Russia & Ukraine

UsualName said:
I don’t like Blinken setting terms like this in public and I would much rather see the Ukrainians at the forefront here and given some wiggle room. Blinken should be threatening to ratchet up sanctions and defensive weapons supplies if Russia continues with its invasion and that’s it. The Ukrainians should make the ask on behalf of Russia if need be as part of peace settlement.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/16/blinken-withdrawal-necessary-russian-sanctions-00017671

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They are going for poll numbers now. They are extremely nervous about the upcoming midterms.
 
Buy1Sell2 said:
Pretty nice car----you know, front wheel drive and all--although the golfer driving may not have been able to get his clubs in there.
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Front wheel drive, yes, and for those not familiar with the car it is good that there is a driver in that picture to help us tell the front from the back.

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gwb-trading said:
And it took less than two weeks for the Kremlin to start demanding the return of Alaska and California's Fort Ross to Russia. Of course the world has mocked the demands of Putin's right-hand spin doctor.

'Your country doesn't have that many rubles to buy it back!' Social media users mercilessly mocks Russia after Kremlin apparatchik demanded US give it back Alaska
  • Many took to social media on Tuesday to mock the Kremlin's demands that the U.S. return Alaska and California's Fort Ross to Russia
  • The Kremlin's 'spin doctor,' Oleg Matveychev, had called on America to return the properties despite the fact that the U.S. legally purchased Alaska in 1867
  • Many on social media called it ironic for Russia to demand American land that was purchased for $7.2 million but is now worth more than $144 million
  • Russia was also mocked for the sanctions it placed against 13 Americans, including Joe Biden, Hilary Clinton and Hunter Biden
  • 'I want to thank the Russian Academy for this Lifetime Achievement Award,' Clinton tweeted as she poked fun at the sanction that would not affect her
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...a-sanctioning-Hilary-Clinton-calls-honor.html
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@Tsing Tao mocked the idea that Russia had designs to conquer countries beyond the Ukraine as he pushed pro-Putin propaganda. The reality is coming out in Russia's state media -- Putin plans to re-unite the Soviet Union and views Baltic countries such as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as on the menu.

Russian state TV discusses invasion plan for seizing Baltic states as Nato sends thousands of troops to eastern Europe
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4905756/russian-state-tv-discusses-invasion-seizing-baltic-states/
 
UsualName said:
I don’t like Blinken setting terms like this in public and I would much rather see the Ukrainians at the forefront here and given some wiggle room. Blinken should be threatening to ratchet up sanctions and defensive weapons supplies if Russia continues with its invasion and that’s it. The Ukrainians should make the ask on behalf of Russia if need be as part of peace settlement.

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/03/16/blinken-withdrawal-necessary-russian-sanctions-00017671

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Blinken wants assurances that Russia would not do this again. So Putin says "disarm Ukraine and we promise we won't."

Blinken says "Okay, sounds good."
 
TreeFrogTrader said:
I remember back when the Berlin wall fell and the east germans were able to putt-putt by the thousands over into west germany and an article pointed out how the air quality immediately went downhill.

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Berliners still drive them,there is a taxi company that their fleet only has these East German cars,their parking lot and office is near the line of Berlin Wall if i remember correctly,not far from Checkpoint Charlie

wartburg.jpg
 
gwb-trading said:
@Tsing Tao mocked the idea that Russia had designs to conquer countries beyond the Ukraine as he pushed pro-Putin propaganda. The reality is coming out in Russia's state media -- Putin plans to re-unite the Soviet Union and views Baltic countries such as Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania as on the menu.

Russian state TV discusses invasion plan for seizing Baltic states as Nato sends thousands of troops to eastern Europe
https://www.the-sun.com/news/4905756/russian-state-tv-discusses-invasion-seizing-baltic-states/
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Putin: Nato membership salesman of the year - 2022.
 
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