Ukraine conflict escalates.

ECONOMIC AND MILITARY STAKES GET BIGGER

SOME HOPE RUSSIA DOES NOT CONCLUDE THAT THEY ARE IN A WAR OF SURVIVAL 

After 5 days of war in Ukraine there is no solid conclusion to what the outcome will be. It is doubtful that Russia will back down in their demands concerning NATO expansion. Much is being made that the Russian advance has been slow and want to portray the situation as the Ukrainians are winning this war. It is obvious that Russia has been dismantling the organized military with a clear goal of minimizing civilian casualties. It is still unlikely that Russia has a goal of occupying the cities of Ukraine.

Hopefully they will not get into a position that they feel they need to unleash the complete destruction of the Ukrainian infrastructure. Hopefully they will not come to conclude that this is an all out war for Russian survival. There appears to be some that believe that this an opportunity to put an end to Russia. The political opportunists on both sides have continued to use this sad situation as leverage. The left blaming Trump or taking remarks out of contexts and the right egging Biden on to be more forceful. Little thought to the lives of the Ukrainian citizens who will suffer the most from this EAST/WEST political war.

Ukraine will not win this conflict, Russia can not back down now. This conflict could have been avoided, but now it has taken on a life of its own. This hot war is a result of over a decade of political cold war.

Russia, concerned about the war talk by some in this country, has put its whole country on high alert. You can bet there are some factions who are coaxing Biden to take action by committing NATO to take part in the war. If NATO does not walk carefully, we will be in WW3. Rather than hope that the Ukrainians will be able to damage Russia and Putin permanently, they should be working to bring a negotiated end to this crisis. It may be too late.

We hear that NATO is planning to send weapons to Ukraine. How do they plan to get these shipments into Ukraine? Will Russia allow air traffic from NATO into the country? Some say they are going to ship these weapons through Poland. Is Poland willing to have these weapons go through their country? How would you like to be a driver of these trucks? It can be expected that Russia will attack these shipments as soon as they cross the border, or possibly before. Will this then trigger article 5 and require an all out European war?

Economic stakes have also been escalated with the denial of Russia from transactions through SWIFT, except for those concerning energy transfers. Russia's main economic weapon would be to cut energy flows to Europe.  This would plunge the western world into a severe depression that would also have unseen and uncalculated repercussions. This is indeed dangerous times.

Gas and Oil flow increased out of Russia.

MUCH TALK ABOUT SANCTIONS, BUT OIL AND GAS FLOW UNINTERRUPTED

 GAS STILL TRAVELLING ACROSS UKRAINE PIPELINES

It is now obvious that the talk of sanctions is mostly just that. Ukraine was led to believe that the west had the power to protect them from Russian aggression. It is clear that the bluffing was coming from NATO and Washington. Ukraine, Germany and others considered a negotiated remedy with Russia, but Washington insisted they all stand down and refuse to give an inch on NATO expansion and Russian containment.

Consider this: Does everyone forget that Ukraine is dependent on Russian natural gas and the revenue from that natural gas pipeline? They receive $1.8 billion in revenues from the pipeline.

Did anyone take notice that while the U.S. opposes the Nord Stream 2 pipeline into Germany, the pipeline into Ukraine is never mentioned. The same pipeline that supplies gas to the company with Hunter Biden a board member. There are actually 12 pipelines supplying gas from Russia to their close neighbors. At present Russia supplies gas to Ukraine, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Moldova, Lithuania, Armenia, Latvia, Estonia, Georgia, and South Ossetia.

Russia also supplies gas to Germany, Turkey, Italy, Poland, Great Britain and the Czech republic.

They also sell oil to the United States.

Russia is also in the process of building other pipelines, the South Stream pipeline to Bulgaria, The Altai pipeline from Siberia to China and the Caspian pipeline to the Asia-Pacific region.

None of the energy flowing through these pipelines is diminished, actually it has been reported today that the flow has been increased. This includes several pipelines through Ukraine that have been unharmed.

Germany and others refused to agree to any sanctions that would endanger the flow of energy. They have foolishly shut down their nuclear plants in favor of wind and solar. Lack of enough wind in the North Sea set off an energy crisis months ago and any other disruption could lead to an economic disaster in Europe.

Italy only agreed to sanctions after a cut out was provided for Italian Luxury goods to Russia. Lamborghinis, Ferraris and expensive handbags. Italy has also announced that they are going to put coal fired plant back on line.

Germany has already put some coal plants back online.

Even Russian oil to the USA is being received uninterrupted.

China and India have decided to stay out of this fray, a combined population of 3 billion compared to 1 billion of  Europe and the US combined.

Most Mid-East oil producers have stated that they could not or would not increase production.

We saw yesterday that Ukraine has proposed talks in Minsk or Warsaw and have tentatively agreed to make Ukraine a non-aligned independent country. This offer was repeated again today. It is interesting that this news was not reported in much of the press, but has been verified from both parties.

 

Partition of Ukraine underway.

