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Commander of 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District: Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev is no more
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-Lurid Crime Tales-
Man arrested after punching 92-year-old woman in unprovoked NYC attack
[NYPOST] A Staten Island man was arrested for sucker-punching a 92-year-old woman in an unprovoked attack on Manhattan’s Upper West Side Thursday afternoon, sources said.Enrique Loeza, 35, allegedly punched the victim in the back of the head as she read a menu in the window of a restaurant on Columbus Avenue near West 70th Street at about 3:30 p.m., law enforcement sources said.

Loeza, a New Brighton resident, was taken into custody shortly after. Charges against him weren’t immediately reported.

The elderly woman refused medical attention on the scene, the sources said.

The suspect has one prior arrest for DWI, according to the sources.
Posted by: Fred || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

May he meet with the same treatment in jail/prison.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/19/2022 8:45 Comments || Top||

#2  Jail? This is going to end up like CHAZ but without the organization.

Don't watch the movie, it is an absolute trope of current movie industry typecasting, "plot twists", and latent racism, but the story for The First Purge looks to be spot on - Federal Government instigates violence by declaring an area police free and any crime up to and including murder will not be prosecuted. Leave now, or stay and the government will give you all the money you need to live.

The difference will be the when. Unlike the movie where there is a set date, this will be some singular event nobody knows about until its all going off.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 10:34 Comments || Top||


Off-duty corrections officer smears feces in tenant's apartment: cops
[NYPOST] An off-duty city corrections officer smeared feces all over his Brooklyn tenant’s apartment — and then illegally evicted her less than two weeks later, cops said.

The officer, Nigel Escalona, was inside the apartment where a 52-year-old woman rents out a room from him on East 83rd Street near Avenue K in Canarsie around 9:40 p.m. March 4, police said.

When the tenant walked into the bedroom, Escalona ran out of the apartment, authorities said.

The victim found feces smeared all over the bedroom door and door handle — as well as on the doormats, doorknob and faucets in the bathroom, cops said.

Less than two weeks later, Escalona illegally evicted the woman, cops said.

The victim told police she went to work on Wednesday and returned Thursday to find that the locks were changed and Escalona did not issue an eviction notice, police said.

The victim found feces smeared all over the bedroom door and door handle, according to reports.
Posted by: Fred || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  I suppose the cleverness of the thing depends on the difference between what the tenant was paying and going rates — New York City having that rent control thing going on — and whether the tenant was awful but difficult to evict without such creativity.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/19/2022 11:47 Comments || Top||

#2  Ah. The NY Daily News reports she was the tenant from Hell.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/19/2022 11:51 Comments || Top||


Two caught rummaging through dying Philadelphia man's pockets: video
[NYPOST] Two people were caught on surveillance video rummaging through the pockets of a Philadelphia man who was dying on a sidewalk after being shot, police said.

The 38-year-old victim took three bullets to his chest after getting into a fight with a man in the city’s Hunting Park neighborhood Wednesday evening.

During the fight, a third man whipped out a rod from his waistband and shot the victim, Chief Inspector Scott Small told news hounds.

The two men involved in the shooting then fled in a dark Dodge Charger as the victim collapsed on the sidewalk.

Just moments later, a man and woman walking by could be seen on CCTV cameras rifling through the pockets of the gravely injured victim, Small said.
Posted by: Fred || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ah, the city of brotherly love...
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/19/2022 11:53 Comments || Top||

#2  The City of Brothers on Drugs...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 11:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Could they have been merely looking for ID?
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/19/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||

#4  Feral culture creates behavior only shocking to people who don't recognize feral norms. This is what is increasingly passes for normal in our inner hive cities...
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/19/2022 12:14 Comments || Top||

#5  Could they have been merely looking for ID?

Concerned citizens stopping to help or scavengers robbing a dead man.
Every picture tells a story.
What are you in the mood for today?
Posted by: SteveS || 03/19/2022 12:16 Comments || Top||

#6  They stopped just short of pulling his gold teeth.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 12:16 Comments || Top||

#7  ^ Always sterilize your pliers before you go for a walk
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2022 13:13 Comments || Top||


2 people killed, 2 wounded after gunman opens fire on Florida transit bus
[NYPOST] Two people were killed and two others were maimed after a gunman opened fire aboard a Florida transit bus on Thursday afternoon, a report said.

Three other people inside a pair of cars were also injured after their vehicles were stuck by the bus as its quick-thinking driver turned into a nearby cop shoppe after the gunfire erupted, the Sun-Sentinel reported, citing authorities.

The Broward County Transit bus was traveling along West Broward Boulevard in Fort Lauderdale at about 2:30 p.m. when the mayhem unfolded.

Once the driver made it to the precinct, officers raced up to the bus and arrested the suspect as the commuters aboard fled for safety.

"The people came off the bus with their hands up, and the police just started running everywhere, coming from everywhere," witness Natasha McGee, 44, told the newspaper.

It was unclear why the shooter opened fire
Posted by: Fred || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

OH! that's right, elections are just around the corner, and if the past serves as a prediction.

We should start seeing increases in items that support in LSD Agenda items to support their Anti-"_insert whatever__" narrative and deflection attention away from their major screw-ups.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/19/2022 8:53 Comments || Top||


-Obits-
U.S. military plane crashes with four on board in Norway, Norwegian government says
[CBS] The Norwegian military said Friday that a U.S. military aircraft with four people on board crashed in the northern part of the country. The V-22 Osprey aircraft went down in bad weather in an area with rough terrain and narrow valleys, according to the Norwegian military.

The Marines confirmed "an incident has occurred involving a Marine Corps MV-22B Osprey aircraft," and that an investigation is underway.

The fate of the people on board is not known.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 05:59 || Comments || Link || [10 views] Top|| File under:

#1  The V-22 Ospreys have been involved in a number of deadly crashes in recent years. In 2017, three U.S. Marines were killed when a MV-22 Osprey tilt-rotor aircraft crashed off the coast of Australia.

Should actually read.... 'plagued by deadly crashes since initial fielding.'

Ride on one of those SOB's? Only if unconscious or bound hand and foot, kicking and screaming. Seen'um at ME airbases years ago. Seldom used (except on clear days close to the FOB), for fear of crashes and bad PR.

Excuse was, "aircraft is unarmed...needs a defensive cannon system." Yea, THAT's the ticket, another weighty, vibrating complex on-board system.

System manager - 'Successful combat theater deployment ?'... CHECK !

Thank you Boeing and MIC cohorts.

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 6:04 Comments || Top||

#2  Now saying all 4 on board killed.
Posted by: Chris || 03/19/2022 9:13 Comments || Top||

#3  Moved to Obits. Thank you for the update, Chris. Do you happen to have a link?
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/19/2022 13:57 Comments || Top||

#4  Link
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2022 14:56 Comments || Top||

#5  If somebody offered me a free ride in an Osprey I'd have to decline. No disrespect but I value my life.
Posted by: jpal || 03/19/2022 16:11 Comments || Top||

#6  I believe the White Houses uses a few for baggage hauling from Andrews, AFB. They may be assighed to the AV Det at Quantico. Don't believe any have landed on the White House lawn or hauled administration people. Can't imagine why.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 19:14 Comments || Top||


Don Young, longest serving US congressman, dies at 88
[IsraelTimes] Don Young, a blunt-speaking Republican who was the longest-serving current member of Congress, has died. He was 88.

His office announces Young’s death in a statement.

"It’s with heavy hearts and deep sadness that we announce Congressman Don Young (R-AK), the Dean of the House and revered champion for Alaska, passed away today while traveling home to Alaska to be with the state and people that he loved. His beloved wife Anne was by his side," says the statement from Young’s congressional office.

A cause of death was not provided. Young’s office says details about plans for a celebration of Young’s life were expected in the coming days.

Young, who was first elected to the US House in 1973, was known for his brusque style. In his later years in office, his off-color comments and gaffes sometimes overshadowed his work. During his 2014 reelection bid, he described himself as intense and less-than-perfect but said he wouldn’t stop fighting for Alaska. Alaska has just one House member.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/19/2022 03:50 || Comments || Link || [15 views] Top|| File under:

#1  In his later years in office, his off-color comments and gaffes sometimes overshadowed his work.

Totally ignored or occasionally celebrated if performed by a Democrat.

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 5:25 Comments || Top||

#2  A GOPe stalwart.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 7:49 Comments || Top||


-Great Cultural Revolution
Black CNN Op-Ed Writer Asks: ‘Who Cares About White People Dying In Russian/Ukrainian Conflict, What Does This Have To Do With Africa?‘
[Vdare] As white people from Russia wage war on white people in the Ukraine, and white people in both Europe and the United States care about the event unfolding—potentially plunging the world into another pointless world war—one black writer at CNN is mad we aren’t focusing our attention on Africa.

Moky Makura [Tweet her] is the executive director of Africa No Filter a group “working to shift stereotypical and harmful narratives within and about Africa through storytelling and community building.”

She wrote the piece below for CNN. It basically states: white people may be dying in the Ukraine, but what does this have to do with Africans?
Posted by: Uning Omunter7850 || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [2 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Shunned by Others, Russia Finds Friends in Africa
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/19/2022 0:29 Comments || Top||

#2  Because only their lives matter. Didn't they just get finished shouting that in our faces?

"All lives matter" is hate speech according to their own orgs.
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 03/19/2022 1:51 Comments || Top||

#3  Finding "friends in Africa?"

"Annina: Monsieur Rick, what kind of a man country is Captain Renault Afrika? Rick: Oh, he's just like any other man country, only more so."

Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 6:30 Comments || Top||

#4  Who cares about fucking Africa?
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/19/2022 9:57 Comments || Top||

#5  I know African-American men who are appalled that Putin is bombing innocent women and children.
Posted by: US || 03/19/2022 10:22 Comments || Top||

#6  Moky Makura [Tweet her] is the executive director of Africa No Filter a group “working to shift stereotypical and harmful narratives within and about Africa through storytelling and community building.”

