Unattended Baggage Show Notes 06/24/2023
Episode #203: Time to eat popcorn and watch Swan Lake
We give an in-depth account and analysis of the civil war in Russia and what the future holds for geopolitics, billionaire sub implosion pits Eat the Rich vs. The Kardashians, Congress’ new mandate is to just impeach everyone, Hunter gets a sweetheart deal this time…but probably not next time, why the length of your taint matters, and why you get “tased” but cops get “electroshocked.”
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Wagner Declares War on Russia, Coup Underway
Multiple OSINT sources reporting that the Russian Ministry of Defense launched an intentional missile strike on a Wagner base – Pregozhin releases audio saying a “huge number of Wagner fighters have died” in the attack and threatened, “The next step belongs to Wagner.”
Prighozhin: ‘All patriots of Russia, true patriots of the country, go out into the streets, we will find weapons. This night we will solve the issue of traitors and criminals who disgraced Russia.”
Freedom of Russia Legion will fight both Kremlin and Prigozhin
Wagner leader declares war on Russian military after alleged attack
In Bakhmut, half of Russian troops join Wagner, fight against Russian government army
Russian border guards let Wagner column pass, some join
Fighting vs. Wagner begins in Rostov, Russia:
https://twitter.com/faytuks/status/1672424742651850753?s=46&t=MeREe9GaaA1MYA8zQbryiA
Wagner seizes major cities of Rostov-on-Don and Voronezh with little resistance, many Russian troops defect and pledge loyalty to Prigozhin
Russian tanks, infantry deployed to Moscow – bridges and highways shut down
Russian Army units mutinying against Putin - Air Force base in Moscow burning
Wagner now controls thousands of square miles in Russia, main convoy now only 250 miles outside Moscow, other convoys head toward major cities in south
Unconfirmed reports Putin has fled Moscow - Presidential plane tracked heading NW toward St. Petersburg, Kaliningrad
Wagner coup: US says situation is ‘serious’ as White House consults allies
OPINION: The Ukrainian War is over. What happens next for Russia?
Ukraine
Ukraine wants commitment on NATO membership bid – POLITICO
Ukraine spy chief accuses Russia of 'mining' cooling pond at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant | Reuters
Titanic sub
In race against clock, expanding fleet of ships searches for submersible lost near Titanic wreck
Crenshaw: Outcome of Titan sub would be different ‘if leadership had just acted sooner’ | The Hill
Titanic sub search: US Navy detected implosion sounds after sub lost contact - BBC News
Expert discusses safety concerns he raised about Titan sub in 2018 - CBS News
Company behind lost Titanic sub overstated details of partnerships with Boeing, others - ABC News
OceanGate office in Everett closed indefinitely following CEO death | The Seattle Times
NEW: photo reveals the monitor in the doomed Titanic sub was *screwed into* the carbon fiber hull…
Lunch Topic: Why didn’t the sub have GPS?
Republicans will show the Dems how to impeach
Boebert attempt to force Biden impeachment sent to committees - Roll Call
Greene calls Boebert a ‘little b- – – -‘ as tensions boil over on House floor | The Hill
In rowdy scene, House censures Rep. Adam Schiff over Trump-Russia investigations | AP News
House Republicans eye impeachment of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas | 13newsnow.com
Impeachment, censure and contempt fervor takes over Congress
In my utopia, this would be normal
Drugs, guns found in LA vending machine
A Deal only a president's son can get
Hunter Biden to plead guilty to tax crimes and admit gun offence - BBC News
How long is your taint?
Global sperm counts are falling. This scientist believes she knows why | Financial Times
For more than two decades she has devoted her life to studying the effects of “endocrine disrupting” chemicals (EDCs), which can interfere with the body’s natural hormones. These include pesticides, bisphenols, which harden plastic so it can be used in food storage containers and baby bottles, and phthalates, which soften plastic for use in packaging and products such as garden hoses. In recent years, traces of EDCs have been found in breast milk, placental tissue, urine, blood and seminal fluid.
AGD, or the length of the perineum, she explained, can reflect how much testosterone or androgen a fetus was exposed to during a very small window of pregnancy. “If there’s too little androgen for a boy, he doesn’t get fully masculinized,” she said. “If there’s too much androgen for a girl, she gets over-masculinized.” A mother with polycystic ovary syndrome, for example, will produce an excess of testosterone, and her daughter might have a longer, more masculine AGD.
What is it that makes a tragedy newsworthy?
Hope dims for missing migrants amid questions about Greece's actions in deadly sinking | AP News
Mississippi is still just mad that they outlawed slavery
Mississippi Closed State Offices For Confederate Holiday, But Not Juneteenth
This plays into the simulation argument
The expansion of the universe could be a mirage, new theoretical study suggests | Live Science
10k is cheap for a senator
Everyone forcing you to pick a side or shut up
Rob Schneider Torches Garth Brooks Over Bud Light Controversy: ‘Just Shut Up’ | The Daily Wire
Cops “taze” civilians, but civilians “ELECTROSHOCK” cops
Blinken gets his ass kicked by Pooh Bear
Blinken says US ‘doesn’t support Taiwan independence’ in visit to ease relations with China
Least Dangerous Cage fight ever
Elon Musk and Mark Zuckerberg agree to hold cage fight - BBC News
Read before being scared
3 tropical disturbances are lined up in the Atlantic — a not-normal picture for June: John Morales
Who wants to live (virtually) in Palau?
https://www.wsj.com/articles/a-crypto-side-door-buying-a-digital-residency-in-palau-for-248-1cd40643
Unattended Baggage Episode #203: Time to eat popcorn and watch Swan Lake