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Kristi Noem Ends Book Tour Dogged by Controversy

Pupp-eh revenge from beyonnnnnnnnnd the grave..... bwahahahahahaha!

Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-05-09 03:33 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#52 ... How many Angels can dance on the head of a pin?

How many? ...

The war was wrong. Is wrong. ...

Yeah, I am convinced that Pres Putin now realizes the strategic error in Europe of his unprovoked invasion of a sovereign Ukraine.

I also am convinced that there are Russian trolls here on this most august message board, trying to present Pres Putin's gross miscalculation in the best light.

With that in mind...

... NATO has been shown to be weaker than advertised. ...

Doubling the border of NATO with Russia in the past year is a weakness?

Does your current even read the talking points it is issued before it posts them? I mean, wow, WTF.

I mean, really...

I'll stop at that because I suspect any further comments of mine will be greeted with dashes....

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 03:30 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

well iffin ya marry em yew aint a pervert... says so in the bible... over an over...

Gawd dun took him a virgin knocked her up an married her off to an old dude with money.

Posted by RightisTrite at 2024-05-09 03:18 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

How many Angels can dance on the head of a pin?

How many?

Russia is behaving horribly. The war was wrong. Is wrong.

They still are achieving some of their objectives.

NATO has been shown to be weaker than advertised.

The West is in decline. Russia is part of the world.

Get Over It.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 03:17 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

I'll start with...

Ukraine's Nazi problem is real, even if Putin's 'denazification' claim isn't (2022)
www.nbcnews.com

... Of the many distortions manufactured by Russian President Vladimir Putin to justify Russia's assault on Ukraine, perhaps the most bizarre is his claim that the action was taken to "denazify" the country and its leadership. In making his case for entering his neighbor's territory with armored tanks and fighter jets, Putin has stated that the move was undertaken "to protect people" who have been "subjected to bullying and genocide," and that Russia "will strive for the demilitarization and denazification of Ukraine."

On its face, Putin's smear is absurd, not least because Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy is Jewish and has said that members of his family were killed during World War II. There is also no evidence of recent mass killings or ethnic purges taking place in Ukraine. Moreover, labeling enemies Nazis is a common political ploy in Russia, especially from a leader who favors disinformation campaigns and wants to stir up feelings of national vengeance against a WWII foe to justify conquest. ...

A sidebar of that article...

... Putin's destructive actions -- among them the devastation of Jewish communities -- make clear that he's lying when he says his goal is to ensure anyone's welfare. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 03:14 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#49 ... There are plenty of Nazis in Ukraine. ...

Since your current alias seems to know.

How many?

Be specific.

How many?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 03:09 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

You're joking right? There are plenty of Nazis in Ukraine.

They revere Stephan Bandera with huge statues in Lvov of recent vintage.

They allowed the Azov thugs to join their military as an openly Nazi unit.

The only country in the world to embrace Nazis in Such a way.

Putin overstated the Nazi angle to be sure,but it is not completely a fabrication, there is a Strong Nazi influence in Ukraine. Look it up, there's plenty out there to learn.

As for Unprovoked,...Provocation is subjective. Certainly The Russians had no interest in a hostile Ukraine in NATO, on their border.

That Was a Provocation. Even if the West denies it.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 03:02 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

The success or failure of Russia's mission to restore the old U.S.S.R. to its former power and glory . . . (and Mr. Putin's legacy as the greatest leader Russia has ever known). . . will be decided in this next U.S. election.

By now, I think we all know what that means.

Posted by Twinpac at 2024-05-09 02:55 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#44 ... Why do you insist on lying about this?? ...

Simple.

Trying to equate Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine with Russia's victories in WWII.

Beyond that, the story line is similar to a Hogan Heroes episode.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 02:55 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#43 ... DeNazifying Ukraine ...

Yeah, go with that. That seems to be the talking points fall-back position.

It only shows the ignorance of your current alias' posts.

But if that is all you have on the 'issues talking points list,' then I guess your current alias has no choice.

I mean really, get better talking points from your handler.

The ones your current alias has are embarrassing to itself.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 02:52 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

www.state.gov

One of the Kremlin's most common disinformation narratives to justify its devastating war against the people of Ukraine is the lie that Russia is pursuing the "denazification" of Ukraine. Russian President Vladimir Putin has referred to Ukraine's democratically elected government as a "gang of drug addicts and neo-Nazis," while Russian state media and propagandists have repeatedly called for the "denazification" of the entire population of Ukraine.

By evoking Nazism and the horrors associated with World War II and the Holocaust, the Kremlin hopes to delegitimize and demonize Ukraine in the eyes of the Russian public and the world. The Kremlin attempts to manipulate international public opinion by drawing false parallels between Moscow's aggression against Ukraine and the Soviet fight against Nazi Germany, a source of pride and unity for many people of the former Soviet republics who made enormous sacrifices during World War II, including both Ukrainians and Russians.

Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-05-09 02:50 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

DeNazifying Ukraine. Azov has been destroyed.
Keeping Ukraine out of NATO. They aren't a member.
Consolidating the Donbass with Crimea under Russian control. That's happening as we speak.
Defining a Russian sphere of influence. That's also happening in real time.
Frankly,I don't know exactly what the Russian objectives all are.
But it's clear they have achieved some of their stated ones.
Particularly the Annexation of the Eastern quarter of Ukraine.

