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NPR - Official U.S. State Media story from July 8, 2022 11:00 AM ET
Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed. Here's what the scene was like
Shinzo Abe, Japan's former prime minister, has died after being shot during a speech in western Japan.
The country's longest-serving prime minister, Abe was campaigning for a parliamentary election in Nara when he was shot from behind. He arrived at Nara Medical University without any vital signs and was eventually declared deceased.
Police in Nara arrested the suspected gunman, who was carrying what appeared to be a handmade, double-barreled weapon.
Here is what the scene looked like:
(14 photos at link)
https://www.npr.org/2022/07/08/1110453574/shinzo-abe-assassination-japan-photos
moar photos from that trip:
In Photos: Trump's red carpet visit to Japan
The president's visit included a sumo wrestling tournament, golf with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and meeting the new Japanese emperor.
1 President Donald Trump and first lady Melania Trump are escorted by Japan's Emperor Naruhito and Empress Masako during a welcome ceremony at the Imperial Palace in Tokyo on May 27.
2 President Trump meets family members of Japanese abductees by North Korea, with first lady Melania Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe at the Akasaka State Guesthouse.
3 President Trump and Prime Minister Shinzo Abe take a selfie while playing a round of golf at Mobara Country Club in Chiba.
4 President Trump is served a baked potato with butter while sitting at a counter with first lady Melania Trump, the Japanese prime minister and his wife during a dinner at the Inakaya restaurant in the Roppongi district.
5 President Trump presents the President's Cup to Asanoyama, the winner of the Summer Grand Sumo Tournament.
https://www.nbcnews.com/slideshow/photos-president-trump-first-lady-melania-trump-visit-japan-n1010641
A.F. Branco Cartoons @afbranco
Today's Cartoon -
Lawlessness Unplugged
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04/10/23
Apr 10, 2023, 11:24 AM
truthsocial.com/@afbranco/posts/110175208465723596
Tracy Beanz 🚨THREAD: Kari Lake vs Maricopa County shenanigans
@KariLake has filed a brief in the AZ Supreme Court opposing the sanctions proposed against her for raising the argument that 35,563 ballots were unaccounted for and added to the total ballots at Runbeck.
Hobbs et al had argued this was a brand new claim (false) and asked for sanctions for that reason. This was filed last week, but I was away so I am threading it now.
Lake attorney’s are asking the court to not only deny sanctions against them, but also to consider the brief they just filed as a motion for reconsideration. To read more about the weaponization of sanctions by those who wish to punish honest legal pursuits in AZ, you can read this: https://www.uncoverdc.com/2023/01/03/maricopa-county-corruption-now-its-your-problem-too/
Maricopa didn’t ask for sanctions, but the other parties did. In order to request sanctions due to the provisions those parties cite, the court must find (and the lawyers must successfully argue) that they brought claim for an improper motive, or that they pressed issues that aren’t supportable by any legal theory, and for which there is no “colarable legal argument.” Both of those claims are patently false here, and a request for sanctions under these conditions is really meant as some sort of attempted “punishment.”
Back when I was threading and detailing responses, I talked about how government actors are granted presumptions that assume they are acting in good faith. Not so for Runbeck.
Respondents don’t even attempt to show any evidence rebutting the claim, and no one can argue that Lake doesn’t honestly believe that illegal votes and misconduct determined the results of the 2022 election.
This entire argument stems back to CoC issues. If proper Chain of Custody were followed, Maricopa would have known if even one ballot were inserted. They didn’t follow process or law, and Maricopa was unaware of the actual ballot totals.
This is a little confusing, but I will explain. The entire reason that Lake raised this issue in the appeal process was to answer and argument that Hobbs herself raised. It was a counter, so it obviously couldn’t have been a “brand new” claim, as Hobbs asserts.
Hobbs cites two unique forms used in CoC in Maricopa, asserting that because of that process, the county would be aware of anything “injected” or “inserted.”
