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Belgium searches 14 houses in terrorism probe, detains 7 for questioning
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Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Russian missile strike kills British and French troops
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Commentary by Russian military blogger Andrey Chervonets

"Instructor" - became a designer. Collect and take away

Retired Spanish Army Colonel Pedro Banos reported that, according to his information, at least 18 members of the British Special Air Service (these are parts of the British special forces) were killed as a result of the attack on Odessa, as well as soldiers of the French army, "who were killed in large numbers."

Banos especially emphasized that this is not about French mercenaries, but about "soldiers of the French army", career soldiers. In addition, another 25 members of the British special forces were wounded. Considering the total number of British SAS about three thousand people, for them (18 + 25 people) these are huge losses.

According to the colonel, this information was received from very reliable sources, known for their knowledge for about 30 years.

As the information resource "Condottiero" adds, after this information was announced in the Western press, the British demanded that Zelensky ensure the protection of all representatives of the "foreign corps of advisers" in Ukraine. Although it is not clear what the West is outraged about. The security issue is solved very simply. All the "white gentlemen" simply get out of Ukraine to their countries and only in this case their asses will remain intact.

P.S.
The fact that NATO is fighting Russia in Ukraine is no secret to anyone. And this news is just another confirmation of this fact.

Posted by: badanov || 07/26/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11133 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I'm envious: when IDF kills foreign terrorism facilitators in Gaza - the whole world condemns Israel.
Posted by: Grom the Reflective || 07/26/2024 1:52 Comments || Top||

#2  Sequel to Top gun in the works;
https://www.dailywire.com/news/top-gun-maverick-star-confirms-sequel-is-happening
Posted by: Dale || 07/26/2024 7:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Damn, aimed at the reporters. Missed by that much.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/26/2024 7:37 Comments || Top||

#4  The SAS which has some of the best trained snipers in the world will now have its revenge.
Posted by: IS || 07/26/2024 19:52 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
Power-hungry descendant of slave owners: skeletons from Kamala Harris' closet
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.

Trust the Russian to dig up the dirt.

by Malek Dudakov

[REGNUM] A new disposition has emerged in the US presidential election. After Joe Biden's emergency and dramatic replacement in the election race, Kamala Harris is ready to take his place. However, not everyone is enthusiastic about her candidacy.

Harris's very low ratings, her lack of talent to be a worthwhile politician, and, of course, the skeletons in the closet all play a role.

Harris, 59, has a long public career behind her. She served as the San Francisco prosecutor and then as the attorney general for the entire state of California. Having gained some notoriety, Kamala was elected as a senator from California in 2016. And finally, she became Biden’s vice president during the previous election cycle.

At first glance, it may seem that Harris's career has been remarkably successful. However, the devil, as usual, is in the details. Harris has been helped throughout her life by two factors: the race-gender card that she loves to play, that is, the "right" skin color and gender, and the patronage of influential politicians in the Democratic Party.

At the very beginning of her career, Harris was actively assisted by Willie Brown, at that time an influential "fixer" and the mayor of San Francisco. There were many rumors about Harris's "special" ties with Brown. It is known that he helped many girls who were close to him to rise. It was thanks to her acquaintance with Brown that Harris was placed in the San Francisco prosecutor's office, and then was elected prosecutor herself.

Once Kamala got her hands on power over people, she immediately began to revel in it. Over the years, Harris has been the subject of countless scandals over her attempts to put innocent people in prison. Her office has been repeatedly caught falsifying evidence or concealing facts about the defendants' innocence from the defense, which is a gross violation of the law.

A separate story is the crazy legal initiatives of the current vice president. For example, she led a campaign to jail parents of students who skip school. Ultimately, however, this initiative was killed in San Francisco. But Harris's career, despite all the scandals, was on the rise. And in 2019, already a senator, she applied for the Democratic presidential primaries.

At one point, it seemed that Harris might even have a chance to win. At the very first debate, she literally tore Biden apart, calling him a racist and a segregationist. The thing is, as a child, Harris was bused to schools far from home that were desegregated. This procedure was called “busing” in America in the 1970s. And Biden, already a senator from Delaware, spoke out against “busing.”