POSTED BY EFFETEPOSER AT 2024-05-09 02:39 AM | REPLY

You lie like a rug. Russia attacked Ukraine unprovoked. There's no Nazis there. Why do you insist on lying about this??

Posted by LauraMohr at 2024-05-09 02:47 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

DeNazifying Ukraine. Azov has been destroyed.

Keeping Ukraine out of NATO. They aren't a member.

Consolidating the Donbass with Crimea under Russian control. That's happening as we speak.

Defining a Russian sphere of influence. That's also happening in real time.

Frankly,I don't know exactly what the Russian objectives all are.

But it's clear they have achieved some of their stated ones.

Particularly the Annexation of the Eastern quarter of Ukraine.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 02:39 AM | Reply

How the US is Destroying Young People's Futures

@#15

... And here I am trying to figure out why Gen-Z seems to enjoy partying at airports.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 02:34 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

@#37 ... So scroll up to your #14 ...

I did.

In that comment I asked, "But why?"

I still do not see how that question is "highly objectionable."

@#38 ... Good Night. ...

Yeah, it is getting late.

You have a good night also.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 02:29 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#40 ... Russia took its shot. They look like they are achieving their core objectives. ...

Yeah.

But no.

Pres Putin expected Ukraine to subsume to his unprovoked invasion in a week or so.

Do I really need to post the link about the dress uniforms again?

Pres Putin's goal seemed to be the capitulation of Ukraine to him within a week or so.

How long has it been now?

And how much has NATO's border with Russia increased in the past year?

And how many global corporations have pulled out of Russia?

And how is the EU's defense budget been increasing?

... They look like they are achieving their core objectives ...

So, what were Pres Putin's core objectives again?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 02:25 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

Superpower and Russia should definitely be used in the same sentence.

They have faced off with NATO and are holding their own. The Sanctions have not reduced the ruble to Rubble. They are outproducing the West as a war economy.

They are clearly able to stand opposed to the Western Alliance successfully enough to make the outcome in doubt.

In fact at this point in time they seem to be succeeding.

A far cry from what Russia was when Yeltsin groveled.

Russia has different aims than the West.

It's not clear to me what they all are, but it is clear the West is having great difficulty stopping them.

This is Superpower status, Moral considerations aside.

Denying this is wishful thinking.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 02:25 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

Vietnam humiliated the US. Afghanistan humiliated the US.

Korea Humiliated the US.

War is unpredictable. Victory not ever certain.

Russia took its shot. They look like they are achieving their core objectives.

It's not Victory... capital V.... So what?

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 02:07 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

Good Night.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 02:01 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#37 ... Russia isn't as bad, but Putin enjoys a lot of support from the older Soviet generation who miss the prestige of being a global superpower. ...

I remain to be convinced that "superpower" and "Russia" should be used in the same sentence.

Yeah, Russia has strategic nuclear weaponry, but going down a couple steps from strategic, there's this country in Europe that seems to be putting up a good fight against Russia's unprovoked invasion.

So, for Russia it seems to be... destroy the world, or be humiliated.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 02:01 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

So scroll up to your #14 and my #17 and take my words at face value. Its not that complicated. There are no secret code words in there that require extensive discussion or interpretation. Spending 10 posts picking apart the words and trying to extract additional meaning from it is a pointless waste of time. Either you agree with what I said or you don't.

...My first question is not who. But why? #14 | Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:36 PM | Reply | Flag:

#14 Mine too. The reasons are varied. This Edward's dude seems to be advocating teenage marriage as an alternative to abortion. Many Progressives believe teenagers should have the right to self determination. I don't see this as a partisan issue. #17 | Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-08 10:52 PM | Reply | Flag:

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 02:00 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#36 ... What is yours? ..

That an unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country is wrong.

... Ukraine was once part of their country. ...

So your current alias admits that end goal of Pres Putin.

That's a change.

But the issue is that Ukraine is not a part of Russia now.

Let me repeat that...

Ukraine is not a part of Russia now.

Nor is Poland. or any of the other former SSRs.

So, Pres Putin's attempt to try to recreate the former USSR is doomed to fail.

Indeed, his current attempt to that goal has approximately doubled the NATO border with Russia. And has strengthened Europe's resolve for defense of his incursion attempts.

And reduced, if not eliminated the economic ties the West was building with Russia.

So, how has Pres Putin's unprovoked invasion of a sovereign country been turning out for him?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:57 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

"Stop pretending that the average Russian has any input into what Vlad the Invader does."

Russia is like a bigger, colder version of North Korea. NorKs also have no say in the goverment, but they regard the Kim family as being almost god-like. I remember watching a video where a man with an eye problem had his sight restored by a western medical support agency.. He was crying and giving thanks to Kim. Most NorKs are more than willing to die for the boss. It's how they have been raised.

Russia isn't as bad, but Putin enjoys a lot of support from the older Soviet generation who miss the prestige of being a global superpower. They regard the former holdings of the Soviet empire as a birthright. Unlike other great powers who shed their colonial holdings with dignity and went on to make their way in a post-colonial world, Russia did not. They didn't integrate into global markets or produce any cultural exports. In fact the USSR may have been more culturally and economically integrated than the Russia of today.

