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

He’s doubling down because if he loses, he’s done for. At least that’s what I’ve heard.

What kind of human would willingly trade thousands of lives to get their own way?

Calling @Paladin

A Russian businessman did put up a $1 million bounty. I feel he's coming up short.

https://www.fox13now.com/news/natio...inessman-puts-1-million-bounty-of-putins-head

They can join North Korea as the new Hermit Kingdom.

It's OK ... Putin still has Marjorie Taylor Greene to spread his gospel.

Re: "Humanitarian corridors"

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Ilovaisk

Ummm…. WTF?!?!



I don’t know much more about Soviet nuke plants than the Wikihole I went down after watching Chernobyl.

Is there danger of a runaway reactor due to this kind of attack?

If so how is that different from actually dropping nukes?

The Wiki entry on them is rather short. Assuming they're closer in design to Fukushima than Chernobyl, if everything goes south, the danger isn't necessarily as bad as what happened at Chernobyl, but it still ain't good.

It's been a long time since I cried over a news report, but David Muir's story from the Ukraine/Poland was a heartbreaker: young mothers with their children...the children with their favorite stuffed animals, in one case with their dog. Somewhat leavened by the strangers at the train station offering shelter to refugees: one couple from Denmark offering shelter to up to 8 people...my God...

Be glad you don't follow the tech sector closely. A whole lotta tech companies (really big ones like Microsoft) have facilities in Ukraine. Folks from divisions in other parts of Europe are driving hours to get to the border of Poland and Ukraine, to give the folks who worked in Ukraine a ride and a place to stay. One of the problems that they're running into, however, is that the Polish authorities are giving priority to Ukrainian nationals while forcing non-Ukrainian nationals (who were in Ukraine for work, study, or tourism) to the back of the line. This seems to me like a case where you should just pretty much let everyone in and sort it all out later, but apparently not.

This song is now going through my head.

He’s 100% right about the VDV. I was assigned Russian at SWCS which not only did I spent six months learning Russian 6 days a week, but also cultural studies and military organization.

I’ve posted this before but it seems more relevant now:



If you ever need someone to stand on a lit BBQ grill and spray from the hip the VDV is DEFINITELY the ones to call.

Good news and bad news. WWE is cutting ties with its Russian broadcasting partner. That might be good news except that the nation's collective IQ is already going up.

Also, just wanted to point out that even in this propaganda video no has a particularly strong exit. And in fact one guy slips his way out the door.

It’s not Brightstar bad but it is definitely not good.

Whose? Theirs or ours?

So, I feel a bit better. You know, like when you realize that the guy's pulled a derringer on you instead of a Glock.

People with something to lose know presidential assassins don't end well.
You need a cancer patient, or someone with syphilis like the guys who started WWI.

Could you imagine what a western military would have done to that stuck convoy by now? It would be diabolical.

It’s really a shame no sympathetic nonaligned nations fly American planes. We could loan them so many planes.