As it happens, the US has been providing weapons to Ukraine so she could defend herself from a Russian incursion into their sovereign nation. But the weapons came with a caveat. They couldn’t use American-made weapons IN Russia. That left Ukraine fighting a “limited war.” A limited war is a war in which there’s a line one side isn’t allowed to cross for one reason or another.

The side with the restriction cannot win a limited war. The enemy just attacks, then retreats behind the limit line and waits for a bit. Then they get to do it again, using up resources from the limited side. The US tried fighting limited wars in Korea and then again in Vietnam before giving up on the idea. We KNOW it doesn’t work so I don’t know why the powers that be would have shackled Zelenskyy like that.

But we’ve taken off the proscription. Ukraine is now allowed to use American-made weapons in Russia. Russia was making headway in Ukraine because they were able to concentrate their forces in one spot and attack. Ukraine responded by sending troops into Russia at a different point. It was very Sun Tsu. It alleviated the pressure where Russia was attacking by forcing Russia to move some of her troops to repel the attack.

Putin called it a ‘major provocation.’ Really, Vlad? A single incursion into Russia is a major provocation? What the hell does that make sending an army and invading a sovereign nation for more than two years?

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I saw a group of supporters of Palestine protesting the US involvement in the Israeli war. They were insisting they wouldn’t vote for Harris if she didn’t promise to stop sending weapons to Israel. Great. Then you get Trump. Do you think Trump would be better for Gaza and the West Bank than any Dem?

This is America. You don’t GET a “best choice.” You get the least crappy choice you can tolerate. The question is NOT, “Who will be best for Palestinians?” The question is, “Who will be worst for Palestinians?” Vote against that guy…

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A new slogan for Boeing: ‘Maybe we’ll get you there, but we can’t get you home.’

I think this is the first time I’ve ever felt badly for astronauts who made it to space. Thanks to Boeing cost-cutting measures, two astronauts are trapped at the ISS for the foreseeable future. It was supposed to be a few days but the Boeing craft that got them there can’t be trusted to bring them home safely so now they have to wait until they can hitch a ride home with someone else.

If Boeing wants to cut costs, I have an idea. How about the CEO? He made $32.8 million dollars in 2023. Maybe if that greedy SOB had settled for, say, $30 million, the company could afford to buy some quality (or even just decent) equipment. I know, they’ve installed a new CEO. Do you think he’s making more or less?

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I sure am glad all of those conservatives assured me climate change was all fake. Otherwise, I’d be growing more and more alarmed as the “fake” predictions keep coming true, one after the other, like clockwork.

Wait, the conservatives were wrong about something? DO tell…

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I saw a piece out of MAGA media that tried to smear Kamala by suggesting her rallies were little more than free concerts with political speeches at the end. I presume that’s because people are aware that a Trump rally is basically just a bad comedy show with NO political speech at all. Just riffs of his favorite slams, put-downs, complaints, and dire, terrifying, warnings.

We’ll all die! They’re so mean to me. We’ll never make it. It’s so unfair. We’re DOOMED, I just know it. Political persecution. The markets will crash. Keep me in court. Cities will burn. Only I can save you. Everyone will have to learn Spanish! Why do they pick on me? Rapists! Murderers! Drug mules! Terror! Disaster! Destruction! Me, me, me, glorious and beautiful ME!

That’s a scary world MAGA lives in. Imagine what happens to them every time they set foot outdoors. I wonder why those terrible things aren’t happening to everybody, just MAGA? Hmm, maybe they’re just making stuff up, eh?