Google Maps helps solve murder mystery by capturing moment a person put suspected corpse into car in Spain

 CBS News  

"Google technology has helped investigators make breakthroughs in cases before. In 2022, an Italian mafia boss who was on the run for decades was arrested after he was spotted on Google Maps."

"Google Maps has guided Spanish investigators to resolve a year-long murder mystery by capturing the moment a person stowed a suspected corpse into a car.

"Police in the northern region of Castile and Leon began their probe in November 2023 when someone reported the disappearance of a male relative.

"Officers arrested a woman who was the missing male's partner and another man who was her ex-partner in Soria province on November 12, police said in a statement on Wednesday.

"Investigators then raided the suspects' homes and inspected their vehicles but also stumbled on an unexpected lead in the search for further clues.

"These were "images in a location application" where they "detected a vehicle that may have been used during the course of the crime," the statement said.

"Spanish media circulated pictures of a screenshot of Google Maps' Street View from October 2024 showing a person dumping an object covered in a white shroud into a car trunk in the village of Tajueco. It was the first time in 15 years that the car had been to the town of Tajueco, the BBC reported." . . .

Outside court as Luigi Mangione arrives in New York to face murder charges

 Sky News; Whatfinger   "Luigi Mangione is suspected of shooting Brian Thompson, chief executive of UnitedHealthcare, on 4 December, and was arrested after a manhunt that ended with police finding the 26-year-old in a McDonald’s.

He was in court for two hearings earlier today – one about a gun charge in Pennsylvania, and the other regarding his potential extradition to New York. We learned Mangione dropped his fight to be extradited to New York and has arrived in the State where he will face murder charges.

Read more: https://trib.al/XxaJAD2

Luigi Mangione fans are getting tattoos of him on their bodies after he cowardly...

A Hard Heart Kills: Why Liberal Values Breed School Shootings

 John Nantz

. . ."Rupnow’s 9mm pistol is an irrelevancy. She could have perpetrated her heinous crime in a multitude of ways with a plethora of tools. Liberals want you to focus on the shiny object and forget the evil they have wrought in our midst." . . . 

Coach Aaron Feis Killed in previous school shooting

. . ."It is a very disturbing trend indeed when our young girls, typically characterized by feminine compassion, who should be anticipating the joys of family, motherhood, or career, instead are driven to find meaning in mass homicide. Surely, this is a sign of cultural apocalypse. 

"Reportedly, Natalie Rupnow had an online obsession with mass shootings and death. Can it really be surprising that our culture of death (the death of God, death of the unborn, the death of personhood) produces mass-murdering kids? 

"We treat the unborn like bio-waste and devalue life to the point of absurd irrelevance, discarding it at will. The message to anyone paying attention is that life is disposable and subject to whim or convenience. Making a statement with the lives of innocent people is a simple metaphysical extension of the secular culture of grievance and lack of eternal accountability." . . . 

. . ."Rupnow’s 9mm pistol is an irrelevancy. She could have perpetrated her heinous crime in a multitude of ways with a plethora of tools. Liberals want you to focus on the shiny object and forget the evil they have wrought in our midst. There is a war for the minds and souls of our children afoot, and we’re losing it to the purveyors of cultural rot in politics, Hollywood, and education. We’ve no one to blame but ourselves. It’s time, as a nation, that we take responsibility for the destruction of our youth and return to the God of our forefathers.". . .

 As R. Lee Ermey’s character in Full Metal Jacket, Gunnery Sergeant Hartman, famously said,”Your rifle is only a tool. It is a hard heart that kills.”

Stephanopoulos and the Implosion of ABC News

George Stephanopoulos is a former Bill Clinton hatchet man and major player in Democrat politics. He should never have been put in charge of political news at ABC in the first place.

 Megyn Kelly and Adam Carolla Discuss Stephanopoulos and the Implosion of ABC News: ‘Blew up Their Own Reputation   "Now that ABC News has settled with Donald Trump for $16 million, the situation at the network is dire. Staffers are angry and there are rumors that George Stephanopoulos may be on his way out the door.

