Thoughts Out Of Season

  bbc.com The Putin Playbook for Ukraine 1) Demand, Do Not Ask!!!!! 2) Make Your Line in the Sand! 3) Don't give an inch as someone in the West Will Offer You Something You Had Not Before! Russia has Putin. We have Biden. That's like the US sending Carrot Top against Kasporav in a chess championship.

 A very dangerous situation is developing on the East Coast including NYC and the entire Tri-State region. A fierce Nor'easter is taking shape which may include wind gusts to hurricane strength, temperatures in the teens and 2-3 feet of snow!!!! Get up early, go to the grocery and gas up the cars. THIS APEARS TO BE SHAPING UP TO BE A PARTICULARY DANGEROUS SITUATION! IF YOU DON'T HAVE TO GO OUT, DON'T!

  A major winter storm, possibly historic is taking aim at the East Coast starting Friday and continuing into Sunday afternoon. Wind gusts of 60-70 mph combined with temperatures in the teens along with 1 plus feet of snow will make travel dangerous especially along the Northan NJ Coast, NYC, Long Island, Coastal Connecticut up to Boston. Driving will be perilous and mostly banned in these areas. Please use EXTREME caution if travelling about. This be a long duration event, 24 hours plus, Snow should begin to taper off Sunday evening Updates to follow

  Computer models strongly suggest heavy snow this weekend. Do not be surprised to see "Blizzard" warnings posted for NYC and Long Island

Ukraine is only a problem to the White House right now. Putin will not invade. There's no benefit. The White House is causing all the trouble shipping all those arms to Ukraine. Zelensky is trying to goad the US into helping get Crimea back but that is not going to happen. Forget the EU and sanctions. Germany and France, the two biggest EU countries get 40% of their gas from Russia. Why does it surprise anyone that Germany will not allow arm shipments from or through its country?  Putin does not like NATO crawling up his ass. Remember Cuba in 1962? 90 Miles off the coast? Think of Russian missiles deployed to Tiajuana and how we would react. Hell, they wouldn't have to even fire them. Just toss them over the fence. Similar to what the US is doing arming Ukraine to the teeth and dangling NATO like a carrot to Zelensky.   

  An  NYPD  officer assigned to the 32nd precinct in Harlem were shot and killed tonight while responding to a domestic violence call on 135 street and Lenox Ave, across the street from Harlem Hospital. His partner was also shot and is fighting for his life. The suspect was shot and killed by a third officer

  No attempts at eloquence here. Relying on the statistics from South Africa regarding the current Omicron variant will be a boon to funeral directors and grave diggers worldwide. Everyone, even white supremist are expressing great confidence that the numbers coming out of Africa is solid as a rock and should be the guide for responding (or not) to the Omicron virus. But there are at least 2 caveats to using South Africa as a model. 1. Every imbecile with an internet connection and basic knowledge of the alphabet point out how less severe their numbers are coming in. 99% are calling it no worse than the cold. "LOOK", they type in capital letters, " look how few people are on ventilator, LOOK HOW FEW DEATHS THERE ARE!". On and on as if their mail order epidemiology degree just came in the mail. Now you cannot argue with facts especially if you don't know the entire story. Some try to counter that the population of Africa is much younger than most other countries ...