John Oliver explains what critical race theory is, what it isn’t, and why we can expect to hear more about it in the coming months.
Walking the dog after snow.. 😂 https://t.co/P3FiT70L3K
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 21, 2022
Cavuto was likely fighting for his life when Alex Berenson told Tucker Carlson’s audience the “mRNA COVID vaccines need to be withdrawn from the market now. No one should get them. No one should get boosted. They are a dangerous and ineffective product.” https://t.co/cnnOVoyuwB https://t.co/dzjeOIvrqN
— Matthew Gertz (@MattGertz) February 21, 2022
Translation: Putin has just ordered the second (after Crimea) partition of Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/5yyIZFJjLb
— Piotr Zalewski (@p_zalewski) February 21, 2022
#BREAKING French President Macron calls defence council meeting over Ukraine: presidency pic.twitter.com/dYUy2t3TMw
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 21, 2022
How can I be so sure there are no women on the CPAC design team, you ask? pic.twitter.com/OyiEuF2rou
— Helen Kennedy (@HelenKennedy) February 21, 2022
When people like Medhi Hassan and Will Stancil use the number of vaccinated deaths to shame people about COVID, they ignore that there is a new tier, which is boosted.
A fully vaccinated, unboosted person still has significant protection, but a boosted person has much more. pic.twitter.com/ywa2qNpR8u— What Biden Has Done (@What46HasDone) February 21, 2022
And those preventable COVID deaths have not been evenly distributed around the country.
In Florida, DeSantis became a Republican hero by banning local officials from taking common-sense measures to fight COVID in May and by increasingly catering to anti-vaxxers.
The result: pic.twitter.com/tmp9qpLVML— The Democratic Difference (@DemDifference) February 21, 2022
yep
Probably more importantly, the words since the move have, on average, more duplicate letters. Before the move, 33% of the words had duplicates. Since the move, 45% of the words have duplicates. 3/7
— Sarah Lawsky (@sarahlawsky) February 20, 2022
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
I noticed that too.
As soon as I grow up, they all die… https://t.co/b3FfThKLzv pic.twitter.com/18BB80yWkz
— Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) February 21, 2022
Just an observation, but the rhetoric Putin is using suggests to me that Putin wants all of Ukraine, and that he will not stop with the so-called “People’s Republics”.
He considers Ukraine to be Russian territory. End of story.
👇🏼👇🏼👇🏼 https://t.co/FIdFEg2UkO
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) February 21, 2022
re: #6 Backwoods_Sleuth
The top ten states on that list are all red, as are 15 of the top 17, with two purple states (Az and Ga). NM, at No. 22 in Covid deaths on that list, is the worst blue state.
This is a justification by Putin for a full blown Invasion of Ukraine
— ڤيفا ريڤولت🇺🇦 (@VivaRevolt) February 21, 2022
Putin’s gone straight out of his fucking mind…
Now we’re getting a long (revisionist) history of how Russia is responsible for Ukraine’s existence…
— Nina Jankowicz (@wiczipedia) February 21, 2022
re: #7 Backwoods_Sleuth
“Popular thing gets bought by major corporation, turns to shit” is a tale as old as time capitalism.
re: #16 darthstar
It might continue beyond that depending on who takes over after Putin.
BoJo announces the lifting of all covid restrictions in England, even that people with covid self-isolate, urging England to learn to live with the virus. Many will die with it, instead. news.yahoo.com
The Nut Hutch is closed.
Doctor Who star Stewart Bevan has died at the age of 73.
The actor was best known for playing Professor Clifford Jones alongside Jon Pertwee’s Third Doctor in 1973, before appearing in Emmerdale and films like Brannigan, The Ghoul and House of Mortal Sin.
His Doctor Who co-star and ex-partner Katy Manning paid tribute to Bevan this afternoon, describing him as “the most beautiful man, poet, actor, screenwriter, husband and father”.
“He was the love in my life for many years on and off screen and our wonderful friendship continued to the end,” she added.
Doctor Who actor Stewart Bevan dies, aged 73 (RadioTimes)
Putin to the world: Ukraine is a figment of your imagination. https://t.co/eAU8pTdc1s
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 21, 2022
He’s gone insane.
re: #11 jaunte
There is a grain of truth to his statement that it was “madness” for Republics to leave the USSR.
It was madness and pre-programmed chaos for the Soviet Republics to simply fall apart with no negotiations on how to resolve outstanding issues like how to divide up the debts, assets and other state responsibilities and competencies, without resolving issues of minorities living outside their “native” Republics.
Add that the Breakup of the USSR left Russia with the largest diaspora in the world, some 30 million were left “stranded” outside Russia, and where they were once a rather privileged and even pampered minority, they found themselves the object of discrimination in many cases.
Just the sort of thing that would make them call for help.
The current conflict was brought about by the failure of Soviet leadership to even address, much less resolve these issues in the 1990’s.
Putin’s Donbas address is unbelievably dark and aggressive.
I’ve watched a lot of Putin speeches, and I don’t think I’ve ever seen one quite like this.— Sam Greene (@samagreene) February 21, 2022
Putin is trying to re-establish the old USSR…one piece at a time.
He has made it clear that his short-term goal is to reassemble the Russian/Soviet Empire and bring all the old Republics back into the fold.
All the ethic Russians in the diaspora are his Sudetendeutsch and he will use them as his excuse to move into the Baltic, Caucasus and Central Asian states.
Important point. Of course this was never about NATO. https://t.co/2axoPICGir
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) February 21, 2022
Putin basically says Ukraine shouldn’t exist. “A steady statehood didn’t occur.” Almost the same words that Stalin said about Poland in 1939.
— Yaroslav Trofimov (@yarotrof) February 21, 2022
JFC
Putin recalls the 2014 Odessa fire in which dozens of pro-Russians died.
“The radicals who seized power in Ukraine organized terror and a series of murders went unpunished […] we know the criminals by name and will do everything to punish them.”— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 21, 2022
“Ukraine has been reduced to the level of a colony with a puppet regime,” Putin says.
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 21, 2022
re: #24 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He has made it clear that his short-term goal is to reassemble the Russian/Soviet Empire and bring all the old Republics back into the fold.
All the ethic Russians in the diaspora are his Sudetendeutsch and he will use them as his excuse to move into the Baltic, Caucasus and Central Asian states.
The Baltics are all NATO and EU member states.
PUTIN SAYS UKRAINE IS A U.S. COLONY WITH ‘A PUPPET REGIME’
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 21, 2022
PUTIN SAYS KYIV IS PREPARING TO EXECUTE RUSSIAN ORTHODOX CHURCH
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 21, 2022
PUTIN ACCUSES WESTERN INTELLIGENCE SERVICES OF HELPING UKRAINE COMMIT CRIMES
— *Walter Bloomberg (@DeItaone) February 21, 2022
re: #28 Dr Lizardo
The Baltics are all NATO and EU member states.
Might as well nab Finland while he’s at it…Their “nationhood” never really existed either.
I’ve had a few people around the Kremlin say that Ukraine was downstream from Nato: just an irritant in Russia’s relations with the west.
20 minutes in and Putin hasn’t even mentioned Nato. This is just an enormous rant where he seems to really resent Ukraine for being a country— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 21, 2022
re: #30 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Might as well nab Finland while he’s at it…Their “nationhood” never really existed either.
I beg to differ.
re: #28 Dr Lizardo
The Baltics are all NATO and EU member states.
If Trump regains power, he will pull the US out of NATO.
The thing is a post-nuke scenario is even more grim in 2022 because it will also be absurd.
