Good morning to everyone except Mike Kreidler. Come on, dude. Come on.
I am generally against people stepping down in the middle of their term. And I think that’s a good starting place as more information comes to light. But damn, treat your employees better.
Anyway, please wash your hands right now. And get vaccinated or boosted.
Fuck Putin and his low IQ dumbfuck troll.
Tara Reade has lost her Russia Today gig and all her RT content has lost it’s platform access on Spotify and other streaming services, and people are “suddenly” remembering her extensive deep ties to Russian propaganda mills. And all this might have gone largely unnoticed except that she’s also now tossing around empty legal threats.
https://mobile.twitter.com/ReadeAlexandra/status/1499781110661730307
And I’m left wondering, who will Republicans rely upon to operate these incredibly expensive political disinformation campaigns now that they can no longer rely on Russia?
Without Russia is there even a Bob?
Without Russia is there even a Bob?
Apparently not.
@3 Without Russia, there’s no Tara or Tulsi, either. But Trump wouldn’t have to repay his loans.
Maybe we should take up a collection and buy one-way tickets to Moscow for all three of them. Their country needs them. But with air service down, travel will have to be by donkey cart.
Ukes report a standoff with Russians at southern city of Mikolaiv — “We don’t shoot anymore. They do not shoot.”
https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-04-22/h_c835d5635a5d42bf351148a982bc35ba
Russian morale is getting interesting. Russia conscripts teenagers for 12-month active service. With such short service, they can get only minimal training, and are only good for KP and latrine cleaning duty. These conscripts make up about 70% of the Russian army; the other 30% are trained, experienced, competent career soldiers.
I thought the Russians would send in their professionals, and some of the advance guards have been commandos, but it turns out a lot of the invasion force consists of conscript cannon fodder, and they’re not happy to be in Ukraine. Reports suggest a few, in small groups, have laid down their arms and surrendered without a fight. Some Russian POWs are telling their captors they were told they were going on a training exercise or would be welcomed as liberators, and didn’t expect to be shot at.
The Russians made other mistakes. Apparently they didn’t provision their troops with more than 2-3 days of fuel and food, so when the Russians capture a town, their troops head for the local food marts to loot them for edibles. Wouldn’t surprise me if they’re sabotaging their own vehicles to hold up the advance to avoid being thrown into urban combat.
Earlier this week, a British source predicted Putin would be assassinated within days. I don’t expect that, but I notice he holds meetings remotely now, or if in person, at a long table. I suspect he’s less worried about Covid than a shiv in his ribs. I doubt he’ll be overthrown, but if he is, that would send a message to Xi that “if you invade Taiwan, this could happen to you.”
I think Biden has done an exemplary job of managing the crisis, and any criticism (not enough sanctions, waited too long, etc.) is nitpicking. He’s minimized nuclear war risks while sticking it to Russia economically. This signals to Xi that the U.S. doesn’t have to fight him for Taiwan, there are other ways we can get him if he attacks Taiwan. Biden may have just saved Taiwan (only time will tell).
I don’t think the Russian army will collapse, nor do I expect to see Russian troops revolt against their commanders or engage in mutinies. I think it’s more likely Putin will escalate, and rely more on terror bombing, missile attacks, and mass destruction and civilian casualties in an effort to bring Ukraine to its knees, now that he’s seeing his ground forces are damn near useless.
Slow moving or stalled Russian convoys, tanks and troop carriers would seem to be the ideal target for IEDs. I would expect to see them used extensively as the war drags on.
@6 Depends on whether the stupid Russkies forgot to put flankers out. But 40 miles x 2 is a lot of flank to guard, and if they leave gaps you can creep up on them. Javelins, LAWs, and RPGs are better in this situation than IEDs because you don’t have to get right up on them, only within several hundred meters, and I’d go for the fuel trucks first. I wouldn’t want to give away my position by firing a rocket launcher if Hinds are overhead, though.
