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Title: WNBA star Brittney Griner released from Russian custody in a high-profile prisoner swap between the
Post by: Gefn on December 08, 2022, 01:09:50 pm
Griner was detained in February at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport after Russian authorities said they found vape canisters with cannabis oil in her luggage.
WASHINGTON — WNBA star Brittney Griner is free Thursday after the Biden administration negotiated her release from a Russian penal colony in exchange for an arms dealer.
President Joe Biden signed off on the trade, which took place in the United Arab Emirates, even though it meant leaving behind Paul Whelan, an American corporate security executive who remains jailed in Russia.
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Post by: Gefn on December 08, 2022, 01:10:06 pm
Breaking
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on December 08, 2022, 01:17:20 pm
Oh Thank God. /s
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 01:32:08 pm
Biden left Paul Whelan (who is innocent) to rot in Russian prison while giving up a very high value prisoner for an America-hating pot head.
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Post by: Lando Lincoln on December 08, 2022, 01:39:27 pm
Biden left Paul Whelan (who is innocent) to rot in Russian prison while giving up a very high value prisoner for an America-hating pot head.
The politics of this are obvious. The only things that matter are the headlines and the ensuing blathering of the virtuous.
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Post by: Kamaji on December 08, 2022, 01:42:32 pm
The politics of this are obvious. The only things that matter are the headlines and the ensuing blathering of the virtuous.
Yup.
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 01:42:51 pm
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 02:33:54 pm
Biden left the Marine to rot in a Russian jail. Thank goodness Putin got this stellar citizen back. (https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FjdYpXTWIAg0GPB?format=jpg&name=small)
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 02:38:29 pm
Paul Whelan endures brutal conditions in Russian prison, brother tells Fox News
David Whelan, family, US deny Russia's espionage claims against imprisoned American
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 02:40:29 pm
Seems there is always a daily dose of disgusting news.........
Been up to me, this bitch would have rotted in that Russian Gulag.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 02:43:38 pm
This just in: Biden caught colluding with Russia.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 02:45:38 pm
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Post by: Kamaji on December 08, 2022, 02:45:55 pm
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 02:46:48 pm
True, but try to get the MSM on board with the true narrative. Pedo Joe will be made out as a Human Rights hero the next few days instead.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 02:51:20 pm
Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com @JordanSchachtel Trump got North Korea to release three American hostages as a goodwill gesture, for nothing in exchange. Putin convinced Biden to let him keep a former Marine behind bars, so that he could get a WNBA player back, in exchange for an international arms dealer. 8:51 AM · Dec 8, 2022
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 02:53:46 pm
Here, in full, is a statement from David Whelan, brother of American Paul Whelan. https://twitter.com/ArdenFarhi/status/1600850642821488640
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Post by: BellyAche on December 08, 2022, 02:56:05 pm
Griner free for release of arms merchant, while ex-U.S. marine is still in jail, sick. Great. Biden wants to ban all assault weapons and agrees to free the "merchant of death." Alrighty!! :thud:
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 03:04:47 pm
Talks are ongoing (supposedly) for the release of Whelan.
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US Marine Whelan Still in Russia, Talks Ongoing Thursday, 08 December 2022 08:57 AM EST
U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan is still in Russian custody, his lawyer said on Thursday, adding that dialog on a possible prisoner swap was continuing, the Interfax news agency reported.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said on Thursday that U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner had been traded for Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout in a long-anticipated prisoner swap.
Whelan was convicted in 2020 of spying, and sentenced to 16 years in a maximum security jail. He denied all the charges. ...
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Post by: libertybele on December 08, 2022, 03:10:30 pm
The politics of this are obvious. The only things that matter are the headlines and the ensuing blathering of the virtuous.
Yes the politics are very obvious and Whelan doesn't have dreadlocks.
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 03:11:33 pm
Seems there is always a daily dose of disgusting news.........
Been up to me, this bitch would have rotted in that Russian Gulag.
And unlike Whelan, Griner was actually guilty.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 03:12:06 pm
More on what Vlad got from this deal: https://twitter.com/Cam_Cawthorne/status/1600861693856591873
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 03:13:54 pm
Talks are ongoing (supposedly) for the release of Whelan.
