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I gotta figure Daddy, the gunner, is complicit in the act. 'Accessory before the fact' comes to mind.
Isn't there a lockdown law in Michigan to keep minors from guns?
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Skid, there are millions of kids in Michigan who have access to firearms who don't go on shooting rampages.
Odds are this kid was well-known to school and police, they had on-record warnings about him, and they ignored the warnings to make their numbers look better.
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They'd had him and his parents in earlier in the day about his behavior.
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[South China Morning Post] Jeffrey Epstein’s long-time pilot testified on Tuesday at the sex trafficking trial of Ghislaine Maxwell that he recalled flying Prince Andrew, Bill Clinton and Donald Trump on the late financier’s private planes.
Lawrence Visoski, who worked for Epstein for nearly 30 years, said he was told when VIPs would be aboard because "you’d want to make sure the plane looked nice".
Besides Clinton, Prince Andrew and Trump, Visoski said he also recalled flying the actor Kevin Spacey.
Maxwell, the 59-year-old daughter of the late newspaper baron Robert Maxwell, is accused of procuring underage girls who were sexually exploited by Epstein.
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He flew lots of people around to court favor with big wigs. Not all of those people went to Pedophile island so readers beware of misleading headlines designed to muddy the waters.
[NYPOST] A Texas man was sentenced to over nine years in prison on Monday for fraudulently obtaining COVID-19 relief funds that he used for the purchase of a Lamborghini and other expenses.
Lee Price III, 30, who pleaded guilty in September to wire fraud and money laundering charges, received $1.6 million in PPP loan funds by falsifying his applications, the Department of Justice said, citing court documents.
On the applications, Price used the name of a person who died before the documents were submitted, the court documents said.
In the paperwork, he also fudged payroll expenses and the number of employees he purportedly had at three seperate businesses, according to the court docs.
Price used some of the ill-gotten gains to buy a Lamborghini Urus, a Ford F-350 truck and a Rolex watch, the DOJ said.
The DOJ said authorities have recovered over $700,000 in the fraudulently obtained money.
[NYPOST] Jussie Smollett ...Cable TV actor whose primary talents seemed to be being black and being homosexual. In a bid for national attention, he paid a pair of Nigerian brothers to rough him up a little so he could claim that two large, white, MAGA hat-wearing men had shouted This is MAGA country! while thumping him at 2:30am on a bitter cold night in Chicago and throwing bleach on him, presumably to lighten him up. The story quickly unraveled, and he became a laughingstock and the poster boy for pretend victimization and attention whoredom... ’s attorney said the former "Empire" star was "a real victim" of a crime on Monday while prosecutors said he staged a hate crime during the opening arguments of Smollett’s trial in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... Smollett "developed a secret plan that would make it appear that there was actually a hate crime that actually occurred against him by supporters of Donald Trump
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Oh F U C K O F F, already.
Put this smirking disgusting little clown in prison where he can bare his arse for the enjoyment of his fellow savages.
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Smollett’s defense attorney Nenye Uche is very talented. He said all that shit with a straight face. Prectice helps
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Dave Chapelle nailed this one too.
Something like, "The Gay Community was mad at The Black Community for not rallying around Smollett. What The Gay Community didn't understand, is that we were helping in the best way we could, by not not bringing more attention to such a bullshit claim."
[THEPOSTMILLENNIAL] A man out on parole for domestic battery, and out on bail for a second domestic battery charge, attempted to kill his wife on reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... 's Kennedy Expressway last week.According to CWB Chicago, this is the 56th person out of 82 cases this year alone where the suspect is accused of killing or attempting to kill someone while awaiting trial for a felony in Chicago. Does any of this sound familiar?
Assistant State’s Attorney John Gnilka said the 39-year-old man, who was not named in order to protect his victim, and his wife went to a club last Thursday. The pair allegedly got into an argument and security guards at the club restrained the man against a wall after he grabbed the woman’s hair. Security then gave the couple’s car keys to her.
The woman then drove home with a friend but as they were driving, the man allegedly called his wife repeatedly, and the victim agreed to return to the club to pick up the man up after dropping off the friend. According to Gnilka, some of the conversations were recorded.
Gnilka said that after the victim picked up the man, he allegedly began pulling her hair and choking her as she drove on the Kennedy Expressway near the Eisenhower Expressway exit.
The victim pulled over and put the car in park as the man allegedly squeezed her neck tightly with both hands and said, "You’re going to die tonight. I’m going to kill you."
