parts around westchester and nyc are experiencing unbelievable amounts of rain. i don't even have a candle or flashlite here.

but seriously the warnings are in the news. not sure if mine is turning into massive snow. But yours might be.

be better prepared than i.

(i do have other things on my mind. my houseshare and i miss each other and having been together daily for ten years, it is tough to have him in the hospital. He is allegedly gonna be released tomorrow. he had an infection in his lungs i imagine. and now has COPD. he was down to just 2 cigs a day already planning to be over them by his birthday on christmas eve. i got rid of any left. but he was so sick and felt he was going into a coma, he does not want another cigarette.)

But seriously check your area for weather.

May God protect you and your family. One never knows when awful things can happen.

Don't forget to get your pets in as well.

God be with you all. I know some of you are already experiencing the lack of money. I shall keep you in prayer.

And pray: Put on the full armor of God: the helmet of salvation, the breastplate of righteousness, gird your loins with the girdle of truth, shod your feet with the preparation of the gospel of peace. (peace i give to you, peace i leave with you, not as the world giveth give I unto you. therefore let not your heart be troubled neither be afraid,) take up the shield of faith to defeat the arrows of your enemy, and take up the sword of the spirit which is the word of God.

Our Father whom art in Heaven, hallowed be thy name, they kingdom come, thy will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread and forgive us our trespasses as we forgive those whom trespass against us, and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from all evil. Amen and Amen.

Just be watchful and careful cuz the lunatics are out in full strength. Lord, protect your people I pray in Jesus precious name.

Amen.

for reasons known only to the scum bags themselves, i took a serious hacking hit that took me all day to defeat. a few days back.

whatever the fuck they did, they brought up an old, non valid bank account. fucked up checks they had stolen, as my ex landlady would have done.

and wiped out all the money i get each month from social security.

watch out for the scum. they dont care if u die from their bullshit.

and so i pray God takes them down and lets them suffer horrifically. And return my monies.

Feck um up Lord. They deserve it big time.

Dumb shoplifter tries stealing $727.86 in items while 75 police officers are in store for 'Shop with a Cop' charity event
DAVE URBANSKI
DECEMBER 07, 2023
Awoman who tried to shoplift $727.86 in merchandise from a Michigan Walmart over the weekend didn't get very far — namely because 75 police officers were in the store for a "Shop with a Cop" charity event.

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State troopers from the Brighton Post were participating in Saturday's event at the Walmart Store in Genoa Township, police said. Genoa Township is about an hour northwest of Detroit.

Police said Shop with a Cop gives area children, through donations from local businesses, an opportunity to partner with police officers and shop for themselves and family.

"We bring children that might otherwise not have a good Christmas get to come to the store," Lt. Rene Gonzalez of the Michigan State Police told WJBK-TV. "They get $100, sometimes a $150 gift card to go and shop for themselves or family."



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Amid all the good cheer — not to mention a high concentration of law enforcement personnel — one woman got the bright idea to try a bit of shoplifting.

Police said a Walmart staff member notified a trooper participating in Shop with a Cop that a female was trying to steal $727.86 in merchandise from the store.

The 62-year-old suspect just loaded up her cart and waltzed through self-checkout, WJBK said.

"Groceries, clothes, all kinds of stuff," Gonzalez told the station. "It wasn't bagged up. And then she walked out of the store with it."

She ignored a clerk who asked for her receipt, made her way to her car, and then began putting items inside her vehicle, WJBK reported.

Police said the trooper Walmart notified had another officer look after the child he was with and then caught up to the suspect in the parking lot. Police said the suspect, strangely enough, had parked her car next to a gaggle of police patrol vehicles there for the Shop with a Cop event.

"I do have to say it surprised me because when I'm driving a patrol car, people slow down," Gonzalez remarked to the station regarding the brazen nature of the caper. "When you see 75 cops in the store, I mean, I don't know if maybe they thought we were too busy."

While the trooper was able to go back inside and finish up the event, WJBK said the suspect was arrested and taken to Livingston County Jail. The station added that while she bonded out, she will be charged with retail fraud.

WJBK said court records indicates she has no priors — just some traffic tickets out of East Lansing — and that it will release her name once she’s charged.


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Scam of the day – December 7, 2023 – Bank Text Message Scams

Steven Weisman, Esq.

