ok what the fuck is happening in ukraine

The one I remember was about vaccines and it was fantastic

https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/2019/02/28/nancy-pelosi-u-love-story/

Sounds like the death rattle (& hum) of a generation of center-liberals.

Lol

Watching CNN is just wild, they keep demanding interviewees to explain why the US isn’t instituting a no-fly zone. Over and over.

Yeah, I was not really concerned that the US was going to get militarily involved in this until I turned on cable news.

"But can't we just put up some really tall signs that say 'NO FLYING ALLOWED'"?

https://m.media-amazon.com/images/M/MV5BYzE1MjYzM2EtMDg1ZC00MjgyLTk0ODctNDg5MThmYzI5NDdhXkEyXkFqcGdeQXVyNjUxMjc1OTM@._V1_.jpg

Would be nice if they’d change it up a little and ask about the possibility of a no flex zone.

someone should probably point out to the cable news nitwits that our number of Ws over the last 75 years is hovering at zero and getting involved would more likely than not be to Ukraine’s detriment

On the other hand maybe we’re due.

of course the DO SOMETHING chorus will be the first ones to bash Biden if he listens to them

lmao Sam

can't lose forever

our number of Ws over the last 75 years is hovering at zero

Remember Grenada! We took out that undefended civilian airport and handed out medals like they were candy from a piñata.

We've actually had a lot of Ws if you count the first few weeks of each war

So the xp Switchblade drones are indeed scheduled for delivery to Ukraine, supposedly good anti-artillery and armor, also now reported that the human guide can cancel the hit within seconds of reaching target, if trajectory is off. so 0 collateral damage (does it self-destruct? Less danger from resulting shrapnel than whole projectile, is the idea?)
Patriot missile defense system being set up in Poland, not Ukraine, but Slovakia says will send S-300, some of which Ukraine already has, and Any country providing S-300s is likely to receive the US-made Patriot air defense missile system to backfill the capability it would be giving up, according to two other sources familiar with the negotiations. Germany and the Netherlands have already publicly announced that they are sending Patriots to Slovakia. But integrating a new, complex air defense system into a country's existing military architecture, as well as training its forces to use it, can take time, one source familiar with the matter cautioned.https://www.cnn.com/2022/03/16/europe/slovakia-s-300s-ukraine/index.html
That piece linked upthread by earlnash seems good, will have to read some more.

(does it self-destruct? Less danger from resulting shrapnel than whole projectile, is the idea?) Supposed to implode, maybe.

hope it can also detect if the target itself or the supporting intel is bad.

suppose that is less of an issue when using it to defend one's own country

xp no, it's apparently up to the human operator, as back-up, anyway.

Speaking of xpost craftspotting, Japan reported increased Russian ship movement through the Pacific, toward Straits of Hormuz, commen taters this morning said oh that means they really need backup, but now I belatedly see this, stuck into yesterday's round-up:
10:59 a.m. ET, March 16, 2022
Russian warships shell 4 villages near Odesa, according to Ukrainian army
From CNN staff

Russian warships in the Black Sea have shelled the Ukrainian coast in areas close to the key southern city of Odesa, according to Ukraine’s armed forces.

According to a statement posted on the armed forces’ Facebook page, the villages of Lebedivka, Sanzheika, Zatoka and Bilenke, which all lie about 30 kilometers (about 18 miles) south of the port city, have been shelled in the last 24 hours.

Odesa is Ukraine’s third largest city and regarded as a key target of Russia’s campaign.

An amphibious assault is seen as a probable part of any move to take the city and increased shelling of targets along the coast will increase fears that such an assault could be imminent.

9:01 a.m. ET, March 16, 2022 https://www.cnn.com/europe/live-news/ukraine-russia-putin-news-03-16-22/h_71344eadc7d9ef3f2e42fcf655fe1816

Speaker Pelosi reads #StPatricksDay poem by Bono, which reads in part:

"Ireland's sorrow and pain
Is now the Ukraine
And Saint Patrick's name now Zelenskyy."

jesus, mary and joseph weeping simultaneously!

oh that wasn't a joke

fact checked, river danced

https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pelosi-read-poem-by-bono-ukraine/

good night

That Arnold S video is a great example of using your power/influence in a positive way.

