Timing Being Everything...

Putin's 'special military operation' in the Ukraine is looking extra-special after the rout around Kharkiv. And now he gets to meet hat-in-hand with Xi, who may be having revised thoughts about Putin as his ride-or-die. Not Putin's best week.

MORE: In the Times.

 

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[henry]

Just gotta hope the Ukraine Ministry of Defense doesn't have an Admiral Akbar moment from pushing past their logistics trains.

[Rocco]

Ukraine finally wins one, they're to be commended. The fruits of 80 plus billion dollars and NATO muscle. They needed this win to keep the gravy train rolling. But it's only one battle in a war that I still believe Russia will win.

[Rocco]

Scott Ritter weighs in.

https://www.judgenap.com/judging-freedom/

[Neo]

A Florida health official, Jason Weida, posted to LinkedIn: “Honored to speak with Matt Sharp at Alliance Defending Freedom about the work we’re doing in Florida to protect kids from experimental medical interventions and to defend parental rights, all thanks to the leadership of Governor [Ron] DeSantis.”

Citing no evidence, Eric P. Bruskin, assistant director of the commercial litigation branch of the Justice Department’s Civil Division, dramatically replied referring to Alliance Defending Freedom: “Jason, this is a hate group. You’re speaking at a conference for a hate group. Are these the beliefs you hold? If so, then it’s time we end our professional association.”

Alliance Defending Freedom is the world’s largest legal organization committed to protecting religious freedom, free speech, the sanctity of life, parental rights, and God’s design for marriage and family.

https://www.dailysignal.com/2022/09/12/smearing-your-opponents-is-no-way-to-run-a-republic/

[Rocco]

Sorry, here's the full vid.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYV4OKRwEmI

[Neo]

This must be tongue in cheek ...

California And New York: Do Not Back Off Your World-Beating Green Energy Schemes!
https://www.manhattancontrarian.com/blog/2022-9-10-california-and-new-york-do-not-back-off-your-insane-green-energy-schemes

[anonamom]

elevendayempire.com/JOM2

Come in from the cold.

[Melinda]

Read the link all the way through to find out the credit union he ran.

Laundromat. Totals are starting to creep up. Interesting institution he was working for....

Defendant Pleads Guilty to Bank Secrecy Act Charges
Hanan Ofer Facilitated More than $1 Billion in High-Risk Transactions Without Required Anti-Money Laundering Compliance Program

https://www.justice.gov/usao-edny/pr/de ... ct-charges

[Rocco]

Alex Christoforou has some interesting observations.

Conflict between Armenia & Azerbaijan. Russia considers power up from SMO to ATO. Update 1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dalNs0jYBaw&t=2134s

[Narciso]

remember azerbaijan is on israel and turkey's side, and armenia is on iran,

[Narciso]

bruskin is a demon in a skin suit, who comes from the massachussets aclu,

[Narciso]

funny how if you are focused only on the present, you miss the point,

https://www.foxnews.com/world/russia-withdrawing-troops-kharkiv-ukraine-war-uk-says

[Narciso]

barely an inconvenience,

https://technofog.substack.com/p/durham-shocker-danchenko-was-a-paid

[Narciso]

and when you put the motherboxes together,

https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/09/wicked-biden-regime-raided-president-trumps-home-negotiating-plea-deals-9-11-terrorists/

[Narciso]

oh really,

https://cognitivecarbon.substack.com/p/about-those-twitter-bot-accounts

[Narciso]

when they power the plasma rifles,

https://newatlas.com/space/changesite-y-china-moon-mineral/

[Narciso]

sure why not

https://computingforever.com/2022/09/13/energy-crisis-flatten-the-curveagain/

[Narciso]

what is extremist about the constitution you chinese tool

https://www.breitbart.com/clips/2022/09/13/tim-ryan-we-need-to-kill-and-confront-extremist-republican-movement/

[Narciso]

good question,

https://twitter.com/mirandadevine/status/1569641020010254336?s=20&t=tK6aucRqp5z5EuXX8V19vQ

[Davod]

Babes

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/babyelephantandbirds.jpg

[Davod]

Gorgeous wolves

https://twitter.com/i/status/1569440741490835470

[Davod]

Shopping for the week ahead

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[Davod]

Try this.

