Starbucks Suspends All Business In Russia 3:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
“Starbucks is suspending all business activity in Russia as Putin’s forces continue their attacks on Ukraine," CNBC reports.
GOP Candidate Tells Daughters to ‘Enjoy’ It If Raped
Robert Regan (R), who is favored to win a seat in the Michigan House, said he tells his daughters to “just lie back and enjoy it” if they are raped, the Washington Post reports.
Said Regan: “I tell my daughters, ‘Well, if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it.'”
One of Regan’s daughters urged voters not to elect him to office two years ago.
The increase in the price of gasoline is the cost of fighting for Ukraine, not a political agenda like you have.
This man is the greatest man in the 21st century not Donald Trump.
Channelling Churchill, Ukraine leader vows: 'We will fight to the end' in address to UK lawmakers
Agence France-Presse
March 08, 2022
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, invoking the wartime defiance of British prime minister Winston Churchill, vowed Tuesday to "fight to the end" in a historic virtual speech to UK lawmakers.
"We will not give up and we will not lose," he said, giving a day-by-day account of Russia's invasion that dwelt on the costs in lives of civilians including Ukrainian children.
"We will fight to the end, at sea, in the air. We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost.
"We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets," he told the packed chamber, which greeted him with a standing ovation at the start and rose again at the end.
The speech was a conscious echo of Churchill's landmark address to the House of Commons in June 1940, after British forces were forced to retreat from France in the face of a Nazi German onslaught.
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender," Churchill said after the retreat at Dunkirk.
Zelenskyy, wearing a military-green T-shirt and sitting next to Ukraine's blue-and-yellow flag, also invoked William Shakespeare as he delivered the chamber's first-ever virtual speech by a foreign leader.
"The question for us now is, to be or not to be," he said in his 10-minute speech, which followed similar addresses to members of the US Congress and the European Parliament.
"Now I can give you a definitive answer: it is yes, to be."
Zelenskyy, while thanking Western countries for their retaliation against Russia, also noted that NATO had failed to accede to his demands to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
Appealing directly to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he said: "But please increase the pressure of sanctions against this country. And please recognize this country as a terrorist state.
"And please make sure that our skies are safe.
"Please make sure that you do what needs to be done and what is stipulated by the greatness of your country."
'Moved our hearts'
In response, Johnson said "never before in all our centuries of parliamentary democracy has the House listened to such an address".
"He has moved the hearts of everybody in this House," he said, vowing that the West would press on with arms supplies to Ukraine and further sanctions, after the US and UK announced a ban on Russian oil.
But in common with other Western leaders, Johnson has warned that NATO enforcement of a no-fly zone would risk all-out war with nuclear-armed Russia.
Speeches by foreign heads of state are a rare occurrence in the "mother of all parliaments", and standing ovations are rarer still.
The last such speech was in October 2018, when Dutch King Willem-Alexander addressed a joint sitting of the Commons and House of Lords, in person.
Zelenskyy's address came after Ukraine's ambassador in London, Vadym Prystaiko, received a minute-long standing ovation from MPs when he attended the lower chamber on March 2.
Zelenskyy has been in daily contact with Western leaders since Russia launched its shock invasion on February 24, eliciting public sympathy if not all he wants in terms of practical support.
On March 5, Zelenskyy addressed nearly 300 members of the US Congress by Zoom to plead for financial aid and the delivery of Soviet-era planes from NATO members in eastern Europe.
He addressed the European Parliament on March 1 and gave an emotional plea for Ukraine to be given "immediate" EU membership.
Then, the English translator choked up as Zelenskyy described how civilians had been killed in Russia's bombardment of his cities.
Aid Package for Ukraine Keeps Growing 4:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters that Congress’ aid package for Ukraine now totals $14 billion — more than double what President Biden’s asked for last month.
WONDERFUL! EVEM MITCH CAN NOW START MOVING FROM PARTISAN TO PATRIOT.
Select Committee Gets Another Batch of Trump Documents 4:19 pm EST
“The National Archives has transmitted another crop of Trump White House documents to the Jan. 6 select committee, officials confirmed Tuesday — suggesting that former President Donald Trump has opted against seeking a renewed court challenge to the committee’s work,” Politico reports.
PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Starbucks each said Tuesday they are suspending business in Russia after that country’s invasion of Ukraine, a symbolic step-back by four iconic U.S. brands.
Pepsi’s cola has been sold in Russia for more than six decades. McDonald’s opened its restaurant in the Soviet Union in Moscow just months before the state collapsed. In recent days, all four companies have drawn criticism for continuing to operate in Russia while other U.S. companies backed out and paused sales.
(Bloomberg) — U.S. oil production will grow even more than the government previously expected as a scorching price rally drives producers to boost drilling.
Oil output will average 12.6 million barrels a day in 2023, an increase from its previous estimate of 12.41 million, according to Energy Information Administration data. The current annual all-time high of 12.3 million barrels a day was set in 2019. This year’s production forecast was also revised higher to 11.97 million barrels a day from an earlier projection of 11.8 million, the EIA said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook report.
This extra U.S. supply is a welcome boon for President Joe Biden, who has asked suppliers to raise production in order to help tamp down energy prices that are contributing to the highest inflation in decades. In the wake of oil prices surging to their highest since 2014, two of the largest U.S. oil companies announced they would increase production by double digits in the Permian Basin, America’s most prolific oil patch.
(Bloomberg) — U.S. oil production will grow even more than the government previously expected as a scorching price rally drives producers to boost drilling.
Oil output will average 12.6 million barrels a day in 2023, an increase from its previous estimate of 12.41 million, according to Energy Information Administration data. The current annual all-time high of 12.3 million barrels a day was set in 2019. This year’s production forecast was also revised higher to 11.97 million barrels a day from an earlier projection of 11.8 million, the EIA said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook report.
This extra U.S. supply is a welcome boon for President Joe Biden, who has asked suppliers to raise production in order to help tamp down energy prices that are contributing to the highest inflation in decades. In the wake of oil prices surging to their highest since 2014, two of the largest U.S. oil companies announced they would increase production by double digits in the Permian Basin, America’s most prolific oil patch.
The great economy is a major factor in gasoline prices and again demand kputz
Changes in gasoline and diesel prices mirror those of crude oil prices, which are determined in the global crude oil market by the worldwide demand for and supply of crude oil. Per-barrel costs for crude oil – the No. 1 factor in the cost of producing gasoline and diesel – reflecting the global oil oil supply/demand balance and inventories, among other factors.
With solid economic growth, U.S. petroleum demand (20.5 million barrels per day in Q2 2019) ran at its highest level since 2007 and was up by 178 thousand barrels per day from Q1 2019. Gasoline prices ($2.72 per gallon nationwide average in June 2019 per AAA) have decreased 6 percent year-on-year in tandem with Diesel and Crude oil prices.
Coca-Cola is suspending operations in Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Axios reports.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports Pepsi is exploring options for its business in Russia, including writing off the value of the unit.
Proud Boys Leader Arrested in His Underwear
Apparently taken by surprise, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was handcuffed in his underwear early this morning, as police arrived at his home to arrest him on conspiracy charges.
With solid economic growth, U.S. petroleum demand (20.5 million barrels per day in Q2 2019) ran at its highest level since 2007 and was up by 178 thousand barrels per day from Q1 201
Hey Alky note economic growth and oil production occur with R’s in office, W in 07 and bad Orangeman in 2019.
Curious that, Donks come in the country turn to shit.
Some things are so obvious that they don't have to be explained anywhere but here where people like you are so lacking in souls.
If the brave people of Ukraine can survive and even be victorious over the horrors of death and destruction they are tragically experienceing in their land, we in America ought to be able to "handle" the discomfort of higher prices as the gas pumps.
A new Wall Street Journal poll finds that 79% of PATRIOTIC Americans said they favor a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increases energy prices here.
Just 13% of people like you here at Ch UNTRUTH said they oppose it.
Patriotic Americans are saying, cut of the oil and gas from Russia anyway. We will bear the pain.
Some things are so obvious that they don't have to be explained anywhere but here where people like you are so lacking in souls.
Some things are so obvious that they don't have to be explained anywhere but here where people like you are so lacking in souls.
If the brave people of Ukraine can survive and even be victorious over the horrors of death and destruction they are tragically experienceing in their land, we in America ought to be able to "handle" the discomfort of higher prices as the gas pumps.
