[NYPost] The vibrant, east Asian immigrant enclave of Flushing may be New York’s medical fraud capital.
A one-mile radius of the neighborhood boasts 77 Social Adult Daycares (SADCs), which bill Medicaid over $100 million a year, accounting for 14 percent of all daycare spending in the state, a Post investigation reveals.
When The Post visited some of largest — which are private businesses that have claimed between $20 and 40 million from Medicaid over the last six years — many storefronts were shuttered, and those that were open had empty rooms with no patients.
At Livingwell Day Care on Northern Boulevard, lights were dimmed over rows of empty tables in a mess hall near the entrance. No seniors appeared to be inside, but Livingwell billed Medicaid $27 million from 2018-2024 and had over 26,500 patients, according to federal data.
[IsraelTimes] Incidents targeting Jewish New Yorkers and other groups up since Mamdani took office on January 1, with 205 anti-Jewish crimes confirmed so far this year
[JTN] When the Biden Justice Department announced that Chinese hackers had gotten their hands on Great Britain's publicly available voter files in 2024, American news media clamored with stories claiming it was a "dangerous" breach. The same, too, when U.S. officials announced Russia and Iran had hacked small numbers of U.S. voter files in 2020 and 2021.
The reason was simple: U.S. intelligence agencies believe the targeting and acquisition of voter registration files is an act of election interference. "Election interference is a subset of election influence targeted at the technical aspects of the election, including voter registration, casting and counting of ballots and reporting of results," an October 2020 National intelligence Council report on election interference explains.
In other words, the compromising of election voter registration data, is, by the definition of intelligence agencies, an act of election interference.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE, MOVE ALONG, LEGACY MEDIA NOW SAYS
When President Donald Trump presented confirmed evidence last Thursday night that China had compromised and obtained 220 million American voter registration files, the news media swung 180 degrees in the opposite direction. They argued it was old news (it was not) and not a big deal because you can buy limited data in America related to voter registration commercially. According to security experts, that limited data accessibility is not the same thing.
The intelligence agencies in the very documents that Trump declassified and made public for his announcement show the voting integrity and security concerns.
In 2022, the National Security Agency became especially concerned that China had escalated its exploitation of voter data by assigning a "CNE." That's a person or unit who are hackers and cyberthieves. Legacy news media have ignored this fact, while center-right-leaning publications were not as quick to dismiss the accuracy or impact of the data breach.
The Washington Times reported that "Trump said during his primetime address on Thursday that the People’s Republic of China acquired 220 million U.S. voter files containing names, addresses, phone numbers, political party preferences, and other sensitive information. Shortly after the speech, the White House released to the public dozens of declassified documents containing partially redacted findings, including data showing nearly 278,000 noncitizens who are registered to vote in federal elections and details over a "slow-walked" 2020 FBI investigation in Michigan."
Great Britain’s voter files are commercially available in limited form like America's. But China got versions of the British that caused the Biden administration to indict China for hacking 40 million British voter files. According to the BBC, the British government called it "malicious" interference in their election.
In 2021, the Biden Justice Department indicted two Iranian hackers for accessing just 100,000 voter files from a single state where it is also commercially available. They were charged with criminally interfering in the 2020 election even though voter files are commercially available in limited form.
If China’s acquisition of 40 million files in Great Britain and Iran’s acquisition of 100,000 files in America were both charged as criminal election interference, it would seem the acquisition of 220 million voter files almost certainly would be considered by the intelligence community to be an act of interference.
[ZERO] Officials in three states are investigating or plan to investigate Dr. Anthony Fauci following the release of his diary and his refusal to answer questions during a Senate hearing, "Fauci lied," Louisiana Attorney General Liz Murrill wrote on X on Aug. 1. "Louisiana and Missouri deposed Dr. Fauci. At the time, he claimed to not recall many key details of his own actions and now we are discovering contemporaneous records he kept."
Murrill said the investigation would look at whether Fauci committed any crimes for which state prosecutors could charge him.
