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Wayne Griffey Jr & Sr?
Oh wait, that’s “Ken”
“Canada’s PM Justin Trudeau and his wife Sophie are separating after 18 years, following “meaningful and difficult conversations”. ”
“Honey, I’m gay.”
“That’s not news”
I wonder if he is planning on transitioning….
Sex or race…?
Yes.
“I mean — you’re too damned difficult….”
“Honey, I’ve been banging the kids in order to help them understand their true gender identities.”
It’s a sad day when their shared love for BBC couldn’t hold the marriage together anymore.
“I’m pretty sure there’s a lot more to life than being really, really, ridiculously good looking. And I plan on finding out what that is.”
Sadly, I’ll never know.
The Bee, naturally.
Sidebar:
“3 Dancers Sue Lizzo Alleging She Ate Them And Their Entire Families”
😂🤣
I saw this and didn’t believe it was real at first. Apparently it is.
https://twitter.com/narrative_hole/status/1686727572967575552
From Justin Hart:
Damn. Hope somebody gives a crap that an American is being prosecuted for his speech.
They don’t care. I’m sure Cookies Nuland is thrilled.
I’m just marveling at the fact that the SBU is using an American trans-woman for public relations. I mean, what the fuck?
Amazing. She’s a “Journalist”.
I wonder how many Americans are cheering this that went apeshit over the assassination of Khashoggi.
^^
This.
We are so screwed.
I thought Lira was Chilean?
Dual citizen.
I’m sure State prefers my understanding.
Over/Under on days till an American invasion of Mexico?
https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/mexican-president-urges-end-irrational-ukraine-war-wants-russia-peace-talks-2023-07-31/
At this point we’d probably lose to the cartels.
Lindsey will show us the way!
Lopez Obrador added, noting that the conflict has caused massive human suffering. “The only thing that benefits from it is the war industry.”
Oh shoot, he said the quiet part outloud.
No need. West Africa is lighting up.
Wow, when you’ve lost AMLO….
Good for him, I was wondering when someone would start acting like an adult.
So you are saying that we are stoking tensions to create another conflagration.
The U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Tuesday that American troops remain in Niger and have no plan to leave, though they remain in “clearly a not-normal situation” following the head of the presidential guard staging an attempted coup d’etat against President Mohamed Bazoum.
A group of soldiers calling themselves the “National Council for the Safeguard of the Homeland” appeared on national television in Niger last Thursday and declared themselves the rulers of the country, announcing they had abducted Bazoum and were keeping him under house arrest in the presidential residence. A day later, General Abdourahmane Tchiani, the head of the presidential guard, declared himself president on television. In his speech, Tchiani appeared to accuse Bazoum of betraying the intentions of allied nations, such as America, against terror threats.
Niger? Please, not that!
“The sheriff is near!”
But we can’t call America an empire with vassal states. Completely normal for non-empires to station military in dozens of countries just for friendly kicks.
The CoComs are essentially pro-consuls and outrank any diplomats in the vicinity.
Wait, we have troops in Niger?
We have troops everywhere.
Right?
Isn’t that a French client state? maybe? Ida know.
Sure as heck didn’t know it was a US occupied territory
Apparently?
Stop with the questions. We are the mob in Rome. Sort of feared.
Easily placated with treats.
Somebody slipped up at DOD (perhaps intentionally) and let out this nugget.
https://richardstevenhack.substack.com/p/wherein-the-us-department-of-defense
Not good for Ukraine.
Yeah, at this point they are done. It is at best a dead-cat-bounce.
“If we assume the lowest figure of 432,000 is correct, and that Ukraine had a maximum of 700,000 forces throughout the war, then we can estimate the remaining Ukrainian forces to be no more than 268,000.
If we assume the lowest figure and that Ukraine had a total mobilization of one million men, then we can estimate the Ukrainian forces to be no more than 568,000.
If we assume the highest figure is correct and that Ukraine had a total mobilization of one million men, then we can estimate the remaining Ukrainian forces to be no more than 143,000.”
He sure gave himself a big range to deal in.
