Lots of interesting news today

[orange150]

water is also wet.

Some would argue that water is NOT wet, water MAKES objects wet

 

[RatLabGuy]

So, I just started reading up on Viktor Bout.

"By 2007, the U.S. deemed Bout such a threat that it tasked the DEA with setting up a sting operation to catch him. The DEA crafted a plan to have agents pose as members of a violent Colombian rebel faction seeking missiles that could shoot down American aircrafts and arms that could kill American forces."

I find it interesting that they say he was a threat to Americans. I'm sure there is more to read, but they set up that whole deal. Did he take advantage of the opportunity, of course, but didn't seem like he set out to do that.
I'm generally not a fan of enforcement setting up people for most things. Like, prostitutes, drug stings and stuff like that. This is a little more deep than that.

Educate me more on this.
Not saying it's a good swap, not my judgment

Wait you mean entrapment should be illegal?
That's crazy talk

 

[RatLabGuy]

Some would argue that water is NOT wet, water MAKES objects wet

This is always the correct answer

 

[CasterTroy]

This is always the correct answer

 

[1-tonmudder]

What a dolt

Jennifer Lawrence flamed for claiming she was first-ever female action movie lead: 'Oh honey, no'

Jennifer Lawrence said in a recent interview that nobody had cast a woman in the lead role of an action movie prior to her role in "The Hunger Games."

www.foxnews.com

Like a friend of Tonya's said about her ex."He's pretty to look at but as soon as he opens his mouth it's over".I think the same could be said here.

 

[awheelterd]

Caught on cam: Thieves drive over $600,000 in stolen cars right off a dealership lot in NC

Ten vehicles were stolen from the John Hiester Chrysler Dodge Jeep Ram store of Lillington early Friday morning.

www.wral.com

Real life gone in 60 seconds

 

[benXJ]

With new updates on Ned Byrd's murder...and I'm not sure on all the laws....but is there no way to hold higher up Fed personnel accountable for letting illegals in/stay here that then go on to commit other crimes? Like the previous wake county sheriff that blatantly said he wouldn't cooperate with ICE. That got one of his deputy's killed. Hell even a WRAL employee was killed by an illegal.

If immigration laws were enforced then Ned and many others would still be alive. It just seems so easy. There really is no way to hold those traitors accountable?

It's so odd to me that no one seems to care.

 

[mommucked]

Warrants: Six shots audible on video as Deputy Ned Byrd was shot. One brother points finger at the other.

The autopsy for fallen Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd shows he was shot four times, including three shots to the back of the head, and shot in his ballistic vest.

www.wral.com

 

[jeepinmatt]

Warrants: Six shots audible on video as Deputy Ned Byrd was shot. One brother points finger at the other.

The autopsy for fallen Wake County Deputy Ned Byrd shows he was shot four times, including three shots to the back of the head, and shot in his ballistic vest.

www.wral.com

I think they should release them at the courthouse steps and make a big public announcement with the time and date.

 

[mommucked]

Car crashes into parked car, catches fire

A car hit a parked car then caught fire Sunday morning in Raleigh.

www.wral.com

wral, now with ebonics ?..."no none was hurt"

 

[mommucked]

18-year-old college student elected mayor of Arkansas city

An 18-year-old college student has been elected to serve as mayor of a small east Arkansas city, becoming one of the youngest people to serve as a city's top leader in the U.S.

www.wral.com

Awesome!

 

[benXJ]

No one in that town has watched parks and rec?

 

[RatLabGuy]

more evidence that working for Musk is probably just aweful

Elon Musk's Neuralink killed 1,500 animals in four years; Now under trial for animal cruelty: Report

Neuralink, founded in 2016, is working on a brain implant to restore movement to the paralyzed and treat other neurological disorders.

me.mashable.com

This kind of thing makes me super cringy because while I fully support the use of animals for research when fully justifiable, which means only when the science is done right... and this kind of PR isn't just bad for one ocmpany, it brings all kinds of really good and necessary biomedical work under an innecessary spotlight.

