My logical side is nagging at me so I really need to address this conflict a bit differently.

Vladimir Putin is 69 years old. He has been at Russian leadership for a ridiculously long time. That bothers me as does his departure from his decrees. The departure from decrees was planned and not an accident. The interior of Russia is getting very different message than the rest of the world. They are being fed the idea this is to protect "Russian people" in the two decree regions and not the more extended war to kill those Putin hates.

That said, under normal circumstances, a man at the age or 70 is looking at his life and measuring his success versus his failures as he would measure himself. I think the aging Putin has issues with the idea of being a failure with the fall of the Soviet Union. He was KGB and he probably has asked himself many times if he was good enough to protect the country versus the Soviet Union falling of it's own mass and lack of economy.

Taking that sort of measure, no matter how that might be playing out with Putin, applying it to a man that is basically in power for the rest of his life is a problem in that there is no end of his terms in office. In the USA, when there is a term limit there is an increase of influence by a president by eight years in a job where learning on the job has it's place. In the beginning of any new presidency in the USA there is somewhat of a stumble after about six months and then he (no she yet) gets his legs under him and the way forward begins to find a clear path. That so called six month stumble doesn't exist in Russia. It not only doesn't exist in Russia, but, Putin has a very long view of his power and vision of Russia.

I should preface this by stating I am very grateful for President Biden at this point in USA history.

Let's just say as granted Donald John Trump was backed by Russia and was instilled into the USA presidency for Putin's purpose in 2016. Donald John Trump gave Russia a great deal of classifed information from the USA, hence, NATO, etc. I am sure a portion of that was passed on to China. I don't really believe Putin cares about Trump and the fact that he is gone doesn't matter since he served Putin's purpose to the extent Putin wanted. Putin may want to put Trump back into power in a post apocalyptic USA, hence, Trump playing to that end by favoring Pro-Russian Orban (click here). I do believe that vision is real to some degree between the haters of democracy.

Initially, I didn't expect a full invasion into Ukraine although President Zelenskyy stated it was coming. I thought Putin would simply take land and the people on it and be satiated for awhile. The fact Putin invaded the entire country with the forces he put into place beginning well over a year ago somewhat tells his intentions for the future. I have stated this before and I believe it more and more, but, Putin is measuring the information he received from Trump and realizing it will all be changed under President Biden as soon as military contracts can be signed for new and better defenses. Include in all this China as an ally to Russia.

Vladimir Putin has hypersonic jets. Corretion, at least one. I believe those jets on occassion made it into the USA and viewed by the public as a UFO. I also believe that is part of his nuclear triad. Whether Europe and the USA can defend from those hypersonic jets and/or missiles is a good question. Considering Putin has a nuclear triad, some sites in reach of Europe from the land, and China assiting along with North Korea; that can cause enormous death and damage not even considering The West's exchange upon first strike.

Given the surprise by Vladimir Putin to invade Ukraine in it's entirety I think he has a much larger goal, whether it is realistic or not. I believe the elite of Russia has goals to carry out a post apocalyptic world. It would make sense with Russia laughing at sanctions as a deterent to war and a much larger war. To those that bought into Putin's pain over the Soviet Union they would banter his accomplishments of hypersonic jets and the idea Putin has played a genius game in placing Trump into the presidency and it is now time to carry out the ultimate game and attack all those that cause Vladimir's pain, past and present.

It is a bit eccentric, but, possible. It is the possibility I address and not a known plan. I would expect the length to world war to be short considering that sanctions are such a bother to Russia's elite.

If his well being is threatened, President Zelenskyy should evacuate with his staff of advisors.

It is not cowardess (click here) to leave Kyiv and seek a shelter of safety. The people of Kyiv still need their leadership even though they are leaving the country. I realize he is loyal to his countrymen fighting and dying for their right to be free. But, if there is any chance harm can come to him, he needs to consider the people that have fled Ukraine and their need for leadership to be alive and free. It is important.

He and his wonderful corrption free administration that is in place with him still need to reconsider their stand on staying to the end of life. That is not profound leadership. The people trust him and his advisors. He should consider remaining safe no matter the place. 

If this aggression by Putin continues and the ambitions are far beyond the borders of Ukraine, his intelligence will be needed in order to win the war against Russia.

President Zelenskyy has a very young administration and the people of Ukraine love him. He cannot sacrifice his life in the face of danger. He is important beyond this unjustified war by Russia.

