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by Adam L Silverman| 27 Comments
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MEDIC!!!!!! I’m not saying I overdid back and chest day, but I’m not not saying it! The real issue is because it was thunder monsooning, I used free weights instead of using my TRX while wearing my weighted vest. So I’m just sore in a different way. Quick Rosie update. She’s doing great. I’d say …
War for Ukraine Day 1,464: A Brief Friday Night UpdatePost + Comments (27)
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(Image by NEIVANMADE) A brief housekeeping note: I am watching the advisories and forecasts regarding Idalia. There’s still a lot of uncertainty in the forecast, but I expect we’ll all have a pretty good idea by early tomorrow afternoon where the storm is going to go. Given the uncertainty in the forecast, I cannot say …
War for Ukraine Day 550: Russia Bombards Ukraine AgainPost + Comments (29)
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Іду на ви!/I Come at you! Very early this morning Ukrainan Special Operations Forces struck more targets in Russian occupied Crimea. "A senior Ukrainian official, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss the operation, said that an elite Ukrainian military unit operating behind enemy lines was responsible for the blasts." 2/https://t.co/XdvsAVQVrQ pic.twitter.com/M4oYwQthdK — Rob …
by Adam L Silverman| 66 Comments
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As usual, let’s start with President Zelenskyy’s address to Ukraine from earlier this evening. Video with subtitles below (apparently I’d somehow toggled them off while we were on involuntary hiatus…) followed by the English transcript after the jump.
War For Ukraine Update 100: The War Grinds On In the East and the SouthPost + Comments (66)
by Adam L Silverman| 101 Comments
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(Image found here; artist unknown) We’re going to start again this evening in Mariupol. This morning reports started coming out that elements of Ukraine’s 36th Marine Brigade, which has been fighting from within Mariupol, had run out of ammunition, other supplies, and, as a result, were surrendering. Reporting in The Daily Beast both clarifies and …
War for Ukraine Update 48: Mariupol Hangs By a ThreadPost + Comments (101)
by Adam L Silverman| 109 Comments
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(Image found here) President Biden gave an excellent speech today in Warsaw. Here’s the video: For those that would rather read it, here’s a link to the transcript. Everyone, of course, decided to see and hear something else in the speech. Largely around the President’s off the cuff remark: “For God’s sake this man cannot …
by Adam L Silverman| 152 Comments
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(Ukraine Will Prevail by Oleksandra Olishevska; found here) I want to start tonight with an excerpt from President Zelenskyy’s speech to the NATO senior leaders yesterday. It’s only about 3 and a half minutes long, but it really gets good at the 1:25 second mark when Zelenskyy goes up one side of Viktor Orban and …
War for Ukraine Update 31: The Second Month BeginsPost + Comments (152)