Come for the politics, stay for the snark.

There are consequences to being an arrogant, sullen prick.

A norm that restrains only one side really is not a norm – it is a trap.

Cancel the cowardly Times and Post and set up an equivalent monthly donation to ProPublica.

Give the craziest people you know everything they want and hope they don’t ask for more? Great plan.

“woke” is the new caravan.

Authoritarian republicans are opposed to freedom for the rest of us.

Black Jesus loves a paper trail.

When your entire life is steeped in white supremacy, equality feels like discrimination.

A snarling mass of vitriolic jackals

It’s all just conspiracy shit beamed down from the mothership.

Reality always gets a vote in the end.

They love authoritarianism, but only when they get to be the authoritarians.

Hot air and ill-informed banter

Historically it was a little unusual for the president to be an incoherent babbling moron.

Balloon Juice, where there is always someone who will say you’re doing it wrong.

Fear and negativity are contagious, but so is courage!

When you’re a Republican, they let you do it.

Second rate reporter says what?

I’d like to think you all would remain faithful to me if i ever tried to have some of you killed.

If America since Jan 2025 hasn’t broken your heart, you haven’t loved her enough.

Welcome to day five of every-bit-as-bad-as-you-thought-it-would-be.

I might just take the rest of the day off and do even more nothing than usual.

They punch you in the face and then start crying because their fist hurts.

The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand.

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War for Ukraine Day 398: Ukrainian Air Defense!

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The Russians are continuing their aerial bombardment campaign of terror against Ukraine. Last night they attacked with 15 Iranian Shaheed drones:

That’s an impressive kill rate, but all it takes is one getting through.

Here is President Zelenskyy’s address from earlier today. Video below, English transcript after the jump:

I am grateful to everyone who reminds that Russian aggression can end much faster if the world is faster – address by the President of Ukraine

28 March 2023 – 22:12

Good health to you, fellow Ukrainians!

I have returned from our Sumy region. Today I was in Okhtyrka, Trostyanets, Sumy, in the positions of our border guards.

The impressions are special. The region is next to the enemy. The threat is constant. The shelling of our border is constant. But life, our people are obviously stronger than any fears.

Recovery continues, business is gradually returning, and people are rebuilding their lives.

I had the honor to present a special title of the hero city to Okhtyrka. A city that helped save eastern and central Ukraine with its resistance.

I congratulated Trostyanets on the anniversary of liberation from the occupier.

I held a meeting with representatives of local authorities in the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. There are issues that need to be resolved. They will be resolved.

I held a meeting with the commanders directly responsible for the defense of the Sumy and Chernihiv regions. I also had a special conversation with the Head of the Border Guard Service. We talked about the defense of Sumy and our other regions, about strengthening the border guards who, together with all the defense forces, are fighting on the frontline.

By the way, today I would like to celebrate our warriors of the Luhansk, Kramatorsk and Donetsk border guard detachments who are effectively destroying the enemy in the Bakhmut, Lyman and Avdiivka directions. Thank you guys! I would like to express special gratitude to the mortar crews and aerial reconnaissance of our border guard units in the Donetsk sector. Well done, warriors!

Of course, I thank the Sumy border guard detachment. I paid a visit to them today, had the honor to talk to them and support them. Strong positions along the entire border with the terrorist state are a consequence of the strength of our people who are ready to defend the border at any time.

Today we have a decision of the French Parliament, which recognized the Holodomor as genocide of the Ukrainian people. I am grateful for this principled and fair step, for spreading the historical truth to another European country.

And one more thing.

Today I want to thank each and every one who, at the call of heart, in different countries, on different platforms, in different words, but equally honestly and strongly reminds the world that Russian aggression can end much faster than is sometimes said. Faster, if the world is faster, if the world is more determined.

The destroyed Ukrainian cities and villages along the border of the terrorist state, Russia’s constant blackmail and threats to destroy lives in other countries as well, the constant refusal to return to real peace and the mockery of basic international norms are all sufficient reasons to put pressure and fight, to not seek compromise and to care about the values of the world in a real way… In a real way! Achieving the result for freedom every day. Achieving the result for peace every day. Forcing Russia to suffer losses every day.

I thank everyone who helps Ukraine! 

Glory to all who are now in the battle against terror! 

