Meanwhile, Back In Michigan...

An awkward moment for the DoJ:

Jury acquits two in Michigan governor kidnap plot; deadlocks on two others

Partial defeat for the Justice Department’s efforts to combat domestic terrorism; defense lawyers said the men were entrapped by the FBI

A federal jury acquitted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, and deadlocked on the counts against two others, apparently agreeing to some degree with defense claims that FBI agents entrapped the men in a violent plot shortly before the 2020 election.

The trial in Grand Rapids, Mich., was closely watched as a test of the U.S. government’s ramped-up efforts to combat domestic terrorism, and Friday’s verdict is a partial defeat for the Justice Department. The men’s arrest in October 2020 raised alarms about the possibility of politically motivated violence as the nation was increasingly divided over a bitterly contested presidential race.

It's worth remembering that the DoJ did get guilty pleas from two other alleged conspirators:

The acquittals and hung jury came even though prosecutors called as witnesses two admitted co-conspirators, Ty Garbin and Kaleb Franks. Garbin and Franks pleaded guilty months ago, and told the jury they had agreed to kidnap Whitmer, a Democrat, from her lakeside home.

Bad legal advice, or stronger evidence? IDK.

Comments

[Narciso]

charlie leduff (the last honest reporter in michigan) explained it this way, the bureau recruited these men, they provided the explosives, the driver, 12 of the 20 militiamen were bureau informants, all to burnish the reputation of the murderous tyrant of lansing, who competed with cuomo to kill more elderly people

[Narciso]

meanwhile we admitted a hezbollah terrorist, who came up mexico way, into michigan, because he was fat, we sent the 20th hijacker back to the kingdom, so he can form another cell of aqap, for reasons,

[Comanche Voter]

Charlie Leduff is an interesting guy. I've read his book about Detroit---seems to be a straight shooter although he also leans left.

[Narciso]

he did some of the local material
https://cis.org/Bensman/Report-ICE-Releases-BorderCrossing-Terrorist-Suspect-Venezuela-Despite-FBI-Recommendation

[Narciso]

ok then

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/04/09/violent-incidents-in-belgian-asylum-centres-have-doubled-since-2017/

[MissMarple2]

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10703475/Imran-Khan-LOSES-no-confidence-vote-Pakistani-MPs-agree-boot-PM-office.html?ito=social-twitter_mailonline

Pakistan in chaos, according to media.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Pakistan in chaos. Again.

Khan is very anti-American and was in Moscow the day before the invasion of Ukraine giving Putin support and begging for aid.

They never were our allies and were simply the people we had to deal with for the logistics of Afghanistan. Really just another dictatorship.

[bubarooni]

It was definitely bad legal advice.

[MissMarple2]

https://nypost.com/2022/04/09/54m-in-chinese-gifts-donated-to-upenn-home-of-biden-center/?utm_campaign=iphone_nyp&utm_source=twitter_app

After reading this, I want to know how a university can accept anonymous gifts from China.

[Buckeye]

Does the Biden Center have a memory care wing?

[Narciso]

carlos slims and co do their best to obfuscate the total fustercluck, this kangaroo tribunal turned out to be,

cui bono, khan was impetuous and often plain stupid in some of his remarks, but his replacement is kin of nawaf sharif, whose corruption was laid bare in the panama papers, and lets not speak of the treacherous zardaris,

[Davod]

Chihuahua

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/ladty%20(1).jpg

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--Bad legal advice, or stronger evidence? IDK.--

Neither. They're the guys who buckled under the pressure of the FBI and DOJ to ruin their lives in perpetuity for a scheme cooked up by the gawdamned FBI and DOJ.
They can't solve the crimes that are actually occurring at least in part because they're creating crimes that wouldn't otherwise occur.
Oathkeepers next?