The future is not set.

President Zelenskyy is correct.

There is evidence of random strikes by low flying aircraft of residential buildings. There is no formation, but, simply a jet firing a single missile. There is online evidence to those attacks. These are people that have no military capacity. If they did have shoulder held missile launchers they could take on the jet before firing. These jets are flying at tree top level. No formation, just a single jet taking target practice.

There was one and only one photo of legitimate military strike of what appears to be a missile hit of a munitions building (click here). The photo looks as though the land has been disturbed. If one looks closely in the before and after photo the only hit was one building. The smoke is dark and dense of which could be burning oil or perhaps munitions, but, more likely oil because the smoke sustains and the distrubance of the land is minimal. The loss of white color on the ground is simply due to lack of snow in the space of time of the two separate pictures.

But, any other pictures of bombing is primarily residential housing and some are rural without many people living in the buildings. These are not upscale housing. It is like the pilot decided he had to prove he used his bombs and chose a building that appears to be abandoned. People are living there and the strike caused the cameraperson to fall initally and then run into a basement

It could very well be that Putin's military is not as strongly loyal to their purpose as his bluster (click here). These people know each other and they could be carrying out battles that they do not believe in. There could be brother against brother feelings in Putin's ambitions. Russia practices consciption and are pressed into service. These soldiers may disagree with their orders. Soldiers may be more interested in a date than death.

I never believed the Russian military was a strong and well disciplined military. I think we are seeing some of that in this stupid attack on Ukraine. This is Putin's politics.

The multi-story building in Kyiv that was struck is not safe. I know there are workers, according to a CNN report, placing scaffording to stabilize the upper floors, but, that entire building received vibration and in time will prove to be unsafe. The people in that building should be evacuated and sent to shelters to re-establish their residence somewhere else in the city. There is a good chance the surrounding buildings were adversely vibrated as well. The entire area around that building needs to assessed for stability, especially other multi-story buildings. 

My understanding is that many people are in the subway tunnels of Kyiv. It is reasonable to believe there were a few injuries with that missile strike as people heeded the early sirens and went underground.

If this disruption continues the people of Ukraine's cities will need food and medicine drops. Immediately they probably have supplies, but, a longer attack will result in shortages and suffering. There are reports of significant traffic heading west from Kyiv. So the city is being emptied to some extent.

The rebels in eastern Ukraine need to be contended with and Crimea returned to the governance of Ukraine.

February 25, 2022
By Ron Fonger

Flint - U.S. Rep. Dan Kildee, D-Flint Township, (click here) will be among the panelists during a discussion on crime in the Black community at Cathedral of Faith Church.

The program, part of the church’s Crucial Conversations Series for Black History Month, is set to take place at 10 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 26.

Cathedral of Faith Church is located at 6031 DuPont St.

A news release for the program says the panel will discuss issues including how voting rights contribute to laws and disproportionate sentencing....

February 23, 2022
By Ron Fonger

U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy (click here)

Attorney fees will be capped at 25% after other expenses are subtracted from a historic $626-million settlement of lawsuits tied to the Flint water crisis.

A jury has been seated to hear the first civil lawsuits related to the Flint water crisis. (click here)

The 10 jurors -- seven women and three men -- were sworn in before U.S. District Court Judge Judith Levy on Wednesday, Feb. 23, and opening statements from attorneys representing four Flint children and two engineering companies are scheduled to start on Monday, Feb. 28.

Attorneys for the children sued the engineering companies -- Veolia North America and Lockwood, Andrews & Newnam -- for alleged negligence, claiming they have responsibility for damages they suffered as a result of lead in Flint water during the city’s water crisis....

The problem is not Ukraine, the problem is Russia.

I have 100 percent confidence Ukraine is asking for ceasefires and a return to diplomacy. I don't believe at this point anything will work short of defeating Russian militarily. Minsk I and II failed because the Rebels and Putin didn't care about it. A commercial airliner was shot down by the Russian separatists. We know that for a fact, yet, where are the trials and extradiction to Europe of the murderers?

February 25, 2022

By Pavel Polityuk

Ukraine wants peace (click here) and is ready for talks with Russia, including on neutral status regarding NATO, Ukrainian presidential advisor Mykhailo Podolyak told Reuters on Friday.

"If talks are possible, they should be held. If in Moscow they say they want to hold talks, including on neutral status, we are not afraid of this," he said via a text message. "We can talk about that as well."