Hate to tell ya Mookie, but not only did you just solidify them, you are giving credence to the wackos who think this whole thing really is just about starting a Euro/Russia nuclear exchange in order to kill 'The White People'.

Its been, what, seven days since the Influencer Call to this subject and this is all she brings?

It's *cough* lazy.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 10:24 Comments || Top||

#7 
Applying my basic rule for determining if its racist.

"Would it be RACIST Hate Speech, if Black was exchanged for White and does it focus on 1 Race or Color only and if White was used would they scream RACIST?"


IF, I got to ask the CNN-BLM Liberal Racist talking head one question if would be.

"What are the odds of a NUCLEAR war in Africa vs. the Russia Ukraine Europe situation?
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/19/2022 10:57 Comments || Top||

#8  No only do I not care disproportionately about Africa Moky, there are people aplenty there to care about their continent, I most certainly do not care about your mindless, racist, garbage utterings!
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/19/2022 12:03 Comments || Top||

#9  Shouldn't she be really dedicated to her cause and block some highways or something?
Posted by: Raj || 03/19/2022 13:18 Comments || Top||

#10  Well, the Chinese really care about Africa. (Though maybe not so much about Africans...)
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/19/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#11 
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/19/2022 19:02 Comments || Top||


-Short Attention Span Theater-
Stacey Abrams Guest Stars as President of United Earth on ‘Star Trek: Discovery'
[Breitbart] Hollywood has put its wishful thinking on full display by casting Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams (D) in a cameo role as the president of Earth in the season four finale of Star Trek: Discovery on Paramount+.

Stacey Abrams appears in the episode’s climactic scene as the president of United Earth, the borderless government that rules over the entire planet. In the episode, she declares Earth as part of the interplanetary Federation.

"United Earth is ready right now to rejoin the Federation, and nothing could make me happier than to say those words," Abram’s character said, according to a report from Deadline. "There’s a lot of work to do, are you ready for that?"
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  ARCADE diffused emission monitors are reporting 'moaning sounds' from deep space. Early reports indicate Federation transporters.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 5:02 Comments || Top||

#2  She was in the Boba Fett series too I think. One of the Hutts.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 03/19/2022 5:32 Comments || Top||

#3  Early Hollywood cameo with Siggy Weaver, a non-speaking part.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 5:55 Comments || Top||

#4  You mean AOC's debut film?
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 03/19/2022 6:36 Comments || Top||

#5  Doing Star Wars next - using her silhouette as the Death Star.
Posted by: Mercutio || 03/19/2022 7:27 Comments || Top||

#6 

For The Globalization Worshipers To Chew On .
It won't be a peaceful transition, because there are too many Type A's in or wanting power.

It will require a massive global war.

Initially, it will be between the Big 5 nations and 3 main religions over a 20+ year duration.

Thus, to create a UNITED EARTH will likely result in about 1.7 to 2.5 Billion deaths, over a 3 to 4 generation duration. Plus a 20 to 25 year rebuilding period, after the main war ends. Then there will be guerillas engaged in warfare and terrorist attacks.

Why?
There are too many Putin's, Hitler's, Stalin's Che's Pol Pot's, Mao Tse-tung's and etc... always willing to step in and sacrifice millions of lives to be #1.

BTW: I quit watching the newer Star Trek stuff after it started weaving in more and more current Far Left and liberal and socialist narratives, disgusted as SciFi plots.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/19/2022 8:35 Comments || Top||

#7  "Gonna need a wide angle lens for the next scene, John."
Posted by: Mullah Richard OTR || 03/19/2022 10:04 Comments || Top||

#8 
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2022 11:11 Comments || Top||

#9  Scotty would need 2 transporter pads to beam that wide load; and that assumes the dilithium crystals are at 100%
Posted by: USN, Ret. || 03/19/2022 12:45 Comments || Top||

#10  So they really did solve world hunger in the future!
Posted by: Raj || 03/19/2022 12:49 Comments || Top||

#11 
"I refuse to work with that thing!
I will not! I will not! Shit! Fuck!
Shit! Fuck! SHitfuck!!"

Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/19/2022 12:57 Comments || Top||

#12  Star Trek discovers the Planet of the Apes?
Posted by: US || 03/19/2022 13:51 Comments || Top||

#13  Fake governor, fake president. Seems like OK casting.
Posted by: Nero || 03/19/2022 13:59 Comments || Top||

#14  You'd think she'd be better cast as a rogue asteroid.
Posted by: CrazyFool || 03/19/2022 16:49 Comments || Top||

#15  She was Lursa Duras' long lost adopted sister
Posted by: badanov || 03/19/2022 17:18 Comments || Top||

#16  She was Luirsa Duras' long lost adopted sister.
Posted by: badanov || 03/19/2022 17:18 Comments || Top||


Caucasus/Russia/Central Asia
Putin fires hypersonic missile at Ukraine: Russia steps up war of attrition with another strike on west of country with 9,000mph missile as Kyiv claims invaders have suffered 15,000 casualties
[Daily Mail, where America gets its news] Using up the expensive inventory.
  • Moscow claims the 'Kinzhal'- or Dagger - missile is 'unstoppable' by current Western defensive weapons

  • The weapon, which has a range of 1,250 miles, is nuclear capable. The Friday attack was a conventional strike

  • Vladimir Putin has termed the missile 'an ideal weapon' that flies at 10 times the speed of sound

  • The missile was one of an array of new weapons Putin unveiled in his state-of-the-nation address in 2018

  • Russia first used the weapon during its military campaign in Syria in 2016 to support the Assad regime
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/19/2022 07:54 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Holy shit
Do we have hypersonic missiles?
Posted by: Omereger Mussolini6044 || 03/19/2022 12:59 Comments || Top||

#2 
With the way things are being reported, I'm sure we'll hear from Kyiv of how the useless pilot embarrassingly fired it into a pool of quicksand. While a Ukranian para simply shot the plane down with a 70s handgun.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/19/2022 13:03 Comments || Top||

#3  Russia first used the weapon during its military campaign in Syria in 2016 to support the Assad regime

Now they are used to support the Putin regime.
Posted by: badanov || 03/19/2022 13:03 Comments || Top||

#4 
Posted by: badanov || 03/19/2022 13:38 Comments || Top||

#5  "Do we have hypersonic missiles?"
Trying to catch up but failing. Miserably

US Hypersonic Missile Failures Risk US Chase of Russia, China
U.S. efforts to catch up with China and Russia in developing hypersonic weapons may be set back after Lockheed Martin Corp.’s air-launched missile suffered three consecutive test failures that left it on a tight schedule.
Posted by: Heriberto Craviter5452 || 03/19/2022 14:19 Comments || Top||

#6  The Kinzhal Variant!
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 14:38 Comments || Top||

#7  Yes. Very expensive ordnance to use in a contest that was / is supposedly so one-sided.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 14:40 Comments || Top||

#8  "Do we have hypersonic missiles?"
That's rocket science, hard to do with new equitable math (2+2= whatever you want it to.)
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/19/2022 14:43 Comments || Top||

#9  Expensive, true. But it is also new. Little wars like this are an opportunity to test out new stuff before The Big One.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/19/2022 14:45 Comments || Top||

#10  But it could be a sign they are running low on long-range ammo, he forgot to add.
Posted by: SteveS || 03/19/2022 14:47 Comments || Top||

#11  Saw one article say near Poland, this says near Romania. Both said something about a supply depot.

That is a long shot. Long enough to be detected and the site prepared for defense or/and evacuated even with a Mach 3 cruise missile.

This would cut reaction time; especially if deployed by an aircraft which just looked like it was doing normal stuff just a second ago. Cut your shot distance in half while tripling speed.

That is, of course, if any of this is to be believed, we know DM isn't above peddling agenda.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 15:47 Comments || Top||

#12  Russians are crushing Ukraine now, everywhere. South, north and west. Almost over. Looks like we got punked again by our garbage media with their lies about the heroic Ukrainian resistance
Posted by: Sheba Sforza1694 || 03/19/2022 21:40 Comments || Top||


Top Russian general reportedly detained as Putin targets 'traitors' amid Ukraine invasion
Hattip lotp.
[Yahoo] The deputy chief of Russian’s National Guard was reportedly detained Thursday amid news that Russian President Vladimir Putin
...President-for-Life of Russia. He gets along well with other presidents for life. He is credited with bringing political stability and re-establishing something like the rule of law, which occasionally results in somebody dropping dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substance. Under Putin, a new group of business magnates controlling significant swathes of Russia's economy has emerged, all of whom have close personal ties to him. The old bunch, without close personal ties to Putin, are in jail or in exile or dead from poisoning by polonium or other interesting substances...
is cracking down on disloyalty within his ranks following the invasion of Ukraine.

Russian Gen. Roman Gavrilov, of Rosgvardia, the internal military force of the Russian Federation that reports directly to the president of the Russian Federation, was detained by the Russian security and counterintelligence agency, Federal Security Service
... the successor to the KGB...
(FSB), according to Christo Grozev, CEO of the Netherlands-based investigative journalism group Bellingcat.

The reason for Gavrilov's detention wasn’t immediately clear. Grozev said one of his sources told him that Gavrilov was detained by the FSB's military counter-intelligence department over "leaks of military info that led to loss of life," while two other sources said the reason was for "wasteful squandering of fuel."

Rosgvardia is a unit of the Russian Federation’s internal army that reportedly suffered heavy losses in Ukraine during the three weeks since the invasion began on Feb. 24.

Gavrilov previously worked for the Federal Protective Service (FSO) tasked with Putin’s security.

Russian state-run media reported on Thursday that Gavrilov had been fired.

In a message to Telegram, senior United Russia official Alexander Khinshtein said despite his dismissal, reports that Gavrilov had been arrested were "totally untrue."

This comes as Putin said in an address on Wednesday that his country will undergo a "self-purification" of "traitors" as Russian troops continue to bombard Ukrainian civilians and advance toward Kyiv.

