I think we all need a little break from all
the propaganda, misinformation and gaslighting
being done in the name of freedom and demockracy.

Here is great news!!!!

https://www.theautomaticearth.com/2023/04/debt-rattle-april-11-2023/

Bring your own news…do you have the grandkids this week? If so I hope y’all are making lots of memories!

Ritter on how France and U.K. nukes are basically American nukes even though they are called NATO nukes and have never been included in the nuclear weapons agreements.

Makes the case that the leaks are bogus.

LOL And The "Change Of Plans"

So, we get the "clue" now about the leaks which are most likely deliberate and the largest "clue" is CNN "report".

Highly classified Pentagon documents leaked online in recent weeks have provided a rare window into how the US spies on allies and foes alike, deeply rattling US officials, who fear the revelations could jeopardize sensitive sources and compromise important foreign relationships. Some of the documents, which US officials say are authentic, expose the extent of US eavesdropping on key allies, including South Korea, Israel and Ukraine. Others reveal the degree to which the US has penetrated the Russian Ministry of Defense and the Russian mercenary organization Wagner Group, largely through intercepted communications and human sources, which could now be cut off or put in danger. Still others divulge key weaknesses in Ukrainian weaponry, air defense, and battalion sizes and readiness at a critical point in the war, as Ukrainian forces gear up to launch a counteroffensive against the Russians – and just as the US and Ukraine have begun to develop a more mutually trusting relationship over intelligence-sharing. Ukraine has already altered some of its military plans because of the leak, a source close to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told CNN.

There you have it. Two possibilities:

1. Pathetic attempt at trying to confuse Russia before some moves along the front, aka "counter-offensive"--a euphemism for the slaughter of the remaining forces of VSU;

2. A likely preparation of the "exit" for Biden Admin who is now "informed" that once this "counter-offensive" starts it may end for 404 somewhere west of Kiev.

Yes, Washington needs the way out, because all of its plans re: Russia failed miserably and the US (and NATO as a whole) never had a chance to defeat Russia militarily--different leagues.

If the graves are really recent then this is a huge stain on everyone involved in sending Ukrainians to their deaths for a war that they can’t win.

There are more than 22 videos of fresh graves in this thread. How many lives have been destroyed and how many families will live in poverty after Ukraine again becomes the cesspool of Europe because there is no money, but plenty of corruption. It’s too bad that all the Slava Ukraine folks won’t see the tweets and will go on believing that Ukraine is kicking Russian butt and it’s only the Russian Orcs who are dying. One day the truth will come out, but not in time to save lives.

the authenticity of leaked top secret docs?

Some of the documents, which US officials say are authentic, expose the extent of US eavesdropping on key allies, including South Korea, Israel and Ukraine.

Yep, something is rotten.

edited typo

NATO’S AFRICAN HYPOCRISY

The West wants African countries to condemn the war in Ukraine, but doesn’t want to hear their views on conflicts in Libya or Yemen. Why not? African Stream’s Clinton Nzala outlines the double standard during a discussion on Bolivia’s Kawsachun News. pic.twitter.com/ecuJ9Xslr9

— African Stream (@african_stream) April 11, 2023

and timed it just as the gnats were hatching. They didn’t bother me, but I’m glad I didn’t wash the car before I left. The windshield is coated with them and in a few days no one will enjoy visiting the island. Lots of people there so might still be spring break.

I saw 15 buffalo roaming and I don’t know what the other critters are.

He crossed the road to relieve an itch.

It’s weird to see how much space there is looking west cuz I feel like I’m snuggled up with the mountains where I live. I took these out of the visitor center window.

Mt. Ogden

Ben Lomond the mountain in this picture I posted last week. Snow covered them all the way down a week ago. And the last leg of the causeway. I remember when water was lapping at its road, but there is much more water there than last year when it was just salt flats. The salt flats are under water right now. Haven’t seen that in a long time. It usually looks like this

Just east of the flats and looking east towards the wicked storm I white knuckled drove through.

https://www.presstv.ir/Detail/2023/04/11/701357/Palestine-Israeli-settle...

Hundreds of Israeli settlers have stormed the al-Aqsa Mosque compound in the occupied East al-Quds to mark a Jewish holiday, in yet another provocative move against Palestinian worshipers.

The Palestinian Information Center, citing the al-Qastal news website, which reports events in al-Quds, said that at least 788 extremist Israeli settlers broke into the compound on Tuesday and toured its courtyards under the protection of the regime’s forces during the Jewish holiday of Passover.

Some of the settlers performed rituals and Talmudic prayers in the mosque’s courtyards, as others received lectures from rabbis about the Temple Mount during their tour at the holy site.

According to eyewitnesses, Israeli police forces escorted groups of Israeli settlers into the al-Aqsa courtyard through the Moroccan Gate, also known as the Mughrabi Gate.

Earlier in the day, Israeli police imposed strict restrictions on the entry of Palestinian worshipers into the mosque.

Dozens of Palestinians performed prayers on the streets leading to the mosque after being prevented from entering the courtyard. Muslim worshipers also chanted slogans in protest at the settlers’ desecration of the holy site.

The latest incursions took place a week after the occupying regime forces raided the compound, brutally assaulting dozens of Palestinian worshipers, who were observing the holy month of Ramadan there.

be well and have a good one

Get those taxes done, friend! You pay enough without some penalty for late filing on top of it.
I start working on my end of the tax prep in January. An hour here, 2 hours there, and by March 1st, my figures are sent to my tax preparer. It takes me approximately 30 hours to get it into a form for her.
My taxes went up with Trump's tax revisions, but just jumped up again, thanks to the Biden administration. I wouldn't be so pissed about it if any of my tax dollars went to any programs that helped people. The rich not only do not help the poor, our middle class tax dollars more directly benefit the rich than the poor. (We are a shitty country, just sayin'...)
Thanks for the music.
Enjoy a break from the incessant bad news, and enjoy being that good g'pa!

sort out everything I pay for into about 14 categories which are deductible expenses. All income has to be sorted out in 3 categories. Then, office expense, THEN, home office expense.
Let's complicate it further: Clients can't pay filing fees directly to the court, only attorneys. (Unless they are pro se.) So, I have a kazillion items on my bank deposits that are not income, but adjusted gross income. That is because of the fabulous e-file system. Every court in every county has a different fee.
After this morning in probate court, with 9 cases on the docket, I wonder how much longer I want to deal with this. At least every single will, many of them on line forms, or signed badly, were approved. 9 down, goodness knows how many to go.
Don't bother reading how well Ukraine is doing in the war.
They suck, will lose, and the timing is the only unknown.