Lots of moving parts when it comes to war. What exactly is being discussed between the leaders is not yet known. They could be negotiating a ceasefire, negotiating the separatists areas, or just biding time and playing games.
Putin seems to be placing more resources in and around Kharkiv which observers believe is a pretense to isolating the the eastern portion of Ukraine and adding Ukraine's second largest city into a larger section of land that would include the separatists area already pretty much Russian occupied. With Crimea and the two separatist areas, much of that area is now under Russian control already. Perhaps there is a deal to be made with Putin backing off Kyiv and Ukraine as a whole, and Zelenskyy giving up some of that eastern region as a "new" country that would obviously be under Putin's thumb.
Meanwhile, the press secretary in Kyiv told the world that their city was basically surrounded and that nobody was getting out or in. This was heavily disputed almost immediately and some were literally calling the press secretary out as a "liar". Of course piecing together a variety of sources and what some are claiming satellite imaging is showing, there are Russian troops that advanced "around" Kyiv and may be setting up blockades on as many roadways as they could. I suspect that the press secretary probably told a damaging truth because he didn't know any better. Either way, Russians are expected to have that city encircled or surrounded in the coming days, especially if Belarus enters the fray.
The Belarus involvement would be hard on Ukraine. First, from a psychological standpoint, it would suck to have other former Soviet soldiers invading your territory. It's one thing to fight the Russians. It's another to have a neighbor take the other side. Second, Belarus is no more than 150 miles from Kyiv and at the very least provides more pressure from the north and north west. Belarus is said to only have about 50,000 in their armed forces, but they do have some very well trained combat units.
At this point, the undermatched Ukrainians are still standing. They may look like Rocky at the end of the first Rocky movie, but they appear to have the same sort of heart and drive to go the distance. Whether they can keep up the resistance as food, medicine, and supplies start to dwindle is anyone's guess. But who wants to bet against them at this point?
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It looks like Russia is starting to experience what we had to endure for 4 years.
Here's a picture of Putin meeting with his top advisers.
(Does he fear assassination?)
https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/28/putin-meets-with-his-top-advisers/
At this point.
Russia is fucked
Putin has United Europe in a manner nobody anticipated.
https://www.politico.eu/article/the-end-of-europes-putin-illusion/
Switzerland to Freeze Russian Assets
“Switzerland, a favorite destination for Russian oligarchs and their money, announced on Monday that it would freeze Russian financial assets in the country,
setting aside a deeply rooted tradition of neutrality to join the European Union and a growing number of nations seeking to penalize Russia for the invasion of Ukraine,” the New York Times reports.
“Switzerland said it was departing from its usual policy of neutrality because of ‘the unprecedented military attack by Russia on a sovereign European state,’ but expressed a willingness to help mediate in the conflict.
"It also joined European neighbors in closing its airspace to Russian aircraft, except for humanitarian or diplomatic purposes.”
Vladimir Putin just achieved the impossible: genuine European unity.
The Russian president’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine has united Europe and the transatlantic sphere like nothing since the fall of the Berlin Wall, as even his erstwhile allies on the Continent abandoned him over the weekend.
From Sofia to Stockholm, Europe’s internal divisions over how to react to Putin’s aggression have melted away in recent days as the historic dimensions of the invasion — the greatest challenge to the West’s security architecture in decades — sank in.
Even Switzerland has imposed sanctions against Russian banks
And Sweden
Belarus is irrelevant
the greatest challenge to the West’s security architecture in decades — sank in.
rrb went crazy when I said before
The attack on Ukraine was the first military action in The Third World War. Very much like Pearl Harbor attacks.
If the Russians succeed, it will have two nuclear weapond allies, China and North Korea.
Fortunately our allies around the world are using economic attacks and military supplies and technology weapons system to defend Ukraine and eastern Europe.
The President's State of the Union address is as important as FDR in 1942. And we will prevail without direct Militarily forces.
Macron Pressed for Cease-Fire In Call with Putin
“President Emmanuel Macron of France reiterated calls on Monday for an immediate cease-fire in a phone conversation with President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia, and urged an end to all attacks on civilians and essential infrastructure,” the New York Times reports.
Interestingly, the call lasted an hour and a half.
Big Majority In U.S. Say Russian Invasion Not Justified
A new Yahoo News/YouGov poll finds 74% of Americans say the Russian invasion of Ukraine is not justified and 76% express an unfavorable opinion of Russian President Vladimir Putin.
“Yet in a striking sign of how deep partisanship continues to run in the U.S., just 3% of 2020 Donald Trump voters are willing to say President Biden is ‘doing a better job leading his country’ than Putin. Nearly half (47%) of Trump voters say Putin is doing a better job than Biden, even as Russia’s economy threatens to collapse under the weight of crippling global sanctions. A slightly smaller share of Trump voters (45%) say ‘neither’ man is doing a better job than the other.”
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(Maybe someday Trumpsters will get their heads on straight again.)
Russian Foreign Minister Grounded by Airspace Ban
“Russian Foreign Minster Sergei Lavrov has cancelled a trip to Geneva for disarmament talks because his plane would not be able to pass through airspace that the European Union has closed to Russian aviation as part of sanctions against Moscow,” Reuters reports.
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Trains and busses are still working.
“Yet in a striking sign of how deep partisanship continues to run in the U.S., just 3% of 2020 Donald Trump voters are willing to say President Biden is ‘doing a better job leading his country’ than Putin.
There are dumb polls and then there is this...
Ch said:
"But who wants to bet against [the Ukrainians] at this point?"
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Much in your tone suggests that you do.
You have to wonder how the Reverend could possibly link a poll like this and not include the most important part:
Yet in spite of this consensus, just a third of Americans (34 percent) say they approve of how Biden is handling “the situation with Russia and Ukraine.” Nearly half (48 percent) disapprove, and 17 percent are not sure.
It's almost as if he didn't actually bother to look at the Yahoo New story and instead just cut and pasted what some other person (eg Taegan Goddard) cut and pasted from the story.
I mean, cutting and pasting is lazy. But when you allow someone else to decide what to cut and paste "for you" that is exponentially worse.
Humbly and simply speaking, if as many as 45% of Trump supporters say neither he nor Biden are doing a better job, that should strike fear into the hearts of you Trumpn supporters
Russia's war on Ukraine: Day five situation on the ground
Agence France-Presse
February 28, 2022
On the fifth day of fighting in Ukraine on Monday, defending forces claim that the Russian onslaught has slowed but still aims for Kyiv, while Russia reports progress in the south.
Here is a summary of the situation on the ground, based on statements from the warring sides, Western defense and intelligence sources and international organizations.
The military situation:
- Ukraine says Russian troops have "reduced" the speed of their offensive but continue to pursue their "main objective": taking the capital Kyiv.
- Naval battles rage around the Black Sea port of Odessa, Ukraine says, as well as near Ochakiv and Chornomorsk.
- Ukraine says Russia is still trying to organize a naval landing at Mariupol on the shores of the southern Sea of Azov.
- Russia claims air superiority in Ukraine.
- Ukraine says Russia launched six missile strikes involving up to 30 missiles on Sunday and four air strikes, mostly from Belarusian territory.
- Ukraine says Russia has fired 180 Iskander-type mobile ballistic missiles since the start of the offensive.
- Ukraine says it is holding Kharkiv, 500 kilometers (310 miles) east of Kyiv.
- The Ukrainian army says it has repelled "several" attacks on Kyiv.
- Ukraine says three Russian missiles targeted Kyiv. One was intercepted.
- Local media report overnight explosions in Kyiv and Kharkiv.
- Russia says it is besieging the cities of Kherson and Berdyansk close to Crimea.
- Ukraine confirms Berdyansk is occupied by Russian soldiers.
- Ukraine says 4,300 Russian soldiers have been killed.
- Ukraine's leader urges Russian troops to lay down their arms.
- A brewery in Lviv, western Ukraine, switches production from beer to Molotov cocktails.
The civilian/humanitarian situation:
- Ukraine reports 352 civilian deaths since the start of the invasion, including 14 children.
- The UN puts the civilian toll at 102, including seven children.
- Russia says civilians can leave Kyiv "freely".
- Russia says Ukraine is using civilians as human shields.
- More than 500,000 people have fled the conflict, the UN says.
https://news.yahoo.com/poll-74-percent-of-americans-call-russias-ukraine-invasion-unjustified-142128676.html
Americans also tend to agree on how the administration should be responding, with 56 percent saying they favor last week’s “major sanctions” designed to “cut off Russia’s government from Western banks and financial markets” — despite an explicit description that the sanctions were “imposed” by Biden. Unsurprisingly, 72 percent of Democrats favor Biden’s sanctions; just 6 percent oppose them. But the same sanctions also win the support of most Republicans (53 percent), with very little outright opposition (11 percent).
