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That Russian forces have been lied to, given poor training and outdated equipment and supplies has probably been the biggest factor in the Ukrainian routing of Russian forces. The Russian forces were told they were liberating Ukraine from neo-Nazi, corrupt and unpopular politicians and would be greeted as heroes. Many soldiers were carrying condoms, which gives an idea of what they were expecting.

Considering that the past couple of winters have had below-normal snowfall and temperatures, there ought to have been savings to be applied to this budget overrun.

Trump campaign implicated in Jan. 6 election scheme On Friday, CNN's Annie Grayer reported that David Shafer, a Republican from Georgia who served on the list of "alternative" electors declaring former President Donald Trump the winner of the state, told the House January 6 Committee that the Trump campaign gave the order for the Georgia Republican Party to create the fake elector slate. All told, 84 people allowed their names to be put forward as fake electors in the scheme, which included slates from Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, New Mexico, Nevada, Pennsylvania, and Wisconsin — all states won by President Joe Biden. The fake electors included eight current office holders and five former office holders. The fake electors were part of a bizarre legal strategy put forward by far-right Trump attorney John Eastman, who argued that if there were "competing" slates of electors, former Vice President Mike Pence could declare during the Electoral College counting process that there was no way of proving which set of electors was valid for these states and throw out the election results entirely, kicking the decision for president to the House of Representatives, where Republicans controlled a majority of the delegations needed to declare Trump the winner even though Democrats had a majority of representatives overall. Most experts believe this plan would have been illegal, as did Pence himself, who refused to go through with it. https://www.salon.com/2022/02/26/campaign-implicated-in-jan-6-scheme_partner/

Fox News’s Will Cain: ‘Disney Is Turning Your Kids Gay’ The Right Wing’s obsession and terror with the Zoomer generation and Gen Z’s exploration of different self-identity through an LGBTQ prism continue apace. Today, Fox News’s Will Cain pointed directly to Disney content as on proximate cause of what some of us see as evolution, while the Right sees nothing but dissolution in all they ever thought to believe. At issue, this morning on Fox and Friends was a leaked zoom call message in which the child of Disney executive, Karey Burke, claimed her son texted that “Gen Z is 30% to 40% queerer than other generations Mom, so Disney better get with it.” Of course, it couldn’t be thrown away as one statement by one teen with the realization that any one teen is capable of saying any one stupid thing at any given time, which may or may not have any bearing upon reality. The message was very intentionally picked up upon by wedge issue specialist Christopher Rufo, who made Critical Race Theory Virginia’s single biggest issue and threat during Glenn Youngkin’s race for governor and the Disney-LGBTQ link is now being used to scare the living spit out of Fox-watching grandparents everywhere. Cain then set about to freak out over a new Gallup Poll that says one in five of the Gen Z generation identifies as LGBTQ. “What does it entail? What does it encompass? What is more interesting to me is why? Is it because, you know, they are true of this persuasion, or is it because it’s a chicken or egg theme? They are being fed these messages over and over from places like Disney and now the numbers are going up?”

Texas Woman, 26, Charged With Murder After Alleged 'Self-Induced Abortion' A 26-year-old Texas woman has been arrested and charged with murder after authorities said she had a “self-induced abortion.” The extreme move comes after Texas passed a draconian anti-abortion law last year that has forced thousands of women to seek care out of state. Lizelle Herrera was arrested Thursday when officials said she “intentionally and knowingly cause[d] the death of an individual by self-induced abortion,” according to a spokesperson for the Starr County Sheriff’s Office. No details about the “abortion” or fetus were provided. Herrera was still in custody Friday. Her bail was set at $500,000, according to Valley Central, which was the first to report the arrest. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/texas-murder-charge-self-induced-abortion_n_62510a34e4b06c2ea31d9ec3

People have been hanged for less

I believe that most of that exported grain came from Ukraine, so things may be different now,

FWIW: Regular gas at Costco today at $1.61 per liter

Russia’s “Elite” 38th Motorized Rifle Brigade entirely destroyed by Ukrainians. With the help of Russia, whose air force could not distinguish between their own troops and the Ukrainians.

There is definitely cowardice as well here. One of the GOP senators who fled the Capitol during the riot said that he feared for his life if he spoke out after his office received a threat to that effect. If America cannot protect its legislators, who is safe??

The Republicans who have remained silent while their colleagues have spewed vile racist, misogynist hateful statements with Fox News amplifying and validating their hatespeech are as guilty as the perpetrators. Someone said that the hottest part of Hell is reserved for those who, in times of crisis, say and do nothing.

