BIDEN-HARRIS INEPTITUDE AT FOREIGN AFFAIRS (READ: ‘RUSSIA, UKRAINE’) PUTS AMERICA IN A PICKLE
BY DAN VALENTI
PLANET VALENTI NEWS AND COMMENTARY
(FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE, WEDNESDAY FEB. 23, 2022) — How much “truth” do you extract out of official U.S. government sources and mainstream media? Do you believe what they say, particularly about world affairs?
The question forms the heart of this column. The answer remains personal, one each person must HONESTLY put to themselves and answer only when alone. Remember, Robert Young’s advice to Billy Gray: “Son, you can fool others, but you can’t fool yourself.” The fact that Bud usually ignored this advice made Father Knows Best, a title that, if the show were remade today, would be Father is a White, Middle-Aged Sexist and Racist.
For the record, THE PLANET daily receives and reads content from the official Russian and U.S. government web sites, the White House, the NY Times, Washington Post, Wall Street Journal, Boston Herald, Boston Globe, and NY Post & Daily News, among others. We watch no talking-head TV, listen to no radio, and follow various internet news sites. No one of these has the truth, which faintly lies in an amalgamation of all held together with a large dose of history. It must be sought. It will never be handed to you.
Your answer to the question reveals much if not most or even all of how you interpret the current state of affairs between West v. East, NATO v. Warsaw Pact, Russia v. America, Putin v. Biden.
On Monday, Russian president Vladimir Putin signed an agreement with two provinces in eastern Ukraine, Donetsk and Luhansk. Depending on your sources, Putin either “attacked” the Ukraine –or– he officially recognized the two states as independent, after which he sent in “peace-keeping troops.”
THE PLANET knows it’s some of both, with most of it being Russia acting within its geopolitical rights.
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The White House insists Putin’s the bad guy and Biden is a man of principle acting on behalf of “truth, justice, and the American way.” The reality tells us that Biden-Harris is the presidential equivalent of Alfred E. Newman and, for the most part, Putin is acting with intelligent, proactive caution on a matter in which Russia has a legitimate self-interest. Donetsk and Luhansk speak Russian, identify as Russian, and want to ally with Russia.
Consider the following:
- Since the Cold War, American propaganda has portrayed the USSR as evil, expansionist, bullying, heartless, and godless. The U.S., of course, puts itself on the billboard as the exact opposite, an old West tale of good guys and bad guys in white and black hats, a cartoon version of reality.
- No country lost more people in WWII than the Soviet Union: 27 million deaths (China 2nd, 20 million).
- This explains Stalin’s moves following Potsdam, when Uncle Joe snookered Truman, the man responsible for the greatest two atrocities of the war at Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
- Two years after Stalin died, the USSR reached a joint agreement with seven other Eastern Bloc countries. The Warsaw Pact was drawn up to counterbalance NATO. Those 27 million dead left the Soviets with a pervasive sense of dread and doom that expressed itself in geopolitical paranoia, an unhealthy condition the U.S. fed, flamed, and fanned by turning American into a national security state. Representative government died, replaced by a cabal of the CIA, NSA, and the military industrial complex calling. We can even pinpoint the exact moment and time of death: Nov. 22, 1963, 12:31 local time, Dallas, TX.
- The Cuban Missile Crisis in October 1962 got all the headlines (how dare the Soviets put nukes in Cuba?), this after America’s first placed missiles in Italy and Turkey.
The chance for America to actually claim the high road came with the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991. Once again, we blew it. With the shadowy, slimy George H.W. Bush as figurehead, the warmongers calling the shots saw their chance for hegemony, reviving our role as world Supercop, a Mr. Blue-pants not driven by a true sense of justice but out of political and territorial ambitions fed by a lust for power and a love of money.
The current “crisis,” manufactured by the shrewdness of Putin and the toothless ineffectiveness of Biden-Harris now reveals the fatal flaw in NATO. One country get attacked means all members must consider themselves “attacked.” This application of the “weakest link” theory of a chain might yet bring about the inconceivable nightmare of all-out nuclear war.
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I just heard Kamala over in Europe saying “Come on guys. Europe hasn’t had a war in a long time” She sounded almost nostalgic for the good old days and pleading for a war to start soon. I agree Dan, between lightweight Kamala and toothless Joe, we are in big trouble. Biden’s son getting 100 million from Ukraine doesn’t help either with Biden’s feelings of being beholden to Ukraine to justify a war.
Personally I feel this administration is doing everything they can to change the discussion of how bad things have become here on the home front in just a short time.
