I Believe It Is Peace For Our Time

The Crimea has a special place in Russian history. Per David Brooks, Putin has a much grander vision but right now, Putin seems to be offering Obama an off-ramp (rather than the other way around): accept the revised status quo, dial back the bloviating, and move on.

Sufficient unto the day are the snacks thereof for the Russian bear. By way of comparison, Hitler expanded Germany in patient steps over several years, remilitarizing the Rhineland in 1936, annexing Austria in the spring of 1938, and picking up the Sudetenland that fall.

If Putin really wants to bite off the eastern Ukraine, he need not hurry - Obama is unlikely to be a less lame duck in six months or a year. So Putin can let the world recalibrate to the new status quo and then impose a new recalibration when it suits his vision or political needs. Rome wasn't built in a day and the Ukraine won't be re-integrated in Greater Russia in a week. But it is hard to see why Putin would stop now, forever.

TROUBLING: Hillary Clinton Compares Russia Moves To Nazi Aggression. I'm on the same wavelength as Hillary?

GUTLESS: Perhaps fearing a Godwin's Law disqualification, Hillary backs off the Hitler talk. But wait a second! Comparing a tin-pot tyrant like Assad to Hitler has obvious flaws. But with Putin we are talking about the leader of a former superpower contemplating its former greatness and seeking a rematch. Why is the comparison to post-WWI Germany out of bounds there?

Comments

[yallercake]

If clarice doesn't know all members of the Neocon Bund, the NYT is the paper of record.

[Old Lurker]

Clarice. Jane is lying. You know ME and I am Judith Miller.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

Apparently there's a back story of one of the Dems stabbing Dingy Harry and JEF in the back. They needed the landrieu/hagan/Udaul/Warner votes to confirm the cop-hater with SloJoe's vote. All of those Dems need black votes in their elections, they were in a tough spot. Will Obummer make them vote for the cop-hater TWICE if they turn the back stabber? This is just too good.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

NO, I AM judith miller

[Jane]

Now OL, we had a deal. I am Judith Miller and you are Darth Vadar - or Scooter Libby, or someone like that!

[Old Lurker]

Ooops I forgot Jane. Yes you ARE Judith Miller.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

no Spartacus riff?... we are all Judith Miller.

[beester]

With a daughter being married this summer and a niece and nephew sending their stories of an ocean side summer vacation, surprisingly, the encroachment of the state came to mind.

The progs want to destroy everything that is good. Whether it's the beauty of marital commitment, the innocence and self-direction of children day dreaming or playing on a beach, the rational use of resources for individual betterment, they want to destroy everything. It's mind, soul and body arson.

Many of you have been fighting the arsonists for sometime. Thank goodness for you and for this site. It's been a mind saver and inspiration. So, my Lenten commitment will be to discern the way I can join in the battle.

Fortunately, my/our parish is blessed with three extraordinary priests. They aren't gay AND they aren't Jesuits. Good, men of God who have awakened their flock just like the JOM band has done for the regulars and lurkers.

So thank you, Easter and Passover blessings to all of you.

[Account Deleted]

I thought Hit was Miller Lite?

[Jane]

Well someone has to be Barack Obama. I nominate the asshole.

[RuthbeCold]

If we're all Judith Miller then no one is. Do you deny this, Clarice?

[Account Deleted]

Jane,

He's just not smart enough. On his very best day he might be able to be a door stop or a fence post.

[Old Lurker]

Jane that would be self-dealing.

[anonymous]

Priests are people... they run the gamut of personalities. Except for USA jesuits in their 50s-60s today, they are all gay. Not that there's anything wrong with that. Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | March 05, 2014 at 03:17 PM

Long story but in the 1960s the Jesuits in the USA opened their seminaries to gay seminarians, so long as they vowed to be chaste. Sort of a Cathlic DADT policy. Consequently gay seminarians applied to the jesuits, and straight seminarians opted for other orders. That was the situation for 15-20 years, so USA Jesuits of a certain age fit a certain profile. Posted by: NK(withnewsoftware) | March 05, 2014 at 03:27 PM

I get it. What you actually meant to say in the first was that all Jesuits are gay, but not all priests are gay. Because your wording could be interpreted to suggest that all priests are gay.

I just wonder how you are an expert at the sexual lives of priests?

Then again, I shouldn't wonder, after all you are such a marvelous expert, in so many things.

Maybe it is that new software that you use.

[Jeff Dobbs]

I prefer to go by Miller High Life.

My question is, who's Judith Prietht?