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--They never were our allies and were simply the people we had to deal with for the logistics of Afghanistan. Really just another dictatorship.--

We seem to be slipping perilously close to the idea legitimately elected leaders are just dictators if they aren't our allies or under our thumb.
Yanukovic being another example.
IMO, the world is a safer place for our interests if we protect our vital national interests with imposing power and overwhelming might on those few instances in which it is warranted and stop our incompetent corrupt ruling class trying to micromanage every country around the globe and choose who will run their country for them. Especially since they seem to think part of that bargain is they get to choose who will run this country for us.
Nobody our deep state spooks have attempted to take out or wishes to take out in the future has been one tenth the threat to us our very own deep state spooks are. Since they aren't working for us I have no confidence anything they do overseas is anymore in my or America's interest than the war they waged on Trump or the election they stole for Biden.

[Narciso]

the proximate cause of this dustup was khan wanted his own man, atop the deep state, the nerve, doesn't he know the boys of aapbara issue the orders and the prime ministers wag their tales

btw, zawahiri, the Saruman figure, popped up like a malign ground hog,

[Narciso]

this long war we've been in started around 1979, on the sunni side with the invasion of afghanistan, the Russians thought it would be a cakewalk, ten years later they crabwalked out, some 10,000 dead,

the proximate cause was the billion dollars of aid, that the us uk some french channelled through the isi to their preferred bands of mujahadeen, now the front man was ahmad shah mahsood, the lion of the panshjir but he didn't receive the bulk of the aid, the urbane lycee graduate despite having held down the 40th Army in the valley, was not deemed 'street enough' or whatever the pashtun equivalent,

[Narciso]

no the bulk when to hekmatyar, whose talent was throwing acid at women, at khalis and haqquani, the spiritual and military bookends of what would be called the taliban, that wayward son of a saudi merchant would apprentice at their side,

the crocodile who lasted some forty years in sanaa, ali saleh, would volunteer his men, to the battle field, along with potentates from smaller states like algeria, alas the war ended and the fighters returned to north africa and the levant with missionary zeal the soviet trained algerians said you misunderstand and attempted to crush them, the French volunteered their services and the first wave of train attacks resulted,

[Davod]

Wasn't ahmad shah mahsood, the lion of the panshjir,
assassinated a couple of days before 9/11.

[Narciso]

bin ladens talent was to put the band back together, and they went on gigs in the balkans, in the caucasus, and the like, he was based in the sudan, where he was accesible, but he then returned to Afghanistan, with his crew, and well you know the rest of the story, almost a decade, after we realized we were at war, obama's hagiographers leaked the means we were using to manage the conflict specially in the first theatre, which suggested total information dominance, probably engendered an extra dollop of paranoia, not long after that we discovered thanks to chatty snowden, we were under the magnifying glass as well, at least the tools for same were available,

[Narciso]

yes he was, he was left twisting in the wind, largely out numbered in terms of weapons, against the other proxy factions, killed by a crew of moroccan expatriates from malbeek,

[Narciso]

was it smart to open a second front, to the west of the main front in afghanistan before that was resolved, the evidence suggests not, but missionary zeal is not merely in one direction,

[Davod]

Talk about marketing. I just got an e-mail by Airmoto, the electric air pump manufacturer, advertising the Winston Churchill Day sale.

[Davod]

HAVANA LIBRE: Surfers Chase Freedom in Cuba. New video from Reason TV: (7:00)

https://youtu.be/tku9VC5JAXo

[Neo]

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan ousted in no-confidence vote

at times like this …

[Narciso]

one of those who was relatively skilled at managing this ouija was general michael flynn, he wrote the road map for the counter insurgency strategy that mccrystal and petraeus followed, but he rather quickly had second thoughts many of the other absolutely confident deep staters haven't learned any such lesson, in fact general macrystal thinks the counter insurgency strategy should be employed at home, against those dastardly deplorables, so we come back around after 40 years, like sulla and marius after the jugurthan and social wars, as much as being stalemated as any kind of victory,

[Specter]

Hi all...long time since I have been here. The big question is, if the FBI is so heavily involved in this, what about the allegations they were also instigating stuff in the January 6 peaceful gathering.