Putin isn’t a good guy, but the demonization of Putin and Russia is leading us toward the unthinkable which is war between two nuclear powers. Just like in Canada where their leaders are in all seriousness saying that the protesters trucks honking their horns are really saying, “Heil Hitler”. Canada wants to take the attention off of their fascist policies by saying the protesting truckers are Nazis. Just as Biden wants to take the attention off of his fascist plans for this country by getting us involved in potential war with the “evil” Russians.
If Ukraine has any AirPower or artillery they would be wise to destroy Putin’s pipeline. Without the ability to sell energy Putin can’t use energy as a weapon and Dementia Joe handed him that weapon.
That would start world war 3.
So Ukraine should just bend over and grab the ankles?
No stupid. US can deplete the oligarchs but Ukraine unilaterally destroying physical property will start a world war three. Let’s see if Ukraine does this insidious idea of yours?
Ukraine will do what she has to do.
SGT. B
Interesting plan. The pipeline is one of the keys to the whole thing. The line supplies almost 1/3 of Western Europe’s energy needs. 80% of the lines run through Ukraine. Russia holds the on/off switch on the spigot. Huge leverage for Putin. If Ukraine destroys the pipeline, it takes that leverage away. The downside is $5+ a gallon gasoline in the U.S. and likely a more invasive militaristic response from Moscow.
Let’s ramp up domestic energy production to where it was before Sleepy Joe took over. Ukraine has the option of rendering Rootin Tootins switch irrelevant.
Wonder if you have any idea what ‘destroying’ a regional gas pipeline would look like. Yellowstone in Donetsk and the Anticarbonists International Collective would mobilize! All would lose, especially Berkshire Gas customers.
The pipeline is 40% of Putins GDP…..Russias Entire GDP is 1/2 of the State of California
Trump sides with Putin as Biden tries to stop a war
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Biden don’t even understand what day it is, and he’s lost his war with stairs.
There are now four suspects in the Reymon Delacruz-Batista murder case. Speak up if you have any confidence whatsoever in Andrea Harrington. She already failed only last week to secure an easy conviction against one of the suspects. What are our options here?
PITTSFIELD — Police have arrested one of four suspects in the slaying of a man whose body was found in Pittsfield State Forest in December.
Jamel Nicholson, 33, of Bradford Street in Pittsfield, was arrested Sunday on murder and kidnapping charges in the shooting death of Reymon Delacruz-Batista.
Berkshire District Attorney Andrea Harrington told The Eagle that investigators believe the four suspects kidnapped Delacruz-Batista, brought him to the state forest and killed him.
With Harrington at the helm every knucklehead in the city feels it’s okay to run around with an illegal gun. This will change when Bobby Sullivan is elected DA. The people of the Berkshire County deserve a DA who isn’t a politician but a chief law enforcement officer with experience. That’s why I’m voting for Sullivan.
Things in Pittsfield didn’t change pre-2019, nor will they change post-D.A. Andrea Harrington because Pittsfield was, is and always will be Pittsfield in our lifetimes. Bobby Sullivan is full of SHIT!
Believe me Jon Boy. The Berkshire legal community saw Harrington as an inexperienced dilettante. Their opinions have not changed. I’m glad that you live in your little safe NH town but as you know that’s not the reality in Pittsfield.
No mirrors in your house Johnny?
JOE
That last sentence is uncharacteristic and unworthy of you.
Congratulations Mr. Melle. I think you have the thumbs down record. I’m happy to have helped you.
Sullivan has never ever set foot in Superior Court so experience no as a ambulance chaser yes.
He sealed his fate as a republican in Berkshire county.Yes he is a trumper and has left a really bad trail. Again bad advice.
His late night calls to the DA challenging her to debates tells you everything you need to know.
Acting like a pack of frat boys parking in front of the court house with Sullivan Magnets had rubbed many the wrong way. A advice
Did I mention the posts oh wait more on that later.
He was fired from the DA’s
Please tell me the same old political retreads are not advising him.
You should go to a meeting dude. Also the 7th grade.
Wait I thought he lives in Ny?
Andy, stop with the lies. No one can call Andrea after work hours. We all know her phone was shut off for non payment of her bill. I’m surprised she didn’t try to use state money to pay her phone bill.
Bubba, you seem so concerned. Maybe you should run his campaign. You have such great advice. LOL.
While it should not surpise anyone that an Andrea Harrington supporter is spreading lies and fake news, what is our and this site’s responsibility regarding the repeated spreading of false information? I believe fake news should be a crime. Dan, if this person continues to make false statements about Atty Sullivan should she/he be outed on this site? What’s your take?
