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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Bronx man said 'I wanted to kill them all!' after he plowed SUV into Times Square crowd killing girl, 18, and injuring 22 others, murder trial hears – as prosecutor insists driver knew exactly what he was doing
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Richard Rojas,
    ...an egregious case of attempted suicide by cop by a gentleman whose brief stint in the Navy did not cure the various problems he had before he enlisted, and twenty-three innocent bystanders paid for that fact...
    31, is on trial for killing an 18-year-old girl and injuring 22 others when he plowed an SUV through Times Square in 2017

  • The trial is expected to take several months and include testimony from victims who suffered severe injuries

  • Alyssa Elsman, 18, of Michigan, was killed. Her sister, Ava, 13, was injured

  • Prosecutor Alfred Peterson told the jury in opening statements that it is 'impossible for him not to know exactly what was happening'

  • After Rojas crashed his car, his first words to a traffic agent were, 'I wanted to kill them all,' the prosecutor said

  • Defense attorney Enrico DeMarco said Rojas has a history of mental illness that made him unable to understand the consequences of his actions that day

  • At the time, the U.S. Navy veteran told police after his arrest that he had been smoking marijuana laced with the hallucinogenic drug PCP before the incident

  • Rojas pleaded not guilty at an arraignment in 2017 and has since been jailed at New York City's notorious Rikers Island jail complex
    That’s five years. Whatever sentence he gets will have to include credit for time served, but at least while locked up he couldn’t try again, with the same consequences.
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/10/2022 08:07 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Alito's whereabouts unclear after 'rumor' he fled following Roe leak
[Washington Examiner] A conservative lawyer who claimed Justice Samuel Alito fled to an undisclosed location now says he cannot verify whether the Supreme Court member is actually in hiding, saying, "It was a rumor, and I never claimed it was anything other than a rumor."

"Last week, I had heard from somewhere — I can't remember where — that Alito had been taken to a secure location for his and his family's protection," author and attorney Ilya Shapiro told the Washington Examiner on Monday after he said on a Fox News program Saturday that he "heard that Justice Alito has been taken to an undisclosed location with his family."
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 01:22 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Mob Rule

#1  Police will not police. Justices are in hiding. Appears the left is winning.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 1:25 Comments || Top||


#3 
Given this current Coup / Junta Administration, it would not surprise me if there was a Wetwork group plan to take out a few Constitution Based voting Justices.

Then their media to place the blame on some new previously unheard of Militant Abortion Group.

Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/10/2022 8:44 Comments || Top||

#4  At least someone is paying attention....
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/10/2022 8:45 Comments || Top||

#5  Federal judges supervise a thing called the US Marshall Service. The Marshalls run a thing called the Witness Protection Program. So I imagine there's any number of cubbyholes that you could go into.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/10/2022 9:38 Comments || Top||

#6  Reposting a comment I put elsewhere earlier today: If any ill effects are experienced by SC justices or their families from these illegal protests without legal actions from the DOJ/FBI/etc, IMNSHO, Biden will have committed a "high crime or misdemeanor" as mentioned in Article II, section 4 of the US Constitution simply by the failure to act of the Executive Branch. Not that the Left gives a damn about the Constitution, though.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 05/10/2022 11:24 Comments || Top||

#7  The Rule of Law pretty much ends when the people who control the government decide that "Prosecutorial Discretion" is a synonym for only enforcing the laws when it suits their agenda. Tragically, the level of corruption/political bias within the Executive and Legislative branches of the federal government has reached a level never anticipated in our history.

“Nothing exists except an endless present in which the Party is always right.”

― George Orwell, 1984
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 05/10/2022 11:46 Comments || Top||

#8  ^ Yep - that's the point on the map that says "You are here". And we are.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/10/2022 12:24 Comments || Top||

#9  Wasn't there a new AG elected in Virginia who appears to be serious? Where is he?
Posted by: Tom || 05/10/2022 12:30 Comments || Top||

#10  I'm guessing Alito has a cabin somewhere out in the boondocks where he can wait until the protesters get tired and bored.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/10/2022 13:03 Comments || Top||

#11  awfully written.

The Alito Family was move away from the idiot barren cat women.
Posted by: newc || 05/10/2022 20:41 Comments || Top||


Ex-NBA, Michigan State star center Adreian Payne dead in Florida shooting at 31
[NYPOST] Adreian Payne, a big man who starred at Michigan State and played four seasons in the NBA, died at 31 on Monday.

Chris Solari, who covers Michigan State for the bankrupt, increasingly impoverished, reliably Democrat, Detroit
... ruled by Democrats since 1962. A city whose Golden Age included the Purple Gang...
Free Press, confirmed the news.

Payne died as a result of a shooting that took place at 1:30 a.m. in Florida, the Orange County Sheriff’s Office confirmed. Payne was shot in a townhome community in the Econ Landing neighborhood. He was rushed to the hospital but pronounced dead.

The suspected shooter, 29-year-old Lawrence Dority, remained on the scene and cooperated with authorities. Dority was arrested on a charge of first-degree murder.

The Ohio native played at Michigan State under Tom Izzo from 2010-14. Payne was Second-Team All Big Ten in his junior and senior seasons. During his final campaign with the Spartans, he entered the season on the Wooden and Naismith award watch-lists and proceeded to average 16.4 points and 7.3 rebounds per game.

Payne and Michigan State won Big Ten tournament titles in 2012 and 2014.

The former Spartan gained national notoriety when he befriended Lacey Holsworth, a maiden of tender years who inspired Michigan State’s basketball team before succumbing to nervous system cancer at eight years old in 2014.
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Nothing much good takes place at that hour of the morning.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 1:32 Comments || Top||

#2  Journalism is absolutely shit these days. Lots of fluff about his basketball career that is completely irrelevant other than the only reason we are reading about another instance of black murder in America. A dozen a day or more happen. The shooter remained on scene and cooperated. There’s the real story. Something went down. Befriending a cancer kid in the past is pr spin to deflect. Not having read the full article (because I simply don’t care) my take is that basketball Jones was probably the aggressor for some reason and it was at the shooter’s home. Since the writer refuses to report any real facts, I suppose I’m free to make up my own.
Posted by: Lowspark || 05/10/2022 11:29 Comments || Top||

#3  After posting the above comment, I read the full article just in case. I am correct on three counts. I assumed race correctly. There were no relevant facts. Rantburg summaries provide all the information unless specifically stated that there is more detail in the article.
Posted by: Lowspark || 05/10/2022 11:39 Comments || Top||

#4  I suspect you are right Lowspark. 1st degree, does that mean something other or in addition to planning it in Florida?
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/10/2022 12:22 Comments || Top||

#5  Since the writer refuses to report any real facts, I suppose I’m free to make up my own.

Your facts are really just educated guesses but they're probably as close to the truth as we're gonna get.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/10/2022 13:08 Comments || Top||

#6  It sounds like you are well educated.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/10/2022 13:09 Comments || Top||

#7  Can’t speak for Florida. In most cases premeditation can be established by simply getting a gun from a cabinet. Second degree is usually the old crime of passion or a fight that got out of hand. There was no intent to kill up to the exact instance. Getting a gun from a car or other place gives time to think about one’s actions. Also police tend to over charge on crimes. It gives the prosecutors lots of bargaining chips. If one is charged with first degree murder and facing life or even death, a plea bargain becomes a very large carrot with reduced charges and drastically reduced sentences. One always has the right to trial. A trial by a jury of pissed off peers who we’re forced to take off work and be bored to death. A jury with fastest way to get out of jury duty is a guilty verdict. Besides, if he wasn’t guilty he wouldn’t be sitting in that chair, amiright? Every second costs money too. Bleed ‘em and plead ‘em is the saying. A far cry from the Founding Fathers’ ideal that it be better for 1,000 guilty men to go free than 1 innocent man be punished. Wow. I reckon I tangented there for a second. I apologize for off topic commentary.
Posted by: Lowspark || 05/10/2022 13:31 Comments || Top||

#8  Thanks, Abu. I accept your gift of water in the spirit with which it was given.
Posted by: Lowspark || 05/10/2022 13:51 Comments || Top||

#9  No great answer; I guess what I was pondering was if suspect hosted a party which led to circumstances related to a crime, such as drug use, if that ups a charge, if you will.

These athletes with causes are usually in deference to jail time. "We measured your BAL at 2.3 and found something other than coffee in your vehicle. Now, Hizzonour wouldn't like the cityball's starting position player on the news, and he has a cousin Vinny trying to get into office over in midnight basketballville. Suppose you go down there, get some face time, papers write a good story, and this never happened. That work for you Mr. Sports Union Lawyer? Oh, and Officer Rico who pulled you over, see he ain't from around here, so he has $20,000 bet on the other team next game, understand? We're trying to get him to cheer for the home team, but you know, things take time."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/10/2022 13:54 Comments || Top||

#10  It absolutely can, swksvolFF. I guarantee cat daddy is facing a lot more charges than just 1st degree murder. All of which are going to be complicated by who, what, when, where, why, and to what extent. The premeditation for a 1st degree must be proved. Hosting a party with dope and shooting an out of control guest in self defense isn’t premeditation. Baiting someone you don’t like to a party might be. Then you get into the civil tort shit where the property owner gets sued by all parties involved. It’s all in the facts. Which we will never get.
Posted by: Lowspark || 05/10/2022 15:16 Comments || Top||

#11  Still waiting on the Jovan Belcher DUI pull-over report and end-of-event toxicology.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/10/2022 15:26 Comments || Top||

#12  Hosting a party with dope and shooting an out of control guest in self defense isn’t premeditation.

We call that Saturday.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/10/2022 16:38 Comments || Top||


Ex-jail boss Vicky White, escaped inmate Casey White arrested after car chase
[NYPOST] An Alabama murder suspect and the jail boss who helped him escape were captured on Monday after a 10-day long manhunt that ended after a car chase in Indiana, officials said.

Prison honcho Vicky White and inmate Casey Cole White were tracked down to a hotel in Lauderdale County after the United States Marshall Services received a citizen tip late last night, Sheriff Rick Singleton told news hounds at a presser.

The pair were captured after a car chase and crash.

When they were discovered by authorities, the suspects took off in a black Ford F-150 truck and were chased by authorities.

During the pursuit, the US Marshals collided with the truck, causing the vehicle to crash. Casey White was taken into custody. Vicky White was transported to a hospital.

At a separate presser on Monday, Evansville Sheriff Dave Wedding told news hounds on Monday that Vicky shot herself, but could not confirm her condition.
prolly not the only time she got "shot in the head" this week IYKWIMAITYD
Sheriff Wedding also said that Vicky White was driving the vehicle, conflicting with Sheriff Singleton’s comments.

The pair have been on the lam since their alleged April 29 escape from Lauderdale County jail in Alabama.

"This has ended a very long and stressful and challenging week and a half. It ended the way we knew it would," Sington said, adding he was thankful that "no citizens were hurt, no law enforcement officers were hurt as a result of this escape."

"We got a dangerous man off the street today. He is never going to see the light of day again," he said.
The rest of the story:
Prison guard Vicky White dies from self-inflicted gunshot wound in hospital after car chase
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news]
  • Escaped murder suspect Casey White has been captured and his prison guard lover has died in the hospital

  • The pair were found at a motel in Indiana and led US Marshals on a brief car chase Monday afternoon

  • Vicky White, 57, shot herself at some point during the capture and was first said to be in 'pretty serious shape'

  • She helped break Casey, 38, out of county jail in Alabama on April 29 with the excuse that she was taking him in for a mental health evaluation that was actually never scheduled

  • She was spotted buying men's clothes at Kohl's and shopping at a sex store a week before the they ran off
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Vicky liked Evansville, decided to stay.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 1:18 Comments || Top||

#2  Has her publicist arranged a movie deal yet?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/10/2022 8:12 Comments || Top||

#3  Romeo and Juliet as told for this modern age. I get that chicks dig bad boys, but this seems over the top.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/10/2022 11:34 Comments || Top||

#4  As a former prison guard, her future as a prisoner was probably not pleasant.
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/10/2022 13:11 Comments || Top||

#5  Never underestimate the lure of the "bad boy" -that's where you go up against tens of thousands of years of evolutionary psychology.
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/10/2022 13:25 Comments || Top||

#6  Probably bought a strap-on to use on her toy boy.
Posted by: Javiter Dark Lord of the Faith7963 || 05/10/2022 17:38 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
FDNY says anti-abortion activist in viral video is not a firefighter
[NYPOST] A viral video of an anti-abortion activist in FDNY garb shouting outside St. Patrick’s Cathedral over the weekend is not a member of the city’s ranks of firefighters, a department spokesman said Monday.

