On Jan 22, 2022:
posted by Dr Winston O'BoogieSince 1991, this had been brewing. No way the Russia/the USSR was going to lose all that area, watch NATO increase and not act.
After 1918, it had been brewing. No way Germany was going to lose all that area and watch the allies increase and not act.
The similarities to 1930's Europe are stark.
Leaders ascending to power who were once loyal foot soldiers, humiliated by their leaders capitulation.
Rearming.
Sudetenland/Crimea. Vexed by fellow countrymen behind the lines of borders drawn by the victors. Then easily annexed with nothing more than bitching.
Poland/Ukraine. A major country split between west and east. Carved in half by European powers. Then going to war for.
The Ukraine does not have a binding defense agreement like Poland but three small states to the north do. Two of which have 1/4 Russian populations. Just a stones throw from Moscow. Putin wants them back in fold.
The conditions that existed nearly 100 years ago are no less dangerous today.
Didn't Obama scrap George W. Bush's proposed ballistic missile defense plan for Europe. Interceptors in Poland and Czech Republic. Very strange.
posted by gut
Yet, he only invades Ukraine when Democrats are POTUS. Strange.
Yeah and during the last administration a couple of hundred Russians returned home from Syria in body bags. Also strange.
posted by iclfan2The Dems just filibustered a vote to sanction Russia and their pipeline too. Lol the same filibuster they’ve been crying about for a year. It would be humerous if it wasn’t so dumb.
That and I remember not to long ago the Dems were worried someone was going to rip up sanctions on Russia.
On Jan 20, 2022:
I’d have taken it, gotten the offer, and declined immediately at that point. Or maybe waited the length they gave for a decision. Either way, I’d make them waste more resources and time on me just to say no.
On Jan 16, 2022:
Looks like you just gave the Feds an interest free loan. You will get your your money back sometime after April 15, 2023. Until then shut up and enjoy da roads.
On Jan 13, 2022:
All I care about is when am I going to get my free government mask.
On Jan 7, 2022:
Pearl Harbor and 9/11 gave the government popular support to use great power to unleash hell on other human beings. The 6th is in no way equal to those events but the comparison is invoked purposely for a reason.
Like calling it an "armed insurrection".
On a side note I read this morning where the government of Kazakhstan's interior ministry announced 26 "armed criminals" had been "liquidated".
On Jan 5, 2022:
On Dec 31, 2021:
On Dec 24, 2021:
posted by gutI don't even understand the point. Who doesn't have a job that wants one, so why shouldn't people be able to pay their loans?
Does he even have the power to do this? Seems like a really weak and desperate play to buy some temporary love from millenials.
Not desperate. Calculated. It's designed to get permanent love from the millennials. The longer an individual does not have to pay the bill the more entrenched it gets in the budget.
Adults came up with this.
On Dec 23, 2021:
posted by like_thatThe top inbound states tend to be governed by the right for awhile.
The landscape changes quickly once the locusts arrive in mass.
On Nov 30, 2021:
Dead Pool Thread: A thread where people post notable names who have passed away during the course of the year.
CC's current account: "This random chick who was missing isn't dead, but I'm sad and horny!"
Are there any letters of the Greek alphabet left?
On Nov 29, 2021:
Fauci has declared himself science incarnate. He is beyond reproach.
On Nov 28, 2021:
I remember when jmog and gut argued on the meme thread for 13 pages. Please stop. This could have been its own thread but whatever.
As for the situation being discussed, it's a tough one. I think it's a bad shoot, but I see the arguments for the opposite. I don't think the guy should've gone back in the house to bring out the gun. I don't think the guy should have tried to grab it. I also don't think when the guy with the gun got distance between them the other guy was a threat anymore.
The lack of worry by any party once the shoot happened was weird af, too. Why is his lady recording not freaking out while he's laying dead on the front porch?
On Nov 25, 2021:
posted by like_thatMore like Dr. Vlad O’Lenin, amirite?!!
You can say that again!
posted by like_thatMore like Dr. Vlad O’Lenin, amirite?!!
Oh