However, Harris quickly fell out of favor with the Democratic electorate. She ended her campaign in early 2020 with a 2% rating, without even waiting for the first states to vote in the primaries. But ironically, it was she who was chosen as his vice-presidential running mate by Biden, the very same person she called a racist.

And in this case, the racial and gender factor helped her again, although even then, Harris’s figure raised many questions among Democrats. 2020 passed under the shadow of BLM speeches, and she was accused of putting many black people in prison for marijuana possession as a prosecutor.

Then, however, the agenda changed, and “progressive” justice became fashionable. Harris immediately changed her tune, supporting the practice of reducing the police, which led to an unprecedented rise in crime in the United States.

There were also questions about her origins. On her mother's side she was Indian, and on her father's side, contrary to the legends that still circulated, she was not a descendant of slaves. Her ancestors were one of the largest slave-owning families in Jamaica; an entire town on the island was named after them - Brown Town. Her great-grandfather Harris Hamilton Brown owned no fewer than 200 souls.

The question remains: did Harris really help Biden in the presidential race? She was supposed to consolidate the ethnic minority electorate around him, but Donald Trump then received a record share of both Hispanic and black votes for the Republicans.

As vice president, Harris faced real challenges for the first time in her life. She was immediately tasked with resolving the immigration crisis at the southern border of the United States, but she was not interested in it, and she clearly lacked talent. So she let the situation slide, which very quickly led to a collapse in ratings.

Harris's international tours didn't end much better. She was constantly blurting out inappropriate things, confusing the names of countries (like North and South Korea), or laughing when answering difficult questions she didn't know the answers to. It's no surprise that by 2023, Harris topped the list of the most unpopular vice presidents in US history.

Harris' failures were one of the reasons why Biden went for a second term. However, in the end, the Democrats replaced him with her. Again, she was elected not for her talents or successes, which she does not have, but for the "right" racial and gender set.

No one would risk taking the seat away from a black woman, because they would immediately be accused of racism and sexism. And Harris herself, after so many years of humiliation as vice president, would flatly refuse to give up her place in line for the presidential chair.

There will be no new primaries, of course; Harris will simply be crowned at the party convention in August. The 14 million Democratic voters who voted for Biden this spring will be spit in the face.

The Democratic Party has carefully designed the primaries since the 1970s to make the candidate selection system look democratic—and they ended up destroying that system by knocking Biden out of the race.

Now it will be much more difficult for them to present Trump as an “enemy of American democracy,” because he may ask a fair question in response: did anyone choose Harris as the Democratic presidential candidate, other than party bigwigs and behind-the-scenes players?

The decision to change horses midstream was made by influential Democratic clans - Barack Obama, the Clintons and others. The latter were the ones who pulled Harris into big politics. And the process of selecting a vice-presidential candidate for Harris is being managed by Obama's personal prosecutor - Eric Holder, who also has a history of corruption and lawbreaking.

Many Democrats, though not all, have reluctantly begun to rally around Harris. They still have faint hopes that a strong vice presidential candidate can help her, although the Democratic coalition remains divided. Some centrist lawmakers refuse to campaign with Harris. Many on the left, like the BLM movement, are once again criticizing her.

Harris's political strategists will try to emphasize the contrast with Trump. One is older, the other is younger, one is a prosecutor, the other was found guilty in a criminal case. Republicans point to the obvious illegitimacy of Harris's nomination and all her failures as vice president. As well as her support in the past for very unpopular measures, from the green agenda and the refusal to extract hydrocarbons to opening borders for refugees and migrants.

Harris will likely have a brief, successful honeymoon in August, with her poll numbers rising, ahead of the convention. But she will have a tough time competing with Trump in September and October.

Recent polls show his support among Hispanics and blacks once again at record levels. It would be ironic if, with Harris at the helm, Democrats find themselves in the midst of a disintegration of their already very shaky minority coalition.