But when you look at it Trump supporters favor Putin in huge numbers
Yet in a striking sign of how deep partisanship continues to run in the U.S., just 3 percent of 2020 Donald Trump voters are willing to say President Biden is “doing a better job leading his country” than Putin. Nearly half (47 percent) of Trump voters say Putin is doing a better job than Biden, even as Russia’s economy threatens to collapse under the weight of crippling global sanctions. A slightly smaller share of Trump voters (45 percent) say “neither” man is doing a better job than the other.
More Trump voters also express an unfavorable opinion of Biden (95 percent) than of Putin (78 percent) — with a full 87 percent saying they have a “very” unfavorable opinion of the U.S. president versus just 60 percent who say the same about his Russian counterpart.
Much in your tone suggests that you do.
Much in reality of the situation suggests that Ukraine is a bad bet. They are out spent 12 times over by Russia and have 20% of the military manpower. They are resorting to arming untrained citizens to fight in the street.
One has to admire their courage and I don't believe they will go quietly. It will be a hard slog for Russia and it will probably be harder to keep these cities if they ever occupy them.
But reality is reality... and in real life a part time club fighter doesn't take an undefeated boxing champion to 15 rounds.
It's possible Reverend...
To actually root for someone, even as you know that their victory is an uphill battle. There is no reason to sugar coat it (or outright deny reality) as a means to prove your alliance.
How the U.S. Should Handle Putin’s Nuclear Threats
Tom Nichols:
“For now, the sensible, and confident, American answer should be to do nothing. This might seem counterintuitive: The Russians have gone to higher alert, and it would seem only prudent to answer this with a reciprocal raising of U.S. alert status.
“But that Cold War reaction would, I suspect, exactly what Putin wants.
He’s in a jam and he’s trying to look strong, and part of the way he can do that is to turn his hare-brained scheme in Ukraine into a gigantic Russian-American confrontation.
Putin would like nothing better than to take everyone’s mind off Ukraine and focus us all on a game of nuclear chicken.”
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It should be pointed out, however, that he seems increasingly unhinged, and unhinged world leaders are dangerous.
We already removed one such from power.
Re: 11:20 I have detected a marked lack of rooting for Ukraine here.
It looks like Russia is starting to experience what we had to endure for 4 years.
Stable prices, peace, prosperity, full employment.
Yeah and I wold endure it for another four years.
They are resorting to arming untrained citizens to fight in the street.
What's hilarious is the anti-2nd amendment leftists who are suddenly cheering the arming of Ukrainian civilians with AK's and AR's.
Leftist hypocrisy never takes a day off.
What is truly distressing Rev, were those poll numbers showing more americans think Putin is a better leader than Biden??? WTF is wrong with america??? Has trump done such a masterful job to have convinced sooooo many an autocrat is better than a duly elected president??? Looking at raw data with so many R's thinking the election was stolen based on nothing but trumps word certainly says a lot!!!!!
Much in your tone suggests that you do.
Much in reality of the situation suggests that Ukraine is a bad bet. They are out spent 12 times over by Russia and have 20% of the military manpower. They are resorting to arming untrained citizens to fight in the street.
One has to admire their courage and I don't believe they will go quietly. It will be a hard slog for Russia and it will probably be harder to keep these cities if they ever occupy them.
But reality is reality... and in real life a part time club fighter doesn't take an undefeated boxing champion to 15 rounds.
A Rocky analogy, excellent
What's hilarious is the anti-2nd amendment leftists who are suddenly cheering the arming of Ukrainian civilians with AK's and AR's.
Even funnier is that fucking idiots like you conflate patriotism of citizens with the killing going on in the US because idiots like you own guns!!!!
Good to see our dearest cramps is rooting for Putin with his stupid analogy......WTF is wrong with him other than just being stupid?????
What is truly distressing Rev, were those poll numbers showing more americans think Putin is a better leader than Biden??? WTF is wrong with america??? Has trump done such a masterful job to have convinced sooooo many an autocrat is better than a duly elected president??? Looking at raw data with so many R's thinking the election was stolen based on nothing but trumps word certainly says a lot!!!!!
America is generally right about Biden. As is Donald Trump. Putin is smarter than Biden. By a lot.
But when you look at it Trump supporters favor Putin in huge numbers
You clowns bitterly cling to this lie like a man overboard clings to a life ring.
No one "favors" Putin, you drunken SOT.
We are however mature enough to acknowledge when the jello-brained fuck who WE have at the helm is outclassed and outsmarted by our adversary. You know, the adversary where the 80's called and said they wanted their foreign policy back.
The fact is, Putin is smarter than Joey Sprinkles and 0linsky COMBINED.
And it sucks to have to admit that, but it doesn't make it any less true.
Humbly and simply speaking, if as many as 45% of Trump supporters say neither he nor Biden are doing a better job, that should strike fear into the hearts of you Trumpn supporters
Why exactly?
This isn't a popularity contest or a means to show support and if that is how you view it... then why even ask the damned question??
Our goal in all of this was simple. Avoid war at all cost.
We failed. Plain and simple. There are any number of things we could have done earlier to have stopped this in it's tracks. We didn't do them.
What is Putin's goal? To expand his political power in the area. If he comes out if this with little more than control of the separatist areas of Ukraine now under full Russian control.
Then he actually gained something tangible.
Moreover, that appears right now like money in the bank. He still could end up with more than that. We have no idea at this point.
But Putin will not come away empty handed even if he is held off in Kyiv. He may not be getting everything he wanted, but he is getting more than we got.
Because we failed already. Every dead Ukranian is partially our failure. You can blame Putin, but it's not his failure. It was his success. It may not seem fair, but all "IS" fair in love and war.
So perhaps you can explain to me how it is that Biden (who was supposed to figure out how to prevent war) is achieving more than Putin (who has already staked claim to portions of Ukraine and still has the chance to garner much more than that?
How is Biden being successful to any degree here?
Explain it without just being a FUCKING CHEERLEADER which does nobody any good at all.
Good to see our dearest cramps is rooting for Putin with his stupid analogy......WTF is wrong with him other than just being stupid?????
Well it's nether stupid nor did I write it. The credit goes to CH.
"It's going to take a hell of a lot of work to make up for all the damage Trump's done internationally and nationally. ... Imagine what he can do in another year. Imagine what can happen in Ukraine."
—Joe Biden, October 2019
Biden told Americans he is not like because covid has us so unhappy we don't realize how good we have it fincially.
Obama/Biden cut of lethal weapons to Ukraine.
Imagine what can happen in Ukraine.
Yeah, he would have let the Russians invade without uniting NATO against them.
How is Biden being successful to any degree here?
Explain it without just being a FUCKING CHEERLEADER which does nobody any good at all.
That is, in a word, impossible.
This presidency is an abject failure by every objective measure. All Biden supporters HAVE is cheerleading. There's not a single act, a single policy, a single policy outcome, not one fucking thing that Biden supporters can point to as a success. Not one.
So all they're left with is blind allegiance to an epic failure, with only the cheerleading that goes along with it.
Rooting for Biden is like receiving a cancer diagnosis and rooting for the fucking cancer.
Putin is saying he will not invade Ukraine and I believe him.
--Donald Trump
Putin says the Russians will not invade Ukrain but they are going to.
--Joe Biden
I think for people like Roger and the Reverend....
They lack a basic understanding of anything competitive. Liberals are much less likely to play sports, watch sports, or have anything to do with a fair competition where you put yourself out there against another person or another team and risk winning or losing.
Being an athlete and a competitor in things like wrestling, track and field makes you appreciate individual competition. Playing sports like football or basketball make you appreciate team sports.
What those of us who understand this personally know... and liberals like Roger and the Reverend will NEVER understand is that there is many times a favorite and many times an underdog. What they certainly appear to not understand is that rooting for the underdog does not require you to suggest that they are the better competitor or that they field the better team.
But you can root for them anyways.
They don't get it. Because they never competed.
They see it intertwined. You cannot root for your home team to beat Alabama in football (apparently according to liberal logic) without having to also suggest that your team is better. The simple acknowledgment that your team is a big underdog and that winning will require some breaks and such would be seen by them as some sort of chink in your support armor.
Acknowledging reality means you are not actually rooting for your team.
Again... comes from not understanding competition.
Yeah, he would have let the Russians invade without uniting NATO against them.
How many times do we need to have the NATO conversation with regards to Ukraine, pederast.
NATO is not relevant to Ukraine. Period. Full stop.
NATO only serves to obscure the issue.
How is Biden being successful to any degree here?
Just a little matter of a totally united NATO and a largely united world.
Putin says the Russians will not invade Ukrain but they are going to.
--Joe Biden
Knowing something is going to happen and still not preparing for it makes Biden all the more the sucker in all of this. If they knew a month ago that Putin was going to invade, then why wasn't the hundreds of millions of dollars in military aid already there, so that it could actually be used to fend off an attack?
Why not move a small amount of troops into Ukraine for say "training purposes" to assist with the new equipment that we were generously offering. Never in a million years would Putin have attacked Ukraine with American soldiers in that country.
They don't get it. Because they never competed.
And they're so arrogant and so sure of themselves and so sure that their world view is the correct one, they don't feel they should even HAVE TO compete. They're right. they're always right. Just ask them and they'll tell you.
