Surely this war has to be won on the battlefield, Tim. It’s existential to Ukraine (and Europe) and to Putin… not Russia, but Putin himself. He needs to win for his own sake, while Europe needs to win for the right to self-determination for hundreds of millions of people.
December 1, 2025 at 10:21 PM
Surely this war has to be won on the battlefield, Tim. It’s existential to Ukraine (and Europe) and to Putin… not Russia, but Putin himself. He needs to win for his own sake, while Europe needs to win for the right to self-determination for hundreds of millions of people.
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Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
Four years Ukraine is fighting for the whole Europe.
NATO was built to fight only one war, not to go to Afghanistan, not to go to Syria. One war to save free Europe from Russian aggression.
December 1, 2025 at 11:58 AM
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Keep your ticket, it might be ruled a non starter.
November 30, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Keep your ticket, it might be ruled a non starter.
We don’t know as much as leaders do, so I would give Biden the benefit of the doubt. I think his approach was grinding Putin down, and would have ultimately succeeded had Trump maintained the same pro-Ukraine anti-Russia position.
November 29, 2025 at 10:14 PM
We don’t know as much as leaders do, so I would give Biden the benefit of the doubt. I think his approach was grinding Putin down, and would have ultimately succeeded had Trump maintained the same pro-Ukraine anti-Russia position.
But the point Lev was making is true - no. Russia are merely holding on to what they took in the early weeks of their invasion. The other point Lev made was; if Trump just got out of the way, Russia would be defeated in a relatively short period. Do you think he might be right about that ?
November 29, 2025 at 7:54 PM
But the point Lev was making is true - no. Russia are merely holding on to what they took in the early weeks of their invasion. The other point Lev made was; if Trump just got out of the way, Russia would be defeated in a relatively short period. Do you think he might be right about that ?
Are the Russians trying to take more territory, or are they just trying to hold on to the territory that they have ?
November 29, 2025 at 7:26 PM
Are the Russians trying to take more territory, or are they just trying to hold on to the territory that they have ?
"He is a stimulus response organism in lifts."
November 29, 2025 at 10:42 AM
"He is a stimulus response organism in lifts."
Lev Parnas said yesterday that the situation on the battlefield is basically a state of stalemate, and that Russia have made no real territorial gains in 3 years.
Is he right, Tim ?
Is he right, Tim ?
November 28, 2025 at 9:50 PM
Lev Parnas said yesterday that the situation on the battlefield is basically a state of stalemate, and that Russia have made no real territorial gains in 3 years.
Is he right, Tim ?
Is he right, Tim ?
It’s all to put pressure on SCOTUS.
November 28, 2025 at 8:49 PM
It’s all to put pressure on SCOTUS.
The breakdown of the MTG/Trump relationship started during his 2024 campaign. He was openly threatening her before the election.
November 28, 2025 at 5:57 PM
The breakdown of the MTG/Trump relationship started during his 2024 campaign. He was openly threatening her before the election.
Because Jim Acosta ain't there to show them how.
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November 28, 2025 at 5:50 PM
Because Jim Acosta ain't there to show them how.
@jimacosta.bsky.social
@jimacosta.bsky.social
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has warned Brexit that Brexit growth Brexit will Brexit be Brexit downgraded Brexit “every year for the rest of the Parliament”
November 24, 2025 at 10:36 AM
The Office for Budget Responsibility (OBR) has warned Brexit that Brexit growth Brexit will Brexit be Brexit downgraded Brexit “every year for the rest of the Parliament”
Putin will not agree any of these proposals. Defeat on the battlefield remains the only way this war ends. IMO.
November 23, 2025 at 7:18 PM
Putin will not agree any of these proposals. Defeat on the battlefield remains the only way this war ends. IMO.
Wouldn't people jump on a train and go to London, or the beach for the day, and create more overcrowding issues ?
November 23, 2025 at 11:19 AM
Wouldn't people jump on a train and go to London, or the beach for the day, and create more overcrowding issues ?
Most people are involuntarily effected by pressures in their lives and they look at Trump and say: he can't be guilty of any Epstein related wrongdoing because the House and the Senate have just voted to release the files and he's laughing and joking with Ronaldo like he couldn't care less.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
Most people are involuntarily effected by pressures in their lives and they look at Trump and say: he can't be guilty of any Epstein related wrongdoing because the House and the Senate have just voted to release the files and he's laughing and joking with Ronaldo like he couldn't care less.
There has to be stuff in the Epstein files that would be devastating to his position as president, yet he can carry on as normal acting like he hasn't a care in the world, playing golf, etc. I think it's that ability to act like he has no pressure on him, that throws people.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
There has to be stuff in the Epstein files that would be devastating to his position as president, yet he can carry on as normal acting like he hasn't a care in the world, playing golf, etc. I think it's that ability to act like he has no pressure on him, that throws people.
