And you manage to stay sober, how?
Some are going AWOL so they can go to Ukraine
Russia is now in stage 3/4 propaganda. He doesnāt have to make it clever, or even plausible. In fact, itās a feature if it is obviously a lazy line. The people under stage 3 will understand that the implausibility is a signal that it doesnāt matter how obvious it is, they canāt do anything about it. And those under stage 4 will believe it whatever he says, because thatās the point of stage 4, so why waste effort being creative?
Not surprising, really, this is the Ukrainian Orthodox church a few minutes north of us.
So, I wonder if it will be like the Russian āvolunteersā who showed up with anti-aircraft missile systems in Donetsk a few years ago?,
Do they understand that literally no one outside Russia believes anything they say 
The MAGA Alt-Right are happy to spread it.
Great, now itās going to be WHAT ABOUT HUNTER BIDENāS SECRET GERM WARFARE LABS until 2025
glenn greenwald has been sharing that avidly.
And the Tucker Turkey has chimed in.
All they have to do is get a few high-profile Useful Idiots, Tankies and MAGAts to parrot it back in their social media feeds and newsletters and itās a worthwhile enough Dead Cat distraction.
On the contrary, everyone believes them implicitly, on the understanding that all their accusations are confessions.
If Russia is accusing Ukraine of planning biological and chemical weapons attacks, expect the Russians to be using biological weapons and nerve gas in the next couple of days, and blaming Ukraine for it.
After Ukraine itself and Russia, Canada has the worldās third-largest Ukrainian population, thanks to Ukrainian emigration to Canada in the early decades of the 20th century.