“So my estimate of Ukraine’s army collapsing within 3-6 months is pretty much confirmed by the DoD’s statement.
I reiterate that this war can not continue for more than 3-6 months and that Ukraine’s army could collapse literally at any moment. The fact that it appears incapable of launching effective attacks of any significant size in this “offensive” – which is the definition of “combat effectiveness” – appears to bear that out.”
Stalemates happen. By his estimation WWI was lost by the French when they couldn’t pull off a good attack? He might be right, but his reasoning is off.
Speaking of Cascadia, this couldn’t happen to a nicer city.
I mean, most of them just moved to other parts of the valley, but, still.
404
808 is better.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=hn9Vb-EQTKU
I’m partial to 909.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=t8UeWjynWvE
Well, you get the gist from the weblink.
Word.
It’s been more than 4 months since a trans psychopath shot & killed 6 innocent people at Covenant High School in Nashville. 4 months and still no answers. The FBI & local police committed to releasing the shooter’s written manifesto, but now they’re quietly reneging and trying to sweep this under the rug. We won’t let them. If we don’t own up to it, we’re destined to suffer even worse in the future. On Wednesday at 1 PM CT I will host a press conference at the Davidson County Courthouse to call for the release of the manifesto. Will be joined by @RealCandaceO @ShawnRyan762 & other local community leaders in Nashville.
I’m not sure what in the manifesto would make a difference.
What difference, at this point, would it make?
It clearly confounds the narrative and they haven’t been able to come up with a way to spin it.
Isn’t the narrative crazy person shoots up school (because guns)? So this is a reverse manifesto that makes people sound less crazy?
Yeah we haven’t seen it either.
It probably says “I fucked up in my transistion, and now I want to kill the people who made it possible.”
From what I read, it had only been a month.
Realized that it doesn’t fix the mental problems?
I shall call for the release of the manifesto!
And a cookie! And a pony!
There really isn’t any accountability for anything in this country anymore. We prosecute invented crimes with tens of millions of dollars, and we just ignore actual crimes…. and everyone is just fine and dandy with that.
As long as my team wins!
Tell ’em what they won Johnny!
You win a banana republic, intrusive government surveillance and reduced living standards. You also get less personal safety.
[lights APPLAUSE sign, morons cheer wildly]
She is the only “trans man” that the media constantly “misgenders.” It’s unthinkable in any other context. Some states even want to criminalize “misgenderng” but the NYT referred to her as “her.”
Which doesn’t make much sense because they want shooters to be white men.
It is amazing that no one has leaked it yet.
“EXCLUSIVE: Hunter Biden trashed his $4.2million Venice Beach rental house with ‘rude and entitled’ wife Melissa, leaving the property in ‘disarray and disrepair’ and stiffing the owner for $80,000 in unpaid rent”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-12361815/Hunter-Biden-trashed-4-2million-Venice-Beach-rental-house-rude-entitled-wife-Melissa-leaving-property-disarray-disrepair-stiffing-owner-80-000-unpaid-rent.html
CWAA
Seems on brand.
Don’t rent to crack heads. No sympathy.
It’s in Venice Beach…
Geez.
Don’t bring a black light in there.
And 80K is only three months rent.
They did paint the outside of the house black, so maybe they were able to cover over much of the material that would show up on blacklight?
Renters suck.
One of the renters we had stiffed us for rent and unpaid utilities and ran off to Ukraine. I’m surprised Hunter didn’t do the same.
Can you imagine how cheap his life would be over there? $1,000 and he’s dead.
I did half-heartedly try to find someone to break the renter’s legs after he stiffed us, but I never got a quote.
You looked glowy.
I figured it was best not to get mixed up with the kind of people who are willing to break legs for money.
I know just the guy.
https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/ny-colombo-family-consigliere-ralph-dimatteo-fugitive-florida-20210915-3kfxbug6cvauhm73hgy5iexvk4-story.html
Ill be a renter for a bit…I forgot how invasive the applications can be. Why the hell do you need to know my boss name. Of course I have the luxury of providing a number to verify employment.
I’m a renter. I swear I’ll never be a home owner again.
