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Putin’s Ceasefire Terms

Vladimir Putin provides Russia’s requirements for a ceasefire.

  • Ukrainian troops must be completely withdrawn from the Donetsk and Lunhansk People’s Republics, the Kherson and Zaporizhia regions. This means the administrative borders that existed at the time of their entry into Ukraine.
  • Official notice of Ukraine’s abandonment of plans to join NATO.

At first, that struck me as remarkably easy terms, but then, this is just for a ceasefire, they are not the final Russian demands for a lasting peace settlement. And they make sense from the Russian perspective, because even if Ukraine uses the ceasefire to rearm, refit, and repurpose its defenses, Russia will have acquired control over the remaining territory in the four Novyrussian republics without have to fight for it.

And if Ukraine won’t concede that territory voluntarily in return for a ceasefire, there is no point in negotiations anyhow.

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It’s Not Paranoia

When they’re actually out to get you. InfoWars reporter Jamie White was murdered on Sunday night:

A reporter for conspiracy theorist Alex Jones’ InfoWars was brutally murdered outside his south Austin apartment late on Sunday night. Jamie White was found mortally wounded outside his home on Douglas Street around midnight in a slaying that Jones blamed on Travis County District Attorney Jose Garza.

Officers from Austin Police Department responded to 911 calls reporting a man with ‘obvious signs of trauma.’ White was rushed to a nearby hospital where he later died from his injuries.

Police have called the incident a homicide but have not identified any suspects. The slaying had been investigated as a shooting/stabbing but authorities have not released additional information.

He wasn’t reporting on Hilary Clinton, but Victoria Nuland, primarily known for being the architect of the coup in Ukraine that brought the current regime to power and eventually led to the current war. It does tend to look suspiciously targeted; it’s probably a good sign to make sure your carry permit is up-to-date.

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The Return of the OG Trucker

I’m pleased to confirm that I’ve still got the skillz. Not just with regards to soccer, where I managed to score three goals in our first practice of the spring season last week, but as concerns my alternate career as a long-distance truck driver.

Spacebunny somehow managed to conjure up this huge 4-meter-long oak table that seats 16 people, the caveat being that we had to pick it up right away. As in today. Which, of course, required the use of a proper truck to transport the massive beast. Fortunately, being a truck driver, I have copious contacts in the field and was able to quickly arrange for one. We managed to assemble sufficient people in the appropriate locations at the appropriate times for loading and unloading, and the entire operation was completed in just over four hours despite the fact that it was necessary to triple my anticipated mileage allotment in the process.

But that wasn’t a problem. Because driving as far as is necessary to get the job done is just what we OG truckers do when the situation requires it. Now, if you’ll excuse me, I feel as if I should go and crack open a cold one.

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Leaving NATO

I don’t usually post rumors, but as we know, /pol/ is always right.

ALERT: Unconfirmed reports that President Trump will announce that the US is leaving NATO in his joint address to US Congress tomorrow.

This would be absolutely fantastic news. I hope he’ll announce the planned withdrawal of all US troops and nuclear missiles as well.

We’ll find out tonight. He’s already the greatest US President of my lifetime. And it looks like he’s going to give Andrew Jackson a very serious run for his money over the rest of his 3,500-year term.

UPDATE: Or maybe not. Could just be more Clown World nonsense.

President Donald Trump’s administration and Ukraine plan to sign the much-debated minerals deal following his disastrous Oval Office meeting with Volodymyr Zelensky. It comes after Trump turned the screws on the U.S. ally by pausing U.S. military aid to Ukraine. Trump has told his advisers that he wants to announce the agreement in his address to Congress Tuesday evening, according to three sources.

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You Don’t Have the Cards

The God-Emperor 2.0 and his Vice-President chew out Vladimir Zelensky right in front of the cameras. Incredible.

