Biden

[Hereford Wolf]

I didn't realise what a tough personal life he had suffered:-

When it comes to personal tragedy, US president-elect Joe Biden has first-hand knowledge. The 77-year-old, who emerged victorious to become the 46th president of the United States, has lost several family members prematurely.

Joe Biden married Neilia Hunter after a two-year romance on 27 August 1966 while he was still a law student at Syracuse, New York. The couple had three children – two sons, Joseph ‘Beau’ Biden and Robert Hunter Biden and a daughter Naomi Christina ‘Amy’. Tragedy struck the family on the afternoon of 18 December 1972 when Biden’s wife Neilia had taken their three young children out with her to do the Christmas shopping. The Chevrolet station wagon which Neilia was driving was hit by a tractor-trailer carrying corn as she pulled out at the intersection of Valley Road and Limestone Road, killing her and 13-month-old Naomi. The Biden’s two sons Beau (4) and Hunter (3) suffered serious injuries, a broken leg and fractured skull respectively, but fortunately survived.

Tragedy was to strike the Bidens again in 2010 when Beau, then aged 41, was admitted to Christiana Hospital in Newark, Delaware after suffering a mild stroke. Three years later, while on holiday, he was taken to MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston after suddenly feeling weak and disoriented. A small brain lesion was located and removed. Beau was then given a clean bill of health until he was diagnosed with brain cancer in 2013. He underwent several operations, chemotherapy and radiation but succumbed to the disease on 30 May 2015. He was aged 46.

 

[Lupo]

Yes I read about these tragic incidents over the weekend, awful. I also saw that in 1972 he took his democratic oath at his wife's hospital bedside (or his own if she died at the scene, not entirely sure)

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

It was by Hunter and Beau’s beds.

 

[Donegal Wolf]

Death of his son, was reason why he didnt run in 2016.

Felt would have been too much to take on whilst still coming to terms with it.

 

[pr0sl0]

It's really wild how long he's been around. I spent the night of the election, while waiting for results to come in, watching through Tanner '88 for the first - it's a kind of a proto-mockumentary series about an outsider congressman who has a cinderella run during the 1988 Democratic primaries, directed by Robert Altman and written by Doonsbury creator Garry Trudeau. Part of what's so great about it is that it was filmed during the actual primaries, and lots of actual politicians (both D and R) make cameos as themselves. Biden doesn't, but there is a throwaway joke in the first episode about how even in 1988 he was already seen as too old to be a realistic candidate.

 

[Tony Towner]

Seems like Russia are going in next week. Economic sanctions kill the poorest, military action isn't going to happen. I don't know what the answer is?

 

[Keef]

I’d have been keeping an eye on Lithuania while Ukraine is in the headlines, Russia leases a railway line that runs through Lithuania into Kaliningrad, easy to say that it’s infrastructure is under threat, invade to “protect” it, and hey presto, 1 nato ally cut in half, 2 isolated, another one has the Russians 20-30 miles from its border, Russia would be dug in, sorted and immovable while nato would be dithering over what to do

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

If Russia does go into Ukraine, there will be some sort of response. Nobody wants WW3, so sanctions and targeted infrastructure attacks seem probable. It could be a new type of conflict where hackers decide the outcome.

 

[Dennisons Wrong Foot]

Putin is not under any great threat domestically, so you would think he will not launch any attack unless he is confident of victory.

 

[WolfMan]

Seems like Russia are going in next week. Economic sanctions kill the poorest, military action isn't going to happen. I don't know what the answer is?

Ukraine: The Most Dangerous Problem in the World

But there’s already a solution.

www.thenation.com

Quite a long read but breaks it down really well, I think this is the solution Macron is pushing at the moment.

 

[Alan]

If Russia does go into Ukraine, there will be some sort of response. Nobody wants WW3, so sanctions and targeted infrastructure attacks seem probable. It could be a new type of conflict where hackers decide the outcome.

In fairness, this has already started. We just don't publicize it much yet.

But anything is preferable to the nuclear option.

 

[jd1981]

It’s concerning but I don’t think any western leaders have any appetite for sending any troops to face Russian forces.
NATO has no obligation with Ukraine to intervene unlike the Baltic states.
It would be lunacy to face off in direct conflict anyway. Simply once it starts it can escalate very quickly and stupidity can prevail of logical thinking.
Biggest threat will be paranoia and misjudgment.
Seen some comparisons to 1962, it really isn’t that was a far more delicate situation and that had a direct impact and threat to the Mainland United States.

 

[WolfMan]

You’re going to feel this, Biden tells Americans, as Ukraine war looms

Analysis: US president gives the kind of speech normally delivered on the eve of momentous action, while speaking over Putin’s head to the Russian people

www.theguardian.com

The fuck is Biden doing here.

It's all so depressingly inevitable.

Biden’s Choice for Pentagon Faces Questions on Ties to Contractors (Published 2020)

Retired Gen. Lloyd J. Austin III serves on the board of Raytheon, one of the world’s largest weapons makers, and is a partner in an investment firm that buys military suppliers.

www.google.com

 

[Tony Towner]

I assume this is genuine? The Dems really need to bin him off

https://twitter.com/x/status/1750060641027572083

 

[Del Woppio]

Yeah somebody really needs to have a conversation with him, he's just not fit for the job and if he just tries to muddle through he'll get trounced in November.

 

[Elephant Pyjamas]

Yeah somebody really needs to have a conversation with him, he's just not fit for the job and if he just tries to muddle through he'll get trounced in November.

Michelle Obama may already be working on a 2024 White House bid

Obama’s wife is scratching to maybe be our next president. Her husband’s helping. Pay attention.

nypost.com

 

[Del Woppio]

She'd be a really good shout, and in theory make Trump's black vote share collapse, especially when the Twitter bellends start all the bullshit about her being born a man starts up. It's incredible that they reckon he's up to around 22% of black voters compared to the historic high for Reps of 13%

 

[Paddingtonwolf]

Trump looks a very short priced favourite. He will then pardon himself and use his loaded Supreme Court to remove the maximum two terms rule.