Weekend Mass Psychosis Open Comments
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It’s the weekend! A much cooler 49 here with a beautiful Crescent Moon hanging in the SE sky, with Jupiter on the left and Mars on the right.
Mornin’ Gang -
25 January 1959:
“The Jet Age” opened when American Airlines began the first scheduled transcontinental passenger service with its new Boeing 707-123 Astrojet. Captain Charles A. Macatee III flew Flagship California, N7503A, from Los Angeles International Airport on the coast of southern California, to New York International Airport ¹ in New York City, in 4 hours and 3 minutes.
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But I’ll never forget when the 747 came out in 1970.
This photo was widely featured in the press and I remember being stunned at the size.
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I still love the 747, I first flew on a 747 in February 75 when my wife and I went to Hawaii on our Honeymoon. Southern DC 9 from Podunk to Hotlanta, Delta 727 to Lax and the Pan Am 747 to Honolulu.
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The wingspan of the 747 is more than the distance the Wright brothers flew at Kitty Hawk.
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So, if you watched the Unobtanium video, how many knew what the flag of Zambia looks like? I got China, Russia and Brazil of course and I also knew South Africa but I had to look up Zambia.
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Gordo I am terribly sorry for your loss. Prayers for you and BFF’s family. Have a safe trip today.
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Nineth!
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Some Britt in the comments claiming the “Jet Age” started in 1952 with the Comet. Pffft. He quickly got straightened out.
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I sent the Unobtanium video to my children. The moral of the story is that nothing is free. There is an associated cost with everything.
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#10 GJT, I saw that and they also mentioned the Heinkel He 178 from 1939 but the Jet Age did start with the 707. After a couple of disastrous mid-flight Asplosions of the Comment, it was grounded for good and that left Boeing to fill the gap so the 707 was built like a tank and that is why they flew into the 80’s. Of course, the pure jet engines were outlawed because of noise and replace with fans, (they also loved JP 4 and sucked it down by the gallons). FWIW; The last flying 707 with jet engines was the NASA Vomit Comment, until it was retired only a few years ago.
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I’m up and about ready to get on the road again. I’m doing just fine, but the reality of the passing of BFF has not really hit home just yet I suppose. Once I get to Big D things may change, who knows. But so far so good. And it’s above freezing out here and also hovering around freezing in Dallas, so hopefully roads will stay OK. Thanks for all the well wishers, and I’ll report back in later. You all have a great day.
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Here is Powerline’s WIPWIP.
I’ve always posted links in text mode with no issues. This is what happens when I tried visual mode. I highlighted “WIP”, hit the link button, pasted the link, checked the “open in new tab”, and I end up with a double WIP. I’m not sure if it is because checked the open in new tab button. I’ll play with that next time.
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The Unobtanium video is a must see and has lots of interesting statics. Like it would take Tesla 500 years to make enough batteries to power the country for one day! Also the depletion of rare earth materials and the monumental environmental disaster to dispose of it is shocking.
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This is what happens when I tried visual mode. I highlighted “WIP”, hit the link button, pasted the link, checked the “open in new tab”, and I end up with a double WIP. I’m not sure if it is because checked the open in new tab button. I’ll play with that next time.
Confused yet? Well I know I am, but it don’t take much. 😉
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has lots of interesting
staticsstatistics.Damn, spellcheck, I’m getting tired of this shirt. 😉
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Trans Team Six
Literally laughed out loud.
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Confused yet? Well I know I am, but it don’t take much.
Kinda like putting together an IKEA desk, sometimes the instructions are more confusing than just doing it.
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I’m confused on this open link in a new tab thing as well. I’m usually on my phone and don’t mess with the option, but on desktop now, so let’s see. This is how to SSH into a Raspberry Pi. I know y’all have been wondering about that.
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Hmmm… doesn’t work, even when I try to force feed it by editing to include:
target="_blank"That’s per the html standard rather than what WP puts in, but what WP puts in doesn’t work either. I guess the new tab thing only works if you have admin rights. I clicked on Texmo’s above and his opens in the same tab as well. No big deal. That’s what the browser back button is for, but it is nice to have multiple tabs open for reference sometimes.
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I liked the “World Stage” scene, Rona Virus exits and missiles enter. Yup this is the NEXT distraction…….. SQUIRREL!!!!
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Cabin Width:
707 – 11.6 feet
747 – 20.1 feet
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The “open in a new tab” option worked for me. I have no idea why it would be limited to admin only. It doesn’t even make sense. I’ll do some investigating.
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Tim’s chorizo, potato and egg taquitos on the stove, c’mon y’all before it gets cold.
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#27 GJT, I’ll be right over,…..Oh Wait!….They’ll be gone in 10 hours. 😀
I need to make some taquitos, it’s been a while. I make them with sausage, egg N cheese, I never added taters but that would be good. 😉 -
So sorry for your loss, El Gordo. None of us are getting out of this alive.
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They are why my wife loves me. 😀
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Hoping they won’t have the same effect on the couch.
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They are why my wife loves me.
Last night it was baked tater soup, my wife loves my tater soup. A guy can,…nope….better not. 😉
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Safe travels El Gordo, be careful. How did I miss his #13 earlier? Was it in the bucket?
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Morning, y’all. Have a safe drive, EG.
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Well, who’d’a thunk this would happen?
Russia Threatens Finland, Sweden if They Move to Join NATOBut, no more mean tweets!
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I am going to a memorial service this afternoon for a former colleague, José, that passed away in December after losing his battle with cancer. His experience was truly herculean. Mine seems like a cake walk in comparison.
This man had multiple degrees in chemistry and chemical engineering and was absolutely one of the smartest people in the oil & gas, petrochemical, and specialty chemicals industry. His most endearing trait was his humble heart. You could ask him any question about a technical issue and he would never judge you. He would never throw up his hands in exasperation because he thought you should already know something. Mistakes were an opportunity to be guided and mentored.
I was on that mega project named Ras Tanura Integrated Project (RTIP) in 2010 that involved my company along with four of our largest competitors. My discipline alone had 45 engineers here in Houston. There were over 400 engineers and designers at my company alone working on that project. Multiply that number the four competitors and you had over 2,000 people in Houston working on this project. That project got canceled at the end of Feb 2010. At my company all of us were laid off within two weeks. I remember coming back from lunch with my wife to discuss my impending lay off and I saw José walking down the street by himself. He had the most forlorn look on his face. He truly did care about his people.
Rest in Peace José.
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Texmo and Hammie talked about this last year. World events such as they are today it may be educational to be reminded that we are toast
Army Recruitment Ads: China vs Russia vs USA
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Not only are we toast, but the toast slid off the plate butter side down.
Not sure if I read it here or elsewhere this week, but there was an article that said our armed forces are seeing more broken bones during basic training because our kids are so soft. Their muscoskeletal system is extremely weak due to inactivity. Physical activity is the key to strong muscles, connective tissue, and bones.
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I’d better stop commenting here and actually start work on my tax preparations. Or maybe I’ll just keep procrastinating… I hate tax prep work. And yes it is ironic that Mrs. TexMo has a side gig as a bookkeeper and yet I’m still doing ours.
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Just noticed it’s Trapper John on this episode of “The Big Valley”.
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One of the comments was the American ad makes me want to join the Russian and Chinese Armies.
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I linked to a Task & Purpose article discussing a DoD report on the physical condition of today’s potential recruits.
