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The military agreements, ranging from airport access, as in Trinidad and Tobago, to the temporary deployment of US troops for joint operations against "narco-terrorists" in Paraguay, are being signed under the banner of a so-called "war on drugs," the same rationale Washington has used to justify its offensive against Venezuela, although junta officials and Dummkopf Trumpf himself has said that the goals also include seizing the country's vast energy reserves and bringing down Nicolas Maduro.

Although Washington has long maintained similar agreements in the region, the scale and timing of the new deals are seen by analysts as a further escalation amid what would be an unprecedented US invasion of a South American country.

"If the US were to launch a larger offensive that included airstrikes on Venezuela or other countries that have been mentioned, such as Colombia or Cuba, it would want operating locations around the region," said Jennifer Kavanagh, the director of military analysis at the Defense Priorities thinktank.

"Constructing a network of locations would be important for the sustainability of any type of operation. So we can't say for sure that these activities are directly targeting Venezuela, but I think it's naive to suggest that they're not somehow related," she added.


Far-right candidate Jose Antonio Kast won Chile's presidential election and Libertarian loser Javier Milei is President of Argentina. Dummkopf Trumpf wants more authoritarian, oligarch-friendly regimes in Latin America in his self-serving twisted version of the antiquated Monroe Doctrine. The recent purge of US Defense and State Dept personnel are to ensure maximum loyalty to Dummkopf Trumpf and his nefarious junta to meet that goal. So far, Brazil and Mexico seem to be able to hold their own against Trumpf's Reign of Terror.


Former Netanyahu spokesperson Eli Feldstein, who faces trial for allegedly leaking classified information to the press, made the explosive accusation during an extensive interview with Israel's Kan news channel.

Critics have repeatedly accused Benjamin Netanyahu of refusing to accept blame for the deadliest attack in Israel's history. But little is known about Netanyahu's behavior in the days immediately following the attack, while the premier has consistently resisted an independent state inquiry.

Speaking to Kan, Feldstein said "the first task" he received from Netanyahu after 7 Oct 2023, was to stifle calls for accountability.

"He asked me, What are they talking about in the news? Are they still talking about responsibility?'" Feldstein said. "He wanted me to think of something that could be said that would offset the media storm surrounding the question of whether the prime minister had taken responsibility or not."

He added that Netanyahu looked "panicked" when he made the request. Feldstein said he was later told by people in Netanyahu's close circle to omit the word "responsibility" from all statements.


Palestinian armed groups conducted the surprise attack on Israel on 7 Oct 2023 to seize as many hostages as possible in order to conduct a prisoner swap for approximately 5,250 Palestinians held in Israeli military custody (40 women, 170 children, and 1,320 classified as "administrative detainees," held without charge or trial).

Thanks to the erudite and calm-headed Mossad Director David Barnea, several prisoner swaps were conducted in Nov and Dec 2023 before Netanyahu initiated the Nakba to collectively punish the Palestinians and make way for a Greater Israel by ethnically cleansing Gaza and the West Bank.

The "Crime Minister" is still on trial for corruption charges, even though he recently begged Israel President Isaac Herzog for a pardon. An international arrest warrant issued by the ICC for crimes against humanity remains active for Benjamin Netanyahu and the Istanbul Public Prosecutor issued arrest warrants for him and 32 other Israelis accused of committing war crimes. An indictment is merely an allegation. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law or an international tribunal at the Hague.


In 2000, women Veterans were just four percent of the US Veteran population. But by 2040, they are projected to make up 18% of all Veterans, making them the fastest growing group of Veterans. The median age of women Veterans was 52 in 2023. Approximately 22.5% were 65 or older, and 2.2% were 85 or older. Link: Women Vets

Secretary of the VA Douglas Collins has served as a chaplain in the USAF Reserve since 2002 and was promoted to Colonel in 2023.
The Republican war on women, Veterans, the vulnerable, the sick, the handicapped, the medically uninsured, the homeless, and the hungry continues apace.

Good job, Ladies!


SC health officials report 156 measles cases, urge vaccination

www.wsoctv.com

The disgusting orange pedo is making pestilence great again.

Here's a summary I had Chatgpt create for those who have not watched the segment.

1. Opening Context:
The report starts by showing men being taken into custody and delivered to CECOT " the Salvadoran high-security facility known for harsh treatment.

2. Firsthand Interviews:
The segment includes on-camera interviews with former detainees who describe extremely harsh detention conditions: Men say they were shackled, forced to kneel for long periods, beaten until they bled, and in some accounts their heads were slammed against walls, breaking teeth. One interviewee describes being put in a dark, windowless room with no ventilation, beaten repeatedly during isolation.
Guards allegedly forced detainees to remain in stress positions for many hours, with beatings if they moved.

