Ukraine's insistence on its future membership in NATO - at the behest of the US, I hasten to add - made this stupid war unavoidable. I'm beginning to believe that the US never wanted to avoid this conflict with Russia - mostly because none of this makes any sense, otherwise.

Do you really think that Ukraine will win this war and regain ALL of its territory, including Crimea? The only way that happens is if the US and its NATO allies engage in all out war with Russia. Then do you want to guess how THAT ends?

If Ukraine had instead acted in its own best interests and negotiated to avoid war and softened its stance on NATO membership (as Zelensky has already done and then backtracked more than once since this thing began) it may well have ended up with most of its territory intact. Now, when all the parties are finally ready to end this war with a political settlement, Ukraine will surely not be so fortunate.

I can't understand why you choose to ignore geopolitical reality and facts already on the ground vis-a-vis NATO enlargement and Russian concerns ... pre-24 February, let alone for the past thirty years. These things won't go away just because you refuse to see them.

As for your silly Canadian scenario ... the US can go right ahead and conquer Canada and take beautiful British Columbia just as soon as Canada pulls out of NATO and declares its wish to be aligned with Russia in a defense alliance and even go so far as to put this wish in writing in our constitution. You see how non-serious your analogy is?

That's a keeper!

In your world it sounds like you have.

Um, what does 1000% proven/whatever mean in your world? That you've proven it ten times more truly? Is this some sort of Supersized Truth? And should I,too, give it the respect of ALLCAPS TRUTH?

How does that work in your world?

As one of 3 original founders, I have a duty and an obligation to continue to fulfill the role that CW wanted me to fill...

Repeating lies over and over doesn't work on us Libs

If I were repeating lies, you would have a point..

But I am not, so you don't...

Except where noted as fact-based opinions, everything posted is 1000% factual...

If it looks like a duck and quacks like a duck it's a duck, albeit a duck quacking NPA! I'm an NPA!

And yet, I am the ONLY one who has PROVEN that they are a card-carrying NPA.. IE Independent.. :D It says it right there on my registration card...

NPA

No
Political
Affiliation.. :D

Once again... JUST THE FACTS.. :D

Others trying to be like Mike have CLAIMED they are Independents..

But yet, *I* am the only one who has PROVEN it... :D

Funny how that is, eh?? :D

Repeating lies over and over doesn't work on us Libs like it works on you whatever you call yourself and your ilk.

Many Democrats represented here in Weigantia do not fit in the category of the Democrat that #115 was directed at..

NEN....

Notable Exceptions Noted... :D

Sure...

With the benefit of 20/20 hindsight, EVERY mass shooting could have been prevented.. :eyeroll:

And, unfortunately, the CW I know has passed away...

So unless you can figure out a way to send $100 to either heaven or hell (I am betting on the former, but wouldn't put the latter past CW, the sly dog.. :D) then you'll just have to be satisfied with some lucky lady in Israel who has a seeing eye companion thanx in part to my donation...

http://mfccfl.us/IGDdonation.jpg

If the old CW was here with us, I am sure he would love that the donation went to such a worthy cause...

That, if they solved this problem, then all other issues would be surmountable..

The Democrat Party's biggest problem is their collective guilt over racism..

Every problem the Democrats have all flow from that single issue..

Collective guilt..

Democrats feel guilty because they were the Party that gave this country the KKK and Jim Crow..

And, in their throes of collective guilt Democrats feel that the ONLY solution is to be racist in FAVOR of black Americans.. To atone for all their past racism AGAINST black Americans..

In short, Democrats feel that the must be racist to atone for their racism..

I know, I know.. It's completely and utterly irrational, but it's how Democrats think...

That is why, as a whole, Democrats see racism in everything.. They are like the brigand in THE MUMMY II who thinks everything is cursed..

"This is cursed.. THAT is cursed..."

With Democrats, it's "This is racist... THAT is racist..."

Of course, the black American activists feed this Democrat way of looking at things because it benefits the black Democrat activist...

Reparations is a PERFECT example..

