I heard that armed Russian soldiers are going house to house getting people to fill out their ballots so that everyone gets a chance to vote yes, including the pro Ukrainians.

I think you guys misunderstood my post. I admire Tucker Carlson very much. He is a VERY successful entertainer. He came up with a gimmick, just like Jerry Lewis, just like Don Knotts, just like any successful entertainer. He defined his audience, and he plays to that audience. Very successfully. He tells them exactly what they want to hear, and does it full on, every day. White is black, up is down, wet is dry, doesn't matter. As long as that's what his target audience wants to hear, that's what he'll say, and they love him for it; and he does it very, very well. He makes a hell of a lot of money doing it. Rest assured, if the majority of Americans loved Putin, Tucker Carlson would hate his guts. That's just his thing. Can't fault the guy for that, it's how he makes his money. Mind you, I don't think his anti-american pro-Putin rhetoric is at all helpful or adds any value to anything, but he certainly seems to be good at selling it to somebody! So yes, in spite of that, I say: Tucker Carlson - a hardworking entertainer, just out to make a buck the best way he knows how to. And doing a damn fine job of it too. He came up with a formula and it certainly seems to be working for him.

Election workers, accompanied by soldiers, are going door to door. This is done so people dont gather in large numbers on the streets in front of polling places and getting shelled by the Ukrainians, like they have been doing for the past 8 years.
Nobody is forcing anyone to vote, one way or another.

Election workers, accompanied by soldiers, are going door to door. This is done so people dont gather in large numbers on the streets in front of polling places and getting shelled by the Ukraininans, like they have been doing for the past 8 years.
Nobody is forcing anyone to vote, one way or another.

I think you guys misunderstood my post. I admire Tucker Carlson very much. He is a VERY successful entertainer. He came up with a gimmick, just like Jerry Lewis, just like Don Knotts, just like any successful entertainer. He defined his audience, and he plays to that audience. Very successfully. He tells them exactly what they want to hear, and does it full on, every day. White is black, up is down, wet is dry, doesn't matter. As long as that's what his target audience wants to hear, that's what he'll say, and they love him for it; and he does it very, very well. He makes a hell of a lot of money doing it. Rest assured, if the majority of Americans loved Putin, Tucker Carlson would hate his guts. That's just his thing. Can't fault the guy for that, it's how he makes his money. Mind you, I don't think his anti-american pro-Putin rhetoric is at all helpful or adds any value to anything, but he certainly seems to be good at selling it to somebody! So yes, in spite of that, I say: Tucker Carlson - a hardworking entertainer, just out to make a buck the best way he knows how to. And doing a damn fine job of it too. He came up with a formula and it certainly seems to be working for him.

Apparently participating in any vote concerning Ukrainian territorial integrity (these referenda to join Russia) is being viewed as violation of constitutional prohibitions. 5 years in the hoose-gau

https://www.zerohedge.com/geopolitical/ ... mpaign=938

"Ukrainian Deputy Prime Minister Irina Vereshchuk announced this week that a five year prison term is currently being considered for anyone caught participating in "sham referenda" by government authorities:

"Some lawyers believe that those actions fall under Article 110 part 1 of the Criminal Code of Ukraine, ‘Infringement on Ukraine’s territorial integrity,’ punishable with a prison term of up to five years," she told the Strana portal on Tuesday."

But the referenda vote(s) is taking place in Russian controlled areas, so...

I don't think it is reasonable to expect honest elections
from either side. Hell, we don't have them here.

I agree with your assessment, as for most of the talking heads on tv. I guess the difference between a grifter and an entertainer is how successful a brand you build for yourself, and he is good at that. I wish he had some moral anchoring, even if its something I don't agree with.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/russian-loss ... 41220.html

WASHINGTON — President Vladimir Putin of Russia has thrust himself more directly into strategic planning for the war in Ukraine in recent weeks, American officials said, including rejecting requests from his commanders on the ground that they be allowed to retreat from the vital southern city of Kherson.

A withdrawal from Kherson would allow the Russian military to pull back across the Dnieper River in an orderly way, preserving its equipment and saving the lives of soldiers.

...Since Putin ordered his commanders to continue fighting in Kherson, the Russian military has tried to halt the Ukrainian advance there. Last week the Russians blew up a dam on the Inhulets River to make the current counteroffensive more difficult.

But Ukrainian strikes have blown up the crossings over the Dnieper River, which has largely cut off Russian troops from their supply lines on the other side. Russians have had to use pontoon bridges to cross the river, only to see them hit by Ukrainian fire, Ukrainian officials said. “They’ve got units in there who, if the Ukrainians break through the lines, will be cut off and surrounded,” said Seth G. Jones, senior vice president at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. “I cannot overstate how dicey the situation is for them.”

Pulling back past the Dnieper River would likely allow Russian commanders to hold the line in the south with fewer troops. That would give them more latitude to redeploy forces from Kherson to other areas, either pushing back against the Kharkiv counteroffensive in the northeast, solidifying defensive lines in the eastern Donbas region or opening up a new front in the south.

But Putin has told commanders he will set the strategy.

Funny how General Paulus of Germany ask for the same permission to pull back from Stalingrad but it was denied by Hitler. We know what happened afterwards. All tyrants behave the same.

Funny that. Liberals don't care about much anything "moral". Well except when it's someone they don't agree with. Then they use the playbook to attack the person. Not the substance.

I'm so far from being a "liberal"... Nevertheless I find very little substance in Tucker comments regarding Ukraine war - just shallow demagoguery loosely based on Russian propaganda often quoting Tucker's comments in translation as a voice of a "agreeable" American... If anything, Tucker's musings on Ukraine war are just another sad reflection of the end of post-WW2 "United Nations" vision of "rule-based" world peace and final end of America as its leader and a "beacon of freedom" against "tyranny" and a disillusionment with these ideals in its citizens... Sad.

I don't think it is reasonable to expect honest elections
from either side. Hell, we don't have them here.