(The planners hold it there every year, so was theweather manipulated this year? What about cell servicebeing out?)

Tens of thousands at Burning Man told to conserve water and food after heavy rains leave attendees stranded in Nevada desert

Tens of thousands of people attending the Burning Man festival in the Nevada desert are being told to conserve food, water and fuel as they shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert after a heavy rainstorm pummeled the area, festival organizers said. Attendees saw their campsites transformed by thick, ankle-deep mud and organizers halted vehicles from traveling in or out of the festival after heavy rains started saturating the area Friday evening. Some festival-goers hiked miles to reach main roads while others hoped storms forecast to hit the area overnight wouldn’t worsen conditions.

Hannah Burhorn, in a phone interview Saturday the desertsand has turned into thick clay and puddles and mud are everywhere. People who have tried to bike through it and have gotten stuck because it’s about ankle deep.”

The gate and airport into Black Rock City, a remote area in northwest Nevada, remain closed and no driving is allowed into or out of the city except for emergency vehicles, the organizers said on X.

More than 70,000 people attend the weeklong event annually, which this year is being held from August 28 to September 4. It’s unclear how many of those were stranded due to the weather.

The city is expecting more showers overnight on Saturday, organizers said in a weather forecast update.The National Weather Servicesaid showers and thunderstorms are expected to return Saturday evening and continue throughout Sunday, with temperatures ranging from highs in the 70s to a low overnight of 49 degrees. Labor Day, on Monday when the event is scheduled to end, forecasts show the area will heat up and dry out with clear skis and a high of 75 degrees.

Rainfall reports from the National Weather Service suggestup to 0.8 inches of rain fell in the area from Friday morning through Saturday morning– approximately two to three months of rainfall for that location this time of year. Even small rainfall totals can lead to flooding in the dry Nevada desert. (Less than in inch of rain? Is this Weather manipulation?)

Flood watches were in effect in northeast Nevada, to the east of Black Rock City. Those watches noted individual storms were producing up to one inch of rainfall,but higher totals — as much as 3 inches — would be possible through the weekend. The Bureau of Land Management, is advising people heading to Burning Man to “turn around and head home,” as roads remain closed.

“Rain over the last 24 hours has created a situation that required a full stop of vehicle movement on the playa. More rain is expected over the next few days and conditions are not expected to improve enough to allow vehicles to enter the playa,” the statement read.

The festival, which began in 1986, is held each summer in Black Rock City – a temporary metropolis that is erected annuallyfor the festival. The city comes complete with planning services, emergency, safety and sanitary infrastructure.

The tens of thousands of attendees travel to and from the city along a two-lane highway. The festival was canceled in 2020 and 2021 due to the coronavirus pandemic. Some on-site preparations for this year’s Burning Man were impacted by tropical storm Hilary in August, with high winds, rainfall and even flooding reported in the desert. (What??? Before it started there was bad weather)

Some attendees hike through mud to get out of desert

Amar Singh Duggal and his friends managed to leave the festival afterhiking about 2 miles in the mud, he told CNN. He estimated it took them about 2 hours to get to a main road where they arranged to be picked up and taken to Reno. When Duggal and his friends saw the rain was not letting up on Friday night, they arranged to leave.

“We made it, but it was pure hell[walking] through the mud,” Duggal said. “Each step felt like we were walking with two big cinderblocks on our feet.”…

Burhorn, said the mud is so thick that it “sticks to your shoes and makes it almost like a boot around your boot”… she and her friends were not expecting any rain – only extreme heat. Burhornsaid people trapped in the desert have limited cell service, making it almost impossible to get newson weather conditions or receive updates from festival organizers. (Hmmm, didn’t that happen in Maui?)

https://www.cnn.com/2023/09/02/us/burning-man-storms-shelter-black-rock-city/index.html

>>19479759 Black Voters Fleeing Democrat Plantation Biden-Harris Regime Getting Desperate PN

Black Voters Fleeing Democrat Plantation, Biden Regime Getting Desperate

Ben Bartee September 02, 2023

There are two voting blocs that, barring the Democrats simply outright rigging the election, they absolutely must have in order to win:blacks and Zoomers/Millenials.

Joe Biden is hoping thatre-scheduling weedfrom Schedule I to Schedule III will be enough to get them out to the polls, which shows how much the administration thinks of that demographic.

