Caught by an old elephant cage

"Will the Russians still try and deny it? Of course they will. They will say the tape was 'doctored'. But the tape was not doctored. This tape will only be known as "corroborating evidence", to the mountain of photographic evidence that has already been gathered by the Ukraine Army and international press who have been on the Bucha site."

A what? An elephant cage? Caught who? Why is this so cryptic? Sorry. Did not mean to be. But this bit of news which happened this week, almost escaped the kind of publicity it deserves. It has to do with a "smoking gun", the Russians cannot lie their way out of. And that smoking gun, came from a relic from the past. The Cold War past.

The old Wullenweber antenna complex. A relic from the Cold War. One sits idle in Germany, unused and rusting. No longer needed. But some astute young Germans, decided to fire this "Elephant Cage" up, and see if they could hear anything interesting - especially from Ukraine. 

The Russians, who are masterful liars, have already blamed the Ukrainian Army for the carnage which was left from Bucha. All the bodies found strewn in the streets, the mass graves, the tales of rape and torture - all fabricated (according to the Russians). After all - it is the Russian's word against Ukraine's word. 

But then there is those pesky Germans, who were just screwing around with an ancient Cold War listening station. It seems some of those Germans, stumbled upon some interesting intercept. The old saying, "loose lips sink ships", also holds true when committing war crimes. Some of the Russians were bragging about killing innocent civilians in Bucha. Oh oh - busted. As the saying goes, the truth is now on tape.

Will the Russians still try and deny it? Of course they will. They will say the tape was "doctored". But the tape was not doctored. This tape will only be known as "corroborating evidence", to the mountain of photographic evidence that has already been gathered by the Ukraine Army and international press who have been on the Bucha site.

With this information, it will be up to the United Nations to take more action. Not just "suspending" Russia from being on the UN Human Rights Commission, but also giving them the boot off the Security Council, and maybe even the General Assembly. Russia is now a rogue nations, and should be treated as such. 

To our German friends, gut gemacht! It is just possible, that old Cold War antenna array has done more good in its retired state, than it did while on active duty. A note to Russia - how do you like karma? This venture into Ukraine, might end up being the dumbest thing you have ever done. But it has exposed you for who you are.  

   

What a town with(out) pity can't do...

"What is the lesson I have learned from this invasion? If you have nukes, and can threaten people with using them, congratulations - you are now a global bully. The world is scared to death of Putin right now." 

Meanwhile, as we go on with our day to day lives, something beyond horrible is happening in our world right now. And it is happening, and could be stopped immediately. But it won't be. I am talking about the city of Mariupol in the Ukraine. This once busy town of almost a half a million citizens, has now turned into a death camp. The 100,000 or so who still are trying to survive there, are given a stark choice. Either stay, and probably starve to death, or surrender to the occupiers and be shipped to some kind of Russian concentration camp.

The Mayor of Mariupol has been very blunt and direct. With 5,000 of its citizens already murdered by the occupiers, and some of those being children, the Mayor has called Mariupol, "the new Auschwitz". What the Russians are doing to this town right now, is Exhibit "A" to what a war crime looks like. It is soon to be an Exhibit "A" to what genocide looks like. 

Even after President Zelenskyy poured out his heart and soul to the United Nations (as well as addressing other counties one on one), the world continues to sit back and watch the slow death of Mariupol. Will Mariupol become the new Bucha? Where the butchery of the citizens was so horrible, news crews could not even show them without blurring them out? Where bodies were left strewn in the street. Many bodies in mass graves. One had the Nazi symbol carved into him. 

Here is where I sit right now. Any country, who does not condemn Russia for this invasion of a sovereign country - is dead to me. Silence is guilt. If every nation condemned this naked aggression the same way the United States did, but having words backed up with sanctions on Russia, and help to Ukraine, this war would be over tomorrow. But so long as other countries keep buying Russian oil, keep silent with any outrage, trading with Russia with ANYTHING - they are part of the problem. 

Some day, we will have to explain this to our grandchildren. How this happened. How we let it go on. How innocents were raped, shot, tortured, starved, enslaved, and so forth. Do we need to scrap the United Nations the same way we scrapped the League of Nations after we found out it was feckless? That has my vote.