‘Neman decided not to take Hunter to court for the arrears. It’s not that he needed the money and frankly it was embarrassing.’
Not to mention he would be charged with a crime of some sort if he did.
If he is lucky.
Otherwise, unfortunate accident.
Self-inflicted GSW to the back of the head.
‘Alien weapon’ made 3,000 years ago is found in Switzerland
A 3,000-year-old weapon fashioned from ‘alien iron’ has been found near a lake in Switzerland.
An arrowhead made from a meteorite was recovered at an ancient Bronze Age site called Mörigen, which has produced a trove of space rocks throughout history.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-12366249/Alien-weapon-3-000-years-ago-Switzerland.html
stupid headline
Extra hard iron in the bronze age? It was a super arrow!
SPACE SMITH BRING EXTRA HARD IRON!
I have a stupid legal question. If Trump was already tried by the Senate for J6, wouldn’t this be double jeopardy?
I saw someone bring that up. But are those two things the same?
The argument will probably be something like “Double jeopardy only applies to the criminal justice system, not the political system. Because impeachment is a political process it doesn’t count.”
That’s what I was thinking.
Of course not. Technically different charges, same as you can be acquitted at the local/state level and then tried at the national level.
/not a lawyer
/does not play one on television
/did not stay in a hotel last night
The connection of the current charges to J6 is, in legalese, de minimus. All of the conspiracy charges originate the day after the election.
Looking at the judge and her, uhm, biases, no. It is a blood crime, and must be punished with blood of generations of Trumps.
It is kinda like being named Sherman in the south.
Just a reminder.
Crenshaw is a cunt.
I got a stationery delivery. I’m a happy camper again.
The Constitution is un-American
Facing a largely ineffective Congress, an overstepping Supreme Court, the rising threat of authoritarianism, and a government seemingly unable to address many of our most pressing problems, a small but growing number of liberal scholars and commentators have been making a strong case against a previously sacred cow: the U.S. Constitution.
Among the biggest issues they cite are the amendment process (which makes changes virtually impossible), excessive veto points, the Electoral College, lifetime appointments for Supreme Court justices, a first-past-the-post (winner-take-all) electoral system (rather than, say, proportional representation), and a grossly disproportionate Senate that ensures greater power for the mostly white, more rural small states at the expense of larger ones.
Many of these issues make the Constitution irredeemable, as these revolutionary thinkers see it.
Chris Edelson, an assistant professor of government at American University, is one. He fears our system has just gotten far too undemocratic.
“There’s not just one way to do democracy, but the way we’re doing it now is bizarre,” he told Newsweek, “because it allows people to win victories in the presidency or control the Senate, the House, and state legislatures without actually getting the most votes.”
Yet the Constitution acts as an impediment to any serious change.
That’s the point, numbnuts. Particularly since the place was never intended to be a mobocracy.
I love how they get some random underling assistant professor or graduate teaching assistant to tell them what they want to hear.
Concentrating ever more power in DC is un-American. Maybe try greater adherence to the Constitution, namely things like the 10th Amendment and separation of powers.
This is American leftism in a nutshell. Anything that gets in the way of what they want, including the law, needs to be ignored or torn down.
“Many of these issues make the Constitution irredeemable”
Article V or GTFO
“Among the biggest issues they cite are the amendment process (which makes changes virtually impossible)”
Besides the seventeen since the BOR.
largely ineffective Congress, an overstepping Supreme Court, the rising threat of authoritarianism
We need a dictatorship to save us from a dictatorship.
our most pressing problems
Created by the government.
the amendment process (which makes changes virtually impossible)
That’s by design.
a grossly disproportionate Senate that ensures greater power for the mostly white, more rural small states at the expense of larger ones.
Ah, the real problem. Plus you do not seem to understand that the Senate is the house of the States. We should return to state legislatures appointing senators.
an assistant professor of government … fears our system has just gotten far too undemocratic.
Holy shit…
“and a grossly disproportionate Senate that ensures greater power for the mostly white”
They just have to squeeze that in there.
We need Democracy, but not for those icky conservatives!
Bring it.