Glory to Ukraine!

Here is the machine translation of the latest operational update from the Ukrainian MOD as posted on their Telegram channel:

Here is former NAVDEVGRU Squadron Leader Chuck Pfarrer’s most recent assessment of the situations in Avdiivka, Zaporizhzhia, and Bakhmut:

Bakhmut:

Here’s the translation:

Zaporizhzhia via The Republic World:

Fighting has intensified near a nuclear power plant in Ukraine that is Europe’s largest, further increasing the possibility of a war-related nuclear accident, the head of the International Atomic Energy Agency said Tuesday.

“There is an increased level of combat, active combat” in the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano, Grossi told The Associated Press in an interview. “My teams there report daily about the attacks, the sound of heavy weaponry. This is practically constant.”

Speaking a day before he was to cross the front lines for a second time to visit the plant, Grossi said he felt it was his duty to ramp up talks aimed at safeguarding the facility. He met Monday with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and said he would probably head to Russia in the coming days.

Grossi has long called for a protection zone to be set up around the plant, which is very near the front line of the war. But so far, an agreement has been elusive.

“It is a zone of extreme volatility. So the negotiations are, of course, affected by the ongoing military operations,” Grossi said. “I would not characterize the process for the last few months as one that has not led to any progress.”

The U.N.’s atomic energy watchdog, which is based in Vienna, Austria, has a rotating team permanently based at the plant. The power station’s six reactors are in shutdown and the plant has received the electricity it needs to prevent a reactor meltdown through one remaining functioning power line.

Plant personnel have had to switch to emergency diesel generators several times during the 13-month war to power essential cooling systems.

Military analysts expect the fighting between invading Russian troops and Ukrainian forces will further escalate as spring progresses and the ground hardens, allowing heavy military machinery to advance on the battlefield.

“There is talk about offensives, counter-offensives,” Grossi said. “The concentration of troops, concentration of military equipment, heavy weaponry has grown exponentially in the area near to the plant, which of course, makes us believe that the possibility of an accident, of a renewed attack … could grow.”

More at the link!

Vuhledar:

Sloviansk:

If you’re wondering why so many companies have yet to wind down, close their operations, and leave Russia, The Financial Times has your answer:

Every western company seeking to leave Russia and sell its assets in the country will now be obliged to make a direct donation to the Russian state, a commission on foreign investments in the country has said.

The ruling, published on Monday, raises the pressure on western groups that have yet to make a complete exit from Russia since its full-scale invasion of Ukraine began 13 months ago.

Under the revised rules, any decision to quit would leave companies facing the criticism that they are funding Russia’s war effort by making direct payments to the state budget.

Nataliia Shapoval, chair of the Kyiv School of Economics’ analytics centre, the KSE Institute, said the move had been “looming” since the summer. Foreign companies seeking to sell their Russian businesses have faced a growing number of restrictions.

“It just highlights that companies should be making decisions faster, because it won’t be getting any easier in the future,” Shapoval said.

Previously, companies leaving Russia could choose between making a “voluntary contribution” to Russia’s state budget — set at 10 per cent of the value of the sale — or acquiesce to having the payment from the sale deferred by several years.

“Many companies were eager to exit Russia as fast as they could, so they opted for this 10 per cent tax and cash straight away, instead of the uncertainty of deferred payment,” a person involved in a recent exit transaction said.

The tighter regime will leave executives seeking to exit with no option but to make a direct contribution to Russia’s budget. “The main difference between the new rules and the previous ones is that the companies do not have a choice any more,” said Ilya Rachkov, a partner at Nektorov, Saveliev & Partners. “It is a real property seizure.”

The decision by the commission affects hundreds of western companies that have indicated plans to withdraw from Russia but have not yet completed their exit.

A person involved in one of the ongoing exit negotiations said that about 2,000 applications were waiting for approval.

“The commission meets three times a month and considers not more than seven applications per meeting — so you can do the maths,” the person said. The finance ministry did not respond immediately to a request for comment.

More at the link!

That’s enough for tonight.

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  1. 1.

    Another Scott

    I don’t know why Tikitoki won’t let one grab the text.  But it shows up in the page source.

    I won’t give it back 🙃 #pespatron

    Thanks.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  3. 3.

