NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
So given that why is Johnson now on team Trump ?
Why can anyone who truly supports Ukraine be willing to risk a Trump Presidency ?
It may perhaps be worth pointing out that the Biden administration abandoned Afghanistan and left it to the Taliban in a totally chaotic way. How can you be so certain that they wouldn't do the same in Ukraine? The USA is de facto underwriting the entire regime, against its initial judgement of the conflict, and against rising domestic unrest politically about support for the conflict.
It is a risk with Trump, but it will not necessary be a bad outcome in Ukraine.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
Do we now have, encouraged by the supreme intellects of our time such as David Frost and Jacob Rees-Mogg, people in PB who actually think Trump is OK and not an utter narcissistic shit?
Not me.
He's a clear and present danger to the republic as a functioning democracy.
Frankly if they are stupid enough to elect him they'll never get him out again.
Only if the army back him which they didn't in Jan 2021 and of course he will die eventually
The fact that there is a question about which side the army would back in a particular civil contingency illustrates how serious the problem is. In January 2021 a proper and recognised process of transition was in hand. Next time a anti democratic coup of some sort is attempted it may be at a much earlier stage, which will be different.
Do we now have, encouraged by the supreme intellects of our time such as David Frost and Jacob Rees-Mogg, people in PB who actually think Trump is OK and not an utter narcissistic shit?
Not me.
He's a clear and present danger to the republic as a functioning democracy.
Frankly if they are stupid enough to elect him they'll never get him out again.
Only if the army back him which they didn't in Jan 2021 and of course he will die eventually
The fact that there is a question about which side the army would back in a particular civil contingency illustrates how serious the problem is. In January 2021 a proper and recognised process of transition was in hand. Next time a anti democratic coup of some sort is attempted it may be at a much earlier stage, which will be different.
Trump was still President in Jan 2021, army chiefs also take an oath to the constitution as well as the President
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
So given that why is Johnson now on team Trump ?
Why can anyone who truly supports Ukraine be willing to risk a Trump Presidency ?
It may perhaps be worth pointing out that the Biden administration abandoned Afghanistan and left it to the Taliban in a totally chaotic way. How can you be so certain that they wouldn't do the same in Ukraine? The USA is de facto underwriting the entire regime, against its initial judgement of the conflict, and against rising domestic unrest politically about support for the conflict.
It is a risk with Trump, but it will not necessary be a bad outcome in Ukraine.
Your regular reminder it was Trump who initiated the supremely inept US pullout from Afghanistan (and blamed Biden for it).
What makes you think he wouldn't do the same with Ukraine, especially as he already is trying to?
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
May 2021: Biden gives Putin the Nord Stream prize and gets nothing in return
The Biden administration’s rationale appears to be that President Trump treated major ally Germany roughly, so we should give Germany what it wants — Nord Stream 2. Let our other European allies simmer; Trump hurt their feelings less than Germany’s, so they don’t count. And, besides, maybe a magnanimous gesture will bring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to a summit with Biden that will solve the world’s outstanding problems.
May 2021: Biden’s policies toward Russia and Ukraine raise risk of Putin’s aggression
The stark differences between Biden’s policies toward Russia (a combination of moderate public criticism with tangible financial backing) and Ukraine (a combination of praise in words with withdrawal of real support in deeds) are so evident that they cannot be missed by such attentive observer and beneficiary as Vladimir Putin.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I know that Putin recently said that the sale of Alaska to the US was invalid but has there been any military intelligence you are aware of suggesting a build up of troops across the Bering Straights?
Do we now have, encouraged by the supreme intellects of our time such as David Frost and Jacob Rees-Mogg, people in PB who actually think Trump is OK and not an utter narcissistic shit?
Not me.
He's a clear and present danger to the republic as a functioning democracy.
Frankly if they are stupid enough to elect him they'll never get him out again.
Only if the army back him which they didn't in Jan 2021 and of course he will die eventually
The fact that there is a question about which side the army would back in a particular civil contingency illustrates how serious the problem is. In January 2021 a proper and recognised process of transition was in hand. Next time a anti democratic coup of some sort is attempted it may be at a much earlier stage, which will be different.
Trump was still President in Jan 2021, army chiefs also take an oath to the constitution as well as the President
They do not take an oath to the President. They take an oath to the Constitution and then, in the second part, to obey orders of all senior officers of which the President is the only one listed.
That's altogether different. Or are privates swearing an oath to their corporals?
Do we now have, encouraged by the supreme intellects of our time such as David Frost and Jacob Rees-Mogg, people in PB who actually think Trump is OK and not an utter narcissistic shit?
