vxbush 12/10/2024 6:13:23 AM

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Biosecurity Hazard: Hundreds of Vials Containing Deadly Viruses Are Missing

Note the timeline: 

In 2021, 323 vials containing samples of deadly viruses went missing from a lab in Queensland, Australia. The breach wasn't discovered until 2023, and for whatever reason — it sounds like red tape — an investigation is just now underway, over a year later. Health Minister Tim Nicholls announced the news on Monday. 

But they just announced the missing vials this week. Top men, people, top men. Of course, note that this news was released after Trump won the election. I'm sure that's a coincidence. 

vxbush 12/10/2024 6:43:56 AM

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JustTheNews:

Manhattan prosecutors charged Luigi Mangione with murder on Monday night in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson, along with other charges, according to court documents reported by the Associated Press.

Given how people were talking that this person seemed like a professional assassin, I suppose it isn't surprising to learn that Mangione was valedictorian of his high school class and has a BSE in CIS. 

But there were indications that all was not well with this man beforehand....

But then, during the summer, Mangione appeared to stop posting online, prompting worried messages from some of his friends.

“Nobody has heard from you in months, and apparently your family is looking for you,” one user posted on X in October, tagging an account belonging to Mangione. “I don’t know if you are okay,” another posted.

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According to the criminal complaint against Mangione, he was carrying a backpack containing a black 3D-printed pistol and a black 3D-printed silencer. A police official told CNN he also had a handwritten document stating, “these parasites had it coming,” and expressing “ill will toward corporate America.”

Based on the CNN article, this is not the description of a killer. Oh, how familiar a news angle: I never expected him to do this! But we don't see people every day of their lives and don't know what is going on in their heads: 

In recent years, Mangione suffered from troubling back pain and underwent surgery to treat it, according to a friend and online postings.

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[A friend noted] he fell out of touch with Mangione and last exchanged texts with him earlier this year. Mangione told him that he had undergone back surgery and sent him a photo of his X-ray that, Martin said, “looked heinous, with just giant screws going into his spine.”

There's more about his back issues in the CNN article, but he clearly had some serious medical issues that modern medicine didn't address well. The media in multiple places has also shared he read the Unabomber's manifesto, so he was almost certainly influenced by him when being primed with a serious medical problem. 

My question is: was he covered by the insurance company of the man he allegedly killed? No one is answering that question. Or did he watch a family member have issues with that company? 

vxbush 12/10/2024 6:49:25 AM

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This isn't a good look but crime apparently pays very well until you're arrested.....

Several in law enforcement and the U.S. military are being found guilty of committing border-related crimes in Texas, including working with Mexican cartels and engaging in drug and human smuggling.

Most recently, three soldiers stationed at Fort Cavazos, formerly known as Fort Hood in central Texas, were arrested and charged with conspiracy to smuggle illegal foreign nationals. The day before Thanksgiving, a Border Patrol agent attempted to stop a driver in the far west Texas border county of Presidio. As the agent approached the passenger side of the vehicle, the driver sped off and struck a Border Patrol vehicle, injuring an agent inside, according to the complaint. Authorities were later able to stop the vehicle and apprehend four inside as the driver fled on foot.

Three of the four passengers were in the country illegally from Mexico and Guatemala. The fourth was a passenger stationed at Fort Cavazos. The driver, also stationed at Fort Cavazos, was found the next day at a hotel in Odessa and arrested. A third soldier and alleged recruiter and facilitator of the human smuggling conspiracy was also arrested and charged.

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In October, a former Border Patrol agent was sentenced to 50 years in prison for 10 counts related to the production, distribution and possession of child sexual abuse material. The former agent produced and distributed hundreds of image and video files depicting a child victim engaged in sexually explicit content, according to the complaint.

Also in October, a former police officer in Eagle Pass was sentenced to 10 years in prison for her role in harboring illegal border crossers as part of a smuggling operation using multiple rental properties, according to another complaint. Also in October, a former elected Starr County attorney was sentenced to more than three years in prison for extortion.

Occasional Reader 12/10/2024 9:25:01 AM

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In #2 vxbush said: According to the criminal complaint against Mangione, he was carrying a backpack containing a black 3D-printed pistol and a black 3D-printed silencer.

It's quire remarkable that he allegedly has the intelligence to produce this stuff, but not the intelligence to dispose of incriminating evidence after he's committed a murder.

JCM 12/10/2024 10:17:14 AM

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In #2 vxbush said: Given how people were talking that this person seemed like a professional assassin,

A professional assassin would know how a suppressor affects a semi-auto pistol and and test fired until it cycled properly. Or been using a 3D printed pistol. Movies and media aside 3D printed firearms are still a "novelty".

vxbush 12/10/2024 10:58:19 AM

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In #5 JCM said: A professional assassin would know how a suppressor affects a semi-auto pistol and and test fired until it cycled properly. Or been using a 3D printed pistol. Movies and media aside 3D printed firearms are still a "novelty".

I saw an article on this--he actually was doing the appropriate method to clear the gun, as it was a known issue. They said there was little to no delay on his part. That made it sound like he had practiced with it. 

JCM 12/10/2024 11:31:09 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 6:

Yes he used the correct method to clear the jam. However a properly fitted and configured suppressor will not prevent the firearm from cycling.

He may have decided to manually cycle the weapon, there is a delay between shots.

Occasional Reader 12/10/2024 11:46:12 AM

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Israel continues to destroy Syrian weapons caches, along with a good portion of the Syrian Navy. 

... much to the chagrin of the UN, etc. etc.

This indicates Bibi is still very much in IDGAF mode. 

JCM 12/10/2024 12:14:09 PM

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Reply to Occasional Reader in 8:

Good on you Bibi! Islamists having access to the weapons of Syrian are threat.

vxbush 12/10/2024 1:14:23 PM

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In #9 JCM said: Good on you Bibi! Islamists having access to the weapons of Syrian are threat.

I concur. Good riddance to bad rubbish weapons. 

Pairy 4/8/2025 1:04:09 AM

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