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I Have this morbid fascinations of “Hell Marches”. For those of you that do not know what that is check out China’s. In our country we do not have Hell March where the country shows off its machines of war and what was once the greatest military in the world. I did a youtube vidiot search for US Hell March and got this. I am sorry but I am impressed with dress uniforms and M-1 Garands as a display of might. The last time the US proudly displayed its might in a parade that I can find was a vidiot from WWII. Sarge may know of modern one that I do not. The Chinese was the best. There is no bounce in their goose step, weapons where in a straight line pretty much. Say what you will they are disciplined.
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I’m busy turning my 20 lbs of ground beef into marinara sauce, maybe chili.
Canning 20 pounds of meat plus all the fixin’s is gonna take all this afternoon.
I forgot to buy onions at the store the other day….but I have a big jar of dried ones on the shelf. And bell peppers. So convenient.
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Matt Vespa at Townhall is a good, hard working reporter. I don’t hold out much hope for the Ukrainians lasting very long though.
Russians claimed they held their assault to re-open negotiations. That’s a lie. They’ve been lying for weeks. One of their demands for ceasing hostilities with Ukraine is their total demilitarization. That’s not going to happen. I think it may be because Russian forces are literally running out of gas in some parts of the country. They appear to be having supply line issues, and there are videos of Russian tank crews just sitting around as their vehicles have run out of fuel. Russian casualties are also mounting. They thought this was going to be a cakewalk. I think almost everyone did, and these Ukrainians punched that plan in the mouth.
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Just sittin here quaffing coffee and remembered this old Maxell ad. Reminds me of the time GJT got his bucket list item for his birthday, driving a NASCAR car. You know GJT had to look real cool in the drivers seat.
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#27 – CHORIZO????????????????? *PERK*
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AFAIK – no matter which way hyperlinks get posted –
I can right click on any / all and choose ‘open in new tab’
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Joe Biden moves left yet again. And who was it who claimed this guy was a moderate?
We’d been told that among his final choices for his SCOTUS nominee were Kentanji Brown Jackson and Michelle Childs. The man who helped get him into office, Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-SC), had been heavily pushing for Childs. Childs also seemed to be the one who might have the most bipartisan support, since the Republican senators of her state of South Carolina, Sen. Lindsey Graham and Sen. Tim Scott, have spoken highly of her.
So, you would think that Childs would be the choice. Unless the point was to go left of that. She apparently wasn’t left enough for the folks behind the throne, deciding on the pick, and Biden is going to throw his benefactor under the bus.
I guess Lindsey has an excuse to vote no on a leftwing Democrat nominated to SCOTUS.
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I trust Grahamnesty less than I trust a fart after a night of heavy drinking and eating off the taco stands in Mexico.
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Reminds me of the time GJT got his bucket list item for his birthday, driving a NASCAR car.
Ha! Thanks for remembering that, it was incredible. I’ve lost the thumb drive and the YouTube link to it, I’ll have to see if I can find it and link it. First few laps I was disappointed in myself but last three weren’t too bad.
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#49 KF, that’s true but we’re talking about what happens by default when you left click a link.
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Condolences, Gordo. We are reaching an age where we have to practice our goodbyes a bit more than we have had to in the past.
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Yeah, I’m not crazy about this aspect of being nearly 70 years old. Not near enough weddings and way too many funerals and memorial services. I grew up in a group of six friends and three are dead, one has seemingly vanished and two of us are the apparent lone survivors.
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I was talking to Hubby this morning about EG. My thoughts are going to him constantly, today. This has to be a hard day for him.
I hope he’s staying in her house. Burglars like to move in after people die, when the houses are empty and the family is busy grieving. The idea of her items being ransacked and rifled through is troubling for me, I can only imagine how EG would feel.
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I have six quart jars of marinara sauce and one jar of rapidly thrown together chili in the canner. I have a pile of cooked ground beef left over. Hubby said he wants chili tonight, so I may make the rest into chili. I found a recipe in my dehydrating book for chili, so I may do that recipe and then throw it into Fred. I hadn’t thought about drying chili before, but if I can dry eggs and chicken stock, why not?
Storing dried chili will mean fewer jars and less storage space used.
What I really like about dehydrating food is that if I only need a little bit, I just use a little bit and put the rest back into the jar. I always hated opening a can of, say, tomato paste for a tablespoon or two for a recipe and then having to hassle with freezing the rest or throwing it away. Today, with my dried onions and peppers, I was able to just pull out a handful of this and a handful of that and throw it into the jar. During processing, the fluid in the jar will rehydrate the veggies and cook them. I made the sauce more liquid to accommodate that.
I am really loving Fred and having dried ingredients on my shelf. Hopefully, soon, I’ll be canning and drying stuff from my garden. My Cos lettuce plants are starting to get their true leaves, and my spinach aren’t far behind.
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Texpat
Not near enough weddings and way too many funerals and memorial services.
I am 66. What a profoundly true statement. I am tired of that truth but there is little we can do to change it.
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Yeah, I’m getting weary of the good-byes, but I feel the tempo will only increase as the days pass.
I remember being young and wondering how the little old ladies could be so calm at funerals. Now I know. With exposure comes familiarity and a sense of acceptance.
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Made it to Big D OK. No ice along the way. Police smashed BFF’s front door, but we got a guy to come screw it shut and we’ll just have to use the back door. Located and secured valuable items, and family should start arriving in a couple of hours. Think I mentioned that animal control has the cats. They are indoor only cats and would have gotten outside if left behind due to door not being secure. So far so good here.
PS – thanks for the prayers and nice thoughts.
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God bless ya’ EG. Kind thoughts heading your way to get you through this.
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I’ve found a home for all 20 pounds of ground beef.
As I mentioned before, I have six quart jars of marinara sauce, and one of a hastily put together chili (I wanted to fill the canner and was one quart short).
Hubby wanted chili for dinner, so I have a BIG pot on low simmer. Taste tests are encouraging. Leftovers will be used tomorrow night.
Fred is chock full of crumbled ground beef on paper towels. I’ll switch out the paper towels in a few hours. When drying beef I want to remove as much fat as possible for better storage. I’ll add fats later when I use the meat, to improve flavor.
Speaking of fat, I have the drippings from browning all that meat in a bowl in the frig. Once it cools, I’ll skim the fat and store it for later. The other drippings will be used a collagen rich beef broth later; that will join the other container in the freezer from my last meat cooking epicsode. I plan to eventually can the broth and the fat for long term storage.
The last beef has been vacuum packed in 2 cup portions, and are in the freezer.
Now, for treadmill and housework. I was going to work on the computer, but I’ll see if I do that later.
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Oh, and I pulled out my blocks of cheese from the freezer. I’ll grate some for the chili tonight.
I bought a huge block of cheese. I had meant to wax it (waxing means storage for 20+ years). I ended up cutting it up into blocks and freezing it. Maybe I’ll wax on later.
PS: Watching an old episode of “Forged in Fire” and there’s a guy from Telephone, TX. He said he was into bladesmithing because “I like fire and..metal../chuckle”. The host asked him where he got his belt buckle. “I won it,” he said. Host smiled and said “Yeah, you did.”
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All hail 66-year-olds!
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All hail 66-year-olds!
Shannon, Old age and treachery will always beat youth and exuberance
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I looked up Telephone, TX. Dang near to Oklahoma, northeast of Dallas.
