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The death toll in Lebanon from the illegal Israeli invasion of Lebanon has surpassed 1,000 people and displaced nearly one million (~20% of Lebanon's population), creating a severe humanitarian crisis. The IDF began destroying bridges over the Litani River in order to annex southern Lebanon: Israel Expanding

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Since 1948, the peace-loving, hardworking American taxpayer has sent Israel, a prosperous nuclear-armed country with world class universal healthcare for its residents and a better ranked social security system than the US, $317.9B , the most US economic aid given to any country in the world. (Source: www.congress.gov).

International arrest warrants for war crimes issued by the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague remain active for Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu and former IDF General Yoav Gallant. In addition, the Istanbul Public Prosecutor in Turkiye issued arrest warrants for Netanyahu and 30 other suspected Israeli war criminals.

INTERPOL Red Notices have been internationally diffused for these dangerous fugitives from justice. Any government can arrest them based on "universal jurisdiction." In 1960, the Israeli Mossad abducted mass murderer Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Argentina for crimes he committed in Europe for which he was then tried, convicted, and executed in Israel, a country that did not exist when the war crimes were perpetrated.

Indictments are merely allegations. To ensure a fair trial, Messrs Netanyahu and Gallant must both be presumed innocent until they are proven guilty beyond a shadow of a doubt at an international tribunal to be held for them in the Hague at future dates.


The US midterm elections are on Tuesday 3 Nov 2026.

Israel PM Benjamin Netanyahu is responsible for the deaths of people in Gaza, the West Bank, Lebanon, Iran, Yemen, and Syria, in numbers exponentially greater than the amount of people killed by the late al-Qaida mastermind Usama Bin Laden who orchestrated the 9/11 attacks against the US. "


This man is dangerous. Do not approach and call INTERPOL immediately at telephone number 33 4 72 44 70 00 if he is seen or located.

Quelle surpris

If you do not adulate Pres Trump, you apparently are an enemy of the Country.

Jeffries tells Trump to 'keep his reckless mouth shut'
www.politico.com

... House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries said President Donald Trump could get "somebody killed" after the president accused Democrats of being the country's "greatest enemy" after Iran.

On Sunday, the president posted, "Now with the death of Iran, the greatest enemy America has is the Radical Left, Highly Incompetent, Democrat Party!" Trump also said Saturday that "Radical Left Democrats have hurt so many people with their vicious and uncaring ways" and that "Fascist Democrats will never protect America." ...


For starters...

Key Findings of the Mueller Report
www.acslaw.org

... The Special Counsel investigation uncovered extensive criminal activity

- - - The investigation produced 37 indictments; seven guilty pleas or convictions; and compelling evidence that the president obstructed justice on multiple occasions. Mueller also uncovered and referred 14 criminal matters to other components of the Department of Justice.

- - - Trump associates repeatedly lied to investigators about their contacts with Russians, and President Trump refused to answer questions about his efforts to impede federal proceedings and influence the testimony of witnesses.

- - - A statement signed by over 1,000 former federal prosecutors concluded that if any other American engaged in the same efforts to impede federal proceedings the way Trump did, they would likely be indicted for multiple charges of obstruction of justice.


Russia engaged in extensive attacks on the U.S. election system in 2016

- - - Russian interference in the 2016 election was "sweeping and systemic."[1]

- - - Major attack avenues included a social media "information warfare" campaign that "favored" candidate Trump[2] and the hacking of Clinton campaign-related databases and release of stolen materials through Russian-created entities and Wikileaks.[3]

- - - Russia also targeted databases in many states related to administering elections gaining access to information for millions of registered voters.[4]


The investigation "identified numerous links between the Russian government and the Trump Campaign" and established that the Trump Campaign "showed interest in WikiLeaks's releases of documents and welcomed their potential to damage candidate Clinton"

- - - In 2015 and 2016, Michael Cohen pursued a hotel/residence project in Moscow on behalf of Trump while he was campaigning for President.[5] Then-candidate Trump personally signed a letter of intent.

- - - Senior members of the Trump campaign, including Paul Manafort, Donald Trump, Jr., and Jared Kushner took a June 9, 2016, meeting with Russian nationals at Trump Tower, New York, after outreach from an intermediary informed Trump, Jr., that the Russians had derogatory information on Clinton that was "part of Russia and its government's support for Mr. Trump."[6]

- - - Beginning in June 2016, a Trump associate "forecast to senior [Trump] Campaign officials that WikiLeaks would release information damaging to candidate Clinton."[7] A section of the Report that remains heavily redacted suggests that Roger Stone was this associate and that he had significant contacts with the campaign about Wikileaks.[8]

- - - The Report described multiple occasions where Trump associates lied to investigators about Trump associate contacts with Russia. Trump associates George Papadopoulos, Rick Gates, Michael Flynn, and Michael Cohen all admitted that they made false statements to federal investigators or to Congress about their contacts. In addition, Roger Stone faces trial this fall for obstruction of justice, five counts of making false statements, and one count of witness tampering.

- - - The Report contains no evidence that any Trump campaign official reported their contacts with Russia or WikiLeaks to U.S. law enforcement authorities during the campaign or presidential transition, despite public reports on Russian hacking starting in June 2016 and candidate Trump's August 2016 intelligence briefing warning him that Russia was seeking to interfere in the election.

