Ukraine and Taiwan Crises

^ Congratulations, you are the most jejune and shallow political "thinker" on TUSCL.

Go away, Cacaplop.

Taiwan has long operated independently of Beijing. If the US does not defend it, who keeps world peace? How can the US keep the peace between nuclear armed Pakistan and India, or anywhere else.

Only in more recent times has Beijing tried to control Taiwan.

NewsHour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rzPcYUyB…

Jen Psaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rM3KgB4U…

US State Dept. Ned Price
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWll_AA0…

SJG

@SJG, this is how a friend with an international relations degree described it.

China sees Taiwan as part of itself. Xi Jinping needs nationalist fervor and economic growth to keep a lid on social dissent. So he's going to keep blustering.

But China wants Taiwan as a whole, Taiwan Semiconductor, all the economy intact. And Taiwan is willing to scorch the earth not to reunite. That means China is going to hold off until they're confident they can take the head off the government and keep everything intact. That might be a few years.

That makes sense. Sounds like something similar is going on with Ukraine.

But I don't think we can depend on these super powers holding off. Things can happen when leaders play to nationalist fervor, and here in the US too.

SJG

@SJG, Ukraine is a bit different. Different sort of Slavs, according to my friend. Though Russia is in a similar position of needing nationalist fervor.

Ukraine doesn't have a natural barrier like Taiwan does, so invading is easier.

I don't see a lot of nationalist fervor right now. Last time was the Iraq invasion in 2003. There's no appetite for another foreign conflict, and thankfully "make the world safe for democracy" can been well and scuttled.

To me at least, in both scenarios it is led by people trying to improve their reputation by conquest.

If the US and its allies don't respond adequately it will open the door to disaster.

SJG

^ Yes, though in different ways.

After Afghanistan, the US looks weak and feckless. We need to show we're not false allies.

So we need to give an adequate response, and to work with allies.

Afghanistan was something Biden inherited from 3 past presidents.

THe longer we were there, the worse it was going to be. This Taliban came from the old Mujahedeen.

SJG

^ We could have left in a less chaotic fashion. Dynamite the hardware. Evacuate our people first, and the military base last.

Leaving Afghanistan didn't have to be a clusterfuck, but it was.

"We could have left in a less chaotic fashion"

That is also my view. But as the news was coming out was not the time to judge this. Books are and will be available. Anyone read any of them?

SJG

American imperialism is one issue where both parties work together.

If this all happens Mamisan will be our boss.

Ukrainian FM: We will not accept 'concessions' made behind Ukraine's back
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owfRdC2N…

Amid tensions between Taiwan and China, US aircraft carriers enter South China Sea
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vIqD7iYI…

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TJ Street
https://farm8.staticflickr.com/7290/9620…

https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=4149

https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=8868

Who cares! We have enough problems in our country to worry about. This is all just propaganda by our failure of a government trying to distract how bad the home front is and the justification of the ever expanding military budget.

^^^^ So do you think we should let Ukraine and Taiwan be crushed? What would that do to our ability to keep peace, a role we have upheld for 75 years.

Ukraine
Ukraine crisis: US says 'ball is in Russia's court'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SabrFL_P…

PBS Newshour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOq2X7no…

SJG

LOL We've been bombing and sanctioning people around the world in the name of peace and democracy for the last 75 years. It's all bullshit and it only keeps the military industrial complex fat. Yet our public works, public schools, infrastructure, are all underfunded and falling apart.

We really aren't sacrificing schools and other things. We have gutted our progressive income tax, under Reagan, and that has hurt our schools and infrastructure. The money goes into inflating the stock and real estate markets, to the financializes.

The upshot of winning WWII is that the US has military commitments all around the globe. If we fail in our charge, there will be all kinds of conflicts which could erupt, as well as Russia and China becoming major aggressors.

SJG

Appeasement did not work in Munich in 1938, and it would not work today.

SJG

^ You don't understand history for real, If we had not won the second world war, there would be no Russia, and China would be under the control of the Japanese, your life would be completely different from what it is, and many who are alive today would have perished in Hitler's concentration camps.
Yes we have military commitments all around the globe, what country would have, or could have maintained the peace that has mostly prevailed throughout Europe and Asia, and the America's, you really need to rethink what you are saying, because it is not only wrong in every way, it is a horrible thing to contemplate, if Hitler had prevailed.

^^^^^ 25, not sure who you are speaking to.

I say that we have to protect the sovereignty of Taiwan and Ukraine, do you agree?

SJG

Ww3 is a bipartisan effort
No wars unless we start them lulz

My statement was in response to your claim that we have military commitments all over the globe, and the implication that there's a problem with this. I believe that we need to stand for not allowing aggressors to be able to change borders by using military force, so of course we need to support the Ukraine and Taiwan, but more importantly we need to stop Mr. Putin before his ambitions start a third world war, I don't think the Chinese are really feeling up to the task of conquering Taiwan, that would be a bloody conflict and I don't believe Xi has the stomach for that at this point, that might change at some time in the future but I don't think it will happen anytime soon.

No, I do not think there is a problem with us having military commitments all over the globe. But it does mean that now we need to act. Yes, so we need to support Ukraine and Taiwan, so we are in agreement. And yes, we need to stop Putin.

I do not share your confidence that China is not going to try and beat Taiwan into submission.

Thanks,
SJG

Gnostic Christianity and the meaning of the Jesus Myth
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xl3p8zEp…

Our best option is for us to take over Ukraine ourselves, let's expand our sovereignty!
Mainland states are getting overcrowded, and we can ship all the illegal immigrants to Ukraine, it's a great place, I'm sure!

Cowboy12, we are trying not to start World War III. Acting in concert with our allies is key to this.

Ukraine Troops Brace For War As Prospect Of Russian Invasion Increases
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y6wJToGG…


Russia-Ukraine-conflict: Is Germany letting the West down? | To the point
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MjGFmI6X…


War at what price? Russia, NATO weigh cost of Ukraine showdown • FRANCE 24 English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq5SEhcl…

Jen Psaki, this morning, talks about Stephen Breyer, and then Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wRhFA80c…

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Stanley Clarke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BW7a1rTI…

This FRANCE 24 English news is good:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qq5SEhcl…

SJG

PBS Newshour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CMbevDcB…

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Ukraine crisis: World awaits Putin's next move
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91AqNReK…

Ukraine crisis: Germany caught in NATO crossfire
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FHxLXb1Y…

SJG

Tensions rising, warnings of immanent Russian attack:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LG5gnNEJ…

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Ukraine crisis: Putin says West has ignored Russian security demands over Europe (they have got a real hottie as news anchor, trophy wife in training!)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXFciAfK…

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin delivers remarks alongside General Mark Milley about the ongoing conflict with Russia and Ukraine.
JUST IN: Defense Secretary Austin Gives Update On Escalating Russia-Ukraine Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PObEn0LU…

'Horrific' destruction if Russia invades Ukraine, says Gen. Mark Milley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c3cCWbfL…

Full Pentagon Conference, 1hr
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t7cWKewh…

Rep. Jayapal On Russia-Ukraine Crisis: 'Now Is The Time For Diplomacy To Play Its Role'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ebTNfwL_…

Putin says West has not addressed key concerns in Ukraine standoff
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kQ75LunS…

Gravitas: Germany sends helmets, Ukraine says it's a joke
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JKMY0H3R…

REPLAY - Ukraine tensions: France and Germany discuss common path to de-escalation • FRANCE 24, Heads of State: Scholz and Macron
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Radi7rh…

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Soleeva, solar solutions
https://soleeva.com/

PBS Newshour, starts with Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVngoOjT…

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Year of the Tiger 2022
https://www.latimes.com/lifestyle/story/….

