South Korea's military fired warning shots and broadcast messages with loudspeakers after ten or so North Korean soldiers crossed into the DMZ at 5PM. After the warnings, the Norks returned to the North. Some of the North Korean troops were armed and wearing bulletproof vests. The motive for Tuesday's border crossing by the North Korean soldiers wasn't immediately clear. The 155-mile-long, 2.5-mile-wide DMZ is the world's most heavily armed border. An estimated two million mines are peppered inside and near the border, which is also guarded by barbed wire fences, tank traps and combat troops on both sides. Below, ROK soldiers patrol along the barbed-wire fence in Paju, South Korea. read more
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico's first female president, has achieved remarkable popularity just five months into her term. 68% of Mexicans approve of her administration, a steady rise from 62% in Oct 2024. This upward trend reflects growing public confidence, even as the country grapples with serious issues like corruption and security. Sheinbaum's approval ratings have consistently climbed, reaching as high as 81% in Jan 2025. Her leadership style and policies resonate with many citizens, particularly her focus on social programs like pensions and scholarships. No doubt the people of Mexico approve of the way she is handling Dotard Trumpf, the tariffs, the border, and the drug cartels. read more
Two separate demonstrations protesting the deaths of two men during police action in Montreal resulted in six arrests. More than 100 Montrealers protested the death of 29-year-old Abisay Cruz, who died during a police operation. Police say six people were arrested on assault charges. Another group protested a separate police shooting that resulted in a man's death. According to independent provincial investigators, the victim was allegedly in possession of a firearm when officers shot in his direction. Demonstrators demanded more transparency and accountability and there were no arrests. In 2023, police shot at 85 people in Canada, 41 fatally. In Canada, police shootings are investigated by either an independent board or a different agency, depending on the province. By contrast, US police killed more than 1,300 people in 2023. read more
Researchers at the University of British Columbia have developed a discrete new tool to guard against drink spiking and date rape. It's a small stir stick, dubbed 'Spikeless,' that can detect common drugs secretly slipped into drinks such as gamma-hydroxybutyric acid (GHB) and ketamine, giving results within seconds. The UBC-developed stir sticks have tips coated in a chemical that changes color when it detects a harmful drug in a drink. It works on both alcoholic and non-alcoholic beverages without contaminating the drink. Ex-CIA officer Brian Jeffrey Raymond (below) spiked the drinks of his 28 sexual abuse victims in several countries over 14 years before finally being caught in Mexico. read more
Vice Adm. Shoshana Chatfield, the US military representative to the NATO Military Committee, has been fired. No reason was given for her removal. Chatfield served as the US representative to the NATO Military Committee, the alliance's group of top uniformed officials. The committee provides advice to NATO's top military leaders and helps guide long-term strategy. Chatfield's firing follows Thursday's removal of USAF Gen. Timothy Haugh, who led the NSA and US Cyber Command. Several other top military officers have been removed from their posts during Trumpf's Stalinist purges: USAF Air Force Gen. Charles "CQ" Brown, the former CJCS;; USN Adm. Lisa Franchetti, CNO; and the commandant of the USCG Coast Guard, Adm. Linda Fagan. The Trumpf junta wants military leadership that is white and male, and supportive of his disastrous policies toward Israel and the Kremlin. read more
DOGE saved $51m? In three weeks, the US burned $200m bombing the starving Houthis in Yemen: e3.365dm.com
#70: Ocuser: Years ago I was assigned to the Pentagon and on an official visit to Arlington National Cemetery, a fellow LTC (Republican) made a quip about the Clintons and liberals. So I turned to him and said: "There are Democrats buried here too." No response.
Nota Bene: Dashiell Hammett, a member of the Communist Party, served in WWI and volunteered for WWII (inducted at age 48). For his pains, this two-time US Army veteran was later persecuted by the HUAC and imprisoned. The author of The Maltese Falcon is interred at Arlington National Cemetery: en.wikipedia.org
Republicans and conservatives do not have a monopoly on patriotism or military service to the country.
Indeed, President Sheinbaum is genuine and terrific. And Mexico ranks in the top ten on the World Happiness Index (WHI): www.rivieramayanews.mx
Meanwhile nuclear-powered, oligarchic America ranks 24th in happiness and is led by a dotard with less than a 50% approval rating.
Thanks Republican voters for giving America four years of gehenna!
Here's the love Israelis show to their fellow man (all paid for by the hardworking American taxpayer): static01.nyt.com
Hamas wanted the Israeli hostages to survive their ordeal because they wanted their own relatives released from IDF prisons. D/Mossad David Barnea convinced Netanyahu to conduct prisoner exchanges and two took place in late 2023. Then Bibi unleashed Nakba 2024 and stopped all deals, affecting the US election to the detriment of the Democratic Party. The Hamas resistance fighters provided what little food they had with their captives as they moved them around. Trumpf should ask Palestinians if IDF prison guards winked at them or showed them any love: www.amnesty.org
Trumpf's approval ratings are heading in the opposite direction. What a difference a genuine leader makes to the people of a nation: therandyreport.com
The irony is rich because Dotard Trumpf's grandfather was forever banished from Bavaria in 1904: www.snopes.com
Another projection from Trumpf.
Make Americans Grovel Again. Barron Trumpf can pick up the first shovel after Moscow Mitch: 1.-------------
The "cost savings" of reducing the land-based US Army will bolster the funding for the US Space Force, giving Felon Musk and Jeff Bezos billions in contracts to launch the defensive systems thru SpaceX and Blue Origin. This is a two-for-one: Putin is happy and the oligarchs are thrilled. Meanwhile, NATO and the EU are put on edge: i.imgflip.com
Thanks Republican voters for empowering our enemies, enriching the oligarchs, and hurting America's allies.
On 5 Nov 2024, 49.8% of eligible voters selected this creature to be POTUS, knowing full well that he is a racist, misogynist, slumlord, and an oligarch. This is a miscreant that happily meets or chats with indicted war criminals conducting wholesale murder in the Gaza Strip, the West Bank (including an AMCIT this weekend), and Ukraine. This 49.8% of the American electorate preferred a deeply unqualified white man over a qualified black woman. What happened on 5 Nov 2024 is equivalent to Russian peasants voting for Czar Nicholas II, Cambodians electing Pol Pot, or the French masses voting for Louis XVI, and then being miserable with the results. Now we are subject to a 9/11-magnitude economic catastrophe and the kvetching and complaining from the very imbeciles that voted for Trumpf. images.jpost.com
And the federal agents will be paid overtime and receive TDY funds. An army of bodyguards from USSS, DSS, and FBI will be staying and eating at Trumpf hotels whenever the Dear Leader holds a meeting with his cabal in Florida, NJ, NYC, or wherever. Add Felon Musk's goon squad to the equation. This will be a direct transfer of American taxpayer funds to the Trumpf Crime Family (TCF).
"Cha-ching!" preview.redd.it
Thanks, OCU, I forgot about our indigenous soldiers in WWI, a lick on me. I should research their casualty rates from the Spanish Flu. Footnote: This man-- possibly the greatest American athlete of all time- was a teammate of US Army Lieutenant George Patton at the Oslo Olympics in 1912: www.earthfedmuscle.com