Good morning kids. Well for what it's worth, President Trump and Shecky Zelensky of Ukraine reportedly had a cordial meeting, coming on the heels of the former's meeting with Vladimir Putin in Alaska. At the very least there are strong indications that there will be some sort of trilateral meeting between all the parties with the aim of ending the Russo/Ukraine war.
President Donald J. Trump has said he hopes today’s bilateral meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and summit with major European leaders will pave the way for a trilateral meeting between Zelensky, Russian President Vladimir Putin, and himself to negotiate an end to the war between the two Eastern European countries. Zelensky—and the leaders of the United Kingdom, France, Germany, NATO, and the European Union (EU)—gathered for an unprecedented summit at the White House on Monday after President Trump held bilateral discussions with Putin last Friday in what could mark a significant breakthrough towards ending the Ukraine war.“If everything works out well today, we’ll have a trilat—and I think there will be a reasonable chance of ending the war when we do that,” President Trump said. The America First leader emphasized that any trilateral meeting must be aimed at securing an enduring and lasting peace between Russia and Ukraine.
So while there was jaw-jaw war-war was still happening. . .
Ukrainian Drones Hit Refineries, Drive Russia’s Gas Prices to Record Highs . . . “Russia, one of the world's largest energy producers, relies heavily on oil exports to fund its full-scale war against Ukraine. Ukrainian forces have increasingly targeted Russian energy facilities that both supply fuel to its military and generate revenue for the Kremlin.”
No doubt this will have an effect on Putin, both personally and politically. From my perspective, it's imperative that we stay as far away from this mess as possible. There is talk of President Trump sending weaponry too Zelensky I assume to try and force the issue vis a vis Putin to make some sort of concessions. We shouldn't be sending even a Nerf Gun refill. And US troops? No way. Putin is not going to give an inch of what he has captured and I cannot envision Zelensky making any sort of concessions to stop the bloodshed, even though it's his people's blood being shed in the main and it's Russia that's the aggressor. The whole situation is a mess that's been going on since before the Soviet and Tsarist eras.
If President Trump can at least end this latest round of conflict, it certainly is a huge feather in his cap, and regardless of everything else, the end of the fighting is certainly a desirable outcome for the world, and not least of all for the people on both sides of the lines.
Meanwhile, back here in the States, while the Texas Democrat Flee Circus seems to have ended with their capitulation. . .
Yay for Texas, but . . .
. . . Yet another hack-in-black takes a rusty hacksaw to whatever is left of the Constitution:
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals has denied Louisiana‘s request to enforce its congressional redistricting map, initially passed by the Republican-majority legislature in 2022. Judges ruled the map violated Section 2 of the Voting Rights Act by diluting the votes of black residents through practices described as “packing” and “cracking” black voters, undermining their voting power.Notably, 83 percent of black voters nationwide backed Democrat candidate Kamala Harris in the 2024 presidential election.The court rejected Louisiana’s argument that race-based remedies are no longer necessary, stating, “There is no legal basis for this proposition, and the state offers no evidence that conditions in Louisiana have changed.” One judge issued a stay before the decision could take effect, though the Supreme Court had already stayed the map earlier in the year.The Supreme Court is also currently reviewing the case in Louisiana v. Callais and has requested additional arguments from both sides. The focus remains on whether Louisiana’s redistricting efforts were narrowly tailored to meet constitutional requirements. Justices are expected to weigh in further during the fall term.
Yes, we must have naked disgusting racialism in order to end naked disgusting racialism.
And then there are things that go boom in the night. . .
A cargo ship exploded in Chesapeake Bay near Baltimore on Monday evening.
“At this time, numerous emergency crews are responding to a cargo ship fire in the Baltimore Harbor on Chesapeake Bay, according to Maryland officials,” noted Rawsalerts. “The Baltimore City Fire Department reported that the ship caught fire in the Patapsco River near the site of the Key Bridge collapse.”
“While initial reports described it as an explosion, officials clarified that the incident involved an under-deck fire that sent smoke billowing into the air. The fire has since been contained, and the vessel is being removed from the channel. The cause of the fire remains under investigation,” it added.
Remember, we are still dealing with over four years and more really of at best a porous and at worst an intentionally wide open border where anyone and everyone from mere human traffickers and drug traffickers to terrorists and foreign saboteurs and agents can and have no doubt drifted in, meaning to do us harm.
In the wake of 9/11 (and I don't think I am giving away any big ideas or secrets here) I had often thought that as bad as that attack was, can you imagine multiple cargo ships (that are always sailing up and into New York Harbor) each loaded to capacity with AN-FO sailing up the harbor and grounding themselves under the bridges and over the Battery, Lincoln and Midtown tunnels then exploding. The death and destruction would've been orders of magnitude greater than 9/11.
AN-FO is a mixture of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil. As was used to devastating effect in Oklahoma City in 1995.
It has always been hard to believe that the truck-bombing of the A.P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City on April 19, 1995, which killed 168 people, including 19 children at a daycare center, was planned by just one or two perpetrators acting alone. However, the official story states that the mastermind was Gulf War veteran Timothy McVeigh, and that the two others sentenced with him only helped him in various ways.
The bombing happened at the height of the Clinton era. And in the immediate aftermath Clinton was quick to blame conservatives and right-wingers, specifically he singled out Rush Limbaugh, his harshest and most effective critic, as perhaps inspiring the attack itself via his radio program. Later Clinton tried to explain/obfuscate that he was blaming some ham radio operator out in the sticks and not El Rushbo.
Remember that this is the same Clinton machine that engineered the Russia Collusion hoax with the same FBI and Intel agencies that worked their fingers to the bone to sabotage and attempt to take down candidate and then President Trump. And the very same operatves, BRennan Comey and Clapper and many if not all of their underlings were working in the FBI, CIA, DoJ and elsewhere in the Deep State when the Murrah Building was leveled.
As I said, Hmm. . . indeed. If they are willing to steal elections, subvert the Judiciary, open the borders and flood the nation with criminals, illegals and terrorists as well as use the apparatus of government to take down political enemies elected and as we know all too well, merely lowly citizens, there is nothing they will not consider beyond the pale to preserve protect and defend their hold on power.
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