[narciso]

Tennant Bagley, the founder of Division, came from a prominent naval family, one member's ship sunk during the Spanish American war, at least one Admiral in the bunch,

It was founded somewhere around 1972, when he was station chief in Brussels

[Ignatz]

I am not Judith Miller and I would never wear a pageboy.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

I only know what I know. And what I know I learned researching before sending my kids to Jesuit institutions for their educations. The 3 institutions are fabulous educational institutions for young people. The Jesuits in these institions are committed and disciplined educators, and moral exemplars. especially the ones at the all boys prep school my son went to. The fact that many have homosexual orientation doesn't prevent their good works, why should it? Denying the existence of homosexuality is as bigoted as false stereotypes, isn't it?

[Jim Miller]

lyle - What I meant to say that Obama had never caused me any _traffic_ problems, because I don't have to drive when he is in one of those motorcades.

[narciso]

Codevilla, who was in a position to know of such things, points out that the fellow who made David Martin's career, in part by deriding Angleton's reasonable suspicions, Nosenko, who
was supposedly subject to harsh interrogations,
of the like dramatized in the Good Shepherd,
had more then a few omissions and outright lies in his testimony,

[Ignatz]

Wouldn't Hit plus Miller Lite be Hitler Lite?

[Jane]

NK,

That's not what you said and it's not what Anonamom said.

[narciso]

the point of the McClatchu piece isn't whether Obama knee, but the continuing evil of CIA interrogators, who refused to stop at the confy chair when chatting up lads like KSM, Slahi and the mischievous Quahtani fellow,

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

No idea what you are talking about.

[Account Deleted]

Ignatz,

I believe the correct formula to be Hit + Miller Lite = Miller High Life. It has something to do with his dedication in attempting to resolve the tastes great/less filling controversy through endless personal observation.

[Ignatz]

--That's not what you said...--

It's not?
He said all USA Jesuit priests in their 50s and 60s are gay, which of course was a bit hyperbolic, but not inconsistent with what he said later, is it?

[lyle]

He's never caused me any traffic problems, either, Jim. I wish that were the least of our problems these days with him and his komrades.

[Ignatz]

That kind of naivete is just what the Nazis among us are counting on, Rick.

[clarice]

I am sibel Emonfs, actually..I just poseas Judith Miller when I drink too much beer.

[Jim Eagle]

Welcome back folks. It was like Rob Ford having a vacation in Iran.

[yallercake]

"I am sibel Emonfs, actually..I just poseas Judith Miller when I drink too much beer."

Better stop filling that 2-litre tankard.

[Janet - the districts lie fallow, while the Capitol gorges itself]

Lovely post at 3:48, beester.
Easter and Passover blessings to you too.

[boris]

"and it's not what Anonamom said

I think you mean anonymous, probably another cleo sock from Assclownistan.

[Jim Eagle]

Howdy!

We are back stronger than ever!

[Captain Hate]

So are we really really back?

[Threadkiller]

Hello!

[narciso]

Romulan shield technology is so unreliable;

http://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2014/03/05/ukraine-putin-and-the-big-lie-what-russia-media-is-saying-about-america-right-now/

[C.R.]

An absolute must read...

http://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2014/03/best-supreme-court-brief-ever.php

[Captain Hate]

Btw was that our Stephanie who evited me to Summit Chase Ladies Bunko Night?

[Captain Hate]

Romulan shield technology is so unreliable

Whoever wrote that was obviously very impressed with Elijah Cummings.

[narciso]

Yes I believe it was, Captain, the Tholian Weh is not a pleasant experience,

[narciso]

The same fellow, left out the Chechen war, as a reason why they didn't move on Ukraine sooner

[Jim Rhoads f/k/a vnjagvet]

Thanks to JIB's constant status reports, I am back. Withdrawal symptoms are abating.

[Jim Eagle]

Hagel had the command sargeant major of the Marines sitting behind him today and the poor guy looked like committing hari kari.

[Captain Hate]

My email inbox got filled so quickly I was starting to thing *we* were the spam attack. With the earlier attack on AoS I have to figure that the Crazy Ivans are going up the foodchain of robust blog software.

[Danube on iPad]

Worth Bagley organized the first football team at the naval academy in 1891. He was killed as an Ensign in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. His younger brother, David, rose to the rank of Admiral in WWII. David's two sons, Worth and Dave, retired as Admirals.

[Captain Hate]

I've never had any reason to dislike the state of Nebraska until I found out Hagel was from there.

[Jim Eagle]

CH,

At least our mortals can commiumicate wiith you.

[Stephanie VIP shhhhh its fight club]

OMG. I had two different Yahoo email accounts open on my desktop and sent the elite to the wrong one.

Y'all are welcome, though ifn y'all can get here and dont mind a bunch of tipsy biddies.

[Captain Hate]

Welp I guess typhus is back to eating comments.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

The press reports are a bit ambiguous, but apparently last night at a fundraiser (shocker) Hillary! compared Putin's protect ethnic Russians occupation pretext with Hitler's marches into the Sedetenland and Danzig. She apparently weaseled a bit today saying she's not comparing Putin to hitler, just the pretext. Yeah, that reset button has worked out well.

