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It was, on the face of it, a mismatched contest. The anbv Naiguatá, a Venezuelan patrol vessel, was armed with a 76mm naval gun, a German-built anti-aircraft system that sprays a cloud of tungsten bullets and a pair of deck-mounted machine guns, among other weaponry. The rcgs Resolute, a Portuguese-flagged cruise ship with an 80-seat theatre, had the top speed of an oil tanker. But in the early hours of March 30th it was Venezuela’s Bolivarian navy whose ship ended up on the seabed—in the first decisive naval skirmish in the Caribbean for 75 years.

The Resolute, en route to Curaçao, a Dutch island in the Caribbean, had been drifting for a day in international waters near La Tortuga, a Venezuelan island, as it tinkered with its starboard engine. At midnight it was approached by the Naiguatá and ordered to come into port. As the Resolute contacted its head office for instructions, the Naiguatá opened fire—a video released by the Venezuelan navy shows a sailor firing an ak-47 in the howling wind and darkness with Rambo-like enthusiasm—and rammed the cruise ship, according to its parent company.

Unfortunately for the Naiguatá, the Resolute’s placid appearance belies the fact that its strengthened hull, built for polar cruising, can smash through metre-thick ice—and, it turns out, puny patrol boats. The Resolute brushed off the collision with “minor damages”, whereas the Naiguatá rapidly took on water and sank, leaving 44 sheepish sailors to be rescued.

Venezuela disputes this account. Its armed forces accused the Resolute of “cowardly and criminal behaviour” by initiating the collision in Venezuela’s national waters. The Bolivarian navy insisted that its gallant sailors put in an “impeccable performance” against the unarmed cruise ship, presumably by sinking with particular panache. The navy darkly added that the Resolute, which boasts a jacuzzi and sauna, might have been carrying mercenary commandos to attack Venezuelan bases. As evidence, it pointed to nefarious inflatable boats on its deck.

Venezuela’s thuggish regime may be especially touchy now. In January the uss Detroit, an American warship, conducted “freedom-of-navigation” operations close to Venezuela’s coastline. On March 26th the United States indicted Nicolás Maduro, the dictator, and his inner circle for drug-running and “narco-terrorism”.

On April 1st Donald Trump announced that the United States was launching an “enhanced counter-narcotics operation” in the eastern Pacific and Caribbean, involving an impressive array of warships and spy planes. The operation would “choke off the funds that go to that corrupt regime”, said Robert O’Brien, Mr Trump’s national security adviser. The Bolivarian navy will be ready to repel any invaders—just as soon as its sailors dry off.

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https://mobile.twitter.com/NYCMayor/status/1251496378372632577

Warren Wilhelm Jr (aka bill de blasio) sets up a snitch hotline :wacko:

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Fauci has been a "de facto" public health spokesperson for the office of the President during the pandemic[24][25] and strong advocate of ongoing social distancing efforts in the United States. On March 29 he argued for the extension of the initial 15-day self-isolation guidelines, issued by the executive office, to at least until the end of April 2020.[26] Due to his disagreements with Trump, Fauci has been criticised by right-wing pundits and received death threats that resulted in the need for a security detail.[27][28][29] While there have been disagreements, Trump has also praised Fauci.[30][31][32]

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The exact nature of the threats against him was not clear. Greater exposure has led to more praise for the doctor but also more criticism.

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Fauci has become a public target for some right-wing commentators and bloggers, who exercise influence over parts of the president’s base. As they press for the president to ease restrictions to reinvigorate economic activity, some of these figures have assailed Fauci and questioned his expertise.

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1: to attack violently : ASSAULT
The military has for years been developing offensive capabilities, giving it the power not just to defend the US but to assail its foes.
— James Bamford
2: to encounter, undertake, or confront energetically
When a lazy man does make up his mind to assail a piece of work, he is like a dog with a bone.

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Alex Azar, the HHS secretary, recently grew concerned about Fauci’s safety as his profile rose and he endured more vitriolic criticism online, according to people familiar with the situation. In recent weeks, admirers have also approached Fauci, asking him to sign baseballs, along with other acts of adulation. It was determined that Fauci should have a security detail. Azar also has a security detail because he is in the presidential line of succession.

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https://onezero.medium.com/ceo-of-surveillance-firm-banjo-once-helped-kkk-leader-shoot-up-synagogue-fdba4ad32829

Medium must be proud of themselves.
They managed to doxx a cryptonazi, as it turns out the CEO of Banjo, a tech firm that develops surveillance technology, once founded a white supremacist group and was the driver in a synagogue shooting

Only, small wrinkle in their story. The guy Damien Patton is 47 years old and was a child abuse survivor who ran away from home at 15 and lived on the streets. He dropped out of school, rummaged through dumpsters for food and panhandled. He was taken in and sheltered by a white supremacist gang who cared for him. After being the driver for that shooting, he fled and was caught and sentenced as a juvenile with a sealed record, still only 17 years old, and got away from it by joining the navy. Over his few years in the navy he turned his life around, disassociated from the hate groups and severed his ties to them and assisted law enforcement in hate group prosecutions. He taught himself to code and became a productive and responsible member of society, and 32 years later, Medium managed to doxx his activities as a minor and write this expose of him being former KKK. As a result, Utah has already suspended their state contract with Banjo and his company and life's work are being destroyed.

What a heartwarming story

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Human body activity associated with a task provided to a user may be used in a mining process of a cryptocurrency system. A server may provide a task to a device of a user which is communicatively coupled to the server. A sensor communicatively coupled to or comprised in the device of the user may sense body activity of the user. Body activity data may be generated based on the sensed body activity of the user. The cryptocurrency system communicatively coupled to the device of the user may verify if the body activity data satisfies one or more conditions set by the cryptocurrency system, and award cryptocurrency to the user whose body activity data is verified.

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https://onezero.medium.com/ceo-of-surveillance-firm-banjo-once-helped-kkk-leader-shoot-up-synagogue-fdba4ad32829

Medium must be proud of themselves.
They managed to doxx a cryptonazi, as it turns out the CEO of Banjo, a tech firm that develops surveillance technology, once founded a white supremacist group and was the driver in a synagogue shooting

Only, small wrinkle in their story. The guy Damien Patton is 47 years old and was a child abuse survivor who ran away from home at 15 and lived on the streets. He dropped out of school, rummaged through dumpsters for food and panhandled. He was taken in and sheltered by a white supremacist gang who cared for him. After being the driver for that shooting, he fled and was caught and sentenced as a juvenile with a sealed record, still only 17 years old, and got away from it by joining the navy. Over his few years in the navy he turned his life around, disassociated from the hate groups and severed his ties to them and assisted law enforcement in hate group prosecutions. He taught himself to code and became a productive and responsible member of society, and 32 years later, Medium managed to doxx his activities as a minor and write this expose of him being former KKK. As a result, Utah has already suspended their state contract with Banjo and his company and life's work are being destroyed.

What a heartwarming story