Funny events in anti-woke world

[Gordon_4]

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Dig up, stupid.

 

[Schadrach]

Nazis be nazing

Man Arrested and Charged with Attempting to Use a Weapon of Mass Destruction and to Destroy an Energy Facility in Nashville

Skyler Philippi, 24, of Columbia, Tennessee, was arrested by federal agents and charged with attempting to use a weapon of mass destruction and attempting to destroy an energy facility.

www.justice.gov

What is it with white supremacists and specifically wanting to attack electrical infrastructure?

 

[Chimpzy]

What is it with white supremacists and specifically wanting to attack electrical infrastructure?

Probably some stupid "hard times breed hard men" thing, and that in the resulting Mad Max wasteland they'd be Lord Humungus.

Not how it would go down of course, and even if it did, they'd end up as The Toadie.

 

[Chimpzy]

There is no downside to less billionaire.

 

[Bedinsis]

There is no downside to less billionaire.

Sure, but it didn't have to involve someone dying.

 

[Gergar12]

There is no downside to less billionaire.

Sure, but it didn't have to involve someone dying.

He spent his whole life destroying the future of the next generation by donating to the GOP.

 

[Bedinsis]

He spent his whole life destroying the future of the next generation by donating to the GOP.

Wikipedia says he also pledged to donate 90 % of his fortune to charity, and had donated at least 2 billion.

 

[Schadrach]

Probably some stupid "hard times breed hard men" thing, and that in the resulting Mad Max wasteland they'd be Lord Humungus.

Not how it would go down of course, and even if it did, they'd end up as The Toadie.

Yeah, but there's lots of stuff you could target along those lines. For some reason it seems like it's specifically electrical infrastructure from that set. I have to imagine there's a reason. Do I need to read the Turner Diaries to see if it's a thing from that, they tend to use it as a guidebook often enough?

 

[Dirty Hipsters]

Wikipedia says he also pledged to donate 90 % of his fortune to charity, and had donated at least 2 billion.

A lot of billionaires give money to charity as a way to dodge taxes. It just so happens that the "charities" are also controlled by those billionaires and essentially become a slush fund to give to political organizations while getting tax credits out of it.

Let's take a look at the types of charities supported: https://marcusfoundation.org/programs/#healthcare-and-medical-research

Medical Research and Healthcare - Good (though it could also be lining the pockets of Pharmaceutical companies)

Jewish Causes - Questionable
From their website "Supporting Jewish causes to ensure the continuity, survival, and flourishing of the Jewish people and to promote Israel’s democracy and self-sufficiency."

In other words, probably supports right wing causes in Israel, and treats political donations as charity.

Free Enterprise, National Security, and Veterans - Questionable
From their website: " The Marcus Foundation is dedicated to bolstering the free enterprise system, a cornerstone of our nation’s prosperity. We actively promote job creation and thank military veterans who have bravely defended our country. We uphold the principles of a free market economy by channeling investments into initiatives that advocate for robust national defense and support veterans and their families afflicted by the unseen scars of war."

Basically, we perpetuate the war economy, and lobby against things like unionization efforts. Cool, thanks. What charity.

Child and Youth Development - Questionable
From their website: "Focused on fostering a well-rounded development, programs emphasize civics education and provide young individuals with a deep understanding of our country’s founding principles and their roles and responsibilities within society."

As Republicans would put it, "we gave money to make sure kids aren't getting taught woke crap."

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

Yeah, but there's lots of stuff you could target along those lines. For some reason it seems like it's specifically electrical infrastructure from that set. I have to imagine there's a reason. Do I need to read the Turner Diaries to see if it's a thing from that, they tend to use it as a guidebook often enough?

It's mostly just because it's an extremely decentralized, extremely soft target. Put a few rounds into a transformer and everybody downstream is fucked. Taking out water main or bridge requires heavy machinery and/or explosives

Like most cults, they also harbor hilarious delusions about how even a slight disruption can trigger a mass revealing that everybody already believes their ideology and that white people are chomping at the bit to start a race war

 

[XsjadoBlayde]

What is it with white supremacists and specifically wanting to attack electrical infrastructure?

They're part of the handbook. Or variations of the handbook's training shared around accelerationist groups intended to encourage DIY bomb making, attack planning and such. Electricity grids are a main focal point there. These people were big part of creating and spreading them;

Leaders of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists

The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of...

www.justice.gov

Leaders of Transnational Terrorist Group Charged with Soliciting Hate Crimes, Soliciting the Murder of Federal Officials, and Conspiring to Provide Material Support to Terrorists


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The Justice Department announced today that Dallas Humber, 34, of Elk Grove, California, and Matthew Allison, 37, of Boise, Idaho — leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group — were charged with a 15-count indictment for soliciting hate crimes, soliciting the murder of federal officials, and conspiring to provide material support to terrorists. Humber and Allison were arrested on Friday by law enforcement officials.

