US Weekly (Yahoo): Arnold Schwarzenegger Says He Just Had a Pacemaker Fitted After 3 Open Heart Surgeries.
^ Quote insets from THR: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Vaccine Denial and Anti-Maskers: “You’re a Schmuck for Not Wearing a Mask”.
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US Weekly (Yahoo): Arnold Schwarzenegger Says He Just Had a Pacemaker Fitted After 3 Open Heart Surgeries.
^ Quote insets from THR: Arnold Schwarzenegger on Vaccine Denial and Anti-Maskers: “You’re a Schmuck for Not Wearing a Mask”.
ABC News: Moscow terror attack: 4 gunmen arrested, death toll rises to 137.
Putin spoke out publicly for the first time about the attack on Saturday, promising to exact "retribution" on anyone involved in it.
Putin did not acknowledge the ISIS claim for the attack, saying Russia was still investigating. But he sought to suggest that Ukraine could bear some responsibility, saying the suspected attackers had been detained while trying to cross the border to Ukraine and claiming they may have received some help from there.
At his point one might think Zelensky should surrender, but he won't. Biden and Company, Neocons and RINOs want a forever war. I guess four years of no major wars or conflicts under Trump was just too painful and unprofitable for the MIC.
Where's that Democrat Coalition "No More Wars" Crowd?
. . . and when they were introduced, you're what I call olding.
As long as the politicians are all there when it happens.
Just kidding. It would be terrible 'n' shit.
$3.3 Billion...for a guy Biden calls an, "a**hole,"?
AP (Yahoo): Putin says gunmen who raided Moscow concert hall tried to escape to Ukraine. Kyiv denies involvement.
RT: Deadly Moscow terrorist attack: What’s known so far.
Read the Comments at the RT link. A few selected:
Sources:
Story; The Node: Ukrainian fighters caught wearing ISIS patches after Moscow attack.
Biden and his ))) handlers ((( desperately working on ways to get U.S. Troops' boots on the ground to die for Ukraine and ZOG.
Strategic Plan - September 19, 2022 (archived): Zelensky and NATO Plan to Transform Post-War Ukraine into 'Big Israel.'
The NATO-backed Atlantic Council has proposed apartheid Israel as a blueprint for a hyper-militarized Ukraine. The paper was authored by Obama’s former ambassador to Tel Aviv, now an Israeli spy-tech consultant.
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“We cannot talk about ‘Switzerland of the future,’” [Zelensky] informed reporters. “But we will definitely become a ‘big Israel’ with its own face.”
For those wondering what a “big Israel” would actually look like, Zelensky quickly elaborated on his disturbing prophecy.
“We will not be surprised that we will have representatives of the Armed Forces or the National Guard in all institutions, supermarkets, cinemas — there will be people with weapons,” Ukraine’s president said, predicting a bleak existence for his citizens. “I am sure that our security issue will be number one in the next ten years.”
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The GBBL: We Have The Warrant! Why ATF Had Shootout With Airport Exec.
According to the video at GBBL, Bryan Malinowski was making straw gun purchases. Instead of arresting him while he was leaving for work, or outside his home, or at work - they surround his home early in the AM and shoot him in the head. Welcome to Biden's America.
"Just You and I", Leon Redbone, from 2014's Flying By.
Yes, I would happily eat heart attack soon pizza! (no audio)
Be the Dad (or Grandpa) who give his kids (or grandkids) memories like this.
Be this dog.
And this dog.
And this dog. Ambulance not going anywhere without Doggo.
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Arkansas On Line: Little Rock airport director Malinowski has died following shootout with ATF, airport commissioner says.
Bryan Malinowski, the executive director of Bill and Hillary Clinton National Airport/Adams Field who was shot in the head by federal officers in a shootout Tuesday morning, has died, according to a statement from the airport.
"With a heavy heart, we announce the passing of our executive director Bryan Malinowski," said Bill Walker, chair of the Little Rock Municipal Airport Commission. "Bryan was a 16-year employee of the airport. Under his leadership, our airport has experienced significant growth and success, expanding services and offerings to our community and state."
