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Imagine how proud Chaplin would be of Zelensky
Author: patd
“But I don’t want to go among mad people," Alice remarked.
"Oh, you can’t help that," said the Cat: "we’re all mad here. I’m mad. You’re mad."
"How do you know I’m mad?" said Alice.
"You must be," said the Cat, "or you wouldn’t have come here.”
― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland
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Volodymyr, 2022’s version of Charlie in Modern Times when an innocent gets caught up in the machines of war madness
MOSCOW — The ruble cratered, the stock market froze and the public rushed to withdraw cash on Monday as Western sanctions kicked in and Russia awoke to uncertainty and fear over the rapidly spreading repercussions of President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
As the day began, Russia’s currency lost as much as a quarter of its value within hours. Scrambling to stem the decline, the Russian Central Bank more than doubled its key interest rate, banned foreigners from selling Russian securities and ordered exporters to convert into rubles most of their foreign-currency revenues. It closed the Moscow stock exchange for the day because of the “developing situation.”
I don’t understand what there is to negotiate. Vlad invaded. The only provocation was created in Vlad’s head. Civilians in Ukraine were killed. Vlad is guilty of war crimes.
“Some 6,000 Chinese citizens are in Ukraine, according to China’s state media. Unlike nationals from many other countries, they did not receive instructions to leave the country before the invasion began, as Chinese officials pushed back on warnings from the US and its allies that a Russian attack was imminent.”
“Beijing, which has fostered increasingly close ties with Moscow, has so far refused to condemn Russia outright, or describe its actions as an invasion. China’s state media has also adopted a pro-Russian viewpoint in its domestic coverage, while online posts in support of Ukraine and its President have been censored.
Meanwhile, there has been an outpouring of pro-Russian sentiment, as well as misogyny against Ukrainian women, on China’s highly restricted and censored social media, where nationalist voices typically dominate.
Such “disgusting comments” were later picked up by Ukrainian media, furthering suspicions of the Chinese community…”
“China’s response may be due to an “underestimation” of the situation — as well as the determination of Western support for Ukraine and the capacity of Ukraine’s forces. “They mostly thought the war would end in a very, very short period of time, maybe less than one week…and (Chinese citizens) would be protected under Russia’s (new) regime,” said Wu…”
Nice to see the Wicked Pickett’s homage to Sally at the end of yesterday’s jottings. Thanks, Robert.
“The Dictator” and “Modern Times”
Great Movieness.
“I don’t understand what there is to negotiate.”
BiD, it’s a cover to give vlad a chance to cease hostilities, to withdraw and to proclaim he won something. probably will boast about how he taught ukraine a lesson, “liberated” donbas and “freed” a segment of land near crimea. since he pretty much controls mother’s main media, he’ll get away with the ruse. ukraine just wants him to get out of their countryand doesn’t care what he says about it … words are cheap, lives have value.
Peace talks…..if history means anything it’s only to buy Putin more time to regroup and come back with more deadly force. Putin cannot acknowledge or accept defeat. Defeat means Putin goes down. I’m sure there are many insiders eager to participate toward that end.
A Ukrainian sailor has admitted trying to sink a yacht owned by the head of a Russian state arms firm, in retaliation for the invasion of Ukraine.
The 48m (157ft) Lady Anastasia, which belongs to Rosoboronexport director general Alexander Mikheev, was docked in Majorca in Spain when the mechanic opened valves in its engine room.
He was arrested by Civil Guard officers on Saturday and later released on bail.
He told a judge that he regretted nothing and would do it again.
The man said he tried to scuttle Mr Mikheev’s yacht after watching news reports from Ukraine on the television,
“There was a video of a helicopter attack on a building in Kyiv,” he was quoted as saying by local media.
“They were attacking innocents.”
[continues]
he was also quoted as saying “my boss is a criminal who sells weapons that kill the ukrainian people”
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed to the European Union to allow Ukraine to gain membership immediately under a special procedure, as it defends itself from invasion by Russian forces.
‘Our goal is to be with all Europeans and, most importantly, to be equal. I’m sure that’s fair. I am sure we deserved it,’ he said in a speech shared on social media.
in last part of video Zelensky speaks to russian soldiers and urges them to leave
meanwhile on this side of pond, is another jan 6 in the works to disrupt SOTU? too many of same folks who bankrolled the insurrection are bankrolling the trucker convoy on its way to DC to ignore the possibility
The Truck convoy of massively ignorant idiots has ceased to roll.
