USAID Administrator Samantha Power discusses Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Europe uniting behind unprecedented sanctions, and what to make of China’s reaction. #DailyShow
First thing I see when I launch TweetDeck today: this garbage human being. Insta-block. pic.twitter.com/nJLhYNQvIv
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
Now would be a good time for news outlets to revisit (in detail) Paul Manafort’s efforts in Ukraine on behalf of pro-Russian interests and why the FBI was clearly justified in trying to figure out what he was up to in the Trump campaign in 2016. Oh, and that Trump pardoned him
— Asha Rangappa (@AshaRangappa_) February 26, 2022
re: #1 Charles Johnson
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You can “believe” what you want.
Doesn’t change what happened.
Life comes at you fast…..
A bit of breaking news: Nord Stream 2 has filed for bankruptcy, according to Swiss officials in Kanton Zug.
— Sam Gad Jones (@samgadjones) March 1, 2022
re: #5 Dr Lizardo
Life comes at you fast…..
The current generation of Russians should ask their parents to tell them about what life was like in the Soviet Union, because they are headed there very quickly.
Look what Putin has accomplished. Muslims offering to help Jews. How nice. Also the
Crimean Tatar Muslim commander Isa Akaev, who leads the volunteer battalion in Crimea, calls on Russian Muslims to join the Ukrainian side. 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/q4H3vc9ss4
— CJ Werleman (@cjwerleman) February 28, 2022
📢 Azerbaijanis in Ukraine are joining the volunteers and fight against the #Russian invading army. They ask for your prayers. “We are with Ukrainian people, as they were with us” Slava #Ukraine! 🇺🇦🇦🇿 #Azerbaijan pic.twitter.com/U1ZxlcLfzR
— Asāsīyūn (@ScourgeOfTengri) February 26, 2022
Address by Adam Osmaev, Commander of the Chechen battalion, Dzhokhar Dudayev. He says the Real Chechens are defending Ukraine and he is going to fight for the UKR.#RussiaUkraineWar #NATO #Ukraina #SWIFT #Kyiv pic.twitter.com/ldgWC3wFMH
— UkraineWarUpdate (@ukraineupdate_) February 27, 2022
re: #6 No Malarkey!
The current generation of Russians should ask their parents to tell them about what life was like in the Soviet Union, because they are headed there very quickly.
I give it 90 days and then they’ll be singing “Back in the USSR”…..and not because of nostalgia for The Beatles.
re: #7 darthstar
Who was the February 31st Chechen then?
re: #1 Charles Johnson
Actually, Ivan, you aren’t allowed to your opinions. Just you. Well, and a few others, but definitely you.
Wow, this huge ‘Freedom Convoy’ trucker rally in DC is lit. Really making a bold statement. Three weeks of hype from Steve Bannon every day. For this? From @FordFischer pic.twitter.com/UQDLAqdSSq
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 1, 2022
re: #9 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Who was the February 31st Chechen then?
I can’t keep my Chechens straight. Some like Putin, some want to pop his eyes out and skull fuck him. The second group is referenced here I believe.
re: #11 No Malarkey!
They made it to DC?!!?? Congratulations Freedom Convoy 2022.
re: #13 darthstar
They made it to DC?!!?? Congratulations Freedom Convoy 2022.
Not many truckers though. As in, none at all. LOL
“Where are the trucks!? Where are the trucks!?” the rally organizer yells. Still not a singular truck in sight.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 1, 2022
According to a Ukrainian MOD readout given to several ministries in Kyiv:
In Zaporizhia and Chernihiv, Russia is raiding residential buildings and confiscating cell phones from locals. They also started to try and jam cell communication in those areas.— Erin Banco (@ErinBanco) March 1, 2022
re: #11 No Malarkey!
From the replies.
tRUmp could not pay for the crowd… pic.twitter.com/IaJUsW4Cty
— JayMcPea (@McPea54) March 1, 2022
DirecTV cutting access to Russia-funded media organization RT America
Russian President Vladimir Putin explicitly created RT to compete with English-language multinational news organizations, including CNN and the BBC, so viewers and readers would perceive Russia as a great power.
WAR CRIME. YOU MAY NOT ABUSE PROTECTIVE SIGNS!
EXCLUSIVE: Russian special forces use ‘Red Cross’ ambulances to practise brutal ambush techniqueshttps://t.co/Ew6E5RC9ws
— The Mirror (@DailyMirror) April 6, 2021
re: #11 No Malarkey!
Damn. There aren’t even tens of people there. There’s, like, no one.
re: #11 No Malarkey!
roughly 50 minutes of video.
Good lord, definitely not suggesting anyone watch it all. But you can jump through to see the general crowd size (or lack there of)
“Stage of Freedom” rally supports trucker convoy in DC ahead of State of the Union https://t.co/8yMR3wxFkO
— Ford Fischer (@FordFischer) March 1, 2022
re: #21 A Cranky One
OT;
Things that scare me besides the world situation…
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re: #22 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Damn. There aren’t even tens of people there. There’s, like, no one.
ANTIFA ALREADY KILT THEM ALL!
re: #24 darthstar
I don’t wanna know what’s in your browser cache if you’re getting ads like that. //
Now that horrible CPAC is over, I have some thoughts…pic.twitter.com/hfZb1kxftW
— PoliticsGirl (@IAmPoliticsGirl) March 1, 2022
re: #12 darthstar
I can’t keep my Chechens straight. Some like Putin, some want to pop his eyes out and skull fuck him. The second group is referenced here I believe.
Ramzan Kadryov and his father launched a blood war of independence against the Russian state in the late 1990’s after a few years where the Russian state was still imploding. Putin came into power, at least partly by really really crushing the Chechen independence movement, at the cost of 100 thousand dead.
Ramzan Kadryov then switched his loyalty over to _Putin_, and has been feel free to rule Chechnya as his own repressive fiefdom as long as he obeys Putin.
The February 31st Chechen who was killed in Ukraine was loyal to Kadyrov, and known for persecuting and murdering Chechen gays in and outside Chechnya.