See: H.R.1 The "Democrats win elections into perpetuity act."
Well, Ch, I happen to think the underdog Ukraine IS in many respects BETTER THAN the invading Putin.
Straw man, Ch. Nobody knew a month ago that Russians would be foolish enough to allow Putin to pull them into an invasion of Ukraine.
But Biden, aware of what our military intelligence was telling us about Russian build up, kept relentlessly saying they WERE going to invade even when many of our allies didn't think he should be saying that.
But your distorting arguments tire me, and I will probably ignore them now. I enjoy simply posting about what is actually happening.
Unfortunately too many people want the Russians to win in Ukraine because it will help them Republicans in the next election season.
Just a little matter of a totally united NATO and a largely united world.
Europe is uniting as Europe completely separate from the United States. There is literally "nothing" Biden is doing that is responsible for any European unity at this point.
This is just a simple case of a tyrant (Putin) attacking a sovereign nation without provocation and nearly ever leader in the free world stepping up justifiably and demanding it stop.
Now while there is certainly great unity in the response, it is not exactly what Ukraine has been calling for and what Ukraine probably needs right now, but that sort of leadership (getting anyone to go above and beyond sanctions or finding anyone willing to get their hands dirty here) is still lacking.
We don't have a Bush Sr putting together a massive military coalition. We just have people agreeing to sanctions.
There is literally "nothing" Biden is doing that is responsible for any European unity at this point.
That statement is so obviously wrong as to deserve no response.
I played little league baseball and I am a good tennis player, and I learned how to ski in the Black Hills.
Plus Scott you don't know how hard carpenters have to work.
Because I'm tall and muscular I usually got to pick up heavy weight lumber
I built a 692' smoke stack
Populist Embrace of Putin Cools
Wall Street Journal:
“What Europe’s populists saw in Mr. Putin was a kindred spirit, a leader willing to disregard the rules of international cooperation that emerged in the wake of World War II, underpinned by the military might of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. They admired Mr. Putin’s unapologetic nationalism and his deep-seated distrust of the U.S.
“That admiration is now running up against the reality of Mr. Putin’s forces pouring into Ukraine.
Some populists are rushing to distance themselves, branding Mr. Putin’s aggression a setback of historic proportions.”
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Time for America's Trumpistic populists to get wise to that realty too.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
Unfortunately too many people want the Russians to win in Ukraine because it will help them Republicans in the next election season.
Explain and elaborate, alky.
This is an oft-repeated claim of yours, yet always lacking your "logic" to substantiate it.
How exactly does Russian victory in Ukraine benefit republicans in the next election season?
Please be precise.
During the 2002 World Series when the Angels won I went to one game..
You don't want to arm wrestling with me
JUST IN--
Ukraine Asks to Join European Union
1:11 pm EST
Ukraine has asked to join the European Union under a special procedure, according to a video message posted by Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, the Washington Post reports.
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WOW! Does that indicate the Ukrainians have the Russians in so untenable a position that they can make a move THAT defiant?
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ALSO JUST IN---
Ukraine and Russia Will Continue Talks
1:09 pm EST
“The first talks between Russia and Ukraine over Moscow’s invasion ended with the two nations agreeing to continue discussions in coming days,” the Washington Post reports.
“Talks went on for almost five hours in southern Belarus near the Ukraine border, said the head of the Russian delegation, Kremlin aide Vladimir Medinsky.”
If the President was not Biden you would be cheering out loud.
There is literally "nothing" Biden is doing that is responsible for any European unity at this point.
Unfortunately too many people want the Russians to win in Ukraine because it will help them Republicans in the next election season.
Win lose or draw won't matter in the next election.
The fact that people are dying in Ukraine right now is because apparently we knew it was going to happen but never actually did anything.
I mean, seriously Roger.
Are you looking to give slow Joe credit for predicting something that pretty much everyone else in the world was also predicting... and yet not doing a damned thing about it?
Oh... and it's about time you bring up Trump.
Because somehow that will be relevant in your mind.
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Zelensky pleased by Bennett’s mediation offer in call with Putin, says Ukraine envoyYevgen Korniychuk predicts Russian leader could reconsider proposed Israeli mediation if talks on Belarus border don’t yield breakthrough; says Russian invasion ‘won’t succeed’
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Ukraine's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, at a press conference in Tel Aviv, on February 25, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky was pleased that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett extended an offer to Russian President Vladimir Putin to mediate between the two Eastern European countries following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Kyiv’s envoy to Israel said Monday.
In a briefing with reporters, Ukrainian Ambassador Yevgen Korniychuk claimed that Putin was not thrilled by Bennett’s offer when the two leaders spoke by phone Sunday. However, Korniychuk said Ukraine believed there was still a chance that Russia could take up the Israeli initiative.
“At the moment [the Russians] think they can conquer us,” Korniychuk was quoted as saying by Hebrew media, “but of course they won’t succeed.”
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Zelensky Urges NATO to Impose No-Fly Zone
Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky is urging President Biden and NATO to impose a “no-fly zone” over “significant parts” of the country, telling Axios that Ukraine “can beat the aggressor” if the Western allies “do their part.”
Russia Ejected From World Cup Qualifying
“World soccer’s global governing body suspended Russia and its teams from all competitions on Monday, ejecting the country from qualifying for the 2022 World Cup only weeks before it was to play for one of Europe’s final places in this year’s tournament in Qatar,” the New York Times reports.
Russian Convoy Headed Towards Kyiv Stretches 17 Miles
“A large convoy of Russian armed forces is moving closer to Kyiv,” the New York Times reports.
“The group of at least several hundred vehicles was initially detected in satellite imagery from Maxar Technologies on Sunday. On Monday, it was approximately 20 miles north of Antonov Airport on the outskirts of Kyiv, and 30 miles from the city limits. The convoy is stretched out over at least 17 miles, with some gaps in the column of vehicles. The line of vehicles is so extensive that it was not entirely captured in today’s satellite imagery. In some areas, the vehicles are two to three rows deep.”
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Jet fighters straffing down that line would be interesting. I guess Zelensky knows that...
Ukraine’s ‘Go F Yourself’ Guards Still Alive
The Ukrainian border guards who refused to surrender to a Russian warship telling them to “Go f**k yourself” are still alive and in Russian captivity, the Jerusalem Post reports.
“It was initially reported that 13 Ukrainian soldiers, stationed in the small Black Sea island, were killed by Russian forces after keeping two Russian military ships out of the island for several hours.”
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I wonder whether perhaps their Russian captors actually may be feeling some admiration for them...
slow Joe
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Russia and Ukraine say first talks have ended, Macron urges Putin to stop attack
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This is CNBC’s live blog tracking Monday’s developments in Russia’s attack on Ukraine. See below for the latest updates.
Ukrainian and Russian officials wrapped up a critical round of talks Monday near the border with Belarus.
Officials from both countries said the sides could hold more negotiations amid Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s armed forces continue to hold off Russian troops, defending and retaining control of key cities, and slowing Russia’s advance on Kyiv.
Meanwhile, the central bank of Russia more than doubled its key interest rate on Monday, as the ruble plummeted after heavy sanctions were imposed on Moscow by the West.
The Russian people face 20% inflation rates..
By targeting Russia’s central bank with sanctions, experts said, American and European leaders have taken aim at what could be one of President Vladimir V. Putin’s greatest weaknesses: the country’s currency.
In Russian cities, anxious customers started lining up on Sunday in front of A.T.M.s, hoping to withdraw the money they had deposited in banks, fearful it would run out. The panic spread on Monday. To try to restore calm, the Bank of Russia posted a notice on its website: “The volume of bank notes ready for loading into A.T.M.s is more than sufficient. All customer funds on bank accounts are fully preserved and available for any transactions.”
Even before the sanctions were announced over the weekend, the ruble had weakened. On Monday it plunged further, with the value of a single ruble dropping to less than 1 cent at one point. As the value of any currency drops, more people will want to get rid of it by exchanging it for one that is not losing value — and that, in turn, causes its value to drop further.
In Russia today, as the purchasing power of the ruble drops sharply, consumers who hold it are finding that they can buy less with their money. In real terms, they become poorer. Such economic instability could stoke popular unhappiness and even unrest.
Straw man, Ch. Nobody knew a month ago that Russians would be foolish enough to allow Putin to pull them into an invasion of Ukraine.
Jeepers Reverend.
Pick a side.
Either Biden knew ahead of time and didn't act.
Or nobody knew that Putin would be that stupid.
Seems like you are going back and forth. Perhaps you want to give Biden credit for saying he knew, but deep down you figured he didn't really expect it. But either stop bragging up that Biden "knew" (and didn't do anything) or admit that he fucked up.
The Russian people face 20% inflation rates..
As will the American people by the midterms.
Tell us again how Russian victory in Ukraine helps the GOP, alky.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
Unfortunately too many people want the Russians to win in Ukraine because it will help them Republicans in the next election season.
Explain and elaborate, alky.
This is an oft-repeated claim of yours, yet always lacking your "logic" to substantiate it.
