Voters in Italy went big for anti European Union parties in the country's election over this past weekend. The 5 Star Movement won just under one third of the vote leaving it with a plurality of the parlimentary seats to be allocated. The traditional leftist pantsuit Democratic party managed less than 19 percent of the vote leaving it likely to be shut out of the upcoming effort to build a government. Two generally right wing parties by Italian standards Lega and Forza Italia won 17.7 and 13.9 percent of the vote. Make Italy, Great Again!
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Mining Rig Heist In Iceland: Arrests Made But No Material Recovered
Reports are emerging that allege 600 Bitcoin mining rigs and other supporting materials were stolen from a data center in Iceland between December 2017 and January 2018 (archived). No materials have been recovered and out of 11 arrests related to the investigation, local police are only keeping two suspects in custody.
Favorable electricity prices in Iceland have set the island up to be one of the first regions where power consumption for Bitcoin mining exceeds power consumption for other purposes.
Dublin Looters Destroy Grocery Store
Looters in Dublin, Ireland appropriated a piece of construction equipment and removed structural material from a Lidl grocery store to achieve ingress and egress from the premises (archived). Reports out of Ireland and Airstrip One suggest a state of chaos amid routine winter weather self declared local authorities are apparently no longer capable of handling.
Attacks In Ouagadougou Hit French Embassy And Other Sites
Today in Ouagadougou militants launched a coordinated series of attacks. They detonated vehicle mounted explosives in the parking lot of a local military headquarters, and assaulted the French Embassy1 and other sites in this capital city of Burkina Faso. Due to the city's isolation from civilization, it is unlikely accurate accounts of the day's events will become available.
Very Cold Britain Running Out Of Natural Gas
Britain's natural gas grid operators issued a warming that on this very day they will not have enough natural gas to meet heating demand in the middle of a stretch of severe winter weather. The numbers offered by the fellows issuing the warning on the day of the crisis are a shortfall of 54 million cubic metres or 14% less gas on hand than Britain needs today (archived).
South Africa Set To Begin Uncompensated Land Thefts
On Tuesday the militant black power gang calling itself South Africa's parliament began passed legislation to seize all white owned land without compensation. The double talking Thief in Chief Cyril Ramaphosa (WOT:nonperson) offered these comments about this complete disenfranchisement of the country's remaining white population:
No-one is saying that land must be taken away from our people. Rather, it is how we can make sure that our people have equitable access to land and security of tenure. We must see this process of accelerated land redistribution as an opportunity and not as a threat.
At a time when the South African port city of Cape Town is running out of water under their mismanagement, the political criminal organization calling itself the African National Congress is resorting to race baiting and redistributive theft in a desperate attempt to salvage their public opinion. On how the loot from their plunder will be managed, Chief Thief offered:
We will handle it with responsibility. We will handle it in a way that will not damage our economy, that is not going to damage agricultural production.
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"Facebook Live" Fails To Stop Man With Gun, One Dead
A North Carolina man was shot while using Facebook's Live video feature to "out" suspected drug dealers in his community (archived). Both parties involved in the incident have felony convictions for selling cocaine, however the party armed with a firearm survived while the party armed with social media did not. The deceased's last words were:
"You on Live"
Police Chief Donnie Gay who talked to the social media wielder "on Live" minutes before the shooting offered that he though the fellow would get beat up rather than getting shot dead for recreationally outing drug dealers.
Apple Hands Over More Keys
Apple surrendered to Oriental Socialism and moved encryption keys for Chinese users to Chinese servers at the behest of Party officials. According to Reuters, 'Chinese authorities can now get a Chinese legal order and tell Apple to hand over user data. Apple will have no choice but to comply with the order." Apple already complies with U.S. Department of [in]Justice requests, and appears poised to work with "Party officials" worldwide. The Chinese just get preference for assembling the merchandise.
Theft Today: Djibouti Breaks Contract And Seizes Private Port
The government of Djibouti seized the Doraleh Container Terminal from UAE based DP World. In doing so the theives governing Djibouti unilaterally breached a 30 year contract they entered into with DP World in 2006 allowing the firm to develop the port out of nothing and operate the port as part of their enterprise. Operations at the port began in 2009. (archived)
Chicoms Take Their Anbang
The Chicoms have seized local conglomerate with international holdings Anbang and turned it over to the Chinese Insurance Regulatory Commision nominally to "protect the rights and interests of consumers."