Trump on US Flag burning: 1 year in jail. Alleged Conservatives whine?

Of course some "conservatives" (including some I've never heard of... and those I have are avowed Never Trumper RINOs) are against this policy.

But what I'm against is legal hypocrisy. If, on one hand, you can burn the American flag without penalty, then it's just as much "freedom of speech" to burn ANY flag, including those commemorating gender butchery and gay rights generally, among others. We cannot, as a society, make the burning of the American flag sacrosanct, while the burning other symbols somehow becomes a criminal act. That someone might be "offended" or some such insanity by the burning of, for example, a palestinian flag or LGBTQXYZ flag or what have you CANNOT be more offensive than burning the flag I served under and bled under and as such, there's no excuse for the double standard. That math ain't mathing.

And you can't have it both ways.

I would remind everyone that abortion was also an allegedly "constitutionally protected" act... until it wasn't.

Free speech has one standard. And if you can go to jail for burning a gay rights flag, than stop whining about freedom of speech when it does not apply equally to ALL flags... including the American flag.

Both Seattle and King County struggle to top each other in the gross incompetence category: contaminate hotel with fentanyl and then abandon the owners.

More fringe-left, "shelter-first" insanity by the leftist scum running both Seattle and King County.

The incompetence of leftist government is not only frightening... it's all-too-frequently deadly.

The last time I live in Seattle was as I was finishing up ROTC at the UW.

Every element of the city and county of my birth... not to mention the pro-terrorist actions of the UW administration make me ashamed I ever lived there or attended school there.

This doesn't just happen there. It also happened in Everett, where I hotel used for the homeless became so badly infested with fentanyl that it was shut down.

It is likely a tale repeated around each leftist enclave feeding the ever growing homeless industry, even more voracious and worthless a bureaucracy as the TVA.

Those running the governments of both the county and the city are provably incompetent and uncaring about their constituencies. And the crowded morgue, overloaded for years, proves it as hundreds of millions are wasted every year and the problem keeps getting worse with no end in sight.

It's alleged that Trump is telling Zelensky what to wear at their next meeting

Sorry, but I can't see where Zelensky's clothing makes any difference. During WW2, for example, Stalin didn't wear a suit. Did he get beat up for it?

Don't confuse your hatred of Zelensky who is fighting for the survival of his county with the trappings of office as you perceive them.

Selling Ukraine out.... again.... will not work now any more than it worked when Chamberlain sold out Czechoslovakia to Germany with Hitler.

We signed an agreement guaranteeing Ukraine's sovereignty, as did Russia, back in '94 in return for Ukraine getting rid of its 700 or so nukes... which, had they ignored us and kept them, would have stopped any invasion to begin with.

Russia has repeatedly ignored that agreement as they will repeatedly ignore any agreement Trump gets now. After all, what would Trump do about it? Increase sanctions Putin never cared about in the first place?

Any ceasefire now will allow Putin to rearm, retrain and reorganize. He will then attack at his leisure.

Trump is getting played like a fiddle. Appeasing dictators such as Putin only emboldens them and reinforces the historical fact that militarily and economically, whenever the US gets involved, at some point we'll walk away. Vietnam, Afghanistan and in other places, to name a couple.

The world is watching and shaking their head at our continued ignorance.

And most here don't care what happens as long as we're not involved... a copy of the pre-World War Two stance of many. And how'd that work out for us?

But we'll care when Russia engages in Putin's avowed aim to restore the Warsaw Pact countries under his control, including current NATO countries, triggering World War 3.

Much of the blood you'll see on the ground then will be American.

And, like in WW2, we'll start playing the "if only we had" game.

At Nuremberg, we hung Nazi leaders for most of the same things Putin has done with this invasion. At least 100,000 war crimes. Billions in damages.

And he won't be held accountable for any of it. Who'll pay for it? It should be Putin. But you already know we'll be on the hook for rebuilding something Putin will then destroy again when he feels like it.

Now, we'll reward him and send an entirely different message to dictators and dictator-wannabes.

And Zelensky’s wardrobe won't make any damned difference.

"Never Again" ended in February of 2022. And what we've done about it to date is the equivalence of a fender-bender compared to an "eight-killed-in-the-intersection" car wreck when Trump gets his way.