How exactly does Russian victory in Ukraine benefit republicans in the next election season?
Please be precise.
12:41 You always distort what I say, so I don't take you seriously.
12:41 You aways distort what I say, so I can't take your "arguments" seriously.
C.H. Truth said...
You have to wonder how the Reverend could possibly link a poll like this and not include the most important part:
Yet in spite of this consensus, just a third of Americans (34 percent) say they approve of how Biden is handling “the situation with Russia and Ukraine.” Nearly half (48 percent) disapprove, and 17 percent are not sure.
It's almost as if he didn't actually bother to look at the Yahoo New story and instead just cut and pasted what some other person (eg Taegan Goddard) cut and pasted from the story.
I mean, cutting and pasting is lazy. But when you allow someone else to decide what to cut and paste "for you" that is exponentially worse.
the lying POS "pastor" did the same thing yesterday
That is probably why he doesn't post actual links to all his GODdard spam
and doesn't even bother verifying what he copies himself
he's just a mindless waterboy
and a POS
C.H. Truth said...
Straw man, Ch. Nobody knew a month ago that Russians would be foolish enough to allow Putin to pull them into an invasion of Ukraine.
Jeepers Reverend.
Pick a side.
Either Biden knew ahead of time and didn't act.
Or nobody knew that Putin would be that stupid.
Seems like you are going back and forth. Perhaps you want to give Biden credit for saying he knew, but deep down you figured he didn't really expect it. But either stop bragging up that Biden "knew" (and didn't do anything) or admit that he fucked up.
The POS will never admit to any wrongdoing
It would take too much time
ROFLMFAO !!!
Alky?
Al-ky?
Yo alky.
Digging for a "RAW STORY!!!11!" plagiarism that describes the inherent GOP election advantage with a Russian victory in Ukraine are you?
Ok, and
"I built a 692' smoke stack"
"Oil, natural-gas and grain prices jumped"
unExpectedly .
Joe what is your plan?
Hillary Clinton
@HillaryClinton
We have to make sure that within our own country, we are calling out people giving aid and comfort to Putin and siding with autocrats against the global cause of democracy.
Mollie
https://twitter.com/MZHemingway/status/1498339416263249925
Replying to
@HillaryClinton
Well, OK: You secretly created and funded the Russia collusion hoax, using an agent of a Russian oligarch, damaging our republic and national security and helping a foreign policy that has put us in a dangerous position Putin is taking advantage of. Consider yourself called out.
The longer justice is not served the more harm that comes to America
The Biden and Obama and Clinton Crime families need to answer for their deeds
* btw how much did Bill and Hillary benefit from speeches given in Russia and contributions to their "foundation"
and their approval of uranium sales to Russia
No wonder Hillary is at the root of the Trump/Russia collusion hoax
Biden/Harris over the weekend were hard at work.
They shutdown more US Oil production.
* btw how much did Bill and Hillary benefit from speeches given in Russia and contributions to their "foundation"
and their approval of uranium sales to Russia
$140 MILLION.
Bonus Quote of the Day
“If he wants to kill himself he doesn’t need to use a nuclear arsenal. He has to do what the guy in the bunker did in Berlin in May 1945.”
— Ukraine’s Ambassador to the U.N. Sergiy Kyslytsya, speaking about Russian President Vladimir Putin.
An all time Biden campaign moment from 2019:
"Imagine what can happen in Ukraine" if Trump is re-elected
https://twitter.com/i/status/1497247663758221346
Russia Closes Its Stock Market
“Russia’s central bank said the Moscow Exchange wouldn’t open for stock trading through at least Tuesday,” Axios reports.
Russian Oligarchs Move Their Yachts
“Superyachts owned by Russian billionaires who have ties to President Vladimir Putin are on the move as the United States and their allies prepare further sanctions on their property following the invasion of Ukraine,” CNBC reports.
Blogger KansasDemocrat said...
Biden/Harris over the weekend were hard at work.
Cum_allah strapped the ol' kneepads on eh?
Biden Has Done a Very Good Job
Jonathan Last:
“Biden did not draw lines in the sand.
He did not personalize the conflict.
He did not turn himself into the star of the show.
He did not allow anyone, anywhere, to believe that this was about America.
“Since the invasion, Biden has been a full partner with our European allies.
He has not pushed them into decisions.
He recognized that having a united front was more important than any particular aspect of the response.
And after only four days Europe came to the conclusion—on its own—that it would do everything the American foreign policy establishment had wanted.
Biden understood that these countries needed to come to the decision to fight back on their own, and not be publicly cajoled into it.
“Biden also understood that the EU and NATO are actually very powerful allies
and that when they work in concert with the United States,
we represent a significant geopolitical force.”
which of the comments above is inane?
INANE:
silly · foolish · stupid · fatuous · idiotic · absurd · ridiculous · ludicrous · laughable · risible · imbecilic · moronic · cretinous · unintelligent · witless · asinine · pointless · senseless · frivolous · nonsensical · brainless · mindless · thoughtless · vacuous · vapid · empty-headed · childish · puerile · infantile · jejune
What Boswell is again leaving off his unlinked posts:
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
By Taegan Goddard
now besides plagiarizing the POS "pastor" is using his slow to update blog as a news site
ROFLMFAO !!!
what an asshole
INANE
silly · foolish · stupid · fatuous · idiotic · absurd · ridiculous · ludicrous · laughable · risible · imbecilic · moronic · cretinous · unintelligent · witless · asinine · pointless · senseless · frivolous · nonsensical · brainless · mindless · thoughtless · vacuous · vapid · empty-headed · childish · puerile · infantile · jejune
RNC Research
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1498323440985595915
REPORTER: “Mr. President, are you worried about nuclear war?”
BIDEN: .........
He's back.
Looking like an idiot
Not answering any questions
barely able to walk
Apparently hasn't received the mask update yet though the SS has
Spot on
Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman, shakes his head in wonderment: “When I was a little by, both Republicans and Democrats believed that democracy was good and the Soviet Union was bad. Now I’m an old fart and Republicans believe Russia is good and democracy is bad.” I feel you, Joe. Back when I was a little boy in 1962, and a Democratic president had to confront the Russians during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Republicans didn’t try to undercut their commander-in-chief.”
But times have changed. The official House Republican Twitter feed posted a photo of President Biden and messaged: “This is what weakness on the world stage looks like.” That tweet puzzled me. I was not under the impression that rallying the western alliance and slapping economic sanctions on the aggressor meets the dictionary definition of weakness.
It would nice to believe that the GOP’s MAGA wing will sink the party in the 2022 and 2024 elections. It would be nice to believe that most Americans will recoil at this perfidious – and potentially traitorous – behavior. But rest assured that Duh Base at this point will swallow whatever bilge it is offered.
And as for a broader swath of Americans, their concerns are frankly quite parochial: As long as a lot of Americans aren’t being killed faraway, a foreign crisis is at most a mere annoyance. And if that foreign crisis does trigger discomfort on the home front – like, in the present case, higher gas prices and more inflation (Biden warned that defending Ukraine’s freedom “will have costs for us as well”) – rest assured that people will take out their frustrations on him, further crashing his poll ratings in the run up to 2024.
The GOP appeasers want that. Putin wants that. It’s a new shared definition of savvy.
I remember the Cuban missile crisis.
Jon Last is a Weakly Standard failure now sucking the scrotum of Iranian Billionaire Pierre Omidyar at 'The Bulwark' for his shekels.
So yeah, being in bed with the enemy is not a net positive, pederast.
VIDEO: Nevada governor, first lady accosted, threatened at Las Vegas restaurant
Las Vegas Review-Journal
4 hours ago
Editor’s note: This story contains explicit and threatening language.
A video obtained Sunday night by the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak and first lady Kathy Sisolak being accosted by at least two men at a Las Vegas restaurant.
As of Monday morning, the Review-Journal had been unable to confirm the date and time of the incident. The confrontation appears to have taken place at the Lindo Michoacan restaurant at 10082 W. Flamingo Road. A spokeswoman for the governor could not be reached late Sunday night. No one at the Flamingo Road restaurant could be reached late Sunday.
In the minute-long encounter, a man with a shaved head, beard and red shirt appears to be holding a phone camera up as he wraps his left arm around the governor, who smiles briefly.
“Sisolak, right?” the man says. “This is amazing.”
“Right,” the governor responds.
Neither the governor nor restaurant patrons are wearing masks in the video, although some restaurant staff appear to be masked, suggesting that the video could have been taken sometime after Sisolak lifted Nevada’s indoor mask mandate on Feb. 10.
“I can’t tell you what a piece of f—-ing s—- you are,” the man says.
“Sorry to hear that,” Sisolak says, stepping away.
The man then states: “You New World Order traitor piece of s—- b———. You’re in here without security?”
“New World Order” is a far-right conspiracy theory which, according to ADL, holds that “a tyrannical, socialist ‘one-world’ conspiracy has already taken over most of the planet and schemes to eliminate the last bastion of freedom, the United States, with the help of collaborators within the government.”
