Joey Alexander - Piano, Kris Funn - Bass, John Davis - Drums
Filmed on November 10th, 2021 in Leverkusen, Germany
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@Snowden You haven’t retweeted since 22 Feb. Any comments on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine?
— Captain Magic (@ericfruitbat) February 26, 2022
What Putin fears most is free and fair elections.
Who does that remind me of?— Bob Copes (@BobCopes) February 26, 2022
BREAKING-YouTube blocks RT, other Russian channels from generating revenue
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) February 26, 2022
Checked in with my friend in #Ukraine. She is much more hopeful after last night and not as scared.
She said every restaurant is making Molotov cocktails out of their bottles.— Ana Goñi-Lessan (@goni_lessan) February 26, 2022
Nothing says “Go fuck yourselves” to the Russians more than bars turning empty bottles into Molotov Cocktails
Got CL’d downstairs.
re: #557 Dread Pirate Ron
In email responses to the Herald’s findings, Helen Aguirre Ferré, executive director of the Republican Party of Florida, said that the party “follows all applicable laws relating to voter registration” and that it is the party’s protocol to “review every concern with our [voter registration] vendors promptly.”
She added: “Let’s be honest, it is suspect that these reports surfaced immediately after Florida Republicans overtook Democrats in voter registration in record numbers.” She declined to speak with reporters.
Vote suppression in action.
And who could possibly be younger, more boisterous, and more energetic than a room full of Nazis? https://t.co/VvEOzWNK3f
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2022
#BREAKING Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich hands over control of Chelsea to team’s foundation trustees, the club announces #AFPSports pic.twitter.com/l71BZCWWQd
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 26, 2022
There is no longer a good outcome for Putin. Winning the tanks and planes phase of the Ukrainian War may be possible. He has lost the battle for winning the Ukrainian people—forever. And he is ruining a bad economy, making his own people more miserable. No genius he.
Totally stole this:
Putting a decimal point in the wrong place is a miscalculation. This is a major fuck up.
To do this, we have to “take on our own corruption.” Who opposed my transparency bill? First U.S. Chamber, then American Bar Association, then NFIB. Why? Some people make lots of money giving aid and comfort by hiding corrupt foreign dollars.https://t.co/3NqnXrKy87
— Sheldon Whitehouse (@SenWhitehouse) February 26, 2022
re: #10 Dangerman
Totally stole this:
Putting a decimal point in the wrong place is a miscalculation. This is a major fuck up.
all i know is when avalon hill comes out with the table top version, many people are going to want to try their hand with the Ukrainians.
re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
Got CL’d downstairs.
In email responses to the Herald’s findings, Helen Aguirre Ferré, executive director of the Republican Party of Florida, said that the party “follows all applicable laws relating to voter registration” and that it is the party’s protocol to “review every concern with our [voter registration] vendors promptly.”
She added: “Let’s be honest, it is suspect that these reports surfaced immediately after Florida Republicans overtook Democrats in voter registration in record numbers.” She declined to speak with reporters.
Vote suppression in action.
Honey, maybe you didn’t actually overtake the dems
Yes, I’m sure this was the final piece of the puzzle for Putin’s plan to invade Ukraine. “Our mechanized divisions are powerful, President Putin, but what we really need are 8 Australian hooligans.” https://t.co/K4tQPKaU1r
— Mark Pitcavage (@egavactip) February 26, 2022
re: #12 steve_davis
all i know is when avalon hill comes out with the table top version, many people are going to want to try their hand with the Ukrainians.
You could probably build the scenario with this:
Perhaps worthy of a follow and a word of support.
Tweets by IAPonomarenkoI don’t Twitter these days.
re: #14 jaunte
OOC, Ozzie Proud Boys, out of your massive quantity of eight, how many of you speak Russian or Ukrainian?
re: #19 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
It’s a long flight just to get drunk in Poland.
re: #16 William Lewis
You could probably build the scenario with this:
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i prefer something that would take advantage of my particular talents.
(putin draws a card) “what the fuck is this? ‘do not pass kyiv, do not collect 20 billion dollars. your opponent doubles all rents for anyone landing in Kharkiv. Failure to pay will result in eviction….forcefully.’”
re: #19 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
OOC, Ozzie Proud Boys, out of your massive quantity of eight, how many of you speak Russian or Ukrainian?
We just wanna shoot guns
LOL some major shade here….
#BREAKING Russian oligarch Roman Abramovich hands over control of Chelsea to team’s foundation trustees, the club announces #AFPSports pic.twitter.com/l71BZCWWQd
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 26, 2022
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
LOL some major shade here….
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Trying to avoid losing it completely?
re: #23 Dr Lizardo
Ooops….wrong Tweet.
Here’s the shade throwing….
Impressive too how Putin managed to alienate China by recognizing a regional right to declare independence, prove to Saudi Arabia that Russian military tech isn’t worth buying, and make a compelling case to Sweden and Finland for why they should join NATO. https://t.co/hcMmOUV2bA
— Max Kennerly (@MaxKennerly) February 26, 2022
Ahahahaha…..
BREAKING-YouTube blocks RT, other Russian channels from generating revenue
— Phil Stewart (@phildstewart) February 26, 2022
re: #10 Dangerman
Totally stole this:
Putting a decimal point in the wrong place is a miscalculation. This is a major fuck up.
There’s no positive outcome here for Putin, even if he should somehow succeed in capturing Kyiv and forcing a surrender. A quick and (relatively) bloodless war would have been a major boon for him, but the longer this goes on the harder it becomes to justify the whole mess. Every day that Kyiv remains free and Zelensky in power is a day that stiffens the resistance of the locals to Russia rule. And if he can’t sort out the resupply issues soon, then he’s also risking mass defections/surrenders as his troops find themselves in hostile territory without weapons or armor.
re: #27 Targetpractice
There’s no positive outcome here for Putin, even if he should somehow succeed in capturing Kyiv and forcing a surrender. A quick and (relatively) bloodless war would have been a major boon for him, but the longer this goes on the harder it becomes to justify the whole mess. Every day that Kyiv remains free and Zelensky in power is a day that stiffens the resistance of the locals to Russia rule. And if he can’t sort out the resupply issues soon, then he’s also risking mass defections/surrenders as his troops find themselves in hostile territory without weapons or armor.
If this ends in a total fiasco, a real David versus Goliath sort of thing, Putin will be visited by some Generals. And if those Generals are some old-school types, they’ll put a pistol on the table in front of him with one bullet in the chamber and tell him to do the honorable thing.
re: #27 Targetpractice
There’s no positive outcome here for Putin, even if he should somehow succeed in capturing Kyiv and forcing a surrender. A quick and (relatively) bloodless war would have been a major boon for him, but the longer this goes on the harder it becomes to justify the whole mess. Every day that Kyiv remains free and Zelensky in power is a day that stiffens the resistance of the locals to Russia rule. And if he can’t sort out the resupply issues soon, then he’s also risking mass defections/surrenders as his troops find themselves in hostile territory without weapons or armor.
Or food.
re: #28 Dr Lizardo
If this ends in a total fiasco, a real David versus Goliath sort of thing, Putin will be visited by some Generals. And if those Generals are some old-school types, they’ll put a pistol on the table in front of him with one bullet in the chamber and tell him to do the honorable thing.
We saw that clip of Beria yesterday. We can imagine. Nom that gun, Mr. Putin! Nom nom BOOM!
⚡️President’s Office: Sumy fully returned to Ukrainian control.
Presidential advisor Oleksiy Arestovych wrote that despite earlier reports that half the city was under Russian control, it has now returned fully to Ukrainian control.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022
#BREAKING More than 3,000 people detained for anti-war protests in Russia since Thursday: monitor pic.twitter.com/vjJgiGtk5F
— AFP News Agency (@AFP) February 26, 2022
re: #28 Dr Lizardo
If this ends in a total fiasco, a real David versus Goliath sort of thing, Putin will be visited by some Generals. And if those Generals are some old-school types, they’ll put a pistol on the table in front of him with one bullet in the chamber and tell him to do the honorable thing.
Only way I could really see that happening is if those same generals are scared enough of being made scapegoats and jailed/executed that staging a coup seems a viable option.
re: #32 Teukka
Those Russian anti-war protestors are showing some major courage, too. Hats off to them.
As they say, fuck around and find out….
⚡️#Belarus may also be disconnected from #SWIFT
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
re: #32 Teukka
More than 3,000 people detained for anti-war protests in Russia since Thursday: monitor
seems the Russians are better at attacking their own citizens than ones from Ukraine. Putin’s days keep getting longer. This is his Waterloo (the historic battle not the ABBA song).
