RE: Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country
03-21-2022, 04:38 AM
03-21-2022, 04:38 AM
-- Boogaloo Boi rejected from Ukrainian army for being useless drama queen, posts dramatic "escape" video from Ukraine
-- Russian cadets are being sent to the front lines, aged 18 and 17.
-- Four week long shift at Chernobyl ends; staff rotates
-- Russia demands surrender of Mariupol by dawn today, which of course did not happen.
-- Turkey maintains good relations with both sides, but also notes Russia should leave Ukraine, including Crimea.
-- Zelensky regrets not being a member of NATO
-- But seriously we can't do it now, you can't move a nuclear red line into an active war zone for fuck's sake.
-- Russian anti-war activists' homes are being defaced with the letter Z grafittied
-- Russian tanks being defaced with Ukranian flags and driven into battle
-- Ammonia leak at shelled Ukranian chemical factory now under control
-- China says it will be remembered as being on the right side of history with respect to Ukraine
-- They will get back to us when they figure out which side that is.
-- Ukraine government bans 11 political parties tied to Russia. Most have no seats, but one is the largest opposition party in parliament with 10% of the seats. Third, fourth, and fifth largest parties unaffected. The ban expires when martial law does.
-- I don't feel great about this, but I can also see the point of not having quislings in government.
-- A list of Ukraine war terminology, so you folks can understand what we mean when talk about the letter "Z", or say "Slava Ukraini!" or "the owls are not what they seem."
Recommended reading: Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco goes through all of the elements of what makes up fascism. In terms we often use around here, fascism is something of a genre, and fascists have particular tropes that are common to the genre. They do not need to exhibit all tropes to be fascist bastards. In modern Russia, I see elements 1, low but increasingly 3, 4, 5, a whole lot of 7 and 8, shades of 9, probably 10, 11, and 12. (out of 14 total). This is probably one of the easiest to understand works of Eco's, and includes his own experience growing up in fascist Italy.
-- Russian cadets are being sent to the front lines, aged 18 and 17.
-- Four week long shift at Chernobyl ends; staff rotates
-- Russia demands surrender of Mariupol by dawn today, which of course did not happen.
-- Turkey maintains good relations with both sides, but also notes Russia should leave Ukraine, including Crimea.
-- Zelensky regrets not being a member of NATO
-- But seriously we can't do it now, you can't move a nuclear red line into an active war zone for fuck's sake.
-- Russian anti-war activists' homes are being defaced with the letter Z grafittied
-- Russian tanks being defaced with Ukranian flags and driven into battle
-- Ammonia leak at shelled Ukranian chemical factory now under control
-- China says it will be remembered as being on the right side of history with respect to Ukraine
-- They will get back to us when they figure out which side that is.
-- Ukraine government bans 11 political parties tied to Russia. Most have no seats, but one is the largest opposition party in parliament with 10% of the seats. Third, fourth, and fifth largest parties unaffected. The ban expires when martial law does.
-- I don't feel great about this, but I can also see the point of not having quislings in government.
-- A list of Ukraine war terminology, so you folks can understand what we mean when talk about the letter "Z", or say "Slava Ukraini!" or "the owls are not what they seem."
Recommended reading: Ur-Fascism by Umberto Eco goes through all of the elements of what makes up fascism. In terms we often use around here, fascism is something of a genre, and fascists have particular tropes that are common to the genre. They do not need to exhibit all tropes to be fascist bastards. In modern Russia, I see elements 1, low but increasingly 3, 4, 5, a whole lot of 7 and 8, shades of 9, probably 10, 11, and 12. (out of 14 total). This is probably one of the easiest to understand works of Eco's, and includes his own experience growing up in fascist Italy.
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