“DON’T BELIEVE THE SO-CALLED EXPERTS! POTASSIUM IODINE PILLS HAVE TRACKING CHIPS! FALLOUT STRENGTHENS YOUR IMMUNE SYSTEM!” [rubs visibly glowing ash on face] “DON’T BE SHEEP!”— HulkLawyerHat (@Popehat) February 21, 2022
re: #30 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Might as well nab Finland while he’s at it…Their “nationhood” never really existed either.
NATO would have no choice but go to war against Russia.
re: #9 Backwoods_Sleuth
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お食事にご不満でいらっしゃる様子。交換差し上げた方が宜しいのではにゃかろうか(^_^;) pic.twitter.com/qFyyjnY24S
— おみこ にゃん (@poco3118) February 21, 2022
And Boris Yeltsin invented Russian Federation in 1991. https://t.co/nwBm1wq2qT
— Serhiy Prytula (@serhiyprytula) February 21, 2022
re: #35 Dr Lizardo
NATO would have no choice but go to war against Russia.
Unless NATO effectively no longer exists.
This address from Putin is full of grievance. This is not the President of a major power, this is a dictator with nuclear weapons locking himself in the bathroom and yelling that everyone thinks he’s fat - just before setting the house on fire.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 21, 2022
I don’t usually watch Jack Posobiec on Twitter, but JFC this guy is pumping out a non-stop stream of pro-Putin agitprop. Openly supporting Russia to invade Ukraine. And a whole lot of right wingers are echoing it. It’s wild to see this. And they call themselves patriots.
re: #14 Dr Lizardo
Putin’s gone straight out of his fucking mind…
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“I have become Trump, the Destroyer of Order.”
re: #38 No Malarkey!
Unless NATO effectively no longer exists.
Well then, let’s hope Trump is in the slammer by 2024. Or better yet, has fled the country - being the cowardly POS that he is. Or even better yet…..enjoying his eternal slumber after one too many Big Macs.
Keep trying to write tweets debunking this disgusting speech and being overwhelmed by anger instead.
Let me just say instead that we will not let the words of an invader, thief, and murderer define what Ukraine is like.— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) February 21, 2022
re: #40 Charles Johnson
I don’t usually watch Jack Posobiec on Twitter, but JFC this guys is pumping out a non-stop stream of pro-Putin agitprop. Openly supporting Russia to invade Ukraine. And a whole lot of right wingers are echoing it. It’s wild to see this. And they call themselves patriots.
Why does he still have a Twitter account?
This is some Munich Agreement garbage. https://t.co/IIlqJKyA2k
— Alex Halpern (@HalpernAlex) February 21, 2022
This is a war of choice, like Iraq was for the US, for profit and prestige, and there is no moral rationalization for it. It is armed robbery writ large.
— Alex Halpern (@HalpernAlex) February 21, 2022
re: #42 Dr Lizardo
Well then, let’s hope Trump is in the slammer by 2024. Or better yet, has fled the country - being the cowardly POS that he is. Or even better yet…..enjoying his eternal slumber after one too many Big Macs.
Why, Covid, why did you let HIM survive?
re: #45 Backwoods_Sleuth
This is the Sudetenland all over again. It’s Russian irredentism writ large.
Putin, no doubt like a good many other Russians, is still severely butthurt about Russia’s geopolitical loss of influence.
re: #22 Dr Lizardo
CNN cut away from Putin’s maximalist ‘we’re ready to reassemble the Russian empire’ speech because he’s taking too long to make Donbas news I guess.
— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw) February 21, 2022
DO YOU GET IT YET?! #säkpol https://t.co/SLwtRsseBG
— Franzén (@SectionIX) February 21, 2022
re: #35 Dr Lizardo
NATO would have no choice but go to war against Russia.
Finland is not part of NATO, right?
re: #40 Charles Johnson
I’m old enough to remember when left(ish) people had agitprop skills. When I was a kid we had bands like Dead Kennedys. The Damned Kids These Days just sing about their butt and/or their money.
re: #46 No Malarkey!
Why, Covid, why did you let HIM survive?
He got the kind of treatment that only a President gets, as he worked to infect other people with the disease.
O_o
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “It’s time to embrace the Civil War in the GOP.” pic.twitter.com/Sd8blRCh3l
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 21, 2022
re: #47 Dr Lizardo
This is the Sudetenland all over again. It’s Russian irredentism writ large.
Putin, no doubt like a good many other Russians, is still severely butthurt about Russia’s geopolitical loss of influence.
” Make Greater Russia Great Again.” - Donald Vladimirovich Putin
re: #51 JC1
Finland is not part of NATO, right?
Finland, like Sweden, is neutral.
Though after this gasbag’s insane ranting, I wonder if they might reconsider that whole neutrality thing.
re: #52 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
I’m old enough to remember when left(ish) people had agitprop skills. When I was a kid we had bands like Dead Kennedys. The Damned Kids These Days just sing about their butt and/or their money.
I’m old enough to remember when hiphop had songs like this….
Those lyrics, just damn.
First we had a cockroach in lipstick, now a human fish stick in a bowtie.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Fox News is funneling it’s pro-Putin content thru a human fish stick in a bowtie whose entire military experience consists of once using camoflage grip-tape on his squash racquet…..this will not end well.
— NoelCaslerComedy (@caslernoel) February 21, 2022
Meanwhile in Bizarro World:
Lt. Gen. (Ret) Thomas McInerney just went on Lindell TV and said the whole Russian invasion threat is a hoax designed by Putin to just to make Biden look good after he rigged the 2020 election for him “through cyber warfare that Mike Lindell has talked so eloquently about.” pic.twitter.com/dnKjtmkIdH
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 21, 2022
re: #54 Backwoods_Sleuth
O_o
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “It’s time to embrace the Civil War in the GOP.” pic.twitter.com/Sd8blRCh3l
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 21, 2022
I’m good with that.
re: #61 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Civil war in the GOP?
By all means, please proceed.
Putin wants NATOs borders rolled back to 1997.
LOL no.
re: #60 jaunte
It amazes me that obvious kooks have been able to climb the ranks of the military.
Stubblebine became a proponent of psychic warfare and initiated a project within the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command (INSCOM), which he commanded from 1981 to 1984, to create “a breed of ‘super soldier’” who would “have the ability to become invisible at will and to walk through walls”. He attempted to walk through walls himself[3][4] — but failed, as he himself described in a 2004 interview.
I first heard of Stubblebine on the Art Bell show, which should tell you something.
Think about how terrified we’d all be at this moment if Trump was still President.
Putin has signed the documents for #Russia to recognize the occupied Donetsk and Luhansk regions of #Ukraine as independent. Dangerous days ahead. pic.twitter.com/OITa1v9awr
— Matthew Kupfer (@Matthew_Kupfer) February 21, 2022
re: #350 Florida Panhandler
Some how this old Russian creep will never be closer than 500km from the actual shooting. Where are his balls? Where is his rifle and boots? What a coward.
Komrade Bone Spurs
re: #56 Dr Lizardo
Finland, like Sweden, is neutral.
Though after this gasbag’s insane ranting, I wonder if they might reconsider that whole neutrality thing.
They may be filling out their NATO application form as we speak.
re: #68 No Malarkey!
They may be filling out their NATO application form as we speak.
If I were the Baltics, I’d be on the phone asking for nukes right about now.
re: #65 Eclectic Cyborg
Think about how terrified we’d all be at this moment if Trump was still President.
The U.S. may well have already left NATO if Trump was still President.
