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Wesley Hoyle's avatar

Can the Biden admin sanction the US next, so our economy does as well as Russia's

Annie's avatar

I was thinking the same thing. Corn pop hasn't been right ever. 1st - 2021 prediction of pandemic and death to the unvaccinated. 2nd - Russian defeat and Ukrainian victory. Wrong on both accounts. Matter of fact, both the unvaccinated and Russia are surviving and doing quite well. FJB and all his ilk!

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

He’s like an exponentially bigger predictor of what not to do than anyone else, ever.

And I thought my father in law saying to turn left when it would ALWAYS need to a right was a big problem.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

Kind of like that finance guy on TV Jim Cramer.

If he tells you to buy, better sell.

Michael Framson's avatar

Jeff ended a sentence with "well, you know", and it cracked me up. We do know and there are so many "well you knows". Its a series of never ending well you knows.

The inflation reduction act question is, when will the rest know what we know?

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

Several friends and I have had 1 red pill switched from blue. My own 3rd-born finally believed me and is now firmly ensconced as a never-vaxxed, knows he shouldn’t have bought into Main Stream Misleadia, and has become a 22 year old republican! I’m prouder of all that than I am his scholarship and pending college graduation! 😝

Michael Framson's avatar

That is amazing, note worthy and encouraging. That should be on National MSM news but, well, you know.

ACroneintheWoods's avatar

Joey goes back to the 70's and has run for president something like three times. He has always been wrong and has always been dirty. Someone in his family will run for office at some point in time, they never go away.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Russia mandates the vaccine as well, not sure where you got that from.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Ukraine continues to liberate more territory than Putin's Winter Offensive but it's only the setup to additional, decisive action.

You'd have to take some interest in those facts to know this minimum.

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Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

SEE MARIPOL AFTER ITS LIBERATION!

Videos from Mariupol: https://www.youtube.com/@VideosfromMariupol

MARIUPOL IS BECOMING BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN CITY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dug7l-Pzy8

Iron Horsey's avatar

Disgusting Russian propaganda. Mariupol is a graveyard and there's no official death count as Russia wouldn't let the Red Cross in to see the thousands of bodies from their bombing of civilians there.

Putin's "liberation" of Russian speakers there led to them being murdered in mass. Putin's plundering oligarchs, family and friends were buying up property and building atop of the graves.

Russia is really a terrorist state. People in the US can't conceive of this bloodthirsty barbarism.

Dawn B's avatar

Why would Russia trust The Red Cross? They are another farce entity pretending to help but doing the opposite. They are accused of trafficking but that is well covered up, and their humble beginnings aren't what they seem. Just look at their symbolism. The logo resembles the knights of Malta and Templar mafia secret societies' symbols.

Ask a Russian what they think of Putin's beliefs and how things really are for them.

Ask an American what they think of Biden's belief's and how things really are for us.

Then, compare the answers.

Dawn B's avatar

There is a lot of disgusting propaganda here too crippling the population and turning men into women and making people crazy while giving them drugs to cope with their terrible lives here in the US because it is worse than living in Cuba or someplace else.

Chevrus's avatar

The highest grade of three ring binder coping street from the Foggy Bottom cubicle. You’re a thoroughbred a true champion.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Thank you and it's amusing to see the retreaded, "You're a government agent line" even though I've never held a government job.

Whatever makes you and your conspiracy happy though, Chevrus. 🐸

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

Looks pretty nice in those videos - better than most American cities these days!

Dick's avatar

I’m losing respect for this entire back and forth — both sides.

Iron Horsey, as I want to treat people with respect and to not ascribe bad motives NOR make unknowable assumptions, may we please have some links? True accounts of specific personal experience can be helpful too.

Furthermore, disagreement & discussion is fine. But you have no idea what I nor what anyone else knows about these things — nor what I (or anyone) can or cannot “conceive of this bloodthirsty barbarism”…or any other, for that matter. Presumptions are not helpful; accusations are stupid. And this all applies to those who engage here (stern stink eye to you all. )

Without corroborating and substantiating citations linked to our opinions, it’s just hot air.

Iron Horsey's avatar

I've shared links. Not too many.

Institute for the Study of War offers a tight overview from their website on developments.It will be deemed a "neocon" source not on par with Rumble grifters. ISW does provide good information however and is viewed globally as a good source.

Solzhenitsyn even passed is another good source. His work addresses well the problems in Russia today especially since the Russian Orthodox Church is led by a KGB man who now claims that Russia's attacks on Ukraine and its citizens is doing God's work. This mentality as you may have noticed surfaces here in the comments. It's attracted these Russians who support Putin's War.

https://twitter.com/Gerashchenko_en/status/1688866527188013056

daverkb's avatar

2 likes, so far. That would be 2Numbskulls. And maybe ... Dr. Whoelse?

Chevrus's avatar

😹👌🏽👍🏾👏

Susan Banks's avatar

Where do you get your information from?

Dick's avatar

Receipts, citations, links please? Thank you.

Timbo Slice's avatar

He probably will, anytime now. Thinking it's Russia.

Shelly S's avatar

Do you think we’ll see the headline “‘US has already lost’, according to President Biden”? Wait, that’s TRUE, so I guess not.

Oregon Kathy's avatar

This thread is hilarious, you guys gave me my first guffaw of the day.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Thanks Comrade. More Russian barbarism and imperialism, thank you! 🥴

daverkb's avatar

Ha! Ha! I'd like to have some of that Russie 'barbarism and imperialism'. Maybe it would give the US economy a shot in the arm!

Oregon Kathy's avatar

Actually, probably my only guffaw of the day...they are rather rare!

Wesley Hoyle's avatar

It would just take one missed medication, no doubt.

OnTheJump's avatar

I dunno, as obama himself stated, 'Speaking to a fellow Democrat about Joe Biden being the party’s nominee in 2020, Obama famously warned, “Don’t underestimate Joe’s ability to f–k things up.” ' ( from the NY Post - https://nypost.com/2023/07/11/barack-obama-was-right-to-be-wary-of-joe-bidens-ability-to-f-k-things-up/ )

Baya Sana's avatar

Joe's there BECAUSE the deep state wants to f things up for America (as it stands, or did). He's just the excuse so they can do it for way longer before Americans realize the true agenda.

Dawn B's avatar

Wow! I totally forgot about that. All this time I was thinking it was Obama under Biden's mask!

OnTheJump's avatar

Obama wouldn't be caught dead underneath a biden mask......nor would anyone reading here, lol.

