Yada yada yada, meaningless drivel.

Say something important or at least interesting, yeah?

Lowrider called you a pedophile, remember? Do you forgive him for
that? If so, you probably are one.

On Sun, 01 May 2022 04:40:01 +0100, slider <slider@anashram.com>
wrote:

>### - your emotional reactions being almost entirely predictable; you're
>being mercilessly played thang and you don't even realise it??
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>am not an unkind person so i never do that kinda thing, but can't speak
>for lowrider whom you've obviously offended, and who's currently riding
>you like seabiscuit lol :)))
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>best advise then is to just drop it, and to return to more
>objective/critical thinking...
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>only i really don't think you can? (you aren't able to sustain it for very
>long i mean)
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>On Sun, 01 May 2022 02:03:50 +0100, o'Mahoney <libertidad@south.south.com>
>wrote:
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>> Fuck off, you useless welfare sucking cunt.
>>
>> Did I mention the word "traitor"?
>>
>> Never mind. You're an old cunt, you can't do anything, you're
>> powerless and soon you'll be dead (of age or stupidity).
>>
>> Dickhead.
>>
>> By the way, are there any retired marines or other servicemen living
>> in your Rooseveldt Apartments, perhaps even next to you? Guess what
>> their attitude to YOU might be if they read about your pleasure you
>> are taking in seeing one of their BUDDIES, an ex-serviceman, who has
>> been BLINDED fighting, not as a "mercenary" as you put it, but as a
>> soldier for freedom from a merciless invader.
>>
>> You might get a knock on the door or two. Be careful, cunt.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> On Fri, 29 Apr 2022 21:08:19 -0700 (PDT), LowRider44M
>> <intraphase@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> Two American mercenaries were also badly wounded in Orekhovo, one
>>> seemingly blinded for life by Russian artillery. You can read the
>>> description in the video below for more details:
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/ZZkc5HLaKaR6/
>>>
>>> Now the most important thing to understand is that all of these
>>> escalations are happening for one reason only, and that is: Russia is
>>> completely annihilating the Ukrainian armed forces in the Donbass. It
>>> is going even more horrifically for the AFU than many imagined. Here
>>> are some new videos just from the past day or two alone
>> showing not only possibly hundreds of losses in KIA but new mass
>> surrenders as well:
>>>
>>> Today’s mass surrender:
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/DOTwGdMPOdJD/
>>>
>>> Huge losses (18+): https://www.bitchute.com/video/RFkLPDeIXdfp/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/mWNL0Fr6chjn/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/WYqVnijq5lpX/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/N5f1voh5QTFg/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/TdTiQcK8qV5u/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/nACWZmHmJEOm/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/Y9A3UygWPp5b/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/gvwUN4Mth3Ct/
>>>
>>> https://www.bitchute.com/video/abLGT9StjMmC/
>>>
>>>
>>> []================================================[]
>>>
>>>
>>> President Putin met with members of the Council of Lawmakers
>>> 12482 Views April 28, 2022 42 Comments
>>>
>>> Speech at the Council of Lawmakers meeting
>>>
>>> President of Russia Vladimir Putin: Good afternoon, colleagues.
>>>
>>> … if anyone intends to intervene from the outside and create a
>>> strategic threat to Russia that is unacceptable to us, they should know
>>> that our retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast. We have the tools
>>> we need for this, the likes of which no one else can claim at this
>>> point. We will not just brag; we will use them if
>> necessary. And I want everyone to know this; we have made all the
>> decisions on this matter.I would like to welcome all of you to our
>> traditional meeting. I would like to congratulate you on the Day of
>> Russian Parliamentarism, you and your colleagues, senators and deputies
>> at all levels, legislative body staff and, of course,
>> veteran MPs.
>>>
>>> In May, the Council of Lawmakers will be 10 years old. We have all seen
>>> for ourselves that this format is useful and essential. As it
>>> coordinates the drafting of laws, following the principles of
>>> federalism, the Council facilitates the balanced development of our
>>> country. It reflects the diversity and wealth of our regions, our
>> territories.
>>>
>>> Your work is based on a constructive public dialogue. Such an open,
>>> specific exchange of opinions is certainly raising the Council’s
>>> responsibility before the people and society for every promise,
>>> initiative and proposal. If we make a public statement, it should not
>>> just be left hanging with the public waiting while nothing
>> happens. We should never allow this.
