Another excellent two-minute jam, perfect for the short attention span we all hate to admit we have.
THE FEARLESS FLYERS /// Vespa
buy on vinyl: vuuulf.comCory Wong — cory wong guitar, composer
Joe Dart — joe dart bass, composer
Nate Smith — drums, composer
Mark Lettieri — baritone guitar, composer
Jack Stratton — mixing, camera
Caleb Parker — engineer
Putin has no idea what’s coming. pic.twitter.com/5DFwZSBax6
— The Lincoln Project (@ProjectLincoln) March 5, 2022
lol
His mommy is the owner of the account … the man is in his 30s and his mommy controls his phone plan. Alt-right conservatives are the biggest bunch of beta frauds posing as tough guys. https://t.co/lrN24A51mk
— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) March 5, 2022
re: #2 Backwoods_Sleuth
Pardon me for saying it but I hope she loses.
How big are we talking here exactly? Like, chihuahua-sized? https://t.co/xFh0lmgMN0
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2022
re: #4 Charles Johnson
If they invade my house they will be vacuumed up. My Stanley is ready. ::: evil grin :::
re: #4 Charles Johnson
Article describes the Joro spiders as “3 inches long”, which IMO is about 2-3/4 inches too long for optimal arachnid size.
Is this gonna be like “The Mist?”
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2022
Looks like Russian airline executives are taking their golden parachutes and leaving…
❗️The head of Aeroflot, Mikhail Poluboyarinov, has left his post and probably #Russia as well
Earlier, the head of Pobeda Airlines, Andrei Kalmykov, also left his post. On March 4, he published a farewell letter to the employees. pic.twitter.com/RUIyKqGIrU— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 4, 2022
re: #9 darthstar
Looks like Russian airline executives are taking their golden parachutes and leaving…
Speaking of big invasive parachuting spiders.
When all this has calmed down, Ukraine is going to be *the* place to shoot Cold War films. Those farmers are gonna make an absolute mint renting their hardware to production companies… 😄 https://t.co/tpClMxon2e
— Diane Duane (@dduane) March 5, 2022
NEWS: The full Senate was invited to meet with Ukrainian President Zelenskyy tomorrow morning via Zoom, two sources with knowledge tell NBC News.
— Julie Tsirkin (@JulieNBCNews) March 4, 2022
Hey Justice Department, I think I found one of those oligarch yachts you’re looking for pic.twitter.com/VM3FyoIDk4
— The Resistpants 🌊 (@TheResistpants) March 3, 2022
2. The horrific targeting of the nuclear power plant, by Russia, last night, makes clear that the Russians are very much focused on destroying basic infrastructure now — power, water, etc.
The goal in doing so is to cause mass exodus of refugees. Potentially millions.— Jon Soltz (@jonsoltz) March 4, 2022
Italian police seize yacht owned by Russia’s richest man https://t.co/NfgDyOJSvW
— The Guardian (@guardian) March 4, 2022
Italian police have seized a yacht owned by Alexei Mordashov, the richest man in Russia before being blacklisted this week by the European Union following Moscow’s attack on Ukraine.
The 65-metre (215-ft) “Lady M” was impounded in the northern Italian port of Imperia.
A second yacht owned by Gennady Timchenko, another billionaire who has close ties to Russian President Vladimir Putin, is also blocked in Imperia and will be sequestered shortly.
⚡️Three Ukrainian supermarket chains - Silpo, Novus, and Varus - stop selling Coca-Cola products as the company continues to operate in Russia.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 4, 2022
Bringing his own chair, sitting few meters from a crowd of journalists, speaking his mind with sincerity and courage, not afraid of anything: meet Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky, a true leader of the free world https://t.co/yoPm3LaZhW
— Olga Tokariuk (@olgatokariuk) March 4, 2022
Sarah Palin😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
— Cynthia Moore (@pollymax) March 4, 2022
THIS JUST IN: Live footage from Baltimore… https://t.co/4Kqh2tvbw7
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2022
That has to be one of the most horrific scenes ever filmed. Don’t watch if you’re at all squeamish.
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
I had to pause at the first sentence because she should shut up for the rest of the century after that burn. Take her to a burn center because baybeee, she was scorched!!! 😂😂😂 https://t.co/qilZgjCqr1
— dontaskmeagain7 (@emmanuej985) March 5, 2022
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
Meghan doesn’t believe we should send a black woman.
Probably the best opening paragraph I’ve ever read in an article 👇 pic.twitter.com/mjeDtwJJEu
— Rebecca (@scorpiosoul9) March 4, 2022
BREAKING: President Zelenskyy releases a statement to prove he is in Ukraine despite Russian lies that he has fled.
— CALL TO ACTIVISM (@CalltoActivism) March 4, 2022
re: #18 Backwoods_Sleuth
I’m sure that when/if VP Harris gets the Nobel Peace Prize for her diplomatic efforts, Meghan McCain will be the first one to tweet a complaint that it was only because of “affirmative action” or something….
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
Meghan McCain does not want Kamala Harris sent to Bucharest and Warsaw because she doesn’t think Kamala Harris is a “serious person.” pic.twitter.com/mRw6zAERGP
— 💀 Scary Larry 💀 🇺🇸🌊✊🏻🗽 (@StompTheGOP) March 4, 2022
the stylists at The View really hated her
from Monday:
today is Daisy’s 15th birthday :) pic.twitter.com/GeViYiAg6k
— 🌼 (@aznbbgoth) March 1, 2022
we had a quince for her and bought a lil dress and tiara and it was a blast 🥺💗 pic.twitter.com/egIgaMXfNI
— 🌼 (@aznbbgoth) March 1, 2022
She looks so elegant and so happy and that little paw on the table I’m gonna cry!! 🥺 pic.twitter.com/TLcArbaDB4
— Asya 🕸 (@17Louboutin) March 1, 2022
That little smile in her face 😍 pic.twitter.com/vCqfaA3jvW
— Pau🔺 (@soy_pau1) March 1, 2022
You’re welcome!
re: #20 Charles Johnson
That has to be one of the most horrific scenes ever filmed. Don’t watch if you’re at all squeamish.
I didn’t watch. My name is Squeamish O’Fuckno.
The couple announced their endeavor on Instagram, saying there is “no place in this world for this kind of unjust attack on humanity.” https://t.co/qjqtUpvwSf
— CBS News (@CBSNews) March 4, 2022
re: #4 Charles Johnson
I, for one, welcome our new humongous spidery overlords.
re: #26 Backwoods_Sleuth
LOLOLOLOLOLOL
the stylists at The View really hated her
Careful, McCain. Disney is quite lawsuit happy when it comes to the unauthorized use of their characters.
hahahaha
As I make my way north, there are plenty of pro-Trump truckers coming in the opposite direction (towards DC) that are over-utilizing their horns.
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 4, 2022
Folks dressed up as traffic cones yell about vaccines while waving at traffic. pic.twitter.com/2xBkHtQEPk
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 4, 2022
Confederate flags waving ahead of The People’s Convoy arriving. pic.twitter.com/mir6bbdeEW
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 4, 2022
some people are just so sad
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahaha
some people are just so sad
Wonder what would happen if you walked into that crowd with a Ukrainian flag?
re: #33 Backwoods_Sleuth
hahahaha
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some people are just so sad
I wish Don Rickles was still alive. President Biden could make him Secretary of Responding to Trumpers.
Here comes the Idiots’ Caravan. https://t.co/wS8jNfzifJ
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2022
Lets hope that counter protesters with John Deere tractors show up to haul trucks away.
More Ukrainian radio traffic. I am DED!
They don’t even have proper comms either. Two way unsecured radios were picked up off dead soldiers.
— Jon Cain talks GeoPolitics 🇺🇸🇺🇦 (@Jon_Cain21) March 2, 2022
The correct tweet.
— 🇺🇦Antifa Space Marine🇺🇦 (@DenimGopnik) March 2, 2022
Turkey should not be a safe haven for Putin’s blood money: Roman Arkadyevich Abramovich’s Gulfstream G650ER flew from Ankara Esenboğa to Istanbul. Landing to Istanbul Grand. #Ukraine #RussianOligarchs #RussiaSanctions pic.twitter.com/hcTCCIVeM8
— Yörük Işık (@YorukIsik) March 5, 2022
re: #39 Sherlock Hound
The correct tweet.
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That’s nice…so the two sides are talking to each other. This gives me hope.
Make Hermosa Beach Great Again https://t.co/bX41B6feUJ
— Ben Welsh (@palewire) March 5, 2022
59-years ago today The Beach Boys released “Surfin’ U.S.A.” (1963) … pic.twitter.com/C2plnmkpal
— Rex Chapman🏇🏼 (@RexChapman) March 5, 2022
Holy crap. That Ukranian ship that sank was scuttled by its captain because he was afraid it would fall into Russian hands and be used against the Ukranian people.
New from me:
I’m not excited to report this, but the trucker convoy is very real and headed to somewhere around D.C. tomorrow.
They’ve picked up dozens of semis and hundreds of cars. The JFK Jr. people joined them. Some might be going to the White House.https://t.co/qnm1bRHaSv— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 4, 2022
Putin’s Fifth Column.
⚡️Samsung Electronics said on March 5 that shipments to Russia have been suspended “due to current geopolitical developments.”
Samsung is also donating $6 million, including $1 million in consumer electronics, to actively support humanitarian efforts “around the region.”— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 5, 2022
At bedtime the 8 yo told me his teacher said: “Think of your mind like a pond full of fish and each fish is a feeling. Try to be the pond, not the fish.” And all I can say is primary school has significantly improved.
