Would the anon that posted that video of Rep Massie exposing the scam of Congress again, on the CR and the scam of the SAVE ACT again? I'm making it notable and a good short listen?
notableand depressing as hell.
9 Aug, 2024 17:41
Ukrainian attacks from Black Sea thwarted – Russian MOD
Kiev had launched sea drones at Crimea and a landing force near Kherson
The Russian military has intercepted an attempted landing by Ukrainian marines near Kherson and destroyed a group of sea drones headed for Crimea, according to the Defense Ministry in Moscow.Overnight, a group of unmanned surface vessels (USVs) was detected on approach to the Black Sea Fleet base in Sevastopol.
Combat camera footage released by the Russian Defense Ministry on Friday showed them being destroyed in the water.“The on-duty fire systems destroyed seven unmanned boats in the Black Sea,” the ministry said, without elaborating.
Meanwhile, agroup of Ukrainian commandos tried to land at the tip of the Kinburn Peninsula, overlooking the mouth of the Dnieper, early on Friday.
According to the Russian Defense Ministry, four boats approached the Kinburn Spit,attempting to land a “sabotage and reconnaissance group.” Under covering fire from two of the boats, about a dozen troops stormed the beach.
The Ukrainians quickly took casualties from a field of sea mines, however. Those who managed to reach the shore were “eliminated by small-arms fire,” the Russian military said. When they tried to retreat, they lost two boats to artillery and anti-tank missile fire.Kherson governor Vladimir Saldo said that the invaders lost three boats and 12 saboteurs.
According to Moscow, the attackers weremembers of the Maritime Special Operations Center of the Ukrainian Navy, based in Odessa. Kiev’s forces have repeatedly launched drone attacks on Sevastopol and the Crimean Bridge, as well as commando raids on Kinburn and Cape Tarankhut, attempting to raise the Ukrainian flag and post videos on social media.
A major drone raid was wiped out in May, with a total of 15 USVs sent to the bottom of the Black Sea. Another major drone raid was defeated last September. Ukrainian landing parties headed for Russian shores were destroyed last August and last November as well.
https://www.rt.com/russia/602384-ukraine-black-sea-defeat/
11 Sep, 2024 16:02
Ukrainian attempt to capture Black Sea rig foiled – MOD
Russian troops repelled Kiev’s special forces and sank eight US-made Willard Sea Force boats, according to Moscow
Moscow’s forces repelled a Ukrainian attempt to seize a Russian jack-up drilling rig in the Black Sea overnight Tuesday into Wednesday, the Russian Defense Ministry reported on Wednesday.
According to the ministry, Kiev’s Main Intelligence Directorate (GUR) sent 14 American-made Willard Sea Force boats with Ukrainian Navy special ops onboard to capture the ‘Krym-2’ rig. Media reports suggest the rig is located between the Crimean peninsula and the Ukrainian city of Odessa.
In its report, the ministry stated that the Russian military and the Black Sea Fleet sank eight of the boats and killed up to 80 Ukrainian servicemen. The remaining boats managed to escape and did not even make an attempt to return for their wounded soldiers who were left in the water, Moscow claimed.
“Another ‘media operation’ of the Kiev regime in the Black Sea, timed to coincide with the arrival of high-ranking US and EU representatives in Ukraine on September 11, was downedin blood and took the lives of many dozens of Ukrainian servicemen,” the Russian Defense Ministry wrote in its daily update.
The attack comes after Kiev’s forces had previously made similar attempts to capture other Russian drilling rigs in the Black Sea in September of last year and in June 2022. The structures, including the Krym-2, belong to the company Chernomorneftegaz, which was previously part of the Ukrainian energy company Naftogaz, before being nationalized by Russia and registered as a enterprise in Crimea in 2014 when the peninsula ceded from Ukraine and became part of Russia.
https://www.rt.com/russia/603867-russia-repels-ukraine-drilling-rig-attack/
11 Sep, 2024 15:07
Russian Church warns of ‘Apocalypse’
Artificial intelligence could pose a threat to human existence, according to Patriarch Kirill
Patriarch Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, has warned of the challenges that the rapid development of artificial intelligence (AI) poses for mankind.
