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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Perverted man groped and attacked women in Compton store... then gun-toting female shopper shot him dead, LA cops say
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] A man who followed and sexually assaulted a woman inside a Compton store was shot and killed by a ‘brave’ female shopper, Los Angeles police said.

The violence unfolded on Sunday at 3.21pm at the Pink Beauty Supply store in Compton, about 16 miles from Los Angeles.

The man entered the store ‘following’ the woman and groped her, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Employees asked him to leave but the man became ‘increasingly verbally assaultive’ towards the people in the store and started throwing merchandise around.

He began brandishing an object in his hand which terrified onlookers feared was a knife.

The man said he was going to 'kill and harm everyone in the store', authorities added.

At that point, a separate woman in the store retrieved her gun and fired a ‘warning shot’ at the man.

The sound prompted him to spin around which led the woman to believe that she was in danger.

She then fired another shot and killed the man.

The Compton Fire Department pronounced him dead on the scene.

'It's crazy to me because children go in there a lot, so what if I was there by myself and that just automatically went off? I could've gotten hit or something could've happened to me,’ an unnamed witness told KABC.

'I'm glad that the woman that did it was brave enough to even go and do something like that to save somebody else.'

The man had a criminal record that included assaults, robberies and thefts, CBS LA reported.

Locals were in disbelief at the shooting.

‘Why would somebody do that here?’ Almond Le Joice, a Pink Beauty Supply customer, said.

The woman who fired the gunshot and killed the man is 'cooperating with detectives,' per NBC Los Angeles citing the LA County Sheriff’s Department.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 00:10 || Comments || Link || [1748 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The woman who fired the gunshot and killed the man is 'cooperating with detectives,' per NBC Los Angeles citing the LA County Sheriff’s Department.

She began "cooperating" with society with the second shot.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/22/2025 5:12 Comments || Top||

#2  It's CA after all. Next development will probably be her arrest and indictment for something related to the shooting.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 || 10/22/2025 7:47 Comments || Top||

#3  If nothing else, they've got her for firing a warning shot. In doublethink, it's a crime since you discharged a weapon obviously didn't think you were in immediate danger. Correcting her mistake in round 2 probably won't help.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Tough to get a jury to convict, even in Los Angeles.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2025 13:12 Comments || Top||

#5  Compton beauty salon, woman is almost certainly black and a local, as likely is the deceased. Chances of prosecution are low and conviction much lower if it went to trial.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 10/22/2025 13:23 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Tutankhamun's 3,300-year-old tomb is at risk of collapse
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] The 3,300-year-old tomb of Egyptian Pharaoh Tutankhamun may be collapsing, the Daily Mail reported on October 21, citing archaeological research.

Researchers note that cracks appeared in the tomb due to increased humidity. Cracks in the ceiling of the entrance and burial chambers allow rainwater to penetrate, accelerating the deterioration of its elements.
"We're calling you about your expired tomb warranty protection"
The tomb is carved into clay shale, which expands and contracts with changes in humidity. Moisture penetration poses a serious risk of collapse. Scientists note that the structure "will not collapse anytime soon," but it will not survive as long as it could under favorable conditions.

"There are current and future risks that will affect the structural integrity of [Tutankhamun's tomb] in the long term, and the tomb may not stand for thousands of years in the form in which it was built," said Said Hemada, a professor in the Department of Conservation of Architectural Heritage at Cairo University.

Tutankhamun's tomb is located in the Valley of the Kings near Luxor, home to dozens of pharaohs' tombs. In 1994, the Valley was already hit by a flood: most of the tombs were submerged, seriously damaging the frescoes and causing cracks in the burial chambers.

In early October, the tomb of Pharaoh Amenhotep III reopened in Egypt after 20 years of restoration. As Minister of Tourism and Antiquities Sherif Fathy noted, Egyptian, Japanese, and Italian artisans succeeded in preserving the monument for future generations and facilitating an influx of new tourists to the region.

More from regnum.ru
A Spanish tourist fell into a 4,000-year-old pyramid in Egypt.
A Spanish tourist fell inside a 4,000-year-old Egyptian pyramid. Gulf News reported this on October 20.

The incident occurred on October 18. The tourist reportedly slipped on a wooden ramp in a narrow corridor of the Bent Pyramid of Pharaoh Snofrey and fell 80 meters below the surface. She is believed to have suffered a broken foot.

