The real question is when are the American people going to nuke their fascist leader before it's to late? I'm starting to feel like a Ukrainain waiting for the Calvary to arrive.
We're getting bombed in America and we don't realize it.
Sad that though I grew up during Cold War I am more scared of Retrumplican Americans turning on legal immigrants and citizens/residents,those seeking asylum who look different or disagree with them than I am about Russia using nukes on Ukraine. That’s our new normal. But it’s good to remember Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏🕊️while Trump throws brave Afghans back to the Taliban, noncriminal migrants to an El Salvadoran gulag without due process, and locks up students who protested peacefully against carpet bombing civilians AND antisemitism but somehow fast tracks rescuing Afrikaners from nothing.
Truly amazing shit show isn’t it, Lesley?For those interested on the so-called China tariff deal I posted, “China Tariff Update, The Art of the Yuge Deal” yesterday, bobswandby.substack.com free. Added a little commentary to make it a short, fun read!
Adam - I grew up during the Cold War. Living near Detroit while Michigan was a huge manufacturing center, we knew we were a “first strike” target. Detroit, New York, Washington, Chicago etc.
On the other side was Moscow, Leningrad and their “first strike” locations.
We knew that the Soviets growing up probably wondered if they would see 2000 or we would blow ourselves up by then.
So - as for me - been staring this down since I was a kid and told to hide under a stupid school house desk.
You hit us we hit you. That’s why NATO is critical - their nukes have a shorter distance to go.
I grew up during the Cuban Missile crisis. Our nuclear attack drill at school was to go into the hall, stand facing the wall with our heads against it. Fat lot of good that would do😕
I grew up doing that too, Kay. Putin repeatedly threatens nuclear weapons, but he won’t. Know why? MAD-mutually assured destruction, about a million times over with the arsenals out there. I mean it’s hard to enjoy your palaces, mistresses and caviar if you get melted into a drop of silly putty!😳😱😂
Makes sense, cheap threats. On a side note, your quick videos are a perfect lunchtime break. Thanks, Adam, for all you do. Please put “Run for Office” on your To-Do list.
And Adam, I really like these newsy, two- to five-minute videos you're sharing. In print publishing they're referred to as short-shorts. Just enough to grab attention and inform. Of course, I welcome your videos and essays of all lengths.
I sometimes wonder if Russia ever had empirical power, or if they've been the illusory man behind the curtain the entire time. In square mileage, they dwarf most countries. They're transforming washing machines these days? And if they run out of washing machines...?
Yes, I didn't like what they tried to do to Ukraine. I don't like how Putin tried to bring Zelenskyy to his knees. I have met Ukrainian refugees personally, and those innocent people left Ukraine in fear of their lives -- their lives at perpetual risk merely because they were born and raised in a country that Putin wants to control and strip of resources.
And then came Trump on his knees, searching for photo opportunities.
I was raised within walking distance of what was called Three Mile Island. I think they're under new management today. Let's hope none of them start feeling powerful.
My sister lived in Harrisburg at the time of the Three Mile Island incident. Needless to say, it was tense times.
Incidentally, the movie 'The China Syndrome' was released two weeks before the incident. Those seeing it after TMI gasped at the line "... that an explosion at the plant 'could render an area the size of the state of Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable' ".
I was still a child. I went to Grandma's house for about two weeks. I was too young to grasp the seriousness of the situation until much later. Thanks for your comment! Blessings.
He’s so so so correct. Nothing has changed since the 60’s. americans seem to have forgotten that. Pootyboy is so scared of death, peeps had to quarantine for three weeks and meet at a table separated by a 70 foot table. Think on that for a second.
Now, a single submarine can totally annihilate the entire country of russia. Thus the world would be unlivable. It’s time for americans to wake up to the reality we have lived in for 70 years. Nothing new here.
Agreed, Adam. But is the US not also a great power in decline? Saw about the negative view, just a disheartened thought at the lack of action on the “good guy’s” side.
The US is by far the strongest power in the world——-unless we let Trump gut us, and he’s working hard at it between golf games and Macdonald’s meals eschewing the native healthy Middle Eastern foods.
