The DC iconic area guarded currently…

…by the National Guard from armed vandals and marauding children normally have their own security guards. Did Trump remove that personnel? 

National Guard

They are there to support the emergency and enforcing immigration. Outside of that capacity they are breaking the law. My understanding is they are hanging out at iconic areas of DC. That is for propaganda purposes. Why not station them where it looks as though they are in control? 

As someone I know said, “It is a shit show.”

Trump is putting on quite a show, isn’t he?

Where is Putin? That is the missing partner. I thought perhaps Vladimir was tiring of the old paradigm. Doesn’t look like it. 

Russia is not interested in peace. Poland has been scrambling jets to its eastern board for at least the last couple of weeks. Interesting now Sweden is also alarmed and following Poland. That is not a country interested in peace. Russian artillery is limited to missiles and drones. Putin is willing to use Trump’s dislike for war as a means to find an advantage to his end. 

The concern for Trump’s sudden reversal in having a NATO like defense for Ukraine is that he doesn’t really mean it. It would be advantageous for Putin to have an ally within the borders of Ukraine to create an illusion of security only to have it dissolve when Hegseth decides there is no reason for Ukraine security forces because there are pressing issues elsewhere. 

NATO would be trustworthy, Trump alone would not. A different USA president would never side with Putin at all. The attempt at a ceasefire isn’t holding strong at all. I guess the Zelenskyy-Putin meeting is still on, but, Vladimir wasn’t expecting NATO to show up in support if Ukraine. Putin liked the idea is Trump’s Star Chamber of three, but, no more. 

Zelenskyy was to be the bad guy willing to allow more death. I think this is just Trump weaseling out of support for Ukraine. He is creating an excuse.

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“I am not on anyone’s team.”

Bill Maher has a very valid point. This may be a time in history when a radical right president may have found a way forward to peace with several countries in conflict.

Azerbaijan and Armenia (click here) did sign a peace pact with Trump mitigating at least some of it. The fact Trump’s victory is celebrated by Iran is interesting. But, there is a lot about this that should be a good lesson to future UN and/or USA peacemakers. This peace agreement also adds to the validity of Trump’s efforts with Ukraine. 

So, as long as Maher opened the door, I am going to walk through it.

Azerbaijan is a study unto itself in its current state of affairs as it leaves behind Russian propaganda and intimidation. The fact that Trump was able to pull this together is to understand Azerbaijan was teetering on rebellion against Russia. This particular peace agreement was waiting to happen for the same reasons Ukraine is fighting it’s war; basically Russian aggression and oppression. 

Putin finds himself at a very odd stance in that countries normally intimidated by Russian power are NOW moving toward freedom and trade with the Free World at a rapid pace. In this agreement Trump opened the door to Azerbaijan purchasing USA weapons. That is huge. To Azerbaijan it is also a time of profound autonomy and independence from the communist block in Asia. Basically, it now has the ability to arm itself exactly as Ukraine has since the invasion into Crimea of 2014. 

When the Free World found its backbone to stand with Ukraine in its self-determined war against Russia, it inspired the remaining countries not yet as free as the larger and wealthier Post Soviet states of NATO. This movement to freedom has existed from the time of the fall of the Soviet Union. The Free World did not have to push that hard to bring these countries to NATO’s door and alliance. They want and wanted that alliance, albeit a dream, even while under the thumb of Khrushchev. There were sign posts all along the way, primarily first in labor unions and workers’ rights.

So, today Trump is using the power of the USA to bring peace to people who have desired it for decades and generations. Russia is not the same as it was in 2014. It also has nothing to offer to these countries as their populations long for better quality of life. Putin has not been good for Russia. Alexei Navalny was hopeful he would be able to lead again when he returned to the country he loved even after being poisoned. The communist ideology is too oppressive and requires enormous sacrifices by the people to live within that ideology. But, those are my somewhat damnable perspectives. Self-centered egos would strongly disagree with all that and claim only they were the answer for those freed in the name of peace.

So be it. Navalny is still dead and assassinated in the name of Putin. The painful truth is that oppression is still very alive and powerful in Russia. We are right to not want anything that resembles it in the USA. It is currently manifested in racketeering as permitted and implemented by the Attorney General of the USA Pam Bondi. That is the flaw that Trump is hoping to cover-up as well as his other past regrets with Epstein. But, Trump may yet come away with a Nobel Peace Prize if he can continue to use the power of the USA to lean into a sincere global chilling of tensions among countries.

Do I dare dream of a nuclear free world where children live and are happy beyond their birth and short lives in war zones.

One other thing.

