Against all the odds, Ukraine has won this war militarily. It has won because it has fought bravely and skillfully and now there is nothing Russia can do to change the political and social structure of the country.

Putin has lost big time and all he does now will create more damage against his own country than he can deliver against Ukraine. But it is unclear if he realizes or even cares about the mess Russia is in.

The destruction and murder of civilians goes on day and night, in Kharkiv and other cities, because like a petulant ex-lover, Putin wants to destroy Ukraine. It is an “if I cannot have her no-one will attitude.”  But he has been jilted – it is over for him.

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Many observers are questioning the mental health of Vladimir Putin these days, and for very good reason. After all, what kind of leader engages in such brute activity toward the people of a neighboring country who have done nothing to earn his savage rage?

Yes, what sort of man?

It is high time that I publicly share a story about Putin that I’ve shared with my students for several years now, since it was first told to me. I’m publishing it here for the first time. He is Mad Dog Putin indeed.

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[Today (3/01), the European Parliament held a special session in Brussels on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.  When Ukraine President Zelensky addressed them by video screen from Kyiv, members cried, cheered, and gave him a standing ovation.  When Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov addressed them from Moscow, every member in attendance walked out of the hall in disgust. 

The most stirring and powerful address was by Ursula van der Leyen,MD, President of the European Commission, the governing body of the European Union. Above is the video of her talk, below the full text.  Please consider watching and reading it entire.]

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Russia thought it would roll over Ukraine, but the West’s Financial Blitzkrieg now threatens to trigger the unravelling of Putin’s autocracy. Excellent!

This is new and exciting… We’ve invented a whole new way to wage war! And it might even work.

It only took a day – but what we’ve already learnt about Financial Blitzkrieg is you can’t have half-measures. The West surprised everyone – especially ourselves – with the scale of the weekend financial assault on Russia.

Now Europe and the West should go much further. 

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Last night (3/01), a confused political hack from Delaware staged a one-man insurrection by invading the sacred precincts of the Capitol building, hijacking all the TV networks, and yelling that the planet would be destroyed unless we gave him all our money so he could burn it and turn it into green energy.

With the price of gas, homes, and groceries out of the reach of most Americans, Biden began by taking credit for doing nothing to stop Putin from invading Ukraine. And then vowed that he, along with a coalition of “freedom loving nations” would fight Putin until the last Ukrainian.

During his unhinged tirade, Biden revealed a plan to end women’s sports in America, but failed to name one thing that would actually stop Putin.  Except locking Vladimir in a room and forcing him to listen to a Biden speech.

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Ersatz “president” Joe Biden stumbled through his State of the Union address last night (3/01), flubbing several lines from his prepared text and ad-libbing lines that did not make sense.  Here is a list of his biggest mistakes:

1. Biden mistakenly says “Iranian people” instead of “Ukrainian people.”

“Putin may circle Kyiv with tanks, but he will never gain the hearts and souls of the Iranian people,” he said in his speech.

According to his prepared text, he was supposed to say “hearts and souls of the Ukrainian people.”

2. Biden refers to “a pound of Ukrainian people”

Biden referred to “a pound of Ukrainian people.” His prepared text said “proud.”

Biden tried to recover saying Ukrainians were fighting “pound for pound” with “every inch of ‘urnagy'” Urnagy?

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