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Heavy weaponry is starting to pour into Ukraine and the Russians want to strike a decisive blow and seize as much land as possible before the armaments make their way to the front lines. This may be Putin's last chance to save his administration and his own life. Desperation time in the Kremlin.

More DeSantis Lies And Cowardice Gov. Ron DeSantis wanted guns banned from his re-election, but he also wanted the city of Tampa to take the blame for it, which demonstrates that the Florida governor is a Trump clone. The Washington Post reported: The Republican governor’s campaign wanted weapons banned from his victory celebration at the city-run Tampa Convention Center, a city official said in emails obtained by The Washington Post. And the campaign suggested that the city take responsibility for the firearms ban, the official said — not the governor, who has been a vocal supporter of gun rights. “DeSantis/his campaign will not tell their attendees they are not permitted to carry because of the political optics,” Chase Finch, the convention center’s safety and security manager, said in an Oct. 28 email to other city officials about the request, which was conveyed by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, a state police agency led by a DeSantis appointee. DeSantis wanted the city to tell anyone who asked that it was their policy not to allow guns in the building, which was a lie.

Moldova Says Russia Crossed Its Airspace to Hit Ukraine Russia breached Moldovan airspace in its Friday attack on Ukraine, the Moldovan government said. At least one missile fired from the Black Sea into Ukraine crossed Moldova’s sovereign airspace, the government said, adding that no one was hurt. Moldova also said a missile crossed Romanian airspace, which Romania—a NATO member—denied. Such a breach would be a very serious matter, analysts say. The Russian ambassador to Moldova was summoned over the incident. Separately, Moldovan Prime Minister Natalia Gavrilita announced on Friday that her 18-month-old government would resign, ending a critical period for the country, which sits on Ukraine’s border.

"It is easier to fool people than convince them they have been fooled"- Mark Twain “Pretty much the last step”: Legal experts say subpoena shows special counsel closing in on Trump Special counsel Jack Smith issued a subpoena to former Vice President Mike Pence after months of negotiations in a sign that the investigation into the Jan. 6 attack on the Capitol is nearing its "climax," according to legal experts. Smith, who is overseeing Justice Department probes into former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago documents scandal and the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, requested testimony and documents from Pence related to Trump's failed effort to overturn his election, ABC News and other outlets reported on Thursday. The subpoena followed months of negotiations between prosecutors and Pence's attorneys, according to the report. The move suggests that the probe is entering a "more advanced stage," ABC News reported, but it's not clear whether Pence may try to use executive privilege claims to fight the subpoena, which could set off a lengthy legal battle. Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti predicted that Pence will "testify one way or another" https://www.salon.com/2023/02/10/pretty-much-the-last-step-legal-experts-say-subpoena-shows-special-counsel-closing-in-on/

Gonna be a long time until he eats again.

Because....American freedom is more important than childrens' lives. Lake should really leave her house more often. Must be boring to hear your family repeating that,

Upon hearing about the tragedy in Laval, Mr, Poilievre lept into action and equated that with bail laws being too lax. Well done, sir, well done. I am certain that comforted the families.

Biden is waaay too late to make Rick Scott look like an idiot. In that respect, he is a self-made man.

Agreed. What the Russian military has not taken into account is the advancements (?) in weaponry and associated systems - like drone and satellite surveillance and weapon delivery that makes infantry almost irrelevant except to physically occupy ceded ground.

Russia lost 31 vehicles in just 1 failed attack today. Here is a photo of part of the aftermath.

Seems to me that bombers would do well to look at the Canadian linebackers in the draft. Bighill is a gem but the draft is overdue to produce another Muamba and succession planning is always a good thing.

One of the most memorable quotes from a Bomber was an import O-lineman who said that he took his job away from someone and eventually someone would take it away from him, and that was the way pro sports worked. Any player who does not understand that would be a goner in the O'Shea regime.

Sayles made the odd good play, but nothing that would make him a priority for the Bombers to retain. Sempre avanti!

