Saturday Updates

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Well, well, look who greeted us this morning:

This time the gout is on the left, rear ankle. How pervasive is it? We had gout in our dream, which was pretty weird to begin with. See, we were covering Russia's glorious liberation of Ukraine for Inforos when we were captured by a death squad of beautiful a Ukrainian fem-bots. and...So much for our gym and long walk plans this weekend. Looks like we'll knock off another Russia/Putin book. We're thinking the Ruskis in Syria.

The Bridgewater Breeze reports on the Bridgewater town meeting about the Z'Kye Husain situation. The usual statements were made. Bla-bla, racism, bla-bla change. This incident has broken our brain. On the one hand, there was a fight. On the other hand, the cops shouldn't have handcuffed* the kid. On the gripping hand, look at the professional racists jerking the incident dry. Does one really want to be on their side?

It is this blog's opinion that the Russians are, albeit slowly, winning the war. The footage of destroyed Soviet, sorry, Russian equipment is impressive, this blog admits. Zelenky is the greatest Jewish hero since Charleton Heston. 

But the Red Army grinds on, as is its wont. The Ruskis have offered a ceasefire in a few areas. The press thinks this is a humanitarian gesture. Suckers. The Ruskis are getting civilians out of the way and using the time to gather their strength. 

How does the conflict end and what comes next? 

We have yet to hear back from our KGB handler in Moscow and believe he's been assassinated by Ukrainian Nazi commandoes. Thoughts and prayers.

The cancelation of all things Russian continues. Mark my words, the next time Hamas picks a fight with Israel, the cancellers won't stop with Israel. No. They'll insist on cancelling Jews too. Expect to see protests in front of synagogues.  

We think the gout attack is stress related because we busted our hump all week on World War 1990: The Weser. We read each section: Intro, The Americans, The British, The Confederates...and then we read them again. We're pretty happy with what we've written. At this stage in the process one is nagged by the thought, 'Yes it's good. But can it be better?' Never let the perfect be the enemy of the good. We are nearing the end.

Remaining to-dos are unit checks; making sure 1/7 Arty is 1/7 Arty throughout, writing a few last scenes, seeing if there are seams into which we can put some ideas plus other odds and ends. We'll see. We'll be done by the end of the month. No need to write 'Inshallah' at the end because what will be will be and we shall all eat lamb in paradise. 

We'll spend our gout ridden weekend reading through the Great Salvation of 1976 printout. We didn't get through much of it this week.

Exit question: Does knocking off The Weser this month (it's being knocked off with extreme prejudice) clear things out to work on The Final Storm next month?

[I got an exit question for you -Ed]

Oh?

[The Great Nuclear War of 1975 is done, complete fin-Ed]

[Why not press the PUBLISH button, knobhead-Ed]

Dunno.

*See excessive 'officer safety' in your modern policing handbook.

Yet Another Dispatch from yet Another Z'kye Husain Protest in Bridgewater

Another day, another Z'kye Husain protest in Bridgewater. Al Sharpton was supposed to make an appearance and we hoped for a selfie. 

We wore a blue and white Somerset Patriots cap and our gray Property of the Mars Congressional Republic Navy hoodie. The MCRN lettering and logo confuses people and makes them stop wondering why we're there. One of the town employees letting people into the building (see below) spotted our hoodie and complimented.

The rally was organized by attorney Benjamin Crump. This was the biggest Z'kye Husain crowd we'd seen so far. We could go 200 on it if we had to. This was a mostly black crowd and almost nobody was from Bridgewater. Plenty of print and TV media were present. We counted half a dozen cameras. Al Sharpton was a no show (damn it!), but representatives from his National Action Network were there. Also present were some members of Israel United in Christ:

Those guys were preaching to an audience of one: me. We had a hard time following. Even after taking some of their lit and visiting what we must admit is an impressive website, we're not sure what they're about. 
 

NJ.com captures events perfectly: 'But Crump’s presence, and Sharpton’s advertised one, brought out local activists who said the two men were opportunists. “This is poverty pimping,” one shouted. The two groups faced off in the Bridgewater Municipal Center plaza outside the police station, Crump and his team with a microphone stand while the group of local men talked through a public address system they had brought. Eventually, Crump brought his press conference — including his legal team, some local activists he had coordinated with, plus Z’Kye’s family and credentialed media — into a multipurpose room inside the police station.' The situation grew quite acrimonious and members of the two groups never did stop yapping away at each other. 

Related, the Bridgewater Breeze reports that someone hung a 'Fuck BLM' banner and several American flags on the Route 22 pedestrian walkway. Some members of the Bridgewater/Raritan Community FB group were really worked up about it. One called the DPW. Getting American flags taken down, eh?  There was lots of talk of white nationalists and white supremacists. Someone wondered if Putin was involved. The road to victory in Ukraine runs through Bridgewater, every military analyst can see that. 