Posted by madbomber at 2024-05-09 01:54 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

@#33 ... I'm not avoiding anything. ...

Quite the contrary.

You seem to be avoiding substantiating your assertions.

You can remedy that that.

But will you?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:46 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

@#33 ... What I posted was that same "very general statement, without qualification" which you and Truth seemed to find highly objectionable for some reason ...

"highly objectionable?"

Huh?

What did I say that indicated I was "highly objectionable" to the comment?

Please stop trying to avoid answering questions.

What in my comments on this thread was "highly objectionable?"

Scroll up, and copy & paste what I said.

You don't have to dig for links. Just scroll up and copy & paste/

Yer up.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:44 AM | Reply

How the US is Destroying Young People's Futures

"the nice thing is that the GOVERNMENT will collect a lot of taxes when those Boomers pass it on to their offspring"

Are you joking? Individuals aren't subject to Estate Tax until the value exceeds about $11.6 million.

And GRATs allow an unlimited amount. Sheldon Adelson gave $8 billion to his kids via GRATs, saving over $3 billion in taxes.

Basically, anyone paying an inheritance tax is getting lousy advice.

Posted by Danforth at 2024-05-09 01:43 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

What is yours?

Mine is that Legal and Moral things aren't always in sync.

Putin is just acting like Lincoln did.

Ukraine was once part of their country. They don't accept the separation. If Lincoln had accepted the separation in 1861 perhaps many of the current political problems we face today would not exist. Perhaps the South would have changed organically without War.

Putin is making a great mistake. But letting Nazis kill Russians wasn't the answer.

Just like Lincoln freeing the slaves was Morally correct, but the wrong approach to the South. IMHO.

700,000 dead and a Century of Hate. Was it worth it?

The South is still in many ways like a different country from the rest.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 01:43 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

As 16 and 17 year olds, what limits on self determination do you think should be placed on them (by the government specifically)?

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 01:43 AM | Reply

Trump Schedules Fundraising Event on Same Day as Son's Graduation

@#18 ... I guess this makes Barron Trump fair game for the media: ...

Unfortunately, fmr Pres Trump whined about not being able to attend his son's graduation because of the court proceedings.

Then the Judge granted him a day off from those proceedings because the proceedings were moving forward at an acceptable pace.

All that seems to me to be A Good Thing, and quite accommodating of fmr Pres Trump's schedule.

However, now that fmr Pres Trump has found out he has the day of for his son's graduation... what does he do?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:38 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

I'm not avoiding anything. What I posted was that same "very general statement, without qualification" which you and Truth seemed to find highly objectionable for some reason. I didn't even express MY opinion on the matter, perhaps you were reading more into it? My entire point is that there are differing opinions out there that do not break entirely on partisan lines. Truth can't handle that concept.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 01:33 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#34 ... Is he wrong? In the case of NovoRussia, ie. The Eastern third of Ukraine he may have a point. ...

NovoRussia?

???

Can your alias be any more of a Putin puppet?

I mean really.

@#29 ... I'm kinda backward on some stuff. ...

That becomes more apparent with each of your current alias' posts.

So, what's yer point?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:32 AM | Reply

Trump Schedules Fundraising Event on Same Day as Son's Graduation

I guess this makes Barron Trump fair game for the media:

Barron Trump to step into the political arena as a Florida delegate at the Republican convention

The position as an at-large delegate for the Florida Republican Party will be the highest-profile political role thus far for Barron, former President Donald Trump's youngest son.

www.nbcnews.com

OCU

Posted by OCUser at 2024-05-09 01:29 AM | Reply

Western Sanctions Are Strangling RU’s Arctic Gas Ambitions

More from the article...

... The Novatek PJSC-led Arctic LNG 2 facility, on the icy Kara Sea, is a key part of Moscow's plans to boost exports and replenish coffers. For months now, it has been ready to ship liquefied natural gas to new markets, alternatives to the once-lucrative European pipeline trade.

And yet, the vast new $25 billion operation is sitting virtually idle, the first piece of Russia's energy production complex to be effectively curbed by US restrictions. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:22 AM | Reply

RFK Jr. Says Worm Ate Part of His Brain, and Died in It

His treatment of his wife proves how despicable he is. Hundreds of extramarital affairs using sex addiction as an excuse. Faking cognitive impairment to reduce his spousal support. She had mental health issue, but no doubt he drove her to suicide. The way he name drops his "Uncle Jack" at every opportunity is repulsive.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 01:21 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

Is he wrong? In the case of NovoRussia, ie. The Eastern third of Ukraine he may have a point.

Were Americans one people or did the South have a case as an independent country?

The South stood for Oligarchy and Human Chattel slavery. They were moral monsters.

But Legally, if not Morally they were correct about the right to
Secede.

The Union was originally intended to be voluntary.

Life can be Ambiguous.