Yes it’s going to be a very hard thing to do business like this. Just say thanks. You said a lot of things except that, there are disagreements, and let’s go litigate those disagreements rather than trying to fight it out in the American Media when you’re wrong. We know that you’re wrong, but you see, I think it’s
good for the American people to see what’s going on. Understand? I think it’s very important, that’s why I kept this going so long. You have to be thankful. You don’t have the cards. You’re buried there. Your people are dying, you’re running low on soldiers, listen, you’re running low on soldiers. It would be a damn good thing, and then you tell us ‘I don’t want to ceasefire, I don’t want a ceasefire.’

I don’t know if you can make a deal. The problem is I’ve empowered you to be a tough guy and I don’t think you’d be a tough guy without the United States. Your people are very brave, but you’re either going to make a deal or we’re out. And if we’re out, you’ll fight it out. I don’t think it’s going to be pretty, but you’ll fight it out and you don’t have the cards.

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Fireball in Philadelphia

Although there was some concern that it might be a missile at first, it appears that a Learjet hit the ground at high speed in Philadelphia

A plane carrying two people has crashed in a residential area of Philadelphia causing chaotic scenes on the ground. The Learjet 55 aircraft departed the Northeast Philadelphia Airport on Friday ecening and been travelling to Springfield-Branson National Airport in Missouri before it lost control shortly after takeoff. The jet was caught on doorbell footage hurtling to the ground before exploding in a large fireball after less than a minute in the air.

The Federal Aviation Administration has confirmed that there were two people onboard the jet. It is unclear if they managed to eject or were able to escape. Police sources told CBS that there were several injuries being reported to them on the ground. It is not yet known whether there have been any fatalities.

Conspiracy Theory: Presidential Model

The recent crash of a military helicopter into American Airlines flight 5342 is sparking a lot of doubts about the idea that it was simply a tragic air accident:

Wild conspiracy theorists are pushing unsubstantiated claims that the deadly crash that saw a Army Black Hawk helicopter collide with a passenger jet was deliberate. American Airlines Flight 5342 was approaching Washington’s Reagan National Airport around 9pm Wednesday when the military chopper and plane collided in mid-air, before both falling into the Potomac River. The airplane held four crew members and 60 passengers, and the helicopter carrying three soldiers on a ‘training flight’.

Officials have not said how many people died in the accident but the bodies of 30 people reported to have been recovered so far. Authorities have suggested that there may be no survivors.

The Army and Defense Department has launched an investigation into the crash as many question how a plane with modern collision-avoidance technology and nearby traffic controllers could collide with a military aircraft over the nation’s capital. Conspiracy theorists have rushed to social media to place uncorroborated blame on the US government, suggesting the collision must have been intentional because ‘military helicopters don’t fly into planes’. Some allege the helicopter appeared to ‘chase’ the Bombadier plane as it approached for landing, comparing the scene to a ‘1970s-style assassination’.

Among those “wild conspiracy theorists” is the Commander in Chief of the US Armed Forces, the 47th President of the United States.

The airplane was on a perfect and routine line of approach to the airport. The helicopter was going straight at the airplane for an extended period of time. It is a CLEAR NIGHT, the lights on the plane were blazing, why didn’t the helicopter go up or down, or turn. Why didn’t the control tower tell the helicopter what to do instead of asking if they saw the plane. This is a bad situation that looks like it should have been prevented. NOT GOOD!!!

Fortunately, with President Trump in charge, there is at least a chance that the investigation into the crash will be a legitimate one. And the vital question may not be who was on the plane, but rather, who was on the helicopter.

The Blackhawk apparently did NOT have its transponder on, and was designated as a “PAT” (Priority Air Transport) which means that there was a very high ranking Military Official on board the helicopter.

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Gomorrah Burns

The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection listed five major active wildfires spread around the Los Angeles area as of Wednesday night.

