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Far-Right Terrorist Murders Ten People in Germany

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Maybe it was just bad timing — too much domestic news here. Suspect committed suicide, after killing his mother:

Authorities Thursday confirmed the suspect behind two shootings in the central German city of Hanau, which left nine people dead and six more injured, showed signs of a “deeply racist mentality.”

Germany’s attorney general, Peter Frank, said a video and manifesto posted on the suspect’s website expressed “not only crazy thoughts and convoluted conspiracy theories, but also a deeply racist mentality.” He cited this as the reason for the attorney general’s office to take over the investigation.

Prosecutors must now “find out, if there were any other supporters or accomplices in the Hanau attacks.” Frank said prosecutors would look into the suspect’s environment and known connections, both in Germany and in other countries.

A 43-year-old German man is the prime suspect in the attacks, which took place Wednesday night at two hookah bars. His body and that of his mother were found by police in his home, bringing the total death toll to 11. A weapon was found beside the two. Police encoutered the suspect’s father uninjured, the attorney general’s office said in a statement.

Federal prosecutors soon took over the investigation due to the severity of the case, as this prosecutorial level primarily handles cases of crimes against the state…

In talking with eyewitnesses on the ground in Hanau, DW’s Rebecca Staudenmaier said the hookah bar where the first shooting took place was focal points for a local tight-knit Kurdish community, as well as a popular hangout for young people of all backgrounds.

Police have revealed few details about the victims. However, Yanki Pürsün, a lawmaker in the Hesse state parliament, told DW’s Turkish service that three of the victims were of Turkish descent and five had a North African background…

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  1. 1.

    Kent

    I’m not sure what there is to say.

    I mean I just got nothing. German Nazis? I thought our grandfathers went over and dealt with that shit. It does seem like the Germans as a society are doing better than us in squelching this bullshit though. There was a recent video about how a soccer stadium in Germany ran a racist fan clean out of the stadium. Something I haven’t ever seen here:

    https://www.oregonlive.com/soccer/2020/02/watch-german-soccer-fans-turn-on-fellow-supporter-for-racist-abuse-force-him-out-of-stadium.html

  3. 3.

    Lyrebird

    @Kent:

    Thanks for linking that story.  So amazing to see the fans standing against bigotry.  Chills indeed.

     

    I am so glad that BJ exists, and sad that here in the US of A we have creepy bigot hangers-on like the guys behind “gun girl” in this video.  Link is to a Twitter account called manure Kaitlin says except without the word “manure” in it.

     

    I will say prayers for the bereaved families in Germany.  Kurdish communities all over are putting up with more than enough tragedy, horrible to have yet another one added on.

  7. 7.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    The far right Hanau, Germany shooter/terrorist claims in his manifesto that Trump stole his slogans: “A billionaire in the USA is implementing my policy recommendation (even some slogans I developed like ‘America First, Buy American and Hire American’)”

    You can’t separate “alt-right” populism/”Trumpism” with violent racism and white supremacy. This shows they’re really one and the same

  8. 8.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @debbie:

    Fun fact about Kaitlin Bennet, aka Gun Girl. She shit herself at a college party and there’s apparently photographic evidence

  10. 10.

    Lyrebird

    @debbie:  Thanks! Yeah, it’s not nearly as funny as the old web page that was devoted to Condoleeza Rice’s hair & shoe styles. Princess Sparkle Pony or something… But surely some of the difference is because gee neocon professor friend of Bush regime is actually someone with far more substance than poutrage gun nut. Sigh.

  13. 13.

    piratedan

    Some relatively poignant good news… local Phoenix news station is indicating that the latest poll of the AZ Senate race has Kelly up by 7 points over Martha McSally with a MOE of 4 points.  Unknown how reliable the pollster is, just passing along good news when we find it.

  14. 14.

    Steeplejack (phone)

    @debbie:

    To be clear, the account Lyrebird linked to is anti-Kaitlin—very much so. Lyrebird’s phrasing sort of made it sound like the account belongs to “the guys behind ‘gun girl.'”

  15. 15.

    Lyrebird

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I’m in favor of people having some privacy about embarrassing stuff their bodies do.  I am so glad I didn’t even know that Charles Krauthammer had medical problems in years of reading lefty takedowns of his views.

    I’d rather see that particular gun nut held to account for her foul attitudes, not an accident, but maybe I am a privacy nut.  I did enjoy the TikTok anthem she inspired, which does mention the accident.  Can’t find link now…

    I can’t believe how her followers – not the sarcastic ones – can get all outraged about someone tossing plain water from a cup with terrorism, all the while she’s defending an administration that sprays refugee moms and babies with tear gas.  Ugh.

     

    Gotta go read the good news links here again!

    Peace all

  16. 16.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    In other news, COVID-19 is now in Iran. Two Iranians have already died from the disease and three new cases have been reported today. Two are in Qom, where the fatalities were, with the third, a doctor according to the Iran Health Ministry, in a city called Arak which is located about 92 miles south of Qom. Sustained community transmission is what leading experts have feared all along and this may be happening in Iran as we speak.

