[Newfie]

Another thought. Elsewhere are long discussions of Russian/Ukraine history. They are interesting and useful to a point. We often look back to understand today.

Putin, I suspect, is more focused on the future, he intends to make history not read it. Imagine yourself gazing Westward out a Kremlin window, let your mind wander, what would you see? What does Vlad see?

[AgentR11]

I think he sees a stuck anchor and a storm front overhead. From the moment he decided to float the ruble till today, he's been paying out line and trying to get free of the anchor without being stomped by the storm.

[vtsnowedin]

Someone suggested that for the state of the union speech next week Biden could just talk about things that have gone well for his administration and be out of there in about five minutes!
I would hate to be the speech writer tasked with putting lipstick on this pig.

[Newfie]

Vt,

Feeling any better about it today?

I am thinking “Red Wave”, and I don’t mean commies.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'V')t,

Feeling any better about it today?

I am thinking “Red Wave”, and I don’t mean commies.

[Newfie]

VT,

I surely hope you are wrong about that.

Frankly I don’t see that happening, but I’ve dropped my crystal ball too many times to be positive.

[Plantagenet]

The Biden White House just admitted that they've designed their sanctions so as to not interrupt the flow of fossil fuels from Russia

biden-white-house-slammed-sanctions-not-designed-disrupt-russia-energy-exports

So biden isn't putting any sanctions directly on Putin.....and Biden also isn't putting sanctions on Russian energy???

And there will also be no sanctions on Russia remaining in good standing in the international SWIFT money system???

Sounds to me like the sanctions on Russia aren't tough at all.

Biden is being a wimp as usual.

Could it be because the Russians have videos of Hunter Biden doing "crazy $#Hing sex"? as Hunter claimed in his laptop??


Hunter says the Russians have videos of him doing "crazy F&^%ing sex". Does that give the Russians leverage over Joe?

Hmmm.........

SHEESH!!

[Newfie]

Plant;

Two words would defuse any such video.

Photo Shop

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'P')lant;

Two words would defuse any such video.

Photo Shop

[Doly]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', 'T')he laptop from hell was clearly his laptop......the Biden's don't deny it

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('', '
')Denials and non-denials are purely a matter of whatever the PR experts think are the best optics at any given time. There is just no information content in such things.

[Newfie]

Plant;

If the videos come out the classic m will be-made that they are fake. Given the power of video editing, and the power of denial, seeing what you want to see, they have little chance of being an effective blackmail tool.

[jedrider]

Hunter smoking crack with Hookers?

Is that worst than Republicans having sex with Minors?

Hunter is not even a politician!

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('jedrider', 'H')unter smoking crack with Hookers?

...Hunter is not even a politician!

[Newfie]

Plant,

Very few will care.

[Plantagenet]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'P')lant,

Very few will care.

[Newfie]

Plant,

Humor is the last refuge of sanity.

[vtsnowedin]

Humor, which I appreciate, is fine.
But I am concerned that the Biden administration being as inept as it has shown that it will make all the wrong moves and leave us fighting a war that they have done little to prepare us for and given the enemy every advantage.
I expect we will survive even this but the unnecessary loss of American lives both military and civilian is a grievous loss that could be avoided given intelligent and courageous leadership.
And no, I do not think Trump would do any better and perhaps make it worse.

[Newfie]

Vt,

Elsewhere I read a majority of Americans want a third party.

[vtsnowedin]

$this->bbcode_second_pass_quote('Newfie', 'V')t,

Elsewhere I read a majority of Americans want a third party.