Veronica

Have a great week everyone!

Modern democracies have to demonstrate zero tolerance for aggressive dictators.

That is just plain stupid. You can call it puffing. Or you can call it hyperbole. But it is demonstrably false.

And i see some of the names on that subcomittee. Yuck. As if that is not a tendentious pile of crap. I get the parallel to France after the first world…[Read more]

_Robert_ wrote:
Modern democracies have to demonstrate zero tolerance for aggressive dictators.

I suppose the two major issues are first, that few nations want to expend the resources both in terms of lost trade and in terms of actively taking opposition measures. There are, of course, tactics that can be used to undermine a regime from within,…[Read more]

@_Robert_
We really, really ought to have a ‘like’ or ‘upvote’ button 🙂

Putin is a motherfucker but not stupid. There is no way i at least can extrapolate from this invasion to something that endangers the world.

That’s what they always say about aggressive dictators. Don’t worry, __insert dictator name here_____ will behave now, LOL.

Putin IS stupid in the sense that all he hears from his yes men is how strong…[Read more]

Robert i think the 2nd world war as precedent is not terribly probative here. Russia has shown itself to be what it is-a paper tiger. There are no world domination motivations in this case. Putin is a motherfucker but not stupid. There is no way i at least can extrapolate from this invasion to something that endangers the world. The world is…[Read more]

At last count, 15 outspoken Russian oligarchs are now dead. Jumping out of hospital windows or ingesting toad poison. I guess Alexei Navalny is still alive in prison. I really don’t know why. After all the crimes committed, why not one more? Maybe fear of an uprising, but honestly it seems apathy rules the day.

Exactly. A violent takeover of a country by a dictator is what this is. No other read on it.  And dictators don’t just stop their aggressions after a success, do they?

Ukraine even gave up her nukes under a promise not to be invaded by Russia. What nation will ever voluntarily give up their nukes after this example.  The West was happily s…[Read more]

Robert, that is not exactly an on-point hypothetical analogy. Kiev was part of Russia and the cultural center of Russia until the rise of Moscow. Russia has been around a great deal longer than the USA. You are talking over a thousand years since Kiev was that focal point as opposed to fewer than two hundred since the Mexican American war.…[Read more]

I don’t know what is so complicated. The Southwest US has a huge Mexican population. In many towns Spanish is the common language. In past centuries Mexico contained these regions within their borders.

If Mexico invaded Texas and California shelled the towns killing thousands of Americans and sent tanks to Washington DC to remove Biden, I guess…[Read more]

To recapitulate and clarify an earlier point i made in regards to the Ukraine war-the world takes sides. Nations do what is in their perceived interest in terms of which side they back. Citizens follow the propaganda mostly. I doubt many are capable of being objective, starting without a viewpoint or a bias. Letting the evidence take us where it…[Read more]

Reg and Fellow Unbelievers,

Milo, the re-closeted De Sade has the ear of one our Congress-critters who would take him seriously, and has proposed a return to anti-blasphemy laws and religious tests for citizenship:

Marjorie Taylor Greene defends the right to mock dead kids while her intern calls for blasphemy ban
Alex…[Read more]

Reg,

Funny, while I was looking for Phil Hendrie skits, I came across something I didn’t know he did: an interview with an actual person, and above all, Christopher Hitchens! Wow!

Christopher Hitchens on The Phil Hendrie Show, 2009 (1/2)

Christopher Hitchens on The Phil Hendrie Show, 2009 (2/2)

Reg,

The math does not add up. 3 into 1 does not go. In Ireland the penalty for bigamy is 2 wives.

That reminded me of listening to “The Phil Hendrix Show” when it came on years ago. One of his cast of zany characters was Pastor William Rennick, a T.D. Jakes-style characture. A woman called him up and said: “My God is Theee In One…”.…[Read more]

Robert,

I’d have the JWB for any wounds, but with my Rx’s, I wouldn’t want to risk drinking it.

The Doctors and Staff could have all they want during off time, but as Penn Gillette would insist, be stone-cold, bone sober when doing business, especially on the operating table and in billing.

Any Clergy I request would be only for stand-up…[Read more]

Thanks, Reg!!

Have a great week!

So, Jesus was a Holy Bigamist?

The math does not add up. 3 into 1 does not go. In Ireland the penalty for bigamy is 2 wives.

The morning shot of JWB is the more important one as it is the Breakfast of Champions.