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It’s time for Ukraine to respond to modernday Russia and its helper Iran, the modernday Persia, with a revised updated reply of their 17th century response to invaders.

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  2. Zaporizhzhian Cossack traditions are making a comeback during the war : NPR

    On a wooded river island, a Ukrainian family guards the legacy of the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, whose history and traditions are being remembered because of Russia’s war on Ukraine.
    [transcript]
    STEVE INSKEEP, HOST:
    We have a bit of history now from war-torn Ukraine, specifically the Zaporizhzhia region in southern Ukraine. It’s an active front line. Centuries ago, the 16th century, it was run by warriors beating back invaders, including the Russian czars. And though those warriors are now revered, they made a compromise that Ukrainians vow never to repeat. NPR’s Joanna Kakissis sent us this postcard.
    JOANNA KAKISSIS, BYLINE: Khortytsia is a lush wild island where horses run free. It’s on the Dnipro River, just outside the southern city of Zaporizhzhia. Inside a thatched hut near an animal refuge, I meet Yuriy Kopishinskyi, a tall grandfather with a shaved head and a linebacker’s build.
    YURIY KOPISHINSKYI: Yeah, Yuriy Kopishinskyi.
    KAKISSIS: He calls Khortytsia home. It was once the headquarters of his ancestors, the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks.
    KOPISHINSKYI: (Through interpreter) We the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks defended the people who lived in this particular area. And you have to think of, like, the history of the Cossacks, who were de facto border guards.
    KAKISSIS: He says they defended their land against invaders, including Muscovite princes, and they took a blood oath before battle.
    KOPISHINSKYI: (Through interpreter) So you have to understand that when you fight as brothers, you fight in a completely different way.
    KAKISSIS: Kopishinskyi takes us to the edge of the island to a fenced-in complex overlooking the river. For the last 20 years, he has trained locals and foreigners here to fight like the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks. One of his best students is Andrii Lozovyi…
    ANDRII LOZOVYI: (Non-English language spoken).
    KAKISSIS: …A cheery hulk with a drooping mustache and long oseledets, a traditional Cossack ponytail, on top of his mostly shaved head. It’s a hairstyle I’ve seen all over Ukraine, even on women. Lozovyi calls it the haircut of champions.
    LOZOVYI: (Through interpreter) Every adult, every child wants a hairstyle like that so we can look like our heroes.
    KAKISSIS: Lozovyi opens the gate to take us inside the fenced-in complex, which is lined with old wooden houses that look like they came out of a Renaissance fair. This is the reconstruction of a Cossack sich, or a military administrative center. There’s a church, some homes, a museum. Lozovyi disappears into the museum and returns with weapons.
    UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Just step aside, please.
    (SOUNDBITE OF SWORD SWINGING)
    KAKISSIS: The sound of that whoosh, whoosh, whoosh is Andrii swinging a big, heavy sword around. Now he’s got two in his hand. He’s also got a couple of axes, and he can fight on horseback.
    LOZOVYI: (Through interpreter) Whether we use horses and swords or howitzers and HIMARS, it all goes back to the same Cossack spirit to defend our land.
    KAKISSIS: Lozovyi says he’s been rejected from military service because of multiple bone fractures he suffered falling off horses. Kopishinskyi’s other student warriors are all on the front line, and they’re fighting other Cossacks who live in Russia and support Moscow.
    KOPISHINSKYI: (Through interpreter) The Russian Cossacks were nothing but servants, and all they did was ever submit to the czar. The Zaporizhzhian Cossacks never submitted to anybody.
    KAKISSIS: Except this one time, he says, and it was a terrible mistake. More than 450 years ago, the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks signed a treaty with Moscow for military protection. The Russian empire grew, and Cossacks in other regions pledged their loyalty to the czars. The Zaporizhzhian Cossacks held out until Catherine the Great, one of the Russian empire’s most formidable leaders, disbanded them in 1775. But today, Kopishinskyi says, the Russians are weak.
    KOPISHINSKYI: (Non-English language spoken).
    KAKISSIS: And the Zaporizhzhian Cossacks, he says, are fighting again.
    Joanna Kakissis, NPR News, Khortytsia, Ukraine.

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    Zaporizhian March is an expressive Ukrainian folk musical art that was preserved and revived by bandurist Yevhen Adamtsevych. The march became more famous after its arrangement by Viktor Hutsal who merged the march with the folk song about Doroshenko and Sahaidachny.


    Slava Ukraini!

  4. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation/index.html

    “Donald Trump sues E. Jean Carroll for defamation”

    “In a counter claim filed Tuesday night, Trump alleges that Carroll defamed him when she appeared on CNN the morning after the jury awarded her $5 million in damages. Carroll was asked about the verdict finding Trump sexually abused Carroll but did not rape her as she alleged. Carroll said, “Oh, yes he did.”