Edit: Woops, I was confusing some people. The February 31st Chechen is Kadyrov. The Chechen military man killed in Ukraine was loyal to Kadyrov, but was responsible for an antigay purge of Chechens in and outside of Chechnya.
How to Grand Theft auto a BTR-80. Nice to know. https://t.co/ZvTm8cJ89y
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) March 1, 2022
re: #20 Teukka
WAR CRIME. YOU MAY NOT ABUSE PROTECTIVE SIGNS!
Is the Daily Mirror reputable? Or is it just the Daily _Mail_ that’s unreliable.
Funny.
France has been sending the chasseurs alpins from Annency to Roumania as part of the NATO defensive build up.
How to get the armoured vehicles there rapidly?
No problems, Antanov are on the job.
Nice big Antanov with blue and yellow markings.
re: #6 No Malarkey!
The current generation of Russians should ask their parents to tell them about what life was like in the Soviet Union, because they are headed there very quickly.
Worse. They won’t have Warsaw pact countries available for plunder.
.@yandexcom is the largest technology company in Russia and the country’s second-largest search engine.
The former head of its news division, Lev Gershenzon, just made this remarkable post on Facebook, addressed to his former colleagues. My translation. pic.twitter.com/AHzlOAJ34p— Ilya Lozovsky (@ichbinilya) March 1, 2022
re: #27 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Righteous!
Ukraine’s ambassador to the US will attend President Biden’s State of the Union address later tonight as a guest of first lady Jill Biden, the White House has confirmed.Oksana Markarova will return to Capitol Hill one day after meeting with a bipartisan group of lawmakers to watch the president’s speech to a joint session of Congress.
re: #7 darthstar
Look what Putin has accomplished. Muslims offering to help Jews. How nice. Also the
Crimean muslims (Tartars) have a lot of reasons to hate Russia.
re: #29 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
I think that’s the start sequence for the War Rig in Max Max: Fury Road. /
RE: Texas trying to enforce abbott’s and paxton’s horrific legal opinion.
Yep. & this is what they want 4 the ENTIRE Country. Idaho has introduced legislation 2 restrict Trans healthcare 4 minors. My remaining blood family are finally starting 2 understand why I want 2 immigrate 2 Canada 2 be with my wife @RobynOnTheRun. It’s not safe here 4 me anymore
— Michele: Out of the closet. Into the fire (@michele_out) March 1, 2022
Reported earlier, but LOL
It turns out that the command of the Russian Navy planned a large amphibious landing and they were going to moor to the Luzanovsky beach mined and blocked by anti-tank hedgehogs, after having previously worked out the surroundings from multiple rocket launchers. At the same time, enemy helicopters and a large number of UAVs were flying in the bay.
The Ukrainian Anti-aircraft warfare and other defenders of Odessa were preparing to give a decisive rebuff to the enemy, but at the very last moment, the Russians got in touch and asked to be allowed to leave the bay.
It looks like that a rebellion took place on the ships of the Russian Navy: the young conscripts refused to obey the order and to attack the coast of a million-plus city. They might have been horrified at the perspective of such a crazy operation, because they were frightened by Ukrainian marines, most of whom spent five years or more in the war. It must be said that the Ukrainian naval defences acted very merciful, not shooting at the leaving landing squad.
re: #39 JC1
Feb 31st?
Kadyrov supposedly gave the West until Feb. 31 to lift sanctions or he will revenge. Who is gonna break it to him that February 31 doesn’t exist?
— Anastasiia Lapatina (@lapatina_) February 28, 2022
re: #23 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
roughly 50 minutes of video.
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Okay, I skipped around and found a few highlights:
At 11:45 a guy jogs across in front of the stage…in shorts. A few minutes later another jogger goes the opposite direction.
At 20 minutes he opens his reserve of word salad and it makes no sense - now a few cameras are set up. Kids with sidewalk chalk aren’t being disturbed by the crazy man shouting above them in a red jump suit.
32 minutes he passes the mic to a pastor who says he also sometimes coaches wrestling, then says that red suit guy is a “scrapper who doesn’t mind going down.” Put that on your grindr profile, buddy!
re: #43 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Yeah. Look in the last thread. I’m on my phone and going back to work.
Found it. littlegreenfootballs.com
and my response:
Oh brother.
According to Kadyrov, the Chechen Republic will introduce mirror sanctions if British Prime Minister Boris Johnson, European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen and The head of European Diplomacy Josep Borrell do not abandon their statements against Russia.
“And yet, despite all this comedy, it is time for harsh revenge, and the measures should be mirrored … Close the Chechen sky for the flights of their jets; - Freeze all of Johnson’s ruble-denominated assets in Chechen banks; - Impose an embargo on all assets of British oligarchs in Achkhoy-Martan, and in case of deterioration - in Samashki; - To recognize the left-hand drive movement as a nefarious relic of the Middle Ages; “And finally, to admit that there is no English tea!”, - the politician emphasized.
The head of Chechnya gave these persons “a deadline of February 31.” Kadyrov said that this would be an example for other countries to “henceforth think before imposing any sanctions.”
Considering where they are in the world, the only impact might be someone from one of the Stans trying to fly to Moldova.
And I am sure that Boris has a ton of assets in Chechen banks.
Is this the Russian version of The Onion?
And NOW I am going back to work. :-(
re: #42 Shropshire Slasher
Reported earlier, but LOL
Remember the Battle of Odessa!
It didn’t happen…
I know…remember that!
re: #46 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Found it. littlegreenfootballs.com
and my response:
And NOW I am going back to work. :-(
Oh got it. That had to be a joke/sarcasm post.
Not too sad for the truckers. We all know the next freedom grift is right around the corner.
Breaks my heart.
A massive cargo ship carrying 4,000 luxury sports including Lamborghinis, Porsches, Audis, and Bentleys worth an estimated total of $400 million sank off the coast of Europe on Tuesday.