Dawn B's avatar

It feels like a Scooby Doo episode but we don't get to pull the mask off at the end of the show.

OnTheJump's avatar

Sure as hell cartoon-like, ain't it?

.....wish I could change the channel.

Heterodox Introvert's avatar

I DO change the channel! The set auto-flips back to the main channel, darn it, but the spell of relief is pretty nice.

I enjoy the thought experiment of zooming way out from the planet. On the moon out. Pull up a light gravity chair and take a gander at the planet. Be strictly audience. Look at the play. Wow, those people are reallly invested in their s**t. Wait, so am I. Wait, what am I doing here? Say, I've barely stepped outside the neighborhood. What's on the other side of Pluto-no-longer-a-planet? Or over at Alpha Centauri? Say, all these stars are a sun in themselves. Do they have solar systems too? Wait, there's 100-200 billion of them? Just in the Milky Way galaxy? And there are 100-200 billion other galaxies? What the heck makes all that action on earth such a big deal? Oh, wait. Somebody (that maybe knows something I don't, what the heck do I know? Pffff. Not much!) said something about energy rippling out from earth into the universe. Wonder what that's about? Real deal? Nothing? Hm. Look at those clowns that think they're running the show down there. Omigosh the people are catching on. Ooo, this is getting good. And say, whose idea was it to give money such power all the way back when? Yuck. And now it's all just 0s and 1s in computers. That is so bizarre, and whoops when people get a handle on that one. Uh-oh. House o' cards. Welp, time's up. Back to the planet. That was a refreshing break. Woah, things look so different now. ...Until the set auto-flips back to the main channel and I get sucked in. My signal it's time for another thought trip. ...My friends love my wackiness 😉 My narcissist sister can't stand me. 😂

CStone's avatar

Well......iron horsey that that 2 n benn-jah-men might not mind wearing a buyden mask.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

I don’t wear a mask

At all, except an m50.

And that’s for really dangerous environments.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Let's go Brandon.

Without Traitor Joe, and his stupid, reckless Afghanistan debacle, none of this happens. No ChiCom-Russia-Mullahs Alliance on the march and Putin's War with his invasion of Ukraine.

This is difficult for some to understand actual real thinking. Too stuck in the narrow confines of Putin propaganda and his paid Rumble grifters. Sad.

Roman S Shapoval's avatar

Unorthodox, but would make great headlines!

Franklin O'Kanu's avatar

I just had to comment on this comment since my substack is called "Unorthodoxy" :)

Roman S Shapoval's avatar

Thanks for the comment! Love the look of your substack.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

I just subscribed to you and commented this morniong, Franklin. KEEP STANDING FIRM and SHARING YOUR SINCERE THOUGHTS.

JW's avatar

I think he has already sanctioned the US but all of the savings have gone into a piggy bank under the corvette.

KC & the Sunshine's avatar

And the passwords to that bank account are on Hunter’s laptop. SO…

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

HAVE YOU SEEN REBUILT MARIPOL? LOOKS BETTER THAN MOST AMERICAN CITIES!!!:

RUSSOphobia: Best Russia Invades Ukraine Memes (It's Still F*ck Ukraine!)

Kiev vs. US cities, rebuilt Mariupol, please hurry Mr. Putin (coz we are going broke in the West), Ukraine war summed up in memes, and more Ukraine hypocrisy meme + news the West won't tell you!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/best-russia-invades-ukraine-still-f-ck-ukraine

Videos from Mariupol: https://www.youtube.com/@VideosfromMariupol

MARIUPOL IS BECOMING BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN CITY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dug7l-Pzy8

SB's avatar

Um, I think he already did when he stopped all that oil production but doesn't seem to be working well here. Gas prices are going up and up, again.

JK's avatar

I know, right? I remember being puzzled by Brandon's refusal to impose sanctions on Russian energy, seeing as how well those sanctions devastated the American energy sector.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Russia's economy is not doing well. Hardly. You don't want the US economy to be doing that poorly.

If you think RT is accurate, well, you probably believe Mr. Childers quoting RT. 🐸🥶🤣

Dawn B's avatar

RT is probably more accurate than CNN and NPR you quoted earlier.

We really can't believe anything 100%, but CNN and NPR are are pretty sus and sketch at best with their misleading titles and copycat nonpartisan reporting.

Kathleen Janoski's avatar

I trust RT before I would trust MSM.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Well, no. While CNN and NPR are suspect they don't bend the actual time and space of reality. They'll stop there.

Not RT and not Mr. Childers apparently.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

The Russian economy isn't doing so hot. The ruble exploded to 107 per one US dollar, so about that.

PE Bird's avatar

Because Powell has been raising interest rates, while Russia has kept theirs more or less constant. Makes imports more expensive for Russia which stimulates their internal economy to the extent they can create import substitutes.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

BUT LOOK AT HOW MUCH THEY HAVE BEEN ABLE TO DO FOR MARIPOL AFTER ITS LIBERATION!

Videos from Mariupol: https://www.youtube.com/@VideosfromMariupol

MARIUPOL IS BECOMING BEAUTIFUL RUSSIAN CITY: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7Dug7l-Pzy8

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

No comment on the 12 year old girl that was raped and murdered by Russian soldiers in Mariupol?

CStone's avatar

No account on the barbarism of your boss, Buydenn molesting his OWN DAUGHTER?

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Deflection. Her body was found a few days later and the suspect vehicle is a Kamaz truck.

He's your boss too.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

"stimulates the economy"..like raising taxes?

PE Bird's avatar

More like increasing exports.

CStone's avatar

Bennnnnn is great a parody, isn’t he?

Corkey's avatar

Kinda reminds me of a retarded version of Rowdy Roddy Piper.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Benjamin made one simple factual economic point on the Russian ruble and well, the triggering, it's fantastic! 🥴

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Russia can't do exports right now, even.

They stiffed Iran on the promised Jets and can't make exports. T90S tanks, specifically made for export, are showing up in the battlefield and getting captured and/or destroyed.

The entirety of the Russian MIC is struggling.

Peregrine's avatar

LOL!

Russia has huge grain, gas, and oil exports...but not to NATO states.

Politico Phil's avatar

"Russia can't do exports"? Exports are a hell of a lot more than military equipment😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

RUSSOphobia: Best Ukraine Hypocrisy Memes (Fighting for "Democracy!")