GOTCHA
We have redacted a few words from SURE’s post. We have also sent SURE a private message that we shall keep private. As you know, THE PLANET’s main goal, outside of sharing news, views, and information, is to provoke debate, deliberation, and discussion in “the free marketplace of ideas.” SURE THING has the same privilege as anyone on this blog. We may not agree with what anyone posts, but our default position is to allow as wide a range of views as possible. The district attorney comes in for some harsh criticism by some posters here, and it’s part of the campaign. Attorney Sullivan should expect equal treatment, up and down, for and against. That said, THE PLANET is open for attorney Sullivan to comment as he wishes. So is the D.A. Hope this helps.
Thank you for the response and quick action, Dan. Multiple and widespread studies have shown that fighting fake news is next to impossible without the help of the media company. Simply asking the accused candidate to deny the claims only serves to repeat the misinformation. This is the reason Donald Trump was removed from social media.
Candidate was not fired from the Da’s office. Please delete.
Sure thing, are you respond on taxpayer time or from some ptomaine deli?
SURE
We have redacted an allegation made here. You are advised not to make such unsupported claims in the future. If you have evidence on any claims of that nature, THE PLANET is always open to hear them. I must say, though, it does seem that attorney Sullivan’s campaign does have you a bit concerned. Care to share why?
Dan,
Message received! And respect this is your space. First let me say the the planet mob has spewed all kinds of insults unsupported claims and falsities against Harrington you have never ever censored any of these comments in 4 1/2 years what gives now?
So the Sullivan Bro Club doesn’t like the heat?
Really? Put your big boy pants on guys. Stop crying like little girls.
Harrington by being Harrington is what Harrington’s problem is. She’s turned herself into a punchline.
Releasing career criminals and thugs back onto the streets where they continue to terrorize the hard working taxpayers of a community is no joke.
There is imposter syndrome and then there is an actual imposter. Andrea Harrington still has no litigation expertise after becoming the CEO of the largest law firm in the county. Why does she keep saying she has represented death row appeals when that was already proven to be a lie?
What are the lies about Harrington? List them for us.
And you know these things how, exactly?
People should listen to the legal community. Look at Andrea Harrington’s fellow progressive prosecutor, LA district atty George Gascón. 97.9% percent of LA front-line prosecutors tasked with implementing his policies just voted to support his recall. Gascón even refused an invitation to address prosecutors to explain and defend his policies and provide his arguments why he should not be recalled.These progressive DAs are politicans and just very bad ones at that. What’s the sniff test? Do they put their personal political interests above their constituents? Check. Do they make impossible promises and fail to deliver? Check. Is there a community wide lack of trust in their leadership? Check. It’s three strikes and your out!
https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/22/los-angeles-prosecutors-progressive-da-gascon-00010798
THE PLANET hereby makes it known that we will volunteer our services as moderator of a Harrington-Sullivan debate.
Lesson from the Baldwin stage – get a better armorer.
Unless Andres’s downtrodden and misunderstood base shows up there won’t be any gun play.
Sullivan doesn’t have to be ideal or even a very good candidate. He did not make the indefensible and unethical move to circumvent fair process and undermine the independent decision-making of a judge. For that alone Harrington must go. Do people even understand the gravity of her actions? Andrea Harrington attempted to dictate what judges sit on her cases and attempted to take down a sitting judge.The association of Mass. Criminal Defense lawyers demanded Harrington report her conduct to the Board of Bar Overseers. What became of this? Why is she free from the consequences?
Classic tale of trying to get the others to drop a dime on the killer. Obviously they don’t have a lot of clear evidence as to who committed the crime or any strong case against any one person.
They will screw this up, undoubtedly. None of those guys are going to turn on each other. And judging from Nicholson’s recent acquittal, they have access to suitable legal defense.
Russia lost tens of millions of its Soldiers in WW2, but Stalin also had many of his returning Russian Soldiers systematically killed. Stalin killed at least 6 million more innocent people and Peoples than Hitler; Stalin killed at least 23 million; Hitler killed 17 million, including the Holocaust. Chairman Mao killed 78 million, which is more than Stalin and Hitler combined. The people and Peoples in Ukraine are living in fear of Putin’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine. Russia and China are allied militarily against the U.S.A., which means that Biden cannot fight them and win. It is the WORST possible scenario for the U.S. Government. Biden’s economic sanctions will cause economic pain in the U.S.A. as well as overseas. Oil is now over $100 a barrel. U.S. Inflation will most likely go over 10 percent as 2022 progresses into the future months. Inflation is worse than any federal tax, and it will crush the already struggling working-class and underclass, who are a majority of American Citizens. Please don’t forget that we are still in the Covid-19 pandemic. Lastly, Putin is a straight up ASS!
Then why do you admire the left wing looneys?
You voted for this nightmare named Dementia Joe!
