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@#43 ... Certainly. Not probable, but possible. ...
Yeah, that looks more like an excuse to me than what might have actually occurred.
Pres Putin has never seemed to have a conern bout Ukrainian children.
To wit...
How Moscow grabs Ukrainian kids and makes them Russians (March 2023)
apnews.com
... Olga Lopatkina paced around her basement in circles like a trapped animal. For more than a week, the Ukrainian mother had heard nothing from her six adopted children stranded in Mariupol, and she was going out of her mind with worry.
The kids had spent their vacation at a resort in the port city, as usual. But this time war with Russia had broken out, and her little ones " always terrified of the dark " were abandoned in a besieged city with no light and no hope. All they had now was her oldest son, Timofey, who was still himself just 17.
The questions looped endlessly in her head: Should she try to rescue the children herself " and risk being killed, making them orphans yet again? Or should she campaignto get them out from afar " and risk them being killed or falling into the hands of the Russians?
She had no idea her dilemma would lead her straight into a battle against Russia, with the highest stakes of her life.
The Associated Press first published this story on Oct. 13, 2022. On Friday, the International Criminal Court said it had issued an arrest warrant for Russian President Vladimir Putin for war crimes, accusing him of personal responsibility for the abductions of children from Ukraine. Lopatkina told the AP on Friday, "Everyone must be punished for their crimes." ...
@#24 ... Nazis need to die ...
But then there is this...
Le Pen, Orban and the Patriots for Europe': Is the EU being undermined from within?
www.france24.com
... Marine Le Pen's far-right National Rally party this week joined forces with the camp of Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban to form a powerful new far-right bloc in the EU parliament.
The group, Patriots for Europe, will be led by Jordan Bardella, Le Pen's 28-year-old protg. With 84 EU lawmakers it will be the parliament's third-largest political group. ...
@#27 ... It is simply pointing out the data as was recently released by UCLA. ...
Yeah, I read the cited Washington Examiner article.
Are Black patients being adequately served by the current profit-oriented healthcare industry?
Do Black patients fare better with Black doctors? (June 2023)
www.aamc.org
... Research shows that racial concordance can improve communication, trust, and adherence to medical advice. That has implications for health care providers. ...
So, the medical schools are trying to fix a problem the medical industry faces.
That's A Good Thing?
Their first attempt may be a stumble, but what about the longer term?
Appropriate healthcare for all Americans, not just Whites?
@#8 ... Doesn't look like Joe is going anywhere ...
At this point, I'd agree.
Inside Biden-skeptic Democrats' tortured calculus
www.axios.com
Yeah, that's not a headline the skeptics wanted to see.
Then I see things like this...
Biden's inner circle kept signs of aging under wraps
www.wsj.com
... Senior White House advisers for more than a year have aggressively stage-managed President Biden's schedule, movements and personal interactions, as they sought to minimize signs of how age has taken a toll on the oldest president in U.S. history.
The White House has limited Biden's daily itinerary and shielded him from impromptu exchanges. Advisers have restricted news conferences and media appearances, twice declining Super Bowl halftime interviews"an easy way to reach millions of voters"and sought to make sure meetings with donors stuck to scripted pleasantries. ...
@#11 ... But, that election was taken on the backdrop of an unprecedented pandemic - economic shutdowns and fear - and with the mistaken idea that Biden could handle it better ...
... and Pres Biden did handle it better.
What else yer got?
But yeah...
Biden marks one million U.S. COVID deaths after losing political battles (May 2022)
www.reuters.com
So, how many of those deaths were because of fmr Pres Trump's policies?