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Saturday, February 26, 2022
Visage à trois #78
Putin Sizes Up Biden, Invades Ukraine
Weakness invites aggression.
Russian troops are advancing briskly into Ukraine. Vladimir Putin has brushed off Old Joe Biden’s sanctions and made it abundantly clear that he is not afraid of Biden, as Democrat operatives and their propaganda arm, the establishment media, have long insisted.
This is what happens when America has a feeble president, an obvious figurehead, and our military is compromised by Leftist ideologues. Clearly Putin is taking advantage of Biden’s obvious weakness and the decimation of our Armed Forces by wokeness and Covid hysteria. He knows that there is little likelihood that Biden will touch off World War III by committing American troops to the defense of Ukraine. Putin also likely considers that even if the American military does end up confronting Russian forces, that the U.S. military’s concentration on pushing Critical Race Theory and other Leftist agendas on the troops, as well as the culling that took place due to vaccine mandates, have left our military in such a weakened, distracted, and confused state that it will not pose any significant threat anyway.
Meanwhile, Putin emphasized in his remarks announcing the beginning of the operation against Ukraine that “in December 2021 we once again made an attempt to agree with the United States and its allies on the principles of ensuring security in Europe and on the non-expansion of NATO. Everything was in vain. The US position did not change. They did not consider it necessary to negotiate with Russia on this important issue for us, continuing to pursue their own goals and disregarding our interests.”
If this is an accurate summation of what happened, and there is no reason to believe that it isn’t, then the fecklessness of the Biden administration’s foreign policy is as much to blame for this conflict as Putin is. The questions must be asked: was it really necessary to begin maneuvering to incorporate Ukraine into NATO, and to ignore all Russian entreaties that may have led to the formulation of an agreement that was mutually acceptable to both parties? Were State Department officials too preoccupied with implementing the woke agenda to bother to negotiate with Putin over NATO?
The establishment media is portraying Putin as the reincarnation of Adolf Hitler and doing its level best to stir up war hysteria, but even if he is the new Hitler, which is by no means obvious, his conflict with Ukraine is not our fight. The only American interest in the region is our need for Russian oil, which Joe Biden himself has created by closing the Keystone Pipeline and ending the energy independence we had achieved under President Trump. There is no chance that Biden will reopen the Keystone Pipeline, so it is unlikely that he will risk a confrontation with Putin that could jeopardize our energy supplies. And Putin knows that, too.
Donald Trump has left us the example of an America-First president; keeping the best interests of Americans at the fore, Trump challenged our putative NATO allies to contribute their fair share for their own defense, and he did not threaten Ukraine’s security or unnecessarily provoke Russia by insisting on Ukraine’s inclusion in NATO.
The current situation can be ascribed to Biden’s rejection of the America-First principle and determination to ensure benefits for the military-industrial complex. A new Cold War with Russia will almost certainly secure profits for that sector for some time to come, but Biden and his Leftist handlers and allies are playing an extremely dangerous game. They’re playing chicken with a man who doesn’t appear to be easily cowed or intimidated. They’re trading on the historical memory of American power at a time when Leftism has corroded that power to the extent that it is not at all certain that America would prevail in a confrontation with its old Cold War adversary.
Meanwhile, Putin issued his own threat: “Now a few important, very important words for those who may be tempted to intervene in the ongoing events. Whoever tries to hinder us, or threaten our country or our people, should know that Russia’s response will be immediate and will lead you to consequences that you have never faced in your history. We are ready for any turn of events. All necessary decisions in this regard have been...
Video: Trucker Convoy Swells in Size as It Rolls East Toward Washington, DC
A truckers’ convoy, inspired by Canada’s Freedom Convoy, began making its way across the U.S. starting in California on Wednesday.
The group is calling for an end to the COVID-19 mandates and the state of national emergency prompted by the pandemic, which was first declared by then-President Donald Trump in March 2020 and just renewed by President Joe Biden last week.
By Friday afternoon, “The People’s Convoy,” as it has been dubbed, had crossed Arizona on Interstate 40, which parallels much of the old U.S. Route 66, and reached Albuquerque, New Mexico.
The group is posting its progress on Facebook.
The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported that the convoy consisted of dozens of trucks by the time it reached Kingman, Arizona, Wednesday, where the truckers spent their first night.
In video posted Friday that appeared to be on I-40, perhaps outside of Flagstaff — based on the mountains, snow, and evergreens in the shot — the convoy extended as far as the eye could see.
The Peoples Convoy has posted the route they will take on its website. They planned to overnight near the New Mexico/Texas border Friday night and then head on to Oklahoma, Missouri, Illinois, Indiana, Ohio, Pennsylvania and finally arrive outside Washington, D.C., by Saturday, March 5.Organizer Mike Landis said in a video posted on the group’s website that the convoy is “about our freedoms as Americans.”
“I have two young sons,” Landis added. “It’s about what their future is going to look like and hopefully my grandchildren’s.”
