All_Pro_Bills

The folks in Washington are very busy. They classify an average of 50 million documents every year. I find it intriguing the government can have so many secrets. Some opinions I've read suggest the government suffers from a thing called over-classification. To hide not just secrets but instances of incompetence and embarrassment. Just who exactly they're keeping secrets from, our enemies or the American public is uncertain. What always gives me a hearty chuckle is situations where some person decides to expose a "top secret" document detailing government maleficence, illegal activity, our outright lies. The funny part is the people breaking the law and attempting to keep something secret get off free and clear and the guy exposing the illegal activity gets the book thrown at him for revealing secrets. The moral is keeping illegal actions secret is okay, exposing them is not.

I ask that question because I believe the only way for Ukraine to "win" what has become a war of attrition is for the US or some other NATO member country to commit combat forces on the ground. We haven't reached that tipping point yet as the clear strategy is to supply more and more sophisticated weapons deliveries. The latest commitment being the pledge of F-16's. By the time these aircraft are delivered and the flight crews trained I don't think these aircraft will make much of a difference. My conclusion based on what information is available is what Ukraine needs more than anything is a large number of well trained soldiers rather than more advanced weapons systems. At this point I don't expect Ukraine can field such a force on their own as this war of attrition just by shear numbers favor Russia. The soldiers would need to come from someplace else. Obviously, any decision to become involved in combat operations would take this conflict in an entirely different and unknown direction. As officials out of Washington has said they're prepared to do "whatever it takes for as long as it takes" I think that's where we're eventually headed. They won't say it because the American public absolutely is against such a more but that's what it's going to take. So I'm watching for subtle clues and comments intended to soften up the public to the idea. In some 6-9 month time frame we'll begin to hear louder and louder calls from the standard war hawks about the need to directly intervene..

Let's say you're correct. If it's the only way to stop that are you willing to support the commitment of US forces to combat operations?

Generally, I think people who believe words are equivalent to violence have never experienced real physical violence. Never been in any serious physical confrontation, been punched in the face, shot at in some military conflict, or had to step in to protect somebody else from physical harm by confronting another person or persons. When you approach the idea from the perspective of experience with actual violence it's hard to convince somebody that words are violence. What libs that say words are violence really mean is I don't like your opinion so demand you shut up because facts or truth don't matter.

Generating "hate" is big business for the Left. It manufactures issues for them to politicize to gain power. To their credit, the strategy works pretty well. For everybody else, not so much.

Like a player that instigates a fight in hockey. They irritate their opponent in order to instigate confrontation. To create an incident. To create an incident of social injustice. Common sense tells you that anyone living by current moral and ethical standards of social behavior will object to that sort of thing. So somebody objects. Which gives the Social Justice crowd, their supporters on the left, and their media allies broadcast the thing 24/7, then queue the rage about oppression and hate and bigotry and dare I say, white supremacy. It's their game. And if you don't object they push it to the limit until you do. What's next? Some weirdo pumping the neighbors Cat on the corner in a wig and lipstick? At some point its going to come down to dropping the gloves and punching them in the face. That's what they ultimately want. Which then gives the government goon squads and gestapo units waiting in the wings the green light to start rounding up objectors and sending them off to re-education camps. Thank you to Chairman Mao and the Cultural Revolution for the playbook. The difference is Mao's goons didn't have to worry about the Chinese citizens of that era opening their door and lighting them up. The potential of that might curb some of the enthusiasm on the American left.