"Our readiness for dialogue is part of our persistent pursuit of peace."...

Vladimir Putin is full of hate for anyone not a Russian citizen and there are some Russian citizens he hates equally or more. This is not about Ukaine, the Ukrainian people or their magnificent government that fights corruption at every turn. This is about the hate that has welled up in Putin's gut since the fall of the Soviet Union.

There was a fatal flaw in The West's presciption for Ukraine to maintain it's borders and solidify it's sovereignty, it didn't strike Russia first. When Crimea and eastern Ukraine fell to Russia, NATO should have moved to end the occupation and claimed Ukraine as it's own. There was perfect justification for that at the time. Even today, those reasons still live. Would they have confronted Russia? Yes. But, all these years later they will confront Russia anyway.

People with dual citizenship are in Ukraine. NATO cannot turn it's back on them.

February 25, 2022

By Deena Yellin

Rabbi Mendel Moskovitz, (click here) a Brooklyn native transplanted to Ukraine, sounded surprisingly upbeat when reached by phone Thursday afternoon.

“That’s why we’re here,” the rabbi of the Kharkiv Choral Synagogue in northeastern Ukraine told a reporter. “To keep up everyone’s spirits.”  

Moskovitz was a baby when his parents took him to the country 32 years ago, as part of an effort to help reinvigorate Jewish communities just beginning to emerge from the Soviet Union's shadow. On Thursday morning, he and his community of some 20,000 Jews awoke to explosions and ran down to their basements for cover, he said.

His job as a Chabad rabbi is to help people, he explained. With Russian troops attacking Ukraine, that job seemed more vital than ever....

February 25, 2022
By Matt Fagan

For many Ukrainians in North Jersey, (click here) a sleepless Wednesday night stretched well into Thursday afternoon as Russia's invasion of their homeland unfolded, the largest invasion in Europe since World War II.

The seven-hour time difference meant that when Russian bombs and missiles began raining down on the former Soviet republic, cellphones and social media's klaxons began ringing out after 10 p.m.

Roksolana Leshchuk, a physician at Cooperman Barnabas Medical Center in Livingston, received a call from her terrified niece shortly after midnight.

As bombs were falling, she was alone with two small children because her husband, a Ukrainian police officer, had been called in to work.

"She didn't know whether to stay home or go to her mother's," Leshchuk said. The streets could be dangerous, but it is frightening to be alone....

Who would replace them?

This is too sophisticated an attack to be accomplished by any other entity than a sovereign country. I am not saying a country carried out the attacks, but, I am saying it was obtained somewhere. I am not making accusations, but, these attacks changed history for the USA and the people involved. 

The USA military has sound emitting technology. I am not saying the USA military carried out these attacks for any particular reason, but, if someone wanted to FORCE displacement of employees for their own purposes recent history has told us there are people in the military not loyal to the best outcomes of the USA.

One of the people attacked was Vice President Pence's intelligence assist. Follow? Who would or did replace her?

The entire Cuban mission was shutdown and President Obama and Secretary Kerry made to look at the very least naive about making friendly gestures to Cuba. Who did this? Who within the power structure that had other plans for USA power did this?

Who in their political jargon refer to high ranking officials in government as "naive" or "unable" or "lacking insight?" There were political pressures that came out of some of these attacks.

I believe the people involved, along with their families, were supposed to be displaced by another person regarded a loyalist to an anti-democracy movement within the USA. We know today these attacks were not carried out in or by a particular country. We also know Michael Flynn was at a table with Putin and a loyalist to Trump and at the January 6th insurrection. I think that would be a good place to start. 

This can be solved. There is a pattern somewhere and the FBI and/or CIA can find it if they put the pieces together. Who was to replace these loyal employees and in any instance WHO DID replace employees too sick to continue their work for the USA. I strongly suspect this was domestic terrorism potentially carried out by satellite which would explain the agility of the attacks no matter where a USA employee was found. I believe the attacks on children are to force an employee to leave their post for a replacement of another.

This can be solved.

I am confident all the people suffering from this ACQUIRED disorder has received pet scans, MRI and cat scans and no apparatus was found anywhere on their bodies, like a homing device. How did the entity know where to find people asleep in their beds and with employees that conduct missions abroad the entity found them even away from home performing their responsibility to the country. The entity knew where the children slept by GPS or something more sophisticated. 

