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They hate cops... For me, that's a deal breaker.. I could not support a Party that hated on cops as a party platform..

Says the guy supporting the party whose detailed and thorough platform was tossed for a blood oath to one individual who attempted to steal the 2020 election in order to remain in power. The GOP can not list what the Party stands for because they know that Trump stands for whatever benefits him the most in that moment — and that is subject to drastically change repeatedly and without warning as his ego demands.

And we all witnessed your party’s support for law enforcement on January 6! You know, I cannot find a single time during the George Floyd protest riots where an officer was pulled off the line by the crowd and physically drug kicking and fighting deeper into the crowd of rioters in order to be beaten worse! I cannot remember any BLM rioters disarming an officer of their tazer and using it against them multiple times. Yes, police were injured by the rioters of the George Floyd protest riots — but those were mainly injured from rocks or bottles being thrown at them. January 6th rioters did not purchase BEAR REPELLENT at the corner gas station or hotel lobby in DC!!! They came prepared to carry out violence.

I dunno.. Maybe it's because I was actually a cop who patrolled the streets...

Yeah, in the same delusional world where Trump won the election!

Shocking. Positively shocking.

Tell me when she lied. Hint: read what you quoted...

BIDEN CONCEDES DEFEAT!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!

Biden administration to withdraw Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses
(CNN)The Biden administration is withdrawing its Covid-19 vaccination and testing regulation aimed at large businesses, following the Supreme Court's decision to block the rule earlier this month.

The US Department of Labor's Occupational Safety and Health Administration said Tuesday it will be withdrawing the vaccination and testing emergency temporary standard for businesses with 100 or more employees, according to a statement on the agency's website.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/25/politics/vaccine-mandate-osha-withdrawn/index.html

MAJOR SLAP DOWN!!!!!!! :D

I said it before and I'll say it again..

ALL DEMOCRATS know how to do is LOSE!!!!! :D

"While we have made progress much more needs to be done to improve people’s lives. This election is crucial: nothing less is at stake than our Democracy," Pelosi said in an announcement on Twitter Tuesday.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-announces-re-election-bid-ahead-of-2022-midterms

So... Here we have ANOTHER Democrat that lied..

And the indignant response from Weigantians™ condemning Pelosi for her lie???

{{ccchhhhiiiiirrrrrrpppp}} {{{cccchhhhhiiiiirrrrrppp}}}

Par for the course.. :eyeroll:

Get that, people??

COVID fatigue = White Supremacy in the eyes of the Racist Democrat Party...

I guess when yer a hammer, everything is a nail..

When yer a racist.. EVERYTHING is racism.. :eyeroll:

NYPD Officer Wilbert Mora, 27, succumbed to his injuries Tuesday
https://www.foxnews.com/us/nypd-officer-dies-harlem-shooting-killed-partner

LEOs suffer another casualty in the Democrat Party's War On Cops... :(

But that doesn’t seem to be all. You don’t need a secret dossier authored by a British ex-spy for hire like Christopher Steele to understand the possible weird real-world mirror version of Russiagate. This time, it’s basically all out in the open—or at least it was, until the press and social media scrubbed reports of Hunter Biden’s laptop from the internet in the run-up to the 2020 election. The laptop, whose provenance and contents have both since checked out beyond any shadow of doubt, give evidence of Hunter’s financial relationships with foreign officials and businesses, like the more than $50,000 per month he got for sitting on the board of Burisma, a Ukrainian energy company, starting in the spring of 2014.
https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/news/articles/what-does-vladimir-putin-have-on-joe-biden

I mean, how bad of a person is Joe Biden to have raised a son like Hunter??? :eyeroll:

"That means the gradualism of the past is out, and this time, we will start at the top of the escalation ladder and stay there," a senior administration official said. "We've made efforts to signal this intention very clearly, and I would say, a deepening selloff in Russian markets, its borrowing costs, the value of its currency market, imply default risk, reflect the severity of the economy consequences we can and will impose on the Russian economy in the event of a further invasion."
https://www.foxbusiness.com/politics/biden-russia-sanctions-ukraine-invasion

Well, I'll believe it when I see it.. :^/

Democrats have been buddying up to Russia for decades... Let's see if that can put any bite in their bark...