Starts Tues Feb 1st
https://www.chinahighlights.com/travelgu…

CharmyNY
https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=8227

Ukraine crisis: Kyiv and Washington clash over invasion narrative (Australian News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c7r5U6kN…

Russia has warned of nuclear war.

SJG

I think Putin is completely senile.

I hope Russia removes him.

They pretty much have to.

SJG

Ukraine Crisis

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roGzfRYU… (Indian News, quite good)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cJ2WGb6j… (quite good)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUvWKXO2… (Aljazeera quite good)

Ukraine crisis: Zelenskyy urges for calm as Biden plans to send troops to Eastern Europe (euronews, Biden says the 8500 troops are going to Eastern Europe)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HJTjOhU9…

Ukraine-Russia Crisis Tests NATO Allies (MSNBC, quite good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3s4A4zkA…

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Year of the Tiger, Feb 1, 2022
https://designbundles.net/gertot-art-sho…

LIVE: Cenk Uygur Promotes INSANE LIES On The Young Turks On Ukraine & Russia, LIVE Now
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tAFEPYmH…

SJG

It is reasonable that Putin is concerned about the expansion of NATO and, possibly, into Ukraine. The solution seems straightforward, though: The US guarantees that Ukraine will never be admitted into NATO in exchange for Putin guaranteeing that Russia will never invade Ukraine.

All that being, it is not a big deal if Ukraine is lost: they are a complete basket-case of a country. Putin has the stronger will and interests in this case, so if he wants it, it's his.

rdig, Welcome to TUSCL!

The US does not control who is and who is not a part of NATO. And Putin's threating troop build up is making it just like Ukraine were a part of NATO.

I don't know why you call Ukraine a basket case. Economically it is doing quite well, and militarily they have been defending themselves bravely, taking 14,000 casualties since 2014.


Four Freedoms, Everywhere in the World
https://www.ourdocuments.gov/doc.php?fla…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tPjYCg8_…


Russia and US square off at UN Security Council over Ukraine crisis • FRANCE 24 English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=671FST-5…

U.S. Envoy to NATO: Russia Can't Explain Troop Movements
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YAFNiI1…

Newshour Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbLQ0gZs…

If the US does not work with allies to stop military aggression, then when and where will it stop, and what will this do to the tension situations throughout the world?

SJG

UN Security Council, 2 1/2 hours
United Nations security council discusses build-up of Russian forces on Ukraine border – watch live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M6MtKVeb…

SJG

@SJG countries need the unanimous agreement of existing members to be admitted to NATO. Thus the US has veto power by this alone. Now I am sure that they would not want to be the "odd man out" but they, no doubt, have lots of power to influence other members to also go their way regarding any membership decision.

As for it being a basket case: just look at its GDP/capita. The country is also riddled with corruption, although, on the plus side, this means it's GDP/capita is understating the wealth somewhat since so much is in its underground economy.

Well, I guess then that is not really the policy of the US to use that veto.

Well the USSR recognized the independence of the Ukraine. And so the US should still uphold this.

Territorial aggression cannot go unchecked.

I do understand the Russian security concerns, but threatening and invasion cannot be allowed.

SJG

^^^ if I send you $50 will you buy a one way ticket to Tijuana?

Shailynn is only a junior in high school, but we can tell from his posts that he has got this down perfectly already:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Unhqk-sA…

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Democracy Now, very little talk about COVID, but talk about the Ukraine and calls to dissolve NATO. I think Joe Biden is doing a very good job of handling the Ukraine Crisis.
https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2022/…

Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield
https://usun.usmission.gov/our-leaders/o…


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Joni Mitchell- Amelia live 1983
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7gPcCg…

1979 w/ historic video and w/ Pat Metheny
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nxMwGTQ1…

Asian Cat Eye Makeup
https://www.herworld.com/beauty/youtube-…

Stockton Fire Fighter Fatally Shot while putting out a dumpster fire.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/firefighter-c…

@SJG definitely better if we can avoid war between Russia and Ukraine. I think there is a clear path to a negotiated settlement. Hopefully it is taken rather miss the opportunity in what would seem to be a completely unnecessary war.

rdig, certainly we want to reach a negotiated settlement. But I for one say that we cannot let this kind of Russian Troop build up determine the outcome, and we cannot just let other states be overrun.

How do you feel about the idea that NATO should be dissolved?

I for one have long had a question about NATO expanding, and especially with the disbandment of the Warsaw Pact.

And NATO was originally proposed in the closing days of WWII as, "Christian West". It was always a means of perpetuating the Nazi Party and war against the Soviet Union.

And I know it was the 3 Baltic States, demanding independence, that destabilized Gorbachev. I have always had concerns about them. They only had national sovereignty during the between the wars period, and that was because Western powers wanted to weaken the Bolsheviks. Hebert Hoover was a big part of this.

This is after all still basically the Czar's Empire, which the Bosheviks, and now the Russian Federation are trying to hold on to.

There was a strong Nazi component in the 3 Baltic States, in Belarus, in the Ukraine, and in Hungary. There were Nazi SS aligned groups like Arrow Cross and Vlasov Army, and also Nazi aligned groups in Poland.

And it was Vice President Richard Nixon who was bringing holocaust perpetrators into this country under the Republican Ethic Outreach Organization. It was to "counter the Jewish vote" in the big cities.

Letting the Berlin Wall down, letting Germany re-unify, and the disbanding the Warsaw Pact and Soviet Control were positive, but there was also a problem exposed, that elements in all of these countries had fought on the Nazi side.

The Bolsheviks took over an empire which had cracks in it. And then anti-Communism has exacerbated this.

But most countries do have these kinds of internal fishers. This country certainly does.

Is the best thing to do now to disband NATO, and will this solve the problems?


Newshour
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s97NshZQ…

SJG

Newshour, several thousand US troops going to Eastern Europe, though not actually into Ukraine.

And this matter of COVID getting into the deer in Michigan has been long known.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IEQy6TJn…

SJG

WATCH LIVE: White House press secretary Jen Psaki holds a news briefing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y8ltVWTQ…

WATCH LIVE: State Dept. spokesperson Ned Price hold news briefing
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uP6qFVbw…

SJG

Russian Historian: We Need Both the U.S. & Russia to Deescalate Crisis over Ukraine
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/ru…

Humanitarian Catastrophe for Millions in the Region
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/3/uk…


SJG

TJ Street
https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=1132
https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=2305

Joni Mitchell - Amelia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7gPcCg…

@SJG yes, I think you have a good point. The existence of NATO is making war more likely now.