    Alison Rose

    Fighting has intensified near a nuclear power plant

    [insert this-is-fine-dog gif] Every time this shit ticks up again, it terrifies me. Are the orcs really too stupid to understand that if they cause a meltdown or whatever, it’s gonna affect them too??

    Speaking of orcs: “It’s not putin, it’s you.” Yep.

    Fun little video: Oleksii Reznikov, Ukrainian Minister of Defense: “It was a pleasure to take the first Ukrainian Challenger 2 MBT for a spin”

    Thank you as always, Adam.

  4. 4.

    Gin & Tonic

    Can’t decide who’s covered themselves in more shit today: the IOC, or Amnesty International. For perspective on the latter, here is the former country director for AI in Ukraine:

    I am so deeply hurt by this video. After giving 5+ years of my life to this organisation, I am actually speechless. I can go into more detail as to why, but for now—I’ll stop here. t.co/E4YePLIrEz— 🇺🇦 Валерія Voshchevska (@Val_Voshchevska) March 28, 2023

    ETA: And here’s a guy you may have heard of commenting on the IOC

    The IOC authorizes the russian and belarusian athletes to participate in the Olympic Games under “neutral flag”.
    This decision is a false flag.
    Thomas Bach serves the colors and interests of russia.
    This decision contaminates the Olympic spirit and is like this war: a nonsense pic.twitter.com/KoU9JYl4wV
    — Klitschko (@Klitschko) March 28, 2023

  7. 7.

    zhena gogolia

    @Gin & Tonic: Oh, barf, barf, barf from that video! Too bad I haven’t given AI a cent in a number of years. I’d love the satisfaction of stopping my contributions.

  8. 8.

    MomSense

    There is an increased level of combat, active combat” in the area of the Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant, IAEA Director General Rafael Mariano, Grossi told The Associated Press in an interview.

    Jesus Christ this is terrifying.

  9. 9.

    MomSense

    @Gin & Tonic:

    The IOC has been terrible for years.  Shame on them for this.  But Amnesty International – what the hell are they doing?  This is infuriating.

  11. 11.

    japa21

    @Alison Rose: No, if it had been scripted by Russia it would have talked about how the support for Ukraine violated Russia’s rights.  Look, there is no doubt that there are a lot of things screwed up in the world, and many of the things she mentioned are serious.  But to equate them to Ukraine is ludicrous from the onset.  And, in fact, many of them have been addressed in various ways.  Of course she ignores that.

    I lost my feelings of support for AI a while ago.  There is a sense of religiosity to their pronouncements and a sense of we know better than anyone else.

    As to the IOC, I expect to see countries pull out.  And even when some countries don’t pull out, I expect some individual athletes to do so.

  13. 13.

    Gin & Tonic

    BTW, remember that staged video from last night from russia’s MFA? They’ve deleted that tweet without comment.

  14. 14.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @japa21:

    I lost my feelings of support for AI a while ago.  There is a sense of religiosity to their pronouncements and a sense of we know better than anyone else.

    A strong sense of sanctimony is something that video radiated for sure

    As to the IOC, I expect to see countries pull out.  And even when some countries don’t pull out, I expect some individual athletes to do so.

    If this happens, could the Olympics as we know them end? I.e. The West would have our own Olympic games vs the East/others having theirs?

  24. 24.

    Gin & Tonic

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): It appears the russian embassy in the UK still has it up:

    🇺🇦military stop a woman with her baby for allegedly violating traffic rules. After hearing her speak Russian & finding out she is a Muslim, the “brave” Ukrainian: shouts at, threatens, insults her, calls her “pig”, scares her baby, fires several shots. #TruthonUkraine @mfa_russia pic.twitter.com/2Gnp5dsVpd
    — Russian Embassy, UK (@RussianEmbassy) March 27, 2023

    It is fake.

  25. 25.

    NutmegAgain

    That Patron bit brings back memories of a Jack Russell Terriorist I used to know; I feel conflicted! So cute and yet so much trouble on 4 legs.  Adorable & astonishing little bundles of energy & willpower.

  27. 27.

    Alison Rose

    @japa21: I was born under a propitious star, apparently.

    (My actual earliest memory is at four and a half, screaming to be let off the kiddie roller coaster at a carnival in New York. Never got on another one my whole life.)