"Megyn Kelly recently discussed this with comedian Adam Carolla and they both agreed that ABC News did this to themselves.

"Carolla points out that ABC News was wrong about the Russia collusion hoax and got a lot of things wrong about COVID, two of the biggest stories in recent years.

"Partial transcript via Eric Abbenante on Twitter/X:

Megyn Kelly: “Stephanopoulos Who is humiliated and very angry, according to the reports that this has happened to him." . . .

Adam Carolla: “They blew up their own reputation over the last five years systematically. First with Russian collusion and three or four years of lying or at least being wrong about that.

ABC News executives are in 'full revolt' after settling for 15 million in the George Stephanopoulos case, not anticipating the extent to which they would damage their reputation:
Megyn Kelly: "Stephanopoulos Who is humiliated and very angry, according to the reports that this has… pic.twitter.com/nd5nfV8XJK

— Eric Abbenante (@EricAbbenante) December 18, 2024 

Why Did ABC Roll Over and Beg Trump for Mercy?   

. . ."There’s big money at stake now. The left decided it was going to use legal civil lawfare, as well as criminal lawfare, to take out in court the opponents it couldn’t take out in the public square. This initiative worked for a little while. Now, they’ve got a problem. We’re doing it to them. And it’s only going to get worse for them." . . .

How vengeful Jill Biden is urging 'depressed' Joe to 'burn the whole thing down' in their final days... with Obama, Kamala and Pelosi at the top of her 'naughty list'

 UK Daily Mail   "Tis the season for revenge! For President Joe Biden is spending the remaining weeks of his presidency settling scores.

"Between organizing this year's White House Christmas decorations, staff holiday parties and a string of final goodbyes, the president and First Lady Jill Biden have been quietly sharpening the metaphorical carving knives, with their sights set firmly on the one-time allies they perceive as having wronged them.

"Biden infuriated many senior members of the Democratic Party with his shocking U-turn and pardon of his son Hunter a fortnight ago, after months of publicly vowing he wouldn't make such a move.

"The pardon came alongside the quiet commuting of around 1,500 sentences, including for the relative of a member of the Chinese Communist Party who had been caught with child porn on his computer.

"Now, sources say, the first lady has been egging her husband on to further inflame fury among his colleagues.

" 'Jill views Democrats on Capitol Hill, the [wider] party, the Obamas, staff inside and outside the White House, the media, and all of Washington DC with such misguided resentment that I can't imagine she [isn't] encouraging [Joe] to burn the whole thing down, despite his better judgment,' an insider said.". . . 

As with The Battle of Cherbourg in 1944.  "The Germans knew the allies needed the port so they intended to leave the place a complete, unuseable wreck."

Fani Willis; MSNBC, "Racism!"; CNN, "Racism!; Rev Al; "Racism!"

"Additionally, the anti-Trump DA's "church speech," in which she injected race into the case during extrajudicial statements before a black Atlanta congregation, factored heavily into the "forensic misconduct" aspect of the defense's appeal." . . . Race is the left's version of stomping their feet and screaming to get their way. One has to assume this is a desire to begin a race war in our nation. TD

Rich Terrell

BREAKING: Georgia Appeals Court Removes Fani Willis From Trump Case   ..."Phil Holloway, an Atlanta attorney who also writes for our sister site Townhall and is a legal expert for Atlanta news media, wrote on X that the case is now "an 'orphan' — an indictment without a prosecutor." He also posted that Willis' famous speech at a church in Atlanta factored into the ruling.

Related: Whatchu Talkin’ ‘Bout, Willis? Fani Goes to Church to Grandstand.

" 'Forensic misconduct involves extrajudicial statements by prosecutors against defendants," Holloway pointed out.

" 'After DA Willis spoke publicly in a church service on Sunday, January 14, 2024, the other appellants also filed motions seeking dismissal and disqualification on the same grounds, as well as the additional ground of forensic misconduct in connection with the church speech and various other extrajudicial statements," Markle and Brown wrote.

"Willis will most likely appeal the ruling to the Georgia Supreme Court, but this likely kills the Fulton County indictment against Trump." . . .