>>>
>>> I would like to emphasise, in this context, that the amendments to the
>>> Constitution adopted in 2020 have not only strengthened the position
>>> and influence of our parliament – and it is perfectly obvious that we
>>> have strengthened our parliamentarism – but they have also created
>>> conditions for further developing Russia’s independent,
>> sovereign legislation and national jurisdiction without lectures and
>> interference from any outside force. It is the people and the people
>> alone that are the source of power in our country.
>>>
>>> Its representatives – the parliamentary parties – for all the
>>> competition between them, are invariably acting from the same position
>>> when it comes to fundamental national interests and the resolution of
>>> our Fatherland’s defense and security issues.
>>>
>>> This kind of patriotic attitude is clear and inherent in our people,
>>> always supported by the majority, the overwhelming majority of
>>> Russians. Every election and all public opinion polls have confirmed
>>> this, and this cannot be otherwise anyway because love for the
>>> Motherland is one of the key foundations of Russian statehood and
>> the most important value for our society, which invariably manifests
>> itself at critical times for the country.
>>>
>>> Such unity of the people is a great value and a guarantee that Russia
>>> will be able to stand up to the most complex challenges and threats,
>>> and will confidently go through any trial. This has always been so, and
>>> so it will be now.
>>>
>>> In this regard, I would like to emphasise again: all the goals of the
>>> special military operation launched on February 24 will definitely be
>>> attained in order to guarantee peace and security for the residents of
>>> the Donetsk and Lugansk people’s republics, of Russian Crimea, and our
>>> entire country in a historical perspective.
>>>
>>> We must be aware and confident that our soldiers and officers have
>>> averted a real danger posed to our Motherland. Their courage,
>>> determination, and heroism have prevented a larger conflict that would
>>> have unfolded on our territory, but following someone else’s scenarios.
>>>
>>> The forces that have always pursued a policy of containing Russia –
>>> historically indeed, they did so in ancient times, and you know very
>>> well why they did this – they do not want such a huge and independent
>>> country that is too big for their ideas. They believe it endangers them
>>> simply by the fact of its existence. Although this is
>> far from reality; it is they who endanger the world.
>>>
>>> We have not forgotten the barbarous plans of the Nazis for the Soviet
>>> people – to drive them out. You remember, don’t you? They wanted to
>>> force those who could work to work like slaves, do slave labour in
>>> bondage. Those who were not wanted were supposed to be sent beyond the
>>> Urals or to the North to extinction. All this was
>> recorded in documents, in historical documents. We remember this.
>>>
>>> We also remember how the Western states encouraged terrorists and
>>> criminals in the North Caucasus in the early 1990s and 2000s, how they
>>> exploited the problems of our past, real problems, injustices of the
>>> past as regards entire peoples, including the peoples of the Caucasus.
>>> But they did all this not to make us better, not at
>> all. They did all this to bring the problems of the past to us today, to
>> encourage separatist attitudes in our country and eventually to split
>> and destroy it. This is why they did all this. They wanted to drive us
>> into the backwoods. Many have tried to do the same to Russia throughout
>> all eras.
>>>
>>> They did not reach their goal but could not accept their failure, that
>>> we managed to hold out against this onslaught at the time. This is why
>>> they later launched large-scale preparations for an economic war
>>> against Russia, using any excuse, and sometimes without any excuse at
>>> all, to impose more and more sanctions on us; but
>> today’s plans to strangle us economically have also fallen through.
>>>
>>> In addition, our enemies have been expediting the development of new
>>> “geopolitical weapons.” These weapons are basically nothing new, but
>>> they obviously gave them new motivation and a new impetus. They placed
>>> their bets on Russophobia and neo-Nazis and were impudently,
>>> unceremoniously turning our neighbor Ukraine into an
>> “anti-Russia” year after year.
>>>
>>> I would like to recall that when Russia had a benevolent, I would say,
>>> a friendly, comradely, fraternal attitude to the creation of an
>>> independent Ukrainian state, we thought, of course, that it would be a
>>> friendly state, that we could go further together, strengthening and
>>> developing each other and creating the most competitive
>> conditions for progress – yes, in new and historical conditions. No one
>> could imagine the creation of an “anti-Russia” on historical Russian
>> territory. We simply cannot allow this to happen, and so it all comes
>> down to a conflict, a direct conflict. Ukraine was pushed into direct
>> confrontation with Russia, our country. Let me
>> remind you that this was, unfortunately, all laid out, including an
>> armed attack on Crimea and Donbass, in Ukraine’s doctrinal documents of
>> today, while at the same time, the Ukrainian people were allotted the
>> destiny of “expendable material.” I believe a large part of the
>> Ukrainian people are coming to realise this.