https://twitter.com/TansuYegen/status/1568980139324706817

[Davod]

A bird telling a hedgehog to hurry across because it's dangerous🦔🕊

https://twitter.com/i/status/1564980521263833091

[Davod]

She was trying to survive😂

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568485187629236225

[Davod]

This Humpback Whale is appropriately named “Angel Wings”!😍😍

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568140021495906305

[Davod]

Nature’s revenge🎄🌲🌳🌴

https://twitter.com/i/status/1567840040327200772

[Davod]

During the construction of an irrigation canal, an upstream contractor reported that a dog had been swept away. A brave unnamed construction worker who rides and successfully rescues👏👏👏

https://twitter.com/i/status/1569331303270555648

[Davod]

In 2012, Mexican scientists intentionally crashed a Boeing 727 to test which seats had the best chance of survival…

https://twitter.com/i/status/1569655946003062784

[Davod]

Amazing

https://twitter.com/i/status/1567418994725879808

[Davod]

Enormous xylophone in the woods of Kyushu, Japan playing ‘Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring', composed by Bach in 1723 when a wooden ball rolls down each key🎶👏

https://twitter.com/i/status/1567116030740234253

[Davod]

Kayaking with an unexpected friend

https://twitter.com/i/status/1566316746935599105

[Davod]

Otters holding hands

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568694214736678915

[Davod]

Ace landscape

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/9%2013%200nt.jpg

[Dave (in MA)]

Some of us might conclude the exact opposite,

[jim nj]

https://www.nationalreview.com/news/1300-new-york-times-staffers-refuse-order-to-return-to-office/
1,300 New York Times Staffers Refuse Order to Return to Office

"More than a thousand New York Times employees are refusing a company order to return to the office at least three days a week, citing inflationary pressures."

That's an interesting dynamic - they're, presumably, all Guild members, so they can't be threatened individually.

These people are looking for raises while Gannett employees are getting canned.

[clarice]

FTA:There is a circumstance that raises suspicions that something else was going on. John Durham was appointed Special Counsel on October 19, 2020. It was the very next day that Danchenko was terminated as an FBI informant. People with suspicious minds are suggesting that maybe Danchenko wasn’t really providing much in the way of useful information at all, during most if not all of the period that he was an informant. If any person knows the truth of that one would suppose that person would be John Durham. On the face of it, however, it certainly appears difficult to believe that if Danchenko was actually assisting the FBI in for-real investigations of persons involved in the Russia Hoax, that assistance—as an informant—ended abruptly as soon as Durham became Special Counsel. That would have been exactly the point in time that you would expect things to heat up, and for Danchenko’s assistance to become even more important.
Not to put too fine a point on it, there are those who believe that the FBI maintained Danchenko as an informant for all those years in order, in effect, to hide him from the official view of investigators—whether in the media, in Congress, or internal DoJ investigators. As long as Danchenko was an informant the FBI would be able to keep his true identity concealed if references to him appeared in documents that were made public or even for the purposes of internal inquiries—such as by OIG. Even information that might point toward him could be redacted. Of course, all of that could also have been one of those “hiding in plain sight” sorts of things. The secret that everybody knows, so it isn’t much of a secret—but it’s convenient to pretend.
SWC summarizes this point of view nicely—and who am I to gainsay him?
Twitter avatar for @shipwreckedcrew
Shipwreckedcrew.substack.com
@shipwreckedcrew
They are not a "sucker" on this. They knew absolutely that Danchenko was a potential Russian intelligence asset in 2017. MAYBE they "embrace" him as a potential CI "double agent" with him giving them info on Russian IC, but making him a paid CHS is unimaginable.
Lee Smith @LeeSmithDC
Question for lawyers @HansMahncke @ProfMJCleveland @Techno_Fog @shipwreckedcrew et al: given FBI once had CI investigation on Danchenko and then made him a CHS, can Durham keep portraying FBI as a victim/sucker?
September 14th 2022
https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/.../danchenko-was...

[Melinda]

Julie Kelly 🇺🇸 @julie_kelly2
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DOJ filed ANOTHER motion yesterday begging Judge Cannon not to permit a third party to review what prosecutors insist are classified documents stolen from Trump's home.

The desperation is palpable. What are they hiding?

