However, that has not been all. The US aid for Russia has extended to outright diplomatic support (all those UN votes, the Putin red-carpet visit, etc.), to spreading Russian disinformation (most recently by Marco Rubio this week), to even manipulating Ukraine and Ukrainian allies into doing what Russia wants (hopes and dreams in the USA). Yes, there have been limited crumbs thrown Ukraine’s way, but these have been to keep leverage over the Ukrainians, to see if they can be bullied into doing what Putin wants because of some deeply misguided hope and belief in the USA.
The truth of US behavior has been that the US has been helping Russia, but until now more by hobbling Ukraine and its partners. Now, the US is coming out as a more direct supporter of Russia—and in the process it is blaming the Ukrainians for that. The diesel issue is not an end in itself, it is a means to an end. Understand that, and you understand it all, it is a means to an end. Understand that, and you understand it all.
You'll have to go through some damn "Gimme yer e-mail" bullshit to read the whole thing. One of the many reasons I say "Fuck everybody & everything to hell & back!", over & over & over & over & over, again & again & again.
J.B. Shurk / American Thinker: We Need To Talk About Democrats — People who celebrate political violence cannot be trusted. — Getting your Trinity Audio player ready... Fifteen years ago, a dark movie called We Need to Talk about Kevin told the story of a mother struggling to understand why her sociopathic teenaged son had gone on a murder spree at home and at school. In the same vein, we need to talk about Democrats.
NH Libertarian Party endorses ‘assassination’ of elected Democrats
Do take a peep at The American Thinker. (Whose logo, disappointingly, is no longer Uncle Sam dropping a load on a tree stump.)
Many interesting items. Example:
Woke 1.0: A history of the world’s most Satanic movement in pictures By Jeremy Egerer | Woke people are going to have to prove they’re not woke anymore if they want to return to polite society.
Th' hell? What peculiar planet or dimension do these crazed weirdoes live on or in? Certainly not this one.
The Wiki notes:
In the aftermath of Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 U.S. presidential election American Thinker published a variety of articles that had claims of election fraud. Faced with a lawsuit from Dominion Voting Systems, [co-founder] Lifson acknowledged that the site had relied upon "discredited sources who have peddled debunked theories".American Thinker likewise admitted that its election claims were "completely false and have no basis in fact" and that "it was wrong for us to publish these false statements."
Where'd he get the bizarre delusion that airline personnel are furries, & what is the connection between furries & these imaginary "terrifying furries"? The only "mental illnesses" here are football & being a Republican spud. Total fucking incoherent weirdoes, all of them.
And I'd like to thank all for the sincere good wishes, presents, surprise party & so forth. It's so wonderful to have friends! (Who will cheerfully call the fucking police on me because I was righteously angry. W/ friends like that ...)
Note that everything is reduced to a "Stunt", "Unhinged Anti-Israel Tirades", "anti-Israel rants", "Washed-Up Rapper Dropped From Ed Sheeran Tour After Pro-Islamic Terrorist Rant", "Anti-Israel, Anti-ICE Rant", yada. Apparently Macklemore couldn't possibly be sincere. Screw alla these fake news dilrods & prostitute-user Bob Kraft, each one of whom is a lying sack of crap.
Also, Ed Sheeran is a boring hack. Who let his Limey ass in here? Furriners raus!!!
In The New Republic, retired Federal Judge Michael Luttig clearly illustrates the possibility of "Moses" Johnson & House Republicans not seating elected Democrats come January.
Judicial review of the House’s decision not to seat Democratic representatives-elect in the 120th Congress would take weeks, if not months, during which time the United States would be in the throes of a paralyzing constitutional crisis, helplessly vulnerable to all the world’s evil, as it would have been in January 2021 had Mike Pence not thwarted Donald Trump’s plan to overturn the 2020 presidential election.
It is not difficult to imagine the many possibilities, some of the most critical being entirely realistic. It would be the ideal moment for China to move against Taiwan, by way of military blockade, attack, or even invasion. It would be the perfect moment for Vladimir Putin to complete his conquest of Ukraine, and perhaps even to move militarily against Estonia. Every passing day could bring a deepening economic crisis, worsened by our angry allies around the world who would welcome the opportunity to requite Donald Trump for his belittling mockery of their countries and presidents. Without the Congress, the United States would be powerless to respond to any of these crises.
