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Now we know: Democratic Operatives did fake “Russian Bots” to discredit Republicans

Democrats CAUGHT In Russian Bot “False Flag” Smear Campaign in the Alabama special election. A group called new Knowledge is claiming that the admitted false flag against Republicans was just a small experiment. They were responsible for a mas amount of presumably Russian bots following the Roy Moore campaign on Twitter to trick people into thinking the Russians were propping him up. National media fell for the ruse and the narrative went viral. Left wing writers mocked the Moore campaign for suggesting this was a democratic ploy to smear him. We now know it was. They can claim it was an experiment but this reeks of democratic operatives serving engaging in a political con job and may have actually swung an election.

story here:

https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/19/us/alabama-senate-roy-jones-russia.html

I had another discussion about the Russia-Trump thing today

Look, the media has lost all its credibility. They will say anything and everything to discredit Trump. It’s comical:

video summary:

18 Most Mortifying Media Moments of 2018

My position was and remains:

The Clintons seem to have more troubling relationships with Russian than Trump. (Bill’s half million dollar speech, the Uranium One deal, Podesta owning stock in a Russian energy company.)

Trump’s things does not really seem to exist.

Trump gave Ukraine real material support which Obama did not.

Ukraine refuses to sign UN Migration Pact

The press service of Ukraine’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs reported that Ukraine refused to sign the Global Compact for Safe, Orderly and Regular Migration (GCM).

The decision was made because of the annexation of the Crimea by Russia and the fighting in the Donbas, as a result of which there are 1.5 million internally displaced persons in Ukraine.

“The Ukrainian side is making every effort to ensure the rights and meet the needs of internally displaced persons, but there is still a lot of work ahead that requires considerable material and financial resources. Having in mind the above, Ukraine will consider joining the World Pact for safe, orderly and legal migration at another stage under favorable conditions, “- said the Foreign Ministry.

http://www.uawire.org/ukraine-refused-to-sign-un-migration-pact

Fatherhood moments

Morning. Just waking up. At Danny’s bed I ask him, as I often do, “How did you sleep?” He answered me one morning, “No, how did YOU sleep?”

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His mother has started taking him to football (soccer) practice. It’s really basic stuff for 3-4 year olds. Danylo isn’t 3 yet. He seems to be youngest and smallest, but he holds his own. He dutifully follows the trainers’ instructions. The boys who can’t control themselves get removed from practice. Danylo loves it, and looks forward to it every time.

They learn one English word per training, and have to shout it at the end. Danylo seems to yell the loudest.

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During his Helen Doron English classes, he will sometimes tell the teacher the wrong name of a color when she quizzes him. Then he looks at her and waits for a reaction. Judging by his laughter, he seems to be doing it on purpose.

Vasiliy Lomachenko overwhelms José Pedraza late to unify lightweight titles

On a night when Vasiliy Lomachenko did not appear at his imperious best, the sport’s most technically proficient fighter was more than brilliant enough to come through with a sensational finishing kick to unify lightweight titles and bolster an already persuasive claim for the No 1 spot in boxing’s pound-for-pound pecking order.

Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2018/dec/09/vasiliy-lomachenko-jose-pedraza-fight-lightweight-titles

Of course, if there’s a dissenting political movement in the West, there are Russian agents

Russian Donetsk agents propaganda photo during yellow vest protests

kind of like this:

In the famous “Deception was my job” interviews of ex-KGB agent Yuri Bezmenov (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3qkf3bajd4) he talks about he was even tasks to infiltrate the Transcendental Mediation movement in California because Moscow thought it might be useful to have influence for it.

Russia fires on and seizes Ukraine ships which tried to access Azov Sea

Here is what happened today:

(BBC summary here: https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46338671)

The Ukrainian navy tried to do a freedom-of-navigation operation and transit through the Kerch straits.

The Ukrainian flotilla consisted of two of the new Gurza-class gunboats, and one tug.

First, a FSB craft rammed the Ukrainian tug, causing damage. You can see a video of the ramming here. I am not a seaman, but it seems to me like a pretty clear-cut ram, with the Ukrainian tug stopping (perhaps to avoid the other FSP ship in front of him) and the much-larger Russian ship evidently turning to ram the vessel head on.

You can hear the Russian commander shouting “hit him on the right! Hit him on the right!” along with copious cursing.

Then, and the precise events are not clear yet – Russian ships opened fire on the Ukrainian warships and reportedly boarded and captured the warships. There are reports this happened in an area of the sea of Azov that even Russia calls “international waters.” Six Ukrainian sailors are said to have been injured, two seriously. The crew’s status is unclear.

This is a clear act of war.

Russia has also moved a ship into the channel under the Kerch bridge, blocking any further traffic. This is a de-facto blockade of Ukraine’s eastern coast, another act of war.

This is a serious escalation. Russia just engaged in naval warfare, capturing Ukrainian sailors.

https://defence-blog.com/news/russia-captured-ukrainian-naval-vessels.html