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ICE Raids Dozens of Convenience Stores in MASSIVE Move…
But Look What the Media’s Hiding!
by Brian Hayes | Top Right News
President Trump unleashed ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) once again this week, this time deploying its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit, along with the DEA to arrest dozens of convenience store owners across 4 states. Over 60 people were arrested, and already 35 of them have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, with federal conspiracy charges for money laundering, distributing controlled substances and trafficking contraband cigarettes.
The AP carried this story:
The suspects conspired for more than 2 years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, a low tax market, while transporting and distributing them in Chicago, Illinois, and New Jersey, which are high tax markets. The store owners are accused of using several convenience stores that they operated to create the appearance of legal cigarette purchases. Illegal profits form the contraband cigarette sales were laundered through accounts associated with the stores, and used to manufacture and distribute illegal controlled substances.
A synthetic drug, K-2, was sold every day from a handful of the convenience stores. Authorities said the store owners manufactured synthetic drugs themselves by importing chemicals from China.
“The collaboration with our federal and local law enforcement partners is the key to breaking criminal enterprises in this area,” said Special Agent in Charge James M. Gibbons of HSI Chicago.
“Synthetic drugs that are sold as substitutes for cocaine and methamphetamine, are neither legal nor safe,” said James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division. “These substances were never intended for human consumption and only serve to satisfy the avarice of the seller.”
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of five to 20 years in prison and a $1 million dollar fine.
But here’s what the Associated “Press” didn’t think you needed to know…the names of those indicted. See if you notice any pattern…
Mohammed Almuttan, aka Abu Ali, 35, St. Louis, MO
Rami Almuttan, aka Abu Louay, 33, St. Louis, MO
Hisham Mutan, aka Abu Mohamed, 41, St. Louis, MO
Saddam Mutan, aka Abu Ali, 24, St. Louis, MO
Mazin Abdelsalam, aka Abu Mohammad, 38, St. Louis, MO
Najeh Muhana, aka Abu Yazan, 41, Fairview, NJ
Fares Muhana, aka Abu Yamama, 40, Cliffside Park, NJ
Ayoub Qaiymah, aka Abu Faysal, 23, Richmond, VA
Naser Abid, 23, Chicago, IL
Yadgar Barzanji, aka Abu Siver, 47, St. Louis, MO
Wafaa Alwan, 50, St. Louis, MO
Ahmed Abuali, aka Bazilla, 31, North Bergen, NJ
Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, 21, Clifton, NJ
Momen Abuali, 20, Little Ferry, NJ
Firat Sevindik, 42, Cliffside Park, NJ
Mohammed Mustafa, 30, North Bergen, NJ
Mohammad Karashqah, Abu Yazid, 47, North Bergen, NJ
Fayez Sheikha, 46, Mishawaka, IN
Jihad Shihadeh, Abu Malik, 58, Chicago Ridge, IL
Ismael Abadi, 57, Carol Stream, IL
Abed Hamed, Abed Fawzan, 39, Greenville, NC
Maher Hamed, Abu Alazara, 33, Swansea, IL
Abdel Adi, 25, Oak Lawn, IL
Muhanad Khatib, Abu Alamin, 36, Chicago, IL
Eyad Awad, 38, Chicago, IL
Ismael Mustafa, 60, Kankakee, IL
Hayder Al Fatli, 40, St. Louis, MO
Kutlay Guvener, 35, Chicago, IL
Saad Al Mallak, 30, Dittmer, MO
Hassan Abdelatif, 29, Collinsville, IL
Mahajir Naz, 32, St. Louis, MO
Talal Abuajaj, 23, St. Louis, MO
Basem Hamdan, aka Abu Ramiz, 57, St. Louis, MO
Zainal Saleh, 29, St. Louis, MO and
Ibrahim Awad, 39, St. Louis, MO
That’s right…every single one of the 35 men indicted is Muslim. Nothing to see here, huh? And there’s more. According to sources, “at least 20” of the men are being held on additional “immigration detainers” by ICE. That means they are “suspected illegal aliens.”
The AP didn’t feel you needed to know that either. I’m sure it just slipped their minds. This is just the latest in a continuing series of Muslim-owned convenience store criminal enterprises.
As TRN reported, in 2015 state authorities in Alabama uncovered a massive, EBT-for-terrorism scheme in which Muslim-owned convenience stores exploited the U.S. welfare system to fund ISIS. The massive probe, dubbed Operation T-bone, targeted those they say have been cheating the food stamp system to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars and sending the profits via wire transfer to Yemen, some of which is suspected to have funded Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist activity.
And back then it was Alabama D.A. who led the investigation — not the Obama keystone cops, who strangely had nothing to do with that bust.