― Legalize Suburban Benches (Raymond Cummings), Thursday, March 17, 2022 10:55 AM (three hours ago) bookmarkflaglink

yeah this was pretty good. idk if it will make any difference though

correct me if I'm wrong but is Arnold Schwarzenegger the only "good" elected Republican? I sure as shit can't think of another

The reconstruction era Radical republicans

Supposedly he's got a huge cachet in Russia still -- and probably among the older generations that need to hear it most, by all accounts -- so hopefully it'll help.

_Speaker Pelosi reads #StPatricksDay poem by Bono, which reads in part:

"Ireland's sorrow and pain
Is now the Ukraine
And Saint Patrick's name now Zelenskyy."_

Ireland's sorrow and pain
Is now the Ukraine
In the membrane

FIFY

The house of 'kraine is in effect y'all
and anyone that steps up is gettin wrecked

This is the poem Vladimir Putin stole from the beatles
We’re stealin it back

https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/static/uploads/2021/05/When-Paul-McCartney-met-Vladimir-Putin.jpg

Thinks: " ... and he'll go out the bathroom window ... "
Thinks: "If I can't be the fifth Beatle then I will be the onlyBeatle."
Whispers: "I think 'Spies Like Us' is underrated."

Supposedly he's got a huge cachet in Russia still -- and probably among the older generations that need to hear it most, by all accounts -- so hopefully it'll help.

Seems not good:

https://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/33527472/ex-gm-donnie-nelson-sues-dallas-mavericks-says-was-fired-reporting-sexual-misconduct-team-denies-claim

Whoops! V sorry.

omg that macca pic

No thumbs up, Macca playing it cool.

Cable news has spent the past few weeks almost literally begging administration officials to label Putin a war criminal -- now that Biden and Blinken have said so, they've gotten out their fainting couches. 'Embarrassed Biden aides scrambling to de-escalate the WH's war of words!' Stfu.

Not @ you personally, Sam Weller, but if there's one thing I can recommend 100% it's to stay away from cable news or any TV news. You can literally look up #ukraine on Twitter and go all night looking at varied perspectives interspersed with hyped-up Indian nationalists, re-heated Ukraine biolabs theories from 2019, edgy tankies/sullen right-wingers, and still come out better informed, saner, and more sober than you would from watching TV.

I thought people abandoned cable news after 2016 but it's weird how many takes on Ukraine are more about "I'm scared by the crazy things on cable" than about the actual war. NGL, I still get taken in by the odd Tucker Carlson smarm piece about how Putin never called HIM a racist, but just catching up with politics on ILX threads is a much healthier way to get your news than wasting time with TV. Probably faster too.

Avoiding cable is probably better for your mental health, but you don't necessarily see what people in power are reacting to.

I'm with Moomin all the way. Made that decision on 9/11 itself and my life's better for it.

I'm late to the party on this, but:

Ireland's sorrow and pain
Is now the Ukraine
And Saint Patrick's name now Zelenskyy_
What a sad and sorry and sickening sight
Ah hu-a-a hu-a-a hu-a-a hu-a-a-a, ha-u...
Ah hu-a-a hu-a-a hu-a-a hu-a-a-a

Dan, is this set to Flipper’s “Ha Ha Ha”?

Worst/most cringeworthy lyric on The Cranberries' 'To The Faithful Departed'

I recall reading at the start of this invasion that Russia's place on the UN security council was actually grandfathered in, that after the fall of the Soviet Union they just kind of remained in that position. But given all the current bullshit, perhaps it's time to reconsider giving Russia such a prominent platform.

... what purpose do you think that would serve?

Probably none. But it's a permanent spot, with instant veto power, which allows them to fuck with votes, however symbolically. If current events really do mark a conspicuous break with the geo-political status quo, then it's kind of weird to have them there so prominently.

Just recognize Kyrgyzstan as the legitimate inheritor state of USSR and give the seat to them. Simple dimple!