Seth takes a closer look at Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy delivering a virtual address to Congress as Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine continues to sputter, leaving hope that there can be a diplomatic solution to the conflict.
This is so hard to watch. A possible pyrrhic victory at best for Russia. And poor shattered Ukraine. Fighting like a tiger, but the jungle is being strip-mined. The unprecedented immediate video of needless civilian deaths from drones and whatever is just hard on the soul. But we get to watch from afar. All we suffer is certain things getting even more expensive.
White nationalist Nick Fuentes encourages prayers for the brave Russian soldiers who are fighting to “liberate Ukraine from the Great Satan and from the evil empire in the world, which is the United States.” pic.twitter.com/RdVrXHCapn
— Right Wing Watch (@RightWingWatch) March 16, 2022
Reminder that the Lt. Governor of Idaho attended his white power party.
re: #2 DodgerFan1988
Reminder that the Lt. Governor of Idaho attended his white power party.
And not a peep out of any of them about what Fuentes is saying.
Just moaning and complaining if a reporter asks them to notice it and comment since it makes them look bad.
This is southwest of Lubbock.
6 college athletes, coach among 9 killed in fiery crash
Nine people were killed in a crash Tuesday night when a van carrying members of a New Mexico university’s golf team crashed head-on with a pickup truck. It happened just after 8 p.m. Tuesday evening about nine miles from Andrews.
The van was carrying nine members of the University of the Southwest’s men’s and women’s golf teams.
A Dodge 2500 pickup was traveling southbound on FM 1788. A Ford Transit passenger van registered to the University of the Southwest in Hobbs, NM was traveling northbound on FM 1788. For unknown reasons, the Dodge pickup drove into the northbound lane and struck the Ford passenger van head-on. Both vehicles caught fire and burned.
I think we might have an example here of why Rachel Maddow didn’t want this guy to come back to MSNBC.
ENOUGH. Arrest this @RepMTG - disloyal to this country, disloyal to the truth, a Russian asset, and an utter irredeemable c*nt - tonight. https://t.co/njfWmsPuau
— Keith Olbermann (@KeithOlbermann) March 17, 2022
re: #6 bratwurst
Yeah, I’m pretty sure this is an example of why. It’s possible to be right, and a raging asshole at the same time.
re: #2 DodgerFan1988
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She’s the one who routinely undermines state policy whenever the governor leaves the state and she is temporarily in power. Governor Little is more in line with not terrific but not horrendous GOP governors but she seems worse than DeathSantis.
“We should send more lethal aid to Ukraine which I voted against last week” is making my brain melt.
— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) March 17, 2022
Thread, seven tweets, on how to overcome filibusters using the Senate rules.
Here’s the deal. Once Senate debate on a measure ends, you can pass the bill with a simple majority vote. So if you’re willing to outlast the other side, you don’t need cloture. This could take weeks, as other Voting Rights bills did, but we have a few tools that help.
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) January 19, 2022
re: #9 jaunte
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They were still getting their checks from Russia last week. They might still be now but are realizing Putin is less popular than colon cancer and have to go into CYA mode.
My Republicypher senators Fischer and Sasse both voted against any aid for Ukraine, but are now taking credit for it.
re: #10 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Thread, seven tweets, on how to overcome filibusters using the Senate rules.
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All we need is a majority of Senators who think there are more important things than the Senate.
My new proposal is a no fly zone over the entire globe Stinger missiles for every household.
Anybody chucking about drones or bombers gets fucked up by everybody else because there is literally no version of “those civilians deserve to be obliterated by an irresistible force.”
Rocketry is just as bad, but one completely-normalized atrocity at a time I guess.
GOP conspiracy theorists suffer blow as Justice Department concludes Hunter Biden correctly paid his taxeshttps://t.co/LRNaNMB939
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 17, 2022
re: #1 Rightwingconspirator
This is so hard to watch. A possible pyrrhic victory at best for Russia. And poor shattered Ukraine. Fighting like a tiger, but the jungle is being strip-mined. The unprecedented immediate video of needless civilian deaths from drones and whatever is just hard on the soul. But we get to watch from afar. All we suffer is certain things getting even more expensive.
One thing I’m sure of is that Russia is not getting a victory, pyrrhic or real. Putin may still not be ready to face reality.
BREAKING: France’s Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian says Russia is only pretending to negotiate with Ukraine
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 17, 2022
re: #13 Belafon
All we need is a majority of Senators who think there are more important things than the Senate.
It would be nice if BBB and voting rights got this treatment, but I don’t see most of them having the attention span and discipline for this. They would have needed to start operating this way on Jan 21, 2021 as well.
If people are truly concerned about the tyranny of the majority, they can have equal numbers of Senators from all states and no filibuster, or proportionate Senate representation and a filibuster. One or the other, but both creates a tyranny of the minority.
re: #5 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
This is southwest of Lubbock.
6 college athletes, coach among 9 killed in fiery crash
Terrible. Reminds me of when an Indiana basketball team was in a plane crash decades ago.
re: #12 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
My Republicypher senators Fischer and Sasse both voted against any aid for Ukraine, but are now taking credit for it.
“Senate Republicans responded to President Zelensky’s pleas for help and videos of children being killed by the Russian invaders by blocking nominees.” https://t.co/KXxHtFXJz0
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) March 17, 2022
Also in Lubbock.
14-year-old charged with manslaughter in shooting death of 4-month-old
A 14-year-old boy is in custody, charged with manslaughter, following a Tuesday afternoon shooting in North Lubbock that left a four-month-old dead, police say.
Lubbock Police Officers were called to the 3600 block of Lehigh Street at 3:05 p.m. on Tuesday, March 15, following reports of a shooting. While on the way to the scene, police learned a victim arrived via private vehicle at University Medical Center. The victim, four-month-old Jaqari Jones, was pronounced deceased at University Medical Center.
The investigation revealed a group of juveniles was in the home Jones was shot.
The 14-year-old was taken into custody Wednesday, March 16, and booked into the Lubbock County Juvenile Justice Center.
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re: #16 No Malarkey!
One thing I’m sure of is that Russia is not getting a victory, pyrrhic or real. Putin may still not be ready to face reality.
BREAKING: France’s Foreign Minister Jean Yves Le Drian says Russia is only pretending to negotiate with Ukraine
BREAKING: water is wet.
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 17, 2022
Even w my very limited knowledge of international adoption I don’t think you can go into a city under active aerial bombardment and leave with a few dozen kids and anyone was in a position to tell you “Yeah, it’s cool if you take them.”
— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm) March 17, 2022
re: #16 No Malarkey!
One thing I’m sure of is that Russia is not getting a victory, pyrrhic or real. Putin may still not be ready to face reality.
I hope you are right.
Well, this doesn’t suck.
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Nothing to see here, just a story musing about how to assassinate Putin.
re: #21 KingKenrod
I ended my Wordle streak at 67 with this abomination.
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It appears there are 12 possible valid choices for the first letter if you have guessed 2-5. And it can be hard to eliminate the 11 wrong ones with the number of guesses available, though very uncommon words could usually be skipped at least if they continue to use only those words that were originally selected to be solutions.
Schumer: “The bewildering incongruity between falling oil prices and rising gas prices smacks of price gouging … The Senate is going to get answers, and that’s why we will be calling on the CEOs of major oil companies to come testify before the Congress.”
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 16, 2022
re: #3 BlueSpotinAL
Western good afternoon.
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*KP = Komsomolskaya Pravda
As for negotiations he basically admits they are for appearances only.
“We can’t not hold talks because we’d be accused of breaking diplomatic norms” he says.
“We are holding talks in the hope of peace on our terms. But Ukraine is holding talks to drag out the fighting”. pic.twitter.com/IOkzx1sWg2— Joanna Szostek 🇺🇦 (@Joanna_Szostek) March 15, 2022
Couldn’t really be clearer that Russia’s aim is to purge Ukraine of Ukrainians. If you still think this is all about NATO, you have fallen for a Russian red herring. “De-Nazification” is Russian Orwellian Newspeak for getting rid of Ukrainians who refuse to think they’re Russian.
— Joanna Szostek 🇺🇦 (@Joanna_Szostek) March 15, 2022
It’s really strange I’ve been getting these kinds of tweets the last few days, all calling NATO “weak.” All with less than 50 followers, all been around for a few years. Makes me think someone wants us to start something. https://t.co/KvSJ8vhwqb
— Mark Hertling (@MarkHertling) March 17, 2022
Interesting article at the BBC:
Ukraine: Putin will search for a way to save face
Even the worst war comes to an end. Sometimes, as in 1945, the only outcome is a fight to the death. Mostly, though, wars end in a deal which doesn’t satisfy anyone entirely, but at least brings the bloodshed to an end.
And often, even after the worst and most bitter conflicts, the two sides gradually resume their old, less hostile relationship.
If we’re lucky, we’re beginning to see the start of this process happening now between Russia and Ukraine.
The resentment, particularly on the Ukrainian side, will last for decades. But both sides want and need peace: Ukraine, because its towns and cities have taken a terrible battering, and Russia, because it has already, according to the Ukrainian president, sacrificed more men and material than it lost in its two shockingly violent wars in Chechnya - although that is impossible to verify.
But no-one willingly signs a peace agreement which is likely to lead to their own downfall.
re: #31 Teukka
*KP = Komsomolskaya Pravda
re: #32 jaunte
“filtering” Pure fascist-speak.
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK it gets worse :
UPDATE: Today Russian media outlet Pravda published another “history lecture,” only this time on Poland.
Summary: Not a legitimate country, filled with Nazi supporters.”It’s time to carry out the denazification of Poland.”
Sound familiar? https://t.co/cic8obg0JS #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/4JXFFlbaRu— Tim McMillan (@LtTimMcMillan) March 16, 2022
re: #35 Teukka
Time is not on Putin’s side. He’s trying to scare NATO into letting him have his current gains.
re: #36 jaunte
Time is not on Putin’s side. He’s trying to scare NATO into letting him have his current gains.
An acquaintance in a chat said thus (which sums it up perfectly):
Poland wont be “denazified” cause its in NATO.
If Russia steps a foot in Poland its pronouns will become was/were…
Question…… While it all goes on Putin in the end, has anyone noted the Chain of Command and who’s passing orders to kill civilians and bomb hospitals? I want to know who…..
re: #37 Teukka
An acquaintance in a chat said thus (which sums it up perfectly):
Poland wont be “denazified” cause its in NATO.
If Russia steps a foot in Poland its pronouns will become was/were…
I might sound like a broken record but even if Poland being in NATO wasn’t a thing, I’d like to know what army Russia think’s it’s going to have after this mess to do such a thing.
fired some shots earlier this evening https://t.co/Tw17Gt39ht
— Julia Ioffe (@juliaioffe) March 17, 2022
re: #35 Teukka
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK it gets worse :
What Is This Fucking Shit I Can’t Even…
The ironically named Russian media outlet “Pravda”, ran an article about Poland titled “The Hyena of Europe”.
The article includes the following threat:
“Poland is asking for a fourth partition, and it should be denazified”. pic.twitter.com/6BtU7PBjOo— Visegrád 24 (@visegrad24) March 16, 2022
Loved this response…
SCOOP: Leaked Chinese Communist Party map causes panic in Kremlin pic.twitter.com/iMsU52hszW
— Adam Kaluszka (@AdamKaluszka) March 17, 2022
re: #39 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I might sound like a broken record but even if Poland being in NATO wasn’t a thing, I’d like to know what army Russia think’s it’s going to have after this mess to do such a thing.