Not me.
He's a clear and present danger to the republic as a functioning democracy.
Frankly if they are stupid enough to elect him they'll never get him out again.
Only if the army back him which they didn't in Jan 2021 and of course he will die eventually
The fact that there is a question about which side the army would back in a particular civil contingency illustrates how serious the problem is. In January 2021 a proper and recognised process of transition was in hand. Next time a anti democratic coup of some sort is attempted it may be at a much earlier stage, which will be different.
Trump was still President in Jan 2021, army chiefs also take an oath to the constitution as well as the President
They do not take an oath to the President. They take an oath to the Constitution and then, in the second part, to obey orders of all senior officers of which the President is the only one listed.
That's altogether different. Or are privates swearing an oath to their corporals?
On that basis they don't take an oath to the Constitution either, only to protect and defend it
Let's see if some of America starts paying attention when the court cases start going against Trump. May have a number from the jury later today in the defamation case. Will have the New York number by month end.
Then we have the financial penalty for being a rapist and a fraudster. If America is inclined to ignore those outcomes, then let's see what they make of the Supreme Court rulings.
And what do Americans think about the Supreme Court ruling against Texas?
You are an educated guy with no skin in the game, so why are you shilling for Trump?
I am assuming you live in the UK, and I am equally sure you are aware that should Trump exit NATO and throw Ukraine to Putin, defending Europe including the UK becomes very much more expensive in terms of cash and manpower.
As one gets older there are few greater pleasures in life than trolling the libs.
I merely mentioned how nice Linda McCartney sausages are, and set the PB Blimps off all day.
'The English Breakfast Society, which is dedicated to the history, heritage, and culture of the English breakfast, said pineapple had been eaten with a full English breakfast in centuries past and has called for it to replace the grilled tomatoes and mushrooms with which modern diners are familiar.[...] “A slice of grilled pineapple can add variety to the English breakfast plate. Simply swap the mushrooms or tomato for a grilled pineapple slice in someone’s English breakfast one day to give them a surprising and unexpected delight.”'
Don't do that! Cooked tomatoes are a natural defence against an enlarged prostate. Prince Charles take note. (He had a visit from the Queen and visited the Princess of Wales today- did he attend a seance?)
Anyway, porridge, salt or sugar?
Porridge.
Made with milk, with added sultanas or dates. No need for any white or brown crystals.
Jumbo oats, ideally.
Don't add fresh blueberries, as purple porridge is a bit off-putting.
Cranberries.
Porridge with cranberries is food for the gods.
I always make a large excess of cranberry sauce (with whisky, cinnamon, cloves & allspice) at Christmas for just that reason. Goes well with a lot of stuff - and keeps pretty well a whole year if refrigerated.
Cranberry sauce with whisky?
Hmm. Interesting. My recipe uses port. Think I might try yours next year.
Only 330-odd days to go...
A malt, of course. It's really, really good if you get the proportions right.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
Using your baby logic, please explain why the COVID-19 crisis occurred 3 and a half months after Boris Johnson's magnificent landslide election win.Very suspicious.
Baby logic says that the virus didn’t know who the British PM was, but Putin did know who the US President was. In fact they met in a big summit meeting and Putin obviously came away emboldened rather than deflated.
Indeed, I was being flippant, but your evidence against Biden is entirely circumstantial.
I could provide you with quite a bit of circumstantial and direct evidence against Mr Trump.
I don't really understand your Trump fanbois status.i can't imagine anyone more objectionable than Trump. His personality, his politics, his lack of morality, his lack of humanity. What did you see in the millionaire Donald Trump?
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I know that Putin recently said that the sale of Alaska to the US was invalid but has there been any military intelligence you are aware of suggesting a build up of troops across the Bering Straights?
If Biden got in again (or indeed Trump if he stepped up military support for Zelensky) I wouldn't put it past Putin to have a pot shot at taking Alaska.
The US are unlikely to use their nukes to defend beyond the core US states and no other NATO state has troops in Alaska
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
Having not attempted such a manoeuvre since 1945, I suspect it's nowhere near as simple as you make out.
It would also be a casus belli par excellence (pardon the languages). Not even the USSR at the peak of its powers in the 1970s seriously attempted it - why would the much weaker Putin now?
There seems a desperate attempt to continue to portray Putin and Russia as a serious and credible military threat to the UK even after the humiliation of the Ukraine invasion.
