Although Putin appears to have ordered his troops to enter Ukraine, the Russian ambassador to the U.S. told “Face the Nation” host Margaret Brennan that the world owes his country a “thank you.” In sporting news, Stephen has a point to make about the country that took home the most medals at the Winter Olympics. #Colbert #Comedy #Monologue
oh christ
turned on my tv to watch Biden’s remarks
on MSNBC, @chucktodd is interviewing Bush’s National Security adviser Stephen Hadley, one of the architects of the last catastrophic and needless wars of choice— Joe Sudbay (@JoeSudbay) February 22, 2022
Some pretty impressive coalition building by the Biden team going on here: https://t.co/g4AqQQy2g9
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 22, 2022
#Russia’s state TV is proudly showing off Mike Pompeo’s recent commentary, where he said about Putin: “Very shrewd. Very capable. I have enormous respect for him.” pic.twitter.com/bxPU6yigAD
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 22, 2022
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Could have been worse, you could have watched the previous hour… https://t.co/BmMZpDpzYJ
— Craig Harrington (@Craigipedia) February 22, 2022
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
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at least two republicans named “Mike” are not gonna be president
From downstairs:
re: #451 Teukka
So, it’s having a mid-life crisis?
I’ll show myself out…
In a strange sort of way, yes.
The leadership of Russia cares about one thing and one thing only and that is maintaining their power. As an oligarchy and essentially a totalitarian regime, not to mention mutual distrust, Russia can’t join the EU and NATO as a means of strengthening it’s economy and easing it’s personal military burdens, and due to their economy being more-or-less terrible for decades, their birth rate has only fallen further and life expectancy is dropping, which hurts the Russian economy even more. People, especially young, educated Russians, have little to no hope for the future.
As such, Russia is in what is effectively a societal death spiral, and the leadership knows it. As far as I can remember, few, if any, civilizations have come out of a similar situation to Russia intact. Thus, Russia is essentially using what tools it has in a desperate attempt to avert said disaster.
Those tools are a powerful military, some world-class espionage and propaganda (at least when it come to their own people and feeble-minded morons elsewhere - I’m looking at you, GOP), it’s remaining legacy status as a world power, a major share in the European energy market, massive currency reserves, and the largest nuclear arsenal on the planet.
The leadership of Russia needs some kind of victory along with a scapegoat, an omnipresent enemy similar to what Communists and terrorists were (and are) to the Western world. The scapegoat the Russian leadership has chosen is NATO…and the West along with Ukraine. As the Kremlin tells the story, they are keeping Russia down, they are encroaching on Russia’s territory, they are ruining Russia economically, they are attacking ethnic Russians, and it is their fault that Russia is failing, not the leadership.
Russia has spent a decade or more building up this message (actually, longer if you go back to Soviet propaganda about the “decadent West”), and they are going to try to use Ukraine as the victory they so desperately need. They just need to make Ukraine look like a puppet state full of Western toadies, something they’ve already been propagandizing for awhile now, and once the public has bought it, they’ll smash Ukraine, defying the West and showing Russia’s strength. Tie Russian nationalism and national mythos into that as well, and Putin figures it’s a gamble worth taking.
Now, will this save Russia? Will this help keep the oligarchs in power? No, not long-term, but it might buy them five or ten years of the Russian public viewing their leaders as worth keeping around since they are willing and able to stand up to the West. Who knows, maybe even long enough for the Russian leadership to come up with some way to save themselves.
Basically, this conflict with Ukraine is a desperate gamble for a slowly failing state to save itself, or perhaps just give itself more time. There are examples of actions just like this throughout history: Ancient Rome, both during and after the Crisis of the Third Century, any number of Chinese imperial dynasties, Cleopatra’s Egypt, the Ottoman Empire and the Austro-Hungarian Empire in WWI, the list can go on.
The guy who made $300m by running a medical company that committed the largest ever Medicare fraud & was forced to pay $1.7b in restitution to American taxpayers has a plan to “rescue America” that starts with making kids say the Pledge of Allegiance. You can’t make this shit up. https://t.co/rrz0Mrii79
— Michael Hattem (@MichaelHattem) February 22, 2022
Given that one of his points is to effectively criminalize anything they call “socialism,” the Pledge itself may end up in jail.
