Comments on: I cannot believe this is happening https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/20/i-cannot-believe-this-is-happening/ Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:37 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/20/i-cannot-believe-this-is-happening/#comment-52879 BuckGalaxy Mon, 22 Jan 2024 17:12:05 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102539#comment-52879 There's about $300b in frozen Ruskie assets in the West that could be redirected to Ukraine. Unfortunately only about $5b of that is in the USA. Most is in Europe and they could be persuaded to give it to the Ukes. I suspect when House Republicans kill the Senate Border-Ukraine deal becuase it doesn't meet their maximalist demands, Biden will seize the $5b and try to get the allies on board. There’s about $300b in frozen Ruskie assets in the West that could be redirected to Ukraine. Unfortunately only about $5b of that is in the USA. Most is in Europe and they could be persuaded to give it to the Ukes.

I suspect when House Republicans kill the Senate Border-Ukraine deal becuase it doesn’t meet their maximalist demands, Biden will seize the $5b and try to get the allies on board.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/20/i-cannot-believe-this-is-happening/#comment-52875 ER Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:43:07 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102539#comment-52875 Peace in our time. <img src="https://i.ytimg.com/vi/e0uOsPBSKPo/sddefault.jpg" alt="" /> Peace in our time.

]]> By: ER https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/20/i-cannot-believe-this-is-happening/#comment-52873 ER Sun, 21 Jan 2024 01:05:36 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102539#comment-52873 If they can hold Ukraine hostage for the border, they will be tempted for bigger and better things. And after they get everything they want, they'll celebrate by voting themselves a tax cut. If they can hold Ukraine hostage for the border, they will be tempted for bigger and better things. And after they get everything they want, they’ll celebrate by voting themselves a tax cut.

]]> By: BuckGalaxy https://habitablezone.com/2024/01/20/i-cannot-believe-this-is-happening/#comment-52871 BuckGalaxy Sat, 20 Jan 2024 22:23:11 +0000 https://habitablezone.com/?p=102539#comment-52871 I find it so unsettling it makes me queasy. The question will be if Johnson allows appeasement of a tiny minority to so seriously undermine foreign policy, only so he can hold on to power for... how long? Another month or two? Sooner or later the same dipshits who expelled McCarthy will do the same to Johnson. I find it so unsettling it makes me queasy. The question will be if Johnson allows appeasement of a tiny minority to so seriously undermine foreign policy, only so he can hold on to power for… how long? Another month or two? Sooner or later the same dipshits who expelled McCarthy will do the same to Johnson.

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