 

[RatLabGuy]

and I'm sure this will go over well

Xi Jinping says China supports Palestine with 1967 borders

Chinese leader calls for granting Palestine "full membership" in United Nations and says Beijing "supports the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital."

www.trtworld.com

 

[Southern_Transplant]

and I'm sure this will go over well

Xi Jinping says China supports Palestine with 1967 borders

Chinese leader calls for granting Palestine "full membership" in United Nations and says Beijing "supports the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital."

www.trtworld.com

When they made the statement I'm sure they did not need the translation headset to know Israel's response.

I'm pretty sure the Israel ambassador used sign language to ensure everyone got the message

 

[CasterTroy]

and I'm sure this will go over well

Xi Jinping says China supports Palestine with 1967 borders

Chinese leader calls for granting Palestine "full membership" in United Nations and says Beijing "supports the two-state solution and the establishment of a Palestinian state on the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital."

www.trtworld.com

One step closer to Israel being wiped off the map. After that, look up, shouldn't be long after that. Dave gonna see several fat guys flying up in a Blue light

 

[RatLabGuy]

One step closer to Israel being wiped off the map. After that, look up, shouldn't be long after that. Dave gonna see several fat guys flying up in a Blue light

well damn how did I miss this movie? I know what I'm doing tonight.

 

[Andy J.]

U.S. says to commit $55 billion to Africa ahead of summit — Reuters

The United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years as President Joe Biden prepares to host the U.S.-Africa summit this week and discuss 2023 elections and democracy in the continent with a small group of leaders.

apple.news

What exactly are we getting in return for our $55B that will be supposedly invested in Africa?

 

[Willc]

Got these headlines from today or a little over a 100 years ago?

 

[RatLabGuy]

U.S. says to commit $55 billion to Africa ahead of summit — Reuters

The United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years as President Joe Biden prepares to host the U.S.-Africa summit this week and discuss 2023 elections and democracy in the continent with a small group of leaders.

apple.news

What exactly are we getting in return for our $55B that will be supposedly invested in Africa?

fewer people flocking here bc their own country sucks.

 

[skyhighZJ]

U.S. says to commit $55 billion to Africa ahead of summit — Reuters

The United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years as President Joe Biden prepares to host the U.S.-Africa summit this week and discuss 2023 elections and democracy in the continent with a small group of leaders.

apple.news

What exactly are we getting in return for our $55B that will be supposedly invested in Africa?

Absolutely nothing. The bumbling idiot is being pushed up center stage with a “fair offering” for releasing the douche bag that facilitated the mass murder of millions of Afrikaners.

 

[benXJ]

Depression, violence, access to guns rising among NC students, data show

A child welfare panel in North Carolina got its first look at the latest student risk behavior survey. The data paint a bleak picture of student mental health, access to guns, and violence.

www.wral.com

Instagram founded in 2010 and troubling statistics started rising in 2011.

Coincidence?

 

[benXJ]

fewer people flocking here bc their own country sucks.

Is that so? There's some closer countries we should be giving the money to then. If it's that easy.

OR...save the billions and billions AND close the borders.

I like that better. And anyone who votes and pays taxes should too.
Right?

 

[shawn]

Watch: 'Miniboat' built by Rhode Island students makes it to England - UPI.com

A "miniboat" made by students at three Rhode Island schools was placed in the Atlantic Ocean and washed up on a British beach 10 months later.

www.upi.com

 

[Shreddinlettuce]

U.S. says to commit $55 billion to Africa ahead of summit — Reuters

The United States will commit $55 billion to Africa over the next three years as President Joe Biden prepares to host the U.S.-Africa summit this week and discuss 2023 elections and democracy in the continent with a small group of leaders.

apple.news

What exactly are we getting in return for our $55B that will be supposedly invested in Africa?

We are meddling in their elections, it used to be Britain, but colonial America is the new source of unsustainable government plants that destroy local cultures