Right on time!

 

Predictions on Putin

 

Taken from here.

Ukraine, Putin, and the party of traitors

 

The “Putin Is Bad, But” Republicans

Russia--going backwards towards the 19th century. Or maybe the 18th century?

 

No One Has Addressed WHY Russia Invaded Ukraine (So I’ll Do It)

There are bigger reasons at play than an insane madman flexing power

Teaching history

 

But it was perfect!

Back in time and ahead to the future...

This isn't the dog park!

Periods of geologic time.

We need our sleep.

Goosebumps on a comet.

The Punisher (Ukrainian grandmother)

7 lies about the American Sniper.  And more.

New police radars can 'see' inside your home.  But of course they would never misuse them....

Sunday funnies

How women have to navigate the world.  Being called Beyonce voters.  Misconceptions about the Hobby Lobby ruling.

All the tornadoes that have happened so far this year.  The weather next week.

World War I explained in 40 maps

Reporting the scientific news does not mean including 'opinions'.

The conservative mindset.  Paul Krugman explains their difficulties with the success of Obamacare.

Torches and pitchforks in the future.

Poisonous newts in your coffee?  Crickets singing hymns?

Putin has hurt Russia by attacking the Ukraine.

National parks feel climate change.

Censorship or protection?

Monday Monday....

El Nino incoming and what it will do to us.

We have to intervene!

Guns.  Guns will keep you safe... (just not the other guy.)

The world's 'poorest' president.

Everything you know about the Ukraine is wrong.

Makes me want to go out and plant more trees.

Music was her life blood and kept her alive.

What parents do to a baby's brain and what happens when they are not there in the development stage.

Oldest piece of rock in the world.

Daring to be a woman on the internet.

Thank you, Moon.

Cold Shoulder War

Saint Petersburg, Russia (CNS) - Newest Bond girl Olga Kurylenko has been accused of betraying her nation for assisting the fictional English spy.

The Communist Party of St. Petersburg claims that the 28-year-old Ukrainian actress, who plays a Russian-Bolivian agent who falls for Bond in "Quantum of Solace," aided "the killer of hundreds of Soviet people and their allies."

The party also said that Bond, played by actor Daniel Craig, is "a man who worked for decades under the orders of Thatcher and Reagan to destroy the USSR."

It appealed to the actress on its website, saying: "The Soviet Union educated you, cared for you and brought you up for free but no one suspected that you would commit this act of intellectual and moral betrayal."

Seemingly oblivious to the film's fictional nature, the party continued, "How could you desert your homeland in its moment of need? Do you really want Crimean girls to be raped by cruel and stupid American marines? Where is your patriotism?

Pssst .. You guys... It's FICTIONAL....

Europeans say 'Naaaaaahhhh'

BUCHAREST, Romania - President Bush suffered a painful diplomatic setback Wednesday when NATO allies rebuffed his passionate pleas to put former Soviet republics Ukraine and Georgia on the path toward membership in the Western military alliance.

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It was a sour outcome for Bush at his final NATO summit as he sought to polish his foreign policy legacy. Instead, he wound up sidetracked by opposition and splits among European allies. It was a result that was foreshadowed by public statements from France and Germany but Bush nevertheless put his prestige on the line and even made a stop in Ukraine on Monday to argue his case.

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Bush was counting on the summit to strongly endorse plans for an anti-missile shield in Europe despite once-heated objections from Moscow.

The summit's opening dinner ran two hours longer than scheduled as the discussion went around the table, with each leader making his or her case. The White House expressed confidence that NATO would give a strong statement of support for its mission in Afghanistan and that a number of countries would pledge additional troops.

Bush, going into the talks, said he was "optimistic that this is going to be a very successful summit."

Diplomats said the alliance would offer a statement saying NATO's door will remain open if Ukraine and Georgia move ahead with political and military reforms and build support for NATO among their citizens.

Afghanistan loomed as the summit's No. 1 topic, a point of contention between some Europeans who see the NATO mission as largely a humanitarian effort and the Bush administration and others who see it as a central front in the fight against terrorism.

Canada had threatened to pull its troops from the front lines in southern Afghanistan unless other allies sent an additional 1,000 combat troops to help.

NATO has about 47,000 troops in Afghanistan, but commanders are pleading for more troops in the south, where Taliban insurgents are wreaking the most havoc. The United States supplies the largest contingent, about 14,000 for NATO, plus the United States has 13,000 operating separately in eastern Afghanistan hunting terrorists and training Afghan forces.

"We expect our NATO allies to shoulder the burden necessary to succeed" in Afghanistan, Bush said a midday news conference with Romania President Traian Basescu on a Black Sea beach.