He also offered condolences to Malinowski's family and friends.
Malinowski, 53, was left brain dead after being injured in a shootout with officers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives around 6 a.m. Tuesday.
He opened fire on the officers as they attempted to serve a search warrant at his home, located in West Little Rock at 4 Durance Court.
His older brother, Matthew Malinowski, said in an interview Wednesday that Bryan Malinowski had been shot "with a high-caliber round."
It is not yet known why the ATF was serving the warrant.
Bill and Hillary. They sure seem to have connections to people who've been shot in the head, committed suicide by shooting themselves in the back of the head (who remove their shoes before entering Ft.Marcy Park; Vince Foster, carpet fibers all over his clothing), who die in a plane crash (with a bullet in the back of their head; Ron Brown) or after falling asleep on railroad tracks.
We'll likely never know the details surrounding Mr. Malinowski or the details of the circumstances here. No different than Seth Rich. Ho Hum, another Clinton associate dies under suspicious circumstances. Move on, nothing more here.
Story background HERE.
"Is Anyone Home?" by Alice Cooper, from 1997's A Fistful of Alice.
(A gem; incredibly under-rated song, imho.)
Newsweek: Undocumented Immigrants Have Right to Own Guns, Judge Rules.
A judge this month dropped gun charges against an illegal migrant in Illinois, sparking further debate about the rights associated with the Second Amendment.
U.S. District Court Judge Sharon Coleman of the Northern District of Illinois referenced lower court rulings in dismissing firearm possession charges against Heriberto Carbajal-Flores, who was illegally or unlawfully in the United States when he possessed a handgun in the Little Village neighborhood of Chicago on June 1, 2020.
"The Court finds that Carbajal-Flores' criminal record, containing no improper use of a weapon, as well as the non-violent circumstances of his arrest do not support a finding that he poses a risk to public safety such that he cannot be trusted to use a weapon responsibly and should be deprived of his Second Amendment right to bear arms in self-defense," Coleman, who was appointed under President Barack Obama, wrote in her eight-page ruling filed March 8.
Carbajal-Flores was charged under Title 18 of U.S. Criminal Code, which legally disallows undocumented individuals to possess firearms and ammunition "or to receive any firearm or ammunition which has been shipped or transported in interstate or foreign commerce."
Meanwhile, democrats actively seek to pass legislation that prohibits some U.S. Military Veterans from owning guns.
⏬ March 19, 2024 ⏬
NRA-ILA: Anti-gun Democrats Seek to Undermine Law Passed to Protect Veterans’ Rights.
[...] a partisan coalition of anti-gun Congressional Democrats – all but two of whom actually voted for the spending package – is now leaning on the VA to ignore or undermine the rider. In doing so, they are using the usual anti-gun tactics of fearmongering, misinformation, and gaslighting.
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The attempt came in a March 13 letter spearheaded by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA), chairman of the so-called House Gun Violence Prevention Task Force, to the Secretary of the VA, Denis McDonough, and was signed by 138 Democrat members of Congress.
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The claims in the letter, unsurprisingly, do not hold up to scrutiny and in some cases actually lend support to the rider itself.
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It's true that statutory law allows the VA to make a “competency” determination for the process of administering its own system of benefits. But that determination has no legal effect outside of that context. As the VA states on its own website, “The determination that you are unable to manage your VA benefits does not affect your non-VA finances, or your right to vote or contract.” This makes sense, as it is a purely administrative procedure that contains no adversarial process unless the beneficiary decides to challenge the action after the fact.
Even then, these appeals are processed in the first instance by the VA itself. And it makes perfect sense for some beneficiaries to have a fiduciary, while also legally possessing firearms. The insinuation that standards for assigning a fiduciary take into an account a veteran’s propensity for posing a physical danger to self or other is patently false.
⏬ March 4, 2024 ⏬
U.S. Senate Committee on Veteran's Affairs: After Tester Push, Provision to Protect Veterans’ Second Amendment Rights from Federal Overreach is Included in Must-Pass Government Funding Bill.
