Russian lawmakers authorize Putin to use military force outside the country

[Labster]

-- Russians fortifying their siege positions outside Kyiv, showing first sign of competence so far this war
-- Ukraine claims to have killed another Russian general today
-- Putin gives speech celebrating 8 years of "liberation" in Crimea
-- Video feed mysteriously cuts out in the middle of the speech
-- Later, footage of Putin leaving the stage is definitely not a stunt double
-- Speaking of asshole Presidents, Trump releases plan for peace in Ukraine: US should "put the Chinese flag" on F-22 fighter jets and "bomb the s**t" out of Russia. "And then we say, China did it. Then they start fighting with each other, and we sit back and watch."
-- And then his Republican audience laughed.  And laughed.
-- Area man running for President suggests false flag attack against nuclear powers as "joke"
-- Professional comedian: "They are killing our civilians, please give us a no fly zone" -- Zelensky
-- What we are doing here is called black comedy.  What Trump thinks are jokes are basically just bullying.  But that's not news.
-- Also not news: Axios story about US funding for a long-term resistance movement in Ukraine has been declared false by basically everyone who could have known about the letter
-- New Russian cosmonauts arrive on ISS wearing yellow and blue spacesuits.  "We had a lot of yellow fabric left over."  Sure, that's plausibly deniable.
-- Russian foreign minister Lavrov says Fox News is doing a good job
-- David Cameron driving truck full of food to refugees in Poland.  He must feel guilty because it's kind of his fault there aren't enough lorry drivers.
-- Thousands of attendees at pro-war rally in Moscow seem apathetic to war, at best.
-- Russia passive-aggressively threatens to attack Bosnia if it joins NATO
-- US immigration system remains sufficiently broken that we've only taken 600 refugees from Ukraine.  Prognosis for progress: bleak.
-- Moldova and Ukraine join European electricity grid and are now in phase.
-- Climatologist Protip: If you want to fight for Ukraine against Russia, use less energy and fuel.  When you do use energy, shift as much as possible to daylight hours to effectively use solar and wind.