Sen. Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.), who is running to be Alabama's next governor, said during a recent appearance on Newsmax that his state would be probing Fauci.
"Hopefully in the next six months, I'll be the governor of the state of Alabama," Tuberville said. "And I promise you one thing, we will find out if there's a possibility that we can bring him to Alabama, to put him in front of a court and a jury, to see if we can put this guy in prison."
Florida's attorney general said on July 29, also after Fauci's appearance before the Senate, that his office was opening an investigation into Fauci.
"It's past time we get the truth of what happened during COVID," Attorney General James Uthmeier said in a post on X.nate hearing.
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Hope they have better luck than the White Coat Waste Project The White Coat Waste Project, the controversial nonprofit organization that first pointed out that U.S. taxpayers were being used to fund the controversial Wuhan Institute of Virology, have now turned its sights on Anthony Fauci on another animal-testing-related matter — infecting dozens of beagles with disease-causing parasites to test an experimental drug on them.
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The same arrogant assurance paraded in Mali that, as Third Worlders themselves, Russians instinctively understand how to make their way successfully in a very different Third World culture, more successfully in fact than the locals, and that because of their superior Russianness they needn’t practice situational awareness because no one will dare treat them as prey...
[REGNUM] The murder of Russian nationals in Thailand has sent shockwaves not only across the kingdom but also far beyond its borders. At the end of July, brother and sister Diana Nazimova, 22, and Roman Nazimov, 17, disappeared without a trace in Pattaya. The family lost contact with the children after they left their home on a rented motorcycle.
CCTV cameras captured the brother and sister stopping to talk to a stranger before driving off in an unknown direction, accompanied by another motorcycle.
Several days later, local residents noticed suspicious activity in the forest belt near the bridge where the Nazimovs were last seen: four men with shovels were digging in the area of an old cemetery. Police searched the area and discovered the Russians' rented motorcycle buried in the ground—it had been dismantled, and the license plate had been cut into pieces.
During the investigation, police identified 43-year-old Thanh Kytthong, nicknamed "Pong," and his accomplice, 39-year-old Thongchai Sining, nicknamed "Thong." The men were detained while attempting to leave the country. Two of their accomplices were also detained.
During interrogation, they confessed to the crime. According to the detainees, they accidentally encountered the brother and sister on the road, introduced themselves as police officers (one of whom was wearing a uniform), and then ordered them to follow them. They then attacked the Russians in a deserted area. The motive was robbery—the criminals wanted a motorcycle.
When the brother and sister resisted, Pong shot Roman and beat Diana to death. The bodies of the brother and sister were buried in a single grave near Khao Chi Chan Mountain near Pattaya.
The criminals never managed to sell the motorcycle. Fearing the public outcry following the tourists' disappearance and the ensuing search, they decided to hide it, which is how they were eventually caught.
During interrogation, Thong recounted another crime. He admitted that a month earlier, on July 6, the same group—Pong, Thong, and two others—had broken into the home of a Thai family in the same area.
The criminals, posing as police officers, handcuffed the 53-year-old head of the family, tied up his 50-year-old wife and their 18-year-old daughter, and then took them to a coconut grove. There, they shot all three and buried them in a single grave.
In just one month, five people fell victim to a gang of thugs whose goal was solely petty profit.
Initially, the relatives of the murdered Thais didn't know what had happened to their loved ones. The sister of the deceased mother of the family said she had tried unsuccessfully to find the missing people for almost a month, contacting the police, but to no avail. "If it weren't for the investigation into the murder of the two Russians, we would never have known what happened to my sister," she said.
The murder of the Russian tourists and their family shocked Thailand. On August 1, Prime Minister Anuthin Chanvirakoon arrived at the crime scene. He personally inspected the burial site and the police station where the detainees are being held.
"I want to ask forgiveness from all Russians, from all Russian citizens, for what happened to two young Russians who lived in Thailand for seven years," he told reporters.
