Miscellaneous And Off Topic Subjects

[Tom W]

"Ruthless" probably isn't a good adjective for Biden. "Clueless" and "Pathetic" are much more suitable.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Doesn't necessarily mean Trump himself will be hit with racketeering charges. The article notes that under Georgia law "racketeering" has a much broader definition than the federal one. Not qualified to offer an opinion on it. The guys who broke into Dominion machines and took voter data should be worried though.

Fulton county prosecutors prepare racketeering charges in Trump inquiry | Georgia | The Guardian

[THE_WIZARD_]

Delegate Stacey Plaskett (D-Virgin Islands)when asked about whether she tried to censor RFK Jr. at the House meeting regarding government censorship..."I wasn't censoring him...I just didn't want to hear what he had to say"...

So...Progs...at a censorship meeting...try to censor the man who was censored by Big Tech...then claim they didn't censor him...because they were censoring him.

You just can't make this shit up.

[Jeff Buchanan]

There are two separate and unrelated events taking place in the context of Russia's invasion of Ukraine. The first is Russia's decision to quit the grain deal brokered by Erdogan and the UN. Russian representatives claim that the west (a broad term that really means the EU and US) are not living up to their side of the agreement. In part, Russia claims that a list of Russian agricultural products cannot be brought to market becasue of sanctions on agribusinesses that do the exporting. Russia also claims they are prevented access to the SWIFT banking system to complete import and export transactions. Observers with access to the data claim overall Russian agricultural exports in dollars are 35% higher than before the invasion and until Monday were being shipped in large quantities from Russian and occupied Ukrainian ports. As a result of Russian threats and the Ukrainian counter threats, shippers are not entering the Black Sea or Sea of Azov and are anchored, waiting the situation out, in other ports, some of them in Turkey. Putin risks alienation of the many African nations who were, up until Monday, receiving grain shipments.

Russia further claims, without evidence, that grains and other agricultural products weren't going to poor countries but instead reaching high and middle income populations in the EU. This entire set of events, claims and counterclaims, are raising the risk of escalation involving the Russian navy's combatant ships who might take action to enforce the blockade that was in place prior to the grain deal and has been reinstituted this week. The extensive Russian attacks coming from sea and land based platforms on Ukrainian port facilities also risks bringing western combatant naval assets (most likely the US and UK with French and German naval forces sitting on the sidelines) into the ever widening war. Analysts think Putin is bluffing with rhetoric as he has vigorously pursued COAs not likely to bring NATO into the conflict. The Russian naval based attacks on Ukrainian ports doing nothing but destroying infrastructure is really a dangerous escalation that may very well prompt a western military response.

The second event is the arrest of Russian pro-war advocate and avid nationalist Igor Girkin. A former FSB commander, who was involved with Russian activities that installed pro-Russian administrations in the Donetsk and Luhansk Oblast in 2014, has relentlessly complained in the public domain (Telegram) of incompetence in the waging of the Special Military Operation by the MoD. Acting FSB actors have been reportedly stunned that he has been left alone for as long as he has been. The wider context involves how Putin is dealing with the rebellion, both real and potential, within the army where, among flag rank officers discontent over the conduct of the war, is beginning to appear. Putin appears to Kremlin watchers to be slow-playing Prigozhen trying to figure out how he can handle the personal loyalty of the war's critics such as Girken and Prigozhen without alienating the prowar activism targeted not at Putin but at failures of Shoigu and Garrismov to wage war at the MoD level. This is an ongoing and developing set of circumstances that Putin is dealing with exacerbated by the lack of tactical successes on the Ukrainian battlefield.

[crashcourse]

Be out of the loop for awhile --back to work in mid september

in the mean time STFU and carry on

[THE_WIZARD_]

stfu

[Dr. Strangelove]

Bizarre and ominous interruption of a soccer match near Newcastle. Masked men driving a hearse and another car somehow got onto the pitch, did donuts for a bit, dumped out tons of leaflets, then abandoned the hearse and sped off. The leaflets and a banner on the back of the hearse apparently make death threats against four “well known” members of the community but the reporter isn’t saying who.

Theres some video of it in the below thread.

[foxhopper]

Be out of the loop for awhile --back to work in mid september

in the mean time STFU and carry on

Have a good time if on vacation. If your in jail stay strong. Don'ttun into a fucking Loon.

[Dr. Strangelove]

Uber patriots say it’s no longer good enough to stand respectfully for the anthem. You MUST sing along loudly and hopefully with dramatic inflection, like Opera Man or some such bullshit.

[THE_WIZARD_]

STFU you traitor.

Benedict DSL.

[Mike]

Did Team Karen play today?

[THE_WIZARD_]

Why does DSL hate America?

[Whitley]

Never been much into country music...but I just became a fan of Jason Aldean.

Fuck you Progs. GFY.

I actually am a big fan of country music

[THE_WIZARD_]

Good.

[WingsFan]

NESSIE STRIKES!!!

Fake Trump electors charged with Michigan election crimes (cnbc.com)

Michigan, Michele Lundgren, a photographer from Detroit, volunteered to be a Trump delegate and elector had he ended up winning the state, but she ended up becoming a fake Trump elector and now faces up to 80 years in prison "I was an innocent little bystander in this whole thing, thinking I was doing my civic duty," Lundgren said.


A little useless trivia about this lady...

Batshit crazy, an old-time rocker - a photographer of classic rock bands. Was a frenemy of my sister's husband's (late) sister. My sister claims she stole jewelry and clothes after she passed and karma has caught up with her. Last night my sister said she going to have to sell all the jewelry for Lawer's bills.