The top Chinese banking regulator announced on Wednesday that China won’t recognize the sanctions imposed on Russia by U.S. President Joe Biden and other Western countries.
Despite sweeping trade and financial sanctions imposed in the wake of the Russian invasion of Ukraine by the U.S., European Union, Britain, and Japan, “China won’t join such sanctions” and “will continue to maintain normal economic, trade and financial exchanges with” Russia, declared Guo Shuqing, head of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission.
Shuqing, who is also the Communist Party secretary of the Chinese central bank, said that “Beijing neither supports, nor will be taking part in the imposition of, financial sanctions imposed by the West and its allies against Russia,” The South China Morning Post reported.
“As far as financial sanctions are concerned, we do not approve of these, especially the unilaterally launched sanctions because they do not work well and have no legal grounds,” Guo Shuqing, chairman of the China Banking and Insurance Regulatory Commission, told a news conference. (…)
It's been suggested that China and the ruthless Xi was making Putin cry by saying things that were not very nice about the blatantly illegal Russian invasion of Ukraine. Obviously Putin is a big boy and unlike our own President can handle a little criticism from time to time from international leaders. On the flip side both Putin and Biden will jail people for protesting their legitimacy as leaders, but that is just one dumb pea and one smart pea in the same pod.
Here is the reality boys and girls. Ukraine is not going to hold off Russia with bad words, empty gestures, or by taking away rich people's big boats. Putin does not have to win a fair election at home to stay in power and if he actually picks up portions of Ukraine as part of Russia or a separatist country loyal to Russia, then he wins. Pure and simple. Calling him bad names isn't going to change any of that.
I don't know if it is too late now for anyone to get involved militarily. Certainly would have been easier to give that assistance upfront or even before this happened. But if we just allow Putin to bomb schools, hospitals, and apartment building and now set fire to nuclear plants and our leaders just sit in front of the television watching... then we as the species of human have lost. I am not sure why that is so crystal clear to me, but so hard for some of you to understand.
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It Is Very Clear Putin Has No Plan B’
We’re headed into the second week of Russia’s war on Ukraine. Russian forces have escalated their assault on Ukraine’s second largest city, Kharkiv. With its ground forces bogged down by logistical failures, Moscow has turned to aerial bombardment of civilian targets across Ukraine.
Refugee agencies estimate over 600,000 people have fled to nearby European countries. In his State of the Union address, President Biden promised that Russia would face more pain for its actions. But has the West reached the limits of what it can do with economic measures?
Yara Bayoumy, the world and national security editor for Times Opinion, and the columnists Thomas L. Friedman and Ross Douthat joined Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a Times Opinion podcast host, to discuss what could happen next.
Four Times Opinion Writers on War in Ukraine: ‘It Is Very Clear Putin Has No Plan B’Yara Bayoumy, the world and national security editor for Times Opinion, and the columnists Thomas L. Friedman and Ross Douthat joined Lulu Garcia-Navarro, a Times Opinion podcast host, to discuss what could happen next in Ukraine.
Their edited conversation follows:
Lulu Garcia-Navarro: We really are in uncharted waters. Few, I think, predicted a full-on Russian invasion stymied by this sort of robust Ukrainian defense. We’re seeing a resurgent NATO, a unified Europe working together against Russian aggression. But even so, Russia is unfettered. There are no signs on the ground in Ukraine that Moscow has changed course. Tom, we heard President Joe Biden last night open his State of the Union on Ukraine. He devoted more time to talking about the conflict than talking about Covid. But I guess the question I have for you is, what more can America and its allies do now?
Thomas L. Friedman: I think the most important thing that we can do is make sure that Ukrainians who want to fight and are fighting for their own country have all the arms they need to do that. I think the engine of this conflict going forward is what happens between the Ukrainians defending their country and Vladimir Putin’s army trying to take it over on the ground. That will be the core flywheel of all of this.
And what strikes me is Putin thought this was going to be a cakewalk, that he actually believed his own fantasy, that there are a bunch of Nazis running Ukraine, as soon as he came in the Ukrainian people would want them evicted, they would throw flowers, etc.
And now that that hasn’t happened, Lulu, it is very clear Putin has no Plan B. Because there is no Plan B.
He simply cannot do what he hoped to do: install a puppet and basically go home. If he installs a puppet, he’s going to have troops there forever. So I think Putin basically has four choices: lose early, lose late, lose big or lose small. But those are his only choices.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro: Ross, I want to bring you in here. No Plan B feels to me like that leaves Putin backed into a corner. I mean, which is more likely to deter Putin, the Ukrainian resistance stymieing his forces, or Western sanctions? It might not be an either-or.
Ross Douthat: I don’t think the logic of deterrence is really operable anymore here. We’re in a situation where the West and the wider world together have taken steps that are likely to collapse Russia’s economy in a way at least comparable to some of what Russia went through in the 1990s — a period, I should note, that led to Vladimir Putin’s rise to power and the end of the liberal dream in Russia.
I don’t want to say that there’s nothing more we can do on the economic front. But we are in a situation where, yes, I agree with Tom that there isn’t probably some grand victorious outcome for Putin here. But from his perspective, all he has now in terms of what he can bring to the bargaining table is what he can win on the battlefield in presumably a relatively constrained period of time given the economic pressure on his country.
LMAO at
I noted yesterday listening to President Biden’s speech, there was a lot of talk, of course, about how the U.S. is standing with the Ukrainian people, standing with their fight for freedom. But there was really no mention at all of the Russian people, right? I mean that the fight is against Putin himself and not against the Russian people. I think there was an opportunity missed there to really drive that message home, because as we say, at the end of the day the sanctions will hit them the hardest.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro: But how realistic is it really to expect the Russian people to rise up in revolt against Putin?
Yara Bayoumy: We’ve seen a lot of protests in several cities in Russia. But it’s also hard. Putin has made the kind of environment there one that does not tolerate any kind of dissent.
There’s extreme crackdowns. We saw that in the protests that have happened as well. And of course, the media space is really limited. I read about this really interesting state poll that said that about 68 percent of Russians supported the “special military operation” that Putin is carrying out. It doesn’t even mention the war.
That gives an idea of the kind of environment that a lot of Russians are currently operating in.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro: Overhanging all of this, of course, is that this is a nuclear power that we’re talking about. This is to all three of you. Fiona Hill, the Russia expert and Trump impeachment witness, said, and I’m summarizing here, we are already in World War III, we just haven’t realized it yet. I mean, terrifying. True? Tom, let’s start with you.
Thomas L. Friedman: I’m not sure what that means or that it’s particularly helpful. What I would say, Lulu, is that there’s only one thing more dangerous than a strong Putin, and that’s a weak Putin — a Putin on the ropes. And I still hope, and I doubt he’d start throwing around nuclear weapons. But it’s not clear what he’s going to do and what he can unleash here. So I’m quite worried about that. But World War III — I’m not quite there yet myself.
Ross Douthat: Yeah, I don’t think that’s the right term, unless we think that the entire Cold War was already World War III. Fiona Hill has not forgotten the Cold War I, assume. But at least some people commenting on what’s going on were not around for the Cold War. I myself was obviously very young — [laughter]
Ross Douthat: Right, Tom. Only Tom is allowed to speak on Cold War reality. But the reality is that a lot of stuff went on in the Cold War involving proxy wars, military conflict, Russia imposing its will, sometimes brutally, on states in its near abroad. And all of this had to be managed at a level of extreme care and caution precisely to avoid the actual World War III scenario.