Adam: I highly value your opinion on this, however as I have written in "From Democracy to Democrazy" that I believe Putin will use nukes in Ukraine. I lived and worked in Russia and the Soviet Union for twenty years - and in this timeframe, I became bi-cultural - a Russian. Russia operates the complete opposite of the U.S. and Russians think very differently than Americans. In the early 1990's, when Americans were flying to Russia to form joint ventures and hoping to "strike it rich, The Moscow Business Guide wrote a brochure for westerners. It begins by saying "Thje most fundamental concepts that have guided your judgement for a lifetime are not even known much less understood here." I remember in 1991 after the coup, Yeltsin promised to bomb the Russian "White House" which is essentially like our Congress. I swore he would not do that. I was wrong and he did. My 14 year old son was on the bridge over the Moscow River with his Russian friends - a children of KGB families. Putin thinks that the territory of Ukraine belongs to Russia - and for over a thousand years it did belong to Russia. He feels he is protecting Russian's territory. Ukraine had the worst nuclear accident in the world in Chernobyl. Yes, there was fall out and deaths - but within ten years people were rebuilding. Let me give you one more example. Chenya was fighting agains Russia to gain their independence. Men from Chenya attacked a Russian school in Beslan and took about 1,000 people hostage. They wanted Putin to release Chenya and give them their freedom from Russia. Instead, Putin bombed the school and killed the rebels but he also killed over 185 children. People around the world criticized Putin for this action, but he didn't give a damn.
The International Criminal Court at The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for his military action and the number of civilians killed - hospitals, schools, homes, etc. Agains, he doesn't give a damn.
So no one knows for sure whether Putin will use a nuclear bomb in Ukraine or not, but in Russia - Putin is compared to Stalin - an assessment which he appreciates. Josepf Stalin killed over 20 million people (mostly his own people) - with the majority living in Ukraine and Jewish. In Russia, it was called the Holodomor and it was more than 3 times worse than Hitler's Holocaust.
Russia has a history that spans more than one thousand years. Leaders of this country over the years have always been ruthless and heartless killers. Putin is no exception. What makes you think anything has changed?
Elizabeth Graham, Author of "From Democracy to Democrazy"
I understand what you're saying and I've thought on it a bit. My question is, in the examples you gave of the times when Russian leaders have shown themselves to be ruthless & heartless killers, were the leaders themselves putting their own lives directly at risk?
Of course they believe their lives are always at risk, that's why Putin has murdered his 2nd's in command and anyone who challenges him. What I'm asking, though, did any of these former Russian leaders take actions that they knew would certainly bring about their own death?
If Putin was the only one with nukes, I have no doubt he'd have used them by now. I do believe he's ruthless & heartless. But he's not. He knows that launching his nukes will result in nukes being fired back directly at him. He's not suicidal.
Don't the winds blow west-to-east? Would the radiation blast radius reach the Kremlin? Understand putin is willing to poison the Russian people, and he could build a lead bunker for himself.
Thank you so much for this video. It is just maddening that Biden held back some weapons for Ukraine citing Russia's empty threats. Russia is never going to use nuclear weapons. In fact, no nation that currently has nuclear weapons will ever use them in a first strike because everyone knows that will lead to their own country being nuked. We have to worry about North Korea having them because their leader is a deranged madman who doesn't care about the people in his country. And we really have to worry about terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad getting them since they are nihilists and are perfectly OK with the people they claim to be fighting for to be killed. But there is nothing to fear from Russia. We should be giving Ukraine everything they need to defend itself and push Russian troops back to their own borders.
I have been worried about nukes, not just from Russia but also from India and Pakistan and other countries that have nukes. I was born on October 27th at a critical time for our nation and the world, the day when one man saved us all. I grew up largely ignorant of that fact. My dad talked about being glued to the news and my mom was worried that we'd all be nuked before she and I left the hospital, but neither of them ever really talked to me about that. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned and understood what a scary time that was for my parents and everyone else on our planet. So, this fear of nukes feels like bookends to my life, but this time it's scarier. We have a president who is more than willing to throw us under the bus while he fangurls despots. Something needs to be done to stop him, but nothing has been done.
Great commentary as always, and I agree with you. Putin is evil enough to deploy nuclear weapons, but he’s not stupid.
You are right…Trump is the stupid one!
The real question is when are the American people going to nuke their fascist leader before it's to late? I'm starting to feel like a Ukrainain waiting for the Calvary to arrive.
We're getting bombed in America and we don't realize it.
I hope you’re right on this. The differences between past threats and the current one are 1): nuclear weaponry is more advanced
and 2) Trump appears more than willing to allow Putin to do whatever it wants.
