Quote from: MeltingMan on August 17, 2025, 14:22:09Well, he's expected in Washington, D.C. tomorrow — alone

Nope, he's not coming alone:

QuoteUS-Präsident Donald Trump ist nach seinem Treffen mit Kremlchef Wladimir Putin in Alaska zur Freude Russlands abgerückt von der ultimativen Forderung nach einem Waffenstillstand. Nun will er den ganz großen Wurf landen und im Sinne Putins gleich ein Friedensabkommen für die Ukraine aushandeln.

Dazu trifft er am Montag im Weißen Haus den ukrainischen Präsidenten Wolodymyr Selenskyj, der viel Verstärkung aus Europa mitbringt – darunter Kanzler Friedrich Merz (CDU), EU-Kommissionspräsidentin Ursula von der Leyen und Nato-Generalsekretär Mark Rutte.

https://www.gmx.net/magazine/politik/russland-krieg-ukraine/selenskyj-verstaerkung-ziel-41287096

Quote from: UlrichDid he listen to you?

Well, he's expected in Washington, D.C. tomorrow — alone — and I don't like that. 

Quote from: MeltingMan on August 17, 2025, 12:40:34Otherwise, I can only strongly advise Mr. Zelenskyy not to sign anything, but I already did that.

Did he listen to you?
Trump does not listen to my advice. I'd told him to give Alaska back to the Russians in exchange for them to leave the Ukraine alone...

Apparently Melania wrote a letter to Putin. I think it says "I love you, please conquer the U.S. and get me out of here"!" 

My conclusion from the meeting at Elmendorf Air Force Base: much honor for a man wanted on an international arrest warrant. I'm surprised nothing "happened". Is the USA still a constitutional state? Rhetorical question. 

Otherwise, I can only strongly advise Mr. Zelenskyy not to sign anything, but I already did that. Many forget that Putin is a lawyer. So he will know that not everything is as hot as it seems. If he (Putin) really wants to shorten the war, he should turn himself in and allow a fair trial, seriously. But this way he's only making things worse and clinging to his old worldview.   

I think I'll go with this after seeing an episode on telly (by chance, late at night):


(Nice song by Björk they chose to lay under the trailer...)

That was a full success!
Two huge w*nkers w*nked each other off, what more could you want? 

https://www.bbc.com/news/live/c2kzn1nw1d4t

QuoteDespite the lack of a substantive breakthrough on a ceasefire, both sides will characterise this as a success says chief North America correspondent Gary O'Donoghue.

Difference of opinion

Putin got his moment in the geo-political limelight, sharing the stage with the leader of the world's most powerful country - and has so far had to make no noticeable concessions over the war, writes BBC's Russia editor Steve Rosenberg.

Uncertainty persists

There will be signs of relief in Kyiv that no deal has been announced that would cost Ukraine territory - but the anti-climactic end to Friday's meeting also proves that years of Western efforts have failed to change Putin's mind, says BBC Monitoring Russia editor Vitaliy Shevchenko.

Trump's new plan to bypass an initial ceasefire is a blow to Kyiv and its European allies as it was one of their main requests, Ukraine correspondent James Waterhouse writes...

AS 204 (Apollo 1) - The True Story - ARTE

You think you've seen and heard everything, and then documentaries like this come along! I've put Apollo 1 in parentheses because that term wasn't used until after the disaster. I don't want to give too much away, but if you look at the footage from the "white room", you can see that the spacecraft wasn't finished yet, presumably intentionally to save time during upcoming changes. Launch Pad 34 has since become a pilgrimage site of sorts – at least once a year. In general, 1967 was not a good year for manned spaceflight. Vladimir Komarov died just a few months later, and Starfighter accidents increased in West Germany. Could Ed White have heard about this? 

Quote from: Ulrich on August 15, 2025, 13:32:43

I like his voice. It reminds me of Leonard Cohen.