And my okra book has arrived. I have four minutes left on my canning time, then I have to turn off the flame and let the pressure decrease on its own before I can open up the pot. That’ll give me some time to scan through my book.
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BTW, my kitchen smells awesome right now.
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66 Tedtam
And my okra book has arrived.
You should’ve bought an extra copy for Wagonburner. He’d love it.
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Another shot at it.
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There have also been conflicting reports about Turkey shutting off the Black Sea, a critical move and something that would severely hurt Russia if true. Zelensky is thanking Turkey for it.
Turkey, although close to Russia, has been very supportive of Ukraine, and is now calling for a ceasefire. One of the ships that Russia hit in the Black Sea was a Turkish warship, so Turkey can’t be happy about what is happening from Russia. Turkey is a NATO nation.
Here’s the shocker, if it is true.
According to intel from Riho Terras, a member of the EU Parliament and a former defense minister for Estonia, Putin is furious that it hasn’t gone as quickly or as well as he thought it would.
Riho Terras on Twitter:
THREAD 1/7 Intel from a Ukrainian officer about a meeting in Putin’s lair in Urals. Oligarchs convened there so no one would flee. Putin is furious, he thought that the whole war would be easy and everything would be done in 1-4 days.
2/7 Russians didn’t have a tactical plan. The war costs about $20 bln/day. There are rockets for 3-4 days at most, they use them sparingly. They lack weapons, the Tula and 2 Rotenberg plants can’t physically fulfil the orders for weapons. Rifles and ammo are the most they can do.
3/7 The next Russian weapons can be produced in 3-4 months – if even that. They have no raw materials. What was previously supplied mainly from Slovenia, Finland and Germany is now cut off.
A former US intel/state department guy on Fox last night said Putin is a raging, paranoid germaphobe and has been terrified of COVID. He has been physically isolated and won’t let anybody within 50 feet of him for months. Things are very weird in the Kremlin these days.
Bear in mind this is all fog of war rumor chatter. It may be true, mostly true, half true or fantasy.
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Reading the intro to the okra book, it’s written by a Brit who had absolutely no use for okra, even after eating fried okra while visiting a friend in the South. Now he loves it. He married a woman from South Carolina, named Belle, and somewhere along the way he became enamored with it.
The dedication to his book:
To my incredible and creative wife, Belle, and my two little okra pods, Emily and Zoe. As I was finishing writing this book, Belle told me, “I think I’m addicted okra.” It was going to be that or divorce; it could’ve gone either way.
The book discusses just about everything okra: types/varieties, history, usage, eating the plant (including flowers and as microgreens), okra cosmetics, super seeds, making flours, handling the slime (one method is to embrace it), growing, okra paper, okra cordage…
Given how many plants I have, and how productive they can be, I should have plenty of plant to play with.
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Bear in mind this is all fog of war rumor chatter. It may be true, mostly true, half true or fantasy.
Yup. I am really hesitant to believe much of anything anymore, unless I know for myself that it’s true.
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From the guys at StrategyPage. It’s Jim Dunnigan and Austin Bay so you can depend on their intel.
Russian airborne forces managed to take an airport ten kilometers outside Kyiv. Efforts to use that airport to bring in additional troops were disrupted by the Ukrainian use of Stinger portable anti-aircraft missiles as well as rifle and machine-gun fire at low flying aircraft. The airport was quickly attacked by a Ukrainian army rapid reaction force organized and trained for retaking key locations seized by Russian airborne forces. While the area around the airport was soon surrounded by regular reservists and armed volunteers, the Rapid Reaction unit retook the airport before the Russians could use larger transport aircraft to bring in more troops. Russia appears to have underestimated the preparations Ukraine have made since 2014 to deal with this kind of invasion. In addition to 150 local defense units (of at least battalion size) arrangements were made to quickly arm, train and deploy volunteers, which includes all physically able males aged 16 to 60. The regular army obtained more portable anti-aircraft weapons and trained special units to deal with any Russians that seized key objectives. All those armed Ukrainians were more of an obstacle that the Russians expected. The invaders are using about a dozen main roads from the border to objectives inside Ukraine. Within hours all those roads were under fire from the armed locals. Even convoys with numerous armed escorts were fired on and the Russians did not have enough troops to clear the roads of armed hostiles. Some convoys were halted by roadblocks and at least one Russian reconnaissance platoon was captured. While the Russians control most Ukrainian airspace and coastal waters, land areas remain under Ukrainian control.
Don’t forget there have been reports of the Russians not even organized well enough to keep their tanks and combat transports fueled up. There have been numerous sightings of Russian equipment stranded on the roads…out of diesel.
There is lots more at the link.
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72 Dooood
Sometimes, you have to gamble and choose to believe somebody. If I’m going to risk my trust, it’s probably going to be with people like the guys who run StrategyPage. They’ve been doing this for a long time and have a stellar reputation.
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Something I didn’t know:
Fully 50% of the standing Russian Army is comprised of young draftees who only serve for 12 months and that includes basic training. Supposedly, the ≅200,000 mobilized troops in and around Ukraine are all volunteer, non-conscript soldiers. Sending young drafted green soldiers to die in Ukraine is too reminiscent of Russian boys slaughtered in Afghanistan. Putin has enough problems with public opposition to the Ukraine adventure without stirring up a hundred thousand Russian mothers looking to lynch him.
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Expecting family members any time now. I had a cheeseburger patty for dinner found rummaging through refrig. Didn’t go to Wallyworld like I normally do since weather is cold and rainy. Got enough food here from our last shopping trip to last a few days.
I’m about ready for my nap now, but will wait for crew to arrive and put me to work, The police really did a number smashing in that front door. It was built pretty sturdy, and they blew splinters half way down the hallway.
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Texpat
≅200,000 mobilized troops in and around Ukraine are
all volunteer,MERCENARIES ………
Putin is skirting around sending his soldiers dead in body bags. Mercenaries don’t count. Right now Comrade Russia is in no mood for a war. The comrades are still upset that Putin put a lot of money into Syria in the hopes that Russia would reap all the rebuilding contracts. On the other hand Putin wants to restore Mama Russia to what it was oh yeah and get a real warm water port oh yeah and get terrafirma between Russia and her enemas oh yeah a poking a stick in the eye of a feckless NATO, oh yeah he wants to set himself up as the new world power replacing a weak United States.
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77 Squawk
Could be. If the dead bodies go back to Chechnya, then he would count them as a plus – dead potential terrorists. When Moscow wants to send ruthless, subhuman killers anywhere in the world, they open up a hiring office in Chechnya. Otherwise the Kremlin watches them like hawks.
If this Putin project ultimately fails, it is going to be very interesting to see how Xi and China react.
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#76
EG, how much family did she have, and are there older generation folks still around? I’m sort of expecting my end to be similar — found dead after a few days — so I’ll be taking notes on what works to get things wrapped up. My forebears were long-lived, so I’m expecting to make it to 90 or a bit more, but nothing is guaranteed.
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Texpat
I do not know about you but my gut says this Russian incursion smacks of Wag The Dog. Something does not feel “right”. The narratives in the news seem forced and there is just something, well, not right for something that is wrong.
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80 Squawk
The whole thing seems a little hinky to me, especially on the Russian side. I’m wondering about how solid Putin’s position is within the Kremlin and council of Oligarchs. Maybe they’re getting tired of his crap.
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Squawk
Perhaps the Ukrainian attack is a desperation move on Vlad’s part to try and prove he’s a world class player after all and save his reign.
