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| Putin says peace talks with Ukraine have hit a dead end, vows that his troops would win. |
| 2022-04-13 |
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| Posted by:Fred |
| #44 ;-) y'all are onto me. I confess |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-04-13 20:26 |
| #43 Frank's a good guy. He can take a joke. (Even if he does stuff a T-bone or some cheesy DVDs into his pants now and then.) |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Flomoling8128 2022-04-13 19:28 |
| #42 As if first name plus initial isn't anonymous.) What kind of moron uses First Name + Initial as a nick, anyway? Besides, rumor has it that Frank knows algebra, if you know what I mean. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2022-04-13 17:51 |
| #41 For a minute I thought the troll that talked about Frank G was a longtimer not using their normal name because it was pretty funny take-down of the idiot trolls that have been squirming about since the Ukraine thing started. |
| Posted by: ruprecht 2022-04-13 15:11 |
| #40 I don't think they are even trying anymore. |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-04-13 14:49 |
| #39 #31 Don't worry about the dollar It matters if a nation's policies are based on global trade flows that leave the nation with enormous trade deficits and 30 trillion in debt. US imports from China are now twice what they were under Trump: about $700 billion annually. The US trade deficit was out of control before Biden. Now it's astronomical. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 14:44 |
| #38 Also, it's human nature to be loath to admit an obvious mistake, and nobody is more human (in their own mind) than a liberal. My staunch democrat neighbor is reduced to grinding his teeth anytime the discussion comes around to gas, food prices or world affairs and I cheerfully drawl, "Well, you voted for that..." |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-13 14:30 |
| #37 *shrug* Rantburg has watched the G kids grow up, just as they watched the trailing daughters. While I’m sure it was very rewarding for someone to help rehabilitate the younger Mr. Biden, we here did not have that pleasure. Though we have indeed converted an idiot or two to delightful sensibility over the years, to our mutual benefit. I don't understand why so many Americans support Biden. He's obviously running America into the ground. Obviously, indeed. According to the polls, it’s just that the decreasing number who support President Biden is increasingly loud. Also, the original number of his supporters was inflated by all those imaginary Americans who voted in key states, and key precincts in those states in 2020. Millions of them have been removed from the voter rolls since then, and in a number of states the registration and voting procedures tightened up since then. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-04-13 14:17 |
| #36 Frank got nothin' on SandyBerger |
| Posted by: Thumper Ebboluns6392 2022-04-13 12:48 |
| #35 P.S.: if you think I'm a Biden supporter, you must be new here (among other evidence) |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-04-13 12:46 |
| #34 stuffed two DVDs from a Florida Blockbuster down his pants in October 2003, Now we know why Blockbuster went under. I knew there was a Biden running amok in Florida. |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Flomoling8128 2022-04-13 12:44 |
| #33 Who hasn't had a couple DVDs or a package of steak fall into your pants? Hey! I made my restitution... |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-04-13 12:43 |
| #32 #28 Don't the Bidens have a cousin named Frank? Just sayin'... Frank is Joe's little brother. Joe Biden’s brother, Francis ‘Frank’ Biden, 66, won the prize for the most bizarre Biden family bust when he allegedly stuffed two DVDs from a Florida Blockbuster down his pants in October 2003, cops said. He was 49 at the time. He never showed up for a scheduled court hearing on the attempted theft and the state attorney declined to prosecute, according to records obtained by the Miami New Times. He had more serious scrapes with the law. He was pinched in August 2003 for drunk driving in Fort Lauderdale, earning six months probation. He was arrested a year later for driving with a suspended license but avoided jail again by spending three months in rehab. In 1999, Biden was a passenger in a car involved in a fatal drunk-driving accident. He was found partially liable for the death of 38-year-old William Albano, and owes his family almost $1 million dollars, according to the Daily Mail. Today, Frank Biden works as a senior advisor to the Berman Law Group. He did not respond to request for comment, but has said previously that he has been “sober for a long time.” ^ Rantburg has that effect on people. Doing the Lord's work, saving one soul at a time. |