    E Jean was asking for a DNA sample at one point. Maybe she kept the clothes she was wearing? Could his defamation suit against her require him to give that DNA sample and prove her claim?

  5. https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/feb/15/trump-e-jean-carroll-defamation-lawsuit-dna

    “The judge, Lewis A Kaplan, rejected the 11th-hour offer by Trump’s legal team to provide a DNA sample to rebut claims Carroll first made publicly in a 2019 book.”

    “Carroll’s lawyers have sought Trump’s DNA for three years to compare it with stains found on the dress Carroll wore the day she says Trump raped her in a department store dressing room in late 1995 or early 1996. Analysis of DNA on the dress concluded it did contain traces of an unknown man’s DNA.”

    So, now that he’s suing her for defamation, isn’t it necessary for him to provide a DNA sample to prove whether or not it matched what was in the clothes she was wearing?

  6. speaking of the unspeakable former guy

    Christie labels Trump ‘the cheapest S.O.B I’ve ever met in my life’ | The Hill

    Republican presidential candidate Chris Christie had harsh words for former President Trump, calling him out for reportedly pointing donations toward a fund Trump’s used for paying legal fees.
    “(Trump is) the cheapest S.O.B. I’ve ever met in my life,” the former New Jersey governor said of the former president in a Politico interview Tuesday.
    “What Donald Trump is good at is spending other people’s money,” he added.
    Trump’s Save America PAC spent at least $3 million of its funds paying Trump’s lawyers and is paying for the lawyers for some witnesses in the classified documents case, multiple news outlets reported last year. The hired legal firm reportedly donated more than $120,000 to the PAC, according to The Washington Post.
    Christie in the Politico interview called the reported diversion of funds to Save America instead of a traditional campaign account deceptive, but in character for the former president.
    “This is a billionaire who refused to pay his lawyers with his own personal money, and instead, men and women out there who believe in him and wanted [him] to be elected president are donating money to try to forward his candidacy … and he’s diverting that money to pay his own legal fees,” Christie said.
    “He should take a pledge today to instruct his campaign to no longer spend any public money on his legal fees,” Christie added. “He is the richest candidate in this race, yet he is using public money to pay his legal fees. He should be ashamed of himself.”
    [continues]

  8. Sounds like the twit made twit a screwed up (even more) place yesterday, a whole lotta people got the three day jail lite for being spam. Still trying to find a commonality.
     
    The purge by puttie has started.  One ATV accident and at least three generals in FSB arms.  There is still the matter of actual confirmation, but the absence of presence is partial confirmation.  There should be plenty of updates today and for the next few days. 

  9. Life cycle of a Tyrant.   Once they survive a coup attempt, they have to begin murdering people in large numbers.  Once they begin that, The Doom is near.   

    Can’t kill ‘em all Vlad.

  10. 75 years ago, scant months after I was born, Shirley Jackson, in The New Yorker magazine, published Today’s Short Story of the Forever, “The Lottery”.   
    https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Lottery

    Jackson and The New Yorker were both surprised by the initial negative response from readers; subscriptions were canceled and much hate mail was sent throughout the summer of its first publication, with Jackson receiving at least 10 letters per day.[2] The Union of South Africa banned the story because some parts of Africa still used stoning as a punishment.[3]

    The story has been dramatized several times, including as a radio drama, film, and graphic novel. It has been subjected to considerable sociological and literary analysis and has been described as one of the most famous short stories in the history of American literature.[4]

  12. Sweet!

    34 years after Donald Trump called for him and 4 other wrongly accused young men to be executed, Yusef Salaam of the Exonerated 5 has declared victory in the New York City Council race to represent Harlem.

    Trump never said he was wrong or apologized for the ad he took out in the Central Park 5 case: 

  13. new one by parody project just in time to sing about sam & clarence, the dissenters in yesterday’s decision in favor of democracy.   one does wonder if their benefactors and travel buddies had a dog in that fight.

    It’s been in the news a lot lately – the blatant corruption of certain justices on the Supreme Court and the obvious fact that no one seems to have the power to force them to comply with the rules of ethics. So why not sing about it instead

     

  14. ms petri’s Opinion | The Trump tape Cokes join other dubious product placements in history – The Washington Post

    “See, as president I could have declassified it. Now, I can’t, you know, but this is still a secret. … Hey, bring some, uh, bring some Cokes in, please.”
    — Donald Trump, apparently discussing classified documents in his possession on a recording first obtained by CNN

