Steve Thomas

Russia State-Owned News Site Tass Hacked With ‘Putin Makes Us Lie’ Message ‘STOP THIS MADNESS’ by Jamie Ross Feb. 28, 2022 https://www.thedailybeast.com/tass-site-hacked-with-putin-makes-us-lie-message?ref=home?ref=home “People logging on to Russian state-owned news agency Tass to get the Kremlin’s version of events in Ukraine got a shock early Monday. Instead of the latest lines from the Kremlin, the site showed an anti-war message that condemned President Vladimir Putin for forcing Russian journalists to lie. “Dear citizens. We urge you to stop this madness, do not send your sons and husbands to certain death. Putin makes us lie and puts us in danger,” the hacked site read. “In a few years we will live like in North Korea. What is it for us? To put Putin in the textbooks? This is not our war, let’s stop it!” It’s not clear who changed the site, but an Anonymous logo followed the message and it ended with the sign-off: “This message will be deleted, and some of us will be fired or even jailed. But we can’t take it anymore... Indifferent journalists of Russia.” After the hack was noticed on social media, the Tass website became unavailable." Steve Thomas

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/business/exxon-bp-shell-russia-oil/index.html New York CNN Business — “BP (BP) is cutting ties with Rosneft in response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. The British company said in a statement Sunday that it would exit its 19.75% stake in the Russian state oil giant, describing Moscow’s decision to attack its neighbor as “an act of aggression which is having tragic consequences across the region.” BP CEO Bernard Looney and former CEO Bob Dudley will also stand down with immediate effect from Rosneft’s board, where they had served alongside Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin, a close ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin. BP, which had called itself “one of the biggest foreign investors in Russia,” said the changes would lead to the company taking a “material” charge in its first quarter earnings. Its operating profit in 2025 would be about $2 billion lower than forecast as a result of the accounting changes, it added. How Exxon, BP and Shell help Russia pump oil and gas BP chair Helge Lund said that the company had operated in Russia for over 30 years and worked with “brilliant” colleagues there. “However, this military action represents a fundamental change,” Lund said in a statement. “It has led the BP board to conclude, after a thorough process, that our involvement with Rosneft, a state-owned enterprise, simply cannot continue.”” Steve Thomas

Russian ship asks to refuel. Georgian oil tanker says, "Russian ship, go f*** yourself! You have oars, row!" Steve Thomas

Putin orders nuclear deterrent forces on alert https://www.axios.com/putin-nuclear-forces-9d1a2823-9512-4ab3-89f2-118ee37e0970.html “Russian President Vladimir Putin said in a televised statement on Sunday that he was ordering Russia's nuclear deterrent forces on alert, as he continues his unprovoked invasion of Ukraine. Driving the news: Speaking alongside his defense minister and military chief of staff, Putin said recent sanctions and "aggressive statements" from NATO countries had led him to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a “special regime of combat duty." This is the second time Putin has alluded to Russia's nuclear arsenal while effectively warning the West to back off. In a statement at the onset of the invasion, Putin said anyone who tried to "hinder us" would face "such consequences that you have never encountered in your history."” Steve Thomas

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10553723/Putin-turns-attention-Finland-Sweden-Kremlin-official-warns-nations.html "Russia has threatened its close Arctic neighbours Sweden and Finland with 'military consequences' if they join NATO. It came as Russia's invasion of Ukraine intensified today after a night of fighting in the capital of Kyiv especially. Sweden and Finland are the two closest countries to Russia in the Arctic Circle. 'Finland and Sweden should not base their security on damaging the security of other countries and their accession to NATO can have detrimental consequences and face some military and political consequences,' foreign affairs spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said during a news briefing. " Sweden? Putin is threatening ABBA? Now that's going too far! I'm putting my foot down on that one. Murderous thug. Steve Thomas

Trump took documents too highly classified to describe back home with him to Mar-A-Lago: report byTravis Gettys February 25, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-2656793264/ “The House Oversight Committee wants additional information about the classified records Donald Trump took home with him from the White House. Rep. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-NY), the committee's chairwoman, asked the National Archives and Records Administration for a detailed description of the contents of 15 boxes recovered from Trump's Mar-A-Lago resort -- some of which are so top-secret they couldn't even be described without compromising their security, reported the Washington Post. “'There are records that only a very few have clearances' to review, one of the people [familiar with the matter' told The Post. "The documents are so sensitive that they may not be able to describe them in an unclassified way, and therefore, such documents might be described broadly in a classified addendum to the inventory, according to the two people." The Archives confirmed to the newspaper that classified materials were in those boxes and that torn-up records had been transferred to their custody but had not been reconstructed by the Trump White House.” Steve Thomas