The Felicity Ace, a 60,000-ton merchant ship that caught fire on Feb. 17, ran aground about 253 miles from the Azores, a Portuguese archipelago in the mid-Atlantic Ocean.
The ship’s owner, MOL Ship Management Singapore Pte Ltd, said that the Panama-flagged vessel sank at around 9am local time.
re: #50 Shropshire Slasher
Breaks my heart.
If I’m the insurance company I’m gonna need to see some sunken cars before I write a check.
re: #14 No Malarkey!
Not many truckers though. As in, none at all. LOL
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“Have you ever got the feeling you’ve been cheated?” - Johnny Rotten, final disastrous Sex Pistols concert in San Francisco ( 1976?)
re: #49 Amory Blaine
Not too sad for the truckers. We all know the next freedom grift is right around the corner.
They still have to drive home…and because they spent all their money on Trump flags and red white and blue bunting for their trucks, they have no spare cash for hookers and casinos on the drive back.
re: #49 Amory Blaine
Not too sad for the truckers. We all know the next freedom grift is right around the corner.
Rally organizer Kyle Sefcik claims he “lost money” setting up today’s event.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 1, 2022
“Does anybody have a clue who I am?” an unknown California Republican congressional candidate yells after taking to the stage. Four rally goers respond, “No.”
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 1, 2022
poor wingnut
re: #54 Kilroy was here
You know who’s going to love reading about this? Vladimir Putin. Wanna know why? Because if he loses control of his navy the Russian air force will follow suit. Then all he’ll have is a shit-ton of hardware stretched out on a Ukrainian highway near Kyiv and the Ukranians will proceed to begin blowing up every third vehicle until they leave.
Oh, and the oligarchs he needs. They, too, will find this mutiny telling.
re: #57 steve_davis
I live in the only area of the upstate where one can come across this sort of stash at the Good Will.
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Why is your zipper down? What are you doing to those poor books?
There is a lot of information in this thread about the Russian planning and communications.
Intelligence acquired since the beginning of the Russian military operation over Ukraine has shown an immense lack of logistic support, making this war one of the most unique in 2022 when it comes to surveillance.
A thread 👇🧵 pic.twitter.com/huILD8lEDX— ShadowBreak Intl. (@sbreakintl) March 1, 2022
re: #59 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Looks like the old movie popcorn trick.
Then the only conclusion possible is that they’re all just fine with it. The GOP is officially the party of white supremacism now. https://t.co/edyTQkB5Ou
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
re: #63 Charles Johnson
He and the GOPers were quick to boot Cheney from leadership for bucking Trump. But being an overt white nationalist/goddamned Nazi? Yeah, your silence is assent.
The GOP is a white nationalist party.
The only difference between the GOP and KKK is that the KKK masked.
They’re probably Republicans. Republicans undermine America when they’re out of power because they hate civilized Americans, and undermine America when in power by electing criminals.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 1, 2022
re: #63 Charles Johnson
Seriously, how fucking difficult is it to denounce fucking Nazis? They chose the name America First PAC by design FFS. Trump may not have known the significance of that, but you can be damned sure assholes like Stephen Miller know . Fuentes sure as hell does. They are Nazis. The admire and respect them. So if McCarthy can’t do that, it makes him what then? Nazi? Traitor? All of the above?
re: #60 Ming5000
There is a lot of information in this thread about the Russian planning and communications.
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Holy shit…they’re communicating via analog radio? They don’t have encrypted comms? Might as well use MySpace or create a Google Hangout…actually, a google hangout would be more secure as it uses HTTPS.
A story being confirmed not only by PoW testimony but also by material captured by the Ukrainian army after clashes with the Russian army, such as in this tweet, showing a civilian Baofeng which was used by the Russian infantry.https://t.co/kjg1RapEwg
— ShadowBreak Intl. (@sbreakintl) March 1, 2022
Photoshop request: can we get Ted Cruz with his suitcase, or smudge the cat at the table, or Chris Christie in his beach chair? Or all of them at the same time with Guilfoyle, too? pic.twitter.com/xRwVqPTDGc
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 1, 2022
re: #67 darthstar
Some were crapping on Zelensky for the first day’s apparent failure to completely block the Russian advance, but the Ukrainian army seems very competent compared to the Russian mess. The Ukrainians have a bunch of veterans now from the Donbas frontier posting.
re: #58 darthstar
You know who’s going to love reading about this? Vladimir Putin. Wanna know why? Because if he loses control of his navy the Russian air force will follow suit. Then all he’ll have is a shit-ton of hardware stretched out on a Ukrainian highway near Kyiv and the Ukranians will proceed to begin blowing up every third vehicle until they leave.
Oh, and the oligarchs he needs. They, too, will find this mutiny telling.
The February Revolution started when Russian troops revolted against orders from the last Tsar to suppress striking workers, many of them women, with force. en.wikipedia.org
re: #67 darthstar
Holy shit…they’re communicating via analog radio? They don’t have encrypted comms? Might as well use MySpace or create a Google Hangout…actually, a google hangout would be more secure as it uses HTTPS.
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JFC - what are their fallback comms in case their off-the-shelf civilian shit gets hacked? Writing their commands down on paper and having a junior officer (maybe on horseback because of the mud?) ride them up and down the column??
I didn’t know he apologized! This is beautiful. pic.twitter.com/GbnTceR46W
— BenDavid Grabinski+ (@bdgrabinski) March 1, 2022
re: #59 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Why is your zipper down? What are you doing to those poor books?
Lol! Because I’m an old man who took a leak and forgot to put the zipper back up. I live on my own except for the cat, and fortunately it doesn’t bother her.
The Rabbi of Odessa, Ukraine broke his Shabbat observance in order to bring 250 orphans from his city to safety in the midst of the ongoing violence in the country. I told them that we are here to fulfill God’s will, and on this Shabbat, his will is for us to escape to save lives pic.twitter.com/i9ePARth0k
— Mesillat Yesharim (@Wollvsttaven) March 1, 2022
re: #75 steve_davis
Lol! Because I’m an old man who took a leak and forgot to put the zipper back up. I live on my own except for the cat, and fortunately it doesn’t bother her.