After the speech, flight trackers purportedly detected a mass exodus of private jets flying out of Moscow and toward Dubai, suggesting that Russian oligarchs may have fled anticipating Putin’s crackdown.

At least 14,980 people have been detained across Russia since the war in Ukraine began on Feb. 24, according to OVD Info, an independent organization monitoring political persecutions.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/19/2022 02:13 || Comments || Link || [5 views] Top|| File under:

#1  https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/russia-deploys-hypersonic-kinzhal-superweapon/

The deployment of the Kinzhal to strike a Ukrainian target ,added to this and other Stalin-esque behaviors, suggests Putin is pulling out all the stops to get this over. It also signals to the West he is intransigent and determined, and increasingly provoked by Western support to Ukraine.
Posted by: NoMoreBS || 03/19/2022 11:55 Comments || Top||


Shades of Trump 2020: Putin's Pro-War Rally Draws Massive Crowd - over 200,000, far larger than any crowd Joe Biden ever attracted
[WeLoveTrump] Lots of tweeted videos.

Courtesy of Grelet Snoluse4423:
Over 200,000 Russians Rally in Moscow in Support of Ukraine War; Attendees, Enteratiners, Speakers Wear St George's Ribbon

[LaprensaLatina] President Vladimir Putin on Friday praised the unity of the Russian people in the face of what he calls the “special military operation” in Ukraine.

Russia’s brutal war in Ukraine, which has led to thousands of military and civilian deaths and has caused more than three million refugees to flee, has been widely condemned by the international community.

Putin, who praised the heroism of Russian soldiers fighting in the war, which he said was being waged to prevent a “genocide” in Ukraine, was addressing a massive patriotic rally at the Luzhniki Olympic Stadium in Moscow, which hosted more than 200,000 people, according to local authorities.

“Saving people from this suffering, from this genocide, is the main and most important reason (…) for the military operation that we launched in the Donbas and in Ukraine,” he proclaimed.

Putin, who quoted the Bible to justify the Ukraine invasion, said the best expression of the unity of the Russian people is how their soldiers are fighting “shoulder to shoulder” in the neighboring country.

“We see how heroically our guys act and fight during this operation. It has been a long time since we enjoyed such unity,” he said.

Ukraine claims that Russia has suffered over 14,200 casualties since the invasion began on February 24.

“For a world without Nazism!”, “For the president!” and “For Russia!” were the slogans displayed onstage at the event which featured concerts by popular singers with close ties to the Kremlin.

Tens of thousands of people who could not access the stadium followed the concerts in the vicinity of the Luzhniki, which seats more than 80,000 spectators.

“Thanks to the guys who with weapons in their hands defend Russian citizens in the Donbas,” said Sergey Sobyanin, mayor of Moscow.

Sobyanin, one of the Kremlin’s closest aides, has rallied support for Putin, who launched the invasion.

“Half the world has united against us, but Russia is a strong country. Strong because of its citizens, because of its patriots,” he said.

Some of the presenters, singers and attendees wore the Z-shaped St. George’s ribbon, which has become a symbol of Russia’s military campaign in Ukraine.

Russians usually wear the ribbon on May 9, which marks the victory over Nazi Germany in World War II.

The event coincided with the eighth anniversary of the annexation of the Crimean peninsula from Ukraine.

[Twitter]
Posted by: Creang Angath3262 || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Ah'm certain they were all masked.
Posted by: Skidmark || 03/19/2022 0:24 Comments || Top||


#3  Got anymore FSB propaganda for today or is this it?
Posted by: Omaing Stalag1261 || 03/19/2022 9:43 Comments || Top||

#4  Schwarzenegger:
Americans, fuck your freedom, and don't question your government.

Russia, you need to overthrow your government so Ukraine can be free.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 10:49 Comments || Top||

#5  ^ That, right there. And Ahhhnold doesn't have any monopoly on that way of thinking, either.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 11:20 Comments || Top||

#6  The chances of Russians overthrowing Putin are zero. Biden being impeached has a higher probability
Posted by: Sheba Chater2601 || 03/19/2022 11:40 Comments || Top||

#7  Got anymore FSB propaganda for today or is this it?
My good sir, we have not yet begun to propagate!

Looking through a Russian Nationalist filter, Putin is standing up for Russia by fighting NATO, a long-time foe. It's not surprising that some people there like that.

Notice how the messaging from both sides is similar to what we saw with Tea Party/Trump rallies: Howling Mobs of Haters vs Patriots Who Love Their Nation
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#8  You got your Putin propaganda and you got your Biden propaganda. Where is the truth? I'm afraid the truth is we have two old men who are about to burn the whole world.
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#9  WTF does Putin have to do with Trump?
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From the Russian Perspective: Operation to denazify Ukraine: operational summary March 18 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:14 The suburb of Stakhanov under the fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine. Np. Troitskoye - Irmino: artillery gun 122mm (2 shells).

19:40 High-precision long-range weapons struck at the military infrastructure of Ukraine, according to the Russian Defense Ministry. As a result of the strike, a parking lot with Ukrainian combat aircraft at an aircraft repair plant in the city of Lvov was destroyed, as well as ammunition depots and Ukrainian military equipment in the suburbs of Nikolaev and Voznesensk. According to the available reliable information, in Dnepropetrovsk, employees of the Security Service of Ukraine, having evacuated personnel and medical patients, mined one of the buildings of the city hospital No. 2, on Nigoyan Street.

19:25 The Ukrainian court allowed the arrest of Viktor Medvedchuk - the State Bureau of Investigation of Ukraine.

18:50 Warehouse with fuel and lubricants in Sumy, afterhitsRussian Aerospace Forces missiles.

18:41 The neutral status of Ukraine and its non-entry into NATO are topics on which Moscow and Kyiv have brought their positions as close as possible. We are "halfway" on the issue of demilitarization of Ukraine within the framework of the ongoing negotiation process - Medinsky.

18:19 A downed Ukrainian Tochka-U missile that flew to Melitopol. Its fragments and elements of cluster munitions fell in a private sector on the outskirts of the city. Several residential buildings, power lines, and a gas pipeline were damaged.

17:53 The rise and fall of a Ukrainian anti-aircraft missile in Kyiv.

14:59 Russian Ka-52s cover landing in Gostomel. Everything is like in a movie and much cooler - shooting at targets, a downed helicopter making an emergency landing, the crew leaves the board. Yes, everything is fine with them - the guys took up all-round defense and they were evacuated. The landing took place without loss.

13:37 VFU fired upon phosphorus munitions Izyum city, Tatneft gas station area.

13:27 Kuleba said he was ready to talk to Lavrov in detail, called him the most experienced diplomat in the world.

13:25 A powerful fortified area of ​​the Armed Forces of Ukraine has been equipped in the Nikopol district of the Dnipropetrovsk region. Up to 2,000 servicemen of the airborne assault troops are located on the territory of the Neptune recreation center in Alekseevka. The most interesting thing is that on the evening of March 15 there was already a blow in the vicinity of Alekseevka - on the fuel depot. But the command of the air assault troops, apparently, does not teach anything.

13:13 The Russian Ministry of Defense: at night, Tochka-U missiles with cluster warheads were attacked from the territory controlled by Kiev on residential areas of Melitopol, Russian air defense repelled the attack. The shelling was carried out from the southeastern outskirts of the city of Zaporozhye, which is completely controlled by Ukrainian nationalist units. To suppress missile attacks and protect Ukrainian citizens from new strikes by the nationalist regime, two Iskander missiles destroyed the launchers of Ukrainian nationalists, the report says.

12:30 I understand Zelensky's disappointment, but the war should not go beyond Ukraine - NATO Secretary General Stoltenberg.

12:00 The special operation launched by Russia averted the threat of an attack on the LPR and DPR from Ukraine - Lavrov in an interview with RT. He also added that Ukraine, having failed to implement the Minsk agreements, was preparing to seize the lost territories with monstrous bloodshed.

11:33 Russian tanks in the Belgorod region. Going the direction of Kharkov.

10:12 Investigative Committee is investigating the calls of the head of the Ukrainian border service to kill Russians.

08:35 Social networks: Another missile attack on a military warehouse was inflicted by the RF Armed Forces in Voznesensk, Mykolaiv region.

08:25 The complexes of attack drones of the Russian Aerospace Forces inflicted blows high-precision missile weapons for armored vehicles of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, warehouses with weapons and ammunition.

08:04 Moment blow and the subsequent fire at an aircraft repair plant in Lvov.

07:30 Russian special forces equipment near Mariupol. These guys don't mess around for long, so soon Mariupol will be liberated and cleaned from the Nazis.

04:00 Azov militants (forbidden to kill men in Mariupol in order to take their civilian clothes and flee the city. This was reported by the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR.

01:50 Residents of the Kherson region can start receiving pensions and salaries in rubles. According to the head of the Crimea, this issue is now being discussed. The region came under the control of the Russian military.

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From the Perspective of the Breakaway Republics: Military summary of the LDNR, March 18 (updated)
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited
[NewsFrontInfo] 22:34 Information was received from the Ministry of Health of the DPR about the wounding of 8 civilians from the territories previously liberated by the NM of the DPR:

n.p. Mariupol:
— male, born in 1980
- woman, born in 1975
— girl, born in 2010
- male, born in 1990
- woman, born in 1963
— guy, born in 2007
- male, born in 1988

n.p. Grape:
- male, born in 1954

22:11 Russia informed Kiev that it was ready to open the humanitarian corridors and release all the bandits from Mariupol in any direction in order to save the city and people.

21:04 VFU subjected shelling from heavy weapons near the checkpoint "Gorlovka" (Nikitovsky district of the city) and the village of the mine named after. Izotova - the head of the Gorlovka administration Ivan Prikhodko.

20:11 Civilians who left the city of Mariupol, Donetsk region, told about the atrocities of Ukrainian militants.

The Ukrainian media are full of news that the Armed Forces of Ukraine do not shoot at civilians, especially at their own.