Yes, I agree with you.

But at this point, I think the situation has further escalated. Biden is saying that Putin planed to fake an attack from the Ukraine, and to show videos of bodies and blown up vehicles, and then to attack.

Hitler did that to Poland, 9/1/1939. They got Oscar Schindler to steal Polish army uniforms and then dressed a bunch of concentration camp inmates in them and machine gunned them.

At this point I feel that a land war could be inevitable.

Watch to see if Biden calls up reserves. They need the people with special technical skills, like helicopter maintenance. This all could be really bad.

SJG

Newshour Today
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UeT0LE_p…

There is literaly no comparison between the imaginary "Ukraine crisis" and the China-Taiwan situation.

First off Russia is more or less a western free market democracy. China is literally a de jure Communist dictatorship. Putting aside the fact that Russia has zero interest in Ukraine other than protecting the Russian citizens in the Donbas, Taiwanese current way of life would be completely transformed under a Communist Chinese government which claims a right to rule Taiwan. Russia has never expressed any interest in Ukraine besides Crimea which is now a fully incorporated part of Russia after the Crimea people overwhelmingly voted to rejoin Russia. The "western" media and regimes literally lie to you about Russia and make false analogies with Taiwan. Stop being idiots.

China operates under state capitalism. In terms of free market they are to the right of where American progressives would like us to be.

Dave and rdig, we can't just sit idly by and watch Russia overrun Ukraine. That would destroy the peace and stability throughout Europe.

I think the Taiwan situation is more touchy because China has never acknowledged the independence of Taiwan. I relate the two situations because they are both places where war could break out with a strategic nuclear armed super power.

Hindsight Up Front | View From the Senate on the Russia-Ukraine Crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lTf0ZtNj…

SJG

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joni_Mitch…

The 40 Best Joni Mitchell Songs: A Beginner's Guide
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsWVRN8D…

Steely Dan - Can't Buy a Thrill (1972) - full album
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmdiKePV…

Russia-Ukraine crisis: US sending 3,000 troops to Eastern Europe amid Russia tensions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zl5VHmTI…

Ukraine crisis: first US troops land in Poland as Xi backs Putin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uRqWwXhr…

China backs Russia over Ukraine crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SATQth6F…

As tensions escalate over Ukraine, Europe's big two try to mediate crisis | World English News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k0o9JkDo…

SJG

Ukrainians prep to defend themselves as people prepare for a possible invasion by Russia | WION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PPCYdpxe…

SJG

@SJG: well I have already proposed what I think should be done. In return for a guarantee that Russia will not invade Ukraine the US promises that they will never be allowed to join NATO. I can't see how Putin turns that down.

I guess civilians can train to defend themselves and maybe make an occupation costly, but I still think Putin will be willing to pay the price versus risk Ukraine joining NATO. That 10x difference in defense spending between Russia and Ukraine says it all.

That might make sense if that is a reasonable issue.

What difference does it make if Ukraine joins NATO?

But threatening the Ukraine Putin is making it just like it were part of NATO anyway.

Suppose Putin said that Ukraine couldn't be part of the UN?

SJG

Ukraine joining NATO is nothing but a Red Herring, it's about mineral rights and money, my personal opinion is we should give the Ukraine some weapon systems that will make an invasion so costly, that Putin will shut up and just allow the matter to die down.

^^^^^ I agree with 25.

I think it is also just pride, as Ukraine and all the Western nations that were part of Tzarist Russia were key in winning WWII, and so Putin does not want the to be separated on his watch.

SJG

^^^^ Because this is so irrational and about pride, I think Putin is senile.

And then that intelligence saying that he was going to fake an attack from Ukraine, the suggests that Moscow is leaking and that there are people who want Putin out.

So they might try to make him resign. Or they could do like the hard liners did in the coup attempt against Gorbachev, use house arrest. Or it could go further.

What Biden is doing is right.

SJG

Dion, The Wanderer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FCW0HviP…

No one is actively seeking war, except likely Putin.

SJG

If Ukraine is part of NATO it means NATO weapons closer to Russia. It also means that Russia could not intervene to protect pro-Russian factions in Eastern Ukraine.

Is a Peaceful Resolution Still Possible? Masha Gessen & Anatol Lieven on Ukraine, Putin & NATO
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/7/uk…

Well we don't want Russia forcefully intervening in Ukraine. How would you like it if another country intervened here. There are ethnic fault lines in every country.

President Biden is proving to be a very level headed and centrist leader.

SJG

M Davis Bitches Brew 1970
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50fB5L1v…

Dion — Runaround Sue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyHAZFdI…

Dion - The Wanderer - 1961
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jP1z0dQV…

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dion_DiMuc…

Nuclear war with Russia, and with China are a possiblility. These matters are serious and President Biden, with his calm reflective style, is doing a very good job.

sJG

"These matters are serious and President Biden, with his calm reflective style, is doing a very good job."

LOL.
Like abandoning our allies in Afghanistan so he could say he was out by the 20th anniversary of 9/11.
Like being compromised on several levels to the People's Republic of China.
Like getting humiliated by Xi in Alaska.
Like being wrong about every foreign policy issue for the last 40 years.

It's amusing to watch the left try to talk themselves into liking this sad old man.

No POTUS would allow that sort of questioning. And no one wants war. President Biden is working hard to avoid war.

SJG

PBS Newshour, leading with Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4mZtWRKA…

Poll: Trump voters now twice as likely as Biden voters to say Russia-Ukraine conflict is 'none of America’s business'
https://www.yahoo.com/news/poll-trump-vo…

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Joni Mitchell - Amelia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1N7gPcCg…

Neoliberal Governmentality in Tijuana's Sex Industry
file:///C:/Users/branch/Downloads/admin,…

Ronald Reagan was right. Russia only respects strength.

#teamputin

^^ At least for their top echelon of government and military I think that is true.

But I know that is not true of the Russian people, and it was not true of the two Russian dancers, one from St. Petersburg and one from Moscow, that we had at the Brass Rail. And it was not true of the lovelies at our From Russia With Love Massage Parlor.

SJG

Macron in Moscow and Kiev
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e181g7xc…

And then the heads of state of Russia, Ukraine, France and Germany to meet in Berlin, following the Normandy format.

