Ukraine, Ground View, War Leaders, World Support, Post Post, US , Donate

  • Vladimir Putin’s escalation of his invasion into Ukraine – bombing residents and medical facilities – has been accompanied by his escalation of rhetoric, issuing nuclear threats against the outside world. Those of us who spent part of our school aged life in hallway drills on floors, heads between knees, pretty much practicing at kissing our asses goodbye, might have concerns.
     
    Infidel753 has uncommonly good sense and does his homework on international affairs of consequence. He provides two reasons for unpanicked calm.
     
  • At The Moderate Voice governance and policy scholar Michael Blake contrasts leadership styles of Zelenskyy and Putin. Seems you don’t need to be a strongman to be a great leader.
     
  • Sarah Cooper asks the one question Putin seems not to have considered:
     

  • Ted McLaughlin at jobsanger has four photos illustrating how the world puts their support of Ukraine into lights.
     
  • Getting serious: The Journal of Improbable Research takes a moment from their constant search for strange studies and, instead, points out a whole lot of prominent scientific, religious, and political leaders in support of Ukraine.
     
  • John Scalzi at Whatever dates the Post-Cold War Era as beginning on November 9, 1989 when the USSR became the gone-USSR. Now, as the world reacts to Putin madness, John sees any number of demonstrations of the beginning of a new Post-Post-Cold War Era.
     
  • driftglass points to Russian assets we are not yet freezing, but should.
     
  • CalicoJack in The Psy of Life suggests that, here in the US, some destructive political divisions are artificial, promoted by a culture that regards politics as a contest between sports teams. Otherwise sane citizens reflexively act as the fan base for a sports franchise. Even going so far as to undermine Biden and support Putin.
     
  • Green Eagle watches as a famous political personality, often referred to as a one time president, is asked about Ukraine and bravery. The large green bird contrasts the fellow’s answer with the answer had he been truthful.
     
  • Vixen Strangely at Strangely Blogged is unsympathetic to the view of former Trump advisor Douglas MacGregor, as aired for Fox viewers. MacGregor thinks America is being way too harsh, that we should stop demonizing Vlad Putin.
     
  • M. Bouffant at Web of Evil does not think highly of Tulsi Gabbard. Well… Tulsi may not be perfect. But who among us has not attacked America as responsible for Putin’s invasion and opposed any sanctions on Russia’s economy generally or Putin’s friends specifically?
     
    Okay, okay, she’s acting like a bit of a crud. But she still has a ways to go before surging ahead of Tucker Carlson or Ted Cruz for the title of Jerk of the Year.
     
  • Hackwhackers takes on Ted Cruz, exposing him to his own comments in which he lavished praise on superior-to-US Russian troops.
     
  • Any funding effort has the potential to attract grifters. If you want to contribute safely to some aspect of the Ukrainian relief, tengrain at Mock Paper Scissors has done the hard research and provides useful guidance. Good trailblazing from a wonderful blogger.

  • Our favorite Earth-Bound Misfit is unimpressed with Putin attempts at broadcast censorship that essentially relies on outlawing radio waves.
     
  • So Russia is clamping down on the press. Andy Borowitz reports as Putin clarifies. The ban on broadcasts does not include Tucker Carlson.
     
    Satire. I know. Satire. It just feels real.
     
  • In News Corpse, the actual Tucker Carlson admits he had it all wrong about Ukraine. Then blames it on our Black Vice President. After all, he had mistakenly figured that if the situation was all that serious, the administration would have confined participation to serious people. They would not have had her involved. Tucker can tell a lot by looking at a person.
     
  • Cato Institute’s Julian Sanchez pretty much nails the pattern as it applies to another figure:
     

  • Imani Gandy and Jessica Mason Pieklo of Rewire News Group has everything you need to know about President Biden’s nominee to the Supreme Court. We can join them in a rapid reaction to Judge Kotani Brown Jackson. Your choice of a podcast or a transcript.
     
  • In Letters from an American, noted historian Heather Cox Richardson is offered a chance to interview President Biden. She covers the expected broad range of foreign and domestic issues, but then focuses on racial equality, and the peculiar political practice that often reverses hard won progress, particularly on voting rights.
     
  • In Ant Farmer’s Almanac, legendary evil Joe McCarthy sees, from the grave, the current state of contemporary conservatism and tries to decide whether to spin.
     
  • Polls show President Biden’s State of the Union presentation was well received by those who saw it. But what else should we expect? Most of those wanting to hear any speech, wanting it enough to tune in, would be supporters.
     
    Tommy Christopher points out that SOTU speeches don’t usually result in an increase in popularity. Sure enough, Tommy looks at the polls and Holy Polling, Batman!!.
     
  • Wisconsin conservative James Wigderson reacts somewhat negatively to Republican efforts to subvert democracy:
     

  • Yellow Dog Granny discovers Donald Trump’s policy on classified documents.
     