Mike Rowe has it right…..
https://www.zerohedge.com/personal-finance/mike-rowe-scholarship-highlights-lost-virtues-hard-work-and-sweat
It is curious that Putin has so many “friends” sticking up for him in America because if he gets the chance he will burn this country to the ground with every American in it. And then he will plant a Hammer and Sickle flag in the ground and claim it for himself.
It’s long past due for Massachusetts to give licenses to Russian tank drivers. It makes the roads safer and generates revenue for our schools.
Tricia may be printing them up as we speak in anticipation of the occupation.
Funny stuff, W!
It will get them to fix the collapsing bridges too. Tanks are bigger than a semi.
Let’s not forget China that has infiltrated our country with their Marxist ideas to weaken us from within and the globalists who want total control who have turned quiet Canada into a Fascist country. The globalists want that same control over the people in this country. So many vultures are circling right now to destroy our country…China, Russia, the globalists, but we don’t have to play into their hands. It’s our leaders that are creating this crisis situation.
The Biden crime family are not for sale, China owns them all!
WWIII had begun!
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The Pittsfield City Council should finally get it over with and pass an ordinance stating that ALL TAXPAYERS and FEE PAYERS in Pittsfield Massachusetts are to sign their financial lives over to Mayor Linda Tyer and her chief bureaucrat Matt Kerwood aka Kufflinks.
The truth is Trump wanted to destroy NATO for Putin and yesterday called Putins move into a Ukrainian democracy genius.Trump also attack the American democracy on a1/6/2021 failed Coup to overthrow our vote……Truth is this is a fascist board with anti American leanings.
Traitor Joseph Stolen, approved the Russian gas pipeline which Trump did not. Now he whines about shutting it down and “get tough” sanctions. He sent a total of 8 fighter jets to Europe; he GAVE many more than that to the Taliban!
Meanwhile he shut down USA oil production and cancelled pipelines to carry petroleum products to America/Americans. Energy prices have spiraled in less than a year, America was energy independent under Trump.
Now the IM-POTUS is blaming Russia for the energy mess he created starting in January 2021. The media/liberal spin complex is pushing this FJB ruse 24/7. His foreign policy is as much a disaster as his domestic, his debacle in Afghanistan is an embarrassment, which has shown his regime cannot be believed nor trusted.
What has the Traitor done that’s good for Americans in over a year? Name just one.
Nothing is built.
Nothing is back (except sky high prices for Americans).
and Nothing at all is better.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/russia-threatens-target-sensitive-us-161552033.html
You think Putin is your friend?
I think Biden, and family, are traitors. Who don’t give a rats A$$ about Americans/America.
Beau Biden served in Iraq. And what do you do? Root for a pig like Trump while he licks Putin’s boots.
Disgusting.
Hunter is a loser crack addict thief
You would know, Sean.
Who? And how would I know this McDonough ?
”Loser, crack addict, thief.” You really shouldn’t talk about yourself like that, HT/Sean/Bob.
WTF is Sean? Bleaky.
“Putin is playing Biden like a drum. It is not a pretty thing to watch!” -DJT
If Putin is playing Biden, why is it that Trump is the one kissing his ass? Huh?
Did Donald Jr or Eric serve in the military> Did ANYone with the Trump name ever serve in the military? If not, why not?
Did they smoke crack with hookers that the Chi-Coms provided, and make deals while high and flying in their Dad’s provided jet?
Russias Putin supported by Trump and all Republicans have started bombing the newest democracy in Europe one year after Trump attacked America’s democracy and you do not get it.Wake up.
Would that be the “democracy” that has crooked energy deals with people named: Pelousey, Romney, Biden, and Kerry?
With Salwell, yes Chinese humping spy Salwell (D), Is also getting money from the Nordstrom pipeline….very interesting
Fake News
It is on TV like the Trump overthrow. A Russian invasion of the demacratic Ukraine and the Trumpers support it.
So is Whoope!!!
cuckoo
Good article/thoughts Dan. I like you do not believe the news completely. I believe there is a sliver of truth which is then twisted to the writers wish. Gone are the days of who,what,why,where and when. Personally I believe that Illegitimate and KGB man are in this Ukraine thing together. How many years have the BCC been involved in businesses over in Ukraine? And why was Hunter partying it up in Moscow? I have deeper thoughts and reasons on this but I will let your readers investigate if they like. Kudos to the city council for at least one night fighting for the Kapanski’s!!
https://www.forbes.com/sites/danalexander/2019/05/23/the-truth-behind-trump-moscow-how-the-president-risked-everything-for-a-relatively-tiny-deal/?sh=e66f4b3bc329
Untrustworthy. Seems very Russiagate like, you can do better. Now let’s explore Hunter’s computer, quid pro quo Joe and who were the Ukrainian leaders that were prosecuting Hunter and the Biden’s….hmmmm
Truman ended the war and saved American lives.