Therapy can’t solve an ongoing trauma, things are fucked up right now, and it’s okay not to be okay. https://t.co/x7W10QpvVg pic.twitter.com/XpGI5XhWm2
— Mike Sakasegawa (@sakeriver) February 21, 2022
omg bless twitter for the comic relief pic.twitter.com/wGy1YadwPF
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) February 21, 2022
re: #72 Backwoods_Sleuth
it was for this:
Fuck off tankie
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) February 21, 2022
I would not care to be the Russian general placed in charge of an invasion of Finland.
No one should bother deciphering this garbage. Putin wants conflict because he needs conflict. He must distract from his failures in Russia, destroy any democratic model nearby. He looked around to see if anyone with the power to stop him would use it, and they all declined.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) February 21, 2022
New family member behind the hide.
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The DPR just uploaded a video of a man who according to them had his leg blown off by a Ukrainian artillery strike. As they move him, you can see that he in fact has a prosthesis on that leg already. The propaganda is reaching crazy levels. pic.twitter.com/lV9Va7uyiP
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) February 21, 2022
Video here pic.twitter.com/7O6d5ucdlr
— Oliver Alexander (@OAlexanderDK) February 21, 2022
Russian state channels gathered what looks like two dozen people chanting “Russia” https://t.co/OeIvx992w2
Pro-Russia channels trying to make a celebration out of this. Lots of “Happy birthday Donbas”
In a Donbas Zello channel, some celebration but more confusion.— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) February 21, 2022
You may have read articles about how Vladimir Putin was a KGB spy in Dresden, back in the days of East Germany and the Soviet Union.
The reality: Dresden was a backwater. Putin was deployed there because he wasn’t trusted with more serious postings in East Berlin and Leipzig.— Jeremy Cliffe (@JeremyCliffe) February 21, 2022
Waiting on the tweet confirming Putin as a CPAC speaker.
— David Waldman-1, of Yorktown LLC™ (@KagroX) February 21, 2022
Crowd of protestors outside the White House chanting “Putin, hands off Ukraine” and “USA stand with Ukraine” pic.twitter.com/mEqtY9Yynp
— Vera Bergengruen (@VeraMBergen) February 20, 2022
re: #5 jaunte
“Red wave” here in Florida is often associated with Red Tide, a noxious pestilence to beachgoers that induces coughing, eye burning, and throat irritation. It is caused by an algae bloom and detrimental to the health and safety of Floridians… wait, I guess the Republican Red Wave t shirt is accurate after all.
BREAKING — EU will sanction Russia over its recognition of independence of Ukrainian regions: Von der Leyen
— Ragıp Soylu (@ragipsoylu) February 21, 2022
Interesting allegation:
🔥 BOOM: This makes so much sense now.
*No wonder* Ted Cruz is supporting trucker convoys—he & dad are 7 Mountains Dominionists!
How much $ are your Ziklag masters paying you, @tedcruz?! /34@VickerySec @clearing_fog @davetroy @anelsona @gal_suburban https://t.co/m54StRYoJk pic.twitter.com/4iTqExZdd2— Devin Nunes’ Mom’s Son Devin (@visionsurreal) February 21, 2022
re: #83 Dr Lizardo
Russia has to be made a pariah state. The Russian oligarchs must be made to feel pain; they and their money must be made unwelcome in any civilized country. I’m very afraid for Ukrainians and the death and destruction they will suffer if Putin proceeds with launching a full scale invasion.
“I’ve never said this before,” Putin says, then reveals he asked Bill Clinton in Moscow in 2000 whether Russia could ever join Nato. Then he starts accusing the US of supporting terrorists in Chechnya and ignoring Russia’s interests with Nato expansion and missile defense
— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 21, 2022
There’s a rumor that this guy is the Portland shooter. He does sort of confess.
None of us feel bad for them because antifa caused this shit for the last few years!
— Skylor Jernigan (@Oregon_patriot2) February 20, 2022
None of us feel bad for them because antifa caused this shit for the last few years!
— Skylor Jernigan (@Oregon_patriot2) February 20, 2022
How did you feel about getting shot at? Scared? Maybe you should have backed off of us when we told you the first dozen times. If you had done that, then maybe things wouldn’t have gone the way they did. Guess you’re too stupid to figure that out huh.
— Skylor Jernigan (@Oregon_patriot2) February 20, 2022
A striking and unprecedented image of a solar eruption has been captured by NASA and the European Space Agency’s Solar Orbiter spacecraft https://t.co/Y26tWv7HOT
— CNN (@CNN) February 21, 2022
one of my neighbors having some kind of psychotic break while her boyfriend is out trying to convince her to put pants on. breaks my heart. she’s a good kid. sadly, nothing I can do.
re: #85 No Malarkey!
Russia has to be made a pariah state. The Russian oligarchs must be made to feel pain; they and their money must be made unwelcome in any civilized country. I’m very afraid for Ukrainians and the death and destruction they will suffer if Putin proceeds with launching a full scale invasion.
Time to put Russia on the State Sponsors of Terrorism list. Seriously, that listing will fuck up Russia like nothing else.
Also, it may be time to seriously consider suspending all diplomatic relations with Russia, and publicly declare them a rogue state.
As far as China goes, we can discreetly inform them, “Recognize these separatist entities in Ukraine as independent nations, and we officially recognize Taiwan as an independent nation and under the military protection of the United States of America.”
That’ll keep Beijing quiet. Time to play some serious fucking hardball.
re: #74 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
I would not care to be the Russian general placed in charge of an invasion of Finland.
I hear they have the rakes locked and loaded.
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Kremlin puppet say what? https://t.co/iPTwEWHuCT
— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 21, 2022
Putin basically threatened to invade 1/2 of Europe today
Greenwald: I blame MSNBC— Eric Boehlert (@EricBoehlert) February 21, 2022
Psaki adds, “To be clear: these measures are separate from and would be in addition to the swift and severe economic measures we have been preparing in coordination with Allies and partners should Russia further invade Ukraine.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 21, 2022
I’m feeling completely peaceful right now. At least until antifa tries some stupid shit…
— Skylor Jernigan (@Oregon_patriot2) February 20, 2022
re: #93 Dread Pirate Ron
Good. Put the Russians on notice.
And when they do invade Ukraine (I have little doubt of that, given Putin’s bathsalts-induced ranting this evening), then we bring the hammer down on them.
Time to call it a night. Have a good one, Lizards and stay healthy.
shut up, Mitt, and let the grownups take care of this
Vladimir Putin’s KGB mentality drives his malevolent obsession for repression and regression: he shamelessly abuses the sovereignty of a democratic nation to foster his foolhardy dream of rebuilding a soviet empire. The response from NATO must be unified and withering.
— Mitt Romney (@MittRomney) February 21, 2022
CNN’s talking about the Queen’s COVID. Threat of major war in Europe apparently not enough to hold viewers’ attention for too long.
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf) February 21, 2022
re: #99 Dread Pirate Ron
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I find that hard to believe.
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re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
shut up, Mitt, and let the grownups take care of this
Naaah, this is exactly the sort of rhetoric we need to hear: regardless of its provenance.
I’m sure there will be plenty of asshole Republicans out there willing to make weaselly excuses for Putin’s aggressions, might as well appreciate a contrary view….
Curiosity rolled the kitten.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/PCgT5e9u1q
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 21, 2022
re: #102 Jay C
Naaah, this is exactly the sort of rhetoric we need to hear: regardless of its provenance.
I’m sure there will be plenty of asshole Republicans out there willing to make weaselly excuses for Putin’s aggressions, might as well appreciate a contrary view….
I’ll rescind that after Mitt backs Biden’s actions in this matter.