Unfortunately for them, it was proven they weren’t. They needed Runbeck to tell them what was there, when they should have already known. The defense (Hobbs) presented exhibits at trial. Exhibit 33 was a compilation of forms entitled “MC Incoming Scan Receipts” which is a recording from Runbeck of the number of early ballot packages it scanned for signature verification and counted on its scanners between 11/8 and 11/9. The forms recorded a total of 298,942 early ballot packages.
The next was a compilation of forms called “MC Inbound- Receipt of Delivery.” These are records created at Runbeck documenting ALL early ballots delivered to Runbeck prior to Runbeck scanning the ballots.
Four witnesses, in addition to a county employee, signed these forms for Election Day deliveries after 7 AM on 11/8- verifying the estimated number of ballots delivered to Runbeck.
Hobbs used these exhibits to “prove” that CoC laws were followed and that Maricopa would immediately know if a ballot were added or removed.
Lake stated that she calculated the number of ballots recorded on their forms - dated 11/8-11/9 and noted as “Election Day” and “Election Night”
And…. …the number of ballots recorded on the Receipt of Delivery forms… And used THEIR NUMBERS to prove the discrepancy of 35,563 ballots more scanned than received.
There is no possible argument here for sanctions, or that there weren’t 33,563 MORE ballots scanned than received, and Hobbs own defense exhibit was used to prove it.
For Hobbs to be correct that Maricopa would pick up any of this immediately, they would need to know the exact number of ballots at EVERY stage in the process- which is what the law requires- however, Maricopa ADMITTED that they disregarded that requirement on Election Day because of VOLUME.
They said there were too many ballots for them to follow the process. Even if we accept their excuse that they were just “too busy” to follow the procedure, the result should be at least close.
This is a decision usurping difference in vote totals, again, based off of their own (supposedly perfect and infallible) numbers.
11:34 AM · Apr 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/tracybeanz/status/1645450187026857984
Ben Garrison Cartoons @grrrgraphics
Stop the Insanity! Trans madness goes corporate- New Ben Garrison Cartoon for Monday
The worst aspect of the trans delusion: The woke, Marxist educators are pushing it on children in schools. They try to convince confused boys that they are really girls and tell girls they are really boys. Dangerous hormone treatments and even sexual mutilation follows.
All states must pass law banning the ‘transitioning’ of children.
WOKE CORPORATIONS PUSH TRANS INSANITY
more @ grrrgraphics.com/trans-madness
Apr 10, 2023, 12:30 PM
https://truthsocial.com/@grrrgraphics/posts/110175466992325297
The Kate Awakening @kate_awakening
No, really. They want to know the magic number that will make us give up our guns.
For, you know… reasons.
David Hogg ☮️ @davidhogg111·1h
How many fucking more is it gonna take????
Show this thread
12:42 PM · Apr 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/kate_awakening/status/1645467408155680768
Real Nowhere Man 🇺🇸 ''@DavidBugnon
Did you know there was a straight flag?
If we are a "democracy", can we vote on replacing the fairy flags with this one? Majority rules in a democracy, right?
11:13 AM · Apr 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/DavidBugnon/status/1645444975776219139
CyberChick @warriors_mom
Hunter 2024 🙌🏾🤣
(0:46 video from "stand-up" routine)
12:21 PM · Apr 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/warriors_mom/status/1645461956801839104
worth a watch
>Trump point to NARA, NARA JAPAN AND GOLD CLUB ABE HIT EDITION
>Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was killed
>forwarding it to NARA
Originally known as Yamato,Nara was Japan’s first capitaland the seat of the Emperor. Rich in ideas and technology from Europe, China and Korea via the Silk Road, Nara is a living museum with 1,300 years of art and architecture to offer.
Historical Timeline of Nara: (see attached graphic or link below)
https://www.visitnara.jp/history/
Flower bed built near site of Abe's shooting
NARA, Japan— A flower bed was completed Friday close to the site where former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot dead in Nara City last year that, although part of a previously planned project, will now serve as a de facto memorial to the late politician.
The Nara city government had been redeveloping the area around the north side of Kintetsu Railway Co.'s Yamato-Saidaiji Station prior to the shooting, and placing flower beds on sidewalks along the road were part of the project.