GOALPOST shift alert. Now DOJ claims the IC (led by former Brennan lackey and Obama confidant Avril Haines) must determine whether Trump's declassification of docs was legit.

The old "sources and methods" BS:

On this point alone, Cannon should deny stay motion. First, no reason to trust FBI with anything. Second, FBI is leading criminal investigation so conflict here is obvious.

They REALLY REALLY REALLY don't want a special master to vet their claims. Why? Because they're lying

https://twitter.com/julie_kelly2/status/1570042838590562306

[henry]

I guess the rug sweeping is complete per NYT.

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/09/14/us/politics/durham-inquiry-trump-russia.html

[henry]

The special counsel appointed by the Trump administration to examine the Russia investigation seems to be wrapping up its work with no further charges in store.

[Rocco]

I agree with Sundance, "This is where we must stop pretending. The Durham premise of a “duped FBI” is laughable on its face. No one in the FBI or DOJ-NSD was “duped” by false information from Igor Danchenko."

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/09/13/the-machiavellian-intent-of-john-durham-surfaces-inside-his-court-filing-outlining-the-fbi-hiring-of-igor-danchenko-as-confidential-informant/

[henry]

The cheating continues.

https://www.maciverinstitute.com/2022/09/milwaukees-electioneering-mess/

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[Melinda]

These guys don't even do farce very well::

Luke Rosiak
@lukerosiak
The top FBI officials that want to police a president for not being careful enough about "classified" information reportedly routinely use cell phones in SCIFs and other flagrant violations. Peter Strzok even texted: “We’re in Jims SCIF.”

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/20 ... ty-regula/

https://twitter.com/lukerosiak/status/1 ... 2164842496

[Rocco]

DOJ-NSD Frantic That Special Master Might Review IC Defined Classified Documents, Even if Trump Declassified, Because Sources and Methods

Late yesterday the DOJ National Security Division (DOJ-NSD) filed another motion in federal court urging Judge Cannon not to allow the special master to review documents they alone determine to be “classified.” [pdf of motion Here]

The DOJ-NSD, officially the Trump targeting division, is frantic that an outside reviewer would be granted access to oversee the DOJ/IC unilateral determinations of the documents, even if…. [watch the goal posts moving now]… those documents were previously declassified by President Trump.

Yes, even if the documents were declassified (they were), the DOJ is apoplectic that someone would be allowed to see them. Their reason?… “sources and methods” might be exposed.

https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2022/09/14/doj-nsd-frantic-that-special-master-might-review-ic-defined-classified-documents-even-if-trump-declassified-because-sources-and-methods/

[Narciso]

indeed, clarice, remember how this all smelled like our man in havana (it wasn't an original thought) maybe he was paid from the same account as stephan halper, you conjured up sources like that vaccuum cleaner salesman, played by alec guinness,

i don't trust those three carlos slim chimps with any particular insight, into the matter, as they bought every borscht cookie for the last 5 years if not further,

[Narciso]

of course, they don't want anyone unraveling this dime store theatrics, that some are addicted to,

If they had leaned on that louise penny narrative a little more,

so general bolduc, who has proven himself to be an adept chronicler of the afghan and iraq theatre follies, won his primary for plain speaking, despite the top men doing their best to sabotage him, as did karoline levitt a stefanik staffer and trump aide,

[Narciso]

a rhetorical tour de force,

https://jeffgoldstein.substack.com/p/john-fetterman-and-the-decay-of-a

[Narciso]

pitch black comedy

https://discord.com/channels/828362875939586071/828465718848389191/1019705107841044481

shirley he can't be serious, can he?

[Narciso]

damn straight,

https://twitter.com/Logan_Ratick/status/1570040254882627584?cxt=HHwWgIC-tePS88krAAAA

[Narciso]

maybe he does mean it,

https://twitter.com/ShidelerK/status/1570121923304263680?cxt=HHwWgMDUycDkmMorAAAA

[Narciso]

wala

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/judge-unseals-additional-portions-heavily-redacted-trump-mar-a-lago-affidavit

[Narciso]

fwiw

https://justthenews.com/government/congress/capitol-police-whistleblower-memo-lays-out-jan-6-intelligence-failures-pelosi

[Narciso]

priorities

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/mattvespa/2022/09/14/fed-bath-and-beyond-fbi-agents-reportedly-seize-my-pillow-creator-mike-lindells-cellphone-n2613069

[Rocco]

Cowardly congressional Republicans are focusing on the wrong issues

And Rubio is still talking about protests? Graham is still talking about abortion bans? It is no wonder I have to keep talking disenchanted Republicans into voting in November. They keep saying "What's the point?"

https://www.americanthinker.com/blog/2022/09/cowardly_congressional_republicans_are_focusing_on_the_wrong_issues.html

I think these NeverTrumper traitors are trying to rile up the democrat base to get out the vote!

