He apparently got quite sick with it despite being vaccinated. Was at his sickest about a week ago, and still very audibly sick on his Skype call to my kid right now.

His other best friend has had it, apparently more than once.

They're currently being homeschooled in order to keep their 82 year old grandma safe.

Pandemic definitely not over yet.

https://twitter.com/KyivIndependent/status/1509951851587903488?t=mZCHMDYErrJAI2hWiPQ6IQ&s=19

I wonder if we'll see catastrophic levels of famine because of this.

I wish we would just give Ukraine whatever weapons they need to finish this.

I think it was a big mistake for Biden to categorically rule out direct military involvement in Ukraine.

Even if that was his actual position, he should have still left some room for uncertainty in Putin's mind.

I feel that his making that statement gave Putin the sense that he could get away with absolutely anything, up to and including genocide, with the guarantee that we wouldn't intervene.

At this point I'm not sure I can even call what's happening a war. It's more like a sustained and continuous terrorist attack.

At this point we should be putting other possibilities on the table, like saying that any government or military official who travels to the West may be subject to arrest for crimes against humanity, and that might also apply to anyone known to have served in the military during this time period.

We need to start getting creative because I think that he might get to the point of actual genocide, or chemical/biological/tactical nukes.

If we've ruled out direct engagement, then we need to be thinking of some truly draconian policies beyond conventional sanctions.

Anyway, that's JMHO.

https://twitter.com/NeilPHauer/status/1505265888563453959?s=20&t=ky2USNBrHPetkoGHYcxBAA

The thread is interesting. Here's one of the replies.

https://twitter.com/james_violette/status/1505277399025430528?

It seems that many Russians outside of Russia are still supportive of this.

https://www.reddit.com/r/ukraine/comments/ti1zzq/russians_are_deporting_mariupol_residents_to/

https://english.nv.ua/nation/invaders-have-been-forcibly-moving-mariupol-residents-to-filtration-camps-in-russia-50226480.html



More crimes against humanity.

https://twitter.com/Amy_Siskind/status/1501300212199047170?s=20&t=-W9C01T2f8vdXlLFoxdjtQ

https://twitter.com/YWNReporter/status/1499013223294582790

If anyone can tell me how to post the full picture from Twitter I'd appreciate it.

It's not like we haven't interfered plenty in the politics of other countries.

It feels like a lot of people on this thread should be okay with it.

https://mobile.twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1481743299576840199

"I consider it completely unimportant who in the Party will vote, or how. But what is extraordinarily important is this—who will count the votes, and how.” Joseph Stalin, 1923 (as quoted in “Oxford Essential Quotations, 2017)

Apparently from a memoir by Stalin's personal secretary.

I need to go see if it's posted at Herman Cain Awards yet.