The actual site of the shooting has become a road as planned and was opened for traffic from Saturday.
Abe was shot on July 8 last year while delivering a campaign speech in support of a Liberal Democratic Party candidate for the House of Councillors on a section in the middle of the street surrounded by guardrails. …
https://www.postguam.com/the_globe/world/flower-bed-built-near-site-of-abes-shooting/article_ed66383c-d1df-11ed-9a9f-23408b827ddd.html
moar photos as DailyMail also covered that trip
Trump's golf diplomacy: President plays a round with Japanese Prime Minister Abe
1 Trump is on a golf outing with Abe just hours after he and First Lady Melania Trump landed in Japan
2 Trump reacts after swatting a ball with a driver while his playing partner, Abe, looks on at the course on Saturday
3 Abe has a good view from the golf cart as he watches the president line up for a shot with his iron on Saturday
4 MY TURN! Abe also got to show off his putting game while the president watched his host on Saturday
5 The president hits a wedge shot as Abe and an unidentified guest look on at the Mobara County Club in Chiba
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-7071317/Trump-plays-golf-Japanese-Prime-Minister-Shinzo-Abe.html
OTD 1987 (36-years ago)
President Reagan's Inspiring Speech on American Exceptionalism
Relive a moment in American history, as President Reagan delivers a captivating speech at the Los Angeles World Affairs Council Luncheon on April 10, 1987. Joined by distinguished guests, the President discusses his foreign policy initiatives, including nuclear disarmament with the Soviet Union, and emphasizes the importance of American exceptionalism.
00:05 – President Reagan thanks everyone for hosting the event
00:39 – Recent disclosures of Soviet espionage in Moscow
01:43 – America's views on U.S.-Soviet relations
02:46 – Recent progress in this four-part agenda
05:16 – Soviets still trying to stifle SDI
06:23 – Human rights progress
07:33 – Military conflicts in regions of the developing world
08:35 – The world will no longer accept this policy of global expansionism
09:11 – Afghanistan, Nicaragua and Cambodia
10:57 – Today's agenda
12:31 – Proceeding relations
14:54 – Soviet ideology and intentions
16:17 – Freedom is the fresh and rising tide of the future
17:50 – Q&A, Should negotiations be simultaneous
18:58 – What can we do about national debt
22:08 – King Hussein on a peace conference on the Middle East
23:20 – What steps are being taken to reduce the national debt
26:38 – What happened with the recent espionage incident
30:32 – Issue of tariffs on microchips from Japan
32:59 – Is the United States investigating sabotage in the space program
35:15 – The World Affairs Council thanks President Reagan and he exits
Apr 10, 1987 36:35
https://youtu.be/ejEvZsB50qI
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12:29 PM · Apr 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/OKeefeMedia/status/1645463913994092544
Mel K & Cathy O'Brien | The Trans Agenda Psyop & Freeing Your Mind
4-9-23 42:56
https://rumble.com/v2h28j4-mel-k-and-cathy-obrien-the-trans-agenda-psyop-and-freeing-your-mind-4-9-23.html
RFKjr ~ We should be wary since CBDCs are the ultimate mechanisms for social surveillance and control.
Robert F. Kennedy Jr @RobertKennedyJr
The claim that FedNow is not the first step toward a CBDC would be more easily digestible were we not aware of the Biden administration’s steady barrage of hostile broadsides against cryptocurrencies.
Between 2008-22, the Fed partnered with a handful of big banks to print $10 trillion-ten centuries of wealth in 15 years — a bonanza for the Banksters.
Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin give the public an escape route from the splatter zone when this bubble invariably bursts. So the White House is colluding with the banksters to keep us all trapped in the bubble of profiteering and control.
In his Feb. 8 post on Pirate Wires, Nic Carter
@nic__carter
describes how the White House has organized bankers to participate in a sophisticated, widespread crackdown to destroy the crypto industry. Carter describes 15 incidents where President Biden has weaponized FDIC, OCC + DOJ to force crypto-friendly banks to close their doors to crypto firms since Dec. 3. The recent crackdown on crypto blocks exit ramps, removes alternative rails, and strengthens government control over both the financial and political systems.
