The RoanokeSlant
This file is a US personal journal of commentary of examples of the Roanoke Times and Liberal Media Slant...... lbhagen@aol.comSunday, January 25, 2026
Roanoke Valley Snow: Inches Not Feet
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Peggy Lee -- Is That All There Is? 1969
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This week the Roanoke weather TV people went postal forecasting massive arctic-type weather for the Roanoke Valley with forecasts of multiple feet of snow Saturday night into Sunday. Be afraid – be very afraid!
So Far Sun noon: Mother Nature sent inches Not feet!
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Sunday morning the Roanoke-Area TV weather people tried desperately to make avalanches out of what hunters would call ‘hardly tracking snow’.
A real-time-news ride up I-81 with not enough snow to plow – although plows were dispatched for the projected blizzard – we’re here -- so – lower the blades and run.
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Somehow the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars into weather forecasting has been disappointing at best – reflections of the apocalyptic global warming thing.
However, the antics and body-language of the “weather-people” make watching TV somewhat entertaining if not informative.
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Weather Forecast and Conditions for Roanoke, Virginia --- noon Sunday https://weather.com
Cloudy. Snow likely this afternoon. High 27F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/this-weekends-newsy-weather.html
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Peggy Lee -- Is That All There Is? 1969
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This week the Roanoke weather TV people went postal forecasting massive arctic-type weather for the Roanoke Valley with forecasts of multiple feet of snow Saturday night into Sunday. Be afraid – be very afraid!
So Far Sun noon: Mother Nature sent inches Not feet!
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Sunday morning the Roanoke-Area TV weather people tried desperately to make avalanches out of what hunters would call ‘hardly tracking snow’.
A real-time-news ride up I-81 with not enough snow to plow – although plows were dispatched for the projected blizzard – we’re here -- so – lower the blades and run.
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Somehow the investment of hundreds of millions of dollars into weather forecasting has been disappointing at best – reflections of the apocalyptic global warming thing.
However, the antics and body-language of the “weather-people” make watching TV somewhat entertaining if not informative.
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Weather Forecast and Conditions for Roanoke, Virginia --- noon Sunday https://weather.com
Cloudy. Snow likely this afternoon. High 27F. Winds ESE at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 70%. Snow accumulations less than one inch.
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http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/this-weekends-newsy-weather.html
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Saturday, January 24, 2026
This Weekends Newsy Weather
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The media and social interactions are all about the weather!
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Two thousand US miles of snow, sleet, ice, rain, hard-frost and then it gets bad!
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The famous quote, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,"
The media and social interactions are all about the weather!
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Two thousand US miles of snow, sleet, ice, rain, hard-frost and then it gets bad!
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The famous quote, "Everybody talks about the weather, but nobody does anything about it,"
is widely and mistakenly attributed to Mark Twain. It was actually written by his friend and collaborator, Charles Dudley Warner, in an editorial in the Hartford Courant on August 27, 1897. The phrase highlights the tendency to complain about inevitable conditions.
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Thursday, January 22, 2026
Greenland NATO Compromise?
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Trump strikes ‘framework’ for deal on Greenland, Arctic and drops threat of tariff on Europe
Trump strikes ‘framework’ for deal on Greenland, Arctic and drops threat of tariff on Europe
Trump strikes 'framework' for deal on Greenland, Arctic and drops threat of tariff on Europe - Washington Times
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Trump touts 'total access' Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trumps-greenland-climbdown-triggers-relief-way-forward-unclear-2026-01-22/
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Trump touts 'total access' Greenland deal as NATO asks allies to step up
https://www.reuters.com/world/europe/trumps-greenland-climbdown-triggers-relief-way-forward-unclear-2026-01-22/
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It appears that Trump has extracted from NATO countries, sufficient military commitments upon Greenland territory, to satisfy US antiRussian and antiChina defensive weapons and monitoring facilities.
These future facilities are deemed critical to US national defense as is the denial of Russian military facilities upon Greenland.
Russian aggression into Ukraine is a stark reminder of their capability to quickly establish a ‘beachhead’ in a targeted country with threat of nuclear war toward any action to dislodge them.
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Donald Trump said he agreed on a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security with the head of NATO. Trump said the outcome would be “all the military access we want” to Greenland.
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-trump-arctic-security-nato-d74c0ffcf1db904a2a9c3b2c5c5b8d03
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NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, “did not propose any compromise to sovereignty during his meeting with President Trump.” She said that negotiations between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. “will go forward aimed at ensuring that Russia and China never gain a foothold - economically or militarily - in Greenland.”
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Christan Friis Bach, the chair of the Danish parliament’s foreign policy committee, told The Associated Press that Denmark wants to see a “consolidated and permanent” NATO surveillance and security mission in the Arctic, along the lines of the Baltic Sentry mission the alliance launched in the Baltic Sea last year.