And now we’re back in that dynamic where it becomes incredibly important to have these, what can seem in the punditry game that we all practice like these sort of arbitrary lines. Like we will fight absolutely for Lithuania. But we will not intervene for Ukraine. We will arm people killing Russians. But we will do nothing that seems to threaten to kill Russians ourselves.
But all of that line drawing was absolutely essential to the management of nuclear escalation. And that’s what we’re back in right now. And, yes, I think saying we’re already in World War III misses how important it is not to be.
Lulu Garcia-Navarro: I guess that’s true. But what are the likely next chapters? Because one could envision a future where the Baltics might be at risk of invasion, or parts of Eastern Europe could see certain risks — an energy crisis exacted by Putin. It could metastasize.
You have IED Syndromes like
On the flip side both Putin and Biden will jail people for protesting their legitimacy as leaders, but that is just one dumb pea and one smart pea in the same pod.
You actually believe that Biden is a dictator with the authority to imprison people like you Scott
It's getting worse
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/02/opinion/war-ukraine-putin.html
Irrational work salad recipe
On the flip side both Putin and Biden will jail people for protesting their legitimacy as leaders, but that is just one dumb pea and one smart pea in the same pod.
You think that he is coming after you
We gave that assistance upfront or even before this happened in 2017 when Trump was the President
It is really sad to see you fade away from normality.
Gee, I didn't know our leaders were just "sitting in front of their television sets watching" as Putin sows chaos and kills Ukrainian civilians and gets his own young soldiers killed while everyone "allows" him to bomb schools and hospitals and apartment buildings and nuclear plants -- er, one plant, I think.
No -- silly me, I thought our leaders were aiding the leaders of Ukraine by sending in large numbers of weapons including planes and supplying medical and financial aid while we ratchet up sanctions so tightly on Russia's economy as to sink the ruble and their markets so far down that China might want to start rethinking what it will cost them to help the Ruskies try to keep proping it back up.
But then, I am not a genius thinker like the Putin-admiring, Russia well-wishing administrator of this blog.
Well Reverend...
Nearly two thirds believe Putin invaded Ukraine because he saw Biden as weak and would not have done it under Trump.
So you can defend your feckless age spotted geezer choice for a President all you want... and try the old red herring of accusing me of being "pro-Putin".
You are in the dying minority, Reverend. Hanging on while reality sets in for everyone else. I think that is why you are actually mad at me. Because deep down you know I am more likely to be right than wrong about this and you want to make that about something else.
My sidebar statistical spreadsheet had Biden winning the 2020 election 50.4 to 45.3 percent (5.1%). Turned out it was 51.3 to 46.9 (4.4).
But do you seriously think because I thought Biden would win by 5.1% that I was "rooting for him"?
I rooted against Biden, but I still ended up right when I wish I was wrong. You apparently cannot figure out the difference.
I can figure out that you wax ecstatic at every chance you think you have to defend the most undefendable president we have ever had.
My last entry on the next thred down:
One of the GOP's key defenses of President Donald Trump in the impeachment inquiry was that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said he did not feel pressured by Trump during a July 25 phone call.
During the call, Trump urged Zelensky to launch investigations into his political rivals that could give him an advantage in the 2020 US presidential election.
Impeachment inquiry witnesses, congressional lawmakers, and Ukraine experts said Zelensky would never admit to feeling pressured because of Ukraine's culture and his need to keep the US on his side.
US assistance to Ukraine was vital as it contended with an ongoing conflict with pro-Russian separatists in the Donbas region.
That's why it does not matter that Zelensky said he wasn't pressured. He was.
But Republican defenders of Trump still continue to lean on that tired old defense.
Hey Reverend.
Fact! Ukraine received no lethal military equipment while Obama was President. Nothing! Nada! Zilch.
Only after Trump became President did the United States start sending Zelenskyy and Ukraine real military equipment. Lethal equipment that they are using now.
So...
How desperate are you?
You argue that there was a quid pro quo sort of threat, when there was never any quid or pro or threat. The Ukrainians got their weapons and they never investigated the extremely guilty Hunter Biden and Zelenskyy never knew that his aid was threatened, so it was literally impossible for him to feel pressured.
You got 0+0+0 and you believe you got a perfect 10.
The bad orange man owns you, Reverend!
Even the Wall Street Journal reported that when you said that when China failed to impose sanctions, that the Ukrainian government would not collapse because Trump would have done a better job.
You rooted against Biden, but you ended up being wrong because of SLDS.
Wall Street Journal: “Russia’s bid to seize the airport embodied its military planners’ ambitious assumptions that Ukrainian defense would collapse under overwhelming firepower. Russian officials and propagandists have for years boasted that Moscow’s forces could overrun its smaller neighbor in days.”
“But the resistance by Ukraine’s army and soldiers such as Lt. Kharchenko, backed by volunteer fighters, has slowed the Russian advance, halting it entirely in the area around Hostomel Airport after a day of back-and-forth fighting. The airport standoff has emerged as the key to Ukrainian resistance and one big reason Russian forces have become bogged down so far.”
The Orange man owns you
Ugly
Russian forces stepped up their assault on major Ukrainian population centers on Thursday, appearing to capture the strategic southern port city of Kherson while turning to siege tactics elsewhere in the face of fierce resistance.
The latest: Following a phone call with Ukrainian President Zelensky, President Biden called on Russia to "cease its military activities" at the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power station in southeastern Ukraine, after it was hit by heavy shelling.
Wall Street Journal: “Russia’s bid to seize the airport embodied its military planners’ ambitious assumptions that Ukrainian defense would collapse under overwhelming firepower. Russian officials and propagandists have for years boasted that Moscow’s forces could overrun its smaller neighbor in days.”
I never said "days" Roger... never thought it, never said it.
However, there was predictions (repeated here) that Russians did not have the fuel or supply to last a week. That if Ukraine could hold off a week, that the Russians would have no supplies and they would have to either crawl home with their tails between their legs or be killed.
Now, here we are 8 days into this... and Russian troops are still coming across the border and we now have attacks coming from war ships.
I find it interesting. Watched a person on television showing the map and explaining the strategy. Hr stated that Russia has already captures or surrounded X amount of cities, that they are expanding into eastern Ukraine and moving up from the south and it appears that they are squeezing Ukrainian forces out of the area. Once they connect their forces from the south to the forces from the east they will control the entire black sea coast on the south and will have pushed in on the east. Many cities (Mariupol, Kharkiv, Sumy, etc...) will end up completely isolated from the rest of the Ukrainian military. Meaning they will get cut off from any supplies (military or otherwise).
This guy also suggested that the convoy and other Russian forces not trying too hard to capture these bigger cities looks like a strategy. They concentrate forces around cities, bombing and attacking long range. Meanwhile they actually are going into smaller towns and cities (like Kherson) where there is less resistance. The Ukrainian military is fleeing down south.
This guy was shocked that it they could accomplish all of this in eight days... which is the complete opposite of what almost everyone else is saying.
Not sure if he is right or wrong, but it seems as plausible to me as the alternative (that the fourth largest army in the world with a 60 billion dollar budget is being defeated by an army with a tenth of the resources).
