Meta Goes to Court

     So, the states are finally going after one of the Magnificent 7, those ultra rich tech giants that have run roughshod over America. Meta, formerly Facebook, will defend itself against a lawsuit brought by 4 attorneys general who are aasking the court for damages amounting to $1.4 trillion or the book value of the company.

     The states of California, Colorado, Kentucky, and New Jersey are the plaintiffs in the case which began today in Oakland, California, across the Bay from San Francisco. Various other lawsuits have been filed against the company, most alleging shortcomings on the company's platform when it comes to protecting minors from abuse and addiction to the medium.

    California's AG, Rob Bonta, in his suit alleges that Meta failed to protect children from harmful features that addict children and teens to their severe mental and physical detriment, all the while misleading the public regarding the existence and severity of the risks.

     Old Zuck probably needs a stomach acid blocker as he continues his romp across the business world that he helped launch a few years ago after he dropped out of college to begin the platform as Facebook.

Instagram is another platform used by children and Meta is owner of it, too. This medium has been targeted along with Facebook users. AGs also allege violations of the 1998 Children's Online Privacy Protection Act because it doesn't do enough to block underage users who misrepresent their ages. My, my, so much anger from the states. Do the kids/users complain?  

The Wall Street Journal editorial board came out in support of Meta, calling the states out for attempting a tobacco-like settlement that was agreed to some years ago after cigarette makers decided it was too high a hurdle to convince juries they were not responsible for all tobacco -related illnesses.

Too bad, Zuck. 

Summer Rains Hit Moskva

    So, summer rains occur across Europe, even that part of Europe east of Poland,an area known to Europeans as the 'Land of the Rus Bear'.  But this summer's rain was of a different sort.  This was a "hard" rain. A rain that wasn't good for the crops, a rain that wasn't good for rivers and dams. No, this rain was of steel: a rain delivered by the country of Ukraine, the country invaded by the Rus, the People of the Steppe, the People of the laargest country in the world ruled by a dictator and his sycophants.

    Within the last 24 hours 800 drones descended into the Moskva area, striking various targets related to Russyan industrial operations including oil depots, transportation hubs; military bases, and aviation facilities. How does this sit with the local Muscovites? Not well. They've been running to local banks to pull out money before the insiders-those who hang out with the dictator in the Kremlijn,  order all bank deposits be seized immediately, leaving the public w/o cash needed to survive in wartime. This is the time of the Steppe Peoples-War Time. Nobody is alive who remembers the "Great Patriotic War" when the Rus had to fight back when their former ally-Adolf Hitler- turned against them.

         This 800-drone Ukrainian barrage is likely to raise some concern even among the active military that depends on resources for fighting to be supplied when needed in a timely manner. Logistics- the science of transporting goods- wins or loses wars. Take the history of any conflict and pick the winner by examining logistics. So now, VOVA has another need for aspirin tablets. Maybe more this time as locals are afraid. Afraid of the night sky and all its horrors that could ruin their day.

     Look skyward, Dear Rus; the rain will continue to fall and fall more heavily on the Moskva city. 

Rubles Go Flying From SBerbank

   So, anxiety reaches the Rus public and their anxieties push them to run to the bank. Not for deposits; oh, no, that's the old days. Now, it's wartime, again, and citizens of the Steppes are getting worried that the punks in the Kremlin might just freeze all the assets of depositors until further notice. The Kremlin is paying huge bonuses to the families of soldiers killed in the Ukraine War. The amounts vary, but it has drained the cash  available to finance the ever increasing costs of the "war for nothing".

     Even VOVA doesn't want to cause any more anxiety as drones crash into oil production facilities all over the Steppe Country, the largest country in the world.  My, my; even with the world's attention shifting here and there  and everywhere, the Rus population, in its 5th year of a combat war, have had enough. Theyknow history. They know the central government preaches lies and falsehoods regularly and are not to be believed at all. Results: B-A-N-K R-U-N.

       Trillions of rubles have been taken out of retail banks(where common citizens keep cash). Worried to the point of panic, the working public can see the changes: bombs, drones, and missiles from down south are smashing infrastructure across the Steppe. No warnings as these more frequent assaults provide ample evidence that VOVA's War is not going to end anytime soon. Take the money and run, fast.

      Maybe get some land in Turkya, in west Turkia, far away. Or maybe Morocco. Anywhere else that a long way from Moskva and the Kremlin and the Dictator. 

US Deployed Aircraft Carriers: Sailors On Board

       So, the US NAvy has a few logistics problems, as reported in NYT. Hmmmm. Unforeseen? Hardly. The US military is the proverbial "paper tiger". The 'tiger' is really a makeshift crew of National Guard troops- old men and women who thought they were 'weekend' warriors , positioned to help out during a local emergency. But no, these 'weekenders' have been deployed for a year or more to fill out the ranks of regulars who struggle in their assigned roles around the world. Unless SecDef Hegseth twists some arms in Congress, more problems will overwhelm the military of the US and we'll end up like Putin's 'army' in Ukraine: unable to fight at all.

Kremlin Looks East-Toward Japan

    So, VOVA visits the Rus federation eastern coast oblasts. This is the forgotten part of the Largest Country in the world. This is the expanse of the Federation nobody knows about  or anybody cares about, excepting maybe Xi JP and his farmers.

