A German soldier is arrested trying to retrieve a loaded gun from an airport toilet.
His finger prints lead to a Syrian refugee.
His cell phone leads to far-right extremist networks inside the military.
This is the tale of Franco A: 1/10

Franco A was a lieutenant in the German army.
He posed as a Syrian refugee – and got away with it.
For 16 months he lived a double life.
Prosecutors say he planned a terror attack that would be blamed on his refugee alter ego and unleash a national crisis 2/10

Franco A’s arrest was a wake-up call for the German authorities long blind to far-right infiltration of their institutions.
His superiors promoted him even after he detailed his views in a master’s thesis.
He spoke publicly at least once at a far-right event 3/10

When Franco A goes on trial for plotting terrorism in the spring, Germany will go on trial with him. How could a German soldier who didn't speak Arabic pass himself off as a refugee? And how could a far-right extremist rise through the ranks of the German military? 4/10

But the story of Franco A is bigger than his own. His family history grafts almost perfectly over German history. The story of his double life and evolution is in many ways the tale of today’s two Germanys. 5/10

Thread on the missing 100 Kgs gold from CBI

In an unusual order, perhaps for the first time in history, the Madras HC has ordered a state Crime Branch CID probe into 100 Kgs of gold which went missing from the custody of CBI. 1/n

State CB CID officials will now probe the role of the elite CBI agency in the missing ingots weighing more than 100 Kgs.

When the CBI probed this case, the role of several IAS & ITS (Indian Trade Service) came to light. The role of Dr. Swarna, IAS, then Joint Development Commissioner, Special Economic Zone, Chennai also came to light. 3/n

Dr. Swarna is now the Secretary to government, P&AR, Government of Tamil Nadu. When an Addl SP went to examine Dr. Swarna with regard to this case, she threw a tantrum as to how an ordinary Addl SP can examine her and rang up TN Home Secretary to suspend the Addl. SP. 4/n

All the All India Service Officers involved in this case, using their bureaucratic clout in Delhi, ensured that this case never saw the light of the day.
5/n

An academic mystery novel in which we learn that the culprit murdered the victim because they could not agree on which font to use for their very important committee memo.

The tension builds throughout the book as they exchange drafts of the memo, each time changing the font back to the "proper" font.

No one mentions the font changes, they just seethe.

Exasperated, one of them sets up a Qualtrics survey for the committee. It has only one question: "what is the correct font to use for this committee's correspondence?"

Qualtrics data is inconclusive.

Again, Fani-Kayode’s Absence Stalls His Trial

The trial of former Aviation Minister, Femi Fani-Kayode, before Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court, Abuja, could not hold on Wednesday, December 2, 2020, and for the third consecutive time due to his absence in court.

Fani-Kayode is facing a five-count charge of money laundering to the tune of N26million, preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

At today’s trial, prosecution counsel, M. S. Abubakar, expressed displeasure at the defendant’s recurring absence in court, noting that the unnecessary delays which such has caused in the trial defeat the spirit of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act of 2016 (ACJ)...

...which is for speedy administration of justice in the country. He therefore applied for a bench warrant against Fani-Kayode.

“My lord, on January 22, 2019, the defendant was neither in court, nor was he represented. But the court gave him a benefit of the doubt, which he abused. Again, on October 21, 2020, the defendant was also not in court.

Exposing the human trafficking NGOs

Seven non-government organizations have orchestrated with human traffickers to smuggle illegal immigrants into Greece, according to Migration Minister Notis Mitarachis.

The Greek minister told The Times that NGO’s from Somalia, Britain, Turkey and elsewhere assisted in the smuggling of illegal immigrants to Greece.

Mitarachi highlighted that the Norwegian non-governmental organization Aegean Boat Report, and the London-based Al-Khair Foundation assisted human traffickers.

Five other European NGO’s are also complicit in being human traffickers the crime and helping illegal immigrants enter the country.

“Contacts in Mogadishu facilitate transport to Istanbul, even paying for migrant airfare on Turkish Airlines,” the minister said. “From there, migrants are transported to key points along the Turkish coast, working with aid groups to push them to islands like Lesvos”, he said.

A conversation with the great Ben Katchor.

"The thing is, wealth doesn’t corrupt you just criminally, it also corrupts your tastes. You don’t look at things, you don’t study things, you become, you know, an

On America's 'Data-Driven Defeat in Afghanistan'

"They mistook war as a matter of process, when its nature is ruled by

On Our collective Deathwish.

"The true defining characteristic of American political society at present isn’t widespread violence from either the left or the right, but a propensity for dramatic overreach combined with utter

On The New Truth.

"And so the new argument proceeds, burying contrary evidence in unmarked graves while erecting new religious monuments and shrines at which the growing number of the faithful pay

On the deadly new regime of total information control.