- Before & after Democracy. US Empire modus operandi, is Vlad trying to tell us something, bet the history books don’t mention this & more Ukraine hypocrisy memes + Gonzalo Lira update!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/ukraine-hypocrisy-memes-fighting-for-democracy

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Ask a Pole, Romanian, Czech, Latvian, Lithuanian, and Estonian why they despise Russia.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

Ask the Jews what the Latvians, Lithuanians, Estonians and ESPECIALLY the Ukrainians did to them during WW2..... Even the Germans were shocked.............

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Ukraine has a Jewish president now...not sure if you caught that.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

Stalin's henchman who organized the starvation of ukraine in the 1930s was jewish and apparently hated ukrainians!

Politico Phil's avatar

Sure...he's very religious and devout. Especially as a trans.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

What happened to 3 days to kyiv and the Russian victory declaration?

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

So Russia claims those territories as theirs, why?

Iron Horsey's avatar

But a declining ruble is winning. Mr. Childers just told us quoting Putin's State Media, RT. 🥴🐸🤣

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

You mean "state propaganda disseminators"--just like ours!!

OnTheJump's avatar

nyet. maybe the Euro, which APPROACHED 107 today....

Bill Jarett's avatar

Sanctions work like tariffs, forcing a country to develop its own resources. Puts the oligarch looter class out of business.

ChrisB's avatar

Zelenskyy leading the proxy war has always been as believable as Hunter running an energy company.

SB's avatar

Exactly. Anyone who thought this was anything more than a disaster from the get go, well...

Sherry 1's avatar

It is a giant laundromat for tax dollars.

YYR's avatar

Xiddn is looking to send another $10+ billion. So much for "the end."

Iron Horsey's avatar

Cheap investment to stop the Chicom-Russia-Mullahs Alliance.

It's pennies and worth it to provide that military aid. It's already been spent in the US.

CStone's avatar

I’m guessing Buyden gave you a cut of his profits.

Iron Horsey's avatar

You guessed wrong. Traitor Joe is on the 💩 list.

We wouldn't be having these problems with the ChiCom-Russia-Mullahs Alliance if he wasn't around.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

an actor doing a good job? No way. Trump was horrible too and so was reagan I guess.

Zelenskyy flipped everyone's favorite tyrant off and told him his mother's pelmenii sucks.

They're still pissy about that and why Ukraine won't submit to be genocided.

Dr. Richard Moulton's avatar

Reagan and Trump were masterful as President. Don’t compare them to the “mouse that roared” comedian Zelenskyy.

Peter GL's avatar

or even to the mouse's trainer Brandon

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Zelenskyy doesn't have the power the USA does. He also told Putin to eat shit.

That "comedian" is making C&C's favorite tyrant out to be a coward.

ConcernedGrammy's avatar

Because he is a coward. Now, a very rich coward, thanks to our US tax dollars.

Nothing worse that someone with eyes that cannot see.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

The guy who refused to run is a coward against the power of Russia?

interesting comment.

How much time have you spent working with the Ukrainians? None, other than swallowing Russian IO.

How's your 3 day war going? 530 days into it now, ya know?

Credenda's avatar

You’re sounding more and more bitter Benjamin. We’ve made Zelensky a billionaire and when this all ends he can retire to one of his many multimillion dollar villas, that is, if he can escape the wrath of his Azov Nazi former pals.

Politico Phil's avatar

Like all leaders, if THEY had to get in the front lines, there would be no wars. Z is a prime example.

Politico Phil's avatar

Ahhhh yes, the BNN comedy show continues.........................................................................

CStone's avatar

But you’re ver good at comedy, Bennneeee

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

I'm pretty good at figuring out when something isn't working.

Russia's plan to take over Ukraine is not working well at all. Turns out people don't like being genocided and will fight back.

CStone's avatar

Not really. You’re just another lackey, following orders.

Iron Horsey's avatar

If only these people in Ukraine would stop fighting and accept Putin's genocide. That's the position of some who think they'll sleep better in that ChiCom-Russia-Mullahs Alliance world.

GreaterIsrahell's avatar

Zelensky is Victoria "Fuck the EU! We want Yatsieniuk!" Nuland's punk-ass bitch.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Zelenskyy is making a fool of your president right now.

Imagine fighting for 532 days against a guy who wore high heels and leather.

Must be embarassing.

GreaterIsrahell's avatar

My president? I don't live in a republic, and I sure as hell do not worship any leader of any country. ANY country!

SM's avatar

Putin knows he’s dealing with idiots from the US and Ukraine. He’s got no reason to change course on account of the US media exaggerations and fabrications. He is more calculated and thoughtful than Biden- which doesn’t take much. The US shouldn’t be involved. Period. But we ALL know the bidens still work for Xi.

Susan Banks's avatar

Thank you! My sentiments exactly!

ACroneintheWoods's avatar

Zel, the little green toad that wears fishnets.

devoalan's avatar

It will be great when peace and freedom finally come to Ukraine through Russia, with the deep state and nato bounced out of there. Hopefully after Russia gets to examining what was found there in the way of chemical and biological warfare tech built by obeyme and Biden, bush one and two, there will be some prosecutions on the world stage as well. Funny how Russia wanted peace back in April of 2022, but the deep state wasn’t having any of that. Keep cheering for it, stupid. You might just get your wish and be asked to be a member yourself. You could be comrade two nuns!

AngelaK's avatar

According to the US National Security Office official Fiona Hill and former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, Ukraine and Russia agreed on the terms of a negotiated peace in March 2022.

Russia pledged to retreat to pre invasion lines and Ukraine pledged not to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from a number of western countries. Both Bennett and Hill tell the same story. Leaders from Washington and London arrived to scuttle the deal and prolong the conflict in the hopes of exhausting the Russian war machine on the grist of Ukrainian teenagers..."

THANK YOU RFKJR

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

What happened to your 3 day war?

Ukraine will still exist, but I keep hearing Russia has already won and those facilities are destroyed? Where are they?

Russia never wanted Peace, they wanted all of Ukraine and the people to genocide, just like 1931.

Peace will come when the evil empire is defeated...again.

Chevrus's avatar

3 day war...blah blah blah

Blow up ship...blah blah blah

SumpPumpChump Benji and his pony-boy keepin the Narrative on life-support one feeble mind at a time

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

We can’t take Russias word for it?

How exactly else

Can you look at Russias war?

Tom's avatar

Do you know who Stepan Bandera was? Do you know what happened at Katyn forest? You should consider these things before you bring up genocide.

