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Sen. Mitt Romney implied that some of his fellow Republicans are “morons” treading dangerously close to treason after Reps. Marjorie Taylor Greene and Paul Gosar appeared at a white nationalist conference.
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[HEADING=2]The West is going after Russian oligarchs' luxury yachts. A Ukrainian yacht mechanic got there first.[/HEADING]

Russian oligarchs [own some of the world's most expensive yachts and private jets,]('https://www.businessinsider.com/russian-oligarchs-yachts-private-jets-travel-us-sanctions-2022-2') and they apparently want to keep them. "Some of Russia's wealthiest are moving their boats to other locations, potentially with the hope they can avoid having those items seized," [CNBC reported Monday]('https://www.cnbc.com/2022/02/28/russian-oligarchs-move-yachts-as-us-moves-to-hunt-down-and-freeze-assets.html'). One Ukrainian mechanic on a Russian super-yacht docked in Mallorca, Spain, took matters into his own hands on Saturday, Spain's [Ultima Hora reported]('https://www.ultimahora.es/sucesos/ultimas/2022/02/27/1704845/rusia-ucrania-marinero-ucraniano-reconoce-arrepiente-por-hundir-barco-jefe-ruso.html').

The mechanic, Taras Ostapchuk, saw a video of Russian missiles striking an apartment complex in Kyiv and decided to sink the $7 million yacht, the Lady Anastasia, he [said is owned by a Russian arms tycoon]('https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/28/russian-yacht-sinking-ukraine/'), his boss. "I told myself: 'What do I need a job for if I don't have a country?'" [he told Ultima Hora]('https://www.ultimahora.es/sucesos/ultimas/2022/02/27/1704845/rusia-ucrania-marinero-ucraniano-reconoce-arrepiente-por-hundir-barco-jefe-ruso.html'). He opened two valves in the yacht to let in water, then told fellow crew members so they wouldn't drown, Ostapchuk told a judge after police arrested him, [The Washington Post reports]('https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/28/russian-yacht-sinking-ukraine/').

"I don't regret anything I've done, and I would do it again," Ostapchuk, 55, told the court, according to Ultima Hora. His lawyer, Neus Canyelles Nicolau, [confirmed the details to the Post]('https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/2022/02/28/russian-yacht-sinking-ukraine/') on Monday and said that her client had been released. Ostapchuk told reporters he is heading back to Kyiv to fight the Russian invaders.

and this is why NATO will not put "boots on the ground" - these freakin' people are bat shit crazy

A top Russian official appeared to threaten France with "real war" on Tuesday as he responded to saber-rattling comments from the French finance minister about the effects of punitive Western sanctions.

In an interview with French radio Tuesday morning, Bruno Le Maire said the West aimed to "cause the collapse of the Russian economy" through an "economic and financial war on Russia," for which the Russian population "will also pay the consequences."

Dmitry Medvedev, Russia's former prime minister and now deputy chairman of its security council, was quick to respond on Twitter.

[He said]('https://twitter.com/MedvedevRussiaE/status/1498619750334750725?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1498619750334750725%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.bfmtv.com%2Finternational%2Fasie%2Frussie%2Ffaites-attention-a-votre-discours-la-reponse-de-medvedev-au-gouvernement-francais-apres-les-propos-de-le-maire_AN-202203010302.html'): "A French minister said today that they have declared an economic war on us. Watch what you say, gentlemen! And don't forget that in the history of mankind, economic wars have often turned into real wars."

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[HEADING=2]Biden's dilemma: How to give Putin an off-ramp[/HEADING]

Jonathan Swan
Tue, March 1, 2022, 3:41 AM

With Ukraine holding Russia off longer than many U.S. officials had expected, President Biden now faces a great unanswered question — how to give Vladimir Putin an off-ramp to avoid even greater calamity.
Why it matters: A cornered, humiliated Putin could unleash untold pain on the world, from cyberattacks to nuclear threats. After enacting brutal sanctions, the White House now must consider how the invasion can end without a new catastrophe.

