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

[Dave (in MA)]

It's hilarious to see all the noise this morning from lefties suddenly worried about the prospect of a billionaire having control over a social media platform.

[clarice]

ISN'T IT THOUGH, DAVE?

[Dave (in MA)]

Gerry Callahan@GerryCallahan·
Grief counselors and comfort puppies will be available.
Disclose.tv@disclosetv ·
JUST IN - Twitter will reportedly hold an all-hands meeting with employees at 2pm over Elon Musk's offer to take over the platform.

[MissMarple2]

Boy, I hope Project Veritas has a spy in that meeting!

[Narciso]

he should have taken the akromeyev way out,

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10718247/Putins-defence-minister-Sergei-Shoigu-massive-heart-attack-not-natural-causes.html

remember he shot himself repeatedly in the back of the head from six feet away

[Narciso]

shoigu is a tuvan, who are a turkic people who live near siberia, he made the upcoming offensive a race question,

[Narciso]

I wonder if jan gallou will bring back his iconic commander hamilton, he's a little long in the tooth, of course they can alway do a daniel craig revamp,

[Narciso]

he always had a kind eye toward the soviets, and even the plo, one iteration with peter stormare, was terrible,

[MissMarple2]

Here, as if we didn’t have enough weird stuff going on:

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10712491/Mystery-death-Ghislaine-Maxwells-brother-law-finally-declared-suicide.html

One foot and hand missing, which authorities surmise were eaten by wild boars.

[Narciso]

he's overselling his share,

https://www.reuters.com/technology/saudi-prince-alwaleed-bin-talal-rejects-elon-musks-twitter-takeover-bid-tweet-2022-04-14/

[Davod]

Someones playing Silent Night on the TV. I like the song but it seems a little early in the year to be playing it.

[Pinandpuller]

“Early in life I have noticed that no event is ever correctly reported in a newspaper, but in Spain, for the first time, I saw newspaper reports which did not bear any relation to the facts, not even the relationship which is implied in an ordinary lie. I saw great battles reported where there had been no fighting, and complete silence where hundreds of men had been killed. I saw troops who had fought bravely denounced as cowards and traitors, and others who had never seen a shot fired hailed as heroes of imaginary victories; and I saw newspapers in London retailing these lies and eager intellectuals building emotional superstructures over events that never happened. I saw, in fact, history being written not in terms of what happened but of what ought to have happened according to various “party lines.”
- George Orwell

[Pinandpuller]

“I’m not a mechanical engineer, Senator. I can’t define what a ‘gun’ is.”

[Narciso]

this experience was in orwell's mind, when he wrote about the malabar front, a whole campaign that was disastrous to the fate of oceania, so it and private ogilvy had to be erased,

[Narciso]

I remember the question of gender identity was a joke in life of brian,

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2022/04/air-force-under-secretary-threatens-texas-daniel-greenfield/

[Pinandpuller]

Why do US Army infantryMEN carry 30 rounds in their STANDARD magazines.

What are they, bad shots?

[Narciso]

because you have to discharge as much fire in as quickly as possible,

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

I think Pin was ridiculing the idea no civilian needs a biggish capacity clip thingy on their machine guns, narc.

[Narciso]

stipulated, the jackass shooter had an ar 15 in philadelphia, of all places,

[Narciso]

so selfies no, firebombing monuments ok

https://www.justice.gov/usao-dc/pr/justice-department-announces-civil-settlement-lafayette-square-cases

[Barbara]

The Department of Justice should be renamed. Recommendations accepted.

[Narciso]

Ministry of Love, unironically,

the Swedish entry into this fracas, reminded me of long ago war they fought against the Russians some 400 years ago, Vyborg, was the prize, which was ultimately recaptured and became the seat of the Nordstream pipeline,

[Narciso]

have any of the top men learned a lesson

https://twitter.com/JonathanTurley/status/1512402419786952705?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1512402419786952705%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fdonsurber.blogspot.com%2F

[MissMarple2]

Look at this! Now we have mob connections with Hunter and China!

https://nypost.com/2022/04/14/hunter-biden-laptop-connects-whitey-bulger-nephew-to-china-dealings/

[Narciso]

in that engagement charles v111 pressed his advantage and peter the great offered to settle, it was an offer he should have accepted,

[Pinandpuller]

It’s actually a myth that adding brewed coffee grounds to your soil will acidify it. All the acid went into your coffee beverage and is probably leeching your bones, haha!

You can dump raw coffee grounds on your garden to acidify the soil.

If you really want to own the libtards at Starbucks, that is.

[Pinandpuller]

*leaching

Don’t want to be accused of spreading false information or improper references.

