The first of these I posted yesterday; the second is new. They strike me as closely related. Far too many Republicans nowadays seem to consider themselves the Herrenvolk.
Reports of Russians forcing Ukranians, including children, into exile (perhaps special camps) in Russia is also reminiscent of some of the worst of humankind's past.
Women and young adults propel huge rise in use of anti-anxiety drugs [Click] Reminds me of the huge numbers of women whom physicians got addicted to Valium and Librium back in the 1970’s, who had to be given phenobarbital while being weaned off of them, and then weaned off the phenobarbital. I must sympathize to some extent with the physicians; It is easier to prescribe a pill when one doesn’t have time to provide adequate alternative care— but suspect that sexism and ageism play a role yet again.
I can't help but wonder if that includes my brother; it has been four years since he disappeared for the second time. I check once in a while to see if there is any public record of him, to no avail so far.
On Monday, Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, reported that according to Russian defence ministry numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers had been killed in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The death toll was swiftly removed from the newspaper’s website.
Western officials said they believed the numbers cited by the newspaper are a “reasonable estimate”.
Come to think of it, 10,000 dead and 17,000 injured is like World War One. The Russian army's field medical system must be awful--probably little beyond first aid.
I have often considered it unrealistic, in fiction, for it to be so rare for anyone but the protagonist to be wounded rather than killed. This suggests it may not be as unrealistic as I had thought.
And speaking as someone who the army trained as a combat medic (although there was no combat while I was in), it sounds as though Russia simply does not have anything equivalent to mobile army surgucal hospitals (MASHs).
I found myself wondering about dead and wounded in the Russo-Japanese War. The data (from Wikipedia) are neither comparable nor complete; can't make much of them beyond the fact that casualties were very high and the Russian reports seem wildly variable. Oh, and deaths due to disease were very high by modern standards.
The first of these I posted yesterday; the second is new. They strike me as closely related. Far too many Republicans nowadays seem to consider themselves the Herrenvolk.
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Reports of Russians forcing Ukranians, including children, into exile (perhaps special camps) in Russia is also reminiscent of some of the worst of humankind's past.
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ReplyDeleteI can't help but wonder if that includes my brother; it has been four years since he disappeared for the second time. I check once in a while to see if there is any public record of him, to no avail so far.
Delete😔 Oh, that’s hard. Younger brother or older? I have a younger sister who has had some sketchy years.
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DeleteOn Monday, Komsomolskaya Pravda, the pro-Kremlin tabloid, reported that according to Russian defence ministry numbers, 9,861 Russian soldiers had been killed in Ukraine and 16,153 were injured. The death toll was swiftly removed from the newspaper’s website.
Western officials said they believed the numbers cited by the newspaper are a “reasonable estimate”.
Come to think of it, 10,000 dead and 17,000 injured is like World War One. The Russian army's field medical system must be awful--probably little beyond first aid.
DeleteI have often considered it unrealistic, in fiction, for it to be so rare for anyone but the protagonist to be wounded rather than killed. This suggests it may not be as unrealistic as I had thought.
DeleteAnd speaking as someone who the army trained as a combat medic (although there was no combat while I was in), it sounds as though Russia simply does not have anything equivalent to mobile army surgucal hospitals (MASHs).
I found myself wondering about dead and wounded in the Russo-Japanese War. The data (from Wikipedia) are neither comparable nor complete; can't make much of them beyond the fact that casualties were very high and the Russian reports seem wildly variable. Oh, and deaths due to disease were very high by modern standards.
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