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Russia military in the Arctic NOW!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-obama-gore-view-of-arctic-vs-putin.html
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Greenland: Europeans Would Be NoShows Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/greenland-europeans-would-be-noshows.html
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Ukraine Dove Dead Or Alive – A lesson for Greenland
Everyone’s talking ceasefire and peace options EXCEPT the Invader who started and promotes this war and is holding major territory and vital shoreline and ports and who is inflicting massive losses on Ukraine.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/ukraine-dove-dead-or-alive.html
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It appears that Trump has extracted from NATO countries, sufficient military commitments upon Greenland territory, to satisfy US antiRussian and antiChina defensive weapons and monitoring facilities.
These future facilities are deemed critical to US national defense as is the denial of Russian military facilities upon Greenland.
Russian aggression into Ukraine is a stark reminder of their capability to quickly establish a ‘beachhead’ in a targeted country with threat of nuclear war toward any action to dislodge them.
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Donald Trump said he agreed on a “framework of a future deal” on Arctic security with the head of NATO. Trump said the outcome would be “all the military access we want” to Greenland.
https://apnews.com/article/denmark-greenland-trump-arctic-security-nato-d74c0ffcf1db904a2a9c3b2c5c5b8d03
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NATO spokesperson Allison Hart said the alliance’s secretary general, Mark Rutte, “did not propose any compromise to sovereignty during his meeting with President Trump.” She said that negotiations between Denmark, Greenland and the U.S. “will go forward aimed at ensuring that Russia and China never gain a foothold - economically or militarily - in Greenland.”
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Christan Friis Bach, the chair of the Danish parliament’s foreign policy committee, told The Associated Press that Denmark wants to see a “consolidated and permanent” NATO surveillance and security mission in the Arctic, along the lines of the Baltic Sentry mission the alliance launched in the Baltic Sea last year.
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Russia military in the Arctic NOW!
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-obama-gore-view-of-arctic-vs-putin.html
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Greenland: Europeans Would Be NoShows Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/greenland-europeans-would-be-noshows.html
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Ukraine Dove Dead Or Alive – A lesson for Greenland
Everyone’s talking ceasefire and peace options EXCEPT the Invader who started and promotes this war and is holding major territory and vital shoreline and ports and who is inflicting massive losses on Ukraine.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/ukraine-dove-dead-or-alive.html
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Wednesday, January 21, 2026
The US Version Of ‘The Brown Shirts’
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The antigovernment anti-Ice mobs that have taken over the streets, businesses, homes and now a church have become indistinguishable from the Nazi Brown Shirts of 1938.
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DOJ says it will ‘pursue charges’ against Don Lemon, anti-ICE protesters for St. Paul church invasion
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/doj-hints-at-charges-against-don-lemon-for-st-paul-church-invasion/
The Department of Justice will “pursue charges” against the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a Sunday church service in St. Paul, including disgraced former CNN reporter Don Lemon, who feebly attempted to cloak his participation in the chaos as an “act of journalism.”
Assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that the department “will pursue charges” related to the incident in which families and children were terrorized by a screaming mob of protesters at Cities Church.
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The antigovernment anti-Ice mobs that have taken over the streets, businesses, homes and now a church have become indistinguishable from the Nazi Brown Shirts of 1938.
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DOJ says it will ‘pursue charges’ against Don Lemon, anti-ICE protesters for St. Paul church invasion
https://nypost.com/2026/01/20/us-news/doj-hints-at-charges-against-don-lemon-for-st-paul-church-invasion/
The Department of Justice will “pursue charges” against the anti-ICE agitators who invaded a Sunday church service in St. Paul, including disgraced former CNN reporter Don Lemon, who feebly attempted to cloak his participation in the chaos as an “act of journalism.”
Assistant attorney general for civil rights Harmeet Dhillon told conservative podcaster Benny Johnson that the department “will pursue charges” related to the incident in which families and children were terrorized by a screaming mob of protesters at Cities Church.
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What a stark contrast to the 'uneventful' millions of deportations by Clinton and Obama!
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Hitler formed the 'Brown Shirts" in Munich in 1921, drawing membership from violent anti-leftist and anti-democratic former soldiers (including the Freikorps) in order to lend muscle to the young Nazi Party, using them like a private army to intimidate opponents. According to the Nuremberg Military Tribunal, the SA was ‘a group composed in large part of ruffians and bullies’.
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Reality Of Mass Deportations Coming Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/11/reality-of-mass-deportations-coming.html
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Will State Guard Be Usurped By POTUS Again?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/will-state-guard-be-usurped-by-potus.html
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Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-there-really-school-for-anti-ice.html
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Reality Of Mass Deportations Coming Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2024/11/reality-of-mass-deportations-coming.html
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Will State Guard Be Usurped By POTUS Again?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/will-state-guard-be-usurped-by-potus.html
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Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-there-really-school-for-anti-ice.html
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Tuesday, January 20, 2026
Greenland: Europeans Would Be NoShows Again
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Our European Friends are ‘going postal’ over Trump’s decree that the US should own Greenland before Russia takes it.