3. Former detainees describe severe conditions:
24-hour lighting that prevented sleep.
Lack of clean drinking water " having to drink the same water used for bathing/toilet purposes.
Reports of sexual abuse or assault by guards, according to interview testimonies.

4. Human Rights Analysis: The piece includes commentary from human-rights observers " including a Human Rights Watch representative " who say the conditions are consistent with systemic abuse or torture.
The segment cites data suggesting most detainees had no violent criminal history before being deported and imprisoned at CECOT.

5. Government Statements - The segment reportedly shows clips of statements by U.S. officials supportive of cooperation with El Salvador on detention policies, but also notes that key U.S. agencies declined to participate with on-camera responses for the version that leaked.

#72 For you...

Du du liegst mir im Herzen
Frohe Weihnachten, mein Freund!

Does the Navy still operate garbage-scows...
OCU
#60 | Posted by OCUser

[Briefing room]

(Ten men are lined up. Chekov has a nice bruise on his cheek.)
KIRK: I want to know who started it. I'm waiting. Freeman, who started the fight?
FREEMAN: I don't know, sir.
KIRK: All right. Chekov. I know you. You started it, didn't you?
CHEKOV: No, sir, I didn't.
KIRK: Who did?
CHEKOV: I don't know, sir.
KIRK: I don't know, sir. I want to know who threw the first punch. All right. You're all confined to quarters until I find out who started it. Dismissed. (the men file out) Scotty, not you. You were supposed to prevent trouble, Mister Scott.
SCOTT: Aye, Captain.
KIRK: Who threw the first punch, Scotty?
SCOTT: Um.
KIRK: Mister Scott?
SCOTT: I did, Captain.
KIRK: You did, Mister Scott? What caused it, Scotty?
SCOTT: They insulted us, sir.
KIRK: Must have been some insult.
SCOTT: Aye, it was.
KIRK: You threw the first punch.
SCOTT: Aye. Chekov wanted to, but I held him back.
KIRK: You held? Why did Chekov want to start a fight?
SCOTT: Well, the Klingon, sir. Is this off the record?
KIRK: No, this is not off the record.
SCOTT: Well, Captain, the Klingons called you, uh a tin-plated, overbearing, swaggering dictator with delusions of godhood.
KIRK: Is that all?
SCOTT: No, sir. They also compared you with a Denebian slime devil.
KIRK: I see.
SCOTT: And then they said you
KIRK: I get the picture, Scotty.
SCOTT: Yes, sir.
KIRK: After they said all this, that's when you hit the Klingons?
SCOTT: No, sir.
KIRK: No?
SCOTT: No, I didn't. You told us to avoid trouble.
KIRK: Oh, yes.
SCOTT: And I didn't see that it was worth fighting about. After all, we're big enough to take a few insults. Aren't we?
KIRK: What was it they said that started the fight?
SCOTT: They called the Enterprise a garbage scow, sir.
KIRK: I see. And that's when you hit the Klingons?
SCOTT: Yes, sir.
KIRK: You hit the Klingons because they insulted the Enterprise, not because they
SCOTT: Well, sir, this was a matter of pride.
KIRK: All right, Scotty. Dismissed. Scotty, you're restricted to quarters until further notice.
SCOTT: (big grin) Yes, sir. Thank you, sir. That'll give me a chance to catch up on my technical journals.

#21 Do you touch yourself over and over again when you read this, bell boi:

Let's throw in just a couple of other things happening:

Around the time of the election, [Binance founder ChangPeng] Zhao's representatives began discussions with allies of Trump, saying they wanted to find a solution to Binance's legal troubles in the U.S. and offering a deal with a Trump family business, according to people familiar with the discussions.

Once Trump won, Binance formed a high-level task force to strike a deal with the Trumps' nascent cryptocurrency venture, World Liberty Financial, that Binance could leverage into clemency for Zhao, other people familiar with the matter said.

This spring, Binance took steps that catapulted the Trump family venture's new stablecoin product, enhancing its credibility and pushing its market capitalization up from $127 million to over $2.1 billion.

Trump granted Zhao a presidential pardon last week, likely paving the way for the world's largest crypto-trading platform to return to the U.S., from where it was banned after the company pleaded guilty in 2023 to violating anti-money-laundering rules. At the time, the government said Zhao had caused "significant harm to U.S. national security" by allowing sanctioned Iranian crypto exchanges, Russian drug-traffickers, Hamas militants and other criminal groups to move billions of dollars through the exchange.

The bottom-line (as if there is a bottom):

The pardon marks the most distinct instance yet of Trump using the powers of his office to benefit someone at the center of deals that have enriched his family.

No sh*t.

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