On the black front, amid an ocean of broken promises such as raising the minimum wage, instituting criminal justice reform, and “voting rights” legislation, it’s unclear what possible pitch could get black voters back on the Democrat plantation. Whatever one thinks of the merits of these policies, they were central campaign promises that the Brandon entity’s base expected him to deliver in office. The party and its nominal leader have been depleting their reservoir of support among blacks for several long months now. (I’m sure blacks will remember this time, that Dems have promised these things since the 1950s and they never fulfill promises.)

So much for the infamous proclamation that if you don’t vote for Biden, “you ain’t black.”

Via The Hill (emphasis added):

Democrats are stressing the need to appeal early to Black voters, a key voting bloc to President Biden in 2020 that is set to play an essential role in 2024.

Four years ago, many across the country were still mourning the murder of George Floyd and facing a reckoning over race and police brutality. Demands for change and accountability brought voting rights and criminal justice reform into the forefront, inspiring more outrage and activism nationwide.

While Biden has since touted major improvements for the Black community specifically, a divided Capitol Hill has put critical legislation at a standstill. And strategists now say Democrats need to show those same voters what the administration has done for them or risk low turnout numbers in November.

As I have noted before in the context of failing fake meat sales, which the vegans have blamed on a marketing failure,the mutual problem that advertisers and politicians have is that everything is a marketing problemto them, not a substantive one. They think so little of their consumers and constituents, respectively — and maybe they’re right to some extent — that if they can just find the right emotional buttons to push, they’ll win their vote. The problem, in their estimation, is never that what they’re selling is trash and their marks know it. It’s high past time for voters of all races to correct their delusions.

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/benbartee/2023/09/02/black-voters-fleeing-democrat-plantation-biden-regime-getting-desperate-n1724042#google_vignette

3 Sep, 2023 10:38

Russian drones destroy Ukrainian oil depot – MOD

The overnight raid targeted a military facility in Odessa Region, the Defense Ministry has said

Moscow has conducted a drone attack on an oil depot used to supply Kiev’s army in Odessa Region near the Romanian border, the Russian Defense Ministry said on Sunday.

In a statement, the ministry said the Russian Air Force conducted a group UAV strike on facilities used to refuel Ukrainian military vehicles in the port of Reni, located on the left bank of the Danube River.

“The objective of the strike was achieved.All designated targets have been hit,” the Defense Ministry said.

MOD officials also said Russia had taken out two Ukrainian ammunition depots and a drone command center in southeastern Dnepropetrovsk Region and a Kiev-controlled part of Kherson Region, again using UAV strikes.

This comes after Ukrainian media reported a powerful explosion in Reni in the early hours of Sunday morning. Later in the day, Oleg Kiper, the head of Odessa’s military administration, said that a Russian attack had damaged port infrastructure, and claimed that Ukrainian air defenses had shot down 22 drones.

https://www.rt.com/russia/582294-russia-drone-strike-ukraine-oil-depot/

2 Sep, 2023 15:22

Poland shuts down largest Ukrainian refugee center – media

People were not even given “a chance to pack,” a charity worker told the Financial Times

The largest refugee center for Ukrainians in Poland was abruptly closed this week, the Financial Times reported on Friday, citing a decision by the regional authorities. The move prompted the sudden relocation of hundreds of people, the paper said.

The facility was located at a former exhibition venue in the village of Nadarzyn, in the Mazovia region, just southwest of the Polish capital, Warsaw. At the peak of the Ukrainian refugee flow into Poland, it housed around 9,000 people, according to the FT. In spring 2022, the number of occupants =•dropped to around 300 refugees==, as people were relocated to other facilities. Nevertheless, the facility remained the biggest in Poland in terms of accommodation space.

The regional authorities claimed that the center was always meant to be temporary. The facility was closed because “the number of refugees from Ukraine arriving in Mazovia is negligible,” Dagmara Zalewska, a spokesperson, explained.

Local charities told the Financial Times that the closure caught both them and the residents of the center by surprise. “Some people didn’t even have a chance to pack all their stuff. They gave them some food in bags and that was it,” Alina Oniszczuk, an aid worker at another center for refugees in Warsaw, told the FT.

Zalewska said the move is part of the “reorganization of the entire refugee assistance system” on a national level. She added that many Ukrainians have since found work and residence in Poland or other EU nations, or simply decided to return to Ukraine.

Poland has been one of the major destinations for Ukrainians fleeing the conflict between Moscow and Kiev. According to UN data, more than 1.5 million registered Ukrainian refugees remained in the country as of spring 2023.

The situation sparked concerns among Polish authorities, who have tightened the rules for Ukrainian refugees. In March, they were allowed to live in temporary accommodation for free for only 120 days from the moment they arrive in the country. After that, they were expected to cover 50% of their living costs, but no more than $9 per day. In May, these figures were raised to 75% and $13 respectively.