Listen to the words of a Melitopol resident: “Many people have seen this, I did not invent it. In a residential area there is a children's town. There are machine gunners. We were ready to cut their throats. And they begin to hit residential areas with mortars: the 25th quarter at the Ilyich plant, the 24th, all the quarters. A shot and an explosion.

Azov (a banned terrorist group in Russia) are Nazis, city dwellers say.

19:09 The issue of managing Donbass should be decided by its people - Medinsky.

19:07 From the positions of the VFU, the road near the stadium, leading to the Gorlovka village of Panteleimonovka, was fired from the BM-21 Grad MLRS.

19:05 On the operational line, information was received from the administration of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk about damage as a result of the shelling of the VFU at the following addresses: - st. Murmanskaya, 20. n.p. Aleksandrovka st. Kirova, 83. Information about the consequences of shelling continues to arrive.

18:46 Ministry of Internal Affairs of the LPR: Residents of the regions of the Republic liberated from the Kiev security forces voluntarily handed over 6 pistols, 3 machine guns and almost 500 rounds of ammunition per day.

18:44 DPR evacuated another 171 people from Mariupol. According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, during the day of March 18, from 08:00 to 18:00, 171 people, including 43 children, were evacuated from Mariupol to the Bezymennoye Novoazovsky district.

18:28 Two rescuers of the Ministry of Emergency Situations of the DPR were blown up by an anti-tank mine in the Granite area.

17:06 The media are reporting that fighting is going on in Lisichansk. Partially there is no Internet in the city, in some places there is gas. There is a humanitarian catastrophe in the city. Severodonetsk is also situationally fighting. Frontier, which is already under the LPR, there were arrivals.

17:04 According to the Headquarters of the Territorial Defense of the DPR, 2 children (3 years and 10 months) were evacuated from Mangush, who were left without parents as a result of shelling by Ukrainian militants. The children were hospitalized in the Republican Children's Clinical Hospital in Donetsk.

17:03 Civilians who left Mariupol spoke about atrocities of the Ukrainian fighters.

16:43 On the operational line from the Ministry of Health of the DPR, information was received about the injury in the settlement. Mariupol men born in 1983.

The victim was taken to a medical facility where he is receiving the necessary medical care.

Also, on the operational line from the administration of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, information was received about damage as a result of the shelling of the AFU at the following addresses:
pos. sh-you "Trudovskaya":
- st. Bokia, 17a;
- st. Montenegrin, 62/1.
n.p. Alexandrovka:
- st. Lenina, 162 and 164.
Actual consequences of the shelling of the DPR / LPR on an interactive map.

15:40 Mariupol airport has completely come under the control of the DPR forces, media reports.

15:35 As a result of the shelling of the Gorlovka village of Panteleymonovka from the VFU, shell explosions were recorded on the territory of the Rosinka kindergarten (29 Parkova St.), which does not work due to the fact that Ukrainian nationalists destroyed it back in 2014 and continue to shell now.

15:20 Petrovsky district is again under fire from the VFU. As a result of a direct hit on the building of the boiler house on the square. Victory, 1g, a school, 2 kindergartens, 38 apartment buildings - Kulemzin were left without central heating.

13:30 Residents of Mariupol leave the city through Russian military checkpoints. People are asked to show a residence permit, and if it is not there, they inspect the car. But most support such security measures. Only for yesterday the militaryexposed12 members of the National Battalion, who dressed up as civilians.

13:02 To Volnovakha hospitalarrivedfirst humanitarian aid.

12:27 about Gorlovka 10 Grad missiles were fired! N.p. Nelepovka - n.p. Gorlovka (settlement of sh-you named after Gagarin): 10 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

11:26 The introduction of a no-fly zone over the DPR with the assistance of Russia makes sense in order to prevent cases like the shelling of the center of Donetsk with a Tochka-U missile - Basurin.

11:15 DPR troops liberated 97 settlements, including Prechistovka and Novomayorskoye. There are battles for Mariupol, Avdeevka, Maryinka and Verkhnetoretskoe.

11:05 In Kramatorsk passed denazification city ​​department of the SBU.

11:00 Secretary General of United Russia Andrey Turchak and head of the DPR Denis Pushilin installed a commemorative plaque on the building of the 1st school of the liberated Volnovakha. The street that previously bore the name of the 1st of May, and then the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine of the 51st brigade, from that day is called the street of the Hero of Russia Vladimir Zhogi. Turchak also said that a street named after the battalion commander of the legendary Sparta would appear in Rostov-on-Don.

10:50 Shelling was recorded from the side of the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Yelenovka: fired 4 mines with a caliber of 120 mm. — SCCC DPR.

10:31 Soldiers of the DPR army raised the flag over the administration of the Left Bank district of Mariupol.

10:10 As a result of the shelling of the VFU of the Petrovsky district of Donetsk, the building of hospital No. 14 was damaged, three people were injured: 2 employees of the medical facility and 1 civilian.

09:23 A direct hit by a shell of Ukrainian punishers in a residential building on the street. Petrovsky, 111v. According to updated information, 4 women born in 1960, 1972, 1974, 1997 died. — Kulemzin.

09:21 Russia has created a no-fly zone over the Donbass - Basurin, a representative of the People's Militia of the DPR.

09:11 AFU shelled the city clinical hospital No. 27 of the Kirovsky district of Donetsk - a hit on the roof was recorded.

08:23 The shells fired by the Ukrainian punishers cut off the lives of civilians. According to preliminary information, 4 people died as a result of the shelling of the Kirovsky district, the number of victims is unknown. Special services left for the place - Alexey Kulemzin.

07:34 As a result of the shelling from the side of the Armed Forces of Yasinovataya, a woman born in 1974 was wounded. Serious condition - Reporter Rudenko V.

07:30 JCCC DPR: Fixed fire from the VFU in the direction of the settlement. Novomikhailovka - n.p. Kremenets: fired 2 mines with a caliber of 120 mm; n.p. Novomikhailovka - Donetsk (Petrovsky district): 2 mines with a caliber of 120 mm were fired.

06:50 From the side of the armed formations of Ukraine, 1 shelling of the settlement Nizhne - Frunze was recorded: an artillery gun 122mm (10 shells) - JCCC.

05:21 Above the administration of Rubizhne raised flag of the LPR - NM LPR.

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News roundup from the Perspective of the Breakaway Republics, March 19th, 2022
Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited.
Ukrainian punishers killed three civilians in the LPR
[REGNUM] At least three civilians were killed as a result of shelling by Ukrainian punitive forces on the settlement of Irmino in the Lugansk People's Republic, the press service of the LPR representative office in the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime reports on the official Telegram channel.

"As a result of artillery shelling, Irmino village, three civilians were killed and two were injured , ”the representative office said.

Earlier, the Prosecutor General's Office of the LPR reported one dead and three wounded during the shelling of Irmin by Ukrainian militants. It was noted that the shell hit a residential building, which completely collapsed from the explosion.

As REGNUM reported , earlier LPR units broke into the eastern part of the city of Severodonetsk. Now the fighters of the People's Militia of the Republic are fighting for the liberation of the city from the Kiev invaders.

Ukrainian militants fired "Grads" near the village in the DPR
[REGNUM] A rocket attack on the village of Yelenovka (DPR) was carried out on the evening of March 18 by Ukrainian formations, according to the Joint Center for Control and Coordination of the ceasefire regime.

They opened fire on the Yelenovka area at 22:29 Moscow time from the village of Taramchuk. A total of 40 missiles were fired from the BM-21 Grad.

At 22:30 Moscow time, Yelenovka was fired from artillery pieces of 122 mm caliber. The fire of the Armed Forces of Ukraine was fired from the settlement of Novomikhailovka, firing five shells.

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Ukrainian perspective: Russian invasion of Ukraine, March 19th, 2022
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[Korrespondent] 22:24 Camps for prisoners of war have begun to operate in Ukraine, Venediktova said. According to her, Ukraine adheres to all the norms of international humanitarian law: including medical assistance to prisoners of war "almost at the same level as our guys."

22:21 Hezbollah denied the information of the Western media that the fighters of the Lebanese movement are taking part in the war in Ukraine on the side of Russia.

22:10 Of the nine humanitarian corridors, seven have worked today, Vereshchuk said. In total, 9145 people were evacuated. 4972 people left Mariupol for Zaporozhye, among them 1124 are children.

21:36 Macron, in a telephone conversation with Putin, urged him to lift the siege of Mariupol, open a humanitarian corridor and cease fire.

21:31 The UN does not rule out that today's briefing by the Russian Federation on biological laboratories in Ukraine may be one of the likely stages in the preparation of a group of "hawks" of the Kremlin for possible biological or chemical operations on the territory of Ukraine , Podolyak said.

21:26 Ukrainian air defense is becoming more stable and reliable every day. Thus, Russia fired 30 missiles at the Yavoriv military range in Lvov, of which the air defense shot down 22, Arestovich said.

21:21 Stefanchuk admitted the possibility of changing the Constitution of Ukraine regarding the movement to NATO against the backdrop of negotiations with the Russian Federation.

21:20 The American publication Politico writes, citing a senior EU official, that European leaders "have very reliable evidence that China is considering providing military assistance to Russia."

21:18 The Russians are using the exclusion zone around the Chernobyl nuclear power plant as a shield. They shoot at civilian targets, and then hide from the Armed Forces of Ukraine in the exclusion zone, said Alexander Sirota, head of the Public Council under the State Agency for the Management of the Exclusion Zone.

21:14 In the Zaporozhye region, Russian invaders fired on rescuers who came to extinguish the consequences of shelling. One of them died, five were injured, according to the State Emergency Service.

20:46 Shmygal said that the Cabinet of Ministers will buy key social food products directly from suppliers - they will be distributed free of charge to those in need of humanitarian assistance.

20:45 According to verified information from the residents of Energodar, the invaders plan to appoint Andriy Shevchik, a city council deputy from the Opposition Platform for Life, as the "mayor" of the city in the near future, Energoatom reports.

20:42 The Pentagon has calculated that Russia fired 1,080 long-range missiles at Ukraine. According to them, the advance of the occupying Russian troops stopped in all directions, and the Russian Federation also failed to gain control in the air.