The church leader made the remarks at the‘Culture of the 21st Century: Sovereignty or Globalism?’forum in St. Petersburg on Wednesday.
“If humanity loses religious faith, particularly in the context of the growth of technologies associated with the emergence of artificial intelligence, then we are truly entering the era of the Apocalypse,” the Patriarch said.
The development of humanity is only possible with the growth of faith and moral sense in people, Kirill stated, warning that otherwise there could be terrible consequences given the rise of technologies.
“We are approaching an apocalyptic time, this is what we all need to clearly understand,” he reiterated.“And the only way out of this possible crisis is faith in God, I say it loudly to the whole world. If we renounce faith in God… nothing will work.”
The Patriarch warned that AI could pose a real danger to the existence of humanity if it reaches the level of self-improvement.
He acknowledged that “of course, there are dystopian horror stories, when artificial intelligence takes power over all of humanity,” stressing, however, that “everything that concerns artificial intelligence… is not yet fully understood and realized.”
The head of the Russian Orthodox Church is not alone in his warning about the potential dangers of the rapid development of AI. In June, the head of the Catholic Church, Pope Francis, told a G7 summit in Italy that AI is an “exciting and fearsome tool” that needs strict human oversight.
In 2023, a group of industry leaders, including from OpenAI, Google DeepMind, Anthropic and others, warned that the technology they are developing might one day pose an existential threat to humanity and could be as deadly as pandemics and nuclear weapons.
https://www.rt.com/news/603850-russia-orthodox-church-ai-risks/
11 Sep, 2024 15:48
German military ‘ten years behind’ Russia – report
Bundeswehr air-defense systems and artillery stocks have plummeted due to weapons shipments to Ukraine, a new study has found
Germany is unlikely to be able to stand up to Russia in the event of a potential conflict any time soon, a new report issued by the Kiel Institute for the World Economy (IfW) has said.
Despite promises made by Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s government, the nation’s military procurement system remains “cumbersome” and defense spending is “woefully inadequate,” the paper released on Monday has found.
According to the IfW – one of the nation’s leading economic think tanks – theGerman Armed Forcesor Bundeswehr isstill far below its capacity benchmarks from two decades ago. The number ofcombat aircraftat Germany’s disposalhas halvedand the number ofbattle tanks has fallen from almost 2,400 to just 339.
The figures presented by the institute also showed that the nationhad only 12 air-defense systems.
Back in 2022, Scholz announced a ‘Zeitenwende’ – a historic turning point for Germany – as his coalition government unveiled a plan worth €100 billion to modernize the military. The special modernization fund is set to run dry by 2028, whenGermany expects to meet NATO’s recommendation of spending 2% of GDP on defense.
Berlin has also joined the US and other Western nations in supplying military aid to Kiev amid its conflict with Moscow.
According to IfW president Moritz Schularick, the ‘Zeitenwende’ has “so far proven to be empty rhetoric.” The report slammed Germany’s defense procurement system as extremely slow and expensive.It would take Germany more than a decade on average to get back even to its 2004 level, the report said. In the case of artillery, it would require almost a century, the estimates showed.
For now,Europe’s biggest economy is “barely managing to replace the weapons” it donates to Kiev, the IfW said. The Bundeswehr’s stocks of air-defense systems and howitzers also plummeted as a result of the continued military aid to Ukraine, it added. Earlier this year, Reuters reported that Berlin would cut this aid by half in 2025 to tackle the federal budget deficit.
This situation makes Germany no match for Russia in the event of a potential conflict, the IfW warned. According to the think tank’s estimates,Russia would be able to “produce the equivalent of the Bundeswehr’s entire arsenal in just over half a year.”
Moscow’s forces are also able to expend around 10,000 artillery shells and missiles a day without ever worrying about running out of ammo, the IfW said. If Germany were to maintain a similar rate of fire, it would use up “a year’s worth of its entire ammunition production within 70 days.”
Top German officials have repeatedly raised the prospect of a direct clash between Russia and NATO as a reason for the nation to become “war capable.” In June, Defense Minister Boris Pistorius stated that the nation “must be ready for war by 2029.”