In March, Polish media outlets reported that officials planned to recover assistance funds that were improperly allocated to Ukrainian refugees which amounted to 2 million Polish zloty ($450,000), Rzeczpospolita reported at the time, adding that the real figure could have been even higher.

(Ukraine has fought with Poland about the grain from Ukraine ripping off the Polish farmers, Poland does not want Ukraine grain because the cheat, and some grain has toxic pesticides. Now, Ukraine that is not a member of EU, to appeal & beg Brussels to make them take Kiev’s grain; even though Poland has given almost the most military supports and taken in close to a million refugees. Poland has had enough with Ukraine cheating and complaining.)

https://www.rt.com/news/582271-poland-shut-ukrainian-refugee-center/

This us funny and the key to Russians respect, that’s why Trump is liked by them. The politburo was going to offer Trump amnesty in Russia a couple of months ago, along with Assange

3 Sep, 2023 11:23

Why Does Hollywood star Jason Statham know the real reason why he has so many fans in Russia?

The British screen hardman has achieved an unusual form of notoriety in the world

Many of us spend an entire lifetime trying to get famous. But in today’s social media-obsessed world, an arguably bigger achievement isn’t making it in Hollywood or winning an Oscar – it’s becoming a meme.

Luckily for Jason Statham (and at the risk of getting him canceled by the Western media), he’s both a movie icon and now something else – a “Great Russian philosopher.”

Confused? So are many of his English-speaking fans. One look at Statham’s comment section on Instagram will have you baffled. Hundreds and hundreds of Russian comments have been flooding the actor’s posts since May.

There are so many comments in Russian, in fact, that many of his nearly 40 million followers are now questioning his Britishness.

“Is he Russian?” one user asks under a snap of ‘The Transporter’ actor. “Seriously, what’s with all Russian comments here, what’s going on?” queries another.

So, I took it upon myself to put all the non-Russian speakers out of their misery.

In a nutshell, it’s no secret that Statham is known for his portrayal as the tough-as-nails masculine macho man in action-thrillers such as ‘The Mechanic’, ‘The Expendables’, and the ‘Fast & Furious’ franchise. The characters are often so macho and impossible to kill off that they become the target of mockery and parody – so much so that screenwriters have since embraced the ridicule and integrated sarcasm and senseless quotes.

For example, Statham’s character in the film ‘Spy’ says ever so calmly: “I watched the woman I love get tossed from a plane and hit by another plane mid-air. I drove a car off a freeway on top of a train while on fire. Not the car: I was on fire.”

His character in ‘The Transporter’ says “you don’t need your mouth to pee,” while in ‘The Transporter 2’ he observes “have a good life… what’s left of it” to a henchman just before he kills him.

Of course, it helps that Statham’s dry British humor and his ability to perform the roles with his trademark pokerface have made him one of the leading men in Hollywood – and an even bigger star, it seems, in Russia.

One Statham fan explains: “There were loads of [VKontakte] communities (similar to Facebook) for ‘real men’with tips and secrets how to be a real man and quotes of famous guys, and Jason Statham was one of the most popular authors of those quotes.

“Even though there was no real proof that he’d really said any of those words,it became a meme. You can literally say any phrase that will sound like advice and add Jason Statham there,” he adds.

Another fan explains how “Russians make fun of ‘brutha’ phrases, attributing them to Jason as he looks brutal and could have said something similar. Lots of phrases from childhood can also be referred to him, that’s the main point. An example is something like ‘it’s better 10cm in front than 20cm from behind,’ or ‘as my grandpa said, I’m your grandpa’.”

Indeed, the fact that Statham’s real-life character mirrors many aspects of his Hollywood roles makes his portrayal in the movies, and the memes, even more relatable.

From practicing Chinese martial arts, kickboxing and karate, Statham is the ultimate self-made alpha male icon – and the ideal target for a meme, it turns out.

Some of the made-up quotes credited to Statham under his Instagram posts include: “A weak man looks for excuses. A strong man has prepared them in advance,” and “If you get lost in the woods, then go home,” as well as “If you have fallen, get up. If you get up, get down.”

But he’s not just a “Great Russian philosopher.” As one fan pointed out, “also Kazakhs, Kyrgyz, Uzbek, Turkmen and Tajik enjoy these jokes. Most probably all the post-Soviet Union countries are enjoying them.”

Yet besides drawing in millions of Russian fans to Statham’s account – the number of comments on his posts has risen from around 4,000 to a staggering 14,000 under some pictures – the memes have had another surprising effect on his English-speaking fans. Some now want to take up the Russian language and head over to the country to visit.