SJG

Russia-Ukraine crisis developments (warning FOX)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XBcny6x5…

Ukraine crisis: Hungary won't accept more NATO troops on its soil, says foreign minister Szijjártó ( so good looking that she is a distraction )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EIara2y6…

Parliamentary perspectives: The Russia-Ukraine crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VgLp7PLh…

Ukraine crisis: Macron sees path to de-escalation • FRANCE 24 English (France 24 us good news)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-FmzwMzo…

Ukraine Crisis: Leaders of Germany, France, Poland meet to prevent war in Europe | WION In Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IBXZqggd…

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“We Need Restraint”: Rep. Ro Khanna Cautions Against Sending U.S. “Lethal Aid” to Ukraine
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/10/r…

SJG

Sergei Rachmaninoff: Piano Concerto No. 3 | Khatia Buniatishvili (piano), Neeme Järvi (conductor)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TLpufG9s…

Deep Purple - Smoke On The Water (Live)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F7ZF2xaN…

Chris Isaak
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oadhHk2x…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UJ8RBj_P…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ejhRjHJB…
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguuo344…

Ken Burns - The War
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NIItd8vZ…

Ukraine situation sounds grim, invasion could be immanent.

PBS NewsHour live episode, Feb. 11, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IE7-x14s…

White House URGENT Press Briefing on Russian Invasion of Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KaWsLuj…

Trump really undermined NATO and the UN

SJG

Introduction to Algorithms
3rd ed.

Thomas Cormen is Professor of Computer Science at Dartmouth College. Charles Leiserson is Professor of Computer Science and Engineering at MIT. Ronald L. Rivest is Andrew and Erna Viterbi Professor of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science at MIT. Clifford Stein is Professor of Industrial Engineering and Operations Research at Columbia University.

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algo…

https://www.amazon.com/Introduction-Algo…

1250 pages

THis is really grim:

Jen Psaki
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KaWsLuj…

I think Putin surmised from Trump that NATO and the UN meant nothing. And then Trump pulled the troops out of that Krudish area of the Turkey-Syria border, as a favor to Eugduan, and to let Putin move in.

That was really stupid. And it showed that Trump was bought and that as he saw it, the US stood for nothing.

SJG

Biden Warns U.S. Citizens To Leave Ukraine, White House Says Russia Could Invade 'Any Time'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mg7IneS0…

SJG

D-Day - First radio bulletin on NBC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=K9xk9GaV…

[15K SPECIAL] Chronology of idents from NBC (1933 - 2018)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MSgQEDkV…

SJG

Ukraine, DW German News ( in English )
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xnp07Fao…

Why Europe is on the verge of war as Putin threatens Ukraine - An in-depth look (quite good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O55mv5_e…

'Encanto' star Carolina Gaitán says Pepa is 'not the stereotype that we have of Latina women': 'I feel so represented with her'
https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/caro…

SJG


70s Electric Miles Davis Mix (Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Fusion..)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBTQzsxf…

Miles Davis The Dark Side Of Bitches Brew (unpublished tracks)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBTQzsxf…

^^ I see you got to the library before noon today! Does this mean you will be posting for another 5 hours today ad nauseum about irrelevance on topics regarding strip clubs, and more about your political manifesto?

Meat just like you'll spend the day harassing people and posting right wing extremist bs on a strip club forum.

Meat, you need to get yourself a butt plug, and one that is big enough to do the job.


Live: Biden warns Putin of ‘severe costs’ if Russia invades Ukraine • FRANCE 24 English (this news source is quite good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LV3s-s_f…

SJG

Russia – Ukraine conflict / crisis Explained | Everything in detail | Geopolitics
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h2P9AmGc…

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Ukraine Crisis

Russia-Ukraine crisis: Warning countries ‘on precipice’ of war, as talks continue
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kDWv2820…

LIVE: White House briefing after U.S. says Russia threat over Ukraine is building
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Trr61_AR…

Ukraine President Warns Russian Attack Will Come Wednesday
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eSUV2KZ2…

US warns Russia could attack Ukraine 'at any time' l ABCNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tufbpNYv…

LIVE: Pentagon briefing as U.S. says Russia threat is building over Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=63CZONR9…

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Ukraine declares “day of unity” as invasion fears grow - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TPm6ekjH…

Ukraine Crisis: What might an invasion look like?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qzIC3q9Z…

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^ Dixie, go crawl back under your rock.

An Off-Ramp from War? Russia Says It Pulled Back Some Troops from Ukraine Border as Talks Continue
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/15/m…

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Miles Davis - Call It Anything (Miles Electric) Isle of Wight 1970
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Stanley Clarke Herbie Hancock & Chaka Khan Live
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CHAKA KHAN BARRY WHITE LIVE
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OMS - Martinism part 3/5 - Templars, Willermoz, RER & CBCS
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OMS - Martinism part 4/5 - St. Martin the Unknown Philosopher
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You want to make an international KKK. Go fuck yourself.

Joseph Biden is doing extremely well.

Democrats did well in 1942 and 1962. They will also do well in 2022 and 2024!

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Joe Biden knocked it out of the ball park yesterday:

Biden addresses nation on Russia-Ukraine crisis
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=71rkcjEU…

U.S. Needs To See ‘Exactly The Opposite’ Of What Russia Is Doing In Ukraine, Says Blinken
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tit6yuIF…

Live Now: Jen Psaki on Russia-Ukraine tensions, Trump's White House visitor logs and more
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zbew5rtP…

https://www.democracynow.org/

Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer, June 2015
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAG…

Bring On Those Midterms!

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70s Electric Miles Davis Mix (Jazz, Jazz Funk, Jazz Rock, Fusion..)
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The last thing the American Left wants is a war.

Dixie, you are spouting out points from Right Wing Non-sense News.


Ex-U.S. Ambassador to USSR: Ukraine Crisis Stems Directly from Post-Cold War Push to Expand NATO
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/17/j…

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A good movie about Marquis De Sade, using improvised pens to write on rolls in cloth to be smuggled out of prison.
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0180073/?re…

Joe Bonamassa Official - "I'll Play The Blues For You" - Live At The Greek Theatre
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Midnight Blues (note the 5 string bass)
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Norah Jones - Something
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Fleetwood Mac - Rhiannon (Official Music VIdeo)
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"Joseph Biden is doing extremely well.
Democrats did well in 1942 and 1962. They will also do well in 2022 and 2024!"

LOL, that would be why 30 Dem House members are retiring rather than seek re-election.

Did your fingers spasm when you typed that?

The 30 Dem House members retiring just create a liability, but I don't think this has in anyway been caused by President Biden. Also, if House Dems wanted they could replace Nancy Pelosi. Since they don't, they must still want her.

Biden knocked the ball right out of the park on Monday.

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Yep, right out of the park.

He's up to minus-12 in the RCP average!

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls…

I'll give you credit, when confronted on your delusions, you don't back down an inch. Very Trumpian of you.

You could tell from the reactions of the news crews that Biden had hit a home run.

It will take time for this to play out.

COVID hysteria was a stupid ass thing for the Democrats to endorse.

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Stevie Nicks - Stop Draggin' My Heart Around (Official Video) [HD]
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When you're down 12-1 in the bottom of the sixth, it doesn't do wonders for your credibility to say "it will take time for this to play out."

The mainstream media will praise him for not shitting his pants onstage. Oh wait...

