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RE: Mitch McConnell's retirement party...

<Noting Trump is almost as old as Biden and should therefore bow out since he may stroke out or trip on stairs too.>

I agree fully Senator McConnell has something serious going on and needs to consider stepping down until the condition is identified and cured. After watching the latest incident I don't think whatever it is is as simple as a TIA. Two TIAs in the same part of the brain with the same short duration symptoms?

Actually what we see of this one looks more debilitating than the first episode. The staffer did right, but I suspect there is some panic on her end. Staffers work for the politician.'s office If they go down, so does the job. Keeping him healthy and in office preserves the employment.

Obviously Trump supporters will urge him to stay in office, but I don't think they have Senator McConnel's best interest at heart. The man has something seriously wrong going on. Not sure what.
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Russians begin to notice China reclaiming what is China's

Er actually no. I guess you weren't paying attention a few decades ago when the fad was to abort any female fetus in China. At this time China finds itself with many more h*rny males than there are available Chinese females. That is why they are going to Russia to date women. They bring money too, something in short supply in many Russian towns.

Has Trump made himself ineligible for any elected office?

Trump's only chance of having a major vote for him lays in being exonerated of all charges before any election. However, all attorneys believe their job is to delay any trials as long as possible in order to postpone any finding of guilt or a sentencing. Trump (possibly because he is very guilty) actually tried to postpone things until 2026. I am not sure why he didn't shoot for 2036, it was just as likely to succeed as a request as 2026. March next year takes him off any chance of being elected for anything this year. No sane US voter will vote for a candidate facing multiple felony charges who has already publicly said he doesn't support the Constitution his oath of office requires him to support. He may have Russian or Irish supporters, but that won't be of much value to him in Super Max.

RE: Lyin' Rudy...

He had been required to submit evidence to support his many allegations against them. He failed to submit any and therefore lost the civil suit by default.

Russians begin to notice China reclaiming what is China's

LoL, those are Russians inside Russia speaking in that video. You may feel their complaints have no merit, but obviously both they and the Russian TV show that aired their complains do.

I strongly suspect you will see much more complaining by Russians about China as Chinese citizens become more common inside Russia. Already many grocery stores far from Moscow accept (can we say prefer) Chinese yuan over Russian rubles. I can find and post if those here wish videos of Russian males complaining how the Russian girls in their border towns prefer Chinese men with money to Russian men without money. We will see a lot more of such things as Russia continues to weaken.

RE: Mitch McConnell's retirement party...

Age is not a reason to discriminate. If you don't like the man's politics, move to his state and seek his job. Or back another candidate who is doing so.

Has Trump made himself ineligible for any elected office?

The gist of your argument appears to be it can't be considered a coup attempt because the number of people who knew what it was was so small and their guilty pleas should be ignored.

Every single person who stepped over the police barricades on January 6 knew they were commuting a criminal offense. Every single person who hit, shoved, sprayed or kicked one of the police assigned to guard the Capital knew they were engaging in a violent illegal act of insurrection. The speed of prosecution has been limited by available court time and schedules. Although almost a thousand have entered the legal system, Federal authorities still have over 300 not yet served warrants for folks on the run in hiding. Luckily in America once a warrant is issued the statute of limitations ceases to exist. Any warrant issued inside the statute of limitations remains valid until the person is caught. The hunt continues and just like when we were hunting the SDS or Bin Laden a sizeable reward exists for locating some of the still not caught individuals.

We are in total agreement, if you want, that the great bulk of the people storming the Capital did not realize they were being used as sacrificial dupes by the 30 or so with actual knowledge and plans to use the demonstration as cover for a violent coup and attempt to disrupt the Constitutional process. The mere presence of vans full of firearms just across the state lines is proof (and was accepted as such by the court and trial participants) of violent intent. There were also individuals who placed explosives and were causght with explosive devices in their vehicles. I am actually kind of surprised the planners did not think of disrupting communications during the attack, but I will give them credit for possibly maybe thinking the publicity would be more helpful than blocking news of the Capital riot happening.

Lou, I doubt it. St. Petersburg is more probable.

RE: pop-up ads

Switch to Firefox and add AdBlock Plus.

I had them when I first came here and was on CS for years before I used someone else's browser and learned for the very first time that CS has ads. I never saw one ad or popup and still don't with my Firefox Browser and Adblock Plus.