Let me tell you something, nobody, but nobody, really knows what goes on in the halls of power in Moscow. It’s a deep, shadowy place full of dark minds and souls.
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One thing I will say that thoroughly impresses me.
I haven’t seen a single Ukrainian, from President Zelensky to a Kyiv mother on Twitter, ask or demand any other nation on earth send their sons and daughters to fight the Russians.
All they have asked for is prayers and ammunition.
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It’s not exactly the four day liberation of Kuwait, is it?
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#79 Marilyn
A few suggestions, having gone through the settling of estates for several parents:
1. Do you have someone that you check in with daily? I fully anticipate that at some point I will agree to have one of those “I’ve fallen and can’t get up buttons”. Beloved Fluttery Aunt’s death was known immediately only because my cousins were in her condo at the time she just keeled over dead.
2. Do you have all of your paperwork ready? If you have a DNR, post it by the front door. Hospice told me to do that for MIL; otherwise, they’d’ve been required to try to resuscitate her, if there was a situation and I panicked and couldn’t find the papers. I got a plastic sleeve for her DNR and her paperwork for the medical school donor program. I needed that for her body to be taken.
3. Are your wills and final wishes written down? Stored somewhere safe? Who knows where they are and has access? The name of that person might also be a good thing to put with the DNR paperwork.
4. I have an Evernote account, and Lovely Daughter has my password. In case of my death, there’s a document there for her and Handsome Son, describing all of our insurance policies and contacts, things to do and take care of, and how I want certain personal items distributed. I have instructions for our funerals/burials as well.
5. I have a neighbor who has a key to our house. They can open the door in case we’re out of town and there’s an emergency, or if there are flashing lights of any kind in my driveway.
6. Handsome Son also has a key to our house, so he can secure it necessary.
Just a few thoughts on things I’ve done that you may want to consider.
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Texpat says:
FEBRUARY 26, 2022 AT 6:44 PMOne thing I will say that thoroughly impresses me.
I haven’t seen a single Ukrainian, from President Zelensky to a Kyiv mother on Twitter, ask or demand any other nation on earth send their sons and daughters to fight the Russians.
All they have asked for is prayers and ammunition.
More importantly, we haven’t seen any of the leaders with suitcases full of cash heading for the airports either.
BTW, tell folks that’s what Nationalism is.
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86 Sarge
More importantly, we haven’t seen any of the leaders with suitcases full of cash heading for the airports either.
I started to add it.
Zelensky sent his wife and children out of the country, but he stayed and he’s talking on the internet. That, more than anything, has given the Ukrainian people the fortitude to stay and fight. There have been previous leaders there who would have been on the first flight out to Brazil.
Zelensky’s family is probably in Israel.
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85 Tedtam
What would happen to all of Harper’s cats ? I’m not joking. There should be instructions. Look at El Gordo’s BFF.
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One more item for her to consider.
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JoJo be fine. Freedom!!!
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Yabbut, will the raccoons and possums stage a break-in to get to their food?
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90 GJT
JoJo be fine. Freedom!!!
No, no, no.
We’re almost Canada now. “Freedom” is a bad word.
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It was only 186 years ago this week…just a little while back.
#######################################################
TO THE PEOPLE OF TEXAS &
ALL AMERICANS IN THE WORLDCOMMANDANCY OF THE ALAMO, BEJAR, FEB. 24, 1836
FELLOW CITIZENS & COMPATRIOTS,
I am besieged, by a thousand or more of the Mexicans under
Santa Anna. I have sustained a continual bombardment and
cannonade for twenty-four hours & have not lost a man. The
enemy has demanded a surrender at discretion, otherwise, the
garrison are to be put to the sword, if the fort is taken. I have
answered the demand with a cannon shot, and our flag still
waves proudly from the walls. I shall never surrender or retreat.
Then, I call on you in the name of liberty, of patriotism &
every thing dear to the American character, to come to our
aid, with all dispatch. The enemy is receiving reinforcements
daily & will no doubt increase to three or four thousand in
four or five days. If this call is neglected, I am determined to
sustain myself as long as possible & die like a soldier who
never forgets what is due to his own honor and that of his
country.VICTORY OR DEATH.
WILLIAM BARRET TRAVIS,
Lieutenant-Colonel Commandant.P. S. The Lord is on our side. When the enemy appeared in
sight, we had not three bushels of corn. We have since found, in
deserted houses, eighty or ninety bushels, and got into the walls
twenty or thirty head of beeves.
-Travis######################################################
Keep in mind, God may be on your side, but that doesn’t mean you’re going to be alive when all the dust settles and the cannon go silent. -
Texpat
One thing I will say that thoroughly impresses me.
I haven’t seen a single Ukrainian, from President Zelensky to a Kyiv mother on Twitter, ask or demand any other nation on earth send their sons and daughters to fight the Russians.
All they have asked for is prayers and ammunition.
And that is why this appears to me to be a wag the dog scenario. BTW you need to put TV7 Israel seen on youtube as your must watch news source.
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Ninety Five? As usual, I missed it all but I’ve had a real busy day and accomplished a lot. The weather here is still great, about 75 today after being in the 80’s the last few days. SO! I’ll try to scroll up and see just what I’ve missed.
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Man the Apaches have been tearing up Longstreet Range in the last few days, they’re making strafing runs pretty much all night along with firing that Gawd Awful cannon that sounds just like an artillery piece. We figure that it all has something to do with the Ukraine fiasco since we’ve not had this kind of activity since we’ve moved back home… The sound of freedom though.
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#96 –
The sound of freedom though.
Let’s HOPE SO!
‘could’ just as easily be the sound of blatant Fascism on the horizon…….I pray NOT!
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OK Shannon, here ya’ go, posted on the “You know you’re from Clear Lake page”.
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#85 TT
Thank you, there are some items on your list that I hadn’t thought of. I’ve saved a copy of it.
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#88 Texpat
What would happen to all of Harper’s cats ?
One of my beneficiaries is a friend in pet rescue, and I will have an arrangement with her to find new placements for any cats who outlive me. Chances are the 19 y.o. and the three brothers 15 y.o. will not outlive me. I’ll also be relying on a neighbor friend who has been very helpful since my husband died, e.g. she will probably be the contact who has a key to the house.
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#91 TT
The critters, ah yes. Who knows but what I may be in a nursing home at the end of my life, so my critters will already have had to figure out another way to make a living?
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98 Super Dave
Cadet Don was the other locally produced children’s show at the time.
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I had the BIGGEST crush on Cadet Don!
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You know what would be considerate ? If all the commenters here would designate a relative or friend to contact us in case something bad happens. You know, at least leave a message so their disappearance isn’t some kind of mystery.
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Lovely Daughter is mine. She said she can log onto the site if necessary.
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Texpat
I will be collecting all the keys to the kingdom and sending them to you and Tedtam next week. I need to have a conference email with You Tedtam Shannon and Wagonburner so y’all will know what to do to keep this endeavor on the rails should I win the lottery and move to the Baja.
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106 Squawk
We will try to keep from blowing the place up.
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Speak for yourself.
It’s kinda what I do. By accident.
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#104
Wha….what?? And reveal our double life???
My wife just thinks I’m always digitally pen palling with a pianist in a house of ill repute.
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#106 Squawk,
Many thanks for your guidance of Hambone and hamous.net through the required jungle after we lost Mr. Tipton, our dearly beloved creator of this fine website we all enjoy so much. Bravo. 🙂
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Nite nite all. I’ll respond to the questions about single old people later when I gt some rest. More later.