[Narciso]

yes it's not a stretch,
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/04/exclusive-jan-6-political-prisoner-hoping-see-family-birthday-15-mos-isolation-biden-regime-moved-right-family-visit-audio/

[Narciso]

oh

https://t.me/The_Library_II/74358

[Narciso]

correction it was charles the 12, who led the battle at narva, which was reclaimed the following year,

[bubarooni]

Charles XII of Sweden, a fav of any military history buff.

The boy king reached his high at Narva and his nadir at Poltava.

OK, it got a little worse for him at Fredrikstein where he died...

[Narciso]

noticeably neither battle of narva happened in the spring,

[Narciso]

subsequent events,

https://web.archive.org/web/20050907081022/http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/haggman.html">http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/haggman.html">https://web.archive.org/web/20050907081022/http://www.euronet.nl/users/sota/haggman.html

[Narciso]

good news everybody, sarc

https://www.frontpagemag.com/point/2022/04/californians-would-still-be-permitted-own-gas-daniel-greenfield/

[bubarooni]

Narc, I'd bet theres's no spring break in Narva.

No good campaign season either.

[Narciso]

I suppose not, but there is a reason why you don't these operations at this time for centuries, because it doesn't work that way,

[Dave (in MA)]

Today is Apollonia Vitelli's favorite holy day.

[Pinandpuller]

30 years ago tomorrow Leona Helmsley went to prison for 18 months.

Unlike Hilary Clinton

[jim nj]

Three assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-50-summary/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1514761229738389504.html

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-14

[henry]

Hmmm. I would have guessed the young were the most progressive.

https://www.zerohedge.com/political/biden-job-approval-crashing-among-younger-generations-gallup

[Dave (in MA)]

My opinion of him couldn't go any lower than it was on Inauguration Day when he intentionally put the country on a course that everyone knows is wrong, even those who support it.

[clarice]

https://scheerpost.com/2022/04/09/former-nato-military-analyst-blows-the-whistle-on-wests-ukraine-invasion-narrative/?

[Davod]

I suggested the Ukrainians find and sabotage the long range bombers.

https://www.zerohedge.com/military/russian-long-range-bombers-strike-ukraine-1st-time-war

[Davod]

just look at that happy dance
(viralhog) I31)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514601594502803462

[Davod]

a medical professional having to deal with an unruly patient (15)

https://twitter.com/theworldofdog/status/1513137375525978120

[Davod]

Watching lions at night.. (18)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514685627345915915

[Davod]

Happy jumper (12)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1513875607318319112

[Davod]

Legendary (12)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514694623926661127

[Davod]

“I can feel the music in my soul” 😅

Sound on.. (20)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514317042903625740

[Davod]

Gentle gray whales in Baja California.. 🐋

🎥 IG: bluelifewild (34)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514329370546032655

[Davod]

Red panda encounters a stone.. 😅 (14)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514106848995168260

[Davod]

Work together. It's the best way (12)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514694453939908616

[Davod]

Heroes (30)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514631512553140226

[Davod]

Moskva modifications

https://instapundit.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/MOSKVASUB.jpg

[Davod]

BLM = Buy Large Mansions. Glen Reynolds.

[clarice]

Re my 2:53 I post it simply as a view contrary to the MSM--I have some questions about its accuracy but I throw it up here for your consideration.

[Davod]

A comment on Legal Insurrection:

"Sorry, all discussions around the crimes of Russia and its troops aside, I can actually understand Putin’s fears and concerns, that after the war is over NATO will apply to join Ukraine."

[Davod]

Another comment from the same topic,

"AnAdultInDiapers | April 14, 2022 at 3:58 pm

This is propaganda. Entirely propaganda. Not pretending otherwise.

But it’s.. well..
https://nitter.net/pilotmsv/status/1513131559834079234

Nitter isn’t a good website. Reload as often as you need to watch the video. Watch the video. Put it full screen.

Watch the video.

This is propaganda. Pretend this didn’t work have an emotional impact."

[Davod]

Starting the day with some morning gym.. 😅 (23)

https://twitter.com/i/status/1514461692742279171

[Narciso]

he has all the credentials, un peace keeper, nato liason, et al, but hes not entirely on board, with the peacekeeping mantras,

[Narciso]

but of course,

https://t.me/The_Library_II/74490

[Narciso]

paging nigel tufnel

https://mobile.twitter.com/ChristinaPushaw/status/1514639669333413889?cxt=HHwWgsCq1aOwioUqAAAA

[Davod]

I stand with Israel

https://1.bp.blogspot.com/-i7HOaJJJ3Io/TdHbqYZQuYI/AAAAAAAAACM/VK6CEej9P0I/s250/stand-by-israel.jpg

[Davod]

At the bottom of the I stand with Israel pic is this

"Dealing with Jihadis for 1400 Years and Counting"

