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The meeting with Prigozhin, according to Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov, was held on June 29, five days after the aborted mutiny, which is widely regarded to have posed the most serious challenge to Putin since he assumed the presidency on the last day of 1999.

Much of what happened on June 24, the day of the mutiny, and how the authorities are handling its aftermath remains unclear.

One of the biggest mysteries is why Prigozhin does not yet appear to have fulfilled the terms of the deal which ended the standoff, what his future plans and those of his fighters are, and why he does not appear to have been punished by the Kremlin.

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Finding out anything about the news is, well, disgusting.  The Church of England is trying to figure out how to handle so-called gay marriage.  All kinds of contortions are necessary to accommodate weird holy men, some of whom are miffed, since the sacrilege is the law of the land in England.  The sodomites think it’s a real slap in the face.  How dare the Church accommodate those who don’t believe in their now mainstream unions?  Christianity ain’t what it used to be.  But since when did the practitioners of sin get to establish church doctrine?  The Priests in particular are deciding whether they can bless something scripture condemns.  Many members are dead set against any official moves that “bless” something the Bible condemns.  So they’re splitting hairs.  

We should note that there has been a “steep decline” recently in church attendance.  Do tell.  The guys in the pointy hats aren’t authorized to perform any weddings, but they are encouraged to welcome homosexuals.  

The situation in Russia is as convoluted as you can imagine.  The media is reporting that Prigozhin, chief of the Wagner group is still in Russia.  There has been all kinds of speculation that Putin will have him killed, but then what would become of Wagner’s 25,000 trained soldiers?  The Wall Street Journal reports that Prigozhin is popular in many regions of Russia, and Wagner is fighting for Russia in Ukraine.  There’s some concern that he may actually be more popular than Putin.  

The Wagner group is involved in numerous skirmishes on Russia’s behalf.  It is a mercenary outfit, accused of atrocities, whose leaders wear Nazi tattoos and soldiers that leave that symbolism behind in conquered territories.  The name Wagner is after the composer that Adolf Hitler loved.  But Wikipedia quotes an expert at the end of their summation who says the outfit is not driven by ideology, but is a mercenary group “linked to the Russian security state.”  Prigozhin used to have a good relationship with Putin.  Presumably things have gotten serious since the aborted coup.  

Wagner recruits prisoners and puts them on the front lines.  If you look them up, you’ll see that they’ve been involved in conflict all over the world, and Russia is never at fault for what they do.  Other than the fact that they are supplied and funded by Russia.  Apparently they’ve only been operating since 2012 or so, but the operation has become a major component of Russian might.  They’ve been decorated by Putin himself, and praised for heroics. 

By now everyone has heard that coke (and I don’t mean the drink) has been found in the White House.  Probably some tourist or other, decided to hide something in the White House.  It could have been anybody.  Right!  

You’ve seen the special prosecutor tapped to go get Trump?  This guy doesn’t exactly have an enviable record.  We’re being blinded by stories of corruption at the highest levels of the U. S., but the main story is the special prosecutor and the mishandled documents.  Meanwhile there are believable reports that we’ve been sold out to the Chinese and who knows who else?  The agencies responsible for this kind of stuff won’t go near it, so here come the hearings.  No doubt Congress will get to the bottom of it while the agencies run interference.  We may be led by people who don’t have the best interests of the country or its citizens at heart.  But Trump!  He may have mishandled documents!  

The prosecutor has charged a Trump employee with a crime (moving boxes) and is apparently getting several people with access to the man on record.  It’s a nightmare scenario, according to the media.  If they could only get someone to flip!

France is finally starting to get the chaos under control.  What did they think was going to happen?  The reports of buildings burnt, vehicles torched is off the chart.  You don’t make the foreigners mad, especially when they’re already crazy.  We may learn our own lesson, if we haven’t already.  This compassion business is out of hand!  Let’s just say, it’s misplaced.

Mark

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Nobody knows quite what to make of the situation in Russia.  You know the stories, but it appears that Putin has had to negotiate with Prigozhin through Lukashenko of Belarus to get the column to turn aroun , and the backstory may be more complicated than we’ll ever know.  The Wagner Group is apparently a for profit paramilitary organization that has fought for Russia all over the Middle East.  But it reportedly operates independently from the Russian military.  The Wagner Group figured heavily in the war in Ukraine, but is being disbanded.  Apparently that’s part of the agreement that was reached to call off the march to Moscow, where the Wagner Group says it was well received by the Russian public along the way.  Strange as it may sound to us, the Group gets hardware and vehicles from the Russian military, but is otherwise not directed.  The claim is that Ukraine is viewing the fracas with near glee, believing that Putin is getting what he deserves for having invaded Ukraine in the first place. 

Prigozhin was apparently angry that his men were being shelled in Ukraine.  He reportedly goes on publicly criticizing the Russian military (particularly the Minister of Defense, who he says has never held a gun) and Putin himself.  It comes as news that you can publicly criticize Putin and live to tell about it.  There’s all kinds of speculation that Prigozhin might not.  Putin has a long memory, and those who’ve crossed him in the past have not fared well.  

We’re getting drowned in evidence of probable bribery, along with some suspicious decisions that have been made along the way.  The shell companies and complicated transfers only bamboozle people who aren’t looking.  If it gets tracked down, it could be bad.  The grifters had to know that, and accepted the risk anyway.  Glenn Beck couched it as our birthright being sold, and likened it to the Old Testament story of Esau selling his birthright to Jacob.  According to him, we’re worth about 33 cents per person.

When everything is based on “fairness and equity,” and the idiots in charge are going to abuse us for the planet’s sake, all bets are off.  Some are beginning to speculate that the big guy will have to resign soon.  So much has entered the public’s bloodstream, the mainstream may not be able to keep a lid on it.  But the insurance policy is intact, not that it would make much difference.

The deep state is willing to pursue Trump to the ends of the earth.  They’ve got more charges, and they’re very serious.  It looks like death by a thousand cuts.  New and interesting legal theories are being hatched.  They’ve just got to get rid of this guy.  We’d hate to see his lawyer fees.  They’re coming from all directions, alleging all manner of misbehavior.  They tell you what he’s done, and then play some leaked tape to prove it.  But it doesn’t.  Who approved the leaking of evidence in the first place?  They can’t believe that he has a “cult” following.  Anyone who wants to save and make great this dastardly place must be eliminated!  But the road behind is littered with the remains of those who have tried to bring Trump down.  Maybe this time… Nah.

They can’t give Bud Light away.  What did they think was going to happen?  Makes you wonder if anybody who knew of plans for the Dylan Mulvaney advertising campaign was betting the stock would plummet.  Who knew that beer drinkers would react this way upon seeing the “influencer”?  It influenced a lot of people to buy some other beer.

We’ve been overwhelmed with all the “pride” nonsense.  Who gets to decide to what cause a month is dedicated?  It’s just noise, and we refuse to acknowledge it.  Dylan Muvaney, skipping around and acting like a little girl didn’t amuse the beer-buying public.  But they had to know this was going to happen, didn’t they?  Did nobody on the inside buy puts on the futures market?  If they did, they’re rich.

Some companies are so dedicated to whatever cause, that they don’t mind losing money.  But they better not tell the stockholders. Maybe it’s ESG scores, maybe it’s insanity, but here it comes.  Some are doubling down, saying they’d do whatever cost them business again.  The very definition of insanity.  As for us, we’d just as soon not get burned up with all the weirdos. 

Mark

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