Rescuers arrived quickly at the scene. They had to work in stifling conditions and poor visibility, relying on the tourist's cries for help. The operation lasted several hours. The woman was given first aid right inside the pyramid, but to extract her, the rescuers had to crawl due to the narrow corridors.

Posted by: badanov || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1782 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Tsk. They just don't build 'em like they used to...
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:24 Comments || Top||

#2  I was sure they were going to blame it on global warming. Or Climate Change, which is what all the cool kids are calling it now.
Posted by: SteveS || 10/22/2025 10:04 Comments || Top||

#3  When I was 9 I was too tall to climb the tunnel in the GIZA pyramid. Face it the early Egyptians were small. My mom who was 5' 3" could do it but she need to bend nearly in half.
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2025 15:03 Comments || Top||

#4  They let all the Hoo-doo out.
Posted by: ed in texas || 10/22/2025 15:30 Comments || Top||

#5  Re #2: No, it's obviously Trump's fault. We didn't hear about this until Trump.
Posted by: Rambler || 10/22/2025 17:34 Comments || Top||

#6  Egypt making a new delta and considering making an inland sea will raise humidity enough to wreck lot of this old stuff.
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2025 17:57 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
The Protocals of the Elders of Zion
[Wikipedia] Useful background reference in these troubled times, when Jew-hate, so quickly become fashionable, is with President Trump’s ascension starting to incur serious costs to the wielder.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/22/2025 05:50 || Comments || Link || [1771 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Britannica - Protocols of the Elders of Zion, fraudulent document that served as a pretext and rationale for antisemitism mainly in the early 20th century. The document purported to be a report of a series of 24 (in other versions, 27) meetings held at Basel, Switzerland, in 1897, at the time of the first Zionist congress. There Jews and Freemasons were said to have made plans to disrupt Christian civilization and erect a world state under their joint rule. Liberalism and socialism were to be the means of subverting Christendom; if subversion failed, all the capitals of Europe were to be sabotaged.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/22/2025 5:54 Comments || Top||

#2  Instead, Besoeker, it is the Progressives, aided by Communist China and the Ummah, who plot civilization’s conquest.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2025 9:28 Comments || Top||

#3  Always wondered why the FreeMasons got lumped in with the Jews as targets du jour.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:35 Comments || Top||

#4  ^Why bicycle riders?
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 10/22/2025 10:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Why these stupid DEBUNKED protocals keep reappearing is beyond stupid.
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2025 14:53 Comments || Top||

#6  Why bicycle riders?

I don't want them under my wheels but sometimes it seems that's where they want to be.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 10/22/2025 15:20 Comments || Top||

#7  #6 There is a Soviet era joke.
A drunk runs down the street screaming "kill the Jews and bicycle riders". A cop knocks him down, and - while cuffing him - asks "Why bicycle riders?".
Posted by: Grom the Affective || 10/22/2025 15:33 Comments || Top||

#8  The antifa folks seem to all prefer to ride bicycles for some damn reason (Green insanity too?).
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2025 17:48 Comments || Top||

#9  The antifa folks seem to all prefer to ride bicycles for some damn reason.

I consider them as filling the traditional role of light cavalry; skateboarders as light infantry.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 10/22/2025 19:58 Comments || Top||

#10  The wymyn love the Spandex feel on their scrotums
Posted by: Frank G || 10/22/2025 20:15 Comments || Top||

#11  I wanna get the pic of the alligator in the rotation for stories like this.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 10/22/2025 20:28 Comments || Top||

#12  Which one, Snowy Thing?



Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2025 21:42 Comments || Top||

#13  Why Freemasons
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 23:26 Comments || Top||


North West, 12, sparks concern as she debuts disturbing new look with fake face tattoos and grillz
[MAIL] Kim Kardashian's daughter North West has sparked concern after she debuted a new look that included fake face tattoos, a nose piercing and grillz.

The 12-year-old posted a slew of videos showcasing the eyebrow-raising outfit to TikTok over the weekend.

