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I watched that speech live and thought that’s what he said — terminate the “presidency”. I guess I heard him right the first time. Thanks for posting. I think I’ll pass these two videos on to some friends

On Venezuela, the Bolton’s book depicts Trump, in private, as shifting constantly from being the ultimate hawk — he says in one meeting that it would be “cool” to invade Venezuela — to praising Venezuela’s tyrant Nicolas Maduro as “smart” and “tough.”

At one point, Trump privately refers to Venezuela’s National Assembly President and oppos…[Read more]

Pete Buttigieg is no Ralph Nader.

The Effects of Ralph Nader On The Aviation Industry

Jun 19, 2008

Ralph Nader has been involved in quite a few beneficial changes in the industry for travelers.
Here are some of the most common you’re likely to encounter for the better and where they stand now.

Getting Bumped From Your Flight

Before the m…[Read more]

I read only one chapter from John Bolton’s book — it was the chapter on Venezuela. It was an amusing chapter. As I remember, Trump seemed gung-ho about overthrowing Venezuela and he put John Bolton in charge. When it was time to launch his plans into action, Bolton said Trump reneged. Trump told Bolton that Steve Mnuchin was not on board. Bolton…[Read more]

That’s what I was thinking — nearly 1:1. I’ve never seen it there.

There are other big jumps today…

The Ruble weakened today by nearly 17%. It went from 55 Rubles to the Dollar to 64.5 Rubles to one US Dollar.

Also oil — Brent crude oil went from $113 a barrel last night to $103 today. That could be a sign of a weakening world economy –…[Read more]

I didn’t read the Comments the first time. Went back and read them. Sounds like a bunch of Tulsi-hating Democrats.

We’d be a lot better off now had Tulsi Gabbard been Sec’y of State instead of Antony Blinken.

John F. Kennedy speech, 1963: “I realize the pursuit of peace is not as dramatic as the pursuit of war, and frequently the words of…[Read more]

$600 million is more than half a billion. Not much, you say.

Total Trump Raised
Campaign Committee — $773,954,550
Outside Groups — $313,954,719
Combined — $1,087,909,269

Open Secrets: https://www.opensecrets.org/2020-presidential-race/donald-trump/candidate?id=N00023864

Total Biden Raised
Campaign Committee — $1,044,187,828
Outside Groups — $580,113,800
Combined — $1,624,301,628

Open…[Read more]

I saw this on ABC World News yesterday. Here’s how they covered it (video at link)….

Hell on earth…

https://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory/hell-earth-ukrainian-soldiers-describe-eastern-front-86173257

Things could have been a lot different had Hillary chosen Bernie instead of Tim Kaine, the guy who had supported and signed anti-abortion legislation as governor of Virginia.

But let’s not lose sight…

Wall Street spent over $74 million to back Joe Biden’s run for president.

Biden’s haul from Wall Street easily tops what Donald Trump and Bar…[Read more]

I get DW News on my TV. They are very pro-Ukraine. They are so one-sided that I pretty much stopped watching. I would trust the Aljazeera video before DW.

Good video. Thanks for posting.

Yes, I think it will come down to Odessa — good or bad. Sounds like Ukraine is preparing for it and has fortified the area.

Antony Blinken, Victoria Nuland, Lloyd Austin or any of the elites in the White House aren’t worried about paying $10 / gal at the pump. Their only worries will be at the ballot box.

I wonder if any Russians died. It sounds like none.

My next question is will any Ukrainian now occupy the island. If so, I think they would be sitting ducks.

I’m pretty sure The Duran, Alex Mercouris, The New Atlas or others who follow this closely will fill in the details.

It’s possible this is mostly to boost morale. We’ll see…

This will probably boost Ukrainian morale, at least a little…

Russia abandons strategic Snake Island, the early symbol of Ukrainian defiance

Link: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/russia-snake-island-early-symbol-ukrainian-defiance/

Russian troops have hastily abandoned Snake Island today in a fresh blow to Putin’s invasion just days after…[Read more]

Lately Democrats have been admiring Liz Cheney. Even some talk about her running as a Democrat. Do Dems not know or not care where Liz stands on the abortion issue?

Rep. Liz Cheney: “I have always been strongly pro-life. Today’s ruling by the Supreme Court returns power to the states and the people of the states to address the issue of abortion u…[Read more]

IMO, it will take a crashing economy for Congress to even consider cutting military spending — cutting it enough to make a difference, even though the U.S. is incurring massive debt to sustain our costly foreign policy. Even a crashing economy won’t be enough to overcome the big campaign donations which have outsized influence in Congress. It’s…[Read more]