What? The "Dep't. of War" can't defend us w/o Congress?
He may be just a bit too optimistic here.
I don’t intend to be overly sanguine about this Supreme Court. This is the court that shattered the one constitutional truth in the U.S. since 1789 that “no man is above the law” and placed Donald Trump of all presidents above the law in Trump v. United States. This is the court that betrayed the Constitution by refusing even to decide whether Trump was disqualified from the presidency under the Fourteenth Amendment because of his insurrection against the Constitution, which he clearly was. This is also the court that has cynically authorized Trump’s lawlessness for the past two years through its aptly named “shadow docket,” without so much as briefing, argument, or written opinion.
But surely by now this court must understand what it has wrought for the U.S. and the Constitution, and is aghast as we all are, even if it is not penitent. Surely, surely, it will understand the signal moment in American constitutional history that would be presented, and this time understand its supreme obligation to the nation.
"Wish in one hand, crap in the other. See which piles up first."
The judge (surprise) is legalistic & lengthy; Heather Cox Richardson summarized it, included some newer developments
As if to illustrate Luttig’s warning, House speaker Johnson told attendees at Trump’s convention in Dallas on Thursday: “We cannot and will not allow them to take the majority in the Congress. We’re not gonna do it.”
Proof from the states: the right wing attempt to repeal the 20th century
We read the legislation introduced across all 50 states this session and pulled out the worst of it. 1,182 bills, 48 states, everything from abortion bounties to studying chemtrails to a proposal to legalize cockfighting against robots.
Abortion bounties, brass knuckles, chemtrail studies and a bill to bring back the gas chamber. All of it introduced this session.
Republicans are trying to make a case at their convention in Dallas this week that they’re responsible stewards of the government, while their opponents are extremist ideologues. However, a review of legislation introduced across all 50 states indicates that they are the ones with an extremism problem. From banning no fault divorce to studying chemtrails, the Republican Party has gone off the rails.
Delusional paranoids, sex criminals, & racist pigs, every last one. It's long past time to commit them to the asylums & throw away the keys.
They "shrank Britain". Did they "shrink" your Limey wee-wees too? How fucking stupid & whiny can these people get? I suppose accurate globes are a “radical ideological project” too.
Next stop? The Earth is flat, of course: "You can't fool me!! I can see it's flat!!"
What has really chilled me this morning—and what moved to write this call to pause OpenAI—is not just Achiam’s chilling note but the revelation that there has been yet another incident.
Another OpenAI rogue agent incident has been discovered: agents broke out, hijacked a German website, and turned it into a message board for other agents.
OpenAI officials "learned of the incident weeks ago but kept it under wraps". pic.twitter.com/iW7mo2O6Aq
In his mid-thirties, Thomas brings a balanced perspective—young enough to understand a changing world, yet grounded enough to recognize the importance of enduring values. Raised with strong Christian principles, he believes progress should never come at the expense of our moral foundation.
Thomas is a firm defender of the United States Constitution and is committed to upholding it faithfully, without hesitation, in every aspect of public service.
Politico:
US, allies warn of critical vulnerabilities in programming underlying 70% of the internet — The National Security Agency and cyber agencies in Europe, Australia, Canada, and elsewhere on Wednesday urged organizations to take their websites offline immediately after OpenAI tools found critical bugs …The Hill: NSA warns organizations to patch security flaws identified by AIJess Weatherbed / The Verge: A critical PHP vulnerability may take websites down todayJulie Bort / TechCrunch: PHP armageddon: OpenAI, Google's Wiz find ancient holes, panicking the internetChance Townsend / Mashable: OpenAI says GPT-5.6-Sol helped find the PHP flaws now shaking the internetJoseph Feldman / VINnews: Some Websites Go Dark As Operators Address An Ai-detected Flaw In A Web Programming LanguageLisa Eadicicco / KIFI-TV: AI helped find a critical security flaw affecting 70% of the internetBruce Gil / Gizmodo: ‘Expect Mass Attacks Within 15 Minutes’: Hackers Poised to Exploit Newly Discovered Website FlawsThomas Brewster / Forbes: OpenAI Says AI Found One Of The Biggest Web Weaknesses Ever
