#instead of the reality of daily slaughter of civilians

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WWII propaganda has become completely insufferable after watching 5 months of american bombs being dropped on palestinian children culminating in us "port" being built as an obvious prelude to us troops on the ground in gaza

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A fact I haven't discussed as often: Israel is being attacked practically on a daily basis from the north by Lebanese terrorists of Hezbollah, a term that means The Party of God.

Like Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad, the PFLP, and the PLO, Hezbollah is another proxy terror group sponsored by Iran. Their bombardment of Israel from the north resulted in devastating fires and have displaced tens of thousands of Israelis, who have been internal refugees for 8 months.

The Hezbollah attack on Israel further demonstrates how much Western pro-Palestinian propagandists are lying about the Palestinian "cause". They claim the absence of a Palestinian state has caused war. Yet the Lebanese terrorists have no such claim and continue to attack Israel. This is proof that creating a Palestinian state won't bring peace. It will instead enable the Palestinians to embed missiles in the civilian population that are pointed at Israel's population centres.

For this is precisely what Hezbollah has done, with estimates suggesting the terrorists have around 150 000 missiles capable of reaching deep into Israel and causing thousands of deaths. More deaths than during the October 7 massacre, for example.

There's also evidence that Hezbollah assisted Palestinian terrorists with planning the October 7 massacre, providing assistance with the parachutes that helped Palestinians breach the border between Gaza and Israel and fuel the invasion.

These are who idiotic Westerners who love a good sob story and want to feel virtuous are supporting. Murderers who force schoolchildren to run into bomb shelters on a regular basis and train terrorists to commit slaughter.

Until this reality is confronted, repeating pro-Palestinian slogans will achieve precisely nothing.

[psychoblue9]

“The Vermilion Wedding”

