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Busy day. Before I head out, a few tweets and links …

It seems the US sees the UN purpose as being an instrument of US foreign policy:

-- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- @GeromanAT

US should be out since their invasion of Iraq then

AZ 🛰🌏🌍🌎 @AZgeopolitics

🇺🇳🇺🇸🇷🇺 The US Congress has introduced a resolution on the exclusion of Russia from the UN Security Council-Foreign Policy The organization stated that the Russian Special Military Operation allegedly contradicts the "purposes and principles of the UN" and violates the Charter.

This just isn’t smart. Just not a fair summary of Chinese civilization’s 5,000 year history. Who thought Chinese would appreciate that?

phoenix @theranchgod

I would do so much to have a beer with @chenweihua

I guess it’s very human to routinely demonize and lie about people and countries and nations that are in competition with us—Trump is Hitler, and so is Putin! And maybe Xi, too. There’s a long history there, but one could wish that conservatives would recognize that history is complex. For example, there are things that could be said about lots of historical situations, from more than just one or two perspectives:

Prof Zenkus @anthonyzenkus

This is the United States before we invaded our neighboring country Mexico and took half their land now please tell me again about how bad Russia is and how many more billions of dollars we need to spend to stop them?

Speaking of some things never changing—stupid is as stupid speaks:

Geo_monitor @colonelhomsi

Vatican apologized to Russia for Pope words against Chechens and Buryats. In the statement, the Holy See emphasized that it deeply respects all the peoples of Russia, their dignity, faith and culture, as well as other countries and peoples of the world..

What’s next in Ukraine? I heard Macgregor make this suggestion a few days ago, and it makes sense:

-- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- @GeromanAT

@squatsons I don't know if that could happen - but I'm sure the threat alone will force AFU to react with at least troop presence - and that alone will drain the eastern front.

-- GEROMAN -- time will tell - 👀 -- @GeromanAT

What Col MacGregor would do next... (The exercises in #Belarus will be over in 6 days and MoD announced a snap readiness check of the armed forces) https://t.co/zKJgUuFTHh

OTOH, from a demilitarization perspective the current strategy seems to be working.

The US doesn’t have as long a history as China. Still, US industrial espionage goes back a long way. And when it comes to lying our way into wars, proliferating weapons around the world, etc., we don’t have a blameless record—and are in no hurry to do better …

Kim Dotcom @KimDotcom

US weapons for Ukraine go missing and are sold on the black market to terrorists, criminal gangs and warlords. In a leaked US diplomatic cable a US Govt official admits that there’s nothing they can do about it. How long until a civilian plane or high speed train blows up?

zerohedge @zerohedge

US Mulls More Troops Inside Ukraine To Track Arms As Leaked Cable Admits "Impossible" Task https://t.co/0XpS5duQWi

Re recent discussions in comments, thought provoking article:

Will Secular Conservatives Have Conservative Grandchildren?

It is hard enough for religious conservatives to keep their children and grandchildren conservative. It is far harder for secular conservatives to do so.

Conservatives need a multi-generational survival strategy. For the long term, because conservatives do believe in the long term—it’s what it’s about.

Medical news:

Hospital Financial Decisions Play a Role in the Critical Shortage of Pediatric Beds for RSV Patients

Remember when medicine was about patients?

The dire shortage of pediatric hospital beds plaguing the nation this fall is a byproduct of financial decisions made by hospitals over the past decade, as they shuttered children’s wards, which often operate in the red, and expanded the number of beds available for more profitable endeavors like joint replacements and cancer care.

First, make a buck. Am I being harsh?

Six child deaths confirmed in B.C. in ‘very early and intense flu season’

By way of comparison, there were no influenza deaths among children last year and between one and three each year going back to 2015, according to the BC Coroners Service. Those figures represent cases in which influenza was identified as either the immediate, antecedent or underlying cause of death or as a significant condition.

Don’t mention the Covid Regime! I did, but I think I got away with it.