The man continues his profanity-laced rant as the governor walks toward the restaurant’s exit with his wife, Kathy.
Another man’s voice is then heard on the video.
“I want to second that,” the other man says. “You’re a traitor. You should go down for treason, and I hope you hang.”
The governor approaches the front of the restaurant, with staff nearby, and the two men continue to shout.
“I’m surprised you have the balls to be out here in public, punk,” the first man says. “Out here without a cop. Out here without security. Wooo. You got balls on you, boy. I’m not moving.”
“Wait till we find all the money that flowed his way,” the second man says, along with an inaudible statement and a reference to “hiding the Hydroxychloroquine,” an antimalarial drug and controversial COVID-19 treatment.
“Oh man,” the first man says. “Oh, you in trouble.”
Sisolak looks toward the camera and mouths the words: “Let’s go.”
The camera follows Sisolak, and the first man yells: “Yeah, you better get the f—- out of here, Sisolak.”
A voice in the background says, “Probably a good idea to go somewhere else.” It wasn’t clear if the statement was directed at the Sisolaks or the men accosting them, and it wasn’t clear who said it.
“Where’s your security at, punk?” the man says to Sisolak. “Don’t touch me lady.”
A woman’s voice is heard: “I’m not touching you.”
Sisolak says: “She’s not touching you.”
The first man continues: “Where’s your security at? You want to sell us all down the river. You working-for-China piece of s—-.”
Sisolak and his wife exit the restaurant, stepping onto a sidewalk.
A man in a blue plaid shirt and blue jeans, standing outside, points his finger and shouts at the governor: “It’s called treason.”
The first man responds: “We should string you up by a lamp post right now, p—— boy.”
The man in the plaid shirt then states: “You know what they do to traitors? They hang traitors.”
The first voice responds: “They hang them. That’s right, patriot.”
Then the other man states: “I think it’s awesome.”
As the governor and his wife continue to walk away on the sidewalk, the first man states: “You running into a patriot now. Huh? Huh? Where’s your security at?”
I remember the Cuban missile crisis.
If you actually did remember, and understand, then you'd understand why Putin is not a fan of having Ukraine in NATO.
https://www.reviewjournal.com/news/politics-and-government/nevada/video-nevada-governor-first-lady-accosted-threatened-at-las-vegas-restaurant-2536725/amp/
Here's the video if you want to watch it. It's like a lot that is said here by rrb, F ing, KanDim, Cali, Myballs, Commonsense, etc.
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
VIDEO: Nevada governor, first lady accosted, threatened at Las Vegas restaurant
Las Vegas Review-Journal
4 hours ago
Cry me a fucking river, pederast...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tJCDe7vdFfw
Pentagon says it was "a fat fucking 'woke' moron mistake" when Biden's defense secretary retweeted a screenshot from one of Tucker Carlson's pro-Putin monologues
https://www.yahoo.com/news/pentagon-says-fat-finger-mistake-165742201.html
LMAO.
Nevada Governor Threatened at Restaurant
February 28, 2022 at 2:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 45 Comments
A video obtained by the Las Vegas Review-Journal shows Nevada Gov. Steve Sisolak (D) and first lady Kathy Sisolak being accosted by at least two men at a Las Vegas restaurant.
https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/28/nevada-governor-accosted-at-restaurant/
ROFLMFAO !!!
all the POS "pastor's" "news" flows through Goddard
Not crying~~~~
Biden Has Done a Very Good Job
:-)
Biden Has Done a Very Good Job
February 28, 2022 at 2:17 pm EST By Taegan Goddard 117 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/02/28/biden-has-done-a-very-good-job/
yep
and no Biden has not done a "very good job"
unless you are rooting against America
Guess the "pastor" is back to being ashamed he is totally worshipping GODdard and not providing his links
maybe he forgot the definition of plagiarism again
He is getting very old
The Socialist play book HOW TO ATTACK CONSERVATIVES
GET IN THIER FACES , GIVE THEM NO PUBLIC OR PRIVATE PEACE.
James, did they shot her and nearly kill her?
Because your team does that.
Roger and James both dropped their opposition to gun rights.
Odd behavior.
Actually, F-ing, I don't care if you point out that I often use Goddard as a source. (Which, by the way, while YOU were gone, nobody bored everyone by constantly mentioning it.)
:-)
I am proud to use Taegan Goddard, an independent, as a source. One can always click on his links for more information (which I often do), for he is regarded as a trustworthy source by numerous liberals, conservatives, and independents.
James
"Here's the video if you want to watch it."
And ?
That's it?
And by the way, until you came back, I was constantly listing Goddard as my source. I stopped doing it just to rile you up.
It worked!
12:41 You aways distort what I say, so I can't take your "arguments" seriously.
I am not distorting anything, Reverend.
Just trying to get a handle on what you believe here?
Did Biden "know ahead of time" that Putin would invade?
Or did nobody expect Putin would be "crazy enough" to do so?
It's a simple question, but one you seem to answer different ways depending on the circumstance.
Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
I am proud to use Taegan Goddard, an independent, as a source. One can always click on his links for more information (which I often do), for he is regarded as a trustworthy source by numerous liberals, conservatives, and independents.
Hey idiot, you should supply the link and acknowledge him as the source when you copy from him.
Which you do all day
Else is it plagiarism
And he is no independent
That's just another lie
You're welcome
ROFLMFAO !!!
No one else explains this to you because they don't want to waste the time explaining things to a pompous asshole
"IRAN shuts down two Oil Fields"
They literally did it to FJB.
Joe Walsh, a former Republican congressman, shakes his head in wonderment: “When I was a little by, both Republicans and Democrats believed that democracy was good and the Soviet Union was bad. Now I’m an old fart and Republicans believe Russia is good and democracy is bad.” I feel you, Joe. Back when I was a little boy in 1962, and a Democratic president had to confront the Russians during the Cuban Missile Crisis, the Republicans didn’t try to undercut their commander-in-chief.”
Well...
1) 90% of the conservative websites out there are pro-Ukraine as I am sure everyone here on this blog is (liberal or conservative).
2) We are not at war here. Two other countries on the other side of the world are at war. We are bystanders, largely by the choice of our President. So we are not undercutting anything or anyone if Biden gets criticized.
Oh and let's be clear. Joe Walsh wanted to campaign against Trump himself in 2020 as a true anti-Trumper. As most people this obsessed with Trump, his logic has gone... bye bye!
Just like his syndicated radio show went "bye bye".
Want to see how many, many ways the world is punishing Russia for invading Ukraine?
Read this LENGTHY article:
https://www.aol.com/news/world-punished-russia-invading-ukraine-192732067.html
Europe shut down Nord Stream 1.
Show you have guts.
���� pres biden stop importing Putin's oil.
Honest James, honestly Answer.
"Just trying to get a handle on what you believe here?
Did Biden "know ahead of time" that Putin would invade?
Or did nobody expect Putin would be "crazy enough" to do so?
It's a simple question, but one you seem to answer different ways depending on the circumstance." CHT
Show you have guts.
���� press biden stop importing Putin's oil.
BWAAAAAAPAAAAAA!!!!!!!! You really make a brick look smart goat fucker....Do you really know that you are the dumbest fuck that posts on this slice of heaven????? Oil is bought on the open market and may be sourced from any exporter!!!!!
McConnell speaks out against Greene and Gosar's appearance at white nationalist event
The two House conservatives attended a weekend conference organized by Nick Fuentes, a far-right fringe figure who asked attendees to give Russia "a round of applause."
Mitch McConnell said in a statement Monday afternoon: “There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism.”
[How disappointing. Several people here thought there was.]
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell is condemning fellow Republicans who engage with white nationalist groups, just days after GOP Reps. Paul Gosar and Marjorie Taylor Greene spoke at the extremist-backed America First Political Action Conference.
Asked for comment on Greene and Gosar’s participation in the event, where far-fright fringe organizer Nick Fuentes urged the crowd to give “a round of applause for Russia,” the Republican leader said in a statement on Monday afternoon: “There’s no place in the Republican Party for white supremacists or anti-Semitism.”
GUESS THAT EXCLUDES TRUMP.
During the weekend conference, as Russian President Vladimir Putin’s army attacked Ukraine, a chant of “Putin” was heard in the crowd after Fuentes made his request for support of Moscow. Gosar spoke at the America First conference last year, when Fuentes urged the protection of the “white demographic core.”
Greene (R-Ga.) defended herself in a weekend statement after absorbing a deluge of criticism for her appearance at the America First event, criticizing the “Pharisees in the Republican Party” and arguing she “won’t abandon these young men and women” who attended. Her move nonetheless drew condemnation from several prominent Republicans including former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Rep. Liz Cheney (R-Wyo.).
And other House conservatives sought distance from Gosar and Greene. Rep. Lauren Boebert (R-Colo.) put it this way: “I do not apologize for other members and what they say or what they do. I do not support white supremacists, like Nick Fuentes, period.”