CL avoidance.
re: #223 Dr Lizardo
And now, a bit of levity, from New Zealand….
LOL these folks really are pants-on-head crazy.
I’ve been saying IRL for a couple of days now the protesters’ camp discipline is their Achilles Heel. Not exactly Great Carnac levels of divination required considering the bananapants nature of a great many of the participants. They have portaloos but they’re also shitting in the storm drains and apparently the place stinks. Covid may not be the greatest of their worries by now, and frankly there’s more than a few there I would cheerfully wish dysentery on.
Yesterday I was told that the New World supermarket up the top of Molesworth St had been completely cleaned out of aluminium foil, so I count that as confirmation that they are now, LITERALLY, the tinfoil hat brigade.
Meanwhile, I would dearly love to shake the hand of the bloke or blokette who did this. (Language advisory.)
That’s the intersection of Lambton Quay and Bowen Street, one would I pass through daily were I not working from home.
re: #19 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
OOC, Ozzie Proud Boys, out of your massive quantity of eight, how many of you speak Russian or Ukrainian?
Also, if these baffoons wanted to “fight for Putin”. WTF did they think going to Poland was going to be of any use?
Let’s get some confirmation on this, but this is possibly one of those obituaries I would read with great satisfaction:
Magomed Tushayev, one of Ramzan Kadyrov’s top warlords, has been killed in action in Hostomel.
🇺🇦Ukraine’s elite Alpha Group is reportedly fighting Chechens in the airfield. pic.twitter.com/bPHgBPK8sL— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 26, 2022
re: #39 Jay C
Also, if these baffoons wanted to “fight for Putin”. WTF did they think going to Poland was going to be of any use?
A long well-publicized flight gives the welcoming committee plenty of time.
re: #39 Jay C
Also, if these baffoons wanted to “fight for Putin”. WTF did they think going to Poland was going to be of any use?
Probably the closest they can get without flying through contested airspace.
re: #37 bratwurst
I’d say “I am old enough to remember this”, but as you can see the cover date is two months ago.
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Stole that pic for a tweet.
re: #42 Targetpractice
Probably the closest they can get without flying through contested airspace.
And to hook up with some Polish brethren.
re: #27 Targetpractice
There’s no positive outcome here for Putin, even if he should somehow succeed in capturing Kyiv and forcing a surrender. A quick and (relatively) bloodless war would have been a major boon for him, but the longer this goes on the harder it becomes to justify the whole mess. Every day that Kyiv remains free and Zelensky in power is a day that stiffens the resistance of the locals to Russia rule. And if he can’t sort out the resupply issues soon, then he’s also risking mass defections/surrenders as his troops find themselves in hostile territory without weapons or armor.
There seemed to be a sea change today among informed analysts: you started to hear people saying “huh, Ukraine could actually win this thing”, and, of course, Russia could lose this thing. When this percolates down to the Russian soldiers and the Ukrainian civilians, it makes a big difference in how far RU presses the attack and how hard UKR fights to defend their turf.
re: #42 Targetpractice
Probably the closest they can get without flying through contested airspace.
Somehow, I don’t think they are going to be getting very much closer, after answering the question at passport control: “And what is the purpose of your visit to Poland”????
And these sound like the sort of blokes who probably WOULD say: “Oh, we’re here to join the Russians fighting in Ukraine“…
Dammit, I need a Russian speaker to translate this.
nə? pic.twitter.com/bt2wqqkMdq
— Mülayim Sərt (@juvarovlvn) February 26, 2022
That’s Ramzan Kadyrov himself.
look at this loser pic.twitter.com/RO8YEkPs2h
— tom choad (@tomablogger) February 26, 2022
re: #36 I Would Prefer Not To
seems the Russians are better at attacking their own citizens than ones from Ukraine. Putin’s days keep getting longer. This is his Waterloo (the historic battle not the ABBA song).
fuck it. it can be both.
You don’t just take a country this bug in two days. It took us six days to take Iraq and we had a much more technical and competent military.
Then the hard part starts for Russia, if they ‘win’.
Also, my dad’s dying. I got here at the right time. Will return periodically for the distraction. Peace.
re: #45 ericblair
There seemed to be a sea change today among informed analysts: you started to hear people saying “huh, Ukraine could actually win this thing”, and, of course, Russia could lose this thing. When this percolates down to the Russian soldiers and the Ukrainian civilians, it makes a big difference in how far RU presses the attack and how hard UKR fights to defend their turf.
I think a big portion of it is that, as the fighting has gone on and Ukraine has held its ground, the West has started to feel more confident in supporting the resistance rather than just viewing Russian conquest as “inevitable.” That doing things like cutting off Russia from SWIFT are worth the possible economic damage that Russia might inflict. And that a weakened Russia in the wake of a loss in Ukraine is worth the risk.
re: #50 darthstar
So sorry, man, Peace on you, too.
re: #47 Dr Lizardo
I saw a translation of that, but unfortunately, I can’t confirm it.
Translation is: “I appreciate the fact that ordinary people take up arms. Molodec to the Ukrainians, he himself had a lot of modern weapons. We will never fight against the Ukrainians” and so on. He also condemned the robbery of Russian soldiers in shops.
Not sure what “molodec” means.
Ukrainian defence ministry is circulating phone numbers on social media ‘for all those who lost a Russian soldier on Ukrainian soil’ -to inform relatives back home of those killed or captured. A service for the desperate but also a potent infowar move https://t.co/lIBe0AtkoF
— Mark Urban (@MarkUrban01) February 26, 2022
Kansas City turns the other cheek. https://t.co/Wdb77mEkfS
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) February 26, 2022
re: #57 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
It looks like someone needs a dictionary.
re: #57 Shiplord Kirel: Fan of Big Bird, Bert, and Ernie
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Sounds like a pain in the ass.
Wait. Are tater tots not a vegetable?
Happy Fryday from people unclear on the concept of “vegetables.” pic.twitter.com/di6b1GSEFY
— Harry Turtledove (@HNTurtledove) February 26, 2022
I’m sure this will make Putin’s “Top 10 Anime Betrayals” list:
Turkish aid to Ukraine: Turkish Air Force 221st squadron A400M heavy transport plane 18-0094 flew from Rzeszów–Jasionka airfield to Tur AFB Erkilet. Landing now https://t.co/zRKnfbFCxA via @YorukIsik #Ukraine pic.twitter.com/BbJqGE8jbV
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) February 26, 2022
re: #62 Dr Lizardo
I’m sure this will make Putin’s “Top 10 Anime Betrayals” list:
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At this point, there doesn’t seem to be a single country that’s prepared to join Russia and Belarus as pariahs.
3741 KIA Russians by this morning https://t.co/BBOnvHAChf
— Petri Mäkelä (@pmakela1) February 26, 2022
China’s President Xi urges Vladimir Putin to get to the negotiating table with Ukraine. Significant.
— James Mitchinson (@JayMitchinson) February 26, 2022
re: #65 Dr Lizardo
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re: #66 Dr Lizardo
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“Vlad, you told us that this was a done deal, that you could win the war overnight and Ukraine was as good as yours. You’re making us look bad!”
❗️Deputy Minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Ukraine Anton Gerashchenko declares that the Armed Forces of #Ukraine actually stopped the advance of the enemy from the East
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
re: #64 Backwoods_Sleuth
something like good job or attaboy
That’s about right, it’s a common term. I’d hold off on confirming whatever the fuck is going on with Kadyrov, but, you know, huge if true. I think it’s confirmed that one of his main lieutenants is now growing sunflowers, so buh-bye asshole.
If Russia has only 50,000 troops they can’t feed in a country of 40 million people, I don’t see how the hell it would even be possible for them to take a city the size of Kyiv against determined resistance.
Elysee: France will provide more military equipment to Ukraine https://t.co/GzsJQFD2i0 via @AlArabiya_Brk #Ukraine
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) February 26, 2022
re: #44 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
And to hook up with some Polish brethren.
Polish right wingers and hardcore nationalists HATE Putin and Russia.
re: #36 I Would Prefer Not To
seems the Russians are better at attacking their own citizens than ones from Ukraine. Putin’s days keep getting longer. This is his Waterloo (the historic battle not the ABBA song).
Wonder if/when Russian citizens will start lobbing Molotov cocktails.
re: #58 PhillyPretzel
It looks like someone needs a dictionary.
Pretty sure it’s fake. Been floating around for years.
re: #73 JC1
Polish right wingers and hardcore nationalists HATE Putin and Russia.
This is the one and only significant difference between Poland’s PiS and Trumpism. Kaczyński can REALLY see Russia from his house, and he (dubiously) holds Putin responsible for the air crash that killed his twin brother in 2010.