Azerbaijan has a court system that kneels to its president. It is an interesting model Trump is chasing!!!!!

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29 years of great reporting.

Rebranding can be beneficial, but, there is always the side effect that viewers and listeners can be lost along the way. I consider MSNBC an important cable channel. I think it is NBC News obligation to views to promote the new name and the places where it can be found.

Good luck to the entire crew, the new CEO, and the remarkable journalists and commentators of MS NOW.

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Putin can end the war he started, too.

President Zelenskyy and Ukrainians are victims in this war. They were invaded. Russia is the aggressor that destroyed a long honored agreement when Ukrainian nukes were dismantled. Russia and Trump should be asking what it will take for Ukraine to have their sense of national security back. 

The majority of European countries are also victims to the failure of that Ukraine agreement with Russia regarding nukes. Europe was without concern and are now faced with threats to their own national security. All because Russia aggressively rolled tanks into Ukraine after it was fully disarmed of nuclear weapons while Crimea was occupied in 2014 by Russia. 

There is a lot of ground for Russia to cover as the USA has obligations for national security of Europe through the NATO alliance. So, Russia needs to get out of its own way and allow Ukraine legal status with NATO. Any peace agreement must return Ukraine’s sovereignty over its land with guarantees it will have an alliance with other countries the Ukrainians consider friendly. Russia can be one of the friendly nations by returning to earlier agreements guaranteeing Ukraine’s safely and peaceful trading partners. War with Russia can never be a problem again.

Russia has disrupted the entirety of two continents burgeoning on three since 2014 when considering the Middle East. It has to stop and allow security and economic growth between countries. No more brutal

Interference. 

NATO has worked diligently to eliminate the Russian threat until the invasion into Crimea and years later into Donbas. There is no destruction of NATO and its benevolence. That is like throwing away nearly a century of growth and investment. 

There is no threat to Russian speaking people, only propaganda. The war could end today if Russia cooperates with a peace initiative. The tensions between Russia and the Post Soviet States ends with Ukraine’s peace.

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Addressed to Vladimir Putin…

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…our First Lady Melania makes a global appeal for a safe and peaceful world for our children.

Erin is currently plowing west.

Am I understanding this currently Cat 3 storm is not making landfall? Okay, but, its immediate course would require a stalling and abrupt turn northeast if it is going to miss land. There is also the burgeoning turbulence off the southwest Florida coast as if Erin’s energy is jumping into the Gulf. That phenomenon may be possible with the troposphere as hot as it is.

I hope Erin behaves as expected but with the manifestation of turbulence off southwest Florida there may be surprises. Just being cautious.

Cautious because if Erin’s energy jumps into the Gulf it can spin upto a Cat 5 in a matter of hours, if that long. 

I remind observers that storms currently move into Hurricane status because a couple of Tropical Storms move water vapor from the ocean surface to the air. That air is dry because of the conditions of the plant. But once that dry air becomes saturated we are off to the races. If water vapor is moving from Erin into the Gulf to cause higher concentrations of water vapor the spontaneous hurricane is possible. I have always believed there would be no Cat 6 storms because of the tensile strength of water vapor molecular bonds. There would always be an increase in the number of storms (year 2005) with bizarre behavior because of the fluidity of the troposphere. 

Best.

Please observe the straight line from Erin to the Gulf turbulence with a weakening of the air mass between them. It is a solid straight line that indicates an energy relationship between the two.

Better to be safe than sorry. Expect the unexpected. The land masses are very hot. That water vapor is sucking up that heat.

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HEAT TRANSFER. I have been using those two words for decades. It may be the models are missing the fact the land and ocean air masses have a real relationship in heat transfer.

Trump is a blowhard.

Putin think he was going to get Covid? Or more worried about appearing to have small hands? At any rate, Trump’s shoes don’t fit. Seriously. Trump’s shoes don’t fit. Maybe comfortable shoes might help his poor disposition.

Putin does not have a military advantage. Trump has no concept of war or the strategies used in ways to advance a position. All Trump’s yaking is rude and inconsistent with diplomacy. Trump is defaming President Zelenskyy before they meet.

If I were Zelenskyy I would go home without a meeting with Trump for the insulting demeanor he already shows for a meeting guaranteed to fail.

Putin is engaging an offensive in the Donbas region of Ukraine to create an image of impending victory. The offensive is already failing. 

The assets needed by Russia to achieve what it currently holds far out weighs the assets Ukraine has used to end Russia’s advance. This is a war of ideology. It is not a rational war to end suffering and bring about peace. 

It is up to Zelenskyy to decide how much Ukraine can endure past what it already has suffered. Ukraine has no shame in this war. It is an amazing reality that all Putin can even ask for is next to nothing compared to its original ambition. 