Thanx to BLM, we now know that a Democrat activists are working a con... And this push for reparations is the most blatant con of all.. Even more blatant than the BLM con... The BLM con was more of an extortion ring than a con..

"Give us money or we will destroy your corporation and your offices and your stores.."
-BLM

The CON part of BLM came when those paying the extortion actually believed they were going to help black Americans.. But all the corporations did was fund the lavish lifestyle that the BLM group felt they were entitled..

But reparations?? That is a blatant con.. Giving money to people for slavery that were NEVER slaves.... And, of course, it's the American people of ALL races who are footing the bill...

So, the people who were NEVER slaves get slavery reparations..

And the people who were NEVER slave owners have to pay the slavery reparations..

Can ANYONE explain to me the logic of this??? The rational thought that goes along with this blatant con??

And the Democrat Party as a whole gets behind this because of Democrat collective guilt over their past support of slavery and their collective guilt for having given this country the KKK and Jim Crow...

But here's the kicker..

EVERY country in this world had slavery at one time or another.. EVERY society at one time or another had the conquerors and the conquered. And the conquered were almost always enslaved...

And, of course, it's a FACT that it was black African conquerors who enslaved the black people they conquered... Black slave traders sold black people all over the world..

And yet, it's ONLY in America that there is this collective guilt by the Democrat Party that pushes blatantly racist crap like Affirmative Action and Reparations...

You have blatantly racist Affirmative Action where you get a leg up SOLELY based on your race.. BY DEFINITION, that is racist..

With Reparations, you get money SOLELY based on your race.. AGAIN, BY DEFINTION, that is racist..

It's the ONLY remnant of systemic/institutionalized racism left in this country..

And it's ALL on the Democrat Party...

So, Democrats... Get over your collective guilt already....

Everyone in America has an equal opportunity to succeed....

And THAT is all that anyone can expect from life...

For all those that DON'T succeed?? 99.9% of the time, such lack of success can be traced back to a stupid choice that was made..

So, let's nip this one in the bud, right here, right now..

Democrats.. In the here and now, you are not responsible for the slavery perpetrated by your ancestors..

In the here and now, black Americans don't NEED a leg up... They are sentient human beings who can make choices for themselves.. They don't NEED wealth they didn't earn.. Your average black American is perfectly able to get to where they want to be without handouts or legs up or reparations or affirmative action..

Black Americans have the same exact opportunities that everyone else has..

And for Democrats to think that black Americans need the extra consideration is insulting and racist..

So, Democrats...

Get over your racism already...

{/rant}

Be careful what you wish for??? :D

If I may go on a bit of a rant here..

IMO Michale, this is the best post out of you in recent memory! Enjoyable and informative even as I take exception to your Don't criticize the law enforcement that we hire to protect us mantra.

D'ya wanna know why I feel that way? Because it's,

*Original (not cut and paste laziness)

*It's in your own heartfelt words.

*It's not the #SameShitDifferentDay boring and repetitive dross that you pollute the man's comment section with...after stiffing him when you lost our wager. I'm not letting this go until one of us pays CW that $100USD you owe him.

It's gonna happen.. :D

There, see how easy that was? Imagine all the bloodshed we've avoided!

Never condemning the REAL violence and REAL attacks coming from the Left Wingery....

And the response from Democrats and Weigantians??

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:eyeroll:

you're not the only one who's frustrated and saddened, you're just the only one who is willing to accept the cost putin would exact if ukraine sued for peace by voluntarily giving him part of their country.

the US will not conquer canada. we promise we'll leave you alone and let you do business same as before, just sign over manitoba to US control and we'll all be very pleased with ourselves for avoiding an unnecessary conflict.

This is a case about, among other things, whether a court must determine whether evidence would help an inmate seeking a writ of habeas corpus and whether the court can consider that evidence before the court grants an order allowing the inmate to develop new evidence.

A 5-4 ruling with Roberts authoring the majority...

Still a possibility for DOBBS and BRUEN...

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-511_o75p.pdf

Nope.. It's an R number so that's it for the day... :(

Still no Dobbs... Still no Bruen...

What a let down...