They claim that Greenland’s security is secure in Denmark’s hands – Really?
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GreenLand Arctic US Security Conundrum
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/greenland-arctic-us-security-conundrum.html
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How did these ‘Western’ governments, and Denmark, react to Russia’s taking of:
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* On August 8, 2008, Russian forces began the invasion of Georgia, marking the start of Europe's first twenty-first century war.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-2008-russo-georgian-war-putins-green-light/
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* After a 90 minute talk with Obama -- Putin is now clearly taking all of the Crimea Peninsula
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/03/obama-to-putin-please-play-nice-please.html
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* The Russian Bear Attacks Ukraine
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-russian-bear-attacks-ukraine.html
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Based on the NATO and EU’s total capitulation to Russia on the Georgia and Crimea invasions – Putin invaded Ukraine and now holds a major western portion of the country and is destroying much of the remainder.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-years-resolution-selling-out.html
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If Putin landed a division of troops on Greenland tomorrow – what would these ‘talking heads’ do? --- they would have a talkathon at the UN again and insist that the US do something!
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The old football and real-estate code rules: Possession is 90% of the game!
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Our European Friends are ‘going postal’ over Trump’s decree that the US should own Greenland before Russia takes it.
They claim that Greenland’s security is secure in Denmark’s hands – Really?
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GreenLand Arctic US Security Conundrum
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/greenland-arctic-us-security-conundrum.html
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How did these ‘Western’ governments, and Denmark, react to Russia’s taking of:
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* On August 8, 2008, Russian forces began the invasion of Georgia, marking the start of Europe's first twenty-first century war.
https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/blogs/ukrainealert/the-2008-russo-georgian-war-putins-green-light/
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* After a 90 minute talk with Obama -- Putin is now clearly taking all of the Crimea Peninsula
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/03/obama-to-putin-please-play-nice-please.html
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* The Russian Bear Attacks Ukraine
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/02/the-russian-bear-attacks-ukraine.html
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Based on the NATO and EU’s total capitulation to Russia on the Georgia and Crimea invasions – Putin invaded Ukraine and now holds a major western portion of the country and is destroying much of the remainder.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-years-resolution-selling-out.html
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If Putin landed a division of troops on Greenland tomorrow – what would these ‘talking heads’ do? --- they would have a talkathon at the UN again and insist that the US do something!
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The old football and real-estate code rules: Possession is 90% of the game!
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Sunday, January 18, 2026
Will State Guard Be Usurped By POTUS Again?
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Reflections: Seems like yesterday when D.Gov Faubus activated the Little Rock National Guard to block nine Black students from desegregating Central High School
Next day R.Pres Eisenhower nationalized that Guard Unit, confined it to barracks, declared martial law, and deployed the 101st Airborne to escort the students,
https://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/search?q=little+rock
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US stages troops for Minnesota Rioting & Rebellion
1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment,
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/minnesota-protests-national-guard-immigration-hnk
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota,
Two battalions from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division are on ‘prepare-to-deploy orders’ in Minnesota, according to a US defense official.
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Walz’s Minn National Guard mobilizes on stand-by
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/minnesota-protests-national-guard-immigration-hnk
The Minnesota National Guard “are not deployed to city streets at this time, but are ready to help support public safety,” Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety said in a social media post which included pictures of Guard members gathering bags of equipment alongside a row of trucks on a snowy road.
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Insurrection 101: The POTUS has the authority to nationalize a State’s National Guard and place them under his command.
Key recent examples include President Eisenhower federalizing the Arkansas Guard in 1957, President Kennedy federalizing Mississippi and Alabama Guards (1962, 1963), President Bush federalizing the California Guard (1992 LA Riots), and President Trump federalizing California's Guard (2025 LA protests)
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Reflections: Seems like yesterday when D.Gov Faubus activated the Little Rock National Guard to block nine Black students from desegregating Central High School
Next day R.Pres Eisenhower nationalized that Guard Unit, confined it to barracks, declared martial law, and deployed the 101st Airborne to escort the students,
https://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/search?q=little+rock
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US stages troops for Minnesota Rioting & Rebellion
1,500 soldiers on standby for possible Minnesota deployment,
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/minnesota-protests-national-guard-immigration-hnk
The Pentagon has ordered about 1,500 active-duty soldiers to prepare for possible deployment to Minnesota,
Two battalions from the Alaska-based 11th Airborne Division are on ‘prepare-to-deploy orders’ in Minnesota, according to a US defense official.