However, the time for pandemic restrictions has long since passed, he argued, based on the knowledge available how to effectively treat the sickness.
“We have had the emergency powers enacted, which is in the Constitution,” Landis said. “[W]hen it is enacted, it cancels the Constitution for the duration that it is enacted.”
The National Emergencies Act grants the president, as the nation’s chief executive under the Constitution, the power to declare a state of national emergency.
Landis argued the impact of it is to curtail the freedoms Americans have under the Constitution, like the freedom of speech.
Canadian Prime Minister Justice Trudeau invoked his nation’s Emergencies Act to clear Freedom Convoy truckers who were protesting COVID mandates from Ottawa last week.
He ended the emergency declaration on Wednesday, saying “existing laws and bylaws are now sufficient to keep people safe.”
“What we aim to do at The People’s Convoy is get this emergency powers act revoked,” Landis said, meaning the current use of it in relation to COVID-19.
“There’s no need for it. We can prove it with science through...
Visage à trois #77
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Attacked from the north, south and west by Putin's crack troops - but somehow Ukraine's lionhearted soldiers held on: How the first night of the Battle for Kyiv unfolded
- Ukraine's capital city Kyiv was subjected to a vicious onslaught overnight on Friday and into Saturday from Vladimir Putin's troops
- President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the nation at midnight on Friday, warning his citizens that Putin intended to push for control of the capital
- At 3am reports began emerging of fierce fighting in the south, as two IL-76s carrying Russian paratroopers were downed in separate incidents
- Fighting in the north of Kyiv was then reported, as Ukrainian troops fought off a Russian attempt to seize control of a thermal power plant in Troieshchyna
- The west of the city then became the focus, as another column of Putin's forces attacked - pushing towards the zoo, along Peremohy Avenue
- As dawn broke just before 7am, Ukraine's armed forces tweeted that no major city had fallen to the Russians, and they had lost 3,500 troops
- The battle was far from over, however: at 8am Ukraine's interior ministry was warning residents of Kyiv to stay indoors, amid street-by-street fighting
Ukraine's armed forces tweeted as dawn broke on Saturday: 'During the night the Russian occupiers did not take any city!
'Kyiv is being cleared of the remains of saboteurs. Thank you to the courageous defenders of Ukraine!'
Ukrainians were emerging from their bunkers after a restless night to find a country still defiant, despite the barbarity unleashed by Moscow.
The night began with Ukrainians still in the cities seeking refuge in the subway for the third night in a row.
As dusk fell at 5:30pm local time on Friday, the streets were eerily empty and quiet.
Ukraine's president, Volodymyr Zelensky, appeared on social media shortly after midnight, warning his people that the coming hours would be decisive.
In a stirring speech from his bunker in a secret location in Kyiv, Zelensky, 44, said that 'the fate of Ukraine is now being decided.'
He told his people: 'This night, the enemy will use all the forces available to break our resistance — treacherously, viciously, inhumanly.
'This night, they will make an assault upon us. We all have to understand what we are going to face. This night, we have to withstand.'
It later emerged that the United States had once more offered Zelensky and his family - his wife Oleana and their daughter Aleksandra, 17, and nine-year-old son, Kiril - the opportunity to be evacuated from Ukraine.
Zelensky refused. On Thursday night, he insisted he was staying put, and indeed on Friday morning he went out into Kyiv to film a short video for the nation, urging resilience.
3am SATURDAY
The first sign that Putin was indeed launching his attack came from Vasylkiv, 20 miles south of the capital.
The city, home to a Cold War-era air base, was the scene of the first major incident when a Russian IL-76 military transporter plane was brought down - reportedly with 150 paratroopers on board.
Sources in the city then claimed that Russian soldiers, dressed as Ukrainian police, ambushed a checkpoint.
Heavy fighting ensued in Vasylkiv, as Putin's forces tried to gain a foothold in the south from which to launch their attack on Kyiv.
A second Russian IL-76 was brought down south of Kyiv, in the city of Bila Tserkva, according to reports.
In the east of the country, Ukraine's air defenses brought down a Sukhoi Su-25 fighter jet and a helicopter, the Ukrainian military claimed.
And as the aggressors were trying to advance from the south, another attack was being attempted from the north - even closer to the center of Kiev.
5am SATURDAY...
The 90 Miles Mystery Video: Nyctophilia Edition #941
Before You Click On The "Read More" Link,
Please Only Do So If You Are Over 21 Years Old.
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Please Leave Silently Into The Night......
The 90 Miles Mystery Box: Episode #1641
You have come across a mystery box. But what is inside?
It could be literally anything from the serene to the horrific,
from the beautiful to the repugnant,
from the mysterious to the familiar.
If you decide to open it, you could be disappointed,
you could be inspired, you could be appalled.
This is not for the faint of heart or the easily offended.
You have been warned.
Friday, February 25, 2022
Visage à trois #76
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