“A video circulating from a protest in Manhattan over the weekend shows an individual wearing a FDNY sweatshirt. The individual in the video is not a member of the FDNY,” said Deputy Commissioner of Public Information Frank Dwyer.

The video emerged Sunday showing the man screaming at pro-choice demonstrators from the steps of the church, “I am the people!
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I like the "My Body My Choice" in the procession of mannequins.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/10/2022 11:44 Comments || Top||


Ex-porn star Lisa Ann wants Elon Musk to ban X-rated content on Twitter
[NYPOST] An ex-porn star demanded that Elon Musk ban X-rated content when he takes over Twitter, accusing the social media giant of being "the largest distributor of illegal content to minors."

Lisa Ann, 49, who made a name for herself in the adult film industry by parodying Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Mama Grizzly Palin
... the babe libs love to hate ...
in several videos, told listeners on her podcast last week that Musk needs to take action in order to protect children.

"Something I really hope Elon Musk takes a step ahead and says, ’We’re not doing this anymore, and if we are, you’ll have to enter in your birthday, there will have to be an ID situation,’ there will be levels to this s—t, that’s what I’m hoping," she said.

Ann said there was no contradiction between her message and her career as a pornographic film star.

"Yes, I did porn for many years of my life, and I’m not hiding my past as people tell me every day on social media when I’m wearing clothes, ’Why are you trying to deny your past? You’re this, you’re that,'" she said.
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  "I got mine..."
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/10/2022 7:31 Comments || Top||

#2  "the largest distributor of illegal content to minors."

Not to be confused with our teachers unions who want it legal and in the classroom. [Not available in Florida]
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/10/2022 7:33 Comments || Top||

#3  I just love how they always "demand" what they want.
Posted by: Chris || 05/10/2022 9:01 Comments || Top||

#4  The silicone has gotten to her brain.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 05/10/2022 9:28 Comments || Top||

#5  what brain? she sucked dick for a living.
Posted by: Chris || 05/10/2022 13:05 Comments || Top||

#6  what brain? she sucked dick for a living.

With a resume like that, she could become Vice President of the United States.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/10/2022 16:06 Comments || Top||

#7  ^^ Compared to Harris, Lisa Ann would be over-qualified (mental faculties).
Posted by: DooDahMan || 05/10/2022 22:33 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Pulitzer Prizes award Washington Post for Jan. 6 coverage
[APNEWS] The Washington Post won the Pulitzer Prize in public service journalism Monday for its coverage of the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol, an attack on democracy that was a shocking start to a tumultuous year that also saw the end of the United States’ longest war, in Afghanistan.

The Post’s extensive reporting, published in a sophisticated interactive series, found numerous problems and failures in political systems and security before, during and after the Jan. 6, 2021, riot in the newspaper’s own backyard.
So, Fiction?
The "compellingly told and vividly presented account" gave the public "a thorough and unflinching understanding of one of the nation’s darkest days," said Marjorie Miller, administrator of the prizes, in announcing the award.

Five Getty Images photographers were awarded one of the two prizes in breaking news photography for their coverage of the riot.

The other prize awarded in breaking news photography went to Los Angeles Times correspondent and photographer Marcus Yam, for work related to the fall of Kabul.

The U.S. pullout and resurrection of the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
’s grip on Afghanistan permeated across categories, with The New York Times

...which still proudly displays Walter Duranty's Pulitzer prize...

winning in the international reporting category for reporting challenging official accounts of civilian deaths from U.S. Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
s in Syria, Iraq and Afghanistan.
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Hoping to pass the Times for most Pulitzer's in the Fiction Category?
Posted by: Mercutio || 05/10/2022 8:44 Comments || Top||

#2  If you think of the Pulitzer as the Nobel Prize for Making Up Sh1t and Getting Away With It, then it all makes sense.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/10/2022 11:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Did they ever get a Pulitzer for their story about the Covington Kids?
Posted by: Abu Uluque || 05/10/2022 13:14 Comments || Top||


Vladimir Putin's reputed mistress baby mama Alina Kabaeva is pregnant again
[NYPOST] The former Russian gymnast rumored to be Vladimir Putin
..President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
’s longtime baby mama is pregnant again, according to a report.

Alina Kabaeva, the 38-year-old Olympic gold medal-winning rhythmic gymnast-turned-media mogul who has been linked to the 69-year-old Russian strongman since at least 2008, is believed to already have four children with Putin, according to the General SVR Telegram channel.

"We have already reported that yesterday, Russian President Vladimir Putin, according to eyewitnesses, looked depressed and somewhat aloof," a translation of the May 3 post reads. "This is understandable, yesterday Putin learned that his long-term cohabitant and mother of his children, Alina Kabaeva, was pregnant for another, or rather, apparently, an extraordinary time."

The report, which began circulating Monday, could not be independently confirmed. But the channel is purportedly run by a former Russian Foreign Intelligence Service lieutenant general known by the alias "Viktor Mikhailovich."
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Now this deserves the Russian troll rants about British and American tabloids and their misinformation. :)
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/10/2022 7:38 Comments || Top||

#2  The trolls will be showing up soon.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 7:48 Comments || Top||

#3  they're late... big party night last night.
Posted by: 746 || 05/10/2022 10:58 Comments || Top||


-Signs, Portents, and the Weather-
COVID Cases Explode After White House Media Dinner Becomes Superspreader Event
[ZERO] Cases of Covid-19 among attendees to the White House correspondents' dinner two weekends ago continue to mount, as the fully vaccinated and boosted 'elites' who condescended to non-compliant Americans participated in a superspreader event.
As The Hill notes, "High-profile cases following the dinner include ABC reporter Jonathan Karl, Secretary of State Antony Blinken, and reporters from The Washington Post, Voice of America and other outlets."

There is no exact count, and it is not clear which dinner attendees contracted the virus at the dinner itself or at one of the many parties last weekend surrounding it.

But the string of reported cases does emphasize the point that even as the country seeks to move on from the virus, large indoor gatherings do carry some risk.

The cases have also played into an ongoing debate, with some arguing that the current era of COVID-19 allows vaccinated and boosted people to decide to attend large gatherings even if it means a small risk, while others are more cautious, pointing to the downstream effects on other people of increased transmission. -The Hill

No - it's not a debate over whether large gatherings are a good idea since the dominant strain of Covid is only slightly more deadly than the common cold and the vast majority of people will make it through Covid-19 without issue. The point is that those who refused to play the lockdown game were chastised by the very people at this superspreader event.

"I’m yet another [White House Correspondents’ Association] weekend casualty," tweeted Puck News correspondent Julia Ioffe. "I knew I was taking a risk and, well, here we are!"
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 01:58 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under:

#1 
Having had it, and a hospital bill I'll be paying on for about 2 more years despite having Medical/Health ins. I honestly CAN NOT wish it on anyone.

But, If I were to...
I'd say it couldn't have happened to a MORE DESERVING, lying, deceitful collection of people. A Political Propaganda Group that even PRAVDA would be jealous of.

Interesting to note:
Those demanding and claiming they are Vaccinated & Boostered seems to be the biggest recent infected demographic group.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 05/10/2022 8:09 Comments || Top||

#2  Could it be because their immune systems are now compromised?
Posted by: Chris || 05/10/2022 8:59 Comments || Top||

#3 
Posted by: Frank G || 05/10/2022 9:03 Comments || Top||

#4  Is it that I'm supposed to care?
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/10/2022 10:25 Comments || Top||

#5  "We contracted it from the children!"
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/10/2022 12:20 Comments || Top||

#6  the vax booster is not particularly effective in preventing infection after about 3 months

it does prevent severe cases at least through 5 months
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/10/2022 13:37 Comments || Top||

#7  So, we now know vermin are susceptible as well
Posted by: Frank G || 05/10/2022 13:40 Comments || Top||

#8  The only country in the world except China so preoccupied with this fake event. Watch now as elections draw closer the hysteria will inflate.I will go about my business and continue to avoid the word pollution.
Posted by: Dale || 05/10/2022 14:02 Comments || Top||

#9  Why does this only, yet routinely, happen with Democrats?
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/10/2022 18:39 Comments || Top||


-Land of the Free
Asian Americans are an 'inconvenient minority' for social-justice ideologues
[NYPOST] A new study by Columbia University and the Robin Hood Foundation finds that nearly half of Asian New Yorkers live in poverty — twice the level for white New Yorkers and comparable to that of black and Hispanic communities. That’s a huge problem for progressives who routinely seek "justice" for blacks and Latinos mainly at Asians’ expense.

Asians, after all, also suffer from bigotry: The same study found that about 80% of New Yorkers of Chinese descent reported experiencing high levels of racism-related violence in 2020.

Documented, an online site covering immigrant issues, reports that Manhattan’s Chinatown has become "a place where anti-Asian hate, increased poverty and housing issues have been felt acutely" since the onset of the pandemic.

Yet progressives for years have sought to dismantle city Gifted & Talented programs, undermine the selective middle and high schools and otherwise wage war on excellence in the name of serving poor and minority students — though that agenda attacks the interests of Asians, the "inconvenient" minority.

De Blasio-era schools Chancellor Richard Carranza went so far as to publicly slam Asian parents who objected to his policies. Asian parents, he griped, act as if they "own" the city’s test-in-only specialized high schools. He even derided those schools as "the epicenter of privilege."

How inconvenient that race-blind testing leads Asian kids to earn a "disproportionate" share of seats in those schools, despite challenges of poverty and bigotry. How awkward that the complex formula that aims to get more black and Hispanic kids in (without actually teaching them enough to earn higher scores) inevitably reduces Asian enrollment far more than white.

Asian communities aren’t looking for government handouts or set-aside programs. They, like a majority of New Yorkers, simply want the chance for their kids to succeed through hard work, good grades and fair play. That puts them at odds with the woke agenda.

With rising anti-Asian attacks adding to the community’s grievances, and the left-wing establishment opposed to any serious action against crime, a political awakening is underway. We look forward to the coming political reckoning.
Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [0 views] Top|| File under:


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
The Battle in the Donbass
[Youtube] This is a 16-minute video analysis by an Austrian army officer on the fighting in the Donbass, notably including a comparison (at about 13:00) of the 1943 Battle of Kursk to the current fighting. H/T the US naval milblogger cdrsalamander.
Posted by: Matt || 05/10/2022 08:46 || Comments || Link || [1 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  Corrected link. to the cdrsalamander post.
Posted by: Matt || 05/10/2022 8:59 Comments || Top||

#2  I'm sure salamander is a fine officer but the 'comparing this battle and that battle' effort has been responsible for a lot of mistakes.

for example, yes there have been successful 'pincer movement' battle plans based on Hannibal's tactic at Canae but many times battles were blown by trying to do this with troops unprepared for the coordination required.
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/10/2022 18:22 Comments || Top||


More dead Russian Tycoons
[RadioFreeEurope] A former top manager of LUKoil, Aleksandr Subbotin, has reportedly died under strange circumstances, the latest in a series of mysterious deaths of Russian businessmen since Moscow launched its unprovoked invasion of Ukraine on February 24.

Citing sources close to the Moscow regional police on May 9, media reported that forensic tests were held to find possible drugs in Subbotin's body, which was found in a basement in a house in the town of Mytishchi near the Russian capital on May 8.