According to Gnilka, the victim said she felt her eyes bulging out and lost consciousness then tried to escape when she regained consciousness, but the man punched her in the jaw and pulled her back into the car by her hair.
The woman managed to get out of the car and a passing tow truck driver called the police. The victim locked herself in the tow truck for protection from the man.
Chicago police and Illinois State Police troopers arrived and took the man into custody. He is charged with attempted first-degree murder and aggravated battery by strangling.
According to Gnilka, the man has a pending domestic battery case where he is accused of breaking his wife’s arm by body slamming her. The man was also out on conditional discharge for another domestic battery case, and on parole for another different attack.
Gnilka said that the man was sent to prison on November 4, but was released by the state three days later after receiving a 50 percent sentence reduction for good behavior and credit for time spent in jug before pleading guilty to the crime.
The man was ordered to be held without bail on the new charges by Judge Susana Ortiz.
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The Chicago Expressway was out on bail?
(Wait... reads article) never mind
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"He only hurts me because he loves me"
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[NYPOST] An 11-year-old boy was arrested for a carjacking in reliably Democrat Chicago, aka The Windy City or Mobtown ...home of Al Capone, the Chicago Black Sox, a succession of Daleys, Barak Obama, and Rahm Emmanuel... and is considered a suspect in "several" other cases, police said.
The boy, who was not publicly identified, was busted Friday on a felony count of aggravated vehicular hijacking with a firearm, Chicago police brass said Monday.
"Let me say that again, because that stops the conscience," Chicago police Superintendent David Brown told news hounds, according to the Chicago Tribune. "Our task force arrested an 11-year-old for a carjacking."
The youngster — who Brown characterized as a "prolific carjacker" in the Windy City — was arrested Friday in the Nov. 14 carjacking of a 48-year-old woman in a supermarket parking lot.
"This is a sad state of affairs," Brown said, adding that the boy was arrested and charged with being in a stolen car two weeks earlier. The vehicle had been carjacked in nearby Evergreen Park, the Tribune reported.
Brown said the boy will be charged as a juvenile, but he’s being eyed in "several" other carjackings, Sherlocks said.
"The 11-year-old seems to be driving these carjackings," Chicago police Chief of Detectives Brendan Deenihan said. "So he’s not just there, I guess, along for the ride with other individuals."
Law enforcement sources told WLS-TV the victim in the Nov. 14 carjacking at a Jewel-Osco supermarket was a Chicago police sergeant’s wife who was robbed at gunpoint. The stolen 2021 BMW SUV was later recovered on the city’s South Side, the station reported.
Deenihan said detectives believe the 11-year-old was a "strong participant" in other recent carjackings, but an investigation is ongoing.
Chicago police, meanwhile, have made 1,292 carjacking-related arrests this year in 1,635 reported incidents, Brown said.
Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot ...the diminutive and vacuous Heronner da Mare of Chicago. When the corpse count rises she blames the guns, which are banned anyway. A racist to the bone, Lori sez that people with the same skin tone all think alike, not quite getting the implications for a city with a population less than thirty percent black... also commented on the boy’s arrest Monday while criticizing judges for releasing suspects in similar carjacking cases, WLS-TV reported.
"I’m going to be meeting with the juvenile judges here relatively soon to address that issue," Lightfoot said at a presser. "We have a crisis and it’s a crisis that they have to own some responsibility for. We cannot keep putting these kids back out on the streets with no support, no resources, no monitoring."
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Whack him. No rehabilitation possible
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You Honor, my client the 'prolific carjacker', is remorseful, he begs the Court's mercy, he had a terrible upbringing, and the court appointed psychiatrists and social workers indicate he is stuck in "The Terrible Twos Too" ✌
We introduce evidence of his terrible upbringing
His Uncle's Bad Influence
That of His Best Freind
His Girl Friend, with her very strange pet....
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Slam his hand in the door of every car he jacked.
#1
...Miss Baker was about as bada$$ as a human can be, and she certainly would seem to qualify here as a hero to the Modern Left(TM) - she was a minority, she was bisexual, she was a member of the French resistance, and she most definitely fought against racism and bigotry. Yet, she is almost forgotten and nearly ignored here.
Mike
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[2News Oklahoma] Members of the National Guard are at risk of losing pay if they fail to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
In a memo obtained by NBC News, unvaccinated members of the National Guard will not be able to participate in drills in training.
Non-participation would also result in a loss of credit for time served, NBC News reported.
The memo was in response to the governor of Oklahoma, who reportedly said the National Guard cannot force members to get the vaccine.