The U.S. had peace through strength with Trump, along with energy independence.
Biden, in his first week as president, shut down the XL pipeline and stopped drilling which has put the U.S. in a precarious energy situation while allowing Russia to advance their own interests.
While our own southern border has been completely opened by the O’Biden administration, with thousands of invaders trampling over our immigration laws, O’Biden is more concerned with corrupt Ukraine’s borders.
The actions of Biden-Harris-Obama are clearly not in the best interests of the United States!
https://www.breitbart.com/news/biden-halts-oil-gas-leases-amid-legal-fight-on-climate-cost/
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2022/02/bidens-jihad-fossil-fuels-financing-vladimir-putins-military-adventures-larry-kudlow-fox-business/
2 weeks ago you all hated communism, now you kiss daddy Putin’s boots just to make sleepy Joe look bad?
We all still hate communism except for the far left who embraces communism, but Biden created this crisis by limiting oil production and drilling. Russia wouldn’t even be attempting this without the energy plans that Biden has for this country….getting rid of fossil fuels and changing us over to wind and solar; which is a joke since neither one of those can provide the total energy needs for this country. Biden could stop this right now by starting up our production of oil and making us energy independent again as we were under President Trump.
Everyone I know is still able to buy heating oil and gasoline. Talk to people around town and they will tell you where to get some.
By the way, almost ALL of the Dakota crude oil is shipped out of the country so that did not really affect America at all. That whole “energy independence” meme was a croc of shit.
Gasoline was ~ $2/gal, Heating oil about the same.
What you paying NOW?
3.59. But way better than Harvard Sq.
Blaming Biden for the price of gas is idiotic.
If he had the Keystone pipeline opened, plus let drilling in Alaska continue and also off shore drilling continue, you might have a point. Unfortunately he’s crushed our oil production in the US.
Do you believe FORBES??
https://www.forbes.com/sites/arielcohen/2019/11/26/making-history-us-exports-more-petroleum-than-it-imports-in-september-and-october/?sh=768a279f5f3b
Bleak are you ignorant or just plain stupid?
He is both
Pelousey helped!!!
Gasoline WAS 25 cents a gallon in 1971. Things change everyday.
But I wish I was one of these city workers who gets to use their city vehicle for personal use overnight and weekends. Zero oversight in Tyertown. Not her problem. Just raise taxes.
And horses run on hay.
Biden is full speed on the superhighway to hell.
It’s the democrat way
Almost got hit by one running a red light yesterday
Ronald Reagan is spinning in his grave on this one.
Dumkoff
I thought openings would be at the water plants haven’t seen them.
Sleepy Joe doesn’t need any help looking bad.
Trump might be running the Ukraine soon
He don’t want the Biden mess
Nancy Pelosi calling Putin a tyrant for his assault on democracy while ignoring Trudeau’s assault on democracy in Canada. She picks and chooses her tyrants carefully. Trudeau is on her and the fascist globalists side while Putin will serve a purpose for Nance and Biden’s pursuit of the Great Reset which will give this country the same type of oppressive control over the people as Canada now has if a war happens since they couldn’t get what they wanted from The Green New Deal.
https://www.foxnews.com/politics/pelosi-defends-bidens-sanctions-putin-ukraine
Hello Pat,
Please read about Obama’s beachfront mansions.
obama hawaii mansion – Google Search
I hope Obama isn’t advising his former Veep on sea level rise projections.
Best wishes,
Jon Melle
I see what you mean….if looks could kill. Obama is mad because his precious privacy is being invaded by the cameras. The last look he gives to the camera is real nasty. They want to live in total seclusion from all of the chaos they are causing across the country. Just like John Kerry with his private jet, Obama wants what he wants and to heck with climate change. Climate change sacrifices are only for the little people or the deplorables as the elites refer to us. I just heard Canadian reporters referring to the protesting truckers as “the deplorables” since the far left globalists have taken over that country.
Your tax dollars at work. Don’t we have a state police unit that does this work? Why does this requiring hiring an investigator? Oh, campaign.
Berkshire District Attorney’s Office @CountyBerkshire
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Putin’s a killer.Trumps second mistake.
Pittsfield politics is raising municipal taxes and fees during the global pandemic, while Mayor Linda Tyer is sitting on tens of millions of dollars in Biden Buck$ plus Kufflink’s excessive multimillion-dollar $lu$h Fund$.
