We Really Had a Wonderful Life...

[Cursitor Doom]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?

That\'s how they try to manipulate us, though. The triumph of emotion
over reason. Show a picture of a crying child or a child\'s toy and
they get exactly the reaction they want from us. We *demand*
retribution!

>How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

What of them?

 

[Don Y]

On 3/13/2022 2:48 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:11:43 -0700, Don Y
blockedofcourse@foo.invalid> wrote:

On 3/13/2022 12:32 PM, Joe Gwinn wrote:
There is a school of thought that concludes that Stalin was a Paranoid
Schizophrenic, based on reports of experiencing the \"praecox feeling\"
in Stalin\'s presence.

I have had personal experience with having the praecox feeling when I
met someone in Baltimore in the 1970s. It\'s not at all subtle, it\'s like
being hit by a dead fish in the face. You instantly know that this
person just isn\'t right in the head. When I later recounted this
experience to a psychiatrist I met at a party, she immediately said
that this was diagnostic of Schizophrenia.

+1

I\'ve met two people for which that I\'d make that claim; one is diagnosed
schizophrenic... the other (who was SCARILY so!), I don\'t have first-hand
confirmation.

[I discount numerous folks I knew at school as \"being odd\" was sort of
The Norm]

Right. Simply being odd is nowhere near the praecox feeling.

And the environment/situation was suggestive of \"experimental oddness\"...
young people sorting out who they are, for the first time, as \"adults\".

Part of \"relating\" to others was sorting out who (what?) they were.
And, deciding if you wanted to accept them into your life \"as is\"
(or, as they were portraying themselves).

However, using this sort of \"feeling\" as a *diagnostic* seems dubious;
I\'d use it as a *hint* to go looking for other confirmation.

Back in the day, the praecox feeling was considered sufficient unto
itself. Most people sensed it, and the person giving the feeling did
not need to say anything for this to happen.

Yes. I gave the second of the two individuals (above) a ride to some
work-related event. By the end of the trip, I was desperate to get
out of the car. \"Something wrong\" but no way to describe *what*.

I don\'t know if a video is enough the cause a praecox feeling, but I
don\'t get the feeling from old news reels of Stalin et al at Malta.

This whole phenomena has to be very deeply rooted in the ancient parts
of the brain, being older than reason. As are many instincts.

Yes. \"Feeling\" is the right (informal) term. \"Vibe\".

I think we make lots of assessments on these informal, yet deeply
personal, sensations. Their intensity determines how much you are
willing to \"suspend\" your first impressions. But, ultimately, they
factor into your final assessment of another.

Now days, there are questions about evidence and provability and so
on, but I would not pay that any mind. If you get that feeling about
somebody, exit immediately, debate later. Do not argue with yourself.

Yup. My point was as to the \"psychiatrist\'s\" comment. I\'d not consider
such a professional to be acting in good faith if they relied on THEIR
\"feelings\" for a diagnosis.

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 4:33:38 AM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <am...@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.

Not instantly fatal, any more than Cursitor Doom\'s decision to trust Russia Today.

The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago.

NATO made the promise to a more or less representative democracy that had replaced the Communist regime.

Russia has now degenerated into an oligarchy, and the oligarchs are using all the techniques of autocratic tyranny to stay in power, including killing off local political rivals.

> Russia sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insidious Eastward march.

What Russian is actually seeing is its neighbours getting progressively more worried by the criminal aggression of it\'s oligarchy. The adjacent countries aren\'t getting absorbed into NATO - it\'s just a mutual defense arrangement. The European Union is a political union, and they could get absorbed into that.

> Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin.

He annexed the Crimean peninsula in March 2014, so looks more like just one more \"last straw\".

> He had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are.

He is more redrawing what he imagines to be \"greater Russia\'s\" borders - new lines at regular intervals.

> I see Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no choice but to say \'enough is enough.\'

Nobody has tried to base Western nuclear missiles in the Ukraine, which was the kind of provocation that JFK was dealing with.
As an analogy it sucks.

> We\'re pushing him into a position where he may simply have to push the button.

He is looking more like Hitler every day, with the Crimea as his Sudetenland, and the Ukraine starting to look rather like his Poland, though with any luck it will turn out to be his Russia - the point where his ambitions exceed his capacity to achieve them.

