That'll do nicely, Sir
This muppet is in charge of the coronavirus crisis.
Wonder just how many "brown envelopes" went undeclared?

The Mythology of Monuments

a short clip. What is Liberty?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lFo1oB1Ly3k

As the A O-C thread is closed, I'll put it here, because her biggest fan will want to know the latest, even though he is on holiday.
Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez wins Democratic primary against Michelle Caruso-Cabrera, CNN projects
A O-C won 69.6% to 18.7% of the in-person voting, even though her challenger Michelle Caruso-Cabrera was backed by Wall Street.

What bureaucrats really think of those that pay their salaries.
Cyanide bombs

In a separate email exchange in June 2018, a representative of the Idaho Wool Growers Association emailed the official, Todd Grimm, with a number of new clippings concerning the Mansfields.
“One of the articles below is about M-44,” the wool representative wrote. “These people are driving me crazy.”
“#MeToo,” Grimm replied, using the hashtag employed by opponents of sexual harassment.

Going back to the source that MSN bots have lifted this story from:

An earlier story, dated 8 August 2019, is headlined

Trump administration authorizes 'cyanide bombs' to kill wild animals

The euphemistically named USA "Wildlife Services" sounds all-too-similar to the oblivious killer attitudes of our similarly 'innocuously' named "Natural England" that we have here in the UK...

More of a 'placebo' organization to keep the uneducated farmers quiet and distracted and pandered to?...


See http://www.jasonendfield.com/ for the sorry saga of 'Natural England'...

And don't mention the criminal silliness persecuting badgers and foxes!!!...


Stay safe!
Martin

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See new freedom: Mageia Linux
Take a look for yourself: Linux Format
The Future is what We all make IT (GPLv3)

Absolutely shocking revelation, members of the UN have sex!!!

OK, this is not on, they shouldn't have done it while on duty, and should have found somewhere less obvious.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/53191444

Chickenlooper or QAnon?
Going to be interesting in Colorado. Might just depend on how much weed is blowing in the air.

Shocking news!
Finland's air force quietly drops swastika symbol since 1918.
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-53249645

Eric von Rosen had no Nazi associations at the time of his 1918 gift, he did subsequently become a leading figure in Sweden's own national socialist movement in the 1930s.
I remember the Biafiran War in the 1960s....
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustaf_von_Rosen#Biafran_War

Chickenlooper or QAnon?
Going to be interesting in Colorado. Might just depend on how much weed is blowing in the air.

Amazing

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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-iran-nuclear-natanz/iran-threatens-retaliation-after-what-it-calls-possible-cyber-attack-on-nuclear-site-idUSKBN2441VY

Iran threatens retaliation after what it calls possible cyber attack on nuclear site

DUBAI (Reuters) - Iran will retaliate against any country that carries out cyber attacks on its nuclear sites, the head of civilian defence said, after a fire at its Natanz plant which some Iranian officials said may have been caused by cyber sabotage.

The Natanz uranium-enrichment site, much of which is underground, is one of several Iranian facilities monitored by inspectors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the U.N. nuclear watchdog.

Iran’s top security body said on Friday the cause of the “incident” at the nuclear site had been determined, but “due to security considerations” it would be announced at a convenient time.

Iran’s Atomic Energy Organisation initially reported an “incident” had occurred early on Thursday at Natanz, located in the desert in the central province of Isfahan.

It later published a photo of a one-storey brick building with its roof and walls partly burned. A door hanging off its hinges suggested there had been an explosion inside the building.

“Responding to cyber attacks is part of the country’s defence might. If it is proven that our country has been targeted by a cyber attack, we will respond,” civil defence chief Gholamreza Jalali told state TV late on Thursday.

An article issued on Thursday by state news agency IRNA addressed what it called the possibility of sabotage by enemies such as Israel and the United States, although it stopped short of accusing either directly.

“So far Iran has tried to prevent intensifying crises and the formation of unpredictable conditions and situations,” IRNA said. “But the crossing of red lines of the Islamic Republic of Iran by hostile countries, especially the Zionist regime and the U.S., means that strategy ... should be revised.”

