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Message 231 of 473 (888997)
10-28-2021 8:22 PM


Oh lookie, somebody stepped on the squeakie toy.

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Message 234 of 473 (889007)
10-29-2021 12:35 AM
Reply to: Message 233 by LamarkNewAge
10-29-2021 12:19 AM


Re: Did you catch my Dean squeak errr "Deal Squeal"?
Did you catch my Dean squeak errr "Deal Squeal"?
He was a Democrat you know!
No. No catch. I keep a social distance and wear a mask. I'm trying not to catch anything.

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Message 259 of 473 (891674)
02-07-2022 9:51 PM


Putin Warns the West and Ukraine, but Keeps His Intentions a Mystery - The New York Times
Putin demands the Sudetenland, eh, the Ukraine (and Belarus, everyone forgets Belarus) as a security zone under his direct military control. He promises this ends his military ambitions and promises peace in our time. Pay no attention to the sabres being rattled in Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Turkmenistan, in the background.

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Message 260 of 473 (891816)
02-12-2022 12:16 PM


Live War Watch On Your TV
FYI,
Seems the major media & internet are broadcasting the intrigues of a war watch, live, real time.
If you're into such things, you can go watch a war about to happen on live TV.
Latest rumor is that Putin's inverse Operation Barbarossa is tentatively scheduled to start on Wednesday.

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Message 262 of 473 (891880)
02-16-2022 2:45 PM


The Ghost of Catherine the Great
Today is the prophesized start of Czar Putin’s drive to the west.
If it happens, this may become just a local purchase bought with a few dead soldiers and a chunk of his economy. The west will withhold economic credits, levee sanctions and send strongly worded official ambassadorial recriminations. The economic hit will be real but it’s just the people being hurt so who gives a fuck. Czars have always expected the people to sacrifice for their glory. This one would expect no less.
Or, could the military industrial complex get its fervent wish and the Ukraine crumble into a western-supplied guerilla force going toe-to-toe with a foreign aggressor? Afghanistan 2 - Ukraine Version
Of course NATO could just say no, not allowed, and tell Vlad if he invades then NATO moves into the Ukraine in force. Bullies usually back down after a bloody nose. But no one expects such resolve here.
If Czar Putin follows centuries-old Russian strategy he will push here and there taking what he can get until he meets a sword he doesn’t want to fight. No one seems to remember what he’s already done in the Crimea.
In the meantime the rest of the Ukraine, once a free democracy on the Czar’s doorstep, is crumbling and may once again belong to the Czars. Thank you, Catherine.
We get to watch, live. This is interesting. I admit. I want to see how this plays out.
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Message 263 of 473 (892023)
02-21-2022 5:28 PM


It Has Started
Putin Orders Troops to Separatist Regions and Recognizes Their Independence - The New York Times
That's one small step for a Czar, one giant finger at western-kind.
I think some europeans are seeing the utility of NATO.
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Message 264 of 473 (892046)
02-23-2022 10:38 PM


Bang.
One interesting wrinkle to this war is the role of the media, social media, with dis-information alerts and contrary facts pointed out real-time. We are watching the world expose each move of this deception, calling out each pretense, exposed, and spun in the world media. The cyber-attacks were identified and exposed, in process, as were some social-media disinformation campaigns.
Usually, western democracies often feel hindered in their diplomatic efforts by media exposure. And social media is hardly a bastion of pleasant ideologies. But this is the first time I have seen such a deft use of the world media to help with the diplomacy. Internet and social media are playing a very unique role in these proceedings. They are serving as a most excellent instant fact-checking machine. Someone’s playing this well from the west.
Unfortunately, Czar Putin, The Imperially Pissed Off, is not so affected. He said this move was existential for him. He has no choice but to restore the grandeur of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics, The Great Russian Empire at it’s zenith. Announcing the new Great Russian Empire v 2.0
So with the great all-seeing eye in focus, we get to watch a war unfold.
CNN - Kyiv, 8:10 pm MST 2/23 – Bang!
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Message 285 of 473 (893572)
04-16-2022 4:29 PM


Biden: God Damn It
My Message 888 from another thread. Very disappointing.