— Megan K. Stack (@Megankstack) March 4, 2022
Kanye West sucks. Mightily. #ConfessYourUnpopularOpinion
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2022
#ebikes ROCK! pic.twitter.com/dibTbkHsGe
— FatTyreEbikeAgent (@SuzBMac) March 5, 2022
re: #10 Charles Johnson
Speaking of big invasive parachuting spiders.
Russia is no longer a part of the International Community. They are a pariah state.
Early next week, off the Security Council. Then out of the UN. Then out of all economic agreements with the rest of the world.
This may not happen, but it’s a lovely dream.
re: #52 Charles Johnson
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But the hashtag specifies it as an “unpopular” opinion… /KanyeSucks
unfortunately
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) March 5, 2022
re: #56 austin_blue
Russia is no longer a part of the International Community. They are a pariah state.
Early next week, off the Security Council. Then out of the UN. Then out of all economic agreements with the rest of the world.
This may not happen, but it’s a lovely dream.
All the above and they have to keep Snowden.
re: #59 I Would Prefer Not To
All the above and they have to keep Snowden.
Keep him, put a bullet in the back of his head, whatever.
He threw in with the enemies of the free world. If he suffers before he is executed, I’m “whatever”. He has been dead to me for years.
This is really funny. Now that Apple has left Russia, Apple Maps has put Crimea back in Ukraine pic.twitter.com/sZbei4kFIz
— Bill Browder (@Billbrowder) March 4, 2022
I once watched a colleague (who had just returned to work after maternity leave) highlight every email in her inbox and press delete. When she saw the look on my face, she shrugged and said, “If they really need to talk to me, they’ll find me.” I think of her nearly every day.
— Pamela Colloff (@pamelacolloff) March 4, 2022
re: #48 DodgerFan1988
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Putin’s Fifth Column.
And we sent all of our Javelins to Ukraine.
re: #11 Backwoods_Sleuth
That Tor- variant anti-aircraft mobile unit is no joke. Glad to have that taken out of service by Ukraine.
re: #64 Florida Panhandler
That Tor- variant anti-aircraft mobile unit is no joke. Glad to have that taken out of service by Ukraine.
And they’ve taken at least three 15 million dollar mobile missile launchers…with missiles.
re: #48 DodgerFan1988
Putin’s Fifth Column.
New from me:
I’m not excited to report this, but the trucker convoy is very real and headed to somewhere around D.C. tomorrow.
They’ve picked up dozens of semis and hundreds of cars. The JFK Jr. people joined them. Some might be going to the White House.https://t.co/qnm1bRHaSv— Ben Collins (@oneunderscore__) March 4, 2022
Qanon is working off of Madlibs here
The conspiracy theory, which is baseless and has roots in QAnon mythology, alleges that Trump and Putin are secretly working together to stop bioweapons from being made by Dr. Anthony Fauci in Ukraine and that shelling in Ukraine has targeted the secret laboratories. Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, has emerged in the past year as a main target for far-right conspiracy theories.
re: #62 Belafon
When I was a young school teacher, an older teacher I hung out with told me that his inbox (we had physical cubby-holes filled with paperwork) once got filled up and he threw all the contents in the trash without looking and nothing came of it. A few months later, my box got full and I did the same. When I told him about it he denied ever saying he did it. I said it was still good advice and no, I never noticed anything important got missed when I did that.
re: #66 aatharuv
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There’s too much stupid in that conspiracy theory for me to read the whole thing.
Exploring has never been easier 🗺
📷 David A, CA#Ride1up #LMTD #ebike #goldengatebridge #ebikelife #sustainability pic.twitter.com/5xjfp8UpMJ— Ride1Up (@Ride1Up) March 4, 2022
Well, She Who Must Be Obeyed and her musical partner of almost forty years, a brilliant flute player, are up in Arkysaw for the next two weekends playing for a group called The Muses, a musical, vocal, and dance troupe out of Hot Springs kinda sorta based on the whole Celtic Women thing. Long standing gig.
Lots of gigs all over Central Arkysaw, most of which is still in Stage 4 (we are now in Stage 2 here in South Austin).
re: #52 Charles Johnson
Confess your unpopular opinion: After he got assimilated by the Borg, then came back. Starfleet should have never let Picard command the Enterprise ever again. Kick his ass upstairs to admiral of antiquity or Romulan Ale but not in charge of anything more important than keeping the replicator tea hot
re: #69 Dread Pirate Ron
When you’re ready for a Half Moon Bay ride let me know…but be forewarned…I don’t have an eBike…but we have a lovely 90-130 minute loop that gives you coast and hills and downtown.
re: #14 Belafon
Syria was practice for Ukraine.
re: #72 darthstar
Once I save up and get a hitch carrier for my car I won’t be anchored to the area.
re: #71 So Cal Greek Hippie
Confess your unpopular opinion: After he got assimilated by the Borg, then came back. Starfleet should have never let Picard command the Enterprise ever again. Kick his ass upstairs to admiral of antiquity or Romulan Ale but not in charge of anything more important than keeping the replicator tea hot
And then the Federation would have lost the battle at the beginning of First Contact.
re: #73 GlutenFreeJesus
Syria was practice for Ukraine.
Syria was a waste of time for Russia. They got nothing out of it. The Syrian opposition was almost defenseless. The Russians used a lot of hard to replace munitions. They got to wave their dicks around, but every munition used was one they didn’t have for Ukraine.
The Ukes have been at war against the Russians since 2014. The Russian army has done squat, relying on shadow forces in “The Donbass”, to train the Ukes in how to do war and oh by the way shooting down an Air Malaysian 777-200
This should be the new Ukraine flag!! pic.twitter.com/YTnk6tCigc
— CharlieCrypto (@CharlieCrypto4) March 4, 2022
From downstairs
re: #209 Dangerman
they didnt think russia would ‘lose’
sound familiar?
in fact, what’s putin doing?
basically saying “we’re winning. best war ever. anything else is fake news”and to be sure of it, he’s shutting all that other ‘news’ down
Did I call it or did I call it
Russian President Vladimir Putin in a phone call with German Chancellor Olaf Scholz denied that Russian troops were bombing Ukrainian cities, dismissing such information as fake,” i24 News reports.
re: #78 Dangerman
From downstairs
Did I call it or did I call it
Which is either delusional, or you are personally insulting the national leader you are blatantly lying to - and he knows you are lying and that you know he knows you are lying.
re: #75 Belafon
Sorry humanity, I mostly checked out after DS9!
Glad Picard came thru
But I will say I saw that horrible, second JJ Abrams movie that was mostly an ode to terrible security and it really put me off the Trek universe especially the paywalled part
re: #60 austin_blue
Keep him, put a bullet in the back of his head, whatever.
He threw in with the enemies of the free world. If he suffers before he is executed, I’m “whatever”. He has been dead to me for years.
Oh, I don’t want him dead. Not for a very long time. However long it takes him to die of old age alone in SuperMax…
re: #80 So Cal Greek Hippie
I was in LAX United Red Carpet lounge years ago and was typing on my 11 year old MacBook Pro. In walks Patrick Stewart and I notice with some amusement and admiration that he has the exact same model and has decided to encamp directly behind me
So a bunch of people come to kiss his ass and he goes to get a snack and he is walking back and he sees me typing and he thinks I’m hacking his laptop, so he puffs up in anger and starts to aggressively walk towards me and is just about to lay into me, when he notices the identical laptops
He instantly recovers his composure and does the Picard tunic pull and sits down without a word . A magnificent acting performance just for me.
Wow… We are going to have to rename it to Hittile instead of Missile.
— Sunil S 🇺🇦 (@30de2e4d6c4f416) March 3, 2022
re: #80 So Cal Greek Hippie
Sorry humanity, I mostly checked out after DS9!
Glad Picard came thru
But I will say I saw that horrible, second JJ Abrams movie that was mostly an ode to terrible security and it really put me off the Trek universe especially the paywalled part
Not everyone agrees, but I liked the third one.
All of the reporters in Russia who I follow here on Twitter seem to have gone silent in the past several hours, following the passage of the draconian law against “misinformation”. https://t.co/E4FGZwJxxv
— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec) March 5, 2022
During the Korean War, the Soviet Union moved a lot of Mig 15’s into northern Korea and NE’stern China, manned by Russian pilots.
For a few months, we were getting our ass kicked. The Mig 15’s had swept wings, were faster than our fighters, could out-turn our fighters, and outgunned our fighters.
After about six months, we introduced Sabre jets (F-86’s) to the fight. Swept wings, similar maneuverability, similar speeds, and slightly less outgunned (we really could have used 20MM cannons, bit we stuck with MA-2s), we started killing more Mig 15’s just because we had better production numbers and training than the Russians.
Now to the present day!
The Ukes have been better prepared by combat for this war than the Russians. The Russians equipment is almost all obsolete. Their comms suck. Their logistics software sucks, their tires suck. They are laughably unable to coordinate their various offensive units.
It’s what happens when you try to be the US Army and your GDP is the size of Texas.
Can the Russians come back from the problems encountered in Ukraine like we did in Korea?
Oh hell no. They have a GDP the size of Texas. They are so, so fucked.
re: #85 Belafon
Apparently I saw that movie and got a magnet from Star Trek the Experience in Las Vegas. Too much Vegas I guess I completely forgot
re: #85 Belafon
Not everyone agrees, but I liked the third one.
The third struck a good balance. Good place to end that timeline though.
Star Trek: Prodigy is one of the finest yet. Certainly, the best since DS9.
re: #85 Belafon
Not everyone agrees, but I liked the third one.
I think if there were one or two changes, it would have been great. As it was, still pretty decent….