The credible and serious bit is only the nuclear element and given the West retains an ample deterrent capability I fail to see what has changed.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
May 2021: Biden gives Putin the Nord Stream prize and gets nothing in return
The Biden administration’s rationale appears to be that President Trump treated major ally Germany roughly, so we should give Germany what it wants — Nord Stream 2. Let our other European allies simmer; Trump hurt their feelings less than Germany’s, so they don’t count. And, besides, maybe a magnanimous gesture will bring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to a summit with Biden that will solve the world’s outstanding problems.
May 2021: Biden’s policies toward Russia and Ukraine raise risk of Putin’s aggression
The stark differences between Biden’s policies toward Russia (a combination of moderate public criticism with tangible financial backing) and Ukraine (a combination of praise in words with withdrawal of real support in deeds) are so evident that they cannot be missed by such attentive observer and beneficiary as Vladimir Putin.
I see you haven't bothered to read the Politico article. It is a very long read, but a necessary one.
I don't read Hill opinion pieces as they're usually balls. Just their news stories.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with unforgiving climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with us forgiven climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
May 2021: Biden gives Putin the Nord Stream prize and gets nothing in return
The Biden administration’s rationale appears to be that President Trump treated major ally Germany roughly, so we should give Germany what it wants — Nord Stream 2. Let our other European allies simmer; Trump hurt their feelings less than Germany’s, so they don’t count. And, besides, maybe a magnanimous gesture will bring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to a summit with Biden that will solve the world’s outstanding problems.
May 2021: Biden’s policies toward Russia and Ukraine raise risk of Putin’s aggression
The stark differences between Biden’s policies toward Russia (a combination of moderate public criticism with tangible financial backing) and Ukraine (a combination of praise in words with withdrawal of real support in deeds) are so evident that they cannot be missed by such attentive observer and beneficiary as Vladimir Putin.
I see you haven't bothered to read the Politico article. It is a very long read, but a necessary one.
I don't read Hill opinion pieces as they're usually balls. Just their news stories.
The Politico article contains some truly pitiful comments from Biden admin people:
Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics, National Security Council, White House: We thought we had quelled his appetite for territory by meeting him in Geneva and trying to address some of the strategic concerns he’d been raising
Let's see if some of America starts paying attention when the court cases start going against Trump. May have a number from the jury later today in the defamation case. Will have the New York number by month end.
Then we have the financial penalty for being a rapist and a fraudster. If America is inclined to ignore those outcomes, then let's see what they make of the Supreme Court rulings.
And what do Americans think about the Supreme Court ruling against Texas?
You are an educated guy with no skin in the game, so why are you shilling for Trump?
I am assuming you live in the UK, and I am equally sure you are aware that should Trump exit NATO and throw Ukraine to Putin, defending Europe including the UK becomes very much more expensive in terms of cash and manpower.
As one gets older there are few greater pleasures in life than trolling the libs.
I merely mentioned how nice Linda McCartney sausages are, and set the PB Blimps off all day.
'The English Breakfast Society, which is dedicated to the history, heritage, and culture of the English breakfast, said pineapple had been eaten with a full English breakfast in centuries past and has called for it to replace the grilled tomatoes and mushrooms with which modern diners are familiar.[...] “A slice of grilled pineapple can add variety to the English breakfast plate. Simply swap the mushrooms or tomato for a grilled pineapple slice in someone’s English breakfast one day to give them a surprising and unexpected delight.”'
Don't do that! Cooked tomatoes are a natural defence against an enlarged prostate. Prince Charles take note. (He had a visit from the Queen and visited the Princess of Wales today- did he attend a seance?)
Anyway, porridge, salt or sugar?
Porridge.
Made with milk, with added sultanas or dates. No need for any white or brown crystals.
Jumbo oats, ideally.
Don't add fresh blueberries, as purple porridge is a bit off-putting.
Cranberries.
Porridge with cranberries is food for the gods.
I always make a large excess of cranberry sauce (with whisky, cinnamon, cloves & allspice) at Christmas for just that reason. Goes well with a lot of stuff - and keeps pretty well a whole year if refrigerated.
Cranberry sauce with whisky?
Hmm. Interesting. My recipe uses port. Think I might try yours next year.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with us forgiven climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
Bit short on roads, too.
I understand the Nakuan - Wales ferry is not currently running.
Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released
Derogatory WhatsApp messages between Scotland's first minister and its national clinical director have been published by the UK Covid Inquiry.
The messages show that Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch used insulting language about opposition politicians.
Mr Leitch described a female Labour MSP as a "new girl" and said a Tory MSP had been "harrumphing like a child".
Mr Yousaf used expletive language to describe former Labour MSP Neil Findlay.