RE: Hurricane IDALIA...

Protecting possession in the context of the people staying has little to do with the storm itself. In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Andrew there were numerous incidents of groups (gangs) of armed looters hitting the damaged areas and stealing from businesses and homes before the owners could return. Some gun battles too with residents that has stayed. Many arrests, but not all of them.

What happened immediately after Andrew (and also in New Orleans and Bixby after Katrina) caught a lot of people by surprise. That was then. There is more awareness now and many have prepared for Looter mediation. The citizens of Florida now have more lawful AR and AK rifles than the army of Ukraine. Those planning to loot should reconsider.

I have a step daughter in St. Augustine and another one in Orlando. They both tell me they plan to stay in place and also will try hard to keep dry. They have been reasonably well trained by me (and also have sacrificial BFs they can send forward while they take up a sniping position) so I am reasonably confident they and their possessions will be safe.

(one of my step daughters practicing on moving targets)

Has Trump made himself ineligible for any elected office?

Should say January 6. Typo

Has Trump made himself ineligible for any elected office?

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And yet not a single firearm was found on a Trump supporter at The Capitol that day. Anyone calling the events of that day an 'insurrection' is just deluding themselves.>
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Trump is 100% right when he says it is election interference.
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Total BS. There have been prosecutions and convictions of people who carried firearms and other weapons onto the Capital Grounds on January 5. Also there have been numerous convictions of Seditious Conspiracy involving events of that day. Under US law Sedition is a crime or violence or intended violence related to a coup attempt.
"18 USC §2384. Seditious conspiracy
If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both."

Yes, based on a casual reading of the 14th Amendment of the US Constitution and viewing a recent recording of Trump stating that if he was President again he would "throw out" the US Constitution, he very much should be blocked from being listed on any state's ballot and also totally barred from ever again holding any elected office, even that of dog catcher.

Has Trump made himself ineligible for any elected office?

If you are going to throw a (semi) popular king or a president in jail you need to dot every I and cross every T. That can be a slow process. I am waiting for the circus of the jury selection.

RE: Hurricane IDALIA...

We won't really know anything for another 6 hours. The storm center has yet to pass Cuba.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

It is kind of interesting in that it seems to depend on which registry source you use. RA-02795 is indeed listed as belonging to Wagner Group on some registry guides, but in others it shows as belonging to Autolex Commercial.
If you mean about Democracy vs Republic, check The Federalist Papers.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

Actually Prigozhin was not the owner of either plane. They were both short term leases from a charter airline company.

Also the leftist myth about Ameria being a Democravy. No, it is a republic, which is a wholly different thing

RE: Hurricane IDALIA...

My imagery is similar. However, I still see it as a possibility of it taking a bounce off the Cuban coast and heading in a more West direction. Luckily it probably will not increase much in strength and will probably stay just a 2 or 3 before hitting land. If I lived in Mobile, Alabama or even Tallahassee, FL I would be making contingency plans for at least another day until it passed Cuba.

RE: 1100 South Ocean Boulevard...

RE: 1100 South Ocean Boulevard...

As of this moment my Hurrevac screen does indeed show Idalia possibly on a track to make landfall and pass a few miles North of Tampa Bay on Wednesday. However, there is still room for great variation in the storm track depending on how it interacts with the coast of Cuba (which it is currently passing). Based on my prior experience in Hurricane mediation I would currently suggest everyone in the Gulf of Mexico remain alert to the possibility of a westerly change in the storm's direction.if it bounces off Cuba's tip.

Although I personally think the odds of it heading to Mississippi or Louisiana are very slim, the next 10 hours will make things clearer.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

More or less accurate except for a few missed details and a correction. First there was not and is not every anything illegal about a popular uprising. Such is how even the US was formed. My own state's motto on our flag iis Death To Tyrants, and we mean it. Yanukovych was very lucky his so many Russian bodyguards and that they were so well armed when he fled or the people would have probably strung his corpse from a tall place as he (and any pro-Communist politician) deserved).

Yes there was a large (pretty peaceful) collection of protestors in Independence Square. The Russian backed government under the command of puppet "President" Yanukocich decided to emulate what the Chinese did at Tianiemin(SP?) Square. They riot police took position and began shooting into the crowd in the (mistaken) belief the protestors would all simp;y flee. There are many videos of what happened that day and it is even an official holiday of mourning in Ukraine with a monument in the square in memory of the 100 murdered protestors. Many of the unarmed protestors charged the police gunfire and after wrestling some guns away returned fire and performed a heroic rear guard action to allow the evacuation of those not already dead or dying. You should have mentioned that part.