Oh, for something REALLY controversial, Discovery hasn’t been bad starting with the third season.
re: #89 William Lewis
Star Trek: Prodigy is one of the finest yet. Certainly, the best since DS9.
That’s not controversial at all!
re: #71 So Cal Greek Hippie
Blasphemy…
re: #92 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Well it’s supposed to be an unpopular opinion 😎
re: #90 gwangung
I think if there were one or two changes, it would have been great. As it was, still pretty decent….
Oh, for something REALLY controversial, Discovery hasn’t been bad starting with the third season.
As soon as they jumped forward to the you know what in the 3rd season it’s been *mostly* good. Much better, but I still really liked the Pike episodes.
They still have this problem where they have a short season, and still waste too much time on filler, trying to solve all the problems and get all the answers in the last 20 minutes. If you are going to have a season long arc, then use the whole season for the arc ffs.
re: #91 gwangung
That’s not controversial at all!
Oh, I know. I just like putting out there for those whom might not know it yet.
Perhaps the greatest WH spokesperson I’ve ever witnessed https://t.co/J7mYraOg1n
— Chris Meloni (@Chris_Meloni) March 4, 2022
In case you wanted to know:
I had not seen this, but this was what I was posting about last thread:
Update on the situation of #Kyiv
It appears that the Ukrainian forces have cut off the Russian column also from west side and created a strong foothold in the area. Encirclement is inevitable.
Also they have recaptured #Gostomel airport.https://t.co/lohm174ArV@pmakela1 https://t.co/5ZzCcYqIYb pic.twitter.com/Mo3iO68Tu1— Santeri Eskola | 🇺🇦 Slava Ukraini! (@Eleskola) March 3, 2022
re: #97 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
There are a number of really good historical youtube accounts. This is one of them.
re: #87 austin_blue
During the Korean War, the Soviet Union moved a lot of Mig 15’s into northern Korea and NE’stern China, manned by Russian pilots.
For a few months, we were getting our ass kicked. The Mig 15’s had swept wings, were faster than our fighters, could out-turn our fighters, and outgunned our fighters.
After about six months, we introduced Sabre jets (F-86’s) to the fight. Swept wings, similar maneuverability, similar speeds, and slightly less outgunned (we really could have used 20MM cannons, bit we stuck with MA-2s), we started killing more Mig 15’s just because we had better production numbers and training than the Russians.
Now to the present day!
The Ukes have been better prepared by combat for this war than the Russians. The Russians equipment is almost all obsolete. Their comms suck. Their logistics software sucks, their tires suck. They are laughably unable to coordinate their various offensive units.
It’s what happens when you try to be the US Army and your GDP is the size of Texas.
Can the Russians come back from the problems encountered in Ukraine like we did in Korea?
Oh hell no. They have a GDP the size of Texas. They are so, so fucked.
Way less than the GDP of Texas, and that was before all the sanctions.
(Republic of Georgia is applying for EU membership.)
I was in basic training at Fort Benning when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. Trainees began shouting about wanting to go defend the state. They were very upset to find out that there was a nation of Georgia https://t.co/weIIPs1v2z
— Angry Staff Officer (@pptsapper) March 3, 2022
re: #101 ckkatz
(Republic of Georgia is applying for EU membership.)
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Oy. I am glad that wasn’t during my time at Harmony Church…
God bless the Wikipedia editor who updated this page about the Russian 200th Separate Motorized Rifle Brigade into past tense 😂 pic.twitter.com/ezqaN0cHar
— Petri Mäkelä (@pmakela1) March 4, 2022
(Looks like they fixed the grammar of the comment.)
en.wikipedia.org
Because the social media bot booster is part of the GQP Putin benefit package. https://t.co/2ilrCfddXr
— April in TX 🌻 🇺🇦 🌻🇺🇦 (@BGHeaven) March 5, 2022
And here is some ‘signalling’. (That’s diplomatic speak for saying “trolling Putin”.):
Today I welcomed President Niinistö of Finland to the White House to talk about European security. During our meeting, we called PM Magdalena Andersson of Sweden to discuss enhancing our cooperation. Both countries are valued defense partners to the United States and NATO. pic.twitter.com/F15RdYcdpa
— President Biden (@POTUS) March 5, 2022
re: #104 jaunte
We need to look at likes on Republican tweets before and after as well.
And hold every GOP member of Congress’ feet to the fire as they try to rewrite history to paint themselves as “Standing with Ukraine”
Republicans do not stand with Ukraine. They stand with Putin. They stand with Trump. They stand against democracy at home and abroad#GOPTraitors— Andrew Wortman 🏳️🌈🇺🇦🇺🇸 (@AmoneyResists) March 5, 2022
Anyone remember how much support and solidarity Russia received in 2004 after the horrible Beslan siege?
And almost 2 decades later, Russia turns around and slaughters more children than even the likes of Shamil Basayev could ever dream of.
One dark thought that I have been mulling over for the past few days was regarding a threat made by Putin earlier in the war.
It has always been a pro forma ‘ritual’ for Russia, just before they embark on a military adventure to remind the world that they have ‘nukes’.
But Putin later announced that he was placing Russia’s nukes on alert. This confused a lot of watchers as Russia’s strategic nuclear forces were always on alert.
Unnoticed by many at the time was the re-instituting of readiness status for the tactical nukes. That had been turned off after the end of the Cold War. At this point, to the best of my knowledge, from no status they were put into normal rather than high alert status.
I am guessing that this might have been an implied threat that tactical nukes might be a Russian option to use against Ukraine if the conventional forces failed. Certainly they could significantly damage urban areas very quickly, beyond what the current conventional efforts can do. They might also damage Ukrainian military concentrations and installations. And they would kill lots of innocent Ukrainians. Plus they can be fired from Russian territory.
I do not think that NATO would risk global thermonuclear war, and the death of many millions for a million dead innocent Ukrainians.
However, NATO has additional non-kinetic war fighting capabilities. I suspect that everything below actual shooting would be unleashed upon Russia. I think that at that point NATO would do everything to take Russia, as a country, apart.
Anyway, at this point, this is still a bad dream. And hopefully it will stay that way.
Some internal news: In response to Putin’s threats against reporters in Russia, the @washingtonpost will remove bylines and datelines from stories produced by our journalists in Russia. Goal is to ensure staff’s safety.
Been around a while. Never seen anything like this.— Paul Farhi (@farhip) March 5, 2022
I bet you didn’t have this on your bingo card for assessing how well Ukraine could resist an invasion. Ukrainian steel vendors who normally sell medieval armor are now making steel obstacles to block Russian vehicles. https://t.co/fxrQzQMn65 https://t.co/1xHn9uXORm pic.twitter.com/y5wbL7G5mt
— Rob Lee (@RALee85) March 5, 2022
Sure, seize the Russian yachts.
But the most harmful billionaire in the world is still Rupert Murdoch.— Lawrence O’Donnell (@Lawrence) March 4, 2022
re: #110 ckkatz
Anyway, at this point, this is still a bad dream. And hopefully it will stay that way.
I had an actual dream (before the last election) of a nuke going off somewhere. As I wrote at that time, I’m glad my dreams usually do not come true.
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re: #112 ckkatz
Ahh caltrops.
Perhaps the “Area Denial Weapons dot com” website from Archer was a Ukrainian one.
re: #98 ckkatz
I had not seen this, but this was what I was posting about last thread:
I have been following as closely as I could but have never seen any maps of positioning to this detail. Very cool.
Well poop. How did that happen?
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BREAKING: Russia declares ceasefire from 10 a.m. Moscow time to allow civilians to leave Mariupol and Volnovakha - RIA
— BNO News (@BNONews) March 5, 2022
This is unconfirmed. If true however, this could be a significant indication that the Ukrainians are now on the counteroffensive and are starting to kick some ass.
🛑🛑🛑 Ukrainian media citing military sources report that overnight. as a part of their offensive campaign, the Ukrainian army and the Kharkiv Territorial Defense Units had completely destroyed the #Putin regime terrorists 488th motorized rifle regiment
#Ukraine #Russia— Слава Україні🇺🇦 (@ignis_fatum) March 5, 2022
re: #119 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Feats of strength. Chris Evans asked “What am I watching here?
From comments:
Bears are domesticated in Russia.
Russia is just the Deep freezer Florida
Russian Florida Man would break the matrix
??? pic.twitter.com/u2o7fSf9xF
— Certified Vakabon (@platini954) March 4, 2022
⚡️In the Bucha district near Kyiv, Russian forces opened fire on a car with civilians.
Two people were killed, including a 17-year-old girl, and four others were injured.
The prosecutor’s office in the Kyiv region has launched criminal proceedings.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 5, 2022
This was tricky.
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re: #121 Dr Lizardo
Until the Ukrainians can sink (or otherwise disable) Russian ships off their coasts, the Ukrainians will always be fighting from underneath.
The Russians can just keep firing away, and spec ops can launch from the ships.
This is perhaps the long term idea of Putin: he will just submit the Ukrainians by a thousand stings.
re: #126 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
I was sure that UA had some surface to ship missiles, but it appears not.
re: #127 Ming5000
There was news about UA ordering anti-shp missiles. This is from Jan 2021
Ukraine Ordered A First Batch Of Neptune Anti-Ship Missile Systems
Ukraine’s Ministry of Defense and LUCH Design Bureau on December 30 signed a contract for the delivery of a first batch of RK-360MT Neptune mobile anti-ship missiles. First deliveries will take place in 2021.
re: #126 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Until the Ukrainians can sink (or otherwise disable) Russian ships off their coasts, the Ukrainians will always be fighting from underneath.
The Russians can just keep firing away, and spec ops can launch from the ships.
