Tuesday, November 12, 2019

Donbass has been officially ceded to Russia...Putin, Merkel say Ukraine's Donbass should get special status - Kremlin

via Yahoo News.
Russian President Vladimir Putin and German Chancellor Angela Merkel agreed on Monday that Ukraine should give its separatist-led Donbass region a special status set out in Ukrainian law, the Kremlin said.

It gave no further details of the leaders' discussions on the future of Donbass during a phone call, but agreement on its status would be a step towards convening a four-nation summit on ending five years of conflict in the eastern region.

Ukrainian President Volodymr Zelenskiy said last month that Kiev had agreed to grant Donbass special status and let local elections go ahead there. The breakthrough raised hopes that a date would be set for the summit involving Kiev, Moscow, Berlin and Paris.
Here. 

Good so can we finally shed the idea of helping Nazis and a failed state in Europe and get on with the hard work of getting our own house in order?

Germany, France and Moscow have all decided that Ukraine ain't worth it.  Can someone call the so called best and brightest in the US and inform them of the news????

The difference between a good leader and a bad one...

Note.  The discussion of leadership popped up today.  During the talk certain values were presented.  Unfortunately all discussions of leadership involve the most extreme of human efforts.  Active combat.  Rarely is the talk of leadership focused on the more mundane/everyday tasks that most of the Western world is involved in.  The short article below is more of the same.  What I'd like to see is a writer tackle CIVILIAN leadership.  Marine Corps leadership traits can serve you well but most are too stringent for the average civilian to follow. 

My ask?

I ask you read the below then to give me your definition of what good CIVILIAN leadership will look like.  Aiming this mostly at the political level.  What makes a good (versus successful) political leader?  I think the distinction is important.  An extremely successful politician might be the most vile human being on the planet while being loved by many.  Additionally the most morally straight leader could end up despised (not saying AT ALL that this applies to Trump so don't get it twisted).





The past 14 hours in Israel:


Blast from the past...French Carrier Accident (Bad Cat Launch)...

All we did was go into Bryant Denny and put 46 on the board...Don't bet against the boys from the Bayou!





You want to understand this blog?  Understand LSU football Coach Ed O you and you're halfway there!

Eastern Germany is dying?



In the vid they say that East Germany is dying.  I think the opposite!  I'm betting in 20 years you're gonna see more and more Germans flocking to East Germany gobbling up land and seeking to escape the congestion of the West.

Where they see despair I see MASSIVE opportunity.  Cities are crushing, soul destroying.

Mark my words.  In a country like Germany they will seek the refuge of that wide open space inside their borders!

Using a simple formula, AlabamaFTBL doesn't belong in the top 5!



I'm waiting to see what the selection committee says but if Alabama is still in the top 4, then its past time to dump this system and start again....

Nikki Haley is playing chess while others are playing checkers/getting lost in their emotions!

via Fox News.
Former Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Monday denied that he undermined President Trump, after former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley said in a new book that Tillerson told her he resisted Trump to “save the country.”

“During my service to our country as the Secretary of State, at no time did I, nor to my direct knowledge did anyone else serving along with me, take any actions to undermine the President,” Tillerson said in a statement to The Washington Post.
Story here. 

I always wondered about Nikki Haley.  Always thought she was cunning but I never knew about her aspirations.

Today I have no doubt.

Nikki is gonna make a run for President.

How do I know?

Cause this interview is nothing but a cleansing of her record and a move back to the center of Republican politics.

The problem that "never Trump" Republicans are facing is simple.  How do you regain the base after bashing the man that they picked for the last 4 years?  Even worse for them?  From my seat this impeachment battle isn't about illegality on the part of the President.  No.  This is something more sinister than a rookie not knowing how the game is played in Washington.  This is about a now CONFIRMED deep state attempting to exert policy over the objectives of the President of the United States.

In other words they know better than the elected leader of this nation.

Not only did they think they knew better but they determined that their view points would prevail over any policy determination that he made.

It explains a few things.

*  Why was a withdrawal from Syria fought so viciously?

*  Why is the idea of continued participation in conflicts in Syria, Libya, Yemen, Afghanistan and North Africa allowed to continue over the objectives of the American people?

Simple.

Because those that see themselves as our masters want it to!

We are Romans and we're being fed bread and given circuses while the elite plan their power plays.

But back to Nikki.

She figured it out.  She knows that a "beltway" Republican won't win.  A never Trumper doesn't stand a chance.  Quite honestly those people will either hide their real views now or they'll be relegated to the democrat party.

She wants to be president and she's positioning herself for either a run or a seat at the table.

Flashlight (Torch to my Brit readers) decision made...threshold and objective versions picked...


1.  I APPRECIATE ALL THE RECOMMENDATIONS put forward.  You guys are knowledgeable and I luv ya for it.

2.  My threshold light (meaning what I can dig into pocket comfortably for RIGHT NOW) is the Surefire G2x along with its carrying case (kydex I believe) along with a spare battery carrier to go into my bag is my initial choice.

2a.  It clicks most of my boxes for RIGHT NOW.  Single output, reasonably bomb proof, water resistant etc.  But most importantly its single output, tail push button activated and it puts out a more than reasonable (watch me eat these words) 600 lumens.

2b.  No it is NOT rechargeable but in my reading the USB port on some of the more "stylish" flashlights can act as a source of irritation or worse failure (yeah I know but trust me, for my application I don't want the headache) so I've pitched that need/want from my criteria.

3.  My objective light (hey my lady--- hint hint hint damn it!) is the Elzetta B332. I could actually stretch a small bit and buy the darn thing now but hey...Christmas is coming so why the fuck not wait a sec?


4.  Once again thanks gents and if you happened to make it this far then I have another rather strange ask.  What's a good security holster?  Not paranoid but I'd like something that can hold up to a bit of mixing it up if ya know what I mean.


5.  Safariland is what I know and I believe it to be an excellent choice but is there something better out there that I'm unaware of (sorta like the Elzetta).

And once again the Israeli Defense Force is pounding on terrorists...

Open Comment Post. 12 Nov 2019


Aselsan KORKUT