A new Wall Street Journal poll finds that 79% of PATRIOTIC Americans said they favor a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increases energy prices here.
Just 13% of people like you here at Ch UNTRUTH said they oppose it.
Patriotic Americans are saying, cut of the oil and gas from Russia anyway. We will bear the pain.
Our allies are working with us together to strengthen Ukraine against Putin and his barbaric actions.
The Polish government announced Tuesday it was prepared to deploy its entire fleet of used MiG-29 fighter jets to a U.S. airbase in Germany, giving the U.S. the option to then transfer the Soviet-era aircraft to Ukraine's military.
Why it matters: Ukraine has pleaded with the Western allies to either impose a "no-fly" zone or hand over warplanes that Ukrainian pilots could use to counter Russia's aerial assault. But the U.S. and Poland had downplayed the chances of such a deal as recently as Monday, warning of major logistics issues and the risk of provoking Russia.
Details: Under one option being considered by the Biden administration, the U.S. would backfill Poland's MiG-29 fleet with American-made F-16 fighter jets.
Poland hinted at that proposal in its statement Tuesday, asking the U.S. "to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities" in exchange for the MiGs.Poland also called on other eastern-flank NATO allies in possession of MiGs — Bulgaria and Slovakia — to take similar steps.Victoria Nuland, the No. 3 official at the State Department, told a Senate committee Tuesday that Poland's announcement came as a "surprise" to her: "To my knowledge, it wasn't pre-consulted with us that they planned to give these planes to us."
Between the lines: With Tuesday’s announcement, Poland seems to be shifting responsibility for making this deal happen — and for weathering the repercussions from Russia — onto the U.S.
Russia's Defense Ministry had warned on Sunday that any country that allows Ukrainian-operated airplanes to use their soil to attack the Russian military could be considered a participant in the conflict.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the U.S. would not oppose Poland's "sovereign decision" to send fighter jets to Ukraine, stressing: "They make their own decisions, but it is not as easy as just moving planes around."
What to watch: The Biden administration is facing bipartisan pressure from Congress to move quickly to transfer the jets to Ukraine — but significant logistical hurdles remain unresolved.
Those include expediting the complex process of backfilling Poland's fleet with F-16s and physically getting the MiGs into heavily contested Ukrainian airspace, which Russia may view as a provocation from NATO.Asked if the administration would do everything in its power to transfer the jets, Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I will continue to convey the very strong bipartisan view of this committee that these planes need to get to Ukraine."
Germany is totally controlled by Russia … They will be getting between 60 and 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline, and you tell me if that is appropriate because I think it's not,” Trump said. July 2018
CALI: you aren’t smart, you’re incapable of formulating an argument on your own much less a thought, you’re really very stupid ___________
"If the brave people of Ukraine can survive and even be victorious over the horrors of death and destruction they are tragically experienceing in their land, we in America ought to be able to "handle" the discomfort of higher prices as the gas pumps. _______
My own words, followed by a poll that backs them up.
We could be facing nuclear war and some want to play politics as if it is not that serious.
Sorry Reverend... but to date we couldn't have handled this in a less serious manner if we had tried. There are about a hundred things that could have make this invasion less likely and many that would have made it all but impossible.
But just like Afghanistan.... we waited till it was too late and got caught with our pants around our ankles. Nobody had to have died, nobody had to have had a loved one injured, nobody should have had a home destroyed, nobody should have had to abandon their cities and towns as refugees.
While we should all root mightily for Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people, it seems rather embarrassing that a group of 28 countries with real skin in this game refuse to do anything that would genuinely ruffle Mr Putin's feathers.
75% of Americans (and I suspect similar numbers or Europeans) believe we should be setting up a no-fly Zone regardless of what threats Putin has made. But I guess some of you secretly want Putin to win and so you support the idea of not helping and letting the Ukranians fend completely for themselves.
You know how many times in the past we have established no-fly zones for much less toxic situations?
WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The former chairman of the U.S. right-wing group the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested on Tuesday on a conspiracy charge for his alleged role in plotting the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol in a bid to block certification of President Joe Biden's election.
Tarrio, 38, appeared in a virtual Miami-based federal court hearing from a cellblock in a nearby local jail, and prosecutors said they were seeking to have him detained pending trial because they believe he is a danger to the community and poses a risk of flight.
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Tarrio told the judge he has "absolutely" no savings, and that he only recently got a job printing T-shirts that earns him $400-500 per week.
Andrew Jacobs, a federal defender, was appointed to represent Tarrio, and a detention hearing was set for Friday at 10 a.m.
An attorney for Tarrio did not respond to requests for comment.
Tarrio is one of the most high-profile of more than 775 people criminally charged for their roles in the attack on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Tarrio was not on the Capitol grounds on the day of the assault, but is charged with helping plan and direct it.
There are single parents who musy choose between filling their gas tank or feeding their kids. Biden says. Suck it up. And even more tone deaf, Pete buttigieg says go bye a new electric car.
What to watch: The Biden administration is facing bipartisan pressure from Congress to move quickly to transfer the jets to Ukraine — but significant logistical hurdles remain unresolved.
Those include expediting the complex process of backfilling Poland's fleet with F-16s and physically getting the MiGs into heavily contested Ukrainian airspace, which Russia may view as a provocation from NATO.Asked if the administration would do everything in its power to transfer the jets, Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I will continue to convey the very strong bipartisan view of this committee that these planes need to get to Ukraine."
An American no fly zone could trigger another European war
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said... Anyone who thinks we definitely are nowhere near nuclear war or something nearly as bad should go up there amd read 5:17 VERY carefully.
What changes for all you geriatrics in lockdown?
Y’all buy very little gas, you haven’t been outside in 2 years, so keep spewing your pablum, that you are with Ukraine, fuck you and the Neocons that want another war to keep the uni-party in power.
To divert attention from Dementia Joes, failed presidency
House dem caucus leader says the price of gas hasn't come up. He's getting his dumb ass handed to him over the comment. But the stooges here will agree.
The legislation also codifies new timely delivery transparency requirements for the Postal Service, which has struggled with on-time service since Postmaster General Louis DeJoy took office in June 2020, and allows the agency to contract with local, state and Indigenous governments to offer basic non-mail services, such as hunting and fishing licenses. “By passing this historic legislation, the Senate has shown the American people that we can come together, build consensus and pass meaningful reforms that will improve lives,” Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.), the bill’s lead Democratic sponsor, said in a statement. “This bill, which has been 15 years in the making, will finally help the Postal Service overcome burdensome requirements that threaten their ability to provide reliable service to the American people.” The bill is the cornerstone of DeJoy’s 10-year restructuring plan. The mail chief has long been a foil of Biden and congressional Democrats because of his past as a Republican financier and the Postal Service’s delayed performance ahead of the 2020 election.
Myballs said... There are single parents who musy choose between filling their gas tank or feeding their kids. Biden says. Suck it up. And even more tone deaf, Pete buttigieg says go bye a new electric car.
Friggin jackasses.
I have an idea, Donks can force the inefficient government to enter, a la Obungholecare and take over energy production. And fuck that up worse than they have to date.
Anyone who thinks we definitely are nowhere near nuclear war or something nearly equally as bad should go up there amd read 5:17 VERY carefully. _______
"Russia's Defense Ministry had warned on Sunday that any country that allows Ukrainian-operated airplanes to use their soil to attack the Russian military could be considered a participant in the conflict."
That means that Poland could be considered a particpant in the conflict, widening the war in Europe.
And if Russia attacks Poland, all NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION members are required by the Treaty agreement to regard that attack as an attack on us all.
Wasn't it you liberals who always said that Trump was going to be the President who stared WWIII - how silly of you. It's not strength that starts wars, it is weakness.
Pentagon says Poland’s jet offer for Ukraine ‘not tenable’ By VANESSA GERA, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ELLEN KNICKMEYER 7 minutes ago
FILE - Two Polish Air Force Russian made Mig 29's fly above and below two Polish Air Force U.S. made F-16's fighter jets during the Air Show in Radom, Poland, on Aug. 27, 2011.
In a private video call with American lawmakers over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a “desperate” plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight Russia's invasion and retain control of its airspace.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland’s offer to give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, in a rare public display of disharmony by NATO allies seeking to boost Ukrainian fighters while avoiding getting caught up in a wider war with Russia.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Poland’s proposal earlier Tuesday to deliver the jets to the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany raised the concerning prospect of jets departing from a U.S. and NATO base to fly into airspace contested with Russia in the Ukraine war.