Dec 6

Phony text messaging, called smishing, which purport to be from your bank is a scam about which I have been warning you for years, but appears to be a scam that is dramatically increasing. Recently, I received a text message that appeared to come from Citizens Bank which read "Account on hold: Reason unverifiable profile. Please update your profile below immediately to avoid blockage." A link then appeared in the text message that had no obvious connection to Citizens Bank.

Phony text messages like this can be particularly problematic if you have signed up to receive text message alerts from your bank. Whenever you receive a text message you can never be sure who is really sending it to you, so you should never call a telephone number indicated in the text message, provide information or click on links in such text messages which may either download ransomware malware on to your phone or keystroke logging malware that can lead to your becoming a victim of identity theft.

Recently, Arvest Bank in Arkansas issued a warning to its customers about phony text messages that appear to come from the bank where people were lured to click on a link and provide personal information about their account and while this warning came from Arvest, this scam is done throughout the country targeting customers of every bank.

The best course of action when you receive such a text message, if you have a concern that it may be legitimate, is to merely independently contact your bank to determine whether or not the text message was a scam, but be careful that you do not misdial the telephone number of your bank as some scammers purchase phone numbers similar to those of legitimate banks and credit card companies hoping that they will receive calls from unwary consumers who may have merely misdialed the telephone number of their bank or credit card company.

TIPS

Regardless of how official such a text message may appear, you should never provide personal information to anyone in response to a telephone call, email or text message because in none of those situations can you be sure that the person contacting you is legitimate. If you do receive a communication from a bank, government agency or any other person or entity that you think might have a legitimate need for personal information from you, you should call the real entity at a telephone number that you know is legitimate in order to ascertain the truth.

Banks do not call, text or email their customers asking for personal information. You should always be skeptical of anyone asking for such information. Of course, if you receive a text message that appears to come from a bank at which you do not have an account, you can be confident it is a scam. If the text message provides for you to respond to stop future texts, don't do it. Sending such a message to a scammer merely alerts them to the fact that yours is an active phone number.

Finally, although today's Scam of the day focuses on phony bank text messages, it is a good idea to sign up to receive text alerts from your bank which can be customized for your own particular needs. In regard to the text message that I received, a close examination of the sender would indicate that it came from "Citizen Bank" rather than "Citizens Bank" which is the name of the legitimate bank (and not one at which I have an account.)

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Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlaws LGBTQ+ activism in a landmark ruling
BY DASHA LITVINOVA
Updated 12:06 PM EST, November 30, 2023
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TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — Russia’s Supreme Court effectively outlawed LGBTQ+ activism on Thursday, the most drastic step against advocates of gay, lesbian and transgender rights in the increasingly conservative country.

Ruling in response to a lawsuit filed by the Justice Ministry, the court labeled what the suit called the LGBTQ+ “movement” operating in Russia as an extremist organization and banned it.

The ruling is the latest step in a decade-long crackdown on LGBTQ+ rights in Russia under President Vladimir Putin, who has emphasized “traditional family values” during his 24 years in power.

Thursday’s closed-door hearing lasted four hours. No one besides Justice Ministry representatives were allowed in, and there was no defendant. Journalists were taken into the courtroom only for the reading of the verdict by Judge Oleg Nefedov, who wore a face mask, apparently for health reasons.

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The case was classified, and the ministry didn’t disclose any evidence, saying only that authorities had identified “signs and manifestations of an extremist nature” in the movement it seeks to ban, including “incitement of social and religious discord.”

Multiple rights activists have noted the lawsuit was lodged against a movement that is not an official entity, and that under its broad and vague definition, Russian authorities could crack down on any individuals or groups deemed to be part of it.

“In practice, it could happen that the Russian authorities, with this court ruling in hand, will enforce (the ruling) against LGBTQ+ initiatives that work in Russia, considering them a part of this civic movement,” said Max Olenichev, a human rights lawyer who works with the Russian LGBTQ+ community, contacted by The Associated Press before the ruling.

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The lawsuit targets activists and effectively prohibits any organized activity to defend the rights of LGBTQ+ people, Olenichev added.

Multiple Russian independent media outlets and rights groups added rainbow symbols to their logos on social media in solidarity with the LGBTQ+ community.

Amnesty International called the ruling “shameful and absurd,” warning it could lead to a blanket ban on LGBTQ+ organizations, violate freedom of association, expression and peaceful assembly, and lead to discrimination.

“It will affect countless people, and its repercussions are poised to be nothing short of catastrophic,” said Marie Struthers, the group’s director for Eastern Europe and Central Asia.