[MissMarple2]

Good point, Specter.

I am bothered by the thought that all of those accusations against the FBI back in the 60’s may have been true after all.

[mike in houston]

Something to go to sleep with:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFe84U__kt8

[jim nj]

Two assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-45-summary/

"Russian troops basically ceased all offensive operations in most directions on Saturday, limiting itself to just small scale attacks and shelling of Ukrainian positions and towns."

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-9

"Special Edition: Russian Military Capabilities Assessments

The Russian military is attempting to generate sufficient combat power to seize and hold the portions of Donetsk and Luhansk oblasts that it does not currently control after it completes the seizure of Mariupol. There are good reasons to question the Russian armed forces’ ability to do so and their ability to use regenerated combat power effectively despite a reported simplification of the Russian command structure. This update, which we offer on a day without significant military operations on which to report, attempts to explain and unpack some of the complexities involved in making these assessments."

Worth reading, agree or not.

[jim nj]

https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2022/04/08/joe-bidens-boring-presidency-00023923

Joe Biden’s ‘Cardboard Box’ Presidency

The president promised to be boring. He’s over-delivered.

Huh? What?

[jim nj]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/i-tried-to-put-russia-on-another-path/ar-AAVYglE

I Tried to Put Russia on Another Path
Opinion by Bill Clinton

[jim nj]

https://hotair.com/jazz-shaw/2022/04/09/judge-no-you-cant-cancel-trumps-nyc-golf-course-contract-n461183

Judge: No, you can't cancel Trump's NYC golf course contract

[jim nj]

https://notthebee.com/article/after-this-latest-video-im-actually-starting-to-worry-about-will-smith

After this latest video I'm actually starting to worry about Will Smith

Me too, this is weird.

[Pinandpuller]

A Cossack Song: https://youtu.be/RKLQiWlXaRo

About the nationality of the Cossacks

"...the Greeks called them the Khazars, and the Romans called them Gazars.. and at first they lived near the Meotian Lake, which is now called the Dead Sea (Azov), into which the Don River flows; these Gozars were from the tribe of Homer, the first son of Japheth, and from Homer they were formerly called Homer.

Scythians, Sarmatians, Alans and Kozars, from which the Cherkasy-Cossacks lead their ancient genus, were not Slavic.

"Of the living people, the closest relatives of the Cossacks are not the Russians (Slavic-Finn) - but rather the Germanic (Goths), Iranians (Persians), the Avarians (Avars), Ossetians (Alans), Georgians (the Gurgani) and Armenians (Hattie), because all of these people together with the Cossacks (Kasarani) are descended from one ancestor, the biblical Togarmah (Tegami or Torgay) son of Homer grandson of Japheth. In other words, the Cossacks know their ancestry up to Noah..."

В. Дёмин

[clarice]

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/04/i_learn_something_new_every_day.html

Good morning,JOM

[sbwaters]

Indeed. Good morning, Clarice. A very good morning to you!

[Jane]

Specter,

Whitmer was an FBI rehearsal for Jan 6th.

[Jane]

HAPPY BIRTHDAY STEPHANIE!

[Bela1]

Good morning, everyone! Great Pieces, Clarice. Happy Birthday to you, Stephanie!

[Pinandpuller]

“I have the most animating confidence that the present noble struggle for liberty will terminate gloriously for America. And let us play the man for our God, and for the cities of our God; while we are using the means in our power, let us humbly commit our righteous cause to the great Lord of the Universe, who loveth righteousness and hateth iniquity. And having secured the approbation of our hearts, by a faithful and unwearied discharge of our duty to our country, let us joyfully leave our concerns in the hands of him who raiseth up and pulleth down the empires and kingdoms of the world as he pleases; and with cheerful submission to his sovereign will, devoutly say: 'Although the fig tree shall not blossom, neither shall fruit be in the vines; the labor of the olive shall fail, and the field shall yield no meat; the flock shall be cut off from the fold, and there shall be no herd in the stalls; yet we will rejoice in the Lord, we will joy in the God of our salvation.'” [Habakkuk 3:17-18]—John Hancock, March 1770

[clarice]

Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

[henry]

Happy Birthday Stephanie

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Ah, the hypocrisy of DC! Spring is in the air and so is Covid!

wonder how many of the undercover FBI agents in the Whitmer case were wearing regulation khakis and polo shirts? They assembled half a dozen kooks and misguided souls, provided them with fake armaments and set them up better that a Pinex 9000 bowl alley machine.