The message exchange between the pair happened shortly after Mr Yousaf was appointed health secretary in 2021, and saw him joke at one point that he was "winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later", followed by a laughing emoji.
Mr Leitch responded: "Me too. That doesn't change".
The inquiry has heard that Mr Yousaf also described the Scottish Police Federation as a "disgrace" while he was serving as justice secretary earlier in the pandemic.
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Some of those things may be accurate - but really, don't put them down in unambiguous language in a message to your mates.
What are the odds on Trump choosing one of his children for the VP spot?
Don Jnr. and Eric are both thick enough to bear the standard after the Orange One's demise. Perhaps they could job share and double the combined IQ into three figures.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with us forgiven climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
Bit short on roads, too.
It's sounding more and more like Cornwall. Which also has relatively few US troops to defend it against a Russian invasion.
Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released
Derogatory WhatsApp messages between Scotland's first minister and its national clinical director have been published by the UK Covid Inquiry.
The messages show that Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch used insulting language about opposition politicians.
Mr Leitch described a female Labour MSP as a "new girl" and said a Tory MSP had been "harrumphing like a child".
Mr Yousaf used expletive language to describe former Labour MSP Neil Findlay.
The message exchange between the pair happened shortly after Mr Yousaf was appointed health secretary in 2021, and saw him joke at one point that he was "winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later", followed by a laughing emoji.
Mr Leitch responded: "Me too. That doesn't change".
The inquiry has heard that Mr Yousaf also described the Scottish Police Federation as a "disgrace" while he was serving as justice secretary earlier in the pandemic.
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Some of those things may be accurate - but really, don't put them down in unambiguous language in a message to your mates.
To be blunt, Yousaf comes across as a twat (because he is) but there's nothing especially unusual about this sort of thing, is there? I mean, you should see what I've been saying about British Gas.
I'm more interested in the decisions they made than in the language they used about people they didn't like or rate.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with us forgiven climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
Bit short on roads, too.
It's sounding more and more like Cornwall. Which also has relatively few US troops to defend it against a Russian invasion.
I'm spotting a pattern.
The entire UK is far smaller than Alaska and there are well over 100,000 British troops based in the UK at all times to defend it.
Cornwall is also far further from Russia than Alaska is
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with us forgiven climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
Bit short on roads, too.
It's sounding more and more like Cornwall. Which also has relatively few US troops to defend it against a Russian invasion.
I'm spotting a pattern.
The entire UK is far smaller in area than Alaska and there are well over 100,000 British troops based in the UK at all times to defend it
I'm now reminded of a Charles Babbage quote :
On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
Ukraine had 780,000 troops in the country to defend it.
There are less than 50,000 US troops based in Alaska to defend it
Well indeed. But the only reason Ukraine was able to bring its army to bear (forgive the pun) to defeat the initial Russian invasion was the availability of US situational intelligence.
The US has vastly greater capabilities in terms of both early warning systems and air defence. Your scenario (though undoubtedly war gamed by the two sides) is pretty risible as a realistic threat.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I know that Putin recently said that the sale of Alaska to the US was invalid but has there been any military intelligence you are aware of suggesting a build up of troops across the Bering Straights?
If Biden got in again (or indeed Trump if he stepped up military support for Zelensky) I wouldn't put it past Putin to have a pot shot at taking Alaska.
The US are unlikely to use their nukes to defend beyond the core US states and no other NATO state has troops in Alaska
Don't worry. Putin won't need boots of the ground. He could exchange Alaska in a contra deal for a fraction of the alleged Russian underwritten Deutsch Bank loan.
Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released
Derogatory WhatsApp messages between Scotland's first minister and its national clinical director have been published by the UK Covid Inquiry.
The messages show that Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch used insulting language about opposition politicians.
Mr Leitch described a female Labour MSP as a "new girl" and said a Tory MSP had been "harrumphing like a child".
Mr Yousaf used expletive language to describe former Labour MSP Neil Findlay.
The message exchange between the pair happened shortly after Mr Yousaf was appointed health secretary in 2021, and saw him joke at one point that he was "winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later", followed by a laughing emoji.
Mr Leitch responded: "Me too. That doesn't change".
The inquiry has heard that Mr Yousaf also described the Scottish Police Federation as a "disgrace" while he was serving as justice secretary earlier in the pandemic.
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Some of those things may be accurate - but really, don't put them down in unambiguous language in a message to your mates.
To be blunt, Yousaf comes across as a twat (because he is) but there's nothing especially unusual about this sort of thing, is there? I mean, you should see what I've been saying about British Gas.