Mike Cernovich almost got children murdered in a DC pizza restaurant with his lies. He helped organize the deadly Stop the Steal movement in an effort to destroy American democracy. @Twitter let it happen and rewarded him for it. https://t.co/Z9x5UOm4q0 pic.twitter.com/uQI5x3P50O
— Luke O’Brien (@lukeobrien) February 26, 2022
👍
👏 👏 👏 pic.twitter.com/24NsYjwgpL— ☰ SPIRIT OF LES🅰️INT ☰ (@Lesaintdrome) February 26, 2022
A sincere thank you Charles for this website, and all the posters. Breaking news before it is news. Thank you again.
re: #74 stpaulbear
Wonder if/when Russian citizens will start lobbing Molotov cocktails.
I’m thinking more along the lines of when the Russian military brass concludes that Putin may well have not only led them to disaster, but exposed Russian military deficiencies to a global audience. The much-vaunted Russian Army could find itself becoming a laughing stock, the butt of jokes.
.@POTUS on Donald Trump calling Putin “savvy” and “genius” amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine: “I put as much stock in Trump saying that Putin’s a genius as I do when he called himself a stable genius.” pic.twitter.com/H1Q1UVK8r9
— Brian Tyler Cohen (@briantylercohen) February 26, 2022
re: #73 JC1
Polish right wingers and hardcore nationalists HATE Putin and Russia.
Really? Interesting. I didn’t know that.
I’m learning just how much I don’t know. It’s depressing.
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re: #83 darthstar
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re: #83 darthstar
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re: #76 bratwurst
This is the one and only significant difference between Poland’s PiS and Trumpism. Kaczyński can REALLY see Russia from his house, and he (dubiously) holds Putin responsible for the air crash that killed his twin brother in 2010.
There’s also the past few hundred years of history, and WW2 war crimes like Katyn, perpetrated at the hands of the KGB predecessor, etc.
re: #83 darthstar
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re: #83 darthstar
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⚡️Russian artillery fire has struck Kyiv’s children’s cancer hospital Okhmadyt, killing one child and wounding two, along with two adults, TSN reported.
Eyewitnesses reported that the city is under fire from multiple-launch rocket systems.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022
re: #65 Dr Lizardo
A rule of thumb is that in _normal_ warfare, assume about 3 injured for every kia.
(Doesn’t include atrocities where the wounded and prisoners are murdered. Nor in cases where the injured cannot be evacuated in time from burning or destroyed buildings, vehicles, ships, aircraft, etc.)
Also assume that combat damage estimates are generally extremely optimistic.
This is some extremely sickening shit. https://t.co/jM0EvIH4GT
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 26, 2022
re: #83 darthstar
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The chairman of Russia’s lower house of parliament had his plane turned back mid-flight by Sweden and then Finland, making him the first top Russian official to face Europe’s denial of airspace permissions in response to the invasion https://t.co/Kp215fH9pQ pic.twitter.com/ngpl3OC7IX
— John Hudson (@John_Hudson) February 26, 2022
re: #83 darthstar
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Interesting timing.
The circumstances of the death of the Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center of Gazprom for Corporate Security, whose body was found in the prestigious village of Leninskoye in the Vyborg District of the Leningrad Region, are being established. A note was found nearby, law enforcement officials told 47news. A month earlier, the body of a top manager of another division from Gazprom’s orbit was found in the same village. Both of the now deceased previously worked at Gazprom Transgaz.
As it became known to 47news, in the early morning of February 25, the police received a message about the death of a man on Rubinovaya Street in an elite cottage village in Leninsky.
The officers who arrived at the scene found the deceased in a noose in the annex garage, a note lay nearby. The deceased was identified as 61-year-old Alexander Tyulakov, Deputy General Director of the Unified Settlement Center (UCC) of Gazprom for corporate security. This division performs the functions of the treasury of the entire monopoly.
Prior to his appointment to the ERC, Alexander Tyuliakov, since March 2014, worked as Deputy General Director for Corporate Security and Human Resources at Gazprom Transgaz St. Petersburg, a 100% subsidiary of Gazprom, which was engaged in the export and transportation of fuel to nine regions of Russia.
The circumstances of the incident are established by the Investigative Committee of the Leningrad Region.
Gazprom ERC at the time of publication could not comment on the incident.
Source, in Russian: 47news.ru
This is one of our best reporters. She is working non-stop to help us cover the war. She is in Kyiv, the epicenter. She has to take shelter many times a day due to airstrikes. She is brave.
She asked her U.S. uni to extend her homework deadlines due to WAR.
And they refused. https://t.co/dtTj6Nq28X— Olga Rudenko (@olya_rudenko) February 26, 2022
This specific denial from the Pentagon after a claim by Russian officials in a TASS report that U.S. drones were assisting the Ukrainians: https://t.co/sWzaol89jo
— Dan Lamothe (@DanLamothe) February 26, 2022
O_o
no context CPAC
(actually there really isn’t any relevant context for this one — Kennedy is out here doing stand up) pic.twitter.com/DYDCWHSmj0— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2022
“I believe that love is the answer, but you ought to own a handgun just in case” — John Kennedy pic.twitter.com/QrgF64jM1A
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2022
re: #96 stpaulbear
What university is she attending?
re: #65 Dr Lizardo
I’m trying to imagine this country’s reaction if two days into Iraq, Ted kipper had mentioned that 3741 u.s. servicemen had died, and that no strategic objectives had been met.
❗️One of the largest job search sites, Jooble, is ceasing to operate in #Russia and #Belarus pic.twitter.com/ThsxKvvdjk
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
re: #100 PhillyPretzel
What university is she attending?
It’s the William Woods University.@WilliamWoodsU please reconsider this.
— Olga Rudenko (@olya_rudenko) February 26, 2022
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
@AsamiTerajima absolutely not. Reaching out to you with support - watch accordingly. First and foremost stay safe.
— Jeremy Moreland (@JeremyLMoreland) February 26, 2022
@AsamiTerajima - thanks for reaching out and your work! Immediately placed any academic requirements on hold. Safety is priority. When at a time/place where it makes sense for you to focus on studies, we will review a plan for your continued success, building on your great work.
— Jeremy Moreland (@JeremyLMoreland) February 26, 2022
She’s absolutely correct. At first, Putin’s hostility towards Ukraine had nothing do with NATO. It was about the EU….
This is incredibly important. Remember the cause of Euromaidan and the initial Russian aggression toward Ukraine—it was Ukraine joining the European Union, not NATO. May Putin’s nightmares become reality. https://t.co/a4vGVII9By
— Kimberly St. Julian-Varnon (@ksvarnon) February 26, 2022
re: #104 Backwoods_Sleuth
Private University says Wiki:
en.wikipedia.org
BREAKING:
All EU countries have unanimously agreed to close the EU’s airspace for Russian airlines.
Putin is ruining Russia’s economy.— Visegrád 24 🇨🇿🇭🇺🇵🇱🇸🇰 (@visegrad24) February 26, 2022
re: #97 Backwoods_Sleuth
Is it just me, or can one feel the dudes distaste?
re: #105 Backwoods_Sleuth
Jeremy Moreland is the president William Woods University
re: #55 Dr Lizardo
I saw a translation of that, but unfortunately, I can’t confirm it.
Translation is: “I appreciate the fact that ordinary people take up arms. Molodec to the Ukrainians, he himself had a lot of modern weapons. We will never fight against the Ukrainians” and so on. He also condemned the robbery of Russian soldiers in shops.
Not sure what “molodec” means.
Molodetz means something like “good for you.” (Or me or it or them…)
re: #111 stpaulbear
I found it. Please refer to my #107.
re: #95 Dr Lizardo
Probably fell to his death out of an open window. From the single story cottage. ///////
re: #106 Dr Lizardo
She’s absolutely correct. At first, Putin’s hostility towards Ukraine had nothing do with NATO. It was about the EU….
Action, meet consequence…
This….is not something I’d wanna hear from my bank, to be honest:
VTB bank changed their intro message to the call center to: “Hello, do you have a question about sanctions placed on VTB bank? Press 5”
— Mary Ilyushina (@maryilyushina) February 26, 2022
Lindell has so far refused to give an answer about who told him to bring those papers and ideas to Trump, or who else was involved in related discussions during Trump’s final days.
— Robert Costa (@costareports) February 26, 2022
This is how my exchange today with Lindell ended. Calmly asked him to provide names of lawyers, the lawyers who he says provided him with papers that included the mention of “martial law.” Papers he carried into a meeting with Trump. pic.twitter.com/GHQVTyNgWW
— Robert Costa (@costareports) February 26, 2022
I am impressed how quickly the West has been able to respond to Putin’s lawlessness.
