Putin's IRBM and why I think it's a sign of weakness.

A couple days ago Putin launched an IRBM (Intermediate Range Ballistic Missile). People collectively freaked out.. I shrugged.

With Putin throwing NK troops into the meat grinder and Ukrainian long range missiles hitting strategic military assets, I see this as a vain act of strength that's actually weakness.

He can't fly planes over Ukraine..

He can't get ships near the Ukrainian coast..

Russian tanks quickly become smoking wrecks..

This is why he's had to resort to these mass drone attacks and now using IRBM weapons.

Frankly, I think Russia is finished. It's still going to take a couple of years, but I think even if with the possible easing of sanctions, the mortal wound has been dealt.

I'm Shocked, shocked, well not that shocked.

In 2016, people voted for Trump because they wanted something? For many of us those 8 years had been good, for them it had been rough, Trump offered up some unknown "fuck it, let's try something crazy!"

It doesn't help that Hillary was about likable as a hat on a broom.

Then we watched Trump well.. Trump out loud. It's nearly four years later and the full extent of his crimes are still coming to light. Likely he'll ensure many of them never see the light of day now.

He's was the "new coke" candidate..

Everybody gave him a try and then the dog shit taste hit the back of our throats.

Don't get me wrong.. some people liked that taste. Really liked it. So much so they built a cult around it. The rest of us were repulsed by it.

Then 2020 came and we'd had enough of that! With nearly a million dead from a pandemic that was made far worse by a ham handed at best and malicious at worst response, our economy going off the rails, we ran to the polls and voted for not Trump.

The chaos came to a close and people said, "well that was a hell of a thing!" Biden isn't perfect by any measure, and he inherited a complete disaster and put sensible people in the right places to fix things as best as possible.

But if Republicans are masters of anything, it's throwing the vase on the floor and as Democrats are busy gluing the vase back together start yelling "Look at all the cracks in this vase!"

As we watch his put the most unhinged, bat shit crazy and/or obvious grift appointments in place, we shouldn't be shocked by any of this.

However, we must and continue to repeat to everybody: "None of this is normal!"

Keep repeating it. As the chaos ensues, keep repeating it.

I don't know if it makes any sense to try to argue with these people. I'll leave that up to you. There are definitely going to be leopards eating people's faces in the coming years.