The prime minister emphasized that the murder had caused irreparable damage to the country's reputation. "This isn't just the murder of foreign citizens or the murder of three Thais. It's like the murder of the entire Thai nation, because everything we tried to do to earn the trust of foreigners has been destroyed," the head of government said.
He promised that the authorities would do everything possible to prevent such a recurrence and would strengthen security measures in tourist areas. Foreign Minister Sikhasak Phuangketkeo also expressed his condolences over the incident. He said the Nazimovs' murder was "a shock to every Thai."
“When a crime like this occurs, it undermines tourists’ trust,” the minister noted.
The crime has reignited debate about the death penalty in Thailand. Although Thai law provides for capital punishment for particularly serious crimes, the last execution was carried out in 2018.
The country's residents are actively calling for the death penalty to be applied to those detained. The prime minister himself, responding to journalists' questions, stated that this matter is within the court's jurisdiction, but emphasized that those responsible must face "the harshest punishment."
Particularly outrageous was the fact that Pong, the main organizer of the crimes, had been released from prison just two months before these events. It turned out he had been serving a sentence for attempted murder, illegal possession of weapons, and drug charges, having spent seven years, seven months, and 25 days behind bars.
Thong was previously convicted of drug use and was released in September 2025. Prior to his release, Thong underwent a risk assessment, and the court even imposed a two-year supervision regime, requiring him to regularly report to an inspector and refrain from certain activities.
But these measures didn't prevent a new wave of brutal crimes. Pong's aunt, who raised him from childhood, told reporters that his father had been cruel to the boy from an early age—he would shock him with electric shocks, douse him with cold water, and humiliate him in public.
However, even she herself understands perfectly well that this cannot justify the horrific callousness with which he dealt with his victims. Therefore, her aunt urged that her nephew not be released on bail, fearing that he would commit further crimes.
It's hard to see what happened as anything other than an act of extreme, almost bestial cruelty. Five lives for an old pickup truck and a motorcycle worth several thousand dollars—such nonsense is impossible to comprehend logically; it lies beyond the comprehension of any normal person. Unfortunately, something similar can happen almost anywhere. Thugs and lawlessness are utterly international concepts; they exist everywhere.
Unfortunately, this was far from the only recent incident of Russian tourists getting into trouble in Thailand. Just a few days ago, on July 31, the death of 42-year-old Russian Irina Sukhorukova was reported in Phuket. According to police, she was first struck by a pickup truck while crossing the road, then hit by two more vehicles, including an ambulance. The drivers fled, and Sukhorukova died at the scene from her injuries.
In May of this year, another tragic story came to light: the remains of 24-year-old Russian crypto investor Maxim Garbuzov were found in a mass grave for unclaimed bodies in Bangkok. He disappeared in late December 2025, leaving his home in Pattaya and driving away in an unknown direction.
Investigators determined that Garbuzov died in a fall from his hotel room just a couple of days after going missing. Due to a documentation error (which, in itself, was quite suspicious), his body went unclaimed and was buried in a common grave.
In June, news broke of the rescue of 43-year-old Russian woman from Primorye, Darya Shangina, who went missing in Phuket in late May. She was lured to Thailand through correspondence with Arab men, who then gained access to her bank accounts. Darya was repatriated, but faces a lengthy recovery.
An even more shocking story involved a tourist from Chita, who was kidnapped in Thailand and sold into slavery at a fraudulent center in Myanmar. Fortunately, the Russian woman was freed and returned to her homeland.
However, it's not worth thinking that safety concerns for Russian tourists are limited to Thailand. At the end of July, a tragedy occurred in Serbia: the body of 27-year-old Russian Lyudmila Turkova was found in a suitcase thrown into the Wiesel Canal near Belgrade.
The woman arrived in the Serbian capital on July 23 for a vacation. On the evening of July 25, she went to a nightclub and then went silent. According to investigators, Turkova met a 25-year-old Turkish citizen at the club and went with him to a rented apartment.
CCTV cameras captured them entering the building together, and just two hours later, the man carried a suitcase containing the body out of the apartment. The suspect was detained at Belgrade Airport while attempting to leave the country.