In my very humble opinion, Zelenskyy should not settle for a ceasefire. He is the victor already in the magnificence of the Ukraine military. They have out performed and out lasted any expected initiative. Zelenskyy has the right to be proud of his country and the valiant war thus far. A ceasefire will provide a breather for an exhausted Russia, but, a peace agreement would be a treasure and the time to regroup to change the outcomes of further Russian advances against Ukraine and ultimately NATO.

The United States of America will never oppose NATO. President Zelenskyy should be reassured to that reality. Trump is simply an actor on a stage without authority. As an elected president he is supposed to reflect the values of my country, not pretend to dictate them. 

The most important man in the world.

President Volodymyr Zelenskyy 

The Free World wonders what is possible. We knew Trump would be too weak in his resolve to stand up to strongman Putin. We are back to the old ground of brinkmanship. Back in the place where communist ideology still survives in hopes of conquer.

Trump wants to be dictator. That is his peer group. Anything outside that persona is an act. Showmanship. Why is it easier for Trump to stand up to allies than communists? Power and hate. Racism. Appearing to be a cowardly lion scares him. He rather be a racketeer and gangster than a real president.

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Unlawful

The only capacity involving the National Guard in DC is rounding up immigrants. Pam Bondi cannot abandon the USA Constitution to override the authority freely elected. 

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President Putin doesn’t want a ceasefire.

The two presidents agreed to meet again.

How many Russian oligarchs came with Putin? They didn’t give him a jet. 

A ceasefire would cost Russia whatever advantage it thinks it has in Ukraine. In stating he is not interested in losing ground and retreating from Donbas however subtly, the stalemate continues. Putin’s politics demands he unite all the Russian speaking people. It isn’t workable unless he can return to an era of benevolence and common economic interests with the Free World. 

Trump is probably hoping to talk NATO down because of the massive loss of life. Trump must be disappointed. The summit was not prepared in a way that maps guarantees of protected sovereignty for all parties.

See, to NATO and Ukraine this is not about politics. It is about national security. Putin defines national security as “Russian speaking people.” That is not a defensible argument. Russian speaking people have no borders. That vague definition only allows for more hostilities in the future.

Ceasefire, at this point, is about any military advantage that can be gained by Russia. Putin seems to believe a ceasefire is not advantageous. A ceasefire is suppose to illustrate a path forward to peace, not simple a military strategy.

With the loss of life to date and Putin walking away from the opportunity to stem those deaths, he does not place human lives in a place of priority. Saving further losses of Russian speaking people is not as important as the communist political agenda. 

I sincerely believe this meeting was to incentivize Trump to leave the NATO alliance. With an agenda that ambitious by Putin there is no chance for productive diplomacy. If Trump sincerely wants a ceasefire leading to peace he needs to have clear goals and guarantees for all parties.

One can only hope Vladimir Putin is more than nostalgic of past benevolence between the USA and Russia. Perhaps that can be leveraged into peace. It has a chance. 

Said differently. Putin came to leverage Trump against NATO. The nostalgia was to propagandize a sentiment that would play well on Truth Social providing Trump with a reason to abandon the friends and allies we have as he is brazen enough to do. Idealize a new world order where communists are stronger and better allies than the world we have now. See, in such a world order NATO is a weakling. An undesirable ally with less muscle than all the strongman dictators.

It is propaganda without substance.

I take it the New Start Treaty was not entertained.

The Alaskan Summit isn't really about Trump. It is about Putin.

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That is a nice picture or the Russian President.

The Alaskan Summit is a really high level meeting that seems unprepared in many ways, but, it is a time when Vladimir Putin is entertaining the end of hostilities in Ukraine.

Putin needs to be serious as he has many lives in his hands. He has imposed his will upon allies that have sacrificed for their ideology. Ukraine is not about hatred or war. It is not about the reconstitution of the Soviet Union, it is about ending hostilities between the enemies of old.

The USA is not alone in it's opposition to the hostile nature of Vladmir Putin. He has gone too far and needs to move back to a place where mutual respect and prosperity can return. Putin's sights needs to be set on making the G7 happy and returning to the economic round table he left not very long ago. Returning to the G7 should never be a gift of intimidation, it needs to be a sincere commitment to peace and prosperity for all the people involved.

Vladimir Putin needs to deliver a document that is calling for peace and mutual respect in trade agreements. That is what Ukraine wanted before 2014 and since as reflected in Minsk. There can be a new beginning and the world will welcome it. But, it needs to be sincere. No more strange ideology to impose the Russia will on other countries, especially that of the Post Soviet States. They need to know this is a time of great healing.