    All of this comes in a surge of cases in South Korea and Japan, a worrying development. It’s safe to say the genie’s out of the bottle. What will happen over the next few months in the ROK and Japan will be preview for what the Western world will face from COVID-19. Developing nations, particularly in Africa, will be hit the hardest.

    It’s been speculated that China’s draconian containment measures are what has slowed down the spread of COVID-19. Very few nations will be able to do the same.

    Hopefully, spring/summer will bring a reprieve. The big question is what will happen if/when COVID-19 returns in the fall. A vaccine will take a while to develop, even when fast-tracked.

    Most people will be fine. It’s the elderly and immunocompromised I’m worried about. Also, a recent study has found that the people in their 50s and 60s and older have an increased mortality rate associated with this virus. A lot of this info comes from China, which probably affects this data because of China’s environment and lifestyle habits. However, I’m most worried about my parents, both in their late 50s and early 60s as well as my grandmother in her early 80s. My biggest fear is hospitals being overwhelmed with the severely ill (even at 20% or less, that’s still potentially a lot of people).

    Additionally, the economic fallout of this virus could be worse than the virus itself. Disrupted supply chains could bring about an early recession as well as medical shortage

    Edit: Iran notes more COVID-19 cases as 2 from Diamond Princess die

    In other cruise ship developments, the Washington Post, citing unnamed people involved in the discussions, reported today that US government officials on Feb 16 wrestled with whether to allow 14 infected Americans to fly home on a chartered jet with a group of 300 American evacuees. It said officials received word that test results were positive for 14 people shortly before the plane was to leave Japan.

    Officials from the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) opposed mixing the infected and uninfected people, because of the increased transmission risk, and the State Department had announced earlier that infected people would not be allowed to board the planes.

    But the State Department and a Trump Administration official ended up overruling the CDC’s advice. The infected travelers didn’t have symptoms, and the plane had a plastic-lined enclosure to separate the passengers. According to the report, the CDC insisted that the agency not be mentioned in the news release lest people think that the infected people flew with the others based on CDC advice.

    Ah, yes, Trump is the only one who has actually had a good response to this virus!

    /reddit super-geniuses

  18. 18.

    David ??Merry Christmas?? Koch

    @piratedan:  Wow checks this out

    39.3% Martha McSally
    46.0% Mark Kelly
    2.5% Some other candidate
    12.2% Don’t know, Refused

    The N=400 survey was conducted among likely voters 2/7 through 2/9. It was a statewide live caller survey calling both landlines and cell phones. The margin of error is ±4.9%. The partisan advantage was set at +4% GOP based on current turnout models and Presidential election trends.

    Holy crap – McSally is below 40%.

     

    This seems like a quality poll: it covers both landlines and cell phones and it was conducted by live callers. No internet polling, no robo polling, no landlines only polling.

    Their model also gave the gop a 4% turnout advantage and she’s still under 40%.

  20. 20.

    Jay

    @Kent: 

    Portland Timbers fans and their other West Coast allies drove the MLS to lift their “both sides” ban on political symbology.

    Iron Front and other “resistance” symbology is now allowed, Nazi is not, ( irrespective of the flavour of Nazi, Nazi White, Nazi Light, etc).

    This came from never standing down, constant protests, teams and players having their backs, and beating the shit out of so called “Proud Boys” and other Nazi’s in the parking lot long before they could make it inside.

    https://www.google.ca/amp/s/www.theringer.com/platform/amp/2019/10/18/20920019/portland-timbers-major-league-soccer-ban-iron-front-symbol

  22. 22.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Lyrebird:

    I get what you’re saying. I’ve never actually seen the pictures (thank goodness), if they exist, for what it’s worth.

  24. 24.

    Joey Maloney

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): You can find that photo quite easily. It generally pops up in the replies to any of her stupider Tweets (which is all of them).

    The shit is quite clear (and there is quite an impressive volume of it). The face is not. It could be her.

    Just stating for the record.

  26. 26.

    JWR

    @Lyrebird:

    it’s not nearly as funny as the old web page that was devoted to Condoleeza Rice’s hair & shoe styles

    Don’t remember that one, (though “Sparkle Pony” does ring a bell), but I do remember a site devoted to pictures of “Angry Condoleeza Rice”. (She always looked so angry! Grrr!)

  29. 29.

    opiejeanne

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): I have no confidence that warm weather will slow the spread, other than that people won’t be indoors as much.

    I think you’re overreacting to the Covid-19 virus. Get your flu shots, have your parents and your grandma get their flu shots, and make sure they also have both pneumonia vaccines, in order to give them some resistance in case they encounter it.

    And impress upon them the importance of washing their hands with soap and water, frequently.  I think staying out of crowds might be a good idea, even though the virus is not spread through the air.

  30. 30.

    opiejeanne

    @mrmoshpotato: No, this is not a criticism. I just thought he had called himself luxurious at some point and I missed it. You are not the only one referring to the Resident as luxurious.

  31. 31.

    mrmoshpotato

    @opiejeanne: Oh, I don’t know.  But he definitely is obsessed with “luxury”.