Now my personal opinion is that eventually Russia is likely to stretch themselves too thin and that the Ukrainians will make a stand somewhere. Possibly Kyiv or more likely somewhere south or west of that. But make no mistake Putin will keep most of what he seizes. But he won't take over all of Ukraine (at least I am not "rooting" for that).
The good thing is that nobody wants Moldova!
The top Chinese banking regulator announced on Wednesday that China won’t recognize the sanctions imposed on Russia by U.S. President Joe Biden and other Western countries.
Gee!
Never saw this coming!
LOL.
Next up - China takes Taiwan.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
Even the Wall Street Journal reported that when you said that when China failed to impose sanctions, that the Ukrainian government would not collapse because Trump would have done a better job.
Trump DID do a better job alky. Trump sent lethal weapons to Ukraine (0linsky sent blankets), and the number of times Putin attacked Ukraine while Trump was President remains at ZERO.
An interesting expose on how the oil market works and how naive you slurpers are when thinking the US can just stop buying russian oil in the free market......as I have said more than once......the market as a whole must sanction russia to stop the flow of cash to Putin!!!!!
https://www.marketwatch.com/story/why-russian-oil-cant-find-buyers-even-as-crude-nearly-touches-120-a-barrel-11646347974?siteid=yhoof2
LMAO:
The fully vaccinated account for 9 of every 10 deaths from COVID-19 in England and 4 of 5 deaths among the triple-vaccinated, according to the latest data published by the U.K. Health Security Agency.
https://www.wnd.com/2022/03/official-data-fully-vaccinated-people-account-9-10-covid-deaths/
BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!! Why do you keep posting the tripe of WND.....you trying to prove you are a dumb fucking loser????? We all are certain of that!!!! LOLOLOLO
The timing of this Ukraine conflict has been impeccable for Biden, his Covidian Cultists, their hapless discredited media lapdogs, and all the authoritarian state and local politicians whose destruction of lives and businesses has been complete. Now that everything the “conspiracy theorists” have been saying for two years has been proven right, these soulless goblins must distract from their criminal acts by using their power of media propaganda to lead the same clueless low IQ saps who believed their bullshit about masks, lockdowns, social distancing, vaccines, and vaccine mandates into believing we should go to war with Russia over an historical border dispute 5,000 miles from our shores.
The same dumbasses riding alone in the car with a mask on are the ones calling for the banning of Russia vodka as a patriotic gesture to support those brave neo-Nazi Ukrainians. I find it endlessly amusing to see Maddow and the rest of the MSNBC left wing loonies supporting people they would classify as red neck white supremacist Trump supporters if they lived in the U.S. They wear their hypocrisy and imbecility proudly, while foaming at the mouth at whoever they are paid to attack.
It’s as plain as the vacant look on Biden’s face during a press conference that Biden, his handlers, and his pollsters decided two weeks ago to Wag the Dog, scrap the covid farce, rally the country around the flag, and pretend their policies have not unleashed raging inflation, destroyed our economy, shattered the lives of millions, and unleashed an ongoing and long-term death sentence for the millions of trusting souls who believed their safe & effective narrative – injecting themselves with a DNA altering experimental drug which has already killed and maimed millions.
https://www.theburningplatform.com/2022/03/02/will-there-be-a-2024-presidential-election/
The net result of giving a $2 whore an important job -
NBC asks Kamala Harris if Biden will sanction Russia's oil and gas industry.
Harris responds: "As it relates to what we need to do domestically as well as what we need to do in terms of this issue generally, we have, as the president said, reevaluated what we're doing"
https://twitter.com/i/status/1499031238698536964
2 buck whores are right in yours and trumps wheel house since that is the only pussy you ever get.....BWAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!.
I go one step further, is that somehow we have to take Putin out of the picture.
The more I read and listen to highly qualified experts say we must go beyond containing him to Ukraine. Both sides of the aisle should find a way to get rid of him, because he is possibly the most dangerous person in history.
He will not stop short of rebuilding the Russian empire.
Fortunately, the majority of both sides, see him as he is.
And again at least you provide reasonable arguments, most of the time. Unlike the other old soars lunatics.
WND????????
Alex Jones is the craziest conspiracy theorist I've ever seen. Nobody but you take him seriously.
The alky's latest profile pic:
https://pbs.twimg.com/media/FM9JrmSX0AYQ5IO?format=jpg&name=small
The political wire has an article about the danger of containment. We have to find a way to get rid of Putin not Trump...lol because he is not the President.
9Senior White House officials designing the strategy to confront Russia have begun quietly debating a new concern: that the avalanche of sanctions directed at Moscow, which have gained speed faster than they imagined, is cornering President Vladimir Putin and may prompt him to lash out, perhaps expanding the conflict beyond Ukraine,”
I have to wonder if the militarily forces have a weapon could actually take him out?? A drone strike? Unprecedented but??
Funny thing about that WND link -
It actually contains the link to the official government report:
https://assets.publishing.service.gov.uk/government/uploads/system/uploads/attachment_data/file/1057599/Vaccine_surveillance_report_-_week-8.pdf
Confirming that the alky's confirmation bias is running full speed.
Good job alky.
How's that jailhouse nanna hooch coming along?
LOL.
The more I read and listen to highly qualified experts say we must go beyond containing him to Ukraine. Both sides of the aisle should find a way to get rid of him, because he is possibly the most dangerous person in history.
He will not stop short of rebuilding the Russian empire.
Fortunately, the majority of both sides, see him as he is.
And again at least you provide reasonable arguments, most of the time. Unlike the other old soars lunatics.
So the alky is calling for a full-on World War Fucking Three to depose Putin and to defend a NON-NATO member.
Because "highly qualified experts."
Every time we return the left to power we live to regret it, yet we keep returning the left to power.
Shit new news
Russians Seize Europe’s Largest Nuclear Plant, but Fire Is Out
The fire was started in fierce fighting for the plant but was later extinguished, a Ukrainian government agency said, and there was no immediate sign that radiation had leaked. Across Ukraine, Russian forces are laying siege to cities.
Jimmy Hitler Jr. Provided more proof that nobody should respond directly
We already know about the nuke plant news alky.
You the town fucking crier around here?
Fucking MORON.
Indy Voter was right!
Funny thing about that WND link -
It actually contains the link to the official government report:
Even funnier asshole is your lack of intellect to understand the evolution of the Covid pandemic and as cases are reduced due to imminutiy and vax....the number of people who die even though protected rises....Sorry sport....I know thinking is not one of your viruses BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!! Nice try LOLOLOLOL
Trump Warned Europe.
"Russian Gas Via Yamal Pipeline Halts Flows To Germany"
Nice
IS THERE A DIFFERENCE BETWEEN SETTING OFF A NUCLEAR BOMB AND BLOWING UP EUROPE'S LARGEST NUCLEAR POWER REACTOR?
"Exception if China, no plan B"
Plan B
India is buying all the grain they can from Russia.
Why is The winning team of Roger, James and Denny always so angry and yelling?
Russia and India both term this relationship as a "special and privileged strategic partnership".
India is buying all the grain they can from Russia.
Joey Sprinkles has managed to get both our friends AND our foes to align with each other.
Another testament to his idiocy and inability to lead.
And the best part?
We've got three more years of this shit.
Regular gas around the corner from me -
$4.17. Up ten cents from YESTERDAY.
But no more mean tweets.
Yay.
I missed this but if he is correct Vladimir Putin may not survive!