Two hours of debate and five charter objections later, Pittsfield city council punts on water and sewer rates | WAMC
” Carrion men, groaning for burial.”
When I heard that General Dynamics had requested that Pittsfield provide market rate housing for their new employees I did a quick internet search, and learned that Bath Iron Works is part of GD and they were expanding their workforce by 600 people, and there were hundreds of people being hired on the West coast as well.
The war economy started months ago, but nobody noticed because we were all distracted by mask mandates.
Havoc! You quote my favorite Shakespeare. Thumbs up!
Putin attacks Ukraine at the very same time the Trump/Putin convoys are about to emerge in the American capitol. This is no coincidence. Change the subject as you will but this country is going to have very rough month of March.
The Trump-Russian collusion lies are why we are in this situation now. The far left has now pushed Russia and China into a very close relationship and this duo is out to take over the world. This will not be fun and games for this country or for the world. The far left has wanted America to become a third world country with little power in the world so this all plays into what they want. Just as COVID took so many lives, now we have this war and the far left reporters are racing to excuse Biden from any blame. CNN and MSNBC and so many news outlets are still pushing this narrative that anyone who protests these far left governments is a Nazi. This is an unbelievably evil thing they are doing.
Nobody can twist the truth like you can Pat. Lucky for you FOX “news” is looking for a copy writer. Go for it.
Fizzy one of your CNN guys just bailed on them and is working for Project Veritas now.
Truth hurt him, YOU TOO!
Imagine this, with our open border policies and hundreds of thousands crossing over the last number of years a certain percentage of them, who will now have driver’s license and health insurance, are hired Russian or Chinese henchman now permanently entertained in the US and reporting back to their real employers. Maybe a legit hire or Maybe their families are threatened and that’s why they would do this. Our borders and policies concerning illegal aliens need to be changed. The other world leader do not play nice and if it hasn’t happened already it is going to.
Our immigration laws need to be ENFORCED!
Let’s ship all the illegals to Russia and here it’s a nice place to be
And while everyone is focused on Ukraine, the CDC is refusing to release covid data for “fear of misinterpretation” i.e. the data goes against the political narrative.
The same reason Pfizer is dragging its heels on releasing their vax safety data!
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/02/23/cdc-withholding-coronavirus-information-over-fears-of-misinterpretation/
Pittsfield mask directive has been rescinded.
We’re not paying higher for the new water plants Mayor,especially the drinking water plant because we have clean water already, we’re paying so that the consultants can make more money and so we can have more money for those contingencies that you know are coming also. The current water Plant needs nothing other than regular updates. Stop the kicking the can double talk. Pittsfielders the current water Plant need very little not 80 million in investments.
Two years too late
Mayor Tyer should remain masked, looking at that hurts your eyes!
Well I am focusing on Ukraine dude because, well, it is a hell of a lot more relevant today.
In fact it is the same reson I am not focusing on how many wooden teeth George Washington may have or not had. Get my point??? Life or death vs blah blah blah?
Never mind…like talkin to a wall here
You must have been eating paint chips from that wall
Lead paint chips, with PCB dip.
Do you agree with trump that Putin n is a genius in this one? How can anyone agree with that crazy comment.
Remember, a war in the Ukraine has a way of wiping out all those pesky end to end transaction records and might get rid of a few witnesses. A war in the Ukraine helps the Bidens personally.
Answer to the question: Put a bin of blueberry muffins outside Vindmann’s home and see how quickly they disappear. It’ll be fast. Follow the crumbs home and presto.
And Pelousey, Romney and Kerry
How convenient. Just as the political driven COVID is finally headed to the finish line, we have moved onto war. Of course the Media will concentrate on the Ukraine issue rather than covering the major CDC’s ineptitude and the hiding of pertinent information about the jabs. Ironical that it all happens less than a week before Bumbling Biden’s conveniently latest in history scheduled State of the Union address. Strange that the Biden Administration is only allowing 50 handpicked elected officials to attend. Also, past Presidents have addressed the Country immediately when a major issue occurs, why does Biden have to schedule a press conference a day or two later and always show up about at least an hour late only to squint his eyes to try to read from a teleprompter. Biden is completely ignoring major issues in our own Country, he caused most of them!! Now next Tuesday he can at least speak about the war, pat himself on the back about being a “War President” then he won’t have to address all the issues of inflation, shipping issues, out of control crime, high gas prices, bumbled Afghanistan withdrawal, open borders and so many more terrible issues in the USA. The worst issue is the loss of TRUST in our own Country, what are we suppose to believe anymore. God help our Country, we are going to need it.
Are you saying that the fading Covid story is still more important than a super power country invading another smaller country that will cause ripple turmoil throughout the world?