  28. 28.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @japa21:

    @zhena gogolia:

    The 1980 boycotts did cross my mind. I guess increasing tensions around the world over the last couple of years made me think that the Olympics could end. I can’t put my finger on why though

  29. 29.

    Goku (aka Amerikan Baka)

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I guess that embassy didn’t get the memo. Also, it’s pretty rich coming from russia, considering how Islamophobic that country is. I’m guessing it was completely staged or was some old video from a different context?

  32. 32.

    NutmegAgain

    @zhena gogolia: I have a bunch of the free postal return labels they send out as part of the fundraising. I get a tiny joy from tearing the AI logo off each one I use. Petty?, who me??

  33. 33.

    sanjeevs

    As the war continues into its second year and Western sanctions bite harder, Russia’s government revenue is being squeezed and its economy has shifted to a lower-growth trajectory, likely for the long term.

    The country’s biggest exports, gas and oil, have lost major customers. Government finances are strained. The ruble is down over 20% since November against the dollar. The labor force has shrunk as young people are sent to the front or flee the country over fears of being drafted. Uncertainty has curbed business investment.
    “Russia’s economy is entering a long-term regression,” predicted Alexandra Prokopenko, a former Russian Central Bank official who left the country shortly after the invasion.
    There is no sign the economic difficulties are bad enough to pose a short-term threat to Russia’s ability to wage war. But state revenue shortfalls suggest an intensifying dilemma over how to reconcile ballooning military expenditures with the subsidies and social spending that have helped President Vladimir Putin shield civilians from hardship.
    Russian billionaire Oleg Deripaska warned this month that Russia is running out of cash. “There will be no money next year, we need foreign investors,” the raw-materials magnate said at an economic conference.
    While official statistics don’t break out military production, the output of “finished metal goods”—a line that analysts say includes weapons and ammunition—rose by 7% last year. Production of computers, electronic and optical products, another line said to include military output, rose by 2% for the year and 41% in December compared with November. By contrast, auto output fell about 45% year-over-year.
    Military production masks the problems. “This isn’t real, productive growth. This doesn’t develop the economy,” Ms. Prokopenko said.

    Russia’s Economy Is Starting to Come Undone – WSJ

  34. 34.

    Jay

    🤣🤣 Oh the infinitely inventive Russian elite. "Potemkin warriors" is completely on brand. t.co/xAGduIDibF— toomas ilves aka "I'm not only on this site" 🙄 (@IlvesToomas) March 28, 2023

    ‘Cronies unit’ keeps Russian MPs and sons 50 miles from front line
    Secretive Cascade unit, based somewhere in Donbas, was set up after Vladimir Putin gave mobilisation order in October

  35. 35.

    Jay

    The one who gave the order to bomb the Drama Theater, Maternity Hospital and the Children's Hospital in Mariupol was Sergey Atroshchenko, commander of the 75387, 960th Russian Air Force Regiment, based on InformNapalm research.A Ukrainian born murderer.t.co/FWi0nGDa5p— NOËL 🇪🇺 🇺🇦 (@NOELreports) March 28, 2023

  36. 36.

    Bill Arnold

    @MomSense:

    Jesus Christ this is terrifying.

    All six reactors at Zaporizhzhia were shut down in September2022, so the cooling needs are to cover the residual radioactive decay in the reactor cores. Not sure of the decay schedule at several months after shutdown (the Ukrainian authorities would know); vaguely recalling single digit megawatts per core from Fukushima.
    That is, a meltdown would happen if cooling were not possible, but it would not be catastrophic at this point.
    The operating nuclear power plants in Ukraine are worrisome, though. Even with emergency shutdown (like with Fukoshima, which were shut down immediately[1]), the initial radioactive decay is a substantial fraction of the full operating heat production for the first couple of days.

    [1]

    On March 11, 2011 an intense earthquake off the northeast coast of Japan, ranked as magnitude 9.0, severely tested Japan’s earthquake code and discipline. The country and its buildings passed with flying colors.Some 16 nuclear reactors shutdown instantly, as planned, as the earthquake strong motion exceeded on the order of 0.5g, as measured by strong-motion seismometers within the buildings themselves. The reactors, including three operating reactors at Fukushima Dai-ichi(1F), Units 1,2, and 3, automatically inserted their control rods into the reactor core at 1446 Japan Time, terminating the neutron chain reaction, and reducing the thermal power output to that of the “decay heat” of the fission products themselves.