I'm more interested in the decisions they made than in the language they used about people they didn't like or rate.
It's not so much _what_ they said - as I say, might well be right. It's the careless clumsiness of it.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
So given that why is Johnson now on team Trump ?
Why can anyone who truly supports Ukraine be willing to risk a Trump Presidency ?
US born Boris is on team Trump because he’s eyed an opportunity to be made US Ambassador to the Court of St James under President Trump. Prestige, big house in town and gets to mess with whoever is UK PM.
Marcy Wheeler successfully got the dates unsealed for David Weiss' search warrants and has found that he did NOT obtain a warrant to search Biden's iCloud for gun crimes evidence until AFTER he indicted Hunter for gun crimes. https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1750965926005252130
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
So given that why is Johnson now on team Trump ?
Why can anyone who truly supports Ukraine be willing to risk a Trump Presidency ?
US born Boris is on team Trump because he’s eyed an opportunity to be made US Ambassador to the Court of St James under President Trump. Prestige, big house in town and gets to mess with whoever is UK PM.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I know that Putin recently said that the sale of Alaska to the US was invalid but has there been any military intelligence you are aware of suggesting a build up of troops across the Bering Straights?
If Biden got in again (or indeed Trump if he stepped up military support for Zelensky) I wouldn't put it past Putin to have a pot shot at taking Alaska.
The US are unlikely to use their nukes to defend beyond the core US states and no other NATO state has troops in Alaska
Don't worry. Putin won't need boots of the ground. He could exchange Alaska in a contra deal for a fraction of the alleged Russian underwritten Deutsch Bank loan.
More chance of Rishi winning the election than Putin invading Alaska.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than say Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
I can see you didn't do geography.
Poland borders Belarus, a client state of Putin
Alaska borders Siberia. They are both howling and trackless wildernesses with us forgiven climates, large mountain ranges, massive mineral and oil reserves and precisely fuck all else.
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
Bit short on roads, too.
It's sounding more and more like Cornwall. Which also has relatively few US troops to defend it against a Russian invasion.
I'm spotting a pattern.
The entire UK is far smaller than Alaska and there are well over 100,000 British troops based in the UK at all times to defend it.
Cornwall is also far further from Russia than Alaska is
"far smaller".
The distance from Cornwall to Muckle Flugga is about the same as from Juneau to Barrow.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
TBF, had Trump defeated Biden , Russian casualties would have been much lower. But I'm not sure how much of Ukraine would be left.
According to the Washington Post feature by a Ukrainian journalist, it was Boris Johnson's support that was militarily more significant before the invasion. Did you vote for him?
As the United States shut down its embassy in Kyiv ahead of the invasion, it did ship some weapons to great fanfare, such as Javelin antitank missiles. But the quantity was puny: only about 90 Javelins, according to Danilov. Then-British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, while also briefed about the hopelessness of the Ukrainian cause, had overruled internal objections and authorized a heftier load of about 2,000 NLAW missiles.
So given that why is Johnson now on team Trump ?
Why can anyone who truly supports Ukraine be willing to risk a Trump Presidency ?
US born Boris is on team Trump because he’s eyed an opportunity to be made US Ambassador to the Court of St James under President Trump. Prestige, big house in town and gets to mess with whoever is UK PM.
Great commission for Lulu Lytle to get her gold paint into.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
Ukraine had 780,000 troops in the country to defend it.
There are less than 50,000 US troops based in Alaska to defend it
Yes but the rest of Alaska is populated by mad MAGA voting Rednecks armed to the teeth courtesy of the 2nd ammendment. The Russkis wouldn't last a week.
Marcy Wheeler successfully got the dates unsealed for David Weiss' search warrants and has found that he did NOT obtain a warrant to search Biden's iCloud for gun crimes evidence until AFTER he indicted Hunter for gun crimes. https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1750965926005252130
Wheeler comments.
Again, to be VERY clear: there's no reason to believe there's a problem with the warrant. Rather this raises big questions about the arguments Weiss is making about why he reneged on the diversion agreement. https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1750974200066474205
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
This is the excuse the US and UK needed to re-calibrate and turn what’s been a lonely 2 country effort into a UN-backed multilateral policy, as happened with piracy in the Arabian Sea. Going it alone and letting the rest of the world off any responsibility for keeping the Red Sea open was a tactical error.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
Ukraine had 780,000 troops in the country to defend it.