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U.S. Marine veteran Paul Whelan is still in Russian custody, his lawyer said on Thursday, adding that dialog on a possible prisoner swap was continuing, the Interfax news agency reported.
Who are they going to trade him for? Robert Hanssen?
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 03:15:53 pm
I wonder what the government of Colombia has to say about it. The US just freed the main arms supplier to the FARC rebels.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 03:43:38 pm
Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC Is Brittney Griner ready to give up the fame of being a Russian prisoner to return to the obscurity of the WNBA? 8:59 AM · Dec 8, 2022
:silly:
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Post by: Idiot on December 08, 2022, 03:59:40 pm
I wonder which Russian team she'll play for next season? :laugh:
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on December 08, 2022, 04:04:23 pm
We all knew Biden would have traded Putin himself for her. She's a black woman in the "underpaid" WNBA. She's also woke.
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Post by: GtHawk on December 08, 2022, 04:09:24 pm
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 04:11:05 pm
There's more: Marc Fogel, jailed in Russia, being moved to hard-labor colony
OCTOBER 5, 2022 | 9:27 PM
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A teacher from Oakmont who's been detained in Russia for more than a year is being moved to a hard-labor colony.
Marc Fogel, 61, could be at that colony for up to three weeks. Fogel will have no way to communicate with his family while there. . .
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 04:22:23 pm
Tom Cotton: People Will Die Because Biden Traded ‘Merchant of Death’ for Brittney Griner
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) predicted on Thursday that leftist President Joe Biden’s decision to trade imprisoned basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “merchant of death,” would result in people dying as rogue states interpreted the move as open season to arrest Americans.
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Post by: LMAO on December 08, 2022, 04:23:25 pm
Tom Cotton: People Will Die Because Biden Traded ‘Merchant of Death’ for Brittney Griner
Sen. Tom Cotton (R-AR) predicted on Thursday that leftist President Joe Biden’s decision to trade imprisoned basketball player Brittney Griner for notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “merchant of death,” would result in people dying as rogue states interpreted the move as open season to arrest Americans.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 04:23:47 pm
Biden Leaves Marine Paul Whelan Behind in Russia in Brittney Griner Swap; Family: ‘Catastrophe’
The family of retired Marine Paul Whelan said Thursday that a prisoner swap for WNBA star Brittney Griner that left Whelan in Russia was a “catastrophe” because the U.S. would no longer have leverage to free him.
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Post by: Cyber Liberty on December 08, 2022, 04:27:26 pm
We all knew Biden would have traded Putin himself for her. She's a black woman in the "underpaid" WNBA. She's also woke.
That is no biological female. He's always going to be a "he" to me.
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Post by: Lando Lincoln on December 08, 2022, 04:33:22 pm
Now she can be John Fetterman’s running mate in 2024.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 04:57:53 pm
December 8, 2022 10:32am EST Cowboys star rips Biden over Brittney Griner release, walks back scathing tweets Micah Parsons expressed surprise over the fact that deal did not include Marine veteran Paul Whelan
By Joe Morgan | Fox News
excerpt:
"We still not voting for you!" Parsons said in a now-deleted tweet.
"Just spoke to some people that I respect and trust. I should have been more educated on the topic and not tweeted out of emotion for my family and other who have served. For that I apologize," Parsons posted to Twitter.
"Also if what I’m told about the attempts to bring Ret Marine Paul Whelan home are true then the best outcome was accomplished. I pray Mr. Whelan comes home but am extremely happy for Brittney and her family. I am not too prideful to admit when I’ve made a mistake."
more https://www.foxnews.com/sports/cowboys-star-takes-aim-biden-brittney-griner-swap-major-flaw-we-still-not-voting-you
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 05:24:43 pm
Micah Parsons wins a gold medal for fastest jump back onto the Plantation.
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Post by: GtHawk on December 08, 2022, 05:45:43 pm
"Also if what I’m told about the attempts to bring Ret Marine Paul Whelan home are true then the best outcome was accomplished. I pray Mr. Whelan comes home but am extremely happy for Brittney and her family. I am not too prideful to admit when I’ve made a mistake."
Simple question, was it a democrat that told whatever it was about the attempts to Whelan home? Then if he believed it he's a fool that will never learn.