According to the sources, the owner of the house where the billionaire's body was found, Aleksei Pindyurin, also known as Shaman Magua, testified to police that Subbotin came to his house under the influence of alcohol and drugs seeking a ritual he often asked Pindyurin to perform to relieve hangover symptoms.

Less than three weeks ago, on April 21, Vagit Alekperov, the founder and co-owner of LUKoil -- Russia's largest private oil company -- resigned after he and other Russian tycoons were hit by sanctions by Australia and the United Kingdom over Moscow's invasion of Ukraine.

The same day, media reports in Spain reported that a former top manager at Russian gas giant Novatek, Sergei Protosenya, his wife, and daughter had been found dead in a rented villa in the town of Lloret de Mar near Barcelona two days earlier.

The 55-year-old millionaire was found hanged, while his wife and daughter had been stabbed to death in the villa, police were quoted as saying.

On April 18, Vladislav Avayev, a former vice president of one of Russia’s leading financial institutions, Gazprombank, was found dead in his Moscow apartment together with the bodies of his wife and daughter.

Police said at the time that the apartment was locked from the inside and a pistol was found in Avayev's hands, leading them to conclude that Avayev shot his wife and his teenage daughter before killing himself.

On March 24, another Russian billionaire, Vasily Melnikov, who owned the medical-supply company MedStom, his wife, and two sons were found stabbed to death in their apartment in the city of Nizhny Novgorod.

On February 28, Russian tycoon Mikhail Watford was found hanged in the garage of his home in Surrey in the United Kingdom. U.K. officials said at the time there were no signs of a foul play.

On February 25, the day after Russia launched its invasion of Ukraine, a top manager of Russia's Gazprom energy giant, Aleksandr Tyulyakov, was found hanged in the garage of his house near St. Peterburg. Police said at the time that they found a suicide note next to the body.

Another top Gazprom executive, Leonid Shulman, was found dead in a cottage near St. Peterburg in January, weeks before Russia began its invasion. A suicide note was also found next to his body.
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#2  Funny how they all seem to be tied to the gas/oil business; hostile takeover, Russian-style?
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#3  Preemptive purge and the Russian equivalent of "Saudi Survivor"?
When the Old Sultan dies there is generally a bloodbath in the Palace and Seraglio...
Posted by: magpie || 05/10/2022 9:01 Comments || Top||

#4  Putinist clique eliminating the people with the resources to take them on?
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 05/10/2022 9:31 Comments || Top||

#5  Hillary, Inc. going international?
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#6  Individuals whose wealth is largely dependent on trimming the 'float' from moving money. Sanctions have mostly stopped the money, the float dried up, and they are no longer able to pay for tolerance from the powers that be.
Posted by: ed in texas || 05/10/2022 10:23 Comments || Top||

#7  nah, I think has a pretty good reputation of taking care of his own people.
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Ukrainian Perspective: Invasion of Ukraine: May 9th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 23:42 Zelensky on the visit of Charles Michel and the explosions in Odessa: "Today, despite the presence of the President of the European Council, Russian troops again launched a missile attack on Odessa. This is the real attitude of Russia towards the European Union."

23:38 The Pulitzer Prize Jury in 2022 recognized Ukrainian journalists covering the war in Ukraine unleashed by Russia with a special award: "The Pulitzer Prize Board is pleased to award a special distinction to Ukrainian journalists for their courage, endurance and dedication to truthful reporting during Vladimir Putin's ruthless invasion of their country and his propaganda war in Russia. Despite bombardments, kidnappings, occupations and even deaths in their ranks, they persist in trying to provide an accurate representation of the horrific reality, which does credit to Ukraine and journalists around the world."

23:31 Ursula von der Leyen said that in negotiations with Orban on the oil embargo, "some progress has been made, but the issue needs further development." The head of the European Commission also added that she would convene a video conference with regional players "on strengthening regional cooperation in the field of oil infrastructure."

23:29 Residents of Odessa hear explosions and report that a shopping center is on fire in the city. There is no official information yet.

23:14 Ex-People's Deputy David Zhvania died during shelling in the "gray zone", Anton Gerashchenko said, citing sources. According to them, Zhvania died on Monday, May 9, from artillery fire near the checkpoint of the invaders near the village of Novopokrovka, Zaporozhye region. It is also known that Zhvania had Russian citizenship and was an unofficial representative of Rosatom.

22:51 Zelensky thanked Biden: "I am grateful to the US president for supporting Ukraine in the fight for our freedom and future. The signing of the Lend-Lease law today is a historic step. I am convinced that we will win together again. And we will defend democracy in Ukraine and Europe. How and 77 years ago.

22:27 What is Lend-Lease for Ukraine:

22:24 More than 100 civilians remain at Azovstal , Pavel Kirilenko, head of the Donetsk OVA, said on the air of the telethon. He also said that aircraft and artillery of the Russian military are constantly shelling the territory of the plant. In general, according to the governor, up to 100 thousand people remain in Mariupol.

22:19 Biden signed the law on lend-lease for Ukraine , the White House said.

22:12 The United States has about $100 million left to finance Ukraine, which will be enough "until about the third week of this month," Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said. He recalled that the Biden administration had asked for an additional $33 billion aid package, "so we urge Congress to act quickly."

21:56 April was the hardest month for the Ukrainian economy, Shmygal said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine: "April was really the hardest, because the economy adapted to the war. More than 32% of enterprises completely ceased their activities. Today, this figure is less - already 17%. According to the prime minister, in March "there was a slight drop" in the implementation of the budget, and "now tax collections exceed the plan."

21:30 Scholz tweeted: "Ukraine will survive. Freedom and security will prevail - just as freedom and security triumphed over slavery, violence and dictatorship 77 years ago. Do your part, today it means never again!" this is the legacy of May 8th."

21:19 There are currently 97 battalion-tactical groups of Russian troops in Ukraine - compared to 92 BTGs as of April 28, a US Department of Defense spokesman said at a briefing.

"It's not uncommon for them to transfer one or two BTGs from the Donbass back to Russia for re-equipment or resupply, and then return them back," the official said. But in general, according to him, "they added about five BTGs, and all these BTGs are either in the east or in the south of Ukraine."

21:11 The occupants launched another missile attack on the Odessa region - three Kinzhal missiles were fired from a Tu-22 strategic aircraft. A hit on tourist infrastructure facilities was recorded, five buildings were destroyed, OK Pivden reported. The fire was extinguished and two people were injured.

21:05 The United States has canceled customs duties on Ukrainian steel and products made from it, said First Deputy Prime Minister, Minister of Economy of Ukraine Yulia Sviridenko. She clarified that we are talking about stopping the 25 percent duties introduced in 2018 by the Trump administration.

21:03 In their statement following the meeting, the G7 leaders promised to tighten the economic isolation of Russia and "raise to a new level" the campaign against the Russian elites who support Putin. Read more about what awaits Moscow now in the article New sanctions from the US and the G7 .

20:48 About 45% of the inhabitants of the occupied Kherson left the region, about 20% left the region, the head of the OVA Gennady Laguta said in an interview with Ukrinform.

20:30 The United States receives unconfirmed information that Russian troops and mid-level officers of various levels, up to the battalion level, refuse to obey orders to continue offensives in Donbas. According to CNN, citing a U.S. official, these officers "have either refused to obey orders or are not obeying them with the zeal you would expect from an officer."

20:24 The UN is not yet ready to confirm that all civilians have been evacuated from Azovstal, Guterres' office said. In this regard, the organization continues to maintain contacts with the Ukrainian and Russian sides and allows for new evacuation operations from Mariupol.

20:22 The UN Human Rights Council will hold a special meeting on May 12 on Russia's alleged human rights violations during its war in Ukraine, The Guardian reports, citing a UN official.

20:09 The United States stepped up its investigation into Russian antivirus maker Kaspersky Lab amid heightened concerns about Russian cyberattacks following Russia's invasion of Ukraine, Reuters writes. In March, Kaspersky Lab was included in the list of companies that threaten US national security.

20:05 In the "LPR" they said that they "liberated" the village of Nizhne on the outskirts of Lisichansk. Also, the militants once again declared that they were in full control of Popasnaya.

19:59 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation said that Kiev "with the participation of advisers from the United States and Britain planned a major provocation to seize Snake Island from May 7 on Zelensky's direct order," however, the attempt to seize Snake Island was allegedly thwarted by the Russian Armed Forces.

19:47 Ukraine loses $170 million daily due to blocked seaports, and exports have fallen by more than half, Shmyhal said during a meeting with European Commission President Charles Michel in Odessa. The prime minister added that about 70 vessels are now blocked in the seaports of Ukraine, most of them are intended for the transport of general cargo.

19:36 Putin's speech at the parade on May 9 was expected to announce a general mobilization in Russia or even war to the whole world. Instead, the president of the aggressor country limited himself to a short speech without loud statements. Now the world press is speculating about why Putin's performance was so weak. Details - in the material Victory Day without victories .

19:31 Johnson said he "never was so sure that Ukraine would win." He also assured that "Britain will stand shoulder to shoulder with Ukraine for as long as necessary."

19:22 Moscow metro workers were warned about the possibility of an early dispatch to the front and responsibility for evading service. At a meeting in the metro depot, all men were told to undergo an extraordinary medical examination for a subsequent possible sending to the war in Ukraine. This was told to Nestka by a woman who turned to human rights activists for help after her husband was told at work that he might be mobilized. Sending to the front will begin "if there are not enough soldiers to send for a special operation," workers of the capital's metro warned.

18:58 The invaders are massively withdrawing troops from Borovaya and Boguslavka, Kharkiv region, in the direction of Kupyansk. At the same time, a large number of manpower and equipment remains in the villages of Izyumskoye, Druzhelyubovka, Olgovka, Cherneshchina, Pervomayskoye, Podvysokoye, Gorokhovatka, Bakhtin. Enemy equipment is camouflaged in the fields nearby, Borovskoye village council said.

Probably, the occupiers have problems with provision: they catch chickens, ducks, geese on the streets, and also take or exchange pigs and food from local residents.

18:56 The Ministry of Internal Affairs will exclude the symbols Z and V from the new license plates for electric vehicles, MP Igor Fris said, citing Deputy Interior Minister Bogdan Drapyaty. The character Y will be entered instead of forbidden letters.

18:54 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the evening report reports that in the Severodonetsk direction there is a battle for Rubizhne - the enemy is trying to capture the city and move in the directions of the settlements of Liman and Severodonetsk; made an unsuccessful attempt to storm the village of Voevodovka and retreated to previously occupied positions.

In the Limansky direction, the enemy is trying to advance in battle in the areas of the settlements of Aleksandrovka and Shandrigolovo, in the Bakhmutsky direction, he unsuccessfully fought in the area of ​​​​the settlement of Toshkovka. In the Avdeevka direction, fighting continues in the areas of the settlements of Novoselovka, Novoselovka Vtoraya, Verkhnetoretskoye.

18:44 Russia has fired about half of its missiles in Ukraine, but still has the capacity and stock of components to produce new ones, Deputy Defense Minister Anna Malyar said.

18:42 The occupiers "appointed" a deputy of the Zaporozhye Regional Council Yevgeny Balitsky as the "head of the military-civil administration" of the Zaporozhye region, local media report. Balitsky is a former people's deputy, now a deputy of the Zaporozhye Regional Council from the Opposition Bloc party. Instead of the Opposition Bloc, the regional council created a group For Ukraine, but Balitsky was not a member of it.

18:39 The occupants have already forcibly deported more than 1.18 million Ukrainians to Russia, Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said. According to her, more than 20,000 people are in Russian filtration camps. Denisova also said that Russia was preparing for the forced deportation of Ukrainians in advance: the Russian Federation issued directives for its districts on how many and where to take Ukrainians. Deported Ukrainians are placed in 50 regions of Russia.

18:35 European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen is heading to Budapest for a meeting with Prime Minister Viktor Orban, said its speaker, Eric Mamer. Today, Hungary again announced that it would not support the sixth package of sanctions against Russia.

