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Croatian authorities halted traffic, blasted emergency sirens and evacuated part of the historic port city of Rijeka on Sunday so they could detonate a massive Nazi ship mine found still buried in the seabed. Croatian police released videos of the complex and dangerous operation that showed divers fixing straps to the 1,500-pound piece of aged World War II ordnance so it could be moved. Another video showed the distant explosion of the device that sent a tremendous plume of seawater skyward. The anti-ship mine was found in June near the port on the Adriatic Sea. Officials moved it further away from the city before detonating it with a special police unit. Read more at https://nypost.com/2023/03/19/croatia...




Croatian authorities halted traffic, blasted emergency sirens and evacuated part of the historic port city of Rijeka on Sunday so they could detonate a massive Nazi ship mine found still buried in the seabed.

Croatian police released videos of the complex and dangerous operation that showed divers fixing straps to the 1,500-pound piece of aged World War II ordnance so it could be moved.

Another video showed the distant explosion of the device that sent a tremendous plume of seawater skyward.

The anti-ship mine was found in June near the port on the Adriatic Sea.

Officials moved it further away from the city before detonating it with a special police unit.

Police Officer Nenad Krasny said the mine contained huge quantities of explosives.

An anti-shop mine in a Croatian harbor.
The Nazi-laid mine had laid buried in the seabed since World War II.CCTN
A diver fixes straps to an unexploded World War II anti-ship mine.
Divers moved the mine before detonation because it was too close to the city.CCTN
About 500 residents were evacuated during the operation, according to CGTNEurope.

Two dozen people took part in the detonation, which was delicately carried out, Krasny said. Anything else “would be too dangerous for the citizens and the infrastructure,” he said.

Historic Rijeka, which sits perched on the nation’s northwest corner, is known as Croatia’s principal seaport and its third-largest city.

A mine floats in the sea. Croatian authorities blew up a World War II anti-ship mine Sunday.Australian War Memorial/Wikimedia Commons
A plume of water rockets skyward as police blew up the antique ordnance.
A plume of seawater rocketed skyward when police blew the anti-ship mine.CCTN Croatian authorities destroy World War II anti-ship mine
Croatian police released videos of the dangerous operation.CCTN

The Axis powers occupied the city for much of World War II, and the city suffered heavy damage from the conflict.

Workers found the Nazi-laid mine while they were doing port infrastructure work,
 

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I loved Blockbuster back in the day. I went there almost every week.
But I don't have a VCR anymore.

'We are working on rewinding your movie': Blockbuster website reactivates with cryptic message sparking wild speculation the company will return from the grave

Defunct video rental chain Blockbuster's website has mysteriously reactivated in recent days, sparking wild speculation the company is plotting a comeback.

'We are working on rewinding your movie,' the Blockbuster.com website now reads, while the mobile version offers the similar message: 'Be kind while we rewind.'

Although a single, privately owned Blockbuster store still operates in Bend, Oregon, the parent company went defunct a decade ago, after Dish Network bought its assets in bankruptcy and wound down operations.

Dish still owns Blockbuster LLC and the trademarks to the brand, and the Blockbuster website is registered at the address of Dish corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colorado.

In November, Dish filed a new trademark application for the Blockbuster logo -- though it appears to be in connection with the short-lived Netflix comedy series, called Blockbuster, about a fictional last surviving store.


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Defunct video rental chain Blockbuster's website (above) has mysteriously reactivated in recent days, sparking wild speculation the company is plotting a comeback


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Yet another train with hazardous materials derails...Sabotage?...

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Train derails in rural North Dakota and spills chemicals

A Canadian Pacific train derailed in rural North Dakota Sunday night and spilled hazardous materials. But local authorities and the railroad said there is no threat to public safety.

There were no injuries and no fire associated with the derailment, which occurred in a rural area outside Wyndmere, a town of several hundred people about 60 miles (97 kilometers) southwest of Fargo.

Canadian Pacific spokesperson Andy Cummings said 31 of the 70 cars on the train, including several carrying hazardous materials, left the tracks around 11:15 p.m. Sunday.

