Niagara Bill

You had numerous Presidents who demanded bases, power and influence in Europe, that costs dollars. The US also does not share technology thus insisted in control and use of Americans troops. You west coasters are too far away from the real world.😁

My point on trump was the relationships with the US and NATO had been damaged by trump , publicly ridiculing Euro leaders, publicly loving Putin. They do not trust Biden for a different reason, and likely valid reason. Meet him on the 9th hole, offer him a big Mac and coke for lunch and he will be your friend for life or until he decides not to be. 😁😁😁😁😁

This is about Russia holding Germany hostage with natural gas supply. Germany cannot afford to piss off Putin. Agree. Much of NATO has already experienced trumps threats and Bidens weakness.

Can you imagine how critical this forum would have been, with a short kick off, that allowed Chiefs to run back into Bills territory. The forum would have screamed Music City again, how stupid can 1 man be. Well, he remember our history, and kicked out of zone to give the #1 D 13 seconds to defend 40 yes.

You do know that the way of life in the US is wonderful right. Well, people in France, Italy, Britain, etc thing there way of life is equally wonderful. You laugh when their quality of life issues are different. They question why you spend so much time at work then die. Both sides are have their points. The real difference is that Europeans because of proximity see different cultures where the US population generally only know their own culture. When NATO started the US was a dominate force in Europe by design. They have a disproportionate share as a result but also to protect their own military secrets often not shared with NATO allies. Today maybe the US is unfairly carrying a burden, but history showed they wanted to, not forced to. Keeping the democracies of the world in an economic strong position was protection for the US. Isolation does not work. It us coming to another Democracy vs Communism battle. Round 1 went to US and allies. Round 2? Reagan had Communism on its knees, then US foreign policy failed. Clinton was a joke, more interested in being Epsteins pal. Obama wins a Peace prize for winning an election, 😆 Bush 1 understood, Bush thought he dud but was used by the military contractors. Anyway, Euros are good people, suffering from invasions from Africa, from liberal policies on immigration, from not trusting the US policies made worse by trump. We may all suffer the consequences

So was Austria, it was really German anyway, so was Poland, So was Belgium, So was France etc etc. It is the judgement and knowledge of what the real future holds and what power you hold to control it that is most important. Is Taiwan next and an alliance by 2 huge communist countries put the world in jeopardy. Germany and Japan were bad, Russia and China are 10 times worse.

I believe they want Ukraine because they are too close to becoming a democracy and a light for more. Don't see money as concern, Russia has little concern for citizens, many of which work in Russia. The small island jn the Baltic may be the real push. One thing for sure, Biden is out of his league, and the US is not prepared.

True, trump was against it, but after turning on NATO publicly and the French and German leaders they told him to f off. So now Putin has gas power. 😅😅😅

Germany and France rely on Russian natural gas for heating.

Some truth to this statement, trump was a wild card that he waited for him to leave is a real possibility. There will be another Cuban type crisis...with damaged relationships between US and France, Britain, Germany, Canada, Australia, Poland and others getting co-ordinated response will be difficult, and the US people gave no appetite to singularly help Ukraine or Sweden etc

For sure Russia has eyes on North Canada, but first an island in the Baltic belonging to Sweden is next on the list. The last 2 presidents, Obama and trump hurt world solidarity. Putin pushed this, Obama yapped and did nothing, trump hugged him and Putin continues on. Biden is over his head.

So says he...he loved Putin and sold out others. He also loved North Korea and that went no where Rodman did more.

Biden will not allow it....frankly he cannot prevent it. The US has not got the power or position. Putin and China have effectively weaken the US over the years. They used Afghanistan on the US like the US used Russia for 17 years in Afghanistan. Other than kicking sand in Sadams face the US has no gecsuccesdfjl militarily for a long time. Can the YS zctusllh design a plan. Hackers shutdown the Pentagon as I recall. Reagan owned Russia, Nixon owned China, but Bush, Clinton, Obama, Trump all struck out swinging in dealing with the 2 world powers. Russia will do as they please until the rest of democracy gets our act together. IMHO

No, the same, but it is ridiculous to test people daily etc. If you have symptoms it a good step, but unless there are specific circumstances to test asymptomatic people it is a waste of time. 1,000,000,000 tests that Biden supplying will be ineffective in 90% of their use. They may cause a false sense of security

Ok, so you all is tough mf. I only want you around long enough to see Bills win Superbowl this year. So I will amend, stay safe until Feb 20, 22, That gives you all time to celebrate.