Military.com reports that that about 40% of the state's Army Guardsmen are vaccinated and 89% of its Air National Guard members are in compliance with the vaccine mandate.
The Army Guardsmen have until June 2022 to become compliant. The Air Force National Guard has a much sooner deadline. Members must show proof of vaccination by Thursday.
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Why can’t states that “opt out” from federal mandates stop sending money to the federal coffers. Pick a single issue and sequester the money in an account pending the results of the inevitable lawsuit
#3
...USAF also announced yesterday that if you aren't vaccinated, you won't be allowed to transfer from one base to another or be promoted. On the one hand, that will pretty much guarantee 100% compliance at places like Minot and Grand Forks.
On the other hand, this will disrupt promotions and manning for years to come, even if they get 99.9% compliance tomorrow. In the late 90s, USAF tried to force all E5(SSgt) coming back from overseas tours during a certain time frame to become recruiters, probably the most destructive and corrosive career field in the service. They were told if they didn't want to job, they could get out, and Air Force sat back expecting just about 100% compliance. USAF has never revealed the exact number of people who refused an offer that they couldn't, but I have been reliably told it was north of 70% - and the months it took to sort things out (no one actually got thrown out but a bunch of critical mid-level supervisors and technicians were in limbo for about 6 months)caused a couple years of confusion. This mess will be far, far worse.
Mike
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DoD is the Deep State's petri dish. If they cannot enforce compliance here, it will be difficult to enforce among the general public.
[WASHINGTONTIMES] The Salvation Army said Monday it has withdrawn a discussion guide on racism that was intended for its church members but that an advocacy group claimed was given to donors as a call to "repent" for being White.
“If that document is getting in the way of the fulfillment of our mission, The Salvation Army is going to remove it," Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, the group’s U.S. national commander, told The Washington Times. "Because nothing can be allowed to affect the fulfillment of that critical mission."
The church group has been flooded by email complaints about repentance requests over its guide "Let’s Talk About Racism," one critic said. An online petition has garnered more than 14,000 signatures asking the organization to denounce Critical Race Theory
...teaches that skin color is the most important characteristic of any person, which translates to separate but equal with a different bunch in charge. All whites and Asians are born racist and racism permeates every aspect of society, which should be dismantled and the remains turned over to the kind of dipshit who pushes this nonsense... Commissioner Hodder said that funds needed to meet "an enormous increase in human need" are under threat from "unfounded" allegations.
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If you are running a business and/or charity, stay the HELL out of Divisive Politics and Customer/Donor Alienating Special Interest Group causes.
Simply running your business or charity based on equality, honesty and fairness should be more than enough.
Because, there are dozens of ways to generally state some degree understanding of latest emotional $$$$ making cause for some 50 to 400 year old problem.
Without accepting or endorsing or forcing it on your workers, customers, and donors.
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They pulled it for further 'review'. They didn't disavow it. BTW, it was put out by their office of International Social Justice in NYC. Did you dissolve the office? Come on, the title is a give away.
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I know 1 person who will not contribute to this organization ever again...
aka ME.
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“If that document is getting in the way of the fulfillment of our mission, The Salvation Army is going to remove it," Commissioner Kenneth Hodder, the group’s U.S. national commander, told The Washington Times. "Because nothing can be allowed to affect the fulfillment of that critical mission."
By his own words he admits the document is hurting funding, so they remove the document, not disavow the intent or attitude and policy, just hide it. Worse than anything he could have said! The racist minds and woke lapdogs have infested another worthy institution, and it will take a cleansing of Herculean scale to restore my trust. Pity, the SA and the Episcopal Church were once my mainstay charities of faith, now I find them risible.
[THEGATEWAYPUNDIT] As of Monday, Kyle Rittenhouse is no longer enrolled at Arizona State University’s online program.
A spokesperson for the university said that Rittenhouse, 18, is "not currently enrolled in any classes at ASU" and still "has not gone through the ASU admissions process," according to Campus Reform.
Rittenhouse said he was taking online classes at ASU and in recent interviews, he had indicated that he would like to attend classes in-person — ASU had even previously confirmed he was enrolled as a ’non-degree-seeking’ online student for the session that began in mid-October, even though the teen had not gone through the full admissions process.
The sudden change in Rittenhouse’s enrollment status comes just after a coalition of unhinged ASU students began pressuring the administration to "withdraw" Kyle Rittenhouse from the school’s online program, calling him a "violent mostly peaceful blood-thirsty murderer."
