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US should join in but whiners and moaners like yourself will vote against it.
I didn't vote for Biden dependency on foreign oil. Did you? Then you are part of the problem.
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Lately there has been a large push to dump out Russian Vodka. I did some research on this and discovered most of the Vodka being dumped out were actually produced from NATO countries.
Is this deliberate misinformation from Putin to weaken NATO, or is this typical dumbassery from people seeking immediate gratification through convenient virtue signaling? I don't see anyone siphoning out the gasoline in their cars even though almost all fuel in America is tainted with Russian oil...
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feign empathy for victims of Fascist Tyranny?
Don't you have some Putin Oil to buy while faking actual support for Ukraine?
Oh yeah, that's right. Raging on behalf of the machine is the only acceptable action.
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She's a political prisoner plain and simple. Refusing them bail has shattered my faith in the judicial system. How can anybody still deny the police and now the judicial system have become political is beyond me? Political prisoners in a 1st world country is truly frightening.
When they start detaining civilians without due process is when you have a serious problem in your government.
Absolutely they are political prisoners in Canada. Canada taking a play out of the DC J6 indefinite detention on trespassing.
It is purely to make an example of Tamara Lich and Pat King. To frighten anyone who might consider challenging the government - even peacefully. It is short sighted and will backfire. Treating peaceful protesters in this way will encourage others to think that "you might as well be violent" as you are going to be treated like terrorists anyway, peaceful or not. It's insane.
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Canada debunks the myth that Truckers were terrorists.
More clarity is emerging around a series of scandalous decisions Canada has recently made in an attempt to suppress a civil protest, organized by truckers.
Among those decisions was the one trying to directly deprive the protesters participating in what is known as Freedom Convoy of their livelihoods by freezing their bank accounts. Another was to block their access to donations on crowd-funding platforms.
To justify these moves that were radical enough to might have just reshaped the face of democracy as it had been previously known – Canada’s authorities invoked the Emergencies Act.
And, anti-terrorism financing laws.
But now it’s official – it was never about any sort of “terrorism.” It was just a regime looking, rather chaotically and unnecessarily, for a way to sustain itself. Those who put their money where their mouth was during the trucker protest were simply citizens who identified with a cause – something that should be perfectly admissible in a true democracy. And that cause happened to be seeking to end the highly disruptive to everyday life, and ongoing for too long Covid mandates.
In the words of Barry MacKillop, deputy director of Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Center, who spoke before Canada’s House of Commons finance committee on Thursday – the money the organizers managed to raise was not only NOT “cash that funded terrorism or was in any way money laundering” – it was simply a way for people living in what they thought was a democratic country believing was a safe way of expressing their position on an issue.
These citizens – subsequently, evidently treated by their government as potential “terrorists” and “money launderers” – were in fact “fed up with COVID and were upset (…) and just wanted to support the cause” – as MacKillop phrased it.
Whether making things worse, or better, this official also said that these acts of support happened before Canada outlawed them.
Why did Canada even “outlaw” this, though? There’s another question for another committee. Or not.
Eventually, the thing seems to come down to people entrusted with power coming back to play mind-games with their constituents, to force them to behave in a certain way.
Canada’s Minister of Finance and Deputy PM Chrystia Freeland pretty much spelled it out: it was all about “convincing” those donating to the cause to “listen to reason.”
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@triangle.128k
Ukrops are on lethal doses of copium as they're losing their shitty country.
Like Afghani forces defending Kabul?
I would estimate that the minimal acceptable Loss Exchange Rate for the Russian invaders is 3:1
Lol, this sounds eerily similar what an advisor to Hitler said once.
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@Double_R
No, my obsession is with the phenomenon where otherwise intelligent people suddenly lose all sense of reality to pretend that this man and everything he has brought to the table is not batshit crazy.
There are literally zero people on this site that believe everything Trump did was good. You are having a virtual battle with yourself and tilting at windmills like Don Quixote.
There are a few people on this site, however, that can not acknowledge ANYTHING Trump did that helped America. Some have this irrational dogma that anything bad, no matter how severe, must be attributed to Trump and nothing good no matter how slight, must not.
That is what true TDS is. Beliefs reduced to mindless absolutism.
And we have seen exactly what this TDS dogma put into political power accomplished. Biden wasn't elected to lead the country. He was elected to reverse everything Trump did, good or bad. Which he did spectacularly during his 1st year.