Got a lot on my mind..

I'll try and be more attentive to my job here...

Hospital says its goal is to 'create both the best chance for successful operation and also the patient’s survival after transplantation'
https://www.foxnews.com/health/boston-patient-heart-transplant-vaccinated

Now this is a pretty shitty thing to do..

It's akin to cops saying, "Since you don't own a gun you obviously are not interested in protecting yourself or your family. So we're not going to respond when you have an armed home invasion..."

It's a damn shitty thing for Democrats to do...

Why do Democrats hate Americans so much???

Of course, sudden voter shifts can go both ways, but unless the Biden administration can figure out how to stop and reverse the burgeoning inflation crisis, the results in November will bring no celebrations in the White House or in offices held by Democrats in the Capitol building down Pennsylvania Avenue.

The downward momentum is going to be nearly impossible for Democrats to arrest...

It's going to be a bad bad time to be a Democrat...

Take a load off Fanny
Take a load for free
Take a load off Fanny
And (and) (and) you put the load right on me

:D

It isn’t just polling that gives Democrats warning about the upcoming mid-term elections. Voters in the off-year 2021 elections sent an unambiguous message that certain prominent Democratic issues, especially at the local and state level, were unacceptable, including defunding the police, dismissal of parental concerns about education, failure to prosecute criminals, and the handling of pandemic issues. Even in very progressive urban areas such as New York City, San Francisco, and Minneapolis there was backlash, and more moderate, or newly moderate, Democrats were rewarded by voters.

Everywhere you look there are signs that patriotic Americans are taking back this country... :D

https://youtu.be/N79OAlMi2nI

Still another signal of massive voter shift is the entry of numerous credible Republican candidates in likely competitive races for governor and legislative seats, while Democrats lag in attracting candidates, and are seeing very large numbers of U.S. House retirees.

How did Democrats fall so far so fast??

Over estimating their popularity and over estimating their abilities..

And under estimating the strength in the level or patriotism in this country...

HATE ON AMERICA is simply NOT a good Party platform...

Now there is a shift in the discussion as pundits and pollsters are suggesting that Republicans might not lose any senate seats, and that the four vulnerable Democrats are in more trouble than before — being dragged down by the unpopular Biden and his progressive policy agenda.
https://amac.us/sudden-shift-has-democrats-on-edge-to-start-2022/

Things are looking worser and worser for Democrats..

Consequently, things are looking better and better for America...

:D

Sen. Lauren Book's bill would strengthen Florida’s revenge porn law
https://www.foxnews.com/us/florida-senator-extorted-nude-photos-protect-others

Reading some of the comments on that^^^^ reminds me of many of the comments here in Weigantia... :^/

Sick and disgusting...

For someone that neither encourages or discourages trollery you sure do post of lot of it.

"I know, right!!?"
-Felix, WRECK IT RALPH

Every time I have engaged you in discussion you have run away and projected your refusal to engage in discussion on me. The only person you are fooling with that lie is yourself.

EXACTLY...

Michale may not get too many things right, but he has nailed you down perfectly.

Yea, exactly what... wait... whaa??? hay now... :D

The question should be why does Mtn Caddy refuse to engage in discussion instead of resorting to false claims about the commenters to avoid addressing a topic by trying to de-legitimize the commenter which in his mind (but not in reality) de-legitimizes the commenters opinions?

That is EXACTLY the question that needs to be asked...

The answer is simple..

cad is a Left Wing version of a ditto-head.. He can't address facts that disagree with the little world he has created, so he lashes out with impotence and frustration..

Every time he attacks my facts as "trollery" (which is every day, several times a day) it's simply validation of my intellectual superiority over him..

And why can't you just ignore him? :D

Probably for the same reason I don't either..

The hope that one day he sees the light, changes his ways and joins the civilized community...

No one is bluffing here...

I am unsure as to what your point is..

In re that last little bit don't you think that since troll showed it's face Weigantia has kinda gone back to hell? Don't you miss on-topic discourse?

You CAN have on-topic discourse.. There is absolutely NOTHING stopping you from having on-topic discourse..

Me and Liz do it all the time..

Me and JL do it all the time...

Hell, even me and Russ do it all the time..

