Hmmm. I wonder why?

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The disabled cargo ship carrying supplies to Palestine lies idle in international waters off Malta because that country won’t let it enter its port until the cargo is inspected, and the humanitarians aboard refuse to allow them access. The ship’s owners are doubtless denying the Maltese permission to board out of a concern to protect the privacy of the sacks of flour and infant formula in the hold, but you can’t blame the port authorities for wanting to insure that, by foregoing an inspection of an uninsured vessel flying no flag, and relying instead on the truthfulness and honesty of the ship’s captain, they wouldn’t be inviting a ship stuffed with high explosives into their harbor.

It’s a curious thing.

NGO Says Malta Blocking Access To Gaza-Bound Aid Ship Hit By Drones

May 4, 2025

VALLETTA, May 4 (Reuters) – An international NGO accused Malta on Sunday of impeding access to a Gaza-bound humanitarian aid ship which it says was bombed by two drones two days before, and Malta denied the claim, saying the crew had refused assistance.

The Freedom Flotilla Coalition, an international non-governmental group, said Israel, which has blockaded Gaza in its war against Palestinian Hamas militants, was to blame for the incident. Israel has not responded to requests for comment.

The ship Conscience, operated by the coalition, suffered damage to its front section including a loss of power when hit just outside Maltese territorial waters in the southern Mediterranean, the NGO said.

It had been waiting to take on board some 30 peace activists from around the world before trying to sail to Gaza at the eastern end of the Mediterranean to deliver food and medicines. 

The NGO said volunteers from 13 countries who tried to reach the ship from Malta on Friday and Saturday were intercepted by the Maltese military, which had forced them back to Malta under threat of arrest. 

“The humanitarian ship Conscience has been blocked in international waters since it was attacked by two drones in the early morning of May 2,” the coalition said in a statement.

It said Maltese authorities had also prevented the ship from putting into port to repair the damage and get help for four people aboard who it said suffered cuts and burns in the drone attack. It was the first mention of any injuries.

Prime Minister Robert Abela said Malta was continuing to offer assistance to the ship, but that Malta’s security needed to be safeguarded. He said the ship’s captain was continuing to refuse to allow a surveyor and Malta police on board.

Once it was verified that the ship’s cargo was solely humanitarian, Malta would facilitate repairs so that it could continue its voyage to Gaza, Abela said.

Malta has had a consistent policy of supporting Palestinian causes and last month admitted a number of injured Gaza children for medical treatment.

Al Jazeera buries the lede, but gets there eventually:

NGO in talks with Malta to repair Gaza-bound aid ship ‘attacked by Israel’

Ship hit by two drones near Malta on Friday; NGO blames Israel for attack.

An international NGO that intends to deliver humanitarian aid to Gaza by sea has said it was in talks with Malta’s government about allowing a vessel to enter Maltese waters to repair damage caused by a drone attack.

The ship named Conscience, operated by the Freedom Flotilla Coalition (FFC), suffered damage to its front section including a loss of power when it was hit by two drones just outside Maltese territorial waters in the central Mediterranean early on Friday, the NGO said on Sunday.

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The Conscience, which set off from Tunisia, had been waiting to take on board some 30 peace activists from around the world before trying to sail to Gaza in the eastern Mediterranean. The ship had been seeking to deliver aid including food and medicines to the besieged enclave, where aid groups warn people are struggling to survive following a two-month total blockade by Israel.

Swedish activist Greta Thunberg said she was in Malta and had been planning to board the ship as part of the flotilla.

Prime Minister Robert Abela said on Sunday that Malta was prepared to assist the ship with necessary repairs so that it could continue on its journey, once it was satisfied that the vessel held only humanitarian aid.

You see? This is why I shouldn't read the news in the evening; I simply WON’T be able to sleep tonight — who could?

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Okay, I know, but now that I have heard of him, I’m deeply troubled.

‘Non-Binary Femme’ Robert Adam Refuses to Perform His Queer Country Music in US

Self-described “non-binary femme” Canadian country singer Robert Adam went to Nashville, Tennessee, to record his latest album but cites the triumphant return of President Donald Trump to the White House as the reason he won’t be heading back across the border anytime soon.

The Calgary-based performer says he contemplated the decision not to go back for several months, claiming past negative experiences as a “queer person” visiting the United States were weighed against the importance of that market for emerging musicians.

Adam told the Canadian Press in a phone interview he made the right decision not to go stateside because it would be just too stressful.

(I’m) pretty non-binary presenting, pretty femme … it’s hard not to see that I kind of stick out.

I don’t want to spend my life stressed out over whether I feel like I have to … tone down my image, or what I have to say, just to exist and play a show.

I believe I ran something similar to this a couple of weeks ago, but it's still fun to watch

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“Committed a crime, deport them. No questions asked — they’re gone”

And a reminder: no matter how much you despise the media …

Why do our Governor and State Attorney General insist on keeping these people in the United Staes?

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Perhaps he wants them for cheap labor to clear-cut his property on Indian Spring?

Ignoring the NY Post’s silly, histrionic reporting, this story still shows how insane Biden’s border opening was, and the results it’s produced.

Migrant Tren de Aragua-linked punks brawl with NYPD cops in wild Times Square melee

A rowdy mob of Tren de Aragua-linked gangbangers turned on a pair of NYPD cops in Times Square in a shocking caught-on-video assault — the second migrant attack on New York’s Finest in the tourist hot spot in less than two years

…. At least three of the brutes were rounded up by Sunday afternoon — including a 12-year-old reputed ring leader — with police saying the mob is linked to the Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua through its baby-faced offshoot crew known as Diablos de la 42, or Devils of 42nd Street, the sources said.

The cocky brats even flashed gang signs and posted pics on social media while handcuffed inside a Manhattan police precinct after being busted in the attack on cops, according to photos The Post obtained.

At least three in the mob were already sought for a string of shocking robberies in Central Park — and were caught red-handed trying to pull off another heist when two cops intervened, they said.

“Is this what a sanctuary city is supposed to be?” one frustrated cop asked. “One of these kids was 11 years old when he was the ringleader of that Central Park robbery pattern.

“What is it going to take for some of this policy to change when you have an 11, now 12-year-old, running around — or anybody — committing these crimes?” the source said. “When is common sense going to prevail? Don’t we have a moral obligation?”

August 14, 2024

An 11-year-old Venezuelan boy was arrested as the main “aggressor” in a violent subway mugging — and has been linked to a larger string of robberies in Central Park being committed by migrant kids, police said Wednesday.

The baby-faced perp and a 17-year-old boy were both taken into custody hours after they allegedly attacked a straphanger on a Manhattan-bound 7 train at about 8:40 p.m. Tuesday near the Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue stop in Queens, law enforcement sources said.

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Police officials said the 11-year-old was also caught on surveillance cameras using credit cards that were stolen during a series of robberies in Central Park.

“At this point in time, we’re ready to call it: This is a migrant robbery pattern,” NYPD Chief of Patrol John Chell told reporters from Seventh Avenue and West 59th Street.

Police have linked roughly 10 robberies that have taken place inside or along the southern end of the greenspace to a group of up to 12 migrant boys or young men.

“We think they’re responsible for most of them if not all of them,” Chell said.

A senior law enforcement official said police believe the violent Venezuelan gang Tren de Aragua is behind the migrant robbery crew and are investigating the possible connection.

The gang has lower-level members operating at city-funded shelters who enlist teens and young boys to go out and commit robberies. 

The Central Park muggings date back to at least June 27, with the most recent also taking place Tuesday night.