If you want to know how Ukrainians react to Putin’s speech, here’s a glimpse: moms on Facebook discuss putting stickers on their children’s clothes, when they go to school, indicating their blood type. Make no mistake: this speech was perceived as a declaration of war on Ukraine
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) February 21, 2022
Thanks to @GovAbbott’s backwards agenda, more than 1 in 6 teenagers who gave birth in Texas in 2020 already had a child. Texas does not require sex education and has the strictest abortion law in the nation. #txlege https://t.co/9QlkisJ6zp
— Shannon Watts (@shannonrwatts) February 21, 2022
Gavin Newsom on Friday unveiled his plan to challenge the U.S. Supreme Court and test a Texas law that authorizes citizen-led lawsuits against abortion providers with a California bill that would enable residents to sue gun manufacturers and distributors https://t.co/Z4aDFDD1M6
— James Barragán 🌟 (@James_Barragan) February 21, 2022
The recognition of the two separatist territories in #Ukraine is a blatant violation of international law, the territorial integrity of Ukraine and the #Minsk agreements.
The EU and its partners will react with unity, firmness and with determination in solidarity with Ukraine.— Ursula von der Leyen (@vonderleyen) February 21, 2022
🤔💭We All Should Simplify This For Putin…… pic.twitter.com/QqQGpOUTuQ
— Sparta❤Lady❤Susanツ❤ (@THEHONEY63) February 21, 2022
Good for you, Tara. But Putin’s never gonna do you…
One review of Putin today: pic.twitter.com/Sa5XYcdtyl
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 21, 2022
re: #94 gocart mozart
Skylor Jernigan yet again violating the “no possession of weapons” condition of his pretrial release for last year’s drive by. https://t.co/tOU2a2gVVA
— No Wanks Men’s Chorus (@WanksChorus) August 8, 2021
— Edwin (@EdMix13) February 21, 2022
In Donetsk, a mere 10 or so people is all Russian state propaganda could gather to celebrate Putin and the Kremlin recognizing the “independence” of a territory Russia controls. pic.twitter.com/XGmq51pQoi
— Christopher Miller (@ChristopherJM) February 21, 2022
One review of Putin today: pic.twitter.com/Sa5XYcdtyl
— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) February 21, 2022
re: #102 Jay C
Opposition to a war started by Putin is the lowest of low bars for Republicans, but some of them just aren’t going to make it over.
re: #92 Dread Pirate Ron
Imagine being in such hate with anything associated with the on-life-support 20th Century statesmanship world model that you are willing to knee jerk-side with the most malignant of narcissists on the planet who are acting with expansionist violent intent…. The very definition of Imperialism.
Glenn Greenwald is now an Imperialist. Let that sink in.
re: #110 Sherlock Hound
Good for you, Tara. But Putin’s never gonna do you…
It’s probably in her RT contract that she says stuff like that
Just learned from a good friend here whose mother died today that due to bureaucratic stupidity combined with unbridled greed, instead of the average local burial costs of $500-600, they’re essentially being coerced into paying almost $11,000 to bury her in her city.
There are no words that I can think of past this point that can be applied to those responsible that aren’t venomous, nasty curse words in 9 different languages.
Greed really does bring the absolute worst out of some people.
re: #117 (((Archangel1)))
Damn. That’s fucked up.
Opinion | Somehow, Trump Is a Tough Act to Follow - The New York Times https://t.co/UGnt4ZG9w8
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) February 21, 2022
re: #118 A Cranky One
These assholes really just do steal everything, don’t they?
Putin has ordered Russian troops into Ukraine.
The decrees on recognizing the Donetsk and Luhansk People’s Republics order the Russian armed forces to go into separatist territory on peacekeeping missions. pic.twitter.com/cjKMidlD4Q— max seddon (@maxseddon) February 21, 2022
This address from Putin is full of grievance. This is not the President of a major power, this is a dictator with nuclear weapons locking himself in the bathroom and yelling that everyone thinks he’s fat - just before setting the house on fire.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) February 21, 2022
Putin got that from his lover Trump.
re: #65 Eclectic Cyborg
Think about how terrified we’d all be at this moment if Trump was still President.
Not as terrified as Ukraine.
Ukraine salami slicing has begun.
1) “Peacekeeping” occupation of the supposedly now independent Ukraine provinces.
2) Next will be claim of those region’s 2014 borders and demands that they be turned over.
3) Annexation of the rest.
I’ve done a lot of stupid shit in my life but I never put Devin Nunes in charge of anything
— Jeff Tiedrich (@itsJeffTiedrich) February 21, 2022
re: #128 Florida Panhandler
Trump would be asking Putin how he can help.
Trump would be arguing that this is why we need to disband NATO.
One thing that absolutely everybody seems to be forgetting about Russia’s early history is that the center and capital was Kiev. The northern lands, Including Moscow, were offshoots of the much earlier Kievan state (no, not Kyiv — we’re talking about the 8th century or so, languages change).
If Putin’s claim is on the basis of real Russian history, the first thing he should do is transfer the capital to Kyiv, which was the center in those times (Moscow wasn’t mentioned anywhere before the mid-twelfth century). If he doesn’t start there, then his whole argument collapses into a pile of crap.
ETA - I assume that this means the breakaway/pro-Russian portions.
https://t.co/Vu8CNywUfZ Just entered Eastern Ukraine
— Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) February 21, 2022
Google Translate identifies this as Russian language:
Columns of the armed forces of the Russian Federation enter the temporarily occupied territory!⚡⚡⚡⚡
Max RT
Here comes the Russian military https://t.co/ZAek9thq87
— Olga Lautman 🇺🇦 (@OlgaNYC1211) February 21, 2022
Google Translate identifies this as Russian language:
Putin instructed the Ministry of Defense to ensure the maintenance of peace in the “DPR and LPR” by the Russian armed forces
All official invasion!
re: #65 Eclectic Cyborg
Think about how terrified we’d all be at this moment if Trump was still President.
If Trump were still president, he would already have turned over the entire Ukraine to Putin. And he would have been negotiating the sale of Alaska back to Russia.
I hope the sanctions imposed will be the stuff that bards will still be singing about a thousand years from now with admiration and astonishment, ‘cause some niggly bullshit isn’t gonna cut it. Ukraine has tried its best to be in the Western sphere, including giving up its nukes. I guarantee you if they still had some tactical-sized kiloton-level nukes, the Russians would not be so blase about cutting pieces of Ukraine out.
re: #133 ckkatz
the grannies are waiting for them…and they don’t have tea and cookies…
re: #136 Backwoods_Sleuth
the grannies are waiting for them…and they don’t have tea and cookies…
I just want the Christopher Walken version of “buckwheats” on these mofos. Shoot ‘em up the ass and then let them die slowly and painfully in a dumpster somewhere.
*sigh*
You go to war with the attention span you have. pic.twitter.com/XyU5VAlJSG
— Michael Weiss (@michaeldweiss) February 21, 2022
That’s actually what I’m saying. It was resulted after him being a head of the state during 20+ years as well as serving in KGB earlier. He surronded himself with similar mindset people in establishment. In Russian discourse we call it “collective put in”
— Дашкèвич (@dashkevicz) February 21, 2022
Unconsciously, he’s sending one of his messages: “yes, I create my own reality and I can live in it. So, What can you do?”
— Дашкèвич (@dashkevicz) February 21, 2022
this, by the way, is gonna fuck a ton of chess tournaments up, because russian players will likely have to be persona non grata at events. No way FIDE is gonna be able to let people sit at boards representing Russian interests.