Biden is not playing just for the poles, he is showing tremendous leadership in handling a crucial and very dangerous situation.

Despite Fox News, Biden's leadership will be appreciated as the situation further developes.

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"Despite Fox News, Biden's leadership will be appreciated as the situation further developes."

Opinion, not fact.
Here's what the rest of America thinks about his "leadership."
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls…

But this is measured over time as the Ukraine situation plays out. The key move was in what Biden said, monday. Appreciation will come over time.

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Biden is too conservative. He killed extended unemployment killed the moratorium on evictions. Didn't fight for any of his legislation. Just let Manchin fuck it up and gave up. Gave up on pandemic mitigation efforts coz of pressure from them private sector to put their profits before people. And now he wants WW3.

He promised that things wouldn't change much... he kept that promise.


I think the US is moving towards the direction where people want populist policies regardless of their political spectrum. Those supporting the system as is and yhe status quo are just dinosaurs.

"Appreciation will come over time."

That's what all my conservative friends are saying about Trump. Once we're not putting up with his grating accent and Twitter, we'll see the positive results of his policies.

So I guess on both counts we will see.

But there was nothing constructive in what Trump did or talked about , nothing. It was like George Seldes said of Mussolini's economics, no plan, no theory, nothing, just a spoils system.

Trump's doctrine was just a plan for stealing money, nothing else.

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^ Personally, I don't think Trump gave two shits about policy. He already has enough money. It's all about his legacy and self-aggrandizement. Hence why he went through cabinet secretaries faster than ex-wives and girlfriends.

But incomes grew, and great progress was made in the Middle East. And even if you're not a fan of stocks, that's what funds most Americans' retirements.

Nothing good happened during Trump's admin. It was all just boosting. And well sure there can be economic measures of that, but this does not mean anything good was happening.

What causes the busts?

The booms cause the busts, over production and over consumption.

Hard to stop a bust once it starts, but we can decline to support the booms and that will make the coming bust lighter.

Far more efficient to pay for the needs of pensioners out of current tax revenues than via securities speculation. We need that money which inflates the stock market to be incirculation. This is what creates jobs and business opportunities. With money going into a ponzi scheme we all lose out.

A fierce indictment of the Wealth Creation scam. This costs us all greatly, as people are just inflating themselves out of their own lives, working to support the 1%
https://www.amazon.com/Smart-People-Shou…

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Newshour Today, seem to be problem on the Ukraine border:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yRkMf2ip…

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LOL, again with the moving definition of "good." Why don't you think increasing income among the lower quartiles is a good thing?

Overall the quality of employment is declining, decent jobs being replaced by shit jobs.

Kindergarten was shelled, false flag Russian operation
Russia, Ukraine 'on the cusp of an all-out conflict', warns Dutton | 9 News Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNIjxqc…

Blinken warns of Russian ‘genocide’ as premise to attack Ukraine (full show)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EeDZnYXz…

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This Australian news makes the situation look really bleak. Hope it is not so.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AuNIjxqc…

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UN Security Council
WATCH: U.N. Security Council meets to discuss Ukraine-Russia conflict 6 1/2 hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_5ao0ifQ…

Security Council itself, 3 hours
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ejpn2So-…

Biden: Moscow has moved "more troops" toward the Ukrainian border | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFkPWixb…

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Biden: Moscow has moved "more troops" toward the Ukrainian border | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFkPWixb…

'Still time to avoid a catastrophe' | Boris Johnson says Russia-Ukraine situation is 'very grim'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BiqgGEa2…

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Russia could launch attack on Ukraine in ‘days’ - amid reports of shelling
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWmIJm4F…

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DW Australian News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-mATKUx…


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WATCH: Biden provides an update on the Ukraine-Russia military crisis 2/18 ( takes 1 1/2 hour before Biden appears, gets going around 2pm Pacific Time. Biden does very well, and he is brief.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOuqBc5h…

Russia Announces Nuclear Drills As Tensions With Ukraine Intensify
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dJZe597J…

A Call for Peace: Russian & U.S. Women Push for Diplomacy, Not Military Action, to Resolve Crisis
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/18/u…

Putin is senile. His actions are all about pride. It is not that his security concerns are completely unfounded, but his approach to this goes no where.

With the amount of intelligence coming out, I think Moscow must be leaking, and that means that some people want Putin out. As this intensifies, so will their commitment to remove him.


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Wave of Bomb Threats Terrorizing Historically Black Colleges Continues During Black History Month (shows importance of Black Colleges)
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/18/s…


Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Police Brutality, Black History & His First Oscar Nomination for “Attica” (has that surreal phone call between Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller)
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/18/s…

CBS News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PBRRPUvC…

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Wave of Bomb Threats Terrorizing Historically Black Colleges Continues During Black History Month (shows importance of Black Colleges)
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/18/s…

Filmmaker Stanley Nelson on Police Brutality, Black History & His First Oscar Nomination for “Attica” (has that surreal phone call between Richard Nixon and Nelson Rockefeller)
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/18/s…

Biden, just his 18 min talk. Good!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fb1k5iLp…

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PBS NewsHour live episode, Feb. 18, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7z4ykfUk…

Two parties are completely united.

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Ukraine-Russia Crisis - LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE (Invasion Imminent?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CFIIitT2…

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Who's telling the truth on the Ukraine conflict? | Inside Story Al Jazeera
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rX3vKcAa…

PM warns of a "global shock" that will accompany an invasion of Ukraine, Boris Johnson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9GyExvlf…

US says threat of Russia invading Ukraine 'very high' | DW News, Joe Biden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLX9uz4V…

Is Biden’s Ukraine Strategy Working? w/ Alexander Vindman
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hUCvi1nV…

Ukraine is 'longing for peace' says Zelensky at Munich Security Conference • FRANCE 24 English
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EFV5nw1U…

Ukraine-Russia Crisis - LIVE BREAKING NEWS COVERAGE (Invasion Imminent?)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVZKk0tY…


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HERBIE HANCOCK - THRUST (1974) - FULL ALBUM
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Jon Hassel - The Surgeon... (FULL album) Vinyl Rip
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PBS NewsHour Weekend Live Show: February 19, 2022 ( 1/2 hour)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_l6H_XDb…

Zelenskyy wants sanctions against Russia to start immediately.

Ukraine Crisis: Putin oversees nuclear military exercise
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAmuJQxT…

Ukraine Crisis: On the frontline as 'incoming artillery becomes more intense'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o0oJxFzu…

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The Dems are using the issues with Russia and China. To hide how bad they are destroying this country.

If you support Ukraine

https://youtu.be/VtOx6dW_0vU

bang69, the US has held an obligation to preserve world peace for 75 years. Trump did not understand this, but fortunately he is out. And the Republicans are siding with Biden and the Democrats.

Icey, during WWII the Baltic States, Belarus, and Ukraine had people who sided with the Nazis and became part of Hitler's SS and part of the holocaust and persecuted their own people the same way. So these are sensitive areas. But the US still has to keep the peace, and by force if necessary.

