To get on the good side of the voters, Vladimir Putin ...

[J. S. Bach]

...goes to visit a school in Moscow to have a chat with the kids. He talks to them about how Russia is a powerful nation and how he wants the best for the people. At the end of the talk there is a section for questions. Little Sasha puts her hand up and says, "I have two questions. Why did the Russians take Crimea and why are we sending troops to the Ukraine?" Putin says, "Good questions". But just as he is about to answer the bell goes and the kids go to lunch. When they come back, they sit down and there is time for some more questions. Another girl, Misha, puts her hand up and says "I have four questions. Why did the Russians invade Crimea, why are we sending troops to the Ukraine, why did the bell go 20 minutes early and where the heck is Sasha?




An old joke that has been recycled with just a change of name, with each new Russian leader since Lenin:

Question: Does President Putin collect political jokes?
Answer: No, but he collects the people that tell them.

[robert.]

Ready for ww3?

[HONDO74]

Ready for ww3?

Anyone here old enough to remember 1962 ??

During the Cuban Missile Crisis, leaders of the U.S. and the Soviet Union engaged in a tense, 13-day political and military standoff in October 1962 over the installation of nuclear-armed Soviet missiles on Cuba, just 90 miles from U.S. shores. ... Kennedy also secretly agreed to remove U.S. missiles from Turkey.

The US and Europe have been pushing for the Ukraine to be a NATO member so they can put missiles on Russia's borders. Guess they didn't like that idea either...That's what its all about...

Wait until China takes back Taiwan like they say they are going to do. What kind of sanctions will we put on China ?

What happens next if Russia shuts off the oil and gas to Europe ? The UK and Europe have frozen Russia's bank accounts.

[E7]

This will all fade into the ozone when we are all buzzing around in electric cars....and nothing can ever go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong............

[HONDO74]

"Vladimir Putin doesn't want me to be President. He doesn't want me to be our nominee. If you're wondering why - it's because I'm the only person in this field who's ever gone toe-to-toe with him," Biden's Feb. 21, 2020, tweet read.

"Putin knows that when I am president of the United States his days of tyranny and trying to intimidate the United States and those in Eastern Europe are over," Biden said in October 2019.


Vladimir Putin..,Responding.

[gregj410]

Sad but Biden and the US are the laughing stock of the world.

[robert.]

Look up 2 tweets Biden made about Putin Biden made these tweets during his campaign. It’ll be the first things you see from google. I see hondo mentioned these statements.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

There isn't a good side so it's a trick.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Clearly, Putin is not somebody to mess with. He’s not going to backdown or change his mind and willfulness, and certainly not do so in front of the entire civilized world. He doesn’t merely just want obeisance to his will, as he tries to re-collect the myriad elements of the old USSR; he wants genuflection, at the very least . A true megalomaniac. IMunHO .

[robert.]

For those who ask: “Why does Ukraine matter? “
This is why Ukraine matters.
It is the second largest country by area in Europe by area and has a population
of over 40 million - more than Poland.
Ukraine ranks:
1st in Europe in proven recoverable reserves of uranium ores;
2nd place in Europe and 10th place in the world in terms of titanium ore reserves;
2nd place in the world in terms of explored reserves of manganese ores (2.3 billion tons, or 12% of the world's reserves);
2nd largest iron ore reserves in the world (30 billion tons);
2nd place in Europe in terms of mercury ore reserves;
3rd place in Europe (13th place in the world) in shale gas reserves (22 trillion cubic meters)
4th in the world by the total value of natural resources;
7th place in the world in coal reserves (33.9 billion tons)
Ukraine is an important agricultural country:
1st in Europe in terms of arable land area;
3rd place in the world by the area of black soil (25% of world's volume);
1st place in the world in exports of sunflower and sunflower oil;
2nd place in the world in barley production and 4th place in barley exports;
3rd largest producer and 4th largest exporter of corn in the world;
4th largest producer of potatoes in the world;
5th largest rye producer in the world;
5th place in the world in bee production (75,000 tons);
8th place in the world in wheat exports;
9th place in the world in the production of chicken eggs;
16th place in the world in cheese exports.
Ukraine can meet the food needs of 600 million people.
Ukraine is an important industrialised country:
1st in Europe in ammonia production;
Europe's 2nd’s and the world’s 4th largest natural gas pipeline system;
3rd largest in Europe and 8th largest in the world in terms of installed capacity of nuclear power plants;
3rd place in Europe and 11th in the world in terms of rail network length (21,700 km);
3rd place in the world (after the U.S. and France) in production of locators and locating equipment;
3rd largest iron exporter in the world
4th largest exporter of turbines for nuclear power plants in the world;
4th world's largest manufacturer of rocket launchers;
4th place in the world in clay exports
4th place in the world in titanium exports
8th place in the world in exports of ores and concentrates;
9th place in the world in exports of defence industry products;
10th largest steel producer in the world (32.4 million tons).
Ukraine matters. That is why its independence is important to the rest of the world.

[E7]

Impressive. Maybe the US should invade Ukraine.

[MurphOnMillerAve]

Robert, Thanks for that detailed list. It’s important, no doubt; educational, actually ; at least, for me.