    [2] Learning More from Fukushima Daiichi (2011, R. Garwin)

  37. 37.

    Lyrebird

    @Gin & Tonic: THat amn. international video – for real, or a deep fake?  Some kind of master class:

    “Here kids, let’s teach you how to do whataboutism!”

    I don’t know whether “their allies” means US allies or Ukr allies, but we’re going to minimize the Ukrainians situation because of what was done by the dancing-with-the-Russian-mob Israeli govt?  Saudi effing Arabia?

    WOW.

  38. 38.

    Ruckus

    @japa21:

    For the business that may be not an unreasonable step.

    But consider that it’s likely that some/many of those foreign businesses have staff that also needs to leave. In vlad’s russia that might mean pay or stay. And yes it’s ransom. Still, ransom or jail/beating/death. Or be dropped off in Ukraine with a 40 yr old rifle and 10 rounds of ammo and a life expectancy of less than one hour.

  39. 39.

    Lyrebird

    @Alison Rose: Hi AR, we don’t always see things the same way, but can I say, you said exactly the words that came to mind:

    @Gin & Tonic: That AI video, what the actual fuck.

    I still want to believe that person just wantd to be listed in the urban dictionary under WATF.  There is no other credible reason to say that crap.

     

    ETA: full disclosure, I couldn’t stand watching any more after 40 seconds, so I don’t know what came after Yemen.  The people there have been suffering grave abuses for years, YES that is true.  And in Myanmar.  And in Thailand.  But WATF, how is minimizing the RF’s brutality in Ukr going to bring any of those people to freedom?

  40. 40.

    Gin & Tonic

    For a little Olympic history, keep in mind that the USSR invaded Hungary literally eight days before the opening ceremony in 1956, and the Games, with their participation, went on unimpeded.

    Those who aren’t familiar can look up the story of the USSR-Hungary water polo match in those Games.

  41. 41.

    Anonymous At Work

    1. IOC and FIFA are competitive as the most corrupt organizations in the world.  Mafiosos look on them with envy.  Of course neither is going to take a real stand.
    2. IOC is lucky that athletes wait lifetimes for one chance in the games.  Otherwise, I would, regardless of the event, kneecap every Russian athlete I came across.  Flag or no flag.
    3. What’s the analysis on tear gas usage?  How temporary is it as a tactic or is it cheap/easy enough to mass-produce for a country like Russia that Ukrainian kits will now have to include protection?
    4. Why are we seeing tear gas in Avdiivka but not Bakhmut?  Seems like urban assault would benefit more from gas attacks.
  43. 43.

    Jay

    @Anonymous At Work:

    What’s the analysis on tear gas usage? How temporary is it as a tactic or is it cheap/easy enough to mass-produce for a country like Russia that Ukrainian kits will now have to include protection?

    Why are we seeing tear gas in Avdiivka but not Bakhmut? Seems like urban assault would benefit more from gas attacks.

    Tear gas is cheap, yes, Ukraine will have to add modern, not Cold War gas masks to their kit.

    Tear gas tends to sink, so it’s effective in a trench system when dropped by a drone. In urban areas the fighting has been mostly from inside buildings, over open spaces, where the structure of the building and the open spaces being fought across makes CS gasses less effective.

    There is also, that the Moskovite units are experimenting, but as we have seen in the past, that useful tactics evolved by one unit, remain with that unit, as there is no real communication or shared evolution of tactics between units.

  47. 47.

    Prescott Cactus

    @MomSense:  The Orcs have control of the plant, so there are no accidents. If something happens, it’s on them.

    There is a difference between the Ukraine  units and the ones in Japan.

    Ukraine is using Pressurized Water Reactors. These have 2 loops. One circulates radioactive steam, the other uses heat transfer to create clean steam to spin the turbine.  These are easier for workers to perform duties in because the turbine build is a clean area and doesn’t require suiting up. There is generally more room as piping and equipment is spaced out more because there is less concern about footprint size of non radioactive / contamination areas.

    Japan which are Boiling Water Reactors or BWR’s. These use a single loop to run radioactive steam thru the turbine.