I think 75% of the "Great White Conspiracy" is FBI agents but they have yet to investigate Hunter Biden's laptop, Hillary's dirty tricks, or Epstein's party people.

[Davod]

Happy Birthday Stephanie

[Davod]

Librarian

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/041022-Joke.png

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Thanks y'all

Jane got me the most awesome birthday gift wrapped in Trump 45 wrapping paper. Love my bestest buddy!

[Melinda]

Ukrainian woman scolding an Ukrainian soldier for putting mines around houses.

"There are little children here, what are you doing"

https://twitter.com/isaac01285830/status/1513212739107364865

[Pinandpuller]

On the garden front, I was surprised to see some of my German Chamomile survived a rather cold winter, since it’s supposed to be an annual.

“The word chamomile comes from the Greek χαμαίμηλον (chamaimēlon) meaning "earth-apple", which is derived from χαμαί (chamai) meaning "on the ground" and μήλον (mēlon) meaning "apple". It is so called because of the apple-like scent of the plant.”

What does Chameleon mean, ‘Earth Lion’?

[Neo]

New documents back theory that Covid outbreak started in Wuhan lab
https://news.yahoo.com/bat-virus-shipped-wuhan-laboratory-152601470.html

[Rocco]

Happy Birthday Steph.

Not sure if this is stage but it sure is funny.

Woke liberal goes door knocking for Beto o’Rourke’s campaign

https://nitter.net/Ccampbellbased/status/1512974379537293314#m

[BeastsEngland]

Happy Birthday, Steph!!

Wonderful Masters, and what a nice young man…

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Thanks again, y'all!

Good to beasts checking in.

[MissMarple2]

Happy birthday, Steph!

Spent all day sorting and moving furniture, books, clothes, and bric-a-brac. Some is here, some went to my sister’s garage and study..

Here’s an article I just ran across:

https://michaelsmith.substack.com/p/round-one-the-world-economic-forum?s=r&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email

[matt - deplore me if you must]

What happened to the nice young men from last year and the year before? They seem to have disappeared.

It's good that the leader board is mixed up. I think Tiger is going to get stronger as the year progresses. But this is really the only tournament I pay attention to.

[MissMarple2]

Just noticed that article was posted by sbw! Thanks!

[matt - deplore me if you must]

Yes, Steph! All the best!

[Dave (in MA)]

Happy Birthday, Stephanie!

[Melinda]

Cross posting::

I think the reason this post is so important, above all others to date on Ukraine, is the fact that there are so many links to every fact in question in the post. Simply a magnificent, exhausting post for the information absolutely NOT provided anywhere else. A must read.

This: https://www.thepostil.com/the-military-situation-in-the-ukraine/

[Dave (in MA)]

I Stand With Cats!@Catwizard41·
I almost caught Covid but i put a Ukraine flag in my profile and was saved.

[jim nj]

Two assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-46-summary/

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-10

[Pinandpuller]

I don’t really pair wines well, but I can match back to back posts like no other:

“Nowhere in the Bible does it says that it was an apple [Eaten by Eve].

In fact in old English the word apple (æppel) meant all fruit in general.

"apple (n.)
Old English æppel "apple; any kind of fruit; fruit in general," from Proto-Germanic *ap(a)laz (source also of Old Saxon, Old Frisian, Dutch appel, Old Norse eple, Old High German apful, German Apfel), from PIE *ab(e)l- "apple" (source also of Gaulish avallo "fruit;" Old Irish ubull, Lithuanian obuolys, Old Church Slavonic jabloko "apple"), but the exact relation and original sense of these is uncertain (compare melon).