All 11 stores shut down by authorities were Muslim-owned. There is a long history of Muslims using welfare systems for criminal activity, as well as purposely abusing the system. As we reported in 2013, a prominent Muslim cleric called on Muslim immigrants in Western nations to purposely
collect government welfare as a so-called “Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”
But during the last 8 years, Obama And His Muslim Administration has neglected this problem, whether deliberately or from incompetence.
And you wonder why Trump is trying to block Muslim immigration ???
But Look What the Media’s Hiding!
by Brian Hayes | Top Right News
President Trump unleashed ICE (Immigration and Customs Enforcement) once again this week, this time deploying its Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) unit, along with the DEA to arrest dozens of convenience store owners across 4 states. Over 60 people were arrested, and already 35 of them have been indicted by a Federal grand jury, with federal conspiracy charges for money laundering, distributing controlled substances and trafficking contraband cigarettes.
The AP carried this story:
The suspects conspired for more than 2 years to buy contraband cigarettes in St. Louis, a low tax market, while transporting and distributing them in Chicago, Illinois, and New Jersey, which are high tax markets. The store owners are accused of using several convenience stores that they operated to create the appearance of legal cigarette purchases. Illegal profits form the contraband cigarette sales were laundered through accounts associated with the stores, and used to manufacture and distribute illegal controlled substances.
A synthetic drug, K-2, was sold every day from a handful of the convenience stores. Authorities said the store owners manufactured synthetic drugs themselves by importing chemicals from China.
“The collaboration with our federal and local law enforcement partners is the key to breaking criminal enterprises in this area,” said Special Agent in Charge James M. Gibbons of HSI Chicago.
“Synthetic drugs that are sold as substitutes for cocaine and methamphetamine, are neither legal nor safe,” said James P. Shroba, Special Agent in Charge of the DEA St. Louis Division. “These substances were never intended for human consumption and only serve to satisfy the avarice of the seller.”
If convicted, the defendants face a maximum of five to 20 years in prison and a $1 million dollar fine.
But here’s what the Associated “Press” didn’t think you needed to know…the names of those indicted. See if you notice any pattern…
Mohammed Almuttan, aka Abu Ali, 35, St. Louis, MO
Rami Almuttan, aka Abu Louay, 33, St. Louis, MO
Hisham Mutan, aka Abu Mohamed, 41, St. Louis, MO
Saddam Mutan, aka Abu Ali, 24, St. Louis, MO
Mazin Abdelsalam, aka Abu Mohammad, 38, St. Louis, MO
Najeh Muhana, aka Abu Yazan, 41, Fairview, NJ
Fares Muhana, aka Abu Yamama, 40, Cliffside Park, NJ
Ayoub Qaiymah, aka Abu Faysal, 23, Richmond, VA
Naser Abid, 23, Chicago, IL
Yadgar Barzanji, aka Abu Siver, 47, St. Louis, MO
Wafaa Alwan, 50, St. Louis, MO
Ahmed Abuali, aka Bazilla, 31, North Bergen, NJ
Mohammed Kayed, aka Mohammed Fayez, 21, Clifton, NJ
Momen Abuali, 20, Little Ferry, NJ
Firat Sevindik, 42, Cliffside Park, NJ
Mohammed Mustafa, 30, North Bergen, NJ
Mohammad Karashqah, Abu Yazid, 47, North Bergen, NJ
Fayez Sheikha, 46, Mishawaka, IN
Jihad Shihadeh, Abu Malik, 58, Chicago Ridge, IL
Ismael Abadi, 57, Carol Stream, IL
Abed Hamed, Abed Fawzan, 39, Greenville, NC
Maher Hamed, Abu Alazara, 33, Swansea, IL
Abdel Adi, 25, Oak Lawn, IL
Muhanad Khatib, Abu Alamin, 36, Chicago, IL
Eyad Awad, 38, Chicago, IL
Ismael Mustafa, 60, Kankakee, IL
Hayder Al Fatli, 40, St. Louis, MO
Kutlay Guvener, 35, Chicago, IL
Saad Al Mallak, 30, Dittmer, MO
Hassan Abdelatif, 29, Collinsville, IL
Mahajir Naz, 32, St. Louis, MO
Talal Abuajaj, 23, St. Louis, MO
Basem Hamdan, aka Abu Ramiz, 57, St. Louis, MO
Zainal Saleh, 29, St. Louis, MO and
Ibrahim Awad, 39, St. Louis, MO
That’s right…every single one of the 35 men indicted is Muslim. Nothing to see here, huh? And there’s more. According to sources, “at least 20” of the men are being held on additional “immigration detainers” by ICE. That means they are “suspected illegal aliens.”