Your problem is you don't want on-topic discourse on subjects you are either ignorant about or always lose...

You can have on topic discourse if you would just be content to have on topic discourse..

But you really don't want on topic discourse, you want an echo chamber.. You want "discourse" with ONLY the people who say "Yea, uh huh" and "ditto ditto" to your comments..

You are awash with confirmation bias and you only want discourse with people who will feed that confirmation bias..

Look at ALL of your comments for the past year??

Anyone who agreed with you, you were as happy as a pig in shit..

Anyone who disagreed with you was a troll and didn't really want to discuss anything...

You live in your own little world of bias and bigotry..

And you whine and cry and stamp your feet and "ignore" anyone who upsets your perfectly little mental world..

Deal with it bud...

There are only 2 ways to get rid of me and you simply aren't up to the task, either way...

Which is why I am saying that Putin is not bluffing..

Is President Biden up to the task of facing down the Russian bear??

Given what happened in Afghanistan, the facts clearly show that Biden is not up to the task..

"What a stupid question"
-Joe Biden to a news reporter that asked him a question.

"{sarcastically}That’s a great asset, more inflation. What a stupid son of a bitch."
Joe Biden to news reporter Peter Doocy

Once again, the hypocrisy of the Democrat Party is plain for all to see...

Hypocrisy.. It's not a bug in Democrat programming. It's a feature.

I hear things.. :D

But hay.. Yer the boss.. The Warden Of Weigantia™..

Who am I to question, eh? :D

Politically, they are dicey as they could bring Russian troops into direct conflict with US/NATO troops..

If you refer to this map:

http://mfccfl.us/Ukraine.jpg

... you will see what I mean..

Russia forces (RED) get bogged down north of Kiev my Ukraine military (GREEN)...

Russia can move ground forces out of the Crimea and naval forces in the Black Sea and take Odessa.. This will be a HUGE blow to Ukraine as it is the HQ for the Ukraine navy. It's economic necessity is beyond important.. A successful campaign against Odessa will likely cripple Ukraine beyond all hope...

As an added bonus, Odessa is just a hop skip and jump to Moldova, which Putin also wants to claim as Russia...

If Russia successfully captures Odessa, the war is effectively over..

Another option for Putin that is even MORE fraught with peril is carving out a land bridge by taking the Suwalki Gap between Belarus and the Russian enclave of Kaliningrad. This would give Putin a staging area in Kaliningrad and a direct route thru Poland to Belarus and to Ukraine beyond.

An equally risky move is Russian forces is to carve out a land bridge thru Lithuania to Belarus into Ukraine..

These are risky moves because this would put US/NATO forces in direct contact with Russian forces as both Poland and Lithuania are NATO members.

On the other hand, it's possible (even likely) that this is an attractive option for Putin as he knows Biden is weak. If Russia were to opt for the Kaliningrad campaign, Putin could show that world that Russia can act with impunity and the US is too weak to do anything about it..

As I have mentioned above, the very real risk is that Biden over-reacts to show how tough he is and... BOOOM...

World War III....

Class dismissed....

I thought the Weigantian™ Music Fest was on Sunday nights??? :D

It is.

But, how would YOU know anything about that? Ahem.

Putin's best option, which is also the option that has the least likely chance of success, is to "convince" an opposition leader loosely associated with Ukraine government to issue a "plea" for "assistance"...

With that in hand, Putin can roll Russian tanks and troops from Belarus and be in Kiev in a matter of hours...

That is unlikely to happen... At least not successfully.. Sure, Putin might have a "plea for assistance" in hand.. But it will not have any weight of law or of the Ukrainian people as a whole behind it..

Russia will have to expend blood and treasure for every inch of Ukrainian..

The very real fear here is Russia's nuclear arsenal..

No, not their aging Strategic nukes.. In that, our arm-chair general cad was accurate.. He must have actually read a book, as opposed to me who has been there and done that.. In any case, cad is correct. Russia's strategic nuclear arsenal is old and not well maintained.. The Russian bear can still lob a few hundred ICBMs over the pole, but that is compared to the TENS OF THOUSANDS that the US could retaliate with..

No, the fear here is Russia's tactical and battlefield nuclear weapons that Russia has been building and perfecting for decades for just such an occurrence..