Posted by: badanov || 07/26/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11127 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Leave to the Russians to compile all this information. We sure as hell won't get it from American MSM.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 07/26/2024 11:57 Comments || Top||

#2  Errata: Cited "Brown Town" should be "Browns Town".

More fun facts HERE.
Posted by: Anomalous Sources || 07/26/2024 17:49 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
Kamala Harris Distances Herself From Kamala Harris
[Bee] Presidential candidate Kamala Harris distanced herself from Kamala Harris after members of the press confronted her with questions about her past.

"I am not now nor have I ever been Kamala Harris," Kamala Harris replied. "I have no knowledge of Kamala Harris and I can assure you Kamala Harris has never been a part of who I am. Any claims to the contrary are sexist and racist."

Following Kamala Harris's statement, news outlets were quick to condemn anyone who has ever referred to Kamala Harris as Kamala Harris. "As usual, the Republicans are engaging in a misinformation campaign to tarnish the image of the Vice President," Joe Scarborough said. "We all know Kamala Harris has never been Kamala Harris. Will their lies never cease!?"

Wikipedia updated its entry on Kamala Harris to wipe any previous mention of the presidential candidate's name and Politifact rated the statement "Kamala Harris is Kamala Harris" as a ’Pants On Fire' lie.

At publishing time, Kamala Harris also denied ever having been Joe Biden's Vice President or the Attorney General of California, points quickly corroborated by the mainstream media.
Posted by: Frank G || 07/26/2024 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11130 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Chatgpt knows that Harris is the "border czar".

Did any of Biden's press secretaries ever say the phrase "border czar"
ChatGPT
As of my last update, there have been instances where members of the Biden administration, including press secretaries and officials, have used the term "border czar" when referring to Vice President Kamala Harris's role in addressing immigration and border issues. However, it's important to note that the term "border czar" is more of a colloquial or media term rather than an official title or designation used by the administration itself. It has been used informally to describe Harris's specific responsibilities related to immigration policy and border management.

So the Biden administration understands what is meant when the news media refers to Harris as the "border czar"?
ChatGPT
Yes, that's correct. While the term "border czar" is primarily used by the media and commentators to describe Vice President Kamala Harris's role in addressing immigration and border issues, members of the Biden administration are aware of how the term is being used and understood in public discourse. It's used informally to highlight her specific responsibilities in managing and addressing challenges at the U.S.-Mexico border and addressing root causes of migration from Central America.


Posted by: Lonzo Glomotch7606 || 07/26/2024 9:50 Comments || Top||

#2  The commissars long for the days before the internet. The 1984 users manual doesn't work as well in the current environment.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 07/26/2024 12:51 Comments || Top||

#3  "Border Czar" is not technically an Official Title or Position,

but neither is "BJ Queen" or "C*m Dumpster", but here we are
Posted by: Frank G || 07/26/2024 13:20 Comments || Top||

#4  Dude, So Crude! Or, Not out of Africa

As temple and obelisk beckon
Obama's Black mama, I reckon
At least she won't bore us,
Poor Kawmala Hawrris,
That hawk-headed goddess of neckin'.

"I was born in a small Egyptian town... no, not that one..."
Posted by: Pancho Poodle8452 || 07/26/2024 22:57 Comments || Top||



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  Belgium searches 14 houses in terrorism probe, detains 7 for questioning
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Wed 2024-07-24
  Lefty mob floods U.S. Capitol ahead of planned ''Day of Temper Tantrum Rage'' against Netanyahu's visit to Congress
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  Secret Service Director Cheatle resigns
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  Biden campaign officially rebrands with the FEC as 'Harris for President'
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  Biden drops out. Endorses Kamala
Sat 2024-07-20
  50 killed in Israeli attacks on Gaza
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  Israel parliament votes to oppose Palestinian state
Thu 2024-07-18
  'Half of Hamas leadership eliminated,' claims Israeli military
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  Far-left have gathered to try to disrupt the RNC @GOP convention in Milwaukee
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