On this day 9 years ago THE Nine Inch Nails performed at the Roadhouse in Twin Peaks... and some other minor events occurred in New Mexico & The White Lodge
There's no such thing as "consent" when you have a gun to your head. When these companies dangle your future or livelihood over the fire if you don't comply with their demands. Bad enough with adults, much less children. Absolutely vile. Everything about generative AI is vile.
The logline & trailer for Jonathan Majors' new film for The Daily Wire has been revealed:
“When radical Islamic terrorists hijack a liberal college’s pro-Palestine encampment to enforce Sharia law on students, a ragtag band of red-blooded students, a security guard tired of ‘Uncle Tom’ smears & a Delta Force vet must arm up to save their clueless peers & keep America from surrendering to the enemy on its own soil.”
His name was Major Paeta Hess-von Kruedener of Kingston, Ontario, an infantry officer with the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry.
He was serving as an unarmed United Nations military observer with the UN Truce Supervision Organization (UNTSO) when he was killed on July 25, 2006, during the Israel-Hezbollah war in Lebanon.
He was stationed at Patrol Base Khiam, a long-established UN observation post in southern Lebanon. The site had been built in 1948 and was clearly marked. Both sides in the conflict had the coordinates of the compound. It was a white concrete structure emblazoned with "UN" in large black letters and flying a UN flag.
On the day he died, the post came under sustained Israeli bombardment over roughly six hours, beginning around 12:11 pm. According to the UN, the post called an Israeli liaison officer at least 14 times throughout the day to call off the bombardment much like the sailors of the USS Liberty did, and an Israeli official promised to halt the bombing each time.
The UN force commander famously radioed the Israelis that "you are killing my people." Around 19:30, the post was destroyed when the Israeli Air Force dropped a massive bomb on the site, a 500-kg satellite-guided 'bunker-buster' bomb that killed Hess-von Kruedener and three other UN peacekeepers from Austria, China, and Finland.
The aftermath was politically charged. UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan said he was "shocked and deeply distressed by the apparently deliberate targeting by Israeli Defence Forces," noting the attack came despite personal assurances from Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert that UN positions would be spared. As The Globe and Mail reported Israel expressed regret, denied targeting the UN, and attributed it to an "operational error", though it never fully explained how the error occurred. Much like they did during the "accidental" bombing of the USS Liberty...
Within Canada, the response drew criticism. Prime Minister Stephen Harper expressed doubt that Israel would intentionally target a UN post, and even suggested the peacekeepers bore some responsibility by remaining at their post...
His widow, Cynthia, rejected the "accident" explanation and believed her husband may have been targeted because of his role observing and reporting on the conflict. Following a Department of National Defence Board of Inquiry, the full report was quietly removed from the department's website
The Centre for International Governance Innovation leaving mainly a news release described the incident as a "tragic accident".
In 2007 he received a posthumous decoration for "outstanding performance and dedication to duty" while serving at the observation post, for staying at his post until his death