20:41 According to the UN, about 6.5 million Ukrainians have become internally displaced and 3.2 million have moved abroad since the beginning of the Russian invasion.

20:28 Shmygal said that the government had decided to simplify all customs procedures as much as possible: "We set a goal to create the fastest customs in the world. No customs papers. No VAT, duties and customs payments immediately after the adoption and entry into force of the changes to the Customs and Tax Codes, on a declarative basis."

20:19 Xi Jinping said after talks with Biden that "contradictions between China and the United States may remain, but their strengthening should not affect world trade, energy and industry chains."

20:15 Russian media report, citing sources, that access to YouTube is likely to be turned off in the coming days.

20:11 The former commander of US forces in Europe, Ben Hodges, believes that the next ten days will be decisive. After that, in his opinion, the Russian troops will no longer be able to continue the attack and will want to freeze the situation. He also said that the Russians will not be able to surround Kyiv, and the nuclear threat is exaggerated.

20:06 Arestovich said that the units of the Armed Forces of Ukraine are fighting the hardest battles near Volnovakha, and so far there can be no talk of any deblockade of Mariupol. Other parts of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, according to him, are located 100-120 kilometers from Mariupol, and they will not pass so much through the bare steppe. In addition, enemy air defense is now operating in Mariupol, and attempts to provide air support have not been successful.

According to Arestovich, there is no military solution to Mariupol now - there is a political and diplomatic way of settlement. He also assured that Mariupol is now the number one topic for the president, and he is engaged in solving the problem at the highest international level.

20:04 The statements of the Russian side about the negotiations are only their requests, which are intended to provoke tension in the media. Ukrainian positions are unchanged, Podolyak said .

19:55 The personnel of the enemy is demoralized, cases of suicides and self-mutilation have become more frequent. Due to the lack of positive results and the inability to fulfill the assigned tasks, it is planned to remove Colonel Vadim Pankov, commander of the 45th separate special-purpose brigade of the airborne troops of the armed forces of the Russian Federation, from his duties. He is accused of failing to fulfill a combat mission at the Gostomel airfield, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

19:52 The facts of the refusal of Russian military personnel to participate in hostilities are confirmed. So, at the point of permanent deployment of the 20th motorized rifle division of the 8th combined arms army of the Southern Military District, about 130 servicemen refused to participate in hostilities, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

19:47 The Russian occupiers released Viktor Tereshchenko, the head of the Velyko Burluk community of the Kharkiv region, who was kidnapped on the eve of the settlement, said Oleg Sinegubov, head of the OVA.

He also stated that the occupiers did not allow the delivery of humanitarian aid along the agreed corridors.

19:39 The Russian occupation troops launched a missile attack on the military administration of Avdiivka, Donetsk region - the building was partially destroyed, said the head of the administration, Vitaliy Barabash. Nevertheless, according to him, the local authorities continue to fulfill their duties. As a result of shelling on March 18 in Avdiivka, two people were killed, there are others injured.

19:36 US Representative to the UN Linda Thomas-Greenfield commented on Russian fakes about biological laboratories in Ukraine: "Ukraine does not have a biological weapons program. There are no Ukrainian biological weapons laboratories - neither near the border with Russia, nor anywhere. Russia has long supported this biological weapons program in violation of international law."

19:19 Johnson promised Zelensky new military assistance from the UK.

19:16 The Bundestag was criticized in Germany, for more details, see Shameful Silence in Response to Zelensky's Speech .

19:14 The Biden administration decided to provide combat drones to Ukraine. What is at stake - in the material Kamikaze drones for the Armed Forces of Ukraine .

19:10 Pope of Rome on the war in Ukraine: "The tragedy of the war taking place in the center of Europe strikes the entire Christian world, once again facing the perverted abuse of power and the fanatical interests of the invader."

19:01 The Ministry of Defense reported that the Armed Forces of Ukraine received American machine guns Browning M2 (12.7 mm), which were popular during World War II. NATO countries are still successfully exploiting them today.

18:49 Zelensky said that during the defense of Kiev, more than 30 settlements of the Kiev region, which were temporarily occupied by the enemy, were liberated.

18:36 In Nova Kakhovka, Russians are torturing City Council Secretary Dmitry Vasilyev, his wife Lyudmila said. According to her, he has been kept in the basement of the seized police building for more than two days. The invaders demand that he change his sharply negative position towards Russia to a loyal one.

18:21 China has good reason to wish Putin victory, because the defeat of Russia will make the head of China more vulnerable. But economic interests may outweigh. Read more in the article Why the PRC is profitable and unprofitable for the Russian Federation's war in Ukraine .

18:17 The Lychakovsky District Court of Lvov has chosen Viktor Medvedchuk a measure of restraint in the form of detention.

18:10 The head of the Russian delegation Medinsky said that during the Ukrainian-Russian talks "it was possible to bring positions closer on the neutral status of Ukraine." According to him, "then the nuances begin, connected with what security guarantees Ukraine receives in addition to the existing ones in case of refusal to join the NATO bloc."

17:52 In Sumy, as a result of enemy shelling, a warehouse with paint and varnish products caught fire. Authorities are asking residents to stay indoors and close their windows. Firefighters eliminate the consequences, according to preliminary information, there are no casualties.

17:31 Xi Jinping at a meeting with Biden said that the war in Ukraine "is not in anyone's interests," and the United States and China should take on international responsibility and make efforts for "world peace."

17:26 The head of the Lugansk OVA, Serhiy Gaidai, denied the information of Russian propaganda that Russian troops completely control the region. According to him, the invaders partially entered Rubizhne and Popasnaya.

17:21 Canada has launched a temporary migration program CUAET for Ukrainian refugees. Ukrainians and immediate family members can obtain the status of temporary residents of Canada for up to three years. Applicants must submit an online visa application and provide their biometric data.

17:00 Hromadske reports that journalist Viktoria Roshchina has probably been taken prisoner. She was in occupied Berdyansk, on March 15 she was detained by the FSB, since then nothing is known about her.

16:17 Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos Mitsotakis said that his country is ready to rebuild a maternity hospital in Mariupol, on which Russian troops dropped an aerial bomb.

16:12 The IMF preliminary estimates the fall of the Ukrainian economy from the war with Russia at 35%, said Vladislav Rashkovan, deputy director from Ukraine at the IMF.

16:02 Zelensky called on all European countries to block their ports for Russian ships. According to him, it is necessary right now to strengthen sanctions against Russia so that all potential aggressors in the world can see it.

The president also called on all Western companies to leave the Russian market.

15:56 Russia launched missiles at Ukraine even from the Caspian Sea, the command of the Air Force of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said.

15:50 The broadcast of Putin's speech at Luzhniki was interrupted for unknown reasons, the concert continued to be shown to viewers. In his speech, Putin spoke about the "genocide of the people in the Donbass."

15:25 Zelensky: "By attacking us, Russia will destroy everything it has achieved over the past 25 years and return to the dashing 90s. Only without freedom."

15:10 The Armed Forces of Ukraine pushed back the Russian invaders 70 kilometers from Kiev on the right bank of the Dnieper, said Brigadier General Alexander Gruzevich. He added that "there is a small advance along the left bank, but now we have liquidated it." In the Brovarsky and Boryspil directions, the enemy generally abandoned active offensive operations.

15:04 Arestovich says that the active phase of the war will end in 2-3 weeks, and already in April, the people of Kiev, who were evacuated from the city, will be able to return to the capital. According to him, the active phase of hostilities is almost completed near Kiev, Kharkov, Sumy and Chernigov.

15:00 Latvia and Estonia expel three Russian diplomats each - they are accused of undermining national security, spreading propaganda and justifying Russia's war against Ukraine.

14:54 The army of Poland has almost doubled - up to 300,000 soldiers - the corresponding law was signed by President Duda.

14:40 In Ukraine, the official website of the National Resistance Center has been launched - sprotyv.mod.gov.ua

The site was created to support and coordinate everyone who wants to fight for the liberation of Ukraine from Russian invaders.

14:30 On March 15, five foreign ships loaded with Ukrainian grain left the port of the occupied Berdyansk, Zaporozhye region, Radio Liberty reports.

14:26 Russian and Belarusian diplomats were banned from entering the buildings of the European Parliament, said the head of the European Parliament, Roberta Metsola. "There is no place in the House of Democracy for those who seek to destroy the democratic order," she said.

14:15 Russia should be expected to threaten Western countries with nuclear weapons if Ukraine continues to successfully resist military aggression, according to a report by the US Defense Intelligence Agency, writes Bloomberg.

13:58 A National Information Bureau has been created in Ukraine to search for people, where you can get information about relatives, friends or those who died on both sides of the conflict. Phones:
1648
+380 44 287 81 65
Information comes through the Red Cross and is subsequently passed on to families and for the exchange of prisoners.

13:57 In Izyum, humanitarian corridors did not work again, local authorities report. There is a humanitarian catastrophe in the city, fighting is going on.

13:41 Denisova said that data on the number of prisoners will no longer be disclosed. The Ukrainian side plans to exchange them all.

13:38 Zelensky, following negotiations with Ursula von der Leyen, said that the European Commission's response to Ukraine's application for EU membership would be ready within a few months.

13:31 The National Bank of Ukraine warned about the next distribution of fraudulent letters in which Ukrainians, allegedly on behalf of the National Bank, are asked to transfer funds to help the Armed Forces of Ukraine. The regulator emphasizes that it does not send out such letters and does not collect money for crypto wallets.

13:28 In Moscow, participants in a rally in support of the war against Ukraine are paid up to 1,400 rubles. Mostly state employees and students were forcibly sent to the rally. Their bosses did not go to Luzhniki, fearing terrorist attacks, Russian opposition media write.

13:24 Polish exchangers from the middle of next week will begin to accept the hryvnia under the program with the participation of the Central Bank, reports Reuters.