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Walz’s Minn National Guard mobilizes on stand-by
https://www.cnn.com/2026/01/18/us/minnesota-protests-national-guard-immigration-hnk
The Minnesota National Guard “are not deployed to city streets at this time, but are ready to help support public safety,” Minnesota’s Department of Public Safety said in a social media post which included pictures of Guard members gathering bags of equipment alongside a row of trucks on a snowy road.
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Insurrection 101: The POTUS has the authority to nationalize a State’s National Guard and place them under his command.
Key recent examples include President Eisenhower federalizing the Arkansas Guard in 1957, President Kennedy federalizing Mississippi and Alabama Guards (1962, 1963), President Bush federalizing the California Guard (1992 LA Riots), and President Trump federalizing California's Guard (2025 LA protests)
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VaGov Spanberger Embraces Illegals
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(Elections have consequences)
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Spanberger scraps Youngkin’s ICE cooperation order on first day in office
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4423068/spanberger-scraps-ice-cooperation-order-first-day/
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has already scrapped an executive order from former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that furthered state law enforcement’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, saying it was “not an appropriate use of state or local resources.”
Spanberger, who was sworn in on Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor, issued a superseding executive order that canceled Youngkin’s directive.
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Youngkin issued his order last year to “improve the safety of all Virginians by maximizing our collaboration with the federal government to enforce immigration law” in the state and use “all available methods to facilitate the arrest and deportation of inadmissible and removable criminal illegal immigrants.”
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(Elections have consequences)
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Spanberger scraps Youngkin’s ICE cooperation order on first day in office
https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/policy/immigration/4423068/spanberger-scraps-ice-cooperation-order-first-day/
Gov. Abigail Spanberger (D-VA) has already scrapped an executive order from former Republican Gov. Glenn Youngkin that furthered state law enforcement’s collaboration with U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, saying it was “not an appropriate use of state or local resources.”
Spanberger, who was sworn in on Saturday as Virginia’s first female governor, issued a superseding executive order that canceled Youngkin’s directive.
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Youngkin issued his order last year to “improve the safety of all Virginians by maximizing our collaboration with the federal government to enforce immigration law” in the state and use “all available methods to facilitate the arrest and deportation of inadmissible and removable criminal illegal immigrants.”
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Under Youngkin
MAKING VIRGINIA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Arrests Sexual Predators, Drug Traffickers, and Violent Thugs Across Virginia in Statewide Sweep
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/03/making-virginia-safe-again-ice-arrests-sexual-predators-drug-traffickers-and
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested dangerous and violent criminals across Virginia including rapists, drug traffickers, abusers, and violent thugs over the past week.
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MAKING VIRGINIA SAFE AGAIN: ICE Arrests Sexual Predators, Drug Traffickers, and Violent Thugs Across Virginia in Statewide Sweep
https://www.dhs.gov/news/2025/11/03/making-virginia-safe-again-ice-arrests-sexual-predators-drug-traffickers-and
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) today announced U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers arrested dangerous and violent criminals across Virginia including rapists, drug traffickers, abusers, and violent thugs over the past week.
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Some history for perspective:
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Spanberger excoriated online as a ‘coward’ for refusal to ditch ‘unhinged’ Jay Jones
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/10/roanoke-times-voter-guides-really.html
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Abigail Defaults On School Bathrooms
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/09/abigail-defaults-on-school-bathrooms.html
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New Va Governor ‘Abigail’ Really Excited
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-va-governor-really-excited.html
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Spanberger excoriated online as a ‘coward’ for refusal to ditch ‘unhinged’ Jay Jones
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/10/roanoke-times-voter-guides-really.html
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Abigail Defaults On School Bathrooms
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/09/abigail-defaults-on-school-bathrooms.html
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New Va Governor ‘Abigail’ Really Excited
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/11/new-va-governor-really-excited.html
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Ukraine Dove Dead Or Alive?
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Everyone’s talking ceasefire and peace options EXCEPT the Invader who started and promotes this war and is holding major territory and vital shoreline and ports and who is inflicting massive losses on Ukraine.
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UK, France strike new Ukraine security pact as US takes lead in ceasefire enforcement
Macron, Starmer and Zelenskyy unveil multinational force plan backed by US-led ceasefire monitoring mechanism
https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-france-strike-new-ukraine-security-pact-us-takes-lead-ceasefire-enforcement
The U.K. and France signed a declaration Tuesday pledging troops for Ukraine under a future peace deal and with security guarantees supported by the U.S. and allied partners.
