When it comes to congress and the graft that is Ukraine, nothing should come as a surprise. Last month, the Biden administration asked Congress for another $37.7 billion in support for Ukraine. If that passes, and it certainly will, Congress will have approved more than $100 billion in Ukraine-related spending.
To wit, yesterday congress slipped Ukraine Debt Payment Relief, into the 4,400 page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will make the Senate happy as the intent of the upper chamber is to continue the laundry operation.
(Via Fox News) – The National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for fiscal year 2023 passed the House Thursday afternoon in a 350-80 vote. Included in that 4,400-page bill is a section on “Ukraine Debt Payment Relief.”
That section says the U.S. treasury secretary will instruct U.S. representatives of international financial institutions to “use the voice, vote, and influence of the United States to advocate that the respective institution immediately provide appropriate debt service relief to Ukraine.”
It instructs Treasury to commence “immediate efforts” with other governments and commercial creditors to “pursue comprehensive debt payment relief for Ukraine.”
The language talks only about debt payment relief, and not forgiveness of the assistance given to Ukraine this year to defend itself from to Russia’s invasion. (read more)
Let the ‘Money Laundering’ commence….
Let the ‘Money Laundering’
commencecontinue….FIFY
👍😘
30% of the “weapons” destined for the Ukraine are showing up in N Africa
Who’s the world’s most dangerous arms dealer for realz?
The US government.
100%
Bill Clinton
Yeah, I suppose ICBMs are kinda consequential.
Bill Clinton isn’t interested. He’s too preoccupied with “himself”.
Especially when you take into consideration the arms and munitions left in Afghanistan—and now Ukraine……
A Lot if unaccounted for arms and munitions floating around the world rightnow!
Joe, apparently…
Joe is Dead. The actor is addlepated with drugs.
Probably the guy that JoBama just traded for a Tik Tok BLTEIEIO star.
AKA the Merchant of Death……Viktor Bout.
I wonder what the big guy got out of it.
Dude’s a piker.
Bet he never dumped tens or hundreds of BILLIONS of weapons on the world, even cumulatively, let alone in a fell swoop.
Yeah there’s probably no shortage of these guys.
Another one named Yuri Orlov was made into a movie.
Obama – if it is True what some who have died and gone to Heaven and come back have said, that O is The Gog of Ezekiel 38….
He always struck me as the one Most Likely….
Joe Bribem, ex vice president and POTUS imposter.
They will use the “redirected”weapons when the incoming famine caused by the illegal sanctions imposed on Russia by the EU, NATO, Canada and the U.S. (that have NEVER been voted for by the UN’s security council.)
This evil Administration absolutely knew that it would create instability in the poorest of African countries.
Of course, the predictable famine will create MORE mass migration to those already struggling European nations.
Destabilizing Europe as designed in order to justify them imposing more authoritarian control over it’s already suffering citizens when the protests start.
In the hands of radical jihadis.
As ever was…
But the Millitary Vaxxxxxine Mandate has also been rescinded within this disgusting piece of legislation
If there is anything good to come out of this blatant graft, I thank Almighty God it is this.
That’s over $1000 for every man, woman and child in this country, including the illegals.
Last I checked, the U.S. is over $31 trillion in debt, about $10,000 for every man, woman and child.
These tyrants need to learn to live within their means like the rest of us.
Remember, we eventually remove global tyrants by attending precinct and school board meetings… right?
The total of the unfunded liabilities is near $300 trillion.
Sorry to be Captain Obvious, but where are the demands for a CEASE FIRE and Peace Talks???
This evil green shirt dwarf is stealing all your money. If one thing exposes the UNIPARTY, surely this is it.
All those FILTHY LIBERAL neighbors with that ugly blue and yellow flag hanging approve of this THEFT.
After all we are saving the Totalitarian Democracy of Ucrane
The demand is that it continue, that peace not even be spoken of, and our government is the author of that edict.
… and the U.S. sheep keep on snoring away.
Scumbags! ALL of them!!
You just know there is massive kickbacks to those who voted for this monstrosity.
Soon Hank Johnson will express his fears that the Cayman Islands might tip over.
Hank the skank.
