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All the GOP and her in particular have is fear and smear.

Prigozhin Just Got Double-Crossed by Duplicitous Putin -Press service of Concord/Handout via Reuters On Saturday night, with his heavily armed mercenaries closing in on Moscow, Yevgeny Prigozhin abruptly announced that he was shutting down his insurrection after a negotiated settlement that would allow him to walk away peacefully. Just two days later, the Russian authorities leaked word that the agreement was already toast. After one of the most extraordinary days in modern Russian history, which saw Prigozhin seize the military’s southern command HQ in Rostov-on-Don before a column of his fighters sped toward Moscow virtually unopposed, it was announced that the former Putin confidant would be granted an amnesty and allowed to head into exile in Belarus. Prigozhin—who forged his notorious reputation by running the world’s most bloodthirsty mercenary army—laughably said the deal was struck to ensure that no “blood will be shed” even though his men had already shot down several Russian helicopters and a military plane, according to reports from Russian military bloggers and the Ukrainian air force spokesman, killing up to 39 Russians. No details of the deal struck in talks with Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko were announced by media-savvy Prigozhin himself over the weekend. It was reported in the Russian press that the agreement would see his men spared in order to rejoin the fight in Ukraine under contract to the Ministry of Defense and that the Wagner boss would be granted amnesty for his treasonous mutiny and allowed to drive off into the sunset. On Monday, a new audio recording of Prigozhin was released by his press service saying that Lukashenko had brokered a deal to keep his Wagner Group in business. He claimed Wagner had been due to get shut down next Saturday. Lukashenko offered to find a way for the legal operation of Wagner to continue, Prigozhin said. He made no reference to the supposed deal to keep himself or his comrades out of prison. Why Did Putin Let Prigozhin Walk Away? A few hours earlier, signs first emerged that the deal may not have been struck in good faith. The Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported that the criminal case against Prigozhin had not—in fact—been dropped. The official state news agency, TASS, soon confirmed that the investigation into the mutiny that humiliated President Vladimir Putin was ongoing. A Prosecutor General’s Office source was quoted as saying: “The criminal case against Prigozhin did not stop. The investigation continues.” (Translation: Prigozhin is a dead man walking)

Its called "an idiocracy".

You can bet your bippy that Putin will do his level best to ensure that he does.

His initials are Chris Jones

Call the Lemonator.

The Russians executed captured Ukrainian soldiers and Ukrainian civilians, so why would you doubt?

When Jones wanted Doege to take the field, do you think he said, "Here, Doege, Doege"?

Executions of Wagner supporters by the Russian MoD forces have begun. Videos appear to shows the execution of soldiers that support Wagner. (Can't post video here for obvious reasons).

I don’t take medications': Marjorie Taylor Greene says TV turns on 'by itself' to spy on her Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-GA) suggested her television may be spying on her. In a message posted to Twitter on Sunday, Greene cited strange behavior from her home electronics. "Last night in my DC residence, the television turned on by itself, and the screen showed someone's laptop trying to connect to the TV," she wrote. The lawmaker offered assurances that she was not in mental distress. "Just for the record: I'm very happy," she said. "I'm also very healthy and eat well and exercise a lot. I don't smoke and never have. I don't take any medications. I am not vaccinated. So I'm not concerned about blood clots, heart conditions, strokes, or anything else." Greene didn't understand why the television would be spying on her because she did not have "anything to hide." "I just love my country and the people and know how much they've been screwed over by the corrupt people in our government, and I'm not willing to be quiet about it or willing to go along with it," she concluded. She followed up her tweet with a link to a story about smart TVs "spying on you."

If the Stamps weren't screwed before, they are now.

No joke, except that I posted this in the wrong thread.

No argument from me, but there are three interesting developments. Firstly, the two Russian partisan movements have seen how vulnerable and cowardly Putin is and will grow stronger, secondly, although Putin (on paper) gave amnesty to all who supported Prigozhin, he is not someone who forgets or forgives easily, so a bloody purge is inevitable, and third, Prigozhin is now surrounded not by his own troops, but in a country ruled by a Putin loyalist and much more vulnerable to assassination. There is credible proof that Putin has tried at least once to kill him, and if Prigozhin is dead, a major annoyance is gone.

As bad as last night's game was, two things emerged: firstly, if Streveler shakes loose somehow, there will be fist fights over hm, and secondly, with so many CFL QBs being sooooo bad, its gonna be a loooong season with many tough to watch games.

A picture has emerged apparently showing a piece of equipment screwed into the inside wall of the submersible. At those incredible pressures, that alone might have been enough to weaken the wall to cause the implosion.

That would benefit Putin, however as Prigozhin is the only viable alternative to him.

Trump has been 'quietly diverting' money away from his 2024 re-election campaign: report A slight change in the small print in Donald Trump's online disclosures reveals an increase in the money contributors have been donating to help him win the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination is being shifted to help to pay his legal bills. According to a report from the New York Times, the diversion of funds raises questions about the cash crunch the former president is facing with multiple indictments at the state and federal level with more expected to come. As the Times' Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher wrote, the "diversion" of campaign cash to his Save America PAC -- which is helping to pay his legal bills among other expenses -- was done with little fanfare. According to the report, that has meant that approximately $1.5 million was skimmed off to help with his legal woes that could have been used to boost his election prospects. The report adds, "Save America technically owns the list of email addresses and phone numbers of his supporters — one of the former president’s most valuable assets — and the campaign is effectively paying the PAC for access to that list," c according to Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung who refused to go into details about the financial maneuvering. The Times is also reporting that there appears to be a cash drain at the PAC as legal fees suck up cash. "For more than a year, before Mr. Trump was a 2024 candidate, Save America has been paying for bills related to various investigations into the former president and his allies. In February 2022, the PAC announced that it had $122 million in its coffers," the Times is reporting. "By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18 million, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Mr. Trump’s political activities last year — including some spending on other candidates and groups — and in other ways. That included the $60 million that was transferred to MAGA Inc., a super PAC that is supporting Mr. Trump. And more than $16 million went to pay legal bills."

Russia Says Wagner Group's Leader Will Move To Belarus After His Rebellious March Challenged Putin The head of the private Russian military company Wagner will move to neighboring Belarus as part of deal to defuse rebellion tensions and the criminal case against him will be closed, the Kremlin said Saturday. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. After the deal was reached, Prigozhin said he was ordering his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops (this had to have cost Putin several hundred million rubles)

This game is dull as dishwater. I actually fell asleep.