U.S. soldiers attend welcoming ceremony for NATO troops near Orzysz, Poland, in 2017. (Kacper Pempel/Reuters)
Jerry Hendrix, National Review: Is the U.S. Ready for a Russian Invasion of Eastern Europe?
Logistical challenges, NATO underinvestment, and more should make Ukraine and its neighbors very nervous.
The Baltic nations of Latvia, Lithuania, and Estonia, along with Poland, Slovakia, Romania, and Bulgaria, are all watching Vladimir Putin’s military buildup in eastern Europe with great unease. Each of them was controlled by Russia during its previous incarnation as the Soviet Union, and none of them wishes to return to that subjugation.
That’s why they originally sought membership in the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, and have increased their own defense spending to meet, and in some cases surpass, the 2-percent-of-GDP goal that the alliance first agreed upon in 2014. NATO membership brings with it the guarantee of security that the U.S. has provided to Europe for 70 years, and with an aggressive Russia looming to the East, security is very much a concern.
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Commentaries, Analysis, And Editorials -- January 25, 2022
Putin’s Likely Course of Action in Ukraine -- AEI
Russia’s Vietnam: Why an Invasion of Ukraine Would Be a Disaster for Putin -- Robert Kelly, 19FortyFive
Has the west fallen for Putin’s tricks in Ukraine? -- Keir Giles, The Guardian
Would Putin Really Invade Ukraine for This? -- Fred Kaplan, Spectator
Putin’s Risky Options in Ukraine -- Tim Willasey-Wilsey, The Cipher Brief
What would a Russian invasion of Ukraine trigger for the EU? -- Jack Parrock & Bernd Riegert, DW
Biden’s Ukraine Scramble -- Conrad Black, American Greatness
The Russia Sanctions That Could Actually Stop Putin -- Politico
Biden must act now to better arm Ukraine. Here’s what that should look like - By Bradley Bowman, John Hardie and Jack Sullivan, Military Times
American deterrence's missing half -- Raphael S. Cohen, The Hill
Out of Cash, Iran Puts Dream Of Shia Empire On Pause -- Ahmad Ra'fat, World Crunch
Why Effort to Help Afghanistan Is Falling Short -- Ben Fox, AP How China Spies on the West -- Ian Williams, Spectator
What’s China Up to in Central America? -- David Engel, The Strategist
Why North Korea’s Threat to Test ICBMs and Nuclear Weapons Is Serious -- Ankit Panda, 19FortyFive
10 comments:
"The evolution of Marek's disease due to vaccination has had a profound effect on the poultry industry. All chickens across the globe are now vaccinated against Marek's disease (birds hatched in private flocks for laying or exhibition are rarely vaccinated). Highly virulent strains have been selected to the point that any chicken that is unvaccinated will die if infected. Other leaky vaccines are commonly used in agriculture. One vaccine in particular is the vaccine for avian influenza. Leaky vaccine use for avian influenza can select for virulent strains."
Marek's concerns chickens. However, the same mechanism might affect corona.
A case has been made that the corona 'vaccine' is causing more dangerous mutations.
"might" or might not
link to the case that has been made?
now that you have vented, my comment remains:
where is the Might or might not and what does that even mean. the world might end next week. Or not.
I still remain puzzled by "the case has been made"--where is a link to that idea? what case? how do we know a case has \been made? what is the case that has been made? A case has been made that your comment does not pass any elementary sort of decent writing. Who made the case? ME. Why ? because no case is made in the comment.
The great think about Marek's disease is that it is uncontroversial. At least until now. It only affected poultry producers before the grower stage. So political have not been involved in research for the longest time. It came down to wanting to save money so the poultry producers wanted to be effective not dogmatic.
So reprobate does not know the difference between a case being made and a case being proven.
A case was made and you failed to counter it in any way.
Yeah that whole family and order went over your head as I knew it would, since you were not told what to think.
Breaking: Georgia Officials Tampered With and Deleted Hours of Ballot Box Video Before It Was Released to Investigators
Democrats cannot let the complete, unedited video get out there.
Wat are Demoncrats trying to hide?
Yahoo News
Fake electoral documents under new scrutiny as Trump prepares for Arizona visit
Christopher Wilson
Christopher Wilson·Senior Writer
January 14, 2022·4 min read
As former President Donald Trump prepares for a visit to Arizona, there has been renewed scrutiny of fake electoral vote certificates sent by Trump supporters in the aftermath of the 2020 election.
Trump was originally set to hold a press conference on the first anniversary of the Jan. 6 Capitol insurrection, but said he would instead address the election and the riot at the Jan. 15 rally in Florence, Ariz. Trump has continued to baselessly claim that the 2020 election was stolen from him, with some prominent Arizona Republicans pushing the same conspiracy theory.
While Republican Gov. Doug Ducey certified the election with Joe Biden as its winner in December 2020, other members of the party, including Kelli Ward, chairwoman of the Arizona Republican Party, pushed a fake electoral certificate stating that Trump had won the state. The document was sent to the National Archives, which processes Electoral College certificates before sending them on to Congress.
Claim
"Fake electors" and "fake elector letters" re-emerged in January 2022 as part of an investigation into the January 6 2021 Capitol insurrection.
Reporting
AdvertisementsIn early January 2022, news stories and social media posts focused on “fake electors” and “fake elector letters,” an aspect of highly weaponized post-election stunts in 2020 and early 2021 that were possibly overlooked at the time parts were initially reported:
The Reddit r/politics submission linked to a January 11 2022 MSNBC video segment, “Republicans in at least three states filed forged elector letters; possible pattern seen.” A description referenced a contemporaneous report:
Rachel Maddow shares reporting from Politico of Republicans in Michigan and Arizona creating fake elector letters pretending to certify Donald Trump and Mike Pence the winners of their states even though Joe Biden and Kamala Harris won them both, with the Michigan letter markedly similar to a previously reported forged Wisconsin letter.
Although a transcript had not yet been made available, what appeared to be a companion piece was published to MSNBC’s Maddow Blog on January 12 2022, describing the scope and novel elements of the previous day’s segment:
Originally, the list [of forged election material] was limited to one state. In December 2020, Wisconsin electors met for an official ceremony in which the state formally assigned its participants in the electoral college. But as we’ve discussed, while the actual electors were being assigned inside the state capitol in Madison, a group of Wisconsin Republicans quietly held a separate, fake ceremony — in the same capitol, at the same time — to cast electoral votes for Donald Trump, despite his defeat in the state.
They then proceeded to forge the official paperwork and sent it to, among others, the U.S. Senate and the U.S. Archivist, as if the materials were legitimate. They were not.
That was bizarre, but as it turns out, it was not unique.
This week [beginning Monday January 10 2022], the list went from one to three, as Politico reported that the National Archives also received forged certificates of ascertainment from Republicans in Michigan and Arizona — two battleground states where President Joe Biden narrowly prevailed, but where groups of Republicans nevertheless created and submitted fraudulent election materials … As Rachel explained on last night’s show:
This is serious reporting?!?!
Lying and more lying!
amazing how Fred R. Lapides (4:32) copies and pastes everything including the advertisement.
Hillary said the election was stolen. She still says it. Where are the lawsuits and court cases.
Trump says the election was stolen in 2020. There are a lot of court cases.
But Hillary not so many, because she knows she is a liar.
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