A critical bipartisan amendment U.S. Senator Jon Tester championed to protect veterans’ access to legal firearms has been included in the government funding legislation, following his call to Senate leadership to include the provision.
“It’s flat wrong that a DC bureaucrat could take away a veteran’s legal right to firearms simply because they need assistance managing their finances,” Tester said. “We need to ensure the government does not infringe on veterans’ Second Amendment rights, and I’m glad we were able to fix this unfair policy in the government funding legislation. This is a win for Second Amendment rights and for veterans who have made it clear that VA’s current practice is pushing some folks away from accessing the mental health care they need out of fear their firearms will be seized.”
Tester's bill passed, yet democrats immediately work at trying to undo it.
⏬ March 13, 2024 ⏬
Roll Call: House Democrats urge VA to find gun rider workaround.
“We are calling on the Department of Veterans Affairs to use their power to bypass this rollback and they must do so before a single life is lost because of this legislation,” Rep. Maxwell Alejandro Frost of Florida said in a statement. He was one of three Democrats, including Sen. Christopher S. Murphy of Connecticut and House Veterans’ Affairs ranking member Mark Takano of California, to vote against the spending law.
The House members urged the VA to establish processes that would automatically seek a judicial order for veterans deemed mentally incompetent. The department should stretch appropriations from previous years out for as long as possible, which would allow the VA to continue reporting names to the FBI background check system while putting those processes in place, the lawmakers said.
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The department should also make full use of state red flag laws to report concerning behavior from veterans and educate state VA facilities about the tools available to them, the letter said.
Daily Mail: Little Rock Airport boss Bryan Malinowski is shot in head while federal agents serve warrant at his Arkansas home.
The executive director of the Bill and Hillary Clinton Airport in Arkansas was shot in the head by federal agents on Tuesday after he opened fire on them.
Arkansas State Police say 53-year-old Bryan Malinowski was injured at his home in west Little Rock around 6 am.
The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives said agents were trying to serve a warrant when someone inside the home fired gunshots at the agents.
Neither the ATF, state police nor federal prosecutors would provide details of what agents were looking for, citing an ongoing investigation.
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Malinowski was treated at the scene before being taken to an area hospital, Arkansas State Police said. His condition was not immediately available on Wednesday.
A source close to the situation told Arkansas Times that Malinowski was shot in the head during the exchange and is now on life support.
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UPDATE:
KARK: ‘Something stinks to high hell;’ Brother of LIT director shot by ATF agent speaks out on shooting.
His older brother, Matthew Malinowski, told NBC News reporter Deon Hampton that the family was not sure if the Clinton National Airport executive director was “going to make it in the next 24 hours” while confirming his brother was shot in the head during the exchange of gunfire.
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Matthew Malinowski questioned why agents came to his brother’s home so early in the morning and did not approach him at the airport, claiming instead that the agents “broke down his door” leaving his brother no choice but to “defend himself.”
“There’s something fishy here. The ATF went after him in the worst possible way,” he told NBC News reporter Deon Hampton. “There’s no reason why they couldn’t have arrested him at work at the airport.”
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With the family still wondering how this all happened and federal investigators still not releasing the details of the search warrant, Matthew Malinowski feels the case against his brother doesn’t add up.
“Something stinks to high hell.”
Some sources say he's on life support while others are reporting he died.
"The Ballroom Blitz" (often called "Ballroom Blitz") by The Sweet, from 1974's Desolation Boulevard.
CNN: Schumer; Netanyahu coalition no longer fits the needs of Israel.
Chuck Schumer criticized the Netanyahu government and called for new elections in a speech on the Senate floor on the Israel-Hamas war.
al-Reuters: Schumer calls for new elections in Israel, criticizes Netanyahu.
The Hill: Biden has called Netanyahu an a‑‑hole 3 separate times.
AP: Biden backs Schumer after senator calls for new elections in Israel.
You're not buying this, are you?