“We will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one,” Kirby said in a statement.
“It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it,” he said.
Any decision to provide the MiGs would be a morale booster for Ukraine as Russian attacks on its cities deepen the humanitarian catastrophe. But it also would raise the risks of a wider war.
One senior U.S. diplomat said Poland’s announcement came as a surprise.
“To my knowledge, it wasn’t pre-consulted with us that they plan to get these planes to us,” said U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, who told lawmakers she learned of the proposal as she was driving to testify about the Ukraine crisis before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Ukraine has been pleading for more warplanes and Washington has been looking at a proposal under which Poland would supply Ukraine with the Mig29s and in turn receive American F-16s to make up for their loss. Ukrainian pilots are trained to fly the Soviet-era fighter jets.
The Polish Foreign Ministry announced the plan in a statement, which said the jets would be delivered to Ramstein free of charge.
“At the same time, Poland requests the United States to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities,” it said.
The Polish government also appealed to other owners of MIG-29 jets to follow suit.
Former Soviet-bloc NATO members Bulgaria and Slovakia also still have Soviet-made fighter jets in their air forces.
Poland’s decision to publicly float its plan came the day before Vice President Kamala Harris was scheduled to depart for Warsaw for talks with Polish officials. The disconnect is likely to cast an awkward layer to the talks, which were expected to focus largely on U.S. efforts to help Poland and other eastern European nations that have taken in some 2 million refugees since the war started less than two weeks ago.
The handover of Poland’s 28 Soviet-made MiG-29s would signal Western resolve to do more to deter Russia. Militarily, it would be unlikely to be a game-changer. The number of aircraft is relatively small. The MiG-29s also are inferior to more sophisticated Russian aircraft and could be easy prey for Russian pilots and Russian missiles.
Russia has warned that supporting Ukraine’s air force would be seen in Moscow as participating in the conflict and open up suppliers to possible retaliation.
It would also weaken Poland’s own air force at a time of heightened danger in Eastern Europe.
A transfer of the MiGs to Ukraine is fraught with complications as neither NATO nor the European Union want to be seen as directly involved in the transaction, which will significantly raise already extreme tensions with Russia. The U.S. has no plan to directly transfer the planes to Ukraine.
In order to maintain the pretense that NATO and the EU are not direct participants in the Ukraine conflict, U.S. and Polish officials have been considering a variety of options. One begins with the “donation” of Poland’s MiGs to the United States, as Poland announced on Tuesday.
Under one scenario that has been floated, Poland would deliver the fighter jets to the U.S. base in Germany, where they would be repainted and flown to a non-NATO, non-European Union country. Ukrainian pilots would then come to fly them to Ukraine, under that proposal.
No country has been publicly identified as a transit point, but Kosovo, a non-aligned country that is very friendly with the United States, has been mentioned as one of several nations that might be willing to serve as a middleman.
Poland had been asking for the U.S. to provide it with F-16 fighter jets to replace the MiGs.
F-16 production is backlogged, however, and the next recipient in line for new deliveries is Taiwan, which is facing renewed threats from China and has strong support from both parties in Congress.
In its statement, the Polish government specifically asked for “used” planes, a distinction that would allow the Biden administration to bypass congressional opposition to making Taiwan wait to receive its F-16s.
Earlier Tuesday, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said his country would stand by Poland if it handed over the jets, noting that it could face the “direct consequence” of its decision.
“And so we would protect Poland, we’ll help them with anything that they need,” Wallace said on Sky News.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said any decision about delivering offensive weapons must be made unanimously by NATO members.
“This is why we are able to give all of our fleet of jet fighters to Ramstein, but we are not ready to make any moves on our own because ... we are not a party to this war,” he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he believed the aid that Congress hopes to approve later this week for Ukraine will include loan guarantees to help NATO allies replenish their air forces after giving MiGs to Ukraine
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Knickmeyer reported from Washington. AP writer Danica Kirka in London and AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told The View that Donald Trump admired — but also feared — Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Said Grisham: “I think he was afraid of him. I think that the man intimidated him. Because Putin is a scary man, just frankly, I think he was afraid of him. I also think he admired him, greatly, I think he wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him. So I think it was a lot of that. In my experience with him, he loved the dictators, he loved the people who could kill anyone, including the press.”
She added: “And I will say this, just in watching all of this with Zelensky, Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding. And Zelenskyy has been out there fighting for his country.”
This is complicated. There are no easy answers. Amd this complicated situation would exist no matter who was/is president.
That is one opinion...
one shared ironically by only about 30% of the population.
Do you think it was coincidence that both the Taliban and Putin played nice for four years and then the Taliban started moving in Afghanistan (prior to our pull out - in fact that movement prompted our pullout) and now Putin decides to attack Ukraine?
I mean... many wise people will tell you that there is no such thing as a coincidence.
U.S. Pushes Back on Poland’s Offer of MIG Fighters 7:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
“The United States all-but declined an offer from Poland on Tuesday to deliver an unspecified number of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine so that the warplanes could be used against invading Russian forces,” the Washington Post reports.
Said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby: “We do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one.”
“The unusual public offer, posted on the website of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs, blindsided U.S. officials who said they were not consulted by the Polish government ahead of the proposal.”
The situation is complicated. Ukraine deserately needs the fighters, but-- it seems if the Poles give them to us to give to Ukraine... read my long two posts above again.
WASHINGTON — The United States is exploring a deal with Venezuela for oil amid soaring energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But that doesn’t mean Americans will see an immediate impact on gas prices at the pump, experts say. Even if President Joe Biden chooses to ease sanctions on its oil sector, Venezuela won’t be able to turn the spigots back on overnight.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said... WASHINGTON — The United States is exploring a deal with Venezuela for oil amid soaring energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But that doesn’t mean Americans will see an immediate impact on gas prices at the pump, experts say. Even if President Joe Biden chooses to ease sanctions on its oil sector, Venezuela won’t be able to turn the spigots back on overnight.
DUH, is their anyone here drawing a breath, not under lockdown, that didn’t know that?
So why do you assholes always slow production? It takes time to ramp up.
U.S. spy chiefs say Putin may escalate despite Ukraine setbacks Reuters
By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of U.S. spy agencies said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin may intensify the assault on Ukraine despite military setbacks and economic hardships resulting from international sanctions, setting up "an ugly next few weeks."
"Our analysts assess that Putin is unlikely to be deterred by such setbacks and instead may escalate," Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the annual House of Representatives Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, where she testified with other intelligence agency directors.
With tensions so high, there is always the potential for "unintended escalation," Haines said.
Haines said Putin's announcement that he was elevating his nuclear forces' readiness was unusual, but that intelligence analysts had not observed changes in Russia's nuclear posture beyond what was detected during previous international crises.
"We also have not observed force-wide nuclear posture changes that go beyond what we've seen in prior moments of heightened tensions," Haines said.
William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, echoed Haines' assessment that Russia is unlikely to back down.
"I think Putin is angry and frustrated right now. He's likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties," Burns said.
Burns said he and CIA analysts do not see how Putin can accomplish his goal of taking Kyiv and replacing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's government with a pro-Moscow or puppet leadership.
'END GAME' "I fail to see how he can produce that kind of an end game and where that leads, I think, is for an ugly next few weeks in which he doubles down ... with scant regard for civilian casualties," Burns told the committee.
Burns also said China's leaders are "unsettled" by events surrounding the assault on Ukraine, despite refusing to condemn Russia or call the attack an invasion.
"They did not anticipate the significant difficulties the Russians were going to run into. I think they are unsettled by the reputational damage that can come by their close association with President Putin;
second by the economic consequences at a moment when they are facing lower annual growth rates than they've experienced for more than three decades," Burns added.
"I think they're a little bit unsettled about the impact on the global economy. And third, I think they're a little bit unsettled by the way in which Vladimir Putin has driven Europeans and Americans much closer together," Burns said.
The United States has done "intensive intelligence-sharing" with Ukraine, Burns said.
Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said his "low confidence" assessment was that 2,000 to 4,000 Russian troops have been killed.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" that it says is not designed to occupy territory but to destroy its southern neighbor's military capabilities and capture what it regards as dangerous nationalists.