A roted eppel amang þe holen, makeþ rotie þe yzounde. ["Ayenbite of Inwit," 1340]
In Middle English and as late as 17c., it was a generic term for all fruit other than berries but including nuts (such as Old English fingeræppla "dates," literally "finger-apples;" Middle English appel of paradis "banana," c. 1400). Hence its grafting onto the unnamed "fruit of the forbidden tree" in Genesis. Cucumbers, in one Old English work, are eorþæppla, literally "earth-apples" (compare French pomme de terre "potato," literally "earth-apple;" see also melon). French pomme is from Latin pomum "apple; fruit" (see Pomona)."”

https://www.etymonline.com/word/Apple

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Mark Dice
7m ·
Twitter CEO just announced that Elon Musk is NOT joining the Board of Directors after all. Not sure what this means.
Maybe he learned that the company would implode from mass protests since employees were already losing their minds after the announcement he was being appointed to the board.

[Pinandpuller]

I feel like I knew about this back in my youth, or are Lincoln, Clinton and Obama just running together:

"My right name is Enloe, but I have always
gone by the name of my step-father" — Abraham
Lincoln

"After Nancy Hanks was married to the man,
Lincoln, the boy was known by the name of
"Abraham Lincoln",— Judge Gilmore

"It was generally understood in the community that the man that married the president's mother was not the father of the president, but that
his name was Enloe",— Col. C. T. Davis

"Thomas and Nancy had one child, Sarah, and
their friends after Nancy's death tried to fix the
records to date back the marriage, and failed signally"— Mrs. Manon, daughter of John

Dr. J. C. Coggin, 'The Eugenics of President Abraham Lincoln’

[Melinda]

Angelo Giuliano 🇮🇹 🇨🇭/ living in 🇨🇳

@Angelo4justice3

#NATO officers from #France, Germany, the UK and "neutral" Sweden are stuck at #Mariupol after frontline defeat, according to Russian press reports, and are attempting to negotiate an evacuation corridor with the forces of Russia.

https://twitter.com/Angelo4justice3/status/1513454475846971392

StarBoy 🥭 @StarboyHK

2h

Replying to @Angelo4justice3

According to the daily L’Opinion, French Military Intelligence chief General Éric Vidaud was relieved of his duties on 29 March 2022, probably due to the failed rescue mission. Éric Vidaud happens to have been the former commander of special operations

https://www.europereloaded.com/french-involvement-in-ukraines-azov-battalion-and-macrons-call-to-putin/

https://twitter.com/StarboyHK/status/1513458256483876867

[henry]

socialism or #nevertrump explained.

Rob Henderson
@robkhenderson

Malicious envy was the strongest predictor of support for coercive economic redistribution, followed by instrumental harm (it is morally right to harm an innocent in order to help several other innocent people), self-interest, and fairness

https://twitter.com/robkhenderson/status/1407680880005586947

https://psyarxiv.com/3jq4c/

[Neo]

The Affordable Insulin Now Act, just passed by the U.S. House of Representatives, “does not lower the price of insulin by one penny,” said Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-TX. He's right. It's a cap on the copay only that simply shifts the costs and allows profiteers to keep profiting. Americans, including those most in need, will continue to pay 800% more than they should for insulin.
https://www.buckscountycouriertimes.com/story/opinion/editorials/2022/04/08/our-view-affordable-insulin-now-act-doesnt-live-up-to-its-name/65348843007/

[clarice]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/states-of-covid-performance-economic-schools-study-working-paper-lockdowns-11649621806?mod=MorningEditorialReport&mod=djemMER_h

[Neo]

Elon Musk Declines Invite to Join Twitter's Board of Directors

[Neo]

Manor Township man charged after posting anti-Biden stickers on Turkey Hill gas pumps
https://lancasteronline.com/news/local/manor-township-man-charged-after-posting-anti-biden-stickers-on-turkey-hill-gas-pumps/article_c871ad9c-b50a-11ec-a954-4b5a17ddc021.html
Be careful out there

[Dave (in MA)]

Maybe surreptitiously post the stickers and not flip out at low-wage gas station attendants.