— Michael Hattem (@MichaelHattem) February 22, 2022
re: #6 darthstar
Why isn’t Mike Pompeo in prison?
Because we do have a First Amendment.
However, I really hope that if someone has enough reason to believe he’s giving material support to Russia, or acting as an unregistered agent for them, someone is getting search warrant to see if there’s more to it.
re: #9 aatharuv
Because we do have a First Amendment.
However, I really hope that if someone has enough reason to believe he’s giving material support to Russia, or acting as an unregistered agent for them, someone is getting search warrant to see if there’s more to it.
He was the most corrupt cabinet member next to probably Mnuchin. But we don’t prosecute these kinds of people anymore. We lionize them.
re: #10 darthstar
He was the most corrupt cabinet member next to probably Mnuchin. But we don’t prosecute these kinds of people anymore. We lionize them.
I don’t know. DeVos was corrupt as fuck too.
Carried forward…
re: #333 Belafon
In the US. The rest of the world writes their dates in such a way that you can’t have any fun with them.
Excuse me? The 22nd of every month except October and December is palindromic for the rest of us.
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t know. DeVos was corrupt as fuck too.
What about Wilbur Ross? Actually what about most of them?
re: #11 Eclectic Cyborg
I don’t know. DeVos was corrupt as fuck too.
She still is. I keep hoping the IRS goes after her.
This is censorship. pic.twitter.com/Ih6odqlsJh
— Matt Ortega (@MattOrtega) February 22, 2022
Wow. Absolutely, totally in the bag for Vladimir Putin. Recommends you go directly to the Kremlin to get the “truth.” pic.twitter.com/G8uMfdHf6l
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2022
Минских соглашений теперь не существует - Владимир Путин.
— РБК (@ru_rbc) February 22, 2022
Translation: “Minsk Agreements no longer exist” - Vladimir Putin
re: #17 Charles Johnson
There are other things from Vladimir Putin that are worthwhile reading. Just to see what outright lies and propaganda he’s trying to push on the world. From the bear’s mouth:
A short summary, is that he’s claiming that Ukraine (and for that matter Belarus) is an integral part of Russian civilization, and Ukrainian nationalism is really a result of sustained corruption by the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (which he calls a center of Russian civilization through its control over Ukraine and Belarus), Poland, and the influence of the Catholic church.
Ah.
Here comes the New Contract On America, same as the old Contract On America. https://t.co/jV2L9BAhuh— Mike Dunford (@questauthority) February 22, 2022
re: #3 Backwoods_Sleuth
Somewhat unusual for Russia to unmask one of their assets like this.
— itcamefrominsidethehouse (@itcamefrominsi1) February 22, 2022
re: #25 Patricia Kayden
Not really. They keep playing Tucker over and over.
I wish there was this much attention when Russia invaded the Republican Party.
— John Aravosis 🇺🇸🇬🇷🏳️🌈 (@aravosis) February 22, 2022
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
Russia’s sovereign debt just got cut off!!
Rubles are getting cheaper by the day.
Cool. He should have to notify people like a child molester moving into a new neighborhood.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 22, 2022
re: #28 darthstar
Rubles are getting cheaper by the day.
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That’s actually a pretty hardcore sanction. Bye, bye Russian bonds.
re: #29 Punish Domestic Terrorists
And if we can get the Justice Department to convict TFG of carrying off classified documents, he won’t be able to hold office ever again, either. More of this, please.
re: #20 Dr Lizardo
Translation: “Minsk Agreements no longer exist” - Vladimir Putin
Of course, what he’s also saying is, countries, build nukes — don’t depend on any treaties you have with any other countries to protect you, since they will be broken.