Edit: Benjamin has pointed out to me that the Katyn incident was, in-fact perpetrated by the Soviets. I had misremembered. I was thinking of the Baba Yar massacre that was perpetrated by Nazis and their Ukrainian collaborators, of which there were many.

Politico Phil's avatar

Reason and logic have no effect on BNN. My guess is he has a racial hatred of Russians based on the fact that he insists that "The Empire" still exists and apparently will always exist as long as there is one Russian still alive. Actual history has no effect on him. The great empire, the Soviet Union USSR, collapsed many years ago. The real enemy in his mind are the Russian people as they are all monsters who want to enslave the entire world and genocide their neighbors. As long as Russians exist, the Soviet Empire exists. In his mind, a genocide of the Russian people is fully justified.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

The empire is back.

Putin claimed the collapse of 91 was the greatest calamity that ever happened in history and he's gone about Righting it. Today Russian soldiers fly the hammer and sickle flags so they didn't get the memo.

There is no genocide of Russia here. The war ends when Russia withdraws, pretty simple.

But hey, pull the leftist card :)

I have a history degree and my subject of history is Eastern Europe ;)

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

katyn forest was committed by the Soviets (at the orders of moscow) against the Poles.

Go ahead, keep going.

And what was the Holodmor, again?

daverkb's avatar

The Commies also killed the Tsar and his family because they hated Christianity ... and all Christians. But the Church has the last laugh.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

How's the 3 day war going? Nobody can tell me.

But judging from the dead russian list it's pretty extensive.

CStone's avatar

Bless your heart. You only know 1 chord on that guitar of yourself, and as the Ukraine and your hope of war sink like the Titanic, you keep playing that one chord. If you could learn one more chord we could call it a dirge. But, been,yawnmin it’s old. Just admit that you and your cia warmongers have lost.

Tom's avatar

"Nobody can tell me."

I've told you.

The 3 day war narrative was likely a ruse by Putin to deplete Ukrainian and Western war materiel.

It's a big mistake to not account for what you don't know. In this case, you are assuming you have all the information, and that deception is not a part of warfare.

This is very easy to do when the lives of others are at stake, and not your own.

devoalan's avatar

You talk like someone that lived through the Cold War and remembers duck and cover, which you don’t. So I’m thinking everything you post comes from a place of total ignorance.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

I did live through the cold war.

You are willing to surrender and support the people who made duck and cover necessary.

We are not the same :)

devoalan's avatar

No we are not the same. And being born in like 1980 doesn't count.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Russia brings death in Putin's War. Genocide would continue and Russians brag they will "kill everybody" publicly.

If you think Putin isn't running chemical and biological warfare labs, you haven't learned much in this life.

Chevrus's avatar

The old reverse the blame track I guess it hasn’t been tried too many times my thoroughbred horsey

devoalan's avatar

Imagine the peace that will come to Ukraine through Russia, when the United States and nato finally leave that poor country alone.

AngelaK's avatar

"According to the US National Security Office official Fiona Hill and former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, Ukraine and Russia agreed on the terms of a negotiated peace in March 2022.

Russia pledged to retreat to pre invasion lines and Ukraine pledged not to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from a number of western countries. Both Bennett and Hill tell the same story. Leaders from Washington and London arrived to scuttle the deal and prolong the conflict in the hopes of exhausting the Russian war machine on the grist of Ukrainian teenagers..."

THANK YOU RFKJR for this.

He then goes on to criticize Biden and asking if it was worth draining our economy for something which could have ended a month after it started.

He also links a video to tell us how nuclear war would completely decimate us.

https://www.instagram.com/reel/CvoVvjAplmm/?igshid=MmU2YjMzNjRlOQ==

Peter GL's avatar

Interesting video, well worth seeing

ConcernedGrammy's avatar

No, Blackrock already has big plans for Ukraine after it's totally annihilated. They're already being put into the digital prison. Not sure Putin will turn that around.

OnTheJump's avatar

Yep, BlackRock and a few others, can't WAIT to get in there and begin ' reconstruction ' ..... no doubt primarily financed by OUR VERY OWN USA TAXPAYERS - yay!

devoalan's avatar

Pretty sure putins whole point is to keep wef global progretards out of Ukraine. I'm pretty sure he has the power to do it. It's what he was waiting to see what PDT would do, but he never got the chance.

ConcernedGrammy's avatar

There's a lot of evidence that Putin has ties to WEF. Who knows? 🤷‍♀️

HMC's avatar

How about the peace that arrives when the US leaves Ukraine alone🤔

devoalan's avatar

Isn't that what I said?

Iron Horsey's avatar

Putin's War doesn't stop its genocide in Ukraine because you think surrendering to the ChiCom-Russia-Mullahs Alliance is a grand idea.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Remember, 530 days into your 3 day war now..where's that victory?

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

The peace that involves the people being genocided?

Interesting.

Imagine the peace that returns when Russia leaves Ukraine.

Alice P. Liddell's avatar

I believe that you only have to look at the current state of affairs in Afghanistan to get an idea of what happens when the USA moves on to the next thing. Remember how Biden botched the withdrawal?....Many USA troops were killed (and far more were injured, some very seriously but the MSM will never discuss that), our allies were blindsided by the non-coordinated withdrawal, any Afghanis that helped the US were targeted by the Taliban, the Afgani President fled, and the Taliban took over, etc.

Oh, and you no longer hear anything about Afghanistan in the news.

I do feel for the Ukranian people. They are pawns in all of this.

devoalan's avatar

That wasn’t botched. That was payday for chinah for not making too much noise about being blamed for the virus that they

Pretty much had very little to do with.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Biden did botch the withdrawal.

That doesn't make Ukraine suddenly better in Russian hands.

Alice P. Liddell's avatar

I did not state that Ukraine would be better in Russian hands. I also do not believe that Afghanistan is better in the hands of the Taliban.

Iron Horsey's avatar

Ukraine is fighting for peace and its survival against Putin's War.

That's why the civilized world is backing Ukraine.

They know what they are fighting for even if you pretend otherwise.

devoalan's avatar

The Ukrainian government are us installed nazis. But whatever.

devoalan's avatar

They submitted when they allowed Vicky and Val to destroy their country. With Russia’s help, they will take it back.

Momcat's avatar

our Ukrainian immigrant neighbors are rooting for Putin to destroy Zelensky & Victoria Nuland's mess she created at the behest of Obama.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

"Take it back"

Ask the children who were raped and murdered by Russian soldiers how that was "taking it back".

