Are these buffoons under the impression that Russia is in any sense communist? Russian kleptarchy is if anything an absurdist parody of everything the Soviets ever said about capitalism.
It's as if the moment communism collapsed, it immediately rushed to become, not what capitalism actually ever was, but what their propaganda had spent decades saying it was.
@w7voa FCC now scrambling to show loyalty and avoid being dismantled next year.
@ravensrod @fkamiah17 Only 8 am here but that's sounding pretty good right now
@w7voa Unfortunately Bezos won't even notice the pinch. It's journalism that will suffer. The only solution is don't let oligarchs run newspapers.
@KraftTea Where is this? And is it happening now?
@kaminenmosher Now I'll have to watch the credits for "Pig Handler".
@kaminenmosher Maybe he doesn't have a fourth-wall kind of perspective and always mentally registers the presence of the film crew.
@Dingsextrem @anneapplebaum
Sounds like one of those cases where Russia positions convict units behind them, to shoot them if they try to retreat or defect.
The other, even darker, possibility is that's the job Russia is importing the North Koreans to do, against Russian soldiers.
These geese that cross the road in the marked crossings in Cambridgeshire UK...
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9qv915xwwzo
..remind me of when a few weeks ago, I crossed a busy street in a NW Portland neighborhood, one which had a press-to-activate pedestrian signal. As soon as I started across I realized that a coyote had joined me. Apparently he or she had been lurking nearby waiting for someone to come along and push the button.
@noelreports Most of the military commentary I've read suggests that it's not the right weapon for this war.
@beebrookshire I don't know about you but I'd like to pressure YouTube to stop rewarding the idiot who calls himself "Raccoon Whisperer," because he feeds bulk Costco hotdogs to wild raccoons and posts videos of them climbing all over him for them.
@fulelo They could save about the same amount of money just by letting Laura Kuenssberg go, and news coverage would _improve_.
@rmblaber1956 @BashStKid Still, they should put a teensy nuclear plant inside every windmill, as a backup.
@w7voa When you're failing, double down and fail harder.
@chris No, I'm sorry for grumping at you. Having a bad moment for other reasons.
@chris Tried clicking that link and before I could even read what it was, it blocked what I was trying to read with a pop-up. Doesn't sound like they want referral business.
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