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From: Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 09:34:22 -0800
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On Thu, 9 Jan 2025 22:39:17 -0600, Lynn McGuire
<lynnmcguire5@gmail.com> wrote:

>On 1/9/2025 9:52 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>> On 1/9/25 16:42, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>> On 1/9/2025 5:09 PM, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
>>>> On 1/9/25 12:20, Lynn McGuire wrote:
>>>>> Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
>>>>> =A0=A0=A0 https://www.gocomics.com/pearlsbeforeswine/2025/01/09
>>>>>
>>>>> Yeah, we knew that already.=A0 Uncle has given several hundred =
billion=20
>>>>> dollars to Ukraine.=A0 Might as well set the money on fire and =
thrown=20
>>>>> it in Atlantic.
>>>>>
>>>>> Lynn
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Like your brilliant leader, Mr.T, you fail to =
understand
>>>> how that works. We put billions in loans and war equipment in the
>>>> hands of the Ukranians and they kill Russians. They did not invite
>>>> the Russians to come and be killed.
>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Vlad Putin the senior Oligarch of Russia sent them to
>>>> take over the Ukrainian Nation, a nation recognized by the
>>>> UN and other organizations. Russia under the Czars, under the
>>>> USSR especially under Stalin was treated very badly so though
>>>> they Ukrainians and the Russian are cousins they wanted to
>>>> be separate from Russia.
>>>>
>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0But the money is spent with our allies who buy from =
us
>>>> or build their own war equipment. Our makers of war equipment
>>>> make more tools of War and profit immensely.
>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0Over all the Rich get Richer and the Poor get Poorer
>>>> which should make your pal of the billionaires much happier,
>>>> but maybe we can keep the Ukrainians somewhat free.
>>>>
>>>> =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0bliss - the hobbler would use a rifle for a crutch
>>>
>>> Got some real numbers proving that instead of a bunch of old=20
>>> platitudes and pie in the sky wishiwashiness ?=A0 The loans are no =
good=20
>>> because the underlying collateral has been destroyed.
>>>
>>> Ukraine is a disaster and Europe knows it.=A0 We have sent blood and=20
>>> treasure to a foreign power once again and are getting totally=20
>>> screwed. The end result will be the same no matter what we do, =
Ukraine=20
>>> will be a satellite of Russia.=A0 Any difference from that will end =
in=20
>>> nuclear weapon exchanges.
>>>
>>> Lynn
>>>
>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0Europe continues its support at higher levels than the =
USA.
>>=20
>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0My you are a fearful pessimist.
>>=20
>>  =A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0=A0 bliss
>
>Yes.  That is why Berlin will be nuked first when Putin gets tired of=20
>the nonsense.
>
>Why do you think that Putin has been living in his bomb shelter under=20
>the Kremlin for two years now.

Because he is so badly off physically that he cannot leave it?
--=20
"Here lies the Tuscan poet Aretino,
Who evil spoke of everyone but God,
Giving as his excuse, 'I never knew him.'"