Fulton County Sheriff Pat Labat says his office is preparing for the possibility of former President Donald Trump being indicted in Fulton County.
He says that, if indicted by a grand jury, the former president will be treated like anyone else accused of a crime, including fingerprints and a mugshot.
“Unless somebody tells me differently, we are following our normal practices, and so it doesn’t matter your status, we’ll have a mugshot ready for you,” Sheriff Labat said.
Why not just say “We will follow all department procedures”…oh, you won’t get brownie points.
“The simplest way to put it is the Constitution was written in 1787, and the framers designed a government for a tiny, primitive, agrarian nation of some 4 million people,” he said. “And they designed a government for their times; not for our times. Government wasn’t expected to do very much back then and they designed a government that couldn’t do very much.”
While recognizing the difficulty of changing the Constitution, Moe has a hard time seeing how we can address the major issues of today without drastic reform or replacement: “What we need is a government that’s designed to solve problems, not a government that was designed more than 200 years ago for a primitive, agrarian society.”
Socialist dictatorship, FTW!
A government that was purposefully designed to not do very much is definitely not suited to solve every problem.
Limiting government is racist.
This is what sedition actually looks like.
They’ve committed themselves to it now. There’s no stopping.
Edelson explained, for instance, how Article V essentially enshrines the disproportionate Senate: “Article V says you can’t change equal suffrage for the states [in the Senate] without their consent,” so to abolish the Senate you would need it to be unanimous. Wyoming or Alaska could veto the entire effort.
The Great Compromise that allowed the US to actually exist.
Meh the constitution is already toilet paper to DC.
Government wasn’t expected to do very much back then and they designed a government that couldn’t do very much.
That’s the point.
they designed a government that couldn’t do very much.
If only it had worked as designed.
This is not to say that hosting a new constitutional convention would not come with certain risks. Moe, Edelson, and Levinson all expressed fears that the far-right could look to hijack the effort. In fact, figures like former Pennsylvania Senator Rick Santorum and others on the right are busy trying to do so.
We can’t just let everybody have a say. We’ll never get the right kind of democracy if we listen to those assholes.
Minorities do not deserve representation.
Three out of five survey respondents agree!
I’m way more concerned that the far left would roll the right in any constitutional convention and get rid of the Bill of RIghts.
Dirty capitalists! Extracting wealth from poor minority neighborhoods! How? By renting homes I guess.
Think of the money those poor people would have if those robber barons had refused to rent to them. They could have lived under a bridge and been rich by now.
Of course this all racist:
So these hedge funds came in after the crash in 2008 and bought up foreclosed properties on the cheap. I guess we aren’t supposed to notice that this problem wouldn’t exist today if the people in those poor neighborhoods had just paid their bills?
Wait, how does the unrealized gains of an increased tax assessment “extract” anything from the neighborhood?
How does rent, which largely funds maintenance of the property, “extract” anything?
When are we going to tar and feather these commie activist *bleep*s?
How does rent, which largely funds maintenance of the property, “extract” anything?
I didn’t RTFA, but I”m guessing they simply mean that increased tax assessments mean the owner will owe more in taxes.
In most jurisdictions, the owner is allowed to include language that passes those tax increases onto the renter promptly.
To borrow from the Fram guy, you can get gentrified now or gentrified later! 🙃
“The City of Minneapolis has also laid out 24 conditions for the Progress Residential’s continued operation in the city.”
Complying with those requirements will definitely reduce the rents and improve living conditions. Works every time!
It’s a list of 24 city employees to mail the bribe checks to, isn’t it.
Lol
How many of those violations were caused by renters damaging the properties? Also how many of the complaints were valid?
Would also like stats on how many of the renters owed rent money.
Lemme get this straight. If I put my money into a neighborhood by buying a house, would that be considered an extraction of my wealth by that neighborhood?
You clearly need someone to progsplain to you how economics work, but I can’t even with this…
For those who missed it, here’s one of the weirder things that has happened to me in the past few years.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egj-9eO81a0
Progress Residential, formerly known as Front Yard Residential and before that as HavenBrook, owns more than 600 homes in the Twin Cities Metro.
