[NYPOST] A recidivist gangbanger accused of plotting an attack on a rival drug pusher while behind bars was put back on the streets by officials in Albany — only to be busted again as part of violent mostly peaceful Long Island street crew, Suffolk County District Attorney Ray Tierney told The Post.
Joseph Baker, 34, was arraigned Thursday on a 23-count indictment alleging that, while incarcerated, he ordered five fellow 9 Trey Bloods gang members to shoot a longtime adversary in the legs in exchange for $10,000 last November, newly unsealed charging documents revealed.
But when Sherlocks went to arrest Baker on April 23 at Cayuga Correctional Facility, where he was serving a three-year stint for drug possession, he was nowhere to be found.
The Nine Trey Gangster Bloods or Nine Trey Gangsta Bloods (NTG)[6] (also referred to as Bentley's or Billionaires)[7][8][9] are a "set" of the United Blood Nation street gang,[10] which is itself a set of the Bloods gang.[11][12][13] The gang operates on the East Coast of the United States.
The gang initially sold various narcotics including heroin, crack cocaine and PCP throughout Harlem.
Nowadays they sell illegal and prescription drugs, sex traffic women, racketeer, and deal in counterfeit American currency from New Jersey to North Carolina.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A Yale University professor has sparked outrage by suggesting the only way to deal with Japan's rapidly aging population is a mass suicide and disembowelment.
Yusuke Narita, an assistant professor of economics at Yale, defended his views in a New York Times
...which still proudly claims Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize... profile this weekend after he made the remarks on a streaming news program in 2021.
'I feel like the only solution is pretty clear,' he said at the time. 'In the end, isn't it mass suicide and mass 'seppuku' of the elderly?' Good idea. You go first.
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....and its occurring already without any help from the intelligentsia. The same group of people who are trying to reduce sunlight while still promoting solar power alternatives.
#4
In Japan with its heavy reliance on machine augmentation of services for long term care, the same results could probably be achieved by adding an algorithm.
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The left just loves killing off people, don't they?
[NYPost] A Florida extremist who stockpiled a massive arsenal of guns and ammunition had chatted for months with school shooter Natalie Rupnow — sharing love notes and mutual plans to shoot up multiple locations, including churches and police departments, according to authorities.
Damien Allen, 22, was found with eight guns — including fully automatic assault rifles — along with over 12,000 rounds of ammunition and grenades and flashbangs at his family’s home in Loxahatchee, officials said at a press conference Wednesday.
“There is no doubt that [the investigators] have stopped a mass shooting,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.
“This guy was ready to go, had all these weapons, had the propensity to do it — it was just a matter of what day was going to set him off.”
Allen had been in contact with Rupnow, 15, for months before she shot up a private Christian school in Wisconsin in December, killing two and wounding six others before taking her own life, the officials said.
“We go down together,” Allen told Rupnow in one TikTok exchange in June, six months before she carried out her evil plot, according to an affidavit obtained by WISN.
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[REGNUM] On the eve of May Day, Ukraine finally signed a mining agreement with the United States. This happened on Wednesday evening, just before Walpurgis Night, when, according to medieval tradition, witches gathered for the Sabbath. The text of the document has not yet been published, but some of the outlines of the agreements can already be traced.
The Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Svyrydenko, who reported the event, published a brief summary of what was signed. On paper, or more precisely, on social networks, where the post appeared, everything looks quite decent.
“The document is now such that it can ensure success for both of our countries – Ukraine and the United States,” the minister wrote.
So why was Ukraine reluctant to sign the document? After all, when Sviridenko's plane headed to Washington, US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent's team told her she had to be ready to sign all the agreements or go home, three people familiar with the matter said, the Financial Times reports.
And it all happened after the US reportedly dropped conditions related to Ukraine repaying debts for previous military and financial aid. “Today we reached an agreement under which, theoretically, we get much more than $350 billion,” US President Donald Trump wrote in this regard.
And unblocked commercial supplies of weapons for the Ukrainian Armed Forces.
What was the struggle for so long under the carpet, and what were Ukrainian officials trying to bargain for?
PROS AND CONS
The main advantage for Kyiv is that the agreement does not contain any mention of any debt obligations of Ukraine to the United States, something Trump had previously insisted on.
The main drawback is that no one in Ukraine or the United States has reported on the security guarantees for Ukraine attached to the agreement, which Zelensky had previously insisted on.