PIVOTAL TIME FOR WEST TO RETHINK POLICY

NO ONE WILL ESCAPE LASTING REPERCUSSIONS

Russia has now taken the next step in their strategy to insure their national security. It is now likely they will neutralize Ukraine's ability to engage in a unified defense of their territory. This will be followed by stabilizing control of the 2 now declared independent regions plus territory extending to enable a land bridge into Crimea. It is very unlikely that there will be a plan to occupy the major cities of Ukraine.

So far, there has not been any effort to destroy the civilian infrastructure of the country, or any attempt to intentionally target the civilian population. It has been indicated that there will be corridors created for secure population movement. When the goal of creating a buffer between NATO and Russia is accomplished, there will be another offer of negotiation. It will be a pivotal point in world history, what will happens at that point. Everyone should carefully consider the consequences of an escalation of this conflict.

We can expect sanctions in the immediate future, which will not stop the partition of Ukraine. These sanctions may be similar to a hunger strike by the west that will harm the santioners as much as the sanctioned.

While everyone believes that Russia is unable to withstand the public opinion and economic wrath of the west, what is the cost to the world economy of not looking for a compromise on the issues of NATO expansion and the policy of containment of Russia. In effect, there has been an economic low grade war underway for years, it has now come to a defining moment.

Is it too late to salvage the economic stability of the western world? Maybe. If the West continues on the path of hubris and dismissal of the concerns of Russia, they risk setting in motion an economic collapse of the western world. 

While many believe that we now live in an age of security and prosperity that will last forever, it is a delusion that many have refused to admit to the financial instability and fragility of our whole economic system. A system riddled with debt burdens exceeding anything witnessed in world history. A system that has been very vulnerable for the last 20 years. Patched together with deficit spending, Federal Reserve creative accounting and gimmicks. Does anyone think the present unstable system can withstand a prolonged energy crisis. A crisis that will trigger hyper-inflation and social unrest.

We will see if the juvenile experts in Washington will now want to double down and show Russia that they cannot challenge the supremacy of the United States and their allies. If that is the approach on which they decide, we can expect that the long period of peace and prosperity may be over for decades to come.

Yesterday's events set in motion decades ago.

 FAILURE TO ACKNOWLEDGE FOREIGN POLICY MISTAKE BY SEVERAL ADMINISTRATIONS

WHO ARE THE REAL ARCHITECTS OF OUR FOREIGN POLICY?

Today we are hearing the recriminations by Republicans and others that the dismemberment of Ukraine is the fault of weak policy by Joe Biden. Joe Biden, like the presidents before him are locked into a foreign policy that is not of their making. Any attempt by Biden to take a different direction by addressing the legitimate concerns of the Russian federation would have resulted in recriminations of being weak or having caved to Russian demands. There is nothing he could have done to change this outcome.

Donald Trump, ran on improving relations with the Russian federation, He was right to consider a change in direction in our foreign policy. He was immediately attacked and labeled a Russian agent. It was insinuated that Russia helped to get him elected. They attempted to have him removed from office by an elaborate Russian collusion hoax. 

No President has been able to change direction of our foreign policy for at least 3 decades. A foreign policy that has destroyed most of the countries in the middle east, resulted in the death of 100's of thousands of civilians in the middle east, destabilized the economic and social fabric of Europe. Cost the United States and our allies trillions of dollars and thousands of our young lives. A foreign policy that is a dismal failure, and yet, no one can dare to rethink or alter the direction.

Below is excerpt from an article Sept. 21. 2017

As the Soviet Union was being replaced by independence of the former Warsaw Pact countries and Russia, many negotiations were being engaged in to create a stable transition. The Russian Federation and NATO agreed that the unified Germany could be a member of NATO, but that all of the former Warsaw Pact countries would be independent entities. These agreements have been verified by former west German diplomats and former negotiators for the United States. 

Russia still had a memory of the fact that their survival was secured in the wars with Napoleon, WW1 and WW2 by the large distances from their possible enemies. Their large terrain was similar to our security of the Atlantic and Pacific ocean. This agreement was broken on July 8, 1997 when NATO agreed to the inclusion of Hungary, the Czech Republic and Poland into NATO. This was accomplished in 1999. In 2004 Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Slovenia, Slovakia, Bulgaria, and Romania were also included.  According to George F. Kennan, an American diplomat and an advocate of the containment policy, stated that this decision "may be expected to have an adverse effect on the development of Russian democracy, to restore the atmosphere of the cold war to East-West relations, to impel Russian foreign policy in directions decidedly not to our liking. This decision was criticized by many military, political and academic leaders as a " policy error of historic proportions." It seemed to be more than a policy error, but an intentional attempt to abort the democratization of Russia. This could be compared to Stalin's refusal to abide by his commitments at the end of WW2.

This attempt to encircle the Russian Federation at a time of its vulnerability brought out the worst fears of the Russians. It would be no different than Mexico and Canada joining the former Warsaw Pact. This was the beginning of the new distrust between Russia and the United States and its allies.

