February 25, 2022

Above, Ultravox performs Dancing With Tears in My Eyes, one of the great dystopian songs of the Reagan Years (and there were a lot of 'em). As I write this, the madman Putin has invaded Ukraine, obliquely threatened to use nuclear weapons, and has seized the doomed nuclear reactor at Chernobyl. We lived through existential drama once before, I didn't think we'd have to do it again. Our bloggers have some reactions:

Big Bad Bald Bastard says Let's Go Brandon was bad enough.

The Moderate Voice listens to pundits reacting; it's quite a collection!

Hackwhackers listens to Republicans reacting.

Hecatedemeter suggest pulling at a thread. Focus, people.

Bonus Track: The Book of Kells has been digitized and put online.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Twitters, too. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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