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The endgame is near for Aaron Judge.

“That’s not going to happen on my watch,” the magistrate said when the father's attorney asked for bond. “There's no way on this earth that I’m going to grant a PR bond.”

New Images Reveal China's Stealth Drone At Secretive "Area 51" Base

Aviation researcher Andreas Rupprecht posted footage on LinkedIn that appears to show China’s next-generation high-altitude intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance drone, an aircraft he estimates is “comparable in size to the US Air Force’s B-21 Raider.”

Rupprecht wrote on LinkedIn that the WZ-X drone was spotted at a secretive air base in China’s Xinjiang region, known to some as China’s version of Area 51:

Two new images of the PLAAF’s latest and largest intercontinental HALE ISR #UAV, provisionally referred to simply as the #WZ-X, have been leaked, apparently showing the aircraft somewhere in Xinjiang. The UAV was first spotted on satellite imagery in May 2025 at the PLAAF’s UAV test centre at Malan Air Base in the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region of northwestern China.

Rupprecht continued:

In recent years, Malan/Uxxaktal (ZWML) has developed into the PLAAF’s main test centre for trialling UAVs and UCAVs of all types, while also serving as the base of the 178th UAV Brigade. Satellite imagery from 2022 onwards shows extensive expansion of the base’s infrastructure, including new hangars, taxiways and facilities likely linked to the previously unknown, very large flying-wing UAVs WZ-X and the similarly mysterious UCAV GJ-X, both of which are roughly comparable in size to the B-21 Raider. As such, the base, much like the second secret air base at Lop Nur, which is likely focused more on manned systems such as the J-36, J-XDS and, eventually, the H-20, is often compared to the US Area 51 because of its remote location and its role in testing next-generation weapon systems.

Based on the few, often blurry, images available, the WZ-X appears to be a twin-engined flying-wing design similar in configuration to the US RQ-180, but considerably larger. Rough estimates suggest a wingspan of about 52 m and a length of roughly 14 m. Its two engines, of unknown type, are reportedly fed by a central top-mounted intake, allegedly covered by a conformal mesh to reduce radar cross-section. Apart from its very wide span, the design appears to feature a relatively spacious central fuselage section and a dorsal SATCOM antenna. Its range is estimated at more than 20,000 km, with a normal cruising altitude of 18-20 km and a cruising speed of Mach 0.5-0.65. As for the manufacturer, some sources claim it was developed by Nantong University (NTU), located in Nantong, Jiangsu province.

The WZ-X could help Beijing locate warships, map air defenses and relay targeting information to China’s massive arsenal of long-range missiles, as well as hypersonic weapons, in the event of a conflict over Taiwan

Last week, a new report from Taiwan’s leading English-language daily newspaper, the Taipei Times, revealed that China had deployed a record 244 coast guard, research and other government vessels around the island.

Technical details about the WZ-X remain scarce, and claims about its capabilities remain unverified. However, the expanding infrastructure at Malan and repeated sightings suggest that the aircraft is undergoing flight testing.

Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 21:35

"Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool" streams Sept. 8 on Netflix.

"Untold Mr. T: I Pity the Fool" streams Sept. 8 on Netflix.

See all the biggest names at the awards.

See all the biggest names at the awards.

“I’ve never noticed it as stark as it is now. That beach is totally gone. It’s never been like that."

As UCLA and California are set to renew a former Pac-12 rivalry on Saturday night at California Memorial Stadium in a nonconference matchup, it's estimated to be an intense environment.

US Sanctions Turkish Bank Over Alleged IRGC Transfers In Latest Action

Via The Cradle

The US Treasury announced sanctions on Friday on a Turkey-based bank and two of its subsidiaries, accusing them of moving tens of millions of dollars on behalf of Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) Quds Force and facilitating Tehran's movement of funds across the international banking system. 

“"Financial institutions continue to find out the hard way that we are serious about Operation Economic Outcast," US Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said. "We know who you are, we know where you are, and we will continue to take action together with our allies and partners until we have buried the head of the Iranian snake."

The Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) named Golden Global Yatirim Bankasi Anonim Sirketi, alongside its two Istanbul-based units, Golden Global Varlik Kiralama Anonim Sirketi and Golden Global Portfoy Yonetimi Anonim Sirketi.

OFAC alleges the bank was created to help Iranian oil revenues reach Turkey from China, where exchangers converted the funds into cash and gold, and accuses it of opening correspondent banking to Iranian institutions through accounts under Quds Force control. 

