Before his involvement in the Oklahoma City bombing, Timothy McVeigh believed that a shadowy elite secretly controlled the governments of the world, conspiring to establish a genocidal New World Order. He believed that the Alfred P. Murrah building was local New World Order headquarters. But many other theorists are convinced that the world only knows part of an apparent complex conspiracy story behind the bombing. Ronson meets a number of theorists whilst investigating the story, and concludes his film in Elohim City, a survivalist compound in Oklahoma.

Popeye and Bluto, both running for president, fight for Olive Oyl's deciding vote.

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Akron OH - APD communications center received a call from a citizen who reported seeing 15-year-old Tavion Koonce-Williams in the area with a gun. According to the caller, the male was pointing the gun at houses. Officer Ryan Westlake located the subject matching the caller's description. The officer stopped his marked police car to investigate.
As the officer began to exit his patrol car, he quickly issued a verbal command for the male to show his hands. After observing the subject with what appeared to be a gun in his hand, the officer discharged his firearm one time, striking the male in the hand. The "gun" was found to be a replica pistol.
Immediately following the shooting, officers secured the crime scene and rendered emergency first aid, which included applying a tourniquet to the male's arm and giving him several gentle kisses on his forehead. The subject was later transported to an area hospital and underwent treatment for a non life threatening injury to his hand. The officer is a 9-year veteran of the department and is on paid administrative leave.

Hamas’s incursion into Israel on October 7 transformed the politics of the Middle East. Al Jazeera’s Investigative Unit (I-Unit) has carried out a forensic analysis of the events of that day – examining seven hours of footage from CCTV, dashcams, personal phones and headcams of dead Hamas fighters, and drawing up a comprehensive list of those killed. In "October 7", the I-Unit reveals widespread human rights abuses by Hamas fighters and others who followed them through the fence from Gaza into Israel.
But the investigation also found that many of the worst stories that came out in the days following the attack were false. This was especially true of atrocities that were used repeatedly by politicians in Israel and the West to justify the ferocity of the bombardment of the Gaza Strip, such as the mass killing of babies and allegations of widespread and systematic rape.
In particular the I-Unit reveals that claims by the Israel Defence Force that it found 8 burned babies at a house in Kibbutz Be’eri were entirely untrue. There were no babies in the house and the 12 civilians inside were killed by Israeli forces when they stormed the house. This was one of a number of incidents where the police and army appear to have killed Israeli citizens.
"October 7" is a deep dive into the events that led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, the significance of which will reverberate for decades.

Freebie and the Bean is an American buddy cop black comedy action film starring James Caan and Alan Arkin. The film follows two offbeat police detectives who wreak havoc in San Francisco attempting to bring down an organized crime boss. The film, which had been originally scripted as a serious crime drama, morphed into what is now known as the "buddy-cop" genre due to the bantering, improvisational nature of the acting by Caan and Arkin. Reportedly, by the end of filming, both actors were confused by the purpose of the movie, not knowing that they had stumbled into a successful character formula. The film was popular enough to spawn various other successful film franchises.

Police Arrest Report: "I observed a GMC pickup, brown in color, traveling south on U.S. 67 in the outside traffic lane. I observed the vehicle change lanes to the inside traffic lane, failing to use its blinker. After the vehicle in front of me changed lanes, the GMC pickup appeared to be traveling faster than the posted speed limit of 75 MPH. My front RADAR confirmed this with a clear concise tone and a reading of 97 MPH. After catching up to the vehicle I observed that the driver was not wearing a seatbelt. I turned on my emergency lights to conduct a traffic stop. The vehicle continued to travel south on U.S. 67. I turned on my audible siren and the vehicle continued to fail to stop. The vehicle slowed to 88 MPH. While pursuing the vehicle it maintained speeds between 88 MPH and 95 MPH. The vehicle was
passing traffic that was in the outside traffic lanes and continued southbound for approximately 5 miles. The vehicle changed lanes to the outside traffic lane and subsequently made a right turn onto the southbound Exit 46 off-ramp. I attempted a TVI that was unsuccessful. The vehicle continued to travel south on the off-ramp before making a right turn to travel west on U.S. 67B (East Race Avenue). There was heavy traffic at this intersection and the westbound traffic was backed up at the stop light at the intersection of U.S. 67B and Poplar Street. The vehicle drove onto the sidewalk around and traveled west into the intersection of Poplar Street and U.S. 67B and continued westbound. I caught back up to the vehicle before attempting a second TVI. This TVI was successful in stopping the suspect vehicle. However, the vehicle backed up and began to flee again
westbound on U.S. 67B traveling between both westbound lanes. I caught up to the fleeing vehicle and attempted a third TVI that was successful in ending the pursuit. The vehicle came to a stop on U.S. 67B in the two-way turn lane and eastbound traffic lanes. The driver exited the vehicle and began yelling and waving his arms. I gave verbal commands for him to show me his hands and get on the ground. He ignored my commands and continued yelling and refusing my commands. At this time, I learned there was another individual in the vehicle. The driver, later identified as Steve Harmon, yelled that he was going to the hospital. I moved closer to get a view of who was in the vehicle. I observed an elderly female in the vehicle lying down in the front seat. I informed dispatch that an ambulance was needed. I began speaking to Harmon in an attempt to calm him down. Arkansas State Police Troopers Cody Brown and Justin Parrish arrived to assist." - Continued In Pinned Comment