Why did Russia declare victory 16 months ago? Why are they still fighting?

Politico Phil's avatar

Ask all the ethnic Russians in the Dombass who have been persecuted, raped and murdered over the years by the Ukrainian Nazis. I dare you. They mean nothing to you.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

The murders that never happened and were made up to justify Russian aggression?

Putin's personal general admitted it never happened.

Politico Phil's avatar

Good revisionist history. And Biden ended COVID.

devoalan's avatar

Read momcat's post. Or do the local Ukrainians not have any say in your world view?

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Ukrainians do have a say.

They have voted to not be apart of the Russian empire and face genocide and cultural destruction at the hands of their traditional oppressor and enemy.

Politico Phil's avatar

Oh shit! Never thought of that. THAT's the whole reason for Russia attacking: Z bad mouthed Putin's mother!

Iron Horsey's avatar

President Zelensky has held his ground. Stayed in Kyvi. Stayed in Ukraine. Stopped Putin.

ChrisB's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂

Iron Horsey's avatar

President Zelensky urged the civilized world to work together against Putin's War and illegal invasion of Ukraine.

I know it hurts. 🤣

Politico Phil's avatar

Yeah, Z is always needed somebody to save his ass....and his Swiss bank account.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

RUSSOphobia: Best Ukraine Hypocrisy Memes (Fighting for "Democracy!")

- Before & after Democracy. US Empire modus operandi, is Vlad trying to tell us something, bet the history books don’t mention this & more Ukraine hypocrisy memes + Gonzalo Lira update!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/ukraine-hypocrisy-memes-fighting-for-democracy

Emu's avatar

I just watched the Gonzalo Lira videos. I pray that he’s okay. This should terrify all Americans as this is no different than what is being done to Julian Assange and what they hope to do to Trump. Dissention will not be tolerated. Ask Joe Mercola....

Iron Horsey's avatar

The only thing I'd be interested in seeing from Lira is his bank account and how many of Putin's rubles found their way there.

Politico Phil's avatar

Z first! The only money I'm concerned about are the unaccounted billions of $ the Bolshevik Biden regime has sent over to Ukraine.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

How is it unaccounted for when it's audited?

by the way, what happened to the Russian victory declaration?

Politico Phil's avatar

Sure. Just like the "audited" weapons that will somehow end up at the camps in the US where all those military age men with slanted eyes who came across the border are being garrisoned. Wake up BNN. By the time you figure out the real war is right here, there will be an illegal immigrant with a USG supplied weapon trained on the back of your head. But you might get lucky.

devoalan's avatar

You are so blind Ben.

devoalan's avatar

Except that until Joe fucking bidenbecame president, that wasn't a concern. Do you even want to know why, benhorsey?

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

Where can I go from Your Spirit?

Or where can I flee from Your presence?

If I ascend to heaven, You are there;

If I make my bed in Sheol, behold, You are there.

If I take the wings of the dawn,

If I dwell in the remotest part of the sea,

Even there Your hand will lead me,

And Your right hand will lay hold of me.

If I say, “Surely the darkness will overwhelm me,

And the light around me will be night,”

Even the darkness is not dark to You,

And the night is as bright as the day.

Darkness and light are alike to You.

— Psalm 139:7-12

Though all the peoples walk

Each in the name of his god,

As for us, we will walk

In the name of the Lord our God forever and ever.

— Micah 4:5

NASB1995

daiva's avatar

🗨 What will finally destroy us is not communism or fascism, but man acting like God.

An outspoken devout Christian in his later years, the notable journo Malcolm Muggeridge would sit comfortably next to our much appreciated daily dose of Holy Word (dearly missed when absent 😊).

At least such was my train of thought.

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

I think communism and fascism are symptoms of man playing God.

Sorry to have missed some days. See my pathetic excuse in my reply to Laurie’s comment. 🥱😴🤷🏻‍♀️

Peter GL's avatar

and the LGBTQrstuvwxyz is proving how man wants to act like God.

daiva's avatar

Just one example—albeit arguably the most prominent—from scores we're spoilt for choice among ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

🗨 No one is obliged to take part in the spiritual crises of a society; on the contrary, everyone is obliged to avoid the folly and live his life in order. ~~Eric Voegelin

Emu's avatar

And all of this climate change nonsense. Of course the climate is going to change, it always has. We need to live closer to nature- not try to harness it. The hubris of man is what will kill us.

LMWC's avatar

This verse was part of my last night’s devotion. God is the Master of orchestration not coincidence.

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

Even more interesting, I have had the Psalm passage saved to share since the 3rd, but have been a sleepyhead every day. Happened to be awake this morning! Blessings to you, Laurie.

LMWC's avatar

Same to you, Janice.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

Love your beautiful face amongst all of this "civil angst", Janice!

Daithi's avatar

And what does the Lord require of thee O man but to do justly, love mercy, and walk humbly with thy God

od.

ViaVeritasVita's avatar

I wondered whether Margaret Wise Brown was reading this psalm before the idea of Runaway Bunny came to her. A mainstay of my children's nursery days.

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

Now I’ll have to reread the book with that Psalm in mind.

Susan Stephens's avatar

Once again your scripture for the day applies not only today (in truth it does so everyday & any day), but is also perfect for encouraging my SIL who’s in midst of treatments for cancer. Thank you! Blessings to you & yours!

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

God bless him and give him peace and healing.

Susan Stephens's avatar

Should have said son-in-law instead of lazy letters. Your response is perfect no matter. Thank you!

He & my daughter are parents of 4 children; he’s a circuit judge & all around good man.

RunningLogic's avatar

Praying for him!! 🙏

Words Beyond Me-Janice Powell's avatar

Oh I assumed sister in law. Now I will edit my comment because gender matters.

NancyP's avatar

Thank you for always bringing light!

Tonya's avatar

"I guess nobody thought of that a trillion dollars ago."

😂 That one's a coffee-spitter!

RunningLogic's avatar

For sure, same reaction here!! 😂😆

goodnightrose's avatar

"...except in rare spots in the C&C comments." I hope they manage to laugh in spite of themselves bc that was 😂😂😂

D&R’s Gma's avatar

🤣 he’s already got his panties in a twist. I just can’t help 😂😂😂 spot on! 🎯

goodnightrose's avatar

I see that lol. It's hard to imagine the kind of mental gymnastics it must require to lionize such a deeply unserious figure as Zelenskyyyyy in one's mind. 😬🥴

CStone's avatar

He’s a stick character, isn’t he.