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In Earth-616, Norman Osborn was impaled by his own device when Peter Parker spared him following the death of Gwen Stacy.  This led to Norman being left for dead and ultimately being allowed to recover to torment Peter years later.  On Earth-21205, he was not so fortunate.  Immediately following the confirmation of Gwen’s death, Norman was unable to escape the wrath of Peter and was beaten to death by the wrathful youth.   As his berserker rage calmed, the terrifying weight of what he had done struck Peter, and he realized he had become the monster he swore to fight against as Spider-man.  He entered a deep depression, and gradually he distanced himself from his remaining friends and family.  But the urge to fight remained, and he could not ignore the call of the great responsibility that came with his power.  Spider-man’s brutal murder of the Green Goblin was a public affair, and the slander that the Daily Bugle heaped upon the hero had become reality.  As that realization set in, Peter destroyed his costume and fashioned himself a new one: rather than drag the legend of Spider-man further through the mud, he would instead try and right the path of a legacy tainted with villany.   The world had become a sick joke for Peter, so the most he could do was laugh back. Using his genius intellect to its further extent, Peter raided the late Norman’s weapon caches and rechristened himself as “the Hobgoblin.”  He would protect the innocent by punishing the guilty, and he would act as the executioner to those who thought themselves above the law.  The months that followed were marked with the smell of brimstone, charred flesh and fresh cadavers as Peter combined the lethal technology of the Goblin legacy with the powers gifted to him as a totem of the Spider.  While Peter was initially repulsed by the realization that he took Norman’s life in selfish rage, there was an odd sense of fulfilling amusement watching the limbs of criminals and murderers forcefully separate themselves from their bodies.  It was amusing enough that Peter would often find himself bursting into laughter. Despite his newfound brutal edge, Peter was empathetic for the people he cared for, and did his best to smile for them.  But his smile was not genuine, and it was clear to those around him that he was going down a bad path.  As Peter completed his prerequisite coursework necessary for graduation, he distanced himself further from his remaining friends and family and spent most of his free time planning the next mission of the Hobgoblin’s raid. Norman’s death left a significant power vacuum within the criminal underworld, as the late Green Goblin carved himself a significant chunk of New York’s arms and drug dealing.  Thanks to the journals he left behind at his hideouts, Peter gained access to the key points he would need to hit around the city to ensure the vacuum was never filled.  Even the Kingpin’s vast resources proved a minor deterrent.  On the one year anniversary of Gwen and Norman’s deaths, the Hobgoblin staged a bloody coup alongside Daredevil, Power Man, Iron Fist, Michael Morbius and the Punisher.  Wilson Fisk met his violent end, as did 523 men who stood in their way.  Fisk Tower burned into the night, a funeral pyre for New York’s criminal empire, but Peter felt only temporary satisfaction.   All that remained was the next mission, to ensure the world did not have to suffer as he agonized daily at the blood on his hands, knowing it would never be enough despite the knowledge that he had no choice.  The mutual understanding of that painful truth between the “team” assembled that night, and the tragic realization that they could be never be anything more than acquaintances, made sure Hobgoblin’s comrades would celebrate alone and leave the pyre without speaking another word to each other. There were times where Peter took it upon himself to fashion a civilian life for himself following the loss of his righteousness, but the more he tried to re-engage with his friends, the more he realized the ripple he sent by staining his hands with blood.  His best friend Harry had fallen deeper into drug abuse in his grief, and became destitute when he learned the truth of his father’s sins.  Flash had reverted to his old ways as Peter became more withdrawn, and when Peter attempted to reconcile, Flash told him that he wanted nothing to do with him.   His Aunt May attempted to console him, but Peter did not return her calls more than a simple confirmation that he was still breathing.  A modest check would be sent to her in order to ensure she could continue living comfortably, and she remained blissfully unaware of the blood money Peter pried from the fingers of dying evil.   The only one who had not given up on Peter’s happiness was Mary Jane Watson, who became immediately smitten with his purity upon being introduced by their families.  At first she kept her distance from Peter so that it didn’t appear she was trying to rebound off the death of Gwen.  But the longer she waited for Peter, the more she realized he wasn’t going to return to the man he once was...not unless she came to him first and appealed to him.  She had attempted to do so at their graduation ceremony, and while Peter told her that she shouldn’t want anything to do with him, it only made her want to help him more.   Peter did not tell her this because he wasn’t interested in her, as the time that passed following Gwen’s death only infected the wounds in his soul rather than heal it.  If anything, accepting the warmth of Mary Jane’s feelings would have been a good first step to cauterize those wounds.  Peter told her to stay away from him because he cared about her too much to let her get trapped in the tornado of his life.  Even if Norman took the truth about Peter’s double life to his grave, it didn’t change the fact that all it took was someone else to bring ruin upon the people he cared about.  It was better to continue alone: the sins were his to bear, and keeping Mary Jane out of them would be how he returned her feelings.   If he couldn’t be with her, he could at least continue to protect her from the shadows. Only one month after the destruction of Fisk Tower, May informed Mary Jane that Peter would be attending a gala at the Museum of Fine Arts.  Peter had recently begun teaching at his former high school, and his class had been invited as part of the event.  At the gala, she thought she had spotted Peter sampling one of the appetizers, but disaster struck just as his name was about to escape her lips.  One of the artifacts within the museum had been compromised, and within that artifact was the soul of the ancient sorcerer Kulan Gath.  With a spell and an inhale, Kulan Gath began absorbing the souls of the patrons of the gala, withering their bodies to husks and trapping his victims with magic barriers.   As Mary Jane attempted to flee, she spotted Peter and chased after him to ensure their safety.  But when he turned a corner in the shadows, it was the Hobgoblin who emerged from them, and Mary Jane finally realized the full effects that Gwen’s death had upon him.  It was all clear to her now: he had already lost his Uncle Ben due to his selfishness, and then lost Gwen due to carelessness, and his innocence to the poison of vengeance.  All he knew how to do now was fight back, push everyone he loved out of the way, and do his best to ensure no one else had to feel his pain. “But is that so bad?  What if I want to feel his pain?  What if I want to share his pain?  