Breezly Bruin schemes to get into the Camp Frostbite theater to see a movie. Of course, while Sneezly stands idly by, Colonel Fuzzby has his hands full with the mooching bear.

Crooklyn NY - Officer Timothy Brennan, Officer Acevedo, Officer Lafaille, and Sergeant Groth responded to a residential building in Brooklyn for a 911 call of a person who was assaulted. Upon arrival, the officers were met in front of the location by the 911 caller who identified 39-year-old Melvin Butler as the subject and provided them with additional information. The 911 caller then escorted the officers to an apartment where Butler was located. The officers knocked on the apartment door and Butler allowed entry.
They conversed with him for several minutes and informed him that he would be placed under arrest for the assault. As the officers attempted to place Butler into custody, he resisted arrest and a struggle ensued. During the struggle, Butler took possession of Officer Brennan's firearm. As Officer Brennan and Officer Acevedo struggled to regain possession of the firearm, Butler began to discharge shots from it. Officer Brennan and Officer Acevedo were both struck by gunfire. During the struggle, while Butler possessed Officer Brennan's firearm, Officer Acevedo discharged three shots, Officer Lafaille discharged three shots, and Sergeant Groth discharged one shot from their service firearms at Butler.
Ballistics evidence recovered from the scene revealed that Butler discharged two shots from Officer Brennan's firearm. Butler was struck by the gunfire and relinquished possession of the firearm. He was taken into custody without further incident. Butler was transported via ambulance to Kings County Medical Center where he was treated for his injuries. Officer Brennan and Officer Acevedo were also transported via ambulance to Kings County Medical Center where they were treated for their injuries. For his actions, Butler was arrested and charged with Attempted Murder in the First Degree (police officer), Assault in the Second Degree, Robbery in the Third Degree, Criminal Possession of a Weapon in the Second Degree, and related charges.

The City of Henderson must pay $450,000 in damages after a jury decided a former sergeant was negligent and violated a man's civil rights when he used excessive force against him in 2018.

"Eclipse" is the tenth and final track from English rock band Pink Floyd's 1973 album "The Dark Side of the Moon". It was written and sung by Roger Waters, with harmonies by David Gilmour and Rick Wright.

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The Enterprise searches the reportedly primitive and warlike planet, Ekos, for the missing Federation cultural observer, Professor John Gill. When Kirk (William Shatner) and Spock (Leonard Nimoy) beam down, they find the Ekosians have turned into a Nazi society, with Gill as their Fuhrer, and are at war with the peaceful people of neighboring planet, Zeon. They steal uniforms to enter the headquarters; but when Spock is forced to remove his helmet, his ears betray them and they are led straight to the torture chamber. After a flogging as Zeon spies, they manage to escape with a Zeon prisoner, who takes them to the Zeon resistance. The resistance tests them, and plots with an Ekosian defector just to reach Gill, posing as a Nazi propaganda film crew. Once they enter inside, they discover things are not quite as they appear.

A year and a half after the arrival of Virus, some may have started wondering why the usually unscrupulous ruling elites decided to freeze the global profit-making machine in the face of a pathogen that targets almost exclusively the unproductive (over 80s). Why all the humanitarian zeal? Cui bono? Only those who are unfamiliar with the wondrous adventures of GloboCap can delude themselves into thinking that the system chose to shut down out of compassion. Let us be clear from the start: the big predators of oil, arms, and vaccines could not care less about humanity.

Follow the money: In pre-Covid times, the world economy was on the verge of another colossal meltdown. Here is a brief chronicle of how the pressure was building up:

June 2019: In its Annual Economic Report, the Swiss-based Bank of International Settlements, sets the int'l alarm bells ringing. The document highlights “overheating […] in the leveraged loan market”, where “credit standards have been deteriorating” and “collateralized loan obligations (CLOs) have surged – reminiscent of the steep rise in collateralized debt obligations [CDOs] that amplified the subprime crisis [in 2008].” Simply stated, the belly of the financial industry is once again full of junk.