The AP didn’t feel you needed to know that either. I’m sure it just slipped their minds. This is just the latest in a continuing series of Muslim-owned convenience store criminal enterprises.
As TRN reported, in 2015 state authorities in Alabama uncovered a massive, EBT-for-terrorism scheme in which Muslim-owned convenience stores exploited the U.S. welfare system to fund ISIS. The massive probe, dubbed Operation T-bone, targeted those they say have been cheating the food stamp system to the tune of hundreds of thousands of dollars and sending the profits via wire transfer to Yemen, some of which is suspected to have funded Islamic State (ISIS) terrorist activity.
And back then it was Alabama D.A. who led the investigation — not the Obama keystone cops, who strangely had nothing to do with that bust.
All 11 stores shut down by authorities were Muslim-owned. There is a long history of Muslims using welfare systems for criminal activity, as well as purposely abusing the system. As we reported in 2013, a prominent Muslim cleric called on Muslim immigrants in Western nations to purposely
collect government welfare as a so-called “Jihad Seeker’s Allowance.”
But during the last 8 years, Obama And His Muslim Administration has neglected this problem, whether deliberately or from incompetence.
And you wonder why Trump is trying to block Muslim immigration ???
First he should send the main stream Media to a muslim country till they get their sh!t together
(...or any country the u$ is droning or bombing, or growing heroin in like Afghanistan)
then they can come back if they can get through immigration
(...or any country the u$ is droning or bombing, or growing heroin in like Afghanistan)
then they can come back if they can get through immigration
Are you saying the placebo effect doesn't work or you don't believe it does work?
Belief is central to the placebo effect.
If they believe God is helping them to heal it works 30% of the time.
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Woke up today to another race/religious tragedy filling the news. Actually first heard about it last night and as a result did not sleep well. Couldn’t help imagining how terrifying it must have been for those being slaughtered while in the midst of praying.
Some are trying to say he was not a Christian so religious hatred was not an issue. He only hated immigrants is the claim made by some, as if that somehow lessened the evil of his hatred. Those folks conveniently forgot or maybe never knew the origin of race and religious based hatred of immigrants was white Christian nationalism, which has been around for a very long time.
One has to wonder why the Abrahamic faiths all fail so miserably in inspiring the best in “all” their devotees. Every one of these faiths has at various times been hijacked by religious nationalists of one stripe or another. [Mostly but not exclusively white] Christian nationalists embracing ethnic cleansing, Wahabi jihad inspired Muslim nationalists embracing ethnic cleansing, and Zionist Jews embracing ethnic cleansing, are all products of these faiths. What on earth is wrong with theses faiths? How is it that so many folks within these religions can completely miss the message of love that is heard by other devotees who are also part of these religions?
Maybe the many religious labels worn by humans are just “labels” signifying nothing at all, just false identities. Maybe the good people in these faiths are only those who psychologically can step out of such labels and see things through a label free measure of love.
Maybe these faiths have such deep flaws they will never be reconciled with the equality that love suggests. Maybe we should step away from such flawed identity based belief systems. After all, if one’s religion does not inspire unconditional love for everyone, what is the point of it existing? Maybe such failed religions should all be thrown on the trash heap of history. We can do so much better by simply being loving humans without labels. We really can. It sure would end a lot of fear and suffering in this world. - Chris Waller
Some are trying to say he was not a Christian so religious hatred was not an issue. He only hated immigrants is the claim made by some, as if that somehow lessened the evil of his hatred. Those folks conveniently forgot or maybe never knew the origin of race and religious based hatred of immigrants was white Christian nationalism, which has been around for a very long time.
One has to wonder why the Abrahamic faiths all fail so miserably in inspiring the best in “all” their devotees. Every one of these faiths has at various times been hijacked by religious nationalists of one stripe or another. [Mostly but not exclusively white] Christian nationalists embracing ethnic cleansing, Wahabi jihad inspired Muslim nationalists embracing ethnic cleansing, and Zionist Jews embracing ethnic cleansing, are all products of these faiths. What on earth is wrong with theses faiths? How is it that so many folks within these religions can completely miss the message of love that is heard by other devotees who are also part of these religions?
Maybe the many religious labels worn by humans are just “labels” signifying nothing at all, just false identities. Maybe the good people in these faiths are only those who psychologically can step out of such labels and see things through a label free measure of love.
Maybe these faiths have such deep flaws they will never be reconciled with the equality that love suggests. Maybe we should step away from such flawed identity based belief systems. After all, if one’s religion does not inspire unconditional love for everyone, what is the point of it existing? Maybe such failed religions should all be thrown on the trash heap of history. We can do so much better by simply being loving humans without labels. We really can. It sure would end a lot of fear and suffering in this world. - Chris Waller
Leonard Cohen was ordained a Buddhist monk in 1996. Although it is said he was a Buddhist for some three decades working to tame his monkey mind, alternating discipline and a complete letting go, he actually only lived at the Mt. Baldy Zen center for 5 years. After he left the Zen center he was back writing songs, although still steeped in the clarity Zen can offer apparently. Sometimes you have to embrace the monkey mind, tamed or not, to finally accept what you are.