Biden is “completely ignoring major issues in our own country?” I assure you this Ukrainian war is a major issue for America.
Russian Stock Market Rout Wipes Out $250 Billion in Value
NO I am NOT saying that. This war scares the crap out of me. What I am saying is that you can NOT trust a word out of politicians mouths. Biden is probably more worried about what his son Hunter’s ex-girlfriend Weed Slut 420 is saying about his golden boy than the way of life of the American people. Very tired of the crookedness, I don’t care what party it is coming from, it is time for the TRUTH to save our Country. It is time for all the egotistical politicians to get over themselves and start doing the job they were elected to do, help the American people.
I’m more worried with Biden sponsored invasion happening in Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California
We all need to pray for divine intervention because only that can save us from the evil that now surrounds us. They do want to use the war to cover up so much of the lies.
U.S. News
Many Of The Groups Behind Jan. 6 Are Now Organizing U.S. Trucker ConvoysWhile the convoys are easy to laugh at — and may ultimately fizzle out — there is deep support for them among far-right activists and media.
All it takes is for one person waving a Nazi flag, a plant in the crowd no doubt since truck drivers aren’t normally communists, to make the media and politicians start saying the truckers support Hitler and then the politicians start using Nazi tactics to get rid of the truckers because of a questionable person in the crowd. It’s what they do to stop a peaceful protest against the government when the protesters aren’t on their side.
They might not be happy with the American Gulag, fizzy.
https://americangulag.org/
PITTSFIELD POLITICS: Matt Kerwood Strikes Again!
LETTER: PITTSFIELD’S ADDITIONAL TAX ON ‘SNOWBIRDS’ IS DISAPPOINTING
The Berkshire Eagle, February 24, 2022
To the editor: My husband and I received a form from the city of Pittsfield yesterday.
The form requires a listing of every one of the items we have in our condo in the Clock Tower in Pittsfield. The form asks for lists of small appliances and small electronics, tools and equipment, furniture and accessories, and personal effects, to include all jewelry, china, glassware, linens, bedding and all other personal effects.
We called the Assessor’s Office to ask why this had never been required before and were told that this is a tax levied on only those people who have a second home in Pittsfield. When did someone come up with this punishment for us? We pay our property taxes on schedule every quarter. We live in the Berkshires only five months a year, but heavily support all the arts, museums, theaters and some politicians with donations. We also eat in the restaurants, and shop for all those things needed for a stay in Pittsfield.
For seven months of the year, we do not use the services that the city provides to its residents. Yet we find ourselves singled out for a tax of 6 percent of the assessed value of every item in our home. We have owned property in Lee and Pittsfield since 2003, and have spent July and August at Oak N’ Spruce resort for years prior to that. To be singled out for such a selective tax is disappointing and erodes our pride in the state of Massachusetts and the city of Pittsfield.
It would seem that this tax underlines a basic dislike of “snowbird” that we have never experienced before. It is upsetting to us to the point of considering the sale of our property in Pittsfield.
Milton Lestz, Coral Springs, Fla.
Well u can afford it. So shat up.
Milton’s should-be reply to the Assessor –
List of items in your home:
NOTHING. Fuck you. We’re out!
February 24, 2022
Hello blogger Dan Valenti,
Someone should tell Pittsfield’s Queen, Mayor Linda Tyer, and her bureaucracy, that they are supposed to serve the people and taxpayers of Pittsfield, Massachusetts, not the other way around.