“He was livid and shaking, showed a lot of temper and yelling… He started talking about he won the election, the machines are rigged and he was going to be there another term. This showed a detachment from reality that was stunning to me.” — Former Attorney General William Barr, describing Donald Trump to Fox News.
Taegan Goddard points out: “But I’ll vote for him again if he’s the Republican nominee…” Barr says.
“He was livid and shaking, showed a lot of temper and yelling… He started talking about he won the election, the machines are rigged and he was going to be there another term. This showed a detachment from reality that was stunning to me.”
— Former Attorney General William Barr, describing Donald Trump to Fox News.
“But I’ll vote for him again if he’s the Republican nominee…”
Venezuela’s authoritarian government on Tuesday released at least two imprisoned Americans, a potential turning point in the Biden administration’s relationship with Russia’s staunchest ally in the Western Hemisphere,” the New York Times reports.
“The release followed a rare trip by a high-level U.S. delegation to Venezuela over the weekend to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, part of a broader Biden administration agenda in autocratic countries that may be rethinking their ties with President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The talks with Venezuela, which has enormous proven oil reserves, assumed new urgency after President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States would ban Russian oil and gas imports because of the invasion.”
Venezuela’s authoritarian government on Tuesday released at least two imprisoned Americans, a potential turning point in the Biden administration’s relationship with Russia’s staunchest ally in the Western Hemisphere,” the New York Times reports.
“The release followed a rare trip by a high-level U.S. delegation to Venezuela over the weekend to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, part of a broader Biden administration agenda in autocratic countries that may be rethinking their ties with President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The talks with Venezuela, which has enormous proven oil reserves, assumed new urgency after President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States would ban Russian oil and gas imports because of the invasion.”
I've done it several times these past few months. You didn't. You ignored it. And you know what? You're just not worth it. You do nothing but troll and spam every thread.
Roger and Denny post stupid shit. But at least it is their own. All you do is post other people's comments and articles.
We went four years under Trump and saw no military action taken by Putin or others.
We are barely into year two under Biden and already the Taliban moved in Afghanistan and Putin invaded Ukraine.
That is not an opinion, but a pure statement of fact. The inference is obvious.
Your opinion is entirely 100% hypothetical. It makes assumptions that are quite literally impossible to prove. It's also an opinion that is very much a minority one. It also comes from someone (yourself) who seems completely out of whack with how someone like Putin thinks. Your projection that Putin is a silly American politician swinging in the wind at the slightest change in his poll numbers is all the evidence I need to absolutely know for certain that you have no clue how this guy thinks.
Putin over the years has been quite particular about when he does stuff.
"Your projection that Putin is a silly American politician swinging in the wind at the slightest change in his poll numbers is all the evidence I need to absolutely know for certain that you have no clue how this guy thinks."
That statement alone, Ch, is all the evidence I need "to absolutely know for certain that" YOU have not the least clue about how I think.
I never said anything remotely resembling that. Polls are not taken in Russia, but even in Russia when a dictator displeases the Russian people TOO much, his days are numbered.
You rattle off fantasies like that and actually expect me to take them seriously?
And while any of you are about it, say something that is not simplistic about Roger's post at 5:17 above, or about any of my more signifcant posts above. Ask me any complicated question about any of them, whether concerning my own words or the words of others.
Myballs said... I've done it several times these past few months. You didn't. You ignored it. And you know what? You're just not worth it. You do nothing but troll and spam every thread.
Roger and Denny post stupid shit. But at least it is their own. All you do is post other people's comments and articles.
The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said... Put down the PBR
Venezuela’s authoritarian government on Tuesday released at least two imprisoned Americans, a potential turning point in the Biden administration’s relationship with Russia’s staunchest ally in the Western Hemisphere,” the New York Times reports.
“The release followed a rare trip by a high-level U.S. delegation to Venezuela over the weekend to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, part of a broader Biden administration agenda in autocratic countries that may be rethinking their ties with President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The talks with Venezuela, which has enormous proven oil reserves, assumed new urgency after President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States would ban Russian oil and gas imports because of the invasion.”
Alky, tomorrow morning when I roll over with morning wood, I’ll smacking my wife with it, not the 5th Beatle….and then I’ll go fill one of our 2 ES 350s.
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Starbucks Suspends All Business In Russia
3:27 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
“Starbucks is suspending all business activity in Russia as Putin’s forces continue their attacks on Ukraine,"
CNBC reports.
GOP Candidate Tells Daughters to ‘Enjoy’ It If Raped
Robert Regan (R), who is favored to win a seat in the Michigan House, said he tells his daughters to “just lie back and enjoy it” if they are raped,
the Washington Post reports.
Said Regan: “I tell my daughters, ‘Well, if rape is inevitable, you should just lie back and enjoy it.'”
One of Regan’s daughters urged voters not to elect him to office two years ago.
WONDER WHY?
The increase in the price of gasoline is the cost of fighting for Ukraine, not a political agenda like you have.
This man is the greatest man in the 21st century not Donald Trump.
Channelling Churchill, Ukraine leader vows: 'We will fight to the end' in address to UK lawmakers
Agence France-Presse
March 08, 2022
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, invoking the wartime defiance of British prime minister Winston Churchill, vowed Tuesday to "fight to the end" in a historic virtual speech to UK lawmakers.
"We will not give up and we will not lose," he said, giving a day-by-day account of Russia's invasion that dwelt on the costs in lives of civilians including Ukrainian children.
"We will fight to the end, at sea, in the air. We will continue fighting for our land, whatever the cost.
"We will fight in the forests, in the fields, on the shores, in the streets," he told the packed chamber, which greeted him with a standing ovation at the start and rose again at the end.
The speech was a conscious echo of Churchill's landmark address to the House of Commons in June 1940, after British forces were forced to retreat from France in the face of a Nazi German onslaught.
"We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender," Churchill said after the retreat at Dunkirk.
Zelenskyy, wearing a military-green T-shirt and sitting next to Ukraine's blue-and-yellow flag, also invoked William Shakespeare as he delivered the chamber's first-ever virtual speech by a foreign leader.
"The question for us now is, to be or not to be," he said in his 10-minute speech, which followed similar addresses to members of the US Congress and the European Parliament.
"Now I can give you a definitive answer: it is yes, to be."
Zelenskyy, while thanking Western countries for their retaliation against Russia, also noted that NATO had failed to accede to his demands to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine.
Appealing directly to British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, he said: "But please increase the pressure of sanctions against this country. And please recognize this country as a terrorist state.
"And please make sure that our skies are safe.
"Please make sure that you do what needs to be done and what is stipulated by the greatness of your country."
'Moved our hearts'
In response, Johnson said "never before in all our centuries of parliamentary democracy has the House listened to such an address".
"He has moved the hearts of everybody in this House," he said, vowing that the West would press on with arms supplies to Ukraine and further sanctions, after the US and UK announced a ban on Russian oil.
But in common with other Western leaders, Johnson has warned that NATO enforcement of a no-fly zone would risk all-out war with nuclear-armed Russia.
Speeches by foreign heads of state are a rare occurrence in the "mother of all parliaments", and standing ovations are rarer still.
The last such speech was in October 2018, when Dutch King Willem-Alexander addressed a joint sitting of the Commons and House of Lords, in person.
Zelenskyy's address came after Ukraine's ambassador in London, Vadym Prystaiko, received a minute-long standing ovation from MPs when he attended the lower chamber on March 2.
Zelenskyy has been in daily contact with Western leaders since Russia launched its shock invasion on February 24, eliciting public sympathy if not all he wants in terms of practical support.
On March 5, Zelenskyy addressed nearly 300 members of the US Congress by Zoom to plead for financial aid and the delivery of Soviet-era planes from NATO members in eastern Europe.
He addressed the European Parliament on March 1 and gave an emotional plea for Ukraine to be given "immediate" EU membership.
Then, the English translator choked up as Zelenskyy described how civilians had been killed in Russia's bombardment of his cities.
Like Peter Doocy pointed out to peppermint patty, gas prices were up and goung higher before Ukraine.
People are dying in Ukraine
and Americans are paying more at the pump.
We can handle that.
We can. Some cannot.
Aid Package for Ukraine Keeps Growing
4:04 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) told reporters that Congress’ aid package for Ukraine now totals $14 billion — more than double what President Biden’s asked for last month.
WONDERFUL!