Pres. Biden: “Who in the Lord’s name does Putin think gives him the right to declare new so-called ‘countries’ on territory that belonged to his neighbors? This is a flagrant violation of international law.” https://t.co/BOzesuccXF pic.twitter.com/Jqhj4H6oSU
— ABC News (@ABC) February 22, 2022
“Starting tomorrow and continuing in the days ahead, we’ll also impose sanctions on Russia’s elites and their family members,” Pres. Biden says. “They share in the corrupt games of the Kremlin policies and should share in the pain as well.” https://t.co/rOe0KWORAJ pic.twitter.com/QB0ylOK1lx
— ABC News (@ABC) February 22, 2022
Piss off Putin’s friends, the folks who let him lead……good start
re: #30 Dr Lizardo
That’s actually a pretty hardcore sanction. Bye, bye Russian bonds.
LOL, maybe this will annihilate the stock portfolio of like 90% of the GOP.
re: #30 Dr Lizardo
That’s actually a pretty hardcore sanction. Bye, bye Russian bonds.
If Putin can’t pay his troops, his troops won’t be very happy.
re: #33 b.d
I like the idea of travel sanctions against the Russian elites. But those corrupt assholes have so much physical cash on hand they can survive months of financial asset seizure without blinking.
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
Russia’s sovereign debt just got cut off!!
As of 2 hours ago, the Brits still hadn’t done this, and I’ve not seen anything about the US doing this? When did this happen?
(Just some sanctions against billionaires, and some other sanctions that might take weeks to implement.)
bbc.com
Edit: never mine, found a link about US sanctions, though not many details.
Biden Announces Sanctions, Calls Putin’s Moves an Invasion (8:23 p.m.)
Biden said the U.S. is imposing sanctions targeting Russia’s sale of sovereign debt abroad and on the country’s “elites and their family members.” In addition, he said he’s shifting American forces in Europe to help bolster Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania and warned more sanctions could be coming.
re: #34 Mattand
LOL, maybe this will annihilate the stock portfolio of like 90% of the GOP.
That would be rich. Lose their money and then get hit with a margin call so there’s no easy recovery.
$10 says CPAC will be full of Russian flags.
re: #37 aatharuv
Thanks to Brexit the Brits have to act unilaterally against Russia, while the rest of the EU does it in concert. US is also a separate sanction. Nice of the Asian countries to band together to a certain extent.
re: #34 Mattand
LOL, maybe this will annihilate the stock portfolio of like 90% of the GOP.
re: #35 darthstar
If Putin can’t pay his troops, his troops won’t be very happy.
LOL, a lot of people here in Czech Republic are gonna be panicking; they all thought Russia was some great investment and now Biden just set off a MOAB on the Russian economy.
As for Russian troops, I reckon they’ll be paid in potatoes.
re: #17 Charles Johnson
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re: #39 Eclectic Cyborg
$10 says CPAC will be full of Russian flags.
You mean 793.4 rubles, the preferred currency of the GOP.
Thread for Finnish (left) Perspective:
Greetings from a Finnish leftist! The international situation has apparently left many people in the English-speaking countries confused. I write this thread in the hopes of sharing a perspective I believe is widely if not unilaterally shared in Finland, most leftists included.
— Janne M. Korhonen 🇫🇮🇪🇺🐟🇺🇦 (@jmkorhonen) February 22, 2022
re: #7 Dr Lizardo
So in short the Russian leadership is trying to prop themselves up internally a bit longer by having a short victorious war?
Everyone knows that REAL leaders walk backward out of the room while never breaking eye contact https://t.co/6NHIdpVW0B
— Collin Reischman (@CMReischman) February 22, 2022
The wheels of justice grind slow but exceedingly fine; unfortunately, this seems to be taken as an excuse to be slow, a self-fulfilling prophecy, as it were.
🚨BREAKING: AG Merrick Garland has confirmed that NARA informedthe DOJ that it found classified information in the documents Trump took to Mar-a-Lago.
Garland adds: “We will do what we always do under these circumstance: look at the facts of the law and take it from there.”— Spiro Agnew’s Ghost (@SpiroAgnewGhost) February 22, 2022
re: #46 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
So in short the Russian leadership is trying to prop themselves up internally a bit longer by having a short victorious war?
Not just themselves, but Russian society itself, which is basically in an irreversible decline (IMO). They’re just hoping for a miracle.
Got sad news; the victim of this shooting is an attorney who use to appear in my hearings.