The groups issued a woke list of demands to campus leadership, including withdrawing Rittenhouse from enrollment, releasing a statement condemning Rittenhouse and white supremacy ...the pernicious doctrine that laws were intended to be obeyed, that society works better when people don't pour shreiking from their places of worship every Friday for a weekend of rioting over insults real or imagined; and that cannibalism, beastiality, incest, murder, theft, rape, and similar activities are bad. A Dead White European (which invalidates his opinion) philosopher once opined that societies thrive when a person's word can be relied upon, and that a society which puts individual happiness first will invariably fail. Strangely enough, other successful societies, such as China, Japan, Korea, and those kinds of places could also be lumped with white supremacist societies, since they push the same values... , reaffirming support for the Multicultural Center, and redirecting funding from ASU’s police department to the Multicultural Center.
Organizers also said Rittenhouse was "still guilty" and should be "held accountable" by not being permitted at the school.
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One year tuition in person attendance $31,449 = $125,796 for a bachelor's degree. Stuck with a 6 figure debt that would take a lifetime to pay off before you get your first post graduate job.
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Probably has a new name. Wouldn't you change your name if you were under death threats and accused of the crime of "white supremacy" -- the Ultimate Crime Against All Holiness -- by POTUS, ie the commander-in-chief of not just the US military but the American Stasi and also thousands of murderous shock troops?
#4
Kyle should apply his extraordinary skills in self-defense, marksmanship and grace under pressure to the task of training thousands of brave young people for the coming strife.
Teach gun safety and the law of self-defense at a minimum. Charge a reasonable hourly fee -- say, $100/hr.
We don't need his prospective nursing skills. We need this amazing young man's extraordinary skills as a restrained, totally-legal and righteous defender of our Republic.
#5
Merrick, I love you like brat, and I love this idea in theory, but in practice, as in psychiatric, I dunno...
Whole multitudes, fresh-faced and guileless,
Lined up to take Rifle with Kyle!
This went great, until...
"What?"
Well, one day, this one nut...
But, oh boy, was he buried in style!
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Empty magazines. Wooden rifles. Posture, movement, response to threat.
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You're right, of course. Silly me... BIRM. Posted and immediately remembered video of that laugh-out-loud impressive Jap teen gunslinger who'd (more or less) never touched an actual firearm. And bona fide martyrdom is opportunity, not risk, anyway. Carry on, caravan.
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First the Taliban, now drought? Allah must be severely displeased.
[ToloNews] Officials from Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... ’s agriculture department say that saffron production in the province has decreased this year compared to last year.
Pir Mohammad Halimi, head of the agriculture department, said due to the drought and lack of water saffron fields in the province have been less productive.
"Around 10 (metric) tons of saffron have been harvested this year and are expected to increase in the future," he said.
Meanwhile, ...back at the Alamo, Davy was counting their remaining cannon balls and not liking the results... some farmers in Herat province said that last year they harvested more than 20 metric tons of saffron, but this year due to the drought they harvested only 10 tons, which is a 50% decrease.
"Compared to last year, and due to the drought and low rainfall, our product has decreased a lot," said Abdul Ahmad, a farmer.
The National Saffron Workers Union (NSWU) said that the price of saffron has tripled this year compared to last year, but Afghanistan’s saffron exports are still stalled. According to the union, since the political change in August 15 saffron exports have been halted.
"After the political change in the country, there has been no way out to export our products and this is a problem," said Abdul Shukoor Ahrari, head of the union.
In the meantime, during the saffron harvesting season, a temporary job is provided for hundreds of women and girls and most of the products is collected by them. The women and girls said they are happy that they have a job and can help their family financially.
"It is very good for us economically. In the morning we go to school and when we come back from school we clean saffron flowers," said Saliha Ahmadi, a saffron worker.
"This is very good for us, so that we can have an income. And through this we can solve our families’ financial problems," said Hayedah, a worker in a saffron field.
Currently, women and girls have very significant role in the processing and preparation of saffron in Herat province. Many processing factories are run by women.
"Most of the men are unemployed, this is a very good job for us. Through this we can solve both our own problems and our family’s problems," said Shabana Nazif, a saffron processor.
According to statistics, more than 90% of the country's saffron is harvested in Herat, which for the third time has been selected as the best saffron in the world.
The International Taste & Quality Institute in the Belgian capital of Brussels named Afghanistan's saffron the best in the world in 2015, after sampling around 300 kinds.
