R_P wrote: 

i did see this on bloomberg

 miamizsun wrote:
 
The context is "who are those evil election-interfering Russians to tell us what we can or cannot do in our own backyard. The, arguably perverted, Monroe doctrine after all dictates what we can/should do in our backyard." Aside from Coulter's nativist cravings.

What can be done is pretty clear in the recent news cycle (and long before that). And unfortunately puppet Canada (and others) are eager to chip in. Maybe they'll ease up on those tariffs?

 R_P wrote: 
oh sure he can

i'm not sure of the context but it seems that he is venting about perceived putin puppet strings

either that or he's getting an early start on his foreplay with coulter

"We're in conversation with major American companies now... It would make a difference if we could have American companies produce the oil in Venezuela. It would be good for Venezuela and the people of the United States." ~ Bolton

 miamizsun wrote:
 
Does that mean he can't/shouldn't have opinions? Because if it does...

 miamizsun wrote:

A lot of effort has been put into making it unwind there

it looks like something is about to unwind here

i just hope that a bunch of innocent folks aren't hurt

those people have been through enough

 Lazy8 wrote:
 
Yeah....   But then would there be celebrity narcissism if celebrities did not have the answers for everything?

 Proclivities wrote: 
isn't he a comedian?

 Lazy8 wrote:
 Indeed

westslope wrote:

...but nothing he doesn't have The Answer for.

R_P:   I enjoy watchng/listening to Bill Maher but there is a lot of stuff that he does not understand.

The US has imposed sanctions on Venezuela's state-owned oil firm PDVSA and urged the country's military to accept a peaceful power transfer.

National Security Adviser John Bolton said the action meant that President Nicolas Maduro and his allies could "no longer loot the assets of the Venezuelan people".

Bolton, secret socialist and humanitarian. 

OAS Interventionist Resolution Against Venezuela Defeated

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Another crook with experience scraped from the barrel. Trump's gone full-blown neocon in service of "The Deep State". 

You distract 'em, Don, while we take care of "business."

Trump-bashing Iraq war architect Elliott Abrams to lead US regime change in Venezuela

 R_P wrote:
 
Yup.  For American elites, it is open season on fellow Americans.

Canadian deterrence in Lativia.... sigh. 

What the hell is wrong with the Finnish and Swedish armed neutrality models?   Both countries are decidely pro-western and well integrated into the western family.

 westslope wrote:
 
The question is who's doing the manipulation.

Seeing how there is Canadian "deterrence" in Latvia...

 R_P wrote:
 
If Canadian Armed Forces Brigadier General Jay Janzen is implicitly arguing that Canadian voters are just as stupid, gullible and easy to manipulate as American voters, well, he is probably correct.

I wonder what Janzen thinks of NATO extending membership to former Soviet Block countries that border on Russia.

Venezuela's Opposition leader takes oath as interim president, endorsed by Canada, U.S.

Opposition Leader Juan Guaido took an oath swearing himself in as Venezuela's interim president on Wednesday as hundreds of thousands marched to demand the end of socialist leader Nicolas Maduro's government. (...)

Look at those Russians!