9 August 2019: The BIS issues a working paper calling for “unconventional monetary policy measures” to “insulate the real economy from further deterioration in financial conditions”. The paper indicates that, by offering “direct credit to the economy” during a crisis, central bank lending “can replace commercial banks in providing loans to firms.”

15 August 2019: Blackrock Inc., the world’s most powerful investment fund (managing around $7 trillion in stock and bond funds, issues a white paper titled Dealing with the next downturn. The paper instructs the US Federal Reserve to inject liquidity directly into the financial system to prevent “a dramatic downturn.” The message is unequivocal: “An unprecedented response is needed when monetary policy is exhausted and fiscal policy alone is not enough. That response will likely involve ‘going direct’”: “finding ways to get central bank money directly in the hands of public and private sector spenders” while avoiding “hyperinflation. Examples include the Weimar Republic in the 1920s as well as Argentina and Zimbabwe more recently.”

22-24 August 2019: G7 central bankers meet in Jackson Hole, Wyoming, to discuss BlackRock’s paper along with urgent measures to prevent the looming meltdown. In the prescient words of James Bullard, President of the St Louis Federal Reserve: “We just have to stop thinking that next year things are going to be normal.”

15-16 September 2019: The downturn is officially inaugurated by a sudden spike in the repo rates (from 2% to 10.5%). ‘Repo’ is shorthand for ‘repurchase agreement’, a contract where investment funds lend money against collateral assets (normally Treasury securities). At the time of the exchange, financial operators (banks) undertake to buy back the assets at a higher price, typically overnight. In brief, repos are short-term collateralized loans. They are the main source of funding for traders in most markets, especially the derivatives galaxy. A lack of liquidity in the repo market can have a devastating domino effect on all major financial sectors.

17 September 2019: The Fed begins the emergency monetary programme, pumping hundreds of billions of dollars per week into Wall Street, effectively executing BlackRock’s “going direct” plan. (Unsurprisingly, in March 2020 the Fed will hire BlackRock to manage the bailout package in response to the ‘COVID-19 crisis’).

19 September 2019: Donald Trump signs Executive Order 13887, establishing a National Influenza Vaccine Task Force whose aim is to develop a “5-year national plan (Plan) to promote the use of more agile and scalable vaccine manufacturing technologies and to accelerate development of vaccines that protect against many or all influenza viruses.” This is to counteract “an influenza pandemic”, which, “unlike seasonal influenza […] has the potential to spread rapidly around the globe, infect higher numbers of people, and cause high rates of illness and death in populations that lack prior immunity”. As someone guessed, the pandemic was imminent, while in Europe too preparations were underway (see here and here).

18 October 2019: In NY, a global zoonotic pandemic is simulated during Event 201, a strategic exercise coordinated by the Johns Hopkins Biosecurity Center and the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

21-24 January 2020: The WEF’s annual meeting takes place in Davos, where both the economy and vaccinations are discussed.

23 January 2020: China puts Wuhan and other cities of the Hubei province in lockdown.

11 March 2020: The WHO’s director general calls Covid-19 a pandemic. The rest is history.

More: https://thephilosophicalsalon.com/a-self-fulfilling-prophecy-systemic-collapse-and-pandemic-simulation/

Daffy Duck must defend the town's chocolate supply from Speedy Gonzales, who steals Easter bunnies to provide to the mice of his cousin's village.

Indianola MS - An unarmed 11-year-old boy was shot in the chest after police responded to his 911 call for help at his home. He survived the shooting with a collapsed lung, a lacerated liver, and fractured ribs.
The Mississippi Bureau of Investigation recently made the 911 call and video available to the public.

