DrMaddVibe
a year ago

no one else is waiting for me to display dignity.
you refuse to accept it.

It's not your handle that causes so many to ask if you have anger issues. No one is confused by it yet it is interesting how many times you've felt the need to explain it.

It's your behavior toward others.

MCFA...

frankj1 wrote:




Yeah, about that..Sorry if it hurts your vagina or nutsack. Really,

https://saraacarter.com/dhs-recovers-59-million-in-fema-funds-sent-to-nyc-migrant-hotels/ 
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DrMaddVibe
a year ago

^

If we're pretending that there are elections & pretending that the "buck stops" with the president, then Trump destroyed this country in 2020--the Sanostra admin dressed in drag and threw gas on the fire.

Imagine for a sec that Joe Sanostra shut the entire country down bc of the flu. Would you ever trust that guy again? Warp Speed?


I thought you were talking about Trumps complete support of Israel with the "promised land" wording, bc there's a list a mile long that wasn't good for America, or America first, during Trumps 1st admin.

RobertHively wrote:




Warp Speed...he has a very deep interview where he states (and look it up because I'm paraphrasing! LORD, Lefty will put ME on a cross if I don't get close!) that he didn't believe Fauci but if he fired him then the media, world and everybody in-between would castigate him for all of the mess! He was stuck with the "Angel of Death" Mengele lite. The media painted him into a corner. Our boy knows better now. He didn't listen to the party faithful this time. They will go down with Fauci and Pedo Joe. That's inevitable.
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RobertHively
a year ago

pay attention.

Robert and I are able to find issues in which we are of one mind.

Yet we are both very aware of how different our inner cores are...but we don't speak for the other, we listen.

Sometimes that finds unity, more often we'd disagree,.. with respect and dignity. I respect that he lives what he talks (walks the walk?) and in return he respects that I get/accept him...even if he is wrong all the time!!!

except this time!

HA!!!

frankj1 wrote:




"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."
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frankj1
a year ago

"Iron sharpeneth iron; so a man sharpeneth the countenance of his friend."

RobertHively wrote:


hope you are having a restful Sabbath, my friend.
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puffymcpufferson
a year ago

Just curious - would you say the Mormons as a church are particularly guilty or egregious for their evil shit, or is it just your personal experience with them that makes them a stand out?

Brewha wrote:




The church as a whole is and always has been murderous, invasive, financially corrupt, incestuous and oppressive. That American Primeval is an accurate depiction of church leadership then and now. I was raised in the church until I was 8. I was raised a pioneer, which is one step more moderate than a fundamentalist. I still have the raw skills to coerece and manipulate for my agenda. It's disgusting behavior so I don't use it....but 8 year-olds from a pioneer ward of LDS are fully capable of organizing and leading a cult.

So now that I've establish that. Hasidic Judaism and the Revivalists before them are the downfall of The Ukraine. Absolutely nothing against the Jews as whole. But their fundamentalist and revivalist sects are abominable. Just like every other religious sect....Look at Vietnam, Myanmar/Burma, fundamental Buddhism vs Catholics.
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HockeyDad
a year ago
Happy Ukraine War Anniversary!
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DrMaddVibe
a year ago
Perhaps we do get back some of the money Biden paid out and siphoned off!

Zelensky To Visit White House Friday To Sign Minerals Deal


Update(1720ET): Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky is expected to visit the White House on Friday amid reports he is finalizing a mineral rights access deal with the Trump administration.

President Trump told reporters in the Oval Office Tuesday that he heard Zelensky was visiting on Friday, "and certainly it’s OK with me if he’d like to" - as cited in The Hill and other outlets.

"Without the United States and its money and its military equipment, this war would have been over in a very short period of time," Trump said in the remarks.

Apparently Zelensky finally acquiesced after the negotiating teams reached agreement on a final draft that does not include a US demand that it would have rights to $500 billion in future revenue. Details remain largely unknown at this early stage.

An American official involved the talks told Axios that "General Kellogg's meetings with Zelensky in Kyiv last Wednesday and Thursday were extremely important. Patient, persistent diplomacy can yield results."

"I hear Zelensky’s coming on Friday, it’s ok with me... It could be a trillion dollar deal, it could be whatever... Biden was throwing around money like it's cotton candy.

From the Oval Office presser:

Reporter: What does Ukraine get in this mineral deal?

Trump: "Military equipment… Without the United States and it’s money… this war would have been over in a very short period of time."

And... "I’d like to buy minerals on Russian land too."

* * *

Update(1348ET): Ukraine has tentatively agreed to Trump's mineral rights access deal, Financial Times is reporting in breaking headline. The devil will of course be in the details, given as recently as Sunday Zelensky was openly resistant to the terms offered so far.

"Kyiv has agreed terms with Washington on a minerals deal that Ukrainian officials hope will improve relations with the Trump administration and pave the way for a long-term US security commitment," FT reports early Tuesday afternoon.

