Sunday, August 4, 2019

Minutes Before El Paso Killing, Hate-Filled Manifesto Appears Online

Nineteen minutes before the first 911 call alerted the authorities to a mass shooting at a Walmart in El Paso, Tex., a hate-filled, anti-immigrant manifesto appeared online.

It spoke of a “Hispanic invasion of Texas.” It detailed a plan to separate America into territories by race. It warned that white people were being replaced by foreigners.

The authorities were scrutinizing the 2,300-word screed on Saturday and attempting to determine whether it was written by the same man who killed 20 people and injured more than two dozen others near the Mexican border.

Police officers were interviewing the suspect, Patrick Crusius, a 21-year-old white man from Allen, Tex., a roughly 10-hour drive to the Walmart. What brought him to a crowded shopping center in El Paso is one of the many questions on the minds of investigators.

The manifesto that may be linked to Mr. Crusius described an imminent attack and railed against immigrants, saying, “if we can get rid of enough people, then our way of life can be more sustainable.”

From New Zealand to Pittsburgh to a synagogue in Poway, Calif., aggrieved white men over the last several months have turned to mass murder in service of hatred against immigrants, Jews and others they perceive as threats to the white race.

The unsigned manifesto, titled “The Inconvenient Truth,” draws direct inspiration from the mass murder of Muslims at two mosques in New Zealand in March that left 51 people dead. In that attack, the suspect published a manifesto online promoting a white supremacist theory called “the great replacement.” The theory has been promoted by a French writer named Renaud Camus, and argues that elites in Europe have been working to replace white Europeans with immigrants from the Middle East and North Africa.

Christchurch has become a rallying cry for extremists the world over. The manifesto potentially linked to the El Paso killings begins, “In general, I support the Christchurch shooter and his manifesto. This attack is a response to the Hispanic invasion of Texas.”

The gunman who opened fire in April at a synagogue in Poway, Calif., near San Diego, posted an anti-Semitic diatribe on 8chan, the same online message board where the El Paso document surfaced. The Poway manifesto echoed the words of the Christchurch suspect, and also drew inspiration from a massacre at a synagogue in Pittsburgh last October. In that mass shooting, the suspect railed against immigrants, Jews and other groups.

The El Paso shooting, if the manifesto is linked to the gunman, potentially underscored the global spread of white supremacist ideology in the age of social media and at a time when immigration in America and elsewhere has become a divisive political topic.

Shortly after the mass shooting Saturday, Mr. Crusius’ LinkedIn and Facebook accounts were shut down. A LinkedIn page that circulated online after the account was closed down appeared to be several years old, and Mr. Crusius seemed to be a lost young man.

He wrote on LinkedIn while in high school, “I’m not really motivated to do anything more than what’s necessary to get by. Working in general sucks, but I guess a career in Software Development suits me well. I spend about 8 hours every day on the computer so that counts toward technology experience I guess.”

The posting concluded: “Pretty much just gonna see what technology careers present themselves to me; go with the wind.”

If the manifesto is conclusively linked to Mr. Crusius, the federal authorities may treat Saturday’s attack as a hate crime or an incident of domestic terrorism.

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/08/03/us/patrick-crusius-el-paso-shooter-manifesto.html

"a hate-filled anti-immigrant manifesto" = 333 (English Ordinal)
"Golden Gate Bridge Terrorist Attack" = 333 (English Ordinal)
"World Trade Center Destruction" = 333 (English Ordinal)

8/10/19 is the 333rd day of the Jewish year..

El Paso was the 250th mass shooting of the year.
"anti-immigrant manifesto" = 250 (English Ordinal)

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  1. Informations that are to be analyzed in gematria and astrology: The Pope visits the Indian Ocean in a month.

    Discover the detailed program of the Pope's trip planned for early September. He will visit the sister island and the Big Island within a few days.

    The Pope travels to Africa and the Indian Ocean between 4 and 10 September. This is what he will do during this time.

    The pontiff leaves Rome for Maputo in Mozambique on Wednesday, September 4th. A welcome ceremony will be held at the airport at the end of the day.

    One day in Mozambique
    Pope Francis will meet the following day the President of Mozambique at the Palace Ponta Vermelha. Then there will be a meeting with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps at the same place.

    The leader of the Church will then go to the Maxaquene Pavilion for an interreligious meeting with the youths before a lunch at the Nunciature.

    Bishops, priests, nuns, religious, consecrated persons, seminarians, catechists and animators will be invited to exchange with the Pope in the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception.

    3 days in Madagascar
    Pope Francis will arrive in Madagascar on Friday, September 6, in the afternoon after a visit to a hospital and a morning Mass in Mozambique. There will be only one public appearance on the Big Island that day, during the welcome ceremony at the airport.

    On Saturday, September 7th, Pope will meet the President at Iavoloha Palace. The Ceremony Building will host a meeting with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps. A prayer will follow at the abbey of the Carmelite nuns.

    The bishops of Madagascar will be able to exchange with the sovereign pontiff in the Cathedral of Andohalo. A visit to the tomb of Blessed Victory Rasoamanarivo will follow before a vigil with the youth in the diocesan field of Soamandrakizay.

    Last public appearances in Madagascar on Sunday, September 8 with a Mass (at Soamandrakizay), the Angelus before the visit to the City of Friendship of Akamasoa, a prayer for the workers on the site of Mahatazana and a meeting with the representatives at St. Michael's College.

    A day in Mauritius
    It is at 10:40 (Mauritius time) that the pope will arrive on the sister island. A welcome ceremony will be held at the airport, followed by a Mass and a lunch with the bishops. A private visit to Father Laval's sanctuary will follow before a meeting with the President, another with the Prime Minister and then one with the authorities, civil society and the diplomatic corps. The pontiff leaves for Tanarive in the evening.

    A ceremony to say goodbye to the Pope will take place in Madagascar before he flies back to Rome.
    https://www.linfo.re/la-reunion/societe/le-pape-en-visite-dans-l-ocean-indien-dans-un-mois

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