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Message 313 of 473 (908817)
03-21-2023 1:14 AM
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03-20-2023 10:20 PM


Re: More mainstream news media cover-up
Could that be because mainstream anchors and personalities are much more in lockstep with carrying water for Democrats instead of finding out what the truth actually is?
No. It's that there is no story here except with the lying conservative shit-throwers like fox and marc9000 trying to manufacture controversy where none exists.

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Message 321 of 473 (908856)
03-22-2023 7:44 AM
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03-22-2023 7:28 AM


Re: Why Is Biden Selling SPR Reserves To China?
But Phat meant handouts to people.
I took that as the cutting point to Tany's quip. Can't give pork to people.

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Message 377 of 473 (911369)
06-30-2023 10:41 AM
Reply to: Message 375 by Theodoric
06-30-2023 9:46 AM


Re: Senator Tammy Baldwin
The battle will still be tough, but the GOP has no real substance.
This is a presidential election. Substance does not matter. Only perception matters. That's how Trump defeated Clinton and Biden defeated Trump. Neither campaign dealt with any of the realities facing the world but only with political image and the results of the latest polls.
Trump did it once without substance. Just saying.

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Message 383 of 473 (911429)
07-04-2023 1:51 PM


Run, Forest, Run
Another interesting question is on the democratic party side.
Ol’ Joe says he’s going to run. Can/should anyone challenge him? Who?
If he survives, the present tea leaves say Biden will be re-nominated. Is Kamala the right VP choice this time?
If Biden dies before the nomination is set, Kamala, the heir apparent, appears to be the only thing the dems have going and my tea leaves say that is a loss.
I do not see any inspirational personality in the party that can command its heart and bring the American public to a national democratic win. I certainly don’t see the kind of Kennedy or Reagan personality among the democrats that will cause a major shift in the political landscape.
Anyone nationally politically viable to step up?

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Message 397 of 473 (911447)
07-04-2023 4:15 PM
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07-04-2023 2:31 PM


Re: Run, Forest, Run
But she does not get much press coverage for that.
I lay that at Biden's feet. One of his jobs was to build and grow the young pols in the party's pipeline. When was the last time he did any kind of mentor thing at a news conference or speech or publicly uttered "off the cuff" remark? The way Obama kept Biden involved, public and shining. If it is happening and others are being sponsored and groomed then we haven't seen it and it isn't working.
In a pop culture 30-second soundbite presidential knife fight it is the "look", the visuals, the optics ... the perception of the personality, the perception of the beliefs ... that is key.
For all her skills personal, professional, political, VP Kamala Harris is not, imho, a commanding enough presence to do soundbite battles nationally with the likes of DeSantis and Trump. She was not a leading light in the last campaign. Maybe she will blossom on her own campaign.
Cory Booker? Elizabeth Warren? Gavin Newsom? Gretchen Whitmer?
xongsmith would add AOC. Policy ok. Public personality is a bit too harsh, imho, and I don't see the general public taking to it.

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Message 417 of 473 (911557)
07-15-2023 12:07 AM
Reply to: Message 416 by marc9000
07-14-2023 10:59 PM


Re: Run, Forest, Run
You may now cut loose with the vulgar name calling.
OK, consider your name vulgarly called.
Now, what is your assessment of the evil insurgent Republican side?
While I almost agree with your views here, the real reason Biden is so protected and defended by the news media, the FBI, the DOJ etc., is because he is president of the united states which means thousands of crazy people want to kill him. No reason necessary.
So, back to the Dark Side. Can Trump coast to a nomination or will DeSantis make some waves?

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Message 423 of 473 (911573)
07-16-2023 7:25 PM
Reply to: Message 422 by marc9000
07-16-2023 6:33 PM


Re: Run, Forest, Run
They'll quickly forget about cocaine in the White House. They sure wouldn't forget it if it had been found in the Trump White House.
Come on Marc, you remember the Nixon days, Chuck Colson, G. Gordon Liddy? That coke was a plant and only a motivated dickhead would deny this. And if it had been the Trump White House no one would have objected to blaming one of the Trump kids since that’s how they went through the campaign anyway.
I'll now learn how hot it is due to Republican use of fossil fuels, and JANUARY 6TH, JANUARY 6TH, JANUARY 6TH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Yes Republicans! Subsidize that coal! More depletion allowance breaks on oil fields! Turn away from renewables. And always, always remember INSURRECTION, INSURRECTION, INSURRECTION!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Damn the constitution! Full sedition ahead!

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