Between the lines: Nobody knows what Putin would accept.
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[*]Many officials fear that we are heading into a very dangerous period — the punishing Western sanctions pushing an autocrat into a corner.
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Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chair of the Senate intelligence committee, has hinted Putin could be [addled]('https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497393912821915648').
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[*]"This is the most dangerous moment in 60 years," Rubio [tweeted]('https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1498120755976015874') Sunday night. Putin, he said, "is facing a humiliating military fiasco & he has triggered extraordinary consequences on #Russia's economy & people that will not be easy to reverse ... And his only options to reset this imbalance are catastrophic ones."
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A European diplomat told reporters at a briefing yesterday: "It's like the Sun Tzu thing of giving someone a golden bridge to retreat across. How do you get him to go in a different direction?"
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[*]"I think the door to diplomacy remains open," the diplomat continued. "Putin ... doesn't normally back down. But he also controls the information environment in his own country to such an extent that if he does, he can cover his tracks. ... So I think there is room for him to de-escalate — and that's certainly what we're pressing for."
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The diplomat pointed to yesterday’s Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Belarus as the most viable off-ramp in a sea of bad options, noting that negotiations lasted for four hours and appear headed for a second round.
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[*]Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said before the talks that he was willing to discuss "neutral status" for Ukraine — one of Putin's three demands.
[*]But the other two — demilitarization and "denazification" of Ukraine, and recognition of Russia's claim to Crimea — suggest Putin will never accept a deal in which Zelensky remains in power.
[/LIST]
The bottom line: The West's response to Putin — for so long, uncertain and halting — has moved at astonishing speed and ferocity over the past week. How Putin will respond — and whether de-escalation is even possible — is keeping national-security leaders up at night.

my wife fathers family came from Ukraine…

besides that, Nancy Pelosi & Shummer in hiding lately… C22…

news says, Russia is desperate for labor, their population growth is negative… C22…

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WASHINGTON — Last Wednesday, a few hours before Russian tanks began rolling into Ukraine, alarms went off inside Microsoft’s Threat Intelligence Center, warning of a never-before-seen piece of “wiper” malware that appeared aimed at the country’s government ministries and financial institutions.

Within three hours, Microsoft threw itself into the middle of a ground war in Europe — from 5,500 miles away. The threat center, north of Seattle, had been on high alert, and it quickly picked apart the malware, named it “FoxBlade” and notified Ukraine’s top cyberdefense authority. Within three hours, Microsoft’s virus detection systems had been updated to block the code, which erases — “wipes” — data on computers in a network.

Then Tom Burt, the senior Microsoft executive who oversees the company’s effort to counter major cyberattacks, contacted Anne Neuberger, the White House’s deputy national security adviser for cyber- and emerging technologies. Neuberger asked if Microsoft would consider sharing details of the code with the Baltics, Poland and other European nations, out of fear that the malware would spread beyond Ukraine’s borders, crippling the military alliance or hitting West European banks.

Before midnight in Washington, Neuberger had made introductions — and Microsoft had begun playing the role that Ford Motor Co. did in World War II, when the company converted automobile production lines to make Sherman tanks.
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Bravo!!

More at the link......

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[HEADING=2]Biden's dilemma: How to give Putin an off-ramp[/HEADING]

Jonathan Swan
Tue, March 1, 2022, 3:41 AM

With Ukraine holding Russia off longer than many U.S. officials had expected, President Biden now faces a great unanswered question — how to give Vladimir Putin an off-ramp to avoid even greater calamity.
Why it matters: A cornered, humiliated Putin could unleash untold pain on the world, from cyberattacks to nuclear threats. After enacting brutal sanctions, the White House now must consider how the invasion can end without a new catastrophe.