'Putin's nightmare' as Russian soldiers revolt and security forces 'overwhelmed' at home: US diplomat Richard Haass
Tom Boggioni
March 04, 2022
Appearing on MSNBC's "Way Too Early," foreign relations expert Richard Haass noted reports coming out of Ukraine that Russian soldiers are sabotaging their own vehicles because they don't want to take part in the invasion is a bad omen for Vladimir Putin.
Speaking with host Jonathan Lemire, Haass -- the president of the Council on Foreign Relations-- admitted that Russia's invasion may be unstoppable but in the long-term may turn into a nightmare for the Russian strongman.
"If you believe Vladimir Putin, his invasion of Ukraine is going according to plan," host Lemire began before adding, "That's a dubious assessment, but still what he said during a virtual meeting of his security council yesterday. Putin continued to push false claims that Nazis are in control of the Ukrainian government."
"The speech was intended to push back against reports of logistical problems slowing down the Russian army as well as intelligence from the Pentagon that some Russian troops are surrendering or sabotaging their own vehicles rather than fighting," Lemire stated before asking Haass for comment.
'"I don't think there's any way, Jonathan, he can get his original plan back on track because that ship has sailed," Haass explained, "He was counting on very little resistance from Ukraine, he had no respect for Zelenskyy, he thought the United States after Afghanistan had no stomach."
"Europe he also had contempt for, particularly Germany," he continued. "So he underestimated his opposition, overestimated the capability of his own forces. So now we are clearly on Plan B. Now he is basically turning to quantity, if you will, more than quality to essentially level big parts of Ukraine. But because he is who he is, because he is an autocrat, he has to be infallible. He can never admit that he made a mistake, so that's what you had yesterday. I don't know what the word is in Russian, but it must be something like spinsky."
Reacting to reports that Russian soldiers are sabotaging their own mission, Hass, explained, "Clearly they have more troubles. The Russians aren't used to fighting this kind of war. This isn't what they did in Syria -- it is at a scale they're not used to. The equipment looks old, the troops don't look well-trained, they're not motivated, they don't seem to understand what it is they're doing and why, so I think this is of a larger piece. The idea that there might be some troops sabotaging is really interesting. It doesn't seem to be happening at scale, but this has got to be Putin's nightmare because essentially he depends upon his security forces, not just the soldiers but obviously inside the country. That's any autocrat's nightmare, that as protests begin to mount that the security forces either get overwhelmed or show sympathy with the protesters."
Somebody might take him out
The Soviet union collapsed after its failure in Afghanistan.
Hmmmm
Show your "RAW STORY!!!11!" work alky...
https://www.rawstory.com/vladmir-putin-nightmare/
Because there ain't no story like a "RAW STORY!!!11!"
LOL.
Ch, I would like to ask you a question, and for once please give us an honest, straight-forward answer, without a lot of verbal gymnastics and dancing about.
This morning I heard on public radio an excellent opinion piece to the effect that for the last fifteen years -- and that would include the administrations of Geo. W. Bush, Barack Obama, and Donald Trump, the United States has been far too tolerant toward Putin's ever looming ambitions to extend Russian dominance.
Please tell us, simply and clearly, what Donald Trump ever did or said that makes it clear that he, Trump, would oppose any attempt of Putin to decrease the effectiveness of NATO or to control or invade former states of the USSR.
It surely wasn't Trump's agreeing with Putin's denial that the Russins were trying to influence the American elections, a thing that all OUR intelligence agencies assured Trump was exactly what the Russians WERE doing.
"He says they weren't doing it, and I believe him," said Trump of Putin, siding with him against our own intelligence agencies.
It wasn't that, so what was it that Trump ever said or did that showed a determination to stand up to Putin? Please let us know.
India is buying all the grain they can from Russia.
Gotta feed a billion dot heads rat......need to get from somewhere doncha think.....ASSHOLE!!!!
Current Avg.$3.83
Fay one of Biden in office $2.24.
Where is Biden's plan?
Current goat fucker stupidity index......100 out of 100 !!!!!!!!
BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!
Quiet, KansasDimmy. Ch wants to repond. (Or does he?)
And by the way, thanks to rat for that link to an excellent RAW STORY!
https://www.rawstory.com/vladmir-putin-nightmare/
rrb said...
LMAO:
The fully vaccinated account for 9 of every 10 deaths from COVID-19 in England and 4 of 5 deaths among the triple-vaccinated, according to the latest data published by the U.K. Health Security Agency.
I saw this too:
https://emeralddb3.substack.com/p/the-pfizer-vaccine-only-has-1291?s=r
"The Pfizer Vaccine Only Has 1,291 Side Effects!
A judge forced the FDA to release Pfizer's clinical data and it's worse than you can possibly imagine"
...
"And don’t tell me that your chances are slim of getting injured. The U.S. government’s own database, the Vaccine Adverse Events Reporting System (VAERS), has over 1 million reports of “adverse events” to the new vaccines — with 24,000 events listed as “death.” Pfizer was aware of more than 158,000 “adverse events” when they asked for approval from the FDA. People had serious issues after taking the Pfizer vaccine and Pfizer knew it before it sought approval for its vaccine. Look at this chart compiled by Pfizer itself."
Saw another young athlete died out-of-the-blue yesterday. It's becoming almost a daily occurrence. Not sure why but sure is troubling.
And big tech and the MSM at the prodding of pharma and the government shut down any discussion
1984
Fucked up another without the power to think what they post......Young athletes passing is a tragedy that has occurs for as long as I can remember....you not being sure why is most amusing and not germane to the subject....even funnier is your inane claim about pharma and gov't shutting down discussion......BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA11111
KansasDemocrat said...
Current Avg.$3.83
Fay one of Biden in office $2.24.
Where is Biden's plan?
If you think that's bad gas prices are about to roar.
and Biden is desperately emptying Trumps oil stockpile (which the democrats fought) and asking other nations to greatly increase pumping but our enemies are receiving a windfall profit
Including Russia and Iran
It's his "green" new deal
The "big guy" is sure helping them
Whoever that is
For biden to refuse to increase domestic production is just stubborn ignorance.
How Putin Misjudged His Adversary
David Ignatius: “Like so many leaders through history, Russian President Vladimir Putin is discovering that he badly misjudged his adversary and squandered some of his advantages.
“A first signal that Putin may be revising his timetable came Thursday, with Russian and Ukrainian negotiators agreeing on ‘humanitarian corridors’ to allow the evacuation of civilians from threatened cities. This pause may just be a prelude to a renewed Russian onslaught,
but it shows that Russian hopes of a quick, easy victory were misplaced.
"One week into the war, Ukraine has the moral and psychological edge.”
Last Vestiges of Russia’s Free Press Fall
New York Times:
“As President Vladimir Putin wages war against Ukraine, he is fighting a parallel battle on the home front, dismantling the last vestiges of a Russian free press.”
Russian Forces Press Ahead in Ukraine
New York Times: “Across Ukraine, Russian forces are pressing ahead, laying siege to cities and trying to control vital ports, and Western officials said Moscow’s forces were targeting civilians and critical infrastructure. Russia’s continuing gains in the south could make it harder for Ukraine’s army to fight in other parts of the country.
“Ukraine’s spirited defense has slowed the Russian advance, notably near Kyiv, the capital, where its forces have attacked a vast armored convoy bearing down on the city. But Russia is adding forces from the south and west in its efforts to take Kyiv, which the Ukrainian military said Friday remained a ‘key’ Russian objective.”