So today we see the much anticipated sanctions placed on Russia and the independent sections of Ukraine. I don't believe sanctions have had any real effect at changing any countries decisions. It did not work on Japan in WW2 and has not been an effective deterrent that I could see at any time. It mostly just hardens ones view that they are the enemy.

Russia is indeed now our enemy. The goal of some in our state department. Also retribution by some on the left for their being traitors to the world socialist cause. It did not have to be so. Russia wanted to become a member of the world community, but was rejected, dismissed, alienated, insulted and humiliated by our diplomatic experts.  They now understand that they will always be our enemy and have planned accordingly. 

Russia has been under some form of outright sanctions for 8 years and one could say unspoken sanctions forever. They have adapted to were they are mostly self sufficient, and can likely out weather the west when it comes to sacrifice and suffering.

In the last 10 years they have modernized their armed forces to be quite formidable. 

Most likely every sanction will be followed by a response that will be costly to the west. Possibly a tax or surcharge on gas on countries who engage in sanctions. Also a discount on those who do not. Energy is the mothers milk of economic prosperity. 

Energy independence will require the West to abort all their clean energy plans and reopen coal mines and pump a lot more oil. Or, continue on their path of windmills and solar panels and descend into 3rd world economic status.

Biden does not have many friends left in the middle east and many countries distrust the promises of being beholding to this country. Again, our foreign policy has created either enemies or distrust. There are many who will desire to stay out of this conflict. It may be time when money will not be enough to buy friends.

Is Ukraine about to be partitioned?

 RUSSIAN TROOPS GATHER ON UKRAINE'S EASTERN BORDER

ZELINSKY HAS VOWED TO LIBERATE CRIMEA AND SEVASTOPOL

On March 11, 2021,  Volodymyr Zelensky, president of Ukraine, made public statements that he has put forth a plan to reunite Crimea into Ukraine. 

"The document defines a set of measures of a diplomatic, military, economic, information, humanitarian and other nature, aimed at restoring territorial integrity and state sovereignty of Ukraine within internationally recognized borders through the de-occupation and reintegration of Crimea,

It was followed by the Russian federation moving armor and troops to Crimea and the eastern border of Ukraine. There is little doubt that Russia will not allow Crimea or the city and port of Sevastopol to be reunited with Ukraine.

This Ukrainian conflict was a result of the revolution in Ukraine in 2014 and the plan to allow Ukraine to be a NATO member, It was also planned to make Sevastopol, now the Russian federations only warm water port a NATO naval base. It will not happen without an all out war.

The architects of the Ukrainian revolution and this plan our now back in power in the United States government. It is part of the policy of containment initiated by the U.S. to encircle Russia with the expansion of NATO right up to the borders of Russia. Their long term motive is the isolation of Russia and hopefully the overthrow of the present government. So far, sanctions and demonization of Russia by the U.S. government and the media have not succeeded in bringing down the Russian government. In fact, Russia has become more self reliant and will unlikely be forced to capitulate without  being defeated by war.

If a conflict should ensue, the result will likely be the partitioning of Ukraine into an eastern and western country. Will the European countries want to get involved into a conflict over Ukraine? Will the U.S. be willing to go to war over Ukraine?

I suspect Zelensky has been prompted by the players in the U.S. state department to create this situation, thinking it will further isolate Russia and alienate them form western europe. It is a high stakes gamble with someone likely to be placed into a no way out situation. 

It is delusional to believe that Russia will allow any further encroachment by NATO. It seems there is lots of delusion going around  these days.

Originally published 4/13/2021

Today, Russia is about to formally recognize the self proclaimed republics of Donetsk and Luhansk, This will force Ukraine to either concede this territory or engage militarily to recapture this territory. This conflict has been ongoing for 8 years. Ukraine has been unable to bring the area under control.

It is likely that after this declaration, Russia will the form an alliance with these two areas to ally in their defense. It seems Russia is in the process of creating a defensive alliance that now includes an increasing number of its neighbors. I suppose it is now becoming an opposing alliance to NATO.

Are rolling protests the model for the future?

CAN ROLLING PROTESTS BE EFFECTIVE WITHOUT MUCH RISK 

AS GOVERNMENTS GET MORE AUTHORITARIAN, PROTESTERS MUST BE CREATIVE

We see the the Canadian dictator Trudeau has upped the anti with the trucker protest in Canada. He is overreacting in his effort to stop the trucker protest without considering their demands. It is all about showing the unwashed masses that he is the boss in Canada. This may be a signal to other authority hungry administrations that they too should never appease protesters, especially if they are predominantly not a favored race or other orientation.

One creative way to avoid this targering is to move to a rolling protest, one that doesn't go to the Washington Monument in buses, spending the day standing in the rain or cold in an attempt to have a grievance heard. Washington and most other state capitals have been dealing with these protests on a daily basis for years. They are mostly ignored.