Sad that though I grew up during Cold War I am more scared of Retrumplican Americans turning on legal immigrants and citizens/residents,those seeking asylum who look different or disagree with them than I am about Russia using nukes on Ukraine. That’s our new normal. But it’s good to remember Ukraine 🇺🇦 🙏🕊️while Trump throws brave Afghans back to the Taliban, noncriminal migrants to an El Salvadoran gulag without due process, and locks up students who protested peacefully against carpet bombing civilians AND antisemitism but somehow fast tracks rescuing Afrikaners from nothing.
Truly amazing shit show isn’t it, Lesley?For those interested on the so-called China tariff deal I posted, “China Tariff Update, The Art of the Yuge Deal” yesterday, bobswandby.substack.com free. Added a little commentary to make it a short, fun read!
Totally agree!
Adam - I grew up during the Cold War. Living near Detroit while Michigan was a huge manufacturing center, we knew we were a “first strike” target. Detroit, New York, Washington, Chicago etc.
On the other side was Moscow, Leningrad and their “first strike” locations.
We knew that the Soviets growing up probably wondered if they would see 2000 or we would blow ourselves up by then.
So - as for me - been staring this down since I was a kid and told to hide under a stupid school house desk.
You hit us we hit you. That’s why NATO is critical - their nukes have a shorter distance to go.
I grew up during the Cuban Missile crisis. Our nuclear attack drill at school was to go into the hall, stand facing the wall with our heads against it. Fat lot of good that would do😕
To this day, when I hear a siren I freak out😟
I grew up doing that too, Kay. Putin repeatedly threatens nuclear weapons, but he won’t. Know why? MAD-mutually assured destruction, about a million times over with the arsenals out there. I mean it’s hard to enjoy your palaces, mistresses and caviar if you get melted into a drop of silly putty!😳😱😂
Makes sense, cheap threats. On a side note, your quick videos are a perfect lunchtime break. Thanks, Adam, for all you do. Please put “Run for Office” on your To-Do list.
Nice touch.
And Adam, I really like these newsy, two- to five-minute videos you're sharing. In print publishing they're referred to as short-shorts. Just enough to grab attention and inform. Of course, I welcome your videos and essays of all lengths.
I sometimes wonder if Russia ever had empirical power, or if they've been the illusory man behind the curtain the entire time. In square mileage, they dwarf most countries. They're transforming washing machines these days? And if they run out of washing machines...?
Yes, I didn't like what they tried to do to Ukraine. I don't like how Putin tried to bring Zelenskyy to his knees. I have met Ukrainian refugees personally, and those innocent people left Ukraine in fear of their lives -- their lives at perpetual risk merely because they were born and raised in a country that Putin wants to control and strip of resources.
And then came Trump on his knees, searching for photo opportunities.
I was raised within walking distance of what was called Three Mile Island. I think they're under new management today. Let's hope none of them start feeling powerful.
Am I close to the truth of what happened?
Your friend Dan
My sister lived in Harrisburg at the time of the Three Mile Island incident. Needless to say, it was tense times.
Incidentally, the movie 'The China Syndrome' was released two weeks before the incident. Those seeing it after TMI gasped at the line "... that an explosion at the plant 'could render an area the size of the state of Pennsylvania permanently uninhabitable' ".
I was still a child. I went to Grandma's house for about two weeks. I was too young to grasp the seriousness of the situation until much later. Thanks for your comment! Blessings.
My youngest sister lived in PA, our home state. I sympathized with her down in GA.
He’s so so so correct. Nothing has changed since the 60’s. americans seem to have forgotten that. Pootyboy is so scared of death, peeps had to quarantine for three weeks and meet at a table separated by a 70 foot table. Think on that for a second.
Now, a single submarine can totally annihilate the entire country of russia. Thus the world would be unlivable. It’s time for americans to wake up to the reality we have lived in for 70 years. Nothing new here.
Agreed, Adam. But is the US not also a great power in decline? Saw about the negative view, just a disheartened thought at the lack of action on the “good guy’s” side.
The US is by far the strongest power in the world——-unless we let Trump gut us, and he’s working hard at it between golf games and Macdonald’s meals eschewing the native healthy Middle Eastern foods.
“Sorry”, not saw.
