May 2, 2011, Operation Neptune Spear killed Osama Bin Laden. This article, found on Facts.net, details 28 facts about the operation.
The Operation That Ended It All
On May 2, 2011, the world witnessed the end of a chapter in the fight against terrorism. The death of Osama bin Laden marked a significant moment in history. Here are some intriguing facts about that fateful day.
Operation Neptune Spear: The mission to capture or kill Osama bin Laden was named Operation Neptune Spear. It was carried out by the United States Navy SEALs.
Location: Bin Laden was found in a compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan, a city known for its military academy.
SEAL Team 6: The elite SEAL Team 6, also known as DEVGRU, executed the mission.
Helicopter Crash: One of the helicopters used in the raid crashed due to a vortex created by the high walls of the compound. Fortunately, no one was injured.
Stealth Technology: The helicopters used in the raid were modified with stealth technology to avoid detection by Pakistani radar.
40 Minutes: The entire operation lasted approximately 40 minutes from start to finish.
Code Name: Bin Laden’s code name during the operation was “Geronimo.”
DNA Confirmation: Bin Laden’s identity was confirmed through DNA testing, comparing his DNA to that of his sister who had died in Boston.
The Aftermath and Global Reaction
The death of Osama bin Laden had a profound impact globally. Nations reacted, and the world watched closely as details emerged.
Immediate Burial: Bin Laden’s body was buried at sea within 24 hours of his death to adhere to Islamic traditions and prevent his grave from becoming a shrine.
Global Reactions: Countries around the world had mixed reactions. Some celebrated, while others condemned the operation as a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty.
Security Alerts: Following the raid, the U.S. and other countries heightened security alerts, anticipating possible retaliatory attacks.
Al-Qaeda’s Response: Al-Qaeda confirmed bin Laden’s death and vowed to continue their fight against the West.
Impact on Terrorism: Bin Laden’s death was a significant blow to Al-Qaeda, but it did not mark the end of terrorism. New leaders emerged, and the fight continued.
The Compound and Its Secrets
The compound where bin Laden was hiding held many secrets and provided valuable intelligence.
High Walls: The compound had unusually high walls, some reaching up to 18 feet, topped with barbed wire.
No Internet or Phone: To avoid detection, the compound had no internet or phone connections.
Burning Trash: Residents of the compound burned their trash instead of putting it out for collection, a practice that raised suspicions.
Intelligence Cache: The raid yielded a treasure trove of intelligence, including computers, hard drives, and documents.
Family Presence: Bin Laden’s family, including his youngest wife and several children, were living with him in the compound.
The Planning and Execution
The planning and execution of the raid were meticulous and involved numerous agencies and months of preparation.
CIA’s Role: The CIA played a crucial role in tracking bin Laden’s courier, which eventually led them to the Abbottabad compound.
Mock Compound: A full-scale replica of the compound was built in the U.S. for SEAL Team 6 to practice the raid.
President’s Decision: President Barack Obama gave the final go-ahead for the operation after months of deliberation and intelligence gathering.
Night Vision Goggles: The SEALs used night vision goggles to navigate the compound in the dark.
Silent Entry: The SEALs used suppressed weapons to maintain the element of surprise.
The Legacy of the Raid
The raid left a lasting legacy, influencing future counter-terrorism operations and shaping public perception.
Hollywood Adaptation: The raid inspired the Hollywood movie “Zero Dark Thirty,” which depicted the hunt for bin Laden.
Public Opinion: The successful operation boosted President Obama’s approval ratings and was seen as a significant achievement of his administration.
Training and Tactics: The raid’s success influenced military training and tactics for future counter-terrorism missions.
Memorials and Tributes: Memorials and tributes were held across the U.S. to honor the victims of 9/11 and the soldiers who carried out the mission.
Ongoing Debate: The legality and ethics of the raid continue to be debated, with discussions about sovereignty, international law, and the use of force.
SOURCE: FACTS.NET
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Morning All!
we had a frost warning overnight and the temp right now is 30*. we don’t have anything planted yet–way too muddy and rainy to get to anything. I imagine if the grapes have a chance to grow this year they’ll be plump ones.
see what today brings…
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Good Morning, Pat. Very chilly/ clear here 32*, very nice moon set, and sunrise. 👍 Last frost is usually around Mother’s Day.
Kentucky Derby Day!
God Bless 🙏 Take care.
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Morning, Pat! 33 here this morning – Wheezer ate some dry food overnight.
