Favorite Rejects 2022-03-10

Kamil Galeev @kamilkazani

Russian economic history could look somewhat ironic: 1. Stalin's slaves built industry at the cost of millions of lives 2. Yeltsin transformed these plants to Ltd's 3. Putin destroyed their value in a war 3. Chinese bought these slave-built assets for nothing Trust the plan

Scott Stedman @ScottMStedman

WHOA. London just dropped the hammer on the oligarchs. Roman Abramovich, Oleg Deripaska, Igor Sechin, Andrey Kostin, Alexei Miller, Nikolai Tokarev, and Dmitri Lebedev were sanctioned and their assets have been frozen. Estimated $19.7 billion hit.

gov.ukAbramovich and Deripaska among 7 oligarchs targeted in estimated £15 billion sanction hitThe UK has announced sanctions against 7 oligarchs including Roman Abramovich and Oleg Deripaska.

Jimmy @JimmySecUK

Ukrainian explosive ordnance disposal pull the fuse from a live, unexploded Russian bomb whilst shells land nearby.🇺🇦 These people are astonishingly brave.

Matthew Yglesias @mattyglesias

A lot of Republicans pretend to believe the country has a state-owned oil company (which it could, many countries do) that can just be ordered to invest in output rather than dividends or debt retirement any time it's convenient.

Marco Rubio @marcorubio

God has blessed our country with plenty of oil & natural gas Lets use it

Benjy Sarlin @BenjySarlin

It's the exact language used to pass anti-gay legislation in the 1970s. The lead anti-gay group Anita Bryant founded was called "Save Our Children" and was obsessed with idea gay teachers would "recruit" students.

David Weigel @daveweigel

I'm seeing the term "grooming" thrown around more and more frequently to describe stuff like this: Adult gay teachers talking about sexuality to teens. The video here is from the Amazon doc "Mayor Pete," but this filmed-off-a-TV clip is being passed around like samizdat. https://t.co/ReAnnCOTGM

Deborah Beale @MrsTad

Wow ---- My one-way ticket out of Moscow spectator.co.uk/article/my-one… via @spectator

spectator.co.ukMy one-way ticket out of Moscow | The SpectatorThings fall apart. Moscow friends call to say that I have to urgently send my 19-year-old son out of Russia. He is travelling on his Russian passport and a new law says that he is obliged to register for the military draft. Nikita is on a gap year working at a Moscow theatre and he begs not to be se…

Matina Stevis-Gridneff @MatinaStevis

“My whole family died in what you call a special operation and we call a war. You can do what you want with me. I have nothing left to lose.’’ Try to read this wrenching story without crying. I couldn't.

nytimes.comThey Died by a Bridge in Ukraine. This Is Their Story.Tetiana Perebyinis and her two children were killed trying to dash to safety, a moment captured by our photographer. Her husband describes their lives, and their final hours.

Amal El-Mohtar @tithenai

LAST EXIT is out now & I am so eager for everyone to read it & be transformed by it, or trace the outlines of their own transformations by its light. bookshop.org/books/last-exi…

Kaya Oakes @kayaoakes

This comment on the NYT story about the Berkeley NIMBYs versus UC Berkeley lawsuit is so on target I almost clapped. Someone needs to start teaching a class on Bay Area NIMBYism. It's got everything: comedy, tragedy, farce. nytimes.com/2022/03/10/us/…

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

The U.S. needs to: 1. Become closer and better allies with India 2. Drop all trade restrictions with Cuba 3. Make a nuclear deal with Iran and normalize relations 4. Ally with Vietnam 5. Promote trade cooperation between all U.S. allies and quasi-allies

Noah Smith 🐇🇺🇦 @Noahpinion

Both our WW2 alliance with Stalin (and Mao) and our Cold War quasi-alliance with the Chinese Communist Party ultimately worked to further the cause of global liberty, human rights, and democracy. Those ally choices were grim but they were also smart, necessary, and successful.

Russian Warship, Go Fuck Yourself 🇺🇦 @spooknine

Russian army pursuing a strategy of forcing Ukraine to surrender by gradually covering every inch of Ukrainian soil with abandoned Russian army equipment

🇺🇦 Ukraine Weapons Tracker @UAWeapons

#Ukraine: Another BMD-2, along with 9M113 ATGM, captured in the vicinity of #Mariupol. https://t.co/dL1Bguh3aA

vsh 🇺🇦 @vshymanskyy

According to recent reports from Ukraine, the Chinese drone producer @DJIGlobal have limited the capabilities of its "Aeroscope" technology for Ukrainian army, giving a significant air reconnaissance edge to Russian invaders. Read more: What is AEROSCOPE? (1/N)

Stephen Gutowski @StephenGutowski

Can't wait for this Tucker/Greenwald segment, man.

DRM Journal @remilitari

The chief spokesman for #Russia's Defense Ministry, Major General Igor Konashenkov, said the #US had a plan to use migratory birds to spread biological pathogens from #Ukraine to #Russia. https://t.co/COkslq9uNE

Major General (just retired!) Mick Ryan @WarintheFuture

An other good update from @TheStudyofWar. It is apparent that Russian forces are increasingly running out of momentum in the north, east and west. This will make Putin and his generals more desperate and dangerous in the coming days.

ISW @TheStudyofWar

The likelihood is increasing that #Ukrainian forces could fight to a standstill the #Russian ground forces attempting to encircle and take #Kyiv. Read the latest report from @TheStudyofWar and @criticalthreats https://t.co/wD6Mq7Lhj3 https://t.co/bfBpmtBszg