Today’s Biggest Developments In Ukraine | Talking Points Memo

Good. He and his entire political party need to own their love and support for Putin. Bury them with it.

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Excellent! This move will cost the oligarchs big! Now maybe one of them will “have a little chat” with Putin (who never gets to leave the room voluntarily).

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Yep: Russia is Indonesia with nukes.

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Although I have to admit, given the whole Spanish Civil War retro vibe, I’ve spent the afternoon, like Hemmingway, with a tequila and cervezas!

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but they advertised the arrival of blood supplies

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“Praise the Lord, and pass the ammunition.”

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To use it as a device for further influencing public opinion. People tend to believe things if they think someone has gone to the trouble of writing it down. Even when it’s complete bullshit.

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Yup.

I guess the armour also has no fuel and the operators haven’t eaten in three days so…

Toss in some recently fed plebs who don’t need to run on diesel! Problem solved.

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I believe you ralph….

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That was your first mistake.

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Supposedly there was a damn deystroyed SW of the city. They are worried about flooding now. I wonder if that was the explosion.

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Mussolini used chemical weapons on the Ethiopians, too.

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And if this is the first poll they see on American’s opinion on what’s happening then this is set in stone. Subsequent polling, or news reports don’t matter, this is the first piece of info they’ll file away.

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Can someone suggest a trustworthy live video feed from Kyiv?

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No translation with this, but it’s a couple UKR army guys with what appear to be Javelin-type missiles ready to go. They seem psyched. Russian tank crews are probably aware these are set-'em-and-forget-'em weapons, no wire, no need to guide it all the way to the target. You pop up, shoot, and you’re on your way.

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Excellent development! The Champions League Championship has already been moved to Paris from St. Petersburg, so if FIFA steps up and bans Russia from not just the World Cup but all competition, that hurts.

And let’s give Russia’s place to Iceland, because Iceland is pretty awesome and also not currently trying to invade or oppress anyone.

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Let’s go find some tanks. :grinning:

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Public gullibility is the affliction that destroys nations.

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We used to actually own one of those. I remember a lot of summer road trips laying in the back. Not a bad way to travel for a kid.

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