"Ukrainian officials say Kyiv is now ready to sign the agreement on jointly developing its mineral resources, including oil and gas, after the US dropped demands for a right to $500bn in potential revenue from exploiting the resources," the report continues.

But again nothing appears to be ultimately finalized, and there will yet be plenty of haggling over what exactly this will look like. Snippets of draft agreements have been leaked, but little in the way of the more controversial details.

"The minerals agreement is only part of the picture. We have heard multiple times from the US administration that it’s part of a bigger picture," Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister who has led the negotiations, told the same publication.

As we detailed below, Europe is actually offering its own rival version, which could be part of yet more efforts to stall and sabotage a Washington deal. President Putin himself is also touting discussions over "major" cooperation with US companies, including on access to Russia's rare earth minerals.

The US has said 'no' to NATO membership for Ukraine, even as some European leaders continue to push this dubious future scenario. Zelensky has even talked stepping down if this could guaranteed future NATO membership, but also as Ukraine's parliament has extended his mandate, with no new elections on the horizon.

* * *

In a wide-ranging new interview with Russia 1 TV, President Vladimir Putin touted that his country is in talks with the United States over cooperating on "major" joint economic projects.

The Monday remarks came two weeks following his first phone call with President Trump after the US leader took office for the second time. "Some Russian and American companies are in contact and discussing major projects," Putin said.

This is being confirmed by the US side as well, given Trump in a Truth Social post also revealed that major "economic development transactions which will take place between the US and Russia" are in the works. He said that ongoing discussions are "proceeding very well" — coming off last week's bilateral Riyadh talks led by Secretary of State Marco Rubio and Russia's Sergey Lavrov.
file image via Bloomberg

Putin has also this week been taking steps to make Russia an inviting place for US companies to operate once again, after well over 1,000 of them have curtailed or closed up operations in the wake of the Ukraine war's start.

"For many years, US trade policy has been tied to sanctions. We consider these sanctions illegal and harmful to global trade," Putin described said in the interview.

As for which areas the US and Russia might cooperate on, Putin didn't detail the talks down the that level, but did tease that Russia is ready to work with "foreign partners" including companies on mining minerals.

That's when he claimed in the interview that we [Russia] "undoubtedly have, I want to emphasize, significantly more resources of this kind than Ukraine" and said: "We would be ready to offer this to our American partners… if they showed interest in working together."

"As for the new territories, it's the same. We are ready to attract foreign partners to the so-called new, to our historical territories, which have returned to the Russian Federation," he added. This provocative statement appeared to reference the four annexed territories in Ukraine's east: Donetsk, Kherson, Luhansk and Zaporizhzhia.

Western media has described that this is an "eye-catching" move by the Russian leader:

He also suggested that Russia and the US could collaborate on aluminium production in Krasnoyarsk, in Siberia, where one Russian aluminium maker, Rusal, has its largest smelters.

The televised comments followed a cabinet meeting on Russia's natural resources.

On Tuesday, Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists the proposal opened up "quite broad prospects", adding that the US needed rare earth minerals and Russia had "a lot of them".

Offering the US access to minerals is an eye-catching move by Putin, given how much pride the Kremlin has taken in keeping Russia's natural wealth in Russian hands. In 2023 Putin accused the West, particularly the US, of trying to "dismember" Russia to gain access to its natural resources.

We've certainly come a long way from the Biden administration goal of 'weakening Russia' - to use the words of former Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin.

Meanwhile, as the White House aggressively pursues a final deal for access to Ukraine's mineral deposits, including rare earths, Zelensky has appeared to resist.

Europe has at the same time offered its own alternative deal which Zelensky is likely to favor. Europe's Commissioner for Industrial Strategy Stéphane Séjourné has said he's pitching the rival plan to Kiev officials. "Twenty-one of the 30 critical materials Europe needs can be provided by Ukraine in a win-win partnership," Séjourné said.

* * *

Below are more highlights from Putin's Russia 1 interview, paraphrased and translated via Russian state media...

’Toxic’ Zelensky and Ukrainian statehood

Putin described Ukrainian leader Vladimir Zelensky as a “toxic figure” for Ukrainian society, claiming that his irrational orders, driven by obscure political motives, have led to “unjustifiably high losses, if not catastrophic ones.”

Putin suggested that if Zelensky, whose five-year presidential term expired in May 2024, were to face new elections, he would have no chance of winning: “His chances of winning are absolutely zero – unless, of course, something is blatantly rigged.”

He argued that Zelensky’s popularity has collapsed and that he is actively avoiding peace negotiations with Russia in order to maintain his hold on power: “If negotiations start, this will sooner or later lead to lifting martial law. And as soon as that happens, elections must be held.”

‘Rational’ Trump

Putin suggested that Trump sees Zelensky as an obstacle to stabilizing Ukraine and securing a peace deal: “Trump likely understands that Zelensky is a destabilizing factor. He wants to bring Ukrainians back together, consolidate its society, and create conditions for the survival of the Ukrainian state.”