That 10% gets spread around all of Congress and Senate and as parting gratuities for all of the long term scumbags retiring-Blount, Sessions, et al-or losing in this past election cycle as final retirement deposits for their long time service screwing over the US taxpayers.
Yup, it’s disgusting. I wonder what they’re using now to get their laundered dollars back since FTX has imploded…
Tell me again why I vote Republican?
Oh, I know. To get screwed.
Right. Stop voting.
And get this… while looking to confirm my suspicions about the Republicon Yay votes, I see that it’s being spun as a “Republican victory” due to the repeal of the vax mandate for the military.
McCarthy got the bulk to vote for the money laundering (seen as a tradeoff) for the repeal of a mandate that isn’t backed by science nor the Constitution… and having it spun as a win.
These cats are diabolical and quite good at what they do.
Good call Mike. McCarthy takes us one step away from Socialism and then 3 steps back toward Socialism. Calls it a victory. The only good to come out this week is my new Congressman Andy Ogles is not supporting McCarthy. A small win for the good MAGA folks of Tennessee.
At what point does this entire Ukrainian thingy and our participation in it become unsustainable?
When the Russians kill another 100,000 or 200,000 Ukrainian troops.
Mission Creep.
I pray I am wrong.
It was back about the time Biden bribed them to remove the prosecutor investigating his spawn.
threatened them…warned them…
When they run out of paper for currency and credit for digital.
The government is spending like drunken sailors. The deficit is nuts and getting out of hand. Inflation is hurting hard working folks. Fiat isn’t worth the cotton it’s printed on. Soon there will be a CBDC and a financial reset. All my Treeper brothers & sisters need to be prepared for the worst. Times are apocalyptic.
Z just got Times Man of the Year…..I guess convincing the world’s most powerful nation to pay extortion has its own rewards
Seriously? Shows how I underestimate…thought it might be Musk.
American involvement in Viet Nam begin in 1946, escalated in 1947 after CIA came into formal existence, became a CIA-run war using “special forces” (CIA private army) in November 1963 and ran until 1975.
Until Trump ended it, the Afghanistan war was much the same.
So using that as a guide, anywhere from ten to twenty years.
Add in that Ukraine is one of the places of special interest to jews and this one might go until America ceases to exist so another 40 or 50 years.
By then the same jewish interests will have taken over China and be using Taiwan as the money laundry.
our actual behind-the-scenes involvement began in ’53-54 when we worked to defeat the French and get them out of there so we could exert more influence….before that we were just supplying arms to the preferred party…..” military advisors” went in in 1961 and actual combat troops started to be positioned in 1964-5….JFK talked about exfiltrating us from Vietnam in 1962 and one of the theories of his assassination uses this as a primary motive from the MIC
All of which begat the Woodstock crowd, some of which are now running the show in D.C. Communists all. Quislings for sure.
“Beshat” FIFY
Screw you.
Personally, I think 40-50 yrs. is quite generous.
40-50? I won’t take that bet. Xi will still be in power when he sits in the Oval Office.
I can attest to the involvement in Viet Nam as my father who was a pilot in CBI 14th Air force in 1945, toward end of the war, he was attached to OSS and flew secret missions into Indo-China for the French and US.
When nukes get involved.
It becomes unsustainable when they have no energy to power any electricity, water, or trains, when they have no more unfrozen diesel to run tanks or armored vehicles, when another 4 million Ukrainian Nazis flood Europe, when Blackrock owns more than its current 6% of Ukrainian farmland, when US and EU companies control 100% of Ukrainian agriculture, not just the 71% they now control, and when enough of their soldiers die of cold, wounds, or equipment failure. Then maybe the US, Poland, Romania, Hungary, and Russia will sit down and divide up the rest of Ukraine between them.
No argument from me.
The more we protract this war the more we justify Russia’s rationale for finally engaging it.
Maquis, that is brilliant – and I’ll add a bit to your observation. The more the west protracts this war, the more information is revealed so that it is visible that Russia was justified in engaging in it.
You and Maquis be careful treading there, Mark Levin might find out about what you just said and he will label you traitorous, unpatriotic Putin lovers! LOL
“If that passes, and it certainly will, Congress will have approved more than $100 billion in Ukraine-related spending.”