EVEM MITCH CAN NOW START MOVING FROM PARTISAN TO PATRIOT.
EVEN
Gas prices at record high. Biden says they will go higher. And yet, he ignorantly refuses to increase domestic oil production.
Never underestimate Joe's ability to fuck things up
Select Committee Gets Another Batch of Trump Documents
4:19 pm EST
“The National Archives has transmitted another crop of Trump White House documents to the Jan. 6 select committee, officials confirmed Tuesday — suggesting that former President Donald Trump has opted against seeking a renewed court challenge to the committee’s work,”
Politico reports.
No one cares pedo, Trump is no longer president, get over your obsession
People are dying in Ukraine
and Americans are paying more at the pump.
We can handle that.
Glad to hear that you can handle people dying in Ukraine.
Personally I think it would have been better to have prevented it.
But that is just me. I would rather not be flippant about how much death and destruction I am willing to "handle".
PepsiCo, Coca-Cola, McDonald’s and Starbucks each said Tuesday they are suspending business in Russia after that country’s invasion of Ukraine, a symbolic step-back by four iconic U.S. brands.
Pepsi’s cola has been sold in Russia for more than six decades. McDonald’s opened its restaurant in the Soviet Union in Moscow just months before the state collapsed. In recent days, all four companies have drawn criticism for continuing to operate in Russia while other U.S. companies backed out and paused sales.
(Bloomberg) — U.S. oil production will grow even more than the government previously expected as a scorching price rally drives producers to boost drilling.
Oil output will average 12.6 million barrels a day in 2023, an increase from its previous estimate of 12.41 million, according to Energy Information Administration data. The current annual all-time high of 12.3 million barrels a day was set in 2019. This year’s production forecast was also revised higher to 11.97 million barrels a day from an earlier projection of 11.8 million, the EIA said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook report.
This extra U.S. supply is a welcome boon for President Joe Biden, who has asked suppliers to raise production in order to help tamp down energy prices that are contributing to the highest inflation in decades. In the wake of oil prices surging to their highest since 2014, two of the largest U.S. oil companies announced they would increase production by double digits in the Permian Basin, America’s most prolific oil patch.
This extra U.S. supply is a welcome boon for President Joe Biden,
LMAO
(Bloomberg) — U.S. oil production will grow even more than the government previously expected as a scorching price rally drives producers to boost drilling.
Oil output will average 12.6 million barrels a day in 2023, an increase from its previous estimate of 12.41 million, according to Energy Information Administration data. The current annual all-time high of 12.3 million barrels a day was set in 2019. This year’s production forecast was also revised higher to 11.97 million barrels a day from an earlier projection of 11.8 million, the EIA said in its monthly Short-Term Energy Outlook report.
This extra U.S. supply is a welcome boon for President Joe Biden, who has asked suppliers to raise production in order to help tamp down energy prices that are contributing to the highest inflation in decades. In the wake of oil prices surging to their highest since 2014, two of the largest U.S. oil companies announced they would increase production by double digits in the Permian Basin, America’s most prolific oil patch.
Repeat it 18 more times in bold you insufferable dullard.
It’s won’t be a boon to Dementia Joe
LOL
The great economy is a major factor in gasoline prices and again demand kputz
Changes in gasoline and diesel prices mirror those of crude oil prices, which are determined in the global crude oil market by the worldwide demand for and supply of crude oil. Per-barrel costs for crude oil – the No. 1 factor in the cost of producing gasoline and diesel – reflecting the global oil oil supply/demand balance and inventories, among other factors.
With solid economic growth, U.S. petroleum demand (20.5 million barrels per day in Q2 2019) ran at its highest level since 2007 and was up by 178 thousand barrels per day from Q1 2019. Gasoline prices ($2.72 per gallon nationwide average in June 2019 per AAA) have decreased 6 percent year-on-year in tandem with Diesel and Crude oil prices.
Coca-Cola Suspends Business In Russia
Coca-Cola is suspending operations in Russia in response to President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine, Axios reports.
Meanwhile, the Wall Street Journal reports Pepsi is exploring options for its business in Russia, including writing off the value of the unit.
Proud Boys Leader Arrested in His Underwear
Apparently taken by surprise, Proud Boys leader Enrique Tarrio was handcuffed in his underwear early this morning, as police arrived at his home to arrest him on conspiracy charges.
With solid economic growth, U.S. petroleum demand (20.5 million barrels per day in Q2 2019) ran at its highest level since 2007 and was up by 178 thousand barrels per day from Q1 201
Hey Alky note economic growth and oil production occur with R’s in office, W in 07 and bad Orangeman in 2019.
Curious that, Donks come in the country turn to shit.
Thanks for the link.
LOL
This news day has been outstanding, a lot to enjoy and have fun with.
Some more pain promised by Biden upon the US Citizens.
Keyboard General Jamie Psaki.
Callousness on steroids.
People are dying in Ukraine
and Americans are paying more at the pump.
We can handle that"
Death is nothing to the baby aborters.
Trump as Jamie and Roger posted , the US was energy independence.
Biden on Day #1 thru his vision and his executive orders changed it.
At the time the Three Socialist Stooges of CHT cheered.
Cali, I know you wish
Trump would just go
away, but he won't.
Pedo I voted Dr Jo, your obsession is almost as *”preverted” as your obsession with prepubescent boys
*h/t Col Bat Guano, Dr Strangelove
Ch quoted me:
"People are dying
in Ukraine
and Americans
are paying more
at the pump.
We can handle that."
And then he said:
Glad to hear that you can handle people dying in Ukraine.
Personally I think it would have been better to have prevented it.
But that is just me. I would rather not be flippant about how much death and destruction I am willing to "handle".
.
James is wrong as often as Always Wrong Roger.
Some things are so obvious
that they don't have to be
explained anywhere but
here where people like you
are so lacking in souls.
If the brave people of Ukraine can survive and even be victorious over the horrors of death and destruction they are tragically experienceing in their land,
we in America ought to be able to "handle" the discomfort of higher prices as the gas pumps.
A new Wall Street Journal poll finds that 79% of PATRIOTIC Americans said they favor a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increases energy prices here.
Just 13% of people like you here at Ch UNTRUTH said they oppose it.
Patriotic Americans are saying,
cut of the oil and gas from Russia anyway. We will bear the pain.
Some things are so obvious
that they don't have to be
explained anywhere but
here where people like you
are so lacking in souls.
Some things are so obvious
that they don't have to be
explained anywhere but
here where people like you
are so lacking in souls.
If the brave people of Ukraine can survive and even be victorious over the horrors of death and destruction they are tragically experienceing in their land,
we in America ought to be able to "handle" the discomfort of higher prices as the gas pumps.
A new Wall Street Journal poll finds that 79% of PATRIOTIC Americans said they favor a ban on Russian oil imports even if the prohibition increases energy prices here.
Just 13% of people like you here at Ch UNTRUTH said they oppose it.
Patriotic Americans are saying,
cut of the oil and gas from Russia anyway. We will bear the pain.
cut off
Anonymous said...
Some things are so obvious
Here goes the pedo try to be incognito
Pedo, you aren’t smart, you’re incapable of formulating an argument on your own much less a thought, you’re really very stupid
Nope, I just hit the anonymous button by mistake, so I put in my picture immediately.
So you don’t that nym to defend yourself at times pederast?
Or are you going LIE, YET AGAIN
Wha....???
Our allies are working with us together to strengthen Ukraine against Putin and his barbaric actions.
The Polish government announced Tuesday it was prepared to deploy its entire fleet of used MiG-29 fighter jets to a U.S. airbase in Germany, giving the U.S. the option to then transfer the Soviet-era aircraft to Ukraine's military.
Why it matters: Ukraine has pleaded with the Western allies to either impose a "no-fly" zone or hand over warplanes that Ukrainian pilots could use to counter Russia's aerial assault. But the U.S. and Poland had downplayed the chances of such a deal as recently as Monday, warning of major logistics issues and the risk of provoking Russia.
Details: Under one option being considered by the Biden administration, the U.S. would backfill Poland's MiG-29 fleet with American-made F-16 fighter jets.
Poland hinted at that proposal in its statement Tuesday, asking the U.S. "to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities" in exchange for the MiGs.Poland also called on other eastern-flank NATO allies in possession of MiGs — Bulgaria and Slovakia — to take similar steps.Victoria Nuland, the No. 3 official at the State Department, told a Senate committee Tuesday that Poland's announcement came as a "surprise" to her: "To my knowledge, it wasn't pre-consulted with us that they planned to give these planes to us."
