this being the culmination of a holy war that's been ongoing since the '70s, you should be aware they are coming for absolutely everything that isn't straight white christian fertile marriage with a submissive, economically dependent and fiscally constrained wife

— Talia Lavin (@swordsjew) May 3, 2022

Agree with this; has been brewing for a while. Gay marriage and contraception are next up after abortion falls.

Russian mobilization be like pic.twitter.com/Fh95TMUAEY

— WeLoveNATO 💪 (@WeLoveNATO) April 29, 2022

That is about the size of it.

Actually sums up one of the great traps of military analysis. The US is different in military logistics because it has invested so heavily in them. This covers world-wide lift. No other power can compete. The US made something look easy which really isn’t. https://t.co/8gyU85XT4B

— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) April 30, 2022

It is very, very, very hard. I don’t think the whining libs know just how difficult. The US makes it look easy and effortless because we have so much unfortunate practice. We can get 100,000+ troops across entire oceans with all their equipment in weeks if needed. Most nations would struggle with getting 10,000 troops across their own border in that amount of time.

This is an incredibly difficult thing that we do just as a matter of course.

Yeah, the right has fallen for straight Russian psyops. The left has sort of psyopped themselves with “if it looks bad for my team then it must be fake.” Honestly not sure which is worse. https://t.co/ztnzryjEXf

— jonstokes.(com|eth) (@jonst0kes) May 2, 2022

Good observation. Primarily, the media is as terrible as it is because it is corporate controlled and mostly staffed by trust fund Ivy Leaguers. They report what their masters tell them to report (and not report), and have no idea what’s happening anywhere and no understanding of it if they did. This is all by design. Some lefties have fallen completely for Russian propaganda as well, though. Ian Welsh and Noam Chomsky are good examples of that occurring.

I will, however, both sides this. Just maybe 2 months ago I was in lefty groups reading about how the supposed supply chain problems were a media plot to make Biden look bad, & there was even a prominent economist making this argument on the basis that shelves near him were full.

— jonstokes.(com|eth) (@jonst0kes) May 2, 2022

I remember this; memory-holed now, though.

If the Ukrainians can continue this progress, it once again calls into question the possibility of cutting Russian supply lines from Belgorod. https://t.co/zHr7NfX6Ir

— Phillips P. OBrien (@PhillipsPOBrien) May 2, 2022

This is the Ukrainian strategy. It’s one used many times in war and it is:

1) Allow an enemy to take territory uselessly.
2) Use agile rearguard actions to destroy supply and supply lines.
3) Wait until the frontline units run out of supplies.
4) Destroy those frontline units and retake territory.

I mean, contrary to Ian Welsh’s clown shit, this is not some mystery strategy; I’m not giving away the game here. It’s obvious to anyone who knows a damn thing this is what the Ukrainians had started to do. And that’s because it’s the best strategy in this scenario. Does not take a fucking genius to see.

0% of students in my discussion sections had ever heard of Abu Ghraib, for those of you wondering about public memory of such things.

— Gary Alexander (@grylxndr) April 29, 2022

I was telling my partner that the general public memory for events is about six months. Really exceptional people remember things for about two years. After that, it’s totally forgotten by nearly everyone.

The vast, vast majority of people did not recall (and still don’t know) that Russia had already invaded Ukraine in 2014, for instance. This included more than a few of my friends.

Intense abs shoulder stability workout.

Do not do this. This is very bad for all the joints and bones involved. Impressing mooks on the internet is not worth permanently injuring your shoulder.