Axios: “Russia’s invasion could destroy Ukraine’s sovereignty or Vladimir Putin’s regime. The outlines of a solution that leaves both intact are murkier.”
Quote of the Day
“How long do you need? How many arms and legs and heads should be severed so that you understand? If you don’t have the strength to provide a no-fly zone, then give me planes. Would that not be fair?”
— Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky, at a press conference.
Boris Johnson Says Putin Threatens all Europe
Britain’s prime minister Boris Johnson said the “reckless actions of President Putin could now directly threaten the safety of all of Europe,” the BBC
The Dangers of Cornering Putin
“Senior White House officials designing the strategy to confront Russia have begun quietly debating a new concern: that the avalanche of sanctions directed at Moscow, which have gained speed faster than they imagined, is cornering President Vladimir Putin and may prompt him to lash out, perhaps expanding the conflict beyond Ukraine,” the New York Times reports.
“In Situation Room meetings in recent days, the issue has come up repeatedly.”
Financial Times: Would Putin ever really go nuclear?
Vast Majority of Texas Voters Skipped Primaries
Just 17% of registered voters in Texas cast a ballot in the 2022 primaries this week, the Texas Tribune reports.
Breaking911
https://twitter.com/Breaking911/status/1499498727370805251
JUST IN: San Francisco has become the first city in the United States to breach an average of $5 a gallon gas - FNC
$6 a gallon gas looks to be in the bag already...
Wonder what that will do to inflation and struggling families?
Why hasn't Ch
answered my polite
question at 7:09?
I see the lying POS "pastor" and GODdard waterboy is back to plagiarizing and lying
as always
It's his life's work
ROFLMFAO !!!
* and arrogant jackass
ROFLMFAO !!!
Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
Vast Majority of Texas Voters Skipped Primaries
Just 17% of registered voters in Texas cast a ballot in the 2022 primaries this week, the Texas Tribune reports.
Around 17% of registered Texas voters cast 2022 primary ballots, according to preliminary data
Texas has a history of a dismal turnout rate in primary elections. This year’s turnout was higher than the last six midterm primaries.
GODdard and his tethered waterboy sure are not being very honest.
https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/04/vast-majority-of-texas-voters-skipped-primaries/
as always
* no wonder boswell plagiarizes
By refusing to turn their backs on nincompoops like the following, Republicans are courting election disaster:
EXAMPLE ONE:
Democrats See Greene and Boebert as Face of the GOP
“Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Lauren Boebert are two backbench freshmen in the House minority, powerless in the official hierarchy and unlikely to gain much power even in a likely Republican majority next year,” the New York Times reports.
“But their antics, violations of decorum and association with white nationalists have elevated their profile far beyond their positions, and Democratic operatives are determined to make them the face of the Republican Party in the looming election season.”
EXAMPLE TWO:
Trump Warms to Eric Greitens
Missouri Senate candidate Eric Greitens (R) is rising in former President Donald Trump’s eyes, Politico reports.
“Greitens has staunchly aligned himself with the former president, become a favorite of the pro-Trump media universe, and distinguished himself as one of the few Republican Senate candidates willing to speak out against McConnell.
Now, Trump, who in the past has privately criticized the former governor over the scandal that led to his downfall, is telling people he’s OPEN TO ENDORSING GREITENS — despite fears among other powerful Republicans that the Missouri Republican is the only GOP candidate who could potentially lose the seat in November.”
Goody goody!
James's Fucking Daddy said...
* no wonder boswell plagiarizes
Thanks for proving my point about the dishonest "pastor"
on both plagiarizing and being an asshole
ROFLMFAO !!!
lol
Goddard sure gets ole f Daddy riled up!
(and he STILL doesn't know what "plagiarism" is.
(I would have to put my own name on the sources, not the NYT, WSJ, Politico, BBC, David Ignatius, etc.)
Why has Ch STILL
failed to answer
my polite question
at 7:09?
Democrats See Greene and Boebert as Face of the GOP
March 4, 2022 at 7:06 am EST By Taegan Goddard 54 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/04/democrats-see-greene-and-boebert-as-face-of-the-gop/
Trump Warms to Eric Greitens
March 4, 2022 at 6:59 am EST By Taegan Goddard 31 Comments
https://politicalwire.com/2022/03/04/trump-warms-to-eric-greitens/
Being a plagiarizing asshole Waterboy from Goddard's dishonest blog is the POS "pastor's" legacy
and he is obviously too embarrassed to show his constant "source"
Obviously boswell doesn't understand what plagiarizing is or doesn't want to admit it so he can deny what he is doing
How "religious" of him
The Roger Stone Tapes
March 4, 2022 at 9:04 am EST By Taegan Goddard 7 Comments
The Washington Post reviewed more than 20 hours of video filmed for the documentary, A Storm Foretold, which is expected to be released later this year.
“Roger Stone allowed the filmmakers to document his activities during extended periods over more than two years. In addition to interviews and moments when Stone spoke directly to the camera, they also captured fly-on-the-wall footage of his actions, candid off-camera conversations from a microphone he wore and views of his iPhone screen as he messaged associates on an encrypted app.”
Job Growth Soars While Unemployment Ticks Lower
March 4, 2022 at 9:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment
“Job growth accelerated in February, posting its biggest monthly gain since July as the employment picture got closer to its pre-pandemic self,” CNBC reports.
“Nonfarm payrolls for the month grew by 678,000 and the unemployment rate was 3.8%… That compared to estimates of 440,000 for payrolls and 3.9% for the jobless rate.”
________
No, F Daddy. Taegan Goddard didn't say that. Nor did I.
The Washington Post and CNBC said it.
You see, if I had claimed to say it, that would have been plagiarism.
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
lol
Goddard sure gets ole f Daddy riled up!
(and he STILL doesn't know what "plagiarism" is.
(I would have to put my own name on the sources, not the NYT, WSJ, Politico, BBC, David Ignatius, etc.)
No you are using Goddard as your source without attribution which is your plagiarism. Goddard is identifying his sources not yours.
stop lying
Well I guess you can't because you are a pathological liar as others have pointed out
but everyone already knows that
* well I see the POS "pastor" returned to properly identifying Goddard
guess that's as good as an admission to his lying
I got this from
Business Insider
Kremlin staff didn't expect Putin to invade Ukraine and were shocked by the severity of Western sanctions, report says
wbostock@businessinsider.com (Bill Bostock) - 1h ago
Kremlin officials told the Russian outlet Agency they didn't know Putin was going to invade Ukraine.
The people said the Kremlin only prepared for smaller sanctions over its recognition of Luhansk and Donetsk.
"Everything is fucked," a source close to Putin's administration told Agency.
Kremlin officials say they didn't know Russian President Vladimir Putin would invade Ukraine, and were shocked by the severity of Western sanctions imposed over it, the independent Russian investigative outlet Agency reported.
One unnamed senior official said people in the Kremlin "did not know" that it would be an all-out invasion and that many were shocked when news of the military assault broke, the outlet said.
In the run-up to the invasion, Putin's cabinet had only prepared to deal with Western sanctions introduced over Russia's decision to recognize the independence of the Ukrainian regions of Luhansk and Donetsk on February 21, not for an invasion, a source close to Putin's administration told Agency.
After Russia invaded, countries including the US and UK, as well as the EU sanctioned Russian entities and individuals, seizing assets belonging to those closest to Putin, and ejecting Russian banks from the SWIFT global financial system.
