More from the article ...

... Speaking with journalists, Coale described two-day talks as "very productive," Belarus' state news agency Belta reported Saturday.

The meetings focused on steps toward normalizing relations between Washington and Minsk, including lifting sanctions and releasing political prisoners in Belarus, Coale said. He also said that the relationship between the two countries was moving from "baby steps to more confident steps" as they increased dialogue.

The discussions also touched on Venezuela, as well as Russia's ongoing invasion of Ukraine, Belta said.

Coale told reporters that Lukashenko had given "good advice" on how to address the conflict, saying that Lukashenko and Russian President Vladimir Putin were "longtime friends" with "the necessary level of relationship to discuss such issues." ...

@#9 ... Is the------------------- going to take Garcia out with a drone strike?...

... and not release the video?

Related ...

@#1 ... Texas is once again on the front lines ...

Possibly due to the southern location and the warming effect of climate change.

What is Pres Trump's stated goal for what he is doing around Venezuela?

It is a simple question.

Anyone have an answer?

@#35 ... Troll bait. ...

Yeah, that's what I thought.

But I also wanted to check my opinion by responding.

If there were no response to my comment, my guess would be that the troll farm may have called it quits for the evening.

[shrug]

@#5 ... [Pres Trump] essentially is admitting that the state made the right decision to bring the charges that led to her conviction and incarceration in state prison. ...

Looks that way, doesn't it?

@#33 ... And it's gotten far worse with DEI. ...

How so?

imo, not a good sign ...

More from the article ...

... In farewell remarks, Adm. Holsey did not mention the military operations or the reasons for his early retirement.

He urged his successor to uphold longstanding partnerships in the region by standing firmly behind the shared values of democracy and support for the rule of law. ....

@#7 ... We have to wait until after the mid-terms ...

I'm not yet of the opinion that 2026 will flip the Senate.

Flipping the House, at this point, that looks likely. But I do emphasize "at this point."

There are still 11 months until Election Day.

Pres Trump, in his peace deals, seems to be more concerned about the short-term transactional aspects of establishing a cease-fire.

But in doing so, he seems to neglect the longer term ramifications of those results.

And, for the countries at war, it usually is not about some short-term acquiescence, it is about the long-tern solution that ends decades of fighting.

From the cited article ...

... Despite Democrats consistent criticisms and outrage at Trump and his administration, many are hesitant about pursuing impeachment of the president, as previous impeachments are viewed by many as having backfired. ...

Backfired?

That seems to be what those Democrats need to explain.

And the explanations should be in the context of why the Congressional Democrats are viewed so lowly by their constituents.

Oops, things seemed to have changed since I last looked ...

@#8 ... That's a big enough number. ...

The cited CDC article (released by the Trump CDC --- so, who will be fired?) has this section...

... Limitations

The findings in this report are subject to at least five limitations. ...

At this point, the report looks to me to be quite comprehensive, with a lot of citations to substantiate what it says.

Quite unlike the apparent unsubstantiated trolling that seems to be occurring by a MAGA aficionado here.

@#9 ... I read the synopsis, did you? ...

I did.

... I see you cut and paste random sections, but did you read it? ...

I posted the link to the entire article, which I did read. But If I had posted the entire article, I'd likely be accused of posting a "will of text."

... Do you know what is meant by 'statistical significance' and how very small numbers in a large population can skew results? Probably not. ...

Actually, I do know that.

Back in the day, I worked in a surveying company. As I have stated many times in the past here on this most august message board. I dealt with that on a daily basis.

So a supposition of your current alias is wrong. What else may be wrong about is suppositions?

But I still have to ask, what else yer got? At this pint, your current alias is just exposing the usual ignorance of MAGA.

Do try harder.

More from the cited article ...

... Asked if his team would ever help Machado return to Venezuela, Stern said he advised her against it.

"When we were on the boat together, we talked about this, and I begged her not to go back," he told CNN.

"She's a real hero and icon of mine, and to put her back in harm's way where she may be arrested, killed, tortured, who knows what? -- I would really not want to do that, but like us, she's a leader, and she wants to be there for her people."
...

More from the cited article ...

... "Because of her face, because of her signature, because the entire Venezuelan intelligence service, the entire Cuban intelligence service, parts of the Russian intelligence, were all looking for her for months, and specifically this week, in particular, because of the Nobel Prize, (it) made this operation significantly more high risk than we've ever done before," he said.

He told CNN that his team has carried out 800 operations and rescued more than 8,000 people, but this was "the first person that has a Wikipedia page." ...

@#6 ... With numbers this small ...

Please describe your understanding of sampling to arrive at a conclusion.

From a link cited in the article ...

@#11

So I got a response from you.

Interesting.

To be honest, I'd really like to see you comment more frequently. Not the usual post and run stuff. But that is just me.

Because I am so vain? No.

Because I respect your opinions? Yes.

:)

Two comments...

The first, and most important...

Is this so significant to justify the headlines here on local media? If so, why?

The second ...

Peoples Bank is no longer here in CT. It was purchased (and, imo, destroyed by)M&T Bank.

So does the PeoplesBank Arena also not exist?

So many questions, so few answers....

Oh well ...

@#33 ... As I said earlier, we'd be better off had we never passed ACA. ...

Yeah, the GOP also seems to have said that.

But my question is, why would Americans be better off without ACA?

Yer up.

@#33 ... No one in this country of 337,000,000 people is going to get any kind of reasonably priced healthcare with the insurance lobby standing between them and their HCP. ...

If that is the real problem to solve, what is Pres Trump doing to solve it?

From nearly a decade ago ...

Yet Pres Trump still seems to have nothing besides a promise of ~something coming soon...~

...
Candidate Trump on healthcare:

May 21, 2015
I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid.

Sept 25, 2015
Everybody's got to be covered.

Feb 17, 2016
We're going to have great plans. They're going to be much less expensive and they're going to be much better.

Oct 25, 2016
You're going to have such great healthcare at a tiny fraction of the cost, and it is going to be so easy.

Nov 13, 2016
It will be better healthcare, much better for less money. Not a bad combination.

"I'm not going to cut Social Security like every other Republican and I'm not going to cut Medicare or Medicaid."
-- Trump to the Daily Signal in May 2015

"We will immediately repeal and replace ObamaCare - and nobody can do that like me. We will save $'s and have much better healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in February 2016

Pres-elect Trump on healthcare:

"We're going to have insurance for everybody ... There was a philosophy in some circles that if you can't pay for it, you don't get it. That's not going to happen with us."
-- Pres-elect Trump to the Washington Post in January 2017

Pres Trump on healthcare:

"Our healthcare plan will lower premiums & deductibles -- and be great healthcare!"
-- Trump tweet in May 2017
...

Where is the plan?

... Thailand's Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul has said military action against Cambodia will continue despite an earlier claim by United States President Donald Trump that he had successfully brokered a ceasefire between the neighbouring countries. ...

Pres Trump misrepresented something?

Quelle surprise.