Colombian law enforcement also recently arrested members of a gang specializing in kidnapping foreigners. The criminals met tourists through dating apps and arranged meetings in popular areas of Cartagena. The victims were then taken to the municipality of Turbaco, where they were robbed and tortured in order to gain access to their bank accounts.
One of the most high-profile incidents was the murder of a Russian citizen in October 2025. After meeting a girl in Cartagena's historic center, the Russian got into a car, which was then joined by other gang members. Ultimately, the man was beaten, stabbed several times, and then strangled. His body was burned and left on a farm in Turbaco.
Sometimes, danger abroad comes not from foreigners, but from one's own. In October 2025, cryptocurrency businessman Roman Novak and his wife, Anna, disappeared without a trace in the United Arab Emirates. As the investigation later established, the perpetrators, including fellow Russians, had been planning the murder for a long time and masterfully disguised it as the couple's escape from creditors.
In November 2025, the Russian Ministry of Internal Affairs reported the arrest of several members of a criminal group in St. Petersburg, Krasnodar, and Stavropol. According to investigators, the suspects attempted to extort cryptocurrency from the couple and, after killing them, hid their bodies in the desert. Roman and Anna's remains were later discovered in the UAE.
Unfortunately, the popularity of a tourist destination doesn't guarantee safety. Thailand, for example, welcomes tens of millions of tourists annually, and the vast majority of trips pass without incident. However, for those who become victims of crime, this doesn't make things any easier.
Reasonable preparation, taking precautions—avoiding dubious acquaintances, being careful on the roads, choosing accommodations carefully, and following official warnings and recommendations from both your own Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the authorities of your host country—can reduce many risks, although they cannot be completely eliminated.
However, it is also impossible to draw radical conclusions that any country is becoming dangerous for all tourists due to isolated, albeit extremely tragic, incidents.
[Reuters] Romania blew up a rock outcrop on Monday to help redirect vital cooling water from the drought-hit Danube river to its sole working nuclear reactor, an unprecedented measure underlining the scale of an energy crunch across the region.
In neighbouring Hungary, authorities said they might be able to eke out two more days of power from their only atomic plant, which has been hit by falling levels in the Danube that it also relies on as a coolant.
Heat and drought have lowered river levels across large parts of Europe, raising concerns about water supplies, river transport and power generation.
[DhakaTribune] New rule slashes tourist, business visas as Washington cites sharp fall in overstays
Bangladeshis applying for US tourist and business visas may now have to deposit up to $20,000 (about Tk24 lakh) as a refundable bond after the United States permanently adopted its controversial visa bond program, a move expected to make travel significantly more expensive for many applicants.
The US State Department announced on Friday that the program, introduced as a pilot in 2025, had successfully reduced visa overstays and would now become a permanent requirement for applicants from 50 countries, including Bangladesh, Nepal and Bhutan.
The new regulation takes effect on Monday.
Under the permanent rule, consular officers may require
…so is it not mandatory, or just that the price point is variable?
applicants for B1 (business) and B2 (tourist) visas to pay either $10,000 or $20,000 before their visa interview. The earlier $5,000 option available under the pilot program has been withdrawn.
The bond is refundable if the visa application is denied or, if approved, the traveller leaves the United States in compliance with visa conditions.
The decision marks a significant tightening of US immigration policy for travellers from Bangladesh and dozens of other countries identified by Washington as having comparatively high visa overstay rates.
According to the State Department, nearly 45,500 visitors from the 50 listed countries overstayed their visas in 2024.
US officials said the bond program had dramatically reduced overstays during its first 10 months. Fewer than 50 travellers covered by the program eventually overstayed their visas, compared with the much higher figures recorded previously.
The department also revealed that the program sharply reduced demand for US visitor visas.
While officials initially expected around 2,000 applicants each year to be subject to the bond requirement, nearly 20,000 applicants ultimately fell under the program. Almost half declined to pay the required bond, contributing to an 83% drop in the issuance of business and tourist visas to nationals of the affected countries.