Put the DC wrecker companies on notice.
Time for the EU to call an emergency meeting and consider Zelensky’s appeal to add Ukraine to the alliance. It would send shivers down Vlad’s spine.
I wonder what Dumbass thinks about the “genius” of the Kremlin now that the Russian economy is collapsing in less than a week after the economic sanctions started to be imposed? Interest rates doubled, the Moscow stock market is closed down and the ruble is collapsing quickly. So much for all those measures Putin took to avoid such consequences.
I’d like to see the US provide them with anti-tank land mines and drones to attack the fuel convoys that have to refuel the tanks. It’s not like we don’t have the intelligence to provide to let them know the routes they will be taking into the cities. I’m just not exactly sure how we’ll get the armaments to them – on trains from Poland? That seems pretty obvious and exposed.
…10 year process to join EU and it has a mutual-defense clause, meaning admitting Ukraine would be an automatic declaration of war against Russia for all of EU = highly unlikely
Lord Lebedev, the Russian-born magnate who owns London’s Evening Standard newspaper, has urged Vladimir Putin to stop the invasion of Ukraine.
Lebedev has published an open letter to the Russian leader on today’s front page.
Lebedev, who is a long-term friend of UK PM Boris Johnson and sits in the House of Lords, says: “I plead with you to use today’s negotiations to bring this terrible conflict in Ukraine to an end.”
The letter appears alongside a photograph of a paramedic performing CPR on a six-year-old girl who was injured after shells struck her apartment block in Mariupol, Ukraine, on Sunday.
I don’t understand what there is to negotiate.
Reparations, the safe withdrawal of Russian troops, Do they get to keep their tanks. shoes, underwear, or do they gotta walk back naked.
Jack
“The US is taking immediate action on Monday to prohibit American dollar transactions with the Russian central bank and fully block the Russian direct investment fund, senior administration officials said, an aggressive move that aims at some of Russia’s most powerful means of mitigating the effect of sanctions.”
If Vlad were serious about negotiating anything (what is there to negotiate when he invaded over some made-up cause in his demented brain), he would tell his murder troops to stand down.
It’s BS!
4,000 Russian dead in 5 days, twice our losses in Afghanistan over 20 years
yes, it is bs but for Ukraine doing the dance is part of the process.
Jack
Ukrainian Ambassador to the @UN @SergiyKyslytsya reads text messages between a Russian soldier and his mother moments before he was killed.
“Mama, I’m in Ukraine. There is a real war raging here. I’m afraid. We are bombing all of the cities…even targeting civilians.” https://t.co/kbWYZfbSpE
Craig I take that number about as serious as I do the “Kyiv ghost”.The Ukraine ace pilot who has shot down 6 planes.
All numbers are suspect right now.
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Monday signed a membership application formally requesting that Ukraine join the European Union (EU) amid a Russian invasion of his country.
Andriy Sybiha, deputy head of the president’s office in Ukraine, said in a tweet that head of parliament Ruslan Stefanchuk and Prime Minister Denys Shmyhal had also signed a joint statement.
“The President of Ukraine, Volodymyr Zelensky has just signed a historical document-Ukraine’s application for European Union membership,” Sybiha wrote on Twitter.
“Glory to Ukraine!” he added.
The tweet included photos of the application and the three men signing the papers.
In a Facebook post cited by Interfax Ukraine, Sybiha said the documents were on their way to Brussels.
The European Union wants Ukraine to join the bloc “over time,” Ms. von der Leyen said in an interview with Euronews on Saturday, although she gave no indication of timing.
Ukraine took a first step to joining the European Union in early 2014, but progress toward accession has been slow. Kyiv’s turn toward the European Union and the West has angered President Vladimir V. Putin of Russia and has helped fuel a conflict involving Russia-backed separatists in eastern Ukraine.
We, the Presidents of the EU member states: the Republic of Bulgaria, the Czech Republic, the Republic of Estonia, the Republic of Latvia, the Republic of Lithuania, the Republic of Poland, the Slovak Republic, and the Republic of Slovenia strongly believe that Ukraine deserves receiving an immediate EU accession perspective.
Therefore, we call on the EU Member States to consolidate highest political support to Ukraine and enable the EU institutions to conduct steps to immediately grant Ukraine a EU candidate country status and open the process of negotiations.
In this critical moment, we reiterate our full solidarity with Ukraine and its People.
The open letter follows an appeal earlier today from Ukraine president Volodymyr Zelenskiy for Ukraine to be granted EU membership immediately under a special procedure, with Ukraine formally applying for membership.
