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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h7Av0A8b_BM
Something to think about.
Used to have a buddy who had a real crappy attitude about Christmas and said he hated everything about it.
He was a Christian.
Finally one day he told me about what Christmas was like in his fed up home with his fed up dad and how there never really was a Christmas for him and his brothers.
Not going to bother you with the details, but I felt really bad for him.
I get it now and I think differently about people who have a bad attitude at Christmas time.
Didn't realize how lucky I was.
Something to think about.
FIREWORKS! Trump Responds to Biden’s Decision to Commute Sentences of 37 Prisoners on Federal Death Row – Including Child Rapists and Killers
President Trump responded to Joe Biden’s decision to commute the sentences of nearly all prisoners on federal death row including child rapists and killers.
Joe Biden commuted the sentences of 37 out of 40 federal death row inmates after pressure from more than 130 human and ‘civil rights’ groups.
I am commuting the sentences of 37 individuals on federal death row to life sentences without the possibility of parole.
This action is consistent with my Administration's moratorium on federal executions, except for cases involving terrorism and hate-motivated mass murder. pic.twitter.com/Obxfytxxbb
— President Biden (@POTUS) December 23, 2024
This is after Biden commuted the sentences of 1,500 people and pardoned 39 others – the biggest single-day act of clemency in history, the AP reported.
Biden also pardoned his son, Hunter, who was convicted of felony gun crimes after he promised he would respect the jury’s verdict.
President Trump promised to accelerate federal executions so Joe Biden commuted their sentences in an effort to derail Trump’s plans.
The 40 inmates on death row have been convicted of heinous crimes and gruesome murders.
Among those who will no longer face the death penalty is a monster who raped two little girls before stabbing them to death.
Jorge Avila-Torrez: In 2005, Avila-Torrez sexually assaulted two little girls, Laura Hobbs, 8, and Krystal Tobias, 9 before stabbing them both to death. Avila-Torrez also strangled naval officer Amanda Snell, 20, to death inside her barracks in Virginia.
Biden also commuted the sentence of a man who raped and murdered a young mother and her baby.
Meet Marvin Gabrion, who was sentenced for the rpe and mrder of 19-year-old Rachel Timmerman. He also m*rdered her 11-month-old baby, Shannon.
Biden just took this man off death row. pic.twitter.com/JJjiQE7o4U
— Libs of TikTok (@libsoftiktok) December 23, 2024
Trump ripped Joe Biden in a pair of Truth Social posts.
“Joe Biden just commuted the Death Sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our Country. When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!” Trump said on Truth Social.
Trump vowed to restored law and order as soon as he is inaugurated.
“As soon as I am inaugurated, I will direct the Justice Department to vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters. We will be a Nation of Law and Order again!” Trump said.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2024/12/trump-responds-bidens-decision-commute-sentences-37-prisoners/
Trump slams Biden for commuting sentences of death row inmates
The White House granted clemency to the “worst killers in the country,” the US president-elect said
US President-elect Donald Trump has promised that his administration would continue to “vigorously” pursue capital punishment for violent criminals, after outgoing President Joe Biden commuted sentences for dozens of death row inmates.
On Monday, Biden granted clemency to 37 of the 40 federal inmates awaiting execution, commuting their sentences to life in prison without the possibility of parole.
“Make no mistake: I condemn these murderers, grieve for the victims of their despicable acts, and ache for all the families who have suffered unimaginable and irreparable loss,” the outgoing president said in a statement. At the same time, he insisted that he “must stop” the use of capital punishment at the federal level.
“In good conscience, I cannot stand back and let a new administration resume executions that I halted,” Biden said. In 2021, Attorney General Merrick Garland imposed a moratorium on federal executions.
Trump slammed the commutations on social media. “Joe Biden just commuted the death sentence on 37 of the worst killers in our country,” Trump wrote on Truth Social. “When you hear the acts of each, you won’t believe that he did this. Makes no sense. Relatives and friends are further devastated. They can’t believe this is happening!”
Trump vowed to instruct the Department of Justice to “vigorously pursue the death penalty to protect American families and children from violent rapists, murderers, and monsters.”
According to the New York Post, the commutations include Thomas Sanders, who killed a 12-year-old girl and her mother in 2010. Another death row inmate who was granted clemency is Anthony Battle, who murdered a prison guard with a hammer in 1994 while serving a life sentence for raping and murdering his wife, the Post said.
The Los Angeles Times said that the clemency includes Iouri Mikhel and Jurijus Kadamovas, who killed five people in a kidnapping-for-ransom scheme in the early 2000s.
Biden also granted clemency to Jorge Avila-Torrez, who sexually assaulted and stabbed to death two little girls in 2005, and four years later strangled US Navy officer Amanda Snell.
