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ransomnote: I picked up many memes from other FReepers to use in today's thread and often lost track of whom to thank! For example, I know I picked up memes from cranked...I've been baffled by the aggressive cheer-leading for the puppet Zelensky. Support for Zelensky and the Ukraine is support for Joe Biden/Hunter Biden even though they've already stolen so much money via the Deep State money laundering/fraud operations headquartered there. It's not just the Bidens; the Ukraine is the Deep State's back office. Why pour our money and weapons into a hole in the ground serving the Deep State?I'm...

This week, the U.N. Disarmament Commission re-elected Iran as its vice-chair, reports the U.S. Senate's Subcommittee on Federal Financial Management, Government Information, and International Security on its official web site. A majority of U.N. member states decided to allow Iran to remain in this position despite the fact the U.N. Security Council declared Iran has violated the non-proliferation resolutions the Commission is charged to promote, laments the subcommittee. At the same time, another state sponsor of terrorism, Syria, was selected to be the Commission’s rapporteur to record and document the Commission’s work. Two weeks earlier, the U.N. Human Rights Council...

U.S. administrators in Baghdad have ordered Iraqis to turn over their weapons by mid-June, as part of an effort to return public security to cities under American occupation. Unauthorized people found trading, selling or concealing automatic or heavy weapons will face criminal charges. The U.S. civil administration ordered a two-week amnesty period, beginning June 1st, for the surrender of unauthorized firearms. Weapons turned in will be destroyed, or set aside for use by police or soldiers in a future army. Possession of small arms will be allowed for some Iraqis for self-defense. Lieutenant General David McKiernan, the commander of U.S....