Biden’s approval rating up from 39% to 47%. Dumbfuck will have a fit.
https://www.cnbc.com/2022/03/04/russia-ukraine-latest-updates.html
We’ll have to excuse the low IQ dumbfuck traitor’s absence. He’s been inflicted with a severe case of cognitive dissonance. Might even be fatal.
Lindsey Graham Doubles Down On Call For Russians To Kill Vladimir Putin
Biden’s approval rating up from 39% to 47%. Dumbfuck will have a fit.
Between that and a Republican crying out for someone to kill his beloved Putin, perhaps a suicide watch for our low IQ dumbfuck traitor is in order.
One of our low IQ dumbfuck traitor’s dozen cosplaying grandmothers who went to DC with a truck packed with guns and molotov cocktails begs for mercy.
Oh, and even more galling for Dumbfuck, approval of Biden’s handling of Ukraine crisis is up 18 points.
What’s more, “There is bipartisan consensus on Capitol Hill that punishing Russia for its war on Ukraine would be worth risking more inflation.”
https://www.huffpost.com/entry/ukraine-russia-war-oil-prices-inflation_n_622233ade4b042f866ed25d6
I wonder if the low IQ dumbfuck traitor has figured it out yet that, if there were to be a nuclear war with Russia, Whidbey Island would be ‘ground zero’.
@11 That would be age discrimination.
@13 Don’t forget the aircraft carrier homeport in Everett, and where the prevailing winds will blow the fallout.
@15 Given the inaccuracy of Russian missiles, the warheads targeting the Naval Air Base on Whidbey and the carrier homeport in Everett will probably both detonate right over the low IQ dumbfuck traitor’s house.
He should have bought a house on Orcas.
When your world view is disintegrating, you gotta have somethin’ to believe in.
QAnon believes Trump is helping Putin’s invasion to stop Dr. Fauci’s Ukraine-based bioweapons lab
I was thinking that the US should start to beef up / send troops to neigboring countries to Ukraine, not so much as a need to protect or defend, but just to show Putin that were not sitting back as much as he’d like us to.
Maybe Bob is working on converting the horse piss to gas for the truck. Or is he just milking the horse for fun……hmmm?
@16 Should the Russians improve the accuracy of their missiles, they’ll still detonate right over his house. They’re realizing there are too many dumbfucks in the world and ours are just as dangerous as theirs.
A little-noticed trial wrapped up today in Philadelphia. After deliberating barely more than an hour, a jury acquitted Amtrak engineer Brandon Bostian of all criminal charges stemming from a fatal 2015 train crash.
Philadelphia prosecutors originally declined to charge Bostian, stating the crash was an accident. Charges were ordered, dismissed, and reinstated by various judges, and prosecuted by the state attorney general.
“An Idaho man who hit a police officer with a pipe as part of the mob that stormed the U.S. Capitol last year was sentenced Friday to more than four years in federal prison.
“Duke Edward Wilson, a 68-year-old logger from the small city of Nampa, told U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth that he didn’t remember many of his actions. Prosecutors said he attacked at least three officers in a tunnel in the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.”
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory/capitol-rioter-idaho-years-attacking-police-83258398
I don’t understand why he has amnesia. He wasn’t the one hit with the pipe.
The major victim of the Ukraine situation is the Truth. Both sides are a bit truthful, and both are lying their asses off. The media is being duped into buying the government-provided tripe and spinning it to get people to watch coverage of …
Well, who knows what it really is? Nobody knows what the real story is.
@22 Truth is easier to see if you pull your head out of your ass. The major victims of the Russian invasion (not “situation”) are the dead, injured, and displaced. And European peace.
Have we seen the last of the cowardly low IQ dumbfuck traitor?
If you guys lynched the fucktard without inviting me, I’m going to be really, really disappointed.
23 -It’s YOUR head that’s up YOUR ass.
Shortbus back?
Or just some other random Russia-bot hoping to sew disinfo.
Ooof.