There are less than 50,000 US troops based in Alaska to defend it
Yes but the rest of Alaska is populated by mad MAGA voting Rednecks armed to the teeth courtesy of the 2nd ammendment. The Russkis wouldn't last a week.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
This is the excuse the US and UK needed to re-calibrate and turn what’s been a lonely 2 country effort into a UN-backed multilateral policy, as happened with piracy in the Arabian Sea. Going it alone and letting the rest of the world off any responsibility for keeping the Red Sea open was a tactical error.
Russia will veto. The Houthis ultimately are acting in their interests.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
This is the excuse the US and UK needed to re-calibrate and turn what’s been a lonely 2 country effort into a UN-backed multilateral policy, as happened with piracy in the Arabian Sea. Going it alone and letting the rest of the world off any responsibility for keeping the Red Sea open was a tactical error.
Russia will veto. The Houthis ultimately are acting in their interests.
Well yes, the price of oil is not inconsequential for Vlad
Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released
Derogatory WhatsApp messages between Scotland's first minister and its national clinical director have been published by the UK Covid Inquiry.
The messages show that Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch used insulting language about opposition politicians.
Mr Leitch described a female Labour MSP as a "new girl" and said a Tory MSP had been "harrumphing like a child".
Mr Yousaf used expletive language to describe former Labour MSP Neil Findlay.
The message exchange between the pair happened shortly after Mr Yousaf was appointed health secretary in 2021, and saw him joke at one point that he was "winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later", followed by a laughing emoji.
Mr Leitch responded: "Me too. That doesn't change".
The inquiry has heard that Mr Yousaf also described the Scottish Police Federation as a "disgrace" while he was serving as justice secretary earlier in the pandemic.
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Some of those things may be accurate - but really, don't put them down in unambiguous language in a message to your mates.
If anyone on here knew what absolutely fucking useless, brain dead, thick, talentless scum the vast majority of Scottish Labour and Tory politicians are, they would realise that Yousaf and Leitch were actually being complimentary to that bunch of twats.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
This is the excuse the US and UK needed to re-calibrate and turn what’s been a lonely 2 country effort into a UN-backed multilateral policy, as happened with piracy in the Arabian Sea. Going it alone and letting the rest of the world off any responsibility for keeping the Red Sea open was a tactical error.
Russia will veto. The Houthis ultimately are acting in their interests.
This is where clever diplomacy, of the sort lacking in recent years, can help box Russia and its mates into a corner. China also benefits from a safe Red Sea for the shipment of its stuff to Europe.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
This is the excuse the US and UK needed to re-calibrate and turn what’s been a lonely 2 country effort into a UN-backed multilateral policy, as happened with piracy in the Arabian Sea. Going it alone and letting the rest of the world off any responsibility for keeping the Red Sea open was a tactical error.
Russia will veto. The Houthis ultimately are acting in their interests.
This is where clever diplomacy, of the sort lacking in recent years, can help box Russia and its mates into a corner. China also benefits from a safe Red Sea for the shipment of its stuff to Europe.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
If someone can explain to me how a vessel flagged in the Marshall Islands and travelling from Morocco to Singapore is in any way linked with Israel, I'd be interested to hear the explanation.
Well fairly obviously it's aimed at fucking up world trade in the expectation that the U.S. will put pressure in Israel.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
My question may have been tinged with just a touch of sarcasm...
This is the excuse the US and UK needed to re-calibrate and turn what’s been a lonely 2 country effort into a UN-backed multilateral policy, as happened with piracy in the Arabian Sea. Going it alone and letting the rest of the world off any responsibility for keeping the Red Sea open was a tactical error.
Russia will veto. The Houthis ultimately are acting in their interests.
This is where clever diplomacy, of the sort lacking in recent years, can help box Russia and its mates into a corner. China also benefits from a safe Red Sea for the shipment of its stuff to Europe.
China wants a safe Red Sea, but it also wants as many US ships as possible tied up there keeping it safe, leaving as few as possible protecting Taiwan.
There are "incomplete" and "inconsistent" disclosures with "errors" in Trump Org's financial information, a court-appointed monitor told the civil fraud trial judge.
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
NY Times on how White House arrived at decision to delay U.S. LNG terminal CP2 in Louisiana:
"Ahead of the decision, White House climate advisers met with activists like Alex Haraus, a 25-year-old Colorado social media influencer who has led a TikTok and Instagram campaign aimed at urging young voters to demand that Mr. Biden reject the project."
Not a controversial decision at all in the White House, of course. "Little division."
No.
It was 8 months after a summit meeting with Biden that Putin launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine. It didn't happen on Trump's watch.
And ?
How can you reconcile those facts with your view that we are safer with Biden?