    I’m sorry, but I can’t stop thinking about the Cokes. I just love this idea of a product being placed in the middle of activity that very much sounds like a crime. Is this Coke’s greatest triumph, or Pepsi’s? I guess if someone said something like, “I, Benedict Arnold, am about to do treason! But first, a nice sip of my favorite beverage!” I would say, “Treason is bad, but I am curious about that drink he mentioned!”
    Here are some other examples of product … placement?
    1789
    “Let them eat cake. Specifically, the kind of delicious cake only King Arthur flour can be certain to produce!”
    […]

     

    1790s
    “Time to do the Whiskey Rebellion.”
    “What kind of whiskey?”
    “I don’t know. I drink Jack Daniel’s, myself.”
    […]
    1881
    “Time to go have our gunfight at the O.K. Corral, I guess.”
    “You know what corral is more than just okay? Golden Corral. Delicious.”
    [continues]

  15. Prigo had the will of the Russian people behind him, from the looks of it.  He should’ve kept heading to Moscow.   He had to know that it might not turn out well, but he shouldn’t have cut bait.  

  16. The Treacherous Path to a Better Russia

    For God’s sake, this man cannot remain in power,” U.S. President Joe Biden said of his Russian counterpart, Vladimir Putin, a month after Russia launched a brutal invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Biden’s off-the-cuff remark, which his administration swiftly sought to walk back, did not merely reflect anger at the destruction unleashed by Putin’s war of choice.

     

  17. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/28/politics/tuberville-senate-holds/index.html

    “Nearly five months after Alabama Republican Sen. Tommy Tuberville announced his hold on Department of Defense nominees, the tactic has become a major flashpoint within the US Senate as institutionalists inside the body are voicing concerns the hold could have long-term repercussions and are openly warning an overhaul of the nominations process could be needed.”

    “….holding up the nomination of roughly 250 military nominees – many promotions that would typically be fast-tracked through the Senate. The dramatic impasse is forcing senators to openly question if it’s time for the body to consider changing the rules or at the very least limit the number of nominations that require Senate confirmation.”

    “But what makes Tuberville’s hold more dramatic is the fact it also includes a hold on military promotions, which senators argue aren’t political nominees. In the case of Tuberville’s holds, there are now more than 250 military promotions and nominations delayed. Putting every single one of them on the floor would take months to complete. Tuberville’s move stems from his opposition to a Pentagon abortion policy.”

    “Holding up one nominee or even a short hold on a handful of nominees has been a way that senators from time to time have exercised a little leverage against an agency that wouldn’t cough up information or an administration that wouldn’t put out a report, but it has completely changed now,” Sen. Elizabeth Warren, a Massachusetts Democrat, said. “Now these are holds that are broad and in Sen. Tuberville’s case undermine our national security. That’s a kind of hell-bent on destruction that is one more sign of how broken this Congress has become.”

    “We’re trying everything we can think of, but most of all, we’re appealing to other Republicans who we think are reasonable to come to their senses,” Democratic Whip Dick Durbin said.

    ~Republicans who we think are reasonable~

  18. Presidential candidate, conspiracy theorist and tRUMPsky ally, Crackpot Kennedy, is doing a townhall on News Nation tonight.

    https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-praises-rfk-jr-common-sense-guy-gop-reportedly-strategizes-kennedy-threat-against-biden

    “Republicans reportedly view RFK Jr as a tactical threat to President Biden in the early stages of the 2024 nominating contest”

    https://www.latimes.com/opinion/story/2023-06-21/robert-kennedy-jr-vaccination-campaign-donald-trump

    “…when he opens his mouth, as he did for more than three hours on Joe Rogan’s podcast the other day, the inanities that come out are positively Trump-esque.”

  19. https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-features/rfk-kennedy-trump-maga-biden-2024-election-1234777035/

    “…Kennedy is running as a Democrat in the Democratic primary, while the creators of the Super PAC have a deeply pro-Donald Trump bent — including ties to arch-MAGA officials such as Marjorie Taylor Greene, George Santos, and Herschel Walker.”

    “And the Heal the Divide site does not advertise its Republican backing. But a mistake on the group’s website gives away its origins: The site’s terms of service appear to have been copied and pasted from MAGA PAC, a Trump Super PAC, and incorrectly refers to the Heal the Divide site as MAGApac.com.”

    “His bid is awash in support from Donald Trump’s allies in MAGA World, conservative media, and some of the Republican-donor elite. Broadly, they’re hoping Kennedy will make Biden look weak in the primary, hurting his chances against Trump — or whichever candidate emerges from the GOP primary.”

    “MAGA influencers and longtime Trump associates such as Roger Stone have praised Kennedy’s candidacy as a way to “soften Joe Biden up.”

    “…Steve Bannon also reportedly spent “months” encouraging Kennedy to run in order to energize anti-vaxxers who make up much of Trump’s base, according to CBS News.”