They should change the name to “People’s Democratic Coalition to Combat Unhousedness” next.
Great. Another clusterfuck shooting in Minneapolis. So far, it hasn’t blown up like Floyd, but it sure seems to be a mountain of stupidity from everyone involved.
The dead guy did his part by not listening and trying to drive off. The state patrol did their part by climbing half way into the car so when the guy started driving off, they were up shit creek and started blasting. The family played their part by being so comically terrible in a press conference that you just want to laugh.
Also noticed that as soon as shots were fired, it sure seemed like one of the state troopers made sure to cover up his body cam with his hand. I’d love it if some journalo started pestering the leadership about if that was acceptable.
Local news was just reporting that the Cleveland Police Department would no longer be blurring the faces of officers in bodycam footage. I expect there to just be a higher malfunction rate going forward.
Cops should have articulated the reason for being detained, dude should not have driven off.
Driving at night with no tail lights is a real problem and you should be pulled over.
Although, I do have to admit I like the cut of his jib, even if I’m not impressed by his legal acumen.
They are trying.
But it doesn’t seem to be working.
The lede in this story about drownings is really the only thing you need to read. Why? Because it is pure journalo math.
I’m so glad they puzzled out that word problem for me. I would have been stumped otherwise.
There was more journolismist math in the links:
“Not only is the founder of the Enhanced Games against drug testing. He actively endorses the use of performance-enhancing drugs in athletics.
“My body, my choice. Your body, your choice,” London-based businessman Aron D’Souza told The Post.
D’Souza is the president of the Enhanced Games, a series of athletic competitions, open for anyone to apply, designed with the goal of breaking world records. He hopes to bring the competition to life in December 2024 as an alternative to the “corrupt” Olympics. (French police recently raided the Paris headquarters of the 2024 Olympics as part of a corruption probe.)”
https://nypost.com/2023/08/02/performance-drug-enhanced-games-to-launch-in-2024-pay-athletes/
What could possibly go wrong?
Well, the weight lifter could rip his arms out of his sockets.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jAdG-iTilWU
All for it.
I would guess that every elite athlete already uses. Let’s see what the human body is capable of.
We gotta close the gorilla gap
I would bet many of those athletes identify as ripped. Some even identify as totally yoked.
Brett’s recent absence explained.
I’m sure Brett would say: You call that a gator? This is a gator
*A female gator finally gets her man to eat her and some idiot starts filming?
Female Gators.
https://www.reddit.com/r/OldSchoolCool/comments/6n4caw/university_of_florida_coeds_with_mascot_albert_in/?rdt=35884
https://youtu.be/QmBWck2qFKQ?t=159
Alligator rams kayak; human escapes unharmed
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhzc5J1BJNU
Derpy, you were saying some strange shit yesterday. Are you sure you are doing alright?
Things could be better, but I’m getting by.
how cyberwarfare actually works:
https://youtu.be/U_7CGl6VWaQ?t=386
Note that WordPress, which this site uses, is on the target list.
*Mariachi applause*
Moral crisis
Despite some efforts to move away from a “fee-for-service” payment model, in most cases, our system still rewards volume of patients seen over value of care provided.
“We want to heal people and be available – but systems are at odds with that. We constantly hit roadblocks honoring our values,” Sayers said.
The pandemic intensified the distress felt by many health care workers. Hospital-based doctors were inundated with sick patients – and sometimes too many deaths to count. Outpatient practices had their operations upended.
In Texas and other states, recent legislation, such as abortion bans and prohibitions against gender-affirming care for trans-youth, have introduced new moral dilemmas for doctors. We want to do right by our patients but face added barriers – even the potential for jail time – if we overreach or misinterpret the laws.
A survey published last fall in Mayo Clinic Proceedings showed an alarming increase in physician burnout, with 62.8% of respondents reporting at least one symptom in 2021 compared to just 38.2% in 2020.
How did we get here? No one knows. It just happened.
These are almost certainly the same people who wanted to make it illegal to offer differing opinions on treatment for COVID.
OFFS!
