Comments on: War On Weed To Officially Wind Down http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/ Reality-based political commentary Tue, 21 Apr 2026 16:50:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- A Grown Man Running Against A Six-Year-Old http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209057 ChrisWeigant.com » Friday Talking Points -- A Grown Man Running Against A Six-Year-Old Sat, 04 May 2024 01:23:31 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209057 [...] War On Weed To Officially Wind Down [...] [...] War On Weed To Officially Wind Down [...]

]]> By: Kick http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209040 Kick Thu, 02 May 2024 23:08:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209040 C. R. Stucki 3 <i>Wish I could "wind down" my weed war. The dandelions and crabgrass are killing me!</i> Maybe soon you can dig it up and plant cannabis sativa and/or indica. Heh. :) C. R. Stucki
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Wish I could "wind down" my weed war. The dandelions and crabgrass are killing me!

Maybe soon you can dig it up and plant cannabis sativa and/or indica. Heh. :)

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209024 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 01 May 2024 22:07:57 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209024 I thought the time for a 'two-state solution' had long gone but, lately, it seems like it might still have some life. Israeli policy, though, particularly with respect to Jewish settlements, have made it very difficult to imagine a Palestinian state without a sufficient land base. I thought the time for a 'two-state solution' had long gone but, lately, it seems like it might still have some life. Israeli policy, though, particularly with respect to Jewish settlements, have made it very difficult to imagine a Palestinian state without a sufficient land base.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209023 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 01 May 2024 22:02:39 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209023 Did you see my lengthy take on the Zeihan video you keep posting about? You have thus far ignored it. Did you see my lengthy take on the Zeihan video you keep posting about? You have thus far ignored it.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209022 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:53:20 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209022 Yeah there’s been Israeli ethnic cleaning going back to Dier Yassin 1948 but fuck the world state security is paramount! Yeah there’s been Israeli ethnic cleaning going back to Dier Yassin 1948 but fuck the world state security is paramount!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209021 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:51:16 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209021 I don’t fell very bad about revenge after 7 October. I maintain my belief that a two-state solution is long in the rear view mirror. Would like your commentary. I don’t fell very bad about revenge after 7 October. I maintain my belief that a two-state solution is long in the rear view mirror. Would like your commentary.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209020 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:48:46 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209020 Poet is Bibi prolonging the war/vengeance to stay in power? Poet is Bibi prolonging the war/vengeance to stay in power?

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209019 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:47:44 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209019 Please don’t shine/ignore me, Elizabeth. Please don’t shine/ignore me, Elizabeth.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209018 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:46:21 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209018 <i>Please indicate any part that you disagree with, and<b> why. Please indicate any part that you disagree with, and why.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209017 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:44:47 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209017 Your willingness to do this, Elizabeth, will advance our discussion on the topic of Joe and Ukraine. If you shine me then we are back to square one which would be a bad result for the community that we call Weigantia. Your willingness to do this, Elizabeth, will advance our discussion on the topic of Joe and Ukraine. If you shine me then we are back to square one which would be a bad result for the community that we call Weigantia.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209016 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:40:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209016 Again, as a former part of the USSR Ukraine (still) has corruption problems. Zelenskyy ran on an anti-corruption ticket and won 70% of the popular vote. One could argue that Zelenskyy was every bit as qualified as Saint Ronnie, but he’s exceeded expectations. Again, as a former part of the USSR Ukraine (still) has corruption problems. Zelenskyy ran on an anti-corruption ticket and won 70% of the popular vote. One could argue that Zelenskyy was every bit as qualified as Saint Ronnie, but he’s exceeded expectations.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209015 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:35:41 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209015 Please indicate any part that you disagree with, and <b>why.</b> FYI none cares if you didn’t like Zeihan’s presentation it’s your response to his ideas that I’m interested in. Please indicate any part that you disagree with, and why. FYI none cares if you didn’t like Zeihan’s presentation it’s your response to his ideas that I’m interested in.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209014 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 21:33:18 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209014 [6] The last Ukrainian Election saw Nazis win 1.5% off the popular vote. So is there anything that you disagree with in the following? <i> Russia has long and flat borders its length and breath and not enough productive land to support a population large enough to defend these borders. Because of this Russia has been invaded from literally all directions starting with the brutal Mongols in 1250. So for four centuries Russia’s geopolitical strategy has been to conquer bordering territories out to the point where they control various geographical “choke points” (e.g. The Baltics, the Vistula in Poland, the Bessarabian Gap in Romania, the Crimea etc.) Positioning the Russian military at these choke points ensures the survival of Russia proper. Ukraine has many resources (serious oil newly discovered in the Sea of Azov and “breadbasket of Europe” etc) but even more importantly Ukraine is on the way to two choke points. Heck, Putin in 2007 mourned the collapse of the Soviet Union (because they lost control of all nine choke points. SO this war was always going to happen.</i> [6]

The last Ukrainian Election saw Nazis win 1.5% off the popular vote.

So is there anything that you disagree with in the following?

Russia has long and flat borders its length and breath and not enough productive land to support a population large enough to defend these borders.

Because of this Russia has been invaded from literally all directions starting with the brutal Mongols in 1250.

