And I wonder how appeasement worked for Neville Chamberlain back in 1938? He brings back a worthless piece of paper with Hitler’s scrawl on it guaranteeing “peace in our lifetime” that lasted up until the next year. What an accomplishment…
Neville Chamberlain crosses my mind every time I read of or hear some idiot "politician" suggest we just back off and let Putin have Ukraine.
For anyone unaware of that history, "Neville Chamberlain's appeasement was a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict. It was adopted by the British governments of Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, and Neville Chamberlain between 1935 and 1939."
"[Chamberlain] is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement on 30 September 1938, ceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. Following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on Germany two days later ..." Wikipedia bio of Chamberlain
To defend him and remind us that we are all shades of grey and not black or white only, once Churchill became PM, Chamberlain supported him whole-heartedly despite his followers wanting him to sabotage Churchill, and Churchill records him as a "positive influence" in the Cabinet until his death. He quickly understood he was not the leader for wartime and could step aside and support the one who was. He even recommended Churchill to George VI despite everyone in the British Establishment's misgivings about Churchill.
I don’t believe in hell. But if there was a hell, it would consist of being locked in a room with Fucker Carlson and Ron DeSatan, while they blabbered in their excessively whiny voices and furrowed brow espousing their fealty to Putin. I will have to stop there as I’m getting nauseous.
I haven’t been a Catholic since I was a child, but maybe a quick visit to the confessional for some insurance is a good idea. Just to keep me out of that whiny boy hell.
Thank you for the details of the 2014-2015 DeSantis pronouncements. I hope there is no way he can claim that is fake news or AI deepfakes.
My daughter was sent to Russian speaking areas for her Peace Corps service, learning the language mostly after she arrived. We visited her there in Ismail and Odesa the summer of 2005. At a news stand the lady scolded her, “Speak Ukrainian!” She apologized that she had only been taught Russian. People were encouraging the use of Ukrainian as a patriotic gesture even in 2005, in Russian-speaking areas. (Russia did not want Peace Corps volunteers ever, but Ukraine accepted help with teaching English.)
Carol, My ballet teacher is here on asylum status and speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English. She often apologies for all that gets lost in translation while we marvel at her amazing talents, including conversing better than many Americans !
Many moons ago I briefly pondered the Peace Corps after undergrad. Now in my 6th decade, I believe a stint would have accelerated the pace of my ( proud) wokeism.
We saw at the airport returning from Ukraine a group of American college age kids who had likely been on a mission there. They were loudly overjoyed to get back to what they were used to and had no good words for Ukraine.
With our daughter as guide we did Ukrainian things like take the overnight trains where you don’t get a private sleeping compartment. We were invited to private homes for tea. We were also asked why we allowed our daughter to come there.
Anyway, we left Ukraine glad to have been there, wishing it all the best for its future.
Most Americans on the right, like "kids on a mission" are too stupid to see beyond the end of their nose. I used to be embarrassed by most of the Americans I was around overseas, and was investigated regarding my security clearance for having "gone native," an unforgivable sin with that bunch. It's funny that "the ugly American" became a term of disapproval because in the novel, the guy the villagers called "the ugly American" was a plain-looking older American who came there and used his expertise to develop a water system for the villagers using technology they could understand and maintain.
In the Peace Corps interview, they wanted to find out if my daughter was OK with ambiguity. She passed. (I admired my peers who went, but I was not brave enough myself.)
Carol, I didn’t have the fortitude for the Peace Corps. I ended up in rural Florida with a large migrant population working in public health.It was eye-opening for this naive, 22 year-old from small town New England.