Russia is Schrodinger’s Country: So powerful that it could afford to conquer and occupy Ukraine while threatening further wars with the whole of Europe and so weak that it’s getting shown up by farmers with rockets and tractors.
re: #36 jaunte
Time is not on Putin’s side. He’s trying to scare NATO into letting him have his current gains.
Then he can fuck right off.
He gets nothing, not a Goddam thing, and the Ukes can do whatever they want in re: to Nato and the EU.
You don’t get rewarded for screwing the pooch this badly, Vlad.
re: #43 austin_blue
You don’t get rewarded for screwing the pooch this badly, Vlad.
Yep, this is fuckin’ cruelty to animals!
re: #43 austin_blue
“YOU GET NOTHING. YOU LOSE. GOOD DAY TOVARISHCH!”
re: #32 jaunte
Pure fascist-speak.
Further down in the thread, a Putinista is claiming that the Russians only want to “filter true neo-Nazis”.
Perfect response: “Oh, the head of Wagner, then?” That guy has SS tats, no shit! Lots of Nazis and white supremacists in Russia.
“De-nazification” coming from Russia is rich considering how hard the Soviets worked to promote far-right ideologies in East Germany after it became clear they were never going to get the West to abandon West Germany.
— Arch (Space Laser Vaccination Supervisor) (@Arch_LGF) March 17, 2022
Maybe a denazification of Russia would be more appropriate.
re: #49 Dread Pirate Ron
Maybe a denazification of Russia would be more appropriate.
We need a denazification here too — the Proud Boys, Trump, DeathSantis, Tucker, Nick Fuentes, MTG, Madison Cawthorn, the KKK, and all their affiliates are poisoning this nation.
re: #35 Teukka
FUCKFUCKFUCKFUCK it gets worse :
This actually is in line with FSB letter 6: crazy escalation claims made by some general. Putin hoping NATO blinks, etc.
Like I said when that letter first got posted: We better not blink.
re: #48 (((Archangel1)))
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re: #36 jaunte
Time is not on Putin’s side. He’s trying to scare NATO into letting him have his current gains.
That’s largely it, Russia is running out of time and while it might be making some gains in the South, the cost of doing so is absolutely horrendous for their military and their economy.
Lawyer blames Coors Light for Jan. 6 admission video posted by client: report https://t.co/5A19uPjh4S
— Raw Story (@RawStory) March 17, 2022
Dude! It’s Coors Light, it’s not like she was drunk.
re: #56 Dread Pirate Ron
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Times like these, I remember the words of Eric Idle: “Frankly over here we find that your American beer is a little like making love in a canoe. It’s fucking close to water.”
re: #55 Targetpractice
That’s largely it, Russia is running out of time and while it might be making some gains in the South, the cost of doing so is absolutely horrendous for their military and their economy.
I’m curious to know if the Russian military higher-ups know that they are basically a laughing stock right now, no one is buying any of Putin’s or their bullshit, and these bluffs aren’t going to remotely work.
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(h/t @SDroppings)https://t.co/ae279gy5mQ— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) March 17, 2022
What’s the phrase you need when ‘grading on a curve’ just isn’t strong enough? Because man.
EDIT: Linking the right one so both tweets show up
re: #58 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’m curious to know if the Russian military higher-ups know that they are basically a laughing stock right now, no one is buying any of Putin’s or their bullshit, and these bluffs aren’t going to remotely work.
We’re not quite at “Hitler ordering phantom brigades into hopeless maneuvers” territory yet, but with 65-75% (depending on who you ask) of his total forces committed to this fight and demands that client states start providing warm bodies, the idea that Russia has any chance of doing better than fighting to a stalemate is laughable. That they think they’ve got any leverage to scare the West into giving them what they want is sheer lunacy.
re: #59 Citizen K
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Note that she had a far lower bar for TFG:
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(h/t @SDroppings)https://t.co/ae279gy5mQ— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) March 17, 2022
re: #62 Targetpractice
Yeah, I had meant to link to that one specifically and edited my post for it. The juxtaposition is just…yeah.
re: #63 Citizen K
Yeah, I had meant to link to that one specifically and edited my post for it. The juxtaposition is just…yeah.
It’s what we’ve come to expect from these asshats, that they can’t find Trump-level faults with Biden’s leadership so have been forced to settle with “He’s just not that impressive.” No shit, we didn’t elect him to be entertained, we elected him to lead.
re: #54 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
More wordle stuff!
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re: #60 Targetpractice
We’re not quite at “Hitler ordering phantom brigades into hopeless maneuvers” territory yet, but with 65-75% (depending on who you ask) of his total forces committed to this fight and demands that client states start providing warm bodies, the idea that Russia has any chance of doing better than fighting to a stalemate is laughable. That they think they’ve got any leverage to scare the West into giving them what they want is sheer lunacy.
With every passing day, Putin comes closer to his “Steiner moment”.
Russian invasion of #Ukraine has largely stalled on all fronts and have made minimal progress on land, sea or air in recent days. Russian forces continue to suffer heavy losses. Ukrainian resistance remains staunch and well-coordinated - #UK Defence Intelligence
— marqs (@MarQs__) March 17, 2022
re: #20 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
Also in Lubbock.
14-year-old charged with manslaughter in shooting death of 4-month-old
What about the adult who brought the gun into the household and left it unsecured?
My turtle decided to climb out of her aquarium and leap across an 18” gap to her food and crashed to the ground 4 feet below, knocking down her food container. About every 18 months or so she manages to use the surface water jet bar as footing to get out and crash to the floor. I’ve had her for about 17 years and her shell was 5 inches long when I got her. She’s about 8 inches long now.
re: #70 Dread Pirate Ron
Saturday is Caturday and Thursday is Turtleday.
re: #69 A Three Hour Tour
I was watching it at the time, thought “who did I miss” so I clicked, and said “WTF when?” and then 2 minutes later…
I am most annoyed at Paramount. We were very much looking forward to watching STD on Netflix until the deal fell through.
re: #72 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I was watching it at the time, thought “who did I miss” so I clicked, and said “WTF when?” and then 2 minutes later…
Same here. And the scene itself…damnit, who’s cutting onions in here?!
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Via emptywheel:
More US declassified documents. Strategic declassification since before the invasion of Ukraine started should be giving both Russia and China pause.
Wheat Exporter Russia Begs China for Food
Russia is begging China to feed its army.
Putin is pissing his pants with fear of what Russian people might do to him. #FSBletters #WindofChange https://t.co/8NAJP6yZ5c
— Igor Sushko (@igorsushko) March 16, 2022
I have been noticing the lack of windows in all the recent pictures of Putin that I have seen. Commenters during the Long-Table days noted the “bunker look”. The story of what happened around Putin during this Russian invasion of UA will be of great interest to me.
I get stressed out when one of my accounts at work goes belly up, requiring a bunch of time, communication, and self-examination as to what I may have done wrong to allow it. I cannot imagine the stress of launching a failed invasion and the potential destruction of your sweet dictatorship with all the associated fringe benefits.
On that note, Picard sorta spoiler.
The new episode where they travel back in time is directed by Lea Thompson from Back to the Future.
re: #66 Dr Lizardo
With every passing day, Putin comes closer to his “Steiner moment”.
I’m waiting for the slamming a desk over and over screaming about Fegelein moment.
re: #79 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’m waiting for the slamming a desk over and over screaming about Fegelein moment.
I checked out his speech and he is calling for a Purge, a Holy War, a Cleansing of Society…this cannot end well for normal people in Russia.
re: #79 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’m waiting for the slamming a desk over and over screaming about Fegelein moment.
If only that could be captured on video for posterity.
Off-topic, but that performance by the late Bruno Ganz was one of the greatest ever put to film.
re: #80 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I checked out his speech and he is calling for a Purge, a Holy War, a Cleansing of Society…this cannot end well for normal people ion Russia.
He’s fucking lost it. His mind is broken.
re: #81 Dr Lizardo
If only that could be captured on video for posterity.
Off-topic, but that performance by the late Bruno Ganz was one of the greatest ever put to film.
(Despite all the parody re-subtitlings.)
That movie contained one of the great gems of German humor ever: namely the scene when the Justice of the Peace makes his way through the shelling to the Bunker to marry Adolf and Eva and states: “I am required by law to ask the following question: Are you both of pure Aryan descent?”
re: #82 Dr Lizardo
He’s fucking lost it. His mind is broken.
Well, he did spend time in the presence of Trump. Perhaps Trump’s insanity *is* contagious.
re: #84 A Three Hour Tour
Well, he did spend time in the presence of Trump. Perhaps Trump’s insanity *is* contagious.
He was once a great Evil Genius. But we clearly see how the Genius is fading and the Evil is growing to compensate.
re: #84 A Three Hour Tour
Well, he did spend time in the presence of Trump. Perhaps Trump’s insanity *is* contagious.
It occurred to me that perhaps what Putin is doing - consciously or not - is creating a Dolchstoßlegende narrative. That Russia is losing not owing to incompetent or poor military/political leadership, but rather, because it’s being “stabbed in the back” on the homefront.
Yesterday, Russia quit the Council of Europe, which means that they’re now free to reinstate the death penalty if they so choose; couple that with Putin’s talk of “cleansing” Russian society, and I see some dark days ahead for Russia.
re: #85 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
He was once a great Evil Genius. But we clearly see how the Genius is fading and the Evil is growing to compensate.
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t really ever a genius, just wasn’t tested adequately. Most people would seem like a genius if the test was 3rd grade math.
Exodus of Russian Special Flight Squadron planes from #Moscow, all flying towards east #UkraineRussiaWar pic.twitter.com/pQgSMCpJGG
re: #88 Dr Lizardo
Guess we’ll see if those alleged FSB leaks are real. Leak #5 basically said that Putin is planning to declare that the West has declared war against Russia via economic sanctions, then he’ll activate Russia’s nuclear triad and issue a 24 hour ultimatum to drop sanctions “or else”.
Those Russian government special air wing flights headed east are an unusual development.
re: #86 Dr Lizardo
It occurred to me that perhaps what Putin is doing - consciously or not - is creating a Dolchstoßlegende narrative. That Russia is losing not owing to incompetent or poor military/political leadership, but rather, because it’s being “stabbed in the back” on the homefront.
Another pet theory on my part is that he has been faced by the fact that Covid hit his economy worse than they are letting on and on top of all its other structural deficits, things are really tanking: what better Dolchstoß than European sanctions to blame economic malaise on?
re: #89 Dr Lizardo
“Trade with us or we will nuke you” is the same twisted logic as “Date me or I will murder you and your family!” except at an international level…
re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another pet theory on my part is that he has been faced by the fact that Covid hit his economy worse than they are letting on and on top of all its other structural deficits, things are really tanking: what better Dolchstoß than European sanctions to blame economic malaise on?
Sure - that’d be an easy and convenient way to cover up Russia’s COVID-related economic failings. He could just lump it all together.
The thing about dictators is they love to delude themselves, to live in fantasy worlds of their own making. And one of the fantasies they’re frequently given to indulge in is that they are wildly popular with the common man on the street, so if there is civil unrest and opposition to their rule, then it must either be the work of outside sources. Yes, they often blame “foreign agents,” but many also see such times as an opportunity to weed out those they view as “disloyal” or scheming behind their backs. We only need ask Herr Goering what can happen when rumor gets around to the boss that you’re negotiating a separate peace with the enemy.