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 05:58:48 pm
In the course of review and events, isn't just absolutey incredible that Pedo Joe is wrong on absolutely everything he says or touches?
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Post by: Hoodat on December 08, 2022, 06:00:04 pm
In the course of review and events, isn't just absolutey incredible that Pedo Joe is wrong on absolutely everything he says or touches?
For 50 consecutive years.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 06:03:41 pm
CNN’s Jones on Brittney Griner: Biden Didn’t Allow ‘Black Female Icon’ to Be Treated Like Garbage
CNN political commentator Van Jones said Thursday on “CNN This Morning” that President Joe Biden did not allow Russia to treat WNBA star Brittney Griner like garbage by negotiating her release in a one-for-one prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 06:05:26 pm
CNN’s Jones on Brittney Griner: Biden Didn’t Allow ‘Black Female Icon’ to Be Treated Like Garbage
CNN political commentator Van Jones said Thursday on “CNN This Morning” that President Joe Biden did not allow Russia to treat WNBA star Brittney Griner like garbage by negotiating her release in a one-for-one prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
They are calling this woman an icon? Now that's damn funniest thing I've heard this week.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 06:08:19 pm
Democrat Bob Menendez: ‘Deeply Disturbing Decision’ to Release Russian Arms Dealer Viktor Bout
It is a “deeply disturbing” decision to release Russian arms deal Viktor Bout, Democrat Sen. Bob Menendez (D-NJ) said on Thursday, although he praised the news of former WNBA star Brittney Griner coming back to America as part of the Biden administration’s controversial prisoner swap.
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Post by: Wingnut on December 08, 2022, 06:08:22 pm
Is she on a plane to The USa yet? Till then I say Putin is playing Dementia Joe.
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 08, 2022, 06:37:18 pm
CNN’s Jones on Brittney Griner: Biden Didn’t Allow ‘Black Female Icon’ to Be Treated Like Garbage
CNN political commentator Van Jones said Thursday on “CNN This Morning” that President Joe Biden did not allow Russia to treat WNBA star Brittney Griner like garbage by negotiating her release in a one-for-one prisoner swap for arms dealer Viktor Bout.
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So far, roughly 165 of the 800+ cases brought as a result of the January 6 attack have been fully adjudicated ..... Jun 9, 2022
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Post by: deb on December 08, 2022, 06:43:13 pm
Jesse Kelly @JesseKellyDC Is Brittney Griner ready to give up the fame of being a Russian prisoner to return to the obscurity of the WNBA? 8:59 AM · Dec 8, 2022
:silly:
Perfect!
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 06:43:23 pm
There's more: Marc Fogel, jailed in Russia, being moved to hard-labor colony
Rep. Guy Reschenthaler upset prisoner swap didn't include Butler native Marc Fogel By Christopher DeRose December 8, 2022 / 12:50 PM
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) -- A teacher from Oakmont who's been detained in Russia for more than a year remains in custody.
This summer, Butler native Marc Fogel was sentenced to 14 years in a maximum security prison after he was caught with 17 grams of medical marijuana for a spine condition. ...
"I will continue to relentlessly advocate for Pittsburgh native Marc Fogel's release and for the State Department to classify him as wrongfully detained, something they have failed to do since his detainment in August 2021," Reschenthaler said in a statement. ... KDKA (https://www.cbsnews.com/pittsburgh/news/rep-guy-reschenthaler-brittney-griner-prison-swap-marc-fogel-russia-prison/)
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Post by: deb on December 08, 2022, 06:45:13 pm
That is no biological female. He's always going to be a "he" to me.
I completely agree.
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Post by: Idiot on December 08, 2022, 06:48:13 pm
More on what Vlad got from this deal: https://twitter.com/Cam_Cawthorne/status/1600861693856591873
But...but...but....the only important thing is that Griner will be home with HER WIFE (whatever that means), for CHRISTmas. *****rollingeyes*****
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 06:49:07 pm
But...but...but....the only important thing is that Griner will be home with HER WIFE (whatever that means), for CHRISTmas. *****rollingeyes*****
"Her wife" - who has spent more time at the White House lately than most members of Biden's cabinet, it seems.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 06:51:08 pm
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Post by: rustynail on December 08, 2022, 06:52:01 pm
Brittney deserves a seat in the House of Representatives. The democrats should make that happen.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 07:33:56 pm
It wasn't the US at all
Saudis, UAE Take Credit for Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap Between US and Russia
Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman (MBS) and UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed issued a statement taking credit on Thursday for allegedly negotiating the prisoner swap that released basketball player Brittney Griner and notorious Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout, known as the “merchant of death.”