You need a course in baby logic.
I've attended the baby logic course and now I think I get it.
When Biden does things which are against our interests, it's ok because he's not Trump, and when bad things happen on his watch, it's not his fault because he's not Trump.
I think that sort of logic leap is one of the prime symptoms of TDS. It just goes to show that when many of these posters claim they care about Ukraine and the West etc, they actually don’t. If Trump went full on supporting Ukraine, they would quickly switch to backing Russia and / or discussing the ‘complexities’ of the situation .
Really ! No ones ever said Biden was beyond criticism but the fact is he wants to support Ukraine and Trump will happily throw the country under a bus .
A vote for Trump is a vote to enable Putin . Those of us who support Ukraine won’t take lectures from those who support Trump .
And I while heartedly support Ukraine and have from day 1.
But your comment goes to show the sweeping assumptions that, if you think Trump is the better candidate, you must be pro-Russia, anti-vax etc. You are displaying your own prejudices (which TBF are shared by many on here).
The fact you think Trump is the better candidate whilst supporting Ukraine is bizarre . The two don’t marry . How will you feel if Trump pulls the plug on Ukraine?
I’ve said before I would vehemently disagree with him and would not support him if he did.
I wouldn’t trust any American politician to support Ukraine, Europe, which includes us, needs to support Ukraine. Russia isn’t going to invade the USA. Europe can’t be so confident.
Russia is closer to Alaska than London
Uninhabited parts of Russia are close to uninhabited parts of Alaska. Russia borders inhabited parts of Europe.
It would probably be easier for Russia to capture Alaska than Poland.
There are less than 50,000 US troops in Alaska, compared to 300,000 Polish troops in Poland and 10,000 US troops and other NATO troops there
THe terrain is rather less forgiving, however - both in Alaska and in Russia.
Just drop a few paratroopers in Anchorage supported by a few Russian destroyers and it would fall effectively, with the rest mopping up
Ukraine had 780,000 troops in the country to defend it.
There are less than 50,000 US troops based in Alaska to defend it
Yes but the rest of Alaska is populated by mad MAGA voting Rednecks armed to the teeth courtesy of the 2nd ammendment. The Russkis wouldn't last a week.
In parts of Alaska, the *insects* would kidnap the Russians. Scottish midges are featherweights in comparison.
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I guess he will be walking with most of the rest of them if this UEA fund stuff comes to pass.
It is a risk with Trump, but it will not necessary be a bad outcome in Ukraine.
What makes you think he wouldn't do the same with Ukraine, especially as he already is trying to?
https://thehill.com/opinion/international/554689-biden-gives-putin-the-nord-stream-prize-and-gets-nothing-in-return/
May 2021: Biden gives Putin the Nord Stream prize and gets nothing in return
The Biden administration’s rationale appears to be that President Trump treated major ally Germany roughly, so we should give Germany what it wants — Nord Stream 2. Let our other European allies simmer; Trump hurt their feelings less than Germany’s, so they don’t count. And, besides, maybe a magnanimous gesture will bring Russia’s Vladimir Putin to a summit with Biden that will solve the world’s outstanding problems.
https://centerforsecuritypolicy.org/bidens-policies-toward-russia-and-ukraine-raise-risk-of-new-putins-aggression/
May 2021: Biden’s policies toward Russia and Ukraine raise risk of Putin’s aggression
The stark differences between Biden’s policies toward Russia (a combination of moderate public criticism with tangible financial backing) and Ukraine (a combination of praise in words with withdrawal of real support in deeds) are so evident that they cannot be missed by such attentive observer and beneficiary as Vladimir Putin.
That's altogether different. Or are privates swearing an oath to their corporals?
It's really, really good if you get the proportions right.
I could provide you with quite a bit of circumstantial and direct evidence against Mr Trump.
I don't really understand your Trump fanbois status.i can't imagine anyone more objectionable than Trump. His personality, his politics, his lack of morality, his lack of humanity. What did you see in the millionaire Donald Trump?
The US are unlikely to use their nukes to defend beyond the core US states and no other NATO state has troops in Alaska
It would also be a casus belli par excellence (pardon the languages). Not even the USSR at the peak of its powers in the 1970s seriously attempted it - why would the much weaker Putin now?
There seems a desperate attempt to continue to portray Putin and Russia as a serious and credible military threat to the UK even after the humiliation of the Ukraine invasion.
The credible and serious bit is only the nuclear element and given the West retains an ample deterrent capability I fail to see what has changed.
It is a very long read, but a necessary one.
