Vladimir Putin: Mighty Warlord, Song and Piano Man

Stroock's Books is seeing a yuge traffic spike. This is not surprising. During times of crisis internationale, people are going to want sharp, incisive analyses.  New visits are mostly from the United States, but some are also from Sweeden. Hello Nightingale Russia. We missed you. Bravery in anonymity. 

As it happens one of our Russian neighbors is actually Ukrainian (and a Jew)*. He and his friends provided key info about Odessa and Russian internal passports for the Tevelev subplot in Battle of the Three Seas. We asked him how to pronounce Ukraine's capital city and he said, 'Ki you pronounce like Keano Reeves first 2 letters and last two like ef.'

Some dumbfucks are calling for the US to do more in Ukraine. Quoth the New York Post: 'At the very least, Biden needs to stop saying with certainty that “we will not fight Russia,” as he’s done multiple times. Telegraphing exactly what we will and will not do gives Putin more time and flexibility to tighten his grip on Kyiv.' The Post endorsed no-fly-zones and drone strikes before going on to compare Putin to Hitler and Stalin. Retards. Did disgraced Neocon John Podhoretz wright that? Because we think disgraced Neocon John Podhoretz might have written that.

CDR Salamander has a great post on the situation in Ukraine, and agrees with us. The Russians may be blundering, but they're blundering relentlessly forward. In the end Russia wins, we think. As for the international pressure, which we admit is formidable, we wonder if Russians really care. This is a nation that suffered 20 million dead in The Great Patriotic War. It remains to be seen if a little inflation is going to bother these people.

Putin Watch: Putin playing piano and singing Fats Domino's Blueberry HiIll:

The Bridgewater Breeze reports on Bridgewater/Raritan High School's walkout yesterday to protest you know what and who. The protest was organized by Tormel Pittman of New Brunswick: 'Less than 30 people and only a handful of students attended the march. Although the protestors agreed that more adults and students should have shown, Pittman said that after all the years he’s organized demonstrations, he “would rather have a small group of strong people than a large group of weak people.' That's another fine report from The Breeze's Emma Uk.  

The town council and Mayer Mathew Moench have been silent on the Z'kye Hussain affair. On the one hand, who can blame them? On the gripping hand, do your goddamn job. Also Al Sharpton is coming to town today. We've been to three protests and we're really wondering if we need to go to this one. Why do that to ourselves? Maybe we can get a selfie with Al? 

What Will's Watching/Not Watching: We didn't watch Joe's thing last night but Middle Daughter did or tried to. She fell asleep by 9:30. The girl has taken an interest in current events and is tuning into CNN's Erin Burnett at 7 PM. You know, the show doesn't induce vomiting in us. And Erin Burnett sure is easy on the eyes. Also, not a dingbat.  

*They're everywhere.

You're Combined Russo-Ukrainian War and Z'Kye Hussein Protest Post for 2/28/22

We're getting some bloodwork done this morning. No coffee yet so we're just dying here. At last check our triglycerides were at 634, and bright red, italicized, underlined and with an exclamation point on the printout. Those are rookie numbers we need to bring those numbers up, we said. We're hoping to break the 700 threshold. Yeah, we're on all the pills. 

Stroock's Books admits to being surprised by NATO's unity against Russia. This blog is also impressed by NATO's arms shipments, banning of Russian aircraft, expulsion from SWIFT, etc. We'll see if these actions are mere window dressing. Here's what we mean. Lots of organizations are cancelling Putin. His Judo trophy has been revoked, or some such. NATO may be virtue signaling. That's just how the world works in 2022.

The Ruble is collapsing and the Moscow Stock Exchange is closed today. It seems the soft power we have so mocked is hurting Russia. But will it work? Ben Shapiro has been making great points about the West assuming everyone else is like us. Maybe your average Ruski cares more about winning the war than he cares about inflation. Maybe he's willing to pay the price for victory. I dunno.

After four days of watching the Russian military in action we feel certain observations are warranted. They're incompetent. The Russian Army is unable to maneuver, coordinate, use combined arms tactics, etc etc. They remind this blog of Arab armies. Arabs can't fight. 

1. Invade Ukraine

2. ???

3. Putin wins.

It seems the Russians had no plan after the initial push failed to take Kiev. We're stunned. Have we been overestimating Putin, because it seems like we've been overestimating Putin.

That being said, remember the Hong Kong protests? How'd they turnout?

Sticking with our Ruski theme...  

What Will's Watching: If you think Bob Odenkirk couldn't play an action-hero, then you haven't seen Nobody. Hutch Mansell is a suburban everyman with a dark past as a government 'auditor' who pisses off the wrong Russian mobster. Big mistake, for the Ruskis. If you ever wanted to see Christopher Lloyd brandish a shotgun, then Nobody is for you. Fun, funny, and bloody. 3/4

Why do we keep doing this to ourselves...? Another weekend another Z'kye Hussein protest in Bridgewater. Less than 50 attended. This protest was overwhelmingly Indian. What's up with that? People kept asking us if we wanted a sign. We kept saying no thank you. The above article by Emma Uk captures the air and feel of the cold afternoon. Uk's is a perfect piece of Five Ws reporting. We're in the below photo, taken by Gary Kane for the Bridgewater Breeze. Center right, good looking guy in back with beard, hat and sunglasses surrounded by signs. 

The Bridgewater/Moscow Nexus

Last night we attended the BLM protest here in Bridgewater in support of Z'kaye Hussain. We'd say 50 + people gathered in front of the municipal building. The town council was supposed to meet but cancelled. Which is dumb.  Bridgewater Patch has a good article. News12 New Jersey and WPIX 11 were there, as were two other print journalists. This protest had a different energy than last weekend's which was generally hopeful. Last night speakers were angry. Not all. A couple of older black gentlemen urged attendees not to blame the other kid involved and pointed out that young men roughhouse and fight. Quite right. There were lots of 'no justice, no peace' chants. One youth pastor talked about not caring for Blue Lives. Several 'white allies' spoke. These were exercises in self-hatred. 

Well, Ukrainian forces have exacted a heavy toll from the Russians*, for all the good it will do them in the long run. As we write this there's fighting in the outskirts of Kiev. The West's proposed sanctions don't even touch the Russian energy sector. This is a cruel joke. The media, being filled with degenerate retards, keep saying Putin is trying to rebuild the Soviet Union. No, you morons. This is a Tsarist thing not a Soviet thing. Anyway, here's a map describing Soviet, sorry, Russian ops.

What Will's Watching, Kremlin Inside with Sophia Shevardnadze: We are enchanted. Also the Kremlin is both beautiful and fascinating. We almost feel bad about having the SAS torch it with flamethrowers in The Final Storm. Also, here's Kara and Nate in Red Square. We'd really like to visit Moscow and not just to further our Russian collusion. 

Will goes retro. Facebook memories presented this to us this morning. From 2014:

Points made while reading riot act to class full of lazy, indifferent students:
-These tests are a pathetic, half-assed mess
-You are wasting my time
-My time is exponentially more valuable than your time
-I am an exceptional professor and this is your fault, not mine
-You will remember me the rest of your lives while I will forget about you all 5 minutes after I file your final grades
-You are wasting your parents money, that was an invitation to get up and leave
-I hope I'm understood.

We miss teaching.

Below, the Friday Flag:

Whither Europe. Wither Europe? I dunno.

*Follow ELINT News. Doing so will take you to tweeters on the ground in Ukraine and Ukrainian/Russian specialists.