I suppose, like the ex-"president", the FL guy is already in the pocket of the oligarchs who shall remain nameless and hidden behind a zillion shell companies on islands here and there. I listened to a large section of the UN Security Council (not so aptly named presently) presentations and discussion of "russophobia" which was a session asked for by the RF (russian federation). It is absolutely fascinating. If you did not understand exactly what the term "gaslighting" was about, you will find out in this session. The russians had 2 of their propagandists playing the russian language victim card, and then the Ukrainians had Timothy Snyder. It was heartening to hear so many on the council tell russia to its face that what it is doing is wrong and there is no "russophobia" on the part of Ukraine. I think the Albanian representative was the best of the best! Our nation lived through a time where everything was being gaslighted for the terrible years of the former guy. The elevator ride to the bottom continues to be an apt metaphor for the guy. IMHO he is a criminal and has been a criminal for his entire life - except maybe when he was in diapers. But who knows - he may have stolen cookies. At any rate, his administration was crazy making, and now that they're outside the government mostly, they are still crazy making. The Albanian representative said today, russia is spamming the UN in order to keep everyone confused and unable to effectively respond to all the lies. So it is with Fasicist tactics - flood the zone to such a degree that even the life preservers can no longer float. The russian tyrant knows what he is doing, and he believes he is getting away with it. The cheeto knew what he was doing and it looks like a lot of his base (which is the lowest part of any structure) don't care OR believe what he lays on them. The media seem incapable of providing context to all this mess swirling around and instead resort to straight "reporting" as though all parts of the pie are equal in content. What is it Kellye Ann C said - "alternate facts"? Now she and George are finally getting a divorce. I guess he, a republican, could not stand it any longer. The gop is one sick organization. It is a contagious virus. Stay away from it.
DeSantis has become a mere foil for Trump and is helping to keep Pence, Haley, Pompeo, et. al. totally sidelined. Trump remains the real threat because he's intellectually feral and a predator with outsized appetites. And worst of all he wants to join Putin, Xi, Kim, Erdogan, Orban, and others in the Tough Boys Club. DeSantis lacks that heft...and the Nancy Sinatra boots did not help.
TC (glad you seem to be feeling better!!), thank you. ChatRON scares me as badly as Trump, if not more. And he is ruthless. And has enough money to run off to the Caribbean when his state's electrical grid has failed in the midst of a brutal winter. And is ruthless...oh, did I say that already? I'll say it one more time...he is ruthless.
DeSantis exposed, luridly so. The facts matter and there is no evidence that the shifts in positions is a result of wokeism, merely "Doin' the Twist." So Tucker polled the prospective Republican candidates with a serious survey of positions on matters important. Sounds more like opposition research on the gullible. Wonder how late in the campaign will it be before Tucker announces? Can't you just imagine Tucker for President? TC would (will?) have a truckload of bricks to share. 😉
What a hilarious and 100⁰% true read. I think you do some of your best takedowns when you're really pissed . I love it! This is one of the reasons I subscribe. And DeSatan deserves this and more. I wish I could move back to MD, VA or even PA.
Whoa, no doubt that this was written by a human. And one decidedly sick and tired of the hypocrisy. No, outright traitorous acts of republicans. There is no bottom
I have long believed that the way to get republicans to cure cancer is to tell them that Obama supports cancer. So it remains.
And I wonder how appeasement worked for Neville Chamberlain back in 1938? He brings back a worthless piece of paper with Hitler’s scrawl on it guaranteeing “peace in our lifetime” that lasted up until the next year. What an accomplishment…
Neville Chamberlain crosses my mind every time I read of or hear some idiot "politician" suggest we just back off and let Putin have Ukraine.
For anyone unaware of that history, "Neville Chamberlain's appeasement was a diplomatic policy of making political, material, or territorial concessions to an aggressive power to avoid conflict. It was adopted by the British governments of Prime Ministers Ramsay MacDonald, Stanley Baldwin, and Neville Chamberlain between 1935 and 1939."
"[Chamberlain] is best known for his foreign policy of appeasement, and in particular for his signing of the Munich Agreement on 30 September 1938, ceding the German-speaking Sudetenland region of Czechoslovakia to Nazi Germany led by Adolf Hitler. Following the German invasion of Poland on 1 September 1939, which marked the beginning of the Second World War, Chamberlain announced the declaration of war on Germany two days later ..." Wikipedia bio of Chamberlain
To defend him and remind us that we are all shades of grey and not black or white only, once Churchill became PM, Chamberlain supported him whole-heartedly despite his followers wanting him to sabotage Churchill, and Churchill records him as a "positive influence" in the Cabinet until his death. He quickly understood he was not the leader for wartime and could step aside and support the one who was. He even recommended Churchill to George VI despite everyone in the British Establishment's misgivings about Churchill.