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

I saw an article last week that a guy was arrested for REMOVING the stickers from a station's pumps. The station owner was in full support of the sticker's sentiments and pressed charges against a guy for removing them.

[Neo]

True The Vote’s Catherine Engelbrecht and Gregg Phillips Claim US Intelligence Began Tracking Americans After 2020 Election…Geo Tracking Fence Was Set Up Around Capitol Before Jan 6 To Catch People Likely To Attend Trump Rally
https://100percentfedup.com/breaking-true-the-votes-catherine-engelbrecht-and-gregg-phillips-drop-bombshellclaim-us-intelligence-began-tracking-americans-after-2020-electionhad-geo-tracking-fence-set-up-arou/

[Jane]

Stephanie,

If Musk stays off the board, he can buy more stock. Soon he’ll own the place!

[Stephanie Nene Not Your Normal Granma]

Yep Jane.

[Pinandpuller]

Pope Francis Asks for Telephone Poles to Be Removed from Romania So Not to Offend Turks

[matt - deplore me if you must]

I just realized that the Michigan cases have some parallels with the movie Raising Arizona

[Narciso]

I coined the term 'coen brothers militia' but I had more of a fargo, possibly brother thou art thou'
which was buscemi which was stormare is your best guess,

[Pinandpuller]

Why doesn't Zelensky ever appeal to God Almighty in Heaven:

“Our cause is just. Our union is perfect. Our internal resources are great, and, if necessary, foreign assistance is undoubtedly attainable. -- We gratefully acknowledge, as signal instances of the Divine favour towards us, that his Providence would not permit us to be called into this severe controversy, until we were grown up to our present strength, had been previously exercised in warlike operation, and possessed of the means of defending ourselves. With hearts fortified with these animating reflections, we most solemnly, before God and the world, declare, that, exerting the utmost energy of those powers, which our beneficent Creator hath graciously bestowed upon us, the arms we have been compelled by our enemies to assume, we will, in defiance of every hazard, with unabating firmness and perseverance, employ for the preservation of our liberties; being with one mind resolved to die freemen rather than to live slaves.”—The Declaration of the Causes and Necessities of Taking Up Arms, July 6, 1775

[Narciso]

indeed,

https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/what-if-wars-what-if-history-2?s=r

[Rocco]

French journalist: Ukrainian government bombs its own citizens in Donbass (VIDEO)

A French journalist who spent several years in Donbass described how the Ukrainian government has been destroying its Russian-speaking citizens for eight years.

https://www.world-today-news.com/french-journalist-ukrainian-government-bombs-its-own-citizens-in-donbass-video/

Note: The video is in French

[jim nj]

Three assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-47-summary/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1513351471672217607.html

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-11

Special Edition: Army General Aleksandr Vladimirovich Dvornikov

In addition to their usual report they focus on the Russian General now in charge.

[jim nj]

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1513354960469213188.html

1/Surmising a revised Russian OPLAN. Here are my thoughts on what Russia’s revised operational plan may look like. I have constructed this off what I consider the most logical operational approach that can yield positive results.
...
29/Of course all of this is speculation. The Russian approach to operations in the Donbas may be drastically different. They may opt to go head on with prepared Ukrainian defenses, hoping that artillery and air strikes can overcome stiff resistance.

[jim nj]

Mariupol is like myth city. With only little things happening elsewhere at the moment and Mariupol still holding out, with little verifiable information available from there, the spinmeisters are having a field day.

Mitch Rapp is somewhere in the city. He and Scott Coleman and crew have been running supplies to the Ukrainians in Mariupol all this time. That's why the Azov regiment have been able to hold out all this time.