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“Multiple Leftists FIRED After Calling for Trump’s Assassination”
Libs of TikTok, May 01, 2026
“Like clockwork, left-wing radicals were angry that Trump survived another assassination attempt on his life. While Democrats and the legacy media refuse to cover the massive amount of violent rhetoric from the left, Libs of TikTok was hard at work getting RESULTS. Check out these EPIC stories:
1. Cincinnati Kindergarten Teacher FIRED Because Trump Wasn’t Killed: Meet Corinne Baum, a teacher at The Children’s House in Cincinnati, who posted a video about how upset she was to wake up and find out Trump was NOT assassinated.
With one day of our initial report, Corinne was FIRED from her teaching position. These people do not belong around children.
2. Wisconsin High School Teacher placed on leave for Trump assassination comments: Patrick Meyer, a teacher at Kaukauna High School in Wisconsin, made a post online complaining that the shooter failed to kill President Trump at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner.
Shortly after the story went viral, the school released a statement saying he had been placed on administrative leave. Now he needs to be fired for good.
3. United Pilot pulled from flight over Trump assassination post: Matt Doogen, a pilot for United Airlines, changed his Facebook cover photo to “8647,” a symbol known to symbolize killing Trump, shortly after the recent attempt on Trump’s life.
After our report garnered millions of views, we were informed that United was investigating the incident and had pulled the pilot from his planned trip. People who call for the assassination of a President should not be flying our planes.
4. Health company executive FIRED for supporting a business that hopes for Trump’s assassination: Brian Kellar, the Senior Vice President of Regional Markets for Aspirus Health, responded to Minocqua Brewing Company’s post, which hoped for the assassination of Trump. In his post, he included a picture of himself wearing a “Fuck Donald Trump” shirt.
Just a few days after our report, Aspirus Health released a statement confirming that Brian no longer works for the company.
5. United Healthcare employee FIRED after making pro-assassination comments: Ali King, a social media manager for United Healthcare, posted a video of herself online expressing how sad she was that the shooter missed President Trump.
Following our coverage of the story, UnitedHealthCare released a statement announcing that Ali had been FIRED from her position and is no longer with the company.
Time and time again, the radical left calls for more violence against conservatives and the President, while Democrats and the legacy media fan the flames of political extremism.
Libs of TikTok will never stop exposing these deranged lunatics. With your support, we will continue carrying out our mission to hold them all accountable. Stay safe and have a great weekend! —LoTT Team
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Just The News: “President Donald Trump jokingly claimed Friday night that the United States will be “taking over” Cuba in the near future and hinted that it could be after the conflict with Iran is resolved.
The president made the comment when recognizing attendees at a Florida event in West Palm Beach. The guests included former Rep. Dan Mica. “He comes from, originally, a place called Cuba, which we will be taking over almost immediately,” Trump said of Mica. “Cuba’s got problems. We’ll finish one first. I like to finish a job.”
The president then jokingly suggested that the takeover could happen as some U.S. warships return from the Middle East. “On the way back from Iran, we’ll have one of our big — maybe the USS Abraham Lincoln aircraft carrier — the biggest in the world,” he said. “We’ll have that come in, stop about 100 yards offshore, and they’ll say, ‘Thank you very much, we give up.’”
The comments come after Trump signed an executive order imposing new sanctions on individuals and entities linked to Cuba, citing concerns regarding threats to U.S. national security and foreign policy.
The president has also teased in the past that Cuba could be “next,” after the U.S. successfully carried out a military operation to retrieve former Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro from his country to stand trial in the United States.”
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“SCOTUS Ruling Against Race-Based Gerrymandering Reaffirms America’s Colorblind Constitution—Self-government strengthens when it treats citizens as equals under the law, not as members of competing racial tribes.”
The Federalist, By: Curtis Hill, May 01, 2026
ENTIRE ARTICLE: “All blacks apparently vote the same. It doesn’t matter if they’re rich or poor, educated or unschooled, urban or rural — if they’re black, their voting patterns are only defined by their blackness. At least that’s what they were saying in Louisiana, until the latest U.S. Supreme Court decision pulled the curtain down on “majority-minority” gerrymandering.
In a clear 6-3 ruling this week, the Supreme Court declared Louisiana’s SB8 map — which intentionally created a second majority-black congressional district — an unconstitutional racial gerrymander.
Justice Alito’s majority opinion, joined by the court’s conservatives and with a strong concurrence from Justice Thomas (joined by Justice Gorsuch), held that Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act did not require the state to draw that extra district. Without such a requirement, there was no compelling interest to justify making race the predominant factor in map-drawing. The lower court’s decision striking the map was affirmed.
