As I Write this Morning

The onslaught of the people of the Ukraine...the pawns...by the pawns of the evil dictator, Putin...continues on this morning, as I write...the bombardment of the shells on the capitol city of Kiev...as the rapid movement of his troops...may take over the city by the end of the day...in his relentless need for power...of power...by power...while his very own people in Moscow and St Petersburg are walking the streets in PROTEST of his actions...of WAR...risking their own lives in the process...this is the will of the people or the will of the dictator?...

Kyiv?...whatever the spelling...as we watch in horror the destruction of land and man...by the orders of a madman, hungered by the greed of notoriety, and the will of fear...no, donny, this is not a trait of a smart and cunning leader...but that of a brutal dictator...who brutalizes and intimidates...

Sanctions...I wondered out loud of the effectiveness of them...as the Russian Stock Market tumbled 33% yesterday...making the elite people of the country, Russia, at the brink of losing what ever they had in the stocks...and growing disenchantment of what Putin has been doing with the troops...his pawns...

In a once in a lifetime happening...the catholic Pope, Francis...went to the Russian Embassy in Rome to personally express his concern about the WAR in the Ukraine...all angles may help...but Putin is not a listener...

As I said in the past few days...and as Prez B has said now...that Putin has greater ambitions than just the capture of the Ukraine...he wants to be the guy that re-establishes the USSR as it once was...at all costs...no one man, can stand 'til the end...he, too, will fall...and fail...hopefully, sooner than later...

Let's move on...

I thought that the PDX Blazers would give a scare into the topsy turvy Warriors...in Portland last eve...not so...not even remotely....as Golden St laid 132 points on 'em...wow...and sure, the Nets got pummeled again...this time by the Celtics...YET, Vegas still has them as the odds on favs for the Champ....???...save your cash...

Has Russia ever made a car?...a tank, yes...a plane, yes...a ship, yes...but a car?...

And please, tell me...what is wordle?...nobody has told me...

You know, I would invest into some baseball cards this time around...as they could be of value...the only year that MLB didn't play a game...even Covid couldn't stop 'em...but the greedy owners can...

This just out...the Kremlin is going to impose retaliatory sanctions on the west...ah, laughable...they need to impose them on the north, south, east and west...

And more...the Russian stock market crashed...as Russia's elite lost $39 BILLION DOLLARS !...who funds Putin?...

PEACE!