This is perhaps the long term idea of Putin: he will just submit the Ukrainians by a thousand stings.
The Russians are going to run out of ordnance eventually, and I guess we’ll see if Putin has the stomach for a long-term insurgency war in Ukraine. Let’s say, ten years, with crippling economic sanctions that drive Russia into bankruptcy (they’re less than a month away from that already).
Long-term, Russia’s position is untenable. And the Russian Army has been revealed as strong on paper, but in reality, they’re a poor force. This happened during WWI, where the world saw that Russia was a “colossus with feet of clay”. Russia was already in a societal death spiral before this war began, and all this is doing is hastening their end.
This is too funny:
Ukraine is an ally of Turkey & Azerbaijan, that should tell you who is right in the conflict. The people of Luhansk and Donetsk have the right to be free from a racist dictatorship allied with such nations.
— Liana (@Liankira) February 22, 2022
To all those saying we shouldn’t categorise the dead today as Shia, they were Shia. That’s the point. They were targeted because of their faith. Stop this #AllLivesMatter bullshit & call a spade a spade.
— Nida Kirmani (@NidaKirmani) March 4, 2022
From a couple hours ago….
Translation: “An hour ago, the Ukrainian military shot down a Russian combat helicopter.
Aerial reconnaissance shares live video.”
Годину тому українські військові збили російський бойовий вертоліт.
Аеророзвідка ділиться оперативним відео.
📸Ігор Луценко pic.twitter.com/8Uhb8LBrrS— Еспресо (@EspresoTV) March 5, 2022
Bullseye. And clips like this are certainly why Russia has banned Twitter.
re: #125 JC1
This was tricky.
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I try not to make too many predictions. I think given all the problems in the Russian campaign, delusional assumptions, an unworkable concept of operations, little prepared for a sustained war like this, I give it ~3 more weeks before this is an exhausted force. 1/
— Michael Kofman (@KofmanMichael) March 5, 2022
LOL “Ukrainian farmers” will soon be the stuff of legend….
Maybe a Ukrainian farmer stole it. Their success rate is pretty good at the moment for stealing Russian things haha
— Alice Dyson (@alicecathryn) March 5, 2022
I just ordered this shirt
This month we were due to broadcast from Kyiv but we are instead now diverting our efforts to raise urgent funds to help refugees fleeing Ukraine. https://t.co/xdyz6RAR7v pic.twitter.com/t8oKlL2LWD
— BOILER ROOM (@boilerroomtv) March 4, 2022
Lady’s and Gentlemen, boys & girls, it is time saddle up for another installment of the “Mud and Truck Maintenance in Ukraine” feed.
And this one will be a doozy, because we are talking about Russian truck refueling in the 64km column north of Kyiv. 🧵
1/ pic.twitter.com/akTbOuo4tI— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) March 4, 2022
Another thread on the Big Kyiv Column. Quote: “The Russians have formed the world’s longest POW camp. And the Ukrainians don’t have to feed it.”
re: #135 Dr Lizardo
I wonder what that’s all about, in all seriousness. The plane is one of the official planes of the Russian government, though the Presidential standard isn’t on the empennage, so it’s not Putin.
Maybe someone from Putin’s inner circle said, “To hell with this!” and they’re cheesing it 😂
re: #138 Dr Lizardo
I wonder what that’s all about, in all seriousness. The plane is one of the official planes of the Russian government, though the Presidential standard isn’t on the empennage, so it’s not Putin.
Maybe someone from Putin’s inner circle said, “To hell with this!” and they’re cheesing it 😂
The picture is a stock picture from who knows when, so doesn’t mean that it’s its current configuration. However, the idea that Putin would leave Russia at this point is ludicrous to me, so I would guess that it’s probably Lavrov or some other intermediary.
If someone stole that sucker we’d know ten minutes into the flight when it suddenly dropped off the radar, so yeah, cheese unlikely.
re: #137 ericblair
From the Trent thread, I wonder what this means:
The Ukrainians really do want to motti that column.
PS.
The Ukrainians really do want to motti that column.https://t.co/3sYoUla5Zp— Trent Telenko (@TrentTelenko) March 4, 2022
re: #71 So Cal Greek Hippie
Confess your unpopular opinion:
Russia has a valid historical claim to the Crimean Peninsula.
Please note that does not mean that they were at all justified in exerting this claim by military force.
re: #97 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Where did Germany’s kings go?
Unlike the UK, a noble title in Germany is now only part of a family name and not a legal designation to be passed on only to the heir. So there are plenty of names starting with “von” but they are being watered down over the years.
re: #101 ckkatz
I was in basic training at Fort Benning when Russia invaded Georgia in 2008. Trainees began shouting about wanting to go defend the state. They were very upset to find out that there was a nation of Georgia
Same people who cannot distinguish between Austria and Australia.
re: #97 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
In case you wanted to know:
“Where did Germany’s kings go?”
One is under a mountain.
No self awareness at all
Former Vice President Mike Pence rebuked those in the Republican Party who have praised Russian President Vladimir Putin in recent weeks, including most prominently former President Donald Trump, The Hill reports.
Said Pence: “There is no room in this party for apologists for Putin. There is only room for champions of freedom.”
But Trump apologists are all A-Okay, right Mike?
Remember Howard Dean’s voice breaks while excitedly telling “Yeah!” at a political rally.
Ended his career.
Tfg had an ongoing Putingasm about his invading a sovereign neighbor country without provocation: not the end of his political career.
The worse he gets, the more the brain-dead cultists love him.
Britain says Russian strikes in Ukraine lessen over past 24 hours https://t.co/sWFQpCELz7 pic.twitter.com/675yqGx1pe
— Reuters (@Reuters) March 5, 2022
Bellingcat predicted a couple days back that the Russians were going to start running low on ordnance very soon; looks like he might’ve been dead-on accurate in that assessment.
re: #140 Ming5000
From the Trent thread, I wonder what this means:
The Ukrainians really do want to motti that column.
Google gives this:
What are Motti tactics?
The Finnish word motti refers to a bundle of logs held in place by stakes that will be chopped to make firewood of convenient lengths. In the context of war, motti describes a tactic that the Finns used to immobilise, segment, surround and destroy the Soviet troops that were many times as large as them.
On live TV, one Russian lawmaker blabbed the list of the Kremlin’s demands with respect to Ukraine. Another lawmaker angrily shushed him, but the cat was already out of the bag.https://t.co/AqJgH5su2n
— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) March 5, 2022
“I will not be running for reelection due to a recent, exciting federal indictment for violating campaign finance laws” is what he meant to say. https://t.co/tOU2kSusy8
— Mueller, She Wrote (@MuellerSheWrote) March 5, 2022
Kelsey is set to go to trial in less than a year after being accused of violating multiple campaign finance laws during his unsuccessful 2016 run for Congress.
His trial is currently slated to begin on January 23, 2023.
re: #120 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
BREAKING: Ukrainian president’s office says evacuations from an area where Russia announced a cease-fire have halted. https://t.co/1uaPnEIHiK
— The Associated Press (@AP) March 5, 2022
LVIV, Ukraine (AP) — What looked like a breakthrough cease-fire to evacuate residents from two cities in Ukraine quickly fell apart Saturday as Ukrainian officials said shelling had halted the work to remove civilians hours after Russia announced the deal.
The Russian defense ministry earlier said it had agreed on evacuation routes with Ukrainian forces for Mariupol, a strategic port in the southeast, and the eastern city of Volnovakha. The vaguely worded statement did not make clear how long the routes would remain open.
“The Russian side is not holding to the cease-fire and has continued firing on Mariupol itself and on its surrounding area,” said Kyrylo Tymoshenko, the deputy head of President Volodymyr Zelenskyy’s office. “Talks with the Russian Federation are ongoing regarding setting up a cease-fire and ensuring a safe humanitarian corridor.”
Russia breached the deal in Volnovakha as well, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk told reporters. “We appeal to the Russian side to stop firing,” she said. Meanwhile, Moscow outlet RIA Novosti carried a Russian defense ministry claim that the firing came from inside both cities against Russian positions.
re: #132 Dr Lizardo
If I’m not mistaken that was an Mi-24 or variant mi-35 shot down. They can cost around $35 Million for a modern one.
…or about The Master Bedroom on an Oligarch yacht.
re: #153 Florida Panhandler
If I’m not mistaken that was an Mi-24 or variant mi-35 shot down. They can cost around $35 Million for a modern one.
…or about The Master Bedroom on an Oligarch yacht.
I don’t know exactly which Mi that was, but it looked pretty damn modern, like in the last decade or so. Blown out of the sky like an annoying insect.
re: #126 Love-Child of Cassandra and Sisyphus
Until the Ukrainians can sink (or otherwise disable) Russian ships off their coasts, the Ukrainians will always be fighting from underneath.
The Russians can just keep firing away, and spec ops can launch from the ships.
This is perhaps the long term idea of Putin: he will just submit the Ukrainians by a thousand stings.
If the west keeps supplying them, we might end up finding out how many javelin can sink a ship.
re: #155 Belafon
If the west keeps supplying them, we might end up finding out how many javelin can sink a ship.
It may not come to that. If the Russian navy is anything like the army, we may find Ukrainian fisherman towing away their vessels.
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
Backwoods, You are a goldmine this morning.
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Putin will have no qualms reenacting Stalin’s killing of millions of Ukrainians to get what he wants.
Quick one today & I’m barely into my coffee
& hey WW!
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re: #49 Backwoods_Sleuth
re: #116 Hecuba’s daughter
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re: #157 The Squire of Logos
It may not come to that. If the Russian navy is anything like the army, we may find Ukrainian fisherman towing away their vessels.