😂🤣 lol. I missed that at first glance.
re: #67 darthstar
I’m leery to consider this as trustworthy reporting about Russian comms being out in the open. Did we have similar types of reporting about when Russia invaded Crimea? Or Chechnya? Would they regress on their comms? Is this disinformation?
I’ve got a lot of uncertainty about the provenance to take it seriously. I’ll leave it to the pros to know whether that’s happening.
re: #75 steve_davis
Lol! Because I’m an old man who took a leak and forgot to put the zipper back up. I live on my own except for the cat, and fortunately it doesn’t bother her.
I don’t even button if I’m in my recliner with jeans on. Having my belly constricted can make me feel awful.
re: #56 b.d
Rally organizer Kyle Sefcik claims he “lost money” setting up today’s event.
so, it was just a money grab after all.
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
so, it was just a money grab after all.
Everything “Conservatives” do seems to be a grift.
re: #78 lawhawk
I know we cannot know. Seems plausible based on R performance.
Also, Malcomb Nance retweeted it, for what it is worth.
re: #80 Backwoods_Sleuth
so, it was just a money grab after all.
They weren’t in it for the hot women and Junior took all the drugs.
Chuck Todd says President @JoeBiden doesn’t have a loyal fan base. Blatantly false.
Just because we don’t act like a mob of unhinged bullies the way Trump supporters do doesn’t mean we don’t exist.— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) March 1, 2022
also, Biden don’t need no stinkin’ fan base
Got some bobotie baking in the oven and the kitchen SMELLS WONDERFUL!
heh
NEW: Mitch McConnell is scolding Rick Scott for releasing a 2022 GOP platform that calls for raising taxes on “over half of Americans.” McConnell says releasing an agenda has given “Democrats ammunition for millions of dollars of ads in the midterms,” per @politico.
— No Lie with Brian Tyler Cohen (@NoLieWithBTC) March 1, 2022
Be sure to stick with this video for at least 20 seconds.
You won’t be disappointed.
Via @terrelljstarr
pic.twitter.com/CmuI3QkG7Y— Bill Grueskin (@BGrueskin) February 26, 2022
hey Shiplord, look at who’s on the list:
January 6 committee issues subpoenas targeting the attempt to delay certification of election results:
• Cleta Mitchell
• Kenneth Chesebro
• Katherine Friess
• Kurt Olsen
• Phillip Kline
• Christina Bobb https://t.co/K0YPdjsBZl— Laffy (@GottaLaff) March 1, 2022
New: A new military strike in Kharkiv has hit an apartment complex near a hospital, videos that have been geolocated and verified by CNN show.
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) March 1, 2022
re: #87 Backwoods_Sleuth
heh
Rick Scott doesn’t understand why it would be controversial to make those lucky ducky poor people pay more taxes.
re: #89 Backwoods_Sleuth
hey Shiplord, look at who’s on the list:
I only recognize the female “Cletus” from that list.
Hey @TwitterSupport, you missed a Russian State-Owned Media affiliated account. https://t.co/zAEUfAc7hD
— Jeff Fecke (@jkfecke) March 1, 2022
re: #52 b.d
If I’m the insurance company I’m gonna need to see some sunken cars before I write a check.
It’s the same one that was ghosted and on fire a couple of weeks ago.
re: #85 Backwoods_Sleuth
And that right there is what the fuck is wrong with our stupid media. The President isn’t supposed to have a damned “fan base” FFS. This isn’t American Idol. JFC I am so sick of this crap.
One of the huge news media problems we have is that there are few if any actual journalists among them. Some hosts are good without that journalism education and reporting experience, but the vast majority are ass bonnets like Todd who obviously was excluded from the cool kids table in the cafeteria and hasn’t got over it yet. I wish I was able to buy a media channel and hire actual journalists, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards. I still think protesting and other actions should be directed at media outlets/particular show hosts as much as it should be politicians and political institutions. The assholes funding and encouraging this crap too.
— Devin Nunes’ English Professor (@Astrearedux) March 1, 2022
re: #93 No Malarkey!
Propaganda is not “balance.” You sound like a brainwashed right-wing authoritarian.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 1, 2022
Burn, motherfucker, burn.
Russian Pantsir S1 missile system destroyed in Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/NbJlmdpQDq— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) March 1, 2022
re: #98 Punish Domestic Terrorists
She works for them, it’s an income stream, of course she supports them. She’s also gross and evil, but I digress.
Leaked audio from the Lukashenko debrief. We translation. /
Remember #miltwitter , Amateurs talk tactics. Professionals talk logistics.
CSS Estimate backbrief time in Belarus
Sound on. https://t.co/ZeeMHqwvmw pic.twitter.com/YUHCNVCuqG— Ex Owls (@ex_owls) March 1, 2022
re: #98 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Hey @TwitterSupport @Twitter You missed another Russian asset spreading lies.
— Michele: Out of the closet. Into the fire (@michele_out) March 1, 2022
re: #99 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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I rate that as a four: “pantsir on fire” on my five point scale. Five is somebody getting blown into the neighbor’s yard, along with the grill, after detonating the propane tank due to shoddy maintenance in the off-season.
re: #92 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I only recognize the female “Cletus” from that list.
That’s Shiplord’s relative.
re: #97 Patricia Kayden
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A revealing reaction to Elise from the first impeachment hearing.
Rep. Stefanik approached Rep. Krishnamoorthi — and his face says it all pic.twitter.com/JKlyXrBG63
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) November 20, 2019
Here is my tactical advise for Ukraine developed from playing Call of Duty for 1,000 hours 1/237
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 1, 2022
While there are plenty of stories (and propaganda?) of Ukrainians fighting off the Russians, it does appear that Russia is in this for the long haul.
I suspect that whether Putin succeeds only depends on him avoiding assassination.
There are enough Russians who will go along with him, in the military, to make Ukraine a broken country.