18:32 The Russian occupiers pulled additional artillery units to the north of the Crimean peninsula for future battles for the Kherson region. According to the speaker of the Ministry of Defense Alexander Motuzyanyk, such actions of the enemy have several goals.

Firstly, this is the pinning down of troops - a maneuver that is designed to prevent the movement of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine to other operational zones. Secondly, given that Russia aims to capture the Kherson region as well, there is a possibility that this technique can be used by the enemy.

18:23 In Ukraine, on May 4, a citizen of the Netherlands, Ron Vogelar, was killed, he was 55 years old, and with the outbreak of hostilities, he left to fight on the Ukrainian side. He became the first citizen of the Netherlands to die in this war, of which there are about 70 in total, writes De Telegraaf.

18:02 At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, they denied the information about the flask with mercury, allegedly stolen at the station by Russian invaders. At the Chernobyl nuclear power plant, they assured that no nuclear or radioactive substances were stolen, and the workers of the power plant retained full control over potentially hazardous materials.

17:56 Scholz said that Russia leaves Germany no choice but to supply weapons to Ukraine.

17:54 In the Azovstal area, the Russians today focused on blowing up the bridge along which the evacuation was taking place, trying to cut off the Ukrainian defenders as much as possible from the possibility of an exit, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of Mariupol.

17:49 Ukraine has handed over to the European Union the completed second part of the questionnaire required to obtain the status of a candidate for EU membership , said Deputy Prime Minister for European and Euro-Atlantic Integration Olha Stefanyshina.

In the document, Kyiv assessed the compliance of Ukrainian legislation with the European one (acquis communautaire). The responses to the second part are about 4,000 pages long and provide a picture of the state of Ukrainian legislation after eight years of implementing the Association Agreement with the EU.

17:26 The entire territory of Irpen has been superficially processed by sappers, the mayor of the city Alexander Markushin said. At the same time, he asks local residents, if suspicious objects are found, in no case to touch them and contact the rescuers or the hotline: (093) 700 78 72.

17:04 The EU intends to weaken its package of sanctions against Russian oil and remove from it a ban on European ships to transport Russian oil and fuel to third countries, writes Bloomberg. The exclusion of the item from the sanctions package was promoted among other countries by Greece, which is among the largest shipowners in the world, allegedly due to a lack of agreement between the G7 countries.

16:54 On the night of May 9, Russian invaders massively fired on Nikolaev, there are dead and wounded among the civilian population, the head of the OVA Vitaly Kim said. According to him, this time the regional center was shelled more intensively than before.

16:36 The theft of grain from the occupied territories of Ukraine takes place under the leadership of the Russian special services, said the Minister of Agrarian Policy and Food Mykola Solsky. According to him, 400-500 thousand tons of Ukrainian grain have already been sent in the direction of the Crimea. "This is a big business, it is supervised by people, not at all those who simply stole televisions. It is obvious that representatives of the Russian special services, the highest echelons of the military, are engaged in this," he stressed.

According to the minister, for the past few years, Crimea has not grown grain, so it is stolen mainly for their own needs. The invaders are also establishing distribution channels through Sevastopol: "All ships coming from Sevastopol are ships loaded with Ukrainian stolen grain. There were cases to which our Foreign Ministry reacted, and some ships were deployed from Egypt and other countries. The Ukrainian prosecutor's office has already begun criminal proceedings We are also working so that this grain can be seized and sold with the help of our Western partners."

16:23 In the Black Sea today there are seven carriers of sea-based cruise missiles of the Caliber type with a total salvo of up to 50 missiles, Defense Ministry spokesman Alexander Motuzyanik said.

He also said that the operational-tactical aviation of the occupiers inflicted 48 strikes on targets in the Kharkiv and Donetsk regions. Long-range Russian aviation carried out five strikes on targets in the Nikolaev and Odessa regions.

16:18 In Popasnaya, the Armed Forces of Ukraine are holding the line on new fortified positions, there are no breakthroughs. Soon the situation should change in our direction, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. According to him, in Rubezhnoye, the Russians daily suffer losses - just yesterday minus five tanks, about 20 killed, many wounded. Voevodka near Severodonetsk is completely under control, the Armed Forces of Ukraine have secured their positions.

More than 40 thousand people still remain in the free Luhansk region, the evacuation will resume after the cleansing of Bialogorivka, Gaidai added.

16:15 The Rutube video service has undergone a powerful cyber attack today, it is impossible to enter the platform. The sudden “failure” was commented by the head of the Ministry of Digital Development of Ukraine Mikhail Fedorov: “And now I’ll show you where the attack was being prepared on Rutube. And if six hours before the parade the servers weren’t turned off - four servers, I’ll show you would have shown everyone this nonsense ... Well, you understand.

16:08 Fighting is underway near Lisichansk on the territory of Belogorivka - the Armed Forces of Ukraine are clearing the village, where the enemy crossed over the pontoon crossing along the river, said the head of the Lugansk OVA Serhiy Gaidai. "As soon as they remove all the 'superfluous', the rescuers will be able to start clearing the rubble at the school and the neighboring village of Shipilovo," he added.

16:05 Macron said he is in favor of a new type of "political European community" that will allow non-EU countries to join "core European values". According to the French president, any steps to allow Ukraine to join the EU will require "actually several years or, no doubt, several decades," writes Reuters.

16:01 Near the village of Makarov, Kiev region, the bodies of three more civilians were found - the Russian invaders killed them with shots in the head, the Office of the Prosecutor General said.

15:59 The Russian military failed to hold May 9 in the occupied Melitopol, people risk leaving the city, but they are either fired at or not let through, Mayor Ivan Fedorov said.

15:57 The laying of flowers by the Russian Ambassador to Poland was disrupted by Ukrainian activists. As one of them, Irina Zemlyanaya, told, the activists came close to the ambassador Sergei Andreev and tore the artificial blood on themselves, the same "blood" fell on the ambassador. Under the cries of "shame" and "fascists" the ambassador left.

Andreev himself later said that he was doused not with paint, but with sweet syrup.

15:54 The occupying "authorities" of Crimea are seriously preparing for possible popular protests against the war in Ukraine and, in this regard, create several new punitive "police" units, said Lyudmila Denisova, Commissioner for Human Rights of the Verkhovna Rada. In addition, 500 outdoor surveillance cameras are being installed in Sevastopol.

15:48 The occupiers are planning to use chemical weapons in Mariupol, city council deputy Alexander Lashin said. According to him, in this way the Russian military wants to destroy the defenders of the city at Azovstal. Local residents are urged not to go outside from tomorrow, and the chemical attack itself may occur on May 11.

15:37 Zelensky, in a video conversation with the head of the European Council, Charles Michel, stated the importance of "preventing a food crisis in the world caused by Russia's aggressive actions" and the need to "take immediate measures to unblock Ukrainian ports for wheat exports."

15:33 Chinese President Xi Jinping phoned Scholz via video and told the chancellor that every effort must be made to prevent the conflict in Ukraine from turning into an "uncontrollable situation." He also invited Germany to support the principle of "indivisible security" - a concept that Russia uses to justify its invasion of Ukraine, writes Reuters.

15:29 The head of the European Council Charles Michel arrived in Odessa: "I came to celebrate Europe Day in Odessa, the city about which Pushkin said that "you can feel Europe." Where today the Ukrainian people protect their monuments from missiles and freedom from Russian aggression. You you are not alone. The EU supports you."

15:26 Pushilin said that Mariupol should be made a resort city. In addition, he said that electricity was supplied to Mariupol, and water supply would begin in a week.

15:22 The Center for Counteracting Disinformation under the National Security and Defense Council announced that Russia canceled the air part of the parade on May 9 in Moscow, Yekaterinburg, Novosibirsk, Samara, Rostov-on-Don and other large cities not because of the weather. According to the Russian opposition, the flights were canceled because Russian planes in some cities were afraid to meet Ukrainian MANPADS on the way.

In 2020, the Russian media wrote that the Russian Federation spent more than 540 million rubles to disperse clouds for the safety of military aviation flights. Last year, this amount amounted to 417 million rubles. So the "bad weather" story is just a manipulation.

15:07 The Russians for the first time launched a missile attack on Ukraine with Soviet Kh-22 missiles, according to Defense Express. The mass of the warhead of the rocket can reach one ton, its warhead is twice as powerful as that of Caliber and Iskander. The use of the X-22 may indicate that the stocks of Caliber and Iskander in Russia are indeed depleted, experts say.

15:00 The Russian invaders, who were mobilized in April, have already been taken prisoner and are giving evidence. According to the SBU, citing the testimonies of the invaders, they were promised big money and relatively quiet tasks: to dismantle the rubble and put the streets in order in the so-called "LDNR", to transfer and load the dead and wounded, and also to be on duty at checkpoints. In fact, all "reservists" are sent to the hottest battlefields.

14:52 Ukravtodor opened a crossing on the Kyiv-Ovruch highway in the Zhytomyr region.

14:33 Expectations of an official declaration of war on Ukraine and mobilization at the parade on May 9 turned out to be far from reality. Putin's speech was sluggish. About how the social networks reacted to the event - in the material The last parade in Russia .

14:19 In the Kiev region near the village of Borshchev, the construction of a temporary bypass road near the destroyed bridge has been completed, which made it possible to resume communication between Kiev and Poltava along the M-03 road, said Minister of Infrastructure Alexander Kubrakov.

14:16 The European Commission is waiting for the second part of the questionnaire from Ukraine, a decision on the status of a candidate for EU membership will be made in June, said European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen.

Zelensky, in turn, said that during today's conversation with von der Leyen, he had already shown her the second part of the questionnaire.

13:47 The mayor of Slavyansk Vadim Lyakh announced a strike on the city center, the degree of destruction is being specified.

13:31 Russia is heading for defeat in its war against Ukraine, Podolyak said on the air of the telethon: "Russia is definitely heading for defeat. It is a matter of time and the number of our victims that we will have to pay for freedom."

According to the adviser to the head of the Presidential Office, all the hardships that the Russians will go through should be associated with Ukraine: "Because Ukraine is a symbol of the end of the era of these show-offs that they have lived for the past 20 years."

13:29 British Defense Minister Ben Wallace called Putin a Nazi during a speech at the Museum of the National Army in Chelsea, reports The Guardian. He mentioned the Russian soldiers who died during World War II and continued: “I was thinking about the extent of the suffering throughout the Soviet Union, and also how the suffering was used then, as now, to cover up the inadequacy of those who rule in safety. and comfort because of the Kremlin walls upstairs and in the General Staff nearby."

Speaking about the Russian army and the military leadership of the Russian Federation, he said that "for them and for Putin there can be no day of victory, only dishonor and obligatory defeat in Ukraine."

13:15 Russian media, citing the occupying "authorities" of Kherson, report that on Victory Day, eight Ukrainian Uragan MLRS missiles were allegedly fired at the city, which they managed to shoot down.

Ukrainian media report that explosions were heard from Chernobaevka.

13:13 The Russian ambassador to Poland was attacked: he was doused with red paint while trying to lay a wreath at the cemetery of Soviet soldiers in Warsaw, Russian media report.

13:11 On Victory Day over Nazism, Stoltenberg called on Putin to "immediately end the war, withdraw his troops from Ukraine and start peace negotiations." At the same time, the NATO Secretary General stressed that the alliance "is on the side of Ukraine and will help the country to defend the right to self-defense."

13:05 On the morning of May 9, a number of materials appeared on the Lenta.ru website criticizing Putin and the invasion of Ukraine. The employees of the publication reported that these were not hackers - they themselves replaced the texts in the already published news.

13:02 Arestovich commented on Putin's speech: "Putin's key phrase in his speech is" the inadmissibility of a global war.

12:59 The Ministry of Defense of the Russian Federation commented on the strikes on the Odessa region: allegedly near Artsyz, the Onyx missiles of the Bastion coastal complex "destroyed Ukrainian helicopters at the jump site."

12:56 In some microdistricts of Kherson, the invaders demand lists of empty apartments from the heads of condominiums. They are planned to accommodate Russian military personnel and intelligence officers, according to the Main Intelligence Directorate of the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine.

