Occasional Reader 8/23/2023 6:45:07 AM

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Wednesday.

”And so we beat on: boats against the current…”

-F. Scott Fitzgerald

JCM 8/23/2023 10:54:38 AM

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Russian state media says [Wagner] mercenary chief Prigozhin was in plane crash north of Moscow

You don't threaten Putin and get away with it.

vxbush 8/23/2023 11:28:44 AM

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Okay, I logged in at 7:00 this morning and there was no Wednesday thread, so I created my own. No one arrived to talk, and here I find a separate thread! 

JCM, did you make this thread after 7:00 central time? 

Occasional Reader 8/23/2023 11:49:42 AM

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Reply to JCM in 2:

I am amazed that Prigozhin walked into this,.

Occasional Reader 8/23/2023 11:53:43 AM

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Reply to JCM in 2:

In Russia, flight cancels you!

JCM 8/23/2023 11:58:57 AM

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Reply to vxbush in 3:

I made it last Saturday.... don't know the SNAFU.

vxbush 8/23/2023 12:12:04 PM

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In #6 JCM said: I made it last Saturday.... don't know the SNAFU.

Huh, weird. It didn't show up when I looked at the queue. How very odd....

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 4:43:30 PM

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In #2 JCM said: You don't threaten Putin and get away with it.

Nyet. Was accident./

Putin is probably giving the crew's family secret awards.

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 4:43:42 PM

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In #2 JCM said: You don't threaten Putin and get away with it.

Nyet. Was accident./

Putin is probably giving the crew's family secret awards.

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 5:26:11 PM

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Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 5:38:46 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 10:

Republicans Gather To Debate Who Will Lose To Trump In A Distant Second

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 5:39:53 PM

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In #9 Kosh's Shadow said: Putin is probably giving the crew's family secret awards.

Leader Of Failed Russian Uprising Dead After Accidental Ingestion Of Surface-To-Air Missile

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 5:44:52 PM

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In #12 Kosh's Shadow said: Leader Of Failed Russian Uprising Dead After Accidental Ingestion Of Surface-To-Air Missile

That's the Bee, but here is PJM and WSJ:

Plane Carrying Wagner Group Chief Who Rebelled Against Putin May Have Been Shot Down

But the Wall Street Journal is reporting that the plane may have been shot down by the Russian air defenses.

Social-media channels close to Wagner said Russian air defenses shot down the jet, an Embraer Legacy 600. Video footage posted by onlookers showed what looked like the trail of a missile and the plane falling from the sky with one wing missing.

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 5:47:53 PM

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I guess everyone is so interested in the debate they aren't here.

I also note PJM isn't bothering to drunkblog it.

Occasional Reader 8/23/2023 6:12:36 PM

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Reply to Kosh's Shadow in 14:

hangin’ with my mom.  No politics.

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 6:29:05 PM

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In #14 Kosh's Shadow said: I also note PJM isn't bothering to drunkblog it.

They are now (link)

Kosh's Shadow 8/23/2023 6:29:55 PM

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