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Because of that high cost, the whole Nord2 argument against is pretty tough to make if Putin isn't rattling sabers. Its kinda all kinds of stupid to do this now. Its the irrational that is worrying in this situation. If Putin is doing this because of some sense of terminal urgency it may be very ugly. For starters, we may well have to arrest all his oligarchs and freeze their accounts. He doesn't want a proxy war where the West has a huge open border to supply weapons and INT to a motivated Ukrainian population, perhaps where Poland and Romania also supply well-equipped troops.

Or the UK and Norway

Have you been to Germany recently? The amount of arable land devoted to corn is weird. Its such an American thing. That and the solar and wind farms are very interesting. I have heard that a KW is twice the cost in Germany as it is in Austria which has docile relations with Russia.

Gas prices near record highs as Berlin rejects pipeline from Russia | Gas | The Guardian this is an interesting development.

Ukraine has got Poland's problem: its not convenient to defend its sovereignty against a dictator. WWII was fought ostensibly for Poland's right to self-determination. That war basically destroyed the country and left it under the thumb of one of the predators that invaded it in 1940. Realpolitik meet self-determination meet the jaded and fearful.

Good More forces, more integration, more collective security. Less obedience to Beijing. Trade between democracies and near-democracies (like the United States) and fuck the totalitarian bullies Xi and Putin.

Liz who organized the former SecDefs to prepare for the coup back in December 2020, is really doing work here.

Crumbley's parents are really trying to make us sympathize with their murderer kid

That makes some sense from what I had heard. He was committed to finishing the process come hell or high water. If there is any truth to him actually being worried about an ultimate destination of that vehicle...that would be crazy.

Yes, we would prefer this outcome. I would prefer this very much.

Tucker Carlson hardest hit.

Very true. Putin should consider such things. Sadly, he's in a terminal urgency to remake the Soviet empire and isn't thinking rationally or, perhaps he is thinking rationally and thinks he can bluster his way into taking over Ukraine (Munich style).

I just heard something crazy apparently Pence balked at his USSS detail about getting into a vehicle he was not familiar with? He was worried he could not trust where he would end up on 6/Jan Coup day Does anyone have a source/citation for that?

i hope they fight as well as they make ads

more propaganda but very well made

How does this perpetrate? A jive propaganda network just keeps pretending to be news

that must be an incredible hoodie

This is a good thing Jan. 6 panel set to vote on holding Meadows in contempt | AP News

I wish the Germans had made a word for enjoying the suffering of others. Fully caveat the below as message board quality information...but its fun! https://247sports.com/Board/30/Contents/Mike-Vrabel-beat-up-Urban-Meyer-26764616/

What is particularly interesting about this...i saw this Bill Kristol tweet in Lynn Henning's feed.

Come on...lets do this.

Remember: Ukraine gave up its nuclear weapons because of the security guarantees we gave it.

say what you will about what the Ukrainian military actually does when this thing jumps off next month... This ad creates great sympathy.