Putin is a Turd, Eastern Ukraine and Crimea are Russia.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 01:18 AM | Reply

Tory MP defects to Labour with attack on Rishi Sunak

@#3

It appears that our strong allies across the pond are reaching a similar conclusion?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:18 AM | Reply

Stormy Daniels Testifies

IOW proving intent is absolutely critical. Without it, you don't have the election crimes. Without the election crimes you don't have a conspiracy, and without the conspiracy, you don't have a felony, you just have a bunch of misdemeanors with expired statutes of limitation.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 01:13 AM | Reply

Top GOPers & Trump Won't Commit to Accept Election Results

OpEd: The Atlantic's June Cover Story: Anne Applebaum on How "Democracy Is Losing the Propaganda War"
www.theatlantic.com

... Even in authoritarian states where surveillance is almost total, Applebaum reports, "the experience of tyranny and injustice can radicalize people. Anger at arbitrary power will always lead someone to start thinking about another system, a better way to run society." This has resulted in autocratic regimes slowly turning their repressive mechanisms outward, into the democratic world. Applebaum writes: "If people are naturally drawn to the image of human rights, to the language of democracy, to the dream of freedom, then those concepts have to be poisoned. That requires more than surveillance, more than close observation of the population, more than a political system that defends against liberal ideas. It also requires an offensive plan: a narrative that damages both the idea of democracy everywhere in the world and the tools to deliver it."

To accomplish this, Applebaum reports, autocracies are now making systematic efforts to influence both popular and elite audiences, including via the use of state-controlled media"most notably China's Xinhua news agency and Russia's RT, but also Venezuela's Telesur network and Iran's Press TV, along with numerous others"to create stories, slogans, memes, and narratives promoting the worldview of the autocracies. These, in turn, are repeated and amplified in other countries, translated into multiple languages, and reshaped for local markets around the world.

When these stories make their way to the U.S., Applebaum reports, "a part of the American political spectrum is not merely a passive recipient of the combined authoritarian narratives that come from Russia, China, and their ilk, but an active participant in creating and spreading them. Like the leaders of those countries, the American MAGA right also wants Americans to believe that their democracy is degenerate, their elections illegitimate, their civilization dying.

The MAGA movement's leaders also have an interest in pumping nihilism and cynicism into the brains of their fellow citizens, and in convincing them that nothing they see is true. Their goals are so similar that it is hard to distinguish between the online American alt-right and its foreign amplifiers." The State Department has in the past decade created a division to preemptively combat (or "prebunk") foreign disinformation operations. But no such agency exists to combat the spread of Russian and Chinese propaganda within the United States. ...

[emphasis mine]

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:12 AM | Reply

Tory MP defects to Labour with attack on Rishi Sunak

"Incompetence and division? That's OUR job!"

Republicants

Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2024-05-09 01:08 AM | Reply

Stormy Daniels Testifies

The reasons he did these things is immaterial. The fact that he DID them, for whatever reason, is what's before the jury and nothing else.

I really don't understand why Stormy Daniels was even called to testify. She knew nothing about the crimes or the intent to commit the crimes for which Trump is charged.

#64 | Posted by Twinpac at 2024-05-08 02:57 AM | Reply | Flag:
IMO The reasons why he did these things is absolutely material. The prosecution's legal theory requires they prove the underlying election related crimes. Trumps defense is that it never happened, Stormy extorted him for money and he wanted the story killed for purely personal reasons, to protect his family from embarrassment, not because of the election. Stormy's testimony was intended to counter that, by demonstrating that her purpose was not to get money or expose him, but to keep the secret whilst creating a paper trail that would protect her from physical harm. She points out that he was not secretive about their encounter when it occurred, which supports the idea that silencing her was not necessary for personal reasons, it was only because of the election. I think it was a risky move for the prosecutor to have her go on at length about her bio and other unrelated matters. The purpose was to include detail to lend credence to her story, and make her likeable and relatable to the jury, but allowing it opened many new avenues for cross-examination that the defense will exploit to damage her credibility.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 01:06 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#32 ... My point being the US has No Credibility as a Moral or Legal example. ...

Article by Vladimir Putin "On the Historical Unity of Russians and Ukrainians"
en.kremlin.ru

... During the recent Direct Line, when I was asked about Russian-Ukrainian relations, I said that Russians and Ukrainians were one people " a single whole.

These words were not driven by some short-term considerations or prompted by the current political context. It is what I have said on numerous occasions and what I firmly believe. I therefore feel it necessary to explain my position in detail and share my assessments of today's situation. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 01:06 AM | Reply

Biden Announces $3.3 Billion AI Investment in Wisconsin

Wow, this endeavor by Microsoft is hitting the geeky tech sites.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:56 AM | Reply

Biden Announces $3.3 Billion AI Investment in Wisconsin

Another view...

Microsoft to Open Data Center at Abandoned Foxconn Site in Wisconsin
www.extremetech.com

... The company will be ponying up a few billion to bring the facility back from the dead.

It's hard to believe it's been six years since Foxconn announced its plan to create a massive factory in Wisconsin. Sadly, the project was never able to get entirely off the ground, and now Microsoft is planning on swooping in to salvage the site by turning it into a multi-billion-dollar data center -- or, as Microsoft now calls these sites, an "AI data center." The company is expected to announce today alongside representatives from the Biden administration.

According to PCMag, Microsoft will plunk down $3.3 billion to create a new data center in Racine, Wisconsin. The location is the same site Foxconn had planned to use before the project went pear-shaped. Foxconn had planned to use the new facility to manufacture displays, and now Microsoft will be turning it into an AI hub of sorts. The site will host a Microsoft data center, and the company plans to create a new "Datacenter academy" in conjunction with a local college to train people in data center and STEM technologies by 2023, according to the White House.