The sounds heard around the heads of children is a very small radius or circumference, but, I believe this is a "radius" involved as it hits the side of the head and not the entire head. There is technology somewhere that performs to those standards. Find it and find the perpetrator and hopefully the logs of operation.

 

The most open border right now is appears to be along Romania and Moldova.

There is aerial bombardment of cities. This is ethnic cleansing. He is killing innocent people for no reason .

Children are dying. This is human carnage. Putin is a madman. The cities don't have anti-aircraft guns. They don't have a chance.

If he is not stopped in Ukraine, he will come for Europe. This is worse than 1968. It is evident he hates strongly to carry out this level of carnage against innocent people. This has nothing to do with the decrees. He is moving against The West.

Putin is willing to destroy Russia economically to satisfy his hatred.

Russian troops have landed at Odessa and entered Ukraine near the southern city of Kharkiv

- US Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen promises "swift and severe consequences to the Kremlin"

- Footage of gunfire, missiles, explosions, shelling, as well as people fleeing Kyiv, posted to Twitter

- President Joe Biden issues statement condemning the Russian attacks on Ukraine and saying the world will hold Russia accountable.

- Ukraine parliament approves state of emergency

- Germany puts the Nord Stream 2 pipeline, which would have transported natural gas from Russia to Europe, on hold

People are trapped in Ukraine because of the war. The airports are closed.

With Ukraine (click here) closing its airspace after Russia launched a military operation against it, the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) announced on Thursday that teams are being sent to Ukraine's land borders in Hungary, Poland, the Slovak Republic, and Romania to assist with the evacuation of Indian nationals.

From Gizmodo. I guess it is for the folks back home in Russia. Prearranged propaganda. The Beirut Blast is known by anyone who watches the news.

10 Photos and Videos From Russia's Invasion of Ukraine That Are Actually Fake (click here)

Russian attack helicopters seen flying over the outskirts of Kyiv

There is heavy smoke, the people are being bombed. They need anti-aircraft guns.

It is a chronic irritation to realize Russian Oligarches with investments in the USA helped finance Putin's invasion today. It is all blood money to Russia. They will seek to do exactly that and to realize Europe is under threat because of them is an outrage!

I applaud President Biden for being so very correct in all his estimations regarding Russia's intentions for Ukraine.

I think the USA needs to assess any Russian investments in this country, including, McConnell's Russian Oligarch. They have ill intentions for the USA. There isn't any room for them here. They should go home to Mother Russia. I am sure there are plenty of American investors that could take over the Russian businesses in the USA.

I really don't want to hear how the sanctions should have been a surprise to shock Russia into retreat. It has been weeks that the media has been badgering President Biden to announce the sanctions ahead of the invasion to stop Putin. So, enough criticism already, it is very telling when media tries to change their emphasis to serve political harassment of a president.

I think the aspect the media needs to contend with more realistically is the statement that President Biden made when asked, "Will Putin stop at Ukraine?" The answer was, "No." Americans need to understand the depth of concern for Europe at this point by not just NATO, but, as one of the most important partners this country has. I am sure there are plenty of tensions in the Pacific as well, today.

There is significant danger ahead. It would be good if it could be limited and reversed. There is absolutly no reason for Putin to have conducted an invasion into a neutral country.

It would have been to Russia's advantage if it did just the opposite and became a benevolent neighbor in ecnomic trade. Russia didn't do that and for no real reason except Putin's politics.

February 24, 2022
By Kevin Liptak

Washington - President Joe Biden (click here) on Thursday unveiled harsh new sanctions on Russia meant to punish the country for its full-scale invasion of Ukraine, calling out Russian President Vladimir Putin for his aggression even as he acknowledged it would take time for the new measures to alter Putin's behavior.

"Putin is the aggressor. Putin chose this war. And now he and his country will bear the consequences," Biden said, laying out a set of measures that will "impose severe cost on the Russian economy, both immediately and over time."

The new sanctions include export blocks on technology, a centerpiece of Biden's approach that he said would severely limit Russia's ability to advance its military and aerospace sector.

He also applied sanctions on four Russian banks and "corrupt billionaires" and their families who are close to the Kremlin....

Chernobyl nuclear plant could be used in Putin's propaganda to justify invasion.

It might make an interesting POW camp. 

Chernobyl is just down the waterway from Kyiv.