More on Turkey banning all warships from crossing the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits leading to the Black Sea from the Guardian’s Ruth Michaelson:
Turkey controls the straits under the 1936 Montreux Convention, which stipulates that in a time of war Turkey may block access to warships belonging to states bordering the Black Sea, providing they are not returning to their permanent bases there.
Turkish officials including Çavuşoğlu declared yesterday that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine constitutes a war, a shift in tone after officials previously described it as a “military operation,” even while condemning Russia’s actions.
According to the convention, Black Sea nations must notify Turkey eight days in advance of their warships, including submarines, transiting the straits while warships belonging to other nations require 15 days notice. The decision to block ships could affect an estimated 16 Russian warships and submarines currently in the Mediterranean, some of which are part of their Black Sea fleet.
Following a meeting of his cabinet, Turkish president Recep Tayyip Erdoğan stated earlier today that “we have decided to exercise the authority granted to our country by the Montreux Convention regarding vessel traffic on the straits in order to prevent the escalation of the crisis.”
Erdogan has repeatedly offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine, amid efforts to maintain its alliances with both parties. Turkey imports roughly a third of its natural gas from Russia and previously bought Russia’s S400 missile defense system, but has recently enhanced its economic and defense ties to Ukraine, including selling Kyiv Turkish Bayraktar TB2 drones.
“Throughout this process, we have maintained our multifaceted diplomatic initiatives uninterruptedly to ensure peace and stability, and we continue to do so,” said Erdoğan.
worthy of repeating from above:
The decision to block ships could affect an estimated 16 Russian warships and submarines currently in the Mediterranean, some of which are part of their Black Sea fleet.
Bob, I’m not sure whether or not it would be a big selling bumper sticker, but today I found myself wishing I had one and then wondering if anyone else in america might would want one, you know, like how popular a sticker it would be. I’m still not sure yet.
“I’M IN NO HURRY”
hitting them where it really hurts. money schmoney, it’s FUTBOL!
Money, that part of the war gets complicated but here is a good blog post about how economic sanctions and banking work.
Interest rates in Russia just hit 20%
That chuckling you hear occasionally is me whenever I think of all the politicians, and others who are into money laundering, around these United States who are watching their “investments”, “donations”, payoffs and whatever shrivel up. The guffaw is when I think of a bloated idiot with a few loans coming due. And, me falling down, rolling around holding my tummy as I laugh roar, is when I think of how many of these fools may have a special due on this date otherwise you might disappear loan. Yuppers, I have heard that the Russian mob is not the group you want to p off.
Switzerland has frozen Russian assets in Swiss banks. You gotta imagine there are some extremely angry oligarchs who were banking on access to their money in their numbered accounts. (Don’t throw a shoe at me for the pun)
Pogo – more fun is the mega-yachts they own are “on the move”. They are trying to get to one of the very few countries not in on the sanctions thing. But, I am sure there are more than enough ships out there to steer them towards less friendly ports.
patd, the IOC has also also called for a ban on Russian athletes participating in international competitions as FIFA did.
Speaking of the Space Station crashing, the U.S. has a contractor developing the way to boost it up a bit. However, ending the Space Systems Transport (SST) by President Obama was a mistake. The Shuttles would occasionally boost the station up a few klicks to keep it in orbit. That duty fell to the Russians. Now the bad guys in charge said if the world put sanctions on USSR Russia he would crash the station. RawStory has weird reactions to the paywall, so this is a hit and miss read.
BB, I read that an engineer on one of those yachts tried to scuttle it. Market Watch.
A Russian oligarch’s yacht was damaged in Spain’s Balaeric islands over the weekend, reportedly by a Ukrainian sailor seeking revenge for Russia’s invasion of his home country.
According to reports by two local news outlets, Ultima Hora and the English-language Majorca Daily Bulletin, the 55-year-old Ukrainian boat mechanic proudly admitted his actions in court, saying: “I don’t regret anything I’ve done, and I would do it again.”
The luxury yacht, the 155-foot-long Lady Anastasia, with an estimated value of nearly $8 million, reportedly belongs to Alexander Mikheev, CEO of Russian arms company Rosoboronexport.
* * *
“My boss is a criminal who sells weapons that kill the Ukrainian people,” the Ukrainian sailor, identified only as D. Taras O., reportedly told officers when he was arrested.