[An Nahar] Several prominent Kuwaiti opposition figures have returned home from a decade of self-exile after getting amnesty from the ruling emir, a long-awaited move celebrated Tuesday that's aimed at ending the political paralysis that has burned a hole in public finances. Faisal al-Moslem was the latest to be greeted early Tuesday by screams of joy from relatives and supporters who had gathered at the open-air diwaniya, the all-male customary Kuwaiti gathering. Attendees in traditional white robes and checkered headdresses crowded around al-Moslem, jostling to shake his hand.
Al-Moslem is among several opposition Islamist politicians who had been sentenced to prison for storming the Kuwaiti Parliament amid the Arab Spring uprisings of 2011 as the government moved to grind out dissent. Like many, he fled and had been living in exile in The Sick Man of Europe Turkey ...just another cheapjack Moslem dictatorship, brought to you by the Moslem Brüderbund... as the country's remaining opposition pressed the emir to issue a royal pardon and pave the way for their return.
The emir issued the amnesty decree earlier this month as tensions escalated between Kuwait's fully-elected parliament and emir-appointed government, with angry politicians using their limited powers to block the government's economic reforms.
The royal edict pardoned and softened the sentences of nearly three dozen Kuwaiti dissidents. Well-known former opposition leader Musallam al-Barrak returned home last week with great fanfare.
The political deadlock has bred a worsening financial crisis in the wealthy, oil-rich sheikhdom, with Kuwait's general reserve fund running dry. The parliament, meanwhile, refuses to let the government raise the public debt ceiling and drum up badly needed billions of dollars.
As oil prices plummeted during the coronavirus (aka COVID19 or Chinese Plague) ...the twenty first century equivalent of bubonic plague, only instead of killing off a third of the population of Europe it kills 3.4 percent of those who notice they have it. It seems to be fond of the elderly, especially Iranian politicians and holy men... pandemic, the government continued to pay lavish public sector salaries without addressing the widening deficit, prompting ratings agencies to downgrade Kuwait for the first time in its history.
After al-Moslem returned, Kuwaitis celebrated with tea and a ceremonial sword dance.
"All the houses in Kuwait are very happy by the return of al-Moslem and those who were with him," said Dokhi al-Hasban, one of the attendees. "The merciful mother...embraces her sons regardless of their minds, their conceptions and their ideology."
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[Rusvesna] Seven high-ranking officers of the Rosgvardia were suspected of embezzlement and abuse; they are planning to initiate a criminal case against them, the Kommersant newspaper reports, citing sources.
"The main military prosecutor's office sent materials to the Main Military Investigation Department of the TFR to initiate a criminal case on embezzlement and abuse against four generals and three colonels of the Russian Guard," the newspaper writes.
All the officers who fell under suspicion were checked in connection with the introduction of the Real Estate information system in the structure of the Interior Ministry and Rosgvardia troops, which was supposed to digitize and combine all the department's objects in a single register, but did not work.
According to the newspaper, the reason for the check was the materials of the Rosgvardia's own security service - they related not only to the activities of the department, but also to the internal troops of the Ministry of Internal Affairs that preceded it.
The auditors and prosecutors were interested in the details of attempts to introduce Real Estate back in 2012-2016 in the Interior Ministry troops, which ceased to exist in 2016.
As reported by "Kommersant", the main center of the automated control system of the Interior Ministry and the All-Russian Research Institute for Automation of Control in the Non-Industrial Sphere. V.V. Solomatina signed contracts according to which the system was supposed to work by 2016.
The officers of their own security, who worked on the personal instructions of the director of the Russian Guard, Viktor Zolotov, found out that "Real Estate" existed only on paper, although all 192 million rubles allocated for its creation were completely "mastered".
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[VK] The movement of Ukrainian troops near Donbass is dangerous for residents of the DPR and LPR, Russian President Vladimir Putin said on November 30 during a discussion at the Russia Calling!
Answering the question about whether there is a risk of the RF Armed Forces entering Ukraine, the head of state said that a settlement is needed.
As for the threats, Putin notes, "for people living in two so far unrecognized republics - the LPR and the DPR, there are also constant threats created when [Ukrainian] military units move near their territories."
Commenting on statements from the West that military exercises are being conducted in Russia in the border area, the head of state said that the Russian side "also experiences certain concerns about the fact that large-scale exercises, including unplanned ones, are being held near its borders."
“Twenty kilometers from our border, strategic bombers flew, carrying high-precision weapons, and possibly nuclear weapons. After all, all this creates a threat for us, ”said Vladimir Putin.