And extremely relieved that we have an Administration that is both highly competent and believes in democracy and the rule of law.
If we still had tfg, we, as a nation, would have been absolutely screwed.
The financial director for Gazprom, the largest publicly-listed natural gas company in the world and the largest company in Russia by revenue, has been found dead by suicide in St. Petersburg
— Market Rebellion (@MarketRebels) February 26, 2022
re: #101 steve_davis
I’m trying to imagine this country’s reaction if two days into Iraq, Ted kipper had mentioned that 3741 u.s. servicemen had died, and that no strategic objectives had been met.
Lol! Didn’t realize my spelling had been autocorrected. Well, you know who I mean. The guy who got fired for reading the names of the 40 or so American dead at the time in his late news wrapup.
So I saw this the other day:
Me: Honey. Do you know where we can get iodine tablets?
Wife: Way ahead of you. Already ordered.
Me: I… really love going through this existence with you.— Elie Mystal (@ElieNYC) February 24, 2022
And I got to thinking, ummm…And I came over to my prepper brother’s house, I brought it up, we talked about it and we’re ordering potassium iodide tablets (130 mg). Just in case. I feel very weird about this.
re: #121 Teukka
Good to see some other confirmation of that story outside of Russian media.
re: #120 ckkatz
I am impressed how quickly the West has been able to respond to Putin’s lawlessness.
And extremely relieved that we have an Administration that is both highly competent and believes in the democracy and the rule of law.
If we still had tfg, we, as a nation, would have been absolutely screwed.
Yeah, and not half as badly as Ukraine!
Ukrainians tell me that they have seen “Kadyrovtsi” assassins already in the country. Their job will be to execute on Putin’s “kill list,” or so Ukrainians speculate. We know they have done such dirty work before. #RIPNemtsov. https://t.co/5LpLd9UDQG
— Michael McFaul (@McFaul) February 26, 2022
It was bad enough that Jon Ossoff got elected US Senator at 34 years old, but I’m afraid Volodymyr Zelensky becoming “The Hero of Western Democracy” at 44 is setting completely unreasonable standards of career achievement for every Jewish boy from this point on.
— Nathaniel Horadam, Atlanticist 🇺🇸🇪🇺🇺🇦 (@NW_Horadam) February 26, 2022
re: #126 Backwoods_Sleuth
Seems Kadyrov’s right-hand-man has already been killed in combat.
Says the guy who got rich ripping the people he came uo with for the amusement of vulture capitalist. Vance is at the 14:25 mark of his public career. https://t.co/vrRBaiAedM
— Charles P. Pierce (@CharlesPPierce) February 26, 2022
re: #130 Charles Johnson
On his substack page Chuck C. Johnson is full-on pro-Russia today, with a little antisemitism thrown in for the heck of it.
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Well there’s one leopard that didn’t change his spots. Or to be more precise in his case, once a floor shitter always a floor shitter.
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
Just a reminder that it’s the REPUBLICAN party who has spent the last decade fighting to prevent people like JD Vance’s mom from having healthcare. https://t.co/hA3kK02x9y
— Kendall Brown (@kendallybrown) February 26, 2022
re: #96 stpaulbear
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Regarding The William Woods University refusal to work with Kyiv Post reporter Asami Terajima, as student there who needs another extension to do her work in Kyiv right now:
“Nothing is better than experiential learning—no, not that kind!”
@ZelenskyyUa’s Tv address to the
This might be the most moving speech that I’ve ever seen in my entire life.
The whole world needs to see, understand and share this crucial Ukrainian message.#StandWithUkraine #Ukraine #Україна #Russia #Россия pic.twitter.com/fVm8k5vF4G— The Resistance (@BillResistance2) February 26, 2022
And on the lighter side. My local PBS station WHYY is showing “Betty White: First Lady of Television.” It will be on 12.1 at 6:30 PM. Just remember to hit the Live TV button to watch it. It appears that my local PBS station is having a beg-a-thon please be prepared for some interruptions of the show.
President Zelensky to Russians: “What are you fighting for & with whom? Many of you have been to Ukraine. Many of you have family in Ukraine…You know our character. You know our people. You know our principles. You know what we value. So listen to yourselves. Listen to reason.” https://t.co/Fbi7jYyvRE
— THEE (((L’EtatC’estMoi))) #BlackLivesMatter 🇺🇦 (@letat_lechat) February 26, 2022
re: #134 Barefoot Grin
Regarding The William Woods University refusal to work with Kyiv Post reporter Asami Terajima, as student there who needs another extension to do her work in Kyiv right now:
“Nothing is better than experiential learning—no, not that kind!”
Ok, posted too soon. I see the college prez has made things right.
EXTREMELY HEAVY RUSSIAN AIR RAID EXPECTED IN KYIV WITHIN MINUTES
— Illia Ponomarenko (@IAPonomarenko) February 26, 2022
re: #137 Backwoods_Sleuth
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anybody who’s read Gulag Archipelago knows that the Russians have a long history with this shit. They sent millions of returning POW’s off to the gulags for 10 year stretches because they’d had the audacity of surviving german prison camps. Solchenitzyn’s theory was that they’d either come in contact with prisoners of war in adjoining camps and realized that British and American troops got Red Cross packages and decent housing and meals, or that their mere survival indicated they’d somehow collaborated with the Germans. So Putin will have no trouble claiming that Ukrainians are closet nazis.
OT, but making chicken shawarma for tonight and my hands smell like it.
LOL that is indeed some real V for Vendetta shit….
JUST IN: #Russian state TV channels have been hacked by #Anonymous to broadcast the truth about what happens in #Ukraine. #OpRussia #OpKremlin #FckPutin #StandWithUkriane pic.twitter.com/vBq8pQnjPc
— Anonymous TV 🌐 (@YourAnonTV) February 26, 2022
re: #93 Dr Lizardo
Enjoy your new status as global pariahs, assholes.
re: #96 stpaulbear
Seems they changed their minds:
@AsamiTerajima - thanks for reaching out and your work! Immediately placed any academic requirements on hold. Safety is priority. When at a time/place where it makes sense for you to focus on studies, we will review a plan for your continued success, building on your great work.
— Jeremy Moreland (@JeremyLMoreland) February 26, 2022
re: #1 Captain Magic
Knock three times if you are being held against your will.
This is it. If Kyiv can stand through the night, it’s gonna send a clear signal that the Russians are failing in their military objectives.
Tonight will be the make-it-or-break it night for Kyiv. Having failed with plan A (Spetznaz takeover of key institutions), Russia will likely throw at the capital everything and the sink: subversion teams, artillery shelling (ongoing) and probably for the first time tanks.
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) February 26, 2022
re: #130 Charles Johnson
On his substack page Chuck C. Johnson is full-on pro-Russia today, with a little antisemitism thrown in for the heck of it.
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re: #5 Eclectic Cyborg
Could someone please explain how the republicans gain by registering democrats as republicans against their will?
Doesn’t this just mean that those democrats get to vote in the republican primaires?
re: #150 John Hughes
Could someone please explain how the republicans gain by registering democrats as republicans against their will?
Doesn’t this just mean that those democrats get to vote in the republican primaires?
Probably supposed to convince people that voters are switching parties to (R) en masse.
It’s not gonna work.
I’m pleased to report that @AuthorKimberley wasn’t arrested by Paul Blart: Podcast Cop last night. We honestly had no idea backing out of a podcast guest appearance was an incarceration-worthy trespass. pic.twitter.com/Q5LrmSHPea
— Bob Cesca (@bobcesca_go) February 26, 2022
heh
NEW: Germany closing its airspace to all Russian planes
— BNO News (@BNONews) February 26, 2022
This is how the occupier’s embassy in #Warsaw looks like now pic.twitter.com/ucmOwADxEV
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
re: #131 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Man, the GQP got over that whole “WHAT ABOUT THE WOMEN OF AFGHANISTAN?!” business real quick, didn’t they?
re: #20 jaunte
It’s a long flight just to
get drunk[ go to prison] in Poland.
Most countries have laws against mercenaries.