13:21 In Kiev, since the beginning of the Russian invasion, as a result of enemy shelling, 36 residential buildings, five private estates, six schools and four kindergartens have been damaged. Damaged facades, balconies and windows in 55 houses, according to the KSCA.

A total of 222 people died in the capital, 60 of them civilians, including four children. 889 people were injured, including 241 civilians, including 18 children, three ambulance drivers, one ambulance doctor.

13:14 130 people were taken out of the destroyed Drama Theater in Mariupol, more than 1300 remain in the basements , Ombudsman Lyudmila Denisova said.

13:12 Putin during a telephone conversation told Scholz that Ukraine puts forward "unrealistic" proposals in the negotiations.

13:11 The European Union transferred 300 million euros to Ukraine - this is the first time in history when the EU finances the supply of weapons to the country during the conflict, said the deputy head of the European Commission.

13:03 As a result of the shelling of Kramatorsk, 26 people were injured, two were killed, the mayor of the city Alexander Goncharenko said. An administrative building and a residential high-rise building were completely destroyed, 40 apartment buildings and more than ten commercial premises were damaged.

12:56 Kuleba on the end of the war: "Any war has two endings. The first ending is the unconditional total defeat of one of the parties. This is what the Russians wanted to impose on us from the very beginning, putting forward such a document. The second ending is a deal. Agreement is the search and fixation of mutually acceptable solutions.

At the same time, the Foreign Minister noted that the first option should not be rejected, since the peace agreement should be beneficial for Ukraine.

12:54 Britain has revoked the license of the propaganda channel Russia Today.

12:47 Arestovich warned politicians and journalists who are currently trying to "disperse evil" and accuse the country's leadership of "surrendering" Ukrainian interests, that "panic and calls for panic in wartime are judged according to the law of wartime," and war will always show who is who.

12:42 Kuleba said that he had discussed with Borrell the preparation of the fifth package of EU sanctions against Russia.

12:36 Due to the fact that Russia has used up almost the entire ammunition stock of missiles and ammunition, the enterprises of the Russian military-industrial complex that produce Caliber missiles and ammunition for the Smerch MLRS have been switched to round-the-clock operation, the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine reports.

12:31 After the rocket attack of the invaders on the area of ​​the airport in Lviv, the mayor of Lutsk Igor Polishchuk asked the local residents to move away from the aircraft repair plant.

12:30 As of March 18, two million Ukrainians left for Poland, mostly women with children.

12:17 The Netherlands froze Russian assets for 200 million euros.

12:13 Ukraine, together with the United States, forced the Europeans to start preparing sanctions against Russia last year, so when the Russian Federation did start the invasion, they were ready, Kuleba said in an interview with UP.

He also stressed that sanctions are a very big problem for the Russians, and they are trying with all their might to remove them, because they understand the long-term consequences. Especially Russians suffer from contempt and hatred in the world.

12:11 About 3.2 million people have already left Ukraine, in recent days the flow of those leaving has been declining, the State Border Service said. So, over the past day, almost 55 thousand people left Ukraine, which is 20% less than the day before.

11:56 Kuleba also commented on Scholz's call not to attack the Russians: "Some want to live in a simple world where Putin bears full responsibility for the war. The reality is that someone actually drops bombs on Ukrainian cities, shoots evacuees, forms " Z" supports Putin in the polls. As in the 1930s, they are responsible, even if poisoned by propaganda."

11:55 Poland will engage in "de-Russification" of the Polish and European economies, Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said.

11:45 The US Embassy in Ukraine said that Putin will be held accountable for the deliberate attacks on Mariupol, "especially on those who were evacuated yesterday, as well as on the theater, where more than 1,200 women and children were hiding."

11:36 The command of the Ground Forces warns of another fake Russian propagandists that the Armed Forces of Ukraine are allegedly throwing unprepared fighters into battle. This is a lie, and the main proof of this is the huge losses of the Russians "from the very prepared hands and incredibly brave hearts of our soldiers."

Fakes are predominantly spread in chats and social networks in the form of comments from fake accounts. The main signs of fakes are: emotional presentation, impossibility to identify the author of the text, emphasized "Ukrainianness", the use of stamps in the style of a crucified boy, etc.

11:32 Athletes from Russia and Belarus have been completely suspended from participating in the World Championship, European Championship and the Diamond League. They were forbidden to act even as neutral athletes.

11:25 Lavrov said that "the transfer of Soviet S-300s from other countries to Ukraine without the consent of Russia is illegal, and Moscow will not allow this." He also once again threatened that the Russian Federation would attack shipments of foreign weapons to Ukraine.

11:23 In the 128th separate mountain assault brigade, they said that they were shelling the Russians, in particular, with shells with propaganda leaflets. Shells explode in the air, leaflets fall out of them, which describe how to surrender.

11:18 On the morning of March 18, the Russians fired on the suburbs of Zaporozhye from Smerch multiple rocket launchers. Around eight in the morning, a massive shelling of a military training ground was recorded, as well as one of the factories adjacent to it, where a fire broke out. The scale of destruction and loss are being established.

11:09 In Kharkiv today at about 8:40 a six-story educational building of a higher educational institution was fired upon, two neighboring residential buildings were damaged. One person was killed, 11 people were injured and another is under the rubble, the State Emergency Service said.

11:03 Russia is changing its behavior in negotiations with Ukraine , Podolyak said. According to him, if initially Moscow tried to speak only with ultimatums, now "negotiations are going more or less constructively," and the Russian side is beginning to "take a more realistic look at the world around us."

He also believes that Russia is unlikely to be able to "pull out" the war for several months due to lack of resources.

11:01 Poland will present the idea of ​​a peacekeeping mission in Ukraine at the NATO summit and at the meeting of the European Council.

10:52 Beijing opposes the provision of US military support to Ukraine, since the transfer of lethal weapons to Kiev calls into question the restoration of peace and stability, said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian.

He also called "irresponsible and useless US attempts to put pressure on China because of Ukraine."

10:39 Klitschko said that six houses in Vynohradar in Kiev were damaged - they are no longer suitable for life. Four children were injured, one died, 19 were hospitalized.

10:36 As a result of the shelling of Kramatorsk, at least two people were killed, six more were injured, said the head of the Donetsk regional administration Pavel Kirilenko. He clarified that the rockets hit a residential building and an office building.

10:30 In Moscow, the authorities began to persecute citizens of Ukraine and fabricate cases against them, OVD-Info reports. According to human rights activists, the Ministry of Internal Affairs and the FSB received an order to check all Ukrainian citizens who live in the Russian capital.

During interrogations, Ukrainians are asked if they have "forbidden literature" or a state flag - "nationalist symbols." They also check whether Ukrainians go to anti-war rallies. Russian human rights activists have received information that Ukrainian citizens are being removed from flights and taken to police stations. They fabricate cases against them in order to arrest them in the future.

10:23 Erdogan's speaker said that Putin, in a conversation with the Turkish president, repeated Russia's demands on Ukraine, and also admitted that before the final agreement, it would be necessary to hold a personal meeting with Zelensky.

10:20 In the Buchansky district of the Kiev region today at about 8:15 am, air defense units of the Ground Forces of Ukraine shot down an enemy Su-34 fighter-bomber. The plane was shot down using the Stinger MANPADS, said the head of the Kiev OVA Alexander Pavlyuk.

10:17 As a result of Russia's invasion of Ukraine, as of the morning of March 18, 109 children were killed, more than 130 were injured, the Office of the Prosecutor General reports.

10:12 Ukraine introduces preferential lending for entrepreneurs at 0% during martial law, large-scale deregulation, as well as guaranteeing 100% of citizens' deposits, Zelensky said.

"Any business will be able to get a loan at 0% during martial law plus one month after the war. Then there will be a minimum rate of 5%. The total amount of the loan can be up to 60 million hryvnia," the president said.

10:02 The OP reported that on March 18, humanitarian evacuation corridors will operate in the following areas:

Mariupol - Mangush - Tokmak - Vasylivka - Kamianske - Zaporozhye
Trostyanets - Sumy - Golubovka - Olshana - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava
Bolshaya Pisarevka - Akhtyrka - Khukhra - Kotelva - Poltava
Krasnopolie - Upper Servo - Sumy - Golubovka - Olshana - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava
Sumy - Golubovka - Olshana - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava
Lebedin - Shtepovka - Nedrigailov - Korovintsy - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava
Konotop - Shevchenkovo ​​- Khmelev - Romny - Andriyashevka - Lokhvitsa - Lubny - Poltava

It is also planned to send humanitarian cargo from Kharkiv and Slavyansk to Balakleya and Izium in the Kharkiv region.

09:48 Podolyak reacted to Scholz's statement: "Chancellor Scholz, trying to justify his indecision, proposes to divide ordinary Russians and Putin as the author of the war. In Europe, this may become a false trend. Because officially 71% of Russians categorically support the war against Ukraine and massacres our citizens. Keep that in mind."

09:29 Ukrainian Ambassador to Germany Andriy Melnyk responded to Scholz's call not to offend Russians, because Putin alone is allegedly to blame for the war: "This is Russia's war of annihilation against Ukraine. Period. These are Russian, not alien pilots, bombing Ukrainian cities, killing women and children. Silent Russian society is de facto supporting the war. Putin is just the tip of the iceberg."

09:26 Due to the shelling of a house in the Podolsky district of Kiev, four people were injured, another one died, the State Emergency Service reported. 12 people were rescued, 98 residents of the house were evacuated.

09:24 The General Staff announced the approximate combat losses of the enemy on the morning of March 18:

personnel - about 14,200 people;
tanks - 450;
armored combat vehicles - 1448;
artillery systems - 205;
MLRS - 72;
air defense systems - 43;
aircraft - 93;
helicopters - 112;
automotive technology - 879;
ships / boats - 3;
tanks with fuel and lubricants - 60;
UAV operational-tactical level - 12;
special equipment - 11.

09:16 The S&P rating agency has downgraded Russia's sovereign credit rating to the CC category - this is not a default yet, but its probability is very high.