February 24, 2022

By Alexander Nazaryan

Washington - According to Ukrainian authorities, (click here) Russian forces have moved into the area surrounding the Chernobyl nuclear reactor in northern Ukraine, where the world’s worst nuclear disaster took place in 1986 — and where vast reserves of dangerous nuclear waste remain entombed.

“Our defenders are giving their lives so that the tragedy of 1986 will not be repeated,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky wrote on Twitter on Thursday. He described the move as “a declaration of war against the whole of Europe.”

When the reactor melted down in April 1986 during a test gone awry, a radioactive cloud covered much of the continent. Ukraine was then part of the Soviet Union....

There is no reason for Russia to use Chernobyl as a leverage point with the Russian people to invade Ukraine. The IAEA has been overseeing the site since it occurred. I doubt the Russian military asked for clearance from the IAEA. International employees could be in the area.

The world is in trouble with this invasion. This is not a minor invasion, it is an enormous invasion with intentions to take control of major cities. Ukrainians weren't packing to leave in many instances. They were purchasing guns and munition to protect themselves and their homes from zealot Russian troops.

Putin is using ethnicity to divide the people. That means average people can be taken prisoner, tried and executed for no other reason but their ethnic heritage. They will be characterized as sympathizers to those Russia currently hate for whatever reason Czar Putin has decided to hate.

I remind, Putin has been closing off Russian society from the outside world including cyber. It is no wonder to realize why other countries are under cyber attack. It is to have them deal with chaos within their borders rather than reaching out to Russians. I remind, the FBI had absolutely no trouble walking right into Russia's intelligence cyber network and finding all the evidence it wanted during the 2016 election investigation with Former Director of the FBI, Robert Mueller. So, for Russian agencies to be on the attack is their form of support for Putin's propaganda.

Russian isolation is a strong image to realize that a portion of American society is still isolated by the Trump network intrusions into American life. Trump was mentored. There is no doubt about it. The Trump administration chronically compromised USA security as often as it could and to the greatest extent it could. Why? Trump's personal wealth and power is why.

Is Benczkowski still at DOJ? He is a national security compromise.

July 10, 2022

By Giffin Connolly

Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., broke ranks with Democrats to move forward with the confirmation of Brian Benczkowski to lead the Department of Justice’s Criminal Division.

As the frenzy (click here) surrounding President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh kicks into high gear this week, the Senate is voted Wednesday to confirm a divisive new director for the Criminal Division of the Department of Justice.

In late winter 2017, Brian Benczkowski, who now awaits Trump’s signature to become the newest assistant attorney general at the DOJ, briefly represented Alfa Bank, a Russian bank with close ties to Russian government officials that media outlets previously reported was a subject of the FBI’s probe of the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia.

No one at Alfa has been charged with wrongdoing, and it is unclear if the bank is still part of any probe.

Leading Democrats in the chamber wrote a letter to the president last week arguing Benczkowski cannot “credibly oversee” the DOJ Criminal Division’s involvement in Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s investigation and the criminal investigation of Michael Cohen, the president’s former personal lawyer....

The United Nations has never been more important.

The global community can now see what Russia is all about, expansionism and an alternate reality to facilitate the loyalty of it's military. The United Nations needs to resolve to end such tensions, especially among countries with powerful and dangerous and deadly military capacity.

February 24, 2022
By Courtney Subramanian,Michael Collins and Rebecca Morin

International condemnation (click here) of Russian President Vladimir Putin's pre-dawn attack against Ukraine mounted Thursday, as U.S. and Western allies prepared to impose punishing sanctions against Moscow for a stunning full-scale invasion that global leaders had been warning about for weeks.

Ukraine's defense ministry said it was fighting Russia in both the country's north and south.

The attack threatened to create global upheaval and escalate into the largest military conflict on European soil since the end of World War II.

"This is a brutal act of war," NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said Thursday.

Here's what to know about Russia's attack on Ukraine:...

The world as witnessed with the spread of COVID-19 and it's variants is a smaller and smaller place with more and more people living on planet Earth. We cannot afford wars such as Putin carries out because of his politics. Make no mistake this war into Ukraine is due to Putin's politics and promises. His made up reality has to be satisfied to allow the people of Russia to contiue to believe they are oppressed by the entire world outside of Russia and a highly valued president that can carry out enormous movements of troops and killing machines. As far as Putin is concerned he is the only one capable of this aggression and returning the Soviet Union to it's former granduer as well as expansionism.

