Wednesday, November 29, 2023

Leucistic Goldfinch!

 


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  1. [Video that works as a radio broadcast] Konstantin Samoilov Interview —- Will Russian Economy Buckle & Break Before Western Resolve to Support Ukraine? [Click] An hour long, but has some newsworthy parts, particularly about previously quiet but powerful people who are now speaking out— as if Putin is losing power. Nice quote about Russian politics from Winston Churchill: It’s like a group of bulldogs fighting underneath a carpet. Will see if I can locate the exact quotation.
    ——Alan

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    1. That didn't take long:

      “Kremlin political intrigues are comparable to a bulldog fight under a rug. An outsider only hears the growling, and when he sees the bones fly out from beneath it is obvious who won.”
      ― Winston S. Churchill

      ---Alan

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    2. Yikes! That sure is a powerful image.

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  2. A little clearer this morning than yesterday, and the wind machines are not running; no mist in the river bottom. Reported overnight low only 37F. I see that the national Christmas tree in DC was blown over.
    ----Alan

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  3. There is a report that another Russian general [a major general] has died on or near the front; as memory serves me the Ukrainian estimate of generals killed was 17, plus one Admiral, so this would make 19 general officers. And one or two have died in Russia under mysterious circumstances. So maybe around twenty total, although the Kremlin's official count is unsurprisingly lower. In the case reported today, he is said to have stepped on a land mine---which sounds odd, but it's the Russian army.
    -----Alan

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  4. Re Huckabee: I continue to think impeaching Trump was a significant mistake. Huckabee is right that impeaching Biden would be at least as big.

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  5. [video with several graphs, but OK as just audio] Ruble Collapse Accelerates - Russia Forced to Take Payment in Chinese Yuan & Indian Rupees [Click] And there isn’t a lot they can buy with those rupees and yuan.
    —Alan

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  6. ‘Life without consequences’: the fraternity bros who built a multimillion-dollar drug ring [Click] Certainly validates my refusal to have anything to do with a fraternity.
    ——Alan

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  7. 36% of snow for two hours, Tuesday the fifth. I am not gonna worry.

    puddle~~

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    1. Yes, a very good speech from a very good senator. It speaks volumes that there did not seem to be any other senators present.
      ----Alan

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  9. NEWS! Deal reached to extend Israel-Hamas truce, Israeli military says

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  10. Henry Kissinger Is Dead at 100 years of age [Click] Excerpt from and link to Washington Post
    ABC News [Click]
    —Alan

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    1. That gets me thinking about the presidents during my adult lifetime who were war veterans; I think they are less likely to treat the armed forces as toys.
      ----Alan

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