Russia has micro-miniaturized tactical nukes and made them man-portable..

Russia's inventory of tactical and battlefield nukes surpasses the US inventory by a factor of 10.. And Russia is way ahead of the US in terms of technological advancement in the area of battlefield nuclear technology..

The old style MAD doctrine (Mutually Assured Destruction) used to keep the miniaturization of nuclear weapons in check.. The fabled FOURTH PROTOCOL...

But in today's age, with only one remaining Superpower (the US), that calculation has changed...

In the old days, ANY use of a nuclear weapon no matter how small would dangerously escalate and make the use of Strategic nuclear weapons all the more likely..

But here is the thing.. Will the US respond with Strategic nukes if Russians employ a small battlefield nuke that wipes out an entire Ukrainian brigade??

And therein lies the danger of the Biden miscalculation that I am referring to..

A US leader in full command of his faculties and emotionally stable would rely on massive conventional weapons response or use the limited US arsenal of battlefield nukes..

But, as I have pointed out, Biden has something to prove...

The danger of an all out strategic nuclear war has never been closer today than it has been since the missiles of October...

"We don't have any good choices. But the reality is that the leaders of Russia and China and a whole bunch of other places smell weakness."
https://www.newsmax.com/newsmax-tv/ric-grenell-ukraine-russia-biden/2022/01/22/id/1053553/

And there you have it...

Just as I illustrated above...

Putin KNOWS that Biden is weak... Biden has proven it time and time again..

So, the only question is...

Will Biden remain weak and allow Putin to bend over Ukraine and rape her..

Or will Biden, in a vain attempt to PROVE he *isn't* weak, over-react and plunge this nation into a devastating and crippling war with a well equipped former Superpower???

That's the question facing us today...

During an event on Monday evening, Doocy attempted to ask Biden a question about inflation, to which the president responded by calling him a "stupid son of a bitch."
https://www.foxnews.com/media/fox-news-peter-doocy-biden-cleared-the-air

Biden is losing it.. This much is clear...

On the one hand, the danger is that Biden, being the wet blanket that he is, takes the Uber-Passive position and simply lets Russia roll all over Ukraine and simply protect the actual NATO allies in the TOP...

But I don't think this is going to happen..

Ya'all gotta understand that Biden has been pummeled from all sides for the last year... He is feeling trapped and must feel a need to prove himself..

The cluster-frak that was Afghanistan is especially weighing on him.. Biden likes to think of himself as an old school man's man.. Military warrior.. Big Cheese Commander In Chief..

After being thoroughly beaten down by Afghanistan, Biden is looking for redemption.. My guess is he is going to over-react harshly to the Russian invasion of Ukraine and, literally, poke the bear..

With tragic results..

I am not saying WW III is a guarantee.. It surely is a bigger chance than our arm-chair general cad says it will be...

But, due to Biden's miscalculation, American troops are going to die.. By a lot larger of a number than the 13 troops that Biden got killed in Afghanistan..

The only possible saving grace is that someone in the chain of command recognizes Biden's failings and either publicly or surreptitiously countermands Biden's orders and keeps our troops from starting WW III...

That's the analysis from someone who has actually served in the US Militaries and has actually seen combat...

As opposed to the arm-chair types whose closest thing the serving in the US Military is playing Call Of Duty on the Playstation 4...

The troops, if activated, would deploy to NATO nations in Eastern Europe like Poland or Lithuania, in logistics, medical, aviation, transportation and other areas, he said. The Pentagon could also deploy troops to support intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, with drones, Mr. Kirby said.
https://www.wsj.com/articles/pentagon-places-hundreds-of-troops-on-standby-for-deployment-to-eastern-europe-in-standoff-with-russia-11643051349

PTD orders have gone out to a US QRF...

Since I am the only Weigantian who has worn the uniform of two difference branches of our country, allow me to explain what's happening..

Troops are gathering at their depots. They are amassing their personal gear and their equipment they will deploy with..

PTD orders are usually issued with time frame involved, anywhere from 12 hours to 2 weeks... I have personally been involved in several recalls where our PTD status was 24 hours and a few that were about a week..

Just hanging around waiting for our deployment orders.