[Narciso]

they thirst for death, sigh,

[Narciso]

abandon ship,

https://www.wbez.org/stories/chicago-aldermen-embrace-the-great-resignation/7e26da14-5e5b-4af1-b81d-f01ad14f83fc

[Davod]

Ace landscape

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/mirrorlake.jpg

[Davod]

A dog being raised with a panther has to put up with constant Pouncing Practice.

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/GR5j17_IIO8

[Davod]

Did homie just slide?

https://youtu.be/yz-gwOvv2vU

[Davod]

Big grizzly balance on barricades

https://youtu.be/7jY8EqnB5nA

[Davod]

Shark jumps into boat

https://youtu.be/C3GbQYZ6jaA

[Davod]

Close encounters of the otter kind

https://youtu.be/O-DzwFvPMEg

[Davod]

Seal climbs on our boat during a dolphin cruise

https://youtu.be/VIqVteqBc1Y

[Davod]

Try this one

https://twitter.com/i/status/1569793567815794688

[Neo]

The official subpoena demands: “any draft legislation, proposed legislation, or model legislation.” This included all their communique on the subject, e.g., “any social media postings.”
https://lidblog.com/doj-tramples-constitution/

[Melinda]

Microsoft Teams stores auth tokens as cleartext in Windows, Linux, Macs

https://www.bleepingcomputer.com/news/security/microsoft-teams-stores-auth-tokens-as-cleartext-in-windows-linux-macs/

[Neo]

Two-Thirds of San Francisco Residents Plan to Flee Due to Crime, Homelessness.
https://www.dailyfetched.com/two-thirds-of-san-francisco-residents-plan-to-flee-due-to-crime/

Some see this a hopelessness, but others see this as a great real estate buying opportunity

We are talking about "Blockbusting" on a city-wide level.

Blockbusting was a business practice in which real estate agents and building developers convinced white residents in a particular area to sell their property at below-market prices. This was achieved by fearmongering the homeowners, telling them that racial minorities drug addicts and homeless would soon be moving into their neighborhoods. The blockbusters would then sell those same houses at inflated prices to black families anybody seeking upward mobility.

What group of High Tech moguls would do that to San Fransisco ?

[clarice]

https://thecrimereport.org/2022/09/15/former-fbi-investigator-under-scrutiny-for-ties-to-russian-oligarch/

[henry]

WILL @WILawLiberty
10m

NEW: WILL Sues WEC Over Illegal Use of Voter Registration Form

See quote from WILL Deputy Counsel, @a16383, below.

https://twitter.com/WILawLiberty/status/1570431960178106368

[Rocco]

Barr knew

https://truthsocial.com/@Kash/posts/109002354047264731

[Rocco]

Biden’s AG May Have Just Tanked the Trump Case – Merrick Garland Jumps the Gun, Sends Cannon Request During Appeal…

But Garland got his wires crossed by first appealing to another court, then asking the judge to modify her order.

If Garland believes Judge Cannon does not have jurisdiction over this case, why did he first ask her to modify her decision for a special master?

If Cannon isn’t allowed to rule on this case and the 11th Circuit must instead, Garland made an unforced error in agreeing to her ruling in the first place.

https://politicalexaminer.today/2022/09/bidens-ag-may-have-just-tanked-the-trump-case-merrick-garland-jumps-the-gun-sends-cannon-request-during-appeal/

[Neo]

In his speech on the House floor, Hoyer was going after supporters of President Donald Trump.