She rocked long, blue braids and fake blue contacts, as well as black grillz over her teeth and a faux nose ring.
Posted by: Besoeker || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1775 views] Top|| File under:

#1  And when she gets pregnant will she call the kid
"North by NorthWest"?
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:26 Comments || Top||

#2  A fair and palpable hit, Mercutio. If you do not win all the points today, it will not have been for lack of trying.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2025 9:29 Comments || Top||

#3  ...via the Northwest passage.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 10:01 Comments || Top||

#4  ref #1
or Cary Grant if its a boy, at least at birth...but the K's have lost their bearings due to a missing moral compass.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 10/22/2025 13:30 Comments || Top||

#5  The skank doesn't fall far from the tree.
Posted by: Hellfish || 10/22/2025 17:53 Comments || Top||


A Boeing 737 MAX was struck by a space object in the skies over the United States
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[Regnum] A Boeing 737 MAX flying at an altitude of 11,000 meters (36,000 feet) was struck by a space object in the skies over the United States. This was reported by Matthew Clint, founder of the aviation portal Live And Let's Fly.

On October 16, the plane was flying from Denver to Los Angeles with 140 passengers on board. The impact shattered the aircraft's windshield, injuring the pilot.

Following the incident, the crew reduced altitude and diverted the plane to Salt Lake City, where it landed safely on the runway. According to the airline, the diversion was necessary to repair a crack in the windshield.

Clint suggested that the incident could have been caused by the plane's collision with a small meteorite or space debris.
It was United Airlines flight 1093. Now we know more than we did before.

Posted by: badanov || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1778 views] Top|| File under:

#1  All the 737 MAX was obviously CURSED by somebody with MAGIC. heh heh heh
Posted by: 3dc || 10/22/2025 14:58 Comments || Top||

#2  1093
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 23:30 Comments || Top||


Africa Subsaharan
South Sudan: 13 soldiers killed as clashes resumed Sunday between SSPDF and SPLA-IO forces in Rubkona County, Unity state


Posted by: badanov || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1747 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nuer and Dinka ethncities are fissiparous and hate one another. The problem will not be resolved until South Sudan is divided in two, or perhaps three. The Equatoria ethnicities generally want no truck with their Nuer and Dinka citizens.
Posted by: Zenobia Craque3311 || 10/22/2025 8:16 Comments || Top||


China-Japan-Koreas
China Begins Paying Women to Have Babies
[Breitbart] China’s state-run Global Times on Monday reported that 25 provincial authorities are set to begin distributing “maternity allowances” to women on November 1.
An approach demonstrated not to work in several European countries, in recent decades, but perhaps the Han are different. Really, though, the thing that works is making the society family friendly and opening uo the economy to allow the people trust that the future will be better. See Javier Milei’s Argentina and Donald Trump’s America, where conservative Trump voters continue to have above-replacement birthrates, unlike their Progressive anti-Trump peers.
In other words, having exhausted every other strategy to combat demographic decline, China will start paying women to have babies.

“Since September, provinces such as Jiangxi, Anhui and Shaanxi have successively rolled out direct payments of maternity allowances to individuals province-wide,” the Global Times noted.

The expanded program scheduled to roll out on November 1 will cover “nearly 90 percent of all social insurance pooling areas of the country.” A few notable exceptions include Beijing, the tech hub of Guangdong, and the Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region (XUAR).

China’s National Healthcare Security Administration (NHSA) said the direct subsidies for childbirth, intended to cover “living expenses paid to female employees during maternity leave,” would bring China one step closer to becoming a “childbirth-friendly society.”

China has already implemented several programs to reduce the cost of maternity and child-rearing, but until now, the subsidies were generally paid to employers rather than directly distributed to the beneficiaries.

Demography experts told the Global Times that routing the subsidies through employers invited “deductions, delays or misuse,” including employers deciding to keep some of the subsidy money to offset the cost of paid maternity leave. Also, using employers to distribute the subsidies raised the apparent cost of hiring female employees, and the indirect system did little to benefit “flexible workers” such as ride-hailing drivers, food delivery workers, and freelancers.

On the other hand, some of the direct subsidy money will only be available to women who paid money into the system through paycheck deductions – in fact, the NHSA is boasting that little paperwork is required to claim benefits beyond proof that the recipient made payments to finance the system – and the subsidies “remain relatively low compared with the costs of childbirth, childcare, and education.”