Not fun..

The true definition of having it all together, but not knowing where to put it..

PTD orders are not issued lightly because of all the logistics that come into play to make those orders happen... It's a massive undertaking that involves a lot of moving parts..

If the US is at the PTD stage, shit is getting real...

I thought the Weigantian™ Music Fest was on Sunday nights??? :D

BUT Elizabeth Miller...there isn't enough kindness in existence to cure our (and frankly, ALL) trolls paramount need for attention. It would be different if they tried to engage but they do not. What do you not "get?"

I have not read a troll post here since 29 December. Kick and Bashi provide some laughs but otherwise I neither encourage nor discourage trollery. It's not like I have a vote. Nor do you but please don't effing encourage trollery, okay

Here's your problem, cad...

You define "trollery" as anything you disagree with..

That's been a common theme your entire existence in Weigantia™, of which I have been present for..

Every time someone proves you wrong (which is quite often) you simply attack them as a troll rather than defend your position with logic and facts..

So, EVERY TIME, you call my comments trollery (which is every day, several times a day) what you are REALLY saying is "I concede your logical and rational argument and I have no logical and rational rebuttal"

"The fact that you resort to name calling proves you are defensive and therefore find my opinion valid"
-Spock, STAR TREK 90210

Well, cad.. Once again...

I accept your concession.. :D

BOTH capable of projecting military force ANYWHERE on the planet and capable of destroying the planet.

Factually not accurate..

No military on earth is capable of destroying the planet...

Further WW III is closer than you think.. Especially with a doddering senile leader like Biden at the helm..

When I served in both the US Air Force and the US Army during Desert Storm I had front row seats to this kind of "leadership". A weak ineffectual leader gets himself (or herself) painted into a corner and the lashes out overcompensating for their weaknes.. A desire to show how tough they are.. They poke the bear and invites a military response commiserate with their over-reaction..

And viola.. That's how wars are started..

You not having served in the military, your ignorance is understandable..

Other than those error, ya'all's comments were an interesting read... Kudos..

Otay, Buh'Wheat! Let us speak not the word threesome forevermore...

'Cept these here lyrics are still stuck in mah haid...

...You and me and the Devil makes three
Don't need no other lovin' baby...

G'Morn

NOT THAT you've not been exposed to football's grip on even your very own male population (due to your especially-gonzo-think-Protestant-Version of football, for the record an aberration utterly required to get the attention of a populace that voluntarily fires hard rubber objects while sprinting on ice.)

Blessed be the Sacramental Potion, Beer! Blessed be covering the Spread and Blessed be hitting the occasional Parlay, in Thy Mercy.

Thing of it is, EM, Sunday Nights are quite often not the times that I've felt the inclination to share whatever tune is running through my "24/7 Juke box mind." Like the music, I have no control over this.

**WHENEVER YOU HEAR these words out of any North-American man's mouth, I PRAY THAT you recognize that these are SACRED WORDS from the most Holiest of teachings from the Church of Football. Murican football, that is. Swimming pools...movie stars.

HAVING SAID this, I enjoyn you to Do It 'Til You're Satisfied.

A threesome, perhaps?

Ah, no. Wouldn't want to share you with anyone.

:-)

If you have time and are on facebook, you must join Vacouver Rock Groups of the 60s to 80s ... seriously!

You thilly wabbit, why would I do that when I can count on you to serve me up the highlights, every Sunday Night Dance Party that trollery doesn't preclude?

O BROTHER,
WHERE ART THOU?

Ahem.

Maybe you could play some next Sunday night??

If you have time and are on facebook, you must join Vacouver Rock Groups of the 60s to 80s ... seriously!

I've been there for about a year now and have just begun to scratch the surface ...

Lucky for me, my BFF had TWO daughters and his own soul, so I got included in his SpotifyPremium 4-Pack.

SO I'm off to listen to "Cloud" since ya just stuck it in my head...

Heh.

Coffee.

Sidewalk cafe, with a view.

I don't want to stereotype you as some kind of super overpolite countrywoman (although, in truth, what could be better than the whole planet acting like they're Swiss or Canuck?)