In addition, Microsoft will create a new Co-Innovation lab in Wisconsin and partner with Gener8tor to help train 1,000 business leaders on how to integrate AI into their businesses. The entire plan is expected to provide up to 2,300 union construction jobs and 2,000 permanent jobs at the Racine facility. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:56 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

My point being the US has No Credibility as a Moral or Legal example.

Russia is no Worse,just in competition with the West.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 12:52 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

The last paragraph is true. Putin Has done them no favors.

He's just another Bush, but Russian.

When is Dubya getting prosecuted?

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-09 12:48 AM | Reply

Kristi Noem Ends Book Tour Dogged by Controversy

@#5

Yeah, it sure does seem like intentional lying.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:43 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

@#30 ... Do YOU believe teenagers should NOT have the right to self determination? ...

To that very general question, one poised without qualification, I will say that unless and until you reach the age of 18, there are limits on self-determination.

But, the reason I asked for links in my prior comment is that I wanted to see specifically what you are talking about.

Why did you avoid that aspect?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:38 AM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#29 ... Read Aljazeera excerpts from his address to the Russian people just before the invasion. ...

Good to see your current alias admit that Pres Putin's wanderings into the sovereign country of Ukraine is an invasion. That's likely a first.

That aside.

The rest of your comment is ... well..

...I'm kinda backward on some stuff. ...

Probably more stuff than your current alias may realize or want to admit to, in it's parroting of the talking points it seems to be issued.

And, if your current alias is interested...

From 2020. Yeah, this invasion is not A New Thing.

"There is no Ukraine": Fact-Checking the Kremlin's Version of Ukrainian History (2020)
blogs.lse.ac.uk

... Conclusion

The frontlines of the frozen conflict between Ukrainian forces and Russian-backed separatists are criss-crossing the plains of the Donets Basin, but they are also running right through the region's past. Russia's incursions into Ukraine have enjoyed tremendous support at home and, in some quarters, abroad.

Many have been slow to denounce them " or quick to embrace them " out of a conviction that the Kremlin has history on its side; that Ukraine has never been a real' country in its own right and that its south-eastern territories in particular are primordial Russian lands. Russia's political top brass, including Vladimir Putin himself, appear to subscribe to this belief as well, and by all appearances it has directly informed their policy towards Ukraine.

But as much as these assumptions may resonate with ordinary Russians, as well as some foreign leaders, a glance into Ukrainian history reveals that they are based on a dangerously distorted reading of the past. Ultimately, by redrawing borders and rewriting history the Kremlin is unlikely to have done itself a favour.

Through its intervention in Ukraine it has galvanised most Ukrainians in their aversion to Russia and has thereby done a great deal to demarcate the perceived differences between Ukrainians and Russians more clearly than ever before. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:33 AM | Reply

Stormy Daniels Testifies

And Jr's wife looks exactly like Melania.

#41 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-07 04:22 PM | Reply | Flag:| Newsworthy 1

You mean Gavin Newsome's ex-wife? (Just looking for another opportunity to bring up California tonight)

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 12:29 AM | Reply

Top GOPers & Trump Won't Commit to Accept Election Results

Trump has continued to falsely claim that the 2020 election was rigged and that he won states that he did not win, such as Wisconsin. Trump also has suggested he may not accept the results of the next election, including in an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel that was published last week.

Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) was pressed at least six times in a TV interview Sunday on whether he would accept this November's results. He repeatedly declined to do so, only saying he was looking forward to Trump being president again.

North Dakota Gov. Doug Burgum, in a TV interview Sunday, dodged a question about Trump's comments on political violence. Burgum, like Scott, declined to contemplate a scenario in which the former president loses.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (N.Y.), the No. 4 Republican in the House, would not commit in January to voting to certify the 2024 results as a member of Congress.

"This is how democracies break down," Michael K. Miller, a political science professor at George Washington University who studies democracy said, later adding, "It's such a low bar to say, Yeah, the election is free and fair,' or, I will obey the results of the election.' ... You don't deserve credit for not committing a crime."

Posted by tonyroma at 2024-05-09 12:28 AM | Reply

Top GOPers & Trump Won't Commit to Accept Election Results

No surprise.

They have been endeavoring to assert (without meaningful substantiation) that our elections are bogus.

If they repeat it frequently enough, the cult will believe it.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:24 AM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

To help out, here are three definitions:

The process by which a person controls their own life.
Free choice of one's own acts or states without external compulsion
Self-determination is an idea that includes people choosing and setting their own goals, being involved in making life decisions, self-advocating, and working to reach their goals.

So do you believe 16 and 17 year olds should have the right to self determination as defined above? If so, that is one down, how many more progressives do I need to find to make my statement true?

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 12:23 AM | Reply

Higher CO2 Levels Have a Concerning Effect on Viruses

More from the article...

... In a statement released just as PMQs was starting, the MP for Dover said the key factors for her decision were housing and border security.

She accused Rishi Sunak of "broken promises" and abandoning key pledges.

It is the second defection to Labour for Rishi Sunak in less than two weeks, after Dan Poulter also quit the Tories.

