So be it.

Putin is an ideologue. No one can deal with ideologues. There are few treaties, if any, that Putin hasn't already violated.

February 22, 2023
By Tal Axelrod

President Joe Biden (click here) told ABC News anchor David Muir in a new interview that it was a "big mistake" for Russian President Vladimir Putin to temporarily suspend Russia's participation in the last remaining nuclear arms treaty between the two countries.

"It's a big mistake to do that. Not very responsible. But I don't read into that that he's thinking of using nuclear weapons or anything like that," Biden told Muir in Poland on Wednesday, before the president flew back to Washington.

Biden said he was "not sure what else he [Putin] was able to say in his speech at the moment, but I think it's a mistake and I'm confident we'll be able to work it out."...

Democracy is not optional for free people. People want freedom and choice. This is ridiculous already.

February 22, 2023

By Aamer Madhani and Zeke Miller

Warsaw - ...Biden’s trip (click here) had provided yet another moment of telling counterprogramming on Tuesday when he delivered a ringing speech on Western unity in Warsaw, a day after he swept into Kyiv unannounced for a visit with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. As Biden spoke in Poland, Putin announced that Russia was suspending its participation in the last remaining U.S.-Russia nuclear arms control treaty....

Keep warm

There are a tier of states that will experience an ice storm. There is only one thing important and that is the ability to say “I survived it.” It is a challenge many in the USA is not focused on. 

Keeping warm does not mean building fires inside iced over buildings. It uses up the oxygen. Being warm with heaters set at modest temperatures and warm clothing with sleeping bags and blankets. Keep an entrance and exit way open with frequent shoveling and vigilance.

Stay warm.