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No argument from me, but there are three interesting developments. Firstly, the two Russian partisan movements have seen how vulnerable and cowardly Putin is and will grow stronger, secondly, although Putin (on paper) gave amnesty to all who supported Prigozhin, he is not someone who forgets or forgives easily, so a bloody purge is inevitable, and third, Prigozhin is now surrounded not by his own troops, but in a country ruled by a Putin loyalist and much more vulnerable to assassination. There is credible proof that Putin has tried at least once to kill him, and if Prigozhin is dead, a major annoyance is gone.

As bad as last night's game was, two things emerged: firstly, if Streveler shakes loose somehow, there will be fist fights over hm, and secondly, with so many CFL QBs being sooooo bad, its gonna be a loooong season with many tough to watch games.

A picture has emerged apparently showing a piece of equipment screwed into the inside wall of the submersible. At those incredible pressures, that alone might have been enough to weaken the wall to cause the implosion.

That would benefit Putin, however as Prigozhin is the only viable alternative to him.

Trump has been 'quietly diverting' money away from his 2024 re-election campaign: report A slight change in the small print in Donald Trump's online disclosures reveals an increase in the money contributors have been donating to help him win the Republican Party's 2024 presidential nomination is being shifted to help to pay his legal bills. According to a report from the New York Times, the diversion of funds raises questions about the cash crunch the former president is facing with multiple indictments at the state and federal level with more expected to come. As the Times' Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher wrote, the "diversion" of campaign cash to his Save America PAC -- which is helping to pay his legal bills among other expenses -- was done with little fanfare. According to the report, that has meant that approximately $1.5 million was skimmed off to help with his legal woes that could have been used to boost his election prospects. The report adds, "Save America technically owns the list of email addresses and phone numbers of his supporters — one of the former president’s most valuable assets — and the campaign is effectively paying the PAC for access to that list," c according to Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung who refused to go into details about the financial maneuvering. The Times is also reporting that there appears to be a cash drain at the PAC as legal fees suck up cash. "For more than a year, before Mr. Trump was a 2024 candidate, Save America has been paying for bills related to various investigations into the former president and his allies. In February 2022, the PAC announced that it had $122 million in its coffers," the Times is reporting. "By the beginning of 2023, the PAC’s cash on hand was down to $18 million, filings show. The rest had been spent on staff salaries, on the costs of Mr. Trump’s political activities last year — including some spending on other candidates and groups — and in other ways. That included the $60 million that was transferred to MAGA Inc., a super PAC that is supporting Mr. Trump. And more than $16 million went to pay legal bills."

Russia Says Wagner Group's Leader Will Move To Belarus After His Rebellious March Challenged Putin The head of the private Russian military company Wagner will move to neighboring Belarus as part of deal to defuse rebellion tensions and the criminal case against him will be closed, the Kremlin said Saturday. Yevgeny Prigozhin’s troops who joined him in the uprising will not face prosecution and those who did not will be offered contracts by the Defense Ministry, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov said. After the deal was reached, Prigozhin said he was ordering his troops to halt their march on Moscow and retreat to field camps in Ukraine, where they have been fighting alongside Russian troops (this had to have cost Putin several hundred million rubles)

This game is dull as dishwater. I actually fell asleep.

When you put the two events together, it was pretty much 100% certain. But I guess they had to show the bodies and/or wreckage.

Why can't it be both?

180 Russian soldiers in Voronezh put their weapons down and surrendered to Wagner There is an unconfirmed report that Putin has flown out of Moscow. Appears unlikely.

DeSantis Warns Of 'Woke' In Bizarre Speech: 'I Saw People Defecating' In Public The Florida governor railed about his recent trip to San Francisco as he vowed to leave "woke ideology in the dustbin of history" in remarks on Friday. Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis claims he recently “saw people defecating on the sidewalk” – an act he chalked up to “woke” ideology – during a speech at a Faith and Freedom Coalition event on Friday. The 2024 Republican presidential candidate, who spoke at the coalition’s “Road to Majority” conference, spoke about a popular Republican bogeyman – “woke” – as he warned of the mindset’s impact on the criminal justice system. “When woke overtakes our criminal justice system – like it has in San Francisco, like it has in Los Angeles – the average person becomes less safe in their communities as a result,” said DeSantis, who vowed to leave “woke ideology in the dustbin of history.” “Don’t tell me it doesn’t affect people’s lives. I was just in San Francisco. I saw – in 20 minutes on the ground – people defecating on the sidewalk. I saw people using fentanyl. I saw people smoking crack right there in the open, right there on the street. It was a civilization in decay.” DeSantis, who recently dropped a campaign video where he criticized the “collapsed” city over its “leftist policies,” received pushback from San Francisco Mayor London Breed who called his comments part of “the oldest playbook in politics to get attention.” Twitter users slammed the Florida governor over his remarks, pointing to reports of people pooping in public in the Sunshine State and noting that Florida has “significantly higher” drug overdose mortality rates than those in California.

There is a report that US underwater listening posts recorded a noise consistent with an implosion at the same moment communication with the submersible was lost, so they really knew it was lost, but went through the motions anyways as a display.

Chinese proverb, "It is a stupid bird that fouls its own nest".

I cannot find the source(s) of my statement, so you may well be right.

It will probably come down to who the Russian military chooses to support, but they are not all of one mind. Different generals could support different sides or remain neutral until they see who will win\ i

PMC Wagner captured the headquarters of the Southern Military District in Rostov( Russia) , the building of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. The FSB and the administration of Rostov were also taken. In short, the city was taken. They are preparing to strike in Voronezh

It’s seems that even in Saint Petersburg, every major bridges are closed atm.

Schiltz actually looks better than I expected, the rest of his team- not so much.

Belarus: Business jet that belongs to Lukashenko's family took off from Minsk at 00:01, Belarus time

Moscow tonight