And yet Margie Mattress Back tried to shout down Congressman Raskin the other day, claiming the war was somehow fake news? She must still be mad that she's always the last one picked at the coke ----, and she's much too old for Venmolestor Gaetz.

#8 - Other than losing his willing accomplice in the WH, the timing puzzles me. Dotard would pull the US from NATO in a second term, which was why Putin didn't invade while Combover Quisling was in office. With President Biden there, rebuilding our relationships with allies, I wonder if Putin thought the longer he waited, the more complicated it would be. I agree with your Nordstream 2 assessment, seems like he would have had more leverage, which brings me back to the rumors about Putin's health. He has been COVID paranoid since near the start of the pandemic, suggesting a severe underlying condition. Maybe he's terminal which is why he cares not about war crimes. His moves reek of desperation, like his legacy, is to put Russia on the path of rekindling the USSR, and it has to happen now. If that's the case, he has nothing to lose, which is our worst-case scenario.