During the plenary session of the VTB Capital Investment Forum "Russia Calling!" Russian President Vladimir Putin answered the question whether it is worth fearing the introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine.
According to him, the possible introduction of Russian troops into Ukraine was discussed at the beginning of the year. But as we can see, this did not happen.
"The point is not whether to bring in troops or not, to fight or not to fight. The point is to improve relations to create a more equitable, sustainable development and take into account the interests of all participants in international activities," Putin said.
The Russian President stressed that if we all sincerely strive for this, no one will experience any threats.
The leader of the Russian Federation also noted that if shock systems appear on the territory of Ukraine, which will reduce the flight time to Moscow to 7-10, or even five minutes, then Moscow will be forced to respond, creating the same threats.
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[RIA Novosti] Columnist Brent Eastwood, in an article for Business Insider, called the T-72 tank a reliable support for the Russian army.
As the author noted, this military machine was developed about 50 years ago in the USSR , but even half a century later it has great potential.
Thanks to the latest upgrades, the tank will be able to compete with the most modern models of technology - this is facilitated by the installation of a new 125-mm smooth-bore cannon 2A46M-5 with automatic loading, writes the columnist. Every Russian tank since 1954 has had an autoloader for its main gun.
The T-72 was equipped with a Kalina fire control system capable of independently tracking enemy armored vehicles. In addition, the vehicle can fire armor-piercing and high-explosive shells, and use AT-11 anti-tank missiles. Its hull, like the T-90, is covered with Kontakt-5 reactive armor, the article says. Reactive armor has been in use on Russian tanks since at least the 1990s. Also, even the T-72B2 and some older Russian tanks have been retro-fitted, with stabilized main guns, vehicles also which include the BMP-2 and BMP-3 infantry fighting vehicles.
Eastwood clarified that Russia plans to upgrade its tanks to the T-72B3 version . This means that this model will remain the "workhorse" of the Russian army in the future, the journalist concluded. The T-72B3 has been in widespread service since at least the 2010s, it main feature being thermal sights.
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...Against the kind of opposition the Russians can reasonably expect to face in the Ukraine, the T-72 will do just fine. Against the latest iterations of the Abrams or Challenger, it's going to have problems.
A couple of other points -
*The autoloaders are really great when they work. They have been known to try and load the odd crewmember.
*Reactive armor is great against RPGs, less effective against LAW's, and utterly useless against a GAU-8. Against other tanks it's helpful - but you better be able to kill that tank before it gets a second round off.
Mike
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Upgraded T-72s are still a good and reliable tank against 3rd world foes. Any western tank will put them out of action right quick. 3rd world countries that get access to modern anti-tank missiles would be able to knock out quite a few as well.
The T-72s and newer Russian tanks in Syria suffered heavy casualties to modern missiles.
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Those were M models in Syria, not B models which are much more capable
How much more if the newer T-90A tanks were getting taken out by older TOWs? If the rebels had the newer TOWs that had a top down attack mode, they would all have been toast.
I would like to see how well the newer versions perform against current generation missiles. I know the active protection system has improved since then.
Britain has always had a hard-on for Russia.
[RIA Novosti] Readers of the British edition of The Telegraph spoke about a possible armed conflict with Russia over Ukraine.
"Well, we have 70,000, if you count the camp kitchen and bookkeepers! In short, good luck in finding the rest," Cord Webster mocked.
"And I am afraid that the war will rapidly become nuclear if we do not let everything go on the brakes, because we have nothing else. It will take too long for the West to mobilize its meager forces," Cord Webster said.
"Ukraine is not interesting to us, Eastern - that's right," - said Mark Walker.
"The Russians are great at fighting in the cold. Just remember Stalingrad," wrote Barry Evans.
"The Ukrainian duck:" The Russians are Coming "is just an excuse to violate the Minsk Agreements. They have already exacerbated the conflict with drones and the latest American weapons.
Recently, Western media have been publishing articles about Moscow's preparations for an "offensive" on Kiev . The director of the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service, Sergei Naryshkin, said that no invasion of the neighboring state was planned. He described such reports as malicious propaganda by the United States.
According to the presidential press secretary Dmitry Peskov, Russia has no aggressive intentions, and the movement of troops across the country should not bother anyone.
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No one in his right mind "wants to fight Russia for eastern Ukraine."
There is nothing, zero, in the way of vital national interest at stake in these piss-poor little bailiwicks for us or any other nation outside of Russia.