Update: Former state Rep. C. Wesley Morgan confirmed that his 32-year-old daughter was killed in the shooting. Morgan also said he and his wife were “shot up,” but he did not provide further details. https://t.co/ovkjU3M3oe
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) February 22, 2022
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is everything GOP the stupidest, most vapid, ignorant thing possible?
Nevermind.
re: #44 Mattand
You mean 793.4 rubles, the preferred currency of the GOP.
By the time CPAC starts, $10 might be 7.93 million rubles.
Brain injury seems to be their way of saying that this black Conservative jumped to her death then lingered for a while.
Pageant queen and conservative commentator Zoe Sozo Bethel dead after brain injury (The Hill)
re: #38 darthstar
That would be rich. Lose their money and then get hit with a margin call so there’s no easy recovery.
do we still do margins?
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
If I were you, I’d have my brain checked out by a professional.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 22, 2022
re: #1 Backwoods_Sleuth
Joe Sudbay
@JoeSudbay
oh christturned on my tv to watch Biden’s remarks
on MSNBC, @chucktodd is interviewing Bush’s National Security adviser Stephen Hadley
I watched a clip from this morning’s Morning Joe with a frothing Mica and crew ranting about how awful awful awful Biden is doing. I shut it down after about a minute.
re: #53 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Brain injury seems to be their way of saying that this black Conservative jumped to her death then lingered for a while.
Pageant queen and conservative commentator Zoe Sozo Bethel dead after brain injury (The Hill)
The Daily Mail is way more brutally honest about it:
EXCLUSIVE: Miss Alabama Zoe Sozo Bethel, 27, died after attempting suicide by leaping off seven-story Miami condo, authorities say
re: #53 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Brain injury seems to be their way of saying that this black Conservative jumped to her death then lingered for a while.
Pageant queen and conservative commentator Zoe Sozo Bethel dead after brain injury (The Hill)
The GoFundMe has raised $45k or of a desired $500k. Worth more dead than alive, I guess. No insurance. Big bills. Come in conservatives! Bootstraps! Get off that socialistic GFM teat suck.
(Yes I’m being an asshole. Everyone should have insurance. Why didn’t she? She worked for a few right wing places. I wonder. [Not really])
re: #36 darthstar
I like the idea of travel sanctions against the Russian elites. But those corrupt assholes have so much physical cash on hand they can survive months of financial asset seizure without blinking.
Years of sanctions without blinking. Have our Swiss friends reformed their banking laws or can criminals still squirrel their assets there without concern of losing access?
re: #57 Dr Lizardo
The Daily Mail is way more brutally honest about it:
She was good-looking, but used her looks for evil.
She’s clearly a real conservative, skipping insurance as an unneeded expense when there are sheep to be fleeced.
gofundme.com
WTF.
This may be the greatest thing I’ve ever seen. It blows Gal Godot’s “Imagine” out of the water, and I CANNOT BELIEVE no one has ever told me about it before. https://t.co/NPJNLzJBjG
— The Night Stalker (@kolchak) February 21, 2022
“Russia has now undeniably moved against Ukraine.”
President Biden says he is imposing the “first tranche” of sanctions against Russia.
“We will continue to escalate sanctions if Russia continues to escalate.”— Sara Cook (@saraecook) February 22, 2022
Pres Biden also announces that he has authorized additional forces already stationed in Europe to bolster Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania.
He called these “totally defensive moves on our part. We have no intention of fighting Russia,” but said they’ll defend “every inch” of NATO— Sara Cook (@saraecook) February 22, 2022
“I’m hoping diplomacy is still available,” President Biden ends his remarks without taking questions.
— Sara Cook (@saraecook) February 22, 2022
In response to Candace Owens, I don’t remember any agreements that said NATO wouldn’t expand east.
re: #48 Dopamine Fish
The wheels of justice grind slow but exceedingly fine; unfortunately, this seems to be taken as an excuse to be slow, a self-fulfilling prophecy, as it were.
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I suppose we should be thankful that Merrick Garland doesn’t supervise a fire department.