The Fullerton PD released body camera footage that shows the moments leading up to a deadly police encounter. Officers were dispatched to a McDonald’s for a report of two men standing at the entrance and acting erratically, possibly under the influence of drugs. Officers arrived on scene, where they found a shirtless man swinging a belt and speaking incoherently. Officers attempted to get the man to drop the belt, but he refused. Additional officers were called to the scene and one of the officers deployed a stun gun on the man, who was unaffected. Another officer then began firing beanbag rounds from a shotgun which are deployed as a less-than-lethal alternative to traditional ammunition.
The man was struck multiple times and seemed unfazed by the projectiles until a last and final shot was fired that appeared to subdue him. He then dropped to the ground and let go of the belt and police approached him.It was at that point that they discovered that one of the beanbag rounds pierced the man’s chest, leaving the man bleeding and gasping for air. Fullerton Fire Department paramedics were called to the scene and responding officers rendered CPR until their arrival. They attempted to use an automated external defibrillator (AED), but the unit instructed officers not to deploy a charge.
Paramedics then arrived on scene and took the man to the hospital where he was later pronounced dead. He’s since been identified as 50-year-old Alejandro Campos Rios.
The Police Department said the videos, as well as recordings of 911 calls, were released to the public in an “effort to be transparent with the community that we serve.” It is also required by state law, officials said.
The death of Rios remains under investigation at this time, and the Fullerton PD is still determining if the actions of the officers were legal and in line with department policy. Those determinations will not be known until the Orange County DA’s Office completes its own investigation.
The FPD says what’s being released is only an initial review and “our understanding of this incident could possibly change as additional evidence is collected, analyzed, and reviewed.”

The original 45rpm single was issued on All Platinum 2308 - Love On A Two Way Street (Sylvia Robinson-Bert Keyes) by Lezli Valentine.
Both this original and the later hit version by The Moments were produced by Sylvia Robinson, owner of All Platinum Records and formerly of Mickey & Sylvia.

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John Pilger's penetrating film which shows the world-wide propaganda surrounding the nuclear arms race. When the two American atomic bombs were dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki in 1945, they were code-named Fat Man and Little Boy, and President Truman announced after the event: The experiment has been an overwhelming success.

Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) are a form of digital currency issued by a country's Central Bank. They are similar to cryptocurrencies, except that their value is fixed by the central bank and equivalent to the country's fiat currency. Many countries are developing CBDCs, and some have even implemented them. Because so many countries are researching ways to transition to digital currencies, it's important to understand what they are and what they mean for society.

A series of cartoons about two toads, Toro and Pancho, who live in the Mexican city of Tijuana. Throughout the story they try to eat their prey, but always get outsmarted. They would sometimes themselves be targeted by a bird, Crazylegs Crane, and would in turn always outsmart him.
When the series began as part of The Pink Panther Laugh-and-a-Half-Hour-and-a-Half Show, NBC redubbed Tijuana Toads and renamed it it Texas Toads to make the series less offensive. A laugh track was added to the new soundtrack, and the toads were given the new names of Fatso and Banjo.
Producer David H. DePatie later commented on the process: "When they (Tijuana Toads) went on television, we had to completely change them around and the series became known as the Texas Toads, and we had to redo all of the tracks that had any type of ethnic content and it really watered down the series down. We all thought it was a lot more funny when it was the Tijuana Toads, but at the time we had to do it in order to bring the thing on television."

Bradley Beach NJ - Police Chief Leonard Guida showed up unexpectedly to a traffic accident on Main Street, where the driver was later charged with DWI. The chief was not in uniform and dressed casually, and the sergeant, William Major said he was “drunk again," according to the report. The police chief tried to take the Sgt. Major away from the scene to criticize him for wearing a jacket with peeling police lettering. In the footage, the chief is heard saying, "Why do you got a jacket on that's not fit to be worn?"
The chief and sergeant ended up on the hood of a patrol car during the altercation, with someone heard saying, "You grabbed me." Sgt. Major is also heard on video saying, "He's drunk again ... Chief, get out of here or you are going to get locked up." The chief then is heard telling Sgt. Major he's relieving him of his duties, saying, "You're suspended." Sgt. Major was later allowed to resume his full job responsibilities. After the Monmouth County Prosecutor Office's investigation, Guida was placed on paid administrative leave. His position as chief pays a salary of $202,500, according to state pension records.

Prospect CT - Officers David Terni and Jonathan Slavin were dispatched on a report of a possible disturbance. Upon arrival, they spoke to a neighbor who stated that he heard suspicious noises coming from within the home and believed that there was some sort of disturbance occurring inside.
Officer Slavin approached the rear of the house while Officer Terni approached the front. One of the front windows had been dislodged allowing an opening into the house. When asked what happened to the window, the woman inside said, “Mike did it.” At that time, a subject, identified as 48-year-old Michael Strenk, opened a kitchen drawer and removed a knife. Officer Terni ordered Strenk to drop the knife. Strenk threw the knife in the direction of Officer Terni. It passed through the open window missing the officer. At this point, Strenk charged at Officer Terni with another knife in his right hand. Officer Terni fired two shots striking and fatally wounding Strenk.
Emergency Medical Services pronounced Strenk dead at the scene. The chief medical examiner’s office determined that Strenk died of a gunshot wound to the head, and the manner of death was determined to be a homicide.