So for four centuries Russia’s geopolitical strategy has been to conquer bordering territories out to the point where they control various geographical “choke points” (e.g. The Baltics, the Vistula in Poland, the Bessarabian Gap in Romania, the Crimea etc.)

Positioning the Russian military at these choke points ensures the survival of Russia proper.

Ukraine has many resources (serious oil newly discovered in the Sea of Azov and “breadbasket of Europe” etc) but even more importantly Ukraine is on the way to two choke points. Heck, Putin in 2007 mourned the collapse of the Soviet Union (because they lost control of all nine choke points.

SO this war was always going to happen.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209013 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 01 May 2024 21:13:43 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209013 <i>My impression is that Ukraine has about as much of a Nazi problem as the US does.</i> As far as I know, there are no Nazi regiments in the US Army. My impression is that Ukraine has about as much of a Nazi problem as the US does.

As far as I know, there are no Nazi regiments in the US Army.

]]> By: Elizabeth Miller http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209012 Elizabeth Miller Wed, 01 May 2024 21:11:03 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209012 Dan, <i>Biden would imo have been ill-advised to reverse that as an appeasement to Russia. However, there's room for a lot of nuance in how a head of state talks about it.</i> Precisely! Dan,

Biden would imo have been ill-advised to reverse that as an appeasement to Russia. However, there's room for a lot of nuance in how a head of state talks about it.

Precisely!

]]> By: dsws http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209011 dsws Wed, 01 May 2024 20:33:13 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209011 Re Elizabeth's <a>take </a> on the Zeihan video -- He seemed more reasonable in this video than I expected. My impression is that Ukraine has about as much of a Nazi problem as the US does: enough that reasonable citizens should be concerned about the state of their/our country, but not enough to justify any outside response. As for the possibility of eventual Ukrainian membership in NATO, -- Kick <a href="http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/26/friday-talking-points-starting-the-nerd-prom-jokes-early/#comment-208999" rel="nofollow">wrote:</a> <i>Since inception in April 1949, the NATO alliance has had an open door policy which does not allow any other country not in NATO to dictate who may be admitted.</i> That matches my impression. Biden would imo have been ill-advised to reverse that as an appeasement to Russia. However, there's room for a lot of nuance in how a head of state talks about it. I don't think there was any chance of deterring the 2014 invasion by any means other than actual deterrence. My guess is that it would have been best to have a policy and be clear about it, even if it were a bad policy; and that a good policy would have involved clear deterrence of the full-scale invasion as it developed in 2022, but only mild deterrence of the meddling and limited invasion as it was undertaken in 2014. Going to a state of high-intensity proxy war against a nuclear-armed enemy is not to be done lightly. Almost-plausibly deniable invasion should be met with a response that's strong enough to make the invasion a bad idea, but not much more than that. It's only the 2022 escalation to full-scale, not-at-all deniable invasion that I think should have been met with total destruction of Russia as a regional power. Not that total destruction of Russia would have been easy or risk-free, but I think it's well within our ability, even with the need for a boil-the-frog approach. Re Elizabeth's take on the Zeihan video -- He seemed more reasonable in this video than I expected. My impression is that Ukraine has about as much of a Nazi problem as the US does: enough that reasonable citizens should be concerned about the state of their/our country, but not enough to justify any outside response.

As for the possibility of eventual Ukrainian membership in NATO, --

Kick wrote:
Since inception in April 1949, the NATO alliance has had an open door policy which does not allow any other country not in NATO to dictate who may be admitted.

That matches my impression. Biden would imo have been ill-advised to reverse that as an appeasement to Russia. However, there's room for a lot of nuance in how a head of state talks about it. I don't think there was any chance of deterring the 2014 invasion by any means other than actual deterrence. My guess is that it would have been best to have a policy and be clear about it, even if it were a bad policy; and that a good policy would have involved clear deterrence of the full-scale invasion as it developed in 2022, but only mild deterrence of the meddling and limited invasion as it was undertaken in 2014. Going to a state of high-intensity proxy war against a nuclear-armed enemy is not to be done lightly. Almost-plausibly deniable invasion should be met with a response that's strong enough to make the invasion a bad idea, but not much more than that. It's only the 2022 escalation to full-scale, not-at-all deniable invasion that I think should have been met with total destruction of Russia as a regional power.

Not that total destruction of Russia would have been easy or risk-free, but I think it's well within our ability, even with the need for a boil-the-frog approach.

]]> By: C. R. Stucki http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209010 C. R. Stucki Wed, 01 May 2024 18:57:19 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209010 Wish I could "wind down" my weed war. The dandelions and crabgrass are killing me! Wish I could "wind down" my weed war. The dandelions and crabgrass are killing me!

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209005 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 05:52:24 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209005 Florida, Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota have weed referendums this November. Florida, Idaho, Nebraska and South Dakota have weed referendums this November.

]]> By: MtnCaddy http://www.chrisweigant.com/2024/04/30/war-on-weed-to-officially-wind-down/#comment-209004 MtnCaddy Wed, 01 May 2024 05:50:51 +0000 http://www.chrisweigant.com/?p=24977#comment-209004 Maybe Joe it’s saving further action for, say, October. He could call it an October surprise. Maybe Joe it’s saving further action for, say, October. He could call it an October surprise.

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