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Abu Bakr al-Baghadi's Dead

The Washington Post published an obituary: "Abu Bakr al-Baghadi, austere religious scholar at helm of Islamic State, dies at 48".

I may never shop Amazon again.

 

Curses! Foiled Again!

He can't be all bad if he's into Queen's music...

The FBI has revealed shocking details of a 19-year-old Queens man's alleged plans to carry out a lone wolf knife and bomb attack on the World's Fair Marina for ISIS. Awais Chudhary, 19, was arrested on Thursday in Queens as he picked up a 'tactical knife' and other supplies from an Amazon locker, following an undercover online sting operation.

Oh, my mistake; sorry for the misunderstanding.

Looks as though another import from Pakistan thought he had a plan. Maybe we should stop letting people into our county if they're from one of those "istan" countries.

 

The Devout

A 2021 date has been established for the death-penalty trial of Khalid Shaikh Mohammed and four other men charged as the masterminds behind the September 11 attack in New York City. 

Colonel W. Shane Cohen of the Air Force announced on Friday that the trial is set for January 11, 2021. The case will take place at Camp Justice at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba. 

It's certainly taken them long enough.

 

Down In The West Texas Town Of El Paso

EL PASO, Texas (KTSM): Police say a call for an active shooter came in at 10a.m. this morning at Walmart at Cielo Vista and then additional reports came in of a possible shooter at adjacent Cielo Vista Mall. Police say one person in custody and a second person is detained. Police do not believe any suspect is outstanding. A police source tells KTSM that 18 people were killed.

El Paso Mayor Dee Margo says that three suspects believed to be involved were taken into custody.

This guy had the right idea: take cover. Probably wouldn't have hurt to be armed as well.

UPDATE: 19 dead, 40 injured.

I think Texas still deploys the death penalty; time to use it.

 

 

 

Rose City Antifarts Are Vewy Upset

Portland’s most recognizable left-wing group has spoken out against a Senate resolution introduced earlier this month that would label anti-fascists “domestic terrorists,” saying the proposal is an attempt to “criminalize dissent.” Rose City Antifa released a statement saying the Republican Party “is explicitly targeting political opposition. If passed, this resolution would be a powerful new weapon for silencing leftists and dissent in the U.S.”

The resolution referenced a June 29 attack against conservative writer Andy Ngo during a mostly peaceful gathering of competing protesters in downtown. Ngo has said he suffered a brain injury. Cruz and Cassidy cited the attack as proof of the dangers posed by “antifa.” The term is short for anti-fascist and generally serves as a blanket description for typically anonymous left-wing activists who say they support using disruptive and sometimes violent tactics to fight hate, homophobia and anti-Semitism.

Effie Baum, a spokesperson for Portland-based “everyday antifascist” coalition Popular Mobilization, said the group signed the statement to show solidarity with organizations that shared its goals of “raising the cost of participation for racists and homophobic and transphobic people.”

Hmm. Maybe they should quit wearing masks and assaulting people; that'd be a good start. In Portland, they've done a lot of damage with their metal pipes and bats - breaking store windows and even busting in car windows (the driver was a woman with two kids in the vehicle on one occasion, and all she was trying to do was get home).

It's hard to sell the story that you're "anti-fascists" when you behave like fascists.

Escalating Violence

When radical progressive Saul Alinsky penned Rules for Radicals, he had a variation of Antifa in mind. They weren’t to be the focus of his ideal leftist community organizing activism, but rather a tool to push the boundaries of civility so the less violent but equally radical “peaceful” counterparts in their movement would appear to be more pleasant and reasonable.

Independent journalist Andy Ngo, who was violently attacked by Antifa in Portland a month ago, has found the latest plans of an organization that pretends like they’re not really that organized. They, in fact, are, and they’re using this to their advantage in their plans to descend on El Paso, Texas.