A Russian Orthodox Church spokesman praised the ruling, telling the state-run RIA Novosti news agency that it was “a form of moral self-defense by society” from efforts to push “the Christian idea of marriage and family from the public and legal realms.”

The Justice Ministry has not commented.

Before the ruling, leading Russian human rights groups filed a document with the court that called the lawsuit “anti-lawful,” discriminatory and a violation of the constitution and international human rights treaties that Moscow has signed. Some LGBTQ+ activists said they tried to become a party to the lawsuit but were rebuffed by the court.

“We tried to find some legal logic in this absurdity,” said Igor Kochetkov, a human rights advocate and founder of the Russian LGBT Network rights group.

“We tried to appeal to the Supreme Court’s common sense and say: ‘Look, here I am, a person who’s been involved in LGBT activism for years, who’s been promoting these ideas — ideas of defending human rights, mind you — and this lawsuit concerns me,’” he told the AP.

“They don’t want any trial,” Kochetkov added. “They do not want to address this matter. This is a political order, and they are following it. It is the end of any kind of justice in Russia, by and large.”

In 2013, the Kremlin adopted the first legislation restricting LGBTQ+ rights, known as the “gay propaganda” law, banning any public endorsement of “nontraditional sexual relations” among minors. In 2020, constitutional reforms pushed through by Putin to extend his rule by two more terms also included a provision to outlaw same-sex marriage.

After sending troops into Ukraine in 2022, the Kremlin ramped up a campaign against what it called the West’s “degrading” influence, in what rights advocates saw as an attempt to legitimize the war. That same year, the authorities adopted a law banning propaganda of “nontraditional sexual relations” among adults, also, effectively outlawing any public endorsement of LGBTQ+ people.

Another law passed this year prohibited gender transitioning procedures and gender-affirming care for transgender people. The legislation prohibited any “medical interventions aimed at changing the sex of a person,” as well as changing one’s gender in official documents and public records. It also amended Russia’s Family Code by listing gender change as a reason to annul a marriage and adding those “who had changed gender” to a list of people who can’t become foster or adoptive parents.

“Do we really want to have here, in our country, in Russia, ‘Parent No. 1, No. 2, No. 3’ instead of ‘mom’ and ‘dad?’” Putin said in September 2022. “Do we really want perversions that lead to degradation and extinction to be imposed in our schools from the primary grades?”

Authorities reject accusations of LGBTQ+ discrimination. Earlier this month, Russian media quoted Deputy Justice Minister Andrei Loginov as saying that “the rights of LGBT people in Russia are protected” legally. He was presenting a report on human rights in Russia to the U.N. Human Rights Council in Geneva, arguing that “restraining public demonstration of nontraditional sexual relationships or preferences is not a form of censure for them.”

Olenichev said the Supreme Court ruling ushers in a number of restrictions, such as participating in, aiding or funding extremist organizations; publicly using certain logos and symbols related with them; or publicly endorsing ideas they propagate. But while a court-mandated ban for an extremist organization to operate comes into force immediately, these restrictions will start 30 days after the ruling, if a defendant doesn’t appeal.

The exact nature of these restrictions — such as which symbols will be banned — remains unclear, because the case is classified, and will only become apparent in the first legal actions brought against activists, Olenichev added, although violating them exposes people to prosecution and potential prison terms.

This will likely lead to a decrease in legal, psychological and other aid and support for LGBTQ+ people in Russia get from rights groups and grassroots initiatives, he said, and make the community itself and its needs less visible.

“The authorities are doing everything for the LGBT agenda to disappear from the public square,” he added.

Many people will see leaving Russia before they become targeted as the only option, said Olga Baranova, director of the Moscow Community Center for LGBT+ Initiatives.

“It is clear for us that they’re once again making us out as a domestic enemy to shift the focus from all the other problems that are in abundance in Russia,” Baranova told AP.

Others are determined to stay and continue working with the LGBTQ+ community.

Dasha Yakovleva said Feminitive, a women’s group she co-founded, is the only group in Russia’s westernmost Kaliningrad region that, in addition to advocating for women’s rights, offers support to LGBTQ+ people at the moment and will “look for ways” to continue.

She told AP that she sees value in helping LGBTQ+ people exercise their rights.

“Since our state doesn’t intend to do that, then it’s the task for our civil society to try to be an island of safety, of advocacy, a connection with the international community,” Yakovleva said

i was hacked for ten hours or more yesterday. trojans even. all gone.

so i came here and only got half of the forum.

for now, I am in the entire forum again.

Welcome back woman.