  • The Palmer Report is there as Governor Ron DeSantis demonstrates his own tough courage by bullying a few school kids on stage for wearing masks.
     
  • Scotties Playtime catches the governor of Florida on camera in his brave confrontation with surprised teens.
     
  • At The Onion, Texas Governor Gregg Abbott warns that children with accepting parents are in greater danger of growing up to become accepting themselves. Can’t have it.
     
  • Dave Dubya listens as Marjorie Taylor Greene explains the 2020 election. He applies her reasoning to the rest of her wisdom.
     
  • Iron Knee at Political Irony has a funny campaign ad about Lauren Boebert that I would bet will stay only on YouTube and social media. Coloradans will likely not see it on television. A bit graphic in a non-cartoon sense, but worth watching not at work.
     
  • Well, I suppose this is a contribution to the historical record. It just seem tactically unwise. Frances Langum discovers a video documentary that Roger Stone agreed to in advance. One of several stunning moments has Stone getting furious off at Mr. Trump for neglecting to give him a pardon for things he specifically insists he didn’t do.
     
  • The Propaganda Professor travels to Ecuador and discovers that negative views on Trump largely depend on the degree of international success by right-wing propagandists.
     
  • NASA keeps track, and says that 97 percent of actively publishing climate scientists agree that humans are causing global warming and climate change.
     
    But our friendly neighborhood libertarian, Michael A. LaFerrara, can’t stand any crisis that demands concerted government action. So he discovers some random person who says we only need to look outside to see proof of climate change. This demonstrates that the climate issue is based on a convoluted form of religion, not science.
     
  • In The Life and Times of Bruce Gerencser, Bruce suggests that quoting the Bible in polite company can be a form of bullying.
     
    I see his point, up to a point.
     
    In a corporate meeting I once attended, upper management explained coming changes in structure that would benefit clients and employees. The problem was we had heard it all before, many times, over the years. A long series of repeated disappointments can produce a reluctant cynicism. Yet the new management seemed more sincere, and I had heard of some promising signs.
     
    When they asked for comments, I spoke up. In my religion, I said, we often define faith as the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. I told them that I would like to go beyond faith into substance that we could see. And I asked when that would be possible.
     
    My boss later pulled me aside. My point might better have been made without religious reference. Some folks could be distracted and even offended. I suspected he was gently referring to his own reaction.
     
    I refrained from similar references after that, but not out of some obligation to follow instruction. It was simple politeness.
     
    I do not believe I would have been offended by someone referring similarly about their Muslim or Hindu beliefs. I would not even expect any resentment should someone mention something written by Bruce Gerencser.
     
    I suspect Bruce only objects to the often oppressive harangue of the overly enthused, although that is not entirely clear.
     
    I suppose I’m a Paul Simon sort of guy in one sense: The words on the prophets are written on the subway walls and tenement halls… It is wisdom to accept wisdom where we find it. Wisdom is not to be imposed.
     
  • North Carolina pastor John Pavlovitz knows what it’s like:
     

  • SilverAppleQueen experiences the perfect life, but feels compelled to find a prolonged respite.
     
  • In Nan’s Notebook we find Nan about to perform an easy, safe, but important act of heroism that can save lives. It involves relaxing and lying on your back.
     
  • Reductress takes romantic fantasies to new heights, explaining how to walk past a man in a suit without imagining what it would be like to divorce him.
     
  • @whiskeywhistle98 shares one of the less romantic moments in family life:
     

    @whiskeywhistle98 Disclaimer….I don’t beat anyone…But seriously..🤦🏼‍♀️🤦🏼‍♀️#tiktokmom #fyp #cleanhouse #mess #crap #angrymom #kids ♬ original sound – Dustin Saulsbury

  • PZ Myers seems a little hesitant about the latest cinema adaptation as he remembers the Batman of his youth.

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One thought on “Ukraine, Ground View, War Leaders, World Support, Post Post, US , Donate”

  1. Thanks for the link!

    Gangster “leaders” always under-estimate the strength and resolve of democracies. The kaiser did, Hitler did, Tojo did, Saddam Hussein did, and now Tin-of-Pu is doing it. They never learn.

    Whatever the fashion biz is paying their models these days, it isn’t enough.

    Ron DeSanitize should look up what the French did to Dâ’ish (ISIL) in Raqqa after the Charlie Hebdo attack. Unfortunately, the odds seem better than even that this guy will be our next president.

    If God existed, he would have sued Pat Robertson for slander by now.

    I sense a commonality in the definitions. I’ll have to examine carefully for some hidden message

    Stupid people think that vulgar, boring, unimaginative language is “edgy” or something. That’s the hidden message.

    The Trump People Magazine quote isn’t real. But we know he loves the poorly educated.

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