- - - The Report raised questions about why Trump associates and then-candidate Trump repeatedly asserted Trump had no connections to Russia.[9]

US Senator Ruben Gallego (D-AZ):

"I think he was a coward, and if I could ever take down his photo from the US Attorney's office, I would gladly do it," the former USMC combat veteran said of Merrick Garland. "He was willing to sacrifice our democracy for the institution of the DOJ. There is no DOJ without democracy."

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What US Senator Ruben Gallego elided from his scathing criticism of Merrick Garland was how from 21 Jan 2021 to 19 Jan 2025 he inexplicably did not release the absolutely damaging FBI files on notorious sex monster/Israeli Mossad asset Jeffrey Epstein which would have exposed Dummkopf Trumpf.

Instead, Special Counsel Jack Smith and the federal judiciary system performed a grand kabuki theatre for four years which resulted in nothing.

Had USAG Merrick Garland released the Epstein files in February or March 2021, Trumpf would have spent four years in federal and state courts fighting off charges and litigation regarding his pedophilia, severely hampering his presidential campaign. Imagine all of the witnesses and victims coming forth in courtrooms and congressional hearings from mid-2021 to 5 Nov 2024.

Now the 2021-2025 Joe Biden/Kamala Harris administration will go down in history as an American "Weimar Republic" that ushered this pedophilic oligarchal warmonger into the White House. Lastly, the "American Weimar Republic's" unqualified support for Israel's genocidal campaign against the Palestinians-- against the vocal wishes of America's multi-million strong antiwar movement-- spelled the end for the Democrats on Tuesday 5 Nov 2024 when 6,265,888 of their former supporters stayed home rather than vote for Dummkopf Trumpf or Jill Stein.


fwiw, the album of #17 is...

Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons
en.wikipedia.org

... Return of the Grievous Angel: A Tribute to Gram Parsons is a 1999 tribute album to pioneering country rock musician Gram Parsons, co-produced by his one-time singing partner, Emmylou Harris and featuring cover versions of songs written/co-written by or popularized by Parsons, performed by Harris, Beck, Wilco, The Pretenders, Cowboy Junkies, Elvis Costello, Sheryl Crow, Lucinda Williams, David Crosby, Steve Earle, Chris Hillman and many other artists.

The album was released from Almo Sounds and benefited Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation's "Campaign for a Landmine Free World."

The album surveys Parsons's songwriting efforts from his time with International Submarine Band and the Flying Burrito Brothers to his solo career. ...


imo, one of the best cover albums of all-time.

Whiskeytown - A Song For you (1999)
www.youtube.com

Lyrics excerpt...

genius.com

...
Oh my land is like a wild goose
Wanders all around everywhere
Trembles and it shakes til every tree is loose
It rolls the meadows and it rolls the nails

So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there

Jesus built a ship to sing a song to
It sails the rivers and it sails the tide
Some of my friends don't know who they belong to
Some can't get a single thing to work inside

So take me down to your dance floor
And I won't mind the people when they stare
Paint a different color on your front door
And tomorrow we will still be there

I love you, darlin', now I'm leaving
I can see the sorrow in your eyes
Hope you know a lot more than you believe in
Hope the sun don't hurt you when you cry
...


I also having been seeing opinions along the lines of...

Morgan Stanley Issues Stark Warning on Fed Rate Outlook
www.thestreet.com

...
Key Points

- - - Morgan Stanley warns that central bank hawkishness, not weakness, now poses a risk to markets.

- - - The Fed is prioritizing inflation over growth, delaying expected rate cuts pending resolution of the Iran war.

- - - Market uncertainty persists; future rate changes depend on inflation and developments in the Middle East.
...


@#19 ... Where government steps in and stops the "let's eat tide pods challenge", because people are dying from it left and right ... ?

That's the hill you're trying to die on??? ...

An area hospital...

Danbury's outdoor hospital could treat variety of patients (2020)
www.newstimes.com

... Crews progressed Thursday on installing the 25-bed tented facility that Danbury Hospital says would be equipped to handle a surge in patients due to the coronavirus.

Danbury Hospital has not decided when or how it plans to use the facility, which is expected be fully set up outside the hospital by mid-day Friday in a city that is recording the third-highest number of cases in the state.

But it is meant to prepare the hospital for a potential influx of patients that is straining hospitals in nearby New York and has overwhelmed health systems in Italy and Spain

"We're developing the mobile field hospital as a what if' and looking a number of different scenarios for how we could use this field hospital," said Matthew Cassavechia, director of emergency medical services at Danbury Hospital. ...


@#19 ... My guess is that this failed deployment of ICE to our airports is a trial run for deploying ICE to election polling places in November. ...

OMG, I and Mr Bannon agree?

Bannon says ICE at airports test run' for 2026 elections
thehill.com

... Former White House strategist and podcaster Steve Bannon said that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) personnel assisting with airport operations is a "test run" for the 2026 midterms.

During a conversation with conservative lawyer Mike Davis on his "War Room" program, Bannon asked, "We can use what's happening with these ICE [authorities] helping out at the airports, we can use this as a test run, as a test case to really perfect ICE's involvement in the 2026 midterm elections, sir?"

Davis responded, "Yeah, I think we should have ICE agents at the polling places, because if you're an illegal alien you can't vote, right? It's against the law, it's a federal crime for you to vote in federal elections."

"And so, if you're an American citizen, you should be happy that ICE is there, because you're not going to have illegal aliens canceling out your vote," he added.

"Exactly," Bannon replied. "Pick em out of line starting today, and maybe the lines will get shorter." ...


Wow.

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