Normally countries do at least one thing we’ll. It may turn out the Navy is mostly competent.
Donald Trump was aware long before he took the stage at the ‘Save America’ rally on 6 January that he would not march to the Capitol to protest the congressional certification of Joe Biden’s election win, according to his White House private schedule from that day,” The Guardian reports.“The former president started his nearly 75-minute long speech at the Ellipse by saying he would go with the crowd to the Capitol, and then repeated that promise when he said he would walk with them down Pennsylvania Avenue towards the Capitol.”
“But Trump’s private schedule - released by the House select committee investigating the Capitol attack in a filing on Wednesday - shows Trump must have known that there were no plans for him to join such a march, and that he was being taken back to the White House.”
Its getting better all the time….
re: #166 steve_davis
Normally countries do at least one thing we’ll. It may turn out the Navy is mostly competent.
Normally, if a country is going to invade, it plans better.
re: #167 Dangerman
The hits just keep on comin’
“Leaders of France, Ger, Italy, Japan, Canada & UK walk the streets of Taormina. Trump follows in a golf cart” pic.twitter.com/MAEuwkY7ud— Get vaccinated, wear a mask (@MaggieJordanACN) May 27, 2017
🚨: If not for the war in Europe, the story below might’ve been one of world’s biggest today. The largest-ever study comparing those who got COVID-19 and recovered and those who never got infected reveals major lasting health problems for the former group. https://t.co/1ihdgyEpno
— Seth Abramson (@SethAbramson) March 5, 2022
This is a fact. All of the right wing media money machine was Russian. Just look at that change. https://t.co/Po6yhjmQTT
— Fred Wellman (@FPWellman) March 5, 2022
The number of Texas residents who traveled out-of-state to access abortion care increased dramatically after the most restrictive abortion ban in the U.S. went into effect in the state in September,” Axios reports.“Newly released data shows that Planned Parenthood health centers in Texas’ surrounding states saw a nearly 800% increase in abortion patients from Texas between Sept. 1 and Dec. 31, 2021.”
re: #152 Backwoods_Sleuth
Completely in character, or rather lack thereof.
This is one of the most obnoxious, hateful face of Russian propaganda. He pontificate against the “western way of life” while encouraging the war on Ukraine and free media. Italian financial police just confiscated his two homes at Lake Como. https://t.co/moZy18NyLE pic.twitter.com/dNum5NE7Kf
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 5, 2022
(insert Kylo Ren MORE here)
All of the Mouths of Sauron have fancy pads in the West. When there was an almost total ban on non-US citizens entering the US in 2020, people kept taking pics of well-known Russian state TV personalities on the planes from Russia, because guess what, they not only have fancy mansions, condos, and brownstones in the US, they’re US citizens too.
OK, back later.
Off to see The Batman. Definitely been hearing good things about it.
Dotard Donnie: “This is genius. How smart is that? And he’s going to go in and be a peacekeeper!”
Tukkker Carlson: “I’m rooting for Russia”
My question for the day is how are countries seizing all these Russian oligarchical bits of property? I mean, presumably these things were paid for. How does one simply decide that the 800 million dollar yacht is now governmental property in the port it is seized in?
Uprising at the Gemont factory in Nizhnekamsk, Russia, by workers who were upset that they were losing money due to the plummeting dollar-rouble exchange rate. https://t.co/L1Wp0aJFGS
— X Soviet 🇺🇦 (@XSovietNews) March 5, 2022
Looks like it’s starting.
He was indicted by a federal grand jury in October for campaign finance felonies. “Exciting change to my personal life.” pic.twitter.com/URp3rSn0hw
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) March 4, 2022
One hit of caffeine was enough for this morning, apparently.
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re: #166 steve_davis
Normally countries do at least one thing we’ll. It may turn out the Navy is mostly competent.
They have 1 aircraft carrier and it breaks down so often that they send tug boats along with it whenever whenever it deploys.
re: #132 Dr Lizardo
Ouch…that must have been a real stinger.
re: #178 ericblair
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Ah, factory workers…god bless ‘em. Their uprisings are always so infectious.
re: #181 Punish Domestic Terrorists
Well, that IS exciting!
re: #171 ericblair
So as long as the sanctions remain in effect President Biden’s popularity will continue to rise.
re: #179 Dangerman
Why didn’t Putin invade Ukraine under Trump? Because the criminal doesn’t mug the old lady when he’s got her on the verge of signing her entire estate over to him.
— David Frum (@davidfrum) March 4, 2022
In Kyiv a woman knocked down a Russian drone from a balcony with a jar of cucumbers. How did they expect to occupy this country?
— Liubov Tsybulska (@TsybulskaLiubov) March 5, 2022
How’s everyone been!? Long time no see. Hope everyone is healthy and gainfully employed (or happily retired).
The Russians entered the elevator to cover the area from the roof of the office building, and the Ukrainians turned off their power … LOL https://t.co/2hJ7lRzoy1
— IllimarLepikvonWirén (@iLepikVonWiren) March 5, 2022
Welp.
re: #193 Dr. Matt
How’s everyone been!? Long time no see. Hope everyone is healthy and gainfully employed (or happily retired).
Oh hi, you. I’m hanging in there; healthy, gainfully employed, finding things to do to keep my brain off of the soul-crushing reality of life in the 2020’s.
The modern-day image is not from 2022. It’s been online since at least 2015. https://t.co/qFQQYZQHAS pic.twitter.com/VcYZdEl3hA
— Daniel Dale (@ddale8) March 5, 2022
re: #193 Dr. Matt
How’s everyone been!? Long time no see. Hope everyone is healthy and gainfully employed (or happily retired).
Vaxed, boosted, still wearing a mask and Covid free. Oh. And I got married last December.
re: #195 Dopamine Fish
Oh hi, you. I’m hanging in there; healthy, gainfully employed, finding things to do to keep my brain off of the soul-crushing reality of life in the 2020’s.
2022 basically said “Hold my beer, Mr. 2021 and Mrs. 2020”.
Glad all is well with you. I quit watching the news last year. It’s been transformative in terms of soul-crushing reality. I have only started watching it again to see what is happening in Ukraine. Be well.
re: #198 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Vaxed, boosted, still wearing a mask and Covid free. Oh. And I got married last December.
Congrats! 🥂🥂
re: #177 steve_davis
My question for the day is how are countries seizing all these Russian oligarchical bits of property? I mean, presumably these things were paid for. How does one simply decide that the 800 million dollar yacht is now governmental property in the port it is seized in?
Which is complicated I’m the US if they’re citizens. I’m curious myself.
re: #193 Dr. Matt
How’s everyone been!? Long time no see. Hope everyone is healthy and gainfully employed (or happily retired).
What’s up, Doc?
re: #198 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
Vaxed, boosted, still wearing a mask and Covid free. Oh. And I got married last December.
Married? I missed that. Congratulations. I didn’t even know you were pregnant.
re: #197 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Still: nice to see an appreciation for classic art still exists around the world….
Funny, it was almost my first word choice.
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What a real trucker convoy looks like https://t.co/KkrebzRzxc
— Peter Strzok (@petestrzok) March 5, 2022
re: #203 darthstar
What’s up, Doc?
Older. Not sure if wiser. But I can confirm that I’m older. :)
You doing good?
re: #162 First As Tragedy, Then As Farce
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re: #204 darthstar
Married? I missed that. Congratulations. I didn’t even know you were pregnant.
I carried it well.
re: #207 Backwoods_SleuthWhat a real trucker convoy looks like
GQP dolts protesting mandates that don’t exist vs. the salt of the earth taking care of fellow mankind.
Flashback: President Trump brags Putin ‘was a friend of mine — I got along great with him’
Trump discussing Russia with John Daly on speaker phone is something else
via nopopsgolf pic.twitter.com/hdy6jbdvvp— Tim Reilly (@LifeOfTimReilly) March 4, 2022
#UPDATE Russian President Vladimir Putin said Saturday that any country that sought to impose a no-fly zone over Ukraine would be considered by Moscow to have entered the conflict pic.twitter.com/jLB64dmJZ3
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 5, 2022
re: #208 Dr. Matt
Older. Not sure if wiser. But I can confirm that I’m older. :)
You doing good?
I am…my dad passed last Saturday. Got to be there to say thank you and good bye. Hell of a man he was. Work is good. Dogs are good. Life is good.
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
Any country that imposes a no-fly zone will be met with great displeasure as soon as we have the means to walk and chew gum…kind of stuck in the mud right now.
re: #166 steve_davis
Normally countries do at least one thing we’ll. It may turn out the Navy is mostly competent.
They play chess well.
Aeroflot is now a domestic airline.
BREAKING: Aeroflot cancels all international flights except to Belarus
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 5, 2022
Who knows when, if ever, the Moscow exchange will reopen again.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 5, 2022
re: #166 steve_davis
Normally countries do at least one thing we’ll. It may turn out the Navy is mostly competent.
Well, given their air superiority metrics, they’d better hope so.
Russian Air Force losses over #Ukraine in the past 26 hours:
- 1x Su-30SM multirole aircraft (pictured)
- 1 Su-34 strike aircraft
- 2 Su-25 close air support aircraft
- 2 Mi-24/35 attack helicopters
- 1 Mi-8 transport helicopter
- 1 Orlan-10 UAV pic.twitter.com/3g2IQflNEL— Oryx (@oryxspioenkop) March 5, 2022
re: #218 No Malarkey!
They were supposed to reopen on the 9th. Closing for 10 days isn’t something markets normally do. Imagine being heavily invested in the Moscow market.
re: #219 darthstar
Well, given their air superiority metrics, they’d better hope so.