...nice, when in company with others, and then start talking to her again as if the character changes that she had just witnessed hadn't happened.
He has a unique ability to compartmentalise and act as if nothing is bothering him. I think this is his secret weapon that gets people believing him.
He has a unique ability to compartmentalise and act as if nothing is bothering him. I think this is his secret weapon that gets people believing him.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
...nice, when in company with others, and then start talking to her again as if the character changes that she had just witnessed hadn't happened.
He has a unique ability to compartmentalise and act as if nothing is bothering him. I think this is his secret weapon that gets people believing him.
He has a unique ability to compartmentalise and act as if nothing is bothering him. I think this is his secret weapon that gets people believing him.
In the 90s a British TV presenter called Selina Scott interviewed Trump and she talked about her time with him around the beginning of his first term. She said she felt very uneasy with his ability to seamlessly switch from being nice to being nasty, funny, critical, confrontational, and back to...
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
In the 90s a British TV presenter called Selina Scott interviewed Trump and she talked about her time with him around the beginning of his first term. She said she felt very uneasy with his ability to seamlessly switch from being nice to being nasty, funny, critical, confrontational, and back to...
I agree that his constant contradictions make it easier for those who have been under his spell, to start seeing what a fraud he actually is.
It's remarkable how some people have been able to see through Trump right from the start, and other people just couldn't.
It's remarkable how some people have been able to see through Trump right from the start, and other people just couldn't.
November 22, 2025 at 1:53 PM
I agree that his constant contradictions make it easier for those who have been under his spell, to start seeing what a fraud he actually is.
It's remarkable how some people have been able to see through Trump right from the start, and other people just couldn't.
It's remarkable how some people have been able to see through Trump right from the start, and other people just couldn't.
… proved too difficult to accommodate on mainstream television and ultimately her show was canceled. A balance needs to be struck between what needs to be said and what will be too destabilizing.
Choose your battles is what they say isn’t it.
Choose your battles is what they say isn’t it.
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
… proved too difficult to accommodate on mainstream television and ultimately her show was canceled. A balance needs to be struck between what needs to be said and what will be too destabilizing.
Choose your battles is what they say isn’t it.
Choose your battles is what they say isn’t it.
Pelosi was exceptional, ripping up his SOTU speech took real guts, and demonstrated just how authentic she was. But being a politician seems like a very difficult profession to be successful at. I liked listening to @tiffanydcross.bsky.social for her unfiltered speech, but what she had to say…
November 22, 2025 at 3:02 AM
Pelosi was exceptional, ripping up his SOTU speech took real guts, and demonstrated just how authentic she was. But being a politician seems like a very difficult profession to be successful at. I liked listening to @tiffanydcross.bsky.social for her unfiltered speech, but what she had to say…
You may well turn out to be right. My instincts are that he is a good egg and I like to cling on to anything positive when it emerges. No, more than that… I think he could be a force for change. He turned Trump upside down today on his home turf… that’s not nothing.
November 22, 2025 at 2:09 AM
You may well turn out to be right. My instincts are that he is a good egg and I like to cling on to anything positive when it emerges. No, more than that… I think he could be a force for change. He turned Trump upside down today on his home turf… that’s not nothing.
… I think Trump feels his inauthenticity will be exposed by the real thing that Mamdani possesses.
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
… I think Trump feels his inauthenticity will be exposed by the real thing that Mamdani possesses.
I think it was Mamdani who requested the meeting and in so doing, demonstrated to Trump that he has no fear of entering the lion’s den. I think Mamdani is more driven than Trump, and I do believe his drive is authentic. In fact I think it’s his authenticity that has Trump beat…
November 22, 2025 at 1:50 AM
I think it was Mamdani who requested the meeting and in so doing, demonstrated to Trump that he has no fear of entering the lion’s den. I think Mamdani is more driven than Trump, and I do believe his drive is authentic. In fact I think it’s his authenticity that has Trump beat…
With Zelenskyy, don’t you think it was an unfair attack by a dozen or so men on one man. Even then, it wasn’t Trump who took the lead… two or three in the room rounded on Zelenskyy before Trump chipped in with his *you don’t have the cards* line.
Trump’s always eager and willing to punch down.
Trump’s always eager and willing to punch down.
November 22, 2025 at 1:24 AM
With Zelenskyy, don’t you think it was an unfair attack by a dozen or so men on one man. Even then, it wasn’t Trump who took the lead… two or three in the room rounded on Zelenskyy before Trump chipped in with his *you don’t have the cards* line.
Trump’s always eager and willing to punch down.
Trump’s always eager and willing to punch down.