Oh! Look ma, I'm on TV! Watch the video from My Central Jersey and you'll see us loitering in the background:

You're Combined Russo-Ukrainian War and Z'Kye Hussein Protest Post for 2/28/22

We're getting some bloodwork done this morning. No coffee yet so we're just dying here. At last check our triglycerides were at 634, and bright red, italicized, underlined and with an exclamation point on the printout. Those are rookie numbers we need to bring those numbers up, we said. We're hoping to break the 700 threshold. Yeah, we're on all the pills. 

Stroock's Books admits to being surprised by NATO's unity against Russia. This blog is also impressed by NATO's arms shipments, banning of Russian aircraft, expulsion from SWIFT, etc. We'll see if these actions are mere window dressing. Here's what we mean. Lots of organizations are cancelling Putin. His Judo trophy has been revoked, or some such. NATO may be virtue signaling. That's just how the world works in 2022.

The Ruble is collapsing and the Moscow Stock Exchange is closed today. It seems the soft power we have so mocked is hurting Russia. But will it work? Ben Shapiro has been making great points about the West assuming everyone else is like us. Maybe your average Ruski cares more about winning the war than he cares about inflation. Maybe he's willing to pay the price for victory. I dunno.

After four days of watching the Russian military in action we feel certain observations are warranted. They're incompetent. The Russian Army is unable to maneuver, coordinate, use combined arms tactics, etc etc. They remind this blog of Arab armies. Arabs can't fight. 

1. Invade Ukraine

2. ???

3. Putin wins.

It seems the Russians had no plan after the initial push failed to take Kiev. We're stunned. Have we been overestimating Putin, because it seems like we've been overestimating Putin.

That being said, remember the Hong Kong protests? How'd they turnout?

Sticking with our Ruski theme...  

What Will's Watching: If you think Bob Odenkirk couldn't play an action-hero, then you haven't seen Nobody. Hutch Mansell is a suburban everyman with a dark past as a government 'auditor' who pisses off the wrong Russian mobster. Big mistake, for the Ruskis. If you ever wanted to see Christopher Lloyd brandish a shotgun, then Nobody is for you. Fun, funny, and bloody. 3/4

Why do we keep doing this to ourselves...? Another weekend another Z'kye Hussein protest in Bridgewater. Less than 50 attended. This protest was overwhelmingly Indian. What's up with that? People kept asking us if we wanted a sign. We kept saying no thank you. The above article by Emma Uk captures the air and feel of the cold afternoon. Uk's is a perfect piece of Five Ws reporting. We're in the below photo, taken by Gary Kane for the Bridgewater Breeze. Center right, good looking guy in back with beard, hat and sunglasses surrounded by signs. 

The Bridgewater/Moscow Nexus

Last night we attended the BLM protest here in Bridgewater in support of Z'kaye Hussain. We'd say 50 + people gathered in front of the municipal building. The town council was supposed to meet but cancelled. Which is dumb.  Bridgewater Patch has a good article. News12 New Jersey and WPIX 11 were there, as were two other print journalists. This protest had a different energy than last weekend's which was generally hopeful. Last night speakers were angry. Not all. A couple of older black gentlemen urged attendees not to blame the other kid involved and pointed out that young men roughhouse and fight. Quite right. There were lots of 'no justice, no peace' chants. One youth pastor talked about not caring for Blue Lives. Several 'white allies' spoke. These were exercises in self-hatred. 

Well, Ukrainian forces have exacted a heavy toll from the Russians*, for all the good it will do them in the long run. As we write this there's fighting in the outskirts of Kiev. The West's proposed sanctions don't even touch the Russian energy sector. This is a cruel joke. The media, being filled with degenerate retards, keep saying Putin is trying to rebuild the Soviet Union. No, you morons. This is a Tsarist thing not a Soviet thing. Anyway, here's a map describing Soviet, sorry, Russian ops.

What Will's Watching, Kremlin Inside with Sophia Shevardnadze: We are enchanted. Also the Kremlin is both beautiful and fascinating. We almost feel bad about having the SAS torch it with flamethrowers in The Final Storm. Also, here's Kara and Nate in Red Square. We'd really like to visit Moscow and not just to further our Russian collusion. 

Will goes retro. Facebook memories presented this to us this morning. From 2014:

Points made while reading riot act to class full of lazy, indifferent students:
-These tests are a pathetic, half-assed mess
-You are wasting my time
-My time is exponentially more valuable than your time
-I am an exceptional professor and this is your fault, not mine
-You will remember me the rest of your lives while I will forget about you all 5 minutes after I file your final grades
-You are wasting your parents money, that was an invitation to get up and leave
-I hope I'm understood.

We miss teaching.

Below, the Friday Flag:

Whither Europe. Wither Europe? I dunno.

*Follow ELINT News. Doing so will take you to tweeters on the ground in Ukraine and Ukrainian/Russian specialists.