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The baloney argument that Nato expansion forced Russia to invade Ukraine

Right up till February last year, I thought Ukraine joining NATO would be too provocative. We've been appeasing Russia's bullying of his neighbors for 15 years, but never actually gave Russia a full guarantee that we wouldn't allow Russia's neighbors to protect themselves. I think the narrator dumps too much blame on Clinton for failing to pump the brakes on the major Iron Curtain satellites from seeking full alliance. Putin's actions in Moldova and Georgia show they were right to get under the umbrella.

I think Dubya Bush's knee-jerk triumphalism (against a guy who he claimed to see a good soul in) doesn't get enough blame in the video also. We can't really ignore the context of Putin trying to build back the Romanov/Soviet empire when Bush was trying to expand the American NeoCon empire. But that said, this is an informative video to slap at the Putin apologists who've been popping up on the internet lately.

the so-called "University of Twente" ... no way! That just looks so fake

Obviously an elaborate prank...



Where do their students come from, the High School of Eightin?

The Sex Change of Lillian Travers

A Florida Enchantment

A breakdown of the legal arguments in Trump's rape case

12 May 23 Ukraine Daily Update: The Counter Offensive Has Begun In an Unexpected Place!

Source: Combat Veteran Reacts / YouTube

12 May 23 Ukraine Daily Update

She poisoned her hubby, then wrote a children's book about dealing with grief. BALLS!!

NO, WAIT! IT GETS WORSE!!

A Day After Husband's Death, She Was Found 'Celebrating'
Utah's Kouri Richins allegedly gave a lethal dose of fentanyl to husband Eric

By Arden Dier, Newser Staff
Posted May 9, 2023

A woman who wrote a book to help children deal with the grief of losing a loved one has been charged with killing the father of her three children on the last of several alleged attempts to poison him over years. Kouri Richins, 33, told police she found husband Eric Richins "cold to the touch" on March 4, 2022. He died of a fentanyl overdose, with five times the equivalent of a lethal dosage in his system, per KSTU. A year later, Richins released the children's book Are You With Me? about a child who loses their father. The story—"dedicated to my amazing husband and a wonderful father," per CBS News—has taken on new meaning since Richins' arrest Monday on charges of aggravated murder and possession with intent to distribute.

Police say Richins, a realtor from Utah's Summit County, had asked an acquaintance to get her prescription pain medication "for an investor who had a back injury." After receiving hydrocodone pills, she allegedly requested "some of the Michael Jackson stuff" and obtained 15 to 30 fentanyl pills, per KSTU. Days later, after a dinner at home, Eric became "very ill" and "told a friend that he thought his wife was trying to poison him," according to court documents. Richins requested and received another $900 in fentanyl pills about two weeks later. Her husband was found dead six days after that. Richins told police that she and Eric had been celebrating the purchase of a home that night, per KPCW.

She said she went to sleep with their children and found her husband cold to the touch when she returned to the couple's bedroom around 3am. Eric's family didn't buy that story. "He warned them that if anything happened to him, she was to blame," a warrant reads, per KPCW. One of Eric's sisters reported that her brother had called her a few years previously, complaining that he'd become violently ill after consuming a drink his wife gave him. In January 2022, Richins had also logged into an account and altered her husband's life insurance policy to make herself the sole beneficiary, according to a warrant. On Valentine's Day the following month, Eric suffered an allergic reaction after a dinner with his wife and passed out, court documents state.

Family members said he ultimately decided to file for divorce and removed his wife of nine years as the beneficiary of his will and his power of attorney, replacing her with his sister. Richins only learned of that fact on the day following Eric's death. According to court documents, she "assaulted" Eric's sister when the woman showed up at the Richins home to find a "large party" where the newly-widowed Kouri was "drinking and celebrating" the purchase of a $2 million home. The sale had been closed that same day. Eric had refused to go along with the purchase, family members said, per KPCW.

Meanwhile, at the RNC

(UPDATED) I got invited to join "Bob Kennedy Jr for President" Facebook group

The invitation came from a friend, not a good friend, but a guy I respect. We disagree on politics a bit and on economics a lot (my friend is quite a bit to the left of me; I'm a old-fashioned Keynesian).

I read through a few of the comments on the page. It's a relatively new group I think you saw it through a few of the comments which or to the effect of "Only you can save us" and such. They call him RFK Jr, despite Kennedy his whole life having always gone by Bob. In a fit of partisan childishness, I left a snarky comment about "the tyranny of science and medicine" which I assume will be deleted soon enough.

It's weird thinking about there being a snake in our garden when so much is riding on this next election. But that's democracy I'm pretty comfortable allowing the process to run itself out. Kennedy's ideas get my scorn, but I really don't want to get personal about it. I want as many deluded radicals as possible to be in the mood to say in November '24 "I will gladly take a moderate status code Democrat over a fascist any day of the week."

Maybe I'll go back and delete my comment. I don't think Americans are very good at good natured kidding between political rivals anymore.

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Update: I went back to delete the sarcasm but sadly the admins had beaten to the punch. I did, however, spot this gem of a video link from YouTube:

Stephen Miller Is Taking Legal Action Against the M&M's Company

Source: Rolling Stone

The former Trump official is apparently furious about the candy maker's diversity efforts, and he's taking it up with the federal government

(snip)

America First Legal, the legal activist group founded by former Trump adviser Stephen Miller, on Wednesday filed a complaint with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) against Mars Inc., the maker of M&’s. The pro-Trump nonprofit alleges Mars’ efforts to increase diversity and representation of minorities within its workforce constitutes discrimination and a violation of the 1964 Civil Rights Act.

The move comes just days after Fox News fired its former prime-time host and sexy-M&M devotee Tucker Carlson. Carlson famously feuded with Mars after it swapped out the green M&M’s go-go boots for professional attire it called “current” and “representative of our consumer.” In a televised rant, the former Fox host moaned that the green candy is “no longer wearing sexy boots, now she’s wearing sensible sneakers,” and lamented that “when you’re totally turned off, we’ve achieved equity, they’ve won.”

Miller did not respond to questions about whether the complaint was related to Carlson’s ouster.


Read more: https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/stephen-miller-candy-company-lawsuit-green-1234725150/