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A black family living in Los Angeles was horrified to discover their Ford Mustang defaced with a vile racial slur and swastikas over the holidays. Reginald Scott, who has lived in the San Pedro neighborhood for 20 years, told the station KTLA that his sports car was allegedly vandalized sometime between Christmas Day and New Year’s Day. The unidentified alleged hatemonger used black spray paint to scrawl the words “Merry Christmas -----” in huge letters across the right side of the red Mustang. Swastikas were painted on the car’s bumper and its tires were also slashed.

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia is losing the Critical equipment in Avdiivka | Ukraine wins the fight https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZksUfLnycsQ MilitaryLand.net It’s time to look into the future and talk about what awaits us in 2024. In a few weeks, it will be ten years since Russia annexed Crimea and invaded Donbas. Now the focus on will shift back to the beginning of the website: Ukrainian regular and volunteer units. If you like the maps, please stay tuned for more details. *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

A teenager was shot to death at a New York City Housing Authority complex in Brooklyn Tuesday evening, cops said. The violence unfolded at 9 p.m. outside building eight of the Bay View Houses in Canarsie. Officers found the 15-year-old with a single gunshot wound to the torso, according to the NYPD

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzian Tactics is Just Stupid | They waste their army in Avdiivka https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2BldXQoXUHQ The reveal of 152nd Mechanized Brigade: 152nd Mechanized Brigade joins 151st, 153rd, 154th Mechanized Brigades and makes a public appearance. The brigade received its official insignia, motto – There shouldn’t be fear in us, and military unit number – A4948. https://militaryland.net/news/the-reveal-of-152nd-mechanized-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

The countdown to 2024 has officially entered the homestretch. Your party plans are made and your outfit has been selected. Now, all that’s left is to curl up with a good movie and wait until the clock strikes midnight. But with the countless festive films currently circulating on all streaming services, picking the right one seems like an impossible task. If you’re looking to get into your feels, films such as “When Harry Met Sally…,” “Carol” and “About Time” might be on your watchlist. Or perhaps “Moonstruck,” “200 Cigarettes, “Ghostbusters II” or “Bridget Jones’s Diary” would suffice. Below, find The...

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine Targeted VIP Ruzzain officers in Donetsk | Great start of 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KSqTdRPd9I The reveal of 152nd Mechanized Brigade: 152nd Mechanized Brigade joins 151st, 153rd, 154th Mechanized Brigades and makes a public appearance. The brigade received its official insignia, motto – There shouldn’t be fear in us, and military unit number – A4948. https://militaryland.net/news/the-reveal-of-152nd-mechanized-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Why Putin Failed in 2023 and will Fail in 2024 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iEq9aXkspBs 152nd Mechanized Brigade joins 151st, 153rd, 154th Mechanized Brigades and makes a public appearance. The brigade received its official insignia, motto – There shouldn’t be fear in us, and military unit number – A4948. According to posts on social media, the brigade is made up mainly from mobilized soldiers. https://militaryland.net/news/the-reveal-of-152nd-mechanized-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzia Strikes Ukraine | Biggest missile attack | Putin is Loser https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekM7XJU9Ev0 Official introduction of 153rd Mechanized Brigade December 27, 2023 Today, the 153rd Mechanized Brigade was publicly announced. The unit received its insignia and motto – the power of unconquered. https://militaryland.net/news/official-introduction-of-153rd-mechanized-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

In 1902, a miner named William "Burro" Schmidt began digging a tunnel through a mountain in California's Mojave Desert. He continued, by hand, for three decades, despite that a road was built during that time, and his tunnel came out on a ledge above the valley. You can visit Schmidt's work down a silty dirt road. It's a slidey, sandy journey, but it's so easy in the Chevy Colorado ZR2 that if Schmidt had had one, he wouldn't have bothered trying to make a shortcut. Much like the burros that gave Schmidt his nickname, the Colorado is stubborn and sure-footed....

Update from Ukraine | One of the Worst days for the Ruzzian Army | All Failed | Crazy Tactics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pfS4x4erVR4 Official introduction of 153rd Mechanized Brigade December 27, 2023 Today, the 153rd Mechanized Brigade was publicly announced. The unit received its insignia and motto – the power of unconquered. https://militaryland.net/news/official-introduction-of-153rd-mechanized-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

A tourist from Singapore fell to her death Friday while snapping photos with her husband on the edge of a cliff in a New York state park, authorities said. Nur Aisyah Binte MD Akbar, 39, plunged 70 feet after slipping off the cliff while on a hiking trip with her husband in the Hudson Valley region, state police said. The woman and her husband stopped to take photos at the edge of a cliff on the Beacon Hill Trail in Minnewaska State Park when she “lost her footing” and went over the side Friday afternoon, according to police.