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Thank you, Dan Patrick!
https://www.facebook.com/PoliceLivesMatterTexas/photos/pcb.4902997363110511/4902997233110524/
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And thank you Governor matchbox car border stacker Abbott and Lt governor Patrick.
The Texas border is now as secure as the Hoover Dam minus the Hoover Dam.
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slowwwwly suiting up to head out for more new HEROs!
Yall enJOY!
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Be careful out there Katfish.
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So the wife’s cat has treed a squirrel in the sycamore in the front yard. Wife has a bird feeder in the tree and is constantly chasing off the squirrels. The cat climbed up to the first set of limbs as the squirrel ran down the back side. I wish I had time to take a picture of the cat on one side and the squirrel on the other. Now the cat has parked herself at the base of the tree and the squirrel is at the very top of it so I could pop him with my .177 air rifle easily. Without my “squirrel cat” I’d not be able to get close to him. Hey, I could skin him in time for breakfast. 😀
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I’ve not mentioned it but my cousin’s husband has been in the hospital and was due to come home yesterday, I’ve not heard if he’s home yet, I’ll find out today. Anyway he married my dad’s, oldest sister’s daughter and she built a house on some of her daddy’s land right down the road after her first husband died in the early 60’s. She married Harry a few years later after meeting him at Rucker, she had a civil service job and he was in the military. He has been taking came of the old homeplace and has killed 247 hogs in 2019-2020, so he is an asset around here.
OK, enough background, we talked to him in late January and he was about to go in and have his pace maker replaced. This is normally a safe simple procedure but something went wrong and they had trouble getting his heart going again. He was in intensive care for several days before he tested for COVID, (not sure how much this affecetd the outcome). FWIW; He went into the hospital on January 29, the same day I shot the deer so it has been a while and it was touch and go for a while. I’ve not talked to Jean Elaine lately since we’ve been getting the scoop from her sister that lives further down the road. Hopefully we can today. -
Just heard that Putin has put his nukes on high alert.
The world just went *perk*!
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Russian government websites including the official Kremlin and media regulator pages are down, in what could be the first round of tit-for-tat cyberattacks after the West furiously condemned warmonger Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine.
Ukraine’s telecoms agency also announced that Russian TV channels had been hacked to broadcast Ukrainian songs, the Kyiv Independent reported on Saturday afternoon.
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The infantilization of young adults in the West proceeds apace.
It is a story of one man’s heroic struggle against the elements and often viewed as a metaphor for life itself. But Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man And The Sea is the latest victim of today’s woke standards, with students warned that it contains ‘graphic fishing scenes’.
Successive TV and film adaptations of the 1952 classic have been awarded U and PG certificates, suitable for children, but a content warning has been issued to History and Literature students at the University of the Highlands and Islands in Scotland, an area renowned for its fishing industry.
Mary Dearborn, the author of Ernest Hemingway, A Biography, said: ‘This is nonsense. It blows my mind to think students might be encouraged to steer clear of the book.
At least there is some pushback.
‘The world is a violent place and it is counterproductive to pretend otherwise. Much of the violence in the story is rooted in the natural world. It is the law of nature.’
Jeremy Black, emeritus professor of history at the University of Exeter, added: ‘This is particularly stupid given the dependency of the economy of the Highlands and Islands on industries such as fishing and farming.‘Many great works of literature have included references to farming, fishing, whaling, or hunting. Is the university seriously suggesting all this literature is ringed with warnings?’
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RE: #122
Newman University in the UK told the University of the Highlands, “Oh yeah, hold my beer!”.
Newman University, Birmingham, tells students studying the holy book that the module ‘includes themes of sexual violence and abuse – in images and biblical texts’.
Certain passages are flagged up as especially problematic, including a chapter of 2 Samuel in the Old Testament, about David, the King of Israel who had previously slain Goliath.
The passage, marked ‘SV’ to denote sexual violence, tells of David’s adulterous affair with Bathsheba and the role he played in the death of her husband Uriah the Hittite. -
103 – hussy
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Wife has a bird feeder in the tree and is constantly chasing off the squirrels.
3 words: flamin’ hot birdseed
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From Marco Rubio on Twitter.
I wish I could share more, but for now I can say it’s pretty obvious to many that something is off with #Putin.
He has always been a killer,but his problem now is different & significant
It would be a mistake to assume this Putin would react the same way he would have 5 years ago
Rubio is Vice-Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence so he has access to the same intel as the President. This is pretty worrisome. I hope Putin has not gone completely insane or had some kind of mental breakdown.
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As long as I used small chain or rope to hang feeders in the tree, the squirrels were constantly destroying them because they could cling to the chain or cord to climb up and down.
Once I started using 40 or 50 lb test fishing line, it solved the problem.
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Her Highness put a piece of a Hot Pepper Suet Cake into a pan on the patio the other day. The birds were pecking at it and then up comes one of the arrogant squirrels. He jumped in the pan, took a big bite of the cake, started coughing and spitting and running around trying to get rid of that hot stuff while I couldn’t stop laughing.
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Why can’t you just label the feeder NS?
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Morning gang. Sorting ang tossing stuff today. Making some headway, but BFF was a packrat and a records keeper, so lots of stacks of old financial records that don’t mean anything any more. Staying busy, but just checking in here this morning. You have a good one today, and here’s a blast from the past from APOD. https://apod.nasa.gov/apod/ap220227.html
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But Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man And The Sea is the latest victim of today’s woke standards, with students warned that it contains ‘graphic fishing scenes’.
Shaking my head. With anger.
I don’t remember how old I was when I read it but I seem to have turned out okay.
But I do really hate sharks.
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Downloaded the new update to my iPhone.
The bar at the top where you normally type in a url is now across the bottom.
Damn nerds don’t ever know when to leave well enough alone.
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Regarding the Ukrainian fiasco:
It seems that, perhaps, the cheese may have slid off of Putin’s cracker. Maybe. Putin may have believed that this was going to be a cake-walk – he believed wrongly. It is becoming increasingly possible that not only will he fail to take Ukraine as a whole, but will not keep the 2 troublesome eastern provinces either. It is not beyond reason to hope and pray that he gets his butt kicked out of Crimea as well – as a punishment for this whole debacle. If he loses Crimea, he will likely be gone as the Russian leader and perhaps Arkancided as well.
If Putin gets ejected, what does that mean for the long term ties to Syria and the Assad gang? One of the articles that TexPat linked mentioned the ‘complex’ relationship that Iran, Syria, and Russia have with each other.This brings up the next question: How well armed is the Taiwanese population? What kind of weapons do they have in the hands of the individuals right now? Further, what kind of weaponry can be put in the hands of the individuals on short notice? China may be getting an education right now. Let’s hope that the leadership in Taiwan have learned a thing or two and is now arming their populace to make taking the island much more costly for China. If China has to destroy the island to capture it, what is the point? If they wind up destroying all the infrastructure, industry, factories, etc there is no upside for them financially and the response from the rest of the world will or should make life much more difficult.
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Warning:
There is a giant yellow ball in the sky and the ambient light is bright and borderline uncomfortable to the eyes.
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It is becoming increasingly possible that not only will he fail to take Ukraine as a whole, but will not keep the 2 troublesome eastern provinces either.
Let’s not get carried away, now.
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What did I say yesterday, Squawk ?