That Chuck Schebrew is criticizing Israel and Netanyahu? That Biden, who says "I am a Zionist," is critical of Israel, referring to Netanhayu as an "asshole" three times? That Netanyahu is really upset with fellow Tribesman Chuckles and that Bibi is upset with Biden, his gravy train? AYFKM?
It's a psy-op. Optics. This in-fighting is designed and deliberate. It's manufactured. Don't believe it. It's performance theater.
Not my Rep but WTF is wrong with MN "Republican" Elliot Engen?
KSTP: Walz urges lawmakers to take up rideshare legislation amid threats from Uber, Lyft.
[...] the Minneapolis City Council passed a new pay rate — meant to be an equivalent to the city’s minimum wage — for rideshare drivers who pick up, drop off or pass through the city. A 10-vote council majority overrode Mayor Jacob Frey’s veto.
While Lyft plans to end service only for trips that start or end in Minneapolis, Uber plans to cut options for the entire metro area, including Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport.
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On Monday, House Assistant Minority Leader Rep. Elliot Engen, R-White Bear Township, filed a bill to try and preempt the Minneapolis City Council’s action.
Why try to preempt what is a city issue? Self-inflicted damage done by democrats and a guy with an R behind his name steps up to try and fix this? This isn't and shouldn't be a state issue, it should remain a city-by-city decision.
Never underestimate Republican's abilty at fucking up a Silver Platter handed to them by democrats. RINOs and Republicans do this; on local, state and federal levels. They fail to accept The Silver Platter handed to them. EFT!
Minneapolis and MN democrats dig a grave for themselves and MN RINOs leap in wanting to bail them out of a political blunder. Do you think if MN RINOs passed a bill that hurt them politically that MN democrats would step in, trying to help them? Hell No!
When democrats are digging themselves a grave, do NOTHING! Stand down, watch and let them.
I'll never vote for a MN Republican candidate again, ever. Won't be voting dem, but will happily vote for a Third Party candidate.
Maybe, if a time comes and the elected MN State RINOs number only a dozen, a new Republican brand, one that is Conservative and not UniParty, will form and emerge.
The National Pulse: Statue of Obese ‘Woman of Color’ to Be Installed in London’s Trafalgar Square.
A statue of an obese “metropolitan woman of color” will be installed in London’s iconic Trafalgar Square, alongside a monument to Admiral Lord Nelson, the Hero of Trafalgar, and statues of King George IV and war heroes General Sir Charles James Napier and Major-General Sir Henry Havelock.
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It will feature a black female with prominent buttocks wearing platform shoes and a revealing blue dress.
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It will not be permanent, with the city authorities rotating a series of often woke installations on the fourth plinth. ‘Towards an Uncertain Future,’ a shapeless green mass by Romanian sculptor Andra UrsuÈ›a, is set to replace it in 2028.
The Objet d'art ⏫ .
Does it have the Stacey Abrams, Lizzo and Oprah Seal of Approval?
Will be replaced by "a shapeless green mass." Like...moss?
A mixture, some of which are stolen borrowed from fellow Bloggers. Some images look best as is, in the page layout, others by clicking on the pic. Don't know why there's a difference.
Apartments, somewhere in China:
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The Santa Barbara Independent: Free TikTok! Save TikTok!
It’s oddly coincidental that the week American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) lobbyists descend en masse on Capitol Hill to demand more weapons for Israel to obliterate Gaza, the House passes a bill to set the stage to ban TikTok, the social media platform live streaming Israel’s bombardment of Gaza to a generation of young people picking up Palestinian flags and shouting “Cease-fire now!”
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With our youth scrolling TikTok, witnessing Israeli soldiers firing on starving Gazans desperate for a ration of flour, it’s no wonder young people are demanding a cease-fire.
Our youth are not alone.
The latest Data for Progress poll (2/27/24) reveals that two-thirds of U.S. voters support a permanent cease-fire in Gaza and only 12 percent want to continue sending weapons to Israel without any preconditions, such as ending the indiscriminate bombing of civilians.