Even if there are resistance fighters, Putin will wear any Russian losses as a badge of honor and he will tell his fellow Russians that the fallen are heroes for the cause.
I cannot see this ending any other way but badly for all.
I suppose it is possible for Putin to be satisfied with splitting Ukraine into two parts, with the eastern part being “saved” from the barbarian westerners.
See the current state of Kharkiv. Either it becomes a Russian city, or it will end up being demolished. Even if Kyiv remains free, the cities in the east are in trouble.
If Putin sees himself as the great incarnation of the Rus, then he believes he is starting something that will go on long after him.
What this means for us is not clear to me. We could be in a cold war that goes on for many years.
Or it could be a shooting war.
Or a nuclear war.
Best thing would be if someone does in Putin (and his closest henchmen.) Whether than can occur I don’t know, given how that recent picture of Putin sitting a great distance at a table from his fellow meeting members tells me that he is aware that he has to keep everyone beyond stabbing distance.
re: #104 lawhawk
Maybe it was supposed to be a reference to the 1st Cavalry Army and the graphics person got sloppy.
re: #99 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Well, that burning Pantsir there is $14 Million just right there down the drain for Putin. ..or about 147 Kabillion Rubles right now.
I’m so old I remember when it was pretty damned lonely to be out there criticizing Glenn Greenwald, and nobody would defend you against his ugly smear attacks.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
I remember
— Michael Cohen (@speechboy71) March 1, 2022
I’m old enough too.
— Leah McElrath 🏳️🌈🌻 (@leahmcelrath) March 1, 2022
Same
— Neera Tanden🌻 (@neeratanden) March 1, 2022
I’m old enough to remember the time he thought I was in his corner because I didn’t care for the term “Bernie bros.”
That was literally the only reason he assumed I was an ally of his. https://t.co/8DuvcLUUfJ— Charles Gaba 🇺🇦 (@charles_gaba) March 1, 2022
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) March 1, 2022
re: #113 Charles Johnson
You tagged the wrong Bob Cesca in that followup. It’s @bobcesca_go
re: #60 Ming5000
There is a lot of information in this thread about the Russian planning and communications.
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A couple posters in that thread claim that much of this is Ukraine propaganda and that the Russian forces are steadily moving in according to the Russian timetable, not ours. Their assertion is that the supposed 2 day victory plan was fabricated in the West and that the Russians were always preparing for a longer conflict. We will see how all this ultimately plays out. My hope is that Ukraine prevails and that the Russians never expected this level of resistance and do not have a successful strategy to counteract it.
re: #116 Hecuba’s daughter
“We always planned to run out of gas.”
re: #81 steve_davis
This cat is just comfortable as fuck right now.
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Did not know that your calling on this planet was to be a feline pillow, did you?
re: #82 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Everything “Conservatives” do seems to be a grift.
The only thing they want “free” is the transition of money from your wallet to theirs.
re: #116 Hecuba’s daughter
A couple posters in that thread claim that much of this is Ukraine propaganda and that the Russian forces are steadily moving in according to the Russian timetable, not ours. Their assertion is that the supposed 2 day victory plan was fabricated in the West and that the Russians were always preparing for a longer conflict. We will see how all this ultimately plays out.
LOL
ладно бумер
What happened to the multitudes? We were promised multitudes! https://t.co/yyermtui7k
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
re: #115 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Argh, I always forget the _go.
re: #121 Charles Johnson
— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips (@FormerDirtDart) March 1, 2022
Notice how Biden is not on social media demanding praise for uniting NATO.
— Covie (@covie_93) March 1, 2022
This is big.
Secretary of State Antony Blinken asks the United Nations’ Security Council to expel Russia. MSNBC.
— Michael Grossman (@MichaelArt123) March 1, 2022
Chuck Todd says President @JoeBiden doesn’t have a loyal fan base. Blatantly false.
Just because we don’t act like a mob of unhinged bullies the way Trump supporters do doesn’t mean we don’t exist.— Kaivan Shroff (@KaivanShroff) March 1, 2022
Presidents should have supporters, not fan bases.
We’re talking about a politician, not Justin Bieber.
Apparently this parade was a real bummer. https://t.co/vQVKwA8GQx
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
“Mitch McConnell and Senate Republican leaders are warning Rick Scott that his agenda for the GOP could expose the party to unnecessary attacks this fall, a significant intraparty rebuke for the Floridian,” Politico reports.“The Senate minority leader, who has declined thus far to release a party agenda, advised Scott at a GOP leadership meeting on Monday afternoon that his 11-point proposal gave Democrats ammunition for millions of dollars of ads in the midterms.”
they cant attack us if we dont have an agenda!
FINAL vote on @WendyRogersAZ censure by the AZ Senate.
24-3 with 3 not voting. Steele is not there on a personal matter.
Rogers has been censured. pic.twitter.com/l4Pn5Idnlv— The AZ - abc15 - Data Guru (@Garrett_Archer) March 1, 2022
china deeply unhappy with the invasion of ukraine & want ceasefire
the russians have made their enemies much more hostile - and weakened a lot of their friendships
@gzeromedia world #in60secondshttps://t.co/B4jX1LLttP pic.twitter.com/djxv7Nv2Yc— ian bremmer (@ianbremmer) March 1, 2022
recently discovered pro tip: those bags of Uncle Ben’s rice aren’t bad, just don’t microwave them. in the skillet, this wild rice came out tasting fine. in the microwave, they come out tasting like used socks.
re: #130 Dangerman
they cant attack us if we dont have an agenda!
Republicans never have to have an agenda. US media and journalists never ask them about any such agenda, because it is tacitly understood that Republicans don’t do things. Doing things - promoting the general welfare, passing legislation, budgets - are things Democrats are supposed to attempt and fail, and Republicans are supposed to oppose. Somehow, the US media has convinced Americans that this is the natural order of things.
re: #136 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
It couldn’t manage the clutch.