Moscow has repeatedly dismissed these claims. In June,President Vladimir Putin dismissed reports about alleged Russian plans to attack NATO as “nonsense” and “bulls**t.” “Have they gone completely insane?” he asked at the time.
(This is not going to go over well when PDJT is at the WH in 2025, this is retarded. They are not even funding their 2% for NATO, and don’t even have enough weapons to protect themselves, but they are still funding weapons to Ukraine.)
https://www.rt.com/news/603868-germany-russia-outmatched-military-procurement/
11 Sep, 2024 16:20
Elon Musk ‘proposes’ to Taylor Swift
The pop star was offered a child and cat benefits after her endorsement of VP Kamala Harris for US president
Tech mogul Elon Musk has offered to father a child with Taylor Swift and protect her cats, after the songstress announced her endorsement in the US presidential race.
In a post to her 280 million Instagram followers, the 34-year-old pop star backed Democrat Kamala Harris, used a photo of herself holding a cat, and signed it “Childless Cat Lady.”
That appeared to be a dig at a statement by J.D. Vance, Republican candidate Donald Trump’s running mate, who once said the Democrats are run “by a bunch of childless cat ladies.”
“Fine Taylor… you win… I will give you a child and guard your cats with my life,”Musk posted on X on Wednesday.
Musk has fathered at least 12 children with three different women since 2000. One died in infancy and another became transgender, after which the tech billionaire famously vowed to “destroy the woke mind virus.”
He has also openly endorsed Trump and signaled he would take the job of “government efficiency czar” in his administration.
Swift publicly backed Harris after Tuesday evening’s presidential debate with Trump, calling her “a steady-handed, gifted leader” and arguing that the US could achieve more “if we are led by calm and not chaos.” The endorsement did not exactly come as a surprise, since Swift had backed the Joe Biden-Kamala Harris ticket in 2020.
Her catty post on Tuesday resulted in losing followers on social media, suggesting that there might be some substance to rumors about many ‘Swifties’ now favoring Trump.
“Swift’s endorsement of Harris could end up costing her several-hundred-million dollars,” cartoonist and commentator Scott Adams said on Wednesday.He calculated about a 20% cut to her $92 million annual income from losing pro-Trump fans, paying higher taxes if the Democrats win, and facing “insane” unrealized gains taxeson the value of her music catalog, currently estimated at “around $500-600 million”
“But if she agrees to have Elon’s baby, she could break even,” Adams quipped.
https://www.rt.com/pop-culture/603866-elon-musk-taylor-swift-baby-cat/
11 Sep, 2024 11:52
Kremlin responds to whether Putin would ‘eat Trump for lunch’
Moscow would prefer the Russian president’s name be kept out of US domestic politics, spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said
Moscow is unhappy about the use of President Vladimir Putin’s name in US domestic politics, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov has said.
The official was asked on Wednesday about remarks that Democratic nominee Kamala Harris made about the Russian leader during the Tuesday night's debate with Republican candidate Donald Trump. Putin “would eat you for lunch,” Harris told her opponent, as she touted her commitments to NATO and Ukraine.
Peskov responded that while the Russian government had taken note of the references during the debate in Philadelphia, it considered both candidates to be hostile.
”Putin’s name is being used as one of the tools in the American domestic political fight,” he added.“We do not like that at all. We hope that they will leave the name of our president alone.”
Earlier in the day, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova dismissed the American debate as largely irrelevant. She said it reminded her of a wrestling match on the Titanic, the outcome of which would be of no real interest to anyone 15 minutes before the doomed ship collided with an iceberg.