The 2022 Republican Party Platform pic.twitter.com/GjVyPb3MKH
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) February 21, 2022
re: #143 Eclectic Cyborg
Hiding in plain fuckin’ sight
Dr. Fauci explains the major ‘risk’ of taking off face masks
re: #134 Hecuba’s daughter
If Trump were still president, he would already have turned over the entire Ukraine to Putin. And he would have been negotiating the sale of Alaska back to Russia.
…With a direct kickback straight into a murky swamp of Trump bank accounts,
re: #143 Eclectic Cyborg
Oh put a cork in it Ronny. It was DT who dropped the ball by eliminating the WH office on infectious diseases. And also DT poo-pooing COVID-19 when he should have shut down.
Just in - President Biden spoke with Ukrainian President Zelensky to “reaffirm” US commitment to Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity after Putin recognized the pro-Russian breakaway provinces.
Russian troops entered Ukraine less than an hour later. pic.twitter.com/SGtGJc6NGG— Jack Detsch (@JackDetsch) February 21, 2022
Top U.S. General Mark Milley spoke with his Ukrainian counterpart and he “reaffirmed unwavering support for Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity,” the U.S. military says.
— Idrees Ali (@idreesali114) February 21, 2022
re: #122 Dread Pirate Ron
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I called this shit when the initial Duma vote was announced. They’d recognize the “republics,” then roll troops in to “protect” them. Expect announcements in the next 48-72 hours that the new “republics” intend to hold annexation “votes.”
re: #148 Targetpractice
I called this shit when the initial Duma vote was announced. They’d recognize the “republics,” then roll troops in to “protect” them. Expect announcements in the next 48-72 hours that the new “republics” intend to hold annexation “votes.”
Texas, just minus slavery.
There is no human tragedy that will not be treated as a political opportunity by the Republican Party. https://t.co/ZjF0Gwat8Y
— Mark Jacob (@MarkJacob16) February 21, 2022
re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth
Joe is not Neville by any stretch of the imagination. And Joe probably has at least a couple of responses ready to go.
Newt was the first AM Radio politician of the modern age
re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth
Newt, when Biden orders attacks on Russian tanks: Why is Biden being so aggressive? is he trying to compensate so he won’t be compared to Chamberlain?
I can’t imagine that … https://t.co/bmmXQIJxGn
— Janey Godley (@JaneyGodley) February 21, 2022
Finland condemns Russia’s unilateral acts that violate Ukraine’s sovereignty and territorial integrity. The recognition of the separatist regions in Eastern Ukraine is a breach of International law and the Minsk agreements. Finland responds to Russia’s acts as part of the EU.
— Sanna Marin (@MarinSanna) February 21, 2022
re: #135 steve_davis
I hope the sanctions imposed will be the stuff that bards will still be singing about a thousand years from now with admiration and astonishment, ‘cause some niggly bullshit isn’t gonna cut it. Ukraine has tried its best to be in the Western sphere, including giving up its nukes. I guarantee you if they still had some tactical-sized kiloton-level nukes, the Russians would not be so blase about cutting pieces of Ukraine out.
They gave up their nukes early on before every country on earth realized that the only protection they have is to retain nukes that would make the most aggressive invaders hesitate to proceed.
re: #145 Florida Panhandler
…With a direct kickback straight into a murky swamp of Trump bank accounts,
And he’d be overjoyed that finally, his buddy Vlad was going into Ukraine to bring him the dirt on Hunter Biden that he’s been asking for all these years.
re: #142 Backwoods_Sleuth
He’s posting on FB, and appears to be OK
Where does Sergey live? During a discussion late last year about COVID, he did indicate that it’s not Russia.
re: #158 Hecuba’s daughter
Where does Sergey live? During a discussion late last year about COVID, he did indicate that it’s not Russia.
he travels around a lot
What the world needs right now.. pic.twitter.com/TYpPQ3b5I6
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 21, 2022
Seven minutes for the first Russian sealion to arrive. pic.twitter.com/oNRaBfqVna
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 21, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “We need to put Hillary Clinton in jail. Lock her up. That’s right.” pic.twitter.com/fUuAqYgD1b
— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes) February 21, 2022
re: #163 The Pie Overlord!
Oy Vey not this broken record again.
Russian ambassador to the U.S. Anatoly Antonov just yesterday to @margbrennan: “We are not trying to take any territory of a foreign country. I would like to confirm that Donbas is part of Ukraine.”
— Kaitlan Collins (@kaitlancollins) February 21, 2022
Official called Putin’s speech “an attack on the very idea of a sovereign and independent Ukraine.”
Says response “calibrated” to Russian actions, not words.
“We’ll continue to pursue diplomacy until the tanks roll. We are under no illusions about what is likely to come next.”— Eli Stokols (@EliStokols) February 21, 2022
Same craven editorial boards who couldn’t call Jan 6th sedition, insurrection, and goddamn treason for fear of Trump and his murderous supporters, today can’t bring themselves to call an invasion an invasion
The utter cowardice of the modern Press never ceases to disgust me— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 21, 2022
Ukraine has requested an urgent meeting of the United Nations Security Council due to Russia’s illegal actions. We have already sent the request to the Council.
— Dmytro Kuleba (@DmytroKuleba) February 21, 2022
This description applies to an awful lot right now:
Possibly the stupidest take yet. But it’s early.
— Dave Troy 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇨🇦🇺🇦 (@davetroy) February 21, 2022
re: #150 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Meanwhile, the reality is that in 1938, most of Britain was in agreement with Chamberlain and saw the idea of going to war with Germany over Czech independence as a fool’s errand. Hell, they felt much the same way a year later about Poland, and felt it was an even bigger mistake after Dunkirk. The nation only began to support war with Germany when bombs began raining down on their own homes during The Blitz.
But much like the idea of the US as champing at the bit to go to war before Dec ‘41, the idea that Britain was a nation held back by peacemongers was largely a post-war myth fabricated by war-time leaders to explain why Hitler had been allowed to get as powerful as he had before the war began in earnest.
re: #169 ckkatz
The take in question:
Feel kind of like the Ukraine thing is the media desperate to get someone to read or watch it… now they can’t scare us with covid anymore.
— Ross Gerber (@GerberKawasaki) February 21, 2022
Manafort. https://t.co/PKGhKHwd92
— Laffy (@GottaLaff) February 21, 2022
re: #152 BigPapa
Newt was the first AM Radio politician of the modern age
I am Speaker Newt Ging-uh-rich.
I always favor the filthy rich.
I shoulda been president.
Clinton and Obama have gone away.
Trumpers control the mee-dee-ay.
You’ll all listen to Pete Doocy.
And march the step that’s all goosey!
Oooh-oooo-ooo-ooo-oooh!
With apologies to the Dead Kennedys.
Republican twitter is panicking because it has realized that the GOP has not won a single redistricting lawsuit. Not one.
— Marc E. Elias (@marceelias) February 21, 2022
Someone give Marc a fucking medal.
re: #163 The Pie Overlord!
Charges?
Warrant for arrest?
Trial?
Jury and Sentencing?
I guess none of that will be needed in MAGA’s version of America.
re: #165 Backwoods_Sleuth
You’re not hearing what he said:
“We are not trying to take any territory of a foreign country. I would like to confirm that Donbas is part of Ukraine.”
“And, therefore, ours, like the rest of Ukraine”.