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 07:38:10 pm
This Admin is pathetic..taking credit for this deal when they did nothing
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 07:39:26 pm
Catturd ™ @catturd2 · 3m After releasing one of the biggest arms dealers in the world back to Russia - I don’t ever want to hear the word “gun control” spewing from any Democrat’s big pie holes again.
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 07:39:37 pm
This Admin is pathetic..taking credit for this deal when they did nothing
As the world continues to laugh at us.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 07:40:52 pm
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 07:48:33 pm
This stupid son of a bitch needs a prime time show on Fox after this gig is up. :silly:
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:02:10 pm
Catturd ™ @catturd2 · 1h Imagine handing over one of the biggest terrorist in the world to Russia - for a photo op with someone who hates your country.
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Post by: Lando Lincoln on December 08, 2022, 08:02:22 pm
Viktor Bout is probably feeling insulted.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:02:50 pm
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:05:04 pm
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:05:56 pm
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 08:06:12 pm
Karine Jean-Pierre refuses to say American teacher Marc Fogel — serving 14 years in a maximum security Russian prison — is "wrongfully detained." He did the same thing Griner did - tried to enter Russia with some THC derivative in his luggage. https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1600923336833236992
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:06:41 pm
Joel Pollak @joelpollak · 29s Biden always allows America’s enemies to dictate the terms. When presented with a “choice” between bringing Griner home or no one, the right response is to reject the choice and change the other side’s incentives to cooperate. Trump did that with threats, pressure *and* diplomacy
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:07:08 pm
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene🇺🇸 @RepMTG · 3h Another reason to impeach Biden.
The President of the United States traded Russian terrorist arms dealer, Viktor Bout, left a U.S. Marine in Russian jail, and brought home a professional basketball player.
How many people will Viktor Bout now kill bc Biden set him free?
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:07:28 pm
Catturd ™ @catturd2 · 4h Does it surprise anyone the Biden regime would leave a Marine behind after they abandoned Americans in Afghanistan.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:08:04 pm
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Post by: Kamaji on December 08, 2022, 08:09:31 pm
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 08, 2022, 08:20:25 pm
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Post by: Free Vulcan on December 08, 2022, 08:39:29 pm
And absolving the Saudis to get this deal and their oil was an extra special Midas touch.
You're dealing with people that have a maturity level of a child. In the woke Left world, their people only have value, you are pretty much expected to be servile. They will completely sell you out and expect you to eat it, or else.
Somewhere in this political wasteland, I think we cemented being in the territory of dictatorship.
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Post by: txradioguy on December 08, 2022, 08:41:02 pm
Catturd ™ @catturd2 · 3m After releasing one of the biggest arms dealers in the world back to Russia - I don’t ever want to hear the word “gun control” spewing from any Democrat’s big pie holes again.
And after allowing this "Merchant of Death" to walk free...President Silver Alert spoke at a...get this...memorial service for victims of gun violence.
You literally can't make this shit up.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 08:41:03 pm
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Donald J. Trump
@realDonaldTrump · 2h
What kind of a deal is it to swap Brittney Griner, a basketball player who openly hates our Country, for the man known as “The Merchant of Death,” who is one of the biggest arms dealers anywhere in the World, and responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and horrific injuries. Why wasn’t former Marine Paul Whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? He would have been let out for the asking. What a “stupid” and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!!!
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Post by: txradioguy on December 08, 2022, 08:42:06 pm
What kind of a deal is it to swap Brittney Griner, a basketball player who openly hates our Country, for the man known as “The Merchant of Death,” who is one of the biggest arms dealers anywhere in the World, and responsible for tens of thousands of deaths and horrific injuries. Why wasn’t former Marine Paul Whelan included in this totally one-sided transaction? He would have been let out for the asking. What a “stupid” and unpatriotic embarrassment for the USA!!!