Nobody is pushing him - it is his own demented ambition that is doing all the pushing here.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 4:40:08 AM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:14:16 +0200, Dimiter_Popoff <d...@tgi-sci.com
wrote:
On 3/13/2022 17:05, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <am...@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. He is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

All true of course, but there is more to it than just Putin, who
managed to discard the term limits they had and would have saved the
world the trouble he is now.
The Russians are an extremely patient folk and apparently there
is something with their mass psyche, too many psychopaths
make it too often to the top job there. In essence, they (and not
just they but they are large enough to matter) have not yet had
their magna carta, let alone the subsequent social development.

For once I\'m largely in agreement with you. The common perception
among Lefties in the West is that the 1917 Russian Revolution would
have ushered in a utopia were it not for the advent of Joe Stalin.

Quite a few western Socialists saw the Russian revolution as having installed a one-party state, and they didn\'t like the way it behaved.

<https://www.reddit.com/r/tankiejerk/comments/p463ti/if_you_took_the_most_ardent_revolutionary_vested/>

The quote is from Mikhail Bakunin who died in 1876, and was a reaction to Karl Marx\'s wrong-headed enthusiasm for the \"leading role of the party\"

Just about all the ills of the old Soviet Union were blamed on Uncle
Joe. But if you read into it, you\'ll see that Lenin was instituting
pogroms against ordinary Russians as early as Spring 1919. The dream
died well before Uncle Joe came on the scene, I can promise you that.

Not that Cursitor Doom knows enough to make his promises worth having.

> But you\'re right to say that pyschopaths do very well and rise to the top in Russia for some reason. And not just in government, but in the Organs of State as well.

Hitler did pretty well in Germany, and Marget Thatcher in the UK. It\'s not just a Russian problem.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[server]

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:20:30 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com>
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/

 
                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?

That\'s how they try to manipulate us, though. The triumph of emotion
over reason. Show a picture of a crying child or a child\'s toy and
they get exactly the reaction they want from us. We *demand*
retribution!

How about a child blown to bits? Cheap emotional manipulation?

How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

What of them?

The guy is a loonie germophobe. So was Hitler.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 5:26:15 AM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <am...@knology.net> wrote:

The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia.

There\'s quite a lot of appetite for representative democracy. Neo-liberalism is a fairly right-wing policy option and it is hard to get most people to vote for it.

> And there are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he ever showed any weakness.

There might well be. Putin has just wrecked the Russian economy, and more bellicose actors would wreck it more comprehensively, so their changes of actually ousting Putin aren\'t great.

> I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate, level-headed Putin to deal with.

Putin is scarcely moderate or level-headed. Getting into a situation where his forces are shelling and bombing hospitals - which does make him a war-criminal - isn\'t a prudent choice. Less belicose actors are probably thinking about ousting him, and buying credit with the rest of the world by turning him in for trial as a war criminal.

> Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Be like Cursitor Doom. Get suckered by what Russia Today has to say about him (as instructed by Putin).

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 10:20:41 AM UTC+11, Cursitor Doom wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.co wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com> wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <am...@knology.net> wrote:

<snip>

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?
That\'s how they try to manipulate us, though. The triumph of emotion
over reason. Show a picture of a crying child or a child\'s toy and
they get exactly the reaction they want from us. We *demand*
retribution!

So if they suppressed those images they wouldn\'t be trying to manipulate us? There\'s a war going on in the Ukraine and it\'s looking like every other war ever fought.

Nobody is demanding retribution. The real desire is for the war to stop.

How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

What of them?

Somebody as vain as John Larkin might be sympathetic to Putin\'s desire to look regal and impressive. To anybody else it just looks theatrical.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[David Brown]

On 13/03/2022 21:29, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It could have done so. Europe was getting steadily more open to Russia
for most of the last three decades, and NATO in Europe barely saw Russia
as a realistic military threat. We had more and more trade - such as
Russian gas. Putin could have kept that up, but he started getting more
paranoid and more aggressive in his rhetoric and military exercises,
then with his wars that we tolerated, and now Ukraine which we have not
tolerated.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Putin used to be level-headed. Not any more. Perhaps rivals in the
wings have driven him to paranoia and delusions, as has happened to many
dictators (including many Russia / Soviet ones).

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?

No.

How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

No.

You are getting the real news - it\'s Cursitor who continues to read
propaganda.

 

[John Doe]

jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

Cursitor Doom wrote:

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Maybe, if not for the Deep State. Ronald Reagan said the Deep State has a
greater influence on policy than elected officials do. If you weaken
elected officials with term limits, the Deep State grows relatively
stronger. Politicians are captives.

