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A couple Tweets from the war on Ukraine.
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MK-Ultra v8 March 21 2022 · Latest video and audio -- Trumpism and Ukraine
WSSCHERK.COMTopical audio, video and brief commentary.
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A couple Tweets from the war on Ukraine.
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Ukraine: The Latest on RadioPublic
RADIOPUBLIC.COMWar in Ukraine, a humanitarian crisis and reaction in Kyiv, Westminster and beyond. The Telegraph's top journalists tell you what you need to know every...
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I've followed Russia hand Julia Ioffe for a long time. Here she sat for almost an hour's interview with the PBS crew putting together their "Putin's Road to War."
She is a thorough-going Trump cynic, but discusses Trump's policy stances and relationship with Putin without rancour -- and is able to give the penetrating analysis that broad scope, deep knowledge and long-term research allow. If you just want a sample, start at 30 minutes. This is about what Putin sees in America, in what measure was what he saw in American division/paralysis a factor in risking the Ukraine operation now.
Although Kremlinology surely has its odd aspects -- eg, spiritualism or mind-reading, wishcasting, partyism or institute-itis -- Ioffe's 'Inside the Mind' readings seem to rest on firmer footings. "What do you think is going on in that guy's mentality that explains this decision-tree?"
If Ioffe is on the money, among the take-home truths are that Putin got shitty intelligence about what awaited the special operation forces, in terms of Ukrainian resolve and readiness, and in terms of actual Russian strength and weakness.
"The bad news somehow didn't make it to the top."
"Putin is the moderating voice in that camp." I paraphrase.-- for a more speculative 'The Psy-Op that Failed' observation, analysis and argument this one stood out for me, in a Twitter thread by Kamil Galeev as far back as February 28:
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I've followed Russia hand Julia Ioffe for a long time. Here she sat for almost an hour's interview with the PBS crew putting together their "Putin's Road to War."
She is a thorough-going Trump cynic, but discusses Trump's policy stances and relationship with Putin without rancour -- and is able to give the penetrating analysis that broad scope, deep knowledge and long-term research allow. If you just want a sample, start at 30 minutes. This is about what Putin sees in America, in what measure was what he saw in American division/paralysis a factor in risking the Ukraine operation now.
Although Kremlinology surely has its odd aspects -- eg, spiritualism or mind-reading, wishcasting, partyism or institute-itis -- Ioffe's 'Inside the Mind' readings seem to rest on firmer footings. "What do you think is going on in that guy's mentality that explains this decision-tree?"
If Ioffe is on the money, among the take-home truths are that Putin got shitty intelligence about what awaited the special operation forces, in terms of Ukrainian resolve and readiness, and in terms of actual Russian strength and weakness.
"The bad news somehow didn't make it to the top."
"Putin is the moderating voice in that camp." I paraphrase.-- for a more speculative 'The Psy-Op that Failed' observation, analysis and argument this one stood out for me, in a Twitter thread by Kamil Galeev as far back as February 28:
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"I Yam Winning the Propaganda
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Gack.
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I follow three YouTube channels from Russia, each an "apolitical" slice-of-life channel, where families are featured doing what Russian families do -- when you have an English-speaking 'fan-base' outside of Russia.
Different Russia is the most homely, boring, plodding of the three. Valeria Kovtunova will take you for a walk with her dog, Sheffield. She'll take you on the train, for a drive, to view the work at their dacha.
For the past several videos, the tone has shifted slightly. Without Valeria saying a word about the war in Ukraine, you can feel the effect on their plodding, happy lives. Previous videos showed how prices of goods had gone up sharply, with the ruble then having fallen below 100 to the US dollar.
I don't believe that Russia will ban the use of YouTube by its citizens, although the State Duma is scheduled to vote tomorrow on a "False News" law with penalties of up to fifteen years in prison. YouTube has "temporarily" demonetized Russian channels, so Valeria is not going to be able to supplement her family's earnings.
The last day of Ikea for the Kovtunovs ...
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Guess who has a book coming out?
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From Yahoo News:
QuoteFormer President Trump on Thursday responded to recent reports about his handling of White House records, claiming that the recent transfer of documents to the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) from his resort in Florida was viewed as "no big deal."
In a statement, Trump said he arranged for boxes containing "letters, records, newspapers, magazines, and various articles" to be transported to the National Archives after "collaborative and respectful discussions."
"The media's characterization of my relationship with NARA is Fake News. It was exactly the opposite! It was a great honor to work with NARA to help formally preserve the Trump Legacy," he said.
Earlier this week, The Washington Post reported that the National Archives had recovered 15 boxes of White House records from Mar-a-Lago. The New York Times later reported that possibly classified materials had been discovered among the recovered documents.