“They have made it quite clear they want to eliminate what they call the Deep State,” Hoyer said. “The Deep State is a cadre of professionals dedicated to honoring the Constitution, the laws of this country, and carrying out the policies of the Congress and the president.”
https://twitter.com/greg_price11/status/1570456189464608769
.. so it does exist

[Rocco]

John Durham investigation is over…

Now Durham appears to be winding down his three-year inquiry without anything close to the results Trump was seeking. The grand jury that Durham has recently used to hear evidence has expired, and while he could convene another, there are currently no plans to do so, three people familiar with the matter said.

https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/john-durham-investigation-is-over/

Can Trump release the kraken after Durhams report? Is this why the feds are so desperate to find those incriminating documents? Will Durham convene another GJ to keep Trump from an obstruction charge? Interesting!

[Rocco]

Ayanna Pressley, US Representative of Massachusetts 7th Congressional District warns that if any more migrants are sent to Marthas Vineyard, the island will be in danger of tipping over.

[Narciso]

that hank guam johnson's line,

its fascinating that mcgonical intersects with every deep state scam isn't it,

[Narciso]

so was he a source with the whole Russian hoax how could he not be

now chris blackburn the liberal democrat researcher who was the rosetta to mifsud is skeptical about both milian and deripaska, which I think he has reasons to be,*

* small irony they were much more connected to mccain's circle then trump,

[Narciso]

schadenfreude very rich and creamy

https://legalinsurrection.com/2022/09/another-cnn-move-don-lemon-loses-primetime-show-moved-to-new-morning-program/

[Narciso]

sure why not,

https://justthenews.com/accountability/waste-fraud-and-abuse/over-1-billion-covid-relief-awarded-foreign-applicants-says?utm_source=sf&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=twjs

[Narciso]

good start

https://wattsupwiththat.com/2022/09/14/fp-cop27-host-egypt-arresting-environmental-activists/

[Rocco]

Good news for Trump if true

BREAKING: Judge CANNON has denied DOJ's motion for a partial stay and has appointed Raymond DEARIE as special master.

https://twitter.com/kyledcheney/status/1570548309919469572

[Davod]

Memories of Green Tokyo, Liam Wong

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/memoriesofgreentokyoliamwong.jpg

[Davod]

I want food mommy

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568853846478176257

[Rocco]

Here's the ruling for the lawyers.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763/gov.uscourts.flsd.618763.89.0.pdf

[Davod]

Volcano eruption seen from space

https://twitter.com/i/status/1566439927780446208

[Davod]

Conference attendees asked out of respect not to use the urinals in the all-gender restrooms

"Replying to
@BH_Friedman"
So pee all over the seats it is then [for $500.00 Alex]
2:44 PM · Sep 15, 2022
·Twitter for Android

https://twitchy.com/brettt-3136/2022/09 ... -restroom/

[Davod]

Meteors over Scotland and Ireland. Wait, when they're in the atmosphere, I think you call them meteorx.

https://twitter.com/latestinspace/status/1570230392598167552

[Davod]

Pass him the shampoo

https://twitter.com/i/status/1566508914530811904

[Davod]

Rat taking a bath with soap

https://youtu.be/rwvXE0z6fDo

[Davod]

Turtle loves to drive his car around

https://twitter.com/i/status/1569342569728950275

[clarice]

Good for Judge Cannon. Now DOJ and the FBI can sweat it out

[Davod]

I got you, little brother

https://twitter.com/i/status/1569319165894205442

[Davod]

You just made the list

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568863536343924737

[Rocco]

Can we trust Dearie? I think he signed one of the FISA warrants?

[Davod]

Rocco. Yes, but he was the one that reealy believed the warrant was true.

[Davod]

Aspiring football player (did you see that ref?).

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568050430554374146

[Rocco]

Davod, well he's either pissed at being duped or he's another deep state plant. I've read the DoJ approved him so that has me wondering.

I love your links, still smiling about the shopping dog a few days back.

nite all

[Davod]

Having fun together

https://twitter.com/i/status/1568610344263716864

[Davod]

Rocco. I Forgot the (pun) at the end of my comment.

[Rocco]

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Andrew Weissmann 🌻
@AWeissmann_
Going out in a limb here, and taking nothing away from the other judges proposed to be Special Master, but DOJ wd be wise to agree to Judge Dearie on the Trump list - and I bet DOJ will. He is a beloved judge in the EDNY- absolute integrity and fairness.
7:51 AM · Sep 10, 2022
·Twitter for iPhone

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I don't know what to think

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