Addendum 2
(2023-06-24) How Wagner Group, Mercenaries With a Wider Agenda, Impact Civil Society
https://www.ipsnews.net/2023/05/how-wagner-group-mercenaries-with-a-wider-agenda-impact-civil-society/
* Julian Rademeyer of Global Initiative Against Transnational Organised Crime told DW.com, "Wagner itself has developed over time as an organization that's gone from being a purely private military contracting entity into a multiplicity of business alliances and relations and a network of companies.
#WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrigozhin #PMCWagner #GRU #Russia #Putin #WarInUkraine
Addendum 1
Wagner Group - Recent news (2023-06-24)
(2023-06-24) Live updates: Armed rebellion by Russian mercenary chief
https://www.ctvnews.ca/world/live-updates-armed-rebellion-by-russian-mercenary-chief-1.6454422
(2023-06-24) Ottawa says it's monitoring tensions in Russia amid armed rebellion
https://www.ctvnews.ca/politics/ottawa-says-it-s-monitoring-tensions-in-russia-amid-armed-rebellion-1.6454431
#WagnerGroup #YevgenyPrigozhin #PMCWagner #GRU #Russia #Putin #WarInUkraine
Streetart – Veks Van Hillik @ Grenoble, France – Barbara Picci
Source: Streetart - Veks Van Hillik @ Grenoble, France - Barbara Picci
Petition demands that #SamuelAlito recuse himself from #SCOTUS #StudentDebt cases because his billionaire pal is involved. He won't, of course, because he's completely corrupt. https://www.commondreams.org/news/alito-recuse
@Huntn00 I haven’t been on the platform long, but I already un-followed somebody who posted way too much for me to handle. I’d suggest pruning who you follow. With the “boost” system, you can strategically follow fewer people but their boosted content will appear for you, and you are not likely to miss much.
This is absurd. Either school regulations supersede, or they are worthless. Maybe they really don’t want to protect our children or educators?
FL Judge: Teacher Can't Be Fired For AK-47 Visible In His Car https://crooksandliars.com/2023/06/fl-judge-teacher-cant-be-fired-ak-47?utm_source=social&utm_medium=twitter&utm_content=76057
Two men enter, one man leaves!
https://www.vox.com/culture/2023/6/23/23771769/musk-zuckerberg-cage-match-fight-ufc-mma
#Russia #Ukraine Ah the screw turns for Vlad, one of Trump’s best “strong men” buddies. 😬 So the Wagner Group, vile traitors or patriots? It depends on who you might believe.
Vlad: "betrayal" and "treason."
Prigozhin: “(I’m) a patriot…we do not want the country to live on in corruption, deceit and bureaucracy."”
Don’t we all hate bureaucracy? 😉
Bottom line, a fortunate power struggle that distracts from Russia’s nefarious intentions in Ukraine.
#Mastodon I picked up my iPhone and see 1500 posts have been made since I last looked at Mastodon. How do you all keep track of conversations with scrolling texts? Unless you live on it, you are just seeing a small glimpse of what is going on at the moment. It makes me feel like a hit and run commentator.
Frankly this is why I never cozied up to Twitter or Discord. Scrolling text conversations are not nearly as efficient as a forum structure with categories and topics posted. 🤔
Fighting to be Trump’s VP. I suggest Thunderdome. A Kari Lake/MTG match. Pay per view. I’d pay.
#politics # Politics
https://news.yahoo.com/stupid-mtg-mocked-over-resolution-160157143.html
Via Elie Mystal:
We are 20 min out from another round of SCOTUS opinions. We have 18 cases left to go in about a week. The 4 I'm waiting for most:
Student Debt Relief
Indep State Legislature Theory
The Bigot Who Wants To Discriminate On A Website She Hasn't Made
Affirmative Action
I still have hope 3 of those cases can be dispensed w technicalities.
No Standing on Student Debt & Bigot of the Month.
Mootness on democracy destroying one.
I have no hope for affirmative action, but we'll see 1/..
US Not Backing Down on Biden’s Xi Dictator Comment https://www.voanews.com/a/us-not-backing-down-on-biden-s-xi-dictator-comment/7147829.html #voanews #voiceofamerica
I’m (almost) always happy to talk ocean, but the flood of media requests I’m getting to talk about the ocean near this lost sub is icky. It was probably avoidable, & there are almost certainly 5 dead people in a sub that won’t be retrieved for weeks. This is not a bandwagon that should be jumped on. #ocean #sub
Spotted a goldfinch hiding in a tree and got a clear shot. Time to make a batch of cookies so I can award myself one #BirdPhotograpjy #NaturePhotography
#PoliticalModerate #Independent, #SocialLiberal, #Agnostic, #Unions, #Veteran, retired airline pilot. Supports level playing fields, equal opportunity, and democracy, not how to twist it to my advantage; capitalism/corporation critic, 🚫Today’s GOP, 🚫MAGA. Human species pessimist, pondering the Great Filter and do we have the Right Stuff? 🇺🇸 Citizen residing in a blue enclave of Texas.