Brittney's Back! And Two Men Left Behind...

Brittney Griner is swapped for Viktoe Bout, the Merchand of Death.

The Times writes on The Other Guys - two Americans known to be stuck in Russia.

Paul Whelan's saga could be titled The Accidental Spy. The US insists he's just a tourist caught in a web of Soviet lies but his life reads like the profile of a spy from a Le Csrre novel: multiple passports, a law enforcement/ military background, and a deep interest in Russia which had grown to include a large number of on-line and In Real Life Russian friends.

 

Marc Fogel has been a teacher at the Anglo-American school in Moscow. A great way to meet lots of parents and recruit for the CIA? The Russians may think so, and it seems weird that the US has yet to declare him to have been unlawfully detained:

Marc Fogel, 61, was arrested in August 2021 when he tried to enter Russia with a small amount of medical marijuana that had been prescribed for chronic pain. A native of Pittsburgh, Mr. Fogel had been teaching in Russia for a decade, capping a long career at international schools in countries including Colombia, Venezuela, Oman and Malaysia.

In any case, the US has run out of high level Russians to offer in a swap. Not good.

Comments

[henry]

At least Brittany Spears isn’t going on tour again. I didn’t know there was another Brittany of note… checks links… ah, not of note mere WNBA (Women Not Bringing Audience).

[Jim Eagle]

Merry Christmas🧑‍🎄

[Jim Eagle]

TM,

My understanding is they gave Bout easily because they a higher value “ chip” in a KGB Colonel. We will see.

[Ignatz Ratzkiwatzki]

--TM,

My understanding is they gave Bout easily because they a higher value “ chip” in a KGB Colonel. We will see.--

They must be saving the Colonel for when Sam Brinton gets pinched for stealing girly luggage in Moscow International.

[Narciso]

these exchanges are always assymetrical, because we rarely have a heavy weight player they are holding as opposed to our side,

https://dossier.substack.com/p/the-worst-trade-in-history-a-timeline

[Narciso]

the next up is krasikov, who is held by the germans because he iced a chechen terrorist, who had sought asylum there, last year,

[Narciso]

hes not wrong,

https://iotwreport.com/first-interview-with-viktor-bout-he-says-woke-america-is-committing-suicide-and-the-rest-of-the-west-will-follow/

bout will get anything to anywhere, like the old air america network, if you have the cash, he'll do the deal

[Narciso]

some notes here,

https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/catching-up-on-wars-foreign-and-domestic

[Narciso]

hmm

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11524199/Georgia-journalist-one-people-world-whos-immune-known-variants-COVID.html

[clarice]

https://www.theepochtimes.com/fbi-reveals-it-has-more-information-on-deceased-dnc-staffer-seth-rich_4916113.html

Surprise!!

[henry]

bringing the blue screen of death to your trades.

CNBC @CNBC
12m

Microsoft buys near 4% stake in London Stock Exchange as part of 10-year cloud deal

[Neo]

Daily Beast: White supremacy is racially diverse

The Daily Beast has pretty much admitted that “White Supremacist” is a made up term.

It’s not that there are not and have not been genuine White supremacists. It’s just that “White supremacy” has become a term like “woman;” the Left has taken the syllables we all thought we understood and replaced the meaning with something entirely different.

This certainly takes away the fun of referring to DARK "white supremacists"

[Narciso]

yep

https://www.frontpagemag.com/brittney-griner-was-bidens-top-foreign-policy-priority/

[Narciso]

oh

https://www.uncoverdc.com/2022/12/12/rich-baris-
maricopa-had-a-heat-map-of-expected-republican-voters/

[clarice]

US Attorney SDNY
@SDNYnews
·
1h
USA Damian Williams: Earlier this evening, Bahamian authorities arrested Samuel Bankman-Fried at the request of the U.S. Government, based on a sealed indictment filed by the SDNY. We expect to move to unseal the indictment in the morning and will have more to say at that time.

[clarice]

https://amgreatness.com/2022/12/12/the-seth-rich-case-gets-richer/

[Neo]

9-Aug-2022:
Today, President Biden will sign into law the bipartisan CHIPS and Science Act of 2022, which will build on this progress, making historic investments that will poise U.S. workers, communities, and businesses to win the race for the 21st century.

6-Dec-2022:
The layoffs and cost-cutting that Intel Corp. executives recently warned about have begun in California, with a couple of hundred employees set to lose their jobs next month, and manufacturing employees worldwide being offered unpaid leave.