| Posted by: Thumper Ebboluns6392 2022-04-13 12:21 |
| #31 Don't worry about the dollar It matters if a nation's policies are based on global trade flows that leave the nation with enormous trade deficits and 30 trillion in debt. Hermit kingdoms can't rely on other nations to pay their bills and fund their profligate spending. Shrink the trade deficit and the debt to zero before that even becomes more than a pipe dream. |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Flomoling8128 2022-04-13 12:12 |
| #30 Why are they so butt hurt about Russia? Had no problem taking aid when the Germans attacked in 1941. Same issue, it just different who the invaders are (no matter what rationale you use to justify it). |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-04-13 12:06 |
| #29 > #23 "Frank G" is a foolProbably a Chinese troll. Could be a Biden supporter. Frank G is known around here. Whereas you are an anon Chekist troll. Pick up an AK and get yourself to Donbas, the world needs more crispy fried Russians. |
| Posted by: Nero 2022-04-13 12:04 |
| #28 Don't the Bidens have a cousin named Frank? Just sayin'... |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Flomoling8128 2022-04-13 12:04 |
| #27 ...for China. I don't care. America doesn't have an extensive border with China. Don't worry about the dollar. America can become a 'hermit kingdom', it has all the resources to do so, only prevented in using them by internal enemies. American's have a habit of exhausting all options before doing the right thing. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-04-13 12:03 |
| #26 #23 "Frank G" is a fool Probably a Chinese troll. Could be a Biden supporter. I don't understand why so many Americans support Biden. He's obviously running America into the ground. Why are they so butt hurt about Russia? Prolonging the war is just going to ruin the US economy and make Americans poorer. Aside from Japan no one outside Europe supports these sanctions. Everyone's trading with Russia, even the Europeans. Why are Americans letting Biden do this? It's crazy |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 12:00 |
| #25 Hasn't anybody from the UN or OSCE tried to mediate? Hmmmm. |
| Posted by: DooDahMan 2022-04-13 11:53 |
| #24 Frank once gave me some good advice. Very suspicious... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-13 11:52 |
| #23 "Frank G" is a fool Probably a Chinese troll. Could be a Biden supporter. |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Flomoling8128 2022-04-13 11:47 |
| #22 Whenever somebody I have never even met starts talking about "us," I know I'm in the company of a confidence man. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-13 11:46 |
| #21 "Get your pies for the great pie fight!" |
| Posted by: swksvolFF 2022-04-13 11:43 |
| #20 "Frank G" is a fool. (As if first name plus initial isn't anonymous.) Anyone can see the Biden family's corruption and Joe's stupidity and incompetence. It doesn't make you a troll to point out how Biden's self-destructive policy of prolonging the war and pushing these futile and foolish sanctions are just screwing Americans and helping China |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 11:43 |
| #19 Our anonymous trolls are very busy. The check's must've cleared |
| Posted by: Frank G 2022-04-13 11:26 |
| #18 If we can keep the war going another 6 months the reconstruction bill will total $500 billion. People in Washington want the war to go on for at least a year. By then Ukraine will look like Germany in 1945. Reconstruction will cost the US and the West over $1 trillion. Along with sanctions, the debt explosion to fund Ukraine is another reason the dollar is going to be blown out. Goodbye reserve currency status. Is Biden getting ready to profit personally from Ukraine reconstruction? Certainly a much bigger opportunity for graft than Burisma. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 11:03 |
| #17 Speaking of tools of China... What Happened on the Junket To China in February 2020? BY JEFFREY A. TUCKER APRIL 12, 2022 Why was the US so quick to adopt the tactics and strategies of the Chinese Communist Party? To what extent did Fauci & Co's “joint mission” to several cities in China in mid-February 2020 influence that decision to mimic China's disastrous approach? |