I think this message was really aimed at the oligarchs who are Vlad’s power base, the ones who have been the target of sanctions and who have been squealing like stuck pigs as chunks of their empires are frozen or outright seized. Not only have they become pariahs, but so have their families and their close friends. They have few places they can run to to escape the shitstorm brewing at home and a rapidly diminishing list of reasons to continue supporting the current regime. And I think Vlad is looking at all this and his paranoia has him convinced that these same people are now trying to inflame unrest at home in order to have an excuse to bring him down.
BREAKING: Fury in Kremlin after China’s Ambassador to Ukraine congratulates them for their resistance, vows economic support to rebuild Ukrainehttps://t.co/A4DE8veSkl
— AlexandruC4 (@AlexandruC4) March 15, 2022
re: #77 Ming5000
I’m praying Putin goes out like Ceausescu.
re: #95 DodgerFan1988
I’m praying Putin goes out like Ceausescu.
I’m hoping for the Mussolini ending myself.
FFRF calls for boycott of Idaho potatoes if abortion ban adopted (Freedom from Religion Foundation)
Idaho’s proposed six-week abortion ban modelled on Texas SB-8, deputising Stasi-like reporting and lawsuits on anyone who “aids or abets” a woman seeking an abortion.
In response, FFRF is calling on people to write Gov. Brad Little to tell him they will boycott Idaho potatoes in an effort to damage the Idaho economy if they continue with a religion-inspired vigilante law.
That’s the thing about dictatorships, with few exceptions, most don’t end with the asshole at the top dying peacefully in his sleep.
Bird flu outbreak in Nebraska.
Nebraska reports bird flu in backyard flock in Merrick County (Scottsbluff, Nebr. Star-Herald)
Nebraska has reported its first case of highly pathogenic avian flu in domesticated birds.
The Nebraska Department of Agriculture said Wednesday that the disease was found in a backyard flock in Merrick County.
“Unfortunately, Nebraska has joined a long list of states currently dealing with highly pathogenic avian influenza,” said Nebraska Department of Agriculture Director Steve Wellman.
He said state officials are working closely with the U.S. Department of Agriculture to ensure proper protocols are being followed to help control spread of the disease.
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re: #56 Dread Pirate Ron
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75 DAYS IS ALL THEY’RE ASKING FOR? What the fuckingfuckjesusfuckingchrist is going on? A year MINIMUM. Not one day less.
WHATTHEFUCKEVER.
A Russian mother of a soldier speaks out. Heartbroken and afraid.
You rarely hear from mothers of Russian soldiers. This lady came up to us at an anti-war protest in Moscow, desperate for the safety of her 22 yr old son. She told us there were only 10 men left in his regiment. If there are voices Putin fears, it’s these pic.twitter.com/CNAY3gK0uj
— James Longman (@JamesAALongman) March 17, 2022
re: #101 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
None of those are flying toward Ukraine.
They’re flying towards eastern Russia.
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE1, Lincoln) went on trial yesterday in California, the first sitting congressman in twenty-one years to go on trial.
He is accused of taking campaign contributions from a Nigerian billionaire.
The indictment seems likely to have tanked the nine-term representative’s chance of reëlection.
NE-1 includes a large portion of rural area around Lincoln, along with the very liberal parts of the city.
In anticipation of Fortenberry being convicted, the state GOP has distanced themselves from his campaign, and numerous other Republicans have jumped in for the May 10 primary.
The Democrats are behind state Sen. Patty Pansing-Brooks, so the Nebraska Democratic Party is already concentrating on general election messaging.
Rep. Fortenberry is accused of accepting a $30,000 cash contribution from the Nigerian, not reporting the campaign contribution, then lying to the FBI twice about it. Fortenberry, his lawyer, and his campaign manager all accuse the FBI of running a politically-motivated liberal witch hunt. They also accuse the FBI of entrapment.
He denies all charges. His trial is expected to last four days.
re: #105 Dr Lizardo
They’re flying towards eastern Russia.
The wording on the Tweet at first seemed to imply heading “toward east UkraineRussiaWar”. Punctuation is important.
re: #107 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
The wording on the Tweet at first seemed to imply heading “toward east UkraineRussiaWar”. Punctuation is important.
England has the case of a man “hanged over a comma” and Russia has the case of a man beheaded over a full stop.
A fellow was to be executed and pleaded to the Czar for mercy. The response came without punctuation:
казнить нельзя помиловать
(káznit’ nel’zyá pomílovat’)
With a full stop after the second word, it reads “Execution forbidden. Pardon”
But they read it with a full stop after the first word: “Execute. Forbidden to pardon”
Via Seeing Red Nebraska, their seventy-fourth podcast.
E74: Meet Eve Downing
(48:15)
Eve Downing (they/she) is a trans person in Omaha and the child of Jefferson and Diane Downing, who both serve as board members with Nebraska Family Alliance. Eve tells us what it’s like growing up with parents who are leading the charge at removing civil rights of trans people, including her. Eve is vibrant, surrounded by a strong community, and the future is bright as she works to pursue her dreams out of state.
re: #103 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
75 DAYS IS ALL THEY’RE ASKING FOR? What the fuckingfuckjesusfuckingchrist is going on? A year MINIMUM. Not one day less.
WHATTHEFUCKEVER.
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Today’s acknowledgement of random karma points goes to Yeah Sure WhatEVs.
While there is not much you can do with them as Mr. Johnson hasn’t come out with the new LGF karma point catalogue yet, you can bask in the knowledge that your fellow denizens of his home for the critically sane appreciate your commentary here.
re: #109 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Via Seeing Red Nebraska, their seventy-fourth podcast.
E74: Meet Eve Downing
(48:15)
Reminded gain of this Austin Lounge Lizards classic:
re: #110 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
214,002
Today’s acknowledgement of random karma points goes to Yeah Sure WhatEVs.
While there is not much you can do with them as Mr. Johnson hasn’t come out with the new LGF karma point catalogue yet, you can bask in the knowledge that your fellow denizens of his home for the critically sane appreciate your commentary here.
I am working on 200K for the near future.
I simply live for life’s little arbitrary milestones.
(You already have me beat out in less than half the time. I should be actively undermining you)
re: #112 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am working on 200K for the near future.
I simply live for life’s little arbitrary milestones.
(You already have me beat out in less than half the time. I should be actively undermining you)
Less than 2,400 to go.
re: #113 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Less than 2,400 to go.
Less that 1400 or is this a psychological trick on your part to discourage me?
re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Reminded gain of this Austin Lounge Lizards classic:
Map to Lodgepole from my house.
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re: #70 Dread Pirate Ron
My turtle decided to climb out of her aquarium and leap across an 18” gap to her food and crashed to the ground 4 feet below, knocking down her food container. About every 18 months or so she manages to use the surface water jet bar as footing to get out and crash to the floor. I’ve had her for about 17 years and her shell was 5 inches long when I got her. She’s about 8 inches long now.
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She is telling you she’s a growing girl and PLEASE FEED ME MORE!
Please feed her more. :-)
re: #77 Ming5000
I have been noticing the lack of windows in all the recent pictures of Putin that I have seen. Commenters during the Long-Table days noted the “bunker look”. The story of what happened around Putin during this Russian invasion of UA will be of great interest to me.
I get stressed out when one of my accounts at work goes belly up, requiring a bunch of time, communication, and self-examination as to what I may have done wrong to allow it. I cannot imagine the stress of launching a failed invasion and the potential destruction of your sweet dictatorship with all the associated fringe benefits.
I watched that video translation yesterday and while, sure, it’s fascism, what struck me most, and what I said to the spouse was, this is a video of a mad man. Putin has lost the plot. He’s crazy…and not in a Like A Fox way.
re: #87 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’m pretty sure he wasn’t really ever a genius, just wasn’t tested adequately. Most people would seem like a genius if the test was 3rd grade math.
I am starting to think this is a good assessment. He lived on reputation alone. He would have been remembered as a great leader amongst Russians, at least, now…he’s a joke. He can propaganda his way for may people there, but hardly all. Now, he will die as someone who was never worthy.
re: #118 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I am starting to think this is a good assessment. He lived on reputation alone. He would have been remembered as a great leader amongst Russians, at least, now…he’s a joke. He can propaganda his way for may people there, but hardly all. Now, he will die as someone who was never worthy.
I’ve also read somewhere that his KGB assignments were the kind given to mediocre officers rather than evil geniuses. I can’t remember where I read it though.
re: #114 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Less that 1400 or is this a psychological trick on your part to discourage me?
Needz some rum. That’s my problem.
re: #119 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’ve also read somewhere that his KGB assignments were the kind given to mediocre officers rather than evil geniuses. I can’t remember where I read it though.
The fact that he was assigned to Dresden, and not Berlin, does not suggest his supervisors thought highly of him.
re: #106 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Rep. Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE1, Lincoln) went on trial yesterday in California, the first sitting congressman in twenty-one years to go on trial.
He is accused of taking campaign contributions from a Nigerian billionaire.
The indictment seems likely to have tanked the nine-term representative’s chance of reëlection.
NE-1 includes a large portion of rural area around Lincoln, along with the very liberal parts of the city.
In anticipation of Fortenberry being convicted, the state GOP has distanced themselves from his campaign, and numerous other Republicans have jumped in for the May 10 primary.
The Democrats are behind state Sen. Patty Pansing-Brooks, so the Nebraska Democratic Party is already concentrating on general election messaging.
Rep. Fortenberry is accused of accepting a $30,000 cash contribution from the Nigerian, not reporting the campaign contribution, then lying to the FBI twice about it. Fortenberry, his lawyer, and his campaign manager all accuse the FBI of running a politically-motivated liberal witch hunt. They also accuse the FBI of entrapment.
He denies all charges. His trial is expected to last four days.
Did he say it all started with an email?
re: #117 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I watched that video translation yesterday and while, sure, it’s fascism, what struck me most, and what I said to the spouse was, this is a video of a mad man. Putin has lost the plot. He’s crazy…and not in a Like A Fox way.
The whole “Holy Orthodox Russia” aspect of is a threatening undertone .
They see themselves as the heirs of the Roman Empire after the fall of Rome and Constantinople, and the One True Christian Church and the saviors of Western Civilization.
re: #122 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Did he say it all started with an email?
So it does pay to answer mails from Nigerians with access to large sums of money!!!
Constantly have this song in my head.
Alright, we’re off to the races so far this morning. Was a little worried after that first guess.
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re: #111 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Reminded gain of this Austin Lounge Lizards classic:
Via Wikipedia, that fount of all human ken:
Nebraska Family Alliance (NFA) is a statewide religious 501(c)(3) education, research, and policy organization based in Lincoln, Nebraska. It advocates for traditional gender roles and family structures, biblical marriage, and conservative Christian views on public policy.
NFA’s policy efforts include: advocating for homeschool families, school choice laws, and parental rights in education, establishing abortion regulations and restrictions, strengthening laws against human trafficking, and permitting businesses to operate according to the owner’s “religious beliefs.”
The organization also opposes expanded gambling, conversion therapy bans, LGBT employment protections, same-sex marriage, and same-sex adoptions.
Supporters of the organization characterize its activities as strengthening families, defending religious liberty, advancing a culture of life, and protecting traditional family values. Critics view it as discriminatory, calling it “the lobbying organization that turns Nebraskan conservative Christian fear into law.”
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Good cartoon expressing China’s apparent lack of support for Putin.
— Гурьянов Сергей (@Segozavr) March 17, 2022
LOL the Russians are panicking….