Thank you for adding that.
The promises of a political hack…worth ZIP
A "territorial dispute"? Gee, that could be a great headline for the
NYTimes concerning the take
over of Disney. DeSantis is a
Yale(?) grad? Just goes to prove
not all Yale grads are playing
with a full deck. I personally think RON needs to take up
President Zelensky's offer and
go to Ukraine 🇺🇦. Right to the
front lines in the Donbas. Up
close and personal with these
super brave soldiers fighting
for the FREEDOM of their country as opposed to Free
Florida /s. Thanks TC for another
addition to my collection.😁
He must be another “legacy” idiot.
I don’t believe in hell. But if there was a hell, it would consist of being locked in a room with Fucker Carlson and Ron DeSatan, while they blabbered in their excessively whiny voices and furrowed brow espousing their fealty to Putin. I will have to stop there as I’m getting nauseous.
sounds pretty close to my own current vision of hell, Karen.
I haven’t been a Catholic since I was a child, but maybe a quick visit to the confessional for some insurance is a good idea. Just to keep me out of that whiny boy hell.
Thank you for the details of the 2014-2015 DeSantis pronouncements. I hope there is no way he can claim that is fake news or AI deepfakes.
My daughter was sent to Russian speaking areas for her Peace Corps service, learning the language mostly after she arrived. We visited her there in Ismail and Odesa the summer of 2005. At a news stand the lady scolded her, “Speak Ukrainian!” She apologized that she had only been taught Russian. People were encouraging the use of Ukrainian as a patriotic gesture even in 2005, in Russian-speaking areas. (Russia did not want Peace Corps volunteers ever, but Ukraine accepted help with teaching English.)
Carol, My ballet teacher is here on asylum status and speaks Ukrainian, Russian and English. She often apologies for all that gets lost in translation while we marvel at her amazing talents, including conversing better than many Americans !
Many moons ago I briefly pondered the Peace Corps after undergrad. Now in my 6th decade, I believe a stint would have accelerated the pace of my ( proud) wokeism.
Getting out of the country at a younger age with your eyes and ears working is indeed an acceleration.
Even at a later age, it helps, I think.
We saw at the airport returning from Ukraine a group of American college age kids who had likely been on a mission there. They were loudly overjoyed to get back to what they were used to and had no good words for Ukraine.
With our daughter as guide we did Ukrainian things like take the overnight trains where you don’t get a private sleeping compartment. We were invited to private homes for tea. We were also asked why we allowed our daughter to come there.
Anyway, we left Ukraine glad to have been there, wishing it all the best for its future.
Most Americans on the right, like "kids on a mission" are too stupid to see beyond the end of their nose. I used to be embarrassed by most of the Americans I was around overseas, and was investigated regarding my security clearance for having "gone native," an unforgivable sin with that bunch. It's funny that "the ugly American" became a term of disapproval because in the novel, the guy the villagers called "the ugly American" was a plain-looking older American who came there and used his expertise to develop a water system for the villagers using technology they could understand and maintain.
In the Peace Corps interview, they wanted to find out if my daughter was OK with ambiguity. She passed. (I admired my peers who went, but I was not brave enough myself.)
Carol, I didn’t have the fortitude for the Peace Corps. I ended up in rural Florida with a large migrant population working in public health.It was eye-opening for this naive, 22 year-old from small town New England.
Kudos to your daughter…and her parents !
