Very Importnat Argument...

 ... between Colonel Macgregor and Judge Nap. 

Tom Cotton is a military hack (despite being a "hero" in Afghanistan) who doesn't have a tool kit to grasp real warfare. He is a lawyer who went through OCS and some Ranger Course--these are, at best, basic lower tactical level "boots" for people with Bachelor's Degree. Knowing that these are from the US Army, you can make your own conclusions that Cotton has zero grasp of REAL operations and is a neocon amateur whose only task will be to feed MIC and neocon crowd. 

You already noticed that the festivities are over and serious issues begin to pop-up. If any of these people--Cotton, Pompeo et al--make it to new Administration, forget it--it will be a repeat of his first admin. I assess such a probability as high and the US will continue to be pushed towards ruin as an extension of Israel, with some cosmetic measures here and there, and with continuous fluffy rhetoric to anesthetize the base. That is why I enjoy the meltdown of DNC and Democratic Party as a whole, and yes--we voted for Trump, but it was in choosing the lesser evil. For now I am in a wait and see mode, or in "giving a benefit of a doubt" mode. We'll know soon enough.

For This Alone...

 ... we can be thankful, because the pseudo-civilization of freaks got burned. That is positive.  

In this respect, these elections have been very indicative and signaled that Americans retain, unlike their European counterparts, a degree of common sense which will be crucial for the adjustment of the United States to its new status of just another Great Power. This process is objective and does not depend on will of America's political class, but this class can make some arrangements to prevent the US from a complete collapse. Per DJT, as a NYC real estate shyster he will try to "sell" 404 to Russia in exchange for China. He will fail. But he will try. I hope Doug Macgregor gets some position in his cabinet and will explain to him what REAL war is.

Well, Well, Well...

 ... Son of a Gun did it again. Congrats to President-elect Donald J. Trump. It is a very convincing win. Now, getting buckets of pop-corn in anticipation of appointments to his cabinet. Then we'll talk.  Hey, at least America will have a hot First Lady again--that's a plus. In all honesty, Melania is a class act.

Elections and Sitrep.

Some relevant news and thoughts.

 

Open Thread.

 Go at it.

Daniel Davis And Yours Truly.

In about hour and a half live. 

 

Yes, Absolutely He Can...

He also can fly to Mars, invent vaccine against everything and also get Nobel Prize in Physics. 

But Donald Trump may well be different from Biden and Harris. I believe he could be the engine of change that Ukraine needs. Why? Because Trump wants peace, and a peace on his terms, not Russia’s. If he wins, Trump could achieve this by delivering an ultimatum to each side. To Ukraine, he would push President Volodymyr Zelensky to the negotiating table through the lever of U.S. support. To Russia, he could threaten exactly the opposite: An expansion of U.S. support for Ukraine and withering economic warfare against Russia.  

This ultimatum would be highly effective. The last three months of the war have exhausted both sides, and this is clear in the situation at the front. A few days ago, Russia made its last desperate attack on four out of five main directions of the Ukrainian front. In this massive though underreported attack, Russia was able to capture about a dozen villages. But now the Russian offensive potential has been exhausted. After large losses in manpower and equipment, the lack of not only strategic but also tactical reserves afflicts the Russians just as the rainy season hits. Since “chernozem” black soil is very common there, it will be impossible to use heavy equipment. Thus, a combination of factors will force Russia to halt until January.

This delirium is published by The Hill pretending to be a media outlet, not tabloid which it is, and penned by:

Alexander Temerko is a Ukrainian-British businessman and political activist, energy investor, and Councillor of the Institute of Economic Affairs.  

Temerko is a consummate product of 404 since exhibits traits characteristic of population of former Ukraine which is Mriya (Мрия). No, not the name of famous giant airplane An-225 since its moniker Mriya, given to it by the Soviet Union which built it, is indeed Ukrainian for the Dream. No, nowadays Mriya in 404 means more than just some dream, it is dream taken to its ultimate limit and even beyond it--into the space which exists only after some serious input of controlled substances. It is in this space where the average khohol has 404 being the member of NATO, EU and Intergalactic League of Sexual Reforms, and not just the full member, but member who is admired and each citizen of 404 is paid Euro 10,000 a month while supervising the defeated Russia and its miserable population, ordering those Russkies to the left and to the right. 

That's Mriya. Temerko, same as The Hill people who published this Mriya, is exactly the type--404 version of Chalabi, selling sycophantic BS to Washington which is always lustful after praise. This is the level of the planners in Washington who also, long ago, reside in Mriya land where anything is possible--like scaring Russia with ultimatum, or defeating her on the battlefield or even more outrageously--teaching Washington about real economics, real war, real history, about its real place in the larger scheme of things... Oh boy, it feels like I begin to float even further into void of this Mriya and I merely took my 20 oz morning latte... Don't do drugs, kids.