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  1. I find that guy's ugly swollen face offensive, inappropriate, and disrespectful.
  2. This is probably some of the least important, or maybe consequential, commentary I've read today about the meeting. That said, I still enjoyed reading it and getting this guy's thoughts. Most around here are likely familiar with him, but he's always got an interesting perspective. Thread of about 15 short skeets or whatever the fuck we call them.
  3. Fuck, dude. I generally like you and often agree with you, but sometimes you say the weirdest, most naive shit. That was an ambush. They planned to publicly fuck over Zelenskyy. They wanted a big show to demonstrate a hard turn away from Ukraine (and our allies). It wasn't about Zelenskyy making Krasnov big mad. This was a statement to the world.
  4. Agreed, but until the US formally exits NATO, we can still veto shit and gum up the works, which I think is still the plan. In the last couple of days, France, UK, Turkey, and Ireland have announced their willingness to send peacekeepers to Ukraine. They can already make those bilateral decisions (even if coordinated) outside of NATO's framework. I'm betting after today, we'll hear from a few more countries stepping up. If Germany is one of them, then we start seeing the birth of some sort of an EU military independent from NATO. Hell, the UK hooking back up with the EU might actually be in play now. The Tories' "Global Britain" idea to distance themselves from the EU certainly backfires if the US is seen as an adversary. I mean, the combined economic and military might of the EU+the main Commonwealth countries shouldn't be taken lightly by Russia or its new sidekick.
  5. It really is good timing, since we have our 250th birthday next year.
  6. Four-page thread at the top of Movies & TV
  7. Just came to post that. TASS was in the room. Reuters and the AP were not granted access.
  8. 4.8 a little bit ago. I didn't exactly "feel" it, as in experiencing any shaking, but it was almost like a giant gust of wind was trying to lift the roof off the house with the creaking and groaning from the attic, but, for once, there was no wind. Kind of unnerving. https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/tx2025edml/shakemap/pga
  9. Well, seeing as they're still flying the Union Jack, I don't see why not.
  10. On top of all the backstabbing, Shitstain is threatening to place 25% tariffs on EU imports. The Western Alliance is flatlining.
  11. If anyone is curious about the MMR vaccine rates for Kindergartners in their county, I slapped together this homemade map based on data from Texas DHHS that someone posted yesterday. https://www.fox7austin.com/news/measles-vaccination-rates-texas-central The darkest shade is 100%, and each lighter gradation of green is one percentage point down. Shades of yellow and orange are below 95%, which is what they say is needed. Gray = no data. It's pretty crazy how it varies so much from county to county, especially out in West Texas, where you have some at 100% butting right against some with less than 90%. Admittedly, in a couple of those small population counties, you might have 2-3 kids unvaxxed in Kindergarten, and they could be more than 10% of the kids. Still, though.
  12. You know how they say "a picture is worth a thousand words?" Just look at that expression of disbelief, exasperation, and exhaustion on Zelenskyy's face.
  13. I don't blame you. Below are screenshots of NYTimes updates. They're not exactly in order, because I'm not going to do each and every one individually, so make sure to look at the "minutes ago" timestamps.
  14. Woke up and couldn't go back to sleep. Wordle 1,350 4/6 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #628 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 🟨🟨🟨🟨 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1131 9️⃣πŸŸ₯ 7️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ 🟨🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜🟩⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜🟩⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟩⬜⬜ ⬜🟨🟨🟨⬜ 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩⬜ ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  15. Wordle 1,349 4/6 β¬›πŸŸ¨β¬›β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©πŸŸ© πŸŸ©β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #627 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1130 5️⃣4️⃣ 6️⃣7️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜🟨⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 🟩⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜🟩⬜🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟩⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟨🟨 🟨🟨⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜🟩🟨⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟨⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩
  16. Wordle 1,348 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #626 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1129 7️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  17. Cool. I'm just curious if my wild guess was correct. Let me know what Alebmhunert means when you get the chance.
  18. Wordle 1,348 4/6 β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©β¬›β¬› β¬›πŸŸ¨πŸŸ©β¬›πŸŸ© β¬›β¬›πŸŸ©πŸŸ©πŸŸ© 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 Connections Puzzle #626 🟨🟨🟨🟨 🟩🟩🟩🟩 🟦🟦🟦🟦 πŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺπŸŸͺ πŸ™‚ Daily Quordle 1129 7️⃣4️⃣ 8️⃣5️⃣ m-w.com/games/quordle/ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜⬜⬜ 🟨⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜⬜⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩⬜🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜⬜🟨⬜🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟨 ⬜⬜⬜🟨⬜ ⬜⬜🟨⬜⬜ ⬜🟨⬜⬜⬜ ⬜⬜⬜🟩⬜ ⬜⬜⬜⬜🟩 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬜🟨⬜⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ ⬜🟨🟨⬜🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛ 🟩🟩🟩🟩🟩 ⬛⬛⬛⬛⬛
  19. Living back in the Permian now, believe me, I know. I was just mentioning the one and only thing keeping them afloat with any kind of real opportunity.
  20. The formatting is fucked up because you continue to insist on NEVER posting a shit in plain text, so I'm only going to guess that the enlarged, italicized font is the actual deleted post, to which I can only respond by saying that poster is a fucking bigoted asshole. The automatic assumption that 90% white means no crime (complete horseshit) belies the lived experience of people, such as myself, who live in communities Anglo-minority ones who still keep doors unlocked without any concern, at all, that some pack of wild minorities is coming to get them at night. Don't get me wrong, though, I'm not advocating people leave their doors wide open, but all I can say is that it's some fucked up, paranoid thinking. It's the exact same type of divisive indoctrination that got us where we are today. Divide and conquer.
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