Message from a Ukrainian solider:
If anything happens don’t let us be forgotten. We are surrounded in Mariupol no way out.— Roland Oliphant (@RolandOliphant) March 1, 2022
The only time @EchoMskRu ever went off the air before this was during a KGB-backed coup attempt https://t.co/Lw6BbEKcOi
— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 1, 2022
re: #131 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
For which terrible thing that she said or did? I can guess that it involved white nationalism, because it’s Wendy, but it could be just about anything she’s said and done.
Took me a sec to realize it was real
The Pup Express!pic.twitter.com/UtyP8a42H7
— Morissa Schwartz (Dr. Rissy) (@MorissaSchwartz) February 28, 2022
re: #133 steve_davis
recently discovered pro tip: those bags of Uncle Ben’s rice aren’t bad, just don’t microwave them. in the skillet, this wild rice came out tasting fine. in the microwave, they come out tasting like used socks.
how could you know that?
Bit over 10 minutes until launch
Kharkiv
Putin’s meltdown: Bombing a huge Russian-speaking city where everyone has relatives across the border. Crime against Ukraine, crime against Russia.
— Leonid Ragozin (@leonidragozin) March 1, 2022
re: #95 A Mom Anon
And that right there is what the fuck is wrong with our stupid media. The President isn’t supposed to have a damned “fan base” FFS. This isn’t American Idol. JFC I am so sick of this crap.
One of the huge news media problems we have is that there are few if any actual journalists among them. Some hosts are good without that journalism education and reporting experience, but the vast majority are ass bonnets like Todd who obviously was excluded from the cool kids table in the cafeteria and hasn’t got over it yet. I wish I was able to buy a media channel and hire actual journalists, but that doesn’t seem to be in the cards. I still think protesting and other actions should be directed at media outlets/particular show hosts as much as it should be politicians and political institutions. The assholes funding and encouraging this crap too.
That’s a stupid Trumporrhoid talking point. TFG brought this whole I AM TEH GRATEST TV STAR CELEBRITY ON TEH HOLE TELEVISIONS OF ALL TIME AND MILLIONS OF FANS WATCH ME ON TV!!! TEH YOOJE RATINGS!!!1!!!!11!
As the world watches unarmed Ukrainians stopping tanks with their bare hands, you’d think these guys would be ashamed of making their big stand against a one-minute nose swab. https://t.co/ApuC0vB3R3
— Helen Kennedy 🌻 (@HelenKennedy) March 1, 2022
re: #136 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
SNEK
Please, no steppy
On second thought, I think I’ll walk.
About the Belorus briefing map: The 1st Cav is probably up there to provide a comparison with logistical demands of a similar red force division. It looks like a similar breakout with a home-team symbol is right above it.
source: Lots of briefings.
To the world: what is the point of saying «never again» for 80 years, if the world stays silent when a bomb drops on the same site of Babyn Yar? At least 5 killed. History repeating…
— Володимир Зеленський (@ZelenskyyUa) March 1, 2022
re: #121 Charles Johnson
There would be more but the Fire Marshall wouldn’t let them in….
#Deadhead alert! A lovely, wildly inventive cover of @GratefulDead’s “China Cat Sunflower” by #Ukrainian band La Horsa Bianca. Just awesome. Go Ukraine! #standwithukraine https://t.co/6vGvDbjXp4
— Steve Silberman (@stevesilberman) March 1, 2022
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
GOP Reps. Mary Miller (Ill.), Bob Good (Va.), Matt Rosendale (Mont.) and Andrew Clyde (Ga.), meanwhile, all told The Daily Caller that they would not attend the speech.
“Members of Congress should not be subject to COVID-19 tests and social distance when it is not necessary, and the entire nation has ended most, if not all, coronavirus restrictions,” Rosendale told the outlet.
“I will not submit to an unnecessary COVID test to attend a State of the Union only to hear this President whisper through a speech that will inevitably fail to take responsibility for the tremendous damage he has and continues to cause to our country,” Good told the Caller.
Capitol physician Brian Monahan told lawmakers on Sunday that masking would be made optional in the Capitol complex ahead of Biden’s first State of the Union, though a negative coronavirus test is required, and guests of lawmakers will not be allowed.
re: #134 Renaissance_Man
Republicans never have to have an agenda. US media and journalists never ask them about any such agenda, because it is tacitly understood that Republicans don’t do things. Doing things - promoting the general welfare, passing legislation, budgets - are things Democrats are supposed to attempt and fail, and Republicans are supposed to oppose. Somehow, the US media has convinced Americans that this is the natural order of things.
“Cutting taxes” is their only real policy. And then the media every single time fails to follow up with the proper questions regarding funding a huge military or trying to keep schools afloat, you know… shit that simply takes care of itself.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
It’s just the most trashy immature Republicans who have to throw a fit over basic public health measures. They’re just not leadership material.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 1, 2022
re: #141 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Took me a sec to realize it was real
Folks in huntin dog game would say that pup has a “soft mouth”. lol
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
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As the world watches unarmed Ukrainians stopping tanks with their bare hands, you’d think these guys would be ashamed of making their big stand against a one-minute nose swab care about possibly endangering the life of the president and the other people in the room.
re: #127 Eclectic Cyborg
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Presidents should have supporters, not fan bases.
We’re talking about a politician, not Justin Bieber.
Not quite true. Zelenskyy has assembled a huge worldwide fan base over the past week!
For those who may prefer it, the NASA stream
re: #92 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I only recognize the female “Cletus” from that list.
We woke people describe them generically as Cletx.
re: #161 Hecuba’s daughter
Not quite true. Zelenskyy has assembled a huge worldwide fan base over the past week!
Yeah, but for doing a lot more than a usual politician does. Plus, he was an entertainer before taking office so he already had an established fanbase.
Dude is fucking awesome no matter what.
Exactly. For example, one of the ways he attacked me was by digging up a completely false story about me from a far right website, and tweeting it to his hundreds of thousands of followers. All from behind a block.