More money for Zoom and such, less air pollution…
The State Department said the program proved effective in discouraging visa overstays and reducing enforcement costs. US authorities estimate that identifying, arresting and deporting a single visa overstay costs the government roughly $18,000.
The visa bond initiative was first introduced by the Trump administration in August 2025 as part of broader efforts to curb illegal immigration and tighten enforcement against people who remain in the country after their visas expire.
Besides Bangladesh, the permanent program covers applicants from Nepal, Bhutan and 47 other countries across Africa, Asia, the Caribbean and Latin America.
The State Department also retained the authority to expand the program by adding more countries in the future.
The measure is expected to have the greatest impact on travellers seeking to visit relatives, attend business meetings or travel for tourism, particularly those from lower- and middle-income households.
Critics argue that requiring applicants to deposit up to $20,000 creates a significant financial barrier for legitimate travellers and effectively limits access to US visitor visas for many people from developing countries, even though the money is refundable if visa conditions are met.
A deliberate barrier. Blame it on your fellow countrymen who abused our hospitality, driving us to cynicism.
For so many years she was terribly important in Bangladesh — now she has fallen to become of interest only as the rest of the story.
[KhaamaPress] Former Bangladesh Prime Minister the loathesomeSheikh Hasina ...Bangla dynastic politician and now exiled former Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She was President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia showed such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums. That is probably because Khaleda's late husband was the Pak tool who had Mujib assassinated... is expected to make her first public appearance since being removed from power in 2024, as she prepares to address an event in New Delhi amid growing uncertainty over her possible return to Bangladesh and the legal consequences she could face.
According to AFP, Hasina said in an email interview last week that she remains determined to return to Bangladesh despite concerns over her safety, possible arrest and the death sentence ...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead... issued against her by a Dhaka court. The 78-year-old former leader said she wants to go back to her country voluntarily, claiming that her supporters are calling for her return.
Hasina is scheduled to speak on Wednesday at an event organized by the Foreign Correspondents’ Club of South Asia in New Delhi. The event is expected to focus on her political future and plans for returning to Bangladesh. Her son, Sajeeb Wazed Joy, and former Education Minister Mohibul Hasan Chowdhury Nowfel are also expected to participate.
Hasina has been living in India since August 2024, when her government collapsed following weeks of violent mostly peaceful student-led protests that spread across Bangladesh. The unrest resulted in a major political crisis, forcing her to leave the country and paving the way for an interim government.
However,
we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... her possible return has triggered renewed debate over her legal status. Bangladesh’s Law Minister M Asaduzzaman recently said Hasina has the right to return as a Bangladeshi citizen but warned that authorities would enforce the law if she enters the country.
The minister said Hasina could be arrested immediately upon arrival and might not have the opportunity to surrender directly before a court. He added that authorities would act according to legal procedures.
The legal pressure against Hasina increased after Bangladesh’s International Crimes Tribunal sentenced her to death in November 2025, after convicting her in absentia over allegations related to the government’s response to the 2024 protests. Hasina has rejected the charges, describing the case as politically motivated.
Following her removal, Bangladesh’s interim administration also moved against Hasina’s political party, the Awami League. The party was dissolved under an executive order using anti-terror legislation, further deepening political divisions in the country.
The International Crimes Tribunal, originally established in 2010 to prosecute individuals accused of collaborating with Pak forces during Bangladesh’s 1971 independence war, was later expanded by the interim government to handle cases involving Hasina and other former officials.
Hasina’s planned appearance comes at a sensitive moment for Bangladesh, where political tensions remain high ahead of discussions over the country’s future governance. Her supporters argue that she remains a key political figure with significant public support, while critics accuse her government of human rights ...which often include carefully measured allowances of freedom at the convenience of the state... violations and suppressing opposition voices.
[Red State] Jobs are always a hot election issue, and for stable, good-paying jobs, you need a robust manufacturing sector. The United States is once more becoming a country that makes things, that builds, and the evidence of that is roaring in. CNBC's Rick Santelli has some of those numbers, and they are encouraging.
