Rob Fahrni

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Saturday Morning Coffee

David Rothkopf: “Putin started this carnage without justification. He alone has made the decision to escalate. He has serially violated international laws and committed war crimes and crimes against humanity. He has lied about the threat posed by Ukraine and by NATO and the US.”

A month in. The madman must be stopped.

Who’s next? Poland, Moldova, Slovakia?

Ok, sure, it seems he fears NATO, but he’s also said he doesn’t want Ukraine as part of NATO because it will boarder Russia.

If Ukraine falls, Russia will be boarded by Poland.

Stack Overflow: “All in all, developers value flexibility. Not every work environment works for everyone in the same ways. Still, 45% developers say the ideal work environment is in their own home, while 27% say it’s in an office building.”

I loved going into the WillowTree office, I really did, but I definitely like working from home more.

I don’t have children running around daily, so it’s really easy to focus.

I know many of my coworkers have the opposite issue. Young ones running around the house so they’d like to go back to the office.

I’m glad we now have options.

Axios: “Since Virginia’s booze sales are regulated by the state, it sells Pappy for the manufacturer’s sales price — often hundreds or thousands dollars less than you can find it on the open market.”

I had no idea you could get Pappy at the recommended price in Virginia. That’s pretty cool.

I’d honestly find it difficult to find anything better than Bookers. Best Bourbon I’ve ever had.

I would be up for a Pappys for the sake of comparison.

Steve Beschloss: “It was just the antidote needed after the constant bullying, disruptions and demeaning of this brilliant jurist and Black woman by Republican Senators.”

Ketanji Brown Jackson is more than qualified for a seat on the bench. I don’t give a crap about the color of her skin or her gender. She’s amazing.

She’s earned a spot on the Supreme Court.

CNN: “He leads a team working at a military junkyard at an undisclosed location in Kyiv, repairing and repainting Russian military equipment for use by Ukrainian forces.”

Ukraine is full of resourceful, brave, people.

Even though small teams of Ukrainian defenders are wreaking havoc on Russian tank columns and supply lines I wish we could offer more help.

Truthout: “If Trump runs in 2024, we are opening ourselves up to a world of danger. The Republican Party is setting up a paradigm where if they win, they deem the election as legitimate, and if they lose, they refuse to certify for the Democratic candidate in swing states, offering up bogus voter fraud claims.”

If we’re not careful we’ll end up with our very own Putin in charge, only ours would be dumb as a post.

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