Pooky

It can’t be a NATO peacekeeping force. Russia will not tolerate that and consider it almost the same as Ukraine joining NATO itself. Only bad outcomes proliferate in that scenario. it would need to be a UN peacekeeping force and there ain’t no way certain players are gonna let that happen. 🙁

Contractors are usually better at it than the government’s own people 😉

Interesting article. I can somewhat see things from Zelensky’s point of view. For all the military aid the West has sent, how far has it moved the needle with regard to the war in Ukraine? At this point in the war, the most pertinent appraisal of the situation I have read likens things to the Western Front in WWI. Movement of the front line is slow and attrition is the name of the game. In that kind of war, a continuing supply of munitions is only useful so long as there is a continuing supply of personnel. Can Ukraine sustain its armed forces? Russian tactics puzzle me. They have the weapons, they have the manpower, but their tactics leave much to be desired. I understand their air forces are built around supporting their ground forces, but they seem scared to commit in any numbers. Sure, they will lose a few, but if used correctly, they could decimate the Ukrainian front line. It’s as if they’re happy to fight a containing action and drag this thing out for a long time. Ukraine, on the other hand, doesn’t have the air assets to fight the war as it needs to win. Hence the push to acquire F-16s, even though they are unsuited to the conditions in Ukraine. Without good tactical air support, Ukraine is never going to make serious, rapid headway. And Ukraine cannot afford to fight a war of attrition. Where I disagree most strongly is rapid, or even immediate, membership of NATO. The war needs to be over before this goes anywhere. To grant membership now is to invite Putin to use nuclear weapons in Europe and that is wholly unacceptable. Putin is not the kind of leader to think that If NATO becomes involved, he will lose everything and back down. His mindset is that if that happens, he’ll take everyone with him. That cannot be allowed to happen and the NATO leadership is smart enough to make sure it doesn’t. What the Biden administration needs to do is take a chill pill. Ukraine is fighting a war that the US does not want to and is losing good young mean and women doing so. The US is spending (other people’s) money, nothing more, to keep the war going. Maybe, just maybe, they could see why Zelenskyy might want a little more help, even if they can’t give it to him.

True statement. But in a country where almost half the AG’s are prioritizing criminals over victims, where legislation is continually being advocated to control legal gun owners but nothing is being done to lessen the real drivers behind gun crime, where even the EPA has SWAT teams (and not to combat those darned cockroaches), an AR-15 may be a nice-to-have. 👍🏻 And if anyone is interested about how organized government action against wildlife usually fares, look up “Australia”, “1932” and “emu” 🤣

Nicola Sturgeon screwed up royally. Alex Salmond wasn’t great, but Nicola Sturgeon, with the misdeeds that took place under her administration, has wrecked the SNP and probably set back any chance of Scottish independence by at least a generation. Her name is poison in Scotland and they are an unforgiving bunch. Trust me, I’m outnumbered by them where I work. I’d still be interested to know if anything like this could be brought before the courts here. There is enough evidence out there to make people rather worried if so.

So, interesting question. Is there a comparable charge to corporate manslaughter in the US? https://www.scottishdailyexpress.co.uk/news/scottish-news/cold-case-homicide-cops-investigating-30506943?utm_source=mynewsassistant.com&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=embedded_search_item_mobile&fbclid=IwAR256KpOOhfQAnBXR33_Ja9ykzoqhxa1Z1Q6a0M28TwBr8Ced0Ykkapk0qw_aem_AZkHyymEOPRqiEhPdSaT5Cwye8ht4FhlVdfeovt8JJy7KrMI3S-YPV7peLO8zFWhqDA#lkewi6kixrcbpw8e08b Because if Nicola Sturgeon goes down on such a charge, then I can see a slew of similar cases being brought here, if such a route exists. I bet Andrew Cuomo et al are watching this case vewy closely.

I rather think next door’s cat had a little something to do with this

Well, that would cover the exposure 😁

Well, Portsmouth can fill Fratton Park almost every home game and Wembley every time we get there (the novelty value is immense). The popularity of women’s matches is growing and I would expect the coverage of the Euros last year and World Cup going on currently to help that continue. Exposure and engagement are what the women’s game need. Right now, they are getting more of that.

Which club? When Barcelona’s Women’s side can pull in 90,000 crowds (women for the football, men to watch Alexia Putellas), the England women’s team can get 87,000 at Wembley and the worldwide push to televise the wWorld Cup, I think the women’s game is on a definite upswing. I hope they continue to do well 👍🏻

On this, I must disagree. When compared to tennis, the women play football, not a shortened, or simplified version of the men’s game. Not one half, but two. Not 60 minutes, but 90, plus time added for stoppages. All the same rules apply. When you look at the skill levels of the top teams, it’s up there. The physical strength may not be at the same level, but the tactical awareness and ability of the players is well worth watching. Not only that, but the women are markedly less cynical than the men, which tends to keep the matches flowing. And the entertainment value is just as good, if not better.