The sanctions come as part of Washington's Operation Economic Outcast, a campaign to economically asphyxiate Iran by cutting off its remaining revenue and severing the channels it uses to move money abroad. 

Bessent told Reuters on August 30 that fresh secondary sanctions would follow every week, with banks first in line. He said the Treasury was telling lenders it was not acceptable to hold Iranian money or assist the government in Tehran, and indicated the next escalation could mean severing an institution from the dollar system altogether.

Days earlier, the Treasury barred the UAE branches of Egypt's Banque Misr from dollar access over alleged Iranian links. 

Speaking ahead of the G20 finance meeting in Asheville, North Carolina, Bessent threatened ministers and central bank governors to break their economic ties with Iran or face secondary sanctions of their own, warning that no leakage would be tolerated.

The sanctions come as part of Washington’s "Economic D-Day," an economic strangulation campaign launched after Washington failed to achieve its military objectives against Iran. 

"In the Second World War, D-Day marked the historic beginning of a campaign with our allies to target and drive the enemy from its positions, including those in third countries.  Today, in that same spirit, we are launching an economic onslaught against Iran’s financial connections around the globe. Our objective is to sever every economic lifeline that sustains this tyrannical regime until Tehran stands alone," Bessent had said.

"President Trump has taken action that his predecessors have long deferred. Under his leadership, America is no longer managing the Iranian threat. We are ending it. Those who stand with the United States will reap the rewards of our partnership. Those who tether themselves to Tehran should expect to share in the isolation of a withering regime," he had also said.

Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 21:00

BERKELEY — Going their separate ways in the college sports landscape hasn’t eased any tensions between Cal and sister school UCLA. All one had to do to feel the lingering animosity Saturday was stroll down Piedmont Avenue, just a Hail Mary away from the Golden Bears’ beloved Memorial Stadium. The signs hanging from the fraternity...

The state of California began informing local charities last week that it was running out of funding from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) for the crucial Disaster Case Management (DCM) program.

Pattinson fueled marriage rumors with a cryptic comment earlier this year.

Pattinson fueled marriage rumors with a cryptic comment earlier this year.

Two people were killed after a small plane crashed in the Fresno area on Saturday.

School officials say the pilot program aims to combat a growing "mental health crisis" on college campuses and ease the transition from high school to college. 

Staff confirmed the permanent closure, but offered little indication of why the popular restaurant and wedding venue is suddenly going dark.

Meanwhile In Ceuta...

Authored by Steve Watson via Modernity News,

Viral footage out of the invaded Spanish enclave of Ceuta shows a bottlenose dolphin calf came in close to the sand at Playa del Trampolín in Ceuta this week, disoriented and still alive. A group of men who entered illegally in the July surge pulled it from the water, hoisted it like a prize, and - according to local reporting, a conservation complaint, and Telecinco - one of them bludgeoned it in the head with a stick.

An Ecoservicios worker in high-vis tried to stop the handling. Voices on the clip can be heard shouting "No! No! You can't eat it! It's a dolphin!" The animal was killed. Some of the men then moved off toward the breakwater with the body.

The conservation group DAUBMA took photographs, clips and social-media stills to the Guardia Civil and asked for animal-cruelty and protected-fauna charges. Alvise Pérez's Se Acabó la Fiesta filed at Ceuta's court on the same facts. A petition by Nadia García Gómez put it in writing: the calf was "brutally pulled from the water... handled as if it were an object and violently struck on the head."

?? "NO! NO! YOU CAN'T EAT IT! IT'S A DOLPHIN!"

A video from Ceuta shows a group of migrants pulling a dolphin calf from the water as a man desperately tries to stop them.

The group reportedly found the calf near the shore at Playa del Trampolín, pulled it from the water, and...

— Mario Nawfal (@MarioNawfal) September 4, 2026

Spanish citizens must now share their city with savages who treat a dolphin like a piñata.

The illegal migrants in Ceuta pulled a baby dolphin out of the sea today and clubbed it to death for fear fun.

Get them out of Europe immediately pic.twitter.com/4ERzMgH8kC

— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) September 3, 2026

They likely have a lower IQ than the animal they pulled out of the sea and bludgeoned. They are predatory scum acting solely on chemical instinct, completely lacking in empathy, judgement or respect for anything other than their own worthless existence.