So, a rolling protest could be used on any targeted government and could be made into a fun day. You could even take the kids or the neighbors, a cooler with refreshments, and have a trip around a capital or object of protest with minimal inconvenience and discomfort.  You could participate for hours or days or weeks depending on your enthusiasm, but it would be essential that it is conducted during business days and hours. 

Such tactics could also be used to get the attention of certain corporations who seem to enjoy a fascist relationship with the government. so far these arrangements are without risk. These protests could be conducted without ever setting foot on private property.

It could all be conducted with the outward label as a sightseeing trip to the capital and definitely would be a peaceful and nonviolent affair. It would just be a overcrowding and possibly slowing of traffic on all the highways and roads leading to any chosen capital. It could become a very inconvenient situation for those who work there, the actual people whose attention you need to obtain. It could be timed with votes on contoveral legislation, or other days when access is important. You could go home at night or have some fellowship with your new fiends.

This type of protest would work well for Truckers, as they could just take turns driving slow on all lanes, they could take turns, so as not to be targeted for fines etc. Once things are tied up it could take hours for things to straighten out.  This would work well from early morning to noon on most commuting routes. It would not be easy to identify who started the slowdown, or once tied up, even get to where the slow down started.

Of course, all this is just a new hypothetical idea of how to get the attention of those elitist authoritarians who still believe that they can suppress and cancel out whoever they choose. It would be best if these officials would take into consideration the objections to there rulings before all this is necessary. Like unruly children, they too need to know that there can be consequences for unthinking edicts.

Roots of Russia, U.S. distrust 7

U.S., RUSSIA RELATIONS POST WW2 PART 7

COLD WAR INTENSIFIES

After the dissolution of the Soviet Union, U.S. and the Russian Federation had nearly 20 years of relatively good relations. There were many agreements on nuclear arms reduction, missile defense systems, joint space venture etc. These relations were conducted between George Bush, Bill Clinton, George Bush 2 and Barack Obama. Their Russian counterparts were Michael Gorbachev, Boris Yeltsin and Vladimir Putin.

They cooperated on international terrorism and criminal activity, AIDS, and humanitarian issues. Russia was concerned about U.S. involvement in the former Yugoslavia. Russia supported the first gulf war but opposed the invasion of Iraq, but abstained from voting against the U.S. in the U.N.. Russia complained, without taking any action, about the expansion of NATO. The U.S. complained about Russia's action in Chechnya and Georgia, which has a lot to do with Islamic terrorism on their southern border.

One of the Russian Federation's primary goals after the dissolution of the Soviet Union was to be admitted into International organizations on trade, economics etc. They were a permanent member of the U.N. since its founding, but there seemed to be a reluctance by the U.S. to accept them as an influential member of the world community.

While the U.S. has over 200 years of managing a democratic Republic, the Russians have 25 years of transitioning to self government. There were, and still are, many in the state department who would rather keep Russia isolated and contained. This was the objective in the expansion of NATO. It may be that Vladimir Putin began to see that the policy of the west may be to never accept Russia on equal terms, unless they completely submit to the west. This would be in all things, culturally, as well as economically, and a much diminished military capacity.  It is understandable that there is a fear of a strong economically prospering Russia, but in the long run can containment result in a positive outcome. Constructive engagement was a term that could possibly yield a positive result.

The Ukraine and the European community had been negotiating cooperation and possible membership since the mid 1990's. There were a lot of hurdles to accomplish this. The EU wanted more human rights, and a stronger legal system among other things. The Ukraine's exports to Russia were over 50% of their economy, much of this generated from the ethnic Russian eastern part of the country. They have many co-operative defense manufacturing agreements, all this was complicated by the EU insistence that if they entered into a free trade agreement with Ukraine, the Ukraine could not be in a free trade agreement with Russia. 

The Ukraine was almost entirely dependent on Russia for its energy, mostly natural gas. There was perception that the EU and the U.S. wanted to peel the Ukraine away from the Russian Federation. In 2014 there was a revolution in the Ukraine, President Victor Yanukovych and the parliament were dissolved. This was supported by billions of dollars from Washington to foster democracy in the Ukraine. 

The western part of Ukraine was determined to join the EU and was also inclined to join NATO. Eastern Ukraine is mostly a Russian population. Russia did not object to the joining of the EU, but was vehemently against the expansion of NATO right on their border. There was even talk of  replacing the Russian Fleets Naval base in Sevastopol, Crimea with a NATO Naval base. This is not likely to ever happen peaceably.  This led to the Russian occupation of the Crimea. There was a referendum held in the Crimea and they voted 97% to become incorporated into the Russian Federation. The Ukraine was outraged, the West declared the vote illegal and sanctions were leveled by the West on Russia. The Eastern Ukraine erupted in fighting with 2 areas claiming independence. A pew poll taken shortly after the referendum in Crimea found that 91% believe the referendum was free and fair. Also 88% believed Ukraine should recognize the results.