We should be wary since CBDCs are the ultimate mechanisms for social surveillance and control. As Balaji Srinivasan
@balajis
says, “The distinction between FedNow and a CBDC is important from a technical standpoint, but not from a civil liberties standpoint.” Balaji compares FedNow to “a virus that has evolved to evade recognition by changing its sequence without really changing its function."
2:51 PM · Apr 10, 2023
https://twitter.com/RobertKennedyJr/status/1645499840963518476
well, [they] are pushing the "number"
AP
A list of recent high-profile shootings in the US
The latest high-profile shooting in the United States happened Monday in Louisville, Kentucky, when at least four people were killed at a downtown bank.
The shooting in downtown Louisville is the 15th mass killing of the year in the U.S. in which four or more people were killed other than the perpetrator, according to a database maintained by The Associated Press and USA Today in partnership with Northeastern University. That is the most during the first 100 days of a calendar year since 2009, when 16 incidents had occurred by April 10.
Other notable episodes of gun violence in the past year:
NASHVILLE, TENNESSEE
Three students and three adults were killed inside The Covenant School in Nashville on March 27. The suspect, a former student, was killed by police.
HALF MOON BAY, CALIFORNIA
A farmworker killed seven people in back-to-back shootings in a case of workplace violence at two Northern California mushroom farms on Jan. 23. A suspect is facing charges.
MONTEREY PARK, CALIFORNIA
A 72-year-old man killed 11 and wounded nine in a shooting at a Lunar New Year dance in Monterey Park on Jan. 21. The suspect later died of an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound.
CHESAPEAKE, VIRGINIA
The manager at a Walmart in Chesapeake killed six and wounded six during an employee meeting on Nov. 22, 2022. Police say the suspect shot himself.
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO
Five people were killed and 17 wounded when a 22-year-old gunman allegedly opened fire with a semiautomatic rifle inside a gay nightclub in Colorado Springs on Nov. 19. The suspect, who was subdued by patrons, is awaiting trial.
RALEIGH, NORTH CAROLINA
A 15-year-old boy allegedly killed five people and injured two more in a shooting in Raleigh on Oct. 13. The suspect eluded officers for hours before he was cornered in a home and arrested.
HIGHLAND PARK, ILLINOIS
Six people were killed and at least 30 wounded when a gunman on a rooftop opened fire on an Independence Day parade on July 4 in the Chicago suburb of Highland Park. A suspect is awaiting trial.
CHATTANOOGA, TENNESSEE
Three people died and 14 people were injured in a shooting June 5 in front of a restaurant. Three people have been arrested.
PHILADELPHIA
Three people died and 11 others were injured June 4 on a Philadelphia busy block during a melee that began with a fistfight and was followed by random gunfire. Two men are in custody in two of the deaths; other people have also been arrested in connection with the melee.
TULSA, OKLAHOMA
A gunman killed his surgeon and three other people at a medical office June 1. The gunman killed himself as police arrived.
UVALDE, TEXAS
An 18-year-old gunman killed 19 children and two adults at Robb Elementary School on May 24 in the deadliest school shooting in nearly a decade. More than 15 other people were wounded. Law enforcement killed the attacker.
CHICAGO
A shooting killed two people and injured seven others on May 19 just blocks from the Magnificent Mile shopping district. Two men have been charged.
LAGUNA WOODS, CALIFORNIA
One person was killed and five others injured May 15 after a man opened fire on Taiwanese parishioners in Southern California. Authorities have said the gunman was motivated by hatred for Taiwan. He has been charged with murder and other counts.
BUFFALO, NEW YORK
A white gunman opened fire May 14 at a supermarket in a predominantly Black neighborhood, killing 10 people and injuring others. He has been charged with federal hate crimes that could carry the death penalty if he is convicted.
https://apnews.com/article/mass-shootings-list-us-53011c9a7f052adb4a7254f116e178d3