According to the reports, he was outraged after seeing video of a Ukrainian apartment block that was hit by a Russian missile. Appearing before a judge Sunday, the man reportedly said: “The armaments used are produced by the yacht owner’s company. They were attacking innocents.”
He reportedly opened large valves in the engine room and crew quarters, turned off the electricity and told the other three crewmen to abandon ship.
The yacht did not entirely sink, but appeared to be riding low in the water in photos. It was unclear how much damage was inflicted.
“New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said the city should divest of Russian assets in its five public pensions that collectively hold more than $270 billion in assets for 700,000 current and former employees and retirees.”
“Russia’s aggression in Ukraine merits the swift global action we’ve already begun to see to cut President Putin and the oligarchs who enable him off from the global financial system,” Lander said in a statement Sunday. “I plan to bring specific assets to trustees of the five boards of the New York City Retirement Systems to consider for divestment.”
This reminds me when the krugerrand became dinero non grata and universities and other entities started to divest. Maybe the Russian people end up with a democracy. I doubt that they will put up with bread lines, again, for long. Vlad really screwed the Russian Wolfhound if he thought he was going to divide NATO. He’s a uniter, not a divider.
We’re up to 8 Russian oligarchs calling for end of war. Sanctions seem to be working
Tell that to the convoy headed to Kyiv.It’s s slow-moving target. Tag the front of the line and it stops the rest of it.
Even if/when Vlad calls his troops home, the sanctions can’t just come off with no consequences. Russia will owe damages for property. What’s the going rate for war crimes against civilians? Vlad has shown himself to be a monster, and, not a genius at all.
Leaks from intel briefings to Congress: Putin has Parkinsons Disease (CNN)
Here’s a link re: Putin’s health (source is a Russian, he does have steroid puffiness in the face, though)
“You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from intercontinental ballistic tweets.” -Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins
“What then is Higgins really up to here? If I had to guess, he wanted to rally the pro-Trump base of the Republican Party behind him amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. So he smashed together a bunch of red-meat words…”
Except, Orange Adolf called Vlad a “genius” in public, so…
Millennials have lived all of their days under a nuclear threat. Clay Higgins is such a dummy
dipshit released a statement through his twitter concubine that literally makes the war in Ukraine all about him, just an awful human being our 45th president is
Volodymyr, 2022’s version of Charlie in Modern Times when an innocent gets caught up in the machines of war madness
https://youtu.be/5PqY8zDzpO0
NYTimes:
The ruble crashes, the stock market closes and Russia’s economy staggers under sanctions.
MOSCOW — The ruble cratered, the stock market froze and the public rushed to withdraw cash on Monday as Western sanctions kicked in and Russia awoke to uncertainty and fear over the rapidly spreading repercussions of President Vladimir V. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
As the day began, Russia’s currency lost as much as a quarter of its value within hours. Scrambling to stem the decline, the Russian Central Bank more than doubled its key interest rate, banned foreigners from selling Russian securities and ordered exporters to convert into rubles most of their foreign-currency revenues. It closed the Moscow stock exchange for the day because of the “developing situation.”
I don’t understand what there is to negotiate. Vlad invaded. The only provocation was created in Vlad’s head. Civilians in Ukraine were killed. Vlad is guilty of war crimes.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/china/chinese-citizens-ukraine-danger-intl-hnk-mic/index.html
“Some 6,000 Chinese citizens are in Ukraine, according to China’s state media. Unlike nationals from many other countries, they did not receive instructions to leave the country before the invasion began, as Chinese officials pushed back on warnings from the US and its allies that a Russian attack was imminent.”
“Beijing, which has fostered increasingly close ties with Moscow, has so far refused to condemn Russia outright, or describe its actions as an invasion. China’s state media has also adopted a pro-Russian viewpoint in its domestic coverage, while online posts in support of Ukraine and its President have been censored.
Meanwhile, there has been an outpouring of pro-Russian sentiment, as well as misogyny against Ukrainian women, on China’s highly restricted and censored social media, where nationalist voices typically dominate.
Such “disgusting comments” were later picked up by Ukrainian media, furthering suspicions of the Chinese community…”
“China’s response may be due to an “underestimation” of the situation — as well as the determination of Western support for Ukraine and the capacity of Ukraine’s forces. “They mostly thought the war would end in a very, very short period of time, maybe less than one week…and (Chinese citizens) would be protected under Russia’s (new) regime,” said Wu…”
Nice to see the Wicked Pickett’s homage to Sally at the end of yesterday’s jottings. Thanks, Robert.
“The Dictator” and “Modern Times”
Great Movieness.