    Either style has the same problem if there is a Loss of Cooling Accident (LOCA).

    Either style plant have refueling schedules that if need can be delayed somewhat. Somewhat. Normally the are shut down every 18 or 24 months. During the 3 to 5 weeks they are down, maintenance work that cannot be done while in operation (high radiation or thermally hot) is performed. All fuel rods are removed, reshuffled with and 1/3 replaced with  new ones (Think moving briquettes in a charcoal grill).

    Besides normal plant personal, an additional 1,000 to 3,000 workers are brought in depending on the size and scope of the work. Work is normally 6 or 7 days per week and 10 (but mostly) 12 hours a day. We are just over a year into the invasion and plant operations are likely being altered to adapt to possible refueling delays.

  49. 49.

    Jackie

    @japa21: I’m one of the rarity who actually has memories of around 1 years old. They’re like snapshots, and so vivid! My Dad always confirmed my memories. My siblings can’t recall much, if anything, before 4 or 5 years old.

  50. 50.

    Kent

    @Goku (aka Amerikan Baka): Amnesty International isn’t whatabouting a war, they are whatabouting genocide.

    Imagine them doing that in 1941.

    “1941 is characterized  by Germany’s war.  But India and the Philippines still lack their freedom.”

  51. 51.

    Traveller

    @Gin & Tonic: ​
     
    Thank you for the two links in reference to Amnesty International and the Paris Olympics. I probably would not have seen them without your citing them. thanks again.

  52. 52.

    AlaskaReader

    @Alison Rose: Here’s the address for the headquarters.

    1 Easton Street, London, WC1X 0DW, UK

    I’ll put some seeds in the mail, I like the idea.

  53. 53.

    Chetan Murthy

    @AlaskaReader: It’s good it’s an overseas address; I can imagine the fucknuggets would call the FBI on you for sending them a dangerous substance in the mail, if it were in the US.

  54. 54.

    AlaskaReader

    @Chetan Murthy: …and everyone else.

    I just am rethinking the advice to send seeds, …it’s quite probably illegal.

    I wouldn’t want anyone to suffer any consequences of the suggestion to send seeds.

    Maybe better to send images of seed packs, just to avoid the USDA and USPS regulations against exporting ag products

    Mods should remove the comment. Thanks

  55. 55.

    Chetan Murthy

    @AlaskaReader: A way to achieve your goal, and stay legal, might be to order them from a seed company online, for delivery to that address.

    ETA: and perhaps as a “gift”, with the card “From the Ukrainian people”.  Ha!

  56. 56.

    AlaskaReader

    @Chetan Murthy: …afraid it wouldn’t work, the seed companies deal with the regulations and simply wouldn’t fill the order.

    Ag product bans are fairly strictly enforced, take a look at the ag and postal regs just to try to send garden materials between states.

    Here’s what the USDA has to offer just for starters and that’s not to mention USPS regs:

    Because most countries have regulations to protect against agricultural pests and diseases as well as invasive species, you will probably need both a phytosanitary certificate and an import permit to take or send your seeds to another country. A Plant Protection and Quarantine Export Certification Specialist can assist you with the process of applying for both. To locate the specialist responsible for your region of the United States, please go to Plant Health Export Information and click the link for “Export Certification Specialists” in the middle of the page. Select your State from the dropdown menu.

  57. 57.

    Chetan Murthy

    @AlaskaReader: Ah, so I was thinking that you could order it from an online seed company in the UK.  And heck, maybe Amazon in the UK sells seeds ?

  62. 62.

    Uncle Cosmo

    @AlaskaReader: How tall a building is that, and how high up are the Damnasty Internazional** orifices?

    Be a real shame if any of their policy-making officials took a long walk off a 10th floor balcony, now, wouldn’t it? //

    Bastards.

    ** Or maybe Amnazis Intentional. Anyone come up with anything pithier? Bastards I say, though that unfairly demeans those born out of wedlock…

  63. 63.

    GibberJack

    @Jay: Since the Russians have shown they will use gas, I wonder if tear gas won’t be the only kind of gas they will use.

    If there is a gas that kills or maims a year or two after exposure, I’d bet they’d use it. Deploy it with the tear gas for deniability. They are not trying to just defeat Ukraine, they want to annihilate it.

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