Windows to RussiaA survivor of six heart attacks and a brain tumor, a grumpy bear of a man, whom has declared Russia as his new and wonderful home. His wife is a true Russian Sweet Pea of a girl and she puts up with this bear of a guy and keeps him in line.
Thank God for my Sweet Pea and Russia.
“The West is using [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky’s criminal Russophobic regime as one of the levers to contain our country. We see Washington and its NATO allies increasing the supplies of lethal weapons to the Ukrainian neo-Nazis, sharing intelligence data with them and recruiting foreign mercenaries to send to Ukraine. All this, in one way or another, makes them parties to the conflict,” Lavrov’s address reads.
Good read…
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WASHINGTON, DC – Congressman Jamie Raskin today released the following statement.
Raskin Restates the Fundamental Importance of the Ukrainian Struggle for National Sovereignty, Democracy and Freedom
“I am glad to learn of the withdrawal of the letter of October 24, 2022, which—because of its unfortunate timing and other flaws—led to the conflation of growing Republican opposition to support for Ukraine, as exemplified by recent statements of Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, with the polar-opposite position of dozens of Democrats like me who have passionately supported every package of military, strategic and economic assistance to the Ukrainian people and are determined to see the Ukrainian people win victory over Vladimir Putin and expel his imperialist forces from their country.
“In the eight months since Russia began its atrocity-filled and illegal war of aggression against the people of Ukraine, the Ukrainian people have given Americans not just the chance to defend the values of national sovereignty, democracy and pluralism but also great hope for the world’s future. Had Ukrainians been quickly defeated by Putin’s army, as so many people expected, had Volodymyr Zelensky fled the country, as so many people expected, then a dangerous tyranny would have destroyed a nascent democracy, and prospects for democratic causes everywhere in the world would have darkened. Large countries would have felt emboldened to attack small countries everywhere.
“But today there is hope because of the strength of President Zelensky and the Ukrainian people, and the cause of democracy and freedom in Ukraine is the cause of the democratic world. We should unite around this just struggle and stay focused on it.
“Ukraine has given the world a lesson in anti-imperialism and how to fight a just war of self-defense even amidst enormous civilian suffering. Putin has claimed, as European colonizers did for hundreds of years, that the Ukrainian state and the Ukrainian nation do not exist. This obvious lie has been his rationale for an increasingly genocidal war of destruction, the openly avowed goal of which is the destruction of the Ukrainian people as such. These last weeks and days, Russian propagandists have repeatedly appeared on television to urge the murder of Ukrainian children and violence against the Ukrainian population.
“It is a bad colonial habit to suppose that ultimately peace depends upon the wishes of the great powers and the great powers alone, and even progressive and liberal people can fall into this colonialist reflex.
“Ukraine’s struggle embodies a democratic future. Its civilian and military leadership is young and diverse, representing a post-Soviet generation that has learned to treasure freedom and value democracy. Its president, who is Jewish and thus belongs to a small national minority, was elected with 73% of the population, and now has even higher levels of support, thanks to his extraordinary wartime leadership. Thousands of Ukrainian women are fighting on the front, and a woman serves as deputy minister of defense. Sexual minorities are represented within the Ukrainian armed forces. Ukrainians soldiers routinely speak two languages. Ukraine has displayed a striking degree of toleration and decency during a war.
“The Ukrainians also inspire democratic forces all over the world with their example of civil society. This war is fought and won on the Ukrainian side with the help of countless civilians, organized informally into small horizontal groups, who fill the gaps in logistics. An emblematic image of this war is of the vans driven to the front by civilians to supply soldiers. Where conscripted Russians destroy Ukrainian homes, neighbors come to help. Another common image of this war is the partially repaired house: in the regions from which Russia has been forced to retreat, Ukrainians do what they can to rebuild their neighbors’ homes.
“Moscow right now is a hub of corrupt tyranny, censorship, authoritarian repression, police violence, propaganda, government lies and disinformation, and planning for war crimes. It is a world center of antifeminist, antigay, anti-trans hatred, as well as the homeland of replacement theory for export. In supporting Ukraine, we are opposing these fascist views, and supporting the urgent principles of democratic pluralism. Ukraine is not perfect, of course, but its society is organized on the radically different principles of democracy and freedom, which is why Russia’s oligarchical leaders seek to destroy it forever. I am proud to have been banned from Putin’s Russia for my pro-Ukrainian legislative activism, and I look forward to visiting Ukraine.
“Ukrainians provide us with an example of courage in defense of national sovereignty and democracy. They are defending their democratic right to choose their own leaders and live in freedom and peace, and they are doing so at great risk and staggering personal cost.
“Ukrainians today give the democratic world a chance for a critical and historic victory, and we must rally to their side. It is important to be on the right side of a just war, and it is even more important to be on the right side and win. Just as Ukrainian resistance gives us hope, a Ukrainian victory would give us an opening to a much better future for all humanity. All champions of democracy over autocracy—whether they call themselves progressives, conservatives or liberals—should be doing whatever we can to ensure that Ukraine wins this just war as quickly as possible. Diplomacy by the Biden administration will inevitably follow as sustained diplomacy always marks the conclusion of war—even with tyrants and despots. But first Ukraine must win—let us continue to unite as Americans and focus on that central and historic imperative.”
Today (October 25, 2022) has also left no doubt about the direction of the USA and its love for evil…
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🐱 Mostik the Cat is back, inspects the Crimean Bridge by car.
Gives his #PawofApproval ✅🌉
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https://sputniknews.com/20171216/mostik-the-bridge-building-cat-1060054973.html
Sveta and I found a grapevine growing on a fence in the middle of nowhere. Perfect delicious purple grapes and last night was going to go -4 C…
So, we decided to pick a bag and since no one was around? We helped ourselves…
Will be frozen today anyway. It was already getting dark and +2 when we found them…
Oh so delicious and sweet like candy…
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And OMG they, the Collective West is Pissed Off…
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“There is no place for rules or order in the so—called ‘rules-based international order,'” a Chinese foreign Ministry spokesman said.
Representatives of Western countries constantly talk about the need to protect the “rules-based world order.”
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◾Professor Jeffrey Sachs:”The most violent country in the world since 1950 is the United States”
The moderator,of course,cuts him off abruptly. This happened during a debate on democracy.
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Liberal lawmakers urge Biden to shift Ukraine strategy – The Washington Post
A group of 30 House liberals is urging President Biden to dramatically shift his strategy on the Ukraine war and pursue direct negotiations with Russia, the first time prominent members of his own party have pushed him to change his approach to Ukraine.
Source: Liberal lawmakers urge Biden to shift Ukraine strategy – The Washington Post
Very simple lets watch what happens…
I know what will happen and it ain’t good…
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🎙 Commentary by M.V. Zakharova in connection with the US refusal to issue visas to the Russian delegation to the IAEA International Ministerial Conference “Nuclear Energy in the 21st Century”
🔹 The United States 🇺🇸 again showed duplicity and demonstrated arrogant disregard for the principles of work of international organizations, which provide for non-discriminatory and equal partnership of their participants.
🔹 The United States never issued visas to the Russian delegates – despite the fact that the relevant applications were submitted by them in advance in the prescribed manner.
🔹 The norms enshrined in the Agreement between the IAEA and the state hosting the event under the auspices of the Agency, with obligations to provide the necessary conditions for participation in meetings convened in accordance with the Agency’s mandate, have been grossly violated.
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◾Russia intends to raise at the UN the issue of preparing a “dirty bomb” by Kiev – Lavrov.
◾The head of the Foreign Ministry said that the data had been rechecked and this was not an empty accusation.
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