Three Iranian officials who spoke to Reuters on condition of anonymity said they believed the fire was the result of a cyber attack, but did not cite any evidence.

One of the officials said the attack had targeted a centrifuge assembly building, referring to the delicate cylindrical machines that enrich uranium, and said Iran’s enemies had carried out similar acts in the past.

In 2010, the Stuxnet computer virus, which is widely believed to have been developed by the United States and Israel, was discovered after it was used to attack the Natanz facility.

If that is true I wonder what glorious leader approved that?

There's a few possibilities, but 1 does quickly come to mind quickly to see if it helps his reelection possibilities ATM.

If that is true I wonder what glorious leader approved that?

There's a few possibilities, but 1 does quickly come to mind quickly to see if it helps his reelection possibilities ATM.

It can only help him if he claims it. But it can burn him bad if Iran launches a successful cyber attack and knocks out some US businesses.

Wonder who Israel wants?

<ed>Just to muddy the water
https://www.upi.com/Top_News/US/2020/07/03/US-seeks-seizure-of-4-Iranian-tankers-shipping-gas-to-Venezuela/7311593761264/

July 3 (UPI) -- As the United States continues to increase pressure on two adversarial nations, a U.S. judge issued a warrant for the seizure of more than 1 million barrels of gasoline being shipped by four Iranian tankers to Venezuela.

U.S. District Judge James E. Boasberg signed the warrant Thursday after authorities filed a complaint the night before in the District of Columbia alleging nearly 1.2 million barrels of Persian gasoline on the Bella, the Bering, the Pandi and the Luna are subject to forfeiture as the sale of their cargo is intended to benefit sanctioned Iranian entities, specifically the elite Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps.

The complaint alleges the tankers' cargo is "a source of influence" for the IRGC, which President Donald Trump designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization in April of 2019.

"The profits from these activities support the IRGC's full range of nefarious activities, including the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction and their means of delivery, support for terrorism and a variety of human rights abuses at home and abroad," the complaint said.

The ships were discovered during an investigation by U.S. authorities through the use of a series of confidential informants who revealed that the oil's sale to Venezuela was arranged through a complicated scheme involving multiple parties orchestrated by Iranian businessman Mahmoud Madanipour who is affiliated with the IRGC.

The gasoline, the authorities said, was placed on the vessels through ship-to-ship transfers in order to evade detection and sanctions.

According to the complaint, an unnamed co-conspirator texted Madanipour that there have been issues with the Bella and the Bering due to the U.S. sanctions.

"The ship owner doesn't want to go because of the American threat, but we want him to go, and we even agreed we will also buy the ship," the co-conspirator told Madanipour, according to the complaint.

Alireza Miryousefi, the Iranian Mission to the United States, lambasted the warrant as "an act of piracy, pure & simple."

"This is a direct threat to international peace and security and in contravention of international law, including the U.N. Charter," he said via Twitter.

v2.0's best terrorist buddy Benji was always going to be my 2nd guess. ;-)

Truth about moon landing finally comes out! ;-)

Ocasio-Cortez accosted by GOP lawmaker over remarks: 'That kind of confrontation hasn't ever happened to me'

Tensions flared on Capitol Hill this week when a Republican lawmaker challenged Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (D-N.Y.) on issues of crime and policing in an unusual — and decidedly personal — confrontation on the Capitol steps.

Rep. Ted Yoho (R-Fla.) was coming down the steps on the east side of the Capitol on Monday, having just voted, when he approached Ocasio-Cortez, who was ascending into the building to cast a vote of her own.

You'll have to follow the link for the rest, as it contains language not permitted here.

Where do they get these ignorant people (and I'm using the later term here very loosely) from?

Immunity rule changed in wake of Harry Dunn death
Breaking, no actual news at present.

UK and US agree to amend "anomaly" that allowed Harry Dunn death suspect Anne Sacoolas to claim diplomatic immunity

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