Yats the Rat

A month of relative quiet in eastern Ukraine was shattered in early January by full-blown fighting as the separatists attempted to claw back additional territory from government hands.  Ukrainian Prime Minister Arseniy Yatsenyuk said on Saturday that 1,000 residents have been evacuated in the past days from the city of Debaltseve.

"Yatsenyuk said in comments carried by his press office, "As soon as they (the rebels) see that we are evacuating the people, they open fire."

I notice Kiev is not mentioning the million plus civilians who have sought refuge in Russia, or the Kiev army conscripts who are fleeing across the Russian border.  They are Ukrainians whose only 'crime' seems to be they wanted to retain their language (which happens to be Russian) and not to be governed by a regime that came to power via an illegal coup d’état.

Believe it or not, the people of Ukraine don’t like being governed by pigs or having their native language outlawed by illegal bureaucrats. So they fight back.

The First Lady is an American Sniper

First Lady Michelle Obama urged Hollywood to give a more accurate portrayal of veterans and defended the Oscar-nominated "American Sniper," which has received criticism for its depiction of war.

In the last 100 years every war America has been involved in was manufactured even World War II, but that was something we needed to be in.  I will never fault anyone for going to war for what they believe is right.  I just wish people would think things through before being so eager to go to war.  The powers that control us always have an agenda whether it is money, power, resources, or politics they use our people like sheep to the slaughter.  Troops come back broken.

Chris Kyle was a man who volunteered to protect and defend his country. Only a small fraction of the population does so.  He was trained and placed into a combat situation by his country.  Now any combat soldier, sailor, or marine is expected to kill the enemy, which Kyle did in an extraordinary and efficient way.  He did it saving the lives of a great number of his fellow service men and women. For this he is condemned?

Where do these condemners come from?  Surely they can't call themselves Americans. They condemn a man for bearing a burden they would not touch.

Dazzle a Patriot to death

Aaron Hernandez “committed the crime of murder,” assistant District Attorney Patrick Bomberg asserted in opening arguments at the former New England Patriots star's murder trial -- and video surveillance, cell phone records and photographs “show the path” of the crime, he said.

Hernandez'sdefense attorney, Michael Fee, insisted his client lacked intent to murder and said the prosecutors are only trying to “dazzle and distract.” 

There was a damn good reason why he wanted him dead.  Aaron won't testify on his own behalf.  What he's banking on is that his defense will get him off the hook.  I think the evidence is too overwhelming.  It will be too much for Aaron’s defense to overcome.  He is much too smug to go for anything but an all or nothing defense.  Unless you're working the graveyard shift, nothing good happens at 2 in the morning.

You can take the man out of the ghetto, but you can't take the ghetto out of the man.  He had a great career, his life was set; but I guess that wasn't as fun as wanting to be a criminal.

We don't war, but we'll fight

The leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah said on Friday his group did not want war with Israel but was ready for one, and reserved the right to respond to Israeli attacks anytime, anywhere.

"We do not want a warbut we are not afraid of it and we must distinguish between the two, and the Israelis must also understand this very well," Sayyed Hassan Nasrallah said.

Hezbollah is fully armed and funded by Iran and claims to exist to "resist" Israeli "occupation".  Israel withdrew from 100% of internationally recognized Lebanon, but Hezbollah still exists.

They are the same as Hamas.  Both are Iran's tools (or is it stools) to provoke unrest.  Good news - Iran is now busy protecting Assad's regime and cannot be bothered to invest in another war.  Bad news – as soon as the nuke talks hit the fan (and they will), Iran will once again be motivated to start something with Israel to divert attention.

Fascinating that a terrorist organization based in Lebanon is holding press conferences... and the press actually reports what they say! What legal basis does Hezbollah have?  Does Lebanon as a country even exist? Do they have a government?

Ventura the Hero - NOT!!!!

"AmericanSniper" is tops at the box office but don't expect to see former Minnesota Gov. Jesse Ventura lining up at a theater for it.  Ventura, a former Navy SEAL, won $1.8 million in a defamation lawsuit last year against the estate of the late Chris Kyle, the SEAL protagonist of the movie, which has sparked debate over whether snipers should be considered heroes.  Ventura said Wednesday he won't see the film partly because Kyle is no hero to him.

It is a movie, not a documentary so everyone lighten up.  If you don't want to see it, then don't.

It is based on an actual story, but as all movies of this like they do not claim to be factual and irrefutable.  Poetic license as usual.  I don't really think anyone stood on the bow of the Titanic or you can get 20 shots out of a revolver like the westerns.  It was made to make money and it is apparently doing that.

I am more inclined to believe Kyle than Ventura.  Kyle is not the experienced liar that Ventura is. After careers as a professional wrestler and a politician, Ventura has lying perfected as an art form.  The "honorable" thing for Ventura to have done, after Kyle was killed, would have been to have accepted the fact that his lawsuit against Kyle's wife and children was dishonorable in and of itself, drop the whole matter and asked her what she needed from him to help look out for the kids.