“I need to learn Russian as quickly as possible,” says one. “It’s worth it,” another says, while one follower writes: “I’m planning to visit Russia soon and I’ve always wanted to learn Russian because it sounds really cool.”

So, could Jason Statham make Russia cool again in the West? He may be the action hero Russia never knew it needed. Either way,I’m just glad Russians have made English-speakers eager to understand our world a little bit better – even if it’s just over an inside joke.

https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/582157-hollywood-jason-statham-russia/

>>19482015

It’s definitely time to do this, the Dems will scream and yell injustice but they will never stop dirty tricks and fake investigations. Republicans need to fight like a man, not cave all the time to being polite

>>19482034

True that

>>19482137

No you’re right, they do. If they ever really read the guiding principles and understood they would never go there

>>19482047

You do a video of the votes changing in real time, going down for Trump always on TV

>>19482071

So many more to add to the list

>>19482099

Trump says: “When he (bidan) Mentions my name 76 times, he’s in trouble” seems like an important market. What say you anons?

>>19482134

Thx for the description

>>19482174

Excellent and notable meme

>>19482204

Whoa…Is Obama leaving the country soon, lets see if he tries to sell the other two. If I was one of his SS agents, I’d retire just about now. He loves death sp that can’t be the reason he’s selling it!

>>19482284

The people suffering and stuck is their ritual

>>19482297

Notable

>>19480725 Anti-Gunners Don't Want You to Read This: The Truth About Armed Citizens Stopping Mass Shootings PN

Anti-Gunners Don't Want You to Read This: The Truth About Armed Citizens Stopping Mass Shootings

Jeff Charles8:00 PM on September 02, 2023

As the nation wrestles with yet another mass shooting, this time in Jacksonville, Florida, a new report provides some troubling news for the anti-gunner lobby, which exploits these tragedies to push for more restrictions on gun ownership. However, the numbers do provide some good news for proponents of the 2nd Amendment and those who understand that decent people with guns save lives.

The Jacksonville shooting not only reignited conversations about racism but also about gun rights. However, as always, these discussions neglect a significant factor in this debate:The role of armed citizens in preventing or mitigating mass shootings. The Crime Prevention Research Center (CPRC) sheds more light on a reality of which most Americans remain unaware.

When was the last time you saw a report detailing how an armed citizen foiled a mass shooting? Chances are that the answer is “never.” But these numbers suggest it happens more often than we think.

The report noted that the FBI’s statistics on these cases do not tell the whole story. The Bureau says armed citizens have stopped only 14 out of the 302 active shooter incidents between 2014 and 2022. The media has used these numbers to paint the picture that this rarely happens.

However, the CPRC’s report reveals that41 percent of active shooting incidents were stopped by armed citizens. Furthermore, in incidents taking place outside of “gun-free zones,” 63 percent of active shooting cases were stopped by a “good guy with a gun.”

The organization’s report shows that, in reality, armed civilians stopped about 157 out of 440 active shooter situations during the aforementioned time period. Dr. John R. Lott Jr., the head of the CPRC, indicated that this discrepancy is the result of FBI oversights and misclassifications, including omitting cases in which armed citizens scared away attackers or were mistaken for security personnel.

The CPRC also provides a list of local news stories detailing incidents in which an armed civilian stopped a mass shooter. One example occurred in 2014 when a gunman opened fire at Mystic Gentleman’s Club in Portland, Oregon. After shooting three people, he was fatally shot by an armed citizen.

Another incident occurred in 2020 in Commack, New York, where a gunman showed up at a homeless shelter demanding to be taken to a resident living there:

A shelter employee led the gunman to the man’s room, where he was living with a teenager and a toddler. The gunman ordered everyone to the lobby — where he was confronted by the resident’s relative. A shootout ensued inside and outside the facility between the two. The shelter visitor was fatally shot, while the resident’s relative was seriously wounded.

Here’s the $64,000 question, folks: Why are these stories rarely given any attention? Why don’t news outlets provide the type of wall-to-wall coverage that other active shooter situations get?

We already know the answer, don’t we?

These are strategic omissions that enable Democrats and the elite media to push for more gun restrictions without having to address the inconvenient truth that lawful gun owners are often the first line of defense against a would-be mass shooter. The last thing they would want is for people to find out that having a firearm increases one’s chances of stopping a crazed gunman with a vendetta. This might inspire even more people to become gun owners.Oh, the horror!