"Perhaps the most messed-up thing about the case of the purged Google doc is that no one seems to care that it happened, aside from those publications that celebrated the monopolist’s

This is the list of senators who choose to murder US citizens and people in other countries:

Baldwin (D-WI), Yea 
Bennet (D-CO), Yea 
Blumenthal (D-CT), Yea 
Booker (D-NJ), Yea 
Brown (D-OH), Yea 
Cantwell (D-WA), Yea 
Cardin (D-MD), Yea 
Carper (D-DE), Yea 
Casey (D-PA), Yea

cont

Coons (D-DE), Yea
Cortez Masto (D-NV), Yea
Duckworth (D-IL), Yea
Durbin (D-IL), Yea
Feinstein (D-CA), Yea
Gillibrand (D-NY), Yea
Harris (D-CA), Yea
Hassan (D-NH), Yea
Heinrich (D-NM), Yea
Hirono (D-HI), Yea
Kaine (D-VA), Yea
Kelly (D-AZ), Yea

cont

Klobuchar (D-MN), Yea
Leahy (D-VT), Yea
Manchin (D-WV), Yea
Menendez (D-NJ), Yea
Murphy (D-CT), Yea
Murray (D-WA), Yea
Peters (D-MI), Yea
Reed (D-RI), Yea
Rosen (D-NV), Yea
Schatz (D-HI), Yea
Schumer (D-NY), Yea
Shaheen (D-NH), Yea
Sinema (D-AZ), Yea

cont

Smith (D-MN), Yea
Stabenow (D-MI), Yea
Tester (D-MT), Yea
Udall (D-NM), Yea
Warner (D-VA), Yea
Whitehouse (D-RI), Yea
King (I-ME), Yea
Alexander (R-TN), Yea
Barrasso (R-WY), Yea
Blunt (R-MO), Yea
Boozman (R-AR), Yea
Burr (R-NC), Yea
Capito (R-WV), Yea

cont

Cassidy (R-LA), Yea
Collins (R-ME), Yea
Cornyn (R-TX), Yea
Cramer (R-ND), Yea
Crapo (R-ID), Yea
Daines (R-MT), Yea
Enzi (R-WY), Yea
Ernst (R-IA), Yea
Fischer (R-NE), Yea
Grassley (R-IA), Yea
Hoeven (R-ND), Yea
Hyde-Smith (R-MS), Yea
Inhofe (R-OK), Yea

Portland is ringing in the New Year.

“Tonight is about making noise, today is about making the city hear our pain.”

“Fuck the Police. Fuck Ted Wheeler.”

Fireworks a plenty, probably first time I’ve seen this many in Portland since July 4th.

Near the Justice Center in downtown Portland.

Behind the courthouse fence.

Hey listen, I am a child sexual abuse survivor.

If you asked me to sit down and have a convo with my molester, let alone three weeks after his trial, to get a "better understanding" of why he "is the way he is," for the sake of "unity,"

I would tell you to fuck all the way off.

We owe Trump voters NOTHING beyond what we are trying to provide for every American: health care, a basic living wage, a social safety net.

Our future as a nation depends on our ability to understand that we owe the MINORITY of this country, namely white racists, NOTHING ELSE.

We've got massive agendas to focus on:

-flipping the Senate (go Georgia!)
-pandemic response
-saving the ACA
-backstopping democracy with Constitutional Amendments
-preserving Roe
-ending Citizens United

and on and on and on it goes.

Trump voters are not some mythological creature that needs anthropological study.

They're white racists, pure and simple.

They deserve NO MORE OF OUR TIME if we care about the future of democracy.

WE WON, for fucks sake, and not by a little bit.

WE SHOULD ACT LIKE IT.

Last point, for folks who think we should all be one happy family:

there is no unity without accountability or justice.

THEY NEED TO DO THEIR OWN WORK.

No more (emotional) labor for white racists. We did that for fucking four years (and the entire history of a nation. MY GOD.)

When Congress, MSM operatives, etc were allowed to openly incite terrorist groups (under cloak of "activism", "protest") to commit crimes against us: target lists, biz sabotage, cybercrimes, threats, physical violence-
it led to using these groups for other coordinated treason.

Weaponizing peasantry is always to benefit the elite class. So if peasants go to prison and few- if any- big names go down, it will be a tragedy. These people were exploited by gov game play from all sides... left to believe delusional "truths" planted by CIA&friends & also left

to believe in their cause by White (Gray?) Hats as well, instead of declaring these Marxists groups for what they really are, and setting right the lies laid out to get people to believe these groups are simply activists. They've been used by all, and their lives are ruined...

I'm not in favor in letting them go. I'm in favor of stiff punishments.
What I advocate for, is INCREASED punishment to all in power who raised these terror groups up as "activists" for the purpose of using as operatives, armies, civil unrest, color revolution, election rigging,

and TREASON!
How DARE they use our own citizens against us!!!!
This must be a heavy penalty crime going forward if we are ever to heal as a nation. The *first* time members of Congress incited groups to rise against us should have been the LAST. Immediate loss of seat and jail.