There is a saying that the best time to plant a tree was 19 years ago and so it is with demographics- all this is and was predictable. The race to the bottom has produced and is still producing these effects. There are too many people who chant the mantra of lower taxes above all and politicians who delude people into thinking there is no consequence to cutting taxes with no thought for the future,

House Republican Twitter Hearing Was A Complete Flop Rep. Clay Higgins (R-LA) warned former Twitter employees that they would be arrested for rigging the 2020 election as the hearing flailed and failed. Higgins said, “You, ladies and gentlemen, interfered with the 2020 election knowingly and willingly. That’s bad news. It’s going to get worse, because this is the investigation part. Later comes the arrest part. Your attorneys are familiar with that. Mr. Chairman, I’d like to spend five hours with these ladies and gentlemen on depositions that are yet to come.” As Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) explained, the former Twitter employees were in a private company, and their actions were protected by the First Amendment. Twitter can decide what content it publishes and which users it allows on its platform. The employees committed no crime. There will be no depositions or criminal trials.

Imitation is said to be the sincerest form of flattery.

Because the driving impetus behind media coverage is sensationalism The gong show in the US (and in the Canadian PC party to an extent) is aimed at the lowest common denominator of intelligence. Poilievre, Boebert, Taylor-Green, Gaetz and so forth are adored for saying what the worst of their followers are thinking and thus validate what their diseased minds believe. All this would be hilarious if these troglodytes weren't holding the levers of power,

All current Russian front lines consist of three lines: at the front are the "mobilized" troops- forced draftees, many of whom were press-ganged from their homes at gunpoint, The second line a hundred meters or so behind the first line are the mercenaries- recruited from every jail in Russia and from Africa as well. Their job is to shoot any first-liners who refuse to advance under fire towards almost certain death (for the past two days Russian casualties have exceeded 1000 per day compared to WW2 when Russian casualties averaged 450 per day). Behind the second line are regular Russian troops who are ordered to shoot any first or second-line troops who defy orders. Abused Russian Troops Relocated After Leaking Beatings by Own Allies If the leaked abuse videos and panicked pleas from soldiers are any indication, Russian efforts to integrate with Donetsk do not seem to be going well. The Russian Ministry of Defense is transferring some mobilized Russian troops out of Donetsk in Ukraine after they reported that the militia of the Donetsk People's Republic beat them earlier this month, according to Vladislav Khovalyg, the governor of Tuva. The Russian troops, who were trained in the Novosibirsk region of Russia, began fighting at the front in Ukraine in December, according to Novaya Gazeta. But come February, the militia in the DPR began beating them, troops said in a video message shared with Russian news outlets and posted to Telegram. “On February 4, the military from the DPR arrived. They fired at us with machine guns,” said the Russian troops, who came from Tuva, a region in southern Siberia. “The military police came and beat us.” Another video appears to show a Russian soldier getting knocked down and held at gunpoint. The withdrawal of the Russian soldiers following the beatings peels back the layers on Russia’s attempts to integrate the illegally annexed Donetsk in Ukraine with Russia, and could be a sign that Russia’s efforts to integrate the militia in Donetsk with Russia’s military are not going smoothly. Moscow illegally annexed Donetsk, along with Luhansk, Zaporizhzhia, and Kherson, in October. Russia’s military has also just formally integrated occupied areas of Ukraine into its Southern Military District in an attempt to further meld together the occupied territories with Moscow, according to a British intelligence report released this week. “The Russian military likely aspires to integrate newly occupied territory into a long-term strategic posture,” the intelligence report stated.

An example of the "peter principle"?

Hemorrhoid hill was equally bad- maybe even worse .

Reports out of Ukraine indicate that the Russian army is so depleted that they have begun using their T-72 tanks (the ones where the magazine is directly below the crew and vulnerable to detonating from a side hit) again. American military assessments state that Russia has lost over 50% of all their armored vehicles and aircraft.

And on top of that, the O-line was sorting itself out for the first half of the season.