The Republican National Committee recently censured Cheney and Rep Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill.) for their work with Democrats on investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol riot, a punishment that prompted criticism from McConnell and many other Senate Republicans who said the RNC had unfairly singled out the duo. The retiring Kinzinger said in an interview on Monday that his party should be focused on Greene and Gosar — not him — but had little confidence in that playing out.
“What I think we should do is kick them out of the party. What do I think we’re going to do? Nothing. Liz and I can get censured, they’re going to get held up as the future leaders of the party,” he said in an interview.
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy “needs to do a press conference today denouncing Greene, Gosar, Fuentes, announcing Greene and Gosar are out of the conference, there’s no room for this,” Kinzinger added. “He’s not going to do that.”
1) 90% of the conservative websites out there are pro-Ukraine
If correct, how can over 80% US think Putin is a better leader and how can a singular Tucker Carlson have soooooo many rooting for Russia......Me thinks your 90% is bullshit.....Oh well
https://www.mediaite.com/news/republicans-view-putin-more-favorably-than-biden-see-him-as-a-strong-leader-poll/
As usual he is trying to rewrite history.
Former President Donald Trump on Monday sought to recast his administration's role in bolstering Europe's security, claiming credit for strengthening NATO and arming Ukraine's military with advanced weaponry.
But critics were quick to point out that Trump, whose "America First" foreign policy slogan often reflected efforts to pull back from allies, frequently undermined NATO and once threatened to withhold military aide from Ukraine -- a move that was deemed illegal by a government watchdog and became central to Trump's first impeachment trial in Congress.
"It was Trump that undermined U.S. national security and froze military assistance to Ukraine," retired Lt. Col. Alexander Vindman, a former National Security Council official during the Trump administration who testified at the impeachment inquiry, told ABC News on Monday. "It was Trump's attacks on NATO and support from the far-right that encouraged Putin to believe that NATO was fragile. Trump has blood on his hands."
Simple answer.
As our military intelligence and other intelligences began to report how the Russians were building up their forces around Ukraine, Biden and others began questioning the Russians whether they were going to invade. Putin repeatedly said no.
But Biden did not trust him. , Based on our own military and other intelligence sources, Biden said the Russians WERE planning to invade. As repeatedly as Putin denied this, Biden, on the basis of reliable spy work, kept saying the Russians WERE going to invade. He also revealed that the Russians were planning false flag activities to try to create an excuse for invading.
Biden kept right on insisting an invasion was coming, and he was right.
Now, I guess that answer is too complicated for some people here, but it sure makes sense to me.
An anti-Trumper is a RINO like George W Bush is now.
Soars hypocrisy award to Scott Johnson MD Powerline video sessions
Another Republican is a fucking hoax to Scott
Estranged Trump ally Chris Christie on Monday slammed the former president for declaring that Russian President Vladimir Putin's invasion of Ukraine was a stroke of "genius" when by all accounts it has so far been a disaster for Russia.
"How can anyone with any understanding of the world call Putin’s decision to invade Ukraine 'genius' and 'very savvy' as we watch him unite the rest of the world against Russia in nearly an instant?" Christie asked on Twitter.
The former New Jersey governor then outlined how Putin had gotten himself into a geopolitical mess from which there would likely be no recovery.
Re 2:26PM
Simple answer. As Russia began building up forces around Ukraine, Biden accused the Russians of planning to invade.
Putin said no, they were just holding military exercises.
Biden did not believe him, but relied instead on our own intelligence sources, and said that he WAS going to invade.
As repeatedly as Putin denied this, Biden contradicted him, and even revealed that he knew the Russians were planning “false flag” activities to try to justify an invasion.
Right up until the day Russia invaded, Biden kept insisting they were going to. And he was right.
Now, I suppose that answer may seem too complicated for some people here, but it sure makes sense to me. (But I guess Ch will find something in it he can’t follow.)
If correct, how can over 80% US think Putin is a better leader and how can a singular Tucker Carlson have soooooo many rooting for Russia......Me thinks your 90% is bullshit.....Oh well
It is entirely possible that people think Putin is a better leader for Russia than Joe Biden is for America...
and still think he is a son-of-a-bitch whom you hope fails miserably.
To give you another sports analogy (just to confuse you).
There are a hell of a lot of people who rooted against Tom Brady. People just didn't like him. or didn't like Bill Belichick (cheating scandal) or didn't like the Patriots... and some of that bled over to him playing for the Buccaneers.
But do you honestly believe that because they rooted against him... that they had to believe he was a poor QB and not as good as the opposing QB?
And if they admitted that Tom Brady was a better Quarterback than say Kirk Cousins - does that mean that they were also "rooting for him" to win?
I am not sure why your mind does not function on a level that allows you to believe these two things can coexist?
Is that how Goddard is telling you to think?
Did Ch just defend the idea that clapping for Russia and chanting for Putin at a white nationalist rally are good things? If so, I don't agree.
And although those American Nazis who admired Hitler in the 30's may have had a point in Ch's mind -- not in mine!
It is entirely possible that people think Putin is a better leader
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Nice spin trump breath.....And please shove your tom brady bullshit up your new wife's ass!!!!! Any American rooting for Russia and you rationalizing that is completely off the rails.....suggest since you hate America so much....move to Moscow and let us know what it is like to live in a country that monitors every move!!!!!!! ESAD Lil Schitty....you really have gone off the deep end!!!!
Extra Bonus Quote of the Day
“I voted for many Republicans. I don’t see how I’ll ever get back to that.”
— Howard Stern, quoted by The Hill, slamming Republicans like Donald Trump for praising that “f**king animal” Vladimir Putin.
____________
My 103 year old Republican father says the same thing. Trump with the first R president he DIDN'T vote for. Not after what he said about war hero McCain.
U.S. Expels 12 Russian Diplomats
The United States has asked 12 Russian United Nations diplomats to leave the United States, accusing them of “espionage activities,” CNN reports.
White House Lifts Mask Mandate
“The White House is relaxing its mask mandate in time for President Biden’s State of the Union address on Tuesday,” the New York Times reports.
“The policy for unvaccinated people visiting the White House is not changing… They will still be required to be tested, wear masks and maintain social distance. Nearly the entire White House staff is vaccinated.
“The White House’s move reflects how quickly the conditions of the pandemic have changed in a matter of a few weeks, and how eager Mr. Biden is to project a symbolic return to normalcy.”
Democrats Aim for Supreme Court Hearings In 3 Weeks
“The Senate Judiciary Committee is aiming to begin Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson’s Supreme Court confirmation hearings March 21,” Politico reports.
Right up until the day Russia invaded, Biden kept insisting they were going to. And he was right.
Being right and two bucks will get you a cup of coffee in this case.
Back in early to mid February is when this whole thing started to break out. I addressed several stories that suggested Putin was outplaying Biden and that at the end of it all, Putin would do exactly what benefited Putin and what he believes will benefit Russia and their sphere of influence.
I accused Biden of worrying too much about American politics and that Putin was in the position to only worry about Russian influence. Putin was setting the table, while Biden's approach was to pull people out and run for cover. I also suggested that it was a no win proposition for Biden for exactly this reason.
If he screamed war at the top of his lungs and Putin backed out, he would just be "wrong" and not get any credit for preventing anything. If Putin did go to war with Ukraine, then Biden was right, but did nothing to prevent it.
I called this two weeks ago.
You want to just give Biden credit for "being right"?
But he did absolutely nothing to prevent it.
Almost like he welcomed it.
Ch, you are full of s.
Biden did a masterful job of unifying NATO, the EU, and most of the world against Russia.
Np he did not. He's been largely invisible. The world has united without him.
It is entirely possible that people think Putin is a better leader for Russia than Joe Biden is for America...
and still think he is a son-of-a-bitch whom you hope fails miserably.
Bingo.
That would be me.
Well at the end of the day...
barely a third of Americans believe Biden is handling this well...
According to the Reverend, the other two thirds are rooting for a Russian victory!
What a fucking clueless idiot.
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
Ch, you are full of s.
Biden did a masterful job of unifying NATO, the EU, and most of the world against Russia.
Only in your dreams.
Did y'all notice, just like that the mask are gone from DC.
Like There is a Narrative for Joe's SOTU .
Biden did a masterful job of unifying NATO, the EU, and most of the world against Russia
LOL! I just spit out my coffee with that one?
What did he do Reverend!
At best he has been a woefully flaccid follower here. At worst a feckless excuse for an American leader... who probably just woke up from a nap and had to be reminded that there is a war going on.
The Tide Has Turned Against Russia Apologists
Aaron Blake:
“For the better part of five-plus years, Donald Trump attempted to inject some nuance into the GOP’s posture toward Russia. It was a partially a strategy of necessity — given how Russia’s 2016 election interference loomed over his presidency — and partially a symptom of both Trump’s penchant for provocation and admiration for authoritarians.
"But the result was the same:
As Vladimir Putin inched toward an invasion of Ukraine,
he had plenty of isolationists,
conspiracy theorists,
rationalizers
and even apologists in prominent positions on the American right arguing for averting our eyes.
“Their argument, though,
has clearly run into reality
and fallen badly out of favor.
