Year: 2019

Gravy Train: The western press has gone all out over Paul Whelan. If they tossed me into the gulag, no one would care to see me! It is true….something big is up and the US and the UK are up in arms and they did get caught with their fingers in the cookie jar… Lets see how they spin this revelation…

MOSCOW (Sputnik) – US national Paul Whelan, 48, was detained during a “spy operation” in Moscow in late December on suspicion of espionage, according to the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB). On Thursday, a Moscow court ruled to arrest him on espionage charges. US diplomats working in the Russian capital have informed UK officials of Whelan’s arrest and the fact that he is also a UK national, The Times newspaper reported.

Source: US Citizen Arrested on Espionage Charges in Russia Holds UK Citizenship – Report – Sputnik International

US, er I mean, UK national Paul Whelan…

Interesting: US citizen Paul Whelan caught with hand in the cookie jar…

US, er I mean, UK national Paul Whelan…

The former US marine who is being held in Moscow on charges of spying is a British citizen, it has emerged.

Source: Ex-US marine accused of spying in Russia is British citizen | World news | The Guardian

Use your god given talents and figure out what this is all about!

Gee, I wish someone would give me a second citizenship to another country. That is a damn expensive thing to do…

US, er I mean, UK national Paul Whelan… er I mean… What do I mean?

WtR

Update: It just gets better and better: “Consular officials are aware that a Canadian citizen has been arrested in Russia. Due to the provisions of the Privacy Act, no further information can be disclosed,” Global Affairs Canada said.

Country 1 has something of value country 2 wants…

Country 2 has something of value country 1 wants…

These two countries wish to exchange their whatchamacallit’s…

But: Country 3 steps in and demands they use something that has no value to complete their transaction and charges them a transaction fee for said transaction…

Wait What? How does this work exactly?

Oh Yes, right, Country 3 threatens to “NUKE, BOMB, BRING FREEDOM” to everyone involved if they don’t get their way…

I see…I wonder who number three is?

Bada Bing, Bada Boom!

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A senior ISIL fighter said the Yarmouk Hospital was the region’s last public health facility that treated civilians in the area. He also acknowledged that ISIL might have used it to treat its fighters if treatment was not available in its own field hospitals. Kevin Jon Heller, an international law scholar, told Al Jazeera that the US could not legally attack the hospital simply because it believed some ISIL fighters were there. “The US could not attack the hospital without warning it first – and witho

Source: US intensifies bombing in Syria after Trump announced withdrawal | ISIS/ISIL News | Al Jazeera

Lets pull out!

Better yet, bomb the hell out of the civilians…

WtR

The little one in this video survived a very bad building explosion: Many died, many missing but one little one made it so far and lets hope it is not his time to go and he comes out okay….he is struggling…

Rescuers got from under the rubble of a house in Magnitogorsk, part of which collapsed because of a gas explosion, a ten-month-old baby, TASS was told at the operational headquarters on Tuesday. The condition of the baby is assessed as severe, noted in an interview with TASS in the ambulance service. — Спасатели достали из-под завалов дома в Магнитогорске, часть которого обрушилась из-за взрыва газа, десятимесячного ребенка, сообщили ТАСС во вторник в оперативном штабе. Состояние младенца оценивается как тяжелое, отметили в беседе с ТАСС в службе скорой помощи.

Bless his little soul….they say that his crib did not collapse and kept the building from crushing him and they said that he was surrounded by warm – many blankets and clothing that kept him warm….over 24 hours without food and water and heat and whatever…

It has been -20 to -30 below these last few days, at night…

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I just realized that I started the year out very badly. The bottom of the barrel. First world, second world and third world badly. Just plain terrible badly. End of world and sky is falling disaster badly…

Any other day of the year it would be okay. I would just traipse out the door and get what I need. It can be found almost anywhere….but….it is the New Year and that is Russian Christmas and Russians take their Christmas very very seriously and they all stay home…

All I have is enough for two….just two….two is kinda a small number!

But two is enough and for that I am thankful. But, what if I cannot find more today? Then tomorrow I will be without…

How could I forget to get milk for my coffee? Oh My!

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Fireworks until 5 a.m., they could have paid off the world debt with all the fireworks everyone shot off. It was amazing….have you ever seen the size of a thousand + shot air bombard (called cakes.) All exploding like the one below, except each is a different color and or multiple colors. It is the size of a small car across, tubes and tubes and tubes all stacked together and all you have to do is light the fuse and hope it does not explode…

Yes, I fell asleep at sometime after 5 a.m. – Ugh! Oh My!

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I got a call from Svetochka already this morning. She spent the New Year with her mom and they had a good time. But my Sweetie misses me and will come home soon today. I wonder if she can find milk? 🙂

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You see I usually keep cartoons of sterilized milk stocked in the flat, but I have been buying a certain brand of pasteurized milk (very cheap) and forgot about stocking emergency milk. Thus, now I am paying for such laziness on my part…

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I think I will go get another cup of coffee and contemplate my situation and decide what I am going to do about such a world shattering issue…

I know! Just get my coat, scarf, gloves and boots on and go get some milk!

But first, that last cup of coffee…

WtR