.. what happened to the “chip shortage” ?
Gone in a mere 4 months ?
Talk about shovel-ready

[Narciso]

run by discount jack blacks brother

https://projects.propublica.org/itemizer/committee/C00801514/2022/independent-expenditures

[Narciso]

contestant no 2
https://www.bellingcat.com/news/2021/03/19/berlin-assassination-new-evidence-on-suspected-fsb-hitman-passed-to-german-investigators/

[Narciso]

some questions still remain

https://tinyurl.com/mw3ksxer

[Pinandpuller]

Paul Whelan and Lee Harvey Oswald have a lot in common.

For instance, neither one killed JFK

[clarice]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/2020s-first-big-lie-hunter-biden-business-laptop-51-intelligence-officials-censorship-press-twitter-national-media-11670965437

[Narciso]

dejavu again

https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2022/12/14/mental-illness-moroccan-migrant-arrested-after-four-stabbed-at-french-supermarket/

[Narciso]

but 96 taliban can slip into the country

https://www.foxnews.com/us/afghan-soldier-who-fled-taliban-rule-get-to-us-arrested-texas-border

[Melinda]

Seems to be a question of Whom is censored.

ALX 🇺🇸
@alx
So the EU was threatening him because he didn’t Censor enough and now he’s Censoring too much?

Insider Paper @TheInsiderPaper
BREAKING: EU warns Musk of ‘sanctions’ after Twitter suspensions insiderpaper.com/eu-warns-musk-…

https://twitter.com/alx/status/1603701491533070338

[henry]

WEF is a harsh master.

[matt - deplore me if you must]

You gotta love Musk banning those reporters for fake news. The irony is quite ironic.

[Dave (in MA)]

Gerry Callahan@GerryCallahan·
God, I just love @Elonmusk right now.
Stephen King@StephenKing·
Why have journalists had their Twitter accounts suspended? Please explain. And it had better be a GOOD explanation.

[Davod]

Funniest Animals Videos 2022 🐧 - Try Not To Laugh Dogs And Cats 😁

https://youtu.be/wFVYp6qCjv4

[Davod]

A town in the Himalayas

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/himalayatown.jfif

[Davod]

Mount Fuji, Japan

https://twitter.com/i/status/1602195086036684800

[Davod]

I used to go skydiving, so I think this is great.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1602199324926033920

[Davod]

Active ice covered volcanoes in Padagonia.Towards Punta Arenas, Chile&Antarctica.

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FEEs8qqUcAUY7Ub?format=jpg&name=small

[Davod]

Mount Kilimanjaro... from Ethiopian airline flight Zanzibar (to Arusha (Transit)) to Addis Abba

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FeyTHHqakAEm3jB?format=jpg&name=large

[Davod]

Reindeer and the Northern Lights... 😊

https://twitter.com/i/status/1600193664134807554

[Davod]

Winter scenes.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1600197133872701440

[Davod]

Mass transit

https://twitter.com/i/status/1603431818560258049

[Davod]

Dog hides her cat brother.

https://youtu.be/wLr75QvqeuQ

[Davod]

Paradise

https://twitter.com/i/status/1600199135353016320

[Davod]

Playful deer

https://twitter.com/i/status/1600197330900131842

[Davod]

Fairy deer.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1600273664024666112

[Davod]

Puppy and baby goat

https://youtu.be/BhhZftARtFs

[Davod]

Buitengebieden
@buitengebieden
Bernese Mountain dog refuses to come inside.. 😅

https://twitter.com/i/status/1603490666541203456

[Davod]

Ace's Friday animal post

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/402347.php

[Davod]

Getting you prepared for winter.

Top ten snow removal fails.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uqT9TVskXV0

[Davod]

Moby feat. Damien Jurado - "Almost Home" - Live at The Fonda Theatre - October 4th, 2013.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VZZLizPR8GI

[Davod]

Learn Russian with Songs - Polina Gagarina Cuckoo - Полина Гагарина Кукушка.

[The words are intersting]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mA5DkOFoTjo

[Davod]

The Americans 1x01 "Pilot" - "Tusk" Scene (Part 1).

https://youtu.be/Cds5P5gOjB4

The Americans 1x01 "Pilot" - "Tusk" Scene (Part 2)

https://youtu.be/lGl7FX02weU

[Davod]

Not all heroes wear capes.