If Congress is willing to spend $100 billion a year to protect Ukraine’s borders, then I can hardly even imagine what they are spending each year to protect America’s borders. Must be at least 10 times that much which would be $1 trillion dollars.
Am I in the ballpark here?
And…. for my next joke…..
Watch me pull a Mexican out of my hat…
Nothing needs spent on the American border and they get their cartel cut. Sort of two fer…. No need to vote and get rich at the same time
Ya ………and like Victor Bout was the biggest arms dealer in the world???????????
Victor Bout could only dream about delivering as many weapons in a lifetime of deliveries, as the US left in Afghanistan, not to mention the amount pumped in to Ukraine in the last 8 months by the US & NATO.
The US likes a monopoly on weapons supply and graft. Like any good gangster, any competitor needs to be ‘dealt with’!!!
Has any Republican spoken out against this?
Yes, several have. But it was in the must pass NDAA, which, thankfully, included abolishing the clot shot mandate for the military.
But the CRT / Woke mandate, which rots the brain, remains.
As does attacking mothers who don’t want their little girls assaulted by groomers..
Did that mother have any affiliation whatsoever with the military?
I have not seen even a sliver of a rationale offered for why a private citizen could be so targeted.
No connection at all that I read of. The LTC, who spoke like he was speaking for the whole shebang, attack her, all but calling her a domestic terrorist, after reading (stalking her) a facebook post of hers.
That move would earn a court-martial in a sane world.
It was bad enough that the head of the local constabulary told her to cease and desist.
Lots were drawn to see who would….have to give every R a chance to pretend to be for the American taxpayer.
Indeed.
Nays are rarely heroes, just purveyors of politically profitable pretend positions.
I rather imagine they are sought and granted as valued indulgences.
Many such cases.
Imagine the energy used to keep the 💰 🖨 🏃♀️!
when asked to add an audit or to audit before appropriating additional funds EVERY Dimm/commie voted against the measure
And the R’s that voted “for” it could do so (so they can SAY they did, when campaigning) could do so, knowing it wouldn’t pass.
After all, you think McConnell isn’t getting his cut?
We read all the jabber about a given GOPrick RINOrat senator having a 90% conservative voting record. Hey, let’s see where 90 out of 100 conservative votes went to and where 10 not conservative votes went to. I bet 90% conservative votes against something were maybe for some funds for some special pet project somewhere.
10% of those 100 were for funds for Ukraine 3-4 times, funds for some other globull initiative, vote on green deal somewhere, etc.
Dec 9, 2022
https://www.usdebtclock.org/
What happens when this Ponzi scheme blows up?
You will own nothing, and be happy!
😉
When you’re shouting “Thank you Sir, may I have another”
Kinda looks like my debt clock.
“To wit, yesterday congress slipped Ukraine Debt Payment Relief, into the 4,400 page National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) which will make the Senate happy as the intent of the upper chamber is to continue the laundry operation.”
And they care not in the least how many hundreds of thousands of Ukrainian troops are killed, and how many millions of Ukrainian civilians suffer, to keep their laundry operation and Military/Industrial Complex operation going.
The DC Cartel need their kickbacks.
I had no idea that Ukraine was part of the USA
Well, we have bought and paid for Ukraine, so I guess it becomes a territory?
I’d rather have Greenland.
ditto!
Or at least bought and paid for DC.
With our money, so technically we own Ukraine.
Apparently more so than Arizona, new Mexico and Texas. A whole lot more judging by the $$$$$$$.
350-218=132 RINOS That need to be shot with a primary in 2024.
Find the names and Do Not Forget.
This is lame duck treachery.
You can be sure these “Swino” Rinos are feeding at the money laundry trough with the Dimm Jackasses.
Slimy bastards
Election Fraud
So…
When do we take delivery?
We should own that plantation by now?
#UniPartyLaundry
The US Defense Bill passed the House today in a 350-80 vote. 176 Republicans voted for the bill. Thirty-five Republicans voted against the bill.
Well, well, well. Wondering if U.S. taxpayer’s $$$ are washing through the laundromat…..
https://www.dw.com/en/e
uropean-parliament-vp-taken-into-custody/a-64047127
A lot of people in this country are living through a collapse of the United States and they don’t even realize it!