Or is he a schtick character?

A gimmick? Low on the totem pole of the derp staters? Trying to play with the big boys, but just. Can’t. Quite. Makit.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Refusing to run when Russia's army is at the doors is pretty stern stuff.

@jeff what happened to Russia declaring victory over Zelenskyy already?

Mark St's avatar

What happened to the counteroffensive?

Actually, you'd have a legit point about Zelensky if he would have shown some stones and told the US, UK, etc to shove off when they "encouraged" him to scuttle the peace talks.

That would have shown a leader who actually cares about his people instead of continuing their trips to the meat grinder.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

RUSSOphobia: Best Ukraine Hypocrisy Memes (Fighting for "Democracy!")

- Before & after Democracy. US Empire modus operandi, is Vlad trying to tell us something, bet the history books don’t mention this & more Ukraine hypocrisy memes + Gonzalo Lira update!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/ukraine-hypocrisy-memes-fighting-for-democracy

FOR MORE UKRAINE TAGGED MEME POSTS:

- https://covidsteria.substack.com/t/ukraine-nazi-memes

- https://covidsteria.substack.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-memes

- https://covidsteria.substack.com/t/ukraine-hypocrisy-memes

FourWinds's avatar

I'm betting there will be people who take Musk up on his offer. People have been terminated for speaking out, but I bet most were just ostracized to the point they quit. Luckily my employer does not seem to care at all what I do when I'm not at work and sometimes I question if they care about what I do when I AM there.

Sunnydaze's avatar

I wonder if this was also aimed at the nascar driver that liked a meme mocking george floyd and his team suspended him indefinitely. Of course then he did the apology tour and blamed himself for such a horrific act of not paying attention to what he likes on social media as well as his own insensitivity. THAT apology your should get him out of the blacklisted unemployment line….but it won’t. 🤔 Makes you wonder why they keep apologizing when it has no effect on their blacklisting or the smear campaign against them. I guess they just haven’t learned to duck out of the way so they don’t get eaten by their own. 🤷‍♀️

Enter Elon Musk! 😂 Now instead of the apology tour they can skip to the front of the line and start suing these tyrannical employers!

Credenda's avatar

If he did the apology tour then he’s lost any sympathy from me. A lack of backbone is a serious problem. Better to support the ones who man up and stand strong.

Sunnydaze's avatar

100%

100%

100%

I have no sympathy either. It turned my stomach that he did that.

Susan Stephens's avatar

Apologies are counterproductive in dealing w/ Leftists (Marxists). Their point is to disrupt, divide, cause chaos, keep others off kilter. Once an apology is given they are off to a new attack. It’s not so much a genuine offense; probably couldn’t care less. Basically it’s Whack-a-Mole. Playing their game by their rules. 13 Rules For Radicals by Saul Alinsky

Renea Buchholz's avatar

I was shocked when I read that last night. Golly gee. For just clicking a like.

YYR's avatar

The driver is a kid, he probably thought the apology would work. He's probably permanently replaced and has already got tangible monetary damages. He should take Musk up. It would be good for us all.

WIMomof3's avatar

Wonder if anyone has gotten fired for the opposite… liking BLM posts, supporting the trans agenda, changing their profile pic to the Ukrainian flag, etc. Wouldn’t there be cries of discrimination or racism or something?

Well, I personally haven’t FIRED anyone for that, but I can tell you who I haven’t HIRED 😉

William Hunter Duncan's avatar

The war in Ukraine and America are run by people who think their narrative runs the world - whatever I say is the Truth.

And yet somehow they are wrong about everything,

Annie's avatar

I am always shocked that they think their narrative is reality and if they change their narrative, the reality changes too. But many fell for safe and effective so maybe I shouldn't be shocked.

RunningLogic's avatar

I was just thinking this morning that the pro war propaganda reminds me a lot of the “safe and effective” tactic.

AngelaK's avatar

According to the US National Security Office official Fiona Hill and former Israeli PM Naftali Bennett, Ukraine and Russia agreed on the terms of a negotiated peace in March 2022.

Russia pledged to retreat to pre invasion lines and Ukraine pledged not to join NATO in exchange for security guarantees from a number of western countries. Both Bennett and Hill tell the same story. Leaders from Washington and London arrived to scuttle the deal and prolong the conflict in the hopes of exhausting the Russian war machine on the grist of Ukrainian teenagers..."

THANK YOU RFKJR

Peter GL's avatar

their logic is if you say a lie with conviction and get many to repeat it, people will begin to think it is true. Hence you end up with the "greatest" presidents Biden and Zelensky

Credenda's avatar

That is so true! They start to believe their own propaganda and the unreality of it all eventually comes back to bite them.

Fla Mom's avatar

Wishful thinking is about the only kind of thinking the Left does; it forms the basis for most of their policy prescriptions - "If we make yet another law about guns that doesn't address any of the issues in the most recent murder by gun, then criminals won't have guns anymore and no one will ever die!" for example.

Emu's avatar

I spent some time in D.C. and everyone I met was either a lawyer or a lobbyist. One thing they all had in common was disdain for everyone who lived outside the beltway. Glad I got out of there with my soul intact.

William Hunter Duncan's avatar

Glad to hear it too. All the more reason to cut DC down by about 90%+.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

Have you checked lately, Emumundo - Just teasing!

Emu's avatar

I’m still working on it!🤪

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

If you know you HAVE a soul--you're already closer to our Creator than any of our "leaders" are!!

Politico Phil's avatar

Perfect description of our 2 resident Neocons.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

"neocon" is anyone who disagrees with phil.

daverkb's avatar

This is probably B2Numbskull's first true statement ever ... provided 'anyone' is a NeoCon.

CStone's avatar

Those two nn’s and that tired old horsey. It’s like a couple of toddlers laying on the floor screaming.

daverkb's avatar

Their blather is in smoking ruins by now. Both ... mental and moral cripples.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

FOR A CHANGE IN NARRATIVE - UKRAINE TAGGED MEME POSTS:

- https://covidsteria.substack.com/t/ukraine-nazi-memes

- https://covidsteria.substack.com/t/russia-invades-ukraine-memes

- https://covidsteria.substack.com/t/ukraine-hypocrisy-memes

AND MY LATEST FROM SATURDAY:

RUSSOphobia: Best Ukraine Hypocrisy Memes (Fighting for "Democracy!")