Putin Recognizes Ukraine Separatists; Khrushchev’s Great-Granddaughter Says War Can Still Be Avoided
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/22/n…

This is totally fucked!

Suppose someone said they were going to recognize South Carolina and Mississippi and send troops?

Sanctions have to start now. Biden has to take further actions, and Biden is handling this well.

Biden today: (Washington Post)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwaD5LaR…

Biden is being decisive. He is the total opposite of Trump, who egged Putin on when he pulled the troops off of that spot on the Turkey - Syria border. And Biden is not to be baited, he is not like Pharaoh before Moses and Aaron.

One would not normally bring large military ships in to the Black Sea. Going through that Bosporus is dicey, and they are very vulnerable to air attack, even the submarine.

In 1962 Kennedy found another way. He quarantined Cuba. This was really a blockade, an act of war, but Kennedy did not call it that.
Quarantine Putin in the Black Sea. Turkey and Greece are NATO members. Make them host land aircraft.

And Putin actually brought attack transports in? Those are just giant sardine cans. You can't keep troops on those for any length of time. Where does Putin plan to load his troops?

Moscow seems to be leaking, and that means that people want Putin out. One of those Javelin Missiles can turn a Russian tank into a steel coffin. Rather than face sanctions and body bags coming home, and over a war which is just about pride, opponents will remove Putin.

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60's Go Go Dancer
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Frigid Pink
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Full Album
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Defrosted, their second album
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Frampton
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PBS Newshour, leading with Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YhAwoT1…

February 22nd, George Washington's Birthday

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X - Los Angeles
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^^^ SJG, if your claiming to not be a full time tuscl poster, how come you have more than 40,000 comments which are way more than any other active user? Seems to be quite a big inconsistency you’re showing from what you say and what is truth. Fact is you post almost every day until library closing hours from noon until 5:30 pm.

If you really were busy and had responsibilities you wouldn’t be constantly on this website every day, except for the days the library is closed. If you really followed through on your so called responsibilities you’d have started that organization you say you’re building. At current count there is one person that n your organization, because you couldn’t hold onto your other partner, Maritise. The ex wife who left you!

NATO countries respond to Putin, prepare for war in Ukraine I ABCNL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Jt_-Rk5s…

The Ukrainian Paramilitaries Ready to Fight Russia | NYT News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xml90Iv…

Ukraine crisis: billionaires & banks sanctioned after Russia ‘invasion’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CGBhhz6y…

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Franklin Roosevelt had served two terms before he ever had to face anything like this. But the voters saw that there was a cauldron boiling, and so they gave him a 3rd term.

Imagine if someone recognized South Carolina and Mississippi, and then said they were sending troops.

President Biden is trying to avert WWIII.

The League of Nations tried to avert WWII, and they were able to delay it. But the League was always hamstrung because the Republicans, following Henry Cabot Lodge, would never allow the US to become a member.

Appeasement does not work.

President Kennedy quarantined Cuba. Really this was a blockade, but he did not call it that.

One would not normally bring large military ships into the Black Sea. That Bosporus is always dicey. Even the submarine would be extremely vulnerable to air attack.

Biden should quarantine the Black Sea, nothing goes in or out. Turkey and Greece are NATO members. Make them host land aircraft.

And Putin has actually brought in attack transports. Those are just giant sardine cans. You can't keep troops on them for any length of time. From where is he planning to load his troops?

Moscow is leaking a lot of information, and this means that people want Putin out. He does not like Lenin, does not like revolution, and he thinks Russia was better under the Czars. But he likes Stalin. This guy is completely senile, and he will be removed.

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Kinda reminds me ofbthe US and Nato recognizing Kosovo and threatening to invade Serbia again.

Slobodan Milošević was an ex-communist who decided to build a political career on the basis of ethnic cleansing. The US and NATO needed to act, and we did act.

This Valdimir Putin is staring to look more and more like Milošević.


Live: White House holds briefing on Russia-Ukraine situation (Jen Psaki)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Bg1KOl9…

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What does a Ukrainian state of emergency mean for the Russia-Ukraine crisis? - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QhHhcVRB…

ABC News Live: Ukraine military warns situation with Russia may deteriorate soon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Lf7W5tg…

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This Australian News is good:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uKIUeJ1J…

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BREAKING: Pentagon URGENT Press Briefing on Report Russia is Poised to Attack Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Twfp-V5S…

Golden State Times
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8x F-35 Strike Fighters, plus a bunch of helicopters.

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PBS NewsHour live episode, Feb. 23, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1T6rMGM…

Covid has caused changes in the work place such that the developing trend towards later retirement is now being reversed as large numbers are retiring.

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“Truly Appalling”: Russia Attacks Ukraine as Putin Ignores Diplomatic Pleas and Launches Invasion
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/24/r…

Panic, Fear, Disbelief: Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine Could Prompt Humanitarian, Refugee Crisis
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/24/r…

Yanis Varoufakis: Europe Must Stand with Ukraine, Condemn Putin & Roll Back NATO to Restore Peace
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/24/r…

Nuclear War Risk Rises as Tension Mounts Between Nuclear Superpowers over Ukraine
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/23/t…

“Pick Up the Pen, Joe”: Biden Faces Pressure to Cancel Student Debt to Fulfill Campaign Promise
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/2/23/p…


LIVE: Boris Johnson delivers statement on Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EBpKwXMM…

LIVE: UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson delivers statement on Ukraine in HoC
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HON3w3u6…

WATCH LIVE | Biden delivers remarks on Russian assault on Ukraine (WP)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3SzVjyiD…

Biden speaks about Russia's war in Ukraine (euro news)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bdoeHYzP…

Ukraine President Warns Russian Forces Attempting To Seize Chernobyl Nuclear Facility (MSNBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mCt4YXGl…

Russia Attacks Ukraine: Pres. Biden delivers remarks on invasion ordered by Putin | ABC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_pHfa3LJ…

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This Al Jazeera LIVE news seems to offer the best blow by blow account:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-upyPouR…

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BREAKING: PM warns of 'grim days ahead for Ukraine'
Boris Johnaon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n8RS8IIw…

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BREAKING: EU to cut off some Russian banks from SWIFT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vaGr8ECW…

President Joe Biden commits additional military assistance to Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e3o3gHwk…

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Mayor of Ukrainian city posts plea: ‘Help me!’
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TNRgWtV2…

MEPs debate Russia's invasion of Ukraine, streamed 8 hours ago, 3 hours long
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WY66vzBS…

There's no way Vladimir Putin wins, even if he defeats Ukrainian military: Sen. Rubio
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXvf62eN…

Coming Up: United Nations General Assembly emergency meeting on Ukraine - Day 2 | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TyVdjnPd…

Russia continues country-wide attack on Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YoH6d5XF…

Bombing and fighting in Kyiv - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A_zzlf5I…

Gravitas: Ukraine war enters Day 6: Here are the latest developments (1hr ago) "If Ukraine does not survive, the United Nations will not survive". I am sure this is true. Russia was a Veto Power Permanent Member of the Security Council
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DohcvGeZ…

Under very bleak conditions, Biden has exerted tremendous leadership!

