Comments by "TheEvertw" (@TheEvertw) on "Why this Week is Critical for Ukraine" video.

  1. I know it is an aside, but it is crazy that a single man can stop legislation from being passed in a democracy. Mitch McConnell has killed numerous laws that had majority support by simply not scheduling them for a vote. The USA is, as a democracy, sick. It MUST be possible for a simple majority (or better still, much less) of the Senate to force the speaker to schedule a specific vote, in order to be called a democracy. In my country (NL) a single member of the Senate can call for a debate on an issue, and during that debate a motion can be put to the vote with the support of 4 other senators. Such a motion can force the speaker to schedule a vote on proposed legislation. Also, the speaker is replaced when he/she has lost the confidence of a simple majority of the senate. Also other mechanisms to subvert democracy, like the fillibuster, are not allowed in NL. The speaker assigns limited speaking time to each speaker, and will cancel someone's opportunity when he/she goes off-topic.
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  2. That Russia is withdrawing its troops from NATO border puts the lie to their nuclear threats. Because Russia can be damned certain that if it explodes a nuclear weapon on NATO soil, NATO will invade it and decapitate Russian leadership all the way to Moscow. Prigozhin has shown it can be done, easily. In spite of all the rethoric, Putin knows he has nothing to fear from NATO as long as he doesn't attack us first.
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