“Spending by Russian interest groups registered under the Foreign
Agents Registration Act jumped more than 4,000 percent from 2014 through last
year, when these groups spent $35 million to promote Russia, according to data
compiled by lobbying watchdog OpenSecrets. Russia was the third-largest
foreign-influence spender in 2019, 2020 and 2021.” Above is from Axios via
This Week.
“The British Ministry of Defense released footage of a Russian mobile
crematorium and said Russia had brought it to Ukraine to incinerate evidence of
their own casualties. “It’s a very chilling side effect of how the
Russians view their forces,” said British Defense Secretary Ben
Wallace.” Above is from The Telegraph (U.K.) via This Week.
“An Illinois gunmaker has introduced a version of the AR-15 designed expressly for children. WEE1 Tactical says its JR-15 is 20 percent smaller than an adult rifle and fires .22 caliber ammunition, less deadly than the .223 rounds that have made the AR-15s the weapon of choice for mass shooters. Otherwise, the company boasts, the JR-15 “Operates just like Mom and Dad’s guns.”” Via This Week.
Well, isn’t that so precious! It doesn’t even have a sight for hunting game or target practice.
“Two teams of linguistic detectives have independently identified the likely authors behind the QAnon conspiracy theory: Paul Furber, a South African software developer, and Ron Watkins, a message board operator who is running for Congress as a Republican, The New York Times reported last week. Both men deny being Q. They were among the first to draw attention to the writings of Q, a supposed U.S. military insider who began warning anonymously in 2017 of a “deep state” of Democratic pedophiles and Satan worshippers. Furber, 55, is a frequent disseminator of American conspiracy theories: Watkins, 34, and his father Jim, ran the message board 8chan. Swiss and French experts in linguistics analysis believe Furber created the first messages and Watkins took over as Q in 2018. Two vocal GOP supporters of the QAnon theory were elected to Congress in 2020.” Via This Week March 4, 2022.
I don’t know if this is story is verifiable yet, but isn’t it fun having theories on theories about theories.