09:00 According to preliminary data, six cruise missiles, probably X-555, were fired from the Black Sea at the Lvov plant. Two missiles were destroyed by means of anti-aircraft missile forces of the Zahid air command, the command said.

08:42 In Kiev, the enemy fired at a residential area in the Podolsky district. Rescuers and doctors are working on the spot, information about the victims is being specified, according to the Kyiv City State Administration. Gerashchenko clarifies that the Vinogradar residential area suffered.

08:41 In Lviv, several missiles hit an aircraft repair plant, its premises were destroyed, Sadovy said. The plant was stopped in advance, according to preliminary data, there were no casualties.

08:38 The Ukrainian army has set a record for the efficiency of using Javelin, the Pentagon said. For 112 shots - 100 accurate hits on the target.

08:25 The fire at the Barabashovo market in Kharkov has been extinguished for more than 17 hours, the fire area is about seven hectares.

08:20 The World Bank will allocate $100 million to Ukraine to pay scholarships to students.

08:17 Data from two polls by a group of independent Russian sociologists obtained by Radio Liberty showed that 71% of Russians support the war with Ukraine. In general, only two out of five Russians are concerned about the war. Those who support the war experience such emotions as pride, joy, respect, trust and hope.

08:12 Sadovyi reported that the Russians had fired missiles at the Lviv airport area. He clarified that he could not give the exact address, "but it's definitely not an airport." He urged not to distribute photos and exact addresses in real time.

07:34 Australia, New Zealand and Japan have expanded sanctions against the Russian Federation.

07:31 The troops of the Russian Federation have significantly exhausted their human resources, so the command resorts to extreme measures in matters of manning: covert mobilization is being carried out, the so-called volunteers, conscripts and cadets, as well as mercenaries from Syria are involved.

According to the General Staff of the Armed Forces of Ukraine, there have been cases of self-mutilation among Russian soldiers in order to evade participation in hostilities.

05:57 Conscripts of the Belarusian army are forced to wash Russian tanks that have been in Ukraine from the remains of Russian soldiers, local media report.

03:33 Lebanon supported Ukraine , becoming the first country in the Middle East to announce such a position.

01:57 According to the Geshtab, the Russian invaders have already picked up about a thousand volunteers from representatives of the so-called army of Bashar al-Assad and Hezbollah. The main requirement for foreign fighters is the experience of fighting in the city.

At the same time, the General Staff, citing new data, noted that the real goal of the Syrian militants is not to participate in hostilities on the territory of Ukraine, but to use the business trip as an opportunity to get to European countries.

01:25 Zelensky said that Russian conscripts often do not want to return home, and many of them who are in captivity have already received funerals at home.

Posted by: badanov || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [9 views] Top|| File under: Hezbollah


Russian commander of the 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District: Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev was eliminated today
Link goes to Free Republic thread started by Zhang Fei. Original news was from twitter, which I can't really do atm.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [14 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Oh shoot, I thought I had this set on "post tomorrow."
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/18/2022 18:48 Comments || Top||

#2  I’ll roll it over to tomorrow, Snowy Thing, though it’s already had 40 views.
Posted by: trailing wife || 03/18/2022 22:53 Comments || Top||

#3  Good shooting
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/19/2022 0:08 Comments || Top||


KelTek firearms lends a hand
[DailyCaller] Florida Gunmaker KelTec Donates Hundreds Of Rifles To Help Fight The Russians.

A Florida gunmaker called KelTec is sending 400 semi-automatic rifles to Ukraine to arm resistance fighters after a longtime customer to the American company in the country has gone AWOL.

A Ukrainian client who typically buys guns from KelTec reportedly placed the order for the semi-automatic rifles, but the gunmaker cannot get in touch with the long-time client. KelTec decided that those guns from the MIA client’s order should be put to use and has sent the $200,000 worth of KelTec rifles to the Ukraine Ministry of Defense, according to the Associated Press.

The Ukrainian Ministry will be responsible for distributing the guns to resistance forces fighting for the country under siege by the Russian military, according to the AP.

“The American people want to do something… We enjoy our freedoms, we cherish those things. And when we see a group of people out there getting hammered like this, it’s heartbreaking,” KelTec Director and former U.S. Navy pilot Adrian Kellgren reported to the news outlet.

This gesture comes after Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the Ukrainian people that anyone aged 16 to 60 cannot leave the country and that all who are able should take up arms.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  How sweet of them.
Posted by: Cthulhu of Ryleh || 03/19/2022 8:17 Comments || Top||


Economy
Georgia Gov. Kemp suspends state gas tax amid high prices at the pump
[WJCL] ATLANTA — Georgia Gov. Brian Kemp has signed House Bill 304 into law, temporarily suspending the state's gas tax.

The tax suspension will remain in effect through May 31.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 12:51 || Comments || Link || [6 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Stacy Abrams applauds not being taxed for her gas
Posted by: Frank G || 03/19/2022 15:47 Comments || Top||

#2  ^ You mean when she isn't in Hollywood shooting Star Trek Discover episodes. She plays the president of Unite Earth in the latest one.
Posted by: jpal || 03/19/2022 16:19 Comments || Top||


From gold standard to oil standard to China's RMB: The de-dollarization of trade between China and Russia is no surprise. Saudi Arabia's move is a breakthrough
[AsiaTimes] From Russia, will US expand economic war to China? New sanctions against China would leave Beijing less reason to forebear in strategic matters including Taiwan

Note: “Observer” columnist Chen Feng points to what he considers fundamental areas of weakness in the US position: The deindustrialization of the US economy, America’s dependence on debt, and an accelerating shift of US dollar trade settlement and reserves following the Russian sanctions. China exercises forbearance in strategic matters, including Taiwan, because of the mutual benefits of US-China trade; if the United States applies new sanctions to China, it will have less reason to do so.
Posted by: Snoth Crinetch6893 || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [12 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  "Saudi Arabia and China may not shift oil transactions to the yuan all of a sudden. There is no need for this. China’s large reserve of dollars can’t be left to get moldy in its hands. They have to flow to be of value. But the yuan is gradually becoming the settlement currency of international trade, which has more significance than 1,000 nuclear bombs. This is a huge event.

The massive shift of Russian oil to China due to the European and US embargoes, coupled with Saudi Arabia’s switch to RMB settlement, may force more and more countries exporting oil to China to switch to RMB settlement. The situation brings to mind the old saying, “I don’t have to run faster than the bear – I just have to run faster than the next fellow.”
Posted by: Unusons Fletle5955 || 03/19/2022 1:22 Comments || Top||

#2  Cui bono? Inside our borders?
Posted by: no mo uro || 03/19/2022 5:44 Comments || Top||

#3  If the world refuses to purchase your lamps, force them to use your lamp oil.
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 5:47 Comments || Top||

#4  As others have pointed out, the yuan is not yet ready to displace the dollar as the international currency. But we are seeing death by a thousand cuts: Saudi taking yuan, India paying Russia in rupees/rubles, etc. Eventually the dollar will wither away to irrelevance, and international payments will be as chaotic as international tax is not. Every man for himself.
Posted by: Tom || 03/19/2022 10:43 Comments || Top||

#5  Russia has an excellent opportunity to move to the gold standard. They have 74 million troy oz. in gold reserves which are worth (@$1,922/oz. spot price) $142 billion. Even with the ruble's fall, the Russian Central Bank has more than adequate coverage for a monetary base of about $150 billion. Russia has very little reliance on global capital inflows, so Russia can shift to a gold ruble fairly easily.

If Russia moves to a gold ruble, the ruble will rise relative to the US dollar, which will fall relative to the value of gold.

Also, Russia would then be free of the volatility that comes from floating-rate currency pricing. A gold-backed ruble would allow China and India and other major trading partners to increase trade with Russia, which would be another source of strength for the ruble and stable growth for the Russian economy.
Posted by: Jumbo Omack5219 || 03/19/2022 16:59 Comments || Top||


Europe
China Bitchslaps NATO: Won't join sanctions, will "never forget who bombed our embassy in Yugoslavia. What is NATO doing for peace and stability?"
[ChinaMission] Spokesperson of the Chinese Mission to the EU Speaks on a Question Concerning NATO Leader’s Remarks on China.

Q: According to reports, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said yesterday that any support to Russia, military support or any other type of support, would actually help Russia conduct a brutal war against an independent sovereign nation, Ukraine, and help them to continue to wage war which is causing death, suffering and an enormous amount of destruction. He also claimed that China has an obligation as a member of the UN Security Council to actually support and uphold international law and join the rest of the world condemning Russia’s invasion. What is your comment?

A: We have taken note of relevant remarks. Chinese people can fully relate to the pains and sufferings of other countries because we will never forget who had bombed our embassy in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia. We need no lecture on justice from the abuser of international law. As a Cold War remnant and the world’s largest military alliance, NATO continues to expand its geographical scope and range of operations. What kind of role it has played in world peace and stability? NATO needs to have good reflection.
Posted by: Shomble Glealet2011 || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under: Commies

#1  It's so easy for people like this to make cutting, accurate remarks. Maybe we should try being less evil?
Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 03/19/2022 2:37 Comments || Top||

#2  "Maybe we should try being less evil?"

So you're claiming it's "WE" and you're an american, although to me not a very impressive one.

Maybe the two of you should stop shilling for a totalitarian state that released a virus that killed a million Americans in order to help their domestic traitorous puppets steal an election?
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 9:49 Comments || Top||

#3  The virus contains a sequence of DNA that was patented by Moderna 3 years before the pandemic began. Moderna CEO can't explain why. Genetic sequencing is more accurate than fingerprints. Such gene sequences are good enough to get criminal convictions. This is guilty evidence beyond any reasonable doubt.

It's beyond obvious Fauci et al were doing incredibly dangerous bio-weapons research in other countries since it was illegal in America.

Watch the Moderna CEO stammer when confronted with the evidence.