Local and national organizers are working together to build 10 days of trainings and direct actions for the Border Resistance Convergence in El Paso, TX – September 1-10th. We are calling on affinity groups everywhere to come together and help us address US-funded genocide and local concentration camps.

They're working to purchase an assortment of guns from Mexican cartels in hopes of turning their El Paso events into armed rebellion. What they fail to recognize is that El Paso isn't Portland. Down there, folks have guns and bullets - and considerably more than "10 days of trainings". the residents know all about gun control - as in, hitting the target. Things could get really interesting for those "antifa" types.

 

Portland: Light Rail Lunacy Extends

First, Siemens won a contract for 26 LRVs from Portland’s TriMet. This order will replace TriMet’s original 26 Type-1 vehicles (supplied by Bombardier in 1986) with Siemens’ S700, “a low-floor, state-of-the-art vehicle jointly developed by TriMet and Siemens Mobility.” The contract includes options for up to 60 additional LRVs, which would accommodate  further service expansions such as the MAX Red Line Extension to Fair Complex, and the Southwest Corridor. With this new purchase, TriMet’s LRV fleet will be a fully-Siemens fleet, with the first delivery expected in 2021.

In addition, TriMet has opted to install the latest Internet-of-Things (IoT) framework to what will now be its Type 6 vehicle.

How comforting...if you've been following the hacks of IoT networks, you know that there's essentially no security embedded in the systems. It's interesting to envision the results of a hacker taking control of a light-rail train.

As an aside, trains have become the latest tool for terrorists.

Just one push is all it takes.

 

 

Dat Right, Dey Be Bad

(CNN)More than 20 MS-13 gangsters and associates have been indicted on federal charges of racketeering and murder for allegedly taking part in a violent Southern California crime spree that an indictment unsealed this week says included the slaying of one victim who was dismembered and had his heart cut out.

So boot 'em out, already. There's no reason for us to house and feed these things. Dey can go be bad in their own countries, we don't need 'em here; we've got enough Democrats as it is.

 

Anti-Anyone Who Disagrees

This is what @TheDemocrats call “Anti-Fascism:” Violence against unarmed old men and gay Asian Americans. The Republic has an internal Enemy.

Seems rather familiar, doesn't it?

 

"Antifa" guy smacked another guy Saturday night  - hit him in the head with a crowbar. Took 25 stitches to close the victim's scalp. These "antifa" folks really need to find out what lead can do to them.

 

Portland "Mayor" Teddy Took his "Do Nothing" Attitude A Bit Too Far, This Time

Sen. Ted Cruz, Texas Republican, called Sunday for a federal investigation and charges against Portland, Oregon, Mayor Ted Wheeler after an attack on a conservative journalist by antifa activists during one of the city’s frequent protests. The episode drew fresh attention to Mr. Wheeler’s hands-off attitude toward protesters, including the mayor’s defense last year of police who allowed activists to block traffic and harass drivers during a spontaneous protest, an incident caught on camera by Mr. Ngo.

U.S. Ambassador to Germany Richard Grenell, who like Mr. Ngo is openly gay, said he had asked the Justice Department to investigate the incident, tweeting, “This is outrageous. Where was Portland Mayor? @tedwheeler”.

Portland State University professor Peter Boghossian called for impeaching Mr. Wheeler, saying he has allowed “street thugs to assault journalists, blockade hospitals, and pull pedestrians out of their cars.”

“His behavior is disgraceful and impeachment proceedings must begin immediately,” tweeted Mr. Boghossian.

John Noonan, senior counselor for military and defense affairs for Sen. Tom Cotton, Arkansas Republican, said Mr. Wheeler’s streets are “straight out of Mad Max Thunderdome. This is a giant, glaring failure of leadership.”

There's a reason why the town's been nicknamed "Little Beirut". And whether Ngo is openly homosexual or not has no actual bearing in regard to the situation; the thugs trash the place and mug people because they're allowed to get away with it.