  • The Palisades Fire began in the Pacific Palisades area of the city on Tuesday. It has so far burned 17,234 acres and is at 0% containment. More than 1,000 structures have been damaged or destroyed.
  • The Eaton Fire north of Pasedna began on Tuesday. It expanded to 10,600 acres and is at 0% containment. Up to 500 structures have been damaged or destroyed.
  • The Hurst Fire in Sylmar, northwest of San Fernando, began on Tuesday and has burned 855 acres. It is at 10% containment.
  • The Lidia Fire erupted on Wednesday on the northwest edge of the Angeles National Forest. It has grown to 348 acres and is at 40% containment.
  • The Sunset Fire broke out above West Hollywood on Wednesday. It is at 43 acres and 0% containment.

I wonder if the Democrats will finally be inclined to consider redirecting some of that massive Federal aid money being shoveled into Ukraine toward disaster areas in the USA now that the second capitol of their party is being literally burned to the ground. They certainly didn’t seem very inclined to help the people in Tennessee.

But LA residents have nothing to fear from the flames. Chief Crowley’s on the job! Talk about a portentous name…

UPDATE: In April 2024, State Farm—one of the biggest private insurers in the state—announced that it had canceled a total of 72,000 policies in California, 30,000 of which were homes. Many of those affected lived in high-risk, upscale neighborhoods in Los Angeles County, the area now affected by the Palisades fire. The move was justified by State Farm as an attempt to reduce the company’s overall exposure after two years of devastating wildfires in 2017 and 2018, and huge losses for the insurance industry in California. In Pacific Palisades, about 1,600 insured homes lost coverage following State Farm’s decision, as reported by ABC 7.

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Burn Hollywood Burn

Chuck D truly is a Prophet of Rage. As he predicted, the Hellmouth is in flames.

A massive wildfire whipped up by extreme winds has swept through a Los Angeles hillside dotted with celebrity homes – with a state of emergency declared. The enormous blaze in the Pacific Palisades forced the evacuation of tens of thousands of people, some of whom abandoned their cars and fled on foot to safety with roads blocked.

Firefighters battling the blaze, which is burning through about five football fields a minute, warned they were running out of water and supplies, as evacuation warnings spread to Malibu and Calabasas. Tankers full of water had been dousing the inferno from the skies all afternoon, but all aircraft were later grounded amid deteriorating wind conditions and visibility. Residents were warned the worst is still yet to come as the raging wildfire burns through more than 2,900 acres of Los Angeles land at an extraordinary rate.

At least 30,000 residents are now under mandatory evacuation orders with more still warned they should be prepared to leave, after a fire that broke out in the foothills near Eaton Canyon has grown to 1,000 acres in just six hours since it began. A third brush fire has broken out in Sylmar in the San Fernando Valley which recent estimates is around 100 acres big.

Perhaps now people will start looking into who is starting these massive fires and why the government is involved in spreading them. We still have virtually no information about what happened on Maui.

UPDATE: Things are looking decidedly suspicious if what actor James Woods is saying happens to be true.

Actually one of the major insurance companies canceled all the policies in our neighborhood about four months ago.

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Magic Dirt Fail in New Orleans

A suspect who was “hell-bent” on killing as many people as possible drove a rented pickup truck around barricades and plowed his vehicle through a crowd of New Year’s revelers on Bourbon Street in New Orleans at a high rate of speed, leaving at least 15 dead and injuring dozens of others early Wednesday, city and federal officials said.

After mowing down numerous people over a three-block stretch on the famed thoroughfare while firing shots into the crowd, the suspect — identified by sources as Shamsud Din Jabbar, 42 — allegedly got out of the truck wielding an assault rifle and opened fire on police officers, law enforcement officials briefed on the incident told ABC News. Officers returned fire, killing the suspect, a U.S. citizen from Texas, sources said. At least two police officers were shot and wounded, authorities said. Another 25 people were hospitalized with injuries.

Apparently Mr. Din Jabbar was also a US Army veteran. Keep that in mind the next time you’re assured that immigrants love America so much that they even want to defend it.

Identity always trumps ideology. Always.

UPDATE: The Sugar Bowl has been postponed until Thursday, according to Sugar Bowl official. The official noted that the game has been delayed 24 hours.

Good thing Americans fought them over there so it wasn’t necessary to fight them in New Orleans…

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