Ramzan Kadyrov, leader of the Russian Federation’s Muslim-majority Chechen Republic, is prepared to unleash up to 70,000 fighters on Ukraine to support his “commander-in-chief”, Vladimir Putin.
State-backed Russian news outlet RT published video footage on Friday showing an enormous rally of, it reported, 12,000 “local volunteers” in the Chechen capital of Grozny, with Kadyrov telling the assembly that his advice to Ukraine’s president Volodymyr Zelensky was to “[call] our President, Supreme Commander Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin, and [apologise] for not doing so sooner. Do it in order to save Ukraine. Ask for forgiveness and agree to all the conditions that Russia puts forward.”
This is not good news.
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#135
Its over here as well!
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#138
Beckoning me to get out the leaf mover arounder equipment.
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Chechen throat-slashers with bio-weapons and rape on their mind.
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140 Shannon
Anyone who thinks ISIS is the most barbaric has never studied the Chechens.
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This brings up the next question: How well armed is the Taiwanese population? What kind of weapons do they have in the hands of the individuals right now?
Google is your freind.
Some of the countries with the most restrictive firearm laws are China, India, Japan, Singapore, and Vietnam. Taiwan and Indonesia have the lowest gun ownership rates possible, with zero civilian firearms per 100 people. Guns, however, are not banned in either of these countries. Taiwan only allows shotguns, handguns, and regular rifles, and a background check and license are required for all guns. In Indonesia, firearms are sold and handled by the Weapons Officers of the Indonesian National Police. Indonesian law requires a background check, no ties or connections to radical groups, and a completed firearms safety class on top of other necessary qualifications.
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I get up in the morning and throw peanuts out to the squirrels on the patio. The ones that live close by know the drill and run to the patio if they even see me looking out. I really like these tame squirrels.
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It was recently revealed that Israel refused to sell Ukraine Iron Dome rocket defense systems so as not to anger Russia. At the same time Israel was dismayed at the timid reaction of NATO and the United States to the Russian decision to recognize the half of Donbas their proxy forces already occupy and now send in Russian troops as peacemakers. Israelis compare this to the British reaction to German efforts to annex portions of Czechoslovakia in 1938. The British, without consulting the Czechs, agreed to the German annexation plans, which were then carried out. The Czechs did not resist because they had been sold out by their allies in return for a promise by Hitler that he had no further territorial ambitions. In 1939 Germany invaded Poland and that started World War II. Israelis fear the West is doing the same to them, because of their proposed deal with Iran to lift economic sanctions while ignoring continued Iranian work on ballistic missiles and nuclear weapons.
Israel believes the Russians respect power and exploit weakness. Israel points to how they and Russia have become more open about their cooperation in Syria, and elsewhere in the region. Russian and Israeli senior officials frequently meet in Russia or Israel to discuss details of this partnership and often release details of their Syrian arrangement and any new developments. Israel and Russia have been cooperating in Syria for decades but in 2015 that relationship had to be modified. For the first time Russia had substantial combat forces in Syria and at a time when Israel was carrying out airstrikes against Syrian and Iranian forces threatening Israel. Russia is supposed to be protecting Syria from rebels and foreign interference. Because of Israeli military superiority and willingness to humiliate Russia if they try to stop Israeli airstrikes against Iranian targets in Syria, the Russians talk but do not act. Russia has another vulnerability when it comes to Israel and that is continued access to Israeli technology. Israel has halted some of that cooperation in the past when Russia caused problems for Israel. The Israelis believe Russia is a bully that makes threats they cannot follow through on. Russia has learned that Israel does not back down from threats, while NATO and the United States do.
Related from Joel B. Pollak at Breitbart.
The Russian invasion of Ukraine will have far-reaching effects beyond Europe, and could push Israel to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iran, rather than wait for the regime to develop nuclear weapons that it could use to wipe out the Jewish state.
Israel, like Ukraine, is a Western ally, but is not a member of NATO. Though it has historically enjoyed far more direct and extensive military support from the U.S. than Ukraine has, it knows that it could be essentially alone in a defensive war.
With the Biden administration doing all it can to resurrect an Iran nuclear deal that already allowed Iran to resume nuclear research by the mid-2020s, Israel will likely realize the only way to stop a nuclear Iran is to take matters into its own hands.
It’s going to take an intervention from God to keep the Biden administration from triggering a nuclear world war.
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But Ernest Hemingway’s classic novel The Old Man And The Sea is the latest victim of today’s woke standards, with students warned that it contains ‘graphic fishing scenes’.
Then this should send them fleeing and shrieking in horror to their safe spaces.
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I fell asleep last night with the hallway door to my downstairs suite in Chez Harp not latched. I normally toss out any cats other than JoJo, who lives in there, and 15 y.o. Tyler who is her best friend, if he’s in there. Last night, I thought there was just JoJo on my side of the door. But I woke up in a room full of cats. To my everlasting surprise, JoJo’s nemesis the 26-lb Lynx was sitting up on the bookcase headboard of my bed, and JoJo was asleep leaning on me. Once I woke up, so did she, and began purring even though she was looking up at Lynx.
There was no commotion last night, so I guess I can relax those rules and see if all the cats are actually getting along now.
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#144 TP: That Strategy Page is very interesting to read. Thanks for linking.
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I am not one for freely giving Saturday Night Live any type of kudos or compliments of any type, however, they did a good thing last night. Instead of opening with the traditional skit they opened with the Ukrainian Chorus Dumka of New York.
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Good afternoon, Hamsters
It would seem that Mr. Putin does not have all his marbles now, or if he still has them, they are becoming increasingly scrambled.
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The bar at the top where you normally type in a url is now across the bottom.
Go to settings on main screen, then Safari. There’s a setting in there for that.
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The wise and learned Lee Smith at Tablet.com:
That is true, but U.S. elites also had something to do with Putin’s ugly and destructive choice—a role that Democrats and Republicans are eager to paper over with noble-sounding rhetoric about the bravery of Ukraine’s badly outgunned military. Yes, the Ukrainian soldiers standing up to Putin are very brave, but it was Americans that put them in harm’s way by using their country as a weapon, first against Russia and then against each other, with little consideration for the Ukrainian people who are now paying the price for America’s folly.
plus this,
Yes, Putin wants to prevent NATO from expanding to Russia’s border. But the larger answer is that he finds the U.S. government’s relationship with Ukraine genuinely threatening. That’s because for nearly two decades, the U.S. national security establishment under both Democratic and Republican administrations has used Ukraine as an instrument to destabilize Russia, and specifically to target Putin.
While the timing of Putin’s attack on Ukraine is no doubt connected to a variety of factors, including the Russian dictator’s read on U.S. domestic politics and the preferences of his own superpower sponsor in Beijing, the sense that Ukraine poses a meaningful threat to Russia is not a product of Putin’s paranoia—or of a sudden desire to restore the power and prestige of the Soviet Union, however much Putin might wish for that to happen. Rather, it is a geopolitical threat that has grown steadily more pressing and been employed with greater recklessness by Americans and Ukrainians alike over the past decade.
and,
Ukraine is situated between two greater powers, Russia and the European Union. That makes Ukraine a buffer state. Geopolitical logic dictates that buffer states cultivate and maintain cordial relations with the greater powers that surround them, unless they want to be swallowed up by one of those powers. That’s because siding with one great power against another often leads to catastrophe. No less an authority than the prophet Isaiah tells us so. He warned the Jews not to side with the pharaoh—a broken reed, he called Egypt, which pierces the hand of anyone who leans on it—in the dynasty’s conflict with the Babylonians. Isaiah was right: The Jews bet wrong and were dragged off into exile.