A woman in Kyiv, Ukraine. Alone. In the street. Singing Leonard Cohen’s Hallelujah. I’m not crying you’re crying. https://t.co/IwbFgjLWL5
— Xeni 🇺🇸🌻🇺🇦 (@xeni) February 26, 2022
This is a Conservative MP suggesting Ukrainians wishing to flee an invasion apply for the UK’s seasonal worker scheme (e.g. vegetable picking) to qualify for a visa. The callousness is shocking. This is being suggested in your names; demand better. pic.twitter.com/DH0D3J3Ztc
— Larry the Cat (@Number10cat) February 26, 2022
The feared leader of the Chechen Republic, a constituent of the Russian Federation, say “he does not want to fight against Ukraine.” His forces were considered shock troops and meant to bread terror in Ukraine. He and his forces are out of Russia’s Ukraine war! pic.twitter.com/HfI20DCLka
— Alexander S. Vindman (@AVindman) February 26, 2022
TOO LATE you FUCKING TRAITOR!! 😡
Greg Abbott & Texas GOP campaigns took $7.35 million from oligarch linked to Russiahttps://t.co/3P8mRsEwq5— Ⓜarkle Ω 💎 (@Mr_Webcast) February 26, 2022
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
Put a cork in it Abbott. All of us know you are lying.
re: #159 Dr Lizardo
Tweet deleted; there’s some question about the veracity of that image.
BREAKING: Senior U.S. official tells @ABC some Russian forces are disoriented, realizing the battles against Ukrainians are harder than they thought.
A Russian soldier was heard saying on a radio call, “We don’t know who to shoot, they all look like us.” https://t.co/AV6czNosoo— ABC News (@ABC) February 26, 2022
re: #161 Backwoods_Sleuth
“I’ve asked the members of the Texas Restaurant Association, Texas Package Stores Association & all Texas retailers to voluntarily remove all Russian products from their shelves.”
Brave move. When will he ask bars to voluntarily stop serving vodka?
Today as the entire world holds its collective breath waiting to see what Putin’s next move will be in Ukraine, Donald Trump Jr. decided to do some drugs…. pic.twitter.com/LBUPqiTrAS
— Mystery Solvent (@MysterySolvent) February 26, 2022
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
Sounds like he’s taken jabbering lessons from Ted Cruz.
⚡️ Ukrainian Security Service: Kadyrov’s convoy crushed near #Gostomel
This is reported by Channel 24, citing its own sources in the Ukrainian Security Service— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
BREAKING: Greece summons Russia’s ambassador after ten civilians were killed in Ukraine
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
FREEDOM FROM FEAR: For those who think being an American means abandoning the little guy and praising a bully dictator you had better review your values. @NRockwellMuseum has the original goods on how you should feel when dictators are on the March: This could be Kyiv pic.twitter.com/63Z7z6fNwj
— Malcolm Nance (@MalcolmNance) February 26, 2022
❗️The Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Ukraine said that the number of reservists of the military defense forces in #Ukraine reached 37,000 pic.twitter.com/vtxVxF0fSw
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
re: #167 Backwoods_Sleuth
Remember when the legacy media once opined upon the idea of a “Trump Dynasty” and suggested that this half-wit could run for office in New York, Congress, or even the White House?
re: #157 Backwoods_Sleuth
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The first comment: “Praising God out loud, way to go!” And I’m thinking, I’m not sure that’s exactly what the song’s about, but doesn’t matter.
That’s about 10% of the entire invasion’s ground power. (Ie, at one time and in one place, that’s a lot.)
Not counting support, that’s probably about the same number of men as in Pickett’s Charge by the way.
Ukrainian MOD reports 14 Russian BTGs are moving on Kyiv from the northeast. pic.twitter.com/4LWKvSdz4G
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 26, 2022
Turns out Russian soldiers have pronouns after all. pic.twitter.com/9alvmMYSeR
— Josh (@ArmyJew) February 26, 2022
Very good reason to believe it’s disinformation.
Things are going to get thick with lies from here on out as RU tries to regain the upper hand.— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 26, 2022
Sound like they’re gonna target some of the bigger Russian banks with SWIFT cutoff - but more importantly, prevent Russia’s Central Bank from taking steps to undermine sanctions.
I, for one, would like to be the first to welcome Putin and his cronies to their new international pariah status! Congratulations, guys!
BREAKING: European Commission, France, Germany, Italy, UK, Canada, U.S. announce they will disconnect certain Russian banks from SWIFT and will take restrictive measures to prevent the Russian Central Bank from deploying its international reserves to undermine sanctions - @jeneps
— Conflict News (@Conflicts) February 26, 2022
re: #50 darthstar
{{darthstar}}}
you’re where you need to be
re: #177 Backwoods_Sleuth
I like that. ::: evil grin :::
This is now Russia’s only available flight path between Moscow and Kaliningrad. https://t.co/xDXf2eTgyw
— Bianna Golodryga (@biannagolodryga) February 26, 2022
If you’re curious where Russia’s oligarchs have gone to hide out during the war, this piece of data journalism is a great resource. https://t.co/qrZueyvAqN
— Joshua Hind (@joshuahind) February 26, 2022
re: #182 Backwoods_Sleuth
I feel for them. I just cannot reach them. /
BREAKING: European Union will end a scheme that allows wealthy Russians to get EU citizenship
— The Spectator Index (@spectatorindex) February 26, 2022
re: #180 CleverToad
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Sooooo…
Before today, they were ordered to do, what, exactly?
Fuck around and pants themselves over and over again, and piss away a battalion of paratroops and a couple hundred armored vehicles and trucks?
Well, thank God THAT’S over with. https://t.co/sqE3zQYWpV— soonergrunt 🇺🇸 A Capybara Appreciation Account (@soonergrunt) February 26, 2022
re: #187 Belafon
Second echelon’s turn. This is the major attack.
Unstated threat is use of artillery and air bombardment against Ukrainian cities resulting in massive civilian deaths and destruction of Ukraine’s urban areas.
Basically, implying that if Russia cannot have the cities, then neither can Ukraine.
West may be forced into further action if this proceeds into a major humanitarian crisis.
re: #183 ckkatz
We need to do the same with the EB-5. That would piss off a lot of Trump buddies as a bonus.\
Oops, this was in response to #185
Ursula von der Leyen: we will paralyse the assets of Russia’s central bank. This will freeze its transactions. And it will make it impossible for the Central Bank to liquidate its assets https://t.co/QwdNzV4ce0 via @vonderleyen pic.twitter.com/YctxO5MBUr
— Liveuamap (@Liveuamap) February 26, 2022
EU’S VON DER LEYEN SAYS WE WILL PARALYSE THE ASSETS OF RUSSIA’S CENTRAL BANK, THIS WILL FREEZE ITS TRANSACTIONS AND IT WILL MAKE IT IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE CENTRAL BANK TO LIQUIDATE ITS ASSETS
— Hümeyra Pamuk (@humeyra_pamuk) February 26, 2022
re: #88 Thanos
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Hot Tip: If Apple or Microsoft sends you an update over the next few months, accept it immediately.
— David B. Larter (@DavidLarter) February 26, 2022
This is amazing and incredibly insightful. BLUF:
1) Logistics rules all
2) Span of control is limited by experience and comma
3) FA is only as effective as your FOs
4) the lying about readiness runs deep
5) sunk-cost bias in war is paid by 18 year old lives https://t.co/BaODIua0KN— ian (@ChemicalFire) February 26, 2022
re: #178 Barefoot Grin
The henchman of Chechnya is not stupid. He does not want to loose his private guard in Ukraine. He will need his killers very soon, when Putin falls and he will need them to fight for his life (and they will fight for theirs too) against Chechens, who he slaughtered for years. https://t.co/M65pempx66
— Sergej Sumlenny (@sumlenny) February 26, 2022
beyond parody pic.twitter.com/q1g3UZ9pIi
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2022
And it will be a major morale booster ///// to the Russian Army once they figure this out:
This really is remarkable. NATO countries are pouring weapons into Ukraine with the specific intent of killing Russian soldiers. Russia doesn’t seem prepared to do anything about it. https://t.co/m50sEYVKWm
— Robert Farley (@drfarls) February 26, 2022
re: #106 Dr Lizardo
She’s absolutely correct. At first, Putin’s hostility towards Ukraine had nothing do with NATO. It was about the EU….
Which means he wasn’t worried about Ukraine becoming a military threat.
He was worried about Ukraine becoming prosperous and free.
He was worried that Russians might see there was another way.
re: #195 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
I wondered why the Chechens were posing for propaganda pics.
Vlad must have got coalition building lessons from GWB.
re: #198 ckkatz
And it will be a major morale booster ///// to the Russian Army once they figure this out:
That’s why it’s being done loudly.
re: #200 darthstar
I wondered why the Chechens were posing for propaganda pics.
Vlad must have got coalition building lessons from GWB.
Russia is really into propaganda. It’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not. I have no idea myself.
re: #83 darthstar
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re: #202 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Russia is really into propaganda. It’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not. I have no idea myself.
Which is why they have such a low vaccination rate. We’re not far behind, though….
re: #123 mmmirele
So I saw this the other day:
And I got to thinking, ummm…And I came over to my prepper brother’s house, I brought it up, we talked about it and we’re ordering potassium iodide tablets (130 mg). Just in case. I feel very weird about this.
