AUDIO SOLICITED
Final Words of Malefactors
In the aftermath of recent Israeli clearance of the tunnel complex under the Ali Al-Taher ridge in south Lebanon, rumors began to circulate of recordings o... View MoreAUDIO SOLICITED
Final Words of Malefactors
In the aftermath of recent Israeli clearance of the tunnel complex under the Ali Al-Taher ridge in south Lebanon, rumors began to circulate of recordings of the final scerams Hezbollah fighters, and IRGC "advisors", as they were sealed in with concrete and explosives.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W65Z6qF3AlIb
Now, that sort of content is entirely Too spicy for YouTube . . . but it occurs to us that we are Here, on a fringe alt-tech platform, so . . .
Anybody got a link?
Israel says destroys Hezbollah tunnels as explosions triggers tremor • FRANCE 24 English
Israel said Thursday it demolished key tunnels built by the Iran-backed Hezbollah group beneath the strategic Ali al-Taher ridge in southern Lebanon, with the force of the explosions enough to trigger
DISPARITY Of RECEPTION
Wimkin vs. Gettr
The recent outage of Wimkin sent us back to our back-up account on Getter for the afternoon..
https://gettr.com/user/s1715668443017216 ... View MoreDISPARITY Of RECEPTION
Wimkin vs. Gettr
The recent outage of Wimkin sent us back to our back-up account on Getter for the afternoon..
https://gettr.com/user/s1715668443017216
That platform's restrictions on editing, together with the tiny default font, means our presentation there is notably less polished than here.
And yet, I have 12 Followers there; only 5 here.
*shrug*
By the way, our favorite Comment to a Post we made there (one of our first) was This:
Luna_Solara @Luna_Solara Aug 28
Replying to @S1715668443017216
> I'm not sure I'm right wing enough for Gettr. Holy smoke batman, there's a sentence I never expected to write.
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FRONTIERS In ZOOLOGY
The Consular Science section present images of the newly discovered Northern Plains Horned Snail. (Odocoileus cochlea)
Holding Out
For NOTHING
The Clancy trial continues to be the fetid gift that keeps on giving, even having past.
The current subject de jour is the imagined heroism of the lone juror who insisted on... View MoreHolding Out
For NOTHING
The Clancy trial continues to be the fetid gift that keeps on giving, even having past.
The current subject de jour is the imagined heroism of the lone juror who insisted on voting to convict.
We find this adulation misplaced.
The Law
First of all, we in no way denigrate their right to vote as they please. This is a nigh sacred authority of a duely empaneled member of a jury, especially a petit jury, with centuries of historical precedent (on both sides of the Atlantic), and at least one impeachment trial, behind it.
That said, was his position legally justfied?
As we have mentioned in previous Posts, under Massachusets law, once a credible claim of insanity is raised, it becomes the burden of the Prosecution to prove otherwise.
The huge bag of *13* psychoactive prescriptions, and the record of poor supervision and follow-up by caregivers, kind of established a credible claim.
And the resulting burden proved a challenge, as the prosecution was incompetent. Their choice of expert psychiatic testimony was poorly vetted, and stumbled badly in cross examination. So badly, in fact, that he resigned from his job as soon as he got back home.
And they got at least one other thing wrong, re the exercise bands. ANd that's just what I caught, from, casual viewing of clips.
So seemingly credible claim, prosecutorial failure . . . How a guilty vote?
I can only conclude he did not find the original insanity claim credible, or something about the prosecution's case convinced him that they had satisfied their burden of proof of sanity.
Effect
More importantly, we must challenge the notion that this juror's resistance to peer pressure (which is a gernrally laudable trait) changed anything.
If he had caved in, she would have been commited to an insane asylum.
But since he Didn't, the State now has two choices.
#1: They can attempt a retral - and almost certainly lose. In fact ,the case at this point is So weak, Clancy's team could probably go for a bench trial, without a jury.
#2: They can save the public some money, and punt, going straight to a commitment proceedings.
In either case, she ends up committed to the very same insane asylum she would have been had he caved.
At this point, someone is going to claim that she would be released from there soon.
This claim is not statistically founded. Most people committed to asylums pursuant to a "not guilty by reason . . ." verdict end up spending as much time, or longer, as they would have in prison.
This is because invountary commitment does Not have scheduled release, and tend to be under less pressure to lessen crowding via early release.
So, either way that guy voted in that room, no change in outcome.
But people want a 'hero'. So a hero they create. *shrug*
ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
At the risk of seeming . . . Undiplomatic, the Consulate's host community has a lot of jerks. While Tennessee is a bit freer than the other places we have lived, a noticeable f... View MoreENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS
At the risk of seeming . . . Undiplomatic, the Consulate's host community has a lot of jerks. While Tennessee is a bit freer than the other places we have lived, a noticeable fraction of the population uses that freedom to be bad neighbors.
Sort of like a good looking girl using "pretty priviledge" to get away with being mean.
But then, there's disagreeable folk of one stripe or another pretty much everywhere else.
The other day, it occured to us that what oft' appears to be a desire to find someplace "better", is really just a desire to find someplace different. 'Cause sometimes, the devil you know is Not better.
CONSPIRATORIAL GENIUS
Exploring Alternate Explanations re Ukraine
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Exploring Alternate Explanations re Ukraine
A central pillar of the Russian narrative, in their justifications for their invasion of Ukraine, has been the claim that the Ukrainian revolution that displaced Putin's last puppet there was Not a legitimate expression of public discontent, but an astroturfed CIA operation, created to implant a hostile NATO puppet regime, aimed at threatening Russia.
Let's explore that.
Keystone Spies?
To anyone who grew up when I did, this sounds, at first blush, kind of unlikely. The CIA's public track record during the Cold War was less than stellar. Could the institution responsible for the Bay of Pigs *really* pull such a feat off?
However, in recent years, the US espionage apparatus has demonstrated considerable competence. For example, right there in that conflict, they have clearly been reading Putin's outbox from the very start, calling his every move.
So an open-minded examination is warranted.
4-D Chess
What if?
What if the whole Maidan revolution was a CIA op, a Western effort to further impair the fortunes of the Russian Federation - and, at worst case, potentially put nuclear-tipped missiles minutes from the Kremlin?
And what if the Russians are correct in their further claims, that their response was not only justifed, and therefor foreseeable, but inevitable (*snap*)
IF that's true . . . Then the CIA et al have successfully pulled off an op that has goaded our generational antagonists into a war that erased their Soviet era equipment stockpile, humiliated their military (and thus impaired their arms export business), durably crippled their oil production capacity (in ways that will take decades to recover from), and inflicted an attrition of manpower that pre-existing Russian demographics mean they cannot Evverr get back.
In short, they have done, with minimal expense, what the entire Western Cold War era military establishment did not.
Damn.
So here's to you, possibly existant secret geopolitical masterminds! The Consulate salutes you (if you're there at all), for pulling off the coup of the century! .
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