Today, Vladimir Putin is using the power of the Russian people's military to carry out atrocities of war. He is doing it because he wants to end the Nazis of Ukraine. Today it is Navis and tomorrow has yet for him to define his egotistical reasons for killing.

Trump's best friend, Vladimir Putin, has no loyalty to Trump's White Supremacists/Nationalists/Neonazies. Trump is a fool without a clue.

The family probably can't talk about Bob Saget because there are lawyers involved.

Just a word about Bob Saget. I am not a forensic person on the case, but, their assessment sounds reasonable. He fell in the shower and struggled to the bed and died there. It is very unfortunate.

These types of accidents happen. Shower floors and bathrooms can be a dangerous place if people are not careful. The STONE of bathrooms, be it porcelin or otherwise, always seemed to me a contradictory combination. There needs to be a synthetic answer to bathrooms that are more forgiving when people slip and fall.

This could be an accident of a slip in the shower or tub, but, he was 65 years old and while a very vital 65 year old he could have had a heart incident that also dropped him to the floor. He doesn't have to have a heart condition to have such an incident. The older adult sometimes will drop their blood pressure under warm water used to bath. The forensic experts could speak more to that, but, I think their assessment is correct in that it was an accident.

I am sorry to hear violence against Ukraine has begun.

I think the world is with Ukraine, at least the civilized world. (click here) Putin in justifying his violence against Ukraine as ending the Nazis' war. This is typical ethnic hatred to divide people and demonize an enemy scapegoat.

President Biden is correct, this violence by Russia is completely unprovoked. Shelling can be heard in Kyiv. Sirens to awaken the people in the capital went off to bring awareness to the danger that may approach as time goes on. Ukrainians have a right to decide to leave and seek refuge.

It is so hard to realize this is 2022 and Russia is still acting as if it is 1968. 

On August 20, 1968, (click here) the Soviet Union led Warsaw Pact troops in an invasion of Czechoslovakia to crack down on reformist trends in Prague. Although the Soviet Union's action successfully halted the pace of reform in Czechoslovakia, it had unintended consequences for the unity of the communist bloc.

When will the Cold War finally end with anti-democracy narratives in communist countries? It is so ridiculous. NO ONE IS COVETING VIOLENCE AGAINST COMMUNIST COUNTRIES, ONLY COMMUNISTS COVETING VIOLENCE AGAINST PEACEFUL PEOPLE THAT EMBRACE DEMOCRACY. More than fifty years has passed and not a thing has changed.

Ukraine is on the minds and in the hearts of people all over the world tonight.

A few Sunday evenings ago I posted entries about the exploitation of women for money by con artists.

There was also concerned for the children or the image of the children involved with this fraud in that it could be pedophilias that are carrying out this form of financial support for themselves. I have some additional comments.

I am somewhat convinced using the image of eight or nine year old girls is a standard operating procedure (SOP) for these free lancers. These are men (haven't heard of any women yet) that use tactics against women to romance them and weaken their resolve to protect their finances. I still firmly believe this results in Stockholm Syndrome.

One of the methods at the very beginning is to ask what dress size she is so he can purchase the perfect dress for their meeting sometime in the future. That dress can be purchased from recycle outlets like Poshmark and mailed to the woman as an expression of love and devotion and promise. 

But, other than the "girl image" there are issues of naked compromise in harassing the victims. In other words at one point and it doesn't matter the weight or figure of the woman, they are asked for naked pictures to keep their man interested. These pictures can lead to intimidation to continue the pressure to reliquish monies through any means of which the woman can obtain them. 

Naked women.

I think it is time for a cultural shift in the USA from highly conservative ideology of women's bodies to one of fitness. I think every woman at some point, especially business women, should invest in photos of themselves naked or partically naked as in a small square inch bathing suit. Those pictures should be kept as a reminder of the strange power such images could have over the future of a woman's life.

If I can recall the actress Jennifer Lawrence and her fight to protect images she shared with the man she loved. The images were of her fashioably disrobed and they were digital. Her protected site was hacked and the pictures exposed to the world. Every woman needs to follow her example in maintaining their body image as their own, but, never are they ashamed of that image. 

I have noticed with many singers - actresses their clothing choices are very sexy and seductive at times. It is that level of pride in one's body that should be owned by every woman alive today. At no point in time should revealing pictures of a woman lead to her embarassment or demise in her profession. The power of revealing naked or compromised pictures has to end. The USA has passed laws called "Revenge Laws" (click here) by which men that reveal women without their expressed permission are considered to be criminals in their intent and purpose.

