India's Modi Meets with Steppe Mad Man in India

       The Mad Man of the Steppe, aka Vova, aka Mad Vladdy, had a meeting today that will discuss ongoing issues with the nrelationship between the largest country in the world and the world's most populous country. The issue trade and oil purchases, among others. Putin hasn't been here in over 4 years. A lot has happened in those 4 years as we all know.

      What's on the trade table besides oil? How about Indian tech workers moving to Moskva to help the Rus work on computers. How about the tariffs on India that Thrump imposed(but lowered a bit). Hmmm. And what if India declines to buy more oil from the Mad Little Pirate? Maybe Xi JP will jump in and save the day for the Steppe Pirate. maybe not. 

     Putie is not in the best position as he is trying to raid the Ukrainian country side for all he can get. But thus clearly indicates hias weak position. Killing all those civilians doesnt sit well with those leaders who have an ounce of moral consciousness. Terrorism is a useful tactic for some despots. Putie's invasion and continued assault on Ukrine's people indicate a total lack of moral or ethical emotion. He is a pirate, through and through. 

POTUS Sends in the B-Team

       So, sticking to his time -warn strategy of using B-Team players instead of the A-Team regulars, Dozy Donald sent two of his back up team members known to about a dozen citizens: Steve Witkoff and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law and family fixer/Trump Company leader. No surprises here-Dozy Donny likes to know people he can control.

      Why would he want those two to deal with the Kremlin scum? Putin & Co. are known to use perverse Rus strategies to accomplish political goals. Since MAd Vlad took over the Steppes 24+ years ago, his routines are not unknown. The sad response of Europe and the USA to his invasion(s) only encourage more of the same. The 1 million+ casualties of the Rus Army hardly matter to Mad Vlad. His aims are known: he wants more territory despite already existing as the largest country in the world.

    So, Steve Wirkoff and Jared K. are going to negotiate to save Ukrainian lives: civilians and military. Asa bonus, some Rus lives will also be spared. As the two B-team members move around the chess board in Europe, the world awaits a cease fire and an end to the war. Ukrainian citizens alsoo would like to have the raining missiles of the Kremlin stop falling on them.

     Can two real estate salesmen accomplish this? Good luck. Get ready for an embarrassment. These 2 idiots will only serve 1 master: Dozy Donald. This means that there will only be one winner: Putin. Second will be the Trump Company.

   where is former ambassador Michael McFaul? Where is Bill Browder? Where is Anne Applebaum? where are the Carnegie International Center experts? Where is MArco Rubio, Secretary of State(noted anticommunist)?  Where are the national security council members? All asleep. Uncalled upon because they don't fit Dozy Donald's profile of "loyal" supporters.   

How About Those Russyans

    The Rus are being Russyans again. The peace plans are being kicked around Europe and Russya as Egg Head and Wannabe Stalin put their demands on the table. The Rus wannabe 's want real estate and weaker Ukrainians so they can finish the job sooner ratyher nthan later to take over completely.

     The farcical approach of the 5-year Old occupant of the White House is enough to make one sick: why would Ukraine give in to the demand that Ukraine turn over the eastern region of Donbass? The Little green Men of the Rus army are not even there, still fighting. Some how, Mad Vlad thinks that adding nthis region will make Russya Great Again. NO, not at all. It will only make Russya worse off and more of an international pariah, as they've been since 1917.

     Europeans don't like the way things are going during the "talks". Seems they feel left out of discussions, especially when it comes to the US position that the US should benefit from any peace agreement to halt the war. Steve Witkoff must know that most Americans don't trust Russya, don't trust Putin, and don't trust Trumpie at all.

     If Witkoff reaches a deal with the current Kremlin leader,m it will hardly benefit Ukraine and only set up more fighting in the near future as the Kremlin seeks central European real estate(Baltics, Scandinavia,  eastern Med. Then what? 

Pundits Pile on California

      Pundits often write about the same timely subject based on their own experience, biases, and the time. In northern California, the realm of the village of Tahoma, we here experience similarities to all of NorCal and somewhat of the rest of California.  We have similar weather(excepting winter), we pay the state taxes, we pay the same electric bills(higher in winter, drive on the CalTrans Highway network, and are familiar with Sacramento and its denizens.

      Columns in 3 newspapers pointed out that Californians are apt to  suffer the effects of one party rule-the Democratic Party: its governor Gavin Newsom, and the Democratic super majority in the legislature, and the 2 Democratic senators-Al Padilla and Adam Shiff. Dan Walters, the respected monitor of Sacramento politics published his take on having a governor bent on going to Washington in 2028. Meanwhile, here at home, the budget deficit looms larger than ever, $35 billions projected loss next year on top of $18 billions this year. The pols just can't seem to stop the leaks, stop the spending, and restrain programs that grow like springtime weeds. The non-partisan budgeteers point out continued problems among the attempts to balance spending and income. It seems that Sacramento and Newsom are unable and unwilling to cut back. Despite high income levels so far this fiscal year, income will not be enough. The state's workers are cutting back on spending; hiring is lagging, and job growth is slowing sharply.

      The Wall St. Journal editorialized that the deep budget deficit will  be very hard to fix since in the past few years the legislature has used tricks to appear to balance spending when in fact nothing could be further from the truth. The paper laughs that Newsom as candidate of Democratic Party hopefuls will be blasted mercilessly by the republican Party and rightfully so. Citizens are streaming out of the State seeking more affordable everything: housing, utilities, sales taxes, property insurance, healthcare, and education. All cheaper elsewhere excepting NYC.  For decades, the beauty of the state and its many assets lulled locals into accepting the high costs of living. Not anymore -those days are over.

      How about those water bills? Skyrocketing. How about groceries- inflated. Gasoline: don't go there. Oh, you'd like to build a house? How about the cost of a building permit: frightful , effectively pricing the middle class out of that possibility. Somefolks in Sacramento rest on the statement that California has the 4th largest economy in the world. So what if most of the citizens can no longer afford to stay when Texas beckons with sharply lower prices across the board.

    Even if the Dems retake one or both houses in Congress, they won't make a difference in time to save Newsom and his state.  In Newsom's native county of Marin, writer Dick Spotswood looks at problems with teacher housing plans which will try to address interim housing needs for local school teachers who can't afford to buy anything in a severely limited market. Various organization are attempting to cobble together development plans to provide a decent affordable place to live so these teachers don't have to commute hours everyday. he alsolinks the Marin County Energy utility that sells over priced power instead of lower priced PG&E. A scam, sure. Even with the support of the Marin  County Office of Education, the financing of this affordable housing will probably end being paid for by local taxpayers. Enough.