Tag: Putin
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Squeeze Play
Attribution to Kremlin.ru Back in February 2022, Putin decided to invade Ukraine. He thought he had it made. His friend, Donald Trump, had weakened NATO, with his constant badgering and dismissiveness of NATO. Putin had already gotten away with invading Georgia, when Bush was in power, and, Crimea, when Obama was President. He had taken…
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Now What?
Attribution to Kremlin.ru The 24-hour coup appears to be over, but what happens now? Putin’s status is diminished. He will want to reinforce his strongman image, especially after fleeing to St. Petersburg like a scared chicken. He will be cracking down hard. In that sense Russians are worse off than they were yesterday. Anticipate Donald…
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Early Hours
Attribution to Government of the Russian Federation This is Yevgeny Prigozhin. He is a Russian oligarch. Up until recently, he was a great buddy with Putin. He was called ‘Putin’s Chef’ given that his restaurants and catering companies provided services to the Kremlin. He is a mercenary. He was a former convict. He owns a…
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Vlad’s Bad Day
Attribution to Kremlin.ru It is only Tuesday but, Vlad is already having a pretty bad week. First, a number of Russian radio and tv stations bordering Ukraine were hacked. The stations aired a broadcast, supposedly by Putin himself (his image on tv) saying, “Ukrainian troops armed to the teeth by NATO and with Washington’s consent…
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Poking The Bear
Attribution to Udo Keppler The war in Ukraine is now a war in Ukraine and Russia. This should be seen as a dangerous turn. There have been drone attacks on Moscow, itself, including an attack on the Kremlin. There has also been attacks and shelling on the Russian region of Belgorod, which borders Ukraine and…
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Coincidence?
Attribution to Kremlin.ru Russia has just banned another 500 Americans from entering their country. Some of these make sense. For example, Erin Burnett, of CNN, has been banned. She has led off a number of her Out Front shows with Russia’s missteps and violations in Ukraine. Another one that would make sense is Rachel Maddow…
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Hot Spot
Moldova is a small country in Eastern Europe. It has a population of under 3 milliuon. It is bordered by Ukraine. Within Moldova is the unrecognized breakaway state of Transnistria. The population within the breakaway state is pro-Russian In 2020 pro-European candidate Maia Sandu became the first female president of Moldova. In the summer of…
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Tensions Rising
This is the Coat of Arms of Estonia. Estonia is a Baltic country along with Lithuania and Latvia. For those who have played Monopoly the Baltic properties had the lowest houses and hotel values. All three Baltic countries, along with Ukraine are bordered with Russia. All three Baltic countries are members of the EU and…
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Terrorists Have Won
Back during the Iraq war, version two, when Liz’s dad was Vice President, he used a phrase that stuck with me, “The Terrorists will have won”. In one aspect, the terrorists are winning right now. What terrorists. Bear with me on this one After Obama won, in 2008, the Tea Party movement began. This was…
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Bullies Beware
By 首相官邸 – This file has been extracted from another file,. It has been, a bad few months for bullies, in general. Donald Trump is hearing more dissension within his Republican ranks. People are no longer afraid of him as they once were. His supper get together with white supremacist Nick Fuentes, last week, at…