This decision directly attacks the racist stereotyping that has infected redistricting for too long. For decades, mapmakers have operated on the crude assumption that black voters (and Latino voters) form a monolithic bloc whose political preferences are dictated first and foremost, if not solely, by skin color. They have treated minority communities as predictable voting machines rather than as individuals with diverse views shaped by education, income, values, faith, and personal experience.
Louisiana’s mapmakers did exactly that: They sorted people into districts based on racial headcounts to engineer “majority-minority” outcomes, presuming that black voters would think and vote as a uniform group. Joe Biden even publicly chastised blacks as not being black if they didn’t vote Democrat.
That is the opposite of equality. It revives the very racial sorting the 14th Amendment’s equal protection clause was written to stop. The Constitution demands that the government treat every person as an individual, not as a racial category. Yet Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act, as twisted in practice, has been used to mandate race-conscious districting that elevates group identity over individual dignity. It assumes black voters are interchangeable and that their interests can only be protected by carving out safe racial enclaves. This isn’t protecting voting rights; it’s enforcing a soft form of racial separatism dressed up as so-called social justice.
The Supreme Court rightly rejected that approach. By ruling that the VRA does not compel states to create additional majority-minority districts when race predominates without strict justification, the justices dismantled the legal machinery that turned racial stereotypes into map-drawing mandates.
They refused to let the law be manipulated to enforce the fiction that all members of a racial group share identical political interests. As Justice Thomas has long argued, and as the majority reinforced this week, the Constitution is colorblind. It prohibits the government from dividing citizens by race to achieve predetermined electoral results.
Critics will claim this decision weakens minority representation. That misses the point. True voting rights are secured by enforcing the law equally for every citizen, not by creating racial preferences that assume nonwhite voters cannot succeed without government-engineered districts.
Black Americans, like all Americans, are not defined by their skin color. Their voices deserve to be heard through fair, race-neutral processes that respect community interests, socioeconomic realities, and natural coalitions, not through racial quotas in mapmaking.
This ruling builds on the court’s earlier decisions limiting race-based remedies, from affirmative action to other areas of law. It sends a clear message: Temporary fixes born of past discrimination cannot become permanent tools for racial engineering. The Voting Rights Act’s original purpose — to prevent actual disenfranchisement — remains vital. But it must be applied without turning the law into a vehicle for the very racial divisions it was meant to overcome.
Louisiana’s case exposed the flaw at the heart of “majority-minority” gerrymandering: It relies on the offensive premise that skin color predicts political behavior better than anything else. The Supreme Court has now said no. States should draw districts based on neutral criteria — compactness, communities of interest, traditional boundaries, and respect for political subdivisions. Let voters of all backgrounds form coalitions organically. Let candidates compete for support across racial lines. Self-government strengthens when it treats citizens as equals under the law, not as members of competing racial tribes.
The curtain has been pulled back on the stereotype-driven manipulation of redistricting. This week’s decision reaffirms that the Constitution’s promise of equality means one standard for all — no racial exceptions, no preferred classes, and no government-sanctioned assumption that black voters (or any other voters) are defined solely by their skin color. It is a victory for constitutional colorblindness and a step toward healing the divisions that identity politics has deepened for far too long.”
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https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2026/05/republican-rep-langworthy-demands-hhs-defund-disgraced-ridglan/
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My grandson came to help me haul a load to the dump (yeah! nice clean exterior patio) and he was able to adjust my riding mower so it no longer cuts off if I get off the seat! What a relief! I’m so short that when I stretch out my leg for the clutch, my butt raises off the seat and it kept cutting off. Now I don’t have to worry about that. But I also have to be sure not to fall off since it will just keep going. LOL
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Just The News: “A former Plainfield mayoral candidate has admitted to forging voter registration applications as part of a scheme tied to his 2021 campaign, New Jersey authorities announced. Henrilynn Ibezim, who ran in the Democratic primary for mayor that year, pleaded guilty to a single count of third-degree forgery under a plea agreement with the state.
Prosecutors said the charge stems from his role in submitting about 1,000 fraudulent voter registration forms to election officials.
“My office is determined to ensure elections are fair and that their outcomes are determined by the will of the voters,” said New Jersey Attorney General Davenport. “It is crucial to our system of government that those who engage in illegal and bad faith conduct during elections be held accountable. Failing to do so opens the door to a loss of public confidence in the democratic process.”
According to state investigators, Ibezim attempted to influence the election by delivering hundreds of falsified applications, which did not properly disclose that someone other than the named voter had filled them out.
In a separate case, 4 individuals in New Jersey were charged with voting illegally.”
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If they can keep the rain/snow out, I’d be a little surprised. Otherwise, super cool!
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