Between the lines: With Tuesday’s announcement, Poland seems to be shifting responsibility for making this deal happen — and for weathering the repercussions from Russia — onto the U.S.
Russia's Defense Ministry had warned on Sunday that any country that allows Ukrainian-operated airplanes to use their soil to attack the Russian military could be considered a participant in the conflict.White House press secretary Jen Psaki said Monday that the U.S. would not oppose Poland's "sovereign decision" to send fighter jets to Ukraine, stressing: "They make their own decisions, but it is not as easy as just moving planes around."
What to watch: The Biden administration is facing bipartisan pressure from Congress to move quickly to transfer the jets to Ukraine — but significant logistical hurdles remain unresolved.
Those include expediting the complex process of backfilling Poland's fleet with F-16s and physically getting the MiGs into heavily contested Ukrainian airspace, which Russia may view as a provocation from NATO.Asked if the administration would do everything in its power to transfer the jets, Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I will continue to convey the very strong bipartisan view of this committee that these planes need to get to Ukraine."
Smart Biden is calling the shots.
Germany is totally controlled by Russia … They will be getting between 60 and 70 percent of their energy from Russia and a new pipeline, and you tell me if that is appropriate because I think it's not,” Trump said.
July 2018
He warned them.
Biden to Americans.
"You deserve the Pain"
CALI:
you aren’t smart, you’re incapable of formulating an argument on your own much less a thought, you’re really very stupid
___________
"If the brave people of
Ukraine can survive and even be victorious over the horrors of death and destruction they are tragically experienceing in their land,
we in America ought to be able to "handle" the discomfort of higher prices as the gas pumps.
_______
My own words, followed by a poll that backs them up.
You are quite welcome.
;-)
Putin is trying to frighten us or anyone who supplies the Ukrainians with jet fighters.
I'm rooting for us and the Ukrainians.
Bidenomics
64% of Americans are pay check to paycheck.
They can take more pain.
Tell us by dollar amount
for:
gas
food
heating fuels
Is the top of pain we should take?
stop rootin for putin
We could be facing nuclear
war and some want to play
politics as if it is not
that serious.
We could be facing nuclear
war and some want to play
politics as if it is not
that serious.
Sorry Reverend... but to date we couldn't have handled this in a less serious manner if we had tried. There are about a hundred things that could have make this invasion less likely and many that would have made it all but impossible.
But just like Afghanistan.... we waited till it was too late and got caught with our pants around our ankles. Nobody had to have died, nobody had to have had a loved one injured, nobody should have had a home destroyed, nobody should have had to abandon their cities and towns as refugees.
While we should all root mightily for Zelenskyy and the Ukrainian people, it seems rather embarrassing that a group of 28 countries with real skin in this game refuse to do anything that would genuinely ruffle Mr Putin's feathers.
75% of Americans (and I suspect similar numbers or Europeans) believe we should be setting up a no-fly Zone regardless of what threats Putin has made. But I guess some of you secretly want Putin to win and so you support the idea of not helping and letting the Ukranians fend completely for themselves.
You know how many times in the past we have established no-fly zones for much less toxic situations?
My own words, followed by a poll that backs them up.
If you honestly believe that line of pablum refuted my post
You’re even dumber than I thought and that makes you about the equivalent of a potted plant
Entrapment according to Scott
WASHINGTON, March 8 (Reuters) - The former chairman of the U.S. right-wing group the Proud Boys, Enrique Tarrio, was arrested on Tuesday on a conspiracy charge for his alleged role in plotting the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol in a bid to block certification of President Joe Biden's election.
Tarrio, 38, appeared in a virtual Miami-based federal court hearing from a cellblock in a nearby local jail, and prosecutors said they were seeking to have him detained pending trial because they believe he is a danger to the community and poses a risk of flight.
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Tarrio told the judge he has "absolutely" no savings, and that he only recently got a job printing T-shirts that earns him $400-500 per week.
Andrew Jacobs, a federal defender, was appointed to represent Tarrio, and a detention hearing was set for Friday at 10 a.m.
An attorney for Tarrio did not respond to requests for comment.
Tarrio is one of the most high-profile of more than 775 people criminally charged for their roles in the attack on the Capitol by supporters of then-President Donald Trump. Tarrio was not on the Capitol grounds on the day of the assault, but is charged with helping plan and direct it.
Anyone who thinks
we definitely are
nowhere near nuclear war
or something nearly as bad should go up there amd read 5:17 VERY carefully.
There are single parents who musy choose between filling their gas tank or feeding their kids. Biden says. Suck it up. And even more tone deaf, Pete buttigieg says go bye a new electric car.
Friggin jackasses.
What to watch: The Biden administration is facing bipartisan pressure from Congress to move quickly to transfer the jets to Ukraine — but significant logistical hurdles remain unresolved.
Those include expediting the complex process of backfilling Poland's fleet with F-16s and physically getting the MiGs into heavily contested Ukrainian airspace, which Russia may view as a provocation from NATO.Asked if the administration would do everything in its power to transfer the jets, Nuland told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee: "I will continue to convey the very strong bipartisan view of this committee that these planes need to get to Ukraine."
An American no fly zone could trigger another European war
It's not worth the risk of a Third World war
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
Anyone who thinks
we definitely are
nowhere near nuclear war
or something nearly as bad should go up there amd read 5:17 VERY carefully.
What changes for all you geriatrics in lockdown?
Y’all buy very little gas, you haven’t been outside in 2 years, so keep spewing your pablum, that you are with Ukraine, fuck you and the Neocons that want another war to keep the uni-party in power.
To divert attention from Dementia Joes, failed presidency
House dem caucus leader says the price of gas hasn't come up. He's getting his dumb ass handed to him over the comment. But the stooges here will agree.
James, I don't need to read the opinions of others.
I have my own.
The legislation also codifies new timely delivery transparency requirements for the Postal Service, which has struggled with on-time service since Postmaster General Louis DeJoy took office in June 2020, and allows the agency to contract with local, state and Indigenous governments to offer basic non-mail services, such as hunting and fishing licenses.
“By passing this historic legislation, the Senate has shown the American people that we can come together, build consensus and pass meaningful reforms that will improve lives,” Sen. Gary Peters (Mich.), the bill’s lead Democratic sponsor, said in a statement. “This bill, which has been 15 years in the making, will finally help the Postal Service overcome burdensome requirements that threaten their ability to provide reliable service to the American people.”
The bill is the cornerstone of DeJoy’s 10-year restructuring plan. The mail chief has long been a foil of Biden and congressional Democrats because of his past as a Republican financier and the Postal Service’s delayed performance ahead of the 2020 election.
Myballs said...
There are single parents who musy choose between filling their gas tank or feeding their kids. Biden says. Suck it up. And even more tone deaf, Pete buttigieg says go bye a new electric car.
Friggin jackasses.
I have an idea, Donks can force the inefficient government to enter, a la Obungholecare and take over energy production. And fuck that up worse than they have to date.
Democrats float "gas tax holiday".
Funny simpletons.
"Joe Biden will bring you $7 gas"
President Trump 2020
Right again.
Anyone who thinks
we definitely are
nowhere near nuclear war
or something nearly equally as bad should go up there amd read 5:17 VERY carefully.
_______
"Russia's Defense Ministry had warned on Sunday that any country that allows Ukrainian-operated airplanes to use their soil to attack the Russian military could be considered a participant in the conflict."
That means that Poland could be considered a particpant in the conflict, widening the war in Europe.
And if Russia attacks Poland, all NORTH ATLANTIC TREATY ORGANIZATION members are required by the Treaty agreement to regard that attack as an attack on us all.
War between Russia and NATO, including the USA.
WORLDWAR III
WORLDWAR III
Correct....
Because of the feckless leadership.
Wasn't it you liberals who always said that Trump was going to be the President who stared WWIII - how silly of you. It's not strength that starts wars, it is weakness.
Shut up, Ch. The issue is complicated. "Feckless" is a word both sides can throw around.