>>>
>>> The entire course of recent events, including the Kiev regime’s claims
>>> to possess nuclear weapons, the deployment of a network of Western
>>> biolabs on Ukrainian territory, the seamless supplies of cutting-edge
>>> weapons to Ukraine, has confirmed that our reaction to those cynical
>>> plans was correct and timely.
>>>
>>> Colleagues,
>>>
>>> I would like to emphasise once again that our soldiers and officers,
>>> and the Donbass militia are heroically doing their duty, and as I said,
>>> all their goals and objectives will be met.
>>>
>>> But I would also like to note something I spoke about at the beginning
>>> of the special military operation. Let me emphasise once again: if
>>> anyone intends to intervene from the outside and create a strategic
>>> threat to Russia that is unacceptable to us, they should know that our
>>> retaliatory strikes will be lightning-fast. We have the
>> tools we need for this, the likes of which no one else can claim at this
>> point. We will not just brag; we will use them if necessary. And I want
>> everyone to know this; we have made all the decisions on this matter.
>>>
>>> Colleagues,
>>>
>>> I would like to thank all the parties in the State Duma and the
>>> Federation Council for their firmness, solidarity and support, for
>>> ensuring the high pace and quality of lawmaking in close cooperation
>>> with the Government of the Russian Federation. I hope the regional
>>> legislators will work just as intensively and will just as
>> quickly coordinate their activities with the regional executive
>> authorities.
>>>
>>> I am referring to the many packages of anti-sanction measures adopted
>>> in the past two months, dozens of important laws and by-laws, which
>>> have already passed through the local legislatures and through Russian
>>> parliament.
>>>
>>> I would like to note that specific decisions will be made in the near
>>> future on the indexation of pensions and all social benefits, as well
>>> as the salaries of specialists employed in the public sector. To ensure
>>> practical implementation of this policy, I ask the parliamentarians to
>>> carefully work out the necessary amendments and
>> legal mechanisms.
>>>
>>> These and the other decisions we have been making are aimed at
>>> providing direct assistance to the most vulnerable categories of the
>>> population – families with children and senior citizens. The key
>>> industries, strategic enterprises, small and medium-sized businesses
>>> are also receiving and will continue to receive support. As a
>> result, by taking the measures I have just mentioned, we have not just
>> softened, but, as I said, we have repelled, blocked the very first
>> crushing blow – as the West believed it to be – of the illegitimate
>> sanctions against our country.
>>>
>>> Our banking system, national currency, transport, trade, and the
>>> economy in general have withstood the shock and have not crumbled. On
>>> the contrary, they now have good resources for development, for the
>>> launch of new projects in infrastructure and industry, and for
>>> developing and unlocking the potential of all our regions.
>> Undoubtedly, this is the result of a balanced and responsible
>> socioeconomic policy over the recent years, the implementation of our
>> national projects, and the result of your, my colleagues, concerted and
>> energetic efforts amid today’s extraordinary circumstances.
>>>
>>> I want you to partner with the ministries and departments, governors’
>>> teams, as I mentioned earlier, and the business, scientific and expert
>>> communities in order to continue to develop new, effective and
>>> well-thought-out anti-crisis measures, to strengthen parliamentary
>>> control from within over the implementation of decisions, and
>> to support our people.
>>>
>>> It is important to ensure not only stability in the economy, the
>>> domestic market, and the regular operation of industrial enterprises,
>>> but to strengthen our country’s industrial and technological
>>> sovereignty and even global leadership in certain areas. This is an
>>> absolutely feasible task in areas where we have the required
>> scientific expertise, engineering schools and production base, and we do
>> have that in our country.
>>>
>>> How many aircraft did we make before? Carrier companies were happy with
>>> buying foreign-made equipment which, indeed, boasts advantages in terms
>>> of noise levels and fuel consumption, but our manufacturers should
>>> strive to achieve these standards. However, they could hardly overcome
>>> this challenge in a situation where the domestic
>> market was flooded with foreign manufacturers; that is the problem. And
>> it is so with most products. However, wherever possible, wherever, to
>> reiterate, we have advanced schools, engineers and readily available
>> potential, this potential needs to be developed. We have many such
>> areas. Many areas of production, and high-tech
>> production at that, see good, new and modern opportunities opening up.