Four cars filled with liquid asphalt and two railcars filled with ethylene glycol spilled some of those chemicals in the derailment. And Cummings said a car carrying propylene was punctured and released some vapor.

It wasn’t immediately clear how much of the chemicals were released, but there are no waterways nearby and the chemical spills were contained at the site of the derailment.


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The FBI seized $40,000 a couple held in a deposit box 2 years ago, but won't say why and won't return their cash

Linda and Reggie Martin had their savings seized by the FBI from a deposit box in March 2021. Two years later, the agency still won't explain why it's holding their money.

Agents raided the Beverly Hills, California branch of US Private Vaults and seized more than $86 million in cash, as well as jewelry and gold, from 1,400 safe-deposit boxes held by hundreds of people who were not suspected of any crimes, according to court documents previously seen by Insider.

The couple were keeping $40,200 cash in their box and only found out about the raid on local news.

"The FBI took my savings nearly two years ago but has never told me why," Linda Martin said in a press release. "It's been a confusing and frustrating process from the day my money was taken. No one should have to go through this."


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The FBI seized $40,000 a couple held in a deposit box 2 years ago, but won't say why and won't return their cash

Linda and Reggie Martin had their savings seized by the FBI from a deposit box in March 2021. Two years later, the agency still won't explain why it's holding their money.

Agents raided the Beverly Hills, California branch of US Private Vaults and seized more than $86 million in cash, as well as jewelry and gold, from 1,400 safe-deposit boxes held by hundreds of people who were not suspected of any crimes, according to court documents previously seen by Insider.

The couple were keeping $40,200 cash in their box and only found out about the raid on local news.

"The FBI took my savings nearly two years ago but has never told me why," Linda Martin said in a press release. "It's been a confusing and frustrating process from the day my money was taken. No one should have to go through this."


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Cash seizure laws need to be overhauled across the board. They are being abused by law enforcement at multiple levels, federal and local. And it's been going for some time. It's disgusting!
 

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Show us the satellite pics...

'We are working on rewinding your movie': Blockbuster website reactivates with cryptic message sparking wild speculation the company will return from the grave

Defunct video rental chain Blockbuster's website has mysteriously reactivated in recent days, sparking wild speculation the company is plotting a comeback.

'We are working on rewinding your movie,' the Blockbuster.com website now reads, while the mobile version offers the similar message: 'Be kind while we rewind.'

Although a single, privately owned Blockbuster store still operates in Bend, Oregon, the parent company went defunct a decade ago, after Dish Network bought its assets in bankruptcy and wound down operations.

Dish still owns Blockbuster LLC and the trademarks to the brand, and the Blockbuster website is registered at the address of Dish corporate headquarters in Englewood, Colorado.

In November, Dish filed a new trademark application for the Blockbuster logo -- though it appears to be in connection with the short-lived Netflix comedy series, called Blockbuster, about a fictional last surviving store.


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Defunct video rental chain Blockbuster's website (above) has mysteriously reactivated in recent days, sparking wild speculation the company is plotting a comeback's website (above) has mysteriously reactivated in recent days, sparking wild speculation the company is plotting a comeback


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View: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRjrJ9SaFMM
 

nivek

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Female California police union exec, 64, is charged with running eight-year, global FENTANYL operation from her gated community home - and using the union's UPS account to ship the killer drug

The office manager for a Northern California police union allegedly imported illegal synthetic opioids from India and other countries and at least once used her work computer and address and the union's UPS account to ship the drugs within the country.

Joanne Marian Segovia, executive director of the San Jose Police Officers' Association, was charged with attempting to unlawfully import valeryl fentanyl, a synthetic opioid, federal prosecutors said in a statement Wednesday. If convicted, she faces up to 20 years in prison.

Starting in 2015, Segovia had at least 61 drug shipments mailed to her San Jose home from India, Hong Kong, Hungary and Singapore with manifests that listed their contents as 'wedding party favors,' 'gift makeup,' 'chocolate and sweets' and 'food supplement,' according to a federal criminal complaint unsealed Tuesday.