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It’s hard to understand how any member of Congress with a beating heart could vote to bury another baby in the graveyard of Gaza — no matter how the bill is packaged or framed, though hurling money at Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, and Northrop Grumman (all with offices in Goleta) to produce more weapons to kill more children insulates politicians from AIPAC’s wrath. This Israel lobby group, which is not required to file under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), vows to spend $100 million to defeat candidates in the General Election who do not stand with Israel.
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FOX Business: US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen: 'I regret' saying inflation was transitory.
Oh. The Yale-educated economics expert and Harvard professor with a Masters and PhD regrets saying this. Well, it's time to forget what she said, right?
He knows.
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Egypt warned Israel three days prior to the October 7 (planned) attack. Israel did nothing. Netanyahu wanted this to happen as an excuse for his genocide of Gaza. Did he already know about the attack, since Israel created Hamas? That explains why Egypt never received any response from Israel, wouldn't it?
Israeli army killed many of their own on October 7.
Per BBC, Biden's handlers have the U.S. Military building a port off Gaza to deliver humanitarian aid.
"Aid deliveries by land and air have proved difficult and dangerous."
"Aid deliveries [...] proved difficult and dangerous." Only because humanitarian aid deprives Netanyahu of his Palestinian genocide. He's done everything possible to deny humanitarian aid and starve children and civilians.
Supporting a ceasefire, denouncing genocide, holding Israel and Netanyahu accountable for their actions and supporting the plight of the Palestinians doesn't mean one supports Hamas, which again, is a creation of Israel.
Shimon Peres' application for a Palestinian visa. Well, how about that, since Israel would like everyone to believe that Palestine has never existed?
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The GBBL: Joe Biden Increases ATF Budget To $2 Billion!
ATF's agenda, per the video for Biden's 2025 billion dollar funding increase is ..."to prosecute gun crimes, [yadda yadda] ... INCREASE REGULATION ON THE FIREARM INDUSTRY."
This isn't about prosecuting gun crimes and criminals or reducing gun violence. How many more laws on the books do we need for that? It's all about Biden and his handlers, determined to disarm law-abiding, legal gun owners and dismantle 2A by chipping away at it piece by piece.
Kudos GBBL for staying on top of these stories and those who cover them.
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For 2A, who you support for president this year couldn't offer a more stark contrast. If you're still hating on Trump because, "muh bump stock", may I gently suggest you drop that chip off your shoulder and consider 2A under four more years of Biden.
Not sure why a few sites are covering this now when he died in December, 2023. But here we go:
Slay News: Journalist, Who Demanded Concentration Camps for Unvaccinated, Dead at 33.
A corporate media journalist, who controversially demanded that unvaccinated members of the public be taken away to concentration camps, has died at just 33 years old.
Ian Vandaelle died after being hospitalized and “declared neurologically dead,” his family revealed.
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Vandaelle advocated for vaccine passports and mandates and called for the firing of anyone who refused the injections.
He also suggested that unvaccinated people should be arrested and taken away to concentration camps by their governments.
Stephanie Hughes, Vandaelle’s partner, revealed that he died suddenly.
“It’s with a heavy heart today that I say he was declared neurologically deceased this week and taken off life support this morning.,” she said in a post on X.
PJ Media has some of his tweets.
CBS: Israel accused of opening fire on Gaza civilians waiting for food.
Witnesses and medics said Israeli forces opened fire Thursday on thousands of Palestinians who had gathered in an open area of Gaza City hoping to receive food and other desperately needed humanitarian aid. Hamas, which controlled the Gaza Strip for almost two decades before it sparked the current war with its Oct. 7 terror attack on Israel, said Israeli forces "targeted a gathering of thousands of citizens while they were waiting to receive food aid."
Gaza's Hamas-run Ministry of Health said at least 104 people were killed and more than 750 others wounded.
BBC: Large number of bullet wounds among those injured in Gaza aid convoy rush.
[...] Rear Adm Daniel Hagari, spokesman for the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), said, "Dozens of Gazans were injured as a result of pushing and trampling."