According to a study released in April by the National Council of State Boards of Nursing, about 100,000 nurses have left the workforce in the last two years.
How many of hem were forced out by mandatory vax requirements?
Oh shush you…
All the good nurses got their vax and then did a TikTok dance.
Partly retirements too.
Well this Is fucked up.
https://twitter.com/stclairashley/status/1686867501508853760
Tolerant Oregon!
OHSU is a prog stronghold. There was a doctor there who sais she would not help white people on twitter. The only thing that shut her up was another doc saying that she provided grounds to sue as she put that on public media. Of course, she delited her account after that.
Well this Is fucked up.
We can’t have that woman poisoning the inclusivity regime.
Partly retirements too.
No doubt. But I suspect a meaningful number of nurses left in disgust over vaxthoritarian policies and the rest of the plague theatrics.
There are big gaps in age in RNs as the cohorts change.
My wife is in an RN in the retirement bracket. For a while they tried to replace them with LPNs and failed.
Partly changing market for the skill set.
Gad is the best.
https://twitter.com/GadSaad/status/1686832939391168513
lol
‘this is sexy’
Good advice from that Bigfoot forensics show.
Tragic
But the general public has also shown signs of, if not rejection, at least apathy about that event: Public opinion over the last two years indicates an increasing desire among Americans to move on from January 6.
Time may be causing some of this shift. As we drift further away from that date, the less its horrors register in the public consciousness. But partisanship, and Trump’s unique candidacy, may be contributing as well.
“It is certainly pretty worrisome,” Lilliana Mason, an associate professor of political science at Johns Hopkins University who studies partisanship, told me. “The extent to which people are going to be considering this to be a truly unique event in American history is going to be influenced by the extent to which people are reminded that it was an extremely dangerous moment.”
Why won’t the rubes maintain the level of outrage we demand? They just don’t understand how democracy is supposed to work.
I’ve seen some of Lilliana’s work, it’s akin to Rednecks In The Mist. It’s a bunch of tripe cooked up for the NPR set that ponders on the “extremism” in the conservative ranks and “how did it get so bad?”
Why won’t those dummies just listen to us smart people?
Liberal and Conservative are useless terms. There are really only Progressives and Reactionarys, or, those who want to force society to move and those who resist that movement. The second group happens in reaction to the first group. Ergo, they are only reacting to what was already done. It plays out in a bell curve, with the the medium sliding back and forth between the two extreems. Progs push too hard, more people push against them. Too many holding society back? The medium voter moves to the idea of progress. And this plays out both in reactions to specific ideas, a la guns and abortion, and to movement in general, hence Republicans and Democrats.
The issue that will hinder the progressives for until the end of time is the simple fact that half the population is more conservative than the other half. That is a truism, and will never change, much like half the population isn’t as smart as than the other half. And, again, who is each political half can change in a heartbeat, depending on the issue at hand.
The fact that these idiots cannot see the cause and effect at play in the political dynamic is disengenous at best, and outright lies at worst.
its horrors register in the public consciousness
Did some more Puerto Rican nationalists set off a couple bombs or something?
a truly unique event in American history
It is absolutely unique but not how you mean.
Puerto Ricans did, and also The Weather Underground.
But, you know, they are on the right side of history.
I wonder if this had anything to do with the acceleration of the other charges.
https://www.zerohedge.com/political/jack-smith-admits-making-false-claim-court-trump-case
I’ve said I’m done with voting but everyday these ass-wipes nudge me just a little closer to voting for Trump.
The biggest warning sign that anti-democratic views are gaining ground comes from the number of Americans who now want to move on from January 6. Most recently, a January University of Massachusetts-Amherst poll found “Americans’ views softening on the day’s events,” with the share of Americans who think “it is time to move on” from January 6 rising from 44 percent in 2021 to 50 percent in 2023.
Conversely, the share of Americans who want to “learn more about what happened” has declined by the same margin.
Maybe people have been disgusted by the fanaticism and zealotry on the part of the witch hunters.
I don’t care for democracy. I thought we had a republic.