El Trampolín is not a postcard cove anymore. It is the same strip that has held thousands of arrivals since late July, when more than 70,000 people crossed from Morocco into a city of roughly 84,000.

Madrid still talks as if most of them "went home," yet the reality is that reed shacks, rotting food and human waste have sat on that shoreline for weeks. The calf swam into that hell and couldn't escape.

One of the men in the circle was filming the spectacle on what looks like an iPhone 17 Pro Max. The "destitute asylum seeker" kit keeps getting more expensive.

'Asylum seeker refugee' in Ceuta filming the dolphin bludgeoning with his iPhone 17 pro max and brand new braces. pic.twitter.com/1AJdc6vsuI

— m o d e r n i t y (@ModernityNews) September 4, 2026

DAUBMA says the calf reached the shallows alive, was dragged out, was struck, and shows a bleeding wound under one eye while people on the tape try to wipe the blood. It called the case "extrema gravedad ambiental" and asked the environmental prosecutor to take it. Bottlenose dolphins are protected under Spanish and EU law.

A day earlier the animal-rights party PACMA shared a clip showing a migrant in Ceuta immobilising a park goose, bagging it, legs bound, a fish already in hand. A bystander intervened and the bird was dropped. The man left the scene.

?Esto ha ocurrido en Ceuta hace escasas horas.

?Un hombre ha pillado a otro inmovilizando y embolsando a una oca de un parque público para llevársela. Se desconoce el objetivo, pero nada bueno.

?La bandera que ampare al maltratador es total y absolutamente irrelevante para... pic.twitter.com/Jle5dirVlY

— PACMA (@PartidoPACMA) September 3, 2026

PACMA issued a statement condemning "any act of violence, capture or manipulation of an animal, regardless of who commits it, their nationality, origin or administrative situation," while adding that there is "not enough information to affirm that the incidents with animals were motivated by hunger."

As we highlighted in mid-August carers who feed Ceuta's street-cat colonies said sites by the desalination plant and in Huerta Téllez, Carmelitas, Príncipe, Sidi Embarek and Punta Blanca had emptied after the migrant camps spread over the same ground. Volunteers described dead cats found cut or missing half a body, and pigeons and gulls half-eaten near the settlements.

Conservative influencer Eva Vlaardingerbroek points out that while everyone is rightly disgusted over the dolphin incident, European children are being raped and killed by migrants relentlessly, and it's beginning to become little more than background noise.

"It took a dolphin calf," she wrote. "That says something about the way our society views the value of human children." She also pointed to the Lindsay Clancy case in the United States - a mother who strangled her three children and was immediately wrapped in feminist excuse-making. Murder a dolphin instead, Vlaardingerbroek noted, and that chorus disappears.

Everyone is rightfully outraged over migrants in Ceuta beating a baby dolphin to death, but European children are raped and killed by migrants on a daily basis and we barely see this level of fury.

It took a dolphin calf. That says something about the way our society views the... https://t.co/WyETEIjWcO pic.twitter.com/rv3LkwGy2W

— Eva Vlaardingerbroek (@EvaVlaar) September 4, 2026

The situation in Ceuta remains dire. Playgrounds that used to hold Spanish children are smeared with excrement. Beaches that held families have become open latrines. Mothers cannot let their daughters outside without a male escort.

Ceuta's chief prosecutor, Silvia Rojas, told Spanish media that 23 sexual assaults - nine of them against children - had been recorded since the late-July surge, almost one case a day. Police unions speak of women and girls clinging to vans near the CETI because stepping away results in assault, and being dragged into the hills.

Locals have had enough. In late August residents tore beach camps apart, threw gear into the sea and chanted that if the men would not leave, Ceuta would throw them out. Police put a cordon between Spaniards and the shacks and used rubber bullets on the people who live there.

The revolt did not stay inside the enclave. Marches spread across the peninsula.

Sánchez went to Congress and called it "absurd to think that the government knew and did nothing." He boasted of returns "within 72 hours" and a €309 million emergency package. Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares has claimed "practically the entirety" of those who entered have gone back to Morocco.

Video from El Trampolín a month later still shows tents, wrecked shoreline and a city that looks sacked. Tent camps billed for 1,500 cannot accomodate 5,000 to 10,000 people.

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Tyler Durden Sat, 09/05/2026 - 20:11

Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps officials have sought to revitalize its "Axis of Resistance" terrorist network for its plans.

Lane Kiffin's first real entrance in Tiger Stadium as LSU head coach came with plenty of fanfare.