March 2, 2024

Remember back in the day, DU'ers used to make jokes about "Agent Mike"

Agent Mike was the cute nickname for the omnipresent deep state eye watching over DU... kind of a "Patriot Act" sorta joke...

When did people stop making Agent Mike jokes?

February 22, 2024

Founder of violent OC white supremacist group ordered freed after judge claims bias against far-right

(Shrub Judge with a bit of a history)

https://www.ocregister.com/2024/02/21/founder-of-violent-oc-white-supremacist-group-free-after-judge-claims-bias-against-far-right/
https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2024-02-21/judge-again-dismisses-charges-against-members-of-california-white-nationalist-group

Federal prosecutors who opted not to pursue charges against “Antifa” members cannot prosecute a Huntington Beach man accused of helping establish a Southern California-based militant, white supremacist group whose members attacked rivals at Southern California political rallies, a judge ruled Wednesday.

Criminal charges against Robert Paul Rundo for allegedly recruiting and training others to commit violence at rallies in Huntington Beach, San Bernardino and Berkeley were dismissed by U.S. District Judge Cormac J. Carney, who accused the U.S. Attorney’s Office of selective prosecution for pursuing suspected “far-right, white supremacist nationalists” but not “Antifa and other extremist, far-left groups.”

Previous efforts by the same judge to throw out the same charges for different reasons have been overruled by appellate judges. Judge Carney also came under scrutiny several years ago over a “racially insensitive” comment that led to his stepping down as chief judge of the federal Central District Court of California.

February 21, 2024

Making it out alive. - Kiev Independent

Exciting and harrowing read.

https://kyivindependent.com/avdiivka-defenders-forced-to-leave-wounded-behind-escape-encirclement-by-foot/

Though outnumbered and outgunned, the Ukrainians fiercely held on to Avdiivka against what many soldiers described as the largest-ever frontal assault with columns of armored vehicles they’ve seen from Russia thus far.

Using the familiar tactics they applied during the Battle for Bakhmut, another Donetsk Oblast city that fell to Moscow in May 2023, the Russians ground forward on Avdiivka’s outskirts despite the heavy losses to slowly encircle Ukrainian troops inside.

The withdrawal from Avdiivka was late and disorganized, forcing many soldiers to make their escape by foot, under heavy shelling, four servicemen with Ukraine’s 110th Separate Mechanized Brigade, a large unit that manned the defense of Avdiivka and its outskirts, told the Kyiv Independent.

February 17, 2024

Trump SPAC Merger Nears--Would Take Company Public--As Stock Up 200% This Year

I think back to the DU'er (L**V) who told me... "It'll never close"

Digital World Acquisition Corp., the publicly traded blank-check company, and Trump Media & Technology Group, the parent firm of Trump’s social media platform Truth Social, said late Tuesday they intend to announce the date by the end of this week of a Digital World shareholder vote on a merger which would result in Trump Media’s direct listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange.

The vote is a notable step forward for the much-maligned proposed merger first announced in 2021, marred by issues such as a shift in funding, accounting errors and the arrest of a former Digital World board member.

Shares of Digital World shot up about 25% to as high as $56 in morning trading, heading toward their highest closing price since April 2022.

After merger, Trump will own over 50% of the shares of the new company...

The market cap today is... 1.8 Billion Dollars.

Looks like EJC and NYS gonna get PAID!!

February 17, 2024

To avoid being encircled and wiped out... Ukraine withdrawing from stronghold of Avdiivka.

It's a smart move, they waited too long to get out of Bakhmut.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1758644944154038293

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1758638627545063926

February 16, 2024

I expect Trump to liquidate NY assets and never cross State lines again...

We'll see how much his Trump Tower penthouse and the retail area are worth...

February 16, 2024

Kanye new album... is my musical taste just really bad?

I'm from the 80's... we were into everything from Run DMC to Beastie Boys to Sex Pistols to Slayer, Metallica, Duran Duran and DEVO...

I like Tupac, Snoop, 50 Cent... I like Beyonce, I can kinda listen to Usher...

Love me some Pitbull...

But I just don't "get" Kanye.

I listened to his brand new album, Vultures... and a few years ago I tried out his latest album...

I just don't hear music...

February 16, 2024

Minors... two teenage kids were the KC Chiefs Parade shooters... where are we going wrong?

Yes, I know... "it's the guns"

BUT.

What kind of kids are running around with stolen guns... shooting at each other?? Gangs...

Kansas City has issues...

2023 set an ALL TIME HIGH for murders.

More than 10% of homicide victims are under 18

What is society doing wrong?

If you can arrest the school shooter parents... arrest these "parents"

February 13, 2024

More critical than artillery shells, small arms ammo, AA and AT gear... Ukraine is running out of SOLDIERS.

https://twitter.com/RALee85/status/1756791228627083564

February 8, 2024

Anyone surprised by the SCOTUS hearings consumed too much "catnip"

"Catnip" is the phrase for news stories created for and directed to a specific audience to provide pleasure to the reader, watcher or listener... so they can roll around in the aroma and feel good.

Don't forget, ALL media, digital, TV, social... all is trying to make a dollar off of you.

Your favorite attorney or former federal prosecutor or former Congressman on TV? Content creators hired by the media to make palatable stories to make the corporation money.

Content creators. No different than the guy on Youtube who buys new iphones and comes up with creative ways to destroy them for clicks... to generate ad revenue.

Colorado is going down 9-0, IMHO. I said so months ago despite what the content creators we saying.