Murcek [11124]
Dirtbag Chris Wray Corfirms that Same FBI Supervisor Behind Failed Whitmer Entrapment Scheme Is Leading Jan. 6 Investigation in Washington DC	1 08:58 Bobby [11125]
Sinema Signs Off On Reconciliation Bill After Dems Agree To Protect Private Equity Billionaires	12 12:45 swksvolFF [11124]
Self-funded US House candidate beats AIPAC-backed opponent in Detroit	0 [11128]
Ex-Puerto Rico Gov. Wanda Vázquez busted in bribery scheme with banker, former FBI agent	9 16:40 Skidmark [11124]
FBI director Christopher Wray vows to protect whistleblowers after former DOJ and bureau employees told Republicans information about Hunter Biden's criminal probe was quashed	6 12:50 Mercutio [11128]
HHS declares monkeypox a public health emergency nationwide: US confirmed cases reach 6,617	14 17:17 swksvolFF [11128]
Paul Pelosi's blood alcohol content likely much higher at time of crash: experts	5 16:09 swksvolFF [11124]
‘Very Crooked Numbers’: Biden Admin Accused Of Fabricating Low Gas Demand Data To Hammer Price Of Oil	4 17:03 Lord Garth [11125]
Arizona county's ballot shortage leads to calls for resignation	4 09:25 Mullah Richard [11128]
Sen. Roger Marshall to Push Senate to Declare Biden's Open Border an ‘Invasion'	3 22:31 trailing wife [11127]
LA finally votes to crack down on homeless encampments within 500ft of a school despite furious mob of jeering protestors OPPOSING the measure at city council meeting	4 08:30 M. Murcek [11123]
Addicted to wokery, no matter the cost: California Democrats pass bill to allow MORE open-air drug sites - despite disastrous first attempt in San Francisco that is now set to close	2 14:42 Procopius2k [11124]

-Great Cultural Revolution

TJ Frazier on gender

            Posted by: Besoeker  ||
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#1 Preach it!

                Posted by: M. Murcek    ||
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#2 AMEN

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#3 Absolutely...Can I get a witness!

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                08/05/2022 10:25                Comments ||
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-Land of the Free

The Underdog Of American Aviation l Grumman Tiger

            Posted by: The Walking Unvaxed  ||
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#1 If you can't back your head on the wing getting into the crate, it ain't a real plane.

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#2 ~~back~~ bang

obviously one too many flights in a Cessna 172

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                08/05/2022 12:58                Comments ||
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Syria-Lebanon-Iran

Iran now speaking openly on nuclear bomb prospects

[AlAhram] Iranian officials now speak openly about something long denied by Tehran as it enriches uranium at its closest-ever levels to weapons-grade material: The Islamic Theocratic Republic is ready to build an atomic weapon at will.

The remarks could be bluster to force more bargaining-table concessions from the U.S. without planning to seek the bomb. Or, as analysts warn, Iran
Iran

...a theocratic Shiite state divided among the Medes, the Persians, and the (Arab) Elamites....
could reach a point like North Korea
Continued on Page 49

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#1 Here's a concept: Israel probably has more and better bombs. Some of them are also probably attached to missiles. Also their scientists will probably always be ahead of Iranian scientists.

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4	Tin Hat Dictators, Presidents for Life, & Kleptocrats
3	Commies
3	Islamic State
3	Govt of Iran
2	Moslem Colonists
2	Houthis
2	Mob Rule
2	al-Shabaab (AQ)
1	Hezbollah
1	Muslim Brotherhood
1	Narcos
1	Palestinian Islamic Jihad
1	Sublime Porte
1	Taliban/IEA
1	Thai Insurgency
1	Govt of Pakistain Proxies
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Two weeks of WOT

Fri 2022-08-05
Russian invaders shell Dnipropetrovsk region at night

Thu 2022-08-04
Iraq's Sadr demands new polls as political crisis escalates

Wed 2022-08-03
Afghanistan Needs India’s Help ‘Desperately’ to Secure Peaceful Environment: Taliban Interior Minister Haqqani

Tue 2022-08-02
Nancy does Taipei

Mon 2022-08-01
US takes out Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri in 'successful' Afghanistan counterterrorism operation

Sun 2022-07-31
Zelenskyy ordered the evacuation of the city of Donetsk

Sat 2022-07-30
Yale study shows sanctions are crippling Russia's economy

Fri 2022-07-29
Ethiopia says over 209 Al-Shabab fighters killed after failed incursion

Thu 2022-07-28
GDP Shrank 0.9% in Q2, Marking Second Consecutive Quarter of U.S. Economy Contraction

Wed 2022-07-27
US Seeks Life Sentence For Canadian ISIS Propagandist

Tue 2022-07-26
Syria’s Autonomous Administration hands over 146 of Tajik ISIS children and women

Mon 2022-07-25
Ethiopian security forces arrest 454 terror suspects in capital city

Sun 2022-07-24
Biden Expects Bad Econ News This Week

Sat 2022-07-23
Extremists have attacked Mali’s Kati military base on the outskirts of the capital city Bamako

Fri 2022-07-22
White House says Russia planning to annex large swaths of Ukraine

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