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As Russia charges across Ukraine, can the West stop a more expansive conflict?, Douglas Lute, 4 days ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG_tLuxK…

Russia planning a devastating attack to “crush Ukraine” l ABCNL (1hr ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o1iQ1RWJ…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ls-smUW…

Why the war in Ukraine could get 'much more brutal' in the days ahead, Liet. General Douglas Lute ret. (20 hours ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdNJFlzl…

It looks like they are planning to incinerate Kiev with these thermobaric weapons.

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pbs newshour march 2, 2022 3pm
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xiJRj1e7…

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Do You Feel Like We Do Cover by Leave Those Kids Alone
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PBS NewsHour live episode, March 3, 2022 3pm PT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cdEEWIvi…

VOX Putin's war on Ukraine, explained
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MVu8Qbxa…

VOX From spy to president: The rise of Vladimir Putin 4 years ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxMWSmKi…

Russia closes in on key city after another falls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V16s4ge2…

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Drive My Car - MonaLisa Twins (The Beatles Cover)
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‘My future is taken away from me’: Russians flee to escape consequences of Moscow’s war
https://www.yahoo.com/news/future-taken-…

Nato opposes pleas for No Fly Zone
Russia passes new laws to silence dissent, bans foreign news outlets | Ukraine invasion latest news (German DW 7hrs ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMCQ2QMM…

NATO’s Stoltenberg tells FRANCE 24 Russia's warning to Finland, Sweden 'unacceptable' (France 24 English 7hrs ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mj9cPudf…

Ukrainians strike massive Russian convoy, Pentagon says (CNN 1 hr ago) (Ukrainians blew up a bridge to stop the Russian convoy)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IsBc_Vbt…

A Bayraktar TB2 Strikes Again, Hundred Russian Tanks Were Destroyed Near Ukraine Capital Kyiv! (2 hours ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mwLOPyLO…

Russia passes new laws to silence dissent, bans foreign news outlets | Ukraine invasion latest news (German DW 7hrs ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kMCQ2QMM…

Russia’s Unprecedented Shelling of Ukrainian Nuclear Plant Raises Fears of Another Chernobyl
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/ru…

Talking about Claus von Stauffenberg
"Col. Claus von Stauffenberg, left, looks on as Adolf Hitler welcomes Gen. Karl Bodenschatz on July 7, 1944. Von Stauffenberg attempted to kill Hitler on July 20 and was executed the next day."

Republicans, Democrats slam Lindsey Graham after he calls for Putin's assassination (Russians have brought crematoriums with them)
https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-democ…

This could be another way, besides quarantine on the Black Sea and No Fly Zone, for outside military forces to enter this.

Russian Environmentalist Speaks Out on Putin’s Attack on Antiwar Protesters & Independent Media
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/ru…

Ukrainian American Journalist: Putin’s Unjust War Is Emboldening Ukraine’s Far-Right Movement
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/3/4/fa…

The Russian Invasion Of Ukraine Is Like Something From A Movie: Peter Zalmayev (MSNBC)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EwV1HGGN…

On board a Nato surveillance plane monitoring Russian activity in Ukraine - BBC News (Boeing 707)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zt5j2mrX…

On the Ground in Ukraine: A VICE News Tonight Special Report 4 hours ago
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fk5DgCwd…

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PSD - Stripper Shoes
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Lenny Kravitz - Again (his stuff uses interesting chord progressions)
https://news.yahoo.com/republicans-democ…

Lenny Kravitz Full unseen UNEDITED Performance from the Kennedy Honors Tribute to Led Zeppelin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-oDk89y…

Lenny Kravitz - american woman - Live At iTunes Festival 2014
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Ukraine War - Drone Shows Intense Close Combat Between Ukrainian & Russian Troops In Kherson
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y1dXAs2y…

I don't know how old this footage is, but I think these hotties are airline flight attendants. With them Putin sits close, and in the middle of the table edge, not at the head of the table. They listen attentively. They aren't like the Pussy Riot girls.
Russian helicopter shot down by missile in Ukraine - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnuHo8_E…

Why is Ukraine the West's Fault? Featuring John Mearsheimer (2015)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrMiSQAG…

Vladimir Pozner: How the United States Created Vladimir Putin
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8X7Ng75e…

SJG

AC/DC - It's A Long Way To The Top (If You Wanna Rock 'N' Roll)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a-MVuqh8…

Thin Lizzy - The Boys Are Back In Town - Live At Rockpalast.avi
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ta3YkTdI…

X - Live at The Teragram, DTLA 12/19/2019
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hxjLyppF…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fTGGfvrW…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lGf6YG_O…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iJ5RaPj7…

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aLXOLlvo…

The conflict in Ukraine is still going on, and Putin is not our yet.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BE7GCEe1…

SJG

^^^ corrected link

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bZuKPJ-x…

I think Anthony Fauci has taken quite a hair cut recently. He has softened his message a great deal. But nothing will ever undo the damage he did in 2020 and 2021.

SJG

PBS NewsHour live episode, April 1, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TovI_HSC…

WATCH LIVE: White House communications director Kate Bedingfield holds news briefing (Economics)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_XFpeEhC…

“Disappeared”: Chris Hedges Responds to YouTube Deleting His 6-Year Archive of RT America Shows
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/4/1/on…

SJG

Ex-UN prosecutor urges global arrest warrant for Putin
https://www.yahoo.com/news/ex-icc-prosec…

SJG

RESTRICTED WWII TRAINING FILM "CRACK THAT TANK" ANTI-TANK WARFARE 27424
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=taHFUKKK…

SJG

What Putin's new commander reveals about his strategy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-WBQ8C8h…

He seems to be an executioner. Ukraine now needs more than just these defensive anti-tank missiles, they also need tanks of their own so that they can make offensives.


SJG

Haley Reinhart "White Rabbit" Naperville RibFest 2018
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oPqmxRf_…

Pentagon John Kirby, live this morning
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6-nDRyK…

SJG

Gravitas: China blows up replica of Taiwan's naval base
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PMCIdl_S…

Gravitas LIVE with Palki Sharma | Chinese troops "practice" how to invade Taiwan | English News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XUZ4-kH…

SJG

President Biden!

Biden says US willing to respond 'militarily' if Taiwan is attacked
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFu5Oxg9…

Biden has been involved in arbitrating the relationship with Taiwan.

I know the White House is trying to walk this back. But Joe Biden is not Donald Trump. If he says something, he means it.

German News
US ready to use force to defend Taiwan, says President Biden | DW News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bxSfOmBH…

SJG

^

нейродивергентный Сан-Хосе ползучести

neyrodivergentnyy San-Khose polzuchesti

FACT!

SJG is this why you want your old threads to stay open, so you can continue to have conversations with yourself, all the while members chime in by snickering and poking fun at your expense?