- Before & after Democracy. US Empire modus operandi, is Vlad trying to tell us something, bet the history books don’t mention this & more Ukraine hypocrisy memes + Gonzalo Lira update!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/ukraine-hypocrisy-memes-fighting-for-democracy

Maggie Think of Me's avatar

Beautiful start to this day! Up at daybreak to sing praises to our Lord and Savior for another day this side of heaven. Thank you, too, Jeff, for this early read!

Janet's avatar

Congress loves war. No matter what side, they get to stand in the echoing halls of MY congress on cable news at night with hardworking ?? Congresscritters scurrying in the background or their stonefaced flunkies messaging solidarity beside them. All wearing flag pins. I often felt like rolling a giant bowling ball toward them since they are so conveniently placed. STRIKE! 🎳🎳

Steph D's avatar

I’ve told my husband that the entire body of our legislative government made up of career politicians needs to be thrown out and replaced by regular Americans with term limits.

YYR's avatar

They're always for it before they're against it.

Rosalind McGill's avatar

By the way, thanks for all the posts when you were on vacation Jeff.

I’m having my coffee now, your stack makes it taste better. (God bless the truth tellers)

Anne Clifton's avatar

Just in case I'm not the only one who was unfamiliar with the word "splenetic," here are some synonyms: bad-tempered, ill-tempered, bad-humored, angry, wrathful, cross, peevish, petulant, pettish, irritable, irascible, cantankerous, choleric, dyspeptic, and of course the one cited, Greta Thunberg.

Jean James's avatar

The nurse in me went right to the spleen...the organ for immunity and healthy blood; in Chinese medicine a healthy spleen allows for good digestion and mental clarity. The emotion attached to the spleen is worry. The spleen was considered a part of the “four bodily humors: blood, phlegm, yellow bile, and black bile. Black bile was believed to be secreted by the spleen, causing feelings of disposition ranging from intense sadness (melancholia) to irascibility.” Healthy and strong spleen Qi keeps one from becoming splenetic 😉

Karen Bandy's avatar

My wonderful yet now retired naturopath was a practitioner of Chinese medicine and used the principles of Qi. I certainly don’t hate the Chinese for everything, especially their medicine.

Janet's avatar

My word of the day.

Tonya's avatar

*rowing is a "gender-affected sport,” and the advantages male rowers have, "in terms of both performance outcomes and physiology/biology," can be "easily and reliably" observed when both sexes train alongside each other.*

"Ditto for us," say all the female athletes of other sports.

devoalan's avatar

Funny thing about the female sports. You won’t ever see males that pretend to be females try outfit the shooting sports. It’s one of those things females are inherently better at. Lol

RunningLogic's avatar

Or women’s gymnastics 😆

YYR's avatar

You won't see those hippo and male "ballerinas" en pointe.

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

PRIDEsteria: Best Transwomen in Women's Sports Memes (Calling All Mediocre Males!)

- Why no women transitioning to compete in men's sports? New women’s sports injury, so much progress for “women," calling all mediocre males and more transwomen in women's sports memes!

https://covidsteria.substack.com/p/best-transwomen-in-womens-sports-memes

WP William's avatar

"Keep your BALLS out of my skiff" or whatever the long canoe thing is called--but wait, Women appropriated rough and tough sporting events from MEN to begin with so perhaps...

Peter Schott's avatar

Now if we could just stop allocating billions and billions of US tax dollars to send to overseas war efforts that have little to do with us. And now we have a president signing off on billions by some fiat instead of going through Congress (though lately that seems to be more just slowing things down than anything else). I feel for the people of Ukraine, but I think they'd have largely been better off if the US hadn't sent in $$$$. The leaders - not so much, but the people ... most likely better than having all sorts of attacks against things that improve their quality of life. :/

Tamsin's avatar

The narrative is shifting, but too late for the hundreds of thousands of dead Ukrainian men in a proxy war to satisfy the interests of a few Americans.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Ukrainians don't want to live under the Russian thumb. That's plainly obvious. Russia believed they did and vastly miscalculated when they invaded.

People didn't green them "with salt and flowers". They brought rifles and molotovs.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Men who died defending their country so their children can be free?

Funny how you "care" about them now but want them to fall under the russian boot

Bingham22's avatar

You can toddle off anytime now. You aren’t convincing anyone with your nonsense. It is just annoying at this point…like a bioengineered Bill Gates mosquito buzzing in one’s ear.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

I'm here because I believe in the truth and I like when Jeff doesn't go off on his pro-Russian rants.

How is your 3 day war going?

devoalan's avatar

Did you get the memo from the meeting last March? Apparently not. Look, kid, here's the deal. We've been the bad guys now for over fifty years. We had one president come along and for four years there was no war. There was talk of war, the press, mic, feds, all live a good war. And trump put a stop to it, like now. I'd like your explanation for that.I'd like you educated response as to why putin didn't see the need to invade Ukraine whilst PDT was in place?do you think he was afraid of him? Please. Let's hear it.

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Might want to ask Yevgenny Prighozin. What happened at the battle of Kashamm? 200 Russian soldiers were killed and massacred so badly they made a medal and it's got apaches on it.

And the Iranians?

Ask about Soleimani and how he was split in half by a missile fired from a predator as he was planning attacks on Americans.

They're missing a bunch of dudes.

Trump spent a lot of money rebuilding the military and put an armored brigade (MINE!) on Russia's door.

Fun facts you overlook.

CStone's avatar

Oh. So now you’re sympathetic with terrorists. I am shocked!! Shocked, I tell ya!! Shocked!!!

Except. Not really NN

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

So much for no new wars huh?

Benjamin Two N's's avatar

Who?

I don’t support Syria, Russia, or Wagner

devoalan's avatar

True in every war, but truer in this one than ever. It wouldn’t even have happened we’re the election not stolen. Think of all those lives saved.

Based Florida Man's avatar

Dr. Simon Goddek is taking Elon up to help with his legal bills. Simon's tweets got him fired twice, for talking about covid science. Please read his story.

https://twitter.com/goddeketal/status/1688222162539167744

M VARR's avatar

Don't look to Musk to save anybody. He's the guy who OBEYS China so he can keep his Tesla EV plant in Shanghai. He's the guy who wants to install the AI Neuralink operating system in your brain (not that that's not being done already with the lipid nano hydrogel from the jabs both in the injected AND the uninjected). Nobody gets to Elon's level of wealth and status without permission from the TPTB. He's a likely controlled opposition and a Trojan horse.

