Does economic and diplomatic pain mean more war or less?

I keep thinking of the term canon fodder. Come on free world!!

The rising costs of China’s friendship with Russia

The war in Ukraine represents a threat to China’s economy and could lead to a diplomatic backlash over its support for Moscow

When the Russian invasion of Ukraine started two weeks ago, Jane Yan, a senior executive at a machine parts maker in eastern China, said she was not too worried about the impact. After all, buyers in Russia and Ukraine accounted for less than 5 per cent of the company’s overseas sales last year.

But as the full ferocity of the Russian onslaught started to become apparent, the outlook shifted dramatically. Important clients in countries such as Poland and Germany cancelled orders with the Zhejiang-based company....

TFG hates wind power. HATES it.

Putin's boy toy defending dirty energy and mother's milk to Russian oligarchs' economy...

"I never understood wind’: Trump goes on bizarre tirade against wind turbines
President’s nonsensical rambling remarks about ‘windmills’ in segment from weekend speech raised eyebrows"

Says the Orangutan.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/dec/23/trump-bizarre-tirade-windmills

On the other hand, President Biden understands energy, jobs, power, science and independence.

"In his first week in office, President Biden issued an Executive Order that calls on our nation to build a new American infrastructure and clean energy economy that will create millions of new jobs. In particular, the President’s Order committed to expand opportunities for the offshore wind industry...."

https://www.whitehouse.gov/briefing-room/statements-releases/2021/03/29/fact-sheet-biden-administration-jumpstarts-offshore-wind-energy-projects-to-create-jobs/

How to force/entice Orban into being more helpful

Will the vast numbers of Ukrainian refugees impact his world view one way or the other? He is having his cake and eating it too. Why?

https://www.politico.eu/article/russia-war-narrative-hungary-disinformation/

Hungary has become the EU home of Kremlin talking points
Viktor Orbán has publicly condemned Russia’s war and backed EU sanctions. The story from pro-Orbán media in Hungary is very different.

Smartmatic's $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News can proceed

It’s a pretty remarkable state of affairs when a judge is approvingly citing Tucker Carlson’s journalistic rigor, but that’s precisely the situation we find ourselves in now.
And rather ironically, that could be bad news for Fox News.

New York Supreme Court Judge David B. Cohen has now ruled that voting-machine company Smartmatic’s $2.7 billion defamation lawsuit against Fox News and Rudolph W. Giuliani can proceed. The case involved numerous false and baseless claims made on Fox about voter fraud involving the company’s voting machines.
In the ruling, the judge notably dropped Fox host Jeanine Pirro and former Trump lawyer Sidney Powell from the lawsuit — Pirro because her statements didn’t so directly accuse Smartmatic of illegality, and Powell because New York doesn’t have jurisdiction over her.
But the case against Fox, its other hosts and Giuliani can proceed.

Thanks for sharing your wonderful news.

Positive stories are in short supply.

George Will's lethal blow to previous prez

Conservative Icon Torches Trump As ‘Stray Orange Hair To Be Flicked Off Nation’s Sleeve'
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/george-will-donald-trump-history_n_6223054ae4b03bc49a9b49d0

McFall points to dick tater's "cataclysmic" humiliation.

"And there is something cataclysmic going on in terms of the support for his regime. This is a major break, I think, inside Russia," he explained. "That's not to say the regime will fall or Putin will fall anytime soon, we're horrible at making those kinds of predictions, so we should be careful, but the fact he's taking more extreme measures, turning Russia into North Korea, suggests to me he understands that he's losing this war and losing his peoples' support for this war."

Another Kim Jong-un? That aInt good.
Humiliation is what he brought on himself. I don't see him committing suicide, so he becomes more irrational and dangerous - to everyone.

https://www.alternet.org/2022/03/vladimir-putin-cataclysmic-facebook-ban/

Please Recommend Sources to help Ukraine.

I'm trying to find ways that we as individuals we can best help the Ukrainian people. If you can add or subtract, please post.

https://www.icrc.org/en/donate/ukraine

https://www.rescue.org/article/ukraine-russia-crisis-what-happening

https://www.savethechildren.org/us/where-we-work/ukraine

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https://secure.projecthope.org/site/SPageNavigator/2022_02_Ukraine_Response_Web_UNR.html&s_subsrc=wb1

Putin rival Navalny speaks out in court

Navalny Calls Ukraine War ‘Distraction’ From Russia’s Problems

Jailed Kremlin critic Alexei Navalny said Thursday he opposes President Vladimir Putin’s declaration of war against Ukraine, calling it a “distraction” from Russia’s economic stagnation and sociopolitical problems.

“I think this war is designed to divert attention from Russia’s problems, and it will only lead to greater impoverishment,” he added before being interrupted by the judge. “I consider those who unleashed this war to be bandits and thieves. I went into politics to fight this criminal regime of thieves.”

Can Romney get any respect for being right about Russia in Today's GOP?

He is poised to be the future leader if the Republicans want to re-enter American democracy. If not, he may wind up in a gulag.

"It's time to admit it: Mitt Romney was right about Russia"
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/22/politics/mitt-romney-russia-ukraine/index.html

"Romney: Putin can’t be allowed to rebuild the Soviet Union
“He’s trying to reestablish what he had before,” the Utah senator said."

https://www.politico.com/news/2022/01/16/romney-russia-ukraine-nato-527207

Romney has at least occasionally stood up to tfg and Lil Tucker. Taking down Carlson seems imperative to defending democracy at home.

"Mitt Romney Slams Tucker Carlson Over Viktor Orbán Trip: 'Hungary, Model for America?'"
https://www.newsweek.com/mitt-romney-slams-tucker-carlson-viktor-orban-hungary-model-america-1630451