    Dump however has never said “tremendous bigly” – yet.

    Ahhhh drinking a beer and thinking about what a pile of garbage is in the people’s house.

  32. 32.

    Kent

    @Jay: Thanks Jay.  I didn’t know of that development and I live in the Portland area.  But then I only bother to go to Timbers games about once or twice a year.

  33. 33.

    Jay

    Trump learned about last week's briefing on Russia interference in the 2020 election from Devin Nunes, who was also with Trump on Wednesday when he announced that he was ousting acting DNI Joseph Maguire and replacing him with loyalist Richard Grenell. 1/https://t.co/0RnlqVX42O pic.twitter.com/Yx4nfPL35p— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) February 21, 2020

    Conveniently for Nunes, when Trump ousted then-acting DNI Maguire after learning about the briefing, it paved the way for Richard Grenell to take his place.And guess who was just tapped to be Grenell's senior adviser? Kash Patel, a former top Nunes aide.https://t.co/kE4hVnQSOE— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) February 21, 2020

  35. 35.

    Kent

    @Jay: If the House Intelligence Committee under Adam Schiff doesn’t convene and run hearings on Russian election interference every single day from the Convention until November 3, 2020 then they will be committing political malpractice.  There is no other entity with the power to do it.  They have to hold lonely line.

  36. 36.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @opiejeanne:

    All sound advice. Coronaviruses are susceptible to warm weather and humidity. However, I don’t think I’m overreacting. There’s a lot we don’t understand about this virus. I think it’s potentially a big threat to the world (not the end of the world, but probably economic disruption)

    I think staying out of crowds might be a good idea, even though the virus is not spread through the air.

    Actually, there’s some evidence that it may be aerosolized as well as spread through feces, blood, and other bodily fluids.

    The virus has been detected in stool and blood samples in confirmed cases. It’s a very virulent disease

  37. 37.

    Jay

    @Kent

    the Turd Reich’s Media arms don’t cover anti-Nazi victories, even when Nazi’s invade cities much, and they tend to both sides the crap out of it or try to hype hysteria about “Antifa!!!!!!”

    this sort of crap is happening all the time now in the Time of Dumph.

    In #Boston, people are mobilizing against the same far-Right group that organized the Boston Straight Pride parade, works closely with white nationalists and neo-Nazis, and is holding a rally in support of the police and ICE this Saturday. #AllOut https://t.co/l1ceHWsL7d— It's Going Down (@IGD_News) February 20, 2020

  41. 41.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    Recovered patients may still be infectious, South China Morning Post

    In a grim assessment, a key Chinese respiratory disease expert described the situation of the epidemic as a “see-saw battle”, despite the drop in daily recorded cases in recent days.

    “We should not be relaxed. The figure may go up again,” said Zhao Jianping, head of an expert team working to contain the outbreak in Hubei.

    Zhao told the magazine Southern People Weekly there were cases in China in which recovered patients continued to show traces of the virus through nucleic acid tests. There were similar results in Canada, where nose and throat swabs taken from a couple who had recovered from Covid-19 revealed they still had traces of the virus.

    “We also have such cases. This is dangerous. Where do you put these patients? You can’t send them home because they might infect others, but you can’t put them in hospital as resources are stretched,” he said.

    Zhao said there were 27 patients when his team first went to a Wuhan hospital designated to treat infected people on December 30, and the number increased on January 10 with infections among medical workers.

    “The number of patients has jumped from 27 to 70,000. It is highly contagious,” he said.

  43. 43.

    Anne Laurie

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Thanks for this — I’ll add the news to tonight’s COVID-19 update post.

    Saw some tweets about Iran last night, but nothing that seemed positively ‘legitimate’, and I didn’t want to spread baseless rumors.

    You’re right about the economic impact, though.  If you check back to the posts I do every morning (usually between 4am-5am), I’ve been linking stories about problems spreading from China (bad enough, given its size & effect on the global economy) to the rest of the world (which is discovering just how much their — our! — economies are intertwined with China’s).

    I also suspect that, given your nursing training, you’re a little more keyed up about this than the rest of us.  When the virus really spreads in America, it’ll hit you guys first & hardest, so it’s not like I can blame you!

  44. 44.

    opiejeanne

    @joel hanes: Ok, I stand corrected. The report I saw that said it was not delivered by air was more than a month ago, so I don’t know if they just changed their minds as they were able to observe more, if the source of the report was unreliable.

  45. 45.

    opiejeanne

    @Anne Laurie: The economic issues are a worry, but so are things like medical supplies that are produced in China. One that affects me is the “pen” that I use for my insulin injections, that are assembled there.  I have a couple of months supply but I don’t know what it means in the long run, whether I’ll be able to get it in the future or if I’ll need to change meds and the delivery system.

  46. 46.

    Sab

    @opiejeanne: Also wash your hands a lot. It does work. I never catch my husband’s intestinal bugs because I wash my hands a lot.

    Last time I was in the hospital ( infected cat bite) nurse didn’t bother to do that. Freaked me out

    Meant to respond to Goku.

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