“I don’t understand what there is to negotiate.”
BiD, it’s a cover to give vlad a chance to cease hostilities, to withdraw and to proclaim he won something. probably will boast about how he taught ukraine a lesson, “liberated” donbas and “freed” a segment of land near crimea. since he pretty much controls mother’s main media, he’ll get away with the ruse. ukraine just wants him to get out of their countryand doesn’t care what he says about it … words are cheap, lives have value.
Peace talks…..if history means anything it’s only to buy Putin more time to regroup and come back with more deadly force. Putin cannot acknowledge or accept defeat. Defeat means Putin goes down. I’m sure there are many insiders eager to participate toward that end.
spunky sailor
Ukrainian sailor in Majorca tried to sink yacht of Russian boss – BBC News
he was also quoted as saying “my boss is a criminal who sells weapons that kill the ukrainian people”
Volodymyr Zelenskiy has appealed to the European Union to allow Ukraine to gain membership immediately under a special procedure, as it defends itself from invasion by Russian forces.
‘Our goal is to be with all Europeans and, most importantly, to be equal. I’m sure that’s fair. I am sure we deserved it,’ he said in a speech shared on social media.
in last part of video Zelensky speaks to russian soldiers and urges them to leave
meanwhile on this side of pond, is another jan 6 in the works to disrupt SOTU? too many of same folks who bankrolled the insurrection are bankrolling the trucker convoy on its way to DC to ignore the possibility
Many Of The Groups Behind Jan. 6 Are Now Organizing U.S. Trucker Convoys | HuffPost Latest News
The Truck convoy of massively ignorant idiots has ceased to roll.
Put the DC wrecker companies on notice.
Time for the EU to call an emergency meeting and consider Zelensky’s appeal to add Ukraine to the alliance. It would send shivers down Vlad’s spine.
I wonder what Dumbass thinks about the “genius” of the Kremlin now that the Russian economy is collapsing in less than a week after the economic sanctions started to be imposed? Interest rates doubled, the Moscow stock market is closed down and the ruble is collapsing quickly. So much for all those measures Putin took to avoid such consequences.
I’d like to see the US provide them with anti-tank land mines and drones to attack the fuel convoys that have to refuel the tanks. It’s not like we don’t have the intelligence to provide to let them know the routes they will be taking into the cities. I’m just not exactly sure how we’ll get the armaments to them – on trains from Poland? That seems pretty obvious and exposed.
…10 year process to join EU and it has a mutual-defense clause, meaning admitting Ukraine would be an automatic declaration of war against Russia for all of EU = highly unlikely
…and you don’t need to know🤫
Slava Ukraine ✌️
Talk about impact.
This front page of a British tabloid
Reparations, the safe withdrawal of Russian troops, Do they get to keep their tanks. shoes, underwear, or do they gotta walk back naked.
Jack
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/sanctions-russia-putin-rainy-day-fund/index.html
“The US is taking immediate action on Monday to prohibit American dollar transactions with the Russian central bank and fully block the Russian direct investment fund, senior administration officials said, an aggressive move that aims at some of Russia’s most powerful means of mitigating the effect of sanctions.”
If Vlad were serious about negotiating anything (what is there to negotiate when he invaded over some made-up cause in his demented brain), he would tell his murder troops to stand down.
It’s BS!
4,000 Russian dead in 5 days, twice our losses in Afghanistan over 20 years
yes, it is bs but for Ukraine doing the dance is part of the process.
Jack
Ukrainian Ambassador to the @UN @SergiyKyslytsya reads text messages between a Russian soldier and his mother moments before he was killed.
“Mama, I’m in Ukraine. There is a real war raging here. I’m afraid. We are bombing all of the cities…even targeting civilians.” https://t.co/kbWYZfbSpE
Craig I take that number about as serious as I do the “Kyiv ghost”.The Ukraine ace pilot who has shot down 6 planes.
All numbers are suspect right now.
Jac
Interesting poll from Suffolk/USA
yahoo:
NYTimes
the guardian:
same guardian link 3 minutes ago:
More on Turkey banning all warships from crossing the Bosphorus and Dardanelles straits leading to the Black Sea from the Guardian’s Ruth Michaelson:
worthy of repeating from above:
Bob, I’m not sure whether or not it would be a big selling bumper sticker, but today I found myself wishing I had one and then wondering if anyone else in america might would want one, you know, like how popular a sticker it would be. I’m still not sure yet.
“I’M IN NO HURRY”
hitting them where it really hurts. money schmoney, it’s FUTBOL!