Given the military option is off the table, what real options are there? Throughout generations, Russians have excelled at bearing privation; they will laugh at any sanctions we would impose. As mentioned upstairs, anyone who attended Putin’s meeting today on invasion plans would never have been able to present an honest assessment; disagreement with the supreme leader would have lead to a quick execution. As for non-military recommendations, Putin is the oligarch of oligarchs— none would dare challenge him for fear of a quick demise. Perhaps Putin is envisioning a GOP wave of Trumpists taking over the House and Senate in 2022, leaving the United States incapable of responding to Russian depredations. There does not seem a good solution to force Russia to back off from their current course. The war between autocracy and democracy is playing out on the world stage and the result is very uncertain.
re: #139 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Unconsciously, he’s sending one of his messages: “yes, I create my own reality and I can live in it. So, What can you do?”
Unfortunately, there’s some precedent that this might work. China has been creating its own reality vis-a-vis Tibet for a while now. When was the last time you heard it mentioned?
Predicted high tomorrow? 87 degrees F. Predicted low by 11:59 on Wednesday?
35 degrees F. That’s a (checks notes) 52 degree swing in just over 24 hours.
Or, as we call it in Texas, February.
re: #179 garzooma
Unfortunately, there’s some precedent that this might work. China has been creating its own reality vis-a-vis Tibet for a while now. When was the last time you heard it mentioned?
There’s a precedent for everything. That’s why whataboutism exists.
re: #176 John Hughes
You’re not hearing what he said:
“And, therefore, ours, like the rest of Ukraine”.
DOH Captain Obvious
Talk about weak appeasement surrender monkeys…
Weak appeasement surrender monkeys…. https://t.co/bOtlGj2WcT
— Ted Cruz (@tedcruz) February 21, 2022
that’s no way to talk about your lord and master trump
— justa farmer (@justafarmer4) February 21, 2022
I loathe this fraction of a human being so much.
Your silence when Trump surrendered to Putin spoke volumes.
Then again, hypocrisy IS to be expected from someone who ran a “values and morals” campaign while facing ethics violations & cheating on yet another sick wife with a woman 20 years younger.
Kindly shut the hell up. pic.twitter.com/w7A0mRFmKC— Arch (Space Laser Gazpacho Distributor) (@Arch_LGF) February 21, 2022
re: #184 (((Archangel1)))
I loathe this fraction of a human being so much.
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Beautifully said!
re: #184 (((Archangel1)))
I’m really getting sick of tired of every foreign affairs situation being compared to WWII.
Okay. You wait here, and I’ll go put together a summary of everything I’ve written for the last 20 years. For you. Because you’re special.
Could take a while. Hope you brought a snack. pic.twitter.com/EWCwl0OXGa— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 21, 2022
I let my baby niece try a lemon wedge and she spit and cried so dramatically that it sounded like this tweet https://t.co/3YxScclDeK
— Layla Benson (@BaelaLayla) February 21, 2022
The guy who runs this channel is a geologist and his videos are straightforward, not flashy, and informative, all in about 4 minutes each. He provides an update on the Hunga Tonga volcano eruption from a month ago.
Here’s a kind of an oddity, a geological feature in the Austin area called Pilot Knob that is the remnant of a volcano from the Cretaceous period (145 million to 66 million years ago).
Anyway, if you want regular volcano news without hype, this is a channel for you.
Find someone to look at you the way these senators looked at Russians in Moscow on the 4th of July. pic.twitter.com/oiqHsjoWAr
— Heather Thomas (@HeatherThomasAF) February 21, 2022
I’ve seen him at 0630; it’s not pretty https://t.co/yZ4GNBKgSK
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) February 21, 2022
Original tweet:
NEW: In a conference call with reporters on responding to Putin, and what comes next, a senior admin official suggested that Russian troops in Donetsk/Luhansk *alone* may *not* warrant the “swift and severe” sanctions the admin has been previewing.
— Ali Rogin (@AliRogin) February 21, 2022
Funny how this paraphrase does not mean quite the same thing as the admin briefer said.
We all know that Russian troops have been in Donbas, but disguised as “protesters” for separation from Ukraine. Now we have open invasion. Additional sanctions coming. They really need to come down on the banks and real estate holdings of the kleptocrats hard.
We all need a hug sometimes.. 😊 pic.twitter.com/3EbVKq7cWV
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 21, 2022
We remember Helsinki well.
The cowards and traitors are on your side of the political aisle, Rafael. pic.twitter.com/FkawifiR7h— Arch (Space Laser Gazpacho Distributor) (@Arch_LGF) February 21, 2022
Other than the mention of the Minsk accords, it’s basically a carbon copy:#Georgia #Ukraine #Russia https://t.co/QuXXJrUAc4
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) February 21, 2022
re: #178 Hecuba’s daughter
Given the military option is off the table, what real options are there? Throughout generations, Russians have excelled at bearing privation; they will laugh at any sanctions we would impose. As mentioned upstairs, anyone who attended Putin’s meeting today on invasion plans would never have been able to present an honest assessment; disagreement with the supreme leader would have lead to a quick execution. As for non-military recommendations, Putin is the oligarch of oligarchs— none would dare challenge him for fear of a quick demise. Perhaps Putin is envisioning a GOP wave of Trumpists taking over the House and Senate in 2022, leaving the United States incapable of responding to Russian depredations. There does not seem a good solution to force Russia to back off from their current course. The war between autocracy and democracy is playing out on the world stage and the result is very uncertain.
I dunno. I think you might be underestimating how much really wealthy people hate having their money and property fucked over. I’m betting that Vlad convinced a lot of big money players in Russia that this would go smooth and by the numbers. If it doesn’t, ol’ Vlad may be in for a big surprise.
Of course the good news for him is that surprise will only last a couple of seconds. So…
in other news:
The identity of the candidate who solicited and obtained help from Guccifer 2.0 in 2016 was RI Republican Russell Taub. h/t UPBBhttps://t.co/TfaK5pHxBT pic.twitter.com/qSGPr67ixX
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 21, 2022
The Taub’s opponent was @davidcicilline.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 21, 2022
re: #180 austin_blue
Predicted high tomorrow? 87 degrees F. Predicted low by 11:59 on Wednesday?
35 degrees F. That’s a (checks notes) 52 degree swing in just over 24 hours.
Or, as we call it in Texas, February.
I got to cut and split more firewood. Looks like cedar fires for the rest of the year. All my oak and ash is burnt.
re: #192 BlueSpotinAL
Original tweet:
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Funny how this paraphrase does not mean quite the same thing as the admin briefer said.
We all know that Russian troops have been in Donbas, but disguised as “protesters” for separation from Ukraine. Now we have open invasion. Additional sanctions coming. They really need to come down on the banks and real estate holdings of the kleptocrats hard.
This is the way. Hurt the oligarchs, and Putin blinks.
Nunes and the #TruthSocial tech team right now: https://t.co/5YCvAWyqX2 pic.twitter.com/pQ8AgrDhiF
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 21, 2022
re: #196 The Squire of Logos
I dunno. I think you might be underestimating how much really wealthy people hate having their money and property fucked over. I’m betting that Vlad convinced a lot of big money players in Russia that this would go smooth and by the numbers. If it doesn’t, ol’ Vlad may be in for a big surprise.
Of course the good news for him is that surprise will only last a couple of seconds. So…
They may hate it; but who among them has the political strength or popular support to reverse this policy? They are as opposed to democracy as Putin and their fortunes require his survival. They may feel that autocracy is on the march worldwide; the continued success of Trump here and his legions of fanatic supporters may persuade them that it won’t be long before he returns to rule. Russians aren’t as short term in their thinking as Americans. Waiting 3 years for the restoration is nothing to them.
re: #201 Backwoods_Sleuth
Nunez showing his computer prowess by ordering a case of Raid from Amazon to get those nasty bugs.
