{"id":174974,"date":"2025-10-11T07:00:48","date_gmt":"2025-10-11T11:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=174974"},"modified":"2025-10-09T18:54:07","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T22:54:07","slug":"saturday-shorts-7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.azuse.cloud\/?p=174974","title":{"rendered":"Saturday shorts"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Got a few quickies today –<\/p>\n

Did he push too far? A San Francisco denizen name of Troy McAlister has asked his sentence be swapped for a drug addiction and mental-health program.<\/p>\n

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A career criminal is asking to swap prison time for a drug-treatment program nearly five years after his New Year\u2019s Eve rampage in downtown San Francisco allegedly killed two pedestrians \u2013 reigniting fierce debate over California\u2019s woke criminal justice practices.<\/p>\n

On Friday, Troy McAlister\u2019s attorney, Scott Grant, asked the court to grant mental-health and substance-abuse diversion under California Penal Code \u00a71001.36, which could allow McAlister to enter treatment instead of facing decades in prison if Judge Michael Begert rules that he qualifies.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Might be worth noting that McAlister’s rap sheet looks like a roll of toilet paper:\u00a0 91 felonies. NINETY-ONE.<\/em><\/p>\n

McAlister was on parole on Dec. 31, 2020, when he allegedly drove a stolen car while intoxicated, ran a red light, and killed Hanako Abe, 27, and Elizabeth Platt, 60.Fox News<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

I know his lawer is just doing what is supposed to be doing, but some in the city are taking note and protesting. In that city I am surprised they aren’t electing him.<\/p>\n

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In an admission that shocked absolutely no one, Vladimir Putin admitted that Russian air defenses shot down the Azerbaijani flight which crashed near Grozny last year, killing 38.<\/p>\n

Putin said the missiles fired by Russian air defenses to target a Ukrainian drone exploded near the Azerbaijan Airlines plane flying from Baku as it was preparing to land in Grozny, the regional capital of the Russian republic of Chechnya, on Dec. 25, 2024.<\/p>\n

Speaking to Aliyev on Thursday, Putin said that Russian air defenses that targeted a Ukrainian drone fired on the Azerbaijani airliner because of a \u201ctechnical malfunction,\u201d adding that two missiles exploded just 10 meters (33 feet) away from the passenger jet.\u00a0\u00a0AP<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n

My Russian is beyond weak, but I think that translates to “we did it but it’s all Ukraine’s fault.” Used to hear that sort of line when my kids were like 4.<\/p>\n

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You would think they would learn. Activists tried over the last two weeks to sail yet another “flotilla” to Gaza, and the Israelis intercepted them yet again. This time there were only 9 boats, supposedly carrying medical supplies and aid, with 150 on board. Take a look at the photo – that is 5 of the 9 boats. Add 15 people per boat, and you have about enough room left over for a few first aid kits, not meaningful aid.<\/p>\n

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The intervention by Israel comes less than a week after it intercepted a larger flotilla of 42 vessels and detained 450 people. Among them was Swedish activist Greta Thunberg.<\/p>\n

Some of those detained from the Global Sumud Flotilla accused Israel of humiliating and abusive treatment while they were detained. Thunberg said she was held in a bedbug-infested cell, denied sufficient food and clean water, and was forced to pose for photos with Israeli flags.\u00a0\u00a0UPI<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

We’ll get right on calling that exterminator for you, ma’am. Anything else?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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