“Today’s indictment charges the defendants with leading a transnational terrorist group dedicated to attacking America’s critical infrastructure, targeting a hit list of our country’s public officials, and carrying out deadly hate crimes — all in the name of violent white supremacist ideology,” said Attorney General Merrick B. Garland. “Today’s arrests are a warning that committing hate-fueled crimes in the darkest corners of the internet will not hide you, and soliciting terrorist attacks from behind a screen will not protect you. The United States Department of Justice will find you, and we will hold you accountable.”

“We allege that the leaders of Terrorgram charged today are a threat to public safety and the rule of law,” said Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco. “Using the Telegram platform, they advanced their heinous white supremacist ideology, solicited hate crimes, and provided guidance and instructions for terrorist attacks on critical infrastructure and assassinations of government officials. Today’s action reaffirms that the Department of Justice will not tolerate this alleged abhorrent conduct. It has no place in America or anywhere else. We will continue working with our law enforcement partners to identify, apprehend, and hold accountable anyone who engages in such activity, no matter where they are located.”

“These defendants are alleged to be the leaders of Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group that our investigation found is responsible for soliciting hate crimes and the murder of government officials and providing support to terrorists,” said FBI Director Christopher Wray. “Whether motivated by racial bias or antagonism toward government and societal norms, such behavior will not be tolerated. Terrorism is still the FBI’s number one priority, and working with our partners we are committed to investigating and holding accountable those who break the laws and assist violent actors in lethal plots.”

“Hate crimes fueled by bigotry and white supremacy, and amplified by the weaponization of digital messaging platforms, are on the rise and have no place in our society,” said Assistant Attorney General Kristen Clarke of the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division. “This indictment charges the leaders of a transnational terrorist group with several civil rights violations, including soliciting others to engage in hate crimes and terrorist attacks against Black, immigrant, LGBT, and Jewish people. Make no mistake, as hate groups turn to online platforms, the federal government is adapting and responding to protect vulnerable communities. The Justice Department is committed to protecting the civil rights of all Americans, and we will resolutely strive to bring to justice those who seek to threaten, undermine, or extinguish it.”

“As alleged, Humber and Allison, the leaders of Terrorgram, conspired to provide material support and solicited attacks on federal officials and critical government infrastructure, including federal buildings and energy facilities,” said Matthew G. Olsen of the National Security Division. “Today’s charges demonstrate the Justice Department’s resolve to bring every available tool to bear in countering threats of violent extremists and protecting Americans.”

“The defendants solicited murders and hate crimes based on the race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, and gender identity of others,” said U.S. Attorney Phillip A. Talbert for the Eastern District of California. “They also doxed and solicited the murder of federal officials, conspired to provide material support to terrorists, and distributed information about explosives that they intended to be used in committing crimes of violence. My office will continue to work tirelessly with our partners in law enforcement and in the Justice Department to investigate and prosecute those who commit such violations of federal criminal law. I would like to thank the FBI and the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division and National Security Division for their partnership in support of the common mission to keep our people and public officials safe from hate-fueled crimes of violence.”

According to the indictment, which was unsealed today, Humber and Allison are the leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, a transnational terrorist group that operates on the digital messaging platform Telegram, where it promotes white supremacist accelerationism: an ideology centered on the belief that the white race is superior; that society is irreparably corrupt and cannot be saved by political action; and that violence and terrorism are necessary to ignite a race war and accelerate the collapse of the government and the rise of a white ethnostate.

The indictment alleges that Humber and Allison, as leaders of the Terrorgram Collective, contributed to and disseminated several Terrorgram videos and publications that provide specific advice for carrying out crimes, celebrate white supremacist attacks, and provide a hit list of “high-value targets” for assassination. The hit list included U.S. federal, state, and local officials, as well as leaders of private companies and non-governmental organizations, many of whom were targeted because of race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, or gender identity.

Humber and Allison are alleged to have operated Terrorgram channels and group chats, where they solicited Terrorgram users to commit attacks in order to achieve Terrorgram’s goals of accelerationism and white supremacy and provided instructions and guidance to equip Terrorgram users to carry out those attacks. These attacks include but are not limited to:

• Bias-motivated attacks against those deemed by Terrorgram to be enemies of the white race;
• Terrorist attacks on government infrastructure, such as government buildings and energy facilities, which Terrorgram believes will ignite a race war and help accelerate the collapse of government and society; and
• Attacks on “high-value targets” — like politicians and government officials — whose murders Terrorgram believes would sow chaos and further accelerate the government’s downfall.

They also incited Terrorgram users to commit attacks in furtherance of white supremacist accelerationism, including the following individuals who were allegedly inspired or guided by Humber, Allison, and other members of the Terrorgram Collective to carry out attacks or were planning to do so when they were arrested by law enforcement:

• An individual who shot three people (killing two) outside of an LGBT bar in Slovakia;
• An individual who planned an attack on energy facilities in New Jersey; and
• An individual who stabbed five people near a mosque in Turkey.