I had been thinking about various pieces of what I call fraudulent, or flimsy pieces of evidence against Lee Harvey Oswald. These are pieces that turn up later than they should have, e.g. the Walker Note and the the DeMohrenschildt photograph. Ironically, they seem to have been in the possession of Marina Oswald at one time or another. High on my list is the note allegedly left by Lee on the night of April 10, 1963. I was trying to nail down exactly where it had been found, but in reading through it, there were a couple of things that caught my eye. 295 thoughts on “April 10, 1963: Oswald tries to shoot General. Walker” Dr. Diane E. Cheney June 26, 2019 at 2:09 pm https://jfkfacts.org/april-10-1963-oswald-tries-to-shoot-gen-walker/ Here is the letter Oswald left for his wife on Apriil 10, 1963: 1. This is the key to the mailbox which is located in the main post office in the city on Ervay Street. This is the same street where the drugstore, in which you always waited is located. You will find the mailbox in the post office which is located 4 blocks from the drugstore on that street. I paid for the box last month so don’t worry about it. 2. Send the information as to what happened to me to the Embassy and include newspaper clippings (should there be anything about me in the newspapers). I believe that the Embassy will come quickly to your assistance on learning everything. 3. I paid the house rent on the 2d so don’t worry about it. 4. Recently I also paid for water and gas. 5. The money from work will possibly be coming. The money will be sent to our post office box. Go to the bank and cash the check. 6. You can either throw out or give my clothing, etc. away. Do not keep these. However, I prefer that you hold on to my personal papers (military, civil, etc.) 7. Certain of my documents are in the small valise. 8. The address book can be found on my table in the study should need same. 9. We have friends here. The Red Cross also will help you [Red Cross in English] 10. I left you as much money as I could, $60 on the second of the month. You and the baby [apparently] can live for another 2 months using $10 per week. 11. If I am alive and taken prisoner, the city jail is located at the end of the bridge through which we always passed on going to the city (right in the beginning of the city after crossing the bridge). 1. Drugstore? What drugstore? I don’t ever remember Marina talking about a drugstore in downtown Dallas where she frequently waited for Lee. 2. Lee says his paycheck would be mailed, and mailed to “our” post office box. Further evidence to me that Marina was receiving mail at P.O. 2915. 3. Would Marina have been able to cash a check made out to Lee if it hadn’t been endorsed by him? 4. City Hall, and the City jail were not located at the foot of a bridge at the beginning of the City. The County jail would have been close, but City Hall was located about 5 blocks inland. Did Lee have his jails mixed up? Was there a drugstore located near either one of them? Steve Thomas

In 2018, Donald Trump stood on a stage in Helsinki and defended Vladimir Putin against his own American intelligence agencies. In 2022, number 3 Republican ranking member of the U.S. House of Representatives, Elise Stefanik, stood on a stage and said, "After just one year of a weak, feckless, and unfit President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief, the world is less safe. Rather than peace through strength, we are witnessing Joe Biden’s foreign policy of war through weakness," Stefanik alleged. "For the past year, our adversaries around the world have been assessing and measuring Joe Biden’s leadership on the world stage, and he has abysmally failed on every metric." Steve Thomas

My life is over. Hot Lips has died. https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/24/entertainment/sally-kellerman-oscar-nominated-mash-star-death/index.html Steve Thomas

Kirk, I watched a little from the British House of Commons last night. Those guys are pissed. They've been down this road before with Hitler. Steve Thomas

https://www.rawstory.com/russia-sanctions-2656787558/ On Thursday, amid new announcements of sanctions on the Russian economy by the United States and NATO in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine, Dimitry Rogozin, the chief of the Russian space corporation Roscosmos, made an eyebrow-raising threat: that if the sanctions continue, Russia could stop maintaining the orbit of the International Space Station and allow it to crash into the United States. "If you block cooperation with us, who will save the ISS from an uncontrolled deorbit and fall into the United States or Europe?" tweeted Rogozin in Russian. "There is also the option of dropping a 500-ton structure on India or China. Do you want to threaten them with such a prospect? The ISS does not fly over Russia, so all the risks are yours. Are you ready for them?" Steve Thomas

