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I'll bet you he has a food taster.

Anyway your position seems to be that the US can answer this on a military to military level. Although I am reasonably sure that you are correct, neither the US nor the world is willing to pay the price.

Where is that sarcasm font when I need it?

It will be a small fraction of the number that were killed in Iraq. Some lives matter more though.

Putin has received push-back. He pulled every string he could to get out of the last round of sanctions, but Trump could not get it done for him. He will feel the pain and he will feel real pressure from those he must please to remain in power. His mastery of the west is nothing compared to what he must do to stay alive in the Kremlin. But apparently it is worth it to him to be remembered in history as Vlad The Great.

Yes, and similar in Canada. As I said they exploit the rules because there is no majority in society on most issues.

Yes. The only effective response that the west can mount at this time is a long term disciplined approach to containing Russia. But the west is not disciplined at all and rarely considers the longer term.

Germany is controlled by the CDU who received about 35% of the vote. Canada is controlled by the Liberal Party which also received about 35%. Democracies all have rules which are understood and exploited by the ruling classes. The only thing that makes them work is the very real possibility that if the people get angry enough they can kick the bums out.

He is the only leader willing to risk a third world war over Ukraine. Thankfully. There is a reason why Ukraine was never really seriously considered for NATO membership. And the possibility of this event is that reason.

That would feel good. Until the reality set in. Where would you land your troops? You are the first person I have seen make this call. I assume you are kidding.

Putin controls enough nukes to make challenging him a wild gamble. He is gnashing his teeth and growling like a mad dog. Maybe it's too keep the west off balance or maybe he is off balanced. Hard to know. The only people who can do anything about it and make Russia pay the price are the Ukrainians themselves. Time will tell, but in a modern surveillance society run by former KGB/GRU security operatives it will be very hard to run a guerilla war. But you are wrong about how serious this is. Putin's goal is much larger.

This is for Bigun..!!!!!!!!!

I am hearing rumours that Trudeau is planning to declare an emergency and deploy mounted police and a fleet of tow trucks to Ukraine.

In my case it would be more accurate if it read fuck the right wing of the US political system.

Well that’s kind of cute. But for some reason no one thought it was important to give those any foundation in law. Unlike the right to own slaves!

Are all those nations in the USA “sphere of influence “? (I realize your point was unrelated)

There’s a lesson for Canada in this. One day when the United States falls to a right wing dictatorship we are going to wish we had nuclear weapons.

What part of the constitution or Bill of Rights speaks of responsibilities?

How Putinesque of you.

She has also taken a stab at leading a separatist movement that would like to see the three prairie provinces form a nation.

I've never heard of the Whole Foods to Cracker Barrel ratio before. Is it also a voting pattern indicator? Edit, Good Grief!!!! I Googled it and ....it is. https://noah-ford.com/cracker-barrel-whole-foods-presidential-2020 I don't really get it though. I like Cracker Barrel but I've never been to Whole Foods and don't even like the concept. Obviously I don't vote in US elections. But I have never voted for a conservative in my life.

Around here first nations women picking wild blueberries wear bells to alert the bears. I'm pretty sure they know what they are doing. But there are no grizzlies in the area.

The number 2 comes mind. It's sort of like potty humour. The amendment is a piece of shit.

Could you put that into an easy to understand meme for the simple people here?

There you go, as I said I'm no expert. But there are experts here. Is there a requirement that approved materials are used?