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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAssad is fleeing to his family in Moscow
Russia is about to give up its only naval base outside of Russia, plus its air base as the rebels move in to Tartus and Latakia. Protests are continuing in Georgia, Romania is re-voting due to Russian interference, Putin's economy is shit, 800,000 Russian troops are dead. What else could go wrong? Oh, yeah, that $billion weapons package to Ukraine! Just a little tying up of loose ends before Biden leaves office.
On edit: Russia will also lose its foothold in Africa. All because it's devoted all its resources to Ukraine
Pity
dalton99a
(84,897 posts)to help the extremely strong and powerful President Putin
usonian
(14,636 posts)tax cuts for the wealthy?
And with the Russia/Iran empire collapsing, what becomes of subordinates Comrade Caligula and his cadre?
Flight to Moscow?
regnaD kciN
(26,645 posts)I mean, if you eliminate all "entitlement" programs, they should both be affordable.
C Moon
(12,605 posts)I don't know what turns my stomach more: the grease and lard, or the lard and sleaze.
usonian
(14,636 posts)Haven't been there more than a handful of times since.
Enough of that will --- ouch. And diet cokes?
I stopped using aspartame and sucralose out of caution.
Those other space cases? Lobster and cracked crab. Junior? A cocktail of psychedelics, peptides, stem cells, raw milk, chelating compounds, ivermectin, and hydroxychloroquine. Oh, and protoid capsules.
Igel
(36,231 posts)It seems strange to read something that says that they used lard but then added "beef flavoring" to their french fries.
They used tallow, not lard. Beef fat, not pig fat.
And there are still a lot of people that preferred the flavor of McDonald's fries before they ditched the tallow.
(Damn. That reminds me. The weather's turned cool here, so it's time to get to purify all the tallow that's accumulated since last February so I can make soap. Argh.)
dchill
(40,768 posts)Takket
(22,667 posts)newdeal2
(1,135 posts)Shit how much better would the world be if Harris were in office next. The timing is just not fair
rubbersole
(8,712 posts)stollen
(590 posts)Good luck with that.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,351 posts)It would make for an interesting reality TV show. What would they call it?
usonian
(14,636 posts)Carry on.
sheshe2
(88,155 posts)kerry-is-my-prez
(9,409 posts)Im almost 70 and have never seen more chaos everywhere. One country after the other, including ours in about a month with our new Presi-dense. I think theyre just going to have to lock Trump away and come up with a stand-in like the movie Dave. I have a hard time believing that the Reps in Congress and the more sane members of the Supreme Court and the justice system are going to allow that stupid, crazy demented man be in charge of all the messes and complicated situations going on. We also know what might happen when the CIA gets pissed off. Add top law enforcement, the military and the Secret Service to that.
Glad I'm not alone
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,550 posts)soandso
(1,631 posts)These are jihadists who have run this Blitzkreig in Syria. This is a group who split from al Qaeda and this is not good for anyone who isn't a fundy Sunni. There are Shia, Christians, Alawites and other sects in Syria and and they aren't safe.
If Assad's plane is down they must have shot it down unless it had mechanical problems.
angrychair
(9,900 posts)Is they have released all political prisoners and will allow any government the people want.
Never going to argue in support of a dictatorship being "better".
soandso
(1,631 posts)It's pointing out that these are jihadists. So, they promise to be nice. Let's hope they are but they have no record of being so, up to now.
angrychair
(9,900 posts)About different things. I have seen zero evidence that these are religious extremists. Not a single public statement I've seen is the rhetoric of religious extremism.
Been wrong before but unless you have very current information on this particular group I would give them a chance before calling them bloodthirsty religious extremists
soandso
(1,631 posts)Just saying what I know. This group is an offshoot of al Qaeda. In the areas under the control of the now former government (such as it was), women have been free and people of different faiths have been free to live as they wish. I sincerely hope that continues. We shall see.
orleans
(35,272 posts)orwell
(8,002 posts)Thoughts and prayers asshole...
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Karasu
(368 posts)Last edited Sun Dec 8, 2024, 06:46 PM - Edit history (1)
There's a fucking lesson to be learned there.
If only we had done this in 2016. Even Facebook admitted to participating in said interference. That was the time.
LetMyPeopleVote
(155,550 posts)muriel_volestrangler
(102,693 posts)Moscow now says he's in Moscow, anyway: https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/live/cwy8xzxe0w7t?post=asset%3Ab972fb40-dbf3-4cf7-82d5-7ca804314bda#post
Blue_Tires
(56,752 posts)😅