According to one report I just read, we should have had them both last year in a 2-1 swap and the Biden admin refused to do anything.
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Post by: txradioguy on December 08, 2022, 08:54:30 pm
So Democrats how does it feel to know that the man who promised to make MBS and Saudi Arabia a "pariah state" has now not only begged them for oil, given MBS sovereign immunity for the Khashoggi murder but used them to get a terrorist freed in exchange for a WNBA player?
Saudi Crown Prince MBS helped negotiate Brittney Griner’s release
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Post by: Bigun on December 08, 2022, 08:58:29 pm
(https://i.imgflip.com/73mkf4.jpg)
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 09:07:54 pm
Benny Johnson @bennyjohnson · 7m Can't wait for Brittney Griner to get back to America and lecture all of us on what a racist country we are for letting her spend 27 minutes in jail for knowingly breaking another countries laws.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 08, 2022, 09:09:40 pm
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 08, 2022, 09:24:13 pm
KJP: "The choice was bring Brittney home or no one. The president will never stop working to secure Paul Whelan's release. On a personal note, Brittney is an important role model, an inspiration to millions of Americans particularly the LGBTQI+ Americans and women of color" (Video)
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 08, 2022, 09:30:51 pm
Jordan Schachtel @ dossier.substack.com @JordanSchachtel
Trump got North Korea to release three American hostages as a goodwill gesture, for nothing in exchange.
Putin convinced Biden to let him keep a former Marine behind bars, so that he could get a WNBA player back, in exchange for an international arms dealer.
8:51 AM · Dec 8, 2022
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 08, 2022, 09:33:44 pm
"Reporter: "Mr. President, what do you say to the bipartisan criticism of the Griner swap? Biden ignores." (Video)
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Post by: GtHawk on December 08, 2022, 09:39:14 pm
Well of course an America hating lesbian would consider another America hating lesbian 'the best of America' I would not hesitate to posit that a very large majority of Americans have an entirely different opinion of IT.
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Post by: berdie on December 08, 2022, 09:47:48 pm
I want to see her get off the plane, kiss the ground while on both knees and then stand, hand over heart, and sing The Star Spangled banner.
Yes...I am a dreamer.
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Post by: Idiot on December 08, 2022, 10:49:15 pm
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Post by: BellyAche on December 08, 2022, 11:15:21 pm
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Post by: mountaineer on December 08, 2022, 11:25:21 pm
That's a deep voice for a girl. :pondering: https://twitter.com/jj_talking/status/1600968868650180608
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Post by: Idiot on December 08, 2022, 11:34:19 pm
That's a deep voice for a girl. :pondering: https://twitter.com/jj_talking/status/1600968868650180608
Griner is a very tall girl (or whatever), so that might explain the voice.
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Post by: Wingnut on December 08, 2022, 11:40:58 pm
Has anyone said it yet....
This is the 1st time in history anyone was aware of a WNBA trade.
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 09, 2022, 02:02:04 am
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Post by: Free Vulcan on December 09, 2022, 02:13:03 am
This is the 1st time in history anyone was aware of a WNBA trade.
That's gonna leave a mark!
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Post by: jmyrlefuller on December 09, 2022, 02:42:14 am
In movie terms, we gave Russia Lord of War and got back Juwanna Mann.
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Post by: corbe on December 09, 2022, 02:58:29 am
It will land shortly in San Antonio for a Medical Checkup. I wonder if they'll check her prostate?
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Post by: mystery-ak on December 09, 2022, 03:05:37 am
It will land shortly in San Antonio for a Medical Checkup. I wonder if they'll check her prostate?
Is Griner a he/her or it???I can't figure it out..
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Post by: corbe on December 09, 2022, 03:17:02 am
I think it's scrotum is bigger than mine, if you believe all those rumours about black guys.
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Post by: Free Vulcan on December 09, 2022, 04:05:49 am
In movie terms, we gave Russia Lord of War and got back Juwanna Mann.
Excellent Smithers!
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Post by: mountaineer on December 09, 2022, 12:45:49 pm
In movie terms, we gave Russia Lord of War and got back Juwanna Mann.