[Stephanie VIP shhhhh its fight club]

Evite.

I picked the wrong day to quit sniffing glue.

[Captain Hate]

Stephanie, I'm sure it would be a lot of fun::not homo::

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

Wait... where is Bunko Night? what's the dress code?

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

Sudetenland

[Captain Hate]

She apparently weaseled a bit today saying she's not comparing Putin to hitler, just the pretext.

Speaking of tipsy biddies.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

Bitcoin CEO dead.... at 28yo, cause uncertain? What is going on?

[Danube on iPad]

Tennant Bagley was the brother of Admirals Worth and Dave Bagley.

[NK(withnewsoftware)]

Here's an NBC report about Hillary! weaseling, but not denying the report from the fundraiser: http://www.nbcnews.com/#/storyline/ukraine-crisis/hillary-clinton-calls-putin-tough-guy-thin-skin-n45361

[Rocco]

Our governor also defended a cop killer AND a convicted rapist.

http://www.telegram.com/article/20061005/NEWS/610050728/1116

[Jane]

Now that we are back I forgot what I wanted to say.

[centralcal]

Wow - busy at work, just now checking in on the thread. See there was some kind of outage and my personal email inbox looks pretty danged full! lol.

Just read some comments over at MOTUS Mirror and am so shocked. Ree Drummond, The Pioneer Woman, is apparently a big phoney baloney. Some claim she even steals her recipes from Junior League cookbooks. Everything on TV is pretty much fake these days, I guess.

[narciso]

But Noonan still vouches for her,

[Beasts of England]

Can you hear me now?

[narciso]

Boehner, having 'dodged a bullet' shows how staunch he is, on some major issues,

[narciso]

Of what I speak;

http://directorblue.blogspot.com/2014/03/boehner-brags-of-easy-reelection-wont.html

[polly]

Lois Lerner has definitely had "some work done!" Speaking as one who can spot that a mile away. I guess she used her leave pay to do that. Pitiful that I had to help pay for that.

[Threadkiller]

Now that we are back I forgot what I wanted to say.

Was it this?

http://www.americanthinker.com/2014/03/obamas_glorious_ahead_and_behind_leadership.html

[henry]

When the Ed establishment popinjay calls a vote on common core his Waterloo, does he realize he is the Napolean in his metaphor? Or is he as ignorant of historical fact as the standards he defends?

[jimmyk]

If MediCare/MediCaid/and big Gov health insurers aren't paying without Dr. compliance, it's pretty darn close to a paymaster monopoly

Sorry to be persistent, but lots of docs don't take Medicare/Medicaid, so if a bunch of them said "F*** off, this isn't what I went to med school for," what does the government do? Or are private insurers just falling into line like lemmings, or they have no choice?

[narciso]

More like the Light Brigade, keeping with the Russian theme, they fought some four conflicts
to hold the Black Sea ports,

[Tonto]

Hey, did anyone else catch tonight's CBS News' segment on the SAT? Featured head of admissions from Pitzer, who said they no longer require SATS. "No correlation between high SATS and succeeding at Pitzer" -- not a direct quote, but I'm barely paraphrasing!

[matt]

clarice, can you confirm or deny that you have ever eaten sushi? Has Richard Perle ever eaten sushi? Have you ever had sushi with Judith Miller? To your knowledge has Richard Perle ever had sushi with Judith Miller? In your presence? Was this Kosher sushi or non-Kosher sushi? (is Uni Kosher?)

Did Dick Cheney ever eat sushi in your presence? Did he ever eat sushi at an undisclosed location? Did Scooter Libby try to cover up Dick Cheney's sushi habit? Did the FBI interview the sushi chef?

Is It True, or did Fitzgerald indict Libby just for the halibut?

[Ignatz]

--Evite.--

One of my favorite archaic words.
I wondered, if something is inevitable what the root might be =
 
e·vite
[ih-vahyt]
verb (used with object), e·vit·ed, e·vit·ing. Archaic.
to avoid; shun.

[Jane]

While we were away I went back and found this place. Apparently the server has been co-opted but it's still around in an emergency.

Plus I might have a few things to say. Hmmmm

[narciso]

So Volodya can do Axelturf with the best of them;

http://www.interpretermag.com/ukraine-liveblog-day-16-russian-provocations/

[Danube on iPad]

Obituary wish:

http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/jan/31/obituary-wish-world-cancel-your-new-york-times/

[miss Marple]

Boy, I hate to hear that about Rhee Drummond. She always seemed to me to be someone who had taken a creative idea, born out of boredom, and made a business out of it.

I will go see what MOTUS has to say.

[Danube on iPad]

"But Noonan still vouches for her,"

Who?