No vital resources, no Sea Lanes of Communication, no treaty obligations. Not even anything in the way of cultural, linguistic or ethno-historical ties. NOTHING.
It is none of our f--king business.
Yet another mind-boggling example of our elites' unbelievable stupidity -- of their total inability to grasp the concepts of national interest and national priorities.
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Half the people in the foreign service here (and all the ones that tried to trip Trump up) have invested their entire careers in Ukraine and similar places we have no interests in.
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yup and Britain didn't want to fight over the Sudetenland, either.
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Russian historians say that Great Britain's mutual defense pact with Poland delayed Hitler's invasion for 24 hours.
Given that Poland was invaded by both Russia and Germany simultaneously... Ultimately, the Russians are responsible for WWII. It was only fitting that they endured the largest losses from that conflict. What was truly unfortunate is that the two countries did not both lose. The certainty that one would win and potentially dominate the continent, was why Uncle Sam jumped in with both feet when Hitler made the stupid mistake of declaring war on the US.
None of them are. The problem is that while you're not interested in Russia, Russia is interested in you. Ever since Novgorod had the bright idea of allying with the Mongols against the Teutonic Knights and its rival Slavic principalities, Russia's rulers have had this world-conquering ethos. While much of what they rule is frozen wasteland, Russia is almost 2x the size of the next 2 largest countries, combined. Russia doesn't *need* more land - it *wants* more land. That, in a nutshell, is the problem with Russia - its neighbors can never be safe from invasion. As Richard Pipes once wrote - the issue with the Soviet Union wasn't "Communism" - it was Russia's relentless appetite for new conquests.
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Russia doesn't *need* more land - it *wants* more land. That, in a nutshell, is the problem with Russia - its neighbors can never be safe from invasion.
Russia is compelled to have buffer territories around them. Then they abuse the buffer territories and are shocked when the locals don't show gratitude.
They basically want us to 1) end the sanctions, 2) stop intervening all over the world and 3) leave them alone.
The "sanctions" don't bother the average Russian. That's purely Putin and his kleptocracy.
They want us to "stop interventions" so they and their allies will look tougher. They're regional powers, and an active world power makes their limited reach obvious.
As for "leave them alone" -- Americans don't give a flying f*ck about Russians in Russia. It's Putin's warmongering and imperial intent that concerns us.
If they'd get a real government, no one would be more relieved than Americans. Hell, it would likely motivate us to get a real one of our own.
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Wrong. The Russians couldn't give a f--k about Americans and their obsessions.
They basically want us to 1) end the sanctions, 2) stop intervening all over the world and 3) leave them alone.
We give a damn about the Russians mainly because their single-minded obsession involves conquering the world. If they'd just stay within their borders, we wouldn't give a damn. Why can't they be like every other colonial power out there, and just let go already? Do you see the Germans, the French, the Brits, the Turks etc mooning over lost territories, even though unlike Russia, in their present state, they have no serious land buffer against invasion? I understand your attachment to the land of your forebears, but it would be good for you step outside their perspective once in a while.
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[KavkazUzel] An accident involving a helicopter on a training flight killed 14 people and injured two others, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan reported today.
The Prosecutor General's Office opened a criminal case on violation of flight rules.
As the "Caucasian Knot" wrote , a military helicopter crashed today during a training flight at the Garageybat airfield in the Khizi region, there are dead and wounded.
As a result of the helicopter crash, 14 people were killed, two more were injured. The helicopter made an emergency landing during a training flight. The causes of the crash are being investigated, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told at the State Border Service of Azerbaijan.
The department also circulated a message with a list of the dead, among whom there are high-ranking officers. The disaster killed one colonel, one lieutenant colonel, five majors, four captains, one senior lieutenant, one lieutenant and one civilian, it follows from the message.
In connection with the crash of a military helicopter of the State Border Service during a training flight, a criminal case has been initiated under the article on violation of flight rules or flight preparation, which inadvertently resulted in the death of two or more persons, the "Caucasian Knot" correspondent was told in the press service of the Prosecutor General's Office.
Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev expressed his condolences to the families of the victims, according to a statement on the agency's website.
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [NewsFrontInfo] Russia is allegedly behind the preparation of a coup d'etat in Ukraine, which Zelensky previously announced, said the Prime Minister of Ukraine Denis Shmygal.
Thus, according to the Prime Minister, the so-called "build-up of Russian troops on the border with Ukraine is part of a broader effort by Moscow to weaken Kiev's aspirations to join the European Union."
