The New Coffee Room

@taiwan_girl said in Glen Greenwald is trending:

I dont know who he is. LOL

Same here. I had to Wiki his name to find out who he was.

@taiwan_girl said in The Iran Nuclear Program thread:

Is there anything President Trump can't do? LOL

TG, that statement seems to be outrageous fantasy.

@LuFins-Dad said in Pride Month starts tomorrow - Which do you dread more?:

All the pride displays or my daily Pride posts?

Neither are of any interest or consequence to me. Carry on; I will post accordingly in the rare event any catch my interest or concern.

The silliness surrounding this library has been in news here some months now.

@taiwan_girl said in Beating Back the Lizards in Taiwan:

@jon-nyc

always wear a broad brim hat in the forest or in the vicinity of sea gulls.

Where does he find these crackpots?

@Mik said in Bernie Kerik, 1955-2025:

A loan from Steven Witikoff. Hmm.

Seriously though, he must have been a very compelling character.

Having read the obit article above, my impression is that he had and used the gift of gab effectively.

@mark

Superlative arrangement and playing. Effortless technique.

Oddly I don’t see her on Qobuz although she has recorded at least one album.

Two weeks depending only if Witkoff can find a qualified interpreter not in the pay of the Kremlin…..if not, longer, or possibly not at all.

Putin might be locking out US diplomatic efforts towards a settlement.

https://www.kyivpost.com/post/53548

Personally I think the Kremlin is about to deliver a one way ultimatum for Kyiv’s unconditional surrender.

Yes, stay the course and up the ante. I am of the mind that so long as Putin is in the Kremlin there can be no chance of peace.

The article leaves out a few salient points. Namely that Ukraine must give up all occupied and annexed but unoccupied Ukrainian territory and that NATO must abandon its open door policy regarding membership. As well, the term neutrality in context of Ukraine means becoming a puppet state of the Kremlin.

There are no concessions in the stated proposal outline. Rather they are terms of surrender for Ukraine, the US and the Western Alliance. Quite unacceptable to my thinking on the matter.

I don’t ever recall a photo of him. I just picture him as a cross between the actor, the late Clifton James’ Sheriff J. W. Pepper character, and the immortal Loony Tunes cartoon character, Leghorn Foghorn.

@Horace said in Anyone else struggle with booze?:

"You choose to take the first drink, the first drink chooses the second."

That is a powerful axiom to follow.

@jon-nyc said in Mildly interesting:

@Renauda said in Mildly interesting:

@jon-nyc

Jon, that’s just sick.

We call that ‘kink shaming’.

Perverts.

Nothing happened to Putin, he is what he always has been. A KGB hood.

Trump is only beginning to come to terms that Putin has all along been playing him for the political Muggins he really is. The latter is not the least bit serious of agreeing to any peace deal short of the total capitulation of Ukraine to Russia’s stated objectives.

Yesterday’s comment from the Kremlin that Trump is merely experiencing “emotional overload” is a patronising insult designed to show the total disregard Putin himself holds towards Trump as a leader and person.

@kluurs said in Is Trump souring on Israel?:

Netanyahu doesn’t want the hostages. He wants the land.

Arguably I think that is an accurate assessment of the current situation. The presence of Palestinians on that land is the problem.

@blondie

I’m leaving town, heading north when the G7 hits town. It will be wild and stupid crazy here, mainly because of Mr Trump’s appearance after his birthday parade. They actually had school children tear out buffalo berry bushes near Kananaskis so your dear leader, security, anyone else wouldn't be threatened by bears. FFS.

Am going to be in Kananaskis from 5 through 7 June camping and lake kayaking. Our graduation present for the grade 12’er.

Yeah, we could call it From Coffee Room to Den of Iniquity

Hater.