Yet another Republican running for Congress vowing to do "whatever it takes." https://twitter.com/patriottakes/status/1496915193623826444?ref_src=twsrc^tfw Steve Thomas

Two headlines on the same day: Trump shows off his ignorance as Russia invades Ukraine: columnist “Well, I think the whole thing, again, would have never happened," Trump claimed. "It shouldn’t happen. And it’s a very sad thing. But you know what is also very dangerous is, you told me about the amphibious attack by Americans, because you and everyone else shouldn’t know about it. They should do that secretly, not being doing that through the great Laura Ingraham. They should be doing that secretly. Nobody should know that, Laura.” Truck convoy leader 'has no idea where he is' and is 'driving in circles' around I-495 Sounds about right. Steve Thomas

I'm so confused. The right wing attacks "woke" liberals as being communists and socialists and say that's a bad thing. Then they support a communist dictator who invades an independent country with a democratically elected government freely chosen by the people and say that's a good thing. I'm so confused. Steve Thomas

On 2/22/22, Joe Biden announced sanctions against Russia's VEB Bank. That's really going to hurt Donald Trump. Now where's he going to get his money? Sanctions, spies, and oligarchs: Putin’s pet bank and its meeting with Jared Kushner By Max de Haldevang Geopolitics reporter March 27, 2017 https://qz.com/942624/sanctioned-veb-bank-handles-putins-pet-projects-has-close-ties-to-russias-security-services-and-met-with-trumps-son-in-law/ Steve Thomas

U.S. Supreme Court formally ends Trump's fight over Capitol attack records By Lawrence Hurley https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/us-supreme-court-formally-ends-trumps-fight-over-capitol-attack-records-2022-02-22/ “WASHINGTON, Feb 22 (Reuters) - The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday brought a formal end to former President Donald Trump's request to block the release of White House records sought by the Democratic-led congressional panel investigating last year's deadly attack on the Capitol by a mob of his supporters. The court's decision to formally reject Trump's appeal follows its Jan. 19 order that led to the documents being handed over to the House of Representatives investigative committee by the federal agency that stores government and historical records. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on Dec. 9 upheld a lower court ruling that Trump had no basis to challenge President Joe Biden's decision to allow the records to be handed over to the House of Representatives select committee. Trump then appealed to the Supreme Court.” “Trump and his allies have waged an ongoing legal battle with the House select committee seeking to block access to documents and witnesses. Trump has sought to invoke a legal principle known as executive privilege, which protects the confidentially of some internal White House communications, a stance rejected by lower courts.” This is going to open up a lot of things. People like Giuliani and Meadows and Bannon have refused to obey Congress’s subpoenas based on Trumps claims of Executive Privilege. I think the flood gates will finally open. Steve Thomas

Ukraine/Russia Don't forget the Cossacks. You cross the Dnieper River at your peril. Eastern Europe tends to swallow armies. Steve Thomas

Pat, Whenever I see Putin, I think of Peter the Great. Steve Thomas

- Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina - “"I think everybody wants to be on President Trump's bandwagon," Scott replied. "One of the things that I've said to the president is that he gets to decide the future of our party and our country because he is still the loudest voice."” https://www.rawstory.com/tim-scott-2024-vice-president/ Donald Trump gets to decide the future of our country because he has the loudest voice? Sure sounds like good qualifications to me. Steve Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.dcd.227536/gov.uscourts.dcd.227536.66.0_6.pdf These cases concern who, if anyone, should be held civilly liable for the events of January 6th. The plaintiffs in these cases are eleven members of the House of Representatives in their personal capacities and two Capitol Police officers, James Blassingame and Sidney Hemby (“Blassingame Plaintiffs”). Taken together, they have named as defendants: President Trump; the President’s son, Donald J. Trump Jr.; the President’s counsel, Rudolph W. Giuliani; Representative Mo Brooks; and various organized militia groups—the Proud Boys, Oath Keepers, and Warboys— as well as the leader of the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio. Plaintiffs’ common and primary claim is that Defendants violated 42 U.S.C. § 1985(1), a provision of a Reconstruction-Era statute known as the Ku Klux Klan Act of 1871. The Act was aimed at eliminating extralegal violence committed by white supremacist and vigilante groups like the Ku Klux Klan and protecting the civil rights of freedmen and freedwomen secured by the Fourteenth Amendment. Section 1985(1) is not, however, strictly speaking a civil rights provision; rather, it safeguards federal officials and employees against conspiratorial acts directed at preventing them from performing their duties. All Defendants have appeared except the Proud Boys and Warboys. Defendants have moved to dismiss all claims against them. After a full deliberation over the parties’ positions and the record, the court rules as follows: (1) President Trump’s motion to dismiss is denied as to Plaintiffs’ § 1985(1) claim and certain District of Columbia–law claims and granted as to Swalwell’s § 1986 claim and certain District of Columbia–law claims; (2) Trump Jr.’s motion to dismiss is granted; (3) Giuliani’s motion to dismiss is granted; (4) the Oath Keepers’ motion to dismiss is denied; and (5) Tarrio’s motion to dismiss is denied. Separately, Brooks has moved to substitute the United States as the proper party under the Westfall Act. The court declines to rule on that motion and instead invites Brooks to file a motion to dismiss, which the court will grant for the same reasons it has granted Trump Jr.’s and Giuliani’s motions Dated: February 18, 2022 Amit P. Mehta United States District Court Judge Steve Thomas