:silly:
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Post by: deb on December 09, 2022, 01:14:40 pm
In movie terms, we gave Russia Lord of War and got back Juwanna Mann.
Bravo!
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Post by: mountaineer on December 09, 2022, 01:36:30 pm
The Russians mock Joe Biden for leaving behind a “hero, a decorated Marine” for “a black lesbian hooked on drugs.” Or, as former sports reporter John Steigerwald tweeted, "When an NFL team has a first overall pick in the draft it doesn’t trade it for a punter. That’s what The Big Guy did yesterday." https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1601159933273071618
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 09, 2022, 01:42:39 pm
The Russians mock Joe Biden for leaving behind a “hero, a decorated Marine” for “a black lesbian hooked on drugs.” Or, as former sports reporter John Steigerwald tweeted, "When an NFL team has a first overall pick in the draft it doesn’t trade it for a punter. That’s what The Big Guy did yesterday." https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1601159933273071618
More truth in that 2 1/2 minute clip than an entire year of MSM bullshit.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 09, 2022, 01:51:00 pm
More truth in that 2 1/2 minute clip than an entire year of MSM bullshit.
They assume Whelan was a spy - who knows whether he really was - but they respect him for that. They respect people who serve their country. That does not include Griner ... or Biden.
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Post by: LMAO on December 09, 2022, 01:57:45 pm
The Russians mock Joe Biden for leaving behind a “hero, a decorated Marine” for “a black lesbian hooked on drugs.” Or, as former sports reporter John Steigerwald tweeted, "When an NFL team has a first overall pick in the draft it doesn’t trade it for a punter. That’s what The Big Guy did yesterday." https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1601159933273071618
What happen to the “I’ll stand up to Putin” claim?
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Post by: BellyAche on December 09, 2022, 02:51:53 pm
Off topic maybe but:
Griner earned $227,000 during her latest season with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA, the maximum salary allowed in women’s professional basketball in the US. As such, many players have decided to look overseas to augment their salary.
The Daily Mail reported in October this year (2022) that Griner accumulated around $1.5 million playing in Russia, which was six times her WNBA salary with the Phoenix Mercury. Back in 2014, the pro also played in China for three months for a remuneration of $600,000.
I think she'll stick with the $227,000 for a while, which seems to me a nice salary! Granted not NBA standards but....
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on December 09, 2022, 02:56:18 pm
Griner earned $227,000 during her latest season with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA, the maximum salary allowed in women’s professional basketball in the US. As such, many players have decided to look overseas to augment their salary.
The Daily Mail reported in October this year (2022) that Griner accumulated around $1.5 million playing in Russia, which was six times her WNBA salary with the Phoenix Mercury. Back in 2014, the pro also played in China for three months for a remuneration of $600,000.
I think she'll stick with the $227,000 for a while, which seems to me a nice salary! Granted not NBA standards but....
Why is there a maximum allowed salary though?
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Post by: BellyAche on December 09, 2022, 03:14:29 pm
As we dive into the salaries of WNBA players, however, the difference is stark. In 2020, the league’s latest collective bargaining agreement bumped the maximum salary for the highest-paid players from $117,500 to $215,000.
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 09, 2022, 03:39:58 pm
As we dive into the salaries of WNBA players, however, the difference is stark. In 2020, the league’s latest collective bargaining agreement bumped the maximum salary for the highest-paid players from $117,500 to $215,000.
No one watches WNBA garbage. How do they subsidize this farce.
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Post by: Hoodat on December 09, 2022, 04:03:38 pm
As we dive into the salaries of WNBA players, however, the difference is stark. In 2020, the league’s latest collective bargaining agreement bumped the maximum salary for the highest-paid players from $117,500 to $215,000.
Maybe she could slide a few Gs to the Whelan family who are without their primary bread winner.
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Post by: Hoodat on December 09, 2022, 04:04:38 pm
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Post by: LMAO on December 09, 2022, 04:22:39 pm
Doesn’t even have the balls to defend his decision. Typical.