ConcernedGrammy's avatar

People need to watch what Elon's doing with Twitter, not called "X". There's plenty of satanic undertones that people are missing completely, with his Baphomt Halloween costume and the letter X itself, which he is obsessed with. Elon wants X to be the worldwide "WeChat" used in China's social credit system. I see that soon, one will be required to posses a digital ID to gain access to their precious tweets. This might not happen until he releases the banking part of the app, but it's coming. Step by step, inch by inch, drip, drip, drip. The proverbial frog in a pot of boiling water.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

"X" marks the spot...could become the "mark" of the BEAST TECHNOCRATIC SYSTEM! The "Beast" I truly believe is a SYSTEM and not a PERSON.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

Think about it - look how "compliant" MOST OF THE WORLD has been during this SCAMdemic--we who are "awake" are truly in the minority. Remember what Jesus said..."Narrow is the way (to righteous living) and few there be that find it"...SO SAITH THE LORD OF HEAVEN AND EARTH...and after what I've observed the past 3 1/2 years (hmmmm...perhaps this is the first half of the 7 years of tribulation?) Which means the next 3 1/2 years will be EVEN WORSE.

Christians will have to gather together in secret once again and work together to stay alive. We will be hunted down like animals--especially those of the Jewish faith (this is prophecy--this is prophecy--not my postulating.

ConcernedGrammy's avatar

Yes, we've already had these conversations at my church.

Based Florida Man's avatar

Agreed, I fear anyone in power is compromised. So we are fighting over crumbs at this point, short of a peasant rebellion, which seems unlikely.

Now if Elon takes over Twitter, which use to be a no-go zone, and allows us to debate vaxines and election fraud, that's commendable.

Tom's avatar

He has told us much about himself by flaunting his Satan's Champion costume.

Peter Schott's avatar

Should be interesting to see where that goes and if the "unfair treatment" has all sorts of other meanings that Elon's company will take as loopholes.

Sharon Beautiful Evening's avatar

Let us know how that turns out for Dr. Goddek--I don't trust Elon as far as I could throw him--and I'm not very strong...

Peter Wiggin's avatar

Finally, remember that increased worldwide atmospheric water vapor caused by the historic Hunga Tonga eruption is expected to raise Earth’s temperatures by at least 1.5 degrees all by itself. Which just shows you how little they really understand about the world’s climate...

...I’ve been linking the NPR article

In one year this disappeared...

...100 years of human climate change suffering GONE in hours

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/03/1115378385/tonga-volcano-stratosphere-water-warming

Janet's avatar

I saw that earlier. Linked it. My hubby—a science guy, had never heard of that volcano and what it did.

CarO Lyn's avatar

I’ve been acquainted with many people recently traveling within the RV community and use any occasion of “climate” discussion to tell them about the Hunga Tonga eruption. They invariably start searching the internet to find out more since they had never heard of it. Hope I’ve opened a few eyes 👀

Horizons's avatar

We just like the name and now use it as a synonym for “whew, it’s hot out there!”

“Hunga Tonga!”

RunningLogic's avatar

🤣😆 I love this 😂

Peter Wiggin's avatar

Who can argue with NPR???

Raptor's avatar

You can if you pretend to have a British accent.

Based Florida Man's avatar

The Science Is Settled.

Argument's over!

LMWC's avatar

This whole, “we overshot the target” with Ukraine, and didn’t realize how stupid they were is reminiscent of covid hysteria; lockdowns, masks, ventilators, and planet saving jabs. Science! Except now it is “we just didn’t know”…🤷‍♀️

RunningLogic's avatar

I have been thinking lately that there a lot of similarities in the approaches. Even the way the two pro posters here talk about the subject.

Tom's avatar

It's just the same repeating of a narrative over and over, in the hope that it will be believed.

He has chosen a poor forum for that.

His goal might only be to harm the signal-to-noise ratio.

Dorothy Unleashed's avatar

Or the “denial” response, like: “But masks DID work and SAVED MILLIONS OF LIVES. If only EVERYONE would’ve worn masks, NOONE would’ve died!” This imperviousness to cognitive dissonance really should be studied. What variables participate to make this psychology possible? The totalitarians wouldn’t approve though. It would make it harder to deploy propaganda efficiently.

CStone's avatar

Is be-double n’ one of them?

ConcernedGrammy's avatar

Oh my gosh! 🤣! That's what I was calling him - Double N Ben! 🤣🤣

Harold Saive's avatar

Local TV weather people have started pushing the "feels-like" temp as the basic thermometer temp. Manipulation of science getting pretty obvious. We've lots of practice.

Based Florida Man's avatar

Literally making feels more important than data.

RunningLogic's avatar

Yes very telling and very typical. I agree with Fla Mom that it’s important for gauging how you’ll feel when doing activities outside, but if they’re using it to skew the perception of what’s happening to temperatures and comparing apples (measured temperatures) to oranges (real feel) to accomplish this, then it’s just another form of propaganda.

Michele's avatar

That is their whole MO, with everything. Transition necessary because the feels are too scary. Puberty delayable because same! Teach about racial injustice and inequity (and get some depressed, or angry, or guilty feels) because plain old math just FEELS so oppressive (to like, this one DEI consultant who flunked it as a kid). No more gas stoves because we FEEL so much for the poor planet, no more meat because we FEEL so much for the cows and chickens.

It wouldn't FEEL so infuriating to me if they weren't also at the same time claiming to be the only true upholders of The Science®, when really all they do is cherrypick data to find whatever matches their feels.

Or flat out just make it up.

devoalan's avatar

Hell, they name thunderstorms down here now. And yet I'm bombarded with sales pitches for the God forsaken local news around here. Especially that horrid rag from Orlando. What a royal pos that thing is.

MaryAnn's avatar

I remember worrying my car would not start in the -bazillion wind chill factor one winter until my then SO explained cars don’t feel the wind chill. 😂😂

Citizen Satirist (CS)'s avatar

You are supposed to take the temperature off some feet from the ground, not in direct sunlight over tarmac, etc etc etc

Fred's avatar

2m above ground level in the shade *was* the standard.

Fla Mom's avatar

For those of us who do some of our work outdoors, it's the real temperature. It should be made clear that the reading is the one that takes humidity into account, but it's the temperature that matters, if you're out there.