1. The J6 protest, or riot, was NOT an "insurrection". The goobers who attacked the Capitol were unarmed. Trump was never going to overturn the election results.
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"Are you seriously telling me this isn't the beer stand?"
2. Russia's economy was about the size of Italy's before the Ukraine war. Putin's Ukraine war and NATO sanctions on Russia will hurt Russia economically. Plus men are leaving Russia before being drafted. China will not save Russia. Trade with the "west" is much more important to Russia than trade with China.
3. We do know who blew-up the NordStream pipelines. It was Russia. Photo evidence shows that the pipelines were blown up from the inside with "pigs" that clean the pipes.
THE first pictures have emerged of the Nord Stream pipeline after it was blown up in a suspected Russian attack. The shocking images show the twisted remains of the pipeline, three weeks after expl…
www.thesun.co.uk
4. Agree that Turkey and Erdogan are a special case. Stupid Joe Biden is not who I want fixing NATO.
5. If the Crimea is NOT given back to Russia, and the war goes on and on until Ukraine takes back Crimea, the Ukraine will be a war-torn mess. With battle damage over the entire country. I'm not sure the world wants that. My peace plan involves giving Russia Crimea, and the fighting stops now.
5. Yes the problems are "trust and the future". Can we ever trust Putin or Russia again? Should the EU buy all their energy from non-Russian sources forever? Or should the EU buy some oil/gas from Russia?
The leaders of Hungary, Romania, Georgia and Azerbaijan have finalized an agreement on an undersea electricity connector that could become a new power source for the European Union amid a crunch on energy supplies caused by the war in Ukraine
abcnews.go.com
6. Yes Russia will sell oil & gas to China. By 2025 Russia will be selling most of its gas to China. That will help Russia and the climate. I hope China replaces it's coal powerplants with cleaner gas powerplants.
China and Russia are in the final stages of building a pipeline that can send gas from Siberia to Shanghai.
www.cnbc.com