Where Do Things End With Vlad? (h/t romad1)

[smr-nj]

But of course they let it expire.

Putin is definitely getting his money’s worth. 

[romad1]

1 hour ago, smr-nj said:

But of course they let it expire.

Putin is definitely getting his money’s worth. 

You know how happy the crews of surface ships and fast attack subs were when they took the nuclear armed Tomahawks off those ships?  Delighted.  Now this jackass President wants to bring them back.  

[romad1]

defund ICE 

[chasfh]

5 hours ago, romad1 said:

defund ICE 

Just another data point as proof that once all the immigrants have been rounded up and emptied out of the prison camps one way or another, and they need dissidents and apostates to fill them back up, your whiteness will not save you.

[romad1]

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/russia-killed-navalny-with-frog-poison-britain-reveals/

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The UK has informed the Organisation on the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons of Russia’s “blatant breach” of the Chemical Weapons Convention.

A statement from the Foreign Office said: “Epibatidine can be found naturally in dart frogs in the wild in South America. Dart frogs in captivity do not produce this toxin, and it is not found naturally in Russia. There is no innocent explanation for its presence in  Navalny’s body.”

Strong statement from the UK government.   

[smr-nj]

14 minutes ago, romad1 said:

https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2026/02/14/russia-killed-navalny-with-frog-poison-britain-reveals/

Strong statement from the UK government.   

Remember when we lived in a country where this info would matter? 

[romad1]

2 minutes ago, smr-nj said:

Remember when we lived in a country where this info would matter? 

Its been interesting to see how many people in other countries are resigning from posts because of their part in the Epstein/Trump pedo scandal.   Its our media that is broken.  And its getting worse as Trump's admin continues to greenlight consolidation in the hands of his allies. 

[gehringer_2]

15 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Its been interesting to see how many people in other countries are resigning from posts because of their part in the Epstein/Trump pedo scandal.   Its our media that is broken.  And its getting worse as Trump's admin continues to greenlight consolidation in the hands of his allies. 

I don't know if it's our media or our populace which is more broken.

I've been thinking that part of what is doing in America is that one of the fundamental premises of the Founding Fathers has failed. The idea always was that the elites would hold each other accountable because they had to compete for the votes of the common people that way. But in the US the elites have figured out that they actually don't have to do that. Both sides have realized that you simply take accountability off the table and while you and the other side may trade being in control once in a while, your status in the elite is never really at risk over your conduct. Accountability's last stand was Watergate in 1974.

Since then the Dems opened the door with Clinton and the GOP has driven a Mack Truck  through it with Bush and Trump.

Edited 10 hours ago by gehringer_2

[romad1]

1 minute ago, gehringer_2 said:

I don't know if it's our media or our populace which is more broken.

I've been thinking that part of what is doing in America is that one of the fundamental premises of the Founding Fathers has failed. The idea always was that the elites would hold each other accountable because they had to compete for the votes of the common people that way. But in the US the elites have figured out that they actually don't have to do that. Both sides have realized that you simply take accountability off the table and while you and the other side may trade being in control once in a while, your status in the elite is never really at risk over your conduct.

Citizen’s United is a huge problem.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, romad1 said:

Citizen’s United is a huge problem.

Absolutley.