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Archive for February 7th, 2022

February 7th, 2022 - 9:28 pm § in Biden, Foreign Affairs, Russia

How Biden deals with Putin

Biden is something of a Ukraine expert, and now a negotiator with expert knowledge of Putin, having been deeply involved with both for many years. When serving as Obama’s vice president, he made numerous trips to Ukraine at the time it was breaking free of Russian domination under a pro-Moscow[...]

February 7th, 2022 - 7:47 pm § in Democrats, Donald Trump, Politics

Say what?

From Huffington Post, Monday, February 7, 2022 (story here): “If President Trump runs for reelection, I believe he would defeat Joe Biden, and I don’t want Kamala Harris to have the power as vice president to overturn that election,” Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), who is facing reelection in No[...]

February 7th, 2022 - 4:15 pm § in Foreign Affairs, Russia

Hey Vlad, you sure about this?

“Intercepted communications … revealed that some Russian officials have worried that a large-scale invasion of Ukraine would be costlier and more difficult than … Putin and other Kremlin leaders realize,” CNN reported on Monday, February 7, 2022, just days before Russia is ex[...]

February 7th, 2022 - 3:48 pm § in Business, Misc.

Going out of business

“Ye Olde Fighting Cocks in St. Albans, just north of London, [which] has been in business since 793 AD, … has closed its doors” because of declining business, CNN reported on Monday, February 7, 2022 (read story here). CNN says “Britain’s pub industry was struggling eve[...]

February 7th, 2022 - 3:13 pm § in News Media

Who’s telling the truth about Ottawa truck protesters?

Here’s how U.K.-based tabloid newspaper Daily Mail describes the ongoing trucker protests against Canada’s border vaccine mandate: “Since DailyMail.com arrived in Ottawa last week we have seen no indication of violence or vandalism or any extremist political agenda. In fact, the d[...]