The indictment charges Humber and Allison with a total of 15 counts, including one count of conspiracy, four counts of soliciting hate crimes, three counts of soliciting the murder of federal officials, three counts of doxing federal officials, one count of threatening communications, two counts of distributing bombmaking instructions, and one count of conspiring to provide material support to terrorists.

If convicted of all charges, Humber and Allison each face a maximum penalty of 220 years in prison. A federal district court judge will determine any sentence after considering the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.

The FBI Sacramento Field Office and FBI Salt Lake City Field Office, Boise Resident Agency, investigated the case, with assistance from the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Idaho and a variety of foreign and domestic law enforcement agencies.

The Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division, National Security Division, and U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Eastern District of California are prosecuting the case.

View the indictment here.

 

[BrawlMan]

Logan Paul is living in the hell he created for himself.
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[Schadrach]

It's mostly just because it's an extremely decentralized, extremely soft target. Put a few rounds into a transformer and everybody downstream is fucked. Taking out water main or bridge requires heavy machinery and/or explosives

They brought a drone with a bomb to this one. At the point you're involving drones with bombs you could reasonably hit a somewhat harder target than a substation or similar.

 

[TheMysteriousGX]

They brought a drone with a bomb to this one. At the point you're involving drones with bombs you could reasonably hit a somewhat harder target than a substation or similar.

Not really. Small amateur explosives aren't that powerful. Take out a substation or cause, like, a minor delay on I-95. Most infrastructure is surprisingly hardened against physical assault because it has to be durable to do its job

 

[BrawlMan]

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[XsjadoBlayde]

Racist "prank" yotuber finds out in S. Korea

 

[Kwak]

Nazis think the developers of Wolfenstein will change direction because the fascists have been put into power.

 

[Seanchaidh]

 

[Cicada 5]

https://gizmodo.com/trumps-proposed-tariffs-will-hit-gamers-hard-2000521796

During the campaign, Trump said he’d impose a baseline 60% tariff on Chinese exports. If he does that, the price of all the stuff gamers love is going to go up. Laptop prices could spike by almost 50%. The cost of video game consoles could rise around 40%, making the upcoming PS5 Pro cost almost $1,000. The Switch 2 may be backward compatible, but it may cost quite a bit more than the original.

Trump campaigned on punishing China for a perceived trade imbalance with the United States. It was a winning issue for him in his original campaign, and one he acted on, and he spent time on the campaign trail saying he’d do it again. Trump’s broad plan is to encourage a return of U.S. manufacturing through restrictive tariffs. A tariff is a flat tax on a trade good. Trump’s two big proposals are a 10% to 20% import tariff on all goods from other countries and a 60% tariff on goods from China.


China does not pay the cost of those tariffs. The companies importing the goods from China do. Companies have been clear that if tariffs raise their cost of doing business, they’re going to pass the costs onto the consumer. “If we get tariffs, we will pass those tariff costs back to the consumer,” AutoZone CEO Philip Daniele said on an earnings call in September.

The Consumer Technology Association, the trade association behind CES, published a study in October that looked at the possible effects of a 60% tariff on consumer electronics. It’s important to keep in mind that the study was commissioned by a trade group that stands to lose an enormous amount of cash should the tariff go through on electronics. That said, it’s still a strong indicator of where the industry’s head is at and what it believes would be a worst-case scenario when Trump takes office.


The study looked at ten different consumer tech products: smartphones, laptops, connected devices, video game consoles, and various computer accessories. According to the study, a tariff on electronics from China would have the immediate effect of spiking prices and the long-term effect of driving manufacturing to other countries. Critically though, those other countries would not be the United States. It’s still too expensive to make stuff in America and keep costs down.

“Across the board, the tariffs will cause significant price increases for the U.S. consumer,” the study said. The CTA estimated that laptop and tablet costs would go up 46%, smartphones would go up 26%, and video game consoles would spike 40%. That kind of increase would put the cost of the forthcoming PS5 Pro at just under $1,000. A top-of-the-line GPU, the kind used for AI and gaming, could bloat from around $900 to $1,300. The price of monitors would go up $109, desktops would go up around $74 overall, and headphones could cost an extra $35.

 

[Phoenixmgs]

https://gizmodo.com/trumps-proposed-tariffs-will-hit-gamers-hard-2000521796

Trump campaigned on punishing China for a perceived trade imbalance with the United States. It was a winning issue for him in his original campaign, and one he acted on, and he spent time on the campaign trail saying he’d do it again.

The CTA estimated that laptop and tablet costs would go up 46%, smartphones would go up 26%, and video game consoles would spike 40%. That kind of increase would put the cost of the forthcoming PS5 Pro at just under $1,000. A top-of-the-line GPU, the kind used for AI and gaming, could bloat from around $900 to $1,300. The price of monitors would go up $109, desktops would go up around $74 overall, and headphones could cost an extra $35.

Surely then you have evidence that all these prices went up last time he was president?