[Davod]

Diplomad 2.0 on Woke lies and wars.

https://thediplomad.blogspot.com/2022/04/woke-lies-wars.html

[Narciso]

if khaybar is their starting point, then yes

https://www.memri.org/reports/statement-international-union-muslim-scholars-iums-which-funded-qatar-and-turkey-praises

[Neo]

Biden administration resumes oil and gas leases on federal lands as gasoline prices soar
https://www.yahoo.com/now/biden-administration-resumes-oil-gas-221547857.html

[Neo]

AP: Wisconsin Supreme Court adopts GOP-drawn legislative maps

[Davod]

Neo. I think it would be interesting to see just who was getting the leases.

[Davod]

A procession of penitents in Zamora, Spain,
during Holy Week (Semana Santa).
These processions have been staged
since the Middle Ages, and Zamora's
are the oldest in Spain.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/Cristo_Buena_Muerte_2012_508_(recortada)resize.jpg

[jim nj]

The other day I wrote that I thought I had seen a credible report that the Russian ship Moskva had sunk.

The next day I saw reports that it was underway under power to Sevastapol (with an evacuated crew???), or reports that it was being towed to Sevastapol by Russian tugs.

Oops, I thought. Then came the confirmation that it had sunk.

Today I found this:

https://www.aa.com.tr/en/russia-ukraine-war/turkish-ship-rescued-54-sailors-on-damaged-russian-naval-cruiser-moskva/2564125

Turkish ship rescued 54 sailors on damaged Russian naval cruiser Moskva
Distress call was sent from Moskva, says Lithuania's Defense Minister

"At 1.14 a.m., the cruiser lay on its side, and after half an hour, all the electricity went out. From 2 a.m., the Turkish ship evacuated 54 sailors from the cruiser, and at about 3 a.m., Turkiye and Romania reported that the ship had completely sunk. The related loss of Russian personnel is still unknown, although there were 485 crew on board (66 of them officers)," Anusauskas said."

That's really curious from a sourcing standpoint and in that it doesn't mention any Russian ships involved in the rescue (they couldn't get there in time?). That same claim is mentioned in a Guardian article and here:

https://www.oryxspioenkop.com/2022/04/neptunes-wrath-flagship-moskvas-demise.html

Neptune’s Wrath: The Flagship Moskva’s Demise

Which covers some of the "what ifs" pretty well, such as: "If the sinking was indeed caused by the impact of two AShMs, then a scenario in which either the radars of the vessel simply did not detect them (or detected them too late), and the six AK-630 close-in-weapons systems (CIWS) proved incapable of protecting the ship appears significantly more likely. In this context it should be noted that no reports thus far have explicitly mentioned the number of AShMs supposedly launched (as opposed to the number that impacted), so that a scenario in which the Moskva's defenses were overwhelmed by a well-planned volley of missiles is not out of the question."

[jim nj]

https://www.fedscoop.com/mysterious-robotic-ships-headed-to-ukraine/

Mysterious American robotic ships headed to Ukraine

[jim nj]

Three assessments of the Ukraine war:

https://militaryland.net/ukraine/invasion-day-51-summary/

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1515178039327535106.html

https://www.understandingwar.org/backgrounder/russian-offensive-campaign-assessment-april-15

[jim nj]

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/apr/15/fortress-in-a-city-steel-plant-becomes-ukrainian-redoubt-in-mariupol

‘Fortress in a city’: steel plant becomes Ukrainian hold-out in Mariupol

Outnumbered forces concealed in the vast factory are the eastern city’s last line of defence against the Russian invaders

I was wondering why the Russians brought in long-range bombers to attack that area.

"An EU security source told Reuters it was too difficult to say how long the Ukrainians could hold on and that it was difficult for Russia to occupy the whole city because of the industrial complexes. “There are tunnels systems under the steel factory.”

Tunnels would be a good reason.

[Davod]

Daily Time Waster has some great landscape shots in this post.

https://dailytimewaster.blogspot.com/2022/04/blog-post_15.html

[Neo]

Kathryn Hays, the Minaran empath Gem on Star Trek, dead at 85

[Melinda]

https://www.dailynews.com/2022/03/24/biden-administrations-wrongheaded-approach-to-freight-trains/

Why is this important? Because ESG IS “The Great Reset”, just Larry Fink’s phase of it::

https://www.cfindustries.com/newsroom/2022/union-pacific-shipping-restrictions

[bubarooni]

I read an article yesterday that the Russkies are bringing in firefighting units to deal with the tunnels under Azovstal.

The plan being to use pumps to use the nearby harbor water to flood the tunnels using airshafts.

Those had better be really big pumps if that plan is gonna work.