The Kremlin is particularly concerned by its ousting from SWIFT, the freezing of Russian foreign reserves, including by the US, and the exit of a string of Western companies from Russia, Agency reported.
"Everything is fucked," a source close to Putin's administration told the outlet.
Before the invasion, one of the officials told Agency, Kremlin officials held several meetings about sanctions and that stress tests were conducted on large companies in case Russia was disconnected from SWIFT.
An official went on to tell Agency that Kremlin officials cannot resign from their posts because it would be seen as a betrayal. "You can only quit to prison," they said.
The report comes as Western officials warned that Putin was so furious about the sanctions that he may target civilian targets in Ukraine to "set an example," The Washington Post reported Tuesday.
Russia's invasion of Ukraine entered its ninth day on Friday. Russian forces seized its first major city, the port city of Kherson, on Wednesday, and continued to subject the cities of Mariupol and Kyiv to heavy shelling.
Russian forces seized the Zaporizhzhia nuclear power plant on Friday morning, Ukrainian officials said. It is Europe's largest nuclear plant.
Read the original article on Business Insider
* well identifying but still not providing an actual link
and as I just showed Goddard can be very dishonest in his portrayal of what he posts.
Hey "pastor" part of using sources is to properly identify them with a link.
Not just "name" them.
Are you really that stupid ?
(Rhetorical question)
You are full of bull.
Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
You are full of bull.
in fact other than your few liberal buddies, no one here does
dropped a line
Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
You are full of bull.
no I don't swallow your shit
in fact other than your few liberal buddies, no one here does
Russia Headed for an Economic Collapse
“Russia is on course for an economic collapse that will rival or even eclipse the size of the 1998 slump which followed its debt default, although the financial fallout may be less than then,” BLOOMBERG REPORTS.
“JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s economists told clients in a report on Friday that they expect a 7% contraction in gross domestic product this year.”
__________
This is important. Too important to worry about anything except,
is BLOOMBERG correct in saying that?
I hope Bloomberg is. I'm rooting for America and the world. Not for Pootin.
Rachel Campos-Duffy
https://twitter.com/RCamposDuffy/status/1499101241762320384
“After more than a year of enduring nonstop torment by the U.S. Justice Department, the D.C. District Court, and the news media over his minor involvement in January 6, Perna, 37, hanged himself in his garage on Friday night.”
https://amgreatness.com/2022/02/28/who-is-responsible-for-the-death-of-matthew-perna/
The Biden administration and its supporters have blood on their hands
and Biden is desperately emptying Trumps oil stockpile (which the democrats fought)
3 LIES IN ONE SENTENCE.....WAY TO GO FUCKED UP.....>BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
The Biden administration and its supporters have blood on their hands
That would include the lying, plagiarizing POS "pastor"
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!
I see VERY lo iq is still getting it
ROFLMFAO !!!
a over his minor involvement in January 6, Perna, 37, hanged himself in his garage on Friday night.”
Another tragedy of the insurrection led by trump....the blood is on his hands.....no one else you dumb fucking loser!!!!!
I didn't hang Perna.
Did Biden?
Want to return
to the real world?
What's abundantly clear through ALL of this is that the MSM/DNC steno pool is aggressively trying to spin the Ukraine/Russia thing as positively as they can to prop up Sloppy Joe and the dems for the mid-terms.
As usual the truth is a casualty in all of this, but that takes a back seat to their perpetual posture of "Party Before Country."
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!! ROFLMFAO BACK AT YA !!!!!! Don't you have something better to do????? LOLOLOL
VERY lo iq you have the intellect of a retarded snail
at best
thanks for playing
ROFLMFAO !!!
rrb said...
What's abundantly clear through ALL of this is that the MSM/DNC steno pool is aggressively trying to spin the Ukraine/Russia thing as positively as they can to prop up Sloppy Joe and the dems for the mid-terms.
as well as to divert away from all the other fires burning in all areas under his administration as well as the 2016 election fraud
and the fires are turning into bonfires
What's abundantly clear through ALL of this is that the MSM/DNC steno pool is aggressively trying to spin the Ukraine/Russia
What is even clearer is that you spend too much time watching TV and than lying about it......BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!! Sorry sport, Trump would have shit in his bone spured shoes......LOLOLOLOL
I am now leaving this
dumb discussion to
again ask Ch to
respond to my polite
question at 7:09 AM.
As usual the economy recovers from a Republican's President disater is lead by a Democrats President.
U.S. employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February, another gain that underscored the economy’s solid health as the Omicron wave fades and more Americans venture out to spend at restaurants, shops and hotels despite surging inflation.
The Labor Department’s report Friday also showed that the unemployment rate dropped from 4% to 3.8%, extending a sharp drop in joblessness as the economy has rebounded from the pandemic recession.
https://share.newsbreak.com/lhz1yvk0
Yahoo TV
Tucker Carlson admits that his support of Russia was wrong, blames Biden and Harris
Typical GOP slurper.....lies than blames others for being a dumb fuck....just like rat and daddy.....never admit a mistake, just look for an exit ramp to look good......
Yep HB.....bidenomics is solidly in place with another good jobs report.....I can't wait for the negative spin that will surely ensue once the R's wake up!!!!! BWAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
https://www.latimes.com/business/story/2022-03-04/us-added-678-000-jobs-february
Just saw this
something you won't see on state media
But you will if you watch the surging popularity of Tucker
Benny
Tucker Just ENDS the Biden Regime by Playing Brandon's Most CRINGE Moments from His FAILURE of a State of the Union
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/bennyjohnson/status/1499484305797656581
Fantastic
U.S. employers added a robust 678,000 jobs in February
A LIE.
There's not one NET NEW job in that number.
Not ONE.
And I see the Dow is down another 300 points
More importantly oil is up over another 5% just for today
How high are gas prices going to go ?
When is Joe going to do something here that is positive ?
Don't know what
happened to Ch,
but meanwhile
"Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko said his armed forces were not taking part and would not take part in Russia's military operation in Ukraine.
A close Russian ally, Lukashenko said he spoke to President Putin at length by telephone on Friday. Russia has used Belarusian territory to carry out a multi-pronged invasion of Ukraine."
James's Fucking Daddy said...
And I see the Dow is down another 300 points
More importantly oil is up over another 5% just for today
How high are gas prices going to go ?
When is Joe going to do something here that is positive ?
I meant for Americans
other than the "big guy"
Whover that could be
Trump Says China
Will Invade Taiwan
Donald Trump told Fox Business that he expected China to invade Taiwan sooner rather than later.
Said Trump:
“I do because they’re seeing how stupid the United States is run. They’re seeing that our leaders are incompetent. Of course they’re going to do it. This is their time.”
Mona Charen:
“Trump essentially is inviting a hostile power to destroy a vibrant democratic ally, kill God knows how many innocents, and crush freedom . . . to make his successor look bad?”
__________
I hear the applause from you Trump slurpers.
Great Works by
Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) on Thursday called for "somebody in Russia" to take out Russian President Vladimir Putin amid the invasion of Ukraine.
"Is there a Brutus in Russia? Is there a more successful Colonel Stauffenberg in the Russian military?" Graham posted on Twitter, referring to the assassin of Julius Caesar and the attempted assassin of Adolf Hitler, respectively.
"The only way this ends is for somebody in Russia to take this guy out. You would be doing your country - and the world - a great service," Graham added.