Dozens Dead, Over 100 Wounded After Rocket Attack On Ukraine Train Station CHERNIHIV, Ukraine (AP) — Ukrainian leaders predicted more gruesome discoveries would be made in reclaimed cities and towns as Russian soldiers retreat to focus on eastern Ukraine, where officials said a Russian rocket attack on a packed train station used to evacuate civilians killed over 30 people Friday. Hours after warning that Ukraine’s forces already had found worse scenes of brutality in a settlement north of Kyiv, President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said that “thousands” of people were at the station in Kramatorsk, a city in the eastern Donetsk region, when it was hit by a missile. Zelenskyy accompanied a social media post with photos that showed a train car with smashed windows, abandoned luggage and bodies lying in what looked like an outdoor waiting area. Authorities said the strike wounded more than 100 people. “The inhuman Russians are not changing their methods. Without the strength or courage to stand up to us on the battlefield, they are cynically destroying the civilian population,” the president said. “This is an evil without limits. And if it is not punished, then it will never stop.” https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-war_n_624fcd54e4b0be72bfe70c35 Russian Troops Brag They Bombed Fleeing Families at Train Station -Getty A few minutes before it became clear that women, children and elderly people were among the at least 39 dead and nearly 100 known to be injured when a missile struck the Kramatorsk train station in eastern Ukraine, Russian soldiers were bragging about the hit on Telegram. The missile struck the main evacuation center in the area and seemed to herald the beginning of an intensified offensive that Russia warned was coming. Minutes later, the messages, which included claims to have successfully obliterated “a crowd of Ukrainian militants at the Kramatorsk railway station,” were edited or disappeared altogether, according to several accounts by journalists in the region. -Getty

Kinda thought he was a homebrew. I recall when they tried him out at MLB.

Not overly fast, but seems to run good routes, good hands and fights for the ball. Seems more like a possession receiver.

Facts (data) are inconvenient and embarrassing when you are screwing up on an epic scale.

Rep. Paul Gosar Was Scheduled To Attend Far-Right Event On Hitler's Birthday: Report Rep. Paul Gosar was reportedly scheduled to attend a far-right conference with ties to white nationalists the day of Adolf Hitler’s birthday before his campaign appeared to back out. The Arizona Republican was set to be a “featured guest” at an event hosted by the American Populist Union, a far-right group aligned with the white nationalist “groypers,” who are largely followers of Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes, the Arizona Mirror first reported Wednesday. The event was scheduled for April 20, a date that is celebrated among neo-Nazis and white supremacists as Hitler’s birthday. Hours after publishing its report, a representative for Gosar’s campaign told the Arizona Mirror that the congressman had a “farm tour” scheduled the day of the event, and that the American Populist Union never contacted Gosar or his campaign about being a featured guest at the event. However, Gosar himself promoted the event on his Instagram story, according to a screenshot captured by AZ Right Wing Watch. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/paul-gosar-scheduled-to-attend-far-right-event-hitler-birthday_n_624ef940e4b0d8266ab6a58d

One of the biggest WFTs in US politics is the Supreme Court ruling that "corporations are people" and thus can funnel money, openly and secretively to candidates and parties in huge amounts to distort democracy and subvert the votes,

Neither DQ nor McDonald's actually sell "ice cream". What they sell is "ice milk"- a lot cheaper to produce but loaded with thickener (agar) and MSG. BDI and Sargent Sundae are waaay better as is Stone Cold Dairy.

Gold human teeth were found in the pockets of the clothes of a liquidated Russian army soldier in Ukraine.

They are trying to destroy the evidence (bodies of civilians) of their war crimes.

Germany intercepts Russians’ talk of indiscriminate killings in Ukraine BERLIN — Germany’s foreign intelligence service claims to have intercepted radio communications in which Russian soldiers discuss carrying out indiscriminate killings in Ukraine. In two separate communications, Russian soldiers described how they question soldiers as well as civilians and then shoot them, according to an intelligence official familiar with the findings who, like others, spoke on the condition of anonymity because of the matter’s sensitivity. The findings, first reported by the German magazine Der Spiegel and confirmed by three people briefed on the information, further undermine Russia’s denials of involvement in the carnage. Russia has claimed variously that atrocities are being carried out only after its soldiers leave occupied areas or that scenes of massacres of civilians are “staged.” Images from Bucha, a suburb near the Ukrainian capital, have become symbols of the war’s atrocities and galvanized calls for probes into possible war crimes. One person said the radio messages are likely to provide greater insight into suspected atrocities in other towns north of Kyiv that had been held by Russian soldiers. -Washington Post

If I was this government, I wouldn't want any of this known either. Trump's advice prevails.