I also have more information about the methods these men are using. Oddly enough ambassadors and their staff are already cued to these episodes existing online and are absolutely correct in stating "Stop the contact." These men are connected voluntarily to an "organization." I haven't be able to ascertain the complete identity of the organization, but, it is organized crime with methods developed to induce women to give up money at any cost to them. 

I am told the organization is very dangerous and people need to avoid this level of interaction. The practioners of this organization are free lancers allowed to raise money for their own purposes. There are no noble causes.

I will write more about another method and it is highly sophisticated. It is easy to see this is organized crime. 

Until later.

I don't know a great deal about hockey, but, is that goalie uniform regulation?

It seems to me the coaches made a wall out of his uniform to block the goal net. That just seems over the top.

But, here again is that Russian mindset that everyone hates Russians. He is so put out by receiving silver that he has to feel as though there was UNFAIRNESS in the game. This is the way they are. In the case of the Olympics, they violate rules, scoff at punitive measures and then complain the rest of the world hates Russians. THEY ARE CHEATERS in every definition of the word. 

February 21, 2022
By Ivan Fedotov and Mikhail Grigorenko

The Russian goaltender (click here) held his medal in his hand instead of putting it around his neck after the ROC's 2-1 loss to Finland in the men's ice hockey final on Sunday.

Due to Covid-19 protocols at the Beijing Games, athletes are tasked with picking up their medals from a platter rather than having them placed around their necks.

When Fedotov received his medal he simply couldn't bring himself to put it around his neck.

By the end of the ceremony he was the only player from both sides not wearing a medal.

“It's hard to accept that it isn't gold,” Fedotov said afterwards.

“I'm an all-or-nothing person, and it's hard to accept a defeat.

"I'll definitely put it on and enjoy that but later on.”...

 

Let me just say this. The issues the Biden Administration has faced since taking office after an incompetent populous president is daughting. I firmly believe President Biden is the right president for this time in American history.

Media find him easy to pick on, because, he is less a politican and more a president. He is very different from previous presidents. I find his frank method of speaking refreshing. He and Secretary Blinken are not mincing words. I think they are great and brave, but, most of all sincerely concerned for our allies across the pond. That is not readily seen in past administrations.

To be a fly on the wall.

By the AP
February 21, 2022

Vice President Kamala Harris (click here) and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky meet during the Munich Security Conference in Germany on Saturday.

Munich -  Acknowledging "the real possibility of war," (click here) Vice President Kamala Harris wrapped up a weekend of outreach to European allies with a push to bolster the West's resolve in confronting Moscow with crippling sanctions as increasingly dire signs suggest Russia's Vladimir Putin plans to order an invasion of Ukraine.

In a burst of diplomacy at the annual Munich Security Conference, Harris tried to make the case to American allies rapidly escalating tensions on the Ukraine-Russian border meant European security was under "direct threat" and there should be unified support for economic penalties if the Kremlin invades its neighbor....

Of course, only Putin alone could do it.

February 22, 2022

By Bryan Metzger and John Haltiwanger

Left, Helsinki.

Former President Donald Trump (click here) praised Vladimir Putin in a podcast interview on Tuesday, describing the Russian president's justification for invading Ukraine as "savvy" and "genius."

In an appearance on the "Clay Travis and Buck Sexton Show," Trump said Putin's recognition of the independence of the Ukrainian breakaway republics of Donetsk and Luhansk — two-thirds of which are controlled by Ukraine and are not recognized by most other nations but backed by Russia — was a smart move.

"I went in yesterday, and there was a television screen, and I said, 'This is genius.' Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that's wonderful," Trump said when asked about the news. "I said, 'How smart is that?' And he's going to go in and be a peacekeeper."...

February 22, 2022
By Carrie Johnson

Attorney General Merrick Garland (click here) said the Justice Department is aware that classified material has been found on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago property but didn't explicitly confirm a federal probe on the matter is underway.

"[T]he National Archives has informed the Justice Department of this and communicated with it," Garland said at a news conference Tuesday. "And we will do what we always do under these circumstances: look at the facts and the law and take it from there."