I got nuthin’
Ukraine is busted dudes, let’s use that money to get it going with China!
https://twitter.com/BenjaminNorton/status/1686792490366496785
Now that NATO proxy war has destroyed Ukraine, the US plans to push Taiwan into a similar disaster, all to try to save its decaying empire
Better to have Taiwan in the western fold rather than Ukraine. I don’t suppose we can get any of the money we sent to Ukraine back.
There’s more money there anyway. (Ask Hunter.)
Online poll, but still….
https://www.newsweek.com/us-troops-ukraine-poll-russia-joe-biden-america-military-1816570
A total of 31 percent of eligible voters in the U.S. support or strongly support American military forces heading to the battlefields of Ukraine, polling conducted exclusively for Newsweek by Redfield & Wilton Strategies has revealed.
Why? Ukraine is not an ally state. Ukraine should not be in our sphere of influence. We shouldn’t have sent them anything that they didn’t purchase from us. You’ve seen enough American treasure and weapons depleted and now you want American (and the rest of the world’s…) blood spent in what will be the third and final world war. Why?
Because they’re stupid and they don’t understand what it really means.
They’re mal-educated, misinformed, and ignorant.
Because NPR said it was the right thing to do.
My BIL, a retired veteran, is all in on the ‘we have to help Ukraine’ side. Putin’s invasion was totally unprovoked and evil. When I point out how Putin said that making Ukraine a part of NATO was a red line and had been for over a decade, he was “Well Ukraine’s not in NATO yet and Putin attacked, so it’s his fault.” As if Putin should have waited until Ukraine had joined NATO and had missile racks on the border pointing towards Russia.
Tell him to sign up. Ukraine’s taking any volunteers they can get.
making Ukraine a part of NATO was a red line and had been for over a decade
Interestingly the 90s version of Joe Biden understood this. It was one time when he wasn’t saying something stupid or racist.
In March, Tucker Carlson posed six questions to several GOP presidential hopefuls. Here are my responses.
1) Is opposing Russia in Ukraine a vital American national strategic interest?
No, quite the opposite. We have nothing to gain by being involved and have already paid dearly for it. Given that many US military and civilian intelligence officers predicted a Russian victory in a matter of days, I am left wondering why any military aid was given.
2) What specifically is our objective in Ukraine, and how will we know when we’ve achieved it?
I doubt if there is anyone in our government who knows the answer to that, or has even thought about it. I presume our goal is to minimize Ukraine’s territorial losses and thus deter future Russian aggression elsewhere. Unfortunately, it is inevitable that Russia will continue to seek to expand its territory and influence. That is the historical pattern for all countries. The best way to save Ukraine would be by ending the war with a peace treaty. Both sides will need to make concessions.
3) What is the limit of funding and materiel you would be willing to send to the government of Ukraine?
We’ve sent them over $100 billion in military and other aid since 2014. Other countries much closer have sent far less. I oppose sending more and say leave Europe to the Europeans. We have plenty of problems of our own.
4) Should the United States support regime change in Russia?
No, but we can show them and other countries that the best government comes from free and fair elections. Let’s lead by example. It’s the American way.
5) Given that Russia’s economy and currency are stronger than before the war, do you believe that U.S. sanctions have been effective?
No. Furthermore, I can’t think of a single case where US sanctions compelled a foreign government to change for the better. Other countries have tried them throughout history with similar results. We should have normal diplomatic and trade relations with all countries. Otherwise, Congress has the power to declare war and that decision should never be made lightly.
6) Do you believe the United States faces the risk of nuclear war with Russia?
No, because the destruction of nuclear war with them would be mutual and assured. That’s been the case for decades. However, the odds that the war in Ukraine will end in a Russian nuclear strike are steadily approaching 100%. It would be a great tragedy if tactical nuclear weapons became part of conventional warfare.
The recent loss of a US drone from a Russian ramming attack shows they are willing to escalate. It is high time to reverse course.
They DC circles made it clear even if they didn’t push it through the media. They wanted to break Russia on Ukraine and then come in and scoop up the weakened remains. In other words, they wanted to finish the job they started in 90’s.