The document has not yet been published, but its contents have been posted by “Sorosenok” Yaroslav Zheleznyak, a people’s deputy from the “Voice” party, who (according to him) has sources somewhere in the State Department, and what Minister Sviridenko and Prime Minister Denys Shmygal have published on social networks.
The deal includes an agreement to establish the U.S.-Ukraine Recovery Investment Fund. The parties will jointly manage the Fund, with a 50/50 shareholding. "Neither side will prevail, and this will reflect an equal partnership between Ukraine and the United States," the minister writes.
The first is represented by the state Agency for the Support of Public-Private Partnerships, the second by the International Development Finance Corporation, and together they must work to restore what has been destroyed through investments in natural resources (mining, energy) and infrastructure.
And here the questions immediately begin.
The project financing scheme looks like this. Ukraine undertakes to send half (50%) of royalties and other license payments from new licenses for natural resources (oil, gas, metals, etc.) from a special fund in the budget to the fund. And the senior partner makes a "financial contribution, which can be additionally increased thanks to military assistance provided by the United States to Ukraine."
In practice, it may look like this: the Americans supply several Patriot air defense systems on a commercial basis, each worth $1 billion. All of this is counted toward the Fund, which must compensate the Ukrainian side for this amount with new licenses for the extraction of minerals.
For example, the US will supply Ukraine with five obsolete MIM-104 Patriot air defense systems, which Israel refused in May last year and which Ukraine wanted to receive. And Ukraine, on the basis of a shared participation, must issue licenses for the same amount - that is, put up for sale licenses for the development of minerals for $5 billion.
At the same time, the licenses must be put up for sale at a price for which they will actually be wanted in the conditions of increased risk in the form of war and corruption that has not gone away. So the amount will be determined by the Fund's management, also made up of half representatives of the USA and Ukraine. And here there is no doubt whose vote will be decisive.
The management of the processes “in the fields” is entrusted to the DFC company, but more about it later.
This money goes to the budget of Ukraine, and from there half is transferred to the newly created Fund. "Ukraine contributes 50% of the state budget revenues from the new rent for new licenses for new sites," Sviridenko notes, emphasizing the word "new," and then explains that the funds are invested in projects for the extraction of minerals, oil, and gas, as well as in related infrastructure or processing. What to invest in - Ukraine and the United States will again decide together.
It sounds attractive, if not for one “but”.
Investing is only possible in Ukraine, but the provisions are only about investments, not about income or new receipts. As you can see, the agreement does not mention them. Officials express the hope that the income and receipts of the fund will not be distributed for the first 10 years, and this is probably where one of the document's quirks may be hidden. The difference between expectations and reality is why Kyiv did not want to sign the documents.
WALL AGAINST CHINA
Trump is clearly set on making a profit on the principle of "here and now", so the income and contributions of the Fund are not taxed either in the USA or in Ukraine. It looks like a prelude to the creation of a new virtual offshore, funds from which can be withdrawn without taxes and control - from any side, and without control and restrictions.
Moreover, the Fund (the American side) receives priority rights to buy products extracted on the territory of Ukraine (for example, natural gas, rare metals, oil). And the "owners" undertake to ensure that third countries or companies do not receive more favorable conditions. Which, as MP Zheleznyak explains, "will significantly limit Ukraine's ability to choose the most favorable commercial conditions and partners."
At the same time, the Ukrainian side, which will lose budget revenues for many years, is obliged to compensate for all losses from exchange rate fluctuations and losses from converting the hryvnia into dollars. And the priority of the agreement over local legislation limits the right of the "sovereign state" to independently regulate laws in the sphere of investments and natural resources.
Obviously, this was also a stumbling block for her, since a partnership of this kind (and the agreement is indefinite) obviously quotes the 500-hryvnia banknote: “Unequal equality for all.”
Trump reiterated that the deal would allow Americans to return some of the aid they provided to Ukraine.
"We invested $350 billion or so there, while Europe only invested $100 billion. So we have to somehow get some of our investment back. I felt stupid. So I went to them (the Ukrainian authorities. - Ed.) and said: look, we need to get access to rare earth elements. They have excellent rare earth resources - these are certain minerals, materials that are not available everywhere. This is their big asset.
And today we made a deal where, theoretically, we will get much more than this 350 billion. I just wanted to protect our interests. I didn’t want to be put in a stupid position again,” said the American president, who is openly “cheating” Zelensky with his continued whining about “solid security guarantees.”