Russia says air defence systems for Ukraine would destabilise situation - Reuters News
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) March 17, 2022
re: #129 Dr Lizardo
Russia says air defence systems for Ukraine would destabilise situation - Reuters News
I am searching for an analogy…like beating someone senseless and then complaining because they got your knuckles bloody…
Statement by UCC President on Russian Sanctions ⬇️ pic.twitter.com/Xgor5xP7RT
— Ukrainian Canadian Congress (@ukrcancongress) March 15, 2022
This is quite the U-turn on Russia from Austrian bank Raiffeisenhttps://t.co/fU5kuiTUXs pic.twitter.com/sxaZuKGsGW
— Owen Walker (@OwenWalker0) March 17, 2022
re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am searching for an analogy…like beating someone senseless and then complaining because they got your knuckles bloody…
“He hit my fists with his face.”
re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am searching for an analogy…like beating someone senseless and then complaining because they got your knuckles bloody…
“Your Honor, I object!”
“Why?”
“Because it’s devastating to my case!”
re: #127 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Just a summary:
Teh Ghey is evil and an abdomination unto The Lord
God Does not do Evil
Therefore, Teh Gheys come from the Devil
Gays do not reproduce so they have to spread by recruitment.
Young helpless innocent children make excellent targets
Therefore, young children must be protected from Teh Gheys at all costs.
re: #130 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
I am searching for an analogy…like beating someone senseless and then complaining because they got your knuckles bloody…
The Furgeson cop who charged a protester for bleeding on his uniform.
We’re waiting for more info on how many have survived
— Illia Ponomarenko 🇺🇦 (@IAPonomarenko) March 17, 2022
re: #136 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Just a summary:
Teh Ghey is evil and an abdomination unto The Lord
God Does not do Evil
Therefore, Teh Gheys come from the DevilGays do not reproduce so they have to spread by recruitment.
Young helpless innocent children make excellent targets
Therefore, young children must be protected from Teh Gheys at all costs.
Counter-apologetic: Isaiah 45:7
re: #138 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Lots and lots of people thanking the god who allowed it to happen, instead of the architect who designed the building, the construction workers who put it up, the rescuers working to save them, &c.
Much like antivaxxers who survive a critical infection of Covid-19.
re: #140 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
“Atheists don’t get to quote scripture!”
and nowhere does it say that God created Teh Gheyz
Let us quote what Jesus had to say about them:
“…..”
(He was so appalled by their loathsomeness that he was struck speechless)
They will not spare your children, they will target them first. Syrians have lived through 8 years of this already.
— Oz Katerji (@OzKaterji) March 16, 2022
re: #141 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Lots and lots of people thanking the god who allowed it to happen, instead of the architect who designed the building, the construction workers who put it up, the rescuers working to save them, &c.
Much like antivaxxers who survive a critical infection of Covid-19.
This one is something. sorryantivaxxer.com
Six months in the hospital. Went from a pretty, vibrant woman to looking like grandma. And I bet that she, assuming she survives for however long - because she will likely minimally need a (or both) lung transplant - goes back to Nope on the vax.
At this point, the only thing we can do is watch them die and pray that the collateral damage is minimal.
Good God. pic.twitter.com/qMQ3VqHj30
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) March 16, 2022
re: #143 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Because a major argument on part of Russia is “You can avoid any more unnecessary civilian casualties by simply surrendering!”
Just like you can avoid any more damage to your business by paying protection money…
— ⚕eXquisitely🩺🐾Bree🌻 (@DJ_EXquisite) March 16, 2022
Mega #thread on #exploretalent & the phenomenon of failed aspiring entertainers of the Right
Some context: in the late 90’s-early 00’s, there were numerous nationwide talent searches that would advertise at the high schools in Southern California
1/— “Professional Smear Campaigner” (@nicole_chenelle) August 3, 2021
Something hinky going on here….
ITV News understands that all P&O Ferries staff have been made redundant with immediate effect.
The company is set to use an agency to keep their ferries running and current staff will be able to apply to the agency for work.
The move comes ahead of an expected announcement today, Thursday 17 March.
P&O Ferries suspended all services earlier.
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The RMT union has warned of ‘growing speculation’ that P&O may be planning to reduce the number of staff it has.
It is calling for the Secretary of State to ‘intervene’ and protect seafarers.
Rail, Maritime and Transport union (RMT) general secretary Mick Lynch said there is “growing speculation that the company are today planning to sack hundreds of UK seafarers and replace them with foreign labour”.
He added: “We have instructed our members to remain onboard and are demanding our members across P&O’s UK operations are protected, and that the Secretary of State intervenes to save UK seafarers from the dole queue.”
.@POferries have apparently instructed their crews both ratings and officers to tie up vessel’s as they are making a ‘major’ announcement today. This is troubling for crews and their families. I am in contact with ratings and officer unions regarding this. pic.twitter.com/W2Kh5WNval
— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) March 17, 2022
NEW: Understand that all sailing staff at P&O Ferries have been made redundant with immediate effect.The company will use an agency to keep their ferries running and current staff will be able to apply to the agency for work.
— Shehab Khan ITV (@ShehabKhan) March 17, 2022
re: #6 bratwurst
He shouldn’t call her the c word but what she’s saying is outrageous. Republicans are supporting a war criminal while his hands are stained with the blood of Ukrainian civilizations. They’d rather see Ukraine destroyed than support President Biden’s efforts to isolate Russia.
re: #149 Dr Lizardo
Something hinky going on here….
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They fired all their employees and gave them the option to apply to an agency to continue working there? Sounds like management had a quarrel with the employees, or somebody learned something they shouldn’t have and started leaking it amongst the staff.
BREAKING: All staff at P&O Ferries made redundant with immediate effect, with company to use agency staff to sail their ships#travel #breaking #ttot #ferries
— Ben Clatworthy (@benclatworthy) March 17, 2022
Ukrainian troops got a crash course in modern guerrilla warfare from the Central Intelligence Agency following Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea — training that US officials believe is helping Ukraine hold off the Kremlin now.CIA paramilitary officers with the Special Activities Division began secretly training Ukrainian forces in sniping, anti-tank warfare and surveillance evasion shortly after the 2014 incursion, Yahoo News reported Wednesday.
Half a dozen former intelligence officials told the outlet that they see hallmarks of their training in the ongoing Ukrainian resistance.
“I think we’re seeing a big impact from snipers,” one former intelligence official told Yahoo. “Especially as Russian forces get bogged down from lack of supplies, I think the training really paid off.”
“We tried to really focus on operational planning, then really hard military skills like long-range marksmanship,” another former CIA official said. “Not just the capacity to do it, but to know how to do it on a battlefield, to really deplete the leadership on the other side.”
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The paramilitaries were pulled out of Ukraine last month as tensions with Russia grew, another former official said, noting there were no agency paramilitaries on the ground when Russia invaded at the end of February.
re: #56 Dread Pirate Ron
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re: #151 Dopamine Fish
They fired all their employees and gave them the option to apply to an agency to continue working there? Sounds like management had a quarrel with the employees, or somebody learned something they shouldn’t have and started leaking it amongst the staff.
Poking around the web, seems like rumors in the industry are that the P&O, which is owned by Dubai-based DP World, may be firing everyone and replacing crews with seafarers recruited from overseas.
🔸An An-124 Ruslan transport aircraft belonging to the Russian cargo airline Volga-Dnepr was arrested in Toronto, Canada - TG-channel Operatyvnyi ZSU https://t.co/h5dHORFDvK
It will be transferred to the Armed Forces of Ukraine to deliver military aid from the US and Canada. pic.twitter.com/IFoNengNgE— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) March 17, 2022
re: #155 Dr Lizardo
Poking around the web, seems like rumors in the industry are that the P&O, which is owned by Dubai-based DP World, may be firing everyone and replacing crews with seafarers recruited from overseas.
Ah. So, a cost-cutting measure, then.
re: #59 Citizen K
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contrast with that asshole schiff yesterday saying zelenskyy should have worn a suit
Heh, looks like some more of Putin’s buddies are saying, “Fuck this noise….”
⚡ “Uzbekistan recognizes the territorial integrity and sovereignty of Ukraine. We do not recognize Donetsk and Lugansk as separate republics” - Uzbek MFA Abdulaziz Kamilov right now in Senate. He also stated that #Uzbekistan stands for peace and calls to stop the violence now. pic.twitter.com/P5EC7lzMHO
— Nikita Makarenko (@nikmccaren) March 17, 2022
re: #160 Dr Lizardo
Heh, looks like some more of Putin’s buddies are saying, “Fuck this noise….”
There are over 7 million ethnic Russians living in the former Central Asian Republics of the USSR. They know what’s coming next.
re: #155 Dr Lizardo
Poking around the web, seems like rumors in the industry are that the P&O, which is owned by Dubai-based DP World, may be firing everyone and replacing crews with seafarers recruited from overseas.
All Covid restrictions will be lifted on Friday, if Friday ever comes…
From 4am, Friday 18th March, all remaining Covid travel restrictions will be scrapped for arrival into England, for both fully vaccinated and unvaccinated travellers. To book your trip, please visit our website > https://t.co/i9XX6LJ7U8 pic.twitter.com/AYhPHYXVlj
— P&O Ferries (@POferries) March 15, 2022
re: #160 Dr Lizardo
Heh, looks like some more of Putin’s buddies are saying, “Fuck this noise….”
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re: #162 darthstar
Interesting; to the best of my knowledge, that makes the UK the first country to drop all COVID entry requirements, for both vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.
From Naked Capitalism:
Yves here. John Helmer makes a bombshell revelation in his latest post, that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky participated in an in-person summit on March 15, not as widely touted in Ukraine, but in Poland. It is virtually certain that given the difficulty of assuring safe passage that Zelensky has not returned to Kiev.
This allegation matters because it vitiates the effort to depict Zelensky as the second coming of Winston Churchill, heroically holed up in his capital as bombs are falling. Zelensky staying, or appearing to stay, in Kiev, is also a rallying point for the sure-to-lose-but-still fighting Ukrainian army and the civilians who still unrealistically hope that Ukraine can win on the battlefield.
Admittedly, Helmer relies significantly on the debunking of visual evidence….which has not proven difficult to do with a lot of Ukrainian propaganda. Helmer was a master well before the war, having made the downing of MH-17 a pet project (he not only finely parsed photographs, but made careful readings of inconsistent and shifting claims of experts and prosecutors).
One might point out that showing that the official visual narrative of the meeting is faked does not necessarily prove that Zelensky was not in Kiev. Helmer presents other evidence that supports his contention, including reports from sources in Poland. What I found was compelling was that it was utterly implausible that the Polish, Czech, and Slovenian leaders made a long, overland trek to Kiev, as official accounts claimed. That would be disastrously risky in the absences of Russian assurances of safe passage, which were never made. That then begs the question of what actually happened.
Lambert added,
I hate this Bellingcat-style analysis because absent a very trusted source, there’s no getting to the bottom of what’s photoshopped and what isn’t.
That said, Helmer is trusted, things like railway stations and “Presidential seating style” can be independently checked, and the argument about railways seems dispositive. (I’m also persuaded by the military haircuts on the so-called reporters.)
Helmer’s article is here.
re: #147 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
— VegasStrong💪 (@VegasStrong13) March 16, 2022
For those who are fans of Britcoms aired on PBS, some sad news; Peter Bowles, probably best known to American audiences for his role in To The Manor Born, has died at the age of 85.
re: #157 Dopamine Fish
Ah. So, a
cost-cuttingunion-busting measure, then.
re: #55 Targetpractice
That’s largely it, Russia is running out of time and while it might be making some gains in the South, the cost of doing so is absolutely horrendous for their military and their economy.
