Category Archives: Russia

Ukrainian Escalation

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As most who are following the conflict in Ukraine know, on New Year’s Day (12:02 AM to be precise), “Ukraine” fired six HIMARS missiles at a Russian troop facility in Donetsk.  Some 80+ troops were killed according to the Russian Ministry of Defense (MOD).  Kiev claimed that some 400 Russian soldiers might have been killed. This has been hailed in the western media as a great Ukrainian victory and proof of the fairy tale that Ukraine is about to overrun the Russians.

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Question From A Curious Mind

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Where’s the video?  Every war over the last 80 years has had a significant video component.  Now, during WWII that component may have been delayed a couple of weeks, but it was there.  Newsreels put together video from all manner of places and situations.  It was done on both sides of the conflict. Continue reading...

Odds & Ends

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Russian President Vladimir Putin declared Tuesday that his nation will ban crude oil and petroleum product exports to countries that impose a price cap on Russian crude.

So, let me get this straight.  Russia is the capitalist country in calling for the market to set the price.  And the US and Europe are imposing communist restrictions on the oil market.

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The Ukrainian Boondoggle

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Here’s a short list of everything that is wrong with the sending of money to Ukraine.

First, despite Mitch McConnell’s claims, spending taxpayer dollars on a proxy war in Eastern Europe is not high on the priority list for any group of voters, Democrat or Republican. Polling has noted this since the beginning of the war last February.

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A Glimmer of Hope

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As most people know by now, the hero of the Ukraine, Vladimir Zelenskyy, showed up in the US on Wednesday to get more payola.  Zelenskyy spoke to Congress at length and was showered with repeated standing ovations.  Very few of the assembled Congress critters did not participate in the fawning and swooning.  Matt Gaetz (R-FL) and Lauren Boebert (R-CO) were notable exceptions.

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Odds & Ends

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Canada continues to devalue human life.

Justin Trudeau’s government continues to show that it little cares about the value of human life.  Starting mid-March, Canada will allow medical euthanasia for people plagued with mental disorders under the country’s Medical Assistance in Dying (MAiD) legislation. From March 17, the law in Canada expands to include those suffering from mental illnesses.

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