The Peanut Gallery: Kremlin Institutes Information Blackout Over Siberia As Riots Intensify.
January 27, 2024
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Yep, more minor shit. See, the problem with not having an editor is that sometimes things just slip through the cracks.
Yesterday I mentioned that Eagle Pass was a national park, inadvertently implying that it was some mountainous redoubt. It is not. Eagle Pass is the name of the town, and Shelby Park is a city park within said town. We’re talking this thing. Yes, this is a city park, a place where most civilized nations keep their ducks, and barbed wire across our side of the shore will mostly impact said ducks as anyone with sense will be taking the two very conveniently placed bridges a klick-or-so to the south. Unless that has barbed wire across it, too. And men with guns. Actually, now that I'm thinking about it, that's probably exactly what's happening.
Not that this clusterfuck isn’t a super big deal, mind you. It just changes the dynamic a bit.
The Russian information space continued to promote narratives that attempt to manipulate domestic US political events to sow domestic instability in the US and interfere with US policy debates about further US military assistance to Ukraine.
Yep. Feeling that right now!
Give me a chance, God. Please give me a chance to kick Putin in the balls. A brief window in my future, I care not how or why I am in such a moment in time, but if you give me the opportunity to nail that piece of shit in the testicles, I will do a good deed. I will make my dog stop pissing on my neighbor’s lawn. Sure, it doesn’t sound like much, but they just put so much effort into it, and there is just this one spot...that she has tarnished. It's her favorite.
Amen.
PS: Steel toed boots. I don’t need them, but I will buy them. Just give me the word. The Good Word. That’s all I’m asking. I won’t even keep the receipt. It will be a legitimate purchase. And if you’re feeling it, maybe like a six-month heads up? I wanna hit the gym, y’know? Do some leg days.
A prominent Kremlin-affiliated milblogger attempted to undermine the legitimacy of upcoming US elections.[72] ISW continues to assess that these claims are very likely part of a deliberate Russian information campaign.
I don’t think it’s going to work. Trump’s in full tantrum mode, every indicator is flashing red for the GOP, and Putin’s got some problems back home he should probably focus on instead (more on that later). The information space might feel grim, but I think underneath it all we’re coming together. We saw protests in Germany against fascism, and people swarming the streets in Slovakia to stand against their far-right government.
Like look at this thing. Those people fill the streets.
No, I think the Kremlin’s attempts to stir shit up is going to fall on very deaf ears this election cycle. I think we’re about to see a surprising coalescence of support around Nikki Haley. There are terrifying parallels between Putin and Trump, and I think many moderate, run of the mill conservatives want someone...you know, conservative. Not a second bite of of shit-filled twinkie.
Russian authorities are likely blocking communications in the Sakha Republic for the fourth consecutive day following January 24 protests in support of a Russian citizen allegedly murdered by a naturalized Russian citizen from Tajikistan.
Four days now of straight protests despite certainly stiff resistance--and, after four days, an escalating response. <--- that’s the key. It means the situation is deteriorating. And Putin didn’t institute a blackout for the Bashkortostan Riots. Whatever is happening in Sakha is for serious.
Obviously, thanks to the Kremlin, we can’t know what’s happening in the far depths of Siberia, but we can speculate. I have looked into the bones and do you know what I saw? Godzilla. He has risen from the deep. This is not a riot, this is nature punishing man for his hubris.
UK outlet the Telegraph reported on January 26, citing an unnamed Western official, that Russia is spending roughly 40 percent of its GDP on the war in Ukraine, more than Russian national spending on health and education.
Wait...that isn’t that coincidentally the exact same number the Duma’s budget last year? Trippy there’s that overlap.
Still, 40% GDP on the war doesn’t leave much for the common person. Not after the oligarchs get their share. It’s no wonder there’s riots popping up all over the place. The question I guess now is...where does Putin go from here? How does he bring more to bear? There ain't much gas left in the tank.
Russian Health Minister Mikhail Murashko confirmed that Russian authorities have deported over 2,100 Ukrainians, including 500 children, to Russia for medical reasons in 2023.
Please give Ukraine what they need to bring this to an end.
'Q’ For the Community:
What do you think is happening in Sakha? Serious or otherwise, because we literally have no way of knowing.
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