Now, as the failures of such actions mount up, Biden has been recently doing steady walk backs. Lifting mandates, refunding police, lowering gas prices by relaxing restrictions on domestic oil so our enemies stop holding us hostage. Slowing government spending before inflation hits double digits. Turns out "Not-Trump" isn't objectively a sound direction for the country.
But it's probably not going to be enough to salvage the nation in time to avert the 2022 insurrection against the Democrat party.
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May what you wish happens to Ukraine happen to your homeland too.
It already has. Corruption so bad we can't even function as a nation.
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@triangle.128k
It's Orwellian newspeak. Democracy is now the establishment you like. Defending democracy means defending the establishment elites that promise you the world.
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@triangle.128k
Everyone who's like "stand with Ukraine" out of nowhere, where were you guys when the US was destabilizing and bombing countless middle eastern and African countries into the stone age?
They are busy buying 4 dollar a gallon Russian Oil so they can hop in their car and dump out Russian vodka.
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@badger
One of the top types of fantasies women have are vampires and werewolves....
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Which US politician do you uphold as having been tough on Russia, then?
Pretty much every one except Trump
So Obama allowing Russia to take Crimea was "tough on Russia"
And Russia invading Georgia under "Bush" is also "tough on Russia"
Mkay...
And, I guess recently, "tough on Russia" today looks like a complete capitulation of Ukraine...
Doublethink working overtime here.
I’m responding to those who claim Trump was,
Whose fault is it that Trump can claim Russia took no territory under his watch? Who do you blame for that fact? Do you blame Putin for not taking territory under Trump?
It appears to me that the people who hate Trump the most seemed to secretly want Putin to prosper if it meant Trump could be removed.
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"hmm, what does that country on the other side of the world think?"Anything else I am missing from the list?
1) Things the country can DO to support your conquest such as purchase billions of dollars of oil and issue promises to continue to do so.
2) Blame Putin to ensure USA citizens don't realize how bad NATO leaders fucked up by supplying said oil money to Russia.
3) Pledge support and other similar platitudes for Ukraine while watching Kiev fall in real time with no action.
These are the things Putin requires from a USA President. Oh and to look good in their local State media for doing it: that's a big help. Also having a USA president that stifles journalists that ask the questions exposing the oil connection with Russia is a bonus, blaming USA oil companies for buying Russian Oil instead of explaining why those companies are forced to in order to keep gasoline from being 10 dollars a gallon.
Cause what Putin really wants are not just empty words. He needs MONEY.
And he needs assurances there will be no military reaction after he conquers more territory. That happens when a President says he can have a minor incursion and that's okay.
America is more worried about Putin sanctioning their Crude Oil Supply to lift a finger in any kind of military response.
So yeah, you are missing a LOT here.
A whole lot.
Putin's perfect president? You are watching it in real time.
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@3RU7AL
I guess we can thank all the Canadians that caused Biden to surrender the mandates without protest.
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Face coverings are now optional for President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday, as Congress is lifting its mask requirement on the House floor after federal regulators eased guidelines last week in a rethinking of the nation’s strategy to adapt to living with a more manageable COVID-19.
Congress’ Office of the Attending Physician announced the policy change Sunday, lifting a requirement that has been in place for much of the past two years and had become a partisan flashpoint on Capitol Hill. The change ahead of the speech will avoid a potential disruptive display of national tensions and frustration as Biden tries to nudge the country to move beyond the pandemic.
A pair of new polls released Tuesday indicate Americans are deeply frustrated with Biden’s leadership, rising inflation, and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic mandates— as well as fearful about what may come from Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
A Gallup survey shows that a whopping 78 percent of Americans say they are dissatisfied with the direction of the country, with only 21 percent saying they are satisfied.
While the percentage of satisfied Americans has improved slightly since January, when it was at 17 percent, it’s still near its lowest point since Biden took office more than a year ago.
HONK!
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Mandates are gone. Biden lost the mandate war with the Truckers.
And his polls show it.
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Bye bye Fascist.
37% poll and dropping.