This case was a challenge to the constitutionality of a Maine program that pays tuition for some students to attend private schools when their own school district does not operate a public secondary school.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1088_dbfi.pdf

Unless Chief Justice Roberts joined the majority on Dobbs..

It is by Justice Breyer, and the decision is unanimous.

This case is a challenge by the federal government to a special Washington state worker’s compensation law for federal contract workers employed at the Hanford site in the state, which produced weapons-grade plutonium for the U.S. nuclear program but also generated large amounts of radioactive waste. The law creates a presumption that workers will be eligible for benefits if they contract certain diseases, including cancer.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/21-404_i5ea.pdf

It is by Justice Gorsuch, and the vote is 7-2 with Thomas and Alito dissenting.

The question before the Court was whether an attempted (but ultimately unsuccessful) robbery under the Hobbs Act, which criminalizes an attempt to commit robbery that affects interstate commerce, qualifies as a “crime of violence” for purposes of a federal law that makes it a federal crime to use a gun in a “crime of violence.”

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1459_n7ip.pdf

It's by Justice Kavanaugh, and the decision appears to be 7-2.

https://www.supremecourt.gov/opinions/21pdf/20-1641_3314.pdf

They start at 1000hrs and come every 10 minutes until done..

Apologies.. I get real defensive about cops being falsely accused of stuff..

It's actually funny.. When my kids were growing up, we had a hard and fast rule..

We NEVER tell people to shut up...

"Don't you touch my boobs!"
-Martha (in Sheldon Oberroth's body)

"Oh shit, girl, that's the FIRST thing I did!"
-Fridge, (in Ruby Roundhouse's body)

:D

Don't ever tell anyone to STFU about anyting, okay?

But she was in the male body of Spock. the inhabitant of her body was Spock, who is male. Personally I'm amazed that with all these cross gender body switching story lines the first thing they all do isn't to reach down and play with their new junk.

If a cop actually screws up he deserves to be strung up..

The problem here is that 99% of the time, cops DON'T screw up...

I strive to be consistent...

I am really getting sick and tired of all the second guessing by armchair quarterbacks over the Uvalde shooting..

Mistakes were made.. Of that there is no doubt.. But what is SORELY lacking is reporting on WHY the decisions made were made..

If the facts and reality were ignored and mistakes were made, OK fine... String the cops up by their thumbs and slap them silly...

But if tactical decisions were made for good sound tactical reasons and just turned out to be wrong, that's another whole kettle o' fish....

In other words, WRONG decisions made for the RIGHT reasons are not mistakes.. It's called the heat of battle... The fog of war...

If a cop makes a totally boneheaded decision based on fear or what have you, yes.. That cop deserves to be vilified

But if a cop makes a decision based on the known accepted reality of the situation and it just turns out to be wrong, then you can't blame the cop... He or she did the best they could with what they had....

I always told troops under my command, "Failure to make a decision is a decision in itself. And it's the WORST possible decision you can make.. Get all the available facts and intel you can and then make a decision.. If you get it wrong, but you had good tactical reasons, I'll cover your 6 to hell and back.."

So people need to quit demonizing the Uvalde cops until they learn WHY the decisions made were made...

Until they do, they just need to STFU....

{/rant}

"Got excited there.. Fired off a few warning shots.. Sorry about that.."
-Robin Williams, LIVE AT THE MET

:D

https://www.scotusblog.com/

No amount of drugs or surgery will turn a man into a woman or a woman into a man..

You can put tits on a man and he will still be a man..

You can put an adams apple on a woman and she will still be a woman...

Biologic gender is forever...

This is the science...

Even when Spock's consciousness was in T-Pring, T-Pring was still a Vulcan woman...

Yer right..

Biological science is what makes it so... :D

I can't believe that I'm the only one around here who sees what is happening to Ukraine and becomes more and more frustrated and saddened. This war should never have begun and, now that it is raging, no one seems to give a whit about putting in the effort to end it. And, as it drags on - for years!!!!!!!!!!!????????? Are you freakin' kidding me!!!!!!?????? - the people of Ukraine are losing everything, permanently while the rest of the world deals with food shortages and famine in Africa. I can't take much more of this stupidity and lack of concern. I have about reached my limit.