Russia has virtually no large serial arms manufacturing capacity at this point. They cannot simply churn out T-34’s by the thousands anymore. And if reports are true about Putin’s military being degraded to 90% or below in just a few short weeks of fighting a much weaker foe they have altogether another thing coming by trying to fight the US. It can be easily imagined Russia would have virtually no conventional organized military left inside a month and only 10-20% of major assets remaining.
Putin is doubling down for some reason.
Air raid sirens in Odessa
— Mark MacKinnon (@markmackinnon) March 17, 2022
re: #170 Florida Panhandler
Russia has virtually no large serial arms manufacturing capacity at this point. They cannot simply churn out T-34’s by the thousands anymore. And if reports are true about Putin’s military being degraded to 90% or below in just a few short weeks of fighting a much weaker foe they have altogether another thing coming by trying to fight the US. It can be easily imagined Russia would have virtually no conventional organized military left inside a month and only 10-20% of major assets remaining.
While they may be able to build/assemble weapons, many of the raw materials and technical components are imported…and those lines have been cut.
re: #172 b.d
Putin is doubling down for some reason.
During WWII The Great Patriotic War Odessa was built into a fortress. It’s still a good place for an invader to die.
re: #172 b.d
Putin is doubling down for some reason.
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This is the third time he’s doubled down, so technically he’s oct-oubling down.
The loan of a couple dozen Tomahawks would turn the Black Sea Fleet into the world’s most expensive hostage.
4/6 on the wordle.
Here’s yesterday’s effort…also a 4. Choice 3 was obviously a side effect of going to too many Grateful Dead shows.
re: #160 Dr Lizardo
Heh, looks like some more of Putin’s buddies are saying, “Fuck this noise….”
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What’s significant is that they’re not just saying Ukraine’s a sovereign nation, they’re refusing to recognize the “republics.” So they’re saying that they won’t even recognize Vlad’s land grab as legit.
re: #132 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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Bandwagons expand to meet demand. Always room for more.
Has everyone decided whether Russia defaulted yesterday or not?
re: #178 darthstar
4/6 on the wordle.
Here’s yesterday’s effort…also a 4. Choice 3 was obviously a side effect of going to too many Grateful Dead shows.
Probably ought to hide that behind a spoiler tag.
Nice touch for the Prime Minister of Canada to remind people @fordnation awarded a subway contract to a Russian Oligarch, who is now under sanctions. Looked like a frosty ending at the presser.
— Tom Whittaker (@whittakertp) March 16, 2022
re: #173 darthstar
While they may be able to build/assemble weapons, many of the raw materials and technical components are imported…and those lines have been cut.
Every piece of equipment, every vehicle, and every aircraft that’s been damaged, destroyed, or abandoned is one that the Russian Army may not be able to replace for months or even years. All the money that Vlad insisted be plowed into next-gen prototypes to drum up foreign sales was money that is not there now to pay for replacements of what already existed. So even if they can grab more warm bodies, they have nothing to give them. This shit is getting to “One man carries the rifle, one man carries the ammunition” levels of sadness.
re: #183 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Probably ought to hide that behind a spoiler tag.
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Yesterday’s wordle solution, not today’s. It’s safe. But I’ll hide it anyway because they’re annoying to look at after a while.
re: #167 Dr Lizardo
For those who are fans of Britcoms aired on PBS, some sad news; Peter Bowles, probably best known to American audiences for his role in To The Manor Born, has died at the age of 85.
Far better known to American audiences through Rumpole. The only people who know him through Manor are folks who have every piece of swag PBS has given away in fundraising marathons since the mid 70’s.
re: #153 Shropshire Slasher
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we spent 20 years trying to train Afghans… didn’t really take.
Did we not try so hard to teach? Or did they not try so hard to learn?
re: #187 sagehen
we spent 20 years trying to train Afghans… didn’t really take.
Did we not try so hard to teach? Or did they not try so hard to learn?
We taught them how to fight. We did not teach them why to fight.
Disturbing plastic surgery addict… goes to Daily Mail.
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re: #184 Targetpractice
Every piece of equipment, every vehicle, and every aircraft that’s been damaged, destroyed, or abandoned is one that the Russian Army may not be able to replace for months or even years. All the money that Vlad insisted be plowed into next-gen prototypes to drum up foreign sales was money that is not there now to pay for replacements of what already existed. So even if they can grab more warm bodies, they have nothing to give them. This shit is getting to “One man carries the rifle, one man carries the ammunition” levels of sadness.
Hey, I believe the movie Stalingrad has an early scene where the folks in back are supposed to pick up the rifles from those in front who get obliterated.
Galaxy-brain move, LOL:
Putin says Russia’s major businesses – most of whom have hitherto stayed out for fear of sanctions – can safely work in Crimea with state support.
That’s an unsubtle hint – and a pretty quick route to getting almost the entire Russian economy sanctioned, isolated from the world. https://t.co/U6G0ujqWO6— max seddon (@maxseddon) March 17, 2022
Looks like a couple of cases of WD-40 on Elon’s ride.
I wonder if Russian state TV will broadcast/livestream the show trials…..
Three independent sources report that the deputy chief of Russia’s Rosgvardia (a unit of RU’s interior army which has had tremendous losses in Ukraine), Gen. Roman Gavrilov has been detained by FSB. Gavrilov had also previously worked in FSO, Putin’s security service.
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 17, 2022
re: #193 Dr Lizardo
I wonder if Russian state TV will broadcast/livestream the show trials…..
Lot of upward mobility for Russian Colonels these days.
Doesn’t sound like the Syrians will be much help to Putin.
#Syrian President Bashar al-Assad promised to provide 40,000 Syrian fighters to help #Russia
Syrian mercenaries consider participation in war on the side of Russian Federation as a chance for further desertion and illegal migration to the #EU countries, reported GUR of #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/9ulV8m3Jx3— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) March 17, 2022
re: #191 Dr Lizardo
Galaxy-brain move, LOL:
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Galaxy-brain move - that made me chuckle.
You asked and it’s back!
Servant of the People is once again available on Netflix in The US. The 2015 satirical comedy series stars Volodymyr Zelenskyy playing a teacher who unexpectedly becomes President after a video of him complaining about corruption suddenly goes viral. pic.twitter.com/Pp9f48jutF— Netflix (@netflix) March 16, 2022
“The idea that this took five years to reauthorize—I was out of office those years,” Biden says of Violence Against Women Act. “It drove me crazy.” Among those at event are @SenSusanCollins @JohnCornyn @lisamurkowski @SenJoniErnst @SenatorBennet @SenWhitehouse @SenatorSinema. https://t.co/p8aYa8qIeJ
— Jennifer Jacobs (@JenniferJJacobs) March 16, 2022
re: #162 darthstar
All Covid restrictions will be lifted on Friday, if Friday ever comes…
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Canada is lifting all testing requirements on the 1st of April. While that will be nice for any future trips to visit my family, I’ll still be required to have one when I arrive on the 29th.
The cable guys are the real heroes in Ukraine right now. They’re keeping the internet on and the information flowing. Working for Comcast, it astounded me how quickly we were able to rebuild entire systems after disasters. These guys are doing it during war. CABLE GODS! https://t.co/ReVEaysoJu
— Hypersensory Space Rabbit Bonnie Smalley (@Bonniezilla) March 16, 2022
Zelensky turned out to be really brave and Putin turned out to be really bad. Sorry. https://t.co/uFuhExE0V4
— Centrist 🤝Madness (@CentristMadness) March 14, 2022
When South Korea, a model country for the pandemic, has >400,000 new cases in a day, leading the world per capita, you take notice. Tests 4X the US with <1/6th the population. BA.2 is 26% as of this week’s report.
Very high 2-shot vaxx 87%, 3-shot 63%. The pandemic isn’t over. pic.twitter.com/X3JKQqvi9S— Eric Topol (@EricTopol) March 16, 2022
re: #183 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Sounds like our Republican Governors.
The Ford gov’t is well aware of what is coming with a new surge of Covid infections. Yet they are ignoring the science and moving forward with their plan to lift all restrictions for votes. Unfortunately people are not paying attention and believe everything is “back to normal”.
— Tom Whittaker (@whittakertp) March 16, 2022
Putin’s jealousof Ukraine killing all his corrupt generals and wants a few for himself.
While it’s hard to guess what exactly the purge/reshuffling at the top of the siloviks will result in, one thing is clear: it’s doubtless that Putin recognizes the deep s**t this operation is in. I.e. it’s so bad that he changes horses in midstream - a big no-no during war.
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) March 17, 2022
Via BBC:
Taoiseach (Irish PM) Micheál Martin has tested positive for Covid-19 on the eve of the St Patrick’s Day celebrations in the White House.
He was informed of the positive test while attending the Ireland Fund dinner in Washington.
At the time he was sitting alongside House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi and other guests.
The taoiseach had been due to receive an international leadership award at the event.
However, when the moment arrived Irish Ambassador to the US, Dan Mulhall, took to the stage and confirmed the positive test.
He said Mr Martin had tested negative but then was re-tested after a member of his delegation received a positive result.
He said the taoiseach had re-tested out of an “abundance of caution” and added that he was in “good form” but very disappointed.
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I also, fearing poisoning, recently replaced 1,000 members of my personal staff. https://t.co/fz4xOJe8NS
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) March 17, 2022
Arnold Schwarzenegger steps up….
re: #164 Dr Lizardo
Interesting; to the best of my knowledge, that makes the UK the first country to drop all COVID entry requirements, for both vaccinated and unvaccinated alike.
The UK is in the Fucking Around phase.
4,7,8,9 on the quordle. Wild ass guess on the 8 gave me the letter I needed to get the last one on 9.
re: #208 darthstar
How long before he wonders if the CIA planted an assassin in his brand new staff? Is Putin sure that they were vetted well enough?
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 17, 2022
re: #197 darthstar
It should be medical malpractice. No ethical surgeon would allow a patient that much surgery for no reason. Getting surgery as her”hobby” is not a reason. She has mental health issues. In about 10 years, she is going to have all sorts of problems as her injections break down, bodily changes begin happening etc.
re: #205 darthstar
Putin’s jealousof Ukraine killing all his corrupt generals and wants a few for himself.
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re: #68 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
What about the adult who brought the gun into the household and left it unsecured?
No updates yet, even though this happened Tuesday.
Cat fight.
Putin is targeting and slaughtering civilians in a brutal unprovoked war against Ukraine, a sovereign democratic nation.
Only the Kremlin and their useful idiots would call that “a conflict in which peace agreements have been violated by both sides.”
pic.twitter.com/Ld9WomOStd— Liz Cheney (@Liz_Cheney) March 17, 2022
This is what I am hoping for.
Zelensky’s excellent military advisor Arestovich predicted yesterday that Ukraine could win the war in two weeks time unless something extraordinary happened. Russian troops can be expelled from the whole of Ukraine. The new US military supplies might cause the end of the war.
— Anders Åslund (@anders_aslund) March 17, 2022
re: #145 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
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I would like an order of side-eye with some eye-roll, please
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— Joel Sartore (@joelsartore) March 17, 2022
re: #217 No Malarkey!
This is what I am hoping for.
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I don’t like ‘two weeks’ predictions…just say you’re staying the course and hope that the Russians will soon admit defeat regardless of their orders from Moscow.
re: #218 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Don’t make me like Liz Cheney. I hold you responsible.