Archivist David Ferriero notified members of Congress Friday that some of the contents in 15 boxes of presidential records at the Florida resort were "marked as classified national security information." Ferriero said the National Archives had asked Trump's representatives to continue searching for more materials....

This is from an article in "The Economist." It shows the extensive military build up that has occurred. This is far more power than is needed even for two areas of Ukraine. It is why President Biden states it is at least a military incursion and more aggression is suspected.

...Ukraine is essentially ringed on three sides, (click here) because of a large Russian build-up in Belarus. “Allied Resolve”, a hastily-announced Russia-Belarus exercise—more likely cover for troop movements—began on February 10th and is due to end on February 20th. As many as 30,000 Russian troops may be involved, according to nato. Some are alarmingly close to Ukrainian soil. Zyabrovka, around 25km from the border, is another disused airfield which has become a swarm of activity....

A march into Kyiv from Belarus is not difficult.

The map to the right clearly shows the two territories of Ukraine on the eastern border of the country. Yet, for as small a footprint of these two regions Russia is actively amassing armed forces around the entire border of Ukraine. Putin justifies all his actions by stating the post Soviet states are not sincerely sovereign countries because they were created by Russia.

Today, some Ukrainians are sorry the country disarmed from it's nuclear capacity after the Soviet Union imploded. Ukraine wanted to be a neutral power that Russia would never find as a threat. There is some regret the nukes are gone. That is why Putin cowers from Ukraine. He knows the scientific genius that lives there and knows all to well the technology for nuclear weapons and nuclear energy. This regret comes at a time when Russia has lost a lot of it's brain trust in the nuclear sciences because of repeated accidents and the deaths of scientists. Putin is afraid of Ukraine. The decrees Putin issues certainly doesn't appear to make a real assurtion of what he covets.

The nuclear scientists of Ukraine will not be safe. If Putin overtakes Ukraine he will press them into service to Russia. If they don't want to go to Russia, they should seek asylum with their families somewhere in The West.

October 28, 2017

Ukraine's military industrial complex (click here) resulted in an unsubstantiated claim that a leak occurred that benefitted North Korea's missile program. There are many unsubstantiated claims between communists and The West. Ukraine's capacity is no joke.

The Emporer of Russia has made two decrees without any input from Ukraine or a Minske agreement that is binding.

It is difficult to know what these documents state.

This is a violation of international law. Russia has literally put the imperial ruler back in power.

The Russian Revolution occurred in 1917 aftr WW I and the Russian Civil War  began in 1917 and ended in 1923.

During these conflicts there is estimated death of between 7 million and 12 million people. The Russian Civil War that occured after the Russian Revolution was interesting. It provided for a variety of governance to face off and determine who would lead this vast country. The square miles of what was the Soviet Union is daughting. In all honesty, a country that size is difficult to defend. Even Russia, the largest of the former Soviet States is enormous and difficult to defend. So when Vladimir Putin states he wants greater and greater national security for Russia, it is impossible to supply that except if he conquered the world.

I am absolutley sure Lenin in rolling over in his grave. Does he have a grave yet? Or is he still on display?

But, not to be glib. This is Vladimir Putin being in office forever and deciding unilaterally to take land away from a sovereign country. This is the second time he has done this, the other being Georgia. 

Russia, once again, has come full circle and has a czar by the name of Putin. 

Just put that into context. One man in Russia at the head of the government and military has ripped the map of Ukraine into pieces all because as he states, Ukraine is not a country, Russia made it. Amazing, the arrogance and elitism that goes along with the leadership in Russia these days. And are the people rejoying?

February 22, 2022

Rostov-on-don, Russiaa -  A court in Russia's southwestern city of Rostov-on-Don (click here) has handed prison terms to three individuals from the North Caucasus region of North Ossetia who took part in a massive rally in April 2020 against anti-coronavirus restrictions.

The Kirov district court said on February 22 that it found three men, whose identities were not disclosed, guilty of taking part in mass disorders and sentenced them to four years in prison each.

More sentences are expected to be announced against other people involved in the protests against measures to slow the spread of the coronavirus in North Ossetia.

On April 20, 2020, police in North Ossetia detained dozens of protesters when about 2,000 people gathered in the central square of the regional capital, Vladikavkaz, demanding the resignation of regional leader Vyacheslav Bitarov.

The rally was violently dispersed by police.

The protest was initiated online via social networks by North Ossetian opera singer Vadim Cheldiyev, who permanently resides in St. Petersburg....