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The public was informed in the summer of 2021 that a mass grave of Native American children had been discovered near the grounds of the Kamloops Indian Residential School, a Catholic boarding school that forced the assimilation of Native American youth.

But no bodies had been recovered. Instead, the conclusion that the remains of 215 children — some as young as three — had been buried at the site was substantiated only by what the New York Times referred to as “ground-penetrating radar.”
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A follow-up report in The Washington Post was even more shocking. It claimed that there were indications that a site near the former Marieval Indian Residential School in Saskatchewan was home to 751 unmarked graves.

The claim was reported as the second announcement “in less than a month as the country reckons with the devastating legacy of one of the darkest chapters of its history.”
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the two findings a “shameful reminder of the systemic racism, discrimination, and injustice that Indigenous peoples have faced — and continue to face — in this country.”

It didn’t take long after the report on the alleged grave site at Kamloops before chaos ensued. A whopping 55 Canadian churches were the targets of vandalism or arson in the month following the first report. Of the sum, 21 churches had been lit on fire, with several (primarily Catholic) churches being burnt to the ground. Only one arrest was made in connection to the attacks.
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...Here’s an overview of each alleged site of mass graves, complete with both the original claims and the findings to date:

Kamloops Indian Residential School:
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Findings: The anomalies found by the radar were not graves but rather appears to be a septic field.

Marieval Indian Residential School:
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Findings: The grave at Marieval was not a mass grave for Indigenous children, but a Catholic Cemetery.

Our Lady of Seven Sorrows Roman Catholic Church:
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Findings: An excavation conducted by an archaeological team at the University of Brandon found “no evidence of human remains.”

Despite the lack of evidence for mass graves of Native American children at residential schools, those who’ve questioned the claims have been blasted as “denialists.” An article from the state-affiliated Canadian Broadcasting Corporation warned that “denialism is the last step of genocide.”

Is it really...?

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Okay, this is scarier.

The video depictions of real people is unsettling enough, but let's skip over that. The music probably doesn't appeal to the (cough) older crowd, but it nails modern rock pretty good.

However, that's not the point of my post.

The song is supposed to be *by* a fictitious band made up of the different versions of the Joker as played by Cesar Romero, Jack Nicholson, Heath Ledger, Joaquin Phoenix and Jared Leto. The scary part is the bridge at 4:25 (I think it's a bridge. Music theory isn't my strong suit). The lyrics are

You're crying for your mama
You're crying for your papa
We're in the finale
You're still in the alley

You're telling me a computer program wrote that. The Batman mythos including Bruce Wayne's parents being murdered in an alley has been told a million times. No doubt the bot would have access to those stories, but distilling it into an abstraction and one that is meant to serve as a taunt is pretty mind blowing.

The video in question:  https://youtu.be/UjDfJcONFXM?si=tveL0ji7v-rv8DU8

Justice Amy Coney Barrett was the target of a “swatting” incident – a false call reporting gunshots intended to provoke a response from law enforcement officials – on Wednesday night, according to a report on social media. Andrew Leyden, a freelance photographer who posts frequently on X as @PenguinSix, indicated on Thursday morning that police had responded to a call at Barrett’s home on Wednesday night, “but quickly realized it was a swatting call” and left “after meeting with her security detail.”

Police in Fairfax County, Virginia, outside Washington, D.C., confirmed the incident in a statement to the National Review.

Leyden’s post on X included audio from the police department, which he said had been redacted under media guidelines intended to reduce copycat incidents. The audio noted that the address had “24-hour security coverage for a high-priority resident of the county.” An officer then reported that he had “made contact with security that’s on scene” at the house and the security detail hadn’t “heard anything.”

The justices have had around-the-clock security since at least 2022, when the leak of the court’s draft decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization, which would overturn the constitutional right to an abortion recognized in Roe v. Wade, led to protests outside several of the conservative justices’ homes, including Barrett’s. In June of that year, a California man was arrested and charged with attempting to assassinate Justice Brett Kavanaugh at his home in Maryland.

Last year, Barrett’s sister, who lives in South Carolina, was the target of a bomb threat. As CNN reported, an email sent to the Charleston County Sheriff’s Office indicated that a pipe bomb had been placed in her mailbox, but no bomb was found there.