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Post by: verga on December 09, 2022, 05:21:50 pm
The Russians mock Joe Biden for leaving behind a “hero, a decorated Marine” for “a black lesbian hooked on drugs.” Or, as former sports reporter John Steigerwald tweeted, "When an NFL team has a first overall pick in the draft it doesn’t trade it for a punter. That’s what The Big Guy did yesterday." https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1601159933273071618
Trust me, it's not the only thing they mock him for.
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Post by: verga on December 09, 2022, 05:23:54 pm
Griner earned $227,000 during her latest season with the Phoenix Mercury in the WNBA, the maximum salary allowed in women’s professional basketball in the US. As such, many players have decided to look overseas to augment their salary.
The Daily Mail reported in October this year (2022) that Griner accumulated around $1.5 million playing in Russia, which was six times her WNBA salary with the Phoenix Mercury. Back in 2014, the pro also played in China for three months for a remuneration of $600,000.
I think she'll stick with the $227,000 for a while, which seems to me a nice salary! Granted not NBA standards but....
My niece played overseas B-Ball for 4 years. after her knees went she was able to take a year off to heal and find a good position.
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 09, 2022, 05:49:24 pm
Jack Posobiec @JackPosobiec
I wonder what's going to happen with all those arms the US is flooding Eastern Europe with
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 09, 2022, 06:53:20 pm
"Biden's DISASTER prisoner swap leaving behind brave Marine in Russia makes Tucker RAGE against Regime in most important RANT' (Video)
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Post by: Right_in_Virginia on December 09, 2022, 07:00:59 pm
Catturd ™ @catturd2
When I read they traded the merchant of death for Brittney Griner - I was like - great they sent Dr. Fauci to Russia.
1:51 PM · Dec 9, 2022
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Post by: Hoodat on December 09, 2022, 07:29:16 pm
The Russians mock Joe Biden for leaving behind a “hero, a decorated Marine” for “a black lesbian hooked on drugs.” https://twitter.com/breeadail/status/1601159933273071618
The Russians certainly know how to rub our faces in it. This isn't propaganda. This is truth.
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Post by: Wingnut on December 09, 2022, 09:00:51 pm
How long before Brit plays the Race/victum card for not getting out sooner?
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Post by: txradioguy on December 09, 2022, 09:07:28 pm
No one watches WNBA garbage. How do they subsidize this farce.
IIRC their big brother the NBA subsidizes the league.
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Post by: Weird Tolkienish Figure on December 09, 2022, 09:16:32 pm
IIRC their big brother the NBA subsidizes the league.
Actually last I heard nobody watched them either.
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Post by: jmyrlefuller on December 09, 2022, 09:41:40 pm
Because without it, the WNBA couldn't afford to do business.
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 09, 2022, 09:51:19 pm
Because without it, the WNBA couldn't afford to do business.
And then OTOH, you have this insanity....
$1.9B. (with a billion) spent alone in the just the past 2 weeks on Free Agents in MLB.
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Post by: Kamaji on December 09, 2022, 10:04:14 pm
Kremlin said it would only release Brittney Griner AND the Marine vet if US helped free hitman who slaughtered Chechen separatist
New details are emerging about the high-stakes negotiations that brought the release of American basketball star Brittney Griner but left former U.S. Marine Paul Whelan languishing in prison – including Russia's demand to liberate an assassin serving a life sentence for carrying out a daylight slaying in Berlin.
The Biden administration had been trying to negotiate for the release of both Griner and Whelan for months. But as the U.S. tried to secure their freedom and even dangled convicted 'Merchant of Death' arms trafficker Viktor Bout, Moscow added its own demand.
Russia wanted the release of Vadim Krasikov, a former FSB colonel who was convicted of gunning down a Georgia-born Chechen separatist in broad daylight in a central Berlin park in June 2019, as the price for freeing both Americans, the New York Times reported.
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Post by: Hoodat on December 09, 2022, 10:09:40 pm
Russia wanted the release of Vadim Krasikov, a former FSB colonel who was convicted of gunning down a Georgia-born Chechen separatist in broad daylight in a central Berlin park in June 2019, as the price for freeing both Americans, the New York Times reported.
This contradicts the statements coming from the White House where they said they were never offered any deal to free Whelan.
Joe Biden is a lying POS.