George Washington, the father of our country, would only exit rooms by doing cartwheels. Abraham Lincoln would hop on one leg. Ronald Reagan would skip out the door.
Now those men were leaders! https://t.co/rjKdyMRDBl— Ian Millhiser (@imillhiser) February 22, 2022
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
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While looking at the thread, I found this:
“”I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius,’” Trump recalled. “Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful.”
— Elisabeth N (@elisabeth1518) February 22, 2022
Is this true ? or something from a satire site?
re: #61 A Cranky One
WTF.
I’m not sure, but Tanya being that close to Katarina makes me a little nervous.
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Amendment that would have forced teachers to out LGBTQ students dropped from Florida ‘Don’t Say Gay’ bill https://t.co/nom5VvOzKp
— Raw Story (@RawStory) February 22, 2022
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 22, 2022
#Russia’s state TV is proudly showing off Mike Pompeo’s recent commentary, where he said about Putin: “Very shrewd. Very capable. I have enormous respect for him.” pic.twitter.com/bxPU6yigAD
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 22, 2022
re: #63 Belafon
In response to Candace Owens, I don’t remember any agreements that said NATO wouldn’t expand east.
The Russians have insisted for years they got verbal assurances back in the 1990s that NATO wouldn’t be moving on up into their neck of the woods, but there was never any written agreement to that effect.
However, Mikhail Gorbachev has always maintained that the matter of NATO eastward expansion never even came up for discussion, and to be blunt, I trust Gorby a good deal more than the current crop of Russian leaders.
re: #65 jaunte
Teddy Roosevelt would do the Michael Jackson moon walk so he could keep an eye on the media.
re: #66 Hecuba’s daughter
While looking at the thread, I found this:
Is this true ? or something from a satire site?
Trump praises Putin’s ‘genius’ plan to invade Ukraine: ‘You gotta say that’s pretty savvy’
Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday called Vladimir Putin a “genius” after the Russian president made moves to take over parts of Ukraine.
Trump made the remarks during an interview with conservative podcaster Buck Sexton.
“I went in yesterday and there was a television screen, and I said, ‘This is genius,’” Trump recalled. “Putin declares a big portion of the Ukraine — of Ukraine — Putin declares it as independent. Oh, that’s wonderful.”
“I said, ‘How smart is that?’” the former U.S. president continued. “And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper. That’s the strongest peace force… We could use that on our southern border. That’s the strongest peace force I’ve ever seen. There were more army tanks than I’ve ever seen. They’re gonna keep peace all right. No, but think of it. Here’s a guy who’s very savvy.”
Mark Lanegan, grunge pioneer and Screaming Trees singer, has died at 57. https://t.co/sHnd5r2wDV
— Rolling Stone (@RollingStone) February 22, 2022
#MeanwhileInCanada pic.twitter.com/nV4X4OuIWS
— Meanwhile in Canada (@MeanwhileinCana) February 22, 2022
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOL Trump continues to express his vaguely homoerotic desires for Pootie-Poot.
re: #73 Backwoods_Sleuth
Trump should declare Florida a sovereign state. DeSantis would be afraid to argue with him.
re: #76 Dr Lizardo
He has a very creepy attraction to abusers.
re: #68 jaunte
It’s real:
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I’m pretty sure that Buck Sexton is a Stephen Colbert character.
This was from last night downthread but I felt the need to put my 2 cents in now that I’m awake since it was in response to something I said.
re: #376 Hecuba’s daughter
He’s not paranoid or irrational; he knows that we are not going to engage in a direct military conflict with him — the danger to the world survival is too great.
Putin has been basically hiding in a Bunker for 2 years. He’s terrified of getting COVID and looking weak, or perhaps dying. Clownstick got it, BJ got it, Bolsonaro got it multiple times, Queen Elizabeth has it…. he wants to continue to be the shirtless strong man alpha male who beat this thing and never got it. The reality is he’s scared shitless of it. For all the crap Biden was given by the #KremlinCaucus about not doing “rallies” during the campaign, at least he’s not hiding in a bunker.
