All out war with Russia - so we should just let Russia take over the world? I see that the Putin wing of the GOP has a major and widespread influence on many
"So your argument is, that since Russia would have "gotten around sanctions" anyway" - this is makes ZERO sense. we are talking about a very specific sanction that was requested to be removed by Germany back before Russia started a full on invasion. Generalising things helps nobody.
I prefer to slam the border shut. Expel every undocumented, illegal, immoral and criminal alien as fast as they can be found. Give no more money to anyone that won't work but can. Give no money to Ukraine and get Joe and his ilk out of office. Clean the colleges of all anti American activity and restore education so kids learn something. Require military service of two years for every boy and girl. Start every school day with the Pledge of Allegiance. There is more but that's enough for now. Clear?
And Tesla is feeling the pinch - https://www.marketwatch.com/story/t...ice-cuts-and-discounts-from-ev-maker-dc1655f2
Xenophbic much? Its convenient when you can blame everyone else for your problems. The only problem with that is after you have eliminated all of "them" you will find the problem has not disappeared.
Russia hasn't taken one square inch of ground that wasn't already full of ethnic Russians for the last several centuries. This "they'll take over the entire world!" gaslighting wouldn't fool a small child.
Thomas Paine meant that people should -fight- for freedom. So when are you buying a ticket over and picking up a rifle? No? I didn't think so.
Right. That's why conscripted Russian soldiers walked out on Putler, and why those in the Ukraine fight for their freedom. I guess you just don't understand what "fight" means.
You're blithely unaware that Ukraine has barred every man in the country age 17 to 60 from leaving the country. Thousands of men trying to flee have been arrested at the border and immediately sent to the front, and tens of thousands more have literally been kidnapped right off the streets in broad daylight in front of their families . So much for "freedom fighters":
When are you picking up that rifle? Or just happy to see other people die for a cause you pretend to care about? It's easy to be brave when you know that only other people will be shot at, isn't it?
98% of the people of Crimea want to be part of Russia. In Donbass, it's more like 60 to 70%, depending on which part of Donetsk and Luhansk you're in.
unfortunately for you the US is not yet a fascist country. instead of "cleaning" collages because of differences in opinion how about you ask for something actually good and productive... how about making education cheap?
How about making it so that not every job requires a degree? That would make it so that the average person on the street doesn't need to put themselves in debt past their asses to get a decent job.
No, just make it cheaper. Education is the pillar of our society. Wanting good education is normal and it should not be just for the rich.
The US has been full of ethnic English, Germans, Dutch, Italians and Irish for centuries. So you're thinking we ought to just give them back some chunks of our country.
Even in Crimea, support for leaving Ukraine and joining Russia did not reach a majority before they were invaded in 2014 and marched to the polls by unmarked combatants.
What we do have, however, are legions of Internet trolls running interference for mother Russia.
These stats helpfully made up by TASS, your reliable source for total bullshit.
I think that's a solid idea, actually, and both federal and state governments have been leading the way in removing degrees as a requirement for job openings.
But a society still needs people who can work with their hands. You still need people to do electrical work in homes and yes, even huge data centers. You need a plumber in case the toilet gets backed up or your sink leaks. You need carpenters for when you want your kitchen floor redone. You need people who can do heating and cooling in case your air conditioner decides that it's not going to work on some hot 90-degree day.
What nonsense is this? Crimea first voted to leave Ukraine in 1991 -- the very same year that Ukraine voted to separate from Russia. Crimea voted the same way in 1994 and 1996 as well, and Kiev gave them the finger each time, while asserting its own right to self-determination.
There was no right in the Soviet Constitution to secede -- yet Ukraine did it anyway. There was also no right in the Ukraine Constitution, the Russian Constitution OR the Soviet Constitution for a Ukrainian named Khruschev to transfer control of Crimea from Russia to Ukraine ... yet he did it anyway. In his autobiography, he called it his "birthday present" to Ukraine.
Ukraine voted to separate from the USSR. It was never part of Russia. Some parts of Ukraine, including Crimea, had in the past become designated as Novorossiya - 'New Russia', a name that tells you everything you need to know.
This coup being triggered by people tired off getting shot at by their pro-Russian puppet government. Hmm.
And Crimea voted to separate from Ukraine -- four separate times, in fact. Also note that Ukraine originally voted to JOIN the USSR, whereas Crimea -- part of Russia for centuries --never agreed to join Ukraine.
An act1 by Stalin (a Georgian) and his henchman Khruschev -- a Ukrainian. And technically they weren't "deported" -- they were forcibly moved from one part of the USSR to another.
You mean except for several centuries of Russian ownership, the illegal annexation of Crimea by Ukraine, and -- most importantly of all -- the will of the people living there. It's called "self determination" under international law.
Eh? Yanokovich was corrupt, but he didn't kill his opponents. That was Petro Poroshenko, the pro Western leader who replaced him. Poroshenko -- who quickly became known as 'The Butcher of Donbass' -- was known for driving around the streets of Kiev in vehicles with enormous placards of the infamous Nazi collaborator Stepan Bandera on the sides; a man who helped the Nazis carry out anti-Jewish and anti-Russian pogroms in Ukraine that killed tens of thousands of innocent civilians. Poroshenko, in addition to shelling his own people with artillery in Donbass, also allowed free reign to neo-Nazi groups like the Azov Battalion, who were repeatedly cited by the EU, the UN, and even the US Congress for their brutal attacks on civilians in Donbass ... all in the name of 'racial purity' for Ukraine.