The declaration was adopted in Paris by the Coalition of the Willing and sets out what leaders said was a framework for lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia, set in international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
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Anyone remember Chamberlain and ‘Peace in our Time’?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain
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Germany Trades Ukraine For Putin PipeLine
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/01/germany-trades-ukraine-for-putin.html
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New Year’s Resolution: Selling Out Ukraine Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-years-resolution-selling-out.html
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Bill Clinton THE Origin Of The Ukraine Debacle?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/08/bill-clinton-origin-of-ukraine-debacle.html
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Everyone’s talking ceasefire and peace options EXCEPT the Invader who started and promotes this war and is holding major territory and vital shoreline and ports and who is inflicting massive losses on Ukraine.
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UK, France strike new Ukraine security pact as US takes lead in ceasefire enforcement
Macron, Starmer and Zelenskyy unveil multinational force plan backed by US-led ceasefire monitoring mechanism
https://www.foxnews.com/world/uk-france-strike-new-ukraine-security-pact-us-takes-lead-ceasefire-enforcement
The U.K. and France signed a declaration Tuesday pledging troops for Ukraine under a future peace deal and with security guarantees supported by the U.S. and allied partners.
The declaration was adopted in Paris by the Coalition of the Willing and sets out what leaders said was a framework for lasting peace between Ukraine and Russia, set in international law and the principles of the United Nations Charter.
Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 triggered Europe’s largest conflict since World War II.
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Anyone remember Chamberlain and ‘Peace in our Time’?
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neville_Chamberlain
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Germany Trades Ukraine For Putin PipeLine
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2022/01/germany-trades-ukraine-for-putin.html
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New Year’s Resolution: Selling Out Ukraine Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/12/new-years-resolution-selling-out.html
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Bill Clinton THE Origin Of The Ukraine Debacle?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/08/bill-clinton-origin-of-ukraine-debacle.html
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Portland Police Chief Crying For Felons
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What is happening to our once great country?
How can so many be so supportive of criminals and illegals?
Were we not as Clinton said: “a country of laws”?
“The phrase "Clinton a country of laws" refers to President Bill Clinton's emphasis on upholding the rule of law, particularly regarding immigration, famously stating, "We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws" during his 1995 State of the Union address”
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Portland Police Chief Literally Cries Admitting: DHS Was Right — Tren de Aragua Ties in CBP Shooting
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/01/10/portland-police-chief-literally-cries-admitting-dhs-was-right-tren-de-aragua-ties-in-cbp-shooting-n2197982
Portland Police Chief Bob Day became visibly emotional—wiping away tears and choking up—at a Friday press conference as he confirmed what the Department of Homeland Security had asserted from the outset: the two Venezuelan nationals shot by Border Patrol agents in self-defense the day prior have confirmed ties to the violent gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).
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Portland AntiFa Red Guards 2020
It’s now clear that the Mayor of Portland and the Governor of Oregon are Fellow-Travelers with the AntiFa Red Guards.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/07/portland-antifa-red-guards_20.html
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Portland Dying Of Self-Inflicted Wounds
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/portland-dying-of-selfinflicted-wounds.html
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Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-there-really-school-for-anti-ice.html
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What is happening to our once great country?
How can so many be so supportive of criminals and illegals?
Were we not as Clinton said: “a country of laws”?
“The phrase "Clinton a country of laws" refers to President Bill Clinton's emphasis on upholding the rule of law, particularly regarding immigration, famously stating, "We are a nation of immigrants. But we are also a nation of laws" during his 1995 State of the Union address”
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Portland Police Chief Literally Cries Admitting: DHS Was Right — Tren de Aragua Ties in CBP Shooting
https://redstate.com/rusty-weiss/2026/01/10/portland-police-chief-literally-cries-admitting-dhs-was-right-tren-de-aragua-ties-in-cbp-shooting-n2197982
Portland Police Chief Bob Day became visibly emotional—wiping away tears and choking up—at a Friday press conference as he confirmed what the Department of Homeland Security had asserted from the outset: the two Venezuelan nationals shot by Border Patrol agents in self-defense the day prior have confirmed ties to the violent gang Tren de Aragua (TdA).
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Portland AntiFa Red Guards 2020
It’s now clear that the Mayor of Portland and the Governor of Oregon are Fellow-Travelers with the AntiFa Red Guards.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/07/portland-antifa-red-guards_20.html
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Portland Dying Of Self-Inflicted Wounds
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2023/08/portland-dying-of-selfinflicted-wounds.html
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Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/is-there-really-school-for-anti-ice.html
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Sunday, January 11, 2026
Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
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Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
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It’s of interest that a lot of left-wing folks celebrated when Charlie Kirk was shot for his beliefs
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/kirk-killing-curdles-female-influencers-compassion-into-cruelty-20250914-p5mutn
However -- Renee Good’s death due to her own reckless and unlawful actions is met with hostile fervor reflective of George Floyd's demise.
Is There Really A School For Anti-ICE Drivers?