Then yiu can feel victimized and call everyone trolls, an option straight from Icee’s playbook.

Defense Secretary Austin and Gen. Milley hold news briefing following Ukraine meeting, this morning

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QyFjafHK…

SJG

HeyMeat, the creep can do what he wants even though most members here don't like his antics.
You notice founder gave him verified membership?

Antony Blinken on Taiwan

PBS NewsHour live episode, June 14, 2022
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i3MeXqwV…

SJG

I told you so, hypersonic weapons, arms race with Russia and China.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/will-the-race…

Should we really do it, and how aggressively do we go into it. And are their any limits?

SJG

Chaka Khan - Melody Still Lingers On (Live, 1981)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XyzrlndL…

Dr. Mark Esper, former Defense Secretary: Lessons from Russia's Invasion of Ukraine
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eqedig-E…

Olena Zelenska is nice looking!
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska delivers remarks to Congress | full video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IZAf7RmW…

Ukrainian First Lady Olena Zelenska speaks out in an exclusive interview
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ga7j76-V…

SJG

A Pelosi Visit to Taiwan Could Inflame Tensions Between U.S. & China, with Little Benefit to Taiwanese
https://www.democracynow.org/2022/7/27/p…

SJG

Jeff Healey [CD] (Full Album)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WEJrXwRC…

Gravitas: Will China shoot down Nancy Pelosi's plane?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GqM9Ch0A…

SJG

https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=10828

https://tuscl.net/photo.php?id=11206

Gravitas LIVE: Tensions over Taiwan| Xi tells Biden: Don't play with fire| China threatens the U.S. (Indian News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3rhzLPlP…

I of course support Pelosi going. Have to at this point.

SJG

Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan despite China warning US will 'pay the price' - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTbnBXih…

See moment Nancy Pelosi steps off plane in Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekBu0rKC…

US House Speaker Nancy Pelosi lands in Taiwan amid Chinese warnings | Latest English News | WION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sa89gQo4…

Remind me again, had their been Republicans on the Nov Ballot?

SJG

This girl little bit older and heavier, looks a little more garish. She has an appeal.
https://youtu.be/waSJKZsivL4?t=101

Nancy Pelosi, a critic of China's human rights violations for over 30 years.

Tensions rise between the U.S. and China after Pelosi's trip to Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwRjJSBv…

Kremlin: Tension over Pelosi's Taiwan visit 'should not be underestimated' (video)
https://www.yahoo.com/news/kremlin-tensi…

SJG

miggs : "Let The Games Begin" starring LINDSAY LOHAN (OFFICIAL VIDEO)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CCxM6IGC…

Taiwan’s top diplomat in the U.S. discusses escalating threats from China

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/taiwan…

I think China is looking ridiculous, but there is going to be a big high tech arms build up.

SJG

VERY INTERESTING:
Pelosi's Power (full documentary) | FRONTLINE (4 months ago)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gwr7dpyA…


Joe: GOP Has Become So Radical That Liz, Dick Cheney Are Considered So-Called 'RINOs'
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UqENj8ND…


TAIWAN

Former Ambassador Max Baucus on China's aggression towards Taiwan, Pelosi's visit
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pX-wB1Em…

China announces new military drills off Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ej6Bzm1g…

H.R. McMaster on China-Taiwan tensions, and the dynamics of working in the Trump administration
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-UP6dh4v…

China will continue military drills near Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O-YzQBag…

What China’s Military Exercises Reveal About Its Taiwan Strategy | WSJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RpeKhhPC…

China extends drills as Taiwan announces its own drills | DW News (German, quite good)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uDk2iE1-…

Taiwan tensions: Could Taiwan defend itself against China?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EBCzEA-…


Beijing rages over US House speaker Nancy Pelosi's Taiwan visit | Latest World News | WION (Indian News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=50FZZ6oF…

China announces more military drills around Taiwan • FRANCE 24 English (a very good news service)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oOX-RdZn…

China Taiwan War Live | Taiwan Latest News | China Attack Taiwan | English News Live (12 hours already)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BOH40DDB…

China Taiwan Crisis LIVE Updates: Warships Surround Taiwan | Japan News (Indian News, 12 hours already)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8NxaqGtt…

U.S. vs. China: What Aircraft Carriers Reveal About the Military Tech Race | WSJ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rrDCSd1O…



SJG

China Taiwan Latest News | Taiwan News | Taiwan Fires Back At China | English News Live |News18 Live
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rpWMg_ax…

Taiwanese military conducts defensive drills as China increases drills near the island
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2f-xooiN…

Taiwanese military drill simulates response to China attack - BBC News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ssHwFDey…

After China’s exercises, Taiwan conducts drill repelling invasion | Taiwan News | RTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zNGHEB36…

SJG

Jane - School of Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BdWq4w8D…

China releases white paper on Taiwan, warns it will not tolerate separatists | Latest English News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=998k2WYn…

China ready to use 'all means necessary' to ensure 'reunification' with Taiwan: Xiao Qian
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-f1DjYtM…

China drills part of invasion game-plan — Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lphj8mtM…


"We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan."
Speaker Pelosi: "We will not allow China to isolate Taiwan" | full video 39min
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TwbJG9fA…

SJG

News Night | Taiwan's President says China military threat still remains
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VitldBG3…

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan | Latest International News | WION
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69YkdVM…

92% Collapse As Chinese Housing Crisis Bleeds Into Financial Sector | Taiwan | China Economy
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jSPSS_ne…

Japan Ambassador says China's Taiwan actions 'shocking' | 9 News Australia
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CwOIQz8D…




PBS Newshour today, 3pm PST
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DbSixCBf…

SJG

Electric Light Orchestra - Telephone Line - Chicago School of Rock
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TWkDM15f…

Dio - Rainbow In The Dark - Team 1 2016 School of Rock AllStars
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3nWzabI…

How the firearms industry markets to consumers
https://www.pbs.org/video/guns-in-americ…


Democracy Now, Friday Aug 12
https://www.democracynow.org/shows/2022/…

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China’s Taiwan military drills offer spying opportunity for US | China Taiwan News
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWogglsw…

See why some Chinese are thanking Pelosi for her visit to Taiwan
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v8VyOYVc…

Taiwan representative: A question of 'if not when' China will attack (DW German News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_DwHRoJ…

Taiwan rejects China's 'one country, two systems' plan | Latest International News | (WION Indian News)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d69YkdVM…

Taiwan pay rises can’t keep up with inflation | Taiwan News | RTI
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xqsc_DHv…


SJG

Could the United States defend Taiwan if China were to attack it? Research director weighs in
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wJg-N45E…

SJG

Why China Can't Invade Taiwan? Shiv Aroor Explains The Reasons
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3EZ9RGVF…

SJG

War in Ukraine: Is there still time to de-escalate? | To The Point (4 days ago, DW (German))
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVZ5NQC2…

SJG

^ is Germany going to send its tanks (Leopard II, 1500hp)

SJG