In a major blow to the prosecution against Donald Trump in Georgia, Fulton County DA Fani Willis has been officially disqualified from the case. An appeals court ruled on Thursday morning that her conflicts of interest were simply too great for her to remain involved

Removing only Wade "did not cure the already existing appearance of impropriety" and the "odor of mendacity" that lingered in the affair's aftermath, the legal body wrote.    Forensic misconduct involves extrajudicial statements by prosecutors against defendants

Broc Smith

Postal Service, Biden Can’t Deliver On EVs

I & I Editorial Board     

"Practicality and principled stewardship of taxpayers’ dollars were apparently never a consideration. It was all about Biden’s legacy."

"Postmaster General Louis DeJoy’s bizarre and frankly childish behavior during testimony before Congress wasn’t the U.S. Postal Service’s worst moment last week. That came two days later.

DeJoy, appearing before the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, was told by Republican Rep. Rich McCormick of Georgia that he is “responsible for the fall of the Postal Service and the lack of accountability.” DeJoy retorted that “this Congress is responsible for it falling apart” and insisted he was “trying to fix” the post office.

He then told McCormick that “you’re talking to yourself” and covered his ears with his hands like the “hear no evil” monkey. (See it for yourself here.)  

"Appalling as that was, DeJoy’s antics were overshadowed when the Washington Post reported that even after the Biden administration committed $3 billion to buy electric delivery trucks for the post office, the contractor it hired, Oshkosh, has delivered only 93 of what was supposed to be 3,000 EV trucks by now.

“ 'Postal Service’s electric mail trucks are way behind schedule,” the Post says. “The delays put Biden’s climate goals at risk.” (Concern for the phantom danger of “climate change” outweighs the gross incompetence of the federal government in the eyes of the Post.)

"The “historic” White House initiative that was ultimately to deliver 60,000 Next Generation Delivery Vehicles to the post office has been “plagued by manufacturing mishaps and supplier infighting,” says the Post. Rather than building 80 a day, as was the expectation, the company is cobbling together just one." . . .

USPS’ long-awaited new mail truck makes its debut to rave reviews from carriers

Is the only country in the world you think does not have the right to exist the only Jewish state?

 Dennis Prager says:   "When I was in college, which was not recently, I was taught that a black cannot be a racist. And I remember thinking that's impossible. I mean, it's simply impossible. I couldn't believe I heard that, but every professor who addressed the issue said that.

I love Palestine!

"The world of the left is a make-believe world. There is one point that I would like to make that is extremely instructive and has not been noted. And that is these attacks are on Jews and they are coming from various Muslim extremists in the United States, obviously not from all Muslims, I'm not implying that, but people need to understand something they don't understand.

"The Middle East dispute is not over land. Israel is the size of New Jersey. It is smaller than El Salvador. There are 22 Arab states. There is a state with a majority of Palestinians called Jordan. The issue is not land. The issue is religion. Again, this is not what the left wants you to believe. They want you to believe it's over land. No, it's not. There is a big chunk of the Muslim world that would like to exterminate the Jewish state beginning with, of course, Iran. That is why if you look at the rhetoric, it's always "F the Jews," "F the Jews" in all of these attacks. It's never "F the Israelis." It's always "F the Jews."

"If the only country in the world you think does not have the right to exist is the only Jewish country in the world, then one has the right to infer that you have something against a Jewish state but not any other state.

"Imagine somebody saying, you know, I love Italians, I'm not anti-Italian, but I don't think Italy has the right to exist. You would say, sir, I'm not an idiot, you hate Italy and you hate Italians. That's the way it works. If the only state that can't exist on earth is a Jewish state, you have something against the Jews."

So those Arabs who did the act below loved Jews, but felt Israel had no right to exist. TD

"72% of Palestinians said they supported the Oct 7th attack."