Oh goody. Let's all move to Georgia. Steve Thomas

- Tucker Carlson - February 16, 2022 “For a well-adjusted normal person, unwanted election outcomes are part of life. Voters don’t always do what you want them to do. It is frustrating, but that’s how it works,” Carlson said Wednesday. “In fact, when voters reject you, you get a chance to assess your own behavior. Chances are there is a reason that people didn’t want you in power and you now have time to think about what that reason might be. “That is a healthy process. So when you lose, it is hardly proof that the system is broken. In fact, it’s usually evidence that things are working exactly as intended.” Steve Thomas

Rudy Giuliani Reveals Location Of Secret 'Evidence' Stash And... Um... Wow. By Ed Mazza 02/16/2022 https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rudy-giuliani-bedroom-evidence_n_620c9e79e4b01251308430bd "Rudy Giuliani, the former New York mayor and attorney for Donald Trump, declared on Tuesday night that he has a stash of secret evidence against former secretary of state Hillary Clinton. And it’s in his bedroom. In an interview on the right-wing Newsmax network, Giuliani said he possessed about 1,000 pieces of evidence that no one has seen yet. “I happen to have it in my bedroom, or my den, actually,” he declared. “I’ve had it there for years.”” Please raise your hand if you would like to be the one to volunteer to search Rudy Giuliani's bedroom for evidence that he has had stashed there for years. ewwww... (Does this have anything to with the Lecherous paws of Beezebub? I forget.) Steve Thomas

Trump supporters invoke Beelzebub to argue against Michigan GOP's plan to count ballots: report by Bob Brigham February 15, 2022 https://www.rawstory.com/trump-michigan-gop-endorsement-convention/ “"Conspiracy theories peddled by some Michigan Republicans and allies of former President Donald Trump about voting machines in 2020 have come home to roost," the Detroit Free Press reported Tuesday. "For years, the party has used voting tabulators to count the ballots at its conventions. GOP leaders advocated for the continued use of tabulating machines. But Republicans who champion debunked theories about voting machines — fantastical claims of vote switching, counting half of a vote or hacked tabulators — want the ballots counted by hand this time. The party is compromising: they’ll use tabulators, but a newly created 27-person audit committee will review the results by hand immediately after the machine count." One group opposed to the plan invoked Satan. "Pure Integrity for Michigan Elections — one of many groups pushing for a so-called "forensic audit" of the 2020 election — has blasted the GOP plan. 'Grassroots groups would sooner stare into the glowering, red eyes of Beelzebub than to allow a Dominion, ESS, or Hart tabulator to run its lecherous paws over their sacred ballots,' reads a recent email from the group, referring to companies that manufacture ballot tabulators targeted by Republican election conspiracies," the newspaper reported.” Lecherous paws of Beezebub? Oh, dear God. Steve Thomas

https://www.newsweek.com/latinos-trump-head-says-god-will-deal-pastors-not-backing-her-1679109 Bianca Gracia, a candidate for a Texas Senate seat, recently warned pastors that if they don't vote for her, they'll be held accountable by God because he "appointed" her for the State Senate position. On Wednesday, Gracia told Christopher McDonald, host of The McFiles, that she told "some pastors" during a recent conversation that she'll only win if the "church shows up." If Christians don't rally around her, she said she told the pastors that they'll be held "accountable" because God "appointed and assigned" her the position. Qualifications? Who needs qualifications when you've got that going for you? PS: Please send me all your money to PO Box... I was assigned, don't you know. Steve Thomas