Russia suspended from all Fifa and Uefa competitions until further notice | Fifa | The Guardian
with love from LP
Russia thanks it’s GOP comrades.
Money, that part of the war gets complicated but here is a good blog post about how economic sanctions and banking work.
Interest rates in Russia just hit 20%
That chuckling you hear occasionally is me whenever I think of all the politicians, and others who are into money laundering, around these United States who are watching their “investments”, “donations”, payoffs and whatever shrivel up. The guffaw is when I think of a bloated idiot with a few loans coming due. And, me falling down, rolling around holding my tummy as I laugh roar, is when I think of how many of these fools may have a special due on this date otherwise you might disappear loan. Yuppers, I have heard that the Russian mob is not the group you want to p off.
Switzerland has frozen Russian assets in Swiss banks. You gotta imagine there are some extremely angry oligarchs who were banking on access to their money in their numbered accounts. (Don’t throw a shoe at me for the pun)
Pogo – more fun is the mega-yachts they own are “on the move”. They are trying to get to one of the very few countries not in on the sanctions thing. But, I am sure there are more than enough ships out there to steer them towards less friendly ports.
patd, the IOC has also also called for a ban on Russian athletes participating in international competitions as FIFA did.
Speaking of the Space Station crashing, the U.S. has a contractor developing the way to boost it up a bit. However, ending the Space Systems Transport (SST) by President Obama was a mistake. The Shuttles would occasionally boost the station up a few klicks to keep it in orbit. That duty fell to the Russians. Now the bad guys in charge said if the world put sanctions on
USSRRussia he would crash the station. RawStory has weird reactions to the paywall, so this is a hit and miss read.BB, I read that an engineer on one of those yachts tried to scuttle it. Market Watch.
Oh, the life of an oligarch…
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2022-02-28/nyc-comptroller-seeks-to-divest-pension-funds-from-russia
“New York City Comptroller Brad Lander said the city should divest of Russian assets in its five public pensions that collectively hold more than $270 billion in assets for 700,000 current and former employees and retirees.”
“Russia’s aggression in Ukraine merits the swift global action we’ve already begun to see to cut President Putin and the oligarchs who enable him off from the global financial system,” Lander said in a statement Sunday. “I plan to bring specific assets to trustees of the five boards of the New York City Retirement Systems to consider for divestment.”
This reminds me when the krugerrand became dinero non grata and universities and other entities started to divest. Maybe the Russian people end up with a democracy. I doubt that they will put up with bread lines, again, for long. Vlad really screwed the Russian Wolfhound if he thought he was going to divide NATO. He’s a uniter, not a divider.
We’re up to 8 Russian oligarchs calling for end of war. Sanctions seem to be working
Tell that to the convoy headed to Kyiv.It’s s slow-moving target. Tag the front of the line and it stops the rest of it.
Even if/when Vlad calls his troops home, the sanctions can’t just come off with no consequences. Russia will owe damages for property. What’s the going rate for war crimes against civilians? Vlad has shown himself to be a monster, and, not a genius at all.
Leaks from intel briefings to Congress: Putin has Parkinsons Disease (CNN)
Here’s a link re: Putin’s health (source is a Russian, he does have steroid puffiness in the face, though)
https://www.the-sun.com/news/1832396/putin-cancer-parkinsons-emergency-surgery/amp/
France 24 news livestream (in English), good Eurocentric coverage, no DoD retiree talking-heads👍:
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-news-02-28-22/index.html
Yes, he does have a puffier face than usual. He’s been having people killed for years, though, so steroids can’t take all of the blame.
Between the oligarchs pissed about money and the football hooligans pissed about no WC, Vlad is losing popularity quickly.
And yet, the Russian convoy of death rolls on.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/28/politics/clay-higgins-millennials-russia-tweet/index.html
“You millennial leftists who never lived one day under nuclear threat can now reflect upon your woke sky. You made quite a non-binary fuss to save the world from intercontinental ballistic tweets.” -Louisiana Republican Rep. Clay Higgins
“What then is Higgins really up to here? If I had to guess, he wanted to rally the pro-Trump base of the Republican Party behind him amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. So he smashed together a bunch of red-meat words…”
Except, Orange Adolf called Vlad a “genius” in public, so…
Millennials have lived all of their days under a nuclear threat. Clay Higgins is such a dummy
dipshit released a statement through his twitter concubine that literally makes the war in Ukraine all about him, just an awful human being our 45th president is
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