Addressing claims that Trump’s position on Ukraine plays into Russia’s hands, Putin strongly disagreed: “In the current situation, strange as it may seem, we would be more interested in [Zelensky] sitting there and further corrupting the regime with which we are in an armed conflict. And from the point of view of strengthening Ukrainian statehood, it is necessary to act in a completely different direction – to bring to power those who will enjoy the trust of the people of Ukraine.”

The Russian president also commented on Trump’s political style, rejecting the notion that the US president acts based purely on emotion: “No, of course not. His actions are based on cold calculation and a rational approach to the situation.”

The role of Europe

Putin argued that European politicians are “shackled” by their past commitments and are unable to change their approach to Ukraine without losing credibility: “Unlike the newly elected US president, European leaders are tied to the current regime in Kiev. They are too invested and have made too many promises.”

He criticized Europe’s reaction to recent US-Russia diplomatic interactions, saying: “Their response was emotional and lacked practical meaning. Instead of addressing real issues, they focus on maintaining appearances.”

While dismissing demands by EU officials to have a say in Russia-US negotiations, Putin acknowledged that European involvement could be useful in broader discussions: “Their participation is welcome, of course. We never refused to engage with them.”

He also noted that Moscow values the efforts of non-European actors, such as BRICS nations, in promoting peace: “Not only Europeans but other countries as well have the right to participate, and we respect that.”

Military and trade relations with the US

Putin responded positively to Trump’s proposal to cut defense spending, indicating Moscow’s openness to negotiations: “We are not against it. The idea is good: the US cuts by 50%, we cut by 50%, and if China wants, they can join later.”

Commenting on US trade policies, Putin criticized American sanctions but acknowledged that each country sets its own trade priorities: “For many years, US trade policy has been tied to sanctions. We consider these sanctions illegal and harmful to global trade.”

Regarding Trump’s shift toward tariffs, Putin said he understood the reasoning behind the move: “Each country determines independently what is beneficial… I can understand the logic – to move production back home, create jobs, force taxes to be paid… But at some point, of course, these actions will encounter certain difficulties associated with inflationary pressure.”

Putin also confirmed that “some Russian and American companies are in contact and discussing major projects” but did not specify details.

* * *

As for Europe's newly touted 'rival' rare earths deal being discussed with Ukrainian leadership, some observers might see this as yet another attempt of Washington's European allies to sabotage Trump's maneuvering toward peace. Critics have said Trump is essentially forcing Ukraine to give up its future economic sovereignty. But Trump has said the US must be paid back for the many billions in weapons sent throughout the war.

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/putin-says-major-deals-discussed-us-while-dangling-russian-rare-earth-mineral-access 

The little dictator in street garb is going down screaming. It's laughable on the face of it all. He's giving up the mineral rights because it will utilize US companies "acting" as buffers of commerce to thwart Putin's land grab in the future. They were NEVER going to be allowed in NATO. EVER. They're not getting anymore money and arms from the US. I could see an arms deal in the future but they're paying for that. The Pedo Joe "Clown Car World On Fire Tour" is over.

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Brewha
a year ago

The church as a whole is and always has been murderous, invasive, financially corrupt, incestuous and oppressive. That American Primeval is an accurate depiction of church leadership then and now. I was raised in the church until I was 8. I was raised a pioneer, which is one step more moderate than a fundamentalist. I still have the raw skills to coerece and manipulate for my agenda. It's disgusting behavior so I don't use it....but 8 year-olds from a pioneer ward of LDS are fully capable of organizing and leading a cult.

So now that I've establish that. Hasidic Judaism and the Revivalists before them are the downfall of The Ukraine. Absolutely nothing against the Jews as whole. But their fundamentalist and revivalist sects are abominable. Just like every other religious sect....Look at Vietnam, Myanmar/Burma, fundamental Buddhism vs Catholics.

puffymcpufferson wrote:



Congratulations on escaping your assigned fate. I had a similar experience when I was young, and had two things that helped me:

1. I discovered that in the eyes of the church, critical thinking was heresy.

2. God made me an Agnostic (thank god!).
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JGKAMIN
a year ago
Funny to see the sitcom dictator to get put in his place, he sure has a weird way of saying thanks for the fortune in funding and military equipment we’ve provided thus far.
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Brewha
a year ago

Funny to see the sitcom dictator to get put in his place, he sure has a weird way of saying thanks for the fortune in funding and military equipment we’ve provided thus far.

JGKAMIN wrote:



So Zelensky is a dictator now?

Sound like a case of rectal cranial inversion....
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DrMaddVibe
a year ago

So Zelensky is a dictator now?

Sound like a case of rectal cranial inversion....

Brewha wrote:



What happens when your term expires and you cancel elections...ban anyone that talks negatively against you...bars the media from reporting...you become a dictator.

He IS a dictator.

I bet he wishes he could talk to the really old guy that smells like poo that was there the last time he was there.
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