    “Management loves RFK [Jr.] coverage because it makes Biden look weak. You can expect a lot of it,” the Fox producer says.

    “Before Tucker Carlson was fired by Fox in April, the network’s then-top host would promote Kennedy and argue that the candidate somehow wasn’t an extremist.”

    “The ex-president and 2024 GOP front-runner briefly praised Kennedy during this month’s interview with Fox News’ Bret Baier, while getting his name wrong, calling Kennedy “very nice” and a “very, very fine person” who Trump knows “very well.”

    “Ironically, the last time America had a failed Democratic incumbent president, Ted Kennedy ran against Jimmy Carter.”

    “David Sacks, the South African-born venture capitalist who has donated to Ron DeSantis’ gubernatorial campaign and hosted his campaign launch on Twitter, recently held a fundraiser for Kennedy last week.”

    “The far-right anti-gay group Moms for Liberty has also scheduled Kennedy to speak at its annual summit in Philadelphia next week.”

    “Kennedy’s claim that he’s running to defeat Trump contrasts with his stance when the 45th president was first heading to the White House. During the Obama-Trump presidential transition in January 2017, Kennedy visited the then-president-elect at Trump Tower in Manhattan — for a job interview.”

    “…Kennedy has courted Ty and Charlene Bollinger, two pro-Trump political activists who held a rally outside the Capitol on Jan. 6 to promote Trump’s lies about a stolen election. The couple, labeled as members of the “Disinformation Dozen” for their prominence in posting vaccine myths on social media, have featured Kenendy in an interview on their United Medical Freedom Super PAC, and as a speaker at their Truth About Cancer Live anti-vaccine conference alongside Eric Trump.”

    “But for all of the support and hype from the right wing, Kennedy polls at 14 percent, according to the RealClearPolitics polling aggregator, 50 points behind Biden’s 64 percent average.”

    Biden/Harris 2024!

  21. BiD, submitting a DNA sample is one way to disprove that Dumbass raped E Jean, but (a) he doesn’t have to do that to prevail in his counter claim – there has been a jury determination and final order saying the sexually abused but did not rape her – that issue us res judicata, but whether he raped her is a side issue not necessary for adjudicating her statement made the day after the verdict. 
     
    patd, Ms. Petri almost never disappoints – Brylcreem was my favorite.

  24. Yeah, they always show up for the photo op, even if they voted against it.
     
    pogo – Thanks, but darn it.    I was hoping his suit would reopen the case against him, we’d have a DNA match, and the evangelicals still backing him could try to reconcile that in their tiny brains. 

    sturg – I’m not sure Crackpot Kennedy’s family wants him back in Hyannis Port.  They need to get ahead of this and show more loyalty to country than blood.

  26. Put a hold on federal funding for Alabama until Potatotown stops obstructing DoD promotions
     
    …pretty frustrating those yokels will get to disseminate GQP propaganda at even higher speeds with our tax revenue while their dumb coach-turned-senator deliberately undermines our military 

  29. Damn Skippy to that mes amis. You can’t swing a dead cat and not hit a dumb ass in Alabama.

    I heard ol’ Tommy called Too-ber-ville today by someone on Andrea Mitchell’s show. Appropriate dontchathink? He was dumb as shit when he was Auburn’s football coach and he’s dumber than shit now that he’s in the US Senate.

  30. Is he at least deferring his salary until DoD confirmations resume as normal?  Of course, right?  

  31. BiD, understand that if you want an opinion on an “liggle” question ask 2 lawyers and you’ll get 3 opinions. 

  32. Bink, Tommy wouldn’t understand your comment. Sarcasm escapes the profoundly stupid without a /s following it, and even then it might.

    So…Dumbass is getting ready to learn a fundamental rule about written and recorded comments in court – neither comedy nor sarcasm comes across in written (think texts or emails here – not published works) or surreptitious recordings, and if you have to explain that’s what you were doing you’re fucked – a jury ain’t gonna buy it.

  33. Well, i’ll assume at the very least he’s doing the honorable thing and forgoing federal healthcare benefits since he wants to deny them to servicepeople and veterans
     
    Or, he can submit all of his personal healthcare decisions to public committee for approval like he thinks they should have to

  34. Coincidentally, i’m listening to this program on BBC about Alabaman artist, Lonnie Holley:
     
    https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/w3ct4qwl
     
    “

    ‘Sold’ for a pint of whiskey: Lonnie Holley’s mythical life, part 1

    Outlook

     

    Artist Lonnie Holley’s life feels like an American myth: raised in a whiskey bar next to the state fairground in Jim Crow-era Alabama, he wandered the ditches and creeks of the surrounding landscape, experiencing beauty and brutality in equal measure while the greats of Hollywood’s golden age played out on the giant screen of the drive-in movie theatre next door.”

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