Putin previously said that Kamala Harris was his preferred candidate in the US race because she has “contagious” laughter. This indicates a person in good spirits, who would not be eager to adopt more anti-Russian policies, the president explained. Peskov has declined to clarify whether Putin’s endorsement was meant seriously or tongue-in-cheek, as some commentators have suggested. (The picture RT chose is confirming it’s tongue-in-cheek)
Moscow has repeatedly said that it has no stake in foreign elections, including in the US, and will respect whatever choice voters make.
https://www.rt.com/russia/603846-putin-trump-lunch-peskov/
11 Sep, 2024 12:40
Durov’s case is a blueprint – Paris prosecutor
France launched a probe into Telegram because the platform ignored demands to identify cybercriminals, Laure Beccuau claims
The case against the CEO of Telegram messaging app, Pavel Durov, is “exemplary” with regard to the battle against cybercrime waged by the French authorities, Paris prosecutor Laure Beccuau has said.
Durov was arrested after landing in Paris in late August and charged with multiple offenses ranging from refusal to cooperate with the authorities to administering an online platform allegedly used by organized crime for illegal conduct, such as trafficking and child sexual abuse. The Russian tech entrepreneur, who also has French, UAE, and Saint Kitts and Nevis citizenship, was later released on €5 million ($5.55 million) bail. The 39-year-old billionaire is banned from leaving the country while the case is ongoing.
Asked about the investigation into Durov and Telegram in an interview with RTL Radio on Wednesday, Beccuau said, “this case is exemplary in terms of the actions taken by the cybercrime unit of the Paris Prosecutor’s Office.”
She added that her agency previously had issues with the Coco chat website and Sky ECC encrypted messenger, which were both shut down.
“Organized crime is spreading in a world that we consider to be virtual,” the prosecutor said.
According to the Beccuau, France is reacting to this by amending its legislation and introducing a new criminal offense for administering an online platform that allows illegal transactions – one of the charges Durov faces.
Telegram attracted the attention of the Paris Prosecutor’s Office because its cybercrime unit “contacted the platform several times asking it to identify cybercriminals, especially in the area of child pornography. But the platform did not respond to these requests. It did not react,” she explained.
Beccuau noted that Durov is fulfilling the terms of his bail, which require him to report to the police twice a week.
Last week, Durov issued a lengthy statement on Telegram, insisting that the claims by some media outlets that his platform “is some sort of anarchic paradise are absolutely untrue.”
Telegram takes down “millions of harmful posts and channels every day,” and publishes “daily transparency reports” about actions taken against the dissemination of illegal content, including child abuse and terrorism, he said.
Durov claimed that he has cooperated with French law enforcement in the past and “personally helped them establish a hotline with Telegram to deal with the threat of terrorism in France.” He added that the platform remains open to working with state regulators to establish “the right balance between privacy and security.”
https://www.rt.com/news/603845-kennedy-trump-nuclear-ukraine/
(weird that was the link for the Durov article)
ABC’s Pro-Harris Debate Bias Was So Bad Even MeAgain Had to Call it Out
September 11, 2024
The winner of the ABC presidential debate was President Donald Trump, not because there was anything he needed to say in order to win the debate, but simply because the transparency of the ABC debate bias was too visible to assist Kamala Harris. [SEE HERE]
It is really not worth discussing because no one in America pays attention to corporate media any longer. However, David Muir and Lindsey Davis both spent all their time attacking Donald Trump while running interference operations for Kamala Harris.The insufferable nonsense was so transparent that even Megyn Kelly was angry, albeit accepting her influence and affluence are now tied to being pro-MAGA.
It is a little funny to see MeAgain Kelly calling out the connections between ABC officials and the Harris campaign in this debate, when factually in 2015 Kelly played the role of Lindsey Davis on behalf of Fox News debate director Bill Salmon. In addition to Fox owner Rupert Murdoch trying to support Marco Rubio, Bill Salmon’s daughter Brooke Salmon was the communications director for Marco Rubio’s 2016 campaign.
Rupert Murdoch and Bill Salmon used Megyn Kelly to attack candidate Donald Trump in the August 2015 debate (sexism), and then Murdoch paid her off via a book deal through Harper Collins publishing which he also owns. So, it is a little funny to see Megyn Kelly clutching her pearls at the bias exhibited by David Muir and Lindsey Davis. WATCH:
The ABC debate in Philadelphia will be long forgotten but the bias will remain in memory for a long time.Relax, none of this nonsense changes anything.
