ISIS Head Eliminated in Iraq

He's in a better place now, what with his rivers of wine, the pretty young boys, and the 72 virgin goats. 

i24News reported that US military along with Iraqi forces killed Abu Ali Al-Tunisi [his pronouns are was, were, gone] an senior commander with the Islamic State terrorist organization. 

Al-Tunisi, who was wanted by the United States and along with several other terrorist fighters, was killed Iraqi military said on Friday.

This belies a claim by Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris that there are no U.S. military personnel serving in any war zones under the Biden-Harris administration. In other words, Harris lied about it in the debate this month against Donald Trump, and ABC News did not challenge the lie as they were told not to do.

The operation in Iraq’s western Anbar province began in late August, the Iraqi military said, and also involved members of the Iraqi National Intelligence Service and Iraq’s air force, not to mention US military personnel who Harris claimed did not exist in a war zone.

Al-Tunisi was a key leader of the Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS). He was in charge of manufacturing for ISIS in Iraq, conducting training for ISIS members, including instruction on how to make explosives, suicide vests, and improvised explosive devices (IEDs). Al-Tunisi also provided advanced training on weapons development and the manufacturing of chemical weapons.

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Target continues to circle the bowl as more stuff about them floats to the top

The "Twig and Berries" model by Target

So now it isn't just about plunging stock values as Target has already lost $13 billion in market value. As of Friday morning, they were at 131.23 and were losing faster than Lia Thomas finished ahead of the women in the pool.  Now they're at around 130.20 and they deserve it.

But even more deserved by them is that they received another downgrade.

KeyBanc Capital Markets, yesterday [Monday], cut the retailer’s shares to “sector weight” from “overweight” as the resumption of student loan payments stipulated by Congress’ debt ceiling agreement poses a sizable headwind for discretionary spending for shoppers.

Add that to the downgrade Target got from JP Morgan, which may cause the share loss to worsen, and you know they’re circling the bowl.

In this new climate of politicalization of everything from beer to nuts, where companies feel obligated to throw in their woke two cents, it has made consumers cognizant of everything they buy, every sport they support, and everything they do. 

The country is divided and there's no doubt about it. The Biden administration claimed to be uniting the country while covertly dividing us. 

This guy has a lot of, you know, the thing

The morons at Target, for example, have funded the NDN Collective, an anti-America, communist organization fighting against Mount Rushmore, which they term "white supremacy." They have a campaign “LANDBACK” that calls for America to give up its public land.

“The closure of Mount Rushmore, return of that land and all public lands in the Black Hills, South Dakota is our cornerstone battle,” the cretins of NDN said. “Not only does Mount Rushmore sit in the heart of the sacred Black Hills, but it is an international symbol of White supremacy and colonization. To truly dismantle white supremacy and systems of oppression, we have to go back to the roots. Which, for us, is putting Indigenous Lands back in Indigenous hands.”

NDN also hates the U.S. military and falsely claim that "[T]he U.S. military is in the explicit business of taking land away from communities all around the world and using their presence on their land to carry out their own agenda for the inhabitants of that area. Violence is fundamental for the U.S. to maintain its presence, and the military is how they establish dominance domestically and internationally, wherever they may be."

Did the U.S. military take any lands away from Germany or Japan after WWII? We are not perfect and we are not angels, but in all the world's history, nations have conquered other nations and the spoils of war have been a fact for millennia. 

They also hold a warped view of American history, which they used to taint the military now.

“The origin of the U.S. military and police is rooted in the establishment of informal militias composed of newly arrived settlers looking to make money and own land,” NDN said “The purpose of these informal militias however was not to keep the police or protect citizens, but to clear the land of as many Natives as possible by killing indiscriminately, and catching runaway enslaved Africans,” [who were made slaves by their black African brethren, and used by the Dixiecrat South].

Fox News asked Target officials why it supports an organization like this while also claiming to support veterans in its corporate announcements. Neither Target nor NDN responded to Fox’s inquiries immediately, nor did other media carry the story in order to protect their agenda with the LGBTQ+1 community of fascists.

Target didn't take a deeper market dive on Monday when the market opened, but stay tuned as more loss is likely to come.

Meanwhile, Bud Light is falling faster than Joe Biden on a staircase.

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MSNBC editor: "I hope it tanks at the Oscars" re:'Top Gun'

An MSNBC editor named Zeeshan Aleem doesn't like the US military or the people who serve in it. He attacked the US military and the movie "Top Gun," in a Saturday column calling the movie "insidious" and "poisonous." He also complained that the movie paints the US military in an overly positive light.

“‘Top Gun’ is as insidious as it is entertaining. It does not merely revive a forgotten human-centered spectacle; it also beckons for a return to accepting the American war machine as a beacon of virtue and excitement,” the avowed leftist wrote, claiming that the movie glorified the excitement of battle — which in turn, glorified war in itself. “It’s a poisonous kind of nostalgia, one that smuggles love of endless war into a celebration of live action.”