This took place in Paris. Mamoudou Gassama was an immigrant from Mali. He immigrated legally into Italy, then traveled to Paris, where he saw a little boy dangling from a balcony. He climbed 4 stories in 30 seconds and saved the child. For his bravery he was given French citizenship and a job with the local fire brigade.

https://twitter.com/i/status/1603928575022866433

[jim nj]

https://tippinsights.com/bidenflation-at-13-2-continues-to-hurt-americans/
Bidenflation, At 13.2%, Continues To Hurt Americans

Biden and the media celebrate slaying inflation as Americans struggle with high prices during the holiday season.

"True, the Consumer Price Index (CPI) released by the government last Thursday showed a 7.1% year-over-year price increase from November 2021 to November 2022, edging down from a rate of 7.7% in October. The CPI has declined steadily from a 40-year high of 9.1% in June to 7.1% in November.

Intriguingly, no media outlet bothered to inform its readers or viewers that the prices have increased by 13.2% under President Biden's watch between February 2021 and November 2022.

The simple calculations don't need a rocket scientist. But no one is curious to make that. The mainstream media would rather play defense for the White House and pretend that its policies are working."

[Davod]

Pigeons

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FkJW1AsWIAMnAt0?format=png&name=small

[Narciso]

meanwhile,

https://meaninginhistory.substack.com/p/ukraine-update-121722

[Narciso]

somethings never change,

https://www.breitbart.com/tech/2022/12/17/lobbyists-launch-last-ditch-effort-to-add-media-cartel-bill-jcpa-to-omnibus/

[Davod]

And God said

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/091784ad7431a0af16d44f537ddbc97c14982d197d3299f7f4034d328cedfc16.jpg?w=800&h=814

[Davod]

Which car should go first

https://uploads.disquscdn.com/images/af551be5cacc2ca117f6145c3c70bdc51e3236e3b36d2cf9b28731ec0be6ee50.png?w=800&h=1036

[Davod]

Dear Santa

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/santa%20cat%20define%20naughy.jpg

[Davod]

Saturday

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/happy%20sat%20hamsters.jpg

[Davod]

Oh, Christmas Tree

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/FkBKRF5X0Acaypx.jpeg

[Davod]

Reindeer

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/reindeer%20tryouts.jpg

[Narciso]

heres an even hotter take,

https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2022/12/26/brittney-griner-and-the-role-of-race-in-diplomacy

[Davod]

SURFING A GIANT WAVE.

https://youtu.be/0Z_9TBsWH00

[Davod]

'People were turned into hamburger': How Putin's arrogance turned the war into a slaughterhouse for his troops
John Sexton 7:00 PM on December 17, 2022

https://hotair.com/john-s-2/2022/12/17/people-were-turned-into-hamburger-how-putins-arrogance-turned-the-war-into-a-slaughterhouse-for-his-troops-n518599

[Narciso]

ot

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tp1M4lP2ceQ

[matt - deplore me if you must]

So now the Consumer Products Safety Commission has set it's evil eye on gas ranges. These folks are lunatics.

By the way in the middle of a massive cold snap (-20C) across Western Europe, there is no sun and no wind, so it all falls at the moment on NG and what little nuclear they have. More ironically ironic irony.

[Davod]

Ace's Saturday evening movie thread covers the Dirty Harry movies.

http://ace.mu.nu/archives/402364.php

[Davod]

"THEY’RE NOW COMING AFTER GAS STOVES: Consumer safety board to weigh regulations on gas stoves. “Trumka, who is the son of the late labor organizer of the same name, called an outright ban on new gas stoves ‘a real possibility.'”

You can have my gas cooktop when — well, never. You just can’t fucking have it. Period. Fuck off."
Posted at 8:00 pm by Glenn Reynolds Link to Article

[Hasn't California already banned gas in homes?]

https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/consumer-safety-board-weigh-regulations-213249163.html

[Davod]

L.A. Griffith Park's Sole Cougar, Known as 'P-22', Is Euthanized

https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2022/12/17/l-a-griffith-parks-sole-cougar-known-as-p-22-is-euthanized-n675163

[Davod]

A Hidden Hero
By Jim Thompson | 10:00 AM on December 17, 2022

https://redstate.com/jimthompson/2022/12/17/a-hidden-hero-n674209

[henry]

Pieces

https://www.americanthinker.com/articles/2022/12/deep_state_suspicions.html