Graham's tweet comes as Russia and Putin face accusations of committing war crimes; Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and U.S. officials say the Russian president has been targeting civilian areas such as hospitals and schools.
as well as to divert away from all the other fires burning in all areas under his administration as well as the 2016 election fraud
and the fires are turning into bonfires
Chuck Todd's meltdown last Sunday was epic. LOL.
"Remain calm! All is well!"
Hey roger you are about to get more company !!!
Michael Shellenberger
https://twitter.com/ShellenbergerMD/status/1499498354371227656
Calif. Gov. @gavinnewsom says he’s proposing a new system to help with mentally ill homeless people, but he’s not: all he’s proposing to do is throw more money at the same broken system
If he gets his way, Gavin will make the problem worse — as he has done for over 20 years
Democrats have sure ruined California and their virus has even spread to DC.
Kamala Harris for one
So far, at least, the labor market recovery has overcome every obstacle. Job openings are near a record high. Layoffs are at a new low. And hiring has remained strong in the ebb and flow of successive waves of the pandemic — employers have added at least 400,000 jobs every month since May, the longest such streak on record.
“This is an economy that has learned to manage very well through uncertainty,” said Robert Rosener, senior U.S. economist with Morgan Stanley. “We’ve continually been surprised by the resilience of the U.S. labor market.”
Continued strong job growth could be good news for President Biden, who in his State of the Union address this week argued that his policies, including the $1.9 trillion pandemic aid package passed early in his term, have contributed to the stronger-than-expected economic rebound. But Mr. Biden has struggled to capitalize on the robust labor market, in part because many voters are unhappy about high rates of inflation.
The U.S. economy still has roughly two million fewer jobs than before the mass layoffs that began two years ago this month, and some workers remain sidelined by health concerns, child care problems or other factors. Many companies still report having trouble finding enough staff to meet demand.
Hey roger you are about to get more company !!!
They should be able to stack at least a half dozen bunk beds into the alky's shared box.
LOL.
RNC Research
@RNCResearch
FLASHBACK: In 2005, Joe Biden vowed to filibuster Judge Janice Rogers Brown when she was on the shortlist to be nominated to the Supreme Court.
If nominated and confirmed, she would’ve been the first Black female Justice.
VIDEO:
https://twitter.com/RNCResearch/status/1499442460317126657
Joe threatening to filibuster a black judge awful similar to the one who he nominated if she was nominated.
what a racist
besides saying that her judicial experience disqualified her, despite it apparently being enough now...
odd
In successful systems, bad news flows to the top. In unsuccessful systems, underlings make sure it doesn’t reach their superiors because they don’t want to look bad.
In REALLY unsuccessful systems, superiors make clear to their underlings that they don't want to hear the bad news. I think that's what's happened to Putin. I saw a video being passed around by pro-Putin trolls on the Web that showed him riding in limos and walking around to the tune of gangsta rap, but it didn't make him look powerful so much as isolated.
Now things haven't gone according to plan, and there doesn't appear to be a plan B because Putin never seriously considered the possibility of failure. Russia is isolated diplomatically and economically to an unprecedented degree, while it flounders militarily.
This doesn't make Putin less dangerous necessarily -- in some ways it makes him more so -- but it does mean that he's unlikely to behave in a clearheaded or objectively reasonable fashion.
Here in the United States, meanwhile, we have leadership problems of our own. [So-called quote-unquote "president"] Joe Biden managed to stumble his way through an uninspired State of the Union address in which he confused Ukrainians and Iranians, but he has shown no signs of being capable of the kind of leadership we need. (Unlike the Germans, he's not even rethinking his dumb energy policies, which need to be changed to promote energy independence and weaken Putin further.) . . .
. . . Meanwhile, another big player, China, isn't much more impressive. President Xi Jinping, while younger than Biden and Pelosi at a sprightly 69, is in a tenuous position at home. China's zero-COVID policy has failed and the public resents it, a real-estate collapse looms even as other businesses teeter financially -- and Xi's power hangs by a thread as he faces challengers who don't like his one-man state or his saber-rattling abroad . . .
. . . Only in Europe do we see, surprisingly, glimmers of more sensible behavior, as fear of a Russian invasion concentrates the minds of leaders there.
The truth is, throughout the past two years of [Chinese] COVID panic, we've seen that the world's leadership class isn't up to the task. Now, facing a major diplomatic crisis, we have to hope it will do better. Hope and maybe pray a little.
https://nypost.com/2022/03/03/the-worlds-weak-leadership-isnt-up-to-the-ukraine-crisis/
I see Joe is going home early again today for a long weekend
Nothing important must be going on
Time for Mario Kart and ice cream !!!
BWAAAAAAAAAA!!!!! How many rounds of golf did trump play in his first 6 month? How many months did he spend at Mar A Cunto???????? BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!
As Russia Wages War, US Army Trains Officers on Gender Identity
While Russia wages a full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the U.S. Army is putting its soldiers through training on gender pronouns and coaching officers on when to offer soldiers gender transition surgery, according to an official military presentation on the subject obtained by the Washington Free Beacon.
The mandatory presentation, "Policy on the Military Service of Transgender Persons and Persons with Gender Dysphoria," was given to officers earlier this month along with instructions for them to train their subordinates on the material. Portions of the presentation were provided to the Free Beacon by a whistleblower who was ordered to undergo the training as a high-ranking officer in the Army Special Forces.
An Army spokesman confirmed to the Free Beacon that the slides in question are part of "mandatory training" and come from an official program "used to train Army personnel on the recent changes to the DoD and Army transgender service policy." All Army personnel, from soldiers to commanders and supervisors, are required to participate in the training by Sept. 30, 2022, according to the spokesman.
https://freebeacon.com/biden-administration/army-mandates-pronoun-training-for-all-levels-of-service/
If there was ever any question as to whether or not our enemies fear us, now you know.
Corporal Klinger is now the Chairman of our Joint Chiefs.
It’s the first Friday of the month and we’ve had yet another report showing U.S. job growth surging beyond the expectations. The unemployment rate has sunk to just 3.8%, which is kind of incredible.
The U.S. job market is actually in the best shape it’s been in for more than a decade. Employees have far more leverage than they’ve ever had and are using it to change jobs or demand raises.
But modern technology enables false information about everything. The Republicans have been using this for years to misinform millions of lower educated men and women.
The pandemic is almost over but they post the death toll, without clarification upon the low immunized population.
Many companies still report having trouble finding enough staff to meet demand, so they increase wages to balance out inflation.
rrb said...
As Russia Wages War, US Army Trains Officers on Gender Identity
Kamala Harris slammed for focus on Equality Act amid Russian invasion: 'This is what they care about'
"Let’s send the Equality Act to President Biden’s desk. We must increase protections for LGBTQ+ Americans across the country. The onslaught of state bills targeting transgender Americans and their families is wrong," Harris wrote, focusing on a separate issue than the then-ongoing attack of the largest nuclear facility in Europe by Russian forces.
https://www.foxnews.com/media/kamala-harris-slammed-focus-equality-act-war-europe
Well Biden is leaving for Delaware, so I guess that leaves Kamala in charge
boy are we fucked
and the entire world knows it
and more and more Americans
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit Alky Troll Squad Asshole said...
It’s the first Friday of the month and we’ve had yet another report showing U.S. job growth surging beyond the expectations. The unemployment rate has sunk to just 3.8%, which is kind of incredible.
