2023-02-26
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Horseshit
Rank Propaganda / Thought Policing / World Disordering
Trump / War against the Right / Jan6
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Michael Beschloss, Truther | National Review
Yes, that’s right, folks: It’s a Black Op. MAGA-world’s most dedicated sleeper agent has finally accomplished her mission, sitting through nearly a year’s worth of grand-jury testimony and only now breaking her silence to strategically discredit the entire set of jury recommendations in the most brilliantly indirect way: not by making direct partisan statements, but by revealing herself in public, forever, to be a blithering goddamned idiot. Beschloss is such an eminent historian that I’m forced to defer to his unquestionable authority, so I must take him at his word: Trump has truly pulled off an intelligence/deep-cover coup here, the likes of which mark him out as having a political operation to be taken gravely seriously as a stealthily subtle force in the campaign to come.
Pestilence / Pox / COVID / VaxCult
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Long Covid disabled them. Then they met a broken Social Security disability sys
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Lab Leak Most Likely Origin of Covid-19 Pandemic, U.S. Agency Now Says Archive link
The U.S. Energy Department has concluded that the Covid pandemic most likely arose from a laboratory leak, according to a classified intelligence report recently provided to the White House and key members of Congress.
Culture War / Tribal / Re segregation
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Dilbert comic strip dropped by US media over creator's racist tirade
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Rights to ‘Crying Indian’ ad to go to Native American group
a Native American advocacy group that was given the rights to the long-parodied public service announcement is retiring it, saying it has always been inappropriate. The so-called “Crying Indian” with his buckskins and long braids made the late actor Iron Eyes Cody a recognizable face in households nationwide. But to many Native Americans, the public service announcement has been a painful reminder of the enduring stereotypes they face. The nonprofit that originally commissioned the advertisement, Keep America Beautiful, had long been considering how to retire the ad and announced this week that it’s doing so by transferring ownership of the rights to the National Congress of American Indians.
Edumacationalizing / Acedemia Nuts
Media / ShowBiz / Advertising
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‘Cocaine Bear’ Review - The Bulwark
The trailers for Cocaine Bear promised one thing, and one thing only: a bear finding cocaine in the woods, consuming said cocaine, and going into a murderous rage while high as hell. And, on this very exact and limited scale, Cocaine Bear delivers precisely what is promised.
TechSuck
Economicon / Business / Finance
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Despite high inflation, Americans are spending like crazy; it's kind of puzzling
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The Grumpy Economist: Mulligan and the demand for opioids
Once prescription opioids became an evident crisis, the government took steps to restrict the supply, raising the price. Yet opioid consumption and overdoses went up. Explain that Mr. Chicago economist!
Gubmint / Poilitcks / Law Making
External Security / Militaria / Diplomania
Russia Bad / Ukraine War
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Russian tank has been dumped outside the country's embassy in Berlin
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Is the Akademik Cherskiy to Blame for the Southern Nord Stream 2 Rupture?
I believe explosives were planted on the two lines of Nord Stream 1, possibly by the Minerva Julie or while the ship was providing cover for the operation. This ship had a very strange track directly above the location of the NS1 explosions from the 5th September to 13th September while on route to Saint Petersburg. This was also directly after Russia cut gas supplies through Nord Stream 1 on August 31st 2022. The Minerva Julie left Rotterdam the following day on route towards St. Petersburg on September 1st.
It is also a possibility that the Minerva Julie was not directly involved in the planting of explosives, but was ordered to maneuver over the site for the time period. This could have been done to provide as much cover, both visual and acoustic, for whatever vessel or submarine was used to place the charges. The Minerva Julie continuously sailing over the area would have made much of the possible detailed surveillance of the site impossible.
I theorize that the initial Nord Stream 2 rupture was an accident, potentially the result poor workmanship by the Akademik Cherskiy due to an inadequate vessel and inexperienced crew. Once this pipe had ruptured, the remaining pipes would probably be inspected to ensure that there was no risk of further leaks. This process would have revealed the explosives planted on the Nord Stream 1 pipes. Due to this the plan to potentially destroy Nord Stream 1 in the future was accelerated and the explosives were detonated 17 hours after the initial rupture at 19:03 local time.