The Ukrainian, Crimean, Russian conflict is a complicated situation. It seems the West is determined to push Russia farther away from the community of nations. The fact that the U.S. and the West has intervened to control the events in Ukraine's politics and pushed to allow Ukraine into NATO are issues that will not be resolved easily. Russia has now upped the anti by supporting opposition groups in the EU and attempted to disrupt the U.S. election. If Russia would attempt to have bases in Mexico or Canada or Cuba it would be a international crisis. The attempt to encircle and move NATO membership closer and closer to the borders of  Russia have most likely come to their limit, unless the West is ready to go to war. It seems the goal may be to encourage regime change in Russia. This is not likely to happen as Putin has a high approval rating in his country and the Russian people understand the situation.

Both Russia and the Ukraine have much to lose in this crisis. There is much interdependence and history between the two countries. It is possible with a new look and a willingness of all parties to co-operate to come to a satisfactory agreement. It is possible that the anti will now be raised much higher, to get the attention of the West and the Ukraine to be more willing for a re-evaluation of their  policy of Russian containment. The West, rather than attempting to punish Putin and Russia, should assist in negotiating a reasonable solution.

While, of course this is a brief summary of the history of U.S. relations with the Soviet Union and the Russian Federation. There is much I could not cover in this brief summary. There are more details found in Wikipedia, U.S. state department. and many article by the Kissinger group and others. While some may disagree as to who is at fault for this situation, it cannot be denied that there is a serious crisis at hand. This summary may be useful in understanding this relationship as it will most likely be in the news in the coming months.

originally published 2/8/17 part 7 of 7

2/14/2021

The U.S. state department is insisting that an invasion by Russia is imminent, that may be true, It has been made clear in the last few weeks that Russia has sent written proposals to the west to address their concerns and complaints, that did not start in the last few weeks, but is rooted in the U.S. policy of containment, coupled with a U.S. policy of regime change anywhere it should choose. 

A compromise and suitable agreement is possible, that would insure the independence and security of Ukraine and Russia. It is likely that Germany, France and Ukraine would be seriously interested in such an agreement. It seems the U.S. is unwilling to listen or acknowledge any concerns of Russia. It seems they are determined to continue on the same path of the past, a foreign policy that has destroyed the middle east, destabilized the politics and culture of Europe, and now may very well usher in a new era of instability and chaos in Europe. 

This foreign policy has weakened the U.S. both economically and militarily and has damaged the respect formally enjoyed by the United States.

If any agreement is reached it will be from the negotiations of the countries who have the most to lose by a continued confrontation with Russia, such a compromise will be a devastating blow to the ability of the U.S. to control the direction of world events.

Strict adherence to the Constitution would bring unity.

 THE CONSTITUTION IS THE LAW FOR THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT

FOUNDERS NEEDED TO ADD PENALTIES FOR UNCONSTITUTIONAL ACTIONS

If we are objective we would have to admit that most of the controversy and division in this country today would be lessened if all elected officials would take the Constitution and Bill of Rights seriously. Sadly, most are looking for ways to work around the Constitution.  

The Constitution is a simple document, it lays out the construction of our Federal government, the Bill of Rights was demanded by the writers who understood that government is a devouring beast that will, if left unchecked, trample on the rights and lives of the citizens.

The duties and limits on the Federal government have been very clearly spelled out, yet we see some of the most outrageous legislation debated in a serious manner by members on both sides of the political spectrum. We see abuses by a growing fascist partnership; between government and private companies to work around the constitution and bill rights, especially concerning freedom of speech. Speech is words and if they offend, sorry, they need to be protected. Once we decide that some speech is worthy of acknowledgment and some not, it is a very dangerous slippery slope. While the country has protected pornoghraphy and all kinds of questionable behaviour, they have consistently attempted to limit political speech, the type of speech that the framers had in mind.

Only governments with authoritarian goals want to limit speech, be careful of any government or their allies that seek to limit speech.

Then there is the issue of Executive Orders, another method of skirting the limits imposed by the Constitution. Executive orders were a method of enforcing already enacted laws, not diminishing or dismissing existing law. It is now common practice to not enforce laws that an administration does not like. This is flagrant dereliction of duty to uphold the law and the constitution. It is clearly a grounds for removal from office.

The Constitution made changes a real possibility, it is only through the amendment process that it can be legally changed, not by the whims of one administration after another attempting to impose their will on the people. We have seen very important changes to the Constitution that changed or clarified rights to the people, women voting, election of Senators and other important changes. We saw the outlawing of alcohol by the amendment process and also its reversal. It was all supported by the majority of the citizens.

We often hear the proclamation that the unconstitutional wishes of one group of activists or another are supported by the overwhelming majority, if that is really the case, then a Constitutional amendment is the legal way to accomplish this change. A time consuming and difficult endeavor, as it should be. Adhering to these principles of constitutional government would relieve a lot of stress and divisiveness, Something we all need at this time.

Justin Trudeau thinks he is Napoleon, but rules more like Marie Antoinette.

