August 12, 2022

Garland keeps impressing me with his flawless sense of timing in his investigation of Trump.

For months on end he has endured criticism, pressure and ridicule from media pundits, constitutional scholars, former professors, general public and even the J6 commission members rushing him into premature moves and ill-timed announcements. He never wavered. He stuck to his guns and proved them all wrong.

There is a certain elegance in his moves. It's like a well choreographed and performed dance. Each move he makes anticipates his next move and makes it so much more powerful. And even though his actions are apolitical by design, they are executed with supreme awareness of the ever-changing flow of political circumstances he finds himself in.

When his job is done, I believe Garland will go down in history as the most brilliant head of DOJ ever.

August 9, 2022

Explosions rock area of Russian airbase in Crimea

Source: CNN

(CNN) A series of large explosions went off in the area of a Russian military airbase in the annexed Ukrainian territory of Crimea on Tuesday, with footage from the scene showing large plumes of smoke billowing into the air.
The Russian defense ministry said the blasts had been caused by detonated aviation ammunition, Russian state media RIA Novosti reported.
"Around 3:20 p.m., several aviation munitions detonated on the territory of the airfield 'Saki' near the settlement of Novofedorivka," the ministry said in the statement, according to RIA Novosti.

Ambulance crews and an air ambulance were sent to the site of the explosions, according to the health ministry of the region.

Oleg Kryuchkov, adviser to the head of the Crimean region -- which Russia annexed from Ukraine in 2014 -- confirmed several explosions had occurred near the village of Novofedorivka. On his Telegram channel, Kryuchkov said: "So far, I can only confirm the fact of several explosions in the Novofedorivka area. I ask everyone to wait for official messages."

Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/09/europe/crimea-blasts-russian-base-intl/index.html

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"Official message" coming up: "Several random airbase personnel were smoking in close proximity to various explosive storage areas at the same time and accidentally set off a number of explosions within 30 minutes of each other. No evidence of embarrassingly successful Ukrainian assault on the airbase was found. Obviously, an unfortunate accident."

August 7, 2022

IDF: Misfired rocket launched by Islamic Jihad kills Palestinian civilians in Jabaliya refugee camp.

Children among the dead.

https://twitter.com/IDF/status/1556167657363312641