Yanukovych had clearly betrayed both the people and the Constitution of Ukraine and a (still open) Warrant for the criminal's arrest was issued, but sadly with the assistance of Russia he fled the country. If that wanted criminal truly believes he is somehow innocent of all charges he should at least show the same courage as the American ex-President and surrender himself for trial in Ukraine. There will be so much world wide interest it is safe to forecast that Ukraine's legal system will be scrupulously careful to ensure the trial will be a fair one and whatever conclusion they arrive at will be well supported by the evidence. But of course very, very, few the people selected by Putin to be his stooges have courage. <Prigozhin may have been the only exception, a scumbag yes, but a brave one. LoL>

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

Gosh do you actually believe any of that drivel? The Russian selected 'President' of Ukraine was thrown out of office in a very democratic rebellion which was then ratified by a general open election and Zelinski was the choice of the people of Ukraine, by a landslide. The reality is the people of Ukraine love living without Russian control and even though Russia invaded in 2014 the life styles of most Ukrainian citizens began improving at once as soon as the thugs previously selected by Russia were driven out or fell from high windows. Yes Zelinski was a former comedian and had a very popular television show before the people convinced him to seek office. Today he is probably one of the most popular heads of state in Europe. As soon as the Russian occupiers are thrown out he will probably step down and a new election will select his successor. Odds are excellent it will be someone who fully brings Ukraine into the European Union.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

There are a lot of people wondering why Prigozhin allowed the 3 most crucial members of Wagner to all be on the same aircraft and also inside Russia. Lots of speculation there. Pretty obvious in retrospect, it was a very dumb move that de-headed the beast.

If I was a part of the Russian VKS crew that fired that missile, even if I was just a lowly admin clerk or mechanic guy with a wrench to change flat tires on the trailer, I would be running like Hell. No matter who ordered the launch it would be best for that person if all personnel involved drank poisoned tea, or jumped in front of a fast truck or out a high rise window. Noting the commander of the VSK had been publicly relieved of command and replaced with a more Putin-centric general only 3 days earlier.

That's if the FSB (or GRU) clean up squad wasn't already arriving at our launch site before the missile smoke had a chance to dissipate. We know Russia's Ministry od Transport was announcing the death of Prigozhin a second before the plane hit the ground. To me that implies a degree of planning and coordination. It is not improbable to suspect the coordination between the military and civilian transportation may also include select FSB (or at the least GRU). personnel.

The absolute last thing WHOEVER ordered the plane shoot down wants is for the crew of the SAM (GRAD?) to pop up and begin giving interviews in which they admit they fired the shot after being ordered to do so on the specific orders of so and so. So, like the pirates who buried Captain Kidd's treasure or the squad with Colonel Mosby when he stole the Union payroll of gold and know how much and where it is, their lives are about to be very short. Probably much shorter than Prigozhin;s after his fake coup performance.

I don't see those VSK personnel going off to serve as infantry in Ukraine. Too much time for them to talk or show their own cell phone videos. So round them up and execute them ASAP, We outsiders should probably look for reports of a dozen VSK men being killed in a training accident or something like that.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

I don't see the problem. They need to leave with the troops. I did not specify a firing squad. That is your fantasy not mine. Civilian or Military, if they arrived after 2014 they are Burglars, plain and simple. Both the Old Testament and the Holy Quran provide solutions for what to do with a captured criminal. Firing squads are not mentioned. My personal favorite was, fed to the dogs outside the city walls so that none can tell where she ended and shat began. But Crimea is not a walled peninsula. Does the Black Sea even have large sharks? But Russia has left so many landmines that need to be cleared in so many places. I note that in US history, when during the US Civil War the Union Army encountered the first land mines on a road, a good solution was found. Confederates were taken prisoner and made to walk in front until all the land mines were gone. I think that will also work with any Russians moronic enough to stay behind in Crimea. No one important will care or object to their performing such a valuable community service. Heck someone could probably make decent money filming it and selling the videos online (until FMovies started airing them for free of course). If they don't want that, their protection is easy. Leave now.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