According to Trump, the very presence of Americans within the framework of the concluded deal is a firm guarantee. "No one will encroach."
By signing the deal with his approval ratings slumping 100 days into his presidency, he secured the victory he needed. And that victory must come with actual profits.
US GDP contracted by 0.3% in the first quarter of 2025, the largest quarterly contraction since 2022, meaning the sooner the money arrives, the better. And perhaps that was the reason for his phrase that “Zelensky was three weeks late signing it.”
And now, the promised details about the DFC agency.
As Minister Sviridenko informs us, the Fund is supported by the US government through this office, which “will help us attract investments and technologies from funds and companies both in the US and in the EU and other countries.”
However, it is worth knowing that the US International Development Finance Corporation, also known as the US Development Finance Corporation, is a federal agency that has the same status as USAID and USIP, which were recently dissolved by Trump.
The difference is that it was created with bipartisan support from Congress during the first Trump administration to provide private sector financing for development projects in low- and middle-income countries.
The agency was intended to be a system for proposing alternative projects to China's "New Silk Belt and Road" infrastructure initiatives. Its first head was Adam Boehler, a close ally of Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, but he left the post in January 2021.
Agency officials say its mandate to link private investment with government loans is critical to U.S. efforts to compete with China, Politico reports. The DFC has played a key role in securing hundreds of millions of dollars in loan assistance for a U.S.-led effort to build a trans-African rail system that would bring critical mineral resources from central Africa to Atlantic ports. The project, known as the Lobito Corridor, is seen as a major competitor to Beijing’s projects in the continent.
The presence or even the main role of the DFC in Ukraine could lead to a deep confrontation between Beijing and Kyiv, the consequences of which for Ukraine could be disastrous. In recent years, China has become the country's main trading partner, but with the start of the agency's activities, the situation could change dramatically, and Kyiv will find itself at the forefront of the fight against the Chinese presence in the region.
All this looks more like forecasts for now, which can be clarified only after the official publication of the main documents. And in the case of China - after the first actions of the DFC.
In the meantime, Henry Kissinger’s words come to mind again : “To be America’s enemy is dangerous, to be America’s friend is fatal.” Especially when starting projects on the eve of Walpurgis Night.
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[Regnum] In Kazakhstan, 88 dead seals were found on the shores of the Caspian Sea. This was reported on May 1 by the republic's fisheries committee.
"On April 29... 88 seal carcasses were found washed up on the coast. At present, it is difficult to determine the causes of death of the aquatic animals due to the significant amount of time that has passed since the animals' presumed death (2-3 weeks)," says a message published on the social network Instagram (banned in Russia, owned by the Meta company, recognized as extremist and banned in the Russian Federation).
It is noted that it is impossible to conduct a high-quality sampling for analysis due to the significant decomposition of the carcasses. The dead endangered animals were removed from the coast, and the fact of death was registered by police officers.
[Solari Report] Catherine Austin Fitts on how America’s leaders gave up on the country in the 1990s, began stealing trillions and built a digital prison to control the population.
Idiots. How often have they done this and let Turkey take the blame?
[Rudaw] The Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) grabbed credit on Wednesday for two drone attacks on Peshmerga forces in Duhok province, which left five Peshmerga personnel injured earlier this week.
The Kurdistan Region Security Council (KRSC) stated on Tuesday that five Peshmerga personnel were maimed in two drone attacks in Duhok province over the course of two days. The KRSC blamed a "terrorist group," without specifying its identity.
The People’s Defense Forces (HPG), the PKK's military wing operating in the mountains, stated on Wednesday that Peshmerga forces affiliated with the Kurdistan Region's ruling Kurdistan Democratic Party (KDP) have established "a new military base" between the villages of Guherze and Balave.
"Definitely, holding this strategic point is part of the Ottoman Turkish army's plan to besiege and annihilate our forces, who have heroically continued the resistance in Zap for four years. Against this, our command in the area made light-level warning interventions once on April 28 and 29, taking care to avoid loss of life," it added.
The HPG also claimed that the Peshmerga forces were attempting to block a key road that connects PKK fighters in the Zap and Gare mountains.
The KDP and PKK have long been historical enemies, with their rivalry intensifying in the 1990s, when they were involved in a civil war that severely impacted the Kurdistan Region.
The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor... and the PKK have been engaged in a decades-long armed conflict. Ankara and its Western allies consider the group a terrorist organization. Founded in 1978, the PKK initially struggled for autonomy but now seeks broader cultural and political rights within Turkey.