Louise Loo, head of Asia research for Oxford Economics, glumly noted to the Washington Post on October 11 that it is “almost impossible to reverse a demographic decline,” even for an authoritarian regime like China with fairly deep pockets.

China’s brutal “One Child Policy” of population control left the next generation short of fertile women, since couples wanted boys more than girls. The Chinese Communist regime seemed surprised that it could not simply order its population to start having more children when demographic decline became apparent. Numerous big-money programs to increase fertility have failed to produce adequate results, as in other declining countries that attempted similar programs, like Japan and South Korea.

“The Chinese government is now throwing money at the problem, but it may come as too little, too late. Last month, Beijing unveiled a new subsidy of about $500 a year for the first three years of a child’s life. On social media, some commentators noted they would consider having more children if the subsidy were 10 times what’s being offered,” the Washington Post noted.

Fewer children, coupled with longer lifespans and higher costs for supporting retirees, is creating a demographic crisis in almost every industrialized nation, but China’s hangover from the One Child Policy is making it worse. Loo’s calculations said China could lose half a percent from its GDP growth over the coming decade due to population decline.

[X]
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1826 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Newborn Baby Girl Abandoned in NYC Subway Station
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/21/2025 7:33 Comments || Top||

#2 
SOME SIDE QUESTIONS.
As we know, the CCP grossly under-counted its COVID-19 deaths.
Claiming less than 6,000 Deaths. Could this be a hidden factor?

Then coupled that with the CCP's 1979 to 2015 population planning initiative, restricting families to 1 child. Which also had a major negative impact? Given the Chinese culture of carrying on the Male's Family name resulted in a massive number of CCP Female Babies being abandoned, internationally adopted out, or the record number of "Miscarriages" during those years.

AND/OR
The CCP could, just OPEN THE BORDERS, and allow in an massive influx of 2nd/3rd world reproducers. Just like Biden, the Globalist, and the Democrats did.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 10/22/2025 6:30 Comments || Top||

#3  Seems to work in the hood. Tiktok is being filled with mommies of several children by several different sperm donors who are hysterical that their EBT and section 8 housing is ending (after several generation of subsidy). With the government shut down, the SNAP bennies are also drying up in November. The parasites are restless.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 10/22/2025 6:58 Comments || Top||

#4  China Begins Paying Women to Have Babies

whereas in the US, it's more likely for them to be paid NOT to have them.
Posted by: Mercutio || 10/22/2025 9:21 Comments || Top||

#5  record number of "Miscarriages"

Say rather abortions, mostly, and many not by the will of the mother, but forced upon her by the local government intent on meeting low birthrate targets.
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2025 9:58 Comments || Top||

#6  Next, the CCP restricts or bans birth control.
Posted by: Cured Romantic || 10/22/2025 13:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Won't help anytime soon as it takes 21-22+ years to even start seeing a return on investment. In the mean time China will continue to run out of workers for factories and their military.
Posted by: DarthVader || 10/22/2025 15:28 Comments || Top||

#8  "Section 8 housing"? Housing for crazy people?
Posted by: Seeking Cure For Ignorance || 10/22/2025 18:48 Comments || Top||

#9  China will continue to run out of workers

The CCP is totalitarian. Easy enough to refuse to let anyone retire…
Posted by: trailing wife || 10/22/2025 22:03 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
What's the best way to detect and destroy drones?
[BBC] In the northern Danish city of Aalborg, the firm MyDefence makes equipment that jams and repels drones.

"We've had a big surge of interest," says chief executive, Dan Hermansen.

He says that up until early October his company was mainly dealing with defence firms, but now it has "completely shifted".

The small, box-like kit made by MyDefence is mostly used by the military of Nato countries and Ukraine.

However lately demand has grown from civilian customers.

"It's coming from critical infrastructure," he adds, "from big companies, looking to protect their own assets".

The device detects communication between the drone and its pilot, then breaks that connection, explains Mr Hermansen, by emitting a powerful radio signal on the same frequency.

Rather than falling out of the sky, the drone is pushed away and has a controlled landing. If it tries to reconnect to a GPS signal, that can be blocked too, he adds.

Mr Hermansen reckons that radio frequency jamming works against 80 to 90% of the drones that are flown.
Posted by: Skidmark || 10/22/2025 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1739 views] Top|| File under:



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