Shmyhal added that Ukrainian intelligence has revealed the activities of "external forces" trying to influence the political opposition within the country in order to provoke a popular uprising and a coup d'etat.
According to the head of the Cabinet of Ministers, there are no revolutionary sentiments in Ukrainian society.
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#1 The Ruskies once put nukes into Cuba but weren't stupid enough to let Castro pull the trigger.
And Putin is definitely smarter than Khrushchev.
Posted by: European Conservative 2021-12-01 08:05
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True to both of those - but always remember that we know now that Castro came within an ace of telling his own people, "Screw it and launch the missiles yourself"...and at at least one site, the Cuban troops there showed up armed and demanding control of the missiles.
Mike
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Indeed. Che Guevara, darling of the Left, would have been the first to destroy the world.
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"A few weeks later, Sam Russell, a reporter for the British Marxist paper Daily Worker, interviewed Guevara and found him still incensed over the Soviet betrayal. Che told Russell that if the missiles had been under the Cubans’ control, rather than the Russians’, they would have been fired."
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I am reminded of the story someone shared here some years ago, of a married Afghan couple who went to the doctor to find out why the wife of several months had not got pregnant. Apparently the doctor brought out the anatomy model and explained the mechanics, shocking the husband, who hadn’t realized there was a second option.
[GEO.TV] The Chief Justice of Pakistain (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday questioned the military for conducting commercial activities on government land and said that the laws under which the army engages in commercial activities are "unconstitutional".The chief justice made the observation while hearing a case against commercial activities on cantonment land.
He asked how the army can even conduct commercial activities on state land.
Secretary Defence retired Lt Gen Mian Hilal appeared before the court today and presented a report which was declared "unsatisfactory" by the court.
During the hearing, the chief justice asked whether building cinemas, wedding halls, schools and houses fulfil any defence-related purposes.
The chief justice noted that all illegal buildings are being demolished in Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... . He further noted thon the lam walls have been erected on Karsaz road and the service road has been pushed further away from the road.
He said cantonment land cannot be divided into different categories.
Justice Ahmed remarked that the Pearl Marquee and Grand Convention Hall are still standing.
"The wall running alongside Kala Pul and the Grand Convention Hall must be knocked down today," he said.
"Large walls have been constructed on Karsaz and Rashid Minhas road for advertisements. This is state land," he added.
Cinemas, petrol pumps, housing societies, shopping malls and marriage halls are not for defence purposes, the chief justice said, asking the attorney-general to inform the court "how the Ministry of Defence can restrict their use to defence purposes".
Justice Ahmed said this practice is "found on cantonment board lands all over the country".
"CSD has also been made an open, commercial department store," he said, referring to the Canteen Stores Department chain of retail stores headquartered in Rawalpindi.
"A building was erected on Gizri Road overnight. We had barely woken up in the morning and they constructed the building," he continued.
The chief justice said that it is "not possible to allow the army's illegal constructions to stand". "If we let these remain, how will we demolish the others?" he remarked.
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The firefighters urged those who can help to secure water for the fire engines, as the wind caused the fire to spread.
The schools in the area evacuated the students because of the smoke, amid fears that the flames may reach electricity lines.
A Civil Defense firefighter was meanwhile injured and transferred to hospital.
"The wind speed is preventing us from controlling the fire," Director General of the Civil Defense Raymond Khattar decried, adding that the conditions are not favorable for the firefighters. "This fire is premeditated," Khattar said.
Beirut Governor Judge Marwan Abboud had asked the fire brigade to help the Civil Defense to douse the fire in Bshamoun that erupted Monday night and reignited today, Tuesday.
Environment Minister Nasser Yassine, who inspected the area, reiterated the calls for help and asked for water reinforcements from the governor of Mount Lebanon Hezbollahstan ...In 2020 Hezbollah blew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate facility exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that. And it ain't never coming to trial... He said that the wind had worsened the situation, endangering the safety of the team operating the army’s helicopters. "The helicopters were forced to stop," Yassine said.
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...Workplace accident?
Mike
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[GEO.TV] The Chief Justice of Pakistain (CJP) Gulzar Ahmed on Tuesday questioned the military for conducting commercial activities on government land and said that the laws under which the army engages in commercial activities are "unconstitutional".The chief justice made the observation while hearing a case against commercial activities on cantonment land.
...In 2020 Hezbollah blew up a considerable portion of Beirut and many of its inhabitants when its ammonium nitrate facility exploded. They blamed it on... somebody else. It wasn't them though. Trust them on that. And it ain't never coming to trial...