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WASHINGTON — The Biden administration will significantly loosen federal mask-wearing guidelines to protect against coronavirus transmission on Friday, according to two people familiar with the matter, meaning most Americans will no longer be advised to wear masks in indoor public settings.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on Friday will announce a change to the metrics it uses to determine whether to recommend face coverings, shifting from looking at case counts to a more holistic view of risk to a community. Under current guidelines, masks are recommended for people residing in communities of substantial or high transmission — roughly 95% of U.S. counties, according to the latest data.
Looks like the USA Truckers won without having to honk a single horn.
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While the party out of power typically gives a rebuttal to the president’s State of the Union address, it is unusual for members of the president’s own party to offer an official response. It is not the first time that the Working Families Party has done so, however: Last year, Rep. Jamaal Bowman (D-N.Y.) gave such a speech following Biden’s first joint address to Congress.
Who needs Truckers to fight Fascist Biden when we have the squad?
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A member of the liberal “Squad” is delivering a formal response to President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address Tuesday.
In the speech, given on behalf of the left-wing group Working Families Party, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is expected to hammer moderate Democrats who have stymied Biden’s social spending and climate change package.
Tlaib will praise Biden’s stimulus bill and make the case that liberals have pushed aggressively for his agenda, according to a summary of her remarks shared exclusively with POLITICO. She is also planning to argue that Republicans and a handful of intransigent Democrats have blocked progress on lowering the cost of housing, health care and prescription drugs.
In the speech, given on behalf of the left-wing group Working Families Party, Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.) is expected to hammer moderate Democrats who have stymied Biden’s social spending and climate change package.
Tlaib will praise Biden’s stimulus bill and make the case that liberals have pushed aggressively for his agenda, according to a summary of her remarks shared exclusively with POLITICO. She is also planning to argue that Republicans and a handful of intransigent Democrats have blocked progress on lowering the cost of housing, health care and prescription drugs.
Who needs Trucks when they have the Squad?
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@badger
Now he's the wartime president the world needed.
The only war Biden will be involved in if inflation goes double digit is a civil war.
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Russian oligarchs suck huge amount of money out of Russia and give it to Western democracies in exchange for castles, yachts, private school educations, etc which is why these sanction have political power.
What a joke statement. It's the reason why sanctions with teeth will never be applied. Once a western democracy is bought, it stays bought, which is why there are no sanctions on Russian Oil among other things. If some upstart tries to meddle in that flow, Russian misinformation will be used to impeach that person.
All the sanctions right now are cosmetic to make sure the payments flow as intended.
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@ILikePie5
Ya just like Eastern Ukraine who wanted to be pro-Russia, but the Westerners suppressed their self-determination
Lol, the only Democracies worth supporting are the ones that respect American power. Today that means no democracies.
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@ILikePie5
If Democracy was so sacred, we would have invaded Venezuela.
But I guess Russian Oil is better than Venezuelan???
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@ILikePie5
Whether you look at Iraq, Syria, Afghanistan, Somalia, Libya, the “right human thing to do” has always been a disaster.
Yep. You can lead a horse to water but you can't force them to drink.
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@Double_R
I don't give a rats ass about Biden.
Sorry to hear that Bro.
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@Incel-chud
Open borders means free plane rides all over the country with no TSA inspection.
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@badger
We are due for a natural culling of the survival of the fittest. A market correction.
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@Double_R
"Number two, we’re in a situation where Vladimir Putin is about to — we’ve had very frank discussions, Vladimir Putin and I. And the idea that NATO is not going to be united, I don’t buy. I’ve spoken to every major NATO leader. We’ve had the NATO-Russian summit. We’ve had other — the OSCE has met, et cetera.
Well Biden was right about that by saying the quiet parts out loud. NATO and the USA are united in keeping Russia supplied with Oil to keep the war going.
then we end up having a fight about what to do and not do
Seems like the fight on whether to sanction Russian oil is over. That is on the not to do list.
Regarding Biden's "minor incursions" remark, it never ceases to amaze me how the political right will forever hold onto every dumb comment and misspeak coming coming from the left while completely ignoring the asinine, batshit crazy, and revealing things said by the last republican president without a peep.
The video I posted came from CNN. There's also a much more critical video calling out Biden's idiocy on MSNBC. The commentary after the clip from CNN talkers had much better points than you have in this thread, but I guess that makes them "far right" because they criticized Biden.