What is the lesson I have learned from this invasion? If you have nukes, and can threaten people with using them, congratulations - you are now a global bully. The world is scared to death of Putin right now. So much so, we can have examples like Bucha and Mariupol, and we do nothing to stop it.

Everyday when I turn on the news, it is the same stuff, different day. Most of the world goes on with its business. Millions are getting ready for Easter. And yet, in Ukraine, the suffering continues. The death continues. It is a town that deserves more than pity. It deserves so much more...  

When the truth comes out...

 

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely"

For some reason, the truth always seems to win out. The old saying which Mark Twain used frequently was, "There are lies, damned lies, and statistics." Forget the statistics - let's focus on the "lies and damn lies". And as we have been taught in church, the "Father of Lies" is Satan. However, Putin might be a close second.

Also, how dumb does Putin think we are? His troops have committed unspeakable acts of mass murder in the Ukraine, maybe even genocide and/or war crimes. And yet, even though there is photographic evidence which shows the carnage, Putin is telling the world it was caused by the Ukrainian Army. Huh? Ukrainians killing their own people? Really Putin? 

No - Putin and his bloodthirsty generals did it. Period. Their fingerprints are all over it. People with their hands tied behind their backs, executed. Families killed together. Women raped. Tortured. In one month, Vladimir Putin has gone from a thug, to a mass murderer and war criminal. His reputation will never recover. His country is now considered a rogue nation. His army is as bad as the Nazis were. The truth about Ukraine, will come out sooner rather than later. 

However, we have our own kettle of fish to deal with in this country. There is a whole bunch of truth which is about to surface on the Bidens. It has been suspected for some time now. Known to some, but hidden by the media and the Deep State. Hunter Biden, his father (aka the "Big Guy"), maybe Joe's brother James, and now Chief of Staff Ron Klain. There is a lot of garbage which has been going on behind the curtain.

Joe Biden now wants to go after Putin to have him charged as a war criminal. I would feel a lot better about that effort, if Biden's hands were not soiled. Is the truth going to come out about how soiled Biden's hands are? Very probably true - especially when the Republicans take back the House and Senate. When that happens, a hard rain is going to fall. Many sins which have been committed against this country, are going to see the light of day. It might be the biggest governmental "house cleaning" since Watergate. 

For that reason alone, it might be better to have the Europeans handle the Putin issue. As we clean up our domestic mess, the Euro Zone can take care of bringing the Russians to justice. And one more thing about the truth finally coming out. So far, Putin has done a good job in keeping his population in the dark as to what is really happening in the Ukraine. But that will change. Way too many ways to get the truth inside the former "Iron Curtain". 

"Absolute power corrupts absolutely". This 19th century mottos is still as true today as it was then. What defeats power which corrupts? TRUTH! Be it Russia, be it Washington, or be it local politics, power can corrupt. We do all of us, need to be truth seekers. Since the media is also corrupted, seeking truth is our charge. There is nobody else which can do it.  

Genocide in Ukraine; Entropy in America

"I have always been a proud American. I really have. But living in Biden's America has given me pause. We are just a shell of what we once were. Once fearless, now fearful."

Have to give the Russians credit for one thing. When they set out to "out Nazi", Nazi atrocities in World War II, few believed they could do it. But - they have proved the historians wrong. They are just as blood thirsty, just as ruthless, just as cold as the Nazis were, on their worst days. And again, the civilized world has been left sitting in the spectator's section, just watching. Meanwhile, what happened when the Russians withdrew from the outer suburbs of Kyiv, defies description. It was butchery.

If nothing changes, we will see this scene over and over and over again in Ukraine. There is only one country right now which can stop this, and that would be China. The United States can't, as our President is scared stiff of Putin. The Allies can't, unless the United States joins them. Meanwhile, we are seeing carnage in Ukraine, actually genocide, that the civilized world thought had been relegated to the ash heap of history. I guess we still have some primitive carnage in our DNA. 