As I always say, the elite media typically does not lie by making up facts. Instead, it is easier to deceive the public by strategically omitting facts that might contradict the narrative they so desperately want you to believe. Remember the Fine People hoax?

Thanks to CPRC and people like John R. Lott, the anti-gunner’s narrative is crumbling like a Jenga tower in a hurricane. By compiling these reports, they are helping folks like us educate the public on the truth behind gun ownership and the 2nd Amendment. I have seen firsthand that the more people know about guns and responsible ownership, the less likely they are to let anti-gun propaganda scare them into believing that the government should continue enacting restrictions on firearms. In the end, education is the key to safeguarding the right to keep and bear arms.

Link to Crime Stats

https://crimeresearch.org/2023/08/massive-errors-in-fbis-active-shooting-reports-from-2014-2022-regarding-cases-where-civilians-stop-attacks-instead-of-4-6-the-correct-number-is-at-least-35-7-in-2022-it-is-at-least-41-3/

https://redstate.com/jeffc/2023/09/02/anti-gunners-dont-want-you-to-read-this-the-truth-about-armed-citizens-stopping-mass-shootings-n2163367#google_vignette

What Is Tucker Carlson Thinking With His Latest Comments About Trump?

Matt Margolis

In the wake of his much-hyped interview with President Donald Trump, Tucker Carlson made a rather stunning assessment of the man looking to return to the White House.

In an interview with Barstool Sports founder Dave Portnoy on “Tucker on X,” Portnoy expressed his opinion that Trump should have debated with his fellow Republican primary candidates.

“I thought he should’ve done the debate,” Portnoy declared. “To become president, I think it was the right move not to do it, but for the betterment of the country, I think he should be on the debate.”

“I kind of agree. I like the debates, personally,” Tucker interjected. “The problem is that the news companies that host the debates are so rotten and corrupt and everybody knows it. The whole thing is rotten and corrupt.” (Kinda agreeing is not completely agreeing”, Tucker also said something like, “but I like debates”. Bongino thought Trump should debate but admitted after he was wrong later!)

Really? Carlson agrees that Trump should have participated in the debate, yet he aired his interview with Trump at the same time as the Milwaukee debate? Why would he do that, knowing it would play right into Trump’s hands to directly compete with the debate?

Oh, but there’s more.

Later, Portnoy gave his assessment of both Trump and Biden. “To be honest,I think both Trump and Biden are too old. I don’t think you should be able to be that old to be president.”

“I agree 100%,” Carlson replied.

Wait, what? Look, Joe Biden is clearly too old, too unwell, physically and mentally, to be president. But Tucker agrees that Trump is too old? Trump may be a a few short years younger than Biden, but the differences between the two men are like night and day. Joe Biden is frail, spends huge chunks of time on vacation out of the public eye, and often appears lost. Donald Trump is like a young man in comparison.

But, whatmakes Tucker’s comments about Trump really bizarreis how he was so willing to make these assessments about Trump to Portnoy but gave Trump what has widely been characterized as a softball interview.

“In a pretaped interview designed to undercut the first Republican presidential primary debate, fired former Fox News host Tucker Carlson gave former President Donald Trump a platform to express himself without being challenged,” observed David Knowles of Yahoo! News. “Trump opted to skip the debate, where the GOP frontrunner would have taken blows from his rivals.”

Ben Shapiro called it “propaganda” and a “45-minute softball for Trump.”

Tucker Carlson doesn’t have a reputation for giving softball interviews, yet he not only gave one to Trump, but as his comments in his most recent interview with Portnoy show, Tucker clearly believes Trump should have participated in the debate. Nonetheless, he was an accomplice in allowing him to undermine that very debate. He apparently also agrees that Trump is too old to be president, but when they discussed Biden’s age and physical and mental health, Tucker never insinuated that Trump was past his prime or shouldn’t run because of his age.

I’m very disappointed in Tucker right now.

(The short video on X didn’t reveal Tucker’s comment on him being too old, hmmm?))

https://pjmedia.com/news-and-politics/matt-margolis/2023/09/01/what-is-tucker-carlson-thinking-with-his-latest-comments-about-trump-n1723747

>>19482420

Cabal Southerners don’t understand hypocrisy, Kemp engaged in political rigging of elections (4x) and political theater with Raffensbergersand Carr lies

>>19482436

Every once in a while Abbott does the right thing, but he’s just throwing a bone to the voters, now stop the impeachment of Paxton

>>19482442

She’s a complete disappointment but not unexpected for a Catholic In America

>>19482447

God when a bomb is dropped from God they will all go to the second death. Hope any good guys get out first

>>19482461

Thanks for the PSA, it helps