Labour will retain their existing candidate in Dover and Deal at the next general election and Mrs Elphicke will stand down.

The constituency replaces Dover, where Mrs Elphicke had a majority of 12,278 at the last election, following boundary changes. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:05 AM | Reply

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#23 I like the nickname, Mirands. Nobody has ever called me that. LegallyYourDead called me Genius and Copernicus today instead of Moron. I feel so special

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 12:03 AM | Reply

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@#25 ... You can't have it both ways."

Sure I can. I gave two examples, ...

I saw no links.

So, just your opinion or interpretation of links you do not want to provide?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-09 12:02 AM | Reply

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"As for CA their divorce laws are just as abhorrent, but then again, they aren't like Texas where no abortion and trying to make divorce much harder"

No, California is not like Texas. They have a 6 month waiting period to get a divorce, Texas's waiting period is 60 days. So is Texas trying to be more like California?

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-09 12:00 AM | Reply

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@#23 . ... That was directed at mirands ...

Oh.

Apologies.

But thank-you for that brief, albeit, fleeting moment of joy.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:54 PM | Reply

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@#17 ... I don't see this as a partisan issue. ...

Yet, in the same comment, you say...

... Many Progressives believe teenagers should have the right to self determination. ...

You can't have it both ways."

Sure I can. I gave two examples, of folks from opposing parties who support teenage marriage for different reasons. I could also offer two examples of people from different parties who oppose teenage marriage for different reasons. Then again, you ALWAYS insist that any opinion that differs from your own is invalid, so what would be the point? You have no interest in discussion.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-08 11:52 PM | Reply

FreedomWorks Is Shutting Down-Blames Dotard

FreedomWorks, the once-swaggering conservative organization that helped turn tea party protesters into a national political force, is shutting down, according to its president, a casualty of the ideological split in a Republican Party dominated by former President Donald Trump.

The tea baggers got trounced by MAGA filth.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2024-05-08 11:50 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

@#6 ... Point to a single charge you or I could do without fear of legal repercussions. ...

Bingo.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:43 PM | Reply

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yet you always criticize liberals and progressives and democrats, exclusively or so it seems

#21 | Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-08 11:11 PM | Reply | Flag:

I specifically criticize those who make lazy partisan arguments. Since the overwhelming majority of the people who post here are progressives and democrats, that is where the chips fall.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-08 11:43 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#26 ... Putin at least wasn't lying about the civil war in Ukraine. ...

What did Pres Putin say about that alleged civil war?

Got a link?

And, for bonus points, how does what he said back up what he said about Ukraine's non-sovereign status?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:41 PM | Reply

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Bush blatantly lied us into war with Iraq. Then handily won re-election.

So don't tell me Americans are peaceful people in love with Justice.

Russia is just the boogie man because they have interests that don't
align with what the American Elites desire.

They are competitive and the US elites don't like that one bit.

They disparage and ridicule Russia but it doesn't cover the stench of Fear.

Russia is no worse really, than anyone else.

Better than Israel, actually.

They don't target civilians Vindictively.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-08 11:40 PM | Reply

Moscow Marge Triggers Vote to Dump Mikey Johnson!

One article I saw...

House overwhelmingly unites against Marjorie Taylor Greene
www.axios.com

Wow.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:36 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

"Pick a case of his that has ever been brought against another citizen"

What a riot.

Point to a single charge you or I could do without fear of legal repercussions.

Posted by Danforth at 2024-05-08 11:31 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

If you, yeah, you, had committed those same acts that fmr Pres Trump is accused of committing, where would you be now.
- lamplighter

On the beach.

Pick a case of his that has ever been brought against another citizen?

Posted by oneironaut at 2024-05-08 11:29 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

Stop pretending the Average American has any input in what the MIC does.

But in a general way the US population...usually goes along with whatever new war they desire.

Iraq is a great example. Incited by Bush,the rationale all fabrications by top
Government Liars.

Putin at least wasn't lying about the civil war in Ukraine.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-08 11:27 PM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

That was directed at mirands

Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-08 11:21 PM | Reply

Kristi Noem Ends Book Tour Dogged by Controversy

"...as soon as it was brought to my attention, I made sure that that was adjusted."

Let that sink in.

Saying it out loud in the recording studio didn't bring it to her attention.

Posted by Danforth at 2024-05-08 11:20 PM | Reply

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@#21 ... The "Red State vs Blue State" angle is a lazy approach to problem solving. ...

Yup. I agree.

... yet you always criticize liberals and progressives and democrats, exclusively or so it seems ...

Wow.

Thank-you for that.

It is the first time I have ever been accused of that.

Really, thank-you.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:20 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

@#3 ... This is true. No one who is going to vote for that conman will be be swayed by the court cases. ...

Well, yeah, the Trump cult is not going to change their opinions.

What happens if Trump gets convicted ahead of November? (April 2024)
thehill.com

... The first-ever criminal trial of a current or former U.S. president is underway in Manhattan, renewing questions over what a potential conviction would mean for former President Trump as he campaigns for the White House.

A conviction in the New York case, where Trump faces 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, wouldn't bar him from the presidential race, but it still could roil his 2024 bid and open up the possibility that this year's GOP nominee is a convicted felon.