While there they have also been involved in shutting down Hunter Biden's bio-weapons lab located deep underground under the Azozstal Steel Works. Trying to fly French DGSE operatives and highly-placed NATO officials out on helicopters before they're captured by the Chechens. And more.

And things are going so bad for the Russians and their allies that they've been lobbing chemical artillery shells into the city because that's the only way to kill the zombies who've managed to escape from the Hunter Biden bio-lab. Said zombies were reportedly munching on dead civilians until they were drawn to the smell of the Russian crematoria trucks behind Russian lines and began fighting their way through the Russian lines to get to them.

Meanwhile,...

[jim nj]

https://nypost.com/2022/04/11/first-evidence-magic-mushrooms-might-be-better-than-anti-depressants/

First evidence ‘magic’ mushrooms might be better than antidepressants

"Magic mushrooms have a “liberating effect” on the depressed mind, according to new research published in the journal Nature Medicine Monday, which considers how the psychedelic compound psilocybin improves mood compared to traditional drugs, and why it seems to work so much better."

Not necessarily connected to the prior post.

[Pinandpuller]

Wow, Roy Cohn and Dick Morris were second cousins.

We know Roy liked Dick, but I’m not sure it was reciprocated.

[henry]

They want to destroy all small engines.

@wsj

The U.S. plans to temporarily allow gasoline with high ethanol content to be sold this summer in a bid to tame high fuel prices, administration officials say

[MissMarple2]

Good morning!

Heavy fog here, so much that the house across the street is barely visible.

[MissMarple2]

Henry,

Why would high ethanol gasoline harm small engines?

[sbwaters]

jim_nj: "Mitch Rapp is somewhere in the city."

Finally, a trustworthy report!

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Here are just a few of the problems ethanol causes in small engines, MM

It's not great for large engines either, they're just bigger so harder to hurt.

[Davod]

Dave in (MA) posted this Saudi commentary on Biden on JOM2. (1:07)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1513691975924518916

[clarice]

shanghai:https://twitter.com/DrEricDing/status/1512974880463114241

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

Shanghai [and many other Chinese cities] just prove that viruses gonna virus and also that Tom Friedman and the other starry eyed authoritarians who look dreamily on the CCP's great leap forward expertise are precisely as stupid as they seem.

[Melinda]

PR Battle Continues

Azov Battalion Alleges Russia Used Chemical Weapons in Mariupol

https://www.zerohedge.com/news/2022-04-11/azov-battalion-alleges-russia-used-chemical-weapons-mariupol

[MissMarple2]

New York lieutenant governor Brian Benjamin indicted on federal bribery charges.

[Rocco]

There are 4 tabs on patriots.win, Hot, New, Rising and Top. I monitor the New tab and there's a ton of garbage posted there but there's some decent posts too. Anyway, this guy Salty is loved out there and pro Russia. Language warning.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=coLVOV0GCmA

[Rocco]

The 'last battle' of Mariupol: Ukraine marines say 'it's death for some of us, captivity for the rest' as they are 'surrounded' by Russian forces… with anyone 'whose limbs are not torn off' ordered to fight

'It's death for some of us, and captivity for the rest,' it added, saying it had been 'pushed back' and 'surrounded' by the Russian army.

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10707643/Ukraine-marines-face-death-captivity-surrounded-Russian-forces-Mariupol.html

Busy day...later

[clarice]

I think so, Iggy. Have always thought that and the latest figures on the different policies of the different states seem to confirm our thought. Lockdowns are a disaster. The Barrington Crowd was right.

[Dave (in MA)]

Mitch Rapp is somewhere in the city. He and Scott Coleman and crew have been running supplies to the Ukrainians in Mariupol all this time. That's why the Azov regiment have been able to hold out all this time.

"Americans are directly in charge of the war on the ground."
https://twitter.com/thouse_opinions/status/1513674137352679425

[Rocco]

Maybe this will post

https://patriots.win/p/15HImCYWfO/over-1000-ukrainian-marines-have/c/