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good news

contrary to this. I think the series Chernobyl indicates that the troops the Soviets used to first work the reactor problem were their specially trained chemical warfare troops. It was an area that the Soviets invested some resources into.

I can only imagine how badly chemical attacks would go for Russian troops. Badly trained troops should not attempt difficult things.

This video is great. I love how he bolts to screen right to get his first post-news hit drink as it ends.

Too hard to think about top 5 lists. I used to think "Everyday I write the Book" was the perfect pop song and then I just got sick of Elvis Costello.

The other story about the Russian general talking to the US delegation in Moscow appears to be revealing of dangerously bad morale in the Russian military.

German skinheads were never a real thing when I was there. The issue was the Red Army Faction.

Hypothesis: the end of the Cold War deployments to places like Germany was bad for our civics. When the people on the lower-end of the economic spectrum did not have the outlet of seeing other successful societies they turned inward and weird.

Kriedler! GS to put us ahead.

More US troops to Eastern Europe. All to the good. The more people from the urban badlands and rural hollers get to see a different culture and understand the importance of collective security the better. Better for both societies here and abroad.

All for one evil man's vanity.

wow I think I believe these numbers.

BTW, the lesson of this. If your kid is in the fine arts in any variety, they had better be able to talk to rich people.

What annoys me most about his music is the corporately social acceptability of it. Rock music which was born of rebellion used to create fascistic anthems. Then again, art can be whatever art wants to be. Its all about creating reaction. In fine art its designed to get rich people to think they are significant and in pop art its all about getting poor people to feel a little bit of anything that will get them to distribute their limited wealth on a mass scale.

I was never a fan of JBJ but I enjoy that he's weighing in. Meanwhile Kid Rock is sidling up with Putin.

The ideal scenario is that the EU would figure its own thing out. Russia was spending a lot on politicians though.

UK has its own creepy Russian asset problem

Ponch was in the movie Midway. Just on that basis i'll take him.

Apparently Navalny's politics would shock most of us. He may be arch conservative or into amphibian sex or something but he's been fighting the good fight against Vladdie

Yeesh

So, you are saying this theater lady had a flair for being dramatic? :--)

The IC is being blamed for some sort of failure when it had thus far been superb in identifying what was going to happen. The fact that it did provide strategic and tactical warning has prevented the worst of what could have happened and allowed Biden's team to rally the civilized world against Russia.

Noticing that reporters are back in Kyiv. It appears that the Yookies are on the offense in the suburbs.

Basically we are arguing over a man with a supple brain and an incredible will to power against a guy who thinks Putin is the bee's knees. If that mattered at all. In any conflict, I'll take the smarter man.