From the US …

US lawmaker Luna lauds reports about CIA chief’s trip to Russia
John Ratcliffe is doing some great things on behalf of the US, Anna Paulina Luna said

WASHINGTON, August 25. /TASS/. Anna Paulina Luna, a member of the US House of Representatives (R-Florida), welcomed reports that CIA Director John Ratcliffe was in Russia on a visit.

“The CIA Director is doing some great things on behalf of the US!” she said on X. She also posted an image of a peace dove.

Earlier, the Axios portal and the CBS television channel reported that Ratcliffe had arrived in Russia to hold meetings. The CIA has not yet responded to TASS’s request to confirm this information.

In March, at the invitation of Luna, a delegation from the State Duma held working meetings in Washington. Thus, the US-Russian inter·parliamentary dialogue, which had remained frozen for many years, was effectively resumed. Luna also repeatedly said that she supports maintaining contacts and developing trade relations between Russia and the United States. In late July, Luna told TASS that a delegation of US lawmakers would visit Russia in the fall or winter to discuss trade, peace, and the restoration of relations with their Russian counterparts. She added that officials from the Washington administration also plan to visit Russia.

I don’t believe a word.

Russians are joking:

… re: Ratcliffe’s visit to Moscow.

And I have no idea if this is true.

Initial unconfirmed reports are that Putin was furious with the CIA Director’s threats telling Russia to reduce tensions in Ukraine. Putin order him to leave Russia immediately and ordered the US embassy closed permanently…..

There sure are many stories circulating and again .. even serious stories, everyone knows what happened, but, nobody knows.

Excepting … photos confirm

The American flag has been removed from the U.S. Embassy in Moscow for an unknown reason.  But, one never knows if the photo was taken after the flag was taken down for the evening.

Be careful if you buy Trump’s cheaper beef.  If it is from Brazil, it will be fine.  But please be careful if it is from Argentina.

Trump’s Beef

There is a lot from the US side of this almost analysis paralysis. The river does not flow if someone does not decide to count every drop in that river. It is like advertising almost.

Yeah … I like it! Good for Margarita.

A little Janice!  I can live with that for sure.

The US has tried to bribe everyone. They tried to brtbe Iranian ship’s captains – the information is open on the net. They bribed the Kurds when they were still trying to do regime change. Every single person in Iran leadership, dead or alive have received offers of bribes combined with threats.

The “No Bribe” Stance: During diplomatic tensions and subsequent framework discussions, President Trump explicitly stated, “You can’t bribe them. You’ve got to beat them,” (I guess he must have tried).

Pakistan dripfeeds these things out in order to attempt to keep themselves important and relevant in a negotiation process which is not there.

Iran is talking to China direct. Not through Pakistan. There are big articles in the regional press on how responsible the ‘mediators’ are. Iran keeps a good thing going with Pakistan for economic purposes.

What makes sense and I don’t know if it was said here .. Russia and China need Iran and will support.

Here is but one of the Iranian ship’s captains that I could find quickly and this is a little older but illustrates what happens if you don’t take the bribe

… In August 2019, Brian Hook, the head of the State Department’s Iran Action Group, directly emailed Akhilesh Kumar, the captain of the Iranian oil supertanker Adrian Darya 1 (formerly Grace 1).The Deal: Hook offered the captain several million dollars in U.S. taxpayer funds to steer the vessel to a country where it could be seized by the United States.The Result: Captain Kumar refused the offer and was subsequently sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury Department.The Backlash: Iranian Foreign Minister Javad Zarif publicly condemned the move, accusing the Trump administration of resorting to “outright blackmail” and bribery….

I am not guessing. I know.

Iran is not fearful to expose these bribes. There are so many that they just go by the wayside.

I said in one or two Dailies past, that the Pakistani influencers are now changing stuff from other sources, like PressTV, they make it look like a PressTV or other Iranian outlet, and they misrepresent – in fact, they openly edit the X post. Again, I am not guessing. I am looking at it. That was only one that I kept as I do not follow the work, but it was about Imran Khan – that is why I kept it, and also from a sense of outrage because of the irresponsibly re Khan.

Again, watch freely and post freely. This information is via Pakistani influencers.

Geez .. ask Prof Marandi. He is drowning in the offers of bribes followed by threats. Take this bribe or else. But to get him to lose some shine, he is now called a .. wait wait, I cannot say that – but a soft candy. Private sources.

The question is rather if there is anyone that the US has not attempted to bribe.

I have no problem with someone being paid for his work. But let’s keep it honest work.