BUT Elizabeth Miller...there isn't enough kindness in existence to cure our (and frankly, ALL) trolls paramount need for attention. It would be different if they tried to engage but they do not. What do you not "get?"

I have not read a troll post here since 29 December. Kick and Bashi provide some laughs but otherwise I neither encourage nor discourage trollery. It's not like I have a vote. Nor do you but please don't effing encourage trollery, okay?

That was very nice - all of it! Well, except for that very last bit. Ahem.

WE NOW return you to your regularly scheduled trollery...

*I think it's important to account for the historical reasons that Russia fears invasion, as it keeps happening.

*It's usually the (secretly afraid) bully whose voice rings loudest.

*But Putin stands to lose more by military confrontation than by simply rattling what limited sabers he has.

*China can fuck over Tibet and the Uighers but they are likely a decade away from doing much more than annoying Taiwan (and hardening anti-reunification fervor.)

So, relax. Be happy.

This sounds very scary. Until you remember that Russia got it's ass kicked in Afghanistan, knows it cannot rival Murican military power and doesn't need to invade anybody so long as the pussy West gives him something.

And China (syeah,
that China, the China strategically vulnerable to US complete naval blockade) doesn't have the capacity to invade even friendly territory let alone rabidly anti-Communist Taiwan.

So stop alarming your small, deeply disturbed following
down here in Weigantia. You don't want to contribute to our Military-Industrial-Complex's campaign to get Murican plebes ready to start another war somewhere.

Not necessarily. [Program note: it may be some combination of ethnic pride along with the vodka kicking in, but consider...]

Yep, Ukraine cannot win straight up.

But first, Russia is a gas station masquerading as a country. They have deteriorating nukes, yes, to go along with a deteriorating military (Good-Morning-Afghanistan!) but these are no longer the Cold War times.

Second, it's the resistance of the population that Russia's military fears, not the equally decrepit Ukrainian military. Remember...two thousand years of this shit...

Third, the Western world will bring the economic pain like never before. If it's true that there's more Rubles OUTSIDE Russia than within then Putin and his Oligarch buddies are risking a huge hit to their wallets.

Very true. And worse, we could have Rooskies controlling our Manhattan just like us damned Yankees are currently controlling China's Manhattan/Taiwan. Furthermore, Russia has been invaded forever. Mongols, more Mongols, Napoleon, Hitler...after a couple millenia, can ya blame them if it's seeped into their DNA?

Which is the very worse case scenario if Putin invades. I think Putin will not bite off another Afghanistan-intensity conflict but seeks concessions.

SO WHY ALL THE ALLIANCES?
The reasons were that France, Britain and Russia feared Germany. And the Germans, likewise, feared Russia and all parties concerned decided to crush the other while they still had the chance. Just saying.

BOTH capable of projecting military force ANYWHERE on the planet and capable of destroying the planet.

The United States is the only one.

Nope. All kinds of nope, to wit:

FIRST AND LAST, everybody knows that neither Europe nor us Yanks are going to fight Russia over Ukraine. Any Faux News-generated controversy over whether Joe gaffed and encouraged Russia aside, this was never ever ever going to happen. Ukrainians and the Rooskies have been struggling for dominance over the neighborhood for two thousand years now #SSDD. Our Pentagon is secretly hoping that Putin does invade -- you think Afghanistan was bitter resistance?

Regarding China and Taiwan the PLA is years away (at least) from having enough amphibious capability to even have a credible threat of invading Taiwan. Period. No amphib equals tough titties. The Chinese know that the Yanks are still the only superpower on the planet and their wise strategy is to continue to rattle their sabers to get their Manhattan back -- think about it, Weigantia but to NOT get into a shooting war with us. Our Navy can completely cut China off from all the oil and raw materials that they MUST import.

So...chillbabybabychill. World War Three/Four ain't happening anytime soon.
I like the case you made for the Seven Years War, BTW.

I am second generation Ukrainian-Murican with a strong background in military and political history, and like anyone of Ukrainian descent I have string opinions-- make that STRONG opinions on, like, everything. No, really, we say, "If you have two Ukrainians in the room you have at least three opinions in the room."

At any rate, I'm going to respond to this column as I read through it, rather than the usual "taking it all in and digesting the whole thing aforehand" approach that I usually take...