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[JazzNU]

[ponchi101]

Well, I wrote about it some time ago. Putin simply sees Russia as the USSR, and wants it back.
If he is not stopped with this Ukraine lunacy, I would not want to be the Baltic states. Not even the Balkans.

[ti-amie]

She followed this up with a request for donations. Adam Klasfeld retweeted her so I guess she's legit. You have to take everything these days with a huge dose of salt.

A podcast I listen to also said that this speech came across as a declaration of war.

[JazzNU]

[ponchi101]

A victory for women of few resources. The rich were always able to get abortions on demand.
Still, a big step, in a country still well imbued with powerful anti-feminist attitudes.

[JazzNU]

[JazzNU]

Names I've heard today while watching or reading the news with regards to Putin and trying to explain Putin's speech and actions - Hitler, Mussolini, Stalin, and Catherine the Great. I fear we are entering very dark times.

[ti-amie]

We are in dark times indeed but there is always Faux News...

[ponchi101]

Ukraine announces that it "might break up diplomatic relations with Russia".
In other unrelated news:
"Wife tells husband 'we may be over' after divorce settlement"
"Don't count on me anymore!", former employee tells company that fired him.
"We have to use some form of contraception" girlfriend tells boyfriend, after pregnancy test comes back positive.

Might? They are invading you can called you a non-country. Might?

[the Moz]

Putin yearns for another cold war born of perverse historical nationalism and reared on the ridiculous notion that 'if the West is for then we're against'. His sabre rattling in the sandbox a jealous reaction to all the attention heaped on 21c newborn the war on terror. And now clearly feeling
jilted after America dumped them and took China to the super power prom.

[Owendonovan]

I'm not confident sanctions will do anything more than make the average Russian citizen suffer. Putin and his cronies seem all set to weather sanctions.

[ponchi101]

I always ask: name me one set of economic sanctions that have ever achieved the planned effect.
As you say, it will be the average Russian paying the price. And Putin has been building bulwarks for this occasion, which is the reason it took him 7 years to move from Crimea.

[ti-amie]

[JazzNU]

I always ask: name me one set of economic sanctions that have ever achieved the planned effect.
As you say, it will be the average Russian paying the price. And Putin has been building bulwarks for this occasion, which is the reason it took him 7 years to move from Crimea.

The sanctions against Iran have been pretty effective. Not sure what the original planned effect of them was though.

[ti-amie]