Starting November 21, Lithuania will halt transit of Russian oil products to Kaliningrad via Lithuanian Railways, complying with U.S. and UK sanctions. Nearly all of the 194,000 tons shipped this year came from Lukoil. A major choke on Russian energy logistics.

On the left, the refurbished Lincoln bathroom. On the right, picture I took in Saddam Hussein's palace in Basra in 2005.

Dafuq...

My latest for @contrariannews.org, on the dark effort to criminalize dissent in the age of mass-deportation:

⚡️Ukraine charged a Russian platoon commander who ordered the killing of 17 civilians in Bucha during the 2022 occupation, prosecutors say.

🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/ukraine-charges-russian-commander-who-ordered-killing-17-civilians-in-bucha-12996

Speaker Mike Johnson's halloween costume:
Weenie waiting for the Rapture

anntelnaes.substack.com/p/speaker-jo...

⚡️ Chile honors Ukraine’s stolen children.

A new exhibition in Santiago exposes Russia’s mass abduction and “re-education” of Ukrainian kids.

🇨🇳❗️China sent more than 3 million engines for UAVs to Russia in 2024, — WSJ.

This is stated in reports for the US State Department and European governments. The supplier is Shenzhen Kiosk Electronic, the recipient is Moscow-based Rustakt LLC, which makes FPV drones.

🇺🇦❗️Ukrainian police have exposed 654 militants from the Wagner and Redut PMCs in Moldova who fought against Ukraine.

11 suspects have been handed over to Ukrainians who fought on the side of Russia and 25 Moldovan citizens who served in Wagner in the DR Congo have been identified.

HAPPENING NOW: Portland Police Commander Franz Schoening testifies that federal officers on Oct. 18 barraged protesters with crowd control munitions — not because of any violence but because another federal officer accidentally shot tear gas onto the roof of the ICE facility.

Germany is weighing the nationalization of Rosneft’s German subsidiary after fresh US sanctions. The unit controls key refineries, including Schwedt, vital for Berlin’s fuel supply. Talks are ongoing about seizing and selling it, as Berlin seeks to end dependency on Kremlin-linked infrastructure.

Surely nothing bad could come of this.

Some discussion recently on the use of NDAs in the military

My thoughts in the @thebulwark.com

www.thebulwark.com/p/why-milita...

Noble oil refineries intercepted the vicious Ukrainian drones and destroyed them completely. *loss of oil refineries may have occurred as well.

⚡️ Polish jets intercept Russian reconnaissance plane over Baltic Sea.

Two Polish MiG-29 fighter jets escorted the aircraft from the area of responsibility, the Polish Armed Forces said, reporting that the Russian plane "did not violate Polish airspace."

🔥🛢️The second Russian mini-refinery attacked last night was the Mari Oil Refinery, located in the Mari El Republic of Russia. The Mari Oil Refinery has an annual capacity of 1.6 million tons of oil per year. ~1000km from the frontline.

They found money to pay the ICE thugs, but not to feed the kids…

fortune.com/2025/10/22/g...

NEW: Bipartisan group of current & former members of Congress draft brief for court, arguing prosecutor was unlawfully appointed in the James Comey criminal case

"The law does not permit the executive branch to stack successive interim appointments...."

List of members ===>

🇮🇳❌ Indian refiners suspended new orders for Russian oil following sanctions, - Reuters

Indian oil refineries have temporarily suspended new orders for Russian oil, awaiting official clarification from the government and suppliers.

🔴 UN: Russian forces are using drones to terrorize civilians, — actions that amount to a crime against humanity.

🔗 united24media.com/latest-news/...

Russian equipment and dugouts are literally going underwater in the Shebekino area and along the Vovchansk axis after a dam burst in the Belgorod region. The occupiers are whining that they now have to swim to reach their positions.

😳 Russian logistics after the Belgorod Reservoir dam breach.

Russia has declared a state of emergency at the Belgorod reservoir after strikes damaged the bottom outlet and both sluice gates, causing water levels to drop by a meter. Authorities are now trying to block the outflow to prevent further flooding downstream and reservoir depletion.