War in Ukraine

[LouderVol]

Add a grain of salt here, but...

Ukraine has suffered around 1300 military casualties, – Zelenskyy announced the figure for the first time

There is zero way this is true. Even if they arent counting their militia losses.

 

[Velo Vol]

If this is true (if it is true), this is proof that Putin is going after the enemies of humanity.

You're just mad that Silicon Valley is cutting off your Kremlin propaganda sources (except for Tucker Carlson).

 

[Rickyvol77]

If this is true (if it is true), this is proof that Putin is going after the enemies of humanity.

Hahaha

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Hahaha

So the Russians no longer have McDonalds, KFC, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and likely will be loosing a bunch of these tech and social media sites...

What is the down side of this? What do we have to do to get these companies out of America?

 

[Velo Vol]

No problem there.

 

[Hunerwadel]

So the Russians no longer have McDonalds, KFC, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and likely will be loosing a bunch of these tech and social media sites...

What is the down side of this? What do we have to do to get these companies out of America?

Nothing. When people stop buying them they will go a way.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

White House insiders say Trump would have pulled U.S. out of NATO in second term.

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I'm on the fence on this as to whether I believe it or not. I think Trump voiced his displeasure with NATO and I'm sure getting out of NATO may have crossed his mind. But I'm not sure if that passing thought would have manifested into him actually pulling the trigger on that. And lets say that he did intend to do that, there is likely no way he would have been able to get cooperation from the people around him. Because right now, it appears that NATO is a sacred cow to these Beltway insiders and they would have likely not held back on any plans to prevent Trump from a NATO withdrawal. All the way from false accusations or impeachment to possibly having plane engine failures or something of that sort.

 

[Velo Vol]

What is the down side of this? What do we have to do to get these companies out of America?

Nationalize everything.

 

[Rickyvol77]

So the Russians no longer have McDonalds, KFC, Coca-Cola, Pepsi, and likely will be loosing a bunch of these tech and social media sites...

What is the down side of this? What do we have to do to get these companies out of America?

Who cares?

 

[Gandalf]

I'm on the fence on this as to whether I believe it or not. I think Trump voiced his displeasure with NATO and I'm sure getting out of NATO may have crossed his mind. But I'm not sure if that passing thought would have manifested into him actually pulling the trigger on that. And lets say that he did intend to do that, there is likely no way he would have been able to get cooperation from the people around him. Because right now, it appears that NATO is a sacred cow to these Beltway insiders and they would have likely not held back on any plans to prevent Trump from a NATO withdrawal. All the way from false accusations or impeachment to possibly having plane engine failures or something of that sort.

Eh, I think like most things Trump said, they were useful drive the conversation and extract the maximum concession he thought he could get. Much of his bombastic speech is that way really. You have to take what Trump says quite seriously but not necessarily literally. That is the mistake both the left and the right make toward him all the time.

In this case, I suspect the bluster of possibly leaving NATO was a tactic to get EU leaders to imagine what that might look like without the USA guaranteeing their safety and so drive them to cough up their (contractual) share of the defense budget, which they had long neglected. This in turn meant the American taxpayer had borne the burden for protecting the EU and Trump (rightly) saw that as a flawed arrangement that needed addressing.

 

[KB5252]

If this is true (if it is true), this is proof that Putin is going after the enemies of humanity.

Or, maybe he just wanted to silence any opposition to what he planned to do. There isn't some altruistic mission or plan Putin has here Ras. Sometimes the guys going after who you perceive to be enemies are your friends, just as often they are not.

I don't understand your slant here Ras. You'd side with the guy killing people to forward their agenda and demonize those who used more peaceful means to forward theirs.

I'm not a fan of big tech but if you ask me who the bigger threat is....... The guy holding guns to people's heads over the guy who selectively censors people almost every time.

 

[evillawyer]

 

[OHvol40]

 

[Franklin Pierce]

Stanford University Cancels $1.7M Russian Contract after Fox News Inquiry

Stanford appears to be the Sole US University with an Active Russian Contract, records show

Stanford University is terminating what appears to be the last remaining active Russian contract among colleges in the United States after Fox News reached out for details and comment on the arrangement.

Stanford entered into a $1.65 million agreement with an unidentified Russian entity in December 2020, a search of the College Foreign Gift and Contract Report database shows. The three-year agreement contains sparse details, though it notes the funding did not come from the Kremlin.

The contract is for "online access to business-related professional development courses" and is in "full compliance" with U.S. sanctions, Dee Mostofi, Stanford's assistant vice president for external communications, told Fox News on Thursday.