I'd suggest our difference of opinion is centered on the definition of evidence. And while I didn't use the word "evidence" in my response for the sake of argument I'll retract references to that word. And for the sake of that argument I'll define "evidence" as testimony or exhibits presented in a court of law as evidence. All of which has yet to happen. Given that, I'll center my argument around the legal concept of sufficient "probable cause" to provide the likelihood that a crime has been committed. Probable cause being the threshold of reasonable suspicion a court would use to issue warrants or agree to proceed with a case against an individual. Evidence a prosecutor would claim to have when presenting a case for an indictment to a grand jury. So given the large amount of suspicious activity supported by witness statements, physical items, and transactions like bank wire transfers of money from one account to another in the name of suspected individuals under scrutiny, would you agree there is probable cause to suspect a crime has been committed which requires a more thorough and detailed investigation by the Department of Justice? One additional comment: It's intriguing to me that both statements by Bobulinsk and the FBI whistleblower's statements about the FBI form FD-1023 document both, and most importantly independently each other, refer to Joe Biden as "the big guy". Tell me that's a coincidence.

Here's some things we do know: Hunter was on the board of directors of Burisma, a Ukrainian company, where he had no apparent and applicable business experience during a time his father, the VP of the United States, was charged with leading US/Ukrainian affairs. A PC repair shop owner stated he held a laptop that one Hunter Biden dropped off for service and when the machine was fixed he failed to pick it up after several attempts by the shop owner to contact him. A receipt produced by the shop owner bares the signature of Hunter Biden. The shop owner called the FBI and initially they had no interest. Later, they contacted the shop owner, visited the shop and took the laptop into Federal possession. There is is presumed to have sat on a shelf under lock and key. Prior to the 2020 election the existence of the laptop was revealed in the media. Former members of the Intelligence community issued a statement that they concluded the laptop was Russian disinformation. Later it was proven they lied. As former CIA official Morrell who led the effort to craft the statement, causally stated in Congressional testimoney the reason was, "because he wanted Biden to win". Tony Bobulinski, a former partner of Hunter Biden, has made public statements and provided depositions verifying the authenticity of a portion of the laptop's e-mails along with alleging the current President received payments the partnership firm laundered from foreign source. Meetings, attendees, topics, payments, transactions, discussions. The infamous "10 percent for the big guy". Joe Biden being the big guy. Some of the alleged payment were made from entities linked to the CCP in China. Recently an FBI whistleblower has stated Biden received a $5 million bribe from a Burisma executive. The whistleblower also revealed the FBI has been in possession of an FBI document, form FD-1023, dated 6/30/2020 which details the crime. The FBI has been stonewalling efforts by the House Oversight Committee to acquire the document but has relented this week. Is there enough smoke to believe there's a fire here? Seems so. Will DOJ act? Doubtful. So lets see exactly who is above the law now.

I'm surprised by your perspective. I would have expected this news would send you into a state of euphoria. But your comment is a little more tempered. In the business we call it managing expectations. Maybe that feeling of impending doom comes from being a Bills fan? I know I have it. Things are looking exceptionally well for the team, winning game after game, up by double digits but in the back of your mind you have that fear that something is going to go terribly wrong at some point. And many times, it does go wrong at the worst possible moment. Recently in the playoffs. If only for the mental health of all of us the Bills need to win it all this year!

First the US IC said the evidence points to the Russians blowing up Nordstream but without providing any supporting evidence. Now, months later, they've changed their story. Throwing some Ukranian special operations group under the bus. And we're supposed to believe them. Both times. Sadly some do. Then the Russians blew up the dam flooding the countryside and several towns. Of course the press just runs with the story like they've been trained to do. Never asking a question or looking more closely. Give it a week or two and they'll change this story too.

So are you're saying, regardless of evidence and allegations, you'll continue to defend Biden up until the moment a jury renders a verdict of guilty?

But the leftist mob is much more efficient and effective at the game. Plus their dogma provides them many more opportunities. Since they can pick one victim or another from a wide variety of oppressed groups. Allowing them to constantly gripe and cry about one thing or another being done to somebody by white supremacists.

Yes, I believe global inflation would certainly have been much lower under Trump. Under Biden, excessive stimulus, bigger deficits, sanctions, asset seizures and confiscation, disruptions of global supply chains beyond the impacts of COVID, disruptions of oil and gas trade and agreements, draining the SPR, deteriorating relationships with the rest of the world (minus European vassal state). I've got a light workload today so I can do this all day!