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Post by: Free Vulcan on December 09, 2022, 11:36:46 pm
The Story of Two Videos and a Curious Edit in the Griner/Bout Exchange
...Fast forward to the second video — the exchange of Bout and Griner. Tass, Russian state media, took video of the event. You can see Griner in the red jacket and Bout is the guy holding the manila envelope. People noticed something strange in the video.
Bout is hugged by someone in the group transferring Griner, then he shakes the hand of another person. You see Griner turning toward Bout, and Bout nodding toward Griner. Then, right at that point, there’s an edit, to the rest of the video of them walking away from each other. That raises the question of what was edited out. Some speculated that the edit was Griner shaking Bout’s hand, because of the turn/movement by Griner in that direction.
It does seem curious that something was cut right at that point...
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Post by: txradioguy on December 10, 2022, 02:39:35 am
What happen to the “I’ll stand up to Putin” claim?
That disappeared to the same place where his pledge to make Saudi Arabia a “pariah state” went.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 10, 2022, 02:18:22 pm
The hectic final chapter to WNBA star Brittney Griner's time in Russia Dec 8, 2022 T.J. Quinn ESPN (https://www.espn.com/wnba/story/_/id/35210713/the-hectic-final-chapter-wnba-star-brittney-griner-russia)Staff Writer
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The invitation Cherelle Griner received to the White House on Thursday morning was to meet with national security adviser Jake Sullivan. This wasn't her first trip to 1600 Pennsylvania Ave., but it was the first time officials didn't work to lower her expectations before she got there.
When she arrived, she was taken to the Oval Office and greeted not by Sullivan, but by his boss, President Joe Biden. The deal is happening, he told her. A minute later he got a phone call and they heard the news together: Brittney Griner was back in U.S. custody.
The call was patched through to Griner, who was standing on a tarmac in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, wearing a knit cap over her recently shorn hair. President Biden spoke first.
"It's Joe Biden," he said, according to a White House official. "Welcome -- welcome home."
Cherelle Griner was then led to a private dining room where she could speak with her wife -- a free woman for the first time in 294 days -- without Russian officials listening in. And sometime in the very early hours Friday, she was expected to greet her wife after she landed in San Antonio. ...
(https://imagez.tmz.com/image/ec/4by3/2022/12/09/eca34d5d21e74c96b3133b72483fee6f_md.jpg) Her Russian lawyer said she cut her hair because it was so cold in Russia that when she washed the long dreadlocks, her head got too cold.
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Post by: mountaineer on December 10, 2022, 02:32:39 pm
It Sure Looks Like Biden Is Lying About the Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap By Bonchie | 8:45 PM on December 09, 2022 Red State (https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/12/09/it-sure-looks-like-biden-is-lying-about-the-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap-n671663)
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... Quickly, the backslapping began, with Joe Biden taking full credit for the deal, but it didn’t take long before questions began to emerge. Former US Marine Paul Whelan has been held on false charges in Russia for nearly four years. Why wasn’t he prioritized in the deal? Then there is teacher Mark Fogel, who was sentenced to 14 years in prison for possessing medical marijuana (very similar to Griner’s charge). The White House won’t even acknowledge his plight, having not designated him as being wrongfully detained.
As the Biden administration told it, though, Whelan was never on the table. Instead, the Russians insisted that the trade had to be for Griner or no one. Yet, astute observers noted how little sense that makes. Why would Russia want to make the choice easy for Biden? Wouldn’t they gain much more from making him make a choice between two Americans? And why would the Russians want to give up Griner before Whelan given that Griner is a public figure and obviously more valuable?
Sure enough, there’s evidence emerging that the White House’s story isn’t exactly accurate. For example, NBC News originally reported via a senior government official that the Russians were offering either Griner or Whelan in the deal. Later on, the article was stealth edited to match the administration’s talking points. ...
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Post by: catfish1957 on December 10, 2022, 02:35:15 pm
It Sure Looks Like Biden Is Lying About the Brittney Griner Prisoner Swap By Bonchie | 8:45 PM on December 09, 2022 Red State (https://redstate.com/bonchie/2022/12/09/it-sure-looks-like-biden-is-lying-about-the-brittney-griner-prisoner-swap-n671663)
I have seen 2 , maybe three accounts of this truly being the case.