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From: Bobbie Sellers <bliss-sf4ever@dslextreme.com>
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Subject: Re: Pearls Before Swine: Uncle Is Not Good With Money
Date: Fri, 10 Jan 2025 13:38:12 -0800
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On 1/10/25 12:39, Bobbie Sellers wrote:
> On 1/10/25 10:44, Scott Lurndal wrote:
>> Paul S Person <psperson@old.netcom.invalid> writes:
>>> 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?
>>
>> Most analysts favor that the belief that Putin is worried about
>> being assassinated is a prime factor in his seclusion.
>>
>> (Weren't the original assassins from what is now known as Syria?)
> 
>      Definetely nearby at the Fortress of the Old Man of the Mountain
> but they may have been copying Chinese Ninja. According to legend the
> Old Man showed them Paradise via hashish (not just cannabis) and other
> drugs of the time. Then with rigorous training he sent them into the
> palaces and castles of those who would suppress his taxation of the
> trade routes and when they planned to do the Old Man some harm they
> activated to kill the planner.
> 
>          bliss - hobbiing along

Corrected.