I suspect the concept of patriotism, bravery and freedom escapes people like him. Aleem was the guy who wrote about Kyle Rittenhouse and his logic and message were as clear as mud.

Even after the young man was cleared of murder and judged to have used self-defense, Aleem wrote:

"For many the verdict is an outrage and a brazen miscarriage of justice. Rittenhouse is a Blue Lives Matter enthusiast who went to protests against a police shooting with a military-style rifle that he obtained illegally."

Either Aleem is lying or he's an idiot. Of course, both things can be true at the same time.

The only 'military-style' thing about Rittenhouse's AR-15 is the shape of the weapon, but for it to be military-style, it would likely have a selector switch that would allow it to fire both semi-automatic and automatic. His rifle was semi-automatic, like most civilian rifles and handguns.

Second, Rittenhouse went to the protest as a medical volunteer ro tender first aid if needed and that would have been rendered to both protesters and their victims of violence. Aleem conveniently didn't mention that in his article.

Third, he did not obtain the weapon illegally. The law allows a 17-year-old to possess a long gun. On the other hand, one victim, Gaige Grosskreutz, was holding a loaded gun with a round in the chamber and was posing a threat, according to the testimony of a Marine Corps veteran who had been guarding a Kenosha dealership alongside Rittenhouse in August 2020.

In the article, Aleem later admits the rifle was legal, so he wants to have it both ways and reality is his biggest problem.

But facts don't seem to matter to Aleem who went on to call 'Top Gun' "literal propaganda." His reasoning is that the military gave the filmmakers access to real aircraft, which in days of yore might be called advertising. 

“In exchange for access to military aircraft, the producers of the movie agreed to allow the Defense Department to include its own ‘key talking points’ in the script. Perhaps equally important, the script had to be written in a manner that flatters the military in order to secure the buy-in of the Pentagon,” he wrote.

Isn't that terrible? The military wants the people it protects to like them and maybe even enlist one day.

Aleem went on to argue that the 2022 film and its predecessor were used to “rehab” the military’s image as it has been depicted as evil by the left, causing periods of decreased popularity. Military popularity and patriotism takes away from the left's call for gender mutilation, defunding law enforcement, and the killing of unborn Americans. Pretending you're the opposite gender has become the popular trend amongst the trendy kids and their teachers are promoting this a hell of a lot more than a movie promotes patriotism.

We shall find out tonight if 'Top Gun' won any awards, but it's Hollywood, so don't hold your breath.

Zeeshan Aleem is the worst of America. 

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NoKo fires off ICBM capable of destroying California's French Laundry restaurant

While the Biden administration is feverishly shooting down Chinese spy balloons and Party City mylar party balloons with Sidewinder missiles that cost $450,000 a pop, North Korea quietly launched an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) that has the capability of hitting California a few days ago.

So with all the talk of China, balloons, Ukraine, Putin and people jumping out of Russian windows in an attempt to fly, we seem to be taking our eyes off the ball . . . istics. 

The nuclear-capable Hwasong-15 flew to an altitude of over 3,500 in flight then fell back down into the ocean between North Korea and Japan. The flight lasted over an hour.

Kim described the test as a demonstration of his “fatal nuclear attack capacity”  that "kill long time." Analysts think the Hwasong-15 can reach mainland USA if fired at a normal launch trajectory and utterly destroy the delusions of progressive Americans. And then there's Chinese balloons and finger traps. 

North Korea said Sunday its latest ICBM test was meant to further bolster its “fatal” nuclear attack capacity against its rivals, as it threatened additional powerful steps in response to the planned military training between the United States and South Korea, to which Rear Admiral Rachel Levine said, "Booster shots prevent the spread of COVID-19. I'm wearing pearls underneath my dress."

North Korea’s official Korean Central News Agency said its launch of this ICBM was organized “suddenly” without prior notice at the direct order of leader for life and Dennis Rodman goombah, Kim Jong Un.

After the NoKo test launch, the United States began its planned military exercises with South Korea, Japan, and other Asian allies. This was announced in advance and gave Kim shade for launching the ICBM. So let's get ready boys and girls--it's either going to be a war or a hockey game, but I repeat myself.

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BREAKING: Iran fires multiple missiles into US base in Iraq

Multiple missiles have been fired at around 6 p.m. ET. The source of the missiles come from multiple bases in Iran and at this time, it isn't clear whether personnel or military structures have been targeted.

The Islamic Republic Guard Corps has taken credit for the attack.

Fox News is calling the attack "Operation Revenge." The attack is in response to the killing of Iran's terrorist General Qassem Soleimani, the man responsible for the deaths of at least 600 Americans, perhaps 1,500 protesters of his own countrymen, and tens of thousands of others via proxies and direct killing by Iran.

Defense Secretary Mark Esper earlier said at a press conference that the U.S. was expecting some form of retaliation.

Fox News reporter Jennifer Griffin reported that a senior U.S. military source told her: “Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles. All over the country.”


Jennifer Griffin
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From senior US military source in Iraq:
“Under missile attack from Iran. These are either cruise missiles or short range ballistic missiles. All over the country.”