Compare the Great Depression and the mindset back then to what we have today. They need this war so they can default on their debts and blame Putin. Why do you think they keep borrowing and spending? It’s like maxing out all your credit cards just prior to you filing for bankruptcy.
We have to crash and burn before people will seriously consider change.
Problem is…by then it’s too late. 🙁 It’s all just another nail in the coffin.
All empires rise and fall–its basic physics. The Roman empire, after centuries of world changing dominance, eventually imploded into nothing. And the British empire–once the most powerful nation on the planet, where the Sun never set on a British colony–withered into a 2nd rate island nation..
We’re living thru the decline and fall of the US empire. Some are cheering it on, others are engineering that decline. The rest of us are sadly enduring and deeply lamenting the death of our nation.
Where and when it stops is anyone’s guess.
I wish more everyday citizens were students of history as you are. Human history explains this cycle completely. IMO, if things don’t change markedly, this once great Republic will die as a teenager as ’empires’ go. We haven’t even made it to 300. Compare to past empires as you started to. Quite wise.
God gave us free will. I’m using this time for contemplation and prayer. I trust many patriots are. We don’t take decisions lightly. Our founders have provided a roadmap to the process and showed how it can be done faithfully and righteously. In that we can find strength.
On-topic, I spent a fair amount of time in Ukraine in the 90’s and found the everyday citizens to be educated, bright, stalwart and caring, even in the midst of struggle and poverty. My thoughts and prayers are with them, the everyday citizen dealing with this mess not of their doing. After decades of Communism then poverty and corruption and anarchy, this must be apocalyptic to them. God be with them.
Which cryptocurrency exchange will be next ?
All of them! No government will ever allow any other form of money taking over a countries currency.
I saved my idiot friends rear end, from losing everything trading cryptos. Thats what I do, I trade for a living. I have real world experience and I know what’s coming next globally.
Hang tight…
So, I could short the world and make a ton of cash that would be worth nothing?
When my dad was in his 80’s, I would often hear him say: “They’re all thieves and whores!!” Being 36 yrs. younger, I’d simply smile and think ‘it’s just because he’s old’, and I would find his statement ‘amusing’. Well, now that I’m pushing 70, I find myself saying the same d—n thing. You were right, dad! …and it’s no longer ‘amusing’.
“When I was a boy of fourteen, my father was so ignorant I could hardly stand to have the old man around. But when I got to be twenty-one, I was astonished at how much he had learned in seven years.” – Mark Twain
It hard to be young and wise? Great story, dad was right
Ukraine must have a ton of blackmail on Obiden to be getting billions and billions of $ from us. And to think we couldn’t even get 4 lousy billion to build a safety wall for American citizens. I hope all who agreed to this travesty remembered to get their booster shot.
Anyone that voted for any of the 100 billion to Ukraine should be voted out of office.
(To the extent that we will ever have the ability to do that again).
It would be nice to have the list anyway.
If they worried about being voted out of office Ukraine would be lucky to get the couch change from the Senate clubhouse sofas.
Probably the big reason they hired those 87,000 IRS agents. In case you don’t want to pay your fair share to “Stand with Ukraine” anymore.
The time has come to call what has been correctly referred to as the greatest country/form of government in the history of mankind what it has become .
Our country defined as state , local governments , the judiciary and federal government is not only a joke but a laughingstock.
The goverment (and the political parties, as a matter of fact) are NOT the country.
Our govt is evil, but you already knew that.
Look who is smiling. You can bet they are in the receiving line.
Do any of you now really think your vote counts? Two stolen election cycles, including a coup that removed a President who legally won, and growing.
Do any of you now really believe you have representation in Congress? 100 billion dollars to a corrupt country while we pay
out the wazoo for food, gas, energy…..and we ain’t seen nothing yet.
Do any of you still want your freedom?
Then get the F off of social media, stop watching TV and sports games and get together with those who want to reclaim
our country.
“Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country” and remove ALL of those that are destroying it.
Serious question: What happens when the Ukraine runs out of soldiers? Meaning their remaining soldiers and all the US/NATO contractors. Because that’s what is going to happen.
I had not seen this yet……
Definitely a must watch!
There’s always a surprise in the democRAT NDAA.
Ah, you noticed that!
Great reminder MoPar. TY
And, more data points.
I really like this Colonel.
