“I can’t imagine a U.S. intelligence official would be wrong on this.” Evah.

Households must slash energy use to defeat Putin, says Hunt

The Chancellor urged households to “play your part” in reducing the UK's vulnerability to Russia and other despotic regimes. His plea will be part of a reported £25m public information campaign to help the public slash their bills.

It came as the electricity operator EDF delayed the reopening of three French nuclear power stations, triggering concerns that Britain could struggle to import energy from across the Channel on days when domestic supply runs short.

Putin's crony Yevgeny Prigozhin about U.S. elections: "We have interfered, we're interfering and we will continue to interfere. Carefully, precisely, surgically and in our own way; we know how to do it."

Source

reposting some perspective...
(originally from jan 2022?)

 miamizsun wrote:

Russia Rejoins Grain Deal but Warns It Could Pull Out Again

The agreement allows Ukraine, a major food producer, to export grain by sea, easing the threat of famine in other countries.

Sabotage of military helicopters deep inside Russia purportedly shown on video

Electro-Shock Therapy For Slow Learners In The Electric War (Part III)

yikes! this thread is insane (if accurate)

Russian court rejects Brittney Griner's appeal of nine-year prison sentence for drug possession

The Moscow Regional Court ruled Tuesday to uphold the sentence. In the ruling the court stated, however, that the time Griner will have to serve in prison will be recalculated with her time in pre-trial detention taken into account. One day in pre-trial detention will be counted as 1.5 days in prison, so the basketball player will have to serve around eight years in prison.

Griner took part in the hearing via video call from a penal colony outside Moscow where she is imprisoned.

 miamizsun wrote:

Yeah, Adam Curtis' works all are quite epic, drawing from the BBC's camera vaults recorded over decades and putting them together into a collage of his own making. They remain a human legacy of documenting societal and political changes during our life-times.

I've become sort of a fan, since his latter work, "Can't Get You Out Of My Head" (2021)...

 thisbody wrote:

watched the first two (of seven) videos
lot of material (short clips that are somewhat disjointed)
some show interesting shots of the time period, movements, protests and people in the country side struggling
impossible to not feel for the victims of communism and its variants
but overall too much runway (seven hours) for something that could have been done in ninety minutes
i mean if you've got the time sure

 thisbody wrote: 
Ah. Oh that was just me riffing. No worries. The context was lost on me. My bad. Bud and hon sounded somewhat condescending and I know miamizsun to be thoughtful and non-confrontational so I thought something might be lost in translation and it was except I was the one lost to the point. lol. I didn't mean to interrupt your conversation. carry on...

 oldviolin wrote:
No idea where you're coming from with bisquits and head. Heads are needed, and they tend to die in numbers, lately. Was just trying to be friendly with the pal from Fla, not trying to chase anyone away. Well, that might have gone wrong. *blush*

Bud honey? So are we talking bees with a taste for cannabiscuits? Asking for a head...

 miamizsun wrote:
I was asking you a question to sustain my empathic thoughts. No more, no less hon...

 thisbody wrote:

where's your empathy? 
sheesh!

 miamizsun wrote:
Elaboration is in the previous link (Guardian Article).
Just a click away...
...but passing judgement seems more natural when thoughts are raised, not exactly fitting the MSM agenda!?

 thisbody wrote:

i think you just posted it yesterday
haven't had the chance
care to elaborate a bit?
i'll look at the material and answer when i can
regards