An "ongoing investigation" into the Biden family which the FBI expects to conclude in December of the year 2153. Until then officials cannot comment on any details or specifics of their findings.

Winning? Certainly that doesn't include American working people as all they're winning is a higher cost of living with this administration. But enjoy your winning.

Republicans, you mean all of them? I think you're just mad I thought of the slogan "if you can't beat 'em, then cheat 'em" first! It's catchy, right?

Even if true its the role of parents to decide what is in the best interests of the child. That's the entire point people are making out there. Are you paying attention? Teachers, and educators, have no role in that regard. These indoctrination specialists should mind their own business. What I love about them is they're so committed to the ideology that it blinds them to the fact this is a fight they are going to lose. They think they're smart but they're too stupid to figure it out.

Thank you. I enjoy the comics and words from all the well compensated political whores you follow. Also, I'm eagerly waiting to see what "emergency" you guys dream up for justification to expand mail-in ballot fraud and abuses for the 2024 election.

So following the Democrats motto if you can't beat 'em then cheat 'em?

I just remember Montour was nothing to write home about with the Sabres and suddenly became extremely productive when traded to the Panthers. I believe he was less than enthusiastic about being traded to Buffalo and sandbagged it to get out. But given how bad that team was I don't blame him.

When you realize all the simpletons that believed the Russian collusion hoax still believe it even when faced with official investigations that have proven it to be a hoax. Idiots.

I'd be curious to hear what solutions anyone has to the problem. My expectation is some grassroots movement of centrist thinking people running for office at local and state levels, and later through a national party organization run candidates for Federal offices. All while keeping to the mission and not succumbing to the temptations of the lobbyists and the existing parties. But the timeline for that might be 10 to 15 years and the road to that goal is paved with lots of potholes and traps that would be set along the way by the forces preferring the two party system. Another path might be centrist Democrats and Republicans agreeing to forma third party by breaking away from their current affiliations but this seems less likely to me.

The problem is all credible political figures expressing and supporting viable solutions and polices that represent the interests of the majority at the center are consistently attacked, discredited, and marginalized by the uni-party establishment. Which leaves citizens and voters such as myself, and what I suspect most others here, to make a lose/lose "lesser of two evils" choice which leaves my actual interests unrepresented. My inclination for reluctantly preferring Trump vs. Biden was based on my conclusion his Presidency would do less damage than a Biden administration. Based on the record to date I believe that to be correct but that belief provides little comfort because everything is such a mess.

First, they don't see Nazi's as a major problem. These people aren't "MAGA types". They're clearly visible and accepted remnants of German WW2 occupation and collaboration with the SS. Assisting in the "rounding up" and extermination of Ukrainian citizens that Hitler and his mob deemed to be undesirables. Meanwhile, in 2023, the Pentagon is trying to identify and expel "extremists" from the US services while the Ukrainian military embraces Nazi paramilitary group members as the core of their most effective combat troops. Do you see the irony there?

Wars are fought on the battlefield and in the press. Lots of propaganda and sleight of hand. The attack on the Kakhova dam being the most recent incident of finger pointing. You can't trust anyone. And counting on the media to tell the real story? Forget it. I don't trust Washington or Moscow. What I do trust is employing reason and logic, being objective, and assessing events with a touch of common sense. Like the NordStream pipeline attack. Immediately the Russians did it? Why would they do that? Common sense says just turn the valve off. That initial theory has more or less been put to bed and the current tale is some Ukrainian group was responsible. I'm not entirely sold on that story either as there are lots of loose ends there too. And my reason and logic says there's a problem with this conflict in providing unlimited assistance without some clearly articulated objectives for what officials say "however long it takes" Without defining what "it" is. As this is now a war of attrition and I don't see Ukraine winning a war of attrition with Russia that would leave the remaining path to victory being direct NATO or US involvement in combat operations. Perhaps Americans remain unconcerned by this prospect because they expect the war to be fought "over there". But don't count on it.