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Why don't Jewish women drink tea ? Because it's a HEbrew.

This reply is the creation of a closed mind. We ought to be grateful to be in the ( virtual ) presence of one of the Great Ones, and that He is willing to demonstrate to all of us the follies to which we subscribe. His 'gotchas' and clever traps for the unwary are a perfect way to guide us from m the corruption and demonic influence of the MSM, and His brilliant mind is a blazing torch to lead us to the Truth. Or some such pony.

Don't jump to conclusions 😉

At the risk of taking this thread further off topic, there is "history" between Russia and Ukraine that goes back much further than 2014. Russia has always viewed the Ukrainiwns as subservient to them, that Ukraine only exists to feed the superior Russian people. The Holodomyr was a deliberate act of genocide, the Tatars were subjected to mass deportations from their traditional lands in Crimea. There is a reason why the Ukrainians welcomed the Germans in 1941 as liberators, ( admittedly this was misguided ).

Russia armed and supplied the insurrection in Donetsk and Luhansk, Russia annexed Crimea by military force, Russia invaded Ukraine. The United States forced Ukraine to give up it's nuclear weapons in return for guarantees of security. NATO has never forced a country to join the alliance. However, fear of Putin has.

That is a bigger load of stinking shite than even the elephants at Blackpool zoo could manage. In other news, the Earth is flat, the stars are merely luminescent dots painted on a dome covering the world, and the moon is made of cheese and is positioned 1500 miles above the North pole.

Donald Trump to Fox News in 2021 ; "Bitcoin is a scam".

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Has Woksaintly stolen Nic's thunder ?

I won't hold my breath.

You can add Slovakia to that.

https://ukdefencejournal.org.uk/norwegian-fuel-supplier-refuses-u-s-warships-over-ukraine/ "Norwegian fuel company Haltbakk Bunkers has announced it will cease supplying fuel to U.S. military forces in Norway and American ships docking in Norwegian ports, citing dissatisfaction with recent U.S. policy towards Ukraine. In a strongly worded statement, the company criticised a televised event involving U.S. President Donald Trump and Vice President J.D. Vance, referring to it as the “biggest shitshow ever presented live on TV.” Haltbakk Bunkers praised Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky for his restraint, accusing the U.S. of “putting on a backstabbing TV show” and declaring that the spectacle “made us sick.” As a result, the company stated: “We have decided to immediately STOP as fuel provider to American forces in Norway and their ships calling Norwegian ports. No Fuel to Americans!” Haltbakk Bunkers also urged Norwegians and Europeans to follow their lead, concluding their statement with the slogan “Slava Ukraina” in support of Ukraine."

How disrespectful ......

Lodger

Hypothetically, how would you have expected European powers to have reacted to Russia's invasion of Ukraine, had they held such a capability ?

General Mark Clark's US 5th Army liberated Rome on 4th June 1944. He was mightily pissed off when this event didn't make the front pages of the US press, having been overshadowed by D-Day.

It took the 8th Army and the US 5th Army 2 years to fight up the length of Italy in WW2. Excellent defensive mountainous terrain.

Not could we, and we have tried many times.

When Churchill visited the White House in 1942 he wore a blue boiler suit. I suspect that nobody asked him if he owned a jacket.

I hope you continue to follow this advice.

Nic, do you agree with Sachs over COVID having been bio-engineered by the US ?

To put Sachs in context, In July 2022, Sachs said he was "pretty convinced," though "not sure" that COVID-19 came out of "U.S. lab biotechnology," which is considered by the European Union to be COVID-19 disinformation by China. While Sachs has leanings toward the possibility of a virus leak from a "U.S.-backed laboratory research program," he has stated that "A natural spillover is also possible, of course. Both hypotheses are viable at this stage.". He has also appeared on Russian TV debates stating that Ukraine should sue for peace and give up on it's "maximalist demands" that Russia should withdraw from all occupied territory. He has been regularly criticized because of his apparent refusal to apportion any blame to Putin for the war. He was the economist who directly influenced the economic policies of Gorbachev and Yeltsin that drastically crashed the Russian economy. He has views that may appeal to some, but he is nothing more than a self styled 'expert' viewing the World from his university ivory tower.

So, from that, what was Putin's justification for attempting to wipe Ukraine off the map ? What justification is there for Bucha, Mariupol, and the total erasure of entire towns ? Of the systematic torture and brutalization of "liberated" civilian populations, or the kidnapping and brain washing of thousands of children ?

Bowled out for 179, the lowest score in a completed innings in the tournament, and, unless a miracle bowling performance materialises, because Bangladesh and Pakistan both had a washout, the only team to not get a point. McCullum has made a real difference to the ODI team. I read somewhere that so far this year the men's and women's teams, combined, have played 25 matches across all formats, and won 1.