Leaving Mt. Baldy by Leonard Cohen
I came down from that mountain
after many years of study
and rigorous practice.
I left my robes hanging on
a wooden peg in that old cabin
where I sat so long,
slept so little.
I finally understood
I had no gift
for spiritual matters
‘Thank You, Beloved’
I hear a heart cry out
as I enter streams of screaming cars
on Santa Monica freeway
westbound for L.A.
A number of people,
some practitioners,
are asking me angry questions
concerning ultimate reality.
I suppose it’s because
they don’t like to see
old Jikan smoking.
~ Leonard Cohen - Old Jikan
“when you get out of the way of your own love....it broadcasts in front of you, in back of you, to the right of you, to the left of you, above you and beneath you, and the centre of love is a force field that has no inside and no outside, that doesn't look at anything, nor does it need to be looked at,...it is like the taste of honey when you are very young, or chocolate when you need something sweet, every cell of your body says thank you, that is what it is like.” ~ Leonard Cohen
I love this rendition of Cohen’s old song “If It Be Your Will” done by Anthony. I think this is where Leonard lived a few years later. Unconditional love is not only the most relevant deity one can imagine, but perhaps the only one found after the deepest of searches. - Chris Waller
Leaving Mt. Baldy by Leonard Cohen
I came down from that mountain
after many years of study
and rigorous practice.
I left my robes hanging on
a wooden peg in that old cabin
where I sat so long,
slept so little.
I finally understood
I had no gift
for spiritual matters
‘Thank You, Beloved’
I hear a heart cry out
as I enter streams of screaming cars
on Santa Monica freeway
westbound for L.A.
A number of people,
some practitioners,
are asking me angry questions
concerning ultimate reality.
I suppose it’s because
they don’t like to see
old Jikan smoking.
~ Leonard Cohen - Old Jikan
“when you get out of the way of your own love....it broadcasts in front of you, in back of you, to the right of you, to the left of you, above you and beneath you, and the centre of love is a force field that has no inside and no outside, that doesn't look at anything, nor does it need to be looked at,...it is like the taste of honey when you are very young, or chocolate when you need something sweet, every cell of your body says thank you, that is what it is like.” ~ Leonard Cohen
I love this rendition of Cohen’s old song “If It Be Your Will” done by Anthony. I think this is where Leonard lived a few years later. Unconditional love is not only the most relevant deity one can imagine, but perhaps the only one found after the deepest of searches. - Chris Waller
This is You and your stupid Fakebook!
If I get told something two or three times I tend to believe it, every time after that I get more convinced it's bull shit.
There is NO evidence Albert Einstein ever said that, so the quote is considered to NOT BE HIS.
Here Are 6 Things Albert Einstein Never Said
A new book investigates the truth behind famous quotations that have been wrongly attributed, misremembered, garbled in translation—or are flat-out fake.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
https://www.history.com/news/here-are-6-things-albert-einstein-never-said
Though it does bring some situations to mind that are closer to home:
Chairman Mao rises AGAIN...
After a quarter BILLION deaths of their own people at their own hands in the last 150 years or so, you would think the tin pot little diktatoes would learn...but noe.
...ain't that the lil, maurice strong flavored, pandering bugger layed bare for all to see...
(please note: Since we have sold off all of Canada's gold at bargain prices, out of date margarine was all we could come up with to use for this sculpture because it is one molecule away from being plastic and will last a long time.)
These worship the state types have got to go. It would be a lot better for us to just elect their statues.
Here Are 6 Things Albert Einstein Never Said
A new book investigates the truth behind famous quotations that have been wrongly attributed, misremembered, garbled in translation—or are flat-out fake.
“The definition of insanity is doing the same thing over and over again and expecting different results.”
https://www.history.com/news/here-are-6-things-albert-einstein-never-said
Though it does bring some situations to mind that are closer to home:
Chairman Mao rises AGAIN...
After a quarter BILLION deaths of their own people at their own hands in the last 150 years or so, you would think the tin pot little diktatoes would learn...but noe.
...ain't that the lil, maurice strong flavored, pandering bugger layed bare for all to see...
(please note: Since we have sold off all of Canada's gold at bargain prices, out of date margarine was all we could come up with to use for this sculpture because it is one molecule away from being plastic and will last a long time.)
These worship the state types have got to go. It would be a lot better for us to just elect their statues.
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