If you read nothing else, read this.
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Texpat;
That article was outstanding!
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#152 Darren
Ditto, and it will make your blood run cold. Adult beverage at side would be helpful. 😉
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#151 TP: Dang, what a knowledge flood. That was perhaps the most concise description of what happened I have ever read. It would have been nice if it had named more people, like: Romney and his spawn, Devon Archer and those associated connections, not to mention 10% for the big guy. I wonder how much Hillary! and her bunch made off of Ukraine and the money laundering that took place.
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Beware the person who believes his own propaganda.
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Pork Butt Roast, Ford Hook Limas, small whole white taters, and mac&cheese, Grandpa.
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Texpat
#151
Sheesh 3/4s of that article you and I have already talked about. The other 1/4 I do not know about you but I have talked about.
The wise and learned Lee Smith at Tablet.com:
Pfffffttt. We are ahead of him on the curve and he is simply playing catch up.
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People die everyday because of our open border.
0 Dollars spent for it.
How many millions will the totalitarian US government, featuring the Kentucky Swamp Turtle and his blood money sucking Vampyre, rino, warmonger minions want to send to Ukraine to defend “democracy?”
Only time the blood money sucking rino Vampyres get excited about defending anything it’s always about some bloody foreign war.
They could give 2 $h!ts about this country.
F’ing clown show.
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And cranberry sauce!
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And no nasty rosemary!!!!
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Wife had a hankering for turkey n dressing, with her awesome Italian cut green beans. So it is to be, in a bit.
Scored $3.09 gallon petrol at the Buccees on FM362.
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Texpat
In a masochistic sense I kind of feel sorry for Biden. Think about this for a moment. Just what was he going to do with Russia? From GWBUSHCO to Trump no one has taken any meaningful action against the machinations that Russia has made over the past 25 years. Putin could pretty much guess that neither would Uncle Joe. Combine that with the fact NATO is a joke all Putin is looking at is a barking toothless dog that he can simply beat off with the threat of nuclear annihilation. Putin actually is taking steps to do what Russia has always done and that is use land as a buffer between them and their “enemies”. NATO has picked up members that put the enemies right next door. Ukraine represents among other things a buffer between Ma Russia and the rest of the world.
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I kinda like rosemary but I need to get one of the medicine bowl smashers to grind it up.
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I do not have thyme for rosemary. I prefer a saltier relationship.
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Thanks WB.
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#151
The wise and learned Lee Smith at Tablet.com:
That was incredibly helpful. Thank you.
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Wagonburner
#150
What Shannon said
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Strangest thing, no biggie but I was trying to thank Texpat for #151. Did not show up, posted two more times said duplicate comment detected. Refreshed and even opened the site in a new tab, same thing. Weird. Anyway Texpat, thanks! Helped even me understand it.
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Final episode for 1883 tonight for this season. Dangit.
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EG, do you have help at BFF’s home in Dallas, or are you the designated batter for her family? Say, maybe I can get you to be the designated clear-it-all-out person for Chez Harp. (I actually hope to get all of David’s collections donated somewhere, and even some of mine, during this current decade.)
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Texas Constitution. Article 4 Sec. 7. GOVERNOR AS COMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF MILITARY FORCES. He shall be Commander-in-Chief of the military forces of the State, except when they are called into actual service of the United States. He shall have power to call forth the militia to execute the laws of the State, to suppress insurrections, and to repel invasions.
But no request from the matchbox car border stacker to remove tequila from the shelves because of the southern invasion and all the lives lost ever since he’s been governor.
He must’ve gone to Crawford to discuss what he should say about Russia with Dizzy Dunce Bush.
https://citizenfreepress.com/breaking/greg-abbott-texas-stands-with-ukraine/
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Texpat
#151
Sheesh 3/4s of that article you and I have already talked about. The other 1/4 I do not know about you but I have talked about.
The wise and learned Lee Smith at Tablet.com:
Pfffffttt. We are ahead of him on the curve and he is simply playing catch up.
If we wrote as clearly, concisely and eloquently as Lee Smith, we’d be rich and famous, too. Smith just pulls it all together and puts a nice bow on it.
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Graf 6 from Lee Smith’s essay on Ukraine in #151.
Why can’t the American security establishment shoulder responsibility for its role in the tragedy unfolding in Ukraine? Because to discuss American responsibility openly would mean exposing the national security establishment’s role in two separate, destructive coups: the first, in 2014, targeting the government of Ukraine, and the second, starting two years later, the government of the United States.
Some paragraphs explode off the page like a flash grenade.
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TexMo said SNL might have been, possibly could have been funny last night. I usually don’t believe rumors like that, but then I came across this.
SNL made fun of Democrats…and masks…and all the Karens.
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Texpat
If we wrote as clearly, concisely and eloquently as Lee Smith, we’d be rich and famous, too. Smith just pulls it all together and puts a nice bow on it.
I KNEW IT. He stole our material.
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But no request from the matchbox car border stacker to remove tequila from the shelves because of the southern invasion and all the lives lost ever since he’s been governor.
Start here, as it seems to be your level of understanding as to what a Governor can and cannot do with the troops “under his command.”
It does get a bit more complicated, but when you can understand the basics, we can move to more complex issues such as all the equipment belonging to the Federal Government who gets to say how its used and stuff like that.
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Call the security people in for a bug sweep. Our phones are tapped and our computers are hacked. No wonder these writers seem so brilliant.
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Hi gang – it’s me reporting back in from Big D. We had a full day today – BFF’s sister and one of her daughters showed up Saturday, and we just sat around talking and basically did not get a dam thing done other than sort of make a list of people who needed to be contacted, other than immediate family, and began looking for email addresses and phone numbers. This list would be dear friends from the past, close business associates, and such – say 6-8 people. I may have mentioned that another cousin was in Methodist on life support following a massive heart attack a few days before this episode began. As you all may recall, BFF birthday was on Feb 15 and we celebrated by watching some TV and eating a steak – then I returned to SS on Feb 16. BFF and I check in with each other virtually every evening and tell jokes, discuss politics, see how we are feeling, what we did today, etc. Anyway, everything appeared perfectly normal when I left, when we talked every evening since then up to and including last Tuesday. Topics included a discussion of how her cousin with the heart attack was doing (not well, kidneys shut down, liver not working, etc was doing. They had finally found his DNR and it was time for the family meeting with the Dr. to make a decision. I called on Wed evening, got no answer. Figured she was probably on the phone with conference call since she serves as the house counsel for the entire, fairly large family; or that ATT Uverse could be out since it’s proved to be unreliable in cold, icy weather. Thursday evening I called again, and again no answer. Friday I called, no answer, I called ATT and got them to at least let me know that the phone was working and no outages were reported in the area. So I called BFF sister in Lufkin, the only immediate family in the area, told her what was going on and that I was unable to contact BFF. It was decided to contact Dallas PD and ask for a welfare check, and sister was to call me back and let me know – she could be in the hospital and does not have a cell phone, car wreck, who knows what all possibilities. After about 4 hours, sister called me back, and the results of the welfare check was they could see her in her bed but unresponsive to knocking or calling. So they smashed the front door and found her sitting in her normal position in her bed. That was all they could say since they could not disturb the scene until the coroner arrived, so it was later Friday evening that sister told me about her passing in the bed and not lying in the floor with a smashed head or some other type of accident. I considered coming to Dallas on Friday night, but I do not like driving at night, so I came on Saturday. The coroner had removed the body and left a number for the family to call and issue further instructions. The PD also called animal control to remove the cats since that is policy with no one else there to look after them – and given the condition of the smashed door, they would have most likely escaped anyway.