Renewed peace efforts to resolve the Ankara-PKK conflict - which has lasted more than four decades and claimed over 40,000 lives - have gained new momentum in recent months.
Senior KDP leaders have expressed support for the peace talks, with some claiming to have played a pivotal role in facilitating dialogue between the warring sides. However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them... the KDP-dominated KRSC on Tuesday indirectly accused the PKK of attempting to undermine the grinding of the peace processor.
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Israel declared a national emergency as the largest wildfires in the country's history continued to rage out of control.
The Fire and Rescue Service's Jerusalem District commander said firefighters had a long way to go before they could contain the blazes, which started near Mesilat Zion, west of Jerusalem, yesterday morning.
Shmulik Friedman said conditions could get even worse due to strong winds which could reach speeds of up to 100 kilometres an hour.
'We are amidst a very large wildfire, maybe the largest there has ever been in this country,' he said last night.
'Regarding our activity, it will continue for a very long time. We are far from having control.'
Footage shows thick smoke billowing above highways as motorists abandoned their vehicles while the military has also deployed troops to help.
Israel's Magen David Adom (MDA) rescue agency reported that hundreds of civilians were at risk from the wildfires, and that it had already treated 23 people.
Friedman said that the cause was still unknown, and that emergency services were 'not yet dealing with this'.
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu struck a similar tone, saying that the 'priority right now is defending Jerusalem.'
He added: 'We need to bring as many fire engines as possible and create firebreaks well beyond the current fire lines.
'We are now in a national emergency, not just a local one.
'This wave of fires is a threat to human life, to communities – and to Jerusalem. This is not just a fire in the field, it is a national danger.'
Israel Katz, the defence minister, said in a statement: 'We are facing a national emergency, and all available forces must be mobilised to save lives and bring the fires under control.'
And fire chief Eyal Caspi warned at a press conference that 'our aircraft can't do anything right now due to the weather conditions... Our goal is to save lives'.
Foreign Minister Gideon Sa'ar said he had held phone calls with counterparts from Argentina, France, Italy, the UK, Spain, Portugal, the Czech Republic, Sweden, Croatia, Greece, Cyprus, Azerbaijan and North Macedonia, to request aerial assistance in dealing with the wildfires.
But experts have said that Israeli leaders have failed to prepare for wildfires after major blazes in both 2016 and 2021.
Dov Ganem, chairman of the Israel Fire and Air Rescue Association, told the Walla news site that he had been warning for 18 years about the state's lack of preparedness for massive fires.
He said he had long pushed for advanced aerial firefighting but had not been acknowledged.
You know how it is: when you have one existential war after another, and between times you spend vast sums to finally harden your borders, it’s really hard to worry about the occasional natural disaster.
Tomer Lotan, who served as the Director General of the Ministry of Internal Security from 2021 to 2022, said he had drawn up plans to purchase Blackhawk helicopters aimed at bolstering the firefighters' aerial forces but was blocked.
'I tried my best to explain that these were firefighting helicopters that were supposed to upgrade Israel's air capabilities,' he wrote yesterday.
'Of course, it was like talking to a wall. The false arguments have stalled the Blackhawks project – and prevented us from being here today, two and a half years later, with a vital boost to the fight against the giant fires.'
Generally, experts say wildfires are encouraged by an abundance of dry vegetation and strong winds, and are usually sparked by negligence or arson.
Israeli police have reportedly arrested three suspects in connection to the wildfires, though authorities have said it is too early to determine the cause of the initial blaze.
There has also been concern within Israel over what appear to be celebratory posts across social media around the incident.
Messages circulating on Facebook, Telegram and TikTok show some users hailing the wildfires as a divine act.
One wrote: 'We ask God to protect our people and our land. May these fires confuse the occupiers and their embattled settlers.'
Another account said: 'May God burn them as they burned the people of Gaza and their tents.'
Zvi Sukkot, a far-right lawmaker, wrote to Netanyahu to ask him to order a curfew and impose a lockdown on Palestinian villages in the West Bank.
'There is a real concern, based on past experience, that Palestinians will try to ignite more fires in Judea and Samaria and throughout Israel,' he said.
'To prevent such occurrences, a curfew must be imposed immediately on Judea and Samaria, and a blockade must be imposed on the Palestinian villages.'
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.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
...the occupiers of Greek Asia Minor...