I’m still laughing about MeAgain Kelly thinking people don’t remember her doing the exact same thing for Fox News.Actually, Kelly’s hypocritical diatribe against ABC really just highlights how she believes her audience is stupid. Wait… hmmm.. “Megyn Kelly” and “audience,” eh, she’s probably right. Lol
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/09/11/abcs-pro-harris-debate-bias-was-so-bad-even-meagain-had-to-call-it-out/
(I agree with Sundance, I won't forget what she did, the conniving nature never goes away, in this one.)
RFK Jr: “A Trump Victory is the Only Way to Get Me in the White House”
September 10, 2024 | Sundance |
Robert F Kennedy released the following message via his Twitter Account:
Inasmuch as I want to value RFK Jr’s positions on the core issues of freedom vs totalitarianism,I find myself looking at his presentations with great suspicion.
Trust when lost, increases cynicism. Unfortunately, too few people know how to compartmentalize cynicism and simultaneously trust their instincts which support it. [BACKGROUND]
We have been saying for many years that we are in an abusive relationship with government. This battered conservative syndrome truly represents the dynamic at the heart of our current conflict.
When facing our adversaries, division becomes a necessary dynamic to accept. Yet simultaneously, division is the core issue all of freedom’s adversaries’ exploit. It truly is a challenging dynamic to overcome.
Here we stand, looking at a Robert F Kennedy Jr, a Democrat saying the only way for him (and his policies) to enter the White House, is if everyone votes for Donald Trump. I find the framework of this argument very suspicious, in part because I look at how the opposition has played this game for years.
We have suffered greatly in this game of professional Republican maneuvering. Additionally, as we elevate our awakening, the professionals who weaponize patriotism against our interests also raise their influence operations. This leads to a dynamic where our rightly placed distrust is leveraged as another point of division.
In the world of Lee Atwater, Karl Rove and Alex Castellanos,the ploy to snuggle up close to the adversary then later release their Brutus operation has been repeated often. Yet if we do not open ourselves to this tenuous vulnerability, we also run a risk.
I know I am not alone in feeling trepidation.Every move made by the collective Ron DeSantis, RFK Jr and Elon Musk group carries a potential dual scenario, one good and one bad: each possibility dependent on the intention of the crew behind them.
It was exactly this same type of scenario that led to the Bill Barr 50/50 conversations. Those debates took place on these very pages as well as within hundreds of conversations I had in 2019 and 2020.
Each move and expression by Attorney General Bill Barr could be looked upon favorably or unfavorably depending on the prism used to review it.
After years of ‘battered conservative’ experience, I refused to grant Barr any benefit of doubt. We all saw how that turned out. The Bill Barr/DC cynics were correct. AG Barr was the institutional insurance policy for the DOJ and FBI to remain unscathed by the presence of President Trump.
JFK Jr feels like a replay of that debate. On one hand Kennedy holds the potential to be a great benefit. On the other hand, he is well positioned to hold the sheath of Brutus beneath his cloak…. Potentially triggering when Judge Merchan in New York acts against president-elect Trump.
Being MAGA in 2024 feels like a cat walking past a group of Haitians. It’s exhausting.
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/09/10/rfk-jr-a-trump-victory-is-the-only-way-to-get-me-in-the-white-house/
(I agree, we've trusted and got shafted, especially with those that were sent in as a savior, to save the Trump Presidency)
Eyes Wide Open
September 10, 2024 | Sundance
CTH has long said the biggest battle would be the ugliest. Indeed, having spent decades following GOP politics we know exactly what the professional republicans are capable of doing.
The Democrats are wicked, conniving and horrible; the Republicans are devious, cunning and deceitful. Both wings of the UniParty are evil, but Democrats attack you straight on, while Republicans whisper in your ear to make you kill yourself.
It’s that last part about how Republicans operate with hatred, that should make every person pause each time they hear a new element announced.
Pause and ask, “how can the GOP use this information to hurt me,” because I guarantee that is what they will do every time.
There is no scenario where the professional republican apparatus will accept Donald Trump and us MAGA supporters. Failing to remember this is akin to trusting a republican never-trumper.
