Alexei Navalny has't been heard from since being taken to a prison camp. That is a mistake. The missing opposition leader should be visible to the Russian public.

August 21, 2022

Berlin - On the second anniversary (click here) of the poisoning attack on Russian opposition figure Alexei Navalny, Germany and the United States hailed the determination of the Kremlin critic who is still imprisoned in Russia on charges those nations consider politically motivated.

“He barely survived the assassination attempt. He was able to recover in Germany,” German Chancellor Olaf Scholz said in a video message released Saturday, praising the Russian dissident’s bravery for going back to his homeland....

He is a propagandist.

August 22, 2022

By Annabelle Timsit and Rachel Pannett

Daria, (click here) daughter of Alexander Dugin, allegedly the brainchild of Russian President Vladimir Putin, has been killed in an attack.

...Dugin, a scathing critic of the United States (click here) who has been on its sanctions list since 2015, has often been credited with influencing the Kremlin’s thinking on Russian expansion and Ukraine, although his links to Putin have been sometimes overstated and the extent of their direct relationship is unclear. Dugin doesn’t hold an official government position.

Dugin, who has theorized about a perpetual war between Russia and the West for decades, has long called for the reabsorption of Ukraine into Russia. Experts say his language and expansionist views of Russia’s place in the world have been echoed by the Kremlin and in recent speeches by Putin. He was active in breakaway regions in the 2008 Russia-Georgia war and in 2014 in Ukraine, where U.S. officials say he recruited individuals with military and combat experience to fight on behalf of the self-proclaimed Donetsk People’s Republic. The separatist enclave in eastern Ukraine has played a central role in Putin’s justification of the war.

Dugin also controls Geopolitica, “a website that serves as a platform for Russian ultra-nationalists to spread disinformation and propaganda targeting Western and other audiences,” according to U.S. Treasury officials. The website has accused the United States and NATO of provoking war with Russia to “further terrorize the American people in all sorts of malicious ways.”...

Speaking in Kyiv, Ilya Ponomarev (picture to right) alleges bomb that killed daughter of Putin ally was work of underground group

There are reports that Ilya Vladimirovich Ponomarev a Russian politician, former member of the Duma and a technology entrepreneur states, "This action (the assassination of Dugina), like many other direct partisan actions carried out on the territory of Russia in recent months, was carried out by the National Republican Army (NRA)..."

Ponomarev as a member of the Russian Duma voted against the annexation of Crimea and the invasion into Ukraine. He was expelled from the Duma for anti-Kremlin activities. The NRA is an underground partisan group working for a violent overthrow of the Putin regime.

It is a civil war in Russia. Vladimir Putin has no insight to his own country's instability should the tables turn. There are Russians that want a different country, a different governance (ie: Navalny - click here) and the war into Ukraine has now opened up the internal weaknesses of Russia. They were underground, they are now surfacing in ways Putin could never imagine.

The Russian people, many the up and coming generations, are against communism and their president. It is an instability that can't be oppressed forever. This is the beginning of an overthrow of the communist regime in Russia. These Russians have stood by and watched the Post-Soviet states become strong and resilient to Russia's fantasy of reconstituting the USSR. They are stronger today knowing their values are the right values for them and Russia.

There will be peace. I am more confident of it today, than before. China will follow.

It is reported that tourists into Crimea are exposing Russian assets in photos posted to social media. The postings by more than one Russian tourist was used as intelligence. The Russian people know little about the Ukraine invasion, so to see Russian military assets in Crimea is like visiting a military base and taking pictures with the country's might. Citizen journalists. That is amazing. Congratulation to Ukraine's intelligence agents.

August 22, 2022
By Barney Davis

A holiday picture (click here) taken by a Russian tourist visiting a beach in occupied Crimea may have inadvertently given the location of Putin’s air defences away to Ukrainian forces, the Ukrainian Defence Ministry has claimed.

The swimsuit-clad tourist poses in front of “active” S-400 air defence systems positioned around the Yevpatoria Salt Lake next to the Black Sea coast.

The Defence of Ukraine tweeted: “Maybe we are being too hard on russian tourists… Sometimes they can be really helpful.

“Like this man taking pictures at russian air defence positions near Yevpatoria, in occupied Crimea. Thank you and keep up the good work!”

We can't thank him enough.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, celebrated by George W. Bush (click here) lead the USA through the most difficult time in it's history as a global pandemic descended on the country's people.

It was astounding to me that while he kept his perspective and believed the science, a part of America treated a deadly virus as a political lie. 

I thank Dr. Fauci for keeping the faith and persevering through the exposure of so many Americans of a virus that has had many variants due to non-compliance of those being infected.

He lead this country in the face of hatred for political gain. It is hideous to think about. Dr. Anthony Fauci while leading the NIH through a political nightmare never stopped. He never, not one day, threw in the towel to allow political personalities to override his message. He saved countless lives.

Thank you, Dr. Fauci, may your life enjoy a well deserved rest

August 22, 2022
By Yasmeen Abutaleb

Anthony S. Fauci, (click here) the nation’s preeminent infectious-disease expert who achieved unprecedented fame while enduring withering political attacks as the face of the coronavirus pandemic response under two presidents, plans to step down in December after more than a half-century of public service, he announced Monday....

 

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Just to be clear.

Under the Internal Revenue Code, (click here) all section 501(c)(3) organizations are absolutely prohibited from directly or indirectly participating in, or intervening in, any political campaign on behalf of (or in opposition to) any candidate for elective public office. Contributions to political campaign funds or public statements of position (verbal or written) made on behalf of the organization in favor of or in opposition to any candidate for public office clearly violate the prohibition against political campaign activity. Violating this prohibition may result in denial or revocation of tax-exempt status and the imposition of certain excise taxes....

Human space flight is beginning again and the USA should be proud of a program long in the making.

With Artemis missions, (click here) NASA will land the first woman and first person of color on the Moon, using innovative technologies to explore more of the lunar surface than ever before. We will collaborate with commercial and international partners and establish the first long-term presence on the Moon. Then, we will use what we learn on and around the Moon to take the next giant leap: sending the first astronauts to Mars.

As with all the space projects the USA has conducted, if it were to arrive at it's destination with far less expense it would be a bonus. But, the US space program is unmatched by any other. The Artemis missions are expensive, but, through in obtaining perfection in it's purpose.

The name Artemis is perfect for the program.

The last major goddess (click here) we will explore in this “Shakespeare and Greek Myths” series may have been Shakespeare’s favorite, based on the frequency with which he references her. Artemis was the goddess of chastity, hunting, and the moon, often depicted with her trusty bow and arrow and a short tunic to aid in running through the woods. Her maidenly virtue—for she swore never to marry—was presented in counterpoint to the passionate and fiery Aphrodite.

It would seem as though Artemis is a wholesome inspiration to any young lady.

I am deeply fascinated by the fact that Artemis remained a chaste huntress. (click here) A woman wild and free as nature itself, making the choice to have her pure soul untouched and undistracted by other people’s desires. Artemis — the Goddess who is solely focused on hunting down the desires of her heart and always obtains them, her arrow always hitting their intended mark.

She brings the magic of intuition, accuracy, psychic power, love and light, while maintaining her independence and self-reliance. How could I not be enchanted by this tireless woman, whose eyes are on the prize, no matter what direction she looks in?

She inspires faith — a knowing that I have achieved my goals way before I see them unraveling in front of me. I must not solely rely on tangible senses when it comes to my pursuits, but on the faith that if I remain determined and intentional, anything I set out to achieve shall materialize....