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"what has she done that impresses you so much?" mark Part of it may be personal. She's been queen all my life. I appreciate her commitment, to Chaz chagrin it seems. Decades ago palace security failed her, and a "commoner" (my choice of word) reportedly walked into Elizabeth's bedroom...

Impressive woman. World War II vet. S a v v y leader. Happy Anniversary Your Majesty

The sanctions the West use against Russia about the Ukraine have the expected economic result. But there's more involved than economics. The Associated Press Mon, May 23, 2022 After 3 months of war, life in Russia has profoundly changed When Vladimir Putin announced the invasion of Ukraine...

Secretary of State Blinken isn't Turkey's spokesman. But it's understandable that NATO members would want to show NATO resolve to Russia. Too early to celebrate, but it looks hopeful.

Erdogon's position might seem flaky to the rest of NATO. But it seems Erdogon's position is more realistic than Putin's. If Turkey tries to block Finland or Sweden joining NATO, what should the rest of NATO do about it, if anything? NATO could allow Turkey to exclude Finland & Sweden. Or NATO...

(CNN) In a rare showing of public unity, Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell took to the Senate floor to press for quick passage of a $40 billion aid bill for Ukraine but were blocked by GOP Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky who is demanding changes to the...

Finland’s president and prime minister, Sauli Niinistö and Sanna Marin, declared on Thursday that their country must apply to join without delay. Sweden’s ruling Social Democrats, long split over the issue, are now expected to opt for membership on Sunday. In Finland, support for Nato membership...

An internal draft opinion from the Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has been leaked, revealing the Roberts court may be planning to overturn the 1973 SCOTUS decision Roe v. Wade. John Roberts calls release of draft Roe v. Wade reversal a 'singular and egregious breach' of trust and...

- update - Apr. 08, 2022 12:43 PM Summary On March 25, 2022, the Bank of Russia announced that it would set a fixed price for gold purchases made with rubles beginning March 28th through June 30th, 2022. London markets have refused to accept Russian bullion for some weeks now. Despite the...

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There may be some question about whether there would be enough human survivors to have 3 human generations more. The first time around human and proto-human populations existed in family, clan, village, town, city hierarchy. After most of the world's atomic weapons are detonated around the...

"Ramble". It might look like that. The problem is, you've attempted to apply rational analysis to the most extreme actions of madmen. A noble effort on your part sir, but think it through. Is it even possible to make rational sense of the irrational criminal mind? Sadly the worst is yet to come...

It's surely not the first time ruthless tactics have been tried. It appears to be yet one more grave miscalculation by Putin. I understand how switching to more ruthless, more blood spilling tactics might be expected by Putin to help claw his way to victory. But if I read Ukraine right, this...

Q: When is a baseball stadium the coolest? A: When it's full of fans. Don't mind a <dirty> joke? Q: Why did the toilet paper roll down the hill? A: To get to the bottom!

Wolf is right sear. Voice Of America reports:

Between the inherent inaccuracy of news, compounded by the further unreliability of news from war zones, neither Ukraine nor the West may know how much of Putin's easing off is the hopelessness of his military strategy (can we call it that?). Or maybe the sanctions pressure exerted on Russia's...

Two muffins baking in an oven. One muffin said: really hot in here. The other muffin said: Holy Crow! A talking muffin!

The news from Ukraine: Russia has lost 10% of its military complement. Ukraine's counter-offensive showing some modest success. The news from Russia not encouraging. Reportedly over 10,000 have been arrested in Russia during the first two weeks of the war. Navalny already in prison just got 10...

I'd like to see those. Reportedly hundreds of companies with commercial presence in Russia have shut down their operations there. Putin has threatened to turn these assets over to anyone that will run them in the absence of their rightful owners. That may have been a week ago. No news yet on...

Cybal the shepherd called his sheep dog and commanded: "Shags, go out and count the sheep and and then do the round up." "Got ya', boss." And Shags is off. Twenty minutes later Shags brings in the flock and says, "We got 40 boss." Cybal says: "How can that be? We only had 38 yesterday." Shags...