It's just a matter of time. And time will be on Putin's side.

Ukraine seems to be another Chech World War Two style sell-out.

Trump and Putin to Hold Joint Press Conference After Alaska Summit - WSJ

Once again, it's becoming clearer and clearer that Putin-Trump is a replay of Chamberlain-Hitler (the disaster of "peace in our time.")

Russia's pressure, regardless of any agreement they may sell out Ukraine with, will be unrelenting.

Guided by recent, post-Korean War American history of, essentially, becoming tired of "foreign entanglements," our presence there will gradually become weaker while Putin's will become increasingly stronger.

At the end of World War 2, most of the war criminals were hunted down and executed. If this is to become the "end" of the Ukraine invasion, the contrasting outcome will become impossible to overlook.

I have been warning against rewarding Putin with any tangible gain from his massacre. Tens of thousands of unpunished war crimes of every imaginable description? No problem. As if they didn't exist.

Billions in damages caused directly by Putin? Who's going to pick up the tab for that? (Hint: it won't be Vlad)

And, of course, Vlad will require a complete lifting of any of the nonsensical sanctions against the former Soviet Union. (I've always known (and have repeatedly stated) that the sanctions Biden imposed would have zero impact on the outcomes in Ukraine: those in power wouldn't notice them. Those who lost yachts, businesses and bank accounts will either get them back or be 'adequately' compensated for their temporary discomfort. Bank accounts will be unfrozen.)

What's the catch phrase of the company that fixes damages to homes and businesses hit by fire or flooding?

"Like it never even happened."

The civilians Vlad slaughtered will remain dead. The women and children victimized by his Armies will remain sexually violated. The buildings and homes destroyed will remain wrecked until the West (including the US) starts writing checks.

Rewarding the 21st Century's REAL version of Hitler (unlike the delusional leftist version that blew up in the left's face last November) for slaughter, maiming, rape, robbery and destruction will be, if not THE biggest mistake of this century, among the top 2.

It will embolden him. It will embolden Xi. America will do what it's always done since the Korean War: Get tired of the hassle and go home.

Putin will take the opportunity to rearm, retrain and rebuild his military, now weaker than they've ever been since World War Two. He'll turn the Black Sea into a Russian lake.

And having done that, he will (not "might," WILL) begin to invade neighboring countries, including NATO countries, because, why shouldn't he? WE won't do anything about it... and his violations of international law and human rights that leftist claim to be so concerned about will go out the window.

Again.

Past, it has been said, is prologue. It is clear that in this matter of foreign policy; few (if any) of the people around Trump or his SecState, Rubio, are pointing out this reality.

Dividing up Ukraine smacks of dividing up Poland, which, come to think of it, was divided up WITH the then Soviet Union.

That, effectively, is what seems to be about to happen here. And how did that work out for everyone involved, not least of all, the Poles?

Another classic example of "penny wise... pound foolish."

Rewarding dictators for invading doesn't quite send the message that needs to be sent. It's the equivalent of freeing a convicted murder-robbery convict and giving them the money they stole in the process.

This isn't rocket science. An "agreement" with Putin makes as much senses as past nuclear weapon agreements with Iran.

And the most painful part of this is: the people in charge KNOW ALL OF THIS.

And they're going to do it anyway.

Trump and Putin to Hold Joint Press Conference After Alaska Summit - WSJ

Democrat shucking and jiving over Texas redistricting. Why are they lying?

Leftist governors have their panties in a bunch over Texas redistricting.

Good luck with that.

Leftists have already gerrymandered California to the point that it's a punchline to a political joke.

And if these scum believe that doing their own increased skullduggery will result in more democrat seats in California and New York and other states, then why did those Texas legislators bail to Illinois, to stop Texas redistricting?

You'd think they'd WANT California and the other leftist Soviet states to engage in this game playing.

The California Used Car Salesman and Chief

After all, sacrificing 5 or so seats in Texas to gain dozens more from other leftist states makes perfect political sense when you think about it.

As usual, leftist math ain't mathing.

To hear the leftists scum like Gavin Newsom tell it, they can whack even more GOP seats out of existence.

Here's the dirty little leftist secret:

If Newsom, et al, COULD do that?

They'da already done it. And it's not like this huckster ain't above lying.