marathon @marathon0@social.cleverlibre.org

Ridiculous! The bailout would be larger than most countries entire defence budget! Think of all the good these monies could do in America for poverty reduction et al.

Putting Biden's new whopping $33B Ukraine package into context - Responsible Statecraft https://responsiblestatecraft.org/2022/04/28/putting-bidens-new-whopping-33b-ukraine-package-into-context

#ukraine #Donbass with Texas. Episode 6: “Odessa does not forgive” – YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mvWbZ5OErmc

Would you click? - A story by The Citizen Lab https://catalonia.citizenlab.ca/

What will Elon Musk do with Twitter data? – Grid News https://www.grid.news/story/technology/2022/04/27/what-will-elon-musk-do-with-twitter-data/

Very, very troubling! I hope that Oliver is wrong. From his Facebook post:
Oliver Stone
4h ·
-- Neocon Objectives --
I’ve been following the Ukraine situation since 2014 with Robert Parry leading the way as a teacher. I’ve followed the burnings in Odessa, the persecution without legal rights and murders of journalists, mayors, politicians, and citizens. I’ve followed the banning of the main opposition party, which had higher polls than the Zelenskyy government. I’ve been shocked by the sheer hatred expressed against the Russian-Ukrainian minority. It’s a long and sad story devolving from the 2014 coup, co-engineered by the U.S., which stripped Ukraine of its neutrality and made it vociferously anti-Russian; in the eight years since, some 14,000 innocent people in the Ukraine have been killed, none of which was seriously covered by our media.
I’ve watched with mounting fear these past weeks as Victoria Nuland once again emerged out of the blue, warning the Russians and us -- the target audience -- that if the Russians use a nuclear device of any kind, there’ll be hell to pay. This was quickly picked up by a host of Administration officials and TV channels in the following days, amplifying the same idea -- Russia going nuclear. All this coming because of Putin’s restatement of Russia’s nuclear policy, which btw is not as aggressive as our nuclear posture. This made me wonder, why repeat this over and over? First, there were all the war crimes charges which came fast and furious and need serious investigation and evidence.
As a result, I wonder if the U.S. is setting the stage for a low-yield nuclear explosion, of unknown origin, somewhere in the Donbass region, killing thousands of Ukrainians? Of course, if that happened, God forbid, all the world’s eyes would be trained, like a Pavlov dog, to blame Russia. That guilt has been set up already in advance, regardless of who launched the device. This usage would certainly impact the remaining 50% of world opinion, which isn’t in the Western camp. Russia would be the Satan, the Beelzebub. Keep in mind, it’s hard to know where a nuclear device is fired from, especially in a fast-moving situation like this war, in which it seems Russia can be accused of any behavior, no matter how preposterous. It would probably take a few days to find out the truth, but the truth isn’t important. The perception is, and the U.S. is running a perception war with great skill and blunt force, saturating the CNN/Fox airwaves and our satellite countries in Europe and Asia as I’ve never seen before.
In doing this, we’d be one step closer to getting what we hope is another Yeltsin, who can create for our country another huge ideological and business opportunity. But, more important, in the bargain, isolate China from Russia. Of course, China would be the next target if Russia falls. This, I believe, is the dream scenario of the neoconservative anarchists in our government to make what they deem a better “rule-based world.”

Western Journalist gives testimony at #Ukraine Human Rights hearing
https://video.qoto.org/videos/watch/0b06f45d-15b9-401b-962a-81a00ced4282

@freeschool Watching UFC this afternoon or time of day, where you are? Should be fun!

#Humour makes getting a valid point across easier.
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In Estonia, a mom is visiting the zoo with her kid. Next to them stands a man who is drinking beer.

They are standing next to a crocodile pool.

The kid falls into the pool. Guy drops his beer and immediately jumps into the water and saves the boy.

Mom says "You're such a brave Estonian man! Thank you for saving my son!"

Guy says "I'm not Estonian, I'm actually Russian!"

Headline in the news the next day: "Drunk Russian steals crocodile's lunch!"

The carefully cultured Western personality, is it real? Nah!

#UKRAINE: The Real Zelensky – Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/29/ukraine-the-real-zelensky/

The Backstory of NATO, #Ukraine and Putin's Fears - CounterPunch.org https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/28/the-backstory-of-nato-ukraine-and-putins-fears/

#Ukraine _From Telegram channel FWIW:_

Donbass Devushka, [2022-04-29 12:03 PM]
From a private source:

Got a connection in Kiev, cant name source obviously as its a long term colleague from high school. He Says going outside has become dangerous. Lots of looting occurring, shootouts between different gangs (as over 20k guns were randomly given out) heard at night, lots of vandalism occurring. Goes to the local bazar and food stores (to get whatever he can get his hands on) with a handgun in his pocket. They didn't use the first ticket out of Kiev in February, now him and his family are stuck there. Says that the hryvnia isn't widely accepted anymore at small businesses, as it's mostly a dead currency. USD is accepted favourable or jewelry. A couple of days ago he had to give $40 USD for two bags of potatoes and 1lb of beef.

Donbass devushka exclusive.

LOL!

Apropos to the previous: “The Madeleine Albright I knew”

https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/28/the-madeleine-albright-i-knew/

Yes, my country too, and yes we tend to be arrogant, greedy, and selfish. And proud of it!

#bloodsport Ruthless people. #Politics

The Sword & the Cross at Albright’s Funeral – Consortium News https://consortiumnews.com/2022/04/28/the-sword-the-cross-at-albrights-funeral/