He’s one of the sleaziest humans I’ve ever encountered.— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
re: #161 Hecuba’s daughter
Not quite true. Zelenskyy has assembled a huge worldwide fan base over the past week!
OTOH, Zalensky is not a politician, he’s a leader.
re: #140 Punish Domestic Terrorists
For which terrible thing that she said or did? I can guess that it involved white nationalism, because it’s Wendy, but it could be just about anything she’s said and done.
Among her other sterling remarks:
Zelensky is a globalist puppet for Soros and the Clintons.
— Wendy Rogers (@WendyRogersAZ) February 27, 2022
And there is more on her twitter account.
re: #151 Decatur Deb
About the Belorus briefing map: The 1st Cav is probably up there to provide a comparison with a similar red force division. It looks like a similar breakout with a home-team symbol is right above it.
source: Lots of briefings.
My first thought was that somebody had drug out and old war game map from the Warsaw Pact days.
//
Massage time.. pic.twitter.com/6P3Xbd33AF
— Buitengebieden (@buitengebieden_) March 1, 2022
re: #157 Florida Panhandler
“Cutting taxes” on the wealthy is their only real policy. And then the media every single time fails to follow up with the proper questions regarding funding a huge military or trying to keep schools afloat, you know… shit that simply takes care of itself.
FTFY
re: #167 Charles Johnson
I briefly fell for Greenwald’s shoddy “journalism” decades ago, but even back then, it became clear that he was all about ginning up fake outrage. I was not surprised to see him wind up on Tucker Carlson’s show, since that’s where the audience seeking fake outrage is found
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 1, 2022
Always a few dickheads like this.
I’ve never said I was right all along about everything. But about Greenwald, absolutely fucking right I was.
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 1, 2022
The only thing I was able to get from #Kharkiv in the last 20 minutes… “19-year-old biathlete Yevhen Malyshev died in a battle near Kharkiv. Glory and eternal memory to the Heroes of Ukraine!” Nineteen. Nineteen. #StopPutinNOW #PutinIsaWarCriminal pic.twitter.com/SAcytrmpe9
— Zarina Zabrisky 🇺🇦 (@ZarinaZabrisky) March 1, 2022
E-mail from a friend in Ukraine:
“We saw fighter aircraft, helicopters & Russian paratroopers from our window. We walked for miles. And now we are safe. My wife is in Poland now, and I am in Ukraine.
I’m sending you some photos of the city where we lived.” pic.twitter.com/bNGQYhePNq— Ilya Kaminsky (@ilya_poet) March 1, 2022
She always appears to be saying, “I’m slightly disappointed in you”. https://t.co/UESfK4ZZI7 pic.twitter.com/9O3qHlRt6I
— Illegally Smol Cats (@IllegallySmol) March 1, 2022
This was a tough one.
Stop draggin’ my word around
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re: #175 Charles Johnson
Always a few dickheads like this.
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If you changed your name to ‘the Little Green Footballs guy’ no one would ever mistake you for some shitty Charles Johnson ever again.
re: #148 The Pie Overlord!
That’s a stupid Trumporrhoid talking point. TFG brought this whole I AM TEH GRATEST TV STAR CELEBRITY ON TEH HOLE TELEVISIONS OF ALL TIME AND MILLIONS OF FANS WATCH ME ON TV!!! TEH YOOJE RATINGS!!!1!!!!11!
remember when the McCain campaign did an ad criticizing Obama for being a celebrity with a huge fan base?
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
Goddamn. That looks like a movie set…or something out of a Fallout game.
re: #180 Charles Johnson
This was a tough one.
Yep, it felt like the NYT’s heard that everybody was sayin the words were harder since they took over and said, oh, “How do you like me now?”
re: #183 Eclectic Cyborg
Goddamn. That looks like a movie set…or something out of a Fallout game.
I think it’s our level of privilege that makes us see that as something from fiction, when it’s just life in any region at war.
re: #185 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I think it’s our level of privilege that makes us see that as something from fiction, when it’s just life in any region at war.
I agree 1000%
re: #136 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
So intimidating 😂 pic.twitter.com/A58bPTjS8t
— Mike Wright (@mikewright2424) March 1, 2022
re: #187 Patricia Kayden
A rather outstanding physical advert for a roadside repair and snake removal service?
re: #187 Patricia Kayden
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I thought you liked hugs.
— Jeff Flanagan (@JeffMFlanagan) March 1, 2022
When I bred and sold Ball Pythons, I’d joke that constrictors are the only pets that will hug you.
re: #144 Dangerman
how could you know that?
desperate times have occasionally called for desperate measures.
re: #184 lizardofid
Yep, it felt like the NYT’s heard that everybody was sayin the words were harder since they took over and said, oh, “How do you like me now?”
I actually tried the winning word because I couldn’t think of anything else, and didn’t expect it to work.
YAY!! According to an MSNBC clip, Marko Rubio thinks Putin would prefer not to escalate to the point of nuclear war. I feel better now.
I didn’t click on the video, just read the headline. I’m assuming it was a Chuck Todd segment.
re: #191 Charles Johnson
I actually tried the winning word because I couldn’t think of anything else, and didn’t expect it to work.
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If you wish see me complain about getting a 2 in Wordle, at least you have to click.
Wordle 255 2/6
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I put the blue one in the only available place, then tried everything on the keyboard* for that last letter. None of them were on the word list. Until…. The shameful 2 is worse then the stolen one. At least they took that away.
*some of them twice
This seems like an accusation that is almost always going to be true when you have a government like that.
BTW, this person hadn’t posted anything on social media or gone to any protests. “We heard you don’t support the government.”
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 1, 2022
How do you not watch The Hot Hock (Redford, segal, mostel, etc) every time it comes on:
“Afghanistan Banana Stand*
re: #193 Eclectic Cyborg
My third guess was a more common word made up of the same letters as the winning word. The winning word was one of two five letter words I could think of that matched all the letters in question. The other word I thought of was my failed third guess.
I’m really glad I didn’t read that before I wordled.