 

[John Doe]

Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com> wrote:

The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin.

That\'s what Henry Kissinger and other Western experts have warned.

He had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a position
where he may simply have to push the button.

Seems more like trying to put missiles in Mexico or Canada.

There is at least one more concern, the rise of Nazi-ism in Ukraine. But
likely that is intertwined with the NATO expansion thing.

Russia won\'t be concerned about guerrilla warfare because it\'s mission is
to stop the encouragement of ORGANIZED NATO operations.

 

[Tom Gardner]

On 14/03/22 01:30, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:20:30 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?

That\'s how they try to manipulate us, though. The triumph of emotion
over reason. Show a picture of a crying child or a child\'s toy and
they get exactly the reaction they want from us. We *demand*
retribution!

How about a child blown to bits? Cheap emotional manipulation?


How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

What of them?

The guy is a loonie germophobe. So was Hitler.

So is Trump.

 

[John Doe]

> encouragement

*encroachment

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 7:10:54 PM UTC+11, John Doe wrote:

jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
Cursitor Doom wrote:

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.
The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Maybe, if not for the Deep State.

John Doe was frighten by a Deep State when he was very young, and is still terrified of it.
Strange, when it doesn\'t exist.

> Ronald Reagan said the Deep State has a greater influence on policy than elected officials do.

And his wife had him taking advice from astrologers. He was definitely showing early signs of Alzheimers when he was running for his second term, so he\'s exactly the kind of expert that John Doe would rely on.

> If you weaken elected officials with term limits, the Deep State grows relatively stronger. Politicians are captives.

If the deep state actually existed , this might be a worry. Politicians who lose their marbles are a more real and immediate threat. Joe Doe can\'t see this. He has clearly lost his marbles, and imagines that he is perfectly fine.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[whit3rd]

On Sunday, March 13, 2022 at 6:30:17 PM UTC-7, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:20:30 +0000, Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0700, jla...@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

What of them?

The guy is a loonie germophobe. So was Hitler.

We all remember, though, that Hitler experienced a bomb left under one of
his tables... by his countryman. Putin certainly remembers it, preferring to
call it \'germs\' for the press.

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 1:15:53 AM UTC-7, John Doe wrote:

Cursitor Doom <c...@notformail.com> wrote:

The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin.

That\'s what Henry Kissinger and other Western experts have warned.

He had to draw the line somewhere...

No, that \'line\' is a nation\'s border, and he does NOT respect that line at all. That\'s
the problem. Other nations beware, join NATO quick!

 

[John Doe]

whit3rd <whit3rd@gmail.com> wrote:

John Doe wrote:
Cursitor Doom wrote:

The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous
Eastward march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for
Putin.

That\'s what Henry Kissinger and other Western experts have warned.

He had to draw the line somewhere...

No, that \'line\' is a nation\'s border,

Are you really THAT stupid?

> and he does NOT respect that line at all.

Russia controlled Ukraine and the other border countries up until the
1990s, moron. It relinquished that control without starting World War III.
But the condition was they must remain neutral.

> That\'s the problem.

We should have let Russia put missiles in Cuba? How about Mexico and
Canada?

> Other nations beware, join NATO quick!

Silly troll.

 

[server]

On Mon, 14 Mar 2022 08:16:32 +0000, Tom Gardner
<spamjunk@blueyonder.co.uk> wrote:

On 14/03/22 01:30, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com wrote:
On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 23:20:30 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 13:29:24 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 18:25:39 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 10:40:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 17:33:25 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 08:05:59 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 14:33:47 +0000, Cursitor Doom <cd@notformail.com
wrote:

On Sun, 13 Mar 2022 07:07:51 -0700, jlarkin@highlandsniptechnology.com
wrote:

On Sat, 12 Mar 2022 16:53:33 -0600, amdx <amdx@knology.net> wrote:

https://amgreatness.com/2022/03/10/under-president-trump-we-really-had-a-wonderful-life/


                                             Mikek


https://www.voanews.com/a/clouds-over-merkel-s-legacy-as-russian-invasion-lays-flaws-bare/6481942.html


Diplomacy is a very poor substitute for common sense.

Trump, while thoroughly obnoxious, had and used CS. Being a newcomer
to politics and diplomacy, he still had some left.

Unfortunately, in the case of that Ukrainian president, being a
newcomer to politics and diplomacy has resulted in the current fiasco
- that we\'re all paying for, one way or another.