The number of checkpoints and mobile patrols is increasing in the city. Residents are convinced that there will be no advancement from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction of Kherson, which means that they need to accept reality and work under the guidance of the "new government."

12:53 In Latvia today, flags were lowered to half-mast in memory of the dead Ukrainians, said the head of the country's Foreign Ministry, Edgar Rinkevich.

12:51 Secretary General of the Council of Europe Maria Peychynovych Burych arrived in Ukraine on May 9. She has already visited the Kyiv region and visited Borodyanka and Irpen. The European delegation was met by the head of the Kyiv military administration, Alexander Pavlyuk, and the curator of the humanitarian direction of the KOVA, Oleksiy Kuleba.

12:46 Sweden will make a decision on joining NATO on May 15, said the secretary of the ruling Social Democratic Party Tobias Baudin: "What the decision will be is still unknown today. Our message is that on May 15 there will be a decision on which the leadership of the party will take a position ".

12:35 In the Kharkiv region over the past day, three people were killed and nine wounded due to shelling by Russians, Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA, said.

12:32 During the parade and Putin's speech in Moscow, which were broadcast by all Russian propaganda channels, the broadcast from the Russian satellite to the occupied Ukrainian regions was "unexpectedly turned off," the State Special Communications Service reported.

12:28 Bulgaria threatens to veto a ban on oil supplies from Russia if it is not granted an exception under the embargo, writes Euractiv.

12:26 The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine appealed to the world community: "We call on the international community to perceive the Russian celebrations of May 9 as they are: propaganda shows that have nothing to do with the memory of the Second World War."

12:14 During the last evacuation from Azov, the occupiers separated the military doctor Viktoria Obidina and her four-year-old daughter Alice, who herself came to Zaporozhye. According to preliminary data, Victoria was left in a filtration camp in Mangush, on the territory of the so-called "DPR", journalist Sevgil Musayeva said.

11:40 a.m. Medinsky again announced that negotiations with Kiev are continuing in a remote format.

11:38 One of the best pilots of Ukraine, the former commander of the 10th Saki Naval Aviation Brigade of the Navy, Igor Bedzai, died in battle, Dumskaya writes. The publication recalls that in 2014 the 10th Naval Aviation Brigade became the only unit of the Armed Forces of Ukraine that managed to withdraw its military equipment from the annexed Crimea. The operation was carried out under the leadership of Bedzai.

11:32 Podolyak commented on Putin's speech: "Let's talk again. NATO countries were not going to attack Russia. Ukraine did not plan to attack Crimea. The Russian military are dying not defending their country, but trying to occupy another. There were no optimal factors in this war except painful imperial ambitions of Russia".

11:21 There was no parade in Mariupol, but "ceremonial events" took place. According to the adviser to the mayor of the city, Petr Andryushchenko, a 300-meter "St. George's ribbon" was carried along Nakhimov Avenue. According to local residents, "volunteers" from Novoazovsk and Donetsk were specially brought for this purpose, mostly Russians. They also selectively attracted old people from Mariupol, they are lured to the square with promises of a field kitchen and additional sets of products.

"The eternal flame from Moscow itself is in place. The occupiers are in place. Collaborators are in place. The only one who is not there is Mariupol residents. Something went wrong with the holiday," Andryushchenko wrote.

11:12 Russia launched a missile attack on the Odessa region with four Onyx-type missiles from the Bastion missile system, which is located on the territory of Crimea, the Operational Command Pivden reports. "The probability of continued missile attacks in the region is very high. Do not neglect warnings about the danger," the command urged.

11:11 Biden today at 21:45 Kyiv time will sign a law on lend-lease and the protection of democracy in Ukraine, the White House said.

11:08 Police have identified 1,100 soldiers who committed war crimes in Bucha, another 6,000 "are in process." Suspicion has already been reported to 24 servicemen of the Russian Federation in absentia, said Viktor Andrusiv, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs.

11:06 In Nikolaev began to restore water supply, the head of the Nikolaev OVA Vitaly Kim reported. At the same time, he stressed that this is technical water, you should not drink it in any case - "you can thunder into an infectious disease." There has been no water in Nikolaev since April 12.

11:04 In Pologi, Zaporozhye region, the Russian military shot about 20 of their vehicles in order not to go to the front line, the OVA reported.

11:02 The American Institute for the Study of War reports that the front northeast of Kharkov has not changed. The Ukrainian counter-offensive, which a few days ago advanced into several settlements, has so far stalled and "has not yielded any confirmed achievements."

In the north of the Donetsk region, the Russians expanded the zone of control around Oleksandrivka, and experts also point out that in the Lugansk region, the invaders captured Popasnaya. According to the Institute's analysts, on May 8, Russian forces stepped up ground, air and artillery attacks in the Donetsk and Luhansk regions.

"Ukrainian sources have reported active fighting in Bialogorivka, Voevodovka and Lysichansk, which indicates that Russian forces may intend to encircle Severodonetsk from the south (in support of ongoing operations in Rubizhne, north of Severodonetsk) and move west towards the border of Lugansk region" , - analysts of the Institute note.

10:58 In Kherson, they held a "march of the immortal regiment", in Energodar Putin's speech was broadcast on the square, people gathered with portraits of their relatives who fought.

10:46 The Cabinet of Ministers allocated 43.7 million hryvnia for the maintenance of prisoners of war in camps and sites for the maintenance of prisoners of war.

10:20 Putin mentioned the "special operation" in Ukraine at a parade in Moscow: "These days you are fighting for our people in the Donbass, for the security of our homeland Russia. Russia gave a preemptive rebuff to aggression, it was a forced, timely and only right decision. Today Donbass militias, together with the Russian army, are fighting on their own land."

10:03 The Russian army is trying to cut off the Lugansk region from Ukraine, taking control of the Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway. The Russians have already transported military equipment through the Seversky Donets, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai.

Today will be decisive in terms of the development of the situation at the front in the Lugansk region , Gaidai said. According to him, the Russians managed to cross the Seversky Donetsk and attack Belogorovka, a settlement near the key Lisichansk-Bakhmut highway, which connects the Ukrainian-controlled part of the Luhansk region with the mainland.

"If the route could be captured, this would completely block the connection with the Lugansk region," says Gaidai.

10:01 The parade has begun in Moscow, its air part has been canceled due to the weather.

09:59 The General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine announced the estimated losses of the enemy on the morning of May 9. The greatest losses of the enemy over the past day were observed in the Avdeevsky direction.

  • personnel - about 25,650 (+150) people liquidated,

  • tanks - 1145 (+15),

  • armored combat vehicles - 2764 (+23),

  • artillery systems - 513 (+4),

  • MLRS - 185 (+6),

  • air defense systems - 87 (+1),

  • aircraft - 199 (+0),

  • helicopters - 158 (+2),

  • automotive equipment and tank trucks - 1970 (+9),

  • ships/boats - 12 (+0),

  • UAVs of the operational-tactical level - 377 (+17),

  • special equipment - 41 (+2),

  • cruise missiles - 94 (+2).

09:52 Greece was suspected of helping the Russian Federation to circumvent sanctions, writes Die Welt. Against the backdrop of the war in Ukraine, Greek shipowners are expanding their business with Russia, and in April of this year, 190 oil tankers left Russian ports, 76 of them under the Greek flag.

09:34 Russians are massively looking for their military in Ukraine - 32,000 appeals have already been received, adviser to the Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Andrusiv said: "We often ask why, for example, you write this, why can't you ask your own? And they say that they are being lied to."

09:30 EU Ambassador to Ukraine Matti Maasikas congratulated Ukrainians on Europe Day and promised that "the European Union, together with partners, will continue to fully support Ukraine's struggle for its sovereignty and freedom."

09:27 At night, the invaders again fired at the Dnepropetrovsk region. According to the head of the OVA, Valentin Reznichenko, the enemy fired on the Zelenodolsk community - it hit the outskirts of the village of Bolshaya Kostromka. Several streets were left without power, people were not injured.

09:25 Japan, as a member of the G7, will gradually reduce imports of Russian oil, despite the fact that it is highly dependent on foreign energy sources, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said: "This is a very difficult decision for a country that mainly depends on energy imports, including oil, but the unity of the G7 is most important right now."

09:22 The Russian military is accused of crimes against women in Africa. Mercenaries from the PMC Wagner raped the residents of the Central African Republic in the maternity ward of the capital's hospital, reports The Daily Beast, citing local military and police officers. Among the victims are women who have just given birth, as well as on-call health workers. These cases are known to the CAR police, but they do not take any action because they are afraid to anger the Russians.

09:16 In the Odessa region yesterday, out of nine missiles, six were shot down, OK Pivden reported. Also, according to the information of the command, there are now six enemy ships and two submarines in the Odessa water area, which carry more than 50 cruise missiles.

09:13 Zelensky: "Very soon there will be two Victory Days in Ukraine. And someone will have none left. We won then. We will win now. And Khreshchatyk will see the victory parade - the victory of Ukraine! Happy Victory Day over Nazism!"

09:10 Russia has exhausted its stocks of precision-guided munitions and will try to replenish them, according to British intelligence. Therefore, the Russian Federation is forced to use easily accessible but outdated ammunition in Ukraine, which is less reliable, less accurate and easier to intercept.

According to London, the invasion of Ukraine exposed the shortcomings in the ability of the Russian army to deliver precision strikes on a large scale. Despite Kremlin propaganda, Russia has subjected Ukrainian population centers to intense and indiscriminate bombing, with little regard for civilian casualties.

09:07 Ukraine cannot export about 90 million tons of agricultural products produced due to the blocking of ports by Russia, Shmyhal said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

09:06 Men of military age are not planned to be allowed to travel abroad while the war with Russia is going on. The decision to lift the travel ban depends on the military, Shmyhal said. “Here, in fact, the military makes decisions, but I believe that while the war is going on, all men should be in Ukraine,” the prime minister said in an interview with RBC-Ukraine.

09:04 After the departure of the UN column from Mariupol, the invaders began the assault on Azovstal. In particular, they made an unsuccessful attempt to break through the bridge, which was the gate for evacuation, said Petr Andryushchenko, an adviser to the mayor of the city.

08:59 Lockheed Martin CEO James Tyclet said that due to increased demand, his company plans to double the production of Javelin missiles. According to him, it is planned to increase production from 2,100 to 4,000 missiles per year.

08:55 Elon Musk commented on Rogozin's threats to him: "If I die under mysterious circumstances, it was nice to talk with you."

And commenting on Rogozin's words about the "Nazi" battalion of Ukrainian defenders of Azov, Musk noted that "the word" Nazi "does not mean what he thinks of him."

08:52 Blinken said that the new sanctions include a visa ban, which applies to 2596 Russian and 13 Belarusian military. This list also includes the military of the Russian Federation, suspected of participating in the massacre of civilians in Bucha.

08:46 In Russia this morning on all satellite TV channels there was a line: "The blood of thousands of Ukrainians and their murdered children is on your hands. TV and the authorities are lying. No war." The photo was published in her channel by Ksenia Sobchak. Its subscribers reported that this is a built-in player in Smart TV, in which the Ukrainian code.

08:43 Journalist Andrey Tsaplienko reported that another military enlistment office was set on fire this night in Russia: “Several Molotov cocktails flew to the polling station in Cherepovets. By the way, this is the seventh burning military enlistment office in the Russian Federation since the beginning of the war. cases have become more frequent. People are burning military records so as not to go to war."

08:35 The occupiers fired a rocket at the ancient Jewish cemetery in Hlukhiv, Sumy region. This information first appeared in the media, then it was confirmed by the United Jewish Community of Ukraine. More than 600 tombstones have been preserved in the ancient cemetery, the oldest readable of which dates back to 1824.

08:33 UN Crisis Coordinator in Ukraine and Assistant Secretary General Amin Awad called the airstrike on a school in Belogorovka "a strong reminder of the brutality of this war": "Civilians and civilian infrastructure must be spared during the war. These obligations under international humanitarian law are not subject to discussion. The sooner we work towards a peaceful end to the war, the better for people in Ukraine and around the world."