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
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the love of dogs: “by the way, I ate a number of socks earlier, so I’m gonna need expensive surgery in a couple of hours.”
re: #199 Patricia Kayden
How about Julian Abele? He was the chief designer for Horace Trumbauer. This group built the Philadelphia Museum of Art.
en.wikipedia.org
re: #204 steve_davis
the love of dogs: “by the way, I ate a number of socks earlier, so I’m gonna need expensive surgery in a couple of hours.”
cats just steal them
Callie and Marleigh looking for the blue socks.. 😅
🎥 @calico_heart_ (TT: calico_heart_) pic.twitter.com/pQoenabm4p— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 21, 2022
There it is.. 😅 pic.twitter.com/BpMDY9lyYf
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) February 21, 2022
Do people realize that the trouble in Ukraine is all because Trump wanted a hotel in Moscow?
— Henry M. Rosenberg (@DoctorHenryCT) February 21, 2022
re: #204 steve_davis
the love of dogs: “by the way, I ate a number of socks earlier, so I’m gonna need expensive surgery in a couple of hours.”
Maybe as costly as that my boss’ dog required when he consumed several binkies left by her infant daughters a decade ago!
This is so sad — I search for 5 letter words among everything I read these days.
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
What in the failed American education system is this? pic.twitter.com/tlVTgJaMVk
— Coco (@cocoburbank) February 21, 2022
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
Beefer needs to encounter more vagina IEDs…just saying…
When 2 people share 1 pie #baking pic.twitter.com/BriVz9fhGw
— Liddle Pecan Pie 🌈🍁🥧 (@Pie_Overlord) February 21, 2022
Crap…first attempt at quordle. Got three of the words. You get nine tries.
Daily Quordle #28
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Why has Trump remained so silent about Putin and Ukraine? A few weeks ago Tuckyo Rose gave full-throated approval to Putin actions and dismissed our national interests in maintaining a democratic Ukraine. I had assumed he was speaking on behalf of Trump but maybe Putin is his direct paymaster. Or is it just that autocrats have shared interests and that pesky thing called democracy that allows ordinary citizens a voice in government has to be eliminated.
And he’ll say NATO has been unfair to Putin. https://t.co/deCkq72Q43
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 21, 2022
This is not a Detroit joke.
Woman who just spent year in Detroit describes fear of living in Ukraine right now https://t.co/6iE1OErscp
— ClickOnDetroit (@clickondetroit) February 22, 2022
Has any member of the Jeb Bush’s family attended a public school? https://t.co/CAz6BB2WhH
— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) February 21, 2022
For those unfamiliar with Ukraine’s history and at a loss for how to process Putin’s speech today I recommend this lecture given by @TimothyDSnyder a few days ago. It’s worth your time. https://t.co/tVH8eUecIJ
— Jane Lytvynenko (@JaneLytv) February 22, 2022
The trash Buffy.
A year after the failed coup attempt, Kristy still loves corrupt Donald Trump and hates the President who defeated the crook.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) February 22, 2022
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Replenish the Earth?
We’re not exactly hurting for people these days.
Russia has acquired the right to build military bases in Ukraine’s two breakaway regions under new agreements with their separatist leaders, according to a copy of an agreement signed by President Vladimir Putin https://t.co/ENa9T58ckl pic.twitter.com/Eh6PkotTIG
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 22, 2022
They didn’t “acquire” them. They stole them.
— col.skwirrel (@Col_Skwirrel) February 22, 2022
Biden’s agreement in principle to meet Putin may be off after Russia declared two breakaway regions of Ukraine as independent, and the U.S. will announce further measures, likely sanctions-related, on Tuesday, a senior administration official said https://t.co/wJ9uiYuBxW pic.twitter.com/qeAkd7Hs0J
— Reuters (@Reuters) February 22, 2022
re: #193 Backwoods_Sleuth
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This is what my dog does now. She used to like to curl up behind my legs, but figured out that she could get far more scritches and hugs if she just sat by me and then backed into me. She doesn’t do the lying on the floor and exposing the belly thing.
Fixed it for ya Gym. 👍🏻 pic.twitter.com/IRl7RSpCds
— Jo (@JoJoFromJerz) February 21, 2022
Yes. It did. https://t.co/fO197huqaP
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) February 22, 2022
Me: “I’m not a drama queen”
Also me after a minor inconvenience: pic.twitter.com/qv4EHzhsQc— Paul Bronks for Lovina Animal Welfare (@slender_sherbet) February 18, 2022
What I actually mean when I tell people I was on the treadmill for two hours.
📸: Cookie & Chip, owners of @Star18705902 pic.twitter.com/jLHahnQ9d8— Paul Bronks for Lovina Animal Welfare (@slender_sherbet) February 18, 2022
The case can be made that Russia is by history and make up an integral part of the Mongol Golden Horde Empire https://t.co/10VK5bpU0i
— Kragar (@Kragar_LGF) February 22, 2022
NEW: The U.N. Security Council will meet tonight at 9 p.m. ET in an open session, a U.N. diplomat confirms to @ABC News.
Ukraine, which requested the meeting, will be allowed to participate even though it is not a member of the council. https://t.co/O2m8ufI19O— ABC News (@ABC) February 22, 2022
Hey, remember when everybody got their undies in a bunch because the Biden administration said reporters were parroting propaganda? https://t.co/Vz7iJ083aG
— Tommy moderna-vaX-Topher (@tommyxtopher) February 22, 2022
I feel like interns are doing the headlines at the NYTs. Except it takes a certain kind of professional to do it so perfectly badly.
re: #232 Barefoot Grin
I feel like interns are doing the headlines at the NYTs. Except it takes a certain kind of professional to do it so perfectly badly.
You’d think someone there would say, “We have an obligation to point out falsehood as falsehood and not repeat it as fact.”
FYI to all the MAGATs out there - if you think Russia invading Ukraine won’t impact your lives buckle up. We could see a major disruption of international trade, communications infrastructure, energy.
Pro tip: Go Solar.
re: #234 darthstar
All of my batteries are charged up. And I hope I will not need them.
Midnight in Kiev
Russia hasn’t been this hot since Woody Allen frequented the Tea Room. But is there too much Zelensky and not enough Zelig?
by Maureen Dowd— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) February 22, 2022
re: #212 darthstar
Never heard of quordle before your post but did succeed. It’s very challenging and I’m not sure I want to get involved.
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re: #233 darthstar
You’d think someone there would say, “We have an obligation to point out falsehood as falsehood and not repeat it as fact.”
Gotta get revenue up. Second prize is a set of steak knives.
re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
Yeah, I’m not sure I want to get into it either, but after flailing for the first three guesses decided to focus on one word at a time.
I don’t need to do wordle or the like. I get my brain exercise by trying to remember what it was I was about to say.
re: #233 darthstar
You’d think someone there would say, “We have an obligation to point out falsehood as falsehood and not repeat it as fact.”
The paper that downplayed Hitler, promoted Judith Miller, relentlessly attacked Hillary for her emails, and ignored its due diligence on Trump in 2016 is just continuing its long history of failing to provide critical information to its readers on the dangers posed by enemies, foreign and domestic.
re: #240 Barefoot Grin
I don’t need to do wordle or the like. I get my brain exercise by trying to remember what it was I was about to say.
What were you about to say?
It’s absolutely grotesque to see the whole Republican Party coming to the defense of Vladimir Putin. And they have the gall to call themselves “patriots.”