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Manufacturing and the skilled trades are the hot new thing instead of useless but expensive college degrees. An older friend, age 69, would dearly love to retire, but he’s a tool and die maker and there is no one to step into his shoes.
[Breitbart] The U.S. manufacturing sector is expanding at the strongest pace in four years as output surges, firms add workers, and demand continues to grow, according to a key measure of factory health released Monday.
The Institute for Supply Management’s July barometer of U.S. manufacturing rose to 55.6, the highest since May 2022. This was the seventh consecutive month in which the sector’s reading came in above the threshold of 50 that separates growth from contraction. The reading was higher than economists had forecast.
The employment gauge indicated payroll growth for the first time since September 2023. New orders expanded for the seventh straight month. The measure of production rose to its best reading since late 2021.
Out of the 16 industrial categories measured by ISM, only chemical products was in contraction in July. That sector includes fuel production and the contraction is likely related to the sharp drop in gasoline prices.
Manufacturing has been gaining strength this year as the Trump administration’s tariffs have refocused businesses on domestic production and away from offshoring. The AI investment boom is also fueling demand. Changes to the tax code made last year, including the ability to expense capital investments made by businesses, are also giving a lift to the sector.
“Now that it seems the buildout of AI infrastructure globally is nearing real activation, products going into data centers are at full procurement and manufacturing ramp-up. Thus, demand for our semiconductor end products and connectivity (power, networking and photonics) is booming,” one machinery manufacturer told ISM.
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[REGNUM] A surprising event by Sweden's standards occurred: the state ombudsman banned gay pride parades from being held in kindergartens. Finally, some sense!
This sparked outrage among Swedish gays, who believed it was their sacred right to brainwash children with their propaganda. However, the local LGBT community suffered a second blow: police officers were relieved of the onerous obligation to participate in street "pride" marches.
But fans of same-sex sex are not going to put up with what they call an “attack on their rights”: they are diligently writing denunciations of “homophobes” and bringing criminal charges against them.
PARENTAL VICTORY
The story has been going on for almost a year now. In September 2025, one of the municipal preschools in the city of Kalmar decided to hold a theme week dedicated to "sexual minority rights."
The program included "creative activities" on this topic, as well as a "pride parade." During the "pride parade," the children were forced to march around the kindergarten courtyard to music and waving rainbow flags, imitating "grown-up" gay pride parades. However, many parents were, to put it mildly, less than thrilled. One father went beyond simple indignation.
For several years, the man consistently emphasized at parent-teacher meetings that he did not want his child involved in such activities. He emphasized that there was no question of voluntary participation.
The concerned father filed a complaint with the parliamentary ombudsman, who monitors the observance of citizens' rights and freedoms within the sphere of government activities.
The investigation dragged on for months. Recently, Ombudsman Erik Nymansson issued a ruling that sent a real shockwave through Sweden, which is jaded by "tolerance." He found the father's complaint fully justified and criticized the kindergarten director. Nymansson cited the constitution, which guarantees the right of everyone not to be forced against their will to participate in any assembly or demonstration.
"The principal deserves condemnation for such self-initiated behavior," the human rights activist noted, noting that preschoolers "have not yet reached the age where they can have any meaningful opinion on the complex issues raised by the pride movement."
Nymansson pointed out that even if educators had asked for parents' consent to hold a "pride parade," this could have violated the latter's constitutional right not to reveal their political and ideological views.
Nymansson's final conclusion is categorical: preschools should "refrain from organizing events for children that could be perceived as demonstrations." The decision, while not legally binding, carries weight. In practice, government agencies almost always follow these recommendations.
The case has become a clear illustration of the deep structural conflict inherent in the Swedish education system itself. On the one hand, preschools have a clear state mandate to impart "fundamental values" to children, which now includes the notorious "LGBT rights."