08:26 In the Luhansk region, after Russian shelling, it is still impossible to make out the rubble of the Belogorivka school, where 60 people were allegedly killed. In addition, 11 people were hiding in the basement in Shipilovo, who stopped communicating, said the head of the OVA, Sergei Gaidai.

He said that on May 8, the invaders fired at the population of the region 24 times. A woman died in Severodonetsk, two Transcarpathian volunteers died in Belogorivka. There are wounded, including children.

08:15 The Armed Forces of Ukraine have increased the number of airstrikes on Russian positions in the past few weeks against the backdrop of a statement by the Russian Ministry of Defense that the Ukrainian air fleet has been disabled, writes Defense-Blog.

Observers record increased activity of the Ukrainian Air Force in the eastern and southern regions. Ukrainian military planes and helicopters carry out massive airstrikes on Russian targets using air bombs, rockets, rockets and even machine guns. In addition, Ukrainian military aviation is actively involved in the implementation of landing operations.

08:13 The "DNR" stated that 408 people, including 65 children, were "evacuated" from Mariupol to Bezymennoe per day.

08:08 Borrell, in an interview with the Financial Times, spoke in favor of helping Ukraine from Russian reserves frozen in the West: “I would be very much in favor, because it is completely logical. We have the money, and let someone explain to me why doing this with Afghan money is fine, but not with Russian money."

07:44 The greatest activity of the enemy troops is observed in the Slobozhansky and Donetsk directions. As the State Headquarters of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reported in the morning report , in the Donetsk direction, the Russian army, with the support of aviation and artillery, is trying to take control of Rubizhne and Popasnaya, and is also preparing for an attack on Seversk, Slavyansk, Lisichansk and Avdeevka.

In the Izyum direction, the enemy is preparing to continue the offensive along the Suligovka-Novaya Dmitrovka and Suligovka-Kurulka directions. In order to prevent the advance of units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, the enemy concentrated up to 19 battalion tactical groups in the Belgorod region. The transfer of personnel and military equipment to replenish the units that suffered losses in Ukraine continues.

04:54 One of the Russian oligarchs close to Putin said that the head of the Kremlin is seriously ill. Hristo Grozev, lead investigator of the Bellingcat group, spoke about this on Ukraine 24. According to the journalist, Putin has a "serious oncological disease."

03:55 The British government introduces increased 35% duties on goods from Russia and Belarus totaling $1.72 billion. We are talking about products of the chemical industry, polymers and industrial equipment, in particular platinum and palladium.

01:20 Canada announced additional measures and investments to support Ukraine, including the provision of $38.8 million in military assistance. Kyiv will receive, in particular, ammunition for M777 howitzers and small arms, as well as the necessary high-resolution satellite images.

In addition, the Canadian authorities decided to abolish customs duties on all Ukrainian goods for a year, as well as introduce new sanctions against Russia, which included 40 more individuals, including businessmen and the military.

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#1  There is not reason to show Ukraine anything this is such crap really! Even in combat footage they try to doctor up events to make it look like Ukraine is blowing up something when really it's just the opposite, it's Russia decimating Ukraine! Slanted media and narrative everywhere! Pathetic!
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#2 
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Russian Offensive Campaign Assessment, May 8th, 2022
By Karolina Hird, Kateryna Stepanenko, and Mason Clark

[UnderstandingWar] Russian forces continue to face widespread force generation challenges. A senior US defense official stated on May 9 that the US has not observed any indicators of a “new major Russian mobilization” and that members of the private military company Wagner Group “urgently” requested hundreds of thousands of additional troops to reinforce Russian efforts in Donbas.[1]

The official noted that Russia currently has 97 battalion tactical groups (BTGs) in Ukraine, but that BTGs have been moving in and out of Ukraine to refit and resupply, suggesting that Russian troops continue to sustain substantial damage in combat.[2] ISW has previously assessed that most Russian BTGs are heavily degraded and counting BTGs is not a useful metric of Russian combat power.[3] The Main Ukrainian Intelligence Directorate (GUR) claimed that under-trained, ill-equipped Russian conscripts are still being sent into active combat despite the Kremlin denying this practice.[4] A prisoner of war from the BARS-7 detachment of the Wagner Group claimed that a ”covert mobilization” is underway in Russian to send conscripts to clean damage caused by combat in the self-proclaimed Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics.[5]

Russian troops in Ukraine continue to display low morale and poor discipline as fighting in many areas has stalled out against Ukrainian resistance. A senior US defense official claimed that Russian troops in Donbas are failing to obey orders from top generals.[6] Russian forces deployed to the Zaporizhzhia area reportedly are experiencing very low morale and psychological conditions, complain about the ineffectiveness of operations in the area, frequently abuse alcohol, and shoot at their own vehicles in order to avoid going to the frontline.[7] This is consistent with reports made by the Ukrainian General Staff that the extent of Russian losses is having widespread impacts on the willingness of Russian troops to engage in offensive operations.[8]

Russian authorities are likely setting conditions to integrate occupied Ukrainian territories directly into Russia, as opposed to creating proxy “People’s Republics.” The Kherson occupation Deputy Chairman of Military Civil Administration Kirill Stremousov stated on May 9 that the Kherson region intends to become part of Russia and that Kherson authorities do not intend to hold a referendum to create an independent republic.[9] Spokesperson for the Ukrainian Defense Ministry Oleksandr Motuzyanyk reported that Russian occupation authorities are intensifying reconnaissance measures and increasing checkpoints and patrols in occupied areas in order to prepare to integrate these regions directly into Russia.[10] Motuzyanyk noted that Russian and Crimean groups have been arriving to occupied regions to intensify propaganda measures to prepare for integration. ISW will publish our assessment of the Kremlin’s most likely course of actions towards their occupied territories in Ukraine in the coming days.

KEY TAKEAWAYS
Russian forces did not make any confirmed advances to the southeast or southwest of Izyum on May 9 but are likely attempting to concentrate the forces necessary to resume offensive operations in the coming days.

Russian forces made marginal gains around Severodonetsk in the past 24 hours.

Russian forces are likely continuing to amass troops in Belgorod Oblast to stop Ukrainian counterattacks around Kharkiv City from reaching the Ukrainian-Russian border.

Russian units in Zaporizhia Oblast are regrouping and will likely receive reinforcements from forces previously deployed in Mariupol.

The Kremlin continues to face severe force mobilization challenges, and ongoing “covert mobilization” efforts are unlikely to generate substantial combat power.

Russian authorities are likely setting conditions to integrate occupied Ukrainian territories directly into Russia, as opposed to creating proxy “People’s Republics.”

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#2  Skidmark do you get payed by the daily mail?
Because money always is the reason why people prostitute themselves..
..or you just link British trash cause your Russians neighbors? Those British pathetic propaganda articles are a little fake and nobody care all we have heard in this trash rag is:
Hundreds of Russian generals and colonels killed
All Russian ships blown out if the water
Russian troops killing their commanders
50,000 Russian casualties and 500+ Russian tanks destroyed
Russians totally defeated with no supply or leadership
Your trashy links are pathetic
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#3  Getting paid would take all the fun out of it, dear Frank A. The difference between a prostitute and a slut, if you will — it’s dreadfully important to get your insults sighted in so you hit your target.
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#4  *snort*
I notice when our trolls get worked up, the common english connective words get forgotten. It's just:
"You insult homeland. You British rags, wrong shit Putin Boy/Nazi!"
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#5  Truth be told, Skid just links to the DM for the T&A in the sidebars. We can't help it. It's how we roll.

As for the articles and their tone, they give you a sense of what the buzz is over in that part of the world, the official Message of the Day which is always useful, and sometimes they cover events that never show up in the media here for some reason.
tl;dr: the DM is useful if you are smart enough to see thru it and don't go all monkey-brain.
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From the Russian Perspective: Operation on Denazification of Ukraine: operational summary May 9th (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 23:01 In the Nazi-occupied part of the Kharkiv region, a group of English-speaking doctors was seen, who, accompanied by the Ukrainian military and SBU officers, are conducting an examination of the population. All actions are recorded on photos and videos.

What is especially strange: after a medical examination, citizens are given certain drugs that are recommended to be taken. What kind of pills - is unknown. Alternatively, we are witnessing the beginning of a provocation, similar to staged chemical attacks in Syria.

21:40 Documents found by the Russian military during a special operation indicate that there were specific plans to strike at Russia from the territory of Ukraine - Deputy Russian Permanent Representative to the UN Dmitry Polyansky.

19:34 In Ukraine, two radar stations for detecting air targets in the regions of Kramatorsk and Krestishche were hit, the Russian Defense Ministry reports.

19:11 In Ukraine, the symbols Z and V will be excluded from the new license plates for electric vehicles. The symbol Y will be introduced instead of the prohibited letters.

18:57 Kharkov tenth grader on Victory Day in Kupyansktold, which for the first time in my life came out on May 9 with a St. George ribbon and a portrait of my great-grandfather.

According to him, in the Ukrainian school curriculum, the Soviet period is consigned to oblivion and called "totalitarian"

18:25 During the offensive in Severodonetsk, the “O” group liquidated especially outstanding Ukrainian militants.

They had state awards with them. Unusual trophy - Turkish pistol Retay Mod 92 Beretta.

17:33 For the first time in eight years in the village of Cossack Lopan, Kharkov region, Victory Day has been celebrated.

16:47 The Ministry of Defense of Ukraine did not remove from the official Twitter account a post about Victory Day with a photograph of a nationalist with a patch of the 3rd SS Panzer Division "Dead Head"

15:14 In Kherson, the vocal and instrumental ensemble of the National Guard of the Southern Military District from Rostov-on-Don gave a concert.

14:38 Urgent! In the sky over Kherson, Russian air defense systems shot down eight Uragan MLRS missiles.

Today people came out to celebrate the Great Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War, in which seven million Ukrainians were killed. No politics, no referendums or anything else. Just for your favorite holiday. And this is how the Kyiv regime wishes to congratulate.

14:29Nothing unusual, just the President of Ukraine Zelensky publishes a selection of photographs on Victory Day over fascism, the first of which shows a Ukrainian Nazi with the chevron of the 3rd SS Panzer Division “Dead Head”.

14:22 Sloviansk was subjected to rocket attacks in the central part of the city by the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

12:30 Five Ukrainian missiles were shot down near Chernobaevka in the Kherson region, aimed at the northern part of Kherson

12:04 Foreign journalists visited Museum-reserve "Stone Grave" in the Melitopol region.

11:30 Berdyansk, Kherson, Kakhovka, Melitopol and other liberated cities today celebrate real Victory Day.

11:29 Negotiations between Russia and Ukraine have not been terminated, they are taking place remotely, Medinsky said.

11:21 The head of the Italian Foreign Ministry said that the weapons sent to Kyiv cannot be used to strike at the Russian Federation.

10:29 Head of the Zaporozhye Regional Civil-Military Administration Evgeny Balitsky and Acting Mayor of the Melitopol Administration Galina Danilchenko laid flowers to the Eternal Flame at the memorial "Brotherly Cemetery".

10:27 Melitopol. Immortal Regiment. Inhabitants remember and honor their heroes.

9:57 In Skadovsk, Kherson region, people bring flowers to the Eternal Flame.

9:47 According to Telegram channels, it is very important for the Office of the President to muffle the information field today about the results of Russian missile strikes so as not to create an image of the “power of Russian weapons”, which will contribute to a drop in morale in Ukrainian society and the ranks of the militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

9:37 Ukrainian men are not planning to be allowed to travel abroad while the special operation is underway, Prime Minister of Ukraine Denys Shmygal said.

8:59 In the Izyum direction, the Russian military took a whole warehouse of ammunition to Grady.

8:23 Air raid sirens sounded throughout the night in Odessa and Mykolaiv regions.