Peter...why not let me take some of your burden?  You shouldn’t have to do this alone!” Mary Jane decided that as men and women were leeched of their life force around her that she would go down fighting on behalf of the man she wished to love.  She searched the room for something that would aid her last assault, even as the Hobgoblin engaged Kulan Gath in brutal combat, and found a sword that had broken free of its casing.  Deciding it would be sufficient, Mary Jane grabbed the sword’s hilt, and in a flash of fire, her existence became a vessel to punish the guilty. Within the blade awakened the memories and mission of Mary Jane’s distant ancestor, whose stake in this battle closely mirrored her own.  The soul within the blade surged through her body and brought forth a new wrinkle to the battle, and with that wrinkle came a flicker that shifted the woman’s attire and made her hair as wild as her eyes.  The soul heard the name “Kulan Gath” echo through Mary Jane’s mind, and it hastened her transformation into her more familiar form.  Kulan Gath, the man who ordered the slaughter of her family.  Kulan Gath, who encouraged her brutal rape.  Kulan Gath, who existed solely to be cut down by her vengeful sword.  Kulan Gath, who now stood before her in an age long after their time.   “Kulan Gath, you who shall soon be vanquished, look alive and bare witness to thine executioner!” The sorcerer called her “Red Sonja” and cursed her existence.  The Hobgoblin, who had caught Mary Jane pick up the sword a moment before she grasped its hilt, immediately protected her from Gath’s assault and swore that his last stand would be one marked with her standing triumphant in blood the the guilty.  Whoever Mary Jane turned into answered to the name the sorcerer bestowed upon her, and with that confirmation came a slew of deplorable accusations that made the Hobgoblin thirst for retribution along with her. His hesitance had already cost him the love of his life.  Peter would have much rather have Mary Jane suffer the death of her true love.  She was so much stronger than him in that regard: over time she would find another suitor.  To that prospect, Peter cackled in fatalistic glee as he brandished his incendiaries to start one more funeral pyre. With no more victims left to leech from, the revitalized Kulan Gath summoned his demonic legion through portals that reeked of rot and sulfur, and he laughed preemptively at what he felt was a surefire incoming victory.  Too bad for him, his foes had abandoned mercy for people like him and his ilk.  In their minds, they were already dead for the atrocities they lived for.  The only mercy the Hobgoblin and Red Sonja granted them were swift, gory ends.     With all of his strength and technology, coupled with the woman’s battle fury, the Hobgoblin succeeded with Mary Jane where he had failed with Gwen Stacy.  Kulan Gath was dismembered shortly before the Hobgoblin set him ablaze with grenades.  But the thrill of victory was not immediately evident to Red Sonja.  The taste of the blood of her most hated enemy had whipped her into a frenzy, and when the Hobgoblin called out to her, she had lost the ability to recognize friend and foe. The Hobgoblin was offered no respite, and Red Sonja attacked him under the pretense of being a foul demon.  At first, he only attempted to calm her.  He told her that they had won, and that the innocent souls Kulan Gath fed upon in the museum had been avenged and freed to their destined afterlife.  But the more she swung at him, the more the Hobgoblin lost patience.  It was kill or be killed, just as it had been since the night Spider-Man cut down his web and instead adopted the arsenal of the Goblin legacy.   The two of them fought for an undetermined amount of time, the eerily empty halls of the museum echoing with the clash of their weapons.  Red Sonja delivered a crushing knee to the Hobgoblin when he caught the blade of her sword, but a screaming voice within her stayed her decapitating stroke.   “He needs us!  Please!  Don’t hurt him...because…” Seeing his opportunity, the Hobgoblin wrapped his hand around the warrior’s neck and with his other hand preparing to melt her flesh with a gauntlet ray.  But as he looked into her eyes rapidly softening to something gentler than a moment prior, he found himself crying with a maddened laughter of despair.  The world had played another cruel joke upon him: the damage to his soul was so extensive that he was only seconds away from ending Mary Jane’s life. What was more important, the life he needed to protect the innocent, or the woman who loved him that also demanded his head?  Why couldn’t he have both?  There was nothing but death in this museum. The withered husks of his friends, co-workers, and his students littered the floor.  Why was the Hobgoblin laughing louder, crying harder, when this cruel joke was on him? As he dropped the woman, the Hobgoblin looked at the sword she dropped and contemplated taking his own life with it.  But arms wrapped around him once more, not to strangle him, but to embrace him.  He turned as the woman pulled off his mask and dropped it next to the sword, and she cooed, “You are worthy...let us share your pain...she needs you to share your pain with us…” The entity Red Sonja had answered the maiden Mary Jane’s call to protect and avenge, awoken by her enemy Kulan Gath’s revival.  Red Sonja, as per the vows bestowed upon her on the day she took up arms, was forbidden to lay with a man unless he defeated her in fair combat.  In her berserker fury, her vessel spelled out to her the overwhelming passion and emotion she felt for the “demon” that risked his life to protect the innocent, and that her only wish was to act as the breakwater for the fever of madness and grief that threatened to consume him.  It was a mission that Red Sonja gladly accepted, and thus she decided that the exception to her vow had been confirmed. Peter was speechless as he pondered the words of the entity that had possessed Mary Jane...no, maybe not just an entity anymore.  In that moment, Mary Jane had become whoever she had turned into, and he noticed that she was soaked in blood just as he was.  The hell Peter had lived in for the past fourteen months was marked with death upon grisly death, both from the people he cared about and the people who sought to hurt them.  At first, he thought the worst part about that hell was his loss of innocence, but staring into this goddess’ eyes, Peter became aware of the truth. The worst part about his personal hell was the overwhelming loneliness.  This woman, whatever amalgamation of Mary Jane and Red Sonja thought of herself as, offered Peter salvation through companionship.  They would accept their sins together, share their pain of loss together...and cleanse themselves with their addiction to each other when the time was right.  For the Hobgoblin, in his darkest hour of desperation, he accepted her light with open arms and reciprocated her kiss. There would come a time where Peter knew that the spell placed upon Mary Jane would need to be undone.  There would come a time where Mary Jane would need to return to the life she was supposed to lead without magical intervention.  There would come a time where Peter knew she would be safest away from him.  But in that moment, Peter allowed her to indulge herself, and in turn she allowed him a chance to indulge himself with her.  Just for that night, in the blood of the guilty, the two of them allowed whatever was left of their purity to flourish with love.