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pigfarmer

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Pierre Poilievre speaks common sense. Turd-O (my nickname for him) is literally repackaging the 'my spoons made me fat' argument
 

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CDC team sent in to study health impacts of toxic Ohio train derailment fell ill themselves while investigating danger zone

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) team studying the health impacts of the Ohio train derailment fell ill themselves during the investigation.

Seven of the team suffered sore throats, headaches, coughing and nausea in early March — the same symptoms experienced by residents following the train derailment on February 3, which released a toxic soup of chemicals into East Palestine and beyond.

The government investigators were carrying out door-to-door surveys in the area to determine the effects on residents' health.

The US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) insist the air quality in the area is safe, but evidence to the contrary is mounting, as scientists from Texas A&M and Carnegie Mellon University found the air contained 'higher than normal' concentrations of nine potentially harmful chemicals.

The chemicals on the board the train were vinyl chloride, butyl acrylate, benzene residue, glycol monobutyl ether, ethylhexyl acrylate and isobutylene


A CDC spokesperson told CNN: 'Symptoms resolved for most team members later the same afternoon, and everyone resumed work on survey data collection within 24 hours. Impacted team members have not reported ongoing health effects.'

It is unclear what caused their symptoms, but officers and physicians in the CDC's Epidemic Intelligence Service on the team, said they found it suspicious they all feel sick simultaneously and with similar symptoms.

The team began to feel better once they exited East Palestine, the CDC official told CNN.


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I'm going to put all these train news clips into their own thread...'Derail' is going to be the word for 2023...

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Yet another train derailment sees 25 freight cars tumble into a Montana river just weeks after massive crashes in South Dakota and Ohio

At least 25 cars on a train traveling through Montana derailed Sunday morning, spilling out contents into the area and a local body of water.

The derailment occurred around 9am in Sanders County, a rural area located roughly 250 miles northwest of Butte.

First responders reported to the scene immediately and told local outlets there was no threat to the public, however, it's unknown what the cars were carrying.

The latest incident comes after recent train derailments in Minnesota, Ohio, and South Dakota, each carrying hazardous materials that have caused safety concerns.

According to the Federal Railroad Administration,
there were some 1,164 train derailments in 2022. On average, the country experiences roughly three derailments per day.

At least 25 cars on a train traveling through Montana derailed Sunday morning, spilling out contents into the area and a local body of water.


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I'm going to put all these train news clips into their own thread...'Derail' is going to be the word for 2023...

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Yet another train derailment sees 25 freight cars tumble into a Montana river just weeks after massive crashes in South Dakota and Ohio

At least 25 cars on a train traveling through Montana derailed Sunday morning, spilling out contents into the area and a local body of water.

The derailment occurred around 9am in Sanders County, a rural area located roughly 250 miles northwest of Butte.

First responders reported to the scene immediately and told local outlets there was no threat to the public, however, it's unknown what the cars were carrying.

The latest incident comes after recent train derailments in Minnesota, Ohio, and South Dakota, each carrying hazardous materials that have caused safety concerns.

According to the Federal Railroad Administration,
there were some 1,164 train derailments in 2022. On average, the country experiences roughly three derailments per day.

At least 25 cars on a train traveling through Montana derailed Sunday morning, spilling out contents into the area and a local body of water.


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No way these are all coincidences!
 

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According to the Federal Railroad Administration, there were some 1,164 train derailments in 2022. On average, the country experiences roughly three derailments per day.
It seems to be a common occurrence in the US. Since the incident in Ohio, there is an intense public focus upon train derailments. I don't think it it likely that there is a conspiracy to cause train derailments. The frequency may be increasing if there is insufficient investment in track infrastructure.
 

nivek

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It seems to be a common occurrence in the US. Since the incident in Ohio, there is an intense public focus upon train derailments. I don't think it it likely that there is a conspiracy to cause train derailments. The frequency may be increasing if there is insufficient investment in track infrastructure.

Even so, it's possible someone or some group could obtain this information and take advantage by causing more deadly derailments as the recent Ohio catastrophe...Maybe a but if a stretch though, I don't know, but yeah we should be investing in these systems of transport if we're going to continue to be dependent on them...

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