On the other hand, parents and children still have the constitutional right not to participate in gay pride parades. The ombudsman's decision was followed by a response from the Ministry of Education. Officials made it clear that the agency would cease holding such Sabbaths in kindergartens, effectively endorsing Nymansson's position.
The authorities have decreed that from now on, preschools must refrain from "pride parades" and, in general, any events that "could be perceived as demonstrations or political statements."
POLICE RIOT
The Ombudsman's ruling and the Ministry of Education's order predictably sparked outrage in Sweden's gay community. Lovis Brade, chair of the Confederation of Swedish LGBT Communities, was particularly outraged. She angrily asserted that eliminating "pride" from the kindergarten's life "means betraying Swedish democratic principles."
The outrage was so intense also because this wasn't the only blow. The Ministry of the Interior had previously banned Swedish police officers from participating in LGBT parades while on duty.
The fact is that in recent decades the army and the police, two organizations with the most pronounced masculine origins, have been broken over the knee with particular persistence.
Swedish soldiers and police officers were vigorously indoctrinated with "love" for gays, requiring them to regularly participate in gay marches in full dress uniform. But now, the leadership has decreed that "police uniforms must be politically neutral."
The decision was a consequence of new trends in the United States, where conservatives have gained strength following Donald Trump's election victory.
That’s backward, actually: first came the center joining the right on social issues in response to the left moving so much further left, which was followed by the Trump victory.
Swedish security officials, who deeply despise these opportunists who bully them, largely greeted Trump's victory with delight, filled with hope for change in their own country.
We had a tipping point, and they saw in it a possibility for themselves that up to now had seemed far out of reach.
They also benefited from the fact that Sweden is now governed by a moderately conservative coalition, replacing outspoken leftists and liberals. As a result, the Ministry of the Interior, having mustered up the courage, issued an official decree stating that the police are not to be forcibly involved in any demonstrations or political movements.
"Our goal is that the uniform is only used when performing official duties, that is, during operational work, on official assignments, or within the scope of police official authority," explained Malin Sahlström of the Swedish Police Authority.
The Ministry of Internal Affairs leadership also had to endure a barrage of hatred from LGBT activists. They claim that participation in the gay pride parade is "not an expression of a political position, but simply an effort to build self-confidence."
It must be said that the homosexual lobby still holds strong positions within government structures. Recently, the Swedish Ministry of Civil Defense officially called on its employees to participate in the annual "nationwide" gay pride parade.
Senior ministry officials decided to assign at least two employees from each department to this task. Ministry employees were outraged, but they didn't dare openly protest. "This is unconstitutional. But few dare openly express their thoughts, let alone report them to their superiors," one employee told the media anonymously.
DENUNCIATION AS A MEANS OF REPRISAL
This summer, the Swedish government allocated more than 1 million kronor to the non-governmental organization Rainbow Riots to “promote a positive image of LGBT among the younger generation.”
Men who are members of this organization travel throughout Sweden and, dressed in women's clothing, read stories to small children in libraries and kindergartens.
Many Swedes on social media have called this activity "disgusting" and "perverted," and those who engage in it "pedophiles" and "rapists." Enraged parents have threatened to blow up Rainbow Riots headquarters if they don't stop harassing their children.
In response, NGO head Peter Wallenberg has been busily filing denunciations to the police. He has compiled over 200 denunciations, accusing those who make comments he finds offensive of "inciting hatred."
Wallenberg often reported on multiple individuals simultaneously. For example, in September 2024, he filed a complaint against 106 people, including five politicians from the conservative Sweden Democrats. This led to numerous trials and convictions.
The first of these were handed down in May 2025: four people were found guilty of "inciting hatred toward drag performers" and fined large sums. A 61-year-old man was sentenced to a fine of 27,200 crowns. He appealed the sentence, but the appellate court upheld it.
By March 2026, the total number of convictions in such cases had reached twenty, four of which were upheld by the appellate court. A satisfied Wallenberg praised the work of the police and the courts, calling it "fantastic."