Makes sense that he didn’t make General as most Generals are politicians.
He has his MacGregor plaid above his mantle. A signal to me that he is proud of his Scots highlander family’s background and is an anti-cultural marxist Globalists, who are our enemies.
I cannot withdraw any more consent. My balance is empty.
I’ve been fighting back for the last 12 years.
And now I’m broke.
I hate telling my kids that I don’t have 10$ for their book fair.
Its been a rough Biden administration for me.
We can’t afford the $50 a month for garbage service.
Which is too much, if you ask me,
but I’m just bagging up the garbage and taking it to the dump
once a month for $20
We bought the smallest tree we’ve ever purchased,
and it was $65
I too am all out of consent.
land money.
I make 20$ hour, as does my wife,
land we are barely scraping by.
The inflationary forces are killing us on food, gas, electricity.
one of us is going to have to get a second job.
A lot of people are in the same situation. I have lived with those concerns through a period or two in my life. Thankfully, you have a family to hold close and you can know that you WILL make it through because you are willing to do what it takes. God bless your family and your struggle.
My condolences sir. My company has already given us 2 ‘cost of living raises’ in the last 2 years, which in real speak are ‘inflation raises’. CTH did a post a while back on things we can do to cut costs and save money. It may be of help to you friend. It pains me when I hear these stories.
More money for Zelinsky to use young Ukrainians as cannon fodder. All Western politicians supporting Zelensky are pouring more gas on the flames of the war and will have the blood of hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians on their hands. If they had refused help but pushed for a peace settlement many lives may well have been spared.
Some months ago now, some Telegram channels would post pictures of Ukrainian soldiers who had died. They were titled “Died for the west”. Almost none are posting such pictures any more. They are too many and too heart-breaking. But these Congressmen and government officials of the US and EU have blood on their hands for whatever their goals were. It wasn’t a goal of protecting Ukraine’s borders or helping the Ukrainian people.
fify: When it comes to congress and the graft that is Ukraine, nothing should come as a surprise. Last month, the Biden regime asked Congress for another $37.7 billion in support for money laundering via Ukraine. If that passes, and it certainly will, Congress will have approved more than $100 billion in Ukraine-related money laundering.
Meanwhile, millions of Americans are still in the red from revenue and wages lost because of Covid shutdowns. Plus, Democrats are taxing (taking) your Paypal/Venmo revenue too this year if over $600.
Then, it’s laundered back to each of them personally through fake ‘aid’ packages.
It’s A Wonderful Life.
Madmen
Every dam one of them
The Pentagon has given a tacit endorsement of Ukraine’s long-range attacks on targets inside Russia after President Putin’s multiple missile strikes against Kyiv’s critical infrastructure.
https://archive.vn/pHpZt
They are going all in now. Nothing is off the table.
Washington is now less concerned that new long-range strikes inside Russia could lead to a dramatic escalation.
“The best thing for all concerned is for the Ukrainians to be able to win as quickly as possible. Hence it makes sense to give them ATACMS and Gray Eagles and help them to put together a package of main battle tanks as well.”
US gives Ukraine green light for drone warfare inside Russia
Full article.
https://archive.vn/pHpZt#selection-797.0-797.60
The first 7 or 8 minutes of this scares the shit out of me. The entire 1/2 hr is worth a listen cuz it gets scarier towards the end.
I didn’t know UKR launched drones from within Russia and hit a fuel depot and something else less than 200 miles from Moscow. And Biden spoke about pre-emptive strikes and now Putin is too,
Despicable runts!
Everyone’s favorite terrorist sponsor John “Songbird” McQaeda. Whether its the KLA, ISIS, or Azov Neo-Nazis, all are welcome by McQaeda and his favorite fairy Lindsey Graham, plus some of their fake enemy Democrats like Klobacher another putz
I think the people who keep giving away American dollars when Americans could use it should all support the country they love (Ukraine) by serving on their frontlines.
Show the dedication for the country they really love.
Have to protect “Muh Democracy” and “Muh National Security”.
Sons of a b*tches…..first off, just read about how the republicans leaders got the message from their oboes to fight the additional of democrat add-ones to the bill (including the media bill) and then see they actually made a deal for another 38 billion (with a B) to a war fought to ensure wealth to the connected and secrecy to the Biden’s (prove me wrong).
what a joke the republicans have become….we are tired of see the one hand do something and the other (behind the back) give more than they received no way this happened without their agreement and authorization.