You don’t have to like her to want her to beat the living snot out of MTG.
re: #218 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Don’t make me like Liz Cheney. I hold you responsible.
It says nothing good about the GOP that opposing the violent overthrow of American democracy is a courageous stance that makes you a pariah in the party.
HAPPY PURIM LIZARDIA!
Let us hope that Putin meets the same end as Haman.
והעיר קייו צהלה ושמחה
“And the city of Kyiv rejoiced and made merry”
The Delta flight attendant felt sorry for us that we couldn’t get kosher food on the plane so he gave us a bunch of snacks, which we will give to our neighbors and friends for Shalach Manos (Purim gifts)
re: #217 No Malarkey!
This is what I am hoping for.
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It could happen - and such a fiasco would break the back of the Russian military and I’d imagine the last thing that would go through Putin’s head - aside from a bullet - would be how the hell did Zelenskyy get the better of him.
fre: #224 The Pie Overlord!
HAPPY PURIM LIZARDIA!
Let us hope that Putin meets the same end as Haman.
והעיר קייו צהלה ושמחה
“And the city of Kyiv rejoiced and made merry”The Delta flight attendant felt sorry for us that we couldn’t get kosher food on the plane so he gave us a bunch of snacks, which we will give to our neighbors and friends for Shalach Manos (Purim gifts)
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Are you, Z and your descendants putting together delightful costumes you’ll share with us?
re: #221 darthstar
I don’t like ‘two weeks’ predictions…just say you’re staying the course and hope that the Russians will soon admit defeat regardless of their orders from Moscow.
With half the combat units Russia sent into Ukraine already rendered ineffective, the collapse of armed resistance by the Russian army in Ukraine could come suddenly. Demoralized, hungry, frightened teenage conscripts could just throw their weapons down and quit en masse.
re: #225 Dr Lizardo
It could happen - and such a fiasco would break the back of the Russian military and I’d imagine the last thing that would go through Putin’s head - aside from a bullet - would be how the hell did Zelenskyy get the better of him.
We’ll know Putin’s finished when Russian state TV stops airing Tucker Carlson clips.
re: #228 darthstar
We’ll know Putin’s finished when Russian state TV stops airing Tucker Carlson clips.
And replace Tucker with Swan Lake.
re: #227 No Malarkey!
With half the combat units Russia sent into Ukraine already rendered ineffective, the collapse of armed resistance by the Russian army in Ukraine could come suddenly. Demoralized, hungry, frightened teenage conscripts could just throw their weapons down and quit en masse.
Maybe we’ll finally get to see a human convoy marching north toward the border…and one that will be welcomed by a wall of worried mothers. I’m tearing up just thinking about it.
re: #216 darthstar
Cat fight.
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Unsurprising. As more American orgs mobilize to go to Ukraine, the conservative Christian orgs have too. Never mind the shady adoption practices from Ukraine&Russia for the past 15 years. This ain’t it. Ukraine’s been Christian since 988. They still think Ukraine is atheist. https://t.co/udVflRSGAq
— Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (@ksvarnon) March 17, 2022
re: #226 sagehen
Are you, Z and your descendants putting together delightful costumes you’ll share with us?
Here is our great granddaughter Elka dressed up like a rainbow:
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There will be more pictures throughout the day!
re: #233 The Pie Overlord!
Here is our great granddaughter Elka dressed up like a rainbow:
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There will be more pictures throughout the day!
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Let’s say Putin has an unscheduled meeting with a window tomorrow.
Who takes his place? And what are the odds that person will be as or more insane than Putin is?
But Hunter’s emails! And how is it that there is no DOJ investigation into Trump’s business dealings?
Reposting w correct date - Via @nytimes colleagues, a deep dive into the Hunter Biden investigation, including that the emails released in late 2020, and characterized as possible Russian disinformation by some, were authentic https://t.co/IwWPDPdjlS
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) March 17, 2022
re: #232 DodgerFan1988
Stupid morons. If you really understood what Jesus was about, you’d be offering all those people food, water and blankets.
re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say Putin has an unscheduled meeting with a window tomorrow.
Who takes his place? And will that are the odds that person will be as or more insane than Putin is?
I assume this is rhetorical, because who knows? In the best of all possible worlds, Alexei Navalny would become provisional president pending free and fair elections in Russia, but we don’t live in that world.
re: #237 Eclectic Cyborg
Stupid morons. If you really understood what Jesus was about, you’d be offering all those people food, water and blankets.
In other news, crazy violent scumbag deserving absolutely NO assumption of good faith attempts to spirit children out of war zone with assistance of sketchy “Christian” non-profit https://t.co/M2euibsLtU
— Captain Goto PUTIN GO HOME (@Mike_Gee_99) March 17, 2022
re: #226 sagehen
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Are you, Z and your descendants putting together delightful costumes you’ll share with us?
With a little stitchery, they could go about as a Ukrainian rifle company.
re: #236 No Malarkey!
But Hunter’s emails! And how is it that there is no DOJ investigation into Trump’s business dealings?
Because Merrick Garland is apparently useless?
Heh
It’s an Irish hello.
This Thursday, March 17, St. Patrick’s Day will mark the first holiday in two years that Gothamites will be able to celebrate without COVID restrictions. NYC dropped mask and vaccine mandates on March 7, with Mayor Adams declaring that the city was “back.”
Now, revelers are primed to raise an unapologetic pint of green beer and toast to the city’s return.
“I’m excited to pick up the St. Patricks day plans I left behind March 13, 2020,” Maggie McNeil, 24, a Murray Hill resident and associate at Price Waterhouse Coopers, told The Post.
Aine McGirr, 26, and Sean Magee, 27, flew from Ireland to celebrate their homeland’s beloved holiday. McGirr told The Post they are expecting “to be a bit nuts.”
Danny Andrade, who is based in Queens, is equally enthused: “Green vomit all the way!!!!” he hyped on Facebook.
Guessing this video wasn’t authorized. Whoever took it lowers his phone twice to hide that he’s filming.
Kherson airport.
re: #171 darthstar
Throwback Thursday for St. Pat’s…Banjo and the Fozz doing it right.
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re: #232 DodgerFan1988
Ukrainians are not the “right sort” of Christians …At least, according to our Evangelical nut jobs here in the USA I grew up with.
And Fundamentalist sects view even each other with suspicion if not equal to Atheists just like they do with “Mary-worshipping” Catholics.
There is a reason I left home the day after I graduated HS… actually lots of reasons but this religious lunacy of my youth was a big reason.
So in the end, a federal judge decided not to keep a Nazi accused of murder who assaulted Capitol Police on January 6 in jail pending trial, because his grandfather offered to take him in.
Unbelieveable
— aagcobb (@aagcobb1) March 17, 2022
re: #77 Ming5000
Did anyone else notice the crawl above him? It says “Russian fighters in the Ukraine are doing everything possible to avoid losses among the peaceful population.”
(Re: “in the Ukraine” — in its own Russian way the language without articles uses the pre-independence way of referring to the country. Don’t ask.)
re: #235 Eclectic Cyborg
Let’s say Putin has an unscheduled meeting with a window tomorrow.
Who takes his place? And what are the odds that person will be as or more insane than Putin is?
Is Medvedev still alive? He was the guy who Putin chose to ‘lead’ while he got the constitution changed to allow him to be president forever. I think any attempt to overthrow Putin will be made out of a desire to protect Russia from irrevocable collapse and beg forgiveness from the rest of Europe.
That kind of reversal of policy would trigger an economic boom in Russia and Ukraine.
re: #232 DodgerFan1988
But they haven’t accepted Je$u$.
re: #129 Dr Lizardo
LOL the Russians are panicking….
“Destabilize the situation.” This is what they call stable?
re: #18 No Malarkey!
Terrible. Reminds me of when an Indiana basketball team was in a plane crash decades ago.
and the Marshall University football team plane crash in 1970.
re: #232 DodgerFan1988
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His answer: they are not true orphans, most have at least one parent or close relative, but their families can’t care for them for various reasons, mostly because of extreme poverty or coming from a war zone (Ossetia at that time). The best to do for them is not to take them away from their loved ones but to make sure they can receive an education, nourishing food, warm clothes and also treatment for trauma that many of these children have experienced. The Chabad children’s shelters are considered “luxury homes” compared to other Russian orphanages (which are shitholes straight out of Dickens novel) and there are long waiting lists to get in.
re: #246 No Malarkey!
So in the end, a federal judge decided not to keep a Nazi accused of murder who assaulted Capitol Police on January 6 in jail pending trial, because his grandfather offered to take him in.
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re: #236 No Malarkey!
But Hunter’s emails! And how is it that there is no DOJ investigation into Trump’s business dealings?
I’m assuming in part that NY is doing that.
re: #254 Belafon
I’m assuming in part that NY is doing that.
I think the Manhattan DA dropped his criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, though the NY AG still have a civil case against it. But why the fuck does Hunter rate a federal investigation, but none of the Trumps do? Aaaaargh!
re: #253 darthstar
Let’s see how long that lasts.
I just hope he doesn’t kill anyone else before his trial.
re: #255 No Malarkey!
I think the Manhattan DA dropped his criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, though the NY AG still have a civil case against it. But why the fuck does Hunter rate a federal investigation, but none of the Trumps do? Aaaaargh!
I think that investigation started under Trump.
Ukraine is not going to throw a bone to Putin and surrender any of its sovereignty. So the Russian army may have to be militarily defeated to end this war.
Zelensky advisor Oleksiy Arestovych says Ukraine will not budge on recognising 1991 borders
So no compromises on Crimea, Donetsk or Luhansk are on the cards— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 17, 2022
re: #259 Belafon
And there’s no way Biden was going to stop it.
Because Biden respects the norms and does not interfere in the DOJ, unlike Trump.
If this doesn’t sink the Ruble, nothing will.
BREAKING: Volodymyr Zelensky urges Russia to be internationally recognized as a terrorist state
— Samuel Ramani (@SamRamani2) March 17, 2022
Meh.
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re: #90 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Another pet theory on my part is that he has been faced by the fact that Covid hit his economy worse than they are letting on and on top of all its other structural deficits, things are really tanking: what better Dolchstoß than European sanctions to blame economic malaise on?
I mentioned this a few days ago — my pet theory is that he didn’t invade earlier because of COVID; he had to wait until it finished sweeping through his military. In early 2020, the world didn’t know what it was really dealing with and several of his key forces were out of commission due to illness.
Russian state TV also jumped on comments by Republican congressman Madison Cawthorn, who called Zelenskyy “a thug”. That got played over and over. pic.twitter.com/VdC2AG48NQ
— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) March 17, 2022
NYT takes its search for the supporters of terrible people to interview global.
In Some Parts of the World, the War in Ukraine Seems Justified - The New York Times https://t.co/6thcetM6ax
— New York Times Pitchbot (@DougJBalloon) March 17, 2022
re: #268 darthstar
Of course, Cawthorn is one of the candidates groomed by Russian operatives to corrupt the US congress, so it’s no surprise he’s providing them with political cover.
re: #269 No Malarkey!
NYT takes its search for the supporters of terrible people to interview global.
They sure make Dougs job hard sometimes.
re: #264 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Meh.
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re: #251 Backwoods_Sleuth
and the Marshall University football team plane crash in 1970.
Wichita State that same year.
re: #182 jeffreyw
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I raise you a lizard at the pond right now
Wordle stuff, just keep scrolling.
