Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier this evening. Video below, English transcript after the jump (emphasis mine).
Archives for July 2022
Wednesday Evening Open Thread: Does J.D. Vance Still *Want* to Be A Senator?
alright, I’ve been trying not to get my hopes up, but Vance might be Akin-tier bad and an Ohio midterm isn’t so red that he can’t blow it https://t.co/dWwnv8p5Le
— counterfax?? (@counterfax) July 25, 2022
When J.D. Vance first took vassalage under Peter Thiel, he was smart enough to know that Some day, and that day might never come, he would be called upon to perform a distasteful / possibly borderline criminal service for his Godfather. But perhaps he never fully realized just how very unpleasant running for statewide office would be… grip’n’grinning among all those slope-browed, slack-jawed, self-satisfied semi-literates… and that’s just the other Repub politicians!
Given a choice between world travel and schmoozing Ohio voters, well…
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Acts of Kindness: Hitchhiking and a Pause
If you hike high enough in the Rockies, you will for sure see these guys. They’re not shy at all, often perching on a boulder, staring at the bipeds as they walk by, and much less annoying than the chipmunks who are always trying to steal your lunch. Greenwood Wildlife Rehabilitation is actually nearby and does great rehab work, everything from baby squirrels to local waterfowl. I was unaware we had a hitchhiking marmot problem until this report.
Just an FYI – Acts of Kindness is taking a two-week break. I’m traveling this week, and next week is going to be a whirlwind of crazy. Starting with Zander having dental surgery and barrelling to my birthday at the end of the week, with plans for lunches, hiking, and whatever else my friends and I can do to distract ourselves from the dog days of summer.
So, enjoy your marmots, and AoK will return shortly.
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Not to Get all Gushy
We live in pretty fucking terrible times, where cruelty and doing the wrong thing are often rewarded, and sometimes you have to actively look for something good in the world. And then, I log in here, and find you spectacular motherfuckers have raised a shitload of money for victims in the Ukrainian war, and it’s just a shock to see so many good people in one place.
Quilt Raffle Has Raised $6,200 for Ukraine!
Together, this quilt raffle has raised $5,900 $6,200 or Ukraine! You guys are amazing!
Please check the list of raffle ticket purchasers below.
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Duh Middle
Aravosis – now there’s a blast from the past, sort of like a constipated fart. He’s billed as a “Democratic consultant” on his Wiki bio. I hope Democrats aren’t listening to this out-of-touch old gay white guy. I guess I’ll wait to see who screams louder when the Supremes reverse Obergefell: Aravosis or Andrew Sullivan. These guys are deluded enough to think that they’ve won their struggle and don’t have any real skin in the game anymore, so they can erase trans folks. Good luck with that.
As for Kinzinger, the day I take political advice from him is the day I’ll voluntarily commit myself to memory care, since I’ll have definitely lost the plot. This guy didn’t even have the grit to lose his re-election campaign fair and square, unlike Cheney. Stay in your lane, which is 1/6 until your replacement arrives, quitter.
Anyway, VP Harris was addressing a group of blind people and everyone introduced themselves the way she did. She was just being polite. Of course the right wants to scream and yell about this because they’ve decided that “pronouns” is what they’re running on, instead of “dead women”. I understand that when all have is chicken shit, you do have to try to make chicken salad, but I’ll be god damned if I supply the mayo. Trans kids kill themselves at a frightening rate and the Democrats, as usual, are the party that cares. Republicans don’t care if kids, women, the elderly, or, really, anyone else dies, as long as they have power. Simple but true.
If you want to read something interesting instead of dreck about “the middle”, this thread from Oliver Willis about the butthurt that conservatives feel about Bork and Romney is worth your attention.
Open Thread: An Incomplete List of Russian Propagandists
omg has anyone checked the area substackers twitter feed today https://t.co/N7CTnicsFp
— John Cole (@Johngcole) July 26, 2022
From the list at Cole’s tweet…
Rand Paul. check.
Glenn Greenwald. check. check.
Tulsi Gabbard. check. check.
Can someone please remind me who Macgregor, Luttwak and Mearsheimer are?
Hopefully there were more names on that list and they only had room for 6 images on-screen.
Who else would you add to this list?
Open thread.
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