I TOLD YOU SO:
https://apnews.com/article/russia-ukraine-europe-poland-nato-5724ff192113703d829024dc4410664e
Pentagon says Poland’s jet offer for Ukraine ‘not tenable’
By VANESSA GERA, LOLITA C. BALDOR and ELLEN KNICKMEYER
7 minutes ago
FILE - Two Polish Air Force Russian made Mig 29's fly above and below two Polish Air Force U.S. made F-16's fighter jets during the Air Show in Radom, Poland, on Aug. 27, 2011.
In a private video call with American lawmakers over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a “desperate” plea to the United States to help Kyiv get more warplanes to fight Russia's invasion and retain control of its airspace.
WARSAW, Poland (AP) — The Pentagon on Tuesday rejected Poland’s offer to give the United States its MiG-29 fighter jets for use by Ukraine, in a rare public display of disharmony by NATO allies seeking to boost Ukrainian fighters while avoiding getting caught up in a wider war with Russia.
Pentagon spokesman John Kirby said Poland’s proposal earlier Tuesday to deliver the jets to the U.S. Ramstein Air Base in Germany raised the concerning prospect of jets departing from a U.S. and NATO base to fly into airspace contested with Russia in the Ukraine war.
“We will continue to consult with Poland and our other NATO allies about this issue and the difficult logistical challenges it presents, but we do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one,” Kirby said in a statement.
“It is simply not clear to us that there is a substantive rationale for it,” he said.
Any decision to provide the MiGs would be a morale booster for Ukraine as Russian attacks on its cities deepen the humanitarian catastrophe. But it also would raise the risks of a wider war.
One senior U.S. diplomat said Poland’s announcement came as a surprise.
“To my knowledge, it wasn’t pre-consulted with us that they plan to get these planes to us,” said U.S. Undersecretary of State Victoria Nuland, who told lawmakers she learned of the proposal as she was driving to testify about the Ukraine crisis before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee.
Ukraine has been pleading for more warplanes and Washington has been looking at a proposal under which Poland would supply Ukraine with the Mig29s and in turn receive American F-16s to make up for their loss.
Ukrainian pilots are trained to fly the Soviet-era fighter jets.
The Polish Foreign Ministry announced the plan in a statement, which said the jets would be delivered to Ramstein free of charge.
“At the same time, Poland requests the United States to provide us with used aircraft with corresponding operational capabilities,” it said.
The Polish government also appealed to other owners of MIG-29 jets to follow suit.
Former Soviet-bloc NATO members Bulgaria and Slovakia also still have Soviet-made fighter jets in their air forces.
Poland’s decision to publicly float its plan came the day before Vice President Kamala Harris was scheduled to depart for Warsaw for talks with Polish officials. The disconnect is likely to cast an awkward layer to the talks, which were expected to focus largely on U.S. efforts to help Poland and other eastern European nations that have taken in some 2 million refugees since the war started less than two weeks ago.
The handover of Poland’s 28 Soviet-made MiG-29s would signal Western resolve to do more to deter Russia. Militarily, it would be unlikely to be a game-changer. The number of aircraft is relatively small. The MiG-29s also are inferior to more sophisticated Russian aircraft and could be easy prey for Russian pilots and Russian missiles.
Russia has warned that supporting Ukraine’s air force would be seen in Moscow as participating in the conflict and open up suppliers to possible retaliation.
It would also weaken Poland’s own air force at a time of heightened danger in Eastern Europe.
A transfer of the MiGs to Ukraine is fraught with complications as neither NATO nor the European Union want to be seen as directly involved in the transaction, which will significantly raise already extreme tensions with Russia. The U.S. has no plan to directly transfer the planes to Ukraine.
In order to maintain the pretense that NATO and the EU are not direct participants in the Ukraine conflict, U.S. and Polish officials have been considering a variety of options. One begins with the “donation” of Poland’s MiGs to the United States, as Poland announced on Tuesday.
Under one scenario that has been floated, Poland would deliver the fighter jets to the U.S. base in Germany, where they would be repainted and flown to a non-NATO, non-European Union country. Ukrainian pilots would then come to fly them to Ukraine, under that proposal.
No country has been publicly identified as a transit point, but Kosovo, a non-aligned country that is very friendly with the United States, has been mentioned as one of several nations that might be willing to serve as a middleman.
Poland had been asking for the U.S. to provide it with F-16 fighter jets to replace the MiGs.
F-16 production is backlogged, however, and the next recipient in line for new deliveries is Taiwan, which is facing renewed threats from China and has strong support from both parties in Congress.
In its statement, the Polish government specifically asked for “used” planes, a distinction that would allow the Biden administration to bypass congressional opposition to making Taiwan wait to receive its F-16s.
Earlier Tuesday, British Defense Secretary Ben Wallace said his country would stand by Poland if it handed over the jets, noting that it could face the “direct consequence” of its decision.
“And so we would protect Poland, we’ll help them with anything that they need,” Wallace said on Sky News.
Polish Prime Minister Mateusz Morawiecki said any decision about delivering offensive weapons must be made unanimously by NATO members.
“This is why we are able to give all of our fleet of jet fighters to Ramstein, but we are not ready to make any moves on our own because ... we are not a party to this war,” he said.
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell said Tuesday that he believed the aid that Congress hopes to approve later this week for Ukraine will include loan guarantees to help NATO allies replenish their air forces after giving MiGs to Ukraine
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Knickmeyer reported from Washington. AP writer Danica Kirka in London and AP Diplomatic Writer Matthew Lee contributed to this report.
This is complicated.
There are no easy answers.
Amd this complicated
situation would exist no
matter who was/is president.
Putin has been planning this move for a very long time.
Former White House press secretary Stephanie Grisham told The View that Donald Trump admired — but also feared — Russian president Vladimir Putin.
Said Grisham: “I think he was afraid of him. I think that the man intimidated him. Because Putin is a scary man, just frankly, I think he was afraid of him. I also think he admired him, greatly, I think he wanted to be able to kill whoever spoke out against him. So I think it was a lot of that. In my experience with him, he loved the dictators, he loved the people who could kill anyone, including the press.”
She added: “And I will say this, just in watching all of this with Zelensky, Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding. And Zelenskyy has been out there fighting for his country.”
Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding. And Zelenskyy has been out there fighting for his country.”
Almost everybody who worked for Trump found out that he was not qualified to be the President.
Except Ch
Donald Trump would be 57 feet below ground hiding. And Zelenskyy has been out there fighting for his country.”
This is complicated.
There are no easy answers.
Amd this complicated
situation would exist no
matter who was/is president.
That is one opinion...
one shared ironically by only about 30% of the population.
Do you think it was coincidence that both the Taliban and Putin played nice for four years and then the Taliban started moving in Afghanistan (prior to our pull out - in fact that movement prompted our pullout) and now Putin decides to attack Ukraine?
I mean... many wise people will tell you that there is no such thing as a coincidence.
Well, Roger, I'm not sure statements like those last are all that helpful, though there may be some truth to them.
But those kind of statements show too much of what is too often on display here all the time.
"Our" man is totally right,
and "Your" man is totally wrong.
And the situation is much too complicated for that.
We need cooler heads and more careful reasoning now. And we don't find much of that here on this partisan blog.
Ch, your last statement could be argued in many different ways.
You said what I said was just an opinion. I say my opinion was less opinionated than yours.
You say, Ch, that the opinion I expressed is one shared ironically by only about 30% of the population.."
You are basing that on Biden's low polling at present, though it's beginning to get better.
What about when/if his polling continues to get better and even breaks through 50% again?
Will that suddenly give my opinion more credence? No.
I'm not interested in this disgusting one upmanship.
U.S. Pushes Back on Poland’s Offer of MIG Fighters
7:33 pm EST By Taegan Goddard
“The United States all-but declined an offer from Poland on Tuesday to deliver an unspecified number of MiG-29 fighter jets to Ukraine so that the warplanes could be used against invading Russian forces,”
the Washington Post reports.
Said Pentagon spokesman John Kirby:
“We do not believe Poland’s proposal is a tenable one.”
“The unusual public offer, posted on the website of the Polish Ministry of Foreign Affairs,
blindsided U.S. officials who said they were not consulted by the Polish government ahead of the proposal.”
The situation is complicated. Ukraine deserately needs the fighters, but-- it seems if the Poles give them to us to give to Ukraine... read my long two posts above again.
And no shallow, simplistic solutions, please.
Blogger Honest, decent, truthful Rev. said...
Shut up, Ch. The issue is complicated. "Feckless" is a word both sides can throw aroun
LOL
Pederast you constantly claim Cold is the only one here worthy of debating and this is your retort????