[dailybuglenow]

TUESDAY, 9 SEPTEMBER 2023. EDITED BY J. JONAH JAMESON.

BELOVED REPORTER SLAUGHTERED: IS MURDER A FAMILY AFFAIR?

TW: the article discusses and describes murder

New York is a big place filled to the brim with a lot of people. So many, in fact, that it seems at time that we’re all stuffed on top of one another. Of these people, a staggering amount will be murdered according to statistics in 2022, not counting lives lost in natural disaster or superhero collateral damage. Those numbers seem low due to the mass decimation caused by Thanos, but in a post-Cleanse world we need as much good as possible. That being said, murder rates are up 55% from the last year which could be due to the societal disorganization that is still being reestablished. But I know what you’re thinking: why all of this talk about murder? With all the crime and super powered damage we don’t can’t report on each individual, unfortunately, but today the Bugle reports with heavy hearts that we lost one of our own.

Gayle Rogers might have been a newer face at the Bugle, but her coverage on the Jean Grey Incident and Mutant Decimation were incredibly popular on our site. A junior reporter who transferred from Los Angeles, CA, Roger’s had a bright and exciting future in journalism. What’s most tragic about this terrible loss of life, however, is the cause. Approximately two days on the 7th of September police were called to Roger’s apartment when neighbors complained that her dog would not stop barking. What police found in side was horrifying. Ms. Rogers was found pinned to her wall, crucified by shards of metal. Police were initially baffled by who did this and how they managed to as nothing else in the apartment seemed to be out of place. That’s when attention began to turn to one person who can wield metal like no one else: Erik Lehnsherr.

Lehnsherr, also commonly known as Magneto, is a mutant extremist who has posed a threat to humanity for years. His name may sound familiar as we recently detailed his involvement in the Time Square Incident where he was seen carrying the body of a deceased Jean Grey from the scene before issuing a statement. Lehnsherr has killed many humans over the course of his life and has been especially cruel against those who spoke against mutants. Aside from Lehnsherr, the other reasonable suspect is one Lorna Dane, the daughter of Magneto. Dane has a history of mental illness and arrests dating all the way back to when she was a minor and was involuntarily institutionalized. Both father and daughter have been connected to the mutant Hellfire Club at one point or another and have murdered in the name of mutant rights.

As it currently stands, no arrests have been made in the murder of Gayle Rogers but both Lehnsherr and Dane have been asked to come in for questioning. Another reason a mutant is suspected to be at fault is the fact that Rogers was unapologetically anti-mutant and never shied away from being so in her pieces. Silencing a voice that has called them out and held them accountable is what some suspect has happened. This reporter remains a little more evenly keeled on the situation, but I will dutifully update you as the investigation continues. In the meantime, we mourn the loss of a friend and voice that was taken too soon. 

—- Jennie Sheldon, Daily Bugle News Junior Reporter

MUTANT DECIMATION: HOW A GENOCIDAL AVENGER IS TO BLAME

It was five years ago that Thanos snapped his finger and the mutant population was decimated. Although they were once 32 million strong it was in one second that the population dropped to a mere 198-200 people, a case of genocide very rarely matched in numbers. While Thanos’ snap turned half the population to dust everyone who remained alive was untouched except for the mutants. Over the five years before Thanos was beaten scientist after scientist looked into the mutant genome for reason or explanation but none could be found. When it was realized that no mutants were being born either what remained of the population panicked and began looking for anything they could do to stop themselves from reaching the inevitable extinction. One of the solutions they found was isolation.

Mutants had splintered off in the past to form their own societies, whether it was in a smaller setting such as the institution formerly known as Xavier’s School for Gifted Youngsters or the short lived island of Genosha run by Erik Lehnsherr in the 1990′s. Once again the mutants sequestered themselves off, this time on the living island of Krakoa that scientists and researchers are still trying to understand. For now we’ll simply agree that Krakoa is mysterious, as are the laws that govern the mutants and what that looks like on an international political scale. Mutants hid themselves from the world to cope with a great tragedy, but they never believed the source of their pain could be one of their own. What you are about to read is information that has been obtained through a verified but confidential source who is close to the mutant population and the one who tried to wipe them out. Before we get into that, let’s do a little recap.