“I’d rather see it go back to the way it was, where he was sentenced to death,” the victim’s brother, Alex Snell, told the Post. “He should have gotten that penalty.”
The family of Donna Major, a bank teller killed in a 2017 robbery by Brandon Council, whose sentence Biden commuted, has condemned the president’s actions. “I’m still angry. I’m upset that one man can make this decision without even talking to the victims, without any regard for what we’ve been through,” Major’s daughter, Heather Turner, told Fox News.
During his election campaign, Trump has accused the Democrats of being lenient on violent crime, claiming that they were unable to tackle illegal migration and undermining the work of police in big cities.
https://www.rt.com/news/609908-trump-slams-biden-clemency-death-row/
US fears exposure of illegal bioweapon projects in Africa – Moscow
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, the Pentagon is testing “dangerous pathogens” in over a dozen countries across the continent
The US is growing increasingly concerned about joint efforts by Russia and China with African nations to expose Washington’s alleged secret military and biological activities on the continent, the Russian Defense Ministry has said.
The accusations were laid out in a document presented on Tuesday by Major General Aleksey Rtishchev, the deputy chief of Moscow’s Radiation, Chemical, and Biological Defense Troops.
According to the report, while the US claims its initiatives are aimed at monitoring infectious diseases and providing assistance to African countries, it is actually expanding its military-biological capabilities in violation of the Biological and Toxic Weapons Convention (BTWC).
“The Americans are particularly concerned about the work carried out by Russia and China with the states of the continent to expose the true content of the military-biological programs of the United States in connection with the possible restriction of the Pentagon’s activities in this area,” Rtishchev stated.
He warned Moscow’s “African partners against cooperation with the United States in the military-biological sphere,” adding that “such cooperation turns out to be a loss of national sovereignty in the sphere of biosecurity and worsening of the disease situation.”
Moscow and Beijing have repeatedly demanded greater transparency from the US and its allies regarding their military biological activities. Earlier this year, the two countries agreed to unite against biological security threats and strengthen the BTWC, a 1972 treaty signed by 109 nations to block the development of bioweapons.
Last year, the Russian Defense Ministry drew attention to the transfer of Washington’s dual-purpose biological research projects from Ukraine to Africa under the guise of public health programs.
Lieutenant General Igor Kirillov, the former head of the Russian Army’s Nuclear, Chemical, and Biological Protection Troops who was recently killed in an explosion, stated that the relocation was in response to Moscow’s efforts to expose the Pentagon’s illegal operations in the European region.
On Tuesday, the Russian military said Africa has become a focal point of interest for the US government, which views the region as an unlimited natural reservoir of dangerous pathogens and a testing ground for experimental medical treatments.
In its latest report, the Defense Ministry identified 18 African countries where research on the resistance of pathogenic microorganisms to medical drugs are reportedly being conducted with US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) funds. Djibouti, Ghana, Kenya, Nigeria, Senegal, Zambia, South Africa, and Guinea are among the countries.
https://www.rt.com/africa/609885-russia-allegations-us-africa-bioweapon-projects/
Storm Coming?
‘Christmas storm’ likely after major solar flare
Vibrant northern lights will likely be on display Wednesday
People in the northern hemisphere will be treated to dazzling displays of the aurora borealis on Wednesday, as a coronal mass ejection from the sun brushes up against our planet, according to Russian scientists.
After two weeks of relative inactivity, the sun experienced a class-M flare on Monday, with a magnitude of 8.9, just shy of making it class-X. The flare happened in the sunspot group 3932, which astronomers have been monitoring because it is due to intersect the sun-earth line over the next 5-7 days.
“Part of the coronal mass ejection could clip our planet in the afternoon of December 25,” Mikhail Leus of the ‘Phobos’ weather center in Moscow said Tuesday on his Telegram channel.
“Forecasts show it might result in a G1 or G2 magnetic storm,” he added.
Monday’s flare was at a 40-degree angle from the sun-earth line, Leus explained, which is why the storm will most likely be mild. Its duration has been estimated at 8-10 hours, but it could last for as long as 30.
In addition to the northern lights, Wednesday’s solar storm may cause some radio disruptions in the high-frequency (HF) band and affect the operation of some satellites. Solar storms also carry a risk of radiation to astronauts in space and people on board high-altitude airplanes.
A X9 flare resulted in a severe geomagnetic storm on October 10. The G4-level event had the potential to disrupt power grids and cause radio blackouts, but ended up being relatively uneventful in terms of technological disturbances. It did cause the northern lights to be observed as far south as the US state of California.
https://www.rt.com/news/609904-solar-storm-christmas-lights/