a real clue is the ear lobes. in some appearances there are obvious differences in the ear lobes which are frequently used by investigators when identifying individuals although the chin certainly gave it away this time;

 mr peters has a few things to say about the barrage of hate coming from 'our free press' lately and it may provide you with some illumination;

“Conservatives” – whatever that means – are proving they hate freedom of speech as much as the Leftists they pretend they oppose.

“Nikki” Haley, for instance. In air fingers quotation marks to make a point of the fact her real name isn’t that. Nimarata Haley recently lectured Americans that while “there should be freedom of speech,” people have not got the “freedom to hate.”

Well, first of all, who gets to define what constitutes “hate”?

Why, the Left, of course!

It was the Left that first framed disagreeing with the Left as “hate” – in order both to smear such disagreement as morally repugnant and – next – to seek to outlaw any expression of disagreement with the Left.

So what is Nimarata trying to “conserve,” exactly? It’s certainly not the freedom to express disagreement with the Left.

Or the Right.........more........

 

here is the daily mondoweiss posting of the known price up to date on the cost of israel's ongoing genocide, and the question becomes how many dead or dying are buried alive in the rubble that have yet to be counted; 

Casualties 

Gaza: 8,850 Killed and 22,219 Wounded

Occupied West Bank: 128 Killed and 1,980 Wounded

Key Developments

• Israeli warplanes bombed the Jabalia refugee camp for the second day in a row, killing and injuring dozens of Palestinians. 
• Hamas confirmed that seven captives, including Israelis and three foreign citizens, were killed in Israel’s bombing of Jabalia.
• An entire neighborhood, known as Block 6, was flattened in the Jabalia refugee camp on Tuesday, killing 50 people and injuring 400.
• Scotland’s First Minister: “I am sorry to those innocent men, women and children in Jabalia Refugee Camp that the world could not protect you.”
• Israeli army: 15 soldiers have been killed in ground operations in Gaza........more........

 larry johnson, former cia if there is such a thing as former when you achieve that category, shows lots of reality in this his site, and here is one on the zionists losing support or at least diplomatic recognition, over their current genocide activities;

Okay. So Israel is snug in bed covered with a thick blanket of U.S. dollars. That is the good news. Whatever progress Israel is making on the ground in Gaza is being offset by diplomatic setbacks stemming from its indiscriminate killing of Palestinian civilians. Today, Jordan recalled its Ambassador to Israel and told Israel’s Ambassador to stay home and not return to Amman. Things are not looking much better in South America:

Israel criticized Bolivia, Chile and Colombia on Wednesday after the South American countries undertook a series of diplomatic moves to protest Israel’s war against Hamas in the Gaza Strip.

Other Latin American countries, including Argentina and Brazil, have also increased their criticism of the impact that Israel’s military operations are having on civilians.

Typical Israel. Rather than try to smooth things over with Chile and Colombia in private, Israel punches back in public. Stupid! And let’s be clear, Brazil accused Israel of committing “war crimes.” This constitutes a little more than JUST “criticism.” I think “condemnation” is a better term. With each passing day Israel is digging itself a deeper hole. Videos like the following (which just appeared today) is one of the factors galvanizing more nations to protest Israel’s indiscriminate attacks on Palestinian civilians. WARNING — THIS VIDEO IS HORRIFIC........more.........

 every place i've seen attempt to create this registry which you know will be used against you, have failed to achieve even a modicum of compliance. good for them;

According to Illinois State Police data, 2,415,481 gun owners call the Land o’ Lincoln home. Earlier this year, Gov. J.B. Pritzker signed the so-called Protect Illinois Communities Act into law which banned the most many of the most popular guns used for self-defense. Under the law, existing owners of these now verboten firearms must register their guns by January 1, 2024 or face felony charges.

Four weeks into the gun registration window, exactly 2430 of those FOID holders have registered their guns, accessories, or .50 caliber firearms. That works out to .1006%, or about one in a thousand.

What’s even more remarkable is the number of FOID holders choosing to comply has fallen with each passing week.

In other words, Illinois gun owners have declined to participate in the state’s gun ban.

Granted, not all FOID holders own the guns that are now banned under the law. However, given the popularity of America’s favorite rifle, the AR-15, not to mention semi-auto shotguns, sales numbers suggest that the majority of them have at least one semi-auto rifle or shotgun in their collection. Or perhaps (gasp!) a handgun with a threaded barrel.

As the Executive Director of Guns Save Life, I’ve heard from gun owners across the state.  GSL has meetings in 11 throughout Illinois each month. The resounding answer I hear is, “Register my guns? Hell no.” The second most common reply is that they’re planning on taking most, if not all of their banned guns out of state ahead of the January 1 deadline........more......

 each new war brings new ways of doing things with new tools, and this one in ukraine brings you lots of drones;

THE DRONE might not spot you, but if it does, there is only one thing to do: hide well, and hide quickly. “Major”, a 25-year-old drone pilot operating near the hottest front lines of the south, in Zaporizhia province, says your chances are not good if an enemy pilot has you in his sights. The drone can come from behind your own positions, and masquerade as your own. The cameras are not great. But running at speeds of 150-160kph, it will always outpace you. “If your cover is poor, then you are likely a dead man,” he says. Major has survived a pursuit four times, the last time in mid-October. Two of his closest comrades have been less fortunate. “God, not physics, decides if you survive,” he says.

In a war increasingly dominated by aerial killing-machines, the hunters are rapidly becoming the hunted. The controllers for most drones leave their own electronic trace, and if a pilot isn’t careful, the enemy can home in on them. “Hummer,” a commander in Ukraine’s 47th brigade, also operational along the Zaporizhia front, says the Russians fire everything they have once they identify a target. They can use their own strike drones, but they also apply high-precision artillery, mines, glide bombs, and even, on occasion, saboteur groups.  Major says he has lost 15% of his colleagues over the last few months. Hummer says his figures are lower, but refuses to elaborate.

Ukraine is the pioneer of the first-person-view (FPV) drones: craft that are flown, video-game-like, by goggle-wearing pilots with real-time manoeuvrability. The drones can cost just a few hundred dollars to build, but can deliver explosives capable of destroying or incapacitating equipment with a value of millions. In a day, a single operator can take out a dozen high-value assets, with corresponding human losses. That has made the drone pilot an even more prized kill than a sniper, one front-line commander suggests. “A lot of people want to become drone pilots because they think the work is further back and safer. The reality is that it’s extremely dangerous to be flying battlefield drones.”.........more......