Yeah, because bullet wounds are an indication of "pushing and trampling."
Chicago Tribune: Gaza doctor says gunfire accounted for 80% of the wounds at his hospital after aid convoy bloodshed.
At least 115 Palestinians were killed and more than 750 others injured Thursday, according to health officials, when witnesses said nearby Israeli troops opened fire as huge crowds raced to pull goods off an aid convoy.
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[...] 142 had gunshot wounds and the other 34 showed injuries from a stampede.
Israel: "We were armed and afraid of people running towards a food truck." Give me a break, only the stupid are believing this narrative.
Then there's the text from an Israeli soldier disappointed more Palestinian civilians weren't killed during the humanitarian food drop:
"Runnin' Down a Dream" by Tom Petty (and The Heartbreakers), from 1989's Full Moon Fever.
MSN: 107 killed in Gaza food line carnage; Israel blames Palestinian aid drivers.
Blame the Palestinians. Every time. Israel never takes responsibility for their heinous war crimes.
We've seen in the past Israel warn Gaza civilians to "move to the north because we're going to attack the south." What does Israel do? They bomb the north. Israel says, "move south because we're moving our forces into the north." What does Israel do? They attack the south.
There is no limit to Benjamin Netanyahu's bloodlust. There's not going to be a ceasefire next week or, imho, a month from now or any time soon. He will keep going until he's stopped.
CNN: Gaza death toll: More than 30,000 killed.
Netanyahu is now considering expanding Israel armed forces into Lebanon.
CNN: Concern rising among Biden officials Israel may launch incursion into Lebanon.
Biden's "warnings" to Netanyahu to not do this is all smoke and mirrors. It's a weak attempt by Biden to regain support from his falling approval numbers with the Muslim community that once supported him.
The JC: Netanyahu’s son criticised for living in luxury Florida apartment while Israel is at war.
According to the Daily Mail, the progeny of the Israeli PM is paying $5,000 a month in rent to live in the condo complex in Hallandale Beach near Miami.
It is unclear why Yair has not been called up to serve when 360,000 of his countrymen have been since the events of October 7[.]
People either forger or aren't aware that Egypt warned Israel three days in advance that Hamas was planning an imminent attack.
RT: Israel knew of Hamas attack in advance – US lawmaker.
Representative Michael McCaul backed up earlier claims that Egypt tipped officials off to an impending assault.
Israel knew. Egypt has nothing to gain, and so much to lose, had they lied or created a false narrative about warning Israel.
Never forget; Israel created Hamas:
CNN: Israel created and "funded" Hamas, says EU's top diplomat.
The European Union’s top diplomat, Josep Borrell, said Friday that Israel created and financed Hamas in order to weaken the Palestinian Authority led by the Fatah party.
“Hamas was funded by the Israeli government to try to weaken the Palestinian Authority, Fatah,” the EU’s High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy said in a speech at the University of Valladolid in Spain.
Unawake Americans aren't aware the USA is Israel's Golden Calf. Netanyahu said this:
Traditional MSM and "factcheckers" deny this quote, claiming it's a "hoax." Of course they're going to deny this. Who operates the MSM and the "factcheckers"?
Israel, The Great Satan, allowed the October 7, 2023 attack to happen in
order to justify a Palestinian Genocide. Yes, it IS that simple.
"Long Haired Country Boy" by Charlie Daniels, from 1974's Fire on the Mountain.
ArsTechnia: Odysseus landed on the Moon without any altimetry data.
"You can say whatever you want to say," [The founder and chief executive of Intuitive Machines, Steve] Altemus said. "But from my perspective, this is an absolute success of a mission.
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...the engineering team received a blow, with the "top" of the lander now lying on the ground. A large solar panel on top of the vehicle was supposed to gather energy.
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... two [antennas] were sending back largely gibberish. It turns out that the muffled signal they were getting from those two antennas was bouncing off the surface of the Moon because the antennas were pointing downward.
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"We had no way to navigate in space," Altemus said.
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NASA is thrilled with Intuitive Machines' performance.