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Rock on!!

got the QB with the hints today. Did not need the Buddy however.

As PVW has noted, even if we accept all of Nan's claims about U.S. actions in Ukraine (she has conveniently established that these need not be factual), it still does not justify Putin's War.

nan said:

Facts don't always tell the whole story.   Sometimes the whole story makes the facts irrelevant. 

Jamie,

Can I make this my signature line for every post I make?

DaveSchmidt said:

tjohn said:

Now I feel like we have been overly hard on Germany for the invasions that opened two world wars.

It’s impossible to read Tuchman without rooting for Germany against the existential threat it felt it faced.

To be fair, Germany was in a difficult position with a revanchist France on one side and an ever-expanding Russian Empire on the other.

Germany certainly made poor choices in 1914.  As Tuchman notes, one of the most fascinating "what ifs" of the 20th Century is this:

What if Germany had defended against France without invading any countries and had, instead, focused on Russia?

Russia would have been knocked out of the war and would have lost a good deal of the Russian Empire.  Nazi Germany would not have come to pass.  We wouldn't recognize the world of today if in this alternative history.

joanne said:

No-one’s mentioned the Hannibal Lecter stuff: is that another thing not reported over there??? 
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/may/12/trump-rally-speech-hannibal-lecter

Creepy

Jaytee said:

trump claims his rally in wildwood drew more people than a Bruce Springsteen concert… I guess you believe that too. 

there's just too much of his antics. we can't mention everything.

mtierney said:

With my $300 a month  xfinity package, I probably have that channel, I don’t know, but I will look. I called the provider recently to see how I might trim the $$$$, but I found that if I switched to a less expensive (not by much) package, I would lose the channels I enjoy the most! I do read the Jerusalem paper, available via the Drudge Report.

As far as law suits go, I hope NYC sues the universities for the costs of police services, etc — the neglect and/or incompetence on the part of schools to protect their students,  staff, and campuses should not wind up a burden on the tax paying public. Of course, I say this with my rose-colored glasses atop my nose —  and a cat on my lap!

$300 is hefty. I have so many bills with the cat rescue that I look for cuts everywhere. That said, I hate to admit I skimp on subscriptions and can't read NYTs articles. I splurge on my National Geographics and a bit on my cable package but I'm not as high as yours.

I accidentally ran across I 24. I'm cutting down on my cable news consumption, which was a bit over the top, and replacing it with quite a bit of PBS. Actually, the only place I participate in political discussion is MOL and I had to take a break from a couple of threads. I still believe that Town Halls should have topics open for civil and courteous discussions to bring opposing parties together. We have to start listening to each other.

Here’s a pic from the Glenside Rd sighting.

Lots of wooded area to traverse in that neighborhood. And I agree the noise from the kids would likely scare the bear away from the recess area. But in the one in a million chance that things could go sideways, I can see why caution is the way to go. 

The Sakwa quote is about how Russia rejects the concept of democracy and national self-determination. That is the reason for hostility to, and in some cases active undermining of, democracy among former Soviet republics and satellite countries.

nan said:

Putin wanted to join the European Union.

He might have had difficulty with some of the basic requirements. 
”Countries wishing to join need to have: stable institutions guaranteeing democracy, the rule of law, human rights and respect for and protection of minorities;”

https://neighbourhood-enlargement.ec.europa.eu/enlargement-policy/conditions-membership_en