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Perspective from the Breakaway Republics: Invasion of Ukraine: May 9th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 20:57 According to the operational line of the DPR JCCC, information was received about the wounding of 3 civilians as a result of the shelling of the AFU on the previously liberated territory of the Republic:

n.p. Valerianovka:

- men born in 2003, born in 1960;
- a woman born in 1975.

Thus, the total number of recorded victims in the liberated territories of the DPR is 1,336 people, incl. 68 children.

20:54 On Victory Day, the Armed Forces of Ukraine shelled Donetsk again

Accomplices of modern Nazism opened fire from mortars on residential areas of the Republic. This time, the area of ​​the first residential area came under fire from militants.

19:53 Shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

14:40 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - n.p. Staromikhaylovka: fired 6 mines in 82 mm caliber;
15:01 — n.p. Majorsk - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of mine 6\7): nine mines were fired with a caliber of 120mm;
16:57 — n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Dolomite: fired eight mines with a caliber of 82mm;
18:05 — n.p. Nevelskoye - n.p. Berezovoe: 20 missiles fired from BM-21 Grad;
19:12 — n.p. Nevelskoye - Donetsk: 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

19:38 Consequences of a shell hit by the Armed Forces of Ukraine, which provoked a fire in the extension to the house on the street. Sivashskaya, Leninsky district of Donetsk.

19:30 The servicemen of the Donetsk People's Republic, together with the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, continue to liberate the settlements of our Republic from the Ukrainian occupiers. Since the beginning of the current day, our servicemen have destroyed 30 Ukrainian nationalists, one infantry fighting vehicle, two armored personnel carriers, two firing positions of 122mm D-30 artillery howitzers and two cargo vehicles. One tank, two armored personnel carriers and two2 cargo vehicles were captured.

19:09 As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the street. Sivashskaya, Leninsky district of Donetsk, a woman died.

19:01 Confirmed information: During the shelling of Tekstilshchik in Donetsk on the street. Petrovsky 126b, a 16-year-old boy died.

19:00 As a result of the shelling of the Armed Forces of Ukraine on the street. Zamoskvorechnaya wounded a woman.

19:00 Consequences of the shelling of the market "Mercury" in the Kirovsky district. Information from the mayor of Donetsk Aleksey Kulemzin.

18:54 Shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

18:27 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Leninsky district): five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.
18:27 — n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
18:30 n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

18:25 Telegram channels report a series of arrivals along Tektilshchik in the Kirovsky district of Donetsk around 18:00. The market is on fire. Arrivals near DIMT. The house is on fire. The pipeline is on fire. Let's check on the victims. There is information about the death of a 16-year-old boy.

18:08 Shelling was recorded from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the direction:

17:30 — n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirov district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
18:02 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): 20 missiles were fired from the BM-21 "Grad".

17:59 AFU fired at Yasinovataya. The building of the lyceum and the apartment building on the street were under fire. Lermontov. Details are being specified.

17:00 The authorities of the DPR expect that the gas supply to Mariupol, liberated from Ukrainian armed formations, will be resumed in the summer.

“We will do our best to get gas as soon as possible. Even in the summer, probably. We are counting on it very much,” said the head of the DPR, Denis Pushilin.

15:40 Shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

15:30 — n.p. Georgievka - n.p. Luhansk: 15 missiles fired from BM-21 Grad;
15:30 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

15:10 Shelling was recorded from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine:

14:50 from the direction of n.p. Gorskoe along the settlement Zolote-5 with the use of MLRS BM-21 (10 shells).
15:09 Telegram channels report a fire behind the railway station in Donetsk
15:06 Power supply to Gorlovka has been fully restored – Headquarters of TerO DPR

15:00 The AFU militants attacked a boarding school in Dokuchaevsk. Ukrainian militants fired at a boarding school and a bakery on the street. Lenin. Seven residential buildings along Lenin and Melnikov streets were also damaged.

14:55 Shelling from the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

13:45 — n.p. Dyleevka - n.p. Gorlovka (village of the mine named after Lenin): six shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
13:55 — n.p. Sands - n.p. Lozovoe: fired six mines with 82mm caliber;
14:30 — n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 10 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

14:20 As a result of the morning shelling of the Gorlovsky village of the Gagarin mine, damage to housing constructions was revealed from the positions of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. On st. Cherkasova 23 - the farm building was completely destroyed. Also recorded damage to housing construction on the street. Mining, 82/1 and outbuildings on the street. Mining, 89/2 - mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko

14:10 Electricity has been brought to Mariupol. Water supply will begin in a week - the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

13:55 At the end of the parade, Vladimir Putin met with Artem Zhoga, the father of Vladimir Zhoga, commander of the Sparta battalion. “At the meeting, the head of state presented the star of the Hero to the father of Vladimir Zhoga,” Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov

13:46 Shelling by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

09:13 — n.p. Zaitsevo (northern) - n.p. Golmovsky: 18 mines fired in 82mm caliber;
10:23 — n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Dolomite: fired 11 mines with 82mm caliber;
10:42 — n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Zheleznaya Beam: two mines with a caliber of 120mm, six mines with a caliber of 82mm were fired, heavy machine guns were also used.
12:45 — n.p. Sands - Mr. Donetsk (Kuibyshevsky district): eight mines fired with a caliber of 120mm.
13:15 — n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

12:59 During the night, high-precision air-based missiles of the Russian Aerospace Forces destroyed two command posts and a Ukrainian battery of Grad multiple launch rocket systems in the area of ​​Popasnaya settlement, 18 areas of concentration of manpower and military equipment in the Lisichansk area, and a counter-battery radar station, made in the USA, in the area of ​​Zolote.

During the night, Russian air defense systems shot down three Ukrainian air force aircraft: two MiG-29s in the Iverskoye and Novodonetskoye regions of the Donetsk People's Republic, as well as one Su-25 in the Pogonovka region of the Kharkiv region.

In addition, drones were shot down in the air in the areas of Bryanka and Avdievka of the Donetsk People's Republic, Pavlovka of the Luhansk People's Republic. — MO RF

12:47 In Yakutsk, Omsk, Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk and Grozny, one of the streets will be named after the deceased head of the DPR Alexander Zakharchenko.

12:38 AFU militants using the 9M79-1 Tochka-U tactical missile system fired at a residential area in Novaya Astrakhan, LPR. A tactical missile was shot down on approach to a populated area.

12:33 On Victory Day, activists of the Public Movement "Donetsk Republic" in all cities and regions of the Republic held an action "St. George's Ribbon". In the squares and streets, public figures handed out St. George ribbons and small copies of the Banner of Victory to pedestrians and car drivers - ODDR

12:20 Shelling by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the direction:

12:15 — n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: five missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

12:19 Consequences of the shelling of the streets of Granovsky and Arkhipov in the Petrovsky district of Donetsk.

12:01 Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk was subjected to shelling of militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. As a result of Ukrainian shells hitting the village of Severny, the roof, parapet and floor slab in an apartment building on the street were damaged. Vakhrusheva, 84.

11:40 AFU militants resumed shelling of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk. On st. Outskirts suffered housing construction. Details are being specified.

11:30 According to updated data, as a result of the shelling of the Gagarin mine village in the Nikitovsky district of Gorlovka, a number of housing constructions were destroyed. On st. Fomina, 8 as a result of a hit by a Ukrainian GP, ​​the ceiling was damaged, the summer kitchen and outbuildings were completely destroyed, two houses on the street. Fomin, 6 and 10 (non-residential) were destroyed to the ground as a result of an explosive object fired from the positions of Ukrainian nationalists. A number of houses along the streets were also damaged: Tushinskaya, 10/1, Yakub Kolos, 11/2, 11/1, 4/1, Yakub Kolos, 4/2, Voznesensky, 3a - the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko

11:15 On Victory Day, units of the People's Militia of the LPR liberated the settlement of Nizhnee, fighting began on the outskirts of neighboring Toshkovka.

11:07 In Mariupol today deployed a 300-meter St. George ribbon The event was attended by the head of the DPR Denis Pushilin.

10:59 Shelling by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

10:50 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Dokuchaevsk: eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired;
10:55 — n.p. Avdiivka - n.p. Yasinovataya: 20 missiles fired from the BM-21 Grad.

10:30 Over the past day, militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine fired more than 425 shells and mines from 122mm BM-21 Grad multiple launch rocket systems, 122mm cannon artillery, 120mm and 82mm mortars across the territory of the DPR.

The areas of 9 settlements of the DPR came under shelling. As a result of Ukrainian aggression, one civilian was killed and six were injured. 19 residential buildings and four civil infrastructure facilities were damaged.

10:21 The official representative of the NM of the LPR, Captain Filiponenko I.M.: during the clashes with units of the defense department, over the past day, the enemy suffered losses in manpower and military equipment, namely:

➖ Seven personnel;
➖ One armored personnel carrier;
➖ Five vehicles.
➖ One serviceman of the Armed Forces of Ukraine made the right decision, laid down his arms and thus saved his life.

10:20 Over the past day, the armed formations of Ukraine have fired seven shells from multiple launch rocket systems BM-27 "Hurricane" in the village of Novogrigorovka, LPR.

9:35 Shelling by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

07:30 — n.p. Dzerzhinsk (South mine) - settlement Gorlovka (settlement of the mine "Glubokaya"): four mines of 120mm caliber were fired;
07:30 — n.p. Noises - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of the mine named after Gagarin): four shells were fired from a tank;
07:30 — n.p. Novoluganskoye - n.p. Dolomite: fired eight mines with a caliber of 82mm;
08:08 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
08:14 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired;
08:14 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Share: three shells of 152mm caliber were fired.
09:05 — n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): five missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

8:36 As a result of the morning attack, the Armed Forces of Ukraine recorded numerous damage to residential buildings in the Gorlovsky village of the mine named after. N. A. Izotova. On st. Yakub Kolos, 11/2 - a direct hit by a Ukrainian shell on the roof of the house, an extension was broken, glazing and a utility building were damaged. Good without sacrifice. On st. Yakub Kolos, 11/1 (non-residential house). Damaged roof and glazing - the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko

8:34 During the night shelling of the Oktyabrsky mine village of the Kuibyshevsky district of Donetsk, a fire broke out at the address: st. Legal, 77. The pediment and glazing of the house were damaged, households were destroyed. the buildings. No one was living in the house at the time of the incident.

8:23 A whole brigade of the Ukrainian military left Lisichansk, leaving their positions after small clashes - LPR Ambassador to Russia

8:21 For a day from the side of the armed formations of Ukraine shelling on N of the item is recorded. Novogrigorovka with the use of multiple launch rocket systems BM-27 "Hurricane" (seven shells) - Representation of the Luhansk People's Republic in the JCCC

8:19 As a result of the shelling of the Gorlovsky village of the mine. ON THE. Izotov, a shell of the Armed Forces of Ukraine hit the roof of a residential building on the street. Tushinskaya, 10. Fortunately, no one was injured. Data on the consequences of shelling continue to come in - the mayor of the city Ivan Prikhodko

8:17 A total of 408 people, including 65 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to Bezymennoye in a day - DPR territorial defense headquarters

8:15 In the LPR, allied forces have liberated a number of settlements and are fighting for Severodonetsk and Lysichansk. The information is confirmed by local residents that the village. Voevodovka (between Rubizhne and Severodonetsk), after several attempts to counterattack by the AFU, was completely cleared of Ukrainian formations - Ambassador of the Luhansk People's Republic in Russia

8:08 Shelling by militants of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was recorded in the following directions:

01:30 — n.p. Sands - Donetsk (Kirovskiy district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
04:55 — n.p. Noises - Gorlovka (settlement sh-you 6/7): heavy machine guns were used.
06:30 — n.p. Dzerzhinsk - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of Izotov sh-ty): 10 shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
06:52 — n.p. Krasnogorovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): four shells of 122mm caliber were fired.
07:20 — n.p. Novgorodskoye - n.p. Gorlovka (village of Gagarin sh-ty): eight shells of 122mm caliber were fired.