Rarely discussed is the fact why the Soviet Union had such a short lifespan on the timeline of nations. It fell because it's enormous size alone was impossible to defend by any human attempt to do so. The only real answer for the Soviet national security were the threats of nuclear weapons to prevent border problems. As a matter of fact, the artifacts of those old world ideas are still within the borders of the current Ukraine. There are old silos of where nuclear missiles once were coveted as a necessity to the defense of the Soviet Union. Which begs another real world conclusion. Vladimir Putin, as the Russia President, has not lived up to his promises with Ukraine.

If I may?

February 21, 2022
By Mary Louise Kelly, Kat Lonsdorf

...Three decades ago, (click here) the newly independent country of Ukraine was briefly the third-largest nuclear power in the world.

Thousands of nuclear arms had been left on Ukrainian soil by Moscow after the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991. But in the years that followed, Ukraine made the decision to completely denuclearize.

In exchange, the U.S., the U.K. and Russia would guarantee Ukraine's security in a 1994 agreement known as the Budapest Memorandum (click here).

Now, that agreement is front and center again.

Mariana Budjeryn of Harvard University spoke with All Things Considered about the legacy of the Budapest Memorandum and its impact today....

See, the Free World wants all that wonderful dynamic back. We don't like to be enemies to powerful men with nations of wonderful people within their borders. We much rather have peace and prosperity that is mutually respected. President Putin has a rather incredible moment before him. He can deliver us all from the hell of hatred or he can galvanize it all the more.

The USA and Russia do not exist on Earth alone. They are significant to global dynamics, but, they do not simply hold control over a planet that can be shifted one way or another in political ideology. This is a moment that the entire world can celebrate or realize it is in for decades more entrenchment from ideologies that harm the human condition and not promote it or resolve the problems of it.

Vladimir Putin is indeed an important man when he finds his way to Alaska. He needs to measure the benefits of the potential for peace before him as opposed to continued strife and death of people that do not deserve to suffer further. We all know the will of freedom among the people that enjoy it. This is no time to pretend that will is any different simply because of a radically right president in the White House. Trump speaks for a minority of people in the USA. He speaks for little more globally. Vladimir Putin has been in these spaces before and it is he that can turn the key to peace with both sides of the ideological spectrum satisfied to the security of their children within their own belief systems.

Ukraine

It is tempting to call the war between Ukraine and Russia a stalemate, but, in all honesty, the disadvantaged Ukraine has done rather well. The map below is from two years ago. Russia has accomplished anything. Additionally, Russia has been accused of human rights abuses in Crimea and elections that were far from what is expected by international monitors.

While Russia states Crimea is part of Russia, the Crimean state they are an autonomous government. 

What is troubling about this war is the fact Ukraine has to fight without allied assistance. Russia is pulling in foot soldiers from many countries. Russia can’t hold its ground without sucking in more and more foreign casualties. If one calls this a stalemate, it is not accurate when considering Russia lost this war at least a year ago. The only reason Russia is still drawing breath is because of foreign mercenaries.

If Ukraine continues to hold its own it will wipe out entire foreign units of drones and foot soldiers, if it hasn’t already. Ukraine may end up taking down the Asian communists because Putin won’t admit he lost. 

There is a good chance Syria fell because Russia has slowly imploded because of Putin’s ideology. Iran has had to devote units of drones to Putin. Seriously, the communists are affected by Ukraine’s damnable ability to fight. Think about it. The Ukraine military are heroes for far more than Ukrainians and their land. Every Free World country should be assessing a decline in a communist threat.

Assad isn’t sitting in a palace in Damascus. He is an exile in Russia. 

That Ukraine front represents more than a stalemate with Russia. That front is a victory to a much larger battlefield. The Free World never asked for this war. Quite the contrary. This war is about the continued fall of the Soviet Union.

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Why is Trump interested in the Smithsonian?

Because it has money and it spends it to enrich the history of the USA. Now, every Girl Scout in the country can marvel at the Late First Lady Dolly Madison.

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Trump is compromised.

Putin has the goods on someone important to Trump if not Trump himself. That is what the meeting in Alaska is about. 

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This is great news.

I gave to his campaign. I think he was a great Senator. Why? Because I can accept him at face value, he believed strongly in the work ethic, and realized how hard the people of Ohio worked and at times couldn’t make ends meet. He knew the people of his state and believed as such in them as they could trust him.

Go, Sherrie, go.

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Stop looking at the National Guard as a threat.

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They stood up for us then, they are doing the same now. 