“I’m talking to a well placed source in the U.S. military, on the ground in Iraq, and that source tells me that these are multiple tactical ballistic, or cruise missiles that are being fired from Iran at multiple U.S. bases and U.S. targets inside Iraq,” Griffin said. “They are under fire right now, I asked if they had any plans to evacuate, remember there are 5,000 American troops in Iraq and I was told ‘no, we are defending.’ So, expect an American response.”

“This is something we have been expecting all afternoon, there were situation room meetings as well meetings with top officials here at the Pentagon,” Griffin continued. “There was a lot of chatter, we were told intelligence suggesting that the Iranians would strike at U.S. bases in Iraq after the that mourning for Qassem Soleimani ended earlier today.”

“But right now, in real time, we can confirm that multiple sites, including Ain Assad Air Base in Western Iraq, where most of the U.S. troops are based,” Griffin continued.

Ballistic missiles fired by Iranian Revolutionary Guard on Ain Al-Asad military base where most of US troops are based, according to Iran Fars News


President Trump warned Iran that if they retaliated that they would face harsh consequences from the U.S. military.

Trump tweeted, “Iran is talking very boldly about targeting certain USA assets as revenge for our ridding the world of their terrorist leader who had just killed an American, & badly wounded many others, not to mention all of the people he had killed over his lifetime, including recently hundreds of Iranian protesters.”

“He was already attacking our Embassy, and preparing for additional hits in other locations. Iran has been nothing but problems for many years,” Trump continued. “Let this serve as a WARNING that if Iran strikes any Americans, or American assets, we have targeted 52 Iranian sites (representing the 52 American hostages taken by Iran many years ago), some at a very high level & important to Iran & the Iranian culture, and those targets, and Iran itself, WILL BE HIT VERY FAST AND VERY HARD. The USA wants no more threats!”


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US pulls military from Libya as fighting approaches Tripoli

Not the Maid of the Mist

Tripoli, Libya -- The United States has for the time being, withdrawn some of our military forces from Libya due to "security conditions on the ground," a top military official said. As it now stands, a Libyan commander's forces are advancing toward Tripoli, the capital, and are clashing with rival militias.

A small number of American troops has been in Libya in recent years. Their mission it to help local forces combat Islamic State and al-Qaida militants, as well as protecting diplomatic facilities.

"The security realities on the ground in Libya are growing increasingly complex and unpredictable," Marine Corps General Thomas Waldhauser, the head of US Africa Command, said.

"Even with an adjustment of the force, we will continue to remain agile in support of existing US strategy."

Gen. Waldhauser didn't provide details on the number of US troops that have been withdrawn or how many remain in the country, but if we wait long enough, the someone in government or media will leak it.

India has also evacuated a small contingent of peacekeepers and now it's quite likely that the remaining food in Libya for the military will be bland and tasteless.

The Indian foreign minister, Sushma Swaraj, said the country's 15 Central Reserve Police Force peacekeepers were evacuated Saturday from Tripoli because the "situation in Libya has suddenly worsened" and fighting has moved into the capital city.

The self-styled Libyan National Army, led by Field Marshal Khalifa Hifter, launched a surprise offensive against the capital last week, a move that could potentially drag the country back into civil war. Libya has been gripped by unrest since the 2011 uprising that overthrew and killed long-time dictator and dramatic fop, Moammar Gadhafi.

In recent years, the country has been governed by rival authorities in the east and in Tripoli, in the west, each backed by various armed groups. "It's a mess," an anonymous source told Brain Flushings.

Fayez Sarraj, head of government in Tripoli, accused Hifter of "betraying" him.

"We have extended our hands towards peace, but after the aggression that has taken place on the part of forces belonging to Hifter and his declaration of war against our cities and our capital ... he will find nothing but strength and firmness," al-Sarraj said Saturday in televised comments, followed by a commercial for My Pillow.

Sarraj and Hifter held talks in Abu Dhabi in late February, their first confirmed meeting since November 2018, when they agreed that national elections were necessary, according to the UN, but alas, it doesn't look good for democracy after all.

Hifter is seeking to capture the capital and seize military control of the whole country before UN-sponsored talks due to start next week that were designed to set a time frame for possible elections in the oil-rich country.

"Elections are overrated," Hifter said.

The airport was destroyed in a previous round of fighting in 2014. Hifter said his forces had launched airstrikes targeting rival militias on the outskirts of Tripoli.

The rival militias [aka "The Good Guys"], which are affiliated with a UN-backed government in Tripoli, said they had also carried out airstrikes, slowing Hifter's advance.

Armed groups behind the UN-backed government of national accord, or GNA, have announced an effort to defend Tripoli, vowing to recapture all areas seized by Hifter's forces.


Col. Mohamed Gnounou, a spokesman for GNA forces, said in televised comments Sunday that the counteroffensive, dubbed "Volcano of Anger," was aimed at "purging all Libyan cities of aggressor and illegitimate forces." 

Hifter, for his part, calls his offensive "Lava of Revenge."

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