MAGA is killing us - Part whatever

Texas, he's your asshole.  We'd appreciate it if you could keep him out of national affairs.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:

Better late than never

Dire straits

So, in your own interest, stop buying Russia's oil, or give Ukraine offensive and more defensive weapons and soldiers.

And maybe think about where Putin goes after he takes Ukraine, if he does.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

In a fucking nutshell

Bingo.  

It's not just unfair.  It's unconscionable.

Fine, if that's the only way you can get Americans to want to support Ukraine and give them what they need to defend themselves.  JFC.

Perhaps we could stress, however, that Russia's war crimes are obliterating Ukraine, and Putin will not stop at Ukraine if he takes it.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Kudos to AeroVironment for stepping up to help fill the gap

I'm sure 100 is a drop in the bucket of what they need, but one company can't be expected to supply all Ukraine's needs.  More "defense" weaponry manufacturers need to do the same.  God knows they're filthy stinking rich off arms sales to the US government, which should be providing much more than it is.

UPDATE:

More evil

I suspect that would only result in hundreds more dead or captured (and sent to Russia) Ukrainians who refused.

Give them the goddamned planes and tanks and everything they need.  Only defensive armaments - especially in dribs and drabs - is not enough.  The country is being obliterated.

We have a hellish future in store

That's true, and I think it's the point.

And this is how the Dems lose in 2024

Give Ukraine the planes!

Guardian online this morning:

Grace and vulnerability across differences

How are we to talk about sensitive or contentious cultural issues when even the language around them is a trigger?

"I have thoughts about transgender athletes.  I don't have the language to talk about the thoughts I have, because if I walk into a room with people who think about this a lot, and who know all of the letters, I am immediately going to be seen as "this is the dude that doesn't really understand the differences between the different letters."  And so, I just don't have those conversations with those folks.   [...] 

"But this language is everywhere.  Latinx.  It's like saying that Latino is gendered.  And Latina is gendered, and in order to be inclusive, let's just put an X there.  There are colleges that don't have freshmen any more.  They have first-years, because freshmen suggests that it's a gendered first year student that is a man, and not a woman, so they call them first-years.

"And so this is a problem.  For some folks, this is like the woke mob run amok, and for others this is inclusion that's well-intentioned, but maybe not having the results they would like.

"But, if we can figure out how to create social trust in a diverse society of 330 million people, then we will have discovered the American Holy Grail.  That is the "more perfect union."  And it might be ultimately uncomplete-able.  It may never be attainable, but the pursuit of it is where the beauty of America is, and that's where the honor in being an American resides.  But the pursuit of it means, not only are you willing to be vulnerable and learn, in order to be in conversation with other folks, but they extend grace, or you extend grace, when other people try to do the same thing. And that is extremely difficult to do, because power, personal power, individual agency, feels like it's surrendered when you extend grace or when you appear vulnerable.  Grace and vulnerability across differences is especially contentious in a hyper-partisan environment where everything is zero sum.

"So, the fullness of the American experiment is captured in our ability to extend social trust across difference. 

"And, here's to trying."

Dr. Ted Johnson  

excerpt from The Focus Group podcast April 18, 2022

(This podcast episode is actually about the different ways swing voters, Republicans, and Democrats view the appointment of Ketanji Brown Jackson to the Supreme Court.  Worth a listen.)