THE MALE INCARNATION OF THE CHILD QUEEN OF FRANCE 

HE SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST INVITED THE TRUCKERS TO TEA AND CAKE

While it seems that Justin Trudeau is still in hiding and has possibly abdicated his position, he has recently made some proclamations via Twitter. So far, all his statements have been slanderous to anyone who would question his proclamations. He has labeled any dissent as racist, xenophobic, insurrectionist, homophobic, anti semitic, white supremacist, or any other label he could use to dismiss the protesters legitimacy.

He has now linked support of the protesters to right wing extremists in the United States, how long until he descends into labeling the protests to be instigated by Russian propaganda.

Trudeau, whose only encounter with truckers in his brief history was probably seeing them on the highway and possibly interfering with his travel in his chauffeured limousine. It is very likely that he views Trucks as spewers of carbon emissions and taking up space on the highway. The drivers themselves often unshaven and looking unkempt as they attempt to make a living by furnishing the nation with its needs. Certainly not any group that he would want to be seen with nor give any credence to their protests.

This whole affair could have been avoided, if Trudeau could have rejected the policies of his former incarnation and would have just sat down and considered that these Truckers really are no threat, whether vaccinated or not, driving their trucks from coast to coast, mostly accompanied by only themselves. They are just a little more independent than the average Canadian, as are all truckers worldwide, that is why they choose the solitary existence of just them and their Trucks.

But sadly, its seems some elites just cannot learn how to deal with the unwashed masses and may have to go through several more incarnations, until it dawns on them, that the world doesn't really revolve around them and their elitist friends. These Truckers just don't take any of you as seriously as you do yourself.

Poroshenko returns to Ukraine, the undisputed U.S. favorite.

IS POROSHENKO BEING GROOMED TO REPLACE ZELENSKY?

IS HIS PRESENCE JUST PUTTING THE PRESSURE ON ZELENSKY TO SUBMIT

We recently saw that Petro Poroshenko has returned to Ukraine and is subject to being charged with treason. Poroshenko was president of Ukraine from 2014 to 2019. He came to power after the former president and his administration was overthrown by a U.S. backed revolution. Zelensky, a former entertainer, overwhelmingly defeated Poroshenko in the last election. Poroshenko was the designated favorite of the U.S. state department.

The former Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch was recalled and eventually fired, by then President Donald Trump, after complaints from officials in Ukraine that she refused to acknowledge Zelensky or even meet with him. She was openly a big supporter of Poroshenko. One must wonder if Poroshenko's return to the scene is pressure being exerted on poor Zelensky by the Biden Administration. Are they signalling his replacement is already on the scene? 

Zelensky ran on attempting to have better relations with Russia. It seems that he has even discussed having unilateral talks with Russia. This is a no no with the U. S. State department and the Biden administration. All negotiations have to go through the U.S. or there may be consequences.

It seems there are more countries in Europe who advocate for a review of the U.S. policy of containment of Russia. Some believe Russia is part of Europe and a reasonable relationship is necessary for the prosperity of all. 

While the U.S. claims that Russia's concerns for their security is a non-starter, the reality is that so far there are already changes on the horizon. 

Russia wanted to extend the missile treaty that expired under the Trump administration. Trump wanted to expand the treaty to include China. He was not opposed to extending the treaty, but thought he had a chance to include China into a new treaty. It now appears that the U. S. and Russia do appear ready to renew this treaty.  A win for Russian diplomacy.

The biggest obstacle to Russian demands was the stopping of the expansion of NATO. It seems that while the U.S. is in strong opposition to this demand, other members of NATO are not in agreement. It seems that NATO expansion requires a unanimous vote by all members and it now seems that there are more than a few NATO members who will not vote for any further NATO expansion.

There is a strong possibility that Ukraine and Russia, with the assistance of their European neighbors, can come to a reasonable solution and a new era of European cooperation and prosperity. They should consider what is in the best interest of Ukraine and the other European countries.

Censorship, cancelling, all signs that the left is losing the argument.

DESPERATE TO LIMIT ANYONE VOICING OTHER OPINIONS

THEY OBVIOUSLY HAVE NO FAITH IN THEIR OWN AGENDA

Cancel culture is just another indication that the left understands that their agenda, when exposed to open debate, is losing. Their ideas cannot hold up to sunlight and transparency. Only by enforcing that  only 1 opinion is disseminated can they hope to keep control of the direction of this country. They have been able to use most of the media, the educational system, the majority of politicians and the administrative bureaucratic government to make their ideas the only game in town, and they are still losing. I suspect that they are dumbfounded that this is happening. That is why they then resort to labeling people as deplorable, fringe minorities, racists, terrorists or whatever they think will be effective in suppressing dissent.

While efforts to shape public opinion has always existed, it has now expanded to include a fascist cooperation with the media, big business, entertainment, sports and any other avenues to shape public opinion in their favor, and it is not working. We have descended into  a propaganda campaign that is very much what has occured in Totalitarian governments.What dangerous excesses will they stoop to to enforce their view of the world.