A pair of crafty burglars forced their way into a Queens home and made off with $174,000 in cash, jewelry and handbags, police said. The brazen daytime break-in took place earlier this month, but the NYPD on Thursday released an image from surveillance video showing the bandits’ suspected getaway driver. The two unidentified crooks used “unknown tools” to damage the locked front door of an apartment near 136th Street and Booth Memorial Avenue in the Queensboro Hill at around 10:15 am on Dec. 4, according to the police. The duo then proceeded to ransack the residence, swiping about $130,000 in...

Shocking video shows the moment three gunmen ambushed a vehicle in Queens Tuesday night, killing a mother who was sitting in the front passenger seat and wounding the driver. Clarisa Burgos, 28, was in a black Honda sedan that was pulled over near 127th Street and Liberty Avenue in Richmond Hill when she and the 39-year-old male driver came under fire just before midnight. Burgos was shot once in the head and died on the spot, police said. “We’ve raised her in a good way, with love,” her aunt told The Post before closing the door Wednesday.

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine even Now Took the Ground and Moved towards Horlivka | Awesome News https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TkbQuCd0-Yo Official introduction of 153rd Mechanized Brigade December 27, 2023 Today, the 153rd Mechanized Brigade was publicly announced. The unit received its insignia and motto – the power of unconquered. https://militaryland.net/news/official-introduction-of-153rd-mechanized-brigade/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ruzzain NAVY Disaster | Minus 2 Ships| Full review of the case | Ukraine Rules https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-C_kCurKdJo Invasion Day 665 – Summary December 21, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Update from Ukraine | Ukraine targeted a Huge Ruzzian Ship in Crimea | Big Kaboom https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N4B5waIRUbY Invasion Day 665 – Summary December 21, 2023 https://militaryland.net/news/invasion-day-665-summary/ [NOTE: two summaries per week, released on Wednesday and Sunday] *** Great interactive maps with viewer controlled Map magnification tool to use for each Front! https://militaryland.net/maps/

Porsche and Audi issued recalls for more than 130,000 battery-electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles to address two unrelated fire risks. The larger of the two campaigns is actually directed not at the cars themselves, but at the charging cables that were sold with them. This recall covers all vehicles sold with the company's 40-amp, 220/240V "industrial" charging cable designed to fit a NEMA 14-50 outlet. Parent company Volkswagen says Porsche and Audi were made aware of instances where the cable could overheat due to a poor-quality, outdated or defective home electrical setup, potentially leading to a house fire. VW said...

Would you pay $650 for a table at Applebee’s in Times Square to watch the ball drop? Apparently many New Year’s Eve revelers are willing to fork over just that and even more — including $12,500 for a luxury couples package at the Marriott Marquis — to ring in 2024, according to events entrepreneur Joshua Perla. Perla, founder of events sites BallDrop.com and NewYears.com, said business has been brisk for the 30 different Times Square packages. “We are seeing an uptick in the price consumers are spending on New Year’s Eve tickets that include a live view of the ball...

The early ‘90s was truly a different time for luxury cars. BMW and Mercedes-Benz were niche players in the U.S., selling around 84,000 and 75,000 Autobahn-tuned sedans, coupes, and station wagons respectively in 1994. By contrast, Cadillac moved over 210,000 DeVilles, Sevilles, Fleetwoods, and Eldorados. That's more than both German brands combined. The Cimarron was a fading memory, Lexus wasn’t posing an existential threat yet, and life was good. Just ask any of the fine folks at Williamson Cadillac near Miami, the subject of this candid showroom video shot 30 years ago. If you’ve ever wondered what it was like...

Two teenage girls were stabbed inside Grand Central Terminal on Christmas morning, leading to a man’s arrest for attempted murder, transit authorities said. The two girls, ages 14 and 16, were attacked while in the Grand Central Dining Concourse around 11:25 a.m. Monday and suffered non-life-threatening stab wounds, the MTA Police Department said. Less than a minute later, the cops arrested a suspect in the attack, who was identified as 36-year-old Steven Hutcherson.