On Friday, however, Mostofi emailed Fox News saying Stanford now "is in the process of ending the contract."

Mostofi did not address other questions on the contract, including who in Russia was involved and whether the university plans to take up Russian contracts in the future.

Stanford University cancels $1.7M Russian contract after Fox News inquiry

 

[Gandalf]

Stanford University Cancels $1.7M Russian Contract after Fox News Inquiry

Stanford appears to be the Sole US University with an Active Russian Contract, records show

Stanford University is terminating what appears to be the last remaining active Russian contract among colleges in the United States after Fox News reached out for details and comment on the arrangement.

Stanford entered into a $1.65 million agreement with an unidentified Russian entity in December 2020, a search of the College Foreign Gift and Contract Report database shows. The three-year agreement contains sparse details, though it notes the funding did not come from the Kremlin.

The contract is for "online access to business-related professional development courses" and is in "full compliance" with U.S. sanctions, Dee Mostofi, Stanford's assistant vice president for external communications, told Fox News on Thursday.


On Friday, however, Mostofi emailed Fox News saying Stanford now "is in the process of ending the contract."

Mostofi did not address other questions on the contract, including who in Russia was involved and whether the university plans to take up Russian contracts in the future.

Stanford University cancels $1.7M Russian contract after Fox News inquiry

Now if only they would do the same with the Chinese we would really be getting somewhere. But then I suspect that would represent at least 40-50% of their foreign money.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Or, maybe he just wanted to silence any opposition to what he planned to do. There isn't some altruistic mission or plan Putin has here Ras. Sometimes the guys going after who you perceive to be enemies are your friends, just as often they are not.

I don't understand your slant here Ras. You'd side with the guy killing people to forward their agenda and demonize those who used more peaceful means to forward theirs.

I'm not a fan of big tech but if you ask me who the bigger threat is....... The guy holding guns to people's heads over the guy who selectively censors people almost every time.

I was being a bit sarcastic in this instance. Relax.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

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What does a stock market have to do with the health of an economy? We've seen evidence of stock markets in Venezuela, Zimbabwe and even here in the US going off the charts while the real economy is collapsing.

 

[OHvol40]

What does a stock market have to do with the health of an economy? We've seen evidence of stock markets in Venezuela, Zimbabwe and even here in the US going off the charts while the real economy is collapsing.

Russia’s economy is healthy? I fail to understand your blind allegiance and denialism.

 

[Hunerwadel]

Eh, I think like most things Trump said, they were useful drive the conversation and extract the maximum concession he thought he could get. Much of his bombastic speech is that way really. You have to take what Trump says quite seriously but not necessarily literally. That is the mistake both the left and the right make toward him all the time.

In this case, I suspect the bluster of possibly leaving NATO was a tactic to get EU leaders to imagine what that might look like without the USA guaranteeing their safety and so drive them to cough up their (contractual) share of the defense budget, which they had long neglected. This in turn meant the American taxpayer had borne the burden for protecting the EU and Trump (rightly) saw that as a flawed arrangement that needed addressing.

There are times (most of the time actually) when friend and foe alike must clearly understand what the President is saying without having to guess.

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Russia’s economy is healthy?

Is that what I said?

 

[Rasputin_Vol]

Eh, I think like most things Trump said, they were useful drive the conversation and extract the maximum concession he thought he could get. Much of his bombastic speech is that way really. You have to take what Trump says quite seriously but not necessarily literally. That is the mistake both the left and the right make toward him all the time.

In this case, I suspect the bluster of possibly leaving NATO was a tactic to get EU leaders to imagine what that might look like without the USA guaranteeing their safety and so drive them to cough up their (contractual) share of the defense budget, which they had long neglected. This in turn meant the American taxpayer had borne the burden for protecting the EU and Trump (rightly) saw that as a flawed arrangement that needed addressing.

Not much different than what I thought. Like I said, I on the fence on whether I believe this or not.

 

[Orangeburst]

There are times (most of the time actually) when friend and foe alike must clearly understand what the President is saying without having to guess.

Why the rhetoric is so effective. Guess he could say something like "minor incursions" are ok.

 

[OHvol40]

Is that what I said?

You implied that Russia’s stock market being closed for a month has nothing to do with the health of it’s economy, which of course is looney because the whole reason they’re doing that is to avoid the sharp price declines that are inevitable due to *gasp* the sanctions.

If you aren’t saying that Russia’s economy is healthy, then what exactly was the purpose of your contradictory reply?

 

[n_huffhines]

 

[Orangeburst]

Our human nature can suck at times..but humor is one of our greatest gifts