Don’t bother. If it goes pear shaped then iodine tablets aren’t going to do you any good.
⚡️Russian soldiers fire at an ambulance, kill 2, injure 1 near Kherson.
Russian forces shelled the medical vehicle, blowing it up. A driver and a patient were burned alive, Segodnya news site reported. The patient was injured due to Russian shelling earlier that day.— The Kyiv Independent (@KyivIndependent) February 26, 2022
re: #83 darthstar
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Marjorie Taylor Greene speaking at a white supremacist conference and Madison Cawthorne staying he wants a president to instill terror in “the rest of the world” are reminders that not all of America’s enemies live in Moscow. https://t.co/NgXuAvuemP
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) February 26, 2022
re: #86 JC1
There’s also the past few hundred years of history, and WW2 war crimes like Katyn, perpetrated at the hands of the KGB predecessor, etc.
And Russia’s allegiance to Hitler, where they helped carve up Poland during the initial month of WW2.
I just hope the Ukrainians haven’t blown through all the NLAWs and Javelins they had. Seems like they are really going to need those today.
A metric fuckton of molotov cocktails and some sticky-bombs would be great too.
No one’s going to write the headline so I will:
“How will freezing Putin’s money affect Republican’s chances in the midterms?”— Jack Bryan (@jackabryan) February 26, 2022
If Putin’s money is frozen, will the NRA still be able to afford Dana Loesch?
— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 26, 2022
So, looking at that tranche of sanctions that’s just been announced, the most likely reason that it’s only “some banks” is because some might either be too small and insignificant or conversely, simply too big to fail for Western markets. This also leaves us room to add additional banks to the shit list and apply even more pressure
But let’s remember that disconnecting one major bank from SWIFT is a very serious sanction; disconnecting multiple banks is crippling - and to freeze the assets of a central bank is absolutely brutal for an economy that was already struggling, especially with the sanctions that were already in place/been announced.
In other words: Russia will now find it extremely difficult to import key materials for their most important sectors, many banks have already been disconnected from the global finance market and now the Russian Central Bank can’t even try to juice the economy because its assets have been frozen.
So if your bank is not able to conduct financial transactions and your central bank can no longer counteract, market panic and a run on the banks will likely follow. In a post-COVID world economy that was already facing inflation crises as it is, this is a savage left-hook, right-hook combination for the Russian economy. But when all is said and done, these are the best options that won’t drag us down the shitter with Putin and his toadies.
The West is not fucking around. We whipped out the big guns.
The financial director for Gazprom, the largest publicly-listed natural gas company in the world and the largest company in Russia by revenue, has been found dead by suicide in St. Petersburg
— Market Rebellion (@MarketRebels) February 26, 2022
They won’t rest until they kill us all https://t.co/r6wbckSL8j
— Grudgie the Whale (@grudging1) February 26, 2022
We tried to take care of your mom.
You called that socialism and told us to go fuck ourselves. https://t.co/S4S5j5gmJp— Stonekettle (@Stonekettle) February 26, 2022
Someday, historians will look back at the last two weeks and recognize that Biden and American intelligence outing Putin’s plans to fabricate a cause of war was a major historic domino.
It led to Putin’s unhinged rant about restoring imperialist Soviet Russia…
1/— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 26, 2022
He was goaded into a narcissistic rage and in his ranting fury at being denied power, revealed all of his past lies for what they were.
Putin was baited into telling all the world just what a dangerous madman he is.
The future of Europe may have changed in that one moment.
//— The Hoarse Whisperer (@TheRealHoarse) February 26, 2022
re: #215 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
Is this the second or third body?
re: #188 ckkatz
Second echelon’s turn. This is the major attack.
Unstated threat is use of artillery and air bombardment against Ukrainian cities resulting in massive civilian deaths and destruction of Ukraine’s urban areas.
Basically, implying that if Russia cannot have the cities, then neither can Ukraine.
West may be forced into further action if this proceeds into a major humanitarian crisis.
To expound on this further…
If the 3 million residents of Kyiv stand and fight, sending 15,000 Russians in armored vehicles there will be a death trap for the Russians. The only real option to ‘take’ Kyiv would be to burn the city down and kill off the civilian population through bombardment.
The Russians did that to Grozny after getting chased out of it several times. They also helped do that to Aleppo more recently. I do not think that the Russian military would have any moral issues with doing it to Kyiv.
The question is what the world in general, and the rest of Europe in particular, will do if it is tried on a European capitol of 3 million souls and a 1000 year history by a foreign invader.
re: #202 Yeah Sure WhatEVs
Russia is really into propaganda. It’s hard to know what’s true and what’s not. I have no idea myself.
I might be completely wrong, but the impression I’ve got from the Russian people via observation (such as it is from the US via the Internet) is that they know their media is all state run and lies about everything, so most of them don’t believe any of it or pay any attention to it.
No one is buying the bullshit reasons Putin gave for this, but most are used to the government / Putin doing whatever it wants anyway that this is just a day ending in Y for them.
The Ukrainian northeastern city of Kharkiv remains under heavy fire today. The video shows the ongoing Russian shelling, published minutes ago.
📷@nakipelouapic.twitter.com/0v1vFpfcwI— Euromaidan Press (@EuromaidanPress) February 26, 2022
re: #150 John Hughes
Could someone please explain how the republicans gain by registering democrats as republicans against their will?
Doesn’t this just mean that those democrats get to vote in the republican primaires?
If you are working for candidates, you will often send literature or personal postcards to those who are members of your party. If a person is registered as a Republican, they won’t receive these contacts.
re: #224 Hecuba’s daughter
If you are working for candidates, you will often send literature or personal postcards to those who are members of your party. If a person is registered as a Republican, they won’t receive these contacts.
Could have been canvassers deliberately goosing their numbers to look good to the bosses.
I also suspect there are plenty of hoops to jump through to switch your affiliation back.
re: #221 ckkatz
I do not think that the Russian military would have any moral issues with doing it to Kyiv.
I think you underestimate the racism element.
In the current Russian mythology Ukrainians are “near family”, not foreigners. The generals might not have qualms, but the conscript soldiers?
re: #215 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
“Suicide.”
The Putin Purges have apparently begun.
Lots more Russian General and Oligarch “suicides” from falling out of windows, floating in rivers and accidentally shooting themselves with AK’s to come.
re: #227 Florida Panhandler
“Suicide.”
The Putin Purges have apparently begun.
Lots more Russian General and Oligarch “suicides” from falling out of windows, floating in rivers and accidentally shooting themselves with AK’s to come.
You forgot the bad shell fish.
re: #224 Hecuba’s daughter
If you are working for candidates, you will often send literature or personal postcards to those who are members of your party. If a person is registered as a Republican, they won’t receive these contacts.
Why would a party restrict “literature” to members?
Surely non-members are the ones you want to convince?
Such a gulf of understanding.
In Europe to be a “member” of a party has nothing to do with the government, it’s between you and the party. (Also it usually means that you pay). Members are the ones out in the streets distributing literature.
re: #188 ckkatz
Second echelon’s turn. This is the major attack.
Unstated threat is use of artillery and air bombardment against Ukrainian cities resulting in massive civilian deaths and destruction of Ukraine’s urban areas.
Basically, implying that if Russia cannot have the cities, then neither can Ukraine.
West may be forced into further action if this proceeds into a major humanitarian crisis.
Buildings and infrastructure yes, but Kiev has a lot of bomb shelters.
re: #199 John Hughes
Which means he wasn’t worried about Ukraine becoming a military threat.
He was worried about Ukraine becoming prosperous and free.
He was worried that Russians might see there was another way.
Which is why the BS Nazi spin.
re: #222 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I might be completely wrong, but the impression I’ve got from the Russian people via observation (such as it is from the US via the Internet) is that they know their media is all state run and lies about everything, so most of them don’t believe any of it or pay any attention to it.
No one is buying the bullshit reasons Putin gave for this, but most are used to the government / Putin doing whatever it wants anyway that this is just a day ending in Y for them.
True. Proven out by the vaccine rate. And yes, ours sucks in some places, too, because of disinformation, much coming from Russia.
re: #210 Hecuba’s daughter
And Russia’s allegiance to Hitler, where they helped carve up Poland during the initial month of WW2.
Also, prior to WW2 Kiev was part of Poland. Stalin insisted that the former Polish border be pushed west, and FDR didn’t object all that much. Historically there hasn’t been much love lost between Poland and Ukraine (complicated history going back to the 1500s), but Russia hold a ‘special’ place in polish psyche.
