One of today’s top news items probably has Vladimir Putin shaking in his boots. Not due to fear however, but from spasms of laughter. Because the POTUS is now considering drawing another red line in the air, this one regarding curtailment of Russian escalation in Ukraine and its meddling in Europe, as well.
According to foxnews.com/politics, “The White House is reportedly considering new ways to discourage Russia from meddling in Europe, in what some officials are saying is an updated version to Cold War-era containment.”
While the concept might sound like a strong leadership stand at first blush, the details indicate a quite different picture, whereas “The Wall Street Journal reports the approach involves beefing up militaries of allies and potential partners and weeding out corrupt governments, which Russia could potentially exploit to gain more influence.”
Although far from being a military or government leadership expert, the outlined task sounds like a project that could take many, many years and have no effect until this POTUS is long out of office. In the meantime, though, Russia’s moving ahead unencumbered for quite some time in the future.
At the same time, “Administration officials also want to expand NATO’s reach to limit Moscow’s orbit. Although including Ukraine or Georgia in the organization remains off the table, the Pentagon would be open to consider the small Balkan country of Montenegro to solidify its ties with the West and to show that Russia does not have veto power over alliance expansion.
“The latest policy talks comes as President Barack Obama meets with world powers in Germany, where he is expected to push the topic of more Russian sanctions as the tension in Ukraine escalates even further.”
What’s truly remarkable about the subject is that while concerns over Russia’s “meddling,” is obviously of great concern to the administration, causing expanded plans for curtailment, recent history shows that falling oil prices have significantly harmed Russia’s economy, limiting its capabilities. Yet, as oil prices increase, the POTUS still refuses to ease drilling restrictions in the US while continuing to block completion of the Keystone pipeline.
Consequently, all the rest is political gibberish, while pandering to his base and major contributors like Tom Steyer, not only trump curbing Russia’s aggression, Vladimir Putin knows that to be the truth.
On a similar subject, politics overriding practical reality, Rocco Parascandola, Kerry Burke and Larry Mcshane reported in yesterday’s New York Daily News online, that “A dramatic drop in stop-and-frisk encounters has emboldened criminals and made cops more reluctant to take proactive police action, even as murders and shootings are on the rise in the city.”
Statistics reveal, “There were 11,652 stops across the city through June 3 — projecting to roughly 28,000 for the year, records obtained by the Daily News show. As the number of stops fell, the number of murders spiked 19.5% during the first five months of the year, the number of people shot is up 9.2% and the number of shooting incidents jumped 9%.”
The head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, Ed Mullins, said, “What you’re seeing now are the perps carrying their guns because they’re not afraid to carry them. We’ve created an atmosphere where we’ve handcuffed the police. We are sitting back, taking a less proactive approach.”
“The guys I talk to all feel the same way: [Mayor] De Blasio doesn’t want stops,” the cop said Thursday. “The perps know what we’re doing. We’re not stopping as many people as we used to.”
Therefore, this is a case, much like the anti-oil position taken by extreme environmentalists, where legislation is desired that applies to a world that’s perfect and would be treasured by all its inhabitants. However, since at present, that utopia doesn’t exist here on Earth, utopian legislation is not only doing extensive damage to hundreds of millions of people in the US and Europe, all the worst types of humanity are winning all the battles.
Which brings us to today’s update on Bill Clinton’s wife, an article written Tuesday, by Greg Gordon and Anita Kumar @mcclatchydc.com, titled: “Bill Clinton’s Wall Street cash puts wife in an ethical spot.”
While excerpts of this article have been posted here before, today’s section of the piece provides additional information indicating the dangers of closeness to major contributors, and the influence earned by them.
The authors write, “The Clintons’ tangle goes beyond money, to overlapping connections in their inner circle. During her stint as secretary of state from 2009 to 2013, Hillary Clinton chose a Clinton Foundation employee, Cheryl Mills, as her chief of staff, fanning suspicions that Clinton tilted policy decisions to favor foundation donors.
Huma Abedin, one of Clinton’s closest confidants, worked simultaneously as a consultant for the State Department and Teneo, an elite strategic advisory firm for chief executives of some of the nation’s largest companies.
So, once again, evidence mounts that illustrates the Clinton’s priorities. Because Bill’s wife not only needed a close associate on staff to assure their “Foundation” took care of contributors when serving as secretary of state, she needed another to strategize how to identify other potential deep pockets.
That’s it for today folks.
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