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Monday, March 03, 2025

It's Oscar Sunday, a ceremony fueled by one thing: publicity. We turn ordinary people into gods and goddesses by telling flattering myths about who they are and why they're important. The "narrative" gives voters a reason to care and almost always drives the win. In Hollywood, they're not planning on changing anything, just as the Democrats won't. They haven't noticed that, as they're watching the band play on, the ship is made of iron and will sink. What do they even stand for anymore? Transing the kids, open borders for cheap labor, and most importantly, the war in Ukraine. Attending the Oscars is like supporting the Democrats, like supporting Zelensky"an alignment of power like no other.


It's about 20 minutes long in total. The first 15 minutes breaks it down by starting from the beginning and analyzing key points of the discussion prior to when things got testy. The last 5 minutes go into events that happened earlier that day.


Saturday, February 22, 2025

Last Friday, while leaders around the Western world were up in arms about J.D. Vance's confrontational address to the Munich Security Council, the Washington Post published a good old-fashioned piece of journalism. From "U.K. orders Apple to let it spy on users' encrypted accounts": Security officials in the United Kingdom have demanded that Apple create a back door allowing them to retrieve all the content any Apple user worldwide has uploaded to the cloud, people familiar with the matter told The Washington Post. ... [The] Home Secretary has served Apple with ... a technical capability notice, ordering it to provide access under the sweeping U.K. Investigatory Powers Act of 2016, which authorizes law enforcement to compel assistance from companies ... The law, known by critics as the Snoopers' Charter, makes it a criminal offense to reveal that the government has even made such a demand. read more


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Yav

What do you expect our government to do? Declare war on Russia? I had issues with some of the things Trump said. I agree. With some of the things he said. It's obvious to me the path he seeks is de-escalation and he was clear that further US involvement will be toward that end. If Zelenskyy wants status quo or escalation it's pretty obvious he's not going to get much assistance from the US toward that direction. It's a stance I happen toagree with and I've felt that way since after the first year of this conflict. Ukraine is not a NATO ally and while Europe offers loans for Ukraine (and in way smaller numbers than what we've provided) we have been giving grants to the tune of nearly $200 billion with no end in sight if we stay the course.

You seem to oppose de-escalation and a negotiated end to this. I get it. Russia ends up getting something for their act of aggression and morally that's wrong. From my POV, it's not our problem. Yes, global stability is beneficial for our country. From my POV ending this war, even if Russia gets something out of it, makes that region more stable.

What bothered me most about Trump was his constant finger pointing at Biden. While I happen to agree with him, at least to a certain extent, it's campaign talk and we are past the campaign. Inappropriate and unnecessary and added nothing to the discussion.

As for Zelenskyy I get what he was trying to do. But he's trying to make a case for status quo and escalation if he can get it but instead of being contrite he eventually got testy when he continually wasn't getting what he wants. It's clear that this administration is t going to be guilted into changing its stance give. The stance is clear.

Bottom line - it appears he will likely get the support he needs if he agees to work toward a deal. You are free to disagree with that and even get angry with me for agreeing with that path. I think it's the most sensible way to go at this point.

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