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In 2017 Cops arrested and strip searched 70 people, mostly black, because they found less than an ounce of marijuana at a birthday party.
Mass arrest over a tiny amount of pot will cost Georgia police agency $900K #Cartersville70 https://t.co/eFmF5TT6Uc
— Gerald A. Griggs (@AttorneyGriggs) March 15, 2022
re: #274 Dangerman
Good morning right back
I raise you a lizard at the pond right now
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You’re pond is very… Green.
re: #246 No Malarkey!
So in the end, a federal judge decided not to keep a Nazi accused of murder who assaulted Capitol Police on January 6 in jail pending trial, because his grandfather offered to take him in.
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re: #277 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
You’re pond is very… Green.
the water is a little too green also
we’re working on it
;-)
Aimee Mann was set to open for Steely Dan during a run of tour dates this summer, but it appears that’s no longer the case. In the below comic posted on Instagram, she revealed that she recently found out that she’s no longer set to perform with the band.
Aimee Mann Says Steely Dan Dropped Her From Tour (Pitchfork via MSN)
re: #155 Dr Lizardo
Poking around the web, seems like rumors in the industry are that the P&O, which is owned by Dubai-based DP World, may be firing everyone and replacing crews with seafarers recruited from overseas.
probably reducing pay by quite a bit in the process
re: #272 wrenchwench
Me.
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re: #276 No Malarkey!
In 2017 Cops arrested and strip searched 70 people, mostly black, because they found less than an ounce of marijuana at a birthday party.
But by then, news of the arrests had made national headlines and the “Cartersville 70″ went viral on social media. Not only was the work of law enforcement questioned, but also the suspected racial bias: Of the 65 adults arrested, 50 were Black.
The other 15 were hanging out with black people, and we know how racist white people feel about that.
re: #276 No Malarkey!
They mean it will cost tax payers $900k.
Putin’s speech reads like a Trump speech.
I have translated and added subtitles to the latest video speech by Vladimir Putin from two hours ago. Please don’t let it go in vain - I want everyone to see what a speech of true fascism looks like.
No further comment needed, it’s all here, in his speech pic.twitter.com/QEzsG9BODX— Michael Elgort 🤍❤️🤍🇺🇦✡️ (@just_whatever) March 16, 2022
re: #261 No Malarkey!
Wouldn’t that be something. Putin overplaying his hand and he ends up losing Crimea and Donetsk.
re: #272 wrenchwench
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3/7/5/6 on the quordle today. i am on fire! No, literally on fire. Cat’s taken to trying to burn me down during nap time for the insurance policy.
re: #288 GlutenFreeJesus
Wouldn’t that be something. Putin overplaying his hand and he ends up losing Crimea and Donetsk.
At this point he looks like he takes everything or loses everything. Loser doesn’t even get the steak knives.
re: #289 steve_davis
3/7/5/6 on the quordle today. i am on fire! No, literally on fire. Cat’s taken to trying to burn me down during nap time for the insurance policy.
Just be glad you don’t have a fifteen-year-old daughter. I’ve been texting mine my results all week and each time she has solved it in one less try than mine. Thought for sure I had her today with my 5/3/7/4 result. But no. Literally less than five minutes after I texted her my results she shares back her 5/4/6/3 results and I know she didn’t start until I texted (she’s still in bed because spring break).
re: #165 Captain Magic
From Naked Capitalism:
Helmer’s article is here.
Isn’t Naked Capitalism a pro-Russia site? There were accusations back in 2016 that it was funneling Russian propaganda. From an article in January this year:
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Russian aggression in Europe is a fraud. The aggressor is the US which has ringed Russia with missiles and bases. That is the inverted reality of the relentless US/UK propaganda ‘news’. Read this and know your true enemy.
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Is Russia Threatening Ukraine?The notion that Russia is massing troops with an intent of attack doesn’t hold up to scrutiny. First, Russia not unreasonably has servicemembers near its borders. Those who want to depict Russia as a a belligerent are throwing in units not stationed close enough to be part of a strike force. Moreover, while it’s hard to get good numbers, any increase has not been huge (on the order of 100,000 soldiers) and took place early in 2021, contrary to claims of aggressive increases in October and November. On top of that, Russia has not put in place the logistical support needed for combat, such as medical teams. By contrast, the first sign the US was serious about invading Iraq was that it started pre-positioning hospital ships nine months before the attack.
re: #232 DodgerFan1988
Unsurprising. As more American orgs mobilize to go to Ukraine, the conservative Christian orgs have too. Never mind the shady adoption practices from Ukraine&Russia for the past 15 years. This ain’t it. Ukraine’s been Christian since 988. They still think Ukraine is atheist.
Granted, the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic was officially an atheist state, but that only existed from 1923-1991
Kentucky General assembly looking to divert taxpayer money from public schools to charter schools. If they do pass that law, it could run afoul of the Kentucky Constitution’s guarantee of an “efficient system of public schools.”
From the Lawrence County schools superintendent. ^JC https://t.co/Fuy9cTdt3g
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 17, 2022
How fast will these Syrians desert in order to migrate to Europe?
More weapons and military equipment are planned to be transferred from Syria to Russia and Belarus soon, Ukraine’s military intelligence reports. According to the report, some Syrian mercenaries see this as an opportunity for illegal immigration to the EU.
— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) March 17, 2022
re: #282 Backwoods_Sleuth
probably reducing pay by quite a bit in the process
goes without saying. probably hired as contract labor without benefits
The Ukrainian military have released some pictures of the Ukrainian Army commander in chief visiting the forces outside of Kyiv. They supply a location tag at the end. If right; the Russian Army has been pushed back in the last few days and Kyiv is a long way from surrounded https://t.co/MAAvuaKSrb
— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) March 17, 2022
re: #297 No Malarkey!
Kentucky General assembly looking to divert taxpayer money from public schools to charter schools. If they do pass that law, it could run afoul of the Kentucky Constitution’s guarantee of an “efficient system of public schools.”
Texas Republicans tried to pass that and the rural areas screamed, because the school system is the largest employer in a lot of those places.
re: #246 No Malarkey!
So in the end, a federal judge decided not to keep a Nazi accused of murder who assaulted Capitol Police on January 6 in jail pending trial, because his grandfather offered to take him in.
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White privilege.
re: #255 No Malarkey!
I think the Manhattan DA dropped his criminal investigation of the Trump Organization, though the NY AG still have a civil case against it. But why the fuck does Hunter rate a federal investigation, but none of the Trumps do? Aaaaargh!
How many Trump-supporting attorneys like Durham remain in the DOJ?
re: #304 Hecuba’s daughter
How many Trump-supporting attorneys like Durham remain in the DOJ?
Even 1 is too damn many
Looks like I killed the thread. Oh well, here is my Wordle. Was worried I wouldn’t make it.
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re: #276 No Malarkey!
That’s about a half hour north of me. It’s a very, very white and conservative county. Except that’s changing and making a lot of racists nervous.
re: #309 A Cranky One
Like the time TFG wished his wife Melanie a happy birthday and could not recall what sort of gift he had given her.
Kentucky GOP shenanigans
Rep. Ed Massey presents HB 678, a “shell bill” on juvenile justice, to House State Gov’t Committee. It’s actually nothing to do with juvenile justice, Massey says, revealing new text in a committee substitute dealing instead with school construction. ^JC pic.twitter.com/vc8r5mLamo
— Bluegrass Politics (@BGPolitics) March 17, 2022
re: #264 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Meh.
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A North Carolina schools superintendent has apologized for a mock “slave auction” in which white middle-schoolers pretended to sell their Black classmates. https://t.co/Kb4A55Sw7o
— NBC News (@NBCNews) March 17, 2022
re: #313 Backwoods_Sleuth
Notice it’s NEVER the other way around.
Erklären is the German word for “explaining”
Daughter just pointed out the German word for “mainspaining”:
Herrklären
re: #286 GlutenFreeJesus
They mean it will cost tax payers $900k.
Good. Keep electing spineless city councils or county commissions which either will not get rid of bad cops, or worse support them, then the voters should pay.
Make sure any time a governmental entity floats an unrestricted bond, you always vote “no” (unrestricted bonds can be used to pay police settlements or fines).
When voters get tired of their taxes going up to pay for constitutional violations by the police, they will get rid of the asshat politicians.
American oligarch has to backtrack after expressing support for financing fascist regime.
news.yahoo.com
It’s time for people to stop saying that Zelenskyy is ‘just a comedian and actor’ who became president.
He later earned a law degree from the Kryvyi Rih Institute of Economics, then a department of Kyiv National Economic University and now part of Kryvyi Rih National University, but did not go on to work in the legal field.
Of course he’s doing well at his job…
re: #293 Hecuba’s daughter
Isn’t Naked Capitalism a pro-Russia site? There were accusations back in 2016 that it was funneling Russian propaganda. From an article in January this year:
They are a horseshoe leftie site.
Headed into CostcoS at high noon. Y’all pray my strength. @heatherheadley didn’t fare too well the other day. 😩
Y’all need a vat of summ’n while I’m in there? pic.twitter.com/7oWh9FkKxx— April is in ATL (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2022
Already out. KING ME.
I’m in Georgia, where there is nothing but the confederate flag and vibes. No masks. 😒
But here’s a pro-tip: When someone asks “why you’re wearing that mask”…look them dead in the face and say…
“Because you look filthy.”
It works! 🙃 pic.twitter.com/8hsJQ3c3MD— April is in ATL (@ReignOfApril) March 17, 2022
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Bellingcat has been logging incidents that appear to depict civilian impact or harm since the beginning of the conflict in Ukraine.
We have now visualised this data in a TimeMap feature that allows users to explore what we have found 👇 https://t.co/rUBG22X4SV— Bellingcat (@bellingcat) March 17, 2022
re: #297 No Malarkey!
Kentucky General assembly looking to divert taxpayer money from public schools to charter schools. If they do pass that law, it could run afoul of the Kentucky Constitution’s guarantee of an “efficient system of public schools.”
Charter schools are efficient, at funnelling tax money to both school-privatising capitalists and religious organisations.
Is there anything an e-Bike can’t do… #rideofyourlife #ebikes #ridewollongong #wollongong2022 pic.twitter.com/cwAHsS8v2l
— Riding For Life (@RidingForLife_) March 17, 2022
This cat waiting each morning for their daily cartoon fix is today’s cutest, funniest thinghttps://t.co/bcTmtEQSlh pic.twitter.com/sdjJ2gmaoe
— The Poke (@ThePoke) March 17, 2022
re: #319 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
They are a horseshoe leftie site.
you mean like the Putinversteher over at moonofalabama, who are so far-left that they are right-wing?
re: #302 Belafon
Texas Republicans tried to pass that and the rural areas screamed, because the school system is the largest employer in a lot of those places.
Nebraska Republicans keep trying to pass it and rural Nebraska (especially the Panhandle and north-central) howl because no one would even build a charter or religious school here.
Such a bill would be the death of our public schools with no replacements. All our schools receive insufficient funding from property taxes (so there is an “equalisation law” which takes money from rich districts to fund poor or low-population districts—attempts to repeal the equalisation law are also shouted down when they come up).
re: #325 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
you mean like the Putinversteher over at moonofalabama, who are so far-left that they are right-wing?
Pretty much. One of their writers is formerly from Firedoglake.
re: #294 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
Globalism at its finest
It is safe to say that the promotion of a libertarianism has been a long term Russian propaganda effort since 1999 or so. Where Libertarianism reigns is also where gangsters and tin pot warlords thrive who are eager for any outside patron to help expand their power.
re: #327 Anymouse 🌹🏡😷
Pretty much. One of their writers is formerly from Firedoglake.