      For years, Chinese farmers have been moving north into the area north of the Amur River. A glance at this area on a map indicates boundary lines have been bent and twisted to satisfy someone's idea of correct placement of the line. Now it is well known among political thinkers that this area is actually in dispute. There are minimal agreements that provide opportunities for Chinese immigrants to move north, but both governments don't want any friction between the Chinese farmers and the few Rus roaming around the 'hood.  Climate change has allowed the growing season to move north into higher latitudes making productive farmland out of formerly unproductive areas. This benefits China in its quest for more homegrown produce.

      Hence we have the kremlin's Arch Dictator looking around to see what he can see on the east coast. Maybe he sees Japan. Maybe he sees Alaska or Hawaii.  He won't look south_too scary: his 134 millions v. China's aging 1.45 billion citizens.  So the war in Ukraine is sucking the life out of the Rus economy and the day of reckoning is at hand. As Kyiv expands its offense against the Rus infrastructure, VOVA and his in house advisors are shuffling their feet waiting for clarity; clarity that won't arrive in time to save the economy.

        Oil,the source of the Rus economy, has been stymied by the war in Iran. Future deliveries are questionable on any reguklar basis. The Straits around Saudi Arabia have been choked by various players and there's no end in sight. If the Rus expand shipping methods, more choke points will be set and controlled by outside actors.  Don't mention Sudan or the Emirates support of Sudanese actors.

Pray that the Chump in the Oval can have some inspiration without a heart attack.  

Munitions: Anybody Have Any

      Over in besieged Ukraine, Rus missiles and hypersonic rocketry are making life even more miserable in Kyiv, the capitol city.  The Kremlin continues to bomb civilian targets, violating all the laws of war as we know them. Pres. Zelensky continues to ask for support from western European countries, reminding them that as Ukraine goes, so goes Western Europe.

     The Rus peoples, Peoples of the Steppes, are in the vise grip of a madman-Little VOVA, Dictator of the Steppe Peoples, the mad Man without a brain, the Rus person without a care for those unfortunate enough to need a job, any job, even on the front lines in Ukraine where an infantryman' life is measured in minutes once he sets foot on the terrain of fighting.

   Air defenses are under strain: in both countries!!! Yes, the Rus peoples, Peoples of the Steppe, are getting hammered by the Ukrainian counter offensive that has targeted Rus oil and gas production sites hundreds of miles behind the lines. This has put the Rus peoples on notice that they are no longer safe in their cities and towns from the effects of Putin's war against his neighbor down south. Why would the largest country in the world want to spend lives for more territory? Only VOVA can answer that question. What will his daughters think in the years to come when Daddy is dead in some grave yard that will never be known to the outside world because it will be targeted for destruction immediately. Those poor , poor children, knowing their Daddy is hated by most of the civilized world, and their lives will be forever tainted by the connection to a murderer who orders thousands of little innocent children to be stolen from their families to be incarcerated in a foreign land, to be brainwashed by the Rus Steppe Peoples. A sad life, indeed, for those girls.

       Maybe when Ukraine starts manufacturing Patriot missiles at home, VOVA will get the message that it's over, and he must retreat and give up his failed quest for Rus glory.  Go back to being a bureaucratic lackey, like you were in ST. Petersburg. /Moskva.

Sen. Bill Cassidy: Lame. Duck.

    So, true to his colors, Sen. Bill Cassidy, Republican from the Deep South, voted his conscious during the confirmation hearing of acting AG Todd Blanche. Two other Republicans voted against this confirmation, but their votes didn't matter. It was Cassidy's vote that  tipped the balance in Blanche' favor.

Todd Blanche, formerly the Oval's personal lawyer. A lawyer who supported the denial of 2020 election results,supporting the Orange HAired Baboon's assertions that the results were wrong and he was the actual winner, not Joe Biden. In the future, a qquestion wwill hang over Joe Biden's presidency because the sitting Oval said his election was fraudulent.

     So, Todd Blanche will become the sitting AG, at least until the Chump leaves office.  Todd Blanche could have had his license revoked wherever he tried to practice law. Lawyers all over the country have a bitter taste in their mouths over his actions that have tainted the profession in every way. All the words that come from the AG's mouth are tainted, will be tainted, and are always tainted by perverse reasoning and sycophancy  bootlicking toadyism. 

       Thinking of the law profession and its abuse has reached a new level of disgust. Law schools are reporting a sharp drop in applications, a clear sign that young students are thinking they don't want to be part of this profession. N, they don't want to be  wishy-washy, liars, pimps, bootlicking, ass-kissing, money grubbing social climbers.  are there any good ones out there? Look at the Wall St. bankers stables of legal beagles: they only care about the next IPO and all the fees they can squeeze out of the corporation(s).  These Wall Streeters have given us a bumper crop of DSA politicos, with Mahmdani as the poster boy in NYC.  The Wall Streeters are going to counter attack soon, as soon as the strategy is worked out in the C-suites in Midtown. Wheee. This fight will generate lots of opinions among various pundits,many of whom depend on Wall St. for cheap copy and inside info. Don't forget to watch this match up on video feeds across all media.