Betty White is on now WHYY. Just hit the Live TV button.
whyy.org
Seems to me that Putin under-committed resources necessary to suppress any response from Ukraine, and is now paying the price - especially not knocking out cell/internet service.
Neighbourhood woman who supported the guy who held up military assistance to Ukraine for his own political gain thinks we forgot. https://t.co/VLQlfZg5bl
— Tweedy (@marktweedy) February 26, 2022
Hank the Tank was framed!
This is some bullshit. Hank the Tank was FRAMED. https://t.co/J6spAotUNK
— AJ LENAR 🇺🇸 (@AJASONLENAR) February 25, 2022
re: #238 ckkatz
Hank the Tank was framed!
Hank the Tank is really three little bears in a giant bear suit.
re: #237 Backwoods_Sleuth
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Cheri is a lot more diplomatic than I can ever hope to be. I would just say, shut the fuck up you idiotic, opportunistic, lying asshole.
Sit down and shut up, Nikki.
You endorsed Trump trying to extort Zelensky to launch a fake investigation into Biden because Trump knew he couldn’t win without cheating.
You’re not getting away with this.— Cheri Jacobus (@CheriJacobus) February 26, 2022
⚡️Elon Musk at the request of the Ukrainian minister of digital transformation: Starlink service is now active in #Ukraine. pic.twitter.com/YeMnFYqrd2
— Ostap Yarysh (@OstapYarysh) February 26, 2022
big, if true pic.twitter.com/TmNZC6Qsog
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 26, 2022
Ukrainian Military Fighting Bravely Against Russian Invaders
Ukrainian service members are fighting bravely — and effectively — for their country against the massive Russian onslaught, a senior defense official said at the Pentagon today.
The official, speaking on background, said Russian forces attacking toward the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv are going slower than they anticipated. “They are meeting more resistance than they expected,” the official said.
The invasion, launched by Russian President Vladimir Putin on Feb. 23, is designed to “decapitate” the Ukrainian government so Russia can install its own puppet regime, DOD officials said.
The attack on the capital is just one of three axes that the Russians are attacking through. The second one is aimed at Kharkiv in the northeastern part of the country and fighting continues in that region. A third attack in the south seems to be splitting with Russian forces aiming northwest toward Kyiv and northeast toward Mariupol west of that city, Russian amphibious ships are landing naval infantry. “The general assumption is that they will move … towards the northeast towards Mariupol and the Donbass region,” the official said.
“What we’ve seen over the last 24 hours, we do assess that there is greater resistance by the Ukrainians than the Russians expected,” the official said.
“We also assess over the last 24 hours that in general … the Russians have lost a little bit of their momentum,” he said. “They are not advancing as far or as fast as we believe they expected they would do. A good indicator of that is no population centers have been taken.”
The official said that Russia has yet to achieve air superiority over Ukraine. “Ukrainian air missile defense systems are still working, though they were degraded by strikes,” he said.
This includes Ukrainian aircraft that continue to engage and deny air access to Russian aircraft.
Russia continues to fire missiles into Ukraine with the total number up to around 200 since the invasion began. These are a combination of ballistic and cruise-launched missiles from land, sea and air.
Officials estimate the Russians have about a third of the forces they amassed on Ukraine’s borders and in Belarus inside Ukraine now.
Finally, he noted that Ukrainian command and control of its military is still working and that officials are still able to coordinate movements, get supplies where they are needed, target the enemy and so on.
There have certainly been casualties, but the official would not hazard a guess to the extent. “While I can’t give you exact numbers, we certainly don’t think that it has been bloodless,” the official said. “In just the last 24 hours that there have been, there has been loss of life. There have been casualties, and each and every one of them could have been avoided if Mr. Putin had taken advantage of the diplomatic options he still had available to him. [This is] his war, his choice and these are on his hands, and I think that’s important to continue to remember.”
These beautiful photos were scattered on the ground outside the apartment that was struck early this morning in Kyiv, blowing away and getting wet and dirty. We picked them up to save them. Help us find these families so we can return them! pic.twitter.com/93ape4qllz
— Siobhán O’Grady (@siobhan_ogrady) February 26, 2022
Russia: There are reports of non-Russian credit & debit cards being declined. The problem appears to be related to sanctions following the unprovoked & unjustified attack by Russian military forces in Ukraine. Be prepared with alternate means of payment. https://t.co/azFfYhKwZo pic.twitter.com/76YzmDWJ8Z
— Travel - State Dept (@TravelGov) February 26, 2022
re: #233 JC1
Also, prior to WW2 Kiev was part of Poland. Stalin insisted that the former Polish border be pushed west, and FDR didn’t object all that much. Historically there hasn’t been much love lost between Poland and Ukraine (complicated history going back to the 1500s), but Russia hold a ‘special’ place in polish psyche.
Lviv was part of Poland, not Kiev.
A Big chunk of Poland was taken by the Soviets and put in Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine by the Soviets in exchange for Eastern Pomerania, Silesia, and the southern half of East Prussia.
re: #245 Teukka
My hotel in Moscow asked me to settle the bill early because they aren’t sure if credit cards are going to work once SWIFT sanctions kick in.
— Raf Sanchez (@rafsanchez) February 26, 2022
#Anonymous is continuing its operations against the Russian Federation. Our operations are targeting the Russian government and those close to the Russian Government- We are at War ! We are united with #ukraine 🇺🇦 Mr Putin ! You have been warned - Expect MORE!
— Anonymous (@AnonymousUK2022) February 26, 2022
re: #241 Backwoods_Sleuth
Zuckerberg gave us a flag emoji.
re: #246 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Lviv was part of Poland, not Kiev.
A Big chunk of Poland was taken by the Soviets and put in Lithuania, Belarus, and Ukraine by the Soviets in exchange for Eastern Pomerania, Silesia, and the southern half of East Prussia.
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Weird, I knew that. Don’t know if I typed Lviv as a brain fart or autocorrect glitch; probably brain fart. Kiev wasn’t part of Poland since the cossack uprising in the 1650s.
re: #215 FormerDirtDart 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips
The financial director for Gazprom, the largest publicly-listed natural gas company in the world and the largest company in Russia by revenue, has been found dead by suicide in St. Petersburg
— Market Rebellion (@MarketRebels) February 26, 2022
More of this, please.
re: #83 darthstar
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re: #227 Florida Panhandler
“Suicide.”
The Putin Purges have apparently begun.
Lots more Russian General and Oligarch “suicides” from falling out of windows, floating in rivers and accidentally shooting themselves with AK’s to come.
Someone tweeted earlier:
Old Soviet joke
What is the last thing a good communist party member says before he commits suicide?
“Don’t shoot, comrades.”— 𝙒𝘽 𝙔𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙜 🍕🐀 No Capt’n 😷 Trips (@FormerDirtDart) February 26, 2022
re: #80 Dr Lizardo
I’m thinking more along the lines of when the Russian military brass concludes that Putin may well have not only led them to disaster, but exposed Russian military deficiencies to a global audience. The much-vaunted Russian Army could find itself becoming a laughing stock, the butt of jokes.
Too late for that. The point has been settled and the Russian army can’t fight its way out of a wet paper bag.
❗️ A massive explosion in #Kyiv
It is reported that an oil depot near #Vasylkiv is on fire as a result of the strike. If this is true, a large-scale technogenic and environmental catastrophe is possible. pic.twitter.com/Yq1mx6ZNKZ— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
Another video of the fire at the oil depot in #Vasylkiv has appeared pic.twitter.com/Lho7iZAzpx
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 26, 2022
The moment of the explosion at the oil depot pic.twitter.com/nKz0YLV7AR
— NEXTA (@nexta_tv) February 27, 2022
re: #249 DodgerFan1988
Shorter Anonymous: “Fuck you, Wikileaks!”
I’m sorry if this has been posted, but it does seem to coalesce, and Marcy’s very good at this stuff (read thread):
Lots of people are forgetting a key detail about the August 2, 2016 meeting between Trump’s campaign manager and a Russian spy. YES, Manafort told Kilimnik how Trump planned to win the swing states.YES, Manafort took the meeting expecting $20M in benefit for him personally.
— emptywheel (@emptywheel) February 26, 2022
Continuing in my vein of how embarrassingly dumb this is for Russia…
Has Ukraine tried setting up a toll booth on the road to Kyiv? Given how genius this has all been, it should give them some more time.
Ivan: “Зеленський наскрізний!?!? Что этот мудак придумает дальше? У кого-нибудь есть наличные?”
Everyone else: “Нет.”
Ivan: “Кто-то должен вернуться и получить дохрена рублей.”
re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth
Vasylkiv, oil depot on fire pic.twitter.com/hbd1RKJ3OU
— OSINTtechnical (@Osinttechnical) February 26, 2022
re: #257 Backwoods_Sleuth
I thought the dictators’ playbook was to pull that shite in your retreat.