During the summer, numerous gay pride parades traditionally take place in various Swedish cities, with preparations well in hand. Then, in May, 3,000 rainbow flags were destroyed in a warehouse fire in southern Stockholm.
Police launched an arson investigation after someone reported seeing a man throw a Molotov cocktail into the warehouse. However, the arsonist has yet to be caught. Incidentally, the burned flags were intended to be used to advertise Sweden's new party, the Sexual Democrats.
The attack on Swedes' minds is being waged from all sides. In May, the food company GB Glace shipped the first batch of special ice cream dedicated to gays and lesbians. For every ice cream sold, two kronor are donated to a foundation dedicated to "protecting LGBT rights" both in Sweden and abroad. Activists began praising the company, while ordinary Swedes deemed its product "discriminatory" and threatened to boycott it.
While all these passions simmer, the country is undergoing a process of population replacement, manifesting itself in a variety of nuances. Expressen reports that in some schools in Malmö and Gothenburg, seven out of ten students are absent during Muslim holidays.
"We have a very large Muslim population that celebrates these holidays. Some school principals are stricter about allowing absences, but there haven't been any conflicts yet. In general, principals are very generous with regard to celebrating Muslim holidays," says Sara Wettergren of the Malmö School Council. The official is pleased that her country is very "tolerant" and welcomes both gays and Muslims equally.
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[Regnum] Chinese scientists believe they have found the most effective way to destroy an asteroid that poses a threat to Earth. According to the researchers, this would involve burying a nuclear bomb beneath the asteroid's surface and detonating it, the South China Morning Post reported on August 2.
Chinese scientists have proposed using nuclear bombs to destroy asteroids.
"The idea is to first insert a metal penetrating projectile into the asteroid, creating a deep hole. Then, a second spacecraft would drop a nuclear bomb into the hole and detonate it," the article clarified, citing scientists from the Beijing Academy of Rocket Science.
According to simulations, a 3-megaton explosion (or about 200 Hiroshima bombs) could completely destroy an asteroid approximately 100 meters in diameter. Burying the bomb 30 meters below the surface could more than triple the asteroid's velocity, making it more effective at deflecting the solid body.
In February, it was reported that Chinese scientists had developed the world's first compact 20-GW microwave weapon capable of disrupting or damaging satellites in low-Earth orbit. The device, called TPG1000Cs, is capable of generating up to 3,000 high-energy pulses per session, significantly outperforming existing analogs. The 4-meter-long, 5-ton device was created at the Northwest Institute of Nuclear Technology in Xi'an.
In April 2025, China successfully tested a non-nuclear "hydrogen bomb." Developed by the China National Shipbuilding Corporation Research Institute, the bomb uses the chemical compound magnesium hydride. During the test, the two-kilogram device generated a fireball with a temperature of over 1,000 degrees Celsius.
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According to the researchers, this would involve burying a nuclear bomb beneath the asteroid's surface and detonating it, the South China Morning Post reported on August 2.
Dear China -
Welcome to 1968.
IIRC it was MIT that did an exercise based on the asteroid Icarus headed for us. The solution was to load Saturn Vs with hydrogen warheads and start shootin', the last one launched just a few hours before impact.
Makes for a nice excuse, eh?
[IsraelTimes] In a surprising discovery, Israeli researchers say they have uncovered the biological mechanism in which Viagra, a drug best known for treating male erectile dysfunction, helps stop the spread of cancer.
In peer-reviewed research, scientists at Weizmann Institute of Science showed that sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra, disrupts cancer cells’ cholesterol supply, a crucial material they need to metastasize to other organs.
Dr. Yarden Ariav led the research in Prof. Ayelet Erez’s lab at Weizmann, along with researchers in Prof. Eytan Ruppin’s lab at the US National Cancer Institute, the Innovation Division at Israel’s national health provider Clalit Health Services, and physicians and scientists from Clalit-Beilinson Hospital.
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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.
[KhaamaPress] Former Bangladesh Prime Minister 
...the barbaric practice of sentencing a murderer to be punished for as long as his/her/its victim is dead...
