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Ah, the different things are different argument.

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  5. 5.

    Sally

    @Ishiyama: I certainly believe it should be discussed.  As much as it is a long shot, I would love to see it, though where Kaliningrad would go is a hornet’s nest.  One of many problems is that Ru has relocated many Ru citizens there, who probably don’t want to be Polish or German.

  6. 6.

    Redshift

    If Russia loses, all the people on Left and Right in the West that demanded a “compromise” that “accepts Russia’s legitimate interests” will shift to accusing the West of having sucked Putin into a deliberate trap to crush Moscow

    None of these people will rethink their positions

    Or think them through any more than their current positions, apparently. Imagine believing it’s compelling to complain about the country that worked to get TFG elected and has tried to undermine democracy around the world getting suckered into destroying its army in Dark Brandon’s brilliant trap.

  9. 9.

    piratedan

    @Redshift: pretty sure that this is the same group that if they were predicting the weather for a living, they would have been fired for being wrong so often.

    yet, here they are, being trotted out again and again, to offer us their expert insight, which is whatever corporate, conservative think tank tells them it is…

    there are times when it would be nice when the media would quit selling a nrarative and more concerned with informing us about what is actually taking place.

  10. 10.

    oatler

    Colbert had some fun last night describing the Royal Beekeeper’s official duty to tell his bees that the Queen had died: “Is Britain real? It’s a wet Narnia with knife-crime.”

  13. 13.

    Jeffery

    Are you now or have you ever been a member of the Republican Party?

    The fifth columnists must be getting a bit worried. Stealing the November elections has never been more important to them.

  18. 18.

    Chief Oshkosh

    @Sally:

    One of many problems is that Ru has relocated many Ru citizens there, who probably don’t want to be Polish or German.

    Has anybody asked them? Heck, maybe an alternative is that they renounce Ru citizenship, hand all the bang-bang goodies to Poland (after decommissioning of any nukes) and then apply for membership into Benelux (not a real thing) as the world’s newest tiny nation state.

  24. 24.

    eclare

    @Baud:   I know, and I am pro-union, but I can still be sad at the potential economic downfall.  That whole two thoughts at once thing.

  29. 29.

    Sally

    @Chief Oshkosh: Yes, Kaliningrad becoming a new micro state is something I had thought of too.  Impractical, but not at all impossible.  Of course no one has asked the inhabitants of Kaliningrad, the Ru don’t ask what they don’t want to know!  Retreating from all of UA, and losing Kaliningrad seems like a suitable result to me.

  32. 32.

    lee

    I’m pretty sure everyone expected the russians to leave behind boobytraps. It really sucks that they are doing it in civilian homes.

  33. 33.

    lee

    I’m very happy for the rail workers. Some of their working conditions were atrocious.

    FYI up until the agreement it looked like it was going to be a lockout not necessarily a strike.

  34. 34.

    Jackie

    @Baud: I NEVER doubted Dark Brandon!

    I still had concerns about WHEN an agreement would be reached. The GQP’s teeth are grinding with frustration 😁 Thwarted again!!!

  35. 35.

    Medicine Man

    Some thoughts:

    • If there were no strategic nuclear weapons in the world, we would be in the middle of another world war right now
    • A chunk of our right-wing (YMMV on the size of the chunk) is exactly like the pro German bund of those times
  36. 36.

    Torrey

    I would like to see some pushback against the “defund Ukraine” groups to the effect that anyone who claims supporting a democracy against an invasion is “a fight that lacks an American dog” just plain doesn’t understand the situation on the ground in Ukraine and is naive about Putin’s intentions, to boot. (Politicians, particularly conservative ones, hate being accused of naivety, and for good reason. I think the claim needs to be made to stick.) I also wouldn’t be averse to questions about their presence in Moscow on July 4 (where relevant) or to the revival of the terms “fellow traveler” and “useful idiot.”

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