Everyone in Ukraine, be careful.
It’s raining Russian aircraft!
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Today #Putin meeting female staff of the Russian airlines.
One lady showing up in colors of #Ukraine #StandWithUkraine️ #StopPutinNOW pic.twitter.com/jRiOk4ri31— Paul Teesalu (@realPaulTeesalu) March 5, 2022
re: #202 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Which is complicated I’m the US if they’re citizens. I’m curious myself.
Don’t various branches of our criminal justice system do asset forfeitures all the time, without the person even being charged with a crime?
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
So Putin is now on TV explaining his justifications for the invasion of Ukraine to a room full of Russian trainee air stewardesses…
Bizarre… pic.twitter.com/LC6Uux3aiC— Patrick Reevell (@Reevellp) March 5, 2022
re: #220 darthstar
They were supposed to reopen on the 9th. Closing for 10 days isn’t something markets normally do. Imagine being heavily invested in the Moscow market.
I don’t see how they reopen anytime soon. A market needs buyers as well as sellers, and who in their right mind would buy stock in Russian companies now.
re: #223 Hecuba’s daughter
Don’t various branches of our criminal justice system do asset forfeitures all the time, without the person even being charged with a crime?
I’m pretty sure that’s local police, or staties, not the feds.
re: #220 darthstar
They were supposed to reopen on the 9th. Closing for 10 days isn’t something markets normally do. Imagine being heavily invested in the Moscow market.
Ours closed for 4 days after 9/11. Though if there had be additional attacks, it might have been forced to stay closed for a longer period.
re: #223 Hecuba’s daughter
Don’t various branches of our criminal justice system do asset forfeitures all the time, without the person even being charged with a crime?
Yep, and property is presumed to be guilty until proven innocent.
re: #224 Backwoods_Sleuth
North Korea is even embarrassed by this display.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
Damn. if that’s true it might be the gutsiest thing I’ve ever seen.
Oh, good morning!
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
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i dont think you get to ‘dictate’ those terms
#BREAKING Any countries imposing no-fly zone over Ukraine would be parties to conflict: Putin pic.twitter.com/jp3JedEp97
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) March 5, 2022
The Ukrainian Ambassador very intentionally asked each of us on the zoom to NOT share anything on social media during the meeting to protect the security of President Zelenskyy. Appalling and reckless ignorance by two US Senators. https://t.co/geolhKxbLp
— Rep. Dean Phillips 🇺🇸 (@RepDeanPhillips) March 5, 2022
re: #220 darthstar
They were supposed to reopen on the 9th. Closing for 10 days isn’t something markets normally do. Imagine being heavily invested in the Moscow market.
ask the states of Florida and Kentucky, at least
(yeah kentucky is out now)
re: #214 darthstar
I am…my dad passed last Saturday. Got to be there to say thank you and good bye. Hell of a man he was. Work is good. Dogs are good. Life is good.
Oh wow. So sorry for loss. He was grateful you there at the end. Hang in there.
The 3 year anniversary of my mother’s passing was this week. It was tough. But every year gets a bit easier.
re: #222 Backwoods_Sleuth
All her remaining fucks are at the dry cleaners.
re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth
The Appalling and Reckless Party (ARP) is an appropriate new name for the GQP.
re: #227 Hecuba’s daughter
Ours closed for 4 days after 9/11. Though if there had be additional attacks, it might have been forced to stay closed for a longer period.
But not because our currency crashed and we wanted to avoid a major melt-down.
re: #235 darthstar
All her remaining fucks are at the dry cleaners.
I’m surprised they let her in dressed like that, still less sat at a table with Putin for a photo-op.
Though Vlad doesn’t look like he’s paying much attention to the ladies: or much else, for that matter.
re: #192 darthstar
In Kyiv a woman knocked down a Russian drone from a balcony with a jar of cucumbers. How did they expect to occupy this country?
Wait ‘til she gets out her borscht belt-fed machine gun.
hmmm
If you watch the video of this, his hand seems to keep passing through his microphone.https://t.co/9wJ9EnsHYf
— dan barker (@danbarker) March 5, 2022
re: #239 Greup
Could be the airline colors.
Perhaps to show that ukraine is part of russia?
Yep — here’s a link to a 2013 article about new flight attendant outfits.
re: #194 ericblair
The Russians entered the elevator to cover the area from the roof of the office building, and the Ukrainians turned off their power …
FFS, there’s a sign right there: “In case of enemy fire, do not use elevator”
re: #244 No Malarkey!
I was a bit surprised that he was so close to human beings.
Was about to make the same comment.
re: #243 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
FFS, there’s a sign right there: “In case of enemy fire, do not use elevator”
Maybe 35 years ago(?), my whole family (10 of us?) was trapped on an elevator in a very nice but old condo building in Hyde Park. My sister and I are very claustrophobic and let’s just say we were totally panicked. Pre cell phone days and no way to reach the outside. The power was on but the elevator was stuck between floors.
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
hmmm
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Virtual Vlad doesn’t have to sit at the end of a long table…if only those were Red Sparrows sitting with him.
re: #244 No Malarkey!
I was a bit surprised that he was so close to human beings.
Well, if Putin were deep-faked in, it would make sense; given that this seems to be a rare, if not unique, pic of him closer than his usual (?)3-meter isolation zone to other people.
Might also explain the trainees’ expressions: and why they don’t seem to be looking at their President….
re: #246 Hecuba’s daughter
Maybe 35 years ago(?), my whole family (10 of us?) was trapped on an elevator in a very nice but old condo building in Hyde Park. My sister and I are very claustrophobic and let’s just say we were totally panicked. Pre cell phone days and no way to reach the outside. The power was on but the elevator was stuck between floors.
And….? Full story!
re: #202 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Which is complicated I’m the US if they’re citizens. I’m curious myself.
Is it? Civil seizure of goods is a pretty common thing in the US. Claim is made by the police/authorities that the property(ies) are associated with illegal activity and then grabbed. And the authorities don’t have to return it. And no conviction of the owner is required.
It’s an activity that I am not a fan of and I think should be stopped, or at least be made much harder to do.
today starts the transition from, wow, 2 weeks back marathon prep to this May’s ultramarathon.
the 50k ultra is usually in 86-90 degrees so the long training runs are now at noon on saturdays.
it’s ‘only’ 80 degrees right now, 60% humidity.
the winds are up around 25 with 32+ gusts.
today is an easy and slow 20 miler.
re: #244 No Malarkey!
I was a bit surprised that he was so close to human beings.
You are so right! It didn’t even occur to me that he keeps at least 15 feet away from others. Wonder if that setting is an excerpt from a prior broadcast filmed before the pandemic.
re: #226 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I’m pretty sure that’s local police, or staties, not the feds.
Customs and border protection have a long and sordid history of doing just that.
re: #250 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Is it? Civil seizure of goods is a pretty common thing in the US. Claim is made by the police/authorities that the property(ies) are associated with illegal activity and then grabbed. And the authorities don’t have to return it. And no conviction of the owner is required.
It’s an activity that I am not a fan of and I think should be stopped, or at least be made much harder to do.
The argument being that property has no right of habeas corpus
re: #249 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And….? Full story!
I think our brother and father managed to get the door open — and the floor of the elevator was only a foot or so below the first floor of the building. After that, I seldom took an elevator if I could avoid it, even if it meant walking 3 or 4 floors.
part of the video
The looks… pic.twitter.com/VDfGpYQMXr
— Joe Bishop-Henchman ⚖️💸🛤️🗽☀️ (@jbhenchman) March 5, 2022
also, no one is sitting as close to him as the other stills suggest.
and, also, where is the second microphone:
If you look closely here, Putin’s hand appears to pass through the microphone several times.
Occasionally things like that can be tricks of video compression, but it happens a few times here. (eg 17 seconds in). https://t.co/CGRZrUGDxm pic.twitter.com/YIEEkhpMI1— dan barker (@danbarker) March 5, 2022
Green Screen Putin
Turns out the flight attendant in Ukraine colors was shopped into the video. Looks like I’m getting 15 years in the Russian gulag.
re: #258 darthstar
Turns out the flight attendant in Ukraine colors was shopped into the video. Looks like I’m getting 15 years in the Russian gulag.
The amount of fakery coming out of both Russia and Ukraine makes it difficult to really comprehend what’s going on over there. I never really know whether to trust anything I’m seeing.
re: #257 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Green Screen Putin
I was actually hoping for hologram Putin.
re: #259 Dopamine Fish
The amount of fakery coming out of both Russia and Ukraine makes it difficult to really comprehend what’s going on over there. I never really know whether to trust anything I’m seeing.
Much of that is intentional, but a lot seems to be free-lance trolls—run of the mill Intertubes assholes.
Russia’s sovereign credit rating is now “ССС-“.
There’s a P joke in there somewhere.
Someone liked this old tweet of mine.
Except for Putin. Trump will stay loyal to Vlad.
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) October 13, 2019
re: #262 A Cranky One
Russia’s sovereign credit rating is now “ССС-“.
There’s a P joke in there somewhere.
Putin puts the P back in CCCP?
//
re: #262 A Cranky One
Russia’s sovereign credit rating is now “ССС-“.
There’s a P joke in there somewhere.
It’s running down the legs of the untrained Russian soldiers.
re: #213 Backwoods_Sleuth
Putin lies as much as Trump. We should pretty much just ignore anything he says.
re: #259 Dopamine Fish
The amount of fakery coming out of both Russia and Ukraine makes it difficult to really comprehend what’s going on over there. I never really know whether to trust anything I’m seeing.