Moonbat (n): See Firedoglake.
I wonder where Jane Hamshire is at nowadays?
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so, so close to getting it https://t.co/hKdkG8RJcy
— Rhys Morgan (@rhysmorgan) March 17, 2022
re: #149 Dr Lizardo
Something hinky going on here….
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BREAKING 🚨: The captain of The Pride of Hull addressing workers on the ship. They have support right across the city of Hull & the rest of the country and are determined to stay on board for as long as it takes. They should have the full backing of every working person in the UK pic.twitter.com/Mg9LFR0IPo
— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) March 17, 2022
The captain is Capt. Eugene Favier from The Netherlands. What a hero, rising to the moment and supporting his crew as they resist this disgraceful action by P&O.
— Karl Turner MP (@KarlTurnerMP) March 17, 2022
re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth
Gee, and here I thought one of the selling-points of Brexit was that it would discourage wage-busting by companies looking to hire “cheap” foreign help for their UK operations??
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re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth
The captain of The Pride of Hull addressing workers on the ship. They have support right across the city of Hull & the rest of the country and are determined to stay on board for as long as it takes. They should have the full backing of every working person in the UK
It is all about Free Enterprise, which is what the Tory government backs, it is all about free movement of Capital, even if it is foreign billionaires snapping up real estate, race horses and art works. A rising boat lifts all tides!!!
re: #331 Backwoods_Sleuth
That’s great to see. What P&O is doing is some pretty outrageous bullshit.
re: #334 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
It is all about Free Enterprise, which is what the Tory government backs, it is all about free movement of Capital, even if it is foreign billionaires snapping up real estate, race horses and art works. A rising boat lifts all tides!!!
Isn’t that the same watchphrase that underpins “trickle-down economics”?
he protec, he attac, he go to the market and barter for snaccs pic.twitter.com/9mcxERjC8S
— ᴘᴀᴠʟᴏᴠ ᴛʜᴇ ᴄᴏʀɢɪ (@PAVGOD) March 16, 2022
This is exactly what translation apps are for. The harness says “touch me please ask my dad first.” What a good worker dog.🥰 pic.twitter.com/96y5PIpivW
— biastapes⁷🐟 (@biastapes) March 16, 2022
MTG (R, Moscow) has thoughts about the Nazi regime of a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors.
And to top it all off, NATO has been supplying the neo-Nazis in Ukraine with powerful weapons and extensive training on how to use them.
What the hell is going with these #NATONazis?
4/4 https://t.co/lz3VH7UFOF— Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (@RepMTG) March 15, 2022
Original pic.twitter.com/aaa4nJocAK
— SatoshiWho? (@quangvuzsu) March 17, 2022
Marjorie Taylor Greene’s attempted takedown blew up in her face and it’s perfecthttps://t.co/Xb2UIPtg5w pic.twitter.com/TsG0R2b8mo
— The Poke (@ThePoke) March 17, 2022
re: #340 Backwoods_Sleuth
I can’t click on the link, but I’m assuming she slammed either an active duty person or a veteran.
re: #336 Dopamine Fish
Isn’t that the same watchphrase that underpins “trickle-down economics”?
A rising tide lifts all boats (except the ones tied to the pier, they get swamped and sink).
re: #338 No Malarkey!
MTG (R, Moscow) has thoughts about the Nazi regime of a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors.
There are Neonazis in Ukraine. They hold one seat out of 450 in the National Assembly and a total of 890 of the more than 43,000 regional assembly seats.
Of course it’s embarrassing as fuck to have Neonazis in government and a drag that the government has to rely on their support to get the Russians out.
But to listen to MTG or the (kicked by a) horseshoe leftists at moonofalabama, Ukraine is a Neonazi capitalist Zionist gay pedophile US puppet state.
re: #341 Belafon
I can’t click on the link, but I’m assuming she slammed either an active duty person or a veteran.
.@RepMTG recommends betting against America. https://t.co/6D7QWCiHDa
— Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 16, 2022
It’s Commander-in-Chief, you vegetable.
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) March 17, 2022
I mean seriously, if anyone is going to say “commander and chief” it’s her. She literally has no idea it’s commander in chief and I’m zero percent surprised. https://t.co/kpKrkovHIZ
— Adam Kinzinger (@AdamKinzinger) March 17, 2022
re: #338 No Malarkey!
MTG (R, Moscow) has thoughts about the Nazi regime of a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors.
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From what I have read bout the Azov regiment we shouldn’t be trying to back them up, they are not a savory lot. I think it is a militia not officially part of the armed forces? (look at the arm patch)
re: #343 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are Neonazis in Ukraine. They hold one seat out of 450 in the National Assembly and a total of 890 seats of the more than 43,000 regional assembly seats.
Of course it’s embarrassing as fuck to have Neonazis in government and a drag that the government has to rely on their support to get the Russians out.
But to listen to MTG or the (kicked by a) horseshoe leftists at moonofalabama, Ukraine is a Neonazi capitalist Zionist gay pedophile US puppet state.
You would think it’s embarrassing to have MTG in government, yet, the gop persists.
re: #323 Dread Pirate Ron
I would love to have a case of VB, can’t find it anywhere in the US, not even in Hawaii.
re: #345 b.d
From what I have read bout the Azov regiment we shouldn’t be trying to back them up, they are not a savory lot. I think it is a militia not officially part of the armed forces? (look at the arm patch)
Are we backing them directly, or just the Ukrainian government?
re: #347 Egregious Philbin
I would love to have a case of VB, can’t find it anywhere in the US, not even in Hawaii.
VB is one of the crappiest beers in Australia and is only really drunk by poor university students. It’s only barely a step above Fosters, which no one drinks.
re: #343 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are Neonazis in Ukraine. They hold one seat out of 450 in the National Assembly and a total of 890 seats of the more than 43,000 regional assembly seats.
Of course it’s embarrassing as fuck to have Neonazis in government and a drag that the government has to rely on their support to get the Russians out.
But to listen to MTG or the (kicked by a) horseshoe leftists at moonofalabama, Ukraine is a Neonazi capitalist Zionist gay pedophile US puppet state.
The fact that a Jewish descendent of holocaust survivors was elected President with 73% of the vote is a strong clue that Neo-Nazis don’t pull a lot of political weight in Ukraine.
re: #347 Egregious Philbin
I would love to have a case of VB, can’t find it anywhere in the US, not even in Hawaii.
Glad I reread that. I originally read that as “case of VD”.
re: #341 Belafon
I can’t click on the link, but I’m assuming she slammed either an active duty person or a veteran.
Bill Kristol
But is was her horrible spelling that got the most reaction
re: #348 Belafon
Are we backing them directly, or just the Ukrainian government?
I am sure that we are not in that minutiae and that we giving money to one Ukrainian source? Hopefully?
re: #352 Backwoods_Sleuth
Bill Kristol
But is was her horrible spelling that got the most reaction
She also used “your” instead of “you’re” so, bad grammar too.
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Cute grandkids wearing Purim costumes.
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re: #318 darthstar
It’s time for people to stop saying that Zelenskyy is ‘just a comedian and actor’ who became president.
Of course he’s doing well at his job…
To be fair, the _part of him_ that is a stand up comic part and actor is helping him rally his people.
But no amount of those skills would have helped if he wasn’t completely serious about his job, and didn’t have the moral backbone to stay put and lead from the front.
re: #355 The Pie Overlord!
Cute grandkids wearing Purim costumes.
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For a second I thought you said “Putin costumes” and I’m like, what kind of crazy party are you guys throwing?
re: #355 The Pie Overlord!
Cute grandkids wearing Purim costumes.
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re: #355 The Pie Overlord!
Cute grandkids wearing Purim costumes.
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re: #355 The Pie Overlord!
Cute grandkids wearing Purim costumes.
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I was going to ask if it is Jewish Halloween, and wikipedia answered. I also thought this was funny:
Other customs include wearing masks and costumes, public celebrations and parades (Adloyada), and eating hamantashen (transl. ”Haman’s pockets”); men are encouraged to drink wine or any other alcoholic beverage.[10]
re: #357 Dopamine Fish
For a second I thought you said “Putin costumes” and I’m like, what kind of crazy party are you guys throwing?
I’m pretty sure there are kids dressed up as Putin, the modern day Haman.
The mighty “People’s Convoy” getting defeated by D.C. traffic.
One small group of truckers gets chased away after parking authority rolls up on them. pic.twitter.com/4LIZW6T88d
— Zachary Petrizzo (@ZTPetrizzo) March 17, 2022
re: #361 The Pie Overlord!
I’m pretty sure there are kids dressed up as Putin, the modern day Haman.
I think you said that earlier, and I’m sure there probably are, just the thought of your grandkids in Putin costumes was what caught me. And yes, I’m aware that Purim is literally the crazy party of the Jewish calendar.
The toy bridge.
Romanian border police and citizens have turned the pedestrian bridge linking #Ukraine and Romania at Sighetu Marmației into a toy bridge.
Each child who comes from Ukraine can take a toy from there, to enter the country with a nice thought.#standwithukraine pic.twitter.com/SSVKcKgHkk— Catalin Tenita (@catalintenita) March 17, 2022
re: #360 Belafon
I was going to ask if it is Jewish Halloween, and wikipedia answered. I also thought this was funny:
Purim: A two-day Halloween where drinking is mandatory. 6 Insane Holidays You’ll Wish You Celebrated - http://t.co/SakhnuQLdE
re: #324 Backwoods_Sleuth
My dog is exactly like that with her “nature” shows. She looks at me, then at the TV, then jumps on her spot right in front of the TV and looks at me again. If I am in the chair and pick up the remote, she shoots over to her spot in front of the TV. And she follows the animals.
When she first started watching TV (and I mean watching, not just looking at it…she follows the animals as they move across the screen), when they would run off screen, she would tear up the stairs looking for them.
That dog of mine is wicked smart.
re: #345 b.d
From what I have read bout the Azov regiment we shouldn’t be trying to back them up, they are not a savory lot. I think it is a militia not officially part of the armed forces? (look at the arm patch)
However, it’s a lower percentage than THE US GOVERNMENT.
re: #343 Wendell Zurkowitz ((slave to the waffle light))
There are Neonazis in Ukraine. They hold one seat out of 450 in the National Assembly and a total of 890 of the more than 43,000 regional assembly seats.
I have one on my village board. He defeated me by three votes on the campaign of “you don’t want an atheist representing you.”
Tomorrow’s Wordle may prove polarising. If so, I’ve been one of the fortunate ones.
Wordle 272 3/6
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Meanwhile, the Transmission Gully expressway is finally going to open, only two years late and 50% over budget. Huzzah.
re: #361 The Pie Overlord!
I’m pretty sure there are kids dressed up as Putin, the modern day Haman.
As long as there are pastries.
re: #338 No Malarkey!
MTG (R, Moscow) has thoughts about the Nazi regime of a Jewish descendant of Holocaust survivors.
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She’s swallowed Putin’s load balls and all.
re: #372 darthstar
She’s swallowed Putin’s load balls and all.
She’s so reflexively anti-Democrat that if Biden declared declared everyone has a right to ten toes she’d cut off a few.
re: #364 Backwoods_Sleuth
Brief moments when it appears we do not yet deserve the arrival of the great meteor
re: #355 The Pie Overlord!
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re: #279 A hollow voice says Vaccinate the world!
Western good morning!
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