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[Brent]

Berlin mayor says left-wing arson attack behind massive power outage



An arson attack claimed by a left-wing extremist group has left tens of thousands of residents in Germany's capital without electricity in the dead of winter for several days. The Saturday morning arson attack on critical electricity infrastructure in southwest Berlin cut power to nearly 50,000 homes and businesses, and renewed scrutiny of a long-running sabotage campaign by the left-wing "Vulkangruppe."

According to Stromnetz Berlin, the operator of Berlin's electricity network, power was cut to as many as 45,000 households and more than 2,000 businesses across four districts in south Berlin as temperatures dropped well below freezing.

In a lengthy statement circulated online and called credible by police, the Vulkangruppe said it had deliberately targeted affluent neighborhoods, to "cut the juice to the ruling class."

The group framed the attack as an act of protest against fossil fuel energy use and the growing power demand created by AI data centers, which it said had accelerated climate change and expanded mass surveillance. The statement included an apology to less wealthy residents caught up in the blackout but it expressed no sympathy for wealthy homeowners left without electricity.

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/berlin-power-outage-vulkangruppe-left-wing-arson-attack-called-terrorism/

Tolerant progtards strike again.

[Herman]

I keep in touch with a lot of people I worked with in the upstream oilpatch from all over the world. Canada will be a key recruiting ground for oilpatch talent to rebuild the Venezuelan patch. And on top of the ultra heavy oil competition they will steal our talent.

[DKG]

A security guard hired by the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles was arrested on Jan. 4 after pepper-spraying several pro-democracy activists who had held a peaceful protest outside the diplomatic mission to celebrate the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Wu Xian, 38, was handcuffed and arrested by local police after pepper-spraying eight protesters, five of whom received hospital treatment, according to the protesters.

Wu owns California-based professional security service company JK Patrol SVC. He holds multiple titles, including chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and also holds a private patrol operator license issued by California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, according to a database run by the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

The protest, organized by the China Democracy Party International Alliance and the Hong Kong Liberal Democratic Party, was attended by about two dozen activists. During a two-hour rally, they denounced the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leader, Xi Jinping, while carrying American and Venezuelan flags.

[formosan]

A security guard hired by the Chinese Consulate in Los Angeles was arrested on Jan. 4 after pepper-spraying several pro-democracy activists who had held a peaceful protest outside the diplomatic mission to celebrate the U.S. capture of former Venezuelan leader Nicolás Maduro.

Wu Xian, 38, was handcuffed and arrested by local police after pepper-spraying eight protesters, five of whom received hospital treatment, according to the protesters.

Wu owns California-based professional security service company JK Patrol SVC. He holds multiple titles, including chief executive officer and chief financial officer, and also holds a private patrol operator license issued by California's Bureau of Security and Investigative Services, according to a database run by the California Department of Consumer Affairs.

The protest, organized by the China Democracy Party International Alliance and the Hong Kong Liberal Democratic Party, was attended by about two dozen activists. During a two-hour rally, they denounced the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) and its leader, Xi Jinping, while carrying American and Venezuelan flags.

Typical.

[Oliver the Second]

[Herman]

A Democrat representative in the Georgia House has resigned her position, as she now faces a federal charge in connection with alleged COVID relief fraud.

On Monday, federal prosecutors filed charges against former state Rep. Karen Bennett, claiming she lied to secure nearly $14,000 in COVID funds.