Methinks he peaked too soon. Darn. /s
I suppose, like the ex-"president", the FL guy is already in the pocket of the oligarchs who shall remain nameless and hidden behind a zillion shell companies on islands here and there. I listened to a large section of the UN Security Council (not so aptly named presently) presentations and discussion of "russophobia" which was a session asked for by the RF (russian federation). It is absolutely fascinating. If you did not understand exactly what the term "gaslighting" was about, you will find out in this session. The russians had 2 of their propagandists playing the russian language victim card, and then the Ukrainians had Timothy Snyder. It was heartening to hear so many on the council tell russia to its face that what it is doing is wrong and there is no "russophobia" on the part of Ukraine. I think the Albanian representative was the best of the best! Our nation lived through a time where everything was being gaslighted for the terrible years of the former guy. The elevator ride to the bottom continues to be an apt metaphor for the guy. IMHO he is a criminal and has been a criminal for his entire life - except maybe when he was in diapers. But who knows - he may have stolen cookies. At any rate, his administration was crazy making, and now that they're outside the government mostly, they are still crazy making. The Albanian representative said today, russia is spamming the UN in order to keep everyone confused and unable to effectively respond to all the lies. So it is with Fasicist tactics - flood the zone to such a degree that even the life preservers can no longer float. The russian tyrant knows what he is doing, and he believes he is getting away with it. The cheeto knew what he was doing and it looks like a lot of his base (which is the lowest part of any structure) don't care OR believe what he lays on them. The media seem incapable of providing context to all this mess swirling around and instead resort to straight "reporting" as though all parts of the pie are equal in content. What is it Kellye Ann C said - "alternate facts"? Now she and George are finally getting a divorce. I guess he, a republican, could not stand it any longer. The gop is one sick organization. It is a contagious virus. Stay away from it.
Excellent!
DeSantis has become a mere foil for Trump and is helping to keep Pence, Haley, Pompeo, et. al. totally sidelined. Trump remains the real threat because he's intellectually feral and a predator with outsized appetites. And worst of all he wants to join Putin, Xi, Kim, Erdogan, Orban, and others in the Tough Boys Club. DeSantis lacks that heft...and the Nancy Sinatra boots did not help.
TC on a roll! Funny and frightening at the same time. Republican “elites” are so disgusting.
TC (glad you seem to be feeling better!!), thank you. ChatRON scares me as badly as Trump, if not more. And he is ruthless. And has enough money to run off to the Caribbean when his state's electrical grid has failed in the midst of a brutal winter. And is ruthless...oh, did I say that already? I'll say it one more time...he is ruthless.
DeSantis exposed, luridly so. The facts matter and there is no evidence that the shifts in positions is a result of wokeism, merely "Doin' the Twist." So Tucker polled the prospective Republican candidates with a serious survey of positions on matters important. Sounds more like opposition research on the gullible. Wonder how late in the campaign will it be before Tucker announces? Can't you just imagine Tucker for President? TC would (will?) have a truckload of bricks to share. 😉
More than a truckload - the whole damn factory!
From your fingers to our minds.
What a hilarious and 100⁰% true read. I think you do some of your best takedowns when you're really pissed . I love it! This is one of the reasons I subscribe. And DeSatan deserves this and more. I wish I could move back to MD, VA or even PA.
"Goober World" Now that's one that made me laugh at loud. I kept thinking of Goober on the Andy Griffith show. I love you TC.
Ron, the Russian robot. What I wish for him cannot be written here.
A writer at the NY Times had a long and creepy conversation with the new Microsoft AI chatbot
See gift link here: https://www.nytimes.com/2023/02/16/technology/bing-chatbot-transcript.html?unlocked_article_code=q_UlsgdAy0yO03k_VhQpzl3gp9faYW8ZiBXB_Jz1yURX4qpnJH71WODddNCt_w2JXcpotApq5vZgRb2TqJf-XYbdresaKDLVtznktkt7Vi0a6_zIBlhDkykwFikkStGG_z6XCegPJ3w1o6JkK4yGKwSDBkctnN8QfufWoF7cfY4btQxArITIEOql5EMQhITG8YKsQXDRRwu88o5aEtRDg4KLdOM_PPdmxk4RTsMwtD9NtpjnVwhMH3y4iVEX48wmhsnZpJSN0Zdg6CDEmaiKFFtQgwqOtKmV_6DBaoQdPTVErroVSk7WMeGRurwZ88oAfRGCIs4Sg-Wia4Oh2_jvCNXQ9Jo&smid=url-share
Whoa, no doubt that this was written by a human. And one decidedly sick and tired of the hypocrisy. No, outright traitorous acts of republicans. There is no bottom