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re: #260 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’m not sure how accurate that is in Russian. But it should be a Blazing Saddles Joke when translated, but I do not know Russian. Only English and German (barely).
re: #264 Colère Tueur de Lapin
I can’t find the post anymore, but I saw a photo on Twitter of someone holding up a sign that said “Russian Army Pronouns: Was/Were”
Oh, about that Russian ship full of cars that the French seized?
It was on its way from France to St Petersbourg.
Seizing it at sea was pure grandstanding by France, they could have just not let it leave.
(Also, a smallish Russian freighter full of cars going from a small French port to Russia? Probably stuffed with stolen mercs and beemers).
Details:. The Baltic Leader went from Malta, to Le Harve on the 16th, got to Rouen on the 19th, stayed for 5 days, was sent to Boulogne sur mer on the 26th.
re: #266 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
Check out #177
re: #248 darthstar
What my pulse has been doing today.
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re: #268 PhillyPretzel
Check out #177
Ahh it was here! Cool. I’ve been all over today, and took some time out to do a brake job on my GFs car. Forgot where I saw it.
Trump claims he’ll finish the wall in three weeks. I guess four years wasn’t enough time. pic.twitter.com/8DxDVzNH1i
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2022
This is not a lie — Ronny Jackson actually said this pic.twitter.com/H3i3j5HaJD
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2022
Wish I thought of saying this.
Notice how Ukrainian patriots are defending their capital instead of attacking it.
— Covie (@covie_93) February 26, 2022
re: #249 DodgerFan1988
We’ll, at least someone is feeling the cyber… Glad it’s Russia.
re: #260 Jack Burton in Mactified Forshion
I’m not sure how this works, but my son was just asked to train with UMD-College Park women’s soccer team. He plays on one of the better club teams, so I’m guessing they just want more physicality in scrimmages. I personally think this is worthy of a scholarship.
jfc
Trump claims “you could take the 5 worst presidents in American history, & put them together, and they would not have done the damage” that Biden has done.
Reminder that Trump was the first POTUS in a century to preside over job loss. Then Biden presided over historic job gains. pic.twitter.com/47uhi31BVn— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) February 27, 2022
This week’s @sfcivic show is a funny and thoughtful behind-the-scenes at @SFACC . Courtesy of @OfficerEdith and featuring one highly boopable snoot:
(I did not actually boop, only record) https://t.co/xfjGiLVdyd— Laura Wenus (@LauraWenus) February 26, 2022
Let me introduce you to Miss Ukraine Anastasiia Lenna. Ukraine has 36,000 women serving in the military. The most women of any military. #UkraineWar #UkraineUnderAttack pic.twitter.com/EvLF40GSWC
— Bob Ossowski (@backwoodsbob1) February 26, 2022
!!! Ukraine’s Interior ministry asked residents to take down street signs in order to confuse oncoming Russian troops. The state road-signs agency went one step further. (Roughly: all directions are to “go fuck yourselves”) pic.twitter.com/8xVjceqRfx
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) February 26, 2022
Stunning colour photography in Samarkand 112 years ago. These amazing pictures were taken around 1910 by the chemist & photographer Sergey Prokudin-Gorsky using a 3-filter colour process. They look remarkably modern and dynamic well over a century later. (They are not colourised) pic.twitter.com/LX6n9KDkD7
— BabelColour (@StuartHumphryes) February 26, 2022
re: #279 darthstar
Bottom one — fuck off back to Russia.
(The whole “take street signs down” thing is a huge WW2 echo for Brits).
re: #282 John Hughes
Bottom one — fuck off back to Russia.
I’m not sure what the one with the “UP” arrow says, but I can speculate.
I learn to use #Kalashnikov and prepare to bear arms. It sounds surreal as just a few days ago it would never come to my mind. Our #women will protect our soil the same way as our #men. Go #Ukraine! 🇺🇦 pic.twitter.com/UbF4JRGlcy
— Kira Rudik (@kiraincongress) February 25, 2022
I’m just gonna leave this here pic.twitter.com/uJT2NIp2o7
— Henry Djoutsa 🇨🇲🇺🇸 Supports🇺🇦 (@D_jeneration) February 26, 2022
re: #175 ckkatz
That’s about 10% of the entire invasion’s ground power. (Ie, at one time and in one place, that’s a lot.)
Not counting support, that’s probably about the same number of men as in Pickett’s Charge by the way.
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I really hope Ukraine has had time to prepare some surprises along the way. A storefront building along the road, for instance, filled with an enormous shaped charge, able to take out at least armored personnel carriers passing by. It isn’t so much you need to destroy all 14 groups. You just need to force them to have to stop at every parked car, every storefront along the road, every dead animal on the road that’s potentially been turned into an IED. Take the Russians even more off their schedule.
re: #283 lizardofid
I’m not sure what the one with the “UP” arrow says, but I can speculate.
That just “fuck off/fuck you” (according to Google).
It’s almost morning there again. I hope they held the cities again.
Also they should strafe the abandoned vehicles with Molotov cocktails, or drop one in the cabins.
re: #83 darthstar
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re: #264 Colère Tueur de Lapin
Russia’s pronouns are was/were.
Saw that somewhere earlier. Probably here.
Comfort Kit arrived. Giving Dad some comfort. His eyes lit up when he learned it was coming. He was a GP for 45 years. Delivered 2200 babies.
re: #279 darthstar
If Ukraine survives this I’m going to try to spend a lot of money on Ukrainian-made stuff before I die.
re: #288 darthstar
It’s almost morning there again.
It’s around 3am. The sun rises around 6:46. In nearly four hours.
Speaking of which… Time to go to bed.
what if the james webb space telescope succeeds in capturing an image from the very edge of the expanding universe, and it’s an eye looking back at us?
— Charles Johnson (@Green_Footballs) February 27, 2022
re: #292 John Hughes
It’s around 3am. The sun rises around 6:46. In nearly four hours.
Speaking of which… Time to go to bed.
Time crawls. Hopefully the Russians are getting thin on weapons and slow down to conserve. Their logistics have been beautifully inept.
Hard not to wonder to what extent those close to Putin thinking about & maybe even discussing what to do. It is not just that he is leading their country into ruin; they have to consider that their support for Putin will make them hunted war criminals for the rest of their lives.
— Richard N. Haass (@RichardHaass) February 27, 2022
re: #293 Charles Johnson
Or the original Dairy Queen.
Later all. I think I’ll just shut it down and hold a good thought till morning.
Hoping peace breaks out.
in better news, the new Ipad is supposed to show up Monday. I got one of the cheap ones, and I’m kind of hoping the old Logitech keyboard will still work with it. I’d like to avoid even the 80 bucks Amazon Warehouse wants for one. Plus, I mostly use the thing as a glorified kindle. But if the keyboard works, I can do some actual writing almost anywhere, which would be nice.
re: #295 Dread Pirate Ron
re: #297 lizardofid
Later all. I think I’ll just shut it down and hold a good thought till morning.
Hoping peace breaks out.
Three cheers for the self preservation instinct. May those around Putin see their only out is unseating him.
Then watch him take as many people as he can down with him.
re: #298 steve_davis
My iPad is my glorified Nook.
President Vladimir Putin has ushered in a crisis for his country — in its economy and identity,” the New York Times reports.
“The Kremlin is hiding the reality of the country’s attack on Ukraine from its own people, even cracking down on news outlets that call it a ‘war.’”
“But the economic carnage and societal turmoil wrought by Mr. Putin’s invasion is becoming increasingly difficult to obscure.”
re: #283 lizardofid
I’m not sure what the one with the “UP” arrow says, but I can speculate.
“Again fuck yourselves,” I think.
CPAC is the most extraordinary collection of dirt bags, crackpots and sociopathic fascists devoid of human knowledge, that has ever been gathered together in one place, with the possible exception of when Donald Trump dines alone. https://t.co/k9Y890NtwD
— Edwin (@EdMix13) February 27, 2022
re: #279 darthstar
he noted this earlier this morning:
Just for avoidance of doubt: the state road agency is dismantling the road signs (here’s message below); the “go fuck yourself” sign is clearly their illustrative joke, not real street signs. (for now at least). pic.twitter.com/vkIrr7yIh8
— Christo Grozev (@christogrozev) February 26, 2022
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Ranked-Choice Voting Has Challenged the Status Quo. Its Popularity Will Be Tested in November. JUNEAU — Alaska’s new election system — with open primaries and ranked voting — has been a model for those in other states who are frustrated by political polarization and a sense that voters lack real choice at the ... Cheechako
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