No, the problem is Putin. His is Dictator For Life. His entire life
has been politics and power. He is totally insulated from reality and
cares nothing about actual people. He keeps people at absurd physical
distances.

The US is smart in having term limits for top leaders. We need more.

Power corrupts. And destroys common sense.

As you know, John, I always defer to you on electronic matters (for
obvious reasons) but when it comes to geopolitics, you\'re making a
fatal error.
The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous Eastward
march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for Putin. He
had to draw the line somewhere and now we are where we are. I see
Putin as being in the same position JFK was in in \'62 and he has no
choice but to say \'enough is enough.\' We\'re pushing him into a
position where he may simply have to push the button.


The Russians could be peaceful and prosperous europeans. There is no
need for NATO or for a buffer zone.

Russia could cozy up to the West.

It won\'t. There\'s no appetite for neo-liberalism in Russia. And there
are far more belicose actors waiting in the wings to oust Putin if he
ever showed any weakness. I mean *real* ultra-nationalist nut cases of
the worst kind. We should be grateful we only have the moderate,
level-headed Putin to deal with. Don\'t fall for the CRAP they say
about him on fake news channels like CNN.

Are those bombed-out buildings and dead people in Ukraine fake news?

That\'s how they try to manipulate us, though. The triumph of emotion
over reason. Show a picture of a crying child or a child\'s toy and
they get exactly the reaction they want from us. We *demand*
retribution!

How about a child blown to bits? Cheap emotional manipulation?


How about those 50-foot long conference room tables?

What of them?

The guy is a loonie germophobe. So was Hitler.

So is Trump.

Without tanks.



--

I yam what I yam - Popeye

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 9:48:06 PM UTC+11, John Doe wrote:

whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com> wrote:

John Doe wrote:
Cursitor Doom wrote:

The real problem stems from the breach of an undertaking NATO made to
Russia after the old Soviet Union collapsed 30 odd years ago. Russia
sees its buffer states being absorbed by NATO in an insideous
Eastward march. Ukraine cozying up the West was the last straw for
Putin.

That\'s what Henry Kissinger and other Western experts have warned.

He had to draw the line somewhere...

No, that \'line\' is a nation\'s border,

Are you really THAT stupid?

Whit3rd isn\'t in the least stupid. John Doe is a deluded moron with delusions of competence.

and he does NOT respect that line at all.

Russia controlled Ukraine and the other border countries up until the 1990s, moron.

It takes a moron like John Doe to confuse Russia and the USSR. Russia was just one republic in the Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics if a big and influential one.

That union fell apart in 1990, and with it any Russian control over the other republics. It takes a morn like John Doe to imagine that this bit of history is any kind of excuse for Russia\'s current antics.

> It relinquished that control without starting World War III.

It didn\'t have much choice.

> But the condition was they must remain neutral.

The fragments of the former Soviet Union weren\'t in any position in 1990 to impose conditions on one another

<snipped the rest>

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[Anthony William Sloman]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 9:48:51 PM UTC+11, John Doe wrote:
> The stupidest clown ever.

John Doe is too modest. He has a much stronger claim to that distinction than any of the competition posting here. Flyguy and Skybuck may actually be more stupid, but their delusions aren\'t as comical as John Doe\'s.

--
Bill Sloman, Sydney

 

[whit3rd]

On Monday, March 14, 2022 at 3:48:06 AM UTC-7, John Doe wrote:

whit3rd <whi...@gmail.com> wrote:

Russia controlled Ukraine and the other border countries up until the
1990s, moron. It relinquished that control without starting World War III.
But the condition was they must remain neutral.

A pox on that \"condition\"! And, on the \"special military operation\" it rode in on.

A nation with a democratic government makes its own laws. There\'s no
treaty, or law, or practical necessity for continuous approval by a neighboring
state. Putin wants a colony, or a satellite, and violates sovereignty in
the traditional way: he invades.

> We should have let Russia put missiles in Cuba?

No, not missiles with such range that can only be intended for US cities as targets.
Defensive weapons, or general purpose warships, aren\'t a offense against
a specific nation (i.e. an aimed aggressive threat). US didn\'t invade Cuba, but did
act against incoming shipments for a while.

Ukraine, on the other hand, had no such offensive weaponry, no agression plans, nor
NATO membership. The invasion is a land grab, greed rather than necessity.