I understand your frustrations...

We differed at the beginning... I believed (and still do) that Ukraine had the sovereign right to decide NATO membership for themselves.. Just as Finland and Sweden do...

And Putin has the right to be miffed about it and take steps INTERNALLY to combat the NATO "threat"..

Those steps are proper and legitimate right up to where Putin crossed the border, literally and figuratively,
into open warfare against Ukraine...

At THAT point, Ukraine held the moral, legal and ethical high ground..

But once Zelentsky took NATO membership off the table, Ukraine lost the moral, legal and ethical high ground..

At THAT point, it simply began a battle of pride and egos... Zelentsky is NOT doing Ukraine any favors by prolonging this war..

And Biden and the Democrats are NOT doing Ukraine or the region any favors by prolonging the conflict...

Biden and the Democrats are feeding the battles for Ukraine but starving the victory...

It's Star Trek's DAY OF THE DOVE for the here and now...

And, about what I do to try to make a living ... pretty sure I've talked about this before.

Probably have... You know me.. At my age, the memory is the second thing to go.. :D

It is a mostly fun job

I have always maintained... If you enjoy your job, you'll never have to work a day in your life... :D

Repeating something, over and over again, doesn't make it so. Heh.

I can't believe that I'm the only one around here who sees what is happening to Ukraine and becomes more and more frustrated and saddened. This war should never have begun and, now that it is raging, no one seems to give a whit about putting in the effort to end it. And, as it drags on - for years!!!!!!!!!!!????????? Are you freakin' kidding me!!!!!!?????? - the people of Ukraine are losing everything, permanently while the rest of the world deals with food shortages and famine in Africa. I can't take much more of this stupidity and lack of concern. I have about reached my limit.

And, about what I do to try to make a living ... pretty sure I've talked about this before. I manage a boutique for a German ladies wear company. In Canada, we have about 80 retail outlets across the country. It is a mostly fun job but it is a lot of hard work and a lot of crazy hours even though I am the one who sets the schedule! :)

FINALLY... Some sanity comes to women's sports..

Sanity returns to transgender madness after Lia Thomas’ ban by FINA

Finally, sanity prevailed in the world of women’s sports.

Swimming’s world governing body, FINA, announced a ban Sunday on biological men competing in women’s events, unless they had “transitioned” before the age of 12.

In other words, transgender athletes who have experienced the enduring competitive advantages of a male puberty flooded with {male hormone testy stuff}, such as greater muscle mass, lung capacity and height, will no longer have an unfair advantage in women’s competitions.

Men are men and women are women..

And no amount of surgery or drug therapy or mental health issues or wishful thinking will change this one biological FACT...

Men are men and women are women...

I guess if we had a wholesale instance of spontaneous genetic mutations worldwide then the scientific definition would have to change..

But we don't so it doesn't..

Men are men and women are women..

This is a scientific FACT... And Democrats claim to be all about the science, so obviously Democrats agree that men are men and women are women..

Even if they can't define what a woman is..

:eyeroll:

puberty

Swimming’s world governing body, FINA, announced a ban Sunday on biological men competing in women’s events, unless they had “transitioned” before the age of 12.

Sanity returns to transgender madness after Lia Thomas’ ban by FINA

Finally, sanity prevailed in the world of women’s sports.

FINA

Occasional Cortex is AGAINST the new mental health as it pertains to guns legislation that is coming out of the Senate..

The new mental health bill includes expanded background checks for those over 18 but under 21 to buy any kind of firearm...

This would open up any juvenile criminal record of the purchaser..

And Occasional Cortex is against that because it's prejudicial...

Get that???

Occasional Cortex doesn't want a juvie criminal record to be held against someone who wants to purchase a rifle..

That is how completely and utterly whacked progressive Democrats are...

They are against gun violence but they think that someone with a juvie criminal record should still be able to buy a gun...