"The papers were given easily and without conflict and on a very friendly basis, which is different from the accounts being drawn up by the Fake News Media," Trump said on Thursday. "In fact, it was viewed as routine and 'no big deal.' In actuality, I have been told I was under no obligation to give this material based on various legal rulings that have been made over the years."
Trump also pushed back against reports that documents were regularly found flushed down the toilet in the presidential residence during his time in office, calling the claim "categorically untrue and simply made up by a reporter in order to get publicity for a mostly fictitious book."
Statement by Donald J. Trump, 45th President of the United States of America
WWW.DONALDJTRUMP.COMOver the past four years, Donald J. Trump's administration delivered for Americans of all backgrounds like never before. Save America is about building on those accomplishments!
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The wags at the Daily Show have culled some prime Jeanine Pirro bits for a 'Daily Affirmations' video. For fans of straight talk.
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The wags at the Daily Show have culled some prime Jeanine Pirro bits for a 'Daily Affirmations' video. For fans of straight talk.
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Jeanine Pirro has apparently ended the long run of "Justice with Judge Jeanine" and will transition to Fox's "The Five," according to a story at Bizpacreview, Jeanine Pirro says goodbye to her audience in final show.
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The wags at the Daily Show have culled some prime Jeanine Pirro bits for a 'Daily Affirmations' video. For fans of straight talk.
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Does this remind anyone of the psychological lore surrounding Uncanny Valley?
This Twitter account did not note the provenance. I'll see if I can find a better reference and the stories that go with this -- should it not be the result of some advanced CGI or other fudging video edits.
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Major flooding in our area of the world ...
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Major flooding in our area of the world ...
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Measurement Omission round one
Graphic plotting of location data
Plats, cadastral maps, land survey systems
Consider addresses on a mile grid.
Avenues run east-west
Streets run north-south.
Start a address numbering system
The corner of 0 Avenue and 0 Street
On 0 Avenue, addresses increase by increments
The first block of Zero Avenue addresses runs from 1 up to 100.
"You are here" on the 0-100 block of Zero Avenue.
Now go ten miles north and twenty miles east
Now select a good corner property.
Record the address
Record the intersection of X Street and X Avenue.
Record a precise latitude and longitude of the corner.
Spell it out:5998 264 St49.110817, -122.492586
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Measurement Omission round one
Graphic plotting of location data
Plats, cadastral maps, land survey systems
Consider addresses on a mile grid.
Avenues run east-west
Streets run north-south.
Start a address numbering system
The corner of 0 Avenue and 0 Street
On 0 Avenue, addresses increase by increments
The first block of Zero Avenue addresses runs from 1 up to 100.
"You are here" on the 0-100 block of Zero Avenue.
Now go ten miles north and twenty miles east
Now select a good corner property.
Record the address
Record the intersection of X Street and X Avenue.
Record a precise latitude and longitude of the corner.
Spell it out:5998 264 St49.110817, -122.492586
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Our cold miserable spring lasted seven days and nine hours, and the onset of early summer brought out confused fruit tree blossoms along with first open buds.
Exercizing out on the trails parallel to the Vedder River, Chilliwack's beauty can calm the savage beast, even folks from Yarrow. Mountains to the west, to the east, to the north and to the south.
This place has horses, donkeys, two mules, llamas and alpacas ...
Chilliwack in the past year opened up room for 'taco trucks' and alcohol consumption in the most popular city park. There were six wagons of good stuff on the trail yesterday. Here are two. I discovered a new drink -- espresso with tonic over ice. Who knew?
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Our Pal in Alberta and the Puppy ...
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WSS ... posting a screen-shot of the bottom of page 17 of the Correspondence and Coherence topic, logged in as william.scherk:
This was posted using the Brave browser ... you can clearly see the 'Quote' button and a place to click "Reply to this topic."
I will next log in as merjet and post a reply here -- showing the screen-shot of the same bottom of the 17th page of comments under the Correspondence and Coherence topic.
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Our Pal in Alberta and the Puppy ...
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Our Pal in Alberta and the Puppy ...
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This story on Jovan Hutton Pulitzer at the Conservative Daily News site is dated March 18, and makes for entertaining reading. It's very liberal with extensive quotes and evocative analogies. Whether you suspect he has a streak of fabulism or not.
How History, Homer and Physics, Forever Changed Voting and Politics
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"Unironically" does the heavy lifting (should show a Matt Binder tweet):
And from another keyhole, recently added to my aggregation page "My Favourite League of Q-Watchers":
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I'm not dead! No, I don't need the cart ..I think I'll take a walk
