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After all of this, It really was never about NATO membership... he's just mad that the USSR collapsed and many of the Republics went their own separate way. What a small, small man.

In his address now, Putin doesnt sound like a guy who feels that *any* former Republics are legitimate, let alone Ukraine. If I'm the Baltics, do I really believe that NATO membership means I'm untouchable to this unhinged man?

Good for her....

Prince Frozen Dinner has thoughts on entitlement...

I wonder if we'll get the same amount of hours and A1 above-the-fold stories for this records scandal as we did for the last one 🤔

But (yeah) Her (yeah) Emails (yeah) (Yeah, yeah)

Oh my... they filmed the video two days ago?

They have a sizable part of the population that is pro-Russian, but it is smaller than it has ever been numbers-wise (at least based on a couple of polls recently showing feelings toward the west / interest in NATO membership at an all time high). Which makes sense when you consider how Russia's actions in the east have damaged the economy... Either way, I don't think anyone would dispute that we aren't going to war in Ukraine, or that Ukraine will not be extended NATO membership, but I see absolutely zero problem arming them and doing what we can to help fight off subjugation to the best of their abilities.

Our protests were relatively peaceful, but IIRC, there was one incident when protestors unlawfully blocked public ROW (a bridge spanning the Trinity River) and they were arrested pretty quickly. They weren't given a week like the ones in Windsor.

Sounds about right to me. I guess I don't understand the complaint on this one. Canada is a sovereign nation and is free to exercise whatever laws it has on the books to disperse unlawful protests. Just as many police departments did during the George Floyd protests. And just as it isnt fair to associate all of those who are supportive of lifting COVID restrictions with the means and methods used at these border protests or every Trump voter with January 6th, not everyone who supported the message of the George Floyd protests advocated violence or looting.

I guess I'm unclear of when Occupy shut down much of anything, let alone roads and bridges

Assuming that bridge is located in the Exclusion Zone, I don't exactly envy the crew that was asked to do it.

Wasn't King arrested over 20 times?

People in RW Twitter (and far lefty Twitter for that matter) are never gonna be satisfied with anything this administration does on Ukraine. Regardless of whether there is invasion (ie. The US looks weak, all Biden's fault) or not (ie. Biden was just being alarmist, needless provacative, trying to goose weapons sales, etc.)

Obama probably wins regardless, but the "shutting down the campaign" thing probably did more damage than any one factor. I was also struck by contemporaneous accounts of the meeting that Bush had with Obama/McCain at The White House and how even the Bush people seemed to feel McCain was out of his depth on the subject of the collapse. McCain was a gifted politician and a true statesman, but he was a foreign policy guy arguing the status quo (ie. largely unpopular at the time) running in an election dominated at the end by financial issues and the economy. Even setting aside the poor fundamentals for any GOP candidate, the election cycle didn't play to his own personal strengths at all. As for Palin, my best guess is that she was a wash. She may have brought out a few more conservatives, but I seem to recall at the time that, by the end of the campaign, she wasn't all that popular with the general public as a whole. But I'd have to look that up, it's been a while

I hadn't heard him in years after moving out if state, but he was good on the radio both in his announcing and his commentating. Seemed like a really decent man and its a tough loss.

Huh, turns out these folks don't speak for the people after all

LOL 😆

Clients generally fire consultants, not the other way around. Either way, its pretty telling when a consultant turns down business from a client...

Not mine either, but they pulled it off pretty well IMO.

Right wing twitter populists are the worst

This is why I suspect things may fall into place sooner or later post Super Bowl... outside the diehards, people don't know about or are thinking about the strike.

Who is talking about sending American kids to war in Ukraine? I start from the position that will never happen. What I'm seeing from the Ryan Grim types, however, is that pushing back as hard as possible with every tool possible and you make is as costly for them as possible is the same as instigating a war or sending kids to die. And that's a load of crap. They'd all rather we did nothing and let Ukraine be subjugated with no support, regardless of their wishes. I just wish people who held that position wouldn't wax on about spheres of influence or the status quo 100 yeas ago... just admit that you dont think we should do anything and that you don't care. At least that would be intellectually honest.

Fair enough... I just really wish that people arguing the position highlighted above would just freely admit that they do not care about the wishes of the majority of 43 million Ukranians. Don't couch it in history or sphere of influence or anything like that, just admit that one doesn't give a shit. That never happens with the Putin apologists tho...