08/24 is National Knife Day (Open Thread)
Submitted by enhydra lutris on Mon, 08/24/2026 - 5:00am
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Open Thread - 04-05-24 - In the Hall of the Mountain King
Submitted by JtC on Fri, 04/05/2024 - 6:00amNote: I wrote the gist of this piece, below the fold, yesterday morning and left it untitled. When I came in from doing yard work around dinner time I found that Antony Blinken had made this shocking statement, and that lead me to the introduction and my title.
The King's Jester has spoken: King of the Mountain
Blinken says that Ukraine will be joining NATO. Under Article 5, this means that an attack on Ukraine will be considered an attack on the United States. If you want World War 3, vote Biden in November.
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Blinken says that Ukraine will be joining NATO. Under Article 5, this means that an attack on Ukraine will be considered an attack on the United States. If you want World War 3, vote Biden in November.
— David Sacks (@DavidSacks) April 4, 2024
The pundits are relaxing a bit, NATO meets, and the timelines are off.
Submitted by Cassiodorus on Wed, 07/12/2023 - 3:35pmSo pay clear attention to the story told by Alex Christoforou here:
Why Ukraine won't get into NATO
Submitted by gjohnsit on Wed, 07/12/2023 - 2:45pmWe all know why Ukraine won't get into NATO now - because they are at war. Thus if they got into NATO now then NATO would be immediately at war with Russia. Even Democrat/Neocons on the cable news admit this.
Nato to expand "high readiness" troops from to 300K from 40K
Submitted by ban nock on Wed, 06/29/2022 - 6:14pmHigh readiness means fully equipped and ready to fly anywhere on a moments notice. Many troops will be pre positioned and equipment stored close to Nato's eastern side. The Baltics are considered especially vulnerable to Russian aggression.
The invasion of Ukraine, and the way in which Russia has prosecuted it's war by purposely killing and terrorizing civilians has been a huge encouragement for all of Europe to join together in self defence.
Sweden and Finland OK to Join NATO
Submitted by ban nock on Tue, 06/28/2022 - 6:55pmAt the G7 meeting a diplomatic resolution was reached with Turkey. Turkey withdrew its objection to the two countries joining Nato.
I know Sweden valued it's non aligned reputation and was one of, and often the only country allowed to run humanitarian programs in closed communist countries such as Vietnam and Laos.
The war budget is spiraling out of control
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sat, 06/18/2022 - 11:31pmBiden's military budget is insane, but that's nothing compared to how this will end.
America's "moral outrage" is hypocritical self-parody
Submitted by gjohnsit on Sun, 04/17/2022 - 11:07pmDenial can be a useful coping mechanism, but when taken to an extreme it just gets sad.
People living in the middle east are dumbfounded at the ability of Americans to convince themselves that we actually have a moral high ground when talking about Russia's war in Ukraine.
NATO expanded again yesterday
Submitted by gjohnsit on Fri, 03/11/2022 - 4:10pmEveryone knows about NATO membership, but few are familiar with the fact that NATO has "allies" and "partners".
They include such countries as Japan, Australia, and believe it or not, Russia (from 2002 to 2014).
President Zelenskyy has wizened up
Submitted by gjohnsit on Tue, 03/08/2022 - 5:55pmUkraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy has figured out that NATO is prepared to fight Russia with the lives of every single willing Ukrainian. This has changed his perspective.
