Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Sadly, there is no cure for stupid.

I was promised a recession.

Come on, man.

A last alliance of elves and men. also pet photos.

Just because you believe it, that doesn’t make it true.

This has so much WTF written all over it that it is hard to comprehend.

They fucked up the fucking up of the fuckup!

My years-long effort to drive family and friends away has really paid off this year.

Let us savor the impending downfall of lawless scoundrels who richly deserve the trouble barreling their way.

And now I have baud making fun of me. this day can’t get worse.

Nothing worth doing is easy.

This fight is for everything.

Good lord, these people are nuts.

Seems like a complicated subject, have you tried yelling at it?

You can’t love your country only when you win.

Bark louder, little dog.

Something needs to be done about our bogus SCOTUS.

Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

Accused of treason; bitches about the ratings. I am in awe.

Their freedom requires your slavery.

I did not have this on my fuck 2022 bingo card.

If senate republicans had any shame, they’d die of it.

Incompetence, fear, or corruption? why not all three?

The party of Reagan has become the party of Putin.

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Late Night Open Thread: Snippets Concerning Ukraine

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Adam is irreplaceable, of course, but I can share a few things that turn up in my aggregation sweeps…

 

Somebody has decided it’s better to be on the right side of history…

 

Not this fekkin’ guy, though:

Hell doesn’t want him, and Heaven won’t have him…

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  1. 1.

    Fifi Chu

    The religious pundits should have been fired from the very beginning. Remember the game telephone? Humans, are the worst. I’m too old to want a website.

  3. 3.

    Chetan Murthy

    Ninedragonspot: jesus, you’re so right! I wonder if Noam has second thoughts, upon seeing ol’ Henry agreeing with him?

  4. 4.

    eclare

    Great roundup! Thanks. I wonder where that diplomat is now….maybe there is a spare room at one of the Vindman’s.

  8. 8.

    Baud

    ‘@Rich2506

    Excellent stuff. I like the “Warmest Regards” at the end.

    I hate when people are more committed to their paradigm than reality.

  9. 9.

    Baud

    ‘@Ninedragonspot

     May 25, 2022 at 3:02 AM

    Not a whole lot of daylight between Kissinger and Chomsky these days.
    ____________________

    Interesting to contemplate how both of them would be praising Trump’s handling of Ukraine had he won in 2020.

  12. 12.

    Anne Laurie

    ‘@Ohio Mom: What happened to Adam, where did he go? Miss him.

    You certainly are not the only one!

    Pure speculation on my part, but: (1) He’s probably kinda busy with IRL work-related projects right now; and

    (2) This work-in-progress standby site is *not* easy to navigate when you’re using tons of links, graphics, and embeds; Adam might just be waiting & hoping that the situation settles down soon.

  14. 14.

    Enhanced Voting Techniques

    Most people weren’t alive when Kissinger was SoS and they think he has the hot take.

  15. 15.

    RubberDuck

    I think they’ve always held fairly compatible beliefs. It’s the system, maaaannn……

    This is a war of choice, made by a foolish, small minded person, whose brain was cooked by too much Great Patriotic War B-movie bullshit.

    Only a homicidal nut looks at the horror of the Russian WW2 experience, and decides that is what his undeserving citizens require.

    Putin would have ended up dead in a Belarusian field circa 1941, done in by his own guys.

  17. 17.

    Barry

    Chetan: “Ninedragonspot: jesus, you’re so right! I wonder if Noam has second thoughts, upon seeing ol’ Henry agreeing with him?”

    That would require both self-awareness and integrity.

  18. 18.

    RubberDuck

    Projection on the nuclear front.

    Putin is a bad faith actor and shit weasel.

    Putinists have always assumed Ukraine lied about non-proliferation. Because that’s what they would do.

    They’re afraid Moscow will get hit if they go full on stoopid.

  20. 20.

    Calouste

    Of course Zelenskyy doesn’t want to talk to any one else but Putin. Putin sees Ukraine as a vassal state at best, and vassals don’t get to talk to the top boss on an equal footing.

  21. 21.

    Jinchi

    ‘@Baud: “ Interesting to contemplate how both of them would be praising Trump’s handling of Ukraine had he won in 2020”

    TFG would have signed an agreement ceding Ukraine to Russia in the first few months of his second term. We probably wouldn’t notice because he’d be busy shredding our NATO membership and arresting Democrats for treason against the king.

  22. 22.

    PaulB

    Out of curiosity, historically speaking, has offering appeasement to someone like Putin ever led to long-term stability? In my (admittedly limited) knowledge, I don’t think it ever has. It simply emboldened the aggressor to move on to the next target.

    I’m also puzzled by the insistence on the part of some that Russia cannot be defeated. If we’re talking about seeing Ukrainian troops marching into Moscow, that’s certainly true. But if we’re talking about the removal of Russian troops from occupied territories in Ukraine, the evidence to date suggests that Russia is most definitely beatable. And that it would be in the best interest of Ukraine, Europe, and indeed the rest of the world if it were to be defeated.

    I’m struggling to understand the view that we should stop supporting Ukraine and force it to hand over a substantial part of its territory to Russia. The bad-faith actors I get and can easily ignore but some of this is coming from people I would normally be listening to. What am I missing?

  23. 23.

    J R in WV

    The ” Open Letter ” to Chomsky is wonderful! Filled with facts which contradict most of Chomsky’s points, well written and logical.

    I now have about the same respect for Professor Chomsky as I have for noted war criminal Kissinger.

    Note that my tablet volunteered “Kissinger” after I typed “noted war criminal” — so my tablet is better informed than the FTFNYT!

  24. 24.

    Lacuna Synecdoche

    PaulB:

    “Out of curiosity, historically speaking, has offering appeasement to someone like Putin ever led to long-term stability? In my (admittedly limited) knowledge, I don’t think it ever has. It simply emboldened the aggressor to move on to the next target.”

    I can’t speak for all of history, but Putin has already shown that appeasing him will not work. He has de facto control of Crimea, after invading in 2014, and now he wants Eastern Ukraine.

    Plus, Putin has already made plain his desire to takeover all of Ukraine. As soon he has full control of Luhansk and Donetsk, he’ll use them as staging grounds to push westward, further into Ukraine.

    Appeasement is completely useless under these circumstances, and the Russian government, as currently constituted, cannot be trusted to abide by any agreement or treaty.

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