"If he happens to be convicted on 34 counts, that takes its toll even on someone like Donald Trump, who seems to be that Teflon candidate," said Stephen Saltzburg, a George Washington University law professor and a mediator for the District of Columbia U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. ...

All that aside, I will say, simply, too soon to tell.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:17 PM | Reply

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The "Red State vs Blue State" angle is a lazy approach to problem solving.

yet you always criticize liberals and progressives and democrats, exclusively or so it seems

Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-08 11:11 PM | Reply

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@#17 ... I don't see this as a partisan issue. ...

Yet, in the same comment, you say...

... Many Progressives believe teenagers should have the right to self determination. ...

You can't have it both ways.

For starters, got a link for the "many progressives" comment and how it relates to child marriage?

thx.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:11 PM | Reply

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Many Progressives believe teenagers should have the right to self determination.
I don't see this as a partisan issue.
#17 | POSTED BY MIRANDA7

Only a conservative can take republicans FIGHTING progressives to keep minor marriage as progressives believing teenagers should have the right to self determination (whatever that means)

Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-08 11:10 PM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

CA's laws: With parental consent and judicial approval, a person can marry under the age of eighteen but the partners and the minor's parents have to meet with court officials who must rule out abuse or coercion. There is a 30-day waiting period for minors unless they are seventeen and have graduated high school or one of the partners is pregnant.

I don't particularly give 2 shits about this, but there is at least some protections for the minor child. I'd be thrilled if they said 18 minimum too.

This thread is about a republican effort to fight changing NHs laws. you know the opposite of not being creeps.

As for CA their divorce laws are just as abhorrent, but then again, they aren't like Texas where no abortion and trying to make divorce much harder, so yeah, blue states ARE better then the shithole states.

Posted by truthhurts at 2024-05-08 11:09 PM | Reply

Kristi Noem Ends Book Tour Dogged by Controversy

@#3 ... She claimed she didn't even know it was in the book yet she recorded the audio version. ...

Wait, what?

Kristi Noem has admitted the Kim Jong Un part of her book isn't true but she read it for her audiobook anyway
www.businessinsider.com

... South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem may have been caught fibbing.

The rising Republican politician claimed last week she ordered changes to her soon-to-be-released book, "No Going Back: The Truth on What's Wrong with Politics and How We Move America Forward," after learning it falsely said she met with North Korean Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un.

"I remember when I met with North Korean dictator Kim Jong Un, I'm sure he underestimated me having no clue about my experience staring down little tyrants. I've been a children's pastor after all," Noem wrote in her book about an interaction with the North Korean leader that never happened, as Politico reported last week.

CBS News' "Face the Nation" host Margaret Brennan pressed Noem on Sunday about the false passage in her book.

"Did you meet Kim Jong Un?" Brennan asked the governor.

"I'm not going to talk about my specific meetings with world leaders, I'm just not going to do that," Noem said. "This anecdote shouldn't have been in the book, and as soon as it was brought to my attention, I made sure that that was adjusted." ...

Wow.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 11:06 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

This is true. No one who is going to vote for that conman will be be swayed by the court cases.

Posted by REDIAL at 2024-05-08 11:03 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

I disagree with the premise.

fmr Pres Trump is being prosecuted because of the crimes he has been alleged of committing.

Any electoral outcome of that prosecution is secondary, and decided by the voters. The main thing is that fmr Pres Trump stands for his alleged crimes.

Let me phrase that differently ...

If you, yeah, you, had committed those same acts that fmr Pres Trump is accused of committing, where would you be now.

I mean, right now.

Where would you be?

After multiple criminal violations of a gag order.

Where would you be?

The Justice system is going easy on fmr Pres Trump.

Convince me otherwise...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:59 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

- Putin had Russia behind him

Putin is Russia's Dictator for Life, made so because he, the State, owns the Media, and he, the Chief Oligarch, owns all the other Oligarchs.

Stop pretending that the average Russian has any input into what Vlad the Invader does.

Posted by Corky at 2024-05-08 10:57 PM | Reply

Trump’s political fate not likely decided by the courts

Justice delayed is justice denied. - William Gladstone

Of course, Trump Cultists care not a whit about justice; if they did, they would want the facts exposed at trial before they put a criminal and a traitor back into office.

No, they really don't care whether Dear Leader is those things or not, as long as they, "win".

Which is, really, another example of how education is now the leading predictor of how one votes... the lack thereof being the Republican's only hope.

Posted by Corky at 2024-05-08 10:53 PM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

I don't see this as a partisan issue.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-08 10:52 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#22 ... He wasn't justified. I've never posited that he was. ...

So, apparent unwavering support is not justification?

Secondary question... why is your current alias trying to back away from Pres Putin?

Was a payment missed?

???

....

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:51 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#20 ... in eastern Ukraine ...

The other aspect of your current alias' attempted rationalization is that Pres Putin has said tht Ukraine (all of Ukraine, not just eastern Ukraine) should not exist.

So, maybe Pres Putin has backed off his original goals of taking over all of Ukraine?

Russians Planned a Victory Parade in Kyiv"but Dumped Their Formal Attire as They Fled (2022)
www.thedailybeast.com

... Russian forces that unsuccessfully tried to take Kyiv were so confident they would win they brought along outfits to hold a parade in the capital, a Ukrainian military official said Thursday. But they wound up dumping their parade attire when they were forced to retreat, according to Oleksandr Gruzevich, deputy chief of staff of Ukraine's ground forces.

