Russia Would Agree to Talks to End Ukraine War on These Conditions

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  63 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said the West needs to "take into account the interests" of Moscow to start talks to end the blood conflict.”

Lavrov is repeating the Russian position voiced during the negotiations of the Minsk Agreements in 2014.  A resolution to the conflict has been on the table the whole time.  The war in Ukraine is a direct result of failed diplomacy. Notice that Lavrov is talking about negotiations with the...

US military now doing onsite weapons inspections in Ukraine

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  24 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“A small number of U.S. military forces inside Ukraine have recently begun doing onsite inspections to ensure that Ukrainian troops are properly...”

Q-U-A-G-M-I-R-E Step by step, inch by inch, the United States is being drawn into a prolonged war.  And there's no way out.

Lawmakers seek emergency powers for Pentagon's Ukraine war contracting

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  5 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Proposal aims at ramp up the U.S. defense industrial base and helping European allies arm up.”

Q-U-A-G-M-I-R-E Emergency procurement authorization certainly doesn't suggest that the war in Ukraine will end in the near term.  This is a move to support a very long term conflict that will stretch out over years, if not decades.  Don't ignore that the emergency authorization also allows a...

Biden claims Republicans will crash the economy on purpose ahead of midterms: 'Mega-MAGA trickle down'

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  8 Comments  •  3 Likes  •  2 years ago

“President Biden claims Republicans will threaten to default on the national debt in an attempt to force him to cut social security and Medicare...”

When Democrats are in trouble they begin using more pronouns.  Pronouns are a reliable indicator of Democrats' angst.   Biden's fearmongering over Medicare glosses over the fact that government outlays for healthcare are the largest portion of the Federal budget.  Federal healthcare spending...

Energy Execs Tell Granholm Shuttered U.S. Oil Refineries Won't Restart

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  38 Comments  •  7 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Shuttered refineries unlikely to start back up are the latest nail in the U.S. refinery coffin”

Meanwhile back at the ranch ... So, who is Biden going to throw under the bus this time?  

Government data proves 'corporate greed' isn't causing inflation, contrary to Dem claims: economists

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  151 Comments  •  5 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Data from the Biden administrations shows "corporate greed" is not the main cause of inflation and that companies are sparing customers from some...”

Democrats like to claim facts are facts.  Well, here are the facts.  But they're inconvenient facts.  So, it must be time for Democrats to trot out some alternatives. There is little doubt that some businesses are taking advantage of the situation to pad their profits.  And it is abundantly...

Biden rebuked by Pakistani officials for calling nuclear-armed country 'one of the most dangerous nations'

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  14 Comments  •  4 Likes  •  2 years ago

“Top Pakistani officials criticized Biden after the president called the South Asian country "one of the most dangerous nations in the world" on...”

Is there anyone Biden won't piss off?   Every foreign policy move made by Biden has destabilized the world.  Every little bit of diplomatic progress around the world has been botched by Biden's war talk.  Every diplomatic conference hosted by the United States has been overshadowed by Biden's...

Is the Biden administration about to put the Abraham Accords at risk?

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  8 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  2 years ago

“A foundational block of the Abraham Accords was the shared anxiety of Israel and its Arab neighbors of an empowered and threatening Iran.”

So, will Biden choose a pathway to peace or a pathway to war?  Will Biden choose to throw Israel under the bus for the sake of saving an Obama era agreement that Iran will try to circumvent?  Whose side is Biden on? Biden is demonstrating, once again, that the United States is a feckless and...

Saudi Arabia has screwed over the US - and the world - yet again. Enough is enough

Via: Nerm_L  •  News Viners  •  24 Comments  •  2 Likes  •  2 years ago

“By gouging global oil prices, Saudi Arabia has humiliated Biden and boosted Putin. The US must end this unofficial alliance”

How has Saudi Arabia screwed over the United States?  Saudi oil does not belong to the United States. The United States is the largest oil producer in the world.  The United States produces more oil per day than does Saudi Arabia.    So, why is the United States complaining about Saudi Arabian...

Third of emissions cuts must come from behaviour changes, say Lords

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“A third of the reductions required to meet interim targets of reducing emissions by 78% in 13 years had to come from people changing how they...”

Hold on one darn minute.  Consumption drives carbon emissions?  That's just crazy talk.  No reputable climate scientist, like Al Gore, would accept such a nonsensical notion.  We all know that coal miners and oil drillers are responsible for climate change.  It's not our fault. Right now...