You pretty much have to take all of it with a grain of salt in any particular details being correct. The overall impression that things are not going as swimmingly for the Russians as they thought it would is probably correct since no one would be roughly where they are in a campaign like this after this time unless things were not going to plan.
I presume with some searching one might find a site or two that is doing its own verifications and such before posting.
Aside: Saw a reddit picture that basically claimed that some of the ERA “plates” on Russian tanks were actually filled with egg carton-like items and not actual reactive charges. (Which strikes me as something you might ship and mount the ERA holders with and then install the charges.) If true, another serious screw-up by the Russian military and possibly a partial explanation on why the Ukrainian AT efforts appear to be working so well. There was alleged footage I saw of an AT missile attack on a tank - that came in on the front quadrant of the tank. Where the thickest armor and a lot of ERA is usually mounted.
re: #258 darthstar
Turns out the flight attendant in Ukraine colors was shopped into the video. Looks like I’m getting 15 years in the Russian gulag.
You can see her in the zoomed out photo too. It’s the standard flight attendant uniform.
I cannot find it now, but yesterday I read that “seizing the yachts” is a misnomer in some cases. In Italy and France they just told the boat to get the hell out.
The story noted that actually taking over a super yacht is a huge headache and expensive. Not to mention, the paperwork.
Huge turnout at a protest against the Russian occupation in Russian-occupied Kherson.
pic.twitter.com/nJKkiD7U8i— Valerie Hopkins (@VALERIEinNYT) March 5, 2022
Doesn’t look real occupied to me.
re: #194 ericblair
Welp.
Oh my god. This is actually hysterical, because I hadn’t seen your post when I posted the “boner” comic below yours. Not only would your example be the perfect embodiment of a “boner” in joker’s world, but the boner that joker committed was trying to rob a place, only to discover that killing the power STOPPED THE ELEVATOR they were going to use for their escape. Reality and fiction collide.
re: #223 Hecuba’s daughter
Don’t various branches of our criminal justice system do asset forfeitures all the time, without the person even being charged with a crime?
Well yes, but we’re not talking poor black people in Texas here.
re: #272 Ming5000
I cannot find it now, but yesterday I read that “seizing the yachts” is a misnomer in some cases. In Italy and France they just told the boat to get the hell out.
The story noted that actually taking over a super yacht is a huge headache and expensive. Not to mention, the paperwork.
Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian boss
The 48m (157ft) Lady Anastasia, which belongs to Rosoboronexport director general Alexander Mikheev, was docked in Majorca in Spain when the mechanic opened valves in its engine room.
He was arrested by Civil Guard officers on Saturday and later released on bail.
Despite being an obvious criminal swindler, Robert Tilton was somehow among the least offensive (to me) of all the televangelists. There’s nothing redeeming about him, but I was able to laugh at him instead of just being disgusted (as with Benny Hinn for example).
Another Su-25 bites the dust.
re: #278 William Lewis
I believe but everything is in Russian/Cyrillic.
re: #276 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian boss
The 48m (157ft) Lady Anastasia, which belongs to Rosoboronexport director general Alexander Mikheev, was docked in Majorca in Spain when the mechanic opened valves in its engine room.
He was arrested by Civil Guard officers on Saturday and later released on bail.
I am sure nobody wants to deal with a sunken super yacht in their harbor. Environmentally, if for no other.
Omg I’m such a soft egg. Almost cried watching this. 💚💚💚 https://t.co/THvi5EI2Oj
— Maarten VdA 🇺🇦🌻 (@maartenvda) March 5, 2022
re: #279 PhillyPretzel
I believe but everything is in Russian/Cyrillic.
You don’t get a box for translation from Ukrainan?
I keep thinking of the story yesterday where a mother in Russia did not believe her daughter who was trapped in Ukraine was in any danger because, of course, the Russian military would never strike civilian targets. And then I read posts from Trump cult members who are incapable of seeing any flaws in their leader, who ascribe all virtue to him and who believe that Biden is an incompetent president owned by the Chinese. It is terrifying to think that so many educated Americans are so deluded and gullible, but it might just be that they are sociopaths too, who filter out any information contrary to their beliefs and deeply held prejudices.
OTOH I have become increasingly uncomfortable with the sorryantivaxxer.com website, because too often it seems to celebrate the suffering of others. I find myself torn between thinking justice has been served and concern that these people are really victims of a mendacious media that has promoted lies — and that any one of us can fall prey to deliberate brainwashing attempts by hostile agents.
re: #275 steve_davis
Well yes, but we’re not talking poor black people in Texas here.
Civil forfeiture is not racial. The only color that matters is green.
re: #284 JC1
Civil forfeiture is not racial. The only color that matters is green.
But they would tend to go after people who cannot afford big-gun lawyers…
re: #282 William Lewis
It also slowed down my computer. I had to clear off the cookies. Right now my computer is okay.
re: #283 Hecuba’s daughter
Remember that Putin assured his people that the reason progress is so slow is that they are sparing civilians, their goal is to disarm and de-Nazify…
re: #281 Ming5000
“You bring me num num, I don’t make you yum yum. Capish?”
“Yes, Mr. Cat.”
re: #285 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
No. I didn’t.
My browser usually pops up a box asking if I want foreign language pages translated to english so I thought all the main web browsers did that.
Perhaps right click on the page and there’ll be a translate option?
re: #285 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
re: #282 William Lewis
You don’t get a box for translation from Ukrainian?
No. I didn’t.
Maybe it’s a browser thing: I got an option box for Google Translate (I’m using Chrome): which I don’t often use: but did this time: not much that the pix didn’t show though, one Russian pilot was killed, the other was captured alive after his chute snagged on a house.
re: #274 steve_davis
Oh my god. This is actually hysterical, because I hadn’t seen your post when I posted the “boner” comic below yours. Not only would your example be the perfect embodiment of a “boner” in joker’s world, but the boner that joker committed was trying to rob a place, only to discover that killing the power STOPPED THE ELEVATOR they were going to use for their escape. Reality and fiction collide.
Has that been discredited yet? There might possibly be a dozen soldiers on earth stupid enough to get in that elevator, but the chances that they are all in the same squad are thin. Unless, of course, it’s a normal bunch of troops and one really stupid leader.
Apparently, a WNBA player has been arrested while trying to leave Russia having been caught with drug paraphernalia. The link I saw was to the NYTimes nytimes.com and I don’t have any free articles there.
re: #283 Hecuba’s daughter
Was discussing this with hubs this morning. I think 30% of the global population is nuts. Evenly split everywhere. (The discussion was surrounding how many Russian soldiers will just go on about their day and kill civilians. 30% are sociopaths, 30% fear reprisals, and if we’re lucky, 40% go Nope, Not Gonna Do It.) Anyway, at least in the US, that number had played out over and over again for years.
As for SAV, I have little sympathy or empathy left. These people are affecting everyone’s way of life. It’s not personal freedom, it’s the freedom to infect others. And if you read the postings of most of those people, good riddance. They were hateful, bigoted, awful people who willingly removed themselves from the gene pool.
There are some, like the kids who just died after being in the hospital for 8 months or the fall who died of misinformation whose husband still sent her Facebook messages after she died (he was mentally not all there); those affect me. The rest, Bye Felicia.
re: #292 Decatur Deb
Has that been discredited yet? There might possibly be a dozen soldiers on earth stupid enough to get in that elevator, but the chances that they are all in the same squad are thin. Unless, of course, it’s a normal bunch of troops and one really stupid leader.
Given what we’ve seen coming out of Ukraine, we should not discount the latter possibility at all.
re: #290 William Lewis
My browser usually pops up a box asking if I want foreign language pages translated to english so I thought all the main web browsers did that.
Perhaps right click on the page and there’ll be a translate option?
I’m on my phone. I didn’t get that option.
The State Department is urging Americans to leave Russia immediately.
Oh no… Please stay safe #BritneyGriner! https://t.co/jfVAXPyds8
— Valerie A. Fitzhugh, MD (@DrFNA) March 5, 2022
re: #293 William Lewis
Apparently, a WNBA player has been arrested while trying to leave Russia having been caught with drug paraphernalia. The link I saw was to the NYTimes nytimes.com and I don’t have any free articles there.
It is always astounding to see Americans who don’t understand that other nations may have much stricter laws regarding the possession of illegal items, especially drugs. My guess is that they are warned but they blithely ignore the warnings and think that their American citizenship is going to protect them.
re: #298 Hecuba’s daughter
It is always astounding to see Americans who don’t understand that other nations may have much stricter laws regarding the possession of illegal items, especially drugs. My guess is that they are warned but they blithely ignore the warnings and think that their American citizenship is going to protect them.
Or Russia framed her. We just don’t know.
re: #299 No Malarkey!
Or Russia framed her. We just don’t know.
Putin is going to try and trade her for Ukraine.
re: #299 No Malarkey!
Or Russia framed her. We just don’t know.
I suspect that under other circumstances they might have looked the other way. But not now. Trade her for a yacht.
re: #298 Hecuba’s daughter
It is always astounding to see Americans who don’t understand that other nations may have much stricter laws regarding the possession of illegal items, especially drugs. My guess is that they are warned but they blithely ignore the warnings and think that their American citizenship is going to protect them.
It probably will, but Biden will have to give Putin something for her release. Other people will pay more than she does.
The scary “drug paraphernalia” is a vape, which is probably a very common thing to have where she lives, but yes, she should have known that she is not where she lives.
re: #303 A Cranky One
Not interested. I think I have a frozen Cheese pizza in my freezer.
re: #298 Hecuba’s daughter
It is always astounding to see Americans who don’t understand that other nations may have much stricter laws regarding the possession of illegal items, especially drugs. My guess is that they are warned but they blithely ignore the warnings and think that their American citizenship is going to protect them.