Democrat "logic" at work.. :eyeroll:

that's how big russia is. of course back then they considered ukraine part of russia. my grandmother came from ukriaine (a suburb of kiev), and she still called it russia in stories about her childhood. my other granddad would NEVER have called wales part of england.

"before i'll be a slave i'll be buried in my grave" isn't just song lyrics.

But, for purposes of geography...

Is Russia considered Asia or Europe...

Maybe Eurasia???

Because we are at war with Eurasia.. We have always been at war with Eurasia...

:D

Oregon was the first state in the United States to decriminalize possession of personal-use amounts of heroin, methamphetamine, LSD, oxycodone

I mean, com'on...

How many brain cells does one actually need to realize that decriminalizing hard drugs would lead to a massive explosion of OD deaths???

And it's so DOUBLE'ee stoopid because Democrats are simply killing off Democrat voters..

And, given the facts of the soon to be (139 days!! :D) Democrat Uber Nuclear Biblical Shellacking, the LAST thing Democrats want to do is start killing off their OWN voters!!!

But here again... Just another example of Democrat short term thinking and ignoring the long term consequences..

What did Democrats think??

That if Democrats legalize the drugs, that the druggies would, all of the sudden turn over a new leaf and use the hard drugs responsibly???

Was THAT the thought process at work here??

That's the same kind of thinking that Democrats used to defund, demonize, demoralize the police.. Democrats figured that the crooks and scumbags would be so thankful that Democrats neutralized LEOs that the crooks and scumbags would work with them to better society...

It's complete and utter MORONIC thinking without an iota of rational fact or awareness of reality.....

Apparently, ANOTHER identifying characteristic of a Democrat...

Of course I would be remiss if I didn't point out that those characteristics are of quintessential Democrats..

I am well aware that not all Democrats fit that mold...

So... Notable Exceptions Noted... NEN

"Well.. uh... er... well, THAT's different!!"
-Weigantians

There... ya'all are covered.. :eyeroll:

I'd imagine if you asked the candidate (or at the very least his attorney) he'd say it was a metaphor, and "hunting" just means voting out of office...

That's what a Democrat would say...

Remember all those Democrats telling black Americans to take to the streets and riot if they don't get a verdict they want...

Remember all those Democrats telling other Democrats to harass GOP'ers in their homes and when they go out to eat, etc etc etc...

Remember how Schumer threatened Gorsuch and Kavanaugh?? Schumer threatened Gorsuch and Kavanaugh, saying that they would have to "pay the price"...

And then some loony Democrat actually tries to make good on Schumer's threat and exact such a "price" from Kavanaugh...

Funny how no one here wants to look at all THAT... :eyeroll:

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

139 days until The Uber Nuclear Biblical Shellacking is visited upon Democrats.. :D

Just 3,357 hours...

Just 201,446 minutes..

Not that I am counting, eh? :D

Of course... Once the SCOTUS rules on New York State Rifle & Pistol Association Inc. v. Bruen (THIS WEEK!!! :D ) then California will become a MUST ISSUE state.. :D

ALL States that are MAY ISSUE states will become MUST ISSUE states.. :D

That's the beauty of a 6-3 Conservative SCOTUS.. The 2nd Amendment is sacrosanct.. :D

Once again, Democrats and Unintended Consequences...

They go together like shit and stank...

So get yer "stabbin' them mothereffers" in now, MC.. :D

Because pretty soon, when it comes to being armed, California is gonna be like FL and TEXAS...

The mothereffers you go after might just shoot back.. :D

If I don't have to pay for breaking the law I'ma go ahead and get myself a little more satisfaction...and start stabbing mothereffers!

Of course, you live in The People's Republic Of California so the odds of you being able to get away with it are good because no one is armed..

Try doin' that shit here in FL or in TX.... See how long you last.. :D

Down here, you can't throw a rock without hitting at least a DOZEN people who are armed..

"Of course he had a gun!! This is Texas!! MY FLORIST HAS A GUN!!!"
-Candice Bergen, MISS CONGENIALITY

Of course, the *FACT* is that President Trump is 100% completely and unequivocally INNOCENT of all that ya'all accuse him of..