Meanwhile, back in the homeland, we have a different problem. Entropy. Or, as some call it, our current POTUS having the reverse Midas touch. There have been legions of experts on media as of late, explaining how easy it would be to get part of our inflation under control. How to get our gas prices down. How to have more energy security. But this empty suit, who somehow got into the White House to undo everything good that Donald Trump did - refuses to budge. He would rather kiss up to dictators, so we can buy their dirty oil, than use our much cleaner oil from Texas. So the Union suffers, while Biden goes up to Delaware and naps.

Title 42 is going away next month. EVERYBODY is forecasting total mayhem (yes, even worse than it is right now), on the southern border. And why would Biden do such a bone headed, anti-American thing such as this? Besides undoing what Trump had working on the southern border, Biden is owned by the socialists. So much so, by the time his four year terms is up, we could have tens of millions of illegals, along with record amounts of deadly drugs in our country. Who is happy about this mess? The socialist and the cartels. As the Union suffers, Biden goes to Delaware to nap.

Back to the genocide in Ukraine. President Zelenskyy is pleading - begging - for America to be the America it once was. One pundit was on the news this weekend, and was asked about America's response to the cries for help from Ukraine. His response - not enough, and what they do get has to go through the Biden sausage machine in slow motion. The "leading from behind" lessons Biden learned from Obama, still seem to work well. Meanwhile, children are being executed, women are being raped, and innocent civilians are getting tortured. But, as long as Biden can have his naps, life is good for him.

I have always been a proud American. I really have. But living in Biden's America has given me pause. We are just a shell of what we once were. Once fearless, now fearful. A President steeped in corruption, bathed in entropy, and surrounded by idiots. I am sorry Ukraine. This is the America you are depending on for help. You deserve so much better.  

A world of two economies?

"Russia is NOT our friend. China is NOT our friend. Saudi Arabia and India? The jury is still out on those two. But I will say this. If they were smart, they would align with our team and not the commies. Just saying..."    

Saw something very interesting on the news yesterday. It was how much hurt we were putting on the Russians with all of our sanctions. Especially the sanction on their petrol products. Short answer (and a surprising one at that) - we are not putting ANY hurt on the Russians. The power elite that is. The oil revenues for 2022 in Russia are scheduled to be much higher than than 2021. Over $300B in oil revenue, is one forecast I saw. Why is that?

What we are starting to see, is the economic bifurcation of the globe. One one side, is the United States and their western allies. On the other side, is Russia, China, and India. China and India are helping Russia right now, by purchasing as much oil as they want. And paying for it in any denomination other than US dollars. Meanwhile, what are we doing? Tapping into our emergency stockpile of oil - the Strategic Reserve.

If we had normal people, who understood normal economics, in charge of our country right now, they would be fighting fire with fire. We could take the legs out from these high petrol prices by simply "drilling baby, drilling". But we won't. Somehow, in those dusty cobwebs that reside in the mind of Joe Biden, he thinks if we buy dirtier oil from countries run by dictators, it will be better for global warming. I know, I know. I don't understand it either. As one meme said, "Tapping into our Strategic Reserve, is like tapping into your 401K instead of working." This is what happens when we put people in charge who have never worked a day in their lives.

I am not surprised when China became Russia's patsy, but India? What the what? Why in the world would India shed its neutral status to side with the world's biggest butthole? Some of our Indian leaders in this country should have a heart to heart talk with leaders in their homeland. Siding with Russia is a dead end street. India and the United States have usually always been on good terms. This is a head scratcher for sure.

If we wanted to, I mean the US, as well as our NATO allies, Japan, South Korea, and Australia - we could smoke these commies when it comes to commerce. But we have to want it. We have to scrap this globalization crapola, and focus on ourselves and our friends. Together, we are an economic powerhouse.

Russia is NOT our friend. China is NOT our friend. Saudi Arabia and India? The jury is still out on those two. But I will say this. If they were smart, they would align with our team and not the commies. The day of reckoning is coming. Just saying...    

Hunter? Or hunted?

                                        

Here is the lessons learned from our last election. If the Deep State wants you in, you will be in. If the Deep State wants you out, pack your bags. Don't believe it? Just ask Donald Trump.   

Yes, the long awaited decision on the infamous Hunter Biden laptop, might be close to fruition. The laptop, if made public and bona fide before November of 2021, might have made a sea change in a Presidential election. But alas and alack - the Deep State had its way, and kept this very damning laptop out of sight, out of mind, until the dust settled. Then we ended up with Slo Joe as our President.