 Wanda Maximoff is an Avenger with a rocky past. Originally seen in the 2015 fight against Ultron, Maximoff was a Sokovian national experimented on by HYDRA agents alongside her brother, the deceased Pietro Maximoff, who gave his life saving Avenger Clint Barton. Following the destruction of her brother and loss of her country Maximoff joined the New Avengers alongside the likes of Sam Wilson and the Vision and is responsible for civilian casualties in Lagos. Maximoff was later involved in the Berlin battle and the Superhuman Civil War in 2016 on the side of Captain America. After becoming a war criminal due to her refusal to sign the Sokovian Accords, Maximoff escaped from the Raft prison and went off the grid for two years before surfacing to fight against Thanos in Wakanda where she was turned to ash during the battle. Since her return Maximoff has rejoined the Avengers and received the full support of the team. It’s not what’s known about Maximoff that’s interesting though. It’s what’s not.

Although raised by Django and Magda Maximoff, sources have revealed that both Wanda and Pietro had a different biological father, and that man was Erik Lehnsherr. While the two were believed to be mutates it was later agreed upon that the experiment only activated their mutant genes instead of giving it to them. Maximoff’s status as a mutant has called her Avengers position into question as the Avengers and mutants have been at odds and Maximoff has never made an official statement on the extremist acts of her father or half sister Polaris, also known as Lorna Dane. Instead Maximoff has worked to clear her own name of her international charges and be a hero even if it meant not associating with her family or species. Now, however, we have to ask ourselves if Maximoff had it in for the mutants all along.

The exact moment the mutants were decimated cannot be pinpointed, only that it happened within moments of the Cleanse. Scientists now have examined the scene and have taken note of the fact that Maximoff was trying to destroy the Mind Stone that resided in the head of the deceased synthezoid Vision while also trying to hold of Thanos. Tracing the frequencies of her powers, Maximoff’s energies fluctuate on the same level as both the Mind Stone and the dangerous Phoenix Force. The Cleanse caused a great deal of things that range from a Multiversal Incursion (more on that will be released later) to galaxy wide destruction, but it may not be fully to blame for what happened to the mutants. The reality warping and infinity stone based power of Maximoff in conflict with the Gauntlet that Thanos wore is now believed to be the reason the mutants were decimated.

If all of this is true, Wanda Maximoff could very well be one of the most hated women in the world and to blame for an international tragedy. Ever since rumors were released of this mutants around the world and on Krakoa had begun to call for Maximoff to be held responsible. “If someone kills another there is a price to be a paid, a consequence to be given,” Briar Raleigh, representative of the Hellfire Club read in a statement. “And Wanda Maximoff has done more than kill someone. She has stripped millions of who they were, their essence. She has invaded them and the people she hurt deserve to see her stand trial. They deserve to see her held responsible and she must know what she’s done. This isn’t a witch hunt. This is justified and it’s five years overdue.”

Whether or not Maximoff will respond personally to the mutants is unknown, but the Avengers have called a meeting with mutant representatives on 9 September to talk matters through. In an attempt to show good will they offered to do so on Krakoa, giving the X-Men the home field advantage. If Maximoff has plans to attend has yet to be determined, but if she does she’ll have both hell and family to face for her crimes and the pain she has brought on to so many.

—- Irene Merryweather, Daily Bugle News Senior Reporter of Mutant Affairs

IN OTHER NEWS:

What many believed to be a human comet that crashed into Manhattan last night has now been revealed to be one of the human space cops, Nova. He crashed into Midtown around midnight and an Avengers ambulance took him from the sight. Nova, also known as Richard Rider, was heard trying to issue some kind of warning to onlookers and appeared to be semi-coherent.

Construction on the formerly demolished Avengers Compound has now been finished. The new facilities was opened in honor of Tony Stark and Natasha Romanoff and will have meeting rooms, training rooms, spaces for various teams to meet and outbuildings for mutants and intergalactic representatives. Clearance to the Compound is only given to those who are classified to enter and will not be open to the public in the near future.

Rumor has it that prodigal son Harry Osborn, the heir to the Oscorp legacy, will be returning to New York City soon. Although Osborn’s father, Norman Osborn, has been running the business from what was once the Avengers Tower, there have been very few sightings of the mogul with his only child. Hopefully this family reunion is nothing but good news for two of New York’s most eligible bachelors!