Today, the three of us got up and started empty file cabinets, stacks of papers everywhere looking for important documents in the midst of every imaginable bank statement, old bills, court documents, boxes and boxes of cases she had handled, even old stacks of Dallas Yellow Pages, etc. We filled up the big City of Dallas trash can and hardly made a dent in the stacks of papers and files. But anyway, by the end of the day we had separated most of the wheat from the chaff, and sister left to return to Lufkin with a car load of boxes of records. We found BFF purse, checkbooks, and credit cards in tact, they got her valuable jewelry, and headed back. We called her cleaning lady who has been working for her over 30 years and she came over to assist in doing some cleaning and laundry and such. We also got a lady contractor who has worked on BFF townhouse over the years, and she came by to meet the family and see about replacing the door. I knew these people, but sister did not, so it was an excellent time for them to put faces with names and numbers, etc. The 30 year cleaning lady immigrated legally several years ago, and BFF has over the years assisted with her immigration and other legal matters, written a college recommendation for her daughter, insisted that she and her husband let BFF draw up a pro bono will, DNR, and other type legal help. The three of us, me, sister, and grand niece had been holding it together pretty well until cleaning lady busted out bawling, so we all took a break and had a good cry – which I think we all needed.
The lady contractor came by, looked at the door, said she could have it replaced (it’s presently screwed shut) and just got to know each other ( I already knew her). She promised to take care of it in the next few days, but she was very concerned about the cats. Animal control called about the cats, and we told them we were actively seeking a new home for them etc. Other family members all have dog, so it would not work for them. Everyone then left, sister to head back to Lufkin, contractor lady back home, leaving me and cleaning lady to finish up her chores. We talked and told BFF stories, she packed up the pantry and refrig to take home with her, and finally left about 7 or so this evening. So I’m here by myself now, but upon refection, we got a heck of a lot done today.
The good news – sister called as they were going through Jacksonville to let me know that contractor lady had called her, and she wants to take the cats. So that was encouraging, and we’ll let them get on that project first thing tomorrow. I always feel better when the animals are being cared for. I’m tired, and I think I might sleep good tonight for a change. My brain has been pretty addled for the past couple of days.
For us old people living alone, fine some other old phart and tell jokes, share joy and sorrow, and most importantly, stay in touch. In this case, her passing was apparently instantaneous, so no one could have done anything. When something is out of order, take note and take action. Sister and I agreed that if BFF came out storming and cussing about us sending the police out to her house that we would each blame the other – so we would have our story straight. Unfortunately it did not work out that way, but absent our daily conversations, she would still be in that bed in there.
A couple of us have keys, the cleaning lady has a key, but no one with a key was immediately available, thus they smashed the door in. My neighbor has keys to my house as does my brother, so try to have someone trustworthy standing by with a key. My mind is still not up to full strength, so I’ll try to flesh out these thoughts later.
A couple of years ago I wound up in the hospital with a pulmonary edema which was life threatening I discovered later. When I failed to show up on the couch for a day or so, you couch critters started asking questions about where I was. I don’t invite people to rob my house by announcing on fakebook or other media when I’m going to be away, but I do post on here. That lets you people, most of whom I don’t know and have never met, but who for some reason I feel a close relationship with, know what’s up with me. If it were serious enough, I suspect that some one would contact some else who would track me down or whatever – or even call in a welfare check to the local PD if something seems amiss.
OK, best I can do for an update for now. More later, and thanks for listening to me.
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Get some rest EG. God Bless you.
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#169 GJT
Final episode for 1883 tonight for this season. Dangit.
Thanks for mentioning that. I finished episode 9 last night and I thought that was it for the season. I kept thinking I’d read somewhere that there would be 10 episodes.
BTW, I’ve never watched a single episode of Yellowstone so you can definitely watch this without having watched Yellowstone. I also read that Paramount has ordered more episodes of 1883 but they did not mention how many.
Tim McGraw and Faith Hill are not terrible actors, but they are not great. Sam Elliot and Isabel May really shine in the acting department. The writing, directing, cinematography, and musical score really seal the deal on the show.
I’ve read books and articles about the Oregon Trail in the past, but 1883 really brings home how brutally difficult that journey could be.
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Yes, so far, 1883 and Yellowstone have no ties together as far as being able to follow. Of course if you knew the Yellowstone story you know the name and destination but that’s it.
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#181
Yes, so far, 1883 and Yellowstone have no ties together as far as being able to follow. Of course if you knew the Yellowstone story you know the name and destination but that’s it.
Taylor Sheridan has announced that yet another series, 1932 is in the works with an expected initial air date sometime in 2023, which would show John Dutton’s father as a young man, along with Depression and Prohibition mayhem. This, in addition to the spinoff 6666 coming sometime this year. There’s also some speculation of a 1982 series showing John as a young man and the kids as children as well as his father’s twilight years.
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Still haven’t hooked up with 1883 yet.
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I am reading my okra book, and learning a lot more than I thought I would.
It’s a much more versatile product than I knew. The mucilage has many useful properties. I had no idea it could be used as a plasma extender. It is also used in cosmetics and as a hair moisturizer. It is useful as an emulsifier and can prevent ice crystals in food products such as ice cream. Of course, the dried pods can be powdered and used as a thickener in all kinds of foods.
I’m getting some good recipes, too.
I’m still reading…
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I had a lay down with one of my headaches this afternoon. They had pretty much disappeared but have come back in the last week. Today was particularly uncomfortable.
Dangit.
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Nite all. Tomorrow is a travel day, but have some things to do before I can get on the road. You all have a good one.
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The one thing I’m having to work to ignore in this okra book is the constant climate change warnings…
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Start here, as it seems to be your level of understanding as to what a Governor can and cannot do with the troops “under his command.”
Is that you Sarge Rickles?
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Had not heard that. Cool.
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Sarge is still having the blockquote blues.
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You can knock me over with a feather.
More than 150 senior Russian officials have signed an open letter condemning Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine as ‘an unprecedented atrocity’ and warning of ‘catastrophic consequences’.
The deputies said they were ‘convinced’ Russian citizens do not back the war and blamed Putin ‘personally’ for ordering troops into Ukraine in an attack ‘for which there is no and cannot be justification’.
Putin in the early hours of today gave the order to attack, delivering an extraordinary address to the Russian nation in which he declared a ‘special military operation’ to ‘de-militarise’ and ‘de-Nazify’ Ukraine in what amounted to a outright declaration of war.
Missiles and bombs rained from the sky, tanks rolled across the border, troops parachuted down on eastern regions and explosions were seen across the country in the early hours and into the morning.The letter urged Russians ‘not to participate in the aggression’ and called on citizens to speak out against the invasion because ‘only massive popular condemnation can stop the war’.
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Dear EG,
Thank you for telling us what you have been doing, and that you are as all right as is possible under this sad situation. We care a whole lot when one of our Hamsters is hurting and pray you can have peace that you have done thus far and are doing all that is possible.
God bless you and get some sleep. 🙂 We are here for you.
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