"The 1980's are calling to ask for their foreign policy back."

Just "routine military exercises" I'm sure...

Kyiv is a deadly sequel to Home Alone. What do I mean by that? If you try to get into this city to invade it — front door, back door, second-floor window — you are fucked.

it makes perfect sense to me.

China may be rethinking their pro-Russia stance.
U.S. officials said they showed Beijing evidence of the Kremlin's intentions in the hope that Xi might leverage his relationship with Putin to prevent a conflict. In February, China dismissed Moscow's brinksmanship and accused Washington of exaggerating the threat of war.

Over the weekend, President Joe Biden's national security adviser, Jake Sullivan, told CNN that Chinese officials had been aware Putin was "planning something," although they might not have understood the extent of it. "Because it's very possible that Putin lied to them the same way that he lied to Europeans and others," Sullivan said.

At the same time, reports that Russia has requested Chinese military assistance continue to circulate—despite denials from both Moscow and Beijing.

A protracted war in Ukraine and growing international pressure against those aligned with Moscow have laid bare Beijing's options: it either knew about Putin's plan and did nothing, or it too was duped by Russia, its closest strategic partner in the new Cold War against the West.

ETA: Wait there's more!

I'm sorry the correct answer was Hawai'i. All the other states look like cocks, boxes, or vomit.

Ah yes, the game of coffee, beer, pot. Coffee Hillary, beer Biden, pot Obama, and cigar Bill.

Right wingers like to paint Mitt Romney as the far-sighted visionary who recognized Putin's threat. They seem to forget this.
While Donald Trump’s budding bromance with Vladimir Putin is well known — the two men have exchanged admiring words about each other and called for improved relations between Washington and Moscow — Putin’s hostility towards Clinton draws less attention.

Former U.S. officials who worked on Russia policy with Clinton say that Putin was personally stung by Clinton’s December 2011 condemnation of Russia’s parliamentary elections, and had his anger communicated directly to President Barack Obama. They say Putin and his advisers are also keenly aware that, even as she executed Obama’s “reset” policy with Russia, Clinton took a harder line toward Moscow than others in the administration. And they say Putin sees Clinton as a forceful proponent of “regime change” policies that the Russian leader considers a grave threat to his own survival.

What about West Bengal

New Jersey is the runner up with only one.

Normally we turn buildings green on Saint Patrick's Day...

Blue and yellow make green.

(except not really - https://colourware.org/2018/05/18/why-yellow-and-blue-dont-make-green/)

I don't know who this guy is, but he's an asshole and needs to get his priorities straight.

Some day people will figure out that the purpose of a suit (or most other forms of authoritative garb) is to get people to believe you when your ARE lying to them.

I... don't want that either.

I'm sticking around for nuclear winter, just to watch people brawl over the last can of expired beans instead of hassling each other over pronouns and microaggressions.

You'll just be happy that your long torment over direct deposit will be over.

You can live like that right now.
Colorado woods are calling, Grizzly.

Sounds like the perfect time to get someone in.

Wow, Ahnold absolutely knocks it out of the park. 9 mins or so, but IMO well worth it.

Sometimes I love my country so much I could just cry.

Here's a tweet from Canada's NATO mission from 2014:

A-fucking-mazing.