Posted by: Omomolet Phutch9064 || 03/19/2022 13:29 Comments || Top||

#4  Well, I mentioned the treasonous quislings China used against us. They would be negligent to not have another half-truth lined up so they could pretend they're fighting the quislings they installed when they help Russia murder women and children in Mariupol from the air.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 14:08 Comments || Top||

#5  But in order to honestly talk about it we'd have to jump off among the gnats you're required to choke on and camels you're required to swallow.

Maybe you just better pick another nym instead.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 14:20 Comments || Top||

#6  The Chinese and Russians definitely remember how we bombed the shit out of Serbia. On behalf of the "Kosovo Liberation Army", a Muslim terrorist outfit.
Posted by: Phaiger Omiger9265 || 03/19/2022 14:27 Comments || Top||

#7  Maybe we should try being less evil?

No different than Code Pink and the people who said we "deserved" 9/11. GFY.
Posted by: Rob Crawford || 03/19/2022 23:59 Comments || Top||


Government Corruption
It was all lies, but the proles will be told it was an "honest mistake..."
[ZH] The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has removed tens of thousands of deaths linked to COVID-19, including nearly a quarter of deaths it had listed in those under 18 years old.

The health agency quietly made the change on its data tracker website on March 15.

"Data on deaths were adjusted after resolving a coding logic error. This resulted in decreased death counts across all demographic categories," the CDC says on the site.

The CDC relies on states and other jurisdictions to report COVID-19 deaths and acknowledges on its website that the data is not complete.

But the statistics are often cited by doctors and others when pushing for COVID-19 vaccination, including figures who believe virtually all children should be vaccinated. Dr. Rochelle Walensky, the CDC’s director, cited the tracker’s death total in November 2021 while pushing for an expert panel to advise her agency to recommend vaccination for all children 5- to 11-years-old.

Before the change, the CDC listed 1,755 children as dying from COVID-19 along with approximately 851,000 others, according to Kelley Krohnert, a Georgia resident who has been tracking the updates.

The update saw the CDC cut 416 deaths among children and over 71,000 elsewhere, arriving at a total of just under 780,000.

The agency declined to provide a comment by deadline.

The CDC previously adjusted its death count in August 2021 "after the identification of a data discrepancy."
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [16 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

All of this and the many other lies will be remembered when the next Pandemic hits.

Thus any real data and actual working solutions will be suspect on even a greater level causing even greater deaths.
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/19/2022 8:41 Comments || Top||

#2  At the end of the day, individual health is something that the individual has to look after individually. Collective approaches will always come up short. But collectivists gotta collectivize.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 8:45 Comments || Top||

#3  I wonder what they suddenly need to cover up regarding these deaths.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 8:49 Comments || Top||

#4  Probably they just figure now is the time to get it out there while everyone else is (supposedly) obsessed with Ukraine.
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 8:54 Comments || Top||

#5  I'll believe ya when me shit turns purple and smells like rainbow sherbet.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 10:15 Comments || Top||

#6  ^#3, could be to keep the US from reaching 1,000,000 deaths...
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/19/2022 11:00 Comments || Top||

#7  I couldn't access the data linked by Zerohedge, so I went here:
https://data.cdc.gov/NCHS/Provisional-COVID-19-Deaths-Focus-on-Ages-0-18-Yea/nr4s-juj3
and found that in the 18 and under demographic, 1,078 have died of COVID from 1/4/2020 to 3/12/2022. Doing simple math on Zero's reported figures, 1,339 in that same demographic have died of COVID.
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 03/19/2022 16:39 Comments || Top||


Science & Technology
Guard donkeys
[YouTube]
Posted by: Besoeker || 03/19/2022 12:57 || Comments || Link || [11 views] Top|| File under:

#1  Thank you, Besoeker. That was very nice. I don't know why donkeys remind me of my bull terrier.
Posted by: Dron66046 || 03/19/2022 13:09 Comments || Top||

#2  I need an army of guard donkeys.
Posted by: DarthVader || 03/19/2022 13:25 Comments || Top||

#3  Yup. And trainable enough for Donkey Baseball and Donkey Basketball. Saw a basketball game, the donkeys each had a little quirk which would be performed when the MCs called the command, usually at a fun-embarrassing time.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 13:42 Comments || Top||

#4  Donkeys are most honored animals; one carried Mary to Bethlehem.
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/19/2022 14:47 Comments || Top||

#5  Amen.
Posted by: swksvolFF || 03/19/2022 21:55 Comments || Top||


Bad Cattitude on the CDC's Coding Error
Subtitled "this data is still badly wrong, but i have some real concerns about who we are allowing to "fix" it and how unsupervised they will be as they do so."
[BORIQUAGATO] of all the insanity around covid that took what would literally have been a baddish flu year would have passed with little comment or historical import and turned it into a mass hallucination of apocalypse, defining "covid death" as a death not "from covid as a proximate cause" but rather as "death from any cause if you had had a positive PCR test for covid in the previous 28-30 days" carries a special pride of place.

many of us stood up and screamed about this right from the beginning.

it made zero sense. nothing else is counted this way (for a reason) and the confluence of doing so with the staggeringly unprecedented mass testing of healthy people with overclocked PCR tests run at a 40 or higher Ct that was so over-amplified that it lacked any clinical relevance whatsoever and was probably kicking out 70-90% rates of non-clinical positivity was madness.

once this disastrous definition was put in place, apocalypse was assured.
Combine the high false positive rate with remdesivir, which causes kidney failure in 25% of patients, and then you get to the problem I want to see more details on.
the same people who overstated this situation so aggressively are going to be the ones "fixing" the data to make sure it’s correct.

the same people who pushed and mandated draconian responses that have failed so spectacularly are going to be the ones "adjusting" the data that allows us to assess those outcomes.

we’re already caught them lying who knows how many times.

it is not a conspiracy theory to expect them to lie again.

it is a conspiracy theory to claim they’ll be honest this time.
"We found 5 possible deaths."
"Hokay...round it off at 50,000"
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 09:18 || Comments || Link || [4 views] Top|| File under:

#1 

As I stated in a related posting...
"All of this and the many other lies will be remembered when the next Pandemic hits.

Thus any real data and actual working solutions will be suspect on even a greater level causing even greater deaths."
Posted by: NN2N1 || 03/19/2022 11:00 Comments || Top||

#2  Rather odd that the "coding errors" always go in the same direction
Posted by: Tyranysaurus Lover of the Visigoths4370 || 03/19/2022 11:37 Comments || Top||

#3  Americans are chronic over-estimators...
Posted by: M. Murcek || 03/19/2022 11:42 Comments || Top||

#4 
overclocked PCR tests run at a 40 or higher Ct
I have read quite a few laboratory-issued COVID PCR test reports over the past 2 years. None has mentioned the "Ct". Forget about asking the lab for that value...
Posted by: Bubba Lover of the Faeries8843 || 03/19/2022 16:04 Comments || Top||


The light at the end of the mRNA vaccine tunnel looks more like a train every day (S. Korea, Omicron surge, vaccine effectiveness)
[Alex Berenson] Omicron infections skyrocket in South Korea.
Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain || 03/19/2022 00:00 || Comments || Link || [8 views] Top|| File under:

#1  by design
Posted by: Elmoluting Grumble6180 || 03/19/2022 0:50 Comments || Top||

#2  Ya can't fool Mother Nature.
Posted by: Bobby || 03/19/2022 8:26 Comments || Top||


#4  So the entire pandemic thing was a scam from the beginning?
Posted by: Sock Puppet of Doom || 03/19/2022 11:01 Comments || Top||

#5  Now that Congress is looking to end the restrictions, here it comes! The sky is going to fall on us now with the new variant. Screw them, I will never get the shots....
Posted by: 49 Pan || 03/19/2022 11:06 Comments || Top||

#6  Eventually, death sentence for those who endanger all society by refusing the vaccine. (I wish I was confident I was being sarcastic...)
Posted by: Glenmore || 03/19/2022 14:50 Comments || Top||

#7  The vaccines have proven to be as effective as placebos with respect to the virus. People like Fauci say that they reduce the intensity of the effects of the virus but they always site “the science” never studies. I will continue to endanger society until the Wuhan Lab can enhance a strain strong enough to kill me, as Super Hose is a CMV negative blood donor to preemies that don’t need clotting issues or other unhelpful side-effects that they hoped to hide for 75 years.
Posted by: Super Hose || 03/19/2022 22:06 Comments || Top||



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Two weeks of WOT
Sat 2022-03-19
  Commander of 8th Combined Arms Army of the Southern Military District: Lieutenant General Andrey Mordvichev is no more
Fri 2022-03-18
  ISIS ‘lover’ blows up aunt’s house in Baghdad for refusing his marriage proposal
Thu 2022-03-17
  Tens of thousands of Syrians enlisting to fight alongside Russia in Ukraine war
Wed 2022-03-16
  Amphibious Assault On Odesa Could Be Imminent According To Satellite Imagery
Tue 2022-03-15
  Over 500 'Repentant' Boko Haram Terrorists Graduate From Rehabilitation Camp In Gombe
Mon 2022-03-14
  War Crime of the first order. Russia burns Mariupol to the ground!
Sun 2022-03-13
  Missiles fired from Iran fall near US consulate in Erbil, Iraq
Sat 2022-03-12
  Mosque of Sultan Suleiman the Magnificent shelled by Russians in Mariupol. Turkish citizens hiding inside.
Fri 2022-03-11
  Putin Places Spies Under House Arrest - CEPA
Thu 2022-03-10
  Russia’s FM said they will no longer participate in the Council of Europe
Wed 2022-03-09
  Ukraine says no longer insisting on NATO membership
Tue 2022-03-08
  Is this a Russian ‘Barguzin’ nuke weapons train in the Ukraine?
Mon 2022-03-07
  Ukraine's Government Opens Website To Recruit Foreigners To 'International Legion'
Sun 2022-03-06
  5 Members of Family Beheaded in Herat, 2 Girls Killed in Balkh
Sat 2022-03-05
  Bombing at Shiite Mosque in Pakistan Kills at Least 56 Worshippers
Fri 2022-03-04
  Russian Maj. Gen. Andrei Sukhovetsky Tango Uniform


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