"And many of those who downplayed or dismissed Russia’s threat have been forced to reckon with the rather black-and-white view that has now registered with the American people.”
Clapping for Russia
and chanting for Putin
falling out of favor
at rightwing rallies, lol.
7 day Average Vivid Deaths 2 K.
But Biden has a great Churchill and FDR speech to give.
��C.H. TruthFebruary 28, 2022 at 3:51 PM
Biden did a masterful job of unifying NATO, the EU, and most of the world against Russia
LOL! I just spit out my coffee with that one?
What did he do Reverend!��
Mia
Biden did a masterful job of unifying NATO, the EU, and most of the world against Russia.
"I have no idea what he's threatening"
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PySjx4_a1YE
What did he do Reverend!
Clean out your ears, Ch.
Biden did a masterful job
of unifying NATO, the EU,
and most of the world against
Russia.
American Thinker believes Sleepy Joe Biden propaganda by the Russians
For Western leaders the ship of fools is still a useful allegory to represent the problem caused by a political ruler who is not in sound mind.
Biden did a masterful job of unifying NATO, the EU, and most of the world against Russia.
Germany has increased astronomic power, even Switzerland and Sweden and Japan and India and has imposed the biggest economic downturn in history
U.S. Officials Say Worst Yet to Come for Kyiv
CNN:
“Stiffer than expected Ukrainian resistance and Russia’s own logistical missteps have bogged down Russia’s advance, sparking a fragile optimism. The US has also continued sharing downgraded intelligence with the Ukrainians, including about Russian military moves, in an attempt to help Ukraine on the battlefield.
“But intelligence and defense officials closely tracking the Russian campaign say that Putin still holds a number of moves in reserve that could devastate the Ukrainian resistance.”
They did that. But biden had nothing to do with it. Biden's been playing catch up.
More likely, Trump made some calls and got the other leaders to act.
Clean out your ears, Ch.
Biden did a masterful job
of unifying NATO, the EU,
and most of the world against
Russia.
LOL!
Clean out your own ears!
What did he actually DO that makes you believe that anything that European leaders are doing has ANYTHING AT ALL to do with Biden.
This is their area of the world Reverend. These are their neighbors. We are on the other side of the world with a age spotted vegetable in the White House whose sole contribution to this so far was offering to help Zelenskyy evacuate his Capital city....
because that is what Biden would have done had he been President of Ukraine.
But the EU has a lot of skin in this game and they cannot wait around for the old fart from the United State to get his fucking shit together... so they are ACTING ON THEIR OWN or possibly even IN SPITE of no leadership from our President.
But I will say he has had some influence. He probably emboldened Putin to attack and a majority of Americans agree with that!
only about a third of you believe Biden is doing a good job.
but almost two thirds believes this happened because of Biden
and that it would not have happened had Trump still been President.
So suck on that, Reverend!
You are on the losing side here.
Biden's Cuban Missle CrisisWritten by Jeff
Joe Biden's perverse legacy, if that term even applies anymore, may well be determined in the coming weeks by his handling of events in Ukraine. He can improve it by showing restraint against the relentless neoconservative chorus. One wonders what the results of a pure popular vote on the question of going to war with Russia over Ukraine would be, versus a vote solely within the D.C. beltway.
Note: Biden was silent on the recent imposition of emergency martial law by the Trudeau government in Ottawa (a few hundred miles from Washington, DC), but has plenty to say about Kiev (4,881 distant miles). This is not coincidental. As journalist Glenn Greenwald puts it, we are required by Western propaganda to denounce actions by Vladimir Putin (such as freezing the bank assets of political opponent Alexei Navalny) while cheering the same actions taken by the Canadian government against money donated to truckers. Crackdowns in "democracies" are subject to a more enlightened standard:
Much of today's Western rhetoric about the former USSR employs this language of treason, accusing war skeptics of siding with Putin. American politicians and media often veer into outright Russophobia, sometimes with a not-subtle racial animus. This flows in large part from the 2016 election of Donald Trump, which somehow had to be the result of Russian interference and not Hillary Clinton's shortcomings. It was remarkable to see so many politicians and pundits risk resurrecting a Cold War with a nuclear power simply to hurt Trump politically. But it worked: they got rid of Trump, and now the Cold War is back.
At this writing, Putin has declared the eastern regions of Donetsk and Luhansk as independent and autonomous from Ukraine. Russian forces have entered Ukraine and launched missiles; deaths and injuries are reported. Those troops reportedly have control over the Chernobyl power plant. Ludwig von Mises's birthplace, today called Lviv, is threatened.
In response, Biden today (Feb. 24) announced retaliatory sanctions against Russia and promised severe economic consequences for Putin's actions. Military and aerospace technology will be blocked, while Russian banks will be shut off from international markets. U.S. and E.U. officials also have considered the more severe option of removing the country from the SWIFT system of international payments, which would cut off foreign-currency purchases of oil, gas, and other Russian exports.
Still, Biden has shown restraint. Let's hope he keeps to this commitment made earlier today:
"Our forces are not and will not be engaged in the conflict," he said. "Our forces are not going to Europe to fight in Ukraine but defend [sic] our NATO allies and reassure those allies in the east."
There will be plenty of voices in Biden's ear demanding more, much more. The subcurrent to Biden's election in 2020 was the return of neoconservatism with a vengeance. Many of the worst foreign policy hawks, from David Frum to Max Boot to Bill Kristol, have found their home in the Democratic Party. The GOP, for its part, is scrambling to outdo the Democrats in their bellicosity for Putin in a nauseatingly transparent effort to make Biden look weak for the upcoming midterm elections. Hence the sorry spectacle of former Trump national security advisor John Bolton — among the worst war promoters in modern history — solemnly lecturing us on MSNBC about Biden's failure to have placed U.S. troops in Ukraine weeks ago. Unless Putin's foray is short lived, rest assured that Congress, the Pentagon, the spy agencies, Biden's cabinet, and his own party leaders (mindful of polls) will call for U.S. military strikes. Some will call for American troops to defend Ukraine on the ground.
SLDS is incurable
No matter what Sleepy Joe says or does, ch opposed it
The funny thing about Ch is that no matter how badly he loses, he thinks he has not, and a plethora of meaningless, diversionary phrases will prove that.
Show your plagiarism alky -
https://mises.org/power-market/bidens-cuban-missile-crisis
India and has impose
So India changed from a few hours ago?
India explores ways for a rupee payment mechanism with Russia
"OTTAWA — Canada will be sending anti-tank weapons and “upgraded ammunition” to Ukraine and is banning all crude oil imports from Russia, said Prime Minister Justin Trudeau Monday"
See how it's done Joe, now follow, again.
Christie Slams Trump for Praising Putin
Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie tweeted that “history is watching” Donald Trump’s praise of Vladimir Putin.
Said Christie: “No walking that back. History is watching.”
Oh gosh.
The dreaded Christie Kreme criticism from the Diabetic wing of the Democrat party.
I don't think Trump recovers from this pederast.
What did he actually DO that makes you believe that anything that European leaders are doing has ANYTHING AT ALL to do with Biden.
You'll never get a straight answer on this one.
Ch is quite articulate on his rebuttals. Maybe youre just being stubborn in your singular view.
I don't think Trump recovers from this pederast.
He's back on his knees servicing GODdard while plagiarizing
what a "pastor"
and he thinks he is "winning"
ROFLMFAO !!!
Jesse Kelly
https://twitter.com/JesseKellyDC/status/1498406054496980992
Just trying to keep up. I’m:
1: Responsible for the pandemic
2: Don’t deserve to work because of my vaccine status.
3: Trying to stop black people from voting.
Don’t ever ask me to “rally around” Joe Biden. I wouldn’t piss on Joe Biden if he was on fire. What a piece of trash.
It's the democrats brand.
And it sure shows in the polls
The president of Ukraine had asked us to impose a no fly zone. Biden needs to get off his ass and give it to him.
America is ashamed and embarrassed at this weak president.
Two Russian Oligarchs Break with Putin
“Russian billionaires Mikhail Fridman and Oleg Deripaska have broken ranks with the Kremlin and called for an end to Russia’s war in Ukraine,” CNN reports.
The president of Ukraine had asked us to impose a no fly zone. Biden needs to get off his ass and give it to him.
I disagree.
There's no way to maintain the integrity of the airspace unless you're willing to pull the trigger. And if you shoot down a MIG that's an act of war.
And just like that, you have Mr. Potato Head at the helm of World War Fucking THREE.
Fuck THAT.
The Pope get's him to shit his pants. Imagine what an actual adversary would do.
Biden claims he's made things better but people are “psychologically” unable to "feel happy."
https://twitter.com/i/status/1497629895547105280
What a fucking imbecile.
No matter what Sleepy Joe says or does, ch opposed it
Actually about two thirds of the country opposes the same stuff....
So why do you support the age spotted dementia dude in office?
Is it because you are an old fart who shits your pants too?
What did he actually DO that makes you believe that anything that European leaders are doing has ANYTHING AT ALL to do with Biden.