| Posted by: Snakes Dingle1402 2022-04-13 10:54 |
| #16 Biden is a tool of the Chinese and the Russians. They're the biggest beneficiaries of a prolonged war and prolonged sanctions. |
| Posted by: Snakes Dingle1402 2022-04-13 10:45 |
| #15 Biten's doing the worst possible thing for US interests. He'd be doing that in any case. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-04-13 10:38 |
| #14 the West now has to pick up the $100 billion rebuilding tab. $100 billion... so far. Afghanistan cost us more than that. Putin's just getting started. If we can keep the war going another 6 months the reconstruction bill will total $500 billion. = More stimulus! Not for us, but don't worry, it's all good |
| Posted by: Lampedusa Flomoling8128 2022-04-13 10:35 |
| #13 #12 ^ Exactly. Almost as if Putin planned it that way. Biden's doing the worst possible thing for US interests. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 10:16 |
| #12 Russia dominates the Black Sea ports. Chinese container ships can store Russian grain and so forth indefinitely. Trade will be done in renminbi backed by Russian oil and gold. In other words, Russia's winning the economic war. Russia can keep selling its oil, wheat, coal, fertilizer, and metals while Ukraine's infrastructure is wiped out, it's landlocked and has no way to ship anything even if it's factories farms and distribution were not in ruins, and the West now has to pick up the $100 billion rebuilding tab. |
| Posted by: Cliling Dribble4969 2022-04-13 10:12 |
| #11 Classic msm brainwashed American moron thinking that’s the way to show his American patriotism. Disgusting American exceptionalism filthies at is best Posted by Bill Clinton Hardly. Putin has been arming the enemies of the US for as long as I can remember. Before that the Soviets and China. Turn about is fair play Katsap. It's a shame Putin is outwitted by a fool like Biden. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-04-13 10:07 |
| #10 #8 ^ Nations have no friends, only shared interests True. This explains why the non-western world is now coming together to support alternatives to the dollar and dollar blackmail. If the US is determined to destroy the trading and payments regime that it created and upheld for 49 years, then China, India and Russia will be more than happy to help. Commodities rule. Keep the war going, the longer the better ... for China. |
| Posted by: Snakes Dingle1402 2022-04-13 10:01 |
| #9 The PBoC will clean up the mess and a commodities-backed renminbi will become the basis for a new world financial order. Good call. The Fed jumped in and 'cleaned up the mess' after Lehman and Bear Stearns fell. This time the PBiC will jump in and lease enough ships to absorb all of Russia's commodities so the market can stabilize. Russia dominates the Black Sea ports. Chinese container ships can store Russian grain and so forth indefinitely. Trade will be done in renminbi backed by Russian oil and gold. |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 09:54 |
| #8 ^ Nations have no friends, only shared interests. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-04-13 09:49 |
| #7 The next crisis will be bigger than 2008. Or 1973. Except 1973's meltdown was driven by a suppliers' strike. This is a demand-side strike. The US is strangling itself this time. Instead of sovereigns jumping to stabilize demand, the US and western sovereigns are doing everything they can to throttle demand - for all commodities. Unbelievable |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Flealet3330 2022-04-13 09:48 |
| #6 |
| Posted by: Bill Clinton 2022-04-13 09:41 |
| #5 Yes. Feeding the war will bleed the West financially and destroy the dollar. The next crisis will be bigger than 2008. The PBoC will clean up the mess and a commodities-backed renminbi will become the basis for a new world financial order. Keep the war going as long as possible. Destroy the dollar. |
| Posted by: Snakes Dingle1402 2022-04-13 09:23 |
| #4 Given how poorly the Russians have performed, keeping them there and bleeding is the best thing for the rest of the NATO countries the Russians want to grab. |
| Posted by: DarthVader 2022-04-13 09:10 |
| #3 ^ I'm all for that. Putin is our enemy. |
| Posted by: Vespasian Ebboting9735 2022-04-13 09:04 |
| #2 As long as the Ukrainians have supplies from the west, its a unending war. It's like the part Pakistan played with Afghanistan, a base of operation and supply. |
| Posted by: Procopius2k 2022-04-13 08:54 |
| #1 The Ukrainians want now more so the peace price has gone up. |
| Posted by: BernardZ 2022-04-13 07:03 |