LMAO
You’re dumber than I gave you credit for
Face it Pedo, you’re fucking stupid and you’re the only one that isn’t smart enough to recognize that FACT
WASHINGTON — The United States is exploring a deal with Venezuela for oil amid soaring energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But that doesn’t mean Americans will see an immediate impact on gas prices at the pump, experts say. Even if President Joe Biden chooses to ease sanctions on its oil sector, Venezuela won’t be able to turn the spigots back on overnight.
Blogger The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
WASHINGTON — The United States is exploring a deal with Venezuela for oil amid soaring energy prices after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. But that doesn’t mean Americans will see an immediate impact on gas prices at the pump, experts say. Even if President Joe Biden chooses to ease sanctions on its oil sector, Venezuela won’t be able to turn the spigots back on overnight.
DUH, is their anyone here drawing a breath, not under lockdown, that didn’t know that?
So why do you assholes always slow production? It takes time to ramp up.
U.S. spy chiefs say Putin may escalate despite Ukraine setbacks
Reuters
By Jonathan Landay and Patricia Zengerle
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Leaders of U.S. spy agencies said on Tuesday that Russian President Vladimir Putin may intensify the assault on Ukraine despite military setbacks and economic hardships resulting from international sanctions, setting up "an ugly next few weeks."
"Our analysts assess that Putin is unlikely to be deterred by such setbacks and instead may escalate," Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told the annual House of Representatives Intelligence Committee hearing on worldwide threats, where she testified with other intelligence agency directors.
With tensions so high, there is always the potential for "unintended escalation," Haines said.
Haines said Putin's announcement that he was elevating his nuclear forces' readiness was unusual, but that intelligence analysts had not observed changes in Russia's nuclear posture beyond what was detected during previous international crises.
"We also have not observed force-wide nuclear posture changes that go beyond what we've seen in prior moments of heightened tensions," Haines said.
William Burns, director of the Central Intelligence Agency, echoed Haines' assessment that Russia is unlikely to back down.
"I think Putin is angry and frustrated right now. He's likely to double down and try to grind down the Ukrainian military with no regard for civilian casualties," Burns said.
Burns said he and CIA analysts do not see how Putin can accomplish his goal of taking Kyiv and replacing President Volodymyr Zelenskiy's government with a pro-Moscow or puppet leadership.
'END GAME'
"I fail to see how he can produce that kind of an end game and where that leads, I think, is for an ugly next few weeks in which he doubles down ... with scant regard for civilian casualties," Burns told the committee.
Burns also said China's leaders are "unsettled" by events surrounding the assault on Ukraine, despite refusing to condemn Russia or call the attack an invasion.
"They did not anticipate the significant difficulties the Russians were going to run into. I think they are unsettled by the reputational damage that can come by their close association with President Putin;
second by the economic consequences at a moment when they are facing lower annual growth rates than they've experienced for more than three decades," Burns added.
"I think they're a little bit unsettled about the impact on the global economy.
And third,
I think they're a little bit unsettled by the way in which Vladimir Putin has driven Europeans and Americans much closer together," Burns said.
The United States has done "intensive intelligence-sharing" with Ukraine, Burns said.
Lieutenant General Scott Berrier, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said his "low confidence" assessment was that 2,000 to 4,000 Russian troops have been killed.
Russia calls its actions in Ukraine a "special operation" that it says is not designed to occupy territory but to destroy its southern neighbor's military capabilities and capture what it regards as dangerous nationalists.
Bonus Quote of the Day
By Taegan Goddard
“He was livid and shaking, showed a lot of temper and yelling… He started talking about he won the election, the machines are rigged and he was going to be there another term. This showed a detachment from reality that was stunning to me.”
— Former Attorney General William Barr, describing Donald Trump to Fox News.
Taegan Goddard points out:
“But I’ll vote for him again if he’s the Republican nominee…”
Barr says.
DUH!
No simplistic responses demanded by the guy who can only post the thoughts of others. He should just go away. No one respects him for this.
Tell me specifically
something that I am,
as you say, f-ing
stupid about, Cali.
Challenge me to say
something about any
issue, Myballs.
“He was livid and shaking, showed a lot of temper and yelling… He started talking about he won the election, the machines are rigged and he was going to be there another term. This showed a detachment from reality that was stunning to me.”
— Former Attorney General William Barr, describing Donald Trump to Fox News.
“But I’ll vote for him again if he’s the Republican nominee…”
Put down the PBR
Venezuela’s authoritarian government on Tuesday released at least two imprisoned Americans, a potential turning point in the Biden administration’s relationship with Russia’s staunchest ally in the Western Hemisphere,” the New York Times reports.
“The release followed a rare trip by a high-level U.S. delegation to Venezuela over the weekend to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, part of a broader Biden administration agenda in autocratic countries that may be rethinking their ties with President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The talks with Venezuela, which has enormous proven oil reserves, assumed new urgency after President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States would ban Russian oil and gas imports because of the invasion.”
Venezuela’s authoritarian government on Tuesday released at least two imprisoned Americans, a potential turning point in the Biden administration’s relationship with Russia’s staunchest ally in the Western Hemisphere,” the New York Times reports.
“The release followed a rare trip by a high-level U.S. delegation to Venezuela over the weekend to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, part of a broader Biden administration agenda in autocratic countries that may be rethinking their ties with President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The talks with Venezuela, which has enormous proven oil reserves, assumed new urgency after President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States would ban Russian oil and gas imports because of the invasion.”
I've done it several times these past few months. You didn't. You ignored it. And you know what? You're just not worth it. You do nothing but troll and spam every thread.
Roger and Denny post stupid shit. But at least it is their own. All you do is post other people's comments and articles.
I say my opinion was less opinionated than yours.
Actually mine was less of an opinion.
It was a statement of fact.
We went four years under Trump and saw no military action taken by Putin or others.
We are barely into year two under Biden and already the Taliban moved in Afghanistan and Putin invaded Ukraine.
That is not an opinion, but a pure statement of fact. The inference is obvious.
Your opinion is entirely 100% hypothetical. It makes assumptions that are quite literally impossible to prove. It's also an opinion that is very much a minority one. It also comes from someone (yourself) who seems completely out of whack with how someone like Putin thinks. Your projection that Putin is a silly American politician swinging in the wind at the slightest change in his poll numbers is all the evidence I need to absolutely know for certain that you have no clue how this guy thinks.
Putin over the years has been quite particular about when he does stuff.
"Your projection that Putin is a silly American politician swinging in the wind at the slightest change in his poll numbers is all the evidence I need to absolutely know for certain that you have no clue how this guy thinks."
That statement alone, Ch, is all the evidence I need "to absolutely know for certain that" YOU have not the least clue about how I think.
I never said anything remotely resembling that. Polls are not taken in Russia, but even in Russia when a dictator displeases the Russian people TOO much, his days are numbered.
You rattle off fantasies like that and actually expect me to take them seriously?
And while any of you are about it, say something that is not
simplistic about Roger's
post at 5:17 above, or
about any of my more signifcant
posts above. Ask me any complicated question about any of them, whether concerning my own words or the words of others.
Myballs said...
I've done it several times these past few months. You didn't. You ignored it. And you know what? You're just not worth it. You do nothing but troll and spam every thread.
Roger and Denny post stupid shit. But at least it is their own. All you do is post other people's comments and articles.
March 8, 2022 at 8:28 PM
We all have
He’s just too stupid and simplistic
The Real Halfbaked Soars Pundit said...
Put down the PBR
Venezuela’s authoritarian government on Tuesday released at least two imprisoned Americans, a potential turning point in the Biden administration’s relationship with Russia’s staunchest ally in the Western Hemisphere,” the New York Times reports.
“The release followed a rare trip by a high-level U.S. delegation to Venezuela over the weekend to meet with President Nicolás Maduro, part of a broader Biden administration agenda in autocratic countries that may be rethinking their ties with President Vladimir Putin in the aftermath of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.”
“The talks with Venezuela, which has enormous proven oil reserves, assumed new urgency after President Biden announced Tuesday that the United States would ban Russian oil and gas imports because of the invasion.”
Alky, tomorrow morning when I roll over with morning wood, I’ll smacking my wife with it, not the 5th Beatle….and then I’ll go fill one of our 2 ES 350s.
Enjoy your “freely chosen” living environment
LOL
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