At a briefing early Thursday, Gruzevich said Russian troops had left behind formal military attire in the Kyiv region. "If any of you have been in the liberated cities"Irpen, Bucha, Ivankov, Makarov ... you saw how much equipment the enemy left, how much of it was destroyed and how much of it was stupidly abandoned.

Along with that we are finding parade uniforms that they left, meaning the enemy planned to enter Kyiv in two days and then march through," Gruzevich told reporters. "For today we can say that those plans were disrupted and disrupted by the heroic efforts of Ukrainian armed forces and other defense units of Kyiv."

He went on to warn, however, that the capital city still isn't in the clear, as "it is likely the enemy has not given up the goal of a second attack on Kyiv -- there is such a threat." ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:49 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

He wasn't justified. I've never posited that he was.

But just watching Russians get killed and stepped on by the Ukrainians in Donbass wasn't politically feasible in Russia.

Putin had Russia behind him. He wasn't going rogue.

There was internal Russian pressure to do something. Invasion was too much.

Going to the UN, getting sanctions on Ukraine for human rights violations would have been my play.

But hey, I'm just a Bum in Va.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-08 10:48 PM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

Destroying public education is a good step towards child brides.

Ignorant people are easier to manipulate and control.

Posted by ClownShack at 2024-05-08 10:45 PM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

#12 Do have any commentary on why California has no minimum age for marriage? Or why California doesn't let pregnant women get divorced? Or do you just want to make it about me?

I bring up California to counter those who immediately try to make EVERY SINGLE ISSUE partisan. The "Red State vs Blue State" angle is a lazy approach to problem solving.

Posted by Miranda7 at 2024-05-08 10:43 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

@#20 ... There was open war in eastern Ukraine for eight years. ...

And your point is?

What your current alias has not shown is why Pres Putin was justified in his invasion of a sovereign country.>

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:39 PM | Reply

Republicans Defend Child Marriage

... Republicans Defend Child Marriage ...

My first question is not who.

But why?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:36 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

If the United States was massacring citizens who are not in agreement with policy? You tell me?

There was open war in eastern Ukraine for eight years. Tens of thousands killed and a similarly static Frontline.

Russia was saving lives. Dissent in Ukraine brought out the Nazis.

Dozens shot at the protests by right wing thugs.

Then they tried to pin it on government agents.

But it wasn't.

Posted by Effeteposer at 2024-05-08 10:36 PM | Reply

OTP: One Time Passwords

One thing I note ...

Why the apparent deflection attempt from the thread's topic?

OTP apps collecting and using personal data.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:33 PM | Reply

Russia Pounds Ukraine with Biggest Airstrikes in Weeks

#18

Bravo!

Posted by Corky at 2024-05-08 10:32 PM | Reply

OTP: One Time Passwords

@#$ ... Yep...another liberal oblivious to the risk blindly trusting. ...

Wait, what?

I posted this thread.

Are you saying that I am not a liberal?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:31 PM | Reply

OTP: One Time Passwords

@#3 ... Exchange a little privacy ...

Please define "a little privacy" and with who that "little privacy" is shared with.

thx.

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:29 PM | Reply

Moscow Marge Triggers Vote to Dump Mikey Johnson!

Dems might feel that the voters current outlet for their angst; blaming any problems on the current Pres rather than where they might actually fall, could worsen if the far far right runs the House.

Considering that education level is the bigger predictor of elections now, rather than race, they might figure rwingers are too dumb to place the blame where it belongs and-or not inclined to do so no matter what they think.

We'll see what Jeffries gets, and how it plays out.

Posted by Corky at 2024-05-08 10:28 PM | Reply

Moscow Marge Triggers Vote to Dump Mikey Johnson!

@#37 . ... My point is that the dems would be better served if the face eating leopard party were eating each other's leopard faces for the next 6 months. ...

Isn't that what occurred here?

By not supporting the Rep Greene resolution, the Democrats have shown a major chasm in the Republican Party.

One that even an extremist Republican has called to the fore...

(see #24)

So, by cooperating with Republicans, are the Democrats really showing that Republicans cannot govern by themselves?

Posted by LampLighter at 2024-05-08 10:27 PM | Reply

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"This was a Ukrainian civil war before NATO got involved.

Now it's open war with Russia.

Such a peaceful Alliance!"

#16 | POSTED BY EFFETEPOSER
You are such a gosh damn liar. The truth was that tens of thousand of Russian special forces, security agents, propaganda units, intelligence units, regular soldiers without unit markings much less Russian flags on their shoulders and hired mercenaries had invaded Eastern Ukraine and were paying off locals, causing riots and mischief and handing out weapons to their buddies there. Please refrain from spreading Vlad Putler BS lies as the rest of us are just not that stupid to believe your BS.

"Then successive American Presidents took advantage of their Largesse and expanded NATO East."
Another bold face lie! Those countries that escaped the boots of Russian oppression immediately petition NATO to become a member so as to not face the possibility of going back under the Russian boots again. Just slink away back to your cave you traitor.

Posted by Wildman62 at 2024-05-08 10:26 PM | Reply

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