The National Guard are friends and neighbors in uniform. They have jobs they rather be at and reclining at home in a “Lazy Boy.”

They were called up to provide Truth Social it’s propaganda. Just that simple. If they help in some way in the cities then thank them for coming. They are great people who have taken an oath to defend this country. They are not the enemy.

The National Guard left LA as soon as their ratings started to drop.

Relax. This isn’t the end of the USA, just another chapter. 

It looks as though “The Epstein Family” is small.

Both his parents have passed away. Mother was Pauline ne’e Stolofsky. I think that is a Polish name. Father was Seymour G. Epstein. They were Jewish. They lived well in a private gated community near Coney Island. Coney as in Amy Coney Barrett. I guess her family, Barrett’s family, had money. They started their own cult and everything. Which leads me to wonder why she is so religiously rigid in her decisions. But, that chat is for another time.

So, Jeffery Epstein grew up in luxury, wealth, and privilege. Hm. I would think growing up on Coney Island would be a great place to grow up. I wonder if Epstein went to private school. Trump did. New York Military Academy. Junior division of West Point. If graduates did well they would be considered for a spot at West Point. I don’t know how many actually made it, but, Trump didn’t.

I thought maybe Epstein and Trump were friends from childhood but they are seven years apart in age. Their school years and graduation years would be very different. Both were from New York City. 

It would seem the common denominator between the two was New York society and wealth. That explains beautiful women and Ghislaine Maxwell. She was British society. A member of the “jet set.”

It was not unusual for Epstein to live on his jet flying between favorite destinations. His romping around the world without difficulty is sexy. Yes? Attractive to many people. Those less savvy about finances would also be attracted by his effortless lifestyle as he was believed to be successful in the financial markets. 

That financial freedom is sought after by pedophiles. They can hide with the help of money/wealth. I don’t think Epstein was all that successful so much as infiltrating. His parties attracted influential people. I read the birthday essay by Woody Allen. The letter clearly illustrates a social movement. What was also interesting were the yet unknown young women acting more or less as hostesses. 

The social movement Epstein fostered gathered people into a cliche more or less. Epstein had the place and everyone else acted as a palate of talent, business, and government. It was not unusual for Epstein to be elsewhere in the mansion while parties were going on.

The parties according to the letter weren’t orgies so much as gatherings. Gatherings where information can exchange setting up knowledge about business and government that serviced Epstein’s purpose in feeding his wealth. 

I think Jeffery Epstein was spoiled as a child, no different than Trump. Neither of the men had to work at much to get by. Those parties also fed Trump’s ego that would lead to unrealistic business ventures like the gold hotel in Vegas. If one has so called friends in that cliche the need to have lavish variety feeds right into that ego. Trump’s lavish hotels and casinos never were solid business ventures. They, no different than his empty boasting attracts sensational ideas of comfort and wealth. “Big, Beautiful Bill” has nothing to do with beauty, but, perhaps it sold or sells well.

Trump has proven himself a fraud, both, in courts of law and socially. “Truth Social” is a construct that supports the fraud. He exercises illegitimate authority rather than conducting the country’s business as president. His presidency is illegitimate in the fact Musk had his finger on the scale. There was a friendship between Epstein and Trump built on exploitation of others and flamboyant tabloid media. These people are not qualified for office so much as well qualified criminals. I feel badly for the people of the USA, but, they must continue to unmask the people who currently claim to be “in charge.” They are in charge alright, every charge any prosecutor can bring. 

Placing the National Guard in cities is abuse of power and nothing more. It is all racketeering. All of it and why they are trying so hard to buffalo the country with available power. We’ll make it through. I hope the younger generations claim their democracy in the coming elections. 

Ever hear the expression..

…,”Do you think the world owes you a living?” 

Well. I never thought much about it when I heard it, as it is a way a parent puts life into perspective for a young person. But, today, when I reflect on those words it describes Donald John Trump completely.

I think that can be his own motto: “The world owes me a living.”

Rarely would a mayor or police chief consider any circumstances in a city the need for National Guard troops. But, in some ways if it lends help to the daily tasks of police officers, what can it hurt?

There is one thing, the National Guard is not trained to do police work. They are trained as support staff in  emergencies or in assistance to the USA military. I am worried the National Guard will be ordered beyond their training and have consequences no one expected. So, I wish them success in carrying out a domestic initiative to extend the potential of a city’s police work.

I think the LAPD should be able to speak to what to expect with the National Guard. 

The country should realize this is all about visuals for infotainment “Trutj Social.” Unfortunately, the Blue States are the stage for Trump’s performance.

I hope something good comes of it.