They want to exploit Russian natural resources in exactly the same manner they do with the African colonies. Prop up dictators and steal the goods.
The neocons have their own lunatic goals, but the real money wants the oil and gas.
But if a country willing to sell oil/gas already has a stable government, dictatorship or not, what good would it do to overthrow it? The Iraq war and reconstruction was supposed to be paid for through increased oil exports and it never happened.
https://www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2018/03/iraq-oil/555827/
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But 15 years later, Iraq has yet to fully rebuild after the American-led invasion, a civil war, and the isis takeover of large parts of the country, and has never been able to fund a substantial portion of the reconstruction itself. The country, opec’s second-largest producer of crude oil, pumps about 4.3 million barrels per day, of which it exports about 4 million daily. This, with oil at $66 per barrel, should be generating about $264 million in revenues for the country each day. If all of Iraq’s oil-export revenues were spent on reconstruction, the country could rebuild completely, even after all that, in a relatively short period. But things aren’t quite that simple.
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You can’t get it for less than fair market value if you don’t control it yourself.
Besides which, the Brits and the neocons are fully committed to not allowing Russia to become a power again. They have different reasons, but the same goals.
‘But if a country willing to sell oil/gas already has a stable government, dictatorship or not, what good would it do to overthrow it? The Iraq war and reconstruction was supposed to be paid for through increased oil exports and it never happened.’
Sadly our aims were never so straight forward I guess.
I don’t condone it, but at least it would make sense.
This is why democracy is an unalloyed good (so long as the right people are voting). /lefties
Perhaps most important, the steady pace of new Trump indictments shows that, while public outrage over January 6 may be subsiding, the US justice system’s efforts at accountability are not similarly fading. Our institutions keep doing the work they are tasked with doing, regardless of public opinion — and that in the end may be the most encouraging takeaway from this tumultuous era.
The witch hunters have an unlimited budget, and an inextinguishable hate burning in their hearts.
regardless of public opinion
Yes, the Deep State is a problem. It is a problem that the bureaucracy* is not controlled by citizens via the political process. But you know that.
*Hell, the existence of 90% of it at the federal level is constitutionally dubious.
How stupid is State?
This stupid
https://libertarianinstitute.org/articles/talking-to-russia-five-things-you-wont-believe-are-being-said-behind-closed-doors/
The US is using back channels to admit defeat in Ukraine and that they want to ease up with Russia… BUT… Putin has to go.
Hey, we really want to wind this up now but our terms for it include a complete non-starter. Primarily because we’ve badmouthed Putin so much that letting him remain makes us look impotent. Could you throw us a bone guys?
*laughs in Russian*
“Putin is the major block to all progress,”
Seems to me he was willing to negotiate before and after starting the war.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/niger-s-coup-is-surrounded-us-trained-officers-us-military-bases-drones/ar-AA1eGlFy?ocid=msedgntp&cvid=64b913cb062a46ef9c55d51394e59d40&ei=11
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The coup leader, Brigadier General Moussa Salaou Barmou, was among the military officers trained by the U.S., marking the 11th coup in West Africa since 2008 involving U.S.-trained personnel.
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This is the sort of thing that gives foreigners ideas about the US.
In this case, it’s pure incompetence and arrogance on the part of the US.
The coup leaders are all aligning themselves with Russia or at least with BRICs. Everybody is sick of our shit and they despise the Europeans.
‘this page no longer exists’
‘In this case, it’s pure incompetence and arrogance on the part of the US.’
Agreed. It is dumb to empower militaries in developing countries. Also, how many communist leaders were educated in the UK only to go back home and do a revolt?
Wednesday:
https://www.glibertarians.com/humpdayzoom
Wakey, wakey you black pilled weirdos and our .gov lurkers!
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D8xpx5RMoZc
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https://www.wfmz.com/news/area/poconos-coal/man-dies-after-intentionally-hit-by-truck-at-schuylkill-county-industrial-company/article_5e5e3f3e-31db-11ee-93a5-8f9f1151e8bd.html
Wow. Dude got run over by a dump truck. And the theft of services charge seems a bit silly.
Definitely an interesting story behind this.