[narciso]

Hillary, after a fashion,

[Danube on iPad]

"No correlation between high SATS and succeeding at Pitzer"

Also no correlation between intelligence and success at Pitzer. And as far as one can tell, no correlation between success at Pitzer and subsequent success in the actual world.

[Bori]

Princeton economist, professor Krugman against CUNY economist, professor Krugman, who will win.

http://thefederalist.com/2014/03/05/paul-krugman-and-poverty-traps-the-pot-calling-the-kettle-hack/

[cindyk]

Full disclosure: I hate sushi. I grew up in a state represented by Dick Cheney. Casper College DID NOT serve sushi in the cafeteria. Dick Cheney was from Casper.

[narciso]

She found coherence, not to say competence in Lurch's world salad, she excuses the one who carried out the 'reset' debacle;

Hillary Clinton had to prove, for personal and political reasons, that she could get along inside, play well with the other children, and be loyal to something besides the Clinton project. That was her agenda. For her, to get along was to go along as foreign policy came out of the White House. Kerry at the end of his career has no such imperatives. He only has to demonstrate that he is what he takes himself to be, a serious man looking to his nation’s interests. Anyway, you get a sense as you watch him that when the youngs in the White House call to give him talking points he doesn’t jump and say yes.

[Steve]

Video: RT Anchor Quits on the Air

http://commoncts.blogspot.com/2014/03/video-rt-anchor-quits-on-air.html

[Jane on Ipad]

Beester,

You sort of got ignored due to the black- out. That was really a lovely post. I hope part of your Lenten pledge (I have no idea if "Lenten" is a word) - anyway, will be to post more.

[narciso]

I know you're shocked as was I;

http://blog.heritage.org/2014/03/05/politico-failed-disclose-lobbying-work-heritage-foundation-critics/

[Threadkiller]

http://losangeles.cbslocal.com/2014/03/05/netanyahu-gov-brown-sign-pro-business-pact/

As near as I can tell, we will help them with cyber security and they will teach us to drink piss.

[Centralcal on iPad]

I just saw a little news. Oh yeah, Lois Lerner has had some work done on her face.

[miss Marple]

Centralcal,w I agree. I wonder who paid for it: Obama, DNC, or taxpayers.

[narciso]

who cares, she's an zampolit, who was very effective at what she does,

[Centralcal on iPad]

Her money is from government employment, so I would say taxpayers!

[Bori]

Friedman at the NYT has the answer for dealing with Russia;

"It requires going after the twin pillars of his regime: oil and gas. Just as the oil glut of the 1980s, partly engineered by the Saudis, brought down global oil prices to a level that helped collapse Soviet Communism, we could do the same today to Putinism by putting the right long-term policies in place. That is by investing in the facilities to liquefy and export our natural gas bounty (provided it is extracted at the highest environmental standards) and making Europe, which gets 30 percent of its gas from Russia, more dependent on us instead."

Yes, I am with you, but then;

"I’d also raise our gasoline tax, put in place a carbon tax and a national renewable energy portfolio standard — all of which would also help lower the global oil price (and make us stronger, with cleaner air, less oil dependence and more innovation)."

So close...

http://tinyurl.com/lny2lyn

[pagar]

Looking for a good Book?
I have mentioned several times the free E-books I get thru the Bookbub site.
One I really liked was -----------Enemy in the Room---------written by Parker Hudson.

IMO. It is the best of the well over 100 Bookbub selections I have read.
Those who enjoy a Christian fiction writer will especially enjoy him, IMO.
The current price is $5.99 on Amazon. So it is not currently free.

[narciso]

so tell me again how they thought there was not an invasion underway;

http://americandigest.org/mt-archives/iwar/russian_invasion_of_the_c.php#025654

[narciso]

Miss Marple, did you get that package over to Kazakhstan?

[rich@gmu]

this working now.

[cindyk]

Clarice: Very good sources inform me than Chalabi tried to bring sushi to Casper College in the 80's, but Cheney intervened!

[Account Deleted]

I've mentioned we wouldn't have net BOzocare damage numbers until the BlueGovIns fascists had to file their 10-Ks. I missed the WellPoint filing on Feb 20 but it certainly confirms my suspicions. WellPoint is the largest individual health care insurer, holding 17% of the market. They had 1.855 million lives covered by policies in force at the end of 2012, 1.755 million at the end of 2013, after round one of 404Care. That's a 5.4% drop and it would mean a total drop of 600K, if applied nationally.

There is a possibility WellPoint missed its price points and just lost share but I wouldn't call it a strong possibility.

The President's announcement today, allowing existing policies to remain in force for two more years, should be read in the context of the previous cancellations having resulted in fewer people in total having medical coverage as well as it being a butt cover for 60th vote Progressive Fascist incumbents who just won't stop sobbing.

[narciso]

This 'Monkey's Paw' is getting old, you cannot
reanimate dead policies, they end up Zombie,