It will be a long season of lament. We will surely be blamed for some time. But whenever Putin is overthrown or dies, the truth may yet come to the fore. Eventually, the truth will out.
Happy about two things today… * The impending snowstorm now looks to be 6-9” rather than the 10-17” previously expected. As we will have 40s and 50s all week, it will quickly melt. Which brings me to: * Our Maverick is officially off the train car. No one yet knows which of three transport car haulers will pick it up, or when. Could be in 3 days or could be two weeks. At least it is only 147 miles away now.
It was no coincidence that the Antonov 225 airplane that was wantonly destroyed by Russian troops was in Ukraine. It was one of the outstanding achievements of Soviet engineering. The Antonov Design Bureau and its successors specialized in transport aircraft, mostly military. Destroying Antonov will effectively disable many large Russian military transport aircraft. As memory serves me, Ukrainian engineers also developed a super high speed submarine rocket torpedo.
Andrew Sullivan: “It would perhaps be too glorious an irony if it were Vladimir Putin who finally buzz-killed the American and European right’s infatuation with post-liberalism.”
“But, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine staggers shambolically and criminally forward, it’s no longer unthinkable. The icon of the West’s new right is in serious trouble now — and it might tarnish all of those who only yesterday were idolizing his reactionary zeal.”
Russia’s central bank head ‘is mourning for her economy’ [Click]
ReplyDeleteI imagine she is not alone, in Russia!
DeleteIt will be a long season of lament. We will surely be blamed for some time. But whenever Putin is overthrown or dies, the truth may yet come to the fore. Eventually, the truth will out.
Happy about two things today…
ReplyDelete* The impending snowstorm now looks to be 6-9” rather than the 10-17” previously expected. As we will have 40s and 50s all week, it will quickly melt.
Which brings me to:
* Our Maverick is officially off the train car. No one yet knows which of three transport car haulers will pick it up, or when. Could be in 3 days or could be two weeks. At least it is only 147 miles away now.
147 miles? It probably wouldn't work well to bop on over there and liberate it, I suppose.
DeleteUkraine plays a little-known, but crucial, role in the world's space scene. [Click] Ukraine was a very important high-technology center of the USSR.
ReplyDeleteIt was no coincidence that the Antonov 225 airplane that was wantonly destroyed by Russian troops was in Ukraine. It was one of the outstanding achievements of Soviet engineering. The Antonov Design Bureau and its successors specialized in transport aircraft, mostly military. Destroying Antonov will effectively disable many large Russian military transport aircraft. As memory serves me, Ukrainian engineers also developed a super high speed submarine rocket torpedo.
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ReplyDeleteMarch 11, 2022 By Taegan Goddard
Andrew Sullivan: “It would perhaps be too glorious an irony if it were Vladimir Putin who finally buzz-killed the American and European right’s infatuation with post-liberalism.”
“But, as Russia’s invasion of Ukraine staggers shambolically and criminally forward, it’s no longer unthinkable. The icon of the West’s new right is in serious trouble now — and it might tarnish all of those who only yesterday were idolizing his reactionary zeal.”
Three cheers for glorious irony!
Missouri Republican [natch!] seeks to ban termination of ectopic pregnancies, with a penalty of up to 30 years in prison [Click]
ReplyDeleteDeutsche Bank reverses course on Russia, says it is unwinding business there after Ukraine invasion [Click]
ReplyDeleteArizona Supreme Court Refuses To Review $50,000-A-Day Fines Against Cyber Ninjas [Click] Sorry, boys and girls; you have to go to the Court of Appeals first.
Judge blocks Texas from investigating parents of transgender children [Click]
Volodymyr Zelenskiy: Ukraine is on course for victory – video [Click]
EU leaders announce plan to rearm and wean off Russian energy – video [Click]
China is squirming under pressure to condemn Russia. It can’t hold out forever [Click]
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ReplyDeleteRussia’s RD-180 rocket engine clearly surpassed by SpaceX Raptor engine, and manufacturing of the latter is ramping up big time. [Click] The Russians were too late refusing to sell their old engines to the US.
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