I don't read Hill opinion pieces as they're usually balls. Just their news stories.
The court was also told Ms Marten received £15,590 from "Hoare Trustees" into her bank account...
(Edit - incidentally, Poland borders Russia as well.)
Not a spectacular success.
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Hostomel
There are less than 50,000 US troops based in Alaska to defend it
Daleep Singh, deputy national security adviser for international economics, National Security Council, White House: We thought we had quelled his appetite for territory by meeting him in Geneva and trying to address some of the strategic concerns he’d been raising
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-68104494
Derogatory texts between Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch released
Derogatory WhatsApp messages between Scotland's first minister and its national clinical director have been published by the UK Covid Inquiry.
The messages show that Humza Yousaf and Jason Leitch used insulting language about opposition politicians.
Mr Leitch described a female Labour MSP as a "new girl" and said a Tory MSP had been "harrumphing like a child".
Mr Yousaf used expletive language to describe former Labour MSP Neil Findlay.
The message exchange between the pair happened shortly after Mr Yousaf was appointed health secretary in 2021, and saw him joke at one point that he was "winging it! And will get found out sooner rather than later", followed by a laughing emoji.
Mr Leitch responded: "Me too. That doesn't change".
The inquiry has heard that Mr Yousaf also described the Scottish Police Federation as a "disgrace" while he was serving as justice secretary earlier in the pandemic.
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Some of those things may be accurate - but really, don't put them down in unambiguous language in a message to your mates.
I'm spotting a pattern.
I'm more interested in the decisions they made than in the language they used about people they didn't like or rate.
Cornwall is also far further from Russia than Alaska is
But the only reason Ukraine was able to bring its army to bear (forgive the pun) to defeat the initial Russian invasion was the availability of US situational intelligence.
The US has vastly greater capabilities in terms of both early warning systems and air defence.
Your scenario (though undoubtedly war gamed by the two sides) is pretty risible as a realistic threat.
An oil tanker is on fire in the Gulf of Aden, its operator says, after Houthis said they hit it with a missile.
The movement said it had targeted the Marlin Luanda on Friday evening.
Marcy Wheeler successfully got the dates unsealed for David Weiss' search warrants and has found that he did NOT obtain a warrant to search Biden's iCloud for gun crimes evidence until AFTER he indicted Hunter for gun crimes.
https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1750965926005252130
:: goes on to prove black is white, etc etc ::
The distance from Cornwall to Muckle Flugga is about the same as from Juneau to Barrow.
Your question implied that the Houthis have a legitimate reason for their actions. They don't; it's plain terrorism.
Mobility: Zero
I would think Alaska was easier terrain.
Again, to be VERY clear: there's no reason to believe there's a problem with the warrant. Rather this raises big questions about the arguments Weiss is making about why he reneged on the diversion agreement.
https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1750974200066474205
Maybe substitute:
Theoretical line of sight: Miles
https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/china-presses-iran-rein-houthi-attacks-red-sea-sources-say-2024-01-26/
But Iran takes its orders from Moscow, not Beijing.
I'm astonished.
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There are "incomplete" and "inconsistent" disclosures with "errors" in Trump Org's financial information, a court-appointed monitor told the civil fraud trial judge.
Her 12-page letter's inside.
https://twitter.com/KlasfeldReports/status/1750988853975154813
Edit. Bloody hell. Quick and brutal. I bet he'd rather have 100 lashes than what they've given him.
He'd better hope that the rest of the country doesn't rate him that low, or we're on for the first unanimous vote in the EC since 1792.
"Jury awards E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million from Trump for 2019 defamatory statements", fide CNN. Help ma boab, or rather Mr Trump's!
https://edition.cnn.com/politics/live-news/trump-trial-e-jean-carroll-01-26-24/index.html
Other than reputation repair program: $7.3M
Reputation repair program: $11M
PUNITIVE: $65M
BREAKING -- A jury in Manhattan federal court on Friday ordered Donald Trump to pay E. Jean Carroll $83.3 million for defaming her.
The jury awarded $18.3 million in compensatory damages and $65 million in punitive damages -- via
@AaronKatersky
Surely he's going to run out of money and backers at some point?
https://twitter.com/kaitlancollins/status/1750998131498426540
So it seems unlikely Carroll will get any money.
Not sure he’ll easily be able to afford this.
[your edit noted - Ms Carroll is unlikely ...]
Surely that is way more than expected? She was asking for $24 million IIIRC.
Then again, nothing makes much sense in this whole saga.
Wondering if, assuming Trump Org ceases to exist in NY state she has recourse to assets elsewhere?