If you watched his yammering yesterday, he looks really physically bad. Like he’s aged a decade in a year and bloated in a heavy drinker way to me. He was setup at a desk like 50 feet away from his cabinet members, who were all sitting in chairs with no desks or tables with their hands folded in front of them so Putin could see them. Every one of those guys looked like they were about to get picked for live execution on state television.
I’m failing to see a completely rational person here.
Biden notes that US gas prices may rise, and says, “defending freedom with have costs for us as well at here at home. We need to be honest about that.” pic.twitter.com/c4q1qPBFuV
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 22, 2022
re: #78 jaunte
He has a very creepy attraction to abusers.
Yeah, it’s almost like some kind of S&M thing.
re: #74 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
A rep for the artist confirmed that the artist died at his home in Killarney, Ireland. “No other information is available at this time,” the publicist wrote. “The family asks everyone to respect their privacy at this time.” Lanegan was 57.
Opiate overdose?
re: #58 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
The GoFundMe has raised $45k or of a desired $500k. Worth more dead than alive, I guess. No insurance. Big bills. Come in conservatives! Bootstraps! Get off that socialistic GFM teat suck.
(Yes I’m being an asshole. Everyone should have insurance. Why didn’t she? She worked for a few right wing places. I wonder. [Not really])
Bethel worked for Right Side Broadcasting Network, was a brand ambassador for Turning Point USA and was involved at Liberty University’s Falkirk Center. Additionally, she was a spokeswoman for Students for Life and affiliated with Project Veritas, her family noted.
Quite the resume this lady had.
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re: #80 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I noticed that as well. He looked rough, aged, bloated and the way he was sitting and shifting around seemed like he’s got either a case of hemorrhoids or maybe an enlarged prostate, either one of which would be no doubt quite uncomfortable.
And with that, time to call it a day. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
re: #79 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I’m pretty sure that Buck Sexton is a Stephen Colbert character.
Buck Sexton (born 28 December 1981) is an American radio host, political commentator, podcaster, writer, and former CIA intelligence officer. He is best known as the co-host of the popular “The Clay Travis and the Buck Sexton Show” that is nationally syndicated by Premiere Radio Networks, a subsidiary of iHeartMedia.
Sexton is also the host of “Hold The Line” on The First TV and formerly guest host for “The Rush Limbaugh Show,” “The Sean Hannity Show,” and “The Glenn Beck Program.” Sexton as a renowned radio host often discusses business, politics, entertainment, and social issues.
He is also a regular guest analyst appearing on Fox News and Fox Business Network. He was formerly a CNN contributor, and host at The Hill TV “Rising.”
re: #55 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Why does he hate America?! pic.twitter.com/F1nIiffvNi
— Oh. My. Glob. (@efuseakay) February 22, 2022
re: #81 Backwoods_Sleuth
“defending freedom will have costs for us as well at here at home. We need to be honest about that.”
When I heard him say that on the live broadcast, it was an embarrassing moment:
that he had to reassure self-indulgent Americans they wouldn’t have to sacrifice all that much to defend the lives and freedom of people in Ukraine.
re: #80 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’d be happy to see Putin on a ventilator.
DO NOT CONGRATULATE
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) February 22, 2022
re: #66 Hecuba’s daughter
While looking at the thread, I found this:
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re: #78 jaunte
He has a very creepy attraction to abusers.
A big part of it is that Trump is also an abuser, and he has a sick respect for tyrants that abuse on scales Trump can only dream of.
re: #47 Backwoods_Sleuth
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jake, it’s the defining image of what he thinks of people who write the way you do
Everyone knows that REAL leaders walk backward out of the room while never breaking eye contact https://t.co/6NHIdpVW0B
— Collin Reischman (@CMReischman) February 22, 2022
re: #92 EPR-radar
Reminds me of his fantasy about police slamming arrestees heads into their cars.
re: #94 jaunte
Reminds me of his fantasy about police slamming arrestees heads into their cars.
Exactly. Trump is full of disgusting impulses only his native cowardice keeps at bay.
Live: The CHP is in pursuit of a party bus. Sky5 is overhead https://t.co/kp2VQGfTaJ pic.twitter.com/ousLapppIS
— KTLA (@KTLA) February 22, 2022
re: #94 jaunte
Reminds me of his fantasy about police slamming arrestees heads into their cars.