Let the record show I do feel badly for many of the anti-Putin Russians who are currently taking it from all ends because of the sanctions. Some of these people aren’t going to be able to eat or do much of anything before long.
I understand the why of course, but collateral damage always fucking sucks even if it is by nature unavoidable.
re: #110 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
While there are plenty of stories (and propaganda?) of Ukrainians fighting off the Russians, it does appear that Russia is in this for the long haul.
I suspect that whether Putin succeeds only depends on him avoiding assassination.
There are enough Russians who will go along with him, in the military, to make Ukraine a broken country.
Even if there are resistance fighters, Putin will wear any Russian losses as a badge of honor and he will tell his fellow Russians that the fallen are heroes for the cause.
I cannot see this ending any other way but badly for all.
I suppose it is possible for Putin to be satisfied with splitting Ukraine into two parts, with the eastern part being “saved” from the barbarian westerners.
See the current state of Kharkiv. Either it becomes a Russian city, or it will end up being demolished. Even if Kyiv remains free, the cities in the east are in trouble.
If Putin sees himself as the great incarnation of the Rus, then he believes he is starting something that will go on long after him.
What this means for us is not clear to me. We could be in a cold war that goes on for many years.
Or it could be a shooting war.
Or a nuclear war.
Best thing would be if someone does in Putin (and his closest henchmen.) Whether than can occur I don’t know, given how that recent picture of Putin sitting a great distance at a table from his fellow meeting members tells me that he is aware that he has to keep everyone beyond stabbing distance.
Yes, the Russians are in it for the long haul. Until they need parts and materials for their tanks. Until they need communications equipment. Until they need food for the troops. Until they need to pay the troops. And then what?
re: #176 Backwoods_Sleuth
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look, as ghoulish as this sounds, if you’re ukraine, take the residential houses getting hit by missiles. missiles ain’t cheap. if they’re blowing up a civilian’s house, that’s millions of dollars blown for minimal help to the attackers.
re: #117 jaunte
“We always planned to run out of gas.”
And Ukraine is still beating them. The Russian military planned to run out of gas, but didn’t prepare for Ukrainians towing their armor.
re: #188 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
A rather outstanding physical advert for a roadside repair and snake removal service?
Snopes
This video does not feature a real snake. The “snake” was created as an art installation for either a zoo or an amusement park.
re: #195 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This seems like an accusation that is almost always going to be true when you have a government like that.
[Embedded content]We heard you don’t support the government,” they said.
“We heard you have a trans kid.”
re: #188 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
A rather outstanding physical advert for a roadside repair and snake removal service?
Outstanding “No Trespassing” sign.
re: #191 Charles Johnson
I actually tried the winning word because I couldn’t think of anything else, and didn’t expect it to work.
yes, I got it on the fourth attempt, but just literally because I could not think of another word that worked. wasn’t even sure it was technically english.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
Biden should declare “We have a quorum, let’s pass some legislation.” I know it won’t work, but what if he caused a bunch of heart attacks?
re: #196 Dangerman
How do you not watch The Hot Hock (Redford, segal, mostel, etc) every time it comes on:
Really?. Nobody?
GOPers bailing on the state of the union because they can’t afford to be seen applauding Biden on Ukraine, but also can’t afford to be seen sitting on their hands about it. So the sourpuss caucus will bravely run away…they won’t be missed.
re: #92 Punish Domestic Terrorists
I only recognize the female “Cletus” from that list.
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re: #195 Punish Domestic Terrorists
This seems like an accusation that is almost always going to be true when you have a government like that.
neighborhood snitches, like in Texas…
The reason the US didn’t cut off Russian oil was to avoid spiking inflation, the thing Manchin hates most https://t.co/qaLD0ogHy7
— Arthur Delaney 🇺🇸 (@ArthurDelaneyHP) March 1, 2022
.@GOPLeader, what kind of a leader are you that you cant condemn white nationalism? You censure @AdamKinzinger and @Liz_Cheney for defending our Democracy but sit idle while Marjorie 3 names sit at white nationalist conferences. As an American Jew I really would like to know why?
— David Weissman (@davidmweissman) March 1, 2022
More detail later, but after speaking sector experts, I cannot emphasize enough that speed is essential now on every front. Block all energy payments to Russia NOW. No grace periods. Do not let them get the money out into their war chests and hidden accounts.
— Garry Kasparov (@Kasparov63) March 1, 2022
Stonekettle had a few gems on that long Russian convoy:
Men tend to exaggerate.
Especially when it comes to length. https://t.co/rFyZMRG5t2— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 1, 2022
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It’s very odd.
I have a hard time believing Russian Army commanders are that foolish.
So, it’s either bait, OR more likely, as I said, they simply have no fear of adversary air power or resistance. And again, we should maybe help the Ukrainians change that. https://t.co/2nhF0qMgZU— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 1, 2022
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It’s also possible that convoy is deliberately exposed in order to draw attention and assets away from other areas. Or even to draw others into the conflict.
Wars are complicated. Russian commanders have some experience in this sort of thing.
Nothing may be as it seems. https://t.co/GmsRrN4szt— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 1, 2022
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The odds are very, very good that General Hertling knows what he’s talking about. https://t.co/RCMZUUBtOr
— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) March 1, 2022
re: #212 ckkatz
Methinks Todd is projecting.
Personally, I find Todd unwatchable.
Let’s run that through the Todd filter:
“Personally, [looks up at ceiling, strokes goatee] I find…myself [looks into the distance before refocusing on notes or something] … unwatchable.”
re: #155 jaunte
That was beautiful…and finishing it with a partial I know you Rider verse to finish the transition. Thanks.
re: #149 Backwoods_Sleuth
One of the effects of the analogue of Ophiocordyceps unilateralis that attacks humans* is to make them avoid the possibility of diagnostic tests.
(* I used this term loosely here).
re: #110 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Even if there are resistance fighters, Putin will wear any Russian losses as a badge of honor and he will tell his fellow Russians that the fallen are heroes for the cause.
on past form he will just deny that there were any losses.
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