What exactly does this laptop have in it, which is so very terrible? Besides Hunter's salacious lifestyle? Influence peddling. With Russia, Ukraine, and China. Even though Daddy Joe (aka, the "Big Guy") thinks Hunter is the smartest man on the planet, most others who know him, think of him as a dim witted crack head. Certainly not the kind of intellect which would command the salaries Hunter was getting from all these questionable ventures.

The question that many conservative pundits have asked recently, is this - "OM Goodness! What if Hunter's last name was Trump, and Donald was still President?" This would have been the biggest scandal since DB Cooper. But Hunter's name is not Trump. It is Biden. And good old Uncle Joe was anointed by the high command of the Deep State to be our next President. And how is that working out for us? Never mind - this is about Hunter, not Joe. Joe's turn is coming up shortly.

Will Ms. Nancy have the guts or brain power to open up a Congressional investigation on this grifter? Seems to me, from what I have heard, the evidence contained in this laptop is fairly certain. And - if not now, then when the next Congress is sworn in - let's find out how Veep Biden used his "Big Guy" influence to get the ball rolling on many of these contaminated business dealings. And maybe even (Gasp!) - what did President Obama know, and when did he know it?

If Putin does not blow everyone up first, there will be books written about this entire cover up. It will be a non-fiction book, but it is so incredible, so hard to believe, it might have to be sold as fiction.

Here is the lessons learned from our last election. If the Deep State wants you in, you will be in. If the Deep State wants you out, pack your bags. Don't believe it? Just ask Donald Trump.   

Not worth spit...

"I feel bad for many of these young Russian soldiers. They are no more than kids. They know not why they are in Ukraine, what they are fighting for. Their commanders are monsters, who are taking orders from bigger monsters in the Kremlin." 

We do all of us - have value. Our brave service men and women have lots of value. They are looked at by their commanding officers, lead NCOs, as well as the citizenry, as being one of our finest resources. But that is not the way it is in other countries. Like where? Like Russia. Putin's generals treat their troops like expendables. Garbage. Like they are not worth spit.

Putin and his bloodthirsty generals deserve no quarter. They are evil. Heartless. Murderers. What they have done to the innocent citizens of Ukraine, is light years beyond the pale. However, what they are doing to their own soldiers, especially the conscripts, is just about as bad.

Some of what has been reported needs to be taken with a grain of salt. There is after all, the "fog of war" that might be tainting some reporting. But some of our retired generals, who are consultants on cable, all seem to be in agreement. Russia's logistics for this war were terrible from the get-go. Part of that, was assuming the Ukrainian Army would roll over and play dead once the invasion started. That Russian tanks would drive victoriously into Kyiv, to cheering civilians. Zelenskyy would be removed, and a "puppet" government would be installed.

Instead, the Russians found just the opposite. A tough, entrenched, hardened Ukraine Army. Cold weather, low food, empty gas tanks, ammo running low. Plus, if we can believe what some of the captured Russian soldiers have told their captures, this was only to be a training exercise. Not the extermination of a country. 

Self inflicted wounds, desertions, malingering illnesses - anything to get out of this mess. To top it all off, recent reporting is the Russians have turned control over the Chernobyl nuke plant to Ukraine. Again, take this for what it is worth - it is reported that many Russian soldiers received radiation poisoning from digging trenches in contaminated soil. Hundreds needed to be sent home because of it. 

One of our retired generals summed it up this way. The United States goes out of its way to avoid civilian casualties in a war. The Russians target civilians. If the United States needs to go to war, we try to make it as quick as possible. Actually, we try to win, and do it with the minimum number of enemy dead or wounded. Russia on the other hand, sees its troops as fodder. They have already put the call out for more conscripts to fill the void left by the first month's fighting. 

I feel bad for many of these young Russian soldiers. They are no more than kids. They know not why they are in Ukraine, what they are fighting for. Their commanders are monsters, who are taking orders from bigger monsters in the Kremlin. 

History will judge Russia harshly for this misstep. The civilized people of the world, already have.