Silliness. Before you could hold the referendum you would have to get the Russians out. That is being done today and will be for awhile, but it is slow going. There were referendums with free access to Western press held in Ukraine in 2012 and 2013 and the results were very anti-Russian. That is why Russia invaded in 2014. Any referendum held in occupied lands after that is, of course, a garbage result.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

We (I) didn't miss it. I just thought it wasn't important. The 2nd plane flying behind the one that went down, made a quick U turn and returned to Moscow where it landed. It was, (according to numerous witness reports on Telegram) immediately boarded by FSB troops and all persons including the crew members were taken off the plane in handcuffs. One, possibly unconscious, was seen being dragged and carried. All were put in an armored vehicle (BMP?) that then drove away. Who they were, their ultimate fate (probably a grave), etc. no one knows. None of them were seen to be Prigozhin so what does it matter?

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

Butcher, speaking as an American, the fact that we DO expect our leaders to follow the law and gleefully jail the criminals when they don't is proof positive our system is light years ahead of Russia's that punishes no one for anything, not even murder if they are high enough.up in leadership rank. Russia's way is by definition the definition of a Banana Republic.

RE: The best typ of profile photo

Are you saying I should update my photo?

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

It emerges that Prigozhin had (has?) a wife. Although I would imagine she is a rich widow, I suspect however most of it will simply be taken from her, taxes, fines, etc. Watching her fate may be a good barometer to the question is Prigozhin alive. If all is well with her and she has no money problems, then he is alive. If however her money disappears and she falls out of a high window somewhere, no, he is dead.

I read speculation today the reason Russian State TV 1 is showing videos of the wrong plane falling from the sky is to conceal the fact Prigozhin's plane was shot down. Even though it is clearly the wrong kind of plane they pretend it is his. There is no missile contrail in the video they are showing and claiming is his plane. Sp the viewers in Russia without Internet (which is most of Russia) never see that evidence the plane was shot out of the sky by the man who pretended to have forgiven Prigozhin. <More reason Ukraine would be insane if they did any kind of negotiations with Putin. His word is worth nothing.> Noting also Vladimir S on his show is claiming NATO must have done it (setting the stage in Russia for who to blame if it becomes well known the plane was shot down).

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

An interesting thing Enforcer picked up on in his latest podcast. Olga's TV show aired a video of a plane falling out of the sky which she identified as footage of Prigozhin's plane from someone else's camera. However it showed a falling Antonov 25, not the kind of plane Prigozhin was in. So checking his own video files of ptior podcasts he made, Enforcer identified the clip Olga was claiming was Prigozhin's plane as being a video of one of the jets Wagner shot down 2 months ago during the fake coup.

There are a dew explanations for such a glitch. Russian state TV has a staff that is completely incompetent. Or, The bosses of Russian state TV, being incompetent themselves assume their audience also is. Either way this is further proof that Russian state TV should not be one's first go to for accurate news.

RE: The best typ of profile photo

Personally I prefer the women who post frontal nude images as their profile photo. But they are rare and for some reason their accounts seem to vanish after only a few hours or days. However, those photos certainly get my attention when I see them.

RE: Wagner group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin feared dead in plane crash.

I am not \(given the holes in the fuselage and the smoke trail of an apparent missile) that shocked that nothing was heard from the plane after the explosion. The crew was probably already dead or dying.

That Russian farmer did a pretty good job of capturing things with his camera. Probably, given the area, Putin never anticipated someone on the ground would have a camera in hand and be able to take the images he did. The farmer heard the explosions and immediately pivoted his camera upwards and captured the video of Prigozhin's plane. I lifted the image below from the video which is btw the first video in Enforcer's YouTube above.



That is a fairly typical anti-aircraft missile smoke trail that you see after one goes off and throws out it's load of shrapnel. If you watch some of the videos from Ukraine and the various drone downings you see a lot of such smoke trails. The contrail of the missile going up, the puff where it exploded and the fan shaped contrail the shrapnel leaves as it disperses. Woe to everyone in the path of that lethal hail of shrapnel.

The farmer and his family heard two explosions before they looked up and began filming. His was not the only video of the downing, but it is the best showing yes Virginia, it was a missile. There is other video of the plane going down showing it had a fair sized hole in the fuselage (which probably explains the 2 missing bodies (who will probably be found by smell eventually) and the tail section fluttering it's own path downwards.