This made me choke up when it first was posted. Zelensky’s straight out of Casablanca at this point. Praying for him and Ukraine to survive. (And because I’m a hardheaded liberal, praying that the weapons necessary for that survival arrive en masse. Per “trust but verify”… pray, but load your weapon too.”)
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Ordinary Russians are already feeling the impacts of Putin’s war.
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Excerpt:
Russia are due to take part in a head-to-head match with Poland next month to decide which team will take one of the final European qualifying spots for this year’s soccer World Cup.
On Saturday, the Polish soccer federation announced that it would not play the game.
Under normal rules, that would mean they are thrown out of the competition and Russia would advance to play at the World Cup. However, given Russia’s attack on Ukraine FIFA now has a big decision to make.
Sweden, a potential future opponent of Russia in the playoffs, later said they would also refuse to play Russia “regardless of where the match is played.”
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It will be important to listen to Russian propaganda messaging. When Putin starts to declare victory, we’ll know he’s done.
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Time to dine on some borscht and varenyky, in solidarity.
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Trump/Putin
Both have enablers. Get at them and keep doing so. I am interested in the ones here
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But but but…Pappa John’s Pizza man sez this is all Biden’s fault …
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I just love this piece. Brought tears to my eyes.
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Finally, something that the average Joe will care about! FIFA needs to step up and ban Russian aggressors from the privileges of civilized society.
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With lots and lots of sour cream. Btw. for those who aren’t Slavic, varenyky are pierogi. But hey, don’t forget the Holubtsi, cabbage rolls. My Mom, although German made the best under my Dads tutelage. Even Poles and Ukrainians always said so.
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Mine too. Mussorgsky’s music is inspiring.
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Time to send the analog modular synths into battle!
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And this envelops Trump and his minions as well. Every bit of the conveniences that fatt fuck enjoys ultimately comes from both historical and actual efforts by millions of ordinary Americans doing their jobs, often at substandard (from OUR Oligarchs) pay.
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Shostakovich, brilliant! He was such a subversive during Soviet times.
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I LOOOOOVE pierogi, boiled then pan fried with onion and slathered with sour cream.
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The EU seems to have worked through its softest members and now the Netherlands and others are sending anti-aircraft, anti-tank, artillery and humanitarian aid to the UKR gov’t. By the middle of next week, Ukraine’s supply lines will be stronger than Russia’s. Is Russia really going to continue this war, or will they fall back and try to protect Crimea, because right now, I’d take a fully loaded UKR military over the Russians if they were to advance and re-take Crimea.
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More power to them. But if the Russian military doesn’t have satellite navigation, things are even worse for them than I imagined.
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Well, I’ve always considered Borscht a Russian soup and Golubtsi Russian cabbage rolls. And, to be frank, not tremendously different from Swedish and Bulgarian cabbage rolls, although they had different names.
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