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quote Originally posted by Wichita: Anyone see the footage of the leftist who shot the cops in Fargo? Very disturbing. There is no excuse for that, although the left is celebrating the death and injury of police officers. Leftist [sic] are not good people.

Mohamad Barakat, age 37, was the perpetrator of an ambush-like shooting episode in Fargo, North Dakota. He killed one police officer and injured two other police officers and a person described as a bystander, before being killed himself by the police who responded to the crime.

The "Sage of the Cenozoic", with the remarks that I just quoted, has categorized Mohamad Barakat as having been a leftist.

He's been on target before with remarks of this kind (once or twice), so let's see how the these new remarks from the Discerning Dinosaur stand up to the most up to date information available.

The Bismarck Tribune updated their reporting on this story as recently as yesterday:

quote The shooting investigation remains active and is “proceeding to its logical conclusion,” Wrigley said. Investigators are awaiting information from FBI interviews as well as firearms testing to ensure Barakat's weapons aren't connected to other illegal activity, the attorney general said. After the shooting, investigators found numerous guns, 1,800 rounds of ammunition, a homemade grenade and explosives in Barakat's vehicle. However, authorities had no new information Thursday as to what was Barakat’s motive. Authorities have said Barakat’s internet queries over the past five years included “kill fast,” “explosive ammo,” “incendiary rounds,” “mass shooting events,” and one for “area events where there are crowds,” which brought up a news article with the headline, ”Thousands enjoy first day of Downtown Fargo Street Fair,” a day before the shooting. Police visited Barakat’s home and interviewed him at least twice in recent years due to concerns related to his guns, though authorities say he appeared to have acquired the weapons legally. Barakat was a Syrian national who came to the U.S. on an asylum request in 2012 and became a U.S. citizen in 2019, Wrigley has said.

In the other reports that I've seen, which came shortly after July 14 when the crime was perpetrated, Fargo and North Dakota authorities were quoted as saying that the evidence they had discovered did not point them towards any explanation of a motive behind the violence.

I don't know about you, but unless the investigation of motive moves farther beyond where it stood as of yesterday, and there's more reporting on it, I think it would be premature for any responsible media outlet to put this "Einstein" image front and center in their reporting, unless they were doing it with a wink and a nod (so to speak), as one of those intentionally humorous story lines or visuals that have become de rigueur for prime time cable TV programs like MSNB's "Alex Wagner Tonight."



The humor comes from irony, or punning. It's very common. So if Alex Wagner's program (for example), were going to report on this assertion that the Fargo perpetrator was motivated by a leftist political motivation, you might very well see that image, looking as if it's being projected onto the studio wall to the rear of Alex Wagner, as she begins her report. That would be "irony."

Take my word for it.


"Dramatic video footage shows shooting ambush in Fargo that killed an officer, wounded others"
Jack Dura (AP) in the Bismarck Tribune; August 17, 2023.
arcktribune.com/news/state-regional/crime-courts/fargo-police-video-shooting-evidence/article_f7a974d0-03d4-5fa2-98bb-2ca878951cce.html

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Predictably, and right on cue, the devotees of deception on social media crafted their newest lie.

The FEMA Critical Needs Assistance one-time payments of $700 per household are only part of the Biden administration's response to the Maui fires catastrophe.

quote Why am I only approved for $700 after I apply for disaster assistance? After you register with FEMA, you may be approved for a one-time immediate payment of $700 for Critical Needs Assistance, one of several types of federal assistance you may be eligible to receive. Critical Needs Assistance is typically approved quickly because it is meant to help with immediate needs like water, food, and fuel. Examples of other types of assistance include help with a temporary place to stay, funding home repairs, and emergency needs that insurance and other financial assistance sources may not cover. Learn more about the [various] types of FEMA assistance.

"FEMA online"
https://www.fema.gov/node/w...-disaster-assistance

quote The Federal Emergency Management Agency on Friday said it's approved more than $5.6 million in aid for survivors of the wildfires in Maui, with the total expected to grow sharply as the scope of the disaster comes into focus. Making up that total is $1.6 million in rent assistance paid so far, costs of housing survivors in hotels, and a one-time payment of $700 per household for essentials like food and clothing Wind-driven fires destroyed much of the town of Lahaina in Maui, consuming or damaging thousands of structures. The extent of the damage means FEMA's aid totals are likely to increase by a significant amount. For comparison, after fire destroyed the city of Paradise in California in 2018, FEMA paid $238 million in total assistance. FEMA will open a recovery center in Maui to speed up its aid distribution. It says survivors will need to register to be eligible for most aid. Some 4,400 individuals had applied for critical need assistance by midweek. Longer-term aid will likely come with requirements for documentation. Officials say FEMA will continue rental assistance, and may offer repair or property reimbursement to help residents whose insurance may not cover it all. Disaster risk modeling firm Karen Clark & Company projected that the Lahaina fire caused some $3.2 billion in insured losses, according to figures cited by The Associated Press. The Small Business Administration is offering businesses and nonprofits low-interest disaster loans. Renters and homeowners may also be eligible for loans of up to $100,000 to replace destroyed property, and up to $500,000 for damaged or destroyed real estate.

"Here's what FEMA is paying to help Maui recover from the fires"
NBC affiliate KULR8; Billings, MT; August 18, 2023.
https://www.kulr8.com/news/...3c-6474d90da834.html

Many of the memes and cartoons that appear regularly on this forum are the work of "deceptionists."

They're not good people.

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quote Rumor: FEMA is only giving Hawaii wildfire survivors $700 per household. This is not true. There is a range of federal disaster assistance available. Critical Needs Assistance provides a onetime payment of $700 to address immediate needs such as food, water and clothing. This is just one of several types of federal assistance you may be eligible to receive. As applications are reviewed, you can check your application status online or call 800-xxx-xxxx to find out what types of disaster assistance you are eligible to receive.

The text that's highlighted in green is an embedded https hyperlink on the FEMA page. (But not here.) The FEMA page has an actual 800 telephone number.

FEMA; August 18, 2023.
https://www.fema.gov/node/f...vivors-700-household

At the end of August, 2021, Gulf Coast Hurricane Ida struck Louisiana. That's when FEMA rolled out its Critical Needs Assistance program, offering a one-time $500 payment per household intended to cover food, water, prescriptions, medical supplies and other life-saving and life-sustaining items.

Obviously, it's been bumped to a current $700 one-time payment per household. I don't know when that happened, but it's a moot point, as far as calling out the obvious disinformation that appeared in this thread when this cartoon image was posted:

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