Ukraine is not our battle….the siphoning of money into the hands of oligarchs and our own career politicians and military industrial complex is amazing….I do not stand for ukraine, I do not stand for Russia I do not stand for nato, I do not stand for the crap our government feeds to us….I stand for myself, my family, my community and my society….this is enough for me.
I wonder if they slipped something in the gay marriage bill that mandates the punishment of Christian baker’s who refuse to bake cakes?
That legislation should and will be headed for a challenge in the courts. Marriage is not a federal issue just as abortion is not one. Yes, I am keeping in mind the Defense of Marriage Act.
Yikes! Despicable! I am half Ukrainian but I do not support this massive money laundering scheme to support a proxy war with Russia. Zelensky- he has got to be raking his “ cut” big time.
no signed peace negotiations therefore no $
Sounds about right.
Maybe could have given Z more?
Money laundering seems to be our best skill.
Ukraine – the uniparty Laundromat !
I was listening to Col. Macgregor on a podcast yesterday. I had not heard this before but apparently the administration has changed the nuclear weapons use policy. Now the policy is that the U.S. can in some cases use nuclear weapons against conventional forces absent the use of such by an enemy.
So, in response, Putin said that due to this new policy and the fact that the U.S. has forward deployed many aircraft and naval assets that are nuclear weapons capable, the Russian policy will now be as follows. If Russia detects activity that is deemed to be U.S. and/ or NATO forces preparing to use nuclear weapons against Russia, then Russia will initiate it’s own nuclear response and will not wait until weapons are actually launched toward Russia. They will launch first.
In other words the Russians will make a judgement call regarding U.S. /NATO intent to use nukes. Pretty scary stuff.
https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ukraine-russia-war-latest-w-col-douglas-macgregor/id1591962689?i=1000589475662
Youtube version. It’s like watching a slow motion train wreck. Holy moly
What’s funny (not really) is when Elon Musk was doing an intern/summer job at a bank in Canada before transferring to Penn, he was assigned to dig through South American debt as a learning exercise. He found that Uncle Sam was backing Brazilian debt at, let’s say, $0.50 and it was trading at, let’s say $0.25. He called someone at a brokerage and asked how much debt was available at $0.25 and was asked how much do you want. Elon throw out some figure in the billions and the person on the other phone said, yeah, we could get you that much.
He told the person he was working for and they said write up a proposal. It went all the way to the bank president who said, no, we’ve been burn by Brazilian debt before. Elon said these guys were f$&@ing idiots. The debt was literally being back by Uncle Sam. They could’ve made billions and billions of dollars.
That experience taught him those in the banking industry are stupid, if everyone is jumping off a cliff then they’ll all jump off a cliff. This experience gave him the confidence to sink a lot of money into x.com to take on the banking industry with the money he made from Zip 2. X.com merged with PayPal and Elon became the largest shareholder and the PayPal sale money allowed him to start Tesla and Space X.
Point being, Uncle Sam’s been backing all this debt and bankers make money (or could make money). All one big scam.
All of the Ukraine aid money that the American politicians and bureaucrats are receiving back in the form of kickbacks have to be deposited into crypto and eventually banks. I doubt they are receiving planeloads of cash. From how I see Sam Bankman Fried being treated, I assume FTX was part of the layering in the laundering operation. I would bet if you look at the really really small banks, you will find one or more is owned or at least controlled by these criminals. They would not jeopardize laundering funds through a big bank because of the AML policies and procedures and there would be too many people to buy off and or blackmail; e.g. AML, internal audit, legal risk, compliance, operations etc. They need to have access to the banking system and be in control of the employees. I would bet the DC political criminal class own or control a small bank to launder their money.
Red state banking regulators should start looking into this. Violations of AML statutes by bank employees have significant consequences.
FTX bought one of the smallest banks in the USA, either OR or WA from what I read when he was really in the news.
WA….https://www.businessinsider.com/ftx-owned-stake-in-tiny-rural-bank-bankruptcy-hearing-shows-2022-11?op=1
Farmington State Bank. Farmington Washington.