Between the lines: Nobody knows what Putin would accept.
[LIST]
[*]Many officials fear that we are heading into a very dangerous period — the punishing Western sanctions pushing an autocrat into a corner.
[/LIST]

Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), vice chair of the Senate intelligence committee, has hinted Putin could be [addled]('https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1497393912821915648').
[LIST]
[*]"This is the most dangerous moment in 60 years," Rubio [tweeted]('https://twitter.com/marcorubio/status/1498120755976015874') Sunday night. Putin, he said, "is facing a humiliating military fiasco & he has triggered extraordinary consequences on #Russia's economy & people that will not be easy to reverse ... And his only options to reset this imbalance are catastrophic ones."
[/LIST]
A European diplomat told reporters at a briefing yesterday: "It's like the Sun Tzu thing of giving someone a golden bridge to retreat across. How do you get him to go in a different direction?"
[LIST]
[*]"I think the door to diplomacy remains open," the diplomat continued. "Putin ... doesn't normally back down. But he also controls the information environment in his own country to such an extent that if he does, he can cover his tracks. ... So I think there is room for him to de-escalate — and that's certainly what we're pressing for."
[/LIST]
The diplomat pointed to yesterday’s Russia-Ukraine peace talks in Belarus as the most viable off-ramp in a sea of bad options, noting that negotiations lasted for four hours and appear headed for a second round.
[LIST]
[*]Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said before the talks that he was willing to discuss "neutral status" for Ukraine — one of Putin's three demands.
[*]But the other two — demilitarization and "denazification" of Ukraine, and recognition of Russia's claim to Crimea — suggest Putin will never accept a deal in which Zelensky remains in power.
[/LIST]
The bottom line: The West's response to Putin — for so long, uncertain and halting — has moved at astonishing speed and ferocity over the past week. How Putin will respond — and whether de-escalation is even possible — is keeping national-security leaders up at night.

Astonishing speed and ferocity?

If the West wasn't such an incompetent group of candy ass liberals, this wouldn't be a conversation.

[HEADING=1]Zelensky tells Biden to give 'useful' State of the Union message in interview from his bunker as US says Russian troops are surrendering without a fight, running out of food and have stalled in their advance AGAIN[/HEADING]
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[*]The Ukrainian president urged Biden to deliver a decisive message on Russia in his State of the Union speech
[*]Volodymyr Zelensky also spoke with Biden for 30 minutes on Tuesday, according to the White House
[*]In a CNN interview, the former comedy actor appealed for more help: 'It's very serious ... I'm not in a movie'
[*]Russia's ministry of defence warned civilians to evacuate as it targets intelligence services in Kyiv with strikes
[*]Several large explosions seen around Kyiv's 1,300ft TV tower shortly afterwards, though it remained standing
[*]40-mile long convoy of Russian tanks and armour has been spotted heading to Kyiv, as analysts warned that Putin intends to besiege it and bomb it into submission using 'medieval' tactics
[*]Belarus has also entered the war, Ukraine claimed, with troops launching an attack on city of Chernihiv
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[HEADING=1]
Kyiv TV tower is hit by Russian bombs which also strike Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial, killing at least five after Kremlin issued chilling threat telling civilians to flee or die as military begins bombarding 'strategic' targets[/HEADING]
[LIST]
[*]Russia's ministry of defence warned civilians to evacuate as it targets intelligence services in Kyiv with strikes
[*]Several large explosions seen around Kyiv's 1,300ft TV tower shortly afterwards, though it remained standing
[*]The tower stands by the Babyn Yar Holocaust memorial site where 34,000 Jews were slaughtered in two days
[*]40-mile long convoy of Russian tanks and armour has been spotted heading to Kyiv, as analysts warned that Putin intends to besiege it and bomb it into submission using 'medieval' tactics
[*]Belarus has also entered the war, Ukraine claimed, with troops launching an attack on city of Chernihiv
[/LIST]

Oil Jumps Over 10% as Russia-Ukraine Ceasefire Talks Fail

ENERGY FUND!!! POUNDED THE TABLE!!!

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I saw the cluster bomb attack yesterday & was shocked that was deployed in a residentil area - I thought cluster bombs has been outlawed because of their indiscriminate nature.

:mad:

I suppose sidewinder missiles are the "approved" bomb type?

I suppose sidewinder missiles are the "approved" bomb type?

Sidewinders are heat seeking anit-aircraft missiles usually fired by one plane attacking another. What does that have to do with bombing civilians?

Sidewinders are heat seeking anit-aircraft missiles usually fired by one plane attacking another. What does that have to do with bombing civilians?

Sorry. Not a military guy. My point was, does it matter what bomb is used when its used on civilians?