Oh, the wheels were in motion way before the election

Meh, what’s half an hour between impeachments? 😒 Neither impeachment was anything other than a continuation of the Democrats’ cynical attempts to destabilize and disempower the sitting President.

Two hundred random protesters, apparently “led” by a guy in a moo-hat, does not a coup make. The propensity of the Democrats and their media cronies to bandy about serious words like “insurrection” and “coup” only shows their obvious contempt for the education level of the American public. Ask the Hungarians what a real insurrection looks like and then see how 1956 turned out for them. If you want to look back in history, look at Taiping, China, between 1850 and 1864 and then fathom how many people died. January 6th was not an insurrection by any sane definition of the word. And calling it a coup attempt is even more of a stretch. No sane person would try and equate what happened with Greece in ‘67, Pakistan in ‘99, or Ukraine in ‘04/‘05. January 6th was a protest at an election many believed to be rigged and still do to this day. Calling it anything else is a gross exaggeration.

https://nypost.com/2023/07/20/rfk-jr-slams-dems-for-trying-to-censor-a-censorship-hearing/amp/ It’s like they don’t even care any more 😒

The only thing in the world more irritating than mosquito bites. 🦟

I believe I have been very careful at not defending criminal acts. If the evidence supports the conclusion that what DJT did was indeed criminal, he should be prosecuted accordingly. What I will defend is his right to equal process under the law, which it is quite evident has not been and will not be afforded him. if he is to be prosecuted, then make it a clean prosecution, not driven by hyper-partisan political grandstanding and questionable ethical and moral practices, as has been the whole drive to prosecute him for something, anything, thus far. in addition, the long arm of the law needs to be applied equally. So far, only DJT has been subject to this level of persecution. For similar offenses, some even more egregious, those on the opposite side of the political aisle have skated free, through lack of “intent”, lack of mental capacity and sheer Democrat-ness. The law is supposed to be blind, but the current drive to avoid prosecuting crimes from the left is driving the disillusionment of the American public. This session of the Supreme Court has been the most bipartisan in a while, but you wouldn’t know it through all the screaming from the Left. America cannot survive without some semblance of fairness and balance in the justice system.

The military should be the ultimate meritocracy. It’s primary objective is to engage in combat and win and all efforts should be focused on attaining that objective. I personally have no problem with a serviceperson’s gender identity (unless it’s as a two-spirit penguin, aka Piers Morgan and I’ll have to beat you to death with a giant inflatable banana), but you will be accommodated per your biological sex at birth. i do not care about your race. If you have a problem with race, get angry, focus that anger, use it to become more deadly to your opponent on the battlefield. Earn respect as an individual (each serviceperson starts with none), advance and lead by example. Wars are not won by pandering to history. They are won by beating the opposition as efficiently as possible. Our military needs to be wholly divorced from political pandering, ideological constraints and profiteering. It needs to be trained and equipped to fight in the most effective manner possible, with the best tools it can get. That is all.

Meghan is learning the hard way that British tradition is rather resilient and trying to force progress to overcome it is like tilting at windmills with a cocktail stick … with cheese and pineapple already loaded on it.

I take umbrage at being labeled as feisty! 🤬 We Independents tend to be mild-mannered, cerebral and prone to bouts of intense donut-eating 😋

You appear to have misunderstood. The “They” being referred to here are law enforcement, government department paramilitaries (EPA and FBI SWAT teams anyone?) and the National Guard, filled by the actual military upon declaration of martial law. Uunlike what happened when BLM and Antifa were the actual rioters.

Kirby says the Pentagon has a 'sacred obligation' to kill unborn babies https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/opinion/kirby-says-pentagon-has-sacred-obligation-to-kill-unborn-babies I had thought Senator Tom Tuberville was being a bit of a prat for holding out on the promotions. After John Kirby’s slightly unhinged episode, I hope Tuberville sticks to his guns and the country gets to see exactly how demented this administration’s defence of the abortion policy really is. Kirby makes me sick.

Funny you should say that … 😙

Thus would start the Second American Civil War. ☠️

The difference here is that Babe Ruth had proven talent. A strikeout for him was no big deal, because 2 or 3 at-bats down the road that ball was going sailing into the stands. The hits more than covered the misses. For Jack Smith, the talent is what is in question. His methods and ethics are questionable, and that runs to his team also. And for him, a strikeout is a really big deal. Unlike baseball, he doesn’t get a second bite at the cherry. If he loses, that’s it. With the documented misdeeds of some of his team already in the public domain, despite this case being nowhere near trial yet, his case is in trouble, even if the facts might back it up. Jack Smith is no Babe Ruth.