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Ukrainian forces make attempts to seize Snake Island
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] Several desperate attempts to land air and sea assault on Zmeiny Island over the past 48 hours have been made by the Armed Forces of Ukraine (AFU). This was announced on May 9 by the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov , at a briefing.

"The Ukrainian provocation was thwarted," he said. The enemy suffered heavy losses.

Konashenkov added that three Ukrainian Mi-8 helicopters with troops on board, one Mi-24 helicopter, as well as three Ukrainian Su-24 aircraft and one Su-27 aircraft were shot down in the Zmeinoye area. According to him, the Russian Armed Forces also shot down 29 UAVs in the air.

In addition, he noted, three armored assault boats of the Ukrainian Navy with military personnel were destroyed during an attempted landing on the night of May 8.

According to him, the Russian military in total destroyed more than 50 Ukrainian saboteurs during the landing and attempt to gain a foothold on the island.

As REGNUM reported , on May 8, the official representative of the Russian Ministry of Defense, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said that two more Ukrainian Su-24 bombers and one Mi-24 helicopter of the Ukrainian Armed Forces were destroyed by Russian air defense systems over Zmeiny Island over the past night.

According to Live Journal blogger Donetsk:
1. Odessa. 81 years later, history repeats itself. Only then was Constanta as a logistics hub for the Wehrmacht, now Odessa as a logistics hub for the UGIL. Even the ship called "Moskva" died, then the leader, now the cruiser. What's happening? And the following happens - in the first days of the NMD, having captured the Serpent (more rock than an island) and establishing control over the water area, the KChF completely blocked Odessa from the air, sea and created a threat of landing, diverting large forces of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.

The death of "Moscow" showed a simple thing - without ships with heavy and long-range air defense systems, such a blockade is impossible. And there was only one such ship. Unmodernized and outdated. Even frigates carry a marine analogue of the Buk, but this is not at all the same. As a result, the Snake was under attack.

The enemy began to inflict these blows with the help of the UAV. We lost (presumably) several (2-3) small boats and air defense systems and decided to evacuate the garrison, which turned out to be without cover. The helicopter was killed during the evacuation. After that, the crests stopped raising the ensign and lost a boat, two planes, several helicopters. The buildings on the island have been destroyed. Nobody's island.

It has been proved once again that without heavy ships with modern air defense, such operations are impossible. There are few frigates for them. There are no heavy ships at the KChF. Odessa was well leveled with rockets, several dozen arrivals, but this does not solve the problem. It can only be solved by taking the city, or reaching its outskirts with the erasure of the MLRS and artillery of all military and port infrastructure facilities.
Elsewhere in the Russian blogosphere it has been commented that whoever controls Serpent Island controls Ukraine's access to ports of the Danube.

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Dutch mercenary killed in Ukraine - De Telegraaf
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[REGNUM] On May 4, a citizen of the Netherlands, who had previously volunteered for a foreign legion, died in Ukraine. This was reported by the Dutch newspaper De Telegraaf.

According to journalists, family representatives are already confirming the information about the death of a 55-year-old man as a result of artillery shelling.

Note that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Netherlands does not confirm these reports yet.

As reported by news agency REGNUM , the previously captured commander of the 36th separate brigade of Ukrainian marines Vladimir Baranyuk told reporters that foreign mercenaries served in the ranks of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, who were simply "looking for adventure."

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#1  That’s the risk when go to a war front. May his life and death have made the kind of difference he hoped for when he went there.
Posted by: trailing wife || 05/10/2022 20:35 Comments || Top||


Russia holds Victory Day Parade in Mariupol
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Gloating Russians have taunted Ukraine by holding Victory Day parades in Mariupol and other occupied cities in a display of blind patriotism despite the stalling invasion.

In the port city brought to ruin by persistent Russian shelling and blockades, Kremlin puppet Denis Pushilin marched through the streets waving the traditional orange and black ribbon of Saint George associated with the military celebrations.

The leader of the Donetsk People's Republic wore a Z symbol on his chest as he chanted with fellow senior pro-Russian officials and even lit a torch at Mariupol's memorial for the victims of fascism in a display of breathtaking arrogance.
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#2  At least he made it to the parade, I guess. Yuri Andropov, et al, didn't. Restoring the grand Soviet tradition of old sick men in power...
Posted by: Frank G || 05/10/2022 9:06 Comments || Top||

#3  Too bad Ukraine didn't have any rockets with enough range....would be funny to have a few hit the parade route.
Posted by: Silentbrick || 05/10/2022 10:53 Comments || Top||

#4  Really, with drones about, you want to give them targets?
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/10/2022 15:42 Comments || Top||

#5  Propaganda medias at work. No limp, no blanket(over coat). We have senile leader prop.
Posted by: Dale || 05/10/2022 20:32 Comments || Top||


Economy
US gas prices back near record highs, hammering motorists
[NYPOST] US motorists gearing up for their warm weather road trips are set to encounter fresh record high gas prices this week as inflation continues to hammer household budgets.

The national average price of a gallon of gas was $4.328 as of Monday afternoon, according to AAA data. That price was up about 20 cents compared to one month ago and well over a dollar higher than the same day one year ago.

The cost of gas is within a fraction of the all-time high established in March, when the national average hit an unprecedented $4.331 as the Russian invasion of Ukraine caused disruption to global energy shipments.

In New York, gas prices have already hit a new record. The statewide price of regular gas was $4.518 — nearly 30 cents higher than one month ago — while diesel hit an absurd $6.383.

"Increasing gas demand and rising oil prices have pushed pump prices higher. Pump prices will likely face upward pressure as oil prices remain above $105 per barrel," AAA said in a blog post detailing the price surge.

Oil prices hovered near $110 per barrel last week as the European Union
...the successor to the Holy Roman Empire, only without the Hapsburgs and the nifty uniforms and the dancing...
weighed a possible ban on Russian energy shipments in response to the Ukraine war. A possible embargo further upended an energy market that was already contending with supply concerns and disruptions related to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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#1  Irregular supplies also. Especially Diesel. So increase ethanol big problems. Evaporates quickly, more explosive, lower power and mileage performance. Supply line costs and what do you use for feed for cows. To the moon Alice.
Posted by: Dale || 05/10/2022 4:08 Comments || Top||

#2  I'd lay the fuel issue right at Brandon's shuffling feet.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 5:46 Comments || Top||



#5  Here's a "contrast."

Trump..... $2.05 regular gasoline.

Biden..... $4.29 regular gasoline.
.
Posted by: Besoeker || 05/10/2022 7:51 Comments || Top||

#6  Biden Plan part "...and then the Magic Happens!" and "Saboteurs! Wreckers!"
Posted by: magpie || 05/10/2022 9:04 Comments || Top||

#7  Confirmed with my dealer's service department yesterday that ethanol is bad for your engine because it burns hotter.

Since we are bent on repeating the 70s, does Biden's plan by any chance include WIN buttons?
Posted by: Tom || 05/10/2022 12:35 Comments || Top||


Fifth Column
BLM co-founder Patrisse Cullors admits using $6M mansion for parties
[NYPOST] Black Lives Matter co-founder Patrisse Cullors has admitted to throwing two parties at the organization’s swanky $6 million Los Angeles mansion — despite previously suggesting she’d never used the property for personal gain.

The 38-year-old fat lady told the News Agency that Dare Not be Named on Monday that she hosted her son’s birthday party and a gathering to celebrate President Biden’s inauguration at the six-bedroom property early last year.

BLM faced a torrent of criticism and backlash last month when it publicly emerged that the organization had "secretly" purchased the LA mansion — which boasts a home with six bedrooms and bathrooms, a swimming pool, a soundstage and office space — back in 2020.

At the time, Cullors said the property was purchased by BLM to serve as a meeting venue and campus. She also issued a statement denying suggestions she had lived at the property — or taken advantage of it for personal gain.

But Cullors, who resigned as BLM’s executive director a year ago after spending six years at the helm, said she used the property twice for events that weren’t business related.

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#1  It's not as if there are going to be any consequences, so...
Posted by: Rex Mundi || 05/10/2022 13:27 Comments || Top||

#2  I was surprised she wasn’t living in it. I think she is stealing the money by contracting her relatives to mow the lawn on the empty mansion. Seems like it would have been more useful to buy an office building or storage locker facility for bricks and Molotov cocktails.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/10/2022 15:11 Comments || Top||

#3  She is a trained Marxist but she is terrible at it.
Posted by: Super Hose || 05/10/2022 15:58 Comments || Top||


Home Front: Politix
DeSantis requires Florida students to learn about 'victims of communism'
[NYPOST] Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation Monday requiring Sunshine State students to learn about the "Victims of Communism" in high school.

Beginning in the 2023-2024 academic year, high school students enrolled in US government courses will get at least 45 minutes of instruction each November 7 describing how "victims suffered under these regimes through poverty, starvation, migration, systemic lethal violence, and suppression of speech."

DeSantis inked the law at the Freedom Tower in Miami, where 650,000 Cubans were processed after fleeing their homeland upon Fidel Castro’s seizure of power in 1959.

"I think this tower is a reminder that freedom is not free, that you have to fight for your rights and that there are a lot of people out there that would love nothing more than to put you under some form of oppression," DeSantis said.

DeSantis said the new bill will seek to combat a "tremendous ignorance" among young Americans about the history of the ideology and its impact in various parts of the world.

Posted by: Fred || 05/10/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  But will the left call it the "do say omelets - eggs law?"
Posted by: M. Murcek || 05/10/2022 7:14 Comments || Top||

#2  Do Say Gulag Law.
Posted by: jack salami || 05/10/2022 8:56 Comments || Top||

#3  Cue the "educators" shrieking that they'll teach about "capitalists victims".
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 05/10/2022 9:32 Comments || Top||

#4  I read somewhere that although Communism is a complete failure as an economic system, we shouldn't underestimate its success as a religion.
Posted by: Matt || 05/10/2022 10:13 Comments || Top||

#5  Once we teach them about the ~100 million dead, something that really does get overlooked, we can teach them about the Nazis being Socialists. That will really blow their minds.
Posted by: SteveS || 05/10/2022 10:16 Comments || Top||

#6  "Professor Rasczek, why did you hand us mirrors?"

"Because you will be next if you don't pay attention in this class."
Posted by: swksvolFF || 05/10/2022 10:32 Comments || Top||

#7  The Left will call it Disinformation because "Nazi!Nazi!Nazi!!"
Posted by: magpie || 05/10/2022 10:39 Comments || Top||

#8  To which the reply should be OK Groomer Commie, Commie, Commie.
Posted by: Procopius2k || 05/10/2022 11:27 Comments || Top||

#9  ^ Been there for decades. However...

"Since I started to use the word 'commie,'
The future looks brilliant and balmy!
Not one disagrees
Red's a dreadful disease...
Well, except for my kids and their mommy,
For whom the word means
Mostly skylines and screens,
And who welcome the Chinese tsunami.
Other than that, we're pretty much unanimous in our contempt for communism."
Posted by: Pheper Henbane8450 || 05/10/2022 18:29 Comments || Top||

#10  DeSantis's move has resulted in all kinds of leftists defending Communism today.

heh
Posted by: Lord Garth || 05/10/2022 19:43 Comments || Top||


Southeast Asia
Sri Lanka PM quits as violence kills 3, injures 150
[AnNahar] Sri Lankan Prime Minister Mahinda Rajapaksa quit on Monday after a day of violence saw three people including an MP killed and over 150 maimed as government supporters armed with sticks and clubs attacked protestors.

Lawmaker Amarakeerthi Athukorala from the ruling party shot two people -- killing a 27-year-old man -- and then himself after being surrounded by a mob of anti-government protestors outside the city, police said.

Sri Lanka has suffered months of blackouts and dire shortages of food, fuel and medicines in its worst economic crisis since independence, sparking weeks of overwhelmingly peaceful anti-government demonstrations.
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#1  Why are Sri Lankans protesting in the streets?
Posted by: Skidmark || 05/10/2022 8:50 Comments || Top||



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