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Bizarre moment Antony Blinken sings and plays guitar in a Kyiv bar to celebrate giving more U.S. aid to Ukraine
dailymail.co.uk ^
| 14 May 2024
| Nikki Schwab, Senior U.S. Political Reporter For Dailymail.Com
Posted on 05/15/2024 7:52:59 AM PDT by V_TWIN
Secretary of State Antony Blinken's surprise trip to Ukraine Tuesday took a musical twist when he joined a band onstage in Kyiv to perform a rendition of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free World.
Blinken's unscheduled trip was his first since Congress finally approved nearly $61 billion in fresh aid to Ukraine to bolster the nation's defenses against the ongoing Russian invasion.
The secretary of State ended his day at the Barman Dictat in Kyiv, where he joined the band 19.99 onstage.
Sporting dad jeans, black sneakers and a black button-down, Blinken strapped on a red guitar and told the crowd, 'I know that this is a really, really difficult time.'
'Your soldiers, your citizens - particularly in the northeast and Kharkiv - are suffering tremendously, but they need to know, you need to know, the United States is with you, so much of the world is with you,' Blinken said. 'And they're fighting not just for Ukraine but for the free world. And the free world is with you too.'
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KEYWORDS: blinken; ukraineaid; ukrainewar
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Just in case you needed your blood pressure elevated this morning
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posted on
05/15/2024 7:52:59 AM PDT
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V_TWIN
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
05/15/2024 7:54:48 AM PDT
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V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
We need war crimes trials.
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:03:45 AM PDT
by
Salman
(It's not a slippery slope if it was part of the program all along. )
To: V_TWIN
Maybe he should quit his day job.
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:05:36 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:08:03 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: V_TWIN
Rome (USA) burns, while this guy fiddles (with OUR tax dollars).
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:08:36 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: Salman
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:08:47 AM PDT
by
Jane Long
(The role of the GOP: to write sharply-worded letters as America becomes a communist hell-hole.)
To: V_TWIN
Just happened to have a left handed guitar there.
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:10:37 AM PDT
by
bray
(It's not racist to be racist against races you do not like.)
To: bray
Just happened to have a left handed guitar there.Appears to be an brand new Les Paul Epiphone paid for by our tax dollars and probably given to him as a "gift".
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:12:50 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: V_TWIN
Vitoria Nuland was seen outside the bar distributing free cookies.
(Cookies provided by the MIC.)
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:15:40 AM PDT
by
bimboeruption
(โLess propaganda would be appreciated.โ JimRob 12-2-2023)
To: V_TWIN
Ha! I finally figured it out. The Democrats are simply a comedy troupe that concentrates on black humor. This administration is a total joke. A Dr Strangelove joke.
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:48:03 AM PDT
by
Seruzawa
("The Political left is the Garden of Eden of incompetence" - Marx the Smarter (Groucho))
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:53:10 AM PDT
by
rktman
(Destroy America from within? Check! WTH? Enlisted USN 1967 to end up with this๐ฉ? ๐ซ๐! ๐ฎ๐ฑ๐!)
To: Seruzawa
Well, when you know there will be no repercussions for your actions.....what the hell. ๐คท
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:58:25 AM PDT
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V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
Sob should be drawn and quartered for what he is doing to America.
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posted on
05/15/2024 8:58:28 AM PDT
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bk1000
(Banned from Breitbart)
To: V_TWIN
He should have played ‘War Pigs’ by Black Sabbath.
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posted on
05/15/2024 9:14:09 AM PDT
by
Right Brother
(Pray for God's intervention to stop UMCRevMom's invasion of Free Republic.)
To: V_TWIN
Fiddling while Ukraine burns due to his incompetence.
To: Right Brother
I suspect the fact that he covered a song by a notorious uber lib jackass was no accident.
He coulda done God Bless the USA by Lee Greenwood but there’s the distinct possiblity he woulda burst into flames right on the spot......if only. ๐
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posted on
05/15/2024 9:29:11 AM PDT
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V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
Why does the scene from Airplane come to mind with the guitar playing, people singing which leads to the sick girl’s IV tube being yanked out...... just saying....
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05/15/2024 9:48:49 AM PDT
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Lockbox
(politicians, they all seemed like game show hosts to me.... Stingโฆ)
To: 1Old Pro
I was thinking that, but we’d probably get worse.
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posted on
05/15/2024 9:51:24 AM PDT
by
Paul R.
(Bin Laden wanted Obama killed so the incompetent VP, Biden, would become President!)
To: V_TWIN
he joined a band onstage in Kyiv to perform a rendition of Neil Young's Rockin' in the Free WorldAs if this Leftist dope believes in freedom. What a joke.
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posted on
05/15/2024 10:05:06 AM PDT
by
Major Matt Mason
(To solve the Democrat problem, the RINO problem must first be solved.)
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