There is no bottom for the GOP. https://t.co/q2pGaqbaj0— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 22, 2022
re: #246 darthstar
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Suck on that chili dog, Jack (and Diane, I guess). Anyway, I’m suddenly transported to trips to the Varsity in Atlanta when I lived there.
re: #247 Barefoot Grin
Suck on that chili dog, Jack (and Diane, I guess). Anyway, I’m suddenly transported to trips to the Varsity in Atlanta when I lived there.
Co-worker (GA Tech grad) put me on to the Varsity. When we took Grandson1 to the aquarium, we got all over that place.
re: #239 darthstar
Yeah, I’m not sure I want to get into it either, but after flailing for the first three guesses decided to focus on one word at a time.
Yes — that’s what I did essentially but it’s hard enough with worldle and like worldle, you basically have a total of only 6 guesses to identify 4 words. (Yes — you can somewhat use information from a specific solution to help with another solution — but it’s limited)
re: #209 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
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Well that just blew up his baby makin’ plans.
re: #248 Decatur Deb
Co-worker (GA Tech grad) put me on to the Varsity. When we took Grandson1 to the aquarium, we got all over that place.
Better know what you want to order or they’ll pass you by! But, yeah, right near the GA Tech campus.
Remember: “Pro-Russian separatists” did not arise spontaneously in E. Ukraine. They were backed, armed & encouraged by Russia for 8 years. They shot down a passenger jet over Europe. And they & Moscow are now fabricating a “genocide” there. This would be manufactured independence
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) February 21, 2022
People saying a Russian invasion was a farce and a lie. pic.twitter.com/58Bzpkaw0B
— Russia, hands off Ukraine 🇺🇦 (@gdigitalzsmooth) February 21, 2022
re: #234 darthstar
FYI to all the MAGATs out there - if you think Russia invading Ukraine won’t impact your lives buckle up. We could see a major disruption of international trade, communications infrastructure, energy.
Pro tip: Go Solar.
I have 7.5kw of solar on my roof right now.. but grid-tied. I need to bone up on how to re-wire for solitary use if all hell breaks loose.
re: #254 Florida Panhandler
There should be a switching device for the panels.
“In a fiery speech, Hitler made the case that the Sudetenland was by history and makeup an integral part of Germany.” https://t.co/yNo3kp00g7
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) February 22, 2022
re: #237 Hecuba’s daughter
Never heard of quordle before your post but did succeed. It’s very challenging and I’m not sure I want to get involved.
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so close!
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re: #257 Florida Panhandler
oh okay. I see that a switching device is for the portable panels like I have.
re: #244 Barefoot Grin
Great. Now I have brain cramps.
MrBWS says “thanks you guys, now I have crain bramps…”
Well this has been a fun filled fiesta of fucktitude.
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re: #254 Florida Panhandler
I have 7.5kw of solar on my roof right now.. but grid-tied. I need to bone up on how to re-wire for solitary use if all hell breaks loose.
So you’re on grid at night…Battery backup and then go self-supply. I set my battery to use 60% before going back to grid so my overnight usage is minimal. I used 0.3kW last night from the grid - so I hit 53% battery around 6:30am - sun started to kick back in at 7am. It starts pulling a little from the grid as it reaches the limit I set. Battery max is 10kW. Theoretically, I could get through an extended blackout if it didn’t get too foggy or cloudy.
re: #254 Florida Panhandler
I have 7.5kw of solar on my roof right now.. but grid-tied. I need to bone up on how to re-wire for solitary use if all hell breaks loose.
you need batteries and a charge controller just to start with
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re: #258 Backwoods_Sleuth
so close!
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I had solved puzzle 2 after the 2nd guess but did not want to use up a line for the solution at that point, and instead selected a useful word for guess 3 that would help with the other puzzles, plus confirm my guess on 2.
At any other university, “making homemade rocket fuel” in one’s dorm room would be code for “cooking meth,” but we’re talking Brigham Young University and they really were trying to make rocket fuel.
BYU student making homemade rocket fuel starts dorm fire
By: Jeff TavssPosted at 9:46 AM, Feb 21, 2022 and last updated 10:17 AM, Feb 21, 2022
PROVO, Utah — A BYU student making rocket fuel inside the kitchen of a campus dormitory started a fire Sunday that caused damage to the building, displacing residents.University police said they were alerted to the fire at Heritage Halls - Building Four at 4:30 p.m and found the fire sprinklers had been activated and were flooding the floor.
Flames from the fire “had engulfed the walls and ceiling around the stove and the intense heat tripped the fire sprinkler system,” the department wrote.
After the fire was put out, an investigation found that the student was making homemade rocket fuel on the kitchen stove when it exploded into a fireball.
No one was injured, but the department said “some dorm residents will be displaced due to the flooding.”
“Please keep your experiments in the lab and supervised by trained professionals,” warned the police.
re: #269 Hecuba’s daughter
I had solved puzzle 2 after the 2nd guess but did not want to use up a line for the solution at that point, and instead selected a useful word for guess 3 that would help with the other puzzles, plus confirm my guess on 2.
I had no idea how it all worked until second guess from the last on the third one
re: #267 Backwoods_Sleuth
you need batteries and a charge controller just to start with
Yep…also, excess gets exported back to the grid 19.2kW today for me. Net metering from PG&E means they reimburse me for that energy. I have gas for heat/water/stove, so I still have to pay for that. So about $44 for the current bill cycle/week. Fuckers.
Right on time with Tucker washing Putin’s junk.
— Rick Wilson (@TheRickWilson) February 22, 2022
Fox News has turned into Pravda.
re: #273 DodgerFan1988
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Tucker Carlson: Because Putin’s balls aren’t going to lick themselves.
0400 in Kyiv. I’ve seen some discussion that this is H-Hour for large scale Russian operations, ie invasion.
re: #275 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
0400 in Kyiv. I’ve seen some discussion that this is H-Hour for large scale Russian operations, ie invasion.
0405 - I’ve heard it was this.
🇺🇦Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky’s address to the nation and the world following the Russian official occupation of Donbas: https://t.co/gV2TE08kyl
— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 22, 2022
Significant sanctions on Russia tomorrow. I hope they freeze the assets of every Russian entity doing business in the United States…and Europe. Also freeze the assets of every Russian national here on visa. Fuck them all until they change their behavior.
re: #170 Targetpractice
Meanwhile, the reality is that in 1938, most of Britain was in agreement with Chamberlain and saw the idea of going to war with Germany over Czech independence as a fool’s errand. Hell, they felt much the same way a year later about Poland, and felt it was an even bigger mistake after Dunkirk. The nation only began to support war with Germany when bombs began raining down on their own homes during The Blitz.
But much like the idea of the US as champing at the bit to go to war before Dec ‘41, the idea that Britain was a nation held back by peacemongers was largely a post-war myth fabricated by war-time leaders to explain why Hitler had been allowed to get as powerful as he had before the war began in earnest.
And part of Great Britain being late to start rearming is that they’d decided in 1919 that there wouldn’t be a war for ten years and they could cut military spending. And then they decided in 1928 to self perpetuate the rule for even longer. It was abandoned in 1932, but Britain was in the throes of the Great Depression at the time and military spending was not something they could easily do. Suddenly they needed to try to catch up in military production with a Germany that was a couple of years ahead of them. Which led to a lot of issues involving all three services wanting factory time at once, being behind in the development and debugging of modern military weapons and vehicles as well as developing doctrines for using them. Plus they’d also messed up their naval aircraft side by giving over control of the Fleet Air Arm to the RAF (who was being run for the most part by the “bomber will always get through” crowd.)
Oh, the person who proposed the rule in 1919. Winston Churchill. The person who proposed making it self-perpetuating in 1928. Winston Churchill.
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