While they still have success with many people, there is more and more who recognize the lies, the half truths and the just plain ignoring whatever they don't want people to focus on. They seem to be getting more desperate as the days go on. The credibility of the government and their media puppets is becoming more obvious to more and more people. There are more people recognizing the contradictions and untruths being pedaled every day. The population have become much more aware. It is to the point that if any subject has political implications, they are probably lying. The weather may be the last unbiased reporting left, but if it can be connected to global warming, maybe not.

More citizens are now aware of the meaning of the constitution and are able to understand court rulings that are not based on the law and the constitution. Rulings with obvious political leaning are now becoming more clear to more of the citizenry.

The country has been subjected to outright lying and hypocrisy by government departments,  media and enforced by a cooperative corporate establishment. The most blatant example was the Russian collusion investigation that was in fact a 3 year display of a false narrative that was encouraged and extended by willing accomplices.

While those who opposed Trump relished in the whole affair, hoping it could be used for political advantage, even though many knew it was a lie. It has led to the disillusionment and lack of credibility of government institutions and the media. I really don't know how they can recover their credibility other than to admit and apologize. They have so far chosen to double down and keep the lies going.

The fact that they would stoop to this outrageous method to discredit Trump and his supporters is the clearest indication yet, that they are desperate, because they know they cannot win the debate about the future of the country on the issues.  It seems they are willing to destroy the country rather than let the people decide our path for the future. It is a historical fact that the more governments attempt to suppress free speech, the more they convince the rest of the population that something is wrong. 

Whoopie just believes race is the exclusive domain of African-Americans

MOST BLACKS BELIEVE THAT RACISM CAN ONLY APPLY TO THEM 

AND THAT IT IS IMPOSSIBLE FOR THEM TO BE RACIST

Much of the bro ha ha over Whoopi Goldberg believing that the holocaust was not based on racism is not unusual in today's view and obsession with racism. To many, racism is wholly a problem in the United States and can only be practiced by white people concerning black people.

Fact is, racism is as old as human existence and so is slavery. Slavery still exist today. In all tribal warfare the winners got to make slaves of the losers, it was probably the rule more than the exception. The exception was often out right genocide of the losers. Particularly if they had no value from work or sale.

As of 2018 the countries with the most slaves were India ( 8 million), China (3.86 million), Pakistan (3.19 million), North Korea (2.64 Million), Nigeria (1.39 million) Indonesia (1.22 million) and the Congo (1 million) In fact some estimate that there are as many as 40 million people enslaved in one form another in the world today, the most at any time in human history. 

Not all slavery is based on racism, some of it is a way to repay their debts, some is human sex trafficking that is still big business in today's U.S. inner cities. Some is still the old fashioned just because they can. 

I suspect that most African slaves were the losers in tribal conflicts and when it became evident that there was a market for slaves, they likely found more enemies to enslave and sell.

Organized government endorsed slavery in the 20th and 21st century has largely been the domain of totalitarian socialist governments, who view the individual as just an consumable asset to be used by the state. This is the end result of all totalitarian governments.

As for racism, it seems suspicion of people who look different or have different cultures seems to be part of human nature. It becomes a problem in a free society when people intentionally treat such others in a different way than they would treat those who are of the same race or culture.

It seems that there is a prevalence of thought today that black people can never be racist. They can only be the victims of racism. How would we explain the overt racism of Farrakhan and his followers who are the most outspoken purveyors of anti-semitism in this country. Or the obvious racist attacks on Asians by African Americans. Ask the Asian population, if you would really like to know the truth. Or the tenets of "Critical race theory" that believes that all white people are racist and that all the causes of misfortune of the black population is because of white racism. This whole theory is racist in that it labels a whole race, the white race, as racist. 

While of course there is a history of racism in this country, as in every country in the world, it has become a political weapon that has likely set race relations back decades, if not forever. Whoopie just spoke what she believes, and what she has been taught by the purveyors of victimhood. Whoopie is a person who has experienced much success in this racist world and has now stepped into it by her ability to be heard, because of her success.

Biden: Rising inflation is an asset! A real economic genius.

BIDEN DOES BEST WHEN HE TALKS THE LEAST

WE WILL SEE HOW LONG HIS "GETTING OUT THERE", CONTINUES 

Last week, Joe Biden responded to a question by reporter Peter Doocy about the political fallout from increasing inflation by calling Doocy a dumb SOB and stating that rising inflation is an asset. I do not know of any economic theory or philosophy that lists increased inflation as an asset. Someone has to ask Biden what economic philosophy he is pursuing? Is this part of " Modern Economic Theory", the half backed theory of marxist progressives.

Inflation's most damaging effects are felt by the lower parts of the economy. Those without real assets that might increase in value as a result of inflation. Usually the increase is just in the appearance, because the increase in value is really a reduced value of the buying power of money, which if the asset is sold will not buy as much as before inflation.

Anyway, those who are living with just minimal wages and dependent to rent and most of wages are expended on necessities may very soon be put in an untenable position. Of course, the government can then appeal to them to save them, from the predicament that the government has created. So, I guess that is what Biden is talking about, an asset of the government, in its quest to acquire more power.