Did you just fall off a stump. I said a room like air traffic controllers, engineers at nuclear station etc, where interaction and safety are necessary to protect each other and the public. A closed environment. A donut shop has many people in it if it makes good donuts. Daily rapid testing makes no sense. It is not designed to protect you, it is designed to protect others from you...duh so says Homer. Or maybe Homer never heard of rapid testing. Very common in concerned areas of the world. Kramer would go back on strike over this. Momma was wrong and the flu is not nearly as severe or transmissable. Oh by the way, people often take flu Vax annually. Without all the anti backlash crapola. You do realize that there are 850,000 dead in your country...right. Stay safe Chef.

And you never mentioned lines around the block, just that testing was pointless. When you have a contained environment, ie air traffic control, nuclear power engineers, where proximity is necessary then daily testing helps wipping out an entire shift. So allowing it is not laws or government rules, but survival to keep the power on in your SoCal residence.

Testing Asymptomatic makes sense if you trying to stop transmission in a location. Example, long term care facility, certain hospital situations, new borns or critical staff in industry. Daily or regular testing is designed to allow people to work in close proximity without contamination. Example in a nuclear facility or military, or air traffic control. Makes no sense in surfing😆

No the flu does not FREAK me out... Hope works out for you. I will decide when I stop, even if not required. That is my freedom to decide.

Houston comeback game. Scoreboad end, I think section C. Guy in front of us with his girl friend, wearing Houston gear, cheering as the score increased, standing in the aisleway. Near halftime I reach forward, fed up, grabbed him by the collar of his sweater and pulled him towards me. I said, either you sit your zss down and shut up or someone is going to embarrass you in front of your lovely girlfriend and beat the crap out of you. After half time he never returned. Either someone did the beating or his gal talked some sense to him. Always wished I had kept my mouth shut. Missed giving it to him in second half.

Hope not! By I will do what is necessary for me, my family and community. If it becomes apparent meds improves the situation I can make a judgement. Strange that many think wearing a mask in public is like a lemming, but many of the others think talk of freedom and not wearing a mask is like a leeming following Repub governors over a cliff without thinking. So I assume you have stopped wearing a mask.

So as a Bills season ticket holder I am not allowed to comment on Orchard Park and Ond Bills Drive. I have historical interest, I worked for a US Corp fir 37 yrs, so politics interest me both sides of the 49th. This is a GLOBAL forum, not that you would understand or have interest of anything outside your borders. Oh, gee, China is a favorite subject, and Putin, why would you have any interest. So you grew up in WNY, I sure hope you refuse ranch. So, surfs up dude, I gotta o patch my igloo, extra cold tonight. By the way, internet chatter led by plants like Rhino got trump elected and almost a second time. So while you think chatter, I think not.

You are so kind to think of my safety. The is no misconception here, your name is SoCal, not Napaman or Redwood, or desertguy, Stockton lad, or Saint Andres (that may be a real fault).😁 or nocal. Look, with a name like SoCal it is obvious that folks would assume liberal surfer, driving a Woody or Lil deuce coupe. You might think of me in an igloo, maybe snowshoes in June, driving new snowmobile, with fur around the hood of my coat and 10 inch beard. Ok 1 of 5 true. But frankly, surfer dude sounds like a good life, better than polar bear hunting. Always loved the Beach boys, Jan and Dean, Mommas and Papas, Jackson Brown, Haight Ashbury Venice Beach, and Cucamonga sewing circle and timing association. 😁😁😁😁😁😁😁😁

Oh sure, this from a dude who spends most of his time on a board in the Pacific. What are you doing, social distancing from the seals. 😅

To make these types of determinations one must review data much deeper than superficially and politically. But frankly, any citizen of any country who dislikes their fellow citizens so much as to refuse to try and help people stay safe by simply distancing or wearing a mask is a poor excuse for a neighbor, or citizen. Call people idiots if you will, talk conspiracy about labs and China, make up stories of holding children down, but do not leave out the footnote of 850,000 deaths ( twice as many as ww2, only 58,000 in Vietnam and 7000 in 20 years in Afghanistan), and millions more around the world. Whether you vaccinate or not, your choice since you likely didn't get any of the other childhood vaccines, but respect your fellow citizens.