Whoo hoo! Our Maverick has made it to Selkirk NY (near Albany, not far from Vermont) and the railcar it was on has been decoupled from the train. Progress.
Poutine not Putin: classic Quebec dish off the menu in France and Canada [Click] I have taken the liberty of suggesting a solution inspired by the addition of crossed asparagus spears in some versions of Chicken Marengo, to represent cannons. Cut an asparagus spear in half (crosswise) to resemble a Javelin anti-tank missile, deep fry it, stick the two parts into a serving of poutine and call it "Zelensky."
Reuters: China has refused to supply Russian airlines with aircraft parts [Click]
ReplyDeleteOoooooo, that's the best news I've heard all day!
DeleteIt makes total sense. China is not likely to destroy itself to be a junior partner to Russia.
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Russia hits back at Western sanctions with export bans [Click] Can’t export something you can’t produce, or boycott what no one will deliver to you.
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ReplyDeleteWhoo hoo! Our Maverick has made it to Selkirk NY (near Albany, not far from Vermont) and the railcar it was on has been decoupled from the train. Progress.
ReplyDeleteIf true, that's certainly better than Selkirk, Manitoba! [grin]
DeleteTchaikovsky and Moscow Mules off: consumers vent fury over Ukraine invasion [Click]
ReplyDeleteWoman who survived siege of Leningrad as a girl now trapped in Kharkiv [Click]
Poutine not Putin: classic Quebec dish off the menu in France and Canada [Click] I have taken the liberty of suggesting a solution inspired by the addition of crossed asparagus spears in some versions of Chicken Marengo, to represent cannons. Cut an asparagus spear in half (crosswise) to resemble a Javelin anti-tank missile, deep fry it, stick the two parts into a serving of poutine and call it "Zelensky."
ReplyDeleteThe Military Weapon That Has Become a Musical Touchstone in Ukraine [Click] “These are the viral songs of a country under siege.”
ReplyDelete“Putin has created his worst-case scenario. He’s unifying Ukraine.”
Can Sanctions Stop Russia? [Click]
Russia’s Economic Blackout Will Change the World [Click]
“Like all novel experiments, the group punishment of Russia is a leap into the unknown.”
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ReplyDeleteIt’s Official: Texas Republicans’ New Voting Law Disenfranchised Thousands Of Otherwise Eligible Voters [Click] Interestingly, it isn’t clear whether more Democratic or Republican votes were rejected.
ReplyDeleteKremlin Now Casts Self As Victim Of Avian [Virus] Conspiracy To Justify New Attacks [Click]
Estimates of 2020 Census Under- and Over-Counts [Click]
How 'Saint Javelin' raised over $1m for Ukraine [Click]
Researchers studying ‘excess deaths’ estimate that more than 18 million people died of Covid-19 worldwide by end of 2021 [Click] About triple the official Covid-19 death total.
Drone footage shows Ukrainian ambush on Russian armored column [Click] Text has estimates of Russian and Ukrainian armor and personnel losses to date.
How Vladimir Putin Lost Interest in the Present [Click] This confirms the observation of the former MI6 director [Click] that Putin seems to have changed in recent years. Indeed, the man seems psychotic.
ReplyDeleteIt brings to mind both Hitler and Kaiser Wilhelm II.
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