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It’s of interest that a lot of left-wing folks celebrated when Charlie Kirk was shot for his beliefs
https://www.afr.com/world/north-america/kirk-killing-curdles-female-influencers-compassion-into-cruelty-20250914-p5mutn
However -- Renee Good’s death due to her own reckless and unlawful actions is met with hostile fervor reflective of George Floyd's demise.
No PravdaMedia 'smirks' to be seen anywhere.
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Renee Nicole Good was Minneapolis ‘ICE Watch’ ‘warrior’ who trained to resist feds before shooting
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/renee-nicole-good-was-minneapolis-ice-watch-warrior-who-trained-to-resist-feds-before-shooting/
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“It’s clear that it’s being coordinated. People are being trained and told how to use their vehicles to impede law enforcement operations, and then to run over anybody who gets in their way, while they go out there and try to disrupt peace and public safety. Americans deserve better,” Noem said.
Noem said she asked the Justice Department to prosecute cases involving anti-ICE ramming attacks as acts of domestic terrorism.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/07/us-news/minneapolis-driver-fatally-shot-by-ice-agent-had-been-stalking-and-impeding-law-enforcement-noem/
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Renee Nicole Good was Minneapolis ‘ICE Watch’ ‘warrior’ who trained to resist feds before shooting
https://nypost.com/2026/01/08/us-news/renee-nicole-good-was-minneapolis-ice-watch-warrior-who-trained-to-resist-feds-before-shooting/
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“It’s clear that it’s being coordinated. People are being trained and told how to use their vehicles to impede law enforcement operations, and then to run over anybody who gets in their way, while they go out there and try to disrupt peace and public safety. Americans deserve better,” Noem said.
Noem said she asked the Justice Department to prosecute cases involving anti-ICE ramming attacks as acts of domestic terrorism.
https://nypost.com/2026/01/07/us-news/minneapolis-driver-fatally-shot-by-ice-agent-had-been-stalking-and-impeding-law-enforcement-noem/
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More Roanoke Times Biased “News”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/more-roanoke-times-biased-news.html
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More Roanoke Times Biased “News”
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/more-roanoke-times-biased-news.html
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Saturday, January 10, 2026
More Roanoke Times Biased “News”
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Democrats Say Things Would Be Much Safer If Law Enforcement Would Just Stop Trying To Enforce The Law | Babylon Bee
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Democrats Say Things Would Be Much Safer If Law Enforcement Would Just Stop Trying To Enforce The Law | Babylon Bee
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Deadly Force Meets Deadly Force
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/deadly-force-meets-deadly-force.html
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Minneapolis ICE shooting: New video appears to show agent's angle
https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-shooting-new-video-agents-angle
Deadly Force Meets Deadly Force
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/deadly-force-meets-deadly-force.html
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Minneapolis ICE shooting: New video appears to show agent's angle
https://www.fox9.com/news/ice-shooting-new-video-agents-angle
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Friday, January 09, 2026
GreenLand Arctic US Security Conundrum
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Trump is and has been making very hawkish statements about “securing” Greenland under a US umbrella.
Trump is and has been making very hawkish statements about “securing” Greenland under a US umbrella.
Donald Trump says the U.S. 'needs' Greenland for Arctic security. Here's why - Washington Times
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Many are criticizing him for his views and statements. Negative views were also focused on the Alaska acquisition-1867 and statehood-1958 and the acquisition of Hawaii-1898 and statehood-1959.
Clearly Alaska would be a BIG issue if still owned by Russia and Hawaii would have been a BIG issue if owned by Japan before WW2.
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Leaving Greenland’s security in the hands of Denmark and their 56,000 fishermen on Greenland is a risk the US cannot accept in the age of Russian military expansionism!
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The Soviets already have a major Arctic military and commercial presence and have bilateral development entities with Norway.
Soviet expansion into the Arctic and Greenland is an unacceptable high risk just as was the Russian expansion into Cuba during JFK’s time and for many of the same reasons.
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“Russia’s sprawling Trefoil military base, located just outside the Arctic Circle.
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Russia operates more than 40 icebreakers, including seven nuclear-powered craft, the Ivan Papanin is the first to feature heavy permanent armament,
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Some relevant recent articles:
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Russia Grabbing The Arctic - Obama Oblivious
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/08/russia-grabbing-arctic-obama-oblivious.html
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The Obama-Gore View Of Arctic vs. The Putin View
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-obama-gore-view-of-arctic-vs-putin.html
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Preparing For Oil War in The Artic
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/07/preparing-for-oil-war-in-artic.html
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Now I Can See The Russian Oil Rigs From My Alaska Home
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/02/now-i-can-see-russian-oil-rigs-from-my.html
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GreenLand Ice Melting Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/04/greenland-ice-melting-again.html
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Norwegian AGW-Hypocrisy
Perhaps the Norwegians have looked back at their Maud wooden sailing ship sailing from Oslo to Nome Alaska in 1918,
Norway has joined a partnership with Russia to develop massive oil and gas fields offshore deep in the Arctic Ocean. So much for worrying about the Arctic Ice Sheet and CO2 global warming.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/01/norwegian-agw-hypocrisy.html
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Al Gore On Submarine Breaking Through Thin Artic Ice
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/12/al-gore-on-submarine-breaking-through.html
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Many are criticizing him for his views and statements. Negative views were also focused on the Alaska acquisition-1867 and statehood-1958 and the acquisition of Hawaii-1898 and statehood-1959.