Trump outlined a scenario in which a police officer would be careful not to harm a person they are arresting and instructed officers not to worry about that, saying:
“When you guys put somebody in the car and you’re protecting their head, you know, the way you put their hand over, like, don’t hit their head and they’ve just killed somebody. Don’t hit their head. I said, you can take the hand away, okay?”
There was a pause after Trump’s delivery, and then the officers behind him began to clap and cheer.
Just a former and maybe-future president casually floating the annexation of parts of northern Mexico. https://t.co/i95PTUD4mn
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 22, 2022
re: #97 Eclectic Cyborg
The police do that to prevent accusations of brutality. And if someone didn’t protect Trump’s head as he was put into a car he’d cry bloody murder.
Trump says Putin’s military move on Ukraine is “genius.”
“Putin is now saying, ‘It’s independent,’ a large section of Ukraine. I said, ‘How smart is that?’ And he’s gonna go in and be a peacekeeper… We could use that on our southern border.”
“Here’s a guy who’s very savvy.” pic.twitter.com/8vk9SWm3QO— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur) February 22, 2022
re: #75 Backwoods_Sleuth
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I really need to ask Robyn to send me some of their coffee.
re: #96 jaunte
Driver left the engine running and went into the office building to get his clients. There’s nothing else on that road in the area. Bad luck I guess.
Did you notice that Trump is all about the blame-game? No condemnation of Putin. No specific idea on how to deal with Putin’s aggression. pic.twitter.com/qbs7MZgnXt
— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) February 22, 2022
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
Putin still carries some of Trump’s debt. Find a connection between a sanctioned Russian and a Trump property and you can extend the asset freeze to him.
Afternoon shadows on my way back toward my landing site. I’ll be looking for good sampling opportunities here before pushing north to the ancient river delta in the months to come.
More on the delta and what it might teach us: https://t.co/p9A2vJnIRn pic.twitter.com/gUDJ57Ip9R— NASA’s Perseverance Mars Rover (@NASAPersevere) February 22, 2022
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
He wouldn’t have had to invade. Trump would have just said “Its yours!”.
re: #84 Eclectic Cyborg
Bethel worked for Right Side Broadcasting Network, was a brand ambassador for Turning Point USA and was involved at Liberty University’s Falkirk Center. Additionally, she was a spokeswoman for Students for Life and affiliated with Project Veritas, her family noted.
Quite the resume this lady had.
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A veritable Who’s Who for people needing to reevaluate their lives. Her association with the worst people out there cost her her day job, the modeling firm cancelled her contract. Maybe that’s why she offered herself.
I’d just like to say…
const regex = /^\s*(?<action>go|delete)(?:\s+)(?<direction>forward|back(?:wards?)?)\s*(?<amount>forwards|(?<number>to|[^\s]+)\s+(?<type>words?|characters?))\s*$/ire: #61 A Cranky One
WTF.
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Mandatory viewing. The titles alone plus Tanya Harding for some reason.
re: #110 Charles Johnson
I’d just like to say…
const regex = /^\s*(?go|delete)(?:\s+)(? forward|back(?:wards?)?)\s*(? forwards|(? to|[^\s]+)\s+(? words?|characters?))\s*$/i
Easy for you to say.
re: #92 EPR-radar
A big part of it is that Trump is also an abuser, and he has a sick respect for tyrants that abuse on scales Trump can only dream of.
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This. Every word.
I was wondering if the code formatter would handle that regular expression with all its escaped characters. Looks like it did!
re: #115 Eclectic Cyborg
There you go, letting a bunch of characters get away from you again.
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They never really escape, I just let them think so.
re: #96 jaunte
The dude driving it looks like a pirate. All he needs is a parrot on his shoulder. Arrrrrrr.
re: #89 darthstar
I’d be happy to see Putin on a ventilator.
I downdinged that.
I feel I have to explain.
I don’t want anybody to suffer. I just don’t want those [censored] to make others suffer.
I’d like Putin to live a long, healthy, powerless life.
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