Get that???

President Trump is 1000%.... COMPLETELY.... UNEQUIVOCALLY....

***INNOCENT***

And that just chaps ya'all's arses, don't it.. :D

Speaking of the 6-3 SCOTUS.....

Is today the day???

Are we going to see Roe v Wade and Democrat Eugenics v Casey thrown on the trash heap of history where it belongs??? :D

According to the SCOTUS Schedule, they are releasing opinions today and Thursday... No other releases are scheduled...

I think they have like 20 opinions that are left to be released..

Could be as few as 17 or as many as 24... I am not sure which..

Last week, on the SCOTUS BLOG, there was talk of extending the releases into July.. But, as I said, according to the SCOTUS calendar they haven't scheduled an OPINIONS release beyond Thursday...

So, this is it.. This week RvW and DEvC will fall... :D

I, of course, will be live blogging as my work schedule permits..

So, stay tuned.. :D

I think it was in Portland, OR (of course.. :eyeroll:) where they had legalized all sorts of hard drugs and then were shocked that OD deaths and violent crime increased..

I mean, what are the odds!!?? You legalize hard drugs and all of the sudden, there are a lot more OD deaths and a lot more violent crimes committed by those whacked out on hard drugs..

Who could have POSSIBLY predicted that outcome, eh??

What *IS* it about Democrats that they simply refuse to see the obvious consequences of their actions??

I mean, was it PREDICTABLE that if you have DEFUND, DEMORALIZE, DEMONIZE THE POLICE policies that actually defunded and demoralized the police.... Is it predictable that violent crime would flourish out of control???

Is it predictable that if you get rid of bail and simply release violent criminals back into society that these violent criminals would CONTINUE to commit violent crimes!??

Is ANY of that predictable!??

OF COURSE it's predictable...

Which is why it's LAUGHABLE that Democrats are shocked and surprised at these VERY PREDICTABLE consequences...

Democrats be like, "WOW... Who would have thought that if you legalize hard drugs, that more people would die from overdoses!!??? We did NOT see that coming!!!"

Or Democrats be like, HOLY CARP!!! Who could have predicted that, if we defund, demoralize, demonize the police that people would adopt the same kind of 'Hate Cops' attitude and attacks on cops and citizens would increase!! Who would have thunked if we made the cops NOT want to do their jobs, that lawlessness would have increased dramatically!!!??? We could NEVER have predicted THIS would be the result, eh!!???"

It's the same attitude Democrats have over everything..

Democrats are ALWAYS about the short term goals.. Democrat *NEVER* consider the long-term consequences of their actions..

This is simply another example of it..

Just like dropping a Nuke in the Senate and then Democrats are all shocked and surprised that they now have to deal with a 6-3 Conservative SCOTUS...

Just like making impeachments a weapon to settle political scores with.. And Democrats are going to be all shocked and indignant when Biden has monthly impeachments once the GOP is in control..

Just like prosecuting former Presidents to settle political scores.. And then Democrats are going to be all shocked and indignant when Biden is hauled into criminal court...

Democrats are hysterical and emotional and they simply react hysterically and emotionally...

Democrats *NEVER* think before they strike...

It's a defining characteristic...

If I may tread towards the morbid here for a moment..

I am reminded of an old DRAGNET episode (probably before ya'all's time (save for CRS and Caddy)) where a couple high on pot let their toddler drown in the bath-tub because they were so high and didn't know/care what their kid was doing..

We had a similar episode on a film we watched in 3rd or 4th (could have been 5th or 6th... Probably 6th) grade where at the end, the announcer was saying something like..

"Stressed out?? Take a pill and feel better"

Then showed parents around a crib with the mother saying, "Oh no, the baby has a 105 temperature" and they take a pill to feel less stressed about it...

The anti-drug campaign of my youth worked very well on me.. That plus my wanting to be a cop since I was in 2nd grade... :D

Pre-invasion, Ukraine was one of the most corrupt states in all of Europe..

Even during the invasion, Ukraine's racism was blatant, systemic and plentiful...