"Joe Biden Shows He's a Disgusting, Dishonest Ghoul With Statement on Abundant Life Shooting "

 Mia Cathell  

. . ."Rupnow was a big fan of the KMFDM rock band, which was also referenced by one of the Columbine shooters. (She often ore the shirt of the band.)" @AndyNgo

. . ."According to investigative journalist Andy Ngo, she posted a purported "sneak peek" of the manifesto to her Discord account, "@brainedout." In the earlier version, Rupnow allegedly discussed a desire to "exterminate" all males, including infants and the elderly, in a rant apparently inspired by extremist culture among fringe social media circles.

" '[W]omen are the only hope for this wretched world," the declaration read, saying some women have also been "brainwashed" to "worship these f**king parasites." The writing further lamented these women who have "internalized the patriarchy" and are "always begging for male approval and validation."

" 'Its disgusting," the preview continued. "I realize the truth men are irredeemable [...] They cant be reformed or redeemed. Theyre a f**king scourge upon the earth. The only solution is to total exterminate them [...] Every single male must be wiped out, from babies to the elderly. Only then can women be free to create a new world."

" 'ill be a pioneer," the post's author declared. "ill be the first to take the first step. i dont care if theyr fathers, brothers, husbands, sons, teachers, police, and especially n—ers or politicians. ive been craving to kill them all.' " . . .  Much more...

If things had turned out differently, maybe Joe Biden would have pardoned her. TD

Joe Biden Shows He's a Disgusting, Dishonest Ghoul With Statement on Abundant Life Shooting 

. . ."Notice the mention of needing a ban on "assault weapons and high-capacity magazines." The problem? The shooter in this case used neither. Rather, she used a pistol, which is the one type of firearm Democrats constantly claim they don't want to ban. So why mention "assault weapons?" Because Biden is willing to stand on the bodies of dead children to promote policies that would have had no impact on this shooting. It's disgusting." 

Joy Reid Guest Proves Democrat Strategists Have Clearly Learned Nothing About Racial Politics

 RedState

 . . ." DEI has run its course and found to be more damaging than helpful in pretty much every regard. It's this attitude that got the Democrat Party in trouble in the first place, as it forced the selection of leaders and advisors alike that are wholly disconnected from the people."

"Normally, when you touch a hot pan, you know from the searing pain in your hand that you shouldn't try touching it again. Democrat strategists touch the pan, feel the pain, and think the reason they feel pain is that they didn't touch the pan enough. 

"Or so it seems, based on one former Harris consultant's words on MSNBC's "The Reid Out" with Joy Reid. 

"Former Kamala Harris strategist Alencia Johnson joined Reid to discuss how the DNC's leadership needs a real change up. The solution? Get rid of the old white men running the party and replace them with "young women of color." 

Johnson made it a point to effectively say members of the squad are solid communicators, indicating that AOC had won over Trump voters in the past. 

According to Reid, the "gerontocracy" needs to retire, and recalled a time when Barrack Obama pushed the DNC aside and created his own organization within the party. She notes that the party is run by donors and consultants who don't want to embrace the new world media, and held up a solid example of AOC being able to reach people in that regard." . . . 

. . ."Still, I think it's odd that there's still an obsession with race and identity, despite the fact that there was a flat-out rejection of that focus in this last election. The left has a long history of seeing something not work and conclude that it didn't work because they didn't take it far enough. This is why you have outright racists in the party saying and doing blatantly racist things, and many leftists nodding along as if there's not a thing in the world wrong with this. 

"But this is also why you had many Democrats walking away from the party over the last few years."

Afghanistan Gets $122.5 Mil to Combat Gender-Based Violence under Taliban with no Follow Up

Judicial Watch

There is no telling where the hundreds of millions of dollars for gender-based violence have gone, and the feds do not seem terribly concerned about it." . . . 

 "In the latest scandal to rock the Biden administration’s massive Afghanistan aid boondoggle, the U.S. government has been derelict in its duty to measure the effectiveness of a $122.5 million investment to combat gender-based violence (GBV) in the Islamic nation after the Taliban took over, according to a federal audit. The investigation, conducted by the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction (SIGAR), also reveals that the administration failed in this case to follow government practices for monitoring implementation of its foreign assistance award. That includes collecting required progress reports, validating the data in those reports through site visits and other verification means and assessing the periodic performance reports of groups receiving taxpayer dollars to implement programs. Additionally, the State Department, the agency disbursing the cash, did not even “include any goals for preventing and responding to GBV in Afghanistan,” investigators found.