Clearly Alaska would be a BIG issue if still owned by Russia and Hawaii would have been a BIG issue if owned by Japan before WW2.
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Leaving Greenland’s security in the hands of Denmark and their 56,000 fishermen on Greenland is a risk the US cannot accept in the age of Russian military expansionism!
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The Soviets already have a major Arctic military and commercial presence and have bilateral development entities with Norway.
Soviet expansion into the Arctic and Greenland is an unacceptable high risk just as was the Russian expansion into Cuba during JFK’s time and for many of the same reasons.
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“Russia’s sprawling Trefoil military base, located just outside the Arctic Circle.
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Russia operates more than 40 icebreakers, including seven nuclear-powered craft, the Ivan Papanin is the first to feature heavy permanent armament,
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Some relevant recent articles:
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Russia Grabbing The Arctic - Obama Oblivious
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2015/08/russia-grabbing-arctic-obama-oblivious.html
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The Obama-Gore View Of Arctic vs. The Putin View
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2017/04/the-obama-gore-view-of-arctic-vs-putin.html
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Preparing For Oil War in The Artic
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2009/07/preparing-for-oil-war-in-artic.html
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Now I Can See The Russian Oil Rigs From My Alaska Home
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2014/02/now-i-can-see-russian-oil-rigs-from-my.html
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GreenLand Ice Melting Again
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/04/greenland-ice-melting-again.html
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Norwegian AGW-Hypocrisy
Perhaps the Norwegians have looked back at their Maud wooden sailing ship sailing from Oslo to Nome Alaska in 1918,
Norway has joined a partnership with Russia to develop massive oil and gas fields offshore deep in the Arctic Ocean. So much for worrying about the Arctic Ice Sheet and CO2 global warming.
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2020/01/norwegian-agw-hypocrisy.html
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Al Gore On Submarine Breaking Through Thin Artic Ice
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2012/12/al-gore-on-submarine-breaking-through.html
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Thursday, January 08, 2026
Deadly Force Meets Deadly Force
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Kristi Noem calls actions leading up to ICE shooting ‘an act of domestic terrorism’
https://www.fox9.com/news/kristi-noem-calls-actions-leading-up-ice-shooting-terrorism-jan-2026
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A car, like a gun, can be a deadly device – to wit:
In 2024, approximately 44,400 people died from gun-related injuries in the United States.
A total of 40,901 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2023.
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Kristi Noem calls actions leading up to ICE shooting ‘an act of domestic terrorism’
https://www.fox9.com/news/kristi-noem-calls-actions-leading-up-ice-shooting-terrorism-jan-2026
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A car, like a gun, can be a deadly device – to wit:
In 2024, approximately 44,400 people died from gun-related injuries in the United States.
A total of 40,901 people died in motor vehicle crashes in 2023.
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Minneapolis women “decided” to run-over US ICE Agents with her deadly weapon car --- this was clearly Not an accident!
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The Targeted ICE Agent was struck and dragged, by the hood-grill of the car, and only then fired his weapon, through the windshield, killing the felonious driver.
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Left-wing media are now lionizing the felonious attempted-murderer driver.
Anti-ICE mayor and governor and rioters blame ICE for the incident.
It’s difficult to comprehend how far from responsible, elected leaders have fallen.
It is difficult to comprehend how far Minneapolis has fallen from its Scandinavian roots!
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“Killed by ICE” ---- Really!
This is the disgusting manner AOL & Roanoke Times presented the “news”:
Minneapolis women “decided” to run-over US ICE Agents with her deadly weapon car --- this was clearly Not an accident!
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The Targeted ICE Agent was struck and dragged, by the hood-grill of the car, and only then fired his weapon, through the windshield, killing the felonious driver.
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Left-wing media are now lionizing the felonious attempted-murderer driver.
Anti-ICE mayor and governor and rioters blame ICE for the incident.
It’s difficult to comprehend how far from responsible, elected leaders have fallen.
It is difficult to comprehend how far Minneapolis has fallen from its Scandinavian roots!
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“Killed by ICE” ---- Really!
