I love the Norman Rockwell version of this.
The beginning of school integration
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Yay, Belarusian railway workers
https://twitter.com/HannaLiubakova/status/1505972610177421316?s=20&t=xYm9JHhD3AefnPSXCH5d5w
We need a new piece of iconography for Belarusian railway workers. Some guy in overalls screwing up a switch? Yanking out the wires from a control box?
James A. Baker III’s Words on NATO Loom in Ukraine Standoff – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/01/09/us/politics/russia-ukraine-james-baker.html
It’s never too late, actually. We just can’t repeat what Turkey did/is doing:
«As it happens, one of those who suggested a different approach was Mr. Baker. In 1993, as NATO was contemplating admitting Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic, he proposed in an op-ed in The Los Angeles Times that the alliance consider another possible member: Russia itself.»
War of attrition in Ukraine
https://twitter.com/DAlperovitch/status/1504914226497871883?s=20&t=F4xY40xlQH8Bi2gzQ6rsYQ
Brace for war of attrition/starvation in Ukraine.
On Russia’s good faith in signing agreements
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest_Memorandum_on_Security_Assurances#Content
Russia promised to respect Ukraine’s borders. So much for that. (Starting with the annexation of Crimea in 2014.) Items 1 and 2 violated. Item 5 soon to follow, I suspect.
Ukraine Is Wrecking Russian Tanks With a Gift From Britain – The New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2022/03/18/us/ukraine-antitank-missiles-russia.html
By sheer coincidence, i received my St. NLAW t-shirt today. I knew these things would come in handy when the range got shorter (like, in cities).
Sliding into world war?
Oh, interesting. I guess we really are sliding into a world war. War bonds and victory gardens, here we come! Hopefully not followed by nuclear launches, but, if so, people need to hang from lamp-posts when we get to them (and not Western leaders, either, in case some folks think that).
Escalating fears that Putin might do something crazy
https://www.greatpower.us/p/escalating-fears-that-putin-might
«In one sense, this means that we should stop being hemmed in by this fear [of Russian nukes] and accept that the risks and costs are Ukraine’s to assess and determine. Ukraine is taking all the risk. They are paying all the costs. We should listen to them about what risks they are willing to take and costs incur.»
Russia warns United States: we have the might to put you in your place | Reuters
«[Russia] says its bid to forge ties with the West after the 1991 fall of the Soviet Union is now over and that it will develop ties with other powers such as China.»
Pretty sure that happened a while ago. I guess Russia will now replace North Korea as China’s favorite [expletive]. Anything Putin can do to stay one step ahead of the people living in the country he controls.