>>>
>>> As I have said, we will counter any crude and often inept external
>>> restrictions, the destruction of all civilised rights and agreements
>>> and attempts to isolate us with greater freedom of entrepreneurship,
>>> openness to honest partnerships, respect and reliable protection of
>>> owners and genuine investors. All these goals require the
>> direct involvement of the deputies at the federal and regional levels
>> alike.
>>>
>>> I would like to ask you personally to work directly with the heads of
>>> municipalities and companies, businesses, NGOs and work teams to help
>>> them resolve their problems and eventually grant them additional
>>> systemic support measures. I would like to add that United Russia bears
>>> special responsibility for this as the leading party.
>> But I am addressing all parliamentary parties now – I am asking you to
>> work together.
>>>
>>> In general, I would like to ask you to have direct contact with the
>>> people. It is no longer important now, not significant whose voters
>>> they are and whether any of them voted at all. It is important to
>>> devote time and attention to all these people, to respond if you are
>>> asked for help and protection. Sometimes people are just
>> asking for advice and it is necessary to respond to this, too.
>>>
>>> And there is one more important task for those who work in committees
>>> on international affairs or friendship groups with their foreign
>>> counterparts. I understand that it has become impossible and also
>>> pointless to work in some associations, for example, PACE. In general,
>>> many of these formats were established in the early 1990s
>> not to harmonise relations in Europe but to influence the post-Soviet
>> space. We understand this. But these instruments have become obsolete.
>> Nobody needs them anymore. Let them deal with their own issues; let them
>> campaign for higher wages and resolution to their mounting problems. We
>> will not spend time talking about them here.
>> This applies to human rights and women’s rights or, say, women’s
>> inequality in the workplace. Europe and the States have many problems
>> like this, so let them deal with their own problems.
>>>
>>> But at this time, we need to use any accessible format or channel for
>>> parliamentary diplomacy in Europe, Asia, Africa and America, as much as
>>> we can – those that have remained. Direct contact can never hurt
>>> because we have many supporters in all global regions, I assure you,
>>> although you know this yourselves. But it is necessary
>> to work with them to justify our position with arguments, to uphold the
>> truth and to bring information to the people who want to know it, true
>> information.
>>>
>>> Speaking at a Prosecutor General’s Office Board meeting the day before
>>> yesterday, I mentioned the need to create a detailed and
>>> incontrovertible evidence base covering all the heinous crimes and
>>> violations of international humanitarian law committed by the neo-Nazis
>>> and foreign mercenaries who are arriving in Ukraine in great
>> numbers. The other day, several of them were destroyed, and several
>> others were detained. The Defence Ministry will present them to the
>> public soon. These atrocities will certainly receive an objective legal
>> assessment. However, it is important to raise these issues at the
>> international level, including at the parliamentary level,
>> even now.
>>>
>>> I mentioned earlier Kiev’s attempt, which was prevented, to physically
>>> eliminate some of our journalists through terrorist attacks. Here is
>>> what I have to say in this regard.
>>>
>>> Those criminals, terrorists have been neutralised and detained and
>>> their actions are being investigated. But it is no secret that such
>>> methods – killing their own journalists and politicians right on the
>>> street – have been used quite often in Ukraine in recent years. Now,
>>> they decided to take this practice to our country.
>>>
>>> No doubt, we will do our best to protect the people who work at
>>> official Russian television and radio channels, the people who work
>>> online and promote patriotism, people who make up the vast majority of
>>> our country’s media space. But we must be aware that such a threat
>>> exists. Of course, we cannot assign guards from the FSO, the
>> FSB or the National Guard to everyone, but we will do and must do our
>> best to ensure their safety.
>>>
>>> Here is what I would like to say, and what I am absolutely sure of. Any
>>> attempts to intimidate the people who work in the media space, to
>>> intimidate Russian journalists who have a patriotic position, are
>>> doomed. On the contrary, I do not doubt for a single second that these
>>> attempts will result in even more people joining their
>> ranks to show that we have people who are not afraid of anything and who
>> are ready to and will uphold our country’s interests.
>>>
>>> Colleagues,
>>>
>>> There are a quite a few pressing items on your agenda. I wish you luck
>>> and every success in your future work. I congratulate everyone on our
>>> upcoming great, main holiday – the Day of the Great Victory. I am sure
>>> that uncompromising will, courage and loyalty to the Fatherland will
>>> always inspire you and all of us.
>>>
>>> Thank you very much for your attention.
>>>
>>> I wish you all the best. Thank you.