This is the disgusting manner AOL & Roanoke Times presented the “news”:
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A responsible view of ICE shooting
sound-on click top-left
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Stop using vehicles as weapons
https://www.facebook.com/reel/3844267092532385
sound-on click top-left
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Justified use of force
https://www.facebook.com/reel/974140262442804
sound-on click top-left
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https://www.facebook.com/reel/3844267092532385
sound-on click top-left
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Justified use of force
https://www.facebook.com/reel/974140262442804
sound-on click top-left
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Monday, January 05, 2026
Dems Are Against It (Whatever)
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Groucho Marx = Today’s Democrats
......Click Sound ON bottom left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHash5takWU
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Maduro and his wife plead not guilty at first court appearance since capture in Venezuela
Maduro faces a narco-terrorism conspiracy charge. He and his wife were both charged with cocaine importation conspiracy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maduro-venezuela-trump-court-live-updates-rcna252230
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Democrats rip Trump’s ouster of Maduro
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5673139-potential-2028-democrats-venezuela/
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US Captures & “Arrests” Maduro
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/us-captures-arrests-maduro.html
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Groucho Marx = Today’s Democrats
......Click Sound ON bottom left
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xHash5takWU
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Maduro and his wife plead not guilty at first court appearance since capture in Venezuela
Maduro faces a narco-terrorism conspiracy charge. He and his wife were both charged with cocaine importation conspiracy.
https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/live-blog/maduro-venezuela-trump-court-live-updates-rcna252230
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Democrats rip Trump’s ouster of Maduro
https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/5673139-potential-2028-democrats-venezuela/
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US Captures & “Arrests” Maduro
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2026/01/us-captures-arrests-maduro.html
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Sunday, January 04, 2026
US Captures & “Arrests” Maduro
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U.S. strikes Venezuela and captures President Maduro; Trump says "we're going to run the country" for now
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump/
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Trump’s Maduro capture supported by precedent and U.S. Constitution,
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/trumps-maduro-capture-supported-precedent-us-constitution-legal/
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“President Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were "captured and flown out of the Country" early Saturday morning, confirming a "large scale strike" by the U.S. that drew quick condemnation and concern from across the globe.
Mr. Trump said in a press conference that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela on a temporary basis during the transition, and "get the oil flowing."
The U.S. Army's Delta Force, an elite special forces unit, carried out the operation to capture Maduro, officials told CBS News.
Maduro is expected to face federal charges in the U.S. related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations, which Maduro denies. Attorney General Pam Bondi shared a superseding indictment similar to one filed against Maduro in 2020.”
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U.S. strikes Venezuela and captures President Maduro; Trump says "we're going to run the country" for now
https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/venezuela-us-military-strikes-maduro-trump/
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Trump’s Maduro capture supported by precedent and U.S. Constitution,
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2026/jan/3/trumps-maduro-capture-supported-precedent-us-constitution-legal/
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“President Trump said Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and his wife were "captured and flown out of the Country" early Saturday morning, confirming a "large scale strike" by the U.S. that drew quick condemnation and concern from across the globe.
Mr. Trump said in a press conference that the U.S. would "run" Venezuela on a temporary basis during the transition, and "get the oil flowing."
The U.S. Army's Delta Force, an elite special forces unit, carried out the operation to capture Maduro, officials told CBS News.
Maduro is expected to face federal charges in the U.S. related to drug trafficking and working with gangs designated as terrorist organizations, which Maduro denies. Attorney General Pam Bondi shared a superseding indictment similar to one filed against Maduro in 2020.”
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Will there be a 'bloodbath' or a reasonable transition?
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Some History Context:
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2026 Today: Venezuela Maduro and Trump
Capture drug lord a US nemesis
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1989: Panama and Noriega and HW George Bush
Gen. Marc Cisneros capture of dictator and drug-lord Noriega
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/02/panama-just-cause-again.html
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1962: JFK and Castro’s Nucs
Khrushchev’s Russia Installed Nuc Missiles in Fidel’s Cuba
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1898: Cuba and Teddy and San Juan Hill
Intervene in Cuba to support Cuban independence from Spain
Perhaps left as Spanish territory would have been best?
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Lt. Marc Cisneros at Corporal Missile shoot
The beginning of career to Lt. General (3-star)
Capturing Noriega along the way
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Some History Context:
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2026 Today: Venezuela Maduro and Trump
Capture drug lord a US nemesis
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1989: Panama and Noriega and HW George Bush
Gen. Marc Cisneros capture of dictator and drug-lord Noriega
http://roanokeslant.blogspot.com/2025/02/panama-just-cause-again.html
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1962: JFK and Castro’s Nucs
Khrushchev’s Russia Installed Nuc Missiles in Fidel’s Cuba
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1898: Cuba and Teddy and San Juan Hill
Intervene in Cuba to support Cuban independence from Spain
Perhaps left as Spanish territory would have been best?
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Lt. Marc Cisneros at Corporal Missile shoot
The beginning of career to Lt. General (3-star)
Capturing Noriega along the way
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