Adam: I highly value your opinion on this, however as I have written in "From Democracy to Democrazy" that I believe Putin will use nukes in Ukraine. I lived and worked in Russia and the Soviet Union for twenty years - and in this timeframe, I became bi-cultural - a Russian. Russia operates the complete opposite of the U.S. and Russians think very differently than Americans. In the early 1990's, when Americans were flying to Russia to form joint ventures and hoping to "strike it rich, The Moscow Business Guide wrote a brochure for westerners. It begins by saying "Thje most fundamental concepts that have guided your judgement for a lifetime are not even known much less understood here." I remember in 1991 after the coup, Yeltsin promised to bomb the Russian "White House" which is essentially like our Congress. I swore he would not do that. I was wrong and he did. My 14 year old son was on the bridge over the Moscow River with his Russian friends - a children of KGB families. Putin thinks that the territory of Ukraine belongs to Russia - and for over a thousand years it did belong to Russia. He feels he is protecting Russian's territory. Ukraine had the worst nuclear accident in the world in Chernobyl. Yes, there was fall out and deaths - but within ten years people were rebuilding. Let me give you one more example. Chenya was fighting agains Russia to gain their independence. Men from Chenya attacked a Russian school in Beslan and took about 1,000 people hostage. They wanted Putin to release Chenya and give them their freedom from Russia. Instead, Putin bombed the school and killed the rebels but he also killed over 185 children. People around the world criticized Putin for this action, but he didn't give a damn.
The International Criminal Court at The Hague has issued an arrest warrant for Putin for his military action and the number of civilians killed - hospitals, schools, homes, etc. Agains, he doesn't give a damn.
So no one knows for sure whether Putin will use a nuclear bomb in Ukraine or not, but in Russia - Putin is compared to Stalin - an assessment which he appreciates. Josepf Stalin killed over 20 million people (mostly his own people) - with the majority living in Ukraine and Jewish. In Russia, it was called the Holodomor and it was more than 3 times worse than Hitler's Holocaust.
Russia has a history that spans more than one thousand years. Leaders of this country over the years have always been ruthless and heartless killers. Putin is no exception. What makes you think anything has changed?
Elizabeth Graham, Author of "From Democracy to Democrazy"
I understand what you're saying and I've thought on it a bit. My question is, in the examples you gave of the times when Russian leaders have shown themselves to be ruthless & heartless killers, were the leaders themselves putting their own lives directly at risk?
Of course they believe their lives are always at risk, that's why Putin has murdered his 2nd's in command and anyone who challenges him. What I'm asking, though, did any of these former Russian leaders take actions that they knew would certainly bring about their own death?
If Putin was the only one with nukes, I have no doubt he'd have used them by now. I do believe he's ruthless & heartless. But he's not. He knows that launching his nukes will result in nukes being fired back directly at him. He's not suicidal.
All these people pounding their chests, threatening to use nuclear weapons, should visit Hiroshima, Japan first.
Don't the winds blow west-to-east? Would the radiation blast radius reach the Kremlin? Understand putin is willing to poison the Russian people, and he could build a lead bunker for himself.
Thank you so much for this video. It is just maddening that Biden held back some weapons for Ukraine citing Russia's empty threats. Russia is never going to use nuclear weapons. In fact, no nation that currently has nuclear weapons will ever use them in a first strike because everyone knows that will lead to their own country being nuked. We have to worry about North Korea having them because their leader is a deranged madman who doesn't care about the people in his country. And we really have to worry about terrorists like Hamas, Hezbollah, and Islamic Jihad getting them since they are nihilists and are perfectly OK with the people they claim to be fighting for to be killed. But there is nothing to fear from Russia. We should be giving Ukraine everything they need to defend itself and push Russian troops back to their own borders.
I have been worried about nukes, not just from Russia but also from India and Pakistan and other countries that have nukes. I was born on October 27th at a critical time for our nation and the world, the day when one man saved us all. I grew up largely ignorant of that fact. My dad talked about being glued to the news and my mom was worried that we'd all be nuked before she and I left the hospital, but neither of them ever really talked to me about that. It wasn't until I was an adult that I learned and understood what a scary time that was for my parents and everyone else on our planet. So, this fear of nukes feels like bookends to my life, but this time it's scarier. We have a president who is more than willing to throw us under the bus while he fangurls despots. Something needs to be done to stop him, but nothing has been done.
Thanks Adam.
I’ve always been concerned if he knew he was dying. A desperate, wounded animal with evil in his heart…
‘If I’m going out, I’m taking everyone with me’
Radio active fallout from Ukraine would land on Russia from nukes.