“If you tell a lie big enough and keep repeating it, people will eventually come to believe it. The lie can be maintained only for such time as the State can shield the people from the political, economic and/or military consequences of the lie. It thus becomes vitally important for the State to use all of its powers to repress dissent, for the truth is the mortal enemy of the lie, and thus by extension, the truth is the greatest enemy of the State.”
- Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels
Ch, I would like to ask you a question, and for once please give us an honest, straight-forward answer, without a lot of verbal gymnastics and dancing about.
Doesn't sound like an "honest question" Reverend. It sounds like a litany of your opinions that you want me to repute
It surely wasn't Trump's agreeing with Putin's denial that the Russins were trying to influence the American elections, a thing that all OUR intelligence agencies assured Trump was exactly what the Russians WERE doing.
Well at the end of the day, Reverend... Mueller had zero proof that there was any real Russian interference and that their "influence" amounted to a Russian PR firm buying a few hundred thousand in Facebook ads in an election where over 2 billion was spent in campaigns and ads. At the end of the day, Mueller never even was able to directly tie the firm to Putin.
So while you might somehow believe that telling a story about Russian interference has anything to do with an invasion of Ukraine...
It's just spectacular red herring.
It wasn't that, so what was it that Trump ever said or did that showed a determination to stand up to Putin? Please let us know.
Well given you seem to have a lack of understanding of people like Putin, Xi, Kim and others... I can explain it this way. Trump was more like these people and understood that these people like to throw their dicks around and demand that theirs is the biggest in the room. Might not seem logical to most people, but then most people are shocked that Putin invaded Ukraine.
So I will start with the basic concept that Trump played their game and with a $300 billion military budget in his trousers, he had the biggest dick of the bunch and wasn't afraid to pull it out. He made big threats that he probably wouldn't have followed through with (they say he told Putin that if he invaded Ukraine that the US would bomb Moscow). Would we have done that if Trump was President? Probably not, but I doubt anyone could completely discount the possibility.
Putin listened to Xi apparently when Xi asked him to hold off any invasion till after the election. That wasn't a couple of drinking buddies making plans for the weekend. That is a Russian neighbor who is just as capable of invading Russia as Russia is invading Ukraine. That was a bigger dick with an ask.
You believe (falsely) that a man with 25 years of experience leading Russia (or being in top leadership in whatever capacity) would somehow fear Joe Biden, because he sat on our Senate foreign relations committee. The fact you "believe" that to be true is the reason why I know that you do not (just like Biden apparently does not) understand someone like Putin. Trump did, because in many ways Trump was one of those guys.
Ever notice that the bully football player didn't pick on other football players? Bullies are attracted to weakness. Not sure why that is so hard, other than its a truth you don't want to admit.
election
Sorry - asked him to hold off the invasion till after the Olympics
You believe (falsely) that a man with 25 years of experience leading Russia (or being in top leadership in whatever capacity) would somehow fear Joe Biden, because he sat on our Senate foreign relations committee. The fact you "believe" that to be true is the reason why I know that you do not (just like Biden apparently does not) understand someone like Putin. Trump did, because in many ways Trump was one of those guys.
"A feeble executive implies a feeble execution of the government. A feeble execution is but another phrase for a bad execution; and a government ill executed, whatever may be its theory, must be, in practice, a bad government."
—Alexander Hamilton
The entire world understands that the US is led by the feeblest of executives.
I just saw this, and it seems EXTREMELY important:
____
WHOA!
Fear of Martial Law Sparks Russian Exodus
12:00 pm EST
“Thousands of Russians are rushing to flee the country ahead of this weekend, as rumors swirl that Vladimir Putin could soon declare martial law, close the borders
and crack down
even harder on domestic dissent,” Axios reports.
“For as devastating as the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has become,
widespread suffering
is rapidly arriving
at Russia’s own doorstep.”
_________
I am surprised that it might ALREADY be getting THAT bad in Russia!
Is dissatisfaction at what the dictator has done and is doing really THAT STRONG
and widespread?
Is it possible that Putin cold be overthrown by internal dissent?
I don't pretend to know;
only to be SURPRISED.
could be
All that indicates things may be getting far beyond THE STUPID LITTLE DISPUTES we engage in here!!!
So Reverend...
I responded to your question. Perhaps you can respond to mine.
Why do you believe it is that Biden has been so spectacularly feeble in all of this when he has decades of experience in international affairs (which was really sitting on a committee that talked about things)? First with the disastrous withdrawal in Afghanistan and now with the feckless response to Putin and his invasion.
Why do you believe that Trump held Putin in check for four years.
The rev is spamming as many threads with shit people won’t read
I agree the handling of Afghanistan was a mistake, but by Trump as well as by Biden (Trump NEGOTIATING only with the Taliban!, for example).
But according to what I am reading up there, Putin has MUCH to fear from Biden's and our allies' and much of the world's handling of Putin's invasion!
but by Trump as well as by Biden (Trump NEGOTIATING only with the Taliban!, for example).
You asshole.
You're so consumed by TDS you can't let anything happen without a "BUT TRUMP!!!" bullshit, desperate, moral equivalence.
Trump had set the table for an orderly withdrawal from Shithole-istan.
Joey Sprinkles surrendered, ran, killed our military personnel and MURDERED an innocent family.
I REPEAT:
Fear of Martial Law Sparks Russian Exodus
12:00 pm EST
“Thousands of Russians are rushing to flee the country ahead of this weekend, as rumors swirl that Vladimir Putin could soon declare martial law, close the borders
and crack down
even harder on domestic dissent,” Axios reports.
“For as devastating as the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has become,
widespread suffering
is rapidly arriving
at Russia’s own doorstep.”
_________
I am surprised that it might ALREADY be getting THAT bad in Russia!
Is dissatisfaction at what the dictator has done and is doing really THAT STRONG
and widespread?
Is it possible that Putin could be overthrown by internal dissent -- and he already feels forced to REACT to that possibility?
I don't pretend to know;
only to be SURPRISED.
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Fear of martial law sparks Russian exodus
Zachary Basu
Axios
Vladimir Putin chairs a Security Council meeting yesterday at his Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow.
Thousands of Russians are rushing to flee the country ahead of this weekend, as rumors swirl that Vladimir Putin could soon declare martial law, close the borders and crack down even harder on domestic dissent.
Why it matters:
For as devastating as the humanitarian situation in Ukraine has become, widespread suffering is rapidly arriving at Russia's own doorstep.
More than 8,000 people have already been detained at anti-war protests since Feb. 24, according to the independent monitor OVD-Info.
Russia's Duma has passed a law making the spread of "fake news" about the Russian military punishable by up to 15 years in prison.
The last pillars of Russia's already-limited independent press were forced to close under pressure from the Kremlin this week.
Russia's state communications watchdog blocked the websites of the BBC,
Voice of America,
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty,
Deutsche Welle
and other foreign media outlets for spreading "fake" information.
What to watch:
Russia's second-largest airline announced it will cease all international flights from tomorrow,
as Russia's upper house of parliament meets for an emergency session that many fear could mark the descent of a new Iron Curtain.
I can remember when Russia would not even allow their press to report how many people had been killed in any domestic passenger airplane crash.
Such things were "fake news" because those things never happened under communism.
I can't believe the Russian people haved allowed a dictator to take them back to that kind of situation.
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