Posted on 02/28/2022 11:27:13 AM PST by weston
Thanks!
sasnak on youtube is live...sitting in his truck in the convoy (on 395, Virginia side of 14th street bridge)...says they seem to be blocked...trying to find out why
So a major highway into DC is blocked
So they can easily shut down freedom of movement and lock down financial assets for anyone that disagrees with them in the same way that Facebook
and other social media shut down those who do not do along with the Leftist/Woke/Gloablist agenda and narrative.
Every exit blocked.
Exactly.
Sasnak says they did not plan to go into the Mall (White House, Capitol etc) but only to use the Interstate highway that goes through DC and then back to their location in Hagerstown MD.
He thinks that tonight the media will say...
“The police thwarted the trucker’s convoy by blocking off all of the exits from the Interstate.” What the police actually did was cause a major traffic jam (about 5 miles long)
Manchin Deals ‘Major Blow’ To Biden Fed Nominee Sarah Raskin
“I have carefully reviewed Sarah Bloom Raskin’s qualifications and previous public statements,” wrote Manchin in a Monday statement. “Her previous public statements have failed to satisfactorily address my concerns about the critical importance of financing an all-of-the-above energy policy to meet our nation’s critical energy needs,” he added.
“I have come to the conclusion that I am unable to support her nomination to serve as a member of the Federal Reserve Board.”
Manchin says that the Fed is “not an institution that should politicize its political decisions,” and that it must “remain hyper focused on ending the inflation taxes hurting working families and getting more workers off the sidelines and back into the economy.”
https://www.zerohedge.com/economics/manchin-deals-major-blow-biden-opposes-fed-nominee-sarah-raskin
Will Ethics Charges Doom Jamie Raskin’s Wife’s Fed Nomination?
Rep. Jamie Raskin faces an ethics complaint because of his failure to properly report his wife’s massive $1.5 million stock payout from Reserve Trust shares. His wife, Sarah Bloom Raskin, has been nominated by President Biden to the Federal Reserve Board and is currently undergoing Senate confirmation.
Instead of fighting inflation, Sarah Raskin has previously said she wants to use the Fed’s power over banks to impose credit controls on industries she opposes. She would use the Fed’s regulatory power to discourage lending to traditional energy companies, although no legal authority exists for the Fed doing so.
Faced with the prospect of a stalled nomination, Sarah Raskin conveniently chose to disavow her own past writing. At her confirmation hearing, Sen. Toomey called her reversal “one of the most remarkable cases of confirmation conversion I have ever seen.”
https://theduckpin.substack.com/p/will-ethics-charges-doom-jamie-raskins
Exactly!
FYI....Emerald Robinson’s debut episode of her show, The Absolute Truth, is on NOW, on FrankTV....watching on our Roku. ... Gen Flynn is her guest, currently.
Didn’t get to see the trucks, maybe later. Lots of cars! Honk honk!
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Ukraine Worked With Democrats Against Trump in Election 2016 to Stop Putin.
That Bet Backfired Badly.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z-jpq10ecfs
Teachers of Ternopil school launched the production of ammunition bags
We do need Trump back.
🧵.@holger_r and I spoke to “Karl,” an Estonian expert on Russia’s military, for an update on the situation in Ukraine. Karl’s observations follow. His previous assessment is here:
Putin’s Worsening Problems
Losses in manpower and firepower, bad logistics and new frontlines with too few soldiers: Analysts say the invasion is grinding to a stalemate
https://newlinesmag.com/argument/putins-worsening-problems/
No significant developments over the weekend. The frontline around Kyiv remains similar. Ukraine has regained 70% of Irpin or the little that has remained of it. In some areas there is a tiny advance of Russian units.
Regarding the south: Ukrainians have control over some parts of Volnovokha but not all. Russia still controls the eastern parts of it. Russia remains roughly in the same positions around Mykolaiv, and actively attacks Severodonetsk.
As the weather has improved, there are fears of a Russian landing in Odessa. Allegedly Russian ships are back near Odessa but this time a bit farther away.
If Russia doesn’t have access to Odessa from the land (it hasn’t been able to destroy air and naval defence) it would be risky to try a landing with ships. Ukraine would destroy the ships.
Russia hasn’t been using all-out attacks for days. It shows they are taking into account the lives of their own troops.
Finding a compromise between Ukraine and Russia is still hopeless. Russia’s minimum would be full control of the two “people’s republics” and land access to Crimea.
Ukraine won’t go for that unless Kyiv is in real danger of falling. Every day that the war continues brings Russia’s minimum demands lower.
Talks of Russia bringing additional troops from the Far East and Armenia: They have only around 6,000 troops in Armenia and they can’t take them all away. This wouldn’t change the overall picture in Ukraine.
No imminent signs that Belarus is going to send their military into Ukraine. Lukashenko is doing what he can for it not to happen. Question is, how much maneuvering space does he have?
The Russian officers put in charge of Belarusian units are mostly logistics and support units that are used to repair damaged equipment, etc.
Russia has managed to recruit up to 3,000 Syrians who should arrive in Ukraine shortly. This is not considered a serious deployment.
Reports are that Russian troops have started digging trenches. This indicates positional warfare. Russians are “very far” from encircling Kyiv. This encirclement would need to be 300km long and very tightly sealed.
Possibility of a more intensive attack from the Russian side in the next 2-3 days but still nothing to suggest it would break the balance. Russian goals would be to get Kyiv, Kharkiv or cut off Ukraine from the sea (Odessa). I can’t see them getting success with any of this.
Morale, which we have heard so much about, is continuing to fall. Reports of Russian troops surrendering for food and self-inflicted injuries to get out of the war.
Reports about Xi having been aware of a “special operation” but not about a total war. Xi feels that Putin wasn’t honest. Generally there isn’t much optimism about the idea of China coming to assist Russia.
Even if China promises equipment, it would be a question of months not weeks to happen. That said, the U.S. is very concerned about China’s decisions. Revealing the info about Russia’s request goes in line with U.S. tactics in the case: reveal to hinder or stop from happening.
FSB lacks resources to control occupied areas (Kherson). FSB needs their manpower to repress back home.
It’s noteworthy that it was the counter-intel FSB (5th Service) that was tasked with foreign intelligence regarding Ukraine (and not the SVR, GRU). The heads of service under home arrest are close to 70 years old.
In a Western agencies you wouldn’t find people older than 55 in respective positions. The same gang has been there for 25 years. It doesn’t make the system work any better. /END
No one person should have unilateral authority to make decisions for millions of Americans.
“Rand Paul introduces amendment to eliminate Fauci’s position as NIAID director”
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rand-paul-amendment-faucis-position-niaid-director
I had this already to post when our electricity went out.
Got ahold of the electric company and they said it was a planned outage to work on lines and would be out several hours.
Finally, got it back.
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