I get so upset when I read about our native hometown of Pittsfield for the following reasons:
* A provincial group of political insiders who dishes out retribution against the people and taxpayers to rule Pittsfield by fear
* The 2000 Consent Decree that left Pittsfield polluted and indebted with millions of dollars in growing liabilities with almost 24-year-old the PEDA debacle, as well as Hill 78 that abuts Allendale Elementary School
* The Pittsfield Public School District and School Committee’s failing Level 5 inner city schools with no improvement because public education is really about federal money and local politics in Pittsfield
* Pittsfield’s excessively high municipal finances whereby the public is deliberately shutout from knowing about Matt Kerwood’s Creative Accounting (Cook the Books) schemes and Mayor Linda Tyer’s spending of $41 million in Biden Buck$
* Godfather Jimmy Ruberto calling the shots in Pittsfield from Naples Florida
* Nuciforo’s pot growing buildings on Dalton Avenue that stink up abutting residential neighborhoods with his dead skunk-like pot odors with no action taken by City Hall
* Pittsfield always being in the top 10 cities in Massachusetts for Violent Crime each and every year for decades, according to the FBI
* Pittsfield’s dangerous downtown being sarcastically called “Social Services Alley” and the neighborhoods that surround North Street sarcastically called “The Ring of Poverty”
* Economic Development in Pittsfield really means high teen pregnancy rates, high welfare caseloads, part-time minimum wage jobs with lousy or no benefits, decades of losses of thousands of living wage jobs and population loss, homeless people shitting on North Street and living in city parks, and so on
* Pittsfield’s distressed economy and severe economic inequality with Mayor Linda Tyer living in a mansion valued at over $800,000 in a Gated Community within a few feet of the Hancock border where she and her millionaire CPA husband park their Lexus luxury cars at night
* Pittsfield’s state representatives and state senator doing nothing on Beacon Hill but writing op-eds for state tax hikes on struggling working-class families
* The Berkshire Museum’s 2018 sales of historic artwork, including two paintings donated by Norman Rockwell himself, for tens of millions of dollars, which was led by Jimmy “Renaissance” Ruberto
* PAC Man Richie Neal only representing K Street corporate lobbyist firms, especially insurance companies, which has nothing to do with his large geographical Western Massachusetts Congressional District
* The Dirty Bird (Berkshire Eagle) favoring the Good Old Boys one political (Dem.) party that led to Pittsfield’s downward spiral with no bottom
Best wishes,
Jon Melle
You left out the inept prosecution and lax treatment of repeat criminals by Andrea Harrington that is leading to continuing crime and economic loss to the community.
He left her out on purpose. He thinks her left wing restorative justice is working just fine. Pittsfield has gone from bad to worse under her leadership.
Biden said give the current sanctions a month then we’ll see if they were effective.
He just wants to flatten the curve. In the meantime let’s work on our pronouns.
In John’s defense, he is a New Hampshire resident who has no idea what is going on in Pittsfield. He’s living in the past.
This is fake news Sully but I won’t cry to Dan and tell him to censor you Sully it’s 5 0 clock somewhere? Remember no drunk late night texting
At least the Queen has her heart in the right place.
No Nukes Vlad
Starting to snore here……zzzzzz zzzzz zzzzzz
Hey Fizz, what’s Putin’s preferred pronouns?
Probably I. His favorite adjective is Idiot.
Putin is a straight up ASS!
Well then. Maybe you know.
JM are you Fizzlehead?
No. I use my real name
It wasn’t “my ass” ROFL!!!!
God bless The Planet, for free speech!!!
Otherwise, post something useful……….John
When Bumbles Biden took office one of his first directives was to stop the Keystone pipeline, off shore drilling and drilling in Alaska. Essential taking away 45+% of the United States ability to produce its own oil. Why be held hostage to world events. Note to Bumbles open up United States oil reserves, and Keystone pipeline, plus drilling. Come on man, punch pop corn in the mouth.
Please Google: John Kerry Putin Climate Change
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John Forbes Kerry: What a CLOWN!
Changed your mind again, Jon?
You used to be Kerry’s biggest fan!
Zebras don’t change their stripes.
Golbal warming is coming John, about midnight this Friday!!!!
Please google, Joe Biden, US oil exploration.
John Kerry is a cartoon character on a bike.
Biden said he was going to unfriend Putin on Facebook and send his Trans Admiral to Ukraine in addition to the sanctions.
Send his tranny friend too.
WWIII has begun. But Biden doesn’t know it yet and neither do all the woke A-holes that have no idea that freedom isn’t free.
Trump isn’t helping with his treasonist comment Putin a genius.Common Man
#NEWSFLASH
Another flagrant attempt by Andrea Harrington to curry favor with her band of Soros crime fighters by weighing in on a topic that has nothing to do with Mass. or Berkshire County – the death penalty.
FACT: We don’t have a death penalty.
FACT: Andrea Harrington had an entry level position for about a year and a half where she worked in a non-lead position on a handful of briefs related to death row cases.
FACT: Harrington’s campaign website states she is was a “death row attorney.”
Knowingly presenting false or inflated information. What would you call that in a courtroom?
Prosecutorial misconduct, anyone?
https://www.wamc.org/new-england-news/2018-10-25/former-employer-of-berkshire-da-candidate-harrington-details-her-role-in-death-row-cases
DA Andrea Harrington
@harringtonfordaMy work representing people sentenced to death in FL early on in my career ignited my passion to reform the criminal legal system. The death penalty reflects our society’s worst instincts + fails to bring peace to victims. Proud to call for an end to this barbaric practice.
Fair and Just Prosecution @fjp_org
Today, 56 elected prosecutors called for an end to the death penalty & urged all DAs to refuse to seek death sentences against people with intellectual disabilities. We cannot pursue justice while our country continues to execute the unluckiest among us. bit.ly/3sKQgx4