You'll never get a straight answer on this one.
Nope... but the Reverend will simply repeat his assertion again without any logic behind it and then demand that wins him the debate.
I guess it's the difference between someone who has to think and solve problems for a living and someone who preaches faith.
Pat Robertson: Putin's invasion of Ukraine 'is being compelled by God' to fulfill Biblical prophecy
Matthew Chapman
But former televangelist Pat Robertson, who came out of his retirement to weigh in on the situation, sees something even grander in the whole affair — according to him, Vladimir Putin is being willed by God to conduct the invasion, as a way of triggering the End Times.
"I think you can say, well, Putin's out of his mind, and yes, maybe so," said Robertson. "But at the same time he's being compelled by God. He went into Ukraine, but that wasn't his goal. His goal was to move against Israel, ultimately."
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"God is getting ready to do something amazing, and that will be fulfilled," said Robertson. "And what Putin is doing, by moving as he is, to set up Ukraine as a staging ground for one of the armies, and then across is Erdogan in Turkey, and you've got between them that little Dardanelles area. And it's going to happen. So I say, that is what's coming up. Is Putin crazy? Is he mad? Well, perhaps. But God says, I'm going to put hooks in your jaws and I'm going to draw you into this battle, whether you like it or not. And he's being compelled, after the move into the Ukraine, he's being compelled to move to get a land bridge, and then across the Dardanelles with Turkey, and watch what's going to happen next. You read your Bible, because it's coming to pass."
Amen
Anonymous Myballs said...
The president of Ukraine had asked us to impose a no fly zone. Biden needs to get off his ass and give it to him.
I disagree, let Sweden and their Saab Viggens, France and their Mirages, provide air cover.
We don’t need to run the risk
He actually believes that the MSM censored the truth about Sleepy Joe Biden
So why do you support the age spotted dementia dude in office
HT Indy
What did he actually DO that makes you believe that anything that European leaders are doing has ANYTHING AT ALL to do with Biden.
You'll never get a straight answer on this one.
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I tire of repeating myself, but here goes. Maybe you should LISTEN this time:
Biden has been an immensely helpful rallier of our allies, and in doing that, some of the things he did NOT DO WERE AS IMPORTANT AS, OR AN IMPORTANT PART OF, WHAT HE DID:
He did not draw lines in the sand like Trump.
He did not personalize the conflict like Trump.
He did not turn himself into the star of the show like Trump.
He did not allow anyone, anywhere, to believe that this was about America.
Since the invasion, unlike Trump, Biden HAS BEEN A FULL PARTNER WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES.
Unlike Trump, he has not pushed them into decisions.
Unlike Trump, he recognized that having a united front was more important than any particular aspect of the response.
And after only four days Europe came to the conclusion—on its own—that it would do everything the American foreign policy establishment had wanted.
And THAT is known as effective presidential leadership!
Unlike Trump, Biden understood that these countries needed to come to the decision to fight back on their own, and not be publicly cajoled into it.
Unlike Trump, Biden also understood that the EU and NATO are very powerful, and when they work in concert with us, and we with them, we are a first class geopolitical force in today's world, as is becoming ever more evident in the powerful actions that are being taken by Germany, Sweden, and others, including ourselves.
And the list could go on and on.
And more important, IT WILL GO ON AND ON...
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You're welcome.
Be proud to be an American, the right kind who defends democracy against all would be tyrants foreign and domestic...
This is truly the most dangerous situation in history
Leaders around the world are increasingly realizing just how deranged Putin may be, and taking steps to show other countries just what a pariah he is. The Biden Administration announced plans tosanction Putin personallylast week, putting him on the same level as other dictators like North Korea’s Kim Jong-un. In the latest salvo, Sergiy Kyslytsya, Ukraine’s Ambassador to the United Nations, compared Putin to Adolf Hitler, appearing to suggest Putin kill himself just like Hitler did a year after western Allied armies landed in Normandy, France, and pushed Germans back to Berlin.
“If [Putin] wants to kill himself, he doesn’t need to use nuclear arsenal. He has to do what the guy in Berlin did in a bunker in… 1945,” Kyslytsya said Monday at a United Nations General Assembly meeting on Russia’s invasion.As of Monday, Russian forces are still approximately 25 kilometers away from Kyiv, the official said—just five kilometers closer than they were this weekend. And on the way, they’ve had several setbacks.
The Biden administration isn’t sure whether the delay is due to lack of planning or running through their supplies too quickly and not executing their plans properly. But they are certainly running out of gas, the U.S. official said.“Fuel and sustainment are unique challenges to them right now,” the senior U.S. defense official said. “Our indications are that they ended up having to rely on fuel and sustainment capabilities earlier in the process than what we believed they had planned to… they’re running out of gas and they’re having logistics problems.” headtopics.com
He did not draw lines in the sand like Trump. Pederast it was Obunghole that drew the line in the sand with Syria
He did not personalize the conflict like Trump. Example
He did not turn himself into the star of the show like Trump.Want me to post the pic of Obunghole making everything about him even down to Neil Armstrong’s death
He did not allow anyone, anywhere, to believe that this was about America.Well it should be about American interests, after all he is OUR PRESIDENT
Since the invasion, unlike Trump, Biden HAS BEEN A FULL PARTNER WITH OUR EUROPEAN ALLIES.He doesn’t know what day it is
Unlike Trump, he has not pushed them into decisions.Because he’s asleep
Unlike Trump, he recognized that having a united front was more important than any particular aspect of the response.
What’s Gone Wrong for Russia In Ukraine
The Economist:
“Russia’s biggest problem appears to be logistics.
A Western official says that Russia has particular problems with engineering units.
Ukraine has blown up many bridges, and Russia has been unable to get bridging units through congested roads.
Russian tanks and other vehicles lie abandoned on the roadside, either broken-down or out of fuel, suggesting supply lines are overstretched, and support units are unable to keep up.
Marooned units are prime targets for ambushes.
Ukrainian forces have no shortage of arms with which to strike them—in recent days, Denmark, Luxembourg and Finland became the latest European countries to say they would supply thousands of anti-tank missiles.
“Nor has Russia secured the skies.
Western officials thought that Russian missiles would wipe out Ukraine’s air defences—a network of radars and surface-to-air missiles—in the first hours of a war.
In fact, the strikes were lighter than expected, possibly to conserve low stocks of precision munitions.”
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2194404/White-House-commemorates-Neil-Armstrongs-passing-photograph--Barack-Obama.html
White House commemorates Neil Armstrong's passing with photograph of... Obama
https://www.politico.com/story/2016/09/obama-clinton-syria-red-line-228585
Obama's 'red line' haunts Clinton, Trump
Try again Pedo
Re 5:54
If Cali can't do any better than that, he really shouldn't try.
Someone have mercy and tell the poor guy.
(Surely he got the memo that "Obunghole" is no longer Prez?)
Hey dumbass nor is Trump
I win again you stupid geriatric
lMAO
So pedo I hope you can now agree this is all about the vegetable, currently in office and his abject failures
Thank you
And THAT is known as effective presidential leadership!
Well at least to 34% of the population here in American...
Almost all of them Biden slurping morons!
Two thirds of Americans disagree... and find that argument as uncompelling as it tedious. You have to do more than repeat cut and paste idiocy that two thirds of the country can see through Reverend.
It appears to me Reverend....
Is that you are simply pointing out a list of things that Biden is doing differently than Trump would be doing...
without acknowledging that Biden is at least as unpopular as Trump and that Biden's unpopularity does not come from tweets or uncouth statements... but directly because of...
really, really horrible policy.
Such as how he has bungled this whole Russia Ukraine fiasco.
Here us the thing.
Democrats and the media lied about Trump creating low poll numbers.
No one is lying about Biden.
Last time Roger bought gas was for his PT Cruiser.
Aka The Punk Mobile.
"What’s Gone Wrong for Russia In Ukraine" Jamie
An Armed Citizenry, They have a Law like the US 2nd Amendment.
30 round magazine are very much in Style.
Clinton, Geo. Bush, Obama, and Trump all had some pretty dismal poll numbers in their first term, but got reelected.
We will see how Trump and Biden compare in history, and perhaps in the next elections.
You can go around saying that Biden did nothing, but fair minded people and historians will not agree with you.
James , what do you think?
"Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky told the D.C. outlet Axios in a statement on Monday that his country “needs the West to impose a no-fly zone,"
Does Joe lead?
Clinton, Geo. Bush, Obama, and Trump all had some pretty dismal poll numbers in their first term, but got reelected.
According to Gallup
Clinton first term average approval was 50%
Bush's first term average approval was 62%
Obama's first term average approval was 49%
All started out with high first year approvals
Clinton first year 49.3%
Bush first year 67.9%
Obama first year 57.2%
Biden is averaging lower than any of them in his first year... and I don't see him bouncing back anytime soon. So you are suggesting that Biden will actually improve and make a big comeback.
Perhaps, but none of the Presidents you mentioned really did that. Only Clinton got better after his first year, and that was by less than a percent.
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