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Thursday, December 2, 2021

FBI Says Radical Leftist Mass Shooter Connor Betts Was 'Not Aligned With Any Specific Ideological Group'

Dayton mass shooter Connor Betts, a radical leftist antifa supporter who tweeted "kill every fascist" and praised a far-left domestic terrorist that shot up an ICE facility in 2019, was "not aligned with any specific ideological group," according to the FBI's newly released final report on the shooting.

Betts killed 9 people and injured 27 in a mass shooting at Ned Peppers Bar on August 4, 2019. In May 2019, Betts was seen attending an antifa protest armed with a rifle-style semi-automatic pistol, which a local media outlet reported appeared to be similar to the one used in his attack.

From FBI.gov:

The Cincinnati Field Office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Dayton Police Department today released the following investigative report regarding the August 4, 2019 attack in Dayton, Ohio.

- The substantive investigation has concluded. The investigation involved over 125 interviews in multiple states, the review of over 950 surveillance videos amounting to approximately 400 hours of footage, and a comprehensive analysis of electronic devices, social media content, and other evidence.

- The evidence from the extensive investigation indicated the perpetrator, Connor Betts, was solely responsible for the injuries and deaths that were a result of his actions. He acted alone and was not directed by any organization or aligned to any specific ideological group.

Nothing to see here, folks!

- The investigation indicated the perpetrator likely violated federal law by lying about his drug use in early 2019 when he purchased the firearm used in the attack. The additional firearm parts, body armor, and 100-round magazine used in the attack were acquired on open market internet sites with the assistance of a known associate.

- The associate, Ethan Kollie, was arrested for illegally possessing certain firearms (including temporarily possessing the one involved in the Dayton attack) and lying on federal firearms transaction record ATF Form 4473. Kollie pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 32 months in prison in February 2020.

FBI Assessment of Attacker's Motivation

As part of the investigative team's effort to determine the shooter's motivation for the attack, the Cincinnati Field Office and Dayton Police Department requested assistance from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU), based in Quantico, Virginia. BAU has completed its analysis of the information and evidence gathered throughout the investigation and shared its key findings with...

Space Force general says US satellites are being attacked by China and Russia on a daily basis

A Space Force general said American satellites are attacked by adversaries every day in ways that flirt with “acts of war,” and the US will lose a space arms race if it doesn’t take action.

China and Russia regularly strike US satellites with lasers, radiofrequency jammers, and cyber attacks, Gen. David Thompson told The Washington Post in an op-ed published Tuesday.

“The threats are really growing and expanding every single day. And it’s really an evolution of activity that’s been happening for a long time,” said Gen. Thompson, Vice Chief of Space Operations in the new military branch.

“We’re really at a point now where there’s a whole host of ways that our space systems can be threatened.”

Thompson disclosed a 2019 incident when a Russian satellite flew so close to a US “national security satellite” that authorities believed it could be an offensive. But the spacecraft backed away and tested a projectile, according to the op-ed.

“It maneuvered close, it maneuvered dangerously, it maneuvered threateningly so that they were coming close enough that there was a concern of collision,” he reportedly said. “So clearly, the Russians were sending us a message.”

Despite Russia’s bluster, the Chinese were “well ahead” of their neighbors when it came to “fielding operational systems at an incredible rate,” the general told the paper at the Halifax International Security Forum earlier this month.

The conference opened just days after a Russian anti-satellite weapon test destroyed an obsolete Soviet-era satellite, sending debris flying towards the International Space Station.

Several months earlier, China launched a nuclear-capable hypersonic missile into low orbit, a move that a Pentagon spokesperson said would “only increase tensions in the region and beyond.”

Thompson told the paper China is now sending satellites into space at twice the rate of the US, and will soon surpass the country in its orbital output.

“We are still the best in the world, clearly in terms of capability. They’re catching up quickly,” he said. “We should be concerned by the end of this decade if we don’t adapt.”

The White House was reportedly reaching out to Beijing to negotiate international rules for cyberspace and space as well as nuclear arms control, but Chinese officials rebuked the diplomatic effort, according to the editorial — which argued that the US had to be more vigilant above the atmosphere.

The deployment of many relatively low-cost satellites around space assets would better position the US in the event of a space war, Thompson reportedly proposed.

Thompson did not confirm or deny if there had been any serious attacks on...

What if Russia Invades The Ukraine and China Invades Taiwan At The Same Time? What Would The Biden Administration Do? What Would Western Nations Do?

Nothing.

Once Both Countries Invade And Expand Their Territories, What Is To Stop Them From Further Expanding?

Not Darth Stupid:

so...

Nothing.

Weakness and incompetence on the part of the Biden Administration is deadly and an existential threat.

If such a scenario happened, the Biden administration would implement martial law and remove all civil liberties, and all constitutional rights. He would take away the one thing all of our enemies fear, a gun in the hands of every American.

Guess who they would consider the enemy? You and I.

We would be in the same boat as a conquered Taiwanese resistance. Maybe worse.

The fate of the January 6 political prisoners would be our fate. The resulting spiraling failure of the American economy would guarantee that we would starve to death in filthy conditions.

Does this seem scarily plausible to you?

Prepare accordingly.