Here is a new thread and a new Where is This puzzle?
Be the first to name the State or Country, one guess per person
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Where is This?
The Hedgehog Report - Phoenix Edition 
23 responses to “Where is This?”
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Russia
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Bitter made that contest a quick one. Well played. Moscow Russia is the place.
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Just down the street from the Kremlin, I guess I should have gone a bit further down the street to make it more competitive.
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Good way to make some people feel at home.
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I went to Moscow in 1989.
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How’s the leg, Bitter?
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Painful today. Very difficult to get around. Doing my best.
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“The Government of the United States of America intends to provide a long-term financial commitment to the development of a stable and economically prosperous Ukraine.”
“A major US economic interest in Ukraine’s mineral production would mean that we have to make major efforts to defend the sovereignty of Ukraine.”
https://hotair.com/david-strom/2025/02/24/hardly-surprising-ukraine-mineral-agreement-implies-us-sovereignty-guarantee-n3800139
Jason, don’t admit defeat on the “Trump won’t sell out Ukraine” thing just yet.
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You’ll get there.
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Is stealing Ukraine’s natural resources part of selling out Ukraine?
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Nothing ensures “a guarantee of sovereignty” more than financial interests.
As such, a strong financial commitment to Ukraine is indeed a good guarantee for Ukraine because once invested, the US has a good (political and financial) incentive to ensure the Russians stay out.
Key quote: “The Government of the United States of America intends to provide a long-term financial commitment to the development of a stable and economically prosperous Ukraine,” the draft says.
I am not sure the US is stealing Ukraine’s natural resources, but it is definitely using coercion to get a favorable deal.
I will reserve judgment, the devil is in the details.
In any case, if the US does offer a sovereignty guarantee, that is a positive. Let’s see how much of Ukraine will be guaranteed.
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Hang in there Bitter…
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Let’s just trade.
“Thousands of citizens from Denmark sign petition to buy California from U.S. In response to President Donald Trump’s continued musing about acquiring Greenland from Denmark, Danish citizens have launched their own effort to purchase California from the U.S.”
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Doing my best, Walt.
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https://www.powerlineblog.com/archives/2025/02/are-we-winning.php
“Democrats believe that the Trump administration has overreached and is rapidly becoming unpopular. Thus, the New York Times headlines: “Republicans Face Angry Voters at Town Halls, Hinting at Broader Backlash.””
-Angry voters? Where?
Did a Republican get elected anywhere right outside D.C.?
Talk to me next fall, let’s see how things go at least for the next 6 months.
Any Republican should only talk about the potential July 2026 DOGE Dividend.
Keep digging, DOGE-gies!
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“Let’s just trade.”
-May be a plan!
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“Is stealing Ukraine’s natural resources part of selling out Ukraine?”
-They haven’t developed them yet. What were they waiting for?
With the United States involved, we can try to develop Ukraine like we developed Germany and Japan after WWII.
That will hopefully help them in regards to business and also in forming a government which isn’t world-renowned for its corruption.
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Bitterlaw – keep plugging away! Your strength is a wonder to behold! Praying for you.
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https://thedailyscroll.substack.com/p/feb-24-germans-vote-forbut-wont-getchange
“Despite what would seem to be a decisive popular rebuke to the political status quo, Germans are likely to continue receiving a version of it. CDU leader Friedrich Merz, a businessman and committed Atlanticist who now looks set to become Germany’s next chancellor, has promised to toughen Germany’s immigration laws, slash regulations to promote economic growth, and assume a leading role in Europe’s efforts to resist the Trump administration. But he has ruled out the possibility of forming a coalition with the AfD, which means his only viable option is to form a “grand coalition” with the SPD, which will likely force the CDU to moderate on some or all of these issues.”
-This looks, to me, like United States 2016, where there was a clear desire to change course, but the Republican Congress chose the status quo. It took 8 more years to get to where they may follow the real change agent. Hopefully they will jump on the TrumpDOGETrain, and get legislation to back up any of Trump’s EOs that need to be made permanent.
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https://www.foxnews.com/opinion/david-marcus-radical-transparency-secret-trumps-early-success
YES! Transparency rules!
EVERY NGO budget should be ZEROED OUT, unless there is a clear vote on the funding for it.
-nycmike23
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https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2025/02/24/germanys-brand-news-chancellor-elect-pulled-the-old-magoo-n3800150
German “leader” already backing off border closing pledge.
Will Europe survive these arseholes?
-nycmike23
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NT
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