THIS is the state that are the good guys, according to Biden's Handlers and the Democrats???

Boggles the mind..

Okay, I will stipulate that Ukraine is the SECOND most corrupt state in Europe.

Russia is THE most corrupt state in Europe.

Not to nitpick..

But isn't Russia considered Asia and not Europe??

By now we all know that Mr. Trump is guilty of treason

Of course, in the REAL America, everyone (even President Trump) is innocent til proven guilty in a court of law..

In other words, in THIS America, President Trump is completely and 1000% *INNOCENT* of every and all accusations ya'all accuse him of..

And that just burns ya up, don't it?? :D

Having said that, in the spirit of amity, I'll address your question...

What would the effects of a trial be on this country?

Likely the same effect that Democrats using impeachment to address political differences would be...

Likely the same effect that Democrats dropping a nuke in the Senate would be...

Likely the same effect that Russia using a REAL nuke on the battlefield would be..

It cheapens it.. Makes it permissible and common-place.

Rather than it being a chilling and horrible and apocalyptic event it becomes an "eh... it's not so bad" kind of event..

"Disease.. Destruction.. Famine... It's what makes war so horrible. It's what makes war a thing to be avoided..."
-Captain James T Kirk

Which is why, when Democrats used impeachment to settle political scores with President Trump, the result is going to be monthly impeachments of President Biden.. That sure is going to work out well for Democrats, eh? :eyeroll:

It's why, when Democrats dropped a nuke in the Senate to push Odumbo's court picks thru, the GOP'ers dropped their own nuke and now you Democrats have to contend with a 6-3 Conservative SCOTUS.. That sure worked out well for Democrats, eh?? :eyeroll:

It's why, when Russia uses a REAL nuke on Ukraine, it's likely that NATO/US will respond with a REAL nuke on Russia.. That's surely going to work out well for the world, eh? :eyeroll:

Which brings us back around to your question of what will happen if Democrats start prosecuting former Presidents for imagined "crimes"...

IF (and that's a really big IF) President Trump Americans don't take to the streets well armed, well trained and royally pissed off....

IF that doesn't happen, you can bet that Biden, if he lives long enough to be a 'former' President will be prosecuted for all the dumb things that HE did while President..

But, that is what your Democrat Party is all about, eh SF Bear???

Being utterly moronic and ONLY paying attention to short-term goals while ignoring the long-term unintended consequences of their moronic actions...

One would think having a 6-3 SCOTUS would be a reminder to Democrats..

A reminder NOT to do stoopid shit that ALWAYS comes back and bites the Democrats on the arse...

But, beyond hypocrisy.. Beyond Trump/America hate...

Beyond THOSE defining qualities that make one a Democrat...

There is the Democrat defining quality of doing stoopid shit over and over hoping for an actual GOOD result...

Wow, today boomed quick.

Yea, we call that here in Weigantia, The Michale Effect...

As you can notice by the times that I don't comment here, things tend to be slow... Low comments... Kinda Echo-Chamber'ee..

But then, when I come back to comment, things boom quickly... :D

The Michale Effect... :D

MtnCaddy [18]
Oh don't worry, you'll still be able to do that, you'll just be more paranoid when doing it, is all.

I think the longer this thing goes on, the harder it will be to end it and the worse off Ukraine will be.

Unless, one imagines wildly that Ukraine will emerge from battle victorious with its sovereignty and territorial integrity intact.

Yes.

Clearly, Ukraine is being sacrificed on the alter of the West versus Russia.

Ummm, no. It's just trying not to be conquered and subjugated.

Seriously?

You think this about saving Ukraine from being conquered or subjugated?

Clearly, Ukraine is being sacrificed on the alter of the West versus Russia.

Russia is THE most corrupt state in Europe.

But, Russia isn't vying for membership in the EU nor has it ever really wanted to join NATO. So, there's that.

Which is what makes this war the most stupid war ever.

I have no idea as to the mechanics of Ukraine becoming less corrupt than it had been, i can only point to the rankings and say that I'm sure the experts have ways of measuring.

And, that begs a whole other question.