Or is it the fact that with a $30 trillion national debt, that the government hopes to devalue the buying power of our hard earned and saved dollars to minimize the percentage size of the ever growing national debt. Yes, If you are a big totalitarian government apologist, increasing inflation, in your corrupted eyes, is an asset.

Fauci under fire.

FAUCI IS NOW IN THE BARREL FOR NUMEROUS FALSEHOODS AND COVERUPS 

ALREADY BEING CONSIDERED FOR LYING TO CONGRESS

Anthony Fauci, the head of the National institute of health, is now under the microscope for numerous instances of lying to congress. This is just the least of his potential problems that he may have to answer for.

Fauci, the highest paid government official in the country with a base salary of over $450,000, more than the president at $400,000 and an estimated retirement package of $350,000 a year has been the go to guy on everything Covid related. Recent revelations obtained through the freedom of information act have raised many questions about Fauci, concerning the origins of Covid-19 and his responses to questions concerning this topic. A criminal referral has been sent to the department of Justice for lying to the senate.

There is positive proof that Ecohealth alliance, a U.S. based company paid the Wuhan institute to do research on Bat viruses starting in 2014. Ecohealth received $40 million in grants from the pentagon for bio research. It also received 3.07 form the National Institute of Health. It seems there were safety concerns with these experiments being done in the U.S. and then it was moved to China.

It has also been verified that they all knew that these experiments were in Gain of function research that would make this bat viruses capable of infecting humans. When asked about this, Fauci who ok'd this research, denies it was gain of function research, but there is ample proof that this was just that.

It was very recently revealed that in the early days of this pandemic several top bio researches voiced to Fauci and NIH that they examined this virus and concluded it was a genetically lab manipulatrd virus. Later they recanted their earlier findings and the received grants from the NIH for several million dollars. It is expected that these researchers will be called to testify in the future.

Fauci has insisted from the beginning that this was a natural occuring virus, which is now being disputed by more researchers. This is a scientific matter that can eventually be concluded one way or the other.

Fauci also has been proved to have been involved with the development of a vaccine for this virus several years before the emergence of this virus. He is also under scrutiny for his connections to Pfizer pharmaceutical. At this time those are all questions yet to be answered, but I would expect they will eventually be answered. Transcripts concerning the development of these vaccines have been sought by investigators but the Nih with a budget of over $40 billion claims it does not have the resources to release these documents in a timely way and estimates it will take 75 years to complete the process.

We will have to see how this all plays out, but the world deserves to know what has transpired concerning this virus, which has cost millions of lives and disrupted the world economy.

Is Law enforcement near breaking point?

 BORDER PATROL DISGUSTED, CITY POLICE SENDING CLEAR MESSAGE

MORALE DETERIORATING FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT AND MILITARY

In the last week we saw an unprecedented turnout for the funeral of a fallen New York city policeman. Officers came from all over to show their support and also make it clear that changes need to be made. We also saw leaked videos and recordings of meetings of Border Patrol personell voicing their disgust at the policies of this administration, concerning border enforcement. Morale in law enforcement is at an all time low. Recruitment for the military is becoming increasingly difficult.

All this is a result of a policy begun over 10 years ago by the Obama administration. Intentionally targeting police and law enforcement concerning our high rate of incarceration and some abusees by some police officers. 

City officials refusing to enforce the law, particularly concerning illegal immigration. 

Then the effort to elect district attorneys who refuse to enforce laws concerning theft, assault, and numerous so called minor offenses. The culmination of these policies has been the near destruction of law enforcement and the rule of law.

Big City police departments have all seen a record number of retirements and just plain quitting. They are having a hard time recruiting quality replacements. Would you encourage your son or daughter to enter law enforcement today? They are losing their mature experienced officers and it may be very dangerous as to who will replace them.

This applies to the military which is now a testing ground for social engineering, an experiment that is unlike any that has been engaged in human history. If this trend continues we will be filling our ranks with a draft or more likely a mercenary army, increasingly a foreign mercenary army. In fact, that trend has been going on for some time. A very dangerous reality for a free society.

With the approaching firing of police and military because of vaccination mandates this problem of recruitment is about to become greater.

If we are to save this experiment in self rule we need to change direction, now, not in another year or 3. District attorneys who refuse to enforce the law, particularly with violent offenders, need to be taken out of office by impeachment or just pressure to be fired. City Mayors who refuse to obey the law need to be removed. Charges need to filed for dereliction of duty. While we see calls for the removal of politicians for having lockdown parties and other nonsense, we need to more specific on those who do not keep their oath of office. The information to bring criminal charges against these officials is available and should be used to remove them.

Same goes for national office holders, the head of the border patrol and his rulers in Washington have all been blatantly refusing to enforce the legitimate laws of the country. Impeachment or whatever other legal recourse should be started now. If this country is to survive it may be up to the people to begin pressuring their representatives, that these actions need to commence now.