"Since the abrupt 2021 U.S. military withdraw, nearly $3 billion in humanitarian aid has flowed to Afghanistan and a chunk of it has gone to the Taliban, the terrorist group that currently runs the country. Judicial Watch has reported on this extensively, documenting hundreds of millions of dollars in American aid going to the Taliban this year alone. This occurs because the State Department fails to properly vet award recipients to comply with its own counterterrorism partner vetting requirements in Afghanistan and the money has gone to dozens of local entities with potential terrorist ties. The agency has a system to identify whether prospective awardees have a record of ethical business practices and is supposed to conduct a risk assessment to determine if programming funds may benefit terrorists or terrorist-affiliates before distributing American taxpayer dollars. But the State Department does not bother and fails to keep proper records." . . .

While the ICC issues arrest warrants for Israel's Netanyahu, a new film Indicts the Taliban's Murderous Treatment of Women.   Phyllis Chesler

[ICC has] issued warrants for Israel’s Prime Minister Netanyahu, but not for … the Taliban. Something is wrong with this picture.

"I’ve just watched the film Bread and Roses, co-produced by actress Jennifer Lawrence and Nobel Laureate Malala Yousefzai, and directed by Sahra Mani.

"If only American women were half as brave as the on-camera real-life women activists in Kabul! We see them willing to risk being beaten, arrested, tortured, and even murdered by the Taliban because they’ve  dared to demonstrate for “Work, Bread, and Education.”

"Wearing hijab, but naked-faced, identifiable, these heroes march, chant, hold placards aloft, scrawl their demands on walls and even on the snow, meet secretly — and continue to do so even as the Taliban death-threatens, beats, and arrests activist after activist, even after they murder many. The women demand the return of their arrested sisters — and in one instance, they actually prevail.

Strong Women Against the Taliban

"Bread and Roses

 depicts Afghan women who tried to get to the airport on the days before the Taliban stormed into Kabul; they found that all the airport “gates” were closed to them. Thereafter, the women left behind were, essentially, placed under house arrest, forbidden to work, (even if they were doctors and dentists), forbidden to attend school, go out without a male escort and without wearing the Afghan burqa, the garment I view as a sensory deprivation isolation chamber.

"Both schools and beauty shops were shuttered. Music was forbidden. Impoverished families began selling their very young daughters to much older, already married men.  Women were forbidden to take taxis alone.

"Courtesy of body camcorders and hidden cameras, we see these women activists being beaten by the Taliban with whips and sticks." . . .

Biden's full list of clemency and commutation recipients revealed

"How many professionals were fired from their careers and expert livelihoods because they refused to inject an untested experimental vaccine into their bodies? What sort of clemency and pardon can he bestow on those non-criminals who were unjustly persecuted by the Biden government?" From the comments to the following post.

The White House released a list of names of the 39 people whom President Biden pardoned, as well as a list of the nearly 1,500 whose sentences he commuted, on Thursday.   

. . ."The move from Biden set a new, single-day record for clemency under any president, and it comes after he pardoned his son, Hunter, earlier this month. The controversial pardon of his son put pressure on Biden from others in the Democratic Party to issue additional pardons. 

"Biden said Thursday that he plans to take more steps during the next few weeks before he exits the Oval Office.

" 'My Administration will continue reviewing clemency petitions to advance equal justice under the law, promote public safety, support rehabilitation and reentry, and provide meaningful second chances," Biden said in a statement released by the White House.

"A list provided to Fox News Digital by the White House indicated that all 39 pardons had been given to only non-violent offenders, many of whom had been convicted of drug crimes. Drug offenders were labeled as much on the list, but no other details were given about the non-drug-related, non-violent offenses committed by the list of 39 pardons.

"The list did go into extensive detail as to why each of the 39 pardons was deserved, citing examples of community engagement, professional and academic accomplishments." . . .

More here.