It wouldn't surprise me at all that you would evolve to start calling CNN and MSNBC "far right"
But you would have known that had you bothered to click the link rather than spout nonsense about "mah right wing"
There seems no limit to the flat-earthing required to defend Biden these days.
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@zedvictor4
It's you that perceives American weakness.
You got me mixed up with some dude in Russia.
So in your mind what should Joe have done differently?
Something other than buy 500 million barrels of Russian oil to help fund Putin's pet war.
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@zedvictor4
So What would Donald have done?
I don't give a fuck about an ex president not in power. I hold the person in the office responsible for allowing this war.
But go ahead and Blame Putin for America's weakness. God knows the world needs more victims.
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@zedvictor4
Same old ridiculous argument.
Same old Dead Ukrainians too. Guess that doesn't register when you are so sure you are in the right and can do no wrong. The folly and fall of man.
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@zedvictor4
Trying to Blame Joe Biden for the actions of Putin is a ridiculous argument.
You got it all wrong guvner.
I blame Biden for Biden's actions which then led to his inactions. Putin didn't create USA dependence on foreign oil. We did it to ourselves. No Russian misinformation was necessary.
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@Incel-chud
I can't wait until we start getting all these Ukranian refugees
The Fall of Ukraine is the direct result of a weak America dependent on Russian oil. It's the inevitable result of governing a nation with no priorities such as fighting for green energy before you have your domestic energy needs squared away.
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And if you refuse to help other countries until you've sorted out all your own problems, you'll never help anyone.
That's objectively not true. Cleaning your own room before saving the world isn't just a Jordan Peterson meme.
If you look up the 5/25 rule, you will see that without priorities and saying NO to things that are not priorities, it's near impossible to get anything done.
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@SirAnonymous
Regardless, the whole "we can't work on this problem until we work on this problem" is absurdly reductive.
No, I am pointing out your misuse of the word "priority"
Look up the 25/5 rule for success for clarification on what a priority is and is not.
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@3RU7AL
we democrats believe that the people are ultimately responsible for the behavior of their leaders.
There's not a prison large enough to hold all those people accountable for Biden's failures.
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@ILikePie5
cause gas would be 6 dollars.
It's already 6 dollars in California.
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@SirAnonymous
and saving lives is not a "feel-good project."
Of course it's a "feel-good" project. You pick and choose who to help out of the 100 million that die every year on the basis of "feel-good"
Or are you myopic enough to think Ukraine is the only war going on right now?
"Priority" does not mean "the only thing we can do,"
That's exactly what priority means. It says do this BEFORE this. Otherwise it isn't a priority.
For instance, if you say securing the southern border takes priority over securing Ukraine's, then if you try to do both, it becomes clear that Securing the southern USA border clearly was not a priority.
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@ILikePie5
I personally think we should pull out of NATO and let the Europeans handle it. Waste of money and time. We have better problems at home and in our hemisphere.
Europe clearly doesn't give a crap about the situation. Hell, they helped fund the war by buying Putin Oil, and still do.
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@SirAnonymous
Yes, the first priority of the American government is American citizens. That does not mean that we cannot help others as well. It is not an either-or.
Either domestic spending is a priority or it is not. Our country has plenty of things to work on internally that clearly take a priority over feel-good projects.
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@zedvictor4
And I'm still judicially out on whether the human species will be along for the whole journey.
Certainly not the Ukrainians that got in the way of Putin's plans to sell Russian Oil to every NATO member, including the USA.
For them, their journey ends due to "climate change"
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@zedvictor4
The only similarity that there is with U.S motoring...Is that you're a dipstick.
That's no consolation to the Ukrainians dying from the tanks, rockets and bombs Biden paid for by purchasing 500 million barrels of oil from Putin at around 100 dollars a barrel. But do feel good that oil well isn't in your backyard. The blood isn't in your backyard either.
If you can't see it, you can't feel guilty. Right?
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Every green energy idiot has blood on their hands with all the BILLIONS sent to Russia to pay for green energy.
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"Europeans who remember their history understand better than most that there is no security, no safety, in the appeasement of evil."
Biden financed the slaughter of Ukrainians with USA motorists.
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@ILikePie5
And the USA apparently. Biden bought 500 million barrels of oil from Russia recently.
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@SirAnonymous
You have to admit NATO has been very passive-aggressive in their quest to secure a hegemon since 1990 that might include assimilating an unwilling Russia as well.
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