As you remind yourself that Judge Merchan has announced his waiting until after the November election before the sentencing of “guilty” Donald Trump, the very tribal group that consists of Ron DeSantis and RFK Jr supporters, donors, etc., are positioning for the consequence.
The National Pulse – A Super PAC supporting President Trump’s election efforts,funded by billionaire Elon Musk, has hired a swathe of former DeSantis for president activists, including the chiefs of the Florida Governor’s disastrously run political action committee ‘Never Back Down.’
The details, which were quietly reported on by the New York Times in July, have been further teased out by Puck News this week, with author Tara Palmeri noting:
“…it baffled many inside the Trump campaign when Chris LaCivita blessed the mid-July shake-up at Musk’s America PAC. DeSantis’s former campaign manager Generra Peck and former senior advisor Phil Cox subsequently fired all the existing vendors, including canvassers, and dismantled the existing ground operation, only to bring in their own people just a month and a half before early voting is set to begin.”
Trump was reportedly furious with the move to hire a cadre of DeSantis backers, especially given the Trump campaign’s early pledge that none of those people would ever get jobs with Trump or his administration. Now, it seems, they’ve hired almost all their top associates, with the ‘P2‘ firm run by Cox and Peck being used as a primary group for the Musk-backed America PAC. (read more)
Do not, for a single minute, trust the professional republican people.(Paul Dans is right about Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles, see below)
None of them.
Ever.
Professional Republicans are far more dangerous than professional Democrats.
Professional Democrats want power and control over people. Professional Republicans want money. The love of money is at the root of Republican evil.
Donors support Democrats based on ideology, power and control.
Republicans support Donors based on a never-ending thirst for money.
Which one is more dangerous?
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/09/10/eyes-wide-open/
If you haven't read this, it's worthwhile to understand the intrigue and deception around Trump
>>21571088, >>21571111 Former Project 2025 Leader Accuses Trump Campaign Advisers of ‘Malpractice. Paul DansPN
U.S. Secret Service “Protective Operations Asst Director” Asked to Resign Over Butler Assassination Attempt
September 10, 2024 | Sundance |
According to Fox News the acting Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe has asked protective operations Asst Director Michael Plati to resign his position. *see note below.
Hopefully this is not just another example of creating the illusion of accountability. However, prior precedent indicates nothing dissimilar. Was Michael Plati the ultimate decisionmaker on all of the facets that led to such a botched protective detail? Not likely.
(VIA Fox News) – A high-ranking leader within the Secret Service has been asked to retire following the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump in Butler, Pennsylvania, Fox News Digital has learned.
Michael Plati, office of protective operations assistant director, has been asked to retire and is ending his tenure with the service in the coming days.
Plati was asked to step down by senior leadership, including Acting Director Ronald Rowe.
Fox News Digital has reached out to the United States Secret Service for comment and is awaiting its response. The USSS is preparing to brief Congress in the coming days about lessons learned from the July 13th attempt on Trump’s life. (read more)
While the media, and for their self-interested purposes – the U.S. intelligence apparatchiks, are so quick to push the “mistakes were made” narrative surrounding the assassination attempt, a great number of Americans are not going to just accept this nonsensical reply.
Consider if this failed assassination attempt was on someone not named Donald Trump:
[Son of Liberty] – “The biggest ‘tell’ is how the media tried to deny there was an assassination attempt and then try to say it was staged by Trump for sympathy vote. Think of what the response would have been if it was Barry Sotero this happened to – the media would have likely called for martial law. When the day of reckoning arrives, the media need to be front and center – every single one of the liars.”
https://theconservativetreehouse.com/blog/2024/09/10/u-s-secret-service-protective-operations-asst-director-asked-to-resign-over-butler-assassination-attempt/
(*Bongino has said many times that Ronald Rowe was responsible for all the SS assistance, including more guys, guns, protection etc. for Donald J. Trump since 2021. ie: missing SS texts. He denied additional staff since the beginning of 2021, him blaming another is ludicrous and he must be revealed. He set the danger up for almost to 3-1/2 years. This will not end well for Rowe)