Tag: Ukraine

Slava Tualet

Ukrainian leader Volodymyr Zelenskyy is battling the deepest crisis of his presidency after a money-laundering probe named members of his inner circle, including an associate accused of living in “golden toilet” luxury, a former government official has claimed. Their comments came as the president faces scrutiny over the investigation that agencies said Monday involves associates allegedly linked to a plot to siphon around $100 million from Ukraine’s energy sector during the war with Russia. [More]

“Ukraine’s energy sector,” eh?

Did the “big guy” get his cut?

Zelenskyy could’a been a contender instead of a bum.

Democrats Gone Silent

Picture I took in Ukraine a few months ago. 50 dollar over the counter Suppressors. The upper end ones were about $425 at the time. [More]

Now note how many gun-grabbers here in the land of the Second Amendment who make up all kinds of lies to deny this to you have a “#Slava Ukraini” hashtag in their social media profiles.

They were all silent when the biggest case for an armed populace opened up before their eyes, too.

Should Be Easy Enough to Determine

“They sell weapons to drug cartels… the fact is that the Ukrainian military sells a huge percentage, up to half of the weapons we send them. And this is not my guess. This is a fact. Not speculation. They sell it, and a lot of it ends up with drug cartels on our border. So this is a crime,” Carlson said, quoted by RIA Novosti. [More]

If true, it should be provable from “crime scene” serial numbers, like in Fast and Furious . If not, a correction and apology are in order.

So… is anybody else looking into it?

[Via bondmen]

O Canada

Canada on Thursday announced a ban on 324 assault-style firearms in a continued effort for more stringent gun control. Leaders in Canada also said that they are working with the government of Ukraine to see how the guns can be donated to support the fight against Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. [More]

What do we expect from subjects of the Crown?

It’s not like it will do any good anyway. Ukraine started out showing such promise and then decided it didn’t trust it’s people, either.

[Via Jess]

A Fine Line

This career trough-feeder…

Looks like Mike reined in his attack dog after he realized he couldn’t prove who took the video.

There’s a lot to be said for this theory…

[Via Jess]

From the Government That Brought Us ‘Zero Tolerance’ for FFLs

40,000 Weapons Sent to Ukraine Have Gone Missing: Pentagon IG [More]

Meanwhile, you fill out lost and stolen reports– or else.

Anyone doubt they’ll turn up…?

The convergence of incompetence and intent needed for this to happen is just stunning.

So: Who’s even losing a job?

[Via bondmen]

None Dare Call It Treason

Republicans in Congress are threatening to cut off support for Ukraine unless they can force through their extreme partisan border policies. It’s political blackmail, pure and simple. The stakes are too high and the consequences are too significant for political brinksmanship. [More]

Speaking of “extreme partisan border policies“…

Any Democrat who does not see through this in-your-face gaslighting is either mentally incapable or willfully self-deluded. What does that say about those who do see through it and give their approval with their votes regardless?

A Feature, Not a Bug

Yet, when these dedicated analysts came to their woke bosses, saying, “We need to pay attention to this!” Their bosses contemptuously dismissed them with something like, “Don’t worry about it” When the shallow and self-centered don’t want something to be true, they “pretend” it’s not true. That’s exactly what happened at Pearl Harbor in 1941, in Vietnam just prior to the Tet Offensive in 1968 (I was there for that one!), and in NYC in September of 2001. [More]

Ephesians 6:12 comes to mind.

Parallel Worlds

David Codrea, in Firearms News reports that “While parallels to the situation in Ukraine are understandable enough to make with this new move to recruit civilians into the defense equation, the biggest similarity (and biggest mistake) is, both nations waited until the wolf was at the door to start the process. [More]

I was talking about Taiwan, but yeah, the parallels are there too.

I’ll take whatever publicity I can get as long as it doesn’t come with a mug shot.

Brawl in the Handout Line

Mexico’s President Obrador blasts US aid for Ukraine — advocates for more Latin America funding [More]

What kind of gratitude is that after “Ukraine’s Global Voice” called Mexico’s invaders “thousands of largely peaceful migrants”? (Citing Republicans Against Trump as an authority to heed doesn’t win Kyiv any points either…)

We ought to be charging Mexico for every illegal they send our way.

[Via Steve T]

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