I don’t know about the Moscow airport, but the Vancouver International had signs at every gate warning you that bringing cannabis products into the United States is a Federal violation of the law.
re: #305 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I don’t know about the Moscow airport, but the Vancouver International had signs at every gate warning you that bringing cannabis products into the United States is a Federal violation of the law.
Japan has crazy drug laws. Bringing in certain over the counter meds can get you banned from Japan for life or imprisoned for 5 years.
re: #305 Michele: Out of the closet, Into the fire
I don’t know about the Moscow airport, but the Vancouver International had signs at every gate warning you that bringing cannabis products into the United States is a Federal violation of the law.
The situation in which cannabis is legal in several states, but federally illegal in the entire country, is not a simple thing. Certainly beyond the grasp of many users, and probably most non-users.
re: #307 wrenchwench
The situation in which cannabis is legal in several states, but federally illegal in the entire country, is not a simple thing. Certainly beyond the grasp of many users, and probably most non-users.
And it’s pretty easy when filling out a checklist of “Are you bringing any of these things” to simply check “yes” without really knowing what that means to the customs/immigration official.
My brother (a professor) taking university students on overseas field trips has had immigration officials bring him forms the students have filled out which essentially would get them denied admission. An official looking for a reason to expel (or detain) someone can probably find a violation if they really want to without having to plant something.
re: #308 FFL (GOP Delenda Est)
Following the rules is difficult. There are so many of them!
Reactionary antivaxxer judges are taking command of the U.S. military. A warship can’t deploy because a judge ordered the Navy to leave an unvaccinated captain in command.
slate.com
Yep. Idaho still has not legalized it. But I can drive 50 miles to Jackpot, NV. and legally purchase it. Same with Oregon, Washington and Montana. The blood suckers in Boise would love to have those sweet tax dollars that would be generated by the legal sale here. The RR, even if they are also blood suckers, have fought it to a stand still every time it has come up. Hell, we finally decriminalized fucking hemp after the Idaho State Police seized a semi-trailer full of industrial hemp that was passing through the State and got their ass handed back to them by a Federal Court (Interstate Commerce clause) along with a hefty civil court settlement on top of that.
re: #306 JC1
Japan has crazy drug laws. Bringing in certain over the counter meds can get you banned from Japan for life or imprisoned for 5 years.
Hell, they busted Paul F’n McCartney for grass back in the 80’s. Mind you, they let him out in a little over a week. Most might not have fared as well.
We are in Covid Stage Two. Three quarters to safety.
Let’s see what happens over SXSW.
re: #293 William Lewis
I saw that earlier on MSNBC. She had a vape cartridge that has hash oil in it. I hope they don’t hurt her. She also identifies as queer, so she’s in danger on some level at least. Sigh.
re: #310 No Malarkey!
Reactionary antivaxxer judges are taking command of the U.S. military. A warship can’t deploy because a judge ordered the Navy to leave an unvaccinated captain in command.
slate.com
It is terrifying the hold that anti-vaxx mentality has on the racist federalist members of the judiciary and the Republican party;
re: #310 No Malarkey!
Reactionary antivaxxer judges are taking command of the U.S. military. A warship can’t deploy because a judge ordered the Navy to leave an unvaccinated captain in command.
slate.com
Can they even do that?
Much as I don’t like the notion of a (legally) unconstrained military, I’ve never heard of a Federal judge inserting himself into a Service’s chain-of-command like this.
Myself, if I were a senior Navy official with authority over that ship’s deployment, I’d order Captain Antivaxx relieved and replaced immediately, tell the judge to go pound sand, send the ship to sea, and let other courts (?courts-martial?) sort out the legal aspects later.
I spoke to a 59-year-old American fighting in Ukraine. He has a message: send helmets, gloves, bullet-proof vests, and medical supplies.
Please read and see the video from him. And please RT.https://t.co/EM9WHYPVLA— David Corn (@DavidCornDC) March 5, 2022
“…Nevstruyev, according to his own account, was born and raised in Ukraine’s capital. Both his parents were Russian. In 1979 he was drafted into the Soviet army and became a paratrooper in the Soviet special forces. He served two tours in Afghanistan in the 1980s, with a stint at a Soviet military academy in between. He was injured twice—a busted ear drum and a second-degree burn in one eye that has limited his vision. Once back in Kyiv, disillusioned with the Soviet Union and the military, he quit the army and applied for political refugee status in five countries, including the United States. The US was the only one that accepted him.His effort to leave Ukraine, then a republic of the Soviet Union, brought Nevstruyev to the attention of the internal security forces. He was repeatedly questioned by Soviet security police, who accused him of being a Jewish spy. (Nevstruyev is not Jewish.) He lost his apartment. His military awards were rescinded. He emigrated to the United States in 1990 and eventually became an American citizen.”motherjones.com
Russians have some issues.
Nine Lives Club, still kicking ass and taking names. #UkraineUnderAttaсk 🇺🇦🌻❤️ @ZelenskyyUa pic.twitter.com/pyu4MPvMB0
— Lorenzo The Cat (@LorenzoTheCat) March 5, 2022
re: #316 Jay C
Can they even do that?
Much as I don’t like the notion of a (legally) unconstrained military, I’ve never heard of a Federal judge inserting himself into a Service’s chain-of-command like this.
Myself, if I were a senior Navy official with authority over that ship’s deployment, I’d order Captain Antivaxx relieved and replaced immediately, tell the judge to go pound sand, send the ship to sea, and let other courts (?courts-martial?) sort out the legal aspects later.
Another judge has also ordered the Navy to deploy unvaccinated U.S. Seals, and the 5th Circuit, the most reactionary group of appellate judges in the country, won’t stay that order.
These are not sanctions we are imposing. These are special financial operations to stabilize Russian economy. Nothing to see here. pic.twitter.com/u2Wwzt0pTS
— Marcin Roszkowski 🇵🇱🇺🇦 (@m_roszkowski) March 4, 2022
I just witnessed a gold medal effort at small talk: a guy started telling me about the carbon monoxide in my mask, so I said “my mom died of COVID so stop with the COVID bullshit.” Pause. He apologizes then says, “so, is it your first time in Wisconsin?”
— Laurie Kilmartin- West Bend WI, March 5 (@anylaurie16) March 5, 2022
re: #232 Backwoods_Sleuth
Tim Kaine shared a pic too. What idiots.
re: #325 GlutenFreeJesus
Tim Kaine shared a pic too. What idiots.
Did all of them do it while the call was actually going on (I know the caption suggested such, but it doesn’t mean that it was really posted during the call). Rubio is a douche, but he generally hadn’t been this careless with info. He’s the ranking member on the intelligence committee and should definitely know better.
re: #326 JC1
Did all of them do it while the call was actually going on (I know the caption suggested such, but it doesn’t mean that it was really posted during the call). Rubio is a douche, but he generally hadn’t been this careless with info. He’s the ranking member on the intelligence committee and should definitely know better.
Zelenskyy has held zoom meetings with demonstrators in other countries, where he appears on a large screen in the public square. The Senators should have shown better judgement but everyone wants to associate with him, hoping that his star power would somehow reflect on them, especially Republicans who are desperate to prove that they are not members of the Putin fan club, like their party leader.
re: #155 Belafon
If the west keeps supplying them, we might end up finding out how many javelin can sink a ship.
If I remember correctly the Brits used Carl Gustaf recoilless rifles against Argentinean ships during the Falklands/Malivinas conflict.
re: #231 Dangerman
i dont think you get to ‘dictate’ those terms
If you’re taking about this bit:
Any countries imposing no-fly zone over Ukraine would be parties to conflict:
Putin
Then it’s obviously true.
Imposing a “‘no fly zone” over a country is an act of war.
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What Result Will There Be From the Trump Trial?I did my best to boil this down. What say you?
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An Appeal to Heaven An ancient political phrase and a historic flag of the United States has entered the discourse as a flag of Christian Nationalism, insurrection, and the question of Supreme Court Associate Justice Samuel Alito's objectivity to rule on cases. So ...
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Grocers Are Finally Lowering Prices as Consumers Pull Back Consumers have been grumbling about the soaring cost of groceries for nearly two years. Now, some of the biggest names in retail appear to be listening. In recent weeks, Target and Aldi have broadcast price cuts on thousands of ... Cheechako
A Water War Is Brewing Between the U.S. And Mexico. Here’s Why A water dispute between the United States and Mexico that goes back decades is turning increasingly urgent in Texas communities that rely on the Rio Grande. Their leaders are now demanding the Mexican government either share water or face ... Cheechako
Harper’s Magazine: Slippery Slope - How Private Equity Shapes a Ski Town …Big Sky stands apart for other reasons. The obvious distinction is the Yellowstone Club, a private resort hidden in the mountains above the community that Justin Farrell, a professor of sociology at Yale and the author of Billionaire Wilderness, ... teleskiguy
A Friday at the Tail End of SpringJust out and about for a bit. First a walk downtown where the two rivers meet, then a short drive just outside of town. William Lewis
The Good Liars at Miami Trump Rally [VIDEO] Jason and Davram talk with Trump supporters about art, Mike Lindell, who is really president and more! SUPPORT US: herohero.co SEE THE GOOD LIARS LIVE!LOS ANGELES, CA squadup.com SUBSCRIBE TO OUR AUDIO PODCAST:Apple Podcasts: podcasts.apple.comSpotify: open.spotify.comJoin this channel to ... teleskiguy
Ranked-Choice Voting Has Challenged the Status Quo. Its Popularity Will Be Tested in November. JUNEAU — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ... Cheechako
